Star Trek Enterprise - The Complete Third Season

Under rated writing and cast. Love the characters, surprised they did little after. Would love to see a reboot of all.

Whatever reservations I may have had about this show were quickly dissipated with season 3, which gave us one of the best long-running sci-fi story arcs I've seen and almost easily the best in Star Trek history (edging out DS9's Final Chapter). Probably season 3's greatest attribute is its relative consistency. Sure, not every episode was great, but each had something to add to the lengthy plot, and it usually entertained in the process. The end result was an ambitious season highlighted by enjoyable storytelling, excellent f/x, and plenty of tension and intrigue.The Xindi- B. A good start to the Xindi arc, with interesting conflicts aboard the ship and a damn good action sequence at the end of the episode.Anomaly- B. This episode further highlights the dangers of the Delphic Expanse in a convincing and entertaining fashion.Extinction- B-. Okay, I know this one's universally despised, but I was pretty amused by it through and through.Rajiin- B-. I was hoping to see more between the ultra-hot Hoshii and Rajiin, but the scene just cut away! Otherwise, it's a enjoyable enough episode.Impulse- A-. Zombie Vulcans! Though it doesn't particularly further the Xindi arc, this is still an exciting, action-packed episode.Exile- B-.The Shipment- B. Adds an extra dimension to the already intriguing Xindi race.Twilight- A. Possibly the season's best episode, even if it does seem a bit inspired by TNG's Yesterday's Enterprise and 50 First Dates. Still, it represents everything I love about Star Trek.North Star- B. Another unpopular episode, this time saved by a really cool shootout/fight scene at the end.Similitude- C-. Despite the moral complications, I found this a pretty dull Tucker episode.Carpenter Street- C+. Watchable, but it doesn't really succeed as a time travel piece or as an action episode either.Chosen Realm- C+. Pretty much a filler episode, though I did like the final scene.Proving Ground- B. Nice to see Shran again, especially in an episode that delivers its share of thrills and intriguing plot turns.Stratagem- B+. It's a lot of fun watching Archer and the crew try to manipulate Degra.Harbinger- B. A solid episode that furthers the story arc while also giving us an enjoyable fight scene between Reed and Major Hayes.Doctor's Orders- B-. The season's Dr. Phlox episode, and while I think it could have been even creepier, it still does a nice job building a sense of isolation.Hatchery- B-.Azati Prime- B. Another good episode, though I would have liked a bit more expansion on that future Daniels was showing to Archer.The Damange- B+. Archer goes to some extreme lengths to continue his mission. It's breaking these ehtical boundaries that make this a very compelling episode.The Forgotten- B. A decent episode as Archer tries to convince the Xindi they're being manipulated.E squared- B-. The premise is intriguing and most of the episode does entertain, but it doesn't end on the most satisfying note.The Council- B+. The pace reaches a feverish height as we approach the end of the arc. There's plenty of dramatic conflict and a cool space battle towards the end.Countdown- A. Wow. As a pure thrill ride, Countdown is one of the best Star Trek episodes ever, highlighted particularly by an awesome space battle worthy of the big screen. Toss in some exciting phaser fights and the death of a major character and we've got one of my favorite Trek episodes, period.Zero Hour- B. After the frantic thrills of Countdown, things actually slow down a bit for the first half of Zero Hour, hurting the momentum somewhat. Thankfully, the second half of the episode packs some exciting action and ends the Xindi arc on a strong note (rather reminiscent of Star Trek: Nemesis now that I think about it). The plot twist at the end does seem pretty gratuitous, though.

Love the episodes! Would have given it five stars but the audio mix is way off on parts of the discs. For example, on the first disc there are previews for other Star Trek series. The volume is wildly different for each preview, ranging from elephant trumpet to mouse whisper levels. And on all the discs the menu showing the episodes on that disc is blaring, but the episodes themselves are at normal levels. If I didn’t have to jump and turn down the volume at the end of each episode before that disc menu blasts me across the room I would have given this five stars.

