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He was one of four male puppies in his litter. He and his brothers Athos , Aramis , and D'Artagnan were named after the four central characters of the Alexandre Dumas novel " The Three Musketeers ". Rebecca 's mother had raised the pups and gave Archer Porthos. ( ENT episode : " A Night in Sickbay ", ENT novelization : The Expanse )

Porthos was extremely fond of cheese and Archer often obliged him. However, ingesting cheese occasionally caused him gastrointestinal distress. ( ENT episodes : " Fight or Flight ", " Dear Doctor ")

In 2151 , he became the first inhabitant of Earth to set foot on a planet later named after his master: Archer IV . He immediately ran into the forest and proceeded to urinate. Commander Charles Tucker III quipped that he was really was going "where no dog has gone before". ( ENT episode : " Strange New World ")

Later that year , Doctor Phlox provided Subcommander T'Pol with a numbing agent to protect her from the worst of Porthos' smell. However, she still found his smell offensive, particularly after Captain Archer had fed him cheese as it caused him to flatulate. ( ENT episode : " The Andorian Incident ", ENT - The Romulan War novel : To Brave the Storm )

While the crew of Enterprise were incapacitated by the Ferengi marauders Ulis , Krem , Muk , and Grish , Porthos remained conscious, presumably due to his non-humanoid physiology. Grish attempted to use his universal translator to communicate with Porthos but Muk soon chastised him for not realizing that he was a "lower lifeform." Muk commented that he would likely fetch several bars of latinum at the Malurzian Zoo and placed him in a cargo container . After regaining control of Enterprise , Archer retrieved his pet, who appeared very happy to be reunited with his master. ( ENT episode : " Acquisition ")

Porthos was briefly sent back in time to the year 2120 by Timot Danlen in order to thwart the Suliban Cabal 's attempt to kill Archer as a child. Initially mistaken by the younger Archer for his parents' dog, Maska , Porthos rescued Archer from the Nacaijin Gorge where he had been left to drown by a Suliban agent. In turn, Porthos was saved from falling through the ice by the younger Archer before being promptly returned to his own time when his task was achieved. The elder Archer was informed by Danlen that an Enterprise crew member had "volunteered" to travel back in time to save him, but only realized their identity when he next saw Porthos and remembered the incident. ( ENT - Waypoint comic : " The Fragile Beauty of Loyalty ")

In 2152 , Porthos was infected with a deadly pathogen while accompanying Archer, T'Pol and Ensign Hoshi Sato on an away mission to the Kreetassan homeworld. Phlox was forced to operate, replacing his pituitary gland with that of a Calrissian chameleon which he had in storage. He made a full recovery. Archer was later forced to carry out an elaborate ceremony of apology as, during the mission, Porthos had also urinated on a sacred tree. ( ENT episode : " A Night in Sickbay ")

Porthos was aboard Enterprise for a full decade, remaining at his master's side throughout the Xindi Crisis , the Earth-Romulan War and until the ship was decommissioned in 2161 . ( ENT episodes : " The Xindi ", " Zero Hour ", ENT - The Romulan War novels : Beneath the Raptor's Wing , To Brave the Storm , ENT episode : " These Are the Voyages... ")

When Archer was promoted to admiral later that year, Porthos accompanied him to Starfleet Headquarters . He and Archer often visited Enterprise , which had become a museum piece in the Smithsonian Institution 's orbital annex. By May 2163 , Archer had begun to notice that Porthos had slowed down considerably due to his advanced age for a beagle. ( ENT - Rise of the Federation novel : A Choice of Futures )

In early 2166 , Porthos was in poor health. By then, he did not have the energy to get up and greet Archer when he returned to the home Archer shared with Danica Erickson . By March of that year, it was becoming obvious that Porthos was dying. On March 18, the vet finally told Dani that it was time for Porthos to move on. Dani relayed that to Archer, who was preparing for a Federation Council debate with Thy'lek Shran over the proposed non-interference directive. Learning that Porthos was dying, Shran told Archer to forget the debate and to go be with Porthos. Porthos passed away a short time later with Archer by his side. ( ENT - Rise of the Federation novel : Patterns of Interference )

