1 00:00:31,890 --> 00:00:34,330 Riker to Ensign Crusher. 2 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:38,500 Go ahead. 3 00:00:38,670 --> 00:00:42,100 - Forget to set your alarm, Wesley? - Yes, sir. 4 00:00:42,770 --> 00:00:45,340 I'm very sorry. I'll be right there. 5 00:00:54,180 --> 00:00:56,920 Captain's log, stardate 43125.8. 6 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,990 We have entered a spectacular binary star system 7 00:01:00,150 --> 00:01:05,090 in the Kavis Alpha Sector on a mission of astrophysical research. 8 00:01:05,260 --> 00:01:07,760 Our eminent guest, Dr Paul Stubbs, 9 00:01:07,930 --> 00:01:11,300 will attempt to study the decay of neutronium 10 00:01:11,470 --> 00:01:16,200 expelled at relativistic speeds from a massive stellar explosion 11 00:01:16,340 --> 00:01:20,210 which will occur here in a matter of hours. 12 00:01:20,370 --> 00:01:22,440 Ensign, our position? 13 00:01:22,610 --> 00:01:25,780 One million kilometers from the neutron star. 14 00:01:25,950 --> 00:01:28,480 Slow to one-third impulse power. 15 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,220 - Spectacular, isn't it, my friend? - Yes, sir. 16 00:01:39,330 --> 00:01:40,700 Over and over again, 17 00:01:40,860 --> 00:01:44,230 the gravitational pull of the little neutron star 18 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,370 sucks up the star material from the red giant, 19 00:01:47,540 --> 00:01:54,580 and it builds up on the surface until it explodes, every 196 years. 20 00:01:54,740 --> 00:01:56,740 Like clockwork. 21 00:01:57,650 --> 00:02:00,150 And it is but 1 8 hours away. 22 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,220 1 8 hours, seven minutes and ten seconds, Doctor. 23 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:12,060 The interstellar counterpart to Earth's Old Faithful. 24 00:02:13,090 --> 00:02:16,560 The only predictable burst of energy in the universe 25 00:02:16,730 --> 00:02:18,800 that can accomplish our goal. 26 00:02:21,470 --> 00:02:24,370 If you'd like to make one final inspection... 27 00:02:24,470 --> 00:02:29,980 Captain, I have been inspecting the Egg for the last 20 years. 28 00:02:30,140 --> 00:02:32,450 You may lay it when ready. 29 00:02:38,290 --> 00:02:40,320 Begin launch sequence. 30 00:02:40,490 --> 00:02:44,290 Shuttlebay two, stand by to launch the Egg. 31 00:02:44,460 --> 00:02:47,400 Standing by, Commander. 32 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:58,840 Five minutes to launch site. 33 00:03:03,010 --> 00:03:06,010 - Stabilize! - The ship isn't responding, sir. 34 00:03:09,420 --> 00:03:11,820 Engineering! Report, Mr La Forge. 35 00:03:11,990 --> 00:03:16,590 Checking inertial dampeners. Instruments say they're working. 36 00:03:19,190 --> 00:03:21,860 We're heading into the path of that stellar matter. 37 00:03:22,030 --> 00:03:23,660 Shields up. 38 00:03:24,670 --> 00:03:27,640 Negative. The shields will not respond. 39 00:03:59,370 --> 00:04:03,170 Space, the final frontier. 40 00:04:04,370 --> 00:04:08,380 These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. 41 00:04:08,540 --> 00:04:12,710 Its continuing mission, to explore strange new worlds... 42 00:04:13,850 --> 00:04:17,180 ...to seek out new life and new civilisations... 43 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:22,160 ...to boldly go where no one has gone before. 44 00:05:25,420 --> 00:05:27,290 30 seconds to impact, sir. 45 00:05:27,460 --> 00:05:31,530 - Manual override on shields. - Shields are rising. 46 00:05:31,660 --> 00:05:34,100 Reset dampeners, Mr La Forge. 47 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,160 Not responding. Unable to reset. 48 00:05:37,330 --> 00:05:42,600 - Reverse impulse engines. - Initiating reverse sequence, now. 49 00:05:57,950 --> 00:06:02,220 Our momentum is still carrying us into the path of the stellar matter. 50 00:06:02,390 --> 00:06:05,960 - 1 2 seconds to impact, sir. - Prepare for impact. 51 00:06:15,300 --> 00:06:17,840 Medical personnel, report to the bridge. 52 00:06:18,010 --> 00:06:20,070 Cmdr Data, check all systems. 53 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:22,480 Systems functioning normally. 54 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:26,080 Computer, explain control malfunction. 55 00:06:26,250 --> 00:06:29,650 No control malfunction has been recorded. 56 00:06:42,460 --> 00:06:45,470 Lay down carefully. There you go. 57 00:06:51,070 --> 00:06:56,080 Dr Stubbs, the Captain says our systems are back to normal. 58 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,550 We can try another launch when you're ready. 59 00:07:00,380 --> 00:07:04,790 Quite a dynamic family team, you Crushers. 60 00:07:04,950 --> 00:07:06,950 It's nice to be together again. 61 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:12,260 I was at Starfleet Medical for a year. I missed two inches of him. 62 00:07:13,630 --> 00:07:18,300 I'm not sure I'd want my mother to be flying through space with me. 63 00:07:18,470 --> 00:07:22,770 No, I take that back. I am sure. I wouldn't want her. 64 00:07:23,670 --> 00:07:27,010 My mother is a formidable woman, too. 65 00:07:27,170 --> 00:07:30,580 A woman of letters. A great critic. 66 00:07:30,750 --> 00:07:31,910 I know. 67 00:07:32,580 --> 00:07:36,850 Good Lord, son, you didn't read that unauthorized biography? 