I have been binge watching from last 6 episodes of season 3 and into season 4, this episode is really a standout. The A plot with Archer dealing with some of things he’s done and being questioned about choices he’s made could have easily filled the entire episode. I thought it was fantastic. I really appreciate his interactions with the Captain of the Columbia, who represents where he was at the beginning of the series highlighting how much he’s changed. The actors had great chemistry which made his angry rants into something that was therapeutic and actually helping him.
The B plot with Trip and Tpol was also pretty good but I think is was under used when they had C plot scene showing the crew experiences. It was all to much for one episode.
Haha, yeah, this is definitely not Star Trek's best use of Nazis. The first time I watched this, I was really confused about what was going on because I thought it was going to end up being connected more directly to the Xindi.
Someday we'll do some Enterprise season 4, but it will be tough with all these multi-episode story arcs.
I love this episode, too. It takes it's cue from TNG "Family," I think, and does something interesting with it. Trip and T'pol is one of my favorite romantic(ish?) relationships in Trek, which is a topic we should do an episode about some day.