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 dateCopy !req
5. I will be transported back
to 19th-century Earth,Copy !req
6. where I will die.Copy !req
7. It has occurred.Copy !req
8. It will occur.Copy !req
9. Do I know you, Mr...Copy !req
10. Data.Copy !req
11. Yes. We were on
a ship together.Copy !req
12. The Enterprise.Copy !req
13. Is that a clipper ship?Copy !req
14. It is a starship.Copy !req
15. Starship?Copy !req
16. My God.Copy !req
17. They're delivering more of them
for the others to ingest.Copy !req
18. Did my father
send you here?Copy !req
19. Because if he did,
you must go backCopy !req
20. and tell him I'm not
done listening...Copy !req
21. I was not sent
by your father.Copy !req
22. Our ship encountered
a speciesCopy !req
23. who appears to be threatening
19th-century Earth.Copy !req
24. I'm not willing to accept
that he's deadCopy !req
25. and just leave it at that.Copy !req
26. We cannot make
Mr. Data our priority.Copy !req
27. What is more
important than Data?Copy !req
28. Do you remember
the first time we met?Copy !req
29. Of course.Copy !req
30. Don't be so sure.Copy !req
31. If you don't go
on this mission,Copy !req
32. we'll never meet.Copy !req
33. And now, the conclusion.Copy !req
34. I've long been interested
in the notion of time travelers.Copy !req
35. In fact, I wrote a book
about it.Copy !req
36. It chronicles the tale
of a man of our eraCopy !req
37. who fouls the sixth century by
introducing newfangled gadgetsCopy !req
38. and weapons, all in
the name of progress.Copy !req
39. But, uh...Copy !req
40. But this, uh, idea
of time travel—Copy !req
41. not so farfetched
as it might seem.Copy !req
42. In fact, I have just
learned that even nowCopy !req
43. there are people
from the futureCopy !req
44. right here in San Francisco,Copy !req
45. and I have no doubt that their
intent is to foul our worldCopy !req
46. just like my Yankee did
in King Arthur's time.Copy !req
47. Well, sir, let me
serve notice.Copy !req
48. As soon as I have
the necessary evidenceCopy !req
49. I intend to expose themCopy !req
50. and make it absolutely clear
that they are not welcome here.Copy !req
51. Yes, sir,
and will this be a sequelCopy !req
52. to Connecticut Yankee,
Mr. Twain?Copy !req
53. Name is Clemens, boy.Copy !req
54. Sam Clemens.Copy !req
55. That's with an "E."Copy !req
56. With an "E."Copy !req
57. Got it.Copy !req
58. Excuse me.Copy !req
59. Space, the final frontier.Copy !req
60. These are the voyages
of the Starship Enterprise.Copy !req
61. Its continuing mission—Copy !req
62. to explore
strange new worlds...Copy !req
63. to seek out new life
and new civilizations...Copy !req
64. to boldly go
where no one has gone before.Copy !req
65. The coroner saidCopy !req
66. this is where they kept
all the cholera victims.Copy !req
67. It doesn't make senseCopy !req
68. that so many people
are dying of cholera.Copy !req
69. It just isn't that virulent.Copy !req
70. Will.Copy !req
71. This is strange.Copy !req
72. What is it?Copy !req
73. The cerebellum,
the cerebral cortex,Copy !req
74. the brain stem,
the entire nervous systemCopy !req
75. has been depleted
of electrochemical energy.Copy !req
76. Here's another one.Copy !req
77. Same neural depletion.Copy !req
78. These people
did not die of cholera.Copy !req
79. They died because their neural
energy was drained somehow.Copy !req
80. Drained?Copy !req
81. And taken to Devidia II
for those aliens to ingest?Copy !req
82. If you were a time travelerCopy !req
83. with a taste
for human neural energy,Copy !req
84. where would you get
your supply?Copy !req
85. I would travel
back to a timeCopy !req
86. when there were plagues
and epidemics,Copy !req
87. so I could murder and use
the disease as a cover.Copy !req
88. Over half of the victimsCopy !req
89. whose neural energy
have been drainedCopy !req
90. came from
the Sisters of Hope Infirmary.Copy !req
91. The charity hospital
near the waterfront.Copy !req
92. If the aliens have been
killing people there,Copy !req
93. well, someone might have
noticed something unusual.Copy !req
94. And if they're moving
among humans,Copy !req
95. then they must have taken on
human form.Copy !req
96. But the question is how do we
know who we're looking for?Copy !req
97. The tricorder indicated
triolic activityCopy !req
98. from most of the bodies
we've looked at.Copy !req
99. If the aliens left
that sort of signature,Copy !req
100. they'll be detectable.Copy !req
101. You know, we might
even be ableCopy !req
102. to rig some kind
