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* DrinkingOnDuty: Archer allows it after ''Enterprise'' fights off the aliens, but warns Trip and Malcolm not to make a habit of it.
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* DrinkingOnDuty: Archer allows it shares a beer with Trip and Malcolm after ''Enterprise'' fights off the aliens, but warns Trip and Malcolm them not to make a habit of it.it.
* EurekaMoment: Phlox remembers that Malcolm takes injections to help his body tolerate bromelin, a plant enzyme found in pineapple.
* EurekaMoment: Phlox remembers that Malcolm takes injections to help his body tolerate bromelin, a plant enzyme found in pineapple.
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---> '''Trip:''' We all signed up for this trip because we wanted to do something no one had ever done before, not because we thought it'd be easy or safe. But we're not here to take foolish risks. The Captain and the rest of the crew are depending on us to keep Enterprise ready for anything.\\
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---> '''Trip:''' We all signed up for this trip because we wanted to do something no one had ever done before, not because we thought it'd be easy or safe. But we're not here to take foolish risks. The Captain and the rest of the crew are depending on us to keep Enterprise ''Enterprise'' ready for anything.\\
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* DinnerAndAShow: Off-screen, apparently. Archer tells Trip about it after the latter ate by himself.
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* DinnerAndAShow: Off-screen, apparently. Archer tells Trip about it T'Pol struggling to eat with chopsticks after the latter ate by himself.
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* MoodWhiplash: This episode has some of the most glaring A-plot/B-plot dissonance in the franchise. The most intimidating foe the crew have yet come across, mixed with Hoshi trying to find out Malcolm's favorite food for his birthday. In retrospect, it was clear Hoshi was going OutOfFocus from this point onward.
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* MoodWhiplash: This episode has some of the most glaring A-plot/B-plot dissonance in the franchise. The most intimidating foe the crew have yet come across, mixed with Hoshi trying to find out Malcolm's favorite food for his birthday. In retrospect, it was clear Hoshi was going OutOfFocus from this point onward.
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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The A plot is a strong, tense plot where the Enterprise is faced with an enemy that outclasses their ship in every way. The ship is boarded, lives are almost lost, and in order to even survive, the Enterprise has to risk blowing half the ship apart. The B plot is centered around Hoshi finding out Reed's favorite food. HilarityEnsues, despite, you know, the [[SkewedPriorities ship-endangering crisis going on]]. Needless to say, the A plot is horribly undermined by the thematic discontinuity, and gross stupidity, of the B plot.
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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The A plot is a strong, tense plot where the Enterprise is faced with an enemy that outclasses their ship in every way. The ship is boarded, lives are almost lost, and in order to even survive, the Enterprise has to risk blowing half the ship apart. The B plot is centered around Hoshi finding out Reed's favorite food. HilarityEnsues, despite, you know, the [[SkewedPriorities ship-endangering crisis going on]]. Needless to say, the A plot is horribly undermined by the thematic discontinuity, and gross stupidity, of the B plot.
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* IdiotBall: Archer decides that what Hoshi - his only communications officer - should be doing during the setting up of a crucial communications beacon and trying to make contact with a new alien race is to find out Reed's favourite food.
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* YourFavorite: Turns out Malcolm's favorite food is pineapple.
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* YourFavorite: Turns out Malcolm's favorite food is pineapple.pineapple.
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* ExplosiveOverclocking: The first time they test their new cannons, the ship's circuits overload and the beams fire at ten times the power they were supposed to. When the alien ship returns, Reed and Tucker figure out a way to supercharge them again that causes less damage to ''Enterprise''.
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* ExplosiveOverclocking: The first time they test their new cannons, the ship's circuits overload and the beams fire at ten times the power they were supposed to. to, causing internal damage to ''Enterprise''. When the alien ship returns, Reed and Tucker figure out a way to supercharge them again while allowing ''Enterprise'' to absorb the energy recoil.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: Stuart Reed expected Malcolm to follow him into the Royal Navy, as their forefathers had done for generations. He's not happy thatcauses less damage Malcolm joined Starfleet instead.
-->'''Mary Reed:''' The Reeds have been navy men for generations.\\
'''Stuart Reed:''' Until Malcolm decided to''Enterprise''.join Starfleet. I suppose the ocean wasn't big enough for him.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: Stuart Reed expected Malcolm to follow him into the Royal Navy, as their forefathers had done for generations. He's not happy that
-->'''Mary Reed:''' The Reeds have been navy men for generations.\\
'''Stuart Reed:''' Until Malcolm decided to
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'''Archer:''' To say that I'm proud of them would be an understatement.
