by Honeybee » Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:38 pm
It's a strong episode in a lot of ways. There's some exciting action, a glorious nod to Doctor Who (which hadn't yet been revived successfully) and a bunch of great character moments. The time loop scenes were done so effectively and simply.
There's great scenes between Archer and T'Pol, Archer and Reed, Tucker and Reed and the great breakfast between the big three there. Also, a very intense and well lit scene between Phlox and T'Pol, each giving their unique alien perspective.
In some ways I am sorry we never truly met the dead time traveler. That would have been fun. Although, it was nice to see the Tholians.
According to memory Alpha, some of what wasn't used in this episode Sussman later used for the MU episode and I think you can see that he must have been thinking of this one when writing that one.
The whole concept of a time loop just has amazing possibilities.