1 00:00:12,145 --> 00:00:14,447 DATA: Commander, away team reporting in. 2 00:00:14,514 --> 00:00:16,249 Lieutenant Worf standing by. 3 00:00:16,316 --> 00:00:17,317 This is Riker. 4 00:00:17,384 --> 00:00:18,000 Go ahead, Lieutenant. 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:18,718 Go ahead, Lieutenant. 6 00:00:18,785 --> 00:00:21,254 WORF: The archaeologists have identified 7 00:00:21,321 --> 00:00:23,123 the markings in these caverns. 8 00:00:23,189 --> 00:00:24,000 This planet was apparently 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:24,724 This planet was apparently 10 00:00:24,791 --> 00:00:27,427 once home to a race known as the Koinonians. 11 00:00:27,494 --> 00:00:29,796 What do we know about them, Data? 12 00:00:29,863 --> 00:00:30,000 The Koinonians were an intelligent culture 13 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,799 The Koinonians were an intelligent culture 14 00:00:32,866 --> 00:00:34,768 which became embroiled in a war 15 00:00:34,834 --> 00:00:36,000 that lasted for several generations. 16 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:36,603 that lasted for several generations. 17 00:00:36,669 --> 00:00:37,637 Our best evidence 18 00:00:37,704 --> 00:00:40,106 indicates they destroyed themselves. 19 00:00:40,173 --> 00:00:42,000 WORF: We have completed our survey of the third tunnel 20 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:42,108 WORF: We have completed our survey of the third tunnel 21 00:00:42,175 --> 00:00:43,777 and will proceed into the ceremonial chamber. 22 00:00:43,843 --> 00:00:46,079 Affirmative. Enterprise out. 23 00:00:46,146 --> 00:00:47,313 Destroyed themselves, Data? 24 00:00:47,380 --> 00:00:48,000 According to historical records 25 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,249 According to historical records 26 00:00:49,315 --> 00:00:51,818 this will be the first opportunity 27 00:00:51,885 --> 00:00:53,453 for a Federation team... 28 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:54,000 Captain, beam them up quickly! 29 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,622 Captain, beam them up quickly! 30 00:00:55,688 --> 00:00:57,791 WORF: Captain, emergency beam-up! 31 00:00:57,857 --> 00:01:00,000 Enterprise, emergency. Severe injuries! 32 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:00,460 Enterprise, emergency. Severe injuries! 33 00:01:00,527 --> 00:01:01,661 Transporter Room? 34 00:01:01,728 --> 00:01:03,229 O'BRIEN: I've got them, Captain. 35 00:01:03,296 --> 00:01:04,397 Beam them straight to Sick Bay. 36 00:01:04,464 --> 00:01:05,799 Dr. Crusher, incoming wounded. 37 00:01:15,742 --> 00:01:18,000 Away team is on board, Captain. 38 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:18,678 Away team is on board, Captain. 39 00:01:23,516 --> 00:01:24,000 CRUSHER: One dead on arrival. 40 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,252 CRUSHER: One dead on arrival. 41 00:01:54,180 --> 00:01:58,551 Space, the final frontier. 42 00:01:58,618 --> 00:02:00,000 These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. 43 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,422 These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. 44 00:02:02,489 --> 00:02:04,424 Its continuing mission-- 45 00:02:04,491 --> 00:02:06,000 to explore strange new worlds 46 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,394 to explore strange new worlds 47 00:02:08,461 --> 00:02:12,000 to seek out new life and new civilizations 48 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:12,866 to seek out new life and new civilizations 49 00:02:12,932 --> 00:02:17,370 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 50 00:03:16,596 --> 00:03:18,000 Captain's Log, Stardate 43198.7. 51 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,699 Captain's Log, Stardate 43198.7. 52 00:03:19,766 --> 00:03:22,302 The Enterprise remains in standard orbit 53 00:03:22,368 --> 00:03:24,000 while we investigate the tragedy 54 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:24,237 while we investigate the tragedy 55 00:03:24,304 --> 00:03:25,772 which has struck the away team. 56 00:03:25,838 --> 00:03:28,975 Lieutenant Marla Aster, ship's archaeologist 57 00:03:29,042 --> 00:03:30,000 has been killed in what should have been a routine mission. 58 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,780 has been killed in what should have been a routine mission. 59 00:03:33,846 --> 00:03:35,815 Whatever the explanation 60 00:03:35,882 --> 00:03:36,000 it will not bring back a valued and trusted officer. 61 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,653 it will not bring back a valued and trusted officer. 62 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,000 Lieutenant? 63 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,656 Lieutenant? 64 00:03:43,723 --> 00:03:46,659 We had completed our investigation 65 00:03:46,726 --> 00:03:48,000 of the third tunnel. 66 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:48,494 of the third tunnel. 67 00:03:48,561 --> 00:03:52,999 Our scans indicated no weapons or traps of any kind. 68 00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:54,000 Lieutenant Aster was three meters behind me. 69 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,269 Lieutenant Aster was three meters behind me. 70 00:03:56,336 --> 00:04:00,000 An explosive device went off. 71 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:00,640 An explosive device went off. 72 00:04:00,707 --> 00:04:04,944 There was no warning. 73 00:04:05,011 --> 00:04:06,000 Lieutenant Aster bore the full brunt 74 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,380 Lieutenant Aster bore the full brunt 75 00:04:07,447 --> 00:04:08,715 of the detonation. 76 00:04:17,056 --> 00:04:18,000 Lieutenant Aster is survived by a son, Jeremy, 12 years old. 77 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:23,563 Lieutenant Aster is survived by a son, Jeremy, 12 years old. 78 00:04:23,630 --> 00:04:24,000 He's aboard the Enterprise, sir. 79 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,899 He's aboard the Enterprise, sir. 80 00:04:26,966 --> 00:04:28,001 And his father? 81 00:04:28,067 --> 00:04:29,869 He's also deceased. 82 00:04:29,936 --> 00:04:30,000 His only living relatives 83 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,338 His only living relatives 84 00:04:32,405 --> 00:04:36,000 are an aunt and uncle residing on Earth. 85 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:36,275 are an aunt and uncle residing on Earth. 86 00:04:40,079 --> 00:04:42,000 Where is he now? 87 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:42,015 Where is he now? 88 00:04:42,081 --> 00:04:43,549 In class. 89 00:04:43,616 --> 00:04:46,953 I've alerted the teacher to expect us. 90 00:04:48,955 --> 00:04:50,890 WORF: Captain! 91 00:04:50,957 --> 00:04:53,359 I must accompany you. 92 00:04:53,426 --> 00:04:54,000 I commanded the away team. 93 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,462 I commanded the away team. 94 00:04:56,529 --> 00:04:59,298 I appreciate your offer, Lieutenant. 95 00:04:59,365 --> 00:05:00,000 This is my responsibility. 96 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,501 This is my responsibility. 97 00:05:08,941 --> 00:05:09,876 Picard to Bridge. 98 00:05:09,942 --> 00:05:10,877 RIKER: Yes, Captain. 99 00:05:10,943 --> 00:05:12,000 Assign Commander La Forge 100 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:12,045 Assign Commander La Forge 101 00:05:12,111 --> 00:05:13,646 to lead another away team to the dig site. 102 00:05:13,713 --> 00:05:15,014 I want to know why this happened. 103 00:05:15,081 --> 00:05:16,015 Yes, Captain. 104 00:05:16,082 --> 00:05:17,050 I will be with Counselor Troi 105 00:05:17,116 --> 00:05:18,000 and young Jeremy Aster. 106 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,919 and young Jeremy Aster. 107 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:21,587 I understand. 108 00:05:21,654 --> 00:05:22,989 Riker out. 109 00:05:33,132 --> 00:05:36,000 He had to do the same thing for me. 110 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:36,102 He had to do the same thing for me. 111 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:39,038 Do you know Jeremy well? 112 00:05:39,105 --> 00:05:42,000 But I know what this is going to be like for him. 113 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:42,809 But I know what this is going to be like for him. 114 00:05:42,875 --> 00:05:45,745 It's part of life in Starfleet, Wesley. 115 00:05:45,812 --> 00:05:47,046 I know. 116 00:05:47,113 --> 00:05:48,000 They're very careful to prepare us for anything. 117 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:48,881 They're very careful to prepare us for anything. 118 00:05:48,948 --> 00:05:49,882 But still... 119 00:05:49,949 --> 00:05:51,951 I know. 120 00:05:54,787 --> 00:05:56,522 How do you get used to it? 121 00:05:56,589 --> 00:05:57,657 To telling them? 122 00:05:57,724 --> 00:06:00,000 You hope you never do. 123 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,394 You hope you never do. 124 00:06:36,562 --> 00:06:41,501 I sense the weight of this duty on you, Captain. 125 00:06:44,003 --> 00:06:45,972 I really wonder... 