Star Trek: Enterprise (season 2)
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| Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2 | |
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| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Original channel | UPN |
| Original run | September 18, 2002 – May 21, 2003 |
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Season two of Star Trek: Enterprise, an American television series, began airing on September 18, 2002, on UPN. The season concluded after 26 episodes on May 21, 2003.[1]
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Plot overview[edit]
The second season of Star Trek: Enterprise continues the depiction of the exploration of interstellar space by the crew of the Enterprise. Further mention is made of the Temporal Cold War and appearances are made by characters that have previously appeared in the Star Trek franchise, Klingons and Romulans, and further exploration of Vulcan culture. The season ends with a cliff hanger that sets up the third season, set in the Delphic Expanse.
Main cast[edit]
- Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula), captain of Enterprise
- Sub-Commander T'Pol (Jolene Blalock) Vulcan Council Representative on board the Enterprise.
- Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III (Connor Trinneer), chief engineer of the Enterprise
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed (Dominic Keating), armory officer of the Enterprise, also in charge of ship security.
- Ensign Hoshi Sato (Linda Park), communications officer
- Ensign Travis Mayweather (Anthony Montgomery), helmsman
- Dr. Phlox (John Billingsley), chief medical officer
Episodes[edit]
Abbreviations:
- "NR": Nielsen Rating
- "V": Viewers in millions of people
| # | Title | Written by | NR | V | Original Airdate | Prod. code |
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| 201 | "Shockwave, Part II" | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga | 3.2 | 4.89 | September 18, 2002 | 027 |
| As a group of Suliban take over Enterprise, Archer tries to return to the 22nd century. | ||||||
| 202 | "Carbon Creek" | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga & Dan O'Shannon (story) Chris Black (teleplay) |
3.0 | 4.84 | September 25, 2002 | 028 |
| T'Pol tells the tale of crash-landed Vulcan crew on Earth in the 1950s. | ||||||
| 203 | "Minefield" | John Shiban | 3.5 | 5.25 | October 2, 2002 | 029 |
| Enterprise snags a cloaked mine and Reed and Archer race to disable it during first contact with the Romulans. | ||||||
| 204 | "Dead Stop" | Mike Sussman & Phylis Strong | 3.5 | 5.41 | October 9, 2002 | 030 |
| Heavily damaged by the Romulan mine, Enterprise is repaired by an unmanned and automatic repair station with a mind of its own. | ||||||
| 205 | "A Night In Sickbay" | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga | 3.9 | 6.26 | October 16, 2002 | 031 |
| Porthos causes a diplomatic incident on an alien world and becomes ill from an alien pathogen; Archer goes stir crazy in sick bay while waiting for Porthos to recover. | ||||||
| 206 | "Marauders" | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga (story) David Wilcox (teleplay) |
3.6 | 5.60 | October 30, 2002 | 032 |
| Archer barters for deuterium from a mining colony plagued by Klingon marauders seeking deuterium as well. | ||||||
| 207 | "The Seventh" | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga | 3.2 | 4.82 | November 6, 2002 | 033 |
| T'Pol is reactivated as a Vulcan intelligence agent and she is assigned to apprehend a fugitive. During the mission, a dark secret from her past is revealed, shattering her emotional control. | ||||||
| 208 | "The Communicator" | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga (story) André Bormanis (teleplay) |
3.0 | 4.46 | November 13, 2002 | 034 |
| After a short trip by Archer and Malcolm on a planet, Reed discovers he lost his communicator on the pre-warp planet and they are captured while trying to retrieve it. | ||||||
| 209 | "Singularity" | Chris Black | 3.1 | 4.83 | November 20, 2002 | 035 |
| Enterprise charts a course through a trinary star system to investigate a black hole and the crew find themselves suffering from a condition akin to obsessive–compulsive disorder. | ||||||
