Quotes

Remembrance [1.1]

Data: Why are you stalling, Captain? Jean-Luc Picard: I don't want the game to end.

Remembrance [1.1]

Laris: Bad dreams? Jean-Luc Picard: The dreams are lovely. It's the waking up that I'm beginning to resent.

Remembrance [1.1]

Interviewer: What was it that you lost faith in, Admiral? You've never spoken about your departure from Starfleet. Didn't you, in fact, resign your commission in protest? Tell us, Admiral. Why did you really quit Starfleet? Jean-Luc Picard: Because it was no longer Starfleet. Interviewer: I'm sorry? Jean-Luc Picard: Because it was no longer Starfleet! We withdrew. The galaxy was mourning, burying its dead, and Starfleet had slunk from its duties. The decision to call off the rescue and to abandon those people we had sworn to save was not just dishonorable. It was downright criminal! And I was not prepared to stand by and be a spectator. And you, my dear, you have no idea what Dunkirk is, right? You're a stranger to history. You're a stranger to war. You just wave your hand and it all goes away. Well, it's not so easy for those who died. And it was not so easy for those who were left behind. We're done here.

Remembrance [1.1]

Dahj Asha: Have you ever... been a stranger to yourself? Jean-Luc Picard: Many, many times.

Remembrance [1.1]

I haven't been living. I've been waiting to die.

Maps and Legends [1.2]

Jean-Luc Picard: The daughter of the man whose death I have been mourning for two decades comes to me for help and assistance. And then she is assassinated in front of my eyes by a Romulan death squad who will then go and try and find and destroy her twin sister. And you want me to sit here worrying what to do about the spittlebugs on the pinots? Laris: I want you not to die. No one but the Tal Shiar could ever protect you against the Tal Shiar. Zhaban: She's not wrong. You can't go without us. Laris: Idiot! He cannot go at all. He's only safe here.

Maps and Legends [1.2]

The sheer fucking hubris. You think you can just waltz back in here and be entrusted with taking men and women into space?

Maps and Legends [1.2]

Kirsten Clancy: The Romulans were our enemies, and we tried to help them for as long as we could, but even before the synthetics attacked Mars, fourteen species within the Federation said 'Cut the Romulans loose, or we'll pull out.' It was a choice between allowing the Federation to implode, or letting the Romulans go. Jean-Luc Picard: The Federation does not get to decide if a species lives or dies. Kirsten Clancy: Yes we do. We absolutely do. Thousands of other species depend upon us for unity, for cohesion. We didn't have enough ships left. We had to make choices, but the great Captain Picard didn't like his orders. Jean-Luc Picard: I was standing up for the Federation for what it represents! For what it should STILL represent! Kirsten Clancy: How dare you lecture me!

Maps and Legends [1.2]

Zhaban: You need a crew. Riker. Worf. La Forge. Jean-Luc Picard: No. I thought about it. And they would do it in a heartbeat, and that's precisely why I cannot ask them. They would put themselves at risk out of loyalty to me, and I do not want to have to go through that again.

Maps and Legends [1.2]

Raffi Musiker: There isn't anything you could say that I'd want to hear. Jean-Luc Picard: Secret Romulan assassins are operating on Earth. Raffi Musiker: Is that the '86? Goddammit.

The End is the Beginning [1.3]

My resignation was the last, desperate, wild solution. I never believed that they would accept it.

The End is the Beginning [1.3]

So are we excited? Intimidated? Maybe a teensy bit starstruck? Jean-Luc Picard! Chief contact with the Q Continuum. Arbiter of succession for the Klingon Empire. Savior of Earth from Borg invasion. Captain of the Enterprises D and E. The man even worked alongside the great Spock. Well, someone is experiencing an acute moodiness overload. Picard is a good man, Captain Rios. He's on the side of the angels.

Absolute Candor [1.4]

One impossible thing at a time.

Stardust City Rag [1.5]

Jean-Luc Picard: What the hell is going on here? Seven of Nine: I was not entirely candid with you. Jean-Luc Picard: [Sarcastically] Really? Jean-Luc Picard: No, Elnor. I think everyone has finally stopped.

Stardust City Rag [1.5]

But murder is not justice. There is no solace in revenge. You have had your humanity restored to you. Don't squander it now.

Stardust City Rag [1.5]

Seven of Nine: After they brought you back from your time in the Collective...do you honestly feel that you regained your humanity? Jean-Luc Picard: Yes. Seven of Nine: All of it? Jean-Luc Picard: No. But we're both working on it, aren't we? Seven of Nine: Every damned day of my life.

The Impossible Box [1.6]

Changed? The Borg? They coolly assimilate entire civilizations, entire systems, in a matter of hours. They don't change! They metastasize.

The Impossible Box [1.6]

What? Why would you ask that?

Nepenthe [1.7]

William Riker: That time you were flying off to Romulus, to plan the Great Supernova Rescue. Do you remember what I said? Jean-Luc Picard: 'So you want to be ass-deep in Romulans for the rest of your life?' William Riker: I believe I also reminded you of Newton's Fourth Law of Thermodynamics. Jean-Luc Picard: No good deed goes unpunished.

Nepenthe [1.7]

Can you play the violin? Do you like Sherlock Holmes? Can you run super fast, jump really high, and bend steel with your hands? Weird!

Nepenthe [1.7]

<nowiki>[</nowiki>Data<nowiki>]</nowiki> could do all these amazing things but all he ever really wanted to do was have dreams and tell jokes and learn how to ballroom dance.

