the producers (and/or writers) mentioned that if the series had continued, Shran would have joined the crew, and there would be a bigger storyline regarding the Vulcans and Romulans. Seriously... we were denied something awesome. I would have loved to see this all continue.
True and honestly I think if the writers would have given it one more chance. They would have had a great 5th season. They also would have refitted the Enterprise too
We were *this close* to having Jeffrey Combs as a full-time cast member, instead we have... The dregs of Star Trek that we're stuck with today. Never forgive, never forget!
It really makes you think, after watching this arc, how long the Romulans were in control of Vulcan High Command. Could've been for decades with how long they held back the Earth's warp 5 program...
They weren't in control of Vulcan high command per se, but they certainly had sympathizers. I think the Warp 5 holdback had more to do with Vulcan bad experience and trying to keep Humanit, from delf destructing.
@@Thatslifebro_ V'Las was literally a Romulan agent, so yes they were in control of the Vulcan High Command. And if the Romulans were in control of the highest Vulcan military organization for that long then it's not hard to believe that they would hold humanity back in an effort to create destabilization in that region. And that way it would make it easier for Romulans to take over. That's also why they encouraged a war with the Andorians and Tellarites. More instability makes it better for Romulans.
To be fair had humanity downloaded the memory cores and technical specifications off that Klingon ship they rescued from gas giant discreetly.come time of xindi story arc could have been sub plot . Starfleet operations has the enterprise fitted with copied shields .warp 6.1 capable engines and enhanced weapons with 2 phaser ports fitted with disrupters alongside phasers. They still have a hard time but hold much better against the reptilians .
@@mutopis The arc of Soval being shut out by the High Command seems to show that V'las wasn't in charge or total control yet until just a year or so before the bombing of the embassy.
I love the explanation they'd worked out for why they shifted back to physical switches and shit as seen in TOS. This was realized in the books during the Romulan War, a real shame we didn't get to see that on the small screen.
Imagine the respect the Andorians have for the pink skins. Human tech is probably hundreds of years older then the Vulcans but still they are there and have there mates back!
There's a reason Andorians, after humans, are probably the most prevalent species in Starfleet, and why it's awesome one is the Captain of the Odyssey-class Enterprise-F in STO, Va'kel Shon, who very much earned that seat having your back several times in the USS Belfast, a Defiant-class. A particularly good, and funny, bit is occasionally when you do some of the repeatable patrols, Shon'll show up with the Enterprise and say "It's nice to see we aren't the only ones who respond to distress calls!" and then you get to tag-team the enemies on it with the Federation Flagship.
@@shadowtheimpure It all started when Archer discover a secret Vulcan outpost on a monastery near the Andorian border. Then an Andorian - Vulcan peace talks was held on an Earth ship commanded by him. In exchange, Shran and the Andorians have pledge to help defend Earth against the Xindis . In just two main events , the Andorians , unlike the Vulcans, have earned tlmuch respect towards Humanity and they earned respect more when Humanity discovered that it was the Romulans who are destabilizing the political situation of the Alpha Quadrant, which paved the way to the creation of the Federation
@@cholodelrosari0543 An you see here that the Vulcans could muster a sizable fleet to attack the Andorians but couldn't do the same to defend earth. Despite the hundred years alliance.
@@DavidKnowles0 keep in mind that "alliance" was more so to slow humans down and keep an eye on them... not to help them... I would even argue that the Vulcans were fine with the idea of earth being destroyed...
"hey, you green blooded, pointy eared assholes! yeah you, vulcan! Cheer up, crack a smile. I wanna see if your pointy eye brows fall off!" "Sir? that got their attention!"
@@laz7354, No, he wasn't. We saw his Romulan handler, whose agenda was to divide Vulcan society, likely preparatory to its being subjugated. So V'las was certainly a traitor, but there's no question of his identity, unlike, say, a character like Seska.
@@mitchellmelkin4078 In the available "intended to become" apocrypha, V'las was either replaced with a Romulan agent before his election or was the son of two Romulan sleeper agents. Their ultimate goal was the reunification (subjugation) of the Vulcans with the Romulans.
Who says an engineer can't make an excellent captain? Trip had to even cover for T'Pol and still do his job while she was ill with that Trellium.Scotty had to fill in how many times?
@@beepthemeep12 Don't disagree there. I like Geordie and Miles too. Trip's a great combination of Scotty and Dr.McCoy-engineer and Southern. Well, Dr.McCoy did get to load a torpedo. Not sure where Scotty got to do any medical things, but he was sympathetic to his crew- members (seen in "The Engineer's Hymn"-Leslie Fisher-You Tube) so he did help there.
Yeah well he may not even be a real Vulcan, He was probably a Romulan spy disguised as a Vulcan who was planted in a high ranking position to sow dissent between Humans and Vulcans.
I guess even Vulcans can't stand Tucker's southern accent but the Administrator should've done a better job disguising his annoyance. For a Vulcan, he sure acts a lot like a Romulan but given who his friends are, it shouldn't be surprising. Heck, some sources even SAY that the Administrator IS a Romulan.
This show gives its own special nostalgia. I grew up during the epic 1990's Star Trek craze but ENTERPRISE was the show I liked best and It started just before I entered my teens. I watched this and immersed myself in the TOS for a long time. Good as they were , It was a refreshing break from the TNG/DS9/Voyager era and aesthetic. I liked being "back" in time. I was a temporal agent LOL!
DSS 72 I'm an old fart who grew up in the "epic" 50's and 60's. While you probably remember when smartphones were the new and thrilling technology, I remember when color television was new and thrilling. I also remember the original Star Trek which I loved. I aged watching all of the various Star Trek spin-offs over the years and loved them all, but I have to agree with you that Enterprise was my favorite. Going back to the beginning, the crew feeling their way through new encounters with no historical basis to guide them, making up the rules as they went along. A great concept and it is a shame the show wasn't given more time to develop. I guess sci-fi fandom is one area at least where there is no 'age barrier' where the young, the old and everyone in between can find common ground. May the force be with you! (I know, different franchise, but I just couldn't resist!)
0:32 - You can’t miss the unease on the faces of the High Command when Tucker mentions Starfleet knows what’s going on. Even if Earth isn’t as advanced as Vulcan or Andoria, they’re not keen on the idea of provoking the humans. One wonders why...
