Which Season Do You Think is the Best?

[eyeresist]

Oh....... Observer Effect now I really have to go find that episode

If nothing else, it's a good looking ep. It's been a while, but I recall some scenes having a sunset glow similar to that which graced the Ent-D interiors in Generations.

 

[T'Arwen]

That episode was Vanishing Point, and I can't find mention of the arm-breaking incident in the transcript.
The adventure wasn't real, just a dream she had while caught in the transporter buffer. It was a pretty obvious literalisation of Hoshi's feeling of being unneeded on the mission. I did like the plot of invisible aliens planting a bomb on Enterprise, which only she could see. I wish they'd done that for real instead of wasting it on "it was all a dream".

Turns out Hoshi's arm-breaking history was revealed in the same ep where she ran that poker game, i.e. Observer Effect. I guess they were trying to make Hoshi more interesting than she had been thus far (i.e. not very). It might have been nice to explore more of her feisty side later, but there was only half a season left at that point.

At least we agree that Observer Effect failed to make Hoshi interesting. Where it works is when she taps into balls she didn't know she had to protect her crewmates. Some examples are Exile and Terra Prime (yes, ensign commanding ship is unrealistic but cool to see former wuss defy the President). It's too bad they didn't do more with her when she had a lot of potential.

 

[JeffinOakland]

It took forever but Enterprise built in quality from pretty awful to darn good. Seasons 3 and 4 are so superior to Seasons 1 and 2 as to feel like two different tv shows.

 

[MacLeod]

At least we agree that Observer Effect failed to make Hoshi interesting. Where it works is when she taps into balls she didn't know she had to protect her crewmates. Some examples are Exile and Terra Prime (yes, ensign commanding ship is unrealistic but cool to see former wuss defy the President). It's too bad they didn't do more with her when she had a lot of potential.

She didn't defy the President, she defied a Minister.