A group
of Ferengi hijack Enterprise
The good:
Great
opening, dropped us right into the action.
This was
a fun, light episode. The dynamic between the Ferengi was clearly inspired by
the Three Stooges. It wasn’t actually slapstick, but in my head I kept
picturing Muk performing a double-eye-poke on Ulis or Grish.
Good Porthos!
Good boy for not telling them where the gold is! Good boy!
The plan to
double cross the Ferengi was actually believable. Archer improvised quickly and
effectively rather than taking a pompous name-rank-and-serial-number “go to
hell Commie” approach. Archer, Trip, and T'Pol played their parts well. I was particularly happy with the fake fight between
Trip and Archer.
The bad:
Why would
the Ferengi just leave the hypospray laying around? So Tripp can wake up T’Pol
of course.
It was very convenient that Archer, Trip, and T'Pol could use any workstation to access a camera in any other part of the ship...and that those cameras always had an unobstructed view of the Ferengi invaders.
T’Pol
actually got pissed at Archer because he told Krem that she’s a pain in the ass...because he was trying to convince Krem not to kidnap her and turn her into a rape slave? Definitely a sitcom style moment that was weak and out of character.
Krem was perilously close to being portrayed as completely mentally retarded. In which case, Archer’s manipulation just wasn’t cool, man.
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