DATA, THERE YOU ARE.
WE NEED TO INSTALL
THAT PLASMA CONDUIT RIGHT AWAY.
WE'RE BRINGING THE NEW WARP CORE ON LINE
IN LESS THAN THREE HOURS.
I WILL GO TO DECK 20 AND BEGIN MODIFICATIONS.
GREAT. I'LL MEET YOU IN ENGINEERING
AS SOON AS YOU'RE FINISHED THERE.
THIS OUGHT TO BE A LOT OF FUN!
( phone ringing in distance )
( ringing gets louder )
( men grunting )
EXCUSE ME.
( ringing continues )
DO YOU HAVE AUTHORIZATION TO WORK IN THIS AREA?
YOU ARE DISMANTLING A WARP PLASMA CONDUIT.
I MUST ASK YOU TO STOP.
( high-pitched shrieking )
BE QUIET!
( shrieking stops )
( electrical fritzing and crackling )
( growling )
( growling continues )
( men grunting )
( electrical fritzing and crackling )
( grunting continues )
SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER.
THESE ARE THE VOYAGES OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.
ITS CONTINUING MISSION--
TO EXPLORE STRANGE NEW WORLDS
TO SEEK OUT NEW LIFE AND NEW CIVILIZATIONS
TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE.
CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 47225.7.
COMMANDER LA FORGE HAS COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION
OF OUR NEW WARP CORE.
WE ARE PREPARING TO TEST ITS CAPABILITIES.
SOMETHING WRONG, SIR?
I JUST GOT A MESSAGE FROM STARFLEET COMMAND.
BAD NEWS?
YOU COULD SAY THAT.
I'VE BEEN INVITED
TO THE ANNUAL STARFLEET ADMIRAL'S BANQUET.
MY CONDOLENCES.
I'VE MANAGED TO AVOID IT FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS
BUT NOW IT WOULD SEEM THAT MY LUCK HAS RUN OUT.
CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE TEDIOUS.
50 ADMIRALS SHAKING HANDS, MAKING DULL CONVERSATION.
UNINTERESTING FOOD, BORING SPEECHES...
CAN'T YOU THINK OF SOME EXCUSE
TO GET OUT OF IT?
AFTER SIX YEARS, NUMBER ONE
I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY EXCUSES LEFT.
GEORDI, HAVE YOU EVER HAD A NIGHTMARE?
YEAH, SURE, DATA.
EVERYBODY DOES FROM TIME TO TIME.
I HAVE HAD 111 DREAMS
SINCE I FIRST DISCOVERED THIS PROGRAM
NINE MONTHS AGO.
IN ALL OF THAT TIME, I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED
SUCH STRANGE AND DISTURBING IMAGERY.
I BELIEVE IT WAS A NIGHTMARE.
WELL, NIGHTMARES ARE A PART OF DREAMING, DATA.
MAYBE YOU'VE JUST DISCOVERED
ANOTHER LEVEL TO YOUR PROGRAM.
PERHAPS.
( beeping )
I HAVE ALSO NOTED THAT I AM SPENDING
AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME
THINKING ABOUT NIGHTMARE IMAGERY.
ONE COULD ALMOST SAY I AM PREOCCUPIED.
WELL, IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL, DATA.
SOMETIMES WHEN I HAVE A NIGHTMARE
I CAN'T SHAKE THAT WEIRD FEELING
FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
Woman: COMMANDER LA FORGE?
SPEAKING OF NIGHTMARES.
I JUST FINISHED RECALIBRATING
THE STARBOARD EPS MODULE.
THAT'S GREAT, ENSIGN. THANK YOU.
IT'S JUST LIKE YOU SAID--
"RESET THE POWER TAP"--
AND THE MODULE CAME RIGHT ON LINE.
YOU HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL GRASP OF ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES.
I'M LEARNING SO MUCH
JUST BEING AROUND YOU.
( clearing throat )
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT--
WHY DON'T YOU HELP FARRELL
CHECK OUT THE DEUTERIUM CARTRIDGES.
WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO BRING
THE WARP CORE ON LINE, ALL RIGHT?
ANYTHING YOU SAY.
GEORDI, YOU DO NOT SEEM TO APPRECIATE
ENSIGN TYLER'S ENTHUSIASM.
SHE'S ENTHUSIASTIC, ALL RIGHT--
ABOUT ME.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
SHE'S GOT A CRUSH ON ME, DATA.
YOU DO NOT SHARE HER AFFECTION?
EXACTLY, AND QUITE FRANKLY
IT'S BEGINNING TO GET A LITTLE BIT...
UNCOMFORTABLE.
I BELIEVE I UNDERSTAND.
YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT UNINTENTIONALLY HURTING
ENSIGN TYLER'S FEELINGS.
