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The adventures of Earth's first interstellar spaceship are chronicled in this 'Star Trek' spin-off, which takes place in 2151 (a century before Captain Kirk). It follows Captain Jonathan Archer and his crew as they explore the galaxy and, later, pursue aliens who launched a devastating attack on Earth.

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Star Trek: Enterprise , originally titled Enterprise until Season 3, is the sixth series set in the Star Trek universe. Created by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga , and based upon Gene Roddenberry 's classic 1966 Star Trek (and its subsequent spin-offs), Enterprise was a prequel set a century before the time of Kirk and Spock . The series followed the voyages of the first starship Enterprise and mankind 's first steps into the "final frontier". Initially titled as simply Enterprise , the series ran an abbreviated four seasons. The series debuted in 2001 on the United Paramount Network replacing Star Trek: Voyager . It was canceled in 2005 .

As of 2024 , due to its placement in the Star Trek timeline, Enterprise is the only Star Trek production whose continuity is not affected by the events of the 2009 film reintroducing the crew of James T. Kirk , making it the only TV series in the Star Trek universe to maintain continuity in both the prime and alternate realities .

  • Main Title Theme (seasons 1-2)  file info
  • Main Title Theme (seasons 3-4)  file info
  • " Where My Heart Will Take Me " lyrics (composed by Diane Warren , vocals by Russell Watson )
  • Mirror Main Title Theme  file info (used in episodes " In a Mirror, Darkly " and " In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II ", composed by Dennis McCarthy & Kevin Kiner )
  • 2 Plot summary
  • 3 Reception
  • 4.1 Special guest stars
  • 4.2 Recurring guest stars
  • 5 Production crew
  • 6 Opening credits
  • 7.1 Season 1
  • 7.2 Season 2
  • 7.3 Season 3
  • 7.4 Season 4
  • 7.5 Proposed Season 5 stories
  • 8 Related topics
  • 10 Video games
  • 11 Syndication
  • 12.1.1 "Archer's Theme"
  • 12.1.2 "Where My Heart Will Take Me"
  • 13 External links

Summary [ ]

Enterprise was created in the hopes of revitalizing the Star Trek franchise since ratings for the previous series, Star Trek: Voyager , had waned near the end. Intended to be more modern, with characters far from Gene Roddenberry's 24th century Utopian Humanity, Enterprise was situated in one of the least explored eras in the Star Trek universe and a time only 150 years from present day.

Enterprise was set in the 22nd century , at a time before the Federation and while United Earth was just becoming a player in interstellar politics .

The producers – under the guidance of Roddenberry's successor, Rick Berman – sought to set the series apart from those that had come before, creating nearly every set, prop and costume anew and tending toward a more encompassing, "you-are-there" style of storytelling.

According to comments made by Executive Producer Brannon Braga in discussions with fans at TrekMovie.com , Berman's original idea for the series was to have the entire first season set on Earth as Humanity's first-ever warp starship was constructed. This was soon decided to be too far removed from the style of the franchise as a whole, and so the premise was redrafted.

Enterprise , like Star Trek: Deep Space Nine before it, featured numerous story arcs throughout its run. Story lines included the Temporal Cold War and the Xindi arc that took up the show's entire third season.

The series was the first to incorporate lyrics into its opening theme song (unused lyrics did exist for the original series' fanfare); it also did not include the words Star Trek in its title until the third season episode " Extinction ".

Like its predecessor, Star Trek: Voyager , Enterprise aired on UPN , rather than in first-run syndication like TNG and DS9. Premiering on 26 September 2001 with a strong opening, the two-hour pilot " Broken Bow " garnered a 9.9 overnight rating and a 15% share. Ratings, however, declined over the next few seasons, dipping to an average 2.5 million viewers an episode.

As early as the second season , rumors of the show's imminent cancellation pushed the producers to find new directions to take the series. Beginning with the series' third season, Enterprise adopted a darker tone and a more violent arc, in some ways mirroring the post 9/11 sentiment.

While many critics were impressed with the new pull of the series, ratings remained low, and the show was canceled at the end of its fourth season.

Even so, Enterprise accomplished a number of technical firsts for a Star Trek series. It was the first series to air in high definition , with " Exile " being the first episode to air in that format. It was produced with third-generation Sony HDTV cameras starting in Season 4; the first 3 seasons were filmed with traditional 35mm film cameras (which were then transferred to digital for broadcast). [1] (X) The series was also the first to be produced in widescreen format. The decision to air Enterprise in the widescreen (16:9) format was made halfway through filming of the first season, which required episodes filmed prior to the decision to be re-telecined from the original masters (which had been filmed in the 4:3 ratio used for all previous Star Trek television series). [2]

Enterprise was nominated for five individual Saturn Awards , won an ASCAP Award in 2002 for "Top TV Series", was nominated for seventeen Emmy Awards , winning four, and two episodes were nominated for Hugo Awards .

Plot summary [ ]

Launched in the year 2151 , the NX-class starship Enterprise (the first of United Earth 's advanced warp five vessels) was at first on temporary assignment . Though years of preparation still lay ahead, the ship was unexpectedly put into service when a Klingon national crash-landed on Earth , putting the entire planet at stake should he not make it back to his people. Under the command of United Earth Starfleet Captain Jonathan Archer , son of the famed scientist Henry Archer , the crew of Enterprise succeeded in their mission, but found themselves surrounded by deeper mysteries. Warranting the extension of their assignment into a full-blown mission of deep space exploration, the crew of Enterprise set off into the unknown, taking with them a Vulcan science officer (or chaperone) named T'Pol and a Denobulan doctor named Phlox .

Enterprise 's first years were rocky; while the ship made contact with such species as the Suliban and the previously mentioned Klingons, such contact was not peaceful. In its first two years alone, the ship's crew found themselves in armed conflict with a range of species from the Tholians to the Coridanite to the Borg ... and things only got worse. By its third year in space, an alien species known as the Xindi brutally attacked Earth, killing millions.

The NX-01 was dispatched to a remote and previously uncharted area of space known as the Delphic Expanse in order to prevent the Xindi from completing their ultimate goal of destroying Humanity . While the mission was successful, after nearly a year in the Expanse, the ship suffered severe damage and many losses.

Upon returning home, Enterprise served a more diplomatic role in the service of United Earth, easing relations between the Vulcans, the Andorians , and the Tellarites , and paving the way toward a Coalition of Planets , an alliance that eventually lead to the founding of the United Federation of Planets . Though still often tumultuous, Enterprise continued its mission of exploration as well, bringing Humans in contact with even more new worlds and new civilizations .

Reception [ ]

During its four-year run, Enterprise was nominated for 17 Emmy Awards , mostly in "technical" categories such as visual effects and makeup. It won four: "Outstanding Hairstyling For A Series", "Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Dramatic Underscore)", and "Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Dramatic Underscore)" (twice).

