5MDV: Proper subsite launch and new fiver

[Zeke]

I was going from memory there, but it turns out my memory was a bit flawed -- there's some dialogue evidence of the Vulcans throwing their weight around to slow down even Earth's independent progress. That said, there's also evidence that Archer and others blame them for not outright sharing their advancements. (First episode, Archer to T'Pol: "Your scientists held back just enough information to keep [my father] from succeeding.") So it's neither a clean "they held Earth back" or a clean "they just didn't share", and a quick google shows fans debating it many times.

To bring this full circle, while I've generally defended ENT's asshole Vulcans (I think 100 years is more than long enough for a society to change), I've never understood the critics so well as I do now, with Strange New Worlds currently wreaking utter devastation on TOS's Vulcan characters (among others).

Btw, did anyone catch the very old 5MV callback in the fiver?