Star Trek: Enterprise season 1
Star Trek: Enterprise | |
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Season 1 | |
No. of episodes | 26 |
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Original network | UPN |
Original release | September 26, 2001 May 22, 2002 | –
Season chronology | |
The first season of Star Trek: Enterprise (then titled simply Enterprise), an American television series, began airing on September 26, 2001, on UPN. The season concluded after 26 episodes on May 22, 2002. The series was developed by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga, who also served as executive producers. Season one regular cast members include Scott Bakula, Jolene Blalock, Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, Linda Park, Anthony Montgomery and John Billingsley.
Plot overview
The first two seasons of Star Trek: Enterprise depict the human
The early encounters and historic culture of familiar
A recurring plot device is the
Cast
Main cast
- Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer
- Jolene Blalock as Sub-Commander T'Pol
- Connor Trinneer as Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III
- Malcolm Reed
- Linda Park as Ensign Hoshi Sato
- Anthony Montgomery as Ensign Travis Mayweather
- John Billingsley as Doctor Phlox
Recurring cast
- Maxwell Forrest(6 episodes)
- Soval(2 episodes)
- Silik(3 episodes)
- Shran(2 episodes)
- Daniels(2 episodes)
Episodes
In the following table, episodes are listed by the order in which they aired.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Date | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 2 | 1 2 | "Broken Bow" | April 16, 2151[1] | James L. Conway | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga | September 26, 2001 | 40358-721 | 12.54[2] |
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3 | 3 | "Fight or Flight" | May 6, 2151 | Allan Kroeker | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga | October 3, 2001 | 40358-003 | 9.18[3] |
Ensign Sato faces her fears on an alien ship whose crew was murdered, while Lieutenant Reed tries to upgrade the ship's defense system. | ||||||||
4 | 4 | "Strange New World" | Unknown | David Livingston | S : Rick Berman & Brannon Braga T : Mike Sussman & Phyllis Strong | October 10, 2001 | 40358-004 | 7.81[4] |
A storm traps an away team in a cave on an alien world, and pollen spores cause them to experience psychosis. | ||||||||
5 | 5 | "Unexpected" | Unknown | Mike Vejar | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga | October 17, 2001 | 40358-005 | 8.16[5] |
Commander Tucker helps an alien crew fix their engines, has an "interspecies encounter" in a holodeck, and returns to find himself pregnant. | ||||||||
6 | 6 | "Terra Nova" | Unknown | LeVar Burton | S : Rick Berman & Brannon Braga T : Antoinette Stella | October 24, 2001 | 40358-006 | 8.35[6] |
Enterprise is sent to learn what happened to an early Human colony called Terra Nova. | ||||||||
7 | 7 | "The Andorian Incident" | June 19, 2151 | Roxann Dawson | S : Rick Berman, Brannon Braga S/T : Fred Dekker | October 31, 2001 | 40358-007 | 7.19[7] |
Captain Archer, Commander Tucker, and Sub-Commander . | ||||||||
8 | 8 | "Breaking the Ice" | Unknown | Terry Windell | Andre Jacquemetton & Maria Jacquemetton | November 7, 2001 | 40358-008 | 7.36[8] |
Lieutenant Reed and Ensign Mayweather extract a rare chemical on a comet while Sub-Commander T'Pol considers marriage to Koss. | ||||||||
9 | 9 | "Civilization" | July 31, 2151 | Mike Vejar | Mike Sussman & Phyllis Strong | November 14, 2001 | 40358-009 | 7.14[9] |
Captain Archer and an away team go undercover to a pre-industrial civilization in order to investigate an unexpected sensor reading. | ||||||||
10 | 10 | "Fortunate Son" | Unknown | LeVar Burton | James Duff | November 21, 2001 | 40358-010 | 6.11[10] |
