http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6703&msg_id=6706 I went through Enterprise pretty quickly, so there isn't really a whole lot I remember. Or, rather, a whole lot that I thought was worth remembering! The show, much like Voyager before it, had huge potential. And, again, like Voyager, capitalized on this potential pretty rarely of the course of it's run. The good episodes were excellent (and often just fleshing out of things alluded to in other series... as you say, niche appeal), such as the Borg episode and the Klingon virus episode. However, the show was just directionless. After lackluster Seasons 1 &2, they decided to do an entire arc in The Delphic Expanse with the Xindi and the Temporal Cold War (which is a stupid as fuck thing to reoccur throughout the series... even worse than Q). It was more like Voyager lite. Then the fourth season came around, and they went, again, in another direction; much like you, I thought the Season 4 was the start of what they should have been doing all along... which is to say, short story arcs expanding the canon, not just rehashing things throughout the series. And then, BOOM, before it could gain traction the series was canceled. I still think that Season 4 was the best season, and would have ramped into something decent. But Enterprise is the worst. Most is harder to watch than even the Original or Animated Series! Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Cognitive Surplus Wed, 10 Sep 2014 01:23:44 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6703&msg_id=6706 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6703&msg_id=6705 Don't you ever feel like you have to apologize for talking about Star Trek. Don't you *ever.* This is a safe place. Being ENT, I'll have to defer to Erik on this one. Glad to hear there are at least a few delicious nuggets. Also, somewhat related, this is the book we're reading at the moment: Redshirts kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Mon, 08 Sep 2014 19:37:39 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6703&msg_id=6705 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6703&msg_id=6703 Assumed this topic had already been discussed but couldn't find the thread. Maybe that's for good reason. I've been rewatching some S4 ST:ENT eps. I've complained before about how awful this series was, but always believed that the fourth season redeemed the series. I think I was wrong. The multi-ep arc with Brent Spiner and the augments was pretty decent. The several ep arc about the corrupt Vulcan government and their eventual political restructuring and theological reawakening is great, on par with some DS9, but ultimately pretty niche in its appeal. The one-offs are wretched. The one with the wheelchair bound inventor of the teleporter. The silicon based life forms that take over their bodies. Temporal Cold War. I'm struggling to find why some episodes are pretty decent and many are unwatchable. Certainly, there are some episodes that appeal to me mostly based on their significance in the Star Trek universe, and this can make a middling episode much better for me although I recognize that this benefit is reserved for a very small segment of the viewing audience. Mostly I'm just posting to bait Erik and maybe Josh into another conversation about ST. Sorry everyone who doesn't care. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Mon, 08 Sep 2014 19:28:13 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6703&msg_id=6703