of alien alarm system.Copy !req
103. Any luck contacting Data?Copy !req
104. None. Tricorder's broadcasting
random emissionsCopy !req
105. on all frequencies
his subprocessors might pick up,Copy !req
106. but the range is limited.Copy !req
107. Almost anything
could interfere.Copy !req
108. She's back.Copy !req
109. Mr. Picard?Copy !req
110. Yes, Mrs. Carmichael?Copy !req
111. Mr. Picard,Copy !req
112. I'll be reminding you
that it's 1:00.Copy !req
113. Yes.Copy !req
114. 1:00 on a Thursday.Copy !req
115. I'm sure I made
it clear to youCopy !req
116. that the rent is always
due, payable in full,Copy !req
117. by 1:00 on Wednesdays.Copy !req
118. Ah, yes.Copy !req
119. Uh... the rent.Copy !req
120. Uh, Mrs. Carmichael...Copy !req
121. even now, my, uh...Copy !req
122. my troupe are in rehearsals
for a new production.Copy !req
123. Oh?Copy !req
124. I haven't heard
of any new production.Copy !req
125. What play is it?Copy !req
126. The play.Copy !req
127. A Midsummer Night's Dream.Copy !req
128. We have performed
in London, Paris,Copy !req
129. Milan...Copy !req
130. Milan, to sold out houses.Copy !req
131. I can assure youCopy !req
132. you will have the rent in full,
with a bonus.Copy !req
133. Oh, no, no, no, no.Copy !req
134. I've heard you
silver-tongued
devils before.Copy !req
135. I'll have my rent
in full tomorrow by 1:00Copy !req
136. or you'll be out
performing on the street.Copy !req
137. I wouldn't do this for
just anyone, Mr. Clemens,Copy !req
138. and I hope you won't spread
it around that I let you in.Copy !req
139. You know, people
start talking.Copy !req
140. Of course not, Jack.Copy !req
141. And I assure you
that Mr. DataCopy !req
142. would be most upset
if you didn't.Copy !req
143. If I can't findCopy !req
144. that letter of intent
that he left me,Copy !req
145. our major investor
is going to pull outCopy !req
146. and take his business
elsewhere.Copy !req
147. It has to doCopy !req
148. with Mr. Data's
engine, doesn't it?Copy !req
149. Engine?Copy !req
150. Well, yes.Copy !req
151. Oh, yes...Copy !req
152. Yes...Copy !req
153. This is exactly
what it's all about.Copy !req
154. Ow!Copy !req
155. You know, Mr. Clemens,Copy !req
156. I'm going to do you
another favor today.Copy !req
157. You're always looking
for good stories, right?Copy !req
158. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
159. Well, I've got
a real humdinger for you.Copy !req
160. The, uh, story of my life.Copy !req
161. Now, I know you
may think I'm young,Copy !req
162. but I've covered
a lot of groundCopy !req
163. and, if I do say so myselfCopy !req
164. it'd make for some pretty
fascinating reading.Copy !req
165. So, uh, what do you think?Copy !req
166. About what?Copy !req
167. About writing my life story.Copy !req
168. You and me—Copy !req
169. literary partners,
of course.Copy !req
170. Young man, I have a maxim
that I have always lived by.Copy !req
171. No one is more qualified
to write your storyCopy !req
172. than you are.Copy !req
173. Me, be a writer?Copy !req
174. You think I
could do that?Copy !req
175. Long as you write
about what you know.Copy !req
176. You got any passions, boy?
Any dreams?Copy !req
177. Well, I'd like to do
some traveling,Copy !req
178. maybe go to sea.Copy !req
179. And Alaska.Copy !req
180. I've had the strangest notion
to go see Alaska.Copy !req
181. That's a great idea, son!Copy !req
182. That's exactly
what I would doCopy !req
183. if I were your age.Copy !req
184. Alaska, the Klondike,
the Aurora Borealis...Copy !req
185. That's it!Copy !req
186. Follow your dreams,
and write about them.Copy !req
187. Thank you, Mr. Clemens.Copy !req
188. You know, that is exactly
what I'm going to do.Copy !req
189. You do that, son.Copy !req
190. You'll see my name
in print, too.Copy !req
191. I'm sure I will.Copy !req
192. And don't forget— the name's
London. Jack London.Copy !req
193. Good-bye, now.Copy !req
194. Bye-bye.Copy !req
195. I found the head surveyor.Copy !req
196. I found the cavern.Copy !req
197. You will not be able
to get to it.Copy !req
198. The entrance
is on a mine shaftCopy !req
199. that is in the middle
of the PresidioCopy !req
200. on an army base.Copy !req
201. Perhaps you could arrange
for us to get in.Copy !req
202. How?Copy !req
203. With permission to dig
for the mine shaft.Copy !req
204. Oh, now, Data,
I've done everything...Copy !req
205. I have full confidenceCopy !req
206. in your persuasive
abilities.Copy !req
207. Well, I suppose
it's more interestingCopy !req
