It is always good to see old blue skin, we always get a decent performance from the actor who plays the Andorian Commander Shran.
The level of acting in Enterprise being of high quality, just that some actors do stand out.
In a very recent entire viewing of DS9 I would say Odo, Garak &Quark stood out to me in that merry little tale, this far in to Enterprises 4 seasons I have not finalised 3 top picks but Commander Shran will be in the top 3.
As for this episode, it had everything I would look for in an episode of a sci-fi series. Almost as good as the recent S03E08 'Twilight' episode, but it does show at times a consistency in producing good episodes. Like in a game of World class tennis, every serve, every return of the ball counts, and so does every episode in a season such as Enterprise.
Too many duff ones and the FANS drift off bit by bit. Had Enterprise been of this quality and even an average of no lower, the entire series would have lasted a full 7 seasons if that was the aim.
Another good episode though, worth a decent 8 Stars, I enjoyed this one, just shows what they could do. Well done to all concerned. Good Sci-fi.