Connor Trinneer:You know, to be quite honest, we weren't sure we were going to get year four, and... the fact that we got it was such a blessing. And we did better in year four, and the stories were better. And, you know, we had some -- or quite a bit of momentum on our side, that we were all kind of hoping for, you know, more, the whole run. And, uh, I don't know that that was in the cards, really.
Connor Trinneer ("Commander Charles Tucker, III")
Trinneer:Um... I have to sort of remind myself, the way we were thinking at the end of year three, that, you know, we were dancing on the edge of coming back or not. So, um, it's disappointing. You know, you don't want to feel like the cast that killed the franchise. But, um, you know, it's the way it is. You know, it's business. It's the way, you know... We, frankly, didn't get enough people watching our show, on first runs, to keep the Network, you know, off our backs.
John Billingsley:The bottom line -- this is very tricky, but the challenge for our show, and I'm not quite sure we lived up to it -- was to try and hold on to the core audience while building a brand new audience.
John Billingsley ("Doctor Phlox")
Billingsley:And that's a very, very difficult proposition, because people who don't watch "Star Trek," who aren't aficionados, have developed a sense of what we are and what we do. They're not easily swayed to give this show another chance, to give this franchise another chance, once they've come to decisions about what we are, what we represent. It's a tough thing.
Scott Bakula:I think we served our purpose. I think it's very hard to do a prequel, well. And I think we succeeded in that sense.
Scott Bakula ("Captain Jonathan Archer")
Bakula:Um, I think this last season that we've gotten has allowed the writing team to really kind of put together some strings between us and Kirk and Spock, and some kind of connective tissue; and have some fun, and really kind of -- they call it, you know, a lot of "Valentines" to the fans, you know, from the original series especially. And actually, we've tied -- made some Next Generation connections too. So, um, those things have been fun, you know? And, uh, I think it's always good to leave people wanting more.
Dominic Keating:For now, it's... I guess it's taken a bit of a hit. I understand that there will be another "Star Trek," probably in years to come, under a different auspice and with a new face.
Dominic Keating ("Lieutenant Malcolm Reed")
Keating:But, uh... there was a line we had the other night, our last scene in Engineering, Connor and I; and the writers, Rick and Brannon, had, you know, thinly disguised what I've just been talking about. And I say, "The captain thinks there will be another Enterprise before long." And I look around the Engineering set and go, "It won't be the same." And it won't. It won't be the same.
