Episode Report Card Keckler: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Maximum Over(warp)drive
By Keckler | Season 2 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.08.2002
A short time later, Trip is on Reed's shoulders, opening the access panel. "If the Captain learns about this, we'll both be scrubbing plasma conduits for a month!" Reed grunts, trying to keep his balance. He gives Trip a final leg up, and gets a butt in his face for his trouble. Inside the duct, Trip reaches down and pulls Reed up with one arm.
Enterprise. May-pulling-the-plug walks around his quarters in nothing but a pair of biker shorts. Everyone on the forums made such an issue of May-did-you-ever-think-when-a-hearse-goes-by's physique, but I am not impressed by it, for two reasons. One, we saw it in "Two Days and Two Nights" when he had his rock-climbing accident, and two, what else do you think he's been doing when he's not needed on the set? As May-buh-bye pulls on a scanty tank top, Quantum comms him and requests his presence in Launch Bay One. "I thought that section was off-limits, sir," May-that-you-would-be-the-next-to-die questions. "Not anymore -- I could use your help, Ensign," "Quantum" says. May-the-worms-crawl-in-the-worms-crawl-out tells him he'll be right down.
Trip Finn and Malcolm Sawyer crawl through the ducts together. I actually think it should be Trip Sawyer and Malcolm Finn, because Tom was the one who coerced Huck into all his scrapes in Huck Finn, but Trip's got the Huckleberry accent. But enough English literature for the insane. Do they really think the facility isn't going to sense that it has something crawling around in its insides? It's like the Regulan blood worm in Reed. Malcolm Finn is wondering aloud if Trip Sawyer got his directions right when an alarm goes off. One end of the corridor is sealed off, and as they try to get away, both scoundrels disappear into thin air. They reappear -- still on their hands and knees -- on the floor of their own bridge. T'Pol leans over her console to look at them. "Evenin', Sub-Commander," Trip says. T'Pol cocks her head and raises an eyebrow. Heh! Nice scene. I'm thrilled Jolene has learned to act more with her face than with other body parts. Now, if we could only break Scott of his habit.
May-the-worms-play-pinochle-on-your-snout arrives in the launch bay and looks around, seeing no one. He sees a singed and sparking area on the bulkhead, and goes to check it out.
Quantum's Quarters. Trip and Reed stand at attention while Quantum dresses them down, asking if they realize how stupid their "little stunt" was. "You could have just as easily been transported out into space. You're senior officers, you're supposed to be setting an example for the rest of the crew," Quantum tells them, pacing. Trip admits that it was his idea to pay people to paint the fence while he went fishing. Quantum walks up into Trip's face and says, "I think Lieutenant Reed is old enough to make his own decisions." But he's not old enough to wear big-boy pants. "You've made it clear to me that you think discipline aboard Enterprise has gotten a little too lax -- I'm beginning to agree with you," Quantum tells Reed. Quantum tells them they're grounded in their rooms until he says otherwise, and dismisses them. The boys make to leave with their tails between their legs. "Hold on!" Quantum orders. "Did you notice anything interesting when you were in there?" he asks. "Depenns on whut y'meen by innerestin'," Trip says. Before they can get into it, T'Pol comms Quantum to say he's needed in Launch Bay One immediately.