1. Last time on
"Star Trek: The Next Generation".Copy !req
2. They found Data's head
a mile beneath San Francisco.Copy !req
3. Been down there about five centuries.Copy !req
4. At some future date, I will be
taken back to 19th-century Earth,Copy !req
5. where I will die.Copy !req
6. It has occurred. It will occur.Copy !req
7. Do I know you, Mr...Copy !req
8. Data.Copy !req
9. Yes. We were on a ship together.Copy !req
10. - The Enterprise.
- Is that a clipper ship?Copy !req
11. - It is a starship.
- Starship?Copy !req
12. My God. They're delivering more
of them for the others to ingest.Copy !req
13. Did my father send you?Copy !req
14. If he did, go back and tell him...Copy !req
15. I was not sent by him.Copy !req
16. We encountered a species who
is threatening 19th-century Earth.Copy !req
17. I can't accept that he's dead
and just leave it.Copy !req
18. - We cannot make Data a priority.
- What is more important than Data?Copy !req
19. - Remember the first time we met?
- Of course.Copy !req
20. Don't be so sure.Copy !req
21. If you don't go on this mission,
we'll never meet.Copy !req
22. And now, the conclusion.Copy !req
23. I've long been interested in
the notion of time travellers.Copy !req
24. In fact, I wrote a book about it.
It tells the tale of a man of our eraCopy !req
25. who fouls the 6th century
by introducing newfangled gadgetsCopy !req
26. and weapons,
all in the name of progress.Copy !req
27. This idea of time travel...Copy !req
28. Not so far-fetched as it might seem.Copy !req
29. In fact,
I have just learned that even nowCopy !req
30. there are people from the future
right here in San Francisco,Copy !req
31. and I have no doubt that
their intent is to foul our worldCopy !req
32. just like my Yankee did
in King Arthur's time.Copy !req
33. Well, let me serve notice,Copy !req
34. as soon as I have the necessary
evidence, I intend to expose themCopy !req
35. and make it absolutely clear
that they are not welcome here.Copy !req
36. Yes, sir. Will this be a sequel
to Connecticut Yankee, Mr. Twain?Copy !req
37. Name is Clemens, boy.
Sam Clemens. That's with an E.Copy !req
38. With an E. Got it.Copy !req
39. Excuse me.Copy !req
40. Space, the final frontier.Copy !req
41. These are the voyages
of the Starship Enterprise.Copy !req
42. Its continuing mission,
to explore strange new worlds...Copy !req
43. to seek out new life
and new civilizations...Copy !req
44. to boldly go
where no one has gone before.Copy !req
45. The coroner said this is where
they kept the cholera victims.Copy !req
46. It doesn't make sense that
so many people are dying of cholera.Copy !req
47. It just isn't that virulent.Copy !req
48. Will.Copy !req
49. This is strange.Copy !req
50. What is it?Copy !req
51. The cerebellum, the cerebral cortex,
the brain stem,Copy !req
52. the entire nervous system has been
depleted of electrochemical energy.Copy !req
53. Here's another one.
Same neural depletion.Copy !req
54. These people did not die of cholera.Copy !req
55. Their neural energy
was drained somehow.Copy !req
56. Drained?Copy !req
57. And taken to Devidia II
for those aliens to ingest?Copy !req
58. If you were a time traveller with
a taste for human neural energy,Copy !req
59. where would you get your supply?Copy !req
60. I would travel back to a time when
there were plagues and epidemics,Copy !req
61. so I could murder
and use the disease as a cover.Copy !req
62. Over half the victims came from
the Sisters of Hope Infirmary.Copy !req
63. The hospital near the waterfront.Copy !req
64. If the aliens killed people there,
someone may have noticed something.Copy !req
65. They must have taken on human form.
But how do we know who to look for?Copy !req
66. The tricorder indicated triolic
activity from most of the bodies.Copy !req
67. If the aliens left that signature,
they'll be detectable.Copy !req
68. We might even be able to rig
some kind of alien-alarm system.Copy !req
69. - Any luck contacting Data?
