1 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:02,000 www.tvsubtitles.net 2 00:00:06,459 --> 00:00:10,886 Captain's log, stardate 41209.2. 3 00:00:10,886 --> 00:00:15,555 We are going to rendezvous with a science vessel, SS Tsiolkovsky, 4 00:00:15,690 --> 00:00:20,024 which has been monitoring the collapse of a red supergiant star 5 00:00:20,158 --> 00:00:21,820 into a white dwarf. 6 00:00:21,954 --> 00:00:25,375 What has brought us here is a series of strange messages 7 00:00:25,504 --> 00:00:30,256 indicating something has gone wrong aboard the research vessel. 8 00:00:33,941 --> 00:00:37,694 SS Tsiolkovsky, repeat your message. 9 00:00:37,825 --> 00:00:40,615 Hello, Enterprise. Welcome. 10 00:00:40,748 --> 00:00:43,325 I hope you have a lot of pretty boys there, 11 00:00:43,462 --> 00:00:46,040 because I'm willing and waiting. 12 00:00:46,178 --> 00:00:49,883 In fact, we're going to have a real blow-out here. 13 00:00:53,277 --> 00:00:56,568 Do it, yeah! Go ahead! Do it! 14 00:01:02,465 --> 00:01:08,263 Captain, what we've just heard is... impossible. 15 00:01:08,396 --> 00:01:10,058 Report. 16 00:01:10,192 --> 00:01:14,147 I believe that last sound was an emergency hatch being blown. 17 00:01:14,285 --> 00:01:16,958 Are you certain? Yes, of course you are. 18 00:01:18,336 --> 00:01:20,581 Data, Geordi, Tasha. 19 00:01:23,139 --> 00:01:26,845 Searcher scans now reveal no life signs aboard, Captain. 20 00:01:54,504 --> 00:01:56,749 Cover the ship as planned. Move out. 21 00:02:16,347 --> 00:02:20,814 Indications of what humans would call... a wild party? 22 00:02:20,941 --> 00:02:22,318 Yeah. 23 00:02:25,994 --> 00:02:27,194 Their bridge. 24 00:02:29,210 --> 00:02:32,169 If this works, be sure to record everything. 25 00:02:38,106 --> 00:02:41,646 You were right. Somebody blew out the hatch. 26 00:02:41,782 --> 00:02:43,991 They were all sucked out into space. 27 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,579 Correction, sir, that's blown out. 28 00:02:47,169 --> 00:02:50,043 - Thank you, Data. - A common mistake, sir. 29 00:02:50,802 --> 00:02:53,974 Cmdr Riker, Lt Yar. Location, Engineering. 30 00:02:54,102 --> 00:02:57,725 Ten people here, sir, all frozen. No vital signs. 31 00:02:57,861 --> 00:02:58,858 Frozen? How? 32 00:02:58,988 --> 00:03:03,740 It looks like someone was playing with the environmental controls. 33 00:03:03,875 --> 00:03:06,880 Just let all the heat bleed away into space. 34 00:03:11,935 --> 00:03:14,940 Sir, Lt La Forge in the crew quarters. 35 00:03:15,485 --> 00:03:17,397 Something in here. 36 00:03:48,730 --> 00:03:51,687 Riker to Captain. I have a report, sir. 37 00:03:51,820 --> 00:03:53,566 Picard here. 38 00:03:53,699 --> 00:03:54,899 They're all dead. 39 00:03:55,370 --> 00:03:58,993 Some of them were blown out of the emergency hatches. 40 00:03:59,129 --> 00:04:02,050 But there were 80 people on that ship. 41 00:04:02,178 --> 00:04:03,175 Yes, sir. 42 00:04:03,305 --> 00:04:07,605 As I said... all dead. 43 00:04:29,894 --> 00:04:33,017 Space, the final frontier. 44 00:04:34,696 --> 00:04:38,652 These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. 45 00:04:38,790 --> 00:04:42,923 Its continuing mission, to explore strange new worlds... 46 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:48,426 ...to seek out new life and new civilizations... 47 00:04:49,314 --> 00:04:53,020 ...to boldly go where no one has gone before. 48 00:05:54,475 --> 00:05:59,024 Captain's log, supplemental. We are downloading information 49 00:05:59,153 --> 00:06:01,481 gathered on the collapsing star nearby. 50 00:06:01,616 --> 00:06:04,373 I'm concerned at being in such close orbit. 51 00:06:04,499 --> 00:06:07,955 But the Tsiolkovsky's research records should predict 52 00:06:08,090 --> 00:06:10,667 the time of the star's final collapse. 53 00:06:12,642 --> 00:06:16,480 I can't find anything unusual in the readings they sent over. 54 00:06:17,446 --> 00:06:19,737 Give me a theory, Doctor. Anything. 55 00:06:20,912 --> 00:06:24,203 Madness? Mass hysteria? Delusion? 56 00:06:25,590 --> 00:06:27,632 Any or all, Captain. 57 00:06:29,891 --> 00:06:32,564 Alright, let's bring the away team back. 58 00:06:32,689 --> 00:06:36,110 Set the transporter to maximum decontamination, 59 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:40,243 and then full examination and observation when they're here. 60 00:06:48,143 --> 00:06:52,228 If you were any more perfect, I'd put you in a medical textbook. 61 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,531 I'm already listed in several bio-mechanical texts. 62 00:06:55,660 --> 00:06:58,237 Yes, of course. 63 00:06:58,375 --> 00:07:00,204 You're next, Lieutenant. 