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Its trajectory is erratic.
Our sensors aren't detecting anything
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that could account for its motion.
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Then it isn't a comet?
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And yet it looks, feels and tastes
just like a comet.
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There's a chance there are
magnetodynamic forces acting on it
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that are too subtle
for our sensors to detect.
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Or it may be something
we've never encountered.
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B'Elanna, let's beam aboard a sample
for examination.
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Harry, lock onto a core fragment.
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Having no trouble penetrating the crust.
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- Janeway to Torres. We're ready.
- Setting up a containment field.
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- Field in place.
- Commence transport.
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Energising.
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Hello. My name is Q.
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Torres to Janeway.
You'd better get down here, Captain.
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That transport brought a man aboard.
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He says his name is Q.
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Red Alert. I'll be right down.
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Don't bother, Captain.
Let me take you to lunch instead.
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What a pleasure it is to meet you.
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It's been so long since I greeted anyone.
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Here. Take a seat.
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Allow me to make the setting
more appropriate.
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I am Kathryn Janeway, Captain of the...
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Federation starship Voyager.
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Yes. I know all that.
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Welsh rarebit like your grandfather
used to make.
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Rabbit? She never told me
she likes rabbits.
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What is a rabbit, anyway?
Is this some new chef?
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Please, eat.
It's to express my appreciation.
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- Appreciation for what?
- For releasing me from captivity.
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You were being held against your will
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inside the comet?
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In a manner of speaking.
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And you, all of you.
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You're mortals, aren't you?
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Who was holding you prisoner?
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You only live for nine years.
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- That's right.
- How I envy you.
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Why?
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Because the one thing I want,
more than any other, is to die.
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I don't know what you want here,
but I know who you are.
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Every captain has been briefed
about your appearances and...
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My appearances?
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You've mistaken me for...
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Oh, well. No matter. I really must
get on with my business
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before the others realise I'm here.
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When someone asks you about me,
and they will, would you tell them...
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I've had 300 years to think
of appropriate last words.
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I wanted something memorable.
You know, quotable.
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Would you tell them I said,
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"I die not for myself but for you".
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I know. Enigmatic. Provocative.
They'll understand.
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Well, goodbye to you all. Many thanks.
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Here's the end of me.
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Oh, dear. That's not right.
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Torres to Janeway.
All the men have disappeared.
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Report to the bridge. Janeway out.
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- Bring them back. Now.
- Of course.
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I'm a little out of practice.
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That's that, I'm afraid. They're gone.
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- Gone? Where?
- Just gone.
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I apologise for the inconvenience.
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Good luck to you all.
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- I really have to be going now.
- Return my crew.
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I'm not sure how.
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Humans. Humans.
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Who would have more recent
experience with humans?
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What have you done now, Q?
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Now isn't this just fine?
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Humans shouldn't be
in this quadrant for 100 years.
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I didn't bring them here.
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- How did you get out?
- We're responsible for that.
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That's what we get for having a woman
in the captain's seat.
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I thought Riker
would get this command.
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May I assume you're the Q
I've heard so much about?
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Have you heard about little me? Do tell.
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Has Jean-Luc been whispering about me
behind my back?
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Say, is this a ship of the Valkyries
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or have you finally done away
with your men?
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There was a slight accident.
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A slight accident? Let me guess.
You were trying to commit suicide.
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Now you see why we've locked him up
for 300 years.
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Facial art. How very wilderness of you.
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Captain?
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- We should be going.
- I'm not leaving.
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Captain Janeway, I demand asylum.
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- This is a joke!
- No, it isn't.
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I'm asking you to grant me asylum
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and give me protection from my enemy,
which is him.
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You ask humans
to protect you from me?
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Fat chance.
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- What did you do to him?
- Nothing.
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He's in the 24th Century. I just took
us to an old hiding place of mine.
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- Report.
- Captain...
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- There are no stars outside.
- Actually, there's no universe outside.
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On screen.
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- Commander?
