Why I love Star Trek: Enterprise (Season 3 Review)
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Isn't it amazing how much more we all appreciate Enterprise after the past 14 or so years of Star Trek?
I appreciated it right at the beginning. I remember having a pit in my stomach at end of Azati Prime, probably the best Star Trek cliffhanger in my mind other than Best of Both Worlds.
Its amazing. At the time I didnt really like S1+2 of Enterprise but compared to any Trek since 2005 its a masterpiece.
Unless something drastic happens I doubt we'll see such writing in Trek again.
Hating trek while it’s on because it’s not what came before is an important part of trek fandom. Enterprise is great now
@@RezValla Me, for one, I always liked Enterprise. It is my favorite Trek after TOS. I will admit that it took a while for my favorite characters to grow on me: Trip, Tpol and Flox But when they did, I absolutely loved the series. I was never a big fan of TNG, although I watched it off and on and went to all of the movies. I gave Discovery almost 2 years -- I never grew to like anything about it. In fact, I grew to despise it.
I always like Enterprise, I even bought the strangely shaped DVD box sets of it. It’s a shame it only had 4 seasons and was the point that I realised that TV / movies I would want don’t have mass appeal. So just happy to have had what I have. Like others have said I don’t even consider new trek post STE Star Trek. It’s someone else’s interpretation on the genre. One I don’t like
Season 3 was some of the strongest Trek. A strong story arc, real drama with real consequences.
nope.....
was a crap story arc, crap time travel stuff that was not needed in any of this
Looking back, season 1 and 2 were fine. They are classic compared to the crap in Discovery and Picard.
@@TimTringleJr Season 1 and 2 were mostly good minus the tacked on Temporal Cold War thing that meandered to nowhere.
WRONG! It was good, and the final battle between me, I mean Capt Archer and that Reptile bitch was legit, you must have missed about 100 episodes of TOS, TNG and DS9 (owned Voyager).
Almost, season 3 was damn solid, but season 4 was the best season
Damage has one of my favorite moments. The aliens have refused to trade and archer is contemplating in his dark quarters. Phlox makes a report.
Archer stands up and steps into the dark.
"How long have you been a doctor?"
'Nearly forty years'
"In your time as a doctor, have you ever had to do something you felt was unethical?"
Phlox steps forward joining him in the dark.
'Twice... why?'
"I'm about to cross a line I never thought I would. And given the nature of our mission, it probably won't be the last time"
'Probably not. May I ask what you're planning to do?'
"There could be casulties"
'I'll be ready'
Probably my favourite as it really pushed the characters, especially Archer.
Well... he nearly spaced and suffocated an alien prisoner for his ship's command codes. He crossed that line before. An act of piracy isn't any worse than that.
@@Zimionz It's not just an act of piracy though. It was made clear that the loss of that warp coil would strand the aliens for years in a hostile region and with few supplies. Archer knew that he was in all likelihood condemning the entire crew to death.
We do these things because they are necessary, with regret because they are no longer in our nature.
Trip and T'pol's relationship becomes the heart of the entire show. When they hold hands at the end of season 4 (forget the final-final episode, it's not real) while mourning their daughter it's an amazing contrast to their first meeting when T'pol wouldnt even shake Trip's hand. Enterprise in so many ways proved to be a show about people from different worlds finding themselves in situations where they needed to trust each other to achieve a common good and I think the show, for all of the issues in the first two seasons, really stuck the landing on that theme in seasons 3 and 4. Trip and T'pol forever ❤
Just went through the series again for the first time in a year or so, and watching that episode while our youngest is about the same age as their daughter was hard to watch. Such a powerful and impactful episode with masterful performances.
Star Trek has not done romantic relationships usually very well, but Trip and T' Pol was handled beautifully. Props to Manny Coto who did see the chemistry between actors/characters, but never let it overwhelm the storylines.
@Dominik Holewinski Nope, that was T'Pau. Younger version of T'Pau did make an appearance in Enterprise season 4 episode "The Forge".
