A Night In Sickbay story
The Captain's beagle, Porthos, becomes ill from an alien pathogen, and Captain Archer frets in Sickbay waiting for him to recover. Directed by: David Straiton. Story by: Rick Berman & Brannon Braga.
8 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| master and pet | choice | Porthos becomes ill from an alien pathogen and Archer frets in Sickbay waiting for him to recover. |
| coping with a loved one being gravely ill | major | Archer was distressed over Porthos having picked up an alien pathogen while visiting the Kretassan home world. |
| foreign point of view | major | Archer resented having to apologize to the Kretassans on account that Porthos had urinated on their sacred tree: to Archer a tree was a tree, but to the Kretassans at lest one tree was regarded as sacred. In other happenings, Archer was surprised to hear from Phlox that the Denobulans practiced polygamy and did not keep animals as pets. |
| office romance | major | Phlox suggested that Archer consider getting involved with T'Pol. |
| secret crush | major | Phlox suggested to Archer that Archer was besotted with T'Pol. |
| father and son | minor | Phlox discussed his relationship with his sons with Archer in Sickbay. |
| polygamy | minor | Phlox explained about the polygamous customs of his species to Archer. |
| repressing one's romantic desires | minor | Phlox confronted Archer about the possibility that Archer was repressing his sexual desire for T'Pol. |