- None.Copy !req
70. The tricorder's broadcasting
on all frequencies he might pick up,Copy !req
71. but the range is limited.
Almost anything could interfere.Copy !req
72. She's back.Copy !req
73. Mr. Picard?Copy !req
74. Yes, Mrs. Carmichael?Copy !req
75. Mr. Picard! I'll be reminding you
that it's one o'clock.Copy !req
76. - Yes.
- One o'clock on a Thursday.Copy !req
77. I'm sure I made it clear to you
that the rent is always due,Copy !req
78. payable in full,
by one o'clock on Wednesdays.Copy !req
79. Yes.Copy !req
80. The rent.Copy !req
81. Mrs. Carmichael, even now my...Copy !req
82. my troupe are in rehearsals
for a new production.Copy !req
83. I haven't heard of a new production.
What play is it?Copy !req
84. The play?Copy !req
85. A Midsummer Night's Dream. We have
performed in London, Paris, Milan...Copy !req
86. Milan! To sold-out houses.Copy !req
87. I can assure you, you will have
the rent, in full, with a bonus.Copy !req
88. No, no.Copy !req
89. I've heard you
silver-tongued devils before.Copy !req
90. I'll have my rent in full
tomorrow by one o'clock,Copy !req
91. or you'll be performing
on the street!Copy !req
92. I wouldn't do this for just anyone.Copy !req
93. I hope you won't spread it around
I let you in. People start talking.Copy !req
94. Of course not, Jack. I assure you,
Mr. Data would be upset if you didn't.Copy !req
95. If I can't find that letter of intent
that he left me,Copy !req
96. our major investor is going to pull
out and take his business elsewhere.Copy !req
97. - It has to do with Mr. Data's engine?
- Engine?Copy !req
98. Yes.Copy !req
99. Yes.Copy !req
100. Yes, this is exactly
what it's all about.Copy !req
101. Mr. Clemens, I'm gonna do you
another favour today.Copy !req
102. You're always looking for
good stories, right?Copy !req
103. I've got a real humdinger for you.
The story of my life.Copy !req
104. You may think I'm young,Copy !req
105. but I've covered a lot of ground and
it'd make pretty fascinating reading.Copy !req
106. - So, what do you think?
- About what?Copy !req
107. About writing my life story.Copy !req
108. You and me.
Literary partners, of course.Copy !req
109. Young man, I have a maxim
that I have always lived by.Copy !req
110. No one is more qualified
to write your story than you are.Copy !req
111. Me? Be a writer?
Do you think I could do that?Copy !req
112. As long as it's about what you know.
You got any passions? Any dreams?Copy !req
113. Well, I'd like to do some travelling,
maybe go to sea.Copy !req
114. And I've had the strangest notion
to go see Alaska.Copy !req
115. That's a great idea! Exactly
what I would do if I were your age.Copy !req
116. Alaska, the Klondike,
the aurora borealis. That's it!Copy !req
117. Follow your dreams
and write about 'em.Copy !req
118. Thank you, Mr. Clemens.
That is exactly what I'll do.Copy !req
119. - You do that.
- You'll see my name in print.Copy !req
120. - I'm sure I will.
- Don't forget. The name's London.Copy !req
121. - Jack London.
- Goodbye now.Copy !req
122. Bye-bye.Copy !req
123. I found the head surveyor,
I found the cavern.Copy !req
124. You will not be able to get to it.Copy !req
125. The entrance is on a mine shaft,
in the Presidio, on an army base.Copy !req
126. - Perhaps you could get us in.
- How?Copy !req
127. With permission
to dig for the mine shaft.Copy !req
128. I've done all you've asked...Copy !req
129. I have full confidence
in your persuasive abilities.Copy !req
130. Well, it's more interesting
than throwing a tea dance.Copy !req
131. Strange. The transceiver assembly
has been removed.Copy !req
132. Without it, I will be unable
to track the time shifts.Copy !req
133. Twain.Copy !req
134. - Clemens?
