Storm Front, Part I (Episode 77)

First Airdate: October 8, 2004

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: Archer and the NX-01 find themselves in Earth's past, with events of World War II altered by the Temporal Cold War. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Captain Archer and the Enterprise crew were mysteriously transported to a Nazi-occupied Earth in 1944, where they met a scaly alien.

Archer awakens in the U.S. circa 1944 as a prisoner of Nazis controlling New York City. But he escapes with the help of an insurgent (Golden Brooks). Back aboard Enterprise, the crew seeks answers for their journey back in time and the changes to Earth's history.

Written By: Manny Coto

Teleplay by:

Directed by: Allan Kroeker

Storm Front, Part II (Episode 78)

First Airdate: October 15, 2004

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: With Silik's help, Archer hones in on the temporal operative who altered Earth's past and threatens to destroy all of time. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Conclusion. Frustated by the limitations of Nazi technology, Vosk offers to return Trip and Mayweather to the Enterprise if Archer assists in the creation of a time machine . Meanwhile, Alicia's comrades in Nazi-occupied New York learn of Archer's space vessel on the eve of an Allied counterattack.

(Zap2it) Archer and the crew must destroy a time machine to stop aliens from obliterating countless eras; alien leader Vosk releases prisoners, forcing Suliban agent Silik to emerge from the shadows.

Written by: Manny Coto

Teleplay by:

Directed by: David Straiton

Home (Episode 79)

First Airdate: October 22, 2004

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: Once the NX-01 finally returns to Earth, the weary crewmen face repercussions of their journeys, both positive and negative. (Star Trek Com)

August 17, 2004 (Star Trek Com)
Production Report: "Home" Bound for Earth, Vulcan

"Trip Tucker has no place to go home to, given that Florida was destroyed and his sister killed, so he accepts T'Pol's invitation to join her on a visit to her homeworld to see her mother [T'Les]."

"It's been rumored that Jolene Blalock's "T'Pol" would get married in the third episode of the season (Blalock herself said that at the recent UPN press party)....there will be a Vulcan wedding ceremony."

(TV Guide) The Enterprise returns to Earth with great fanfare, but the novelty quickly wears off for Archer, who is forced to take a vacation after a heated exchange with a Vulcan official (Gary Graham). Also, Trip accompanies T'Pol to Vulcan, where he meets her mother (Joanna Cassidy); Reed worries about Phlox's safety on Earth in the aftermath of the Xindi scare.

(Zap2it) Trip goes with T'Pol to the planet Vulcan to meet her mother, T'Les (Joanna Cassidy), but when T'Pol reconsiders marriage to her former fiance, he questions their relationship.

Written by: Michael Sussman

Teleplay by:

Directed by: Allan Kroeker

Borderland (Episode 80)

First Airdate: October 29, 2004

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: When genetic supermen left over from the Eugenics Wars hijack a Klingon ship, Archer must rely on their creator, the criminal Dr. Arik Soong, to help hunt them down and avert an interstellar war. (Star Trek Com)

August 27, 2004 (Star Trek Com)
Production Report: Brent Spiner Begins Trilogy with "Borderland"

"Spiner began a three-episode arc featuring an ancestor of Noonien Soong, Dr. Arik Soong, a notorious figure of the 22nd century whose crimes now threaten to ignite a new Eugenics War."

"He [Spiner] plays the great, great grandfather of Data's creator, Dr. Soong."

The episode wrapped Monday, the 23rd, but Spiner and several of the Augment guest stars were right back on Tuesday to begin part 2 of the Arik Soong arc, called "Cold Station 12."

(TV Guide) Brent Spiner begins a three-episode stint as an unsavory geneticist with ties to Data, his Star Trek: The Next Generation character in keeping with Trek continuity, Spiner's Arik Soong is an ancestor of Data's inventor, Noonien Soong. But Arik is a far more menacing figure. He's in prison for creating "augments," physically and intellectually enhanced humanoids first developed during the Eugenics Wars (remember Khan?). Here, Archer tries to avert bloodshed by enlisting Arik's aid in locating the mutant-eers (led by Alec Newman), who have seized a Klingon vessel.