This is for the Blu-Ray version. Would give this 5 stars, but a few episodes didn't play, so I returned to get another. Too bad Amazon doesn't do exchanges as the price went up after my initial purchase. Waiting for it to go back down in price.

The Good:Season 1 and 4 are pretty solid. The guy that plays Trip does a real good job, imo, the best on the show, suprising we havent seen him in more stuff. I give it 4 stars so hopefully the actors get some royalties, they shouldnt be punished for Braga's lameness.The Bad:-Braga's unfortunate influence bogs it down. Just like he did to Voyager with the whole 7 of 9 thing. This guy should never be allowed near the Trek franchise ever again, almost as bad as JJ Abrahms version of Trek.-The show really suffers not having enough of the old guard around, of course Roddenberry, Taylor and Piller had nothing to do with this one.-A drug addict, emotionally unstable Vulcan, really? When she didnt have a crappy story to work with Blaloc does a good job being Vulcan. I don't watch much TV for a reason. Always it seems to me the crappy TV shows (most of them), they have people over-acting and lots of screaming or out of control emotions and raised voicces...that happens way too much in this series.-Starfleet attacking innocent people, raiding thier ship and stranding them in space, essentially condeming 30 innocent bystanders to die? We wouldn't do that now and have laws against it in civilian life, military law (UCMJ) and international law. In the show no one is ever held accountable.-Some real serious plot holes at times.-That opening song. Who thought a wannabe Rod Stewart song would be a good idea for Star Trek?-All the time travel.-It's heavy on action and pretty people and not so heavy in the moral arguments department, which is a big part of Star Trek.-Some of their technology is better than what they have in "Next Generation".-Lots and lots of inconsistencies. From plots to technologies. They totally screw up the history of Starfleet, tehy wreck the "mythology".-Almost all of season 3 and the last 1/4 of season 2 , with the whole time traveling/Xindi story arc. It's literally episode after episode in season 3...gets real old real fast.-An ROTC squad has better judgement then alot of the stuff they have the officers doing. I love Quantum leap, but I just dont think Bakula was a good pick for a captain. The best captains were played by people with a long history in classical theatre. Cause you want that command presence in a captain and a leader. Someone get Archer a chill pill.-The persistent message that scientists and science & technology are bad. Or even that the Prime Directive is a bad idea is even implied more than once. I'm sorry but, it aint Star Trek without the Prime Directive and a sane Vulcan.Part of what makes good science fiction good is that it has, at the very least, somewhat believable technology based on real physics. Right? At a minimum it's just enough so that you can suspend disbelief. But I guess if you don't know jack about physics this is hard to do. It's almost like they in fact demonize science. Not a real smart thing to do for Star Trek. I know a lot of the actors dont like the techno-babble as they say, but umm, we like the techno-babble... alot of us do the techno-babble in real life. Who did you think your audience was?The main reason this one is always rated the lowest out of all Star Trek's is this:It diverged too much and in too many ways from Gene's Star Trek. Star Trek shouldnt be used as an experimental vehicle for your lame ass ideas. Star Trek is popular because of Gene Roddenberry's vision, once you go away from that, all you got is just another TV show.If your new to Star Trek, in Gene's own words, Next Generation was the closest to what he wanted Star Trek to be. My words: A progreesive, positive, moral, adventurous space odyssey of humans in a meritocracy. Could it be cheesy sometimes yeah, but at least I never felt like I was watching a crappy soap opera void of any morality or vision. I get that every day here on planet earth......

