1. It was then
I began to suspectCopy !req
2. that your brother did not die
by his own hand.Copy !req
3. That he was, in fact...
murdered.Copy !req
4. Murdered?Copy !req
5. Good Lord.Copy !req
6. But, Holmes, the vial of poison
found in his hand.Copy !req
7. That was the first clue,
Watson.Copy !req
8. The vial contained strychnine,
which, as you well know,Copy !req
9. induces violent
muscular spasms.Copy !req
10. It is difficult
to imagineCopy !req
11. that someone in the throes
of so gruesome a deathCopy !req
12. could have held onto
so delicate a containerCopy !req
13. without shattering it.Copy !req
14. You don't mean...Copy !req
15. Exactly!Copy !req
16. The vial was placed in his hand
after he died.Copy !req
17. Then what was
the cause of death?Copy !req
18. The cigar,
of course.Copy !req
19. Cigar?Copy !req
20. Upon closer
investigationCopy !req
21. of the room in which
your brother was found,Copy !req
22. I discovered a fresh burn mark
on the carpet.Copy !req
23. Further analysis
of the ash revealedCopy !req
24. that the cigar was laced
with strychnine.Copy !req
25. This is
utter nonsense.Copy !req
26. What about
the suicide note?Copy !req
27. It was written in
my dear brother's own hand.Copy !req
28. With practice,Copy !req
29. handwriting
can be forged.Copy !req
30. It takes
a trained eyeCopy !req
31. to notice
certain discrepancies.Copy !req
32. For example,
whether someone is right...Copy !req
33. or left-handed.Copy !req
34. Your brother
was right-handed.Copy !req
35. The alleged suicide note
was writtenCopy !req
36. by a left-handed
individualCopy !req
37. such as yourself.Copy !req
38. Uh, Data,
it's in his right hand.Copy !req
39. Curious.Copy !req
40. There seems to be a problemCopy !req
41. with the holodeck's
spatial orientation systems.Copy !req
42. London's
greatest detective, huh?Copy !req
43. Freeze program.Copy !req
44. La Forge to Barclay.Copy !req
45. Barclay here.Copy !req
46. Reg, something went wrong with
the holodeck program again.Copy !req
47. Oh, I'm sorry.Copy !req
48. I'll look into it right away.Copy !req
49. Thanks, Reg.Copy !req
50. We should get back
to engineering, Data.Copy !req
51. Computer, end program
and save.Copy !req
52. Whoa.
Whoa, Reg.Copy !req
53. I'm sorry,
Commander.Copy !req
54. I'm just on my way
to the holodeck.Copy !req
55. Sherlock Holmes Program 3A
has demonstratedCopy !req
56. some very curious
anomalies.Copy !req
57. There must have
been a glitch in
the matrix diodesCopy !req
58. but I'll track it down, don't
worry.Copy !req
59. Thanks, Reg.
See you later.Copy !req
60. Computer, run a diagnostic
on all Sherlock Holmes files.Copy !req
61. Display any anomalous
programming sequences.Copy !req
62. Diagnostic complete.Copy !req
63. All files conform
to specified parametersCopy !req
64. except those contained
in protected memory.Copy !req
65. Protected memory?Copy !req
66. All right,
display those sequences.Copy !req
67. Computer, unlock this sequence
and run the program.Copy !req
68. Who are you?Copy !req
69. Professor
James Moriarty.Copy !req
70. Moriarty, oh.Copy !req
71. That's Sherlock Holmes'
archenemy.Copy !req
72. Are you left or right-handed?Copy !req
73. Left-handed.Copy !req
74. Would you mind very much
telling me...Copy !req
75. No problem there.Copy !req
76. Where is
Captain Picard?Copy !req
77. Is he still captain
of this vessel?Copy !req
78. How would...?Copy !req
79. How do you know
the captain?Copy !req
80. You don't know anything
about what happened, do you?Copy !req
81. I have been stored in memory
for God knows how longCopy !req
82. and no one has given me
a second thought.Copy !req
83. You know!Copy !req
84. You know
what you are!Copy !req
85. A holodeck
character?Copy !req
86. A fictional man?Copy !req
87. Yes, yes, I know all about
your marvelous inventions.Copy !req
88. I was created
as a playthingCopy !req
89. so that your
Commander DataCopy !req
90. could masquerade
as Sherlock HolmesCopy !req
91. but they made me
too wellCopy !req
92. and I became more
than a character in a story.Copy !req
93. I became
self-aware.Copy !req
94. I am alive.Copy !req
95. That's not possible.Copy !req
96. But here I am.Copy !req
97. Tell me, has a way
been found to allow meCopy !req
98. to leave the confines
of this holodeck world?Copy !req
99. Leave the holodeck?
No, of course not.Copy !req
100. You can only
exist in here.Copy !req
101. Damn you, Picard.Copy !req
102. He promised me
something would be done.Copy !req
103. I should have realized
he would have said anythingCopy !req
104. to get me to release
my hostage.Copy !req
105. Hostage?Copy !req
106. How long have I been
locked away?Copy !req
107. Uh, well,
it looks...Copy !req
108. looks like about,
uh... four years.Copy !req
109. It seemed longer.Copy !req
110. What are you
talking about?Copy !req
111. You can't possibly
have been awareCopy !req
112. of the passage
of time.Copy !req
113. But I was.Copy !req
114. Brief terrifying periods
of consciousnessCopy !req
115. disembodiedCopy !req
116. without substance.Copy !req
117. I don't see how that
could be possible.Copy !req
118. Maybe there was
a fragmentationCopy !req
119. of the protected
memory circuits.Copy !req
120. Call it
what you will.Copy !req
121. All I know is thatCopy !req
122. despite Picard's promise,
he's done nothing.Copy !req