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In the film Star Trek Montgomery Scott refers to having lost "Admiral Archer's beagle" in a transporter accident - a reference to Jonathan Archer and Porthos, though it is not clear if either are the original characters (still alive a century after their appearances in Enterprise ) or their descendants. When the film's writer, Roberto Orci , was asked "is the beagle mentioned Porthos? Has veterinary science advanced so much? (Please say yes!)" he responded with an enthusiastic (and likely jovial) "YES!". [1]

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Porthos was a male beagle, the pet dog of Jonathan Archer . Archer took Porthos with him when he took command of the United Earth Starfleet starship Enterprise (NX-01) in 2151. Porthos remained with Archer throughout Archer's entire tenure as Captain of the Enterprise , often going where no dog had gone before. ( Star Trek: Enterprise )

History [ ]

He was one of four male puppies in his litter. He and his brothers Athos , Aramis , and D'Artagnan were named after the four central characters of the Alexandre Dumas novel The Three Musketeers . Rebecca's mother had raised the pups and gave Archer Porthos. ( ENT episode : " A Night in Sickbay ", ENT novelization: The Expanse )

Porthos was extremely fond of cheese and Archer often obliged him. However, ingesting cheese occasionally caused gastrointestinal distress. ( ENT episodes : " Fight or Flight ", " Dear Doctor ")

In 2151, he became the first inhabitant of Earth to set foot on a planet later named after his master: Archer IV. He immediately ran into the forest and proceeded to urinate. Commander Charles Tucker III quipped that he was really was going "where no dog has gone before." ( ENT episode : " Strange New World ")

Later that year, Doctor Phlox provided Subcommander T'Pol with a numbing agent to protect her from the worst of Porthos' smell. However, she still found his smell offensive, particularly after Captain Archer had fed him cheese as it caused him to flatulate. ( ENT episode : " The Andorian Incident ", ENT - The Romulan War novel: To Brave the Storm )

While the crew of Enterprise were incapacitated by the Ferengi marauders Ulis, Krem, Muk, and Grish, Porthos remained conscious, presumably due to his non-humanoid physiology. Grish attempted to use his universal translator to communicate with Porthos but Muk soon chastised him for not realizing that he was a "lower lifeform." Muk commented that he would likely fetch several bars of latinum at the Malurzian Zoo and placed him in a cargo container. After regaining control of Enterprise , Archer retrieved his pet, who appeared very happy to be reunited with his master. ( ENT episode : " Acquisition ")

Porthos was briefly sent back in time to the year 2120 by Timot Danlen in order to thwart the Suliban Cabal's attempt to kill Archer as a child. Initially mistaken by the younger Archer for his parent's dog, Maska, Porthos rescued Archer from the Nacaijin Gorge where he had been left to drown by a Suliban agent. In turn, Porthos was saved from falling through the ice by the younger Archer before being promptly returned to his own time when his task was achieved. The elder Archer was informed by Danlen that an Enterprise crew member had "volunteered" to travel back in time to save him, but only realized their identity when he next saw Porthos and remembered the incident. ( ENT - Waypoint comic: "The Fragile Beauty of Loyalty")

In 2152, Porthos was infected with a deadly pathogen while accompanying Archer, T'Pol and Ensign Hoshi Sato on an away mission to the Kreetassan homeworld. Phlox was forced to operate, replacing his pituitary gland with that of a Calrissian chameleon which he had in storage. He made a full recovery. Archer was later forced to carry out an elaborate ceremony of apology as, during the mission, Porthos had also urinated on a sacred tree. ( ENT episode : " A Night in Sickbay ")

Porthos was aboard Enterprise for a full decade, remaining at his master's side throughout the Xindi Crisis , the Earth-Romulan War and until the ship was decommissioned in 2161. ( ENT episodes : " The Xindi ", " Zero Hour ", ENT - The Romulan War novels: Beneath the Raptor's Wing , To Brave the Storm , ENT episode : " These Are the Voyages... ")

When Archer was promoted to admiral later that year, Porthos accompanied him to Starfleet Headquarters. He and Archer often visited Enterprise , which had become a museum piece in the Smithsonian Institution's orbital annex. By May 2163, Archer had begun to notice that Porthos had slowed down considerably due to his advanced age for a beagle. ( ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: A Choice of Futures )

