Shuttlepod One ( episode ) While investigating an asteroid field , Tucker and Reed are convinced that " Enterprise " has been destroyed and try to face their own oncoming deaths . Summary . Teaser . Malcolm Reed and are surveying an asteroid field , using the . Tucker is trying to troubleshoot the system to fix the problems they have been experiencing ; the sensor array and communications circuits are both down . As they are doing this , Reed mentions that he has brought a copy of " Ulysses " with him to read on the return trip while Tucker remarks that he ' d " " rather realign every micro - circuit on this shuttle than try to wade through that baby " " . Reed states that British schools have a core curriculum to provide a well - rounded education , joking that apparently North America ns read nothing but comic books and " " those ridiculous science fiction novels . " " While they are kidding around , Reed spots an asteroid with what appears to be an impact crater and debris on it . The wreckage appears to have been a spacecraft of some sort . As the field of view rotates , the wreckage is shown to have " Enterprise " s markings on it . Act One . On the " Enterprise " , Hoshi Sato reports to Captain Archer about the recent rescue of some Tesnian s whose ship was destroyed in a recent docking attempt . " Enterprise " s second launch bay door was also damaged in the accident , and the captain and T ' Pol go out in a shuttlepod to inspect the damage . T ' Pol theorizes that the loss of control occurred because of microsingularities , and that the " Enterprise " was not as affected because of its polarized hull plating . Scheduled to arrive at Tesnia in twenty hours , Archer notes that this should get " Enterprise " to their rendezvous point before Tucker and Reed get there . On the shuttlepod , Tucker and Reed are discussing what to do . They think that the " Enterprise " has crashed and is destroyed . With no way to detect the black box es , no radio to detect a beacon and no signs of the life pod s , they fear the worst . They have only about ten days of breathable air and the journey to the nearest subspace amplifier , " Echo Three " , would take longer than their remaining oxygen supplies , let alone the time for a replacement ship to come and rescue them . Tucker still wants to go to " Echo Three " , but Reed insists that it is pointless . They argue , but agree to try and find a way to get help . Act Two . Helpless in the face of their apparently hopeless situation , Reed starts to record a log entry , which Tucker finds annoying and interrupts several times . The two eventually end up arguing about what to do : Tucker feels that Reed is being far too pessimistic , recording farewell messages for everyone and giving up so easily , while Reed feels they will never be discovered and should just face their situation . With nine days of oxygen left , Tucker feels that now is the time to get to work so they can be detected and saved . Reed thinks that maybe at warp they would have a chance to find someone but not at impulse speed . At impulse , they are not likely to run into any planet s in at least six or seven years . Tucker is not convinced , however , believing that someone could run into " them " maybe . After some bickering , they decide to have have a meal . They sit down to some ration s and a bottle of Kentucky bourbon that Archer left in the shuttle . Later that night , Tucker is having trouble sleeping as Reed dictates another letter , this time to a former girlfriend . He has been recording these for hours and hours , much to the annoyance of Tucker , who is trying to get some sleep so he can get some more work done later . The friction between the two crewmen escalates as they have another argument . Reed says he wants to tie up some loose ends before his impending death , but Tucker does not want to hear any of it . Reed promises to give Tucker all the time he needs to dictate his own letters , but Tucker snaps off the recorder and tells Reed to go to sleep . Reed awakens in the medical bay in the presence of Phlox and Archer . The captain thanks Reed for saving Tucker and being heroic . T ' Pol then walks up to him and gives him a similar speech – and then begins to get closer to him . She tells him that Vulcan s are very attracted to bravery , and that she believes Reed to have been a very brave man . As she leans over closer to kiss him , Tucker wakes him up by telling him that the receiver is online . Reed realizes he was dreaming but doesn ' t tell Tucker about the dream and works on the receiver right away . They are getting static , and their transmitter is still down . Just as Reed sits down at the conn , the vessel is rocked by an impact of some kind . The cabin begins to lose air pressure . Without sensors , Reed considers finding the source of the leak a near impossibility . Thinking quickly , Tucker vents some nitrogen from the storage tanks and uses the swirling of the gas to find the puncture points . There are two holes in the cabin . Each officer manages to plug one of the holes with their fingers . Reed gets the idea to use Tucker ' s leftover mashed potatoes from the rations , to fill the holes until they can get some proper puncture sealant . With the emergency temporarily handled , they check on the status . Whatever hit them managed to rupture one of their oxygen tanks , leaving them with only two days of air left . Act Three . The next problem they decide to figure out is what damaged the shuttle . The hull is designed to withstand meteorite s up to five times larger than the puncture in the cabin . Tucker theorizes that whatever hit the shuttle could have damaged the " Enterprise " . Unable to find a real answer , they sit down to talk about memories . Tucker mentions that he used to go to a bar , the 602 Club , where he