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Enterprise Finale Synopsis Released 392

Posted by Zonk from the going-out-with-a-whimper dept.
exley writes "Trek Today is reporting that UPN has released a synopsis for the final two episodes of Enterprise, apparently confirming some of the rumors that have been circulating in recent weeks." From the article: "Enterprise will be the first Trek series since the original Star Trek not to end with a special two-hour finale. However, UPN has decided to air both 'Terra Prime' and 'These Are The Voyages...' on the same day, Friday the 13th of May, in an effort to still make a special event out of the show's end."
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  • Final Voyage... (Score:5, Funny)

    by ackthpt ( 218170 ) * on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:09PM (#12047567) Homepage Journal
    "Terra Prime," will be a direct continuation of "Demons," scheduled to air on the 6th of May. In this episode, the Enteprise tries to stop a human isolationist leader, played by Peter Weller, who's threatening to destroy Starfleet Command. ... "These Are The Voyages..." will be set six years after the other fourth-season episodes, and will see Archer and the rest of the crew return home for the decommissioning of the Enterprise, as well as the signing of the Federation charter.

    Then Lexus will appear on the main view screen, the science officer will analyze it to be an early 21st century craft which ran on fossil fuels and contains a crew of accountants. The captain will order phasers set to kill and fired with extreme predjudice, while engineering hails the bridge to indicate all power has suddenly failed. A crew of workmen will enter the bridge and start dismantling things and taking away props, phasers and rubber ears. (similar to the old SNL skit)

    • Hmm. You forgot to include the defelector dish - the swiss army knife of the 24th century.
    • Loved his impression of Spock.

    • Re:Final Voyage... (Score:5, Interesting)

      by Jherek Carnelian ( 831679 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @02:04PM (#12048073)
      It is interesting to see Manny Cotto's (the new lead writer for this last season and a major writer for the 3rd season) hands all over this --

      Peter Weller - Lead from Manny's awesome and prematurely cancelly Odyssey5 series.

      set six years later - Odyssey5 was about astronauts that went back five years in time to prevent the destruction of the Earth, since Odyssey5 was cancelled they never had a chance to even do a "wrap-up" episode - so jumping six years later sounds exactly like the kind of "wrap-up" Odyssey5 would have had if they had known they were being cancelled.

  • Heh (Score:3, Funny)

    by aftk2 ( 556992 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:11PM (#12047582) Homepage Journal
    Let the Friday the 13th! jokes commence...

  • How fitting... (Score:5, Funny)

    by NightWulf ( 672561 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:12PM (#12047595)
    that Friday the 13th is the last day for Star Trek Enterprise. Maybe it's no such bad luck after all. Now all we need is someone to step on a crack and break Braga and Berman's backs, and the circle of life will be complete.

    • Yow! (Score:3, Funny)

      by ackthpt ( 218170 ) *
      that Friday the 13th is the last day for Star Trek Enterprise. Maybe it's no such bad luck after all. Now all we need is someone to step on a crack and break Braga and Berman's backs, and the circle of life will be complete.

      Friday the 13th will come on a Friday that month! I'll have to watch the TV from underneath my bed.

      So, what is most unluck about that day? Having to see the end of the series? Actually the idea of seeing the show wrapped up with a show set several years later is rather interesting,

    • This circle of life you speak of - does it, by chance, involve a Zarg? [midwinter.com]

    • Ah yes ... (Score:5, Interesting)

      by zonix ( 592337 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:37PM (#12047844) Journal

      Now all we need is someone to step on a crack and break Braga and Berman's backs, and the circle of life will be complete.

      Aye! Then after a good long break (several years) let's give Gene Roddenberry's real - as in worthy - successor, Michael Piller, a shot at the Star Trek franchise. At least Piller understood what Roddenberry was trying to do!