- Yes.Copy !req
135. He's been driving me crazy.Copy !req
136. He watches the house. He follows me
down the street asking me questions.Copy !req
137. If anyone took this,
you can believe it was him.Copy !req
138. If so, he must be warned.Copy !req
139. The device has been modified.Copy !req
140. Prolonged contact with human tissue
would be toxic.Copy !req
141. Madam Guinan.Copy !req
142. - Mr. Data.
- Shame on you, Mr. Clemens!Copy !req
143. Shame, madam? I think not.Copy !req
144. I find no shame
in my efforts to uncover your plot!Copy !req
145. I keep telling you, there is no plot!Copy !req
146. Yes, you do keep telling me that.Copy !req
147. What an interesting pair you are.Copy !req
148. Where in Switzerland
did you say you were from, Mr. Data?Copy !req
149. I am French, sir, not Swiss.Copy !req
150. Yes, that's right.
Now I remember. A Frenchman.Copy !req
151. With a talent for poker,
from what I hear.Copy !req
152. You know, I was talking
to a friend of mine, Ches Whitley.Copy !req
153. He says to say hello
and wonders when you're coming back.Copy !req
154. I do not know a Mr. Whitley.Copy !req
155. No? He works
in the county assayer's office.Copy !req
156. He said you've been in thereCopy !req
157. claiming to be a geological engineerCopy !req
158. and wanting information about
mining operations during the 1850s.Copy !req
159. You remember him now?Copy !req
160. I am unfamiliar with the name.Copy !req
161. - I spoke to several people there.
- Yes, I know.Copy !req
162. And in the hall of records,
and in the Geological Society,Copy !req
163. and in a little-known mineral shop
in Chinatown.Copy !req
164. You do get around, don't you?Copy !req
165. - As apparently you do, Mr. Clemens.
- Yes.Copy !req
166. But I must admit,
you've got me mystified.Copy !req
167. This... contraption, for instance.
It's very unusual.Copy !req
168. It looks quite futuristic.Copy !req
169. Tell me, might it have
something to do with time shifts?Copy !req
170. In a sense.Copy !req
171. The time shift is a gearing system
I have inventedCopy !req
172. - for the horseless carriage.
- Do not insult me!Copy !req
173. You have come here to this centuryCopy !req
174. and brought your infernal technology
for God only knows what purpose,Copy !req
175. but it will be the people of
this century who will suffer for it!Copy !req
176. My dear Mr. Clemens,
I do think we've heard enough.Copy !req
177. Mr. Data's business is his own,
and I will thank you to leave now.Copy !req
178. Pardon me, Madam Guinan,
but it is my business, too.Copy !req
179. It is the business of all humanity,
I believe,Copy !req
180. to stop both of you from
whatever it is you are doing here.Copy !req
181. And that is what I intend to do!Copy !req
182. Just what are you doing
with those lamps?Copy !req
183. Replacing the burners.
City ordinance.Copy !req
184. Makes it safer
in case of earthquake.Copy !req
185. There hasn't been
an earthquake here in 30 years.Copy !req
186. Well, that takes care of this ward.
Time to be moving on.Copy !req
187. Earthquakes...!Copy !req
188. Nurse!Copy !req
189. If you can handle things here,
I have to meet the board of patrons.Copy !req
190. I'll try to manage.Copy !req
191. There, by that bed. I can see
an after-image of triolic waves.Copy !req
192. They've been here recently,
I'd say within the last 24 hours.Copy !req
193. A man died there last night.Copy !req
194. This man complainedCopy !req
195. about a strange doctor and nurse
who visited that patient.Copy !req
196. Perhaps
they're still in the hospital.Copy !req
197. Here.
This'll make you more comfortable.Copy !req
198. Do you need any help, Doctor?Copy !req
199. Dr Apollinaire felt
he had entered the algid state.Copy !req
200. He was cyanotic,
pulse unobservable.Copy !req
201. That's an interesting cane.Copy !req
202. Doctor!Copy !req
203. Stand aside. Let me in.Copy !req
204. People said
there was gunfire in here.Copy !req
205. A little misunderstanding.
I was clearing people out.Copy !req
206. I haven't seen you before.Copy !req
207. I was sent here this morning
from downtown.Copy !req
208. I worked downtown for three years.Copy !req
209. - I don't remember you.
