Lt. Malcolm Reed

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I'll recount a Malcolm Reed history of episodes here. And I promise it will be more up-to-date than my Bashir one. I get to start with the new show rather than try to go back though 4 years. However, I am starting a few episodes behind, so they'll be a bit sparse until they rerun.

Broken Bow: As Enterprise is being prepared for launch, Reed admits to Mayweathre that he's not enthusiastic about having his molecules scrambled by the transporter. He read the profile report on the Klingons, which Mayweather has not. He is impatient to get his supplies so that he can ready the ship's defenses. He impersonates Trip's Southern drawl after his supplies don't come: "Keep your shirt on, Lieutenant." He shares small talk that gives us some information on Mayweather as they walk down the corridor to Engineering. Reed introduces Trip to the new helmsman and warns that without the deflector up and running, space dust could poke a hole in the hull. He is at the launch ceremony and enters the bridge with the rest of the senior staff just before the ship takes off. When the ship loses power, Reed thinks he sees something off the starboard bow. This is confirmed later to be the Suliban ship. He is on the landing party that goes down to Rigel X and is paired with Mayweather to gather information about the Klingon. They see two butterfly-eating dancers and Reed asks if the butterflies are real or holograms. Mayweather and he are back in the pod when the others are fighting to escape the attacking Suliban. He opens the pod door for T'Pol, but a passing ship knocks her away. Reed and Trip rush out, firing their weapons, to bring the captain in after he'd been shot. Reed tends the captain's wound on the trip back to the ship. Reed tries to track the Suliban after they follow the Suliban to a gas giant, but the sensors only read unmatching fragments. With T'Pol's instructins, he retunes the sensors and detects fourteen different trails. As they enter the atmosphere of the gas giant and are fired upon, Reed reports tactical information on the attacking ships. He suggests using the transporter to get Klaang but is happy to try the grappler instead. He fires twice at a passing Suliban ship and hits his mark both times. Reed gives the captain a device to change the polarity of the magnetic locks holding the Suliban helix together. He also introduces the phase pistol--the first phaser--to Captain Archer (and thus all of us), with a soon-to-be classic line--"They have two settings: stun and kill. It would be best not to confuse them." He warns the bridge of oncoming blasts by the Suliban and insists that they must change position or be destroyed. He reports again on the tactical situation as they go back for the captain. After the successful mission, Enterprise is ordered to keep going. Reed reports on the atmosphere of a possibly inhabited planet close by.
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Fight or Flight: Reed ran targeting simulations and was unhappy with the results. He's allowed to shoot at an asteroid and is chagrined when the torpedoes miss. Reed is on the away team to the derelict ship. He wants to take rifles but the captain tells him he's seen too many science fiction movies. He is ready to blow the hatch to enter the ship, but Archer manages to open it mechanically before he gets his chance. He discovered blood on the floor of the ship. When they return to Enterprise after discovering the bodies of the ship's crew, he gives an accurate count of the dead while Archer only guesses. Given the reason for the ship's crew's deaths, he'd like more target practice for his torpedoes. He is left behind when the Enterprise returns to the derelict ship a second time. He is not confidant about fighting the bad guys. He tells T'Pol he could hit a stationary barn but not a moving target. His torpedoes get a real target when the murdering aliens return. He fires two torpedoes, but they are ineffective, one bouncing off the bad guys' shields and the other being shot down. As the bad guys try to dock with Enterprise, Reed is ordered to distribute hand weapons, but he doesn't get the chance. The Axanar (the species of the dead crew) show up and are convinced to help out. Meanwhile, Reed gets the scanners aligned and gets a chance to show them off, firing one torpedoe as the Enterprise moved away from the bad guys, and making a nice explosion.
