Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3

Original Airdates: 2003-2004

Commentary

Despite its intention to reinvent the wheel, Season 3 fails to impress. Past Trek elements are frequently recycled. The fractured Xindi, for instance, feels similar to Voyager’s Kazon sects, while “Doctor’s Orders” is Enterprise’s “One.” Enterprise’s isolation closely aligns with Voyager’s... [READ MORE]

A stark contrast to other seasons, Enterprise’s third season features a season-long story arc stemming from the second season cliffhanger. Desperate to stop an inevitable second attack on Earth, ship and crew transverse the dangerous Expanse in a critical effort to track down the Xindi – a factioned group of multiple subspecies. Ultimately, they come to discover that the threat extends further than the Xindi, with repercussions extending beyond their own universe and timeline.

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    3-01: The Xindi

    In the Delphic Expanse, Enterprise continues its new quest to seek out the Xindi.
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    3-02: Anomaly

    Enterprise experiences unusual and dangerous anomalies within The Expanse.
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    3-03: Extinction

    Several crewmembers transform into another species on an alien world.
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    3-04: Rajiin

    Enterprise rescues a mysterious woman from slavatude.
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    3-05: Impulse

    An Enterprise boarding party is in grave danger aboard a crippled Vulcan ship while T’Pol experiences extreme negative effects from the Expanse.
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    3-06: Exile

    A lonely telepathic alien insists that Hoshi remain with him as a price for helping the Enterprise with the Xindi.
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    3-07: The Shipment

    Enterprise works to stop the shipment of kemocite, a critical component needed for the Xindi weapon.
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    3-08: Twilight

    Years after the Xindi successfully destroy Earth, T’Pol looks after a disabled Archer, who can no longer establish new long-term memories after an accident years earlier.
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    3-09: North Star

    Enterprise discovers a primitive human colony in the Delphic Expanse, whose inhabitants were abducted centuries ago.
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    3-10: Similitude

    When Trip is seriously injured, Phlox utilizes a highly controversial treatment.
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    3-11: Carpenter Street

    Upon discovering Xindi on Earth during the 21st century, Daniels recruits Archer and T’Pol to investigate.
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    3-12: Chosen Realm

    Enterprise is seized by a group of religious fanatics.
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    3-13: Proving Ground

    Shran’s ulterior motives are exposed after offering assistance to Enterprise.
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    3-14: Stratagem

    Archer tries to trick Degra into revealing secrets of the Xindi weapon.
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    3-15: Harbinger

    Enterprise rescues a mysterious trans-dimensional alien, tensions mount between Reed and Hayes, and T'Pol and Tucker grow closer.
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    3-16: Doctor’s Orders

    With the rest of the crew in suspended animation, Doctor Phlox mans the Enterprise solely through a trans-dimensional disturbance.
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    3-17: Hatchery

    An infection leaves Archer compulsive in protecting an Insectoid hatchery.
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    3-18: Azati Prime

    When Enterprise reaches Azati Prime, Daniels reaches out to Archer, who is prepared to take drastic measures to stop the weapon.
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    3-19: Damage

    Badly damaged and facing certain defeat, Archer resorts to sacrificing another crew to save Enterprise's mission.
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    3-20: The Forgotten

    Crippled and mourning, Enterprise rendezvous with Degra to continue negotiations while Tucker confronts his own sorrow.
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    3-21: E2

    Enterprise is split into two ships - one of which is from the future.
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    3-22: The Council

    With Degra’s help, Archer tries to convince the Xindi Council to delay launching the weapon.
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    3-23: Countdown

    Enterprise hurries to rally Xindi support to stop the weapon and rescue Hoshi.
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    3-24: Zero Hour

    With the Xindi weapon en route to Earth, Enterprise races to stop it at all cost.