      Perhaps with guidance from Majel Barrett, I'm sure they could turn things around for Star Trek. Something true to Gene's vision, that is.

      z

      • Re:Ah yes ... (Score:3, Informative)

        by Derling Whirvish ( 636322 )
        At least Piller understood what Roddenberry was trying to do!

        Roddenberry pitched the Original Series as "Wagon Train to the Stars" which is why it had forst and foremost lots of action punctuated by an occasional fistfight or shootout. If someone would return to that formula instead of the "telenovela" style soap opera format of recent series then it would reurn to high ratings.

        Both Roddenberry and George Lucas understood this. Roddenberry based Star Trek on old Westerns, while Lucas based Star Wars on o

  • Dupe alert! (Score:3, Funny)

    by ari_j ( 90255 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:14PM (#12047609)
    See here [slashdot.org] for the plot details that got leaked earlier!

    (For the moderators who can't be bothered to click on the link before modding me down, the link is to the story about "ripples" explaining the universe and obviating the need for dark energy. It's a joke. Laugh.)

  • Well (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:14PM (#12047611)
    Atleast Enterprise will get a ending. It took Farscape forever to get a proper ending and theres countless other shows that got canceled without a chance to conclude anything.

    • Re:Well (Score:2, Interesting)

      by L0C0loco ( 320848 )
      Yes, but they are leaving a 6 year gap between the last two episodes so they can revive the show or spin off a new one. Its new and its called fractal TV! Same stuff self replicated on all time scales.

  • Enterprise is Dead !!! (Score:3, Funny)

    by Mad_Rain ( 674268 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:15PM (#12047618) Journal
    Long Live Enterprise (in syndication, just like the other 'Treks.)

  • Please oh please push the reset button (Score:5, Funny)

    by nurhussein ( 864532 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:15PM (#12047620) Homepage
    UPN has officially confirmed that Jonathan Frakes (William T. Riker) and Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi) will appear on the Enterprise finale, in a sequence set on the holodeck.

    So "Enterprise" was just one big holodeck fantasy novel? Hooray!

  • MAKE IT END (Score:3, Insightful)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:15PM (#12047621)
    I had respect for enterprise at one point. But then they started bringing in time travel nonsense and I just lost it all. And now what's their finale? OH GREAT, GIMMICKY TIME TRAVEL... on a holodeck?? Never mind, now I just want this show to die quietly and go away.
    • It could just cut to Riker and Troy watching the formal inaguration of the Federation via holodeck.

      That would be my assumption anyways.

      Another interesting thing is that by having a four year time gap between the last two episodes, you open up the possiblity for someone to "fill in the blank". Like Cartoon Network's mini Star Wars saga.

  • The $64k question (Score:5, Funny)

    by TheGuano ( 851573 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:15PM (#12047629)
    Does Captain Archer finally find his way back into his own time/body?

  • The signing of the Federation charter... (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:17PM (#12047645)
    There is reportedly one cracking good scene with a massive fight and a heroic rescue by Archer of one of the commemorative pens used to sign the charter. This promises to end Enterprise in the way we've come to expect. I know I'll be on the edge of my seat.

  • What a bunch of geeks.... (Score:5, Funny)

    by ArsonSmith ( 13997 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:17PM (#12047646) Journal
    Geeks [sandtrooper.net]
    • So the Star Wars guys watch Star Trek? What's next, Luke Skywalker being Captain Kirk's father? Captain Kirk yelling "KHAAAAAN!" instead of "NOOOOO!" after finding out? ...forgive me, I'm no Star Trek or Wars expert, but you have officially *tries unsuccessfully to head off South Park reference* warped my fragile little mind.
  • why did Enterprise disappear for the month of March?

    I'll be sorry to see Enterprise go. It was getting alright. Yes, Battlestar Galactica is better but I've seen them all now and the next series won't be here anytime soon.

    OT: it pisses me off that the Battlestar Galactica 'mini series' and 'series 1' need to be bought separetly on DVD - 45 quid for 15 episodes is a bit steep. Any word on whether the DVD versions keep the ridiculous 15 minute introduction sequences?
    • why did Enterprise disappear for the month of March?

