Lt. Malcolm Reed actor Dominic Keating has revealed that the hated Star Trek: Enterprise finale “really bothered” him. “These Are the Voyages” was the final episode of the canceled Enterprise, but it also served as a finale for the entire Star Trek franchise. To that end, it featured Commander William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) observing the final mission for the Enterprise NX-01 on the holodeck during the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Pegasus”.
The inclusion of Riker and Troi in the Star Trek: Enterprise finale was incredibly controversial as it took the focus away from Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and the crew. Dominic Keating reflected on the controversial Enterprise finale during the 2024 edition of the Star Trek San Francisco convention. Read Keating’s comments (via TrekMovie.com) below:
“I just watched that episode on [Star Trek: The Cruise VII]. I had seen it in times past and it has not bothered me. This time, I have to say it really bothered me… Particularly—and I love Jonathan and Marina—but to see them jauntily wafting around our last episode like nothing’s going on, and it ticked me off. It didn’t in the instance. I guess as an actor, I was like ‘We’re done’ so I was moving on to get another job. But when I look back now twenty years on, yeah it was disrespectful—I think to Scott and to our cast. I understand that Rick and Brannon were wrapping up a very long sojourn of an unparalleled TV accomplishment of 17 years on a variation of a theme. It is incredible. But I think it was a misstep. We should have had a standalone episode to end our series.”
Source: TrekMovie.com
