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The Most Generic ENTERPRISE Episode...

Which is the most generic ENTERPRISE episode?

  • THE COUNCIL

    Votes: 5 83.3%
  • COUNTDOWN

    Votes: 1 16.7%

  • Total voters
    6

Farscape One

Admiral
Admiral
This was inspired by the VOYAGER thread.

The goal is to eliminate all episodes that are not unique or arc like until we are left with a single episode that is the most general of the series or franchise.

Here is the list in production order...

BROKEN BOW
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
STRANGE NEW WORLD
UNEXPECTED
TERRA NOVA
THE ANDORIAN INCIDENT
BREAKING THE ICE
CIVILIZATION
FORTUNATE SON
COLD FRONT
SILENT ENEMY
DEAR DOCTOR
SLEEPING DOGS
SHADOWS OF P'JEM
SHUTTLEPOD ONE
FUSION
ROGUE PLANET
ACQUISITION
OASIS
DETAINED
VOX SOLA
FALLEN HERO
DESERT CROSSING
TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS
SHOCKWAVE
CARBON CREEK
SHOCKWAVE, PART II
MINEFIELD
A NIGHT IN SICKBAY
DEAD STOP
MARAUDERS
THE SEVENTH
THE COMMUNICATOR
SINGULARITY
VANISHING POINT
PRECIOUS CARGO
THE CATWALK
DAWN
STIGMA
CEASE FIRE
FUTURE TENSE
CANAMAR
THE CROSSING
JUDGMENT
HORIZON
THE BREACH
COGENITOR
REGENERATION
FIRST FLIGHT
BOUNTY
THE EXPANSE
THE XINDI
ANOMALY
EXTINCTION
RAJIIN
IMPULSE
EXILE
THE SHIPMENT
TWILIGHT
NORTH STAR
SIMILITUDE
CARPENTER STREET
CHOSEN REALM
PROVING GROUND
STRATAGEM
HARBINGER
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
HATCHERY
AZATI PRIME
DAMAGE
THE FORGOTTEN
E2
THE COUNCIL
COUNTDOWN
ZERO HOUR
STORM FRONT
STORM FRONT, PART II
HOME
BORDERLAND
COLD STATION 12
THE AUGMENTS
THE FORGE
AWAKENING
KIR'SHARA
DAEDALUS
OBSERVER EFFECT
BABEL ONE
UNITED
THE AENAR
AFFLICTION
DIVERGENCE
BOUND
IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II
DEMONS
TERRA PRIME
THESE ARE THE VOYAGES...


I will start by breaking "IN A MIRROR, DARKLY". We never had an episode that takes place ENTIRELY in the mirror universe before.
 
Here is the list in production order, minus the eliminated shows:

BROKEN BOW
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
STRANGE NEW WORLD
UNEXPECTED
TERRA NOVA
THE ANDORIAN INCIDENT
BREAKING THE ICE
CIVILIZATION
FORTUNATE SON
COLD FRONT
SILENT ENEMY
DEAR DOCTOR
SLEEPING DOGS
SHADOWS OF P'JEM
SHUTTLEPOD ONE
FUSION
ROGUE PLANET
ACQUISITION
OASIS
DETAINED
VOX SOLA
FALLEN HERO
DESERT CROSSING
TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS
SHOCKWAVE
CARBON CREEK
SHOCKWAVE, PART II
MINEFIELD
A NIGHT IN SICKBAY
DEAD STOP
MARAUDERS
THE SEVENTH
THE COMMUNICATOR
SINGULARITY
VANISHING POINT
PRECIOUS CARGO
THE CATWALK
DAWN
STIGMA
CEASE FIRE
FUTURE TENSE
CANAMAR
THE CROSSING
JUDGMENT
HORIZON
THE BREACH
COGENITOR
REGENERATION
FIRST FLIGHT
BOUNTY
THE EXPANSE
THE XINDI
ANOMALY
EXTINCTION
RAJIIN
IMPULSE
EXILE
THE SHIPMENT
TWILIGHT
NORTH STAR
SIMILITUDE
CARPENTER STREET
CHOSEN REALM
PROVING GROUND
STRATAGEM
HARBINGER
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
HATCHERY
AZATI PRIME
DAMAGE
THE FORGOTTEN
E2
THE COUNCIL
COUNTDOWN
ZERO HOUR
STORM FRONT
STORM FRONT, PART II
HOME
BORDERLAND
COLD STATION 12
THE AUGMENTS
THE FORGE
AWAKENING
KIR'SHARA
DAEDALUS
OBSERVER EFFECT
BABEL ONE
UNITED
THE AENAR
AFFLICTION
DIVERGENCE
BOUND
IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II
DEMONS
TERRA PRIME

Alrighty, I'll pick "THESE ARE THE VOYAGES." The only Trek finale that was hijacked by another Trek show -- and that pissed off enough of TPTB that it was retconned in its subsequent novel relaunch.
 