@@mikavirtanen7029 I could see a T'pol cameo in SNW though that could be done rather easily
What's nicer is in the books they eventually have a family. They bring back Trip and he works undercover for Starfleet Intelligence during the first war with the Romulans, and the book series ends with a flash forward to T'Pol with several children on Vulcan, and there is an elderly human male with them revealed to be Trip.
Enterprise was a vastly underrated show.
I always loved how intimate the show felt, the submarine like interior design, the pioneering spirit, and how in S3 explorers had to become soldiers in an almost kamikaze mission. S4 felt like the starting point for 6 more seasons, such a shame. I still watch it from time to time
Jeffrey Combs, antennae, and blue make up ? Count me in !
Best character in ENT.
Enterprise was so underrated. I will admit that I only gave it a chance on reruns, so glad I did.
is first 2 seasons really hurt it this was where it started redeeming itself
Same. Had no interest in the show at first, but caught a marathon after the show ended and couldn't stop watching. Much more consistent characters than Voyager.
Same here....I really ended up enjoying much of it. Fell in love with T'Pol as a character. Jolene Blalock REALLY was a stellar Vulcan
lost my interest at the WW 2 bll sht
Agree. But went back years later to watch and was happily surprised. When first release, I couldn’t over the theme music and never gave it a chance!
I fully agree. I loved this season of Enterprise. This show was cancelled before it hit its stride. We all wonder what could have been...
As is true of many other shows, largely ignored in their time, that only later gained a following because of their excellent quality. And, yes, I'm thinking of Firefly.
We have some inklings from Manny Coto and it would have been awesome.
It's said that the 5th season of Enterprise would've revolved around the Earth-Romulan war. Not sure how true this is, but it would have been awesome.
@@kyonsuzumiya445 Yeah, start of the Earth-Romulan war, Shran would have joined the main cast, more Mirror Universe with empress Hoshi Sato and Coto was also really trying to get William Shatner for undisclosed role.
I think the show had actually hit its stride in S4 but was cancelled anyway.
TNG, DS9, and Voyager also all hit their strides around S4 so it was a shame. What amazing stories and adventures did we miss out on in those remaining 3 seasons plus possible movies?
Enterprise is still my favourite Trek. I grew up with TOS and TNG aired as a teenager but Enterprise just seemed more raw and consequential. Its been a decade or two since I last watched it but the stealing from an ally episode really stuck with me to this day. I liked the fact that there wasn't always a perfect, moral, solution and Archer sometimes made tough decisions that no other captain seems to have faced.
Edit to add - loved the MACOs too.
Sisko also had to do such decisions. Because of the existential threat from the dominion, federation is forced to do desperate things. Section 31 does the most questionable things like genociding the founders and assassinating a romulan upcoming leader in order to get a corrupt one into power who can be controlled but who is outwardly hostile to the federation while the killed obe was for the alliance but Sloan thinks she is too much of a patriot. But also normal federation does questionable things like putting earth under military control to weed out the changelings
I always found Enterprise to be my favorite Star Trek. There's real character evolution happening over the course of those four years - Archer started as a wide-eyed captain, was really turned inside-out by the grueling events of the Xindi story, and by season 4's end he became more hopeful as the local spacefaring races ceased hostility and allied together, effecting real change thanks to him. T'pol's constantly looking down her nose on the human crew at first and loosening up as time goes on, becoming a solid cornerstone of the team, was great to see (although I would have liked her to wear Vulcan robes rather than catsuits). Most of the main cast went through a lot of development (other than poor Mayweather), and Season 3 was a huge contributor of that development.
I think one of the greatest robberies foisted upon mankind is the fact that we never saw a Season 5 where Captain Shran joined the crew. Damn, that would have been epic.
Bringing Many Coto on to the production team really made a difference. Last two seasons of Enterprise are definitely among my favourites.
I wasn't a huge fan of Enterprise when it first started, but gave it a second chance once I heard that they were going to do a Babylon 5 like season long story arc; and I'm glad that I did! Season 4 will always be my favorite, but the Xindi arc was fantastic and made me wish that we had gotten that season long Year Of Hell arc that was originally planned for Voyager.
Interesting fact about Carpenter Street: I remember reading an interview about star Jeffery Dean Morgan and he apparently HATED working on that episode so much that he almost quit acting all together because of it.
