I just watched the series finale of Star Trek: Enterprise.
Let me just come right out and say that I am so angry and disgusted that I don’t know where to begin. A while back Jolene Blalock (who plays T’Pol on the show) was quoted as saying that the final episode of Enterprise was “appalling”… Jolene, how right you were. What a sad, sad ending to a series that was just starting to find it’s voice. What a slap in the face to the cast and the fans of Enterprise. I can’t stop shaking my head in disbelief and the only conclusion I can come to is that Rick Berman and Brannon Braga have truly come to hate Star Trek and it’s fans.
There, I’ve said it.
Up until the last couple of weeks I’ve given the benefit of the doubt to B&B, but no more. The awfulness of “These are the voyages…” (title of the series ender) was even more evident in that it was broadcast immediately after the “Terra Prime” episode, written by Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens, authors of countless Star Trek novels and finally brought in this season as writers for the show. Sure, “Terra Prime” had some stuff in it that bugged the heck out of me, but overall it felt like Star Trek. It seemed like finally, with that episode characters that had been marginalized for 4 seasons came alive at last.
But then came the final episode…
I had read bits here and there about the finale and the fact that it involved Riker, Troi, and a holodeck recreation of the Enterprise crew, but I didn’t want to spoil the episode for myself so I left it at that. I had read a lot of the reaction to the episode as well, but my thought was “Hey, go easy, you haven’t even seen it yet.” I had also read that the cast was (to put it mildly) unhappy with the episode and they didn’t feel it was about Enterprise.
I’m here to tell you those voices of outrage where on the money.
The difference between the Coto-helmed “Terra Prime” and Berman and Braga written “These are the voyages…” is absolutely jarring. In no uncertain terms it showed on the one hand why the show had finally become worthwhile and on the other why fans left it in droves and led to it’s cancellation.
And still Berman refuses to take responsibility in any way shape or form. He actually had the gall to refer to the episode as a “valentine for the fans”. What a load of crap. I don’t know about you, but I don’t recall anyone clamouring for the return of Will Riker, Deanna Troi or the Enterprise D.
I suppose I should get around to the specifics of the episode. It opens on the bridge of Enterprise 6 years after “Terra Prime”, and 10 years after the start of the show. The ship is going to be mothballed after 10 years of service, and is heading back to Earth for the signing of the declaration that is basically the founding of the Federation. Suddenly we see Will Riker on the ship and soon after that we realize that what we’ve been watching is a re-creation of events on a holodeck on the Enterprise D.
The episode ties in with something that happened during Star Trek: The Next Generation, where Riker had a crisis of conscience and was struggling with a decision. Apparently he felt the need to visit Archer’s Enterprise during a pivotal sequence of events in order to help him make the right decision. Immediately this marginalizes everything going on with Archer’s crew and makes the show about Riker. Seeing him pop up here and there on Enterprise is positively jarring and just feels COMPLETELY wrong.
As things progress we discover that Shran (the ever-excellent Jeffrey Combs) was thought dead for three years but has actually been in hiding with a wife and daughter. His daughter has been kidnapped and he demands Archer’s help in getting her back.
While we are watching this, they keep intercutting Riker and Troi on the Enterprise-D with what’s happening, and then when returning to Archer’s crew, skipping ahead to the parts that are relevant to Riker.
This leaves the story feeling rushed, choppy and disconnected. To add insult to injury, the cook aboard ship, who has been talked about over four seasons but never shown, and is all of a sudden is referred to as the crew’s confidant, is portrayed by… Riker.
I can just imagine the actors grinding their teeth during these scenes in the ship’s kitchen.
Here and there cute little comments are thrown out like Archer toasting and saying “Here’s to the next generation.” Ooooh, did that give you chills? Yeah, me neither.
But wait, there’s more… how about the death of Tripp just because, well, you know… killing someone will make the episode more interesting. You remember that is the same deep thought process that went into the death of Captain Kirk on some backwater planet.
By the end of this episode I was so thoroughly pissed that I could just spit. 
I can only hope to God that when the next iteration of Star Trek surfaces neither Berman nor Braga are let within 100 miles of the show. How Paramount continues to entrust this franchise to this pair defies logic to an extreme degree.
Oh well, I’ll always have classic Trek on DVD…
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This was all my fault, actually. I didn't pay any attention to the series when it first aired… I guess I was put off by the oddball opening and wimpy theme song… plus, I never really got into Quantum Leap, so Scott Bakula as captian didn't really draw me in. So, you can blame me (in part) for the sucky ratings and demise of the series.
