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It's ironic that after almost all of his life dealing with stubborn Vulcans, Archer sets out on a quest to bring the true meanings of Surak's teachings to all of Vulcan. Throughout most of his life, Archer has
perceived the Vulcans as holding back humans in their quest for knowledge and exploration. What a turnaround in perception a Katra would bring for
Archer! It became clear that his motives weren't just for Vulcan out of the goodness of his heart. He knew that
the Vulcan's fate would also have consequences for earth as well.
It's interesting how there was a "looking after each other" thing going on between T'Pol and Archer. T'Pol was constantly worried about Archer's physical and mental health. When T'Pol was captured, Archer felt that it was more important to rescue his fellow shipmate than to
pursue this journey to the Vulcan capitol. Perhaps subconsciously, there was still a "thing" going on between them.
It was a bit surprising to see T'Pol's husband let her out of the arranged marriage at the end. Not only that, he was the one that helped Archer beam into the High Command center. If Koss makes another appearance, perhaps
he will turn out to be a much better character than what had been
portrayed earlier in 'Home'.
Shran and Soval came head-to-head and the outcome was quite interesting. At first neither really trusted one another. Shran was suspicious from the very start of Soval's invasion warning. Having
Soval mentally tortured was a bit extreme by Shran, but the after affects resulted in more
trust and respect for the two. Watching Soval get emotional during his "interrogation" was a bit entertaining, too. Soval actually comes out has a real winner in this story arc. The combination of good acting by Graham and
smooth writing made Soval from being an adversary to humans to being a revered and respectable Vulcan character.
The climax for V'Las came to focus in this final three part story arc. He was more than every determined to carry out his (or others) agenda at all cost, even in the face of turmoil. It was quite clever how he used logic to manipulate the high command and other Vulcans into following his lead. V'Las's claim (based on flimsy intelligence) of the Andorians planning on building weapons of mass destruction based from Xindi technology to attack Vulcan was a bit analogous to current events with Bush WMD claims and attacking Iraq. The way the analogy was presented was a bit humorous. Foxworth did an excellent job at Portraying V'Las. The battle scene special effects between the Andorian and Vulcan ships were cool. Enterprise and Trip get to play their part in the battle and help save the day.
Seeing the Kir'Shara being displayed was spectacular. Seek (or display) the truth and the truth really will enlighten you. One might wonder if the real original writings of the old and new
testament were ever discovered and revealed to the western world, how that might change society?
The Romulan connection with V'Las at the end was a good tie-in to the upcoming Andorian
story arcs next year. It was a bit illogical to assume that V'Las was just bad on his own and some how magically was turning
Vulcan into a militaristic state. Kudos go to Cato and the rest of the creative staff for using the mischaracterizations of Vulcans in the previous
Enterprise seasons to make a great three part story arc on Vulcans and presenting them how they should be! There were many classic trek elements in this story arc that made it enjoyable to watch.
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