Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series) E² (2004) User Reviews

Enterprise times two...

[planktonrules · 9/10 · 10 April 2015]

When the Enterprise enters the expanse in order to make it to the Xindi Council meeting with Degra, something weird happens...they meet Enterprise! Yes, another version of their own ship--but this one apparently had been knocked over a hundred years back in time and the crew consists of descendants of the original crew! At first, the two Enterprises work together to try to undo the mistake that originally sent them back in time. However, there is a problem--Commander Lorian on the alternate Enterprise is a real butt-head and thinks he knows everything! In fact, instead of helping the other Enterprise, he's considering betraying them!

This is a very interesting episode--one that is well worth seeing. What I particularly like was seeing T'Pol meeting...T'Pol! Overall, it's well written and well done.

A Look Into a Future That Will Never Occur

[Samuel-Shovel · 7/10 · 13 February 2018]

In "E²", the Enterprise is preparing to go through a subspace corridor in order to rendezvous with Degra so they can approach the Council with Archer's evidence. As they prepare for their journey, the Enterprise shows up. Turns out the corridor is destined to take them back in time and it is the crew's descendants coming to warn them of future events. They must think of another plan to save Earth successfully. The presence of 2 Enterprises allows many of the crew to learn their fate in this timeline, to varying degrees of satisfaction regarding their futures.

This episode hurts my brain. The fact that this season takes place in the Expanse (which doesn't abide by the normal laws of gravity, time, etc.) allows the writers a bit of free reign regarding normal plot holes and time paradoxes. They can just blame it all on the Expanse; on one hand it's a bit annoying but on the other it's cool that they can think outside the box a bit.

Taking all that into consideration, I kind of liked this episode. I enjoyed how every character got to see their futures and how some seem to be planning on changing their outlook because of it (i.e. Reed or T'Pol). I also thought Blalock did an admirable job portraying T'Pol as an elderly Vulcan. it was smart of the director to leave her in a dark room so we couldn't really see the terrible prosthetics and makeup job I'm assuming they used for this character.

We also got to further the plot more by arriving at Degra's meeting place, an added bonus. So, what did happen to the other Enterprise? Were they destroyed? Did they fade away like a Back to the Future movie? I liked that we never find out for sure.

Typical Star Trek time travel episode

[JustBen81 · 7/10 · 4 July 2020]

While time travel episodes can be fun but especially in star trek they're usually full of potholes. This time they can't decide if they try to preserve the time line or to change it. If they were going for a change - why not start earlier.

The Shadow Son

[Hitchcoc · 9/10 · 26 March 2017]

Another intriguing episode continues the trek toward the Xindi council. Archer has been told that there is a corridor that will cause them to cut light years off their trip. As they approach in their distressed state, they meet another Enterprise. This is inhabited by their descendants. It seems that when Enterprise went through the corridor, they stepped into a time warp and went be 170 years. They actually set themselves and others. Apparently, they were stuck on the ship and a culture developed there. For example, the Captain of this ship is the son of Trip and T'Pol. They work together and that's where we are as we approach the last couple offerings.

Meeting the Future

[claudio_carvalho · 6/10 · 4 March 2008]

The Enterprise needs to cross a subspace corridor protected by the hostiles Kavalans to arrive on time to the meeting with the Xindi council scheduled by Degra. However, the ship is surprisingly stopped by another Enterprise from the future with the descendants of the original crew-members. Lorian, the captain and son of Trip and T'Pol, explains that the original Enterprise was sent one hundred and seventeen years back in time while escaping from the Kavalans through the corridor, and they want to help the Enterprise to succeed and accomplish her mission at any cost.

"E2" is a flawed episode, where the only explanation for the holes in the screenplay is the Expanse, where the laws of physics and time are different. T'Pol alive and the duplicate Enterprise together with the original T'Pol and Enterprise are absolutely incoherent and I did not like this unnecessary and forgettable episode. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Enterprise 2"

Hit and miss episode for me

[snoozejonc · 7/10 · 18 November 2020]

Enterprise is due to rendezvous with Degra but ends up somewhere in a place and time where nothing seems right.

Much of the plot has been taken from previous Trek incarnations but it does work for the purpose of this episode. It starts off with an excellent and highly intriguing premise and the events unfold in a compelling and sometimes ironic way. I was thoroughly enjoying up to a point where the main guest character gets into some big expository dialogue to explain his behaviour and from then on my interest began to wane.

The concept of the guest characters was mostly good as it allowed the series regulars an interesting glimpse into a possible future. I found all this to be plausible and bought into it for most of the characters. One didn't work for me, mainly due to the dodgy makeup effects and the focus on an ongoing sub-plot and love story that has never interested me throughout the duration of the show.

When reading the reviews of others, I noticed one making a good point about time-travel being overused in sci-fi. It's a difficult one because some of the best plots involve time-travel, but the more of them you see, the more it diminishes their impact.

E² has a pretty exciting finish which did pique my attention once more towards the end. Once the reset button is eventually pushed you do suspect the overarching plot just took a detour for the sake of achieving the full number of episodes required for a series as it nears the conclusion.

I think overall it was good, but given the premise I wish it had been better. Much of this down my own personal interest in certain characters.

Time travel should be used only sparingly. It was misspent here.

[sogoodlooking · 6/10 · 23 September 2020]

Time travel, used too often, destroys credibility. After all, if it's easy to come by and pull off, why not just aim to use it in every significant instance? Or if something horrible happens, why not just seek to use it to reverse that outcome?

It accomplished nothing special in this instance, unfortunately, with Archer's daughter (!) of all people turning in a forgettable performance.

Time travel is too important a component of the larger arc of the season to use it here as a kind of cheap thrill.

Too many plot holes

[daveozs · 5/10 · 29 August 2022]

I'm not against time travel episodes and some of the issues that other reviewers noted. I also know that it is a TV show and a viewer needs the suspension of disbelief. With that said, my main issue was that they spent the first part of the episode talking about improvements to the warp drive, reinforcing the hull, etc. So the 170-year old advanced those parts. However, they then tried to steal the plasma injectors and run away. The current Enterprise and 170-year old Enterprise then fought to a standstill.

Sorry, but in all that time and meeting up with other aliens, they never improved the weapons or defense capabilities? No difference to the armaments? And they just tried to fly away without dismantling current Enterprise's weapons? I'm not generally a detractor, but that bothered me a bit here.

Yet ANOTHER time travel episode

[deedee0 · 1/10 · 3 May 2024]

Enterprise gives us once again - a time travel episode. The gimmick is common in the Star Trek canon but Enterprise relies on this fall back much too often.

The episode is boring. We've been here, done that with multiple dimensions, wormholes, and new pointles characters being introduced. Not only is a time jump an unnecessary plot twist but there are glaring holes in continuity.

My best advice is to skip E2. The entire episode is a waste. It's just filler for the big finale showdown.

Oh, and T'Pol's makeup is the worst ever. A huge disappointment for what has been stellar artwork in past episodes.