Enterprise's Third Year Episodes

The Xindi (Episode 53)

First Airdate: September 10, 2003

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Summary: Captain Archer and his crew set out to gain information about the mysterious and antagonistic Xindi race. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Archer and the crew embark on a dramatic new course as the series launches its third season in the aftermath of a devastating surprise attack on Earth. You'll recall that in last season's finale, the enigmatic Xindi killed millions, with Trip's sister among the dead. The parallels with 09/11 extend to Earth's response to the Xindi threat, as the show ups its action quotient with the addition of the MACOs, a Special Forces-type unit. This new rock 'em sock 'em style takes root in a tale pitting an overeager Archer and Trip against a wily Xindi fugitive.

Written By: Rick Berman & Brannon Braga

Teleplay by:

Directed by: Allan Kroeker

Anomaly (Episode 54)

First Airdate: September 17, 2003

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Summary: Enterprise starts experiencing effects of the spatial distortions pervading the Delphic Expanse, and falls victim to predatory aliens. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Distortions within the Delphic Expanse disrupt the Enterprise's computer systems, leaving its stores vulnerable to Ventaxian pirates who loot critical supplies.

Written by: Mike Sussman

Teleplay by:

Directed by: David Straiton

Extinction (Episode 55)

First Airdate: September 24, 2003

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Summary: On a mission to investigate an abandoned Xindi vessel on a jungle planet, Archer, Reed and Hoshi succumb to a virus that mutates them into a primal life form. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) The crew's ongoing pursuit of the Xindi leads them to a tropical world where Archer, Hoshi and Reed are exposed to a virus that morphs them into the planet's native beings. As Phlox searches for a cure, Trip and T'Pol negotiate with aliens determined to kill all those infected.

Written by: Andre Bormanis

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Rajiin (Episode 56)

First Airdate: October 1, 2003

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Summary: The NX-01 gets closer to a showdown with the Xindi when Captain Archer takes on an enigmatic passenger: a beautiful slave named Rajiin. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Archer, Trip and Reed return from an alien barter town with a surprise guest — an alluring woman (Nikita Ager) whose beguiling sensuality proves irresistible to the crew.

Story by: Paul Brown and Brent V. Friedman

Teleplay by: Brent V. Friedman and Chris Black

Directed by: Mike Vejar

Impulse (Episode 57)

First Airdate: October 8, 2003

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: When Enterprise responds to a distress call from a Vulcan ship stranded in the Delphic Expanse, Archer and his boarding team are attacked by insane zombie-like Vulcans. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) After answering a distress signal from a Vulcan starship, Archer, T'Pol, Reed and Hawkins arrive on board to find its crew in a deranged, raging state that quickly manifests in T'Pol as well.

Story by: Jonathan Fernandez & Terry Matalas

Teleplay by: Jonathan Fernandez

Directed by: David Livingston

Exile (Episode 58)

First Airdate: October 15, 2003

Second Airdate: December 31,2003

Summary: A powerful telepath makes contact with Hoshi and offers to help Enterprise find the Xindi ... for a price. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) A powerful telepath named Tarquin (Maury Sterling) becomes smitten with Hoshi and offers to part with key intelligence on the Xindi if she's allowed to visit his planet. But when Enterprise returns to pick up Hoshi, Tarquin refuses to let her go.

Written by: Phyllis Strong

Teleplay by:

The Shipment (Episode 59)

First Airdate: October 29, 2003

Second Airdate: January 7, 2004

Summary: Archer, Reed and Major Hayes infiltrate a Xindi-Sloth industrial colony to learn more about the weapon of mass destruction that will be used against Earth. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Archer, Reed and MACO Major Hayes (Steven Culp) infiltrate a Xindi-Sloth plant that is creating the explosive material for the Xindi super-weapon. The trio kidnaps the plant foreman (John Cothran Jr.), who forms an alliance with them once he learns of the Xindi council's attack on Earth. Also: Trip, T'Pol and Dr. Phlox test captured Xindi firearms in hopes of creating better defenses against them.

Written by: Chris Black & Brent V. Friedman

Teleplay by:

Directed by: David Straiton

Twilight (Episode 60)

First Airdate: November 5, 2003

Second Airdate: January 28, 2004

Summary: 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. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Archer suffers a puzzling form of amnesia that distorts his long-term memories. He is further confused to find himself in the future aboard an Enterprise commanded by T'Pol.

Written by: Michael Sussman

Teleplay by:

North Star (Episode 61)

First Airdate: November 12, 2003

Second Airdate: March 10, 2004

Summary: When a settlement of humans living a 19th-century Western lifestyle is discovered on a Delphic Expanse planet, Archer and crew set out to learn how they got there. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) The crew investigates a world within the Delphic Expanse with a civilization closely resembling America's 19th-century Wild West.

Written by: David A. Goodman

Teleplay by:

Directed by: David Straiton

Similitude (Episode 62)

First Airdate: November 19, 2003

Second Airdate: March 17, 2004

Summary: When Trip suffers a catastrophic injury, his only hope for survival is a transplant from a "mimetic simbiot" which Phlox grows from one of his exotic creatures. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) To heal a critically-injured Trip, Dr. Phlox creates a clone of the engineer using an exotic creature in his lab but the clone's rapid growth and replication of Trip's behavior alarms the crew.