Humans still have nukes and aren't afraid to use them. Earth is also close enough to Vulcan to be a threat if war were to break out. Especially if the Andorians help arm them.
the humans have a few tricks 1. They fight as hard as Klingons but aren't nearly as easy to trick 2. Earth has enough warp 3+ combat ships that it could (with great losses) take the space around Vulcan and hold it 3. If an Earth vs Vulcan war broke out the Andorians might not throw their ships in but they would give Earth a generation or 2 old tech that would put them on near equal footing with the Vulcans 4. The Vulcans know they would only have a year at most to defeat the humans before the humans would be able to take them on their own due to human tech advancement during wartime also, this is played out in the Earth-Romulan war bc it was Earth-designed ships using some Andorian tech (mostly structural integrity systems, no weapons or shields) and an all-new earth designed computer system built i the Andorians, and Telerites empires that made human ships able to square up against the most advanced ships of the Romulan empire and win, even when Andorian ships couldn't
@Eric: Wouldn't be the first time a crew member changed designation. Jordie and Worf both change in TNG. Sure he won't be Cheif Engineer, but he could be Captain.
Unfortunately, Cmmdr Tucker dies in the series finale. I would have loved to see a Star Trek series with him as Captain because he did a really good job as acting captain on multiple occasions.
This was one AMAZING show! I still immerse myself in my box sets .... wonderful escape. I know the cast were all very hurt when the show was abruptly cancelled. Many of them I haven't seen working since. So glad Scott managed to get a Major role in NCIS NEW ORLEANS.
Damn seeing this clip again and seeing Shran just reminds me how good Enterprise really is it's just a damn shame it wasn't given the same chance the other iterations of Trek were given.
It honestly just kept getting better as it kept going since it found its spirit and it was most definitely Trek at its best, with moral dilemas you could get invested into as the Enterprise's Crew had to deal with being on their own and without backup, having to make due with their single ship and the few allies they made along their journey.
Nooooo, instead we get the abysmal failures that were Picard and Discovery... As corny as Enterprise can be at times, this is far closer to Roddenberry’s vision than the blasphemy that is Picard...
@@JanoyCresvaZero I didn't like Enterprise 20 years ago when it was first airing. I felt it interfered too much with the history before TOS and I wasn't a fan of some of the acting. I've recently been watching it as it's the only show from the TNG production era that I haven't watched through. After seeing how bad Discovery and Picard have been, it makes me appreciate this and realize it's a lot more like TNG and Voyager than I realized at the time. Still not a fan of the Xindi arc and the temporal cold war, but overall the show's grown on me over the years.
You got to love Shran. His keeping score in battle reminds me of another pair doing the same thing. (LOTR) When Legolas and the Dwarf are counting enemies killed and Legolas takes out a giant war Elephant all by himself. (And Gimli yells at him : "It only counts as one".) War may bring out the worst in some, but it also brings out the very best too.
Its a shame the show ended. It was really finding its identity at the end. We where getting a real close look at the formation of the federation and the backstory of the alpha quadrant species. Robert Foxworth was good in this role, however way too emotional at the end. His fellow Vulcan should have immediately known something was wrong expressing such naked and vengeful emotions.
I agree. I also feel that they pretty much wasted a whole season with the Xindi story. Whilst I still enjoyed it I feel that it disrupted the growth of both the characters and the lore.
Yeah I thought that was a bit sus. None of them so much as raise an eyebrow at Foxworth's histrionics. Still, I give Enterprise a ton of credit for fleshing out Vulcan lore as much as they did. I like that they see their wild selves in humans & are repulsed by it.
There's a weird duality with Enterprise and Andromeda. Enterprise started off rough and got better before being put down, while Andromeda's earlier seasons were the best it had to offer before being put down in its despised latter half.
Imo it ranged from "bad" to "alright" in the earlier seasons, and was cancelled basically right after I started to *really* enjoy it and was actually getting excited to find out what happened next. It wasn't my favorite Trek show, but I think it's probably the one I most want more of.
Robert Foxworth, I believe. William Ferrell played BJ Hunicut in "MASH". Never watched it much (and Fr.Mulcahye and Radar were my favourites), but "Questor" was good as far as I remember.
This scene is why Vulcan joins the Federation. Humans end up involved in the toppling of their evil Romulan-infiltrated government, and Jonathan Archer is basically a Vulcan prophet, restoring the true teachings of Surak.
Funny how she's still proud once century later to a point where she hates Kirk and other humans being involved in Vulcan politics. She hates that her arrival to power and her victory against the corrupt government was thanks to a human... evenmore when you think that Surak Katra refused to live in her instead of Archer. The other funny thing is that the old priest taking Surak Katra at the end looks so much like an ancestor of Spock, maybe Sarek grandfather? It remins me that the first Vulcan ambassador to set foot on Earth and shake hands with Zefram Cochrane was named Solkar, according to Archer, and Solkar is the name of one of Sarek's ancestors...
This is like going into a max level raid as the only noobie character in the gang. Everyone else is brawling it out and youre slinging pebbles in the mean time every hit you take is a supercrit.
The Andorians definitely have an impression that while the Vulcans are the “friend” you cheat off of their homework Earth is a ride or die homie that’ll come out of the corner with the metal chair in a barfight.
I love how Trip puts the Enterprise right in the middle of the two fleets like if the vulcans and andorians are going to duke it out, they have to go right through the Enterprise.
Take into consideration, they had no shields in a battle where literally everyone else had shields and better weapons. Humans were underdogs in this time.
@@aresthecrazy9335 I'd say Humans were middle of the road in terms of tech. There were aliens that considered the NX-01 impressive but their were those who considered it quaint. In terms of combat ability, the post Expanse refit NX-01 was argubally equivalent to a Bird of Prey.
@@WaveForceful this is true, however they were still reliant on armor to protect their ships. Even the allied Andorians had shielding on their ships, and Vulcan tech at the time was still more advanced than humans. We were fighting an uphill battle here.