YEAH. SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT WOULD APPEAR
THAT YOU REQUIRE A THIRD PARTY
TO INTERVENE ON YOUR BEHALF.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO SPEAK TO HER.
NO, DATA.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT MYSELF.
THANKS.
GEORDI, WHEN I FIRST AWOKE FROM MY NIGHTMARE
THERE WAS A BRIEF MOMENT WHEN I...
Picard: Bridge to commander La Forge.
What's our status?
WE'RE READY TO BRING THE NEW CORE ON LINE, CAPTAIN.
STAND BY.
( beeping )
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S DO IT.
INITIALIZING...
DEUTERIUM INFUSION SEQUENCE.
IT'S A THING OF BEAUTY
ISN'T IT?
NOW LET'S SEE HOW FAST SHE CAN RUN.
LA FORGE TO BRIDGE.
WARP POWER
at your discretion, captain.
ACKNOWLEDGED.
ENSIGN GATES, SET COURSE FOR STARBASE 219.
WARP SIX.
ENGAGE.
BRIDGE TO ENGINEERING.
MR. LA FORGE, WHY ISN'T MY SHIP MOVING?
I'M ON IT, CAPTAIN.
THERE'S A WARP PLASMA CONDUIT OUT OF ALIGNMENT...
BUT I THINK I'VE GOT IT FIXED NOW.
READY, SIR.
VERY WELL.
ENSIGN GATES.
( engines powering down )
MR. LA FORGE.
STAND BY, CAPTAIN.
CAPTAIN, I AM TAKING
THE WARP COIL ENGINES OFF-LINE.
( sighs )
LA FORGE TO BRIDGE.
I'M SORRY, SIR
BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RECONFIGURE
THIS PLASMA CONDUIT.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF HOURS, SIR.
( sighs )
( door chimes )
ENTER.
HELLO, DATA.
COUNSELOR.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I HAVE BEEN WATCHING SPOT SLEEP.
IN THE PAST 15 MINUTES
HE HAS HAD 12 MUSCLE SPASMS
WHICH INDICATES HE WAS DREAMING.
I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED WHAT SPOT DREAMS ABOUT.
HIS TWITCHING AND RAPID BREATHING
WOULD SEEM TO SUGGEST ANXIETY
BUT SPOT HAS NEVER SEEN A MOUSE
OR ANY OTHER FORM OF RODENTIA.
HE HAS NEVER ENCOUNTERED AN INSECT
OR BEEN CHASED BY A CANINE.
I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE HAD SOME INTERESTING DREAMS RECENTLY.
GEORDI WAS WORRIED ABOUT YOU
AND HE WANTED ME TO CHECK IN AND SEE HOW YOU WERE DOING.
THAT WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL OF HIM.
I HAVE BEEN DEBATING WHETHER OR NOT
TO INITIATE ANOTHER DREAM SEQUENCE.
BECAUSE OF THE NIGHTMARES?
I HAVE FOUND THEM
TO BE QUITE...
UNSETTLING.
DATA, YOU SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID OF DARK IMAGERY IN YOUR DREAMS.
IT'S A NATURAL EXPRESSION
OF YOUR UNCONSCIOUS--
IF YOU HAVE AN UNCONSCIOUS.
I'M NOT SURE HOW YOUR POSITRONIC BRAIN WORKS
BUT IF IT'S ANYTHING LIKE OURS
THEN THERE'S A PART OF YOU THAT'S TRYING TO EXPRESS ITSELF
THROUGH YOUR DREAM STATE.
AND I THINK YOU SHOULD ALLOW YOURSELF
TO EXPERIENCE IT.
AS SIGMUND FREUD SAID--
"DREAMS ARE THE ROYAL ROAD TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MIND."
HMM.
THANK YOU, COUNSELOR.
I BELIEVE I WILL INITIATE A DREAM PROGRAM NOW.
LET ME KNOW HOW IT GOES.
GOOD NIGHT, DATA.
GOOD NIGHT, COUNSELOR.
GOOD NIGHT, SPOT.
( meows )
( stilted yawn )
( smacks lips )
COMPUTER, DIM LIGHTS.
MMM...
DELICIOUS.
WHAT KIND OF CAKE ARE YOU EATING?
IT IS A CELLULAR PEPTIDE CAKE WITH MINT FROSTING.
WOULD YOU LIKE A BITE?
NO, THANK YOU.
( phone ringing )
EXCUSE ME, MR. WORF.
AREN'T YOU GOING TO ANSWER THAT, MR. DATA?
SIR?
THAT DAMN RINGING.
ANSWER IT, WILL YOU?
YES, SIR.
( men murmuring )
PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELVES.
I MUST ASK WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO...
( high-pitched shrieking )
BE QUIET!
( shrieking stops )
( ringing continues )
PLEASE... DON'T HURT ME, DATA.
I AM SORRY, COUNSELOR.
NO...
