I would also go with Connor and John Billingsley. They are both wonderful, unappreciated actors, who did incredible work, even when given limited material.
Agree and agree.
Everyone else was so-so.
I don't know. I think the entire cast was very good -- above average and certainly better than your average show.
Here, at ye old TrekBBS, I think Connor is over appreciated. I thought he had a fun character, the wise-cracker. When the writers tried to give Connor depth, I thought the actor failed at really delivering what seemed meaty. His relationship with his sister, for example, was just annoying. I never felt like, after Expanse, that Trip's sister shouldn't have died.
I think it's pretty easy as an actor to go "balls out" -- weep when your character is sad, yell when your character is angry, etc. What I think is much more interesting and dynamic is control -- someone who is really angry, for example, but restraining themselves enormously.
I never saw Connor show control successfully. And to me that makes the hallmark of a great actor.
As a Enterprise-induced Bakula fan, I have to admit, that lack of control also bothered me in his performance. Instead of being really angry, but only showing a smidge of it with the feeling he was really angry, I thought he overdid anger. I imagine it's hard as an actor to strike the right balance.
On the other hand, Phlox delivered loaded information with poise and ease. He, for example, casually mentioned T'Pol took trellium for Trip, almost as if the information was unimportant.
I will also say this -- I am thrilled Bakula has done so well after Enterprise and am sad that many of the other actors haven't made it to prime time or the big screen.
