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
Quantum and Mayweather look chastened as they move to sit down with Danik. Danik says, "If you've come to apologize, don't. It was just a misunderstanding." "Actually, I was hoping to find out what's going on around here," Quantum says. So, he wasn't going to apologize for his gross generalizations of the previous night that got this poor schlub locked away from his child? Nice one. Gotta hand it to you, Quantum, that's one for the diplomacy books. Danik tells Quantum to speak to the Tandorians if he wants answers. Or curry. Quantum admits that AlGrat wasn't what you or I would call "forthcoming." "Archer," Quantum says, sticking out his hand. Danik mimics his hand configuration, but doesn't know what do with it until Quantum grasps it. Good thing he's not one of those Phlox-type "Look But Don't Touch" races. Wasn't there a Ray Bradbury or Stephen King short story about the man who wouldn't shake hands? Something about going his whole life without shaking hands and when he finally does, the guy drops dead? Well, that doesn't happen here. No, instead of keeling over, Danik just gives Quantum a weird smile. Wait, wasn't that a Ray Bradbury story? "The Guy with the Weird Smile"? Okay, maybe not. But it sounds like it could've been.
Danik's quarters. Danik's child brings over a bucket of water to the table where Mayweather, Quantum, and Danik sit eating. What is it with Mayweather and water tonight? It's like Trip and smells or Enterprise and gaseous stuff. Danik's child asks, "More?" "I've had plenty, thank you," Mayweather says, "It was very good." "You look like Tandorans," Danik's brat says. You sound like a boy. Danik tells his kid to find her friends and reminds her not to forget curfew. The kid runs off. Danik closes the door behind her and tells the humans they're not criminals or soldiers. "The only thing we're guilty of is being Suliban," Danik says. Quantum assumes aloud that the Tandorian Chicken people tested their DNA and discovered they haven't been genetically tweaked. "As far as they're concerned, that doesn't mean anything," Danik tells him, "You believed I was a member of the Cabal, didn't you?" Quantum has the grace to look ashamed but still doesn't admit to his failings. "Didn't you?" Danik presses him in a strangely threatening tone. Finally, Quantum nods and says, "Yes, I did." Danik snorts, "All that seems to matter is the way we look." As he moves closer to the camera in order to pick up the dishes, I get a better view of how he looks. His skin is all bumpy -- I think Billiecats said it looked like green oatmeal -- and that's not something I originally associated with the Suliban. Green and mottled, yes. Stuccoed, no. Maybe there's an Accutane-effect in the genetic-enhancing process. On the other hand, the Cabal-Resisting Suliban chick Quantum kissed had a smooth complexion. But she also shape-shifted because she originally appeared to Quantum in human form. Does that mean she was once Cabal, or can all Suliban shape-shift but only a few do the SQUIDGE process? I mean, what exactly do non-modified Suliban do as opposed to the modified ones? Lord, listen to me with all the questions. I really don't like this show.