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 - -ENTERPRISE- Not given enough time to develope...First off let me say that I am a huge Trek fan. I loved TOS, and thought TNG was a bit too cerebral; not enough phaser fire and maneuvering for my taste. When DS9 came out they completely lost me until Voyager. Even though Voyager had some strange characters, for instance the clown fish Neelix, I really could not miss it. They ended it in the right way too. Then Enterprise. They picked my favorite actor to play Captain Archer, and the crew was OK too. Some of my favorite episodes came in the second season: Carbon Creek, DeadStop, Regeneration were among them. Unfortunately someone got nervous about the writing which was getting better with each episode and came up with that season long battle to save Earth from the Xindi in year three. Year two featured my favorite Episode. It was called Deadstop. THe crippled Enterprise, far from home, needed help to be able to get back to warp drive over Warp 2. Like magic a "Repair Station" appears and conforms itself to fit the ship and account for the crews taste in food and enjoyment. All for the price of a little warp plasma? Archer senses this is too good too be true and he is right when his helmsman is killed in an "accident." You'll have to watch the story to see how it turns out. -Enterprise- A show just not given enough time. In a day when reality rules apparently there is just not enough money to put quality Sci-Fi on network TV anymore. What a shame that Enterprise was cancelled. jetsax Rating:  - Star Trek Enterprise - The Complete Second SeasonScience Fiction TV shows are a mixed bunch, ranging from brilliant (Stargate SG1) to lackluster (Battlestar Galactica) So I wasn't sure what Star Trek Enterprise would be like when I first tuned in to watch that first episode. Coming off of "Star Trek: Voyager," it had a lot it had to live up to. When I tuned in that first night, I was staggered at how well the show was crafted and put collectively. We really enjoyed everything about the series; the cast of characters, the ship's design, and the caliber of actors involved. I knew right away that this development would be "must-see" TV for me, and a supplementary superior Star Trek series. Enterprise quickly became one of my favorites out of the Star Trek series. I was surprised to find that I enjoyed it more than "Deep Space 9" and "Voyager". Everything from the plots, the excellent array of characters and excellent acting has made me really enjoy the show. The music in particular, is fantastically adapted to suit the show's specific tone. David Barrett and Jim Charlston's strong directing make the action scenes frenetic and electrifying. The A-list cast, (especially Scott Bakula as Cap. Jonathan Archer) convince in their roles. If the show has a flaw, it's the sometimes unconvincing special effects. But the stories are so well-written it's impossible not to get engrossed in the action. When Season 3 rolled around, I was absolutely astounded to see how much Enterprise had bettered over my already massive admiration for the show. I was exceptionally pleased when they gave the show the added "Star Trek" to the title. It had more than earned that title. The Xindi, T'Pol's new look, and the addition of the MACOs to the crew were all excellent ways to make the show even better. One of my favorite Trek shows, it is certainly one of the most thrilling. Gene Roddenberry would approve. Rating: - Why All The Enterprise Bashing?Star Trek Enterprise is one of the greatest television shows ever produced! Is it the best Star Trek series of all time? Probably not. However, every Star Trek series does not have to be the best ever to be great. The same is true of every season of Star Trek. I believe season two is the weakest season of Enterprise. However, it is far superior to season 1 of TNG, or season 2 of Voyager. In fact this series and even this season has some real gems. "Minefield" gives us the first taste of the Romulans. "Dead Stop" gives us a great eerie, computer controlled, alien space station. "Stigma" is one of the greatest prejudice episodes yet written. This episode blows the original series episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" out of the water. "Cease Fire" is as good as any episode in the Andorian story arc. The Andorian story arc and the development of the Shran character is truely one of the best stories in all of Trek. "Cogenitor" was another blow you out of the water episode about imposing one's morals on other cultures. "Regeneration" was a cool episode that brought the Borg to Enterprise with minimal continuity issues. Finally, "The Expanse" kicked off the Xindi story arc, one of the most compelling in Star Trek history. Give Enterprise a chance. It is great stuff! Rating:  - RICK BERMAN WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?!!!This is a review about the overall series not just season 2. Don't get me wrong I LOVE STAR TREK, but this series didn't get me hooked at all. This could have been a great series. It had a great actor for archer, overall character devolopment and a star trek legend behind it all: RICK BERMAN. So you're thinking, Why did I give this 3 stars? Two words.LOUSY SCRIPTS!!!! These Episodes are so booooooooring!!!!! THe characters make terrible dicisions in tight situations and they only come out on top by luck. It is a joy to see the characters grow, but it is shame to see them tarnished by the poor scripts. In season 2 The only good one is REGENERATION which brings back the spirit of TNG. Season 4 on the other hand is great and brings back old STAR TREK. So unless you are a die hard STAR TREK fan you might as well skip this series. Rating: - don't let naysayers dictateEnterprise was the only Trek series that I watched entirely from beginning to end. TNG I didn't get into until about 3 years in, when it went to wide syndication. Even so, when they repeated seasons 1 and 2 episodes, most of them were awful. I started watching DS9, but tuned out after a few episodes, as it got really lame really fast. Same with Voyager. Both DS9 and Voyager brought me back when I caught them in later seasons after they had improved. Compared to TNG, DS9 and Voyager, Enterprise had more quality episodes in seasons one and two than all of those combined. Easily half of the episodes from Season two of Enterprise were top form Trek and Sci-Fi. Season one has many more. Personally, I loved Season one of Enterprise. Season two was better than I initially thought. I was disappointed when the plots and stories didn't expand very much. But beyond that, they were still quite good. And when they did expand into a long arc for Season 3, we discovered that the writers were incapable of developing a huge story, and had to throw a bunch of inferior filler episodes in to keep the season going. Season 4 was much stronger and better developed all the way around. So to me, Seasons 1 and 4 were the best. 2 was next and 3 was the worst. Most fans praise 3 and bash 1 and 2. I do believe that if season 4 style story telling were intorduced in season 2, perhaps the series would have survived. We may never know. But all in all, this is worth watching as a fan. Trip proved to be the best character, and the stories in Season 2 really brought him to the fore, which was a good thing. Check it out, but don't pay stupid prices. Wait until a month or so and get it for about $35 less than it is listed for.
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