its very very rare for a sci fi series to have a huge plot arc (the only other was babylon 5 and its shadow war season,aka lord of the rings in space) the mood setting of enterprise season 3 changedfrom ooh ah explorers to really upset vengefull soldiers hell benton finding the xindi .. the character whose changed the most is archer who went from go luck happy explorer to a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders, one of my favourite characters pops up namely the roguish commander shran . i really enjoyed the punch up between the miffed reed and cocky hayesthe episode with the vulcan ship turned in top a zombie episode which might please some viewersin simbiont where tripp is cloned some viewers might remember a similarvoyager episode where tuvok and neelix are joined as one unique being in both cases janeway and archer have to say a agonising goodby to them both.................................................................................as with all blue ray star trek episodes there is a lot of extras not includedin the dvd version , colour, picture and sound excellent

This is third series of Enterprise; it follows on directly from the cliff hanger last episode of series two. Earth having been attacked by a race that they are told are called the "Xindi", Archer and his crew have to search a region of space known as the "Expanse" and locate the people that are threatening the survival of the human race.This series was much darker than any that we have seen previously. Archer identifies that he thought a starship captain has a lot on his shoulders; but now he has the entire fate of the world. It forces him to make decisions that he and his crew are not entirely comfortable with; and as the situation becomes more perilous, he is forced to cross the line again and again. Although he tries to hang on to his compassion, his sense of honour and his humanity, circumstances dictate that his own personal views have to take second place to achieving the goal of saving the future of humanity.I found the story lines utterly believable and fascinating. With the pressure on the crew to keep going despite constant attacks and major damage to the ship, emotions become raw and never far from the surface. The crew bond together even more as this is the only way for them to keep going, despite the losses that they suffer. Binding all of the episodes together with a central arc is not a new idea, but this worked well for this season.The 3 main characters of Archer, T'Pol and Tucker continue to grow and develop, with some superb performances by Bakula, Blalock and Trineer. However, Billingsley as Phlox, Keating as Reid, Parks as Sato and Montgomery as Mayweather all turn in some really excellent performances, showing that the writers were really now starting to give them some strong material to work with.At the end of the season, Archer manages to build an uneasy alliance with three of the five Xindi species; and we can see the idea of a "federation" forming to provide mutual support and prevent similar attacks in the future. In doing this, he saves Earth; but in the process of destroying the Xindi weapon, Enterprise is pushed back in time. The last episode provides another cliff hanger to take us through to the 4th season.As with other box sets, this also has some really great extra material. It provides some insight into how the shows are produced and just what the directors were thinking, as well as some fine glimpses into how the special effects and makeup are created. A really excellent box set.

I had trouble trying to get a uk copy of this season, so went for this euro copy.The only drawback is the sleeve notes are in German,but thankfully the disc can still be set to english.This series has some good storylines and excellent special effects (especially on this blu-ray) and well worth watching for any trekkie.

Got back into "Enterprise" via a re-run of Series 1&2 on an obscure Freesat channel. Amiable-enough evening viewing, with some charming if at times infuriating characters & stories. But Season 3 is different entirely: very dark and genuinely gripping. The story arc across the series has added power because these previously pleasant-enough characters we have got used to, suddenly find themselves facing really serious, morally dubious issues and personal troubles - while fighting for their lives and the Earth. Bakula's performance improves markedly - he starts behaving like a real, and tormented, Captain. In fact, several of the roles become much more three-dimensional - Connor Trinnear ("Trip") and Jolene Blalock ("T'Paul") in particular. There's added resonance to the whole "battling in suddenly very serious times" theme, because we know (with hindsight) that the show was also fighting for its life, after savage reviews of the earlier series' when first broadcast. Unfairly trashed when it first appeared, "Enterprise" in this series in particular deserves praise: it's good Sci-fi, great acting, good sets and effects, and genuinely gripping drama.

Great price. Fantastic 3rd Season. No problems with any of the DVDs, all played perfectly. When this Season first came out on TV I didn't rate it as high as the first two but now it is our family favourite. I know it is rated 12 years and older but our six year old daughter loves it and there are only a few scenes in a few episodes where we hide her eyes and even then she is still keen to see what is going on!