Look at the Klingons

Well, OK, I watched last night's Enterprise episode, in which Archer and co. come to the aid of some deuterium miners who are being raided by a gang of marauding Klingons, and I hate to say it, but I think we've gone right back to the status quo of the first season, in which the episode starts, some not-terribly interesting stuff happens to people I don't have much of a reason to care about, the episode ends, and I'm left with the vague lingering feeling that I've sort of wasted the last hour of my life. I honestly can't think of a single comment to make on this episode, positive or negative, except to say that I did kind of like the costumes on the Klingons. Y'know, they looked quite appropriately scuzzy and disreputable.

Well, no, that's not quite true. I can think of one other thing to say about the episode, which is that it left me with a really strong desire to go and watch some Farscape. Which, since I still hadn't finished with the latest batch of episodes on DVD, I did. In fact, I watched the whole of the three-parter "Look at the Princess." And while that episode doesn't even come close to making my top-10 list, it did give me exactly what I was wanting: a complex plot with lots of interesting twists, character development, something for all of the regular characters to do, humor, sharp dialog, a dollop of angst, scenes that offer subtle contributions toward a larger story arc, at least one exciting action sequence, and a lot of stuff that works towards establishing the larger political context of the universe in which the characters exist. And, that, my friends would be my personal wish list for Enterprise.