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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!

The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise

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,...

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  1. Background image for Twilight
    8.6/10(2.4k 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.

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  2. Background image for Carbon Creek
    8.5/10(2.6k 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Regeneration
    8.5/10(2.8k 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.

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  4. Background image for Azati Prime
    8.5/10(1.9k votes)

    #4 - Azati Prime

    S3:E18

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

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  5. Background image for Countdown
    8.5/10(1.8k votes)

    #5 - Countdown

    S3:E23

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

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    8.5/10(1.8k 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.

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  8. Background image for Similitude
    8.4/10(2.3k 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.

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    Director:LeVar Burton
    Writer:Manny Coto
  9. Background image for Proving Ground
    8.4/10(1.9k 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.

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  10. Background image for The Council
    8.4/10(1.7k 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.

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    8.3/10(2.0k votes)

    #10 - 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.

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    8.2/10(2.5k votes)

    #11 - 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.

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  13. Background image for The Expanse
    8.2/10(1.9k votes)

    #12 - 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.

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  14. Background image for Future Tense
    8.1/10(1.9k votes)

    #13 - 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.

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  15. Background image for Stratagem
    8.1/10(1.8k votes)

    #14 - 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.

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    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Damage
    8.1/10(1.8k votes)

    #15 - Damage

    S3:E19

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

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  17. Background image for The Andorian Incident
    8.0/10(2.4k votes)

    #16 - 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.

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  18. Background image for Dear Doctor
    8.0/10(2.3k votes)

    #17 - 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.

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  19. Background image for Fallen Hero
    8.0/10(2.0k votes)

    #18 - Fallen Hero

    S1:E23

    Enterprise is sent to the planet Mazar to pick up a Vulcan ambassador who has been expelled for misconduct.

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    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Dead Stop
    8.0/10(2.1k votes)

    #19 - Dead Stop

    S2:E4

    Suffering from damage inflicted in the Romulan minefield and unable to complete repairs on their own, Archer orders a distress call to be put out. A response leads Enterprise to a repair station, which surprisingly has no crew aboard it and is run by computer. Repairs on Enterprise are carried out quite efficiently and quickly, though the price for all this is much higher than the crew could've guessed.

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    8.0/10(21 votes)

    #20 - 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.

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  22. Background image for United (2)
    8.0/10(21 votes)

    #21 - 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.

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  23. Background image for Cease Fire
    7.9/10(1.9k votes)

    #22 - Cease Fire

    S2:E15

    Both the Vulcans and the Andorians make a claim to a small planet and military conflict soon erupts. As the fighting goes on, the Vulcans announce they are willing to discuss cease fire terms. However, Imperial Guard officer Shran believes only Captain Archer can be trusted to mediate the situation, which drags the Enterprise crew into the tense situation.

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  24. Background image for The Forgotten
    7.9/10(1.7k votes)

    #23 - The Forgotten

    S3:E20

    Two high-ranking Xindi offer to stop the launch of their superweapon if Archer can prove they've been manipulated. Meanwhile, the crew mourns their lost mates.

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    7.9/10(1.8k votes)

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    S3:E21

    An attempt to use a Xindi subspace corridor leads the Enterprise crew to a bizarre encounter with their own descendants.

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  26. Background image for Shadows of P'Jem
    7.7/10(2.0k votes)

    #25 - Shadows of P'Jem

    S1:E15

    Archer and the crew are disappointed to discover that T'Pol has been ordered by the Vulcan High Command to leave Enterprise--and equally frustrated at her seeming indifference to leaving their ranks. T'Pol's last mission as a Starfleet officer, however, proves eventful when she and Archer are kidnapped by a militant faction on an alien planet.

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    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Twilight" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Enterprise". It scored 8.6/10 based on 2356 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".