Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005): Season 4, Episode 18 - In a Mirror, Darkly: Part 1 - full transcript
Another Enterprise is traveling in a mirror universe where everything is a great deal different. Zefram Cochrane shot the first Vulcan setting foot on Earth and mankind went the aggressive way. Today humans have formed the Terran Empire, assimilating many other species, but there's a devastating war with rebels going on. First officer Jonathan Archer disagrees with a decision Captain Forrest is making. He decides to take matters into his own hands and starts a mutiny. In command of the Enterprise, Archer sets course for Tholian space. Reports have shown that the Tholians have captured an Earth ship that might have come from another universe.
Live long and prosper.
Board their ship!
Take everything you can!
[CLAMORING]
FORREST:
Captain's starlog, January 13th, 2155.
We've left Gorlan Station
and have set a course
to rendezvous with our assault fleet.
Major Reed and the doctor
have asked for a few minutes
to show me their latest project.
[HIGH-PITCH WHINING]
[SCREAMING]
The booth will be far more effective
than our previous disciplinary methods.
It can stimulate the pain center
of virtually any humanoid.
A synaptic scan calibrates it
for each species.
They call this progress.
There's something to be said
for a good, old-fashioned flogging.
REED: That's what's so exceptional
about this device.
Traditional forms of punishment
can overwhelm the nervous system.
After a time,
the brain ceases to feel anything.
These sensors
continually shift the stimulation
from one nerve cluster to another,
keeping the subject
in a constant state of agony.
[SCREAMING]
I think you enjoy your work too much,
doctor.
What exactly did Mr. Terev do?
I'm not certain.
I suspect he was late for his duty shift.
Aren't all Tellarites
guilty of something?
[SCREAMING CONTINUES]
ARCHER:
Did you look over my proposal?
- I've read it.
- And?
We're going to rendezvous
with the fleet, as ordered.
I'm not going into Tholian space based
on data from some anonymous source.
We have a rebellion to put down.
The Tholians aren't part of it.
You saw the data.
This technology would give us
a tactical advantage.
We could end the war
tomorrow.
You see this as your big chance,
don't you?
Sir?
You bring that ship home,
and you'll be a hero.
The emperor pins a medal
on your chest.
You might even get that command
you've always wanted.
My only concern
is saving the Empire.
[SCOFFS]
Resume your station.
Captain, you're making a mistake.
You can either go back to the Bridge,
or take the place of that Tellarite.
Which do you prefer?
Understood.
HOSHI:
What do you think you're doing?
Reviewing status reports.
This is supposed to be
your sanctuary.
A place to get away
from status reports.
You're the one person on this ship
I don't mind giving in to.
And probably the only one
that doesn't wanna slip a knife
in your back.
I heard the battle went well
at Tau Ceti.
- Is that what you heard?
- Mm.
Word on the ship
is that the war may be over soon.
I'll go back to Brazil,
start teaching again.
You'll accept a comfortable desk job
at headquarters.
We'll have the weekends.
You've been listening to propaganda.
Things went badly at Tau Ceti.
Very badly.
We lost 12 ships.
Keep this to yourself.
If the crew learns
what really happened...
Forget about the war.
This is our time.
Don't.
You'll hang for this.
- Lock him in the Brig.
- Sir.
Let me take him down to the cargo bay.
I'll finish him quickly. Quietly.
I want him alive.
It'd be tragic if there was an accident
on the way to the Brig.
If anything happens to Forrest,
I'll shoot you myself.
Are we clear, major?
Perfectly, sir.
Stand aside, commander.
Where's Captain Forrest?
Contact Security.
[COM BEEPS]
This is First Officer Archer.
In accordance with Starfleet orders,
this date,
I've relieved Captain Forrest of duty
and assumed command of Enterprise.
My orders are to take the ship
into Tholian space
for a mission of vital importance
to the Empire.
I can't reveal
the details of our assignment.
But I can tell you this:
If we're successful,
Starfleet will crush the rebellion
once and for all.
No crew in Starfleet
has been tested more in battle.
I know I can count on each of you
to perform your duty
to the best of your ability.
Nothing will impede our march
toward victory.
Long live the Empire.
ALL:
Long live the Empire.
We've received no such communiqués
from Starfleet Command.
- It was sent on a private channel.
- I'd like to see those orders.
All in good time.
Alter our heading.
Two-one-five mark 13.
- Maximum warp.
HELMSMAN: Yes, captain.
Corporal, escort Commander T'Pol
to Cargo Bay 2.
You'll find a Suliban
cloaking device there.
Bring it to Engineering
and help Tucker install it.
We're going to need the cloak
to complete this mission.
ARCHER: Enterprise starlog,
Captain Jonathan Archer.
The crew has accepted the change
of command without incident.