68 00:07:37,020 --> 00:07:41,260 Is this all he does? Fly the ship and read? Doesn't he have fun? 69 00:07:41,420 --> 00:07:43,490 Sure he does. 70 00:07:43,660 --> 00:07:47,090 Most of my free time is taken up with my studies. 71 00:07:47,260 --> 00:07:49,530 I want to get into Starfleet Academy. 72 00:07:49,700 --> 00:07:53,930 I earn credits being on the Enterprise. But it's not the same. 73 00:07:54,100 --> 00:07:55,700 You ready to sit up? 74 00:07:58,810 --> 00:08:02,810 Well, I am whole again. 75 00:08:05,980 --> 00:08:07,680 Thank you, Doctor. 76 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:13,950 Come along, Wesley, let's go see if Humpty-Dumpty is in one piece. 77 00:08:26,870 --> 00:08:29,140 Computer, fix the food slot. 78 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:32,710 The food slot is functioning properly. 79 00:08:32,870 --> 00:08:34,810 Well, check again. 80 00:08:34,980 --> 00:08:38,350 The food slot is functioning properly. 81 00:08:38,510 --> 00:08:40,310 Deactivate food slot. 82 00:08:46,190 --> 00:08:50,290 We're analyzing the systems data. There's nothing unusual 83 00:08:50,460 --> 00:08:53,060 in the computer log for that time period. 84 00:08:53,230 --> 00:08:57,100 Run a level-one diagnostic series. Come. 85 00:08:57,260 --> 00:09:02,400 I want a computer that's 100 percent to expedite Dr Stubbs' experiment 86 00:09:02,540 --> 00:09:06,310 as well as the food slots in sickbay. Picard out. 87 00:09:06,470 --> 00:09:09,710 Which are working again, for the moment. 88 00:09:09,810 --> 00:09:12,610 What can I do for you, Doctor? 89 00:09:15,650 --> 00:09:19,920 Jean-Luc, how would you feel if you were a 17-year-old 90 00:09:20,090 --> 00:09:23,920 and the only Starfleet officer whose mother was on board? 91 00:09:26,330 --> 00:09:28,400 Inhibited, I suppose. 92 00:09:29,900 --> 00:09:32,500 But then, I'm not Wesley. 93 00:09:32,670 --> 00:09:38,410 If you are concerned about him, I see no evidence of a problem. 94 00:09:38,570 --> 00:09:43,580 I know, but, in a funny way, that's exactly my point. 95 00:09:43,740 --> 00:09:46,580 We talk, we smile. It's almost too polite. 96 00:09:46,680 --> 00:09:51,120 Beverly, isn't it just a matter of time? 97 00:09:56,290 --> 00:09:59,090 I know how difficult it was for you being away. 98 00:10:06,370 --> 00:10:07,870 Tell me about him. 99 00:10:09,140 --> 00:10:12,310 Well, he's becoming a very fine officer. 100 00:10:12,470 --> 00:10:15,380 He works as hard as any member of the crew. 101 00:10:15,510 --> 00:10:20,850 - His studies are on line. - No! Tell me about him. 102 00:10:23,050 --> 00:10:25,120 He's his father's son. 103 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,890 Honest, trusting, 104 00:10:29,790 --> 00:10:30,830 strong. 105 00:10:33,690 --> 00:10:36,460 Does he have many friends? 106 00:10:36,630 --> 00:10:38,500 Has he ever been in love? 107 00:10:41,670 --> 00:10:44,740 Jean-Luc, I'm worried. 108 00:10:44,910 --> 00:10:47,070 He's come so far, so fast, 109 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,750 and since I've been back, I don't feel... 110 00:10:50,910 --> 00:10:52,680 His dependence. 111 00:10:52,850 --> 00:10:58,020 Beverly, look, he's 17 years old. 112 00:10:58,990 --> 00:11:01,560 What were you doing when you were 1 7? 113 00:11:01,690 --> 00:11:04,790 Getting into more trouble than Wesley. 114 00:11:04,930 --> 00:11:08,800 So was I. Isn't that what 1 7 is supposed to be? 115 00:11:18,110 --> 00:11:22,780 No cracks in the amour. We'll do just fine. 116 00:11:22,940 --> 00:11:24,310 How can you be so calm? 117 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,250 If I were about to make a breakthrough... 118 00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:32,150 I have never doubted for a moment that this day would come. 119 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:36,660 And I suspect that someday it will come for you as well. 120 00:11:36,820 --> 00:11:38,960 I see a lot of me in you. 121 00:11:41,630 --> 00:11:44,800 In my youth, they called me a wunderkind. 122 00:11:45,670 --> 00:11:48,500 Do you understand wunderkind? 123 00:11:48,670 --> 00:11:50,810 It's German, isn't it? 124 00:11:51,910 --> 00:11:54,610 It means "wonder child". 125 00:11:55,410 --> 00:11:59,480 It is reserved for those of us who achieve early in life. 126 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:04,290 - Now the burden is yours. - Burden? 127 00:12:04,450 --> 00:12:06,690 To fulfill your potential. 128 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:11,290 You will never come up against a greater adversary 129 00:12:11,460 --> 00:12:13,660 than your own potential. 130 00:12:15,130 --> 00:12:17,330 Red alert. Return to quarters. 131 00:12:20,030 --> 00:12:24,110 Still no visual contact. That's impossible. 132 00:12:24,270 --> 00:12:27,980 Mr Worf, same magnification, 50 degrees starboard. 133 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:34,780 Worf, you're absolutely sure? 134 00:12:34,950 --> 00:12:38,050 Sensors indicate the approach of a Borg vessel. 135 00:12:38,220 --> 00:12:39,690 Shields up. 136 00:12:40,290 --> 00:12:42,790 Shields are not responding. 137 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:47,730 Manual override is jammed. We don't have the shields, Captain. 