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* EvilIsSexy: The MirrorUniverse [[spoiler:Empress Hoshi]], who manages to conquer the Terran Empire using a Prime ''Constitution'' class ship while dressed in a [[spoiler:revealing uniform that shows off her curved and toned stomach.]]

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* QuestionableCasting: Bakula is one of the sweetest and most charming actors working. But ''Star Trek'' has a very firm and rigid idea of what a commanding officer should be ( ''"Ours not to wonder why, ours but to do and to die!"'') The points where Archer comes closest to working as a character are the points where he seems like a less-stereotypical ''Trek'' captain.



* WTHCastingAgency: Bakula is one of the sweetest and most charming actors working. But ''Star Trek'' has a very firm and rigid idea of what a commanding officer should be ( ''"Ours not to wonder why, ours but to do and to die!"'') The points where Archer comes closest to working as a character are the points where he seems like a less-stereotypical ''Trek'' captain.
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* NarmCharm: "It's been a looooong road... gettin' from there to heeeere..." Somewhere between a Music/{{Creed}} ballad and Music/AirSupply, the ''Enterprise'' theme is both mocked and remembered fondly in equal measure to this day.

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* NarmCharm: "It's been a looooong road... gettin' from there to heeeere..." Somewhere between a Music/{{Creed}} Music/{{Creed|band}} ballad and Music/AirSupply, the ''Enterprise'' theme is both mocked and remembered fondly in equal measure to this day.
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** Not to quite the same extent as ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]],'' or even ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'', but it's there. The show struggled extensively with backlash for a large number of things, from the ContinuitySnarl to being a CosmeticallyAdvancedPrequel to just being a prequel at all. But buried underneath everything, the show did have a lot of good ideas, and explored an area of Trek history that was barely touched. Later incarnations of Star Trek came to recognize how much this series expanded the mythology and as a result the Abrams movies, especially ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', and ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' make a number of references to the series and even incorporate some of the tonal changes the series experimented with. Let's be real, it'll likely always have a BrokenBase to some extent, but it's certainly looked upon a bit more fondly now than when it was cancelled.

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** Not to quite the same extent as ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]],'' or even ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'', but it's there. The show struggled extensively with backlash for a large number of things, from the ContinuitySnarl to being a CosmeticallyAdvancedPrequel to just being a prequel at all. But buried underneath everything, everything the show did have a lot of good ideas, and explored ideas; it revealed an area of Trek history that was barely touched. touched and captured the spirit of Starfleet exploration in its infancy. Later incarnations of Star Trek came to recognize how much this series expanded the mythology and as a result the Abrams movies, especially ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', and ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' later shows make a number of references to the series and even incorporate some of the tonal changes the series experimented with. Let's be real, it'll likely always have a BrokenBase to some extent, but it's certainly looked upon a bit more fondly now than when it was cancelled.
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** T'Pol -- some people think that it's interesting to see a female Vulcan as a main character since most other prominent Vulcans are male, and that she's often the voice of reason. Others think she's too similar to either Spock (for being a Vulcan who's the first officer and science officer) or Seven of Nine (for being a serious woman in a catsuit), that said catsuit and/or her relationship with Trip make her too sexualised, or that she has too many NotSoStoic moments.
** Hoshi is seen by some as an interesting character for being an {{Omniglot}} and the CharacterDevelopment of her outgrowing the fearful behaviour she had in earlier episodes, and wish she had more screen time. Others think that said fearful behaviour made her too {{wangst}}y and/or bad representation since she's one of the only two women in the main cast.
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* InferredHolocaust: In "Azati Prime", Daniels shows Archer that the Sphere Builders will be defeated in the 26th century. Great, but by that point they'd already transformed 50,000 light years of space, which is a one-third the diameter of the Milky Way. No doubt thousands of planets and untold billions of people were wiped out. [[spoiler:Fortunately, ''Enterprise'' may have disrupted that timeline by destroying the Sphere network outright at the end of the season]].