Nepenthe [1.7]

William Riker: Classic Picard arrogance. You get to make the decisions about who gets to take the chances and who doesn't, and who's in the loop and who's out of the loop, and, naturally, it always ends up with you. And that's fine on the bridge of your starship, captain, but now you're dealing with a teenager, more or less. That can be an extremely humbling experience. Frankly, not sure you're up to it. Jean-Luc Picard: Perhaps I'm not. William Riker: There you go. Baby steps. Jean-Luc Picard: Baby steps.

Broken Pieces [1.8]

The Collective picked the wrong Tal Shiar ship to assimilate that day. They ought to have picked mine. I'd have made a much better Borg than you.

Broken Pieces [1.8]

Kirsten Clancy: That's a hell of a report. Jean-Luc Picard: And you thought I was a desperate old man. Quixotic, paranoid, possibly senile… Kirsten Clancy: Let's just leave it at quixotic. Jean-Luc Picard: And now the windmills have turned out to be giants.

Broken Pieces [1.8]

Admiral Picard, with all due respect, and at long last, shut the fuck up!

Broken Pieces [1.8]

They may be right about what happened two hundred thousand years ago. The past is written. But the future is left for us to write and we have powerful tools, Rios. Openness, optimism, and the spirit of curiosity. All they have is secrecy and fear. And fear is the Great Destroyer, Rios.

Broken Pieces [1.8]

Data's capacity for expressing and processing emotion was limited. I suppose we had that in common.

Et In Arcadia Ego, Part 1 [1.9]

There's a difference between killing an attacking enemy and watching a wounded one die.

Et In Arcadia Ego, Part 1 [1.9]

Keep saving the galaxy, Picard.

Et In Arcadia Ego, Part 2 [1.10]

William Riker: Acting Captain Will Riker, in command of the U.S.S. Zheng He. Oh: And...? William Riker: And it is my duty to inform you that the United Federation of Planets has designated planet Ghulion IV in the Vayt sector under the protection of Starfleet, according to the terms of the Treaty of Algeron. William Riker: Afraid not. Jean-Luc Picard: [recorded message] I have a priority request to open diplomatic negotiations and protection for the inhabitants of Ghulion IV. William Riker: General, or Commodore, or whatever you're calling yourself, right now, I'm on the bridge of the toughest, fastest, most powerful ship Starfleet has ever put into service, and I've got a fleet of them at my back. We've got our phasers locked on your warp cores. And nothing would make me happier than you giving me an excuse to kick your treacherous Tal Shiar ass. But instead, I'm going to ask you one time -- to stand down.

Et In Arcadia Ego, Part 2 [1.10]

Jean-Luc Picard: You don't remember your death? I can't forget it. Data: Apparently I ended my existence in the hope of prolonging yours. Jean-Luc Picard: You don't remember your death? I can't forget it. That's right. Before I had even grasped the nature of our situation, you had conceived, and executed it. I was furious. Data: My apologies, Captain. But I am not certain I could have done otherwise. Jean-Luc Picard: True. That might have been the most Data thing you ever did.

Et In Arcadia Ego, Part 2 [1.10]

It says a great deal about the mind of Commander Data that, looking at the human race with all its violence and corruption, willful ignorance, he could still see kindness, the immense curiosity, and greatness of spirit. And he wanted, more than anything else, to be part of that, to be part of the human family. We are such stuff as dreams are made of, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.

The Star Gazer [2.1]

Jean-Luc Picard: Seize today for we know nothing of tomorrow. Laris: Today is glorious. And none of our tomorrows are guaranteed.

The Star Gazer [2.1]

Laris: When I first came to work here, I saw you as a man who chose the stars. And after all this time, I've come to wonder, have you been seeking or running? Am I being too personal? Jean-Luc Picard: No. Please, go on. Laris: Why have you chosen to be alone? Jean-Luc Picard: I'm hardly alone. Laris: You know what I mean. Jean-Luc Picard: As you say, I've spent my life in the stars. Laris: And is that what you really want? All you really want? Jean-Luc Picard: The part of me that really wants is the part that has to wait in line. Laris: Behind what? Jean-Luc Picard: Duty, I suppose. The need to keep on moving.

The Star Gazer [2.1]

Guinan: The problem isn't time — it's you. You always talk about love as if you ever took it seriously. And you know the only things you’ve ever put out there to break were your bones, and the only thing you ever risked losing was your life. Jean-Luc Picard: That's not an insignificant loss. Guinan: There are worse things than being dead. You know that better than anybody.

The Star Gazer [2.1]

[To Picard] There you are. I've been looking everywhere for you with a cup of what is now, definitely, Earl Grey, cold.

The Star Gazer [2.1]

Jean-Luc Picard: What is happening here? Q: An excellent question, Jean-Luc. Mon Capitaine, how I've missed you... Jean-Luc Picard: No. No, no, no, no, no... Q: Oh, dear. You're a bit older than I imagined. Let me catch up. [Q snaps his fingers and he becomes older in appearance] There. Now, we're even. Jean-Luc Picard: Q... Goddamn Q! Q: Do you recall what I said to you when last we parted ways? "The trial never ends." Jean-Luc Picard: What the hell are you doing here?

