Scott Bakula credited as playing...
Capt. Jonathan Archer
- [Archer is preparing for an exploration trip with the Vissian captain]
- Captain Jonathan Archer: These people are fascinating, T'Pol, they have a lot to offer us... This could be the beginning of a beautiful relationship! - Which reminds me... They've asked us for a sampling of films. I put together a few suggestions.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: I'll see to it.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: [ready to go] You're in charge!
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: Of the ship or the movies?
- Vissian Captain Drennik: "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Where'd you hear that?
- Vissian Captain Drennik: Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5. Your communications officer was kind enough to provide us with some of your literature. I assumed you approved.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Absolutely. But I didn't think you'd be quoting it the next day.
- [Tucker has interfered with Vissian customs by exposing the cogenitor to Human culture...]
- Captain Jonathan Archer: I might have expected something like this from a first-year recruit. But not you. You did exactly what I'd do? If that's true, then I've done a pretty lousy job setting an example around here. You're a senior officer on this ship. You're privy to the moral challenges I've had to face. You know I've wrestled with the fine line between doing what I think is right and interfering with other species. So don't tell me you know what I would have done when *I* don't even know what I would have done!
- Captain Jonathan Archer: You knew you had no business interfering with those people. But you just couldn't let it alone. You thought you were doing the right thing. I might agree if this was... Florida, or Singapore. But it's not, is it? We're in deep space, and a person is dead - a person who'd still be alive if we hadn't made first contact.
- [... which subsequently leads to the cogenitor's suicide]
- Captain Jonathan Archer: It's time you learned to weigh the possible repercussions of your actions. You've always been impulsive. Maybe this will teach you a lesson.