The cargo ship Fortunate is damaged by Nausicaan pirates and Enterprise offers a helping hand, only to find the acting-captain has secret plans. | ||||||||
11 | 11 | "Cold Front" | September 12, 2151 | Robert Duncan McNeill | Stephen Beck & Tim Finch | November 28, 2001 | 40358-011 | 7.33[11] |
Captain Archer learns that Silik and members of the Suliban Cabal. | ||||||||
12 | 12 | "Silent Enemy" | September 1, 2151 | Winrich Kolbe | André Bormanis | January 16, 2002 | 40358-012 | 6.11[12] |
Ensign Sato tries to find out what Lieutenant Reed's favorite food is, while Captain Archer deals with a secretive and aggressive alien first contact. | ||||||||
13 | 13 | "Dear Doctor" | Unknown | James A. Contner | Andre Jacquemetton & Maria Jacquemetton | January 23, 2002 | 40358-013 | 5.65[13] |
Doctor Phlox and Captain Archer must decide the fate of two species suffering from an evolutionary pandemic. | ||||||||
14 | 14 | "Sleeping Dogs" | Unknown | Les Landau | Fred Dekker | January 30, 2002 | 40358-014 | 6.50[14] |
Ensign Sato, Lieutenant Reed and Sub-Commander T'Pol attempt to help an unresponsive Klingon ship escape the crushing pressures of a gas giant. | ||||||||
15 | 15 | "Shadows of P'Jem" | Unknown | Mike Vejar | S : Rick Berman & Brannon Braga T : Mike Sussman & Phyllis Strong | February 6, 2002 | 40358-015 | 6.05[15] |
Sub-Commander T'Pol is recalled to Vulcan. During her final away mission, she and Captain Archer are kidnapped, leading to another confrontation between Vulcans and Andorians. | ||||||||
16 | 16 | "Shuttlepod One" | November 9, 2151 | David Livingston | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga | February 13, 2002 | 40358-016 | 5.33[16] |
After finding debris from Enterprise, Lieutenant Reed and Commander Tucker are stranded in a shuttlepod far from help. | ||||||||
17 | 17 | "Fusion" | Unknown | Rob Hedden | S : Rick Berman & Brannon Braga T : Phyllis Strong & Mike Sussman | February 27, 2002 | 40358-017 | 4.49[17] |
Enterprise encounters a crew of emotional Vulcans; Sub-Commander T'Pol experiences an illicit mind meld, with unsettling results. | ||||||||
18 | 18 | "Rogue Planet" | Unknown | Allan Kroeker | S : Rick Berman & Brannon Braga S/T : Chris Black | March 20, 2002 | 40358-018 | 4.69[19] |
While exploring an uncharted planet, Enterprise crew members encounter a group of aliens who are hunting down indigenous creatures (Wraiths) for sport. Stephanie Niznik guest stars as the wraith alien.[18] | ||||||||
19 | 19 | "Acquisition" | Unknown | James Whitmore Jr. | S : Rick Berman & Brannon Braga T : Maria Jacquemetton & Andre Jacquemetton | March 27, 2002 | 40358-019 | 5.45[20] |
A group of Ferengi hijack Enterprise, but Commander Tucker, Captain Archer and Sub-Commander T'Pol resist the pirates in order to win back their ship. | ||||||||
20 | 20 | "Oasis" | Unknown | Jim Charleston | S : Rick Berman & Brannon Braga S/T : Stephen Beck | April 3, 2002 | 40358-020 | 5.64[21] |
Captain Archer and an away team find a mysterious crew apparently alive on a ship that crash-landed years ago. René Auberjonois, from Deep Space Nine, guest stars as their leader. | ||||||||
21 | 21 | "Detained" | Unknown | David Livingston | S : Rick Berman & Brannon Braga T : Phyllis Strong & Mike Sussman | April 24, 2002 | 40358-021 | 4.88[22] |
Captain Archer and Ensign Mayweather find themselves imprisoned in a Suliban internment camp run by the Tandarans. | ||||||||
22 | 22 | "Vox Sola" | Unknown | Roxann Dawson | S : Rick Berman & Brannon Braga S/T : Fred Dekker | May 1, 2002 | 40358-022 | 5.40[23] |
A strange, symbiotic alien creature boards Enterprise and starts kidnapping members of the crew. | ||||||||
23 | 23 | "Fallen Hero" | February 9, 2152 | Patrick Norris | S : Rick Berman, Brannon Braga & Chris Black T : Alan Cross | May 8, 2002 | 40358-023 | 5.34[24] |