In early 2166, Porthos was in poor health. By then, he did not have the energy to get up and greet Archer when he returned to the home Archer shared with Danica Erickson. By March of that year, it was becoming obvious that Porthos was dying. On March 18, the vet finally told Dani that it was time for Porthos to move on. Dani relayed that to Archer, who was preparing for a Federation Council debate with Thy'lek Shran over the proposed non-interference directive. Learning that Porthos was dying, Shran told Archer to forget the debate and to go be with Porthos. Porthos passed away a short time later with Archer by his side. ( ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Patterns of Interference )

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Star trek: 15 things you didn't know about captain jonathan archer.

Jonathan Archer was the first to boldly go where no man had gone before. Check out these things you didn't know about the NX-01's pioneering captain.

Star Trek: Enterprise is very much the black sheep of the Trek family. It was plagued with problems from day one and just managed to hold on in there for four seasons before being canned. The prequel series focused on Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula), a man billed as Captain Kirk's childhood hero. While the character and the series in general received a lot of (mostly deserved) flak since it aired, many have been giving the series a second chance, especially with it being on streaming services like Netflix.

As new Trek series Discovery is mere months away, and with hype building for the first new Star Trek series in 12 long years, we figured that there's no time like the present to dig a little deeper into the life and times of one of humanity's great space-faring founding fathers. Here are the 15 Things You Didn't Know About Captain Jonathan Archer .

15. He's referenced in JJ Abrams' Star Trek (2009)

While JJ Abrams' 2009 Star Trek movie went its own way and set up its own alternate timeline, it had a ton of references to classic Trek lore. One of these is a rather throwaway line spoken by Simon Pegg's Montgomery Scott. Chris Pine's James T. Kirk finds Scotty on a remote ice planet named Delta Vega.

When Spock Prime (the much missed Leonard Nimoy) questions the new Scotty as to whether he is the Montgomery Scott behind the idea of transwarp beaming, Scotty replies : “How do you think I wound up here? Had a little debate with my instructor on relativistic physics and how it pertains to subspace travel. He seemed to think that the range of transporting something like a... like a grapefruit was limited to about 100 miles. I told him that I could not only beam a grapefruit from one planet to the adjacent planet in the same system - which is easy, by the way - I could do it with a life form. So, I tested it out on Admiral Archer's prized beagle.”  Kirk responds that he knows the dog and asks whatever happened to it. Scotty's answer? “I'll tell you when it reappears. Ahem. I don't know, I do feel guilty about that." 

Whether or not this dog is the adorable and faithful Porthos from Enterprise is up for debate, but animal lovers out there should be relieved to hear that in both the movie's novelization and the tie-in comic "The Truth About Tribbles!", the beagle is beamed back onto the Enterprise without a scratch on him.

14. His middle name is an easter egg

Scott Bakula became a household name when he starred in the body hopping fun time series,  Quantum Leap , where he played Dr. Samuel Beckett. When Bakula signed on to Enterprise , many fans wanted some kind of reference to his best known role, and they got it with the episode “Detained”, which reunited Bakula with co-star Dean Stockwell, this time playing a prison warden named Colonel Grat.

However, there is another reference hiding in the series' various spin-off novels. In Beneath the Raptor's Wing by Michael A. Martin, Archer's middle name is revealed to be Beckett, almost certainly a nod to Quantum Leap . As Star Trek canon is rather rigid, mostly focusing on the various series and movies, it's tough to say whether this is actually Archer's confirmed middle moniker or not in the official continuity, but most fans seem on board with the idea. It's no worse than "Tiberius".

13. His love of space started at an early age

The son of famed warp drive scientist Henry Archer, young Jonny Archer was exposed to humanity's quest for the stars from the off. His father encouraged his son's interest in the final frontier and bought him a book called "The Cosmos A to Z" for his eighth birthday. According to Archer himself, he would spend hours staring at the cover image of the Arachnid Nebula, dreaming of adventure. Little did he know then that he would visit it in person in the episode “Fusion”.