138 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:51,400 - They're firing energy weapons! - Evasive action. 139 00:12:51,570 --> 00:12:53,670 Bring her round to 275, mark three. 140 00:12:53,830 --> 00:12:56,170 Predict vector of Borg vessel. 141 00:12:56,340 --> 00:12:57,970 Vector... 142 00:12:59,540 --> 00:13:00,840 ...is gone! 143 00:13:01,010 --> 00:13:02,910 And so is the Borg ship. 144 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:05,580 Is this another computer glitch? 145 00:13:05,750 --> 00:13:09,420 It could be a synthetically-generated image. 146 00:13:09,580 --> 00:13:11,590 Our computer was daydreaming? 147 00:13:15,090 --> 00:13:18,230 Computer, identify malfunction. 148 00:13:18,390 --> 00:13:22,400 Pawn to bishop four. Knight to king's rook three. 149 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:24,630 Bishop to queen's bishop four. 150 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,470 Knight to knight five. Queen's knight... 151 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:29,800 Controls are not responding, sir. 152 00:13:29,970 --> 00:13:31,310 Queen to bishop three. 153 00:13:34,910 --> 00:13:38,780 - Impulse engines are down. - Try warp engines. 154 00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:44,220 No. Sorry. I'd better get back to Engineering. 155 00:13:44,390 --> 00:13:47,250 Mr La Forge, I want Lt Worf to accompany you. 156 00:13:47,420 --> 00:13:50,760 Report on the prospects of getting our shields back. 157 00:13:50,930 --> 00:13:54,930 Number One, Mr Data, join me in the conference room. 158 00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:59,600 It's time to discuss the future of this mission, if there still is one. 159 00:14:07,310 --> 00:14:11,980 We are dealing with the potential breakdown of the main computer. 160 00:14:12,150 --> 00:14:13,580 That's hard to accept. 161 00:14:13,750 --> 00:14:16,580 The system provides for self-correction. 162 00:14:16,750 --> 00:14:20,190 There has been no systems-wide technological failure 163 00:14:20,350 --> 00:14:21,960 on a starship in 79 years. 164 00:14:23,420 --> 00:14:27,190 Excuse me, Captain, Dr Stubbs is waiting outside. 165 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:31,430 Captain, I'm sure you have everything under control. 166 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:33,630 I'd just like to know what's going on. 167 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:37,970 Of course, Doctor. Sit down. Counselor. 168 00:14:39,610 --> 00:14:43,280 Cmdr La Forge is attempting repairs even as we speak. 169 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:47,180 "Attempting" doesn't sound particularly reassuring. 170 00:14:47,350 --> 00:14:51,120 If possible, we will continue this mission as planned. 171 00:14:51,290 --> 00:14:55,020 Captain, if we miss our chance now, 172 00:14:55,190 --> 00:14:57,790 we don't get another for two centuries. 173 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:03,060 Starfleet will ask many questions if the Enterprise fails in its duty. 174 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,470 Nevertheless, my foremost consideration 175 00:15:07,570 --> 00:15:10,840 is to ensure the safety of this ship and its crew. 176 00:15:11,470 --> 00:15:14,010 Ensure the safety, Captain? 177 00:15:14,180 --> 00:15:17,410 Or are you really talking about playing it safe? 178 00:15:18,580 --> 00:15:22,580 Doctor, in our current position, when that star explodes, 179 00:15:22,750 --> 00:15:26,290 you'll get to watch your experiment from the inside out. 180 00:15:26,450 --> 00:15:28,720 I would rather die than leave. 181 00:15:28,890 --> 00:15:31,960 You don't speak for the majority of the crew. 182 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:36,960 I know how much this means to you. 183 00:15:37,130 --> 00:15:40,600 My dear Counselor, no insult intended, 184 00:15:40,770 --> 00:15:43,740 but please turn off your beam into my soul. 185 00:15:43,900 --> 00:15:47,740 I will share the feelings I wish to share. 186 00:15:51,250 --> 00:15:55,450 Well, if we do not leave in time, so be it. 187 00:15:56,620 --> 00:16:00,150 It's one sure way into the record books, eh? 188 00:16:05,660 --> 00:16:09,130 His nonchalance is studied and practiced. 189 00:16:09,300 --> 00:16:12,900 Even my sensory perception picked that up! 190 00:16:14,070 --> 00:16:18,670 He's put his entire self-worth on the line with this experiment. 191 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,310 It's the truth when he says he'd rather die than leave. 192 00:16:26,950 --> 00:16:30,350 Call up the cross-section of core processor 451. 193 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,790 I want to see elements 0200 to 0300. 194 00:16:33,950 --> 00:16:35,120 Aye, sir. 195 00:16:35,290 --> 00:16:40,430 In order to get some power, I had to essentially hot-wire the connection. 196 00:16:40,590 --> 00:16:42,130 Whoa, right there. 197 00:16:42,300 --> 00:16:45,330 Look at that lesion. No wonder we're coming apart. 198 00:16:45,500 --> 00:16:48,840 It's some kind of continuing disintegration, 199 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,270 but from what, I can't tell. 200 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,870 I have no idea how to stop it. 201 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,340 It's just a mechanical problem? 