There is a story of Scott in New Orleans while shooting NCIS NOLA. A random person happened to see him one day. As they passed, the person nodded and said, "Good Morning, Captain". Bakula immediately stopped, called them back, and began a severe dressing down in front of everyone on the street for calling him "Captain" instead of the more appropriate rank of "Admiral". They said he did it without breaking character in the least, straight faced chewed the guy out, then simply walked on to resume his day. I love that story and absolutely loved everything about Enterprise.
That dog survived multiple space battles, the whole of season 3 with the battled damaged ship, space distortions and the borg. One of the strongest pets in the franchise alongside spot
I've heard so many people talk about how great Scott Bakula is. Don Bellisario said that Scott was frequently helping the crew on Quantum Leap to build sets.
Surprised the Grip Union (or whatever the non-SAG equivalent) would permit that. Going through college I had my run-ins with helping out and getting in trouble with some or another union. These fellows really protect their jobs.
Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint were in Enterprise, with Graham as an alien (Vulcan) and Pierpoint as a human. In the TV series Alien Nation, they were the leads, except Pierpoint was the alien, and Graham was the human!
They are such good friends in Quantum leap but in Enterprise Dean Stockwell was the VILLAIN even if he meant well (Road to Hell paved with Good intentions?) and maybe he was an "antivillain" but still technically the villain.
That airlock scene is star trek. Showing the duality of man and that its a hard call when you gotta save billions. Case and point DS9 "In the Pale Moonlight"
It really did go against the ethos of Star Trek, but I think it really highlights the changes between now and TOS and beyond. The NX-01 was consistently out-gunned and a small fish in a big ocean, like a kid with a slingshot vs. an army, and especially getting into that arc, the stakes were huge... Archer's actions may not have been moral victories, but honestly I'd imagine at least a few captains from later eras may have done the same in his position. [namely Kirk and Sisko I think may have done it, Picard and Janeway probably not]
I just started watching the entire run of ENTERPRISE because I only saw a scattered handful of episodes when it originally aired, and I heard so much negative fanboy buzz about it that I never delved into it... and... I am just amazed at how great it was. I liked season one FAR more than I liked season one of TNG, DS9 or VOYAGER. And Bakula's Archer is a big reason. He needs to come back as an Admiral or Ambassador in STRANGE NEW WORLDS.
Down let the finale fool you. It was a holodeck TNG episode. I suggest the holo AI took liberties with Trip's fate. Nothing in that episode performed by the actual cast really happened. Because DAMN THEY KILLED TRIP!
Years ago, I saw the first season and a half of Enterprise on one of the many streaming services it once appeared on, and I enjoyed watching it. It was interesting to watch how the Vulcans controlled what those from Earth saw and the places they traveled to, along with secrets the Vulcans were hiding. I’m currently watching all of the TOS and TNG episodes, but maybe when I’m finished, I’ll subscribe to Paramount Plus and watch all the episodes of Enterprise.
@@andywellsglobaldominationI had heard the final episode of Enterprise was a train wreck, and that they unsuccessfully attempted to wrap things up in a neat bow ending with Commander Riker and Counselor Troi walking off of the holodeck.
Admiral Archer might be a little problematic. Almost without fail, most officers above the level of captain mostly cause trouble, since the writers in the Trek universe seem to be strong believers, historically, in "The Peter Principal." Since good field personnel are hard to come by, the main reason for promotion to "flying a desk" seems to be that they have become to hidebound to be useful in the field, but not impaired enough to lose the commission. Unless teaching at the Academy, series characters seem to be the exceptions, so long as they still act the same (So, they are basically "honorary" promotions ).
Absolutely! Especially since he could still be alive. The 2009 movie should have replaced that scene of Kirk as a kid stealing the car with Kirk at the launch of the Constitution class Enterprise in 2245, alongside Archer, since Kirk's dad sacrificed himself to save the Kelvin crew.
10:41 See, I liked the fact that Archer, a true boyscout, was put into a position where he had to compromise his morals for the greater good. It was about as close to a Pale Moonlight moment as we got for Archer. They made it clear he wasn't actually going to kill that guy, but had to convince him he was capable of doing it. I also love how in Season 4's episode Home, Archer lamented not going out with more weapons to Captain Ramirez. The Xindi Arc changed him, and good characters change.
When the crew of the Enterprise were desperate and didn't know much about the Xindi or their reasons to attack Earth, they felt like they had no other choices, but it shows who Archer was that when he figured a way to solve things as peacefully as possible he took that option.
Even if getting an Enterprise Season 5 is impossible. Who wouldn’t want Captain Archer to have a comeback in another show. I think I’d prefer time travel shenanigans rather than resurrection though
It would be interesting to give Archer the Picard treatment. Set a show 20 years after the episode before the last episode of Enterprise and in the space between before Discovery. I wouldn't resurrect him, since we didn't see him die, I don't think it should count as having happened
@@francescozenocchini4428Can't remember if it comes from Star Trek Online or a Beta canon source, but I have a heared Archer was serving as admiral during the Earth-Romulan war.
I love Season 3. It's super upsetting to watch, but in retrospect it's such a unique time capsule of television, showing how even Star Trek was fundamentally changed by 9/11
the whole part about archer torturing someone in a air lock really brings weight to Quarks lines in siege of ar-558 " Let me tell you something about Hew-mons, Nephew. They're a wonderful, friendly people, as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people... will become as nasty and as violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don't believe me? Look at those faces. Look in their eyes."
