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EnterpriseSplaining

Jamie, Maria, Bill

EnterpriseSplaining - The podcast where we try to explain Star Trek: Enterprise to each other! We are bewildered by this show. We have questions - so many questions! Join Jamie, Bill, and Maria as they attempt to make sense of this 22-year-old show that represents one of the strangest chapters of Star Trek history. Haven’t watched or don’t want to watch the show? No problem! At EnterpriseSplaining, we’ll do that work for you! Every week, one of us will watch an episode and explain it to the others

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01:47:23

Future Imperfect!

EnterpriseSplaining ·

2025/10/30

We’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 16 “Future Tense,” but only Jamie has actually watched the episode. The Enterprise discovers a ship that can travel through time and is bigger on the inside, and yet this is somehow not a Doctor Who crossover.Rikermendations:Bill: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski and The Cheese Monkeys by Chip KiddMaria: Mrs. ColumboJamie: DragonCon We now have merch! Show your love for EnterpriseSplaining and the cutest beagle ever with a Porthos

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01:15:23

Second Contact: Vulcans Have No Balls!

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2025/10/23

This week, we’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 15 “Cease Fire,” now that Jamie, Bill, and Maria have watched it. Joining us this week to discuss this episode is Elaine from the Monkeeing Around podcast A word of warning: If you haven’t listened to the episode before this one, “Vulcans Have No Balls,” go listen to that first because this is a follow up to last week.Rikermendations:Elaine: PsychWe now have merch! Show your love for EnterpriseSplaining

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01:23:17

Vulcans Have No Balls!

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2025/10/16

We’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 15 “Cease Fire,” but only our guest explainer Chuck from the Earth Station Trek podcast has actually watched the episode. The Vulcans and Andorians are at war over a small but strategically located planet. So, of course Captain Jonathan "the closest thing Starfleet has to an Ambassador" Archer is going to get involved in order to mediate a Cease Fire.Rikermendations:Chuck: Alien EarthMaria: Tim Travers and the Time Travelers ParadoxBill: Tinker

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53:32

Second Contact: Oops, I Hate It Again!

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2025/10/09

This week, we’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 14 “Stigma,” now that Jamie and Bill have watched it. Sue from the Women at Warp podcast is joining us to give us some background on what was going on in this episode. A word of warning: If you haven’t listened to the episode before this one, “Oops, I hate it again!,” go listen to that first because this is a follow up to last week. Rikermendations:Sue: Fanlore.org (Star Trek fandom website)We now have

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01:37:52

Oops, I Hate it Again!

EnterpriseSplaining ·

2025/10/02

We’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 14 “Stigma,” but only Maria has actually watched the episode. T'Pol has to deal with some of the repercussions from the episode "Fusion," Phlox has to explain HIPPA laws to Archer, and Trip has an exciting B-plot involving one of Phlox's wives. Also, all the Vulcans lie all the time. As per usual in this show.Rikermendations:Jamie: Carly Rae Jepson's Emotion (album)Bill: Pirates of Penzance (1983 movie or any of the soundtracks)Maria: The

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37:48

Second Contact: Only Murders in the Enemy Mine!

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2025/09/25

This week, we’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 13 “Dawn,” now that Maria and Jamie have watched it. We also discuss the Memory Alpha page on feet and have an extra special edition of Two Truths and a Lie courtesy of our friends over at First Flight Podcast.A word of warning: If you haven’t listened to the episode before this one, “Only Murders in the Enemy Mine!,” go listen to that first because this is a follow up to last week.We now have merch

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01:03:49

Only Murders in the Enemy Mine!

EnterpriseSplaining ·

2025/09/18

We’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 13 “Dawn,” but only Bill has actually watched the episode. What if Enterprise tried to tackle the greatest TNG ep of all time, “Darmok” and mixed it up with 1985 sci-fi film “Enemy Mine?” And what if it was Trip facing off with the He-Man villain Rattlor! Sounds like a recipe for success!Rikermendations:Jamie: Retro photo appMaria: Art DetectivesBill: The Name of the RoseWe now have merch! Show your love for EnterpriseSplaining and the cutest

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39:51

Away Mission to Quantum Leap

EnterpriseSplaining ·

2025/09/11

We are taking a short break from Star Trek Enterprise this week to bring you this special bonus episode about Quantum Leap. Jamie tells Maria and Bill about her experience watching Quantum Leap for the first time after having already seen quite a bit of Scott Bakula in Enterprise.We now have merch! Show your love for EnterpriseSplaining and the cutest beagle ever with a Porthos Appreciation Society shirt!EnterpriseSplaining is proud to be part of the ESO Network.Sound assistance by K.O. Myers at

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23:15

Second Contact: I'm Too Sexy For This Episode!

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2025/09/04

This week, we’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 12 “The Catwalk,” now that Maria and Bill have watched it and can tell us exactly how much of a whiney baby they think Malcolm was acting throughout this episode. Plus, in our Mammary Alpha segment we discuss the Memory Alpha page for “buttocks.”A word of warning: If you haven’t listened to the episode before this one, “I'm Too Sexy for This Episode!,” go listen to that first because this is a follow up

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01:45:21

I'm Too Sexy for This Episode!