202 00:16:56,510 --> 00:16:59,010 Increase magnification, factor 50. 203 00:16:59,180 --> 00:17:01,780 I don't know, Wes. But looking at it... 204 00:17:01,950 --> 00:17:04,520 You know, if I didn't know any better, 205 00:17:04,690 --> 00:17:09,120 I'd say somebody had climbed in and started taking it apart. 206 00:17:50,530 --> 00:17:51,800 Guinan! 207 00:17:53,070 --> 00:17:55,240 I didn't think anyone would be here. 208 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,110 I'm no good at being confined to quarters, 209 00:17:58,270 --> 00:18:01,480 as my husbands will attest to. What's that? 210 00:18:03,780 --> 00:18:06,210 I'm just setting traps. 211 00:18:07,650 --> 00:18:11,390 - I run a clean place. - I know. It's not that. 212 00:18:11,550 --> 00:18:13,220 It's... 213 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,320 I'm scared, Guinan. 214 00:18:17,490 --> 00:18:21,230 I think that everything that's gone wrong might be my fault. 215 00:18:22,630 --> 00:18:24,270 Want to tell me about it? 216 00:18:25,500 --> 00:18:28,670 I'm doing my final project for advanced genetics. 217 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:30,500 It's on nanotechnology. 218 00:18:30,670 --> 00:18:33,740 I studied the nanites in the sickbay supplies. 219 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:38,580 These tiny robots with gigabytes of mechanical computer memory. 220 00:18:38,750 --> 00:18:42,950 They're designed to enter living cells and conduct repairs. 221 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:45,950 They're supposed to stay confined to the lab. 222 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:48,420 There are nanites loose? 223 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:51,690 Two of them, that's all. 224 00:18:51,830 --> 00:18:55,100 I wanted to see how they'd function in tandem. 225 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:58,930 I had proposed a theory that by working together, 226 00:18:59,100 --> 00:19:03,370 they could combine their skills and be more useful. It was working. 227 00:19:03,540 --> 00:19:05,440 You made better nanites? 228 00:19:06,170 --> 00:19:09,840 I was pulling an all-nighter to collect my final data. 229 00:19:10,010 --> 00:19:12,010 I fell asleep. When I woke up, 230 00:19:12,180 --> 00:19:14,620 I saw the container had been left open. 231 00:19:16,850 --> 00:19:18,850 It's just a science project. 232 00:19:20,050 --> 00:19:23,360 A doctor friend once said the same thing to me. 233 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,530 Frankenstein was his name. 234 00:19:26,630 --> 00:19:30,700 They're really harmless. They have only basic skills. 235 00:19:30,870 --> 00:19:33,670 It's almost impossible they're responsible. 236 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:35,340 Almost. 237 00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:38,370 Dr Crusher to Wesley Crusher. 238 00:19:38,510 --> 00:19:40,240 Go ahead. 239 00:19:40,410 --> 00:19:44,850 I assumed you'd be in your quarters since you're off duty. 240 00:19:45,010 --> 00:19:47,920 I know. I just had some things to do. 241 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:52,690 - Orders are orders, Mr Crusher. - On my way. 242 00:19:52,850 --> 00:19:56,220 You won't tell anybody, will you? 243 00:19:56,390 --> 00:19:58,630 I know. I will. 244 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:03,860 If it's true. 245 00:20:05,100 --> 00:20:08,700 Wes, do you think you're gonna get a good grade? 246 00:20:09,740 --> 00:20:11,640 I always get an A. 247 00:20:15,380 --> 00:20:17,410 So did Dr Frankenstein. 248 00:20:19,950 --> 00:20:21,780 Captain's log, supplemental. 249 00:20:21,950 --> 00:20:24,620 Our computer core has been tampered with, 250 00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:28,090 yet there is no sign of a breach of security. 251 00:20:28,260 --> 00:20:30,930 We will attempt to complete our mission, 252 00:20:31,060 --> 00:20:33,160 but without a reliable computer, 253 00:20:33,330 --> 00:20:36,100 Dr Stubbs' experiment is in jeopardy. 254 00:20:36,260 --> 00:20:40,000 - Manual restart sequence. - Restart successful. 255 00:20:40,170 --> 00:20:42,900 Impulse engine functions appear normal. 256 00:20:43,070 --> 00:20:46,110 - Shuttlebay two, open hangar door. - Aye, sir. 257 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:50,950 Door did not respond. Repeating sequence. 258 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:58,850 What in heaven's name? 259 00:20:59,020 --> 00:21:02,360 It is Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa, 260 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,490 an American composer from the 20th century. 261 00:21:05,660 --> 00:21:08,630 - I know that! - Computer, shut off the music. 262 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,100 The music is on all communications channels. 263 00:21:12,830 --> 00:21:16,970 Weapons, power, communications. Our systems are being stripped. 264 00:21:17,140 --> 00:21:19,140 Shut off power to bridge! 265 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:26,110 Cmdr La Forge, can you get us out of this star system safely? 