Each season of Star Trek: Enterprise, classified

When “Star Trek: Enterprise” was canceled in 2005 – after only four seasons – it seemed to be the end of the road for the franchise. “Enterprise” has always had trouble finding and to the public, unable to reassess the fire that burned under “Star Trek” throughout the 1990s. Although “Enterprise” was designed by the same team that supervised “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and “Star Trek: He thought that the whole lacked steam.

Many have theorized why “Enterprise” was not as important as his three ancestors (which lasted seven seasons each). Some have estimated that writing was not as clear. Others opposed the feeling of “cowboy” of the old world. I applied that the series was not welcome in 2001. “Enterprise” did its debut only two weeks after the events of September 11, and the country suddenly moved to a state of mind of tragedy and military revenge. A franchise on pacifism, negotiating with your enemies and practicing non-violence was not welcome in this environment. “Star Trek” had to take a nap for a while. It is revealing that “Star Trek” only returns to popularity when, in 2009, a non-trekie adapted it in an action film based on revenge.

He also came at a time when television was in flow. Many shows in the early 2000s went from traditional episodic narration to more DVD and arc standard. “Enterprise” was mainly episodic, but had a lot of experimentation with arcs, sometimes successfully, sometimes not.

Since its cancellation, however, “Enterprise” has undergone in -depth reactivity, and many trekks have found many reasons to love the show. Of course, it was sometimes heavy, but it contained a lot of interesting notions on “Star Trek”, as well as new and unexpected ideas.

You will find below a classification of the four seasons of the show, as well as my personal reasoning behind the ranking.

No series “Star Trek” (with the possible exception of “Strange New Worlds”) started with its best foot forward. Most “Star Trek” shows, even the big ones, had to fight against their first seasons, discover their identity and explore their own premise with an awkward hand. Historically speaking, the “Star Trek” shows of the 90s only became really large in their respective third seasons.

“Enterprise” also struggled during her first season, because she boasted of an arc of history that few people remember, and even less like. “Enterprise”, to remind readers, was a pre -sequence television series which takes place about a century before the events of the original series “Star Trek”. He followed the adventures of the very first starfleet ship of the land, the company, as it entered the stars. He came at a time when there was no federation, no tractor beams, no shields and no transporters in human security. Naturally, the series explored the first relationships of the earth with familiar extraterrestrial species such as Vulcans, Klingons and Andorians.

But, to ensure the public that there would also be new extraterrestrials and stories, “Enterprise” presented the Suliban and their involvement with a mysterious future guy. It seems that the Suliban was involved in a temporal cold war in which they received instructions from a dark figure from the 27th century. The details of the war were kept vague in order to sell “Enterprise” as “Mystery Box” program. Unfortunately, the mystery was not terribly interesting, and the Suliban never emerged as a favorite. The Cold War temporal arc continued in the second season for a spell, but was finally abandoned.

In addition to that, the episodes to one and made the first season were slow and too often collapsed on old -fashioned narartharians and close to sitcom. You could see that “the company” found its feet.

Season 4 of “Enterprise” was the most ambitious, and he presented some of the most memorable moments in the series. Unlike the third season, the fourth was not overwhelmed by a large arc of singular history, but by several episodes in several parts. It seemed to be a good compromise for “Star Trek”, allowing him to quickly conclude his stories (as usual), but always lets the larger stories breathe. It was in the fourth season that we could see an “Next Generation” data ancestor explaining how he became obsessed with the creation of an ideal form of life. It was explained canonically in season 4 Why the Klingons are different from the original “Star Trek” in the days of “Next Generation”. There was also an episode fun in two parts which was almost entirely in the Evil Mirror universe, and saw the appearance of old -fashioned hiking monsters like The Gorn and Tholians.

But the stockings of season 4 were very low. On the one hand, the show finally tried two in conclusion of the time scenario of the Cold War, which was a merciful end, but took precious time. In addition, although the above references are fun, one could feel the manufacturers of the panic of “the company”, unable to arouse the interest of viewers for any other way than to make references to the original “Star Trek”. Season 1 sought to establish a unique identity. In season 4, they were only flashbacks and nostalgia.

Indeed, the last episode of the show, “These are the trips …” is one of the worst episodes of the franchise. He goes from the central action of “Enterprise” to the USS Enterprise-D, after which Commander Riker (Jonathan Frakes) of “Next Generation” essentially looks at the episode on his Holodeck. He fits into action, making the main character. All “corporate” figures have been replaced by holograms. Talking about an anticlimax.

There were no long-term notable arches in season 2 of “Enterprise”, and it seemed that the screenwriters of the show were finally used to the NX-01 and its eccentric crew. In season 2, it seemed that most of the main characters in the show could finally emerge, after developing working relationships. T’Pol (Jolene Blalock) and Captain Archer (Scott Bakula) continued to explore their claims and their bickersome relationship, while Trip Ticker (Connor Trinneer) solidified as the pre -eminent vision of the crew. Only poor Travis Mayweather (Anthony Montgomery) received the short duration; He had only one episode. Dr. Phlox (John Billingsley) has become one of my favorite characters in all “Star Trek”, an optimistic and open -minded end, but always deeply founded in principle. His species, Denobulans, had never been seen on “Star Trek” before, so it was fun to explore the deceptions of his company; Denobulans, for example, are polyamoureux. He played in the best episode in the series, entitled “A Night in Sickbay”.

It was in the second season of the show that viewers were finally able to see what daily life looked like on the NX-01. He detailed the feeling of awkward diplomacy that Captain Archer had, as well as his determination to improve. The show was optimistic and avant-garde for the first time. In a disastrous episode entitled “The Communicator”, they learn the dangers of leaving their own technology on a non -compatible world. In “Cogenitor”, ideas of gender and sexism are explored. For his second season, “Enterprise” started to feel again as a traditional “Star Trek”. It was not necessarily anything beyond that – some trekies did not like the atmosphere “more of the same” – but there is a reason why the trekks come back to the same types of stories. We love them. We love life on a ship. Season 2 had the most.

As mentioned, “Enterprise” made its debut shortly after September 11, but it would take until season 3 for the series to approach these events with clarity. By drawing a direct parallel, the writers of “the company” concocted a history in which a mysterious and unknown species called Xindi attacked the earth unexpectedly with a massive super-army powerful to destroy the state of Florida. Captain Archer has gone from an ambitious diplomat to a “hard to cook” in heat, a change that some of us may have seen in our family members at home. The company took a military sequel and launched a mission of investigation … and revenge. The third season, poignantly, asked if the ideals of “Star Trek” could hold when the ethics of the whole planet moved to sadness and anger. The prequered nature of “the company” meant that Captain Archer was not necessarily going to stick to the letter of the law. The series became frightening and finally felt protruding in the politics of the time.

Also, I like the Xindi. It seems that the Xindi were not a humanoid species, but six, all having evolved simultaneously on the same planet. The multi-species of the Xindi made them difficult to follow. This also assured that they were not unified in their earth hatred, and complex negotiations had to be put into force. The species were made up of reptilians, primates, arboreal, aquatics and insectoids. There was also once a kind of avian, but they disappeared. The exploration of the history of Xindi and their manipulation by time travelers were in fact interesting. “Enterprise” was able to enter the field of longer history arcs, and I have it, I think, with energy and balance.

Since we were mired in the world post-September 11, the third season of “Enterprise” was to occur. I’m glad it did.