Star Trek: The Next Generation · Season 1
Often-Wrong's got a broken heart. Can't even tell his boys apart.
Lore!
Well, well, well, well, well. You're not as feeble as I thought you were.
This won't work. Those circuts, they weren't designed for you. Where's Data?
"Where's Data?" You didn't fill Data with substandard parts, did you, old man? No. That honor was bestowed upon me. You owe me, old man. Not him. Me.
Everybody dies, Data. Eh, well... almost everybody.
Do you believe that we are, in some way, alike, sir?
In many ways, I'd like to believe.
Then it is alright for you to die, because I will remain alive. You know that I cannot grieve for you, sir.
You will, in your own way. Goodbye... Goodbye, Data.
Goodbye, father.
Ever since I was a child, I've always known exactly what I wanted to do: be a member of Starfleet. Nothing else mattered to me. Virtually my entire youth was spent in the pursuit of that goal. In fact...I probably skipped my childhood altogether.
You, have you ever been a father, Picard? Have you ever had a son desperately trying to win your approval, your respect? Jono broke his ribs riding on a t'stayan. Six hooves, a very powerful beast. The arm he broke in a competition with other youths. He endured the pain, and won the competition. One day he will be a great warrior.
Captain, is it worth it to go to war over a child?
If there's nothing wrong with me... maybe there's something wrong with the universe.
We will start with the assumption that I am not crazy.
Computer. Read the entire crew roster for the Enterprise.
Dr. Beverly Crusher.
Have I always been the only member of the crew on the starship Enterprise?
Affirmative.
If this were a bad dream, would you tell me?
That is not a valid question.
Like hell it's not. What is the primary mission of the starship Enterprise?
To explore the galaxy.
Do I have the necessary skills to complete that mission alone?
Negative.
Then why am I the only crew member?
[confused beeping]
Aha. Got you there.
Here's a question you shouldn't be able to answer...Computer: What is the nature of the universe?
The universe is a spheroid region 705 meters in diameter.
Click my heels together three times and I'm back in Kansas. Can it really be that simple?
[To Ishara Yar, on friendship] As I experience certain sensory input patterns, my mental pathways become accustomed to them. The inputs eventually are anticipated. And even missed when absent.
You mean, you can become "used" to someone.
Exactly.
[To Data, on trust] In all trust, there is the possibility for betrayal.
I'm the only one, Worf, the only one who can prove your innocence. Kill me and you're a traitor forever.
Worf (in fury): Then that is how it shall be!
Mr. Data, if we left immediately, when would we arrive at Outpost 23?
At Warp One, three days, four hours--
What about at Warp Seven? At Warp Eight? At Warp Nine? What's the matter, Data, what happened to those millions of calculations per-second?
Pardon me, sir. I am experiencing subspace interference which limits my abilities. I can't operate as quickly as--
What did you say?
I said, I cannot oper--
No! That's not what you said, you said "I can't". You used a contraction, didn't you?
Sir, I can explain if you would just give me a moment--
No you can't, don't even try!
Captain. Perhaps it would be best if we discussed this in si--
Shut up!
I beg your pardon?!
I said shut up! As in close your mouth and stop talking!
The future we constructed for you should have been convincing.
It wasn't. There was a computer time lag, for one thing.
Unavoidable. Our scanners have a limited response time, so whenever you strayed from our... expectations... But surely that was not enough to--
To smash your house of cards? No. It was the visual record of my wife, Minuet. Bad move.
But we chose someone from your past who is still alive. A woman you were extremely attracted to.
Your mistake, Tomalak. Minuet was nothing more than a computer generated fantasy I once experienced on another holodeck.
Impossible. In your mind that woman exists, physically. Your feelings toward her remain quite passionate.
She was part of a very special program.
So much effort, so little accomplished.
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