- There's a build-up of baryonic particles.
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Perfectly normal.
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It appears we've been transported
back in time to the birth of the universe.
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- Very old hiding place.
- I know all the hiding places, Q.
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I hid here from the Continuum
myself once.
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We will not survive
the formation of the cosmos.
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But think of the honour of having
your DNA spread across the universe.
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You could be the origin
of the humanoid form.
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Q, either Q, get us out of here.
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You heard the lady, Q.
Back to your cell.
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- We're under attack.
- By a ship?
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By... I'm not sure what they are.
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I don't believe this,
but according to my readings,
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we're being attacked by protons.
We've been reduced to subatoms.
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He'll never find us here.
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See if you can release
a positive ion charge to repel them.
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Ready or not, here I am.
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- Now what?
- Checking.
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We seem to be tethered
to some kind of large... plant.
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Let's see it.
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Computer, I need a wider angle.
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- You can't hide from me, Q.
- And you can't take me by force.
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I'll stalemate you for eternity.
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The hell you will.
The vaunted Q Continuum.
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Self-anointed guardians of the universe.
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How dare you endanger this crew
with your personal tug-of-war?
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Did anyone ever say
you're angry when you're beautiful?
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- We're back where we started.
- I'm not going back to that cell.
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Would you like to spend eternity
as a Gorokian midwife toad?
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- Just try it.
- Stop!
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You want asylum?
Fine. We'll have a hearing.
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A hearing? You would have me put
his future into your delicate little hands?
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So touchably soft!
What is your secret, dear?
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When a captain receives a request
for asylum there is a procedure.
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I suggest, to end your deadlock,
and to save my ship, that we follow it.
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This could go on
for a millennium or two.
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I accept on behalf of the Continuum
on one condition.
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If you rule in our favour,
Q agrees to return to his confinement.
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And if you rule in my favour,
the Continuum must grant me mortality.
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So you can kill yourself?
Accepted.
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This will be an amusing diversion.
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Will you send him to prison for eternity
or will you assist in his suicide plan?
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Tough. But that's why they made you
Captain. To handle the real tough ones.
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My, my. Now I guess we get to find out
whether the pants really fit.
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- Am I interrupting anything?
- I am curious.
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Have the Q always lacked manners,
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or is it the result of an evolutionary
process that comes with omnipotence?
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What? Oh, you mean just popping in
whenever we feel like it.
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- That is one relevant example.
- I apologise.
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I guess we just stopped
thinking about the little niceties.
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So it seems.
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We're not omnipotent. No matter what
the Continuum wants you to believe.
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You seem powerful to life-forms
without your technical expertise.
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It's no different with us. We may appear
omnipotent but believe me, we're not.
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Intriguing. Just what vulnerabilities
do the Q have?
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Always looking for the tactical
advantage, Mr Tuvok. Very good.
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In fact, that's why I've come to see you.
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In a way, our vulnerability
is what this is all about.
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As the Q have evolved,
we've sacrificed many things.
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Not just manners but mortality
and a sense of purpose
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and a desire for change
and a capacity to grow.
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Each loss is a new vulnerability,
wouldn't you say?
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- Why are you telling me this?
- Because I want you to represent me.
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Me? I have no legal expertise.
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I need someone who understands
Federation asylum practices.
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Besides, Vulcans approve of suicide.
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It is true that Vulcans who have reached
infirmity do practise ritual suicides.
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But I fail to see how that would be
meaningful in this circumstance.
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I have the right to counsel, Mr Tuvok.
Will you assist me?
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I expect all parties to act appropriately
and with respect for these proceedings.
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I will not have this hearing
turned into a circus. Is that clear?
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Is that clear, Q?
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Madam Captain, this is an issue
of great importance to the Q Continuum.
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We take this matter very seriously.
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Thank you. And please don't call me
"Madam Captain".
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Since your asylum would lead to suicide,
you place me in a difficult position.
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- I understand.
- Why do you want to commit suicide?