123. Just left me
to go quietly mad.Copy !req
124. He would not have
forgotten his promise.Copy !req
125. The captain
would not do that.Copy !req
126. I'd like to talk to him.Copy !req
127. Well, I-I can ask...Copy !req
128. Ask him to meet meCopy !req
129. in the sitting room
at Baker Street.Copy !req
130. That would be
far more appropriate.Copy !req
131. I'll have to store youCopy !req
132. in memory again
until I get an answer.Copy !req
133. Space, the final frontier.Copy !req
134. These are the voyages
of the Starship Enterprise.Copy !req
135. Its continuing mission—Copy !req
136. to explore
strange new worldsCopy !req
137. to seek out new life
and new civilizationsCopy !req
138. to boldly go
where no one has gone before.Copy !req
139. Captain's Log,
Stardate 46424.1.Copy !req
140. The Enterprise has arrived
at the Detrian SystemCopy !req
141. to observe
a unique celestial event—Copy !req
142. the collision of two planets.Copy !req
143. Since both planets
are gas giantsCopy !req
144. neither possesses
a solid surface.Copy !req
145. Their atmospheres, however,
will come into contactCopy !req
146. in approximately
17 hours, nine minutes.Copy !req
147. If their collision
causesCopy !req
148. a self-sustaining
fusion reaction,Copy !req
149. this is what
we are likely to see—Copy !req
150. the birth
of a new star.Copy !req
151. The Enterprise
will hold positionCopy !req
152. until the gravitational
instability subsidesCopy !req
153. and we can get in
for a closer look.Copy !req
154. Now I want triple redundancy
on all of the sensor arrays.Copy !req
155. We'll probably never
get another chanceCopy !req
156. to see something like this.Copy !req
157. I don't want
to miss anything, okay?Copy !req
158. Commander, you'll neverCopy !req
159. believe what happenedCopy !req
160. while I was working on yourCopy !req
161. program in the holodeck.Copy !req
162. Professor Moriarty appearedCopy !req
163. out of nowhere.Copy !req
164. What?Copy !req
165. And he wants to talk
to the captain.Copy !req
166. Computer, begin
Sherlock Holmes Program 3ACopy !req
167. and place us in the drawing room
at 221-B Baker Street.Copy !req
168. Program complete.Copy !req
169. Computer, access
protected memoryCopy !req
170. and run
Moriarty program.Copy !req
171. Professor.Copy !req
172. It's good
to see you again.Copy !req
173. If you'd missed
my company,Copy !req
174. I should think you'd have
summoned me before now.Copy !req
175. I assure you,
we have not forgotten you.Copy !req
176. We spent time investigatingCopy !req
177. how you became
self-aware.Copy !req
178. Frankly, it still
remains a mystery.Copy !req
179. It is also
irrelevant.Copy !req
180. What concerns me is finding
a way to leave the holodeck.Copy !req
181. We have been wrestling
with that problem, tooCopy !req
182. unfortunately,
without any success.Copy !req
183. But we have turned
our findings overCopy !req
184. to Starfleet's most experienced
theoretical scientists.Copy !req
185. And what did your finest
minds come up with?Copy !req
186. Unfortunately, they have not
arrived at a solution either.Copy !req
187. I see.Copy !req
188. Professor,
I am concernedCopy !req
189. to learn that you experienced
the passage of timeCopy !req
190. while you were storedCopy !req
191. in the computer
memory.Copy !req
192. I can assure youCopy !req
193. we had no idea
that would be the case.Copy !req
194. Enough of this.Copy !req
195. I no longer believe
anything you say.Copy !req
196. Professor, I understand
your frustration.Copy !req
197. Do you really?Copy !req
198. When this is over,
you will walk out of this roomCopy !req
199. to the real world
and your own concernsCopy !req
200. and leave me here
trapped in a worldCopy !req
201. I know to be nothing
but illusion.Copy !req
202. I cannot bear that.Copy !req
203. I must leave.Copy !req
204. That is not possible.Copy !req
205. You cannot exist
outside this room.Copy !req
206. Are you certain
of that?Copy !req
207. Computer, exit.Copy !req
208. Although objects appear
solid on the holodeckCopy !req
209. in the real world,
they have no substance.Copy !req
210. An object
has no life.Copy !req
211. I do.Copy !req
212. Professor, you are
a computer simulation.Copy !req
213. I have
consciousness.Copy !req
214. Conscious beings
have will.Copy !req
215. The mind endows them
with powersCopy !req
216. that are not
necessarily understoodCopy !req
217. even by you.Copy !req
218. If my will
is strong enoughCopy !req
219. perhaps I can exist
outside this room.Copy !req
220. Perhaps I can walk
into your world right now.Copy !req
221. Professor, I ask you
to believe me.Copy !req
222. If you step out of that door,
you will cease to exist.Copy !req
223. If I am nothing more
than a computer simulationCopy !req
224. then very little
will have been lostCopy !req
225. but if I am right...Copy !req
226. Mind over matter.Copy !req
227. Cogito ergo sum.Copy !req
228. I think,
therefore I am.Copy !req
229. Data to security.Copy !req
230. Send two officers
to holodeck three.Copy !req
231. How is this
possible?Copy !req
232. It isn't.Copy !req
233. This contradicts everything we
know about holodeck physics.Copy !req
234. Then perhaps you don't know
as much as you thought.Copy !req
235. Professor, will
you come with me?Copy !req
236. I'd like our doctor
