CORPORATE LINE: The STAR TREK franchise continues with its fifth spinoff television series, ENTERPRISE. Set in the 22nd century (100 years before the stewardship of Captain Kirk), the prequel series charts the intergalactic adventures of the first humans to explore the far reaches of outer space on the eponymous Starship Enterprise NX-01. Ship commander Captain Jonathan Archer (QUANTUM LEAP’s Scott Bakula) leads his crew on a pioneering mission to chart new planets and alien civilizations at a time when the United Federation of Planets is in its infancy. John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, and Connor Trinneer costar as Bukula’s intrepid crew. This collection includes every episode of the third season, which is generally considered the series’ best for a single storyline revolving around the Xindi aliens’ attack on Earth.
THE SHOW: Enterprise took a new approach for the third season—creating one large plot over twenty-four episodes. Although this approach wasn’t novel it did inject some life into a dying series.
Between the nudity and dark nature of the third season you have a feeling this is exactly what fans have been seeking all along. Finally, a Star Trek series that attempts to delve into true human nature—they tried but it didn’t always work. Sometimes we have to step away from being nice to get what we want or need and Enterprise takes that on. And this season started to touch on social issues and not creating shows for the sake of making something visually appealing.
Another issue with the third season was the aliens. There is no true diversity. Enterprise doesn’t create anything new. This is space after all and yet Enterprise spends too much time recreating every cliché in the book.
THE EXTRAS:
“The Xindi Saga Begins” discusses the season long plot and how it came about.
“Star Trek Enterprise moments: Season 3” features the cast discussing the season and the plot that unfolds.
“Star Trek Enterprise profile: Connor Trinneer” is literally a profile. To bad it’s about as exciting as it sounds.
“A Day in the Life of a Director: Roxann Dawson” is very similar to the feature with LeVar Burton from the second season.
Deleted scenes, outtakes, and photo gallery
FRANKLY: The third season was full of many highs and lows. Enterprise still tried to catch fire even as it spun its wheels.
+ Charlie Craine
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