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* InferredHolocaust: In "Azati Prime", Daniels shows Archer that the Sphere Builders will be defeated in the 26th century. Great, but by that point they'd already transformed 50,000 light years of space, which is a one-third the diameter of the Milky Way. No doubt thousands of planets and untold billions of people were wiped out. [[spoiler:Fortunately, ''Enterprise'' may have disrupted that timeline by destroying the Sphere network outright at the end of the season]].



** "These Are The Voyages" will never be able to escape the fact that it was the series final for ''Enterprise''...but focused on ''The Next Generation'' characters, to the point the episode was given the dubious distinction of being voted by fans as the worst ''Trek'' episode ever made.

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** "These Are The Voyages" will never be able to escape the fact that it was the series final finale for ''Enterprise''...but focused on ''The Next Generation'' characters, to the point the episode was given the dubious distinction of being voted by fans as the worst ''Trek'' episode ever made.
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* StockFootageFailure: The clip of the space shuttle ''Enterprise'' in the title sequence is actually one of the later shuttles with its name digitally replaced. This is easily noticeable because the name is in the wrong place. While all of the spaceworthy shuttles have their names painted on the forward fuselage under the cockpit windows, the real ''Enterprise'' has its name painted on the payload bay doors.

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* VindicatedByHistory: Not to quite the same extent as ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]],'' or even ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'', but it's there. The show struggled extensively with backlash for a large number of things, from the ContinuitySnarl to being a CosmeticallyAdvancedPrequel to just being a prequel at all. But buried underneath everything, the show did have a lot of good ideas, and explored an area of Trek history that was barely touched. Later incarnations of Star Trek came to recognize how much this series expanded the mythology and as a result the Abrams movies, especially ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', and ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' make a number of references to the series and even incorporate some of the tonal changes the series experimented with. Let's be real, it'll likely always have a BrokenBase to some extent, but it's certainly looked upon a bit more fondly now than when it was cancelled.

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Not to quite the same extent as ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]],'' or even ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'', but it's there. The show struggled extensively with backlash for a large number of things, from the ContinuitySnarl to being a CosmeticallyAdvancedPrequel to just being a prequel at all. But buried underneath everything, the show did have a lot of good ideas, and explored an area of Trek history that was barely touched. Later incarnations of Star Trek came to recognize how much this series expanded the mythology and as a result the Abrams movies, especially ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', and ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' make a number of references to the series and even incorporate some of the tonal changes the series experimented with. Let's be real, it'll likely always have a BrokenBase to some extent, but it's certainly looked upon a bit more fondly now than when it was cancelled.cancelled.
** The Temporal Cold War arc never fully made sense in this series, and was [[TheChrisCarterEffect admitted by the writers to not have a clear vision]]. But there were a handful of episodes that briefly captured the MindScrew nature of the TimeyWimeyBall that made it somewhat fun. Later shows, including ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' and ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' would lean into the Temporal Cold War idea recognizing it as a great idea that needed more attention.
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** The couple of times in the first season when the crew are having casual conversations [[{{Fanservice}} while rubbing each other down with gel half-naked in the decon chamber]]. It came completely out of nowhere. The only possible reason why one of the scenes occurred was because it featured T'Pol and Trip rubbing each other down while arguing, which could have been foreshadowing for their relationship developments in season 3, but even that explanation is reaching.

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** The couple of times in the first season when the crew are having casual conversations [[{{Fanservice}} [[IntimateLotionApplication while rubbing each other down with gel half-naked half-naked]] in the [[DecontaminationChamber decon chamber]]. It came completely out of nowhere. The only possible reason why one of the scenes occurred was because it featured T'Pol and Trip rubbing each other down while arguing, which could have been foreshadowing for their relationship developments in season 3, but even that explanation is reaching.
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[[index]]
!!Season 1
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E01E02BrokenBow Broken Bow]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E03FightOrFlight Fight or Flight]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E04StrangeNewWorld Strange New World]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E05Unexpected Unexpected]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E06TerraNova Terra Nova]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E07TheAndorianIncident The Andorian Incident]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E08BreakingTheIce Breaking the Ice]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E09Civilization Civilization]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E10FortunateSon Fortunate Son]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E11ColdFront Cold Front]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E12SilentEnemy Silent Enemy]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E13DearDoctor Dear Doctor]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E14SleepingDogs Sleeping Dogs]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E15ShadowsOfPJem Shadows of P'Jem]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E16ShuttlepodOne Shuttlepod One]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E17Fusion Fusion]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E18RoguePlanet Rogue Planet]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E19Acquisition Acquisition]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E20Oasis Oasis]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E21Detained Detained]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E22VoxSola Vox Sola]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E23FallenHero Fallen Hero]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E24DesertCrossing Desert Crossing]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E25TwoDaysAndTwoNights Two Days and Two Nights]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E26S02E01Shockwave Shockwave, Part I]]"