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Strange New World: Reed stays on the Enterprise when an away team beams down to the surface of a nice looking planet. Since Archer, T'Pol, and Tucker are on the planet, one can assume Reed is in command of the ship until Archer returns. He reports the worsening weather conditions to the captain after catching a water polo (?) ball the captain was tossing about. He doesn't appear amused by the ball. He suggests taking a shuttle down to get the away team but T'Pol thinks they'll be fine until the winds die down. Later, Reed and Archer attempt to get the now-paranoid away team, but the winds are too rough. Reed warns that they must return to the ship after they lose a thruster. He beams Crewman Novakavich up to the ship, but calls sickbay when contaminants enter the matter stream, and thus Novakavich's body. He checks for a pulse. He's in sickbay with Archer when he goes to check on the crewman. He later reports that the winds should die down in nine hours' time, thus leaving the away team on the planet until morning. He and Phlox synthesize inaprovaline to beam down to them.
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Unexpected: Reed answers the captain's call when the latter's shower begins to float around him. The captain asks him if they ignited the plasma exhaust behind the ship. He replies that if they polarized the hull plating and kept at least half impulse the ship should be alright. Reed joins Trip in the mess hall and asks a few polite questions about his tmie on the alien ship. Then he asks about the weapons. Reed is the first to notice (except perhaps for Trip) the nipple growing on Trip's arm. He suggests a visit to Sickbay. He works with T'Pol to find the Xyrillian ship so that Trip can be relieved of his new, ahem, passenger, though Reed is unaware of the passenger at all. Reed detects the ship, but they find a Klingon battle cruiser instead, with the Xyrillian's trailing behind. He is wary of contacting the Klingons, but he appeared curious about Trip, in civilian clothes on the bridge. He's very curious when he hears of a pregnancy.
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Terra Nova: Reed is on the away mission to investigate the lost colony at Terra Nova. He notes an upside-down bicycle and spins the tire. Archer orders him to walk the perimeter. Reed spots and follows a "native" to a cave entrance. He describes the "alien" to the captain and T'Pol. The captain wants to go in, but Reed suggests that he go first. He and Archer investigate the caves and discover the unwelcoming inhabitants. When one of the natives draws a gun, Reed stuns him. They try to leave, with T'Pol's help, but Reed gets shot in the leg while Archer makes his exit. He tells the captain that he's okay, and the Captain reluctantly leaves him. He is taken by the cave in habitants before Archer can come back for him. Reed is then held hostage, under guard by two "Novans" ninety meters below ground. Archer brings Doctor Phlox to the planet, and the latter treats Reed's wound. However, he can't remove the bullet until they get back to Enterprise. The inhabitants still do not trust the outsiders. But Archer is getting the idea that these are the descendants of the missing colonists. To prove themselves trustworthy, he offers to take the oldest of them up to the ship for healing. Reed must wait in the cave for their return. He tells the captain that he will be alright. He handles the situation calmly and even tries to converse with his watcher, to no avail. He's witness to the beautiful music that echoes through all the caverns though. Eventually, the old woman remembers who she is, trust is created, and Reed is released.
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The Andorian Incident: Reed is left in command while Archer, T'Pol and Trip go visit a Vulcan monastery. When another ship is detected on the landing platform, he suggests that it should have been standard procedure to check for such things before such a trip. He also complains when they don't check in and suggests that it should be standard procedure to check in every ten minutes. He also doesn't back off when the Andorians who have captured the captain, T'Pol and Trip tell them to. As Archer comments, he didn't recruit his tactical officer to "sit on his butt when threatened." Reed orders shuttlepod two to be put on standby and tells Mayweather that he does not take orders from a comm voice, unless it's from the captain. Reed is pacing the deck when Trip calls from a hidden transmitter. He tells the commander he's already looked up the Andorians in the Vulcan database. He agrees to sit tight while those on the surface come up with a plan. Once the plan is in place, he beams down with two security crewmen, after assuring Hoshi that the transporter console won't bite and ordering one of the crewmen to get on the platform. They immediately tuck into the catacombs to avoid capture. After setting some explosives as a diversion, Reed and his men attack the Andorians in the atrium. One of Reed's men gets shot. Reed shoots one of the Andorians and checks on his injured man, but the other two Andorians disappear into the catacombs. Reed and his remaining man go to the the room where the captives are held. Reed enters just in time to shoot another Andorian who was about to kill Captain Archer. He and Archer enter the catacombs to go after the remaining Andorians. One Vulcan goes along. A shootout follows, with several artifacts being blown to bits. However, Reed spots something when a thick curtain is hit. Archer opens the newly found doorway and Reed and the Andorians join him there. The secret Vulcan installation is found, proving the Vulcans had violated their treaty with the Andorians. Reed loans his communicator to T'Pol so that she can order Enterprise to let the Andorians go.