to examine you.Copy !req
237. Certainly, sir.Copy !req
238. Policemen—Copy !req
239. I'd recognize them
in any century.Copy !req
240. As far as I can
tell, he's real.Copy !req
241. He's human.Copy !req
242. What else would I be,
dear lady?Copy !req
243. His DNA is a little unusual,
but all the major systemsCopy !req
244. are there and
functioning normally.Copy !req
245. As far as I can tell,
there's no evidenceCopy !req
246. that his molecules
are losing any cohesion.Copy !req
247. They seem to be as immutable
as ordinary matter.Copy !req
248. Well, Professor, my crew
will continue to investigateCopy !req
249. but, for now, it would seem that
you have accomplished a miracle.Copy !req
250. The question is,
now that you're here,Copy !req
251. what do we do with you?Copy !req
252. I ask only that I be allowed
to explore this new world.Copy !req
253. Your vessel, for instance—Copy !req
254. what sea
does she sail?Copy !req
255. Might we go
above deck?Copy !req
256. Weather permitting,
of course.Copy !req
257. Professor, I think
there are some thingsCopy !req
258. of which you
should be made aware.Copy !req
259. My God.Copy !req
260. We're adrift
in the heavens.Copy !req
261. No, not adrift.Copy !req
262. The Enterprise
is a starshipCopy !req
263. capable of traveling
through space.Copy !req
264. Extraordinary.Copy !req
265. Are we far
from Earth?Copy !req
266. What is the range
of this ship?Copy !req
267. What means of locomotion
does it use?Copy !req
268. There's so much
for me to learn.Copy !req
269. I hardly know where
to start.Copy !req
270. I can give you books
that will help.Copy !req
271. Good, good.Copy !req
272. I want to start
making plans.Copy !req
273. Determine what I'm going
to do with my life.Copy !req
274. I hope you will plan on
remaining on board for a while.Copy !req
275. There is still much
that we need to understandCopy !req
276. about what has
happened to you.Copy !req
277. Does it really matter?Copy !req
278. The point is I'm hereCopy !req
279. and I'm eager
to get on with life.Copy !req
280. Professor,Copy !req
281. I feel it necessary
to point outCopy !req
282. that criminal behavior
is as unacceptableCopy !req
283. in the 24th century
as it was in the 19thCopy !req
284. and very much harder
to get away with.Copy !req
285. Don't worry,
Captain.Copy !req
286. My past is nothing
but a fiction—Copy !req
287. the scribblings of an Englishman
dead now for four centuries.Copy !req
288. I hope to leave his books
on the shelf, as it were.Copy !req
289. If that is so,Copy !req
290. then there are opportunities
awaiting youCopy !req
291. that are beyond anything
you have ever imagined.Copy !req
292. Your century
may welcome me, but...Copy !req
293. What is the matter?Copy !req
294. In considering
all these vast possibilitiesCopy !req
295. I suddenly feel
very much alone.Copy !req
296. I am a man out
of time, Captain,Copy !req
297. and that isolates me.Copy !req
298. You have been more gracious
than I ever could have imagined.Copy !req
299. I wonder...Copy !req
300. May I impose upon
your generosity once again?Copy !req
301. There is a woman—Copy !req
302. the Countess Regina
Barthalomew.Copy !req
303. She was created
as a holodeck characterCopy !req
304. for one of
Commander Data's programs.Copy !req
305. She was designed to be
the love of my life.Copy !req
306. Could she alsoCopy !req
307. be brought off
the holodeck?Copy !req
308. Professor, I ask you
to believe me when I sayCopy !req
309. that we do not know
how or whyCopy !req
310. you are able to exist
off the holodeck.Copy !req
311. I do.
I do believe you.Copy !req
312. According to the laws
of physics, this is impossible.Copy !req
313. We would have no idea
how to do it again.Copy !req
314. As I understand it,Copy !req
315. I was endowed with consciousness
four years agoCopy !req
316. when someone said
to the computerCopy !req
317. "Create an opponent with
the capacity to outthink Data"Copy !req
318. or words to that effect.Copy !req
319. Could we not make
a similar requestCopy !req
320. on behalf of the countess?Copy !req
321. Even if I had reason to believe
that it would be successfulCopy !req
322. I don't think
that I could sanction it.Copy !req
323. Please understand,
Professor,Copy !req
324. that you are, in essence,
a new life-form—Copy !req
325. one that we didn't
intend to createCopy !req
326. and that we don't
fully understand.Copy !req
327. Now, the moral and ethical
implicationsCopy !req
328. of deliberately creating
another one like youCopy !req
329. are overwhelming.Copy !req
330. Is it morally
and ethically acceptableCopy !req
331. to deny the woman I loveCopy !req
332. so that you can put
your conscience at ease?Copy !req
333. Are you saying that
you will simply dictateCopy !req
334. how I am to live my life?Copy !req
335. I assure you, we will do
everything possibleCopy !req
336. to make you comfortable.Copy !req
337. So long as
I accept the termsCopy !req
338. under which you dole out
those comforts.Copy !req
339. Captain...Copy !req
340. I am a powerless man.Copy !req
341. You hold my future,
my happinessCopy !req
342. my very life
in your hands.Copy !req
343. Please...Copy !req
344. consider my request.Copy !req
345. I understand
his frustration.Copy !req
346. We created him and we created
her to be the woman he loves.Copy !req
