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[darknightfrombeyond]

"We don't stand a chance against them. Not in the shape we're in." Enterprise, 3.20

[respocked]

The Xindi

[daddysbrooklynbaby]

I’m just a girl who wants a owner to bark for

[sshbpodcast]

Top 3 Star Trek Enterprise characters

By Ames

We’ve finally circled this ship back around to continue our show spotlight blog series again! You remember these. The A Star to Steer Her By hosts pick our three favorite minor or one-off characters from a Star Trek series and slap them in this list. We’ve already covered The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager, and it’s finally Enterprise’s time to shine!

We give Enterprise a lot of shit on the podcast and in this blog, but it does boast some decent guest characters in its ranks! Some of them we only see in one episode and some of them recur a handful of times, but they all make an impression that proves to be among the highlights of that show. Whether they are laying the groundwork for established lore (this is a prequel series after all) or telling their own stories, these characters almost make Enterprise worth a look. Almost. Check them out below and listen to our discussion on this week’s podcast (get from there to here at 57:53) as you reflect on this long road with us.

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Chris – Give me an S!

Silik

Shran

Sim

Chris’s picks this time around are all performers that we are spellbound by. These actors give that je ne sais quoi to characters who are instantly intriguing, get your attention, effect an emotional response, and all begin with the letter S! There’s a new face with an exotic way of saying “John” who is just a delight to watch. There’s the familiar face of a Trek veteran doing his usual stand-up job under new and exciting makeup. And there’s literally the same face of an existing character in a role that goes deeper than ever. We like these faces a lot!

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Caitlin – When you’re feeling blue

Sim

Shran

Jhamel

We’ve got the blues after watching these characters, sometimes emotionally and sometimes coloristically. And sometimes in that more suggestive definition of the word whenever Connor Trinneer is onscreen, hubba hubba. Caitlin usually shows her affinity for characters who play with her heartstrings a little in this exercises, so it’s no surprise to see Trinneer’s stunning performance as a slightly different doomed character here, as well as the most charismatic Andorian you’ll ever meet, and one of our first Aenar members who reveals a very interesting new dimension to our blue-skinned allies.

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Ames – Against every instinct

Mestral

Degra

Charles

My picks for this go-around are all individuals who subvert the expectations of their own cultures, for better or for worse. Usually for worse because that’s what makes for good television. Compelling storytelling puts characters into situations where they have to make a choice, and these are people who make strong choices. They will push against Vulcan logic to experience other cultures and maybe find love, will oppose their own people to do what’s right during the Xindi War, or will learn to come out of their own shell in a society that oppresses their gender. Resist, baby, resist!

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Jake – Experts in their fields

A.G. Robinson

Kollos

T’Les

Jake’s favorite characters bring some level of experience and authority to their scenes, making them magnets for the eyes whenever they’re on screen. Imagine how much more interesting this show would have been if we’d had a more nuanced captain character instead of nepobaby Archer; imagine how a Klingon lawyer doing the honorable thing would affect his society if he didn’t end up in prison for it; and imagine how Vulcan would react to one of its scientists advocating for a logical revolution if their corrupt leaders hadn’t gotten her killed. These are characters with meat!

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Will we have as fun a time next week when we continue on in this exercise and pick out our favorite Enterprise villains? Find out by following along to this blog to catch all our Star Trek chatter. Make sure you’re also watching along with our coverage of Discovery episodes over on SoundCloud or wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also share with us who your faves are over on Facebook and BlueSky, and come down with a case of the blue-skin blues with us.

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[ionamalachite]

12,20for the ask game

12: the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them?

Degra!!! I don't know if he's "unpopular" or not because he's never mentioned and I think most people try to ignore the xindi arc. I love the xindi arc, and Degra's character changing over the course of the season is so special to me. He seems really fleshed out-- we know his children's names, his wife's name, that he grew up worshipping the sphere-builders as gods, and when he listens to the evidence Archer puts in front of him, he changes all that what he believes and makes a 180 trying to get the council to listen. His dedication to science and reason and, most of all, unity, make him special to me. It sucks that he died, but even if he didn't, I don't think the Xindi would've joined the Federation for years and years anyway.

20: Part of canon you found tedious or boring?

I didn't care for the human augment arc in the beginning of season 4. I thought the characters were uncompelling because of how stupid they acted, and i found their designs (outfits, hair, etc) off putting. The main girl augment (I forgot her name, whoops) is a weak character. The main boy augment (also don't care about his name) is petulant, backstabbing, and annoying. Arik Soong was interesting and compelling-- and Brent Spiner's performance was on point as always-- but that did not extend to the augments he created.

Thank you Theta for the ask!!!

[memesfromthealcove]

listen the only person who I know who watches Enterprise is my mom, and I didn't think she'd get my sloppily made John Mulaney meme, so I had to find a Star Trek memes page to send it to so that I feel seen.

Archer: I've been in front of a Klingon tribunal. I can handle a tough room.

Degra:

well I think there's a few other people that'll appreciate that lol

[deltaquadrantbaby]

Pre-Federation Starfleet was fucking nuts

Archer and his crew’s first choice of interrogation technique upon finding Xindi Oppenheimer is to build an entire flight simulator in order to gaslight him into believing that he’s spent the last 3 years as a POW

. . . just phenomenal

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