Porthos gets infected by a Kretessan pathogen and Archer spends the night with him and Phlox in sickbay.
A picture is online today from this episode that shows Hoshi rubbing down T'Pol who's rubbing down Archer who's rubbing down Porthos.
Now, I know all of you "high class" people think that these decon scenes are tasteless and serve no point to the story, but I DON'T CARE! Methinks they are AWESOME! Hoshi's hot! T'Pol's hot! I'm in the 18-dead male demographic! It's good to be in the majority.
(And the best part is that I can say chovanistic things like that and get away with it because I use a fake name like Undesirable Element. 
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See ya later
TUE
Hey, Porthos is hot too! 
The Startrek.com preview makes it look like Porthos dies! How could they kill Porthos off?
Probably in the same way they could kill off Travis in the last episode.
The preview picture at StarTrek.com says "Archer and T'Pol mourn the passing of a close friend" or something to that effect, and they are wearing all-black, standing under an umbrella beneath what appears to be a tree...ruling out that this is on-board Enterprise. Reading between the lines, it looks like it might be a burial scene, which is leading us to think that they are burying Porthos. If previews always lie, what do previews on a website do?
BTW, TUE: the decontamination scene photo is interesting, you're right. It's got something for everyone: heterosexual overtones (T'Pol rubbing down Archer), lesbian overtones (Hoshi rubbing T'Pol), and gay overtones: boxer briefs on everyone ("the hallmark of the gay man" said Will on Will & Grace)J
Hoshi and T'Pol can rub me down any time!
y2kyle,
You forgot the obvious. Archer rubbing down Porthos is an obvious attempt to get the bestiality audience.
Perhaps Archer is having a nightmare?
*REALLY doesn't want them to kill off Porthos!"
Saw the teaser for this one; "teaser" is just the word for it.
For all you T & Aers who've already set your VCRs, I got one word for you: Voyager. Think of the torture the J/Cers went through: Four _long_ years of heartbreak; of knowing the First Couple belonged together; of hoping TIIC at Paramount would stop planting great big wet ones on Kate Mulgrew's oh-so-supple bee-hind (Vince McMahon couldn't have asked for a better Kiss-My-@$$ Club!) and bring them together in time for the series finale, only to be _cheated_ of their hearts' desire over and over again.
You Enterprise marks may find out Wednesday what the J/Cers already know: What do the fans want? IT DOESN'T _MATTER_ WHAT THE FANS WANT! If TIIC say it ain't gonna happen, it ain't. Gonna. Happen. And that's the bottom line...if you smell what I'm cooking.
What are we supposed to want? I must've missed a memo.
I don't know what they want, Blue Berry, but I want you...oooh....yeahhh....
Straw,
Hey baby! Give your e-mail address, baby. Did you know the Strawberry has les calories than any other fruit but is sweeter, baby.
Official prediction- the "funeral" scene has something to do with the crew's activities on the planet. Just a hunch. Too bad I'm not going to see it for, oh, I dunno, forever...
Just saw the teaser at the end of "Dead Stop", and I have to revise some thoughts.
Here's my spin on things: Porthos is really sick, Archer comes to Sickbay with a blanket and pillow and tries to stay by his canine friend's side through a hard, rough night, but dozes fitfully. During his dozing, he dreams: that Porthos dies, that he does the horizontal bop with some Vulcan cheesecake, etc., etc. Methinks the episode could be all one, long, wake-up-and-Patrick-Duffy-is-in-the-shower hour. God help us all...
Oh, and Blue Berry: I REALLY didn't need that disturbing visual, TYVM! J
What visual? I informed strawberry she was sweet so maybe we could cross pollinate.
Or do you mean Enterprise going for the bestiality audience.
I think we'll have to wait for the "Malcolm-meets-targ" episode for that one!
y2kyle, read merat's october 11th post.
Read Merat's Oct. 11 post. Hmm. Now, Porthos dying would be a bad dream, yes, but would you say that KMYF moment between Archer and T'Pol (as the previews seemed to tease) would be a nightmare?!?
(He runs for cover, waiting for the fun this line of thinking will generate...)
BTW: Sven, Blue, TUE, et al: how do you get the yellow grinning smilies, as opposed to the blah one the formatting page here suggests?
Oh, and Blue, yes, I was referring to the bestiality thing. Whatever you and Strawberry do is between two consenting pieces of produce...though it sounds more like a bad new Pop-Tart flavor than anything else...J
y2kyle,
The regular yellow smiles are done with a colon and a closing parenthesis placed next to each other, like : ) without the space in between . The cheesy grinning yellow smiles are done with a colon and a capital letter O; : O .