1 00:00:12,679 --> 00:00:14,723 La forge: There you are. 2 00:00:17,518 --> 00:00:20,729 - What's wrong? - Something jabbed me in the calf. 3 00:00:24,107 --> 00:00:25,484 La forge: Ooh. 4 00:00:31,990 --> 00:00:33,909 O'brien, commander riker's been injured. 5 00:00:34,117 --> 00:00:36,328 - Look on and bring him up. - O'brien: Stand by. 6 00:00:36,537 --> 00:00:38,622 - Geordi... - It's just a scratch. Right. 7 00:00:39,081 --> 00:00:40,958 Sorry, commander. We can't take any chances. 8 00:00:41,166 --> 00:00:44,545 We're the first survey on this planet. We don't know what the risks are. 9 00:00:45,963 --> 00:00:47,548 [Beeping] 10 00:00:47,714 --> 00:00:49,883 La forge: O'brien, what's the holdup? 11 00:00:50,342 --> 00:00:54,179 The transporter's detected unidentified microbes in commander riker's body. 12 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:56,890 We”, can't the biofilters screen them out? 13 00:00:57,099 --> 00:00:58,559 Apparently not. 14 00:00:58,767 --> 00:01:00,227 But Dr. Pulaski has been notified. 15 00:01:00,435 --> 00:01:02,187 Acknowledged. 16 00:01:02,396 --> 00:01:04,356 I wasn't ready to leave here anyway. 17 00:01:11,154 --> 00:01:13,824 Here's the biofilter's analysis of the microbes. 18 00:01:14,032 --> 00:01:15,617 Pulaski: That's not much to go on. 19 00:01:16,159 --> 00:01:18,996 I can override and beam commander riker aboard. 20 00:01:20,455 --> 00:01:24,167 I better go down and make an evaluation there. 21 00:01:27,170 --> 00:01:28,630 [Sighs] 22 00:01:31,925 --> 00:01:34,928 I hope these are the right coordinates. 23 00:01:35,804 --> 00:01:36,888 Just kidding, doctor. 24 00:01:37,097 --> 00:01:38,849 I know how much you love the transporter. 25 00:01:39,057 --> 00:01:42,769 About as much as I love comical transporter chiefs. 26 00:01:47,441 --> 00:01:48,900 Ready? 27 00:02:01,663 --> 00:02:03,749 Riker: Over here, doctor. 28 00:02:08,962 --> 00:02:10,172 Pulaski: Fill me in. 29 00:02:11,757 --> 00:02:15,385 I was minding my own business, doing a simple geological sweep. 30 00:02:15,594 --> 00:02:17,554 Something stuck me in the leg. 31 00:02:17,763 --> 00:02:21,016 - Any pain? - No. Just a little numb, that's all. 32 00:02:21,224 --> 00:02:24,853 - Do you know what stuck you? - We've been looking for it. No luck. 33 00:02:25,062 --> 00:02:27,272 Well, whatever it is, it left something behind. 34 00:02:27,481 --> 00:02:29,483 I'm gonna take you up to sickbay. 35 00:02:34,404 --> 00:02:36,406 O'brien, this is Dr. Pulaski. 36 00:02:36,615 --> 00:02:38,742 Medical override is authorized. 37 00:02:38,950 --> 00:02:40,035 Acknowledged. 38 00:02:49,795 --> 00:02:52,798 This is the strangest feeling. My whole leg just went dead. 39 00:03:22,119 --> 00:03:26,164 Picard: Space, the final frontier. 40 00:03:26,915 --> 00:03:30,794 These are the voyages of the starship enterprise. 41 00:03:31,002 --> 00:03:35,966 Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds, 42 00:03:36,717 --> 00:03:40,929 to seek out new life and new civilizations, 43 00:03:41,430 --> 00:03:45,684 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 44 00:04:42,157 --> 00:04:45,577 Picard: Captain's log, stardate 429761. 45 00:04:45,744 --> 00:04:48,455 During a geological survey on surata iv, 46 00:04:48,663 --> 00:04:52,334 commander riker has become infected by an unidentified microbe. 47 00:04:52,542 --> 00:04:55,003 - Number one. Riker: Captain. 48 00:04:55,420 --> 00:04:57,547 Put your foot where it didn't belong, huh? 49 00:04:57,756 --> 00:05:00,926 Doctor said she was betting bored. I just thought I'd give her a challenge. 50 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:03,011 That you did. 51 00:05:06,515 --> 00:05:10,519 The nervous system has been invaded by an unknown microorganism. 52 00:05:10,727 --> 00:05:14,022 Not a bacteria, not a virus, but with the elements of both. 53 00:05:14,231 --> 00:05:16,316 There's the point of entry. 54 00:05:19,861 --> 00:05:24,241 The microbes are infecting the great sciatic nerve 55 00:05:24,449 --> 00:05:27,452 and they are multiplying at an incredible rate. 56 00:05:31,456 --> 00:05:32,499 Picard: Can you remove it? 57 00:05:33,083 --> 00:05:34,125 Not surgically. 58 00:05:34,334 --> 00:05:39,798 The organisms fuse to the nerve, intertwining at the molecular level. 59 00:05:40,006 --> 00:05:43,260 That's why the transporter's biofilters weren't able to extract it. 60 00:05:43,468 --> 00:05:45,929 Pulaski: There's no evidence of nerve damage. 61 00:05:46,137 --> 00:05:49,683 But the organisms are impeding nervous function. 62 00:05:50,684 --> 00:05:52,102 My leg's still asleep. 63 00:05:52,686 --> 00:05:54,521 Prognosis. 