Here is the list in production order, minus the eliminated shows:

BROKEN BOW
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
STRANGE NEW WORLD
UNEXPECTED
TERRA NOVA
THE ANDORIAN INCIDENT
BREAKING THE ICE
CIVILIZATION
FORTUNATE SON
COLD FRONT
SILENT ENEMY
DEAR DOCTOR
SLEEPING DOGS
SHADOWS OF P'JEM
SHUTTLEPOD ONE
FUSION
ROGUE PLANET
ACQUISITION
OASIS
DETAINED
VOX SOLA
FALLEN HERO
DESERT CROSSING
TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS
SHOCKWAVE
CARBON CREEK
SHOCKWAVE, PART II
MINEFIELD
A NIGHT IN SICKBAY
DEAD STOP
MARAUDERS
THE SEVENTH
THE COMMUNICATOR
SINGULARITY
VANISHING POINT
PRECIOUS CARGO
THE CATWALK
DAWN
STIGMA
CEASE FIRE
FUTURE TENSE
CANAMAR
THE CROSSING
JUDGMENT
HORIZON
THE BREACH
COGENITOR
REGENERATION
FIRST FLIGHT
BOUNTY
THE EXPANSE
ANOMALY
EXTINCTION
RAJIIN
IMPULSE
EXILE
THE SHIPMENT
TWILIGHT
NORTH STAR
SIMILITUDE
CARPENTER STREET
CHOSEN REALM
PROVING GROUND
STRATAGEM
HARBINGER
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
HATCHERY
AZATI PRIME
DAMAGE
THE FORGOTTEN
E2
THE COUNCIL
COUNTDOWN
ZERO HOUR
STORM FRONT
STORM FRONT, PART II
HOME
BORDERLAND
COLD STATION 12
THE AUGMENTS
THE FORGE
AWAKENING
KIR'SHARA
DAEDALUS
OBSERVER EFFECT
BABEL ONE
UNITED
THE AENAR
AFFLICTION
DIVERGENCE
BOUND
IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II
DEMONS
TERRA PRIME

"THE XINDI" is taken out. A single species that has 6 versions of it was very unique, and I applaud that ingenuity.
 
BROKEN BOW
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
STRANGE NEW WORLD
UNEXPECTED
TERRA NOVA
THE ANDORIAN INCIDENT
BREAKING THE ICE
CIVILIZATION
FORTUNATE SON
COLD FRONT
SILENT ENEMY
DEAR DOCTOR
SLEEPING DOGS
SHADOWS OF P'JEM
SHUTTLEPOD ONE
FUSION
ROGUE PLANET
ACQUISITION
OASIS
DETAINED
VOX SOLA
FALLEN HERO
DESERT CROSSING
TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS
SHOCKWAVE
SHOCKWAVE, PART II
MINEFIELD
A NIGHT IN SICKBAY
DEAD STOP
MARAUDERS
THE SEVENTH
THE COMMUNICATOR
SINGULARITY
VANISHING POINT
PRECIOUS CARGO
THE CATWALK
DAWN
STIGMA
CEASE FIRE
FUTURE TENSE
CANAMAR
THE CROSSING
JUDGMENT
HORIZON
THE BREACH
COGENITOR
REGENERATION
FIRST FLIGHT
BOUNTY
THE EXPANSE
ANOMALY
EXTINCTION
RAJIIN
IMPULSE
EXILE
THE SHIPMENT
TWILIGHT
NORTH STAR
SIMILITUDE
CARPENTER STREET
CHOSEN REALM
PROVING GROUND
STRATAGEM
HARBINGER
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
HATCHERY
AZATI PRIME
DAMAGE
THE FORGOTTEN
E2
THE COUNCIL
COUNTDOWN
ZERO HOUR
STORM FRONT
STORM FRONT, PART II
HOME
BORDERLAND
COLD STATION 12
THE AUGMENTS
THE FORGE
AWAKENING
KIR'SHARA
DAEDALUS
OBSERVER EFFECT
BABEL ONE
UNITED
THE AENAR
AFFLICTION
DIVERGENCE
BOUND
IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II
DEMONS
TERRA PRIME

@Farscape One awesome idea! Which one will be the most "generic" ENT episode? I look forward about the result.