Earlier in this two parter episode, Enterprise is driven out of orbit of Vulcan during which it goes up against a Vulcan cruiser. It's no match of course but it's also not zero threat as a direct hit from it's phase cannons can be seen causing some kind of plasma leak from the Vulcan ships warp ring.
There were a few times in the original series where Scotty was left in command. Every time I saw Trip in command, it reminded so thoroughly of Scotty. In one episode Scotty said "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me." I could so, very much see Trip saying the same thing.
Engineers have the potential to become some of the greatest commanders, honestly. Not necessarily B'elanna, but she had no command aspirations as such - and to be fair, after a while, she certainly was the Mama Wolf of her Engineering section, more or less.
@@patrickschulz2193Chief O'Brian wouldn't want command because he is an NCO and works for a living. I always found it odd how Star Trek treated the enlisted ranks. Each officer should have a group of enlisted they are leading. Chief O'Brian is essentially the senior enlisted and should be at least a Senior Chief perhaps even Master Chief, a Warrant Officer would also make sense. All the senior bridge officers are department heads and should be Lt Commanders with a senior chief advisor, then have LTs and Ensigns as division officers leading 12-50 petty officers, un-rateds and a single chief. DS9 being the exception because Sisko starts as a commander so his XO would be an Lt. Commander and the department heads full LTs with JG LTs and Ensigns as division officers.
@@homeonegreen9 at the time I wrote that, I had much less understanding of stuff like enlisted/NCO rankings. That being said, Starfleet *is* weird on that front. I feel like this might come down to a Roddenberry idea again. Quote the Big Bird himself: "its organization is only semimilitary. The 'enlisted men' category does not exist. Star Trek goes on the assumption that every man and woman aboard the USS Enterprise is the equivalent of a qualified astronaut, therefore an officer." (Note that this is true of the original series specifically.)
Not surprising, their hierarchy is thrown into chaos by Romulan spies who want to facilitate reunification... A project delayed by a couple of centuries thanks to Archer.
@@quoniam426 Problem is, the reunification attempt here was on Romulan terms with plans to conquer everyone else in that part of the galaxy and to have the Vulcans become exactly like the Romulans. Spock's reunification plans 200 years later involved a mixture of Vulcan and Romulan ideas with the Romulans giving up their warlike conquering ways.
The episode takes place in 2154. The exact year of "Amok Time" is questionable, but takes place sometime around the 2260s, over a hundred years later. Given that T'pau is a mature adult in "Awakening", she looks pretty good for her age in "Amok Time".
@@dpaulson5440 Glad they didn't do that - I can't see any way to reconcile T'Pau serving aboard a Star Fleet vessel in her youth with her attitude toward Kirk a century later.
@@DeaconBlues117 The actual reason they made the switch was because they thought T'Pau was too hard to say a dozen times an episode. But I prefer them seprate as well.
They're not really following the teachings of Surak, which is one reason why V'las doesn't want to believe that's Surak's katra in there. (The other reason, of course, is that he may be a Romulan spy - he certainly acts like one, and at this point in history nobody knows that Romulans are just Vulcans with a different home address.)
This series didn't get as good as this until it's final season. Most of the first two seasons is a poor attempt at being TNG, something Voyager already failed at.
I'm keeping an open mind about Discovery ahead of it's second season and I think it has potential but GOD DAMN I MISS ENTERPRISE! It was a fucking solid show in the 3rd and 4th season.
ransom182, Regrettably (although not very surprising, at all), your hopes for every successive season of STD, then, the abomination of Picard, proved to be unanswered, to put it mildly.
@@mitchellmelkin4078 Yeah Discovery (DIS or DSC not STD) has been a mixed bag, there's been some great moments (the ending of the 3rd and 4th seasons were really well done) with the 2nd season probably being my favourite. The style of story telling is definitely different and I'm personally not a huge fan of the more soap opera-ness - but many do seem to like it. Picard has been a disappointment - the second season started out extremely strong but quickly lost its way. This new generations of writers and producers don't know how to create an interesting serialized story - it's a big problem. Strange New Worlds has been a breath of fresh air though, I'm really enjoying the series so far even though there are a number of things I personally would have done differently. Lower Decks + Prodigy have hit it out of the park, they're (almost) perfect.
She really made an impression on T'Pol. That elfin hairstyle looked cute on T'Pol. She grows her hair longer in the books. Did she really become a Syrannite like her mother?
After ENT let this temporal cold war arc behind and focused on the formation of the federation it became quite good. Too bad a lot of episodes were wasted on stuff no one really wanted to see as it seems. Episodes like this were the ones the fans were waiting for. So the last season actually demonstrated the potential the show had. Jeffrey Combs, Gary Graham and the main cast are good actors that played well together. Would've loved to see another season. An not some rubbish like STD.
st:picard did this intentionally. Enterprise deserved more. Scott was a awesome lead captain for the franchise. Paramount just went for a younger demographic and went the cheaper route in visual media, before live streaming became a big thing.
Gotta admit, this show grows on you (especially now when we've seen what true garbage is in ST) By the way that emotional vulcan was part of the minority, clearly, the mind-melders who didn't practice the vulcan purging of emotion
Theory is that they were going to push out the NX-01 Refit for the next season, complete with a secondary hull and deflector dish upgrade, making it look more like TOS Enterprise.
Jeffrey Combs played a great many roles: memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jeffrey_Combs But only 2 minor roles as a Human. Interestingly he almost had made it to become Riker. But Jonathan Frakes beat him to that role. Only to later hire him when he was directing one DS9 Episode. And as they say "The rest, is history."
I'm still pissed that the last episode was turned into just another Next Generation episode. They couldn't even give it the dignity to end as it's own series.
V'Las of the Vulcan High Command is played by the same guy who played Vice Admiral Leyton. Two very high ranking officials trying to overthrow or take over their respective governments from within portrayed by the same guy. Hmmmmm.
In Babylon 5 he played General Hague. Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff. He put together a coalition of high-ranking military and civilian officers to expose and if necessary overthrow President Clark. At least in B5 he was one of the good guys. And on SG-1 he was the leader who got overthrown. Almost. That was one of the Jonas Quinn episodes. It's fine if you don't remember.
Love Shran. Hails in the middle of a fight just to remind enterprise how much Archer owes him. Andorians are awesome.
