Re: My Trek Through Enterprise: Season One
Episode One: Broken Bow
Well, the introductory music was not nearly as irritating as I remember it being. It actually pairs nicely with the series’ scenes it follows during the opening credits. I’ll start off with my first impressions of the characters:
Archer: I liked the scenes with him as a boy and the shuttle footage with Trip. I got my first feel for the character when he’s upset about the Vulcans killing a Klingon warrior by terminating his life support on the Klingon government’s orders. My initial impression wasn’t a good one. I think the ambassador was correct when he said not to push human values off on Klingons (even though Archer’s solution was the right one), and I also didn’t like the way Archer seemed to want to run the show and not hear anyone else out at first. T’Pol says not to be volatile, and he responds by saying that he’s restraining himself from knocking her on her ass. Not good. Then he seemed kind of smug when he got a rise out of the ambassador. I liked him a little more as the episode went on, and that’s a plus.
T’Pol: I haven’t made up my mind yet. I don’t think I’ve seen enough. She seems a little moody, though, but that could be because she didn’t want to be there in the first place. I suspect it has something to do with the superiority complex she seems to have from the Vulcans inhabiting/leading Earth for 90 years (?).
Trip: So far, so good. He seems kind and laid back. That’s nice.
Hoshi: Right now, I’m indifferent. I do like the fact that she seemed able to sense the ship being boarded when no one else did.
The Alien Doctor: I don’t know his name yet, but he’s a little annoying. Maybe it’s his enthusiasm or something; I can’t quite put my finger on it.
Other crew: So far, so good.
Now, I’ll move on to my first impressions of the series:
Well, the first thing that seemed kind of odd was the look of the Klingon that Archer argues to save. He looks like the Klingons in the TNG/DS9 era, and not like the early version that was featured in the TOS era. That was interesting… The invader aliens seemed interesting. I think it was bad that no one immediately went to the patient to guard him and that’s how he got taken with no struggle. I know they were in the room and it was dark, but still…
It didn’t make sense to me why T’Pol told them about Rigel (sp?) 10 just because the Klingon said the word Rigel when he was talking gibberish. If she wanted them to go back the Earth like she said, giving them information so they could get there didn’t make any sense unless she changed her mind. Even still, she said she wasn’t authorized to give that information, but she gave it anyway. Then Archer threatens her for doing that. I don’t know. It just all seemed a little interesting.
The episode ends well enough for me to want to see the next episode to find out how things conclude. I like the part where T’Pol tells Trip to learn when to interfere because the little boy’s mother was actually helping him. It seems that she has taken an interest in helping them after all.
Grade: C
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