Well, my first candidate is CARBON CREEK, it changed the official history.
 
BROKEN BOW
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
STRANGE NEW WORLD
UNEXPECTED
TERRA NOVA
BREAKING THE ICE
CIVILIZATION
FORTUNATE SON
COLD FRONT
SILENT ENEMY
DEAR DOCTOR
SLEEPING DOGS
SHADOWS OF P'JEM
SHUTTLEPOD ONE
FUSION
ROGUE PLANET
ACQUISITION
OASIS
DETAINED
VOX SOLA
FALLEN HERO
DESERT CROSSING
TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS
SHOCKWAVE
SHOCKWAVE, PART II
MINEFIELD
A NIGHT IN SICKBAY
DEAD STOP
MARAUDERS
THE SEVENTH
THE COMMUNICATOR
SINGULARITY
VANISHING POINT
PRECIOUS CARGO
THE CATWALK
DAWN
STIGMA
CEASE FIRE
FUTURE TENSE
CANAMAR
THE CROSSING
JUDGMENT
HORIZON
THE BREACH
COGENITOR
REGENERATION
FIRST FLIGHT
BOUNTY
THE EXPANSE
ANOMALY
EXTINCTION
RAJIIN
IMPULSE
EXILE
THE SHIPMENT
TWILIGHT
NORTH STAR
SIMILITUDE
CARPENTER STREET
CHOSEN REALM
PROVING GROUND
STRATAGEM
HARBINGER
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
HATCHERY
AZATI PRIME
DAMAGE
THE FORGOTTEN
E2
THE COUNCIL
COUNTDOWN
ZERO HOUR
STORM FRONT
STORM FRONT, PART II
HOME
BORDERLAND
COLD STATION 12
THE AUGMENTS
THE FORGE
AWAKENING
KIR'SHARA
DAEDALUS
OBSERVER EFFECT
BABEL ONE
UNITED
THE AENAR
AFFLICTION
DIVERGENCE
BOUND
IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II
DEMONS
TERRA PRIME

"THE ANDORIAN INCIDENT" because it gave the Andorians a fabulous new makeover with moving antennae and Jeffrey Combs as Shran, changing our view of them (for the better) forever.
 
I'm sorry, but I've no idea what's going on here
What is the criteria for taking titles off the list ?
Slowly please
 
We eliminate episodes from this list that are unique or doesn't use a typical trope or plot.

For example, one would eliminate the VOYAGER episode "THE CLOUD" because before that, we never saw a nebula being an actual lifeform. That makes it unique.

Or eliminate the VOYAGER episode "BLINK OF AN EYE" because we get to see an entire society from its beginnings to middle ages to their space age... a chronology of their advancement.

By the same token, we eliminated "THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..." from this list because it was the only finale of STAR TREK that was essentially not even about its own series... hijacked by an earlier show. Elimination by being virtual universally reviled and hated is another way this episode is unique.

Does that make sense, Delta Vega?
 
We eliminate episodes from this list that are unique or doesn't use a typical trope or plot.

For example, one would eliminate the VOYAGER episode "THE CLOUD" because before that, we never saw a nebula being an actual lifeform. That makes it unique.

Or eliminate the VOYAGER episode "BLINK OF AN EYE" because we get to see an entire society from its beginnings to middle ages to their space age... a chronology of their advancement.

By the same token, we eliminated "THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..." from this list because it was the only finale of STAR TREK that was essentially not even about its own series... hijacked by an earlier show. Elimination by being virtual universally reviled and hated is another way this episode is unique.

Does that make sense, Delta Vega?