knew a nice waitress named , who was the girl of his dreams . Reed states he also knew Ruby ( apparently very well , to Tucker ' s chagrin ) . Nonetheless , Tucker remarks that it is good that they have something in common . He then asks Reed if he ' d rather spend the next two days warm or if he ' d prefer staying alive for two and a half days but being cold instead ; he has figured out how to divert power from the heaters to make the air recycler s last longer . Reed agrees to roughing it out and lowering the temperature so that they at least got half a day more . Reed then starts to shave , stating that an officer at his best is always well groomed and he wants his corpse to look good when they are found . Tucker is glad that Reed has been developing a positive attitude but reminds him ( erroneously ) that hair and nails keep growing quite a while after death . Upon hearing this , Reed puts down the mirror and stops shaving . On the ship , T ' Pol brings in the results of her investigation of the damage to the " Enterprise " and the other vessel . She thinks this could be a very important discovery . Archer thinks it is also a reason to signal the shuttle and set a different rendezvous point , since the shuttle is not equipped with the same hull plating that kept the " Enterprise " safe . Back on the shuttle , where it is freezing , Reed continues to record his letters to former lovers and girlfriends ; letters , which according to Tucker , all sound exactly the same as the previous ones he has been recording . Reed disagrees , stating that there are subtle differences between the girls he is writing to . Then they remember Travis Mayweather and Hoshi Sato , stating that they could not have been more than 24 or 25 years old . Tucker states that they died doing what they loved . The two continue to talk about their lost crew members and before they know it they are arguing once again . Reed tells Tucker that his unfounded optimism is becoming tiresome , to which Tucker replies that his heartfelt letters of farewell to half the girls of San Francisco have been annoying him for hours . Reed believes he is being realistic and accepting his fate while Tucker thinks that it cannot hurt to have some hope . They break off , and Tucker opens the bourbon . After protesting that he doesn ' t drink on duty , Reed accepts the drink . Tucker lights a candle and they drink a toast to the " Enterprise " . Reed mentions that the candle will consume valuable oxygen , and Tucker replies that he won ' t mind dying five or six minutes sooner , and how it might be just what Reed wants . Reed finally breaks , confessing how important the crew of the " Enterprise " was to him . He tells Tucker that he has always had difficulty getting close to people : the girls in the letter , friends and even his own family – but that it was different with the crew of the " Enterprise " . He is saddened that the only one of them who is left thinks that he is the Grim Reaper and the bloody angel of death . Tucker blows out the candle and says that a few more minutes sound kind of nice . Some hours later , the two are very drunk , and bundled together . Reed and Tucker giggle about how the universe isn ' t going to get any of their bourbon . Reed confesses he finds T ' Pol attractive , particularly her " bum " . Just as they ' re laughing about it , they start to receive a transmission . Reed is practically beside himself with joy as he hears Sato ' s voice , meaning the Enterprise , and its crew , survived after all . Unfortunately , the reality of the situation dawns on Tucker as he realizes that the rendezvous that is supposed to happen in two days ' time will not be soon enough for them , as they have only a little over a day ' s worth of air left . Act Four . Reed enters the new coordinates , but they will be eleven hours short on air . Tucker and Reed start trying to figure out how to signal the ship and get them to arrive sooner . Reed comes up with the idea of jettisoning the impulse engine and detonating it , as a means of signaling the " Enterprise " . At first Tucker resists , but then agrees that it is probably the only solution since they can ' t hold their breath for eleven hours . Adrift , Reed and Tucker take bets on how much air they have left . If it is less than twelve hours , Tucker gets the remainder of the bourbon ; more than twelve , and Reed gets it . Reed checks the indicator and sees that they have ten hours left . After drinking , Tucker says that if they had one person , there would be twice as much air left for whoever was left . Reed jokingly suggests that Tucker go into the airlock and let himself out . Tucker agrees , and goes to climb out . Reed tells him to stop , and they have an argument . Reed pulls a phase - pistol on Tucker and threatens him with being stun ned if he doesn ' t stop trying to climb into the airlock . After a shouting match , Tucker gives up and sits down . Reed wakes up in sickbay . Archer fills him in , explaining that their plan worked and that the " Enterprise " " did " detect the destruction of the impulse drive . They managed to get them with just a few hours of air left . Reed asks T ' Pol if she ' s supposed to say something about heroics to make sure it is not a dream . T ' Pol tells him to sleep well . Extended scene . For this episode , there is an extended scene that can be found on the ENT Season 1 DVD . An accurate sign preceding the scene states , " The color portion of the following was lifted from the show – the black and white portion was retained in the final version . " Deleted scene 35 . As in the aired version of the episode , Reed and Tucker , bundled together , drunkenly giggle about how the universe isn ' t going to get any of their bourbon . The officers ' discussion then deviates from the one they have in the episode ' s final version , with Reed commenting that he had begun to suspect Archer was invincible , due to the captain ' s assuring knack of securing his crew ' s safety . Tucker replies that Archer has always been reliable and , as an example to back up his claim , recalls coaching him to dive at least once a month , when Archer , by then a member of Starfleet , would travel down to the Florida Keys . Tucker says of the experience that it " really got on my nerves " , as Archer was such a quick learner and could soon do everything faster and better than his experienced instructor . As Archer ' s comeuppance , Tucker decided to introduce his student to " Old Waldo " , a male green moray eel . While Archer was wearing protective titanium mesh , Tucker led him into the eel ' s hole , hoping that he would be a little frightened when he pulled " old Waldo " out of the hole . After Tucker told him that there were some beautiful starfish inside the hole , Archer reached inside and pulled the eel ' s entire body out . As the creature clung to his arm , Archer found a pressure point under its lower jaw and the eel let go , returning to its hole . Although Reed suspects that , from then on , Archer would have refused to go diving with Tucker , he instead found the entire incident funnier than his instructor , whom he took out to dinner that night . Tucker remembers that they had steak s , lobster s and Kentucky bourbon before the scene returns to the aired version , with Reed confessing that he finds T ' Pol attractive . Memorable quotes . " " Astrometrics detected what could be microsingularities in the vicinity of the asteroid field . " " " " Microsingularities are a Vulcan myth . There ' s no scientific evidence that they exist . " " " " Sometimes , I think you North Americans read nothing but comic books and those ridiculous science fiction novels . " " " " Well , I ' ll have you know that Superman was laced with metaphor . Subtext layered on subtext . " " " " I don ' t suppose you have a sextant handy . " " " " I left it with my slide rule . " " " " See you around , captain . " " " " Mr . and Mrs . Reed . . . I realize you have just begun a period of mourning and that I ' ll never get an answer to this question but I gotta ask it anyway . Was Malcolm always this cynical ? " " " " Captain Archer would be quite annoyed with me if I told you of your heroics . . . I believe he ' s looking forward to doing that himself in the morning . " " " Heroics ? ! " " " I had no idea you could be so selfless – in the face of such danger , most males of your species would ' ve given into their fear . " " " " Well , since you ' re obviously not going to tell me what happened , I suppose a simple ' Goodnight ' will have to do ! " " ( Moving toward him ) " " Vulcans could never ignore courage . . . " ( moving in even closer ) " . . . and " this " Vulcan will " never " ignore Lieutenant Malcolm Reed again ! " " " " Is it alright if I call you T ' Pol ? " " " " Yes – may I call you Malcolm ? " " " " I suppose so . . . but if the truth be known I ' ve . . . never much cared for the name Malcolm . Always seemed a but too " . . . stuffy . " " " I think it ' s a " lovely " name – ' mol - kom ' is the Vulcan word for serenity . " " " " Well then . . . perhaps I won ' t change it ! " " " " I was rather growing fond of the name . . . " Stinky ! " . . . ( T ' Pol grins at the joke ) . . . " I can ' t believe you just did that ! " " " " Did what ? " " " " You smiled . . . I saw you " smile ! " " " Vulcans don ' t smile . " " " This " one does ! " " " " Who ' s ' Stinky ? " " " " I beg your pardon ? ! " " " " You were talkin ' in your sleep – kept callin ' for some guy named ' Stinky . " " " " Kentucky bourbon . " " " " Yeah . The captain was planning to give that to somebody . I can ' t remember who . Guess it ' s ours now ! " " " " The skin of this pod is designed to deflect a meteor five times the size of this hole . " " " " Well , in that case , I ' d guess it wasn ' t a meteor . I wonder if something like it destroyed " Enterprise " ? " " " " Hmm . We ' ll never know . " " " " Always the optimist . " " " " To the brave men and women of the starship " Enterprise . " " " Is that modulated enough for you ? " " " " Modulated ? " " " " The radio ! Or is it just the galaxy giggling at us again ? " " " " It can giggle all it wants , but the galaxy ' s not getting any of our bourbon ! " " " " Commander ! " " " " What are you going to do , kill me ? ! " " " " It ' s set to stun . I don ' t want to use it but I will ! " " " " Who the HELL do you think you are ? " " " " YOUR ARMORY OFFICER , and perhaps your friend . " " " " FRIENDS DON ' T SHOOT EACH OTHER ! " " " " Do you know , I ' m not a doctor , but I ' m pretty sure you use up a lot more oxygen WHEN YOU SHOUT LIKE THAT ! " " " " So what are you saying . . . That you ' d rather have " Enterprise " . . . find the two of us dead in here ? " " " " That ' s " EXACTLY " what I ' m saying . If there ' s one chance in a thousand . . . that they saw our impulse drive explode , that they increased their speed , I ' ll take that chance . . . I ' ve invested FAR too much time trying to figure you out , Mr . Tucker . . . I ' m not about to accept that it was all for nothing . " " " " You must have seen the explosion . " " " " Hard to miss ! You know you guys only had two or three hours of air left . " " " " You don ' t say . " " " " We saw debris from " Enterprise " on one of the asteroids . . . we assumed . . . we thought you were all . . . " " " I ' ll tell you all about it in the morning . " " " " Sub - Commander . . . isn ' t there something you ' re supposed to say to me ? " " " " About what ? " " " " Heroics . . . something about heroics . . . " " " " Good night , lieutenant . " " Links and references . 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