Acquisition

I enjoyed this episode. Fortunately for me, I understand that Star Trek is NOT real, it's all pretend for the sake of entertainment. It is not meant as an exercise in logic or a treatise on real space exploration. It's entertainment, designed to amuse, distract, and entertain. Instead of trying to pick out every little plot hole, discrepancy, unlikely scenario, or continuity failure, I like to put my brain in neutral and let it enjoy the audio/visual candy Star Trek spoon feeds it. When I return to work tomorrow and prepare for the surgeries that await my skills, THAT'S when I can reengage my brain and ensure all seriousness is at full peak. I enjoyed watching the actors have fun with their parts. That Jeffery Combs, what a hoot!

Look, this is one of those episodes you have to take as is. The reality is that they could've easily overpowered the Ferengi at numerous points and not had all of the silliness.

I also question whether or not they would've impounded the ship and taken them back to Starfleet as prisoners. Granted, rules weren't really established then, but this was more of an 80's scheme and then off your way once they foiled the scheme. I would argue that they had an obligation to take the ship, weapons, technology, etc or at least taken them apart and seen how they work.

Anyway, just take it as is and it's fun and enjoyable.

Attempted comedy and fake-suspense are terrible in this misguided segment, more like "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (or "Barrel") than a Star Trek episode.

The Enterprise is taken over by a bumbling gang of thieves, wearing makeup prosthetics leftover from Armin Shimerman as Quark in "Deep Space Nine". Only Clint Howard retains his look underneath the very fake ears, nose and facial ridges.

It's up to Trip, Captain Archer and T'Pol to save the day and it seems like hours rather than 45 minutes for the story to unfold. Other than watching Jolene Blalock keep a straight face, there's nothing diverting here.

And the rest of the cast of regulars get to pick up their paycheck by sleeping on the job.

Pretty ordinary ep except that the hours it seems like when if you don't speak Ferengi is unbearable. But the scene with the dog Porthos being interrogated by the Ferengi makes it well worth it. Ladies will likely enjoy Trip running around in what i guess is underwear.

This episode opens with the Ferengi, the businessmen of the universe, on board the Enterprise. Some gas has been released on board and the crew is unconscious. Tripp is the only one conscious because he was in a decontamination chamber. The Ferengi (who are not called that at this stage) begin to loot the ship. They take all kinds of random stuff and pile it up. They awaken Archer because they believe he knows where a huge supply of gold is. Meanwhile, Tripp moves around the ship trying to figure out how to help. This is a pretty delightful effort with lots of humor. The Ferengi are quite formidable, despite being so ridiculous. We won't meet them again until the Next Generation. The plot to reclaim the ship is fun to watch.