4x11 Observer Effect - Star Trek: Enterprise Episode Guide

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- Episode 04x11

Episode: 04x11
Title: Observer Effect
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 40358-87
First Aired: Jan. 21, 2005

Season 4 » Episode #11 - Observer Effect

Star Trek: Enterprise - 04x11 Observer Effect

Summary: While playing a friendly game of chess, it becomes apparent that Reed and Mayweather have been inhabited by two members of an alien species who intend to observe how humans react when faced with an imminent tragedy.

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Episode Quotes

Season 4 / Episode 11: - Observer Effect

Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather: I studied your report on how the Klingons reacted to the infection.
Alien inhabiting Lt. Reed: Their response was typical for a species at their level of development.
Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather: The Klingon commander didn't let his landing party back on his ship.
Alien inhabiting Lt. Reed: Your point?
Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather: Captain Archer did.
Alien inhabiting Lt. Reed: Captain Archer's done nothing different from the Klingons. The launch bay and Decon Chamber are completely isolated from the rest of the ship.
Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather: So it doesn't matter if an infected landing party comes aboard.
Alien inhabiting Lt. Reed: Precisely. Humans don't want to interact with dying crewmates any more than Klingons did. If it was left to me, I'd stop our observations immediately. We have nothing more to learn from humans.
Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather: Oh, I don't know. They're showing concern for each other. The Cardassians did that when they were here, didn't they?
Alien inhabiting Lt. Reed: Ah, but in the end they killed their infected crew, just as the Klingons did. The only difference is the time it took to reach that decision.
Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather: Maybe the humans will surprise us.

Season 4 / Episode 11: - Observer Effect

Captain Jonathan Archer: I've heard from Starfleet. They're working through diplomatic channels to contact the Klingons, but it might not be necessary. This spectrograph identifies a Klingon alloy.
Alien inhabiting Lt. Reed: That's the signature of standard hull plating.
Captain Jonathan Archer: [indicates one of the planet's rings] I found it here.
Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather: You've detected a debris cloud in orbit.
Captain Jonathan Archer: It's what's left of a Klingon shuttlecraft. Their response to an infected landing party, the commander killed his own shuttle crew.
Alien inhabiting Lt. Reed: They didn't even plead for mercy. [Archer gives him a questioning stare] I mean, they wouldn't, would they? Being Klingon.
Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather: Captain, does knowing what the Klingons did help us at all?
Captain Jonathan Archer: At least we know we don't have to bother asking them if they have a cure.
Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather: But if they had developed one, you'd ask them for it, right?
Captain Jonathan Archer: On bended knee.

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