Summary
AStar Trek: Enterprisefan shared what they think is the only way the early 2000s showcould have been improved upon.
Star Trek: Enterprisewas the sixth series in the sci-fi franchise, starting in 2001, just months after the conclusion ofthe often underrated run ofStar Trek: Voyager, and wrapping in 2005 after just four seasons. The show was unique in its premise, serving as a prequel toStar Trek: The Original Seriesand marking the first time the franchise ventures backward from the original setting. Set in the 22nd century,Enterprisetells the tale of mankind’s first practical interstellar craft, the eponymous Enterprise, and its crew, focusing on the main characters, Captain Jonathan Archer, Commander Trip Tucker, and Sub-commander T’Pol.
WhileStar Trek: Enterprisehad quite a few underrated episodesand interesting arcs stuffed into its four-season run, many fans of the franchise have expressed regrets at the show not running the expected seven-season format that the franchise had favored up until that point, with the desire for more seasons often accompanying an emphasis on the Romulan War being explored. However, Reddit userltw07ahas other ideas on how the series could have been better if it got a seven-season run. Taking to the r/startrek to pen a post titled “The only way Enterprise would’ve been better…”, they go on to state that while they enjoyed seasons 3 and 4, which covered the crew’s search for a Xindi superweapon and a ton of in-universe setup forStar Trek:The Original Seriesrespectively, the show’s original optimistic vibe was lost in the shuffle to set the mood for the more serious serialized arcs in seasons 3 and 4.
ltw07a then outlines a season-by-season breakdown of their proposed addition and changes toStar Trek: Enterprise, which would see a much more fan-friendly progression of events and some much-desired additions. While the first and second seasons of the proposed rework would remain the same, the third season would postpone the Xindi arc in favor of a buffer season, allowing the series to slowly transition in tone before starting and ending the Xindi storyline in the new fourth season. The newly minted fifth season would lead to the Romulan War and the beginning of the allusions toThe Original Seriescoming in earlier, and the sixth season would detail the bulk of the Romulan war with time-skips and emphasis on important events. Finally, the seventh season would cover the final stretch of the war and its resolution, ending with an extended season (and series) finale, allowing fans to see a much earlier iteration ofStar Trek’s iconic Federationas it comes to be.
One major thing the proposed schedule accomplishes is eliminating the disconnect between seasons, a possible explanation for why somefans don’t like Patrick Stewart’sStar Trek: Picardseries. The extra season’s worth of time to shift the tone before the grim events of the Xindi arc, as well as taking up a season to set up the Romulan war and spread out theStar Trek: The Original Seriesbits, all serve to give the proposed seven-season run a good cohesive feeling. Some other fans on the platform pointed out similarities in structure toDeep Space Nine,which isn’t a condemnation of the structure so much as a suggestion that it would be too similar. However, the original poster quickly pointed out that doubling down on the show’s optimistic, wide-eyes early season vibe would retain its uniqueness.
Star: Trek Enterprisemight not be perfect, but fans still have a lot of love for it as is, and a reworked seven-season run is just a fan dream, such as with theStar Trek: PicardQ spinoff project seemingly canceledby Paramount. While those might not be coming to audiences anytime soon, fans can still look forward to much moreStar Trekcontent after the Paramount Plus streaming restructuring comes to the same consolidation conclusion as the other big streamers.
Star Trek: Enterpriseis available for streaming on Paramount Plus.
Star Trek: Enterprise
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.