      Wormholes? Maybe they had some untelevised adventures. The characters do have a life outside the show, you know.
    • a) as to march : The show sucked. UPN knew it and pulled it in favor of hoping another show would get better ratings during sweeps. (obvious huh...)

      b) BG new season starts this summer.

      c) there are no 15 minute intro seqs. stop saying there is.

  • Heh (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:18PM (#12047656)
    in an effort to still make a special event out of the show's end."

    The fact that the this bastardization of Trek is ending should make it a special event in an of itself. ;)

  • Save Enterprise (Score:3, Funny)

    by listerine reborn ( 858146 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:18PM (#12047658)
    Enterprise will be the first Trek series since the original Star Trek not to end with a special two-hour finale. Its not the two-hour finale because Enterprise isnt done. http://www.trekunited.com/ [trekunited.com]

  • I'm not a trek nut.. (Score:5, Interesting)

    by NightWulf ( 672561 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:18PM (#12047665)
    "Terra Prime," will be a direct continuation of "Demons," scheduled to air on the 6th of May. In this episode, the Enteprise tries to stop a human isolationist leader, played by Peter Weller, who's threatening to destroy Starfleet Command. ... "These Are The Voyages..." will be set six years after the other fourth-season episodes, and will see Archer and the rest of the crew return home for the decommissioning of the Enterprise, as well as the signing of the Federation charter."

    Isn't this what the fans complain about? That B&B completly disregard trek history. If I remember correctly, wasn't the federation formed in reponse to the end of the war between us and the romulans? Further didn't that happen like 50+ years after Enterprise? Correct me if i'm wrong...

    • Re:I'm not a trek nut.. (Score:5, Funny)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:24PM (#12047726)
      "I'm not a trek nut.. wasn't the federation formed in reponse to the end of the war between us and the romulans?"

      Denial is often a key indicator of a serious problem.

    • Re:I'm not a trek nut.. (Score:5, Informative)

      by Nexzus ( 673421 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:37PM (#12047836)

      The Federation Charter was signed in 2161, according to an Episode of TNG (the one where Riker falls in love with a person from an adrongenous race, I believe). Enterprise started in 2152, and is ending if 2156, so we'll be missing Romulan War.
      I was always hoping that if the show ran for seven years, the last two seasons would deal with the four years of the Romulan war, and the last (few) episode(s) of the seventh season showing the formation of the Federation.
      It will still be good to see the formation of the Federation, though. The Romulan War is rumoured to be the basis of one of the plots considered for Trek 11, however, so not all is lost.
    • They'll probably do the total St. Elsewhere ending and explain away the entire show as the fantasy of a retarded Klingon.

    • Re:I'm not a trek nut.. (Score:5, Insightful)

      by fm6 ( 162816 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @02:05PM (#12048080) Homepage Journal
      Let's not take "official" trek history too seriously. TOS has the Eugenics Wars starting in 1993. TNG and First Contact has civilization more or less collapsing in the near future.

      One thing I can't abide about Trekkies is their compulsive need to tie up all loose ends and resolve all inconsistencies, no matter how trivial or uninteresting. The purpose of background is to help tell a story, not the other way around.

  • Is this it? (Score:5, Interesting)

    by John Seminal ( 698722 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:19PM (#12047677) Journal
    Is this the season finale or series finale?

    I must admit, I never watched the show, but I feel sad if it is leaving the air. Enterprise had so much potential, and I was very excited when it first came on the air. But it sucked, and sucked quick. I thought the guy from Quantum Leap would make a great actor for Captin of the Enterprise, but there was no chemistry with the cast. The shows had no excitement. And there was no science.

    I hope the next star trek is a good one, set a few years in the future of TNG, so we can still have cameo's. Maybe enough in the future so we get some Voyager cast members.

