Episode Report Card Keckler: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Blue Swayed Crews
By Keckler | Season 3 | Episode 13 | Aired on 01.20.2004
Back on Enterprise, T'Pol explains what went down with the Xindi ships. Quantum asks Reed about the sensors, and Reed says he has them back online. "You were right, sir. If I hadn't been watching that Andorian officer, it might have taken weeks to find out where she sabotaged the array," Reed reports. "Wait, Quantum was right? It was Reed who was more worried about it from the outset!" Dr. Mathra insists. T'Pol updates Quantum on where the Andorian ship is, and Reed says they'll intercept them in fourteen minutes.
Shran McCain talks to General Andorian Clark, who is so pleased with his work that he promises a commendation. Shran McCain tells him not to bother. "Transmit your analysis as soon as possible," General Andorian Clark says, and hangs up looking pissed. Shran sits at his desk with his blue IKEA shelving and his tasteful blue knickknacks, which include a geode on the top shelf and a blue ball on the bottom shelf. I wonder if he could play water polo with Quantum with that blue ball. Hey! I just though of something: has water polo been mentioned at all this season? I mean, I know we've seen the ball because he was banging it, but thank god he hasn't babbled about the game itself. Of course, it would be unseemly for him to be talking about water polo when he's worried about war, but I never would have put it past Season One Quantum. He's grown. And not just in the fungal sense.
Andorianna tells Shran McCain that the Enterprise approacheth. Shran makes tracks. Blue tracks. He asks Quantum's viewscreen face how he found them. "You don't think I'd let your people work on my ship without appropriate supervision?" Quantum's face asks him. Gytha Ogg for Shran: "Well, yeah. I've been watching the show!" Quantum then demands the weapon back. Shran McCain laughs that off and tells Quantum that he shouldn't drink too much Andorian ale in one sitting. "You tossed me overboard before I had a chance to thank you for letting us access your sensor telemetry. When the Xindi tested the weapon, we were able to intercept their activation codes," Quantum explains. Shran McCain starts to comprehend the temporal drift of this conversation. "Give it to us. Or we'll detonate it in your cargo bay," Quantum scowls. Shran McCain doesn't think he'll risk losing the weapon. Oh, but Quantum thinks he will, since he'd rather the weapon be destroyed than let the Andorians have it. Shran McCain doesn't understand this, since the Andorians aren't the enemies of the humans. Quantum can't take the chance that the Andorians would use it against the Vulcans. Shran McCain doesn't know what the Vulcans have done to deserve Quantum's loyalty. "You said you came to help us, Shran, you can still make good on your offer," Quantum tells him. Shran McCain won't budge, and Quantum tells him he has no choice.