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Rating System:
1/: Minimal, if any, T*M Interaction
2/s:Some T*M Interaction; a scene or two together with others in the frame
3/s: Average T*M Interaction; working together on a problem in a minimum fashion
4/s: Above average T*M Interaction; working together on a problem. This rating suggests strong friendship bonds being forged; often results in “missing scene” fanfic not involving sex.
5/s: Extremely slashy T*M Interaction: going on shore leave together; facing a life or death situation together. This rating encourages “missing scene” fanfic involving lots of hot sex.
SEASON ONE
| Episode | Slash-o-meter Rating |
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| Broken Bow | 2 /s | Trip tells Mal, “Keep yer shirt on, Lieutenant” while thinking of ways to take it off of him. |
| Fight or Flight | 1/ |
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| Strange New World | 1/ |
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| Unexpected | 2/s | This is the first time we see the Trip and Mal friendship: they have lunch together. |
| Terra Nova | 1/ |
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| The Andorian Incident | 1/ |
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| Breaking the Ice | 1/ | While Trip plays therapist to T’Pol, Malcolm makes snow-Vulcans to blow up out of his frustration. |
| Civilization | 1/ |
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| Fortunate Son | 1/ |
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| Cold Front | 1/ |
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| Silent Enemy | 5/s | Sparks are flyin’ in this eppie, and not from the overloaded EPS grid. |
| Dear Doctor | 1/ |
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| Sleeping Dogs | 1/ | Trip wonders if Mal is really immune to Hoshi’s charms while he thinks of ways to save his lover. |
| Shadows of P’Jem | 5/s | After the Vulcans warn Trip not to mount a rescue attempt, all it takes is one look between The Disaster Twins to mount a rescue by themselves, and promptly get taken hostage. |
| Shuttlepod One | 5/s | The Hallmark Hall of Fame episode of slashiness: our guys alone in a wrecked shuttlepod, tired, angry, cold, and drunk. Their dislike of each other turns to respect and more… |
| Fusion | 2/s | Mal appears just in time to make sure Kov doesn’t want to “experiment” with Trip. |
| Rogue Planet | 3/s | Mal taps Trip on the shoulder to join him in his tent. |
| Acquisition | 2/s | Trip runs around the ship in his tightsies-bluesies; Mal is unconscious through all of it. |
| Oasis | 1/ | Trip shamelessly flirts with a lonely girl; we’re sure Mal made him pay for it later. |
| Detained | 1/ | After Mal dons Suliban makeup and saves Archer and Mayweather, he teaches Trip about Suliban sex. |
| Vox Sola | 2/s | Goo Monster has Trip in its clutches; after reading Trip’s mind it desperately tries to grab Mal for a little Goo fun. |
| Fallen Hero | 3/s | Trip drops hints to Mal about the massage treatments on Risa. |
| Desert Crossing | 1/ | Trip trudges through the desert with Archer, wishing it was Mal; Mal does everything he can to keep his jealousy in check while he helps T’Pol find his lost lover |
| Two Days and Two Nights | 5/s | .Started out as two supposedly straight guys on the make; ended up going through the bar in their tightsies-blusies; we T*Mers know what happened in between. |
| Shockwave, Pt 1. | 1/ |
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SEASON TWO
| Episode | Slash-o-meter Rating |
Notes |
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| Shockwave, Pt.2 | 5/s | Trip is unsure about Mal’s plan to get beat up by the Suliban: the injuries could put a dent in their sex life. |
| Carbon Creek | 1/ |
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| Minefield | 1/ | Although they don’t have any direct interaction, Trip forgets to shave and shower because of his worry. |
| Dead Stop | 5/s | Slash-O-Rama: the scene in which Trip is on Malcolm’s shoulders for the purpose of opening up a conduit grill is classic slashfic fodder. |
| A Night In Sickbay | 1/ |
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| Marauders | 2/s |
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| The Seventh | 1/ |
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| The Communicator |
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Even with half of his arm missing, Trip rushes to get the Suliban pod’s cloaking device working so the aliens don’t hang his lover. |
| Singularity | 5/s | Trip comes up with “Reed Alert;” weird radiation gives a whole new meaning to the term “Sparks will fly.” |
| Vanishing Point | 3/s | Our boys save Hoshi from the transporter; celebrate later. |
| Precious Cargo | 1/ | Trip’s big mistake; has to play Cabin Boy to Mal for months as penance. |
| The Catwalk | 5/s | Malcolm’s request for a shower from Trip is not as simple as it seems. |
| Dawn | 1/ | Mal asks Trip if the bruises are really from a beating by Zho’Kaan. |
| Stigma | 4/s | After exercising on the bikes, Mal reminds Trip in the shower why he isn’t interested in Feezal’s advances. |
| Cease Fire |
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| Future Tense | 5/s | The audience wasn’t shown the whole scene in the bowels of the alien time pod; T*Mers know why Mal is spending a lot of time with Trip. |
| Canamar | 1/ | Reed agonizes over what the prisoners will do to Trip when they see him disrobe. |
| The Crossing | 3/s | Mal’s entity goes to T’Pol for mating; she catches on right away that this isn’t the Lt. Reed she knows. |
| Judgement | 1/ |
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| Horizon | 1/s |
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| The Breach | 5/s | Dirty, mussed up Trip and Mal in a cave; thoughts become quite racy as we wonder what exactly went on during the time that they left Mayweather and showed up at the Denobulans’ research site. |
| Cogenitor | 2/s | Reed gets his head turned by a female Vissian tactical officer; out of spite Trip makes sure that relations with the Vissians are ruined forever. |
| Regeneration | 2/s | Who’s got time to make out when you’re fighting the Borg? |
| First Flight | 1/ |
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| Bounty | 5/s | Mal’s smirk speaks volumes after Trip tells him to blow the decoy out of the way. |
| The Expanse | 5/s | Trip takes Malcolm down to Florida to see the destruction; later, after Trip tells Mal to worry about the torpedoes more than him, we can only imagine what Trip had to do to apologize. |