Think hard--list five things that you like about Star Trek: Enterprise [View All]

And don't be smarmy about it! :) No "I like that it was cancelled" or "my favorite two things belong to Jolene Blalock." Let's have five honest, positive things about the show.

Mine:

1. Characters reasonably well-realized from the first episode, to a greater degree than any Trek since TOS

2. Pretty clever explanation for the ridges/no-ridges Klingon thing. No other Trek has even made an attempt, outside of DS9's off-hand dismissal of the question

3. Scott Bakula. I hated every single episode of Quantum Leap and was fully prepared to hate every minute of his Captain Archer, but he won me over.

4. First use of photon torpedos. Not sure if their intro was consistent with canon, but I liked it. The Klingons' surprise at being hit by an "antimatter warhead" seemed genuine and illustrated the "newness" that Enterprise was supposed to capture.

5. Jolene Blalock. Yes, she was picked in part because she's hot, but IMO she gave the most convincing portrayal of a Vulcan since Spock. I mentioned in the Lounge this week that Sarek was my second favorite Vulcan, but I have reconsidered.


Don't leave me hanging--let's hear from someone else!