(Zap2it) When genetically engineered humans plan to create a war between Earth and the Klingons, Archer enlists their creator, Dr. Airk Soong (Brent Spiner), to help stop them.

Story by: Ken LaZebnik

Teleplay by:

Directed by: David Livingston

Cold Station 12 (AKA "C-12," Episode 81)

First Airdate: November 5, 2004

Second Airdate: December 17, 2004

Summary: Arik Soong leads his band of Augments to a medical facility where hundreds of genetically enhanced embryos are still stored, intending to retrieve them and bring them to life. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Soong (Brent Spiner) realizes just how ruthless his "children" have become when the fugitive Augments raid a research facility to retrieve genetically enhanced embryos left over from the Eugenics Wars.

(Zap2it) Dr. Arik Soong (Brent Spiner) sacks a scientific outpost to create an army of superhuman Augments and threatens to release the deadly pathogens stored on site if anyone interferes.

Written By: Alan Brennert

Teleplay by:

Directed by: Mike Vejar

The Augments (Episode 82)

First Airdate: November 12, 2004

Second Airdate: January 7, 2005

Summary: In defiance of their "father," Arik Soong's Augments devise a heinous plot against the Klingons which will surely lead to interstellar war. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Malik's rash proposal to safeguard the Augments from Starfleet interference leads to a rift with Soong as the Enterprise cautiously enters Klingon space in dogged pursuit. Directed by LeVar Burton.

(Zap2it)The Enterprise crew pursues Dr. Arik Soong (Brent Spiner) and his superhuman Augments across hostile Klingon space to a planet where he intends to raise his army.

Written by: Michael Sussman

Teleplay by:

The Forge (Episode 83)

First Airdate: November 19, 2004

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: Earth's embassy on Vulcan is bombed, and the ensuing investigation puts Archer and T'Pol on the trail of a Vulcan religious faction hiding in a treacherous desert. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) The crew joins forces with Vulcan authorities to investigate a deadly bombing of Earth's embassy, which may be the work of a sect devoted to the logical teachings of Surak, the father of Vulcan philosophy.

(Zap2it) The Enterprise goes to Vulcan to investigate a suicide bombing at Earth's embassy and the death of a Starfleet admiral.

Written by: Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens

Teleplay by:

Directed by: Michael Grossman

Awakening (Episode 84)

First Airdate: November 26, 2004

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: Archer and T'Pol encounter the Syrrannites, a radical group hiding in the Vulcan desert, while the NX-01 crew contends with Vulcan power ploys. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) The Syrranites subject Archer to a potentially lethal mind-meld after learning that information about Surak was placed in his head. Meanwhile, Vulcan officials plot the dissidents' destruction.

(Zap2it) Archer holds the key to helping T'Pol's mother, who has joined a revolutionary group being targeted by the Vulcan high commander, V'Las (Robert Foxworth), for destruction.

Written by: Andre Bormanis

Teleplay by:

Kir'Shara (Episode 85)

First Airdate: December 3, 2004

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: Archer, T'Pol and T'Pau attempt to bring the Kir'Shara — an artifact believed to contain Surak's original writings — to the Vulcan capital, as the NX-01 gets involved in a Vulcan-Andorian military clash. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) As Vulcan prepares for war, V'Las (Robert Foxworth) sends a commando team to eliminate Archer, T'Pol and T'Pau, while Soval risks his sanity to warn the Andorians of the impending attack.

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Written by: Michael Sussman

Teleplay by:

Directed by: David Livingston

Daedalus (Episode 86)

First Airdate: January 14, 2005

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: The inventor of the transporter, Emory Erickson, comes aboard Enterprise for a risky experiment. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Emory Erickson (Bill Cobbs)---the inventor of the transporter---enlists Archer's help in a daring experiment, but a crew member's death forces him to reveal the real purpose of his test.

