Picard Explains Star Trek: Enterprise's Mystery Ship After 21 Years
Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Picard Season 2, Episode 6 — «Two of One»
After 21 years, Star Trek: Picard season 2 finally explains the mystery ship in the opening credits of Star Trek: Enterprise. At the midpoint ofStar Trek: Picard season 2, Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his motley crew are in 2024 Los Angeles and infiltrated the Europa Mission Gala to protect Jean-Luc's ancestor, Renée Picard (Penelope Mitchell), from Q (John de Lancie). Although Renée's Watcher, Tallinn (Orla Brady), keeps her distance from the young Picard, Jean-Luc took the opportunity to connect with his great-great-great aunt, and, in a surprise, Renée identified one of the ships in Enterprise's credits.
Originally titled simply Enterprise, Star Trek: Enterprise premiered on the UPN Network in 2001. The series, which ran just four seasons, was a Star Trek prequel set in the 22nd century that established the NX-01 as the first Starship Enterprise, which was commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula). A departure from the previous Star Trek series executive produced by Rick Berman, Enterprise was also the first Star Trek show to use a pop song in its opening credits. The maligned intro, «Faith of the Heart,» was sung by Russell Watson. Although Star Trek: Enterprise gained an appreciative new audience after it streamed on Netflix and Paramount+, «Faith of the Heart» remains divisive to Trekkers. However, theme song aside, the opening credits montage is intriguing as it charts the many ships named Enterprise throughout history, leading up to the launch of the NX-01. Yet one of the last ships seen, a space shuttle-like craft that appears right before Zephram Cochrane's (James Cromwell) Phoenix towards the end of the montage, has
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