Connor Trinneer credited as playing...
Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III
- Commander Tucker: You aren't saying much tonight. Don't tell me you're still upset about me and Amanda.
- Subcommander T'Pol: I'm not upset.
- Commander Tucker: Sure sounds like it.
- Subcommander T'Pol: You're mistaken.
- Commander Tucker: Why would a few neuropressure sessions between me and a MACO be such a big deal. Unless...
- Subcommander T'Pol: Unless what?
- Commander Tucker: Unless you're a little jealous.
- Subcommander T'Pol: I don't experience jealousy.
- Commander Tucker: You're doing a pretty fair imitation of it.
- Subcommander T'Pol: I am not, in any way, jealous of you and Corporal Cole.
- Commander Tucker: You know, your voice is tensing up. That's a dead giveaway.
- Subcommander T'Pol: I didn't know you were an expert in vocal inflections.
- Commander Tucker: I don't need to be an expert to read you. Come on, admit it. You're a little jealous.
- Subcommander T'Pol: Are you implying that I'm attracted to you?
- Commander Tucker: That kind of goes along with the assumption, doesn't it?
- Commander Tucker: I don't like pushing the engines at 110%
- Subcommander T'Pol: They are rated for 120
- Commander Tucker: My underwear's flame-retardant, but it doesn't mean I want to set fire to myself to prove it.
- Commander Tucker: [after being cursed at by a Klingon and not understanding him] Well I don't particularly like the way YOU smell, either.
- Subcommander T'Pol: I think you're mistaken about who's attracted to whom.
- Commander Tucker: Are you saying I'm attracted to you?
- Subcommander T'Pol: I don't need to say it, you already have.
- Commander Tucker: I don't remember that conversation.
- Subcommander T'Pol: It wasn't you, it was your clone, Sim told me.
- Commander Tucker: Sim?
- Subcommander T'Pol: He said he had feelings for me.
- Commander Tucker: He told you that?
- Subcommander T'Pol: [nodding towards the spot where Sim had stood] Standing right there.
- Commander Tucker: What the hell was he doing in your room?
- Subcommander T'Pol: Your voice is tensing up.
- Commander Tucker: Now you're the vocal expert?
- Subcommander T'Pol: I don't need to be an expert to read you.
- Commander Tucker: I can't believe this. I'm... I'm jealous of... myself?
- Subcommander T'Pol: You're jealous?
- Commander Tucker: No. Absolutely not. Okay, maybe, maybe I am a little.
- Subcommander T'Pol: Which would mean you're attracted to me.
- [Trip gives her a look]
- Subcommander T'Pol: It goes with the assumption.
- Commander Tucker: What just happened here? Did we? Are we?
- [T'Pol leans in and kisses Trip strongly]
- Subcommander T'Pol: I've run a check through the Starfleet database. You might be pleased to know that this is the first recorded incident of a human male becoming pregnant.
- Commander Tucker: Just how I always wanted to get into the history books.
- [Upon waking up bound in a basement on Risa]
- Commander Tucker: You think this is my fault?
- Lt. Reed: You were willing to follow two strange aliens into a basement.
- Commander Tucker: Gorgeous aliens. Don't forget they were gorgeous.
- Lt. Reed: They were male.
- Commander Tucker: Not at first.
- Commander Tucker: I never got the impression you cared that much about humans. Seems like you were always finding something new to complain about.
- Vulcan Ambassador Soval: I lived on Earth for more than 30 years, Commander. In that time I developed an affinity for your world and its people.
- Commander Tucker: You did a pretty good job of hiding it.
- Vulcan Ambassador Soval: Thank You.
- [Porthos has run from the shuttlepod to some trees on an alien world]
- Commander Tucker: Going where no dog has gone before.
- Dr. Phlox: Tell me, did your visit to the Xyrillian ship involve any... uh... romance?
- Commander Tucker: What?
- Dr. Phlox: Were you intimate with anyone?
- Commander Tucker: Doc, I was over there to repair a warp reactor. What are you talking about?
- Dr. Phlox: Seems you did a little more than repair work.
- Commander Tucker: Meaning?
- Dr. Phlox: This is a nipple.
- Commander Tucker: I beg your pardon?
- Dr. Phlox: Ah, ah, the blastocyst is located between the sixth and seventh intercostals.