Main cast [ ]

  • Scott Bakula as Jonathan Archer
  • John Billingsley as Phlox
  • Jolene Blalock as T'Pol
  • Dominic Keating as Malcolm Reed
  • Anthony Montgomery as Travis Mayweather
  • Linda Park as Hoshi Sato
  • Connor Trinneer as Charles Tucker III

Special guest stars [ ]

  • Rene Auberjonois as Ezral
  • Golden Brooks as Alicia Travers
  • Clancy Brown as Zobral
  • Keith Carradine as A.G. Robinson
  • Bruce Davison as Menos
  • Fionnula Flanagan as V'Lar
  • Jonathan Frakes as William T. Riker
  • Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi
  • Brent Spiner as Doctor Arik Soong
  • Peter Weller as John Frederick Paxton

Recurring guest stars [ ]

  • Vaughn Armstrong as Maxwell Forrest / Maximilian Forrest
  • Abby Brammell as Persis
  • Jeffrey Combs as Commander Shran
  • Steven Culp as Major Hayes
  • John Fleck as Silik
  • Gary Graham as Ambassador Soval
  • James Horan as Humanoid Figure
  • Ada Maris as Captain Hernandez
  • Alec Newman as Malik
  • Randy Oglesby as Degra
  • Scott MacDonald as Commander Dolim
  • Tucker Smallwood as Xindi-Primate Councilor
  • Kellie Waymire as Crewman Cutler
  • Joel West as Raakin
  • Matt Winston as Daniels
  • Rick Worthy as Jannar
  • Kara Zediker as T'Pau

Production crew [ ]

  • Rick Berman – Co-Creator, Executive Producer, Writer
  • Brannon Braga – Co-Creator, Executive Producer, Writer
  • Chris Black – Co-Executive Producer, Writer
  • Manny Coto – Co-Executive Producer, Writer
  • John Shiban – Co-Executive Producer, Writer
  • David A. Goodman – Supervising Producer, Writer
  • Ken LaZebnik – Supervising Producer, Writer
  • Mike Sussman – Producer, Writer
  • Alan Brennert – Producer, Writer
  • André Bormanis – Executive Story Editor, Science Consultant, Writer
  • Alan Kobayashi – Graphic Designer
  • Dawn Velazquez – Producer
  • Gene Roddenberry – Creator of Star Trek

Opening credits [ ]

The opening credits for Star Trek: Enterprise contained a number of images referencing modern-day as well as historical exploration and space travel leading up to the launch of Enterprise NX-01 in 2151, including the Enterprise OV-101 shuttle, named in real life in honor of Star Trek . Also used in the sequence is a clip of Zefram Cochrane 's ship, the Phoenix , from Star Trek: First Contact , and the real-life animated footage of the Mars rover .

Two versions of the opening title sequence were created, one for the prime Star Trek universe to the tune of " Where My Heart Will Take Me " which was seen at the beginning of the majority of episodes, and the other which documented the rise of the Terran Empire in the mirror universe episodes " In a Mirror, Darkly " and " In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II " which was done to an instrumental.

Episode list [ ]

Season 1 [ ].

ENT Season 1 , 25 episodes:

Season 2 [ ]

ENT Season 2 , 26 episodes:

Season 3 [ ]

ENT Season 3 , 24 episodes:

Season 4 [ ]

ENT Season 4 , 22 episodes:

Proposed Season 5 stories [ ]

Related topics [ ].

  • ENT directors
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  • ENT recurring characters
  • ENT studio models
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  • Undeveloped ENT episodes
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The wrap party for Enterprise was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Boulevard on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at 7:00 pm. "Dress Festive" and notations that cocktails, dinner, and a DJ were available were on the invitations. The introduction featured the following text: " This Mission May Be Over But Let's Get The Party Started! Paramount Network Television invites you and your guest to journey back in time at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and glimpse the future in the newly-launched Theodore Restaurant and Lounge. Let's commemorate the final voyage of Star Trek: Enterprise . "

Video games [ ]

Only two official video games set in the Enterprise era have been released – Star Trek: Encounters and Star Trek: Legacy . However, these two games are not true Enterprise games, as they cover the franchise as a whole.

Syndication [ ]

With four seasons, Enterprise reached syndication less than a year after its cancellation, in some markets airing multiple times a week beginning on 17 September 2005 . The syndication run of the series features the first episode of season 1 , two episodes of season 2 , and all episodes of the final season . Notable stations cleared Enterprise in syndication for most of the run including WNBC in New York City, KNBC in Los Angeles and WCIU in Chicago. However, with the 40th anniversary of Star Trek , Enterprise was replaced in syndication by "remastered" versions of classic TOS episodes on 16 September 2006 .

Episodes are available on CBS.com and its sister site TV.com . Netflix online streaming subscribers can also view episodes.

The first three seasons are also available on the Xbox Live Marketplace (currently US only), a premium service offered with the Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Each episode costs about two to three US dollars, and are available in both standard and high-definition widescreen. Two part episodes are broken up into two separate episodes and must be purchased separately.

All seasons are also available on the iTunes Store and on Amazon Instant Video in both standard and high-definition widescreen.

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"Archer's Theme" [ ]

"Archer's Theme" is an instrumental piece of music used over the closing credits. It was composed by Dennis McCarthy .

The theme was originally intended to be played over the opening credits of the show. ( citation needed • edit ) McCarthy, having also composed the theme for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , wrote the piece in a style reminiscent of the later Star Trek series. Even though the piece opens with a subdued but recognizable version of Star Trek theme fanfare, McCarthy wrote it in keeping with the spirit of the show to be overall less classical and more modern instrumentally.

The producers' decision to use "Where My Heart Will Take Me" in its stead was a controversial decision that the producers made in an attempt to make the series appeal to an audience wider than that of existing Trek fans. ( citation needed • edit )

Altogether four different versions of end credits were used in the show. In the pilot episode, "Broken Bow", an instrumental version of "Where My Heart Will Take Me", also known as "Faith of the Heart", was used.

In the following episode, " Fight or Flight ", "Archer's Theme" is heard in a different arrangement. In addition, there is a different closing theme in the double feature " In a Mirror, Darkly ", reprising this episode's unique opening credits music.

"Where My Heart Will Take Me" [ ]

The use of an album-oriented rock theme tune is in stark contrast to previous series in the franchise, and provoked a negative reaction in some fans, ( citation needed • edit ) to the point of protesting outside the studios.

