ENTERPRISE SCRIPT DIFFERENCES
Shuttlepod One
Trip/Malcolm
These lines were not included in the version we saw on screen. Too bad! Tripšs showing emotion over the loss of his friend would have been a very nice thing to see.
Backstory! Trip used to teach SCUBA diving and had Jon for a student. Even way back then Jon was doing a Superman imitation and also getting Trip out of trouble! This annoyed Trip, who decided that Jon needed to be taken down a peg and so he played a dirty trick on him. But Jon was an incredibly good sport. Trip has apparently always been able to amuse Jon. No wonder they love each other!
Since the diving story was not used in this episode, the writes included it in the script of Desert Crossing, which came a few episodes later. Unfortunately, it was cut from that episode as well.
These lines start right after Trip talks about the galaxy not getting their bourbon.
SHUTTLEPOD ONE
A b e a t a s t h e y d r i n k t o t h a t .
R E E D : Y o u k n o w , i t ' s f u n n y . . . I w a s b e g i n n i n g t o t h i n k C a p t a i n A r c h e r w a s i n v u l n e r a b l e . . .
t h a t j u s t b e i n g o n t h e s a m e s t a r s h i p w i t h h i m m a d e m e s a f e
( b e a t )
H e h a d a k n a c k o f g e t t i n g u s o u t o f t r o u b l e .
T R I P : H e ' s a l w a y s b e e n t h a t w a y . W h e n I f i r s t t a u g h t h i m h o w t o d i v e ,
i t r e a l l y g o t o n m y n e r v e s . H e ' d c o m e d o w n t o t h e K e y s a t l e a s t o n c e a m o n t h .
W h a t e v e r i t w a s I w a s t e a c h i n g h i m , h e ' d g e t i t t h e f i r s t t i m e .
D i d y o u e v e r t r y t o c l e a r y o u r m a s k ?
R E E D : C l e a r m y m a s k ?
T R I P : E v e r y b o d y ' s g o t t a d o i t b e f o r e t h e y g e t c e r t i f i e d . T h e i n s t r u c t o r f i l l s y o u r m a s k u p
w i t h w a t e r a n d y o u h a v e t o c l e a r i t b y b l o w i n g o u t t h r o u g h y o u r n o s e . N o b o d y l i k e s i t .
R E E D : T h e C a p t a i n ? (
T R I P : G o t i t t h e f i r s t t i m e . F i l l e d i t w i t h w a t e r a s e c o n d t i m e
j u s t s o h e c o u l d c l e a r i t a g a i n .
( b e a t )
T o o k h i m o n a n i g h t d i v e o n c e . . . i n t o s o m e c a v e s I ' d b e e n t o a h u n d r e d t i m e s b e f o r e .
F o r s o m e r e a s o n , I g o t a l i t t l e l o s t . A n d w h a t d o e s A r c h e r d o ?
H e s w i m s a h e a d o f m e a n d f i n d s a w a y o u t !
R E E D : C a n ' t i m a g i n e w h y y o u ' d h a v e a p r o b l e m w i t h t h a t .
T R I P : I w a s t h e i n s t r u c t o r ! I ' d b e e n d i v i n g a l l m y l i f e ! T h e n b i g M i s t e r S t a r f l e e t c o m e s d o w n
a n d d o e s e v e r y t h i n g f a s t e r a n d b e t t e r t h a n I c o u l d !
( b e a t )
T h a t ' s w h e n I d e c i d e d t o i n t r o d u c e h i m t o o l d W a l d o .
R E E D : A n d w h o w a s t h a t ?
T R I P : A g r e e n m o r a y . . . t h e y s a i d h e w a s t h i r t y y e a r s - o l d . . .
m u s t ' v e b e e n t w o a n d a h a l f m e t e r s l o n g .
( b e a t )
I t o o k t h e C a p t a i n d o w n t o W a l d o ' s h o l e . . . t o l d h i m t h e r e w a s s o m e b e a u t i f u l s t a r f i s h i n s i d e .
H e r e a c h e d i n . . . d a m n e d i f W a l d o d i d n ' t t a k e a h o l d o f h i s f o r e a r m !
R E E D : A m o r a y e e l ? W e r e y o u o u t o f y o u r m i n d ?
T R I P : I w a s b r e a k i n g j u s t a b o u t e v e r y r u l e i n t h e b o o k . . . b u t h e w a s w e a r i n g t i t a n i u m m e s h .
I f i g u r e d t h e w o r s t t h i n g t h a t c o u l d h a p p e n w o u l d b e t h a t W a l d o w o u l d s c a r e h i m a l i t t l e .
H e d e s e r v e d t o h a v e t h e p i s s t a k e n o u t o f h i m .
R E E D : S o ?
T R I P : N o s u c h l u c k . H e p u l l e d W a l d o c l e a r o u t o f h i s h o l e . D o n ' t t h i n k I ' d e v e r s e e n t h a t e e l ' s t a i l b e f o r e .
H e f o u n d s o m e p r e s s u r e p o i n t u n d e r i t s l o w e r j a w , r i g h t a b o u t h e r e ( p o i n t s t o h i s j a w )
A n d W a l d o j u s t l e t g o , s w a m b a c k d o w n t o h i s h o l e .
R E E D : M u s t ' v e b e e n t h e l a s t t i m e t h e C a p t a i n w e n t d i v i n g w i t h y o u .
T r i p s t a r t s t o g e t e m o t i o n a l , s u d d e n l y f e e l i n g t h e l o s s o f h i s f r i e n d . . .
T R I P : T h a t ' s t h e t h i n g . H e f o u n d i t a l l f u n n i e r t h a n I d i d . T o o k m e o u t t o d i n n e r t h a t n i g h t .
( t r y i n g t o h o l d i n t h e e m o t i o n ) S t e a k s . . . l o b s t e r s . . . K e n t u c k y b o u r b o n .
A l o n g , q u i e t m o m e n t g o e s b y . R e e d t a k e s a n o t h e r s i p o f h i s w h i s k e y , t r i e s t o c h a n g e t h e s u b j e c t .
T h a n k s t o v i c k y d e e f o r t h i s