- Commander Tucker: What the hell are you talking about?
- Dr. Phlox: I'm not quite sure congratulations are in order, Commander, but you're pregnant.
- Subcommander T'Pol: Is there something else?
- Commander Tucker: You and Trip used to spend a lot of time here together.
- Subcommander T'Pol: I was instructing him in the practice of Vulcan neuropressure.
- Commander Tucker: I remember. We were lying right there
- [points to floor]
- Commander Tucker: working the neural nodes on each other's feet, talking about the warp engines. How I was hoping to modify them.
- Subcommander T'Pol: How Commander Tucker was hoping to modify them.
- Commander Tucker: [dejected] Right, Commander Tucker.
- [pause]
- Commander Tucker: You know, he was really starting to enjoy those sessions with you.
- Subcommander T'Pol: They were helping him sleep.
- Commander Tucker: [voice getting quieter] I'm not sure that's the only reason.
- Subcommander T'Pol: What do you mean?
- Commander Tucker: Was there ever anything between you and Trip?
- Subcommander T'Pol: If you are referring to a romantic relationship... no.
- Commander Tucker: The reason I ask is... well... you're all I think about, if you know what I mean. And, I'm not talking about an adolescent crush. That was... well, that was two days ago. This is much more serious, the way I feel about you. Anyway, what's driving me crazy is, I don't know if these feelings are mine... or his.
- Subcommander T'Pol: [voice cracking] I can't answer that.
- Commander Tucker: I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable.
- Subcommander T'Pol: I'm not uncomfortable.
- Commander Tucker: I just thought I should tell you this, while I still had the chance.
- Subcommander T'Pol: May I come in?
- [Sim nods OK]
- Subcommander T'Pol: I just wanted to say how much your absence will affect the crew... how much it will affect me.
- Commander Tucker: I appreciate that. All in all, I guess I've a pretty good life...
- [T'Pol steps forward and gives him a short but sweet kiss]
- Commander Tucker: I couldn't have asked for a better going away present.
- Commander Tucker: I'm getting punchy.
- Dr. Phlox: Why aren't you getting together with T'Pol to get your neural nodes stimulated? Too intimate?
- Commander Tucker: Nah, I don't have an hour a night to waste in T'Pol's quarters. Isn't there something else I could do.
- Dr. Phlox: There is Alderberan mud leeches.
- Commander Tucker: What the hell am I supposed to do with those?
- Dr. Phlox: Place one on your chest and one on your abdomen an hour before going to bed. Their secretions act as a natural sedative. Oh, uh, please be careful to sleep on your back. If you roll over, you might anger them.
- Commander Tucker: Maybe an hour a night with T'pol isn't so bad.
- Lt. Reed: So what is happening between you and Amanda?
- Commander Tucker: We are just friends. Is everyone on this ship watching us?
- Lt. Reed: You're hard to miss.
- Commander Tucker: That's what T'Pol said.
- Lt. Reed: Is it true that she's giving Amanda neuropressure now? I heard it was damage control from your tender touch.
- Commander Tucker: T'Pol's just smoothing out some of the rough spots.
- [very clipped voice]
- Commander Tucker: That's all.
- Lt. Reed: Why were you giving Amanda Cole neuropressure anyway?
- Commander Tucker: [very defensive] What's it to you?
- Lt. Reed: Well, from what I've been told it's a pretty intimate procedure. Sure you're just friends?
- Commander Tucker: I do it with T'Pol. Are you implying that there is something going on there, as well?
- Lt. Reed: That's the rumor.
- Commander Tucker: For the last time, there is nothing going on with any of us. Between any of us.
- Lt. Reed: Right. Just friends?
- Commander Tucker: That's right.
- Lt. Reed: I guess this Vulcan neuropressure isn't that intimate after all.
- Commander Tucker: Exactly.
- Lt. Reed: In that case, I've got this nasty little pain...
- Commander Tucker: [voice very clipped] Just drop it.
- Commander Tucker: Have you talked to Lorian yet? He's a good kid, maybe you should get to know him.
- Subcommander T'Pol: No, I haven't and he is not a kid, he's over 100 years old.