64 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:16,826 Normal, all across. 65 00:07:19,466 --> 00:07:22,590 Except, why are you perspiring, Lieutenant? 66 00:07:22,723 --> 00:07:26,429 Because you have it too hot in here! What else would it be? 67 00:07:27,903 --> 00:07:30,194 It doesn't sound like you, Geordi. 68 00:07:30,325 --> 00:07:33,579 Well, maybe it's not. Maybe she threw her voice. 69 00:07:36,380 --> 00:07:38,340 Hey, it was a joke. 70 00:07:38,468 --> 00:07:44,396 Of course, but I would like to run a few more tests on you, Lieutenant. 71 00:07:49,578 --> 00:07:52,868 - Sickbay to bridge. - Picard here. Go ahead, Doctor. 72 00:07:53,003 --> 00:07:57,052 I'm confining Lt La Forge to sickbay until further notice. 73 00:07:57,179 --> 00:08:00,517 - Do we have a problem, Doctor? - I don't know yet. 74 00:08:03,110 --> 00:08:06,982 I need help in locating some library computer information. 75 00:08:07,119 --> 00:08:08,283 Specifics, sir? 76 00:08:08,413 --> 00:08:10,789 I have a vague memory of reading somewhere 77 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,841 about someone taking a shower in their clothing. 78 00:08:13,968 --> 00:08:16,379 Ah, the body Geordi discovered. 79 00:08:16,516 --> 00:08:21,351 - I believe it's happened before. - To someone, somewhere. 80 00:08:21,486 --> 00:08:25,620 This should be easy for someone written up in bio-mechanical texts. 81 00:08:28,293 --> 00:08:32,047 About that, sir, did the Doctor believe I was boasting? 82 00:08:32,178 --> 00:08:33,805 Probably. 83 00:08:33,932 --> 00:08:37,020 - This may take some time. - Several hours. 84 00:08:37,147 --> 00:08:41,197 What I said was a statement of fact. Perhaps she will look it up. 85 00:08:41,324 --> 00:08:43,154 You can depend on it. 86 00:09:43,302 --> 00:09:44,715 Geordi! 87 00:09:50,486 --> 00:09:54,191 Security, Lt La Forge left sickbay while I was in my office. 88 00:09:54,787 --> 00:09:59,087 He doesn't have his communicator. We must find him. 89 00:09:59,215 --> 00:10:03,052 Security team, pick up Lt La Forge. He just left sickbay. 90 00:10:03,182 --> 00:10:04,928 Captain, anything further? 91 00:10:05,061 --> 00:10:08,732 Affirmative. Make it a ship-wide search, Lieutenant. 92 00:10:34,297 --> 00:10:38,513 It's a model of the ship's tractor beam, with my ideas added. 93 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:42,513 That's your science project? Wes, you're really something. 94 00:10:42,650 --> 00:10:45,773 Since the Captain won't let me on the bridge, 95 00:10:45,907 --> 00:10:48,401 I use this to imagine I'm there. 96 00:10:49,248 --> 00:10:51,327 Take the helm, Mr. Crusher. 97 00:10:51,462 --> 00:10:55,714 Set a course for 37, mark 180. Warp six. 98 00:10:55,847 --> 00:10:59,932 - It's the Captain's voice. - It's words he used on the intercom. 99 00:11:00,065 --> 00:11:03,605 I can pretend he's ordering me to take the Enterprise anywhere. 100 00:11:03,741 --> 00:11:05,285 Listen to this. 101 00:11:05,411 --> 00:11:07,656 Chief Engineer, report to the bridge. 102 00:11:07,791 --> 00:11:09,751 Cmdr Riker, report to the bridge. 103 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,090 Dr Crusher, report to the bridge. 104 00:11:12,929 --> 00:11:14,129 What d'you think? 105 00:11:14,265 --> 00:11:17,223 I think the Captain's lucky you're on his side. 106 00:11:17,356 --> 00:11:20,111 But he still won't let me on the bridge. 107 00:11:20,237 --> 00:11:22,732 There's nothing there I don't understand. 108 00:11:22,869 --> 00:11:26,788 I wish... I understood myself that well. 109 00:11:27,546 --> 00:11:28,662 Are you OK? 110 00:11:29,175 --> 00:11:34,889 No, suddenly I... I seem to be burning up inside. 111 00:11:36,943 --> 00:11:38,772 It's so hot in here. 112 00:11:48,637 --> 00:11:50,050 Geordi? 113 00:11:55,529 --> 00:11:56,941 Geordi. 114 00:11:58,535 --> 00:12:02,538 Lt Yar in the observation lounge. Send a team now. 115 00:12:02,670 --> 00:12:05,165 - Medical's worried about you. - Help me. 116 00:12:06,304 --> 00:12:10,093 Help me to not give in to the wild things in my mind. 117 00:12:10,856 --> 00:12:12,316 My job is security... 118 00:12:12,443 --> 00:12:13,773 Tasha, please. 119 00:12:16,912 --> 00:12:18,112 Alright. 120 00:12:19,292 --> 00:12:22,748 Helping is more important. Geordi, how can I help you? 121 00:12:22,884 --> 00:12:26,804 Help me to see. Like you do. 122 00:12:26,936 --> 00:12:29,430 But you already see better than I can. 123 00:12:29,566 --> 00:12:30,979 I see more. 124 00:12:33,784 --> 00:12:36,873 But more isn't better. 125 00:12:37,335 --> 00:12:38,367 Geordi, please! 