DON'T.
NO! NO!
DATA!
Troi: DATA.
DATA!
WHAT IS WRONG?
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WAKE YOU
FOR THE LAST FIVE MINUTES.
WHEN YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP ON TIME
IN ENGINEERING I GOT WORRIED.
MY INTERNAL CHRONOMETER WAS SUPPOSED TO WAKE ME
35 MINUTES AGO.
YOU MUST HAVE OVERSLEPT.
THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE.
SOMETHING IS WRONG.
I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG
WITH YOUR INTERNAL TIME-BASE.
AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, YOUR PRIMARY SYSTEMS CHECK OUT FINE.
I WILL COMPARE MY AUTONOMIC LOGS
WITH THE SHIP'S CHRONOMETER.
PERHAPS WE HAVE OVERLOOKED SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW...
DATA, THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT
WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR DREAM PROGRAM.
MAYBE IT WAS DESIGNED TO CAUSE SIDE EFFECTS.
I MEAN, FOR ALL WE KNOW, DR. SOONG MIGHT HAVE INTENDED
FOR YOU TO OVERSLEEP FROM TIME TO TIME.
IT'S PART OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
IT IS A POSSIBILITY.
HOWEVER, I WOULD PREFER TO MAKE CERTAIN
THERE ARE NO ANOMALIES IN MY NEURAL NETS.
YOU KNOW, I'M CURIOUS.
WHAT WERE YOU DREAMING ABOUT WHEN WE WOKE YOU UP?
I HAVE NOT FULLY ASSIMILATED ITS IMPACT.
I WOULD PREFER TO STUDY THE IMAGES FURTHER
BEFORE DISCUSSING THEM.
HMM... SOUNDS LIKE IT MUST HAVE BEEN PRETTY STRANGE.
"STRANGE" IS NOT A SUFFICIENT ADJECTIVE
TO DESCRIBE THE EXPERIENCE.
( In austrian accent ): TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS... CAKE.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN.
COUNSELOR TROI'S BODY WAS A CAKE.
HER UPPER BODY.
DESCRIBE THE KNIFE YOU USED TO CUT THE COUNSELOR.
IT HAD A BLACK HANDLE AND A SERRATED BLADE
AND IT WAS QUITE LONG.
HOW LONG?
25 CENTIMETERS IN LENGTH.
HMM. HMM, HMM, HMM.
AND WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
ONE OF THE WORKMEN POINTED TO HER RIGHT SHOULDER.
AT THAT MOMENT, I HAD AN OVERWHELMING URGE
TO CUT A PIECE OUT OF THE CAKE.
AND DID YOU?
YES.
AS I BEGAN SLICING THE CAKE
SHE REACTED AS THOUGH I WAS CAUSING HER PAIN.
YET I COULD NOT STOP CUTTING.
THAT IS WHEN I WOKE UP.
HMM.
DR. FREUD, I AM CURIOUS...
EH, EH, EH, EH.
I AM CURIOUS.
WHAT DO MY NIGHTMARES MEAN?
I BELIEVE YOU ARE EXPERIENCING
A CLASSIC DISMEMBERMENT DREAM.
OR, IN YOUR CASE, BEING A MECHANICAL MAN
A DISMANTLEMENT DREAM.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
YOUR MECHANISTIC QUALITIES ARE TRYING TO REASSERT THEMSELVES
OVER YOUR HUMAN TENDENCIES--
EGO AND ID STRUGGLING FOR DOMINATION.
THE WORKMEN SYMBOLIZE THE EVER-PRESENT ID
CONSTANTLY WORKING TO DESTROY THE EGO.
NOW, THE IMAGE OF COUNSELOR TROI--
A FEMALE-- IS DEVOURED BY YOU
CLEARLY INDICATING AN UNCONSCIOUS DESIRE
TO POSSESS YOUR OWN MOTHER.
BUT I DO NOT HAVE A MOTHER.
DO NOT INTERRUPT.
THE KNIFE--
IN ITS VIOLENT CONNOTATION--
SUGGESTS A CERTAIN FEELING OF SEXUAL INADEQUACY.
BUT I HAVE NO SEXUAL DESIRE.
AH! IMPOTENCE ON TOP OF EVERYTHING!
IT IS ALL BECOMING CLEAR TO ME NOW.
THERE MIGHT BE A PAPER IN THIS.
I DO NOT BELIEVE I AM BEING HELPED BY THIS SESSION.
CLASSIC TRANSFERENCE.
YOUR ANGER TOWARD ME IS, IN FACT
THE ANIMOSITY YOU FEEL TOWARD YOUR FATHER.
YOU ARE A POLYMORPHOUSLY PERVERSE INDIVIDUAL, MR. DATA
AND I RECOMMEND FULL PSYCHOANALYSIS.
I BELIEVE I CAN FIT YOU IN, UH...
