Reviewing a dead series
By Sennik

I've never been a fan of O.Deus's reviews. From way back in season 2 I thought his reviews were negative towards Enterprise just for the sake of being negative. If he had solid reasons for his dislike of an episode, it would be one thing, but it seems like he just doesn't like Enterprise, and where the writers have taken the series in the past 4 years. I detest what Berman & Braga have done to the franchise, but even I can be objective when watching an episode. The whole Trip/T'Pol romance felt forced last season, because it was forced on us. And it wasn't written well at all. With someone new behind the scenes, it is coming along much better. Maybe it was just me, but I thought the scenes between Trip and T'Pol in "The Aenar" were acted quite well, and they were given good dialogue to work with. Also, the parts of the episode with Archer and Shran meeting the Aenar had a strong feel of TOS. And that is a good thing. Yes, TOS would've spent the episode with Kirk and co. on Andor meeting this new culture, but on Enterprise this was part of a larger story and that just wasn't possible. Perhaps a wasted opportunity, but the series is dead anyway.

Also, O.Deus shows his complete lack of objectivity when he complains that the bad Romulan guys were always on the planet, far removed from the action. Does he not remember TOS episode where it's stated no one has seen a Romulan before? Wouldn't make much sense for Trip and Reed to run into someone who looks a lot like a Vulcan when they were rummaging around the drone vessel, now would it? I think that would throw continuity out the window, which O.Deus would then complain about. The fact that the Aenar are blind also preserves continuity because they can't possibly know what a Romulan looks like either. I thought that was a nice touch, something O.Deus didn't even comment on.

The Aenar had a nice touch of TOS to it, and wrapped up the 3 part arc while setting up the stage for the episodes coming up leading to the big series finale in May. It could've been better, yes, but we can say that about all 4 years of Enterprise. Give the series some credit for at least trying to be a good show.