- How far to Echo Three? - At impulse?
A lot more than ten days.
If we could get close enough for it to pick up our distress beacon,
it'd relay the signal back to Starfleet.
I'm afraid the math doesn't work out, commander.
It's going to take weeks, maybe months
for our signal to reach Echo Three.
By the time Starfleet got a ship out here, we'd be...
- We'd be long dead. - But at least they'd find us.
I think "Shuttlepod One" from the first season was a standout episode.
That, to me, was everything we were trying to do with this show.
At that point in time, we had grown very weary of space battles
and people with prosthetic appliances on their forehead walking around.
And we wanted to do a show that focused on the people, more so.
Less plot-driven shows, more character-driven shows.
Now, it will be debated whether that was a good idea,
because the ratings went down.
But was that because Star Trek had been around for so long,
or is that because the show didn't work? Who knows?
Do you really think that's gonna provide any heat?
The bourbon'll provide the heat.
The candle's just for mood.
I liked "Shuttlepod One," working with Dominic on that.
That was great. I really, really enjoyed that,
because we got a chance to really sort of...
...bounce things back and forth.
It was just the two of us in a confined space, and that was great.
Shuttlepod One, this is Enterprise.
- Please respond. - That's Hoshi.
- Transmitting new coordinates. - That's impossible.
Don't be so pessimistic. It's not impossible.
It's Hoshi.
They're okay.
"Shuttlepod One" is a great example of what Enterprise was all about.
Two guys stuck in a pod together,
Iearning about each other,
having an adventure, a human adventure.
And I think it's a very good episode.
And I think very few fans would disagree about that one.
It was the saver show, you know. It was the elevator show.
They wanted to save some money that week,
so they put me and Connor in the shuttlepod.
And it's amazing how that works out, you know.
Brannon wrote an amazing script for us.
As actors we just have a rhythm with one another, and it really fits.
We don't know whether or not they saw our little display of pyrotechnics.
But either way, this'll double your chances.
- You're crazy! Get down from there! - Sit down, lieutenant!
If anyone should go up in there, it should be me.
- You're the chief engineer. - I'm also in charge of deciding
who's going into this airlock. Do I make myself clear?
That was an episode I love, because it was--
We wrote it because we were a little over budget
and we wanted to do a bottle show, we wanted to do an inexpensive show.
And the idea was to do a show
about two characters who were stuck on a freezing cold...
...shuttlepod,
basically assuming that everybody else was dead,
and that they were gonna be dying.
And just a really great character piece.
And I think it worked out beautifully.
And David Livingston did a great job directing it.
He came down to the set.
It was quite an honour.
They had just finished cutting it together,
and, you know, he came down and said,
"First class job, Dominic. You've really hit the ball out of the park on this one."
He said, "I've gotta tell you, I've produced nearly 600 of these shows,
and of all of the ones I've ever done, this is the one I'm most proud of."
And it was...
I've gotta say, that was quite a moment.
Commander.
What are you gonna do, kill me?
It's set to stun. I don't want to use it, but I will.
- Put it down. - Go to hell!
Stop trying to be a hero. It doesn't suit you.
What would you know about being a hero?
It takes nothing but a coward to crawl up inside a hole to die.
Then go ahead and shoot me.
But you better hope we don't make it, because if we survive,
the first thing I'm gonna do is bust your ass back to Crewman Second Class.
Be my guest. I could use a little less responsibility.
- Now, get down here. - Who the hell do you think you are?
Your armoury officer, and perhaps your friend.
Friends don't shoot each other.
You know, I'm not a doctor,
but I'm pretty sure you use up a lot more oxygen when you shout like that!
You're always fighting budget on a television series.
I would say the only time you're not is the first or second episode of a season,
when you're fresh and you're not over budget yet.
Usually halfway through the season, two-thirds through the season,
you find yourself in a position where you say,
"We've gotta start saving some money.
We've gotta get the budgets back down into a reasonable area."
Brannon and I never sat down specifically saying,
"We've gotta save money on this show,"
but it's always fun.
I mean, the audience, very often, would prefer to see a big, action-driven show.
I tend to prefer writing shows that are more character driven,
and even the ones that have a little bit more humour in them.
We're back.
Lie still, lieutenant.
What happened?
- How did we--? - You're a very brave man, Malcolm.
Commander Tucker is gonna be fine, thanks to you.
- I'm afraid I don't understand. - Get some rest.
There will be plenty of time to explain what happened in the morning.
Well, there was a scene in "Shuttlepod One" when l--
Right there on that bed, actually.
When I think...
I have that dream sequence where I think she's crazy about me.
You're crazy about me, aren't you?
Vulcans can never ignore courage.
And this Vulcan...
...will never ignore Lieutenant Malcolm Reed again.
Well, I can't say I've ever ignored you, T'Pol.
Is it all right if I call you T'Pol?
Yes.
May I call you Malcolm?
I suppose so.
Jolene Blaylock's lips hovering above mine,
and David Livingston, time after time, saying, "Cut!"
Damn.
If I purge the CO2 filters, it'll give us a little more air.
How much, an hour's worth?
- Probably less. - Great.
So when they reach us in two days,
we'll have been out of air for... 11 hours.
You ever try holding your breath for 11 hours?
It was a tough week, because it was quite a lot of endurance.
We had six air coolers in this tent they made to freeze the air down.
We had dry ice everywhere.
The breath gag didn't really work, even though it was so cold,
so they kept filling up the shuttlepod with dry ice and liquid nitrogen,
or whatever it is they use.
And then they'd waft that out,
and just when the atmosphere was, like, okay,
"Now go in," and we did 20 seconds at a time.
It was a tough shoot.
And the noise of those six air vents... Oh, man.
So as soon as the take was over, and you were like:
Then it was like:
It was quite a week.