the screen." "Divergence" was the first Star Trek credit for director David Barrett. Several guest cast members resume their roles from "Affliction", including James Avery as K'Vagh, John Schuck as Antaak, Terrell Tilford as Marab and Eric Pierpoint as Harris. They were joined in "Divergence" by Wayne Grace as Krell. Grace had previously appeared across the franchise including in a voice role in the computer game Star Trek: Klingon Academy, a Cardassian in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night" and as the Klingon Governor Torak in Star Trek: The Next Generations "Aquiel". Kristin Bauer made her franchise debut as Laneth. She later became better known in her appearances as Pam in HBO's True Blood. Reception "Divergence" originally aired on UPN, on February 25, 2005. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode received a 1.7/3 percent share. This means that it was seen by 1.7 percent of the population, and 3 percent of all viewers watching television at the time of the broadcast. This was less than the ratings received by the previous episode, "Affliction", which scored ratings of 1.8/3 percent. It finished behind programs on NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox as well as What I Like About You and a repeat of Reba during the second half-hour on The WB. IGN gave the episode 4 out of 5, and wrote: "Enterprise continues its transformation in a watchable, entertaining television series and, more importantly, a good Star Trek series." Jason Davis of Cinescape gave the episode a grade B+, and praised the writers for taking the limitations of the original series and using it as the starting point for a solid story. He said the episode "Divergence" does double duty as a drama-filled adventure story boasting scenes of tension and quality moral conflicts while simultaneously adding to the overall canvas of Trek-lore with continuity that will satisfy long-standing followers of the franchise without getting in the way of occasional viewers." Michelle Erica Green, in her review for TrekNation, said that it wasn't as good as the previous episode and thought that there were plot holes. She felt that some of the episode featured bad science, such as when Tucker was transferred between the two ships. She also criticised Archer going down to the Klingon base on his own, calling him a "putz" and said of the Klingon attack, "since when do Klingons destroy ships