I have mixed feelings about this episode, the last one ever in the Star Trek Enterprise series. Six years in the future, the Enterprise is back on Earth to be decommissioned and to celebrate a coalition of planets that Earth is about to join. It’s a precursor to the Federation of Planets in later Star Trek series.

I liked the story about the Enterprise crew helping their old friend Shran (the Andorian). Shran’s daughter has been kidnapped and our heros help him get her back. Shran’s an interesting character. He’s not the nicest of friends but somehow he’s friends with the Enterprise crew.

The nostalgia in this episode I felt was a bit forced. Riker was using the holodeck in the Next Gen Enterprise to research Archer and the first Enterprise’s last mission. He was able to put himself in the role of the ship’s cook and an average crewman here and there.

All in all, not a bad final episode for Enterprise