64 00:05:55,647 --> 00:05:59,359 The infection is spreading. It will eventually reach the brain. 65 00:05:59,568 --> 00:06:02,279 And if it interfered with neural activity there? 66 00:06:02,487 --> 00:06:05,156 Commander riker could die. 67 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:12,372 How can I help? 68 00:06:13,123 --> 00:06:15,458 I need to know more about its composition. 69 00:06:15,667 --> 00:06:18,044 - And for that, you need a sample. - Exactly. 70 00:06:18,253 --> 00:06:20,505 Commander data, Mr. La forge, 71 00:06:20,714 --> 00:06:23,758 - prepare to beam down to the planet. La forge: Aye, sir. 72 00:06:25,385 --> 00:06:27,429 I must reiterate: 73 00:06:27,971 --> 00:06:29,389 It would be better if I went alone. 74 00:06:29,598 --> 00:06:32,601 - Don't like my company? - Your company is not at issue. 75 00:06:32,809 --> 00:06:35,020 Your vulnerability to the microorganism is. 76 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:36,271 I'll watch where I step. 77 00:06:36,771 --> 00:06:38,899 Besides, how do we know this bug doesn't like androids 78 00:06:39,107 --> 00:06:40,567 more than it likes humans? 79 00:06:40,775 --> 00:06:42,944 Possible. But highly unlikely. 80 00:06:43,153 --> 00:06:45,071 In any event, why risk both of us? 81 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:47,160 Because I know exactly where commander riker was 82 00:06:47,324 --> 00:06:48,366 when it happened. 83 00:06:51,161 --> 00:06:54,497 Mr. O'brien, energize. 84 00:07:10,096 --> 00:07:12,724 He was right over here. 85 00:07:14,976 --> 00:07:18,772 Data: I am detecting no animal life forms within 50 kilometers. 86 00:07:18,980 --> 00:07:21,775 However, I am reading extensive animal remains, 87 00:07:21,983 --> 00:07:23,610 mostly fossilized. 88 00:07:23,818 --> 00:07:25,362 A graveyard. 89 00:07:25,570 --> 00:07:27,572 I do not know. 90 00:07:30,408 --> 00:07:32,160 Data, look at this. 91 00:07:38,875 --> 00:07:42,087 - The structure is rhizomatous. - Hmm. 92 00:07:43,171 --> 00:07:46,508 - Careful. - I am always careful. 93 00:07:46,925 --> 00:07:48,802 It appears to be dead. 94 00:07:49,010 --> 00:07:52,347 I'm not so sure. I'm seeing thermal variations. 95 00:07:52,555 --> 00:07:55,225 Let it go for a second, data. Let's try something. 96 00:07:55,433 --> 00:07:57,060 Maybe it likes humans more than androids. 97 00:07:57,268 --> 00:08:00,230 If you are correct, you're placing yourself in grave danger. 98 00:08:00,438 --> 00:08:05,026 Yeah, well, I'm counting on those great Android reflexes of yours. 99 00:08:06,778 --> 00:08:09,698 That must be what we're looking for. 100 00:08:09,906 --> 00:08:11,324 I would tend to agree. 101 00:08:17,163 --> 00:08:18,707 La forge: Stand by, o'brien. 102 00:08:22,752 --> 00:08:24,963 Got it. Energize. 103 00:08:31,928 --> 00:08:33,596 Thanks, o'brien. 104 00:08:33,805 --> 00:08:36,016 Another minute and we'd have been fossils ourselves. 105 00:08:36,224 --> 00:08:37,517 Not precisely, geordi. 106 00:08:37,726 --> 00:08:41,563 True fossilization requires several millennia. 107 00:08:41,813 --> 00:08:45,066 - Here's your sample, captain. - Get it to sickbay right away. 108 00:08:46,860 --> 00:08:48,069 Report. 109 00:08:48,278 --> 00:08:51,489 Captain, commander riker's injury was not accidental. 110 00:08:51,698 --> 00:08:55,160 Certain vines on the planet evidently seek out warm-blooded beings 111 00:08:55,368 --> 00:08:58,079 - and deliberately infect them. - To what end? 112 00:08:58,288 --> 00:08:59,622 Unknown, sir. 113 00:08:59,831 --> 00:09:02,834 It is conceivable there is a symbiotic relationship involved. 114 00:09:04,169 --> 00:09:05,503 Go on. 115 00:09:05,712 --> 00:09:07,672 There are numerous animal remains in the area, 116 00:09:07,881 --> 00:09:12,010 leading me to hypothesize that the vines could be predatory. 117 00:09:13,595 --> 00:09:17,140 Vines infect animals in order to kill them? 118 00:09:17,599 --> 00:09:19,392 It is possible. 119 00:09:19,601 --> 00:09:24,064 For commander riker's sake, I hope my hypothesis is in error. 120 00:09:24,314 --> 00:09:29,360 Unfortunately, commander data, your hypotheses rarely are. 121 00:09:42,791 --> 00:09:44,751 All negative. 122 00:09:48,004 --> 00:09:50,423 There's nothing that will cure this infection? 123 00:09:50,632 --> 00:09:52,967 This microorganism is very mysterious. 124 00:09:53,176 --> 00:09:56,346 I can't even figure out what's keeping it alive. 125 00:09:56,554 --> 00:09:59,265 - Or how to kill it. - Oh, I can kill it. 126 00:09:59,474 --> 00:10:03,520 But not without destroying the nerves it's inhabiting. 127 00:10:04,646 --> 00:10:06,773 I know you're doing your best, doctor. 