- We'll be off.Copy !req
210. No, wait. I must ask you all to come
down to the station for questioning.Copy !req
211. Including you.Copy !req
212. Where'd you get that?
That's a gentleman's cane.Copy !req
213. I've never seen a cane like this.Copy !req
214. I'll have to confiscate it
for evidence.Copy !req
215. I just want you to know that I have
the utmost respect for the law.Copy !req
216. Let's go!Copy !req
217. Data!Copy !req
218. Boy, are we glad to see you!Copy !req
219. I suggest we postpone
our greetings for now.Copy !req
220. - Agreed. Get us out of here.
- Halt!Copy !req
221. If we tune a phaser
to the frequency of triolic wavesCopy !req
222. and lay down a field burst,
it might respond.Copy !req
223. The ophidian
the aliens were carrying!Copy !req
224. What the...Copy !req
225. Minute distortions in the space-time
continuum. Like we saw on Devidia II.Copy !req
226. So small they lasted only a second.Copy !req
227. The aliens are able
to concentrate the distortionCopy !req
228. and direct it to
a specific time and place.Copy !req
229. Maybe they have something,
a mechanism that focuses it.Copy !req
230. Any device like that would produce
high levels of triolic waves.Copy !req
231. Like in the cavern
where Data's head was.Copy !req
232. - I have located that cavern.
- Mr. Picard!Copy !req
233. I know you're in there.
Open the door!Copy !req
234. Mrs. Carmichael...Copy !req
235. "How now, spirit!
Whither wander you?"Copy !req
236. "Over hill, over dale,
Thorough bush, thorough brier."Copy !req
237. Thank goodness you're here!Copy !req
238. We need someone for a part.
You're just in time.Copy !req
239. Mr. Picard,
I need to be talking to you.Copy !req
240. ".. Would that he be gone."Copy !req
241. "I'll met by moonlight,
proud Titania."Copy !req
242. Now, Mrs. Carmichael. There.Copy !req
243. "I'll met by moonlight,
proud Titania."Copy !req
244. "What, jealous Oberon!"Copy !req
245. "Fairies, skip hence:"Copy !req
246. "I have forswornCopy !req
247. his bed and company."Copy !req
248. Well, I don't need to hear any more.Copy !req
249. That was truly unique.Copy !req
250. Really?Copy !req
251. I think we have found our Titania.
Don't you agree?Copy !req
252. Well, I... I did do a church play
when I was a lass.Copy !req
253. Well, there you are!Copy !req
254. We start rehearsals tomorrow.Copy !req
255. You're back. I have wonderful news.Copy !req
256. I've found a way to get onto
the Presidio and into the mine shaft.Copy !req
257. It is alright.Copy !req
258. - Do you know me?
- Very well.Copy !req
259. - Do I know you?
- Not yet. But you will.Copy !req
260. Thanks for your help.Copy !req
261. Be sure to put in
me spotting that phoney policeman.Copy !req
262. Yes, sir, I will.Copy !req
263. - Hello, son!
- Mr. Clemens.Copy !req
264. - What brings you here?
- Writer's curiosity.Copy !req
265. I heard that two people vanished
into thin air in this infirmary.Copy !req
266. One of the patients said that,
yes, sir, but the police deny it.Copy !req
267. I bet they do.Copy !req
268. They say a band of outlaws
set off an explosion and escaped.Copy !req
269. Well,
what did these outlaws look like?Copy !req
270. The carriage they escaped in
was driven by an albino.Copy !req
271. Mr. Data.Copy !req
272. - You know him?
