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Described by series cocreator Brannon Braga as "a single episode that lasts 24 hours," the third season of Star Trek: Enterprise is arguably the best in the show's four-season run. With the epic "Xindi saga" as the season's primary story arc, the series found its tonal focus in the unpredictable space of the Delphic Expanse, where alien encounters and matter-warping spatial anomalies forced Capt. Archer (Scott Bakula) to make extreme decisions that tested his ethical boundaries. Realizing the need for a fresh viewpoint, Braga and cocreator Rick Berman hired Manny Coto, a TV veteran who conceived or wrote several of the season's finest episodes (not forgetting Mike Sussman and other members of the series' first-rate writing staff). Coto's involvement was instrumental in shaping the Xindi saga, which began (with season 2's cliffhanger) when Earth was attacked by a Xindi probe--a massive weapon which Archer must now destroy. This vital mission dominates season 3, deriving its potent drama from an impressive variety of characters and subplots focused on the five-species Xindi council, which finds its voice of reason in Primate member Degra (season regular Randy Oglesby) and rancor in the Reptilian Commander (Scott MacDonald), pivotal characters whose fates will be tragically intertwined.
Despite lower ratings and budgetary cutbacks (as evident in several ship-bound episodes with minimal casting), season 3 was equally strong as a showcase for the Enterprise regulars, with plenty of fan speculation rising from the sexy and soothing Vulcan "neuro-pressure" sessions between the insomniac Tucker (Connor Trinneer, better than ever) and T'Pol, whose hidden addiction to a toxic compound allows Jolene Blalock to mine the volatile depths of her character (who now sports a more appealing hairstyle and wardrobe). Meanwhile, security chief Reed (Dominick Keating) engages in heated competition with Major Hayes (reliable guest Steven Culp, from the first season of Desperate Housewives), the leader of NX-01's Military Assault Command Operation (or MACO), which Reed views with territorial suspicion. And while Enterprise still fumbled to develop the characters of Hoshi (Linda Park) and Travis (Anthony Montgomery), John Billingsley continued to bring clutch-player excellence to his role as Dr. Phlox in several highlight episodes including "Doctor's Orders" and "Similitude," the latter featuring equally strong work by Trinneer in an ethically complex (and fan-favorite) examination of the cloning--a typical example of Star Trek at its best.
The alternate timeline of "Twilight" also honors the classic Trek tradition, while "Harbinger" reveals the existence of the trans-dimensional Sphere Builders, whose moon-sized creations affect Enterprise throughout its season-long mission. Finally, the crucial appearances of blue-skinned Andorian Shran (Jeffrey Combs) bring both suspense and comic relief to the season's grim proceedings, adding depth and tentative alliance to Enterprise's pre-Federation politics--a crucial element that assumes greater importance with the jaw-dropping cliffhanger of "Zero Hour" and the surprises in store for season 4, which will bring Enterprise ever closer to the original Star Trek timeline.
DVD features
Gathered on disc 7, the season 3 bonus features for Enterprise are consistent with features on seasons 1 and 2: Identical in presentation but different in content. The "Xindi Saga" featurette summarizes the creative and practical decisions that resulted in the season-long story arc; "Enterprise Profile" acknowledges the popularity of "Trip" Tucker and Connor Trinneer's successful effort to transcend the character's "hayseed" image; and "A Day in the Life of a Director" finds Roxann Dawson (aka B'Elanna Torres from Voyager) well in control as she helms the episode "Exile." As with previous DVD sets, three more "NX-01" files are hidden as "Easter eggs" on the Special Features menus, and they include further appreciations of the Enterprise writers, the work of costume designer Robert Blackman, and John Billingsley's hilarious anecdote about Phlox's prodigious sexual endowment(s). The outtakes are amusing but all too brief, perhaps owing to the higher stakes (and lower ratings) of a dramatically serious season. --Jeff Shannon
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Set in the 22nd century, a hundred years before James T. Kirk helmed the famous starship of the same name, ENTERPRISE takes place in an era when interstellar travel is still in its infancy. Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) has assembled a crew of brave explorers to chart the galaxy on a revolutionary spacecraft: Enterprise NX-01. As the first human beings to venture into deep space, these pioneers will experience the wonder and mystery of the final frontier as they seek out new life and new civilizations.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Season!
