| "Breaking the Ice" | |
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| Star Trek: Enterprise episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 8 |
| Directed by | Terry Windell |
| Written by | Maria Jacquemetton Andre Jacquemetton |
| Featured music | Dennis McCarthy |
| Production code | 108 |
| Original air date | November 7, 2001[1] |
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"Breaking the Ice" is the eighth episode (production #108) of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, and was written by Maria Jacquemetton and Andre Jacquemetton. Terry Windell served as director for the episode. The episode was nominated for the 2002 Emmy Award for visual effects.
Enterprise encounters a comet; Lieutenant Reed and Ensign Mayweather stop to mine some Eisilium. To their surprise, the Vulcan ship Ti'Mur stops by to observe the Enterprise. Meanwhile, when Commander Tucker unexpectedly becomes the only crewman to learn that Sub-Commander T'Pol has to make a decision between staying aboard Enterprise or return to Vulcan and her impending marriage, she asks his advice; this starts a steadily deepening personal bond between the pair over the remainder of the series.