- You bet I do.Copy !req
273. - You say there were others with him?
- Yes. At least a dozen.Copy !req
274. His accomplices. They've come
from the future. It's an invasion!Copy !req
275. An invasion from the future?Copy !req
276. Mr. Clemens! What can you tell me?
Do you have any proof?Copy !req
277. - When's your deadline?
- Five o'clock.Copy !req
278. I'll meet you at your paper at 4.30
with a story to make your career.Copy !req
279. Thanks!Copy !req
280. Take me to the Presidio, driver,
and don't spare the whip!Copy !req
281. The triolic waves are as high
as they were on Devidia II.Copy !req
282. - No sign of a control mechanism.
- I'm not so sure.Copy !req
283. My visor is picking up
crystalline fractures.Copy !req
284. These walls have undergone some kind
of selective molecular polarization.Copy !req
285. In fact, this cavern was configured
to focus the space-time distortion.Copy !req
286. Just like a lens.Copy !req
287. Captain, we think
we might be onto something.Copy !req
288. The cavern itself seems to be
acting as a focusing mechanism.Copy !req
289. I'll bet it's the same
at their habitat on Devidia II.Copy !req
290. If we can destroy that site, it'd
put an end to their time-travelling.Copy !req
291. - We have the ophidian.
- I don't know that we can get back.Copy !req
292. The aliens use triolic energy
as a power source.Copy !req
293. The energy our phasers generate
might not be entirely compatible.Copy !req
294. We must try.Copy !req
295. An event I most certainly
would enjoy witnessing!Copy !req
296. However, I will regretfully
waive that opportunityCopy !req
297. for the privilege of
taking you all in to the authorities.Copy !req
298. Mr. Clemens, it is imperative
that we continue our mission.Copy !req
299. Mr. Data, I have listened to
your stories, excuses and evasions.Copy !req
300. I will listen no longer!Copy !req
301. It is my moral duty
to protect mankindCopy !req
302. from whatever devious plan
you have in mind.Copy !req
303. Now, move along.Copy !req
304. I suspect that even time travellers
are vulnerable to the Colt.45.Copy !req
305. Now, let's go.Copy !req
306. I made a young fellow a promise
and I don't want to be late.Copy !req
307. Follow him.Copy !req
308. - Is everyone alright?
- I think so.Copy !req
309. You?Copy !req
310. Where are we? And when?Copy !req
311. It's the 24th century on Devidia Il,
and you're not supposed to be here.Copy !req
312. I have as much right to be in
your time as you had to be in mine!Copy !req
313. I wanted to see how you've conducted
my future affairs.Copy !req
314. - Your future affairs?
- The affairs of mankind.Copy !req
315. But the disappearance of Mark Twain,
a most noted literary figure?Copy !req
316. - Thank you.
- It's not meant to happen.Copy !req
317. I took advantage of an irresistible
opportunity. Any good writer would.Copy !req
318. - Bridge to away team, acknowledge.
- We're here, Mr. Worf.Copy !req
319. Stand by to transport five.Copy !req
320. Commander.Copy !req
321. - Mr. Worf?
- Yes, Commander?Copy !req
322. Make that six to transport.Copy !req
323. - Where are we now?
- This is the Starship Enterprise.Copy !req
324. I want a security escort
for this man.Copy !req
325. Security? What for? Are you afraid
I'll go around stealing things?Copy !req
326. A werewolf!Copy !req
327. It's a long story, Mr. Worf.Copy !req
328. Let's take Data's body to the lab.
I'll reattach the head we have.Copy !req
329. That head is over 500 years old.Copy !req
330. But it's the best chance we've got.Copy !req
331. I want Mr. Clemens
kept under escort at all times.Copy !req
332. Commander,
perhaps I could handle that.Copy !req
333. I'd be happy
to take Mr. Clemens to his quarters.Copy !req
334. Good idea.Copy !req
335. - Will you accompany the Counsellor?
