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ARCHER: Say when.
T'POL: When.

I didn't know you drank wine.

Under the circumstances,
I'll allow myself a small indulgence.

Uh, make mine a large indulgence.

[CHUCKLES]

To our science officer.

It's been one year to the day
since you officially joined our crew.

Here's to many more.

I appreciate the sentiment,

but I'm simply carrying out
my assignment.

That's no small accomplishment,
considering the previous record

for a Vulcan serving on a human ship
was two weeks.

Ten days.

I've been filling out
your annual crew evaluation.

- Just a formality.
- I understand.

The High Command has requested
my evaluation of you.

Just a formality.

There's something in your record
I've been meaning to ask you about.

While you were stationed in Sausalito,
you took a five-day leave.

Yes.

You went to an old mining town
in Pennsylvania, Carbon Creek.

Seems like an odd place
to take a vacation.

Vulcans don't take vacations.

Then if I may ask,
why'd you go there?

Is this part of my evaluation?

Just curious.

It was a personal matter.

You had a personal matter
in Carbon Creek, Pennsylvania?

Trip, if she doesn't wanna tell us...

Seems a little unfair.
We tell her plenty of stories.

- You'd like me to tell you a story?
- If it's a good one.

I went to Carbon Creek
because I wanted to visit the site

of First Contact between humans
and Vulcans.

Then you were
about 3,000 kilometers off.

- That took place in Montana.
- Actually, it didn't.

TRIP:
Every school kid knows

that Zephram Cochrane
met the Vulcans

in Bozeman, Montana
on April 5th, 2063.

I've been there. There's a statue.

In fact, the Vulcans visited Earth
long before then.

My second fore-mother
was one of them.

Your who?

My mother's mother's mother.

Would you like to hear the story?

I can't compensate.

The re-fusion pressure
is still dropping.

If our orbit decays any further,
we'll be detected.

[ALARM WAILING]

T'POL: They'd gone to Earth
to investigate the launch

of its first artificial satellite
called Sputnik.

During their third week of gathering
information about humanity,

their impulse manifold
began to malfunction.

They had no choice
but to attempt an emergency landing.

Try to find an isolated area.

Send a distress call
to the High Command.

T'MIR: One hundred kilometers.
- Deploy the stabilizers.

Our landing vector is too steep.

[VULCAN COUGHING]

- Are you hurt?
- I don't think so.

Captain?

What are your orders?

Why did the Vulcans
keep this a secret?

The incident is well-documented

at the Science Directorate
and the Space Council.

- On Vulcan?
- Of course.

Hang on.

T'Mir was your great grandmother?

I'd be the last person
to question your math,

but aren't you missing
a few generations?

Sputnik was 200 years ago.

Don't forget how long Vulcans live.

Right.

Just how old are you?

It's gotta be in her record.

Trip, that's classified information.

Please,

go on.

Their subspace transceiver
was damaged in the crash.

They had no way of knowing

if their distress signal
had even been transmitted.

They'd used up their emergency
rations within a week.

After five days without food,
their situation was growing desperate.

[DEVICE BEEPING]

Two life forms.

Fascinating.

One of those creatures
could sustain us for some time.

Are you suggesting we eat it?

It's logical to take extreme measures
to survive.

- Even resorting to savagery?
- That may not be necessary.

Our scans showed a settlement
approximately six kilometers away.

If we're exposed,
we could contaminate their culture.

And when they find our bodies
after we starve,

will that contaminate their culture?

Better to leave them with a mystery
than with three living aliens.

We should at least investigate
the possibilities.

It's too dangerous.

I'm willing to take the risk.

Mestral.

Remain here.

How do you suggest we proceed?

We'll need to disguise ourselves.

T'MIR:
We're here to find food. Nothing else.

We'll keep contact with the humans
to an absolute minimum.

If we must interact with them,

I will speak.

What is it?

I believe you have that garment on
backwards.

Prisoners?

They don't appear to be restrained.
More likely laborers.

It's hard to believe these people

were capable
of launching an artificial satellite.

MAN [ON RADIO]:
And here is the pitch.

Dixon hits a scorcher down
the right field line!

The first baseman makes
a stab at it, but no!

Ellis is charging hard from right field.
He scoops it up and fires.

It's gonna be close.
There's a collision at the plate,

but Wilcox hangs onto the ball
and Thompson is out!

