Episode Report Card Keckler: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT You Can Call Me Al
By Keckler | Season 1 | Episode 21 | Aired on 04.29.2002
Cell Bloc. Mayweather spoons up some mash. There's frantic banging at his door. He opens it. A cloaked "Suliban" stands in the doorway. "Yes?" he asks. "I understand you're looking for a way outta here," the "Suliban" rasps. Dumbell-Weather asks who he is. The "Suliban" steps inside and says in a normal voice, "Don't you recognize me, Travis?" Mayweather bugs, "Malcolm?" he asks. Reed laughs and says that Mayweather's beat-up face looks worse than his. Mayweather asks how Reed got down there. "Transporter," Reed says, "I think I'm finally getting used to it." That's peachy. Not even the end of the first season, and the transporter is rendered boring. Mayweather asks if he's sure he wasn't detected. Reed says Hoshi sent AlGrat a large Quark file and he doesn't have StuffIt. He hands Mayweather a phase pistol, saying, "Congratulations, Ensign, your case is about to be dismissed."
Mayweather's cell. More map-examining. This time by Danik, Mayweather, and Reed. Danik points out where Isolation is located, and Reed says he'll find Quantum. "The charges?" Danik asks. Mayweather assures him they're taken care of and asks if Danik is definitely "up for this." Klaxon blares. "Nightly inspection," Danik says. "I thought you said it wasn't for another fifteen minutes," Reed says. Danik says he better get back. "See you in orbit," Danik says. Mayweather wishes him luck. Reed comms T'Pol that the guards are ahead of schedule and they need to speed things up. T'Pol says they'll do their best. The guards inspect. Enterprise speeds toward the planet with the patrol ships on their tail. The patrol ships fire. T'Pol orders the aft torpedoes fired. Hoshi reports two direct hits and that the patrol ships are "bearing off." T'Pol commands, "Take us down." Enterprise descends through some clouds, and T'Pol asks if the patrol ships are following. Hoshi says the ships took heavy damage and are attempting to land. T'Pol tells Trip, "You're clear to launch, Commander." Trip, in the cockpit of a sh'pod says, "Acknowledged" and launches.
Mayweather's cell. Reed paces. The communicator twitters and T'Pol tells him, "He's approaching the compound. Two minutes." Reed says, "Tell him --" but Klev bursts in on them and orders them in the corridor. Mayweather walks out the door, followed by Reed, who gets electrically goosed with Klev's curling iron. Reed whips around to face Klev. Mayweather puts a restraining hand on him, so Reed contents himself with glaring. Klev looks a little nervous. In the corridor, Klev shouts that if "this happens again, [they'll] all be spending time in isolation!" Klev starts to walk off, but Mayweather conversationally asks him if he has a second to spare. Klev looks at him. Mayweather natters on about how bad the food is and could it be improved upon and does Klev have to eat it because if so he should consider staging a hunger strike. "Enough!" Klev thunders and stalks off. Mayweather looks at Reed who nods and presses a button on his communicator. Klev and the other guards notice flashing green lights on a wall so they go to investigate, as Reed and Mayweather round up the Suliban and shoo them away. Klev looks around, and Reed presses another button. The green lights turn out to be charges, which explode and a perfect circle is blasted out of the prison wall. The guards are blown down. Reed comms Trip that the "wall's down." Trip says he sees it and tells him to stand by. The sh'pod zooms toward the complex, now alive with those oscillating spotlights that come standard at prisons everywhere. Trip fires at a few things, destroys the guard tower, etc.