"Carpenter Street" | |
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Star Trek: Enterprise episode | |
Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 11 |
Directed by | Mike Vejar |
Written by |
Rick Berman Brannon Braga |
Production code | 311 |
Original air date | November 26, 2003 |
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"Carpenter Street" is the sixty-third episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise, the eleventh episode of season three. It first aired on November 26, 2003 on the UPN network in the United States. The episode was written by executive producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga.
Set in the 22nd century, the series follows the adventures of the first Starfleet starship Enterprise, registration NX-01. Season three of the series shows the ship enter the Delphic Expanse to search for a Xindi superweapon in response to an attack on Earth. In this episode, Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and Sub-commander T'Pol (Jolene Blalock) travel back to early 21st century Earth to find a group of Xindi-Reptilians who were seeking to wipe out the human race by using a biological agent.
The production of the episode used several different methods to represent 21st century Detroit, including exterior shots in Los Angeles, the Paramount studios downtown New York standing sets and exterior sets at the Lacy Street Production Center. The guest cast featured Matt Winston returning as Temporal Agent Daniels, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as a Xindi-Reptilian. It had the lowest number of viewers of season three at that point according to the Nielsen ratings, a decline that was attributed to pre-Thanksgiving travel. Critical response was mostly negative, with criticism directed at the nature of the plot.