First the positives, I am totally ok with a race of aliens with numerous subspecies. It seems logical to assume that some plants would have multiple races reach sentience somewhere in the galaxy. Now having five at once may be pushing it, but whatever, it makes them interesting at least. The negative on this episode is of course Archer. He really isn't the sharpest tool in the shed so sending him on a mission to solve a mystery may not have been the smoothest move in Starfleet history. It is especially lame when he can't figure out that the laborers are slaves. I mean, their boss handed you a finger to prove the guy you are looking for is Xindi, do you really think the guy gave up up voluntarily. Sure, he said it was an accident, only Archer would be dumb enough to believe something like that. Also this episode has the problem of bringing in "the military." With all the ranks and orders and stuff I was pretty sure Starfleet was already the military. Why not just make them the marines? I guess so they can maybe turn out to be bad guys? Not really sure on this one.
We open roughly where we left off but start by seeing the Trip is having a rough time with the loss of his sister and the marines have arrived to help with the operation (I am just going to call them marines since that is the role they are playing). Archer has tracked down a miner who claims to have a Xindi worker they can talk to but when they arrive he demands liquid platinum and offers them the guys finger to prove he isn't lying. They come up with the payment and find the guy who is pissed that they paid to have his thumb cut off. He also demands his freedom in exchange for the information since he is a slave. This is shocking news to Archer, shocking I say! Also it turns out the head miner is planning to conscript the lot of them so Archer agrees to help the guy. They start sneaking out when they realize they are all prisoners now but get caught. Luckily Malcolm and the marines arrive and save the day, but the Xindi guy gets shot. He dies on Enterprise, but not before telling Phlox where his planet is. The only problem being when they arrive they find only a debris field. We cut to the Xindi counsel however who are sure this is just a Starfleet scouting expedition and decide to remain in hiding. Enterprise heads deeper into the expanse as we cut to credits.
Review: A new version of the crappy opening theme isn't enough to save this one. Having a scene where T'Pol gets topless for no reason didn't really help either.
3 out of 10
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