The Shipment

Episode aired Oct 22, 2003
TV-PG
43m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

1.7K

YOUR RATING

Jolene Blalock and Anthony Montgomery in Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)

Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

Enterprise follows a lead and discovers a Xindi lab that refines Kemocite, the key ingredient in the weapon being built to destroy Earth. An away team of Archer, Reed and Hayes confront the ... Read allEnterprise follows a lead and discovers a Xindi lab that refines Kemocite, the key ingredient in the weapon being built to destroy Earth. An away team of Archer, Reed and Hayes confront the lead researcher, Gralik Durr, who was employed by Degra to refine the Kemocite but was nev... Read allEnterprise follows a lead and discovers a Xindi lab that refines Kemocite, the key ingredient in the weapon being built to destroy Earth. An away team of Archer, Reed and Hayes confront the lead researcher, Gralik Durr, who was employed by Degra to refine the Kemocite but was never told what it would be used for. When Gralik realizes it was his research that contribut... Read all

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

1.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Photos

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
Kemocite is a key ingredient used in the Xindi weapon. It was also the substance in the hold of Quark's ship in Little Green Men (1995) that caused the ship to travel back in time to the 1950's.

Goofs
When Trip and Dr. Phlox say they want to test the weapon, T'Pol says they should pick a better place to test it, and Trip replies that they don't have time to find a deserted asteroid. Apparently they forgot they were behind an uninhabited moon, they could have just gone to the moon's surface to test the weapon and thrown it away when it started to overload. They already know there is no security field to detect them.

Quotes
Gralik Durr: [after learning about the Xindi-attack on Earth] You burst into my home, show me some twisted piece of metal and tell me it proves I'm a mass murderer? I've never seen your species before, I've never heard of a planet called Earth, and whether you believe me or not, I had nothing to do with killing millions of its inhabitants.

Connections
Features Star Trek: Enterprise: Exile (2003)

Soundtracks
Where My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson
Episode: {all episodes}

User reviews7

Review

Featured review

8/10

Good characterization and pacing, reasonable development in plot

The team arrives on a planet supposedly harboring a Xindi weapons facility. Archer and Reed interrogate the head of a kemocite refinement facility, who is paid an early visit by shady clients. The dialogue between the facility's head scientist and the crew members is heart warming even if a bit abrupt. It's a strength of Enterprise that there are some sympathetic or respectable individuals among enemy species (previously the Suliban, now the Xindi.) In contrast, Voyager never did that with the Kazon.

The side plot about Tucker, Phlox, and T'pol disassembling a Reptilian rifle makes a slight net gain for the crew, one which is reasonable and important. The caterpillars in the rifle are pretty darn awesome.

Although I like the idea of the Delphic Expanse, I wasn't too happy with this season being so serialized. Still, I thoroughly enjoyed this episode and it's made me more interested in the serialized story. Definitely the best episode of Season 3 so far.