1 00:00:03,545 --> 00:00:07,090 Picard: Captain's log, stardate 46192.3. 2 00:00:07,257 --> 00:00:09,092 We have arrived at starbase 112, 3 00:00:09,259 --> 00:00:12,179 and are loading relief supplies destined for tagra iv, 4 00:00:12,346 --> 00:00:16,308 an ecologically devastated planet in the argo/is cluster. 5 00:00:16,475 --> 00:00:19,937 We have also taken on a rather unusual passenger. 6 00:00:20,103 --> 00:00:21,623 Welcome to the enterprise, miss Rogers. 7 00:00:21,772 --> 00:00:23,148 I'm delighted to have you on board. 8 00:00:23,315 --> 00:00:25,359 - Thank you, sir. - And congratulations. 9 00:00:25,526 --> 00:00:26,985 I understand that you were selected 10 00:00:27,152 --> 00:00:29,363 for this internship out of hundreds of applicants. 11 00:00:29,530 --> 00:00:32,366 Yes, sir. I still can't believe they chose me. 12 00:00:32,533 --> 00:00:34,573 There were lots of other people with better records. 13 00:00:34,701 --> 00:00:36,495 Her transcript is very impressive. 14 00:00:36,662 --> 00:00:37,788 She's done honors work 15 00:00:37,955 --> 00:00:41,124 in neurobiology, plasma dynamics and eco-regeneration. 16 00:00:41,291 --> 00:00:42,960 I'd say that's pretty well-rounded. 17 00:00:43,126 --> 00:00:44,461 Well, that's a nice way of saying 18 00:00:44,628 --> 00:00:47,256 that I haven't decided what I'm going to do with my life. 19 00:00:47,422 --> 00:00:49,758 I've arranged to have you work in all the major departments 20 00:00:49,925 --> 00:00:50,968 while you're here. 21 00:00:51,134 --> 00:00:52,803 I'm willing to bet by the time it's over, 22 00:00:52,970 --> 00:00:55,472 you'll have a pretty good idea what field you're interested in. 23 00:00:55,639 --> 00:00:58,850 Or at least what field you're not interested in. 24 00:01:00,185 --> 00:01:01,311 Come. 25 00:01:02,521 --> 00:01:04,147 We're bringing the rest of the cargo now. 26 00:01:04,314 --> 00:01:05,914 Should be ready to leave within the hour. 27 00:01:06,066 --> 00:01:08,235 Commander, will you escort miss Rogers to her quarters? 28 00:01:08,402 --> 00:01:10,904 I need to discuss the tagrans' medical needs with Dr. Crusher. 29 00:01:11,071 --> 00:01:13,073 - And, miss Rogers... - Yes? 30 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,826 You've won yourself a rare opportunity. 31 00:01:15,993 --> 00:01:17,536 Avail yourself of it. 32 00:01:17,703 --> 00:01:21,248 I will, sir. And thank you. 33 00:01:27,296 --> 00:01:30,340 It'll take you a few days before you know where everything is. 34 00:01:30,507 --> 00:01:33,677 If you need any help, you just use one of these companels. 35 00:01:33,844 --> 00:01:37,848 Um, we're on deck 7, section 4. 36 00:01:38,015 --> 00:01:39,182 You're right. 37 00:01:39,349 --> 00:01:41,727 I practically memorized the specs on the way over here. 38 00:01:41,893 --> 00:01:43,645 You're a quick study. 39 00:01:48,108 --> 00:01:49,192 Is this for me? 40 00:01:49,359 --> 00:01:51,153 It's all yours. 41 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:53,488 It's so big. 42 00:01:53,655 --> 00:01:56,617 For honor students, only the best. 43 00:01:59,369 --> 00:02:02,914 Well, I could have brought my 200. 44 00:02:03,081 --> 00:02:04,124 Your zoo? 45 00:02:04,291 --> 00:02:05,891 Well, it's just what my parents call it. 46 00:02:06,043 --> 00:02:07,403 Three dogs isn't that many, is it? 47 00:02:07,544 --> 00:02:09,880 It depends how they get along. 48 00:02:10,047 --> 00:02:13,884 I could have had a dozen. Mother said enough is enough. 49 00:02:14,801 --> 00:02:16,053 I'm sure gonna miss them. 50 00:02:16,219 --> 00:02:18,555 We'll keep you so busy you won't have a chance to. 51 00:02:18,722 --> 00:02:20,922 I've gotta get going. I have to get back to cargo bay 2. 52 00:02:21,058 --> 00:02:24,686 Well, thanks for, uh, walking me down. 53 00:02:24,853 --> 00:02:26,271 Sure. 54 00:02:30,776 --> 00:02:32,903 Oh, no. 55 00:02:33,070 --> 00:02:37,074 Oh, no, no, no, I didn't mean it. Oh, no. 56 00:02:39,034 --> 00:02:41,244 You guys can't stay here. 57 00:02:44,748 --> 00:02:46,667 Come on. All of you. 58 00:02:58,095 --> 00:02:59,930 Come here, little one. 59 00:03:01,932 --> 00:03:03,684 You too, come on. 60 00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:05,894 Come on. 61 00:03:42,139 --> 00:03:46,268 Picard: Space, the final frontier. 62 00:03:46,893 --> 00:03:50,939 These are the voyages of the starship enterprise. 63 00:03:51,106 --> 00:03:56,361 Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds, 64 00:03:56,528 --> 00:04:00,657 to seek out new life and new civilizations, 65 00:04:01,158 --> 00:04:05,412 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 66 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:06,890 See all these readouts? 67 00:05:07,057 --> 00:05:11,102 That's your heart rate, your blood pressure, all your vital signs. 68 00:05:11,269 --> 00:05:14,981 You're in good shape. You mightjust live to be my age. 69 00:05:15,565 --> 00:05:17,400 Now, all these tricorders need to be tested 70 00:05:17,567 --> 00:05:20,529 before they can be put in the supply containers that we're taking to tagra. 71 00:05:20,695 --> 00:05:22,030 I should scan myself with each one 72 00:05:22,197 --> 00:05:24,032 to make sure the readouts are working. 73 00:05:24,199 --> 00:05:27,160 Any unit that doesn't, put it aside and we'll do a diagnostic on it later. 74 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:28,829 Okay. 75 00:05:36,795 --> 00:05:39,005 I hear you've been accepted to the academy. 76 00:05:39,172 --> 00:05:40,215 I have a son there. 77 00:05:40,382 --> 00:05:43,093 Oh. Being posted on the enterprise, 78 00:05:43,260 --> 00:05:45,554 I guess you don't get to see him very often. 79 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,515 No, not as often as I'd like. 80 00:05:48,682 --> 00:05:50,767 Do you have any other children? 81 00:05:51,810 --> 00:05:53,562 My husband died a number of years ago. 82 00:05:53,728 --> 00:05:55,772 Wes was our only child. 83 00:05:57,274 --> 00:05:59,276 Was he old enough to know his father? 84 00:06:00,902 --> 00:06:02,946 Jack died when he was 5. 85 00:06:03,113 --> 00:06:05,740 My parents died when I was a baby too. 86 00:06:05,907 --> 00:06:08,910 I don't remember anything about them. 87 00:06:09,077 --> 00:06:11,329 Sometimes I wonder what they were like. 88 00:06:12,664 --> 00:06:15,166 Your adoptive parents are in starfleet, aren't they? 89 00:06:15,333 --> 00:06:17,544 Yeah, they're marine biologists. 