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* SoProudOfYou: In a CaptainsLog, Archer commends his crew for completing the phase cannons in 48 hours, a job that would have taken the engineers at Jupiter Station more than a week to accomplish.
'''Archer:''' To say that I'm proud of them would be an understatement.
'''Archer:''' To say that I'm proud of them would be an understatement.
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Trip and Malcolm must upgrade the weapons on ''Enterprise'' to fight off an alien attack. Meanwhile, Hoshi is assigned to find out what Malcolm's favorite food is.
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Hoshi then talks to Archer in private, revealing she tracked down Malcolm's
After a casual conversation between Archer and Trip, the alien ship returns. Archer tries to hail them again, but they again don't reply, then they scan the ship with a device that makes a painfully high-pitched noise. Then, they fire (leaving no casualties) and leave again. The shields went down briefly when they fired, so Malcolm was able to get some scans-- there are at least fifteen bio-signs of an unknown species.
Archer, T'Pol, and Trip assess the damage caused by the aliens' attack-- it came perilously close to breaching a bulkhead that, if breached, would have sucked Trip and twelve others into space. In the turbolift, Archer wonders to T'Pol if they should go back to Earth, since ''Enterprise'' is not equipped for certain attacks and they didn't have time to install the phase cannons. However, when he brings the issue to Trip and Malcolm, they figure that they can install them within two weeks. Archer accepts, but also tells Travis to send the ship home so that the staff at Jupiter Station can rewire the rest of the systems.
While Trip, Malcolm, and the rest of the engineers get to work building the phase cannons, Hoshi talks to Malcolm's sister Madeline. Unfortunately, she doesn't know his food
In the mess hall, Hoshi tries asking Malcolm how his meal is and offering to cook, but he's distracted by the schematics he's reading. She asks what his favourite food is, but he simply vetoes her idea of cooking. She reveals she has a hotplate in her quarters, but he takes this the wrong way, thinking she's coming onto him. Hoshi then leaves, with both of them feeling embarrassed.
The alien ship attacks again, and Malcolm is unable to contact the bridge and armory. He orders the crewmen to report to their stations, then the alien ship activates a dampening shield, turning off the lights. They then launch a shuttle, turn off the main systems, and enter through the launch bay doors. Archer enters the launch bay with a security team to find two aliens, who knock two of the security officers out and probe them. The humans fire phase pistols at the aliens, but they're immune, and then walk away. Archer sends his team after the aliens and has Phlox tend to the two injured crewmen. The alien shuttle then leaves and docks with its mother ship, which fires at ''Enterprise'''s port nacelle and warps away.
Phlox tells Archer that the two crewmen were scanned invasively but will recover. Trip then says that the impulse drive will be working within a few hours, but the warp core needs a few days to repair. The crew then tries to contact the Vulcan High Command and ask for help, but can't because Echo One and Echo Two have been destroyed.
Trip and Malcolm return to their work on the phase cannons. Malcolm, annoyed at the setback, wants to bypass the EPS grid and have the cannons draw power directly from the impulse engines, but Trip wants to build the cannons the proper way. He thinks that Malcolm's way could damage the ship and kill the crew, but Malcolm thinks it's an "acceptable risk" and if they do it the normal way, the aliens might come back too soon. Trip says that as the chief engineer, it's his job to decide which risks are acceptable, and Malcolm grudgingly agrees.
Some time later, Archer asks Trip for a progress report and Trip says the engines will be back online the next night. Archer then wonders if the crew really isn't ready to explore space, but Trip dismisses him. Trip then visits Malcolm in the armory, having changed his mind about the new phase cannon installation, and gives him permission to do it.
Two days later, they test the new phase cannon on an uninhabited moon, but despite trying to simply take a few meters off the surface, they instead blow up a whole mountain and shake the ship. Malcolm reveals that this was due to the phase modulators being overloaded and and that the impact blew out a lot of plasma coils. T'Pol detects something strange in Launch Bay 2, so she, Archer, Trip, and Malcolm head down. T'Pol traces the reading to a device on the ceiling that's generating energy and tapped into most of the ship's systems. Archer sends the aliens a message, saying that he and the others will stop at nothing to defend their ship, then destroys the device.
Hoshi enters sickbay (where Phlox has released his patients) and asks him about Malcolm's favourite food, but all he knows is that Malcolm enjoys eggs, pancakes, sausages, and bacon. Then, he remembers that he does have an idea, but it would mean going through Malcolm's medical files. Hoshi says that she's under captain's orders, and Phlox reveals that Malcolm has many allergies and has been eating pineapple to get rid of his bromelain allergy.