Thanks, kinda :lol:
 
BROKEN BOW
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
STRANGE NEW WORLD
UNEXPECTED
TERRA NOVA
BREAKING THE ICE
CIVILIZATION
FORTUNATE SON
COLD FRONT
SILENT ENEMY
DEAR DOCTOR
SLEEPING DOGS
SHADOWS OF P'JEM
SHUTTLEPOD ONE
FUSION
ROGUE PLANET
ACQUISITION
OASIS
DETAINED
VOX SOLA
FALLEN HERO
DESERT CROSSING
TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS
SHOCKWAVE
SHOCKWAVE, PART II
MINEFIELD
DEAD STOP
MARAUDERS
THE SEVENTH
THE COMMUNICATOR
SINGULARITY
VANISHING POINT
PRECIOUS CARGO
THE CATWALK
DAWN
STIGMA
CEASE FIRE
FUTURE TENSE
CANAMAR
THE CROSSING
JUDGMENT
HORIZON
THE BREACH
COGENITOR
REGENERATION
FIRST FLIGHT
BOUNTY
THE EXPANSE
ANOMALY
EXTINCTION
RAJIIN
IMPULSE
EXILE
THE SHIPMENT
TWILIGHT
NORTH STAR
SIMILITUDE
CARPENTER STREET
CHOSEN REALM
PROVING GROUND
STRATAGEM
HARBINGER
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
HATCHERY
AZATI PRIME
DAMAGE
THE FORGOTTEN
E2
THE COUNCIL
COUNTDOWN
ZERO HOUR
STORM FRONT
STORM FRONT, PART II
HOME
BORDERLAND
COLD STATION 12
THE AUGMENTS
THE FORGE
AWAKENING
KIR'SHARA
DAEDALUS
OBSERVER EFFECT
BABEL ONE
UNITED
THE AENAR
AFFLICTION
DIVERGENCE
BOUND
IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II
DEMONS
TERRA PRIME


"A NIGHT IN SICKBAY" sees the dawn. The first, and probably only, time a big chunk of an episode is devoted to a dog.
 
BROKEN BOW
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
STRANGE NEW WORLD
UNEXPECTED
TERRA NOVA
BREAKING THE ICE
CIVILIZATION
FORTUNATE SON
COLD FRONT
SILENT ENEMY
DEAR DOCTOR
SLEEPING DOGS
SHADOWS OF P'JEM
SHUTTLEPOD ONE
FUSION
ROGUE PLANET
ACQUISITION
OASIS
DETAINED
VOX SOLA
FALLEN HERO
DESERT CROSSING
TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS
SHOCKWAVE
SHOCKWAVE, PART II
MINEFIELD
MARAUDERS
THE SEVENTH
THE COMMUNICATOR
SINGULARITY
VANISHING POINT
PRECIOUS CARGO
THE CATWALK
DAWN
STIGMA
CEASE FIRE
FUTURE TENSE
CANAMAR
THE CROSSING
JUDGMENT
HORIZON
THE BREACH
COGENITOR
REGENERATION
FIRST FLIGHT
BOUNTY
THE EXPANSE
ANOMALY
EXTINCTION
RAJIIN
IMPULSE
EXILE
THE SHIPMENT
TWILIGHT
NORTH STAR
SIMILITUDE
CARPENTER STREET
CHOSEN REALM
PROVING GROUND
STRATAGEM
HARBINGER
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
HATCHERY
AZATI PRIME
DAMAGE
THE FORGOTTEN
E2
THE COUNCIL
COUNTDOWN
ZERO HOUR
STORM FRONT
STORM FRONT, PART II
HOME
BORDERLAND
COLD STATION 12
THE AUGMENTS
THE FORGE
AWAKENING
KIR'SHARA
DAEDALUS
OBSERVER EFFECT
BABEL ONE
UNITED
THE AENAR
AFFLICTION
DIVERGENCE
BOUND
IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II
DEMONS
TERRA PRIME

The next one is DEAD STOP, a very unique and excellent horror story, maybe the best ST horror episode, imho.
 