[ALL GROAN]

MAN:
Oh, my, what a play.

Some type of combat, no doubt.

I believe it may be an entertainment.

- A communal gathering place.
- Do they have food?

It appears so.

- Remember.
- I won't speak.

[FOLK SONG PLAYING
ON SPEAKERS]

- Another?
- No, I'll settle up.

- All right.
- I'm next.

- Currency.
- Yes.

The paper appears to have value.

Thanks, Billy.

What can I get you?

Do you have anything
that doesn't require currency?

You mean free?

What brings you to Carbon Creek?

We had an accident with our vehicle
outside your town.

MAGGIE: Are you okay?
- We're fine.

You folks married?

No.

We're business associates.

There's a gas station up the road.
I'd be happy to give you a lift.

- No, thank you.
- Suit yourself.

Anybody up for a game?
Quarter a ball?

- I'll play.
- You better ask your mother, Jackie.

Come on, Mom,
we could use the money.

Go on upstairs
and do your homework.

I'll bring you up some dinner.

I'm up for a game.

What are you doing?
I told you not to speak to anyone.

I can defeat him.

- You don't even know the rules.
- It's simple.

- I thought you didn't have any money.
- He doesn't.

Well, sorry, pal,
there's nothing in it for me.

It's time for us to go.

Wait a minute. We might be able
to work something out.

If you win, I'll pay up.

If I win, your business associate
has a drink with me.

- We accept your terms.
- We do not.

The game is based
on simple geometry.

- It wouldn't challenge a Vulcan child.
- No.

- We need their currency.
- What if you lose?

I'll have to socialize with him.

Would you rather die of starvation?

Tough break.

The number eight ball

in that pocket.

Cryogenics.

Do you suppose they've experimented
with protein replicators?

Why didn't you ask the merchant?

You seemed willing to engage
everyone else in conversation.

I think that wine's gone to your head.

What are you implying?

Two Vulcans stroll into a bar,
hustle a few games of pool,

and walk out
with an armload of TV dinners.

Sounds like an old episode
of the Twilight Zone. Heh.

If you're not interested
in hearing the rest...

Hold on, hold on. Heh.
We didn't say we weren't interested.

They realized they couldn't rely
on gambling,

so they took whatever employment
they could find

while they waited
for a rescue vessel to arrive.

But as the weeks passed,
it seemed less likely

that their distress call
had been received.

And it became more difficult
for them to avoid the humans.

MAN [ON TV]: The test of a nuclear
device is designed for tactical use

in place of artillery.

Zero hour was just after five...

Nothing like an atomic test
to make your day.

Doesn't it concern you?

The bomb?
It scares the hell out of me.

I'd hate to see humanity
destroy itself.

MAGGIE:
That makes two of us.

- Want to shoot some eight-ball?
MAGGIE: Jack.

I've got a geometry mid-term
next week. It's good practice.

Nice try, but there's better ways
to prepare for a math test.

- Are you interested in mathematics?
- It's what I want to study at college.

[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING
ON SPEAKERS]

Mechanical engineering.
If I get to go.

You will.

- He got a scholarship.
- Only a partial one.

It's still a scholarship,
and you worked hard for it.

Everybody's been pitching in
to help pay for his expenses.

Books, room and board.

You can shoot one rack,
and that's it.

Your break.

[GUNFIRE ON TV]

This is the third time this week
I've had to fix Mrs. Garrett's sink.

Perhaps she enjoys your company.

It might be tolerable if her son
didn't insist on calling me "Moe."

Why does he do that?

There is a comic actor known
as a stooge with that name.

The boy believes
we have similar hair.

There is a resemblance.

This is intolerable.

I'm a warp field engineer.

Then perhaps you can help me
construct a subspace transceiver.

I told you, it's impossible.

If we remain here, we'll die.

This world's on the brink
of self-annihilation.

I don't believe that.

Because your fascination
with this species is blinding you.

You sit for hours each day
in front of this idiotic device.

I'm doing research.

Perhaps if you spent more time
observing human behavior,

you might not have
such a pessimistic view of them.

Open your eyes.
They revel in violence.

They devote what little technology
they have

to devising ways
of killing each other.

So did we centuries ago.

They just haven't realized
their potential yet.

What potential?

They have great empathy
and compassion.

Look how we've been made
to feel welcome.

[TV SWITCHES OFF]

Only because they believe
we're human.

