andlarry

The crew of the enterprise used to have fun... when they were pursuing their original mission during the first season and somewhat during the second season. For example, when they discover "the biggest comet in earth's history" Archer is practically beaming. The problem is that after season two they're no longer pure explorers. Ya, they get to "explore" the expanse but only because the Xindi are about to destroy earth. Try smiling when your planet is about to be destroyed. In season 4 it appears that they have now become star fleet's troubleshooters. Any problem earth has (augments, the bombing of earth's embassy on vulcan, war between the andorians and tellarites) is now the enterprise's problem. However, despite their situation Rugger is right they should enjoy themselves a bit more. When voyager was trying to get home about 98% of the species they met in the delta quadrent were trying destroy them in one way or another but that crew kept their spirits up. Perhaps enterprise should do something more fun than "movie night", or maybe they just need a morale officer like neelix (*shudder*). Enterprise is still awesome tho... I can't wait to see tonights episodes. Too bad I have to steal them (can't get UPN by me).