One of its most prominent detractors is Simon Pegg . Pegg was a fan of Star Trek prior to appearing in the films, but according to a 2011 interview:

" I think that the theme music to Enterprise was probably the most hideous Star Trek moment in history. I couldn't believe that they had this great idea of sort of pre-Kirk/Spock Star Trek , and they gave it a dreadful soft-rock music start. It just seemed so ill-advised. I mention Admiral Archer [in 2009's Star Trek ] – it isn't struck off because of the terrible music. Scotty actually mentions him. But [the theme music] is terrible. I've never seen Enterprise , because I couldn't get past that music. It would still be ringing in my ears when the show starts. " [3] (X)

External links [ ]

  • Star Trek: Enterprise at StarTrek.com
  • Star Trek: Enterprise at the Internet Movie Database
  • Star Trek: Enterprise at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
  • Star Trek: Enterprise at Wikipedia
  • 2 Star Trek: The Next Generation

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Scott Bakula

Capt. Jonathan Archer

Connor Trinneer

Cmdr. Charles "Trip" Tucker III

Jolene Blalock

Commander T'Pol

Dominic Keating

Lt. Malcolm Reed

Anthony Montgomery

Ensign Travis Mayweather

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Star Trek Enterprise Cast: Where Are They Now?

Where did these intrepid explorer's hearts take them next?

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Star Trek Enterprise ran for four seasons, from 2001 until 2005. Though not the shortest of the spin-offs, it has received undue amount of criticism and hate, largely due to its existence as a prequel rather than a sequel series.

It was the butt of many criticisms that Discovery has received, not least about the issues arising around canon. However, time has been slightly kinder to Enterprise and audiences are coming to see it in a slightly more positive light, all these years later.

The cast that was assembled for the show is both varied and a veritable who's who of the Sci-Fi scene of the time. Many faces that walked the hallways of NX-01 would appear in many contemporary Sci-Fi shows, including Stargate and its various spin-offs.

Some of the names on this list have gone on to have huge careers, both in front of and behind the camera. There are faces that may have only appeared for several brief moments that may make fans take a moment to goggle that they had appeared here so early on. Other faces regrettably have not fared so well in the years that have followed Enterprise's cancellation, though such is the life of actors in Hollywood.

With the renewed current interest in the Star Trek franchise, now is a good time to revisit this short but colourful chapter of Trek history and find out just what the cast of Enterprise is up to these days. Starting with...

17. Seth MacFarlane

Star Trek Enterprise

This man needs very little introduction. Easily one of the most outspoken Star Trek fans in Hollywood, Seth MacFarlane was once a crew member under Captain Archer, setting sail on the first warp 5 vessel.

MacFarlane is probably the most well known name to have come out of the series, as of course he was already established before it began. Family Guy hit the air in 1999, almost instantly becoming a success, despite setbacks in the beginning.

MacFarlane went on the record asking for a bright and upbeat view of the future when Star Trek Discovery was announced, which was a plea that fell on somewhat deaf ears in year one. So, he went ahead and made his own Star Trek (just without the name!). The Orville has turned into one of the brightest surprises of the last few years, combining the whacky humour that he is known for with a genuinely optimistic view of the future.

He may have only appeared in a grand total of about a minute of screen time, but Seth's passion for Star Trek is legendary. As it has contributed to so much of the content he has created, it is only right to include him here!

Writer. Reader. Host. I'm Seán, I live in Ireland and I'm the poster child for dangerous obsessions with Star Trek. Check me out on Twitter @seanferrick

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Star Trek: Enterprise Finale Was "Disrespectful" to Cast: Keating

Posted in: Star Trek , TV | Tagged: Connor Trinneer , Dominic Keating , star trek , Star Trek: Enterprise

Dominic Keating and Connor Trinneer reflect on the Star Trek: Enterprise series finale and what a fifth season could've touched upon.

Article Summary

  • Keating now sees 'Enterprise' finale as disrespectful to original cast.
  • Trinneer yearns for expanded Trip and T'Pol storyline in a fifth season.
  • Both actors open to 'Star Trek' returns including voice acting gigs.
  • Entertaining anecdotes revealed, including a Bill Gates set visit.

As much as some Star Trek fans can develop mixed feelings about the new Paramount canon, no one can hold a candle to what the cast of Enterprise had to endure in terms of backlash and legacy that made Paramount hit the pause on the franchise for near half a decade until J. J. Abrams 2009 soft reboot film into the Kelvin Universe. Enterprise was initially developed as a prequel series before The Original Series and founding of the Federation, but creative decisions from the inspirational theme "Faith of the Heart" by Russell Watson to revisionist reframing of narratives like trying to tie the Eugenics Wars and why the Klingons looked the way they originally did in the original Gene Roddenberry NBC series in 1966. When the ax fell on the series after season four, a bait-and-switch was applied, turning the entire experience of the NX-01 into a Holodeck simulation thanks to Jonathan Frakes William Riker of The Next Generation era in the Enterprise finale "These Are the Voyages." Cast members Connor Trinneer (Chief engineer Cmdr. Charles "Trip" Tucker III) and Dominic Keating (Chief of security Lt. Malcolm Reed) spoke at the ST-SF convention in San Francisco to reflect on the finale and what could have been if season five was a reality.

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Why Keating was "Ticked" at the Star Trek: Enterprise Series Finale

"I just watched that episode on [Star Trek: The Cruise VII]. I had seen it in times past, and it has not bothered me. This time, I have to say it really bothered me… Particularly—and I love Jonathan and Marina—but to see them jauntily wafting around our last episode like nothing's going on, and it ticked me off," Keating said (via TrekMovie.com). "It didn't in the instance. I guess as an actor, I was like, 'We're done' so I was moving on to get another job. But when I look back now twenty years on, yeah it was disrespectful—I think to Scott [Bakula] and to our cast. I understand that Rick [Berman] and Brannon [Braga] were wrapping up a very long sojourn of an unparalleled TV accomplishment of 17 years on a variation of a theme. It is incredible. But I think it was a misstep. We should have had a standalone episode to end our series."

As UPN decided to cancel the series, the decision was made to kill off Trip a second and more definitively in a valiant effort to save the Enterprise rather than expand Trip and Vulcan science officer T'Pol's ( Jolene Blalock ) relationship. "I would have been interested to see what kind of relationship that Trip and T'Pol could have actually had. That would have been an interesting storyline. They were going to try once every seven years to have a baby, so that would have been interesting," Trinneer said. "That Section 31 stuff was quite fun, wasn't it? That would have been worth some exploration. I believe they're actually in Toronto now, exploring it without me. And you know, Malcolm was always good to be captain eventually. Good British captain, I would say," Keating added.

