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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 20 - Sanctuary
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Sanctuary

    S1:E20

    Richard, Kahlan, and Zedd race to find a duplicate copy of the Book of Counted Shaddows before Darken Rahl can get his hands on it.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Denna
    9.3/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Denna

    S1:E8

    Richard is captured by a Mord'Sith named Denna, who can manipulate any form of magic directed at her.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  3. undefined Season 3 Episode 8 - Twilight
    8.5/10(32 votes)

    #3 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - Elixir
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Elixir

    S1:E6

    Richard and Kahlan save the village of Drendril from illicit magic use as Zedd falls into the hands of a corrupt wizard.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  5. undefined Season 2 Episode 23 - Regeneration
    8.3/10(36 votes)

    #5 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  6. undefined Season 3 Episode 14 - Stratagem
    8.1/10(28 votes)

    #6 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  7. undefined Season 4 Episode 12 - Babel One (1)
    8.1/10(31 votes)

    #7 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 16 - Future Tense
    8.0/10(29 votes)

    #8 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 14 - Hartland
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Hartland

    S1:E14

    When Chase escapes a D'Harens labor camp, he finds Richard and Kahlan and tells them about the Gar invasion problems with the boundary open. The three return to Hartland but find that it is no longer the same place that Richard grew up in.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  10. undefined Season 7 Episode 1 - Unimatrix Zero (2)
    7.9/10(17 votes)

    #10 - Unimatrix Zero (2)

    S7:E1

    Stardate: 54014.4 - Partially transformed into Borg drones, Janeway, Tuvok, and Torres run a covert operation on board a Borg ship to infect the collective with a virus that will free subdued individuals from the hive's control.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  11. undefined Season 4 Episode 9 - Kir'Shara (3)
    7.9/10(32 votes)

    #11 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - Dead Stop
    7.8/10(31 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  13. undefined Season 4 Episode 15 - Affliction (1)
    7.8/10(29 votes)

    #13 - Affliction (1)

    S4:E15

    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:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  14. undefined Season 7 Episode 11 - Shattered
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #14 - Shattered

    S7:E11

    Stardate: Unknown - A spatial anomaly divides Voyager into various time frames of the past and future, leaving Chakotay as the only person who may be able to put the pieces back together.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  15. undefined Season 3 Episode 21 - E²
    7.8/10(28 votes)

    #15 - E²

    S3:E21

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  16. undefined Season 4 Episode 3 - Home
    7.8/10(32 votes)

    #16 - Home

    S4:E3

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  17. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - Anomaly
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    #17 - Anomaly

    S3:E2

    Enterprise starts experiencing effects of the spatial distortions pervading the Delphic Expanse, and falls victim to predatory aliens.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  18. undefined Season 4 Episode 6 - The Augments (3)
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    #18 - The Augments (3)

    S4:E6

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  19. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - One Hundred Years
    7.7/10(24 votes)

    #19 - One Hundred Years

    S2:E3

    Despite the growing tension between them, Cole and Cassie time travel to New York during World War II to track down a dangerous member of the Twelve.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  20. undefined Season 4 Episode 18 - In a Mirror, Darkly (1)
    7.7/10(31 votes)

    #20 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  21. undefined Season 6 Episode 26 - Unimatrix Zero (1)
    7.7/10(33 votes)

    #21 - Unimatrix Zero (1)

    S6:E26

    Stardate: Unknown. Seven of Nine is contacted by Borg drones who have the ability to exist in a virtual realm that gives them freedom as individuals.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  22. undefined Season 7 Episode 7 - Body and Soul
    7.6/10(17 votes)

    #22 - Body and Soul

    S7:E7

    Stardate: 54283.3 - In a region of space where holograms are prohibited, the Doctor is forced to hide by transferring his program into Seven's mind, upon which he takes over control of her body.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  23. undefined Season 4 Episode 19 - In a Mirror, Darkly (2)
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #23 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  24. undefined Season 7 Episode 13 - Repentance
    7.5/10(17 votes)

    #24 - Repentance

    S7:E13

    Stardate: 54474.6 - When Voyager provides emergency transportation for alien prisoners sentenced to die, a medical procedure unexpectedly and radically changes the values and temperament of one of the prisoners.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Sussman

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  25. undefined Season 7 Episode 20 - Author, Author
    7.3/10(15 votes)

    #25 - Author, Author

    S7:E20

    Stardate: 54732.3 - When the Doctor arranges to have his recently completed holodeck novel published in the Alpha Quadrant, certain aspects of the story hit too close to home among his shipmates.

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    Writer:Michael Sussman

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Michael Sussman Ratings Summary

"Sanctuary" is the best rated episode written by Michael Sussman. It scored 9.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 5/9/2009 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Denna".