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Jeffrey? Belle?
We'll be late if you don't hurry.
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Line up, children.
Your father's ready to leave.
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Show me your fingernails.
Very nicely done.
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Are your shoes polished? Perfect!
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I'm very pleased
and I'm sure your father will be.
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- I want to be first to say goodbye.
- You were first yesterday.
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Now, children.
Little birds in their nests get along.
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- I'm sorry, Belle. You go first.
- No, it's your turn.
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- I did go first yesterday.
- Here he comes!
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All right now. Bright, happy faces!
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- The coffee was quite good.
- I'm so glad you like it.
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I replicated a new blend.
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- I'll be home at the usual time.
- Don't let them overwork you.
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You should save yourself
for the important things.
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Have a good day, Father.
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I'll have my homework finished
by the time you get back.
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- Will my angel get an "A" on her exam?
- Of course.
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- We'll do algebra when you're home?
- Gladly.
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Don't forget. You're going to ask
your friends to have dinner with us.
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- I'd like to meet them.
- I haven't forgotten.
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- Goodbye, all.
- Goodbye, Daddy!
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- How's the new holo-family, Doctor?
- Everything I could have hoped for.
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Captain's log, stardate 50836.2.
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We've had communications with
a seemingly friendly race, the Vostigye.
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We're rendezvousing
at one of their space stations.
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Ensign Kim, watch the sensors.
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Tell us if we're near the space station.
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We should be getting close.
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- I'm not detecting it.
- You've checked the co-ordinates?
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Yes, and... Hold on.
Now I'm getting something.
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It's...
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debris.
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- Debris?
- Confirmed.
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I am reading a debris field
encompassing 80 cubic kilometres.
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What's the composition?
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Boronite, sarium, carbon 60 composites.
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It could have been a space station.
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On screen.
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What happened to it?
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Something ripped it apart.
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I'd say it was no more than an hour ago.
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I'm not picking up any lifesigns, Captain.
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There were 60 Vostigye scientists there.
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No recognisable weapons signatures.
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Maybe somebody has weapons
that don't leave a traditional signature.
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I'd like to know why they'd annihilate
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a science station.
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Maybe we can find out. A strange
pattern is emanating from subspace.
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Looks like plasma particles.
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I've got it, too.
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It's like a wake
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leading away from the debris field.
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- From a ship?
- I can't tell.
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- Set a course to follow it, Tom.
- Yes, ma'am.
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Optical processors, imaging array.
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They check out. You're in perfect health.
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I could have told you that.
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With all your tinkering,
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I feel better giving you these tune-ups.
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The tinkering has been solely to improve
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my performance as a physician.
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I'm not faulting you. It's commendable
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that you want to improve yourself.
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- That's why I've created a family.
- A family?
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I've listened to enough patients
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to realise how meaningful families
are to biological beings.
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The Doctor has created a wife and two
children so he can experience family life.
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Interesting. How's it going so far?
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Splendidly. I thought it would be difficult,
but I'm enjoying the experience.
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You are?
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I never thought of you as a family man.
I'd like to meet them.
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The little woman has asked me to bring
some colleagues home for dinner.
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Perhaps you and Kes would care
to join us tonight?
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I'd like to meet them, too.
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Well, Doc... tell your wife
to haul out the good china.
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You're having company.
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Please, have some more
mushroom pilaf, B'Elanna.
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I've had two helpings already.
It's delicious.
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I took a course in continental cuisine
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so I could replicate interesting meals
for Kenneth.
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- Kenneth?
- My husband. What do you call him?
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- We call him Doctor.
- Of course.
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Anyway, he works terribly hard
and he's under such stress.
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I want this home to be his sanctuary,
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the place he can have all the cares
of the day disappear.
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- How nice for him.
- My daddy's a very important man.
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- He saves people's lives all the time.
- A slight exaggeration.
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- It is not. You said...
- Belle, eat your dinner.
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Jeffrey, why don't you tell our guests
about your new project?
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I've designed an implant
to cleanse blood
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of micro-organisms too small
to stimulate an immune response.
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Jeffrey's in the accelerated physical
sciences programme at school.
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A chip off the old block, right?
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Don't forget our little Belle. She's already
studying algebra and trigonometry.