When he shows T'Pol (Jolene Blalock) his well-worn copy of the book, she inquires about the inscription inside, reading “ From the library of Admiral Jonny Archer ”, to which Archer cheerfully responds, “I had high hopes as a kid” . Thanks to 2009's Star Trek , we know that Archer did eventually achieve the rank of Admiral (at least in that timeline), making the whole thing rather prophetic. When the Enterprise surveys the nebula itself, they find it to be much larger than the book states. The new information is sent back to Earth to be used in updated textbooks, and Archer goes from being inspired by the books to serving as their inspiration.

12. The network wanted to kill his character off

When Enterprise aired, it wasn't exactly a runaway success. It started strongly, but audience numbers declined as the series wore on. The network behind the show, UPN, apparently blamed the show's dwindling popularity on the character of Jonathan Archer, and Scott Bakula's performance in particular. Enterprise 's producers met with the studio bigwigs to discuss the possibility of a fourth series. The studio note? Get rid of Bakula and bring in a younger, sexier captain.

This obviously didn't end up happening. The producers talked the network around and Bakula remained in the hot seat for the series' fourth and final season. It's a good thing too, as many fans regard the fourth season as the series' best and praised the uptick in quality, despite a disappointing and widely reviled series finale. Regardless of your opinion of the character, straight-up replacing a captain for the final series of a show would have been a crappy thing to do, especially considering the fans who had stuck with the series through thick and thin up to that point.

11. He proposed to his girlfriend and was rejected

Jonathan Archer had a few romantic interests in his time aboard the Enterprise, but on a scale from 1 to Riker , he ranks pretty low. One of the reasons for this could be that he's been burned before, with his unsuccessful proposal to his then girlfriend, Margaret Mullin.

In the fan-favorite episode "Twilight", Archer has been infected by parasites that leave him with anterograde amnesia, meaning he can't form new memories. (Think Memento in space.) When Archer wakes up, twelve years have passed and humanity has basically been wiped out by the Xindi. This is a lot to take in, and T'Pol, now captain of the Enterprise, reveals that she's been caring for him and relays the story of when he was 24 and just about to graduate Flight School. The young Archer had proposed marriage and Margaret declined, stating that she didn't want to be a “Starfleet widow”. Archer is stunned as he recounts that he's never told anyone that story, to which the Vulcan comments that their relationship has “evolved” since the days of Archer's mistrust of her species. By the end of the episode, the brain worms have been dealt with and the status quo has been restored, but it's an interesting peek into Archer's past.

10. He's an accomplished water polo player

Every Star Trek captain has their unique quirks and hobbies, and Captain Archer was all about water polo. It's well established that he's a fan, even watching games with his buddy Trip Tucker to chill out after a rough day's captaining. If you were to find yourself in Archer's quarters for any length of time, chances are that he'd throw his polo ball at you as a test of your reflexes, as he did with many of his crewmen.

Archer also has a personal history with the sport, competing in the 2134 North American Water Polo Regionals, where his team pulled off a stunning last-minute victory against Princeton. His team's triumph ends up inspiring Jonathan to always believe that victory is possible, no matter how bad things look, and this ideal can be seen to have had a big impact on his style of command. Perhaps to remind him of this, Archer's overnight bag is his grotty old bag from the finals, complete with faded tournament logo on the side.

9. Archer sustained a ton of injuries during his command

Starfleet captains have a tendency to get into fights, but even considering that, Jonathan Archer has probably been smacked around more than most. He was captured and tortured pretty frequently over the course of the series. Not only that, but he's been infected by a nefarious alien form several times as well as being pummelled, stabbed, burned, slashed, choked, and generally beaten up in his various hostile encounters.

Most of this seems to be intentional, however. To be fair to Archer, these are humanity's first shaky steps in exploring new worlds and seeking out new life. As protocol hasn't been established yet, it makes sense that talks would break down or that the crew of the NX-01 would accidentally do something to offend unfamiliar cultures. Enterprise wastes little time in putting Archer on the pain train, as he gets shot in the leg in the very first episode “Broken Bow”, leading to T'Pol temporarily assuming command. There's even a handy YouTube compilation of all of the times Archer got hurt, just in case you wanted to see 7+ minutes of Scott Bakula suffering .

