Season Guide
Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1
Season 1 Review
⚠ Spoiler alert Season notes below reveal how the story develops.
Season 1 of Star Trek: Enterprise premiered 2001-09-26 and ran 26 episodes through 2002-05-22.
Episodes
1
Summary In the early 22nd century, Captain Jonathan Archer commands a crew at the front lines of intergalactic upheaval as he takes command of the Enterprise, Earth’s first warp speed space…
2
Summary Captain Archer takes command of Earth’s first warp speed space vessel and volunteers to return a wounded Klingon to his home planet over the objections of Earth’s Vulcan allies,…
3
Summary As they continue their deep space exploration, the Enterprise crew grows restless after two weeks without contact with sentient life. But, they encounter an abandoned alien ship containing 15 humanoid corpses…
4
Summary The Enterprise investigates an uninhabited Earthlike planet far more dangerous than expected. It proves irresistible to Trip, who persuades Archer to allow his survey team to camp overnight on the planet’s…
5
SummaryAfter discovering the presence of a damaged Xyrillian vessel, Archer dispatches Trip to assist with its power source problems. He is delighted to have a friendly encounter with one of…
6
Summary The Enterprise crew alters course to investigate the mystery of Terra Nova, a legendary deep space Earth colony whose inhabitants mysteriously disappeared decades ago. But when they arrive, they encounter the…
7
SummaryArcher's curiosity about an ancient monastery unwittingly places his crew in the midst of a long standing interstellar conflict between the Vulcans and their arch rivals, the Andorians.Our TakeSolid, satisfying…
8
Summary The sudden appearance of a Vulcan starship disrupts Enterprise’s probe of an unusual comet containing eisilium, a rare mineral. Trip discovers that T’Pol is transmitting coded messages to the Vulcan ship.…
9
Summary Disguised as locals, Archer and his expedition explore a civilization bedeviled by a virulent ailment possibly linked to a covert — and anomalous — nuclear reactor. Determined to find…
10
SummaryAfter receiving a distress signal, Starfleet Command dispatches Enterprise to assist Fortunate, a human freight vessel attacked by Nausicaan pirates wounding the captain. On arriving, they are surprised that Fortunate's acting commander and crew are…
11
SummaryThe Enterprise comes in contact with an alien vessel transporting stargazers to observe a spectacular stellar event. They are Borothan pilgrims who have come to see the Great Plume of Agosoria, a…
12
Summary When an unidentified enemy vessel attacks Enterprise, Archer orders the ship’s return to Jupiter Station for weapon upgrades. But, Reed, Tucker, and the crew work frantically to get their new…
13
SummaryThe fascination with human behavior and culture expressed by Dr. Phlox in his letter to a peer is contrasted by his dissenting view of the crew's treatment of a dying…
14
SummaryWhen Enterprise comes across a disabled Klingon vessel, Archer dispatches a shuttlepod with T'Pol, Hoshi, and Reed to investigate. There, a hostile female Klingon ambushes them and hijacks the shuttlepod, leaving the Enterprise crewmembers…
15
Summary Archer and the crew are startled to discover the Vulcan High Command has ordered T’Pol to leave Enterprise and are equally frustrated at her seeming indifference about reassignment. However, T’Pol’s last…
16
Summary Trip and Reed are dispatched on a shuttle mission to investigate an asteroid field and are cut off from Enterprise, thereby becoming convinced the starship has been destroyed and…
17
Summary En route to the eye catching Arachnid Nebula, the crew encounters an obsolete Vulcan vessel manned by the Vahklas, a Vulcan sect that embraces emotional impulses. Despite her misgivings,…
18
Summary The crew explores a jungle planet that’s been turned into a hunting ground by a race of stalkers called the Eska. They hunt indigenous creatures for recreation, one of…
19
Summary The Enterprise is invaded by Ferengi marauders, who knock out the crew with sleeping gas and pillage the ship for gold, equipment and slaves. Our Take A goofy bottle…
20
Summary After hearing of a supposedly haunted alien ship on a desolate planet, Archer decides to cannibalize the wreck to replenish Enterprise’s supplies and discovers the vessel is inhabited after all. While…
21
Summary While exploring a planet, Archer and Mayweather accidentally enter a “military zone” and are detained in an internment prison by an alien race called Tandarans, who are at war…
22
Summary Hoshi thinks she is to blame for a series of misunderstandings that sent a group of visiting aliens off the Enterprise in a huff. As the Kreetassans depart, a strange, symbiotic…
23
SummaryDuty interferes with the crew's first shore leave when the Enterprise is sent to the planet Mazar to fetch a distinguished Vulcan ambassador accused of criminal misconduct. The mission disturbs…
24
Summary When Archer and Trip repair a vessel belonging to an alien leader, the Earthmen are repaid with an invitation to their new friend’s volatile world. Our Take A solid…
25
Summary T’Pol talks Archer into joining the shore leave party on the planet Risa, where he encounters a troubled alien beauty; Hoshi learns a new language from a local man;…
26
Summary Archer blames himself when the destruction of an alien colony prompts Starfleet to recall the Enterprise to Earth. Our Take A strong season finale that finally gives Enterprise some…