I have been very impressed with this season of Enterprise.

[coloradodem2005]

They actually seem to be trying to stick to canon now. I am really intrigued by this continuing Romulan hegemony into human, Vulcan, Andorian and Tellarite affairs. It seems not unlike what they did in the TNG episode "Redemption parts I and II" and in many episodes leading up to them, where they were trying to influence Klingon affairs to turn them against the Federation. I like this. I could have cared less a year ago, but I really want them to get a fifth season. This is great.

[Beetwasher]

1. Yeah, I Agree, I Also Like the Multi-Episodic/Arc Format

Very cool...

Romulans as the invisible hand stirring up trouble! Cool!

[Enraged_Ape]

2. I'm glad somebody is

You see, I'm one of those people who desperately wanted to like the show, then felt terribly let down and even infuriated when I discovered it sucked. There is just nothing in my mind more loathsome than watching tremendous potential wasted.

I've tried to watch a couple of times this season because I continue to read all the encouraging reviews here, but unfortunately I'm still unimpressed. I just couldn't care less about these characters or the actors playing them, with the possible exceptions of Hoshi (because she's hot) and T'Pol (because she's hot, and she's actually a pretty good actress in sort of a thankless role). Scott Bakula, whom I used to like on Quantum Leap, seems to have two facial expressions on this show: pained and/or pissed. And you already know how I feel about the Tommy Lee Jones impersonator.

This franchise long ago lost any sense of challenge or adventure. I just don't get a sense that life on the Enterprise is fraught with any real-feeling danger or mystery whatsoever, like I did with the original series and with other great science-fiction TV shows like Babylon 5 or the new Battlestar Galactica. Even Enterprise's transporters, which at the start of the show were supposed to be too dangerous to transport people, are regularly used now as a deus ex machina to rescue a dumb plot. Technobabble, a huge problem since TNG, is as bad or worse--whatever it takes to rescue a high-concept story that lacks character-driven action.

But I'm glad you all are fans and are liking it. Enjoy it while it lasts.