July 9 2005
By Ted
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Season three was the most interesting of all the seasons on the show. The entire season was a single story arc surrounding the Xindi attack on Earth and had some memorable episodes.
The Xindi
Enterprise begins to search for the mysterious Xindi who have plans to destroy earth They encounter a mining colony with a worker who knows something about the Xindi. It is learned that the Xindi are a multi-race species.
Anomaly
The Enterprise begins to fall victim to the spatial distortions in the expanse, later an alien ship attacks them and the ship's crew beam aboard and rob them.
Extinction
While on a planet searching for a crashed Xindi ship, a protomutagenic virus reverts some of the crew into more primitive life forms
Rajin
An alien offers the crew a method for creating a chemical called Trellium-D that will protect the ship from the anomalies and slave girl named Rajin captivates the ship's crew
Impulse
The Enterprise receives a distress call from a Vulcan ship and when they arrive the crew is attacked by a group of vulcans who have been turned into zombie like creatures. It is determined that the trellium-D is toxic to Vulcans and that T'Pol would be affected if it were used on Enterprise .
Exile
A telepathic alien contacts Hoshi and offers to help her translate the Xindi database they found. Meanwhile, Archer and Trip investigate a mysterious sphere that is nearby
The Shipment
The crew locate a Xindi Sloth colony that is unknowingly helping manufacture the weapon that will be used to destroy Earth. Archer manages to convince the colony leader to sabotage a shipment of a chemical used in the weapon.
Twilight
12 years in the future, Archer wakes up and learns that Earth was destroyed and that he is affected by a extradimensional parasite that damages his memory. It is learned that if the parasite is destroyed, that the events of the previous 12 years could be reversed. They succeed and Enterprise is back on it's mission
North Star
The Enterprise crew encounter a planet inhabited by humans living in a colony similar to the Western US in the 19th century. It is learned that they were abducted and moved to that planet by aliens still living with them.
Similitude
Trip is badly injured in accident and can only be saved if he is cloned and the clone is killed for an organ that Trip needs replaced.
Carpenter Street
Temoral agent Daniels locates a group of Xindi Reptilians in early 21st century Detroit and enlists Archer and T'Pol to assist in finding out why they are there.
Chosen Realm
A group of religious militants hijack Enterprise accusing them of desecrating the one of the many spheres in the region and attempt to use the Enterprise to attack 'heretics' that they are fighting against.
Proving Ground
An Andorian ship led by Shran assist Enterprise in locating the facility where a prototype of Xindi superweapon is being tested.
Stratagem
Archer meets Degra, the designer of the Xindi weapon and tries to fool him into thinking that that they escaed from a prison and that his memory was erased.
Harbringer
The crew rescue a mysterious alien in one of the spatial distortions and his ship is made of the same material as the spheres
Doctor's Orders
After learning of the location of the superweapon the Enterprise crew discover that the only direct rout is through a massive disturbance. Phlox is the only one immune to the radiation and he puts the rest of the crew into stasis.
Hatchery
Archer discovers a nest of Xindi insectoid eggs and begins to become emotionally attached to them.
Azati Prime
The crew have reached Azati Prime and Archer decides to go on a one way mission to destroy the weapon. He is met by Daniels who takes him 400 years into the future where he learns about the sphere builders and their ability to see alternate timelines. He tells archer he must make peace with the Xindi. Archer decides to go anyway but discover the weapon is gone he is then kidnapped by the Xindi and learns the the Enterprise has been hit by a crippling attack
Damage.
The Xindi continue to attack but suddenly stop. Archer is returned and the crew try to recover from the attack.
The Forgotten
The xindi offer to stop the attack if Archer can prove that they were lied to by the sphere builders.
E2
The Enterprise crew try to use a subspace corridor but meet up with a ship of their descendants who tell them it will throw them 117 years back in time.
The Council
Archer meets with the Xindi council and tries to convince them to call off the attack, but Degra is killed and the reptilian and insectoids secede, kidnap Hoshi and launch the weapon.