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As difficult as it is for you to imagine,
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for me, immortality is impossible
to endure any longer.
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In the Continuum, one is obliged to be
responsible to the path his life follows.
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His life will follow. Emphasise life.
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I never yielded that obligation
to the Continuum.
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The path I choose leads to death.
What right have they to interfere?
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He's putting his wishes
above everyone else's.
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If I don't agree with the majority
I'm to be locked up for eternity.
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Only because you're intent
on harming yourself.
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With your permission, Captain, I would
like to call an expert on the Continuum
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to discuss the implications
of our decision.
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- Proceed.
- I call myself to the stand.
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Thank you for coming.
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It's an honour to have someone of your
reputation and accomplishment with us.
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Tell me, what would be the impact
of a Q suicide?
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It would interrupt the Continuum.
It would change the nature of Q.
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- Can you be more specific?
- No.
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We're not sure
what the result would be.
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His suicide
could have unknown consequences.
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Precisely. It would force the Q
to deal with the unknown
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for the first time
since the New Era began.
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They're afraid of me
because they're afraid of the unknown.
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How would you characterise
his remarks?
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No Q has ever tried to commit suicide.
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Immortality is one of the defining
qualities of being a Q.
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By every measure of the Continuum,
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his remarks would have to be
considered as mentally unbalanced.
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00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:23,835
Mentally unbalanced?
No civilised people in the universe,
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including the primitive
Federation societies,
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would condone the suicide
of a mentally unbalanced person.
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Can you offer any other evidence
of mental instability?
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What more do I need?
He wants to kill himself.
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Until this issue arose, he was known
as one of your great philosophers.
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- Is that not true?
- Not now.
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00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:53,115
You judge him mentally unbalanced
due to his wish to commit suicide.
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I submit that is a faulty premise.
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In many cultures, suicide is acceptable
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and cannot be used
as evidence of mental illness.
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00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,388
- I tend to agree with Mr Tuvok.
- Vulcans.
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00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:12,509
Isn't it true that the Continuum
has executed Q's for certain crimes?
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00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:16,958
- On rare occasions, yes.
- Did that interrupt the Continuum?
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Their crimes created the interruption.
I know where you're going with this.
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00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:26,995
Our society, like any other,
must control its disruptive elements.
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An execution may be undesirable,
219
00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:33,549
but on some rare occasions,
it is necessary and warranted.
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The decision to proceed is made
only after great deliberation.
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You cannot imagine the chaos
that would be created
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if individuals could choose life or death.
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This is a matter of social order
versus anarchy.
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I understand.
And you find nothing contradictory
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in a society that outlaws suicide
but practises capital punishment?
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00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:04,438
- No.
- Any other questions, Lieutenant?
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00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:11,876
Just one other thing.
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Were you yourself not once accused
of being mentally unstable?
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Were you not disciplined?
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- Objection.
- I'll allow the question.
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My record has been expunged.
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I will take that as a yes.
Thank you. That is all.
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You're excused.
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If I may beg the court's indulgence,
I have other witnesses.
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To what end?
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I'm here to argue for the majesty of life,
what it means to be alive.
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A Q's life takes him
across the universe.
238
00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:51,312
This Q's life has touched and affected
many others, including some on Earth.
239
00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:57,237
I want to call some of the people whose
lives have been changed by this Q.
240
00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,789
You want to bring people here
from Earth?
241
00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:05,796
It won't impact the time line and no one
will remember having been here.
242
00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:09,919
This is most unusual.
Do you have any objection, Mr Tuvok?
243
00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,594
I am as curious as you are, Captain.
244
00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,752
Very well. Proceed.
245
00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:24,231
Q. What the hell is going on?
246
00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:31,272
My apologies, Commander. To you all.
My name is Kathryn Janeway.
247
00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:34,557
Captain Janeway. U.S.S. Voyager.
248
00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,917
That's correct, Commander.
You're aboard Voyager.
