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Carbon Creek

Episode aired Sep 25, 2002
TV-PG
43m

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8.5/10

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Jolene Blalock, J. Paul Boehmer, and Michael Krawic in Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)

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On the first anniversary of her assignment to Enterprise, T'Pol tells Archer and Trip about the first contact between humans and Vulcans, which involves three Vulcans becoming stranded in th... Read allOn the first anniversary of her assignment to Enterprise, T'Pol tells Archer and Trip about the first contact between humans and Vulcans, which involves three Vulcans becoming stranded in the town of Carbon Creek, Pennsylvania in 1957.On the first anniversary of her assignment to Enterprise, T'Pol tells Archer and Trip about the first contact between humans and Vulcans, which involves three Vulcans becoming stranded in the town of Carbon Creek, Pennsylvania in 1957.

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Michael Krawic in Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)

Jolene Blalock and J. Paul Boehmer in Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)

Jolene Blalock in Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)

Ann Cusack in Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)

Scott Bakula, Jolene Blalock, and Connor Trinneer in Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)

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Trivia
This episode was nominated for a Hugo Award for "Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form".

Goofs
In the original broadcast and DVD version, the the period-appropriate song "Crazy Arms" by Ray Price is being played when the Vulcans enter the bar. In 2011 when Carbon Creek was remastered for Blu-ray and international distribution CBS replaced it with the 2009 song "Gently Falls" by Dave Colvin, possibly due to copyright restrictions. This change creates a double anachronism of sorts. The song is not correct for the show's 1957 setting, nor did it even exist at the time of the original 2002 broadcast.

Quotes
Stron: This is the third time this week I've had to fix Mrs. Garrett's sink.
Mestral: Perhaps she enjoys your company.
Stron: It might be tolerable if her son didn't insist on calling me... Moe.
T'Mir: Why does he do that?
Stron: There is a comic actor known as a Stooge with that name. The boy believes we have similar hair.
Mestral: There is a resemblance.

Connections
Referenced in Treksperts Briefing Room: Carbon Creek (2022)

Soundtracks
Where My Heart Will Take Me
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Russell Watson

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9/10

Delightful Yarn

To entertain the Captain and Tripp, T'Pol tells a story. It involves a place called Carbon Creek in a coal mining area. T'Pol and two other crewmen on a Vulcan ship crash a shuttle around 1956. They must figure a way to survive. So they engage with the locals, hiding their ears and working at odd jobs. One of them begins to have feelings for a single mother who owns a bar. She has a son who is trying to get to college but has few resources. They are dangerously close to blowing the whole prime directive, especially since one of them has gone rogue. T'Pol is in command because their captain died in the crash. This is a particularly fun episode as we watch the Vulcans try to fit in.

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