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Breaking the Ice: Reed reorts that the comet they've spotted isn't in the Vulcan database. At the briefing discussing the comet, Reed suggests using a portable drilling rig to get core samples. Archer asks if he's up for a little comet walk. Reed and Travis set off in a shuttlepod and land on the comet. Reed admits he's never stood on a comet before and suggests they commemorate the occassion somehow and "see how the spirit moves" them when they get there. Reed explains that ice records everything, history in layers of ice. He helps decorate a snowman that Travis builds. Archer calls to check up on them and subtly chides them on the snowman after reminding them that the Vulcans are watching. (The snowman is not neglected and ends up with Vulcan ears and a hairline to match. Reed's work apparently.) Reed sets the last charge and calls to let Enterprise know. Archer gives him the go ahead. Reed and Travis take cover and Reed sets off the charge. Travis is impressed with the crater they created, but Reed was hoping for more symmetry. Reed crawls down in the crator while Travis goes to get the drill. Archer warns them to pick up the pace as the charge has shifted the rotation of the rotation so that a nearby star will raise the temperature a few hundred degrees. Travis hands up equipment to Reed, but falls, hurting his knee. Reed goes down to help him to the pod, saying he'll come back for the gear. Reed takes the core sample at Travis's sugesstion. They can see the "sunrise" coming on the horizon. The ice begins to crack and crumble beneath them. They keep going, trying to hurry a bit. They barely make it to the shuttlepod, but as they launch, the ice cracks beneath them and they fall into a crevice. Reed helps Travis out of his exterior suit and crawls into the helm to answer a hail from Enterprise. Reed and Travis are shaken some more as Trip tries to pull them out with a grappler cable. They slip farther down when the grappler lets go. The comet threatens to seal them up again as that part of the comet turns away from the star. They are surprised when it's the Vulcans who pull them from the crevice and tell them to stand ready to ignite their engines.

Civilization: I can't remember what Reed did in this one, though he was probably in command of the ship, seeing as Archer, T'Pol and Trip were down on the planet (along with Hoshi). I'll update after reruns.

Fortunate Son: At the briefing about the Fortunate, Reed asks what kind of weapons the cargo ship has. At his station, he reports hull damage to the Fortunate and a lot of systems offline. Reed and Travis join Archer on a shuttle to the ship; Phlox is with them as well. Reed reports the main hatch is damaged, so they used the auxilliary hatch. Reed questions why they sent a distress call when the cargo crew doesn't seem to want their help. Later, Reed again joins the captain and Phlox, this time with T'Pol on a trip to the Fortunate. They intend to see the Nausicaan prisoner but are fired upon by the Cargo ship's crew. Reed fires first and tells Phlox to get down.. Archer motions Reed to work his way around on direction while he goes another. The cargo crew escapes out an airlock but not before firing into the hull to create a breach. The cargo pod is then jettisoned with Reed and the others inside. Once rescued, Reed reports that they've been unsuccessful in tracing the Fortunate's warp signature as long-range sensors are out, but the crew realizes they can find the Fortunate when they find the Nausicaans. After they reach the area, Reed reports that he can't tell who is doing the shooting, but wouldn't rule out their "boomer friends." Reed finally detects the Fortunate and three Nausicaan ships. Reed reports out the Nausicaan's weapons so that the Nausicaan's will take Archer seriously. He tells Archer that one of the Nausicaan ships has locked onto Enterprise and warns before they fire. Reed returns fire on Archer's orders. After the prisoner is returned, Reed again reports, telling us all that the Nausicaans are moving off.