Written by: Manny Coto

Teleplay by:

Carpenter Street (Episode 63)

First Airdate: November 26, 2003

Second Airdate: March 24, 2004

Summary: Archer and T'Pol travel back in time to 2004 Detroit to stop a Xindi plot. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Acting on a tip from Daniels (Matt Winston), Archer and T'Pol time-travel to the year 2004, where the Xindi are using an abandoned Detroit factory to build a secret weapon.

Written by: Rick Berman & Brannon Braga

Teleplay by:

Directed by: Mike Vejar

Chosen Realm (Episode 64)

First Airdate: January 14, 2004

Second Airdate: March 24, 2004

Summary: A group of religious zealots hijack Enterprise intending to use it against the enemies of their faith. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) The crew is taken hostage by alien religious zealots who plot to use the Enterprise to punish unbelievers after Archer rescues them from their crippled vessel. Roxann Dawson (“Star Trek: Voyager”) directed the episode.

Written by: Manny Coto

Teleplay by:

Proving Ground (Episode 65)

First Airdate: January 21, 2004

Second Airdate: March 31, 2004

Summary: An Andorian ship led by Commander Shran arrives in the Delphic Expanse to help Enterprise hone in on the Xindi superweapon. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Andorian Imperial Guard Commander Shran (Jeffrey Combs) proposes an alliance to Archer, offering to help steal the Xindi's superweapon. Elsewhere, Lt. Talas (Molly Brink), an Andorian officer with her own agenda, helps Lt. Reed repair the Enterprise's damaged weapons systems.

Written by: Chris Black

Teleplay by:

Directed by: David Livingston

Stratagem (Episode 66)

First Airdate: February 4, 2004

Second Airdate: March 31, 2004

Summary: Archer finds himself face-to-face with Degra, the designer of the Xindi superweapon, and tries to trick him into revealing its location. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Archer seeks to destroy a superweapon under construction by the Xindi by tricking its designer, Degra (Randy Oglesby), into revealing its hiding place.

Story by: Terry Matalas

Teleplay by: Michael Sussman

Directed by: Mike Vejar

Harbinger (Episode 67)

First Airdate: February 11, 2004

Second Airdate: April 7, 2004

Summary: Enterprise rescues a dying alien from a colossal spatial anomaly, and he refuses to reveal why he was there. Meanwhile, tensions between Reed and Hayes heat up as new training drills begin.

Enterprise encounters an abnormally large spatial distortion and rescues an alien from a craft trapped inside. While Archer and Dr. Phlox try to solve the mystery behind the rapidly deteriorating alien, tensions between Lt. Reed and MACO leader Major Hayes escalate into a full-blown brawl. Meanwhile, Trip's flirtation with a female MACO forces a surprisingly jealous T'Pol to confront her attraction to her fellow senior officer. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) A dying alien (Thomas Kopache) refuses to disclose his motives for exploring a spatial anomaly while Reed quarrels with a colleague over a revamped set of training drills.

(Zap2it) Feuding between Lt. Reed and MACO leader Maj. Hayes disrupts Archer and Phlox's investigation of a rescued alien; T'Pol confesses her feelings for Trip.

Story by: Rick Berman & Brannon Braga

Teleplay by: Manny Coto

Directed by: David Livingston

Doctor's Orders (Episode 68)

First Airdate: February 18, 2004

Second Airdate: April 7, 2004

Summary: The fate of Enterprise is in Dr. Phlox's hands as the rest of the crew must be induced into a coma in order to survive a trans-dimensional disturbance.

While Enterprise travels through a section of the Expanse lethal to human neurology, Dr. Phlox must put the entire crew to sleep and handle all aspects of a working starship, but even with T'Pol's help, the doctor's skills might not be enough to keep the crew safe when complications arise. With the ship not moving out of the area fast enough, Dr. Phlox must figure out how to start the warp engines without blowing up the ship, while realizing he may not be entirely immune to the region's radiation himself. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Archer places Dr. Phlox in control of the Enterprise when the crew requires sedation to survive a mind-altering section of the Expanse lethal to humanoids. But Phlox's Denobulan physiology doesn't entirely shield him from its effects.

(Zap2it) Dr. Phlox and T'Pol are left in charge of the ship after the crew is put into a sleep state.

Written by: Chris Black

Teleplay by:

Hatchery (Episode 69)

First Airdate: February 25, 2004

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Summary: Enterprise finds a crashed Xindi-Insectoid ship containing an incubation chamber filled with Insectoid eggs. The crew must now decide whether to devote resources to save the offspring. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) The discovery of unhatched Xindi eggs inside a crashed vessel brings out the paternal side of Archer, who alarms the crew with his obsessive determination to save the embryos.

(Zap2it) The crew begins to question Archer's judgment when he goes to extremes to save an abandoned nest of Xindi-Insectoid eggs.