126 00:12:38,504 --> 00:12:45,132 I wanna see in shallow, dim, beautiful, human ways. 127 00:12:52,996 --> 00:12:54,790 We'll talk about it, Geordi. 128 00:12:56,420 --> 00:12:58,750 Now, I'm gonna take you to sickbay. 129 00:12:59,804 --> 00:13:03,142 - Alright? - Yeah. 130 00:13:03,646 --> 00:13:05,142 OK. 131 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:09,523 Good. 132 00:13:18,687 --> 00:13:22,643 We got him to sickbay so Dr Crusher could examine him. 133 00:13:23,825 --> 00:13:25,785 He wasn't violent? 134 00:13:26,372 --> 00:13:29,412 No, sir. He was very upset. 135 00:13:29,546 --> 00:13:32,505 He kept talking about wanting normal vision. 136 00:13:33,180 --> 00:13:35,591 Thank you, Lieutenant. 137 00:13:49,754 --> 00:13:52,593 Our read-outs still show nothing wrong with him. 138 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,259 He looks to have a temperature, but our instruments say not. 139 00:13:56,395 --> 00:13:59,233 Doctor, every person on that ship died. 140 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:04,527 Is there any chance that whatever did it is loose on my ship? 141 00:14:04,664 --> 00:14:07,039 If you mean a disease, I'd say no chance. 142 00:14:07,170 --> 00:14:11,386 We used full decontamination. We examined every team member. 143 00:14:12,063 --> 00:14:16,399 The entire crew somehow managed to kill themselves, Doctor. 144 00:14:16,532 --> 00:14:19,323 If not a disease, what else made them do it? 145 00:14:19,455 --> 00:14:23,923 Alternatives are in the areas of insanity and severe emotional upset. 146 00:14:24,050 --> 00:14:27,554 Troi, do you feel anything unusual in the Lieutenant? 147 00:14:27,683 --> 00:14:31,353 Security told me that he was longing for normal sight. 148 00:14:31,483 --> 00:14:33,479 That's a sudden yearning. 149 00:14:33,613 --> 00:14:36,488 His records show no previous mention of that. 150 00:14:36,621 --> 00:14:40,326 The fact that it happened now could be important. 151 00:14:40,463 --> 00:14:43,302 But all I sense from him is confusion. 152 00:14:43,428 --> 00:14:46,683 If I didn't know better, I'd say he was intoxicated. 153 00:14:46,812 --> 00:14:48,723 Our tests would've shown that, 154 00:14:48,858 --> 00:14:52,065 or any signs of drugs, hallucinogens or contaminants. 155 00:15:06,984 --> 00:15:09,560 Can you provide more information, sir? 156 00:15:09,698 --> 00:15:13,617 Seeking an instance of someone showering in clothing is... 157 00:15:13,749 --> 00:15:16,837 It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. 158 00:15:18,135 --> 00:15:20,926 Why should anyone expend time in such a search? 159 00:15:21,058 --> 00:15:23,979 I should've said proverbial needle in a haystack. 160 00:15:24,107 --> 00:15:27,028 Ah! A human proverb. As in folklore. 161 00:15:27,155 --> 00:15:30,826 - Or an historical allusion. - Historical. That's it. 162 00:15:30,956 --> 00:15:34,662 I was reading about all the past starships named Enterprise. 163 00:15:34,798 --> 00:15:37,803 Enterprise history. Aberrant behavior. 164 00:15:38,181 --> 00:15:39,927 Medical cross-reference. 165 00:15:40,061 --> 00:15:43,434 Captain, I think we have the answer to what happened. 166 00:15:47,745 --> 00:15:52,295 "The Starship Enterprise. Capt James T. Kirk commanding." 167 00:15:52,423 --> 00:15:53,670 Similar conditions. 168 00:15:53,801 --> 00:15:56,722 They were monitoring a planet that was breaking up. 169 00:15:56,850 --> 00:15:59,141 Not a collapsing star, as in this case. 170 00:15:59,272 --> 00:16:02,194 But there were the same huge shifts in gravity. 171 00:16:02,321 --> 00:16:05,611 Which resulted in complex strings of water molecules 172 00:16:05,746 --> 00:16:09,285 which acquired carbon from the body and acted... 173 00:16:10,507 --> 00:16:12,717 ...acted on the brain like alcohol. 174 00:16:14,851 --> 00:16:17,689 Data, download this information to Medical. 175 00:16:17,816 --> 00:16:19,062 Downloading. 176 00:16:19,653 --> 00:16:24,369 Fascinating. The entire crew going out of control. 177 00:16:24,498 --> 00:16:29,546 Like intoxication, but worse. Judgment almost completely impaired. 178 00:16:29,677 --> 00:16:33,930 Until they found this formula, barely in time. 179 00:16:35,524 --> 00:16:37,566 Picard to Dr Crusher. Come in. 180 00:16:38,155 --> 00:16:41,445 - This is Crusher. Go ahead. - You can relax. 181 00:16:41,579 --> 00:16:45,036 The answer is feeding into your medical banks right now. 182 00:16:45,172 --> 00:16:46,502 Including a cure. 183 00:16:46,633 --> 00:16:48,213 Are you certain, Captain? 184 00:16:48,345 --> 00:16:50,507 Absolutely. 185 00:16:59,831 --> 00:17:01,030 Tasha? 186 00:17:04,049 --> 00:17:05,676 What are you doing? 187 00:17:05,803 --> 00:17:09,853 I need your advice. That's why I came to your quarters. 