SciFi has been playing the reruns lately, so for me, I've been watching the show for the first time. However, they've been playing them out of sequence (WAY out of sequence), so it's been a little hard to follow. Against my better judgement, I found the series finale yesterday online and view it. wow, pretty sad ending for what actually became a very strong series.
A few points:
1) Since the holodeck is really an interactive program based on events, it's not “real”. In essence, we're left watching a simulation of the actual events. What a slap in the face!
2) Why use this last episode to create a bridge to another series when that series has long been over. The bridge serves no purpose other than to bring some older stars into the episode.
3) Did they really have to kill Tripp? really? What purpose did that serve… the character was already heroic, so why do this? Plus… where was the period of mourning for the crew? Nobody acted too upset about it either on the ship or at the ceremony. C'mon guys… he's been in 97 episodes with you! ALSO, that makes it really really difficult to have him in a movie, should someone ever have that idea again!
All in all, this was a really pathetic ending to what became my favorite Trek series. I know… I'm pretty late to the party but that's typical for me!
Great big shout out to Jolene for turning T'Pol into (definitely) the most interesting character in the series. And, even though T-Pol “evolved” the most throughout the course of the series, Jolene remained faithful to the essence of the character, even in the final moments. C'mon T'Pol… hug the captain… you know you want to! No? Nice job girl!
This was all my fault, actually. I didn't pay any attention to the series when it first aired… I guess I was put off by the oddball opening and wimpy theme song… plus, I never really got into Quantum Leap, so Scott Bakula as captian didn't really draw me in. So, you can blame me (in part) for the sucky ratings and demise of the series.
SciFi has been playing the reruns lately, so for me, I've been watching the show for the first time. However, they've been playing them out of sequence (WAY out of sequence), so it's been a little hard to follow. Against my better judgement, I found the series finale yesterday online and view it. wow, pretty sad ending for what actually became a very strong series.
A few points:
1) Since the holodeck is really an interactive program based on events, it's not “real”. In essence, we're left watching a simulation of the actual events. What a slap in the face!
2) Why use this last episode to create a bridge to another series when that series has long been over. The bridge serves no purpose other than to bring some older stars into the episode.
3) Did they really have to kill Tripp? really? What purpose did that serve… the character was already heroic, so why do this? Plus… where was the period of mourning for the crew? Nobody acted too upset about it either on the ship or at the ceremony. C'mon guys… he's been in 97 episodes with you! ALSO, that makes it really really difficult to have him in a movie, should someone ever have that idea again!
All in all, this was a really pathetic ending to what became my favorite Trek series. I know… I'm pretty late to the party but that's typical for me!
Great big shout out to Jolene for turning T'Pol into (definitely) the most interesting character in the series. And, even though T-Pol “evolved” the most throughout the course of the series, Jolene remained faithful to the essence of the character, even in the final moments. C'mon T'Pol… hug the captain… you know you want to! No? Nice job girl!
What these people need to do is bring back the series and give them at les 2 more seasons with new writers, i think the fans and the cast deserve it.
I never liked enterprise and was suprised at it’s messed up ending.
the characters were just establishing relationships and the asshole go and kill trip and skip to archer doing his federation thing… tossers!
to be honest i just went straight to stargate after this apalling excuse for a series!
Amen. I would love to see how Trip and T’pol would have evolved or at least see how T’pol faired or dealt with the loss of Trip. Or better yet, delete the last episode and start again.
I think Enterprise was awesome , in till the last episode.Why kill trip it was just starting to get even better with the forming of the begging of the federation and trip and t’pol will they wont they you know what i mean.I think they should reiterate enterprise and scratch last ep and restart with season 5 6 7 ect as the collition grows and battles are formed, where were the carrdasains ect.Bring it back bin the old writers bring fresh perspective and relaunch Enteprise that all i have to say thanks . [{BRING IT BACK}]
I’ve seen every star trek episode and movie with the exception of enterprise. I started watching enterprise last week and got hooked. Enterprise brought something the other series didn’t have, a plot that lasted and had depth. There was so much going on with the expanse, time travel, ww2, dooms day weapons, robocop::smirk:: the excitment kept me glued to my laptop episode after episode. I just finished the last episode and looked for this blog to complain. Then they went and blew it, the end was crap. Trip dies, troi and riker were fat and annoying and were left with blue bawls. Tpol and trip are suppose to be married with kids by now and the last episode should have blown our socks off with a teaser, leave it open incase they decide to bring it back. The holo deck idea from enterprise d was a waste . Terrible ending to a epic run, soo disapointed
was this ep really that Bad??lol
yes it was that bad, its 11:17 pm, 1-30-12 i just finished the series and i am mad ,saddened, and dumbfounded, this last episode was the worst i have ever seen and i want to go back to 2004 and slap all the fans booing this show as i really enjoyed right up until the last episode
I bought the entire Enterprise series on DVD, because of the (I’ll use Ms. Blalock’s word again) appallingly /bad/ idea of putting the series on UPN — which was already in its death throes at that time. I didn’t even get it on my cable! (This is pre-DirecTV, folks.) I had missed so many eps that I wanted to restart it from start to finish.
