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
Walking along the corridors, Quantum is waylaid by Daniels, who tells him he needs to speak to him. "Why don't you talk to one of my Bridge officers, I'm a little busy right now," Quantum snaps. Daniels tells him it's very important. Of course it is, he's going to die in this episode, so anything he says is of vital importance. "I'm sorry, Daniels, but I've got my hands full," Quantum says, giving him the old brush-off. Finally, Daniels says he needs to talk to him about the Suliban. This gets Quantum's full attention: "What about them?" Daniels says he thinks one of the Heaven's Gaters is Silik, the self-same Suliban Quantum had words with in the Apple Core Helix. Quantum wants to know what he knows about the goings-on in the Apple Core Helix. As a crewman walks by, Daniels says he thinks they should speak in Pig Latin. Or it may have been "in private." I don't remember, because suddenly my head became completely Novocained with boredom. "My ready room," Quantum says, glaring at him. "I think it would be better if we went to my quarters," Daniels suggests. "What?!" Quantum demands, primed to hand him a dishonorable discharge for such insubordinate behavior. Get a lifeform, Quantum. Daniels explains that the captain will understand when he gets there.
Daniels's quarters. Daniels hastily cleans a few things up, saying, "Sorry about the mess. Sometimes I think my bunkmate majored in Chaos Theory." Warp Field Theory, Chaos Theory...just add String Theory and Game Theory and they'll have successfully name-dropped all the pop-culture theories. Daniels pulls a James Bondian metal suitcase out of his locker. "What is that?" Quantum asks, as Daniels opens it and pulls out a Discman-type dealie-bob. "It doesn't look like Starfleet issue." Daniels tells Quantum he's not a card-carrying member of Starfleet and says, "Not that I wouldn't be honored to be one, sir. Especially after spending time --" "Who are you?" Quantum demands, interrupting him, "And how do you know what happened on the Helix?" Please, please, please don't have Daniels use that stupid line, "The question is not who am I, but where am I," because then I'll have to smash my TV in and I can't afford to buy another. Luckily for my recapping career, Daniels responds with, "Did Silik tell you who he was working for?" Quantum blusters that he's the one asking the questions, "crewman." Daniels ignores Quantum's italics and asks if Silik ever mentioned the Temporal Cold War. "What do you know about that?" Quantum asks. "A great deal more than you do, sir," Daniels says. Somehow, I think there are a lot of people out there who know a great deal more than Quantum does, "sir." "If you're not a member of Starfleet, then who are you?" Quantum asks. "I work for a different kind of organization. We make sure that people like Silik don't interfere with historical events," Daniels explains. Quantum says he's never heard of an organization like that. What this man doesn't know could runneth over a landfill and still have room for lunch. Daniels tells him he doesn't know about the organization, because it doesn't exist yet. "So, you're telling me you're some kind of a time traveler," Quantum says, slowly sounding out his words like Bert on Sesame Street. Daniels says, "That's one way of putting it. Maybe this will help clear things up."