90 00:06:17,711 --> 00:06:20,881 They've just been posted to the bilaren system. 91 00:06:21,047 --> 00:06:22,567 Man: Sickbay to Dr. Crusher. 92 00:06:22,716 --> 00:06:25,010 You wanted to be told when the cultures were ready. 93 00:06:25,176 --> 00:06:26,970 On my way. 94 00:06:28,597 --> 00:06:30,197 When you've finished with the tricorders, 95 00:06:30,348 --> 00:06:33,109 nurse ogawa will help you to take them down to shuttlebay for loading. 96 00:06:33,268 --> 00:06:34,686 Okay. 97 00:06:45,780 --> 00:06:48,783 Oh. Thank you very much for your help. 98 00:06:48,950 --> 00:06:51,328 We can use every available hand we can get. 99 00:06:51,494 --> 00:06:54,080 This is one of the largest relief efforts we've ever mounted. 100 00:06:54,247 --> 00:06:56,750 Now, why are you bringing everything down in shuttlecraft? 101 00:06:56,917 --> 00:06:59,210 Well, because we can't use the transporters 102 00:06:59,377 --> 00:07:01,257 for all the ionization in the tagran atmosphere. 103 00:07:01,421 --> 00:07:03,924 From the barystatic filters? 104 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:05,342 How did you know that? 105 00:07:05,508 --> 00:07:08,261 I did a paper on eco-regeneration. 106 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:10,388 Then you know that a thousand barystatic filters 107 00:07:10,555 --> 00:07:11,973 puts out quite a bit of ionization. 108 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:13,308 - A thousand? - Yeah. 109 00:07:13,475 --> 00:07:16,019 They've managed to pollute their atmosphere pretty badly. 110 00:07:16,186 --> 00:07:18,355 It's amazing to think that they go to such lengths 111 00:07:18,521 --> 00:07:22,651 to clean the air instead of regulating the emissions that cause the problem. 112 00:07:22,817 --> 00:07:24,110 Yeah, you're right. 113 00:07:24,277 --> 00:07:27,197 Actually, the only thing the filters can do 114 00:07:27,364 --> 00:07:28,907 is keep things from getting worse. 115 00:07:29,074 --> 00:07:30,867 They shoot the air full of... 116 00:07:33,203 --> 00:07:34,412 Commander, are you all right? 117 00:07:36,539 --> 00:07:39,834 - You okay? - I didn't even see it coming. 118 00:07:50,971 --> 00:07:52,973 And this is the main control area. 119 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:54,739 We can access any of the primary circuits 120 00:07:54,891 --> 00:07:56,142 from all of these panels. 121 00:07:56,309 --> 00:07:58,186 Over here is a jefferies tube... 122 00:07:58,353 --> 00:08:00,522 Where most of the major conduits are routed. 123 00:08:00,730 --> 00:08:02,482 You've been doing your homework. 124 00:08:02,649 --> 00:08:05,151 Hard to imagine how much energy is harnessed in there. 125 00:08:05,318 --> 00:08:09,531 Imagination is not necessary. The scale is readily quantifiable. 126 00:08:09,698 --> 00:08:13,576 We are presently generating 12.75 billion gigawatts per... 127 00:08:15,662 --> 00:08:17,182 The temperature in the reaction chamber 128 00:08:17,330 --> 00:08:19,124 has increased by 47 percent. 129 00:08:19,290 --> 00:08:22,085 Injector couplings are frozen. I can't slow down the reaction. 130 00:08:22,252 --> 00:08:25,088 Temperature increase is at 106 percent and rising. 131 00:08:26,297 --> 00:08:28,697 La forge: La forge to bridge, we're looking at a core breach. 132 00:08:28,842 --> 00:08:30,677 We're gonna have to try and vent the plasma. 133 00:08:30,844 --> 00:08:32,554 Plasma inductors are not responding. 134 00:08:32,721 --> 00:08:33,888 We're gonna lose containment. 135 00:08:34,055 --> 00:08:36,725 All right, everybody, out of here now. Let's go, let's move it. 136 00:08:36,891 --> 00:08:38,518 Data, bring down the isolation door. 137 00:08:38,685 --> 00:08:40,854 We're gonna have to eject the warp core. 138 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:56,745 Data: Temperature in the reaction chamber... 139 00:08:58,246 --> 00:09:00,040 Has returned to normal. 140 00:09:10,633 --> 00:09:14,220 She's a little shaken up, but she's gonna be fine. 141 00:09:14,387 --> 00:09:17,182 You said she was adopted, could she be an alien? 142 00:09:17,348 --> 00:09:18,808 She's human. 143 00:09:18,975 --> 00:09:20,560 There's nothing more unusual about her. 144 00:09:20,727 --> 00:09:22,312 Not that my instruments can detect. 145 00:09:22,812 --> 00:09:25,607 Have you been able to determine the cause of the warp breach? 146 00:09:25,774 --> 00:09:27,859 No, sir. Everything was normal, and then suddenly, 147 00:09:28,026 --> 00:09:30,236 it's like the laws of physics went right out the window. 148 00:09:31,029 --> 00:09:34,199 And why shouldn't they? They're so inconvenient. 149 00:09:40,288 --> 00:09:42,624 Are you responsible for this incident in engineering? 150 00:09:42,791 --> 00:09:43,833 Of course. 151 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,961 I needed to find out if what I suspected about the girl were true. 152 00:09:47,128 --> 00:09:48,338 That being? 153 00:09:48,505 --> 00:09:50,006 That she's q. 154 00:09:50,173 --> 00:09:52,801 - Amanda's a q? - How is that possible? 155 00:09:52,967 --> 00:09:55,887 Her parents, her biological parents, were human. 156 00:09:56,054 --> 00:09:57,639 Well, not exactly. 157 00:09:57,806 --> 00:10:01,184 They had assumed human form. In order to visit earth, I suppose. 158 00:10:01,351 --> 00:10:03,686 For amusement. 159 00:10:03,853 --> 00:10:08,608 But in vulgar human fashion, they proceeded to conceive a child. 160 00:10:09,025 --> 00:10:11,778 And then like mawkish humans, they became attached to it. 161 00:10:12,737 --> 00:10:16,616 What is it about these squirming little infants that you find so appealing? 162 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:19,202 I'm sure that's beyond your comprehension, q. 163 00:10:19,369 --> 00:10:20,703 I desperately hope so. 164 00:10:20,870 --> 00:10:22,872 Troi: What happened to Amanda's parents? 165 00:10:23,039 --> 00:10:24,374 They died in an accident. 166 00:10:24,749 --> 00:10:26,751 None of us knew whether she had inherited 167 00:10:26,918 --> 00:10:29,587 the capacities of the q, but recently they've begun to emerge, 168 00:10:29,754 --> 00:10:35,093 and as an expert in humanity, I was sent to investigate. 169 00:10:35,260 --> 00:10:37,428 You, an expert in humanity? 