Best Episode of Season 3, Part 1

[Michael]

Thanks for voting in the second season polls. This is the first part of the third season poll where you have to vote the three episodes you consider to be the best. The five episodes receiving the most votes will go on to the next round. Well, you know the routine.

Winners to date:
Shuttlepod One (Season 1)
Carbon Creek (Season 2)

The poll is open for three days.

 

[cooleddie74]

Twilight

Similitude

Zero Hour

 

[startrekwatcher]

Twilight showed what was at stake, had a great teaser, made the Xindi more chilling, had great space battles and lovely Archer/T'Pol moments.

Azati Prime was the beginning of the end. After some aimless wandering we finally start picking up steam. We get some fresh ideas with a waterworld, the ominous sight of the Xindi weapon in its cradle, we see the ENT-J and the 26th century where Daniels finallys puts it altogether for Archer, some mystery surrounding T'Pol's bizarre outbursts that pave the way for her arc of the season, nice interplay among the Xindi, a devastating battle with outstanding visuals.

And The Council is where the arc was no better realized as we begin the First Act of what was essentially a three-act tv film. More interesting visuals such as the sight of the Avian stronghold, the ominous launch of the weapon from the desert floor swarmed by Insectoid ships, the interior of the sphere; Degra's surprising and sad death; Hoshi being pulled into the mix in a critical way with her abduction; all the wonderful Degra/Archer and Degra/Trip scenes.

 

[Orac]

Impulse
Twilight
Similitude

 

[JiNX-01]

Similitude
Azati Prime
Zero Hour (except for the Trek Nazis! )

 

[boognish]

Twilight
Carpenter Street
Harbringer - Where's the love for T'Pol's ass?

 

[Captain X]

Twilight was a horrible excuse for a reset button. I'll honestly never understand why so many people seem to like it or any of the other reset buttons for that matter.

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

Anomoly BAD ARCHER!

The Shipment for the obligatory, we've met the enemy and they aren't all bad stuff.

Azati Prime Enterprise PWNED!

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

Twilight was a horrible excuse for a reset button. I'll honestly never understand why so many people seem to like it or any of the other reset buttons for that matter.

I find the whole "I HATE ALL RESET EPISODES REGARDLESS OF ACTING, STORY, EMOTION" reaction to be overblown. And most of the time, the thought of a total reset is also overblown.

Just because a story appears to be reset does not necessarily make it a bad story. What If's and alternate future stories are often my favourites (TV shows and comicbooks, especially. Isn't X-Men's "Days of Future Past" high up there on the fan appreciation list?)

But whatever.

I picked Twilight (love seeing "what could have been" type stories), Similitude (loved the acting and writing of this one), and Zero Hour (but as mentioned before, except for the nazi ending)

 

[Harvey]

Twilight
Countdown
Similitude

 

[vero3110]

Similitude
Azati Prime
The Forgotten

 

[Captain X]

Twilight was a horrible excuse for a reset button. I'll honestly never understand why so many people seem to like it or any of the other reset buttons for that matter.

I find the whole "I HATE ALL RESET EPISODES REGARDLESS OF ACTING, STORY, EMOTION" reaction to be overblown. And most of the time, the thought of a total reset is also overblown.

If the story was any good and actually mattered in the long run, then it might not get that reaction from me. Unfortunately Twilight does neither.

Just because a story appears to be reset does not necessarily make it a bad story.

A reset button by definition makes what you just saw no longer relevant. what makes it bad is that it adds absolutely nothing to the overall story and any character development that was accomplished is completely undone. If they're going to do something then just do it instead of use it as an excuse to blow up the ship and kill all the main characters.

But whatever.

 

[angie]

Twilight

Still has it all

 

[Trekwatcher]

The Shipment
Azati Prime

The Shipment is, BTW, my personal favorite ENT episode.

 

[Garth Rockett]

Similitude
Azati Prime
The Council

 

[Pensive]

Twilight was a horrible excuse for a reset button. I'll honestly never understand why so many people seem to like it or any of the other reset buttons for that matter.

I f*cking hate Twilight. Too many silly premises, too much hollow writing. Even Malcolm's badass goatee wasn't enough to salvage this one.

 

[cooleddie74]

It DID have Ceti Alpha V without the catastrophic planetary damage. If nothing else at least we know what the place looked like when Kirk dropped Khan and his people off.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Best:

Similitude
Azati Prime
Damage

Most overrated:

Twilight

Fond memories (for the best! cliffhanger! EVAH!):

Zero Hour

 

[angie]

IMO Similtude was the most over-rated though it did feature that great scene between Phlox and Archer. The premise and the science are ludicrous though it did present a clue about T'Pol's mental state starting to decline.

 

[Lady Conqueror]

Anomaly
The Forgotten
Azati Prime