Chief Engineer Tucker reports
we'll have cloaking capability
within six hours.
These orders appear to be authentic.
Appear?
All I require from you is your loyalty.
Do I have it?
You are in command.
I'm glad we can agree on something.
Do you recognize this?
It belonged to Zefram Cochrane.
He used it to kill the first Vulcan
who stepped onto Terran soil.
I wonder how history
would've played out
if Cochrane hadn't turned the tables
on your invasion force.
Humans might be your slaves
- instead of the other way around.
- I'm not a slave.
You're Vulcan.
Never forget that.
How long until we cross
into Tholian space?
It's likely we already have.
They frequently annex systems
outside their core territory.
There's a warp signature
encoded on this.
Notify me the moment you find it.
- If there's nothing further--
- There is.
I'm promoting you to First Officer.
Major Reed's next in line.
He won't be pleased.
Reed is a capable soldier,
but he has trouble following orders.
And I know he has ambitions
of his own.
You've made it clear
you don't approve of Vulcans.
Maybe this is my way of saying
thank you to you and your people.
Without Vulcan technology,
the Empire wouldn't be
where it is today.
Dismissed.
Serving as my personal guard
will have its privileges.
You'll have your own quarters,
better food.
You'll accept orders from me
and me alone. Is that clear?
Yes, sir.
And, captain, if I may?
I'd like to be the first to congratulate
you on a brilliant strategy.
I'm certain that in years to come--
You already have the job, sergeant.
Don't talk yourself out of it.
[PORTHOS GROWLING]
Don't mind Porthos.
He hasn't had his dinner yet.
[DOOR CHIMES]
Come in.
That'll be all.
You didn't receive a communiqué
from Starfleet.
I would have known
if something came through.
[CHUCKLES]
A mutiny, oh.
Didn't think you had it in you.
I'll take that as a compliment.
- Where's Captain Forrest?
- He's safe.
How do I know that you didn't
push him out of an airlock?
- I wanna talk to him.
- Not right now.
He'll remain alive
as long as you don't cause any trouble.
No hidden distress signals
to Starfleet.
I need you and your expertise.
Is that all you need?
You've never forgiven me for leaving.
I'm sorry if I hurt you.
You saw an opportunity
for advancement and you took it.
Just as you did.
You should've been captain
from the moment we left Spacedock.
You've always known that.
Oh, if it hadn't been for all those
admirals conspiring behind your back,
Enterprise would have been yours.
Tradition says that whatever
belonged to the previous captain
is yours for the taking.
I've never been one
to argue with tradition.
T'POL [OVER COM]:
T'Pol to Captain Archer.
Maybe we should keep our relationship
on a professional level.
T'POL:
Captain Archer, please respond.
Go ahead.
We're approaching
the warp signature.
On my way.
I expect you to be in a better mood
when I get back.
Captain on the Bridge.
We're closing on target,
20,000 kilometers.
There's one bio-sign aboard,
Tholian.
Power the tractor emitters.
[PANEL BEEPING]
He's seen us.
He's arming weapons.
[RUMBLING]
Disable his ship.
I don't want the pilot injured.
Done.
There's overload building
in his reactor.
- Major.
- It wasn't my doing, sir.
I targeted his weapons only.
I believe the pilot may be attempting
to destroy his own ship.
Lock on the transporter.
Beam him into the decon chamber.
Captain...
We have the pilot.
Archer to Sickbay.
We've beamed a Tholian into decon.
Modify the atmosphere in there.
It may take a moment.
Tholians have rather extreme
life support requirements.
Increasing temperature
to 480 kelvin.
[THOLIAN SCREECHING]
If you're angry now, just wait.
How is he?
PHLOX:
"How is it?" would be more accurate.
Tholians possess
both male and female characteristics.
Its bio-signs, such as they are,
appear to be stable.
Will it understand me?
I'm Captain Archer.
You're onboard
the Terran flagship Enterprise.
Answer my questions
or you will be harmed.
[CHITTERING]
It's demanding to be released.
[ARCHER SCOFFS]
I wanna know where you're holding
the Terran vessel you captured.
[THOLIAN CHITTERING
AND SCREECHING]
"My people will find your ship
and destroy it."
A minor adjustment to life support
should make it more cooperative.
Decreasing temperature 50 degrees.
[SCREECHING]
Tell me what I want to know.
Something about
your maternal ancestor.
Take it down another 50.
[SCREECHING]
Its exoskeleton
is beginning to fracture.
"I agree. I agree."
Go on.
The ship is in the Vintaak system
at a facility orbiting the gas giant.
[HIGH-PITCH WHINING]
What the hell is that?
A short-range transmission.
A distress signal. You think
there's a comm device in there?
Its crystalline structure
may act as a natural transmitter.
Sir, I recommend we beam it
into space immediately.