    • Re:Is this it? (Score:5, Insightful)

      by silentbozo ( 542534 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:28PM (#12047761) Journal
      Braga is saying it's series finale. Furthermore, he states that "nobody is surprised by this." Of course, this explains why he and Brannon bailed this season, and turned the reins over to Manny Coto, who has actually written stories that fit in the canon of the Star Trek universe, without having to rely on time travel for bloody well everything.

      I hope the Trek fans manage to salvage Enterprise - they should give Coto at least another season, and some decent advertising dollars, to demonstrate whether or not he and the rest of the remaining Enterprise team can put on a better show than B&B.
      • It isn't what Braga says. It's what the network says. Which is basically, "We paid you millions of dollars for this???!!!"

      • Re:Is this it? (Score:5, Insightful)

        by LoadStar ( 532607 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @02:30PM (#12048279)
        I hope the Trek fans manage to salvage Enterprise - they should give Coto at least another season, and some decent advertising dollars, to demonstrate whether or not he and the rest of the remaining Enterprise team can put on a better show than B&B.

        The problem being, no matter how good the series is and could be under Manny Coto, it is tainted by what came before.

        Let me put it this way - say you're building a house, and you end up with a lousy contractor that slacks off, does all sorts of code violations, and lets the foundation get water and termite damage. You fire the guy, of course, and bring in the best contractor in the world, with one condition - everything that was done before has to stay in place, because you don't want to start all over again with another new house. The guy builds the friggin Taj Mahal for you, but it's built on the crappy foundation the first guy laid.

        The same goes with Enterprise. Manny's doing a pretty good job, but he's working with damaged goods. Oh, he can go back and brace up some of the sagging parts and he can build a fantastic new house, but it's still built on a foundation that was damaged by neglect by B&B. The other problem is - it's not really even his show. Oh, he's running it, but he's just the caretaker, it's still B&B's house.

        This is why I don't get the fan campaign to save Enterprise. LET IT DIE. Let Paramount feel the sting of two Trek failures in a row under Berman's rule. After a while, even the dumbest of studios has to recognize a time for change, and maybe then we'll have a Trek series we'll enjoy. Then people like Straczynski (or however you spell it) and Coto and such can come in at that point and do fantastic work with that series.

  • From TFA: UPN has officially confirmed that Jonathan Frakes (William T. Riker) and Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi) will appear on the Enterprise finale, in a sequence set on the holodeck.

    Well, now we know why there's no continuity between Enterprise and the Original Series- it was all a holodeck fantasy. Closure at last.

  • This just in! (Score:5, Funny)

    by LinuxGeek ( 6139 ) <djand.nc@NoSpAM.gmail.com> on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:20PM (#12047686)
    In other news, my girlfriend has decided to dump me and announced she is going to date my best friend all on the same day to make it a special occasion! Oh the joy.

  • Finale spoiler... (Score:5, Funny)

    by racecarj ( 703239 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:21PM (#12047694)
    Archer and the enterprise get thrown back in time in a desperate attempt to prevent the series from ever being created.
  • It seems to me that Enterprise would make a great transition onto the silver screen whereas DS9 and Voyager have failed to do so. I think that by not wrapping up the series nicely, they leave a large window of opportunity for this type of move. The last two series ended nicely. Too nicely, in fact, to continue on (IMHO). I'm rather glad to see that they aren't going to write a "happily ever after" ending for the series.

  • the end (Score:4, Insightful)

    by Councilor Hart ( 673770 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:24PM (#12047730)
    Lett's hope that at the end, Riker says; Damn, that holodeck story creator should learn how to write
    To which Troy says:
    Yes, and take a history class or two. Because this is as far off, as I ever saw.
    Yes, I am a trekkie, but enterprise? Not all trek is good trek.
    Best episode? The one where captain Sisko makes his log entry and ends up deleting it. The moral ambiguity is lovely.