I LOVED IT. Enterprise has some of the best Star Trek in it I have ever seen. The whole Xindi thing caught me up and wouldn’t let me go. Those final scenes (Shran = awesome!) are amazing.
But yes … the ending. This was NO VALENTINE. It seemed more like B/B trying to hurt the fans who had, in their minds, deserted the series. What a load of rubbish. Although I was slightly delighted by the introduction of Chef as Riker, that was IT. The death of Tripp, the slap in the face as Archer is beginning his speech … I was offended.
So I second the vote: the Kirk/Shatner/Reeves-Stevens’ novels are fantastic. I have every one, and I’ve been riveted by the stories. Do those! Don’t keep mucking around with the timeline in order to try to scrape up a fresh story! Grrr, makes me so mad.
I fell in-love with this series 4 months ago. Was a fan of the original series, movies, but didn’t get into Next Generation, and the other 90′s series… Something about Enterprise I just connected with and couldn’t get enough of once I started watching it.
With that, however, I am broken-hearted with the way it ended. After watching it, I just felt sad and disappointed. I hoping for a feel good kinda ending, not to be left feeling like crap. It’s like the writer’s said, “Thanks for spending 4 months and over $100 on us. As a reward, here’s a swift kick in the nuts.”
Well, what to say. Closure is missing, especially with Trip/Tpol.
That relationship evolved long time and just killing Trip was not way to conclude it.
And Riker/Troi combination (Especially Riker “stuffed” smile and overweight) were a bit of an insult to ST fans.
I started to look Enterprise with skepticism, but more I watched, more I was convinced it may be best of all previous. Scott Bakula was pleasant surprise (maybe because of Croatian roots)…
But, that actor is true captain.
Well, I’ll always be sorry show did not see season 7, but I know chances that someone will gather same actors crew are very very small…..
I found Star Trek Enterprise to be a great series. I really enjoyed it – unlike STNG the acting was not stiff in the first seasons – and I liked all the plotlines. The Xindi season was great IMO. Its to bad that story arcs like this seem to be the death knell for SF series – I suppose because it is hard to keep up with over the course of a season.
Even the theme song grew on my daughter (my 12 yr old watched the whole series with me) and I – we used to whistle and hum through it as the episodes progressed, rather then fast forwarding.
The last episode was just plain awful. Its the biggest regret of the series. I totally agree with Jolene Blalock (who is drop dead gorgeous) that it was appalling. But the series overall was great – I give it a solid 8 out of 10 at a minimum. I had no preconceptions about Scott Bakula’s performance – and I thought he was outstanding most of the time.
I really wish this one would come back for followup seasons. But on a quality network like AMC rather then a the the awfulness of the Syfy network. Space in Canada would definitely carry it were a season 5 to come to fruition.