Enterprise could have been something really special. With more support, money and time it could have been absolutely amazing. It was still really good and I frequently find myself watching my favorite episodes.
Additional thoughts edit- With more money and effort the space battles could have gone from really good to properly great. Also the cast selection, acting never disappointed me. I love the idea of the MACOs and Earth torn between peaceful exploration and still wanting to be warlike.
Lastly I have zero issues in the established lore of Phase Cannons, Hull plating etc.
Exactly!
The sad thing is, that the series ended right before the Earth-Romulan war. That could've been a really interesting story, because it would be the first time, Vulcans, Andorians and Tellarites would be working together for a common goal
@@Anthyrion that would have been a fantastic thing to see spread over 2 seasons or so.
@@admiraltiberius1989 Yes. Back then, some Fans hated ENT and said, that this isn't Trek. But i liked it. It showed us a time, where the Federation isn't the biggest player in the Quadrant and the Enterprise of Archer has to make pioneer work. The writers even included a "Prime Directive" Episode, even if the Prime Directive didn't exist at that time
@@Anthyrion It was mostly butthurt TNG fanatics, who had big time delusions that if Enterprise got canned TNG would make a comeback in television. Hope the asswipes are now happy with Picard.
The events of this season also had a huge emotional impact on Archer. Exploring the Expanse nearly broke him, as we saw in season 4, where he gets his own version of the TNG episode "Family".
Season 3 & 4 of Enterprise are some PEAK Star Trek to me, I love it so much, I wish the show had gotten three more seasons
Do you like Tom Paris?
I recently watched the entire series for the first time. I've always been a Star Trek fan but never bothered to pay much attention to this particular series. I've seen all the other Trek shows but just never got around to this one until a few weeks ago. When I finished watching it, I couldn't believe that I overlooked it all these years. I'm 53 and it took me this long to realize that this series is one of my favorites, just behind TNG with my favorite being the original series. After finishing the series, I found a CZcams show called 'Shuttlepod' hosted by Connor Trinear and Dominic Keating from Enterprise and it is very good. They interview members of the show as well as other Star Trek series', as well as interviewing each other. It's definitely worth watching and gives a lot of insight on Enterprise as a series and how they all felt about being part of it. Great video here, Dave! Thank you.
Enterprise has totally grown on me over the years
One relationship I absolutely loved in this season was the rivalry between Reed and Hayes. Having two military minded officers butting heads throughout the season only to gain a mutual respect for eachother is great to watch, not to mention Hayes death being one of the most heartbreaking ones of the entire season, if not the entire show.
Also, the two episodes with Commander Shran are of course amazing, though he's one of my favourite characters in the entire series so I may be a bit biased.
Enterprise I just enjoyed, should not have killed off Tripp. Thank you for this post.
Tripp was an important character and it spoke loudly to the underlying ethics when he died. He was far from a Red Shirt of TOS so the audience was all the more engaged and distressed.
Yes, it really sucks to lose someone with whom an emotional bond has been formed. Even a fictional character.
We are strange beings. Fortunately.
I've always loved this series. Not a fan of how they ended it, but I still love it.
I just recently, like last night, finished re-watching Enterprise, and it is one of my favorite Star Trek TV shows. It's miles better than Voyager and is true SciFi while being respectful to the established lore while showing the growth of humanity and road to the formation of the federation.
Kind of wish Voyager had gone 4 seasons and Enterprise went 7.
@@jasonschlierman412 Yes, no Nelix on Enterprise, LOL. Plus we never got to see the NX-01 in all it's glory. It was supposed to evolve over the seasons and it was going to get a refit in Season 5 that was going to make it look more like the Constitution class.
@@HybridMindThoughts Yes, I stumbled upon the plans for a fifth Enterprise season. It would have been glorious! Somewhere, in an alternate universe, maybe it was produced after all.
Season 3 is also where the show seemed to get its footing and started feeling like it actually was a Star Trek series
I do like Seasons 1-2 of Enterprise. They're a little slow at times, but they're not bad. Season 3 was when Enterprise started finding its footing, and by Season 4, the show was very solid with a hybrid serialized/episodic format (ie: standalone two or three parters). It's a shame the show never got a fifth season.
