Braga Reflects On 'Enterprise's' First Year

With the first season of Enterprise in the can, executive producer Brannon Braga took time to reflect back on the show's initial year on air.

"Out of 26 episodes I think we probably got 21 of them just right," Braga told Star Trek: The Magazine.

The series co-creator went on to explain which episodes he felt hit the high notes. "'Broken Bow, 'Fight or Flight', 'Unexpected', 'The Andorian Incident', 'Dear Doctor' and 'Shuttlepod one' are standout shows; 'Detained' was a great Suliban episode and I really liked 'Fusion,'" he explained. "'Terra Nova' had some great stuff in it, but wasn't a great show. And I personally feel 'Sleeping Dogs' could have been better. And 'Oasis', I felt just wasn't very inspired."

How did the producer feel about the freshman year of the show as a whole? "I feel pretty good," he said. "Predominantly the feedback has been great. There are episodes I wish could have been better, but then there are some shows we're very proud of."

"I think we've struggled to get the right writing staff together. Star Trek is a hard enough show to write as is, and this show is a little different. Basically I, or Rick and I, have rewritten every episode, and it's been a lot of work."

More from Brannon Braga including his thoughts about the various Enterprise characters and more on the series as a whole, can be found in the June 2002 issue of Star Trek: The Magazine. Alternatively, extracts can be found online here at TrekWeb.

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