History Heartwarming / StarTrekEnterprise

* Trip encouraging Kov to re-connect with his ailing father.

* "Fight or Flight", Archer encouraging Hoshi to step up and talk to the alien captain while ''Enterprise'' is under attack.

** T'Pol even gets in on the whole encouragement bit, telling Hoshi her words don't have to be perfect and even addressing her by her first name.
* Although it's a small moment, "Silent Enemy" has one. In the middle of fighting off some rather nasty aliens, Archer makes it a priority to find out Reed's favorite food to make him a birthday dinner/cake. Reed, as it turns out, doesn't express preferences to anyone about anything, necessitating some clever detective work from Hoshi. Turns out Reed takes injections to control his allergy to bromelin, found in [[spoiler:pineapple]]. Culminates in this cute exchange, as Malcolm cuts open the cake:

* T'Pol in "Fortunate Son" helping the little girl Nadine during her game of hide and seek. It's surprisingly adorable, yet totally in character for a Vulcan.

* "Sleeping Dogs" has a lovely FriendshipMoment where T'Pol comforts a panicky Hoshi and shows her a meditation technique to calm herself down.
* "Shadows of P'Jem" has a nice little moment. When Archer finds out T'Pol is being transferred in retaliation for the P'Jem incident, he decides to take her along on a first contact mission instead of Trip as planned. Archer says he thought she might like one final mission with her captain. When she doesn't respond, he suggests he could just take her back if she wants. After a moment, she says, "We're only a few minutes from the capital. It would be a waste of fuel."
** Likewise, at the end of the episode, after Archer has convinced Sopek to speak to the Vulcan High Command about rescinding the transfer:

* Trip encouraging Kov to re-connect with his ailing father in "Fusion".
** From the same episode, Archer checking on T'Pol at the end after her ordeal with Tolaris. They may not agree on everything, but it's clear the captain cares for his Vulcan chaperon.
* At the end of "Shockwave", T'Pol stands up to Soval on behalf of the crew, even going so far as to point out that the destruction of the monastery on P'Jem (which he blamed Archer for) was the Vulcans' fault.

* In "Minefield," while trying to defuse the mine, Archer and Reed begin discussing the former's [[AFatherToHisMen style of command]].

* In "The Seventh", T'Pol is given a secret mission to apprehend a Vulcan fugitive, and after initially keeping Archer in the dark, she requests he come with her. When he presses her on why, her answer is, "I need to be with someone I can trust."
* In "The Catwalk," ''Enterprise'' runs into a severe radiation storm; as a result, the entire crew has to evacuate into the nacelles, which are the only part of the ship heavily-shielded enough to keep them alive. During the hurried preparations, a heartbroken Phlox realizes that T'Pol has only allocated him fifteen cubic meters for use as an emergency sickbay. Why is this a problem? It's only enough room for two-thirds of his pets' cages.

** Archer going out to check on his crew once they're all packed into the catwalk, reassuring scared people and even helping a random EnsignNewbie with her crossword clue.
* In "Horizon," Travis learns that his family's cargo ship, the [=ECS=] ''Horizon'', will be passing near them and decides to visit. Unfortunately, he learns that his father died several weeks ago. Travis later tells Archer how his father had been very disappointed when he joined Starfleet, as he had been groomed to take command of the ''Horizon''. Archer, however, comforts his helmsman by recalling the recommendation letter from Mr. Mayweather when he was looking at candidates. All it said was this: "I've never met a more natural stick-and-rudder man, and you'll be a fool to not pick my son." For a character who was essentially an AdvertisedExtra, it's an extremely effective moment for Travis.

* In "The Expanse," Soval completely opposes the Delphic Expanse mission and recalls T'Pol. After thinking it through, T'Pol [[IChooseToStay resigns her commission at the Vulcan High Command]]. Archer is stunned.