249
00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:42,153
We're lost in the Delta Quadrant.
I wish you could tell them that at home,
250
00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,073
but your memories will be wiped
before you get back.
251
00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:49,518
God, if you let me live through this,
I promise I'll clean up my act.
252
00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,309
I demand an explanation!
Why are you dressed like this?
253
00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:57,314
- Have you looked in a mirror lately?
- Allow me to explain, Mr...
254
00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:01,155
Ginsberg. Maury Ginsberg.
255
00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:05,791
- Sir Isaac Newton.
- William Riker. Nice to meet you.
256
00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:10,750
Consider for a moment that it might be
possible to travel forward in time,
257
00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,275
say to the 24th Century,
258
00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:19,231
onto a starship
75,000 light years from Earth.
259
00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,315
You're having a very strange dream,
260
00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:31,190
and in this dream you're seeing
this man, whom you've all met before.
261
00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:34,989
Yes, I have. You were
sitting under the tree the day...
262
00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,789
- The day the apple fell on your head.
- Yes, that's right.
263
00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:43,750
Quite a day, wasn't it? This man
jostled the tree when he got up to leave.
264
00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,150
Just before the apple fell, yes.
265
00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,118
And a new era in human science
was born.
266
00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,078
Wait a minute.
Weren't you the guy in the Jeep?
267
00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,199
The guy in the Jeep,
268
00:20:56,360 --> 00:21:00,478
who picked you up after your vehicle
broke down that afternoon.
269
00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,552
- Isn't that right?
- He was a life-saver.
270
00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:07,872
My van died and he dragged it
off the road because of all the traffic.
271
00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:12,556
- You were on your way to a job.
- I was meant to be on the follow spot.
272
00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:14,995
I wouldn't have made it without him.
273
00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:19,438
What happened with that groovy chick
with the long red beads?
274
00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:24,196
- I've been looking for her.
- You'll see her again, don't worry.
275
00:21:24,360 --> 00:21:28,035
You were a spotlight operator
at an outdoor concert,
276
00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:33,069
which was put in jeopardy before it
began because the sound system failed.
277
00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:38,075
Somebody must have snagged an
extension chord with one of the trucks.
278
00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:42,552
- I'm just lucky I noticed it.
- The right place at the right time.
279
00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,280
It would have taken days
to find the problem
280
00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,749
and there would have been no concert.
281
00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:50,195
I'm sorry to say I have met him.
282
00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:53,591
- But I've never seen this man before.
- Are you sure?
283
00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:58,880
My client has been in captivity
during Commander Riker's lifetime.
284
00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,838
Have you seen this photograph before?
285
00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:09,752
Sure I have. That is Colonel Thaddius
Riker after he was wounded.
286
00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,388
They used to call him Old Iron Boots.
287
00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:16,997
He was in command of the 102nd New
York during Sherman's march on Atlanta.
288
00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:22,598
This picture was taken in 1864,
just after they let him out of the hospital.
289
00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,354
And the soldier beside him?
290
00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:32,596
I'll be damned. It's him.
291
00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:38,471
He carried your wounded ancestor
back from the front line.
292
00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,995
Didn't you?
293
00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:48,158
My point is, Captain, Q has had
a profound influence on these lives.
294
00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:53,235
Without Q, Isaac Newton would have
died forgotten in a Liverpool prison,
295
00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,233
a suspect in several prostitute murders.
296
00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:01,030
Without Q,
there would have been no concert at...
297
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,873
- Woodstock.
- Wherever.
298
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,555
Mr Ginsberg would never have met
his future wife,
299
00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,393
the "groovy chick
with the long red beads,"
300
00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:14,917
or become an orthodontist,
settled in Scarsdale with four kids.
301
00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,514
- Far out.
- Yes.
302
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,990
Without Q, there would have been
no William T Riker.
303
00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:25,995
And I would have lost a dozen good
opportunities to insult him.
304
00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:32,872
And lest I forget, without Q, the Borg
would have assimilated the Federation.