BROKEN BOW
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
STRANGE NEW WORLD
UNEXPECTED
TERRA NOVA
BREAKING THE ICE
CIVILIZATION
FORTUNATE SON
COLD FRONT
SILENT ENEMY
DEAR DOCTOR
SLEEPING DOGS
SHADOWS OF P'JEM
SHUTTLEPOD ONE
FUSION
ROGUE PLANET
ACQUISITION
OASIS
DETAINED
VOX SOLA
FALLEN HERO
DESERT CROSSING
TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS
SHOCKWAVE
SHOCKWAVE, PART II
MINEFIELD
MARAUDERS
THE SEVENTH
THE COMMUNICATOR
SINGULARITY
VANISHING POINT
PRECIOUS CARGO
THE CATWALK
DAWN
STIGMA
CEASE FIRE
FUTURE TENSE
CANAMAR
THE CROSSING
JUDGMENT
HORIZON
THE BREACH
COGENITOR
REGENERATION
FIRST FLIGHT
BOUNTY
THE EXPANSE
ANOMALY
EXTINCTION
RAJIIN
IMPULSE
EXILE
THE SHIPMENT
TWILIGHT
NORTH STAR
SIMILITUDE
CARPENTER STREET
CHOSEN REALM
PROVING GROUND
STRATAGEM
HARBINGER
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
HATCHERY
DAMAGE
THE FORGOTTEN
E2
THE COUNCIL
COUNTDOWN
ZERO HOUR
STORM FRONT
STORM FRONT, PART II
HOME
BORDERLAND
COLD STATION 12
THE AUGMENTS
THE FORGE
AWAKENING
KIR'SHARA
DAEDALUS
OBSERVER EFFECT
BABEL ONE
UNITED
THE AENAR
AFFLICTION
DIVERGENCE
BOUND
IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II
DEMONS
TERRA PRIME

"Azati prime." The ship gets the shit kicked out of her, a bunch of the crew dies, and it's not a dream or a time travel story or an alternate rewindable doohickey or the end of the series/movie. There's still a mission, and they have to pick up the pieces and get it done, with the ship still a wreck. I loved that.
 
BROKEN BOW
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
STRANGE NEW WORLD
UNEXPECTED
TERRA NOVA
BREAKING THE ICE
CIVILIZATION
FORTUNATE SON
COLD FRONT
SILENT ENEMY
DEAR DOCTOR
SLEEPING DOGS
SHADOWS OF P'JEM
SHUTTLEPOD ONE
FUSION
ROGUE PLANET
ACQUISITION
OASIS
DETAINED
VOX SOLA
FALLEN HERO
DESERT CROSSING
TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS
SHOCKWAVE
SHOCKWAVE, PART II
MINEFIELD
MARAUDERS
THE SEVENTH
THE COMMUNICATOR
SINGULARITY
VANISHING POINT
PRECIOUS CARGO
THE CATWALK
DAWN
STIGMA
CEASE FIRE
FUTURE TENSE
CANAMAR
THE CROSSING
JUDGMENT
HORIZON
THE BREACH
COGENITOR
REGENERATION
FIRST FLIGHT
BOUNTY
THE EXPANSE
ANOMALY
EXTINCTION
RAJIIN
IMPULSE
EXILE
THE SHIPMENT
TWILIGHT
NORTH STAR
SIMILITUDE
CARPENTER STREET
CHOSEN REALM
PROVING GROUND
STRATAGEM
HARBINGER
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
HATCHERY
DAMAGE
THE FORGOTTEN
E2
THE COUNCIL
COUNTDOWN
ZERO HOUR
STORM FRONT
STORM FRONT, PART II
HOME
BORDERLAND
COLD STATION 12
THE AUGMENTS
THE FORGE
AWAKENING
KIR'SHARA
DAEDALUS
OBSERVER EFFECT
BABEL ONE
UNITED
THE AENAR
DIVERGENCE
BOUND
IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II
DEMONS
TERRA PRIME

I am curing the "AFFLICTION". It's the first time we see both versions (at the time) of Klingons in the same episode, and the first to actually explain what happened.
 
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
STRANGE NEW WORLD
UNEXPECTED
TERRA NOVA
BREAKING THE ICE
CIVILIZATION
FORTUNATE SON
COLD FRONT
SILENT ENEMY
DEAR DOCTOR
SLEEPING DOGS
SHADOWS OF P'JEM
SHUTTLEPOD ONE
FUSION
ROGUE PLANET
ACQUISITION
OASIS
DETAINED
VOX SOLA
FALLEN HERO
DESERT CROSSING
TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS
SHOCKWAVE
SHOCKWAVE, PART II
MINEFIELD
MARAUDERS
THE SEVENTH
THE COMMUNICATOR
SINGULARITY
VANISHING POINT
PRECIOUS CARGO
THE CATWALK
DAWN
STIGMA
CEASE FIRE
FUTURE TENSE
CANAMAR
THE CROSSING
JUDGMENT
HORIZON
THE BREACH
COGENITOR
REGENERATION
FIRST FLIGHT
BOUNTY
THE EXPANSE
ANOMALY
EXTINCTION
RAJIIN
IMPULSE
EXILE
THE SHIPMENT
TWILIGHT
NORTH STAR
SIMILITUDE
CARPENTER STREET
CHOSEN REALM
PROVING GROUND
STRATAGEM
HARBINGER
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
HATCHERY
DAMAGE
THE FORGOTTEN
E2
THE COUNCIL
COUNTDOWN
ZERO HOUR
STORM FRONT
STORM FRONT, PART II
HOME
BORDERLAND
COLD STATION 12
THE AUGMENTS
THE FORGE
AWAKENING
KIR'SHARA
DAEDALUS
OBSERVER EFFECT
BABEL ONE
UNITED
THE AENAR
DIVERGENCE
BOUND
IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II
DEMONS
TERRA PRIME

