Episode Report Card Keckler: C- | 1097 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to YesterTrek
By Keckler | Season 4 | Episode 22 | Aired on 2005.05.13
T'Pol hustles Shranette out of sight. The shranapper scans the amethyst, and we pan up to see where the Away Team is in position on catwalks above. They're in PLAIN SIGHT! How did the shranapper's not -- oh, forget it, because cancelled. Shran dramatically puts his hand up to his eyes. "What are you doing?" a shranapper asks. Trip pushes a button on his Amethyst Remote Control and the amethyst starts popping flashes wildly. Ah, someone's been watching a bit of Rear Window and decided to take the James Stewart approach to get away from these alien Raymond Burrs. Shran takes off in a whirl of green mink and the firefight starts. Lots of shooting and running. The most hysterical part about this scene is that Reed appears to be shooting randomly down a cylindrical shaft (and I really don't think he can actually see anyone), but then he shouts, "Stand still, so I can shoot you!" Okay, so he actually says, "Stand still and you won't be harmed," but we all know that Reed has historically bad aim, and it's also a weird word choice to say "Stand still" instead of "Freeze." Needless to say, the shranappers don't listen to him or his bad aim. Riker, as Uh-Oh, gets in on the action. Dr. Mathra wonders what would have happened if Riker's shot was better or worse than the Uh-Oh he was impersonating. I assume the holodeck has constraints on him that force him to be exactly like the Uh-Oh he's stepped into. More shooting that I don't have to recap. Suddenly, something explodes and the catwalk Trip and Quantum are crouched on gives away. Trip dangles. Quantum reaches down, grabs Trip's butt, and pulls him to safety. I guess we were supposed to get all nervous there and think he was going to die at that moment. But no, it just makes his actual death all the more exciting! Not. "Thanks, boss," Trip pants. "Any time," Quantum pants back.