!!Season 2
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E26S02E01Shockwave Shockwave, Part II]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E02CarbonCreek Carbon Creek]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E03Minefield Minefield]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E04DeadStop Dead Stop]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E05ANightInSickbay A Night in Sickbay]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E06Marauders Marauders]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E07TheSeventh The Seventh]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E08TheCommunicator The Communicator]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E09Singularity Singularity]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E010VanishingPoint Vanishing Point]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E011PreciousCargo Precious Cargo]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E012TheCatwalk The Catwalk]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E013Dawn Dawn]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E014Stigma Stigma]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E015CeaseFire Cease Fire]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E016FutureTense Future Tense]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E017Canamar Canamar]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E018TheCrossing The Crossing]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E019Judgment Judgment]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E020Horizon Horizon]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E021TheBreach The Breach]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E022Cogenitor Cogenitor]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E023Regeneration Regeneration]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E024FirstFlight First Flight]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E025Bounty Bounty]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E026TheExpanse The Expanse]]"

!!Season 3
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E01TheXindi The Xindi]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E02Anomaly Anomaly]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E03Extinction Extinction]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E04Rajiin Rajiin]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E05Impulse Impulse]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E06Exile Exile]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E07TheShipment The Shipment]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E08Twilight Twilight]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E09NorthStar North Star]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E10Similitude Similitude]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E11CarpenterStreet Carpenter Street]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E12ChosenRealm Chosen Realm]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E13ProvingGround Proving Ground]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E14Stratagem Stratagem]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E15Harbinger Harbinger]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E16DoctorsOrders Doctor's Orders]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E17Hatchery Hatchery]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E18AzatiPrime Azati Prime]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E19Damage Damage]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E20TheForgotten The Forgotten]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E21ESquared E Squared]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E22TheCouncil The Council]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E23Countdown Countdown]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E24ZeroHour Zero Hour]]"

!!Season 4
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E01E02StormFront Storm Front, Part I]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E01E02StormFront Storm Front, Part II]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E03Home Home]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E04Borderland Borderland]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E05ColdStation12 Cold Station 12]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E06TheAugments The Augments]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E07TheForge The Forge]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E08Awakening Awakening]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E09KirShara Kir'Shara]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E10Daedalus Daedalus]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E11ObserverEffect Observer Effect]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E12BabelOne Babel One]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E13United United]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E14TheAenar The Aenar]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E15Affliction Affliction]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E16Divergence Divergence]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E17Bound Bound]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E18InAMirrorDarkly In a Mirror, Darkly, Part I]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E18InAMirrorDarkly In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E19Demons Demons]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E20TerraPrime Terra Prime]]"
# "[[YMMV/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E21TheseAreTheVoyages These Are the Voyages...]]"
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* FranchiseOriginalSin:
** The show went the route of being a {{prequel}} in order to spice up how commonplace certain adventures and technology had become by the end of ''Voyager'', hoping to make space travel feel dangerous and exciting again. But it was still largely helmed by the same team as the TNG-era, and they couldn't help but place emphasis on many of the same types of situations of those shows. Episodes with Ferengi, Borg and holographic technology were all criticized to different degrees for going back to the same well.
** There was an active attempt to recreate the [[FreudianTrio Kirk, Spock and McCoy]] trio of the Original Series, using Archer, T'Pol and Trip as a substitute. This came after the TNG-era earned greater success in focusing on the ensemble cast as an evolution of the structure used by TOS. As a result many of the secondary cast members [[OutOfFocus ended up under-utilized]] because too much focus was on those three. Mayweather and Sato suffered the most in this regard.



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