ST Enterprise: Lures you in with the orgins of the Federation. Hooks you with the promise of more Shran.
I hail in middle of a fight just to say "gg"
Shran is played by Jeffrey Combs who also played the Weyoun character from DS9. He chews much scenery and it is glorious.
Jeffrey Combs is the GOAT.
I always did like shran
the producers (and/or writers) mentioned that if the series had continued, Shran would have joined the crew, and there would be a bigger storyline regarding the Vulcans and Romulans.
Seriously... we were denied something awesome. I would have loved to see this all continue.
We would've even had some episodes with Ambassador Spock too. Too late for that now...
In the books, T'Pol has Andorians working with her.
Dont worry we have discovery
True and honestly I think if the writers would have given it one more chance. They would have had a great 5th season. They also would have refitted the Enterprise too
We were *this close* to having Jeffrey Combs as a full-time cast member, instead we have... The dregs of Star Trek that we're stuck with today. Never forgive, never forget!
It really makes you think, after watching this arc, how long the Romulans were in control of Vulcan High Command. Could've been for decades with how long they held back the Earth's warp 5 program...
They weren't in control of Vulcan high command per se, but they certainly had sympathizers. I think the Warp 5 holdback had more to do with Vulcan bad experience and trying to keep Humanit, from delf destructing.
@@Thatslifebro_ V'Las was literally a Romulan agent, so yes they were in control of the Vulcan High Command. And if the Romulans were in control of the highest Vulcan military organization for that long then it's not hard to believe that they would hold humanity back in an effort to create destabilization in that region. And that way it would make it easier for Romulans to take over. That's also why they encouraged a war with the Andorians and Tellarites. More instability makes it better for Romulans.
To be fair had humanity downloaded the memory cores and technical specifications off that Klingon ship they rescued from gas giant discreetly.come time of xindi story arc could have been sub plot . Starfleet operations has the enterprise fitted with copied shields .warp 6.1 capable engines and enhanced weapons with 2 phaser ports fitted with disrupters alongside phasers.
They still have a hard time but hold much better against the reptilians .
V'las mentions decades of work being wasted at the end of the episode.
@@mutopis The arc of Soval being shut out by the High Command seems to show that V'las wasn't in charge or total control yet until just a year or so before the bombing of the embassy.
Tell Archer " That's two he owes me "
Tripp thinking to himself: Dude, really? Right now!!!!!
I love nx-01 bridge. To me, it looks like it can be the predecessor to Kirk's enterprise.
It was.
Borg Drone 3 of 9 Secondary Adjunct, Unimatrix 309 far before it, but yes.
Borg Drone 3 of 9 Secondary Adjunct, Unimatrix 309 far before it, but yes.
Worf hated the NX01 bridge through clear jealously as it had a chair for the tactical officer.
I love the explanation they'd worked out for why they shifted back to physical switches and shit as seen in TOS. This was realized in the books during the Romulan War, a real shame we didn't get to see that on the small screen.
Once again, Trip showed great potential for becoming a captain. He could definitely think on his feet. Loved this show.
After all, he had to take over when T'Pol broke down and ran into the ready room. Must've been that Terellium.
Overemotional dummy the rest of the time.
Imagine the respect the Andorians have for the pink skins. Human tech is probably hundreds of years older then the Vulcans but still they are there and have there mates back!
There's a reason Andorians, after humans, are probably the most prevalent species in Starfleet, and why it's awesome one is the Captain of the Odyssey-class Enterprise-F in STO, Va'kel Shon, who very much earned that seat having your back several times in the USS Belfast, a Defiant-class.
A particularly good, and funny, bit is occasionally when you do some of the repeatable patrols, Shon'll show up with the Enterprise and say "It's nice to see we aren't the only ones who respond to distress calls!" and then you get to tag-team the enemies on it with the Federation Flagship.
The Andorians have a saying: "Never push the pink skins to the thin ice." That alone shows just how much respect they have for us.
@@shadowtheimpure
It all started when Archer discover a secret Vulcan outpost on a monastery near the Andorian border.
Then an Andorian - Vulcan peace talks was held on an Earth ship commanded by him.
In exchange, Shran and the Andorians have pledge to help defend Earth against the Xindis . In just two main events , the Andorians , unlike the Vulcans, have earned tlmuch respect towards Humanity and they earned respect more when Humanity discovered that it was the Romulans who are destabilizing the political situation of the Alpha Quadrant, which paved the way to the creation of the Federation
@@cholodelrosari0543 An you see here that the Vulcans could muster a sizable fleet to attack the Andorians but couldn't do the same to defend earth. Despite the hundred years alliance.
@@DavidKnowles0 keep in mind that "alliance" was more so to slow humans down and keep an eye on them... not to help them...
I would even argue that the Vulcans were fine with the idea of earth being destroyed...
Honestly I felt that Enterprise was canceled just when it was finding its feet.
It probably had one, maybe two good seasons left in it.
Reality shows killed ST:Enterprise.
Yep, this was a better show than the J.J. Abrams movies combined.
HAD is the correct word...Not your decision. U can argue ALL U want...won't change THIER decisions.
@mjkalasky Perhaps a movie about the romulan federation war?
Could've made the whole series about the Federation forming
"See if you can get their attention" is an astonishingly vague order.
We all knew what he meant.
i'm flashing the hull running lights sir......."
I keep mooning him through the window sir, I don't know if they're ignoring me or they can't see it
"hey, you green blooded, pointy eared assholes! yeah you, vulcan! Cheer up, crack a smile. I wanna see if your pointy eye brows fall off!"
"Sir? that got their attention!"
True but it also give someone you know and trust the leeway to do whatever they need, without being too explicit.
That Vulcan leader is very emotional for a Vulcan.
He's a Romulan.
@@laz7354, No, he wasn't. We saw his Romulan handler, whose agenda was to divide Vulcan society, likely preparatory to its being subjugated. So V'las was certainly a traitor, but there's no question of his identity, unlike, say, a character like Seska.
@@mitchellmelkin4078 In the available "intended to become" apocrypha, V'las was either replaced with a Romulan agent before his election or was the son of two Romulan sleeper agents. Their ultimate goal was the reunification (subjugation) of the Vulcans with the Romulans.
