Sickbay. Mozzarella Trip walks in and says he's sorry he doubted Phlox. Phlox struggles to say that there's no need to apologize. "See, I don't just remember Trip's childhood," Mozzarella Trip adds. "You were a damned good father." "You were a damned good son," Phlox chokes back. Mozzarella Trip turns to Quantum and says that Quantum once told Mozzarella Trip that he was meant to pilot a starship, "I guess this was what I was meant to do. Good luck, Cap'n." Quantum thanks him. Mozzarella Trip stumbles over to ProtoTryp, pulls back the curtain, and mutters, "You owe me one." Mozzarella Trip lies down on the bed, and Phlox hyposprays him; Mozzarella Trip stares at Phlox a bit before he closes his eyes. The image of Mozzarella Trip lying on the bed fades to Mozzarella Trip lying in the sunglasses coffin, this time in appropriately blue uniform. Quantum finishes his eulogy, and we pan past Hoshi with crossed arms -- very rude, belligerent, and not at all respectful not to be standing fully at attention -- to ProtoTryp, who looks down at his cheesy clone. I really wish Quantum had been on level with the sunglasses coffin like Kirk, instead of looking down from above as though he were preaching a Sermon on the Mount. Quantum nods, and Reed and That Other Guy put the cover on the sunglasses case. Phlox and some random (not That Other Guy) step forward to complete the duties as pallbearers, and at the last moment, you can see T'Pol step forward and put one hand under the sunglasses case. The sunglasses case goes down a conveyer belt and through a metal detector before shooting into space. It seems to be aimed right at a bright star in the distance, a la The Wrath of Khan. All I can say about that is I'm glad they ejected it fore instead of aft.
Next week: It's a New Jack City, as they go to present day DE-troit and have to remember not to flash their headlights at any oncoming cars who don't have their headlights on unless they want to get shot a lot. It even looks like Daniels is back, but I totally think that's a scene taken from two seasons ago. It would be cool if it were really Daniels, though, because that would be a tie between the Suliban and the Xindi.













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