Countdown
With the new primate, aboreal, and aquatic Xindi allies, Archer begins a mission to track down and sestry the Xindi superweapon. Meanwhile, it is learned that one of the spheres controls all the others, if that one is destroyed, all the others will be disabled.
Zero Hour
With some last minute help from the Andorians, Archer and the Enterprise crew manage to destroy the superweapon and disable the sphere network. But they find themselves in an alternate timeline on 1940's Earth where an alien race helped the Nazis invade the US
This season is one of my favorites and includes some excellent bonus features.
The Xindi
Enterprise begins to search for the mysterious Xindi who have plans to destroy earth They encounter a mining colony with a worker who knows something about the Xindi. It is learned that the Xindi are a multi-race species.
Anomaly
The Enterprise begins to fall victim to the spatial distortions in the expanse, later an alien ship attacks them and the ship's crew beam aboard and rob them.
Extinction
While on a planet searching for a crashed Xindi ship, a protomutagenic virus reverts some of the crew into more primitive life forms
Rajin
An alien offers the crew a method for creating a chemical called Trellium-D that will protect the ship from the anomalies and slave girl named Rajin captivates the ship's crew
Impulse
The Enterprise receives a distress call from a Vulcan ship and when they arrive the crew is attacked by a group of vulcans who have been turned into zombie like creatures. It is determined that the trellium-D is toxic to Vulcans and that T'Pol would be affected if it were used on Enterprise .
Exile
A telepathic alien contacts Hoshi and offers to help her translate the Xindi database they found. Meanwhile, Archer and Trip investigate a mysterious sphere that is nearby
The Shipment
The crew locate a Xindi Sloth colony that is unknowingly helping manufacture the weapon that will be used to destroy Earth. Archer manages to convince the colony leader to sabotage a shipment of a chemical used in the weapon.
Twilight
12 years in the future, Archer wakes up and learns that Earth was destroyed and that he is affected by a extradimensional parasite that damages his memory. It is learned that if the parasite is destroyed, that the events of the previous 12 years could be reversed. They succeed and Enterprise is back on it's mission
North Star
The Enterprise crew encounter a planet inhabited by humans living in a colony similar to the Western US in the 19th century. It is learned that they were abducted and moved to that planet by aliens still living with them.
Similitude
Trip is badly injured in accident and can only be saved if he is cloned and the clone is killed for an organ that Trip needs replaced.
Carpenter Street
Temoral agent Daniels locates a group of Xindi Reptilians in early 21st century Detroit and enlists Archer and T'Pol to assist in finding out why they are there.
Chosen Realm
A group of religious militants hijack Enterprise accusing them of desecrating the one of the many spheres in the region and attempt to use the Enterprise to attack 'heretics' that they are fighting against.
Proving Ground
An Andorian ship led by Shran assist Enterprise in locating the facility where a prototype of Xindi superweapon is being tested.
Stratagem
Archer meets Degra, the designer of the Xindi weapon and tries to fool him into thinking that that they escaed from a prison and that his memory was erased.
Harbringer
The crew rescue a mysterious alien in one of the spatial distortions and his ship is made of the same material as the spheres
Doctor's Orders
After learning of the location of the superweapon the Enterprise crew discover that the only direct rout is through a massive disturbance. Phlox is the only one immune to the radiation and he puts the rest of the crew into stasis.
Hatchery
Archer discovers a nest of Xindi insectoid eggs and begins to become emotionally attached to them.
Azati Prime
The crew have reached Azati Prime and Archer decides to go on a one way mission to destroy the weapon. He is met by Daniels who takes him 400 years into the future where he learns about the sphere builders and their ability to see alternate timelines. He tells archer he must make peace with the Xindi. Archer decides to go anyway but discover the weapon is gone he is then kidnapped by the Xindi and learns the the Enterprise has been hit by a crippling attack
Damage.
The Xindi continue to attack but suddenly stop. Archer is returned and the crew try to recover from the attack.
The Forgotten
The xindi offer to stop the attack if Archer can prove that they were lied to by the sphere builders.
E2
The Enterprise crew try to use a subspace corridor but meet up with a ship of their descendants who tell them it will throw them 117 years back in time.
The Council
Archer meets with the Xindi council and tries to convince them to call off the attack, but Degra is killed and the reptilian and insectoids secede, kidnap Hoshi and launch the weapon.