* Archer’s protectiveness of Hoshi in Exile. He tries to talk her out of the plan and ensures she’s prepared in case things go south. It could be read as a normal captain behaviour, but his expression shows genuine concern.
* "Twilight" is widely considered one of the best (if not ''the'' best) episodes of ''Enterprise'', and it's loaded with heartwarming moments.
** T'Pol's devotion to Archer is such that she resigns as ''Enterprise's'' captain to care for him. Every few hours, he forgets everything that happened after he was infected by the brain parasites, and she's always there to catch him up. Phlox expresses the opinion that she's in love with Archer.
** In the climax, Archer attempts to create a subspace implosion to [[ResetButton try and reset history]] and avoid the extinction of humanity. His ship is being blasted to pieces under his feet, his crew is being gunned down left and right by Xindi boarding parties, and the Xindi are on the cusp of completing the final massacre of the remaining humans. All of this, and the former captain still finds time to tell T'Pol and Phlox to try and escape the ship as the Xindi are only after humans and if this fails, they may yet survive. And the '''truly''' heartwarming part, of course, neither of the aliens so much as budges! Phlox merely looks at Archer, and T'Pol actually joins him in programming the warp core to implode. Archer notices them staying and angrily states "[[ThatsAnOrder That's an order!]]" T'Pol almost casually reminds him "With all due respect, you were ''relieved'' of duty."

** Archer’s reunion with the rest of the crew. He is happy to see them and they are just as happy to see him after all this time.
* Archer's farewell speech in "Azati Prime".

** The same episode also suggests that the Xindi have joined the Federation, both fulfilling Archer's hopes for peace with them and allowing them to help fight off the trans-dimensional aliens who spent a century manipulating them.
* Near the end of "The Forgotten", Trip finally breaks down and admits to T'Pol that he hasn't gotten over his sister's death. T'Pol immediately places a much-needed comforting hand on his shoulder.

* The end of "Storm Front, Part 2." After a year of fighting their way through the Expanse to stop the Xindi from destroying Earth, after the "WTF?" ending of "Zero Hour," and after two episodes of fighting alien Nazis, it's nice to see our battered and exhausted heroes ''finally'' return home.
* Archer's speech in "Home."

** From the same episode, Soval actually ''thanking'' Archer for completing his mission in the Delphic Expanse and going one step further by stating that although he initially disapproved of Archer being chosen as captain of ''Enterprise'', he's clearly the right man for the job.

* In "Borderland", the ''Enterprise'' prepares to leave Earth orbit on their mission to find the augments. Archer takes a look around the bridge at the crew, the warmth and pride evident in his expression.

* In Season 4's "The Forge," Archer and Soval, who've never seen eye-to-eye at any point in the series, stand over the coffin of [[spoiler:Admiral Forrest]], who gave his life to save Soval. Soval, with his newfound respect for [[spoiler:Forrest]], comforts Archer on the loss of his friend. This marks a turning point in the relationship between Humans and Vulcans.

* In "Observer Effect," Archer risking his life by exposing himself to the virus in an attempt to save [[spoiler:Hoshi]].
** Also, just after that, when Trip [[spoiler:temporarily dies]], Archer rests a hand on his chest in a really tender and [[TearJerker sad]] [[spoiler:goodbye]].
** Earlier, Trip tracks down Hoshi when she leaves quarantine and nearly opens the airlock while in the throes of a sickness-induced freakout. When she lashes out at him in her panic, the commander gives her a much-needed CooldownHug before gently leading her back to their room.
* Reed risking his own life to try and save Trip's life in "United."

* This page wouldn't be complete without mentioning Archer's speech from "Terra Prime." Pitch-perfect example of this trope as well as RousingSpeech and capped by Soval leading a SlowClap.

* The scene between Archer and T'Pol in "These Are the Voyages..." right before he gives his address at the founding of the Federation.

** Archer’s reunion with the rest of the crew. He is happy to see them and they are just as happy to see him after all this time. c

!!Meta
* Call its theme song cheesy and/or contrary to ''Star Trek'' tradition if you want, but the show's opening sequence depicting humanity's progress from sea travel to flight to space exploration had a ''very'' heartwarming hope-for-the-future impact on Season 1 viewers, particularly in contrast to the 9/11 gloom that dominated the media at the time. The more so, in that all but the last three innovations shown (a space orbiter, the ''Phoenix'', and the NX-01) already existed in RealLife.
** And, honestly, the theme of the song fits very well. At the beginning, Earth's crawling out of its worst war yet, Andoria and Vulcan are at each other's throats, and Tellar Prime is just out against everybody. And yet, by the end, these four planets will come together and form the Federation. Together, they will explore strange new worlds. They will seek out new life and new civilizations. They will boldly go where no one has gone before. Because it's out there and they can.