I had never watched Star Trek Enterprise while it was on the air. Just recently in the last few months, Netflix added all the episodes to its streaming library. After I watched the first few episodes I was hooked. I liked the fact it was all new characters – with appropriate names like “Hoshi” (Japanese for “Star”) For a Vulcan – T’Pol seemed to express a lot of emotion. It also appeared to me T’Pol was the first one to show the emotion of jealousy – when somehow Trip came back from an alien ship pregnant. Anyway, Trip and T’Pol had a great thing going – it became the main reason I kept watch episode after episode of the 97 episodes. The second to last episode was so sad – sorry to digress… Anyway – the last episode did not make me sad – like other people, it made me angry. If the writers felt they needed to kill a main character – how about Malcolm. I agree with earlier comments – kill the Archer speech – and let the show end with Trip and T’Pol together – and Archer finding his wife to be as alluded to in an earlier episode. Without a doubt the worst ending in TV history to a Great Show – I have lived through watching the original Star Trek when it aired on TV, and all the way up to the present – I watched all clones – but of them all “Star Trek Enterprise” (Including the original) Star Trek Enterprise was my favorite of them all. Maybe they could do a reunion show and set this straight – they could always have Dr. Phlox find Trip was only in a coma — I would vote for that! ….. Joe
I love Enterprise as well. I got hooked ever since Netflix added it to their catalog in July. I never had a chance to get into it because I was in college at the time and never new it was on. I don’t even think I had UPN. It’s not a dry as some of the other series which I enjoy from time to time. Less episodic than the other Star Treks, but one can really appreciate it more if you started from the beginning. I love the idea that this one is in the near future and fills gaps between the other series. The 2 hour season 1 premiere was incredible. First contact with the Klingons and about 90 years after the contact with the Vulcans. I’m at the end of Season 2 and they haven’t yet introduced the Romulans until the mind meld with T-Pol. The Acting is great too. Especially Cpt Archer, T’Pol, Malcolm, Trip, and Dr. Flask. I think the Cpt’s dog Porthos is cute too! The sets, special effects and CG are amazing for 2001 standards and each episode plays like a mini movie. I am so sad that the series ended prematurely because everyone seems to like it. This is another example of a great Sci-Fi show canceled for no good reason. It also appeals to so many other segments (good action, drama, romance etc) without dumbing down all the cool science stuff. It could of gone at least 7-10 Seasons. Sigh.
I started watching Enterprise when it originally aired, but wasn’t able to finish watching due to personal issues. So I was very excited to see it on Netflix. All I can say is it was a good thing I couldn’t watch this at what was a very bad time of my life, because the last episode may have been enough to push me over the edge!! It is a devastating tragedy to all Trek fans, and should have never been allowed to air. A big slap in the face to everyone who has ever loved the Star Trek World and/or worked in it. If only it were possible to go back in time and rip this script out of the time line before it could be acted on. Words can’t describe the travesty of the last episode!
I still say it was a holodeck fantacy, so it was totaly not in the cannon. I refuse to accept it. Killing off Trip for no good reason or in a way that wouldn’t happen, EEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! B&B are fools
“SHOCKWAVES”
I’m not referring to the episode’s, I’m referring to my feelings after the impact of “These are the Voyages” made in my heart.
I wish to note that I am not a Star Trek fan like many people who follow the show may be. I rarely even watch tv, sorry to raise any eye brows so fast , but I find television manipulative, saturated, and intrusive
The reason I am writing this is because I had to let my feelings out, and see what Star Trek fans had to say for them selves, because I know none.
I originnaly watched ENTERPRISE because of my step dad, I was 17 when I sat down with him to watch ENTERPRISE in our living room on UPN, this was my door into Star Trek. Because of many family issues and being in my teen age years at the time of its airing, I didn’t follow the season respectfully.
I am now 26, and completely finished with all 97 episodes on NETFLIX. While I was searching to see what videos my amazon prime membership would allow me to see for free, ENTERPRISE was one, i thought it would be cool to see reminisce on a couple of episode’s I’d start at the beginning to see what I remembered. I soon found my self having watched half the first season on my computer before seriously considering to run through all the episodes, when I found out NETFLIX had all shows streaming, I immediately switched platforms, and in under one month I finished the searies on my Xbox.
October of 2011 will be a month in my life I remember, I got to play a long awaited game, GOW3, Steve Jobs passed away, and the month i fell in Love with STAR TREK ENTERPRISE
There seems to be varying opinions about pieces of the show, I for one love the song from the first two seasons, I noticed changes in the writing at the beginning of the third seasons that settled I believe mid way, and the fourth season I thought was one of the best.
I just finished the last episode last night, and I was extremely angered, I looked at my tv in disbelief in how disrespectful on various levels the series last episode was sending off the crew of the first human exploration vessel. My anger quickly dissipated when I realized the series had ended nearly six years ago. There had been no amends to the fans with any new shows, that’s how it really ended, and they would never see their story portrayed dramatically in theaters. I nearly cried last night, and as I write this my eyes are watering. My Sadness outweighs my anger now, and as they say, regret is one of the strongest human emotions. Enterprise was approaching maturation through deepening it’s various and interesting characters and the relationships they all shared, Enterprise was moving into uncharted territory, intriguing new discoveries and a growing interest for the characters where just over the horizon, but “These are the Voyages” we will never see.