170 00:10:37,595 --> 00:10:40,890 Not a very challenging field of study, I Grant you. 171 00:10:41,057 --> 00:10:44,269 Are you saying that you created a core breach just to test this girl? 172 00:10:44,435 --> 00:10:45,436 Uh—huh. 173 00:10:45,603 --> 00:10:47,523 What would have happened if she couldn't stop it? 174 00:10:47,689 --> 00:10:49,899 Then I would have known she wasn't a q. 175 00:10:50,066 --> 00:10:53,111 And now that you know, what do you intend to do? 176 00:10:53,278 --> 00:10:54,404 Instruct her. 177 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:58,199 If this child does not learn how to control her power, 178 00:10:58,366 --> 00:11:00,285 she may accidentally destroy herself. 179 00:11:00,451 --> 00:11:03,746 Or all of you. Or perhaps your entire galaxy. 180 00:11:03,913 --> 00:11:06,749 I find it hard to believe that you're here to do us a favor. 181 00:11:06,916 --> 00:11:09,252 You're quite right, I wouldn't. 182 00:11:09,419 --> 00:11:12,505 But there are those in the continuum 183 00:11:12,672 --> 00:11:16,634 who have an overexaggerated sense of responsibility. 184 00:11:16,801 --> 00:11:18,720 They think that we need to take precautions 185 00:11:18,887 --> 00:11:20,638 to keep the little dear from running amuck. 186 00:11:20,805 --> 00:11:23,641 And once you've taught her, then you'll go away? 187 00:11:23,808 --> 00:11:24,893 And leave her here? 188 00:11:25,059 --> 00:11:26,227 Of course not. 189 00:11:26,394 --> 00:11:28,813 She'll come back to the continuum where she belongs. 190 00:11:28,980 --> 00:11:30,023 Wait a minute. 191 00:11:30,190 --> 00:11:31,274 You can't just come in here 192 00:11:31,441 --> 00:11:34,110 and take her away from everything she's ever known. 193 00:11:34,277 --> 00:11:37,030 - I assure you, I can. - She has plans for herself. 194 00:11:37,197 --> 00:11:39,199 She wants to have a career and a family. 195 00:11:39,365 --> 00:11:42,243 I'm rescuing her from that miserable existence. 196 00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:45,747 That miserable existence is all she's known for the last 18 years. 197 00:11:45,914 --> 00:11:48,583 You have no right to take her away from it. 198 00:11:48,750 --> 00:11:52,670 Mon capitaine, I really think that we need to speak privately. 199 00:11:56,007 --> 00:11:58,551 Well, there, that's better. 200 00:11:58,718 --> 00:12:01,179 Crusher gets more shrill with each passing year. 201 00:12:01,346 --> 00:12:03,890 Q, what is it you really want? 202 00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:05,417 Since you know so much about the q, 203 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:08,478 I thought you'd be the perfect person to introduce me to the child. 204 00:12:08,645 --> 00:12:11,022 Let her know that she can trust me. 205 00:12:11,189 --> 00:12:13,983 I don't trust you, q. Why should I expect Amanda to? 206 00:12:14,150 --> 00:12:16,653 Well, she'd better, because I'm all she's got. 207 00:12:16,819 --> 00:12:19,948 She needs me to help her prepare for her future with the q. 208 00:12:20,281 --> 00:12:22,158 But what if she doesn't want that future? 209 00:12:22,325 --> 00:12:23,576 It must be her decision. 210 00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:26,663 Oh, yes, yes, yes. 211 00:12:26,829 --> 00:12:29,540 Do you think that she will want to remain an enfeebled mortal? 212 00:12:29,707 --> 00:12:30,833 But if she really is q, 213 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,919 she must understand what that means. 214 00:12:35,922 --> 00:12:37,966 Very well, I will introduce you. 215 00:12:38,132 --> 00:12:42,762 But... we cannot argue like this in front of her. 216 00:12:42,929 --> 00:12:45,473 We must at least appear to be... 217 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:47,225 Pals? 218 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:52,814 I knew I could count on you, Jean-Luc. 219 00:13:00,196 --> 00:13:03,324 I want you to access any available records on Amanda Rogers. 220 00:13:03,491 --> 00:13:04,971 - Yes, captain. - I want to know about 221 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:07,870 her biological parents, about their death. 222 00:13:08,037 --> 00:13:12,125 I find it odd that any q could die in an accident. 223 00:13:12,292 --> 00:13:15,253 It is not consistent with what we know of them, sir. 224 00:13:15,420 --> 00:13:18,006 I'm convinced that q isn't telling us everything. 225 00:13:18,172 --> 00:13:19,215 See what you can find out. 226 00:13:19,382 --> 00:13:20,967 Aye, sir. 227 00:13:21,676 --> 00:13:24,429 It started happening about six months ago. 228 00:13:24,595 --> 00:13:28,433 Things that I would wish for would just suddenly appear. 229 00:13:28,599 --> 00:13:30,810 I thought I was going crazy. 230 00:13:31,728 --> 00:13:34,564 In a funny way, finding this out is kind of a relief. 231 00:13:34,731 --> 00:13:36,941 I can understand that. 232 00:13:37,108 --> 00:13:41,362 This person I mentioned, from the q continuum, 233 00:13:41,529 --> 00:13:45,700 would like to meet you, if it's all right with you. 234 00:13:47,744 --> 00:13:49,078 I'm ready. 235 00:13:54,417 --> 00:13:56,753 There's my girl. 236 00:13:57,253 --> 00:14:00,840 Amanda, uh, allow me to introduce, uh, q. 237 00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:02,508 Uh, he's, uh... 238 00:14:02,675 --> 00:14:07,180 He's an acquaintance of ours. We've known him for years. 239 00:14:07,347 --> 00:14:09,640 Very impressive the way you contained that explosion. 240 00:14:09,807 --> 00:14:10,850 What else have you done? 241 00:14:11,768 --> 00:14:13,269 I don't understand. 242 00:14:13,436 --> 00:14:15,646 Telekinesis, teleportation, 243 00:14:15,813 --> 00:14:18,858 spontaneous combustion of someone you don't like. 244 00:14:20,193 --> 00:14:21,569 That sort of thing. 245 00:14:21,736 --> 00:14:23,654 Amanda, what q is asking is, 246 00:14:23,821 --> 00:14:26,908 have you ever deliberately used your abilities? 247 00:14:27,075 --> 00:14:29,285 Not until I came here. 248 00:14:29,452 --> 00:14:32,080 The first time it happened was when the container 249 00:14:32,246 --> 00:14:34,123 almost fell on commander riker. 250 00:14:34,290 --> 00:14:35,530 And you handled that very well. 251 00:14:35,666 --> 00:14:37,627 That's why I gave you a greater challenge. 252 00:14:37,794 --> 00:14:40,088 The warp core breach. 253 00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:46,594 She has potential, this one. 254 00:14:47,845 --> 00:14:50,681 I see no reason why she can't return to the continuum right now. 255 00:14:50,848 --> 00:14:51,891 - What? 256 00:14:52,058 --> 00:14:54,310 I don't wanna go anywhere. 257 00:14:54,477 --> 00:14:55,520 Don't worry. 258 00:14:55,686 --> 00:14:58,523 With time, you'll overcome the disadvantages you suffered as a child. 