No.
I need to keep it alive for now,
until I can verify what it's told us.
Find some way
to knock that thing out.
Yes, captain.
You forget something?
Biggs!
Get the commander
a radiation meter.
You don't wanna end up like me,
do you?
I've absorbed enough delta rays
to guarantee my grandchildren
glow in the dark.
Flux coupler.
They say for every year you spend
next to one of these things,
you lose a decade
off your life expectancy.
Which means I'll probably be dead
by the end of the week.
You should speak to Captain Archer
about a promotion.
You're his first officer,
you could talk to him for me.
Why would I do that?
I did you a favor once.
- You agreed never to discuss that.
- And I haven't.
I'd hardly call it a favor.
You enjoyed yourself.
Several times, as I recall.
So how many years is it until
your Pon farr comes around again?
[MACHINERY WHINING]
Where the hell's that coming from?
Pull the matrix converters! Aah!
[GROANING]
Can you repair the cloak?
- It'll take at least a day.
- You have six hours.
There are dozens of EPS feeds
on this deck,
and the only one that overloads
is the one connected
to the cloaking device.
The power surge
disabled other systems.
Internal sensors are down,
we've lost grav-plating on G-Deck.
The cloak's your first priority.
Someone's responsible
for what happened.
Find out who.
My people can investigate this.
I don't need his kind crawling around,
pulling relays.
Get the cloak online.
ARCHER:
Who sabotaged the cloak?
Was something damaged?
I know Admiral Black has an agent
on Enterprise. I want the name.
You really think that the admiral
would plant a spy on my ship,
and then tell me who it is?
Go to his quarters, search his personal
files. Look for messages from Starfleet.
Follow his orders and you'll be
executed as a co-conspirator.
Aye, captain.
This isn't like you, Jonathan.
You never lusted
for power and glory.
That's why I trusted you at my side
all these years,
because you have no ambition.
That's right.
Then why are you in the Brig?
[GRUNTING]
Release me,
and I promise your death
will be quick.
You won't get that guarantee
from the admiral.
Kill me,
and she'll never forgive you.
REED:
The saboteur entered this junction
and deliberately overloaded
this EPS waveguide.
That junction's
supposed to be off-limits.
- The intruder alarms were disabled.
- How?
There's only one way I know of,
by running a high-level
diagnostic scan.
Commander Tucker initiated a scan
30 minutes before the overload.
[HIGH-PITCH WHINING]
[TRIP GRUNTING]
Who ordered you
to sabotage the cloak?
I didn't!
Reed, I'll kill you
when I get out of this.
I'd like to see you try.
I checked the records.
Admiral Black recommended you
for chief engineer.
He insisted Forrest
replace his own man with you.
You're working for the admiral,
aren't you?
What have you told him?
Captain, you've got it all wrong.
[TRIP YELLING]
- It wasn't me!
- What have you told him?
Please, captain,
I've always been loyal to you!
Break him.
It hasn't been that good
in a long time.
The things a girl will give up
for her career.
The data I gave you,
did you transmit it
to the fleet admiral?
Of course.
What was it?
Insurance policy.
What's wrong?
Tucker's a competent engineer.
If he wanted to damage the cloak,
he could have done a much better job.
Well, it couldn't have been easy
with T'Pol looking over his shoulder.
Computer, locate Commander T'Pol.
COMPUTER: Unable to comply.
Internal sensors are off-line.
The sensors were damaged
by the overload.
What's going on?
Stay here.
- I wondered what was keeping you.
- I needed time.
- No alarm?
- I've disabled the internal sensors,
and the comm system.
We'll take the Bridge first.
Set a course out of Tholian space,
maximum warp.
- I can't alter our heading.
- Full stop!
The helm's not responding.
Having trouble?
You did this.
Autonavigation can't be released until
we've reached the coordinates I've set.
Restore the controls now.
I can't. They've been encrypted
with a random code.
Can you override the helm?
It'll take several days
to break the encryption.
We'll arrive at the coordinates
long before then.
The Bridge is yours, captain.
[HIGH-PITCH WHINING]
[ARCHER GROANING]
Ten hours in the booth, impressive.
Get him out of there.
[GRUNTING]
Bring Major Reed.
I want him to spend some time
in this invention of his.
Are you gonna shoot me now,
or wait for court-martial?
Fleet Admiral Gardner's
ordered you released.
He received the data you sent him.
The admiral finds your suggestion
intriguing.
Since you've already locked us
on this course,
I've been ordered to investigate
your mystery ship.
You betrayed me.
Don't think for one moment
I'm going to forget that.
Get cleaned up.
You're briefing the senior staff
in an hour.
A parallel universe?
The Science Directorate
has examined all of these theories.
They've found no evidence
of alternate realities.
The Tholians are a little more
open-minded than your people.