If they discover the truth,

do you think
they'd be so compassionate?

Where are you going?

To the ship.

- Why?
- This antenna is inadequate.

I believe I can use a waveform
discriminator to enhance it.

It'll be safer to go after dark.
You can't risk being followed.

I need to go now.

I Love Lucy is on tonight.

Hi. You're right on time.

It was different
than seeing it on television.

More invigorating.

Well, there's another game next week
if you'd like to go.

Or we could do something else.
Uh, take in a movie?

That would be enjoyable.

- Can I ask you a question?
- Yes.

What are you hiding
under that cap?

A pointed head?
You're not from Mars, are you?

Oh, I didn't mean
to make fun of you.

I'm not offended.

- May I ask you a question?
- Please.

What happened to your mate?

- You mean my husband?
- Yes.

He left a long time ago.

Jack used to get letters from him
every now and then.

The last we heard,
he moved to Phoenix.

I was hoping he would help
with Jack's college,

but I guess we're on our own.

I can understand why he wouldn't want
to have anything to do with me but...

[SIGHS]

I'm sorry. I'm usually better
at keeping a lid on my emotions.

It's not always easy.

I know.

Well, um...

I'm due back at the Pine Tree.

Will I see you later?

Oh, I...

I didn't mean to. I thought...

- Oh, God.
- Please.

I was simply surprised.
It was very pleasant.

Pleasant?

Wasn't that
an appropriate response?

Well, it's been a while
since I kissed a man,

but still, I was hoping
it'd be a little bit more than "pleasant."

I did say "very pleasant."

[CHUCKLES]

We've got company.

I should go.

Thank you again.

Waveform discriminator?

I went to a baseball game
in Doylestown.

- More research?
- Maggie invited me.

- I didn't think it would be a problem.
- Then why did you lie about it?

Because I knew
you wouldn't understand.

You were engaging
in intimate activity.

I didn't initiate it.

You're to have no further contact
with that woman.

- You can't make that decision.
- I'm still in command.

Command of what?

Our mission is over.

It's time to accept the fact
that we may never leave this world.

[T'MIR BLOWS AIR]

I was just gonna play some pool.
I didn't mean to bother you. Um...

What are you doing?

I was about to meditate.

Really?

Are you just trying to clear your mind
or reach a higher spiritual plane?

I spend a lot of time at the library. Heh.

- Studying meditation techniques?
- Oh, different things.

Mostly about places I'd like to visit.

Uh, like Tibet. The Buddhist monks
there meditate every day.

And in India, they've got these
mystics called fakirs.

Supposedly,
they can almost stop their hearts,

just by using willpower.

You'd be surprised what
a disciplined mind can accomplish.

What else do you study
at this library?

Astronomy, um, literature,

sometimes I'll just pick a book
off the shelf and start reading.

What about you?
What do you like to read?

I have an interest
in astronomy as well.

Oh, really?

Did you know that, uh, minutes after
dusk, when the sun is just right,

you can see Sputnik
with the naked eye.

- Maybe tomorrow I could show you.
- I've seen it already.

It's amazing, don't you think?

Well, I'll let you get back
to your meditating.

- It was nice talking to you.
- And you.

BILLY: Mestral!
- Hello.

Hey, I got tickets to the ball game
this weekend.

It's a double-header.

Tim's going, Gavin, Jack, Maggie.

- I'm afraid I can't.
- What's wrong with you lately?

Maggie says you haven't even...

MESTRAL: Are you all right, Billy?
BILLY: Yeah.

[MEN YELLING]

T'MIR:
Why do you need us here?

MESTRAL: I'm looking
for a particle weapon, the armory case.

- Help me find it.
- Why?

There's been an accident
in the mine.

At least 20 men are trapped.

It could take the humans days
to free them.

- We can't interfere.
- They'll die.

You'd let them suffocate
even if we could prevent it.

- What if they see the weapon?
- We'll be certain they don't.

At best, these humans only live
to be 60 or 70.

Is it worth the risk just to extend
their lives a few more years?

We can't contaminate their culture.

This has nothing to do
with contamination.

It has to do with compassion.

Compassion

is an emotion.

They're my friends
and I'm going to help them.

Don't try to stop me.

[MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

- Yes.
- Proceed 22 meters,

- then turn right at the junction.
MESTRAL: Understood.