Written by: Andre Bormanis & Michael Sussman

Teleplay by:

Directed by: Michael Grossman

Azati Prime (Episode 70)

First Airdate: March 3, 2004

Second Airdate: April 14, 2004

Summary: Archer embarks on a suicide mission to destroy the Xindi's nearly completed planet-killing weapon.

Enterprise finally arrives at the Xindi superweapon construction site, and despite a troubling glimpse into the future by time-traveling operative Daniels, a determined Archer leaves the ship in T'Pol's hands as he alone pilots a suicide mission to destroy the huge Earth-bound planet-killer. With Archer gone, T'Pol and the crew attempt to escape enemy territory undetected, but once discovered are forced to make a last stand against multiple Xindi attackers. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Archer's rash gamble to demolish the Xindi's planet-obliterating weapon imperils both his crew and the future in a pivotal episode.

Criticized for its alleged blandness, the series returned for a third season with an emphasis on action, which this tale dishes out with a shovel. As Archer readies a captured shuttle for a suicidal attack on the Xindi fleet, time-traveler Daniels (Matt Winston) warns the captain that his death will prevent the creation of the Federation. Equally profound is the effect Archer's plans have on his crew---especially T'Pol.

(Zap2it) Archer, 400 years in the future, learns of a conspiracy to pit humanity against the Xindi.

Story By: Rick Berman & Brannon Braga and Manny Coto

Teleplay by: Manny Coto

Directed by: Allan Kroeker

Damage (Episode 71)

First Airdate: April 21, 2004

Second Airdate: August 13, 2004

Summary: While dissension among Xindi ranks festers, Enterprise tries to recover from a devastating attack. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Archer considers compromising his morals to restore Enterprise's warp capacity after a fleet of Xindi-controlled warships cripple the vessel's engine; and T'Pol grows increasingly volatile, prompting her to confide a troubling secret to Phlox.

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Written by: Phyllis Strong

Teleplay by:

Directed by: James L. Conway

The Forgotten (Episode 72)

First Airdate: April 28, 2004

Second Airdate: August 20, 2004

Summary: Two high-ranking Xindi offer to stop the launch of their superweapon if Archer can prove they've been manipulated. Meanwhile, the crew mourns their lost mates. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Archer persuades Degra to examine evidence of the plot to pit the Xindi against Earth, while Trip wrestles with the death of a subordinate.

(Zap2it) Archer attempts to convince Xindi weapon-designer, Degra, that humanity is not his enemy.

Written by: Chris Black & David A. Goodman

Teleplay by:

E² (Episode 73)

First Airdate: May 5, 2004

Second Airdate: August 27,2004

Summary: An attempt to use a Xindi subspace corridor leads Enterprise to a bizarre encounter with another Starfleet ship. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) The crew encounters its descendants when it enters a wormhole and discovers a future version of the ship captained by T'Pol's son, who warns Archer of an alien attack.

(Zap2it) While on their way to the Xindi council, Archer and crew encounter an Enterprise ship from the future that warns them about an unstable wormhole.

Written by: Michael Sussman

Teleplay by:

The Council (Episode 74)

First Airdate: May 12, 2004

Second Airdate: September 3, 2004

Summary: Archer confronts the Xindi Council.

Archer approaching the Xindi Council on their home turf to argue why the two peoples should make peace and the planet-destroying weapon should not be deployed. Meanwhile, T'Pol, Reed, Mayweather and a MACO infiltrate a Sphere in order to gain information about the so-called "Sphere-Builders," a mission which proves to be far more perilous than expected. (Star Trek Com)

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(Zap2it) T'Pol and Reed lead a team on a mission to obtain information about the network of spheres inhabiting the Expanse; Archer and Hoshi stand before the Xindi council; the Sphere Builders reveal themselves to members of the Xindi council.

Written by: Manny Coto

Teleplay by:

Directed by: David Livingston

Countdown (Episode 75)

First Airdate: May 19, 2004

Second Airdate: September 10, 2004

Summary: With help from some Xindi factions, the Enterprise crew attempts to stop the arming of the Xindi Weapon. (Star Trek Com)

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Written by: Andre Bormanis & Chris Black

Teleplay by:

Zero Hour (Season Finale, Episode 76)

First Airdate: May 26, 2004

Second Airdate: September 17, 2004

Summary: Aboard Degra's ship, Archer, Reed and Hoshi work with the Arboreals and Humanoids to chase the Reptilians and stop the Xindi Weapon from decimating Earth. Archer's plan is to board the weapon and try to overload the power systems, but he'll need the help of an ailing Hoshi to read the weapon schematics.

Back in the Delphic Expanse, T'Pol leads the NX-01 in an attempt to obliterate Sphere 41 in hopes of disabling the entire network of Spheres. But the crew's time is limited, as that region of space has a degenerative effect on their bodies, and the furious Sphere-Builders try to tear Enterprise apart. (Star Trek Com)

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Story by: Rick Berman & Brannon Braga

Teleplay by:

Directed by: Allan Kroeker