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- And she's quite the budding athlete.
- You must be proud of your family.
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We're proud of him, too.
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We think we have the most wonderful
husband and father in the quadrant.
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- Computer, freeze program.
- Lieutenant, what are you doing?
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I am stopping this
before my blood sugar levels overload.
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Doctor, if you think this is giving you an
accurate impression of being in a family,
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you are sadly mistaken.
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They're kind of perfect.
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No one has a family like this.
This is a fantasy.
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You won't learn anything
from being with these lollipops.
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I provided the computer with my
requirements for a mate and children -
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intelligence, education,
organisational skills.
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Your premise just needs a little tweaking
to bring it closer to real life.
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I can help... if you'd like.
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Captain, the particle wake
is beginning to thin out.
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Any indication what caused it?
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I am detecting no ships,
no weapons signatures.
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Wait a minute. Something.
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- A subspace disruption.
- What's causing it?
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I can't tell,
but it's getting more intense.
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Shields up. Red Alert.
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- Tom, back us off.
- Something's coming out of subspace.
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- Move us away.
- I don't have engines.
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Propulsion and navigational controls
are off-line.
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Bridge to engineering, we need power.
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The anomaly is bearing down on us,
heading 047, mark 19.
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Brace for impact.
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There's damage on deck 3.
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- We're going to disperse it.
- Phasers on-line.
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Wait a minute.
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I've never seen anything
like that before.
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Damage report.
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20% loss of the dorsal shields,
minor buckling of the hull on deck 3.
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- No indication of casualties.
- Propulsion on-line.
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00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,715
I can put some distance between us
and whatever that was.
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Maybe we don't want to.
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We've just witnessed a phenomenon
none of us has experienced before.
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On a purely scientific level,
we owe it to ourselves to investigate.
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It was an astral eddy
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that's formed at the confluence
of space and subspace.
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It's highly charged with plasma.
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If we could harness that energy,
we could go off replicator rations.
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We don't have any idea
what caused that phenomenon.
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How do we investigate it if it's gone?
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Conditions in this part of space lend
themselves to the formation of eddies.
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Set sensors for continuous scans
of subspace.
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00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,155
Maybe we can anticipate the next one.
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I thought about what Lieutenant Torres
said and concluded she was right.
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00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:05,194
If I'm going to experience a family,
it should be authentic.
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00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,272
What changes has she made
in the program?
145
00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,716
She added some randomised
behavioural algorithms.
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How will that affect your family?
147
00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:20,155
Events will unfold as a natural evolution
of probabilities within the program.
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That could mean a few surprises.
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00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:27,159
My database contains all there is
to know about paediatric care.
150
00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,118
I can't imagine a problem
I couldn't handle.
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Your wife will have changed, too.
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I have had some experience
with romantic relationships.
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I don't anticipate any problems.
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When do you plan on meeting
this new, improved family?
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Now. I'm due home for dinner. Initiate
Doctor's family program Beta-Rho
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and transfer the EMH to holodeck 2.
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Hello, I'm...
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...home.
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- I thought you'd never get here.
- It was a busy day.
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I was quite challenged by the task
of preparing a DNA probe
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to test Ensign Parsons' cells.
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It seems he has a microbial infection.
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Tell me about it when I get home.
I'm late.
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It's Wednesday.
I'm speaking at the Bolian Embassy.
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00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:25,110
- Right. Is dinner ready?
- It's your night to cook.
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00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:28,158
Mum, I can't find my ion mallet!
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If you cleaned your room,
you'd have better luck.
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00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:36,990
- What is that noise?
- I've had to listen to it all day.
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00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:42,670
Daddy, you've gotta help me.
I'll be late for practice.
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00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:46,674
If you put your mallet in your closet,
you'd know where it was.
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I know that, Daddy.
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00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:53,278
Tell Jeffrey to turn that off.
It makes my eyes hurt!
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- Jeffrey?
- What?
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00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,320
- What is that music?
- Klingon.
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00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,358
You can't do your homework
with that noise.
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00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,353
The coach will send me down
to the second team!
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00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:10,115
- That will teach you a lesson.
- You don't understand anything!
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00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,713
- Where's Jeffrey?
