Episode Report Card Keckler: C- | 1097 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to YesterTrek
By Keckler | Season 4 | Episode 22 | Aired on 2005.05.13
In a corridor, Riker comments, "Reed's shorter than I thought he'd be." Troi suggests the program is off. "Naw," Riker says, "I'm sure it's fine, it's just that you expect larger-than-life people to be larger-than-life." Reed? "Larger-than-life"? Not bloody likely. Not by any stretch of the i. At Troi's question, Riker says that "the Andorian" hasn't hailed the ship yet. "You might want to leap ahead to that point -- it's where things really start happening," Troi advises. "That's what we've been saying FOR YEARS!" Gytha shouts. Troi tells Riker to think about taking over the galley. Supposedly, back in the day before they had annoying ship's counselors in place to say stuff like, "I feel that you have a problem," everyone on Enterprise confided in the Chef. Sure. Fine. Why not. They make plans to have supper later, and Riker gets back to his holodeck program.
ENT bridge. Quantum is saying something about something being impossible because Shran has been dead for three years. Hoshi doesn't answer, but pops something up on the screen. Quantum almost smiles as he says, "This is quite a surprise." Shran apologizes, explaining that he needed certain people to believe he was dead. "Including me?" Quantum questions. Shran ignores this and reminds Quantum that he still owes him a favor. What with the Coalition FINALLY happening and him heading to Earth to sign some stuff and make a big important speech that may or may not include animals seen on safaris, Quantum doesn't really have the time for payback. Shran finally gets Quantum's attention by shouting that his and Voldenar's kid has been kidnapped by his "former associates." Quantum agrees to meet with Shran. Riker freezes the program and advances an hour and switches to "objective mode." In objective mode, Riker's back in his TNG uniform and he can walk around and through walls without anyone seeing him. Just go with it, you'll feel much better. And if you don't, try a vat of wine. It seems to help.