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
Enterprise bridge. AlGrat's face tells T'Pol that the hearing's been postponed because of a case build-up in the magistrate's office. Reed works furiously at his console. Trip asks how long they'll have to wait, and AlGrat tells him not more than a few days. AlGrat advises them to stay on course for Tandar Prime and he'll arrange for them to have a tour of the capital city. Hoshi works furiously at her console. "We're not innerested in a tour, we jest want our peepol back!" Trip snaps. AlGrat assures them he's doing all he can and they'll hear from him soon. He hangs up. There's a bleep-weelp. Reed announces, "I've isolated their carrier frequency. Do you see it?" Hoshi says, "I'm tracing it now. Bearing one, seven, eight, mark twelve." Reed reports that's five-point-two light years away. Trip looks at T'Pol and says, "All I'm sayin' is we go take a look for ourselves, make sure they're okay." T'Pol gives the order to proceed.
Cell Bloc. Quantum tells Danik that most of the people they've run into are friendly, but they've had a few "unfortunate encounters." That's putting it lightly. Quantum comments this is one of the "unfortunate encounters." Danik explains that, for the most part, Tandori Chickens are decent people. Prompted by more of Quantum's prying, he says that was the director of research at an engineering institute in the Querella Province. He tells Quantum he should see it, assuming all goes well at the hearing. Quantum comments that they're not going to the hearing any time soon, and Danik asks why he doesn't tell AlGrat what he wants to know. "I don't like being strong-armed," Quantum says. "I don't like being strong-armed, either," Mathra says, flapping his arms, "Makes it tough to wear those stupid J.Crew shirts you're always buying me." Don't you have a largish theorem to write in the margin of your notebook? Quantum asks if anyone's ever tried to escape, and Danik tells him three guys tried it a few years ago. The men made it as far as the docking bay -- the place where they keep impounded Suliban ships -- before they were shot. The excuse was that they were carrying weapons. The tone in Danik's voice implies that couldn't have been possible. "They might have succeeded with a little help from the outside," Quantum says, "It won't be long before Enterprise comes looking for Mayweather and me." Danik thanks him but says there aren't a lot of Suliban who'd be willing to risk it. Quantum says, "Have you asked them?" Danik doesn't say anything. Quantum wants to know how many ships are in the docking bay. Danik gives him a steady look.