(Zap2it)

Written by: Alan Brennert & Ken LaZebnik

Teleplay by:

Directed by: David Straiton

Observer Effect (Episode 87)

First Airdate: January 21, 2005

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: Noncorporeal aliens study the Enterprise crew as they respond to a fatal viral infection brought on board from an away mission. (Star Trek Com)

11.04.2004
Production Report: Half of Season Complete with "Observer Effect"

Production on Season 4 reached the halfway point this week with the completion of "Observer Effect," the 11th show of the year out of 22, and the first episode set to air in 2005. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Curious aliens inhabit various members of the crew to observe aspects of humanity, and Phlox works feverishly to cure a lethal virus contracted by Trip and Hoshi during an away mission.

(Zap2it)

Written by: Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens

Teleplay by:

Directed by: Mike Vejar

Babel One (Episode 88)

First Airdate: January 28, 2005

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: Enterprise journeys to Babel with a Tellarite ambassador on board for peace talks with the Andorians, when a distress call from Shran is received.

Lee Arenberg is used to playing Ferengi, but this time he's a Tellarite named "Gral." (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) While escorting a Tellarite ambassador to a neutral planet for a peace conference with the Andorians, the Enterprise is attacked after answering a distress call from Shran (Jeffrey Combs).

(Zap2it) The Enterprise's benign cooperation in a peace conference between Tellarites and Andorians turns dangerous when a secret Romulan vessel begins attacking ships on all sides.

Written by: Michael Sussman & Andre Bormanis

Teleplay by:

Directed by: David Straiton

United (Episode 89)

First Airdate: February 4, 2005

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: Archer tries to unify the Andorians, Tellarites and Vulcans in a plan to capture a marauder ship threatening to destabilize the region.

Archer then forges an alliance among Andorians, Tellarites and Vulcans to accomplish this and track down the marauder — an alliance which proves very tenuous when Shran challenges a Tellarite to a duel. Also at stake are the lives of Trip Tucker and Malcolm Reed, who in the previous episode got trapped on the rogue ship when Enterprise first encountered it and it suddenly fled. The two officers are stuck in a section of the vessel without life support, and they have to match wits with an unseen enemy in order to survive (the unseen enemy, of course, being those pesky Romulans). (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) A desire for vengeance interferes with Archer's attempts to ally Shran and the Tellarites as Trip and Reed probe the inner workings of an unmanned warship.

(Zap2it) Trapped on a remote-controlled Romulan ship, Trip and Malcolm must outwit their captors to escape.

Written by: Manny Coto

Teleplay by: Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens

Directed by: David Livingston

The Aenar (Episode 90)

First Airdate: February 11, 2005

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: Archer visits Shran's icy homeworld to find an Andorian subspecies called the Aenar, to determine their connection to the marauder destroying ships in the region. (Star Trek Com)

12.06.2004 Production Report: First Visit to Icy Andoria in "The Aenar" (Update) "The Aenar" (pronounced "EE-nar") refers to a subspecies on Andoria, one that lives underground in the arctic wastelands, isolated from the rest of their world. They are essentially albino Andorians with very pale blue skin (still with antennae though), and they are blind, and telepathic.

Though this segment concludes a three-part arc, there is a startling twist ending that will have important consequences in upcoming shows. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Archer and Shran (Jeffrey Combs) visit a civilization populated by Andorian offshoots in search of a telepath who could gain control of the renegade drone vessels.

(Zap2it) Archer and the crew try to prevent intergalactic war between the Romulans and the Andorians.

Story by: Manny Coto

Teleplay by: Andre Bormanis

Directed by: Mike Vejar

Affliction (Episode 91)

First Airdate: February 18, 2005

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: While Enterprise visits Earth for the launch of Columbia, Phlox is kidnapped and forced to help the Klingons deal with a grave threat toward their species.

It's probably the single most popular topic of conversation among Star Trek fans: Why do Klingons look different during Captain Kirk's day than all the times after and before? What happened to their forehead ridges during that period?

The 15th episode of Season 4 of Star Trek: Enterprise will begin to address that issue. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) As Trip prepares the Columbia, Enterprise's sister vessel, for its maiden voyage, Phlox is shanghaied by alien kidnappers, who require his skills to kill a mutated virus.

