He's an institution, you can build an entire show around him no problem

Let me try to explain:

It's an interesting time capsule from the turn of the millennia. Like The Practice, it's interesting to see the way society shifted after 9/11 so starkly presented in art.

It's still got a whif of that 90s star trek energy.

Scott Bakula is a institution.

They really go for it a few episodes, there's no reservations they just have the male engineer get pregnant or the captain get obsessed with space eggs, or the crew get attacked by the cum monster

Doctor Phlox is great and denobulans are a good addition to the alpha quadrant.

Has a great borg episode.

The xindi are cool, actually.

They nailed the uniforms.

You can simply jerk off during the decontamination scenes until they're over.

Not parent, but; Enterprise is one of my favorites. Some things that I really like about it:

• The enterprise itself is bare and functional. Not luxurious with nice carpets. This ups the stakes and realism.
• They get beat up a lot and their ship is quite primitive.
• Archer is mostly likable and nicely balanced, although he gets a bit dark in later seasons.
• All main cast have distinct personalities and are well acted and likable. Most of them also grow as member of the crew.
• The crew interactions are well written mostly.
• The tension between Archer and T'Pol is intense.
• I really like the cmdr. Shren storyline.
• Hoshi is hot (and smart) so I didn't mind the de-con scenes. And besides the eye-candy they did have a story.

These are the things I can think of right now, but I really enjoyed it over all (of course with its ups and downs per episode).

I'm at least slightly okay with the first decontamination scene between Trip and T'Pol. I can appreciate the idea that they planned the whole "starting out with a lot of open disdain for each other but growing together" arc and starting them out with some belligerent sexual tension. Because this is the thirstiest Trek they achieved this with a blue light, some underwear and a can of lotion, but at least there's an idea there.

The scene that makes me say "okay guys dial it back a bit" is...the crew are locked in their rooms, and Hoshi manages to break out into an air duct in the ceiling, which she falls out of, which somehow tears her top off, so she shows up at Malcolm's door with her tits in her hands saying "just shut up and give me a shirt." It's not really a character moment between the two, it's not like they're kinda into each other but because of their ranks they're trying to stay professional but they keep ending up in each other's personal space...it's just "We took one of the lead actresses shirt off. That's the """""""joke"""""""."

The final season got ripped off. They had to rush to try and have an ending.