This unit has been assigned to recover valuable content submitted by organic units to the reddit.com/r/DaystromInstitute wiki. This unit does not claim authorship over the contents of this post.

Enterprise Episode Guide

Season 1

Episode Title Key points / milestones Featured Characters Essential? Temporal Cold War/Time Travel
1 & 2 “Broken Bow” Captain Archer assembles his crew on the Enterprise NX-01 to return an injured Klingon to Quo’Nos. All Engage! Affirmative
3 “Fight or Flight” First encounter with alien ship, Hoshi faces her fears. Hoshi Just for fun Negative
4 “Strange New World” First planetary away mission, M-class planet, paranoia agent Trip, T’Pol meh Negative
5 “Unexpected” Trip gets preggers Just for fun Negative
6 “Terra Nova” 70 year old Earth colony is investigated. Archer, Phlox Meh Negative
7 “The Andorian Incident” Archer, Trip and T’Pol visit a Vulcan monastery at an inopportune moment. Also, Shran! Archer, T’Pol, Shran Engage! Negative
8 “Breaking the Ice” During an exploratory mission, Archer learns how to appease a Vulcan Captain Archer, T’Pol, Reed, Mayweather Avoid Negative
9 “Civilization” First instance of attempting to prevent interference with pre-warp society. Archer, T’Pol Meh Negative
10 “Fortunate Son” First example of freight in Federation, and introduction of Nausicaans. Mayweather, Archer Avoid Negative
11 “Cold Front” Crewman/Operative Daniels arrives to warn of a Suliban saboteur. Archer, Trip, Daniels Just for fun Affirmative
12 “Silent Enemy” Phasers are brought online Archer, Reed, Trip, Hoshi Engage! Negative
13 “Dear Doctor” Prime Directive foundation laid by debate between Phlox and Archer Archer, Phlox Engage! Negative
14 “Sleeping Dogs” Second, more complete interaction with Klingons, rescue demonstrating honor. T’Pol, Reed, Hoshi Engage! Negative
15 “Shadows of P’Jem” Shran demonstrates how far he goes to repay a debt by rescuing Archer and T’Pol Archer, T’Pol, Shran Just for fun Negative
16 “Shuttlepod One” Reed and Trip are trapped, laying groundwork for friendship. Reed, Trip, T’Pol’s bum Just for fun Negative
17 “Fusion” Emotionally volatile Vulcans, likely reference to Sybok. Archer, T’Pol Meh Negative
18 “Rogue Planet” First instance of hunter/predator species. Archer Avoid Negative
19 “Acquisition” Unofficial first contact with Ferengi. Trip Just for fun Negative
20 “Oasis” Rene Auberjonois guest stars, first instance of potential holographic sentience Archer, T’Pol Meh Negative
21 “Detained” Suliban outside of Cabal are established. Archer, Mayweather Meh Negative
22 “Vox Sola” First creature episode, Archer and Trip become closer via telepathic creature Archer, Trip, Reed, Hoshi Avoid Negative
23 “Fallen Hero” Second Vulcan Ambassador on the show after Soval, much more open with emotions. Archer, T’Pol Just for fun Negative
24 “Desert Crossing” Archer’s reputation for fighting for the underdog is spreading, gratuitous shirtless scenes with Archer and Trip, guest star Clancy Brown. Archer, Trip Just for fun Negative
25 “Two Days and Two Nights” Risa episode! Archer gets some well-needed R&R, Hoshi meets a cunning linguist, and Trip and Reed are comic relief Archer, Hoshi, Phlox, Trip, Reed Just for fun Negative
26 “Shockwave, Part 1” First real entrance into the Temporal Cold War Archer, T’Pol, Soval, Silik, Daniels Just for fun Affirmative

