I'm a Trek fan from way back, right through my teens. Watched and owned all the movies, loved TNG, DS9 and VOY-, when Ent came out I was in my first year at college. Was against the premise to begin with for doctrinerial reasons to start with, ya know theme song, no st prefix and above the whole prequel thing. At the time I felt ST was a bit puffed out after 15 yrs with Berman and needed a rest. Anyway, watched the first season on tv when it came out and thought it was ok, not really any major programs, I'd even say I found it enjoyable towards the end of the season. By the time season 2 came out I was engaged to a real nice girl (now married 5 yrs 
and cuaght up at uni so never watched anymore of the show... until the last few weeks.
I'v now seen season 2 and 3, and you know what, season 2 was also ok, enjoyable at times, certainbly the show seemed to be finding its feet. But I must say the season long arc in s3 about these stupid insect people tryng to blow up earth is the worst thing yet written, there si zero interest here. Now I'm fine with the last ep of s2, they could have dragged this whole thing out for few eps in s3 and wrapped it up and it would have been ok, buta whole season on a mediocre storyline with aliens we have never heard of and have no interest in. I'm just sitting here watchng this seaosn and thinking, when is it going to end, please god can we have an episode about anything else!!
I just don't see what B&B could have been thinking, how was this going to entice new viewers?? I think back to the first episode of s5 of voy, I forget the name, but basicallythey get stuck in this part of space where there are no stars, just a few other shps trapped there and some nocturnal people who make clicking noises. Now imagine if this opening episode had been dragged out for teh entire season, crusing through this void and trying to save the clicking aliens or some shit. S3 of ent is essentailly this flawwed. I really think it killed the show. And really there was nothing wrong wth this show, the characters are solid, I would say Trip, Malcolm and Phlox in particular. they coud have done this really well and made it really interesting but to em it just seems that B&B did not have the requisite passion and ethusiasm for what they where doing to really push this show out in style when it got to season 3.
Now in fairness what I have seen of season 4 does seem better, but by this stage it was clearly to late. Another critical error was in alienating trek fans from the outset by trying t market the show as "ït's trek but we won't call t trek so people who haven't watched the show will watch it now, hey and lets get the guys who did the theme to dawsons creek to our opening titles". The more I look at the show it just seems to have been conceived as a money maing 'enterprise' and produced as such; the last two seaosn just have a feeling of "well lets try this... couldn't hurt more than that temporal cold war thing"
It really is a shame because this show had real potential and it is an enjoyable show (minus s3). It's just a shame B&B didn't really have the heart to give it the passion that a Trek show deserves.
... I know lots of typos, I did graduate college but it was in spite of my typing, not beacuse of it. Many apologies
and cuaght up at uni so never watched anymore of the show... until the last few weeks.I'v now seen season 2 and 3, and you know what, season 2 was also ok, enjoyable at times, certainbly the show seemed to be finding its feet. But I must say the season long arc in s3 about these stupid insect people tryng to blow up earth is the worst thing yet written, there si zero interest here. Now I'm fine with the last ep of s2, they could have dragged this whole thing out for few eps in s3 and wrapped it up and it would have been ok, buta whole season on a mediocre storyline with aliens we have never heard of and have no interest in. I'm just sitting here watchng this seaosn and thinking, when is it going to end, please god can we have an episode about anything else!!
I just don't see what B&B could have been thinking, how was this going to entice new viewers?? I think back to the first episode of s5 of voy, I forget the name, but basicallythey get stuck in this part of space where there are no stars, just a few other shps trapped there and some nocturnal people who make clicking noises. Now imagine if this opening episode had been dragged out for teh entire season, crusing through this void and trying to save the clicking aliens or some shit. S3 of ent is essentailly this flawwed. I really think it killed the show. And really there was nothing wrong wth this show, the characters are solid, I would say Trip, Malcolm and Phlox in particular. they coud have done this really well and made it really interesting but to em it just seems that B&B did not have the requisite passion and ethusiasm for what they where doing to really push this show out in style when it got to season 3.
Now in fairness what I have seen of season 4 does seem better, but by this stage it was clearly to late. Another critical error was in alienating trek fans from the outset by trying t market the show as "ït's trek but we won't call t trek so people who haven't watched the show will watch it now, hey and lets get the guys who did the theme to dawsons creek to our opening titles". The more I look at the show it just seems to have been conceived as a money maing 'enterprise' and produced as such; the last two seaosn just have a feeling of "well lets try this... couldn't hurt more than that temporal cold war thing"
It really is a shame because this show had real potential and it is an enjoyable show (minus s3). It's just a shame B&B didn't really have the heart to give it the passion that a Trek show deserves.
... I know lots of typos, I did graduate college but it was in spite of my typing, not beacuse of it. Many apologies