Star Trek: Enterprise: Keating, Trinneer on Finale

While Trinneer dashed fan hopes of some miraculous resurrection of Trip at Star Trek: The Cruise, that doesn't mean he and Keating are done with the franchise yet promptly saying, "Yes" on any opportunity, like an animated series continuation of Enterprise , guest starring role on Lower Decks , or live-action return as original characters. "I don't care. I just want that Paramount check," Trinneer said. "…Animation is fun to do; you can show up in your shorts and tee shirt. Ask the 'Lower Decks' people," Keating added. For more including an anecdote about former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates' visit to the Enterprise set and their future on The Shuttlepod Show podcast, you can check out the piece here .

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We'd love for the cast of Star Trek: Enterprise to get another run, but how?

S tar Trek: Enterprise had one of the worst endings in not only Star Trek history but in all of television history. It was mishandled and maligned and the focus was taken off the core cast and given to characters who weren't even part of the series prior to that moment.

The terrible ending has caused fans to lament the failings of Star Trek: Enterprise's conclusion, especially because many felt that it came too soon. The fifth season was going to lead directly into the Romulan/Federation war and the storytelling out of that season was expected to be top-notch.

With the show now 20 years past its finale, and there being too much time in between the finale and how to properly do a Romulan war arc, even as a special, there seems to be no way to get this cast back without mucking up time somehow. Sure, you could do a 20-years later series, focusing on how everyone is doing following the war, but that can only offer up fans lamenting the show's finale so much.

Despite how difficult it would be to do a new series with these actors and actresses, or even just a cameo, there's a push for it to happen. There's a push to get T'Pol on Strange New Worlds, while Connor Trinneer and Dominic Keating both saying, quite enthusiastically, that they would return to Star Trek if they were asked to do so. John Billingsley, who played Dr. Phlox on the show, would also like to return and believes his character would be alive during the current timeline of shows.

Just about everyone from Enterprise wants another crack at Star Trek glory and why not? A lot of storylines were left hanging and fans were left without resolution to so many possible plot lines. It's not likely to happen, not without a serious groundswell of support from fans, but if it did happen, we think an animated mini-series would be the best move.

With the actors aging 20 years is a bit much to reverse on screen, doing an animated mini-series about the Romulan/Federation war and then maybe a live-action movie on Paramount+ (or wherever Star Trek ends up) to close out the story for good would be the perfect way to go.

This article was originally published on redshirtsalwaysdie.com as We'd love for the cast of Star Trek: Enterprise to get another run, but how? .

We'd love for the cast of Star Trek: Enterprise to get another run, but how?

Star Trek Theory: Picard Retconned the Divisive Enterprise Series Finale

One shot of the NX-01 in Star Trek: Picard suggests the Star Trek: Enterprise series finale didn't happen the way fans think - and that may be good.

  • Picard Season 3 slyly changes Star Trek history by introducing an NX-01 redesign, challenging Enterprise's controversial finale.
  • The inclusion of the NX-01 refit in Picard hints at a major retcon in Enterprise's finale, suggesting a different fate for Trip Tucker.
  • The theory that Trip survived the final mission creates a fresh perspective on the Star Trek universe, potentially altering canon.

With all the big action and high emotions in Star Trek: Picard Season 3, fans can be forgiven for missing a detail in Episode 9, "Võx" that could retcon the divisive series finale of Star Trek: Enterprise . The last series of "second-wave" Star Trek , its sudden cancelation led to an ignominious end not just for the show but for that entire era of the franchise.

During Picard Season 3, Episode 6 "The Bounty," a number of ships appeared in the Fleet Museum, including the NX-01 from Enterprise. However, when the heroes returned to the Fleet Museum in "Võx," pop culture critic and YouTuber Jessie Earl noticed something about that early-era Starfleet vessel. Rather than the design seen in the series with a saucer section and two nacelles, it was the "NX-01 refit," a redesign meant to debut in Season 5 if the series hadn't been canceled. This means the new NX-01 is as officially canon as anything in Star Trek can be. Since the NX-01 hadn't been redesigned by Enterprise 's finale, Earl suggested Picard implies that episode was not the true end of the first Enterprise 's mission. This theory is critical because it's about more than which ship was correct; it's about saving the life of a fan-favorite character.

Updated March 18, 2024, by Joshua M. Patton: In the year since Picard's final season debuted, there has been no more information released about what the inclusion of the NX-class refit means to Star Trek canon. So, the notion that "Trip Tucker lives" is still very much in the realm of "fan theory." Yet, the idea the NX-01 Enterprise refit means the ship seen in the series finale is inaccurate is a strong theory. This article has been updated to include more information about the Enterprise finale, "These Are the Voyages" and comport to CBR's current formatting standards.

Why the Star Trek: Enterprise Finale Was Controversial Among the Fans and Cast

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Star Trek: Enterprise producers tricked UPN into greenlighting a fourth season, so it wasn't really a surprsie the series was canceled that year. While Enterprise was the network's highest-rated show, UPN just didn't have enough reach to bring in the advertising dollars needed to sustain it. Since the finale for this series was going to be the end of an unprecedented 18-year run for Star Trek under Rick Berman, the producer wanted to make "a valentine" to the whole endeavor and the fans , according to a conversation he and Brannon Braga shared on the complete series home release. The only way to bring the 22nd Century cast into the 24th -- without time travel and changing Star Trek canon -- was to use the holodeck. However, this irked many of the Enterprise cast who felt they were being sidelined in their own finale. In another special features conversation, Braga and Bakula discussed the fight they had about this very subject.

Other actors, including Jonathan Frakes, felt uncomfortable with the decision, too, according to The Fifty-Year Mission - The Next 25 Years by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman. Frakes said he agreed because he "always says 'yes'" to Star Trek , and that Scott Bakula was a gentleman on set. "I would have been so insulted. I don't think that was our finest hour," Frakes said. Actor Jeffery Combs, a mainstay in the universe but most notably the Andorrian commander Shran on Enterprise was less charitable. He said he believed Berman's choice to include The Next Generation was a way to remind the studio and the fans that he "had a successful" show in TNG . In the Enterprise special features, Braga apologizes more than once for the finale, though he admits he thought it was a "cool" idea at the time, including the death of Trip Tucker.

Still, the actors held no grudges. Along with Bakula's grace in welcoming the guest stars, the others in the cast spoke highly of their TNG co-stars. On an episode of The Shuttlepod Show with Frakes , former host and Malcom Reed actor Dominic Keating told the Riker actor he enjoyed working with him. He told him "one of the funnest days [he] had shooting [on the series] was with [Frakes] in that galley." While Star Trek is lousy with time-travel, there are no do-overs in real life. However, "The Bounty," may have stealthily retconned the Enterprise finale and Trip's death.

