The Essential Enterprise

Sadly this list isn’t very long. I have heard that many of the issues with the writing and direction was due to UPN network execs pressuring this show to compete with the likes of the CW teen dramas and other junk. This tight list brings out all the gems in a messy show. Here’s the list:

Season One
03 “Fight or Flight”
07 “The Andorian Incident”
08 “Breaking the Ice”
09 “Civilization”
13 “Dear Doctor”
17 “Fusion”

Season Two
40 “Stigma”
41 “Cease Fire”
48 “Cogenitor”
52 “The Expanse”

Season Three
53 “The Xindi”
54 “Anomoly”
57 “Impulse”
59 “The Shipment”
60 “Twilight”
62 “Simlitude”
63 “Carpenter Street”
65 “Proving Ground”
66 “Strategem”
67 “Harbinger”
70 “Azati Prime”
71 “Damage”
(NOTE: There’s stuff about a time traveler named Daniels. Don’t worry about it.)
72 “The Forgotten”
74 “The Council”
75 “Countdown”
76 “Zero Hour”
(NOTE: Something about alien Nazi’s. It’s stupid. All the good guys end up fine and it changes nothing about the trajectory of the show. Just pretend they got home safe and skip to episode 79.)

Season Four
79 “Home”
83 “The Forge”
84 “Awakening”
85 “Kir’Shara”
88 “Babel One”
89 ”United”
90 “The Aenar”
96 “Demons”
97 “Terra Prime”