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Agree to disagree
By Nuclearmothman

I have to completely disagree with this review. "United" has the most TOS feeling of any episode this season. Archer's willingness to sacrifice himself for the greater good, even before the discovery of the "loophole," is a very Kirk-like moment. (Yes, one may question the logic and wisdom of having the commander of the ship put himself in this position, but I thought it was clever how this was addressed in the episode itself, when Archer explains his reasoning to T'pol.)

The point of the duel was to provide a "test" for Archer and company. Just how far are the humans willing to go to forge the alliance? Archer realized that he the fight with Shran is a symbolic act as well. He could have easily stepped aside and allowed the alliance to fall apart, but Archer realizes that there's more at stake than just the single "maurader."

We know, of course, that a full-scale war with the Romulans is just a few years away, and it's possible Archer has already guessed that the Romulans want to destablize the quadrant.

We've seen the origins of the Federation at the end of "United." Perhaps we'll see the beginning of the Romulan Wars in "The Aenar."

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