I just finished watching the entire series on Netflix. I really enjoyed it, except for the terrible ending and only 4 seasons. Killing Trip off and not developing the the relationship between T’Pol and Trip, come on, be real. The two were meant to end up with each other! The last few episodes sets the direction for their relationship going somewhere and they end it with them being like friends that will stay in touch before Trip dies, no way. The writers could have done so much more with the ending. If you had to end the series, why do it this way? This series could have gone so much further. A very disappointing ending to a series with so much promise.
I agree with everyone’s comments concerning the finale episode. Without repeating that I’d like to bring up what Enterprise did do to “Boldly go where no man has gone before.” First off, Johnathan Archer didn’t like Vulcans, almost resenting them. They were afraid of the teleporters. No Shields no Warp 9. The weapons were not strong enough, nobody knew who they were or cared. Well, a few did, the Klingons didn’t like them and the Suliban. So much emphasis was put on what Archer and Enterprise were Going to do. Then came the Xindi. Archer kidnapped, drugged and manipulated the weapons designer to find it’s location. When they arrived to Azati Prime they notice a small base on a moon scanning them. Archer, determined to find the Xindi weapon, orders to fire on the base. He stole a warp drive and left a vessel stranded. Archer broke all the rules with the Xindi Mission. Archer makes Picard look like the Captain of the Love Boat. Jeffery Combs playing Shran, totally evolved the Andorian race. Malcolm Reed was just about to be a part of Section 31. T’Pol and Trip were about to make the first Vulcan/Romulan/Human. Being part Romulan would have explained T’pol’s addiction to Trellium-D. The racism expressed in the 4th season after the Xindi attacks was a whole new paradigm in Star Trek. The Orion Syndicate. An Empress Sato in the Mirror Universe. The Romulan War was about to start. All of these aspects of where the story seemed to be heading makes the final episode truly insulting. Especially when what you see from the Original shows beginning were a crew highly advanced, flying a ship that was unstoppable. It took movies to destroy these ships. This show would have given credence to every other ST show not only in the technology but the confidence these next generation captains had. Instead they rebooted the entire thing, all the Picard, Sisko, Janeway episodes and even the old James T. Kirk are totally erased with the latest motion picture. Only Archer and Enterprise NX-01 can exist in that continuity. Then of course, the series ends horribly. You’d think that Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis would have had respect for the show itself and the full cannon of ST continuity to refuse to appear in it. Brent Spiner did an excellent job connecting not only Data and Noonian Soong but Khan Noonien Singh and the Eugenics Wars. That’s heck of a continuity lesson, but for any die hard ST fan, Enterprise was connecting all the dots. They even had the Borg in there. No other ST series had that much of an effect on the defining history of Star Trek as a whole. Kirk, the glamorized cowboy, Picard, again, Love Boat, Sisko? that was one man’s personal journey that somehow involved everyone else. Janeway?, she found her way back. Archer gave the human race a reason to be respected in the greater galactic community. A luxury every starship captain enjoyed afterward.
“Seeing him pop up here and there on Enterprise is positively jarring and just feels COMPLETELY wrong.” care to explain what you mean before jumping to the bold button
i loved the finale. it was sentimental and tragic, the appropriate conclusion for a vessel fraught with so many catastrophes in the course of its voyages. it wouldnt have been right to end it without killing someone.
“This leaves the story feeling rushed, choppy and disconnected.”
No, it blended the two seamlessly. Riker went to the simulated crew for indirect consultation and he got it in a beautiful, organic way that made you forget it was a simulation. Trip received closure, we got insight into what the crew went off to, and the Enterprise was decomissioned. The only thing lacking was the actual content of Archer’s speech. At the same time the episode was not overly indulgent in Riker’s B story. It was a brilliant fusion of past and future, less ambitious than TNGs finale but better served for it and more than we could have expected.
“To add insult to injury, the cook aboard ship, who has been talked about over four seasons but never shown, and is all of a sudden is referred to as the crew’s confidant, is portrayed by… Riker”
oh boohoo. What is it too much to ask you have a sense of humor? Did you get really pissed at Home Improvement for not showing Wilson?
“But wait, there’s more… how about the death of Tripp just because, well, you know… killing someone will make the episode more interesting. You remember that is the same deep thought process that went into the death of Captain Kirk on some backwater planet.”
This is just you trying to understand the writers intentions, and falling flat on your face. Explain why the senior officers should be untouchable (thus sucking the force of drama turbulently out of the entire franchise) or hush up. Really, everytime I read a Trekkie lampoon this episode I felt more convinced it was fitting in structure and content. Youre all too used to the artless theatrics of the original series. The DS9 finale, now that was poorly conceived and unsatisfyingly raucous, but the action packed nature of that show called for it.
