Star Trek Viewing Guide
Chapter 1 · The Road to the Federation
  1. 1The Road to the Federation2063–2161
  2. 2Toward the Five-Year Mission2230s–2261
  3. 3The Expanding Federation2265–2268
  4. 4The Long Road to Khitomer2268–2293
  5. 5A New Generation2324–2367
  6. 6Continuing Voyages2367–2369
  7. 7New Frontiers and Foundations2369–2370
  8. 8Exploring New Quadrants2371–2372
  9. 9Storms on the Horizon2372–2373
  10. 10The Dominion War2373–2375
  11. 11Trying to Get Home2375–2379
  12. 12Life on the Lower Decks2380–2382
  13. 13Echoes and Legacies2383–2401
  14. 14The Far Future3074–42nd century

Enterprise · S1 · E1–2

Broken Bow

First aired September 26, 2001

The maiden crew of the newly-built starship Enterprise seizes the long overdue opportunity to gain independence for Humans from the Vulcans by venturing into untracked space to deliver a Klingon messenger to his home world of Qo'noS.

Commentary

Among the many firsts in this first episode of our viewing order is our first encounter with the Klingons. Tensions between humans and Klingons will echo for more than a century before erupting into open conflict. And even that is only the beginning of the long, complicated history between Klingons and humans that we'll be following throughout this guide.

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