Jonathan Archer is really Sam Becket stuck in the future and has yet to fix what went wrong since it is the future after all. Also, it was actually Sam Becket and the Quantum Leap project that started the whole temporal cold war. That's just my theory.
I always liked and like it today Enterprise. Sure not all episodes were top but it was interesting to see this interpretation of early federation. The 4th season was also good doesn’t matter if it was the Augment Klingon or the racism (can’t remember the organizations name ) parts. I would like to see more about the Romulan War which had begun in Season 4. this is a chapter of Star Trek which never really was handled
I'm 50 years old now and grew up watching Star Trek with my father and when all of Trek went onto CBS All Access and then Paramount we started rewatching all the shows but before my father started watching Discovery he wanted to watch Enterprise again since it took place right before Discovery but unfortunately he got sick and passed away before he finished Enterprise so watching Discovery and Strange New Worlds and the two animated shows is just missing something watching without my dad.
Scott Bakula is a textbook Hollywood success story. I think every series that he was involved with concluded open-ended. Presently, he could reprise a role in 3 different active properties. How good is that?
Archer guest role in future Star Trek? YES! Please. I mean he was involved in a temporal war so imagine the possibilities... • He is summoned to the future by Trip, who is Still Alive. • Through temporal shenanigans he swaps places with Captain Pike... Oh Boy! (Believe me I could go on, but...) As always thank you so very much all for the videos.
Thank you for this one! Captain Jonathan Archer is Star Trek's most underrated and underappreciated Captain, ditto Enterprise, but both are actually far better than the critics think.
A 5th season all in the Mirror Universe could have been quite interesting. Not sure how well that would have went over but it would have been cool to watch.
Bacula was perfect to play Archer. He epitomized that sense of adventure that you needed to have in a first captain; he threw himself into the role(s), and would deal with the consequences, and what fate dealt him later. Archer could be summed up by the quote by Jean Paul Satre, "We are condemned to be free, and are responsible for all of our actions."
Paramount themselves screwed over ST:Enterprise from the start. The first part of Season 1 was supposed to focus on the crew being on Earth, while the NX-01 was finished. You could even had the NX-01 outfitted with phasers and photons, instead of doing it so many episodes later. Paramount, however, wanted another ST:TOS...and then mandated that the NX-01 go into space ASAP. All of the Earth stuff that we saw in Season 4 could have been done in Season 1, and then given us social episodes like what ST:TNG had done.
Did they? Trek fanboys were complaining even from the most beautiful opening of all the series, because it dare the crime of having lyrics... If they had begun the series on earth instead of the space, I can only imagine how more they would complain
I enjoyed Star Trek: Enterprise, though the temporal cold war almost ruined it for me as, at the time I was burned out on the whole time travel trope. That said, season 4 was really good, the Mirror Universe episode was GLORIOUS and I wanted more Enterprise. Now watching the show again, I can say the temporal cold war makes more sense now and I forgive them.
I loved that they got Bakula as I was a huge fan of Quantum Leap. It's 1 of the 3 influences of my moral code, Star Trek being another, (and Superman the last) so I love that they combined two of them EDIT: LOL at the Risean surfer dude.
We need a Star Trek: Archer miniseries or something to give Enterprise a more proper and deserving farewell. Also Archer had to be born a Rush fan in the year 2112.
While a revival of the series is 20 years too late, a revival of the characters (ones who haven't sadly passed away, of course) could be a thing, after all, we got Picard back up and on the Enterprise-D at long last, so who knows what could happen, though at this rate I fully expect there to be a Lower Decks episode with the voices of the NX-01 crew at the very least... :P
@@claytonberg721 Personally, I can't see a viable Enterprise S5 in any form after so long, the difference in sets, filming styles and of course the actors (not least the recent loss of Gary Graham who played Soval) would be too jarring, unless it were to be set 20 years after the end of Enterprise (disregarding "These are the voyages"), making it look and feel like time had passed, but, I don't know how they'd bring a new storyline to that era, especially if by then, NX-01 was in mothballs, or indeed used as a museum ship, having been superceded by faster and newer ships by that point...
@@claytonberg721 The voices wouldn't sound right, just look at Prodigy and Lower Decks with legacy charaters returning, even the, ugh, "very short treks", they sound older, which is what would be a part of the jarring effect, they wouldn't sound right, it's 19 years since Enterprise ended, even in those god-awful "very short treks", Connor Trineer sounded "old" reprising his role briefly as Trip Tucker in "Holograms all the way down", I had to rewind a few times before I realised it was actually him and not a sound-alike, he sounded old, and of course, time is the fire in which we burn, after all...
Maybe a "revival" with another ship? Like the Columbia, or another NX class? Take over where Enterprise left off, with the Enterprise crew doing their thing in the background, maybe an occasional cameo, alà TNG on DS9, etc. It could cover the Romulan War, the formation of the Federation, and the Federation Starfleet.
I love that Scott Bakula is a Trekker, like David Tennant and Peter Capaldi are Whovians, because it shows in the way he approaches the role, with respect and able to immerse himself in the world of Star Trek.
