Huge thanks to skadoo3 for her help running the Bechdel Test on Enterprise. Only one series (TNG) left to go!
As a reminder, in order for an episode to pass, it must include:
- Two named women characters
- Who talk to each other
- About something other than a man
As with the Deep Space Nine and Voyager results:
- The first percentage indicates the result if you require that the two female characters clearly address each other, even in group scenes.
- The second percentage (in brackets) indicates the adjusted pass rate if you include any episode where two women characters have back-to-back lines about something other than a man, as in a command situation where T’Pol and Hoshi say lines but it’s unclear whether they’re to each other.
- An asterisk in the episode list shows which episodes pass under the second test but not the first.
Results
Total: 39% Pass (49%)
Season 1: 44% Pass (52%)
| Episode | Pass? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Broken Bow | Pass | Hoshi and T’Pol briefly speak Vulcan to each other, presumably not about a man |
| Fight or Flight | Pass | T’Pol orders Hoshi to communicate with the aliens and Hoshi replies. |
| Strange New World | Pass | Cutler talks to T’Pol about Vulcan food. Hoshi and T’Pol speak in Vulcan about the situation on the planet. |
| Unexpected | Fail | |
| Terra Nova | Fail | |
| The Andorian Incident | Fail | |
| Breaking the Ice | Fail | |
| Civilization | Pass | T’Pol admires Riann’s lab and Riann cautions her not to touch anything. |
| Fortunate Son | Fail | |
| Cold Front | Fail | T’Pol has quite a bit to do in this episode but doesn’t ever talk to another woman. |
| Silent Enemy | Fail | T’Pol and Hoshi talk but only about Reed. |
| Dear Doctor | Pass | Hoshi translates for Cutler what she said to one of the Menk. |
| Sleeping Dogs | Pass | T’Pol and Hoshi talk about environmental suits, why T’Pol chose Hoshi for the mission, anxiety and meditation. |
| Shadows of P’Jem | Fail | T’Pol never talks to the other women characters. |
| Shuttlepod One | Fail | |
| Fusion | Fail | |
| Rogue Planet | Pass | Barely passes: T’Pol and Hoshi talk about looking for a clearing to land. |
| Acquisition | Fail | |
| Oasis | Pass | Liana asks T’Pol if she’s hungry and offers her food. |
| Detained | Fail* | Two brief instances of T’Pol and Hoshi exchanging lines in a command situation. |
| Vox Sola | Pass | Hoshi and T’Pol discuss communications difficulties during a first contact situation. |
| Fallen Hero | Pass | Hoshi and T’Pol discuss V’Lar/V’Lar and T’Pol discuss T’Pol’s relationship to the humans and the legal charges against V’Lar. |
| Desert Crossing | Pass | Hoshi and T’Pol talk about an incoming communication. |
| Two Days and Two Nights | Fail | Cutler and T’Pol talk twice but about men/Hoshi speaks to an unnamed woman character. |
| Shockwave Part I | Fail* | Hoshi and T’Pol have back to back lines but don’t speak directly to each other. |
Season 2: 35% Pass (50%)
| Episode | Pass? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Shockwave Part II | Pass | Barely passes. T’Pol and Hoshi talk about Hoshi rescuing the crew. |
| Carbon Creek | Pass | In T’Pol’s story her great-grandmother, T’Mir, talks to a bartender named Maggie about food. |
| Dead Stop | Fail* | Technically Hoshi and T’Pol have back-to-back lines but it seems more like they’re each talking to Archer. |
| Minefield | Pass | T’Pol asks a question about alien communications and Hoshi answers. |
| A Night in Sickbay | Fail* | Twice Hoshi and T’Pol are in a conversation with Archer, not clear whether their lines are specifically to each other. |
| Marauders | Fail* | T’Pol and E’Lis exchange lines during a round-robin conversation with Archer and Tessic |
| The Seventh | Fail | The Vulcan woman who talks with T’Pol is unnamed. |
