1 00:00:04,046 --> 00:00:10,001 Captain's log, stardate 43539.1. We are orbiting around Bre'el IV. 2 00:00:10,135 --> 00:00:14,844 Its emergency centre is helping us investigate the catastrophic threat 3 00:00:14,973 --> 00:00:18,556 to the population from a descending asteroidal moon. 4 00:00:19,603 --> 00:00:23,683 The satellite's trajectory is deteriorating. 5 00:00:23,815 --> 00:00:27,481 This orbit will put it within 500 km of the surface. 6 00:00:27,611 --> 00:00:31,312 Atmospheric drag will bring it down on the next orbit. 7 00:00:31,448 --> 00:00:34,864 Have you found any explanation for this? 8 00:00:34,993 --> 00:00:38,409 No, Doctor. It is a most unusual phenomenon. 9 00:00:38,539 --> 00:00:43,497 - Won't the moon disintegrate? - No. It has a ferrous structure. 10 00:00:43,627 --> 00:00:47,126 It will be able to withstand tidal forces. 11 00:00:47,256 --> 00:00:49,248 Could we blow it into pieces? 12 00:00:49,383 --> 00:00:52,586 The total mass of the moon would remain the same. 13 00:00:52,719 --> 00:00:56,468 Fragments would spread destruction over an even wider area. 14 00:00:56,598 --> 00:00:59,516 - How long before impact? - 29 hours. 15 00:00:59,643 --> 00:01:05,349 Somewhere in the west. That would destroy an area 800 km in radius. 16 00:01:05,482 --> 00:01:08,685 That damage would be insignificant 17 00:01:08,819 --> 00:01:12,354 compared to the seismic repercussions, 18 00:01:12,489 --> 00:01:15,775 massive land quakes and tsunami. 19 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:18,661 The resulting cloud of dust round the planet 20 00:01:18,787 --> 00:01:24,493 would cause a temperature reduction. It could be our own Ice Age. 21 00:01:29,214 --> 00:01:33,508 Mr. La Forge, could the Enterprise coax that satellite 22 00:01:33,635 --> 00:01:36,636 - back where it belongs? - We'd need a Delta-V 23 00:01:36,763 --> 00:01:40,263 of 4 km per second. Even with warp power, 24 00:01:40,392 --> 00:01:44,686 it'd mean exceeding the recommended engine output by 47 percent. 25 00:01:44,813 --> 00:01:48,941 It'd be like an ant pushing a tricycle. A slim chance. 26 00:01:49,067 --> 00:01:52,401 Given the choice between slim and none, I'll take slim. 27 00:01:52,529 --> 00:01:53,560 Make it so. 28 00:01:53,697 --> 00:01:58,525 Lt Worf, contact all ships to rendezvous and join us in this. 29 00:01:58,660 --> 00:02:01,151 We'll advise you of our progress. 30 00:02:05,083 --> 00:02:08,618 - Can you give us any more, Geordi? - We'd burn out the emitter. 31 00:02:08,754 --> 00:02:14,210 - We're already beyond the limit. - Delta-V is 92 metres per second. 32 00:02:14,343 --> 00:02:18,292 The mass is too great. We are having a negligible effect. 33 00:02:20,641 --> 00:02:23,677 - What is that? - Unable to identify source. 34 00:02:24,102 --> 00:02:28,515 Impulse engines passing safety limits. We're seconds from shutdown. 35 00:02:28,649 --> 00:02:31,104 Reduce power. Tractor beam off. 36 00:02:31,235 --> 00:02:34,235 Lt Worf, what the hell do the sensors say? 37 00:02:34,363 --> 00:02:36,320 The sound is not registering. 38 00:02:39,868 --> 00:02:41,991 Q. 39 00:02:45,082 --> 00:02:46,493 Red alert. 40 00:04:40,980 --> 00:04:43,269 Captain's log, supplemental. 41 00:04:43,399 --> 00:04:47,812 We haven't found a solution to the moon's deteriorating orbit. 42 00:04:47,946 --> 00:04:52,157 But with the arrival of Q, we have a good idea of the cause. 43 00:04:52,283 --> 00:04:55,984 - Our options? - We've done everything. 44 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,454 We need more time and more power. 45 00:04:59,582 --> 00:05:02,334 I'll see what rules I haven't broken. 46 00:05:02,460 --> 00:05:03,741 Keep me informed. 47 00:05:05,547 --> 00:05:08,417 We know you're behind this, Q. 48 00:05:08,550 --> 00:05:11,087 These aren't my colours. 49 00:05:11,219 --> 00:05:14,054 And what are you blathering about? 50 00:05:14,180 --> 00:05:18,807 What twisted pleasure does it give you to bring terror to their lives? 51 00:05:18,935 --> 00:05:21,390 - Whose lives? - The millions down there, 52 00:05:21,521 --> 00:05:23,846 watching their moon falling. 53 00:05:23,982 --> 00:05:28,442 I have no idea what you mean. I have a much more serious problem. 54 00:05:28,570 --> 00:05:33,397 I'm out of the Continuum. My superiors decided to punish me. 55 00:05:33,533 --> 00:05:35,858 And punish us, it would seem. 56 00:05:35,994 --> 00:05:41,450 They said I spread chaos. They stripped me of my powers. 57 00:05:42,917 --> 00:05:46,832 You don't believe me? Would I humiliate myself like this? 58 00:05:46,963 --> 00:05:49,454 If it served your purpose, yes. 59 00:05:49,591 --> 00:05:51,583 It's the truth. 60 00:05:52,343 --> 00:05:54,965 I stand before you defrocked. 61 00:05:55,096 --> 00:05:58,382 Condemned to be a member of this lowest of species. 62 00:05:58,516 --> 00:06:02,134 A normal, imperfect, lumpen human being. 63 00:06:02,270 --> 00:06:05,970 They made you human as part of your punishment? 64 00:06:06,107 --> 00:06:10,816 No, it was my request. I could have become a Markoffian sea lizard 65 00:06:10,945 --> 00:06:12,356 or a Belzoidian flea. 66 00:06:12,488 --> 00:06:16,486 Anything I wished, as long as it was mortal. 67 00:06:16,618 --> 00:06:20,200 Since I only had a second to mull, I chose this 68 00:06:20,330 --> 00:06:23,165 - and asked to come here. - Why? 69 00:06:23,291 --> 00:06:28,202 Because you're the closest thing I have to a friend, Jean-Luc. 70 00:06:29,172 --> 00:06:33,917 - Sir, he is reading as fully human. - Is there an echo in here? 71 00:06:34,052 --> 00:06:37,385 I am sensing an emotional presence. 72 00:06:37,513 --> 00:06:40,717 I would normally describe it as being terrified. 