Countdown
With the new primate, aboreal, and aquatic Xindi allies, Archer begins a mission to track down and sestry the Xindi superweapon. Meanwhile, it is learned that one of the spheres controls all the others, if that one is destroyed, all the others will be disabled.
Zero Hour
With some last minute help from the Andorians, Archer and the Enterprise crew manage to destroy the superweapon and disable the sphere network. But they find themselves in an alternate timeline on 1940's Earth where an alien race helped the Nazis invade the US
This season is one of my favorites and includes some excellent bonus features.
32 of 37 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Season Three-...and the beginning of a new one(The series own Expanse)
July 9 2005
By DEAN M. Dent
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Format:DVD
After two season of eroding ratings,the wrath of fans, and the ST franchise at an all time low, The Third season of the newly re-christened Star Trek Enterprise had taken the series into a new direction and produced some of the best episodes since the end of Deep Space Nine.
Taking it's cue from the second season finale The Expanse,the entire season deals with Captain Jonathan Archer's mission to stop the Xindi from destroying Earth with a superweapon after a devastating attack.Albiet,there were some weak semi stand alone episodes (Extinction,North Star,Carpenter St.,and E2),among classic episodes which ranks with some of the franchises best(Impulse,Twilight,Azati Prime/Damage,The Counsel/Countdown/Zero Time).Staff member Manny Coto was responsible for new direction which made for the most exciting season of the entire four year run.
Unfortunatly the exciting new direction couldn't produce ratings and was barely renewed after a fan based letter writing campaign,echoing the classic series fan fueled renewal.As a result,Coto became the official show runner which he produced one last season to correct the many continuety errors that has littered the series from the beginning.
Taking it's cue from the second season finale The Expanse,the entire season deals with Captain Jonathan Archer's mission to stop the Xindi from destroying Earth with a superweapon after a devastating attack.Albiet,there were some weak semi stand alone episodes (Extinction,North Star,Carpenter St.,and E2),among classic episodes which ranks with some of the franchises best(Impulse,Twilight,Azati Prime/Damage,The Counsel/Countdown/Zero Time).Staff member Manny Coto was responsible for new direction which made for the most exciting season of the entire four year run.
Unfortunatly the exciting new direction couldn't produce ratings and was barely renewed after a fan based letter writing campaign,echoing the classic series fan fueled renewal.As a result,Coto became the official show runner which he produced one last season to correct the many continuety errors that has littered the series from the beginning.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
"Enterprise" comes into its own
Oct 10 2005
By Wayne Klein
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Format:DVD
The third season of "Enterprise" had its challenges: the ratings were sagging and the producers were hoping to increase viewership; facing strong critical reaction from fans the series became much more action based with stronger stories that separated it from "Voyager" and put it more in the leage of "Deep Space Nine" (still the finest "Trek" series IMO). If you like "Enterprise" this is probably the seasont that truly got you hooked. With the season long story arc of the Xindi, Enterprise went into uncharted territory for the series. The Xindi are a race that have designed a weapon to kill everyone on Earth. They've discovered that humanity will, in the future, destroy their planet so they've elected to strike before that event occurs. Captain Archer (Scott Bakula) and his crew have this information revealed by a time traveler involved in the Temporal Cold War from season one for his own nefarious reasons. By the way there is a podcast for one of the best episodes during the third season "Twilight" available at the offical "Star Trek" website with writer Michael Sussman and moderator Tom Gaskill. Why this wasn't included on the boxed set, I don't know but it's an excellent podcast. This one unlike the others was designed for the DVD boxed set for the third season.
Enterprise goes into the uncharted Delphic Expanse where the laws of physics are sometimes altered by the anomolies encountered in the region and the mysterious metallic spheres located throughout the region. Enterprise is on a desperate mission to discover the Xindi homeworld in hopes of stopping the weapon (which has already been tested on Florida leaving 7 million dead at the end of season two)or convincing the Xindi that Earth is not a threat. Bakula came into his own this season playing a decision battle hardened Archer. The optical effects and sets are impressive as are the different alien species some of which are portrayed via CGI.