The thing that got me with Enterprise was that it NEVER referred to the rest of Earths space travel… there was no mention of orbit stations, saturn developments , martian developments etc… it had starfleet but they seemed , at least on screen, to only exist to make warp 5.. there was no mention of other supply vessels, other exploration or other ships except warp 5.. when in theory humans had a whole collection of worlds and outposts and vessels at hand
That's not true at all. Travis grew up on a cargo ship which is where he learned his piloting skills. And there were multiple references to other earth vessels. The episode "Fortunate Son" centers on an earth freighter.
@@cynthiacampbell7277 fortunate son focuses on the ONLY earth vessel we ever see or hear about which is Travis’ family one. We NEVER see, hear of , or discuss ANY other human interests, with the exception of a near final blow out at the vulcan embassy… thats it.. wheres the warp 3 vessels, wheres the earth station, wheres the startings of utopia planitia etc? The must be building warp 3 vessels somewhere. We know at that point that starfleet is effectively Earths trade vessels rauthority despite military rankings, its a civil organisation. The MACOs are the military branch of space military. But there is no mention of earths starfleets missions or exploration prior to warp 5… all the officers are brand new. None have experience of warp 3 vessels for example, Travis makes reference of coming across violent bad guys but malcom never says in a previous posting he had to outrun aliens, etc But to be fair the second scene has Hoshi teaching “klingon” to students when ten minutes earlier the entire world is claiming it had never ever seen or heard of a “klingott” and their species had never been seen nor known about so..
I love Enterprise and Archer - by far my favourite series and captain! Such a shame we only got 4 seasons, and not the normal 7, to continue to enjoy through dvd and streaming
It probably flies in the face of established lore, but in my headcanon at least, the Starfleet delta - or "arrowhead" - was enshrined as the official insignia out of respect to the *Archer* family. :)
I think there are two things every sci-fi fan agrees on; Paul McGann needs his own Dr Who TV series, and Enterprise needs to return for at least a one season.
What? No mention of Mirror Universe rottweiler Porthos? I know, he was in one scene and presumably died with the destruction of the ISS Enterprise, but I love rotties. Speaking of Porthos though, as a part of American digital only station Heros & Icons, they had an promotion for Enterprise involving Porthos with the not so subtle suggestion that everyone was really there for the beagle. The end of the ad even has a portrait of Porthos in an Enterprise jumpsuit.
Yes, and while talking about a whig flown in from London he showed Patrick Stewart without a whig, and while talking about a surplus of Siskos he showed Avery Brooks. So what's your point?
Would be nice perhaps even a hologram of Archer in say the Academy series. Perhaps a history class and a hologram of Admiral Archer is used to teach about the NX01 time period for the class in the 32nd century. I think that would be pretty cool and would allow Scott to somewhat reprise the role.
I missed most of when "Enterprise" first aired, as I was deployed on active duty in the Military when it originally aired, and so didn't get to see the series in its entirety until my wife bought me the DVD boxed set at Christmas 2008. After seeing it completely, I really think it was NOT as bad as many say it was. It started off slow, but there were some especially good episodes, especially in the third and fourth seasons. "Count Down", "Zero Hour", "Twilight", "Storm Front" and "In a Mirror, Darkly" just to mention a few. Look at TNG's FIRST season. It was pretty lackluster, but by season three, we got "Best of Both Worlds", and "Yesterday's Enterprise". Hope Bakula comes back in again to Star Trek at some point. If not, at least I have his autograph on a pic of him in the Captain's chair (Constitution class) on the "Defiant" from the "In a Mirror Darkly" episode, dressed in the "TOS "style Kirk SHIRT!!! WAY COOL!!!
Star Trek Enterprise is the last Star Trek show. RIP Star Trek 1966-2005... May you rest in peace. You will forever be missed and watched but never forgotten
I'm a unusual Star Trek fan as my favorites are ENT, PIC, DS9, LD, SNW, NG, VOY, TOS, TAS, DIS, and I think Scott Bakula is amazing as the 1st captain as he is the prototype of the future other captains.
The acts of Archer in S3 are of a man with no fleet to speak of to back him up, with the fate of his species home world on the line. It’s justified. But not an approval of it.
I watched TOS as a 10+ year old in the 60s and it was my favorite of the franchise until ENT. It's my favorite now, I love logical progression origin stories for one, and two, answers to minor questions like, how do we, as a species, get out of this current angry dystopian mess and get on with the cooperative, just, fair, and moral(?) development of the human species envisioned by Star Trek? TNG "First Contact" was awesome and "In a Mirror Darkly" (ENT S4E18/19) absolutely blew me away! Too bad the series didn't get more seasons.
When Enterprise was first airing I tried to give it the benefit of the doubt. The show lost me when in the beginning of one of the first season episodes Archer went on PA and told everyone to look out the portal for some celestial event. I wanted a captain not a tour director. It took me a very long time to come back around to watching again.
I'm a huge fan of Star Trek Enterprise and was from the start and loved the theme, to this day I have it on my mobile and change Trek themes every 2 months.and my text alert is the enterprise red alert lol
As much as I love Enterprise, watching this video made me ponder a "what if" scenario that might be even better. When Braga or Berman or whomever was saying "where are the Chuck Yeagers...?" It made me think about the idea of a show revolving around the entire fleet of first ships. Not just the Enterprise. It could start with the people we saw in the flashbacks to Archer before being posted to the Enterprise. There are three or four people all in the running for the first captain, but the others also get their shots. It could have had episodes set on each of for ships making no one a true lead, but you have the four captains, the four first officers, other ranking officers, etc. They could be good-naturedly competing to be the first to do something, or do something the most, like most first contacts, etc. It would have been about the early days of Starfleet more than the first major ship, and could more easily have built to the Earth-Romulan Wars and the founding of the Federation.