126 00:06:48,841 --> 00:06:49,976 Halt. 127 00:06:55,982 --> 00:07:00,000 I've always believed that carrying children on a starship 128 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,555 I've always believed that carrying children on a starship 129 00:07:02,622 --> 00:07:05,925 is a very questionable policy. 130 00:07:05,992 --> 00:07:06,000 Serving on a starship means 131 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,729 Serving on a starship means 132 00:07:09,796 --> 00:07:12,000 accepting certain risks, certain dangers. 133 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,001 accepting certain risks, certain dangers. 134 00:07:17,537 --> 00:07:18,000 Did Jeremy Aster make that choice? 135 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,040 Did Jeremy Aster make that choice? 136 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:23,509 Death and loss are an integral part 137 00:07:23,576 --> 00:07:24,000 of life everywhere. 138 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:24,777 of life everywhere. 139 00:07:24,844 --> 00:07:28,080 Leaving him on Earth would not have protected him. 140 00:07:28,147 --> 00:07:29,115 No, but the Earth 141 00:07:29,182 --> 00:07:30,000 isn't likely to be ordered to the Neutral Zone 142 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,884 isn't likely to be ordered to the Neutral Zone 143 00:07:31,951 --> 00:07:33,686 or to repel a Romulan attack. 144 00:07:33,753 --> 00:07:36,000 It was my command which sent 145 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:36,122 It was my command which sent 146 00:07:36,189 --> 00:07:38,825 his mother to her death. 147 00:07:38,891 --> 00:07:42,000 She understood her mission and my duty. 148 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:42,895 She understood her mission and my duty. 149 00:07:42,962 --> 00:07:44,864 Will he? 150 00:07:44,931 --> 00:07:48,000 In time, and with help. 151 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:48,234 In time, and with help. 152 00:07:48,301 --> 00:07:52,138 Wesley Crusher does. 153 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:58,511 He does, and so will Jeremy. 154 00:08:04,917 --> 00:08:06,000 Resume. 155 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:06,919 Resume. 156 00:08:16,062 --> 00:08:18,000 Jeremy, I have some bad news. 157 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,165 Jeremy, I have some bad news. 158 00:08:19,232 --> 00:08:22,168 There's been an accident. 159 00:08:24,937 --> 00:08:28,241 Your mother... has died. 160 00:08:36,082 --> 00:08:38,684 How, sir? 161 00:08:38,751 --> 00:08:41,787 An explosive device at the mission site. 162 00:08:41,854 --> 00:08:42,000 She died instantly. 163 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,024 She died instantly. 164 00:08:45,091 --> 00:08:47,660 I understand. 165 00:08:47,727 --> 00:08:48,000 Jeremy, I know your mother loved you very much. 166 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,632 Jeremy, I know your mother loved you very much. 167 00:08:55,334 --> 00:09:00,000 I'm told that your father is also dead. 168 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:00,706 I'm told that your father is also dead. 169 00:09:00,773 --> 00:09:02,909 Yes, sir. 170 00:09:02,975 --> 00:09:06,000 He died five years ago from a Rushton infection. 171 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,647 He died five years ago from a Rushton infection. 172 00:09:11,651 --> 00:09:12,000 I'm all alone now, sir. 173 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,921 I'm all alone now, sir. 174 00:09:14,987 --> 00:09:18,000 Jeremy, on the Starship Enterprise 175 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,059 Jeremy, on the Starship Enterprise 176 00:09:20,126 --> 00:09:23,062 no one is alone. 177 00:09:23,129 --> 00:09:24,000 No one. 178 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,665 No one. 179 00:09:42,148 --> 00:09:44,750 Excuse me, sir. 180 00:09:44,817 --> 00:09:47,086 Am I intruding? 181 00:09:47,153 --> 00:09:48,000 No. Sit down. 182 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,822 No. Sit down. 183 00:09:53,826 --> 00:09:54,000 How well did you know Lieutenant Aster? 184 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,262 How well did you know Lieutenant Aster? 185 00:09:56,329 --> 00:10:00,000 We spent some time together. 186 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:00,032 We spent some time together. 187 00:10:01,934 --> 00:10:04,770 Not very well. 188 00:10:04,837 --> 00:10:06,000 How well did you know her? 189 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,840 How well did you know her? 190 00:10:07,907 --> 00:10:09,241 Why do you ask? 191 00:10:09,308 --> 00:10:10,743 Well, you just asked me. 192 00:10:10,810 --> 00:10:12,000 But... why do you ask the question? 193 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,179 But... why do you ask the question? 194 00:10:13,245 --> 00:10:16,882 Since her death, I have been asked several times 195 00:10:16,949 --> 00:10:18,000 to define how well I knew Lieutenant Aster. 196 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,219 to define how well I knew Lieutenant Aster. 197 00:10:20,286 --> 00:10:22,755 And I heard you ask Wesley on the Bridge 198 00:10:22,822 --> 00:10:24,000 how well he knew Jeremy. 199 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,791 how well he knew Jeremy. 200 00:10:25,858 --> 00:10:30,000 Does the question of familiarity have some bearing on death? 201 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:30,262 Does the question of familiarity have some bearing on death? 202 00:10:32,898 --> 00:10:35,935 Do you remember how we all felt when Tasha died? 203 00:10:36,002 --> 00:10:42,000 I do not sense the same feelings of absence 204 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:42,274 I do not sense the same feelings of absence 205 00:10:42,341 --> 00:10:44,810 that I associate with Lieutenant Yar 206 00:10:44,877 --> 00:10:47,279 although I cannot say precisely why. 207 00:10:47,346 --> 00:10:48,000 Just human nature, Data. 208 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:49,415 Just human nature, Data. 209 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:51,317 Human nature, sir? 210 00:10:51,384 --> 00:10:54,000 We feel a loss more intensely when it's a friend. 211 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:54,220 We feel a loss more intensely when it's a friend. 212 00:10:54,286 --> 00:10:55,688 Hmm. 213 00:10:55,755 --> 00:10:59,258 But should not the feelings run just as deep 214 00:10:59,325 --> 00:11:00,000 regardless of who has died? 215 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,994 regardless of who has died? 216 00:11:04,363 --> 00:11:05,998 Maybe they should, Data. 217 00:11:06,065 --> 00:11:08,034 Maybe if we felt any loss 218 00:11:08,100 --> 00:11:12,000 as keenly as we felt the death of one close to us 219 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:12,004 as keenly as we felt the death of one close to us 220 00:11:12,071 --> 00:11:15,307 human history would be a lot less bloody. 221 00:11:15,374 --> 00:11:17,410 La Forge to Riker. 222 00:11:17,476 --> 00:11:18,000 You're back, Geordi? 223 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,311 You're back, Geordi? 224 00:11:19,378 --> 00:11:22,415 Yes, sir, and we brought back a souvenir. 225 00:11:24,283 --> 00:11:26,185 LA FORGE: There are five more just like it 226 00:11:26,252 --> 00:11:29,321 all identical to the one that killed Lieutenant Aster. 227 00:11:29,388 --> 00:11:30,000 They employ a subspace proximity detonator. 228 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,857 They employ a subspace proximity detonator. 229 00:11:31,924 --> 00:11:34,326 A normal tricorder would never detect it. 230 00:11:34,393 --> 00:11:36,000 How long would you say they've been there, Data? 231 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:36,796 How long would you say they've been there, Data? 232 00:11:36,862 --> 00:11:39,799 It comes from the time of the Koinonian wars, sir. 233 00:11:39,865 --> 00:11:42,000 RIKER: Did you find them all, Geordi? 234 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:42,134 RIKER: Did you find them all, Geordi? 235 00:11:42,201 --> 00:11:43,803 Yeah, but, uh... 236 00:11:43,869 --> 00:11:47,807 Well, it seemed like they were left there to be found. 237 00:11:47,873 --> 00:11:48,000 Left by whom? 238 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,141 Left by whom? 239 00:11:49,208 --> 00:11:51,744 There are no indications of life on this planet. 240 00:11:51,811 --> 00:11:53,412 I don't know, Captain 241 00:11:53,479 --> 00:11:54,000 but it was pretty obvious that they'd been recently 242 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,481 but it was pretty obvious that they'd been recently 243 00:11:55,548 --> 00:11:57,416 pulled out of the ground and defused. 244 00:12:00,853 --> 00:12:04,156 I have made my report to the Captain. 245 00:12:04,223 --> 00:12:06,000 I'm more interested 246 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:06,025 I'm more interested 247 00:12:06,092 --> 00:12:09,495 in how you feel about what happened. 248 00:12:09,562 --> 00:12:12,000 I sense great anger. 249 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,166 I sense great anger. 250 00:12:14,233 --> 00:12:15,835 I cannot seek revenge 251 00:12:15,901 --> 00:12:18,000 against an enemy who was turned to dust centuries ago. 252 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,840 against an enemy who was turned to dust centuries ago. 253 00:12:20,906 --> 00:12:23,509 Her death was senseless. 