| 210 | "Vanishing Point" | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga | 2.5 | 3.78 | November 27, 2002 | 036 |
| After her first trip through the transporter, Hoshi finds herself turning invisible and the rest of the crew believing she's dead. | ||||||
| 211 | "Precious Cargo" | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga (story) David A. Goodman |
3.1 | 4.67 | December 11, 2002 | 037 |
| While answering a distress call, Trip is kidnapped along with a spoiled alien princess. | ||||||
| 212 | "The Catwalk" | Mike Sussman & Phyllis Strong | 3.0 | 4.73 | December 18, 2002 | 038 |
| The Enterprise crew takes refuge in a nacelle to avoid an inescapable radiation belt. | ||||||
| 213 | "Dawn" | John Shiban | 2.5 | 3.99 | January 8, 2003 | 039 |
| Trip is fired upon by an Arkonian ship and is stranded on a planet with his attacker. | ||||||
| 214 | "Stigma" | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga | 2.9 | 4.40 | February 5, 2003 | 040 |
| T'Pol learns she has Pa'nar Syndrome contracted from her mind meld in "Fusion" and must face being ostracized by Vulcan society and losing her position on Enterprise. | ||||||
| 215 | "Cease Fire" | Chris Black | 2.9 | 4.78 | February 12, 2003 | 041 |
| Archer negotiates a cease fire between Andorians and Vulcans. | ||||||
| 216 | "Future Tense" | Mike Sussman & Phyllis Strong | 2.9 | 4.62 | February 19, 2003 | 042 |
| Enterprise finds a derelict ship only to be attacked by Suliban and Tholian ships. | ||||||
| 217 | "Canamar" | Allan Koeker | 2.8 | 4.10 | February 26, 2003 | 043 |
| Mistaken as smugglers, Archer and Trip find themselves on a prisoner transport ship. | ||||||
| 218 | "The Crossing" | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga | 2.6 | 3.85 | April 2, 2003 | 044 |
| Incorporeal aliens attempt to take over Enterprise. | ||||||
| 219 | "Judgment" | David A. Goodman | 2.5 | 3.69 | April 9, 2003 | 045 |
| Archer is arrested and imprisoned by the Klingons for allegedly conspiring against the Empire. | ||||||
| 220 | "Horizon" | André Bormanis | 2.2 | 3.37 | April 16, 2003 | 046 |
| After the death of his father, Travis visits his family on their cargo ship and begins to reconsider his place aboard Enterprise. | ||||||
| 221 | "The Breach" | Chris Black & John Shiban | 2.3 | 3.19 | April 23, 2003 | 047 |
| Due to a militant faction's demands, Enterprise is asked to retrieve Denobulan geologists from an alien world. | ||||||
| 222 | "Cogenitor" | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga | 2.7 | 4.08 | April 30, 2003 | 048 |
| Enterprise encounters the Vissians, a more technologically advanced species, and Trip finds himself transfixed on the fact the Vissians are a three-sexed species, befriending one of them with tragic results. | ||||||
| 223 | "Regeneration" | Mike Sussman & Phyllis Strong | 2.7 | 4.12 | May 7, 2003 | 049 |
| A group of Borg (from Star Trek: First Contact) are revived after a century frozen in Arctic ice. | ||||||
| 224 | "First Flight" | John Shiban & Chris Black | 2.4 | 3.30 | May 14, 2003 | 050 |
| After hearing of the death of a close friend, Archer tells T'Pol about his early career as an experimental warp engine pilot. | ||||||
| 225 | "Bounty" | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga (story) Hans Tobeason and Mike Sussman & Phyllis Strong (teleplay) |
2.3 | 3.54 | May 14, 2003 | 051 |
| A Tellarite captures Archer in order to collect a reward from the Klingons who have been searching for the captain after the events of "Judgment". Meanwhile, a virus causes T'Pol to experience a premature pon farr. | ||||||
| 226 | "The Expanse" | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga | 2.8 | 3.88 | May 21, 2003 | 052 |
| An alien probe attacks Earth, killing 7 million people. Enterprise heads home for refitting before being sent into the Delphic Expanse in pursuit of the attackers. Meanwhile, T'Pol resigns her commission with the Vulcan High Command to stay aboard Enterprise. Trip also has trouble sleeping due to the loss of his sister, Elizabeth Tucker, in the alien attack on Earth. | ||||||
Reception[edit]
| Season | Timeslot | Season Premiere | Season Finale | TV Season | Rank | Viewers (in millions) |
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| 2nd | Wednesday 8:00PM | September 18, 2002 | May 21, 2003 | 2002–2003 | #132 | 3.94 |
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