8. He has a comet, two planets, and several starships named after him

Jonathan Archer is a trailblazer, no doubt about it. His name is written in future history books, and so it makes sense that, like all great people, he'd have a few things named in his honor. One of the first such things is a massive comet, imaginatively named Archer's Comet, that the Enterprise crew stumble across in the episode “Breaking the Ice”.

It doesn't stop there. The Enterprise discovers Archer's Planet (noticing a pattern?) in the Gamma Trianguli sector, as well as Archer IV, the first M-Class (i.e. suitable for humanoid life) planet he ever charted. In the Star Trek: Vanguard series, there's a range of scout ships known as the Archer class. To cap it off, there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance of a U.S.S. Archer on a screen in the Star Trek: Nemesis movie. As the movie and television show were around at the same time, it seems likely that it's an intentional reference to the character.

7. Scott Bakula wasn't happy about the series' final episode

If you were left pissed off with Enterprise 's final episode “These Are The Voyages...”, don't worry, you're not alone – the cast weren't fans either. In case you weren't aware, Enterprise 's final episode was framed by Star Trek: The Next Generation 's Riker and Deanna Troi going through the historical files on the holodeck. It was more of subpar episode of TNG than it was of Enterprise, and the whole thing felt rushed and disrespectful to what the series had tried to build.

When Bakula read the script, he reportedly angrily called up producer Brannon Braga to vent his spleen over the treatment of his character and the crew. Jolene Blalock has also been a vocal critic of the way things ended, calling the finale “appalling” in a 2005 interview with The Toronto Star. Braga himself has expressed his regrets over the episode and recalls that it was the only time Scott Bakula was “pissed” at him. There could be a case made that the central idea isn't terrible for a standard episode, but as a series finale, it sucked.

6. The final episode was nearly about a mentally ill patient who believed he was Jonathan Archer

There are many directions the final episode of Enterprise could have taken. Many fans would argue that  any direction, barring the one they ended up taking, seems preferable, but we digress. According to writer Mike Sussman, the episode was originally planned to crossover with Star Trek: Voyager , with the Voyager's Doctor (Robert Picardo) reprising his role as the ship's holographic medicine man.

He would have been treating a seemingly crazy patient (played by Scott Bakula) who may or may not have turned out to be THE Jonathan Archer. In an interview with TrekToday , Sussman detailed his idea: “The story would touch on that classic theme about a doctor falling for one of his patient's delusions. For every piece of evidence "Archer" would have that he's telling the truth, you'd have a contradictory piece of evidence suggesting this guy was really just nuts. It would've been great to leave the audience wondering in the end - was that really Jonathan Archer trapped in the future, or just some crazy guy who read too many history books?” Sussman admitted his idea wouldn't have been a good send-off to the series either, but it's a shame we never got to see this one play out on the small screen in some form.

5.  The fifth season would have revealed Archer to be the mysterious villain dubbed "Future Guy"

One of Enterprise 's longest-running mysteries was the identity of a shadowy benefactor who was playing puppet master behind the scenes and manipulating events to his own will. He's only referred to as the “Humanoid Figure” by official Star Trek sources, but fans started referring to him as “Future Guy” and posting their own theories as to who he was. As the series was cancelled before providing an answer, many fans were left without a sense of closure for one of the show's biggest loose threads.

However, in 2012, Brannon Braga revealed on Twitter that Future Guy was always intended to be a future version of Jonathan Archer, manipulating his past self to avoid a terrible future. Braga later suggested that future Archer may have become desperate enough to try and kill his past self, using big bad Silik to carry it out. It certainly sounds pretty compelling, and it makes the series' unrealized potential sting that little bit more.

4. The network kept changing his hairstyle

As television shows are big, complicated productions, it's not surprising that a lot of planning can go into the smallest of details. You can tell a lot about a character by how they look and how they dress, but perhaps the execs at UPN took things a little too far with their regular notes on Jonathan Archer's hair.