Theory: The Enterprise Finale Was Based on Faulty Historical Information

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Star Trek: Enterprise ended its voyage in 2005, but the NX-01 refit didn't debut until six years later in Doug Drexler's official Ships of the Line calendar. The redesign added the round deflector dish and body of the ship to the original -- bridging the gap between the NX-01 and the NCC-1701 Enterprise . That this version of the ship was at the Fleet Museum suggests the changes were made before the NX ships were decommissioned. As Earl explains , this means the ship the crew occupied in the finale was not the correct ship. It was a work of historical fiction.

What made the Enterprise finale so divisive was that it was technically an episode of The Next Generation . Riker and his wife Deanna Troi appeared, sharing scenes that take place during TNG Season 7, Episode 12, "The Pegasus." Troi suggested Riker use this holodeck program of the last mission of the original Enterprise to help make a tough decision. While the ship had undergone changes from what viewers were used to seeing, it didn't have an entirely new section. The NX-01 wasn't actually seen in the finale except on display monitors, but there was a scene in its shuttle bay. Since it wasn't redesigned, that suggests the ship in the holodeck program was not the accurate ship .

Earl also pointed out how Riker influenced events when he appeared as the ship's chef -- a character mentioned but never seen during the run of Enterprise . At the end of the episode, the vessel was boarded and Chief Engineer Trip Tucker died saving everyone. However, Earl noted a Star Trek novel called The Good Men Do , by Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin, introduced the idea that Trip faked his death to go on an undercover mission involving Romulans. A simpler retcon of Trip's death is the holodeck program was just historical fiction or somehow inaccurate. Whatever the case, the redesigned ship means the holoprogram could've gotten more things wrong. It's a possibility Troi acknowledged when Riker noted that security officer Malcolm Reed was shorter than he expected.

Why Picard May Have Stealthily Retconned the Enterprise Finale

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Star Trek: Enterprise was the second of the franchise's second-wave series to not be made for syndication. It debuted on the United Paramount Network (UPN), which failed and became half of The CW five years. Brannon Braga, showrunner for most of Enterprise , said in a conversation with the cast on the complete series home release that he regrets the story they told. He was a bit too hard on himself. It was a good episode of Star Trek , it was just a poor series finale for Enterprise . In their last episode, rather than actual human beings with agency, the crew of the NX-01 were just holographic action figures.

In "Võx," Worf made a casual reference to the USS Enterprise -E's destruction by saying, "That was not my fault." Picard showrunner Terry Matalas tweeted that this was essentially a layup for Star Trek novel writers. Perhaps the NX-01 refit inclusion was another or, as Earl suggested, a nod to The Good Men Do . Matalas worked on Enterprise and had an on-camera appearance in the series finale as an Enterprise-D crewman, walking past Troi as she got on a turbolift -- so he may like the Enterprise series finale just as it is.

Since this is all an off-screen story and headcanon, it is possible that the NX-01 refit was a different ship than the first Enterprise . It might be in the Fleet Museum just so Doug Drexler's amazing design made it on-screen just once. Yet if any Star Trek series finale could use a do-over, it's Enterprise , and even the guy who wrote it agrees. As Earl says, this Picard theory is a great way to live life knowing Trip survived the final mission. But, if a fan happens to love the finale? Then it would take more than the appearance of a ship to change that. It's been a long road from Enterprise to Picard , and it's nice the NX-01 refit design got to make the journey.

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Why Hasn't 'Star Trek: Legacy' Been Greenlit? CBS CEO Explains Paramount's Plans

CBS' CEO George Cheeks isn't ruling it out, but "it’s really about the cadence and the timeline of it."

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  • Star Trek: Picard spin-off of Legacy has not been greenlit yet.
  • CBS CEO George Cheeks confirms Star Trek is still a priority for Paramount.
  • Cheeks is not ruling out the possibility of a Legacy series but explains that it's all about timing.

Paramount+ has a number of Star Trek projects in the works, but the proposed Star Trek: Legacy spin-off of Picard has yet to get the green light — despite the wishes of fans and creatives. A new interview with CBS CEO George Cheeks sheds some light on the matter, suggesting that the go-ahead for any future Trek projects is all about timing. In a conversation with Vulture , when asked about an official go-ahead for Legacy and the future of Trek at the streamer, given the recent cancellation of Star Trek: Discovery and the reassignment of Star Trek: Prodigy to Netflix, Cheeks gave the following answer:

"Star Trek remains one of the most important franchises for Paramount Global, and Paramount+ specifically. There’s so much great opportunity with the franchise, and it’s really about the cadence and the timeline of it. We don’t want to offer up all these amazing premium drama series at once. We want to time it out appropriately. Luckily, we have this incredible partner in Alex Kurtzman , and we all work together to sort of manage long-range planning across many years, to figure out what’s the right cadence for dropping new Star Trek series. So there’s a lot we’re focused on, but it should not suggest to you [a scaling back]. There is a tremendous amount of focus and prioritizing of the Star Trek franchise."

There are currently more official Star Trek projects in the works than ever before. Two live-action series are in production; Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is currently filming its third season , and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is in the pre-production stage. The fifth season of the animated Star Trek: Lower Decks is in the works , as is the first-ever Star Trek TV movie, Section 31 . Prodigy , although it is no longer available on Paramount, is currently completing post-production on its second season, which will be released on Netflix this year.

What Is 'Star Trek: Legacy'?

While much of Picard 's final season focused on reuniting the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation for one final adventure to save the Federation, the series also set up a potential "next Next Generation " of characters who could propel the franchise into the future.

The series ended with Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ), a former Borg drone introduced in Star Trek: Voyager , being given command of the newly-rechristened USS Enterprise-G . Other crew members include Picard characters Raffi Musiker ( Michelle Hurd ), Jack Crusher ( Ed Speleers ), the son of Jean-Luc Picard and Beverly Crusher; and Geordi La Forge's daughter, Sidney LaForge ( Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut ). The series' final episode ended on a potential teaser, as the godlike Q ( John De Lancie ) appears before Crusher , telling him that his "trial," much like the one he subjected Picard to over the course of Next Generation 's seven seasons, had just begun.

Picard's third-season showrunner, Terry Matalas , has noted his eagerness to continue the story with a Legacy spin-off, as have members of the show's proposed cast . Fans, likewise, have responded with a letter-writing campaign to Paramount. Speleers is also confident that the series will happen if fans stay "noisy about it."

Star Trek: Legacy 's future at Paramount remains unclear. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.

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Malcolm Reed actor Dominic Keating has revealed how Riker and Troi "really bothered" him in the controversial Star Trek: Enterprise finale.

  • Keating found the Enterprise finale disrespectful to the cast, feeling Riker and Troi took away from their last episode.
  • The controversial inclusion of two Next Generation characters ticked off Keating, who believes a standalone episode was needed.
  • Despite initially moving on from the show, Keating now believes the finale was a misstep that disrespected the Enterprise cast.

