Episode Report Card Keckler: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Home on the Rage
By Keckler | Season 4 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.21.2004
Okay, I'm back. Oh, by the way -- that "Climber's Code"? Yeah, well, in the daytime it's overruled by Bones and his lookie-lookie binoculars.
Sickbay. Hoshi's togged out in shorts and flip-flops as Phlox examines her. Phlox determines that her neurological parasites are pretty much gone. Hoshi hopes he's going to make it out with them that night. Phlox appears to have forgotten. "Madame Chang's -- don't tell me that you forgot," Hoshi reproves him. Phlox makes excuses that his osmotic eel is feeling less than eely, so he's going to stay in and play nursemaid. "No, you've been talking about the egg drop soup at this place for as long as I've known you!" Hoshi insists. Darling, he's been talking about the egg drop soup for as long as any of us has known him. Hoshi tells Phlox that she talked to Travis. "What happened to you the other night?" she asks quietly. He ate a peanut. No, wait, a bee stung him. No, a bee ate a peanut and then it stung him, yeah. "Oh, you must mean the, uh" -- Phlox makes blowing-up gestures and it's funny. "Nothing more than an instinctive defensive response." Interesting that nothing aboard the ship in the past four years has ever triggered that -- not aliens, not aliens shooting at them, not alien ships shooting and bombing, just a boozer in a bar. It's okay, Phlox has layers, so I'll happily buy that. Hoshi can't believe that he's going to stay aboard a ship just because of some boozer. "My presence could provoke another incident -- someone could get hurt," Phlox argues. I so hope that someone could get hurt because of Phlox's blowphish phace; maybe he has poisonous spines in...certain places. Hoshi yammers about fighting prejudice and blah blah blah racism-cakes. Phlox stands his ground, and Hoshi promises to bring him back some takeout. Aw. They're cute together.
Starfleet. The inquiry seems to be ended as Forrest asks if anyone has any further questions, evil or otherwise. No one does, so they all stand up to leave. Quantum and Cpt. Grandchick Happy Pants exchange a "we Did It" look before Quantum calls out to Soval. He apologizes for his outburst the other day and admits he was out of line. "Yes, you were," Soval imperiously agrees. Quantum cracks a smile and says he's glad they agree on something. Soval keeps him from leaving as he says, "Your actions, while being morally questionable, were necessary. I opposed your appointment as captain of Enterprise but it's obvious now that I was wrong. T'Pol has told me that The Expanse would have some day encompassed hundreds of systems, including Vulcan. You've done a great service for both our worlds." He sticks out a hand: "Thank you." Ah, see, I told you there would be a test! Not just a pretty face, you see. Quantum grabs Soval's hand in a loudly clapping shake and just looks proud. Gettin' some cleared up both furrows and his moral crisis. Treats for everyone! I'm not sure about the furrows, actually; I think he might break out next week.