Literary Treks 137: Retcon Love Letter / by Matthew Rushing

The Good That Men Do.

Running Time: 53 minutes 2 seconds
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When the final episode of Star Trek: Enterprise aired, it was promoted as a “valentine” to the fans. However, it’s reception left much to be desired. Featuring a nonsensical plot and laughable villains, These Are the Voyages was not well-loved. Therefore, when it was announced that an Enterprise “relaunch” story would undo some of the worst parts of that episode, many Enterprise fans rejoiced!

In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther talk the Enterprise novel The Good That Men Do. We discuss the last episode of Enterprise, the audacity to rewrite canon, the set up, bringing Trip back, lack of vision, prequels are interesting, a tight story, swiss cheese, head canon, Trip and T’Pol, foundation of the Romulan War and our ratings.

In the news we remind everyone that A Pocket Full of Lies is out!

News

A Pocket Full of Lies (00:03:03)

Feature: The Good That Men Do

The Last Episode of Enterprise (00:05:49)
The Audacity to Rewrite Canon (00:08:17)
The Set Up (00:12:40)
Bringing Back Trip (00:17:16)
Lack of Vision (00:21:59)
Prequels are Really Interesting (00:27:09)
A Tight Story (00:30:55)
Swiss Cheese (00:33:20)
Head Canon (00:36:23)
Trip and T’Pol (00:37:51)
Foundations of the Romulan War (00:42:27)
Ratings (00:45:58)


Hosts

Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther

Production

Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) Norman C. Lao (Executive Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Will Nguyen (Content Manager) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Will Nguyen (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Bruce Gibson (Associate Producer)