Every Star Trek show after TOS has been slow at their start, but for some reason only Enterprise gets usually singled out for that.
People are pretty tough on Enterprise and Voyager but I'll take the first 2 seasons of those shows over the first 2 seasons of DS9 and especially TNG which starts off really rough.
Really bummed me out that Enterprise didn't get at least 5 seasons.
They had the pump primed for the Romulans. Had a fifth season been greenlit pretty sure it would of centered around that conflict
Oh what could have been 😭
I love Enterprise, my favorite series! Enterprise (especially season 3) was how I wished Voyager was, a ship on its own making do with what they have. Was always surprised that people hated it at the time. Been itching to rewatch it and this video might have been the push to do so.
You won't regret it. I re-watched the whole series during lockdown & thoroughly enjoyed it. I actually hadn't seen many of the episodes because when it was on TV in the UK it just disappeared.
Enterprise is such a great Trek show, I think too many people just had franchise fatigue at this point. The Cogenitor episode not only one of the best ever Trek episodes but is very relevant today.
Thanks for helping expose this excellent show to more people!
1:40 I get why that may have been a concern at the beginning of the season, but not once it had all aired. The expanse was a region of space characterized by the weird effects caused by the spheres, and those were dealt with by the end. It seemed perfectly plausible that in a hundred years or so, no one would bother with continuing to call it "the former Delphic Expanse".
I loved Enterprise. I've watched the box set at least 3 times including once with the commentary sound tracks. They were really careful about the Trek timeline and even explained why Klingons looked different in TOS. I really appreciated the writing, acting, overall production.
I felt that season 3 was very good. It had the same arc structure as DS9. Plus it felt realistic story telling as the ship stayed damaged throughout multiple episodes unlike in Voyager where there was the reset button at the end of the episode. Just wished Enterprise had more seasons
Enterprise was my introduction to Star Trek absolutely loved it. It opened me up to Star Trek as a whole. A lot of people gave me crap for liking Enterprise when it was airing. Glad to see it nowadays get a more positive view by many.
I can't believe Malcolm wasn't mentioned here. I guess his shine came later on. I really liked the way they worked him in with his rivalry with the military guys. He was a really cool character
Malcolm was a missed opportunity in my opinion. They made him so wooden that he wasn't that interesting.
They explored him a little later on and he started fleshing out, but he was not explored enough.
Malcolm was my favourite character, amongst a crew of wonderful characters. ❤
Because it broke new ground, TOS stands above all the rest. TNG has to be admired if for no other reason it reintroduced a new generation of people to a live action Star Trek series. But to me, the much maligned Star Trek Enterprise is the best of the bunch other than TOS. Maybe it was the writing, or the actors, or a combo of the two.
My favorite Star Trek is TOS and Enterprise. Both have a sense of wonder the 24th century shows lack that I feel is a core part of Star Trek.
I would gladly exchange Picard and Discovery for another few seasons of this show.
This was my favorite ST series. It was more realistic, I felt. No stupid Q episodes, no weekly transporter mishaps, no stupid holodeck malfunctions.
@Captain Reason Yeah, he had that going for him. But he offered to help in some episodes, and could have sent Voyager back home, but they were too proud to ask for his help.
It's my favorite too. It's the only Trek show that made me feel like I'd really like to be on that ship. It felt like a more realistic adventure.
@@qui-gonrick7002 Yeah, the ship had sort of a retro feel, like the inside of a submarine. I think that is how the early star ships would look like, not like a hotel lobby like the later ships. I particularly liked the episode, Carbon Creek.
I have to say, I enjoyed Enterprise more than Voyager. The overall tone was grittier. Trip and Phlox are two of my favourite Star Trek characters ever.
Thanks for recognizing the genius that is Enterprise Season 3!
I am just currently rewatching Enterprise, I do it about every twelve months. They do a good job of doing immature space travelers to a well seasoned crew by the end which is what it was supposed to be.
It's a real shame people didn't give this show the time it deserved. One of my favorite characters is Commander Shran "the Andorian Mining Consortium" is one of the best comedic lines in Trek history imo.
