Marauders, Prod#ST:ENT 132
Synopsis:
	When Enterprise is in need of deuterium, Archer discovers a desolate deuterium mining colony that is being harassed by Klingon marauders who are bullying the colonists and hoarding their deuterium.
MJC Review:
The Drama -
	Note: No Klingons were killed during the making of this episode. Other than that, it was kind of boring. Not god-awful, just boring. Yes, there was some small developments between Archer and the leader, Tessic, but that never developed into anything. Nice comment by Archer on the Fish story. Same situation for Trip and the kid, but that too went nowhere. A sign perhaps that Trip may want a boy of his own someday, but nothing really worthy of character development in this episode. As with Minefield, almost any bad, marauding, lawless alien would have sufficed. I think that one of the grande, classic Star Trek adversarial aliens, the Klingons, was done a disservice in this episode. Those disservice guilty parties should be taken out and sprayed with prune juice! The whole story background and premise was OK, but it never really went anywhere that would be worth noting. It definitely needed a lot more work before actually going into production.
Tid Bits -
	1) Mayweather saves the Enterprise by safely hiding the ship from Klingon detection. Of course, no one gave him credit for that. 2) T'Pol's dessert outfit is "HOT"! 3) Did anyone get the feeling of `The A-Team` in action here? Anyone old enough to remember The A-Team? 4) Once again, the new alien of the week can magically speak English.
What it all means -
	Archer hates bullies.
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