NEXT TUESDAY.
THAT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.
COMPUTER, END PROGRAM.
( communications beep )
CAPTAIN, INCOMING MESSAGE FROM ADMIRAL NAKAMURA.
ON SCREEN.
ADMIRAL.
CAPTAIN.
WE WERE EXPECTING YOU THIS MORNING.
IS THERE A PROBLEM?
ACTUALLY, WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING
A FEW MINOR DIFFICULTIES WITH OUR NEW WARP CORE
BUT MY CHIEF ENGINEER ASSURES ME THAT WE WILL BE UNDERWAY
WITHIN THE HOUR.
YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO AVOID THIS PARTICULAR ENGAGEMENT
ARE YOU, PICARD?
NO, NO, CERTAINLY NOT.
I'M... REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
GOOD.
I'LL EXPECT YOU SOON.
NAKAMURA OUT.
I THINK HE'S ON TO YOU, SIR.
HMM.
La Forge to Bridge.
GO AHEAD, GEORDI.
WE'VE JUST STARTED IT UP, CAPTAIN.
ALL SYSTEMS ARE HOLDING STEADY.
Ready when you are, Sir.
ENSIGN GATES.
SET A COURSE...
AND ENGAGE.
Picard: Engineering, report.
THE WARP FIELD HAS COLLAPSED, SIR.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE BLOWN
THE ENTIRE POWER CONVERTER, CAPTAIN.
IMPULSE ENGINES ARE DOWN, TOO.
WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
BUT I KNOW JUST HOW TO FIX THIS.
GIVE ME TWO, THREE HOURS, TOPS.
TALK ABOUT GOING NOWHERE FAST.
( sighs )
MR. WORF, OPEN A CHANNEL TO STARBASE 219.
ADVISE ADMIRAL NAKAMURA
I'LL BE A LITTLE LATER THAN I THOUGHT.
AYE, SIR.
TYLER, HOW ARE YOU COMING
WITH THAT RELAY DIAGNOSTIC?
ALMOST DONE, SIR.
EXCUSE ME.
I NEED THE PLASMA INVERTER.
IT APPEARS ENSIGN TYLER STILL HAS A CRUSH ON YOU.
IT IS CLEAR YOU DID NOT SPEAK TO HER.
NO, DATA, I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME.
LISTEN, I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS BRACE COIL
AND RUN A METALLURGICAL SCAN ON IT FOR ME--
SEE IF THERE ARE ANY MICROFRACTURES.
SOMETHING WRONG, DATA?
I AM REMINDED OF A RECENT DREAM.
( chuckling )
THIS BRACE IS REMINISCENT OF...
( phone ringing in distance )
( ringing continues )
Riker: ARE YOU GOING TO ANSWER THAT, COMMANDER?
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
ANSWER IT!
HELLO?
Freud: Kill them.
YOU MUST KILL THEM ALL... BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
DATA...
DATA, WHAT'S WRONG?
I DO NOT KNOW.
EVERYTHING SEEMS TO REMIND ME OF THE NIGHTMARE--
OBJECTS, SOUNDS, SMELLS.
AND NOW I HAVE SEEN ELEMENTS OF THE DREAM IN A WAKING STATE.
I CANNOT EXPLAIN IT.
DATA, IF YOU WERE ONE OF MY HUMAN PATIENTS
I MIGHT BE CONCERNED RIGHT NOW.
I'D SAY YOU'D HAD A WAKING DREAM--
OR AN HALLUCINATION.
BUT YOU'RE NOT HUMAN.
I THINK WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT SOME KIND
OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROBLEM.
I HAVE RUN THREE COMPLETE SELF-DIAGNOSTICS.
ALL OF MY SYSTEMS ARE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY.
PERHAPS DR. FREUD WAS CORRECT.
THE KNIFE I DREAMED ABOUT IS THE EMBODIMENT
OF MY UNCONSCIOUS DESIRE
TO INFLICT VIOLENCE.
DATA, EVEN FREUD SAID
"SOMETIMES A CIGAR IS JUST A CIGAR."
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS
I THINK YOU'RE DEVELOPING AN ALMOST OBSESSIVE INTEREST
IN YOUR OWN INNER WORKINGS.
I'D ALMOST CALL IT
THE BEGINNINGS OF A NEUROSIS.
THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE.
WHY NOT?
YOU'VE ELIMINATED ALL THE TECHNICAL EXPLANATIONS
AND IT MAKES SENSE THAT AS YOUR NEURAL NET
BECOMES MORE COMPLEX, MORE HUMAN
THAT YOU MIGHT EXPERIENCE
THE SAME KIND OF PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLEXITIES AS A HUMAN.
DO REALLY THINK THAT IS POSSIBLE?