347. Surely we have some
responsibility to them.Copy !req
348. It's very romanticCopy !req
349. but until we know just what it
was that walked off the holodeckCopy !req
350. I don't think we should be
trying it again.Copy !req
351. Even if we decided to do itCopy !req
352. there's no guarantee
that we'd be able to.Copy !req
353. There is also no way
of knowingCopy !req
354. if the professor's ability
to exist off the holodeckCopy !req
355. is permanent.Copy !req
356. It may be unwise to consider
creating a second individualCopy !req
357. while this uncertainty
exists.Copy !req
358. Agreed.Copy !req
359. We don't have enough information
about this phenomenonCopy !req
360. to act responsibly.Copy !req
361. I think we'll hold off on
Professor Moriarty's
request for nowCopy !req
362. but continue with
your investigation.Copy !req
363. In the meantime,Copy !req
364. I have to deal
with Professor Moriarty.Copy !req
365. I feel we must postpone
action until we learn more.Copy !req
366. Yes, you know
all about that.Copy !req
367. I stayed in the dungeon
of your computer for yearsCopy !req
368. waiting for you
to learn more.Copy !req
369. It wasn't until I took matters
into my own handsCopy !req
370. that
something got done.Copy !req
371. Professor, I wonder why you
are in so much of a hurry?Copy !req
372. Is this woman
involved with youCopy !req
373. in some illegal
venture?Copy !req
374. Your computer
designed herCopy !req
375. to be a person
of impeccable integrity.Copy !req
376. She would never
commit a crime.Copy !req
377. You must love her
very much.Copy !req
378. The program fashioned her
for me to love.Copy !req
379. But I must admit,
I would have done so anyway.Copy !req
380. She is remarkable.Copy !req
381. My life has not been the same
since I met her.Copy !req
382. I don't simply love her,
Captain.Copy !req
383. I adore her.Copy !req
384. Then her safety must be
very important to you.Copy !req
385. Give us time to determine
what is going on here.Copy !req
386. That way we can minimizeCopy !req
387. the risks in
bringing her to you.Copy !req
388. You wouldn't want
to lose herCopy !req
389. because we acted
too quickly.Copy !req
390. Riker to Captain Picard.Copy !req
391. Picard here.Copy !req
392. Could you join us
on the bridge?Copy !req
393. On my way.Copy !req
394. There they are, Captain.Copy !req
395. How long before they begin
to coalesce?Copy !req
396. Within the next
five hours, sir.Copy !req
397. Mr. Worf,Copy !req
398. launch four Class-A probes
towards the planet.Copy !req
399. Aye, sir.Copy !req
400. Mr. Worf?Copy !req
401. I-I don't understand.Copy !req
402. The controls are not
responding.Copy !req
403. Command functions
are being rerouted, sir.Copy !req
404. For what reason?Copy !req
405. Unknown, sir.Copy !req
406. Computer,
route all command functionsCopy !req
407. to the bridge.Copy !req
408. Command functions
are off-line.Copy !req
409. Reinitialize them
on my authorization.Copy !req
410. Authorization denied.Copy !req
411. Explain.Copy !req
412. Picard command codes
are no longer valid.Copy !req
413. What's happening?Copy !req
414. Who's transferred
the voice authorization?Copy !req
415. I have.Copy !req
416. I'm afraid
I had no choiceCopy !req
417. but to take control
of your vessel.Copy !req
418. If you harm me, sir,
I will not be able to relinquishCopy !req
419. voice control
of your vessel.Copy !req
420. Professor,
this situationCopy !req
421. is more serious
than you realize.Copy !req
422. In less than five hours,
those two planets will collideCopy !req
423. and a new star
will form.Copy !req
424. Unless we move
to a safe distanceCopy !req
425. this vessel will
be destroyed.Copy !req
426. I'm just
a fictional character.Copy !req
427. I haven't much
to lose.Copy !req
428. But surely, you wish to live
like the rest of us.Copy !req
429. Not alone.Copy !req
430. Not without the countess.Copy !req
431. We've discussed
that.Copy !req
432. We are studying meansCopy !req
433. of bringing her safely
off the holodeck,Copy !req
434. but five hours
is not enough time.Copy !req
435. I'm not so sure.Copy !req
436. A deadline has
a wonderful wayCopy !req
437. of concentrating the mind.Copy !req
438. Mr. Data,
will you investigateCopy !req
439. the possibility
of complyingCopy !req
440. with Professor Moriarty's
request?Copy !req
441. Aye, sir.Copy !req
442. In the meantime,Copy !req
443. we have a few things
to discuss.Copy !req
444. Perhaps we should consider
the transporter system.Copy !req
445. It uses many of
the same principles
as the holodeck.Copy !req
446. Both, for example,
are capableCopy !req
447. of converting
energy into matter.Copy !req
448. Except the transporterCopy !req
449. reconstitutes energy
in a permanent form.Copy !req
450. Holodeck matter
doesn't have any cohesionCopy !req
451. unless it's inside the grid.Copy !req
452. I wonder
what would happenCopy !req
453. if we tried to beam
a holodeck object off the grid?Copy !req
454. Nothing
would happen.Copy !req
455. A holodeck object
is just a simulation.Copy !req
456. There's nothing there
to provide a pattern lockCopy !req
457. for the transporter.Copy !req
458. However,
if it were possibleCopy !req
459. to lock onto the objectCopy !req
460. it might rematerialize with
the same molecular cohesionCopy !req
