The Best Season Of Star Trek (5-STe)

[IronMaiden]

Hello, time to do STE for the best season game.

i will have a poll where you can vote for the best season.

And after the winner for STE i will make the thread for us to find out the best season of them all.

After we have picked the best season from each show, then we will have a poll for the best season from each show and see what season wins at of all star treks.

It's time to find out what season is the best.

The vote will end in 10 days.

TOS Winners
(1st Place - Season 1)
(2nd Place - Season 2)
(3rd Place - Season 3)

TNG Winners
(1st Place - Season 3)
(2nd Place - Season 5)
(3rd Place - Season 4)

DS9 Winners
(1st Place - Season 5)
(2nd Place - Season 6)
(3rd Place - Season 7)

STV
(1st Place - Season 4)
(2nd Place - Season 5)
(3rd Place - Season 1, 2, 3 and 7)

It almost looks like season 6 is the worst season for STV :P

 

[Seven of Five]

I would just give season three the edge.

The Xindi arc was fairly well executed, but there were some poor episodes in there too. I think the last third of the season was the most consistent ENT ever got, and it had me watching episode after episode on DVD way back when. It's a shame that the arc wasn't a particularly ingenious use of the premise.

Season four was definitely made as a love letter to Star Trek of old, and whilst there were things I loved, ultimately there was too much joining the dots. The two-part episode to explain why the Klingon makeup was different in the 60s was a bit much.

The Vulcan and Andorian/Coalition arcs were the strongest for me, but ultimately their conclusion was botched. And of course the season falls flat on its arse with TATV.

 

[TheFlutteringHorde]

I went with 4.

Season 3 was good, but had way too many episodes that were just dull. Zero Hour is also the only episode where I can remember actually shouting at the TV, because WTF. TATV was bad, but at least it didn't end with Troi and Riker stepping out of the Holodeck and into World War 2 with alien Nazis. I also couldn't stand the Xinid-Reptilians, they looked too much like the bad guys from Galaxy Quest for me to take them seriously.

4 had some bad episodes, but was overall a much more watchable season. The Klingon thing was a little lame, but the episodes themselves were fairly well done.

 

[2takesfrakes]

The ideas in Season 3 were fresher and more interesting than in any of the other seasons. Season 4's Vulcan episodes weren't that great. I hated the cheap CGI employed for the look of the planet, it couldn't hold a candle to what TSFS did ... with practical effects and old-fashioned matte paintings, no less. And that CGI sehlat ... what a disappointment! He looked like shit, he wouldn't climb a mild incline to add to the drama and he was easily scared away by an embarrassing "roar" a Vulcan made. When T'Pol got married to Koss, the effects for Vulcan were even worse and the set for T'Pol's mother's house was uninteresting and poorly lit. My favourite planet is Vulcan, so I was really looking forward to all that. Oh, well ...

 

[Mr J]

Although I loved season 4 at the time, season 3 for me actually had the edge. It brought new ideas to the table, and while it wasn't strictly 'prequel-friendly' the arc itself was generally well executed (especially in the second half of the season)

The season had a real sense of momentum with some fab standalones thrown in there - 'Similitude' being the best, closely followed by 'Twilight' - two of the best episodes of the entire run. ALso really enjoyed episodes like 'Stratagem' and 'Impulse'. It just all felt so fresh and pacey compared to previous seasons and the drama was ramped up a notch (despite a couple of clunkers like 'Extinction' and 'Carpenter Street' - I was always wanting to find out more about the Xindi and where the overall story was going and it really felt like it came to a dramatic head.

I even liked the trellium-addiction arc and felt Blalock gave some good performances there (surprising considering she despised the story so!)

Season Four was great and really honed in on the concept of the show which was brilliant, but some of the arcs felt a little flat in the middle (particularly the three-parters - I'm looking at you Vulcan arc). Again, the second half of the season was stronger but for me I really remember season 3 as the highlight when I think back on Enterprise.

 

[Willow]

Although I loved season 4 at the time, season 3 for me actually had the edge. It brought new ideas to the table, and while it wasn't strictly 'prequel-friendly' the arc itself was generally well executed (especially in the second half of the season)

The season had a real sense of momentum with some fab standalones thrown in there - 'Similitude' being the best, closely followed by 'Twilight' - two of the best episodes of the entire run. ALso really enjoyed episodes like 'Stratagem' and 'Impulse'. It just all felt so fresh and pacey compared to previous seasons and the drama was ramped up a notch (despite a couple of clunkers like 'Extinction' and 'Carpenter Street' - I was always wanting to find out more about the Xindi and where the overall story was going and it really felt like it came to a dramatic head.

I even liked the trellium-addiction arc and felt Blalock gave some good performances there (surprising considering she despised the story so!)