188 00:17:09,979 --> 00:17:11,523 Of course, anything... 189 00:17:11,650 --> 00:17:16,568 On clothes. You always wear such beautiful clothes off duty. 190 00:17:16,704 --> 00:17:19,494 And your hair always looks so nice. 191 00:17:19,627 --> 00:17:23,760 I wanna change my image. What do you think about this? 192 00:17:24,221 --> 00:17:26,133 Or... or this one? 193 00:17:29,024 --> 00:17:30,271 It's not for you. 194 00:17:31,196 --> 00:17:35,032 Tasha, I feel you're very uncertain. 195 00:17:35,582 --> 00:17:39,798 That you're fighting something. What is it? 196 00:17:41,512 --> 00:17:42,711 Never mind. 197 00:17:43,808 --> 00:17:46,185 I'll find what I need myself. 198 00:17:47,192 --> 00:17:49,318 Ship's stores will have it. 199 00:17:53,790 --> 00:17:56,249 Tasha? Wait! 200 00:17:58,385 --> 00:18:01,473 - Troi to Capt Picard. - Picard, here. 201 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,938 Sir, I think Tasha's been infected, too. 202 00:18:05,066 --> 00:18:09,819 - She just left my quarters. - It's not actually an infection. 203 00:18:09,953 --> 00:18:12,911 Yes, sir. It's more like an intoxication. 204 00:18:13,044 --> 00:18:16,666 But, whatever it is... she's got it. 205 00:18:17,220 --> 00:18:18,717 Thank you, Counselor. 206 00:18:20,854 --> 00:18:21,851 Number One, 207 00:18:21,981 --> 00:18:25,936 it seems our Security Chief has the equivalent of a snootful. 208 00:18:26,826 --> 00:18:30,580 Inquiry, sir. Snootful? 209 00:18:33,216 --> 00:18:34,796 Forget it. 210 00:18:44,952 --> 00:18:47,576 Hey, Mom, look what I can do. 211 00:18:57,481 --> 00:19:01,319 I've widened and strengthened the beam, like I said last night. 212 00:19:01,449 --> 00:19:04,869 Do me a favor. Something's happening on this ship. 213 00:19:04,999 --> 00:19:08,502 Just to be safe, stay in our quarters until it's solved. 214 00:19:08,632 --> 00:19:11,673 Sure, Mom. Your wish is my command. 215 00:19:11,807 --> 00:19:13,137 Now, Wes! 216 00:19:13,811 --> 00:19:18,360 OK. But you could be stunting my emotional growth, you realize that? 217 00:19:18,488 --> 00:19:20,115 Why is it so hot in here? 218 00:19:20,242 --> 00:19:22,072 Picard to Crusher. 219 00:19:24,753 --> 00:19:26,464 Crusher here. 220 00:19:26,591 --> 00:19:28,836 Have you made a test injection yet? 221 00:19:28,971 --> 00:19:32,427 We have indications that this condition is spreading. 222 00:19:32,563 --> 00:19:35,438 No test yet, Captain. But very soon. 223 00:19:59,125 --> 00:20:04,554 In 41 minutes, the information from the Tsiolkovsky will be downloaded. 224 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:06,640 Why so slow? 225 00:20:08,105 --> 00:20:12,773 Slow, sir? The Tsiolkovsky has been eight months in accumulating it. 226 00:20:13,283 --> 00:20:16,123 How much danger from that star? Worst case. 227 00:20:17,544 --> 00:20:19,289 Like a full collapse, sir? 228 00:20:19,423 --> 00:20:21,502 Any material it threw this way, 229 00:20:21,636 --> 00:20:24,011 we could outrun on half impulse power. 230 00:20:33,998 --> 00:20:38,714 Picard to Engineering. Chief Engineer, report to the bridge. 231 00:20:47,698 --> 00:20:51,997 Assistant Chief Engineer Shimoda, report to Medical. 232 00:20:54,421 --> 00:20:57,842 Hi, Jim. Was that the Captain ordering you to Medical? 233 00:20:57,972 --> 00:21:02,355 Which would leave no one on duty. The chief was summoned to the bridge. 234 00:21:02,482 --> 00:21:03,479 What about me? 235 00:21:03,609 --> 00:21:07,030 I could call the chief on the bridge if anything happened. 236 00:21:20,399 --> 00:21:23,986 - Reporting as ordered, sir. - What? 237 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:26,871 You ordered me to report to the bridge, sir. 238 00:21:26,997 --> 00:21:28,541 I did no such thing. 239 00:21:28,668 --> 00:21:32,006 I want you in the engine room in case we need to move out. 240 00:21:33,722 --> 00:21:37,559 Attention, all divisions. Effective immediately, 241 00:21:37,689 --> 00:21:42,405 I have handed over control to Acting Captain Wesley Crusher. 242 00:21:43,829 --> 00:21:45,373 Acting Captain? 243 00:21:45,499 --> 00:21:47,708 Thank you, Capt Picard. 244 00:21:47,838 --> 00:21:51,544 And so dawns a brave new day for the Enterprise. 245 00:21:57,694 --> 00:22:01,698 Captain's log, stardate 41209.3. 246 00:22:01,830 --> 00:22:06,212 The contaminant that led to the deaths of the Tsiolkovsky crew 247 00:22:06,340 --> 00:22:08,299 is now aboard the Enterprise. 248 00:22:08,428 --> 00:22:10,007 Our Engineering section 249 00:22:10,140 --> 00:22:13,229 has been commandeered by young Wesley Crusher. 250 00:22:13,356 --> 00:22:20,697 And henceforth, a dessert course shall precede and follow every meal, 251 00:22:20,832 --> 00:22:22,292 including breakfast. 