One of the few top episodes that isn't from season 3 or 4 for me is First Flight. I really would have liked to have seen just a couple of episodes in that era in the beginning of season 1. The episode gave a good impression of what the time between first contact and Enterprise's launch was like, I think. Plus I always like to see what life on Earth in Star Trek is like :)
Best episode is Terra Prime. Seeing the grief of T'pol and Trip losing their baby, though artificially conceived, showed their humanity. Second best episode is IAMD, for putting the Ho in Hoshi. 😉
You ranked an Enterprise episode WORSE than "These Are The Voyages..."? Oh, I can't wait for this. That one always brings the movie adaptation of IT to mind. "Nah. I didn't like the ending."
Worst episode is TATV. Second worst is Dear Doctor, because of the missed opportunity to actually show what could possibly happen if Phlox actually gave the cure, only to come back a year later to have found some genocide of the Menk or something like that.
Yeah, I know I'm in the minority here, but I still like Desert Crossing, and A Night in Sickbay is still better than Voyages lol Still always fun to see your opinions Dustin 💜💜💜
Ugggh , again we must disagree my nerdy trek friend. I love the part when the get to the defiant which is the same bridge is awesome but they spend too much time on enterprise. I also found the way they made the show darker was more shock factor compared to ds9 which did it so nuanced. Don’t be mad but I think bakula can’t play a bad guy; it is a compliment to him as a person but when he plays bad I just didn’t believe it. Be gentle
I completely agree with extinction being in the worst but I disagree that either of other early season 3 episodes are not up to par. Xindi and Anomaly are both really good episodes that set up the season well. Also I’d argue The Expanse at the end of season 2 could make the top 5 best.
The Expanse is good, but I think there's too many plots pieces going on. The whole "House of Durass are badguys in every era" thing is a plot too many for me, but good setup. Anomaly is a really decent episode, but The Xindi, wading through an alien sewer...isn't my cup of tea.
There were many episodes of Enterprise I didn't like, but I can't really remember which I would say are the worst, but the episode I loved the most was the two-parter "In a Mirror Darkly". I think it's the best mirror episode of any Trek series. I loved the new intro, that made it seem like we were watching a show from a mirror universe version of our universe. Everyone did a great job portraying an evil version of themselves, and it was so much fun seeing them using a TOS era ship with those uniforms. I wish they had made more of those episodes.
I would swap A Night in Sickbay and TATV, the latter is definitely worse. As for best, I would go with one of the S4 mini-arcs, either the one featuring the Aenar or the Vulcan arc you highlighted.
I don't recall the episode's title, but it's the one that follows Hoshi around for practically the entire hour while she has a transporter phobia-induced dream sequence/freak out. I'm a little surprised it didn't at least get an honorable mention on the five worst list. As lovely as Linda Park is, that's a particularly tough one to sit through. It's pretty boring and the writer's just shrug at the end, saying it never happened. Just felt like a waste of time.
I agree it is a bad episode. Definitely in the bottom 10. It's boring, but doesn't have the elements actively working against it. Just dull, and I hate stories that never really happened in the end.
@@bestoftrekworstoftrek The whole idea of the episode is crap; a group of aliens hijack the Enterprise and use it's firepower to kill their enemies simply because they don't believe in their religion. It's definitely on-par with TOS' "And The Children Shall Lead."
You don't get "Desert Crossing." It's a great episode. "Dawn" outright sucks and is a complete rip off of "Enemy Mine," and acting like there are 5 episodes better than "The Andorian Incident" is just absurd.
@@bestoftrekworstoftrek Well first of all you are missing the fact that Clancy Brown isn't the villain. He's considerate and goes out of his way to save Archer and Trip rather than take them hostage which is what Osama Bin Laden would do (not a real fighter or leader, just a figure head and money guy.) The government indiscriminately bombs a village it suspects of having Archer and Trip. Archer even says the cause of the guy you are calling a villain is worthy. You completely ignore Archer's inflated rep and how it relates to the grander theme of the complexity of diplomatic relations and the fact that you can't fight for every noble cause. Mythical saviors that show up and fix your problems don't exist. Beowulf is not coming. It's a nuanced critique of the often used narrative device of Kirk fixing a whole society in the third act with a little light violence and a speech, a device I love but is more about thoroughly explaining a theme than creating believable narrative. This is just what I remember having not seen the Episode in over a year. I'm sure there's more nuance I'm not recalling at the minute.