259 00:14:58,689 --> 00:15:01,442 No one will hold it against you for having been human. 260 00:15:01,609 --> 00:15:02,652 Let's go. 261 00:15:06,614 --> 00:15:07,698 Amanda: Leave me alone. 262 00:15:08,157 --> 00:15:10,535 I'm not going anywhere with you. 263 00:15:10,701 --> 00:15:13,037 You agree that she has a right to choose her own future, 264 00:15:13,204 --> 00:15:15,623 but the first chance you get, you try to abduct her. 265 00:15:15,790 --> 00:15:19,001 You're overreacting as usual, picard. I was merely testing her powers. 266 00:15:20,128 --> 00:15:22,088 She's quite a little spitfire now, isn't she? 267 00:15:22,463 --> 00:15:25,758 What's going on, q? What's your real purpose here? 268 00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:27,301 I think I've been perfectly clear. 269 00:15:27,468 --> 00:15:29,971 The continuum has a vested interest in this young woman. 270 00:15:30,346 --> 00:15:34,350 If you wish to protect that investment, I suggest you approach her differently. 271 00:15:34,725 --> 00:15:36,686 She was being impetuous. 272 00:15:36,853 --> 00:15:39,480 She'll just have to start behaving like a q. 273 00:15:39,814 --> 00:15:42,358 If I'm not mistaken, she just did. 274 00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:46,988 You understand, don't you? 275 00:15:47,572 --> 00:15:51,409 It's just that I have these things that I wanna do. 276 00:15:51,576 --> 00:15:53,744 I'm gonna go to the academy. 277 00:15:53,911 --> 00:15:58,082 I want a career, and I wanna join starfleet. 278 00:15:58,249 --> 00:15:59,709 You can still do all those things. 279 00:15:59,876 --> 00:16:03,504 Yeah, but it just seems so complicated now. 280 00:16:04,172 --> 00:16:08,509 I mean, these powers that I have, they're just gonna stand in the way. 281 00:16:09,051 --> 00:16:10,595 I don't wanna have to deal with that. 282 00:16:10,761 --> 00:16:12,847 Well, you're going to have to. 283 00:16:13,389 --> 00:16:16,559 Listen, I can only imagine how you feel. 284 00:16:16,726 --> 00:16:17,935 It certainly would be easier 285 00:16:18,102 --> 00:16:21,564 if this had never happened or if it would just go away. 286 00:16:22,899 --> 00:16:25,443 But it's not going to go away. 287 00:16:25,610 --> 00:16:28,821 And you need someone to help you. 288 00:16:28,988 --> 00:16:32,909 And the person who can help you is q. 289 00:16:34,911 --> 00:16:36,287 But he's so horrible. 290 00:16:36,454 --> 00:16:40,583 He is the only one who can help you to understand who you are. 291 00:16:41,751 --> 00:16:43,794 Amanda, 292 00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:48,216 you are going to have to make some hard choices about your future. 293 00:16:48,382 --> 00:16:51,844 And you can't make them if you're going to ignore the truth. 294 00:16:55,056 --> 00:16:56,641 I know. 295 00:17:00,686 --> 00:17:04,398 But I don't want any of this to disrupt my time here. 296 00:17:05,650 --> 00:17:09,320 I wanna do everything that I'm expected to do. 297 00:17:10,655 --> 00:17:14,033 And I don't want you to treat me any differently. 298 00:17:16,452 --> 00:17:18,246 Please. 299 00:17:18,412 --> 00:17:20,540 You've got a deal. 300 00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:28,105 The first free hour you have, I wanna see you in the medical lab. 301 00:17:28,256 --> 00:17:30,132 I have an experiment I need your help with. 302 00:17:30,841 --> 00:17:32,260 Yes, ma'am. 303 00:17:37,181 --> 00:17:38,808 Q shadow: Your progress, q? 304 00:17:38,975 --> 00:17:41,060 As anticipated, there are some problems. 305 00:17:41,227 --> 00:17:42,979 I need time. 306 00:17:43,145 --> 00:17:47,066 However, there is the possibility we won't have to terminate the girl. 307 00:18:04,750 --> 00:18:06,419 Come in. 308 00:18:07,295 --> 00:18:09,130 Hello, my dear. 309 00:18:09,297 --> 00:18:13,009 I've been told I behaved badly. I apologize. 310 00:18:13,175 --> 00:18:16,679 Apparently, you had every reason to chastise me. 311 00:18:16,846 --> 00:18:19,640 But then again, what's done is done, right? 312 00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:22,184 I'd like to ask you some questions. 313 00:18:22,643 --> 00:18:23,686 Anything. 314 00:18:25,771 --> 00:18:27,607 What exactly are the q? 315 00:18:28,858 --> 00:18:31,902 It'd be so much easier to show you than to tell you. 316 00:18:32,069 --> 00:18:35,406 If you would agree to take a short visit to the continuum... 317 00:18:35,573 --> 00:18:37,700 No. Just tell me. 318 00:18:39,660 --> 00:18:43,414 Well, to put it simply, we're omnipotent. 319 00:18:43,581 --> 00:18:46,208 There's nothing, nothing we can't do. 320 00:18:46,959 --> 00:18:48,961 And what do you do with this power? 321 00:18:49,670 --> 00:18:52,048 Anything we want. 322 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:54,675 Do you use it to help others? 323 00:18:56,093 --> 00:18:57,928 I think you've missed the point, my dear. 324 00:18:58,095 --> 00:19:01,223 Clearly, you've spent far too much time with humans. 325 00:19:01,390 --> 00:19:04,060 As a q, you can have your heart's desire, 326 00:19:04,226 --> 00:19:06,395 instantly, whatever that may be. 327 00:19:06,562 --> 00:19:09,482 Would you like precious jewels, works of art? 328 00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:13,402 Would you like to walk along the rings of tautine? 329 00:19:13,569 --> 00:19:15,571 I'm not interested in any of those things. 330 00:19:15,738 --> 00:19:17,573 Of course not. You're a q. 331 00:19:17,740 --> 00:19:21,410 But surely there must be something that you want. 332 00:19:22,912 --> 00:19:26,916 Something that you never dreamed was possible. 333 00:19:27,083 --> 00:19:31,003 Tell me, Amanda. What is it? 334 00:19:34,715 --> 00:19:38,761 I'd like to know what my parents looked like. 335 00:19:41,347 --> 00:19:43,265 My real parents. 336 00:19:43,849 --> 00:19:46,227 How quaint. 337 00:19:46,394 --> 00:19:48,646 So do it. 338 00:19:48,813 --> 00:19:50,398 - What do you mean? - Summon the image. 339 00:19:50,564 --> 00:19:52,608 - I don't know how. - Think about them. 340 00:19:52,775 --> 00:19:56,153 Evoke the memory. 341 00:19:56,946 --> 00:20:00,116 You can do it, Amanda. 342 00:20:00,783 --> 00:20:02,785 Trust me. 343 00:20:02,952 --> 00:20:06,831 Close your eyes. Close your eyes. 344 00:20:09,709 --> 00:20:15,089 In your mind, return to the time when you were an infant. 345 00:20:15,256 --> 00:20:17,383 Think about your parents. 