    • Pedantic reply (Score:4, Insightful)

      by sconeu ( 64226 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @02:16PM (#12048153) Homepage Journal
      Episode title: "In the Pale Moonlight".

      That was a great episode, but what really makes it great is that when Sisko and Bashir got caught in the Bell riots, Bashir asks if humanity has really progressed since 2027, and what would they do if the survival of the Federation was at stake, and Sisko answers with some platitudes.

      Now here it is, 3 years later, and we have Sisko ordering murders, cover ups, etc... all in the name of saving the Federation.

      The juxtaposition of these two episodes is the some of the best TV I've ever seen.

  • Who really cares? (Score:2, Troll)

    by alta ( 1263 )
    Who else will be watching Stargate and SG-Atlantis with me??!! Oh wait, those finalee's are tonight.. Well, I'd still rather watch SG reruns ;)

  • Slow start could have been strong finish, too (Score:5, Insightful)

    by bsandersen ( 835481 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:28PM (#12047767) Homepage
    It has been a long time since we've seen a Star Trek TV series
    launch. Maybe we've forgotten how awkward it can be that first year or so.

    ST:TNG was painful to watch those first few seasons. Riker had starch in his jock, Troi was whiny had spoke too much for how little she had to say, and it was always "Federation Knows Best."

    It wasn't until the series found its footing later that it became interesting. Warp drive wrecks space (we don't know everything after all), Borgs eat our lunch (we aren't so tough after all), and more.

    Sadly, Enterprise was never given a chance to find its path. I'm a fan, though I was also critical of weak, pointless plot lines. But I liked the cast and thought the genesis of the universe we've come to know so well had potential.

    I will miss it.

    -- Scott

    • It has been a long time since we've seen a Star Trek TV series launch. Maybe we've forgotten how awkward it can be that first year or so.

      ST:TNG was painful to watch those first few seasons. Riker had starch in his jock, Troi was whiny had spoke too much for how little she had to say, and it was always "Federation Knows Best."

      It wasn't until the series found its footing later that it became interesting. Warp drive wrecks space (we don't know everything after all), Borgs eat our lunch (we aren't so tough

  • I'm glad this show is off the air .... (Score:3, Insightful)

    by Luscious868 ( 679143 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:30PM (#12047779)
    There hasn't been a good Star Trek movie or TV show in years. Quit beating a dead horse. It's over, move on. Hollywood has run this one into the ground. It reminds me of the Holloween movie franchise.

  • Quick! To action! (Score:5, Funny)

    by stratjakt ( 596332 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:33PM (#12047801) Journal
    Someone summon congress to hold an emergency session to create a special law that will allow us to reinsert Trek's feeding tube, despite the wishes of it's legal caretaker.

  • Dear (Score:5, Funny)

    by computerme ( 655703 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:33PM (#12047802)
    Dear Enterprise producers,

    This is karmic payback for the DUMBEST OPENING THEME SONG IN THE HISTORY OF TV.

    regards,

    me
    • It is a bad theme song... Star Trek is not folksy. Dangit.

    • I Disagree (Score:2, Funny)

      by Anonymous Coward
      An opening theme song should set the stage for what the audience can expect from the show. After watching the show, I'd say the song is a perfect match.

      Likewise, the later revison to the opening also fits well with the past few seasons: too little, too late.

  • Something Awful Said It Best (Score:4, Insightful)

    by Effugas ( 2378 ) * on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:35PM (#12047820) Homepage
    Make Trek History. [somethingawful.com]

    (It's part of this series of Photoshop Phridays [somethingawful.com], and is a parody of a rather badly designed advertisement against poverty. Open question: Can there be a well designed advertisement against poverty?)

    Side note, huge Trek fan, finally got into Enterprise this season.

  • If I ever knew when it was on ... (Score:3, Insightful)

    by Auxon ( 97887 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:40PM (#12047868) Homepage
    ... I would have watched it all the time. Being so busy, the problem I have with new television shows is that by the time I figure out the regular schedule (and by chance actually have free time during airing), they are playing repeats again.