73 00:06:40,850 --> 00:06:44,136 - How rude! - What do you want, Q? 74 00:06:44,270 --> 00:06:46,014 Your compassion. 75 00:06:48,358 --> 00:06:53,185 Alright, sanctuary on this ship, dreary as it sounds to both of us. 76 00:06:53,947 --> 00:06:59,024 - Return that moon to its orbit. - I have no powers. Q the ordinary. 77 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,489 - Q the liar. Q the misanthrope. - Q the miserable and desperate. 78 00:07:03,623 --> 00:07:06,992 - What must I do to convince you? - Die. 79 00:07:08,461 --> 00:07:12,589 Very clever, Worf. Eat any good books lately? 80 00:07:12,715 --> 00:07:15,752 Fine. You want to be treated as human? 81 00:07:15,885 --> 00:07:19,052 - Absolutely. - Alright. Mr. Worf. 82 00:07:19,180 --> 00:07:22,715 - Throw him in the brig. - Delighted, Captain. 83 00:07:23,810 --> 00:07:26,811 You can't do this to me, Jean-Luc. 84 00:07:26,938 --> 00:07:31,232 - You will walk or I will carry you. - Given the option, I'll walk. 85 00:07:32,402 --> 00:07:35,403 You've disappointed me, Jean-Luc. 86 00:07:35,530 --> 00:07:37,487 I'm claustrophobic! 87 00:07:39,742 --> 00:07:44,535 I never should have picked human. I knew it the moment I said it. 88 00:07:44,664 --> 00:07:48,792 A future in this shell! Forced to cover myself with fabric 89 00:07:48,918 --> 00:07:51,492 because of outdated human morality. 90 00:07:51,629 --> 00:07:56,872 To say nothing of being too hot or cold, growing feeble with age, 91 00:07:57,010 --> 00:07:58,836 losing my hair, 92 00:07:58,970 --> 00:08:02,505 catching a disease, being ticklish, 93 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,096 sneezing, having an itch, 94 00:08:05,226 --> 00:08:07,931 a pimple, bad breath. 95 00:08:09,439 --> 00:08:11,977 Having to bathe. 96 00:08:12,108 --> 00:08:13,851 Too bad. 97 00:08:15,820 --> 00:08:18,228 Klingon. I should have said Klingon. 98 00:08:18,364 --> 00:08:21,365 In my heart of hearts, I am a Klingon, Worf. 99 00:08:21,910 --> 00:08:22,858 Sorry. 100 00:08:22,994 --> 00:08:28,498 I could not survive in confinement. This is cruel and unusual punishment. 101 00:08:28,625 --> 00:08:31,080 The universe has been my back yard. 102 00:08:31,210 --> 00:08:35,078 As a fellow Klingon, if you'd speak to the Captain for me, 103 00:08:35,215 --> 00:08:39,544 I would be eternally grateful, which doesn't mean as much as it used to. 104 00:08:39,677 --> 00:08:43,212 Be quiet! Or disappear back where you came from. 105 00:08:43,348 --> 00:08:47,345 I can't disappear, any more than you could win a beauty contest. 106 00:08:50,647 --> 00:08:54,894 If I were to ask a simple question, might you be able to answer 107 00:08:55,026 --> 00:08:58,360 without troubling your intellect? Ready? 108 00:08:58,488 --> 00:09:03,280 Here goes. Would I permit you to lock me away if I still had all my powers? 109 00:09:03,409 --> 00:09:09,080 - You have fooled us too often. - Perspicacity incarnate. 110 00:09:09,207 --> 00:09:12,955 Please don't tell me the story of the boy who cried Worf. 111 00:09:14,420 --> 00:09:16,627 Computer, activate force field. 112 00:09:18,591 --> 00:09:20,916 I demand to be let out of here. 113 00:09:21,052 --> 00:09:25,180 You will deactivate this cell immediately. 114 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:28,677 Romulan! 115 00:09:30,603 --> 00:09:34,471 I should have said Romulan. That Klingon goat. 116 00:09:34,607 --> 00:09:39,400 The question is, what sort of jaded game is he up to this time? 117 00:09:39,529 --> 00:09:44,274 Maybe he'll take Bre'el IV to the brink and then pull the moon back. 118 00:09:46,619 --> 00:09:49,454 Or he may have nothing to do with it at all. 119 00:09:49,581 --> 00:09:51,454 You think Q is telling the truth? 120 00:09:51,583 --> 00:09:57,169 Unlikely. But we must proceed with our dilemma as if Q is powerless. 121 00:09:57,297 --> 00:10:01,460 - While he watches us struggle. - I don't see that we have a choice. 122 00:10:01,593 --> 00:10:05,008 Mr. Worf, hail the Bre'el IV science station. 123 00:10:05,138 --> 00:10:06,965 They're standing by. 124 00:10:09,767 --> 00:10:11,427 Yes, Capt Picard? 125 00:10:11,561 --> 00:10:17,267 Our first attempt to restore the moon to its orbit has failed. 126 00:10:21,821 --> 00:10:25,024 We have less than 25 hours before impact. 127 00:10:25,158 --> 00:10:28,527 Our Chief Engineer is working on the tractor beam. 128 00:10:28,661 --> 00:10:32,706 There is hope, but if you have an evacuation plan... 129 00:10:32,832 --> 00:10:36,664 We have started moving people from the coast. 130 00:10:36,794 --> 00:10:40,578 We are going to make another attempt soon. Picard out. 131 00:10:41,215 --> 00:10:43,671 Geordi is not at all optimistic. 132 00:10:45,470 --> 00:10:47,178 What the devil...? 133 00:10:48,097 --> 00:10:49,971 Data? 134 00:10:50,099 --> 00:10:54,845 Sensors are showing broadband emissions, including berthold rays. 135 00:10:54,979 --> 00:10:56,723 - Lethal? - No, Commander. 136 00:10:56,856 --> 00:11:02,313 Overall exposure is less than 75 rems, like a soft medical scan. 137 00:11:02,445 --> 00:11:06,359 - I speculate we are being probed. - By whom? 138 00:11:06,491 --> 00:11:08,898 Sensors cannot identify the origin. 139 00:11:09,035 --> 00:11:11,277 It seems to be coming from all around us. 140 00:11:36,229 --> 00:11:40,274 You've come to apologise. How nice. All's forgiven. 141 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:44,444 - No offence taken. - Enough. What is going on? 142 00:11:44,571 --> 00:11:48,900 How can I know what's going on? I've been in this dungeon of yours, 143 00:11:49,033 --> 00:11:52,817 alone, helpless, bored to tears. 