They really seem to have vastly lower standards at this point in Starfleet than in the not so distant future. Yes, I know one of Kirk's crew died from eating something he picked up off the ground at one point, but that doesn't seem quite as reckless as bringing your dog along to an unknown world. Also it seems like none of them has ever used a tent before. They spend hours with the tents unzipped and then are surprised when there are giant bugs in their sleeping bags. I would be willing to believe they have literally never been in a tent before it this was TNG days, but they are the first ship to leave the solar system it seems like, these people all grew up on earth. Surely one of them has spent a night in a tent in mosquito territory.
We open with the crew stumbling upon a lush world while exploring a nebula. And no, they don't explain what it is doing in a nebula. They immediately send down a team to explore and of course bring Portho. After the captain wanders aimlessly for a few hours while T'Pol tries to do some actual science the captain returns to Enterprise while T'Pol and Trip along with some other crew stay behind to camp for the night. They stay up late telling ghost stories while T'Pol rolls her eyes and then go to bed in poorly set up tents. Things go poorly though and a huge wind storm picks up and also there are bugs. They flee to a cave but start freaking out that they are seeing rock people or something. One of them goes outside and starts freaking out and is eventually beamed up but there is a problem and debris is embedded in his skin. On the surface they all start freaking out, especially Trip. He is convinced T'Pol is on league with the rock people so it is no surprise when Phlox finds that a hallucinogen from plant pollen was blown up by the wind storm. Trip pulls a gun on T'Pol and after some help from Archer she has to shoot him. Phlox beams down a cure and everyone is fine the next morning.
Review: Not much happened again in tonight's episode. I mean, I guess they found a new world, but it wasn't very interesting. Trip continues to be kinda unreliable and T'Pol continues to be the most competent one on the ship.
3 out of 10
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