Star Trek: EVERY Season Ranked Worst To Best

Enterprise season one is somewhat of a mixed bag. It suffered from pacing issues, much the same as all other first seasons in the franchise. However, right from the beginning, it was very clear that this incarnation had heart - and no, that was not an intended pun.

It set about trying recapture some of the adventure and spirit that the Original Series and the Next Generation had brought to the franchise, something that, for better or worse, had been lost along the way in Deep Space Nine and Voyager. Those two franchises had thrived on, in Deep Space Nine's case, darker and heavier themes. In Voyager's case, there was a distinct lack of theme.

Enterprise ran afoul of fans from the beginning when a bumpy headed Klingon ran through a field on Earth, over one hundred years before Kirk would meet the smooth headed foes. Had internet forums been as prevalent then as they are now, it would have broken the internet. Suffice to say, it started something of an uphill battle.

There was a sense of 'been there, done that', despite the efforts of the first season to bring something new to the franchise. The inclusion of the Temporal Cold War seemed like a handy way to edge around established canon and bring in some players from later seasons. While the first season stumbled, enough fans warmed to it to secure a second season order from the network, which in itself would come with more issues.