Lt. Malcolm Reed actor Dominic Keating has revealed that the hated Star Trek: Enterprise finale " really bothered " him. "These Are the Voyages" was the final episode of the canceled Enterprise , but it also served as a finale for the entire Star Trek franchise . To that end, it featured Commander William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) observing the final mission for the Enterprise NX-01 on the holodeck during the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Pegasus".

The inclusion of Riker and Troi in the Star Trek: Enterprise finale was incredibly controversial as it took the focus away from Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and the crew. Dominic Keating reflected on the controversial Enterprise finale during the 2024 edition of the Star Trek San Francisco convention. Read Keating's comments (via TrekMovie .com ) below:

“I just watched that episode on [Star Trek: The Cruise VII]. I had seen it in times past and it has not bothered me. This time, I have to say it really bothered me… Particularly—and I love Jonathan and Marina—but to see them jauntily wafting around our last episode like nothing’s going on, and it ticked me off. It didn’t in the instance. I guess as an actor, I was like ‘We’re done’ so I was moving on to get another job. But when I look back now twenty years on, yeah it was disrespectful—I think to Scott and to our cast. I understand that Rick and Brannon were wrapping up a very long sojourn of an unparalleled TV accomplishment of 17 years on a variation of a theme. It is incredible. But I think it was a misstep. We should have had a standalone episode to end our series.”

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Dominic Keating's recent criticisms of the Star Trek: Enterprise finale are justified. Given that Enterprise had been canceled due to flagging ratings, it does feel insulting to drop two beloved characters from the more popular Star Trek: The Next Generation into the finale . What's worse is that everything that happens in the Enterprise finale is a holodeck simulation, which means that - technically - these aren't even the real characters that viewers have spent four years with. They're holographic replicas that are informed by the official record of the events leading up to the founding of the United Federation of Planets .

Dominic Keating is absolutely correct in his assertion that Star Trek: Enterprise 's finale should have been a standalone episode to end the series, not the franchise . Structurally, the story of the Enterprise NX-01 embarking on one final mission before the historic formation of the Federation could have been a fitting farewell. By including Riker and Troi as observers of the action, Rick Berman and Brannon Braga vastly reduced the importance of Archer and his crew, ending Star Trek: Enterprise not with a bang, but a whimper.

Source: TrekMovie.com

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Star Trek: Enterprise acts as a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series, detailing the voyages of the original crew of the Starship Enterprise in the 22nd century, a hundred years before Captain Kirk commanded the ship. Enterprise was the sixth series in the Star Trek franchise overall, and the final series before a twelve-year hiatus until the premiere of Star Trek: Discovery in 2017. The series stars Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer, with an ensemble cast that includes John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, and Connor Trinneer.

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Cortes has been cast as Victoria Hernandez; Martinez as Albert Torres; Brady as Siobhan Murphy; Burke as Finbar McShane; and Dickey as Sheila Walsh.

Season 2 cast included Jamie Hector (Det. Jerry Edgar), Stephen A. Chang (Maurice “Mo” Bassi), Denise Sanchez (Det. Reina Vasquez), David Moses (Martin Rose), Cynthia Kaye McWilliams (Det. Joan Bennett), Scott Klace (Sgt. John Mankiewicz), Gregory Scott Cummins (Det. “Crate” Moore), Troy Evans (Det. “Barrel” Johnson), Jacqueline Pinol (Det. Julie Epinosa), Jacqueline Obradors (Christine Vega), DaJuan Johnson (Rondell Pierce) and David Marciano (Det. Brad Conniff).

Bosch: Legacy , from Fabel Entertainment, is executive produced by Michael Connelly, Eric Overmyer, Tom Bernardo, Henrik Bastin, Pieter Jan Brugge and Titus Welliver.

Cortes most recently starred as Sofia in FX’s motorcycle drama Mayans M.C. which ended its 5-season run last year; ABC’s Milo Ventimiglia-led series The Company You Keep in the role of Jennifer West; and Big Sky also from ABC where she portrayed Heather. She is also known for bringing to life Isabel opposite Julio Macias (Oscar ‘Spooky’ Diaz) in Netflix’s On My Block . Cortes is repped by CESD and Vision Entertainment.

Brady most recently starred alongside Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode in the feature film Freud’s Last Session , directed by Matt Brown and on the small screen in Season 2 of CBS’ Star Trek: Picard , opposite Patrick Stewart. She is well known for her portrayal of “Lydia” in the AMC series, Into The Badlands, created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. She is repped by Realm Talent in the US and Accelerate in the UK.

Burke has appeared in over 200 episodes of TV including Shameless , Suits , and most recently, Netflix’s Griselda . He has appeared in movies such as the Oscar-nominated Vice and starred as serial killer Ted Bundy in Bundy . He is repped by Amplified and Artists and Representatives.

Dickey has over 50 film credits including Winter’s Bone which earned her a Film Independent Spirit Award for Supporting Actress and other notable recognitions for her performance as ‘Merab.’ She also earned a Gotham and Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance for her portrayal of Faye in the 2022 drama feature A Love Song . Recent TV credits include Bass Reeves , Let The Right One In and A League Of Their Own . Up next, she can be seen in Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Drama . Dickey is repped by BRS/Gage Talent Agency.

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When writing about a legend who’s still working as a nonagenarian, it’s almost obligatory to include a line about how they are seemingly busier than ever. William Shatner , 92, may no longer be on set 12 hours a day for the roles that made him the first Comic-Con celebrity ( Star Trek ), or that transformed him into a late-career regular at the Emmys podium ( The Practice , Boston Legal ), but it’s difficult not to marvel at the pace at which he lives his life. 

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Now, Shatner is the subject of the crowdfunded documentary You Can Call Me Bill (in select theaters March 22, his 93rd birthday), a meditation on his life, career and mortality. 

The Montreal-born actor began performing at the age of 6 at camp and never stopped, transitioning from Canadian radio dramas to Broadway to 1950s TV Westerns. He’s been an omnipresent pop culture fixture since 1966, when he was cast as Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek under unusual circumstances never seen again in Hollywood. NBC had a pilot that didn’t work, but the network wanted to try again with a mostly new cast. Where the original pilot was a somewhat dry affair, Shatner brought much-needed humor to the Enterprise. 

Though the show was canceled after just three seasons, it earned a cult following in syndication, and Shatner reprised the role for seven feature films. 

His comedic chops led him to the Saturday Night Live stage — 38 years later, people still ask him about a sketch in which he mocked Star Trek fans with the exasperated line “Get a life!” — as well as multiple Emmy wins playing lawyer Denny Crane on David E. Kelley’s ABC procedural The Practice and then Boston Legal , which concluded after four years in 2008. And he has penned books, released albums and directed documentaries.

