ANOMOLY
EPISODE NUMBER - 302
AIR DATE - 09.17.03
WRITTEN BY - Mike Sussman
DIRECTED BY - David Straiton
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
Enterprise is ransacked by the Osaarians, a group of space pirates who prey on ships that fall victim to the Expanse's spacial anomolies.

EXTINCTION
EPISODE NUMBER - 303
AIR DATE - 09.24.03
WRITTEN BY - Andre Bormanis
DIRECTED BY - LeVar Burton
GATEWORLD RATING - * 1/2
Archer and an away team are infected by a mutagenic virus, which transforms them into the extinct species that once inhabited the planet.

RAJIIN
EPISODE NUMBER - 304
AIR DATE - 10.01.03
WRITTEN BY - Brent V. Friedman
DIRECTED BY - Mike Vejar
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
Captain Archer takes an exotic slave woman on board, only to discover she is using her unusual abilities in the service of the Xindi.

IMPULSE
EPISODE NUMBER - 305
AIR DATE - 10.08.03
STORY BY - Jonathan Fernandez, Terry Matalas
TELEPLAY BY - Jonathan Fernandez
DIRECTED BY - David Livingston
GATEWORLD RATING - unrated
The crew receives a distress call from a Vulcan ship lost in the Delphic Expanse, only to discover that its crew has been driven insane. T'Pol begins to suffer the same effects as her old crew.

EXILE
EPISODE NUMBER - 306
AIR DATE - 10.15.03
WRITTEN BY - Phyllis Strong
DIRECTED BY - Roxann Dawson
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
Hoshi is lured to a deserted planet by a powerful telepath, who promises to help them locate the Xindi. Enterprise investigates another anamoly-creating sphere.

THE SHIPMENT
EPISODE NUMBER - 307
AIR DATE - 10.29.03
WRITTEN BY - David Straiton
DIRECTED BY - Chris Black, Brent V. Friedman
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
Captain Archer must decide whether or not to trust Earth's greatest enemy when the crew discovers a Xindi colony that is manufacturing a vital component of the Xindi weapon.

TWILIGHT
EPISODE NUMBER - 308
AIR DATE - 11.05.03
WRITTEN BY - Michael Sussman
DIRECTED BY - Robert Duncan McNeill
GATEWORLD RATING - * * * *
An encounter with an anomoly leaves Captain Archer unable to form new, long-term memories. He awakens to discover that 12 years have passed, Earth has been destroyed by the Xindi, and a small colony of humans is fighting for survival.

NORTH STAR
EPISODE NUMBER - 309
AIR DATE - 11.12.03
WRITTEN BY - David A. Goodman
DIRECTED BY - David Straiton
GATEWORLD RATING - * 1/2
Enterprise discovers a colony of humans, taken from Earth when the West was young, living in the Expanse. Captain Archer discovers that the humans have overthrown their former captors.

SIMILITUDE
EPISODE NUMBER - 310
AIR DATE - 11.19.03
WRITTEN BY - Manny Coto
DIRECTED BY - LeVar Burton
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
An accident in engineering leaves Trip in a coma. In an attempt to save his life, Phlox creates a mimetic symbiote -- a rapidly-aging clone of Trip who will lives out his lifespan on board the ship in only 15 days.

CARPENTER STREET
EPISODE NUMBER - 311
AIR DATE - 11.26.03
WRITTEN BY - Rick Berman, Brannon Braga
DIRECTED BY - Mike Vejar
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
Daniels returns to Enterprise to inform Archer that three Xindi Reptilians have been discovered on Earth in the year 2004. Archer and T'Pol are sent back in time to stop a plot to develop a second weapon to wipe out the human race.

CHOSEN REALM
EPISODE NUMBER - 312
AIR DATE - 01.14.04
WRITTEN BY - Manny Coto
DIRECTED BY - Roxann Dawson
GATEWORLD RATING - * *
Enterprise is hijacked by a group of religious zealots who worship the sphere builders, and who plan to use the ship to destroy their ideological enemies.

PROVING GROUND
EPISODE NUMBER - 313
AIR DATE - 01.21.04
WRITTEN BY - Chris Black
DIRECTED BY - David Livingston
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
An Andorian ship under the command of Shran arrives in the Expanse with promises of helping the crew find the Xindi weapon. But the Andorians may have their own motives.

