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05/13/2001 Archived Entry: "Rip-off"

Shamelessly lifted from a post I read from Slashdot - this is the episode list of the new Star Trek: Enterprise series, starring Scott Bakula (he of Quantum Leap fame):

• Introduction to the crew and their quirks. Crisis requires clever use of technology to get out of a tricky situation.


• More character development. Crisis requires clever use of technology to get out of a tricky situation.


• Precocious child prodigy episode. Crisis (caused by precocious child prodigy) requires clever use of technology to get out of a tricky situation.


• Introduction to hostile and recurring alien species. Crisis requires clever use of technology to get out of a tricky situation.


• Lesser character exposition. Shore leave give the ship's librarian a chance to discover love and recover two overdue books.


• True mettle. Recurring enemy reappears again to threaten crew during which time one of the crew discovers courage they never knew they had. Crisis requires clever use of technology to get out of a tricky situation.


• Sparks of romance as two diametically opposed crew members grudgingly become attracted to one another. Crisis requires clever use of technology to get out of a tricky situation.


• Moral crisis as the crew wonder if they should intervene in an alien civil war, especially as one of crew is attracted to one of the rebel leaders. Crisis requires clever use of technology to get out of a tricky situation. Moral crisis neatly sidestepped.


• Q episode. Q causes some crisis which requires clever use of technology to get out of a wacky situation while being mocked continuously by Q.


• Cliffhanger. Hostile, recurrent alien species return and threaten to destroy the ship. Series ends with enemy firing a photon torpedo and the ominous utterance "Brace for impact!"

You just know it's right. I mean, the cliffhanger is perfect.