DATA, YOU MUST BE THE FIRST PERSON
WHO'S COME INTO MY OFFICE
AND BEEN EXCITED AT THE PROSPECT OF A NEW NEUROSIS.
BUT YES, I DO THINK IT'S POSSIBLE
AND I'D LIKE TO START COUNSELING YOU
ON A REGULAR BASIS.
DAILY?
NO, WE'LL START WEEKLY, AND AS A FIRST STEP
I'D LIKE YOU TO SHUT DOWN YOUR DREAM PROGRAM
UNTIL OUR NEXT SESSION, JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE.
GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE
TO REFLECT ON THIS EXPERIENCE.
THANK YOU, COUNSELOR.
I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND DATA...
NEXT TIME... SEE ME BEFORE YOU SEE SIGMUND.
ADMIRAL, I CAN EXPLAIN...
Nakamura: Let me guess.
YOUR NEW WARP CORE IS MALFUNCTIONING AGAIN.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROBLEM HAS AFFECTED OUR IMPULSE SYSTEMS.
AT THE MOMENT, WE... ARE ADRIFT.
ARE YOU EXPECTING TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED SOON
OR SHALL WE SEND OUT A TOW SHIP
TO BRING YOU IN?
THAT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.
I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE IN MY ENGINEERING STAFF.
I WILL BE AT THE BANQUET ON TIME.
PICARD OUT.
HAVE YOU TRIED
RECONFIGURING THE PLASMA CONDUITS?
YES, CAPTAIN.
TWO HOURS AGO.
WHAT ABOUT THE RELAYS?
ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN
THAT YOU DON'T NEED A NEW PHASE INVERTER?
I AM CURRENTLY RUNNING A LEVEL-THREE DIAGNOSTIC
OF THE RELAYS, SIR.
WE WILL HAVE THE RESULTS OF THE ANALYSIS
IN APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES.
( sighing )
I SEE.
OH, PERHAPS I COULD RECONFIGURE
THESE ISOLINEAR CHIPS.
NO, SIR-- PLEASE DON'T TOUCH THAT.
CAPTAIN, COMMANDER DATA AND I
HAVE THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL.
NOW, IF YOU'D JUST LET US TAKE CARE OF IT
THE WORK WOULD GO MUCH FASTER.
CAPTAIN, WE COULD USE AN EXTRA HAND
MOVING THE CONTAINMENT PODS
IF IT WOULDN'T BE AN IMPOSITION.
OH, NO. NOT AT ALL.
I'D BE DELIGHTED.
GOOD WORK, TYLER.
I THOUGHT HE'D NEVER LEAVE.
DATA, I WANT YOU TO GIVE ME A HAND
LOCKING DOWN THIS PLASMA CON...
DATA?
DATA!
( gasps )
DECK 36.
( gasps )
( sighs )
HELLO, DATA.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
HOLD VERY STILL, COUNSELOR.
NO!
( screaming )
EVER SINCE YOU GAVE ALEXANDER THAT MUSIC PROGRAM
HE'S BEEN PLAYING IT ALL NIGHT... EVERY NIGHT.
I JUST WANTED TO BROADEN HIS HORIZONS.
BESIDES, HE LIKES IT.
IT IS SCREECHING, POUNDING DISSONANCE.
IT IS NOT MUSIC.
WORF, IT'S BETTER THAN MUSIC.
IT'S JAZZ.
( door opens )
MEDICAL EMERGENCY, DECK 17
SECTION THREE ALPHA.
WE'RE ON OUR WAY.
I BELIEVE I HAD ANOTHER WAKING DREAM, SIR
BUT THIS TIME, I HAD AN UNCONTROLLABLE URGE
TO ELIMINATE THE IMAGE I SAW.
AND WHAT YOU SAW WAS SOME SORT OF MOUTH
ON TROI'S SHOULDER.
YES, SIR.
AND FOR A REASON I CANNOT EXPLAIN
I HAD THE NEED TO DESTROY IT.
WHAT ABOUT ME? DID YOU SEE ONE OF THOSE MOUTHS
ON MYNO, SIR. WELL?
I SAW A STRAW COMING OUT OF YOUR HEAD.
A STRAW?
AS I SAID BEFORE
THESE ARE IMAGES I ORIGINALLY EXPERIENCED
IN MY DREAM PROGRAM.
I DO NOT HAVE A RATIONAL EXPLANATION FOR THEM.
MR. LA FORGE?
CAPTAIN, WE'VE RUN EVERY POSSIBLE DIAGNOSTIC
ON DATA'S POSITRONIC NET
WE CAN THINK OF.
WE CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG.
I COULD RUN A SUB-POLYMER SCAN
BUT IT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO SET UP THE EQUIPMENT.
MAKE IT SO.
IN THE MEANTIME, MR. DATA, I'LL HAVE TO RELIEVE YOU OF DUTY
AND CONFINE YOU
TO YOUR QUARTERS.