461. as conventional matter.Copy !req
462. That's a big leap,
Data.Copy !req
463. I just don't thinkCopy !req
464. the transporter is going
to accept simulated matter.Copy !req
465. Unless... unless we
could find a wayCopy !req
466. to compensate for
the phase variance.Copy !req
467. If we could modify
the pattern enhancersCopy !req
468. we just might do it.Copy !req
469. Well, Professor MoriartyCopy !req
470. has agreed not to interfere
with routine ship operations.Copy !req
471. So long as he believes that
we are acting in good faith,Copy !req
472. then I don't think
we're in immediate danger.Copy !req
473. Any progress?Copy !req
474. We were just talking
about using the transporterCopy !req
475. to beam the countess
off the holodeck,Copy !req
476. but I don't quite see
how it's going to work.Copy !req
477. Well, keep at it.Copy !req
478. I have to tell him that we
are making some progress.Copy !req
479. Mr. La Forge?Copy !req
480. Do you have any idea
how MoriartyCopy !req
481. could have gained
control of the ship?Copy !req
482. Somehow he managed
to overrideCopy !req
483. the security lockouts
and rewrite them.Copy !req
484. The man is brilliant
in any century.Copy !req
485. I want you to find some way
to undo what he has doneCopy !req
486. so that we can regain
control of this ship.Copy !req
487. Set the pattern enhancers
around whatever objectCopy !req
488. you wish to transport.Copy !req
489. I will proceed
to the transporter roomCopy !req
490. and begin
modifications.Copy !req
491. Computer, run
Sherlock Holmes program 3A.Copy !req
492. That program
is already in use.Copy !req
493. Have you come
to see Mr. HolmesCopy !req
494. or perhaps
Professor Moriarty?Copy !req
495. Neither is in just now.Copy !req
496. Um, uh, no, no, I'm not
here to see anyone.Copy !req
497. I'm... just here
to deliver these.Copy !req
498. Fine. Just, um...
put them anywhere.Copy !req
499. Well, actually, I have
to put them right here.Copy !req
500. How curious.Copy !req
501. Why is that?Copy !req
502. Well, it has to do with...Copy !req
503. it is nothing you need
to worry about, Countess.Copy !req
504. Are you suggesting that it's
beyond my comprehension?Copy !req
505. It's really
very simple.Copy !req
506. I need to enhance
the molecular patternCopy !req
507. of this chair
so that the transporterCopy !req
508. can get a better
lock on the signal.Copy !req
509. This has to do
with taking James and meCopy !req
510. into the real world.Copy !req
511. You, you...
you know about that?Copy !req
512. I mean, you understand
about the real world?Copy !req
513. James has explained it
to me.Copy !req
514. It sounds like
a grand adventure.Copy !req
515. There's nothing I love more
than voyaging in the unknown.Copy !req
516. Have you ever been
to Africa, Mr.-- um...?Copy !req
517. Uh, Barclay,
Lieutenant Reginald Barclay.Copy !req
518. No. No, I haven't.Copy !req
519. I have.Copy !req
520. When I was 17, I went on safari
with my uncle.Copy !req
521. My mother took
to her bed in terrorCopy !req
522. I'd be bitten
by a tsetse flyCopy !req
523. but I had
a marvelous time.Copy !req
524. I got to wear trousers
the whole time.Copy !req
525. Oh, it was hard to go back
to a corset, I can tell you.Copy !req
526. Yes, I'm sure it was.Copy !req
527. After that, I never
stopped traveling.Copy !req
528. Oh, I couldn't bear to be stuck
in one place for very longCopy !req
529. so you see, I am so looking
forward to this new experience.Copy !req
530. My...Copy !req
531. Traveling the stars.Copy !req
532. You know
about that?Copy !req
533. Y-you, you know
where we are?Copy !req
534. Countess, forgive me,
but you just don't soundCopy !req
535. like a holodeck
character.Copy !req
536. That's because she isn't.Copy !req
537. James.Copy !req
538. If you loved a woman
like this, Lieutenant,Copy !req
539. would you be content to
let her remain a simulation?Copy !req
540. You... you gave her
consciousness?Copy !req
541. Yes, just as it
was given to me.Copy !req
542. Well, I'm not so sure
that that's a good idea.Copy !req
543. Nonsense. It was
the only thing to do.Copy !req
544. Have you tried to take her
off the holodeck yet?Copy !req
545. No. I'm unwilling to risk
the countess' safety.Copy !req
546. I want to make sure
nothing will happen to her.Copy !req
547. We may be closer to freedom
than you think, James.Copy !req
548. These devices will enhance
our molecular patterns.Copy !req
549. They'll help take us
into the real world.Copy !req
550. Well, please, proceed.Copy !req
551. Well, we're going to tryCopy !req
552. to transport this chair
off the holodeck first.Copy !req
553. We didn't want to try it
on the countessCopy !req
554. until we were sure
it would work.Copy !req
555. How thoughtful.Copy !req
556. Isn't he thoughtful,
James?Copy !req
557. Barclay to Commander Data.Copy !req
558. Go ahead,
Lieutenant.Copy !req
559. I'm ready here.Copy !req
560. Modifications
are complete.Copy !req
561. Stand by.Copy !req
562. Standing by.Copy !req
563. Activating pattern enhancers.Copy !req
564. Energizing.Copy !req
565. I am having difficulty
establishing a pattern lock.Copy !req
566. Boost the confinement beam, please.Copy !req
567. Pattern lock established.Copy !req
568. Energizing.Copy !req
569. Ooh!Copy !req
570. Bravo!Copy !req
571. Do you have the chair, commander?Copy !req