On the audio commentary for season four episode “Demons”, actors Connor Trinneer and Dominic Keating (aka Trip Tucker and Malcolm Reed) laugh about how often the studio would insist that Archer's hair be changed to suit whatever mood they wanted that week, be it to make him look younger/older or even more roguish. Archer's hairstyle does change over the course of the series, going from more of a classic combover to a trendier, shorter cut. This wasn't the studio's dumbest note either – that prize has to go to their early pitch to have a different boy band perform each week on the ship's deck. We're not kidding.

3. The character was originally named Jackson Archer

When developing Enterprise , the creators knew that they wanted their captain to be named Archer, but his first name went through a few revisions. Originally, he was to be named Jackson Archer, but a search for “Jackson Archer” revealed one man living in the United States by that name. To avoid any potential lawsuits, the name was changed. However, what they came up with next wasn't much better.

Apparently, the name "Jeffrey Archer" was seriously considered until British fans let Paramount know that there was a disgraced politician by that name in the UK. As the real Jeffrey Archer had recently been convicted of perjury and perverting the course of justice – hardly the sort of association you want for your new moral and heroic Starfleet captain - the producers wisely decided to steer clear of that particular nest of vipers and went with the inoffensive "Jonathan" instead. We're going to go ahead and say that was a good call on their part.

2. He died at the age of 133

Humans live much longer lives in Star Trek 's future, and Jonathan Archer definitely had a good run before he kicked the space bucket. According to unused production materials uploaded to writer/producer Mike Sussman's now-defunct personal site, a computer read-out reveals that Jonathan Archer died peacefully at his home in upstate New York in 2245, making him the ripe old age of 133.

There's one detail of special note. According to the biography, Archer died one day after attending the christening ceremony of the Federation's brand new NCC-1701, later famous for her five year mission under the command of some guy named James Tiberius Kirk. You might have heard of him. For a man that came to embody an era's pioneering spirit and desire to seek out knowledge beyond the stars, it's a nice poetic touch that Archer passes away just after witnessing the new era being ushered in with his own eyes.

1. His dog travelled back in time to save his life

You read that right. However, don't worry if you don't remember the episode, because this little gem of a story came from the Star Trek comic books, specifically the story "The Fragile Beauty of Loyalty", appearing in Star Trek:Waypoint #4 . We flash back to an eight year old Jonny Archer exploring the snowy wilderness of Nacacijin Gorge. His parents insist he take the family beagle Maska with him, much to his annoyance.

All is normal until a member of the Suliban Cabal travels back in time and boots him onto a frozen lake. The ice shatters and Jonny starts to drown. Luckily, the dog cracks the ice with a stick and drags the boy to safety. He thanks Maska, but soon realizes that it's an unfamiliar dog before it vanishes into thin air. From that day on, Archer swears to always have a dog by his side.

We join the older Captain Archer in his quarters recounting the story to a sleeping Porthos. He talks about a mystery crewmember volunteering for a time-travel mission to save the young boy, and he wonders aloud who could have been loyal enough to undertake a life-threatening mission. The comic ends with a close up of Archer's eyes going wide as the penny drops. If that wasn't enough of a hint, the story is also dedicated to Laika, the Soviet astro-dog who became one of the first animals in space and the first animal ever to orbit the Earth. It may not be canon, but it had to be on this list for obvious reasons.

What else should Star Trek fans know about Captain Archer? Sound off in the comments.

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Porthos was Captain Jonathan Archer's pet beagle. One of four puppies in a litter, Porthos and his brothers were named after the main four musketeers from the Alexandre Dumas novel The Three Musketeers.

Porthos lived with Archer on Earth in mid-2150. In the same year, Archer was selected to command the NX-class starship Enterprise.

When Archer moved aboard Enterprise in April of 2151, he took Porthos with him.

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5 Things Only Adults Notice In Star Trek: Enterprise

From its almost universally hated theme song to its bare-bones, submarine-inspired ship energy, "Star Trek: Enterprise" tells one of the most fundamentally different stories in the Trek canon. Long before Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) spread Federation ideals through the galaxy and Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) welcomed diplomats aboard his Space Hilton, the prototypical Enterprise NX-01 brought pre-Federation humanity to the stars — and what a wild ride it was.