I remember reading somewhere that at one point the entire 1st season was going to be on Earth as the NX program was still working on the warp 5 engine. Executives were afraid it would be TO different if I remember right.
Enterprise was one of the best. Ended way too soon. Manny Coto would have kept it in good stead. With a star trek tradition, a slightly weak first season, but not as bad as TNG's season one! Or the first movie, a gorgeous snore fest.
I actually loved the torture scene and the darker tone in general. I mean the NX-01 was the only ship Earth had that could take on the mission. If they failed there wouldn't be a second chance for Humanity.
My biggest complaints were, UPN (not available on all cable providers at the time) instead of rapid syndication like next gen (could watch it on CBS and Fox if I remember right), and... yeah... the temporal cold war
there are no naming restrictions based off fictional characters. they could in fact have used jackson archer, human names arent trademarked or copyrighted.
ENTERPRISE is number 3 on my top favorite TREK shows. It was in second, but SNW came along and bumped it into third. I think the show got way too much hate in its original run, and most of that by the studio and the network. I also think the theme gets too much hate. At least the first two seasons. The version the "jazzed" up for seasons three and four was beyond a war crime. It could have gone for at least a good 3 or 4 more seasons. Heck, they should have brought Commander Shran and Ambassador Soval into the show as regulars. RIP Gary Graham. I just wished they hadn't killed Admiral Forrest, but, if they hadn't, we wouldn't have seen the true character of Ambassador Soval.
9:55 Interesting about Archer dying just after seeing the NCC-1701 in the prime universe, but alive longer in the Kelvin one. Likely because the Kelvin Enterprise was launched earlier because of the scans of the advanced Romulan mining ship (with borg tech).
Some fans were at first hopeful that, due to the retro approach of Enterprise, Archer would be very similar to Kirk. When it was revealed that Archer was to originally be depicted as indecisive, however, some of those fans were initially unsure what to make of the new captain.
I still wanted a cold open where Archer walks onto the bridge, looked around quizzically, and gone "Oh boy." 😂
I wanted him to say "Al why haven't I leaped" in the final episode.
You forgot then he would say something like "okay Al what have you gotten me into now"
@@corwinmorton3411 that's AFTER the opening credits.
I think I saw an edit from Stormfront where he wakes up in the nazi truck and says "Oh boy".
😂😂😂
There is a story of Scott in New Orleans while shooting NCIS NOLA. A random person happened to see him one day. As they passed, the person nodded and said, "Good Morning, Captain".
Bakula immediately stopped, called them back, and began a severe dressing down in front of everyone on the street for calling him "Captain" instead of the more appropriate rank of "Admiral". They said he did it without breaking character in the least, straight faced chewed the guy out, then simply walked on to resume his day.
I love that story and absolutely loved everything about Enterprise.
That's awesome
That dog survived multiple space battles, the whole of season 3 with the battled damaged ship, space distortions and the borg. One of the strongest pets in the franchise alongside spot
Not to forget a Ferengi raid in Season 1. Who's a good boy?
And then Scotty killed him. RIP Porthos o7.
@@SomeBritishGal1_Trek 2009_ is set, like, 100 years later. That would have to have been, like, _Porthos the Sixth_
Still, Livingston counts.
He was a shape shifter!
I've heard so many people talk about how great Scott Bakula is. Don Bellisario said that Scott was frequently helping the crew on Quantum Leap to build sets.
Bakula absolutely strikes me as the type to stroll on set with a toolbelt on his waist and asking what needs doing.
Surprised the Grip Union (or whatever the non-SAG equivalent) would permit that. Going through college I had my run-ins with helping out and getting in trouble with some or another union. These fellows really protect their jobs.
I loved it when Dean Stockwell appeared as a guest in Enterprise that was great to see them together again rip Dean Stockwell
Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint were in Enterprise, with Graham as an alien (Vulcan) and Pierpoint as a human. In the TV series Alien Nation, they were the leads, except Pierpoint was the alien, and Graham was the human!
They are such good friends in Quantum leap but in Enterprise Dean Stockwell was the VILLAIN even if he meant well (Road to Hell paved with Good intentions?) and maybe he was an "antivillain" but still technically the villain.
That airlock scene is star trek. Showing the duality of man and that its a hard call when you gotta save billions. Case and point DS9 "In the Pale Moonlight"
It really did go against the ethos of Star Trek, but I think it really highlights the changes between now and TOS and beyond. The NX-01 was consistently out-gunned and a small fish in a big ocean, like a kid with a slingshot vs. an army, and especially getting into that arc, the stakes were huge... Archer's actions may not have been moral victories, but honestly I'd imagine at least a few captains from later eras may have done the same in his position. [namely Kirk and Sisko I think may have done it, Picard and Janeway probably not]
I just started watching the entire run of ENTERPRISE because I only saw a scattered handful of episodes when it originally aired, and I heard so much negative fanboy buzz about it that I never delved into it... and... I am just amazed at how great it was. I liked season one FAR more than I liked season one of TNG, DS9 or VOYAGER. And Bakula's Archer is a big reason. He needs to come back as an Admiral or Ambassador in STRANGE NEW WORLDS.
