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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise

Every episode of Star Trek: Enterprise ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise!

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During the mid-22nd century, a century before Captain Kirk's five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the Earth-Romulan War and the formation of

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3 Episode 8 - Twilight
    8.6/10(2484 votes)

    #1 - Twilight

    S3:E8

    A spatial distortion leaves Archer unable to form any new long-term memories. Years in the future, he wakes up one morning and is stunned to learn the outcome of the human-Xindi conflict.

    Director:Robert Duncan McNeill
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  2. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2 Episode 2 - Carbon Creek
    8.5/10(2770 votes)

    #2 - Carbon Creek

    S2:E2

    After Archer and Trip become curious about a visit she made to a Pennsylvania mining town called Carbon Creek, T'Pol explains to them that Vulcans actually had their first contact with humans in 1957. That year, a Vulcan ship crashed on Earth and three crew members survived, including T'Pol's great grandmother. They pose as humans in Carbon Creek and take on jobs while waiting for rescue and soon find themselves becoming more involved with the town's residents.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2 Episode 23 - Regeneration
    8.5/10(2898 votes)

    #3 - Regeneration

    S2:E23

    The remnants of an alien ship and two frozen cybernetic bodies are uncovered in the arctic by a research team. These aliens soon thaw out and flee Earth, taking the research team with them. Starfleet orders Enterprise to find them, but the crew aren't prepared for just how dangerous these aliens really are.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writers:Michael Sussman, Phyllis Strong

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  4. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3 Episode 18 - Azati Prime
    8.5/10(1987 votes)

    #4 - Azati Prime

    S3:E18

    Archer sets out on a suicide mission to destroy the Xindi superweapon as Enterprise faces a brutal attack.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Brannon Braga, Rick Berman, Manny Coto

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  5. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3 Episode 23 - Countdown
    8.5/10(1860 votes)

    #5 - Countdown

    S3:E23

    With help from Xindi allies, the Enterprise crew attempts to stop the arming of the Weapon aimed toward Earth.

    Director:Robert Duncan McNeill
    Writers:André Bormanis, Chris Black

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  6. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3 Episode 24 - Zero Hour
    8.5/10(1941 votes)

    #6 - Zero Hour

    S3:E24

    Archer puts his life on the line in a risky gambit to intercept the Xindi superweapon and disarm it from within.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Brannon Braga, Rick Berman

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  7. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3 Episode 10 - Similitude
    8.4/10(2449 votes)

    #7 - Similitude

    S3:E10

    When Trip suffers a catastrophic injury, his only hope for survival is a transplant from a "mimetic symbiont" which Phlox grows from one of his exotic creatures.

    Director:LeVar Burton
    Writer:Manny Coto

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  8. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3 Episode 13 - Proving Ground
    8.4/10(2033 votes)

    #8 - Proving Ground

    S3:E13

    An Andorian ship led by Commander Shran arrives in the Delphic Expanse to help Enterprise hone in on the Xindi super-weapon.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Chris Black

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  9. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3 Episode 22 - The Council
    8.4/10(1845 votes)

    #9 - The Council

    S3:E22

    Archer and Hoshi stand before the Xindi Council as T'Pol and Reed lead a team into the heart of a Sphere.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Manny Coto

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  10. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4 Episode 9 - Kir'Shara (3)
    8.4/10(1918 votes)

    #10 - Kir'Shara (3)

    S4:E9

    Archer, T'Pol and T'Pau attempt to bring the Kir'Shara — an artifact believed to contain Surak's original writings — to the Vulcan capital, as the NX-01 gets involved in a Vulcan-Andorian military clash.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  11. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4 Episode 12 - Babel One (1)
    8.4/10(1891 votes)

    #11 - Babel One (1)

    S4:E12

    Enterprise journeys to Babel with a Tellarite ambassador on board for peace talks with the Andorians, when a distress call from Shran is received.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writers:Michael Sussman, André Bormanis

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  12. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4 Episode 13 - United (2)
    8.4/10(1878 votes)

    #12 - United (2)

    S4:E13

    Archer tries to unify the Andorians, Tellarites and Vulcans in a plan to capture a marauder ship threatening to destabilize the region.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writers:Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Manny Coto

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  13. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 26 - Shockwave (1)
    8.3/10(2123 votes)

    #13 - Shockwave (1)

