Detained

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

While exploring a planet, Archer and Mayweather accidentally enter a “military zone” and are detained in an internment prison by an alien race called Tandarans, who are at war with the Suliban. While the Enterprise crew’s previous encounters with the Suliban have been disastrous, Archer and Mayweather find themselves held with some Suliban detainees who they believe are wrongly imprisoned. This situation leads to a clash of wills between Archer and the Tandaran commandant.

Our Take

This one’s a decent bottle episode that leans on Dean Stockwell, who’s clearly having fun playing the rigid commandant opposite Scott Bakula. It’s their old Quantum Leap chemistry that carries the hour, since the prison-break mechanics are pretty predictable and the moral debate gets a bit preachy. Worth a watch if you like the pairing, but it’s middle-of-the-road Enterprise overall.