1. Captain's Log,
Stardate 46192.3.Copy !req
2. We have arrived
at Starbase 112Copy !req
3. and are loading
relief suppliesCopy !req
4. destined for Tagra IV,Copy !req
5. an ecologically devastated
planet in the Argolis Cluster.Copy !req
6. We have also taken on
a rather unusual passenger.Copy !req
7. Welcome to the Enterprise,
Miss Rogers.Copy !req
8. I'm delighted
to have you on board.Copy !req
9. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
10. And congratulations.
I understand that
you were selectedCopy !req
11. for this internship
out of hundreds
of applicants.Copy !req
12. Yes, sir, I still can't
believe they chose me.Copy !req
13. There were lots
of other people
with better records.Copy !req
14. Her transcriptCopy !req
15. is very impressive.
She's done honors work
in neurobiology,Copy !req
16. plasma dynamics,
and eco-regeneration.Copy !req
17. I'd say that's
pretty well-rounded.Copy !req
18. Well, that's a nice way
of saying that ICopy !req
19. haven't decided what I'm
going to do with my life.Copy !req
20. I've arranged to have
you work in all the
major departmentsCopy !req
21. while you're here,
and I'm willing to betCopy !req
22. that by the time
it's over, you'll have
a pretty good ideaCopy !req
23. what field
you're interested in.Copy !req
24. Or, at leastCopy !req
25. what fields you're not
interested in.Copy !req
26. Come.Copy !req
27. We're bringing up
the rest of the cargo now.Copy !req
28. We should be ready to leave
within the hour.Copy !req
29. Commander, will you
escort Miss Rogers
to her quarters?Copy !req
30. I need to discuss
the Tagrans' medical
needs with Dr. Crusher.Copy !req
31. And Miss Rogers?Copy !req
32. Yes?Copy !req
33. You've won yourself
a rare opportunity.Copy !req
34. Avail yourself of it.Copy !req
35. I will, sir,
and thank you.Copy !req
36. It'll take you a few
days before you know
where everything is.Copy !req
37. If you need any help
you just use... use
one of these com panels.Copy !req
38. Um... we're on deck
seven, section four.Copy !req
39. You're right.Copy !req
40. I practically
memorized the specsCopy !req
41. on the way over here.Copy !req
42. You're a quick study.Copy !req
43. This is it.Copy !req
44. Is this for me?Copy !req
45. It's all yours.Copy !req
46. It's so big.Copy !req
47. For honor students,
only the best.Copy !req
48. Well, I could have
brought my zoo.Copy !req
49. Your zoo?Copy !req
50. Well, it's just what
my parents call it.Copy !req
51. Three dogs isn't
that many, is it?Copy !req
52. It depends how
they get along.Copy !req
53. I could have had a dozen.Copy !req
54. Mother said
enough is enough.Copy !req
55. I'm sure going
to miss them.Copy !req
56. We'll keep you so busy
you won't have a chance to.Copy !req
57. I've got to get going.
I have to get back
to Cargo Bay Two.Copy !req
58. Well, thanks for, uh...
walking me down.Copy !req
59. Sure.Copy !req
60. Oh, no.Copy !req
61. Oh, no, no, no, no.Copy !req
62. I didn't mean it.Copy !req
63. Oh, no.Copy !req
64. You guys can't stay here.Copy !req
65. Come on, all of you.Copy !req
66. Hello.Copy !req
67. Oh, come here, little one.Copy !req
68. You, too. Come on.Copy !req
69. Come on.Copy !req
70. Space, the final frontier.Copy !req
71. These are the voyages
of the Starship Enterprise.Copy !req
72. Its continuing mission—Copy !req
73. to explore
strange new worlds,Copy !req
74. to seek out new life
and new civilizations,Copy !req
75. to boldly go
where no one has gone before.Copy !req
76. See all these readouts?Copy !req
77. That's your heart rate,
your blood pressure,Copy !req
78. all your vital signs.Copy !req
79. You're in good shape.Copy !req
80. You might just live
to be my age.Copy !req
81. Now, all these tricorders
need to be testedCopy !req
82. before they can be put
in the supply containersCopy !req
83. that we're taking
to Tagra.Copy !req
84. So, I should scan
myself with each oneCopy !req
85. to make sure the
readouts are working.Copy !req
86. Any unit that doesn't,
put it asideCopy !req
87. and we'll do a diagnostic
on it later.Copy !req
88. Okay.Copy !req
89. I hear you've been
accepted to the Academy.Copy !req
90. I have a son there.Copy !req
91. Oh. Being posted
on the Enterprise,Copy !req
92. I guess you don't get
to see him very often.Copy !req
93. No, not as often
as I'd like.Copy !req
94. Do you have
any other children?Copy !req
95. My husband died a
number of years ago.Copy !req
96. Wes was our only child.Copy !req
97. Was he old enough
to know his father?Copy !req
98. Jack died when he was five.Copy !req
99. My parents died
when I was a baby, too.Copy !req
100. I don't remember anything
about them.Copy !req
101. Sometimes I wonder
what they were like.Copy !req
102. Your adoptive parents