And I take BROKEN BOW. It is one of the best pilot episodes of all franchises. Nevertheless it is not my reason to choose it. We can see so many things for the first time. I mean, of course chronically we see first time a Vulcan, a Klingon, launching of first Warp 5 capable ship, plasma riffle, Qo'noS, etc., but they cannot be count as "first time". We have premiere of some other amazing things from 22nd century like NX-Class ship, uniforms with zippers and pockets, sweet spot, not fully developed transformer, decon chamber, etc.
 
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
STRANGE NEW WORLD
UNEXPECTED
TERRA NOVA
BREAKING THE ICE
CIVILIZATION
FORTUNATE SON
COLD FRONT
SILENT ENEMY
DEAR DOCTOR
SLEEPING DOGS
SHADOWS OF P'JEM
SHUTTLEPOD ONE
FUSION
ROGUE PLANET
ACQUISITION
OASIS
DETAINED
VOX SOLA
FALLEN HERO
DESERT CROSSING
TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS
SHOCKWAVE
SHOCKWAVE, PART II
MINEFIELD
MARAUDERS
THE SEVENTH
THE COMMUNICATOR
SINGULARITY
VANISHING POINT
PRECIOUS CARGO
THE CATWALK
DAWN
STIGMA
CEASE FIRE
FUTURE TENSE
CANAMAR
THE CROSSING
JUDGMENT
HORIZON
THE BREACH
COGENITOR
REGENERATION
FIRST FLIGHT
BOUNTY
THE EXPANSE
ANOMALY
EXTINCTION
RAJIIN
IMPULSE
EXILE
THE SHIPMENT
TWILIGHT
NORTH STAR
SIMILITUDE
CARPENTER STREET
CHOSEN REALM
PROVING GROUND
STRATAGEM
HARBINGER
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
HATCHERY
DAMAGE
THE FORGOTTEN
E2
THE COUNCIL
COUNTDOWN
ZERO HOUR
STORM FRONT
STORM FRONT, PART II
HOME
BORDERLAND
COLD STATION 12
THE AUGMENTS
THE FORGE
AWAKENING
KIR'SHARA
DAEDALUS
OBSERVER EFFECT
BABEL ONE
UNITED
DIVERGENCE
BOUND
IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II
DEMONS
TERRA PRIME

I pick "THE AENAR" wherein we learn there's an Andorian subspecies.
 
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
STRANGE NEW WORLD
UNEXPECTED
TERRA NOVA
BREAKING THE ICE
CIVILIZATION
FORTUNATE SON
COLD FRONT
SILENT ENEMY
DEAR DOCTOR
SLEEPING DOGS
SHADOWS OF P'JEM
SHUTTLEPOD ONE
FUSION
ROGUE PLANET
ACQUISITION
OASIS
DETAINED
VOX SOLA
FALLEN HERO
DESERT CROSSING
TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS
SHOCKWAVE
SHOCKWAVE, PART II
MINEFIELD
MARAUDERS
THE SEVENTH
THE COMMUNICATOR
SINGULARITY
VANISHING POINT
PRECIOUS CARGO
THE CATWALK
DAWN
STIGMA
CEASE FIRE
FUTURE TENSE
CANAMAR
THE CROSSING
JUDGMENT
HORIZON
THE BREACH
COGENITOR
REGENERATION
FIRST FLIGHT
BOUNTY
THE EXPANSE
ANOMALY
EXTINCTION
RAJIIN
EXILE
THE SHIPMENT
TWILIGHT
NORTH STAR
SIMILITUDE
CARPENTER STREET
CHOSEN REALM
PROVING GROUND
STRATAGEM
HARBINGER
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
HATCHERY
DAMAGE
THE FORGOTTEN
E2
THE COUNCIL
COUNTDOWN
ZERO HOUR
STORM FRONT
STORM FRONT, PART II
HOME
BORDERLAND
COLD STATION 12
THE AUGMENTS
THE FORGE
AWAKENING
KIR'SHARA
DAEDALUS
OBSERVER EFFECT
BABEL ONE
UNITED
DIVERGENCE
BOUND
IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II
DEMONS
TERRA PRIME

Removing the "IMPULSE". A ship full of zombie Vulcans? That's a pretty rare scenario.
 
