Star Trek: Enterprise 1x24 Desert Crossing

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First Aired: May. 08, 2002 on UPN

Summary: -

After a brief detour, Enterprise and its crew are back on their way to famed pleasure planet Risa.

Everyone is eagerly anticipating a long overdue shore leave ... until they pick up a distress call from an unidentified vessel, and vacation is once again delayed.

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Main Characters in this Episode

Guest Stars

Captain Jonathan Archer	played by Scott Bakula
Sub-Commander T'Pol	played by Jolene Blalock
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III	played by Connor Trinneer
Chancellor Trelit	played by Charles Dennis
Zobral	played by Clancy Brown
Alien Man	played by Brandon Karrer

Episode Quotes

Sub-Commander T'Pol: [referring to Zobral] What you told him was correct. Decisions to get involved in conflicts of other worlds should be left to governments, not starship captains.
Captain Jonathan Archer: I know. The irony is, I have the feeling his cause is worth fighting for.

Captain Jonathan Archer: The warp reactor. Break it down for me.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: What?
Captain Jonathan Archer: What are the eight major components?
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: You gotta be kiddin' me.
Captain Jonathan Archer: Name them. That's an order!
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Well, the... there's the drumsticks... thighs... wings... You got anything to eat around here?

Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: You're the one who got our people stranded down there.
Zobral: They are not *my* responsibility!
Sub-Commander T'Pol: You're mistaken. The Torothans believe we've joined your cause. If Captain Archer and Commander Tucker are apprehended, they'll undoubtedly be treated as members of your clan. They'll become victims of the same oppression you've been fighting all these years. You should feel as responsible for those two men as you do for your own.

Trivia

Star Trek: Enterprise established an annual tradition of featuring crew members from the real-life aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in cameo roles. This first happened in this episode and continued in "Enterprise" (2001) {First Flight (#2.24)}. As a courtesy, advance copies of first season episodes were sent to the carrier.
In one scene Trip mentions it's "Hotter than Hell out there; 41 degrees." This is in the Celsius scale. In Fahrenheit this is approximately 105.8 degrees or roughly the equivalent of an average high temperature in Phoenix, AZ in July.