252 00:22:22,418 --> 00:22:24,545 Hurray for the Acting Captain. 253 00:22:26,554 --> 00:22:31,685 Never got as far as sickbay, Wes. I feel too good for that. 254 00:22:38,999 --> 00:22:42,004 Incredible. How did you do that? 255 00:22:42,131 --> 00:22:45,137 Hooked my model tractor beam into the ship's power. 256 00:22:45,264 --> 00:22:48,768 Now, it's a repulser beam, too. Want in? 257 00:22:50,192 --> 00:22:52,651 Swear to be faithful to you, Captain. 258 00:23:05,771 --> 00:23:09,227 Number One, MacDougal, get that boy out of Engineering. 259 00:23:11,910 --> 00:23:16,412 Sir, I'm getting very strange reports from all decks. 260 00:23:16,546 --> 00:23:17,746 Such as? 261 00:23:17,882 --> 00:23:22,301 Such as the Training Division giving a lecture on metaphysics. 262 00:23:22,434 --> 00:23:25,439 - Metaphysics? - Confirmed, sir. 263 00:23:26,987 --> 00:23:32,201 A rather peculiar limerick was being delivered in the shuttle-craft bay. 264 00:23:32,333 --> 00:23:34,458 I'm not sure I understand it. 265 00:23:36,091 --> 00:23:40,890 "There was a young lady from Venus Whose body was shaped like a..." 266 00:23:41,020 --> 00:23:43,229 Captain to Security, come in! 267 00:23:43,901 --> 00:23:47,773 - Did I say something wrong? - I don't understand their humor. 268 00:23:47,910 --> 00:23:51,996 - Yeah, Captain? - Get me Lt Yar! 269 00:23:52,129 --> 00:23:55,217 - Keep your britches on! - Capt Picard. 270 00:23:55,345 --> 00:23:57,221 Lieutenant, where are you? 271 00:23:57,349 --> 00:24:02,433 I'm in my quarters. I'm pretty busy right at the moment, 272 00:24:03,405 --> 00:24:04,901 Jean-Luc. 273 00:24:07,456 --> 00:24:10,795 Alright, Lieutenant, you just stay right there. 274 00:24:10,923 --> 00:24:13,596 Data, take Lt Yar down to sickbay. 275 00:24:13,721 --> 00:24:16,132 - Aye, sir. - Captain to Security. 276 00:24:16,269 --> 00:24:20,902 I want all your senior supervisors to report to the bridge immediately. 277 00:24:32,014 --> 00:24:33,296 Lt Yar? 278 00:24:34,311 --> 00:24:35,855 Here, Data. 279 00:24:40,951 --> 00:24:42,282 You wanted me? 280 00:24:48,302 --> 00:24:51,841 Capt Picard ordered me to escort you to sickbay, Lieutenant. 281 00:24:51,977 --> 00:24:53,937 Did he say when? 282 00:24:55,402 --> 00:25:01,780 I'm sure he meant now. So, you should get into uniform. 283 00:25:01,917 --> 00:25:05,623 But I got out of my uniform for you, Data. 284 00:25:07,096 --> 00:25:10,469 Do you know how old I was when I was abandoned? 285 00:25:10,604 --> 00:25:12,599 Chronological age? 286 00:25:12,734 --> 00:25:15,858 No. I'm afraid I am not familiar with... 287 00:25:15,992 --> 00:25:17,868 Five. 288 00:25:17,996 --> 00:25:22,082 Five years old. But I survived. 289 00:25:23,175 --> 00:25:25,800 I learned how to stay alive. 290 00:25:25,932 --> 00:25:28,806 How to avoid the rape gangs. 291 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,518 I was 15 before I escaped. 292 00:25:32,614 --> 00:25:36,154 I am sorry. I did not know. 293 00:25:37,167 --> 00:25:39,743 And what I want now is gentleness. 294 00:25:41,176 --> 00:25:42,506 And joy. 295 00:25:43,514 --> 00:25:45,641 And love. 296 00:25:45,770 --> 00:25:48,347 From you, Data. You are fully functional? 297 00:25:48,485 --> 00:25:51,026 - Of course, but... - How fully? 298 00:25:51,157 --> 00:25:52,867 In every way, of course. 299 00:25:52,995 --> 00:25:56,203 I am programmed in multiple techniques. 300 00:25:56,337 --> 00:25:59,211 A broad variety of pleasuring. 301 00:25:59,343 --> 00:26:04,475 Oh, you jewel! That's exactly what I hoped. 302 00:26:14,545 --> 00:26:16,956 What have you learned? 303 00:26:17,093 --> 00:26:19,469 The engines are cut off from the bridge. 304 00:26:19,599 --> 00:26:23,602 An engineer pulled out the isolinear optical chips from command. 305 00:26:23,733 --> 00:26:25,895 All the engines are off line. 306 00:26:26,030 --> 00:26:29,202 Wesley has hooked up some kind of tractor beam 307 00:26:29,330 --> 00:26:31,907 to the ship's power, aimed at the door. 308 00:26:32,462 --> 00:26:35,301 We can't get past to get to the computer. 309 00:26:35,427 --> 00:26:37,339 Can you short out the power? 310 00:26:38,225 --> 00:26:41,434 Yes, I can. But it's gonna take time. 311 00:26:41,567 --> 00:26:42,944 Do it. 312 00:26:46,913 --> 00:26:48,029 Bill? 313 00:26:53,470 --> 00:26:55,096 Deanna, what? 314 00:26:56,978 --> 00:27:01,528 So many minds on this ship, all free. 315 00:27:02,449 --> 00:27:04,029 Released. 316 00:27:04,162 --> 00:27:05,408 Deanna. 317 00:27:07,001 --> 00:27:09,162 I can feel them all. 318 00:27:09,298 --> 00:27:12,969 What they want, what they feel. 319 00:27:15,271 --> 00:27:18,561 It's a side of humans I never felt before. 