346 00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:19,468 Remember them. 347 00:20:26,726 --> 00:20:30,730 Now open your eyes. 348 00:20:51,292 --> 00:20:53,043 They loved me. 349 00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:10,144 Wait for it to be metabolized at another... 20? 350 00:21:11,979 --> 00:21:14,190 Wait for it to be metabolized over and over, 351 00:21:14,356 --> 00:21:18,360 and then wait till the bacilli can't be absorbed anymore. 352 00:21:18,527 --> 00:21:20,237 That's right. 353 00:21:20,404 --> 00:21:25,367 Just be sure and record the rate of mitosis from each of the dishes. 354 00:21:26,744 --> 00:21:28,871 Mitosis, right. 355 00:21:31,207 --> 00:21:33,459 You seem distracted. 356 00:21:34,126 --> 00:21:36,796 Well, I just saw my parents. 357 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:40,299 My real parents. 358 00:21:40,716 --> 00:21:42,343 Q showed me how. 359 00:21:44,345 --> 00:21:47,264 Can you imagine how that felt? 360 00:21:49,850 --> 00:21:51,977 No, I don't think I can. 361 00:21:54,396 --> 00:21:56,941 You know, you were right. 362 00:21:57,316 --> 00:22:00,611 I can't ignore what's happened to me. 363 00:22:02,363 --> 00:22:05,449 I just don't know if I can cope with it. 364 00:22:06,867 --> 00:22:11,413 Amanda, you are stronger than you think. 365 00:22:14,083 --> 00:22:16,001 You know, 366 00:22:16,544 --> 00:22:21,257 when I saw them there, right in front of me, 367 00:22:21,423 --> 00:22:26,053 I realized that I caused this to happen. 368 00:22:26,220 --> 00:22:29,139 I wanted to see them and I did. 369 00:22:29,306 --> 00:22:30,850 If it were you... 370 00:22:32,643 --> 00:22:37,648 If suddenly you could have anything you wanted... 371 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:39,817 What would it be? 372 00:22:46,866 --> 00:22:48,826 I have no idea. 373 00:22:48,993 --> 00:22:52,621 No, think about it. Really think. 374 00:22:52,788 --> 00:22:56,292 If suddenly you could make anything happen, 375 00:22:57,167 --> 00:22:59,378 what would it be? 376 00:23:01,130 --> 00:23:06,302 Well, I would probably want to heal people, 377 00:23:06,468 --> 00:23:08,637 people who are hopelessly ill. 378 00:23:14,768 --> 00:23:17,813 Would you bring your husband back? 379 00:23:26,488 --> 00:23:29,116 Amanda, I don't know. 380 00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:35,289 And I don't think that I could make a decision like that 381 00:23:35,456 --> 00:23:38,959 until I was actually faced with it. 382 00:23:42,004 --> 00:23:44,882 I am faced with it. 383 00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:51,972 Try to do the work. 384 00:23:54,183 --> 00:23:56,310 I'll come back and check on you later. 385 00:24:10,199 --> 00:24:13,160 Ugh, thought she'd never leave. 386 00:24:14,495 --> 00:24:16,872 I don't know if I'll ever get used to that. 387 00:24:17,039 --> 00:24:18,540 It's time for another lesson. 388 00:24:18,707 --> 00:24:22,044 Well, I have to finish this experiment first. 389 00:24:22,211 --> 00:24:23,504 What are you doing? 390 00:24:23,671 --> 00:24:26,590 We're delivering live vaccine bacilli to tagra. 391 00:24:26,757 --> 00:24:29,593 I'm supposed to find the best nutrient solution 392 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,262 so we can keep them living while they're in stasis. 393 00:24:32,429 --> 00:24:33,472 Fascinating. 394 00:24:33,639 --> 00:24:36,558 Oh, I just had a splendid idea. 395 00:24:36,725 --> 00:24:41,605 Why don't we combine what you're doing with our lesson, 396 00:24:41,772 --> 00:24:43,691 and we'll show you how to finish in no time? 397 00:24:43,857 --> 00:24:46,777 Well, I think that I should finish it the way Dr. Crusher showed me first. 398 00:24:46,944 --> 00:24:49,530 Oh, I'm sure she'd be delighted if we sped things along. 399 00:24:49,697 --> 00:24:51,073 I mean, think what it would mean. 400 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,118 You could double, even triple the workload. 401 00:24:55,703 --> 00:24:57,121 Well... 402 00:24:57,287 --> 00:24:59,248 - Good. - I guess so. 403 00:25:02,751 --> 00:25:05,754 As you take a look at the tissue samples, 404 00:25:06,839 --> 00:25:10,551 form an image in your mind. 405 00:25:13,095 --> 00:25:14,430 Number one, Dr. Crusher 406 00:25:14,596 --> 00:25:17,266 has some live vaccine bacilli to be delivered to tagra. 407 00:25:17,433 --> 00:25:20,233 It'll have to be shipped in a stasis field. Will you make arrangements? 408 00:25:20,394 --> 00:25:21,437 I'll get right on it. 409 00:25:21,603 --> 00:25:24,857 Captain, message coming in from tagra iv. 410 00:25:25,024 --> 00:25:26,984 On-screen. 411 00:25:27,401 --> 00:25:30,863 Lote: Enterprise, I am orn lote, engineer. 412 00:25:31,196 --> 00:25:33,198 We 're having difficulties with the reactor 413 00:25:33,365 --> 00:25:36,702 that powers the barystatic filters on our southern continent. 414 00:25:36,869 --> 00:25:39,788 We may have to shut it down for repairs. 415 00:25:39,955 --> 00:25:42,249 Perhaps my chief engineer could be of assistance. 416 00:25:42,416 --> 00:25:43,459 I hope so. 417 00:25:43,834 --> 00:25:47,546 If we 're forced to disable the reactor, it would take months to reestablish 418 00:25:47,713 --> 00:25:51,759 the ionic currents the filters have formed in the atmosphere. 419 00:25:51,925 --> 00:25:55,137 Send us your design specifications. I'm sure we'll be able to help. 420 00:25:55,304 --> 00:25:56,346 Thank you, captain. 421 00:25:57,514 --> 00:25:59,058 Captain. 422 00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:01,226 Picard: What is it, Mr. Data? 423 00:26:01,393 --> 00:26:05,314 I have some information regarding Amanda Rogers' parents. 424 00:26:06,190 --> 00:26:08,817 Records indicate that they died in Topeka, Kansas. 425 00:26:08,984 --> 00:26:11,028 Their home was destroyed during a tornado. 426 00:26:11,361 --> 00:26:12,988 Tornado? 427 00:26:13,155 --> 00:26:15,574 Why wasn't it dissipated by the weather modification net? 428 00:26:15,741 --> 00:26:16,784 Data: Unknown, sir. 429 00:26:16,950 --> 00:26:19,661 The bodies were discovered in the rubble after the storm had passed. 430 00:26:19,995 --> 00:26:22,122 See if you can find out any more details, Mr. Data. 431 00:26:22,289 --> 00:26:23,832 I'd like to know more about that storm. 432 00:26:23,999 --> 00:26:25,542 Aye, sir. 433 00:26:30,255 --> 00:26:32,508 Well, if it isn't number two. 434 00:26:32,674 --> 00:26:34,093 I was looking for Dr. Crusher. 435 00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:36,929 I didn't know what nutrients she wanted to send with the bacilli. 