Star Trek: Enterprise

The black sheep of the Star Trek family. Similar to how the TOS was a commentary on Vietnam & the Cold War, Enterprise is a commentary on 9/11, the subsequent rise of Islamophobia in the US, and the invasion of Afghanistan. As a historical document, it's fascinating to watch. The show had a rough start, but I loved the direction it went in during its final season and Enterprise really deserved atleast one more season to finish its story.

The underrated star of Star Trek. The first season is a little muddled and feels almost ashamed the be Star Trek, but it finds it's feet well in Season 2 and the final seasons with the overarching Xindi plot are fantastic. The cast are solid and bar a few duds most episodes meet my Trekkie needs. Had a least two more seasons in it when it was cancelled.

The best episode of this show is worse than the worst episode of TNG, DS9, or Voyager. (I know. I know!) The characters are written flat and nasty, and the actors get no support to make them feel alive. Worse, the tone and focus of the show are an action-thriller from the "post-9/11" era, very much in the mindset that meant we had to have a big public debate over whether *torture* is *bad*. The gross and unpleasant attitudes that bubble up in the worst of 90s Trek are the baseline of Enterprise.

It grows on you. Faith of the heeeaaaart.

TOS asked for liberalism during the 1960s tumult. TNG straddled the fence of liberalism while produced under political conservatism. Enterprise didn't ask, it demanded liberalism. I can forgive a few lines or an episode here and there, but by S3, every week felt Enterprise was writing its own newspaper opinion article, whining about the Bush Administration. And these characters are dull...duuullllll. After 10 movies and 6 series, Star Trek had long worn out its welcome with nothing new to say.

The show got better in the last two seasons. First two have growing pains and some episodes with terrible ethics. The very last episode is one of the worst finales in all of Trek. I blame writers more than actors, because I know Scott Bakula can play a sci-fi boyscout from Quantum Leap. Worth watching if you like Trek and are avoiding the newer shows that spit in the face of it.

Most boring of the series (not necessarily a negative) with the worst cast, captain, & finale. The few episodes that take advantage of its prequel nature (S1) + the timely social commentary that Star Trek is known for (S3) raises it to around average. Only the most devout of acolytes need apply and be warned that the second half of the 1st season into the first half of the 2nd season is the absolutely worst stretch of Berman era Star Trek..

You have to grow into it, the first few episodes are odd but once it finds its groove it's a great addition to the star trek universe.

Preety slow and too often puts the plot-armored main crew in a battle scene. Of course I don't care about those 'dramatic moments' cause they can't die.