All language subtitles for Star Trek The Next Generation S04E23

Crusher: Dr. Beverly crusher,
personal log, stardate 44821 .3.

Began an analysis today
of the respiratory problems

being experienced on the beta moon
of peliar zel.

Finally got an actual letter
from Wesley.

Topped the class in exobiology,

but he's still struggling
in ancient philosophies.

And there's someone new
in my life.

Ambassador odan, Dr. Crusher.
I was just on my way to speak to you.

- Hello, data.
- Data: I have completed my study

on the atmospheric variations
which have occurred on the moons

since the new technology
was implemented.

Thank you, commander.
That will be most helpful

in my efforts
to mediate the quarrel.

I could go over it with you now.

It would not require
more than two hours.

Oh, we do appreciate that, data,

but the ambassador and I
have set aside this time

to analyze the incidence of the lung
disease on the moon's inhabitants.

Then it is perfect timing, doctor.

What better occasion to integrate
my results into your study?

Now that I think about it,
you're absolutely right, commander.

Unfortunately,
I'm not feeling very well.

Perhaps Dr. Crusher could get you
started inputting your information.

I myself must return to my quarters.

Ambassador, are you still having
those awful headaches?

I'd better bring you a hypospray
to take care of it.

I would be most grateful.

Put a cold cloth on your forehead,
ambassador.

I'll do my best to be with you shortly.

I'll set you up at the medical monitor,
data.

It'll take you a while to input
the figures, won't it?

At least an hour.

But I do not believe
much time can be saved

by exhibiting such haste now,
doctor.

Data, there are times when
every second does count.

Picard:
Space, the final frontier.

These are the voyages
of the starship enterprise.

Its continuing mission:
To explore strange new worlds,

to seek out new life
and new civilizations,

to boldly go where no one
has gone before.

Somehow, I had an unnatural fear
that data was going to barge in

and ask to discuss the peripheral
effects of magnetospheric energy taps.

If I don't get back soon
and take a look at his projections,

he just might come looking for me.

Do you know, when I first met
the formidable Dr. Beverly...

- What, ten days ago?
- Mm.

I thought to myself,
"this woman is ice,

Through to her bones."

Crusher: Mm-hm.

Who would've ever guessed,
instead of ice

there is fire?

- Odan...
- Stay here.

- Don't go.

- Odan, are we...?
- Hmm?

Is this interfering with your work
on the peliar zel problems?

Unfortunately, I've done about
as much as I can until we get there,

because I just can't seem to keep
my mind on my work right now.

- Odan.
- Mm-hm?

- I have to go.
- No.

- Promise me we'll be together tonight.
- I promise.

Then you may go, Dr. Beverly.

It's just Beverly.

Not just Beverly.

It's Beverly's smile.

It's her kindness.

Her beauty within and without.

So much more than just Beverly.

Picard:
Picard to ambassador odan.

Odan:
Yes, captain, this is odan.

The federation representative
from peliar zel has come aboard.

Would you care to meet us
in the observation lounge?

I'll be right there, captain.

Picard:
If the news were encouraging,

I assume you would not be here.

I'm afraid you're correct,
captain.

The situation's growing
progressively worse.

- Troi: Where have you been?
- Uh, with a patient. Minor emergency.

Picard: Ambassador odan.

This is governor leka trion
of peliar zel.

Ambassador, thank you for coming.
I knew your father.

His efforts helped keep our people
at peace for several generations.

I would hope to serve you
as well as he.

Governor, ambassador...

I hope Dr. Crusher was able
to help you with your headache.

Uh, thank you. Actually, she was.

Governor leka has intercepted us
before we reach her planet

in order to update us
on the situation.

The people on our moons
have been in discord

ever since they migrated
from our planet five centuries ago.

To us on the planet,
they're like two squabbling children.

We try to help them settle
their arguments by not taking sides,

but this time we are at a loss.

Well, I've been studying
the information you've sent.

If I understand correctly,
the people of Alpha moon

have found a way to tap directly
into the magnetic field of your planet

and now rely exclusively
on that energy source.

Yes, but the beta moon
is now suffering

some environmental damage
as a result.

