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Star Trek : Enterprisecreator Brannon Braga is possess up to one of his self-aggrandizing creative missteps - a universally reviled serial finish that serve as a slap in the face not only to the show ’s fans , but to its cast and crew as well .
Star Trek : Enterprisedebuted in 2001 , and was something of a new commission for theStar Trekfranchise . Rather than following the lead of spinoffs likeDeep Space NineandVoyager , which took topographic point a century after the original series , Enterprise was a prequel , chronicling the earliest days of Starfleet , as the first Starfleet vessel to bear the name Enterprise embarked on humanity ’s first literal dance step into research the galaxy . The series was meet with lukewarm reviews and middle ratings and , along with the 2002Next GenerationfilmStar Trek : Nemesis , saw the decline and eventual dormancy of the dealership until J.J. Abrams ' picture reboot in 2009 .
And whileEnterprisehad found something of a creative voice by its fourth and final season , the calamitous serial finale went a long room toward convincing people theStar Trekfranchise was in need of a rest . PerTrek Movie , writer Brannon Braga interpret the backlash and let in it was a error :
" I guess it was the coolest thing ever when we were writing it , the idea of doing a ‘ lost episode ’ ofThe Next contemporaries , but they ’re going to the holodeck to look back atEnterprise , Rick and I think was a great sendoff toStar Trek[the franchise as it existed in 2005 ] , and it did n’t lick out so well … It was a kind of a slap in the face to theEnterpriseactors . I hear it from everybody , it was the only time Scott Bakula was ever mean to me . I regret it . "
The controversial Enterprise finale sidelined most of its own dramatis personae in favor of revisiting character fromThe Next coevals , as Commander William Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) was dealing with a crisis of conscience during the TNG episode " The Pegasus . " It was a move that satisfied no one , impart a completely unneeded subplot to aTNGepisode that had aired over a tenner before , and minimize the strong fibre workEnterprisehad done over its four seasons .
That Braga has the ability to admit the error and rationalise for it is praiseworthy . It ’s also an interesting clip to revisit that particular error , as the upcomingStar Trek : Discoveryis also ostensibly go to introduce itself intoStar Trek’shistory in striking ways , as that show is not only an inbetweenquel , taking office betweenEnterpriseand the original series , but is also giving Spock anever before mentioned adoptive human sisterin the pretence of Michael Burnham , Discovery’slead quality . It ’s yet to be seen howDiscoverymanages its rewrite ofTrekhistory , but the producers surely hope they attract it off better thanEnterprisedid .
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