Cold Front: Reed is the first on the bridge in the morning and greets Sato and Mayweather when they arrive. He jokes that he'd like the two hours spent at the awful movie the night before back. When he goes off to fix something for a moment, he leaves Mayweather in command and returns to find him sitting in the captain's chair. Reed asks him for permission to return to his station. An embarrassed Mayweather mutters "sorry" and returns to the helm. Reed also worries that the touring aliens might be shown the armory. He later tries to track down the Suliban, Silik, but can't follow him through some conduits. He hands the captain a phase pistol and stares in awe as Archer, using a futuristic device, steps right through the bulkheads. At the end of the episode, he locks up cabin E-14, which had housed Daniels, the agent from the future.
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Silent Enemy: Reed launches echo two (a subspace amplifier) and reports a vessel dropping out of warp. After the ship leaves he reports that he got nothing on sensors, no readings at all.
Hoshi reports having tracked down Reed's family in Malaysia. Archer talks to Reed's parents. Mary Reed seems concerned and asks if he's alright. Malcolm's father wonders if he's in trouble and says they haven't heard from him in some time. They didn't know he was Enterprise's Armory Officer. We learn that Reed's family has been in the Royal Navy for generations. Malcolm is not comfortable making requests. His mother doesn't know his favorite food. His father says he always ate what was put in front of him. Archer assign's Hoshi to snoop and find Reed's favorite food for his upcoming birthday. Archer asks Trip if he's talked to Malcolm much. Discusses how it was strange that the Reeds didn't seem to know very much about their son.
The alien vessel returns. Reed reports hull plating is offline and gives damage report after the ship fires. This time he is able to scan inside the alien ship. Biosigns, unknown DNA. He doesn't think torpedoes could have harmed them. Reed and Trip argues that they could install the phaser cannons they were supposed to have in two weeks. Archer insists on going to Earth, so Reed suggests they could at least begin the work while going back to Earth. He and Trip introduce the crew of engineers to the new cannons. They believe they can do the work themselves. Reed reassures them that the cannons will help them be ready for anything so the ship will not be as vulnerable.
Hoshi talks to his sister, Madeline, who tells her Hoshi that Malcolm told her likes octopus, especially the suction cups, but she thinks he was pulling leg. She tells Hoshi about a time Malcolm didn't eat for a week and went on water and apple juice. She says he's hard to get to know. Malcolm's best friend tells Hoshi of a seafood restaurant. He tries to remember what Malcolm would have when they went there. Then he remembers Malcolm had a thing for the waitress and that he thinks Malcolm hates fish. Hoshi concludes that Reed "occasionally eats." T'Pol suggests she asks Reed himself.
Reed is eating in the mess hall, studying schematics. He allows Hoshi to eat with him when she asks to join him. They share some small talk that he is mostly ignoring. He says he's been working since 0700. Hoshi fishes for his favorite food. He keeps reading schematics or reports on a PADD. He apologizes for not paying attention, but then, once he is paying attention, he thinks Hoshi is coming onto him by asking to cook for him. He seems troubled, taken off-gaurd, or out of his element. He tries to explain that it would be awkward since they work together. Hoshi laughs and apologizing. He apologizes for mistaking her. She leaves anyway. Reed is still eating when ship comes back. He calls bridge and armory, but gets no answer, so he orders the others in mess to get to their stations. Later, when working on the cannons, he snaps at an engineer who makes a mistake on his report. He is impatient with the progress. He shocks his hand on a grid that was supposed to have been depolarized. He has been trying to tie the cannons in to impulse engines. He and Trip argue over whether it's an an acceptable risk. Reed is worried that going by the book will take too long and the aliens will return. Trip pulls rank, and Reed gives in reluctantly. Trip later changes his mind and goes with Reed's idea. They install the cannons in two days. Reed fires the first test shot at a mountain in a crater but it destroys the whole crater because of a surge. Reed goes with Trip, T'Pol and Archer to find what caused the surge that destroyed the whole crator. When they find the device the aliens left behind, he says the aliens are toying with them.
Hoshi goes to Phlox to try and get information on Reed's favorite food. She asks doctor if he's eaten with Reed. Doctor Phlox tells that Reed has eaten lots of things: Eggs--many ways, pancakes with peanut butter, sausage, bacon, etc. No one food stands out. Phlox goes into Reed's medical records and noting allergies to dust mites, oak, pollen, tropical plants, and bromelin. Reed is taking injections to tolerate bromelin. Pineapple!