Down let the finale fool you. It was a holodeck TNG episode. I suggest the holo AI took liberties with Trip's fate. Nothing in that episode performed by the actual cast really happened. Because DAMN THEY KILLED TRIP!
Years ago, I saw the first season and a half of Enterprise on one of the many streaming services it once appeared on, and I enjoyed watching it. It was interesting to watch how the Vulcans controlled what those from Earth saw and the places they traveled to, along with secrets the Vulcans were hiding. I’m currently watching all of the TOS and TNG episodes, but maybe when I’m finished, I’ll subscribe to Paramount Plus and watch all the episodes of Enterprise.
@@andywellsglobaldominationI had heard the final episode of Enterprise was a train wreck, and that they unsuccessfully attempted to wrap things up in a neat bow ending with Commander Riker and Counselor Troi walking off of the holodeck.
Admiral Archer might be a little problematic. Almost without fail, most officers above the level of captain mostly cause trouble, since the writers in the Trek universe seem to be strong believers, historically, in "The Peter Principal."
Since good field personnel are hard to come by, the main reason for promotion to "flying a desk" seems to be that they have become to hidebound to be useful in the field, but not impaired enough to lose the commission. Unless teaching at the Academy, series characters seem to be the exceptions, so long as they still act the same (So, they are basically "honorary" promotions ).
Absolutely! Especially since he could still be alive. The 2009 movie should have replaced that scene of Kirk as a kid stealing the car with Kirk at the launch of the Constitution class Enterprise in 2245, alongside Archer, since Kirk's dad sacrificed himself to save the Kelvin crew.
10:41 See, I liked the fact that Archer, a true boyscout, was put into a position where he had to compromise his morals for the greater good. It was about as close to a Pale Moonlight moment as we got for Archer. They made it clear he wasn't actually going to kill that guy, but had to convince him he was capable of doing it. I also love how in Season 4's episode Home, Archer lamented not going out with more weapons to Captain Ramirez.
The Xindi Arc changed him, and good characters change.
When the crew of the Enterprise were desperate and didn't know much about the Xindi or their reasons to attack Earth, they felt like they had no other choices, but it shows who Archer was that when he figured a way to solve things as peacefully as possible he took that option.
Even if getting an Enterprise Season 5 is impossible. Who wouldn’t want Captain Archer to have a comeback in another show. I think I’d prefer time travel shenanigans rather than resurrection though
Daniels just really like messing with archer
It would be interesting to give Archer the Picard treatment. Set a show 20 years after the episode before the last episode of Enterprise and in the space between before Discovery. I wouldn't resurrect him, since we didn't see him die, I don't think it should count as having happened
They should do or a Romulan War animated series with the cast returning to reprise their roles or either a new show set in the 22nd century.
@@francescozenocchini4428Can't remember if it comes from Star Trek Online or a Beta canon source, but I have a heared Archer was serving as admiral during the Earth-Romulan war.
Archer is said to have been the identity of future guy, the mysterious benefactor behind the suliban cabal. So I think archer can be brought back.
I love Season 3. It's super upsetting to watch, but in retrospect it's such a unique time capsule of television, showing how even Star Trek was fundamentally changed by 9/11
Everything got fucked over by 9/11.
Bakula NEEDS to come back as both Capt. Jonathan Archer AND Dr. Sam Beckett. We need closure!
or Beckett incarnating as Archer - woo!
Given how popular he's always seemed among fans, I'm surprised to hear Paramount thought the show's failure was his fault.
In the meantime, he solves crime in New Orleans as Special Agent Dwayne Pride.
He was crap and should never sit in the chair again.
the whole part about archer torturing someone in a air lock really brings weight to Quarks lines in siege of ar-558 " Let me tell you something about Hew-mons, Nephew. They're a wonderful, friendly people, as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people... will become as nasty and as violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don't believe me? Look at those faces. Look in their eyes."
One of my favorite Captains in the most underrated series.
In two season he never lost a crewmember.
Jonathan Archer is really Sam Becket stuck in the future and has yet to fix what went wrong since it is the future after all. Also, it was actually Sam Becket and the Quantum Leap project that started the whole temporal cold war.
That's just my theory.
I always liked and like it today Enterprise. Sure not all episodes were top but it was interesting to see this interpretation of early federation. The 4th season was also good doesn’t matter if it was the Augment Klingon or the racism (can’t remember the organizations name ) parts. I would like to see more about the Romulan War which had begun in Season 4. this is a chapter of Star Trek which never really was handled
The more I hear about Scott Bakula the more I admire him!
Man I Love T'Pol and Hoshi Sato ♥🖖
I'm 50 years old now and grew up watching Star Trek with my father and when all of Trek went onto CBS All Access and then Paramount we started rewatching all the shows but before my father started watching Discovery he wanted to watch Enterprise again since it took place right before Discovery but unfortunately he got sick and passed away before he finished Enterprise so watching Discovery and Strange New Worlds and the two animated shows is just missing something watching without my dad.
My favorite captain in my favorite series with my favorite first officer. And they had a character named Reed. What's not to like?
Scott Bakula is a textbook Hollywood success story. I think every series that he was involved with concluded open-ended. Presently, he could reprise a role in 3 different active properties. How good is that?
Does that include the series where he dies in every episode?
Archer guest role in future Star Trek? YES! Please.
