Star Trek Enterprise Alternate Ending 

To me Trip never died. Ill never accept that stupid ending. The whole ep was a wash. Love trip and T'Pol together.

You all should read theStar Trek Enterprise books written after the series. Trip did not really die. It was a ploy so that he could go and spy in Romulan Empire because they are designing a warp 7 engine. He eventually marries T Pol and they have two kids.

I don't think Jolene or Connor ever got the credit they deserved as actors. Especially Jolene, who if you ever see her on an interview show is a bright and funny gal, the exact opposite of T'Pol.

Jolene Blalock really nailed the acting in this scene. You can see it eating up T'Pol inside, and not being certain how to handle such a swell of emotion -- already a foreign concept for Vulcans, and such a powerful emotion as losing a child. It really helped to drive the whole episode home, and I still can't watch the scene without tearing up.

Totally did the same thing. I just pretend the last episode doesn't exist.

Jolene is just amazing... She really spoke with her eyes and it’s make T’Pol been so sensitive... She made me see humanity in Vulcans. I feel to grateful for her. 🖖

This was a good scene, I believe initially because they thought their 'daughter' died because their DNA was incompatible, both of them blamed themselves because they could not help but wonder if a part of themselves at the genetic level was the reason, that Elizabeth had too much Human or Vulcan DNA, that one half destroyed the other. To find out that she didn't die just because she was THEIR child gives them some comfort.

One of the most incredible, gut wrenching scenes ever filmed in the show. You couldn't help but feel so bad for him. And the pain that is inside them both. And when she grips his hand... Wow.

Hell, I was crying at the end of this episode... and I'm a 55 year old, calloused hand, and crow's feet eyed heavy equipment operator.

Such a great scene. Just amazing. Connor Trineer knocks it out of the park.

I loved Enterprise except for the fact that they had to kill Trip...my favorite character and they had to kill him.

It was an excellent series, and should have continued! Corporate decisions by little men in powerful positions.... it's been the demise of this country!

If you don't like TATV, the continuation novels (starting with "The Good That Men Do") retcon the events of the whole episode. Trip survives and, several books later, there is an epilogue that pretty much confirms that Trip and T'Pol (eventually) get to settle down together and actually have two kids. They might go through hell and back on the way there, but they eventually get their happy ending.

I would have preferred Trip not dying in the last show. It would have been more interesting if he had lived and gone on to further adventures.

i just finished watching all 4 seasons on Netflix... all i gotta say is that I'd rather have your alternate ending than the slap-in-the-face ending i just watched.

A MUCH BETTER ending then the crap they threw at us. Thank you for sharing. :')

Really Enterprise should have got 7 seasons. I'm hoping that this upcoming series is actually worth a damn, otherwise I will actually go protest.

You fixed it and gave us the ending we and the actors deserved!

This is the finale as far as I'm concerned. These are the Voyages didn't happen. When you think like that you fix half the issues of Enterprise. Tripp shouldn't of been killed, Riker should never have appeared, and Archer should of been allowed to get his damn speech in.

This gets me. Every time. Love T'Pol and Trip.

I always felt so horrible for Trip. He loses one child, then his family and then a daughter. I'd be crying too

People keep saying the last episode was awful. I don't remember there being an episode after T'Pol and Tuckers moment.

