Precious Cargo
Joe Siegler
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Precious Cargo
This Story: Season 2 Episode 11 (production code 137)
ENT Overall: Episode 37
Trek Overall: Story 627, Episode 665
Airdate: 11 Dec 2002
Story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga
Teleplay by David A. Goodman
Directed by David Livingston
Notes
- Running Decon Gel Scene Appearances: T’Pol (3), Trip (2), Hoshi (2), Malcolm (1), Archer (1), Porthos (1). None this episode.
- Dr Phlox does not appear in this episode.
- This and the TNG episode “The Perfect Mate” are tied together as the primary female guest from each episode come from the same planet – Krios Prime.
- T’Pol’s full Vulcan outfit gets worn for the first time since the pilot.
- Goff was played by Scott Klace. He was also Dremk in the Voyager episode “Juggernaut“.
- Plinn was played by Leland Crooke. He was also the Vorta Gelnon in DS9’s “One Little Ship” & “Honor Among Thieves“.
- Kaitaama is played by Padma Lakshmi. This is her only Trek appearance, but she’s very well known from other shows on the Food Network like “Top Chef“.
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[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | First Flight Podcast | Amazon US DVD | Amazon US Blu-Ray ]#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Enterprise Episode 37 - Precious Cargo - 11 Dec 2002 1/2This is kind of a meh ep. Ent runs across a ship carrying a woman to a planet as a piece of "cargo". The woman is played by the real life chef Padma Laksmi in an early acting appearance. This ep draws heavily from
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) July 23, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Enterprise Episode 37 - Precious Cargo - 11 Dec 2002 2/2the TNG ep "The Perfect Mate" and TOS's "Elaan of Troyius", but both of them do this much better. The performances are fine, but so much of this feels like something we've seen before. Trip does get laid, though.
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) July 23, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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