10 Dumbest Things In Star Trek: Enterprise

10. Guest Starring - The Enterprise Cast

Let's place our tongo cards firmly on the table here; it could never ever be anything else, and giving These Are the Voyages only two entries on this list still seems as though it's got away with murder. You were waiting for this one, let's be honest. It's the Threshold of Enterprise, and this one needs to be cleared immediately.

A love letter (ahem) to Star Trek fans, the Enterprise finale makes Shades of Gray look like a narrative masterpiece. Even the cast themselves (and the guest cast!) have come out to state that this was a huge misfire. The dumbest thing is making the cast bit parts in their own series, and on top of that, using The Pegasus from The Next Generation as the framing device. No offence to Marina Sirtis or Jonathan Frakes here, but choosing to set their scenes post-Nemesis might have been a wiser move. Everybody is frighteningly underused, and to really drive home how poorly conceived the episode is, there's the classic Kirk monologue over the final moments to remind viewers of all the good times that preceded this catastrophe.

It's not dumb for the acting or the integrity of the crew, but more for the sheer concept of an episode that might have worked in a mid-season slot or, at a push, a season finale. Yet as a series finale and one that also marked the end of Trek's unbroken run of shows since 1987, it's about as appealing as dead gagh.