I mean he was involved in a temporal war so imagine the possibilities...
• He is summoned to the future by Trip, who is Still Alive.
• Through temporal shenanigans he swaps places with Captain Pike... Oh Boy!
(Believe me I could go on, but...)
As always thank you so very much all for the videos.
Absolutely loved Enterprise. We were robbed of what Season 5 was supposed to bring and rumors of the Earth/Romulan War
Thank you for this one! Captain Jonathan Archer is Star Trek's most underrated and underappreciated Captain, ditto Enterprise, but both are actually far better than the critics think.
I'm watching this show for the first time in reruns and I can't imagine they wanted to kill Archer!
A 5th season all in the Mirror Universe could have been quite interesting. Not sure how well that would have went over but it would have been cool to watch.
That would have been too much for me.
@@claytonberg721 Same with me. A couple episodes, sure, but an entire season?
@@kfajo27 We got a bunch of mirror episodes on season 1 of discovery and that was too much.
Bacula was perfect to play Archer. He epitomized that sense of adventure that you needed to have in a first captain; he threw himself into the role(s), and would deal with the consequences, and what fate dealt him later. Archer could be summed up by the quote by Jean Paul Satre, "We are condemned to be free, and are responsible for all of our actions."
Paramount themselves screwed over ST:Enterprise from the start. The first part of Season 1 was supposed to focus on the crew being on Earth, while the NX-01 was finished. You could even had the NX-01 outfitted with phasers and photons, instead of doing it so many episodes later. Paramount, however, wanted another ST:TOS...and then mandated that the NX-01 go into space ASAP. All of the Earth stuff that we saw in Season 4 could have been done in Season 1, and then given us social episodes like what ST:TNG had done.
Did they? Trek fanboys were complaining even from the most beautiful opening of all the series, because it dare the crime of having lyrics...
If they had begun the series on earth instead of the space, I can only imagine how more they would complain
The opening theme is too soppy. Although the intro video itself is great. @@VJK102
Enterprise is an AMAZING show and Archer was a great captain who encapsulated the Star fleet learning curve
Enterprise is and always shall be my favorite Star Trek series. ❤
have to agree with that its mind as well
Me too
I love the intro.
R.I.P. Gary Graham (1950-2024)
I had not heard. 🖖
No mention of Gary Graham/Soval?
I have been waiting for Trek Culture to say something about his passing all week. 🙏
I enjoyed Star Trek: Enterprise, though the temporal cold war almost ruined it for me as, at the time I was burned out on the whole time travel trope. That said, season 4 was really good, the Mirror Universe episode was GLORIOUS and I wanted more Enterprise. Now watching the show again, I can say the temporal cold war makes more sense now and I forgive them.
No thing as too much time travel.
Bring them back!!
A lot of Upn Network drama was also that studio/network was bankrupt and being sold
I love Porthos so much
I loved that they got Bakula as I was a huge fan of Quantum Leap. It's 1 of the 3 influences of my moral code, Star Trek being another, (and Superman the last) so I love that they combined two of them
EDIT: LOL at the Risean surfer dude.
As an American, I just want to tell you I love your California accent
We need a Star Trek: Archer miniseries or something to give Enterprise a more proper and deserving farewell. Also Archer had to be born a Rush fan in the year 2112.
I’m so happy Enterprise is getting some love these days. I hope we see more archer
While a revival of the series is 20 years too late, a revival of the characters (ones who haven't sadly passed away, of course) could be a thing, after all, we got Picard back up and on the Enterprise-D at long last, so who knows what could happen, though at this rate I fully expect there to be a Lower Decks episode with the voices of the NX-01 crew at the very least... :P
There is no reason not to roll on season 5, animated. Well there's lots of political/business reasons why it will never happen.
@@claytonberg721 Personally, I can't see a viable Enterprise S5 in any form after so long, the difference in sets, filming styles and of course the actors (not least the recent loss of Gary Graham who played Soval) would be too jarring, unless it were to be set 20 years after the end of Enterprise (disregarding "These are the voyages"), making it look and feel like time had passed, but, I don't know how they'd bring a new storyline to that era, especially if by then, NX-01 was in mothballs, or indeed used as a museum ship, having been superceded by faster and newer ships by that point...
@@twocvbloke animation. Season 5, episode one there would be no time passed since terra prime.
@@claytonberg721 The voices wouldn't sound right, just look at Prodigy and Lower Decks with legacy charaters returning, even the, ugh, "very short treks", they sound older, which is what would be a part of the jarring effect, they wouldn't sound right, it's 19 years since Enterprise ended, even in those god-awful "very short treks", Connor Trineer sounded "old" reprising his role briefly as Trip Tucker in "Holograms all the way down", I had to rewind a few times before I realised it was actually him and not a sound-alike, he sounded old, and of course, time is the fire in which we burn, after all...
Maybe a "revival" with another ship? Like the Columbia, or another NX class? Take over where Enterprise left off, with the Enterprise crew doing their thing in the background, maybe an occasional cameo, alà TNG on DS9, etc. It could cover the Romulan War, the formation of the Federation, and the Federation Starfleet.
I love that Scott Bakula is a Trekker, like David Tennant and Peter Capaldi are Whovians, because it shows in the way he approaches the role, with respect and able to immerse himself in the world of Star Trek.