A SENSIBLE PRECAUTION, SIR.
DATA...
( panting )
DEANNA, YOU'RE IN SICK BAY.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
DATA...
HE'S NOT HERE.
JUST TRY TO RELAX.
THIS VASCULAR PAD HAS HEALED THE WOUND
BUT YOU'VE LOST A LOT OF BLOOD
SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO LIE STILL FOR A WHILE.
THAT'S ODD.
THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY DISCOLORATION AFTER THE TREATMENT.
THIS LOOKS LIKE SOME SORT OF RASH.
WHAT IS IT?
( beeping )
I'M PICKING UP CELLULAR DEGRADATION
BUT IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE RELATED
TO THE LACERATIONS.
THERE'S ALSO SOME KIND
OF RESIDUAL INTERPHASIC SIGNATURE.
NURSE.
BRING ME AN INTERPHASIC SCANNER.
I WANT TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS.
COMMANDER...
I WILL HAVE TO CONFISCATE YOUR SIDEARM.
OF COURSE.
MAY I ASK A PERSONAL FAVOR?
YES.
WILL YOU TAKE CARE OF SPOT FOR ME?
YOUR ANIMAL.
I'M AFRAID IF I HAVE ANOTHER WAKING DREAM
I MIGHT INJURE HIM.
OF COURSE.
SPOT, COME HERE.
UNLIKE A CANINE...
SPOT DOES NOT RESPOND TO VERBAL COMMANDS.
( meowing )
GOOD-BYE, SPOT.
( meowing )
HE WILL NEED TO BE FED ONCE A DAY.
HE PREFERS FELINE SUPPLEMENT NUMBER 25.
I UNDERSTAND.
AND HE WILL REQUIRE WATER.
AND YOU MUST PROVIDE HIM WITH A SANDBOX.
AND YOU MUST TALK TO HIM.
TELL HIM HE IS A PRETTY CAT
AND A GOOD CAT...
I WILL FEED HIM.
PERHAPS THAT WILL BE ENOUGH.
( worf sneezes, spot meows )
CAPTAIN, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
HER TISSUE IS BREAKING DOWN ON THE CELLULAR LEVEL
AND IT'S SPREADING.
AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A RASH
FROM THE COIL BRACE SHE WAS STABBED WITH
BUT WHEN I USED THE INTERPHASIC SCANNER
I FOUND THIS.
Picard: WHAT IS IT?
THE QUESTION IS...
WHAT ARE THEY?
I'VE TESTED ALL THE MEDICAL STAFF
AND I'VE FOUND THEM
ON ALMOST EVERYONE SO FAR.
THE CELLULAR DECAY
IS ACCELERATING IN ALL CASES.
I HAVEN'T FOUND A WAY TO STOP IT
OR EVEN SLOW IT DOWN.
LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE INFECTED, TOO.
THE ORGANISMS APPEAR TO BE ATTACHED
TO OUR EPIDERMAL LAYERS WITH OSMOTIC TENDRILS.
THEY'RE TAPPING DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOODSTREAM
AND FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, THEY'RE SPREADING.
Riker: WHAT ARE WE DEALING WITH HERE?
ARE THESE CREATURES FEEDING ON US?
YES, IN A VERY PARTICULAR WAY.
THEY APPEAR TO BE EXTRACTING OUR CELLULAR PEPTIDES.
IT'S ROUGHLY ANALOGOUS
TO THE WAY TERRAN LEECHES CONSUME HEMOGLOBIN.
IF THEY'RE NOT REMOVED SOON
OUR BODIES ARE GOING TO LOSE ALL THEIR CELLULAR COHESION.
WE'LL COLLAPSE INTO NOTHING BUT A FEW POUNDS OF CHEMICALS.
ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN AFFECT THESE ORGANISMS?
WE'VE TRIED EM RADIATION
SUBSPACE FIELDS, THERMAL PROTONS--
NOTHING'S WORKED.
THEY SEEM TO EXIST IN SOME SORT OF INTERPHASIC STATE
JUST BEYOND OUR RANGE
OF VISUAL AND SENSOR ACUITY.
THE ONLY WAY WE CAN SEE THEM IS TO USE AN I.P. SCANNER.
TRICORDERS CAN'T EVEN PICK THEM UP.
DO WE KNOW WHERE THESE THINGS CAME FROM, MR. WORF?
WELL, I SCANNED THE VICINITY WITH AN I.P. SCANNER.
THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ANY SIMILAR CREATURES
OR ANY UNUSUAL INTERPHASIC ACTIVITY.
Picard: WHAT ABOUT MR. DATA?
THERE MUST BE SOME CONNECTION
BETWEEN HIS ODD BEHAVIOR AND THESE CREATURES.
IS HE INFESTED AS WELL?
NO, I SCANNED HIM, BUT I FOUND NOTHING.
