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Ok, but...
By Steve Krutzler

Mainly I liked "Shipment" as a part of the on-going arc, moving the plot forward interestingly and giving some intriguing back story. But I think it suffered from too much talking and not enough showing. The episode pretty much boiled down to Archer and Gralik talking, the latter pretty easily coming to believe Archer's story and betray his own people. It seems they injected the "seeker" episode as a way to break up the otherwise long talking sequences. They needed to do something more visual to convey the story.

For instance, let's say the MACO (not the major) argued over whether to destroy the facility or not. Reed agrees with him but Archer says they won't destroy it because Gralik is helping them. Then have Gralik betray Archer to Degra and Archer and Reed pick up Xindi weapons to try and escape. The MACO decides he's going to set off the blast and destroy the entire colony for vengeance. Archer has to go back to stop him because despite Gralik's betrayal, Archer cannot allow the MACO to kill innocents. In a show down with the MACO, Archer shoots him rather than let him blow up the colony. The Xindi weapon has no stun, so the MACO is vaporized. Gralik witnesses this act, proof of Archer's convictions, and he then helps Archer and Reed escape AND poison the shipment.

Of course this would've alerted the Council to the Enterprise's visit to the planet, which for whatever reason the staff doesn't want to do yet. But I think the episode sorely needed something more than just Archer and Gralik talking, especially since it wasn't very credible that Gralik would so easily side with Archer.

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