I absolutely love Enterprise! It was disappointing to me when they tweaked the main theme song in the (best season ever) 3rd season because I loved the original opening theme.
I honestly don’t know where any of the hate comes in, it’s mama totally underrated and terrific show.
I completely agree! I had stopped watching Enterprise at a certain point but then I began to see some buzz online that I had to jump back in for season 3. I loved it for all of the reasons mentioned. While there is a fan base for it, I think that it’s way too under appreciated. Enterprise was really finding it’s place and I think we missed out not seeing where it could have gone if it wasn’t canceled.
Show really found it’s footing this season, absolutely banger and thought provoking 👍
It's also my favourite season of the show ! I also just watch E2 and north star as standelone when I have teh chance. It's really a treat to see the crew interacting with cow-boys ! 🙂
Enterprise turned out to be a really good series in my opinion. I always look back fondly at the series. It's sad that it was cancelled early. After the changes that were made to the show, it had a lot of potential to really be one of the better shows in the universe. One of the things that I really liked about show was how they would explain various continuity issues between TOS and the rest of the series. For examples, why the Klingons looked completely different in TOS from how they look from ST: TMP and beyond.
Another outstanding review Dave. I agree that it's one of the best overall seasons of Trek in general. Very well put together. Writing was sensible, acting was great, pace of the show was on point and the fact that the Enterprise gets an absolute pounding towards the end of the season and keeps on going.
‘Stratagem’ is a brilliant episode.
But I remember the original Mission Impossible TV series where they did this sort of stuff quite a lot.
Great homage though!
Trip and T-pol and Archer are the heart of the show, with Phlox there also for good support. The other 2 main characters also had their moments. Definitely worth watching again! I did, last year!
Ah yes, season 3 of Enterprise; I'm not going to stop myself from admitting that it was my favourite production of Star Trek - ever. Just clicked with how the writers wrote the story, and the Xindi.
Love from the Delphic Expanse, lol
I still remember complaining on a forum about the premise of the show when it started. That we never heard of Archer in canon nor the Xindi War. I really moaned about it. But as I continued, it got me hooked. I realised it was a good show with my test, that I became grumpy if I forgot to set the vcr to record it (I'm not that way anymore with modern Trek. If I don't watch any, I'm fine). That series taught us so much about Vulcans and expanded on their lore and revealed their fascination with Humans. Andorians, Tellarites and the lot. We have ourselves to blame for that show being cancelled.
Yeah the Vulcan lore in Enterprise was amazing
As far as I'm concerned, if ENT had gotten another 1 or 2 seasons of the same quality as 3+4 were, it would have been hands down my favorite star trek series, including the theme song.
As it stands, DS9 takes that spot because of how much world building and deep character development it gave us. Special love for TOS though.
Season 3 of Enterprise definitely reset the shows tone and I personally go back and forth with weather I like it or not. I wished they would have introduced the Xindi like DS9 introduced the Dominion, subtly and ominously. But sadly such things are rare with all shows these days, Discovery very much included. Thanks for the review!
Because of your reviews, my wife and I decided to give Enterprise a shot recently. We quickly realized two things once season 3 got underway: the writing was much better, and they sucked the life out of an already uninspired theme song.
Season 3 is what hooked me on Enterprise. I went back and did another watch through it maybe 3-4 years ago.
There was so much about Enterprise I loved. Trip was my favorite character.
YES Dave! Enterprise Season 3 is one of the best things about all of Star Trek!
Stratagem and Azati Prime are amongst my favourite episodes.
Serialisation done right.
Although it would’ve made more sense that the initial attack was a failed one…
It was just getting really good when it went away.
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I think Enterprise was a much better show than Voyager even though the budget got cut every season.
S3 of Enterprise was really something unique for the day, and it holds up incredibly well. The NX01 was the first Trek hero ship to be fully CGI, no physical model. It may seem cliche today, but it was new then. It was oddly refreshing to see the heavily damaged Enterprise in the late S3 and NOT see it repaired fully by the next episode. Even without the time travel angles, Voyager would do that all the time. Heavily damaged, fully repaired by next week.
