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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
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