    S1:E26

    Starfleet orders Enterprise to return home when the crew seemingly causes the destruction of an alien planet. However, a visit from Crewman Daniels leads Archer to believe that this disaster was the plot of one of the factions from the temporal cold war.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Brannon Braga, Rick Berman

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  14. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2 Episode 1 - Shockwave (2)
    8.2/10(2633 votes)

    #14 - Shockwave (2)

    S2:E1

    Daniels and Archer must find a way back to the 22nd century in order to make sure history plays out as it should. Meanwhile, on board Enterprise, the Suliban have taken over the ship, but Reed, Trip, and T'Pol formulate a plan to eject the aliens.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Brannon Braga, Rick Berman

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  15. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2 Episode 26 - The Expanse
    8.2/10(1985 votes)

    #15 - The Expanse

    S2:E26

    An alien race known as the Xindi launch an attack on Earth, causing great casualties and massive damage. As Enterprise heads back home, an unlikely source informs Archer about the Xindi and that their next attack will destroy Earth.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Brannon Braga, Rick Berman

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  16. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4 Episode 7 - The Forge (1)
    8.2/10(1907 votes)

    #16 - The Forge (1)

    S4:E7

    Earth's embassy on Vulcan is bombed, and the ensuing investigation puts Archer and T'Pol on the trail of a Vulcan religious faction hiding in a treacherous desert.

    Director:Michael Grossman
    Writers:Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens

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  17. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4 Episode 14 - The Aenar (3)
    8.2/10(1863 votes)

    #17 - The Aenar (3)

    S4:E14

    Archer visits Shran's icy homeworld to find an Andorian subspecies called the Aenar, to determine their connection to the marauder destroying ships in the region.

    Directors:Michael Vejar, Manny Coto
    Writer:Manny Coto

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  18. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4 Episode 18 - In a Mirror, Darkly (1)
    8.2/10(2323 votes)

    #18 - In a Mirror, Darkly (1)

    S4:E18

    In the mirror universe, Commander Archer mutinies against Captain Forrest in order to capture a future Earth ship found in Tholian space.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  19. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2 Episode 16 - Future Tense
    8.1/10(2009 votes)

    #19 - Future Tense

    S2:E16

    The Enterprise crew find a small craft drifting in space and are surprised to find it contains a human corpse. More questions arise when the Suliban and Tholians make claims to the craft.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writers:Michael Sussman, Phyllis Strong

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  20. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3 Episode 14 - Stratagem
    8.1/10(1924 votes)

    #20 - Stratagem

    S3:E14

    Archer finds himself face-to-face with Degra, the designer of the Xindi superweapon, and tries to get him to reveal its location.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3 Episode 19 - Damage
    8.1/10(1893 votes)

    #21 - Damage

    S3:E19

    While dissension among Xindi ranks festers, Enterprise tries to recover from a devastating attack.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writer:Phyllis Strong

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  22. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4 Episode 19 - In a Mirror, Darkly (2)
    8.1/10(2191 votes)

    #22 - In a Mirror, Darkly (2)

    S4:E19

    In the mirror universe, Archer commandeers the 23rd-century Defiant from the Tholians and uses it in a nefarious power grab.

    Director:Marvin V. Rush
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  23. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4 Episode 21 - Terra Prime (2)
    8.1/10(1885 votes)

    #23 - Terra Prime (2)

    S4:E21

    A human isolationist leader threatens to destroy Starfleet Command unless all aliens leave Earth immediately.

    Director:Marvin V. Rush
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 7 - The Andorian Incident
    8.0/10(2487 votes)

    #24 - The Andorian Incident

    S1:E7

    Enterprise visits an ancient Vulcan spiritual sanctuary, despite T'Pol's concerns that her human colleagues will be an awkward and disruptive presence there. Upon landing, they discover that the monastery has been forcibly taken over by the Andorians, a paranoid and highly excitable race of aliens with a long history of conflict with the Vulcans.

    Director:Roxann Dawson
    Writers:Brannon Braga, Rick Berman, Fred Dekker

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  25. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 13 - Dear Doctor
    8.0/10(2443 votes)

    #25 - Dear Doctor

    S1:E13

    The crew discovers a new planet with two races, one in desperate need of medical and scientific assistance. In the course of trying to help, Dr. Phlox recalls his own Denobulan past to address the ethical dilemmas that arise in the present.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writers:André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton

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Best Episodes Summary

"Twilight" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Enterprise". It scored 8.6/10 based on 2484 votes. Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill and written by Michael Sussman, it aired on 11/5/2003. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Carbon Creek".