I’m a big fan of the show. In fact, this is probably my favorite of them all, which I’ll explain in detail. However, I HATE the series finale. It couldn’t be worse. They don’t show Captain Archer’s speech. Why not? He was the Captain of earth’s first warp 5 vessel. He saved humanity. It shouldn’t have been about Cmd Riker keeping a secret from Cpt. Picard. In fact they shouldn’t have been involved. Trip dying? Really? That was so cheesy the way he died too. They faced much worse opponents, and far more intelligent too. Yet a bunch of stupid riff raff boards enterprise. Really? And they overwhelmed all of the MACOs too? Come on people those guys were badA$$. How come the MACOs weren’t stomping these creeps’ guts out? Second why bring up T’Pol and Trip’s relationship if you’re going to kill him off. What nonsense. What a horrible thing to do. Excuse me, why did they break it off when they got back together, grieved together over their child. Give me one good reason why they broke it off? This episode doesn’t even give a hint of that. Absolute crap. How come they didn’t show T’Pol meeting Trip’s parents. I’m assuming she had more to say than “it’s agreeable to see you”. Jolene Blalock describe it exactly, “appalling”.
Now for my reasons why this is the best series. The action scenes were phenominal. Whenever there were combat scenes, the MACOs or Lt. Reid didn’t fight in some stiff, choppy manner, no sir. They looked like soldiers. Am I to believe from the rest of the series that humanity some how loses its basic military tactics just because it desires peace? That brings me to the second reason. The MACOs are neat. I see no reason whatsoever that United Earth or the Federation for that matter should disband its ground military force. Exploration is noble, but defense is crucial. Am I to believe that the MACOs wouldn’t be useful in say fighting the Romulans or the Klingons (in Cpt. Kirk’s era). I also love that the ship is bare bones, like a military vessel. I think in TNG they got way too wussy. Really? A ships counselor and bringing your whole family? I realize Enterprise-D is primarily an exploration vessel, but there should be some resemblance of military discipline. That’s reason alone to like this series.
T’Pol is my favorite character. Besides the fact that Jolene Blalock is extremely hot, she plays a Vulcan, but she doesn’t just give us a cookie cutter Vulcan. She has issues, and I like that. Characters that have personal struggles are more real to me. We also learn from T’Pol that Vulcans really do have emotions, just that they suppress them. We learn just how dangerous they are when they get out of hand. It also answers my question as to how in the world Spock could have been born. It explains not just the DNA, but also that in some rare cases, some Vulcans could have feelings for a humans, even if they did hide them. Since human relationships are based on feelings i would say that’s a critical aspect to address.
Dr.Phlox was just cool. There wasn’t an episode that Dr. Phlox didn’t have me laughing. For example. How about the episode where he told Trip that 2 junior officers were about to “mate”, and wondered if they would let him watch. Or how about when Dr. Phlox’s wife was hitting on Trip and Trip comes to him like a southern gentleman. Never a dull moment. In fact, there wasn’t a single character that I didn’t like. Every one of the characters was really in depth and believable.
The end episode was a steaming pile of doggy dump left behind by Porthos after eating too much cheese. Please somebody resurrect this series and unwrite this travesty.
watched this show with my star trek loving friend
we were both livid
he suggested that we agree to never buy the dvds or gives these “people” a penny for this personal insult
then we had to put up with all the waffle on io9
about how trek failed because the cold war ended
and all parralels it made with romulans and klingons now
didnt resonant with the public
having pointed out tng became most popular after the fall of the berlin wall (and had all those spin off also after the cold war)they of course banned me.
there are a hunderd reason the show failed but
the producers were a prime reason
The last episode was perfect, finally killed that redneck, wished all the characters could have died bravely, like fight the Borg.
But seriously, all the haters, at least this show didn’t have the retarded Kirk stories, where every week they fight a God who turns out to be a spoiler child of bigger gods. The original star trek sucked, enterprise was a lot better
I have to say that I enjoyed the series as a whole. I don’t know if I was a fan of the amount of connected episodes in the fourth season, but it was B&B trying to play around with different ideas, and I can’t blame them for that. Although I was a little perturbed about the ending, which seemed a little dark and sad with Trip dying. The last episode should either leave things open for interpretation, or end it happily, not mess around with the main characters because you don’t have to worry about them anymore. I wish that they bring this series back with some new writers and ideas, because I felt that the characters were much deeper than any of the other star-trek series. But this world is built on money, not wishes, so WHATEVA!