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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1

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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
    Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 26 - Shockwave (1)
    8.3/10(2220 votes)

    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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  2. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 7 - The Andorian Incident
    8.0/10(2609 votes)

    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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  3. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 13 - Dear Doctor
    8.0/10(2567 votes)

    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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  4. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 23 - Fallen Hero
    8.0/10(2271 votes)

    S1:E23

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

    Director:Patrick R. Norris
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 15 - Shadows of P'Jem
    7.7/10(2250 votes)

    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.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 1 - Broken Bow
    7.6/10(5377 votes)

    S1:E1

    The Enterprise, under Captain Jonathan Archer, sets off on its maiden voyage with a mission to return a wounded Klingon to his people.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writers:Brannon Braga, Rick Berman

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  7. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 11 - Cold Front
    7.6/10(2301 votes)

    S1:E11

    When the Enterprise comes in contact with an alien vessel transporting stargazers to observe a spectacular stellar event, Archer invites them aboard the ship not realizing that Silik, a Suliban enemy, is among them. Archer quickly realizes that Silik is engaged in a nefarious time-travelling mission and must stop him before he can tamper with the course of history.

    Director:Robert Duncan McNeill
    Writers:Stephen Beck, Tim Finch

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  8. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 12 - Silent Enemy
    7.5/10(2292 votes)

    S1:E12

    When Enterprise is attacked by an unidentified enemy ship, the crew must work frantically to get their new phase canons to operate. Meanwhile, the captain charges Hoshi with finding out Malcolm's favorite food in time for a surprise birthday dinner.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:André Bormanis

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  9. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 19 - Acquisition
    7.5/10(2354 votes)

    S1:E19

    Enterprise encounters Ferengi pirates who use a booby-trapped artifact to gas the crew into unconsciousness, then pillage the ship for treasures. But they haven't counted on Tucker, who happens to be in the decon chamber and avoids the gas, and attempts to win back the ship from the pirates.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 16 - Shuttlepod One
    7.3/10(2336 votes)

    S1:E16

    Tucker and Reed set out on a mission in a shuttlepod, as Enterprise is busy investigating an asteroid field. Disaster strikes while the pair are away, leaving the shuttlepod damaged and the warp drive inoperable. They manage to make it back to the rendezvous coordinates only to discover Enterprise was apparently destroyed when it crashed into an asteroid. With the ship seemingly no more, the pair are left abandoned in the middle of nowhere with only a few days of air remaining.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writers:Brannon Braga, Rick Berman

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  11. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 21 - Detained
    7.3/10(2109 votes)

    S1:E21

    While exploring a planet, Archer and Mayweather enter a “military zone” and are detained in an internment prison by an alien race called Tandarans, who are at war with the Suliban. While the Enterprise crew's previous encounters with the Suliban have been disastrous, Archer and Mayweather find themselves sharing a cell with some Suliban detainees who they believe may be wrongly imprisoned.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 5 - Unexpected
    7.2/10(2566 votes)

    S1:E5

    When Trip is dispatched to assist a Xyrillian ship with its power source problems, he is delighted to have a friendly encounter with one of the ship's female engineers. However, shortly after returning to Enterprise, he discovers that their seemingly innocuous interaction has led to a surprising result.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writers:Brannon Braga, Rick Berman

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  13. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 9 - Civilization
    7.2/10(2360 votes)

    S1:E9

    Captain Archer and the crew discover a fully inhabited, civilized though less advanced Earth-like planet. Disguised to look like its inhabitants, they pay the planet an exploratory visit where they learn that a pernicious illness is afflicting the local population. As Archer seeks to help them find the malady's source, he finds himself in a close encounter with a comely female alien.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writers:Michael Sussman, Phyllis Strong

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  14. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 8 - Breaking the Ice
    7.1/10(2313 votes)

    S1:E8

    A Vulcan starship interferes with Archer's probe of an oversized comet.