My design models suggest

that beta will eventually
experience rising temperatures,

erratic tide surges, and in general,
the beginning of global warming.

The impact on the health
of the betan people is clear.

There will be profound
medical repercussions.

Alpha is unwilling to give up
its newfound energy source.

Beta accuses them of intentionally
courting genocide.

Our efforts to reach a compromise
have failed.

And now we have received intelligence
that both sides are arming for war.

If that happens, the people
on my planet will begin to take sides,

and the outcome
can only be disastrous.

We'll be in orbit around peliar zel
within six hours.

If you could arrange

for the representatives
of Alpha and beta to be there.

And ambassador odan could beam
directly down to the planet's surface.

Excuse me, captain,
I prefer to shuttle to the surface.

I would not recommend it.

There are many radical factions
involved in this dispute.

It would be difficult
to guarantee your safety.

I'm sure I'm not the first
who has expressed discomfort

at the idea of molecular transport.

Thank you,
but I prefer to remain intact.

- I'll shuttle down.
- As you wish.

Counselor, what is it?

It's ambassador odan.

I continually feel
fluctuations of emotion from him.

Perhaps it's perfectly normal
among the trill.

It could be.
We know so very little about them.

Yes, quite.

- Woman: Hi, Deanna.
- Hi.

Is that the colognite astringent
you have on your eyes?

Yes, I guess so.

I've never tried it.

Someone, just put it on me.

I didn't know you even came in here.

At least, uh... at least, not very often.

But it feels good
to indulge yourself sometimes.

I guess so.

Especially when you haven't
done so in a while.

What is that suppose to mean?

Beverly, you're in love.

Sometimes
I wish you weren't so empathic.

I don't think it's really a secret.

It isn't?

You've been glowing.

Must be the astringent.

What?

Nothing.

Oh, yes, there is. What is it?

It's just something I sense in odan.

What? What do you sense?

It's just...

How well do you really know him?

I feel I know him better
than I've known anyone in my life.

Am I being foolish? I don't think so.

And yet I've only known him
for a couple of weeks.

Of course, that could be infatuation.
But I am a grown-up,

and I know the difference
between love and infatuation.

Oh, all I know is,

I haven't felt this way
for a long time.

And you like it.

Picard: Come.

- You wanted to see me, captain?
- Yes, ambassador. Please, sit down.

We have entered orbit.

We shall be transporting you
to the planet in a few minutes.

Oh, I am ready, captain.

How will you proceed
when you're there?

Oh, I cannot answer that.

I never know until I'm into the situation,
meet the people involved.

I work very much by instinct,
not by prearranged plan.

Ah. It seems to work well for you.

Well, I do like to go into a situation
as well informed as possible.

And I must say that your staff

has been quite helpful in briefing me
on the problems down there.

Particularly Dr. Crusher.

My staff is quite capable.
I'm glad they've been useful.

Your Dr. Beverly

is an extraordinary person.

Both as a scientist

and as a woman.

Yes, I'm sure that's true.

Well, shall we make our way
to the shuttlebay?

Captain, you know her better than I.

Do you have any idea how committed
she is to remaining with starfleet?

I wouldn't presume to speak for her.

Oh, no. Of course not.
I just thought,

well, you've known her
so much longer than I.

Taggert:
Ensign taggert to captain picard.

Yes, ensign.

The shuttle is ready
to transport the ambassador.

Very well.

I'll find my own way, captain.

I hope to return with good news.

Commander riker has asked
to pilot you himself, ambassador.

I am honored.

- I don't know when I'll be back.
- I know. Have a safe trip.

Oh, I will stay safe, Dr. Beverly.
I have good reason to return.

I've researched earth customs.

- This flower is given to express love.
- Yes, it is.

Initiate shuttle preflight sequence.

Riker: Pref/ight
under way. Counting to clearance.

Shuttle has cleared the bay door.

Commander riker, you will be
out of shield range in five seconds.

Acknowledged, lieutenant.

We'll be entering the upper ionosphere
in two minutes and 20 seconds.

Sir, an unidentified ship is emerging
from the limb of the moon.

Hail the vessel.

