One thing I appreciate about Enterprise is its level of ambition: Â some episodes really reach for the stars (no pun intended), and while most of them don’t end up being all they strive to be, I give them credit for at least trying. Â The Star Trek universe is a rich canvas on which an incredible variety of stories may be painted, and I like it when Berman and Braga just go for it and throw caution to the wind.
The Expanse is one of those episodes. Â I can’t say that it’s entirely successful at what it sets out to do, but it’s certainly an interesting and entertaining ride along the way. Â The show starts out with an attack on earth by an alien probe, reminiscent of Star Trek IV, The Voyage Home. Â Except instead of churning the oceans, this probe cuts a swath right out of the planet roughly 300 yards across and 4,000 miles long. Â It starts in Florida and goes clear to Venezuela, after which the probe self-destructs and bits of it crash-land on Earth. Â Blackout. Â Cue opening credits (and, of course, the mute button. Â *shudder* Â that opening ballad is still terrible.) Â This, my friends, is how to open a season finale.