Penance [2.2]

Jean-Luc Picard: What is this? Q: This? This is home. Jean-Luc Picard: And where are the crew of the Stargazer? Q: Oh, how quaint. How provincial. How Yesterday's Enterprise of you. There is no Stargazer. Jean-Luc Picard: What do you mean? What have you done? Q: Show them a world of their own making and they ask you what you've done. So human of you. Jean-Luc Picard: Q, have you had enough of playing games with other people's lives? I am no longer your pawn! Q: Oh, you undersell yourself, Jean-Luc. You are more than just a piece. You're the very board upon which this game is played. Jean-Luc Picard: And I am too old for your bullshit! Q: [angrily] Old, yes! How unfair time is. So many wrinkles. So many disappointments. Jean-Luc Picard: What do you want, Q? Will you come to the point? Q: You want me to cut to the chase? Jean-Luc Picard: Yes! Q: Well, the chase is cut, Picard! The chase is bleeding! The chase is dying in your arms, and I am but a suture in the wound. [Q backs away from P

Penance [2.2]

Jean-Luc Picard: Q, I ask you once more. And for the last time. Where is the Stargazer and her crew? Q: I intervened. You see, I thought to myself, I thought, "I really must see Jean-Luc." So I simply sought out the nearest explosion. Jean-Luc Picard: What do you want, Q?! Q: Oh, I could tell you, but you're far too clever to listen. [sighs] That said, we're never too old to be students of our own behaviors, Jean-Luc. Jean-Luc Picard: I have had enough of your stupid patronizing. Q: And I've had enough of your obstinance, your stubbornness, your insistence on changing in all ways but the one that matters. This is not a lesson. It's a penance.

Penance [2.2]

Do you like the skies here? In your history, humanity discovered a way to spare the planet they were in the process of murdering. Here they just... keep the corpse on life-support.

Penance [2.2]

Q: Well, paradise has to have staff. Come on, who's gonna mow the grass? Fertilize the apple tree? And why pay for help when you can have alien slaves? Jean-Luc Picard: I would never, ever... Q: "I would never." Such moral convictions are the luxury of the victors. Come. "Through A Mirror, Darkly". And here, the man who holds the glass is darker still. Let me show you!

Penance [2.2]

Q: Now, you're welcome to remain here in the body of a madman, in the world of a madman, to attempt, like Macbeth, to wash the blood from your hands. But I assure you, Jean-Luc... it's un-washable. Or... Jean-Luc Picard: Or? Q: Atonement. Maybe even... forgiveness? Jean-Luc Picard: Forgiveness for what? Q: I think you know. But don't worry. I won't let you do this alone.

Penance [2.2]

Jean-Luc Picard: You... Borg Queen: You. Are Locutus. And you are not. Jean-Luc Picard: I know you can see the divergence in time. What did Q do in the past, when he turned our world into a polluted, totalitarian nightmare? Borg Queen: Friend and foe, and now. Jean-Luc Picard: Answer the question! What did Q do? Borg Queen: A temporal precision. A single change. Jean-Luc Picard: What was it? When was it? Borg Queen: Calculating... 2024. That is the when. Where is the where? Calculating... Earth. The change in the timeline originates there. In Los Angeles. Calculating... There is someone there to help. A watcher. Seek the watcher.

Assimilation [2.3]

Borg Queen: Calculating temporal trajectory. Initiating tachyon radiation splinter bursts. Neutralising threats. Rios: [Noticing his controls going haywire] Whoa... [The La Sirena fires torpedoes at two Confederation ships, destroying them] What the... [Rois looks again at the controls] Admiral? [Picard looks at Rios] I'm no longer in command of this ship.

Assimilation [2.3]

Move backward to go forward. Shatter to mend. The past is now.

Assimilation [2.3]

Now is the only moment.

Assimilation [2.3]

Agnes Jurati: What exactly is the information you hold? Borg Queen: The location of the Watcher, and when the temporal divergence occurs. Agnes Jurati: Hmm... Are you sure about that? Borg Queen: [checks her memory banks, realises the information is missing] What did you do? Where is it? You... Agnes Jurati: Stole it. Computer, dictate the file log "shit I stole from the Borg Queen". Borg Queen: No-one takes from me, my dear! Jean-Luc Picard: Co-ordinates! Agnes Jurati: To find the Watcher. Jean-Luc Picard: Well done! Agnes Jurati: I suppose even higher cybernetic life forms can get sloppy with where they leave secrets lying around. But there's more, isn't there? "When" it happened. I can alm... I can almost feel it. [The Borg Queen glares at Agnes] It'll come to me. Borg Queen: What you have just done here is more difficult, and vastly more dangerous than you realise. Agnes Jurati: And what is that? Borg Queen: You've impressed me.

Watcher [2.4]

Guinan! Don't leave the Earth just yet. I know you're done with listening, but you're not done with humanity. Change always comes later than we think it should.

Watcher [2.4]

Jean-Luc Picard: Excuse me, are you a friend of Guinan's? Watcher: Absolutely not. [Watcher turns around, revealing that she greatly resembles Laris] Jean-Luc Picard: Laris!

Watcher [2.4]

You can't do it. And you know it. Oh, sure, you played the game for a while. But nothing was at stake, and the only challenge was fooling everybody into thinking you had the nerve. But now, it's real, and the fear's choking you. Oh, here's the truth: you can't do it. People are gonna die, and now your fear, your doubt, is the loudest voice in your head. [Q snaps his fingers, nothing happens] That's unexpected. And most unfortunate.