Wasnt a fan at first of enterprise but it grew on me after a while
I pretty much agree with everything you said. This season is my favorite. Ive never seen Archer so intense…almost desperate. Enterprise when it first aired was vanilla to me. So-so. Didn’t make it to 7 seasons. After viewing a bit of Discovery, Picard seasons1 and 2, and now SNW, the bar is so low now, that Enterprise looks like a fantastic show compared to them. Its kinda my new favorite. Its better than I remember, and its because of season 3 that I got back into it.
I purchased the Enterprise box set because of your videos on the show. Now it's a matter of finding time to watch them.
I maintain Enterprise is the most underrated of all Trek. The entire series gets an annual rewatch by me.
This was, in my opinion, the most honest and compelling Star Trek series since the original.
The casting was superb and the theme music really touched me.
All in all a wonderful ride.
Its a damned shame it got cancelled. Enterprise was finally starting to come into its own.
Another key point about Season 3 is that it ties in several threads that makes you appreciate Seasons 1 and 2 a bit better. It is like how the TNG finale sends Picard back to (well, just before) the pilot and you get to watch him see just how far Data evolves in his quest to become more human. Seeing the early Data reminds us of the rough edges of the early start and shows the growth of the character, the actor, the writers and the show overall. Point being, you appreciate Data's arc by revisiting what it was like in the beginning in a way that reframes the early clunky days of the writing as a natural beginning to the arc that would come (regardless of the lack of planning at the start (I assume).
Enterprise S3 adds a cohesion and gets the show on solid footing similar to how TNG Season 3 is where key characters find their durable groove (ex Geordi becomes chief engineer, Dr. Crusher finds a voice) and whenthe writers turned out some of the most innovative and icon episodes (Yesterday's Enterprise, Sarek, Best of Both Worlds, etc).
You're not alone, Dave. I like Enterprise a lot!
Trip *was* one of the best written character arc's:
Which made his corny death in the final episode all the more Gawd-Awful.
I thought this later version of Trek had the most promise. But, eventually missed some episodes, only to later find out it had been cancelled. Glad to hear season 3 was enjoyable.
I do agree that Season 3 of Enterprise was a bit controversial in being completely serialized. It's more forgivable today because you can just binge-watch it, and even then, it still delivers the story far better when compared to the depressing STD and Picard's "To be continued" franchise.
And yes, Season 4 (with the exception of the series finale) is amazing for Enterprise. At least Season 3 of Picard does give a nod that the NX-01 did get its deflector dish.
When originally broadcast, I gave up on Enterprise about half way through Season One. I'd had enough of Rick Berman and Jeri Taylor's take on the whole thing. During the Covid lockdowns, however, I watched *all* of the Berman incarnations of Star Trek and loved them all. Now I adore Enterprise and I'm angered that it was ended the way it was.
I agree! I liked it back then, I’ll watch it again. I think I’ll like it even more as an adult!
Vulcan zombies. The horror trek that we didn't know we needed. Season three had a little of everything. A real treat.
For me the first two series were the really good ones. Although there were a lot of weaknesses, I found something really refreshing and new about a tale of the human race's stubbling first attempts to join a bigger world, where humans had to try hard to have any relevance among more advanced races.
Enterprise made me love Star Trek. It was the perfect connection between now and the original series. Cramped military vessels and morality. Das Boot in space. When I heard it was cancelled because it was unpopular I was dumbfounded.
Star Trek Enterprise was the last real Star Trek. Rest in peace Enterprise, we hardly new you.
Absolutely agree, Dave. I think the Arrival of Manny Coto, first as a writer (Similitude, et. al.), then as the show runner for season 4, made a difference.
Season 5 would supposedly have feature Jeff Combs' SHRAN as a bridge officer on the NX-01! Well... I guess Les Moonves couldn't let that happen, and so the show was cancelled.
Perhaps a trip to the past to deal with Moonves and CBS?