The alien ship returns. Reed is ordered to fire and does. Minor effect. He explains that the test had an overload and Warns that overloading could knock out two decks. With Trips help, taking a risk, they overload the system. Reed fires again. The alien ship's shields fail. Reed fires torpedoes and drives off the ship. He reports the cannons held up and can be online in an hour. The aft cannon will be online by next day. Archer, Reed, and Trip have a toast in armory. Archer congratulates them. Hoshi brings in a "component". Reed tells them they shouldn't have gone to any trouble. He is touched and surprised by the cake. He cuts a piece and holds it up. Pineapple! His favorite. He asks how on Earth they knew.
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Dear Doctor: Reed apologizes to Doctor Phlox who invited him to sit with him in the Mess Hall, as he was due in the Armory. He later reports that a ship found adrift is pre-warp, possibly an unmanned probe. When they reach the planet the ship came from, he reports that there is a lot of traffic in orbit, spacecraft and satelites. He is on the bridge when Captain Archer returns and asks to speak with T'Pol about the request for warp drive.
Dear Doctor Screen Capture

Reed sets up a target to help Hoshi learn to use the new phase pistol. After her first try, he tells the difference between firing a phase pistol and an M33. He later sneezes in Sickbay and complains about catching a cold. He admits not knowing how he caught it, perhaps from a case of plasma coolant he opened--back in space dock, five months earlier. He can't stay in bed, as the doctor suggests, because he must go on the mission to the shipwrech the Enterprise has discovered. As he, T'Pol, and Hoshi are preparing to go, Reed reassures Hoshi that if there was a hull breach she'd be crushed to the size of a fist and wouldn't need her backup oxygen. Reed pilots the shuttlepod to the ship. He also assures T'Pol and Hoshi that they will be back to Enterprise before ship sinks (in about one hour). On the ship, and at Hoshi's suggestion, Reed is the first to remove his helmet. Since he has a cold, can't smell the stink of the ship. He asks T'Pol if she knows how many Klingons are on board and resists her idea of leaving the Klingons they find behind to be crushed. Honorable death or no, he doesn't want to leave them. He wants to do something and suggests a distress beacon, but he draws his gun when he hears something and goes to check out the sound. He gets ambushed by a Klingon woman who then steals the shuttlepod. When Hoshi suggest escape pods, Reed says it might be safer to stay on the ship. T'Pol suggests they put the ship in to a standard orbit and Reed tells her he hasn't had much experience piloting Klingon ships. However, they proceed with the plan. Hoshi translates consoles and Reed's interest is piqued when she reads "photon torpedoes." He estimates they have a few hours at most, since the hull is failing. The others let Reed sit at the helm, but when pressure fails in the fusion manifold, Reed impersonates impersonates Trip again to explain that they are "dead in the water." He also comments that the one time they need the chief engineer is the one time they leave him behind. Hoshi finds a log entry and Reed watches with her and T'Pol. When it's finished, he concludes that they need to find the port fusion injector. He keeps his gun ready as they go to "reactor pit". He and T'Pol pull a Klingon off the port fusion injector console. After working awhile, Reed wipes his brow and drops his instrument. He stands up and nearly falls. He burns his hand when he reaches for a support. He says he's getting light-headed, and T'Pol reports that he's dehydrated. Reed is left in engineering while the others go to find water. He does get water and argues that his plan will work. He wants to try using weapons to push them up in the atmosphere and argues that they're running out of time. He says that if there's one thing he should be able to work, it's the torpedoes. He detonates a torpedoe 3000 meters from the ship, but the shock wave dissipates before it reaches the vessel. He wants to detonate another closer, arguing that they will be crushed if they don't so they might as well try. He fires a second torpedo and the ship moves up only 200 meters. He wants to fire more, but the others argue that it won't matter. Then Hoshi surprises him by suggesting they fire them all, at only 500 meters away. He fires them. When the captain, on his way with the Klingon woman, asks what's going on, Reed reports what they'd been trying. He is at the airlock with the others to meet the Captain, and he is on the bridge with everyone when the captain calls Enterprise. In the decon chamber with T'Pol and Hoshi, he doesn't want to get up to answer the comm. He tries to stall so that they can stay longer. He and Hoshi look to T'Pol to help stall the doctor. When he works, he estimates they bought themselves a half an hour and tells a story about a spa in Mexico that was very relaxing but doesn't compare to the decon chamber just then. He's very glad to be clean again.