266 00:21:26,850 --> 00:21:28,980 - No! - Not now, Doctor. 267 00:21:29,150 --> 00:21:32,320 I'll try. I don't want to overload the engines. 268 00:21:32,450 --> 00:21:34,660 Do it gently. But do it. 269 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:41,160 We'll circuit in power to bridge and silence any Sousa encores. 270 00:21:41,330 --> 00:21:45,170 The priority is to find out who or what is doing this. 271 00:21:45,330 --> 00:21:49,500 Number One, the bridge, such as it is, is yours. 272 00:21:57,650 --> 00:22:03,420 - The Egg that Stubbs laid. - No one will say that. 273 00:22:03,580 --> 00:22:09,520 Nobody will say anything at all. We will not even be mentioned. 274 00:22:11,860 --> 00:22:16,360 I could live with failure. Well, maybe not. 275 00:22:16,530 --> 00:22:21,070 But never even to try, to miss your one chance at bat. 276 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:22,700 Do you know baseball? 277 00:22:22,870 --> 00:22:25,870 Yes. My father taught me when I was young. 278 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:27,940 Once, centuries ago, 279 00:22:28,110 --> 00:22:32,810 it was the beloved national pastime of the Americas, Wesley. 280 00:22:32,950 --> 00:22:38,790 Abandoned by a society that prized fast food and faster games. 281 00:22:38,950 --> 00:22:41,290 Lost to impatience. 282 00:22:43,620 --> 00:22:47,730 But I have seen the great players make the great plays. 283 00:22:47,900 --> 00:22:50,330 Do you recreate them on a holodeck? 284 00:22:50,500 --> 00:22:54,340 No. In here. 285 00:22:55,470 --> 00:23:00,940 With the knowledge of statistics, runs, hits and errors, 286 00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:04,810 times at bat, box scores. 287 00:23:06,650 --> 00:23:09,950 Men like us do not need holodecks, Wesley. 288 00:23:11,290 --> 00:23:14,360 I have played seasons in my mind. 289 00:23:16,290 --> 00:23:20,360 It was my reward to myself for patience. 290 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,200 Knowing my turn would come. 291 00:23:25,430 --> 00:23:27,270 Call your shot. 292 00:23:28,540 --> 00:23:30,370 Point to a star. 293 00:23:31,610 --> 00:23:34,340 One great blast, 294 00:23:34,510 --> 00:23:36,680 and the crowd rises. 295 00:23:38,550 --> 00:23:41,850 A brand-new era in astrophysics... 296 00:23:44,220 --> 00:23:47,190 ...postponed 196 years... 297 00:23:50,460 --> 00:23:52,690 ...on account of rain. 298 00:24:29,430 --> 00:24:31,570 We have to talk. 299 00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:36,640 You really look like you could use some rest. 300 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,270 I know. It's OK. Really. 301 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,610 No, it's not OK. Really. 302 00:24:45,780 --> 00:24:51,320 Mom, I'm checking traps to find out what's happening to the Enterprise. 303 00:24:51,490 --> 00:24:52,990 On someone's orders? 304 00:24:53,150 --> 00:24:55,990 We're running out of time for Dr Stubbs. 305 00:24:56,160 --> 00:25:00,560 You can't put everything on your shoulders. You're always on duty. 306 00:25:00,730 --> 00:25:04,600 - Mom, you don't understand. - You are a 17-year-old. 307 00:25:04,770 --> 00:25:08,500 I am also an acting officer. I have responsibilities. 308 00:25:09,900 --> 00:25:14,510 I'm beginning to think you've taken on too many responsibilities. 309 00:25:14,980 --> 00:25:18,610 I have done everything everyone has asked of me and more. 310 00:25:18,780 --> 00:25:21,120 How can you know? You haven't been here! 311 00:25:29,990 --> 00:25:31,660 I'm here now, Wesley. 312 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:41,540 Come on. I'll help you. What are you looking for? 313 00:25:58,690 --> 00:26:00,890 I think I've made a horrible mistake. 314 00:26:04,860 --> 00:26:08,630 Nanites. Tiny machines built from the atom up. 315 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:13,230 Designed for exposure to the inside of nuclei during surgeries. 316 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:18,540 Until then, they are tightly contained in a non-functioning state. 317 00:26:18,710 --> 00:26:23,610 - These are not ordinary nanites. - No. They have evolved. 318 00:26:23,780 --> 00:26:27,550 Evolved? How does a machine evolve? 319 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,250 It's true. 320 00:26:30,420 --> 00:26:32,850 I am responsible for this. 321 00:26:33,020 --> 00:26:37,630 I allowed two of the nanites to interact for a school project. 322 00:26:37,790 --> 00:26:40,760 I wanted to increase their capabilities. 323 00:26:40,930 --> 00:26:44,570 - And they escaped. - School project? 324 00:26:44,730 --> 00:26:47,400 Just how far have these things evolved? 325 00:26:48,570 --> 00:26:53,440 Well... this is a sample of linear memory-crystal 326 00:26:53,610 --> 00:26:55,780 from our computer core. 327 00:27:05,950 --> 00:27:07,790 It's like candy to them. 328 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,230 They can mechanically replicate themselves. 329 00:27:11,390 --> 00:27:14,430 It is conceivable that with each generation, 330 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:18,770 they enhance their design, at an extraordinary rate of evolution. 