;)
The problem wasn't (just) Moonves and CBS. There was a "Save Star Trek Enterprise" campaign at the time, but it met with only mixed responses from the fans. Plenty of people considered the first two seasons generic (to few great episodes). And season 3 was disliked by many, not just because they messed up the canon but it was felt that it "militarized" Starfleet, hence the complaints of "This may be great, but its not Star Trek". Also for many this "militarization" hit a bit too close to real-world events like the invasion of Irak (seen as a militarization of US foreign policy) and so associations where made that we wouldn't make today.
In the end there were plenty of Star Trek fans that weren't sad that this show was canceled.
Enterprise seasons 3 and 4 were pretty great!
There is one episode in season 3 that I do like to watch a lot. I don't recall what it was called but there is one part in there that you never see in any other star trek and that's where captain Archer takes. A prisoner that they have caught. Put them into an airlock and proceeds to take the air out of it until the guy gives up the information. He wants and almost kills them in the process. It's in that part of that show that you see a whole different side to Archer And that in my opinion gives his character a lot more depth Like I said I don't recall any other starfleet captain ever doing that to a prisoner much less anyone else
It was just getting into the swing of it all when it was canceled. I was hoping for the Romulan war and Enterprise refit.
Also worth saying that season 3 cements Archer as a great captain.
Enterprise was great. I hope we get an animated series.
I think if Enterprise had been given a few more seasons it would go down as the finest St of them all.
I would have to agree with you about this season and its ending in season 4 with the time travel as the best, but saying that I enjoy watching all 4 seasons and wish that they could of done more.
While it has its problems, I love Enterprise and in particular season 3. Some great Star Trek episodes in there. It has been a while since I rewatched them, might be time to go back for a look, and maybe share them with my teenage boys
I wrote off enterprise when it came out because I didn't like it going backwards in the star trek timeline but to be honest it now seems much more attractive.
Enterprise is my favorite, actually. Some of my favorite episodes are in the first season, though. Also, I enjoyed the intro song.
I was skeptical when I first heard there would be a prequel series after Voyager ended.
When they had the first teaser trailer that showed various captain names, "Before Janeway, before Picard, before Kirk and Spok..." I wasn't impressed.
But when they had the teaser trailer that showed footage? I was an instant fan at that moment. "To Neptune and back in 6 minutes!" Plus the song Wherever You Will Go by the Calling played in it, which still gives me chills.
It grounded Trek in realism but captured the awe and wonder of space travel. The show was never perfect but
Is my favorite Trek to this day.
Season 3 *trounces* All the Trek we have gotten since the end of Enterprise. I'm writing this as a fan of the '09 JJ flick and Beyond, not one of Into Darkness but still. We lost good Trek when Bad Robot got their license.
Also, on Enterprise, they made an attempt to retrieve their shuttle pods.
I nearly forgot how good ENT S3 was. Thanks for reminding me.
Season 3 is what voyager should've been. They're not exploring, they're surviving. I love the scene where Archer throws a guy in the airlock and threatened to kill him until he talked. It shows how in this century, humans are still a little barbaric.
Not barbaric, it was necessary. Billions of lives hanged in the balance and he did what's best for his planet.
Ok this is weird I'm actually rewatching Star Trek Enterprise right now.
I've always kind of liked it
It found its legs eventually and could’ve held on for one more season it would e been nice. Stands strong against anything out now and for a time was considered the worst of all the series. Obviously Kurtzman had a “hold my beer” moment. Its nice to revisit these shows every now and then.
Season 3 and 4 are some of the best Trek we've ever gotten in my opinion, though I personally prefer season 4 slightly more just because of those brilliant 3 episode story arcs (and minus These Are The Voyages). Damn shame they cancelled it just as it hit its stride. I really wanted to see the Romulan War.
I liked the entire Xindi saga and put it on the level of the Dominion War. From start to finish it had me hooked.
Dave the wife and SUFFERED through Picard - INCLUDING the 3rd season. We are now re-watching all of Enterprise, on the second season, and LOVING IT
I absolutely love to see other people who actually enjoyed Enterprise.
It’s probably my favorite of the Star Treks, though I do enjoy the original series a great deal. It always used to be considered the worst or one of the worst Star Trek shows and I never really understood why.