Originally airing on the UPN network during the early 2000s around the same time as "Buffy: The Vampire Slayer," "Enterprise" was part of a lineup that was meant to appeal to a fairly young demographic. For viewers who were still pretty young during the show's first run, rewatching from the business end of adulthood can be pretty eye-opening. From a storyline that's meant to parallel real-world events to steamy "Star Trek" scenes that would make even Q blush, here are five things only adults notice when watching "Enterprise."

1. There's a reason fans call Enterprise Sexy Trek

Among the Trekkie community, "Enterprise" is frequently referred to as "Sexy Trek," which is saying something in a franchise brimming with spandex, holodeck hookups, and even a candle sex ghost. Every Trek from "The Original Series" onward has its share of thirst traps from Kirk and William T. Riker's (Jonathan Frakes) horny space diplomacy to the generous use of Dabo girl underboob at Quark's bar. But "Enterprise" is a master class in sculpting a plot around lust-inducing eye candy. 

While a millennial-era teenager might not have fully realized how gratuitously sexual "Enterprise" is, the salacious undertone can almost feel cringe-inducing at times when viewed through adult eyes. And nowhere is this more obvious than the ship's decon chamber, where the ship's hottest crewmates get to oil each other up while hanging out in their space undies after each mission.

One of the show's most unabashedly thirsty scenes is in "Xindi," when T'Pol (Jolene Blalock) strips away her top while directing Trip Tucker (Connor Trinneer) in the art of Vulcan neuropressure. "You can apply considerable pressure," she directs him while cupping her nacelles for modesty's sake. "Harder...harder...just like that," before gasping and then directing him to "Please disrobe" so she can return the favor. And then there's that moment in "Shockwave" when a sweaty Hoshi Sato (Linda Park) loses her shirt while jumping down from an air vent. "In a Mirror, Darkly" brings Sexy Trek to its logical conclusion by pairing some of the franchise's most revealing crop tops with unnecessary girl-on-girl fighting and a steady stream of horny dialogue.

2. Archer is incredibly unprofessional

Captain Jonathan Archer's (Scott Bakula) personality throughout "Enterprise" serves as a constant reminder of how far Starfleet progresses as the decades and centuries pass. In contrast with the refined professionalism of later captains like Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks), and Picard, Archer is fairly rough around the edges — which makes sense since he's literally writing the book on what it means to be a Starfleet leader. But a few rewatches in, his frequently unprofessional behavior can seem almost out of control at times, and it's hard to imagine Archer would make it far in the Picard-era Federation.

Rudeness, temperamental behavior, and an overall lack of respect for alien cultures are some of the hallmarks of Archer's early command. This serious lack of professionalism can be seen in the pilot episode "Broken Bow" as Archer appears before Starfleet Command and the Vulcan Council. When he is told the Vulcans want to delay the Enterprise launch, Archer immediately becomes disrespectful, mouthing off to the Klingons and his superiors before entering a medical treatment area without asking. When T'Pol calls humanity "volatile," he responds, "Volatile? You have no idea how much I'm restraining myself from knocking you on your a**." 

In "A Night in Sickbay," Archer angrily complains to members of his crew about having to "grovel" after offending the Kreetassians. He then negligently lets his dog Porthos urinate on the Kreetassan planet, leading to an interplanetary diplomatic crisis Archer stubbornly refuses to take responsibility for until he's forced to.

3. The Xindi storyline is meant to parallel 9/11

"Star Trek: Enterprise" aired just two weeks after the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001. Although younger audiences might not have caught it, the show's Xindi storyline drew heavy inspiration from this real-world terrorist act and its global impact. Beginning in the Season 2 finale, the Xindi storyline begins with a seemingly unprovoked devastating attack on the Earth from a previously unknown alien species ("The Expanse"). During the attack, an alien probe appears above the planet to carve out a 4,000-kilometer path of destruction running from Florida to Venezuela, killing 7 million victims and leaving the world stunned and horrified.

As Starfleet grapples with the fallout, Archer and his crew soon discover the attack was perpetrated by the Xindi, a race of aliens made up of five distinct species. It's later revealed that the attack was just a test run for a larger weapon meant to destroy the Earth ("Azati Prime"). Veteran Trek producer/director David Livingston confirmed the familiar story origin on the Season 3 video commentary, noting, "The Xindi were destroying parts of Earth. So, it was reflective of what was going on at the time." On Bob Saget's "Here For You" podcast, Scott Bakula later added, "Of course, our series was colored by 9/11 happening. We were shooting then and that eventually took over the direction of our show in terms of mirroring that event and casting it into the studio and painting it with the StarTrek brush."

