For the first-time ever in Trek history, a series ends with holographic versions of the real characters that fans spent years following. That means that all the 22nd Century scenes featuring Archer and his crew are all holodeck simulations. “Voyages” centers on Commander Riker, played once again by Jonathan Frakes, and the events surrounding TNG’s Season 7 episode “The Pegasus." Here, the Enterprise-D’s first officer uses the holodeck to help him solve his problems by revisiting the final mission of Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and the crew of the first Enterprise, the NX-01. While Braga and Berman thought framing the Enterprise finale as a “lost episode” of Star Trek: The Next Generation was a great idea while writing it, Braga soon realized after watching it that “great” was far from an apt description. I regret it.”Ĭo-writer and former Star Trek: Enterprise showrunner Brannon Braga didn’t sugar coat his feelings about Enterprise’s infamous 2005 series finale, “These Are the Voyages…”, in this 2017 interview addressing the problematic episode he developed and co-wrote with executive producer Rick Berman. “It was a kind of a slap in the face to the Enterprise actors.
Star Trek Enterprise: “These Are the Voyages…” (2005) The back half of the episode is a talky affair that strains one’s suspension of disbelief to the point of completely letting go of any interest to see how the matter resolves itself.Īfter watching this "Intruder," it’s amazing that Star Trek ever got a second chance to become what it is today.Ġ5. Eventually, Spock discovers who his captain really is, but not before getting caught trying to help him (er, her) and getting court-martialled.
Audiences are more likely to believe that alien body swap tech exists before they would ever believe that Kirk’s best friends and shipmates would never notice that their captain has traded places with a mentally unwell baddie. Based on a story by Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, “Intruder” struggles to find anything interesting for Kirk to do and makes the baffling choice to have its guest star character, Lester, drive most of the story. Lester could satisfy her lifelong (but, as scripted, unearned) dream of commanding a starship.įans consider “Intruder” to be one of the worst Star Trek episodes or the worst one ever, with the slog of a story working overtime to make a strong case for either. NBC decided to put the Enterprise in mothballs and go out on an installment that featured Captain Kirk (William Shatner) trading bodies with a former love and current mad scientist, Dr. This infamous Season 3 episode, which features a cheesy body swap premise with an even cheesier execution, became the last hour of the Original Series to ever air due to declining ratings and budget concerns. “Turnabout Intruder” was never intended to be the series finale of the classic Star Trek series. Star Trek: The Original Series - “Turnabout Intruder” (1969) As Voyager’s series finale - the somewhat divisive “Endgame” - turns 20 this year, SYFY WIRE figured it was a good time to beam on down for our definitive ranking of every Star Trek series finale ever.Ġ6. The adventures of the instantly iconic Captain Janeway and her crew, stranded in a faraway corner of the galaxy, have become increasingly popular thanks to new fans discovering Voyager on Netflix and spending time with one of the ‘90s best and most inclusive series. Of course, each of these journeys has to end, and some are better than others.Īs Star Trek’s future boldly goes forward, fans can’t help but get nostalgic for its past by revisiting previous shows via streaming - especially Star Trek: Voyager. Hundreds of hours of television and 13 feature films later, Trek is more popular now than ever - as proven by Star Trek: Discovery, Lower Decks, Star Trek: Picard, and more Trek shows on the air or in the works than ever before. For over 50 years, Star Trek has served as one of pop culture’s biggest load-bearing columns.
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