254 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:24,000 The last victim of a forgotten war. 255 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,245 The last victim of a forgotten war. 256 00:12:29,915 --> 00:12:30,000 Go on. 257 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,185 Go on. 258 00:12:33,252 --> 00:12:35,921 There is nothing more to be said. 259 00:12:39,258 --> 00:12:41,527 A person died under your command. 260 00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:42,000 It may happen again. 261 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:42,628 It may happen again. 262 00:12:42,695 --> 00:12:46,532 If you can't learn to release the anger and the guilt 263 00:12:46,599 --> 00:12:48,000 to talk about it... 264 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:48,200 to talk about it... 265 00:12:48,267 --> 00:12:52,471 A leader must stand alone, as Captain Picard does. 266 00:12:52,538 --> 00:12:54,000 Captain Picard talks to me. 267 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,541 Captain Picard talks to me. 268 00:13:03,983 --> 00:13:06,000 Then, may I seek your counsel 269 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:06,886 Then, may I seek your counsel 270 00:13:06,952 --> 00:13:10,422 on my plan to make R'uustai with the boy. 271 00:13:10,489 --> 00:13:12,000 The bonding? 272 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:12,892 The bonding? 273 00:13:12,958 --> 00:13:15,928 It is my right. 274 00:13:15,995 --> 00:13:18,000 It's very generous, Worf, but he's not a Klingon child. 275 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,299 It's very generous, Worf, but he's not a Klingon child. 276 00:13:20,366 --> 00:13:22,234 He has different sensibilities. 277 00:13:22,301 --> 00:13:23,903 He is an orphan. 278 00:13:23,969 --> 00:13:24,000 I am an orphan. 279 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,905 I am an orphan. 280 00:13:25,971 --> 00:13:27,373 He will understand. 281 00:13:27,439 --> 00:13:30,000 Right now, there isn't much he can understand. 282 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,578 Right now, there isn't much he can understand. 283 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:36,000 He's holding all his feelings inside. 284 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,550 He's holding all his feelings inside. 285 00:13:37,616 --> 00:13:41,153 Children often feel 286 00:13:41,220 --> 00:13:42,000 that they must be true to the memory of a lost parent. 287 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,389 that they must be true to the memory of a lost parent. 288 00:13:43,455 --> 00:13:45,524 If you offer them affection too soon 289 00:13:45,591 --> 00:13:48,000 they can feel guilty returning that affection-- 290 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:48,127 they can feel guilty returning that affection-- 291 00:13:48,194 --> 00:13:51,430 as if they're betraying the love of the parent. 292 00:13:51,497 --> 00:13:54,000 I only wish to honor his mother. 293 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,267 I only wish to honor his mother. 294 00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:57,336 I know. 295 00:13:57,403 --> 00:14:00,000 And I understand this means a great deal to you. 296 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,074 And I understand this means a great deal to you. 297 00:14:02,141 --> 00:14:05,544 But you must be prepared. 298 00:14:05,611 --> 00:14:06,000 He's very angry, too. 299 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,213 He's very angry, too. 300 00:14:07,279 --> 00:14:08,981 But his anger 301 00:14:09,048 --> 00:14:10,216 is deep inside him. 302 00:14:10,282 --> 00:14:12,000 When he touches it, it will strike out 303 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,118 When he touches it, it will strike out 304 00:14:13,185 --> 00:14:16,121 in many directions, including yours. 305 00:14:16,188 --> 00:14:17,389 Be with him. 306 00:14:17,456 --> 00:14:18,000 Talk to him, but don't rush this. 307 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,327 Talk to him, but don't rush this. 308 00:14:21,393 --> 00:14:24,000 When he's ready, we'll know. 309 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,631 When he's ready, we'll know. 310 00:14:35,140 --> 00:14:36,000 JEREMY: Captain Patches, we have an alien ship in front of us. 311 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,577 JEREMY: Captain Patches, we have an alien ship in front of us. 312 00:14:38,644 --> 00:14:40,279 What shall we do, Captain? 313 00:14:40,346 --> 00:14:42,000 Oh, no, we've been hit, Captain. 314 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:42,348 Oh, no, we've been hit, Captain. 315 00:14:42,414 --> 00:14:43,315 We're going down! 316 00:14:43,382 --> 00:14:45,651 MAN ( chuckling ): That was great. 317 00:14:45,718 --> 00:14:47,987 Now, uh, let's get a shot of Mom. 318 00:14:48,053 --> 00:14:48,921 What are you doing? 319 00:14:48,988 --> 00:14:50,556 I'll turn your lens into pottery shards. 320 00:14:50,623 --> 00:14:51,557 Go away. Go away. 321 00:14:51,624 --> 00:14:54,000 Go away! 322 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:54,226 Go away! 323 00:14:54,293 --> 00:14:56,528 Over there, over there. 324 00:14:56,595 --> 00:14:58,897 ( cat meows ) 325 00:14:58,964 --> 00:15:00,000 Patches. 326 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:00,633 Patches. 327 00:15:00,699 --> 00:15:02,167 Captain Patches... 328 00:15:02,234 --> 00:15:03,135 ( door chimes ) 329 00:15:03,202 --> 00:15:04,970 ...is coming in for a landing on the sofa. 330 00:15:05,037 --> 00:15:06,000 Oh, no! He's going to crash... 331 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:06,138 Oh, no! He's going to crash... 332 00:15:06,205 --> 00:15:07,373 ( turns off device ) 333 00:15:18,384 --> 00:15:19,685 Jeremy Aster? 334 00:15:19,752 --> 00:15:22,021 I am Lieutenant Worf. 335 00:15:22,087 --> 00:15:24,000 May I enter? 336 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:24,223 May I enter? 337 00:15:24,290 --> 00:15:27,926 You were in command of the away team. 338 00:15:27,993 --> 00:15:30,000 Yes. 339 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:30,329 Yes. 340 00:15:30,396 --> 00:15:33,599 I was with Lieutenant Aster, your mother 341 00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:36,000 when she died. 342 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,303 when she died. 343 00:15:37,369 --> 00:15:39,305 You're a Klingon, aren't you? 344 00:15:39,371 --> 00:15:41,407 Yes. 345 00:15:44,710 --> 00:15:48,000 We studied about Klingons in school. 346 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,181 We studied about Klingons in school. 347 00:15:49,248 --> 00:15:51,650 What did they teach you about us? 348 00:15:51,717 --> 00:15:54,000 You used to be our enemies. 349 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:54,320 You used to be our enemies. 350 00:15:54,386 --> 00:15:57,189 Did they also teach you that every Klingon hopes 351 00:15:57,256 --> 00:16:00,000 to die in the line of duty as your mother did? 352 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:00,059 to die in the line of duty as your mother did? 353 00:16:02,528 --> 00:16:06,000 In my tradition, we do not grieve the loss of the body. 354 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:11,337 In my tradition, we do not grieve the loss of the body. 355 00:16:11,403 --> 00:16:12,000 We celebrate the releasing of the spirit. 356 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,040 We celebrate the releasing of the spirit. 357 00:16:15,107 --> 00:16:16,508 I understand death. 358 00:16:16,575 --> 00:16:18,000 They teach us all about it. 359 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:19,044 They teach us all about it. 360 00:16:19,111 --> 00:16:24,000 Jeremy Aster, we may both understand it 361 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:24,450 Jeremy Aster, we may both understand it 362 00:16:24,516 --> 00:16:27,419 but we must bring meaning to your mother's death. 363 00:16:31,457 --> 00:16:36,000 Perhaps we can do it together. 364 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,229 Perhaps we can do it together. 365 00:16:42,634 --> 00:16:44,236 ( door chimes ) 366 00:16:44,303 --> 00:16:45,304 Come. 367 00:16:47,439 --> 00:16:48,000 Counselor. 368 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:48,707 Counselor. 369 00:16:48,774 --> 00:16:50,376 How is the boy? 370 00:16:50,442 --> 00:16:51,710 He's being very brave. 371 00:16:51,777 --> 00:16:53,178 Good. 372 00:16:53,245 --> 00:16:54,000 No, he has to get past brave. 373 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,647 No, he has to get past brave. 374 00:16:55,714 --> 00:16:57,182 He's very angry 375 00:16:57,249 --> 00:17:00,000 and he has to learn how to express that anger 376 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:00,719 and he has to learn how to express that anger 377 00:17:00,786 --> 00:17:03,322 before he can really say good-bye to his mother. 378 00:17:05,457 --> 00:17:06,000 How can we help? 379 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,259 How can we help? 380 00:17:07,326 --> 00:17:10,396 Well, I've asked Beverly if we might get Wesley 381 00:17:10,462 --> 00:17:12,000 to talk to Jeremy about his father's death. 