144 00:11:52,954 --> 00:11:56,287 We have a moon inexplicably falling out of orbit 145 00:11:56,416 --> 00:11:59,500 and just now the ship was probed with radiation. 146 00:12:00,044 --> 00:12:05,169 I wasn't aware of this. Truthfully, Jean-Luc. 147 00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:10,839 I have been preoccupied by a frightening experience of my own. 148 00:12:10,972 --> 00:12:12,466 A couple of hours ago, 149 00:12:12,599 --> 00:12:16,679 I realized that my body was no longer functioning properly. 150 00:12:16,811 --> 00:12:22,232 I felt weak. I could no longer stand. Life oozed out of me. 151 00:12:22,358 --> 00:12:25,145 - I lost consciousness. - You fell asleep. 152 00:12:26,863 --> 00:12:30,279 Terrifying. How can you stand it day after day? 153 00:12:31,117 --> 00:12:34,533 - You get used to it. - What other dangers await me? 154 00:12:34,662 --> 00:12:37,153 I'm not prepared. I need guidance. 155 00:12:37,290 --> 00:12:42,960 Q, if you want to continue this charade, you can do it alone. 156 00:12:43,087 --> 00:12:44,961 Jean-Luc, wait! 157 00:12:45,673 --> 00:12:49,837 This is getting on my nerves, now that I have them. 158 00:12:49,969 --> 00:12:55,260 You have a moon in a deteriorating orbit. I've known lots of moons. 159 00:12:55,391 --> 00:12:58,595 Big ones, small ones. I'm an expert. 160 00:12:58,728 --> 00:13:01,931 I could help you, if you let me out of here. 161 00:13:03,066 --> 00:13:07,775 There are millions of lives at risk. If you have the power... 162 00:13:07,904 --> 00:13:10,477 I don't have any powers. 163 00:13:10,615 --> 00:13:15,277 But I have the knowledge, locked up in this puny brain. 164 00:13:16,913 --> 00:13:20,033 You cannot afford to not take that advantage, can you? 165 00:13:23,002 --> 00:13:26,039 Mr. Data, report to detention cell three. 166 00:13:26,172 --> 00:13:27,999 On my way, sir. 167 00:13:31,636 --> 00:13:35,847 Computer, remove the force field. If you are human, 168 00:13:35,974 --> 00:13:40,185 which I doubt, you'll have to work hard to earn our trust. 169 00:13:41,020 --> 00:13:44,354 I'm not worried about that. You only dislike me. 170 00:13:44,482 --> 00:13:47,685 Others in the cosmos truly despise me. 171 00:13:50,154 --> 00:13:55,611 Mr. Data, you are assigned to Q for the remainder of his stay. 172 00:13:55,743 --> 00:13:58,495 Escort him to Mr. La Forge in Engineering. 173 00:13:58,621 --> 00:14:02,204 - Aye, sir. - Can I have a Starfleet uniform? 174 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:05,502 What are you looking at? 175 00:14:05,628 --> 00:14:09,246 I was considering the possibility of you telling the truth, 176 00:14:09,382 --> 00:14:12,798 - that you really are human. - It's the ghastly truth. 177 00:14:12,927 --> 00:14:15,418 I can stub my toe with the best of them. 178 00:14:15,555 --> 00:14:16,551 An irony. 179 00:14:16,681 --> 00:14:20,679 You have achieved in disgrace what I have always aspired to be. 180 00:14:30,862 --> 00:14:33,435 Humans are such commonplace creatures. 181 00:14:33,573 --> 00:14:37,024 They search the galaxy for something, they know not what. 182 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:42,035 They have an enduring desire for knowledge and self-improvement. 183 00:14:42,165 --> 00:14:46,957 There's room for that. But they're a minor species in the grand scheme, 184 00:14:47,086 --> 00:14:48,711 not worth your envy. 185 00:14:48,838 --> 00:14:51,163 - I do not feel envy. - That's good. 186 00:14:51,299 --> 00:14:55,379 I feel nothing at all. That is part of my dilemma. 187 00:14:55,511 --> 00:15:00,423 I have their curiosity, but there are things I will never know. 188 00:15:00,558 --> 00:15:06,478 What it is like to laugh, or cry. Or to experience any emotions. 189 00:15:07,523 --> 00:15:12,518 If you ask me, these emotions are not what they're cracked up to be. 190 00:15:13,446 --> 00:15:17,111 The moon will hit its perigee in 1 0 hours. 191 00:15:17,242 --> 00:15:19,400 We can match its trajectory 192 00:15:19,535 --> 00:15:24,244 and apply continuous warp-equivalent power nine to the tractor beam. 193 00:15:24,374 --> 00:15:28,668 We can push it for nearly seven hours and that just might do it. 194 00:15:28,795 --> 00:15:30,538 But there's a problem. 195 00:15:30,672 --> 00:15:33,341 We will be too close to the atmosphere. 196 00:15:33,466 --> 00:15:36,087 - That's the problem. - This is incredible. 197 00:15:36,219 --> 00:15:39,635 - See something, Q? - I think I just hurt my back. 198 00:15:39,764 --> 00:15:43,180 I'm feeling pain. I don't like it. 199 00:15:43,309 --> 00:15:45,598 What's the right thing to say? 200 00:15:48,731 --> 00:15:52,811 - I can't straighten up. - Medical assistance to Engineering. 201 00:15:52,944 --> 00:15:55,316 People on Bre'el IV will be hurt... 202 00:15:55,446 --> 00:16:00,108 Yes. Your plan will not only destroy the moon, but your ship, too. 203 00:16:00,243 --> 00:16:01,571 Got a better idea? 204 00:16:01,703 --> 00:16:05,950 I'd begin by examining the cause, not the symptom. 205 00:16:06,082 --> 00:16:08,122 We've done that. There's no way... 206 00:16:08,251 --> 00:16:11,750 A large celestial object must have passed through 207 00:16:11,879 --> 00:16:14,833 at right angles to the plane of the star system. 208 00:16:14,966 --> 00:16:19,213 - Probably a black hole. - Can we counter the effect? 209 00:16:19,345 --> 00:16:22,382 Change the gravitational constant of the universe. 210 00:16:22,515 --> 00:16:25,350 - What? - Change the gravitational constant, 211 00:16:25,476 --> 00:16:27,765 so altering the mass of the asteroid. 212 00:16:27,896 --> 00:16:31,893 - Redefine gravity? How? - You just do it. 213 00:16:32,609 --> 00:16:35,182 Where's that Doctor, anyway? 