
Scripted series · UPN
Star Trek: Enterprise
The future is closer than you think.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Star Trek: Enterprise actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Star Trek: Enterprise reads strongest on Spectacle, Character Depth and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
During the mid-22nd century, a century before Captain Kirk's five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the Earth-Romulan War and the formation of the Federation.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 97 episodes.

Season 0 · Unannounced
Specials
96 episodes
Special installments of the series.

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200125 episodes
7.1IMDbCaptain Jonathan Archer, son of the warp engine pioneer Henry, assembles a crew and takes the new starship Enterprise out into the heavens.
Best episode · S01E26 Shockwave (1)

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200226 episodes
7.2IMDbIn one short year, Jonathan Archer, captain of the starship Enterprise NX-01, has made a name for himself and his crew, both with his Starfleet superiors and perhaps less favorably with mankind's alien neighbors.
Best episode · S02E23 Regeneration

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
200324 episodes
7.6IMDbAfter a devastating attack on Earth kills seven million people, Captain Archer and the crew of the NX-01 venture into the Delphic Expanse to seek out those responsible.
Best episode · S03E08 Twilight

Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
200422 episodes
7.5IMDbUpon returning home after preventing a second Xindi attack, Enterprise explores cultural shifts on Vulcan; forges alliances with Earth's neighbors in the face of Romulan aggression; deals with a plague inside the Klingon Empire; explores the Mirror Universe; and overcomes xenophobic elements to lead an interstellar community.
Best episode · S04E13 United (2)
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S03E08
Twilight
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.
- Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill
- Written by Michael Sussman

S03E23
Countdown
With help from Xindi allies, the Enterprise crew attempts to stop the arming of the Weapon aimed toward Earth.
- Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill
- Written by Chris Black, André Bormanis

S01E26
Shockwave (1)
Starfleet orders Enterprise to return home when the crew seemingly causes the destruction of an alien planet. However, a visit from Crewman Daniels leads Archer to believe that this disaster was the plot of one of the factions from the temporal cold war.
- Directed by Allan Kroeker
- Written by Brannon Braga, Rick Berman

S03E24
Zero Hour
Archer puts his life on the line in a risky gambit to intercept the Xindi superweapon and disarm it from within.
- Directed by Allan Kroeker
- Written by Brannon Braga, Rick Berman

S03E13
Proving Ground
An Andorian ship led by Commander Shran arrives in the Delphic Expanse to help Enterprise hone in on the Xindi super-weapon.
- Directed by David Livingston
- Written by Chris Black

S03E18
Azati Prime
Archer sets out on a suicide mission to destroy the Xindi superweapon as Enterprise faces a brutal attack.
- Directed by Allan Kroeker
- Written by Brannon Braga, Rick Berman
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S00E40
Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise: Part Four - End of an Era
- Directed by Roger Lay, Jr.
- Written by Roger Lay, Jr.

S00E38
Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise: Part Two - Memorable Voyages
- Directed by Roger Lay, Jr.
- Written by Roger Lay, Jr.

S00E37
Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise: Part One - New Voices
- Directed by Roger Lay, Jr.
- Written by Roger Lay, Jr.

S00E39
Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise: Part Three - Final Approach
- Directed by Roger Lay, Jr.
- Written by Roger Lay, Jr.

S00E29
In a Time of War: Part Two - Front Lines
- Directed by Roger Lay, Jr.
- Written by Roger Lay, Jr.

S00E30
In a Time of War: Part Three - Final Conflict
- Directed by Roger Lay, Jr.
- Written by Roger Lay, Jr.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Brannon Braga
Showrunner

Rick Berman
Creator

Brent V. Friedman
Writer

David A. Goodman
Writer
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Ken LaZebnik
Writer
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Judith Reeves-Stevens
Writer
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Phyllis Strong
Writer

Chris Black
Writer
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Allan Kroeker
Writer
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André Jacquemetton
Writer
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Stephen Beck
Writer
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Tim Finch
Writer
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Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Writer

Manny Coto
Writer
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Maria Jacquemetton
Writer

André Bormanis
Writer
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James Duff
Writer

Fred Dekker
Writer
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Jonathan Fernandez
Writer

John Shiban
Writer
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Alan Brennert
Writer
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David Wilcox
Writer
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Michael Sussman
Writer
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Paul Brown
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Brannon BragaProducer
- Rick BermanProducer
- Manny CotoProducer
- John ShibanProducer
- Michael SussmanProducer
- Merri D. HowardProducer
Writing
- Brent V. FriedmanWriter
- Brannon BragaWriter
- Rick BermanWriter
- David A. GoodmanWriter
- Ken LaZebnikWriter
- Judith Reeves-StevensWriter
Direction
- Michael GrossmanDirector
- James A. ContnerDirector
- Jim CharlestonDirector
- Robert Duncan McNeillDirector
- James Whitmore Jr.Director
- Michael VejarDirector
Cinematography
- Marvin V. RushDirector of Photography
- Douglas KnappDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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The wider universe
Connected Series
Star Trek Television
Six decades of five-year missions.
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