Editing Azati Prime (section)

==Reception==
"Azati Prime" was first aired in the United States on [[UPN]] on March 3, 2004. It received a 2.6/4 percent share among adults. This means that it was seen by 2.6 percent of all households, and four percent of all of those watching television at the time of the broadcast. ''Enterprise'' was the sixth most watched program in the time slot, behind ''[[Smallville]]'' on [[The WB]].<ref name=ratings>{{cite web |title=Wednesday's Ratings 'Kingdom' Split Three Ways |url=http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,272_617%7C86707%7C1%7C,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050418071601/http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1%2C1002%2C272_617%7C86707%7C1%7C%2C00.html |publisher=Zap2it |archive-date=April 18, 2005 |date=March 4, 2004 |access-date=September 28, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was estimated that "Azati Prime" was watched by 4.02 million viewers, which was less than recent episodes had received.<ref>{{cite web |last=Krutzler |first=Steve |title="Azati Prime" Regains Some Ground, Sweeps Round-up Shows ENT Held Steady in Ratings |url=http://trekweb.com/stories.php?aid=404756a8a1232 |publisher=TrekWeb |date=March 4, 2004 |access-date=September 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051205130247/http://trekweb.com/stories.php?aid=404756a8a1232 |archive-date=December 5, 2005 |df=mdy }}</ref>

Michelle Erica Green of [[TrekNation]] compared elements of the episode to the ''[[Star Wars]]'' franchise, such as the Xindi super-weapon standing in for the [[Death Star]]. She found the pacing made the episode "engrossing" and thought that the action sequences would qualify it for technical [[Emmy Awards]]. She said that the one flaw in the episode was the characterization of Archer and T'Pol, as she felt that some of their actions were implausible.<ref name="greenreview">{{cite web |date=March 4, 2004 |last=Green |first=Michelle Erica |title=Azati Prime |url=http://www.trektoday.com/reviews/enterprise/azati_prime.shtml |publisher=[[TrekNation]] |access-date=September 28, 2013 }}</ref> Jamahl Epsicokhan on his website ''[[Jammer's Reviews]]'', gave "Azati Prime" a rating of three and a half out of four. He thought it was compelling and was impressed with how elements of earlier episodes were brought together, also saying that it was "possibly the most entertaining episode of ''Enterprise'' yet this season".<ref>{{cite web |last=Epsicokhan |first=Jamahl|title=Star Trek: Enterprise "Azati Prime"|url=http://www.jammersreviews.com/st-ent/s3/azati.php |publisher=[[Jammer's Reviews]] |access-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref> ''[[Aint It Cool News]]'' gave the episode a rating of 3.5 out of five, and generally praised the episode, but complained that Archer found himself in a prison cell yet again.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 3, 2004 |author=Hercules Strong |title=Hercules Has Seen The Last STAR TREK Of Sweeps!! |url=http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/17109 |website=[[Aint It Cool News]] }}</ref> Film and television critic [[Jordan Hoffman]] gave the episode four out of five, and said that the Xindi story-line was reaching a peak.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hoffman |first=Jordan |author-link=Jordan Hoffman |date=October 31, 2010 |title=Azati Prime, ENT 3 |url=http://jordanhoffman.com/2010/10/31/azati-prime-ent-3/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212203038/http://jordanhoffman.com/2010/10/31/azati-prime-ent-3/ |archive-date=December 12, 2013 |access-date=September 28, 2013 |publisher=JordanHoffman.com}}</ref>

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James Gray writing for ''The Digital Fix'' said "Azati Prime" was probably the best episode in the series yet, and had the best space battle scene of all ''Star Trek'' television and movies up to that time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-10-22 |author=James Gray |title=Star Trek: Enterprise Season Three Review {{!}} DVD Video Review |url=https://www.thedigitalfix.com/film/dvd-video-review/star-trek-enterprise-season-three/ |website=The Digital Fix |access-date=2021-04-22 }}</ref> ''[[Io9]]'' ranked the spacecraft design shown in this episode, the ''[[Enterprise-J]]'', as the eleventh best version of the starship ''Enterprise'' in the ''Star Trek'' franchise.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/all-11-versions-of-the-u-s-s-enterprise-ranked-1823170805 |title=All 11 Versions of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Ranked |last=Whitbrook |first=James |website=io9 |date=February 21, 2018 |access-date=2019-07-09 |archive-date=July 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709231459/https://io9.gizmodo.com/all-11-versions-of-the-u-s-s-enterprise-ranked-1823170805 |url-status=dead }}</ref>