Season Four was great and really honed in on the concept of the show which was brilliant, but some of the arcs felt a little flat in the middle (particularly the three-parters - I'm looking at you Vulcan arc). Again, the second half of the season was stronger but for me I really remember season 3 as the highlight when I think back on Enterprise.

agreed! I enjoyed the Xindi arc, and how the stress of the situation just built over the season and affected the characters - especially Archer.

In addition to Extinction and Carpenter Street, I also did not like Rajin. I mean, it was just TOO obvious that she was some sort of spy and definitely not who she appeared to be. And our heroes fell for it.

As for Season 4, I was not a fan of the Augment arc. Or the Vulcan arc - for reasons stated above. The only saving grace for me during the Vulcan arc was Soval, and how he finally stood up and leant his full support to Archer - and risked his life and career to stand up to the high council. I did enjoy the Romulan arc - particularly the scenes with Tucker and Reed aboard the "marauder".

Season 4 did finish off well with the Demons and Terra Prime 2 parter. I don't count TATV as that was just a holodeck program anyway. For all we know, Barclay tampered with it to add his own interpretations of events.

 

[IronMaiden]

What is wrong with Carpenter Street, i liked that episode.

 

[eyeresist]

Season 3. There are things I love in all the seasons, and things I don't like. I guess we are talking about an increase in consistency.

I like the Vulcan arc a lot, though it didn't live up to its first ep. I thought the casting/performance of T'Pau was the biggest problem. The setting and themes are of great interest to me, and overall the execution was good.

Carpenter St isn't terrible, but after a good set up the plot resolves fairly predictably, without enough twists or complications along the way. I did enjoy the hints of 70s crime drama, and wish they'd explored that a bit more.

 

[Willow]

Season 3. There are things I love in all the seasons, and things I don't like. I guess we are talking about an increase in consistency.

I like the Vulcan arc a lot, though it didn't live up to its first ep. I thought the casting/performance of T'Pau was the biggest problem. The setting and themes are of great interest to me, and overall the execution was good.

Carpenter St isn't terrible, but after a good set up the plot resolves fairly predictably, without enough twists or complications along the way. I did enjoy the hints of 70s crime drama, and wish they'd explored that a bit more.

I agree with this. Carpenter St ISNT terrible. And it was predictable. It just didn't engage me. And the trope of "future people" trying to adapt to "past" technology just had me shaking my head. But, this WAS another one of those time travel episodes with links to the Temporal Cold War. And that stuff just made my head hurt.

 

[feek61]

For me it's season 3; no question

 

[BlackMasakari]

I will not vote because all 4 season got their very specific ups and downs, even season 1 got quiet some ups. Maybe i would go with season 3, because there are some really really beautiful episodes in there - ofc also quiet some crap as well.

 

[theREVENGEofKAHN]

I think season 4 is the best. Several of the story arcs are some of the best Star Trek to date. I just reached season three and I'm doing another rematch of season 4 now so I might change my mind with a fresh perspective but I don't think that will happen.

 

[eyeresist]

The Vulcan, Andorian, and Mirror Universe arcs were standouts. OTOH, the Augments and Klingon arcs were just okay.

I guess I think of Storm Front as its own thing, a kind of season 3.5.

 

[Tesophius]

I'm so surprised by the above reviews. My favorite seasons were 1 and 3. I thought the show got derailed with the xindi conflict, away from being an incredible show of exploration, discovery, first contacts, to a barely watchable yet-another-war that in reality is completely inconceivable. To me the 3rd season was definitely the weakest, although it had some entertaining moments.

 

[Tesophius]

I meant to say that 1 and 2 were my favorite seasons. I can't seem to edit my posts.

 

[Yanks]

Season 4 for me.

How I rank all the trek season 4's:

S4: ENT/VOY=DS9=TNG

 

[Reanok]

For me it's season 3 I really liked the Xindi arc.

 

[Griffeytrek]

I probably lean towards season 4, just because I love the mirror arc. It's so deliciously different. But I can appreciate why some may consider the season pure fan service. Season 3 might have edged it out if it didn't dump the finale into Space Nazi's. Probably my most despised Star Trek trope. I liked the Xindi arc, but it kind of highlighted some of the core issues that Voyager and Enterprise suffered from as "single hero ship, isolated heroes" shows. The whole lost in space/all alone in the night bit seems great on paper. But you so have to trailer the stories around your single ships ability to survive that it rapidly gets absurd and limiting. Enterprise approached things better than Voyager, and at least reflected lasting damage and deteriorating conditions. Whereas the only true fear of the Voyager crew was running out of Ketrecel Brown to keep Janeway from psychotic ally killing and eating them all.