Episode Report Card Keckler: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Hoshi Crack Code and I Sorta Care
By Keckler | Season 3 | Episode 23 | Aired on 05.18.2004
Dolum updates St. Spheridian on their situation. Weapon: yes. Deployed: not really. St. Spheridian tells him to hurry up. Dolum suggest that she could provide assistance by going back in time to get the needed code. St. Spheridian doesn't think she can do that, since they can only detect large fluctuations in the timeline. Dolum seems to be getting suspicious of St. Spheridian's abilities. He accuses her of meddling with specific Xindi affairs enough to start a civil war. St. Spheridian says their only interest has been to protect the Xindi. Dolum encourages her to prove it by helping them out. I know there's something in the Bible about making God prove Himself, so I'm already certain this isn't going anywhere. St. Spheridian (are there ANY Greeks out there with whom that joke resonates?!) tells him that the timelines are in constant flux, and that many of them favor the Three-Toed, Mr. Men, and the humans. "Unless that's the outcome you desire, I suggest you find a way to launch the weapon," St. Spheridian says, getting her righteous bitch on. Dolum bows his head in acceptance.
Enterprise. T'Pol and Trip technobabble their sphere-screwing strategy to Quantum. Trip says they haven't worked out all the details yet. "Then you better keep at it. If the Aquatics decide to help us, they might wanna hear those details." "Cap'n," Trip says. Quantum pauses in the doorway and looks at him. "I hope yew didn't make them enny promises." Quantum just stares back at him. "We'll keep working," T'Pol says. "Please do," Quantum pompouses, and leaves.
Quantum greets Mr. Man at the airlock and asks for word from the Aquamen. "It's only been three hours. The Council once needed to solve a simple, logistical matter and it took the Aquatics six days just to agree to attend the meeting," Mr. Man says. Look, I'm getting really tired of all these little vignettes about the slow-moving Aquamen, so unless their deliberateness is actually going to become something huge by the finale, JUST SHUT UP ABOUT IT! God. Mr. Man says it was the Aquamen's "prudence" that kept the Round Table from dissolving into chaos. Quantum wants to know what's going to prevent the Xindi from building another weapon. Mr. Man says he knew Degra for many years, and that when he spoke, people listened. He was their E.F. Hutton. Because Degra believed there could be a future between humans and Xindi, all the right-thinking Xindi will now believe it too. Reed comms Quantum to the Bridge.
Bridge. Reed reports that six Aquamen ships are approaching. "That was remarkably fast!" Mr. Man bursts out. The Aquamen comm that they have decided to help them retrieve the weapon. Reed's happy. Quantum thanks them. Almost grudgingly. The asshole. "We expect you to honor our agreement, you will attempt to disable the spheres," the Aquamen says. "Attempt"? Oh, well, if that's all they have to do, then they're golden no matter what. They can basically blast at Sphere 41 once and say, "Huh. It didn't work? Well, we attempted, so there!" Quantum nods back as he works his throat in an effort not to cry. In fact, I had to rewind this scene several times to prove that he wasn't crying. Bakula's got an unfortunate carbuncle on his face -- just below his left eye -- and I kept thinking it was a tear, but I finally figured out that it wasn't moving anywhere. What? I get paid to check that kind of stuff, people! Don't look at me like that.