Star Trek: Enterprise (season 2)

Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2

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Country of origin USA
No. of episodes 26
Broadcast
Original channel UPN
Original run September 18, 2002 – May 21, 2003
Home video release

Blu-ray Disc release

Region-Free August 19, 2013

The second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise commenced airing on UPN in the United States on September 18, 2002 and concluded on May 21, 2003 after 26 episodes. Set in the 22nd century, the series follows the adventures of the first Starfleet starship Enterprise, registration NX-01.

Plot overview

The second season continues the Human exploration of interstellar space by the crew of Enterprise, and further mention is made of the Temporal Cold War. The early encounters and historic culture of familiar Star Trek franchise races, such as the Vulcans, Andorians, Klingons, Romulans, Tholians, Borg, and Tellarites, are also explored further. The season ends with a cliff hanger that sets up the Xindi story arc, set in the Delphic Expanse, of the third season.

Cast

Main cast

Recurring cast

Episodes

In the following table, episodes are listed by the order in which they aired.

No. in
series 		No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code		 Nielsen ratings
(%)[A]
271"Shockwave, Part II"Allan KroekerRick Berman & Brannon BragaSeptember 18, 200240358-0284.9/8[1]
As a group of Suliban take over Enterprise, Captain Archer tries to return to the 22nd century.
282"Carbon Creek"James A. ContnerRick Berman & Brannon Braga & Dan O'Shannon (story)
Chris Black (teleplay)		September 25, 200240358-027Unknown[2]
Sub-Commander T'Pol relates the tale of a Vulcan crew stranded on Earth in the 1950s.
293"Minefield"James A. ContnerJohn ShibanOctober 2, 200240358-0295.1/8[3]
Enterprise snags a cloaked mine and Lieutenant Reed and Captain Archer race to disable it during first contact with the Romulan Star Empire.
304"Dead Stop"Roxann DawsonMike Sussman & Phylis StrongOctober 9, 200240358-0315.4/8[4]
Heavily damaged by the Romulan mine, Enterprise is repaired by an unmanned and automated sentient alien repair station.
315"A Night In Sickbay"David StraitonRick Berman & Brannon BragaOctober 16, 200240358-0305.1/8[5]
The Captain's beagle, Porthos, becomes ill from an alien pathogen, and Captain Archer frets in Sickbay waiting for him to recover.
326"Marauders"Mike VejarRick Berman & Brannon Braga (story)
David Wilcox (teleplay)		October 30, 200240358-0325.0/7[6]
Captain Archer barters for deuterium from a mining colony plagued by Klingon marauders, who are seeking deuterium as well.
337"The Seventh"David LivingstonRick Berman & Brannon BragaNovember 6, 200240358-0334.7/7[7]
Sub-Commander T'Pol is reactivated as a Vulcan intelligence agent, reawakening a dark secret from her past.
348"The Communicator"James A. ContnerRick Berman & Brannon Braga (story)
André Bormanis (teleplay)		November 13, 200240358-0344.5/7[8]
After an away mission, Lieutenant Reed discovers that his communicator was lost on a pre-warp planet; he and Captain Archer are then captured trying to retrieve it.
359"Singularity"Patrick NorrisChris BlackNovember 20, 200240358-0354.8/7[9]
Enterprise charts a course through a trinary star system to investigate a black hole, and the crew find themselves suffering from a condition similar to OCD.
3610"Vanishing Point"David StraitonRick Berman & Brannon BragaNovember 27, 200240358-0363.8/6[10]
After her first trip through the transporter, Ensign Sato finds herself becoming incorporeal, with the crew believing she has perished.
3711"Precious Cargo"David LivingstonRick Berman & Brannon Braga (story)
David A. Goodman		December 11, 200240358-0374.5/7[11]
While answering a distress call, Commander Tucker is kidnapped along with a demanding alien princess.
3812"The Catwalk"Mike VejarMike Sussman & Phyllis StrongDecember 18, 200240358-0384.2/7[12]
The Enterprise crew takes refuge inside one of the warp nacelles to avoid an inescapable radiation belt.