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Shadows of P'Jem: The rest of the bridge crew, including Reed, are told of the kidnapping of the captain and T'Pol. He questions the Chancellor when she says they are "almost certainly alive" and asks if that's how they protect their visitors. Reed detects something that could be the shuttlepod but not bio-signs. He reports about the shanty town about the outskirts of the city. He says he has a landing party standing by and argues that he's only suggesting going down and having a look. He notices the kidnappers call the captain "her". He says they only have 15 phase pistols, not the requested 40, and argues that they need to move now while they have the element of surprise. Reed is in on a consultation with the Vulcan captain. He interprets the Vulcan's words as meaning they are preparing an assault. He says the Coridan government might agree but the Vulcan has considered that. He is ordered to warm up the shuttlepod, but only he and Trip go down to the surface. He and Trip walk through the shanty town and get ambushed by a few Andorians. He concludes that the Andorians are working with the rebels. He takes an interest in the Andorian's tactical plans, asking how many guards and figuring it will be difficult going in with all those guards. He and Trip are armed and allowed to participate. While Trip goes to the gate offering ale, Reed takes care of one of the guards who rounds the corner. The Andorians let them both in, but the Vulcans who up then, shooting, completely messing up the escape plan. Reed stays to lay down cover fire while Shran and Trip go to get the hostages. He and the others stand between the Vulcans and Andorians. Reed reports that the pod to return to Enterprise is close when the captain asks.
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Shuttlepod One: Reed and Trip reach asteroid belt where they were to meet Enterprise but they are early. Trip works on fixing the comm and sensors while Reed sits back to read the Ulysses. They have a light-hearted argument about European and North American cultures until Reed sees debris out the viewport. Trip has him take a closer look. They see debris from the Enterprise. They argue about whether or not there could be survivors. Reed says they need to figure out what they are going to do. Trip doesn't want to leave. But he begins to get some of what Reed says. But they only have 10 days of air. Trip wants to make it to Echo III but Reed says they'd be long dead by the time they reached it. Trip orders him to steer the ship in that direction, telling Reed that he comes from a long line of Navy men and has a really good memory. Reluctantly Reed follows the order. Reed begins a personal log telling about the fate of Enterprise. Trip keeps interrupting and Reed keeps editing out his interruptions. They had left Enterprise to test (something). They had to cut their trip short when they experienced a jolt and lost their sensors. Trip and Reed argue again this time about their hopes or lack there of. Reed thinks they will not find any planets or anyone for years at their present speed. Reed finally decides simply to heat up some rations. Trip has the meatloaf while Reed has sea bass. He doesn't appear to like it but he tells Trip that it's fine. Reed finds some Kentucky bourbon and Trip remarks that it's theirs now. Later, Reed contines his log, recording letters to his family. Trip gets very upset as Reed is keeping him awake. Reed no longer edits out the interruptions. Reed promises Trip that when Trip decides to record logs of his own, he won't interrupt. Trip warns him that he's getting cranky and orders him to rest. Reed wakes up in Sickbay with the captain congratulating him on his brave rescue of Trip and himself. T'Pol stays to talk of his heroics, without mentioning specifics. T'Pol begins to show affection in response to his courage. They begin a strange conversation on Malcolm's name. Reed teases that he was thinking of changing his name to Stinky and even elicits a smile from T'Pol. They start to kiss but static wakes Reed up. Apparently he'd been talking in his sleep because Trip asks who Stinky is. Someting hits the ship and air starts to leak out. Trip lets out some hydrogen so they can follow the fog the gas creates. They each find a hole. Reed gets the idea that Trip's leftover mashed potatoes will seal the holes temporarily. Then Reed notes that they've lost one of their O2 cylinders, leaving them less than two days of air. Now that they can, they seal the holes with sealant and theorize about what destroys the Enterprise. Reed argues realism, while Trip perceives it as pessimism. They begin to