Star Trek: Ranking The Series Intros Worst To Best

9. #9: Enterprise

Episodes of Star Trek’s sixth series open with images of human exploration past and future. Brave men and women take to the seas, then the sky, then to space and worlds far, far beyond. And since the series focuses primarily on humans finding their place in the Star Trek galaxy, it’s all quite poignant.

Sadly, the intro still left many viewers pulling sour faces and scrambling to mute their televisions.

Breaking from tradition, Enterprise featured the first vocal theme in Star Trek history. The song, “Where My Heart Will Take Me”, was a retooled version of “Faith Of The Heart”, a former Rod Stewart radio hit written by soft-rock songwriter Diane Warren. Vocalist Russell Watson was brought in to do his best Rod Stewart impression, and viewers were left with a syrupy, cringe-inducing theme that few enjoyed.

Actor and confirmed Trekkie Simon Pegg spoke for many when he said the theme was “probably the most hideous Star Trek moment in history.”

Whether the theme contributed to the early cancellation of Enterprise is debatable, but almost certainly it did nothing to prevent it.