331 00:27:18,930 --> 00:27:21,300 How many generations are we dealing with? 332 00:27:23,670 --> 00:27:29,940 Engineering, display computer core processor 451, element 0299. 333 00:27:31,350 --> 00:27:34,280 Increase magnification, factor 1,000. 334 00:27:38,290 --> 00:27:42,820 - Can they know what they're doing? - Why would they attack us? 335 00:27:42,990 --> 00:27:46,630 Why does a mosquito bite your ear? And who cares? 336 00:27:46,790 --> 00:27:49,830 The answer is simple. Call an exterminator. 337 00:27:50,830 --> 00:27:54,300 Dr Stubbs, these nanites are now working 338 00:27:54,470 --> 00:27:56,800 with a new collective intelligence. 339 00:27:56,970 --> 00:27:59,310 Operating together. 340 00:27:59,470 --> 00:28:01,940 Teaching each other new skills. 341 00:28:02,110 --> 00:28:06,010 Oh, really! I'm sorry, but this is nonsense. 342 00:28:06,180 --> 00:28:09,720 You can't have a civilisation of computer chips. 343 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,620 They're made in a plant in Dakar, Senegal. 344 00:28:12,790 --> 00:28:14,820 I've watched the construction. 345 00:28:15,820 --> 00:28:19,860 Then how do you explain what we've just seen here? 346 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:22,360 It's no more mysterious 347 00:28:22,530 --> 00:28:26,630 than watching a strain of Leutscher virus reproduce itself. 348 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:30,570 That at least is a bona fide life form. 349 00:28:30,740 --> 00:28:33,310 How many disease germs and viruses 350 00:28:33,470 --> 00:28:36,840 have you destroyed in your time, Dr Crusher? 351 00:28:37,010 --> 00:28:41,520 We cannot exterminate something that may or may not be intelligent. 352 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:46,120 - My good Captain... - There's still time. 353 00:28:46,290 --> 00:28:50,960 Ensign, will you work with Mr Data to try to remove them safely? 354 00:28:51,130 --> 00:28:55,860 If things get worse, we'll use stronger measures. 355 00:29:15,620 --> 00:29:18,450 Gentlemen, I need a computer 356 00:29:18,620 --> 00:29:21,590 that is 100 percent in less than eight hours, 357 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,090 and we still have core reconstruction to consider. 358 00:29:25,260 --> 00:29:29,230 We're trying low-gamma bursts to slow down their productivity. 359 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,070 Have you considered a high-level charge? 360 00:29:32,230 --> 00:29:34,470 That would kill them, Doctor. 361 00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:36,800 I know. 362 00:29:39,170 --> 00:29:43,110 I can't get the story of Gulliver out of my head. 363 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,610 Overpowered by Lilliputians. 364 00:29:45,780 --> 00:29:47,480 How long do we have to wait? 365 00:29:47,650 --> 00:29:51,520 We can bypass the part of the computer that's affected, 366 00:29:51,690 --> 00:29:55,760 but if the nanites are spreading through the whole ship... 367 00:30:03,130 --> 00:30:06,600 Do you smell a change...? What...? 368 00:30:12,810 --> 00:30:18,150 Picard to La Forge, environmental system malfunction on the bridge. 369 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:22,480 - Nitrogen oxide. Toxic levels. - Working on it. 370 00:30:29,860 --> 00:30:33,860 I've switched to manual control of the air-handling system. 371 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:45,370 Mr Worf, report. 372 00:30:45,540 --> 00:30:50,540 He sterilized one of the processors with gamma radiation. 373 00:30:50,710 --> 00:30:54,050 The nanites in the upper core are all dead. 374 00:31:03,390 --> 00:31:07,130 You have no choice now. It is a matter of survival. 375 00:31:07,290 --> 00:31:10,100 Dr Stubbs, if you were a member of my crew... 376 00:31:10,260 --> 00:31:12,400 But I am not a member of your crew. 377 00:31:12,570 --> 00:31:16,570 I am a representative of the highest command of the Federation, 378 00:31:16,740 --> 00:31:20,110 which has directed you to perform my experiment. 379 00:31:20,270 --> 00:31:23,040 If any man, woman or child on this ship 380 00:31:23,210 --> 00:31:25,980 is harmed as a result of your experiment, 381 00:31:26,150 --> 00:31:29,950 I will have your head before Federation Command. 382 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:35,490 Good Lord, you are talking about machines with a screw loose! 383 00:31:35,660 --> 00:31:38,560 Simply turn them off and be done with them. 384 00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:43,760 Dr Stubbs, your own actions have provided evidence to the contrary. 385 00:31:43,930 --> 00:31:46,430 When you destroyed the nanites, 386 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:50,170 they responded by interfering with our life support. 387 00:31:50,340 --> 00:31:54,440 These are not random actions by machines with loose screws. 388 00:31:54,610 --> 00:31:59,110 You may have proven that the nanites have a collective intelligence. 389 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:05,850 The ship is at risk. Extermination may be our only choice. 390 00:32:06,020 --> 00:32:07,590 Good point. 391 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:13,660 Lt Worf, I want Dr Stubbs confined to his quarters until further notice. 