Although it wasn't a perfect series, "Enterprise" offered much hope for the franchise during the third and fourth season (before the disasterous and horrible final episode of season four). As usual the image quality on this series is top notch and Paramount keeps getting better with the extras. I did, however, have to go back and return three separate sets before I got a complete set that wasn't defective which was extremely frustrating.
The extras this time around include a discussion as to why producers Braga and Berman brought on Manny Coto (the talented writer/producer/creator of "Odyssey Five")as a writer/producer. There's also a discussion as to the reasons for the season long Xindi story arc introduced at the end of season two. There's a very good featurette on directing the show featuring Roxann Dawson, outtakes, deleted scenes, a couple of commentary tracks by Manny Coto and Assistant director Mike De Merritt on shooting the episode "North Star". Also we get text commentary on three episodes "Impulse", "Count Down" and "Xindi" by Michael and Denise Okuda. There's also a profile of Connor Trinner aka "Trip". Trinner honestly assesses the changes in the character he started to make as the series progressed (for the good). There's also a photo gallery, episode synposis booklet and Easter eggs.
While this was a shorter seson (24 vs. 26), the third season was a huge improvement over the first two and made for compelling action driven science fiction. While there were a few missteps ("Doctor's Orders" which basically was a rewrite of a "Voyager" episode) most of the season was very strong with some of the best written episodes seen since "Deep Space Nine".
Complaints? The price is still way too high although the design for the packaging is unique and nice (that's what you're paying for along with the extensive extras). Also, "Enterprise" should have been given another year to see what Coto and Alan Brennart ("The Twilight Zone") could have done as they did excellent work during season four as well. Now that "Star Trek" seems retired (for the moment) it does allow the oppportunity to reinvent the franchise and give it renewed energy. "Enterprise" wasn't a wasted journey but a worthwhile one with a top notch cast and writing/direction at the end of the series.
Enterprise goes into the uncharted Delphic Expanse where the laws of physics are sometimes altered by the anomolies encountered in the region and the mysterious metallic spheres located throughout the region. Enterprise is on a desperate mission to discover the Xindi homeworld in hopes of stopping the weapon (which has already been tested on Florida leaving 7 million dead at the end of season two)or convincing the Xindi that Earth is not a threat. Bakula came into his own this season playing a decision battle hardened Archer. The optical effects and sets are impressive as are the different alien species some of which are portrayed via CGI.
Although it wasn't a perfect series, "Enterprise" offered much hope for the franchise during the third and fourth season (before the disasterous and horrible final episode of season four). As usual the image quality on this series is top notch and Paramount keeps getting better with the extras. I did, however, have to go back and return three separate sets before I got a complete set that wasn't defective which was extremely frustrating.
The extras this time around include a discussion as to why producers Braga and Berman brought on Manny Coto (the talented writer/producer/creator of "Odyssey Five")as a writer/producer. There's also a discussion as to the reasons for the season long Xindi story arc introduced at the end of season two. There's a very good featurette on directing the show featuring Roxann Dawson, outtakes, deleted scenes, a couple of commentary tracks by Manny Coto and Assistant director Mike De Merritt on shooting the episode "North Star". Also we get text commentary on three episodes "Impulse", "Count Down" and "Xindi" by Michael and Denise Okuda. There's also a profile of Connor Trinner aka "Trip". Trinner honestly assesses the changes in the character he started to make as the series progressed (for the good). There's also a photo gallery, episode synposis booklet and Easter eggs.
While this was a shorter seson (24 vs. 26), the third season was a huge improvement over the first two and made for compelling action driven science fiction. While there were a few missteps ("Doctor's Orders" which basically was a rewrite of a "Voyager" episode) most of the season was very strong with some of the best written episodes seen since "Deep Space Nine".
Complaints? The price is still way too high although the design for the packaging is unique and nice (that's what you're paying for along with the extensive extras). Also, "Enterprise" should have been given another year to see what Coto and Alan Brennart ("The Twilight Zone") could have done as they did excellent work during season four as well. Now that "Star Trek" seems retired (for the moment) it does allow the oppportunity to reinvent the franchise and give it renewed energy. "Enterprise" wasn't a wasted journey but a worthwhile one with a top notch cast and writing/direction at the end of the series.
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