The thing that got me with Enterprise was that it NEVER referred to the rest of Earths space travel… there was no mention of orbit stations, saturn developments , martian developments etc… it had starfleet but they seemed , at least on screen, to only exist to make warp 5.. there was no mention of other supply vessels, other exploration or other ships except warp 5.. when in theory humans had a whole collection of worlds and outposts and vessels at hand
That's not true at all. Travis grew up on a cargo ship which is where he learned his piloting skills. And there were multiple references to other earth vessels. The episode "Fortunate Son" centers on an earth freighter.
@@cynthiacampbell7277 fortunate son focuses on the ONLY earth vessel we ever see or hear about which is Travis’ family one. We NEVER see, hear of , or discuss ANY other human interests, with the exception of a near final blow out at the vulcan embassy… thats it.. wheres the warp 3 vessels, wheres the earth station, wheres the startings of utopia planitia etc? The must be building warp 3 vessels somewhere. We know at that point that starfleet is effectively Earths trade vessels rauthority despite military rankings, its a civil organisation. The MACOs are the military branch of space military. But there is no mention of earths starfleets missions or exploration prior to warp 5… all the officers are brand new. None have experience of warp 3 vessels for example, Travis makes reference of coming across violent bad guys but malcom never says in a previous posting he had to outrun aliens, etc
But to be fair the second scene has Hoshi teaching “klingon” to students when ten minutes earlier the entire world is claiming it had never ever seen or heard of a “klingott” and their species had never been seen nor known about so..
Archer was actually my favorite captain.
I like Archer and Sisko!!
Mine too
I love Enterprise and Archer - by far my favourite series and captain! Such a shame we only got 4 seasons, and not the normal 7, to continue to enjoy through dvd and streaming
So Hollywood pretty much agrees that Scott Bakula is a sweetheart. I love that for him! So underrated...
Thank you for the Windy/Cheddar quip.
Archer and co vs the Romulans in the Romulan War Arc, i need to see this!
It probably flies in the face of established lore, but in my headcanon at least, the Starfleet delta - or "arrowhead" - was enshrined as the official insignia out of respect to the *Archer* family. :)
I wonder if they got the name of Archer from the TV electronics brand.
I still love the series!
REALLY REALLY LIKED THAT LOVELY LITTLE DOG , thank you ;
I think there are two things every sci-fi fan agrees on; Paul McGann needs his own Dr Who TV series, and Enterprise needs to return for at least a one season.
I loved Porthos. 🐾
I'm saying nothing about why my younger (edit, born in 1995) son's name is Sam, but I _loved_ Quantum Leap!
I have to admit that watching Enterprise on streaming services was so much better. "Skip intro" was a game changer!
Amen
I began with TOS first run, and Archer is my favorite captain (in 60 years ✨🌌).
What? No mention of Mirror Universe rottweiler Porthos? I know, he was in one scene and presumably died with the destruction of the ISS Enterprise, but I love rotties.
Speaking of Porthos though, as a part of American digital only station Heros & Icons, they had an promotion for Enterprise involving Porthos with the not so subtle suggestion that everyone was really there for the beagle. The end of the ad even has a portrait of Porthos in an Enterprise jumpsuit.
2112? Yes! Rush and Star Trek fans unite!
1:39 The "frustrated French Canadian" first pick for the role of Janeway was Geneviève Bujold, yet you showed Kate Mulgrew.
Yes, and while talking about a whig flown in from London he showed Patrick Stewart without a whig, and while talking about a surplus of Siskos he showed Avery Brooks. So what's your point?
Would be nice perhaps even a hologram of Archer in say the Academy series. Perhaps a history class and a hologram of Admiral Archer is used to teach about the NX01 time period for the class in the 32nd century. I think that would be pretty cool and would allow Scott to somewhat reprise the role.
I missed most of when "Enterprise" first aired, as I was deployed on active duty in the Military when it originally aired, and so didn't get to see the series in its entirety until my wife bought me the DVD boxed set at Christmas 2008. After seeing it completely, I really think it was NOT as bad as many say it was. It started off slow, but there were some especially good episodes, especially in the third and fourth seasons. "Count Down", "Zero Hour", "Twilight", "Storm Front" and "In a Mirror, Darkly" just to mention a few. Look at TNG's FIRST season. It was pretty lackluster, but by season three, we got "Best of Both Worlds", and "Yesterday's Enterprise". Hope Bakula comes back in again to Star Trek at some point. If not, at least I have his autograph on a pic of him in the Captain's chair (Constitution class) on the "Defiant" from the "In a Mirror Darkly" episode, dressed in the "TOS "style Kirk SHIRT!!! WAY COOL!!!
Star Trek Enterprise is the last Star Trek show. RIP Star Trek 1966-2005... May you rest in peace. You will forever be missed and watched but never forgotten
I would to see Enterprise again
Hi Sean! It's good to see you again. Hope you are better.
I worked with Scott Bakula on an episode of Ncis New Orleans. He was so nice and welcoming.
I would love to see Archer in Star Trek again! It needs to happen!!
I'm a unusual Star Trek fan as my favorites are ENT, PIC, DS9, LD, SNW, NG, VOY, TOS, TAS, DIS, and I think Scott Bakula is amazing as the 1st captain as he is the prototype of the future other captains.
Where in the actual hell do you get off calling Water Polo elitist? That’s where he got the tenacity to keep fighting in the coldness of space!
