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Willravel's guide to Enterprise
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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 |