- Madam, I'd be delighted.Copy !req
336. So, this is a spaceship.Copy !req
337. You ever run into Halley's Comet?Copy !req
338. Gently.Copy !req
339. Don't sit up too quickly.Copy !req
340. Where'd everybody go?Copy !req
341. I hope they're all safely
back on the Enterprise by now.Copy !req
342. - But you're still here.
- You were hurt.Copy !req
343. - I had to make sure you were OK.
- And so you stayed for that?Copy !req
344. I didn't want anything
to happen to you.Copy !req
345. You're far too important to me.Copy !req
346. You know an awful lot about me.Copy !req
347. Believe me, in the future,
the tables will be turned.Copy !req
348. So we become friends?Copy !req
349. It goes far beyond friendship.Copy !req
350. But I'll have to wait 500 years.Copy !req
351. And when we meet, I won't even
be able to tell you about this.Copy !req
352. No, because for me,
none of this will have happened yet.Copy !req
353. What's that?Copy !req
354. That's history fulfilling itself.Copy !req
355. History has to fulfil itself.
Even Picard knew that.Copy !req
356. You were there in the cavern.
You know what happened.Copy !req
357. What am I supposed to do?Copy !req
358. If I told you
what happened in that cavern,Copy !req
359. it might affect any decision
you'd make now.Copy !req
360. I can't do that. I won't.Copy !req
361. Not telling me may affect
my decision. Did you think of that?Copy !req
362. We're talking about Jean-Luc Picard.Copy !req
363. I can't sit around
and hope it all works out.Copy !req
364. I've got to do something!Copy !req
365. Any place that doesn't stock a good
cigar doesn't rank high in my book.Copy !req
366. If you must have one,
I'm sure we can replicate it for you.Copy !req
367. If you think
that one of these imitationsCopy !req
368. can take the place of
a hand-wrapped Havana...Copy !req
369. - I wouldn't know.
- Well, that's the problem here.Copy !req
370. All this technology only serves
to take away life's simple pleasures.Copy !req
371. You don't even let a man
open the door for a lady.Copy !req
372. I think what we've gained outweighs
anything that might have been lost.Copy !req
373. Well, I'm not so impressed
with this future.Copy !req
374. Huge starships and weapons that
can no doubt destroy entire cities,Copy !req
375. and military conquest
as a way of life?Copy !req
376. Is that what you see here?Copy !req
377. I know what you say,
that this is a vessel of explorationCopy !req
378. and that your mission
is to discover new worlds.Copy !req
379. That's what the Spanish said.Copy !req
380. Deck 36.Copy !req
381. And the Dutch and the Portuguese.
It's what all conquerors say.Copy !req
382. I'm sure that's what you told
that blue-skinned fellow I just sawCopy !req
383. before you brought him here
to serve you.Copy !req
384. He's one of thousands of species
that we've encountered.Copy !req
385. We live in a peaceful federation
with most of them.Copy !req
386. The people you see
are here by choice.Copy !req
387. So they're a privileged few
who serve on these ships,Copy !req
388. living in luxury
and wanting for nothing.Copy !req
389. But what about everybody else?
What about the poor? You ignore them.Copy !req
390. Poverty was eliminated on Earth
a long time agoCopy !req
391. and a lot of other things
disappeared with it.Copy !req
392. Hopelessness, despair, cruelty.Copy !req
393. I come from a time
when men achieve power and wealthCopy !req
394. by standing on the backs of the poor,Copy !req
395. where prejudice and intolerance
are commonplaceCopy !req
396. and power is an end unto itself.Copy !req
397. And you're telling me
that isn't how it is any more?Copy !req
398. That's right.Copy !req
399. Well, maybe...Copy !req
400. it's worth giving up cigars for
after all.Copy !req
401. - Any luck?
- Not so far.Copy !req
402. His activating units
won't initialize.Copy !req
403. I thought they would have been
protected by his buffering program,Copy !req
404. but I guess 500 years
is just too long a wait.Copy !req
405. My watch!Copy !req
406. - That's it.