They detonated a tricobalt warhead,
here, inside the gravity well
of a dead star.
The explosion created
an interphasic rift,
- a doorway into another universe.
- A doorway.
The rift was unstable.
It was too dangerous to send
one of their own ships through,
so they transmitted a distress call
into the opening,
hoping to
lure a ship from the other side.
Their plan worked brilliantly.
How did you learn all this?
The Tholians rely on outside laborers,
humanoids.
Some of them can be bought
for the right price.
I hope you didn't pay too much.
My contact transmitted these images
before his signal was jammed.
You can barely see anything.
Computer, enhance grid three-alpha.
An Earth ship?
According to some theories,
everything that exists in our universe
should also exist there.
Another Terran Empire,
another Starfleet?
So what?
How does this help us?
The Tholians quantum-dated
a piece of the hull.
This ship is not only from another
universe, it's from another time,
about a hundred years into the future.
Imagine the technology we could find
on that ship.
New tactical systems,
advanced bio-weapons,
engines that can reach speeds
we can only dream of.
All of it ours for the taking.
This is ludicrous, captain.
Someone has fabricated this evidence
to lure us here.
Commander Archer
is guilty of assault and mutiny.
- That's enough, commander.
- Sir, I believe we--
I said shut up.
We're investigating this.
Get that cloaking device working.
The captain wants a progress report.
I'll need another minute
to calibrate the field converters.
I spent four hours in the booth
because of you.
Perhaps you should direct your anger
at Commander Archer.
You disabled the alarms in that
junction and made it look I did it.
- You're mistaken.
- The hell I am.
I think I'd remember
if I had sabotaged the ship.
Not necessarily.
What did you do to me?
I lured you away from Engineering with
the promise of a sexual encounter.
My mind to your mind.
Once we were alone in my quarters,
I implanted a telepathic suggestion.
My thoughts to your thoughts.
I compelled you to sabotage
the power grid.
After you completed the assignment,
we melded again.
I altered your memory
of what had happened.
It was my duty to help Captain Forrest
regain command.
You're gonna regret what you did.
Threats are illogical.
Engineering to Bridge.
FORREST [OVER COM]: Go ahead.
- We're ready.
I'm gonna have to channel everything
except auxiliary power.
Engage the cloak.
[SYSTEMS POWERING UP]
We've reached the coordinates.
Autonavigation has disengaged.
Let's see where we are.
Magnify the moon on the far right.
Primary systems are off-line,
including life support.
We're reading 13 bio-signs, all alien.
One of them appears to be reptilian.
They're clustered in this section.
Any sign of the crew?
We've detected no human signatures.
It's likely the crew was executed.
Look at the size of those coils.
I'll bet that thing could do warp 7.
We'll send an assault team aboard.
You brought us here, you lead it.
Download whatever you can
from the database
then destroy the ship.
Destroy it?
We have to take the ship with us.
It's too dangerous.
We are deep in Tholian space.
- Sir, you can't do this.
- You have your orders.
Dismissed.
Go with him.
I don't want Archer to return
from this mission.
Do I make myself clear,
commander?
T'POL: Someone's removed
these components.
They're gutting the ship.
Human.
If you'd like, sir,
I could hold that for you.
[THOLIAN SCREECHING]
Nap time isn't over yet.
[THOLIAN SCREECHES]
[PANEL BEEPS]
I'm picking up a transmission.
It's coming from decon.
Bridge to Phlox.
What's happening down there?
The sedative is no longer working.
FORREST:Well, then, kill it, now.
- With pleasure.
[SCREECHING]
Three ships
are moving toward our position.
- Doctor?
- A few more seconds, captain.
Will you kindly die?
[SCREECHING]
Phlox to Bridge, we won't be having
any further trouble from our guest.
[PANEL BEEPS]
One of the Tholian ships
is hailing us.
This must be the captain.
His neck's broken.
We should be able to overload
the reactor from here.
Get started.
Four more ships.
Contact Archer.
Tell him to abort the mission.
- Lay in a course out of here.
- They're jamming us.
Target the nearest ship. Fire.
No damage.
Torpedo launchers, fire when ready.
They can see us!
Get us out of here.
Engineering, disengage the cloak
and transfer all power to engines.
CREWMAN [OVER COM]:
The cloak's not responding, sir.
- How much longer?
- Maybe you'd like to take a stab at it.
I can activate their systems.
- Stand aside, commander.
- Almost there.
[SYSTEMS POWERING UP]
[PANEL BEEPS]
Enterprise is under attack.
Hull plating's down.
We've lost power
on Decks C, D, and E.
CREWMAN [OVER COM]:
Engineering to Bridge.
- The containment fields are failing.
- Can you vent the antimatter?
CREWMAN: Negative.
