Proving Ground
Series: 'Enterprise'
Episode Title: 'Proving Ground'
Episode Number: 313
Synopsis: "An Andorian ship led by Commander Shran arrives in the Delphic Expanse to help Enterprise hone in on the Xindi superweapon."
Original Airdate: January 21, 2004
Rerun: July 21, 2004
Fan Rating: 8.7/10 (Full Poll Results)
Written By: Chris Black
Directed By: David Livingston
Guest Stars:
- Jeffrey Combs as Shran
- Randy Oglesby as Degra
- Scott MacDonald as Xindi Reptilian
- Tucker Smallwood as Xindi Humanoid
- Rick Worthy as Xindi Sloth
- Molly Brink as Talas
- Ted Sutton as Andorian General
- Josh Drennen as Thalen
- Rumoured to feature the return of Shran, who will reportedly help Captain Archer in an attempt to capture a Xindi weapon. (October 23, 2003 - TrekToday)
- Jeffrey Combs: "Shran shows up in the Expanse...a surprise to me. It's quite a good script, actually." (November 03, 2003 - TrekToday)
- Filming ran for seven days from October 30 to November 7. (November 14, 2003 - TrekToday)
- Jeffrey Combs on the relationship between Shran and Archer: "It's begrudging respect. My character in this [episode] is kind of put in a really interesting test of loyalty." (November 19, 2003 - TrekToday)
- Michelle Erica Green - The Trek Nation
- Colin 'Zeke' Hayman - Fiver (Parody)
- Admiral Regnum - Holodeck 3 - B+
- Karma - Lower Decks - 9.5/10
- Mike Dunham - Section 31 - B+
- Gisele La Roche - StarfleetCom.net - A+
- Michael Marek - The Great Link - 4/5
- Litsa Guevara - TrekPulse - 4/5
- O. Deus - TrekWeb - 8.5/10
- Chris - Xenoclone's Enterprise Power Rankings
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How would you rate 'Proving Ground'?
9-10
60.6% - (522
Votes)
7-8
19% - (164
Votes)
Wasn't Able To See It
8.3% - (72
Votes)
Didn't Want To See It
6.3% - (55
Votes)
5-6
3.4% - (30
Votes)
1-2
1.2% - (11
Votes)
3-4
0.8% - (7
Votes)
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