Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Encounter at Farpoint (1987)
Gates McFadden: Doctor Beverly Crusher
Quotes
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [seeing a boy standing in the turbolift] What the hell? Children are not allowed on the bridge!
[Dr. Crusher steps out of the lift]
Doctor Beverly Crusher : [...] Sir, my son is not on the bridge; he merely accompanied me on the turbolift.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [stunned] Your son?
Doctor Beverly Crusher : His name's Wesley. You last saw him years ago, when...
[she leaves the sentence unfinished]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [understands] Ah... Well - as long as he's here...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [clears his throat] I, er... I knew... I knew your father, Wesley.
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Doctor Beverly Crusher : Naturally, I've heard of your case. The VISOR appliance you wear is...
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : Is a remarkable piece of bioelectronic engineering by which I quote "see" much of the EM spectrum, ranging from simple heat and infrared through radio waves, et cetera, et cetera, and forgive me if I've said and listened to this a thousand times before.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : You've been blind all your life?
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : Mm-hmm. I was born this way.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : And you've felt pain all the years that you've used this?
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : Hmm. They say it's because I use my natural sensors in different ways.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : Well, I see two choices. The first is painkillers.
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : [putting his VISOR back on] Which would affect how this works.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : Mm-hmm.
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : No. And choice number two?
Doctor Beverly Crusher : Exploratory surgery. Desensitize the brain areas troubling you.
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : Same difference. No, thank you, Doctor.
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[Beverly Crusher's first line]
Doctor Beverly Crusher : Actually, we were about to do some shopping.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [about Wesley] He does seem to have a very good grasp of starship operations.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : You've just won his mother's heart, Captain.