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Message: <blockquote data-quote="myrdden" data-source="post: 1129206" data-attributes="member: 549">I thought the episode was pretty good - much better than some of the drivel I'd seen last season.  Maybe there is hope for the "new direction".I like Archer's anger.  I think it is possible that the writers take it in a direction that begins to create conflict between him and his crew.  The stress of such a mission is starting to show on some of crew as evidenced by Reed and Tripp's conversation.The Death Star/Dyson Sphere thing was ho hum for me, but at least the interior looked alien (apart from the cargo holds).  I guess we also know why the 'Terylleum-D', mentioned last episode, is so valuable.  The prisoner was awfully chatty.The only part I disliked was the accquisition of the Xindi database.  The combat action was ok, but the idea of remotely hacking into the computer and downloading alien software just didn't do much for me.  Obviously "Independance Day" has shown on the ship at some point in the prior season. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> The fact that they have potentially all the data they need is a bit much for so early in the season and the way Trek writers have acted in the past, I cringe at the thought of the dues ex machina the database could be.  I guess I'll have to wait and see.Overall I liked the episode and thought it was better than the premiere.  That's a good sign.But the theme song still has to go!Myrdden</blockquote>

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