Episode Report Card Keckler: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Quantum Leap of Faith of the Heart
By Keckler | Season 1 | Episode 26 | Aired on 05.21.2002
Quantum closes the hatch of the sh'pod just as Reed comms him: "She's all yours, Captain. Good luck." Quantum passes out phase pistols to Trip and T'Pol and says, "That last shot should have sealed off the two lower decks. If Daniels is right, there shouldn't be more than twenty Suliban for us to deal with." "Is that all?" Trip smart-asses as the sh'pod takes off. Sh'pod docks onto the hull of the Suliban ship, and the three crewmembers gain entrance. Trip whispers, "Stun grenade's on a three-second delay," as he blue-light clicks something in his hand. Quantum opens a door, and Trip tosses the stun grenade in. There's an explosion, and a bunch of Suliban -- who were invisibly clinging to the ceiling -- fall to the ground, unconscious. Really cool effect, because people crawling across ceilings -- like Spiderman, or Leslie Nielsen in Dracula: Dead and Loving It -- really tend to goose me out. T'Pol holds an e-pad in front of her and nods directions. They run all over the deck, dodging Suliban fire, until they reach a room; in the room, they find some plastic disks. Reed monitors their light dots on a console and talks himself through their search and retrieval mission. Quantum pockets the disks, and they head back to the sh'pod.
Suliban run or crawl through the corridors, according to their personal preference, and T'Pol reports that they're surrounded by Suliban. Quantum tells Reed they need a little help. Reed tells him he sees the Suliban threat, and instructs them to take cover. He fires at the vessel and walls, and Suliban fall to the ground. The three amigos get back to the docking room and board their sh'pod. Trip fiddles with stuff, and Quantum asks him what the problem is. Trip says he can't release the docking clamps; Suliban descend the docking tube and start pounding on their hatch. T'Pol crouches under the hatch, her weapon aimed. Quantum orders Trip to ignite the thrusters. The sh'pod makes a lot of noise and jerks around. Quantum orders Trip to go to full power. An outside view shows the sh'pod straining to get away from a square slinky-like tube. The sh'pod finally has its way and wrenches free, taking most of the slinky tube with it and dumping a few Suliban into the atmosphere. Quantum comms the ship to set a course back to the Vulcan intercept ship, ordering Maywonderbra to jump to warp four as soon as they get aboard. Quantum looks back at T'Pol, who is trying to catch her breath, and then examines the flat plastic disks they scored.