Episode Report Card Omar G: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Requiem For A Transporter Beam
By Omar G | Season 1 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.09.2001
In sick bay, poor Phlox is sad for once. Turns out Ensign Junk Food is about to shuffle off this mortal coil. Phlox looks like he's about to cry. A stray neutron, it seems, broke down in Junk Food's bloodstream and released a toxin. Hey, Phlox, cheer up. He would have died of heart disease in a few months anyway. Phlox says he tried to inject Junk food with something, but "I fear it might be too late." This is the worst part of being a doctor. All of them say so. Phlox starts second guessing himself, saying what he should have done. "I can't tell you how sorry I am, Captain," he says, unable to look Quantum in the eye. Cpt. Quantum asks about the others. Before Phlox can get an answer out, Quantum is yelling that he wants to know if they're going to be dead when he arrives. Phlox looks like Daddy just hit him. Quantum walks out. It's okay, Phlox. Don't cry out loud. Just keep it inside. And learn how to hide your feelings.
Iron Monkey. Worst name for a movie I actually wouldn't mind seeing.
Back in the cave, the standoff continues. Trip is yelling at Mayweather to stay awake. Mayweather tries. Ensign Scrunchieface can't even stay upright. T'Pol answers her communicator. The Captain asks what's up. T'Pol gives a curt status report. "He's irrational, sir," she says. Quantum tells them about Ensign Junk Food's complete lack of health. The Captain says he plans to beam down some inoculations so they can heal themselves as soon as possible. "Takin' an injection iddn't gonna change a damn thing!" Trip yells. T'Pol and Hoshi exchange some words in Vulcan. Mostly gossip. Oh, and that Trip's going to kill T'Pol. Hoshi relays this to the Captain, and I'm amazed she doesn't go into hysterics over the news, given her behavior in the last two episodes. "One more word of that gibberish and I'm gonna split you in two!" Trip yells at T'Pol. Vertical or horizontal halves? Captain Quantum tries to use reason, explaining that T'Pol is reverting to her language because of the spore. Trip goes delusional again, saying that he wants to save the Enterprise. Quantum then goes into a long, boring, drawn-out story about how Trip's EV pack once froze up on Titan. And how Trip had to trust Quantum when Trip tried to take off his helmet and was delirious. "I'm asking you to trust me now," Quantum says. "Then we'll deal with these…rock people." He even says it with a straight face. Trip doesn't buy it. He goes crazy again. Captain Quantum takes another tack. He begins lying. He tells Trip he's going to tell him the real story of what's going on.
Quantum gives Phlox and Reed some orders, and they fiddle around with the transporter. Ooh, a secret plan!