| The Communicator | Pass | Borderline: Hoshi and T’Pol briefly discuss moving the ship closer in orbit but ultimately the discussion is about Archer and Reed. |
| Singularity | Pass | Hoshi and T’Pol talk about soup. |
| Vanishing Point | Pass | T’Pol summons Hoshi to the bridge. |
| Precious Cargo | Fail | |
| The Catwalk | Fail | |
| Dawn | Fail | |
| Stigma | Pass | Hoshi and Feezal talk about the Denobulan language/Hoshi and T’Pol talk about communication from the surface |
| Cease Fire | Fail | |
| Future Tense | Fail* | Hoshi reports to T’Pol during a battle sequence and T’Pol issues orders to the whole bridge. |
| Canamar | Pass | Hoshi and T’Pol discuss communications |
| The Crossing | Fail | |
| Judgment | Fail | |
| Horizon | Fail | Four named women characters but no interactions. |
| The Breach | Fail | |
| Cogenitor | Fail | The Cogenitor is supposed to be genderless and is unnamed until it takes the name “Charles”. |
| Regeneration | Pass | Barely passes: T’Pol orders Hoshi to “evacuate the section” and she replies. |
| First Flight | Fail | |
| Bounty | Fail | |
| The Expanse | Fail | |
Season 3: 38% Pass (42%)
| Episode | Pass? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Xindi | Pass | Hoshi and T’Pol evacuate the planet. |
| Anomaly | Pass | Very brief interaction between Hoshi and T’Pol as they try to break into an alien database. |
| Extinction | Fail* | T’Pol and Hoshi in a group conversation along with Reed and Archer. |
| Rajiin | Pass | Rajiin and Hoshi have a brief conversation. |
| Impulse | Fail | |
| Exile | Fail | |
| The Shipment | Fail | |
| Twilight | Pass | T’Pol and Hoshi discuss communications from Starfleet. |
| North Star | Pass | Bethany and T’Pol exchange a few words. |
| Similitude | Fail | Fail |
| Carpenter Street | Fail | |
| Chosen Realm | Fail | |
| Proving Ground | Fail | Hoshi and T’Pol appear in the same scene but don’t speak to each other. |
| Stratagem | Pass | T’Pol and Hoshi briefly exchange lines |
| Harbinger | Fail | T’Pol and Cole have a conversation but it’s essentially about Trip. |
| Doctor’s Orders | Fail | |
| Hatchery | Fail | |
| Azati Prime | Pass | Hoshi and T’Pol talk about the insectoid language. |
| Damage | Fail | |
| The Forgotten | Fail | |
| E2 | Pass | T’Pol talks to the older version of herself (time travel) |
| The Council | Fail | |
| Countdown | Fail | |
| Zero Hour | Pass | Hoshi and T’Pol have a brief discussion about returning to Earth. |
Season 4: 41% Pass (55%)
| Episode | Pass? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Storm Front I | Pass | Hoshi and T’Pol discuss a comm signal. |
| Storm Front II | Fail | |
| Home | Pass | T’Pol talks to her mother. |
| Borderland | Fail* | Short group scene with Hoshi, T’Pol and Reed. |
| Cold Station 12 | Fail | |
| The Augments | Fail | |
| The Forge | Fail | |
| Awakening | Pass | T’Pol talks to T’Pau a couple of times and to her mother. |
| Kir’Shara | Pass | T’Pol and T’Pau talk about the katra and also mindmeld. |
| Daedalus | Fail | |
| Observer Effect | Fail | Plenty of scenes with Hoshi but she never talks to T’Pol. |
| Babel One | Fail* | Hoshi and T’Pol have back-to-back lines in a group discussion but are really talking to Archer. |
| United | Fail* | Hoshi and T’Pol have back-to-back lines but talking to Archer, not realy each other. |
| The Aenar | Pass | Jhamel and Lissan talk about helping the new alliance. |
| Affliction | Pass | Hoshi and T’Pol mind meld and later talk about dreams. |
| Divergence | Pass | Hoshi and T’Pol speak briefly during a battle sequence where T’Pol is in command. |
| Bound | Fail | None of the Orion women talk to each other or other named women characters. |
| In a Mirror, Darky I | Fail | |
| In a Mirror, Darkly II | Pass | Hoshi and T’Pol argue and fight. |
| Demons | Pass | T’Pol and Khouri have a brief conversation/Hoshi and Gannet discuss Gannet’s spying. |
| Terra Prime | Fail | |
| These are the Voyages | Fail | |