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
STRANGE NEW WORLD
UNEXPECTED
TERRA NOVA
BREAKING THE ICE
CIVILIZATION
FORTUNATE SON
COLD FRONT
SILENT ENEMY
DEAR DOCTOR
SLEEPING DOGS
SHADOWS OF P'JEM
FUSION
ROGUE PLANET
ACQUISITION
OASIS
DETAINED
VOX SOLA
FALLEN HERO
DESERT CROSSING
TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS
SHOCKWAVE
SHOCKWAVE, PART II
MINEFIELD
MARAUDERS
THE SEVENTH
THE COMMUNICATOR
SINGULARITY
VANISHING POINT
PRECIOUS CARGO
THE CATWALK
DAWN
STIGMA
CEASE FIRE
FUTURE TENSE
CANAMAR
THE CROSSING
JUDGMENT
HORIZON
THE BREACH
COGENITOR
REGENERATION
FIRST FLIGHT
BOUNTY
THE EXPANSE
ANOMALY
EXTINCTION
RAJIIN
EXILE
THE SHIPMENT
TWILIGHT
NORTH STAR
SIMILITUDE
CARPENTER STREET
CHOSEN REALM
PROVING GROUND
STRATAGEM
HARBINGER
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
HATCHERY
DAMAGE
THE FORGOTTEN
E2
THE COUNCIL
COUNTDOWN
ZERO HOUR
STORM FRONT
STORM FRONT, PART II
HOME
BORDERLAND
COLD STATION 12
THE AUGMENTS
THE FORGE
AWAKENING
KIR'SHARA
DAEDALUS
OBSERVER EFFECT
BABEL ONE
UNITED
DIVERGENCE
BOUND
IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II
DEMONS
TERRA PRIME

Removing "SHUTTLEPOD ONE" A whole episode mostly on one tiny set, with mainly two actors for the whole thing, and according to Memory Alpha- the only Star Trek episode with no background cast or stunt performers.
 
And I think the Ready Room and Sick Bay were the only other sets used.

The very definition of a bottle show. Even more bottle than TNG's "Shades Of Gray", and that was a CLIP SHOW!

On a personal note, that is one of my favorites of season 1... proof that bottle shows can be of the highest quality, if written/performed right.
 
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
STRANGE NEW WORLD
UNEXPECTED
TERRA NOVA
BREAKING THE ICE
CIVILIZATION
FORTUNATE SON
COLD FRONT
SILENT ENEMY
DEAR DOCTOR
SLEEPING DOGS
SHADOWS OF P'JEM
FUSION
ROGUE PLANET
ACQUISITION
OASIS
DETAINED
VOX SOLA
FALLEN HERO
DESERT CROSSING
TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS
SHOCKWAVE
SHOCKWAVE, PART II
MINEFIELD
MARAUDERS
THE SEVENTH
THE COMMUNICATOR
SINGULARITY
VANISHING POINT
PRECIOUS CARGO
THE CATWALK
DAWN
STIGMA
CEASE FIRE
FUTURE TENSE
CANAMAR
THE CROSSING
JUDGMENT
HORIZON
THE BREACH
COGENITOR
REGENERATION
FIRST FLIGHT
BOUNTY
THE EXPANSE
ANOMALY
EXTINCTION
RAJIIN
EXILE
THE SHIPMENT
TWILIGHT
NORTH STAR
SIMILITUDE
CARPENTER STREET
CHOSEN REALM
PROVING GROUND
STRATAGEM
HARBINGER
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
HATCHERY
DAMAGE
THE FORGOTTEN
E2
THE COUNCIL
COUNTDOWN
ZERO HOUR
STORM FRONT
STORM FRONT, PART II
HOME
BORDERLAND
COLD STATION 12
THE AUGMENTS
THE FORGE
AWAKENING
KIR'SHARA
DAEDALUS
OBSERVER EFFECT
BABEL ONE
UNITED
DIVERGENCE
BOUND
IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II
DEMONS

"TERRA PRIME" is gone. It's the only penultimate episode of any of the franchise series that feels more like a series finale than the actual one.

