Episode Report Card 4 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT A Horse! A Horse! My Boredom For A Horse!
By Keckler | Season 3 | Episode 7 | Aired on 10.28.2003
Quantum sends Mr. Mugato home without an escort. They wish each other luck. Reed and Uh-Oh Hayes voice their lack of confidence in Mr. Mugato's trustworthiness. Quantum tells them to shut up.
Enterprise. Quantum comms T'Pol to hold off on the spatial charges, as they've had a change of plans, heart, and underwear and he has a project for her and Hoshi. Does it involve construction paper and Elmer's glue? My projects always did. Also, blunted scissors, because I couldn't be trusted not to pretend they were weird ballerinas. Hoshi looks bored, but this time I do not blame her one whit. Not one whit, I say!
At the facility, the Mugatos tell Mr. Mugato that Snake Eyes and Mr. Man were looking for him. Mr. Mugato says he wants to run a few more tests on the shipment. The other Mugatos protest, but Mr. Mugato reminds them how important the shipment is to the colony. In more ways than one -- see how they are with the cleverness? You do? Good, because I don't.
Enterprise beams the absconded canister back down to the Away Thream, and Hoshi technobabbles that they'll be able to track it.
Number Three: Sitting in an empty room with no furniture, nothing on the walls, nothing to read, and a recent lobotomy so there's nothing to think about.
Mr. Mugato runs tests. Snake Eyes and Mr. Man storm in and express their annoyance that they couldn't find him. Mr. Mugato makes up a lie about going hunting for tree scarabs, and about shooting their seeker because it was scaring off his prey. Snake Eyes and Mr. Man are annoyed that more tests are being performed, but Mr. Mugato throws his forty-two-year history with the facility in their faces and tells them to shut up. He's pretty drama-queeny about it as well.
Reed and Uh-Oh Hayes lie on their stomachs in the woods and comm Quantum about what's happening around Snake Eyes and Mr. Man's ship. When they sound the all-clear, Quantum darts over to the ship. Reed keeps T'Pol apprised of their movements. Aboard the Xindi shuttle, Quantum plants the altered canister among other kimosabe canisters. Outside the facility, Mr. Mugato stalls for time by asking Mr. Man and Bug Eyes what they need the kimosabe for. Snake Eyes doesn't want to tell him, but Mr. Man tells him they are using it against a "ruthless alien species" who is going to destroy their race. Hee -- I typed "face" there, but it really amounts to the same thing. Over Mr. Man and Snake Eyes's shoulders, Mr. Mugato watches the Xindi shuttle and sees Quantum sneak away. Snake Eyes turns around, a few seconds too late. Mr. Mugato stops stalling them, and they leave. My favorite part of that exchange was when Mr. Mugato facetiously told Snake Eyes that he will miss his company the most.