For icing on the cake, Archer's closing monologue in effect claims this incident as the origin of the Prime Directive. He argues to Captain Archer that they should "let nature take its course". Appeal to Nature: Doctor Phlox argues against curing a disease affecting the Valakians on grounds that the existence of the Valakian species is holding back the evolution of the Menk species on the same planet.
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After discovering its cause and a pitch by Phlox that they shouldn't interfere, Archer eventually decides against helping the Valakians since "we didn't come out here to play God." Notably, they couldn't have done this in any other series of the show, since the Prime Directive has been established to have an exemption for people who actually ask for help. Alien Non-Interference Clause: At first subverted since the ship encountered was explicitly looking for help and the M'klexa and Ferengi have already dropped by, even T'Pol thinks it no longer applies, so an away team visits the planet to learn more about the medical crisis.Her actress, Kellie Waymire, would later die during the filming of Season 3, but Cutler had already stopped appearing after Season 1. Aborted Arc: Phlox and Crewman Cutler flirt with each other this episode, but nothing comes of it in later episodes.Phlox finishes the letter and goes to have dinner with Cutler. However, they do give the Valakians medicine for the symptoms.
The next day, at the hospital, Archer now agrees with Phlox not to cure the Valakians as that would be "playing god". Archer disagrees, but Phlox, despite being revealed to have found a cure, is adamant that he not give it to them. Phlox thinks that it would be best not to cure the Valakians since he believes that the genetic disease is an "evolutionary dead end" they've hit, and that the Menk need to advance and will only do so without the Valakians. In the ready room, Archer talks to T'Pol about how he's not so sure about giving them warp technology, since they have no experience.Īrcher and Phlox talk over the situation at dinner in the mess hall. Archer returns to the Enterprise and finds out that they've received 29 hails from other clinics, all requesting help, and has been approached by two vessels who thought they already had a cure. The alien asks Archer for warp technology so that they can search for other species who can find a cure if Phlox fails. Cutler says that she doesn't want to marry Phlox, but likes him as a friend and isn't opposed to dating him in the future.Īrcher visits the first alien he rescued in the hospital. He reveals that he has three wives, and each wife has three husbands. When everyone packs up, Phlox asks Culter if she is indeed interested in him, and she affirms. While visiting a Menk city, Phlox, Hoshi, and Cutler find out that the Menk are capable of learning English and organising tissue samples. When the Valakians reveal that they do all the farming, believing that they could do it better than the Menk, Hoshi disapproves of this, believing the Menk are being treated like "pets", but Phlox just believes it's good that the two species are, for the most part, getting along. While Phlox continues searching for medical information, he finds learning about the Menk and Valakians' society exciting.
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He finds out that the disease is not a pathogen but rather genetic, and that he does not know how to cure it. Phlox continues his letter, describing the challenges of finding a treatment for the disease and conversations he'd had with T'Pol about interspecies relationships.
Hoshi discovers that there is another species on the planet called the Menk, who aren't as advanced as the Valakians and are immune to the disease. The Enterprise then arrives at the Valakian home world, where Archer, T'Pol, Phlox, and Hoshi tour the medical department. In the mess hall, Hoshi, who is learning Denobulan, discusses the situation of Cutler's crush in a combination of English and Denobulan with Phlox.
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