214 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:39,946 He means that changing gravity is beyond our capabilities. 215 00:16:41,910 --> 00:16:44,697 Well, in that case, never mind. 216 00:16:46,831 --> 00:16:48,740 Dr Crusher, 217 00:16:48,875 --> 00:16:51,710 Starfleet has shipped you back into exile. 218 00:16:51,836 --> 00:16:54,244 Q says he has hurt his back. 219 00:17:00,595 --> 00:17:05,173 If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it. 220 00:17:05,308 --> 00:17:08,973 He has classic back trauma. Muscle spasms. 221 00:17:09,103 --> 00:17:12,519 I've been under pressure. Family problems. 222 00:17:12,649 --> 00:17:14,725 Don't expect sympathy from me. 223 00:17:14,859 --> 00:17:17,777 You've been a pain in our backside often enough. 224 00:17:19,364 --> 00:17:21,736 Your bedside manner is admirable. 225 00:17:21,866 --> 00:17:26,078 I'm sure your patients recover quickly, just to get away from you. 226 00:17:27,747 --> 00:17:30,155 You know, this might work. 227 00:17:30,291 --> 00:17:34,123 We could wrap a low-level warp field around the moon 228 00:17:34,254 --> 00:17:38,168 to reduce its gravitational constant. Make it easier to push. 229 00:17:39,467 --> 00:17:44,295 Glad I could help. I think... 230 00:17:44,430 --> 00:17:46,257 Now what? 231 00:17:47,183 --> 00:17:50,219 - Something's wrong with my stomach. - It hurts? 232 00:17:50,353 --> 00:17:55,809 - It's making noises. - Maybe you're hungry. 233 00:18:00,947 --> 00:18:03,782 I've never eaten before. What do I ask for? 234 00:18:03,908 --> 00:18:06,364 The choice depends on individual taste. 235 00:18:06,494 --> 00:18:08,487 What do you like? 236 00:18:08,621 --> 00:18:11,159 Although I do not require sustenance, 237 00:18:11,291 --> 00:18:16,415 I sometimes ingest semi-organic nutrient in a silicon-based liquid. 238 00:18:16,546 --> 00:18:18,337 Is it good? 239 00:18:18,464 --> 00:18:22,842 It is good for me. It lubricates my bio-functions. 240 00:18:22,969 --> 00:18:25,674 That's not appealing. What else is there? 241 00:18:25,805 --> 00:18:27,513 A wide variety of items. 242 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,677 The replicator can make anything you desire. 243 00:18:30,810 --> 00:18:33,052 How do I know what I desire? 244 00:18:34,731 --> 00:18:37,732 I have observed that the selection of food 245 00:18:37,859 --> 00:18:41,192 is influenced by the mood of the person ordering. 246 00:18:41,321 --> 00:18:45,270 I'm in a dreadful mood. Get me something appropriate. 247 00:18:45,408 --> 00:18:47,780 When Counsellor Troi is unhappy, 248 00:18:47,911 --> 00:18:50,580 she usually eats something chocolate. 249 00:18:51,998 --> 00:18:53,243 Chocolate? 250 00:18:53,374 --> 00:18:55,948 A chocolate sundae, for example. 251 00:18:56,085 --> 00:18:58,755 I do not speak from personal experience, 252 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:03,672 but I have seen it have a profound psychological impact. 253 00:19:03,801 --> 00:19:07,384 - I'll have ten chocolate sundaes. - Ten? 254 00:19:07,513 --> 00:19:10,717 I have never seen anyone eat ten sundaes. 255 00:19:10,850 --> 00:19:14,184 I'm in a really bad mood and since I've never eaten before, 256 00:19:14,312 --> 00:19:16,885 I should be very hungry. 257 00:19:20,818 --> 00:19:24,022 This is not a moment I've been looking forward to. 258 00:19:33,748 --> 00:19:36,998 I hear they drummed you out of the Continuum. 259 00:19:37,126 --> 00:19:40,626 I like to think of it as a significant career change. 260 00:19:40,755 --> 00:19:46,793 - Just one of the boys? - A boy with an IQ of 2,005. 261 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,932 The Captain and many of the crew are not convinced he is human. 262 00:19:52,684 --> 00:19:54,308 Really? 263 00:20:02,569 --> 00:20:05,142 Seems human enough to me. 264 00:20:06,155 --> 00:20:08,148 This is a dangerous creature. 265 00:20:08,283 --> 00:20:11,983 Why Picard would make her a member of the crew and not me... 266 00:20:12,120 --> 00:20:14,693 How terribly frightening for you, 267 00:20:14,831 --> 00:20:19,125 to be defenceless after all those centuries of being omnipotent. 268 00:20:19,252 --> 00:20:21,957 I still have friends in high places. 269 00:20:22,088 --> 00:20:24,661 Frightening one race after the other, 270 00:20:24,799 --> 00:20:27,372 teasing them like frightened animals, 271 00:20:27,510 --> 00:20:30,760 enjoying every moment of your victims' fears. 272 00:20:30,888 --> 00:20:33,426 From now on, I'll do missionary work, OK? 273 00:20:34,017 --> 00:20:38,513 - That would be a noble cause, Q. - You could learn from this one. 274 00:20:38,646 --> 00:20:41,184 Sure, the robot humanities teacher. 275 00:20:41,316 --> 00:20:44,767 - I am an android, not a robot. - I beg your pardon. 276 00:20:44,903 --> 00:20:47,191 I'd enjoy that. Get used to it. 277 00:20:47,322 --> 00:20:49,113 - What? - Begging. 278 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:54,614 You're a pitiful excuse for a human. You'll only survive on charity. 279 00:21:06,007 --> 00:21:08,130 I'm not hungry. 280 00:21:09,469 --> 00:21:12,920 Sensors are picking up a cloud of energetic plasma. 281 00:21:13,056 --> 00:21:15,095 Bearing 341 , mark 20. 282 00:21:15,224 --> 00:21:18,142 Range, 12 km and closing. 283 00:21:18,269 --> 00:21:20,262 On screen. 284 00:21:24,609 --> 00:21:28,025 Energy patterns are reading as highly organized. 285 00:21:28,154 --> 00:21:32,899 - A life form? - Attempt to make contact, Mr. Worf. 286 00:21:33,034 --> 00:21:35,951 Receiving a signal, sir. On speaker. 287 00:21:37,497 --> 00:21:39,157 Computer, analyze signal. 