are in Starfleet, aren't they?Copy !req
103. Yeah, they're marine biologists.Copy !req
104. They've just been posted
to the Bilaren system.Copy !req
105. Sick Bay to Dr. Crusher.Copy !req
106. You wanted to be told
when the cultures were ready.Copy !req
107. On my way.Copy !req
108. When you've finished
with the tricorders,Copy !req
109. Nurse Ogawa will help you
to take themCopy !req
110. down to Shuttle Bay
for loading.Copy !req
111. Okay.Copy !req
112. Oh, thank you very much
for your help.Copy !req
113. We can use every
available hand we can get.Copy !req
114. This is one of
the largest relief effortsCopy !req
115. we've ever mounted.Copy !req
116. Now, why are you bringing
everything downCopy !req
117. in shuttlecraft?Copy !req
118. Well, because we can't use
the transportersCopy !req
119. for all the ionization
in the Tagran atmosphere.Copy !req
120. From the baristatic
filters?Copy !req
121. How did you know that?Copy !req
122. I did a paper on
eco-regeneration.Copy !req
123. Well, then you know
that a thousand
baristatic filtersCopy !req
124. puts out quite a bit
of ionization.Copy !req
125. A thousand?Copy !req
126. Yeah. They've managedCopy !req
127. to pollute their
atmosphere pretty badly.Copy !req
128. It's amazing to think
that they go to such lengthsCopy !req
129. to clean the air,
instead of regulatingCopy !req
130. the emissions
that cause the problem.Copy !req
131. Yeah, you're right.Copy !req
132. Actually, the only thing
the filters can doCopy !req
133. is keep things
from getting worse.Copy !req
134. They shoot the air
full of...Copy !req
135. Commander,
are you all right?Copy !req
136. You okay?Copy !req
137. I didn't even
see it coming.Copy !req
138. And this is
the main control area.Copy !req
139. We can access any
of the primary circuitsCopy !req
140. from all of these panels.Copy !req
141. Over here is
a Jefferies tube...Copy !req
142. Where most of the major
conduits are routed.Copy !req
143. You've been doing
your homework.Copy !req
144. It's hard to imagine
how much energy is
harnessed in there.Copy !req
145. Imagination
is not necessary.Copy !req
146. The scale
is readily quantifiable.Copy !req
147. We are presently generatingCopy !req
148. 12.75 billion
gigawatts per...Copy !req
149. The temperature
in the reaction chamberCopy !req
150. has increased by 47%.Copy !req
151. Injector couplings are frozen.Copy !req
152. I can't slow down the reaction.Copy !req
153. Temperature increase
is at 106% and rising.Copy !req
154. La Forge to Bridge.Copy !req
155. We're looking at
a core breach.Copy !req
156. We're going to have
to try and vent the plasma.Copy !req
157. Plasma inductors
are not responding.Copy !req
158. We're going to lose containment.Copy !req
159. All right, everybody,
out of here now!Copy !req
160. Let's go! Let's move it!Copy !req
161. Data, bring down
the isolation door.Copy !req
162. We're going to have to eject
the warp core.Copy !req
163. Temperature in the
reaction chamber...Copy !req
164. has returned to normal.Copy !req
165. She's a little shaken upCopy !req
166. but she's going
to be fine.Copy !req
167. You said she
was adopted.Copy !req
168. Could she be
an alien?Copy !req
169. She's human.Copy !req
170. There's nothing
more unusual about her.Copy !req
171. Not that my instruments
can detect.Copy !req
172. Commander, have you been ableCopy !req
173. to determine
the cause of the warp breach?Copy !req
174. No, sir.
Everything was normal
and then suddenlyCopy !req
175. it's like the laws of physics
went right out the window.Copy !req
176. And why shouldn't they?Copy !req
177. They're so inconvenient.Copy !req
178. Q.Copy !req
179. Mon Capitain.Copy !req
180. Are you responsible for this
incident in Engineering?Copy !req
181. Of course.Copy !req
182. I needed to find outCopy !req
183. if what I suspectedCopy !req
184. about the girl were true.Copy !req
185. That being?Copy !req
186. That she's Q.Copy !req
187. Amanda's a Q?Copy !req
188. How is that possible?Copy !req
189. Her-Her parents—Copy !req
190. her biological parents—
were human.Copy !req
191. Well, not exactly.Copy !req
192. They had assumed human form
in order to visit Earth,Copy !req
193. I suppose for... for amusement,
but in vulgar human fashion,Copy !req
194. they proceeded to conceive
a child.Copy !req
195. And then like
mawkish humans,Copy !req
196. they became
attached to it.Copy !req
197. What is it about these
squirming little infantsCopy !req
198. that you find so appealing?Copy !req
199. I'm sure that's beyond
your comprehension, Q.Copy !req
200. I desperately hope so.Copy !req
201. What happened
to Amanda's parents?Copy !req
202. They died in an accident.Copy !req
203. None of us knew
whether she had
inheritedCopy !req
