Honestly this is a pretty solid conclusion to what has so far been the best season of ENT, and yes, I know that is damning by faint praise. But at the same time it did at least pay off most of what it set up despite the rather strange ending. Getting to see Archer detonate the head reptilian was satisfying and the destruction of the spheres was about what I expected. However the arrival of the Andorians to save Earth was unexpected and badass. The dumb netflix capsule summary mentioned unexpected help by I honestly didn't expect the Andorians. they have been gone for so long that it was really cool to have them show up when earth needed them the most. The scene where Daniels tries to talk Archer into not going himself was dumb, there is literally no way the writers were going to let anyone but Archer actually stop the weapon so that made the scene really feel like filler in an ep that didn't have room for it.
We open with everything happening at once. Trip and T'Pol are trying to figure out how to destroy the spheres but not also Enterprise as Archer gets Hoshi and Malcolm ready to go with him to stop the weapon. The friendly Xindi are being helpful, but it seems they may be too late. The weapon arrives at Earth, but still needs several minutes. The Xindi destroy a space station we have never heard of for no apparent reason and as Degra's ship flies in totally outgunned Shran shows up with the other Andorians and saves the day. T'Pol meanwhile flies Enterprise into the area around the guide sphere which is no heavily distorted. Trip needs a few minutes and the sphere builders show up to try and stop them, but of course at literally the last possible second the plan works saving them and destroying the spheres. Archer, Malcolm, Hoshi and some unnamed MACO's beam into the weapon and Archer starts the overload sequence. There is a lot of fighting but it eventually comes down to Archer versus the head reptile. Archer wins but is maybe killed in the explosion. On Enterprise the aquatics show up to take them back to Earth, but when they arrive they aren't greeted and when Trip and Tucker take a shuttle down they are shot at by P-51's. Cut to a german field hospital in WWII where Archer is lying wounded surrounded by nazi's, one of whom is revealed to be a alien as we cut to commercials.
Review: A satisfying conclusion to a season that was overall better than the first two, but still had some serious low points. Actually looking forward to next season and a new writing team!
7 out of 10
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