Strange New World ( episode ) An " Enterprise " landing party believes T ' Pol is conspiring with a species of rock creatures on a strange class M planet . Summary . Teaser . While headed for an unnamed nebula , unexpectedly passes an unknown planet with an Earth - like atmosphere and surface . In the mess hall , Elizabeth Cutler and Ethan Novakovich sit down with Cutler enjoying Vulcan food when they see the planet through the windows in surprise . On the bridge , T ' Pol designates this type of planet as Minshara - class . Sensor scans of the planet reveal no sign of intelligent lifeform s . Captain Archer asks for scans of any beacons that might indicate possession of the planet , but T ' Pol finds none . He then moves ahead to explore the planet . T ' Pol quickly reminds him there are other protocols , for example , sending automated probes for six days . She meets dismissal from the crew and Archer instead orders her to plan an away team . Act One . T ' Pol chooses her away team to be comprised of Archer , T ' Pol , Malcolm Reed , , Travis Mayweather , Cutler , and Novakovich . Archer brings Porthos . They travel to the surface by with a very excited Human crew . Archer tries to get T ' Pol to relax , but she is not about to entertain the relaxed nature of Archer ' s command . After a few hours of exploration , the captain and Reed return to " Enterprise " , while the rest stay on the surface overnight for scientific investigation ( though Tucker and Mayweather stay more for personal interest ) . After some time telling ghost stories , a storm emerges . The team retreats to their tents for awhile . Novakovich briefly thinks he heard someone , but Cutler dismisses him . Then , Tucker jumps abruptly , having noticed a alien scorpion in his sleeping bag . Him and Mayweather panic , but Tucker tells T ' Pol he has it under control . Soon , however , he asks T ' Pol about a nearby cave she had discovered earlier , asking to relocate and the surface crew takes shelter . Act Two . Archer calls in and learns about the storm , telling Reed to keep the shuttlepod on standby in case . Meanwhile , T ' Pol and Tucker are discussing how to settle in the cave . When Mayweather goes back to the original camping site to recover food which they had forgotten , he as well sees a few seemingly humanoid lifeform s wandering around outside . As he tells this to the rest of the crew on his return , Novakovich notices movement in the back of the cave , seemingly losing his mind before running out of the cave . Tucker and Mayweather try to follow and search for Novakovich , to no avail . However , Tucker briefly notices a lifeform which apparently emerges out of a rock and sinks back in again . Meanwhile , T ' Pol has gone to explore the deeper parts of the cave , leaving only Cutler behind , who does not feel at ease about it at all , and eventually decides to go after T ' Pol . When she nears T ' Pol , she finds her talking to a few lifeforms , but by the time the two actually meet there is no one else there anymore and T ' Pol denies any meeting . They go back to the front of the cave where they meet Tucker and Mayweather again and hear about the rock body . Cutler then tells about T ' Pol ' s meeting but the latter denies again . The others do not believe her and are becoming suspicious about the away mission as the prolongation was specifically upon the instigation of T ' Pol . The captain finally decides to get the away team back to " Enterprise " . Archer orders everyone to the landing site , but Novakovich openly disobeys him , seemingly afraid of something . Archer finds he cannot land the shuttle due to the storm . The away team is then forced back in the cave for the night . Act Three . Back in the cave , Tucker openly questions T ' Pol on who the aliens are . Seeing Tucker as becoming irrational , T ' Pol tries not to engage him . Mayweather points out they need water , and T ' Pol responds she found some earlier in the cave . However , Cutler and Tucker don ' t trust her , thinking she is going to conspire with them . Taking her phase - pistol , he orders her to sit down and decides to wait it out , despite her informing him that she can go without water for days , whereas he cannot . Soon , however , the state of all the members of the away team becomes more serious , including T ' Pol to a lesser degree . Tucker become quite delusional and keeps pointing a phase - pistol at T ' Pol and shooting at the rocks . Since Novakovich would not go in the cave with the others , Archer decides to use the still experimental transporter to bring him back . The transporter is unable to distinguish between Novakovich and the plant life being blown around