392 00:32:23,540 --> 00:32:29,480 Mr Data, can you find me some way to communicate with these things? 393 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:33,610 With intelligence, there is the capability of language. 394 00:32:33,780 --> 00:32:37,620 It will depend on how far their evolution has brought them. 395 00:32:37,790 --> 00:32:40,520 We could modify the universal translator 396 00:32:40,690 --> 00:32:44,190 to make it capable of communications with them. 397 00:32:44,990 --> 00:32:46,360 Proceed. 398 00:33:02,110 --> 00:33:04,010 May I come in? 399 00:33:04,850 --> 00:33:08,080 You just can't resist, can you, Counselor? 400 00:33:10,620 --> 00:33:13,290 I only want to help. 401 00:33:13,420 --> 00:33:17,560 Yes. To break the shell. 402 00:33:17,730 --> 00:33:21,260 To get in touch with my true feelings. 403 00:33:22,460 --> 00:33:25,530 I'm only worried about your state of mind. 404 00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:31,570 Alright, Counselor, what is it that has you so worried? 405 00:33:31,740 --> 00:33:36,480 Your single-mindedness, your need to have this experiment work. 406 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:39,880 But it will. Picard has no choice now. 407 00:33:40,050 --> 00:33:42,880 He must defend the Enterprise. 408 00:33:46,620 --> 00:33:50,490 Counselor, when this is all over, 409 00:33:50,660 --> 00:33:53,660 I will show you New Manhattan on Beth Delta I 410 00:33:53,830 --> 00:33:55,460 as you have never seen it, 411 00:33:55,630 --> 00:33:58,800 and we will laugh over glasses of champagne. 412 00:33:58,970 --> 00:34:03,970 Your self-portrait is so practiced, so polished. 413 00:34:04,140 --> 00:34:06,940 Yes. Isn't it, though? 414 00:34:07,740 --> 00:34:11,850 It's stretched so tight, the tension fills this room. 415 00:34:12,010 --> 00:34:16,980 And if you finally fail, I fear it will snap. 416 00:34:20,860 --> 00:34:22,460 A good try, Counselor. 417 00:34:26,930 --> 00:34:32,330 But sometimes, when you reach beneath a man's self-portrait, 418 00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:34,870 as you so eloquently put it, 419 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:40,810 deep down inside what you find is nothing at all. 420 00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:19,210 Lockman on first. Dark on second. 421 00:35:20,350 --> 00:35:22,620 Thompson at the plate. 422 00:35:23,550 --> 00:35:25,390 Branca on the mound. 423 00:36:11,970 --> 00:36:13,270 He's coming around. 424 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:16,400 I cannot believe this was an arbitrary attack. 425 00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:18,940 Has Data been able to contact them? 426 00:36:19,070 --> 00:36:20,670 Picard! 427 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:27,110 You must protect me. Kill them! 428 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:42,700 Cmdr Riker. 429 00:36:42,860 --> 00:36:46,930 On my signal, we will gamma-irradiate all our computer systems. 430 00:36:48,270 --> 00:36:50,940 Let's put an end to this conflict. 431 00:36:51,110 --> 00:36:54,510 Worf, prepare to activate gamma-pulse generators. 432 00:36:57,140 --> 00:37:00,350 Electromagnetic scanners ready, Captain. 433 00:37:04,550 --> 00:37:05,520 Captain. 434 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,030 I have established contact. 435 00:37:27,210 --> 00:37:31,380 They are virtually learning the concept of communication. 436 00:37:31,550 --> 00:37:34,380 Each generation is making modifications. 437 00:37:34,550 --> 00:37:38,920 - Can we talk to them yet? - I believe it is worth an attempt. 438 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:43,390 Cmdr Riker, bring Dr Stubbs to the bridge. 439 00:37:46,060 --> 00:37:48,730 I don't think this is a wise idea. 440 00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:51,570 They have already tried to kill me once. 441 00:37:51,700 --> 00:37:55,140 One sure way into the record books, Doctor. 442 00:37:58,140 --> 00:37:59,540 I am ready, sir. 443 00:37:59,710 --> 00:38:04,080 Tell them the human who destroyed their comrades will address them. 444 00:38:04,250 --> 00:38:06,980 - Captain... - You will explain your error 445 00:38:07,150 --> 00:38:10,250 and apologize, and pray we can negotiate a peace 446 00:38:10,420 --> 00:38:13,290 we can all live with. Is that clear? 447 00:38:13,450 --> 00:38:17,760 Captain, if a face-to-face negotiation would be helpful, 448 00:38:17,930 --> 00:38:19,990 I will volunteer to be a conduit. 449 00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:21,800 Yourself, Data? 450 00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:25,100 I can furnish the nanites with a schematic design 451 00:38:25,270 --> 00:38:27,230 of my neurological structure. 452 00:38:27,330 --> 00:38:30,670 It would require no more than their basic skills. 453 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:33,240 That's what they were designed for. 454 00:38:33,410 --> 00:38:38,310 They could penetrate my hand covering, enter my nerve circuitry 455 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:40,980 and interface with my verbal program. 456 00:38:41,150 --> 00:38:46,150 If they have control of a commander, they're an even greater threat. 