Star Trek: Enterprise

10 Best Episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 1

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 the Federation.

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Star Trek: Enterprise - S1E20

#15 - Oasis (Season 1 - Episode 20)

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.

The episode was rated 7.39 from 532 votes.

Star Trek: Enterprise - S1E8

#14 - Breaking the Ice (Season 1 - Episode 8)

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

The episode was rated 7.43 from 640 votes.

Star Trek: Enterprise - S1E19

#13 - Acquisition (Season 1 - Episode 19)

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.

The episode was rated 7.45 from 543 votes.

Star Trek: Enterprise - S1E16

#12 - Shuttlepod One (Season 1 - Episode 16)

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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.

The episode was rated 7.46 from 549 votes.

Star Trek: Enterprise - S1E9

#11 - Civilization (Season 1 - Episode 9)

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.

The episode was rated 7.46 from 597 votes.

Star Trek: Enterprise - S1E11

#10 - Cold Front (Season 1 - Episode 11)

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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.

The episode was rated 7.46 from 596 votes.

Star Trek: Enterprise - S1E14

#9 - Sleeping Dogs (Season 1 - Episode 14)

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.

The episode was rated 7.50 from 583 votes.

Star Trek: Enterprise - S1E2

#8 - Broken Bow (2) (Season 1 - Episode 2)

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

The episode was rated 7.53 from 495 votes.

Star Trek: Enterprise - S1E12

#7 - Silent Enemy (Season 1 - Episode 12)

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.

The episode was rated 7.62 from 592 votes.

Star Trek: Enterprise - S1E15

#6 - Shadows of P'Jem (Season 1 - Episode 15)

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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.

The episode was rated 7.64 from 574 votes.

Star Trek: Enterprise - S1E13

#5 - Dear Doctor (Season 1 - Episode 13)

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.

The episode was rated 7.64 from 586 votes.

Star Trek: Enterprise - S1E7

#4 - The Andorian Incident (Season 1 - Episode 7)

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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.

The episode was rated 7.65 from 662 votes.

Star Trek: Enterprise - S1E1

#3 - Broken Bow (1) (Season 1 - Episode 1)

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

The episode was rated 7.66 from 912 votes.

Star Trek: Enterprise - S1E23

#2 - Fallen Hero (Season 1 - Episode 23)

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

The episode was rated 7.79 from 549 votes.

Star Trek: Enterprise - S1E26

#1 - Shockwave (1) (Season 1 - Episode 26)

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.

The episode was rated 7.95 from 556 votes.

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