Times you thought Archer was great.

[drazzz52923849]

I wanna talk about the times where he wasn't completely incompetent. This was inpired by watching fortunate son.
I thought it was awesome when they bring the first officer guy onboard and then he says
"there is another lifeform on your ship"
"One of the children has an [alienpet] if thats what you mean"
and then archer says "I think you know that's not what we mean"
And when he orders trip to remove the repairs was a fantastic scene.

 

[Skywalker]

During his speech at the end of Terra Prime.

 

[Admiral Shran]

I thought he was pretty good in....

Damage - the moral weight of his decisions bearing on him was well played.

The Augment Trilogy - the scene where he risks himself by letting himself be blown out into space in order to save everyone is brilliant.

The Vulcan Trilogy - We see him finally come to terms with Vulcans as a race.

The Andorian Trilogy - His willingness to fight Shran in order to preserve the peace between the Andorians and Tellarites is great.

Demons/Terra Prime - Especially his speech at the end.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I liked him with Degra in the fake shuttle.

 

[Capt_Pickirk]

I liked when he got hit in the face

 

[Winterwind]

Yeah, I liked him every time he got his ass kicked.

 

[Pariah Carey]

I thought Archer was great on many occasions. Like that time when he punched Q right in the face!

No, wait, that was Sisko.

 

[F. King Daniel]

When he blew up Reptillian Guy on the Xindi weapon. Stone cold BAMF.

 

[Capt_Pickirk]

I thought Archer was great on many occasions. Like that time when he punched Q right in the face!

No, wait, that was Sisko.

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[SFRabid]

Season 3 and 4, excluding Hatchery.

 

[Alienesse]

I thought Archer was great on many occasions. Like that time when he punched Q right in the face!

No, wait, that was Sisko.

Seriously now, I thought Seasons 3 and 4 were pretty good for Archer on the whole. I really loved his attempt at badassness during the Xindi crisis.

 

[Winterwind]

Keyword: "Attempt"

 

[Alienesse]

Keyword: "Attempt"

Well, it was a nice try.

 

[ChristopherPike]

Archer was awesome all over the place. Too many times for me count, particularly Seasons 3 & 4. But unfortunately, him getting his ass kicked is all that remains for some. I liked the idea of him holding an almost borderline bigoted attitude towards Vulcans throughout the first season. Some attempt at showing humans, even ones with a lot of responsibility on their shoulders, still had a long way to go before being as enlightened as Gene Roddenberry always insisted we'd become.

I wanna talk about the times where he wasn't completely incompetent. This was inpired by watching fortunate son.
I thought it was awesome when they bring the first officer guy onboard and then he says
"there is another lifeform on your ship"
"One of the children has an [alienpet] if thats what you mean"
and then archer says "I think you know that's not what we mean"
And when he orders trip to remove the repairs was a fantastic scene.

Funny you mention "Fortunate Son", his handling of the Naussicans rocked.

Without digging out my DVDs, there was one bit where something like this happens.

Archer: "You're not sneaking up on an old cargo ship anymore. This is an NX-class starship.

Take a good look. You'll be seeing more of them!"

That's a punch the air moment from a pioneering Starfleet Captain right there.

 

[Capt_Pickirk]

I liked the idea of him holding an almost borderline bigoted attitude towards Vulcans throughout the first season. Some attempt at showing humans, even ones with a lot of responsibility on their shoulders, still had a long way to go before being as enlightened as Gene Roddenberry always insisted we'd become.

It's a pity they made the vulcans complete dicks though.

 

[Shatnertage]

Just about everything with Degra.

"Twilight"

And the end of "Observer Effect."

 

[Pariah Carey]

Just about everything with Degra.

"Twilight"

Twilight? But he spent 99% of that ep being totally clueless...

 

[Reliant Robin]

But for once, it wasn't his fault

I love Twilight, one of my favourite Trek episodes ever, let alone Enterprise episodes.

 

[star]

Season 3 and 4, excluding Hatchery.

Word.

I happen to like how gritty he was in season 3. (Yeah, I'm so with "Airlock 'we'll do what we have to, Trip' Archer") and I totally didn't mind the "Super!Archer!" of season 4.

A couple of memorable Archer moments for me:

"Similitude" -- "I need Trip!"

"Countdown"/"Zero Hour" -- for sheer captain badassery

"Observer Effect" -- because he was just awesome

"Demons"/"Terra Prime"

There were many more, but these are my stand-outs.

 

[Shatnertage]

Just about everything with Degra.

"Twilight"

Twilight? But he spent 99% of that ep being totally clueless...

It just popped into my head as a strong episode for him.