Sleaze-fest? Partially sleaze, partially silly.
By Arinoch

First and foremost, I'd agree with the fact that the actual Xindi/Harbinger part of the story was good. I would've liked to see more, but a story that leaves you wanting more is a good one. I thought the alien's makeup was done quite well, and was somewhat reminiscent of a stone man.

T'Pol and Trip's story was certainly sleazy. I'm sorry, but previous Trek series have never needed to show nudity to imply what was going on(yeah, it was just her back, but it was still unecessary. I'm just saying). I find it cheapens the show a little. Had T'Pol just laid Trip back with her Vulcan strength and out of camera view, I'm sure everyone would have gotten the message, and it could have possibly been worth a chuckle rather than eye rolling. I'd be disappointed if the relationship between Trip and the MACO woman(her name escapes me) didn't reemerge, as it would mean that it was simply a tool to arrive at T'Pol and Trip sleeping together. I wouldn't imagine they'd drop it, but you never know.

The fighting between Reed and Hayes was ridiculous in the way it was brought about. They're both tough guys. Would Reed really have held it in so long and acted like a bitter little boy towards Hayes, or would he have simply said "Are you after my job?" If a childish fight came after that, fine, but come on. They're both educated. I'm sure if Reed was going to continue being a wee lad, Hayes would have at least come forward and asked him sooner, "What's your problem?" It's not like Reed was hiding it well. I enjoyed Archer chewing them out about it. I enjoyed Archer leaving without dismissing them. In that vein, I'm happy the fight happened.

I enjoy Enterprise, for the most part. I think people are too hard on it. TNG wasn't particularly golden in its first few seasons. It had to iron some bugs out. I have faith(perhaps foolish hope) that the same can be done with Enterprise. As Deus said, the previous two episodes were good and encouraging. This episode didn't run with the ball; it dropped it. It could have been so much better with a little script editing and better directing. With Billingsly as a/the lead next week, I'm optimistic that things can get back on track.