288 00:21:39,290 --> 00:21:41,366 Patterns indicate intelligence. 289 00:21:41,501 --> 00:21:46,744 Unable to derive necessary referents to establish translation matrix. 290 00:21:48,216 --> 00:21:50,671 - What's that? - I don't know. 291 00:21:54,222 --> 00:21:55,965 Calamarain. 292 00:22:04,899 --> 00:22:08,767 Captain, a field of energetic tachyons is penetrating the hull. 293 00:22:08,903 --> 00:22:12,272 - Location, deck ten, forward. - Red alert. 294 00:22:12,407 --> 00:22:17,911 - Geordi, increase shield power. - Increasing by 20 percent. 295 00:22:18,037 --> 00:22:18,951 No effect. 296 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:23,030 - Increasing to 40 percent. - Still no effect. 297 00:22:31,801 --> 00:22:36,677 Adjusting shield harmonics, diverting power to forward grids. 298 00:22:38,099 --> 00:22:41,515 The added harmonics are blocking the tachyon field. 299 00:22:44,647 --> 00:22:47,732 Help me! Somebody help me! 300 00:22:48,860 --> 00:22:51,185 How the mighty have fallen. 301 00:22:54,782 --> 00:22:58,401 Captain's log, supplemental. We have sustained light damage 302 00:22:58,536 --> 00:23:01,454 from an attack by the Calamarain. 303 00:23:01,581 --> 00:23:04,582 They apparently have a grievance with Q. 304 00:23:04,709 --> 00:23:07,745 No doubt one of many life forms that do. 305 00:23:07,879 --> 00:23:10,880 The Calamarain are not very hospitable. 306 00:23:11,007 --> 00:23:14,043 They exist as swirls of ionised gas. 307 00:23:14,177 --> 00:23:16,169 What did you do to them, Q? 308 00:23:16,304 --> 00:23:20,432 Nothing bizarre, nothing grotesque. 309 00:23:20,558 --> 00:23:24,556 - You tormented them. - A subjective term. 310 00:23:24,687 --> 00:23:27,688 One creature's torment is another's delight. 311 00:23:27,815 --> 00:23:33,605 They have no sense of humour, a flaw with which you can identify. 312 00:23:33,738 --> 00:23:35,529 I say we turn him over to them. 313 00:23:35,657 --> 00:23:39,820 I take it back. You do have a sense of humour. A dreadful one. 314 00:23:39,953 --> 00:23:41,495 I'm serious. 315 00:23:41,621 --> 00:23:45,369 Of course. You knew this would happen. 316 00:23:46,459 --> 00:23:49,164 One can never anticipate the Calamarain. 317 00:23:49,295 --> 00:23:51,537 Very intelligent, but flighty. 318 00:23:51,673 --> 00:23:55,207 Yes, but you must have so many enemies. 319 00:23:55,343 --> 00:24:00,764 You knew that once you became mortal, some of them might look you up. 320 00:24:01,891 --> 00:24:03,551 It had occurred to me. 321 00:24:03,685 --> 00:24:07,018 And for all your protestations of friendship, 322 00:24:07,146 --> 00:24:10,480 your real reason for being here is protection. 323 00:24:12,944 --> 00:24:17,570 You're very smart, Jean-Luc, but I know human beings. 324 00:24:17,699 --> 00:24:21,364 They're sopping over with compassion and forgiveness. 325 00:24:21,494 --> 00:24:27,947 They can't wait to absolve almost any offence. It's an inherent weakness. 326 00:24:28,084 --> 00:24:31,916 - No, it is a strength. - Call it what you will, 327 00:24:32,046 --> 00:24:35,795 but you'll protect me, even though I've tormented you. 328 00:24:35,925 --> 00:24:40,836 Fighting off all your enemies is not the mission I signed up for. 329 00:24:40,972 --> 00:24:45,433 Indeed. Human or not, I want no part of you. 330 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,561 We will deposit you at the first starbase. 331 00:24:48,688 --> 00:24:54,062 But I could be a valuable member of the team. I'm human. I can learn. 332 00:24:54,193 --> 00:24:59,069 He has provided guidance for the analysis of the Bre'el satellite. 333 00:24:59,198 --> 00:25:04,620 - It seems you have an advocate, Q. - I am merely stating a fact. 334 00:25:06,205 --> 00:25:07,997 Mr. La Forge, your status? 335 00:25:08,124 --> 00:25:12,371 My program should extend the forward lobe of the warp field. 336 00:25:12,503 --> 00:25:17,296 I'm attempting to modify the field coils' alignment parameters. 337 00:25:17,425 --> 00:25:20,177 Maintaining integrity will be difficult. 338 00:25:20,303 --> 00:25:25,973 We can do it manually. The moon reaches its perigee in 1 4 minutes. 339 00:25:26,100 --> 00:25:31,225 Mr. Data, escort Q to Engineering. You will assist Mr. La Forge. 340 00:25:31,356 --> 00:25:34,725 Mr. Worf, hail the Bre'el IV science station. 341 00:25:34,859 --> 00:25:36,318 Aye, sir. 342 00:25:39,239 --> 00:25:42,239 Picard thinks I can't cut it on his starship. 343 00:25:42,367 --> 00:25:45,368 I can do anything his trained minions can do. 344 00:25:45,495 --> 00:25:49,623 Your skills are not in doubt. The Captain is merely concerned 345 00:25:49,749 --> 00:25:54,541 with your ability to successfully interact with his trained minions. 346 00:25:54,671 --> 00:25:57,244 Human relationships are complex. 347 00:25:57,382 --> 00:26:01,593 Your experience may not have adequately prepared you. 348 00:26:01,719 --> 00:26:07,306 I'm not interested in relationships. I want to prove I'm indispensable. 349 00:26:10,311 --> 00:26:12,268 Engineering. 350 00:26:12,397 --> 00:26:16,346 To function aboard a starship or in any human activity, 351 00:26:16,484 --> 00:26:20,434 - you must form relationships. - It's so hard. 352 00:26:20,571 --> 00:26:24,616 Of more importance is your ability to work in groups. 353 00:26:24,742 --> 00:26:27,150 I'm not good in groups. 354 00:26:27,287 --> 00:26:30,786 It's difficult to work in a group when you're omnipotent. 355 00:26:32,417 --> 00:26:37,755 The tides reached ten metres and are beginning to swell again. 356 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:41,166 We have a lot of frightened people down here. 357 00:26:41,301 --> 00:26:45,381 The moon is nearing its perigee. We are preparing to make our attempt. 