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Star Trek: Enterprise 'Unexpected' 25th anniversary (Redshirts Retro Review)

A cloaked hitchhiker, a holodeck farm, and the day Trip Tucker came back unexpectedly pregnant.
Nov. 2, 2015 – CBS Television Studios announced today it will launch a totally new “Star Trek” television series in January 2017. The brand-new “Star Trek” will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966. The new series will blast off with a special preview broadcast on the CBS Television Network. The premiere episode and all subsequent
Nov. 2, 2015 – CBS Television Studios announced today it will launch a totally new “Star Trek” television series in January 2017. The brand-new “Star Trek” will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966. The new series will blast off with a special preview broadcast on the CBS Television Network. The premiere episode and all subsequent
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“Unexpected” still matters 25 years later because it’s the gloriously awkward “Trip gets pregnant” Enterprise episode that sneaks some genuinely interesting ideas about first contact, consent, and early holodeck tech into what looks like pure comedy.

First aired October 17, 2001, it’s silly and uneven, but surprisingly rich to pick apart. With that in mind, the following pages explore five reasons "Unexpected" is still worth watching today.

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