So I have some comments on last week's episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. There may be spoilers ...you've been warned...

It was part two of their Mirror Universe gag. The first part was something special...fun, dark, watchable, and tied into Trek history very well. The revised credit sequence was was so good that all episodes need to have that music added instead of the dreadful song that's one of the major misteps in Trek history.

This week's episode was essentially useless. No real plot aside from an excuse to have the actors play darker versions of their characters. Oh...and let's throw in a Gorn for good measure. I guess my point is that making two episodes of the Mirror Universe took away from stories in the central Trek Universe. The second episode was superfluous...nothing happened in that episode that really couldn't be resolved in the first part. Surely when the decision came down to make a two-parter it was already known that the series was canceled. It just seems like a waste of an episode.

There are only three left...and while I certainly can't defend this show as being very good overall...it certainly seemed to find its footing this year and the writers learned how to flesh out the Trek mythos without rewriting or tearing asunder the continuity.

I will be sad to see it go but I know that Trek will return. A few year off may be a good thing. Perhaps a change in leadership as well. Berman and Braga did good for a while but their leadership has come into question. Fresh ideas need to be considered...thing JMS (B5) or bring back Ron Moore (DS9 / BSG) or even someone from outside of sci-fi.

Anyway...that's all I have on this right now. I'm sure I'll comment again after the final episode.