A bit of a disappointing conclusion to a show that overall is a huge disappointment despite the very strong fourth season. I am honestly not sure why Riker and Troi were back other than that they both love Trek, but they honestly detracted from the story. Although honestly the story was pretty thin this time no matter how you cut it. Of course I am not going to object to seeing the D around again, but it was kinda sad to realize the sets are probably mostly gone since they were largely replaced by CGI sets. Trip dying felt kinda unearned for the episode, but at least they waited until the very end to kill him off. When I first started ENT I noticed his wiki entry listed him as diseased and since he is the only character I consistently found to likable I wasn't looking forward to ENT without him. Luckily for me Riker brings him back from a talk after he has died on screen, wait, that wasn't lucky, it was just confusing. Just like the entire Riker subplot. I guess it was all so we could get the three Enterprise send off at the end which made me tear up a little.
This episode revolves entirely around Riker watching the final cruise of the NX-1 from the holodeck of the Enterprise D so he can better make some decision we are never really told much about. It is ten years later on the NX-1 and they are supposed to be heading to Earth so Archer can give his big speech that kicks off the Federation, but of course something goes wrong along the way. Shran calls (honestly glad he was back for the conclusion) even though he is supposed to be dead. It seems his daughter was kidnapped and he needs Archer help. They trick the kidnappers into taking a fake prize before taking off. But the bad guys are somehow able to go warp 7 and beam on to Enterprise and try taking Archer hostage. But Trip steps in and tricks them into letting him blow most of them up along with himself. He dies of his injuries and Enterprise makes it back to Earth for the big speech. Along the way Riker has taken on the role of chef to have personal conversations with the crew. We close with the speech and Riker saying, "computer, end program." Then a final fly by of all three TV Enterprise ships with the opening lines from TOS and TNG mashed together with Archer delivering the final line.
Review: It is sad to finally reach the end of TV Trek as we know it, but I still have the three reboot movies to watch at least. And hopefully things done fall through on Discovery. ENT ended exactly how it had to, but it would have been nice to have a bit more of a coherent final episode.
4 out of 10
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