The acts of Archer in S3 are of a man with no fleet to speak of to back him up, with the fate of his species home world on the line. It’s justified. But not an approval of it.
Damn. And I started watching enterprise today. Weirdddddd😅
I agree totally. Porthos is the bomb.
Whenever I think of star trek this show never comes to mind 😞
I watched TOS as a 10+ year old in the 60s and it was my favorite of the franchise until ENT. It's my favorite now, I love logical progression origin stories for one, and two, answers to minor questions like, how do we, as a species, get out of this current angry dystopian mess and get on with the cooperative, just, fair, and moral(?) development of the human species envisioned by Star Trek? TNG "First Contact" was awesome and "In a Mirror Darkly" (ENT S4E18/19) absolutely blew me away! Too bad the series didn't get more seasons.
Quantum Leap was such quality programming.
When Enterprise was first airing I tried to give it the benefit of the doubt. The show lost me when in the beginning of one of the first season episodes Archer went on PA and told everyone to look out the portal for some celestial event. I wanted a captain not a tour director. It took me a very long time to come back around to watching again.
I'm a huge fan of Star Trek Enterprise and was from the start and loved the theme, to this day I have it on my mobile and change Trek themes every 2 months.and my text alert is the enterprise red alert lol
I would have loved to have seen Mr Flint revisited
As much as I love Enterprise, watching this video made me ponder a "what if" scenario that might be even better.
When Braga or Berman or whomever was saying "where are the Chuck Yeagers...?" It made me think about the idea of a show revolving around the entire fleet of first ships. Not just the Enterprise. It could start with the people we saw in the flashbacks to Archer before being posted to the Enterprise. There are three or four people all in the running for the first captain, but the others also get their shots. It could have had episodes set on each of for ships making no one a true lead, but you have the four captains, the four first officers, other ranking officers, etc. They could be good-naturedly competing to be the first to do something, or do something the most, like most first contacts, etc. It would have been about the early days of Starfleet more than the first major ship, and could more easily have built to the Earth-Romulan Wars and the founding of the Federation.
I remember reading somewhere that at one point the entire 1st season was going to be on Earth as the NX program was still working on the warp 5 engine. Executives were afraid it would be TO different if I remember right.
@@BrandonW2220 I do remember hearing that too.
Enterprise was one of the best. Ended way too soon. Manny Coto would have kept it in good stead. With a star trek tradition, a slightly weak first season, but not as bad as TNG's season one! Or the first movie, a gorgeous snore fest.
I desperately want just one more season of enterprise, showing the romulan war.
Yes! This!
3:10 "...called diminutively 'Jack" ..as late as 11 May 2001." Hmm, my name and my birthday. No wonder I like this show so much!
0:43 Arguably, Bakula STILL had to “follow” all captains that came “before.”
I'm upset that we never got more Mirror Universe in Enterprise a season based solely in there would have been great to see.
I actually loved the torture scene and the darker tone in general. I mean the NX-01 was the only ship Earth had that could take on the mission.
If they failed there wouldn't be a second chance for Humanity.
I know I will be lit up on this. But , I like Enterpris, It is number 2 or three on my list.
I loved Archer being nasty and desperate in season 4. He doesn’t act like that, we all die. And he played the guilt well. I loved that season
We need an entire series of enterprise dedicated to the Romulan earth war from where they first left off
Archer takes us through a quantum of a solace leap in to the future .
By the way, that is Jonathan Jackson Beckett Archer for all of you out there .
Maybe he could come back as President Archer
I could see a Holo Archer, as a sounding board for Star Trek Legacy
My biggest complaints were, UPN (not available on all cable providers at the time) instead of rapid syndication like next gen (could watch it on CBS and Fox if I remember right), and... yeah... the temporal cold war
Removing Bakula would have lost me as a fan INSTANTLY. He was the heart of the show, and I'll go to my grave believing that.
Archer gets a mention in the Kelvin Time line
there are no naming restrictions based off fictional characters. they could in fact have used jackson archer, human names arent trademarked or copyrighted.
I did not know most of that. And Enterprise IS my favorite Star Trek. I like that. Thank uou.
I for one would love to see enterprise come back and cover the earth romulan war
ENTERPRISE is number 3 on my top favorite TREK shows. It was in second, but SNW came along and bumped it into third. I think the show got way too much hate in its original run, and most of that by the studio and the network. I also think the theme gets too much hate. At least the first two seasons. The version the "jazzed" up for seasons three and four was beyond a war crime. It could have gone for at least a good 3 or 4 more seasons. Heck, they should have brought Commander Shran and Ambassador Soval into the show as regulars. RIP Gary Graham. I just wished they hadn't killed Admiral Forrest, but, if they hadn't, we wouldn't have seen the true character of Ambassador Soval.
9:55 Interesting about Archer dying just after seeing the NCC-1701 in the prime universe, but alive longer in the Kelvin one. Likely because the Kelvin Enterprise was launched earlier because of the scans of the advanced Romulan mining ship (with borg tech).
Some fans were at first hopeful that, due to the retro approach of Enterprise, Archer would be very similar to Kirk. When it was revealed that Archer was to originally be depicted as indecisive, however, some of those fans were initially unsure what to make of the new captain.
Admiral Archer and his prized beagle were mention in the Kelvin timeline when Scotty was introduced mentioning he accidentally lost Porthos...
11:49
Yeah
btw, RIP Gary Graham (Ambassador Soval) :(