There is a discussion of how the changes in the leadership of the studio and the network (UPN) at the time this season was filmed had some impact on the developments of season two. John Billingsley marveled about Rick Berman & Brannon Braga was able to get Enterprise started right after doing seven seasons of Voyager. Brannon Braga and André Bormanis talked about the changes in the writer's room that affected the development of the season. David A. Goodman talked about being new to the writer's room during this season and how be believed it affected the scripts used during that season. Brannon wanted to moved into serialized story-telling. Michael Sussman questioned this a bit thinking that it should be more of a sequel show that tied into the original series. Chris Black mused about Rick Berman's notion of "The Right Stuff" in outer space. Rick Berman thought that he should keep the show aligned with the "Roddenbery Vision" and may have been too conservative.

Brannon Braga and Rick Berman recounts the impacts of the new administration at Paramount during the second season. Chris Black noted that this impacted the number of scripts that were rejected. John Wentworth offers some insight into this as well. David A. Goodman offers some more generic insight into the relationship between Brannon and Paramount. Mike Sussman highlights the impact of feedback from the Internet at this time and Brannon Braga and Chris Black echo that. Scott Bakula notes that he ignores all of that. Dominic Keating notes that is was addictive.

Scott Bakula starts off with a discussion on the third season story arc, the Xindi Saga, and how that pushes the series and the development of the characters in it. Phyllis Strong, André Bormanis, Mike Sussman, David A. Goodman. Brannon Braga, Rick Berman. Chris Black & David Livingston talked about the influences of the 9/11 tragedy on this story arc. There was also pressure to make the show more "edgy" and the lack of a complete roadmap for the story arc when the season started. Manny Coto talks about how he influenced the arc through the season and satisfied Brannon Braga's desire for the right alchemy in the writer's room.

Jolene Blalock begins this discussion and says she was burnt out by the third season, but still found the work stimulating. John Billingsley, Anthony Montgomery & Dominic Keating continue the discussion of the change in direction during Season Three and the lack of support from UPN at the time. Conner Trinneer discusses how 9/11 affected him and Phyllis Strong believes it had an impact on his third season performance. John Billingsley laments about the changes in Archer's character during the season while finding many of episodes to be exceptional. Linda Park talks about the advantages of serialized storytelling and that allows characters to grow and change. David A. Goodman agrees and compares the season to the Dominion War during Deep Space Nine. John Billingsley also agrees but also notes that "standalone" episodes were done to allow alternatives to be possible. Manny Coto talks about his episode "Similtude" and how it stood alone, but supported the arc.