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  • ENT was better than Voyager, but the self-sabotaging theme song really hurt it.

    All of Berman’s sex-obsessed decontamination scenes get looked down on, but if Roddenberry was still alive and finally had his way, there would probably have been much more gratuitous scenes than applying gell to each other. 🤪

    Dr Phlox was a fantastic character who regularly faced character development.

    T’Pol had tons of difficult struggles and she never let her beliefs be compromised even if it meant punishment for not selling out others. She went through a lot of trauma and found herself deep in drug addiction in S3

    Travis and Hoshi were great characters too. They could have used more character development opportunities IMHO but they were pretty badass at what they did.

    The pre-kirk/spock bond between archer and T’pol was heartwarming. They really came to trust each other by being there for each other.

    But some of the most unique and special elements of ENT were :

    • You see Vulcans a lot, and they aren’t the enlightened Vulcans of Spock’s era. Their society in that time period is in baaaad shape, with Romulans actively trying to undermine their society. You see them struggle like any society has to at some point in their evolution, and some of the social issues they work into it are brilliant.
    • You learn more about the Andorians than you will EVER learn in any other show, and with Jeffrey Combs as the liason. (and the cute little bromance between Archer and Shran 🥹)









  • They don’t care about the canon in the slightest. That has been proven again and again.

    The only reason they use the same names is because people will recognize the name which will increase the chances of more sales. Just as reworking the Gorn to be completely different was about increasing sales.

    Its all about the demographics and maximizing sales by bringing in fans who didn’t like the original Star Trek.

    Roddenberry’s dream died a long time ago, I’m just glad he’s not around to have to see it.