- Yeah.Copy !req
407. It was found in the cavern
where Data's head was.Copy !req
408. I guess after 500 years
that's not likely to work either.Copy !req
409. Mr. Data,Copy !req
410. I fear I have sadly misjudged you.Copy !req
411. As I have misjudged many things.Copy !req
412. Can you communicate?Copy !req
413. Yes.Copy !req
414. You're injured.Copy !req
415. Why have you interfered with us?Copy !req
416. You hunt us. You kill us.Copy !req
417. We cannot allow that.Copy !req
418. We need your energy.Copy !req
419. - Perhaps we can find a substitute.
- No.Copy !req
420. There is none.Copy !req
421. We must continue.Copy !req
422. We know how you move
back and forth through time.Copy !req
423. My crew have returned
to the 24th centuryCopy !req
424. to destroy your transport site
on Devidia II.Copy !req
425. Destroy it?Copy !req
426. Your weapons will only amplify
the time distortion.Copy !req
427. You will annihilate your own world.Copy !req
428. I'm going back for Capt Picard.Copy !req
429. Mr. Worf, assemble an away team
to accompany me.Copy !req
430. Doctor, what can you tell me
about that ophidian?Copy !req
431. I've started tests. In a few hours...Copy !req
432. I can't give the alien more time.Copy !req
433. I haven't determined if our phaser
energy can generate a stable field.Copy !req
434. - The risk would be...
- I'll take that risk!Copy !req
435. - Permission to speak frankly.
- Go ahead.Copy !req
436. Our priority is to stop the aliens
from any more incursions to Earth.Copy !req
437. Any delay is unacceptable.Copy !req
438. If I can save Picard,
I consider it very acceptable.Copy !req
439. The Captain would not!Copy !req
440. We should target torpedoes on
the alien habitat and destroy it.Copy !req
441. Immediately.Copy !req
442. He's right, Will.Copy !req
443. Power up the photons, Mr. Worf.
Alert me when they're ready.Copy !req
444. Computer,
initialize the reload circuits.Copy !req
445. Reload circuits are initializing.Copy !req
446. OK.Copy !req
447. Data?Copy !req
448. This ought to do it.Copy !req
449. I don't get it.Copy !req
450. I don't understand
why this isn't working.Copy !req
451. Computer...Copy !req
452. run me a diagnostic
on the input polarisers.Copy !req
453. There is intermittent contact
in the input polarisers.Copy !req
454. Intermittent?Copy !req
455. What?Copy !req
456. An iron filing.
How'd that get in there?Copy !req
457. I have set the photons
to fire in staggered rounds,Copy !req
458. detonating in ten-second intervals.Copy !req
459. Very well, fire when ready.Copy !req
460. The sequence will be ready
to initiate in one minute.Copy !req
461. Computer, run another diagnostic
on the input polarisers.Copy !req
462. Polarizer circuits are functioning.Copy !req
463. Well, then, that ought to do it.Copy !req
464. OK, Data, come on now.Copy !req
465. Torpedoes.Copy !req
466. Phasing.Copy !req
467. Alien.Copy !req
468. I am processing a binary messageCopy !req
469. entered into my static memory
by Capt Picard.Copy !req
470. Geordi, are we planning
to fire on the alien habitat?Copy !req
471. - Yeah, but...
- It is imperative that we do not.Copy !req
472. - I will explain later.
- La Forge to Riker.Copy !req
473. Hold your fire!Copy !req
474. The binary message left by
the Captain is not entirely clear.Copy !req
475. He's concerned about the phase
differential of our torpedoes,Copy !req
476. that firing them might produce
catastrophic effects.Copy !req
477. So how can we destroy their habitat?Copy !req
478. If I am correct,
we must modify our weaponsCopy !req
479. so the force of the explosion is
re-phased into their time continuum.Copy !req
480. We could alter the photons
with phase discriminators.Copy !req
481. - How long will it take?
