It’s still so weird that they got the one completely charisma-free actor on the show to play Jim Kirk, and yet Sam Kirk lights up every scene he’s in

I think season 4 was the only one I didn't have to push myself to like - there were lots of great bits scattered throughout the first three seasons, but the fourth is where I felt like the whole season was enjoyable and strong (particularly the last couple of episodes).

that's because Discovery is just bad fan fiction.

It makes Enterprise worth watching.

How dare you!

I understand not liking Discovery, but I draw the line at encouraging a rewatch of Enterprise!

(I'm kidding. Enterprise wasn't all that bad... Mostly.)

I’m one of those who unironically like Enterprise and its song, sometimes I’ll sing the first few bars just to make the gf roll her eyes. Even at its cheesiest its still better than the Burnham show featuring Starfleet as backup characters

Perfect. After Discovery, Enterprise is the next weak link. Everything else is pretty great.

In this case, yes. The character Kirk was fighting in the gif you posted was surgically disguised as an Andorian to disrupt the diplomatic talks regarding the dilithium mining world, Coridan, in the episode "Journey to Babel".

The Andorian in the screen grab in your second comment is an Andorian.

When they're disguised as an Andorian, yes.

There are also scenes with Cardassians that look like Bajorans, a Bajoran that looked like a Cardassian, a human that looks like a Malcorian, and a human/Betazoid hybrid that looked like a Mintakan,