Reactor breach in three minutes.
This is the captain.
All hands to escape pods.
Abandon ship.
You heard my order!
What do you think you're doing?
I'll buy you as much time as I can.
Get out of here, now.
Enterprise is taking heavy damage.
Can you bring weapons and engines
online?
I'll see what I can do.
Give me a hand with them.
Commander...
Board their ship!
Take everything you can!
[CLAMORING]
FORREST:
Captain's starlog, January 13th, 2155.
We've left Gorlan Station
and have set a course
to rendezvous with our assault fleet.
Major Reed and the doctor
have asked for a few minutes
to show me their latest project.
[HIGH-PITCH WHINING]
[SCREAMING]
The booth will be far more effective
than our previous disciplinary methods.
It can stimulate the pain center
of virtually any humanoid.
A synaptic scan calibrates it
for each species.
They call this progress.
There's something to be said
for a good, old-fashioned flogging.
REED: That's what's so exceptional
about this device.
Traditional forms of punishment
can overwhelm the nervous system.
After a time,
the brain ceases to feel anything.
These sensors
continually shift the stimulation
from one nerve cluster to another,
keeping the subject
in a constant state of agony.
[SCREAMING]
I think you enjoy your work too much,
doctor.
What exactly did Mr. Terev do?
I'm not certain.
I suspect he was late for his duty shift.
Aren't all Tellarites
guilty of something?
[SCREAMING CONTINUES]
ARCHER:
Did you look over my proposal?
- I've read it.
- And?
We're going to rendezvous
with the fleet, as ordered.
I'm not going into Tholian space based
on data from some anonymous source.
We have a rebellion to put down.
The Tholians aren't part of it.
You saw the data.
This technology would give us
a tactical advantage.
We could end the war
tomorrow.
You see this as your big chance,
don't you?
Sir?
You bring that ship home,
and you'll be a hero.
The emperor pins a medal
on your chest.
You might even get that command
you've always wanted.
My only concern
is saving the Empire.
[SCOFFS]
Resume your station.
Captain, you're making a mistake.
You can either go back to the Bridge,
or take the place of that Tellarite.
Which do you prefer?
Understood.
HOSHI:
What do you think you're doing?
Reviewing status reports.
This is supposed to be
your sanctuary.
A place to get away
from status reports.
You're the one person on this ship
I don't mind giving in to.
And probably the only one
that doesn't wanna slip a knife
in your back.
I heard the battle went well
at Tau Ceti.
- Is that what you heard?
- Mm.
Word on the ship
is that the war may be over soon.
I'll go back to Brazil,
start teaching again.
You'll accept a comfortable desk job
at headquarters.
We'll have the weekends.
You've been listening to propaganda.
Things went badly at Tau Ceti.
Very badly.
We lost 12 ships.
Keep this to yourself.
If the crew learns
what really happened...
Forget about the war.
This is our time.
Don't.
You'll hang for this.
- Lock him in the Brig.
- Sir.
Let me take him down to the cargo bay.
I'll finish him quickly. Quietly.
I want him alive.
It'd be tragic if there was an accident
on the way to the Brig.
If anything happens to Forrest,
I'll shoot you myself.
Are we clear, major?
Perfectly, sir.
Stand aside, commander.
Where's Captain Forrest?
Contact Security.
[COM BEEPS]
This is First Officer Archer.
In accordance with Starfleet orders,
this date,
I've relieved Captain Forrest of duty
and assumed command of Enterprise.
My orders are to take the ship
into Tholian space
for a mission of vital importance
to the Empire.
I can't reveal
the details of our assignment.
But I can tell you this:
If we're successful,
Starfleet will crush the rebellion
once and for all.
No crew in Starfleet
has been tested more in battle.
I know I can count on each of you
to perform your duty
to the best of your ability.
Nothing will impede our march
toward victory.
Long live the Empire.
ALL:
Long live the Empire.
We've received no such communiqués
from Starfleet Command.
- It was sent on a private channel.
- I'd like to see those orders.
All in good time.
Alter our heading.
Two-one-five mark 13.
- Maximum warp.
HELMSMAN: Yes, captain.
Corporal, escort Commander T'Pol
to Cargo Bay 2.
You'll find a Suliban
cloaking device there.
Bring it to Engineering
and help Tucker install it.
We're going to need the cloak
to complete this mission.
ARCHER: Enterprise starlog,
Captain Jonathan Archer.
The crew has accepted the change
of command without incident.
Chief Engineer Tucker reports
we'll have cloaking capability
within six hours.
These orders appear to be authentic.
Appear?
All I require from you is your loyalty.
Do I have it?
You are in command.
I'm glad we can agree on something.
Do you recognize this?
It belonged to Zefram Cochrane.
He used it to kill the first Vulcan
who stepped onto Terran soil.