204. the capacities of the Q,
but recently,Copy !req
205. they've begun to emerge,
and as an expertCopy !req
206. in humanity,
I was sent to investigate.Copy !req
207. You, an expert
in humanity?Copy !req
208. Not a very challenging field
of study, I grant you.Copy !req
209. Are you saying that you
created a core breachCopy !req
210. just to test this girl?Copy !req
211. Uh-huh.Copy !req
212. What would have happened
if she couldn't stop it?Copy !req
213. Then I would have known
she wasn't a Q.Copy !req
214. And now that you know,
what do you intend to do?Copy !req
215. Instruct her.Copy !req
216. If this child does not learn
how to control her power,Copy !req
217. she may accidentally
destroy herself...Copy !req
218. or all of you,
or perhaps your entire galaxy.Copy !req
219. I find it hard to believeCopy !req
220. that you're here
to do us a favor.Copy !req
221. You're quite right,
I wouldn't,Copy !req
222. but there are those
in the ContinuumCopy !req
223. who have an over-exaggerated
sense of responsibility.Copy !req
224. They think that we need
to take precautionsCopy !req
225. to keep the little dear
from running amok.Copy !req
226. And once you've taught her,
then you'll go away?Copy !req
227. And leave her here?Copy !req
228. Of course not.Copy !req
229. She'll come back to the
Continuum where she belongs.Copy !req
230. Wait a minute. You can't just
come in here and take her awayCopy !req
231. from everything
she's ever known.Copy !req
232. I assure you, I can.Copy !req
233. She has plans for herself.Copy !req
234. She wants to have a career
and a family.Copy !req
235. I'm rescuing her
from that miserable existence.Copy !req
236. That "miserable existence"
is all she's knownCopy !req
237. for the last 18 years.Copy !req
238. You have no right
to take her away from it.Copy !req
239. Mon Capitain, I really think
that we need to speak privately.Copy !req
240. Well, there,
that's better.Copy !req
241. Crusher gets more shrill
with each passing year.Copy !req
242. Q, what is it
you really want?Copy !req
243. Well, since you know
so much about the Q,Copy !req
244. I thought you'd be
the perfect personCopy !req
245. to introduce me
to the child.Copy !req
246. Let her know that
she can trust me.Copy !req
247. I don't trust you, Q.Copy !req
248. Why should I expect Amanda to?Copy !req
249. Well, she'd better,
because I'm all she's got.Copy !req
250. She needs me to help her prepare
for her future with the Q.Copy !req
251. But what if she doesn't want
that future?Copy !req
252. It must be her decision.Copy !req
253. Oh, yes! Yes! Yes!Copy !req
254. Do you think that
she will want to remain
an enfeebled mortal?Copy !req
255. Well, if she really is Q,Copy !req
256. she must understand
what that means.Copy !req
257. Very well.Copy !req
258. I will introduce you, but...Copy !req
259. we cannot argue
like this in front of her.Copy !req
260. We must at least
appear to be...Copy !req
261. Pals?Copy !req
262. Civil.Copy !req
263. I knew I could count
on you, Jean-Luc.Copy !req
264. Mr. Data, I want
you to accessCopy !req
265. any available records
on Amanda Rogers.Copy !req
266. Yes, Captain.Copy !req
267. I want to know about
her biological parents...Copy !req
268. about their death.Copy !req
269. I find it odd that any Q
could die in an accident.Copy !req
270. It is not consistent with
what we know of them, sir.Copy !req
271. I'm convinced that Q isn't
telling us everything.Copy !req
272. See what you
can find out.Copy !req
273. Aye, sir.Copy !req
274. It started happening
about six months ago—Copy !req
275. things that I would wish for
would just suddenly appear.Copy !req
276. I thought I was going crazy.Copy !req
277. In a funny way,
finding this outCopy !req
278. is kind of a relief.Copy !req
279. I can understand
that.Copy !req
280. This person
I mentioned—Copy !req
281. from the Q Continuum—
would like to meet youCopy !req
282. if it's all
right with you.Copy !req
283. I'm ready.Copy !req
284. Good.Copy !req
285. There's my girl.Copy !req
286. Amanda, allow me
to introduce, uh... Q.Copy !req
287. He's, um...Copy !req
288. he's an acquaintance of ours.Copy !req
289. We've, uh...
we've known him for years.Copy !req
290. Very impressive the way you
contained that explosion.Copy !req
291. What else have you done?Copy !req
292. I-I don't understand.Copy !req
293. Telekinesis? Teleportation?Copy !req
294. SpontaneousCopy !req
295. combustion
of someone you don't like?Copy !req
296. That sort of thing.Copy !req
297. Amanda, what Q is askingCopy !req
298. is have you ever deliberately
used your abilities?Copy !req
299. Not until I came here.Copy !req
300. The first time it happenedCopy !req
301. was when the container
