History Recap / StarTrekEnterpriseS02E05ANightInSickbay

* BrokenAesop: The moral of the story, essentially, is that sometimes you need to apologize for things even when you don't believe that you did anything wrong, and even when you may have suffered more than the person you're being asked to apologize to. The problem is, while Archer obviously doesn't think he was wrong... he is. Objectively. Bringing an animal whose behavior he couldn't really control along for negotiations with a species who is well-known to be easily offended and put a special emphasis on tradition wasn't a good idea, thus, he loses any sympathy from the audience. Rather than them rooting for Archer before finally accepting the HardTruthAesop at the end, they find themselves siding with the Kreetassans and asking for Archer to just apologize for offending them.

* YouNeedToGetLaid: Archer, as Phlox points out.

* BrokenAesop: The moral of the story, essentially, is that sometimes you need to apologize for things even when you don't believe that you did anything wrong, and even when you may have suffered more than the person you're being asked to apologize to. The problem is, while Archer obviously doesn't think he was wrong... he is. Objectively. Bringing an animal whose behavior he couldn't really control along for negotiations with a species who put a special emphasis on tradition wasn't a good idea, thus, he loses any sympathy from the audience. Rather than them rooting for Archer before finally accepting the HardTruthAesop at the end, they find themselves siding with the Kreetassans and asking for Archer to just apologize for offending them.

* AssInAmbassador: Archer brings his dog down to a planet known to be populated by a species that's very hung up on tradition and ritual, and the dog proceeds to pee on a sacred tree, greatly offending the aliens. He then spends the rest of the episode behaving like a petulant child over both the fact that the aliens got pissed off and the fact that his dog contracted a disease on the surface of the planet -- and only gets worse when the aliens demand an elaborate ritual of apology.
* AsYouKnow: The dialogue in the teaser, which does a poor job of conveying HowWeGotHere.

* BrokenAesop: The moral of the story, essentially, is that sometimes you need to apologize for things even when you don't believe that you did anything wrong, and even when you may have suffered more than the person you're being asked to apologize to. The problem is, while Archer obviously doesn't think he was wrong... he is. Objectively. What he originally did was so absolutely stupid, and something that a Starfleet-trained starship captain should definitely have known better than to do, that he loses any sympathy from the audience. Rather than us rooting for Archer before finally accepting the HardTruthAesop at the end, we find ourselves siding with the Kreetassans and asking for Archer to stop acting like an infant and go apologize already.

* InformedAbility: Despite his claims that he's a trained diplomat, Archer spends most of the episode acting as undiplomatically as he can.

* UrineTrouble: Oh, Archer, why didn't you see this coming?

Holds the distinction of being considered the worst episode of ENT ''and'' the entire Franchise by both long-time trek reviewers Website/TheAgonyBooth and Website/SFDebris. It's generally considered a major watershed moment in the decline of the franchise, as the ratings rapidly plummeted after the episode aired.

* [[AbsurdlyYouthfulMother Absurdly Youthful Father]]: Touched on when Dr. Phlox mentions that all five of his children are adults to which Archer replies that Phlox doesn't look that old. Alien biology is at play here.

* JerkassBall: The normally easy-going Archer becomes insufferable once he learns that Porthos is ill.

* AssInAmbassador: Both sides act like this. Archer brings his dog down to a planet known to be populated by a species that's very hung up on tradition and ritual, and the dog proceeds to pee on a sacred tree, greatly offending the aliens. He then spends the rest of the episode behaving like a petulant child over both the fact that the aliens got pissed off and the fact that his dog contracted a disease on the surface of the planet -- and only gets worse when the aliens demand an elaborate ritual of apology.

* CluelessAesop: The moral of the story, essentially, is that sometimes you need to apologize for things even when you don't believe that you did anything wrong, and even when you may have suffered more than the person you're being asked to apologize to. The problem is, while Archer obviously doesn't think he was wrong... he is. Objectively. What he originally did was so absolutely stupid, and something that a Starfleet-trained starship captain should definitely have known better than to do, that he loses any sympathy from the audience. Rather than us rooting for Archer before finally accepting the HardTruthAesop at the end, we find ourselves siding with the Kreetassans and asking for Archer to stop acting like an infant and go apologize already.

* SniffSniffNom: Phlox checking whether whatever glop Archer accidentally spilled on him was poisonous or not