@@bestoftrekworstoftrek Been a while since I sat through Desert Crossing, so I might not be remembering all the details. Seemed like there were actually a bunch of episodes throughout Enterprise's run where the plot basically boiled down to, "Let's have Archer and another member of the bridge crew get arrested/kidnapped/detained/stranded." What I liked about this one was seeing how Archer did everything he could to help Trip survive until they could get back to the ship. Granted the Captain also would've done that for any member of his crew, but I liked how he tried to distract Trip from his fever symptoms by engaging in word games and asking him to describe the meal they'd have Chef prepare after they returned. Archer and Trip were best friends before serving aboard Enterprise, so I kinda enjoy the male-bonding moments where we see how they act more informally around each other versus the rest of the crew. Come to think of it, there's a scene from Vox Sola where Trip wants to cheer Archer up, so he brings him a video of a recent Water Polo match from Earth. It's definitely not a good episode, but the part where they're enjoying beer and pretzels while watching sports together is easily the highlight for me.
Kinda like the only good parts of Star Trek 5:The Final Frontier are the comradery interactions between Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. That's one of the most well thought out rebuttals I've ever heard.
@@whitleypedia Firefly is fantastic and still holds up after multiple viewings. However, Ronald Moore's re-imagined BSG was way too much of a soap opera for me. I'd much rather watch Enterprise.
One of the few top episodes that isn't from season 3 or 4 for me is First Flight. I really would have liked to have seen just a couple of episodes in that era in the beginning of season 1. The episode gave a good impression of what the time between first contact and Enterprise's launch was like, I think. Plus I always like to see what life on Earth in Star Trek is like :)
It is quite a good episode. It's very different from a lot of the standard Trek formula, but it works really well.
Best episode is Terra Prime. Seeing the grief of T'pol and Trip losing their baby, though artificially conceived, showed their humanity.
Second best episode is IAMD, for putting the Ho in Hoshi. 😉
That's one of the worst.
@@alphanerd7221 which one and why?
You ranked an Enterprise episode WORSE than "These Are The Voyages..."? Oh, I can't wait for this.
That one always brings the movie adaptation of IT to mind. "Nah. I didn't like the ending."
Worst episode is TATV. Second worst is Dear Doctor, because of the missed opportunity to actually show what could possibly happen if Phlox actually gave the cure, only to come back a year later to have found some genocide of the Menk or something like that.
I always Thought Shuttlepod One was one of the best episodes.
My young sister enjoys that episode, especially with Trip and Malcolm drunk.
The timing of this could not have been better; had a rough nerdy week so far. Thank you
When you said "logical Jesus" I flashed on Depeche Mode for a minute.
Yeah, I know I'm in the minority here, but I still like Desert Crossing, and A Night in Sickbay is still better than Voyages lol Still always fun to see your opinions Dustin 💜💜💜
In my opinion you missed one of the best episodes of Star Trek ever made. In a Mirror, Darkly.
It is easily one of the best Mirror Universe episodes!
Ugggh , again we must disagree my nerdy trek friend.
I love the part when the get to the defiant which is the same bridge is awesome but they spend too much time on enterprise.
I also found the way they made the show darker was more shock factor compared to ds9 which did it so nuanced.
Don’t be mad but I think bakula can’t play a bad guy; it is a compliment to him as a person but when he plays bad I just didn’t believe it.
Be gentle
@@Peaceforall20111 DS9 is about as nuanced as a root canal.
@@alphanerd7221 compared to the mirror universe we see enterprise ; yes
@@Peaceforall20111 Nope.
Extinction has to be the worst. In a Mirror Darkly 1 & 2 are better than Shockwave and watching - I hope Regeneration comes out as the best.
'Creepy W3t Dreams' can explain "Vox Sola" just as well as "A Night in Sickbay."
I completely agree with extinction being in the worst but I disagree that either of other early season 3 episodes are not up to par. Xindi and Anomaly are both really good episodes that set up the season well.
Also I’d argue The Expanse at the end of season 2 could make the top 5 best.
The Expanse is good, but I think there's too many plots pieces going on. The whole "House of Durass are badguys in every era" thing is a plot too many for me, but good setup. Anomaly is a really decent episode, but The Xindi, wading through an alien sewer...isn't my cup of tea.