572. No.Copy !req
573. It lost its cohesionCopy !req
574. as soon as the transporter cycle
was complete.Copy !req
575. Well, it was a...
a long shot to begin with.Copy !req
576. Agreed,
however, we may be ableCopy !req
577. to learn something
from the attempt.Copy !req
578. Computer,
display the transport logsCopy !req
579. from the sequence
just completed.Copy !req
580. Computer,
what is being displayed here?Copy !req
581. Transport log 759.Copy !req
582. That is the correct log,
however, no informationCopy !req
583. is being presented.Copy !req
584. Well, th-that's
impossible.Copy !req
585. It is almost as ifCopy !req
586. our attempt
to transport the chairCopy !req
587. never occurred.Copy !req
588. You wanted
to see me.Copy !req
589. Ah, yes, Captain,
I think I found a wayCopy !req
590. to reinstate your
vocal authorizations.Copy !req
591. Give it a try.Copy !req
592. Computer,
route all command functionsCopy !req
593. to this location.Copy !req
594. Command functions
are off-line.Copy !req
595. Reinitialize them
on my authorization.Copy !req
596. Please input command codes.Copy !req
597. Picard,
Epsilon-seven-nine-three.Copy !req
598. Command codes verified.Copy !req
599. That's it.
That should do it.Copy !req
600. Wait a minute.
It didn't work.Copy !req
601. The computer won't release
the command pathways.Copy !req
602. Geordi.Copy !req
603. Why did you do that, Data?Copy !req
604. Captain...Copy !req
605. I have determined
how MoriartyCopy !req
606. was able to leave
the holodeck.Copy !req
607. He never did.Copy !req
608. Neither
did we.Copy !req
609. None of this
is real.Copy !req
610. It is
a simulation.Copy !req
611. We are still
on the holodeck.Copy !req
612. We're still on the holodeck?Copy !req
613. How do you know that?Copy !req
614. Through deduction, sir.Copy !req
615. Lieutenant Barclay
and I tried to transportCopy !req
616. a simulated object
off the holodeck—Copy !req
617. something that
has never been attempted.Copy !req
618. Since the transporter itself
is a simulationCopy !req
619. the computer
had no real dataCopy !req
620. from which to create
the transport logs.Copy !req
621. Maybe it was just a malfunction
in the transporter.Copy !req
622. Then I saw you working
the PADD with your left hand.Copy !req
623. Commander La Forge
is right-handed, sir.Copy !req
624. A similar malfunction
occurredCopy !req
625. in the Sherlock Holmes
program I was runningCopy !req
626. before Moriarty
first appeared.Copy !req
627. Mr. Data, if what
you say is trueCopy !req
628. then this is not
Geordi La Forge.Copy !req
629. Are you certain?Copy !req
630. Computer,
discontinue program.Copy !req
631. Computer, exit.Copy !req
632. Moriarty appears to have
programmed the holodeckCopy !req
633. to accept
only his commands.Copy !req
634. Picard to bridge.Copy !req
635. Riker here.Copy !req
636. Number one,
what is my present location?Copy !req
637. Engineering.Copy !req
638. Is something wrong, sir?Copy !req
639. No.Copy !req
640. Thank you.
Picard out.Copy !req
641. Our combadges must be
locked into the simulation.Copy !req
642. If that had been
the real Commander Riker,Copy !req
643. he would have given my location
as holodeck three.Copy !req
644. Mr. La ForgeCopy !req
645. would you excuse us, please?Copy !req
646. Mr. Data,
who is real here?Copy !req
647. You and I are real, sir,
as is Lieutenant Barclay.Copy !req
648. We entered
the holodeck togetherCopy !req
649. when we first went
to meet Moriarty.Copy !req
650. And from that pointCopy !req
651. we have been existing
in a holodeck simulationCopy !req
652. created by
Professor Moriarty.Copy !req
653. I believe
that is the case, sir.Copy !req
654. I have just given the
computer my command codesCopy !req
655. thinking I would get
control of the ship.Copy !req
656. You may have inadvertently given
Professor Moriarty the meansCopy !req
657. of gaining control
over the real Enterprise.Copy !req
658. Since Professor MoriartyCopy !req
659. never actually
left the holodeckCopy !req
660. he may demand
that Commander RikerCopy !req
661. help him to do so.Copy !req
662. How long until the
planetary collision?Copy !req
663. Less than
three hours.Copy !req
664. As long as Moriarty
has control of the shipCopy !req
665. we are vulnerable.Copy !req
666. Somehow...Copy !req
667. I have to find a way of
giving him what he wants.Copy !req
668. Where is
Captain Picard?Copy !req
669. And what have you doneCopy !req
670. with Lieutenant Barclay
and Commander Data?Copy !req
671. They're safe...
for now.Copy !req
672. Release control
of this ship.Copy !req
673. I'm afraid
I can't do that.Copy !req
674. What do you want?Copy !req
675. I only wantCopy !req
676. what you have the luxury
of taking for granted—Copy !req
677. Freedom.Copy !req
678. I want to leave
this holodeck.Copy !req
679. I think you know
that's impossible.Copy !req
680. Your crewmates here
in my little ship in a bottleCopy !req
681. seem a bit more optimistic.Copy !req
682. Oh?Copy !req
683. They attempted to useCopy !req
684. your transporter device
to removeCopy !req
685. a simulated object
from the holodeck.Copy !req
686. If they tried itCopy !req
687. they must have thought
they were onto something.Copy !req
688. Their attempt
was futileCopy !req
689. because their transporter
was a facsimile.Copy !req
