awakening eighth episode fourth season american science fiction television series star trek enterprise originally aired november upn script written episode directed star trek voyager alumni episode season episode second episode arc started forge concludes set 22nd century series follows adventures starfleet starship enterprise registration episode vulcan government seek enterprise leave orbit attack faction long standing enemy captain commander captured discovered archer visions lead find ancient vulcan called group come attack elements plot episode compared executive producer representing catholic_church producers took care cast actors roles looked similar actors portrayed parts original series nielsen ratings run episode saw decrease trilogy critical response mixed saying whilst entertained episode elements plot problematic plot ambassador summoned administrator las face punishment use mind act widely considered criminal vulcan authorities dismissed service captain archer commander questioned short taken mother les disagree group vulcan authorities term les soon archer begins visions old vulcan determine transferred mind las largely unopposed council increasingly obsessed decisively ending threat plans bombard delays convincing enterprise leave orbit contacts starfleet admiralty commander tucker direct orders refuses carry directly attempts assistance send rescue forge intercepted vulcan patrol vessels las finally orders vulcan warships directly engage enterprise suggests retreat severely damaged ritual performed transfer mind attempt fails archer continues informs find known vulcan military begin bombard complex archer remain search archer able use knowledge unlock door reveal exit finds mother soon dies seriously injured attack enterprise reveals despite recent peace accord preparing pre strike tucker orders immediate course maximum warp production awakening second trilogy episodes fourth season enterprise created deal differences enterprise era seen series set later franchise runner summed differences saying lie sought introduce situation compared 16th century wanted include vulcan character effectively role vulcan high command represented catholic_church episode saw casting roles previously appeared episodes original series parts appearance time played awakening cast role previously appeared season played savage curtain role taken awakening gray previously portrayed admiral generation episode deep space episode circle parts producers attempted cast actors looked similar originals role trilogy administrator las previously portrayed les earlier season episode home appears awakening previously appeared earlier series episode fallen hero appeared episode voyager returned portrayed series pilot episode onwards director previously portrayed voyager awakening marked tenth episode series directed episode season enterprise writer episode season previously written episodes series voyager filming started september concentrated enterprise ship scenes standing sets days production moved cave sets dressed vulcan artifacts fourth day production artifacts removed sets use film visions archer exterior scenes vulcan desert like forge shot final day filming took place october scenes set filmed involved graham handful extras reception home media awakening aired united_states upn november broadcast saw episode come fifth place timeslot nielsen rating means seen percent households percent watching television time broadcast gained higher ratings aired runs like grounded life major networks nbc winning hour ratings ratings received enterprise continued downward trend recent episodes ratings received previous episode reviewing episode main point episode captain archer expected lead main path logic wonderfully progressive concept trek humans answers thought change opinions episode difficult accept members main cast didn great deal episode whilst thought awakening visual improvement forge judgement seen trilogy website reviews thought certain elements plot didn follow logical paths archer found minutes apparently looking years sits chamber door practically announces important inside called episode entertaining gave score home media release forge season dvd box set enterprise originally released united_states november blu ray edition released april
Awakening (Star Trek: Enterprise)