Even VGR's "ENDGAME", despite its many flaws, at least feels like a series finale.
 
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
STRANGE NEW WORLD
UNEXPECTED
TERRA NOVA
BREAKING THE ICE
CIVILIZATION
FORTUNATE SON
COLD FRONT
SILENT ENEMY
SLEEPING DOGS
SHADOWS OF P'JEM
FUSION
ROGUE PLANET
ACQUISITION
OASIS
DETAINED
VOX SOLA
FALLEN HERO
DESERT CROSSING
TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS
SHOCKWAVE
SHOCKWAVE, PART II
MINEFIELD
MARAUDERS
THE SEVENTH
THE COMMUNICATOR
SINGULARITY
VANISHING POINT
PRECIOUS CARGO
THE CATWALK
DAWN
STIGMA
CEASE FIRE
FUTURE TENSE
CANAMAR
THE CROSSING
JUDGMENT
HORIZON
THE BREACH
COGENITOR
REGENERATION
FIRST FLIGHT
BOUNTY
THE EXPANSE
ANOMALY
EXTINCTION
RAJIIN
EXILE
THE SHIPMENT
TWILIGHT
NORTH STAR
SIMILITUDE
CARPENTER STREET
CHOSEN REALM
PROVING GROUND
STRATAGEM
HARBINGER
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
HATCHERY
DAMAGE
THE FORGOTTEN
E2
THE COUNCIL
COUNTDOWN
ZERO HOUR
STORM FRONT
STORM FRONT, PART II
HOME
BORDERLAND
COLD STATION 12
THE AUGMENTS
THE FORGE
AWAKENING
KIR'SHARA
DAEDALUS
OBSERVER EFFECT
BABEL ONE
UNITED
DIVERGENCE
BOUND
IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II
DEMONS

DEAR DOCTOR is gone, while first time humanity have a Prime Directive issue without guiding/ following of any Vulcan regulation. From PD aspect we had CIVILIZATION before, but at least away team was disguised. Archer and Dr. Phlox are challenged with the fate of two alien races and and forced by circumstances playing god. Then Archer begin to understand the Vulcans. Dear Doctor is one of the most questioned and controversy discussed episode of ENT. I read even some fan critics which compare the Archer and Phlox with Nazis and call them mass murder and accused them for genocide. So, Dear Doctor is genuine.
 
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FIGHT OR FLIGHT
STRANGE NEW WORLD
UNEXPECTED
TERRA NOVA
CIVILIZATION
FORTUNATE SON
COLD FRONT
SILENT ENEMY
SLEEPING DOGS
SHADOWS OF P'JEM
FUSION
ROGUE PLANET
ACQUISITION
OASIS
DETAINED
VOX SOLA
FALLEN HERO
DESERT CROSSING
TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS
SHOCKWAVE
SHOCKWAVE, PART II
MINEFIELD
MARAUDERS
THE SEVENTH
THE COMMUNICATOR
SINGULARITY
VANISHING POINT
PRECIOUS CARGO
THE CATWALK
DAWN
STIGMA
CEASE FIRE
FUTURE TENSE
CANAMAR
THE CROSSING
JUDGMENT
HORIZON
THE BREACH
COGENITOR
REGENERATION
FIRST FLIGHT
BOUNTY
THE EXPANSE
ANOMALY
EXTINCTION
RAJIIN
EXILE
THE SHIPMENT
TWILIGHT
NORTH STAR
SIMILITUDE
CARPENTER STREET
CHOSEN REALM
PROVING GROUND
STRATAGEM
HARBINGER
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
HATCHERY
DAMAGE
THE FORGOTTEN
E2
THE COUNCIL
COUNTDOWN
ZERO HOUR
STORM FRONT
STORM FRONT, PART II
HOME
BORDERLAND
COLD STATION 12
THE AUGMENTS
THE FORGE
AWAKENING
KIR'SHARA
DAEDALUS
OBSERVER EFFECT
BABEL ONE
UNITED
DIVERGENCE
BOUND
IN A MIRROR, DARKLY, PART II
DEMONS

"BREAKING THE ICE" has been put back together. First time someone walks on a comet.
 
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