128 00:10:06,981 --> 00:10:10,193 My best may not be good enough. 129 00:10:29,129 --> 00:10:31,005 - Comfortable? - Mm. 130 00:10:31,172 --> 00:10:34,012 Now, why wouldn't I be comfortable? They're waiting on me hand and foot. 131 00:10:34,217 --> 00:10:37,887 I just hope they don't find out that I'm faking it. 132 00:10:38,471 --> 00:10:40,807 I wish you were taking it. 133 00:10:41,266 --> 00:10:43,810 - I've seen the Thorn, number one. - Yes. 134 00:10:44,018 --> 00:10:46,938 The doctor showed it to me too. Rather harmless looking, isn't it? 135 00:10:48,148 --> 00:10:49,858 And deadly. 136 00:10:51,109 --> 00:10:52,235 I'm sorry. 137 00:10:52,819 --> 00:10:55,280 Well, these things happen. 138 00:10:56,447 --> 00:10:58,116 When least expected. 139 00:10:58,825 --> 00:11:00,785 I'm surprised they don't happen more often. 140 00:11:00,994 --> 00:11:05,415 After all, we are exploring the unknown. 141 00:11:08,293 --> 00:11:12,380 And the unknown can be benign 142 00:11:13,423 --> 00:11:14,799 or malevolent. 143 00:11:15,008 --> 00:11:17,385 Captain, one of the things I've learned on these voyages 144 00:11:17,594 --> 00:11:20,054 and on this ship and from you 145 00:11:20,430 --> 00:11:24,392 is that most life forms act out of an instinct for survival, 146 00:11:24,601 --> 00:11:25,894 not out of malice. 147 00:11:26,102 --> 00:11:28,229 That's an important lesson. 148 00:11:28,980 --> 00:11:32,442 And I admire your lack of resentment, number one. 149 00:11:34,027 --> 00:11:36,279 If you drop a hammer on your foot, 150 00:11:36,487 --> 00:11:39,616 it's hardly useful to get mad at the hammer. 151 00:11:52,670 --> 00:11:54,672 - Anything? - Not yet. 152 00:11:54,881 --> 00:11:56,674 What can I do? 153 00:11:57,175 --> 00:11:59,344 You can get out of my hair. 154 00:11:59,552 --> 00:12:01,471 Aye, aye, doctor. 155 00:12:02,347 --> 00:12:03,681 [Door opens] 156 00:12:04,265 --> 00:12:05,433 [Door closes] 157 00:12:09,646 --> 00:12:11,648 [Whirring] 158 00:12:19,405 --> 00:12:21,741 This bug is persistent, I'll admit that. 159 00:12:21,950 --> 00:12:25,078 But I'm not worried. We rikers are ornery too. 160 00:12:25,286 --> 00:12:27,038 As a matter of fact, my great-grandfather 161 00:12:27,247 --> 00:12:28,456 once got bit by a rattlesnake. 162 00:12:28,665 --> 00:12:33,336 After three days of intense pain, the snake died. 163 00:12:33,878 --> 00:12:34,879 [Chuckles] 164 00:12:42,053 --> 00:12:44,555 You're a very entertaining patient. 165 00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:46,516 I try. 166 00:12:46,724 --> 00:12:49,018 Yes, you're making quite an effort to be cheerful. 167 00:12:50,186 --> 00:12:52,188 You of all people should know. 168 00:12:53,231 --> 00:12:56,651 You feel what anyone in your position would feel. 169 00:12:57,068 --> 00:12:59,570 As the first officer on this ship, 170 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:01,698 I have to set an example. 171 00:13:02,573 --> 00:13:03,700 Even now? 172 00:13:05,034 --> 00:13:06,995 Now more than ever. 173 00:13:08,496 --> 00:13:13,459 Deanna, facing death is the ultimate test of character. 174 00:13:14,669 --> 00:13:19,299 I don't wanna die but if I have to, I'd like to do it with a little pride. 175 00:13:20,925 --> 00:13:23,011 And a lot of impudence. 176 00:13:26,014 --> 00:13:27,515 Dying's bad enough 177 00:13:27,724 --> 00:13:31,060 but to lose my sense of humor? Forget it. 178 00:13:36,190 --> 00:13:37,900 [Speaks in betazoid] 179 00:13:39,235 --> 00:13:41,404 I haven't given up yet. 180 00:13:48,077 --> 00:13:50,496 [Sensors beeping] 181 00:13:57,420 --> 00:13:59,797 It's spread to the spinal column. 182 00:14:00,173 --> 00:14:03,217 It's weakening his autonomic nervous system. 183 00:14:05,053 --> 00:14:09,682 Judging by its present rate of growth and its infiltration pattern, 184 00:14:09,891 --> 00:14:13,978 the infection will spread to the brain within an hour. 185 00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:24,989 Pu laski: Medical log, stardate 429763. 186 00:14:25,198 --> 00:14:26,783 I can't keep the alien infection 187 00:14:26,991 --> 00:14:29,369 from spreading to commander riker's brain. 188 00:14:29,577 --> 00:14:33,706 Once there, it will kill him by dampening neural impulses. 189 00:14:33,915 --> 00:14:37,919 The only way I can keep him alive is to force the neurons to stay active 190 00:14:38,127 --> 00:14:42,507 by stimulating them directly with electrical impulses. 191 00:14:49,222 --> 00:14:51,224 Let's proceed. 192 00:15:39,063 --> 00:15:44,193 Stand by with 5 milligrams of tricordrazine, in case of seizure. 