him , with several leaves are embedded in his skin as a result in the attempt . Following that , Phlox discovers that he has been affected by a kind of local pollen brought by the storm ( and that the others could be affected as well ) . Archer calls down to T ' Pol and learns that Tucker is holding her hostage . He doesn ' t believe Archer when he tries to explain , saying he isn ' t there and they ' re not imagining anything . However , he listens when Archer orders him to lower the pistol . He tells them to get farther inside the caves and away from the pollen . Later , the situation worsens when Cutler and Mayweather are delirious and Tucker thinks he sees Archer and argues with him . T ' Pol , now speaking only Vulcan , sees a chance to get her pistol back and the tension reaches its maximum in T ' Pol and Tucker pointing a phase - pistol at each other . On board " Enterprise " , Phlox discovers that the pollen has a poison ous effect and thinks it is too late for Novakovich . It may not be for the away team , so Archer orders him to keep studying it . Unfortunately , the storm will persist for nine hours . Act Four . Phlox fortunately can make an antidote ( as well as a sedative ) that the ship can beam to the away team . However , when Archer tries ordering Tucker to take it , Tucker doesn ' t believe it , still locked holding pistols with T ' Pol . T ' Pol , speaking Vulcan , tells Hoshi Sato that she believes Tucker will kill her . She relays it to Archer , and he continues to reason with Tucker , mentioning an earlier time when he had to simply trust him . Tucker then thinks he sees the rock people around them just as Phlox gets the antidote ready for transport . Finally , the captain , unable to reason with Tucker , resorts to elaborating on Tucker ' s delusions . This way T ' Pol – who is being given instructions by Sato because she has fallen back to her native speech , suggesting that she has been affected as well , only able to control it better – is finally able to overwhelm Tucker . She then proceeds to administer the antidote to all members of the away team , herself included . The next morning , the storm is over , everyone is fine and the planet is as beautiful as it was the day before , making the previous night look like a bad dream . Memorable quotes . " " You expect us to sit up here for a week while probes have all the fun ? " " " " You ' d have better luck making friends with a housefly . " " " " Where no dog has gone before . " " " " You have your assignments . We ' ll rendezvous here at 1900 hours . . . unless the captain wants us to pose for more pictures . " " " " It ' s beautiful all right but I couldn ' t call a place home unless it came with a pair of warp nacelles . " " " " Boomers . " " " " Who ' s there ? Who is that ? ! " " " " This is Captain Archer . We ' re attempting to land . I want you to get back to the cavern . " " " " Go to Hell ! " " " " Let me guess . . . no ghost stories on Vulcan ? " " " " Looks like we might have ourselves a bit of weather ! " " " " That ' s it . To the left of that trinary cluster . " " " " What ? " " " " Our sun . " " " " Are you sure ? " " " " Yeah I ' m positive . Just another speck of light . . . no different than any other . " " " " Give me your boot . " " " " What for ? " " " " So I can squash it . " " " " Are we allowed to squash alien lifeforms ? " " " " If they ' re inside your sleeping bag . There it is . Wait a minute . Where ' d you put the phase - pistols ? " " " " You wanna shoot a bug ? " " " " I ' m just gonna stun it . " " " " Your emotions are beginning to affect your judgment . You ' re becoming irrational . " " " " You ' ve never seen me irrational . " " " " I can survive without water for several days . Can you ? " " " " I have no idea what you just said . . . but it didn ' t sound very nice ! " " " " And I have a phase - pistol pointed at my head . " " " " Under stress , you become volatile . You ' re a far more dangerous species than I previously believed . " " " " Your people have been telling us that kind of crap for a " hundred " years ! " " " " Say one more word of that gibberish , and I ' m gonna split you in two . " " " " Hope she knows the difference between stun and kill . " " " " Challenge your preconceptions or they ' ll challenge you . " " " " Commander ? " " " " That ' s something Mr . Velik used to say . Tenth grade biology class . He was a Vulcan scientist who came to teach us about life on other worlds . I ' d never seen a Vulcan before . . . not up close . He scared the hell out of me . " " " " Perhaps it ' s not too late to follow his advice . " " Links and references . 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