Trip's Fate Was Already Decided
Trinneer feels he got the goodbye, no one else did
The series has ended, the cast have all said their goodbyes, and the fan-base is divided over the final episode "These Are The Voyages..." But despite the negative feedback about the finale, executive producer Rick Berman remains mainly positive about the result, and Cmdr. Tucker himself (Connor Trinneer) remains coy about the whole Trek experience.
"At first I was shocked and a little miffed at the choice that was made," Trinneer said. "But, selfishly, things worked out for me. I'm the only one who went out with a bang... no pun intended. I got the goodbye, no one else did."
Berman went also revealed that 'Trip' would have been killed even if "Enterprise" had been renewed as the finale had already been written by the time UPN decided whether or not the series would be returning to the screens in the fall.
"If we hadn't gotten the ax, it still would have been our season finale." Berman said, adding that the episode took a six-year leap in time, so 'Trip' wouldn't have been written out of the show completely.
"And, even then, death isn't always permanent," added Trinneer, throwing in some of his Trek knowledge from previous incarnations. "Spock died in one Star Trek movie and was resurrected in the next. We're talking sci-fi here... anything can happen!"
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