193 00:15:45,153 --> 00:15:46,946 Here goes. 194 00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:54,495 [Whirring] 195 00:16:19,687 --> 00:16:21,689 [Thunder crashing] 196 00:16:42,210 --> 00:16:44,754 Tasha? Data? 197 00:17:05,024 --> 00:17:07,151 Anybody? 198 00:17:10,404 --> 00:17:12,365 Pulaski: We have stimulated random wave activity, 199 00:17:12,573 --> 00:17:14,742 but the patterns are dangerously erratic. 200 00:17:17,787 --> 00:17:19,705 Hang on, will. 201 00:17:20,206 --> 00:17:22,208 Hang on. 202 00:17:33,261 --> 00:17:35,555 The wave patterns are still too irregular. 203 00:17:35,763 --> 00:17:38,474 Why won't they stabilize? 204 00:17:40,309 --> 00:17:41,519 Wait. 205 00:17:41,727 --> 00:17:43,229 I've found the right amplitude. 206 00:17:47,441 --> 00:17:49,485 The patterns are steadier. 207 00:17:49,860 --> 00:17:52,572 Is the stimulation preventing the infection from taking hold? 208 00:17:52,780 --> 00:17:54,490 For now. 209 00:17:55,533 --> 00:18:00,329 The vertex waves indicate a k-complex corresponding to an rem state. 210 00:18:01,581 --> 00:18:03,457 [Moaning] 211 00:18:05,126 --> 00:18:07,253 He's dreaming. 212 00:19:24,622 --> 00:19:27,625 [Data whistling "pop! Goes the weasel"] 213 00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:38,594 [Whistling off-key] 214 00:19:38,803 --> 00:19:41,055 [Whistling] 215 00:19:43,140 --> 00:19:44,558 Marvelous. 216 00:19:44,767 --> 00:19:47,395 How easily humans do that. 217 00:19:47,603 --> 00:19:49,772 I still need much practice. 218 00:19:49,980 --> 00:19:52,483 There's some puzzles down on the... 219 00:19:54,360 --> 00:19:57,071 Down on the planet that the captain wants answered. 220 00:19:57,279 --> 00:19:59,699 He suggests that I take you on the away team I'll be leading. 221 00:19:59,907 --> 00:20:02,368 I shall endeavor to function adequately, sir. 222 00:20:10,292 --> 00:20:12,795 When the captain suggested you, I looked up your record. 223 00:20:13,003 --> 00:20:15,256 Yes, sir. A wise procedure, sir, always. 224 00:20:15,464 --> 00:20:17,550 Then your rank of lieutenant commander is honorary? 225 00:20:17,758 --> 00:20:22,346 No, sir. Starfleet class of '78, honors in probability mechanics and exobiology. 226 00:20:22,555 --> 00:20:25,015 - But your file says that you're a... - Machine. Correct, sir. 227 00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:27,101 Does that trouble you? 228 00:20:27,309 --> 00:20:29,770 - To be honest, yes, a little. - Understood, sir. 229 00:20:29,979 --> 00:20:32,481 Prejudice is very human. 230 00:20:32,857 --> 00:20:35,943 Now, that does trouble me. Do you consider yourself superior to us? 231 00:20:36,152 --> 00:20:38,779 I am superior, sir, in many ways. 232 00:20:38,988 --> 00:20:42,074 But I would gladly give it up to be human. 233 00:20:42,408 --> 00:20:44,243 Nice to meet you. 234 00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:45,786 Pinocchio. 235 00:20:47,663 --> 00:20:48,789 A joke. 236 00:20:51,625 --> 00:20:53,335 Intriguing. 237 00:20:54,044 --> 00:20:56,505 You're gonna be an interesting companion, Mr. Data. 238 00:21:03,220 --> 00:21:07,683 What should I say? How do I act? What do I do? 239 00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:12,104 Guinan, I need your help. Could you step over here a minute? 240 00:21:13,439 --> 00:21:15,941 Sounds simple enough. 241 00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:24,533 Now, the first words out of your mouth are the most important. 242 00:21:24,742 --> 00:21:27,536 You may wanna start with something like this here. 243 00:21:29,705 --> 00:21:32,958 You are the most beautiful woman in the galaxy. 244 00:21:37,046 --> 00:21:38,964 But that might not work. 245 00:21:39,173 --> 00:21:41,967 Yes. Yes, it would. 246 00:21:45,179 --> 00:21:47,059 You don't know how long I've wanted to tell you. 247 00:21:47,223 --> 00:21:48,557 - But you were afraid. - Yes. 248 00:21:48,766 --> 00:21:51,143 - Of me? - Of us. Of what we might become. 249 00:21:51,644 --> 00:21:52,645 Commander? 250 00:21:52,812 --> 00:21:54,563 Riker: Or you might think that was a line. 251 00:21:54,772 --> 00:21:56,440 Maybe I do think it's a line. 252 00:21:56,649 --> 00:21:59,235 - Then you think I'm not sincere? - I didn't say that. 253 00:21:59,443 --> 00:22:02,863 There's nothing wrong with a line. It's like a knock at the door. 254 00:22:03,072 --> 00:22:05,752 Riker: Then you're inviting me in? Guinan: I'm not sending you away. 255 00:22:05,908 --> 00:22:08,869 - Riker: That's more than I expected. - Is it as much as you hoped? 256 00:22:09,078 --> 00:22:12,581 To hope is to recognize the possibility. I had only dreams. 257 00:22:12,790 --> 00:22:15,292 - Dreams can be dangerous. - Not these dreams. 