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Well, I've finally nerved myself to watch the last episode of Enterprise. Oh dear oh dear oh dear.


The premature axing of a TV series is never an occasion for self-congratulation, but was it really necessary to make the last episode ever so rubbish just to justify that decision? 
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Of course, the characters still exist in our heads. And in the Mirror Universe of my mind, the series is going from strength to strength. Highlights of Series 5-7 include:


Do you have any favourite episodes from Series 5-7?
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I've been watching the last series of Star Trek: Enterprise and fangirling it shamelessly - I may have said "squeeee!" out loud - I'm pretty sure I drummed my heels and clapped my hands at at least one point. It just gets better and better... until they axe it. (What is wrong with these people?)

In short, I'm 4 episodes from the end of Enterprise. Withdrawal is staring me in the face. 

Two questions then - one silly, one sensible. 

First, what sci-fi series would you recommend that I replace it with? 

The second one is more silly. Say I had somehow commissioned an Enterprise-class star ship and was looking for a captain and crew on a mission of exploration, diplomacy and a certain judicious amount of necessary blowing things up. Would any of you consider joining? And what post would you like? Do you have conditions I would have to meet before you take up employment?

Or should I just get out more?

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Yes, seriously. Blue Nazi lizard people. In San Fransisco, no less.

Now before any of you defriend me for being a lunatic, I hasten to add that I am referring to the last episode of Series 3 of Enterprise. In which Archer gratuitously robs poor old Reed of his one chance at a bit of glory (as you can see, my love affair with Jonathan Archer continues apace) by blowing up the Alien Superweapon and saving earth. Only...

In the ensuing explosion something strange must have happened, because the Enterprise finds itself in orbit around an Earth that appears to have no idea that it has just been saved from being blown into little pieces by an alien laser beam. Archer is presumed to have been blown up in the explosion that destroyed the weapon. But no - back he comes, like the proverbial bad penny.

Archer wakes up in a hospital tent - to see three tall figures in uniform bending over him... one of which is a bright blue, pug-faced lizard man in full Nazi regalia...

Cue credits. What a cliffhanger.

In a couple of days I'll be able to find out how on Earth that happened... but in the interim time's been hanging a bit heavy and I've been amusing myself with trying to figure out how such a thing could possibly have come to pass - without much success. So - what plausible explanation can you think for the sudden appearance of the Blue Nazi Lizard Man? (If you can't think  of anything sensible I'll settle for silly...)

dolorous_ett: (Quothraven)
Does anyone apart from me like Enterprise? I know it's generally considered a low taste among serious Star Trek fans, but I followed the first two series with great enthusiasm - it won my heart in the very first episode with its faulty translation software, twitchy tactical officer who no-one ever listens to and the charming inexperience of the crew.

That said, I've never been a fan of Captain Jonathan Archer - he just doesn't seem capable of using his head a lot of the time, takes a lot of frighteningly irresponsible decisions and puts the lives of all at risk for principles that are completely opaque to me. He has lots of sensible people giving him really good advice - and usually ignores it.

Recently I treated myself to the third series of Enterprise in DVD form. Until this evening I was slowly coming round to Archer, but I've just watched "Similitude" - the episode in which they make a clone of Tucker to save his life - and was appalled.


It's brave of the script writers to tackle such a morally difficult area, and if the idea was to produce a strong reaction, they have succeeded! But it's killed any lingering sympathy I had for the captain stone dead. I hope the Klingons get him.

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