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The Bad:

• A pretty conventional plot line for First Flight, nothing really surprising due to it being a flash-back story with the outcome already known. Other than that, nothing really sticks out at me as being really glaring.



• Why didn't Captain Robinson get the Shenandoah instead of Duval?



• Trip just kinda stood there with his head cocked during his out-burst in the hanger. Not exactly the best work by Trinnier, but his magnamity of execution pulled through for him.
  
  [li]I'm not a real big fan of the new-Tellarites. The noses were a bit more generic, and not striking me as having the piggish aura TOS-Tellarites had. My memory of Journey to Babel is a bit shady, but I can remember that Tellarite ambassador being a bit more gruff than this guy.



• Archer got captured again and was soon back to his preachy ways. I guess he got bored.



• T'pol....enough said. I half-expected a swerve to have her break Reed's faceplate and infect him as she would kiss him. How is it that I can think of that stuff, but TPTB can't?



• I'm not sure if Vulcan females can go through pon farr or not, but at any rate, Bounty's B-plot was just a sexual throw-out for the adolescent males.



• The practice of reusing sets for maximum value continues. They just reworked the transport set from Regeneration for Goroth's ship.
  
  [li]Phlox's BUFF BOD.


The Good:


• Great The Right Stuff feel to First Flight. The old-school camraderie between the pilots was certainly reminiscient of the Mercury program, and paid off very well. Great work by Black.



• Barfight, Archer breaking orders, Trip/Archer friendship formation.



• Great SFX



• Shoot-out scene was pretty cool. Again, ENT periodically suceeds in its action-driven episodes and scenes.


Overall:


• First Flight: 84%


[li]Bounty: 72%

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