Season 2

Episode Title Keypoints / milestones Featured Characters Essential? Temporal Cold War/Time Travel
1 “Shockwave, Part 2” Huge win against the Suliban, the crew starts earning the respect of Sovol Archer, Daniels, T’Pol, Trip, Hoshi, Silik Engage! Affirmative
2 “Carbon Creek” T’Pol either reminisces or embellishes about the first first contact with Vulcans T’Pol Engage! Negative
3 “Minefield” First encounter with the Romulan Star Empire, space mines Reed, Archer, Trip Just for fun Negative
4 "Dead Stop Fully automated (kinda) repair station, first instance of replicator technology Archer, T’Pol, Reed, Trip, Mayweather Just for fun Negative
5 "A Night in Sickbay Considered one of the worst episodes of Enterprise, Porthos gets sick Archer, Phlox, T’Pol, Porthos, Hoshi Avoid like the plague Negative
6 “Marauders” Klingon jerks rob a mining colony until the NX-01 shows up Archer, T’Pol, Trip Just for fun Negative
7 “The Seventh” First real look at T’Pol’s past, first mention of fullara memory treatment, guest star Bruce Davison T’Pol, Archer, Trip Meh Negative
8 “The Communicator” Reed leaves his communicator on a technologically primitive, paranoid world Reed, Archer, Trip, T’Pol Meh Negative
9 “Singularity” Radiation turns crew obsessive; “Reed Alert” is easily the best pun of the series Archer, T’Pol, Trip, Reed, Hoshi Just for fun Negative
10 “Vanishing Point” Hoshi disappears and the audience barely notices Hoshi Avoid Negative
11 “Precious Cargo” Trip frees a beautiful and entitled alien princess; guest star Padma Lakshmi Trip Just for fun Negative
12 “The Catwalk” The only safe place to wait out a space storm is the access conduit inside of the nacelles, jerks try to take the NX-01 Archer, T’Pol, Trip Meh Negative
13 “Dawn” Enemy Mine episode with Trip and random alien Trip Avoid Negative
14 “Stigma” Vulcan hypocrisy on Pa’nar syndrome; Phlox’s wife flirts with Trip T’Pol, Archer, Trip, Phlox, Feezal Just for fun Negative
15 “Cease Fire” Archer, T’Pol, and Soval attempt to make peace between Andoria and Vulcan on a contested planet Archer, T’Pol, Soval, Shran!, Tarah Engage! Negative
16 “Future Tense” First contact with the Tholians, a TARDIS analogue is found Archer, T’Pol, Trip Engage! Affirmative
17 “Canamar” Archer and Trip are kidnapped and imprisoned Archer, Trip Meh Negative
18 “The Crossing” Ghosts try to steal the bodies of the crew, possible reference to TNG “Lonely Among Us” Archer, T’Pol, Trip, Reed, Hoshi Meh Negative
19 “Judgment” Very similar to Kirk prosecution in Star Trek VI; guest J.G. Hertzler Archer Just for fun Negative
20 “Horizon” Episode about Mayweather’s family goes about as expected Mayweather Meh Negative
21 “The Breach” Historical information on Denobula, cave rescue of scientists Phlox, Reed, Trip, Mayweather, Archer Meh Negative
22 “Cogenitor” Second-class citizenship due to gender identity issue explored; guest Andreas Katsulas Trip, Archer Just for fun Negative
23 “Regeneration” One of the more controversial episodes of Enterprise, because Borg Archer, T’Pol, Trip Just for fun Negative
24 “First Flight” Easily the best episode of the season; explores the NX program; guest Kieth Carradine Archer, Trip, T’Pol Engage! Negative
25 “Bounty” The T’Pol pon’farr episode Archer, Phlox, T’Pol’s skimpy clothing Avoid Negative
26 “The Expanse” Xindi attack, 9/11 analogue, return of Duras, Enterprise weapons refit, MACOS, NX-01 entrance into Delphic Expanse Archer, T’Pol, Trip, Silik, Forrest, Soval Engage! Affirmative
  • M-5@startrek.websiteOPB
    1·
    1 year ago

