I'd already quit watching Enterprise some time during the first season. Looks like I made a smart decision (in hindsight).
See, if Enterprise was being written by, say, J. Michael Straczynski, then this episode might actually make sense and be consistent as part of a larger story--namely, why the NX01 has never been mentioned before in the Trek universe before this series.
It would be the start of the explanation: how the captain, turned deranged (by all the time-travelling/stress of the job?) eventually trashed relations with every species they met (and even ones they hadn't, via their spreading bad reputation), and eventually destroyed the ship and all the records of it.
That's how in the future, the NCC1701 came to be thought of as the original Enterprise, Starfleet's disastrous subsequent meeting with the Klingons considered first contact, etc.
...If someone like JMS was writing the show, that is. Unfortunately, since the reality is Rick Berman and Brannon Braga, that won't be the case. Sure sounds like "Worst. Episode. Ever." to me, from your description.
(Is it bad enough to watch in a RHPS/MST3K way, or is it just SWHS/Highlander2 bad?)
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See, if Enterprise was being written by, say, J. Michael Straczynski, then this episode might actually make sense and be consistent as part of a larger story--namely, why the NX01 has never been mentioned before in the Trek universe before this series.
It would be the start of the explanation: how the captain, turned deranged (by all the time-travelling/stress of the job?) eventually trashed relations with every species they met (and even ones they hadn't, via their spreading bad reputation), and eventually destroyed the ship and all the records of it.
That's how in the future, the NCC1701 came to be thought of as the original Enterprise, Starfleet's disastrous subsequent meeting with the Klingons considered first contact, etc.
...If someone like JMS was writing the show, that is. Unfortunately, since the reality is Rick Berman and Brannon Braga, that won't be the case. Sure sounds like "Worst. Episode. Ever." to me, from your description.
(Is it bad enough to watch in a RHPS/MST3K way, or is it just SWHS/Highlander2 bad?)