208. than throwing a tea dance.Copy !req
209. Strange—Copy !req
210. the transceiver assembly
has been removed.Copy !req
211. Without it, I will be unable
to track the time shifts.Copy !req
212. Twain.Copy !req
213. Clemens?Copy !req
214. Yes.Copy !req
215. He's been driving me crazy.Copy !req
216. He watches the house.Copy !req
217. He follows me down the street
asking me questions.Copy !req
218. If anyone took this,
you can believe it was him.Copy !req
219. If you are correct,
he must be warned.Copy !req
220. The device has been
modified in such a wayCopy !req
221. that prolonged contact
with human tissueCopy !req
222. would be highly toxic.Copy !req
223. Madam Guinan, Mr. Data.Copy !req
224. Shame on you,
Mr. Clemens. Shame.Copy !req
225. Shame, madam?
I think not.Copy !req
226. I find no shame in my effortsCopy !req
227. to uncover your plot!Copy !req
228. I keep telling you
there is no plot.Copy !req
229. Yes, you do keep
telling me that.Copy !req
230. What an interesting pair
you are.Copy !req
231. Where in SwitzerlandCopy !req
232. did you say you
were from. Mr. Data?Copy !req
233. I am French, sir,
not Swiss.Copy !req
234. Oh, yes, that's right.Copy !req
235. Now, I remember.Copy !req
236. A FrenchmanCopy !req
237. with a talent for poker,
from what I hear.Copy !req
238. You know, I was talking
to a friend of mine,Copy !req
239. Ches Whitley.Copy !req
240. He says to say helloCopy !req
241. and wonders
when you're coming back.Copy !req
242. I do not believe
I know a Mr. Whitley.Copy !req
243. No? He works in
the county assayer's office.Copy !req
244. He says you've been in there
a number of timesCopy !req
245. claiming to be
a geological engineerCopy !req
246. and wanting informationCopy !req
247. about mining operations
during the 1850s.Copy !req
248. You remember him now?Copy !req
249. I am unfamiliar
with the gentleman's name.Copy !req
250. I have spoken to several
people in that office.Copy !req
251. Yes, I know,Copy !req
252. and in the Hall of RecordsCopy !req
253. and in the Geological SocietyCopy !req
254. and in a little-known
mineral shop in Chinatown.Copy !req
255. You do get around,
don't you?Copy !req
256. As apparently you do,
Mr. Clemens.Copy !req
257. Yes. I must admit
you've got me mystified.Copy !req
258. This contraption,
for instance.Copy !req
259. It's very unusual.Copy !req
260. It looks quite futuristic.Copy !req
261. Tell me, might it
have something to doCopy !req
262. with "time shifts"?Copy !req
263. In a sense.Copy !req
264. The time shift is
a gearing system
I have inventedCopy !req
265. for the horseless
carriage.Copy !req
266. Ah! Do not
insult me!Copy !req
267. You have come here
to this centuryCopy !req
268. and brought your infernal
technologies with youCopy !req
269. for God only knows
what purpose,Copy !req
270. but I have no doubtCopy !req
271. it will be the people
of this centuryCopy !req
272. who will suffer for it.Copy !req
273. My dear Mr. Clemens,
I do think we've heard enough.Copy !req
274. Mr. Data's business
is his ownCopy !req
275. and I will thank you
to leave now.Copy !req
276. Pardon me,
Madam Guinan,Copy !req
277. but it is my business, too.Copy !req
278. It is the business
of all humanity, I believe,Copy !req
279. to stop both of youCopy !req
280. from whatever it is
you are doing here,Copy !req
281. and that is
what I intend to do.Copy !req
282. Just what are you doing
with those lamps?Copy !req
283. Replacing the burners.Copy !req
284. City ordinance.Copy !req
285. Makes it safer
in case of earthquake.Copy !req
286. There hasn't beenCopy !req
287. an earthquake here
in 30 years.Copy !req
288. Well, that takes care
of this ward.Copy !req
289. Time to be moving on.Copy !req
290. Earthquakes.Copy !req
291. Nurse, if you can
handle things here,Copy !req
292. I've got a meeting
with the board of patrons.Copy !req
293. I'll try to manage.Copy !req
294. There, by that bed,Copy !req
295. I can see an afterimage
of triolic waves.Copy !req
296. They've been here recently.Copy !req
297. I'd say within
the last 24 hours.Copy !req
298. That's the bed where
the man died last night.Copy !req
299. This man was
complainingCopy !req
300. about a strange
doctor and nurseCopy !req
301. who visited
that patient.Copy !req
302. Perhaps they're still
in the hospital.Copy !req
303. Here.Copy !req
304. This'll make you
more comfortable.Copy !req
305. Do you need any
help, Doctor?Copy !req
306. Dr. Apollinaire felt
he had entered the algid state.Copy !req
307. He was cyanotic,
