Episode Report Card Keckler: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Say Goodnight, Shran
By Keckler | Season 4 | Episode 14 | Aired on 02.10.2005
Aenarage. Quantum comes to the conclusion that they are going in circles when he sees the ice spores holes in the ceiling of the igloo. Voldenar agrees and says the rest of the Aenar are trying to stop them by not letting them see the path to the surface. The Leadnar projects herself in front of them and intones that it's time for Voldenar to return to her people. Does anyone else find it singularly idiotic that a blind, telepathic race is using holographic projections as a means of communication? Voldenar gives a "not without my brother!" speech, which Quantum backs up and says Voldenar is following her own conscience. Leadnar disagrees with that. "How do you know -- did you read her thoughts? I thought that wasn't the custom with your people," Quantum zings, totally chuffed at getting her on a technicality. Leadnar asks permission to read Voldenar's thoughts and even addresses her by name, but in my opinion, they waited so long to give her a name that they lost the opportunity for me to it. So there! Voldenar consents; Leadnar realizes that Quantum is right and shows them the way out.
Enterprise. Quantum logs that they've heard that the cargo ship, Ticonderoga, is missing. I wonder if their cargo was pencils. Enterprise is traveling to the cargo ship's last known location. In Sickbay, Voldenar is getting ready to try out the magnificent unit. Once in the unit, Voldenar handles herself pretty well for a while. She even seems to enjoy the unit. She flies through some tests they throw at her but quickly experiences synaptic trouble. Phlox, Quantum, and Trip sort of dither around, and it takes Shran yelling them to shut it down for them to actually do anything about it. Phlox hyposprays the convulsing Voldenar. Should I be worried that they are capable of creating this elaborate unit, yet poor Captain Pike is stuck in that chair where he could only flash lights and sometimes people thought he was saying "YES YES" when he actually meant "NO"? I shouldn't? Is it that because the show is cancelled? Okay then. And I swear if one single person emails me and tells me it was actually two flashes for "YES" and one for "NO" I will NOT recap this show next year! Don't believe me? Just try me.
They arrive at the last known coordinates of the Ticonderoga but only find debris, which includes human bodies. Quantum tells T'Pol that Voldenar is going to be okay, but Phlox says it's too dangerous for her to try again. "Looks like we went all the way to Andoria for NOTHING!" Quantum spits out, and flounces into his chair.