436 00:26:37,096 --> 00:26:40,933 I'm not sure. I'll tell her to contact you. 437 00:26:42,309 --> 00:26:45,646 You could stay here and wait for her. 438 00:26:45,813 --> 00:26:48,565 If you, you know, wanted to. 439 00:26:50,150 --> 00:26:52,569 Just tell her I'll be in shuttlebay 2. 440 00:26:53,403 --> 00:26:55,322 You're attracted to him. 441 00:26:55,489 --> 00:26:57,366 I am not. 442 00:26:57,533 --> 00:26:59,743 I think you are. 443 00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:02,538 How repulsive. 444 00:27:03,705 --> 00:27:06,875 How do you stand that hair all over his face? 445 00:27:07,876 --> 00:27:10,087 Doctor, commander riker was just here looking for you. 446 00:27:10,254 --> 00:27:11,630 He said he'd be in shuttlebay 2. 447 00:27:11,797 --> 00:27:13,757 Thank you. 448 00:27:13,924 --> 00:27:16,343 - Have you finished already? - Yes. 449 00:27:16,510 --> 00:27:17,678 How did you do it so quickly? 450 00:27:17,845 --> 00:27:19,847 Well, q helped me. It took us about half the time 451 00:27:20,013 --> 00:27:22,683 that it would've normally taken us. 452 00:27:24,351 --> 00:27:26,645 That explains this data. 453 00:27:27,271 --> 00:27:29,523 I needed to know the rates of mitosis. 454 00:27:29,690 --> 00:27:32,734 By artificially inflating them, you made the experiment useless. 455 00:27:33,193 --> 00:27:34,987 Now I have to do it all over again. 456 00:27:35,445 --> 00:27:37,072 I'm sorry, doctor. 457 00:27:37,656 --> 00:27:39,241 Don't be sorry. 458 00:27:39,408 --> 00:27:43,078 If she wants to make things difficult on herself, that's her business. 459 00:27:43,245 --> 00:27:45,045 Why did you interfere with what she was doing? 460 00:27:45,205 --> 00:27:48,750 She's a q. Making her plod through human chores is beneath her. 461 00:27:48,917 --> 00:27:50,919 Crusher: She asked not to be treated differently. 462 00:27:51,086 --> 00:27:52,926 That doesn't mean she should be bored to death. 463 00:27:53,088 --> 00:27:55,483 - I don't interfere with your teaching. - You'd be incapable. 464 00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:57,867 And I don't think it's asking too much that you do the same. 465 00:28:01,096 --> 00:28:03,182 And you stay out of mine. 466 00:28:03,348 --> 00:28:06,185 Well, when you put it like that, I... 467 00:28:06,643 --> 00:28:08,395 I think you're absolutely right. 468 00:28:16,278 --> 00:28:17,321 Captain. 469 00:28:17,487 --> 00:28:18,780 Yes, Mr. Data? 470 00:28:18,947 --> 00:28:20,908 I have further information regarding the tornado 471 00:28:21,074 --> 00:28:22,784 that killed Amanda Rogers' parents. 472 00:28:22,951 --> 00:28:23,994 What is it? 473 00:28:24,161 --> 00:28:27,206 It was unusually compact yet extremely powerful. 474 00:28:27,372 --> 00:28:29,625 Its recorded wind velocity was characteristic 475 00:28:29,791 --> 00:28:32,419 of a funnel three times its size. 476 00:28:32,586 --> 00:28:34,338 Download the files to my ready room. 477 00:28:34,504 --> 00:28:35,589 I'll study them there. 478 00:28:35,756 --> 00:28:37,299 Aye, sir. 479 00:28:39,968 --> 00:28:42,137 Have you been practicing your teleportation? 480 00:28:42,471 --> 00:28:44,806 Yes, but it's kind of hard. 481 00:28:44,973 --> 00:28:47,309 I keep ending up somewhere I don't wanna be. 482 00:28:47,476 --> 00:28:48,977 Well, it won't do to be sloppy. 483 00:28:49,144 --> 00:28:52,940 We should hone your abilities. I have a wonderful idea. 484 00:28:57,361 --> 00:28:59,529 Why don't we play a little game? 485 00:28:59,696 --> 00:29:03,325 I'll hide somewhere on the ship and you find me. 486 00:29:03,492 --> 00:29:06,453 But how do I know how...? 487 00:29:06,620 --> 00:29:10,999 Don't worry, Amanda. You can do it. 488 00:29:26,473 --> 00:29:29,768 If we can use phase buffers, we may be able to devise a mechanism 489 00:29:29,935 --> 00:29:34,106 that can be integrated into the present system while it is still in operation. 490 00:29:38,860 --> 00:29:41,530 You're still thinking like a human. 491 00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:06,888 Now do you understand? 492 00:30:07,097 --> 00:30:11,310 What do humans have to offer you that even begins to compare with that? 493 00:30:12,227 --> 00:30:17,733 Your future contains wonders you can't even imagine. 494 00:30:18,108 --> 00:30:22,487 The universe could be your playground. 495 00:30:25,866 --> 00:30:31,330 Dr. Crusher and counselor troi, they're taking me to dinner. 496 00:30:31,496 --> 00:30:33,248 You don't have to eat, you know. 497 00:30:33,415 --> 00:30:38,128 It's a nasty human habit you could easily do without. 498 00:30:42,966 --> 00:30:45,344 Hello, Amanda. Are you ready? 499 00:30:54,936 --> 00:30:58,106 Well, Amanda, how are you feeling about all this now? 500 00:30:58,273 --> 00:30:59,649 It must be overwhelming. 501 00:31:00,942 --> 00:31:04,446 It was at first, but actually, now I'm enjoying myself. 502 00:31:04,821 --> 00:31:06,782 - Riker: Hello, ladies. - Hello, will. 503 00:31:06,948 --> 00:31:09,910 Commander riker. Um... 504 00:31:10,369 --> 00:31:11,745 Won't you join us? 505 00:31:11,912 --> 00:31:14,414 I'd love to, but I have other plans. 506 00:31:15,415 --> 00:31:17,125 Both: 507 00:31:25,675 --> 00:31:27,386 Crusher: So how are your lessons going? 508 00:31:27,803 --> 00:31:29,930 Is q being patient with you? 509 00:31:34,142 --> 00:31:35,352 Amanda? 510 00:31:44,444 --> 00:31:46,488 What is this all about? 511 00:31:49,116 --> 00:31:52,411 I thought it might be nice to spend some time alone together. 512 00:31:52,577 --> 00:31:55,997 I think it would be nice if you took us back to ten-forward. 513 00:31:56,164 --> 00:31:57,541 Are you sure? 514 00:31:57,707 --> 00:32:00,961 You wouldn't wanna stay here with me for a while? 515 00:32:02,295 --> 00:32:04,464 The moonlight is so beautiful. 516 00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:08,677 Isn't it nicer here than at ten-forward? 517 00:32:08,844 --> 00:32:13,223 Yes, it's very pleasant. But that's not the point. 518 00:32:13,390 --> 00:32:14,891 Oh? 519 00:32:26,570 --> 00:32:29,781 You can't snatch people and put them into your fantasies 520 00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:32,868 and expect them to respond. 521 00:32:34,578 --> 00:32:37,164 Don't you like me? 522 00:32:37,372 --> 00:32:40,000 Even just a little bit? 523 00:32:41,209 --> 00:32:44,045 You're a very lovely young lady. 524 00:32:45,088 --> 00:32:50,218 But none of this is real. 525 00:32:53,388 --> 00:32:54,848 My feelings are real. 526 00:32:55,015 --> 00:32:57,017 I know. 527 00:32:57,350 --> 00:33:00,479 But you can't make someone love you. 528 00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:09,905 Oh, Amanda. 