Enterprise: Season 4 Review

STAR TREK
ENTERPRISE
SEASON FOUR

PARAMOUNT TELEVISION PRESENTS

Release Date: November 1st 2005

MSRP Price: $129.99 (MSRP)
Amazon Price: $86.98
Costco Price: $87.99
Wallmart: $94.99

22 Episodes
Format: widescreen
Studio: Paramount Television
Run Time: 939 minutes
Number of Discs - 6
Sound - Dolby Digital 5.1
Network: UPN

Enterprise Season 4 Boxed Set Rating: "A"
Video: A
Audio: B
Content: B
Acting: A
Writing: B
Bonus Material: A
Overall: A

STARS: Scott Bakula, Connor Trinneer, John Billingsley, Linda Park, Anthony Montgomery & Jolene Blalock.

Season 4 brings Enterprise and the Star Trek franchise to a close. Rick Berman & Brannon Braga have hopefully moved on and fans are left with a sour taste in their mouths with what Star Trek could have become.

Enterprise had the cast, sets and special effects to be a hit television series. During the shows final season they just might have had the creative writing too if not for Berman and Braga's involvement. Enterprise was to have been Star Trek's dramatic series taking the franchise into a new direction, but turned out being the same boring material fans have gotten shoved down their throats for years.

Season 4 is probably the series best season as far as story lines go. The exception being the final episode where Tripp is killed for no reason what so ever. New writers were brought in and it was working, but UPN & Paramount had already let everyone know it would be the last. The budget had been cut in half to get one more season. Paramount needed Enterprise to hit the 100 episode mark to be a viable lease series.

I was never disappointed with the quality of the show or the actors who played a part in the series. It was constantly the stories and writing which left fans cold and eventually vapor.

PACKAGING
The packaging is the same as the previous boxed sets. The hard plastic case with see thru blue book style case.

VIDEO:
The digital video quality is again feature quality and despite a budget cut in half it still looks outstanding. UPN is a shitty quality channel in my city, so the series never looked so good. There's no debris, very little dirt and no pixelation - it looks great.

AUDIO:
The 5.1 rocks, for a television series. It's not as good as the series it was suppose to be like in Battlestar Galactica but it still sound excellent. The rear channels come into play a little, which is unique in itself. There is no reason for most television series to be wasted in Dolby 5.1.

BONUS FEATURES:
There are over 3 hours of bonus materials.

Enterprise moments, Season 4
Inside the "Mirror" episodes
Enterprise secrets
Visual effects magic
That's a wrap
Links to the legacy
Deleted scenes and outtakes
Photo gallery

SUMMARY:
All four season have the quality fans expect in them. They will look great on your shelf and it won't matter what order you put them there since you can read the season numbers through the plastic opening.

Enterprise is better than most anyone realizes even with the poor writing. It's entertaining, sounds good and looks great. But just how many can afford the $520 series price or even the $360 on sale price to put the series on their shelves.

Paramount has shown their greed when it comes to the Star Trek franchise and I think it's hurt brought it down even more. How many more copies and money in the pocket could Paramount have made selling the sets at $50 each? A lot.

I have been a monster Trek fan all my life, and Enterprise is the only DVD boxed set for that franchise on my packed shelf.

Enterprise Season 4 Rating: A

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