Riker: I have visual contact.
I don't recognize it.

It claims to be an escort vessel
from the beta moon.

There was no mention of an escort.

Request a security clearance code.

They do not answer, sir.

Commander riker,
prepare to return to the shuttlebay.

Riker: Acknowledged.

Captain, they are loading
their phaser banks.

Increasing power to the shields.

- Coming about.
- Oh.

Engage tractor beam.
Report, number one.

We've lost port thrusters
and both backup stabilizers.

- I'm losing control.
- Picard: We're bringing you in.

Captain, the shuttle hull has been
weakened. We're breaking up.

You can't tow us.
You better beam us directly on board.

No. Don't do it.

I can't stabilize the shuttle.

If you transport me, it will kill me.
Please.

Picard: Number one,
we 're ready to beam you aboard.

Belay that order, captain.
I'll bring her in manually.

Advise Dr. Crusher
we have a medical emergency.

Crusher:
He's in shock. He's lost a lot of blood.

But that still doesn't explain
these readings.

Eosinophilia in the cerebrospinal fluid
at 46 percent.

Sedimentation rate is 29,
but his lymphocytes are still intact.

It's as though
there's a parasite at work.

Odan.

Odan.

I need to do exploratory surgery.

You may have a parasitic infection.

You must not.

Crusher: You won't survive.

What is that?

Beverly, that is me.

What?

This body is just a host.

I am that parasite.

That is what must survive.

It has always been this way.

The trill are a joined species.

A host and a symbiont.

And in this fashion
we have survived for millennia.

You're dying. What can I do?

The host body is dying.

You must contact the trill quickly.

Tell them I need another host.
They will send a replacement.

I know this is difficult to accept,

but I beg you, Dr. Beverly,

help me.

This mission must be completed.

Odan's host body died of the injuries
just over an hour ago,

but the symbiont being, odan,
is still alive.

Odan is the one
who negotiated the last treaty.

But the man everyone thought
was his father

was just another host body.

And the reason odan
refused the transporter?

It would have damaged
the symbiont.

Picard: We've contacted the trill.
Another host will be here in 40 hours.

I've placed odan in stasis.

He can survive another hour,
maybe two, but not beyond that.

Would it be possible for me
to serve as a temporary carrier?

No, data, the relationship requires
a biological being.

We're at a desperate impasse
in the peliar system.

The attack on the shuttlecraft
has inflamed the dispute.

- Who was responsible?
- Picard: No one will admit anything.

Each side accuses the other,
and the threats are mounting.

We need odan.

Doctor, could a human host
carry him?

Crusher: I believe so.

From odan's description
of the process,

- it should be possible, but I don't...
- Then I volunteer.

Crusher: There's been
no precedent for a human host.

I couldn't guarantee
what might happen.

The risk is too great, commander.

Weigh it against
the prospect of war.

It's your choice, will.

Let's get to it.

I've given you a local anesthetic.

You must be conscious
during the implantation.

- Drugs might damage the symbiont.
- I understand.

Laser scalpel.

How do you feel? Is there any pain?

No. There's some
strange sensations.

- Vital signs.
- Heart rate 110.

- Blood pressure 90 over 40.
- I can't close yet.

The assimilation's not complete.

Ogawa: Pulse 130 and climbing.
Eeg is erratic.

He's gonna start fibrillating.
200 milligrams of metrazene.

Nurse: Yes, doctor.

Crusher: Hang on, will.

Nurse:
We've got incorporation, doctor.

I'm closing.

Nurse:
Brain waves are still irregular.

The metrazene
should've stabilized him.

I'll give it 10 more seconds
before I go in again.

Nurse: There we go.
Eeg approaching regular.

Blood pressure leveling off.

That's better.
Signs are returning to normal.

Will, it's Beverly. Can you hear me?

You're going to be all right.

How do you feel?

I'm fine.

You look a little tired, Dr. Beverly.

Odan: I know
this must be disturbing, governor.

But you must convince the inhabitants
of the moons that I am odan.

I have his skills, his thoughts,
his memories.

They will perceive you
as a starfleet officer,

perhaps with your own agenda.

The man they knew as my father,

the man who stands before them,

both are merely hosts.

