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DVD Star Trek Enterprise - The Complete Second Season
With Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) trapped in the 31st century, season 2 of Enterprise opens with a rousing resolution to season 1's cliffhanger finale. The first four episodes instantly became fan favorites: "Shockwave, Part II" advances the Suliban's role in the Temporal Cold War; "Carbon Creek" reveals the real first contact (albeit a secret one) between humans and Vulcans in Pennsylvania in 1957, allowing Jolene Blalock to play T'Pol's "second foremother" in a Sputnik-era scenario; in "Minefield," Reed (Dominick Keating) is nearly killed by an explosive device attached to Enterprise's hull; the damage is repaired in "Dead Stop," featuring award-winning digital modeling effects as the disabled Enterprise encounters a mysterious automated space station. Season 2 also emphasizes Archer's ongoing friction with the Vulcan High Command, exacerbated when T'Pol's career is threatened (in "Stigma") by her involuntary involvement with ostracized mind-melders. Connections to the original Star Trek (series and films) continue with episodes involving Tellarites, Tholians, Klingons, Andorians, and even a brief appearance by a Tribble (one of many occasions for humor in Dr. Phlox's sickbay, the setting of many of the season's finest dialogue-driven scenes). Early warp-drive history is also explored in "First Flight," a Right Stuff-like episode guest-starring Keith Carradine as Archer's friend and rival in breaking the Warp 2 barrier.
Consisting primarily of stand-alone episodes that integrate ongoing story arcs, season 2 showcases the primary cast with generally good results: Mayweather (Anthony Montgomery) visits the "boomer" cargo ship he was raised on in "Horizon"; Hoshi (Linda Park) experiences unsettling transporter symptoms in "Vanishing Point"; and Tucker (Connor Trineer) plays a pivotal role in several episodes, notably "Dawn," "Precious Cargo" and "Cogenitor." And while "Regeneration" provoked controversy among fans for introducing the yet unnamed Borg in an early Starfleet context, it's a fine episode (with echoes of The Thing) that holds up to scrutiny, while others (including "The Crossing," "The Breach" and "Cogenitor") feel somewhat recycled, indicating the challenge of finding new ideas in the Star Trek canon. Overall, however, season 2 is consistently strong, with several episodes directed by cast alumni from previous Trek series, including NextGen's LeVar Burton, and Voyager's Roxanne Dawson and Robert Duncan McNeill. They all lead up to a devastating attack on Earth (with seven million casualties, including Trip's younger sister) in "The Expanse," ending the season with high-stakes mystery as Enterprise enters a treacherous region of space in search of the Xindi, an enemy race that factors heavily in season 3.
Abundant bonus features include a generous selection of deleted scenes (non-essential, but interesting to fans); audio commentary (on "Dead Stop" and "Regeneration") by writers Mike Sussman and Phyllis Strong, who explain the challenge of writing under constantly shifting production conditions; and text commentary (on "Stigma" and "First Flight"), in which Trek veterans Michael and Denise Okuda demonstrate their encyclopedic knowledge of Star Trek fact and fiction. Six Easter eggs, known as "NX-01 Files," are hidden on the Special Features menus; they offer brief glimpses into specific aspects of production, including set recycling and art direction. "Enterprise" secrets are revealed for those who pay meticulous attention to detail; "Inside 'A Night in Sickbay'" offers a behind-the-scenes assessment of that memorable episode; and "LeVar Burton: Star Trek Director" celebrates the actor's smooth transition to directing after his stint on Next Generation. "Enterprise Profile: Jolene Blalock" is a tribute to the sexy actress by her fellow cast members and executive producers Brannon Braga and Rick Berman, including Blalock's assessment of T'Pol's pivotal role as Enterprise's resident Vulcan. Best of all, however, are the hilarious outtakes: They show the cast as a family unit, combining hard work with humor as the second season progresses. --Jeff Shannon
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The 2nd season is just as good as the first
The 2nd season of Star Trek Entreprise is just as good as the first, The 2nd season will be mostly known for that 1st season Cliffhanger "Shockwave" and will also see episode in which have alot of dignified meaning, episodes such as Carbon Creek where T'Pol goes back to her days in a mine empire in PA, A Night in Sickbay with Capt. Archer's dog Porthos getting sick and having to take care of him. "Regeneration" is the episode where the inactive Vulcans in Antartica try to attack the NX-01 Ship and thus are confronted. And the season fianle "The Expanse" is the Xindi's initial attack on earth which gets all the Enterprise fans geared up for the season 3 long stry arc about the Xindi Attack and another reason why that season 2 was the half-way point of the 4 year run. But altogether, season 2 had alot of great episodes nonetheless.
Boldly Go where several other series have gone before
My only history with Star Trek was in the feature films. So, for better or for worse, my review of Enterprise Season 2 is in no way tainted by the original STAR TREK, VOYAGER, DEEP SPACE NINE or THE NEXT GENERATION.
With that aside, I could feel the presence of those previous series underneath this one. Often feeling, "I bet they explored this on the VOYAGER" or "this is probably a play on `A Tribble for your thoughts'". With that said, I can't join in the chorus of voices who HATE the show or its non-Rodenberry creators. Maybe they make good points, but it could be sour grapes.
Scotty Bakula is Captain Jonathan Archer, and he is a likeable, adventurous guy. His most interesting relationship is with the Vulcan T'Pol, the ships adopted science officer, who single-handedly fulfills many Trekkie fantasies. My favorite character would be the ship's doctor, Phlox. A Denobulan (that's alien) with a great temperament sorely lacking on today's earth, he is given a couple interesting episodes this year.
The episodes follow the second year aboard the Enterprise, making history with every light year. There are run-ins with more Vulcan's, Klingon's, Andorians and Suliban. Ending with a bang back at planet earth, preparing for the Xindi! With no more need to introduce the crew of the Enterprise, this season spends more time cutting to the chase. This year is filled with problems with the Vulcan ego and the Klingon vendetta against Captain Archer.
The highlight of the episodes unfortunately is the feature film quality special effects. The writing itself feels like it must be derivative of earlier treks... and the 1 hour medium limits the scope away from feature films as well.
Some of the shows feel experimental, and the risks don't always pay off, especially the over-sexy material involving admittedly curvy T'Pol. But how many times can we watch her get soaped up? But, the series was overall just shy of solid.
The DVD series includes all the second season episodes as well as occasional TEXT COMMENTARY offerings, some deleted scenes and some behind-the-scenes material. But, not much compared to the First Season offering.
Getting better!!!
I love the second season! The first season was more of an introduction to all the characters but the second season starts the real exploring. I find each episode to be unpredictable and very original. Can't wait to buy the third season!
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Enterprise season four is the best out of the four seasons for sure. The entire season, you see the birth of the Federation slowly begin to grow until the last episode when it actually happens. This season was full of drama, action and suspense. I've never seen so many episodes in a season of Star Trek that has touched me emotionally as much as this season has done. From the sad story about Trip and T'Pol's daughter, the the tragic end of one of the characters in the last episode "These Are The Voyages..."
This season also showed the most Shran episodes out of all of them, which is always a plus since Shran has become the fan favorite character of the series.
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I have read a lot of negetive reviews about the shorter version of the episode "Threads" being on this set rather than the longer more boring version. I just picked up the set and have only watched the episode "Threads" (I watched the season when it aired). I thought the shorter version was better and quicker to get to the point, there was a lot of padding in the longer version. Although I don't agree with MGM's Decision to not to put the broadcast version on the DVD, I'm glad they didn't. I don't think I will trade in my set to get the longer version. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Richard Dean Anderson DVD Release Date: Released the 04 October 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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