A decent conclusion to this exciting saga. It felt like maybe a rewrite or two might have helped this one hold together, but they did have a lot going on. Ending with Trip asking to leave was one of the things that I was supposed to be shocking maybe but wasn't because they actually did a good job setting up his unhappiness with being on Enterprise, especially everything having to do with T'Pol. I hope this isn't the last we hear from Shran, but the way they said good bye made me think this might be the end for him. Presumably this is the last we see of the Romulans this series, but that's fine, they had them be evil without showing their faces which preserves what we know about them pretty well. I am not sure we needed the blind and psychic subrace of Andorians, but it wasn't a big problem or anything, just something I am pretty sure won't get explored much further.
We open on Romulus where things aren't going well. The admiral in charge of the drone ship project is getting pressure to deliver results which he is pushing down to his subordinates. On Enterprise Archer is discussing what they learned from the drone ship and tells Shran that it appears the drone is being controlled by a psychic, one with an Andorian brain. It doesn't take Shran long to come up with a reply, it seems there is a second race of Andorians who are blind and live in ice caves that are also powerful psychics. Archer and Shran go to Andoria to try and get some answers but Shran is badly injured due to his lack of balance. They are rescued by the Aenar who fairly quickly confirm that one of their number was kidnapped about a year earlier, but they are so pacifist they don't want to get involved. The kidnapped man's sister does though and joins them over the objections of her elders. On Enterprise Trip and Phlox have built a psychic amplification chair or something which T'Pol is determined to test herself despite it obviously injuring her which really bothers Trip. On Romulus they decide to send two drones under the control of the psychic even though it may kill him fairly quickly. The drones show up and start ripping Enterprise apart but the Aenar lady they brought along gets in the amplifier chair and talks her brother down which causes the Romulan admiral to kill him ending the attack. We close with Shran leaving with the Aenar who he seems to have become close with and Trip asking to leave Enterprise for good.
Review: I had almost forgotten what an average Trek episode felt like, but this is definitely one. Not bad, but lacking what it takes to stand out above the rest.
5 out of 10
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