He half romulan
The worst thing about this series was the uber emotional Vulcans
Trip makes an excellent captain.
Who says an engineer can't make an excellent captain? Trip had to even cover for T'Pol and still do his job while she was ill with that Trellium.Scotty had to fill in how many times?
@@virginiaconnor8350 laforge was great in command too, and obrien even had a command streak in him from time to time too.
@@beepthemeep12 Don't disagree there. I like Geordie and Miles too. Trip's a great combination of Scotty and Dr.McCoy-engineer and Southern. Well, Dr.McCoy did get to load a torpedo. Not sure where Scotty got to do any medical things, but he was sympathetic to his crew- members (seen in "The Engineer's Hymn"-Leslie Fisher-You Tube) so he did help there.
no i meant yes, si ,oui monsieuer
Trip makes a bad captain tbh, he takes too much pride and just can't tell what to do.
"Commander Tucker in command".
AKA "Charles in charge".
"Charles in charge,
of our hull,
and our drives..."
@@pavarottiaardvark3431 I love this more than I should
Tucker reminds me of Captain Kirk-too emotional and impulsive to effectively command over the long term without substantial maturity.
Very Emotional for a Vulcan
Yeah well he may not even be a real Vulcan, He was probably a Romulan spy disguised as a Vulcan who was planted in a high ranking position to sow dissent between Humans and Vulcans.
Watch the trilogy and you might understand why :)
One of the many threads left dangling when the show was canceled
i think he is a vulcan, just one that wants control over vulcan. The officer was a romulan spy.
The high command became pretty much a military dictatorship, he didn't want to lose power.
0:09 The face the Administrator makes when he hears Tucker.
I never noticed that but I'm surely glad you did because it's glorious. It looks more like a blooper than a real scene. :D
I guess even Vulcans can't stand Tucker's southern accent but the Administrator should've done a better job disguising his annoyance. For a Vulcan, he sure acts a lot like a Romulan but given who his friends are, it shouldn't be surprising. Heck, some sources even SAY that the Administrator IS a Romulan.
I refer to it as the "Oh, Jesus" face.
I love that bit, very emotional for a Vulcan, then we find he's working with the Romulans of course.
Could he be a Romulan? Switched in as an agent when he was young.
This show gives its own special nostalgia. I grew up during the epic 1990's Star Trek craze but ENTERPRISE was the show I liked best and It started just before I entered my teens. I watched this and immersed myself in the TOS for a long time. Good as they were , It was a refreshing break from the TNG/DS9/Voyager era and aesthetic. I liked being "back" in time. I was a temporal agent LOL!
Nice. Thank you for sharing!
DSS 72 I'm an old fart who grew up in the "epic" 50's and 60's. While you probably remember when smartphones were the new and thrilling technology, I remember when color television was new and thrilling. I also remember the original Star Trek which I loved. I aged watching all of the various Star Trek spin-offs over the years and loved them all, but I have to agree with you that Enterprise was my favorite. Going back to the beginning, the crew feeling their way through new encounters with no historical basis to guide them, making up the rules as they went along. A great concept and it is a shame the show wasn't given more time to develop. I guess sci-fi fandom is one area at least where there is no 'age barrier' where the young, the old and everyone in between can find common ground. May the force be with you! (I know, different franchise, but I just couldn't resist!)
Live long and prosper.
@@elizabethjansen2684 nanoo nanoo
@@paradisebreeze1705 😆 well that's a blast from the past
Damn i love Enterprise. Such an underrated show.
0:32 - You can’t miss the unease on the faces of the High Command when Tucker mentions Starfleet knows what’s going on. Even if Earth isn’t as advanced as Vulcan or Andoria, they’re not keen on the idea of provoking the humans. One wonders why...
Because we know how to fight
Humans still have nukes and aren't afraid to use them. Earth is also close enough to Vulcan to be a threat if war were to break out. Especially if the Andorians help arm them.
the humans have a few tricks
1. They fight as hard as Klingons but aren't nearly as easy to trick
2. Earth has enough warp 3+ combat ships that it could (with great losses) take the space around Vulcan and hold it
3. If an Earth vs Vulcan war broke out the Andorians might not throw their ships in but they would give Earth a generation or 2 old tech that would put them on near equal footing with the Vulcans
4. The Vulcans know they would only have a year at most to defeat the humans before the humans would be able to take them on their own due to human tech advancement during wartime
also, this is played out in the Earth-Romulan war bc it was Earth-designed ships using some Andorian tech (mostly structural integrity systems, no weapons or shields) and an all-new earth designed computer system built i the Andorians, and Telerites empires that made human ships able to square up against the most advanced ships of the Romulan empire and win, even when Andorian ships couldn't
This scene was agreeable.
Indeed.
That would be high praise from a Vulcan.
"I found the acting and special effects satisfactory" - Sarek.
I find your lack of praise ...
disturbing.
Commander Trip Tucker proves that he will make a fine Star Fleet captain one day. Love a man in uniform.
@Eric: Wouldn't be the first time a crew member changed designation. Jordie and Worf both change in TNG. Sure he won't be Cheif Engineer, but he could be Captain.
He's so handsome
Yet another reason to throw “These Are the Voyages“ out of cannon.
Unfortunately, Cmmdr Tucker dies in the series finale. I would have loved to see a Star Trek series with him as Captain because he did a really good job as acting captain on multiple occasions.
Slyguy threeonetwonine he was advanced from chief engineer to First Officer, to Captain in the episode Twilight.
This was one AMAZING show! I still immerse myself in my box sets .... wonderful escape. I know the cast were all very hurt when the show was abruptly cancelled. Many of them I haven't seen working since. So glad Scott managed to get a Major role in NCIS NEW ORLEANS.
Damn seeing this clip again and seeing Shran just reminds me how good Enterprise really is it's just a damn shame it wasn't given the same chance the other iterations of Trek were given.
Political intrigue, neat space battle, and long-lost mysteries. Some of the beat of Trek.
Commander Tucker in Command as Commander, Commanding the men Commanded by the Commander, Commander Tucker.
Triple the fun?
you sir, commandeered Commander Tucker's command. how dare you !
That statement commanded attention!
