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Re: ENT S3: Twilight

This is one of the best episodes of ENT. Only spoiled by the writers taking shortcuts to mark the characters more heroic when this wasn't necessary at all.
1) Only reason for Trip to reject Phlox's suggestion is that the writers need to have an heroic self-destruct later. 2) Archer getting three shots and still surviving. Both were utterly unnecessary and could have been trivially fixed.

An interesting note is that Commander Shran helps humanity (with shield technology) even when he seemingly had nothing to gain.

@Edax: In a later episode, we discovered Hoshi got kicked out of Starfleet officer course (won't spoil the story) and isn't a 'proper' officer. That's one reason for Starfleet to not promote her. You didn't expect the near-extinction of Humanity would actually reduce bureaucracy, did you?

(Also, I don't think she has any interest in any role besides the one she's doing. She's intrigued by languages, not command).