The Enterprise crew is in the process of deploying the second in a series of subspace amplifiers that will allow better communications with Earth, when an unidentified ship drops out of warp. Captain Archer (Scott Bakula) hails the vessel, but it ominously refuses to respond and just warps away. T'Pol (Jolene Blalock) dismisses the "silent treatment" by stating that not every species has motives that can be understood in Human terms.
Archer turns his attention to a more pressing concern: doing something special for Lieutenant Malcolm Reed's (Dominic Keating) upcoming birthday. Archer breaks in the new subspace amplifiers by calling Reed's parents on Earth in hopes of learning his favourite food. He's a bit surprised to learn during the awkward conversation that the lieutenant's own parents don't know what he likes to eat. So the captain gives a reluctant Ensign Hoshi Sato (Linda Park) the "mission" of discovering this bit of information about Reed in time for his birthday.
Special Agent Matti
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PG (Low level violence)
VHS rental and retail: Undated October 2002
DVD rental and retail: Undated 2005