- Who are you?
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- Friends.
- Do you have names?
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- Larg.
- K'Kath.
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You'll have to come back later.
Jeffrey's doing his homework.
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- He invited us.
- I need my ion mallet!
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00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,352
I... Just a minute.
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Jeffrey can't see friends
until he has finished his homework.
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I asked them to come.
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00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,230
- Daddy!
- This is unacceptable.
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00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:48,076
It'll only take a minute. We have
some business we have to do.
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00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,874
Where's my mallet?
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You don't love me as much as Mummy!
She'd help me!
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00:13:56,680 --> 00:14:00,195
I want Mummy! I want Mummy!
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00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:14,870
Nothing strike your fancy?
192
00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:18,874
Isn't this the fourth day
we've had the same casserole?
193
00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:23,158
<i>Pleeka</i> rinds and grub meal.
Very tasty.
194
00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:27,757
You did a great job with it.
It'd just be nice to have a little variety.
195
00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,993
You're perfectly free to use
the replicators.
196
00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:35,516
I'm out of rations.
197
00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:37,955
Then...
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00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,198
...enjoy the casserole.
199
00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:55,269
A beautiful woman
should never have to eat alone.
200
00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,591
- What are you reading?
- It's nothing important.
201
00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:05,589
"Women Warriors
At The River of Blood"?
202
00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:09,435
It's just escapist reading.
203
00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:12,353
"Rorg turned his fierce eye upon her.
204
00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:16,593
"M'Nea felt her heart quicken
as her hand went to her dagger.
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00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:21,914
"She intended to plunge it into his throat,
but something made her hesitate."
206
00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:25,311
B'Elanna, is this a Klingon
romance novel?
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00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:29,792
Klingons do have what you might call
a romantic side.
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00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:33,475
It's a bit more vigorous than most.
209
00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:38,668
I'll read it. Maybe it'll give me an idea
about how to make your heart quicken.
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00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:43,118
- It's not a technical manual.
- Depends what you mean by technical.
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00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:49,116
To an engineer, that means
specialising in particular systems.
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00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:51,236
I think that definition works.
213
00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,949
I can't promise
I won't put a dagger in your throat.
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00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:59,477
- You heard about the Doctor's family?
- How's it going?
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00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:04,919
He was a little overwhelmed at first,
but he's sticking with it.
216
00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,635
It's hard to imagine the Doctor
with children.
217
00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,396
Senior staff to the bridge immediately.
218
00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:34,910
I want to send a probe in.
Can you hold position close enough?
219
00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:37,514
I can try.
220
00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,638
Be ready to move away
if it starts moving toward us.
221
00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:45,999
Sorry about that. Just trying to find
a way to ride the graviton waves.
222
00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:51,197
There. That's a little better.
223
00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:55,393
We're in as good a position
as we're going to be.
224
00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,518
The probe has been launched.
225
00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,673
This is kind of fun.
226
00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:07,956
Speak for yourself.
227
00:17:08,120 --> 00:17:11,795
We're receiving telemetry.
This is one weird disturbance.
228
00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,713
I'm reading a temperature
of nine million kelvins.
229
00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,668
Discharges of plasmatic energy
and a calm eye at the centre.
230
00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:23,470
The matter inside it is being exchanged
between space and subspace.
231
00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,837
Can we transfer some of the plasma
to Voyager?
232
00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:31,312
- We can't transport in this turbulence.
- Maybe we could try a...
233
00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,673
- We lost it.
- Where's the probe?
234
00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:42,389
It's disappeared. It's transmitting,
but there's interference.
235
00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:47,873
I'm detecting an unstable interfold layer.
Not in space or subspace.
236
00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:53,717
- It could be where the eddies originate.
- We've got another particle wake.
237
00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,713
Maybe we could collect plasma
from the wakes.
238
00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:01,396
The Bussard collectors could be
modified to gather plasma particles.
239
00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:06,270
Voyager's energy emissions
would corrupt the particles.
240
00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:09,238
If I took a shuttle out,
the emissions would be lower.
241
00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:13,871
- Sounds like it's worth a try.
- You'd expose yourself to radiation.
242
00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,191
Maybe the Doctor can give you
some kind of protection.