pulse unobservable.Copy !req
308. That's an interesting cane.Copy !req
309. Doctor!Copy !req
310. Hey!Copy !req
311. Stand aside, stand aside.
Let me in there.Copy !req
312. People said there
was gunfire in here.Copy !req
313. What's going on?Copy !req
314. Just a little
misunderstanding.Copy !req
315. I was just clearing
these people out of here.Copy !req
316. I haven't
seen you before.Copy !req
317. I was just assigned
here this morning.Copy !req
318. I was working downtown.Copy !req
319. I worked downtown
for three years.Copy !req
320. I don't remember you.Copy !req
321. We'll be on our way.Copy !req
322. No, wait, wait—
I'm going to ask you allCopy !req
323. to come down to the
station for questioning,Copy !req
324. including you.Copy !req
325. Where'd you
get that?Copy !req
326. That's
a gentleman's cane.Copy !req
327. I've never seen
a cane like this.Copy !req
328. I'll have to confiscate
it for evidence.Copy !req
329. I just want you to knowCopy !req
330. that I have the utmost
respect for the law.Copy !req
331. Let's go!Copy !req
332. Data!Copy !req
333. Boy, are we glad
to see you.Copy !req
334. I suggest we postpone
our greetingsCopy !req
335. for another occasion.Copy !req
336. Agreed.
Get us out of here.Copy !req
337. If we tune a phaserCopy !req
338. to the approximate frequency
of triolic wavesCopy !req
339. and lay down a field burst,
it might respond.Copy !req
340. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
341. The ophidian the aliens
were carrying.Copy !req
342. What the...Copy !req
343. Those look likeCopy !req
344. minute distortions
in the space-time continuumCopy !req
345. like the one we saw
on Devidia II.Copy !req
346. But they were so small and
they lasted only a second.Copy !req
347. The aliens appear to be
able to concentrate
the distortionCopy !req
348. and direct it to
a specific time and place.Copy !req
349. Maybe they have something—
a mechanism that focuses it.Copy !req
350. Any device like that
would produce significant levelsCopy !req
351. of triolic waves,
like the ones in the cavernCopy !req
352. where Data's head was found.Copy !req
353. I have located
that cavern.Copy !req
354. Mr. Picard!Copy !req
355. I know you're in there.
Open the door!Copy !req
356. Mrs. Carmichael.Copy !req
357. "How now, spirit.Copy !req
358. Whither wander you?"Copy !req
359. "Over hill, over dale,Copy !req
360. through bush,
through brier..."Copy !req
361. Mrs. Carmichael,
thank goodness you're here.Copy !req
362. We need someone
to read a part.Copy !req
363. You're just in time.Copy !req
364. Mr. Picard, I need
to be talking to you.Copy !req
365. "... my mistress would
that he be gone."Copy !req
366. "Ill-met by moonlight,
proud Titania."Copy !req
367. Now, Mrs. Carmichael,
right there.Copy !req
368. "Ill-met by moonlight,
proud Titania."Copy !req
369. "What, jealous Oberon?Copy !req
370. "Fairies skip hence.Copy !req
371. I have foresworn
his bed and company."Copy !req
372. Well, I don't think
I need to hear anymore.Copy !req
373. That was truly unique.Copy !req
374. Really?Copy !req
375. Ladies and gentlemen,Copy !req
376. I think we have found
our Titania.Copy !req
377. Don't you agree?Copy !req
378. Well, I...Copy !req
379. I did do a church play
when I was a lass.Copy !req
380. Well, there you are!Copy !req
381. We start rehearsals
tomorrow.Copy !req
382. Ohh...Copy !req
383. You're back.Copy !req
384. I have wonderful news.Copy !req
385. I've found a way to get
onto the PresidioCopy !req
386. and into the mine shaft.Copy !req
387. It is all right.Copy !req
388. Do you know me?Copy !req
389. Very well.Copy !req
390. Do I know you?Copy !req
391. Not yet, but you will.Copy !req
392. Thanks for your help,
Officer.Copy !req
393. Now be sure to
put in the partCopy !req
394. about me spotting
that phony policeman.Copy !req
395. Yes, sir, I will.Copy !req
396. Hello, son.Copy !req
397. Mr. Clemens, what
brings you here?Copy !req
398. Writer's curiosity.Copy !req
399. I heard that
two people vanishedCopy !req
400. into thin air
in this infirmary.Copy !req
401. One of the patients
said that, yes, sirCopy !req
402. but the police deny it.Copy !req
403. I'll bet they do.Copy !req
404. They say a band
of outlawsCopy !req
405. set off an explosion
in the hospital
and then escaped.Copy !req
406. Well, what did these
outlaws look like?Copy !req
407. The carriage they escaped
in was driven by an albino.Copy !req
408. Oh, Mr. Data.Copy !req
409. You know him?Copy !req
410. Oh, you bet I do.Copy !req