EnterpriseSplaining ·

2025/08/28

We’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 12 “The Catwalk,” but only Jamie has actually watched the episode. The entire Enterprise crew has to spend eight days living inside one of the ship's nacelles without showers or a change of clothes, but Archer still somehow manages to find a way to watch his beloved water polo and Malcolm acts like a whiny baby.Rikermendations:Maria: Batman NinjaBill: Wave, Listen to Me!Jamie: Clair Obscur: Exhibition 33We now have merch! Show your love for

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40:07

Second Contact: Trip Tucker, Swamp King!

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2025/08/21

This week, we’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 11 “Precious Cargo,” now that Maria, Jamie, and Bill have watched it. Rebecca Watson joins us once again to hear our thoughts now that we've all watched this episode! A word of warning: If you haven’t listened to the episode before this one, “Trip Tucker, Swamp King!,” go listen to that first because this is a follow up to last week.Rikermendations:Rebecca: Terry Pratchett's Discworld

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01:48:00

Trip Tucker, Swamp King!

EnterpriseSplaining ·

2025/08/14

We’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 11 “Precious Cargo.” An extra-long bumper episode this week with a very special guest explainer! Join us as Rebecca Watson, having never watched Enterprise OR listened to our show explains this episode to us. Trip gets stranded in a swamp with Padma Lakshmi and Rebecca tries to tell us what is happening, all while getting everyone's name wrong.Rikermendations:Rebecca: Mickey 7 (book) and Mickey 17 (movie)Maria: The Great North (tv show)Jamie:

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39:36

Second Contact: It was Misogyny All Along!

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2025/08/07

This week, we’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 10 “Vanishing Point” now that Jamie, Bill, and our guest Kevin from The Flopcast have watched it, and we all have a lot of thoughts on how much we all kind of hated the twist ending.A word of warning: If you haven’t listened to the episode before this one, “It was Misogyny All Along!,” go listen to that first because this is a follow up to last week.Plus, in our Mammary Alpha segment we talk about the

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01:50:20

It Was Misogyny All Along!

EnterpriseSplaining ·

2025/07/31

We’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 10 “Vanishing Point,” but only Maria has actually watched the episode. Watch as Jamie, Bill, and our special guest Kevin try to figure out what the heck is going on in this episode. Is it an alternate universe? A time shift? Or just plain old misogyny? The answer will almost certainly disappoint you. We're joined by Kevin, from The Flopcast podcast, who is just as confused as the rest of us!Mentioned in episode:Here’s the photo of Trip on the

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54:43

Second Contact: Three Body Problems!

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2025/07/24

This week, we’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 9 “Singularity” now that Jamie and Maria have actually seen it. Also, we inexplicably have not yet scared away Nicole Gugliucci who came back this week to chat with us about the episode and tell us about her favorite and least favorite examples of astronomy science in Star Trek.A word of warning: If you haven’t listened to the episode before this one, “Three Body Problems!,” go listen to that first

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01:37:31

Three Body Problems!

EnterpriseSplaining ·

2025/07/17

We’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 9 “Singularity,” but only Bill has actually watched the episode. It's the Enterprise version of a three body problem as mysterious radiation coming from a black hole causes the crew to start taking their jobs seriously. Too seriously, in fact, as Hoshi obsesses over a recipe, Trip obsesses over fixing a chair, and Phlox obsesses over cutting Travis's skull open. Can T'Pol convince the crew to, you know, lighten up a bit before they're all

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40:04

Second Contact: Dude, Where's My Communicator?!

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2025/07/10

This week, we’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 8 “The Communicator.” Now that Bill and Maria have watched it, we get to hear their thoughts on how Captain Archer messed up getting back a piece of equipment they left on a planet so hard that he managed to start a full-on world war.A word of warning: If you haven’t listened to the episode before this one, “Dude, Where's My Communicator?!,” go listen to that first because this is a follow up to last

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01:17:53

Dude, Where's My Communicator?!

EnterpriseSplaining ·

2025/07/03

We’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 8 “The Communicator,” but only Jamie has actually watched the episode. Malcolm accidently leaves his communicator on a pre-contact planet and attempts to recover it go sideways when Archer, for the first time ever, decides to take advice from T'Pol, which he then misapplies to disastrous consequences for everyone living on that planet. Sure he may have started a world war, but the important thing is that he learned an important lesson about..

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26:08

Second Contact: Mission T’Polsible!

EnterpriseSplaining ·

2025/06/26

This week, we’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 7 “The Seventh,” now that Jamie and Bill have watched it.A word of warning: If you haven’t listened to the episode before this one, “Mission T'Polsible!,” go listen to that first because this is a follow up to last week.EnterpriseSplaining is proud to be part of the ESO Network.Sound assistance by K.O. Myers at Particulate MediaFollow us on BlueSky: @enterprisesplainFollow us on Instagram:

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01:31:52

Mission T’Polsible!

EnterpriseSplaining ·

2025/06/19

We’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 7 “The Seventh,” but only Maria has actually watched the episode. T'Pol has some unfinished business with a fugitive she never managed to capture. She asks Archer to join her on the mission, which is good because it starts to trigger memories she didn't know she had. Much like the EnterpriseSplaining crew, who, for weeks after recording this, kept asking "What was that episode about again?"Rikermendations:Bill: The Fall (2006) - movieJamie: The

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