were attributed to the episode being broadcast the night before Thanksgiving, the share of the audience watching at 7% remained comparable. Michelle Erica Green of TrekNation said the episode was "a bit didactic and predictable" but interesting for revealing something that had not been addressed before, the relationship between civilian merchant ships and Starfleet, and the character development of Mayweather. Darren Mooney of the m0vie blog called it "a solid premise ruined by an overly simplistic execution." In 2014, Jordan Hoffman writing for Playboy.com ranked this episode 446 out of 695 Star Trek episodes, and called it a "Nice bit of world building". Keith DeCandido of Tor.com gave it 6 out of 10 in his 2022 rewatch. Home media This episode was released as part of Enterprise season one, which was released in high definition on Blu-ray disc on March 26, 2013; it has 1080p video and a DTS-HD Master Audio sound track. References External links Star Trek: Enterprise (season 1) episodes 2001 American television episodes Television episodes directed by LeVar Burton