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
Mess Hall. The Heaven's Gaters observe the coming of the Great Flume. Presuming Prah asks Phlox to lead them in the "Invocation of Renewal," and Phlox is very honored. He alien-speaks a bit, pauses, gets prompted by Presuming Prah, and continues as the other Heaven's Gaters join in unison. When he finishes, Phlox is all choked up.
Engineering. Daniels, T'Pol, and Trip determine that their adjustments are working, and Daniels detects Suliban bio-signs. "He's somewhere on this deck. I can't isolate him but he's close," Daniels says. Trip looks around wildly. "Call Lieutenant Reed, tell him to seal off C-Deck," Daniels instructs T'Pol. T'Pol leaves. "And it wouldn't hurt if he could get down here with a security team," he says to her retreating back. Trip keeps looking around and sees the Suliban shimmer in and out of chameleon-mode. "What's that?" he asks. Daniels and T'Pol look up and see nothing, but Daniels tells them they both should leave. Trip makes a pretense of arguing, but Daniels is insistent: "Go! Bring help. Go!" Trip shouts that everyone has to evacuate Engineering. I half expected the wall separating the warp reactor from the rest of Engineering to start lowering and for Trip to roll under it, making it out just in time. I guess only Geordi perfected that move. Once he's sure everyone has left Engineering, Daniels goes back to his controls but is faced with Silik holding a pistol. "Did they tell you that the twenty-second century was going to be your final resting place?" Silik asks before blasting him. Daniels's image shudders as light waves over it. Silik blasts again, and Daniels shatters like hard plastic. Didn't quite look as though he was made from organic material, did it? "Still skeptical?" Trip snits to T'Pol, and calls Quantum. Just because he got shattered doesn't mean he's from the future or that he's really on Starfleet's side! Of course, there's no response from Quantum. T'Pol checks the computer and determines that the captain is in his quarters. Trip comms Phlox and tells him to meet them at Quantum's cabin "on the double!" So Daniels is the first Enterprise casualty.
Quantum's Quarters. Phlox hyposprays Quantum back to consciousness. Quantum sits up and groans. "Aside from a nasty headache, you're going to be fine. You were stunned by a particle weapon," Phlox tells him. "It was Silik," Quantum grunts. "I guess he decided not to try and kill me this time." "He wasn't so generous when it came to Daniels. He's dead, sir," Trip reports mournfully. Quantum asks if the Heaven's Gaters have left yet, and T'Pol answers in the negative; the Great Flume has just started. Quantum calls Fraddock and asks if any of the people who came aboard have since returned to the transport ship. Fraddock says, "None," and Quantum asks if he's sure. "The hatch has been sealed the entire time," Fraddock tells him. How do we know he's not lying? I don't think he is, but it's kind of dicey figuring out who to trust when you don't have an Empath saying, "I sense he's being honest, Captain," at your disposal. Quantum signs off with Fraddock and tells Reed they have a Suliban running amok on the ship. "I want you to lock down every door and outer hatch. Post security teams on all decks," Quantum orders. Reed understands. Quantum asks Trip if he can trace the Suliban using Daniels's gadgets. "I kin sure as hell try," Trip responds, and hightails it to Engineering. Quantum signals T'Pol to follow him, and they leave his quarters. "Thanks, Doc," Quantum mutters.
Daniels's Cabin. Quantum rummages around and discovers that the Temporal Observatory Discman is gone. Neither T'Pol nor I are surprised by this development. Quantum growls that the possession of the TOD could give a huge advantage to whomever Silik is working for. Hoshi comms Quantum and tells him that someone sent a message through their comm system. "What kind of message?" Quantum asks. "It's encrypted, sir," she responds. Encrypted, huh? Too bad all the brilliant number theorists are in Canada this weekend -- they'd have that thing decrypted before you can say "Russell Crowe never should've been cast as John Nash."