Episode Report Card Keckler: F | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Inner Light's Pox-Ridden Bastard Cousin
By Keckler | Season 2 | Episode 10 | Aired on 11.26.2002
Quantum's Ready Room. Quantum furrows and paces. Hoshi comes in through one of his walls. "Okay, so she's more than just invisible -- she can pass through matter. Then how is it that she's not falling through the floor or can still breathe oxygen? Maybe it's because the soles of her feet magically didn't get affected by the transporter, because they came into contact with those plastic plants on the surface of the planet. Therefore, they don't pass through matter, and the reason why no one else can see them walking around is because her invisible body is on top of them, thus hiding them. Hold on, though -- that would mean she wouldn't be able to pass through walls without her soles getting stuck on the other side. Oh, but wait, this is JUST A DREAM!" And with that, Mathra gives up on the fan-spanking. Hoshi tells Quantum that he needs to listen to her, because aliens are planting bombs on D-Deck. Quantum answers a comm telling him that they've located Hoshi's father, but her mother isn't home.
Quantum sits down to a completely awkward (even for him) conversation with Hoshi's father in which he barely gets out the information that Hoshi is dead. Mr. Sato gets offended that Quantum even presumes to call Hoshi one of his own family, and tells him he'll get back to him when he speaks with Hoshi's mother. That's a weird response to have when you've been told you're daughter died in a transporter accident: "I'll get back to you on that one." Wonder what it says for Hoshi's perception of how her parents feel about her. Since Hoshi can stick her hands -- but not her feet -- through all kinds of solid mechanisms, she reaches up to the ceiling and plays with a blinking light. She seems to be capable of interrupting the path of electricity, and reminds Quantum he knows Morse Code. Quantum looks around at the weird buzzing noise, and Hoshi encourages him to figure it out: "That's right, it's not supposed to be making that noise, is it?" Quantum investigates the blinking lights. "S-O-S," Hoshi tells him. "It's a call for help." Just in case there were a bunch of Cleti in the audience who don't know what an S-O-S is. T'Pol walks in, and Quantum explains his furrow. "A plasma circuit's being interrupted," T'Pol tells him. "I'll ask Commander Tucker to take a look at it." Quantum stops her and tells her he thinks it's buzzing out an S-O-S in Morse Code. "Let's see how good your memory is," Hoshi says, and starts spelling out her name. T'Pol convinces Quantum that he's had a difficult day and he should try to get some rest. Sleep Anvil Number Six is taxiing up the runway. Quantum agrees and leaves with T'Pol, saying he'll have Trip look at it in the morning. Hoshi shouts that tomorrow is too late. Honey, you're dreaming if you think he can hear you.