382 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:13,565 to talk to Jeremy about his father's death. 383 00:17:13,632 --> 00:17:14,566 Oh. 384 00:17:14,633 --> 00:17:17,269 The one unusual element is Worf. 385 00:17:17,336 --> 00:17:18,000 Oh? 386 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:18,637 Oh? 387 00:17:18,704 --> 00:17:22,408 In many ways, he's suffering as badly as the boy. 388 00:17:22,474 --> 00:17:24,000 He wishes to involve Jeremy 389 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:24,410 He wishes to involve Jeremy 390 00:17:24,476 --> 00:17:27,212 in a Klingon ceremony called R'uustai-- 391 00:17:27,279 --> 00:17:28,747 the bonding. 392 00:17:28,814 --> 00:17:30,000 I know of that. 393 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:30,749 I know of that. 394 00:17:30,816 --> 00:17:34,052 Well, perhaps it will be helpful to both of them. 395 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:36,000 I don't think Jeremy's ready to accept Worf right now. 396 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,289 I don't think Jeremy's ready to accept Worf right now. 397 00:17:37,356 --> 00:17:38,724 Perhaps later, but... 398 00:17:38,791 --> 00:17:41,293 it will have to be handled most delicately. 399 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:42,000 As you always do. 400 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:42,561 As you always do. 401 00:17:44,863 --> 00:17:46,632 I break the unpleasant news 402 00:17:46,698 --> 00:17:48,000 and there my responsibility ends 403 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:48,767 and there my responsibility ends 404 00:17:48,834 --> 00:17:50,235 but you... 405 00:17:50,302 --> 00:17:52,371 you have to stay with them 406 00:17:52,438 --> 00:17:54,000 through the entire grieving process. 407 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,707 through the entire grieving process. 408 00:17:55,774 --> 00:17:59,711 We deal with our pain in many different ways 409 00:17:59,778 --> 00:18:00,000 but, over the years, I've discovered it's in joy 410 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,449 but, over the years, I've discovered it's in joy 411 00:18:03,515 --> 00:18:06,000 that the uniqueness of each individual is revealed. 412 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:07,319 that the uniqueness of each individual is revealed. 413 00:18:07,386 --> 00:18:11,457 If I can help a person back to a state of joy... 414 00:18:11,523 --> 00:18:12,000 Well, my role has its rewards. 415 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,426 Well, my role has its rewards. 416 00:18:14,493 --> 00:18:16,295 RIKER: Captain, we're picking up 417 00:18:16,361 --> 00:18:18,000 an energy field on the planet's surface. 418 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:18,530 an energy field on the planet's surface. 419 00:18:24,536 --> 00:18:27,473 Location? 420 00:18:27,539 --> 00:18:30,000 Two kilometers north of the away team's beam-down point. 421 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:31,343 Two kilometers north of the away team's beam-down point. 422 00:18:31,410 --> 00:18:32,811 Indeed? 423 00:18:32,878 --> 00:18:34,213 Full scan. 424 00:18:34,279 --> 00:18:36,000 DATA: Inconclusive, Captain. 425 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,217 DATA: Inconclusive, Captain. 426 00:18:38,283 --> 00:18:41,487 Sir, I'm sensing a presence on the planet. 427 00:18:41,553 --> 00:18:42,000 Very vague. 428 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:42,488 Very vague. 429 00:18:42,554 --> 00:18:43,655 Life-form? 430 00:18:43,722 --> 00:18:45,357 I can't be sure. 431 00:18:45,424 --> 00:18:48,000 The emotions of the crew are particularly strong right now. 432 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:48,494 The emotions of the crew are particularly strong right now. 433 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:51,363 It's difficult to filter them out. 434 00:18:51,430 --> 00:18:54,000 Data, scan analysis on main viewer. 435 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:54,466 Data, scan analysis on main viewer. 436 00:19:03,942 --> 00:19:05,477 Hi. 437 00:19:05,544 --> 00:19:06,000 Hi. 438 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,380 Hi. 439 00:19:08,447 --> 00:19:10,182 Troi stopped by a little while ago. 440 00:19:10,249 --> 00:19:12,000 She was wondering if you might be willing 441 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:12,317 She was wondering if you might be willing 442 00:19:12,384 --> 00:19:14,386 to talk to Jeremy Aster at some point. 443 00:19:16,288 --> 00:19:17,589 Me? 444 00:19:21,460 --> 00:19:22,861 What for? 445 00:19:22,928 --> 00:19:24,000 About your dad. 446 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,864 About your dad. 447 00:19:25,931 --> 00:19:28,433 What am I going to tell him? 448 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:30,000 It would help him to talk to somebody 449 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:30,402 It would help him to talk to somebody 450 00:19:30,469 --> 00:19:31,470 who's been through this. 451 00:19:34,273 --> 00:19:35,874 We had each other, Wes. 452 00:19:35,941 --> 00:19:36,000 He doesn't have anyone to lean on right now 453 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,411 He doesn't have anyone to lean on right now 454 00:19:39,478 --> 00:19:41,580 and he might be more comfortable 455 00:19:41,647 --> 00:19:42,000 talking to someone who's not that much older than he is. 456 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,550 talking to someone who's not that much older than he is. 457 00:19:44,616 --> 00:19:47,553 Okay, I'll think about it. 458 00:19:48,954 --> 00:19:50,722 Okay. 459 00:20:08,006 --> 00:20:10,709 Do you ever think about him, Mom? 460 00:20:10,776 --> 00:20:12,000 Your father? 461 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:12,844 Your father? 462 00:20:15,514 --> 00:20:17,215 Sure, I do. 463 00:20:17,282 --> 00:20:18,000 Sometimes, I can't even remember what his face looks like. 464 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:23,789 Sometimes, I can't even remember what his face looks like. 465 00:20:23,855 --> 00:20:24,000 It scares me. 466 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,290 It scares me. 467 00:20:27,993 --> 00:20:30,000 It happens to all of us, Wes. 468 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,465 It happens to all of us, Wes. 469 00:20:33,532 --> 00:20:35,801 Sometimes... 470 00:20:35,867 --> 00:20:36,000 I can't get his face out of my mind. 471 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,338 I can't get his face out of my mind. 472 00:20:39,404 --> 00:20:42,000 Today... today, it's like... 473 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:42,474 Today... today, it's like... 474 00:20:42,541 --> 00:20:48,000 I can see it all as clearly as if it were yesterday. 475 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:48,246 I can see it all as clearly as if it were yesterday. 476 00:20:48,313 --> 00:20:51,950 I can remember the way Dad looked 477 00:20:52,017 --> 00:20:54,000 when he hugged me good-bye. 478 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:54,386 when he hugged me good-bye. 479 00:20:54,453 --> 00:20:58,490 Captain Picard's eyes when he came to tell us... 480 00:21:05,063 --> 00:21:06,000 Data, run comparison of known phenomena. 481 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,501 Data, run comparison of known phenomena. 482 00:21:09,568 --> 00:21:12,000 The pattern has no exact match in Federation records, sir. 483 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:12,838 The pattern has no exact match in Federation records, sir. 484 00:21:12,904 --> 00:21:13,972 Is it alive? 485 00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:15,841 A possibility. 486 00:21:15,907 --> 00:21:18,000 LA FORGE: Captain, I'm getting an unusual magnetic flux reading 487 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,978 LA FORGE: Captain, I'm getting an unusual magnetic flux reading 488 00:21:20,045 --> 00:21:22,848 from the anti-matter containment pods. 489 00:21:22,914 --> 00:21:24,000 My god. 490 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:24,449 My god. 491 00:21:24,516 --> 00:21:26,418 JEREMY: Wait a minute, wait a minute. 492 00:21:26,485 --> 00:21:28,387 Okay, you got ten seconds more, Mom. 493 00:21:28,453 --> 00:21:29,554 No peeking. 494 00:21:29,621 --> 00:21:30,000 Come on, Patches, in here. 495 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,023 Come on, Patches, in here. 496 00:21:31,089 --> 00:21:32,024 Shh. 497 00:21:32,090 --> 00:21:33,592 Okay, Mom, we're ready. 498 00:21:33,659 --> 00:21:36,000 ASTER: Jeremy, I'm getting closer. 499 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,596 ASTER: Jeremy, I'm getting closer. 500 00:21:37,663 --> 00:21:40,465 Jeremy? 501 00:21:40,532 --> 00:21:42,000 I'm going to find you. 502 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:42,534 I'm going to find you. 503 00:21:42,601 --> 00:21:44,970 You must be in here somewhere. 504 00:21:45,971 --> 00:21:47,739 Jeremy? 505 00:21:49,508 --> 00:21:51,677 Mom?! 506 00:22:01,653 --> 00:22:03,488 All systems are functioning normally. 