During a Zoom conversation in early March, Shatner discussed why Star Trek V: The Final Frontier , his first and only theatrical feature as a director, was the biggest regret of his career; that history-making Star Trek kiss with Nichelle Nichols; and what could lure him back to the captain’s chair.

Some say acting is a way to find the love they aren’t getting elsewhere. Was that true for you?

I’m sure it’s true. I spent a very lonely life in my younger years. Being able to join a cast and be a part of a group of people, I’m sure that was an element in my starting to be an actor when I was very young.

Though you acted throughout childhood, you got a practical degree, a bachelor of commerce, from McGill University in Montreal. Was the plan to use that degree? 

But as an actor, you do have some control, right? You understudied for Christopher Plummer on Henry V in 1956, and he once said, “Where I stood up to make a speech, he sat down. He did the opposite of everything I did.”

I had no rehearsal. I didn’t know the people. And it was five days into the opening of the show [when Plummer got sick]. The choreography was one of the other things that I didn’t know. I was in a macabre state of mind. So that had nothing to do with “I stood where he sat.” [It was, rather], “I’ve got to move around the stage somewhere. I think I’ll sit down here, I’m exhausted!”

You worked with director Richard Donner on the classic Twilight Zone episode “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” which was in fact a nightmare for him, as it was technically complicated and the shooting days were halved. Did you sense the pressure he was under?

It’s complicated. When you get those science fiction choices: The guy is dressed in a furry little suit and you say, “Well, why isn’t the suit aerodynamic? Why is it a suit that’ll catch every breeze that blows?” What kind of logic do you use in any science fiction case? When I looked at the acrobat [Nick Cravat, who played a gremlin terrorizing Shatner’s character from the wing of a plane], I said to myself, “That isn’t something you’d wear on the wing of a 747,” but then again, what do you wear on the wing of a 747? So yeah, it was complicated in that way.

He was in the military, and he was a policeman. So there was this militaristic vision of “You don’t make out with a fellow soldier.” There are strict rules and you abide by the rules. Around that, [the writers] had to write the drama. But within that was the discipline of “This is the way a ship works.” Well, as Star Trek progressed, that ethos has been forgotten [in more recent shows]. I sometimes laugh and talk about the fact that I think Gene is twirling in his grave. “No, no, you can’t make out with the lady soldier!” 

The writers of Star Trek: The Next Generation butted heads with Gene when he was alive. 

The fights that went on, to my understanding, were big, because the writers had their difficulties. “We need some more material.” “We need to get out of here. It’s claustrophobic.” 

When you joke that Gene is twirling in his grave, you mean he wouldn’t approve of onscreen romances between crewmates on the later shows?

Yes, exactly. I haven’t watched the other Star Trek s very much, but what I’ve seen with glimpses of the Next Generation is yes, the difficulty in the beginning, between management, was all about Gene’s rules and obeying or not obeying those rules. 

You and Nichelle Nichols are credited with the first interracial kiss on TV. Is it true that you pushed to make every take real, despite the network asking for faked takes so they would have the option?

After three seasons, NBC cancels Star Trek in 1969, and you find yourself broke, doing summer stock theater on the East Coast. Did you think acting might be over at that point? 

I’m broke, living in a truck, sleeping in the back and trying to save that money so I could support my three kids and my [ex-]wife, who were living in Beverly Hills. The only thing that ever occurred to me was, “I can always go back to Toronto and make something of a living as an actor there.” I never thought, “Oh, I’ve got to become a salesman.” It never occurred to me from the age of 6 to do anything else. Which is weird because [today] I hear it all around me: “God, I can’t make a living anymore [as an actor].” And that’s true. People with names can’t make a living under the circumstances that the business has fallen into. 

In 1979, Paramount needed an answer to Star Wars , so it revived Trek in the form of movies. Then T.J. Hooker came along a few years later. What did you get out of the show?

It was a terrific show. It had all kinds of drama. I got to direct several of the episodes. And some of my shots are in the opening. I was totally involved, committed to the writing, committed to the directing. You’re running all the time. You’ve got to make decisions and you don’t have enough money.

I wish that I’d had the backing and the courage to do the things I felt I needed to do. My concept was, “ Star Trek goes in search of God,” and management said, “Well, who’s God? We’ll alienate the nonbeliever, so, no, we can’t do God.” And then somebody said, “What about an alien who thinks they’re God?” Then it was a series of my inabilities to deal with the management and the budget. I failed. In my mind, I failed horribly. When I’m asked, “What do you regret the most?,” I regret not being equipped emotionally to deal with a large motion picture. So in the absence of my power, the power vacuum filled with people that didn’t make the decisions I would’ve made.

You seem to take the blame, but outside observers might say, “Well, the budget wasn’t there. You didn’t get the backing you needed.” But in your mind, it’s on you.

Paramount+ is rumored to have tossed around ideas for you to reprise your role, à la Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: Picard . Is that something you would entertain? 

Leonard [Nimoy] made his own decision on doing a cameo [in J.J. Abrams’ 2009 Star Trek ]. He’s there for a moment, and it’s more a stunt that Spock appears in a future. If they wrote something that wasn’t a stunt that involved Kirk, who’s 50 years older now, and it was something that was genuinely added to the lore of Star Trek , I would definitely consider it.

Did hosting SNL feel like a breakthrough, in terms of showing what you could do with comedy? 

That was a new show then, it was a big sensation, and hosting it was good. They really wrote comedy for me. I played comedy since I was 7. There is a timing. There is a way of characterizing a line. It’s a kind of spiritual thing playing comedy, letting the audience know they’re open to laugh.

After decades in the industry, you achieved your greatest critical success in your 70s playing Denny Crane on Boston Legal . What was the genesis of Denny? 

In 2021, at age 90, you became the oldest person to go to space. Upon landing, you had a tearful exchange with Jeff Bezos. How have you processed that? 

I was weeping uncontrollably for reasons I didn’t know. It was my fear of what’s happening to Earth. I could see how small it was. It’s a rock with paper-thin air. You’ve got rock and 2 miles of air, and that’s all that we have, and we’re fucking it up. And, that dramatically, I saw it in that moment.

What are your thoughts on legacy? 

At Mar-a-Lago, I was asked to help raise funds with the Red Cross. I had to be at Mar-a-Lago Saturday night, and Leonard’s funeral was Sunday morning. I couldn’t make both. I chose the charity. It just occurred to me: Leonard died. They got a statue up. It’s not going to last. Say it lasts 50 years, 100. [Someone will say], “Who is that Leonard Nimoy? Tear the statue down, put somebody else up.” But what you can’t erase is helping somebody or something. That has its own energy and reverberation. That person got help — and then is able to help somebody else. You’ve continued an action that has no boundaries. That’s what a good deed does

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  1. Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series 2001-2005)

    Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series 2001-2005) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. ... Series Cast verified as complete Scott Bakula ... Capt. Jonathan Archer / ... 98 episodes, 2001-2005 John Billingsley ... Dr. Phlox 98 ...

