There's nothing like a delightfully entertaining episode with hot Orion chicks to perk up the fans! The opening dance scene of them was as about erotic as you can get on public TV. Although their presence on the Enterprise was subversive, their interaction with the crew was somewhat comedic like. Men would drop to the floor over them and women would get a head-ache over jealousy. Their seductive "power" definitely overwhelmed Archer. Those pheromones brought out some pretty good basic male instinct in him. We know that the "other" chief engineer scored with one. His desire for one enraged the already harsh feelings he had for Trip and drove him to sabotage the ship. What trouble certain women can cause.

More interesting developments occur in the Trip/T'Pol romance front. Viewers find out that their "get-together" from season three has resulted in a somewhat psychic bond between the two. This made Trip immune to the Orion female pheromones (doesn't even know what he missed!). Both have been "daydreaming" about one another. Trip has requested a transfer back to Enterprise. It'll be interesting to see how this romance plays out, but it does look like that it is developing much better and consistent than what has been tried in the last three season. The kiss by T'Pol was somewhat out of character for a Vulcan expressing "affection". One can't expect scene writing to be perfect all the time.

This episode served TOS well in its portrayal of Orion women. Kirk would be proud! I'm sure life-size posters of green Orion slave women will be a hot item at the next Star Trek convention.

1) Mayweather pumps irons to avoid thinking about sex.

2) Phlox gets sleepy around Orion women.

3) Hoshi gets head-aches around Orion women.

4) Orion women are the actual bosses in the their culture.

5) T'Pol makes a joke.....sorta.

6) Wonder how Porthos was affected by the pheromones?