ENT: Daedalus

         I think this episode would have worked a lot better with a different title. As soon as I saw it I know it was his missing son that Emory was trying to save and since he was the inventor of transporters it was clear what had happened. This made the part where it was a mystery kinda bland and the actual scene where they try to save him also seemed like it was pretty obviously not going to work. Now this may be helped by the fact that I watched Logan earlier today so I kinda assume everything will go wrong in works of fiction right now, but I feel like it would have been apparent even under different circumstances. Not a bad episode, a bit too much Archer being sure he was right, but this time he wasn't really. I actually would have liked it if he had been more wrong, but not an episode ruining problem. 
         We open with Trip and Archer preparing to greet Emory Erikson, old friend of the captain and the inventor of the transporter. He arrives in a wheelchair along with his daughter to work on a long distance transportation project. He gets to work with Trip but it is obvious from the very beginning that he is hiding something. They perform the first test and it is a success! But for some reason Emory insists that he be alone when the data comes back. To rub in that there is a problem he and his daughter discuss how maybe they should tell Archer but Emory insists that as a starfleet officer he wouldn't help. In the armory Malcolm and one of his staff are working with the lights flicker and an energy being wanders through and kills the aide. They question Emory about this but he insists he has never even heard of anything like that. But it keeps happening and they eventually figure out that it is his lost son who never materialized during a transporter test. Archer agrees to help over Trip's strong objections In the end they get his son back, but he dies on the transporter pad, his signal was too degraded. There is also a bunch of stuff between Trip and T'Pol where she tells him that she isn't interested in renewing their relationship despite her being released from her arranged marriage.

         Review: A decent story that maybe should have had a more subtle name. Overall it works as a tale of obsession and loss though on several levels.

6 out of 10