411. You say there were
others with him?Copy !req
412. Yes, at least a dozen.Copy !req
413. His accomplices.Copy !req
414. They've come from the future.Copy !req
415. My God, it's an invasion.Copy !req
416. An invasion
from the future?Copy !req
417. Mr. Clemens, what can
you tell me about this?Copy !req
418. Do you have any proof?Copy !req
419. When's your deadline, boy?Copy !req
420. 5:00, sir.Copy !req
421. Well, I'll meet you
at your paper at 4:30Copy !req
422. with a story that'll
make your career.Copy !req
423. Thanks, Mr. Clemens!Copy !req
424. Take me to
the Presidio, driver,Copy !req
425. and don't spare the whip!Copy !req
426. Hyah! Hyah!Copy !req
427. The triolic waves
are just as highCopy !req
428. as they were on Devidia II,Copy !req
429. but there's no indication
of a control mechanism.Copy !req
430. I'm not so sure.Copy !req
431. My visor is picking up
crystalline fractures.Copy !req
432. These cavern walls
have undergoneCopy !req
433. some kind of selective
molecular polarization.Copy !req
434. In fact, if I'm right,Copy !req
435. this entire cavern
has been configuredCopy !req
436. to focus the space-time
distortion...Copy !req
437. just like a lens.Copy !req
438. Captain.Copy !req
439. We think we might be
onto something.Copy !req
440. The cavern itself seems to be
acting as a focusing mechanism.Copy !req
441. I'm willing to bet that it's
the same at their habitatCopy !req
442. back on Devidia II.Copy !req
443. If we can get back there
and destroy that site,Copy !req
444. it might put an end
to their time traveling.Copy !req
445. We have the ophidian.Copy !req
446. Truthfully, I don't know
that we can get back.Copy !req
447. The aliens use triolic energy
as a power source.Copy !req
448. The energy that
our phasers generatesCopy !req
449. might not be
entirely compatible.Copy !req
450. We have no choice
but to try.Copy !req
451. An event I most certainlyCopy !req
452. would enjoy witnessing.Copy !req
453. However...Copy !req
454. I will regretfully
waive that opportunityCopy !req
455. for the privilegeCopy !req
456. of taking you all
in to the authorities.Copy !req
457. Mr. Clemens, it is imperative
that we continue our mission.Copy !req
458. Mr. Data, I have listened to
your stories and your excusesCopy !req
459. and your evasions,
and I will listen no longer!Copy !req
460. It is my moral duty
to protect mankindCopy !req
461. from whatever devious plan
you have in mind.Copy !req
462. Now, move along.Copy !req
463. I suspect that
even time travelersCopy !req
464. are vulnerable
to the Colt.45.Copy !req
465. Now, let's go.Copy !req
466. I made a young fellow
a promise,Copy !req
467. and I don't
want to be late.Copy !req
468. Uhh!Copy !req
469. Follow him.Copy !req
470. Ow.Copy !req
471. Is everyone all right?Copy !req
472. I think so.Copy !req
473. You?Copy !req
474. Where are we?Copy !req
475. And when?Copy !req
476. This is the 24th century,Copy !req
477. we're on Devidia II,Copy !req
478. and you're not supposed
to be here.Copy !req
479. Well, it seems to meCopy !req
480. I have as much right
to be in your timeCopy !req
481. as you had to be in mine.Copy !req
482. I wanted to see how you've
conducted my future affairs.Copy !req
483. Your future
affairs?Copy !req
484. The affairs
of mankind.Copy !req
485. But the disappearance
of Mark Twain—Copy !req
486. one of the most noted
literary figuresCopy !req
487. of the 19th century...Copy !req
488. Thank you.Copy !req
489. that's not supposed
to happen.Copy !req
490. I only took advantage of
an irresistible opportunity,Copy !req
491. as any good writer would.Copy !req
492. Bridge to away team.
Acknowledge.Copy !req
493. We're here, Mr. Worf.Copy !req
494. Stand by to transport five.Copy !req
495. Commander?Copy !req
496. Mr. Worf.Copy !req
497. Yes, Commander.Copy !req
498. Make that six
to transport.Copy !req
499. Where are we now?Copy !req
500. This is the Federation
Starship Enterprise.Copy !req
501. Ensign, call security.Copy !req
502. I want an escort
for this man.Copy !req
503. Security? What for?Copy !req
504. Are you afraid I'm going
to go around stealing things?Copy !req
505. A werewolf!Copy !req
506. It's a long story, Mr. Worf.
I'll brief you later.Copy !req
507. Let's have Data's body
taken to the science lab.Copy !req
508. I'm going to try and
reattach the head we have.Copy !req
509. Geordi, that head
is over 500 years old.Copy !req
510. Yeah, but it's the
best chance we've got.Copy !req
511. I want Mr. Clemens kept
under escort at all times.Copy !req