507 00:22:03,555 --> 00:22:06,000 Still, there's this fluctuation in the containment field. 508 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:06,958 Still, there's this fluctuation in the containment field. 509 00:22:07,025 --> 00:22:08,960 I can't account for it. 510 00:22:09,027 --> 00:22:10,662 Data, is this possibly related 511 00:22:10,729 --> 00:22:12,000 to the energy fields on the planet? 512 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:12,631 to the energy fields on the planet? 513 00:22:12,698 --> 00:22:14,566 There is a beam of highly charged particles 514 00:22:14,633 --> 00:22:15,701 emanating from the planet, sir 515 00:22:15,767 --> 00:22:18,000 but I cannot pinpoint the location yet. 516 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:18,637 but I cannot pinpoint the location yet. 517 00:22:18,704 --> 00:22:22,107 Captain, there's a presence on the Enterprise. 518 00:22:22,174 --> 00:22:24,000 An alien presence? 519 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:24,843 An alien presence? 520 00:22:24,910 --> 00:22:28,346 DATA: No intruder noted by the sensors, sir. 521 00:22:28,413 --> 00:22:30,000 There is a presence. 522 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:30,449 There is a presence. 523 00:22:33,051 --> 00:22:34,886 Security, all decks, yellow alert. 524 00:22:34,953 --> 00:22:36,000 Possible intruder. 525 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:36,488 Possible intruder. 526 00:22:48,567 --> 00:22:50,836 They said you were dead. 527 00:22:50,902 --> 00:22:54,000 There was a mistake. 528 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:54,473 There was a mistake. 529 00:22:54,539 --> 00:22:56,842 It's okay. 530 00:23:02,114 --> 00:23:03,682 But there was an explosion. 531 00:23:03,749 --> 00:23:04,683 You were hurt. 532 00:23:04,750 --> 00:23:06,000 I'm fine. 533 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,385 I'm fine. 534 00:23:07,452 --> 00:23:10,422 You mustn't think anymore about this. 535 00:23:10,489 --> 00:23:12,000 The important thing is 536 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:12,591 The important thing is 537 00:23:12,657 --> 00:23:14,659 I'm never going to leave you again. 538 00:23:19,464 --> 00:23:22,434 I think somebody needs a hug. 539 00:23:41,787 --> 00:23:42,000 We have to go now. 540 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,556 We have to go now. 541 00:23:44,623 --> 00:23:46,625 Where? 542 00:23:46,691 --> 00:23:48,000 To the planet. 543 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:48,660 To the planet. 544 00:23:51,029 --> 00:23:52,998 That's where we're going to live now. 545 00:23:53,064 --> 00:23:54,000 We're not going to stay on the Enterprise anymore? 546 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,101 We're not going to stay on the Enterprise anymore? 547 00:23:56,168 --> 00:23:59,738 No, we're going to live in a home. 548 00:23:59,805 --> 00:24:00,000 Just like we used to on Earth. 549 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,208 Just like we used to on Earth. 550 00:24:03,275 --> 00:24:04,976 You'll see. 551 00:24:05,043 --> 00:24:06,000 I promise. 552 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,045 I promise. 553 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:12,000 ( door chimes ) 554 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,518 ( door chimes ) 555 00:24:16,955 --> 00:24:18,000 Lieutenant Worf, did they tell you? 556 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:19,591 Lieutenant Worf, did they tell you? 557 00:24:19,658 --> 00:24:20,692 It was a mistake. 558 00:24:20,759 --> 00:24:21,693 She didn't die. 559 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:22,694 She's alive. 560 00:24:22,761 --> 00:24:24,000 Jeremy, come here. 561 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:24,462 Jeremy, come here. 562 00:24:24,529 --> 00:24:26,665 Lieutenant Worf, it's all right. 563 00:24:26,731 --> 00:24:28,834 I'm here for the boy. 564 00:24:30,669 --> 00:24:32,671 Lieutenant Worf to Captain Picard. 565 00:24:32,737 --> 00:24:34,472 Go ahead. 566 00:24:34,539 --> 00:24:36,000 Lieutenant Aster is in her quarters. 567 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,475 Lieutenant Aster is in her quarters. 568 00:24:37,542 --> 00:24:38,944 Repeat, Worf? 569 00:24:39,010 --> 00:24:41,546 Lieutenant Aster is here. 570 00:24:41,613 --> 00:24:42,000 In her quarters, with the boy. 571 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:42,948 In her quarters, with the boy. 572 00:24:43,014 --> 00:24:45,684 PICARD: Do not provoke her 573 00:24:45,750 --> 00:24:48,000 or interfere in any way until I arrive. 574 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,221 or interfere in any way until I arrive. 575 00:24:49,287 --> 00:24:50,856 Picard out. 576 00:24:50,922 --> 00:24:52,891 Number One, have security moving that way 577 00:24:52,958 --> 00:24:54,000 but tell them to keep their distance. 578 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,727 but tell them to keep their distance. 579 00:24:55,794 --> 00:24:57,896 You have the Bridge. 580 00:24:57,963 --> 00:24:59,497 Counselor. 581 00:25:04,002 --> 00:25:06,000 There is nothing to worry about. 582 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:06,104 There is nothing to worry about. 583 00:25:06,171 --> 00:25:10,141 I'm going to take care of Jeremy and make him happy. 584 00:25:10,208 --> 00:25:11,610 It's time to go. 585 00:25:11,676 --> 00:25:12,000 Where are you taking the child? 586 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,778 Where are you taking the child? 587 00:25:13,845 --> 00:25:15,647 To the planet. 588 00:25:15,714 --> 00:25:17,082 Come, Jeremy. 589 00:25:25,590 --> 00:25:26,658 Worf to Picard. 590 00:25:26,725 --> 00:25:28,727 They're leaving their quarters. 591 00:25:30,629 --> 00:25:34,666 Captain, I believe we're headed for Transporter Room 3. 592 00:25:34,733 --> 00:25:36,000 We're on our way. 593 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:36,868 We're on our way. 594 00:25:41,339 --> 00:25:42,000 Chief O'Brien. 595 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,109 Chief O'Brien. 596 00:25:44,175 --> 00:25:46,811 Jeremy and I are going down to the surface. 597 00:25:55,353 --> 00:25:56,922 Who are you? 598 00:25:56,988 --> 00:25:59,591 I'm Marla Aster. 599 00:25:59,658 --> 00:26:00,000 It's my mother, Captain. 600 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,026 It's my mother, Captain. 601 00:26:01,092 --> 00:26:02,027 She's alive. 602 00:26:02,093 --> 00:26:03,762 What do you want? 603 00:26:03,828 --> 00:26:06,000 To take my child down to the planet. 604 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:06,131 To take my child down to the planet. 605 00:26:06,197 --> 00:26:07,232 I cannot permit that. 606 00:26:07,299 --> 00:26:09,301 The boy is my responsibility. 607 00:26:09,367 --> 00:26:12,000 I'm here to care for him. 608 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:12,170 I'm here to care for him. 609 00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:13,571 He needs me. 610 00:26:13,638 --> 00:26:15,674 Why do you resist? 611 00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:18,000 Because I don't know who or what you are. 612 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,878 Because I don't know who or what you are. 613 00:26:19,945 --> 00:26:22,213 Can't you see who it is, Captain? 614 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,000 Jeremy, she appears to be your mother, but she is not. 615 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,917 Jeremy, she appears to be your mother, but she is not. 616 00:26:27,285 --> 00:26:28,954 What do you mean? 617 00:26:29,020 --> 00:26:30,000 You're confusing the boy. 618 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:30,655 You're confusing the boy. 619 00:26:30,722 --> 00:26:31,656 Hey! 620 00:26:31,723 --> 00:26:33,224 Wait, stop, no! 621 00:26:33,291 --> 00:26:35,226 No, wait, stop! 622 00:26:35,293 --> 00:26:36,000 Mom! 623 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:36,361 Mom! 624 00:26:36,428 --> 00:26:37,729 Mom? 625 00:26:37,796 --> 00:26:38,730 Mom! 626 00:26:38,797 --> 00:26:39,731 Jeremy. 627 00:26:39,798 --> 00:26:40,732 Wait a minute! 628 00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:42,000 Come on. Would you just let... 629 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:42,033 Come on. Would you just let... 630 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:43,068 Jeremy... Let go of me! 631 00:26:43,134 --> 00:26:44,135 She was right there! 632 00:26:49,374 --> 00:26:51,042 What did you do to her? 633 00:26:51,109 --> 00:26:53,244 Jeremy, I don't know what that was 634 00:26:53,311 --> 00:26:54,000 but it was not your mother. 635 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:54,646 but it was not your mother. 636 00:26:54,713 --> 00:26:55,981 You saw her. 637 00:26:56,047 --> 00:26:57,115 She was here. 638 00:26:57,182 --> 00:27:00,000 Your mother's dead. 639 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:00,018 Your mother's dead. 640 00:27:00,085 --> 00:27:02,354 But I touched her. 641 00:27:02,420 --> 00:27:03,888 She was real. 642 00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:05,724 Why would your real mother 643 00:27:05,790 --> 00:27:06,000 want you to go down to the planet? 