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I loved Enterprise. Dr Phlox is easily the best Starfleet doctor yet represented. But Jonathan Archer is an idiot.
Every S1 episode is this: new species met, half the crew gives advice on how to deal with them. Jonathan Archer decides to do the exact opposite and the rest of the episode is trying to repair that damage.
Don’t get me wrong, I find it funny, realistic, and relatable. But Archer isn’t a great captain.
I love his character, I really do. When I say he’s a terrible captain, is because he consistently makes choices completely in line with his character that are awful. In universe it even makes sense. Starfleet didn’t expect much from this mission, it was politically motivated and his placement as captain was too. Vulcan high command is throwing humans a bone, the humans are throwing one of their own by placing the son of the guy who designed the ship at it’s helm. It goes exactly how you’d expect it to go, and then suddenly transdimensional aliens from the future blow up Florida and Archer is the only guy with a ship fast enough to do something about it. Thank God Trip and T’Pol were there or the humans would have been fucked
I feel like some of that was on purpose. Like, the whole point of the show was our bumbling first steps into space, there’s gotta be mistakes. And it gives some latitude to explore plots that aren’t all “Flawless Space Hero Saves the Day”
I loved Enterprise. Dr Phlox is easily the best Starfleet doctor yet represented. But Jonathan Archer is an idiot.
Every S1 episode is this: new species met, half the crew gives advice on how to deal with them. Jonathan Archer decides to do the exact opposite and the rest of the episode is trying to repair that damage.
Don’t get me wrong, I find it funny, realistic, and relatable. But Archer isn’t a great captain.
I have a hard time deciding the best captain.
But yeah, Archer is the worst captain. Great portrayal by Scott Bakula - of the worst captain.
I love his character, I really do. When I say he’s a terrible captain, is because he consistently makes choices completely in line with his character that are awful. In universe it even makes sense. Starfleet didn’t expect much from this mission, it was politically motivated and his placement as captain was too. Vulcan high command is throwing humans a bone, the humans are throwing one of their own by placing the son of the guy who designed the ship at it’s helm. It goes exactly how you’d expect it to go, and then suddenly transdimensional aliens from the future blow up Florida and Archer is the only guy with a ship fast enough to do something about it. Thank God Trip and T’Pol were there or the humans would have been fucked
“Thank God Tripp (I think it has two 'p’s) and T’Pol were fucking.”
FTFY
I feel like some of that was on purpose. Like, the whole point of the show was our bumbling first steps into space, there’s gotta be mistakes. And it gives some latitude to explore plots that aren’t all “Flawless Space Hero Saves the Day”