The decision to make T'Pol make no sense is one that they seem determined to stick with. I guess they saw that Spock was embarrased about Pon farr and decided all Vulcans must be embarrassed about all medical things going forward. Also they have finally at least given a reason why Vulcans aren't just mindmelding all the time. Presumably they got over it by the time Spock was around since he openly does it all the damn time. It also seems to be a part of their ritual transferring of a mind when one dies, but maybe it is a slightly different thing. This would hardly be the first time they made an inexplicable decision on ENT.
We open with T'Pol and Phlox discussing the fact that she has Pa'nar syndrome and will die without treatment. But being a logical Vulcan she insists he keep it a secret but he insists on trying to get information about it from the Vulcan doctors at a conference they are flying to. They arrive and we kick of the B story of Phlox's second wife trying hard to bang Trip who isn't into it. Phlox tries to get the information without revealing T'Pol's secret, but they figure it out anyway. It seems Pa'nar is only passed by Vulcans who mindmeld, a practice they consider disruptive to Vulcan society and therefore refuse to treat her. She is also set to be recalled to planet Vulcan and her career is over. She decides that now is the time to protect the asshole who mind-raped her and refuses to acknowledge that he did it against her will. One of the Vulcan doctors turns out to be a secret melder as well and offers some help, but Archer demands a formal hearing at the same time. At the hearing the doctor admits to being a melder and ends his career but also reveals T'Pol was forced into it which saves hers. So of course despite now having hope of not death she is bummed out at the end.
Review: I really think they need to sit down and decide what the deal with Vulcans is going to be on this show. The regular alternation between sweet saviors and racist assholes isn't really working.
3 out of 10
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