243
00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:20,113
I'll head to the shuttlebay
as soon as I'm done.
244
00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:31,350
I've given you hyronalin and lectrazine.
It should give you temporary protection.
245
00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,478
I don't think I'll be out there too long.
246
00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:39,589
If I know you,
you'll push it to the limit.
247
00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:43,389
You were undoubtedly a child
who had to climb the highest tree,
248
00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:46,154
scale the tallest cliff.
249
00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:50,074
I can only imagine what you put
your parents through.
250
00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:54,074
How's the family, Doc?
I hear they're a real handful.
251
00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:58,153
Indeed. However,
I have come up with a solution.
252
00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,788
There should be no more problems.
253
00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:06,557
It sounds like you're treating a patient.
I'm not sure you can cure a family.
254
00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:10,076
We'll see.
You're in fine physical shape.
255
00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,835
You may engage
in this reckless activity.
256
00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,956
Thanks, Doc.
257
00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,118
- Where's Jeffrey?
- He's coming.
258
00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,556
I asked everyone to be here
at 1600 hours precisely.
259
00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:31,793
- Jeffrey was asleep.
- In the middle of the afternoon?
260
00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,198
- Is this true?
- Are you sick?
261
00:19:37,360 --> 00:19:40,079
I had a late night.
262
00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:43,118
That's one of the matters
I want to discuss.
263
00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:46,909
I thought it would be a good idea
if we had a family meeting.
264
00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:51,790
- I'd like to do this regularly.
- That's something to look forward to.
265
00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:55,270
If you have something to say,
say it so everyone can hear.
266
00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:56,953
Nothing.
267
00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:04,913
I've been feeling that this family
is beginning to spin out of control.
268
00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:09,710
It is my duty to set some parameters.
It's part of good parenting.
269
00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,429
- What are parameters?
- Limits, boundaries.
270
00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:19,708
I have drawn up a family schedule
and a list of rules and regulations.
271
00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:25,557
- I would like you to study them carefully.
- You've rearranged my lecture nights.
272
00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:29,952
I had to do that. Everybody has had
to make some sacrifices.
273
00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:34,875
You've changed parrises squares
to Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.
274
00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:39,909
- That puts me on the second team.
- You shouldn't be on the first team.
275
00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:44,949
- We must all make sacrifices.
- What sacrifices did you make?
276
00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,511
I will make dinner on the nights
your mother lectures.
277
00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,389
You do that anyway.
That's not a sacrifice.
278
00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:58,076
- What's this about no Klingon friends?
- They're a bad influence on you.
279
00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:03,633
They're prone to violence. Why don't
you find some Vulcan friends?
280
00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,917
You can't just decide
who my friends will be.
281
00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:11,039
Kenneth, that may be
a bit unreasonable.
282
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:25,039
You know how important it is
to keep a united front.
283
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,875
I expect you to support me
in these decisions.
284
00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,350
Then maybe you should have asked
my opinion
285
00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:37,275
before you started
unilaterally deciding things.
286
00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:42,150
I should have some say
in what rules are established.
287
00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:46,950
And it's unfair to tell Jeffrey what friends
he can and cannot have.
288
00:21:47,120 --> 00:21:51,318
This whole meeting is a Vulky idea.
You can have it without me.
289
00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:54,756
- Jeffrey, you are not excused!
- Let him go.
290
00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:59,391
I don't want to argue in front
of the children. We'll discuss it later.
291
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,829
You made a mess of things,
didn't you, Daddy?
292
00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,594
Apparently so.
293
00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:15,469
Although I fail to understand
their reaction.
294
00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:20,589
I'm just trying to help the family
function better.
295
00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,036
How does it function better
if I go to parrises squares
296
00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,112
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday?
297
00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:31,353
You've been playing with children
three years older than you.
298
00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,830
That's what's fun about it.
299
00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:40,799
You're not old enough to realise
how hazardous that game can be.
300
00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:47,354
It's up to me to keep you safe.
I'm just trying to be a good father.
301
00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:58,434
If it'll help, Daddy,
I'll be on the second team.
302
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,915
Thank you, Belle.
That's very grown-up of you.
303
00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:07,470
And I think you're a very good father.
