Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Silicon Avatar (1991)

Ellen Geer: Dr. Kila Marr

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  Dr. Kila Marr : [addressing her son through Data]  Tell me... that you understand, Renny. That... that you know I d... I did it for you, 'cause I love you, because I wanted to give you peace at last.

  Lt. Commander Data : I do not find such a file in your son's journals, Doctor; however, from what I know of him, by his memories and his writing, I do not believe he would be happy. He was proud of your career as a scientist, and now you have destroyed that. You say you did it for him, but I do not believe he would have wanted that. Yes... I believe your son would be very sad now. I am sorry, Doctor, but I cannot help you.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [on the Crystalline Entity]  If we can determine what its needs are, we might find other sources to supply it.

  Dr. Kila Marr : Its needs are to slaughter people by the thousands. It is nothing but a giant killing machine!

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Doctor, the sperm whale on Earth devours millions of cuttlefish as it roams the oceans. It is not evil; it is feeding. The same may be true of the Entity.

  Dr. Kila Marr : That would be small comfort for those who have died to feed it. We're not talking about cuttlefish; we're talking about people!

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I would argue that the Crystalline Entity has as much right to be here as we do.

• Dr. Kila Marr : [about her son]  I left him with friends. I chose to pursue my own career. I planned to go back but things kept interfering, and... I kept thinking, "I'll go next... month," but there weren't any more "next months."

• Dr. Kila Marr : How long will you live, Data?

  Lt. Commander Data : There has been no predetermined limit placed on my existence, Doctor.

  Dr. Kila Marr : [sighs in relief]  I'm glad. As long as you're alive, he'll be alive.

• Dr. Kila Marr : I don't understand. Why are we pursuing the Entity if not to destroy it?

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : We're not hunters, Doctor, nor is it our role to exact revenge.

  Dr. Kila Marr : What do you propose? We track it down, greet it warmly, and ask it if it would mind terribly not ravaging any more planets?

• Dr. Kila Marr : [after the destruction the Crystalline Entity]  It will never hurt anyone again.

• Dr. Kila Marr : [to Data]  My son died on Omicron Theta. He was sixteen when the colony was attacked. That is the reason I have become an expert on the Crystalline Entity. I have spent my life studying it, tracking it, and hoping one day to find it - and if I learn you have been helping that thing in any way whatsoever, I will see to it that you are disassembled piece by piece.