S2E2
Carbon Creek
⚠ Spoiler alert This recap gives away what happens in this episode.
Episode Summary & Review
Summary
T’Pol entertains Archer and Trip with the tale of a crash landed Vulcan ship, whose stranded crew lived in disguise among the denizens of a Pennsylvania mining town circa 1957.
Our Take
This is a low-stakes hour built entirely on T’Pol’s flashback, and it coasts on charm rather than stakes. Jolene Blalock and the period setting do most of the work, and the small-town Vulcans adjusting to human life make for some genuinely fun moments, though the ending’s twist is pretty predictable. Worth a watch if you like the character pieces, but nobody’s missing much if they skip it.