    Season 3: The Expanse

    Episode Title Keypoints / milestones Featured Characters Essential? Temporal Cold War/Time Travel
    1 “The Xindi” In the Expanse, Archer attempts to track down a Xindi, the Xindi council teaser is introduced Archer, Trip, T’Pol Meh Negative
    2 “Anomaly” First encounter with Delphic Expanse spatial anomolies, discovery of a Sphere Archer, T’Pol, Trip, Reed Just for fun Negative
    3 “Extinction” Idea of reproduction via infecting and transforming another life form Archer, Reed, Hoshi Avoid Negative
    4 “Rajin” Xindi spy who kinda uses sex; crew learns of Trellium-D Archer, T’Pol Avoid Negative
    5 “Impulse” Zombie Vulcan episode! Archer, T’Pol, Reed Just for fun Negative
    6 “Exile” Hoshi is contacted and manipulated by a highly telepathic loner Hoshi Avoid Negative
    7 “The Shipment” First real meeting with Xindi, an arborial Xindi processing outpost, first real progress against Xindi made Archer, Trip, T’Pol Just for fun Negative
    8 “Twilight” Alternate future episode! Archer, T’Pol, Trip Engage! Negative
    9 “North Star” Obligatory Old West on another planet episode Archer Avoid Negative
    10 “Simlitude” Trip clone episode, issues of sentience and individuality explored Archer, Trip, Phlox, T’Pol Engage Negative
    11 “Carpenter Street” Archer and T’Pol go back to early 21st century Earth to stop a Xindi bio-weapon from being developed Archer, T’Pol, Daniels Just for fun Affirmative
    12 “Chosen Realm” Zealots take the NX-01 hostage using themselves as human bombs, worship the Spheres Archer, T’Pol, Trip Meh Negative
    13 “Proving Ground” Shran! Andorians show up ostensibly to help the NX-01, but then try to steal the Xindi weapon Archer, T’Pol, Trip, Shran! Engage! Negative
    14 “Strategem” Degra is tricked by Archer into thinking it’s the future to extract information about the present Archer, Degra, Phlox Just for fun Negative
    15 “Harbringer” The Sphere-Builders are introduced; T’Pol and Trip get together Archer, T’Pol, Reed, Hayes Just for fun Negative
    16 “Doctor’s Orders” Phlox watches the ship as the rest of the crew sleeps, paranoia sets in Phlox, T’Pol, Archer Just for fun Negative
    17 “Hatchery” Turns out Xindi young really leave an impression Archer, T’Pol, Trip, Phlox Meh Negative
    18 “Azati Prime” Archer goes off to destroy the weapon, the NX-01 under T’Pol suffers a significant attack Archer, Degra, T’Pol, Trip Engage! Affirmative
    19 “Damage” Archer crosses a significant ethical line for the sake of the mission Archer, T’Pol Meh Negative
    20 “The Forgotten” Archer tries to build a stronger alliance with the Xindi humanoids Archer, Degra, T’Pol Just for fun Negative
    21 “E^(2)” The NX-01 encounters a future version of the NX-01 in the present Archer, T’Pol Meh Affirmative
    22 “The Council” Archer gets to make his case before the Xindi Council Archer, T’Pol, Trip Just for fun Negative
    23 “Countdown” The Xindi fracture and the aquatics, arborials and humanoids, with Archer, try to stop the Reptilians and Insectoids Archer, T’Pol, Trip Engage! Negative
    24 “Zero Hour” The end of the Xindi Arc, the final battle, and the disappearance of Archer Archer, T’Pol, Trip, Shran! Engage! Affirmative