I wonder how history
would've played out
if Cochrane hadn't turned the tables
on your invasion force.
Humans might be your slaves
- instead of the other way around.
- I'm not a slave.
You're Vulcan.
Never forget that.
How long until we cross
into Tholian space?
It's likely we already have.
They frequently annex systems
outside their core territory.
There's a warp signature
encoded on this.
Notify me the moment you find it.
- If there's nothing further--
- There is.
I'm promoting you to First Officer.
Major Reed's next in line.
He won't be pleased.
Reed is a capable soldier,
but he has trouble following orders.
And I know he has ambitions
of his own.
You've made it clear
you don't approve of Vulcans.
Maybe this is my way of saying
thank you to you and your people.
Without Vulcan technology,
the Empire wouldn't be
where it is today.
Dismissed.
Serving as my personal guard
will have its privileges.
You'll have your own quarters,
better food.
You'll accept orders from me
and me alone. Is that clear?
Yes, sir.
And, captain, if I may?
I'd like to be the first to congratulate
you on a brilliant strategy.
I'm certain that in years to come--
You already have the job, sergeant.
Don't talk yourself out of it.
[PORTHOS GROWLING]
Don't mind Porthos.
He hasn't had his dinner yet.
[DOOR CHIMES]
Come in.
That'll be all.
You didn't receive a communiqué
from Starfleet.
I would have known
if something came through.
[CHUCKLES]
A mutiny, oh.
Didn't think you had it in you.
I'll take that as a compliment.
- Where's Captain Forrest?
- He's safe.
How do I know that you didn't
push him out of an airlock?
- I wanna talk to him.
- Not right now.
He'll remain alive
as long as you don't cause any trouble.
No hidden distress signals
to Starfleet.
I need you and your expertise.
Is that all you need?
You've never forgiven me for leaving.
I'm sorry if I hurt you.
You saw an opportunity
for advancement and you took it.
Just as you did.
You should've been captain
from the moment we left Spacedock.
You've always known that.
Oh, if it hadn't been for all those
admirals conspiring behind your back,
Enterprise would have been yours.
Tradition says that whatever
belonged to the previous captain
is yours for the taking.
I've never been one
to argue with tradition.
T'POL [OVER COM]:
T'Pol to Captain Archer.
Maybe we should keep our relationship
on a professional level.
T'POL:
Captain Archer, please respond.
Go ahead.
We're approaching
the warp signature.
On my way.
I expect you to be in a better mood
when I get back.
Captain on the Bridge.
We're closing on target,
20,000 kilometers.
There's one bio-sign aboard,
Tholian.
Power the tractor emitters.
[PANEL BEEPING]
He's seen us.
He's arming weapons.
[RUMBLING]
Disable his ship.
I don't want the pilot injured.
Done.
There's overload building
in his reactor.
- Major.
- It wasn't my doing, sir.
I targeted his weapons only.
I believe the pilot may be attempting
to destroy his own ship.
Lock on the transporter.
Beam him into the decon chamber.
Captain...
We have the pilot.
Archer to Sickbay.
We've beamed a Tholian into decon.
Modify the atmosphere in there.
It may take a moment.
Tholians have rather extreme
life support requirements.
Increasing temperature
to 480 kelvin.
[THOLIAN SCREECHING]
If you're angry now, just wait.
How is he?
PHLOX:
"How is it?" would be more accurate.
Tholians possess
both male and female characteristics.
Its bio-signs, such as they are,
appear to be stable.
Will it understand me?
I'm Captain Archer.
You're onboard
the Terran flagship Enterprise.
Answer my questions
or you will be harmed.
[CHITTERING]
It's demanding to be released.
[ARCHER SCOFFS]
I wanna know where you're holding
the Terran vessel you captured.
[THOLIAN CHITTERING
AND SCREECHING]
"My people will find your ship
and destroy it."
A minor adjustment to life support
should make it more cooperative.
Decreasing temperature 50 degrees.
[SCREECHING]
Tell me what I want to know.
Something about
your maternal ancestor.
Take it down another 50.
[SCREECHING]
Its exoskeleton
is beginning to fracture.
"I agree. I agree."
Go on.
The ship is in the Vintaak system
at a facility orbiting the gas giant.
[HIGH-PITCH WHINING]
What the hell is that?
A short-range transmission.
A distress signal. You think
there's a comm device in there?
Its crystalline structure
may act as a natural transmitter.
Sir, I recommend we beam it
into space immediately.
No.
I need to keep it alive for now,
until I can verify what it's told us.
Find some way
to knock that thing out.
Yes, captain.
You forget something?
Biggs!
Get the commander
a radiation meter.
You don't wanna end up like me,
do you?
I've absorbed enough delta rays
to guarantee my grandchildren
glow in the dark.