644 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,892 want you to go down to the planet? 645 00:27:07,959 --> 00:27:11,029 There's nothing there but dust and rocks. 646 00:27:15,834 --> 00:27:17,002 ( cat meows ) 647 00:27:27,112 --> 00:27:29,748 It's my house. 648 00:27:29,814 --> 00:27:30,000 It's my house on Earth. 649 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,751 It's my house on Earth. 650 00:27:32,817 --> 00:27:35,086 Exactly the way it was. 651 00:27:35,153 --> 00:27:36,000 Remember, Jeremy? 652 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:36,955 Remember, Jeremy? 653 00:27:37,022 --> 00:27:39,290 How did you do it? 654 00:27:39,357 --> 00:27:42,000 Does it matter? 655 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:42,827 Does it matter? 656 00:27:42,894 --> 00:27:45,196 Yes, it matters. 657 00:27:48,066 --> 00:27:51,936 I am trying to understand your resistance. 658 00:27:52,003 --> 00:27:54,000 You spoke of rocks and dust 659 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:54,839 You spoke of rocks and dust 660 00:27:54,906 --> 00:27:55,840 on the planet. 661 00:27:55,907 --> 00:27:59,210 I decided to show you what awaits us there. 662 00:27:59,277 --> 00:28:00,000 Why would you create this fantasy? 663 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,313 Why would you create this fantasy? 664 00:28:02,380 --> 00:28:04,416 It's his home. 665 00:28:04,482 --> 00:28:06,000 And it makes you happy, doesn't it? 666 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,953 And it makes you happy, doesn't it? 667 00:28:09,020 --> 00:28:10,955 But it's not real. 668 00:28:11,022 --> 00:28:12,000 Isn't it? 669 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:12,957 Isn't it? 670 00:28:13,024 --> 00:28:15,193 Jeremy... 671 00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:17,095 isn't that really Patches? 672 00:28:17,162 --> 00:28:18,000 ( meows ) 673 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,097 ( meows ) 674 00:28:29,841 --> 00:28:30,000 He knows me. 675 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,709 He knows me. 676 00:28:31,776 --> 00:28:33,745 It's him. 677 00:28:35,513 --> 00:28:36,000 It's real. 678 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:36,981 It's real. 679 00:28:37,048 --> 00:28:38,183 It's all real. 680 00:28:38,249 --> 00:28:39,951 TROI: No, it's not. 681 00:28:40,018 --> 00:28:42,000 Could your real mother just make all this appear? 682 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:43,888 Could your real mother just make all this appear? 683 00:28:43,955 --> 00:28:47,125 You must not stay here. 684 00:28:47,192 --> 00:28:48,000 Come with me. 685 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,127 Come with me. 686 00:28:49,194 --> 00:28:52,030 ( Patches purring ) 687 00:29:01,906 --> 00:29:03,208 I can't. 688 00:29:08,246 --> 00:29:10,148 Is the boy in any danger? 689 00:29:10,215 --> 00:29:12,000 TROI: I don't think so. 690 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:12,016 TROI: I don't think so. 691 00:29:12,083 --> 00:29:13,485 She seems to want to help him. 692 00:29:13,551 --> 00:29:14,752 Help him? 693 00:29:14,819 --> 00:29:16,154 By easing his pain. 694 00:29:16,221 --> 00:29:18,000 She's very confused by our resistance, Captain. 695 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:19,357 She's very confused by our resistance, Captain. 696 00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:21,493 Troi, would it be wise 697 00:29:21,559 --> 00:29:24,000 to remove Jeremy from his cabin? 698 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:24,095 to remove Jeremy from his cabin? 699 00:29:24,162 --> 00:29:25,063 He doesn't want to leave. 700 00:29:25,130 --> 00:29:27,532 I would not recommend taking him by force. 701 00:29:27,599 --> 00:29:29,501 She offers him everything. 702 00:29:29,567 --> 00:29:30,000 All we can offer is the cold reality of his mother's death. 703 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,337 All we can offer is the cold reality of his mother's death. 704 00:29:32,403 --> 00:29:34,005 CRUSHER: What would you choose? 705 00:29:34,072 --> 00:29:35,206 If somebody came along 706 00:29:35,273 --> 00:29:36,000 and offered to give you back your mother, father, or husband 707 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,077 and offered to give you back your mother, father, or husband 708 00:29:39,144 --> 00:29:41,045 would any of us say "no" so easily? 709 00:29:41,112 --> 00:29:42,000 Counselor, stay with them in Jeremy's quarters. 710 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,215 Counselor, stay with them in Jeremy's quarters. 711 00:29:44,282 --> 00:29:46,918 We'll try and put an end to this from here. 712 00:29:46,985 --> 00:29:48,000 Understood. 713 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:48,086 Understood. 714 00:29:48,153 --> 00:29:49,220 ( Patches meows ) 715 00:29:49,287 --> 00:29:51,222 ( both laughing ) 716 00:29:51,289 --> 00:29:53,892 Data, can you determine for certain 717 00:29:53,958 --> 00:29:54,000 that the energy source from the planet 718 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,361 that the energy source from the planet 719 00:29:56,427 --> 00:29:58,062 is powering this creation? 720 00:29:58,129 --> 00:30:00,000 The beam from the planet is clearly tapping 721 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:00,131 The beam from the planet is clearly tapping 722 00:30:00,198 --> 00:30:02,100 into the ship's anti-matter, Captain. 723 00:30:02,167 --> 00:30:03,001 I'd say they're running 724 00:30:03,067 --> 00:30:04,469 that manifestation off our own energy. 725 00:30:04,536 --> 00:30:06,000 So there are limits to her power. 726 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:06,804 So there are limits to her power. 727 00:30:06,871 --> 00:30:09,107 She needs the transporter to get the boy back. 728 00:30:09,174 --> 00:30:11,576 So, how do we cut the puppet's strings? 729 00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:12,000 Increasing the shield's harmonics to match 730 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:13,578 Increasing the shield's harmonics to match 731 00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:15,280 our own anti-matter containment fields 732 00:30:15,346 --> 00:30:16,814 will probably sever the beam. 733 00:30:16,881 --> 00:30:18,000 Proceed. 734 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:18,216 Proceed. 735 00:30:18,283 --> 00:30:20,218 Deanna, stand by. 736 00:30:20,285 --> 00:30:22,453 Standing by. 737 00:30:24,622 --> 00:30:28,226 Jeremy, it's time for this to end. 738 00:30:28,293 --> 00:30:30,000 It's not real and it's over now. 739 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:34,165 It's not real and it's over now. 740 00:30:34,232 --> 00:30:36,000 ASTER: Jeremy, I'm not going to leave you 741 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,068 ASTER: Jeremy, I'm not going to leave you 742 00:30:37,135 --> 00:30:38,236 ever again. 743 00:30:38,303 --> 00:30:41,339 I won't trick you or lie to you. 744 00:30:41,406 --> 00:30:42,000 ASTER: We'll be happy together, Jeremy 745 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,474 ASTER: We'll be happy together, Jeremy 746 00:30:43,541 --> 00:30:45,243 as soon... 747 00:30:49,247 --> 00:30:50,582 No. 748 00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:14,372 Anti-matter containment pods reading nominal. 749 00:31:14,439 --> 00:31:16,908 The shield has severed the beam, sir. 750 00:31:16,975 --> 00:31:18,000 ( console beeping ) 751 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,011 ( console beeping ) 752 00:31:20,078 --> 00:31:21,546 Captain. 753 00:31:21,613 --> 00:31:23,214 The energy field. 754 00:31:27,051 --> 00:31:28,419 Mr. Crusher 755 00:31:28,486 --> 00:31:30,000 take us out of here. 756 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:30,321 take us out of here. 757 00:31:34,359 --> 00:31:36,000 ( alarm wailing ) 758 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,129 ( alarm wailing ) 759 00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:44,302 Alien intruder, Transporter Room 3. 760 00:31:44,369 --> 00:31:45,403 Security alert. 761 00:31:45,470 --> 00:31:46,471 Alien... 762 00:31:48,006 --> 00:31:49,574 Security to Transporter Room 3. 763 00:31:49,641 --> 00:31:51,609 Commander La Forge, Mr. Worf, come with me. 764 00:31:51,676 --> 00:31:54,000 Number One, you have the Bridge. 765 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:54,212 Number One, you have the Bridge. 766 00:32:05,657 --> 00:32:06,000 ( both yell ) 767 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:07,292 ( both yell ) 768 00:32:19,437 --> 00:32:20,672 Come, Jeremy. 769 00:32:20,738 --> 00:32:24,000 We will not let them separate us again. 770 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,343 We will not let them separate us again. 771 00:32:25,410 --> 00:32:27,412 We're going home. 772 00:32:41,125 --> 00:32:42,000 TROI: Captain, she's back 773 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:42,360 TROI: Captain, she's back 774 00:32:42,427 --> 00:32:45,063 and she's trying to take Jeremy off the ship again. 775 00:32:45,129 --> 00:32:46,397 Acknowledged. 776 00:32:46,464 --> 00:32:48,000 Engineering, this is La Forge. 777 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:48,032 Engineering, this is La Forge. 