Completely predictable
By The Flashlight

The only thing that surprises me about this news is that anyone here could possibly be surprised that this is how Berman & Braga would choose to end the show.

And for all of you in this thread calling for Berman to be fired - you are aware aren't you that Berman is busy developing the next Trek film? He hasn't been fired. He's not going to be fired. He's been put in charge of creating the next Trek incarnation. Does that sound to you like Paramount is listening to your complaints? Does that sound to you like they give two shits about what your opinions? Not only have they kept Berman involved with Trek, they've insulted the franchise by bringing in someone who's major career accomplishment is working on the Inspector Gadget films. Does that sound to you like Paramount is really committed to overhauling Trek and putting out a quality product in a few years? It sure doesn't to me.

This has to be the biggest single "fuck you" to the fans they've ever pulled.

-- they know that TNG/DS9/Voyager fans mostly disliked the plot contrivance of the holodeck and came to intensly dislike holodeck-centric episodes. So what do they do? Write a holodeck-centric episode where everything that happens is a program

-- they know that fans were unhappy that they didn't get at least a tiny glimpse of the Titan at the end of Nemesis. So instead of dropping Riker & Troi into the current post-Nemesis continuity, they deny the fans a last, final chance to see the Titan and put them on the Ent-D.

-- they know that at least some fans want the show to continue, so what do they do? They kill off the show's beefcake actor, Trip, to fatally wound any chance of the show being saved.

How long are you people going to allow Paramount to treat you like garbage?

Truth be told, if the folks behind "Save Enterprise" and "TrekUnited" really wanted to work for the betterment of Trek and to save the franchise they love, they would drop the save Enterprise junk and instead organize a boycot of all things Trek until Paramount finally wakes up and throws Berman out on his ass.

But of course, we all know that isn't going to happen.

So, I guess you'll have to learn to be content with your misery. Because Berman and Paramount are going to keep on shoving that broom handle up the collective asses of Trek fandom until they finally rise up and say "We're mad as hell, and we're not gonna take it anymore!"