DATA ATTACKED COUNSELOR TROI
BECAUSE HE SAW... A MOUTH ON HER SHOULDER
AND IT WAS IN THAT SAME AREA
THAT WE FIRST SAW ONE OF THE ORGANISMS.
Riker: DATA ALSO SAW A STRAW IN MY HEAD
AND THEN BEVERLY DISCOVERED AN ORGANISM IN THE SAME PLACE.
THOSE IMAGES ARE ALL PART OF DATA'S DREAM.
MAYBE SOMEHOW HE'S UNCONSCIOUSLY PERCEIVING THESE CREATURES.
THEN PERHAPS IT IS TIME
THAT WE TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT MR. DATA'S DREAMS.
IT IS AN INTERESTING HYPOTHESIS.
IF I AM BEING AFFECTED
BY THESE INTERPHASIC CREATURES
ON AN UNCONSCIOUS LEVEL
IT MAY ALSO EXPLAIN MY WAKING DREAMS
AND MY SUBSEQUENT ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO, DATA
IS LINK YOUR NEURAL NET TO THE HOLODECK
AND HAVE YOU ACTIVATE YOUR DREAM PROGRAM
SO AS YOU DREAM, WE CAN OBSERVE THE DREAM IMAGES.
PERHAPS WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE CREATURES
BY INTERPRETING THE SYMBOLS AND IMAGES OF YOUR DREAMS.
I SEE.
THE CONCEPT IS SIMILAR TO THE METHOD OF DIRECTED DREAMING.
EXACTLY. HOW SOON CAN YOU HAVE THE LINK READY?
WE'LL NEED ABOUT AN HOUR
TO ESTABLISH ALL THE INTERFACE PARAMETERS.
MAKE IT SO.
IN THE MEANTIME, MR. DATA
I SUGGEST THAT YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR BED.
I THINK WE'RE READY, CAPTAIN.
THE LINK IS ACTIVE
AND THE HOLODECK HAS BEEN CALIBRATED
TO DATA'S NEURAL NET.
READY, MR. DATA?
YES, SIR.
NORMALLY, I WOULD WISH YOU
PLEASANT DREAMS, BUT IN THIS CASE
BAD DREAMS WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL.
I UNDERSTAND, SIR.
INITIATING DREAM PROGRAM.
STAND BY.
LET'S BE VERY OBSERVANT.
EVEN THE MOST INSIGNIFICANT IMAGE
COULD BE A VERY IMPORTANT SYMBOL.
RIGHT.
HERE HE COMES.
HELLO.
CAN WE SPEAK TO DATA DIRECTLY
OR WOULD THAT WAKE HIM UP?
HE SHOULD BE PERCEIVING US
AS JUST ANOTHER PART OF HIS DREAM.
ANYTHING WE SAY TO HIM
WILL BE TAKEN IN THAT CONTEXT.
YOU KNOW, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A TELEPHONE RINGER
BUT I DON'T SEE A RECEIVER.
( door opens )
CAKE?
OH, THANK YOU.
LOOK AT THAT.
HER RIGHT SHOULDER.
THAT IS THE SAME PLACE THAT DATA STABBED HER.
IN HIS WAKING DREAM
HE SAID THAT THERE WAS A MOUTH ON HER SHOULDER.
THEY'RE BOTH SYMBOLS OF CONSUMPTION--
MOUTH, FOOD.
MR. DATA, WHAT KIND OF CAKE IS THIS?
IT IS A CELLULAR PEPTIDE CAKE.
WITH MINT FROSTING.
CELLULAR PEPTIDES? THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE CREATURES ARE EXTRACTING.
( phone ringing )
Riker: WILL SOMEONE ANSWER THAT DAMN RINGING?
( ringing gets louder )
CAPTAIN, THE RINGING IS GETTING WORSE.
WHAT COULD THE RINGING SYMBOLIZE?
A BELL? A SOUND?
AN OLD-FASHIONED WAY OF COMMUNICATING?
DO YOU WANT SOME?
IT'S DELICIOUS.
WILL SOMEONE PLEASE GET THAT?
YES?
IT'S FOR YOU.
PICARD.
Freud: Kill them.
KILL WHO?
Kill them before it's too late.
WHO IS THIS?
I AM DR. SIGMUND FREUD.
HOW DOES HE FIT INTO ALL THIS?
IF I WERE TO INTERPRET MY OWN APPEARANCE IN THIS DREAM
I WOULD SAY I AM THE SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION
OF DATA'S UNCONSCIOUS MIND TRYING TO WARN HIM
ABOUT THE DANGERS HE PERCEIVES AROUND HIM.
YOU MEAN THE INTERPHASIC ORGANISMS?
OF COURSE.
TELL ME, DOCTOR, HOW DO WE KILL THEM?
