Malurians do not return. Production Writing partners Phyllis Strong and Mike Sussman had previously been staff for the last season of Star Trek: Voyager. Sussman thought it was funny to make the Malurians the bad guys in this episode, knowing that in the future their species is wiped out by Nomad in the episode "The Changeling". Production halted for a day in response to the September 11 attacks. Guest star Wade Anthony Williams who plays Garos, previously appeared on Star Trek: Voyager in the episode "One" as Trajis Lo-Tarik. When it was first broadcast on UPN this episode included a PSA where Scott Bakula welcomed home the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65). Music Jay Chattaway's music for the episode was released on compact disc as part of the four disc Star Trek: Enterprise Collection on December 2, 2014, including the orchestral pieces: Reception Civilization was first aired in the United States on UPN on November 14, 2001. According to Nielsen Media Research, it received a 4.6/7 rating share among adults. It had an average of 7.1 million viewers. Entertainment Weekly said "T'Pol steals the show again" and said she was more interesting than Captain Archer. The romantic subplot with Archer and Rainn was described as "sweet but unaffecting." Michelle Erica Green of TrekNation called the episode "a predictable fable of alien interference" which "gets no marks for originality." Green was positive about the performances of guest star Diane DiLascio (as Riann) and Jolene Blalock. Aint It Cool News gave the episode 2 out of 5, calling it "pedestrian". He compares the poisoning story to a "medieval alien Erin Brockovich", and is annoyed that the episode has no impact on the ongoing plot. Keith DeCandido of Tor.com gave it 5 out of 10 in his 2022 rewatch, and called it "a relentlessly average first-contact story". The book Beyond the Final Frontier said "It feels like a Riker episode of The Next Generation, and the story doesn't amount to much, but there's something cathartic about seeing a Starfleet officer who isn't restrained by the Prime Directive starting a gunfight in an alien street." 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 Enterprise episode 2001 American