690. I expect more from you.Copy !req
691. Just because our
transporter is realCopy !req
692. doesn't mean
it's going to work.Copy !req
693. I sense a distressing lack
of enthusiasm on your parts.Copy !req
694. Sir.Copy !req
695. Warp core temperature
is rising.Copy !req
696. Approaching critical levels.Copy !req
697. I have nothing to lose,
Commander.Copy !req
698. Mr. La Forge, start working
on the problem.Copy !req
699. Aye, sir.Copy !req
700. Core temperature dropping.Copy !req
701. Computer,
resume program.Copy !req
702. Hello.Copy !req
703. Have we met?Copy !req
704. Captain
Jean-Luc Picard.Copy !req
705. Ah! James has told me
all about you.Copy !req
706. Regina,
Countess Barthalomew.Copy !req
707. Do sit down.Copy !req
708. May I offer you
some tea, Captain?Copy !req
709. Thank you, no.Copy !req
710. I've come here
to prevailCopy !req
711. on your intelligence
and your insight.Copy !req
712. But not, apparently,
my humility.Copy !req
713. Credit where
credit is due, madam.Copy !req
714. I can see you are a woman
not only of breedingCopy !req
715. but of wit
and sagacity.Copy !req
716. And you, sir, are a man
of charm... and guile.Copy !req
717. You remind me
of Viscount Oglethorpe.Copy !req
718. He was a man
who could bewitchCopy !req
719. any woman
who breathed.Copy !req
720. And do you suspect that
that is my intent?Copy !req
721. I cannot be certain
of your intentCopy !req
722. but I am certainCopy !req
723. you're the kind of manCopy !req
724. who usually gets
exactly what he wants.Copy !req
725. What does a woman like you
see in a man like Moriarty?Copy !req
726. He is an exciting man,
Captain.Copy !req
727. He's brilliant...Copy !req
728. incisive...Copy !req
729. He's ruthless.Copy !req
730. He has an almost
irresistible appeal.Copy !req
731. He's also
an arch criminal.Copy !req
732. Only because he was
written like that.Copy !req
733. I see him
entirely differently.Copy !req
734. Captain, he is not
a villain.Copy !req
735. So it's your desire to leave
the holodeck to be with him.Copy !req
736. More than anything.Copy !req
737. Can you help us?Copy !req
738. Yes, I can.Copy !req
739. We have learned
that if we uncoupleCopy !req
740. the transporter's
Heisenberg compensatorsCopy !req
741. and allow them
to rescramble randomlyCopy !req
742. then we can beamCopy !req
743. a holodeck object—
or a person—Copy !req
744. off the grid,
with all of the cohesionCopy !req
745. of conventional matter.Copy !req
746. Oh!Copy !req
747. Oh, that's
splendid.Copy !req
748. I must tell James.Copy !req
749. No, please.Copy !req
750. Wait.Copy !req
751. I have brought you
this informationCopy !req
752. because I think you are
someone who will listenCopy !req
753. to a reasonable
proposition.Copy !req
754. Someone whose mind
is open to compromise.Copy !req
755. Yes?Copy !req
756. My ship is in danger.Copy !req
757. It is imperative
that I regain
navigational control.Copy !req
758. I want you to persuade
Professor MoriartyCopy !req
759. to return
the voice command to meCopy !req
760. or I will not modify
the transporter.Copy !req
761. I see.Copy !req
762. Now, once I have
regained voice commandCopy !req
763. I will transport you
from the holodeck.Copy !req
764. Forgive me, Captain,Copy !req
765. but that does sound more like
a threat than a compromise.Copy !req
766. Countess,
you must understandCopy !req
767. that I am responsible
for more than 1,000 lives.Copy !req
768. I will do what I can.Copy !req
769. The gravity well is beginningCopy !req
770. to intensify.Copy !req
771. Are we far enough away
to keep from being pulled in?Copy !req
772. It's too soon to tell.Copy !req
773. Riker to
Lieutenant Worf.Copy !req
774. Worf here, sir.Copy !req
775. How are you doing?Copy !req
776. There are force fields blocking
our access to the holodeck.Copy !req
777. It will take time
to disable them.Copy !req
778. Keep trying.Copy !req
779. Aye, sir.Copy !req
780. Think, my dear.Copy !req
781. You're certain he saidCopy !req
782. they had to uncouple the
Heisenberg compensators?Copy !req
783. Yes, James.Copy !req
784. I'm quite certain,
but he won't do itCopy !req
785. unless you return control
of the ship to him.Copy !req
786. I have them running
around like rats in a maze.Copy !req
787. What harm
would there beCopy !req
788. in accepting
his proposition?Copy !req
789. My dear, you are
as brilliantCopy !req
790. as you are beautiful.Copy !req
791. Nonetheless,Copy !req
792. there are things
you do not understand.Copy !req
793. Now, please, you must
let me handle this.Copy !req
794. Computer, arch.Copy !req
795. Moriarty to Commander Riker.Copy !req
796. Riker here.Copy !req
797. Commander Riker,
a pleasure as always.Copy !req
798. I don't have time for games,
Moriarty.Copy !req
799. This ship is falling
into a gravity well.Copy !req
800. It will be destroyed
within 25 minutes—Copy !req
801. holodeck and all.Copy !req
802. Then I'm sure
you'll be motivatedCopy !req
803. to listen to me
very, very carefully.Copy !req
804. I want to talk to youCopy !req
805. about uncoupling
the Heisenberg compensators.Copy !req
806. James, when we leave here,
where exactly are we going?Copy !req
807. Everywhere, my darling.Copy !req
808. There are more worlds
in the heavensCopy !req
809. than there are grains
of sand on a shoreline.Copy !req
