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Broken Bow
 A Klingon named Klaang is injured after being shot by a farmer on Earth, while trying to escape from several Suliban after him. The Vulcans who advise Starfleet advise mercy killing, and sending his body back to Qo'nos. Captain Jonathan Archer convinces Admiral Forrest and Starfleet to spare Klaang, and to allow the new Enterprise NX-01 to start it's mission early, returning Klaang to Qo'nos themselves. Cast:
Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer
Guest Cast:
John Fleck as Silik Rating: 9/10
 The second episode of Enterprise tells the story of the crew's first adventure after they are formally introduced to their mission. We are introduced to a very bored and disappointed Enterprise crew. They have been out for two weeks, and they have found nothing but an alien slug named "Sluggo". Besides that, the crew is readily preparing for their first first contact, with experiments with an exceptionally inaccurate weapons system. Guest Cast:
Jeff Rickets as Alien Captain Rating: 8/10
 A new planet is discovered that is surprisingly like Earth. Archer decides to take an away team to explore it, against the wishes of T’Pol, who suggests a more conservative approach. Guest Cast:
Kellie Waymire as Elizabeth Cutler Rating: 8/10
 The story opens with Enterprise afflicted with an amusing series of system malfunctions. They soon discover the cause: a cloaked alien vessel riding in the wake of their plasma exhaust. Guest Cast:
Julianne Christie as Ah'Len Rating: 8/10
 Enterprise goes to investigate the Terra Nova Colony. Unfortunately, the colonists stopped responding to Earth's transmissions about seventy years earlier, and this prompts the crew to "solve the mystery."
Guest Cast:
Erick Avari as Jamin Rating: 6/10
Rating: 8/10
 As Enterprise warps through the depths of space, Captain Archer decides to take the opportunity to visit a nearby ancient Vulcan monastery called P'Jem, a sanctuary for meditation and "Kolinahr," or purging of emotion
Guest Cast:
Jeffrey Combs as Shran Rating: 9/10
 The Enterprise crew is thrilled to encounter the biggest comet humans have ever seen, one that's 82.6 kilometers in diameter with a spectacular tail.
Guest Cast:
William Utay as Vanik Rating: 7/10
 Excitement is brewing onboard Enterprise as the starship enters orbit of a Minshara-class planet with 500 million lifeforms.
Guest Cast:
Diane DiLascio as Riann Rating: 9/10
 Sent by Admiral Forrest to respond to an automated distress call, Enterprise intercepts the Earth cargo freighter Fortunate and finds it badly damaged and not responding to hails.
Guest Cast:
Lawrence Monoson as Matthew Ryan Rating: 7/10
 Enterprise navigates into a stellar nursery hoping to make contact with some of the alien vessels detected among the colorful gases and protostars.
Guest Cast:
John Fleck as Silik Rating: 9.5/10
 The Enterprise crew is in the process of deploying the second in a series of subspace amplifiers that will allow better communications with home, when an unidentified ship drops out of warp.
Guest Cast:
Jane Carr as Mary Reed Rating: 8/10
 Now that the Enterprise crew is communicating regularly with Earth, Hoshi observes that Dr. Phlox is getting more letters from home than anyone else. Phlox has been corresponding with a human medical colleague named Dr. Lucas, who is now serving on Phlox's home planet Denobula.
Guest Cast:
Kellie Waymire as Elizabeth Cutler Rating: 9/10
 Hoshi's target practice with Reed is interrupted when Enterprise drops out of warp to investigate a Class-9 gas giant.
Guest Cast:
Michelle C. Bonilla as Bu'Kah Rating: 7.5/10
 Admiral Forrest learns from Ambassador Soval that the sacred Vulcan monastery at P'Jem has been destroyed, a result of Captain Archer's discovery of a surveillance station beneath the sanctuary and his sharing the finding with the hostile Andorians.
Guest Cast:
Jeffrey Combs as Shran Rating: 8/10
 Commander Tucker and Lt. Reed have been on a mission to test the targeting scanners on Shuttlepod 1, requiring them to fly the craft at least 20,000 kilometers from Enterprise.
Guest Cast:
None
Rating: 9/10
 En route to exploring the Arachnid Nebula, the crew of Enterprise NX-01 is hailed by a civilian Vulcan ship. The ship's captain, Tavin, reveals that his vessel is in need of repairs.
Guest Cast:
Enrique Murciano as Tolaris Rating: 4/10
 Captain Archer is eager to investigate the dark surface of a "rogue" planet : one that has broken out of its orbit.
Guest Cast:
Stephanie Niznik as Woman Rating: 7/10
 When the entire crew is rendered unconscious, a quartet of large-eared, bickering thieves invades Enterprise.
Guest Cast:
Jeffrey Combs as Krem Rating: 7/10
 Archer, Tucker and T'Pol partake in a spicy dinner with an exotic alien trader named D'Marr, discussing with him their needs for raw materials to patch up Enterprise.
Guest Cast:
Tom Bergeron as D'Marr Rating: 8/10
 Disoriented, Mayweather slowly awakens to find himself and the unconscious Archer inside a dilapidated prison cell, with no idea where they are or how they got there.
Guest Cast:
Dean Stockwell as Colonel Grat Rating: 9.5/10
 Following an extremely awkward first contact meal with an alien race known as the Kreetassans, Archer struggles to learn what offended his strange guests, while Hoshi works frantically to decipher their incredibly complex language. Unsuccessful at communication, Archer and Hoshi watch helplessly as the indignant Kreetassans return to their ship and disengage.
Guest Cast:
Vaughn Armstrong as Kreetassan Captain Rating: 9.5/10
 After ten months without a break, T'Pol notes efficiency onboard Enterprise is down three percent, and suggests a shore leave on the nearby tropical planet of Risa.
Guest Cast:
Fionnula Flanagan as V'Lar Rating: 9/10
 After a brief detour, Enterprise and its crew are back on their way to famed pleasure planet Risa.
Guest Cast:
Clancy Brown as Zobral Rating: 7.5/10
 Finally arriving at planet Risa, the weary Enterprise crew eagerly embarks on a long overdue shore leave on the tropical paradise for two days and two nights.
Guest Cast:
Kellie Waymire as Elizabeth Cutler Rating: 5/10
 Eager to visit the deep-space colony of a race called the Paraagans, Captain Archer leads an away team toward the surface of an alien planet.
Guest Cast:
John Fleck as Silik Rating: 10/10 Small Review: The best Enterprise so far, by a long way. Archer is shaping up to be a great captain and I feel he has really settled into his role.
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