Fly Me To The Moon [2.5]

Borg Queen: Alone... but not lonely. Silence so loud. Voices... carried everywhere on invisible strings. [Lights on La Sirena flicker and the Borg Queen opens her eyes] Computer, intercept local cellular tower frequencies. Computer: Voice pattern not authorized. Borg Queen: Hmm. [imitates Jurati's voice] Computer, intercept local cellular tower frequencies. Computer: Voice pattern not authorized. Borg Queen: [imitates Picard's voice] Computer, intercept local cellular tower frequencies. Computer: Voice pattern not authorized. Borg Queen: [imitates Rios's voice] Computer, intercept local cellular tower frequencies. Computer: Channel open.

Fly Me To The Moon [2.5]

Tallinn: Tell me about the others. Can they be trusted? Jean-Luc Picard: Oh, no question. We've been through thick and thin together. There is no better bunch of... Raffi Musiker: Rios, you're twisting his back. Tallinn: Is that your crew? The people carrying a dead cop out the door? Jean-Luc Picard: Oh, I... I'm sure he's not dead. [Nervous laugh]

Fly Me To The Moon [2.5]

Adam Soong: Do you have the cure? The real cure? Not something that wears off. Because if you do, I am a hostage to you, sir. Q: We're all hostages to what we love. The only way to truly be free is to love nothing. And how meaningless would that be? I have what she needs.

Two of One [2.6]

Adam Soong: Picard! [Picard stops, and stares at Adam Soong] Adam Soong. [pause, Adam Soong shakes his head] I believe we have a friend in common. A Mr. Q. Jean-Luc Picard: He's not a friend. Adam Soong: That's what he said about you. Jean-Luc Picard: Listen to me: have nothing to do with him! Adam Soong: I have no interest in being part of some... whatever this is. So do yourself a favor: walk away. I can't allow Renee to complete this mission. Stay away from her. Jean-Luc Picard: I could say the same to you. Adam Soong: I don't have a choice. Jean-Luc Picard: You really don't understand who you're dealing with. Adam Soong: [signals to a Europa Mission board memeber] Neither do you. Europa Mission board member: Dr. Soong! Thank you for the generous donation to the Europa Mission. I'm in shock! Welcome to the board! Anything we can do for you? Our VIP tour? Adam Soong: Actually, there is something. That gentleman... [Soong turns away from Picard]

Two of One [2.6]

Sometimes those who shine the brightest feel the sting of fear and melancholy in ways that others can never understand.

Two of One [2.6]

Renée Picard: Sometimes, fear is a friendly reminder you're not ready for something. Jean-Luc Picard: No! Fear is fear. It doesn't speak in riddles. Fear means you're smart. You understand the risks.

Monsters [2.7]

Seven of Nine: I thought Agnes had purged all the Borg programs from the ship after the crash. Raffi: Landing. Seven of Nine: I wanted to understand how she broke into the system, so I call up the last occurence of Borg code being introduced into the computer. Raffi: You haven't touched your coffee. You never don't touch your coffee. Seven of Nine: This is what came up. [Seven shows Raffi security footage of Agnes implanting Borg code] That is definitely Borg code she's implanting. We have to find her, now.

Mercy [2.8]

Q: You? You summoned me? Guinan: You must be Q. Took your damn time. Q: You are that multi-celled, sanctimonious, droning shrew known as Guinan. Right... It's the 21st century. Our paths have yet to cross. Guinan: I thought the Summoning didn't work. Q: "Summoning"? The Summoning is a sacred ritual. Not a chat, by which you bipeds exchange the nauseating minutia of your pathetic lives! Guinan: When the Ritual stalled, I sensed something. Emptiness and fear. I thought it was me, but it wasn't! I feel it on you! [Q steps back, and Guinan realises] You're dying! Q: Another quality I sincerely loathe about your species: empathy. Guinan: I knew you could kill each other, but otherwise, aren't you-? Q: Immortal? So I believed. But now, for the first time as I look across the temporal horizon, the darkness... You think I'm dying! I prefer to believe that I am on the threshold of the unknowable. When I first felt it, I thought to myself: this is good! This is new! Infinite life, after all, has

Hide and Seek [2.9]

Agnes Jurati: I won't let you take this ship. Borg Queen: There you are. I could still sense you in there. Still feel you chattering about. Agnes Jurati: Do you know what it feels like to put my hands on my friend's throat, and not be able to do a God-damn thing about it? Borg Queen: A bit like hanging limbless. Powerless. Agnes Jurati: I've been poking around in that trash-dump of a mind - wow, by the way - because I had to know why. Billions of species... planets... and, still, you always needed more. Borg Queen: Perfection takes time, dear. Agnes Jurati: This was never about perfection, or evolution, or any of that bullshit. It was never enough because you're just like me: lonely. Borg Queen: To share your own crude colloquialism: bullshit. Agnes Jurati: Then why haven't you killed me? Stop. Stop! You take this ship, you let Soong win, in 400 years, the Confederation wipes out your entire collective. Borg Queen: So myopically linear. You see the branch but not the tree. We know of t

Hide and Seek [2.9]

Stars. Yes, yes. Did you know that space is so vast, so infinite, it takes billions of years for that tiny pinprick of light to make that lonely journey from its star to our eyes? The brilliance you see in the night sky, Jean-Luc, that exquisite light, it's just an echo, really, of a star that has long since faded. Like me. When you remember me, Jean-Luc, promise... promise me you will ignore the coldness of a dying star, and remember instead her light and the infinite love she so very much had for you.

Hide and Seek [2.9]

I'm no stranger to lost lab rats. To catch one, you don't follow it through the maze. You force it to the surface.

