Author: robert

Enterprise gets robbed. Not a terrible story, but it’s starting to not feel very much like Trek to me. Archer has become so angry that we have a…

Enterprise tries to find the Xindi homeworld. Not a goods start to the season. That opening scene felt like a scene of the Trade Federation in Star Wars.…

For the most part this is a show without clear direction There’s a general flailing around from theme to theme, never quite sure what kind of story will…

Earth gets attacked for no known reason, and Enterprise has to go find out who’s responsible. There’s a pretty bald attempt to draw everything together here - the…

Reed is proved very correct about Archer’s lax attitude to security, as Archer gets captured by a bounty hunter. Dull and uninteresting stupidity. Archer gets himself taken prisoner…

Archer has a flashback to the days of the NX Warp Project testing. Not great, but not terrible either. It’s nice to see the ‘what they were like…

The Borg show up, jumping up and down lightly on continuity. There’s a great episode of the Doctor Who reboot, *Dalek*, that manages to take back a villain…

Enterprise runs into a race with three genders,one of which is a third class citizen. This episode dances right on the edge between ‘uncomfortable’ and ‘stupid’, until in…

Phlox has to decide whether to treat a member of his race’s deepest enemies. So, what can make even the incredibly phlegmatic Dr Phlox crack? How about someone…

Ensign Merriweather visits home. Gah. I know I sometimes call for episodes that tell us a bit more about the character of the main cast, but this is…