This commanding statement commanded me to give it its 69th like.
@@OganySupreme 69th? Wow...there's a very dirty joke there, but since I'm TRYING to behave myself....I'll leave it alone
Sucks ENT ended early would of loved to see the war with the romulans showing the combined fleets fight the romulans.
I tried to like this show and watch it. Couldn't get into it. Then I forced myself to watch it, and I do love it now. Always keep an open mind!
They should have allowed Enterprise to come back it was actually starting to get good.
It honestly just kept getting better as it kept going since it found its spirit and it was most definitely Trek at its best, with moral dilemas you could get invested into as the Enterprise's Crew had to deal with being on their own and without backup, having to make due with their single ship and the few allies they made along their journey.
Yea, but why did they have to go and kill off Trip?????
Nooooo, instead we get the abysmal failures that were Picard and Discovery... As corny as Enterprise can be at times, this is far closer to Roddenberry’s vision than the blasphemy that is Picard...
@@antonbruce1241 because they were ending the show. It would have been a lot harder to end the show with Trip still on their.
@@JanoyCresvaZero I didn't like Enterprise 20 years ago when it was first airing. I felt it interfered too much with the history before TOS and I wasn't a fan of some of the acting. I've recently been watching it as it's the only show from the TNG production era that I haven't watched through. After seeing how bad Discovery and Picard have been, it makes me appreciate this and realize it's a lot more like TNG and Voyager than I realized at the time. Still not a fan of the Xindi arc and the temporal cold war, but overall the show's grown on me over the years.
Shran and Dr Soong were my favorite recurring characters of this show. I'd love to have a drink with both of them.
Me too.
Enterprise did good show us how vulcans in early days were a bit different than their future counterparts, which i liked. Such underrated series.
Enterprise really was coming into it's own
such an underrated series. RIP Enterprise!
It got good at the end, but like most other ST series, the first season was mediocre, at best.
I love seeing Trip in Command. I like to think if the show had continued we would have seen that more. Maybe even have him get his own ship.
You got to love Shran. His keeping score in battle reminds me of another pair doing the same thing. (LOTR) When Legolas and the Dwarf are counting enemies killed and Legolas takes out a giant war Elephant all by himself. (And Gimli yells at him : "It only counts as one".) War may bring out the worst in some, but it also brings out the very best too.
And the award for the most emotional Vulcan, goes to...
Its a shame the show ended. It was really finding its identity at the end. We where getting a real close look at the formation of the federation and the backstory of the alpha quadrant species. Robert Foxworth was good in this role, however way too emotional at the end. His fellow Vulcan should have immediately known something was wrong expressing such naked and vengeful emotions.
I agree. I also feel that they pretty much wasted a whole season with the Xindi story. Whilst I still enjoyed it I feel that it disrupted the growth of both the characters and the lore.
Yeah I thought that was a bit sus. None of them so much as raise an eyebrow at Foxworth's histrionics. Still, I give Enterprise a ton of credit for fleshing out Vulcan lore as much as they did. I like that they see their wild selves in humans & are repulsed by it.
There's a weird duality with Enterprise and Andromeda. Enterprise started off rough and got better before being put down, while Andromeda's earlier seasons were the best it had to offer before being put down in its despised latter half.
Imo it ranged from "bad" to "alright" in the earlier seasons, and was cancelled basically right after I started to *really* enjoy it and was actually getting excited to find out what happened next. It wasn't my favorite Trek show, but I think it's probably the one I most want more of.
So the same actor who plays traiterous Admiral Leyton in DS9 plays a bastard Vulcan here!
aka General William Hague from B5
@Kevin McDougall I remember Questor, had B.J Hunnicut and Dean Warner in it as well as Majell Barrett. That would have made a good series too.
Robert Foxworth, I believe. William Ferrell played BJ Hunicut in "MASH". Never watched it much (and Fr.Mulcahye and Radar were my favourites), but "Questor" was good as far as I remember.
I like Kuvak and T'Pau. Far better than Vilas and his aide-which turn out to be Romulans anyway
Who know ? He can be a far parent of the Admiral Leyton
If this was a DS9 clip, ships would be blowing up every half second.
This scene is why Vulcan joins the Federation. Humans end up involved in the toppling of their evil Romulan-infiltrated government, and Jonathan Archer is basically a Vulcan prophet, restoring the true teachings of Surak.
Minister Kuvak jumped in just in the nick of time. A true friend indeed.
Kuvak was one of those Vulcans who saw the benefits of being allied with Earth.
The "Administrator, it is agreeable to see you again" always gets me lol
I feel like she's giving him one last chance.
As a linguistics nerd, I was practically squealing with excitement to see all that Vulcan script
These Vulcans behave more like Romulans.
That was half of the point.
thats because they are being manipulated by one.
The difference is more philosophical the biological all it takes is a bit of a push to move from one philosophy to another.
no this whole series, the vulcans was actually being manipulated by a romulan double agent, its the subcommander pointing a gun in the room.
The final scene was of V'Las meeting his Romulan handler.
Andorians had some of the best looking ships in the series, practical yet effective and elegantly straight forward
It is agreeable to see this episode clip again.
This commenter is an anarchist, reader.
@@grassulus158 nah I'm a utilitarian.
@@christopherpericolosi-king4979 You didn’t get the reference, did you?
The reference was V’las saying “This woman is an anarchist, Captain.”
@@grassulus158 ooohhh right!!!! Lol.
"T'Pau didn't bomb our embassy... she knows not to push too far, her dreams are china in her hand."
Funny how she's still proud once century later to a point where she hates Kirk and other humans being involved in Vulcan politics. She hates that her arrival to power and her victory against the corrupt government was thanks to a human... evenmore when you think that Surak Katra refused to live in her instead of Archer.
The other funny thing is that the old priest taking Surak Katra at the end looks so much like an ancestor of Spock, maybe Sarek grandfather?
It remins me that the first Vulcan ambassador to set foot on Earth and shake hands with Zefram Cochrane was named Solkar, according to Archer, and Solkar is the name of one of Sarek's ancestors...
A fine reference. 😉
This is like going into a max level raid as the only noobie character in the gang. Everyone else is brawling it out and youre slinging pebbles in the mean time every hit you take is a supercrit.