almost fell on Commander Riker.Copy !req
302. And you handled
that very well.Copy !req
303. That's why I gave you
a greater challenge—Copy !req
304. the warp core breach.Copy !req
305. She has potential, this one.Copy !req
306. I see no reasonCopy !req
307. why she can't return
to the Continuum right now.Copy !req
308. What?
Q...Copy !req
309. I don't want
to go anywhere.Copy !req
310. Don't worry.Copy !req
311. With time, you'll overcome
the disadvantagesCopy !req
312. you suffered
as a child.Copy !req
313. No one will hold
it against youCopy !req
314. for having been human.Copy !req
315. Let's go.Copy !req
316. Leave me alone!Copy !req
317. I'm not going anywhere with you.Copy !req
318. You agree that
she has a right to
choose her own future,Copy !req
319. but the first chance you
get, you try to abduct her.Copy !req
320. You're overreacting,
as usual, Picard.Copy !req
321. I was merely
testing her powers.Copy !req
322. She's quite a little spitfire,
now, isn't she?Copy !req
323. What's going on, Q?Copy !req
324. What's your real purpose here?Copy !req
325. I think I've been
perfectly clear.Copy !req
326. The Continuum has a vested
interest in this young woman.Copy !req
327. If you wish to protect
that investment,Copy !req
328. I suggest that you approach her
differently.Copy !req
329. She was being impetuous.Copy !req
330. She'll just have to start
behaving like a Q.Copy !req
331. If I'm not mistaken,
she just did.Copy !req
332. You understand, don't you?Copy !req
333. It's just that I have
these things that I want to do.Copy !req
334. I'm going to go
to the Academy.Copy !req
335. I want a careerCopy !req
336. and I want to
join Starfleet.Copy !req
337. You can still do
all those things.Copy !req
338. Yeah, but it just seems
so complicated now.Copy !req
339. I mean, these powers
that I have—Copy !req
340. they're just going
to stand in the way.Copy !req
341. I don't want to have
to deal with that.Copy !req
342. Well, you're
going to have to.Copy !req
343. Listen, I can only imagine
how you feel.Copy !req
344. That certainly would be easier
if this had never happenedCopy !req
345. or if it would just go away...Copy !req
346. but it's not going to go away,Copy !req
347. and you need someone
to help you,Copy !req
348. and the person
who can help you is... Q.Copy !req
349. But he's so horrible.Copy !req
350. He is the only one
who can help youCopy !req
351. to understand who you are.Copy !req
352. Amanda...Copy !req
353. you are going
to have to makeCopy !req
354. some hard choices
about your future,Copy !req
355. and you can't make themCopy !req
356. if you're going
to ignore the truth.Copy !req
357. Yeah. I know.Copy !req
358. But I don't want any of this
to disrupt my time here.Copy !req
359. I want to do everything
that I'm expected to doCopy !req
360. and I don't want you
to treat me any differently.Copy !req
361. Please.Copy !req
362. You've got a deal.Copy !req
363. The first free hour you have,Copy !req
364. I want to see you
in the medical lab.Copy !req
365. I have an experiment
I need your help with.Copy !req
366. Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
367. Your progress, Q?Copy !req
368. As anticipated,
there are some problems.Copy !req
369. I need time.Copy !req
370. However, there is
the possibilityCopy !req
371. we won't have to terminate
the girl.Copy !req
372. Come in.Copy !req
373. Hello, my dear.Copy !req
374. I've been told
I behaved badly.Copy !req
375. I apologize.Copy !req
376. Apparently, you had every reason
to chastise me,Copy !req
377. but then again,
what's done is done, right?Copy !req
378. I'd like to ask you
some questions.Copy !req
379. Anything.Copy !req
380. What exactly are the Q?Copy !req
381. It would be so much easier
to show you than to tell you.Copy !req
382. If you would agree
to take a short visitCopy !req
383. to the Continuum...Copy !req
384. No, just tell me.Copy !req
385. Well, to put it simply,
we're omnipotent.Copy !req
386. There's nothing,
nothing we can't do.Copy !req
387. And what do you do
with this power?Copy !req
388. Anything we want.Copy !req
389. Do you use it to help others?Copy !req
390. I think you've missed the point,
my dear.Copy !req
391. Clearly, you've spent
far too much time with humans.Copy !req
392. As a Q, you can have
your heart's desire instantly,Copy !req
393. whatever that may be.Copy !req
394. Would you like precious jewels,
works of art?Copy !req
395. Would you like to walk
along the rings of Tautine?Copy !req
396. I'm not interested
in any of those things.Copy !req
397. Of course not.
You're a Q.Copy !req
398. But surely
there must be somethingCopy !req
399. that you want—Copy !req
400. something that you
never dreamed was possible.Copy !req