Why did they have to screw up the final episode by sticking Next Generation Characters in the episode? I almost felt like the hacks who wrote the show allowed their idiotic Next Generation content to hijack the ending of Enterprise. It was a really lazy or stupid piece of writing. What doomed Enterprise was not it production values or even it's main story lines. What killed interest in the show was that the character relationships were not allowed to evolve in any great depth. Character relationships were obvious subplots that were never allowed to develop into the story lines fans of the show wanted to see. The fans wanted to see these relationships have a payoff, for some reason the writers didn't. Honestly the writing in the original Star Trek was never going to be mistaken for King Lear, or MacBeth. The special effects in the original Star Trek were cheesy even by 1960's standards. What Trekkies loved about the show were the relationships. We loved the characters. The Tripp -T'Pol romance has a direct parallel to Romeo and Juliet. Hmm, two star crossed ( literally star crossed ) lovers being kept apart by the difficulties imposed on them by their own societies, families, and duty to the ship. How did Enterprise go from a fantastic opportunity to retell Shakespeare's greatest romance set against the backdrop of an entire galaxy, to a show where the characters only seemed to tease the idea of having real relationships, and therefore only seemed to tease the idea of having real identities? A better ending story would have left out the Next Gen characters. Focus more Trip and T'pol's relationship after the death of their child. Enter General Shran with his problem, Tucker sacrifices himself just as he did in the episode to save Captain Archer. Tpol is called to sick bay before Tucker dies. Tucker who can barely speak gabs T'pol's hand and places it on his face. They mind meld. Cut to scene where both Tucker and T'Pol are in the white expanse where Tucker's day dreams about T"Pol usually take place. In the mind meld Tucker sensing his own coming death finally tells T'Pol how he loved her from first sight, and how he had never stopped loving her even though events had forced them apart. Huge emotional scene where T'Pol basically admits to having the same exact feelings for Tucker. The mind meld was necessary because Trip's lungs were so badly damaged he physically couldn't tell T'Pol how he felt, and he knew his Time was short. Tucker reminds T'Pol of the question she asked him on the shuttlecraft earlier in the episode "How often do you think about me?" Trip explains he lied earlier when he basically brushed off the question. The white expanse begins to darken and Trip's image begins to fade away as he dies. T"Pol is left standing in the dark . Scene cuts back to sick bay, Tucker is in his final death throws and keeps repeating the words "Morning, Noon ,and Night" over and over till he dies. Only T'Pol knows what those words mean, the rest of the crew is mystified. Cut to Trip's funeral where Captain Archer gives a short farewell speech along the same lines as Captain Kirk's speech in Wrath Of Khan. Now cut to the end scene where Captain Archer is about to give his big speech. Archer just about to leave the room and asks T'Pol if she knows what Trip's last words meant . " Morning, Noon, and Night "? T'pol says "Yes". Archer realizes the meaning of Trip's final words. Close up on T'Pol a single tear rolls down her cheek. Close up on Archer, he chokes up, turns leaves the room to go out and make his history making speech. Que, iconic Star Trek music. Show scenes of Archer, T'pol, and Tripp's Enterprise flying through space. The "Space the Final Frontier" Dialogue is split up like it was in the original episode but instead the voices belong to Tripp, T'Pol, and finally Captain Archer. Broken Trekkie hearts all the way around. Legendary ending to a good show. T Shirts that say "Tripp Lives" printed on them, and probably hundreds of Tripp-T'Pol themed wedding for hard core Trekkers to attend. The series Enterprise died because the show's writers would not let the characters truly live, and grow.

As far as in concerned the last episode does not exist what a cop out, kill his baby then kill him my god couldn't they give them a happy ending, they at least deserved that! It was a great show and it ended too soon, it was aired at the wrong time

here's a reassuring thought, none of what was shown in the last episode actually happened. That was a Holodeck simulation. And if I were trip, and I had just killed some big-time Interstellar gangster , I would want people to think I was dead. cuz if they thought i was alive then people would come after me. Maybe I'd have my best buddy and sort of kind of girlfriend falsify my death, and live under an assumed name. just a thought.

It's funny; while this series was auspiciously swept into a dusty corner to be forgotten by the producers, hoping for it to fade from the minds of those who were unfortunate enough to watch them, are now, among others, are some of the most watched Television shows on the net.

Enterprise may have had its ups and downs but this scene was the most emotional in all of Star Trek, maybe the ending of Duet could match it... Ending it with Terra Prime would have made sense. The first foundations of the Federation coming into existence had been shown, every character had their part to play. It should have ended with this episode and this scene.

Bring that back! The cast is pretty old by now so it would have to be deep in Archers presidency. Netflix could carry it...

If Enterprise had gone on another season, Trip wouldn't have been killed off.

Enterprise is one of the most underrated shows of the Star Trek universe. It did start out slow, but when we got into conflict with the Xindi, it found its footing. The characters really began to grow and became more fleshed out. T’pol and Trip carried the show and I was very disappointed with the finale. In the novels their story is continued and I wish they could have explored it more in the series. One of the best.

