"The Andorian Incident"

[Plomeek Broth]

This is my favorite ENT episode so far along with Broken Bow.

I loved seeing Jeffrey Combs again.

I loved the shocking ending, but was confused by Archer's actions in blindly trusting the Andorians upon discovery of the Vulcan listening post under the catacombs. Why did he all of a sudden trust the Andorians who moments earlier had been shooting at him and before that torturing him? How would he know which side was acting in the best interest of Earth - the Vulcans or Andorians?

 

[frenchman]

that was a good episode and jeffrey combs is great as shran.

for me, the side that archer has chosen is the side which has not lie. the andorian come on p'jem because they thought that there was a spy basis there. the vulcan have always said no, even to archer. so when archer saw that the andorians were right, he choose the side of the truth.

too bad for the non-ingerence

 

[JNG]

I don't know that Archer trusted the Andorians so much as he harbored some distrust (perhaps even prejudice) against the Vulcans. I wasn't at all surprised that the character would be suspicious of Vulcan good faith; he believed the Vulcans intentionally held back Earth's space program for no good reason, and it is clear that Vulcan administration always behaved as if they knew what was best for other species, even when they didn't.

 

[Plomeek Broth]

I like the tensions and paranoia played up between the humans and Vulcans in the series so far. I'm just wondering why Archer would be so easy to trust the Andorians when he doesn't know what their intentions are as well.

 

[SFRabid]

I think this is one of the most important episodes in the series. Not only was it good, it was a basis for a lot of future episodes. It also showed that Vulcans are not perfect which to me was very important and a good move.

 

[TheGodBen]

I like the tensions and paranoia played up between the humans and Vulcans in the series so far. I'm just wondering why Archer would be so easy to trust the Andorians when he doesn't know what their intentions are as well.

He had just spent the last few hours being tortured for defending a lie. When he found out about that lie, and the fact that the Vulcans just let it happen, he was rightly pissed off and let the Andorians learn the truth. I would have done exactly the same thing had I been in that situation.

 

[clint g]

I like the tensions and paranoia played up between the humans and Vulcans in the series so far. I'm just wondering why Archer would be so easy to trust the Andorians when he doesn't know what their intentions are as well.

He had just spent the last few hours being tortured for defending a lie. When he found out about that lie, and the fact that the Vulcans just let it happen, he was rightly pissed off and let the Andorians learn the truth. I would have done exactly the same thing had I been in that situation.

Agreed. it was less of an "i trust Andorians now" and more of a "fuck you vulcans for treating me like shit"

 

[commodore64]

^ I never got the impression he trusted the Andorians because he was mad at the Vulcans. Instead, he thought the Vulcans were being hypocritical -- they *were* using P'Jem to spy on the Andorians. It wasn't a personal vendetta.

I agree with SFRabid, it's a fantastic episode and the basis for many more. I loved Combs and the dynamic among Shran, Archer and T'Pol.

 

[Anna Yolei]

This was the episode that hooked me into being an Enterprise fan. I didn't know the Andorias had been featured on TOS until way later in the season when I found my way here, but it was a gripping drama, and even though I didn't particularly like Archer at the time, I didn't see him handing the info to the Andorians as some petty vendetta against Vulcans. It just had to do with him being lied to.

 

[Therin of Andor]

This was the episode that hooked me into being an Enterprise fan. I didn't know the Andorias had been featured on TOS.

Boy have you missed some staff meetings...

 

[Hoshi_Mayweather]

I need to revisit this episode.

Andorians are one of my favorite Trek races...

 

[commodore64]

It was a great episode. I can understand why many people were hooked by it. After "Strange New World" (which I thought was mediocre), it kept me coming back.

 

[gblews]

Well I sure didn't see the AI as "gripping drama" for the first 2/3 of it anyway.

In fact, except for the scene where T'Pol is "grooming" Trip and Archer, and the scene where the Andorian was attempting to intimidate T'Pol and we get the first inkling that the tough facade she's been affecting for the crew is hiding some very human-like vullnerability, AI was pretty routine to me.

What made the epiode was the twist at the end. Had it not been for that, AI would have been just another crew gets kidnapped story. I remember being shocked and delighted by the revelation that the oh so self righteous Vulcans were caught "rolling dirty".