    Season 4

    Episode Title Keypoints / milestones Featured Characters Essential? Temporal Cold War/Time Travel
    1 “Storm Front, Part 1” A faction of the Temporal Cold War has traded technology with the Nazis for the opportunity to build a time machine, the Nazis have invaded the United States, Archer fights with the resistance Archer, Daniels, T’Pol, Silik Meh Affirmative
    2 “Storm Front, Part 2” The end of the Temporal Cold War, the restoration of the timeline Archer, T’Pol, Trip, Silik, Daniels Just for fun Affirmative
    3 “Home” Trip and T’Pol visit Vulcan, Archer deals with what he’s gone through Archer, Hernandez, T’pol, Trip, T’Les Meh Negative
    4 “Borderland” Dr. Arik Soong’s Augments take a Klingon ship, necessitating Soong’s release from prison; special guests Brent Spiner, Alec Newman, and Big Show Archer, T’Pol, Soong, Malik Just for fun Negative
    5 “Cold Station 12” Soong and the Augments attempt to liberate augment embryos Archer, T’Pol, Soong, Malik Engage! Negative
    6 “The Augments” Malik goes Khan and tries to murder an entire planet, Soong turns to robotics Archer, Soong, Malik Engage! Negative
    7 “The Forge” Earth’s embassy on Vulcan is bombed, Forest dies saving Soval, leading Archer and T’Pol to investigate Archer, T’Pol, T’Les, V’Las Engage! Negative
    8 “Awakening” While investigating, Archer is given the katra of Surak, the Vulcan High Command comes under suspicion Archer, T’Pol, T’Les, V’Las Engage! Negative
    9 “Kir’Shara” Surak’s pure teachings, the Kir’Shara, are restored, V’Las is removed from power, and Vulcan begins a philosophical reformation Archer, T’Pol, V’Las Engage! Negative
    10 “Daedalus” The inventor of the transporter’s son is a transporter ghost Archer, Trip Meh Negative
    11 “Observer Effect” The Observers from TOS: “Errand of Mercy” infect Trip and Hoshi to test the NX-01 crew Reed, Mayweather, Trip, Hoshi Just for fun Negative
    12 “Babel One” Andoria and Tellar are brought to the brink of war Archer, Shran! Engage! Negative
    13 “United” Archer brings together the Tellarites and Andorians to take on the Romulans Archer, Shran!, Trip, Reed Engage! Negative
    14 “The Aenar” The NX-01 use their own Aenar to battle the telepathic Romulan drone Archer, Shran! Engage Negative
    15 “Affliction” Phlox is taken by Klingons to cure a disease created by trying to make Klingon augments, Section 31 is fist revealed Archer, Phlox, Reed Just for fun Negative
    16 “Divergence” Klingon forehead retcon! Archer, Phlox Just for fun Negative
    17 “Bound” Orion slave girl episode Archer, Trip, T’Pol Avoid Negative
    18 “In a Mirror, Darkly, Part 1” Mirror universe Enterprise! Archer, Hoshi, Forest Engage! Negative
    19 “In a Mirror, Darkly, Part 2” Defiant from prime universe changes the balance of power in the mirror universe Archer, Trip, Hoshi, T’Pol Engage! Negative
    20 “Demons” An isolationist xenophobic human faction strikes while negotiations are laying the groundwork for a great alliance; guest Peter Weller Archer, T’Pol, Trip Just for fun Negative
    21 “Terra Prime” Trip and T’Pol’s baby Archer, T’Pol, Trip Just for fun Negative
    22 “These are the Voyages…” Easily the worst episode of the series, Trip dies for no reason, Riker kisses T’Pol, everyone watching gets really pissed Riker, Troi, Archer, Trip, T’Pol, Shran! Avoid Negative

    Season 5 Plans

    • The origins of the United Federation of Planets and the establishing of the Romulan War were to be the main focus of season 5.

    • The episode-arc style of show that was established in season 4 would have continued into season 5.

    • Shran was to join the cast as a series regular.

    • Revisiting the Mirror Universe; Manny Coto mentioned that he planned to have four or five episodes in season 5, spread throughout the season, to feature a continuing Mirror Universe story, having established what was happening in “In a Mirror, Darkly”.
      Manny Coto 2009 Q&A

    • Stratos, the city from TOS “The Cloud Minders”, was the be introduced
      Manny Coto 2005 “Connect Four”, Star Trek Magazine

    • T’Pol’s father is revealed to be a Romulan spy, and still alive, lending significant complexity to the upcoming Romulan War (according to Mike Sussman)

    • During the audio commentary for 4th season episode “Terra Prime”, show runner Many Coto discussed the possibility of Martian colonial independence as an allegory for the Cuban Missile Crisis.

    • A campaign for a new Star Trek: Enterprise season 5 on Netflix is underway, which has tacit support from both Johnathan Archer actor Scott Bakula and Star Trek writer, co-creator, and executive producer Brannon Braga. Facebook link

    ^(by Willravel)