T'MIR: In eight meters,
you'll find a narrow opening

near the ground
that leads to an abandoned shaft.

[MAN COUGHING]

There's a stratum of quartz
on the wall opposite the opening.

MESTRAL:
I see it.

Set your dispersal radius
to seven degrees.

Two more meters.

- How far?
- Approximately 30 meters.

MAN:
Here. Over here.

[COUGHING]

T'POL:
After rescuing the 12 miners,

Mestral became something
of a hero that day.

Didn't people wonder
how he got them out?

I'm sure they did.

But no one ever discovered
the truth.

Three months passed,

and just as they had resigned
themselves to the fact that,

in all likelihood,
they would never leave Earth.

[DEVICE BEEPING]

T'Mir.

TELLUS: This is Captain Tellus
of the Vulcan survey vessel D'Vahl.

I'm responding
to your distress signal.

We thought it wasn't transmitted.

TELLUS: Your signal was received
by a Tellarite freighter.

It took them some time to forward it
to the High Command.

We're approaching the system now.

Meet us at the crash site
in three days.

Understood.

I hear you're leaving.

That's correct.

Where to?

Home.

Up north.

I'm gonna miss you.

You're about the most interesting
people I've met in this town.

I'm sure you'll meet
a lot of interesting people at college.

I'm not going.

What? Why not?

Couldn't come up
with the rest of the money.

The deadline for the tuition's Friday,
so...

- What will you do?
- Keep saving, I guess.

Find a job.

Mom doesn't want me
anywhere near the mine,

but that's where the work
is around here.

Can you try again next year?
For the scholarship?

I'll re-apply,
but there's no guarantee.

I'm sure they will offer it
to you again.

And if not, there's always the library.

Still a lot of books I haven't read.

Good luck up north.

Carbon Creek's not exactly
a vacation spot

but I hope you'll come visit us.

Perhaps.

He took those college boards.

Got the highest score of anybody
in the county.

It's not fair.

[THUDS]

So you're the lady with the invention
that's going to change the world.

MAGGIE:
Morning.

Jack!

Didn't you terminate
your employment?

Yes.

But I promised Mrs. Garrett
I'd repair this suction device.

It's unfortunate
that you'll be leaving these people

without experiencing one thing
they have to offer.

Such as alcohol? Frozen fish sticks?

The constant threat
of nuclear annihilation?

There is much more to them.

You just refuse to see it.

I've seen enough.

I haven't.

I plan to stay here.

If this your attempt at humor...

They're on the verge

of countless social and technological
advancements.

I have the unique opportunity
to study an emerging species.

That's what you've done,
much closer than we anticipated.

Your duty is to return to Vulcan
and report your findings.

There's still more to learn
about these people.

All of them or just one?

This has nothing to do with Maggie.

She has helped me
appreciate their culture,

but I don't intend to remain
in Carbon Creek.

- Where would you go?
- To one of their larger cities at first.

After that, I'm not certain.

There's so much to see.

The High Command
will never allow it.

Tell him it's not possible.

T'Mir?

Perhaps, I can arrange for you
to be on the next survey ship.

In another 20 years,

running more statistical scans
from high orbit?

That's not enough.

- Where is your captain?
- He was killed in the crash.

There were four Vulcans
aboard your vessel.

Mestral died in the crash as well.
We cremated their remains.

Do you realize you've just rewritten
our history books?

- A footnote, at best.
- Footnote?

Uh, this is like finding out
Neil Armstrong wasn't the first man

to walk on the moon.

Perhaps he wasn't.

Oh.

How long did this Mestral
stay on Earth?

The rest of his life, presumably.

And that would be what,
another 100, 150 years?

Possibly longer.

[SCOFFS]

An alien is left on Earth
in the 1950s.

Lives through, what, 30 presidents,
travels the world,

and no one notices him?

And what happened
when he finally kicked the bucket?

Did the undertaker just shrug
and ignore his ears?

You asked me to tell you a story.

Heh. It was a good one.

But did it really happen?

As I said, you asked me
to tell you a story.

Damn, captain.

She put one over on us.

You did go to Carbon Creek.

If you check my record, you'll note

that I also visited Yellowstone Park
and the Carlsbad Caverns.

I'm a scientist.
That includes geology.

Thank you for the meal.

Ahem, my pleasure.

You've certainly kept us entertained.
Heh.

Good night.

[SIGHS]