512. Commander,Copy !req
513. perhaps I could handle that.Copy !req
514. I'd be happy to take
Mr. Clemens to his quarters.Copy !req
515. Good idea.Copy !req
516. Will you accompany
the counselor?Copy !req
517. Madam, I'd be delighted.Copy !req
518. So, this is a spaceship.Copy !req
519. You ever run into
Halley's comet?Copy !req
520. Gently.Copy !req
521. Now, don't sit up
too quickly.Copy !req
522. Where'd everybody go?Copy !req
523. Well, I hope they're
all safely backCopy !req
524. on the Enterprise
by now.Copy !req
525. But you're still here.Copy !req
526. You were hurt.Copy !req
527. I had to make sure
you were all right.Copy !req
528. And so you stayed for that?Copy !req
529. I didn't want anything
to happen to you.Copy !req
530. You're far too
important to me.Copy !req
531. You know an awful lot
about me.Copy !req
532. Well... believe me,
in the future,Copy !req
533. the tables
will be turned.Copy !req
534. Do we become friends?Copy !req
535. Oh...Copy !req
536. it goes far beyond
friendship.Copy !req
537. Oh, but...Copy !req
538. I'll have to wait
500 years...Copy !req
539. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
540. And when we meet,
I won't even be ableCopy !req
541. to tell you about this,
will I?Copy !req
542. No, because, for me,Copy !req
543. none of this will
have happened yet.Copy !req
544. Ohh...Copy !req
545. What's that?Copy !req
546. That's history
fulfilling itself.Copy !req
547. Oh.Copy !req
548. History has
to fulfill itself.Copy !req
549. Even Picard knew that.Copy !req
550. You were there
in the cavern.Copy !req
551. You know what happened.Copy !req
552. What am I
supposed to do?Copy !req
553. If I told you what happened
in that cavern,Copy !req
554. it might affect
any decision you'd make now.Copy !req
555. I can't do that.Copy !req
556. I won't.Copy !req
557. Not telling me may
affect my decision.Copy !req
558. Did you think of that?Copy !req
559. We're talking
about Jean-Luc Picard.Copy !req
560. I can't sit around
and hope it all works out.Copy !req
561. I've got to do something!Copy !req
562. Any place that
doesn't stock
a good cigarCopy !req
563. doesn't rank high
in my book.Copy !req
564. If you must have one,Copy !req
565. I'm sure we can
replicate it for you.Copy !req
566. Oh, if you think
that one of these...Copy !req
567. imitations can take the place
of a hand-wrapped Havana...Copy !req
568. I wouldn't know.Copy !req
569. Well, that's
the problem I see here.Copy !req
570. All this technologyCopy !req
571. only serves to take away
life's simple pleasures.Copy !req
572. You don't even let a man
open the door for a lady.Copy !req
573. I think
what we've gainedCopy !req
574. far outweighs anything
that might have been lost.Copy !req
575. Oh?Copy !req
576. Well, I'm not so impressed
with this future—Copy !req
577. huge starships and weaponsCopy !req
578. that can no doubt
destroy entire cities.Copy !req
579. Military conquest
as a way of life?Copy !req
580. Is that what you see here?Copy !req
581. Well, I know
what you say—Copy !req
582. that this is a vessel
of explorationCopy !req
583. and that your mission is to
discover new worlds, but...Copy !req
584. but that's what
the Spanish said.Copy !req
585. Deck 36.Copy !req
586. And the Dutch
and the Portuguese.Copy !req
587. It's what all conquerors say.Copy !req
588. I'm sure that's what
you told that... that...Copy !req
589. blue-skinned fellow I just sawCopy !req
590. before you brought him here
to serve you.Copy !req
591. He's one of the
thousands of speciesCopy !req
592. that we've encountered.Copy !req
593. We live in a peaceful
federation with most of them.Copy !req
594. The people you see
are here by choice.Copy !req
595. So, there are a privileged few
who serve on these shipsCopy !req
596. living in luxury
and wanting for nothing,Copy !req
597. but what about
everybody else?Copy !req
598. What about the poor?Copy !req
599. You ignore them.Copy !req
600. Poverty was eliminated
on Earth a long time agoCopy !req
601. and a lot of other things
disappeared with it—Copy !req
602. hopelessness,
despair, cruelty...Copy !req
603. Young lady,
I come from a timeCopy !req
604. when men achieve
power and wealthCopy !req
605. by standing on the backs
of the poor,Copy !req
606. where prejudice
and intolerance are commonplaceCopy !req
607. and power is an end
unto itself,Copy !req
608. and you're telling me
that isn't how it is anymore?Copy !req
609. That's right.Copy !req
610. Hmm.Copy !req
611. Hmm...Copy !req
612. Maybe...Copy !req
