How Commander "Trip" Tucker SURVIVED In Star Trek: Enterprise!

What if I told you that Commander Trip Tucker survived his apparent Death in Star Trek Enterprise? Sounds interesting, right? Please stick with me here! This adventure takes us into the future stories of Captain Jonathan Archer and the NX-01 Enterprise!
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Video Credits:
Written by Craig Turner
Presented by Jack Trestrail
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Title: How Commander "Trip" Tucker SURVIVED In Star Trek: Enterprise!
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[@nicholasgerken9934]

This show SO deserved a 5th season. Can you imagine an entire season arc dedicated to the Earth-Romulan war? It would have been amazing

[@theequalizer9154]

It still needs to be done! Be it in a miniseries, so be it!

[@tarikshell9719]

I would have loved to see the how a fifth season would have started but because so much time has passed it would be impossible for the story to continue due to the characters age

[@theequalizer9154]

@@tarikshell9719 It could work with an Admiral Archer, and the return of the cast. I think the age of the characters would be just right for the Romulan War.

[@davitto01]

NX-01 Refit with the stardrive and saucer section separate would be amazing to see. But I don't trust paramount, they seem bent on just completely destroying the franchise.

[@damouze]

Hear hear!

[@mavcomart]

I met Trip and Malcom at the 50th Anniversary convention at Birmingham in 2016. I had a great chat with them out on the floor. They both, especially Trip, expressed disappointment at the ending of Enterprise. I sincerely hope he makes it back into the Star Trek fold. He and Malcom. Been with them all since 66 ❤ 🖖

[@JarvisSensei]

Man I just love Trip and T'Pal's relationship so much.

[@cjkane1962]

IMHO: Here's a simpler answer to Trip being alive... Holodeck programs are authored, and all author's tend to "Dramatize" and/or "Fictionalized" an event. Trip was injured the author turned the injury that Trip recovered from into Trip's death for dramatic effect. Short sweet - done... How to introduce into canon... Riker: "Hey Deanna, you know that holodeck program I ran years ago about the NX-01... it was wrong. Trip never died in real life." Troi: :"Interesting..." Riker: "Yeah, the guy who wrote the program added the death for dramatic effect." Troi: "Well that was dumb."

[@ElementalITcc]

@8:40 love the SGA footage thrown in. Trip was a Wraith the whole time!

[@absboodoo]

Indeed

[@MrTilbin]

Yep!

[@busterdagger4797]

I just finished watching this show again. I still have not got over the ending.

[@NeonVisual]

In Star Trek it's a tradition for a character in the previous show to pass the torch. We had bones appear in TNG talking to Data, then TNG handed off to DS9 with Picard and Sisko. Voyager left DS9 in it's pilot, then finally we had Zefram Cochrane from First Contact pass the torch to Archer and the NX-01 by breaking ground on the warp 5 program. Then, since 2009, they've been using characters to literally pass on to younger recasting's of themselves (Spock to Quinto's rehash of Spock), and in Discovery it again passed the torch on to a recasting of Pike, who was the second recasting of Pike, along with a recasting of all the TOS characters, and even Kahn. If you run the numbers and simulations, as well as taking into account the finer details, you can just about make out 2009 as the point in which nebulous brains entered the franchise with not an original thought between any of them.

[@rbowdenscipio3408]

Yep. Kurtzman is the one who decimated the lore.

[@christianrissotto.gordohom3478]

And this is why we need a animated series retaking the story. :CHANGE MY MIND:

[@davep3786]

okay, your lobotomy is scheduled for tuesday

[@WatchingYoutube737]

2:57 It took me 30 years to figure out the sly joke that Kirk died on the "bridge".

[@damouze]

Of course he didn't die. The series ended with "Terra Prime". The abomination that was "These are the voyages" was merely a holo simulation, nothing more. No, in my head canon he's happily retired on Vulcan, together with T'Pol in her ancestral home. Surrounded by lots and lots of (grand)kids.