305
00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,316
Thank you. Thank you.
306
00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:42,112
This is the life that Q treats without
respect and would give up so easily.
307
00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,670
May I remind this hearing
and my learned colleague
308
00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:50,311
that for three centuries my client has
not been allowed contact with anyone.
309
00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,870
I wish to reproduce
his confined environment
310
00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,429
- I object.
- No.
311
00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,909
I'll allow this.
312
00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,516
These are the conditions
my client would live in for eternity
313
00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,671
if you deny him asylum.
314
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,035
We want him to reconsider his position.
315
00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,476
- I will never change my mind.
- This is your doing.
316
00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:21,474
You could live a normal life
if you were willing to.
317
00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,870
Please return us to the hearing room.
318
00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,956
The quality of life
my client will have to endure
319
00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:32,588
should be considered in this proceeding.
320
00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:39,359
I don't like those conditions either,
and I wouldn't want to spend a day there.
321
00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:43,918
But I'm here to rule on a request
for asylum,
322
00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,197
not to judge the penal system
of the Q Continuum.
323
00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:49,715
And he does have a point.
324
00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:53,509
You were confined
to prevent you from harming yourself.
325
00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:59,396
I've been doing a lot of research,
studying cultural attitudes on suicide
326
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,755
to frame the basis of the decision.
327
00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,515
Do you know the "double effect"
principle on assisted suicide
328
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,830
from the Bolian middle ages?
329
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,675
I believe it relates
to the relief of suffering.
330
00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:18,154
"An action that has the principle effect
of relieving suffering may be justified
331
00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:22,871
"even though the same action has
the effect of possibly causing death."
332
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,636
This is the only thing I can find
333
00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,712
that could convince me
to decide in your favour, Q.
334
00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:36,991
And yet you don't seem by our
standards aged, infirm or in any pain.
335
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,515
Can you show us that you suffer
in any manner
336
00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:42,638
other than that caused
by your incarceration?
337
00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:48,555
Any suffering that would justify
a decision to grant you asylum?
338
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:56,998
May I request a recess
to consider our response?
339
00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:58,673
Granted.
340
00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,278
We're going to lose, aren't we?
341
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:08,389
We have not yet convinced the Captain
of the validity of our argument.
342
00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:13,350
You're doing a fine job, Mr Tuvok.
I'm glad someone believes in me.
343
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,990
I'm representing your position
to the best of my ability.
344
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,993
It is most definitely not my own.
345
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,630
I see no evidence
that a life like yours should be wasted
346
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:25,756
simply because you are disgruntled.
347
00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:29,390
Frankly, I see no logic to your position.
348
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:36,511
You... surprise me, Mr Tuvok,
which is a rare and special gift to a Q.
349
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:43,828
But if only you knew what life as a Q
were like, you would see the logic.
350
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,275
Then perhaps what we should do next
351
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,876
is take this hearing to see life
in the Continuum itself.
352
00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:58,516
Captain's log, supplemental.
353
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,150
I want to find an alternative
to suicide or prison,
354
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:05,392
so I've summoned
the advocate Q to make a proposal.
355
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,313
- What is it?
- Come to the next session.
356
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:12,758
Say that the Continuum
will reintegrate Q into your society,
357
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:16,151
that you won't condemn him
to that cell for eternity.
358
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,390
And you will rule in our favour?
359
00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:22,109
I would consider it a meaningful
gesture by the Continuum.
360
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:25,670
How would you know if I intended
to keep my word?
361
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:29,515
Based on my research,
you have been many things -
362
00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,831
a rude, interfering,
inconsiderate, sadistic...
363
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,594
- You've made your point.
...pest.
364
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,230
And you introduced us to the Borg.
Thank you very much.
365
00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,597
But one thing
you have never been is a liar.
366
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:47,714
I think you've uncovered
my one redeeming virtue.
367
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,792
Am I blushing?
