In terms of making the Xindi story line actually pay off in some way this episode may be as good as it gets. Not that in theory the following episode shouldn't be even better, but I am low on faith in this show by now. Unlike the past few which were entirely reflections on how the crew are handling things, now they actually have to do something. Also I was wrong about how things went down in this episode and that is a good thing. I get tired of episodes that you can see how they end in the first five minutes. Especially a story that has taken so long to pay off, it better conclude well. Trek has historically had problems with concluding big story arcs so I hope this is the exception. Also, I am pretty sure there are two more episodes this season and I am not sure how there is enough story. I am going to be hella pissed if tomorrow somehow manages to be filler.
We open with Degra leading the way to the Xindi council while T'Pol, Travis, Malcolm and some Maco guy we haven't met before go to try and get information from inside one of the spheres. There is lots of foreshadowing that the dude is going to die and sure enough, but I am getting ahead of myself. When Enterprise gets close to the council the reptilians show up and try to stop them, but the combined primate, arboreal and aquatic force prevails and they enter without incident. Archer and Hoshi take a shuttle into talk to the council. It seems to be going ok until the reptilian councilor gets pissed and storms off. Afterwards Degra talks with Archer and explains they need a good visual, the aquatics in particular find them more convincing that words and he starts working with Trip and Phlox on a plan. T'Pol guides them through a hologram covered entrance to the sphere in an unnecessarily stressful way, but I guess she is a jerk now that she has emotions. They get inside and find the core, but are being followed by some sort of killbot. In the council chamber Archer and Degra present an hologram of the sphere builder from the pod and it seems to do the trick, the reptilians even agree to hold off on launching the weapon. But of course behind the scenes they have been talking with the sphere builders and this is a ruse. Their leader stabs Degra to death for the destruction of the reptilian ship and they call the council to announce they are unilaterally launching the weapon. The Maco is predictably killed by the killbot but the others escape just in time to see Enterprise chasing the weapon as it disappears into a subspace corridor.
Review: Lots of action but also lots of story. For literally the first time watching this show I am looking forward to tuning in tomorrow to see where this goes. Probably downhill, but so far so good.
7 out of 10
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