fourteenth episode fourth season american science fiction television series star trek enterprise originally aired february written story directed installment story concluded events episodes united set 22nd century series follows adventures starfleet starship enterprise episode captain commander travel moon seeking help race taken pilot vessel seen previous episode episode showed home world time sets planet ice tunnels created sound stage star trek appearances reviews episode negative critics citing issues plot holes unanswered questions story arc showing million watched episode plot senator fresh disappointed admiral scientist program failed provoke rift human races hoped seen united fact opposite happened political alpha beta declined second vessel ready launched suggests mission enterprise order impress senate argues pilot requires time recover previous insists mission enterprise analysis data gathered previous encounter ship reveals ship piloted commander explains data indicates pilot probably member white skinned blind sub race unlikely number inhabitants isolated extreme northern polar region moon captain beam contact spokesperson initially declines assist want involved war young named decides help help locate missing brother doctor commander commander work unit help counter ship volunteers test concerned tucker finds increasingly difficult balance duties emotions tests unit better results later ships attack able contact pilot long lost brother tricked working learning deception turns soon destroyed angrily kills retribution failure threat resolved depart enterprise tucker requests leave ship join uss columbia production final story arc comprising united written story runner written earlier season episode awakening formed vulcan story arc directed episode season episode time race represented screen race introduced star trek original series second season episode journey interior sound stage fitted appear like ice world environment race including sub species evolved sets enhanced post production computer generated imagery filming began november completed december production halted days thanksgiving majority guest stars earlier installments trilogy returned joined making appearances star trek series stunt double scene leg reception home media release aired united_states upn february watched million viewers increase million viewers watched previous episode following episode received number viewers writing website thought episode strong character development despite flaws present felt opened number questions abilities similarity enjoyed issues present tucker relationship said weakest story arc gripping website reviews gave episode adding majority storyline ended previous episode found fault plot threat plot holes episode failed explain book said example style characters appear franchise provide form viewer examples type characters include human like explained earlier season enterprise added acted way white people unable perceive released home media united_states november season dvd box set enterprise blu ray edition released april
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