America with TV sets saw the episode, and 6% of households watching television at the time were watching the show. This translated into 5.2 million viewers, an increase over the season premiere. UPN was struggling with low ratings compared to the same time the previous year, and UPN executives argued that the drop was because Buffy and Star Trek had enjoyed unusually strong debuts. In his 2022 rewatch Keith DeCandido of Tor.com gave it 8 out of 10. In 2021, The Digital Fix'' said this episode was one of the highlights from season two, and called it a "tense episode" and noting references to the Romulan Star Empire. Home media The first home media release of "Minefield" was part of the season two DVD box set, released in the United States on July 26, 2005. A release on Blu-ray Disc for season two occurred on August 20, 2013. References External links Star Trek: Enterprise (season 2) episodes 2002 American television episodes Fiction about bomb disposal