(Zap2it) Trip begins his new assignment aboard the Enterprise's companion ship; Klingons capture Phlox and force him to help them find a cure for a virus that threatens their race.

Story by: Manny Coto

Teleplay by: Michael Sussman

Directed by: Michael Grossman

Divergence (Episode 92)

First Airdate: February 25, 2005

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: With Columbia's help, the Enterprise crew grapples with sabotage to their ship as they pursue the truth behind the kidnapping of Phlox. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) Trip rejoins the Enterprise crew on a desperate mission to rejuvenate the ship's warp drive, while Antaak cajoles Phlox into helping destroy a plague that's ravaging the Klingons.

(Zap2it)

Written by: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens

Teleplay by:

Directed by: Dave Barrett

Bound (Episode 93)

First Airdate: April 15, 2005

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: As a gift for negotiating with the Orion Syndicate, Captain Archer receives three Orion Slave Girls. (Star Trek Com)

Synopsis: After Archer forges a deal with the Orions, the trader presents the captain with a gift -- three alluring Orion women who proceed to seduce all the men on board except, mysteriously, Trip. (Star Trek Com)

01.24.2005
Production Report: Orion Slave Girls "Bound" for Glory

Enterprise is approached by an Orion trader named Harrad-Sar with a proposal that could smooth relations between the Orion Syndicate and Starfleet. He offers to give Archer coordinates to a planet rich in a valuable mineral if Starfleet will build mining facilities there and cut him in for a percentage. To celebrate the transaction, Harrad-Sar insists that Archer accept a special gift: three Orion Slave Girls. Once they come aboard Enterprise, the Orion females' renowned allure starts having effects on the crew. (Star Trek Com)

(TV Guide) To seal a pact, an Orion pirate persuades Archer to accept a gift of three slave women. But the captain's good-faith gesture has bad results when the trio wreaks havoc within the ship.

(Zap2it) In appreciation of a deal he made with them, the Orions present Capt. Archer with three alluring Orion women, who proceed to seduce all the men on board.

Written by: Manny Coto

Teleplay by:

Directed by: Allan Kroeker

In a Mirror, Darkly, Part 1 (Episode 94)

First Airdate: April 22, 2005

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: In the mirror universe, Commander Archer mutinies against Captain Forrest in order to capture a future Earth ship found in Tholian space. (Star Trek Com)

In "Part I," Commander Archer has gained information that a ship has been found in Tholian space that would give the Terran Empire a distinct tactical advantage over an interstellar rebellion. Archer tries to convince Captain Forrest to skip a rendezvous with the rest of the fleet and go in pursuit, but he refuses. So the ruthless Archer stages a mutiny and takes over Enterprise. It turns out the mysterious ship is an Earth vessel, from 100 years in the future.

(TV Guide) A two-part storyline inspired by a pair of classic Star Trek episodes opens with an evil Cdr. Archer launching a mutiny. "Mirror, Mirror" and "The Tholian Web" provide the template for this alternate-universe tale set aboard the Terran Empire's Enterprise, where murder and treachery reign. After ousting his superior, Archer plots to ransack a drifting Earth starship--whose dead crew wear uniforms from Capt. Kirk's era--for its advanced technology. But his avarice leads to a run-in with the Tholians, who seek to entangle the Enterprise in a deadly trap.

(Zap2it) In a dark alternate universe, an amoral, imperialistic version of the Enterprise crew makes an astonishing discovery during a mission into enemy alien territory.

Written By: Michael Sussman

Teleplay by:

Directed by: James L. Conway

In a Mirror, Darkly, Part 2 (Episode 95)

First Airdate: April 29, 2005

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: In the mirror universe, Archer commandeers the 23rd-century Defiant from the Tholians and uses it in a nefarious power grab. (Star Trek Com)

In the story [final spoiler warning!!], most of the principal characters have beamed over to the Defiant in EV (extra-vehicular or environmental) suits. Subsequently the Tholians use their web-making capabilities to destroy the mirror NX-01. That leaves Archer, T'Pol, Tucker, Reed and Mayweather on the other ship in their grey EV undersuits. So once they take up residence, they go through the original crew's wardrobe and don their uniforms.