320 00:27:20,700 --> 00:27:23,277 Come on. I'm getting you to sickbay. 321 00:27:23,875 --> 00:27:27,924 Wouldn't you rather be alone with me? With me in your mind? 322 00:27:43,379 --> 00:27:47,251 The medical records we found say this works almost instantly. 323 00:27:53,025 --> 00:27:55,105 It's not fair, Doc. 324 00:27:56,075 --> 00:28:01,206 I've never seen a rainbow, sunset, sunrise. 325 00:28:02,798 --> 00:28:04,794 This is gonna help me? 326 00:28:05,472 --> 00:28:07,432 Help me see like you? 327 00:28:16,289 --> 00:28:17,666 Dr Crusher? 328 00:28:24,975 --> 00:28:29,109 - Deanna needs your help. - The formula didn't work. 329 00:28:29,236 --> 00:28:34,200 It may induce the same symptoms, but somehow, it's different. 330 00:28:34,330 --> 00:28:38,251 Maybe it's mutated. I have to isolate it to analyze it. 331 00:28:38,382 --> 00:28:41,340 - We don't have time. - You brought Deanna in. 332 00:28:41,473 --> 00:28:45,427 Then you touched her! Oh, God! And you touched me. 333 00:28:47,111 --> 00:28:48,940 I've got to quarantine you. 334 00:28:49,074 --> 00:28:53,326 If I don't get the computer on line, none of this will matter. 335 00:28:53,459 --> 00:28:54,871 We'll all be dead. 336 00:29:03,524 --> 00:29:05,650 Captain's log, supplemental. 337 00:29:05,779 --> 00:29:09,617 It is no longer an inconvenient, childish prank. 338 00:29:09,747 --> 00:29:11,124 Young Wesley Crusher, 339 00:29:11,251 --> 00:29:14,920 admittedly a victim of the Tsiolkovsky infection, 340 00:29:15,051 --> 00:29:17,925 is now in control of my starship. 341 00:29:18,435 --> 00:29:22,354 Wesley, this is Capt Picard. Do you see me? 342 00:29:22,485 --> 00:29:23,767 Yes, sir. 343 00:29:23,905 --> 00:29:27,610 You will return control of this vessel to the bridge 344 00:29:27,747 --> 00:29:29,708 where it belongs at once. 345 00:29:30,504 --> 00:29:33,960 I'm sorry, sir. Tell me what you want done and I'll do it! 346 00:29:34,096 --> 00:29:37,303 Ship captains control their own vessels, young man. 347 00:29:37,437 --> 00:29:39,766 But, sir, you don't do it yourself. 348 00:29:39,901 --> 00:29:42,942 You give the orders but somebody else does it. 349 00:29:43,075 --> 00:29:45,830 What's wrong with giving me the orders? 350 00:29:45,957 --> 00:29:49,710 Captain, getting unusual readings now from the dwarf star. 351 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:51,920 Stand by on that for a moment. 352 00:29:52,055 --> 00:29:53,337 Wesley. 353 00:29:54,894 --> 00:29:56,474 Wes. 354 00:29:56,607 --> 00:30:00,395 Are you aware that you are behaving strangely, 355 00:30:00,532 --> 00:30:06,745 that a kind of infection was brought over from the Tsiolkovsky, 356 00:30:06,881 --> 00:30:10,468 which acts like... intoxication? 357 00:30:10,597 --> 00:30:14,732 Are you saying that's why I feel so hot? So strange? 358 00:30:14,858 --> 00:30:15,974 That's... 359 00:30:17,071 --> 00:30:20,076 That's a very adult bit of reasoning, Wesley. 360 00:30:20,913 --> 00:30:22,660 So, you mean I'm drunk! 361 00:30:22,793 --> 00:30:24,835 I feel strange, but also good. 362 00:30:24,965 --> 00:30:31,557 Because... you have lost the capacity for self-judgment. 363 00:30:31,688 --> 00:30:33,981 Now, alcohol does this, Wesley. 364 00:30:34,111 --> 00:30:38,494 The contaminant from the Tsiolkovsky does it even more so. 365 00:30:39,039 --> 00:30:41,960 What would you do if you got your ship back? 366 00:30:42,088 --> 00:30:45,462 Oh, it's very important I do, Wesley. 367 00:30:45,597 --> 00:30:50,514 I must lock a tractor beam on to the Tsiolkovsky and tow it... 368 00:30:50,650 --> 00:30:54,819 Tractor beams are my specialty. I'll get that done. Wesley out. 369 00:30:56,038 --> 00:30:57,450 Wesley! 370 00:31:03,095 --> 00:31:04,722 Where are you headed? 371 00:31:04,850 --> 00:31:08,603 Sir, the star. It's beginning to collapse. 372 00:31:15,542 --> 00:31:18,880 What the hell is happening in Engineering? 373 00:31:20,261 --> 00:31:21,887 Lock on. 374 00:31:23,936 --> 00:31:25,978 Lock on Tsiolkovsky. 375 00:31:30,326 --> 00:31:33,450 - Where's that sonic driver? - It's over there. 376 00:31:36,715 --> 00:31:40,719 OK, let's see if this cuts out his tractor beam power. 377 00:31:46,238 --> 00:31:48,281 Oh, come on. 378 00:31:51,208 --> 00:31:52,870 No! 379 00:31:54,716 --> 00:31:56,758 I must find the answer. 380 00:31:56,888 --> 00:31:59,133 I've got to find the answer. 381 00:32:07,037 --> 00:32:11,171 Captain, tractor beam. We just locked on to the Tsiolkovsky. 382 00:32:11,297 --> 00:32:12,959 Captain to... 383 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:17,768 Wesley! Wesley Crusher, come in. 384 00:32:17,895 --> 00:32:19,558 Good, Data. 385 00:32:22,323 --> 00:32:26,195 - At least you're functioning. - Fully, Captain. 