for tying in with the previous episode, "Minefield", when the spacecraft was damaged. They commended the episode for what they thought was a decent science fiction concept, a sinister repair station. Writing for StarTrek.com Jordan Hoffman said the episode was innovative but criticized the villain: "it's hard not to think about the killer repair station as anything other than a haunted conveyor car wash." In his 2022 rewatch Keith DeCandido of Tor.com gave it 3 out of 10. He "almost liked" the episode but not the ending, he found it both "incredibly convenient" and that the destruction "showed a depraved indifference to sentient life" which he viewed as conflicting with the very premise of Star Trek. In 2017 H&I noted this as an episode of Star Trek featuring scary or eerie content, and said "you don't need a shadowy, dim spaceship to elicit chills. Sometimes, bright, white and antiseptic can be equally unsettling". In 2018, TheGamer ranked this one of the top 25 creepiest episodes of all Star Trek series. In 2017, Den of Geek included "Dead Stop" on their list of Star Trek'''s 50 Best Episodes, and wrote: "the automated station manages to be more sinister and alien than any guest star, with its clean and bright interiors." In 2020, Den of Geek ranked this episode as the 26th most scary episode of all Star Trek franchise television episodes. Awards "Dead Stop" was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series". The episode won an award from the Visual Effects Society in the category Best Models and Miniatures in a Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial. Modelmakers John Teska, Koji Kuramura, Pierre Drolet and Sean Scott were honored for their CGI work on the automated repair station shown in the episode. Home media release "Dead Stop" was first released for home media use on DVD as part of the second series box set of Star Trek: Enterprise''. Season Two was released on Blu-ray Disc August 20, 2013. References External links Star Trek: Enterprise (season 2) episodes 2002 American television episodes Television episodes directed by Roxann Dawson