401. Tell me, Amanda,
what is it?Copy !req
402. I'd like to knowCopy !req
403. what my parents
looked like...Copy !req
404. my real parents.Copy !req
405. How quaint.Copy !req
406. So do it.Copy !req
407. What do you mean?
Summon the image.Copy !req
408. I don't know how.
Think about them.Copy !req
409. Evoke the memory.Copy !req
410. You can do it, Amanda.Copy !req
411. Trust me.Copy !req
412. Close your eyes.
Close your eyes!Copy !req
413. In your mind,
return to the timeCopy !req
414. when you were an infant.Copy !req
415. Think about
your parents.Copy !req
416. Remember them.Copy !req
417. Good.Copy !req
418. Good.Copy !req
419. Now, open your eyes.Copy !req
420. They loved me.Copy !req
421. Wait for it
to be metabolized.Copy !req
422. Add another... 20?Copy !req
423. Wait for it to be
metabolized over and overCopy !req
424. and then wait
till the bacilliCopy !req
425. can't be absorbed
anymore.Copy !req
426. That's right.Copy !req
427. Just be sure and recordCopy !req
428. the rate of mitosis
from each of the dishes.Copy !req
429. Mitosis, right.Copy !req
430. You seem distracted.Copy !req
431. Well, I just saw my parents...Copy !req
432. my real parents.Copy !req
433. Q showed me how.Copy !req
434. Can you imagine
how that felt?Copy !req
435. No, I don't think I can.Copy !req
436. You know, you were right.Copy !req
437. I can't ignore
what's happened to me.Copy !req
438. I just don't know
if I can cope with it.Copy !req
439. Amanda, you are stronger
than you think.Copy !req
440. You know...Copy !req
441. when I saw them there,
right in front of me,Copy !req
442. I realized
that I caused this to happen.Copy !req
443. I wanted to see themCopy !req
444. and I did.Copy !req
445. If it were you—Copy !req
446. if suddenly,Copy !req
447. you could have
anything you wanted,Copy !req
448. what would it be?Copy !req
449. I have no idea.Copy !req
450. No, think about it.Copy !req
451. Really think.Copy !req
452. If suddenly, you could make
anything happen,Copy !req
453. what would it be?Copy !req
454. Well, I would...Copy !req
455. probably want to heal people—Copy !req
456. people who are hopelessly ill.Copy !req
457. Hmm.Copy !req
458. Would you bring
your husband back?Copy !req
459. Well, Amanda, I don't know.Copy !req
460. And I don't think that I could
make a decision like thatCopy !req
461. until I was actually faced
with it.Copy !req
462. I am faced with it.Copy !req
463. Try to do the work.Copy !req
464. I'll come back
and check on you later.Copy !req
465. I thought she'd
never leave.Copy !req
466. I don't know if I'll ever
get used to that.Copy !req
467. It's time for
another lesson.Copy !req
468. Well, I have to finish
this experiment first.Copy !req
469. What are you doing?Copy !req
470. We're delivering
live vaccine bacilli to Tagra.Copy !req
471. I'm supposed to find
the best nutrient solutionCopy !req
472. so we can keep them living
while they're in stasis.Copy !req
473. Fascinating.Copy !req
474. Oh, I just had
a splendid idea.Copy !req
475. Why don't we...Copy !req
476. combine what you're
doing with our lessonCopy !req
477. and we'll show you how
to finish in no time.Copy !req
478. Well, I think that
I should finish itCopy !req
479. the way Dr. Crusher
showed me first.Copy !req
480. Oh, I'm sure
she'd be delightedCopy !req
481. if we sped things along.Copy !req
482. I mean, think
what it would mean.Copy !req
483. You could double,
even triple the workload.Copy !req
484. Well...Copy !req
485. Good.
I guess so.Copy !req
486. Now...Copy !req
487. as you take a look
at the tissue samples,Copy !req
488. form an image
in your mind.Copy !req
489. Number One, Dr. Crusher has
some live vaccine bacilliCopy !req
490. to be delivered to Tagra.Copy !req
491. It'll have to be shipped
in a stasis field.Copy !req
492. Will you make
the arrangements?Copy !req
493. I'll get right on it.Copy !req
494. Captain, message coming in
from Tagra IV.Copy !req
495. On screen.Copy !req
496. Enterprise,
I am Orn Lote, engineer.Copy !req
497. We are having difficulties
with the reactorCopy !req
498. that powers
the baristatic filtersCopy !req
499. on our southern continent.Copy !req
500. We may have to shut it down
for repairs.Copy !req
501. Perhaps my Chief Engineer
could be of assistance.Copy !req
502. I hope so.Copy !req
503. If we're forced
to disable the reactor,Copy !req
504. it would take months to
reestablish the ionic currentsCopy !req
505. the filters have formed
in the atmosphere.Copy !req
506. Send us
your design specifications.Copy !req
507. I'm sure we'll be able
to help.Copy !req
508. Thank you, Captain.Copy !req
509. Captain?Copy !req
510. What is it, Mr. Data?Copy !req
511. I have some informationCopy !req
512. regarding Amanda Rogers'