Flux coupler.
They say for every year you spend
next to one of these things,
you lose a decade
off your life expectancy.
Which means I'll probably be dead
by the end of the week.
You should speak to Captain Archer
about a promotion.
You're his first officer,
you could talk to him for me.
Why would I do that?
I did you a favor once.
- You agreed never to discuss that.
- And I haven't.
I'd hardly call it a favor.
You enjoyed yourself.
Several times, as I recall.
So how many years is it until
your Pon farr comes around again?
[MACHINERY WHINING]
Where the hell's that coming from?
Pull the matrix converters! Aah!
[GROANING]
Can you repair the cloak?
- It'll take at least a day.
- You have six hours.
There are dozens of EPS feeds
on this deck,
and the only one that overloads
is the one connected
to the cloaking device.
The power surge
disabled other systems.
Internal sensors are down,
we've lost grav-plating on G-Deck.
The cloak's your first priority.
Someone's responsible
for what happened.
Find out who.
My people can investigate this.
I don't need his kind crawling around,
pulling relays.
Get the cloak online.
ARCHER:
Who sabotaged the cloak?
Was something damaged?
I know Admiral Black has an agent
on Enterprise. I want the name.
You really think that the admiral
would plant a spy on my ship,
and then tell me who it is?
Go to his quarters, search his personal
files. Look for messages from Starfleet.
Follow his orders and you'll be
executed as a co-conspirator.
Aye, captain.
This isn't like you, Jonathan.
You never lusted
for power and glory.
That's why I trusted you at my side
all these years,
because you have no ambition.
That's right.
Then why are you in the Brig?
[GRUNTING]
Release me,
and I promise your death
will be quick.
You won't get that guarantee
from the admiral.
Kill me,
and she'll never forgive you.
REED:
The saboteur entered this junction
and deliberately overloaded
this EPS waveguide.
That junction's
supposed to be off-limits.
- The intruder alarms were disabled.
- How?
There's only one way I know of,
by running a high-level
diagnostic scan.
Commander Tucker initiated a scan
30 minutes before the overload.
[HIGH-PITCH WHINING]
[TRIP GRUNTING]
Who ordered you
to sabotage the cloak?
I didn't!
Reed, I'll kill you
when I get out of this.
I'd like to see you try.
I checked the records.
Admiral Black recommended you
for chief engineer.
He insisted Forrest
replace his own man with you.
You're working for the admiral,
aren't you?
What have you told him?
Captain, you've got it all wrong.
[TRIP YELLING]
- It wasn't me!
- What have you told him?
Please, captain,
I've always been loyal to you!
Break him.
It hasn't been that good
in a long time.
The things a girl will give up
for her career.
The data I gave you,
did you transmit it
to the fleet admiral?
Of course.
What was it?
Insurance policy.
What's wrong?
Tucker's a competent engineer.
If he wanted to damage the cloak,
he could have done a much better job.
Well, it couldn't have been easy
with T'Pol looking over his shoulder.
Computer, locate Commander T'Pol.
COMPUTER: Unable to comply.
Internal sensors are off-line.
The sensors were damaged
by the overload.
What's going on?
Stay here.
- I wondered what was keeping you.
- I needed time.
- No alarm?
- I've disabled the internal sensors,
and the comm system.
We'll take the Bridge first.
Set a course out of Tholian space,
maximum warp.
- I can't alter our heading.
- Full stop!
The helm's not responding.
Having trouble?
You did this.
Autonavigation can't be released until
we've reached the coordinates I've set.
Restore the controls now.
I can't. They've been encrypted
with a random code.
Can you override the helm?
It'll take several days
to break the encryption.
We'll arrive at the coordinates
long before then.
The Bridge is yours, captain.
[HIGH-PITCH WHINING]
[ARCHER GROANING]
Ten hours in the booth, impressive.
Get him out of there.
[GRUNTING]
Bring Major Reed.
I want him to spend some time
in this invention of his.
Are you gonna shoot me now,
or wait for court-martial?
Fleet Admiral Gardner's
ordered you released.
He received the data you sent him.
The admiral finds your suggestion
intriguing.
Since you've already locked us
on this course,
I've been ordered to investigate
your mystery ship.
You betrayed me.
Don't think for one moment
I'm going to forget that.
Get cleaned up.
You're briefing the senior staff
in an hour.
A parallel universe?
The Science Directorate
has examined all of these theories.
They've found no evidence
of alternate realities.
The Tholians are a little more
open-minded than your people.
They detonated a tricobalt warhead,
here, inside the gravity well
of a dead star.
The explosion created
an interphasic rift,
- a doorway into another universe.
- A doorway.
The rift was unstable.
It was too dangerous to send
one of their own ships through,
so they transmitted a distress call
into the opening,
hoping to
lure a ship from the other side.