( ringing begins )
ANSWER IT.
NEIN, NEIN
NEIN.
DO NOT BE SO LITERAL.
WHEN I SAY "ANSWER IT" I MEAN RESPOND TO IT, TO THEM.
( door opens )
BE QUIET!
( groaning )
( grunting )
Picard: WHAT DO THEY REPRESENT?
I DON'T KNOW
BUT I DO RECOGNIZE THAT JUNCTION
THEY'RE WORKING ON.
IT'S THE PLASMA CONDUIT WE INSTALLED
WITH THE NEW WARP CORE.
RESPOND.
RESPOND TO THEM?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE DOING?
GO AWAY.
LEAVE US ALONE.
WHO ARE YOU?
WE ARE...
...YOUR ENEMIES.
STOP!
YOU MUST NOT HURT MY FRIENDS.
( high-pitched shrieking )
BE QUIET!
Picard: DATA...
THE SHRIEKING NOISE YOU MADE--
IT CAUSES THEM PAIN.
( shrieking continues )
BE... QUIET!
( shrieking stops )
I BELIEVE I UNDERSTAND.
GEORDI.
YES, DATA.
YOU MUST ADJUST MY POSITRONIC SUBPROCESSOR
TO EMIT AN INTERPHASIC PULSE.
DATA, WHAT'S GOING ON?
THE WORKMEN IN MY DREAMS REPRESENT THE ORGANISMS
WHICH ARE TRYING TO DEMOLISH THE SHIP.
THE INCESSANT RINGING OF THE TELEPHONE
DR. FREUD'S CAUTIONS AT THE OTHER END
WERE WARNINGS OF THE DANGERS AROUND US.
WHAT ABOUT THE SHRIEKING NOISES THAT YOU MADE?
MY POSITRONIC SUBPROCESSOR DETECTED
HIGH-FREQUENCY INTERPHASIC SIGNATURES
FROM THE ORGANISMS
WHICH ARE SYMBOLICALLY REPRESENTED IN MY DREAMS
BY A HIGH SHRIEK.
WHEN YOU MADE THOSE NOISES
THE WORKMEN REACTED IN PAIN.
THAT IS WHY I HAVE ASKED GEORDI
TO ADJUST MY SUBPROCESSOR.
IF I CAN PRODUCE A HIGH-FREQUENCY INTERPHASIC PULSE
IT MAY HAVE A SIMILAR EFFECT ON THE CREATURES.
La Forge: WE'RE READY.
PICARD TO SICK BAY.
BEVERLY, WE'LL GOING TO BE SWEEPING THE SHIP
WITH A HIGH-FREQUENCY I.P. PULSE.
WILL YOU MONITOR THE CREATURES FOR ANY REACTION?
Crusher: Understood.
high-pitched shrieking begins )
( i.p. scanner whirring )
IT'S WORKING, CAPTAIN.
CAPTAIN'S LOG, SUPPLEMENTAL.
THE CREATURES INFESTING THE ENTERPRISE
HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY ELIMINATED .
WE BELIEVE THE INFESTATION ORIGINATED
WITHIN THE WARP CORE WE OBTAINED ON STARBASE 84.
THIS CONDUIT WAS MANUFACTURED ON THANATOS VII
USING A NEW INTERPHASIC FUSION PROCESS.
WE THINK IT WAS THAT PROCESS
WHICH ATTRACTED THE ORGANISMS TO THE CONDUIT
WHERE THEY LAY DORMANT UNTIL WE ACTIVATED THE WARP CORE.
THAT'S ALSO WHY WE COULDN'T GET THE CORE ON LINE.
THE CREATURES WERE DISRUPTING
THE PLASMA FLOW.
HOW LONG BEFORE WE HAVE WARP POWER AGAIN?
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MANUFACTURE A NEW CONDUIT.
THAT'S AT LEAST SIX HOURS' WORK.
SIX HOURS?
THE BANQUET WILL BE COMPLETELY OVER BY THEN.
THAT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE.
I COULD TRY AND SPEED THINGS UP A BIT.
NO, NO! NO. UH...
I WOULDN'T WANT TO SACRIFICE
THE SAFETY OF THE SHIP.
UNDERSTOOD, SIR.
( door chimes )
ENTER.
COUNSELOR.
I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO APOLOGIZE
FOR MY ACTIONS.
DATA... DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
GEORDI EXPLAINED
EVERYTHING TO ME.
IT WASN'T YOUR FAULT.
BUT, SOMEHOW, I THOUGHT
TURNABOUT WOULD BE FAIR PLAY
SO... I MADE US A LITTLE SOMETHING TO SNACK ON.
I WONDER...
WHAT WOULD DR. FREUD SAY
ABOUT THE SYMBOLISM OF DEVOURING ONESELF?
DATA...
SOMETIMES A CAKE IS JUST A CAKE.
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