A solid conclusion that is not quite is unbelievably good as the start, but still very good. So many of my issues with the portrayal of Vulcans are basically resolved at this point, and while in theory this means I should revise a few earlier scores, nope. I have zero faith that this is what they intended to do with the Vulcans other than some broad outlines. Shran again proves to be the best character in the series by first of all not just gullibly buying the story about an invasion from Soval, then deciding he had to trust him and finally by saving Enterprise (and possibly the Earth/Vulcan alliance) once again. Finally the reveal that the reason the Vulcans have been so awful through most of ENT turns out the be Romulan influence! This is perfect because they honestly don't need to follow up at all. Of course the Romulans are trying to make the Vulcans more like them to seek reunification, this is exactly what Spock tries to do to them 200 or so years later.
We start with Palpatine, I mean V'Los, showing off his hella devious battle plan to the members of the high command and they seem kinda shocked. On Vulcan Archer and company are determined to take the Kir'Shara to the high command to shame them into stopping the war. On Enterprise they are trying to find a way to warn the Andorians when Soval steps in with information of their fleet location. Sure enough the contact Shran in no time but of course he is dubious of the information. He kidnaps Soval and starts torturing him for the truth, but Soval only has one story for him. On Vulcan T'Pau and T'Pol discuss mindmelding to share T'Les's memories with T'Pol, but she is sure she can't because of Pa'nar syndrome, but that turns out to also be a fraud of the high command and T'Pau cures her with a single mindmeld. Shran eventually decides to believe Soval before doing permanent damage and returns him to Enterprise. The Andorian fleet and Enterprise stand together against the Vulcans and in the high command V'Las is forced to admit the Andorians lack Xindi weapons, but he doesn't care and orders the attack anyway over the objections of his own staff. Elsewhere on Vulcan Archer has to fight off Vulcan security and gets saved by T'Pau. As the fight between the Andorians with Enterprise and the Vulcans heats up Archer and T'Pau get a code from T'Pol's husband and beam into the high command with the Kir'Shara. The present it to the high command who are all impressed except for V'Los who tries to destroy it and is stunned by his second in command. The Vulcan fleet stands down and we learn they have dissolved the high command entirely. In the final closing scene we see V'Los consulting with who we learn is the real power behind him, a Romulan agent.
Review: A well told episode with lots going on that still manages to keep everything going the right way. Making Archer competent at fighting is also a good move for season 4 since it makes him a lot less pathetic.
8 out of 10
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