778 00:32:48,099 --> 00:32:50,068 Shut down power to all transporters. 779 00:32:50,134 --> 00:32:51,536 I'm on my way. 780 00:32:51,602 --> 00:32:53,071 Aye, aye, sir. 781 00:32:53,137 --> 00:32:54,000 Lieutenant Worf, to Transporter Room 3. 782 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,207 Lieutenant Worf, to Transporter Room 3. 783 00:32:58,476 --> 00:33:00,000 Bridge, seal off Deck Eight, Corridors "A" and "B." 784 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,280 Bridge, seal off Deck Eight, Corridors "A" and "B." 785 00:33:02,347 --> 00:33:05,316 Engaging force fields, Captain. 786 00:33:05,383 --> 00:33:06,000 Transporters down. 787 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:07,018 Transporters down. 788 00:33:21,666 --> 00:33:24,000 Energy force has left Transporter Room 3. 789 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:24,635 Energy force has left Transporter Room 3. 790 00:33:24,702 --> 00:33:26,270 Security alert, all decks. 791 00:33:26,337 --> 00:33:29,307 La Forge, the intruder may try to reinstate 792 00:33:29,374 --> 00:33:30,000 transporter power. 793 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:30,375 transporter power. 794 00:33:30,441 --> 00:33:31,576 Understood, Commander. 795 00:33:58,202 --> 00:34:00,000 Bridge, release security force field 8-B. 796 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,440 Bridge, release security force field 8-B. 797 00:34:06,577 --> 00:34:08,446 Hello, Jeremy. 798 00:34:10,581 --> 00:34:12,000 How are you? 799 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:12,350 How are you? 800 00:34:12,417 --> 00:34:14,352 Are you frightened? 801 00:34:14,419 --> 00:34:16,120 No. 802 00:34:18,122 --> 00:34:20,057 Well, a little, sir. 803 00:34:20,124 --> 00:34:21,459 Of course. 804 00:34:21,526 --> 00:34:24,000 These are frightening things that are happening 805 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,396 These are frightening things that are happening 806 00:34:25,463 --> 00:34:27,732 but we won't let anyone harm you. 807 00:34:27,799 --> 00:34:29,434 Counselor 808 00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:30,000 why don't you take the boy to my quarters? 809 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,469 why don't you take the boy to my quarters? 810 00:34:31,536 --> 00:34:33,471 No. 811 00:34:45,316 --> 00:34:48,000 It's looking over everything, Commander... 812 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:48,519 It's looking over everything, Commander... 813 00:34:48,586 --> 00:34:49,754 going to school. 814 00:34:51,756 --> 00:34:53,491 Let's just hope it doesn't 815 00:34:53,558 --> 00:34:54,000 blow us to kingdom come 816 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:54,625 blow us to kingdom come 817 00:34:54,692 --> 00:34:57,595 while it's figuring out how to blow us to kingdom come. 818 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,269 ( beeping ) 819 00:35:05,336 --> 00:35:06,000 Power's back in Transporter Room 3. 820 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:07,371 Power's back in Transporter Room 3. 821 00:35:07,438 --> 00:35:10,274 Bypassing to manual override. 822 00:35:10,341 --> 00:35:12,000 Shutting it down. 823 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:13,344 Shutting it down. 824 00:35:13,411 --> 00:35:14,779 WORF: Transporter is down again. 825 00:35:14,846 --> 00:35:17,348 Keep it down, Geordi, for as long as you can. 826 00:35:17,415 --> 00:35:18,000 Understood, Commander. 827 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:18,449 Understood, Commander. 828 00:35:23,654 --> 00:35:24,000 It is only a matter of time, Captain 829 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,424 It is only a matter of time, Captain 830 00:35:26,491 --> 00:35:30,000 before we can power the transporters ourselves. 831 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:30,361 before we can power the transporters ourselves. 832 00:35:30,428 --> 00:35:31,429 We? 833 00:35:31,496 --> 00:35:33,664 For whom else do you speak? 834 00:35:40,404 --> 00:35:42,000 The accident on the surface 835 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:42,540 The accident on the surface 836 00:35:42,607 --> 00:35:46,878 was caused by a remnant of an ancient and tragic era. 837 00:35:46,944 --> 00:35:48,000 Two species once shared this world-- 838 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:51,249 Two species once shared this world-- 839 00:35:51,315 --> 00:35:54,000 one of energy and one of matter. 840 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:54,886 one of energy and one of matter. 841 00:35:54,952 --> 00:35:58,556 The physical beings you call the Koinonians 842 00:35:58,623 --> 00:36:00,000 destroyed themselves in unending, bitter wars. 843 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,593 destroyed themselves in unending, bitter wars. 844 00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:05,429 The surviving life-forms on this planet 845 00:36:05,496 --> 00:36:06,000 will not tolerate any further suffering 846 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,866 will not tolerate any further suffering 847 00:36:08,933 --> 00:36:11,869 as a result of that dishonorable past. 848 00:36:11,936 --> 00:36:12,000 So, they have made this possible. 849 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,872 So, they have made this possible. 850 00:36:14,939 --> 00:36:17,575 They have made me possible. 851 00:36:17,642 --> 00:36:18,000 I appreciate your motives... 852 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:21,479 I appreciate your motives... 853 00:36:21,546 --> 00:36:24,000 but his mother is dead. 854 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:24,348 but his mother is dead. 855 00:36:24,415 --> 00:36:26,784 He must learn to live with that. 856 00:36:26,851 --> 00:36:29,520 I will be every bit his mother. 857 00:36:29,587 --> 00:36:30,000 But not his mother. 858 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:31,389 But not his mother. 859 00:36:37,261 --> 00:36:39,530 Picard to Lieutenant Worf. 860 00:36:39,597 --> 00:36:41,198 Go ahead, Captain. 861 00:36:41,265 --> 00:36:42,000 Will you escort Ensign Crusher to the Aster quarters? 862 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,469 Will you escort Ensign Crusher to the Aster quarters? 863 00:36:45,536 --> 00:36:46,637 Yes, sir. 864 00:36:46,704 --> 00:36:48,000 Picard out. 865 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:48,506 Picard out. 866 00:36:48,573 --> 00:36:51,309 Your philosophy is curious, Captain. 867 00:36:51,375 --> 00:36:53,611 What is so noble about sorrow? 868 00:36:53,678 --> 00:36:54,000 I can provide him an existence where he will feel no pain 869 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:57,515 I can provide him an existence where he will feel no pain 870 00:36:57,582 --> 00:36:59,450 no anguish. 871 00:36:59,517 --> 00:37:00,000 It is at the heart of our nature to feel pain and joy. 872 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:05,690 It is at the heart of our nature to feel pain and joy. 873 00:37:05,756 --> 00:37:06,000 It is an essential part of what makes us what we are. 874 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:11,796 It is an essential part of what makes us what we are. 875 00:37:11,862 --> 00:37:12,000 He is alone now in your world. 876 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,700 He is alone now in your world. 877 00:37:15,766 --> 00:37:17,335 A child... 878 00:37:17,401 --> 00:37:18,000 alone. 879 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:18,703 alone. 880 00:37:18,769 --> 00:37:20,771 How can you know 881 00:37:20,838 --> 00:37:23,608 he won't be happier with me? 882 00:37:23,674 --> 00:37:24,000 For a brief moment in time, he surely would be. 883 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,244 For a brief moment in time, he surely would be. 884 00:37:27,311 --> 00:37:30,000 Any of us in his place would be. 885 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:30,247 Any of us in his place would be. 886 00:37:30,314 --> 00:37:33,951 What would Jeremy do for friends in your world? 887 00:37:34,018 --> 00:37:36,000 He will have any friends he needs. 888 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:37,254 He will have any friends he needs. 889 00:37:37,321 --> 00:37:41,258 And will you provide for his education, his health? 890 00:37:41,325 --> 00:37:42,000 His growth? 891 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,294 His growth? 892 00:37:43,361 --> 00:37:46,564 A career? A wife? 893 00:37:46,631 --> 00:37:48,000 PICARD: Yes, it's quite an undertaking 894 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,600 PICARD: Yes, it's quite an undertaking 895 00:37:49,667 --> 00:37:51,736 you're proposing, isn't it? 896 00:37:51,802 --> 00:37:54,000 It is our duty to make him happy again. 897 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,607 It is our duty to make him happy again. 898 00:37:56,674 --> 00:38:00,000 Do you honestly believe he would be happy 899 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:00,711 Do you honestly believe he would be happy 900 00:38:00,778 --> 00:38:02,713 in this total fiction 901 00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:05,683 which you wish to create? 