It undoubtedly had the best premise: The USS Voyager is thrust into the unexplored Delta Quadrant alongside a terrorist organization known as the Maquis. It made the mistake of looking backward, something that has plagued the franchise ever since.Īt first blush, Star Trek: Voyager had all the makings of an excellent series. Enterprise ultimately failed in its uneasy relationship with canon in early seasons and poor characterization. The crew is led by Scott Bakula’s Jonathan Archer, a dedicated and bold captain with a dash of space-cowboy flair (and the curious wrinkle of his character’s prejudice toward Vulcans). Enterprise takes place 100 years before the USS Enterprise’s five-year mission involving Kirk, Spock, and the beloved crew from The Original Series. Arik Soong, the grandfather of the man who created Data (the android played by Spiner in Star Trek: The Next Generation) - only to end with one of the most infuriating series finales I’ve witnessed.
But watching Enterprise proves that the truth is a bit more complex: The series took a long time to find its feet, only hitting its stride in its final season with episodes like the two-parter “In a Mirror, Darkly” and “Borderland” - which featured mainstay Brent Spiner as Dr. Star Trek: Enterprise is perhaps the most maligned series in the franchise’s history, so much so that it’s credited with Star Trek’s long absence from pop culture until the sleek J.J.