358 00:26:45,513 --> 00:26:52,560 Our population has taken shelter, but it will not be adequate if you fail, 359 00:26:52,687 --> 00:26:56,270 especially for those on the western continent. 360 00:26:56,983 --> 00:27:00,933 Whatever the results, we know you've done your best, Picard. 361 00:27:02,822 --> 00:27:06,820 - It's appreciated. - We'll keep you advised, Doctor. 362 00:27:06,951 --> 00:27:12,028 Sensors are picking up increased energy output from the Calamarain. 363 00:27:12,165 --> 00:27:13,540 La Forge to bridge. 364 00:27:13,666 --> 00:27:17,960 The moon has reached its minimum orbital distance. It's time. 365 00:27:18,087 --> 00:27:21,088 - We'll have to lower shields. - Proceed. 366 00:27:21,215 --> 00:27:24,631 Mr. Worf, keep a close eye on Q's friends out there. 367 00:27:24,761 --> 00:27:25,923 Understood. 368 00:27:29,390 --> 00:27:31,430 Right, this is what we will do. 369 00:27:31,559 --> 00:27:34,643 Everybody already knows what to do except for you. 370 00:27:34,771 --> 00:27:39,349 - Here's what I need... - My knowledge far exceeds yours 371 00:27:39,484 --> 00:27:44,311 by about a billion times. So, step aside gracefully. 372 00:27:44,447 --> 00:27:46,819 Your experience would be most valuable 373 00:27:46,950 --> 00:27:49,108 if you control the field integrity. 374 00:27:49,244 --> 00:27:51,651 That would be a waste of my talents. 375 00:27:51,788 --> 00:27:54,160 Get to the controls or get out of here. 376 00:27:57,752 --> 00:28:00,836 Data, you're my liaison to the bridge. Stay with me. 377 00:28:01,881 --> 00:28:04,550 Who does he think he is, giving me orders? 378 00:28:04,676 --> 00:28:08,543 Geordi thinks he is in command here. And he is correct. 379 00:28:12,725 --> 00:28:18,312 - Engineering, holding at 640 metres. - Fields to flight tolerance. 380 00:28:18,439 --> 00:28:20,646 Warp core to 90 percent. 381 00:28:20,775 --> 00:28:24,440 Engage field coils. Tractor beam to stand by. 382 00:28:24,570 --> 00:28:28,022 Field output? Field output? 383 00:28:29,033 --> 00:28:33,161 - 21 7. - Impulse engines to full. 384 00:28:34,414 --> 00:28:36,205 Ready to engage tractor beam. 385 00:28:36,332 --> 00:28:38,621 Lowering shields. Engage tractor beam. 386 00:28:42,714 --> 00:28:47,043 - Extending warp field forward. - Is that the forward limit? 387 00:28:47,176 --> 00:28:50,343 Yes. We can't encompass the entire moon. 388 00:28:50,471 --> 00:28:51,847 Should we proceed? 389 00:28:51,973 --> 00:28:55,721 The two parts of the moon will have different densities. 390 00:28:55,852 --> 00:28:59,684 Stand by. I can adjust the field symmetry to compensate. 391 00:28:59,814 --> 00:29:00,845 I doubt it. 392 00:29:00,982 --> 00:29:05,810 You don't know what this ship can do. I still believe it will work. 393 00:29:05,945 --> 00:29:09,279 Increasing power to warp field and tractor beam. 394 00:29:09,407 --> 00:29:13,274 If you're wrong, the moon will crumble. 395 00:29:13,411 --> 00:29:14,407 Shut up, Q. 396 00:29:14,537 --> 00:29:16,744 I will not be spoken to in this manner. 397 00:29:16,873 --> 00:29:18,700 Data. 398 00:29:18,833 --> 00:29:22,783 Q, I strongly suggest that you cooperate. 399 00:29:26,299 --> 00:29:31,459 Inertial mass of the moon is decreasing to 2.5 million tonnes. 400 00:29:31,596 --> 00:29:36,424 It is working. We can move it. Firing impulse engines. 401 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:44,811 Captain, the moon's trajectory has moved 0.3 percent... 0.4 percent. 402 00:29:45,568 --> 00:29:47,727 Emergency! Shields up. 403 00:29:47,862 --> 00:29:51,148 - Disengage tractor beam. - Calamarain attacking. 404 00:29:52,825 --> 00:29:55,316 Shields holding. Tachyon field repelled. 405 00:29:55,453 --> 00:29:58,988 The blast is pushing us into the upper atmosphere. 406 00:30:04,420 --> 00:30:06,994 Hull temperature rising. 2,000 degrees. 407 00:30:07,131 --> 00:30:09,005 2,500. 408 00:30:09,133 --> 00:30:12,799 - Moving to full power. - Calamarain resuming attack. 409 00:30:16,224 --> 00:30:20,304 They've overpowered the shields at deck 36, Engineering. 410 00:30:20,436 --> 00:30:22,892 Can we get power to the shields? 411 00:30:23,022 --> 00:30:26,356 We need all the power we have to get out of the atmosphere. 412 00:30:37,078 --> 00:30:40,198 - Try activating the integrity field. - Yes, sir. 413 00:30:45,503 --> 00:30:48,374 It's not working. Harmonics on manual. 414 00:30:50,466 --> 00:30:53,670 Hull temperature falling. We're in the clear. 415 00:30:53,803 --> 00:30:56,376 Diverting power to forward sections. 416 00:31:13,071 --> 00:31:16,571 That charge nearly knocked out his positronic net. 417 00:31:16,700 --> 00:31:20,650 - What can you do? - Reset the motor pathways, 418 00:31:20,787 --> 00:31:23,409 recouple the autonomic nodes. 419 00:31:23,540 --> 00:31:27,123 There's pressure in his fluidic systems. Thermal shock. 420 00:31:27,252 --> 00:31:29,328 If he was mortal, he'd be dead. 421 00:31:29,463 --> 00:31:33,923 Let's not overstate the matter here. I'm mortal and I survived. 422 00:31:36,303 --> 00:31:38,426 The cheers are overwhelming. 423 00:31:38,555 --> 00:31:42,304 You exceed your own standards of self-preoccupation. 424 00:31:42,434 --> 00:31:46,681 - He may have saved your life. - He's strong. He'll survive. 425 00:31:46,813 --> 00:31:51,559 Osmotic pressure still rising. Maybe we can bypass the regulator. 426 00:31:51,693 --> 00:31:54,860 It would be helpful if everybody got out of here. 427 00:31:58,825 --> 00:32:00,569 Stay with Q. 428 00:32:03,914 --> 00:32:05,242 Geordi? 429 00:32:05,374 --> 00:32:07,331 The moon's trajectory? 