| Review : |
I've heard it said that this is one of the better examples of ENT season 2, but I see it as a missed opportunity. The NX-01 takes on alien passengers who will be more than passing visitors, and what happens? They hide behind a sheet, avoiding all interaction with the Enterprise crew. What's the point of that? What are we learning here? We're just waiting for them to turn out to be dodgy, as alien visitors/guests ALWAYS ARE. Bear in mind the NX-01 doesn't actually have many aliens on board for the show's duration. There ARE a few good scenes in the episode with the Devore Imperium (or whoever) boarding the NX-01 and the Enterprise crew only being able to spend a limited time in their suits trying to stop them, but I'd have written the episode differently to show Enterprise actually making first contact and learning something about a new species, and dropped the "Sorry mate, this is our ship now" plotline. |
