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Ok, but...
By Noxmagic

Nice review Deus. I was shocked that you seemed to like Exile. I'd thought for sure that you'd hate this type of gothic, romance fair. I pretty much agree with your review, although I like this episode a lot less than you do.
Drawbacks, in no particular order:
1) Hoshi's choice of clothing while staying with the creepy alien dude. I found her breezy, summer like dresses and high-heeled shoes silly in the least, just plain stupid in the extreme. Why would someone, especially a woman, wear clothing that can easily be taken as alluring while stranded alone with a person that A) creeps you out, and B) has made it clear that they are attracted to you? Why didn't Hoshi pack extra Star Fleet uniforms, or if she has only the one, just keep wearing that for crying out loud?
2) Archer's decision to leave her with the creepy alien. This point could easily be taken as a positive, in that Archer's decision to leave a crew member alone on a planet with a strange alien, who is obviously attracted to said crewmember, can be taken as a sign of his desperation in finding the Xindi. At first I laughed out loud at how foolish his decision seemed (leaving poor Hoshi to the vices of this weirdo!) but then I realized that if it was any male crew member, say Trip, Archer's decision to leave a member of his crew with the creepy alien wouldn't have bothered me in the least. I guess Archer just wasn't being as sexist as I hate to admit I might have been in that situation. With this written, I still am bothered by his decision.
3) The romance cliches you point out in your review are right on. Luckily, the actor playing the creepy alien, and Linda Park were able to rise above the sometimes predictable writing.

In defense of Exile, though, I took Hoshi's being ability to use the alien's crystal to see telepathically as a direct result of the alien sharing his ability through the crystal, not Hoshi actually having the same powers herself. I'm probably way off on this, since what you write about TPTB potentially turning Hoshi into a telepath makes a lot of sense.

Despite my misgivings, I did enjoy this episode. As you point out in your review, it does a top notch job of moving the story along, and in my book, the more we see of Linda Park, the better!

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