    Director:Terry Windell
    Writers:André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton

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  15. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 14 - Sleeping Dogs
    7.1/10(2152 votes)

    S1:E14

    While investigating a gas giant, Enterprise comes across a damaged vessel hovering in the atmosphere, and T'Pol, Hoshi and Malcolm board the vessel to investigate. However, once aboard, they are ambushed by a hostile female Klingon who hijacks their shuttlepod and strands them on the Klingon ship, which threatens to implode under the pressure of the planet's atmosphere.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Fred Dekker

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  16. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 20 - Oasis
    7.1/10(2156 votes)

    S1:E20

    While exploring a crashed vessel on a desolate planet, the Enterprise crew is haunted by some ghostly figures, and they encounter an alien race that has survived despite insurmountable odds. Trip helps repair their derelict vessel and is befriended by Liana, an attractive humanoid alien who develops feelings for him.

    Director:Jim Charleston
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 3 - Fight or Flight
    7.0/10(2489 votes)

    S1:E3

    Captain Archer wants to convert curiosity into deeds and decides to enter a ship floating in space. Hoshi has trouble adjusting to life on Enterprise.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Brannon Braga, Rick Berman

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  18. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 17 - Fusion
    7.0/10(2190 votes)

    S1:E17

    Enterprise encounters a group of Vulcan civilians who have split off from the normal way of Vulcan life in an effort to explore their emotions. T'Pol is disturbed by the new visitors and warns the Captain that all attempts in the past to integrate Vulcan emotions into their lives has proven disastrous. Meanwhile, a message from Admiral Forrest leaves the Captain with the difficult task of trying to convince one of the visiting Vulcans to call home to speak with his dying father.

    Director:Rob Hedden
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 4 - Strange New World
    6.9/10(2505 votes)

    S1:E4

    Archer sends an away team to a habitable, luscious planet for observation. But when a storm occurs, the team begins to experience paranoid delusions.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 24 - Desert Crossing
    6.9/10(2053 votes)

    S1:E24

    When Archer and Trip are invited to a desert-like planet by an alien leader, they discover he is a terrorist who has lured them there under false pretences. Meanwhile, T'Pol, while in command, faces a tough decision when she cannot locate Archer and Trip in the desert.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 22 - Vox Sola
    6.7/10(2122 votes)

    S1:E22

    A strange, alien creature comes aboard Enterprise, and captures several crew members in its cocoon-like web. With her crewmates' lives in jeopardy, Hoshi faces her biggest challenge yet, in trying to communicate with the lifeform, in order to return it to its home planet.

    Director:Roxann Dawson
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 25 - Two Days and Two Nights
    6.6/10(2145 votes)

    S1:E25

    Archer, Hoshi, Travis, Malcolm and Trip have decidedly different experiences during shore leave on Risa. Meanwhile, on Enterprise, Phlox enters his annual hibernation cycle.

    Director:Michael Dorn
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 6 - Terra Nova
    6.5/10(2416 votes)

    S1:E6

    The Enterprise crew alters course to investigate the mystery of Terra Nova, a legendary Earth colony whose inhabitants mysteriously disappeared decades ago. But when they arrive, they confront descendents of the colonists who have become more alien than Archer could ever have imagined.

    Director:LeVar Burton
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 10 - Fortunate Son
    6.5/10(2247 votes)

    S1:E10

    The Enterprise crew is dispatched by Starfleet Command to assist Fortunate, a human freight vessel that has been attacked by Nausicaan pirates. On arriving, they are surprised to find that Fortunate's crew is resistant to Archer's efforts to help them and determined to seek revenge against their attackers, no matter the repercussions.

    Director:LeVar Burton
    Writer:James Duff

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  25. Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 18 - Rogue Planet
    6.5/10(2163 votes)

    S1:E18

    While exploring an uncharted planet, Enterprise crew members encounter a group of aliens who are hunting down indigenous creatures for recreation. During their exploration, Archer is mesmerized by visions of an elusive, yet familiar woman who needs his help.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Shockwave (1)" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Enterprise" season 1. It scored 8.3/10 based on 2220 votes. Directed by Allan Kroeker and written by Brannon Braga, Rick Berman, it aired on 5/22/2002. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Andorian Incident".