The Andorians definitely have an impression that while the Vulcans are the “friend” you cheat off of their homework Earth is a ride or die homie that’ll come out of the corner with the metal chair in a barfight.
Takes guts to go into a battle between two fleets with shields, while your ship only has polarized hull plating.
Very emotional Vulcans! I see Vulcans embracing their passionate sides very strongly !! So much so that they seem more like Romulans
😂 ;😜 you would think romulans are infiltrated in high levels of vulcan command
I love how Trip puts the Enterprise right in the middle of the two fleets like if the vulcans and andorians are going to duke it out, they have to go right through the Enterprise.
Omg, enterprise had such good episodes. And Trip was aptly named, such a trip. I wonder what they did to make sure he didnt melt the deck plating.
My, my, Administrator. Getting awfully emotional at the end there, weren't you?
" hull breach on G deck , we are venting atmosphere " , well that " sucks "
Actually, it blows. 🤣
@@laz7354 there you are, Lieutenant Commander Data.
I had not realised that Enterprise had seven or more decks.
I loved this series. Makes me sad it was ended too soon
Shran is one of my favorite characters in all of star trek hands down
Whenever the NX-01 goes in to battle. *Beep Beep* *Bridge console explodes* *Beep Beep* *Bridge console explodes* *Beep Beep*
Yeah, the consoles of most ships named Enterprise are made of explodium, it would appear.
Take into consideration, they had no shields in a battle where literally everyone else had shields and better weapons. Humans were underdogs in this time.
@@aresthecrazy9335 I'd say Humans were middle of the road in terms of tech. There were aliens that considered the NX-01 impressive but their were those who considered it quaint. In terms of combat ability, the post Expanse refit NX-01 was argubally equivalent to a Bird of Prey.
@@WaveForceful this is true, however they were still reliant on armor to protect their ships. Even the allied Andorians had shielding on their ships, and Vulcan tech at the time was still more advanced than humans. We were fighting an uphill battle here.
Earlier in this two parter episode, Enterprise is driven out of orbit of Vulcan during which it goes up against a Vulcan cruiser. It's no match of course but it's also not zero threat as a direct hit from it's phase cannons can be seen causing some kind of plasma leak from the Vulcan ships warp ring.
For a Vulcan, the administrator is pretty emotional.
There were a few times in the original series where Scotty was left in command. Every time I saw Trip in command, it reminded so thoroughly of Scotty. In one episode Scotty said "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me." I could so, very much see Trip saying the same thing.
Engineers have the potential to become some of the greatest commanders, honestly. Not necessarily B'elanna, but she had no command aspirations as such - and to be fair, after a while, she certainly was the Mama Wolf of her Engineering section, more or less.
@@patrickschulz2193Chief O'Brian wouldn't want command because he is an NCO and works for a living. I always found it odd how Star Trek treated the enlisted ranks. Each officer should have a group of enlisted they are leading. Chief O'Brian is essentially the senior enlisted and should be at least a Senior Chief perhaps even Master Chief, a Warrant Officer would also make sense. All the senior bridge officers are department heads and should be Lt Commanders with a senior chief advisor, then have LTs and Ensigns as division officers leading 12-50 petty officers, un-rateds and a single chief. DS9 being the exception because Sisko starts as a commander so his XO would be an Lt. Commander and the department heads full LTs with JG LTs and Ensigns as division officers.
@@homeonegreen9 at the time I wrote that, I had much less understanding of stuff like enlisted/NCO rankings. That being said, Starfleet *is* weird on that front. I feel like this might come down to a Roddenberry idea again. Quote the Big Bird himself:
"its organization is only semimilitary. The 'enlisted men' category does not exist. Star Trek goes on the assumption that every man and woman aboard the USS Enterprise is the equivalent of a qualified astronaut, therefore an officer." (Note that this is true of the original series specifically.)
I like the administrators look, he's just like "holy hell this guy again"
The Vulcans on Enterprise always seemed more like Romulans to me.
Not surprising, their hierarchy is thrown into chaos by Romulan spies who want to facilitate reunification... A project delayed by a couple of centuries thanks to Archer.
@@quoniam426 Problem is, the reunification attempt here was on Romulan terms with plans to conquer everyone else in that part of the galaxy and to have the Vulcans become exactly like the Romulans.
Spock's reunification plans 200 years later involved a mixture of Vulcan and Romulan ideas with the Romulans giving up their warlike conquering ways.
@@girlgarde Thing is, that's just making the Romulans Vulcans. Either way, it's subduing the other culture.
T'Pau? her? that's her? she was there?
ancient Vulcan
Yes, THE T'Pau, as a young female Vulcan.
The episode takes place in 2154. The exact year of "Amok Time" is questionable, but takes place sometime around the 2260s, over a hundred years later. Given that T'pau is a mature adult in "Awakening", she looks pretty good for her age in "Amok Time".
@@DeaconBlues117 T'Pau was originally supposed to play the role T'Pol had before she waas turned into a new character.
@@dpaulson5440 Glad they didn't do that - I can't see any way to reconcile T'Pau serving aboard a Star Fleet vessel in her youth with her attitude toward Kirk a century later.
@@DeaconBlues117 The actual reason they made the switch was because they thought T'Pau was too hard to say a dozen times an episode. But I prefer them seprate as well.
Such emotion on those Vulcan faces.
They're not really following the teachings of Surak, which is one reason why V'las doesn't want to believe that's Surak's katra in there. (The other reason, of course, is that he may be a Romulan spy - he certainly acts like one, and at this point in history nobody knows that Romulans are just Vulcans with a different home address.)
Tucker: "This is Commander Tucker."
V'Las: "Oh, Jesus!"
God, I love me some Robert Foxworth scenes.
That Vulcan administrator was pretty emotional lol
The ship only shakes out of excitement. When it notices the attacks are stopping, it breathes a sigh of relief and calms down.
Episode 1 and 2 we're definitely among one of my favorites..
I'm sorry I just love the way he reacts when he hears "This is commander tucker"
😂😂😂 never saw someone portraying 🙄 this perfectly
So funny! 😂🤣
Charles in Charge! Cmon...SOMEONE HAD TO BE THINKING THAT TOO! it's all the more hilarious cause also an engineer and handyman and a ....ITS PERFECT!!