258 00:22:15,501 --> 00:22:18,462 I dream of a galaxy where your eyes are the stars 259 00:22:18,671 --> 00:22:20,548 and the universe worships the night. 260 00:22:22,049 --> 00:22:23,384 Careful. 261 00:22:23,592 --> 00:22:27,263 Putting me on a pedestal so high, you may not be able to reach me. 262 00:22:27,471 --> 00:22:29,557 Then I'll learn how to fly. 263 00:22:29,765 --> 00:22:33,686 You are the heart in my day and the soul in my night. 264 00:22:33,894 --> 00:22:35,729 I don't think this is my style. 265 00:22:36,272 --> 00:22:38,107 Shut up, kid. 266 00:22:38,691 --> 00:22:42,278 Tell me more about my eyes. 267 00:22:42,486 --> 00:22:44,530 I didn't want to leave without saying goodbye. 268 00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:47,408 I don't like goodbyes. 269 00:22:47,616 --> 00:22:49,618 How about, "until next time"? 270 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,121 How about, "until next time"? 271 00:22:53,539 --> 00:22:57,293 It's been a pleasure working with you, commander. 272 00:22:57,710 --> 00:23:00,462 The feeling is mutual, counselor. 273 00:23:00,671 --> 00:23:03,841 I'm supposed to know how everyone feels 274 00:23:04,174 --> 00:23:06,635 but I can't read you right now. 275 00:23:06,844 --> 00:23:09,513 Perhaps your own feelings are getting in the way. 276 00:23:10,014 --> 00:23:13,017 My job is to help others sort out their emotions. 277 00:23:13,475 --> 00:23:15,936 My own feelings are beside the point. 278 00:23:17,146 --> 00:23:18,939 Not to me. 279 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,109 Our feelings are what make us all human. 280 00:23:24,778 --> 00:23:27,031 Are you feeling sad? 281 00:23:33,162 --> 00:23:35,039 Yes, I am. 282 00:23:35,789 --> 00:23:37,625 So am I. 283 00:23:44,048 --> 00:23:45,925 Troi: He's relaxed. 284 00:23:47,593 --> 00:23:52,473 Experiencing feelings of warmth and friendship. 285 00:23:52,681 --> 00:23:58,395 He's reliving memories. It's a natural side effect of neural stimulation. 286 00:24:03,025 --> 00:24:04,944 The organisms' metabolism has changed. 287 00:24:05,152 --> 00:24:07,821 I wonder if the stimulation is affecting them somehow. 288 00:24:08,030 --> 00:24:11,742 I'm going to refocus the impulse pattern on the interpretative cortex. 289 00:24:11,951 --> 00:24:14,328 - To intensify his memories? - Exactly. 290 00:24:14,536 --> 00:24:17,998 And we'll see if that has any effect on the microbes. 291 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:30,678 [Moaning and laughing] 292 00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:50,823 Everyone. 293 00:24:51,031 --> 00:24:52,866 We've brought the visitors. 294 00:24:53,075 --> 00:24:56,620 Please, enjoy what we have. 295 00:25:17,474 --> 00:25:19,101 Gentlemen, 296 00:25:19,852 --> 00:25:21,854 if this is what you call "enhancement," 297 00:25:23,272 --> 00:25:25,774 you've got a gift for understatement. 298 00:25:34,283 --> 00:25:39,496 What's a knockout like you doing in a computer-generated gin joint like this? 299 00:25:40,289 --> 00:25:43,959 - Waiting for you. - Waiting for me? 300 00:25:44,501 --> 00:25:47,087 - You can't be serious. - Oh, yes, will. 301 00:25:48,756 --> 00:25:51,759 I've never been more serious in my life. 302 00:25:54,303 --> 00:25:56,388 Pulaski: Is something wrong? 303 00:25:56,805 --> 00:26:01,393 No. It's just that commander riker's emotions are 304 00:26:01,602 --> 00:26:03,645 rather passionate. 305 00:26:03,854 --> 00:26:05,230 As in, erotic? 306 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,317 Very much so. 307 00:26:13,113 --> 00:26:17,076 A dream? Is that what this is? 308 00:26:17,618 --> 00:26:19,578 Is that what I am? 309 00:26:20,329 --> 00:26:24,083 I know you're a computer-generated image. 310 00:26:26,001 --> 00:26:31,215 But your smell, your touch, the way you feel, 311 00:26:31,965 --> 00:26:35,844 even the things you say and think seem so real. 312 00:26:36,595 --> 00:26:38,514 Minuet: Thank you. 313 00:26:40,808 --> 00:26:43,727 Riker: How far can this relationship go? 314 00:26:46,063 --> 00:26:48,190 I mean, how real are you? 315 00:26:48,857 --> 00:26:51,610 As real as you need me to be. 316 00:27:04,873 --> 00:27:06,708 You resist. 317 00:27:06,917 --> 00:27:09,211 Don't you find me attractive? 318 00:27:11,338 --> 00:27:14,299 Yes, I find you very attractive. 319 00:27:15,175 --> 00:27:17,678 You attract me like no man ever has. 320 00:27:17,886 --> 00:27:22,391 It's not my function to seduce or be seduced 321 00:27:22,599 --> 00:27:24,726 by the leader of another world. 322 00:27:25,769 --> 00:27:27,771 - It's not the reason. - No, it's not. 323 00:27:28,313 --> 00:27:30,440 But will you still respect me in the morning? 