368
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:55,954
I wish I could help you, Kathy,
but we're dealing with a dangerous man.
369
00:27:56,120 --> 00:28:01,353
I didn't tell you this,
but one of his self-destructive stunts
370
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:07,072
ignited the 100-year war between
the Romulans and the Vulcans.
371
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:11,358
No. This man goes back
into his confinement.
372
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:15,752
But I would like to make it easier
for you.
373
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:20,833
The Continuum is prepared
to do you a little favour...
374
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,714
if we approve of your ruling.
375
00:28:26,120 --> 00:28:28,111
Look out the window.
376
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,270
Now you see it, now you don't.
377
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:58,155
We are prepared to illustrate
the nature of Q's suffering.
378
00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:01,949
We must show this hearing
what life is like in the Continuum.
379
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:06,511
- How do you intend to do that?
- By going to the Continuum itself.
380
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:10,593
- Is this possible?
- No, you would never understand.
381
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:15,470
We should inspect the conditions
that led to my client's suffering.
382
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:17,949
I would agree with that.
383
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,632
- You have some crazy idea?
- Yes.
384
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,429
- Only if...
- Fine.
385
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,758
We've agreed on a format
for this sojourn.
386
00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:36,436
- But I still believe it's ill-advised.
- I'll be the judge of that.
387
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,958
Whenever you're ready.
388
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,831
This is the Q Continuum?
A road in a desert?
389
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,549
- I told you so.
- This is a manifestation of it.
390
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:58,269
We hope this falls
within your comprehension.
391
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,510
This way.
392
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,475
Good afternoon.
393
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:47,877
I apologise for their lack of hospitality.
We're not used to visitors.
394
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,838
You're the only ones
who've ever come.
395
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,833
Then what is the purpose of the road?
396
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,036
It takes us to the rest of the universe
397
00:30:56,200 --> 00:31:00,193
then it leads back here,
an endless circle.
398
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,874
This was your existence before?
399
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:08,239
I've travelled the road many times,
sat on the porch, played the games,
400
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,153
been the dog, everything.
401
00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:13,880
- I was even the scarecrow.
- Why?
402
00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:18,716
- Because I hadn't done it.
- We've all done that. Big deal.
403
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:24,598
I can't say I entirely understand this
but they don't seem to be suffering.
404
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,558
Of course not! They're happy people.
405
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,757
What's there to feel sad about?
Look at them.
406
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,799
They don't dare feel sad.
If they could, that would be progress.
407
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:38,712
The philosopher speaks.
408
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,872
When I was a respected philosopher,
409
00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:46,830
I celebrated the continuity,
the undeviation of Q life.
410
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:52,791
Our civilisation had achieved a purity
that no other culture had approached.
411
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:56,396
And it was wonderful. For a while.
412
00:31:56,560 --> 00:32:00,394
At the beginning of the New Era,
life as a Q was a constant dialogue
413
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:04,633
of discovery and issues and humour
from all over the universe.
414
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,712
But listen to their dialogue now.
415
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:12,158
- I'm afraid I cannot hear any.
- Because it has all been said.
416
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,357
Everyone has heard everything,
seen everything.
417
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,751
They haven't had to speak
in ten millennia.
418
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,036
There's nothing left to say.
419
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:25,079
I appreciate a little peace and quiet
now and again.
420
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:29,311
- It's ironic, isn't it?
- I don't know what you mean.
421
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:33,519
You do. That you of all people
should be arguing their case.
422
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:36,790
I believe in the purity of the Q.
423
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:42,193
You who was banned and made mortal
to pay for your crimes?
424
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:47,957
My penance has ended. I'm
a born-again Q. That life is behind me.
425
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:52,318
What a shame.
In many ways, that life inspired me.
426
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:56,553
- It did? I did?
- Yes. You never knew that, did you?
427
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:03,153
Q rebelled against this existence
by refusing to behave himself.
428
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:08,155
He used his powers irresponsibly
and all for his own amusement
429
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:12,518
and he desperately needed amusement
because he could find none here.