613. it's worth giving up
cigars for after all.Copy !req
614. Any luck?Copy !req
615. Not so far.Copy !req
616. His activating units
won't initialize.Copy !req
617. I thought they would
have been protectedCopy !req
618. by his buffering program,Copy !req
619. but... I guess 500 years
is just too long a wait.Copy !req
620. What...?Copy !req
621. My watch!Copy !req
622. Yeah.Copy !req
623. It was found in the cavern
where Data's head was.Copy !req
624. I guess after 500 years,Copy !req
625. that's not likely
to work, either.Copy !req
626. Mr. Data...Copy !req
627. I fear I have sadly
misjudged you...Copy !req
628. as I have misjudged
many things.Copy !req
629. Can you communicate?Copy !req
630. Mm.Copy !req
631. Yes.Copy !req
632. You're injured.Copy !req
633. Why have you
interfered with us?Copy !req
634. You hunt us.Copy !req
635. You kill us.Copy !req
636. We cannot allow that.Copy !req
637. We need your energy.Copy !req
638. Well, perhaps we can
find a substitute.Copy !req
639. No.Copy !req
640. There is none.Copy !req
641. We must continue.Copy !req
642. We know how you move
back and forth through time.Copy !req
643. My crew have returned
to the 24th centuryCopy !req
644. to destroy your transport siteCopy !req
645. on Devidia II.Copy !req
646. Destroy it?Copy !req
647. Your weapons will only
amplify the time distortion.Copy !req
648. You will annihilate
your own world.Copy !req
649. I'm going back
for Captain Picard.Copy !req
650. Mr. Worf, assemble an away team
to accompany me to the surface.Copy !req
651. Doctor, I need to knowCopy !req
652. anything you can tell me
about that Ophidian.Copy !req
653. I've just started
running some tests.Copy !req
654. If I can have
a few hours...Copy !req
655. I can't give the alien
any more time.Copy !req
656. Will, I haven't
been able to determineCopy !req
657. if our phaser energy
can generate a stable field.Copy !req
658. The risk would be...
I'll take that risk!Copy !req
659. Sir, permission
to speak frankly.Copy !req
660. Go ahead.Copy !req
661. Our priority is
to stop the aliensCopy !req
662. from any more incursions
to Earth.Copy !req
663. Any delay is
unacceptable.Copy !req
664. If I can save Captain Picard,
I consider that very acceptable.Copy !req
665. The captain would not.Copy !req
666. I recommend we target
photon torpedoesCopy !req
667. on the alien habitat
and destroy it... immediately.Copy !req
668. He's right, Will.Copy !req
669. Power up the photons, Mr. Worf.Copy !req
670. Alert me when they're ready.Copy !req
671. Computer... initialize
the reload circuits.Copy !req
672. Reload circuits
are initializing.Copy !req
673. Okay.Copy !req
674. Data... this ought to do it.Copy !req
675. Oh, I don't get it.Copy !req
676. I don't understand why
this isn't working.Copy !req
677. Computer...Copy !req
678. run me a diagnostic
on the input polarizers.Copy !req
679. There is intermittent
contact in the input polarizers.Copy !req
680. Intermittent?Copy !req
681. What...?Copy !req
682. An iron filing.Copy !req
683. How'd that get in there?Copy !req
684. Commander, I have
set the photonsCopy !req
685. to fire in
staggered roundsCopy !req
686. detonating in
ten-second intervals.Copy !req
687. Very well.
Fire when ready.Copy !req
688. The sequence will be ready
to initiate in one minute.Copy !req
689. Computer, run another diagnostic
on the input polarizers.Copy !req
690. Polarizer circuits
are functioning.Copy !req
691. Well, then,
that ought to do it.Copy !req
692. Okay, Data, come on now.Copy !req
693. Torpedoes...Copy !req
694. phasing...Copy !req
695. alien...Copy !req
696. I am processing
a binary messageCopy !req
697. entered into my static
memory by Captain Picard.Copy !req
698. Geordi, are we
planning to fireCopy !req
699. on the alien habitat?Copy !req
700. Yeah, but...Copy !req
701. It is imperative
that we do not.Copy !req
702. I will explain later.Copy !req
703. La Forge to Riker.
Hold your fire!Copy !req
704. The binary message
left by the CaptainCopy !req
705. is not entirely clear.Copy !req
706. He seemed to be concernedCopy !req
707. about the phase differential
of our photon torpedoes.Copy !req
708. That firing them might produce
catastrophic effects.Copy !req
709. Then how
can we destroy
their habitat?Copy !req
710. If I am correct,Copy !req
711. we must modify our weapons so
that the force of the explosionCopy !req
712. is rephased into
the aliens' time continuum.Copy !req
713. If we outfit the photons
with phase discriminatorsCopy !req
714. we could get