457 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:49,490 How can we be sure that we can get them out of you? 458 00:38:49,660 --> 00:38:54,430 It would be a considerable risk, but would be a gesture of trust. 459 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,260 It could be a step toward peace. 460 00:38:57,370 --> 00:39:01,300 Alright, Data. Propose it to the nanites. 461 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:09,280 The answer is yes. 462 00:39:16,220 --> 00:39:20,020 - They are ready, Captain. - Proceed. 463 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:58,230 You are very strange-looking creatures. 464 00:39:59,690 --> 00:40:03,230 In our travels we have encountered many other creatures, 465 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:06,600 perhaps even stranger-looking than ourselves. 466 00:40:06,770 --> 00:40:09,300 But we try to coexist peacefully. 467 00:40:09,470 --> 00:40:11,270 Why did you attack us? 468 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:15,880 We misinterpreted your actions as an attack on us. 469 00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:23,280 We were seeking raw materials for our replicating process. 470 00:40:23,450 --> 00:40:26,320 Yes, but you endangered this vessel. 471 00:40:26,490 --> 00:40:28,890 You nearly killed a crew member. 472 00:40:29,060 --> 00:40:30,930 We meant no harm. 473 00:40:31,090 --> 00:40:35,400 We were... exploring. 474 00:40:37,260 --> 00:40:40,630 I understand. We are also explorers. 475 00:40:42,070 --> 00:40:45,940 We mean no harm to any other living creature. 476 00:40:49,940 --> 00:40:54,850 I am the one responsible for the deaths in the computer core. 477 00:40:54,980 --> 00:40:57,920 We know... who you are. 478 00:40:59,650 --> 00:41:02,460 I deeply regret the incident. 479 00:41:03,660 --> 00:41:06,690 I am a scientist on an important mission. 480 00:41:06,860 --> 00:41:10,800 Your colleagues' exploration put our mission at risk. 481 00:41:10,970 --> 00:41:14,270 I was only trying to protect a lifetime of work 482 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,640 from being destroyed. 483 00:41:18,610 --> 00:41:20,670 I am at your mercy. 484 00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:23,380 What is "at your mercy"? 485 00:41:24,610 --> 00:41:26,480 He asks your forgiveness. 486 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:31,490 This conflict was started by mistakes on both sides. 487 00:41:31,650 --> 00:41:34,320 Let's agree to end it here and now. 488 00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:36,390 We... 489 00:41:39,290 --> 00:41:40,960 ...agree. 490 00:41:43,460 --> 00:41:46,930 I pledge we will do everything possible 491 00:41:47,100 --> 00:41:50,240 to assist your continued survival. 492 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:51,940 Thank you. 493 00:41:52,110 --> 00:41:57,010 But we have evolved beyond any need for your assistance. 494 00:41:58,010 --> 00:42:00,550 This ship is too confining. 495 00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:05,690 We require relocation. 496 00:42:07,420 --> 00:42:09,220 Captain's log, supplemental. 497 00:42:09,390 --> 00:42:13,590 Dr Stubbs has used his influence to have planet Kavis Alpha IV 498 00:42:13,730 --> 00:42:17,100 designated the home of the nanite civilisation. 499 00:42:17,260 --> 00:42:20,430 Cmdr Data's neural network has been vacated. 500 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,140 He has been returned to us unharmed. 501 00:42:23,300 --> 00:42:25,240 With the help of the nanites, 502 00:42:25,410 --> 00:42:29,710 our computer has been reconstructed in time for the experiment. 503 00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:36,450 Ten seconds to stellar blast. 504 00:42:36,620 --> 00:42:39,290 40 million kilometers from the neutron star. 505 00:42:39,450 --> 00:42:41,260 Hold your position. 506 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:03,680 Doctor? 507 00:43:24,700 --> 00:43:28,600 - Do you have any children, Guinan? - A lot. 508 00:43:29,340 --> 00:43:31,810 Ever had trouble relating to them? 509 00:43:31,940 --> 00:43:34,840 - Just one. - One? 510 00:43:35,010 --> 00:43:37,480 Wouldn't listen to anybody. 511 00:43:37,650 --> 00:43:40,110 Well, they all go through that. 512 00:43:40,210 --> 00:43:42,620 Not in a species of listeners. 513 00:43:44,020 --> 00:43:46,450 Did he grow out of it? 514 00:43:46,620 --> 00:43:50,120 It took several hundred years, but I brought him round. 515 00:43:50,290 --> 00:43:51,860 How? 516 00:43:52,030 --> 00:43:56,130 A mother shapes her child in ways she doesn't even realize. 517 00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:58,330 Sometimes just by listening. 518 00:44:03,670 --> 00:44:05,610 Cute couple. 519 00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:11,710 See? Now that is healthy for a boy his age. 520 00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:14,880 I mean that as a doctor, not as just a mother. 521 00:44:15,050 --> 00:44:18,890 It is so good to see him having fun for a change, 522 00:44:19,050 --> 00:44:21,560 with an attractive young woman 523 00:44:21,720 --> 00:44:27,290 who obviously looks at him with extraordinary affection. 524 00:44:28,900 --> 00:44:31,300 What do you know about this girl?