Stigma (Star Trek: Enterprise)

"Stigma"
Star Trek: Enterprise episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 14
Directed byDavid Livingston
Written byRick Berman
Brannon Braga
Featured musicDennis McCarthy
Production code214
Original air dateFebruary 5, 2003 (2003-02-05)
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"Stigma" is the fortieth episode (production #214) of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, the fourteenth of the second season. This science fiction episode has a story about a spacecraft crew in the 22nd century, dealing with an alien disease, and also a morality play about sexually transmitted diseases.

In the episode, it is revealed that Sub-commander T'Pol has a degenerative disease, pa'nar syndrome, contracted from her mind meld in "Fusion". She must face being ostracized by Vulcan society and losing her position on Enterprise.[1]

  1. ^ "Stigma". StarTrek.com.