RandyS, in your Humble Opinion?
I agree, you have got to be Freaking kidding us.
Nope, I found Trip to be an unlikable jerk who constantly shot his mouth off without thinking, and a bigot who put down the Vulcans every chance he got. Seriously, he came off as a petulant child in those scenes. Just look at the scene in the second season premiere where Soval and Forrest were talking to the Enterprise crew over the viewscreen. It was Archer's infamous "gazzelle speech" scene. Trip screamed at them when he had no right to. And that's just one example.
Archer should have spaced Trip and wrote it off as a transporter accident. It WAS new tech after all. Reed should have been the third star. A much more likeable, relatable fellow by far. Or Mayweather. Either (or both) were preferred.
Trip was a waste of screen time.