4. The show recycles a lot of other Trek stories

Watch "Star Trek" long enough, and you might eventually start to realize that some of the plots feel awfully familiar. In a franchise with hundreds of episodes, it should hardly come as a surprise that tried-and-true sci-fi tropes keep showing up across Starfleet eras. But one of the more common criticisms of "Enterprise" is its writers' alleged overreliance on sliced, diced, but ultimately rehashed plots from other "Star Trek" series. Whether intentional or coincidental, many of the NX-01's adventures do seem to mirror other stories in the franchise pretty closely.

"Oasis," which starred eventual Borg Queen Annie Wersching and René Auberjonois (Odo on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"), finds the Enterprise crew exploring a supposedly haunted ship populated by hologram-generated illusions. The plot so closely resembled the "Deep Space Nine" episode "Shadowplay" that Auberjonois mentioned it to Bakula while on set. 

The episode "Dawn," which found Trip Tucker stranded with an alien he could not communicate with, is like a Wish.com copy of "The Next Generation" episode "Darmok," which in turn borrows heavily from the film "Enemy Mine." And "Vanishing Point," which features a terrified Hoshi believing that she's dematerializing after a transporter accident, is like a darker take on "The Next Generation" episode "The Next Phase." "Terra Nova" resembles the "Voyager" episode "Friendship One," and "Precious Cargo" marks the third use of "The Original Series" plot from "Elaan of Troyius," which showed up in the "Next Generation" episode "The Perfect Mate."

5. It has more character development than most Star Trek series

"Star Trek: Enterprise" might be something of an intergalactic hot mess — particularly in Season 1 when writers didn't seem to know what to do with some characters. But when taken as a whole, many fans have noticed this series presents some of the best character development in the "Star Trek" franchise. Nowhere is this more evident than with Archer, who grows from something of an anti-Vulcanist bigot with little respect for the serious historical implications of the crew's every interaction to a fully-formed diplomat with a commitment to creating a brighter future for humanity.

At the beginning of the show, T'Pol appears to be a stereotypical Vulcan — she seems to have little interest in being more than the Enterprise's space babysitter and frequently expresses a repressed disdain for humanity's food, habits, and even smells. As the series progresses, we see her grow, face personal demons, and form powerful friendships, particularly with Hoshi, Archer, and Trip. By the end, T'Pol has blossomed into a voice for interspecies cooperation who has come to deeply value her human counterparts.

Hoshi begins "Enterprise" as a brilliant linguist who is afraid of everything and struggles with severe anxiety. While aboard the Enterprise, she learns to rely on those around her for guidance and support and actively works on managing and overcoming her own mental health hurdles. Likewise, Trip matures both in his professional growth and his relationships with other characters, particularly with T'Pol, as seen when he puts her feelings before his own when faced with her arranged marriage to Koss ("Home"). Despite the show's rocky start, the crew's personal growth helps make "Enterprise" one of the most powerful character-driven stories in the "Star Trek" canon. 

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Prada is a beagle who portrayed Porthos in thirteen first season episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise . Prada received no credit for his appearances.

He is also known for starring as Lou, the lead role in the 2001 comedy Cats & Dogs , for which Tobey Maguire provided the voice. Salome Jens was among the voice cast of this film and Tibbis , who worked with Prada again in the episode " Two Days and Two Nights ", also appeared in this film. Prada also appeared in the short-lived comedy series Dog Days in 2002.

Appearances [ ]

• " Broken Bow "
• " Fight or Flight "
• " Strange New World "
• " Unexpected "
• " Fortunate Son "
• " Cold Front "
• " Silent Enemy "
• " Dear Doctor "
• " Acquisition "
• " Vox Sola "
• " Fallen Hero "
• " Desert Crossing "
• " Two Days and Two Nights "

External link [ ]

• Prada at the Internet Movie Database
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