I mean, you've got to tip your hat to The Next Generation, which really redefined the genre. There was a lot of good stuff on that series, and I loved Data and all. But while The Next Generation was a little bit saccharin and sanctimonious, the Enterprise series was nothing short of a hoot!. It has been an absolute fun ride. And too short at only four seasons. (It challenged Bush/Cheney sensibilities right at the height of that hysteria, and probably made a lot of people uneasy.) One of my favorite moments is shown in the image below. It's kind of hard to tell, but he's riding a tether between two starships at warp 5 right out in the open. I literally let loose with a Yeeeehhhaaaawww!!!!!
I do have one big complaint though, and I know how geeky this is going to sound but I'm going to say it anyway. In Season 3, nearing the climax of the Xindi crisis in The Expanse, Capt. Archer steals a warp drive from a ship of innocent explorers. Okay, fine. The fate of the Human Race depended on it, but what bugged me was that when the crisis was resolved, he did nothing to return the stolen warp drive back to the crew that was now limping home at impulse on a journey that would now take them several years. Returning the warp drive seemed the least they could do, and not doing so reflected especially poorly on the character of Human Beings.
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