This series was very good. It's a shame it didn't go longer. Far better than that farce discovery.
This series didn't get as good as this until it's final season. Most of the first two seasons is a poor attempt at being TNG, something Voyager already failed at.
I think the 1st season was pretty good at what it was trying to do. The Second season was a failed attempt at being TNG, I agree.
UltimateSpinDash voyager was better than TNG also ENT had many good episodes in each season but 4 was definitely getting good
Whilst it was enjoyable, it lacks rewatchability.
@@-M0LE Voyager better than TNG? This is a troll post. It's the only explanation.
I'm keeping an open mind about Discovery ahead of it's second season and I think it has potential but GOD DAMN I MISS ENTERPRISE! It was a fucking solid show in the 3rd and 4th season.
Enterprise was incredible. I didn't get into it until late, and I regret that I didn't watch it week-to-week.
ransom182, Regrettably (although not very surprising, at all), your hopes for every successive season of STD, then, the abomination of Picard, proved to be unanswered, to put it mildly.
@@mitchellmelkin4078 Yeah Discovery (DIS or DSC not STD) has been a mixed bag, there's been some great moments (the ending of the 3rd and 4th seasons were really well done) with the 2nd season probably being my favourite. The style of story telling is definitely different and I'm personally not a huge fan of the more soap opera-ness - but many do seem to like it. Picard has been a disappointment - the second season started out extremely strong but quickly lost its way. This new generations of writers and producers don't know how to create an interesting serialized story - it's a big problem. Strange New Worlds has been a breath of fresh air though, I'm really enjoying the series so far even though there are a number of things I personally would have done differently. Lower Decks + Prodigy have hit it out of the park, they're (almost) perfect.
T'pau was the second sexiest Vulcan on the series.
older vulcan ambassador?
im need some study material..
@Demetrius LaShawn The one in the first season, ambassador on Mazar?
She really made an impression on T'Pol. That elfin hairstyle looked cute on T'Pol. She grows her hair longer in the books. Did she really become a Syrannite like her mother?
@Kevin McDougall methinks that you are CORRECT...
Man, the Vulcan ships made short order of Enterprise. Another few seconds and it would've been gone, all in about 2 minutes.
Vulcan tech was leagues beyond Earth tech
@ユジン Well, consider how QUICKLY those brittle ships were made
@ユジン If you watched they were afraid of humans... they kept them as allies to control them, slow them and keep and eye on them out of fear...
All too often logic and wisdom is lost for awhile but it fortunately can be rediscovered.
These three episodes remind me of the story of Joseph Smith and the Golden Plates.
Why? Finding the Kir'Shara would be like finding the Q document, not forging an artifact.
I like that game! ... The first Vulcan who gets emotional gets shot. 😄
I wonder if the Vulcan Administrator is an ancestor of a certain Starfleet Admiral in charge of the defence of Earth in the 24th Century?
You know...judging from these clips, this show is a lot better than I remember.
It's a real Honor, being able to attempt a coup in 2 different star trek series
And that's just Trek. B5 and SG1 also had him dealing with coups.
Wow that administrator has lost all control and is showing so much emotion.
Love this show. Dreadful ending. Trip deserved better and so did Connor
The light of Logic shines again!
After ENT let this temporal cold war arc behind and focused on the formation of the federation it became quite good. Too bad a lot of episodes were wasted on stuff no one really wanted to see as it seems. Episodes like this were the ones the fans were waiting for. So the last season actually demonstrated the potential the show had. Jeffrey Combs, Gary Graham and the main cast are good actors that played well together. Would've loved to see another season. An not some rubbish like STD.
Some of the early episodes were wonderfully done as well. Take a look at "Carbon Creek", for example.
st:picard did this intentionally. Enterprise deserved more. Scott was a awesome lead captain for the franchise. Paramount just went for a younger demographic and went the cheaper route in visual media, before live streaming became a big thing.
That Vulcan administrator sure wasn't acting like a Vulcan.
He got pissed off like a Klingon.
Quite a bit of emotion from that lead Vulcan
And instead of more of this, we got..... Discovery.....
Must be admiral Leyton's ancestor.
They do share the same abuse and pursuit of power.
These Vulcan sure do show alot of emotion
Gotta admit, this show grows on you (especially now when we've seen what true garbage is in ST)
By the way that emotional vulcan was part of the minority, clearly, the mind-melders who didn't practice the vulcan purging of emotion
The Vulcans aren't acting very emotionless here
That volcano sounds oftly emotional..
These are the most emotional emotionless vulcans I've ever seen.
Imagine how much time and effort it took to fix the Enterprise after that attack.
Theory is that they were going to push out the NX-01 Refit for the next season, complete with a secondary hull and deflector dish upgrade, making it look more like TOS Enterprise.
@@laz7354 Which was a bad idea, the ship was already to advance looking for this era.
That administrator has to be a romulan his responses were very emotional
Is Shran an actually blue skin Weyun from DS9?
yes.
Also Brunt
Jeffrey Combs played a great many roles:
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jeffrey_Combs
But only 2 minor roles as a Human.
Interestingly he almost had made it to become Riker. But Jonathan Frakes beat him to that role. Only to later hire him when he was directing one DS9 Episode. And as they say "The rest, is history."
They recycle actors often.
That is the Question
It's agreeable to see you again, Administer.
Gotta love how the first shot to hit Enterprise is actually Andorian
Yeah,, I caught that too.. Whoops 😂
That is one angry-emotion filled Vulcan.
I'm still pissed that the last episode was turned into just another Next Generation episode.
They couldn't even give it the dignity to end as it's own series.
V'Las of the Vulcan High Command is played by the same guy who played Vice Admiral Leyton. Two very high ranking officials trying to overthrow or take over their respective governments from within portrayed by the same guy. Hmmmmm.
In Babylon 5 he played General Hague. Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff. He put together a coalition of high-ranking military and civilian officers to expose and if necessary overthrow President Clark. At least in B5 he was one of the good guys. And on SG-1 he was the leader who got overthrown. Almost. That was one of the Jonas Quinn episodes. It's fine if you don't remember.