Even the first two seasons weren’t that bad and have some episodes I really love. And their last two seasons were so strong.
Archer might also be favorite captain. His character was always so compelling to me. Not to mention T’Pol might be my favorite Vulcan portrayal. And we can’t forget Enterprise gave us Shran who is always a treat. Ok, to be fair, I love most of the characters in the show. And most of them stand out in their own right. Tripp took the longest to grow on me but by the end of season 3 I loved him too.
I could honestly gush about Enterprise for days and I’m glad it’s getting more appreciation with the more modern adaptations we get of Star Trek.
I still remember when enterprise ended, well I actually didn't know it at the time that it was the last episode as I was only about 14 or 15 and not active on star trek Internet sites. Me and my dad used to watch every episode of star trek together, he would record them as he had cable and I didn't at mums. Great memories, really sad what they have done to the show now.
I really liked Enterprise. I didn't like the fact they made a prequel-- but once you get into it, it feels more like Trek.
Azati Prime was the episode that finally knocked TNG off it's throne, and made Enterprise my new favorite Star Trek series.
That battle at the end was the most brutal thing I'd ever seen outside of a Saw movie. The fact that THAT cliffhanger ending came right before spring break was even more of an agonizing wait than the summer vacation between parts 1 & 2 of "Best of Both Worlds". And the musical score during those battle scenes was phenomenal in capturing the tension and horror of watching the Enterprise burning in space with crew members being blown out that one hull breach. Dear God, even all these years later it's still painful to watch!
I loved Enterprise’s 4 seasons over other Trek, specially Voyager which I always found completely overrated, but seasons 3 and 4 were fantastic.
Clearly s4 was a collection of season long ideas that they were trying to fit into what they saw coming as the last season, but it produces some of the most interesting story arcs of any Trek.
On the other hand s3 was terrific Trek. The season long arc is fantastic and I specially loved the fact that there were consequences throughout: if the ship was damaged in one episode that damaged remained for the duration of the season. Characters were progressively impacted by the effects, actions, and decisions they took. And supplies lost remained lost. There was no magic ‘reset’ button between episodes that made the ship brand new and characters cheery again, unlike Voyager which serves as a good comparison here since it was also far away from Federation space.
More importantly really interesting dynamics were explored. Archer is constantly put in positions to decide the ethical consequences of his actions and whether they are justified in his duty to save Earth. Enterprise was always about establishing the genesis of everything that was established and taken for granted with all previous Trek, and s3 does a beautiful job of showing the source of the character of future captains like Kirk and Picard, and the reasonings behind Federation practices.
One thing that Enterprise did very well is showing a more “realistic” humanity. In general, outside of original Trek, 90’s Trek was very clinical and even artificial. Yes, it was sci-fi but the best sci-fi mixes the realism of human nature with the unseen. While modern Trek has the dumb idea cursing and “current social issues” are the way to show this, in a show theoretically about an evolved human race several millennia into the future (somehow both evolved and not evolved at the same time), Enterprise took a more effective route of adding small, familiar touches to make that connection. Rather than clinical classical music sessions as “entertainment”, role playing in a holoadec while following a play’s pre defined ‘story’ when you could do anything you wanted, or a boring theater play passing as ‘enlightened entertainment’, in Enterprise the crew gathered to watch some old movie each week, Archer watches Water Polo matches, and he even plays with a Water Polo ball in his room. It never made sense in 80’s/90’s TV Trek that all of pop culture and sports, among other things, would be completely erased. I get it that “there was a war”, but it was never sensical that people would have theater but not movies, “futuristic” sports but none of the sports humanity have had for generations, and so on.
Enterprise, specially in S3, manages to both ‘feel’ real, consequential, and exciting while also feeling very much Trek and sci-fi, something that modern Trek never managed to do.
The cast was great and much more appealing than many other Trek crews, and it is a shame we didn’t get a few more seasons from that show, and frustrating there wasn’t even an acknowledgement of the series in Picard s3 when other got one (there is a blink-and-you-miss-it glimpse of the NX-01, but the other ships were verbally acknowledged).
Yes! I never understood the hate. I always enjoyed this show. It wasnt perfect but still lots of fun.