STRATAGEM
EPISODE NUMBER - 314
AIR DATE - 02.04.04
STORY BY - Terry Matalas
TELEPLAY BY - Michael Sussman
DIRECTED BY - Mike Vejar
GATEWORLD RATING - * * * 1/2
After capturing Degra, the engineer behind the development of the Xindi weapon, the crew engages in an elaborate hoax to convince him to reveal its location.

HARBINGER
EPISODE NUMBER - 315
AIR DATE - 02.11.04
STORY BY - Rick Berman, Brannon Braga
TELEPLAY BY - Manny Coto
DIRECTED BY - David Livingston
GATEWORLD RATING - * *
Tensions on Enterprise run high as the ship travels to Azati Prime, and Reed's relationship with Major Hayes comes to a head. When the ship finds an alien inside an expanding anamoly, Archer makes a frightening discovery about the sphere builders.

DOCTOR'S ORDERS
EPISODE NUMBER - 316
AIR DATE - 02.18.04
WRITTEN BY - Chris Black
DIRECTED BY - Roxann Dawson
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
The human crew must be placed into a comatose state to survive a trip through a deadly region of space, with only Phlox, T'Pol and Porthos left to man the ship.

HATCHERY
EPISODE NUMBER - 317
AIR DATE - 02.25.04
STORY BY - André Bormanis, Mike Sussman
TELEPLAY BY - André Bormanis
DIRECTED BY - Michael Grossman
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
The Enterprise crew finds a crashed Xindi Insectoid ship, where the only survivors are the crew's soon-to-hatch offspring. The crew suspects alien influence when Archer puts the ship and the mission at risk to save them.

AZATI PRIME
EPISODE NUMBER - 318
AIR DATE - 03.03.04
STORY BY - Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Manny Coto
TELEPLAY BY - Manny Coto
DIRECTED BY - Allan Kroeker
GATEWORLD RATING - * * * 1/2
The crew finally finds the weapon that will soon be launched to destroy Earth, and Captain Archer prepares to sacrifice himself to destroy it -- only to be pulled into the future by Daniels and told that he must survive and make peace with the Xindi.

DAMAGE
EPISODE NUMBER - 319
AIR DATE - 04.21.04
WRITTEN BY - Phyllis Strong
DIRECTED BY - James L. Conway
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
As the crew tries to recover from a devestating battle with the Xindi, Captain Archer must decide whether or not to cross an ethical line for the mission to have any chance to succeed.

THE FORGOTTEN
EPISODE NUMBER - 320
AIR DATE - 04.28.04
WRITTEN BY - Chris Black, David A. Goodman
DIRECTED BY - LeVar Burton
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
While the crew continues to repair Enterprise, Captain Archer invites two high-ranking Xindi onto the ship to show them evidence that they are being manipulated into destroying Earth. Trip struggles to deal with the death of his loved-ones.

E²
EPISODE NUMBER - 321
AIR DATE - 05.05.04
WRITTEN BY - Michael Sussman
DIRECTED BY - Roxann Dawson
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
On their way to a vital meeting with Degra, the crew encounters a duplicate Enterprise populated by their own decendants -- who warn them that the subspace corridor ahead will throw them more than 100 years into the past.

THE COUNCIL
EPISODE NUMBER - 322
AIR DATE - 05.12.04
WRITTEN BY - Manny Coto
DIRECTED BY - David Livingston
GATEWORLD RATING - * * * 1/2
Archer is brought before the Xindi Council to present evidence they are being manipulated by the sphere builders, whom they revere nearly as gods. A team from Enterprise infiltrates one of the spheres to try and access information.

COUNTDOWN
EPISODE NUMBER - 323
AIR DATE - 05.19.04
WRITTEN BY - André Bormanis, Chris Black
DIRECTED BY - Robert Duncan McNeill
GATEWORLD RATING - * * * 1/2
The crew and their new Xindi allies race to stop the Reptilians and Insectoids from unleashing the weapon on Earth. Major Hayes leads a unit to rescue Hoshi, who the Reptilians are forcing decrypt the weapon's launch codes.

ZERO HOUR
EPISODE NUMBER - 324
AIR DATE - 05.26.04
WRITTEN BY - Rick Berman, Brannon Braga
DIRECTED BY - Allan Kroeker
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
Archer makes his last stand against the Reptilians as the Xindi weapon hurtles towards Earth. T'Pol and Tucker lead the crew on a mission to destroy a key sphere in the hopes of breaking the Guardians' hold on the Expanse.