The Enterprise Canon List
Disclaimer: in the course of watching of a show, there are often few or many episodes which are awesome, some which are good, some follow arcs, and others are fillers. Other times the show grows stale or rotten over time with either bad writing and/or simply ran out of ideas. As frustrating as this becomes, we should always look back at the fun we had with the series and treasure it. Particularly with Star Trek there are many fans with many particular tastes and favorites. Enterprise was the last of a wildly popular franchise looking to inspire humanity into becoming more and presenting the viewer not only with a glimpse of the life we may find in cosmos, but reflect upon new cultures while reexamining our own thereby revealing our own uniqueness.
Enterprise may have come out a bit prematurely. After three shows with TNG, DS9, and Voyager running seven seasons each with many plots dusted and redone over and over again, Enterprise took a look at the first steps of humanity into an early warp culture where the fastest speed was warp 5. The popularity already waning in the former installments finally caught up and the franchise were cancelled. I believe had the show been broadcast now (after a period of at least 10 years had past) , the show would have been better and fans would gladly flock to the show even more than they already had. It is fun rewatching these episodes now as it almost really is like watching a newly made Star Trek show.
The following list represents the collection of Enterprise episodes I believe to fit well with established Star Trek canon and lore. You may disagree with me or like to add another episode, but each to his own. Those episodes that are not included may have been fun and exciting in their own right, however, there may have been an element within them that I found overdone as in previous Star Trek shows or contradicted the history of Star Trek. In the end, it was a well worthwhile show and I highly recommend it.
Enterprise may have come out a bit prematurely. After three shows with TNG, DS9, and Voyager running seven seasons each with many plots dusted and redone over and over again, Enterprise took a look at the first steps of humanity into an early warp culture where the fastest speed was warp 5. The popularity already waning in the former installments finally caught up and the franchise were cancelled. I believe had the show been broadcast now (after a period of at least 10 years had past) , the show would have been better and fans would gladly flock to the show even more than they already had. It is fun rewatching these episodes now as it almost really is like watching a newly made Star Trek show.
The following list represents the collection of Enterprise episodes I believe to fit well with established Star Trek canon and lore. You may disagree with me or like to add another episode, but each to his own. Those episodes that are not included may have been fun and exciting in their own right, however, there may have been an element within them that I found overdone as in previous Star Trek shows or contradicted the history of Star Trek. In the end, it was a well worthwhile show and I highly recommend it.
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- DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockIn the mid-22nd century, the Earth ship Enterprise is launched under the command of Captain Jonathan Archer. When the crew rescues an alien from a crashed spaceship, Earth gets its first look at the alien's race - the Klingons. Archer and his crew must walk a fine line as they attempt to communicate with the Klingon pilot, whose language is completely unknown, and whose homeworld wants him back. Is this the beginning of friendship...or interstellar war?
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockCaptain Archer wants to convert curiosity into deeds and decides to enter a ship floating in space. Hoshi has trouble adjusting to life on Enterprise.
- DirectorDavid LivingstonStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockArcher sends an away team to a habitable, luscious planet for observation. But when a storm occurs, the team begins to experience paranoid delusions.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockAfter helping to repair the warp drive on board of a Xyrillian ship, Trip notices a strange bulging on his arm.
- DirectorRoxann DawsonStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockArcher, Trip and T'Pol are captured by the Andorians at a Vulcan monastery on P'Jem. They believe that the monastery is being used to spy on Andoria.
- DirectorTerry WindellStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockEnterprise discovers a comet which contains the very rare element eisilium. Then unexpectedly a Vulcan ship arrives. Captain Vanik tells they're interested in human behavior.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockT'Pol finds unusual neutrino readings on a planet with a preindustrial society.
- DirectorRobert Duncan McNeillStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockEnterprise has a group of aliens watching a stellar phenomenon on board. When the ship is miraculously saved from blowing up, crewman Daniels has an important message for Archer.
- DirectorWinrich KolbeStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockAfter an attack by a mysterious ship, Archers orders Enterprise's return to Jupiter to install phase cannons; Hoshi makes plans for Malcolm's birthday.