[@CrazyManwich]

He joined section 31 and that holoprogram was just to maintain the illusion he died.

[@damouze]

@@CrazyManwich I'm afraid that doesn't work for me. It would be waaaay out of character for Trip to join section 31. I remember watching the episode when it first aired and thinking, "no he would never do this". And I stand by that today. I reject "These as the voyages" as being a true Enterprise episode, let alone canon. And I was not the only one who was very angry with the showrunners. Thousands of fans were, because not only was it basically a holodeck novel framed as a TNG episode, more importantly, it seemed to suggest that the ENTIRE SERIES was just a holonovel and with it invalidate the entire series.

[@darongw]

​@@damouze In the books he doesn't really join section 31, but instead goes on missions to undermine the Romulans to help Earth win the war. He later works to try to end section 31 and it is strongly hinted that he does settle down with T'Pol and the two of them have kids. This part is told from the perspective of a journalist who visits T'Pol and sees a human working on her property but who later sits down for a meal with T'Pol and her kids. The journalist notices the kids kind of have human features and they seem like a family. It seems like he wasn't fully successful in ending section 31 but at least brought down a part of it and did get to retire with T'Pol but had to hide is identity. All in all not a bad way to end his story arch and it's the one I hold to in my head cannon :) This is similar to the story of Bashir in the section 31 novels who "joins" them to help the Federation but also works to end section 31.

[@damouze]

@@darongw To me it still sounds out of character for someone like Trip, especially with what all that he went through, which is why I can't accept it as canon. Moreover, as this is in the books, it would not be Alpha canon but Beta canon, since books and comics are not included in the list of media that are considered Alpha canon. Also, while Section 31 as a mysterious rogue organization sounds fascinating, it would probably be best for it to remain that way. In many ways it is similar to Bureau 13 in B5, which is where the writer of the DS9 episode "Inquisition" probably got his inspiration (and there is nothing wrong with that, mind you; a lot of DS9 was inspired by B5 and in many ways it helped both shows to be as popular as they were). So, in the end, nothing changes for me as far as Trip's death is concerned. It is not part of my head canon, nor is him joining Section 31. In my head canon he served with Archer - and the rest of his friends - through the Romulan War and ultimately retired to Vulcan with T'Pol, happily married and living in her ancestral home, surrounded by many, many (grand)kids. Because after all that they went through (and probably went through during the Romulan War), it is what they deserved. Not a senseless death, not a cheap deus ex machine cop-out such as being rescued by Section 31. In all my years of reading and watching sci-fi (not just Star Trek), never have I had such a severe reaction to character's demise in a really bad story as I had with "These are the Voyages...", with the possible exception of the death of Tasha Yar in the TNG episode "Skin of Evil". But that episode, however bad it was, at least served a purpose and had a place in the larger story. It did not invalidate everything that came before it. And while she was ultimately brought back for a single episode, at least that episode, "Yesterday's Enterprise" stood out as one of the best episodes of the entire series because it set events in motion for a future story.

[@-Dominion-]

@@CrazyManwich but why is He in Section 31 ? I have neuer seen Contact wirh him and the section 31, on Screen.

[@ThatMetalheadMan]

Am I the only one who doesnt hate the Enterprise intro song? I mean,its not amazing but its not THAT bad.

[@meintveldman4769]

@@ThatMetalheadMan I liked the song, a lot. The problem is that it wasn't a traditional Trek intro. I can definitely understand this irking fans. Also the second version was better.

[@ThatMetalheadMan]

@@meintveldman4769 yeah it really was better than the first version and I guess the song in general made it confuse fans even more,alongside the show not even having "Star Trek" in its name for the first season.