Hide and Seek [2.9]

Borg Queen: What is this? Agnes Jurati: The history of the Borg. Well, the only history that matters ... the ending. How it always ends for you. A lone Borgslayer, a united Federation, they come for you-- for your top-shelf, overreaching, Icarus-worthy arrogance. Borg Queen: If prattling on is your choice of weapon, I can wait. You can't be sad forever. Agnes Jurati: Do the math. In this or any other universe, you always lose. That's why you fight so hard. You live with the death knell of your species across infinite timelines. You fear loss, just like we do. You long for what we all long for. Connection... longevity, discovery. Only you offer it without choice. I'm saying... what if we ask for it? You and I. Borg Queen: Finally, the semblance of a point. Agnes Jurati: The galaxy is filled with lives that need saving. One of them is lying at your feet right now. Borg Queen: You'd have a cohort pulled from the dying? Recruit from derelict ships? Flotsam of space? You'd have us collect s

Hide and Seek [2.9]

We have to create our own destiny. Captains of ships and captains of industry, to men like us, love and fear... the same thing. A means to an end.

Hide and Seek [2.9]

Jean-Luc Picard: There are moments in time we wish we could travel back to. Memories. Pieces of life better lived in reverse. In those moments, tragic endings might rewind into joyful beginnings. Moments of loss into those of gains. I remember now, in a cloudy moment of extreme melancholy, my mother hung herself here in this place. And for all I've lived, all I've seen and done, I suppose this is the moment I've kept myself from remembering, this moment I am so powerless to reverse. My mother was ill, I'm told, but I only ever thought she was inspired. That night, my father had locked her into her room for her own safety. Perhaps for mine, as well. But she begged me to help her, told me how much she needed me, how much she needed my help. And this is the part I've spent my whole life trying not to remember. I thought I was saving her. So, after he fell asleep, I let her out, you see. If only I had left that door closed, she might have become an old woman. I used to imagine seeing her o

Farewell [2.10]

I understand. I've seen the heart of this in you, but other people's lives aren't up to you. And their deaths aren't your fault. Not mine if it comes. Not your mother's. That's a fantasy, Jean-Luc. Can't control who we lose, and we can't spare ourselves the pain of it. Other people's choices are their own to make, and this one is mine. I don't need saving. I never have.

Farewell [2.10]

Tallinn. I'm so sorry.

Farewell [2.10]

We are away. On the wings of those who came before us.

Farewell [2.10]

Kore Soong: I swear to God, if this is another one of your games, Q... Wesley Crusher: No. No, no. I assure you, we are very different. Hello, Kore. Kore Soong: ... and you are? Wesley Crusher: That's a... very long and... very complicated story. Kore Soong: Honestly, I've got nothing pressing. Wesley Crusher: Okay... A long time ago, I was known as Wesley Crusher. But now, I am a Traveler of all of space and time. Kore Soong: [pauses, then laughs] You're kidding, right? Wesley Crusher: The last time I told a joke, I inadvertently changed a century's worth of history, so I work really hard to not be misunderstood. Kore Soong: That's... a lot. Wesley Crusher: You have no idea. My colleagues and I... we dispatch those we call 'Supervisors', to help ensure the proper flow of time. See, the universe is... essentially a grand tapestry. It is flawless. It is fraglie, it is exquisite. Yet it is somehow always a thread's pull away from total annihilation. A star is born, but a ship is lost. A

Farewell [2.10]

Q: Bravo. Destiny left for the little boy you will be in the future to find. Q: You considered destroying it, didn't you? Well, let me ask: if that key is not there for the boy to find, does he grow up with his mother? Does the shame instantly lift? But you accepted your fate. You accepted you. You chose the Jean-Luc you are. You absolved yourself. And because you choose him, perhaps now he will be worthy enough for someone else to choose. And maybe this time, he will even give him the chance to be loved. I told you this was about forgiveness, Jean-Luc. Yours. Jean-Luc Picard: Why? Q: Well, isn't that the eternal question? Know thyself. Jean-Luc Picard: There's been so much loss. So much death. Q: But you fixed all that. Jean-Luc Picard: Elnor! Tallinn! Q: Well, maybe not all of it. But Tallinn always dies in every timeline. This is the only one in which she meets Renée. Jean-Luc Picard: I ask you once again: why? Q: Finish the sentence. Jean-Luc Picard: ...me? From the very beginning,

Farewell [2.10]

Q: Most unexpected. Perhaps now, there will be some... surplus energy? Call it a surprise. A gift. Farewell, Mon Capitaine. It's time for me to go. Jean-Luc Picard: But not alone. Isn't that the point of all this? [Jean-Luc hugs Q] Q: See you out there. [Jean-Luc lets Q go, Q snaps his fingers to send them back]

The Next Generation [3.1]

Beverly Crusher: Admiral Picard, I'm encoding this transmission with coordinates. Jean-Luc Picard: Beverly... Beverly Crusher: Listen to me very carefully. Hellbird. Repeat: Hellbird. Jean-Luc Picard: "Hellbird"? Beverly Crusher: And Jean-Luc, no Starfleet. Trust no one.

The Next Generation [3.1]

William Riker: Guinan's hawking souvenirs now? Bartender: Ugh, it's for Frontier Day. William Riker: How come you have so many Enterprise-Ds? Bartender: Oh, the fat ones? No one wants those. William Riker: You better leave the bottle. [Jean-Luc Picard joins Riker at the bar] You hear that, Jean-Luc? "No one wants the fat ones." That's "Galaxy-class" to you, young lady.

The Next Generation [3.1]

[Upon seeing the Titan] Hello, beautiful!