That put Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating and Anthony Montgomery in the classic-style red shirts (knowing they're doomed if they ever go on an away mission!), and Scott Bakula got to wear the green wraparound tunic like that worn by Captain Kirk in several episodes including "The Trouble with Tribbles" and "The Doomsday Machine." Jolene Blalock took on the science-blue miniskirt, like what Christine Chapel wore.

Linda Park as mirror-Hoshi remained in her bare-midriff blue jumpsuit (though as the captain's woman she's also seen several times in slinky lingerie), and John Billingsley as the evil Phlox continued to wear a thick black leather costume.

(TV Guide)

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Written by: Manny Coto

Teleplay by: Michael Sussman

Directed by: Marvin V. Rush

Demons (Episode 96)

First Airdate: May 6, 2005

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: A xenophobic faction of humanity threatens to undermine talks to form a new coalition of planets. (Star Trek Com)

02.18.2005 Production Report: Peter Weller Stars in "Demons" (Update)

The title of the episode "refers to our own personal demons. Humanity is having one last hurdle to overcome in forming the Federation; in fact we find that the last hurdle isn't going to come from Romulans, it isn't going to come from Klingons, it comes from our own last vestiges of intolerance. There is a charismatic leader on Earth who is opposed to the forming of the Federation — who is a student of history and is taking his lessons from Colonel Green.

(TV Guide)

(Zap2it) While on Earth for a historic Starfleet conference, Archer and the crew uncover a plot by a radical group of humans opposed to the increasing number and influence of aliens on Earth.

Written by: Manny Coto

Teleplay by:

Directed by: LeVar Burton

Terra Prime (Episode 97)

First Airdate: May 13, 2005

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: A human isolationist leader threatens to destroy Starfleet Command unless all aliens leave Earth immediately. (Star Trek Com)

The episode title, "Terra Prime," refers to the human isolationist movement which Weller's character, John Frederick Paxton, leads from his lunar mining colony. Picking up where "Demons" left off (related production report), Paxton has moved his Orpheus mining complex — which, it turns out, is detachable and has warp drive — from the Moon to Mars, where he has tied his reactor into the "verteron array" there. That array is a huge row of particle cannons used to redirect comets for terraforming purposes, but Paxton has turned it into a formidable weapon against any target in the solar system. He lays down an ultimatum: all non-humans must leave the system within 24 hours, or Terra Prime will "defend the rights of every human." And he'll start by destroying Starfleet Command in San Francisco with a verteron beam. Enterprise is vulnerable also, so Archer, Reed and Mayweather devise a plan to infiltrate the complex undetected, that involves using a comet as camouflage. Complicating things is a potential Terra Prime operative aboard Enterprise.

There are "scenes where Archer and company hitch a ride to Mars on a comet."

"The episode depicts a baby with Vulcan ears."

(TV Guide) Determined to scorch San Francisco if Earth refuses to abolish a proposed interplanetary alliance, Paxton (Peter Weller) blackmails Trip into modifying a doomsday weapon, while Archer and a handpicked team attempt to infiltrate Terra Prime's Mars headquarters. Elsewhere, the origin of Trip and T'Pol's child is revealed, and Hoshi takes command of Enterprise as a traitor lurks within the crew.

(Zap2it) Archer and his crew must stop Paxton (Peter Weller), a well-armed, radical human isolationist who threatens to destroy Starfleet Command unless all aliens leave Earth immediately.

Story By: Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Andre Bormanis

Teleplay by: Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Manny Coto

Directed by: Marvin V. Rush

These Are the Voyages... (Episode 98)

First Airdate: May 13, 2005 (Following Terra Prime)

Second Airdate: ?

Summary: Six years in the future, an emotional Captain Archer and the crew return to Earth to face the decommission of Enterprise and signing of the Federation charter, ratifying the newly-formed alliance of planets they helped forge. (Star Trek Com)