shipment ninth episode american science fiction television series star trek enterprise seventh episode season aired october upn network united_states episode written directed sixth episode series point set 22nd century series follows adventures starfleet starship enterprise registration episode crew follow trail information mining complex producing compound construction weapon chief makes discovery episode filmed late august early september time season premier aired combination standing sets handful new sets represent locations planet actors resumed roles earlier season previously appeared star trek generation deep space reviews positive shipment received rating increase run shown previous week high following episode plot reports weapon ready matter weeks enterprise coordinates provided exile lead planet crew decide hide ship manned captain archer major approaches detection land enter settlement find great quantity refined observe associates discussing deal away team beams analysis follow home confront analysis shows probe attacked earth contained archer tells use build weapon denies knowledge plan enterprise commander tucker learns key rifle technology archer idea reverse engineer rifle tucker self sequence weapon space archer decides destroy mining complex doesn want think planet explains told research explains race assumed extinct civil war shuttle arrives early carrying collect final shipment takes away team cave protect soon attacked robotic sent returns home confronted reveals true purpose build weapon destroy ruthless alien species meantime modified ship track archer manages sneak aboard shuttle leave archer thanks trust help production filming episode started august overlapping final day shoot episode exile final scenes shot exile required main cast remaining cast freed shoot scenes shipment scenes filmed concerning subplot episode tucker attempts apart rifle filming resumed day labor day main cast involved sets enterprise standing sets additional sets required represent home complex forest cave area shoot live footage shot sets presented good day live order promote series premier aired evening second episode season director second episode sixth episode series overall wrote episode producers black executive producer consulting producer written episodes series separately credited black credits including flight carbon creek episode saw return previously played previously star trek series generation episode chase deep space episode crossover cast returning earlier season major executive producer later announced returning enterprise shipment screen appearance character reception home media release shipment aired united_states upn network october received share adults percent adults watching television time broadcast sixth place night place rating increase rating previous week run episode aired game following week sweeps week saw increase viewers episode twilight rating increase nearly viewers compared shipment reviewing episode described episode classic trek pleased character depth introduced new characters compared captain star trek generation episode thought didn developed level overall described episode solid hour entertainment slick package values consider real trek website reviews wasn enthusiastic particularly lackluster action scene felt bad cross star trek insurrection pleased aspects plot praised clever scripting gave episode score home media release shipment season dvd box set released united_states september blu ray release enterprise announced early released january
The Shipment (Star Trek: Enterprise)