The Wrath of Scott Bakula and the Controversial Star Trek: Enterprise Finale: 4 Key Information

Scott Bakula’s anger about Star Trek: EnterpriseThe series finale was one of the topics discussed by executive producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga on The D-Con room podcast. Star Trek: Enterprise ended on May 13, 2005 with “These Are The Voyages…”, perhaps the most controversial and hated. Star Trek final.

Star Trek: EnterpriseThe series finale focused on Commander Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Councilor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Riker consulted the holodeck recreations of Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and his crew of the NX-01 Enterprise to help him make an important decision.

The fans (and Star Trek: Enterpriseactors) reacted badly to Rick Berman and Brannon Braga’s intentions for Business’s, which also closes the book on 18 years of Star Trek television produced by Rick Berman, with Braga joining for 15 of those years.

After Star Trek: Enterprise finished, there have been 12 years without a new one Star Trek episodes produced on television. The long drought finally ended when Star Trek: Discovery created in 2017, which brought Star Trek into the streaming era and launched a renaissance on Paramount+.

Rick Berman and Brannon Braga have joined The D-Con room, hosted by Star Trek: Enterprise‘s Connor Trinneer and Dominic Keating, to discuss their classic episode, “Shuttlepod One”, as well as Business in general.

Berman and Braga noted Star Trek: Enterprisethe finale of before, including on Keating and Trinneer’s previous podcast, The Shuttlepod show, but The D-Con room it was the first time BusinessThe co-creators of talked about “These Are The Voyages…” with Keating and Trinneer on camera.

You can watch The D-Con room episode below. Here are four major revelations from Rick Berman and Brannon Braga Star Trek: Enterprisethe series finale.

The Enterprise finale was intended as a love letter to the Star Trek franchise

Brannon Braga reiterated that he and Rick Berman had the best intentions. Business‘s finale, and that “These Are The Voyages…” was supposed to be a “love letter” At Star Trek franchise.

Rick Berman has joined Star Trek: The Next Generation when Gene Roddenberry created it in 1987 and Berman assumed leadership. Star Trek in 1991 after Roddenberry’s death.

Brannon Braga joined Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1990, and worked on Star Trek: Voyager as executive producer and showrunner before co-creating Business with Berman.

Berman and Braga were aware that Business the end also meant the end of Star Trek franchise they had been working on for nearly two decades. True or false, they chose to do BusinessThe finale of the finale of their era of Star Trek Also.

Star Trek: EnterpriseThe executive producers of are also well aware over the past 20 years that BusinessFans consider the finale a disappointing ending for Business as a series, but they did what they thought was best to celebrate the whole Star Trek with the only hour of television they had.

Why the Enterprise finale was really an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: EnterpriseThe initial 7-year plan was to conclude with the founding of the United Federation of Planets. Business had barely scratched the surface of this macro story when the series was canceled in season 4 after 98 episodes. As Rick Berman explains:

“We can’t go from the 97th episode to the 98th episode [and tell the founding of the Federation] at the level of history. We couldn’t do it. So the idea of ​​doing a flashback to the future, looking back through a holodeck, to see… what the climax was with Jonathan Archer and the United Federation of Planets… And there was no other way to do it than to see that in flashback form…”

Braga and Berman further explained that Business The final structure of the holodeck flashback allows the audience to see “the impact” Captain Archer’s crew had about the future in Star Trek: The Next Generationand bringing in Marina Sirtis and Jonathan Frakes as Troi and Riker was “a convenience.”

Braga believes that “These are the journeys…” was “a Valentine’s Day” At Star Trek franchise, and he remains faithful to their “cool” concept which BusinessThe finale of was actually an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation looking back Business on the holodeck of the USS Enterprise-D.

Of course, this concept has always been the problem fans have had with “These Are The Voyages…”, which they feel is disrespectful to Star Trek: Enterprise itself.

However, Dominic Keating also praises the scenes with which he Business’The cast photos with Jonathan Frakes posing as the mysterious NX-01 chef in the kitchen were “Some of the most fun days we’ve ever had” and that Frakes “He was such a fun guy to work with.”

Killing Trip Tucker Was the “Real Problem” in Star Trek: Enterprise Finale

Looking back, Brannon Braga believes that Star Trek: EnterpriseThe finale has one glaring problem: killing Commander Trip Tucker (Connor Trinneer). Trip makes a heroic sacrifice to save his friend, Captain Archer, from marauders, because Archer is crucial to the Federation.

As Braga still struggles with the decision to kill Trip, he reflects: “Why did we do it?”, Connor Trinneer has a very different view on the death of his popular Star Trek: Enterprise Chief engineer.

Steps ins “very satisfied” that Trip died because, as an actor, he got to play Tucker’s entire arc through to the end, and he enjoys it “You don’t have to ask yourself any questions.” Travel because the fans saw “the whole” of its history. Connor says fans are always surprised when they hear his feelings about Trip’s death.

Brannon Braga confirms that Trip’s death was meant to “emotional impact” has Business’The episode’s final flashbacks, which he and Berman experienced “I needed a little power, emotional power.” Braga also admits that he can understand why fans were upset about Trip’s death, since he was such a beloved character.

Scott Bakula Was Angry About Star Trek: Enterprise’s Finale

Scott Bakula was angry with Star Trek: Enterprisefinale, but Dominic Keating says he didn’t know what Bakula thought of “These Are The Voyages…” until BusinessThe cast of came together for a 10-year reunion as part of Star Trek: EnterpriseSeason 1 Blu-ray Special Features.

However, Braga admitted that he knew that Bakula “wasn’t happy with us”, although Brannon also says that he “I’ve never seen Scott angry.” Braga believes Bakula was “feel protective” about its cast and crew on how BusinessThe finale of ‘them dealt with.

Dominic Keating points out that because Captain Archer and the NX-01 crew are holograms, there are times when Riker and Troi “stops and starts” Archer “like a puppet” this seems disrespectful, considering they are guest stars on Scott Bakula’s show.

However, Rick Berman and Brannon Braga reaffirm that their intentions were never to be “disdainful” Or “disrespectful” by Scott Bakula or Business.

20 years later, the fact that fans and Star Trek: EnterpriseThe cast and executive producers are still discussing and debating “These Are The Voyages…”, a testament to its unique impact as a film. Star Trek final, for better or for worse.

Release date

2005 – 2005-00-00

Showrunner

Brannon Braga

Directors

Brannon Braga

Writers

Brannon Braga