Star Trek: Enterprise
Summary
Star Trek : Enterprise ’s Connor Trinneer"hated every second"of play Trip Tucker as a sea rover inEnterpriseseason 4 ’s Mirror Universe two - part instalment . Trinneer late played Trip for the first time sinceEnterprisewas canceled in 2005 ; Connor voice Tucker in theStar Trek : very Short Treksepisode " Holograms All The Way Down . " Since 2022 , Trinneer and hisStar Trek : Enterprisecast mate Dominic Keating , along with Erica LaRose and producer Mark J. Cartier , have hostedThe Shuttlepod Showpodcast , where they cut into in - depth with fellow luminaries of theStar Trekfranchise .
On a late episode ofThe Shuttlepod Show , Connor Trinneer recounted to his guest , director James L. Conway , his tale of how he ended up playing Mirror Trip Tucker as a pirate inStar Trek : Enterpriseseason 4 ’s Mirror Universeepisodes . Almost two decennium later , Trinneer is still uproariously rankled by his part inEnterprise ’s popular " In a Mirror , Darkly " saga . contain out his quotation mark and watchThe Shuttlepod Showvideo below , with Trinneer ’s story set out at the 35 - minute mark :
So we get the episode , “ In a Mirror , Darkly , ” and the integral time I ’m like , “ I call back this is just ridiculous ” … I do n’t really know what to do [ to work Mirror Universe Trip ] . I walk in , do the scene , and you ’re like , “ Well , we need a lot more here . This is intelligibly an alternate existence , yadda yadda yadda … " And I said , “ What ? So , uh , like a pirate ? ” And you go , “ Yeah , try that . ” We take the conniption , you go , “ Cut ! Print ! ” and I go , “ No ! No ! I was kidding ! ” And you ’re like , “ No , it ’s great ! We ’re impress on . ” Oh no ! For the next three calendar week , I had to do “ Arr ! Arr ! Arr ! ” Hated every indorsement of it !
Star Trek : endeavor introduced new faces to the prequel serial fix a century before the events of Star Trek : The Original Series .
Star Trek: Enterprise’s Mirror Universe Episodes Were Bittersweet
Enterprise wanted to do more in the Mirror Universe.
Star Trek : Enterpriseseason 4 ’s " In a Mirror , Darkly " episodes were an pleasurable departurefrom the show ’s usual formatting , but it was also bittersweet for the mould and crew . AfterEnterprisewrapped part one of its Mirror Universestory , the caller con that the UPN internet had canceled the serial publication . This meant that there would only be a few weeks leave behind before the mantle came down on Star Trek : Enterprise , and the prequel would not reach the 7 - time of year milestone enjoyed byStar Trek : The Next Generation , Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , andStar Trek : Voyager .
12 age afterEnterpriseended in 2005,Star Trek : Discoverybrought the franchise back to television and did its own series of Mirror Universe episode .
The Mirror Universe was a favorite concept ofStar Trek : Enterpriseseason 4 ’s late showrunner Manny Coto , and he want to continue research the dark alternate reality ifEnterprisereturned for season 5 . Further , Coto was in favor of bringing inWilliam Shatner for a differentStar Trek : Enterpriseseason 4 Mirror Universe two - parter whereShatner would reprise Captain James T. Kirk ’s malign Mirror Counterpart , Tiberius Kirk . While these are for certain losses for fans ofStar Trek : enterprisingness , one person who is likely very happy that he did n’t have to toy Mirror Universe pirate ship Trip Tucker again is Connor Trinneer .
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