The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4

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   #1 - Kir'Shara (3)

   S4:E912/3/2004

   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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   Director:David Livingston

   Writer:Michael Sussman
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   #2 - Babel One (1)

   S4:E121/28/2005

   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:André Bormanis, Michael Sussman

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   Director:David Straiton

   Writers:André Bormanis, Michael Sussman
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   #3 - United (2)

   S4:E132/4/2005

   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:Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Judith Reeves-Stevens, Manny Coto

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   Director:David Livingston

   Writers:Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Judith Reeves-Stevens, Manny Coto
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   #4 - The Forge (1)

   S4:E711/19/2004

   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:Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Judith Reeves-Stevens

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   Director:Michael Grossman

   Writers:Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Judith Reeves-Stevens
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   #5 - The Aenar (3)

   S4:E142/11/2005

   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:Manny Coto, Michael Vejar

   Writer:Manny Coto

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   Directors:Manny Coto, Michael Vejar

   Writer:Manny Coto
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   #6 - In a Mirror, Darkly (1)

   S4:E184/22/2005

   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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   Director:James L. Conway

   Writer:Michael Sussman
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   #7 - In a Mirror, Darkly (2)

   S4:E194/29/2005

   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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   Director:Marvin V. Rush

   Writer:Michael Sussman
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   #8 - Terra Prime (2)

   S4:E215/13/2005

   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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   Director:Marvin V. Rush

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   #9 - Awakening (2)

   S4:E811/26/2004

   Archer and T'Pol encounter the Syrrannites, a radical group hiding in the Vulcan desert, while the NX-01 crew contends with Vulcan power ploys.

   Director:Roxann Dawson

   Writer:André Bormanis

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   Director:Roxann Dawson

   Writer:André Bormanis
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    #10 - Divergence (2)

    S4:E162/25/2005

    With Columbia's help, the Enterprise crew grapples with sabotage to their ship as they pursue the truth behind the kidnapping of Phlox.

    Director:David Barrett

    Writers:Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Judith Reeves-Stevens

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    Director:David Barrett

    Writers:Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Judith Reeves-Stevens
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    #11 - Home

    S4:E310/22/2004

    Once the NX-01 finally returns to Earth, the weary crewmen face repercussions of their journeys, both positive and negative.

    Director:Allan Kroeker

    Writer:Michael Sussman

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    Director:Allan Kroeker

    Writer:Michael Sussman
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    #12 - The Augments (3)

    S4:E611/12/2004

    In defiance of their "father," Arik Soong's Augments devise a heinous plot against the Klingons which will surely lead to interstellar war.

    Director:LeVar Burton

    Writer:Michael Sussman

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    Director:LeVar Burton

    Writer:Michael Sussman
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    7.8/10(1997 votes)

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    #13 - Observer Effect

    S4:E111/21/2005

    Non corporeal aliens study the Enterprise crew as they respond to a fatal viral infection brought on board from an away mission.

    Director:Michael Vejar

    Writers:Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Judith Reeves-Stevens

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    Director:Michael Vejar

    Writers:Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Judith Reeves-Stevens
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    7.8/10(1879 votes)

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    #14 - Affliction (1)

    S4:E152/18/2005

    While Enterprise visits Earth for the launch of Columbia, Phlox is kidnapped and forced to help the Klingons deal with a grave threat toward their species.

    Director:Michael Grossman

    Writers:Manny Coto, Michael Sussman

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    Director:Michael Grossman

    Writers:Manny Coto, Michael Sussman
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    7.7/10(2040 votes)

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    #15 - Borderland (1)

    S4:E410/29/2004

    When genetic supermen left over from the Eugenics Wars hijack a Klingon ship, Archer must rely on their creator, the criminal Dr. Arik Soong, to help hunt them down.

    Director:David Livingston

    Writer:Ken LaZebnik

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    Director:David Livingston

    Writer:Ken LaZebnik
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    #16 - Cold Station 12 (2)

    S4:E511/5/2004

    Arik Soong leads his band of Augments to a medical facility where hundreds of genetically enhanced embryos are still stored, intending to retrieve them and bring them to life.

    Director:Michael Vejar

    Writer:Alan Brennert

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    Director:Michael Vejar

    Writer:Alan Brennert
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    7.6/10(1859 votes)

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    #17 - Demons (1)

    S4:E205/6/2005

    A xenophobic faction of humanity threatens to undermine talks to form a new coalition of planets.

    Director:LeVar Burton

    Writer:Manny Coto

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    Director:LeVar Burton

    Writer:Manny Coto
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    7.3/10(2090 votes)

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    #18 - Storm Front (1)

    S4:E110/8/2004

    Archer and the NX-01 find themselves in Earth's past, with events of World War II altered by the Temporal Cold War.

    Director:Allan Kroeker

    Writer:Manny Coto

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    Director:Allan Kroeker

    Writer:Manny Coto
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    7.3/10(2013 votes)

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    #19 - Storm Front (2)

    S4:E210/15/2004

    With Silik's help, Archer hones in on the temporal operative who altered Earth's past and threatens to destroy all of time.

    Directors:David Straiton, Allan Kroeker

    Writer:Manny Coto

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    Directors:David Straiton, Allan Kroeker

    Writer:Manny Coto
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    #20 - Bound

    S4:E174/15/2005

    As a gift for negotiating with the Orion Syndicate, Captain Archer receives three Orion Slave Girls.

    Director:Allan Kroeker

    Writer:Manny Coto

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    Director:Allan Kroeker

    Writer:Manny Coto
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    #21 - Daedalus

    S4:E101/14/2005

    The inventor of the transporter, Emory Erickson, comes aboard Enterprise for a risky experiment.

    Director:David Straiton

    Writers:Alan Brennert, Ken LaZebnik

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    Director:David Straiton

    Writers:Alan Brennert, Ken LaZebnik
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    #22 - These Are the Voyages...

    S4:E225/13/2005

    Six years in the future, an emotional Captain Archer and the crew return to Earth to face the decommission of Enterprise and signing of the Federation charter.

    Director:Allan Kroeker

    Writers:Rick Berman, Brannon Braga

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    Director:Allan Kroeker

    Writers:Rick Berman, Brannon Braga