[@darongw]

I actually like it a lot and I thought it really fit the show though I get that it wasn't a traditional Trek intro. But the meaning behind the words combined with Trek history was very impactful to me. Enterprise is set in the moment where humans are just going out into the broader galaxy soon after they had finally united which took a while after the Vulcans arrived. And before that human civilization was almost destroyed in WW3. The song seemed to speak to that history and the hopeful future that Star Trek is supposed to represent. And the later Strange New Worlds saying "to the stars through hardship" also played on that same theme. So yeah, I get the criticism of it not being a real trek intro but I also appreciate the connection the song has to the history in Star Trek and the moment Enterprise is set in.

[@kevinslagle9481]

@@meintveldman4769 second version sucked

[@mh-hn1nt]

I liked it, sounded kinda Folksy to me. It set up the premise of its intent Making it a really good prequel. A bittersweet origin story....

[@AnneLehr]

Trip was my favorite character ❤

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

Wish somebody would make a follow-up miniseries for the Enterprise, to conclude the individual stories of the NX-01 Enterprise crew.

[@mh-hn1nt]

Agreed

[@TheM5Dog]

Every one says that Harry Kim was the longest serving Ensign in Starfleet, but Mayweather and Sato were still Ensigns after 10 years and Reed was still a Lieutenant.

[@rhuman8672]

This would have been much better than the last few trek shows. What a shame it will never be

[@alexpalmer9101]

They should find a way to revisit ENT for this reason alone. Showing the NX refit in PIC would be a great way to do so.

[@nabukuma]

This is my head canon now

I am thinking that right as he is put in the chamber he winks at Captain Archer as a stealth signal that everything is fine.. When the chamber closes he is beamed out and replaced with a clone that when transported into the chamber is deformed to match the pattern buffer scan.. The real Tripp Tucker gets the clones body scan instantly healing him as he materializes elsewhere on a cloaked ship belonging to section 31 or some other secrete group like the temporal agents.. Hasn't anyone ever wondered why with transporter tech and some races like the Vulcans having replicator tech that injuries could be instantly undone from a saved healthy scan of a persons body?? To see him show up in the 32nd century with Daniels or in some other timeline would be great but we can all see the foot dragging on the current spin offs so who knows..

[@martykarr7058]

The wink with Archer smiling back is at or near timestamp 30:50, followed by an interesting exchange of glances between Phlox and Archer

[@Kirmz]

When I watched this episode when it aired, I had no doubt in my mind that Trip's death was a cover-up and we, (inc Will and Troi) aren't seeing what really happened.

[@mrhunter7087]

I loved Star Trek Enterprise & the Character Trip, they don't have to kill him when we had get a Season 5 of this Series

[@vortega472]

Hey, I liked the original opening song. It was different because this was supposed to be a different Trek, so be nice.

[@carriew5106]

I refuse to accept that TATVs is cannon. It's a forgotten TNG episode where Riker messed around on the holodeck and manipulated the story so the loyal friend could come out as the self sacrificing hero. ENT ended with Terra Prime which was a fantastic episode for all the cast and despite the tragic outcome for Elizabeth it ultimately ended with a message of hope.

[@chimaican01]

Of course he is still alive. Any real Trekkie does not accept the series finale as the series finale, and that it is a sham episode that should never have been made.

[@safebox36]

I don't dislike that Trip survived, I dislike that it was because of Section 31's actions and not because of Starfleet or Trip's own actions.

[@jizziejustin]

Brilliant character brilliant character absolutely loved Trip from the get go

[@525Lines]

Easier fix to say Phlox cloned him again, having corrected the abbreviated life span issue.

[@MajelCats]

A more interesting theory would be that The Guardian Sphere Builders with No Name and exist out of time failed to change the universe to enter. But what if, they figured out how to use humanoids as vessels. The Borg queen looks an awful lot like that head guardian. So they figured they needed to wipe out humanity so became the borg. Once humanoids are gone, they cane carry in their sphere building plan.

[@AndreasScout]

Trip is not dead, he just got transported to another syfy franchise and became Michael, the wraith star gate atlantis crew turned into a human ... Just joking. I believe Connor Trinneer ( trip) has a podcast on youtube here as well where he and others like Dominic Keating (malcom reed) do a lot of interviews. and yes star trek enterprise deserved a couple more seasons. Stellar and very talented cast.