304
00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,992
Why... thank you.
305
00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:18,633
I love you, Daddy, even if you did
make a mess of things.
306
00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:33,275
Voyager to shuttlecraft.
Do you read?
307
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:38,594
I'm 3,000 kms from the eddy. When it
dissipates, I'll head for the wake.
308
00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:43,436
If this one follows the same pattern,
it should collapse in a few seconds.
309
00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:48,799
I wish I hadn't had that second
helping of French toast this morning.
310
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,555
- The eddy is starting to dissipate.
- Stand by, Tom.
311
00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:02,553
I'm in position, Captain.
Activating the Bussard collectors.
312
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:06,918
It's working. This may save us
from Neelix's casserole.
313
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,548
We'll all thank you for that.
314
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:13,395
- Subspace disruption.
- Is another eddy forming?
315
00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,552
- It looks that way.
- Tom, get out of there.
316
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,517
I'm going.
317
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,558
- Can you beam him out?
- Transporters are off-line.
318
00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,439
- I'm working on them.
- Tom?
319
00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:34,036
It's pulling me in.
I don't have enough power!
320
00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,919
- Where are the transporters?
- I can't access them.
321
00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,868
- The shuttle's being drawn in.
- Paris, do you read me?
322
00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,749
Captain, the astral eddy
is beginning to dissipate.
323
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,719
Is Tom's shuttle transmitting?
324
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:05,670
- I'm getting a lot of interference.
- See if you can clean it up.
325
00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,271
Try it now.
326
00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,876
Voyager to Tom Paris.
Can you hear us? Respond.
327
00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:19,832
Calibrate to a theta band frequency.
328
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:24,073
I can't hear you, Captain.
There's a lot of interference.
329
00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:28,074
You're breaking up. Adjust
your transceiver lock and try again.
330
00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:34,038
- I can hear you. Is that better?
- A little. Where are you?
331
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,351
Captain, I wish I could tell you.
332
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:16,878
Doctor? Can I help you with something?
333
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:18,871
Perhaps.
334
00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:22,999
I've tried doing an analysis
on Ensign Parsons' cell culture.
335
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,116
I can't get the measurements right.
336
00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,989
- I'd be happy to give it a try.
- Thank you. I'd be grateful.
337
00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:42,388
I've been having problems at home.
I can't stop thinking about them.
338
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:47,634
Why not take the afternoon off
and spend some time with your family?
339
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:54,319
- I'm not sure they'd appreciate it.
- Doctor, you can't just ignore them.
340
00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:01,918
Computer, initiate Doctor's family
program Beta-Rho
341
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,550
and transfer the EMH to holodeck 2.
342
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,473
...be certain that everything is done...
343
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:16,516
- Dad, what are you doing here?
- I live here, Jeffrey.
344
00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:21,515
- I mean, you're home early.
- Am I interrupting something?
345
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,354
No, just talking with my friends.
346
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:31,038
I'd like to get to know your friends.
Larg, K'Kath, please. Sit down.
347
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:40,593
- What is that?
- What?
348
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,716
You're holding something.
349
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,189
- This?
- Yes. What is it?
350
00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:48,989
It's a knife.
What does it look like?
351
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:56,949
Why do you boys have a knife?
352
00:27:57,120 --> 00:28:01,671
A <i>d'k tahg</i> knife is an important
part
of our culture.
353
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:07,119
Every Klingon is given one in
preparation for his Rite of Ascension.
354
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,949
I happen to know something
about Klingon rituals.
355
00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:32,069
And I believe this is actually a dagger
of <i>kut'luch.</i>
356
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,480
Isn't it?
357
00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,271
- Well?
- Yes.
358
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,879
This dagger is used in a ritual
of violence,
359
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,953
a first bloodletting in preparation
for becoming a warrior.
360
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,157
Who's supposed to use this?
361
00:28:57,800 --> 00:28:59,756
Well?
362
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,555
Is one of you preparing
for the <i>kut'luch</i> ceremony?
363
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,717
- I'm waiting for an answer!
- Dad, it's nothing.
364
00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:15,113
I don't think so. I'm going to have
to ask you boys to leave.
365
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:19,038
Don't bring a weapon
into this house again.