430
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:14,989
I paid for my inappropriate behaviour.
431
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,436
No, we paid the price
by forcing you to stop.
432
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:23,628
But for a moment you really
had our attention. My attention.
433
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:26,268
You gave us something to talk about.
434
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:31,469
But then you surrendered
to the will of the Continuum
435
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:35,315
and you've become
a fine, upstanding member of it.
436
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:42,352
But I miss the irrepressible Q,
the one who forced me to think.
437
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,396
May I borrow this?
438
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:55,195
This was the beginning
of my fall from grace.
439
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:59,831
This was the last edition. They shut
down the presses after I wrote that.
440
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:04,312
But I continued to speak out
in favour of self-termination.
441
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:08,075
That's when he started
trying to destroy himself.
442
00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:11,152
We had to confine him
for his own safety.
443
00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:13,880
Not for my safety. For theirs.
444
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:17,077
I was the greatest threat
the Continuum had ever known.
445
00:34:17,240 --> 00:34:21,472
They feared me so much
they had to lock me away for eternity.
446
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:26,077
And when they did that they were
saying that the individual's rights
447
00:34:26,240 --> 00:34:31,598
would be protected only so long
as they don't conflict with the state.
448
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:35,355
Nothing is so dangerous to a society.
449
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:41,990
My life's work is complete
but they force immortality on me.
450
00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:46,711
And when they do that,
they cheapen and denigrate my life
451
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:50,475
and all life in the Continuum.
452
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:56,714
Captain, you're an explorer.
What if you had nothing left to explore?
453
00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:00,395
Would you want to live forever
under those circumstances?
454
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:06,590
You want me to prove I suffer in terms
you can equate with pain or disease.
455
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:13,233
Look at us. When life has become
futile, meaningless, unendurable,
456
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:16,312
it must be allowed to end.
457
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:24,033
Can't you see, Captain?
For us, the disease is immortality.
458
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:32,113
We rest our case, Captain.
459
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:37,836
Very well.
I'll make my ruling in the morning.
460
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,355
We'll be in recess until then.
461
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:14,916
Trouble sleeping?
462
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,673
Did you ever try
warm Kylerian goat's milk?
463
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,276
- Get out.
- Did you think about our offer?
464
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:29,070
- You mean your bribe.
- An incentive to make the right choice.
465
00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:31,959
It will play no part in my deliberations.
466
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,469
No, I told them it wouldn't.
467
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:38,279
So I talked them into
giving you what you asked for.
468
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,557
You have my word.
He won't go back to the cell.
469
00:36:41,720 --> 00:36:45,474
We'll assign someone
to look after him. Whatever it takes.
470
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:50,270
- It's what you wanted, isn't it?
- That's what I wanted.
471
00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:53,193
So you've won.
472
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:58,309
Let's celebrate. Just you and me.
The two of us.
473
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:01,199
- What?
- I'll take you home.
474
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,909
Before you know it
you'll be with your little puppies,
475
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:07,150
the grass beneath your bare feet.
476
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:10,915
The man coming over the hill
in the distance waves to you.
477
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:16,108
You run to be in his arms and as
you get closer you see that it's... me.
478
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:19,829
- You?
- Forget Mark.
479
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,673
I know how to show a girl a good time.
480
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:26,037
How would you like
a ticker-tape parade?
481
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:29,749
The Captain that brought
Voyager back. A celebrated hero.
482
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,639
I never did anything like that
for Jean-Luc.
483
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:37,510
But I feel very close to you.
I'm not sure why.
484
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:43,073
Maybe it's because you have such
authority but still such femininity.
485
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:51,750
Leave.
486
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,272
We'll talk about this
after the hearing tomorrow.
487
00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:11,309
I've tried to reconcile the conflicting
emotions I've felt during this hearing.
488
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:16,634
My own aversion to suicide.
My compassion for your situation, Q.
489
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:20,040
It hasn't been easy.