Disengage [3.2]

Vadic: Good afternoon! I believe it is afternoon in the Sol System. [chuckles] I am Captain Vadic, and you are... Captain Liam Shaw. Liam Shaw: That's me. Is it important for you to know that I was having a nice morning before all of this? Vadic: [joyfully] Ooh, that's lovely to hear! Given your official psychological profile with Starfleet, I'm so glad that you remained... er... functional? Jean-Luc Picard: You have been causing us some concern, Captain. State your business! Vadic: [gleeful] Oh, my. Admiral Jean-Luc Picard, in the synthetic flesh. You're harboring one Jack Crusher. He's broken a number of laws, both inside and outside Federation space. There is a sizeable bounty on his head. And we are taking him. Liam Shaw: [looks at Jack, and then back to Vadic] I hate to inform you, but Starfleet does not negotiate with bounty hunters. Vadic: [laugh] I see you're having difficulty understanding the situation! May I remind you that you are outside your jurisdiction? But, so you may

Disengage [3.2]

Jean-Luc Picard: What did she just do? Sydney LaForge: She threw a ship at us. Sir. Seven of Nine: It broke through our shields, Captain, hit with enough force that shrapnel tore the hull on Deck 11. Liam Shaw: How is that even possible? Sydney LaForge: Reverse tractor beam with anti-gravitational polarity phasing. Basically, blunt force trauma. If my father taught me anything, there's no law of physics that can't be either weaponized or broken by another law of physics. Liam Shaw: Thank you, Ensign.

Disengage [3.2]

So, we have 500 guns pointed at our head. We try to run, we are vapour the second our nacelles light up. Help is days away, and this nebula is wreaking hell on our long-range comms. We are essentially cornered. In space. Which has no corners.

Seventeen Seconds [3.3]

Picard: A toast, my friend, to your newborn son. Riker: To Thaddeus! Picard: And to parenting, regarded by many as life's greatest challenge. But I have no doubt your son is in capable hands... Riker: Cheers. Picard: Because he'll be looked after by the wisest soul. Someone endowed with great kindness, patience, and unconditional love. Riker: I don't know what to say-- Picard: His mother.

Seventeen Seconds [3.3]

Sydney LaForge: My father is one of the greatest Starfleet engineers that ever lived. People were fine with me following in his footsteps, but the moment I decided to be a pilot ... (scoffs) Oh, boy. Seven of Nine: This sounds rehearsed. Sydney LaForge: Uh ... People didn't think I belonged, either. "She's here 'cause Starfleet couldn't say no to Geordi La Forge's daughter." One of the few ways my dad and I are alike ... We have a hard time making friends. But when we do, we know their value. Shaw may call you insubordinate for helping yours, but my dad wouldn't. Seven of Nine: Thank you. Go rest, ensign. Sydney LaForge: Yes, Commander Seven.

Seventeen Seconds [3.3]

William Riker: Thank you, Jean-Luc. Jean-Luc Picard: Will, I think it might be time you called me Number One.

Seventeen Seconds [3.3]

Worf: I am Worf, son of Mogh, House of Martok, son of Sergei, House of Rozhenko, Bane to the Duras Family, slayer of Gowron. I have made some chamomile tea. Do you take sugar? Worf: [to a prisoner] Tell me, how long have you been away from the Great Link? Worf: It is not in my nature to stay back. Also, you look conspicuous in that hood. Raffi Musiker: Says the Klingon in warrior gear. Worf: It is not warrior gear. It is casual. Raffi Musiker: Seriously? Where do you wear that? To a Tuesday beheading? Worf: Beheadings are on Wednesdays.

Seventeen Seconds [3.3]

Raffi Musiker: Have you ever seen how far a Klingon warrior can shove a sword up someone's...? Worf: I do not do that anymore. I am wiser now. I was once like her. Maybe you, too. Irrational, violent. Things change with perspective. Raffi Musiker: Oh, my God. Worf: There is no righteous cause. No good, no evil. You believe in your fight. And take it from someone who has fought many. Your anger is your enemy. We are all the same. Raffi Musiker: I think I feel my chamomile tea coming back up. Worf: A fight is rarely worth dying for.

Seventeen Seconds [3.3]

[To Jean-Luc Picard] Remove yourself from the bridge. You've just killed us all.

No Win Scenario [3.4]

Y’know, there will be a time when you will need to remember that no matter how bleak or unwinnable a situation, as long as you and your crew remain steadfast in your dedication, one to another, you are never ever without hope.

No Win Scenario [3.4]

[to Beverly Crusher] Look, I know that time is precious, but do you think you could give me a moment or two with Jack?

No Win Scenario [3.4]

Liam Shaw: Oh, c'mon. You must've heard about [w:The Best of Both Worlds (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|the Battle of Wolf 359]]. Forty Federation starships up against one Borg cube. I was just in engineering -- just a grease monkey. And the next second... It's like... It was like space itself was burning. Fifty of us made it down to the life deck. But uh-oh! There's just one life-pod. Ten seats. Now, the thing is, we were all friends. They were all my Jack Crusher. We were... We didn't fight over who should live and who should die. No, we-- we waited for orders. And then finally, some Lieutenant comes down and she just starts pointing. "You, and you, and you." And she's pointing at me! What? Why me? I'm just some dipshit from Chicago! And now I'm Lucky Number 10. She didn't even count herself. "Get in," she says, "That's an order." I know, I know, I know. I ask myself the same thing: "Did she make a mistake?" Jack Crusher: Eleven thousand dead. Do you know where your old man was on

No Win Scenario [3.4]

Forgive me. At some point, asshole became a substitute for charm.