902 00:38:05,750 --> 00:38:06,000 What reason would he have to live? 903 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:07,752 What reason would he have to live? 904 00:38:07,818 --> 00:38:10,488 What you're offering him is a memory. 905 00:38:10,554 --> 00:38:12,000 Something to cherish, not to live in. 906 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:13,491 Something to cherish, not to live in. 907 00:38:13,557 --> 00:38:15,626 It is part of our life cycle 908 00:38:15,693 --> 00:38:18,000 that we accept the death of those we love. 909 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,030 that we accept the death of those we love. 910 00:38:19,096 --> 00:38:22,600 Jeremy must come to terms with his grief. 911 00:38:22,667 --> 00:38:24,000 He must not cover it or hide away from it. 912 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:25,636 He must not cover it or hide away from it. 913 00:38:25,703 --> 00:38:27,638 You see, we are mortal. 914 00:38:27,705 --> 00:38:30,000 Our time in this universe is finite. 915 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:30,608 Our time in this universe is finite. 916 00:38:30,675 --> 00:38:32,743 That is one of the truths 917 00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:35,780 that all humans must learn. 918 00:38:39,850 --> 00:38:42,000 Acting Ensign Crusher reporting as ordered, sir. 919 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:43,587 Acting Ensign Crusher reporting as ordered, sir. 920 00:38:43,654 --> 00:38:45,056 Yes, come in, Wesley. 921 00:38:45,122 --> 00:38:47,825 Please stay, Lieutenant. 922 00:38:51,662 --> 00:38:52,563 Jeremy... 923 00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:54,000 Wesley's father died on a Starfleet mission 924 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:59,437 Wesley's father died on a Starfleet mission 925 00:38:59,503 --> 00:39:00,000 when he was younger than you are. 926 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,640 when he was younger than you are. 927 00:39:04,408 --> 00:39:05,676 TROI: Wes... 928 00:39:05,743 --> 00:39:06,000 your mother told me 929 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:06,744 your mother told me 930 00:39:06,811 --> 00:39:09,714 you were finding it difficult to talk to Jeremy. 931 00:39:09,780 --> 00:39:12,000 Why is that? 932 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:12,349 Why is that? 933 00:39:12,416 --> 00:39:13,818 I don't know. 934 00:39:13,884 --> 00:39:17,822 I just don't want to think about it anymore. 935 00:39:17,888 --> 00:39:18,000 All this has reminded me so much of that day. 936 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:21,926 All this has reminded me so much of that day. 937 00:39:21,992 --> 00:39:24,000 The day I told you your father had been killed. 938 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:25,062 The day I told you your father had been killed. 939 00:39:25,129 --> 00:39:28,766 As I recall, Wesley, you took it very well. 940 00:39:28,833 --> 00:39:30,000 WESLEY: My parents had told me about the dangers 941 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,869 WESLEY: My parents had told me about the dangers 942 00:39:31,936 --> 00:39:33,704 of Starfleet missions. 943 00:39:33,771 --> 00:39:35,372 I knew it could happen. 944 00:39:35,439 --> 00:39:36,000 So you were prepared. 945 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:37,708 So you were prepared. 946 00:39:37,775 --> 00:39:40,377 No, I wasn't prepared at all. 947 00:39:40,444 --> 00:39:42,000 How can anyone be prepared to hear 948 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:42,947 How can anyone be prepared to hear 949 00:39:43,013 --> 00:39:46,450 that a parent is never coming home again? 950 00:39:46,517 --> 00:39:48,000 I tried to be what everyone expected of me-- 951 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,388 I tried to be what everyone expected of me-- 952 00:39:51,455 --> 00:39:53,390 brave and mature. 953 00:39:53,457 --> 00:39:54,000 Wesley, are you saying that you didn't want anybody to see 954 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:57,094 Wesley, are you saying that you didn't want anybody to see 955 00:39:57,161 --> 00:39:59,396 what you were really feeling? 956 00:40:01,632 --> 00:40:03,567 Well, what were you really feeling? 957 00:40:03,634 --> 00:40:06,000 Like somebody had kicked me in the head. 958 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,038 Like somebody had kicked me in the head. 959 00:40:08,105 --> 00:40:10,541 Somebody? 960 00:40:10,608 --> 00:40:11,876 Go on. 961 00:40:11,942 --> 00:40:12,000 You've wanted to tell him for a long time. 962 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:15,546 You've wanted to tell him for a long time. 963 00:40:17,481 --> 00:40:18,000 I was angry... at you. 964 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,417 I was angry... at you. 965 00:40:20,484 --> 00:40:22,686 Why angry? 966 00:40:22,753 --> 00:40:24,000 Why were you angry at me, Wesley? 967 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:24,722 Why were you angry at me, Wesley? 968 00:40:24,789 --> 00:40:26,857 Were you angry at me 969 00:40:26,924 --> 00:40:30,000 because I was the one who had told you your father was dead? 970 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:30,661 because I was the one who had told you your father was dead? 971 00:40:30,728 --> 00:40:32,429 No. 972 00:40:32,496 --> 00:40:34,431 Then why? 973 00:40:34,498 --> 00:40:36,000 Because you led the mission. 974 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,434 Because you led the mission. 975 00:40:37,501 --> 00:40:40,971 You came home and my father didn't. 976 00:40:43,808 --> 00:40:46,210 How long were you angry with the Captain, Wes? 977 00:40:46,277 --> 00:40:48,000 For a long time 978 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,213 For a long time 979 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:52,850 but not anymore, sir. 980 00:40:52,917 --> 00:40:54,000 Not even a little. 981 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:55,820 Not even a little. 982 00:40:57,788 --> 00:40:59,824 So, Jeremy... 983 00:40:59,890 --> 00:41:00,000 you must be very angry 984 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:01,926 you must be very angry 985 00:41:01,992 --> 00:41:03,928 at Lieutenant Worf. 986 00:41:03,994 --> 00:41:06,000 He was in charge of your mother's mission 987 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,031 He was in charge of your mother's mission 988 00:41:07,097 --> 00:41:09,233 just as Captain Picard was in command 989 00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:11,202 when Wesley's father was killed. 990 00:41:11,268 --> 00:41:12,000 Isn't that right? 991 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,738 Isn't that right? 992 00:41:14,805 --> 00:41:17,641 Worf came back. 993 00:41:17,708 --> 00:41:18,000 Your mother didn't. 994 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:19,610 Your mother didn't. 995 00:41:19,677 --> 00:41:21,779 Why? 996 00:41:21,846 --> 00:41:23,948 Why weren't you the one who died? 997 00:41:24,014 --> 00:41:26,550 Why did it have to be her? 998 00:41:26,617 --> 00:41:28,919 He can't answer that. 999 00:41:28,986 --> 00:41:30,000 None of us can. 1000 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:31,822 None of us can. 1001 00:41:31,889 --> 00:41:35,192 Lieutenant Worf also lost his parents. 1002 00:41:35,259 --> 00:41:36,000 WORF: They were killed in battle when I was six. 1003 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:37,995 WORF: They were killed in battle when I was six. 1004 00:41:38,062 --> 00:41:42,000 When I was alone, humans helped me. 1005 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,934 When I was alone, humans helped me. 1006 00:41:44,001 --> 00:41:46,637 Let me help you. 1007 00:41:46,704 --> 00:41:48,000 The Marla Aster I knew 1008 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:48,873 The Marla Aster I knew 1009 00:41:48,939 --> 00:41:51,575 and honored is not in this room 1010 00:41:51,642 --> 00:41:54,000 nor does she await you on the planet. 1011 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:54,778 nor does she await you on the planet. 1012 00:41:54,845 --> 00:41:59,717 She now only lives here... 1013 00:41:59,783 --> 00:42:00,000 and here. 1014 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:01,585 and here. 1015 00:42:07,825 --> 00:42:12,000 Join me in the R'uustai, the bonding. 1016 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:12,129 Join me in the R'uustai, the bonding. 1017 00:42:12,196 --> 00:42:16,233 You will become part of my family now and for all time. 1018 00:42:16,300 --> 00:42:18,000 We will be brothers. 1019 00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:19,803 We will be brothers. 1020 00:43:58,135 --> 00:44:00,000 SoS jIH batlh SoH. 1021 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:02,172 SoS jIH batlh SoH. 1022 00:44:04,174 --> 00:44:06,000 What does that mean? 1023 00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:06,010 What does that mean? 1024 00:44:08,012 --> 00:44:11,648 It honors the memory of our mothers. 1025 00:44:11,715 --> 00:44:12,000 We have bonded and our families are stronger. 1026 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:16,186 We have bonded and our families are stronger. 1027 00:44:18,722 --> 00:44:22,726 SoS jIH batlh SoH.