324 00:27:30,607 --> 00:27:32,609 Mmm, I hope so. 325 00:27:33,318 --> 00:27:36,822 - William, is something wrong? - Riker: What do you mean? 326 00:27:37,865 --> 00:27:40,492 Do you not like girls? 327 00:27:44,705 --> 00:27:46,498 Of course I do. 328 00:27:47,583 --> 00:27:52,379 Oh, is there a special technique to this foot washing? 329 00:27:53,046 --> 00:27:58,093 You generally start at the top and work your way down. 330 00:28:11,106 --> 00:28:14,443 Hm. I was hoping you might. 331 00:28:26,830 --> 00:28:30,792 The organisms responded all right. Their growth rate has doubled. 332 00:28:31,543 --> 00:28:34,755 Then all we've done is made things worse. 333 00:28:45,515 --> 00:28:46,995 Now we know the organisms' growth rate 334 00:28:47,184 --> 00:28:49,436 is related to the memories he's experiencing. 335 00:28:49,645 --> 00:28:51,313 Or the emotions that they produce. 336 00:28:51,521 --> 00:28:55,234 Well, different mental processes generate different chemicals. 337 00:28:55,442 --> 00:29:00,113 Perhaps the organisms are sensitive to brain endorphins. 338 00:29:00,822 --> 00:29:03,784 Then if some types of endorphins attract them... 339 00:29:03,992 --> 00:29:06,203 Others will repel them. 340 00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:12,584 I'm going to change the differential current pattern and see what happens. 341 00:29:22,552 --> 00:29:24,596 We are not going without our shuttle crew. 342 00:29:24,805 --> 00:29:26,890 Armus: I warn you... Tasha: Enough. 343 00:29:27,099 --> 00:29:29,017 We have people who need attention. 344 00:29:29,226 --> 00:29:31,770 We won't hurt you but we must help them. 345 00:29:34,273 --> 00:29:35,857 [Armus chuckles] 346 00:29:37,109 --> 00:29:39,820 [Growling] 347 00:29:44,491 --> 00:29:45,909 Picard [over radio]: Number one. 348 00:29:46,118 --> 00:29:48,245 The creature attacked us. Lieutenant yar is down. 349 00:29:48,453 --> 00:29:50,122 It seems to feed on our phaser energy. 350 00:29:50,330 --> 00:29:51,540 We had no effect on it. 351 00:29:54,710 --> 00:29:56,712 [Sensor beeping] 352 00:30:03,885 --> 00:30:05,971 What's lieutenant yar's condition? 353 00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:08,181 [Beeping rapidly] 354 00:30:09,182 --> 00:30:10,517 Dr. Crusher, report. 355 00:30:11,435 --> 00:30:12,728 She's dead. 356 00:30:12,894 --> 00:30:13,895 [Sensor flatlines] 357 00:30:16,356 --> 00:30:18,734 I'm losing life signs. 358 00:30:19,192 --> 00:30:21,987 You must save him. 359 00:30:43,675 --> 00:30:45,302 I'm sorry. 360 00:31:06,365 --> 00:31:08,617 Pulaski: Growth rate has definitely slowed. 361 00:31:08,825 --> 00:31:10,786 What is he feeling? Can you tell? 362 00:31:10,994 --> 00:31:12,537 Sadness. 363 00:31:12,746 --> 00:31:15,248 Just the opposite of before. 364 00:31:15,832 --> 00:31:18,293 And it's having the opposite effect on the infection. 365 00:31:18,502 --> 00:31:20,128 Then your theory's correct. 366 00:31:20,337 --> 00:31:24,633 The organisms are sensitive to different types of endorphins. 367 00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:28,678 - And negative emotions - such as sadness. 368 00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:31,848 Produce endorphins that inhibit the organisms' growth. 369 00:31:32,057 --> 00:31:34,559 Then we found a way to repel the infection. 370 00:31:34,768 --> 00:31:36,645 Assuming we're not too late already. 371 00:31:37,479 --> 00:31:40,524 - How much time do we have? - I'm not sure. 372 00:31:40,732 --> 00:31:42,359 His vital signs are getting weaker. 373 00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:46,446 I don't want to risk another dose oftricordrazine unless I have to. 374 00:31:48,156 --> 00:31:50,742 I must refocus the pattern again. 375 00:31:51,368 --> 00:31:57,165 We need to isolate memories that generate stronger negative emotions. 376 00:32:08,427 --> 00:32:11,680 I know I can count on every klingon warrior in this crew 377 00:32:11,888 --> 00:32:14,266 to serve and die in that battle. 378 00:32:14,474 --> 00:32:19,396 So I ask you again, commander riker, where are your loyalties? 379 00:32:22,023 --> 00:32:26,319 I've been assigned to serve this ship and to obey your orders. 380 00:32:26,528 --> 00:32:28,613 And I will do exactly that. 381 00:32:28,822 --> 00:32:31,158 Will you take an oath to that effect? 382 00:32:31,366 --> 00:32:32,868 I just did. 383 00:32:34,161 --> 00:32:36,455 [In klingon] 384 00:32:39,207 --> 00:32:40,876 [In klingon] 385 00:32:44,045 --> 00:32:48,133 [In English] This is your second officer, lieutenant klag. 386 00:32:50,886 --> 00:32:53,263 Is there something you wanted to say to me, lieutenant? 