430 00:32:08,669 --> 00:32:13,911 We only bought another orbit. We can try again at the next perigee. 431 00:32:14,049 --> 00:32:17,085 And the Calamarain will go after Q. 432 00:32:17,219 --> 00:32:20,255 Commander, he's not worth it. 433 00:32:27,813 --> 00:32:29,556 Come. 434 00:32:32,234 --> 00:32:36,101 You're right, I'm extraordinarily selfish. 435 00:32:36,238 --> 00:32:39,192 But it has served me so well in the past. 436 00:32:39,324 --> 00:32:41,815 It will not serve you here. 437 00:32:41,952 --> 00:32:44,194 Don't be so hard on me, Jean-Luc. 438 00:32:44,329 --> 00:32:47,579 You've always been mortal. You know about dying. 439 00:32:47,708 --> 00:32:53,046 I've never given it a second thought. Or a first one, for that matter. 440 00:32:53,171 --> 00:32:55,544 I could have been killed. 441 00:32:55,674 --> 00:33:00,419 If it hadn't been for Data creating that delay, I would have been gone. 442 00:33:00,554 --> 00:33:06,758 No more me. And no one would have missed me, would they? 443 00:33:10,314 --> 00:33:14,561 Data may have sacrificed himself for me. Why? 444 00:33:14,693 --> 00:33:20,032 That is his special nature. He learned the lessons of humanity well. 445 00:33:20,157 --> 00:33:23,941 When I ask myself if I would have done the same for him, 446 00:33:24,077 --> 00:33:28,953 and I am forced to answer no, I feel... 447 00:33:30,208 --> 00:33:32,201 I feel ashamed. 448 00:33:32,336 --> 00:33:34,827 Q, I'm not your father confessor. 449 00:33:34,963 --> 00:33:37,633 You will receive no absolution from me. 450 00:33:37,758 --> 00:33:40,545 You've brought us nothing but pain. 451 00:33:40,677 --> 00:33:42,884 And I'm still not convinced 452 00:33:43,013 --> 00:33:47,675 that all this isn't your latest attempt at a puerile joke. 453 00:33:47,809 --> 00:33:50,182 It is a joke. On me. 454 00:33:50,312 --> 00:33:53,847 The joke of the universe. The king who would be man. 455 00:33:53,982 --> 00:33:57,102 As I learn more and more what it is to be human, 456 00:33:57,235 --> 00:34:02,360 I am more and more convinced that I would never make a good one. 457 00:34:02,491 --> 00:34:06,654 Without my powers, I am frightened of everything. 458 00:34:06,787 --> 00:34:10,321 I'm a coward. And I'm miserable. 459 00:34:12,251 --> 00:34:14,920 And I can't go on this way. 460 00:34:26,014 --> 00:34:28,340 He's going to be alright. 461 00:34:29,101 --> 00:34:32,386 We're recalibrating his circuits. He can't talk yet. 462 00:34:35,691 --> 00:34:38,016 There are creatures in the universe 463 00:34:38,151 --> 00:34:42,101 who would consider you the ultimate achievement, android. 464 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:47,197 No feelings, no emotions, no pain. 465 00:34:47,995 --> 00:34:51,909 And yet you covet those qualities of humanity. 466 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,827 Believe me, you're missing nothing. 467 00:34:56,837 --> 00:35:01,546 But if it means anything to you, you're a better human than l. 468 00:35:12,728 --> 00:35:16,677 - Where's the main shuttle bay? - Located on deck four. 469 00:35:16,815 --> 00:35:18,689 Take me there. 470 00:35:19,610 --> 00:35:24,106 Captain, an unscheduled shuttle has just been launched. 471 00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:26,066 On main viewer. 472 00:35:31,204 --> 00:35:34,739 - Hailing frequency. - Frequencies open. 473 00:35:34,875 --> 00:35:37,282 Shuttle occupant, identify yourself. 474 00:35:38,045 --> 00:35:42,089 - Don't try and talk me out of it. - Return to the ship. 475 00:35:42,215 --> 00:35:44,706 I can't get used to following orders. 476 00:35:44,843 --> 00:35:48,841 Captain, the plasma cloud is moving toward the shuttle. 477 00:35:48,972 --> 00:35:53,385 It's easier this way. They won't bother you after I'm gone. 478 00:35:53,518 --> 00:35:58,430 - Engineering, extend shields. - Don't use your tired cliché 479 00:35:58,565 --> 00:36:02,017 of charging to the rescue just in the nick of time. 480 00:36:02,152 --> 00:36:04,228 I don't want to be rescued. 481 00:36:04,363 --> 00:36:07,529 As a human being, I have been a dismal failure. 482 00:36:07,658 --> 00:36:10,493 Perhaps my death will have dignity. 483 00:36:10,619 --> 00:36:13,288 Q, there is no dignity in suicide. 484 00:36:13,413 --> 00:36:17,328 Yes, you're right. Death of a coward, then. So be it. 485 00:36:17,459 --> 00:36:20,793 But as a human, I would have died of boredom. 486 00:36:37,645 --> 00:36:41,097 This goes against my better judgement. 487 00:36:41,232 --> 00:36:44,815 Transporter room three, beam shuttle one back to its bay. 488 00:36:44,944 --> 00:36:46,487 Aye, Captain. 489 00:36:48,364 --> 00:36:51,034 It's a perfectly good shuttlecraft. 490 00:36:51,159 --> 00:36:56,366 Unable to transport. I can't lock on to the shuttlecraft. 491 00:36:56,498 --> 00:37:01,243 - Interference from the Calamarain? - No, but they are following him. 492 00:37:01,377 --> 00:37:05,589 - Extend shields around shuttle one. - Extending shields. 493 00:37:06,674 --> 00:37:09,794 - Commander, the shields are frozen. - Cause? 494 00:37:11,513 --> 00:37:14,679 - Unknown. - Lock on tractor beam. 495 00:37:16,559 --> 00:37:18,303 Not functioning either. 496 00:37:18,436 --> 00:37:20,808 What the hell is going on? 497 00:37:20,939 --> 00:37:22,599 Not bad, Q. 498 00:37:26,194 --> 00:37:27,818 Not great. 499 00:37:32,575 --> 00:37:33,690 But not bad. 500 00:37:34,577 --> 00:37:35,740 Q! 501 00:37:37,831 --> 00:37:43,785 Sacrificing yourself for humans? Do I detect a little selfless act? 502 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,118 You flatter me. 503 00:37:45,255 --> 00:37:49,751 I was only trying to put a quick end to a miserable existence. 