366
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:25,389
- Humans are weak, cowardly.
- Call me later.
367
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,949
Look what you've done. You've ruined it!
368
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:32,875
What exactly have I ruined?
You were going to use that knife.
369
00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:37,477
- Did they talk you into it?
- They didn't talk me into anything.
370
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:43,033
I asked them. It's an honour
to perform the <i>kut'luch.</i>
371
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:47,273
They trusted me. And now you've
made me look... like a human!
372
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:52,070
You were going to attack someone
just so you could appear daring?
373
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:56,916
I was doing it to become honourable,
something that you wouldn't understand.
374
00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:01,835
- What you were going to do is wrong.
- It isn't wrong.
375
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:06,312
It's just a custom of another culture.
Who are you to say it's wrong?
376
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,870
I expect you to be guided
by my ethical standards.
377
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:14,955
I'm not going to be.
Your standards are human standards.
378
00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:19,318
Klingon ideals are much nobler.
They are the ones I'm going to follow.
379
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:24,315
If you expect to live in this household,
you will abide by the rules.
380
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:28,109
If that's the way you want it,
then I won't live here.
381
00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,669
Jeffrey, think about this.
382
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,276
I've thought about it.
I'm going to become a warrior.
383
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:39,116
I can't do that if I'm being led
around on a leash.
384
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:54,110
- Kenneth?
- What's happened?
385
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:58,353
It's Belle.
There's been an accident.
386
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:11,231
How is she?
387
00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:15,837
We operated on her for three hours.
We've tried everything.
388
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,754
We shut down one haemorrhage
and another starts.
389
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,070
I don't understand.
390
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:27,030
She just hit her head on the court.
How could that injure her so badly?
391
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,830
She suffered severe cranial trauma.
It's compromised her brainstem.
392
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:36,312
No matter how we try to control
the injuries, blood clots keep forming.
393
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:42,794
- The haemorrhaging is... intractable.
- Then what's the treatment?
394
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:50,436
Unfortunately, the brain is still
a somewhat mysterious organ.
395
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:55,355
What does that mean?
What's going to happen to her?
396
00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:01,598
There's nothing more to be done.
Nothing medical, anyway.
397
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:07,910
But there has to be.
You can do something. You have to.
398
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,277
You can't just let her...
399
00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:23,875
No, I won't accept it.
I'm going to talk to Dr Finley.
400
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,550
Daddy?
401
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:54,110
Yes. I'm here.
402
00:32:55,520 --> 00:33:01,311
Everything's all blurry.
What's the matter?
403
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:05,556
You took a tumble, hit your head.
404
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,837
It doesn't hurt.
405
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,878
No, because we gave you
some medicine.
406
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,317
Is that why I can't feel my legs?
407
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:20,478
Yes.
408
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:27,318
What's gonna happen?
When will I be able to see again?
409
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,712
Computer, end program.
410
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,919
You're back.
Did you find the culture I did?
411
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,833
- I did. Good job.
- How's the family?
412
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:49,630
I suppose their fine.
I've actually finished the program.
413
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:55,113
I got what I needed from the experience.
To continue would be a waste of time.
414
00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:58,238
I was hoping to visit them again.
415
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:02,598
If I ever create a new family,
I'll be sure to invite you.
416
00:34:13,240 --> 00:34:16,232
The bandwidth is as wide
as I can get it.
417
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,790
- How's the transmission now?
- Loud and clear.
418
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:23,839
I analysed the shuttle's
sensor readings.
419
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:29,074
I'm in the interfold layer, somewhere
between space and subspace.
420
00:34:29,240 --> 00:34:32,437
- That's why we can't find you.
- Harry was right.
421
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:37,720
This is the spawning ground for the
eddies. There are thousands in here.
422
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:41,998
Very interesting, but it doesn't
address how to get you out.
423
00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:45,118
Having given that some careful thought,
424
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:49,034
the only way to get out
is the same way that I got in.
425
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:52,112
- Inside one of the eddies?
- Exactly.
426
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:56,990
I've been watching one that seems
ready to erupt into normal space.
427
00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:01,278
If I position the shuttle on its edge,
I should be able to ride it back.
428
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:06,150
If I had another idea I'd suggest it,
but I don't.
