Episode Report Card Keckler: C- | 1097 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to YesterTrek
By Keckler | Season 4 | Episode 22 | Aired on 2005.05.13
In a corridor, Riker directs them to Engineering, and Troi says something about a ship being lonely without her crew. Riker holodecks up some crew.
Engineering. Reed bitches about going to Rigel X and mixing with the "unsavory element." Trip's indifferent because he believes the captain will get them back in plenty of time. Reed doesn't understand why Trip's still fiddling with purging injectors and the like, since the ship is being put in mothballs in a week. Yes, we get it -- the ship is being decommissioned and we're all very sad about that, but it gets less and less so every time you USE THE SAME EXPRESSION ABOUT MOTHBALLS! God. Trip reminds us that he practically built the engine: "I wanna take care of that as long as I possibly can." It will be shorter than you think. Sniff. Trip looks around: "It's been a helluva run, Malcolm. I never thought it would come to an end." Reed looks thoughtful: "All good things." Yes, the shout-out to TNG's series finale was quite sweet there. "Captain thinks there will be another Enterprise before too long," Reed adds. "I imagine," Trip says, still looking fondly around. "Won't be the same," Reed sniffs. "That's okay," Trip says softly. Okay, please bear in mind that I NEVER got this sappy in a recap in four years, but knowing what I know about how the actors felt about this finale, I have to think that Trinneer is speaking directly to Keating in this scene. I love him. I really do. Reed and Trip walk off together and pass by Riker and Troi. "It's sad," Troi says, "Commander Tucker had no idea he wouldn't make it back." You know, I was spoiled for Trip's death, but for those that weren't? That was a lousy thing to have her say so early in the episode. It has people thinking that she's going to be wrong and that somehow you can take her words and read from them that while he doesn't make it back from this mission, he doesn't necessarily die. And then they big fat kill him anyway. Also, Trip had "no idea he wouldn't make it back"? No duh! Stupid thing to say. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
Situation Room. Shran, T'Pol, and Quantum go over their plan. We learn that the shranappers think Shran stole a Tenebian Amethyst and T'Pol has faked one to pawn off as the real thing. She assures Shran that the shranappers will need a spectral micrometer to be able to tell it's a fake. Quantum furrows something. Troi orders the computer to freeze the program. She walks right under Quantum's nose and we all know what's coming. "He's cuuuuute," Troi drools. Riker tells her not to get any ideas. Yeah, you're with WORF now! It's the furrows she's attracted to, isn't it? Worf...Quantum...I can see it. Troi says she has to go to her appointment or "Reg" will be furious. Awwww, Barclay! I love Barclay. However, I have a really hard time imagining any season of Barclay ever being "furious" with Troi for being late. Fidgety, nervous, blinking, spidery...sure. Not furious. They could have done better with that line. Riker says he's going to stay, and orders Majel to advance them six hours and twenty-two minutes ahead to speed their arrival to Rigel X.