386 00:32:27,961 --> 00:32:33,841 Data, intoxication is a human condition. Your brain is different. 387 00:32:33,975 --> 00:32:36,054 It's not the same as... 388 00:32:36,188 --> 00:32:40,108 We're more alike than unlike, my dear Captain. 389 00:32:42,119 --> 00:32:45,208 I have pores. Humans have pores. 390 00:32:46,128 --> 00:32:49,668 I have... fingerprints. 391 00:32:49,803 --> 00:32:52,179 Humans have fingerprints. 392 00:32:52,310 --> 00:32:55,398 My chemical nutrients are like your blood. 393 00:32:57,071 --> 00:32:58,816 If you prick me, 394 00:33:00,286 --> 00:33:03,078 do I not... leak? 395 00:33:06,050 --> 00:33:06,881 Doctor... 396 00:33:07,011 --> 00:33:10,847 Captain, can I see you in your room? It's private. 397 00:33:10,978 --> 00:33:13,769 - No, actually, it's urgent. - But... 398 00:33:16,867 --> 00:33:18,447 Damn it! 399 00:33:24,093 --> 00:33:27,513 - Now, Doctor... - I have become infected myself. 400 00:33:27,976 --> 00:33:30,055 Do you know what the infection is? 401 00:33:31,777 --> 00:33:32,976 Come on, quickly. 402 00:33:33,113 --> 00:33:37,164 Sorry. It is definitely like alcohol intoxication. 403 00:33:37,290 --> 00:33:39,784 The same lack of good judgment. 404 00:33:39,921 --> 00:33:45,089 For example, right now, I find you extremely... 405 00:33:46,102 --> 00:33:47,729 Extremely... 406 00:33:48,483 --> 00:33:50,811 We haven't time for that sort of thing. 407 00:33:50,947 --> 00:33:55,746 - What sort of thing? - God, would I love to show you! 408 00:33:55,875 --> 00:33:59,830 Doctor, there must be a cure. Some formula... 409 00:34:02,473 --> 00:34:04,303 ...similar to the old one. 410 00:34:04,436 --> 00:34:06,266 Damn it, Captain! 411 00:34:07,987 --> 00:34:10,861 My dear Captain. 412 00:34:13,123 --> 00:34:17,876 You owe me something. You do realize that, don't you? 413 00:34:18,010 --> 00:34:23,641 I'm a woman. I haven't had the comfort of a husband, a man. 414 00:34:28,159 --> 00:34:31,330 Not now, Doctor. Please! 415 00:34:43,820 --> 00:34:45,482 Bridge to Riker. Urgent. 416 00:34:45,616 --> 00:34:47,576 - Riker here. - Sir. 417 00:34:47,704 --> 00:34:49,035 Regret to inform you 418 00:34:49,167 --> 00:34:52,789 that the Captain appears to be infected, and Data. 419 00:34:53,176 --> 00:34:57,510 Thank you, Lieutenant, I'm on my way. You'll have to handle this. 420 00:34:57,644 --> 00:35:00,186 Are you saying you're gonna handle that? 421 00:35:13,014 --> 00:35:17,516 What we're seeing is a huge chunk of the star surface blown away, 422 00:35:17,649 --> 00:35:18,896 heading for us. 423 00:35:21,242 --> 00:35:22,868 Take us... 424 00:35:23,497 --> 00:35:25,539 Are you alright, sir? 425 00:35:25,668 --> 00:35:28,376 Worf, you do know what to do. 426 00:35:28,508 --> 00:35:30,753 Take us, er... 427 00:35:30,888 --> 00:35:33,431 - Take us out of here. - Right. 428 00:35:45,256 --> 00:35:48,296 - Controls are still off line, sir. - Override. 429 00:35:52,272 --> 00:35:53,733 Same result, sir. 430 00:36:00,959 --> 00:36:03,086 Wes, come in, please. 431 00:36:04,426 --> 00:36:06,552 Wesley Crusher, this is Riker. 432 00:36:06,681 --> 00:36:09,354 This is urgent. Come in, please. 433 00:36:19,085 --> 00:36:22,624 Engineering, urgent. We must have ship's power. 434 00:36:24,138 --> 00:36:27,477 These are control chips. 435 00:36:32,909 --> 00:36:36,164 - Bridge from Engineering. - The star is collapsing. 436 00:36:36,292 --> 00:36:39,000 - We're in the path... - I can't help you. 437 00:36:39,132 --> 00:36:41,507 Someone yanked out the control chips. 438 00:36:41,638 --> 00:36:43,597 It was an adult who did it. 439 00:36:43,726 --> 00:36:46,731 I estimate 14 minutes until that mass gets here. 440 00:36:46,859 --> 00:36:51,990 No, sir, I cannot replace the chips in 14 minutes. Two hours, maybe. 441 00:36:52,121 --> 00:36:54,365 Data could assemble them faster. 442 00:36:56,339 --> 00:36:59,927 What's that? What's that, Wesley? 443 00:37:00,056 --> 00:37:03,014 They're simple isolinear chips to Data. 444 00:37:03,146 --> 00:37:05,605 He can shuffle them like cards. 445 00:37:05,735 --> 00:37:07,898 Come on, Data, hurry. 446 00:37:13,754 --> 00:37:17,841 Ship's log, First Officer Riker. Enterprise will be destroyed 447 00:37:17,973 --> 00:37:21,311 unless it is moved out of the path of the star material. 448 00:37:21,439 --> 00:37:25,228 Our only hope is for Lt Cmdr Data, in the time we have left, 449 00:37:25,365 --> 00:37:28,739 to reconnect engine power to the bridge. 