I wouldn't have LOVED Enterprise without the 4th Season

[number6]

^an opinion I share.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

ChristopherPike said:
I can understand this point of view. I imagine fans of DS9 and Voyager having a very similar discussion because of the retooling both underwent midway through their runs. It divides opinion into those who think the show was better before or after the shake-up. I still don't think Enterprise had anything like that massive change in direction though... It was more like the series found it's groove and the cast all of a sudden looked comfortable in their roles. There was no Seven taking centre stage or Worf and "When Klingons Go Wild" attention seeking to make it news worthy. Perhaps Shran and a Romulan War would have filled that void for Season 5.

I, for one, preferred the first three seasons of DS9 without Worf. DS9 had it's own style during those years that I felt it didn't need the addition of Worf. Fortunately, the change wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be and thankfully the whole "Klingons go wild" was dropped and the Cardassians returned as the baddies.

As for ENT, I do prefer the fourth season overall as I think that was the direction the series should've taken at the outset. I didn't care for the third season arc so much as I felt the Xindi, especially the more militant species, to be something pulled from an old Buck Rogers serial. I did, however, like the majority of the characters from the beginning (Phlox, T'Pol and Archer even though he was written poorly in seasons one and two). I also liked a handful of episodes from the early seasons, especially "First Flight." Also, the look of ENT drew me in as it was visually-linked to TOS yet refreshingly different from the previous ModTrek shows.