I'm not that impressed with Wesley's Captain Kirk, but I think it got better as the episode progressed. He just doesn't seem all that "Kirk-like." The scene where he gets in a rather childish fight with La'al over the device was almost comical. Not his fault-we can blame that on horrible direction. But a line that will probably go down as one of the worst ever uttered in the Star Trek universe was: "I've got to get back to my ship! My god, what have you done?" Sorry-not convincing at all!
So at first, I thought the episode was kind of tongue-in-cheek, but they did a good job of selling the rather subtle love story, and by the end, I was somewhat more engaged.
Nevertheless, I think that Christina Chong was an excellent casting choice for the show. I think she has some awesome acting chops and her scene at the end where she cried even had me tearing up. And I'm a grown-ass man.