- DirectorJames A. ContnerStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockPhlox is asked to save the Valakians from annihilation by disease. However, he discovers something unusual about the Menk, another humanoid race on the planet.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockT'Pol is being recalled because of Enterprise's involvement in the destruction of the P'Jem sanctuary. She and Captain Archer are later kidnapped while visiting the planet Coridan.
- DirectorDavid LivingstonStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockWhile returning to Enterprise in Shuttlepod One, Trip and Reed see apparent evidence that the ship has been destroyed. With only days of oxygen left, they must find a way to survive long enough for rescue.
- DirectorRob HeddenStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockWhen Enterprise encounters a ship of Vulcan pilgrims, T'Pol is convinced by one of them to perform a Vulcan mind meld.
- DirectorRoxann DawsonStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockA fibrous, web-like alien creature comes aboard the ship and several of the crew becomes entangled in it including Archer and Trip, and it seems Hoshi is the only one who can try to communicate with the creature.
- DirectorPatrick R. NorrisStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockEnterprise is planning a trip to the relaxation planet Risa, when it gets an urgent request from the Vulcan High Command. They must pick up ambassador V'Lar who has fallen in disgrace. Apparently she misused her position during negotiations on the planet Mazar and has been evicted. After Enterprise picked up V'Lar and is on its way for a meeting with the Vulcan warship Sh'Ran, suddenly a Mazarite ship appears. They want V'Lar for further interrogating. When captain Archer wants to discuss it first with Starfleet Command, they open fire.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockEnterprise discovers a mining colony of the Paraagans. The crew gets an invitation for a meeting on the surface and a shuttle pod tries to break through the atmosphere. All of a sudden just under the shuttle a giant explosion begins and scorches the earth beneath. All 3600 colonists are reported dead. After examination, Enterprise finds out plasma leaking from the pod's vents ignited tetrazine in the atmosphere. Lieutenant Reed, however, ensures he closed the plasma vents before the shuttle went of. After conversations with admiral Forrest of Starfleet Command, Captain Archer learns that Enterprise's mission is canceled and they must return home, not to return to space for another ten or twenty years. When the ship has altered course, crewman Daniels, a time traveler, pays a visit to captain Archer.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockCaptain Archer and temporal agent Daniels have been stranded in the 31st century. In a library they investigate the damage to the time line and try to find way a to get Archer back in his own century. Meanwhile Silik the Suliban leader is trying his utmost to find the whereabouts of Archer and he is willing to go far for the answer. But the crew of Enterprise has plans of their own. Trip finds a way to use the com system and is able to speak with Reed. Together they try to contact other crew members and make plans to purge Enterprise of the Sulibans.
- DirectorJames A. ContnerStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockOn the first anniversary of her assignment to Enterprise, T'Pol tells Archer and Trip about the first contact between humans and Vulcans, which involves three Vulcans becoming stranded in the town of Carbon Creek, Pennsylvania in 1957.
- DirectorJames A. ContnerStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockThe safety of Enterprise rests on Reed's shoulders when the ship becomes trapped in a Romulan minefield and Romulan ships are closing in on them.
- DirectorRoxann DawsonStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockEnterprise seeks repairs from their encounters with the Romulans, where they stop at a desolate but idyllic repair station. But all is not what it seems when Mayweather is suddenly found dead.
- DirectorPatrick R. NorrisStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockT'Pol must save the ship after the crew becomes obsessed with trivialities during the approach to a black hole.
- DirectorDavid LivingstonStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockT'Pol is diagnosed with a possibly fatal neurological disease as a result of a mind meld. Meanwhile, one of Phlox's wives visits Enterprise and becomes very interested in Trip.
- DirectorDavid StraitonStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockCaptain Archer is asked to negotiate between the Andorians and Vulcans who are fighting over a small planet.
- DirectorJames Whitmore Jr.StarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockEnterprise discovers a pod with the body of a human that seems to be wanted by both Sulibans and Tholians.