387 00:32:57,309 --> 00:32:59,060 [In English] Yes, sir. 388 00:33:01,229 --> 00:33:04,232 I do not believe you. 389 00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:07,360 Then I take it you challenge my authority over you. 390 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,322 Correct. 391 00:33:12,032 --> 00:33:14,659 And your position on this, captain? 392 00:33:14,868 --> 00:33:20,207 I would say it is your first command decision. 393 00:33:24,461 --> 00:33:26,213 [Growls] 394 00:33:29,466 --> 00:33:30,675 [Both grunting] 395 00:33:45,524 --> 00:33:47,817 Ready for your tour, admiral? 396 00:33:48,151 --> 00:33:49,945 Quite ready, commander. 397 00:33:50,153 --> 00:33:51,446 What's in the case? 398 00:33:51,655 --> 00:33:54,282 Actually, I brought it for Dr. Crusher. 399 00:33:54,950 --> 00:33:57,244 But perhaps you would like to see it first. 400 00:33:57,452 --> 00:33:59,538 - What is it? - A form of life. 401 00:33:59,746 --> 00:34:04,501 It was discovered accidentally by a survey team on an uncharted planet. 402 00:34:04,709 --> 00:34:06,253 Why haven't we heard about that? 403 00:34:06,461 --> 00:34:08,213 Oh, you'll be hearing about it shortly. 404 00:34:08,421 --> 00:34:10,661 But first there remains much scientific study to be done. 405 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:14,344 After all, it is a superior form of life. 406 00:34:14,553 --> 00:34:16,429 - Superior? - Totally. 407 00:34:16,805 --> 00:34:18,598 Come, have a look. 408 00:34:18,807 --> 00:34:20,517 I think I'll summon my science officer. 409 00:34:20,725 --> 00:34:23,436 It won't like your science officer. 410 00:34:23,645 --> 00:34:25,689 It does like you. 411 00:34:26,398 --> 00:34:30,277 Vitamins. They do wonders for the body. 412 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:33,989 [Grunting] 413 00:34:51,214 --> 00:34:53,967 Riker to security. Guest quarters 17, emergency. 414 00:34:54,134 --> 00:34:55,135 [Chuckles] 415 00:35:15,822 --> 00:35:18,450 We've reduced the growth rate even further but not enough. 416 00:35:18,658 --> 00:35:20,619 And his vital signs are deteriorating. 417 00:35:20,827 --> 00:35:25,040 But we've isolated the specific areas to stimulate. 418 00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:31,713 The feelings were primal. 419 00:35:32,005 --> 00:35:33,798 Survival emotions. 420 00:35:35,008 --> 00:35:36,801 They must be producing a type of endorphin 421 00:35:37,010 --> 00:35:38,553 that's poisonous to the organisms. 422 00:35:38,762 --> 00:35:41,348 Well, can't you intensify that emotion? 423 00:35:43,558 --> 00:35:47,479 I can refocus the impulse pattern even tighter. 424 00:35:47,687 --> 00:35:51,441 But I don't know if he can withstand it. He's extremely weak. 425 00:35:51,650 --> 00:35:53,902 Do we have a choice? 426 00:35:57,405 --> 00:36:00,408 If we don't neutralize the infection, 427 00:36:00,617 --> 00:36:04,204 within half an hour he'll be dead. 428 00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:22,889 P u las ki: Medical log, supplemental. 429 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:26,476 Commander riker's condition is still critical. 430 00:36:26,685 --> 00:36:29,938 I've discovered a way to reverse the infection's growth rate 431 00:36:30,146 --> 00:36:32,315 but I may be too late. 432 00:36:32,524 --> 00:36:35,068 He's getting weaker, isn't he? 433 00:36:35,860 --> 00:36:38,196 Respiration shallow, heartbeat extremely irregular, 434 00:36:38,405 --> 00:36:40,907 but we can't delay any longer. 435 00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:54,411 You will take us to our planet 436 00:36:54,587 --> 00:36:57,215 and leave us there with our medicine or this person dies. 437 00:36:58,383 --> 00:37:00,176 Don't you see I have no choice? 438 00:37:00,844 --> 00:37:03,304 We were sent to bring felicium back. 439 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:05,598 The suffering on my planet is too great. 440 00:37:05,807 --> 00:37:07,392 People are dying. 441 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:11,229 It doesn't matter whether we're entitled to it or not. We must have it. 442 00:37:11,438 --> 00:37:14,941 - Let him go. - You will take us there now 443 00:37:15,150 --> 00:37:19,112 or give us a shuttle, but we must have the medicine. 444 00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:23,825 If you refuse, this person will die. 445 00:37:24,451 --> 00:37:25,910 I will not be coerced. 446 00:37:26,494 --> 00:37:28,413 I will do it. 447 00:37:33,918 --> 00:37:34,961 Who are you? 448 00:37:49,809 --> 00:37:51,311 [Groans] 449 00:37:54,647 --> 00:37:56,691 Data, something's got me! 450 00:37:56,900 --> 00:37:58,610 Armus: Touch him and he dies. 451 00:37:58,818 --> 00:38:00,487 No! No, don't! 452 00:38:11,581 --> 00:38:12,749 Enterprise. 