The Enterprise crew finally make it to Risa, wrapping up the three episode arc that started with Fallen Hero.
Archer settles in to do some light reading, Trip and Reed seek to expand their horizons, Travis tackles a local cliff face, and Hoshi practices her language skills on the local population. Of course this is a TV show, so nothing goes according to plan, but without revealing too many spoilers–at least three senior officers shed their clothes at some point during this episode.
We’re short two members again for this episode! But different ones this time.
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Enterprise 1×25 – Two Days and Two Nights
Directed by Michael Dorn
Written by Chris Black, Rick Berman & Brannon Braga
Guest Stars: Dey Young, Kellie Waymire
There Are Four Mics is a weekly Star Trek podcast discussing the Star Trek episodes and movies in stardate order. Join Chris Keeley, Jason Allen, Joe Heiser as we discuss the 25th episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, Two Days and Two Nights.
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Music credits:
Faith of the Heart/Where My Heart Will Take Me – Written by Diane Warren, performed by Russell Watson, Jerry Lubbock, and the New York Trek Orchestra
Archer’s Theme – Dennis McCarthy and New York Trek Orchestra
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Show Notes
Cold Open
T’Pol escorts the captain to the shuttlebay as he expresses concern that he is going on vacation while some of the crew are left behind to work. T’Pol assures him that he needs the time off, and the system of drawing lots was a fair way to make the determination. Shuttlepods One and Two make their way to Risa’s surface.
Act I
As the shuttlepod makes its way to the surface, the bridge crew discusses the various ways each of them will be spending their time. In the MedBay, Crewman Cutler prepares an injection for Phlox that will initiate a 2-day hibernation cycle instead of the standard six. As Archer and Porthos scope out the villa overlooking the sea, the captain notices that it also overlooks the balcony of a pretty blonde lady who also has a dog. Trip and Reed are in the bar looking for some sexy aliens. Archer takes a break from reading his book under the moon’s light to refill his tea, when the dog from the other balcony suddenly appears and menaces Porthos. It’s owner, Keyla, rings his doorbell to retrieve the hairless beast, and Archer scores himself a sweet date for tomorrow.
Act II
Hoshi interrupts the couple eating dinner next to her in the restaurant to show off her mastery of Risan, but incidentally impresses a fella lurking in the back who offers to teach her his native language if she joins him for dinner. Over in the bar, a couple of ladies make their way over to Trip and Reed to make a determined effort to make these Earthlings’ first trip to Risa a memorable one. Keyla sees Archer looking at the stars on his balcony, and asks to join him so he can regale her with tales of his adventures. In the bar, the two lovely ladies Trip and Reed have met offer to show them the beauty of the subterranean gardens, but instead take them into the basement, morph into ugly ass aliens, take their belongings, and shoot them.
Act III
Travis has a shuttlepod pick him up from the planet surface after he hurt himself rock climbing. With Phlox snoozing for a couple of days, Cutler seems pretty confident she can handle his broken leg. Trip and Reed wake up in the bar’s basement tied up and robbed of their clothes, and they set their sights on getting out of their predicament before the Enterprise becomes aware of their shame. Travis is having a reaction to the painkiller the Risans gave him, and requests they wake up Phlox. Hoshi gives up learning this guy’s native language, but they start communicating in the language of love as he lays a kiss on her and they head to relax in some steam pools. Keyla swings by Archer’s villa again to go on a morning walk, but instead things get serious when she reveals her entire family was murdered by the Suliban. T’Pol and Cutler wake up a confused Phlox and inform him of Travis’ condition.
Act IV
Phlox is acting like a drunkard, but seems determined to fix Travis’ troubles in spite of everyone’s concerns. After Keyla was injured by a camouflaged turtle on their daytime adventure, she keeps turning the topic back to the Suliban and getting more agitated. Archer scans her on the sly, and sends the readings up to T’Pol for analysis. The analysis reveals that she is Tandaran, and when she is confronted, she scratches Archer causing him to collapse. Trip and Reed have finally escaped their prison by knocking down a stinky bottle of alcohol and cutting through the ropes. Hoshi wakes up the next morning next to that alien fella, suggesting that the steam pools turned out to be pretty fun. Phlox solves Travis’ allergic reaction and passes out. Archer wakes up to find Keyla has left, and then joins his comrades on the shuttlepod back to Enterprise.