529 00:33:10,447 --> 00:33:13,074 You are so beautiful. 530 00:33:17,204 --> 00:33:19,164 Do you love me? 531 00:33:19,331 --> 00:33:21,917 More than anything. 532 00:33:31,176 --> 00:33:33,261 You're right. 533 00:33:34,262 --> 00:33:36,806 None of this is real. 534 00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:41,269 I thought it would be romantic. 535 00:33:42,729 --> 00:33:45,065 But it's empty. 536 00:33:45,982 --> 00:33:47,025 Amanda... 537 00:33:47,192 --> 00:33:50,153 Just go back to ten-forward. 538 00:34:14,052 --> 00:34:15,971 You wanted to speak with me. 539 00:34:16,137 --> 00:34:19,099 I wanted to ask you about Amanda's biological parents. 540 00:34:20,267 --> 00:34:23,186 When they decided to remain on earth, 541 00:34:23,353 --> 00:34:25,855 what was the reaction in the q continuum? 542 00:34:26,189 --> 00:34:28,233 We found it incomprehensible. 543 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,986 Were they pressured to return? 544 00:34:31,152 --> 00:34:33,655 Were they threatened with any punishment if they didn't? 545 00:34:33,822 --> 00:34:35,657 What are you driving at, picard? 546 00:34:35,824 --> 00:34:38,410 Well, the circumstance of their death is quite odd. 547 00:34:39,119 --> 00:34:42,664 A tornado somehow escaped the weather modification net 548 00:34:42,831 --> 00:34:46,001 and touched down in only one spot. 549 00:34:46,585 --> 00:34:47,669 Amanda's home. 550 00:34:47,836 --> 00:34:50,964 Well, you can never predict the weather. 551 00:34:51,131 --> 00:34:54,175 Well, tornadoes develop from existing storm fronts. 552 00:34:54,342 --> 00:34:57,637 But you see, there were no storm fronts in Kansas that day. 553 00:34:57,804 --> 00:35:00,849 Witnesses reported that the funnel materialized 554 00:35:01,016 --> 00:35:05,061 spontaneously, directly over Amanda's home, 555 00:35:05,228 --> 00:35:07,689 destroyed it, and disappeared. 556 00:35:09,691 --> 00:35:12,485 If you say so. I wasn't there. 557 00:35:13,445 --> 00:35:17,324 Were Amanda's parents executed by the q continuum? 558 00:35:20,869 --> 00:35:22,203 And what if they were? 559 00:35:22,912 --> 00:35:25,081 Well, I think she has a right to know that 560 00:35:25,248 --> 00:35:27,667 before she makes a choice about her future. 561 00:35:28,043 --> 00:35:30,211 Don't be foolish, picard. She has no choice. 562 00:35:30,378 --> 00:35:32,213 She never did. 563 00:35:32,380 --> 00:35:34,883 If she's truly a q, 564 00:35:35,050 --> 00:35:37,927 then she must return to the continuum where she belongs. 565 00:35:38,094 --> 00:35:42,641 But if she were some sort of a hybrid, neither human nor q, then: 566 00:35:47,062 --> 00:35:49,022 You would be so despicable? 567 00:35:49,189 --> 00:35:50,982 Don't be naive. 568 00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:53,610 You have no idea what it means to be q. 569 00:35:53,777 --> 00:35:55,737 With unlimited power comes responsibility. 570 00:35:55,904 --> 00:35:59,407 Do you think it is reasonable for us to allow omnipotent beings 571 00:35:59,574 --> 00:36:01,451 to roam free through the universe? 572 00:36:01,868 --> 00:36:03,578 So, what have you concluded? 573 00:36:03,745 --> 00:36:07,123 Does she live or does she die? 574 00:36:14,255 --> 00:36:16,257 I haven't decided yet. 575 00:36:23,515 --> 00:36:27,060 Picard: Captain's log, stardate 46193.8. 576 00:36:27,227 --> 00:36:31,106 We have arrived at tagra iv and have begun delivering supplies. 577 00:36:31,272 --> 00:36:35,318 In the meantime, I am faced with a crisis of a different nature. 578 00:36:35,485 --> 00:36:38,530 Look, I have no reason to believe that q is lying. 579 00:36:38,697 --> 00:36:41,658 He claims he has orders from the continuum. 580 00:36:42,951 --> 00:36:45,745 If Amanda cannot prove that she is fully q, then he must kill her. 581 00:36:45,912 --> 00:36:47,455 We have to tell her. 582 00:36:47,622 --> 00:36:49,165 Crusher: I don't know if we should. 583 00:36:49,624 --> 00:36:51,167 It almost seems cruel. 584 00:36:51,334 --> 00:36:53,294 Troi: Maybe she can protect herself. 585 00:36:53,461 --> 00:36:55,880 After all, she has a great deal of power. 586 00:36:56,047 --> 00:36:58,133 So did her parents. It didn't save them. 587 00:37:01,428 --> 00:37:03,388 I agree with the counselor. 588 00:37:03,555 --> 00:37:05,890 Amanda deserves to know the truth of her situation. 589 00:37:06,057 --> 00:37:09,561 We have no right to hold such crucial information from her. 590 00:37:10,311 --> 00:37:12,981 But it isn't going to be easy telling her. 591 00:37:16,234 --> 00:37:18,570 What is your impression of the field modulator, Mr. Lote? 592 00:37:18,737 --> 00:37:21,281 Quite ingenious, quite ingenious indeed. I... 593 00:37:23,950 --> 00:37:25,994 I'm amazed 594 00:37:26,161 --> 00:37:28,830 the way it can be incorporated with the existing system. 595 00:37:28,997 --> 00:37:30,623 Commander, we're all loaded here. 596 00:37:30,790 --> 00:37:32,917 We can head for the surface whenever you're ready. 597 00:37:33,084 --> 00:37:36,546 I am eager to see the field modulator in place, commander. 598 00:37:44,804 --> 00:37:47,515 - We'd better get going. - Yes. 599 00:37:53,730 --> 00:37:55,607 Kill me? 600 00:38:00,403 --> 00:38:01,613 But why? 601 00:38:01,780 --> 00:38:05,074 They're not convinced that you are fully q. 602 00:38:05,241 --> 00:38:10,121 And... they are also responsible for your parents' death. 603 00:38:12,248 --> 00:38:13,541 My parents? 604 00:38:15,877 --> 00:38:19,172 But what right do they have? 605 00:38:20,924 --> 00:38:23,718 Q? Answer me. 606 00:38:26,387 --> 00:38:28,389 Are you afraid to face me? 607 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:34,729 She's such a plucky little thing now, isn't she? 608 00:38:34,896 --> 00:38:37,065 I really do enjoy you, you know. 609 00:38:37,232 --> 00:38:40,068 Amanda's question deserves an answer, q. 610 00:38:40,235 --> 00:38:44,864 You've made yourselfjudge and jury, and if necessary, executioner. 611 00:38:45,031 --> 00:38:49,244 By what right have you appointed yourself to this position? 612 00:38:49,869 --> 00:38:52,539 Superior morality. 613 00:38:53,081 --> 00:38:55,083 Oh, yes. 614 00:38:55,250 --> 00:38:58,086 I recall how you used your superior morality 615 00:38:58,253 --> 00:38:59,504 when we first encountered you. 616 00:38:59,671 --> 00:39:02,131 You put us on trial for the crimes of humanity. 