I'm glad I am not the only one to think this would have made a better ending. For me, it will be. Thank you.

If you remember in one of the shows an alternative reality they did have a child that lived a son. I was really sad to see that their daughter died. I think it would have been more interesting to keep her alive. Who know Vulcans live for 100's of years maybe she could have had a part in the new movies.

Setups and payoffs. Why did we want Trip and T'Pol to have a happy ending? Because the writers set us up for that since the beginning. They made us want it. Then, out of left field... they refuse the payoff, kill our hero and separate our lovers for eternity. No writing integrity here. We need a good Star Trek fan film to correct this ending.

This is the real ending of Enterprise. And to any Paramount/CBS people who might read this and care: the framing device of "These Are the Voyages" could very much be retconned since it was the product of the Enterprise holo-projector, so the actual truth of the events might be completely different because of Section 31 or God knows what, AND/OR in future Enterprise episodes history might be altered to a subtle degree that sees Archer deliver his speech AND sees Trip survive at the end of the mission AND sees T'Pol and Trip develop a relationship and have a child in the six years between the events of Terra Prime and "These are the Voyages."

Star Trek Enterprise has always been the best of the Star Trek universe for me and that is really saying something.

l loved the "Space, the final frontier" when l was a kid but now l realise that "The Final Frontier" is and forever will be our own mind as we evolve and learn.

This is the best ending possible... Last chapter sucks for me and you just elevated the show with the three Enterprises. Thank you so much for this vid. You just made my day!

This was a better ending than the actual one. The idea that T'Pol and Trip lived and worked together for 6 more years without acting on their true feelings is disappointing. Her character should at least have been by his side along with Capt. Archer before his character expired.

This episode made me cry. Love T'Pol and Tripp together💞

Thank you. I LOVE this ending. Wish the makers of ENT talked with you about how to make a wonderful ending.

TNG was stupid. I thought they were going to just say the entire series of Enterprise was nothing more than a imaginary thing in a holodeck. Was not a happy camper at Trip's death. They first split them apart, then had Trip sacrificed at the end. Not a good way to end the show.

OK.... first off.... the final episode....... would have been MUCH BETTER if they had kept Riker and Troi out of it; the show was called "ENTERPRISE"!!! Second..... if they had brought in Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens earlier, the show might have been saved. I also thought that they should have concentrated more on first contacts like with the Klingons, etc. because on the other ST shows it was suggested that a mistake in the first contact with the Klingons led to the hatred between them.... also dealing with technological issues other than the transporter. JMHO. They definitely could have kept Trip alive, that was a cop out. I would also have liked to hear Archer's speech at the end of the show. Again, JMHO.

Love this alternate ending.

It's been an absolute pleasure rewatching all the shows on syndication ❤️

I felt that the ending episode was a little unsatisfying. But I can't really blame it on the producers, they were just working with what they had after the network canceled the show. But to all you Enterprise fans, there were novels released afterwards that were fantastic. I would recommend them to you if you were also unsatisfied by the finale. "The good that men do" by Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin. I couldn't put them down! And they made me not dislike the ending as I originally had.

This episode tore my heart out. Such a good note to go out on: Overall hopeful, but with deep personal consequences for the main characters which ultimately makes the emergence of the Federation and the rest of the Star Trek universe that much more impactful. The Federation was already a pillar of Star Trek, but this episode made it seem more personal and emotional than anything else that has ever happened or will ever happen in the Star Trek universe. I'm not sure what that fanfiction they aired after this episode was about, but it was very confusing and thankfully it's not a part of canon.

The actress that played T’pol created a wonderful character, she is consummate actor. Sadly her career post the series didn’t blossom, such a shame as she brought so much warm with great skill to an aloof character. Pity casting directors didn’t appreciate her acting talent with regular work on screen, large or small.

There was just so much hope in that handhold. I guess our friends can only live on in our hopes and dreams.