453 00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:16,252 Armus has enveloped commander riker. 454 00:38:16,461 --> 00:38:17,712 I'm beaming you up. 455 00:38:17,921 --> 00:38:21,549 Armus: If any of you leave now, he dies. 456 00:38:21,758 --> 00:38:25,136 And so do the survivors of the crash. 457 00:38:45,490 --> 00:38:48,743 The growth rate's down to 7 percent. 458 00:38:49,118 --> 00:38:52,121 The organisms are still impairing his neural functions. 459 00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:55,917 Respiration's erratic, pulse grossly irregular, blood pressure almost nil. 460 00:38:56,125 --> 00:38:57,961 Tricordrazine. 461 00:39:01,172 --> 00:39:03,758 Can we tighten the pattern further? 462 00:39:13,059 --> 00:39:16,396 Computer: Recognize picard, Jean-Luc, captain. 463 00:39:16,604 --> 00:39:20,400 Recognize riker, William t., commander. 464 00:39:21,609 --> 00:39:23,778 Set auto-destruct sequence. 465 00:39:23,987 --> 00:39:25,905 Does the first officer concur? 466 00:39:27,073 --> 00:39:30,702 Yes. Set auto-destruct sequence now. 467 00:39:30,910 --> 00:39:35,707 Auto-destruct will detonate in four minutes and 59 seconds. 468 00:39:39,961 --> 00:39:41,254 I am korris. 469 00:39:41,462 --> 00:39:44,424 We'll handle the formalities later. Right now we have to get off this ship. 470 00:39:44,632 --> 00:39:47,844 - Are there any other survivors? - No. 471 00:39:50,471 --> 00:39:53,766 I believe I have found a quicker way out of here, sir. 472 00:39:58,813 --> 00:40:00,398 He is alive, sir, but just barely. 473 00:40:00,607 --> 00:40:02,487 Then pick up the body and let's get out of here. 474 00:40:05,945 --> 00:40:09,115 - I will carry him. - As you wish. 475 00:40:09,324 --> 00:40:11,409 Come on, let's go! 476 00:40:12,535 --> 00:40:15,496 Tasha, go to transporter room 3. 477 00:40:15,705 --> 00:40:17,665 I want you there when the away team returns. 478 00:40:17,874 --> 00:40:19,459 Aye, sir. 479 00:40:28,968 --> 00:40:32,680 La forge: Commander, we are out of time. This ship is blowing! 480 00:40:33,556 --> 00:40:36,142 Riker: Transporter room, have you got a lock on us? 481 00:40:36,351 --> 00:40:37,644 Too much interference. 482 00:40:37,852 --> 00:40:40,133 You have to get farther away from the engineering section. 483 00:40:40,313 --> 00:40:43,816 Sir, the engineering section is critical. Destruction of the batris is imminent. 484 00:40:44,025 --> 00:40:45,818 They're out of options. Do it. 485 00:41:02,085 --> 00:41:03,169 [Explosions] 486 00:41:21,354 --> 00:41:23,523 The growth rate's almost down to zero. 487 00:41:23,731 --> 00:41:26,109 That's not good enough. 488 00:41:39,998 --> 00:41:43,418 We seek peaceful coexistence. 489 00:41:47,755 --> 00:41:49,090 Set auto-destruct. 490 00:41:49,257 --> 00:41:50,842 [Alarm wailing] 491 00:41:51,676 --> 00:41:53,428 Data, something's got me! 492 00:41:54,554 --> 00:41:56,556 Auto-destruct. 493 00:42:09,694 --> 00:42:12,321 Ri ker: Data, something's got me! 494 00:42:56,324 --> 00:42:58,868 - Sickbay to bridge. - Picard: Yes, doctor? 495 00:42:59,077 --> 00:43:01,496 We've eradicated the infection. 496 00:43:01,704 --> 00:43:03,498 I'm on my way. 497 00:43:23,643 --> 00:43:25,019 You're still here? 498 00:43:25,770 --> 00:43:28,564 I could ask you the same question. 499 00:43:29,273 --> 00:43:30,733 How do you feel? 500 00:43:30,900 --> 00:43:32,068 [Sighs] 501 00:43:34,403 --> 00:43:36,531 You wouldn't believe the dreams I was having. 502 00:43:37,740 --> 00:43:39,367 Oh, yes, we would. 503 00:43:39,575 --> 00:43:43,412 You will be pleased to hear that we've terminated the infection. 504 00:43:44,664 --> 00:43:46,082 Great work, doctor. 505 00:43:46,290 --> 00:43:49,585 Now, if I can get out of here, I'd like to get back to... 506 00:43:49,794 --> 00:43:50,962 Pulaski: Lie still. 507 00:43:51,170 --> 00:43:53,714 I still have a few dozen tests to run. 508 00:43:53,923 --> 00:43:55,299 Riker: Why? I feel fine. 509 00:43:55,508 --> 00:43:58,052 There may be some residual memory loss. 510 00:43:58,261 --> 00:44:02,306 I just wanna be certain that you still know who you are. 511 00:44:04,809 --> 00:44:06,894 Of course I know who I am. 512 00:44:07,103 --> 00:44:10,481 I'm captain Jean-Luc picard of the USS enterprise. 513 00:44:12,108 --> 00:44:14,986 I'm delighted that you're feeling better, captain. 514 00:44:15,194 --> 00:44:18,072 The admiral and I were worried about you. 515 00:44:18,573 --> 00:44:21,200 Captain, I do not believe you have the authority 516 00:44:21,409 --> 00:44:23,286 to promote me to the rank of admiral.