450 00:37:28,874 --> 00:37:31,368 - Nice to see you, Wesley. - Hi, Mr. Data. 451 00:37:31,505 --> 00:37:36,885 Get the damn control chips back in place, in the correct order. Now! 452 00:37:37,017 --> 00:37:40,474 It's like a game. How fast can you do it? 453 00:37:40,609 --> 00:37:42,153 A game. 454 00:37:52,095 --> 00:37:54,969 I think I can switch this to main viewer, sir. 455 00:38:09,384 --> 00:38:13,091 Data, we've eight or nine minutes. Can you finish by then? 456 00:38:13,227 --> 00:38:17,812 No, this will take slightly more time than we have, sir. 457 00:38:27,302 --> 00:38:30,556 Damn it, no. I can't afford to get this. 458 00:38:41,752 --> 00:38:42,917 Beverly. 459 00:38:44,008 --> 00:38:45,385 Yes, Jean-Luc? 460 00:38:47,015 --> 00:38:49,936 You will address me as Captain. 461 00:38:50,355 --> 00:38:51,816 Captain? 462 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:55,568 Well then, my dear Captain, 463 00:38:55,702 --> 00:39:00,619 you will address me as Chief Medical Officer, or Doctor. 464 00:39:00,755 --> 00:39:03,843 I will? That's true. 465 00:39:04,639 --> 00:39:09,557 I started out by calling you Beverly. Of course, naturally, you... 466 00:39:10,778 --> 00:39:13,272 I'm still not thinking straight. 467 00:39:13,660 --> 00:39:16,071 Likewise. Where the hell was I headed? 468 00:39:18,547 --> 00:39:21,670 If that's something you were going to test... 469 00:39:21,804 --> 00:39:24,559 Yes, on Geordi. Come here. 470 00:39:38,594 --> 00:39:41,349 See how I reversed the fields on this? 471 00:39:41,475 --> 00:39:43,601 I made it into a repulser beam. 472 00:39:44,983 --> 00:39:47,775 If we just had one minute more, sir. 473 00:40:01,522 --> 00:40:05,394 If this were a hundred times more powerful than it is... 474 00:40:09,332 --> 00:40:11,827 Why not try it with the real thing? 475 00:40:13,133 --> 00:40:15,971 Why not reverse fields? We need an extra minute. 476 00:40:16,098 --> 00:40:19,222 It would take weeks of laying out new circuits. 477 00:40:19,356 --> 00:40:21,268 Why not just see it in your head? 478 00:40:24,701 --> 00:40:28,656 Come off the main lead, split off at the force activator. 479 00:40:29,170 --> 00:40:30,916 Then... 480 00:40:32,762 --> 00:40:35,636 If I could just think straight about this. 481 00:40:36,896 --> 00:40:40,817 I made this a broader-based remedy. I hope. 482 00:40:40,948 --> 00:40:46,031 It's still very close to the formula from the old Enterprise records. 483 00:40:46,168 --> 00:40:48,627 Decades ago. Light years away. 484 00:40:48,757 --> 00:40:52,381 But almost exactly the same conditions as here. 485 00:40:52,517 --> 00:40:55,272 Wow! What was in that, Doctor? 486 00:40:55,398 --> 00:40:58,189 My head is beginning to clear. 487 00:40:58,321 --> 00:40:59,948 Come here. 488 00:41:05,004 --> 00:41:06,798 Take this to Engineering. 489 00:41:06,925 --> 00:41:09,086 I'll make up hypos for the others. 490 00:41:09,222 --> 00:41:11,931 OK, Bev. 491 00:41:25,886 --> 00:41:27,928 We're not gonna make it, Captain. 492 00:41:28,058 --> 00:41:30,552 If we only had a minute or so more. 493 00:41:40,169 --> 00:41:44,173 Then reverse in power leads, back through the force activator. 494 00:41:44,305 --> 00:41:48,390 Repulser beam hard against Tsiolkovsky. 495 00:41:53,116 --> 00:41:55,790 Don't you see? It's giving us a push-off. 496 00:41:55,915 --> 00:41:57,709 The extra time we need. 497 00:42:00,384 --> 00:42:01,928 We're pushing away. 498 00:42:23,479 --> 00:42:26,104 Bridge, engage engines. 499 00:42:36,635 --> 00:42:40,424 Captain, something seemed to move us aside at the last minute. 500 00:42:40,561 --> 00:42:42,806 Do we owe our thanks to Cmdr Data, sir? 501 00:42:42,941 --> 00:42:47,490 Yes, and Wesley may have given us a few seconds, too. 502 00:42:47,619 --> 00:42:49,911 Did he say Wesley? The boy? 503 00:42:50,042 --> 00:42:52,203 He said Wesley. 504 00:42:57,726 --> 00:43:01,396 It's only fair to mention Wesley in the log entry, sir. 505 00:43:03,698 --> 00:43:05,028 Fair's fair. 506 00:43:06,371 --> 00:43:09,377 Let's credit his science teacher, too. 507 00:43:29,759 --> 00:43:33,098 - Congratulations, sir. - To many people. 508 00:43:48,678 --> 00:43:52,267 Data, I'm only going to tell you this just once. 509 00:43:52,396 --> 00:43:54,475 It never happened. 510 00:44:00,038 --> 00:44:02,367 I put it to you all, 511 00:44:02,503 --> 00:44:05,424 I think we shall end up with a fine crew... 512 00:44:06,429 --> 00:44:08,507 ...if we avoid temptation. 513 00:44:13,445 --> 00:44:17,151 So, Number One, let's go to our next job. 514 00:44:17,287 --> 00:44:18,403 Aye, sir. 515 00:44:18,540 --> 00:44:20,749 Prepare for warp three. 516 00:44:21,714 --> 00:44:24,340 Headed 294, mark 37. 517 00:44:24,471 --> 00:44:28,723 Warp three, heading 294, mark 37, sir. 518 00:44:28,856 --> 00:44:30,650 Engage.