Enterprise returns to Earth after it was attacked by a probe of uknown origin which carved a trench from Florida to Venezuela. On the way back the Enterprise has a couple encounters. The first is with the Suliban. They kidnap captain Archer. Silik takes him to see the Time Traveler. The mysterious man warns him about the Xindi, a race of beings who will be wiped out by humans, 400 years in the future. The second encounter is with Klingons, who want revenge for what Archer did to them in a recent episode, which I have not seen. The Klingons have got the upper hand until a few other Earth vessels arrive and join the fight. The Klingons are forced to retreat and run away.
Archer talks to Admiral Forrest and Ambassador Soval, once the Enterprise makes it back to Earth. He has information from the Time Traveler. Archer wants the Enterprise to go looking for the Xindi in a remote area of outer space known as the Delphic Expanse. Soval cautions against it saying that it is a various dangerous region of space. Archer examines the probe which crashed on Earth after killing about 3 million people. Trip's sister is among those believed to have been caught in the destructive path carved by the probe. Archer uses a quantum meter to detect the age of the various components of the probe and shows them that some of metal dates from 420 years in the future.
Archer returns to the Enterprise and is examined by a Vulcan doctor who is there under false pretenses. Once Archer and Doctor Phlox discover the ruse they kick the Vulcan off the Enterprise. The Enterprise prepares for the trip into the Expanse. Trip is on edge about losing his sister. The Enterprise gets outfitted with new, more powerful torpedoes. T'Pol is told that she will be leaving the Enterprise. The Vulcan High Command does not want her going into the Expanse. T'Pol makes it clear that she doesn't want to leave the Enterprise but the High Command insists.
The Enterprise leaves Earth and heads for Vulcan. They are going to drop off T'Pol before heading into the Expanse. The Klingons attack the Enterprise, not long after it leaves Earth. The Enterprise is able to temporarily disable the Klingon ship using the new weapons. Captain Archer and T'Pol have a chat when they are still a couple days from Vulcan. She tells him she is going to resign her commission and would like to stay on the Enterprise. He questions her but ultimately agrees with her decision.
The Enterprise changes course and heads for the Expanse. The Klingons return and attack as the Enterprise begins to cross into the outer layers of the Expanse. Two of the three Klingon vessels peel away as the ships get closer to the Expanse. The Enterprise executes a sophisticated maneuver, destroys the one remaining Klingon vessel, and then crosses into the Expanse as the episode ends.
Thoughts
There was some mention of an army unit joining the crew of the Enterprise but there was no further mention or sign of them shown in this episode. According to Memory Alpha it looks like this is probably the Military Assault Command Operations (MACO) who make their first appearance in the first episode of season 3.
I was amazed at how quickly they rushed the Enterprise off into action. Maybe I shouldn't be. It is just a TV show, but I would think more testing would be in order before undertakng such a dangerous mission into unknown territory.
Trip and T'Pol had the most significant character moments.
This isn't a bad episode but I don't think that it is a great one. It is a pivotal moment in the series and is setting the stage for the next season but aside from that it didn't feel that important to me.
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