exile star trek enterprise exile eighth episode american science fiction television series star trek enterprise sixth episode season aired october upn network united_states episode written directed star trek voyager actress set 22nd century series follows adventures starfleet starship enterprise registration episode ensign contacted alien named offers assistance whilst visits home rest crew investigate mysterious sphere episode seen beauty beast sterling required wear head prosthetic non human form sets created gothic style represent home created sphere added post production episode lowest rated far season having aired time major_league_baseball playoffs received rating lower run week later time world series critical response positive critics pointed influences episode lord rings plot sub commander examining patterns location second sphere similar previously seen enterprise course investigate ensign reports explaining doctor hearing voices feels like watched later contacted alien appears human form explains read objects suggests enterprise bring weapon attack earth enterprise soon arrives planet archer soon agrees work reading weapon fragment agrees remain agree enterprise departs investigate second sphere discuss subjects initially alien discovers watching time person brought provide enterprise approaches sphere halt approach damage spatial generated ship sends coated retrieved impulse able approach close readings archer trip return enterprise set course retrieve attempts trick staying permanently refuses threatens destroy device abilities reluctantly agrees let later provides enterprise colony building weapon episode ends approximately spheres region production executive producer saw exile play beauty beast story filming began august overlapping final day shooting previous episode impulse shooting ran august final working day labor day weekend member main cast required scenes final day shooting remaining cast began work following episode shipment number sets created use episode created home referred script alien sanctuary set designers created aged gothic inspired alien castle sets set added design filling areas gothic artifacts exotic flowers subplot required effects added post production effects enterprise proximity sphere ship investigates overseen special effects supervisor order portray required wear head prosthetic character true form majority time spent filming communicating sterling appeared writer director close ties star trek voyager portrayed chief engineer series involvement star trek franchise led directing episodes enterprise exile sixth credit far announced direct episode earlier year whilst appearing convention august exile writer series producer wrote episodes voyager gone write episodes enterprise reception exile aired united_states upn network october received percentage share adults including percent adults watching television time broadcast lowest ratings received far season blame placed episode going coverage major_league_baseball play games episode followed exile following week repeat season premiere aired order avoid putting new episodes game baseball world series run received rating higher exile week earlier reviewed exile found reminded voyager episode alter ego lonely alien contacts whilst pretending character thought particular reminiscent flint original series episode requiem long life span character said castle reminded disney castle elements communications device similar lord rings website reviews said exile rounded episode thought venture far described scene trip problems irrelevant great scene kind brilliant kind way gave episode score home media release exile season dvd box set released united_states september blu ray release enterprise announced early
Exile (Star Trek: Enterprise)