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* BottleEpisode: Provides the trope's page image! Features only the standard sets and the main characters, with Trip and Malcolm carrying most of the episode. It's the only episode of Star Trek to [[MinimalistCast not even have background extras]]. Oh, and there's also a bottle of Kentucky bourbon, making this a literal "bottle episode".

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* BottleEpisode: Provides the trope's page image! Features only the standard sets and the main characters, with Trip and Malcolm carrying most of the episode. It's the only episode of Star Trek to [[MinimalistCast not even have background extras]]. [[VisualPun Oh, and there's also a bottle of Kentucky bourbon, making this a literal "bottle episode".episode"]].
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* WhamShot: TheTeaser ends with a debris field on an asteroid, and a piece of it has markings from ''Enterprise''. Fortunately, the next scene reveals that the ship is (mostly) fine.

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* WhamShot: TheTeaser ends with a debris field on an asteroid, and a piece of it has markings from ''Enterprise''. Fortunately, the next scene reveals that the ship is (mostly) fine.fine.
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* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: The aliens breathe ''boron'' gas? Isn't that at least 7000 degrees Fahrenheit?
* BeardOfSorrow: Trip and Malcolm get noticeably scruffy on the shuttle. The "sorrow" part comes from the fact that they believe themselves to be dying.

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* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: The aliens breathe ''boron'' gas? Isn't that at least 7000 degrees Fahrenheit?
Fahrenheit[[note]]or about 3900 degrees Celsius[[/note]]?
* BeardOfSorrow: Trip and Malcolm get noticeably scruffy on the shuttle. The "sorrow" part comes from the fact that they believe themselves ''Enterprise'' to be dying.destroyed, leaving them stranded until they die.



%%* TrainProblem: Trip admits that he was never good at these. Our Chief Engineer, ladies and gentlemen.

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%%* * TrainProblem: Trip starts to rattle off a train scenario one might face on a math test, then admits that he was never good at these.them. Our Chief Engineer, ladies and gentlemen.
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The next day, Malcolm begins making a log entry and telling his family goodbye, but Trip is annoyed by this, feeling it's too pessimistic, leading them to argue again. Malcolm thinks they should just give up, as the shuttlepod is too slow to reach anyone on time, but Trip wants to try to get detected in case someone runs into ''them''. After a bit of back-and-forth, they eat dinner and drink bourbon.

That night, Trip tries to sleep, while Malcolm writes to his ex-girlfriend. Trip, who is frustrated with Malcolm keeping him awake, starts a third argument, ending with Trip turning the recorder off and telling Malcolm to go to bed. Malcolm goes to sleep and apparently wakes up in sickbay and is praised by Archer and T'Pol, the latter of whom flirts with him and prepares to kiss him. This, however, turns out to be a dream and the guys begin working on fixing the comm line. An impact hits the shuttlepod, causing a leak in the air pressure. Trip vents some nitrogen and uses it to find the holes, of which there are two. They plug the holes with mashed potatoes, but unfortunately, the shuttle now has only two more days of oxygen.

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The next day, Malcolm begins making a log entry and telling his family goodbye, entry, but Trip is annoyed by this, feeling it's too pessimistic, leading them to argue again. Malcolm thinks they should just give up, as the shuttlepod is too slow to reach anyone on time, but Trip wants to try to get detected in case someone runs into ''them''. After a bit of back-and-forth, they eat dinner and drink bourbon.

dinner.

That night, Trip tries to sleep, while Malcolm writes dictates a letter to his ex-girlfriend.parents. Trip, who is frustrated with Malcolm keeping him awake, starts a third argument, ending with Trip turning the recorder off and telling Malcolm to go to bed. Malcolm goes to sleep and apparently wakes up in sickbay and is praised by Archer and T'Pol, the latter of whom flirts with him and prepares to kiss him. This, however, turns out to be a dream and the guys begin working on fixing the comm line. An impact hits the shuttlepod, causing a leak in the air pressure. Trip vents some nitrogen and uses it to find the holes, of which there are two. They plug the holes with mashed potatoes, but unfortunately, the shuttle now has only two more days of oxygen.



Back on the shuttle, where it's now very cold, Malcolm keeps writing to his ex-girlfriends, which still annoys Trip, and they talk about their "lost" crew mates. They start to argue again about whether to be optimistic or pessimistic, then Trip whips out the bourbon and Malcolm rants about how his only real friends are apparently dead. They get drunk and Malcolm admits that he thinks T'Pol has a "nice bum". Then, the shuttle gets hailed by Hoshi, meaning that the ''Enterprise'' crew aren't dead... but she promises to collect them in two days, which is too late.

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Back on the shuttle, where it's now very cold, Malcolm keeps writing dictating letters to his ex-girlfriends, which still annoys Trip, and they talk about their "lost" crew mates. They start to argue again about whether to be optimistic or pessimistic, then Trip whips out the a bottle of bourbon he found and Malcolm rants about how his only real friends are apparently dead. They get drunk and Malcolm admits that he thinks T'Pol has a "nice bum". Then, the shuttle gets hailed by Hoshi, meaning that the ''Enterprise'' crew aren't dead... but she promises to collect them in two days, which is too late.

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