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How would you rate the Enterprise episode 'The Xindi'? 5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 2 Stars Ugh. Why Bother?

Synopsis:
 
From StarTrek.com:
"Six weeks into the Delphic Expanse, Captain Archer and his crew learn of a Xindi working at a mining colony, and set out to track him down and gain information about the mysterious antagonistic race."

Updated Synopsis from StarTrek.com:
"Six weeks into the Delphic Expanse, Captain Archer and his crew learn of a Xindi working at a mining colony, and set out to track him down and gain information about the mysterious race. But when Trip and Archer get caught in a deadly trap, Enterprise's newest crew members, a squad of Military Assault Command Operation soldiers (MACOs), must rush to free them. Meanwhile, T'Pol suggests an intriguing Vulcan cure for Trip's vivid nightmares of his sister's death."

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The Xindi - Spoilers Involved

I did not get to see the season-ender last spring. I am, however, very pleased with the season three opener. The change in beat and accompaniment to the words of the theme was a pleasant surprise. I wonder that this version was not used from the beginning. But changing the theme somewhat is nothing new to the Star Trek line. The theme to "Deep Space Nine" was also changed after several years and did reflect a change in the direction of the show.

I am glad to see that the Captain Archer I saw in the very first episode of "Enterprise" has returned. I enjoyed Archer up to this point but now that strength has returned in force.  The man who said, "You have no idea how much I’m restraining myself from knocking you on your ass!" is back again.

The action in this story was compelling. Some of the plot twists were predictable-some were not. Going down when trying to escape the plasma flow was a different take – in my view, the natural instinct would be to go up. The tension between Reed and Major Hayes was expected, as Reed said himself, but was played well, setting up more possible conflict in the future.

The interaction between T’Pol and Trip is interesting and could go in many directions. It is an interesting way to bring the two together and a very flexible one as far as plot line is concerned. I do take some exception to T’Pol’s disrobing. While she had more reason to do it, I don’t see that it was absolutely necessary. It must be a guy thing in the episodes. I did like T’Pol asking Trip if he was accusing her of sexual harassment. It is also fun to see her in more than two colors of uniform.

Note: As a fan of "JAG", it’s nice to know why Steven Culp hasn’t been on many episodes of that show. Another Bellisario connection to the show (the others being Scott Bakula, Jolene Blalock and
Anthony Montgomery, etc.)

Great lines: "Sewage takes on a whole new meaning when it comes from a dozen different species."
 

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Cast:

Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer
Connor Trinneer as Chief Engineer Charles Tucker III
Jolene Blalock as Sub-commander T'Pol
Dominic Keating as Lt. Malcolm Reed
Anthony Montgomery as Ensign Travis Mayweather
Linda Park as Ensign Hoshi Sato
John Billingsley as Dr. Phlox

Guest Cast:

Nathan Anderson as Sergeant Kemper
Steven Culp as Major Hayes
Chris Freeman as Alien Head Guard
Adam Taylor Gordon as Young Trip
Daniel Dae Kim as Corporal Chang
Richard Lineback as Kessick
Scott MacDonald as Xindi Reptilian
Stephen McHattie as Alien Foreman
Randy Oglesby as Degra
Marco Sanchez as Corporal Romero
Tucker Smallwood as Xindi Humanoid
Rick Worthy as Xindi Sloth
 

Creative staff:

Directed by: Allan Kroeker
Written by: Rick Berman & Brannon Braga