a strong pilot and this two hour episode do an excellent job of set up the character and background for enterprise and the prequel to the original star trek series . it stumble a few time into trek convention and cliché candy color space stripper never seem to go out of style and and i can already foresee snicker reference to tpol a seven of vulcan but the ensemble look strong and the character be well draw and and one can already see hint that this particular crew will have to be more resourceful and in different way and than those of early ( later . ) series . scott bakula hit the right note a a captain with kirk brashness and daring but without his smugness and swagger and and i look forward to the way in which the series will feature the engineer and weapon master and communication officer ( not just a glorified phone operator anymore . ) a support player . the writer seem to have pick up on the one big mistake make in star trek represent the next generation and deep space 9 and voyager represent instead of start with a big ensemble cast and give character short shrift and it start with a small core of character to which a little more variety can be add later which i hope happens and because after about a half dozen episode and more variety will be need .