Enterprise finds itself under attack while transporting a controversial Vulcan ambassador. | ||||||||
24 | 24 | "Desert Crossing" | February 12, 2152 | David Straiton | S : Rick Berman & Brannon Braga S/T : André Bormanis | May 8, 2002 | 40358-024 | 4.68[24] |
Commander Tucker and Captain Archer are invited to a desert planet by a man named Zobral, only to discover that he has ulterior motives. | ||||||||
25 | 25 | "Two Days and Two Nights" | February 18, 2152 | Michael Dorn | S : Rick Berman & Brannon Braga T : Chris Black | May 15, 2002 | 40358-025 | 5.26[25] |
Risa . While there, the crew experience more than they are later willing to admit. | ||||||||
26 | 26 | "Shockwave, Part I" | Unknown | Allan Kroeker | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga | May 22, 2002 | 40358-026 | 5.28[26] |
Enterprise is recalled to Earth after the crew is blamed for the accidental destruction of a colony world. En route, it is hijacked by Suliban and Captain Archer is trapped in the future. |
Broadcast
Season | Timeslot | Season Premiere | Season Finale | TV Season | Rank | Viewers (in millions) |
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1st | Wednesday 8:00 pm | September 26, 2001 | May 22, 2002 | 2001–2002 | #115[27] | 5.9[27] |
Reception
In reviewing the first season, DVDVerdict.com described the show as "seriously flawed" and noted "weak story telling".
In 2019, CBR rated Season 1 of Enterprise as the 27th best season of all Star Trek seasons up to that time, ranking it lower than any of the other three seasons.[32]
Awards
Two episodes of the first season of Enterprise won and were nominated for various
Media information
The first season DVD was released on May 3, 2005, ten days before the broadcast of the final episode of the series. This release marked a couple of firsts for Star Trek TV series DVD releases. It was the first to include extensive deleted scenes (although footage cut from the premiere of Voyager had been included in a featurette previously), and it was the first to include an outtakes or blooper reel.
DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date[35] |
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Season 1 | 26 | May 3, 2005 |
References
- ^ "Episode Listing". StarTrek.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2003.
- ^ "Stephanie Niznik, Actress in 'Everwood' and 'Star Trek,' Dies at 52". Variety. July 12, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
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- ^ a b "How did your favorite show rate? (2001–02)". USA Today. May 28, 2002. Retrieved May 25, 2007.
- ^ Eric Profancik (May 3, 2005). "Star Trek: Enterprise, Season One". DVDVerdict.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2010. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
- ^ Peter Schorn (April 21, 2005). "Star Trek: Enterprise – The Complete First Season". IGN. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
- ^ A J Carson (April 29, 2005). "Star Trek: Enterprise: Season One DVD Review". tvdvdreviews.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2005. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
- Tor.com. Archivedfrom the original on May 23, 2022.
- ^ "Every Star Trek Season of TV Ever, Ranked from Worst to Best". CBR. January 4, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ^ "09.16.02 Enterprise Wins First Two Emmys". STARTREK.COM:News. Archived from the original on December 21, 2002.
- ^ "Emmys: Television Gold, Outstanding Hairstyling For A Series 2002". Emmys.com. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ "Star Trek: Enterprise on DVD". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2007.
External links
- Season 1 on Memory Alpha
- Season guide on IMDb