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First Aired: Sep. 25, 2002 on UPN

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Season 2 » Episode #02 - Carbon Creek

Star Trek: Enterprise - 02x02 Carbon Creek

Summary: -

Celebrating T'Pol's first full year with the Enterprise crew over dinner, Archer asks why her record states that she once took a five-day leave to visit an old Pennsylvania mining town called Carbon Creek.

She claims Carbon Creek was the site of actual first contact between humans and Vulcans, long before the historical First Contact in 2063, and her second foremother (great-grandmother) was there.

Trip Tucker scoffs at this, but then T'Pol offers to tell "the full story."

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Captain Jonathan Archer	played by Scott Bakula
T'Mir	played by Jolene Blalock
Sub-Commander T'Pol	played by Jolene Blalock
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III	played by Connor Trinneer
Maggie	played by Ann Cusack
Mestral	played by J. Paul Boehmer
Jack	played by Hank Harris
Stron	played by Michael Krawic

Episode Quotes

Mestral: This antenna is inadequate. I believe I can use a waveform discriminator to enhance it.
T'Mir: It'll be safer to go after dark. Can't risk being followed.
Mestral: I need to go now. "I Love Lucy" is on tonight.

Jack: [to Mestral] Want to shoot some eight-ball?
Maggie: Jack!
Jack: I've got a geometry midterm next week; it's good practice.

Maggie: I'm sorry. I... I'm usually better at keeping a lid on my emotions. It's, it's not always easy.
Mestral: I know.

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Mistakes/Goofs

Goof (anachronisms): Set in 1957, modern-day dollar bills released in the late 1990s (most notably a $50 note) are seen in the bar's tip jar.
Goof (continuity error): Several scenes from the dinner table show a fuller bottle of wine compared to the scene right before them.

Trivia

"Carbon Creek," which aired on 25 September 2002, included a reference to the TV series The Twilight Zone (1959), in which William Shatner once guest starred. As it happened, the debut episode of a revived version of The Twilight Zone aired immediately after the Enterprise broadcast. It also features a joke involving the TV series I Love Lucy which was produced by Desilu - the company that produced Star Trek: The Original Series. Lucille Ball has also been credited with saving the original series from early cancellation. The episode includes a scene in which T'Pol's great-great-grandmother introduces Velcro to earth. One of the Vulcans involved is named Mestral, after the real-life inventor of Velcro, George de Mestral.
Lt. Malcolm Reed, Dr. Phlox, Ensign Travis Mayweather and Ensign Hoshi Sato do not appear in this episode.