ENT - The Communicator

Malcolm loses his communicator. This is the entire plot line of this episode. The Communicator is an incredibly boring, lame episode, definitely among the worst episodes of Enterprise. The dialogue at the beginning of this episode more closely resembles a conversation that tourists would have after a day of sightseeing in Europe than something in Star Trek. And then Reed realizes that he lost his communicator. And instead of doing the smart thing, cutting his losses and just leaving it, as Kirk did after McCoy left his communicator on Iocia, Archer goes back down to the planet and gets into more trouble. Providing copious opportunities for what must be some of the lamest discussions about not interfering with pre-warp civilizations in all of the Star Trek cannon. The only part of the show that is halfway decent is the rest of the crew’s attempt to rescue Reed and Archer from their escapade. And even that part is mediocre.