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   From TV Guide online....   
      
      
   Spaced Out   
   Is it time to give the Enterprise crew, and us, a rest?   
      
      
   Let's face it. Does it even matter that Star Trek: Enterprise is   
   having the most exciting year for a Trek series since Deep Space Nine   
   signed off in 1999? Truth is, most people would think that's damning   
   with faint praise.   
      
   They'd be right.   
      
   After nearly 600 episodes since the franchise returned to TV in 1987   
   with The Next Generation, it's only fair to admit we're suffering from   
   battle fatigue-or Trek-haustion.   
      
   It's not entirely this show's fault. Enterprise is now well into a   
   season-long mission to save Earth from a powerful enemy, the Xindi,   
   while crossing a treacherous expanse of space. Unlike the first two   
   seasons, Enterprise has a sense of purpose these days, a renewed   
   urgency.   
      
   The current run of new sweeps episodes ends on a suspenseful note   
   March 3, as the ship is crippled in a Xindi attack while a captured   
   Archer (Scott Bakula) frantically tries to negotiate.   
      
   Still, it seems too little, too late. Even when the scenarios pull out   
   the stops, as in the recent sexual encounter of Vulcan hottie T'Pol   
   (Jolene Blalock) and southern-fried officer Trip (Connor Trinneer),   
   they tend to have a recycled feel. It would help if the rest of the   
   cast weren't the same usual bunch of gung-ho ciphers.   
      
   UPN hasn't yet renewed Enterprise for next season, and it's looking   
   iffy. (One trouble sign: UPN is moving the show to 9 pm/ET in March   
   with The Mullets as lead-in.) To be honest, a mercy killing might be   
   just the ticket. Extinction now could preserve Trek's freshness for   
   later.   
      
   But not without resolving the current story. If this season ends on a   
   cliff-hanger, without a season to follow, UPN owes it to its fans to   
   wrap things up and give us hope for Trek's future.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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