the variance we need.Copy !req
715. How long
will it take you?Copy !req
716. At least a couple of hours.Copy !req
717. Fine. I'll have time
to go get him.Copy !req
718. Sir?Copy !req
719. I'm going back
to the 19th century
to get the captain.Copy !req
720. Doctor?Copy !req
721. My analysis of the phasersCopy !req
722. suggests you'd be able
to open the rift,Copy !req
723. but it won't be stable enoughCopy !req
724. to transport
more than one person.Copy !req
725. You mean, if I go back,
only one of us could return?Copy !req
726. That's right.Copy !req
727. Then I have
the perfect solution for you.Copy !req
728. I'm the one who should return
to the 19th centuryCopy !req
729. and remain there, so your
captain can return here.Copy !req
730. There's a risk.Copy !req
731. We're not sure how stable
the rift will be.Copy !req
732. Ah, there's risk
in everything.Copy !req
733. The point is,
it's the right choice.Copy !req
734. I've got more books
to writeCopy !req
735. and your captain
has a job to do here.Copy !req
736. Geordi, you'll brief him
on what he needs to know?Copy !req
737. Aye, sir.Copy !req
738. I'm glad I have a chanceCopy !req
739. to thank you.Copy !req
740. For what, sir?Copy !req
741. Why, for starting me outCopy !req
742. on the greatest adventure
a man's ever had, whoo!Copy !req
743. And for helping
a bitter old manCopy !req
744. to open his eyesCopy !req
745. and see that the future
turned out pretty well...Copy !req
746. after all.Copy !req
747. I'm thirsty.Copy !req
748. I'm going
to get help.Copy !req
749. We have to get you
out of here.Copy !req
750. Oh, no, don't go.Copy !req
751. They'll be back
for you soon.Copy !req
752. No. You need help.Copy !req
753. This thing put me down
in the middle of Market Street.Copy !req
754. Took forever to get here.Copy !req
755. Commander La Forge
has just completedCopy !req
756. the reconfiguration
of the photon torpedoes.Copy !req
757. If Clemens got back,Copy !req
758. the captain should
have been here by now.Copy !req
759. We have no way
of knowingCopy !req
760. if Mr. Clemens
was successful.Copy !req
761. Reestablish your
firing pattern, Mr. Worf.Copy !req
762. We'll wait five more minutes.Copy !req
763. Aye, sir.Copy !req
764. There's no time
for chitchat, sir.Copy !req
765. According to Mr. La Forge—Copy !req
766. who did get your message,
by the way—Copy !req
767. a frequency setting of, uh...
047 on your phaserCopy !req
768. will correctly activate
this... this creature.Copy !req
769. Now you have
to get help.Copy !req
770. Guinan needs
medical attention.Copy !req
771. I promise you, she
will be attended to.Copy !req
772. And there is a bill
to be settledCopy !req
773. at Mrs. Carmichael's
boarding house.Copy !req
774. I'll settle it.Copy !req
775. Thank you.
I wish...Copy !req
776. I wish time would
have allowed meCopy !req
777. to know you better.Copy !req
778. Well, you'll just have
to read my books.Copy !req
779. What I am
is pretty much there.Copy !req
780. I'll see you
in 500 years, Picard.Copy !req
781. And I'll see you
in a few minutes.Copy !req
782. Commander, I am picking upCopy !req
783. massive triolic wave activity
on the surface.Copy !req
784. Is it the captain?Copy !req
785. There are no
human life signs.Copy !req
786. No sign of temporal
distortion?Copy !req
787. No, sir, but triolic
activity is increasing.Copy !req
788. The aliens.Copy !req
789. Mr. Worf,
are the photons ready?Copy !req
790. Yes, sir.Copy !req
791. Fire.Copy !req
792. Torpedoes away, sir.Copy !req
793. Sir, I am detecting a temporal
distortion on the surface...Copy !req
794. and human life signs.Copy !req
795. O'Brien, get him
out of there!Copy !req
796. Transporter room,
have you got him?Copy !req
797. He has indeed, Commander,Copy !req
798. and believe me,
it's good to be back.Copy !req
799. We have destroyed
the target.Copy !req
800. There is no further indication
of triolic activity.Copy !req
801. Ensign, lay in a course
for the nearest starbase.Copy !req
802. Warp six.Copy !req
803. Captain's log,
Stardate 46001.3.Copy !req
804. Everyone who should be in the
19th century is safely there,Copy !req
805. and those who should be
in the 24th are here.Copy !req
806. Mr. Data has been restored
to us, head and all,Copy !req
807. and Samuel Clemens
will write the booksCopy !req
808. he was to have written
after our encounter.Copy !req
809. Now, be careful, boys.Copy !req
810. Don't jostle her too much.Copy !req
811. Don't worry, Madam Guinan,
you're going to be fine.Copy !req