No Win Scenario [3.4]

Vadic: Chase fast enough, hunt well enough. Open your jaw wide enough and eventually the prey runs right into the mouth of the beast. Beverly Crusher: [after Vadic's ship The Shrike is hit by an asteroid] Will, did you just throw an asteroid? Beverly Crusher: [after witnessing a new life form] "To seek out new life." Jean-Luc Picard: You’re only ever really as good as those around you. Your crew become a part of you. Complete you. They lift you up to accomplish the things you never could do alone. Well, thank you. And now, if you don't mind, I think my haddock's getting cold. Jack Crusher: Excuse me, Admiral. You went on and on about your crew. Your life in Starfleet. Did you have a life outside of that? What about a real family? Jean-Luc Picard: Young man, Starfleet has been the only family I have ever needed.

The Imposters [3.5]

William Riker: You know, we have saved the galaxy more than a few times. Jean-Luc Picard: And hopefully they'll remember. Liam Shaw: Or they might remember that time that someone hot-dropped the saucer section of the Enterprise-D on a planet. Or that time that someone threw the Prime Directive out the window so they could snog a villager on Ba'ku. Or the time that you boys nearly wiped out all of humanity by creating a time paradox in the Devron system. Basically, when it comes to rescues from danger... you two have a real "chicken and egg" thing happening. Jean-Luc Picard: Those were the days.

The Imposters [3.5]

Pride leads us into traps. But patience... Patience brings great rewards.

The Bounty [3.6]

[speaking to Jean-Luc Picard about their son Jack Crusher] Please don't spend time burdening yourself when you can unburden him.

The Bounty [3.6]

Fate has a way of surprising us.

The Bounty [3.6]

Jack Crusher: Which one's that? Seven of Nine: The USS Voyager. She made her name farther out than... any of those other relics had ever gone. I was reborn there. She was my home. Her crew were my family. And now... Jack Crusher: You're just trying to find another. We all long for connection. But we're just a little bit alone, aren't we? Stars in the same galaxy, but light-years between us. Jack Crusher: Yeah, well, I can't say being equal parts irritating and endearing isn't entirely unfamiliar.

The Bounty [3.6]

Before I gifted Picard my golem, my intention was to live beyond my years. To become my own legacy. Now I see, in my final days -- that wasn't just poor humanity, it was poor science. Because evolution is not an act of preservation. It's addition. [...] Into this new golem will go a bit of Lal, B-4... of Lore... And, of course, a great deal of Data. This time, with the wisdom and true human aesthetic of age with the hope that, in totality, something -- someone -- will rise to be the best of us.

The Bounty [3.6]

Daystrom Android M-5-10: [turns to Geordi] Geordi? [to Jean-Luc Picard] Captain? Jean-Luc Picard: Yes. Data, is that you? Daystrom Android M-5-10: Yes, sir! No, sir! I... I am not certain. Beverly Crusher: He's like you, Jean-Luc. Daystrom Android M-5-10: I am Data. Geordi La Forge: Synthetic, but... Daystrom Android M-5-10: No, I was Data. Geordi La Forge: Human. Daystrom Android M-5-10: There are many of myself inside Daystrom Android M-5-10, but... currently, one voice speaks to you more... more fondly. Jean-Luc Picard: The evening of the robbery, something was taken. Something more... deadly than a portal weapon. We believe that you witnessed that event. Can you confirm? Daystrom Android M-5-10: Can I confirm? [malfunctioning] Can I? Worf: Is he malfunctioning? Geordi La Forge: I don't know! Daystrom Android M-5-10: Memory records indicate what appears to be the Changelings' main objective. Geordi La Forge: Go on. Daystrom Android M-5-10: The project manifest lists the missing item

Dominion [3.7]

Daystrom Android M-5-10: [as Data]: Captain. Geordi. I am no longer on the Enterprise. The Scimitar... Jean-Luc Picard: That was many, many years ago. Daystrom Android M-5-10: Hmm. That would explain why... [switches to Lore] you're so old! Time has been very cruel to you. Geordi La Forge: And here's the problem, Admiral. You remember Lore? Jean-Luc Picard: Data's brother. But, surely, he was deactivated. Geordi La Forge: Archived, is more like it. Simply put, this unit is currently home to both Data and Lore simultaneously. Daystrom Android M-5-10: [switches to Data] I apologize for the outburst, Captain. I am not in complete control of this body, [switches to Lore] nor I am in complete control of my utter revulsion at your ancient face. Alandra La Forge: So, has Lore always been this arch? Daystrom Android M-5-10: Did the tree move? Or did the apple just fall far from it? When you're constantly subjected to these... self-righteous, self-proclaimed heroes, spewing their morality as if

Dominion [3.7]

Geordi La Forge: What do you want, Lore? Daystrom Android M-5-10: [as Lore] No more than you want for your children. Nothing more than these Changelings want. Survival. It's human nature, pal.

Surrender [3.8]

This is Spot. This simple creature managed something quite miraculous. Something of which I did not know I was capable. In a way, he taught me to love. He is the best of me. The last of me.

Surrender [3.8]

Lore: What is happening? Data: I merely discovered the error in your deception. That my memories were not without value to you. I knew because they belong to me, you would see them as trophies and be unable to resist them. [Lore collapses against Data] You took the things that were me and, in doing so, you have become me. We are one now. We... are me. [Data and Lore embrace each other as Lore fades away] Goodbye, brother. Lore: Goodbye, brother.

