As I understand it, when it came out, Star Trek Enterprise got a lot of crap. Something about no character development, and lack of story quality, etc. I'm not a big Star Trek fan, but despite those critiques, I was fascinated by this show.
The show follows Captain Jonathan Archer and his crew aboard the new Star Ship Enterprise. The show has plenty of character development if you are actually watching it. The biggest character development would be that of Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker, Captain Jonathan Archer, T'Pol, and Dr. Phlox. These four characters pretty much carried the show, and it was an awesome ride. For four seasons, the show follows the crew of Enterprise in the early years of Star Fleet. The show ends with the formation of the United Federation of Planets.
I thought the fourth season was awesome because it actually showed all the pieces falling into place that would lead to the formation of the Federation. The fourth season also had several nods towards the other Star Trek shows and movies.
Season three, however was the best season by far. It contained the most character development and the best story lines of the entire series. It was fascinating to say the least. However it doesn't surprise me that season three was the best. It has been my observation that the third season of any TV show often is the "make or break" season, determining whether or not the show will continue on or be cancelled.
Season two was ok, and only further built the Star Trek Universe, giving several nods to the other series. Season two attempted to start better character development and plot lines, but didn't have as great as an affect as season three did.
Season one was fine. It did drag on for the first couple of episodes. The pilot seemed to take forever to get to the point, but other than that the show started to move along just fine. There was little character development, and not as good plots. However, season one began to set up the characters that would develop so well into the characters that are in season four. In that sense, season one did a perfect job of setting up the show.
All in all, I really like the show. I was intrigued by it all. The only thing I despised was the series finale. It literally was awful. It seemed to belong to an entirely different show ;) , and the characters seemed to have lost all their dynamic character traits and qualities that had been developed for four seasons. The death in the episode was a "feels" moment, but it could have been so much more. The ending of the show should have had so much more. And it should have never of involved the cast of Star Trek Next Generation. That was the dumbest decision the director/writers made throughout the entire series.
In conclusion I'd say Star Trek Enterprise did an overall good job, and isn't as bad as most critiques would have some believe. If you're interested in watching it, Star Trek Enterprise is still on Netflix as of 7/21/20. If you like the Sci-fi Genre, I highly recommend it.
For more information on Star Trek Enterprise, follow this link to IMDB
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