Interesting thought, Patman, but they were able to place the rescue party where they wanted, so why not phasers? The ship's sensors seem to be able to pinpoint locations fairly well.

My theory is that the sensors are still not strong enough to lock onto lifesigns to transport people out without another way of pinpointing the location exactly, like say the communicator signals. Of course it's all speculation...

I thought it was a fun episode though, with Jeffery Combs at the end, "We are in your debt", a nice touch.

So now that we've established that the Vulcans are damn dirty liars, what now?

-BT

Yes, it is interesting the Vulcans are being characterized as "damn dirty liars" in Enterprise, as they've been depicted as honorable in every other Trek show.

What this leads me to believe is that we'll be seeing alot more of human behavior rubbing off on Vulcans, starting with T'Pol. I thought it was stated (who said it?) that the Federation was exclusively a "Human/Vulcan club" in the beginning anyways. There has to be some impetus for the Vulcans wanting to form the Federation with Humans, so the groundwork has to be laid here, in the earliest days of Starfleet.

I wonder if there is going to be some big crisis that will bring the Humans and Vulcans closer together. Could be...

Here’s something I’ve been toying with for a while. Vulcan “logic” is a learned trait achieved through discipline. We’re dealing with about 150 years before Kirk & Co. come on the scene. It’s conceivable that the discipline is not quite as refined or perfected for the Vulcans as a race/culture as what we expect from TOS and later. This could be explained in a later Enterprise episode, perhaps introducing Surak into the timeline, where a cultural revolution takes place leading them to the path of true logic. And the ability to stand the human odor.

This would necessitate T’Pol’s return to Vulcan for a 3 to 4 episode hiatus (or a season-ending cliffhanger?) to learn the new ways. Which would coincidentally be about the same time the directors get tired of shooting above-the-waste shots of Blalock because she’s pregnant.*

The biggest problem with this is that Blalock would have to stop the lip treatments she’s been taking and start acting like a Vulcan. Also, I probably won’t get one damn_cent from the idea.



*No, as far as I know, she's not pregnant. But you know that it's gonna happen by about 2nd or 3rd season...

I agree.

I had a REAL PROBLEM with the amount of EMOTION she used when protesting Archer's questioning of her loyalty.

She clenched her teeth and and seemed liked she was about to either blow up or cry. Maybe they will explain this by saying she's still learning how to control her emotions like mentioned above.

yep!!! And while fighting back he would always manage to get the phone number of any female alien chicks hanging about so he could hook up later!

Kirk was a MAN'S MAN!!!!

Does anyone have any info on the Vulcan/Romulan split? Why? When? It's been awhile and I don't remember why this happened.

BTW, did it happen before this series or after?

well before
I think it was right after the vulcans got all logical, some vulcans hated it and left to become the romulans, something like 1000 or more years before they met humans

I never understood how the Andorians were able to speak English immediately. Whatever happened to all the linguistic problems of previous episodes?

Good call! More Hoshi, a little less T'pol (I haven't really noticed much growth in her character, just poor acting).
More ship to ship space fights, too. It's gotta be in the budget. Make that polarized hull earn it's pay!
A little more involvement in the history of this reality by these characters might seem too coincidental, but it would be cool. I like when they tip their hats to trekkies (and trekkers )by throwing in nostalgic crap.
Dang, now I'm 2 cents short.