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Dead Stop

Summary Following the ordeal in the minefield, the crew links up with an automated repair vessel that troubles Archer when its computer steals information from the Enterprise’s data banks. Our Take Solid, satisfying television. The season’s engine keeps turning and…

Minefield

Summary Archer’s awkward breakfast with Reed is interrupted when the Enterprise enters a minefield and Reed has to defuse an explosive affixed to the hull. Our Take A mixed bag: some good moves, some filler. Star Trek: Enterprise running at…

Carbon Creek

Summary T’Pol entertains Archer and Trip with the tale of a crash landed Vulcan ship, whose stranded crew lived in disguise among the denizens of a Pennsylvania mining town circa 1957. Our Take Serviceable television, it advances the story without…

Shockwave (2)

Summary The sinister Suliban insist that Archer be turned over to them — and with Archer nowhere to be found aboard the ship. He’s stuck in the 31st century, in a decimated city with Daniels, whose intent is to save…

Shockwave (1)

Summary Archer blames himself when the destruction of an alien colony prompts Starfleet to recall the Enterprise to Earth. Our Take A strong episode with a couple of wobbles, but Star Trek: Enterprise keeps its grip throughout.

Two Days and Two Nights

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; a pair of aliens take advantage of Trip and Reed;…

Desert Crossing

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 Confident and engaging. The plot moves, the stakes feel real, and the…

Fallen Hero

Summary Duty 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 T’Pol, who’s a great admirer of the diplomat. Our…

Vox Sola

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 alien creature boards Enterprise capturing a few crew members, including Archer and…

Detained

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 with the Suliban. While the Enterprise crew’s previous encounters with the Suliban…