- At least a couple of hours.Copy !req
482. - Fine. I'll have time to go get him.
- Sir?Copy !req
483. I'm going back to get the Captain.
Doctor?Copy !req
484. My analysis of the phasers suggests
you'd be able to open the rift,Copy !req
485. but you couldn't transport
more than one person.Copy !req
486. - If I go back, only one can return?
- That's right.Copy !req
487. Then I have
the perfect solution for you.Copy !req
488. I'm the one who should return
to the 19th centuryCopy !req
489. and remain there
so your captain can return here.Copy !req
490. There's a risk. We're not sure
how stable the rift will be.Copy !req
491. There's risk in everything.
The point is, it's the right choice!Copy !req
492. I've got more books to write, and
your captain has a job to do here.Copy !req
493. Geordi, brief him
on what he needs to know.Copy !req
494. Aye, sir.Copy !req
495. I'm glad I have a chance
to thank you.Copy !req
496. For what, sir?Copy !req
497. For starting me out on the greatest
adventure a man's ever had!Copy !req
498. And for helping a bitter old man
to open his eyesCopy !req
499. and see that the future
turned out pretty well after all.Copy !req
500. I'm thirsty.Copy !req
501. I'm going to get help.
We have to get you out of here.Copy !req
502. No, don't. Don't go.Copy !req
503. - They'll be back for you soon.
- No, you need help.Copy !req
504. This thing put me down
in the middle of Market Street!Copy !req
505. Took forever to get here.Copy !req
506. Cmdr La Forge has just completed
the reconfiguration of the torpedoes.Copy !req
507. If Clemens got back, the Captain
should have been here by now.Copy !req
508. We have no way of knowing
if Mr. Clemens was successful.Copy !req
509. Re-establish your firing pattern.
We'll wait five more minutes.Copy !req
510. Aye, sir.Copy !req
511. There's no time for chitchat, sir.Copy !req
512. According to Mr. La Forge,
who did get your message, by the way,Copy !req
513. a frequency setting of
.047 on your phaserCopy !req
514. will correctly activate
this creature.Copy !req
515. You have to get help.
Guinan needs medical attention.Copy !req
516. I promise she will be attended to.Copy !req
517. And there is a bill
at the boarding house.Copy !req
518. - I'll settle it.
- Thank you.Copy !req
519. I wish time would have allowed me
to know you better.Copy !req
520. You'll just have to read my books.
What I am is pretty much there.Copy !req
521. I'll see you in 500 years, Picard.Copy !req
522. And I'll see you... in a few minutes.Copy !req
523. Commander, I am picking up massive
triolic-wave activity on the surface.Copy !req
524. - Is it the Captain?
- There are no human life signs.Copy !req
525. - No sign of temporal distortion?
- No, sir.Copy !req
526. But triolic activity is increasing.Copy !req
527. The aliens.Copy !req
528. - Mr. Worf, are the photons ready?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
529. Fire.Copy !req
530. Torpedoes away, sir.Copy !req
531. Sir, I am detecting
a temporal distortion on the surface.Copy !req
532. And human life signs.Copy !req
533. O'Brien, get him out!Copy !req
534. - Have you got him?
- He has indeed.Copy !req
535. And believe me, it's good to be back.Copy !req
536. We have destroyed the target.
There is no further triolic activity.Copy !req
537. Ensign, lay in a course
for the nearest star base. Warp six.Copy !req
538. Captain's log, stardate 46001.3.Copy !req
539. Everyone who should be
in the 19th century is safely thereCopy !req
540. and those who should be
in the 24th are here.Copy !req
541. Mr. Data has been restored to us,
head and all,Copy !req
542. and Samuel Clemens
will write the booksCopy !req
543. he was to have written
after our encounter.Copy !req
544. Now be careful, boys,
don't jostle her too much.Copy !req
545. Don't worry, Madam Guinan,
you're gonna be fine!Copy !req