Don't forget that Prime Universe Jonathan Archer first learns about the Gorn in the fourth-season ENT episode "Bound" -- the Orion-guy mentions the existence of the "Gorn Hegemony" to Archer and Reed, which in addition to the description of their less-than-friendly nature, would've almost...
Fucking hell, that was intense. Good thing we have another "light" episode coming next week. Incredible stuff. Easily on par with "Family" and "The Wounded" from TNG and "It's Only a Paper Moon" and "The Siege of AR-558" from DS9 in terms of pure dramatic power involving dealing with...