Two Days and Two Nights

[4] This episode was directed by Michael Dorn, with the story by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga, and the teleplay by Chris Black.

[4][5] The episode features numerous guest stars playing the roles of those that the crew of the NX-01 encounters during their visit to the pleasure planet.

[5] After arriving at planet Risa, half of the Enterprise's crew prepare for shore leave, and Captain Archer organizes lots.

Winning a vacation himself, Archer boards a shuttlepod along with Commander Tucker, Lieutenant Reed, and Ensigns Mayweather and Sato.

Two women join them for a drink and invite them to view some nearby subterranean gardens, but when they reach the basement underneath the bar, the "females" suddenly morph into male aliens.

Meanwhile, in sickbay, Doctor Phlox prepares to take his annual six-day hibernation, but he informs Sub-Commander T'Pol that two days should be sufficient.

Some time later, Mayweather contacts Enterprise after a rock-climbing accident, and is unnerved by Phlox's absence, but Crewman Cutler reassures him that she can handle his broken leg.

[10] Enterprise was fourth in its timeslot, staying ahead of the fifth season finale of Dawson's Creek on The WB, but behind a special episode of Magic's Biggest Secrets on Fox.

He was critical of the cheap laughs, and compared Reed and Tucker to the characters played by Chris Kattan and Will Ferrell in A Night at the Roxbury.

They said that the writers failed to establish a "theme, story arcs, or basic coherence" and that unrelated "inane vignettes" only serve to "make the crew appear either adolescent, incompetent, or both".

[17] The 2002 Emmy Award for Outstanding Hairstyling For A Series was won by the following team:[3] It was Michael Moore's first win, having been nominated twice before for his work on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Buffy The Vampire Slayer.