As far as I am concerned, the Star Trek I grew up watching ended with "Terra Prime". Wish it had went on for a little bit longer, but I suppose it had to stop sooner or later. It was a great run while it lasted.

you are so right! I could watch that scene 1000 times and break down in tears every time.

I would have went from incredibly sad tears to a small amount of happy tears if T’Pol would have told Trip that she want’s them to have a baby together or something along those lines. I still get emotional and start to cry a little bit every single time that I watch this scene because of the sheer amount of heart break on Trips face and in his voice. You can even see that T’Pol is having an incredibly hard time at trying to not completely lose control of her emotions and breaking down in tears. Trip and T’Pol were both cheated out of the chance to raise they’re beautiful little girl together. Wish they would have saved the baby so that T’Pol would have had a living and breathing part of Trip with her after he died. I loved seeing these two together but I just wish they would have gotten that happy ending they both deserved of and finally realizing they have always belonged together.

I can't believe that it was cancelled 11 years ago seems like just yesterday considering the fact that I watch at least one episode every week. I also can't believe that I was also one years old when it aired for the first time. #crazy

its time for CBS to bring Enterprise back as a movie or a mini series to conclude the story. Numbers of fans have grown around the world and the expectation also. Call CBS.

For me, the last scene with Trip and T'pol and Archers speech as he brings forth the first step of creating the Federation with Soval giving him a standing ovation is the ending for me. It should've ended there and alone. Enterprise got me through High School and Jonathan Archer is my absolute favorite Captain.

This is NOT an alternate ending to the Enterprise episode involving Trip and T'Pol's baby. This is the actual ending scene for that episode.

Trip's dead never seemed real to me, it was just like a foggy dream, a barely remember it, and when I do, it's doesn't feel like it really happens. And now I'm taking this ending as a canon, thanks 💕💕

Trip was removed by transport right at the second of blast by time travelers. Part of him pulled into the future as part of his being remains. Like what happen to Commander Riker while being transported, and then he had a twin. The same process could’ve happened to trip. So T-pol & Trip will be as one again. Time travelers send Trip back, too his time months long in time after his death, to stop some species from messing with the time continuum. So T-pol is pull in to help finding Trip alive while finding time travel is very possible in the future.

I do like this ending much more but what most people don't realize is that Trip never actually died. His death was staged with the help of Captain Archer, Doctor Phlox, and T'pol. It is said that Trip hid aboard Enterprise and snuck onto Earth where he joined Section 31. His mission was to fight off the Rigellians in belief that they might try to stop the Signing of the Federation. He was also given a few modifications from the Vulcans that will let him live for another 200 years, meaning he could possibly make an appearance on Discovery. I know that a lot of you will be all like "But I saw him get shot out at the funeral!" Remember the episode Similitude? It is said that another clone of Trip was created, with the help of Phlox, and the clone willingly went to death for the funeral. Once Enterprise was Decommissioned Trip snuck back to earth with the help of Archer and T'pol where he was recruited for Section 31. (I'm just going off of memory because I haven't read the books in so long, correct me if I got any part of the story wrong)

I hated Trip dying in the final episode, but aside from that, I don't get why people disliked it so much. I loved that the last major events were told through seeing Riker experience them through the holodeck, and the fact that they never showed the chef until that episode made it seem like they had that planned from the beginning. I don't think it took anything from the cast of Enterprise either. If anything, it linked the show to all other Start Trek better by showing that in TNG there was knowledge and mention of Archer's Enterprise. It just hadn't been shown to us before, maybe because it was a huge prequel story of it's own that needed to be told in it's own series.

I understand what you mean, but I just think that the relationship between Tpol and Trip should have culminated into something first. Fans were waiting for something real to come of that for a while...and then...yeah. Yet, despite that thought, it was still a good ending because I was also really saddened.

*Regardless of whether Trip lived or died, I enjoyed how the writers incorporated in the next generations, Riker and Troy, as a hologram presentation of the NX-Enterprises' history!* 🖖

That last episode was a disgrace that actually angered me. If Sirtis or Frakes had any integrity at all, they would have refused to participate.

It's been a fact of Star Trek that Spock is half human, half vulcan. Not just via adoption and culturally but biologically also. It's come up in a few issues around his biology and how it would react to things. Sorry to disappoint.

