- Captain Jonathan Archer: Our "friends" seem to be anxious for us to leave. We're going to break orbit, nice and slowly.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: [outside on Enterprise's hull] Understood. If you plan to go to warp, sir... you'll let me know?
- Captain Jonathan Archer: I'll try to remember.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: You're afraid of the water?
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: More precisely, afraid of drowning.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: I hope that's an anesthetic.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Phlox's own recipe.
- [Archer injects Reed with the pain killer. It has an obvious calming effect on Reed]
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: Please, sir, may I have some more?
- Ensign Hoshi Sato: [translating the aliens' message] They say they've annexed this planet in the name of something called... the 'Romalan Star Empire'?
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: Romulan. It's pronounced 'Romulan'.
- [after hitting a mine, several crew members arrive in sickbay with severe injuries]
- Dr. Phlox: [to one of the patients] You'll have to wait in line for my osmotic eel to cauterize your wound. He's getting quite a workout today.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: If you must know, I was honored to be asked to sit at your table. I just wasn't entirely comfortable having a casual meal with my Captain. I was trained not to fraternize with superior officers.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Never too late to learn.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: Frankly, sir, from my point of view, that kind of socializing has no place on a starship.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: I had a C.O. once - felt the same way. "They're your crew, not your friends." I thought about that a lot when I took this command. But then I realized, this is not your typical mission. We could be out here for years. All we have to depend on is each other.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: I'm not leaving till we take this weapon offline.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: Sir...
- Captain Jonathan Archer: The way I see it, you don't have much choice. You're sort of stuck here.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: So, where were we?
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: Sir?
- Captain Jonathan Archer: This morning, at breakfast, before we were interrupted. You said... you didn't follow any particular sport?
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: Well, I'm afraid I haven't started following one since breakfast, sir.
- [the situation seems hopeless]
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: I'd prefer a burial at sea - if I'm not completely vaporized.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: I thought you were afraid of the water.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: If I may say so, sir, your style of command does have its advantages.
- [after Archer has rescued him with an unconventional maneuver]
- [last lines]
- Captain Jonathan Archer: So, how long was it?
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: I counted ten seconds.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Ten? It was more like twenty.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: Respectfully, sir, it was ten.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: I'm not gonna argue with you, Malcolm. It was twenty. That's an order.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: I'm afraid we have another problem, sir.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: What? What is it?
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: I need to use the bathroom.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Thought you might need a hand.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: Actually, I'd prefer a leg.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: I would consider letting you amputate; but if Chef got hold of it, he'd be serving roast Reed for Sunday dinner.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Romulans? I read about them when I was with Daniels.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: What'd you find out?
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Not much, just the name. He-he wouldn't let me see anything else. T'Pol?
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: They're rumored to be an aggressive territorial species; but the Vulcan High Command has never made direct contact with them.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: If I were the kind of captain you think I should be, I'd bust your ass back to crewman.
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: Begging your pardon, sir, but if you were that kind of captain, we wouldn't be having this conversation.