504 00:37:51,010 --> 00:37:53,762 - What a dreadful colour. - Yeah. 505 00:37:53,888 --> 00:37:58,135 - What are you doing here? - I've been keeping track of you. 506 00:37:58,268 --> 00:38:03,642 - I knew you'd be in my corner. - No, I got you kicked out. 507 00:38:04,524 --> 00:38:08,569 You're a lost cause, Q. Whichever solar system I go to, 508 00:38:08,695 --> 00:38:13,108 I have to apologise for you. And I'm tired of it. 509 00:38:13,241 --> 00:38:16,906 I wasn't the one who misplaced the Deltived Asteroid Belt. 510 00:38:17,036 --> 00:38:21,580 This isn't about me. I've got better places to be. 511 00:38:21,708 --> 00:38:26,168 But somebody had to make sure you still didn't cause trouble. 512 00:38:26,296 --> 00:38:31,421 Even as a member of this... limited species. 513 00:38:31,551 --> 00:38:34,837 Well, I hope I've been entertaining you. 514 00:38:36,097 --> 00:38:37,757 Barely. 515 00:38:37,891 --> 00:38:43,561 But I find these humans interesting. I understand what you see in them. 516 00:38:43,688 --> 00:38:47,139 After all you've done, they still want to keep you safe. 517 00:38:47,275 --> 00:38:51,273 - A weakness of the race. - And they're still at it! 518 00:38:51,404 --> 00:38:56,909 They just tried to beam you up, back, whatever it is they call it. 519 00:38:57,035 --> 00:38:59,786 - Really? - I stopped them. 520 00:38:59,913 --> 00:39:04,242 If the Calamarain finish me off, you can be back on your way. 521 00:39:04,375 --> 00:39:09,796 They're on hold, too. There's still this matter of the selfless act. 522 00:39:11,883 --> 00:39:16,960 The Calamarain would have destroyed the Enterprise to get to you. 523 00:39:17,097 --> 00:39:19,967 That's really why you left, right? 524 00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:23,967 - It was a teeny bit selfless. - There's my problem! 525 00:39:24,104 --> 00:39:28,232 I can't tell the Continuum you committed a selfless act. 526 00:39:28,358 --> 00:39:32,190 There'd be questions and explanations for centuries. 527 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:36,982 - I've learned my lesson. - Remember who you're talking to. 528 00:39:37,534 --> 00:39:40,203 All-knowing, all-seeing. 529 00:39:44,958 --> 00:39:48,291 Fine, you got your powers back. 530 00:39:49,796 --> 00:39:52,287 Try and stay out of trouble. 531 00:39:58,763 --> 00:40:02,428 So, they wanted to destroy me, did they? 532 00:40:05,687 --> 00:40:08,604 If you think I tormented you in the past, 533 00:40:08,731 --> 00:40:11,401 wait until you see what I do with you now. 534 00:40:11,526 --> 00:40:12,522 Q? 535 00:40:14,696 --> 00:40:17,780 I was just seeing if you were still watching. 536 00:40:21,578 --> 00:40:25,872 Captain, the aliens have disappeared and so has the shuttle. 537 00:40:25,999 --> 00:40:29,000 - Scan the sector. - I have, sir. 538 00:40:29,127 --> 00:40:34,466 Well,... I suppose that is the end of Q. 539 00:40:38,887 --> 00:40:43,845 Au contraire, mon capitaine. He's back! 540 00:40:59,824 --> 00:41:04,700 I'm forgiven. My brothers and sisters of the Continuum have taken me back. 541 00:41:04,829 --> 00:41:08,494 I'm immortal again. Omnipotent again. 542 00:41:08,625 --> 00:41:09,739 Swell. 543 00:41:09,876 --> 00:41:14,337 Don't fret, Riker. My good fortune is your good fortune. 544 00:41:18,259 --> 00:41:20,382 I don't need your fantasy women. 545 00:41:20,512 --> 00:41:23,797 You're so stolid! You weren't before the beard. 546 00:41:26,893 --> 00:41:28,173 Very well. 547 00:41:32,816 --> 00:41:33,811 Q! 548 00:41:33,942 --> 00:41:37,227 - But I feel like celebrating. - I don't! 549 00:41:38,363 --> 00:41:40,023 Alright. 550 00:41:44,452 --> 00:41:45,615 All of it. 551 00:41:51,835 --> 00:41:56,378 - At the risk of being rude... - Yes, I've overstayed my welcome. 552 00:41:56,506 --> 00:41:58,712 As a human, I couldn't thank you. 553 00:41:58,842 --> 00:42:02,376 But as myself, you have my everlasting gratitude. 554 00:42:02,512 --> 00:42:04,255 Until next time. 555 00:42:05,306 --> 00:42:08,343 But, before I go, 556 00:42:08,476 --> 00:42:13,055 there is a debt I wish to repay to my professor of the humanities. 557 00:42:13,189 --> 00:42:17,353 Data, I've decided to give you something very, very special. 558 00:42:17,485 --> 00:42:20,522 - If you intend to make me human... - No, no. 559 00:42:20,655 --> 00:42:23,691 I would never curse you by making you human. 560 00:42:23,825 --> 00:42:28,368 Think of it as a going-away present. 561 00:42:46,097 --> 00:42:47,176 Data? 562 00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,192 Data, why are you laughing? 563 00:43:09,788 --> 00:43:11,780 I do not know. 564 00:43:14,459 --> 00:43:18,077 But it was a wonderful... feeling. 565 00:43:19,005 --> 00:43:23,252 Captain, Bre'el IV is hailing us. 566 00:43:23,384 --> 00:43:24,879 On screen. 567 00:43:25,804 --> 00:43:28,341 Capt Picard, you've done it. 568 00:43:29,599 --> 00:43:30,678 I'm sorry? 569 00:43:30,809 --> 00:43:34,391 The moon is back to its normal orbit. 570 00:43:34,521 --> 00:43:37,640 However you did it, thank you. 571 00:43:40,985 --> 00:43:42,729 Let's see it, Worf. 572 00:43:49,035 --> 00:43:53,993 - Mr. Data, your analysis? - The moon's altitude is 55,000 km. 573 00:43:54,124 --> 00:43:57,706 Orbit is circular. There is no further danger to the planet. 574 00:44:04,968 --> 00:44:08,965 Ensign, set course for Station Nigala IV. 575 00:44:09,097 --> 00:44:10,093 Aye, sir. 576 00:44:16,396 --> 00:44:22,849 Perhaps there's a residue of humanity in Q after all. 577 00:44:25,697 --> 00:44:28,817 Ensign. 578 00:44:28,950 --> 00:44:31,523 Don't bet on it, Picard.