talk about women, including Trip's dream woman, Ruby, whom Reed apparently "knew" as well. They decide to add a half day more air by lowering the temperature. Reed begins to shave and Trip reminds him that corpses' hair continues to grow, including a beard. Reed gives up shaving. Now shivering, Reed is now leaving messages to several old girlfriends, annoying Trip again. They hear static again, but it's just white noise, "the universe giggling" at them as he said before. They reminisce a bit about the crew, Travis and Hoshi being so young. Trip is still not letting go of optimism that they'll survive. He tells Reed he's a regular "grim reeper" and decides they both could use a drink. Reed at first doesn't want any, saying he's on duty. Trip orders him to live a little. Trip lights a candle and they toast to the brave men and women of the starship Enterprise. Reed reminds him that it uses up oxygen and Trip says they'll be dead five or six minutes sooner and that Reed probably thinks the sooner the better. Reed admits then that he doesn't really want to die. He had never gotten close to any of the women he wrote to, or to his family. But he was starting to feel comfortable with the crew. Trip blows out the candle saying five or six minutes now sounds kind of nice. After drinking more than half the bourbon, they hear static again and discuss pretty women, including T'Pol, on the Enterprise. But the static becomes a garbled message and the message becomes Hoshi as Reed reminds himself to think happy endings. They are both happy to find that Enterpise survived, but the ship is two days away and they don't have enough oxygen to get there. They change coordinates but Reed reminds Trip that they are moving at the speed of a garden snail compared to Enterprise. They'll be out of air for 11 hours by the time Enterprise reaches them. They need something to bring attention to their little blip on T'Pol's screen so that Enterprise will speed up. Reed thinks of weapons, but they are too far. Then he thinks of blowing up the jetisoned impulse drive. Trip is reluctant to blow up their engine, but Reed asks him if he has ever held his breath for 11 hours. Trip gives in. With no impulse drive, they drift in space. Later they bet the rest of the bourbon on how many hours of oxygen they have left. Reed loses. They have 10 and a half hours. Still Trip shares the bourbon. Trip theorizes that one man would have 20 hours and attempts to seal himself in the airlock, leaving the air to Reed. Once Reed realizes he's serious, he threatens to stun Trip. Trip threatens to demote him, but Reed welcomes it saying he could use less responsibility. Reed finally convinces him that he'd rather take one chance in a thousand with Trip than accept that it was all for nothing. Reed wakes up in Sickbay with the Captain there to welcome him. He and Trip suffered from hypothermia. The captain confirms that they saw the explosion and that they only had a few hours of air left. Reed tells them, vaguely, wht they thought had happened to the ship. Reed stops T'Pol to ask if she had something to say to him about heriocs. She walks away. Reed smiles and tells Trip, lying nearby, to sleep well.
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Detained: Reed wants Hoshi to trace the colonel's signal, when the latter called to inform them of the captain and Travis's detention. Malcolm isolates the carrier frequency of the second communication from the colonel so Hoshi can trace it. He says that the source is 5.2 light years away. Reed listens in when the captain calls on a transported comm badge. Reed is transformed into a Suliban by Dr. Phlox and transported to the detention center. He surprises Travis who doesn't recognize him at first. They meet with their Suliban friend to discuss the captain's whereabouts (in isolation) and the escape plan. He asks the Enterprise to speed things up when the evening inspection comes early. Reed is caught during a communication and zapped with a guard's prod. The guard doesn't seem to have noticed the comm badge. Reed directs the Suliban prisons out of the corridor and sets off three explosives on a wall. He calls Tucker in a shuttlepod to tell him the wall is down. Reed then surprises the captain, but after a few seconds the captain recognizes him. The colonel surprises him though, and konks him on the head. He attacks the colonel when he wakes up though and turns the tables for Captain Archer. They leave the colonel in isolation. He and the captain join Travis in the original shuttle pod. He asks that the doctor meet him in Sickbay as his skin is itching.
Detained Screen Capture

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