- Commander Tucker: [laughs] Only in the expanse could I have a kid three times my age. Who would have thought, you and me, huh? Lorian says we're going to be married in a traditional Vulcan ceremony. It's gonna take me weeks to learn to pronounce the vows. You know where we are going to have our honeymoon? Cargo Bay Three! He says, "I'll fill it up with sand that we dug up from a passing asteroid". I'm even supposed to,
- [laughs]
- Commander Tucker: manufacture a palm tree.
- Subcommander T'Pol: It's ridiculous to assume that those events are going to happen. Hand me the flux coupler.
- Commander Tucker: Aren't you at all curious about how you and I are supposed to end up together?
- Subcommander T'Pol: The fact that our counterparts marry doesn't mean we'll do the same.
- Commander Tucker: You're afraid to admit that under the right circumstances, you could have feelings for me. Maybe you have them already.
- Subcommander T'Pol: I should've known this was a mistake.
- Commander Tucker: What?
- Subcommander T'Pol: Exploring human sexuality with you. You're obviously unable to have a physical relaionship without developing an emotional attachment.
- Commander Tucker: You know, all the other women on board must have been taken, because I can't imagine any other reason why I would've married someone as stubborn as you.
- Commander Tucker: Computer, begin recording. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, by the time you get this, Starfleet will have already told you about Jane. Since I worked so closely with her, I wanted to add my personal condolences. I have to admit, I've been putting off writing this for a while. I convinced myself that my duties on Enterprise took precedence. But the truth is I didn't want to face the fact that someone so young with so much promise could just be gone. But I'm facing it now. And I find myself thinking how important she was to me. She was a great engineer. And she was my friend. She won't be forgotten.
- Commander Tucker: We should have heard something by now. What if they failed? Earth could be...
- [T'pol puts a hand on his shoulder to calm him]
- Subcommander T'Pol: Be patient.
- Commander Tucker: [looks at her hand] My skin's healing faster than yours. I guess you Vulcans aren't so tough after all.
- Subcommander T'Pol: Dr. Phlox says we should all be back to normal within two to three days.
- Commander Tucker: I'm only kidding. You look nice like this, kind of like an old oil painting.
- Subcommander T'Pol: I am not old. I will only be 66 years old on my next birthday.
- Commander Tucker: I can't believe you told me that.
- Subcommander T'Pol: You accused me of looking old!
- Commander Tucker: That's not what I mean. I've been trying to get you to tell me your age since we left space dock. Why now?
- Subcommander T'Pol: To Vulcans, certain information is considered... intimate.
- Commander Tucker: Intimate? Hmm.
- Commander Tucker: Where did you put the phase pistols?
- Lt. Reed: You're going to shoot a bug?
- Commander Tucker: I'm just going to stun it.
- Subcommander T'Pol: You've dismissed all my proposals.
- Commander Tucker: When you come up with one which doesn't involve blowing ourselves up, I'll be a little more enthusiastic.
- Subcommander T'Pol: You might surprise me with an idea of your own.
- Commander Tucker: Maybe you haven't had time to meditate. I don't know. But whatever's going on with you lately, I've had enough. I'll work on this in Engineering. Call me if you have any more brilliant ideas.
- [he turns to leave]
- Subcommander T'Pol: Commander... Trip!
- [he stops and comes back]
- Subcommander T'Pol: Everything that's happened recently has caused me to become slightly emotional.
- Commander Tucker: I've noticed.
- Subcommander T'Pol: I apologize.
- Commander Tucker: Forget about it.
- Subcommander T'Pol: I wish I could. It may take some time for me to regain my control. It will be difficult for me to deal with, especially... on my own.
- Commander Tucker: This hasn't been easy for any of us. You know how much I appreciate what you did for me. When this is over, I'm all ears. Why don't we take another crack at this?
- T'Les: How long have you been romantically involved with my daughter?
- [off, Trip surprised face]
- T'Les: How long have you been attracted to her?
- Commander Tucker: Since our first argument, I felt the chemistry between us. But, I had a feeling T'Pol wasn't going to mention it.
- T'Les: She didn't. I'm her mother.
- Commander Tucker: I've heard the women on Draylax have...
- Travis Mayweather: Three... it's true.
- Commander Tucker: You know that first-hand?
- Travis Mayweather: First-hand, second-hand, third-hand...