@@bestoftrekworstoftrek I get that. I just think the Xindi really set up the so many sub plots as well as the overall season plot well
There were many episodes of Enterprise I didn't like, but I can't really remember which I would say are the worst, but the episode I loved the most was the two-parter "In a Mirror Darkly". I think it's the best mirror episode of any Trek series. I loved the new intro, that made it seem like we were watching a show from a mirror universe version of our universe. Everyone did a great job portraying an evil version of themselves, and it was so much fun seeing them using a TOS era ship with those uniforms. I wish they had made more of those episodes.
I agree, In A Mirror Darkly is one of the best Mirror episodes!
I would swap A Night in Sickbay and TATV, the latter is definitely worse.
As for best, I would go with one of the S4 mini-arcs, either the one featuring the Aenar or the Vulcan arc you highlighted.
I don't recall the episode's title, but it's the one that follows Hoshi around for practically the entire hour while she has a transporter phobia-induced dream sequence/freak out. I'm a little surprised it didn't at least get an honorable mention on the five worst list. As lovely as Linda Park is, that's a particularly tough one to sit through. It's pretty boring and the writer's just shrug at the end, saying it never happened. Just felt like a waste of time.
I agree it is a bad episode. Definitely in the bottom 10. It's boring, but doesn't have the elements actively working against it. Just dull, and I hate stories that never really happened in the end.
For me, the downright worst episode is "Chosen Realm."
Definitely in my bottom 10. The ending is at least good to it, but the preceding 40 minutes of episode feels like a waste of time.
@@bestoftrekworstoftrek The whole idea of the episode is crap; a group of aliens hijack the Enterprise and use it's firepower to kill their enemies simply because they don't believe in their religion.
It's definitely on-par with TOS' "And The Children Shall Lead."
You don't get "Desert Crossing." It's a great episode. "Dawn" outright sucks and is a complete rip off of "Enemy Mine," and acting like there are 5 episodes better than "The Andorian Incident" is just absurd.
What is there to get about Desert Crossing?
@@bestoftrekworstoftrek Well first of all you are missing the fact that Clancy Brown isn't the villain. He's considerate and goes out of his way to save Archer and Trip rather than take them hostage which is what Osama Bin Laden would do (not a real fighter or leader, just a figure head and money guy.)
The government indiscriminately bombs a village it suspects of having Archer and Trip. Archer even says the cause of the guy you are calling a villain is worthy.
You completely ignore Archer's inflated rep and how it relates to the grander theme of the complexity of diplomatic relations and the fact that you can't fight for every noble cause. Mythical saviors that show up and fix your problems don't exist. Beowulf is not coming.
It's a nuanced critique of the often used narrative device of Kirk fixing a whole society in the third act with a little light violence and a speech, a device I love but is more about thoroughly explaining a theme than creating believable narrative.
This is just what I remember having not seen the Episode in over a year. I'm sure there's more nuance I'm not recalling at the minute.
@@bestoftrekworstoftrek Been a while since I sat through Desert Crossing, so I might not be remembering all the details. Seemed like there were actually a bunch of episodes throughout Enterprise's run where the plot basically boiled down to, "Let's have Archer and another member of the bridge crew get arrested/kidnapped/detained/stranded."
What I liked about this one was seeing how Archer did everything he could to help Trip survive until they could get back to the ship. Granted the Captain also would've done that for any member of his crew, but I liked how he tried to distract Trip from his fever symptoms by engaging in word games and asking him to describe the meal they'd have Chef prepare after they returned.
Archer and Trip were best friends before serving aboard Enterprise, so I kinda enjoy the male-bonding moments where we see how they act more informally around each other versus the rest of the crew.
Come to think of it, there's a scene from Vox Sola where Trip wants to cheer Archer up, so he brings him a video of a recent Water Polo match from Earth. It's definitely not a good episode, but the part where they're enjoying beer and pretzels while watching sports together is easily the highlight for me.
Kinda like the only good parts of Star Trek 5:The Final Frontier are the comradery interactions between Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. That's one of the most well thought out rebuttals I've ever heard.
Enterprise is just so sad
What you haven't seen Disgracery or Pukehard?
@@simonbutterfield4860 those are awful - Enterprise is just sad ... BSG and Firefly ate its lunch
@@whitleypedia Firefly is fantastic and still holds up after multiple viewings. However, Ronald Moore's re-imagined BSG was way too much of a soap opera for me. I'd much rather watch Enterprise.
@@BCBaron So say we a -- , wait, that's just you. But enjoy! I'm delighted that we have so many sci-fi shows to enjoy nowadays.