Episode Report Card Keckler: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Hoshi Crack Code and I Sorta Care
By Keckler | Season 3 | Episode 23 | Aired on 05.18.2004
Enterprise. Mr. Man and Three-Toed tell Quantum and Reed that they've located Dolum's ship four light years away. Dolum's been joined by more than a dozen more ships, so it wouldn't be a good idea to go after them. "You have nearly as many ships," Quantum points out. "You may have noticed that Reptilians and Insectoids are more belligerent than we are -- their ships are armed accordingly," Mr. Man says. Now I call that stupid. Why did the Xindi allow two of their species to become more powerful than the other three? That's just asking for massive amounts of trouble. But, you know, ask and ye shall receive. Dumb-asses. Reed doesn't want to give up without a fight, and Quantum asks about the Aquamen. "Their ships are extremely powerful," Mr. Man concedes, "but they've seen your evidence and they're not convinced." I love Mr. Man and Three-Toed's voices -- they're so mellifluously melodious. Quantum points out that was before Dolum murdered Degra and made off with Mega Maid. He spits out that he wants to talk to them. If Quantum doesn't stop with the spitting, he's going to get dehydrated.
A small ship flies to a massive ship.
On Mr. Man's ship, we see an Aquaman on the viewscreen. The Aquamen and Mr. Man argue a bit before the Aquaman hangs up on them. Mr. Man says the Aquamen have agreed to meet with them. "But don't expect much, Captain," Mr. Man says helpfully.
Quantum, Mr. Man, and Three-Toed wait in a tank with a big window looking into water. "Don't they ever change the water?! It's freakin' YELLOW!" the Evil Dr. Mathra bellows. Quantum paces, annoyed at being kept waiting. We're reminded about how slow-moving the Aquamen are. Again. I guess Three-Toed is acting twitchy -- I didn't notice anything -- because Quantum asks if he's okay. "My species don't like the water," Three-Toed admits. Is that going to be important later? My brain is SO clogged with SO many things I thought would be important later but then were COMPLETELY dropped (*cough* ShowerGuyTemporalColdWarSulibansex *sneeze*) that I feel like Ace and Sep. Combined. Finally the Aquamen show up, and Quantum tells them he's been linguistically inconvenienced by the kidnapping of his communications officer. In a Casio-metallic voice from some '80s song I can't even be bothered to remember at this point -- and no, it's not "Mr. Roboto," but maybe it's the Transformers commercials -- the Aquamen tell him they've studied his language and are able to speak. Let the arguments begin. Basically, the Aquamen don't want to help without taking more time to consider the evidence, and Quantum gets pissed. The Aquamen swim away, and Quantum shouts that they might be able to disable the spheres. The Aquamen stop, mid-breaststroke, and reconsider the situation.