Episode Report Card Keckler: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Bad Moon Risan
By Keckler | Season 1 | Episode 25 | Aired on 05.14.2002
Sick Bay. Scrunchie Face scans Maywounded, who says he feels terrible. Scrunchie Face tells him he's having a reaction to the painkiller the Risans gave him, just as T'Pol walks in to check on his status. Scrunchie Face reports, "If his swelling gets any worse, it could begin to constrict his airway." T'Pol says she talked to the Risan hospital, who told her they've never heard of anyone having a reaction like this, but they've never dealt with humans before, either. Maywounded sighs, "I really think we should wake up Doctor Phlox." Scrunchie Face and T'Pol exchange looks.
Risan Restaurant. Ravcula and Hoshi continue with their language lessons. After hearing Ravcula mangle a few more words in his language, Hoshi admits that her tongue is beaten. Ravcula tries to encourage her, telling her she's only been trying for one day, but the waiter brings over a plate of Exposition so Hoshi can point out that Ravcula picked up English in one day. Ravcula admits that English is simpler. Ravcula picks up pieces of fruit, supposedly foreign, and asks Hoshi what she would call them back home. Hoshi tastes the fruit, which look like strawberries and kiwis, and tells him they are like strawberries and kiwis on her planet. They didn't even go out of their way to make the fruit look foreign. Ravcula's expression changes when Hoshi says "kiwi." Hoshi asks him what's up with the extra ridge on his cranium, and Ravcula explains, "In my language kee-hwi is, um…" Hoshi prompts him, but Ravcula admits that he doesn't know the word in English and asks if he can show her instead. Hoshi gives her permission, and he leans over to kiss her lips. Yeah, didn't see that one coming. Not for miles. "Kiss," Hoshi says. "That's called a kiss." Ravcula repeats the word and says, "There's a place I was planning to go today. A steam pool. They say it's very…relaxing. Would you like to go?" "Avec plaisir," Hoshi says. Is French really necessary here? Ravcula doesn't understand her, so Hoshi stands up and offers her hand. Ravcula takes it, and they walk out. Ravcula's wearing some sort of burlappy wraparound skirt over his pants.
Quantum's Fortress of Solitude. Quantum eats. Kayla rings his bell, and Quantum asks her to join him for lunch after Kayla suggests that they take their dogs to the beach. Kayla picks up Quantum's book and asks what it is. "It's a gift from my Science Officer," Quantum says, getting juice for Kayla. "Her people think humans are too controlled by their emotions." Kayla says, "I knew there was a reason why I liked you." Quantum chuckles and says that Kayla knows an awful lot about him, but he knows very little about her, including her dog's name. "It's Rhylo," Kayla says. "I adopted her when she was a puppy. Anything else?" "Everything else," Quantum says. "What's your planet called? What do you do? Do you have a family?" "Hmm, 'do you have a family'? No, I was cloned by the midichlorians," Mathra answers. Kayla tells Quantum that they've been having such a nice time, they shouldn't spoil it. Quantum doesn't know how she could spoil it. "I did have a family," Kayla tells him. "They were abducted by meddling humans, weren't they? WEREN'T THEY?" Mathra screams at the television. "They were killed. My parents, my brother, my husband," Kayla continues. Quantum says he's sorry. "It was our own fault. We'd been warned about the Suliban, we should've gotten out while we had the chance," Kayla says. "Suliban?" Quantum repeats. "You know about them?" Kayla asks. "Yes," Quantum says, smoothing on The Furrowed Brow Of Plot Twists.