Finally getting around to watching all of Enterprise. I don't have much of a problem with it, other than the intro song (at least in the first season). Who thought this song was a good idea? Lyrics? Power ballad about faith? I don't understand why they didn't stick with a purely instrumental piece for the intro, like every other damn iteration in the series.
Besides that, Captain Archer gets on my nerves sometimes, but I think I'm warming up to him. He's extremely reckless and irresponsible in almost every episode. He plays God, he doesn't assess risks, and he gets involved with situations that he has no business with just because he's "on a peaceful mission of exploration". For example, on the second or third episode, the Enterprise visits an uninhabited hospitable planet (the first one for Enterprise, mind you) and some of the crew wants to camp out on the surface. He decides this is a good idea and lets them do it. Each member camping ends up inhaling a hallucinogenic compound that is released by the flora at night, then danger ensues. The crew practically goes insane, and Trip tries to kill T'Pol. Wow, great decision Captain. Maybe you should have considered the risks of staying on a planet you know nothing about overnight? Let's not forget every time he sees a ship he immediately hails them with his "Hi I'm the Enterprise from Earth how can we help you out?" crap, which usually ends with disastrous results.
I understand that Enterprise chronicles the journey of the first starship and the first captain of a starship, and that Archer would be a bit more naive compared to Picard, Sisko or even Janeway... but his naivety borders on straight up stupidity most of time. Sometimes it even feels like bad writing, simply to start a plot or cause a problem to carry the episode.
Other than that, it feels like a Star Trek series, which is good and an accomplishment in its own way... although the only characters I'm really interested in are T'Pol and Phlox.