[@williamkopko5775]

The series was well made they deserve a couple more season. They had a great captain and crew. Trip should have not died he was a great engineer who was very smart. And knew how to get out of most situation I bet Scotty read and looked up to him. It is true not all true history is known even to popular talk look at our history

[@andrewnegron288]

He deserves a comeback just like ENT deserves another season and ending, it doesn't matter if you have to make it in animation or AI but give us fans of that series well deserved ending with the voices of the actors who played in the franchise!.

[@adrianvanleeuwen]

I would love to see Trip reappear on Section 31 movie, whether as he being referenced to the past joining Section 31, or some method of time travel. This would be greatly appreciated and loved by fans if Trip was mentioned in Section 31 somehow, and the hologram records were altered on his death. If they cannot do it, then put him into Lower Decks as a guest star from Section 31 to make it Canon.

[@andrewhalo100]

Honestly his return would be hilarious. Use lower decks to hint at it so none of us take it seriously

[@owenpancoast1163]

This episode could easily be explained away as a case of the Mandela Effect. A lot of people remember seeing Mandela's funeral on TV in the 80's and 90's, when he really died in 2013. It's likely something similar happened with the crew of the Enterprise D, and it wouldn't be hard for the writers of SNW to correct this without breaking from canon.

[@MajelCats]

What we want is both their kids to be alive and not be assholes

[@thomasbarca9297]

I love the novels especially the romulan war series

[@JarvisSensei]

Haha ❤❤❤ didn't tell you that Adam got me the NX 01 Eagle Moss for my bday did I

[@jaklinhyde]

Something crazy, I just watched the episode of enterprise from s3 when Tucker gets placed into a coma and they clone him to harvest it’s body parts for Trip and it got me thinking could that have happened..? 🤔 they just would have to be able to slow down the aging

[@ozelhassan8576]

Yes we know this, he joined Section 31 to stop the Romulans from creating Warp 7 drive which would have given them a advantage against us in the upcoming war

[@SomeTheorist9090]

What if they got the story wrong and Trip founded the UFP and it was Captain Archer that died. That the records had been altered over time that we forget what happened to whom.

[@filthygaijin6566]

I always thought it was weird in Generations how Picard buried a Starfleet hero under a pile of rocks instead of taking him back to Earth for a proper funeral.

[@chromemox3319]

Kirk prolly already had a proper starfleet memorial service and funeral when they thought he had died on the Enterprise B.

[@rlmoore1242]

We never saw Sims casket destroyed did we? Maybe his casket was discovered by an alien race that could revive him and he is found alive on another planet.

[@Allosaurus87]

yeah macgyver, but that's jack o'neill

[@fireball75677]

I wonder why starfleet would wait until the 25th century to declassify this

[@raymondcanessa7208]

I never looked at Star Trek the same after finding out Star Trek: Enterprise was Riker on the holodeck.☹☹☹☹☹

[@highlanddrummer3256]

The last episode never made much sense. One second Trip dies and the next the whole crew is gleefully listening to Archer’s speech. I think Daniels just needs to go to S3 episode “Twilight” and pluck Captain Trip 2165 from the alternate universe and drop him off in the future or in an alternate timeline.

[@cfhollister8766]

I agree that canonically, we can say the holoprogram was in error and Trip survived. But I think this notion of faking his death for complicated reasons and invoking the over-used Section 31 is unnecessary nonsense that doesn't help do Trip's character or story any justice. All that is required is a new continuing story for Trip to be written at some point (or not) and his death in a holoprogram to be summarily dismissed and just that, a fictionalized recreation inspired by "historical" events. I really do have a disdain for this convoluted Section 31 idea for Trip; best forgotten along with his supposed death in the first place.

