We play on the ENT threads because half the shows have sucked so far. The good ones are really good, tho, so we haven’t given up yet.
Strory arc:
Humans finally have a Warp 5 ship, the NSX Enterprise, so they decide to really start some exploration.
Vulcans have been “guiding” humans along but are very stuck up about it and basically want to hold back the underdeveloped race of Man.
There is no Federation yet.
A temporal cold war has chosen Quantum as a focal point ot fight over. Innuendo leads us to believe Quantum has something major to do with the developemnt of the Federation and the Prime Directive.
The insane Vulcan woman on board is growing accustomed to the Humans and may (in time) help shape a new attitude towards Humans for the Vulcans.
A new arc was introduced as a semi-cliffhanger. The Xindi, figured that Humans wipe them out in the future, so they atttack Earth and kill Tripp’s sister.
This leads to a mission of scouting/war for the crew in the 3rd season which has been talked up a bit as a lot of action and deep stories.
If you actually watch the episodes, the threads are self explanatory. If you miss one (or some) and aren’t familiar with us (Trek Dopers), you will be hopelessly lost. We tried some changes, but they just don’t last. I blame Linus and Cervaise. I’ve never posted fake, weird, or misleading hijacks*.
And, we have a lot of very creative people posting to those threads. It can be entertaing. FTR, I always preface my real comments with something on the order of “15 minutes into episode, what does Phlox mean by saying…” or “The teaser doesn’t fit the blah blah blah…” or something similar. Regular trek Dopers catch on, but it is very hard to follow if you’re not regular. And I doubt it will change much over season 3.
Usually, the real discussion is about early page 2 or late page 1 to around 4 or so, then it becomes hijacks again.