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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 26 - Shockwave (1)
    8.2/10(24 votes)

    #1 - 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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    Writer:Rick Berman

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  2. undefined Season 3 Episode 24 - Zero Hour
    8.2/10(24 votes)

    #2 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Rick Berman

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  3. undefined Season 7 Episode 25 - Endgame
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    #3 - Endgame

    S7:E25

    Stardate: 54973.4 - Twenty-six years in the future, a regretful Admiral Janeway hatches an audacious plan to bring Voyager home sooner, rather than have it spend an additional sixteen years making its journey.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Rick Berman

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  4. undefined Season 3 Episode 18 - Azati Prime
    8.1/10(23 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:N/A
    Writer:Rick Berman

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  5. undefined Season 5 Episode 6 - Timeless
    8.0/10(34 votes)

    #5 - Timeless

    S5:E6

    Stardate: Unknown. In the future, Harry Kim attempts to correct a mistake he made 15 years earlier, which had resulted in the loss of Voyager during use of experimental engine technology.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Rick Berman

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  6. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Carbon Creek
    8.0/10(27 votes)

    #6 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Rick Berman

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - The Andorian Incident
    7.8/10(25 votes)

    #7 - 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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    Writer:Rick Berman

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 23 - Fallen Hero
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    #8 - 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:Rick Berman

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 26 - The Expanse
    7.7/10(24 votes)

    #9 - 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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    Writer:Rick Berman

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  10. undefined Season 5 Episode 7 - Unification (1)
    7.6/10(48 votes)

    #10 - Unification (1)

    S5:E7

    Stardate: 45233.1. Ambassador Spock has disappeared and intelligence finds him on Romulus. Captain Picard is sent to Romulus to find Spock. Meanwhile Riker and the rest of the crew investigate the fragments of a Vulcan ship discovered in the wreck of a Ferengi vessel.

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    Writer:Rick Berman

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  11. undefined Season 4 Episode 26 - Hope and Fear
    7.6/10(30 votes)

    #11 - Hope and Fear

    S4:E26

    Stardate: 51978.2. When an alien helps the Voyager crew decode the mysterious encrypted message from Starfleet, the crew learns the whereabouts of a secret experimental starship that may be able to get them back to the Alpha Quadrant within a mere matter of months.

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    Writer:Rick Berman

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  12. undefined Season 6 Episode 1 - Equinox (2)
    7.6/10(32 votes)

    #12 - Equinox (2)

    S6:E1

    Stardate: Unknown. As Janeway's determination to capture Captain Ransom becomes an obsession, Ransom begins having second thoughts about his methods.

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    Writer:Rick Berman

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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 21 - The Maquis (2)
    7.6/10(28 votes)

    #13 - The Maquis (2)

    S2:E21

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko tries to resolve the Maquis crisis by preventing a war, freeing Gul Dukat and offering the defected Hudson the chance to return.

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    Writer:Rick Berman

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  14. undefined Season 5 Episode 8 - Unification (2)
    7.5/10(46 votes)

    #14 - Unification (2)

    S5:E8

    Stardate: 45245.8. Picard and Data find Spock and discover the reason behind the secret meetings. However, a darker scheme planned by the Romulans is also uncovered in the process.

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    Writer:Rick Berman

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  15. undefined Season 5 Episode 25 - Equinox (1)
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #15 - Equinox (1)

    S5:E25

    Stardate: Unknown. Voyager encounters another Federation starship, the USS Equinox, in the Delta Quadrant. But as an alien presence prepares an attack, Janeway begins to uncover the Equinox's sinister secret.

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    Writer:Rick Berman

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  16. undefined Season 2 Episode 20 - The Maquis (1)
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #16 - The Maquis (1)

    S2:E20

    Stardate: Unknown. The destruction of a Cardassian ship leads Sisko, Dukat, and Sisko's old friend Cal Hudson to the fact that there is an unofficial war between the Maquis and the Cardassians.

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    Writer:Rick Berman

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  17. undefined Season 5 Episode 3 - Ensign Ro
    7.4/10(44 votes)

    #17 - Ensign Ro

    S5:E3

    Stardate: 45076.3. Picard exposes a planned genocidal attack on the Bajorans with the help of a new officer, Ensign Ro Laren.

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    Writer:Rick Berman

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  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 14 - Stigma
    7.4/10(23 votes)

    #18 - Stigma

    S2:E14

    Enterprise visits a planet where an Interspecies Medical Exchange conference is being held. Dr. Phlox tries to obtain research on a terminal disease from the Vulcan contingency, without revealing T'Pol has been infected by it.

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    Writer:Rick Berman

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  19. undefined Season 2 Episode 22 - Cogenitor
    7.4/10(26 votes)

    #19 - Cogenitor

    S2:E22

    The Enterprise crew makes first contact with the Vissians, a species with three genders. Trip meets one of the species' third gender, known as Cogenitor, and learns how badly Vissians treat all Cogenitors. Trip attempts to help the Cogenitor, even though it interferes with Vissian culture.

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    Writer:Rick Berman

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  20. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - Shockwave (2)
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #20 - 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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    Writer:Rick Berman

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  21. undefined Season 5 Episode 19 - Think Tank
    7.2/10(35 votes)

    #21 - Think Tank

    S5:E19

    Stardate: Unknown. With Voyager pinned down by a fleet of bounty hunters, Janeway receives an offer from a group of geniuses infamous for solving unsolvable problems but asking unconventional prices.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Rick Berman

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  22. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Broken Bow
    7.2/10(41 votes)

    #22 - Broken Bow

    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:N/A
    Writer:Rick Berman

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  23. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Fight or Flight
    7.2/10(12 votes)

    #23 - Fight or Flight

    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.

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    Writer:Rick Berman

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  24. undefined Season 1 Episode 15 - Shadows of P'Jem
    7.2/10(23 votes)

    #24 - 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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    Writer:Rick Berman

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  25. undefined Season 1 Episode 16 - Shuttlepod One
    7.0/10(22 votes)

    #25 - Shuttlepod One

    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.

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    Writer:Rick Berman

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Rick Berman Ratings Summary

"Shockwave (1)" is the best rated episode written by Rick Berman. It scored 8.2/10 based on 24 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 5/22/2002 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Zero Hour".