Their plan worked brilliantly.
How did you learn all this?
The Tholians rely on outside laborers,
humanoids.
Some of them can be bought
for the right price.
I hope you didn't pay too much.
My contact transmitted these images
before his signal was jammed.
You can barely see anything.
Computer, enhance grid three-alpha.
An Earth ship?
According to some theories,
everything that exists in our universe
should also exist there.
Another Terran Empire,
another Starfleet?
So what?
How does this help us?
The Tholians quantum-dated
a piece of the hull.
This ship is not only from another
universe, it's from another time,
about a hundred years into the future.
Imagine the technology we could find
on that ship.
New tactical systems,
advanced bio-weapons,
engines that can reach speeds
we can only dream of.
All of it ours for the taking.
This is ludicrous, captain.
Someone has fabricated this evidence
to lure us here.
Commander Archer
is guilty of assault and mutiny.
- That's enough, commander.
- Sir, I believe we--
I said shut up.
We're investigating this.
Get that cloaking device working.
The captain wants a progress report.
I'll need another minute
to calibrate the field converters.
I spent four hours in the booth
because of you.
Perhaps you should direct your anger
at Commander Archer.
You disabled the alarms in that
junction and made it look I did it.
- You're mistaken.
- The hell I am.
I think I'd remember
if I had sabotaged the ship.
Not necessarily.
What did you do to me?
I lured you away from Engineering with
the promise of a sexual encounter.
My mind to your mind.
Once we were alone in my quarters,
I implanted a telepathic suggestion.
My thoughts to your thoughts.
I compelled you to sabotage
the power grid.
After you completed the assignment,
we melded again.
I altered your memory
of what had happened.
It was my duty to help Captain Forrest
regain command.
You're gonna regret what you did.
Threats are illogical.
Engineering to Bridge.
FORREST [OVER COM]: Go ahead.
- We're ready.
I'm gonna have to channel everything
except auxiliary power.
Engage the cloak.
[SYSTEMS POWERING UP]
We've reached the coordinates.
Autonavigation has disengaged.
Let's see where we are.
Magnify the moon on the far right.
Primary systems are off-line,
including life support.
We're reading 13 bio-signs, all alien.
One of them appears to be reptilian.
They're clustered in this section.
Any sign of the crew?
We've detected no human signatures.
It's likely the crew was executed.
Look at the size of those coils.
I'll bet that thing could do warp 7.
We'll send an assault team aboard.
You brought us here, you lead it.
Download whatever you can
from the database
then destroy the ship.
Destroy it?
We have to take the ship with us.
It's too dangerous.
We are deep in Tholian space.
- Sir, you can't do this.
- You have your orders.
Dismissed.
Go with him.
I don't want Archer to return
from this mission.
Do I make myself clear,
commander?
T'POL: Someone's removed
these components.
They're gutting the ship.
Human.
If you'd like, sir,
I could hold that for you.
[THOLIAN SCREECHING]
Nap time isn't over yet.
[THOLIAN SCREECHES]
[PANEL BEEPS]
I'm picking up a transmission.
It's coming from decon.
Bridge to Phlox.
What's happening down there?
The sedative is no longer working.
FORREST:Well, then, kill it, now.
- With pleasure.
[SCREECHING]
Three ships
are moving toward our position.
- Doctor?
- A few more seconds, captain.
Will you kindly die?
[SCREECHING]
Phlox to Bridge, we won't be having
any further trouble from our guest.
[PANEL BEEPS]
One of the Tholian ships
is hailing us.
This must be the captain.
His neck's broken.
We should be able to overload
the reactor from here.
Get started.
Four more ships.
Contact Archer.
Tell him to abort the mission.
- Lay in a course out of here.
- They're jamming us.
Target the nearest ship. Fire.
No damage.
Torpedo launchers, fire when ready.
They can see us!
Get us out of here.
Engineering, disengage the cloak
and transfer all power to engines.
CREWMAN [OVER COM]:
The cloak's not responding, sir.
- How much longer?
- Maybe you'd like to take a stab at it.
I can activate their systems.
- Stand aside, commander.
- Almost there.
[SYSTEMS POWERING UP]
[PANEL BEEPS]
Enterprise is under attack.
Hull plating's down.
We've lost power
on Decks C, D, and E.
CREWMAN [OVER COM]:
Engineering to Bridge.
- The containment fields are failing.
- Can you vent the antimatter?
CREWMAN: Negative.
Reactor breach in three minutes.
This is the captain.
All hands to escape pods.
Abandon ship.
You heard my order!
What do you think you're doing?
I'll buy you as much time as I can.
Get out of here, now.
Enterprise is taking heavy damage.
Can you bring weapons and engines
online?
I'll see what I can do.
Give me a hand with them.
Commander...