Star Trek: Enterprise 

A century before Captain Kirk's five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the Earth-Romulan War and the formation of the Federation.

Creators:

Rick Berman, Brannon Braga

Stars:

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock

Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 10 wins & 49 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Scott Bakula	...	Captain Jonathan Archer / ... 98 episodes, 2001-2005
John Billingsley	...	Dr. Phlox 98 episodes, 2001-2005
Jolene Blalock	...	Sub-Commander T'Pol / ... 98 episodes, 2001-2005
Dominic Keating	...	Lieutenant Malcolm Reed / ... 98 episodes, 2001-2005
Anthony Montgomery	...	Ensign Travis Mayweather / ... 98 episodes, 2001-2005
Linda Park	...	Ensign Hoshi Sato / ... 98 episodes, 2001-2005
Connor Trinneer	...	Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III 98 episodes, 2001-2005

Storyline

The year is 2151. Earth has spent the last 88 years since learning how to travel faster than the speed of light studying under the wisdom of their alien ally called the 'Vulcans'. Now, the first crew of human explorers sets out into deep space on a ship called the 'Enterprise' to see what is beyond our solar system.

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Plot Keywords:

earth starship | earthling | terran | space explorer | earthman | 

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Taglines:

A new era of discovery is about to begin.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Paramount [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Klingon

Release Date:

26 September 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Star Trek: Enterprise

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Braga Productions,Paramount Network Television,Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 44 min (98 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was the first Star Trek series to have an actual theme song, a fact that caused controversy among fans, who were split on the idea. The pilot episode used a different piece of music for the closing credits (in fact, an instrumental of the opening song) from the rest of the episodes. Beginning with the third season, the theme was revised to be more upbeat.

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Goofs

Whenever the video signal is being lost, instead of pixelating, as a digital signal would, the picture shows analog "snow," which would be unheard of by that era.

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Quotes

Vulcan Ambassador Soval: Captain Archer, your presence on this mission has not been... unduly burdensome.
[Soval leaves]
Shran: I think he likes you, pink-skin.

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Crazy Credits

Opening credits are in alphabetical order. Fortunately, the name of series star Scott Bakula comes earlier in the alphabet than the others, so his name is still top-billed.

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Connections

Referenced in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: First Date (2003)

User Reviews

Boldly going, going, gone.

I'm stunned. It's hard to believe that with the cancellation of "STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE", for the first time in18 years there will not be a STAR TREK series on the air. I have spent an abnormal amount of time engaged in water cooler talk as to why the latest STAR TREK spin-off failed to last more than 4 seasons. I do consider myself a TREK fan but I am hesitant to use terms like Trekkie or Trekker. I see STAR TREK the same way I see religion. It can be a great source of comfort, it should be used in moderation and I don't want to associate with or be associated with its followers. These devoted fans by the way recently raised over 15 million dollars to keep this fifth TREK series on the air, forcing them to delay moving out of their parent's basements for at least... Well I guess they had the disposable income anyway. Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends are Trekkies or Trekkers. Go rent the documentary TREKKIES and you will know what I am talking about.

What Gene Roddenberry pitched, as "Wagon Train to the Stars" became much more than what WilliamShatner described on SNL as, "...just a TV show!" Roddenberry managed to address the problems of the day that would not have been addressed otherwise on TV, by using outer space as its backdrop. The show inspired many to reach for the stars by studying science. People of color and women seeing Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) on the Enterprise bridge saw a future that included them. The show inspired new technology and it's packaging. Imagine what your cell phone or home computer would look like without STAR TREK as inspiration. Gene Rodenbery's vision also showed us a future where people of all races worked and played together (including TV's first interracial kiss Plato's Stepchildren).

I know that I'm making this sound bigger than just the cancellation of a TV show. I liked Enterprise and was not bothered by the multiple episode story lines. I still saw Gene Roddenberry's original intentions realized in this latest STAR TREK franchise. I liked that Captain Jonathan Archer's (Scott Bakula ) Enterprise and crew was less sophisticated than Captain Kirk's or Picard's. The bottom line is that it doesn't matter if you are battling an unknown alien threat or debating the moral implications of interfering with the development of an alien species, as long as the show is well written and well acted, that's all that matters.

One of the great things about Trek is that you can never run out of story ideas. All you have to do is look at today's newsmakers, paint them green and stick them on another planet.

Fear not Trekkies or Trekkers. Even though we are saying goodbye to Captain Archer's Enterprise, the franchise will live long and prosper. There is now talk about an 11th STAR TREK feature scheduled for release in 2007. I look forward to it, just don't expect to see me at the first screening and I definitely wont be in uniform because to quote Groucho Marx, "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member".

Stay Tuned Tony Figueroa