parents.Copy !req
513. Records indicate that they
died in Topeka, Kansas.Copy !req
514. Their home was destroyed
during a tornado.Copy !req
515. Tornado?Copy !req
516. Why wasn't it dissipated
by the weather modification net?Copy !req
517. Unknown, sir.
The bodies were discoveredCopy !req
518. in the rubble after
the storm had passed.Copy !req
519. See if you can find out
any more details, Mr. Data.Copy !req
520. I'd like to know
more about that storm.Copy !req
521. Aye, sir.Copy !req
522. Well, if it isn't
Number Two.Copy !req
523. I was looking
for Dr. Crusher.Copy !req
524. I didn't know what nutrientsCopy !req
525. she wanted
to send with the bacilli.Copy !req
526. Uh, I'm not sure.Copy !req
527. I'll tell her
to contact you.Copy !req
528. Thanks.Copy !req
529. You could stay here...Copy !req
530. and wait for her, if you,
you know, wanted to.Copy !req
531. Just tell her
I'll be in Shuttle Bay Two.Copy !req
532. You're attracted to him.Copy !req
533. I am not.Copy !req
534. I think you are.Copy !req
535. How repulsive.Copy !req
536. How do you stand
that hair all over his face?Copy !req
537. Doctor,Copy !req
538. Commander Riker was
just here looking for you.Copy !req
539. He said he'd be
in Shuttle Bay Two.Copy !req
540. Thank you.Copy !req
541. Have you finished
already?Copy !req
542. Yes.Copy !req
543. How did you
do it so quickly?Copy !req
544. Well, Q helped me.Copy !req
545. It took us
about half the timeCopy !req
546. that it would have
normally taken us.Copy !req
547. That explains this data.Copy !req
548. I needed to know
the rates of mitosis.Copy !req
549. By artificially inflating them,
you made the experiment useless.Copy !req
550. Now I have to do it
all over again.Copy !req
551. I'm sorry, Doctor.Copy !req
552. Don't be sorry.Copy !req
553. If she wants to make things
difficult on herself,Copy !req
554. that's her business.Copy !req
555. Why did you interfere
with what she was doing?Copy !req
556. She's a Q.
Making her plodCopy !req
557. through human chores
is beneath her.Copy !req
558. She asked not to be
treated differently.Copy !req
559. That doesn't mean she
should be bored to death.Copy !req
560. I don't interfere with
what you're teaching her...Copy !req
561. You would be incapable
of interfering.Copy !req
562. and I don't think
it's asking too muchCopy !req
563. that you do the same.Copy !req
564. and you stay out of mine.Copy !req
565. When you
put it like that, I...Copy !req
566. I think you're
absolutely right.Copy !req
567. Captain.Copy !req
568. Yes, Mr. Data.Copy !req
569. I have further information
regarding the tornadoCopy !req
570. that killed Amanda
Rogers' parents.Copy !req
571. What is it?Copy !req
572. It was unusually compact,
yet extremely powerful.Copy !req
573. Its recorded wind velocityCopy !req
574. was characteristic
of a funnelCopy !req
575. three times its size.Copy !req
576. Download the files
to my ready room.Copy !req
577. I'll study them there.Copy !req
578. Aye, sir.Copy !req
579. Have you been practicing
your teleportation?Copy !req
580. Yes, but it's kind of hard.Copy !req
581. I keep ending up somewhere
I don't want to be.Copy !req
582. Well, it won't do
to be sloppy.Copy !req
583. We should hone
your abilities.Copy !req
584. I have a wonderful idea.Copy !req
585. Why don't we play
a little game?Copy !req
586. I'll hide somewhere
on the shipCopy !req
587. and you find me.Copy !req
588. But how do I know how...?Copy !req
589. Don't worry, Amanda.Copy !req
590. You can do it.Copy !req
591. Not bad.Copy !req
592. Not bad at all.Copy !req
593. If we can use
phase buffers,Copy !req
594. we may be able
to devise a mechanismCopy !req
595. that can be integrated
into the present systemCopy !req
596. while it is still
in operation.Copy !req
597. You're still thinking
like a human.Copy !req
598. Now do you understand?Copy !req
599. What do humans
have to offer youCopy !req
600. that even begins
to compare with that?Copy !req
601. Your future
contains wondersCopy !req
602. you can't even imagine.Copy !req
603. The universe could
be your playground.Copy !req
604. Dr. Crusher
and Counselor Troi—Copy !req
605. they're taking me to dinner.Copy !req
606. You don't have
to eat, you know.Copy !req
607. It's a nasty human habit
you could easily do without.Copy !req
608. Hello, Amanda.Copy !req
609. Are you ready?Copy !req
610. Yes.Copy !req
611. Well, Amanda, how
are you feeling
about all this now?Copy !req
612. It must be overwhelming.Copy !req
613. It was at first,Copy !req
614. but actually,
now I'm enjoying myself.Copy !req
615. Hello, ladies.Copy !req
616. Hello, Will.Copy !req
617. Commander Riker,
um, won't you join us?Copy !req
618. I'd love to, but
I have other plans.Copy !req
619. Hi.Copy !req
620. Hi.Copy !req
621. So how are your
lessons going?Copy !req
622. Is Q being patient with you?Copy !req
623. Amanda?Copy !req
624. What is this all about?Copy !req
625. I thought it
might be niceCopy !req
626. to spend some time
alone together.Copy !req
627. I think it would be niceCopy !req
628. if you took us
back to Ten-Forward.Copy !req
629. Are you sure that
you wouldn't wantCopy !req
630. to stay here with