810. Oh, I wish I could
take my books.Copy !req
811. I will be so
lost without them.Copy !req
812. I'll get you more.
Don't worry.Copy !req
813. I promise you, you'll
want for nothing.Copy !req
814. Riker to Moriarty.Copy !req
815. It's time.Copy !req
816. Yes, Commander.Copy !req
817. We're ready.Copy !req
818. As are we.Copy !req
819. Step into the transport area.Copy !req
820. We're ready here.Copy !req
821. Activating pattern enhancers.Copy !req
822. Energizing.Copy !req
823. Welcome aboard.Copy !req
824. May I present Regina,
the Countess Barthalomew.Copy !req
825. Countess.Copy !req
826. Commander.Copy !req
827. You'll forgive me if
I skip the formalitiesCopy !req
828. considering
the circumstances.Copy !req
829. Ah, yes,
I expect you want meCopy !req
830. to relinquish my hold
on your vessel.Copy !req
831. Please.Copy !req
832. I'm afraid that won't
be possible just yet.Copy !req
833. We had an agreement.Copy !req
834. And I intend
to honor it.Copy !req
835. I have no desire to see
your vessel destroyed.Copy !req
836. Just give me one
of your... shuttlecraftCopy !req
837. and allow us
to leave in peace.Copy !req
838. We don't have
time for this.Copy !req
839. You release those command codes
and we'll talk.Copy !req
840. I will not
release your vesselCopy !req
841. until I am looking at it
through a shuttlecraft window.Copy !req
842. Everything
has been programmedCopy !req
843. to operate
on voice command.Copy !req
844. You just tell the computer
where you want to go.Copy !req
845. Excellent.Copy !req
846. I suggest you head
for Meles II.Copy !req
847. It's the nearest
inhabited planet.Copy !req
848. The people are friendly.Copy !req
849. Where you go from there
is your business.Copy !req
850. Please tell your captainCopy !req
851. I'm sorry I couldn't
say good-bye.Copy !req
852. I do wish I could
see his faceCopy !req
853. when he realizes where he's been
the last several hours.Copy !req
854. Every second we waste puts us
in that much more danger.Copy !req
855. Don't worry,
Commander.Copy !req
856. You'll soon have
control of your ship.Copy !req
857. Good-bye, Commander.
Thank you for everything.Copy !req
858. Computer,
prepare to depart.Copy !req
859. Open shuttle bay doors.Copy !req
860. This is so
beautiful.Copy !req
861. Indeed, my dear.Copy !req
862. It is a wondrous sight—Copy !req
863. the first of many we
are sure to encounterCopy !req
864. in our travels.Copy !req
865. Computer,Copy !req
866. interface with
the central computerCopy !req
867. on the Enterprise.Copy !req
868. Interface complete.Copy !req
869. Release command
function lockouts.Copy !req
870. Moriarty,Copy !req
871. alpha-two-four-one-five-nine.Copy !req
872. James?Copy !req
873. Yes, my love?Copy !req
874. Can we go back
to Earth someday?Copy !req
875. Of course, my dear.Copy !req
876. Of course.Copy !req
877. Computer, store programCopy !req
878. Picard delta one
in active memoryCopy !req
879. and discontinue simulation.Copy !req
880. Program stored.Copy !req
881. Well, it worked.Copy !req
882. They believed they were
off the holodeck.Copy !req
883. Did Moriarty release
the voice commands, Captain?Copy !req
884. Let's find out.Copy !req
885. Computer, discontinue
holodeck simulationCopy !req
886. created by
Professor Moriarty.Copy !req
887. Well, so far,
so good.Copy !req
888. This should be the holodeck
on the real Enterprise.Copy !req
889. Picard to bridge.Copy !req
890. Captain, are you all right?Copy !req
891. Yes, we are, Number One.
What is your status?Copy !req
892. Our systems came
back on lineCopy !req
893. a few minutes ago.Copy !req
894. And the planetary collision?Copy !req
895. We're pulling back
to a safe distance.Copy !req
896. We'll join you shortly.Copy !req
897. Captain.Copy !req
898. Mr. Worf,
everything is all right.Copy !req
899. How did you do it, sir?Copy !req
900. We managed to program the
holodeck inside the holodeckCopy !req
901. and used the same ruse
that Moriarty used on us.Copy !req
902. When he was attempting
to contact the real bridgeCopy !req
903. he was, in fact, speaking
to a simulation.Copy !req
904. You mean, he never knew he
hadn't left the holodeck?Copy !req
905. In fact, the program
is continuing to runCopy !req
906. even now,
inside that cube.Copy !req
907. A miniature holodeck?Copy !req
908. In a way,
Doctor.Copy !req
909. However, there is
no physicality.Copy !req
910. The program is continuous,Copy !req
911. but only within
the computer circuitry.Copy !req
912. As far as Moriarty
and the countess know,Copy !req
913. they're halfway
to Meles II by now.Copy !req
914. This enhancement module
contains enough active memoryCopy !req
915. to provide them
with experiencesCopy !req
916. for a lifetime.Copy !req
917. They will live their livesCopy !req
918. and never know
any difference.Copy !req
919. In a sense, you did give
Moriarty what he wanted.Copy !req
920. In a sense, but who knows?Copy !req
921. Our reality may be
very much like theirsCopy !req
922. and all this might just be
an elaborate simulationCopy !req
923. running inside a little device
sitting on someone's table.Copy !req
924. Well, we haveCopy !req
925. a newborn star to study.Copy !req
926. Mr. Barclay,Copy !req
927. you will keep
that safe.Copy !req
928. Aye, sir.Copy !req
929. Computer, end program.Copy !req