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May 21, 2026

Top portion features the EnterpriseSplaining logo with the subheading “A Star Trek Podcast” Middle portion is an image from the Enterprise episode The Xindi showing Trip, Archer and an alien in a dark cave. They're dirty and disheveled. The alien has straggly grey hair and tubes on his clothes. He's got a respirator by his head. with the words “Star Trek Enterprise: The Xindi. Below, there’s a section in blue with the white letters saying “So long, Suliban” Over the image is a stamp saying “SECOND CONTACT”

EnterpriseSplaining 84: Second Contact: So long, Suliban

This week, we’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 1 “The Xindi,” now that Jamie and Bill have watched it. A word of warning: If you haven’t listened to the episode before this one, “So long, Suliban,” go listen to that first because this

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