me for a while?Copy !req
631. The moonlight
is so beautiful.Copy !req
632. Isn't it nicer here
than at Ten-Forward?Copy !req
633. Yes, it's very pleasant,
but that's not the point.Copy !req
634. Oh.Copy !req
635. I think it is.Copy !req
636. No.Copy !req
637. You can't snatch people
and put them into your fantasiesCopy !req
638. and expect them to respond.Copy !req
639. Don't you like me?Copy !req
640. Even just a little bit?Copy !req
641. You're a very
lovely young lady,Copy !req
642. but none of this is real.Copy !req
643. My feelings are real.Copy !req
644. I know, but you can't
make someone love you.Copy !req
645. Can't I?Copy !req
646. Oh, Amanda...Copy !req
647. you are so beautiful.Copy !req
648. Do you love me?Copy !req
649. More than anything.Copy !req
650. You're right.Copy !req
651. None of this is real.Copy !req
652. I thought
it would be romantic,Copy !req
653. but it's empty.Copy !req
654. Amanda...Copy !req
655. Just go back
to Ten-Forward.Copy !req
656. Bonjour, mon Capitain.Copy !req
657. You wanted to
speak with me?Copy !req
658. I wanted to ask you about
Amanda's biological parents.Copy !req
659. When they decided
to remain on Earth,Copy !req
660. what was the reaction
in the Q Continuum?Copy !req
661. We found it
incomprehensible.Copy !req
662. Were they pressured to return?Copy !req
663. Were they threatened
with any punishmentCopy !req
664. if they didn't?Copy !req
665. What are you
driving at, Picard?Copy !req
666. Well, the circumstance
of their death is quite odd.Copy !req
667. A tornado somehow escaped
the weather modification netCopy !req
668. and touched down
in only one spot—Copy !req
669. Amanda's home.Copy !req
670. Well, you can never
predict the weather.Copy !req
671. Well, tornadoes develop
from existing storm frontsCopy !req
672. but, you see,
there were no storm frontsCopy !req
673. in Kansas that day.Copy !req
674. Witnesses reported that
the funnel materializedCopy !req
675. spontaneously,
directly over Amanda's home,Copy !req
676. destroyed it, and disappeared.Copy !req
677. If you say so.
I wasn't there.Copy !req
678. Were Amanda's parents
executed by the Q Continuum?Copy !req
679. And what if they were?Copy !req
680. Well, I think she has
a right to know thatCopy !req
681. before she makes a choice
about her future.Copy !req
682. Don't be foolish, Picard.Copy !req
683. She has no choice.Copy !req
684. She never did.Copy !req
685. If she's truly Q,Copy !req
686. then she must return
to the ContinuumCopy !req
687. where she belongs.Copy !req
688. But if she were
some sort of a hybrid—Copy !req
689. neither human
nor Q, then...Copy !req
690. You would be so despicable?Copy !req
691. Don't be naive.Copy !req
692. You have no idea
what it means to be Q.Copy !req
693. With unlimited power
comes responsibility.Copy !req
694. Do you think
it is reasonableCopy !req
695. for us to allow
omnipotent beingsCopy !req
696. to roam free
through the universe?Copy !req
697. So what have you concluded?Copy !req
698. Does she liveCopy !req
699. or does she die?Copy !req
700. I haven't decided yet.Copy !req
701. Captain's Log,
Stardate 46193.8.Copy !req
702. We have arrived at Tagra IVCopy !req
703. and have begun delivering
supplies.Copy !req
704. In the meantime,
I am faced with a crisisCopy !req
705. of a different nature.Copy !req
706. Look, I have no reason
to believe that Q is lying.Copy !req
707. He claims he has orders
from the Continuum.Copy !req
708. If Amanda cannot prove
that she is fully Q,Copy !req
709. then he must kill her.Copy !req
710. We have to tell her.Copy !req
711. I don't know
if we should.Copy !req
712. It almost seems cruel.Copy !req
713. Maybe she can
protect herself.Copy !req
714. After all,
she has a great deal of power.Copy !req
715. So did her parents,
it didn't save them.Copy !req
716. I agree with the Counselor.Copy !req
717. Amanda deserves to know
the truth of her situation.Copy !req
718. We have no rightCopy !req
719. to hold such crucial information
from her,Copy !req
720. but it isn't going to be easy
telling her.Copy !req
721. What is your impressionCopy !req
722. of the field modulator,
Mr. Lote?Copy !req
723. Quite ingenious.
Quite ingenious indeed.Copy !req
724. I...Copy !req
725. I'm amazed at the wayCopy !req
726. it can be incorporated
with the existing system.Copy !req
727. Commander, we're
all loaded here.Copy !req
728. We can head for the surface
whenever you're ready.Copy !req
729. I'm eager to seeCopy !req
730. the field modulator
in place, Commander.Copy !req
731. We'd better get going.Copy !req
732. Yes.Copy !req
733. Kill me?Copy !req
734. But why?Copy !req
735. They're not convinced
that you are fully QCopy !req
736. and... they are
also responsibleCopy !req
737. for your parents' death.Copy !req
738. My parents?Copy !req
739. But what right do they have?Copy !req
740. Q? Answer me.Copy !req
741. Are you afraid to face me?Copy !req
742. She's such a plucky
little thingCopy !req
743. now, isn't she?Copy !req
744. I really do enjoy you,
you know.Copy !req
745. Amanda's question
deserves an answer, Q.Copy !req
746. You've made yourself
judge and juryCopy !req
