Episode Report Card Keckler: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Imzadi Prime
By Keckler | Season 3 | Episode 18 | Aired on 03.02.2004
Bridge. T'Pol paces and says their sensors would have detected the expected explosion even underwater. Trip and Reed want to go after Quantum. T'Pol doesn't think it's a good idea. But after Reed opines that they're sitting ducks for the Xindi, she decides that she will pilot a shuttle down and attempt a diplomatic solution. Trip and Reed think she's nuts.
Xinditraz. Degra visits Quantum and makes him repeat that Degra's third child was named Trenia. That's just too close to "Tranya" for me to take it seriously. Degra orders the Snake Eyes out. Quantum quickly explains that, three weeks into Degra's wife's third pregnancy, she got Anaprolean fever and she lost the kid. They were going to name it Trenia. Apparently, in some scene we never saw in "Stratagem," Degra himself told Quantum this story. Sure. Fine. Whatever. Contrivance pitched a tent in my living room so long ago that I can't exactly get that worked up about this latest campfire. And then in case we FORGOT, Quantum reminds us that Degra has a conscience about this whole Mega Maid thing. Did you hear me? DEGRA HAS A CONSCIENCE! Just. Shut. UP ALREADY! Quantum tries to convince Degra that the Tranny Builders, not humans, are the real threat. Degra yells. I drink. Quantum gets Degra to take the Xindi coat button out of his arm pocket. Degra recognizes it, and Quantum tells him it's Of the Future. Degra is a non-believer, but Quantum screams that if the Xindi eliminate humans, they'll be eliminating Xindikind in the same stroke.Degra tries to convince Three-Toes and another Mr. Man about the coat button. "If there's any truth to what he's saying it means we can't trust her," Three-Toes muses. I could get worked up about who "her" is, but then I think how there's six weeks between now and the next episode, and I just...can't. Although I really think it means that not only is Admiral Forrest evil, he's also a woman. "It also means she's been dealing with the Reptilians secretly," Degra says, and references Snake Eyes being seen in "a place called Detroit" a hundred years ago. God, so much of this episode is just the characters summing up plot points from other episodes this season; far from it being Continuity's incontinence problem, it's just boring to KEEP REHASHING IT! I hate rehashes. Unless there's bacon involved, but even then it's pretty indigestible. Three-Toes and Mr. Man laugh at the time-traveling until Degra mentions the bio-weapon. "The Council prohibited that," Three-Toes says casually. Degra thinks "she" may have taken Snake Eyes to the past. Three-Toes and Mr. Man decide they need to investigate this. Degra tells them to be quick about it, because Mega Maid's been moved to a safe location and she's nearly ready to deploy her Hoover. Mr. Man says the Xindi of the Round Table have to be notified, but Three-Toes reminds him that Snake Eyes are card-carrying members of the Round Table, and thinks they should do some secret detecting first. They decide to inform the Aquamen. Also in secret. All of this secrecy bugs Mr. Man -- he thinks the Round Table is fracturing due to Sir Xindilot's dalliances with that slut of the king's. "We can't forget who the real enemy is," he announces. "We may not KNOW who the real enemy is," Degra notes sagely.