Minefield

When the show begins, Captain Archer is trying to get to know Lt. Malcolm Reed by sharing breakfast with him. However, Malcolm is a very dull guy who is obsessed with protocol (he would make a great match for T'Pol actually). Fortunately, this stiff and uncomfortable breakfast is cut short when the ship hits a mine! If this isn't bad enough, when the lieutenant tries to detach a mine which has attached itself to the ship, it also attached to him! The Captain (inexplicably) goes out himself to try to help--and the two finally get a chance to talk and get to know each other better. But it's not all fun and games, as the mine is still ready to explode AND several Romulan ships have appeared and are ready to blow up these 'spies'.

This isn't a bad episode...until the end when the mine explodes. What happens next is pretty dumb. But the good does more than make up for the bad on this one.