6. Bad Planet-Of-The-Week Episodes
One of the advantages of television is it's ability to tell stand-alone stories with existing characters, continuously. In fact, it's the defining characteristic of the medium. So when a show fails in this department, it's just about over. Enterprise started out not
strong, per se, but manageable. Then the Xindi storyline came along and from then to the end of the series, it seems like anything that wasn't related to the main story or part of a two or three-parter was throwaway material. I'm not even sure why at this point. I can't tell you what went wrong, whether it was the writers, producers, or performers, or just dumb luck. I will go back and watch the third and fourth seasons and find swaths of them unwatchable. Maybe I'm a judgmental bastard. who am I kidding, I am a judgmental bastard. But I am endeared by Enterprise, and I want it to be
good. But it makes it so hard sometimes. Next section.