Hey why did they raise so many questions about whether it was possible for vulcans and humans to have kids together when T'Pol and Tucker already had a healthy adult son that time when they were thrown back in time through a vortex (during their pursuit of the Xindi weapon)?

My two favourite Enterprise characters !

I think the last episode was great it really brought into perspective on how Captain Archer influenced the Federation in humanity for all time

what makes it even sadder about "these are the voyages" is that it was a thank you to the fans from the 2 B's for 18 years non-stop of Trek on TV.

The death of that Vulcan child was heartbreaking enough.😭

TNG holosuite part of the story of enterprise is supposed to be of when the ship is decommissioned or days leading up to it, so there is a rather large gap of time and missions that have been left open to put to screen but I doubt we will see them now. They made an end of the show without killing it, it was a rather ingenious way of doing it. They were told to wrap up the series and they did it at the end of NX-01's work life. Shame I loved Enterprise but I guess more people don't.

It's a shame cause all ST shows suffer but I noticed when all hit season 3 or 4 they finally get into their own.Season 4 of ENT was amazing it setup Season 5 long awaited Romulan War storyline and they were going to do another 2 "Mirror Mirror",Borg origins,Shran becomes a aux member of The Enterprise (which is great to have had Combs do Shran more) also T'Pol finds out her father is Romulan,Orgins of Starfleet.Season five would have been epic and I can see the would have spread the Romulan War over the next 3 seasons kinda like how the Dominion War was done in DS9 with breaks with other storylines.UPN just never gave the show a chance with switching time slots,No advertising and the presidential debates always seemed to run into this show.And worse was 6 months after it was cancelled they announced a reboot of the ST movies,if the show started say 2006 or 2006 it would have fan 7 seasons.its a shame another classic "what if" in TV history

Much better. The final episode sucked. A gift to the fans not worthy of regifting. Bring back Enterprise

Season 4 of Enterprise was really good. I have no idea why they went with the final episode. Even Jonathan Frakes thought it was a bad idea. I also hate that we never got the Romulan War. I was looking forward to seeing Captain Stiles.

It wasn't from any previous episode, but the scene was molded from the asteroid field in "The Pegasus", which doesn't quite follow the storyline, as Riker decides whether to tell Picard that Adm Pressman was trying to recover the prototype Federation phased cloaking device; a Romulan phased cloaking device was in the Laforge-Ro Laren presumed-dead episode "The Next Phase".

Made me weep. I miss Enterprise.

There were a lot of problems with the Riker thing, some of them are meta, some of them are execution, some of them are -physical-. According to the episode, all of that is supposed to be happening during the events of the TNG episode Pegasus. The simple fact of the matter is that Jonothan Frakes was about sixty pounds too heavy for that uniform he was wearing. And Marina Sirtis was so much older you evidently didn't recognize her. ;p (BTW, the word is "canon".)

Connor Trineer was vastly underrated as an actor.

The irony of people praising Jolene Blalock in the comment when, while still doing a job in the role, she was one of the major reasons behind the scenes that dragged down S4 and the eventual cancelation. She was very much against the TriPol storyline and T'Pol's emotional issues, often saying she'd rather play her as the cold and logical vulcan she was "supposed" to be. Jolene's repeated complaints and pushback about plotlines caused lots of delays and rewrites, ultimately leading to a weaker performing season ripe to be drop.

Great fix! The final episode diminished actors/fans by framing inside a TNG plot. Blalock's critique? "Appalling" tossed TRIP/T'PAL's hopeful hookup into a crapper sacrificed TRIP so Archer could make a meeting? (Paramount bureaucrats cheered) if B&B's "Valentine" to fans, it was the gift of a toaster in lieu of flowers. I got past awful theme music, Spock with boobs pandering, villian of the week as darker arcs unfolded. But final episode's at best a DVD "extra" oddity fans could ignore.

Trip basically said Spock will exist

I love T'Pol ^_^

To have someone like Jolene Blaylock fall in love with me would be the fulfillment of my greatest dream.