[@TheInedibleHulk]

Let's hope he is. #FloridaMan

[@YetAnotherMom]

It would be helpful if there was an accurate transcript for this video. I clicked on Show Transcript but many of the words are outright incorrect. The closed caption subtitles have many mistakes and misspellings as well. I'm just having trouble watching this video and understanding what you are saying. Between the rapidness of your speech and your accent, I can't understand 1/4 of what you're saying! I slowed down the video but it didn't make enough difference. Please upload a corrected transcript! KZbin isn't doing a good job of translating your video into the correct words. Thanks!

[@cocolyzo1320]

que vuelva trip

[@thorny213]

Tell me

[@arnaudgerard1971]

Too much Section 31?

[@MrTilbin]

No one dies in star trek. They just join section 31 or some temporal organization.

[@NapalmSunset]

He didn't. He's dead, Jim.

[@riogrande5761]

IMHO, Star Trek: Enterprise was the last good Star Trek series - I've found everything that has come after to be a huge disappointment. I'd love to see ST:E revived! It was quite good!

[@B_Leo86]

I hopes Trip appear in section 31... with his Romulan modification being responsible for him have near Vulcan like lifespan as we find he and T'Pol had nice long Vulcan marriage with kids and grandkids because like the rest of trekdom I HATE the Enterprise Season 4 finale... I wanted Enterprise season 5 where we saw Phlox meet Flint and we found the future benefactor of Silik was alternate timeline version Archer trying to fix what he saw as mistakes in past.

[@damouze]

The Enterprise finale never bothered me that much, but as far as I'm concerned the finale was "Terra Prime". The abomination called "These are the voyages" simply doesn't count in my opinion and I hence refuse to accept it as canon. After serving with his friends during the Romulan War he simply retired to Vulcan, happily married to T'Pol and living in her ancestral home, surrounded by lots and lots of (grand)kids ;-).

[@Ninja-Hayate]

Where the fk were those Macos who could've helped Archer and Trip in that last episode?! Tucker is dead, show canceled.

[@tomlichnofsky.7048]

🖖🖖🖖😊😆🖖🖖🖖 🍊🍁🍊

[@kal0247]

Enterprise is unrated.

[@matthewgreenwood4286]

Wow, that is horrible writing. They have an engineer doing all this crazy stuff for the sake of doing crazy stuff because he is named character. Taboo is slapped a good old section 31 Band-Aid on something when they need something to be done

[@Seal0626]

Well sure, he "died" in an inaccurate historical recreation a century after the fact.

[@lasarith2]

(209 years)

[@sw-gs]

Sadly it's not canon as only TV shows and moveis are. Not even new comics are consiered as such.

[@bulldog71ss33]

Apparently during the last episode no one but me noticed that trip smiled and winked at Captain Archer his trip was being put into the chamber. Both of them knew it was a ruse to fool star Fleet into believing trip was dead so trip could go work for section 31. Its canon.

[@sw-gs]

@@bulldog71ss33 You don't understand. Whatever is canon for you it's your personal opinion, but matter of facts is that what officialy is considered canon are only movies and TV shows (according to Gene Roddenberry's bible and Paramount's Star Trek website), everything else is not. If certain fact from books or comic would be mentioned by character in TV show or movie, then it will be considered canon. Although there are some caviots in that rules because Star Trek The Animated Series is one that would be considered TV show, Roddenberry didn't considered it canon. If you think in a same way about Star Trek canon as Star Wars canon, then I must disappoint you.

[@MandyX-b4b]

@@sw-gs Who cares what Paramount claims along with the Star Trek Website? Being a non-conformist I do not go along with what the majority of what most people think or believe. I go by my own rules and Hollywood (Paramount) is not going to decide for me what is and what is not canon.

[@sw-gs]

@@MandyX-b4b Good for you.

[@bulldog71ss33]

@@sw-gs Tripp lived. Go watch the last episode.

[@FelixzWrath82]

Section 31 rescued him