Surrender [3.8]

Greetings, USS Titan. This is your friendly, positronic, pissed off security system, back online. Unwanted guests and monologuing protoplasms, I am initiating an immediate shift change.

Surrender [3.8]

Jean-Luc Picard: Bridge, open the evacuation hatch now! Seven of Nine: Get off my bridge! Vadic: Oh, fucking solids.

Surrender [3.8]

Data: I believe... we're good here. Geordi La Forge: Hey, Data! You just used a contraction! Data: No, I didn't! Geordi La Forge: No, I-- I heard you! Clearly... Data: It appears I'm capable of using contractions now. And you are, too! Geordi La Forge: Oh, that certainly is new! Data: Many things are new to me, including myself. I am still Data, but also Lore, B-4... All that Doctor Soong programmed into this body. Geordi La Forge: Well, tell me -- how do you feel? Data: I feel... I feel!

Surrender [3.8]

Geordi La Forge: Admiral. Ladies and gentlemen. Allow me to introduce you to the newest version of a very old friend. William Riker: With an upgrade, I'm told. Data: Oh, I am mostly myself, I assure you, albeit with a dash of computational joie de vivre. Jean-Luc Picard: The last time we spoke, you wished to experience death. As happy as I am that you're here, I hope that we haven't betrayed that wish. Data: No, sir. I know that me is resting peacefully. But this me... this me would rather be no place else in the universe.

Võx [3.9]

Borg Queen: My child, my flesh, blood. For all my darkness, you are light. For all my suffering, you... are life. Jack Crusher: I don't know what I am. But I know I'm not yours. Borg Queen: Oh, but you are. I have thought of so many names for you. Regenerati. Puer Dei. Jack Crusher: A fondness for Latin, I see. But I am neither your rebirth, nor the child of God. Borg Queen: That is why you are Võx. Not Locutus, the one who speaks. You are the voice itself. I know you have felt it too, Jack. Believe it. Jack Crusher: What I believe in is mercy! And that is what this is! [Jack points his phaser at the Borg Queen] Borg Queen: What I see in you, what Vadic saw... an end. The vindication of both our species! To take everything back from those who live like shattered glass! [chuckes] If it were possible for you to kill me, you would have already. Borg Queen: End your struggle, my child. Resistance... is... futile. [laughs]

Võx [3.9]

Geordi La Forge: Hopefully we have enough juice to get us there. Data: What makes you think "there" hasn't already been destroyed? Geordi La Forge: Data, could you try to be a little more positive? Data: [with a strained grin] I hope we die quickly.

Võx [3.9]

Jean-Luc Picard: The Enterprise-D... but... how? Geordi La Forge: Thank the good old Prime Directive. The saucer was retrieved from Veridian III, so as not to influence the system. I've been restoring it bit by bit over the past twenty years. Engines and nacelles come from the USS Syracuse. Data: Strange... Seeing it makes me feel... Deanna Troi: You're not the only one, Data. Geordi La Forge: And, obviously, we can't use the Enterprise-E. Worf: That was not my fault.

Võx [3.9]

Jean-Luc Picard: Mr. La Forge, may I? Geordi La Forge: Absolutely, Admiral. Jean-Luc Picard: Computer: initiate system reactivation procedures. Computer: Authorization acknowledged. USS Enterprise now under command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Jean-Luc Picard: Well, I hereby accept the field demotion.

Võx [3.9]

Jean-Luc Picard: Mr. Data, set a direct course for Earth, maximum warp. Data: Aye, Captain. Course laid in, sir. She's ready. Jean-Luc Picard: Engage!

The Last Generation [3.10]

[voiceover] This is President Anton Chekov of the United Federation of Planets, broadcasting on all emergency channels. Do not approach Earth. A signal of unknown origin has turned our young against us. They have been assimilated by the Borg. Our fleet has been compromised, and as we speak, our planetary defenses are falling. Sol Station is defending Earth as best it can, but we're almost out of time. We have not been able to find a way to stop this Borg signal, and unassimilate our young. But I know, if my father were here, he'd remind us all that "Hope is never lost. There are always possibilities." Until then, I implore you: Save yourselves. Farewell.

The Last Generation [3.10]

Worf: And I will make it a threesome. Borg Queen: At last, Locutus has returned home to his true family. To his collective. To me. Jean-Luc Picard: What have you done to him?! Borg Queen: What could I do? I have only my words, and the soft assurances of a mother's love. Jean-Luc Picard: You are not his mother! Borg Queen: [laughs] Until recently there was no Collective left. There was only I. It was an unimaginable loneliness. One which Jack and I share. Jean-Luc Picard: You're a liar, a deceiver! You wormed your way into his head! Borg Queen: [enraged] He found me! At the very edge of space where you left us... poisoned. No worlds to consume, no roads by which to return! Just the cruelty to die by starvation and age! And then... as the cries of my children faded, another voice rose. Louder, clearer. Jack's voice. Jean-Luc Picard: Let him go. Take me! I'm the one you want! Your equal! Borg Queen: [cackles derisively] No, I don't want you, Locutus. The future of the Borg does not lie in

The Last Generation [3.10]

Q: Well, look at you. Q: A chip off the old block. Jack Crusher: Q, is that right? Q: Simple name for a complicated being. Jack Crusher: My father told me all about you. I thought you were dead. Q: Oh... and here I was hoping the next generation wouldn't think so linearly. Young mortal, you have much ahead of you. Jack Crusher: You told my father that humanity's trial was over. Q: It is, for him. But I'm here today because of you. You see, yours, Jack, has just begun.