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:

Back to Where It All Began

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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: Untitled Fifth Series

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

The first season hinted at a budding romance between Doctor Phlox and human Crewman Elizabeth Cutler. Tragically, actress Kellie Waymire died in 2003 before their fictional relationship could be further explored.

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Goofs

During the first season, Malcolm, (the weapons expert), is giving phase pistol lessons to Hoshi. During the lesson, all Bridge officers are called back to their stations. Hoshi makes a comment, so much for practice, and she hands the phase pistol back to Malcolm, her finger still on the trigger, and the muzzle of the phase pistol aimed directly into Malcolm's chest. No matter the century, or the weapon, this action ranks as the #1 safety violation of handling weapons. It is unlikely that Malcolm, the armory expert, would ignore this safety violation and not immediately reprimand Hoshi.

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Quotes

Dr. Phlox: It's unethical to harm a patient. However, I can inflict as much pain as I like.

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Crazy Credits

Before the opening credits of the episode "Stigma" (original airdate 5 February 2003) a tribute to the crew of the space shuttle Columbia (deceased 1 February 2003) states "To the crew of the space shuttle Columbia, you continue to be our inspiration."

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Alternate Versions

Two versions of the third season episode, "Harbinger" were broadcast. As originally filmed, a love scene between T'Pol and Trip included a brief view of the top of T'Pol's buttocks. When UPN aired the episode in February 2004, however, the shot was censored. Canadian broadcasts of the episode, however, were uncensored. The DVD version of this scene is uncut.

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Connections

Referenced in Honest Trailers: Star Wars (2015)

User Reviews

Great entry into the Star Trek universe

I am a fan of Star Trek (the original series TOS), and the Next Generation. This entry into the universe of Star Trek delves back into the original vision of its creator. It is interesting getting a retrospective look at the foundations of Star Fleet and what becomes the United Federation of Planets. We see the development of relations between the Vulcans and Humans, and the introductions of a number of classic cultures from TOS, as well as TNG.

I believe this brings Rodenberry's original vision back as it is more idealistic, as was his initial vision. Obviously, much of this won't be nearly as ground breaking as we live in a different time, but there are still the undertones of dealing with racism, fair play, and doing the right thing that we had in TOS.

The series overall features great plots, excellent characters, and a good ensemble cast. The situations they end up in are believable and play well in the established Trek universe. They even finally give an explanation as to why the Klingons had no bumps on their foreheads in TOS, something they only eluded to in DS9. The notable exception is season three, which deals with the Xindi, and some sort of expanse which is not in the established universe. As the entire year dealt with that, it was a bit difficult to swallow. It was also much further away form the idealism which is at the heart of Star Trek, similar to how the Borg are for Picard and the Enterprise in TNG.

The final episode is also a major disappointment. Instead of writing a quality finale, which the production team had ample time to prepare, they essentially turned it into an episode of TNG, with Riker and Troi visiting the holodeck. This was a very weak and disrespectful way to end a great show which stood up just fine on its own.

It was a disappointment that the show was canceled after only 4 years, where most of the other Treks had lasted 7. The show was far better than most other shows on TV at that time, and held its own amongst Trek fans. Perhaps general audiences had had enough Trek after 18 straight years of it on TV, and films.

Enterprise is almost as good as TNG and TOS, but better than Voyager and DS9. Well worth putting into your cue.