season. Aint It Cool News gave it 2.5 out of 5 and wrote "This is easily the most mundane and haphazardly constructed of the Enterprise season openers." Michelle Erica Green of TrekNation said she was of a "double mind" about "The Xindi" as there were both good and bad elements. She praised the action sequences, the make-up and McHattie as the alien foreman. Green enjoyed the twist at the end with the Xindi homeworld being already destroyed, and felt that the Xindi species could be interesting if developed well. She wondered if the writers had learned at all from past mistakes, as the show was still not doing a good job with the dramatic tension among characters. She said the guest Xindi was given "more personality, wit and depth than any of these new semi-regulars" and feared the MACO's would not get the character development they would need, as it still had not happened for Mayweather after two seasons. Novelization "The Xindi" was adapted as a novel in conjunction with the preceding episode, "The Expanse", by J.M. Dillard. Entitled The Expanse, the book was published by Pocket Books in trade paperback format in October 2003. Home media release The first home media release of "The Xindi" was as part of the season three DVD box set, released in the United States on September 27, 2005. The Blu-ray release of Enterprise was released on January 7, 2014. Notes References External links Star Trek: Enterprise (season 3) episodes 2003 American television episodes Television episodes written by Rick Berman Television episodes written by Brannon Braga