Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Marina Sirtis: Counselor Deanna Troi
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Ensign Ro Laren : [the ship is in danger of exploding unless the Bridge separates from the stardrive section] You can't let wishful thinking guide your decisions, Counsellor. It's time to leave.
Counselor Deanna Troi : [firmly] We will separate the ship when I decide that it's time and not before. Is that clear, Ensign?
Ensign Ro Laren : [Ro doesn't like it but relents] Yes, perfectly.
[Troi sits in the Captain's chair with a new resolve]
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Commander Riker : [Riker's about to turn down a ship of his own to command for the third time and he doesn't even know why] What am I still doing here? Deanna, I pushed myself hard to get this far. I... I sacrificed a lot. I always said I wanted my own command and yet... something's holding me back. Is it wrong for me to want to stay?
Counselor Deanna Troi : [a typical psychologist's response - answering a question with a question] What do you think?
Commander Riker : [musing it over] Maybe I'm just afraid of the big chair?
Counselor Deanna Troi : I don't think so.
Commander Riker : [he doesn't think so either] The Captain says Shelby reminds him of the way that I used to be... and he's right. She comes in here full of drive and ambition... impatient... taking risks. I look at her and I wonder what happened to those things in me. I liked those things about me. I've lost something.
Counselor Deanna Troi : You mean you're older... more experienced...
[chooses her next words with care]
Counselor Deanna Troi : ... a little more... seasoned.
Commander Riker : [but not careful enough for Riker's taste] Seasoned? That's a horrible thing to say to a man.
Counselor Deanna Troi : I don't think you've lost a thing, and I think you've gained more than you realise. You're much more comfortable with yourself than you used to be.
Commander Riker : [she may have hit on something there] Maybe that's the problem? I'm too comfortable here.
Counselor Deanna Troi : I'm not sure I know what that means. You're happy here... happier than I've ever known you to be. So, it comes down to a simple question... what do you want Will Riker?
[what indeed?]
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Dr Beverly Crusher : [Picard, Riker, Crusher, LaForge and Troi have all gathered in the Observation Lounge to discuss Amanda Rogers, an intern aboard the Enterprise who mysteriously contained a warp core breach with sheer force of will] She's a little shaken up, but she's gonna be fine.
Commander William Riker : You said she was adopted. Could she be an alien?
Dr Beverly Crusher : She's human. There's nothing more unusual about her. Not that my instruments can detect.
Capt. Picard : Commander, have you been able to determine the cause of the warp breach?
Lt Commander Geordi LaForge : No, Sir. Everything was normal and then suddenly it's like the laws of physics went right out the window.
Q : [Q materialises in one of the empty chairs wearing his usual Starfleet uniform] And why shouldn't they? They're so inconvenient.
Capt. Picard : [a collective air of dismay suddenly descends on the room] Q!
Q : Mon Capitan.
Capt. Picard : Are you responsible for this incident in Engineering?
Q : [surprisingly upfront about it] Of course. I needed to find out if what I suspected about the girl were true.
Capt. Picard : That being?
Q : That she's a Q.
Counselor Deanna Troi : Amanda's a Q?
Dr Beverly Crusher : How is that possible? Her, her parents... her biological parents were human.
Q : Well, not exactly. They had assumed human form in order to visit Earth, I suppose for... for amusement. But in vulgar human fashion they proceeded to conceive a child...
[he winks at Beverly who looks thoroughly insulted]
Q : ... and then like mawkish humans they became attached to it. What is it about these squirming little infants that you find so appealing?
Dr Beverly Crusher : I'm sure that's beyond your comprehension, Q.
Q : I desperately hope so.
Counselor Deanna Troi : What happened to Amanda's parents?
Q : They died in an accident.
[that gets Picard's attention but keeps it to himself for now]
Q : None of us knew whether she had inherited the capacities of the Q but recently they've begun to emerge and er... as an expert in humanity... I was sent to investigate.
Commander William Riker : You? An expert in humanity?
Q : Not a very challenging field of study, I grant you.
Lt Commander Geordi LaForge : Are you saying you created a core breach just to test this girl?
Q : Uh huh.
Counselor Deanna Troi : What would have happened if she couldn't stop it?
Q : Then I would have known she wasn't a Q.
Dr Beverly Crusher : And now that you know - what do you intend to do?
Q : Instruct her. If this child does not learn how to control her power she may accidentally destroy herself... or all of you... or perhaps your entire galaxy?
Capt. Picard : I find it hard to believe that you're here to do us a favour.
Q : You're quite right. I wouldn't. But there are those in the Continuum...
[raises his eyes skyward]
Q : ... who have an over exaggerated sense of responsibility. They think that we need to take precautions to keep the little dear from running amok.
Dr Beverly Crusher : And once you've taught her... then you'll go away?
Q : And leave her here? Of course not. She'll come back to the Continuum where she belongs.
Dr Beverly Crusher : Wait a minute! You, you can't just come in here and take her away from everything she's ever known!
Q : [laughs that off] I assure you I can.
Dr Beverly Crusher : She has plans for herself. She wants to have a career and a family.
Q : I'm rescuing her from that miserable existence.
Dr Beverly Crusher : That miserable existence is all she's known for the last eighteen years. You have no right to take her away from it!
Q : [bored with the turn this conversation has taken] Mon Capitan, I really think that we need to speak privately.
[Q transports them both to Picard's Ready Room]
Q : Well, there, that's better. Crusher gets more shrill with each passing year.
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Counselor Deanna Troi : [to Riker, when he would rather hunt for Picard's alleged killers than hold a memorial service for him] Do you think you're the only one in pain? That you have a monopoly on loss?
[getting upset]
Counselor Deanna Troi : Well, I've got news for you. We're all hurting... we're all angry! And like it or not, you've got a responsibility to this crew! And you can't just indulge your personal desire for revenge!
