rather than the final aired episode "These Are the Voyages..." which would be a goodbye to the franchise. Reception "Terra Prime" was first aired in the United States on UPN on May 13, 2005. The broadcast saw the episode come in fifth place during the timeslot, with a Nielsen rating of 2.0/4. This means that it was seen by 2 percent of all households, and 4 percent of all of those watching television at the time of the broadcast. It gained higher ratings than The WB, which aired re-runs of What I Like About You and Reba, but was behind the other four major networks with a CBS special on Elvis Presley receiving ratings of 7.8/14. This was the same ratings received by "Demons", but was less than the final episode, "These Are the Voyages..." which received ratings of 2.4/4 when it was aired immediately after "Terra Prime". Michelle Erica Green reviewed the episode for TrekNation, saying that it felt like a "real Star Trek episode" but wasn't sure about the characterisation for T'Pol seen in "Terra Prime". She would have preferred to see more of Mars, but was pleased with the glimpse of the Carl Sagan Memorial Station. She summed it up by saying that the two episodes were "no means perfect episodes, but they're reaching very earnestly for what Star Trek was in the beginning". Jamahl Epsicokhan at his website Jammer's Reviews said that while there were plot holes in the story, and that elements were clumsy such as the showdown towards the end, the overall story was "sound". He said that the episode was a "much more satisfying as a send-off for the Enterprise crew" than "These Are the Voyages...". He gave "Terra Prime" a score of three out of four. IGN gave it 4 out of 5, and said that "In a perfect world, Enterprise would have gotten another year and could have used Terra Prime as a running subplot." While they thought that the message was heavy-handed, it was the type of story that Enterprise should have been covering all along. Jay Garmon of TechRepublic, listed "Demons" and "Terra Prime" as the third best episode of Enterprise. He thought that Peter Weller "stole the show", and that it created a "solid conclusion" to the series despite the following episode, "These Are the Voyages...". Empire magazine ranked "Terra Prime" as the best episode of the series.