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We’ve made it to the end of Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3! It’s been a long road, getting from there to here. But our time is finally near! The serialized season certainly changed the tenor of Enterprise but it was in ways both good and bad. It’s been a long string of shows that focused on some new enemies and Wes and Clay have many thoughts about it.
The third season of Star Trek: Enterprise focuses on Enterprise NX-01‘s mission to prevent a second Xindi attack from destroying Earth. Unlike the show’s second season, Enterprise‘s third season embraces a heavily serialized format dedicated to the search for the Xindi primary weapon. Additionally, Archer, Trip, and T’Pol receive considerable character development throughout the year.
The season concludes with the destruction of the Xindi weapon and the beginning of a brief storyline that will bring the unpopular Temporal Cold War to an end the following season.
- Season three of Enterprise marks a Star Trek first: the use of a single story arc for an entire season. The Xindi arc actually begins with “The Expanse“, the cliffhanger ending of the previous season, and extends indirectly into the first three episodes of the next, “Storm Front“, “Storm Front, Part II” and “Home“.
- The episode order for this season was cut from 26 to 24 episodes by Paramount, following some disappointing early ratings.
- The title of the series changed to Star Trek: Enterprise after “Extinction” was broadcast.
- The theme music was changed to have a more up-beat tempo, in line with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine‘s new theme starting with season four‘s premiere, “The Way of the Warrior“, which was also changed to having a more up-beat tempo.
- Recaps of previous events are included at the start of the episodes “The Xindi“, “The Shipment“, “Proving Ground“, “Harbinger“, “Hatchery“, “Damage“, “The Forgotten“, “E²“, “The Council“, “Countdown“, and “Zero Hour“.
- Season 3 is the first live-action season of the entire franchise in which no Klingons appear.
- This is the only season of Enterprise in which Admiral Maxwell Forrest, Silik, and Commander Williams do not appear.
In this episode of the podcast, Wes and Clay break down Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3 and discuss the year as a whole. Plus! The guys chat about the best and worst episodes of the year, where Enterprise stands when compared to its Trek siblings, and the successes and failures of the Xindi arc.