Episode Report Card Sara M: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Degra Dearest
By Sara M | Season 3 | Episode 20 | Aired on 04.27.2004
Trip gets some sleep, but it's not too peaceful. He gets up and looks through some section of the ship that has seen better days. It's Taylor's room, or what's left of it. Trip looks through her things until he is interrupted by Taylor. He's surprised to see her, since he thought she was dead. Then he realizes that he's having a dream. And even in his dreams, he hasn't taken a shower. Taylor asks Trip about his letter to her parents; Trip says he isn't doing too well with it. Wow, that sucks: you have a dream where you get to talk to a dead friend, and all that person does is nag you? Now Taylor's pissed, because she thinks that Trip's having trouble because he can't think of anything to say about her, and after all she's done for the Enterprise. Taylor makes a couple suggestions, at which Trip gets visibly uncomfortable. She asks him if it's asking too much for him to remember her; he says it is. She demands to know why, and Trip wakes up.
Other Guy and Degra are having a lover's quarrel because Degra believes Archer and Other Guy doesn't. Other Guy says that he doesn't know why they should trust Archer over the lady from the future when she's helped them many times and Archer's helped them…never. Degra thinks Future Lady may have her own agenda. Other Guy agrees, but doesn't think they have enough proof to convince The Council. As Degra goes to see Archer, Other Guy tells him not to let his guilty conscience over building the weapon that took out half of Florida cloud his judgement. Degra chooses not to respond. Other Guy chooses to stand around showing off his impressive buckteeth. He kind of looks like a cross between Worf and that nerdy girl you always made fun of in elementary school.
T'Pol tries to show Degra some stuff on a viewscreen, but it isn't working. Hey, T'Pol's sporting a new outfit! How did she have time to change, but not to at least run a Wet-Nap over her face? Girl's got dirt blotches the size of my fist! Trip's there, too, trying to fix the viewscreen. And make a few digs at Degra for killing his sister and seven million other people. Trip wonders if Degra watched as Florida was destroyed, and if he enjoyed it. As Trip starts telling him about his sister, Archer enters, and T'Pol yells at Trip to shut it. Archer invites Degra into his ready room, and Degra takes off. Archer tells Trip to "stick to the job at hand," and leaves. T'Pol starts in with Trip that he isn't helping them win Degra's trust, at which Trip slams his tool case shut and leaves.