The alien ship returns, and the ''Enterprise'' tries to hail them again. They reply, but with Archer's message, edited to say, "You are defenseless. Prepare to surrender your vessel." Archer orders Malcolm to fire the phase cannon, but it barely makes a dent. Archer wonders if they can overload it again, but Malcolm says that doing that would cause damage to the inside of the ship. Archer is still willing to do it, but Trip has an alternate solution-- repolarise the gravity plating to absorb the recoil, which would shunt the excess energy to strengthen structural integrity. They do this, then fire at the alien ship again, disabling it, and the aliens go away at impulse. Trip and Malcolm give damage reports, and Archer decides that they shouldn't go home after all.
Then, everyone has a birthday party for Malcolm, complete with a pineapple cake, which he enjoys.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Reed.
* BirthdayEpisode: The B-plot of this episode is Hoshi trying to figure out what to put on Malcolm's birthday cake.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Reed is the main focus of this episode.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Mark Latrelle says that Malcolm hates fish.
* MistakenForRomance: When Hoshi tells Malcolm about the hotplate in her quarters, he thinks she's flirting with him.
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* PlotParallel: The idea of the B plot is so the audience can discover something about Malcolm, the main character of the A plot who's working to defend ''Enterprise'' against hostile aliens. Unfortunately Hoshi's 'assignment' is so lame it comes across as SkewedPriorities.
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* PlotAllergy: Malcolm's allergic to dust mites, oak pollen, tropical grasses, and various plant enzymes.
* PlotParallel: The idea of the B plot is so the audience can discover something about Malcolm, the main character of the A plot who's working to defend ''Enterprise'' against hostile aliens. Unfortunately Hoshi's 'assignment' is so lame it comes across as SkewedPriorities.
* PlotParallel: The idea of the B plot is so the audience can discover something about Malcolm, the main character of the A plot who's working to defend ''Enterprise'' against hostile aliens.
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* SharedFamilyQuirks: Apparently, there's a tendency for male Reeds to join the military.
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* FutureSocietyPresentValues: Archer compares the mountain that Malcolm blows up to Mount [=McKinley=], which was (re)renamed "Denali" in 2015.
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* SocietyMarchesOn: Archer compares the mountain that Malcolm blows up to Mount [=McKinley=], which was (re)renamed "Denali" in 2015.
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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The A plot is a strong, tense plot where the Enterprise is face with an enemy that outclasses their ship in every way. The ship is boarded, lives are almost lost, and in order to even survive, the Enterprise has to risk blowing half the ship apart. The B plot is centered around Hoshi finding out Reed's favorite food. HilarityEnsues, despite, you know, the [[SkewedPriorities ship-endangering crisis going on]]. Needless to say, the A plot is horribly undermined by the thematic discontinuity, and gross stupidity, of the B plot.
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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The A plot is a strong, tense plot where the Enterprise is face faced with an enemy that outclasses their ship in every way. The ship is boarded, lives are almost lost, and in order to even survive, the Enterprise has to risk blowing half the ship apart. The B plot is centered around Hoshi finding out Reed's favorite food. HilarityEnsues, despite, you know, the [[SkewedPriorities ship-endangering crisis going on]]. Needless to say, the A plot is horribly undermined by the thematic discontinuity, and gross stupidity, of the B plot.
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* LongList: Phlox begins to list off absolutely every food he's seen Malcolm eat.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: When Phlox offers Hoshi a clue to help her figure out Malcolm's favorite food.
--> '''Phlox:''' I think I can help you, Ensign, but it would mean going into Mister Reed's medical record. That information is confidential.\\
'''Hoshi:''' I'm under direct orders from the captain. Couldn't you make an exception?\\
'''Phlox:''' Under the circumstances, I suppose it wouldn't hurt.
--> '''Phlox:''' I think I can help you, Ensign, but it would mean going into Mister Reed's medical record. That information is confidential.\\
'''Hoshi:''' I'm under direct orders from the captain. Couldn't you make an exception?\\
'''Phlox:''' Under the circumstances, I suppose it wouldn't hurt.
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* HilariousOuttakes:
--> '''Archer:''' How long until we have subspace something...airspace, French fries and Cokes?\\
'''Hoshi:''' ''(starts {{corpsing}})''
--> '''Archer:''' How long until we have subspace something...airspace, French fries and Cokes?\\
'''Hoshi:''' ''(starts {{corpsing}})''
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The aliens while boarding Enterprise decide to put a device on board that not only spies on the ship, but also [[ExplosiveOverclocking overloads the newly installed phase cannons far beyond their normal specs]] when Enterprise does a test fire. When the aliens return, after the alien ship {{NoSell}} on Enterprise's first shot inspires Archer to order Malcolm to [[MoreDakka overload the cannons like before]] and fire again. The alien ship's shields collapse almost immediately and two spatial torpedoes launched afterward by Enterprise leaves the alien ship leaking a plasma trail. Needless to say the aliens [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere run like hell]] before Enterprise decides to fire again.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The aliens while boarding Enterprise decide to put a device on board that not only spies on the ship, but also [[ExplosiveOverclocking overloads the newly installed phase cannons far beyond their normal specs]] when Enterprise does a test fire. When the aliens return, after the alien ship {{NoSell}} NoSell on Enterprise's first shot inspires Archer to order Malcolm to [[MoreDakka overload the cannons like before]] and fire again. The alien ship's shields collapse almost immediately and two spatial torpedoes launched afterward by Enterprise leaves the alien ship leaking a plasma trail. Needless to say the aliens [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere run like hell]] before Enterprise decides to fire again.