3913"Dawn"Roxann DawsonJohn ShibanJanuary 8, 200340358-0394.1/6[13]
Commander Tucker is fired upon by an Arkonian ship and is then stranded on a planet with his attacker.
4014"Stigma"David LivingstonRick Berman & Brannon BragaFebruary 5, 200340358-0404.2/6[14]
Sub-Commander T'Pol learns she has Pa'nar Syndrome, contracted from her mind meld in "Fusion", and faces being ostracized by Vulcan society.
4115"Cease Fire"David StraitonChris BlackFebruary 12, 200340358-041Unknown[15]
Captain Archer negotiates a cease fire between the Andorians and the Vulcans.
4216"Future Tense"James Whitmore, Jr.Mike Sussman & Phyllis StrongFebruary 19, 200340358-0424.5/7[16]
Enterprise finds a derelict ship, only to be attacked by both Suliban and Tholian ships.
4317"Canamar"James Whitmore, Jr.Allan KoekerFebruary 26, 200340358-0434.5/7[17]
Mistaken as smugglers, Captain Archer and Commander Tucker find themselves on a prisoner transport ship.
4418"The Crossing"David LivingstonRick Berman & Brannon BragaApril 2, 200340358-0444.0/6[18]
Incorporeal aliens attempt to take over Enterprise.
4519"Judgment"James L. ConwayDavid A. GoodmanApril 9, 200340358-0453.8/6[19]
Captain Archer is arrested and imprisoned by the Klingons for allegedly conspiring against the Empire.
4620"Horizon"James A. ContnerAndré BormanisApril 16, 200340358-0462.2[20]
After the death of his father, Ensign Mayweather visits his family on their cargo ship and begins to reconsider his place aboard Enterprise.
4721"The Breach"Robert Duncan McNeillChris Black & John ShibanApril 23, 200340358-0473.8/6[21]
Due to the demands of a militant faction, Enterprise is asked to retrieve Denobulan geologists from an alien cave.
4822"Cogenitor"LeVar BurtonRick Berman & Brannon BragaApril 30, 200340358-0484.0/6[22]
Enterprise encounters the Vissians and Commander Tucker finds himself troubled by the fact the Vissians are a three-sexed species.
4923"Regeneration"David LivingstonMike Sussman & Phyllis StrongMay 7, 200340358-0494.1/6[23]
A group of Borg (from Star Trek: First Contact) are revived after a century frozen in the Arctic ice.
5024"First Flight"LeVar BurtonJohn Shiban & Chris BlackMay 14, 200340358-0504.2/6[24]
Upon the death of a close friend, Captain Archer tells Sub-Commander T'Pol about his early career as an experimental warp engine pilot.
5125"Bounty"Roxann DawsonRick Berman & Brannon Braga (story)
Hans Tobeason and Mike Sussman & Phyllis Strong (teleplay)		May 14, 200340358-0514.3/6[24]
A Tellarite captures Captain Archer in order to collect a reward from the Klingons who have been searching for him since the events of "Judgment".
5226"The Expanse"Allan KroekerRick Berman & Brannon BragaMay 21, 200340358-0524.4/7[25]
After an alien attack on Earth, Enterprise is refitted before being sent into the Delphic Expanse. Sub-Commander T'Pol resigns her commission with the Vulcan High Command, and Commander Tucker is troubled by the death of his sister.

Broadcast

Season Timeslot Season Premiere Season Finale TV Season Rank Viewers
(in millions)
2nd Wednesday 8:00PM September 18, 2002 May 21, 2003 2002–2003 #132 3.94

Media information

As part of the releases of Enterprise on Blu-ray announced in early 2013, a box set featuring the episodes of the second season was released on August 19 in the United Kingdom and a day later in the United States and Canada.[26][27]

References

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  7. ↑ Krutzler, Steve (November 7, 2002). ""The Seventh" Pulls in Lowest Overnights of the Season, But Does it Matter?". TrekWeb. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
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  22. ↑ Krutzler, Steve (May 1, 2003). ""Cogenitor" Produces Highest Overnight Rating in a Month, Resists Downturn". TrekWeb. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
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  27. ↑ "Enterprise Season: Two Blu-ray Available August 20". Star Trek.com. May 23, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2013.

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