  2. List of Star Trek: Enterprise cast members

    Connor Trinneer (pictured far left) and Scott Bakula (pictured far right) in costume alongside three members of the crew of the USS Enterprise.. Star Trek: Enterprise is an American science fiction television series that debuted on UPN on September 26, 2001, and ran for four seasons until May 13, 2005. The show was the fifth live-action series in the Star Trek franchise, and was intended to ...

  3. Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series 2001-2005)

    Star Trek: Enterprise: Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga. With Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating. 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.

  4. Star Trek: Enterprise

    Jolene Blalock. Sub Cdr. T'Pol 98 Episodes 2005. Dominic Keating. Lt. Malcolm Reed 98 Episodes 2005. John Billingsley. Dr. Phlox 98 Episodes 2005. Linda Park. Ens. Hoshi Sato 98 Episodes 2005.

  5. Star Trek: Enterprise

    Star Trek: Enterprise, originally titled simply Enterprise for its first two seasons, is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga.It originally aired from September 26, 2001 to May 13, 2005 on United Paramount Network ().The sixth series in the Star Trek franchise, it is a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series.

  6. Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series 2001-2005)

    Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series 2001-2005) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. ... Series Cast verified as complete Scott Bakula ... Capt. Jonathan Archer / ... 97 episodes, 2001-2005 John Billingsley ... Dr. Phlox 97 ...

  7. Star Trek: Enterprise Cast & Character Guide

    Star Trek: Enterprise introduced a host of new characters who would become pivotal players in Star Trek's 22nd century.The 4th Star Trek show developed by executive producer Rick Berman, the series was originally titled simply Enterprise in its first two seasons, and it was a prequel set a century before Star Trek: The Original Series. By season 3, the show was retitled Star Trek: Enterprise ...

  8. Star Trek: Enterprise

    Star Trek: Enterprise focuses on the first long-term manned Starfleet expedition and follows the adventures of Captain Jonathan Archer and his crew in the years preceding the birth of the United Federation of Planets. 4 seasons • 96 episodes • 2001-2005.

  9. Star Trek: Enterprise

    Star Trek: Enterprise, originally titled Enterprise until Season 3, is the sixth series set in the Star Trek universe. Created by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga, and based upon Gene Roddenberry's classic 1966 Star Trek (and its subsequent spin-offs), Enterprise was a prequel set a century before the time of Kirk and Spock. The series followed the voyages of the first starship Enterprise and ...

  10. List of Star Trek: The Original Series cast members

    William Shatner as James T. Kirk, commanding officer of the USS Enterprise. Majel Barrett as Christine Chapel, medical officer. James Doohan as Montgomery Scott, chief engineer. DeForest Kelley as Leonard McCoy, chief medical officer. Nichelle Nichols as Uhura, communications officer. Leonard Nimoy as Spock, first officer and science officer.

  11. Star Trek: Enterprise

    Buy Star Trek: Enterprise on Vudu, Prime Video, Apple TV. Set in the mid-22nd century, over 100 years before James T. Kirk helmed the famous vessel, this installment of the "Star Trek" franchise ...

  12. Star Trek Enterprise Cast: Where Are They Now?

    Star Trek Enterprise ran for four seasons, from 2001 until 2005. Though not the shortest of the spin-offs, it has received undue amount of criticism and hate, largely due to its existence as a ...

  13. Star Trek: Enterprise Finale Was "Disrespectful" to Cast: Keating

    Star Trek: Enterprise Finale Was "Disrespectful" to Cast: Keating. Dominic Keating and Connor Trinneer reflect on the Star Trek: Enterprise series finale and what a fifth season could've touched upon.

  14. "Star Trek: Enterprise" Civilization (TV Episode 2001)

    Civilization: Directed by Michael Vejar. With Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating. T'Pol finds unusual neutrino readings on a planet with a preindustrial society.

  15. We'd love for the cast of Star Trek: Enterprise to get another ...

    Star Trek: Enterprise had one of the worst endings in not only Star Trek history but in all of television history. It was mishandled and maligned and the focus was taken off the core cast and ...

  16. Star Trek Picard Retconned the Divisive Enterprise Series Finale

    Star Trek: Enterprise producers tricked UPN into greenlighting a fourth season, so it wasn't really a surprsie the series was canceled that year. While Enterprise was the network's highest-rated show, UPN just didn't have enough reach to bring in the advertising dollars needed to sustain it.Since the finale for this series was going to be the end of an unprecedented 18-year run for Star Trek ...

  17. Why Hasn't 'Star Trek: Legacy' Been Greenlit? CBS CEO Explains

    While much of Picard's final season focused on reuniting the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation for one final adventure to save the Federation, the series also set up a potential "next Next ...

  18. List of Star Trek: Enterprise episodes

    Star Trek: Enterprise is an American science fiction television series that originally aired on the UPN network from September 26, 2001 to May 13, 2005. Until the episode "Extinction" towards the start of the third season, the series was called simply Enterprise without the Star Trek prefix.The series aired for 97 (DVD and original broadcast) or 98 (syndicated) episodes across four seasons ...

  19. "Star Trek: Enterprise" Acquisition (TV Episode 2002)

    "Star Trek: Enterprise" Acquisition (TV Episode 2002) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. Movies. ... Best Star Trek Enterprise Episodes season 1 a list of 25 titles created 16 Jan 2012 Disc a list of 2226 titles ...

  20. Enterprise's Hated Finale "Really Bothered Me," Says Star Trek Actor

    Lt. Malcolm Reed actor Dominic Keating has revealed that the hated Star Trek: Enterprise finale "really bothered" him."These Are the Voyages" was the final episode of the canceled Enterprise, but it also served as a finale for the entire Star Trek franchise.To that end, it featured Commander William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) observing the final ...

  21. 'Bosch: Legacy' Adds 5 To Season 3 Recurring Cast

    Brady most recently starred alongside Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode in the feature film Freud's Last Session, directed by Matt Brown and on the small screen in Season 2 of CBS' Star Trek ...

  22. "Star Trek: Enterprise" Fusion (TV Episode 2002)

    "Star Trek: Enterprise" Fusion (TV Episode 2002) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

  23. William Shatner Calls Star Trek V Biggest Regret of Career

    William Shatner on His Biggest 'Star Trek' Regret - and Why He Cried With Bezos. From Captain Kirk to 'Boston Legal' lawyer Denny Crane, the 92-year-old THR Icon reflects on career ...