The fifth and worst of the Star Trek TV series, which, since Star Trek: The Next Generation, have consecutively gone downhill since the passing of original creator Gene Roddenberry, plays like an over-acted, melodramatic soap opera, combining 22nd Century technology with 18th Century behaviour.
"Enterprise" is a prequel to the other series, taking place in-between present-day and the time portrayed in the original Star Trek series with Captain Kirk. An almost all-male crew begin humanity's first trek into outer space onboard the NX-01 Enterprise with Captain Johnathan Archer, played by Scott Bakula, best known perhaps by his lead role in the late 1980's TV series "Quantum Leap".
One would expect the crew to behave as would a team in any workplace in the real world, but we find them as red-faced hotheads constantly exchanging insults and throwing temper-tantrums. When the telling of a good story is suffocated by such characters, wholly lacking in self-confidence, that either trivialize or spazz out at every situation that comes their way, the viewer is simply left frustrated. "Enterprise" just doesn't take itself seriously, the most essential component of any attractive drama.
"Enterprise" is a prequel to the other series, taking place in-between present-day and the time portrayed in the original Star Trek series with Captain Kirk. An almost all-male crew begin humanity's first trek into outer space onboard the NX-01 Enterprise with Captain Johnathan Archer, played by Scott Bakula, best known perhaps by his lead role in the late 1980's TV series "Quantum Leap".
One would expect the crew to behave as would a team in any workplace in the real world, but we find them as red-faced hotheads constantly exchanging insults and throwing temper-tantrums. When the telling of a good story is suffocated by such characters, wholly lacking in self-confidence, that either trivialize or spazz out at every situation that comes their way, the viewer is simply left frustrated. "Enterprise" just doesn't take itself seriously, the most essential component of any attractive drama.