Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Clues (1991)
Patrick Stewart: Captain Jean-Luc Picard
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Clues were left behind that suggested a mystery. And to many humans, a mystery is irresistible. It must be solved.
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[Picard and Guinan are on the holodeck, where a gangster is brutally shot before their eyes]
Guinan : And this is what you do for fun?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : It's a mystery. Who is this man? Who killed him? Where is the money he was talking about? It's... it's a mystery. Now we have to go search for clues.
Guinan : Ah, and that's fun?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : That's fun!
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I am ordering you never to reveal what has happened here today. Not to Starfleet, not to myself even. You will conceal your knowledge of the Paxans for as long as you exist.
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Gunman : [referring to 'Gloria'] Who's the doll?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : She's, er...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [gangster accent] The doll's my cousin.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I would be prepared to live with the mystery. But Data's role in this must be ascertained, or he'll never be trusted with Starfleet duty again.
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Lt. Commander Data : It is a mystery, Captain.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : That is an understatement, Data.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Perhaps we've got a tempest in a test tube after all.
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[first lines]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Captain's log, stardate 44502.7 - Early completion of our mission at Harrakis V has allowed me to grant extra personal time for many of the crew. This has come as something of a relief, since our recent tight scheduling has prevented the pursuit of the leisure activities that are a normal part of life aboard the Enterprise. I expect our journey past the Ngame Nebula to be uneventful.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Data, you sound as if you're stuck in a... feedback loop!
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Commander William T. Riker : And here we are.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Here we are *again*.
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Doctor Beverly Crusher : I have something of a minor mystery on my hands.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : A 'minor mystery'. That seems to be a recurring phrase these days.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : That's because there is no wormhole. There never was. It was a ruse, designed to throw us off the track. Look at the clues. Dr. Crusher's incubation experiment, computer clock, transporter trace all indicate the existence of a missing day. Lt. Worf's broken wrist would seem to suggest that we were awake and aware for that day, possibly in a struggle for our lives.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : The fact that we're still alive suggests we might have won.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Not necessarily, Doctor. Data's behavior would seem to suggest that we did not.
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[last lines]
Captain Picard : What happened, Data?
Lt. Commander Data : The effect from the wormhole was rather intense.
Captain Picard : So it would seem.
Lt. Commander Data : Everyone but myself was rendered unconscious. My positronic system was immune to the effect.
Captain Picard : How long were we out?
Lt. Commander Data : Thirty seconds, sir.
Commander Riker : Current position?
Ensign McKnight : Point five four parsecs from our previous position. Bearing 285 mark 147.
Captain Picard : It could be worse.
Lt. Commander Data : Yes, sir. The wormhole appears to have been a local phenomenon.
Doctor Crusher : [over communicator] Crusher to bridge. What happened, Captain?
Captain Picard : The Enterprise went through a wormhole, Doctor. It seems the entire crew was unconscious for approximately thirty seconds.
Doctor Crusher : [over communicator] Is anyone on the bridge hurt?
Captain Picard : Apparently not.
Doctor Crusher : [over communicator] I'll start checking the other decks. Crusher out.
Captain Picard : Status reports?
Lieutenant Worf : Shield and weapons systems unaffected.
Commander Riker : No damage in Engineering.
Captain Picard : Counsellor?
Counselor Troi : There's a general feeling of disorientation on board, but nothing serious as far as I can tell.
Captain Picard : Well then. There's still that anomalous Class M planet we were going to investigate. Ensign, replot a course to take us back to...
Lt. Commander Data : [quickly] Sir, it is likely the anomalous readings were the result of the wormhole's effect. It was extremely unstable. I would recommend against returning. It might put the Enterprise at further risk.
Commander Riker : We could launch a probe.
Lt. Commander Data : That would certainly be sufficient, sir.
Captain Picard : Make it so. And put out a hazard advisory to Starfleet. Ensign, set a course for Avadne 4.
Ensign McKnight : Aye, sir.
Captain Picard : Engage.