- DirectorJames A. ContnerStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockMayweather temporarily leaves Enterprise to visit the cargo ship Horizon, where he was born and raised. Meanwhile, the Enterprise crew observes an unusual planetary event.
- DirectorLeVar BurtonStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockEnterprise encounters a hyper-giant star. While there, they make first contact with the Vissians, a technologically sophisticated race with three genders. While making quick friends, and eagerly learning about the advanced technology, Trip gets curious about the Vissians third gender, known as the Cogenitor, who is crucial in the Vissian reproductive process. Against the wishes of the Vissians, Trip befriends the Cogenitor and encourages it to defy its cultural boundaries, which the Vissians are made aware of, and are angered by.
- DirectorLeVar BurtonStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockAfter his close friend and colleague A.G. Robinson is killed in a mountain climbing accident, Captain Archer tells T'Pol about the Warp 2 test flight almost ten years earlier.
- DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockSet in the dark and oppressive Mirror Universe, Commander Archer leads a mutiny in a bold attempt to seize control of an advanced starship - a vessel from the future that may be the key to saving the Terran Empire.
- 2001–200543mTV-PG8.2 (1.9K)TV EpisodeDirectorMarvin V. RushStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockThe Mirror Universe saga concludes as Archer declares himself captain of a formidable starship from the future, while his alien crew launch a rebellion in a desperate bid to keep him from achieving ultimate power.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockFollowing the destruction of the Xindi weapon, the Enterprise crew discovers that they have been sent back in time to 1944. However, history has been altered, leaving Nazi Germany in control of a large portion of the eastern United States.
- DirectorDavid StraitonStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockAfter Silik attacks Trip, Vosk wants to make a deal with Archer: supplies of the ship for the completion of his time machine in return for a trip to the 22nd Century.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockThe crew take some time off. Archer meets an old friend, Captain Erika Hernandez. T'Pol takes Trip to Vulcan, with a surprise waiting. Phlox finds out Earth has become xenophobic.
- DirectorMichael GrossmanStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockAfter a bombing destroyed the Earth embassy on Vulcan, a group known as the Syrrannites are suspected. T'Pol receives a map from her Syrrannite mother, leading into a dangerous desert, the Forge.
- DirectorRoxann DawsonStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockT'Pol and Archer confront the Syrrannites and meet T'Pau who denies the embassy bombing. Archer, who has Surak's essence, is asked to help. V'Las threatens Enterprise to make sure an attack on the Syrrannites isn't witnessed.
- DirectorDavid LivingstonStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockWhile Enterprise travels to Andoria to warn them of the attack, Archer tries to bring the Kir'Shara to the High Command.
- DirectorDavid StraitonStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockEnterprise escorts Tellarites to peace talks with Andorians. While transporting they rescue Andorians and say the Tellarites attacked them. Enterprise is soon attacked by an Andorian ship, and Archer must prove who is responsible.
- DirectorDavid LivingstonStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockCaptain Archer must convince Vulcans, Tellarites and Andorians to unite to find the Romulan ship.Don't watch the last two minutes of United.
- DirectorDavid LivingstonStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockEnterprise answers a distress signal from a stranded Vulcan ship, only when arriving they find the ship completely desolate, wrecked - and filled with Vulcan zombies.
- DirectorRobert Duncan McNeillStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockHis memory crippled, Archer awakens years in the future, after the Xindi have reduced Earth to a cinder and the remnants of humanity have settled on a distant planet. Now, Archer learns that he may be the key to undoing this tragedy.
- DirectorLeVar BurtonStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockArcher decides to make a fast-growing clone of Trip to help save his life while Enterprise is stranded in a dangerous field with nucleonic particles.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockArcher and the Xindi Degra are in a shuttle. With Degra suffering from memory loss, Archer tells him they escaped together from a prison and that the Insectoids took power after destroying Earth.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockArcher decides he should pilot a kamikaze shuttle to destroy the Xindi weapon. Temporal agent Daniels urges him to reconsider.
- DirectorLeVar BurtonStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockAs the crew continues to repair the ship and mourn the dead, Archer works to create trust and form a partnership with members of the Xindi council.