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* CutAndPasteNote: The aliens later take Archer's BadassBoast from above and edit it to say "[[YouHaveNoChanceToSurviveMakeYourTime You are defenseless. Prepare to surrender your vessel.]]"
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* CutAndPasteNote: The aliens later take Archer's BadassBoast from above and edit it to say "[[YouHaveNoChanceToSurviveMakeYourTime "[[YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive You are defenseless. Prepare to surrender your vessel.]]"
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* ThrownOutTheAirlock: {{Discussed}} by Trip when telling Archer how much worse the damage from the alien attack could've been.
--> '''Trip:''' There were thirteen people workin' in this section, cap'n, includin' yours truly. If that bulkhead had blown...
--> '''Trip:''' There were thirteen people workin' in this section, cap'n, includin' yours truly. If that bulkhead had blown...
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* SocietyMarchesOn: Archer compares the mountain that Malcolm blows up to Mount [=McKinley=], which was (re)renamed "Denali" in 2015.
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* PlotParallel: The idea of the B plot is so the audience can discover something about Malcolm, the main character of the A plot who's working to defend ''Enterprise'' against hostile aliens. Unfortunately Hoshi's 'assignment' is so lame it comes across as SkewedPriorities.
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* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Archer's passionate defense of ''Enterprise'' against hostile aliens comes a mere two episodes after he drilled a space freighter crew a new one for doing ''exactly'' the same thing. In Archer's case it is depicted as heroic, rather than extremist as in the case of the freighter crew.
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* MoodWhiplash: This episode has some of the most glaring A-plot/B-plot dissonance in the franchise. The most intimidating foe the crew have yet come across, mixed with Hoshi trying to find out Malcolm's favorite food for his birthday. In retrospect, it was clear Hoshi was going OutOfFocus from this point onward.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The aliens while boarding Enterprise decide to put a device on board that not only spies on the ship, but also overloads the newly installed phase cannons far beyond their normal specs when Enterprise does a test fire. When the aliens return, after the alien ship {{NoSell}} on Enterprise's first shot inspires Archer to order Malcolm to [[ExplosiveOverclocking overload the cannons like before]] and fire again. The alien ship's shields collapse almost immediately and two spatial torpedoes launched afterward by Enterprise leaves the alien ship leaking a plasma trail. Needless to say the aliens [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere run like hell]] before Enterprise decides to fire again.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The aliens while boarding Enterprise decide to put a device on board that not only spies on the ship, but also [[ExplosiveOverclocking overloads the newly installed phase cannons far beyond their normal specs specs]] when Enterprise does a test fire. When the aliens return, after the alien ship {{NoSell}} on Enterprise's first shot inspires Archer to order Malcolm to [[ExplosiveOverclocking [[MoreDakka overload the cannons like before]] and fire again. The alien ship's shields collapse almost immediately and two spatial torpedoes launched afterward by Enterprise leaves the alien ship leaking a plasma trail. Needless to say the aliens [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere run like hell]] before Enterprise decides to fire again.
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* DearJohnLetter: Trip gets one from someone named Natalie. Apparently, [[AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder long-distance relationships don't work]].
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* DearJohnLetter: Trip gets one from someone named Natalie. Apparently, a LongDistanceRelationship [[AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder long-distance relationships don't work]].doesn't work too well]], especially as this is the longest distance ever for humans of this era.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The aliens while boarding Enterprise decide to put a device on board that not only spies on the ship, but also overloads the newly installed phase cannons far beyond their normal specs when Enterprise does a test fire. When the aliens return, after the alien ship {{NoSell}} on Enterprise's first shot inspires Archer to order Malcolm to [[ExplosiveOverclocking overload the cannons like before]] and fire again. The alien ship's shields collapse almost immediately and two spatial torpedoes launched afterward by Enterprise leaves the alien ship leaking a plasma trail. Needless to say the aliens [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere run like hell]] before Enterprise decides to fire again.
