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Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 1 (2001)

Rating: 2 1/2 Stars (out of 4)

First Trek

By Jeffrey M. Anderson

Buy Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 1 on DVD.

I'm still not sure what to make of this fifth "Star Trek" series, which premiered in 2001 and has come to the end of its run in 2005. Many fans complain that it ignores the logic of the "Star Trek" universe, so carefully established by the other shows and movies. It blatantly reinvents Jeri Ryan's successful "Seven of Nine" character from "Star Trek: Voyager" as a sexy, unapproachable Vulcan, T'Pol, played by Jolene Blalock. John Billingsley's wry Dr. Phlox character echoes the emergency hologram doctor from the same show, and Scott Bakula's Captain Archer is even more hot-headed than Kirk, Riker and Janeway put together -- with less personality. Moreover, its wailing, embarrassingly earnest pop-metal theme song (by Russell Watson and Diane Warren) has to be one of the worst ever recorded for a major television show. Yet, the show still has its moments. The dialogue is mostly authentic and the visual effects are absolutely superb, as evidenced by the outstanding quality Paramount has wrung from its new box set.

DVD Details: The 7-disc set collects all 26 hour-long episodes from Season One, including the two-hour pilot, "Broken Bow." It also contains seven behind-the-scenes featurettes (about 10 or 12 minutes each) and a blooper reel.

Starring: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer
Written by: Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, etc.
Directed by: Various
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 60 minutes each
Date: May 14, 2005