617 00:39:02,465 --> 00:39:06,177 The jury's still out on that, picard. Make no mistake. 618 00:39:06,636 --> 00:39:11,975 Your arrogant pretense at being the moral guardians of the universe 619 00:39:12,141 --> 00:39:14,435 strikes me as being hollow, q. 620 00:39:14,602 --> 00:39:17,230 I see no evidence that you are guided 621 00:39:17,397 --> 00:39:21,067 by a superior moral code, or any code whatsoever. 622 00:39:21,234 --> 00:39:22,610 You may be nearly omnipotent, 623 00:39:22,777 --> 00:39:27,782 and I don't deny that your parlor tricks are very impressive. 624 00:39:27,949 --> 00:39:30,869 But morality? I don't see it. 625 00:39:31,035 --> 00:39:32,537 I don't acknowledge it, q. 626 00:39:32,704 --> 00:39:37,083 I would put human morality against the q's any day. 627 00:39:37,709 --> 00:39:43,172 And perhaps, that's the reason that we fascinate you so. 628 00:39:43,339 --> 00:39:49,178 Because our puny behavior shows you a glimmer 629 00:39:49,345 --> 00:39:53,433 of the one thing that evades your omnipotence. 630 00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:55,059 A moral center. 631 00:39:55,435 --> 00:39:59,147 And if so, I can think of no crueler irony 632 00:39:59,314 --> 00:40:02,066 than that you should destroy this young woman, 633 00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:05,945 whose only crime is that she's too human. 634 00:40:08,323 --> 00:40:10,199 Jean-Luc, 635 00:40:10,992 --> 00:40:13,411 sometimes I think the only reason I come here 636 00:40:13,578 --> 00:40:17,498 is to listen to these wonderful speeches of yours. 637 00:40:17,665 --> 00:40:21,669 But this time, your concern is unwarranted. 638 00:40:21,836 --> 00:40:24,589 We've decided not to harm her, 639 00:40:25,173 --> 00:40:29,093 and we are prepared to offer her a choice. 640 00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:30,720 What kind of choice? 641 00:40:31,179 --> 00:40:33,890 You can either come to the continuum with me... 642 00:40:34,057 --> 00:40:35,183 Or? 643 00:40:35,475 --> 00:40:39,604 Now, this choice is more difficult. 644 00:40:39,771 --> 00:40:45,443 You have it within yourself to refrain from using the power of q. 645 00:40:45,610 --> 00:40:47,695 If you can do that, you can stay here. 646 00:40:47,862 --> 00:40:49,614 Then I'm staying here. 647 00:40:49,781 --> 00:40:52,367 Think about this. This is not so easy. 648 00:40:52,533 --> 00:40:54,744 Your parents were given this choice, 649 00:40:54,911 --> 00:40:59,207 and they were unable to resist the temptation of using their power. 650 00:40:59,374 --> 00:41:02,543 All I've wanted since this whole thing began 651 00:41:02,710 --> 00:41:06,172 is to become a normal human being again. 652 00:41:06,965 --> 00:41:08,716 I know I can resist. 653 00:41:08,883 --> 00:41:10,385 Worf: Worf to picard. 654 00:41:10,551 --> 00:41:13,596 There is an emergency message from commander riker. 655 00:41:13,763 --> 00:41:15,932 I'm on my way. 656 00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:23,690 Riker: Captain, the damage to the reactor 657 00:41:23,856 --> 00:41:25,900 is greater than the tagrans led us to believe. 658 00:41:26,067 --> 00:41:28,611 The field modulator is installed and operational, 659 00:41:28,778 --> 00:41:30,071 but it's not going to be enough. 660 00:41:30,238 --> 00:41:31,918 The reactor has already gone into overload. 661 00:41:32,073 --> 00:41:33,199 Can you correct the problem? 662 00:41:33,366 --> 00:41:35,118 Geordi is trying to stabilize the unit now. 663 00:41:35,284 --> 00:41:36,744 We will stay as long as possible. 664 00:41:36,911 --> 00:41:39,551 There are thousands of people in this area, if that reactor goes... 665 00:41:39,664 --> 00:41:42,417 Commander. Over here, quickly. 666 00:41:46,379 --> 00:41:48,589 Is this your doing, q? 667 00:41:48,756 --> 00:41:51,259 Not this time, picard. 668 00:41:52,427 --> 00:41:55,027 Mr. Worf, see if there's a way we can cut through the interference 669 00:41:55,179 --> 00:41:57,098 - and beam them out of there. - Aye, sir. 670 00:41:57,765 --> 00:42:00,268 Captain, geordi is trying a neutrino infusion. 671 00:42:00,435 --> 00:42:01,561 It may smother the reaction. 672 00:42:01,728 --> 00:42:04,439 Worf: Captain, there is too much ionization in the atmosphere. 673 00:42:04,605 --> 00:42:06,065 Transporters are useless. 674 00:42:06,232 --> 00:42:08,860 La forge: It's no use. The heat has fused the injectors shut. 675 00:42:09,027 --> 00:42:10,236 We 're losing containment. 676 00:42:10,403 --> 00:42:12,905 Riker: How long till meltdown? La forge: A few minutes at most. 677 00:42:13,072 --> 00:42:15,472 - We 're going to have to... - Lote: Commander, look at this. 678 00:42:15,616 --> 00:42:17,285 This is impossible. 679 00:42:17,452 --> 00:42:19,245 Captain, I don't know what's happening, 680 00:42:19,412 --> 00:42:21,581 but the reaction is stabilizing on its own. 681 00:42:25,626 --> 00:42:28,129 Captain, I am reading a massive energy fluctuation 682 00:42:28,296 --> 00:42:29,881 in the planet's atmosphere. 683 00:42:30,298 --> 00:42:31,799 On-screen. 684 00:42:39,891 --> 00:42:41,642 Data: Atmosphere contaminants have dropped 685 00:42:41,809 --> 00:42:43,644 to less than one part per trillion. 686 00:42:43,978 --> 00:42:46,981 The ecosystem has been restored to its natural state. 687 00:42:50,735 --> 00:42:51,778 Amanda? 688 00:42:57,492 --> 00:43:01,829 I told you it would be harder to resist than you thought. 689 00:43:01,996 --> 00:43:05,249 I couldn't let all those people die. 690 00:43:07,668 --> 00:43:11,172 Ever since I got here, I've been fighting this. 691 00:43:11,881 --> 00:43:14,342 I've been denying the truth. 692 00:43:15,343 --> 00:43:17,845 Denying what I am. 693 00:43:19,931 --> 00:43:21,516 Iamq. 694 00:43:24,769 --> 00:43:26,854 Dr. Crusher, 695 00:43:27,647 --> 00:43:30,691 I've decided that I can't stay. 696 00:43:31,192 --> 00:43:33,236 I can't stay here. 697 00:43:33,528 --> 00:43:35,113 Well, 698 00:43:35,279 --> 00:43:38,866 now that you've come to your senses, let's go. 699 00:43:39,033 --> 00:43:42,370 No. I wanna go and see my parents first. 700 00:43:42,537 --> 00:43:44,457 It's gonna take some time to explain all of this, 701 00:43:44,622 --> 00:43:47,333 so you'll have to be patient. 702 00:44:03,975 --> 00:44:06,435 I hope I can come back and see you. 703 00:44:07,061 --> 00:44:11,065 You're a q. You can do anything you want.