Grateful to Star Trek: Picard for retconning that terrible finale out of existence. I know Lower Decks referenced it, but considering they've included references to other retconned episodes I'll be happy to see it as an easter egg and nothing else.

As much as I prefer "Terra Prime" as the final episode, the send off with the ships and famous line doesn't really fit it. It's unfortunate because it's the best part of "These are the Voyager."

I stopped the finale episode, just as soon as I saw the TNG characters ... never watched it, not worth of the value of the entire show. It would have been great to have seen the formation of the planets federation spread in three seasons. Would have provided a lot of good for thought

Thumbs up. Dare I even say shame on Riker and Deanna for not executing veto power on that atrocity of a finale. Snip out all but the part where Archer inspires the Federation into existence, 15 minute finale, everyone's happy. You didn't have to kill Trip dammit. That was just gratuitous.

Just waiting for T'Pol to have that slight emotional breakdown... and for Trip to be the only person who was close enough that she would let her emotions show... if only for a brief second.

This scene would bring a tear to a glass eye.

100% prefer this ending over the stupid ending in the final episode. Trip lost his town and his sister in the Xindi attack, then he loses his clone daughter and the the writers kill him off in the final episode in a stupid so call "plot twist." To all those who plan of watching Star Trek Enterprise, the show ends on the second to last episode of series 4.

It makes you wonder why an actual movie concept of Enterprise isn't in the works. It could be that producers feel there might not be enough interest , but I would think there has been a script or two written. It wasn't well received when the series ran, but the original Star Trek wasn't either, but they were at the box offices on the big screen.

When I first saw this I was afraid that Vulcan and human DNA was, in fact, not compatible. You see, I didn't watch the original Star Trek until I was eighteen, so I didn't know that Spock was half-human. It just wasn't on anywhere when I grew up.

They should have kept the script of These Are the Voyages, but with Riker and Troi replaced by curious children inexplicably showing up in the scenes. The audience would only discover at the very end of the episode that all those kids belong to a school trip, visiting the actual Enterprise decommisionned and turned into an holographic museum piece on Earth. This way, you can have any continuity cameo you want among the class, including younger version of characters from different eras, to really underline how Archer and his crew were an inspiration to several generation of Starfleet officers.

Guido I have that book in my truck. It's kinda bittersweet but I like it.

Oh, the idea of doing an episode that crosses with TNG isn't a bad one in itself and could have been interesting. I'm all for that. But doing it as the last episode?! Just seems like they were trying to take away Enterprise's ability to keep its own identity or status. They used the same actress for Troi though, have to say. And there is a book yeah but the books aren't cannon (though they can be good, I adore 'A Stitch in Time') and they shouldn't have done what they did to Trip in any case.

Of all the Star Trek series besides the 60s version I hated or heavy dislike on TNG, Voyager and DS9 But I truly love the characters and overall look and feel of Enterprise. It was up and down at times but I truly love these characters even the dopey TNG ending I overlooked and cried when TRIP died. Archer as captain was awesome best captain since Kirk I wish this show was given more chances and better run. and more developed to have Tpol and Trip together forever. The show for the last 2 year kicked ass. The Holodeck intrusion ruined an otherwise cool ending.

I came here from the Adventure time "Remember me" song. And both of these videos make me start to cry. ;-;

The 4 seasons was because of ratings and the network it was on sucked. As for trip dying, there is a 4 book series written (mostly to cover the romulan war) in which trip faked his own death and went into section 31.

Random point, there is a 4 book series written to cover mostly the romulan war, but in the books (spoiler alert?) trip had faked his own death and went into section 31.

I hate the last episode. I was always waiting to see Trip and T'pol together, so they kill him.. I agree with you. This will be the last episode to me.

I am watching this now actually on Netflix !

I too hated the ending so bad.......There stood the crew, all happy at the Federation's beginning. They said goodby and went on to other ships and other assignments. Archer was going on to higher things in Starfleet. Trip was dead. And there stood T'Pol, with tears in her eyes. All alone. Like she was somehow forgotten. BTW: While on vacation with her family, Jolene Blaylock proposed to her long time boyfriend and were married. How is that for assertiveness?