747. and if necessary, executioner.Copy !req
748. By what right have you
appointed yourselfCopy !req
749. to this position?Copy !req
750. Superior morality.Copy !req
751. Oh, yes.Copy !req
752. I recall how you used
your superior moralityCopy !req
753. when we first encountered you.Copy !req
754. You put us on trial
for the crimes of humanity.Copy !req
755. The jury is still out on that,
Picard.Copy !req
756. Make no mistake.Copy !req
757. Your... arrogant pretenseCopy !req
758. at being the moral guardians
of the universeCopy !req
759. strikes me
as being hollow, Q.Copy !req
760. I see no evidenceCopy !req
761. that you are guided
by a superior moral codeCopy !req
762. or any code whatsoever.Copy !req
763. You may be
nearly omnipotent—Copy !req
764. and I don't denyCopy !req
765. that your parlor tricks
are very impressive—Copy !req
766. but morality... I don't see it.Copy !req
767. I don't acknowledge it, Q.Copy !req
768. I would put human morality
against the Qs any day.Copy !req
769. And perhaps...Copy !req
770. that's the reason
that we fascinate you so,Copy !req
771. because our puny behavior
shows you a glimmerCopy !req
772. of the one thing
that evades your omnipotence:Copy !req
773. A moral center.Copy !req
774. And if so,Copy !req
775. I can think
of no crueler ironyCopy !req
776. than that you should destroy
this young womanCopy !req
777. whose only crime
is that she's too human.Copy !req
778. Jean-Luc...Copy !req
779. sometimes I think
the only reason I come hereCopy !req
780. is to listen to these wonderful
speeches of yours,Copy !req
781. but this time,
your concern is unwarranted.Copy !req
782. We've decided not to harm herCopy !req
783. and we are prepared
to offer her a choice.Copy !req
784. What kind of choice?Copy !req
785. You can either come
to the Continuum with me...Copy !req
786. Or...?Copy !req
787. Now, this choice
is more difficult.Copy !req
788. You have it within yourselfCopy !req
789. to refrain from using
the power of Q.Copy !req
790. If you can do that,
you can stay here.Copy !req
791. Then I'm staying here.Copy !req
792. Think about this.Copy !req
793. This is not so easy.Copy !req
794. Your parents
were given this choiceCopy !req
795. and they were unable to resist
the temptationCopy !req
796. of using their power.Copy !req
797. All I've wantedCopy !req
798. since this whole
thing beganCopy !req
799. is to become a normal
human being again.Copy !req
800. I know I can resist.Copy !req
801. Worf to Picard.Copy !req
802. There is an emergency message
from Commander Riker.Copy !req
803. I'm on my way.Copy !req
804. Captain, the damage
to the reactor is greaterCopy !req
805. than the Tagrans
led us to believe.Copy !req
806. The field modulator
is installed and operational,Copy !req
807. but it's not going to be enough.Copy !req
808. The reactor has already gone
into overload.Copy !req
809. Can you correct
the problem?Copy !req
810. Geordi is trying
to stabilize the unit now.Copy !req
811. We will stay
as long as possible.Copy !req
812. There are thousands
of people in this area.Copy !req
813. If that reactor goes...Copy !req
814. Commander, over here,
quickly!Copy !req
815. Is this your doing, Q?Copy !req
816. Not this time, Picard.Copy !req
817. Mr. Worf,
see if there is any wayCopy !req
818. that we can cut through
the interferenceCopy !req
819. and beam them out of there.
Aye, sir.Copy !req
820. Captain, Geordi is trying
a neutrino infusion.Copy !req
821. It may smother the reaction.Copy !req
822. Captain, there is too much
ionization in the atmosphere.Copy !req
823. Transporters are useless.Copy !req
824. It's no use.Copy !req
825. The heat has fused
the injectors shut.Copy !req
826. We're losing containment.Copy !req
827. How long till meltdown?Copy !req
828. A few minutes at most.
We're going to have to...Copy !req
829. Commander, look at this.Copy !req
830. This is impossible.Copy !req
831. Captain, I don't know
what's happening,Copy !req
832. but the reaction is stabilizing
on its own.Copy !req
833. Captain,Copy !req
834. I am reading
a massive energy fluctuationCopy !req
835. in the planet's atmosphere.Copy !req
836. On screen.Copy !req
837. Atmospheric contaminantsCopy !req
838. have dropped to less
than one part per trillion.Copy !req
839. The ecosystem has been restored
to its natural state.Copy !req
840. Amanda?Copy !req
841. I told you it would be
harder to resistCopy !req
842. than you thought.Copy !req
843. I couldn't let all
those people die.Copy !req
844. Ever since
I got here,Copy !req
845. I've been fighting this.Copy !req
846. I've been denying the truth...Copy !req
847. denying what I am.Copy !req
848. I am Q.Copy !req
849. Dr. Crusher...Copy !req
850. I've decided that I can't stay.Copy !req
851. I can't stay here.Copy !req
852. Well...Copy !req
853. now that you've come
to your senses,Copy !req
854. let's go.Copy !req
855. No. I want to go and
see my parents first.Copy !req
856. It's going to take some
time to explain all of this,Copy !req
857. so you'll have
to be patient.Copy !req
858. I hope I can come back
and see you.Copy !req
859. You're a Q.Copy !req
860. You can do
anything you want.Copy !req