    I'd much rather download the shows, and I can download 5 of the Enterprise episodes at a time and watch them all one Saturday afternoon. I know I am not getting counted as a viewer. So that sucks. I'd pay for it if it was in a DVD set, or subscribe to it online....
    • Same here.

      Somehow I think the distribution system or earning logic should change. Not sure how many people actually watch Enterprise world wide, but I'm pretty sure they exist in great numbers thanks to Internet.

      It's bit funny that nowdays there are tv-series that span the globe without even advertising them, but companies don't know how or don't want to make money out it.

      Just count was it costs to advertise world wide movies, all the effort etc. and compare how easily popular tv series find regular fol

  • Dominic Keating says the finale sucks (Score:2, Insightful)

    by Anonymous Coward
    I saw a brief interview with Dominic Keating on tv where they asked him about the finale, and he said it was just terrible.

    Here's a hint, when the actors on the show says it sucks, it's a good time to pack it in.

  • UPN is BLOWING a HUGE opportunity... (Score:5, Interesting)

    by mcrbids ( 148650 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @01:55PM (#12047986) Journal
    The Trek TV series has a HUGE following. They are blowing a HUGE opportunity, here.

    What if they had a blog for the show, slashdot style? Complete with potential plots for shows that people could comment on and moderate?

    Can you imagine the positive feedback loop that could be created here? Rather than spend insane amounts of money keeping track of the history of the Star Trek universe, they could do a dual-benefit of off-loading much of the fact-checking to the community, and also provide a sense of ownership by the community!

    How many good plots could be written by people, and you know people would cook them up for FREE....

    I dunno. But it seems to me an amazing opportunity, and they're pissing off their community by not listening.
    • I think the reason ST:ENT is being cancelled is because Star Trek no longer has the huge following it once did. The Nielsen ratings indicate that not as many people watch ST:ENT as watched ST:TNG, ST:DS9, or even ST:VOY.

      Adding another blog will not change this. There are already many Internet outlets for discussion of Star Trek affairs, Viacom runs some of them. Star Trek fans give their opinions and anyone who writes for Star Trek can get feedback there.

      As for involving the public more in scriptwritin

  • The end (Score:2, Funny)

    by mbrewthx ( 693182 )
    At the end the little autistic boy wakes up and you realize it was just a construct of his imagination.

  • A truly "Special Finale" (Score:5, Funny)

    by jalefkowit ( 101585 ) <jason@NosPam.jasonlefkowitz.com> on Friday March 25, 2005 @02:00PM (#12048039) Homepage

    ... would be if all the writers from all the seasons of Enterprise came out on camera and apologized.

    For that, give 'em the 2 hours. They have a lot to apologize for.

  • Next Star Trek show to be reality based (Score:5, Funny)

    by xswl0931 ( 562013 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @02:35PM (#12048322)
    Put a bunch of Trekkies on a set. Tell them they can't leave and must solve Star Trek style plotlines. One person will be killed each week (it'll be the ensign in the red uniform).

  • Enterprise was a good series. (Score:3, Insightful)

    by master_p ( 608214 ) on Friday March 25, 2005 @05:18PM (#12049997)
    Over here (Southern EU) we have seen the first season only, but I have to say Enterprise was very good.

    Every ST series reflects its era: the original series was like the heroic movies shot in the 50s (ala Spartacus); TNG was all very strong in characters, just like in the 80s we had mega-stars like Jackson and Madonna; and Enterprise is calm and very low-profile, just like the 'cool' and 'chillin' personalities of late 90s/early 2000. The difference can be summed up in the Captains' behaviour: Kirk would shoot first, then talk over the victim; Picard would not shoot unless a full philosophical analysis of the situation took place ; and Archer would be engaged in smalltalk until he found the right spot to shoot.

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