# Enterprise-A Night In Sick Bay **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 16, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435 "2002-10-16T01:47:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/81 "2002-10-21T05:38:45Z")
I’ll tell you when you’re older, **astro** , but sometimes daddies and alien babes like to hug. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/82 "2002-10-21T07:52:00Z")
I have to agree with the already-expressed opinion that if it was _my_ dream sequence, I’d have ditched the dog but kept T’Pol _and_ Yoshi. Notable “firsts” for this episode: first use (that I know of) of the words “urinate”, “toilet” and “onions”. Also, first time privacy curtains are used in a Starfleet sickbay. I thought the futuristicky chainsaw was kinda cool, and this episode had more laughs than entire seasons of Voyager and DS9. As lightweight comedy episodes go, I don’t have any problem lumping this one in with “A Piece of the Action” and “Trouble With Tribbles”, and it’s miles better than any of those “Captain Proton” trainwrecks. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/83 "2002-10-21T12:39:32Z")
Dammit, I _liked_ Dr. Chaotica. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/84 "2002-10-21T14:56:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sycorax \* > \*\*a question for you guys: if you went without sex for a couple of years would you get all cranky and bitch at everyone, or would you…well, you know. \*\* Well, for sure, I wouldn’t be able to strip down to my skivvies and let T’Pol rub blue gel all over my body without it becoming _blatantly_ obvious that I hadn’t… you know… in quite a while. I’m not quite sure how the actors manage not to have that reaction, actually… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/85 "2002-10-21T14:59:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\* > I’m not quite sure how the actors manage not to have that reaction, actually… \*\* They think about where those duck lips have _been_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/86 "2002-10-21T15:09:18Z")
Psst! **Ethilrist** , the answer to your question, and the answer to almost every question really, is – Duct Tape. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/87 "2002-10-21T15:11:30Z")
I think I could get goo rubbed on me by T’Pol without having a physical reaction. Course, I have the good(?) fortune to be a chick… Kn(knew being a girl was good for something)ckers ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/88 "2002-10-21T15:21:30Z")
Duct Tape of Repair +1. Coming soon in the d20 Modern game. Seriously. Also, the episode has gone one great big step in the right direction for a spinoff: Just imagine a show all about the sickbay and all the weird stuff in there, and add goofy rubber octopi wabbling down the walls. Then throw in the bubblegum goof music and a deep bass-y voice saying “Doctor Phlox.” It’ll be a big hit with the kids. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/89 "2002-10-21T15:30:51Z")
Well, the duct tape would keep the women from showing (how many people know the story about Gabe Kotter’s wife on Welcome, Back, Kotter?), but for me… no thanks. I’ll keep the hair where it is. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/90 "2002-10-21T18:21:35Z")
Okay, I’ll bite: what’s up with the wife on _Welcome Back, Kotter_? ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/91 "2002-10-21T18:58:07Z")
how about _AfterP_H_L_O_X_? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/92 "2002-10-21T19:02:58Z")
I don’t think it was Kotter’s wife. It was that blonde chick they added to WBK late in the run. In her playboy pictorial she mentioned that her nipples were always hard when she was on camera and it drove the producers nuts. The solution: Duct tape applied to nipples. “Let 'em get hard,” they said, “so long as they don’t show.” ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/93 "2002-10-21T19:46:44Z")
Owie owie owie!!! Band-aids, maybe, but duct tape would be cruel (and unusual)! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/94 "2002-10-22T06:01:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > \*\*What’s the difference between human and Vulvan sexual organs? \*\* * * * Were you looking for information, or were you gonna give us the punchline? 'Cause if you were, I’m sure I’m not the only one here who knows some Trek-related off-color jokes. 😉 (Well, why not? We have to have _something_ to do during reruns…right?) ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/95 "2002-10-22T17:18:05Z")
I think i will dress in costume and chop up a tree during reruns, at least until i am arrested for chopping up someone’s tree in their yard… ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/96 "2002-10-24T05:49:54Z")
Well, you won’t have to chop for long, **Tars.** Only one rerun; they get to the new episodes next week. Klingons are on the menu… ---
**Author:** ![ChuckForbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@ChuckForbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChuckForbin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/97 "2002-10-24T14:30:47Z")
Well, I’m not surprised there’s no new thread for last night’s episode. Talk about the writers running out of ideas … Shees! Creman Daniel’s and Archer get stuck AGAIN the the thirty third century ! Suliban take over the Enterprise AGAIN ! And the same tired old trick to get Archer back via the laptop in Daniel’s quarters ! I’ve been a stong supporter of Enterprise, but I must say I’m a bit dissapointed in this one. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/98 "2002-10-24T14:37:39Z")
Oh come ON, Forbin, give me a break! Some viewers just aren’t sophisticated enough for time travel episodes. I found this to be a new and interesting twist to the usual time travel plot. True, there was some vague similairity to a previous episode, but that is to be expected in science fiction. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckForbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@ChuckForbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChuckForbin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/99 "2002-10-24T14:51:49Z")
Ahhh… Yes. Like one of those time loops where Worf kept getting a pair of queens. Now I get it. Thanks, Plant. You’ve restored my faith in Enterprise. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-a-night-in-sick-bay/132435/100 "2002-10-24T15:57:02Z")
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