429
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:10,233
- It's your call, Tom.
- There's not much choice.
430
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:23,996
So far, so good, Captain.
I'm almost inside the eye.
431
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:27,550
This one is big enough to enter
normal space.
432
00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:30,871
Here he comes.
433
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:35,750
Captain, I think you should get Voyager
away from here.
434
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:41,552
This one's turning out to be a whopper,
the biggest one we've seen.
435
00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:46,032
We've got to stay in close
if we're going to beam you out.
436
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:54,109
The eddy is moving towards us
at 300 kilometres per second.
437
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:58,751
Chakotay, take the conn.
Stay within transporter range.
438
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:02,995
I'm going to try to get out of this.
439
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:28,592
- Harry, can you get a lock on him?
- Not yet. Too unstable.
440
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:32,070
- How long before you clear the eddy?
- It'd better be soon.
441
00:36:32,240 --> 00:36:35,437
The hull is beginning to buckle.
442
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:46,590
I've got the shuttle on sensors.
The hull is breaching.
443
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:51,117
- Can you get a lock on him?
- I'm trying. Hang on!
444
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:55,832
Got it! The shuttle's aboard.
One lifesign.
445
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,037
- He's injured.
- Beam him to sickbay.
446
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:01,395
- Move us away.
- Yes, ma'am.
447
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:09,471
Your hard head has protected you again.
It was only a mild concussion.
448
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:13,235
It was worth it.
That was one wild ride.
449
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:19,111
It's a wonder you're not dead.
You should be thrown into the brig.
450
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:22,795
You never think of the consequences
of your actions.
451
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,952
Live for the moment,
take risks you shouldn't.
452
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:35,029
- I'm sorry.
- Are you all right?
453
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:42,115
It's my family.
My daughter Belle had an accident.
454
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:47,115
She's a child who tends to take risks.
She's going to die.
455
00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:52,870
I'm so sorry.
456
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:57,955
I'll be all right. I shut down the program.
I'm not going back.
457
00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:02,550
Maybe you should think about that,
Doc.
458
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:06,831
I couldn't begin to face it.
459
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,957
It was too difficult.
460
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:16,079
I guess all of us would avoid
that kind of pain if we could.
461
00:38:16,240 --> 00:38:20,791
- But most don't have that choice.
- Fortunately, I do.
462
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:24,634
Is it so fortunate?
463
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:29,351
You created that program to experience
what it's like to have a family.
464
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:33,274
The good times and the bad.
You can't have one without the other.
465
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:36,557
I fail to see why not.
466
00:38:36,720 --> 00:38:40,235
Think about what's happened to us
here on Voyager.
467
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:45,110
Everyone left people behind
and everyone suffered a loss.
468
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:49,990
But look how it's brought us
all closer together.
469
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:52,833
We've found support here.
470
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:58,120
We've become a family,
in part because of the pain we shared.
471
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:03,029
If you turn your back on this program,
472
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:07,512
you'll always be stuck at this point.
473
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:12,117
You'll never have the chance to say
goodbye to your daughter
474
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:16,512
or to be there for your wife and son
when they need you.
475
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:22,357
And you'll be cheating yourself of the
chance to have their love and support.
476
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:27,799
In the long run, you'll miss the point
of what it means to have a family.
477
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:41,999
Computer, continue Doctor's family
program Beta-Rho
478
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:45,436
from the last point of deactivation.
479
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,436
Daddy...
480
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:07,032
What's going to happen to me?
When will I be able to see again?
481
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:13,758
I'm not sure.
You're a very sick girl.
482
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:18,955
Am I gonna die?
483
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:24,035
You... You're too sick to get better.
484
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:30,030
So I'm gonna die?
485
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:32,599
Yes.
486
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:45,875
If you stay with me... I won't be afraid.
487
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:50,949
I'll stay right here, I promise.
488
00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:08,236
Dad.
489
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,788
Here you go, shorty.
It's your blanket.
490
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:32,350
We're here, Belle.
We're all here.
491
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:47,398
It's getting darker.
492
00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:50,676
I'm...
493
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:54,236
sleepy.
494
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:59,633
It's all right. Go to sleep.
495
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:02,553
We're all right here.
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