Pretty much any other member of the crew being essentially the only one in the episode might have been a problem, but luckily Phlox is a pretty decent character. Plus they gave him phantom T'Pol, oh wait, spoilers. I guess I have always assumed no one would ever read this without having watched the episode. Well, realistically no one will probably read this either way. Also, if you are upset about spoilers for a 13 year old episode of the worst Trek series you have bigger problems in your life. As usual for episodes that are essentially entirely hallucinations I am going to do a bit of a short write up, but remember that this one is at least decent.
We open with an empty ship other than Porthos and Phlox who enter Archers quarters so Porthos can visit his master, who is in some sort of Coma. It seems a few days earlier they encountered a region with dense anomalies which would damage the brains of almost all of the crew. Phlox suggested that they be put into temporary comas to protect their brains and he would run the ship for the few days it would take to get through the region. He isn't taking it all that well though as he starts hearing things, but eventually runs into T'Pol who is apparently not in a coma either. She scolds him for messing about in engineering. After she leaves Phlox sees an insectoid Xindi in Hoshi's quarters and ends up searching the ship with T'Pol. After almost shooting Porthos Phlox starts really freaking out and seeing things all over before heading to sickbay and scanning his mind. It seems he is being effected, but not as strongly. He prepares to put himself into a Coma but T'Pol tells him she is also having problems and needs his help. The two discover that the ship isn't making the progress they need for the crew to survive and end up running the warp engines since the space is apparently expanding. Cut to Phlox waking Archer with the news they are clear of the anomalies. He runs into T'Pol who is exhausted and offers to walk her to her quarters. When he arrives though he finds that she is in an induced coma and the T'Pol he worked with the entire time has vanished.
Review: A decent episode overall, but the twist wasn't all that shocking. Pretty good for ENT, pretty average for Trek.
5 out of 10
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