Episode Report Card Keckler: F | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Tempus fudges-it
By Keckler | Season 1 | Episode 11 | Aired on 11.27.2001
Silik pops out of another panel into Launch Bay 2. He fiddles with the door, and opens it just as Quantum sneaks up on him and says, "I'm not going to ask you again. Put it down." Silik turns to scowl at him and asks, "You're going to kill me after I saved your life?" Quantum shifts his aim and blasts the gadget out of Silik's hand. It skitters into the corner, smoking. "You may have endangered your future, Jon," Silik spits out. Isn't that the stock threat from all time travelers? Silik goes through the door into the shuttle bay. Quantum hesitates, then follows him, but Silik has gone Karma Chameleon again so Quantum can't see him. Suddenly, the launch hatch opens and Quantum falls over the side of the railing, dropping his pistol. Okay, this is really going to be a tirade-a-licious scene, because first of all, he should have been SUCKED right out the hatch. He would not have the strength to cling to the railing all Luke-Skywalker-leaves-Cloud-City style. Plus, as he struggles and drops his techno-brass knuckles, it doesn't really look as though he's having any difficulty breathing, and by this point, there is absolutely no oxygen left in that room. Silik reappears as Quantum pulls himself back onto the catwalk. Still with the no-oxygen-having, Quantum takes the time to pause and watch Silik dive into the open portal. His blood should be boiling now, and his head wound would be spurting blood. Yet, it doesn't. Quantum struggles against the tremendous vacuum and gets back to the door to the rest of the ship. The oxygen that blows on him with the strength of a hairdryer should have blasted him right out of his Tick Underoos. But no, the writers would rather pretend Quantum's just leaving the Metrodome. He gets into the antechamber and fumbles with the buttons. There's a hissing sound, which presumably means he's flooding the chamber with oxygen, because now he can cough and wheeze dramatically.
Outer space. Silik goes into skydiver form and sails down to be picked up by his pod.
T'Pol comms Quantum that the Suliban pod "just took something in and went to warp." She asks if they should follow. Quantum gasps out to let them go.
Quantum's quarters. Quantum absently plays with the clock that Presuming Prah gave him. T'Pol enters and tells him that the transport vessel has left, and they're ready to resume their course. Quantum nods. T'Pol indicates the clock: "Have you learned how it works?" "Not a clue," Quantum tells her, then sighs, "Starfleet's in for one hell of a report. I'm not quite sure where to begin." T'Pol tells him she'd be "glad" to help him. Glad = emotion. Vulcans = emotionless. T'Pol = Vulcan. Jolene Blalock = drunk. Quantum nods at her answer and says, "First thing in the morning. I don't know about you but I could use a good night's sleep." "Agreed," T'Pol says as they leave. Camera pans to show a dramatic shot of the Heaven's Gate clock.
Bridge. Quantum orders Reed to assign new quarters to Daniels's Chaos Theory bunkmate. "And seal off cabin E-14. It's off-limits until further notice," Quantum says. Reed scampers off to comply. "God knows what else is in there," Quantum says to T'Pol. I'd guess, crusty peanut butter sandwiches, dirty socks, and The Idiot's Guide to Time Travel. Quantum pauses a moment to be introspective, but coming up empty-handed, he orders Mayflower to get them back "on the road." Quantum sits in his chair (I thought he was going to get a good night's sleep?) and ponders time, life, and soft scrambled eggs.