490
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:23,670
I've tried to tell myself
that this is not about suicide,
491
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:25,796
but about granting asylum.
492
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:29,236
That I am not being asked
to perform euthanasia.
493
00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,790
And as technically true
as that may be,
494
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:36,270
I cannot escape the moral implications
of my choices.
495
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:40,228
I've also had to consider
that a decision to grant asylum
496
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,960
and the subsequent suicide of a Q
497
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,680
might have a significant impact
on the Continuum.
498
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:50,675
That such a decision could change
the nature of an entire society,
499
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:56,312
whether it be a favourable or
unfavourable change, disturbs me.
500
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:02,635
But then there are the rights
of the individual.
501
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,268
I don't believe that you are unbalanced.
502
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:09,752
And I do believe
that you are suffering intolerably.
503
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:14,550
Under these conditions,
504
00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:19,350
I find it impossible to support
immortality forced on an individual.
505
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:25,595
The unforeseen disruption that may
occur is not enough, in my opinion,
506
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:29,355
to justify any additional suffering
by this individual.
507
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:34,636
So I hereby grant you asylum.
508
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:41,158
- May I see you in your chambers?
- You've been in my chambers enough.
509
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:43,709
A sidebar, Your Honour.
Only for a moment.
510
00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:46,599
She ruled in my favour.
You made a promise!
511
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:58,398
Nothing happened. Nothing!
512
00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:03,236
My powers are gone! I'm mortal.
513
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:13,154
- So much for ticker-tape parades.
- I'm not finished. Q...
514
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:18,553
Now that you're mortal,
you have a new existence to explore.
515
00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:23,748
An entirely new state of being,
filled with the mysteries of mortal life,
516
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:26,195
pleasures you've never felt before.
517
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:29,715
I like this life, Q.
518
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:37,029
You might, too.
Think hard before you give it up.
519
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:44,075
This hearing is adjourned.
520
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,955
Captain's log, stardate 49301.2.
521
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:51,680
We have assigned quarters
to our new passenger,
522
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:55,150
who has entered his name
on our crew manifest as Quinn.
523
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:59,791
I'm anxious to engage him
in ship activities as soon as possible.
524
00:40:59,960 --> 00:41:02,235
How about stellar cartography?
525
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:05,198
We could shut it down
with his knowledge.
526
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:08,113
That will be a problem with everything.
527
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:12,353
- There's got to be something...
- Sickbay to Captain Janeway.
528
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:15,239
- Go ahead.
- You should come down here.
529
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,358
Mr Quinn is here. I'm afraid he's dying.
530
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:28,712
- There's nothing you can do?
- He's ingested Nogatch hemlock.
531
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,474
There is no known cure.
532
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,954
I'm sorry to disappoint you, Captain,
533
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:40,911
but I would only have been pretending
to fit in to this mortal existence.
534
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:43,992
This is my final gift to my people.
535
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:50,509
Tell them those were my last words.
536
00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:56,516
I dearly thank you
for making this... possible.
537
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:09,191
Do you keep samples
of fatal poisons in storage?
538
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,591
- No.
- The replicators will not produce them.
539
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,037
So how did he get his hands
on Nogatch hemlock?
540
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:21,474
I got it for him.
541
00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:27,555
- You assisted a suicide?
- Illogical, Tuvok? I don't think so.
542
00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:31,554
By demanding to end his life,
he taught me something about my own.
543
00:42:31,720 --> 00:42:35,156
He was right when he said
the Continuum scared me back in line.
544
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:38,995
I didn't have his courage
or his convictions.
545
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:41,628
He called me "irrepressible".
546
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:45,156
This was a man
who was truly irrepressible.
547
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:48,073
I only hope I make a worthy student.
548
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:53,998
I imagine the Continuum
won't be very happy with you, Q.
549
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:57,197
I certainly hope not.
550
00:42:57,360 --> 00:43:01,148
Au revoir, Madam Captain.
We will meet again.
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