It is your task
to help them understand.

I will try.

I cannot promise they will listen.

They are more factionalized
than ever.

Listening is a skill

which seems to have evaporated
with the heat of argument.

Speak softly, governor.

Those who cannot hear
an angry shout

may strain to hear a whisper.

I will do what I can.

Mr. Worf, will you escort
the ambassador to his quarters?

Odan:
I'm just a little dizzy. I'll be fine.

- I just need to lie down.
- Picard to Dr. Crusher.

Crusher: Yes, captain?

Doctor, the ambassador is not well.

Will you please attend to him
in his quarters?

Right away, sir.

White cell count is elevated,
six-tenths of a degree temperature.

But no sign of rejection.

That's good.

- You look awfully pale.
- Just a little weak

and light-headed.

Cerebral blood flow looks normal.

I'll leave a metabolic booster.
Use it if the symptoms get worse.

- Beverly...
- Beyond that, I don't know what to do.

- This is all new to me.
- It is new to me as well.

Please, don't go.
We've got to talk about this.

- I don't know what to say.
- Nor do I.

But I know that the silence
would injure us.

Well, maybe you should've
thought about that sooner.

Maybe you should've
told me what you were.

It didn't seem to bother you
to remain silent yesterday.

It never occurred to me.
This is what I am.

Did you ever tell me that you were
only a single being?

Of course not.
That was normal to you.

- I don't know who you are.
- You must understand.

Whoever I seem to be, I am odan,

who loved you.
That has not changed.

- I still love you.
- Oh.

I can't help that.
If this causes you pain,

I will suppress it.
I will keep my distance.

Dr. Beverly,

I would never hurt you.

May I join you?

Crusher: You know, Deanna,

the first man I ever loved
unconditionally was named Stefan.

He was a soccer player,

and I would watch him
as he would race down the field.

And I thought my heart would stop
because he was so beautiful.

We married and had three children:

Twin boys, Andrew and Alexander,

and then later, a little girl, Jennifer.

Stefan became an artist,
very famous.

He created huge,
breathtaking metal sculptures.

He came to adore me
as much as I worshiped him.

In my daydreams, at least.

Stefan was 11 and I was 8.
He never even knew I existed.

Oh, Deanna,
I loved odan, I'm sure of it.

I had no doubts, no fears.

But what was it I loved? His eyes?

His hands? His mouth?
They're gone.

If that was all it was,
I should mourn him and go on.

But it was more than that.

I felt completely free with him,

unguarded, at ease with myself.

There were so many things
that made him special to me.

But where are they?
Are they still here,

alive in will riker?

I look at will, and I see
someone I've known for years.

A kind of brother.

But inside, is he really odan?

Oh, help me, please.

- What do your feelings tell you?
- I feel his pull.

It's very powerful.

I wish he'd never come on this ship.

Troi: Don't wish that, Beverly.

You can't be open to love
if you don't risk pain.

I don't care. I'd give anything
not to feel the way I do now.

He's here, isn't he?

Look at him.

I don't wanna look at him.
Talk to me.

Just keep talking to me.

The first man I ever loved
was my father.

He was strong and tall.

He carried me
when the ground was muddy.

He chased away the monsters
that hid under my bed at night.

And he sang to me

and kept me safe.

And he went away.

What I wouldn't give
to hear those songs again,

to feel his arms protect me.

I never will.

But I can still feel his warmth
and his love,

as though he were here with me.

If you can feel those things

from the man
we know as will riker,

accept them.

Accept the love.

Picard:
Captain's log, stardate 44823.8.

Representatives of the two moons
of peliar zel

have agreed to come on board
to meet the new ambassador odan.

Crusher:
White cell count is elevated.

It's getting higher and higher
every time I read it.

- Are you in pain?
- Not much.

Ambassador, we can
stall the representatives.

They would see that as a deception.
I must meet with them.

But surely,
to present yourself in this condition

is not gonna help our cause.

I promise you, captain,
they will never know that I'm ill.

Captain, the emissaries.

May I present
kalin trose of Alpha moon

and lathal bine of beta moon.

Thank you for receiving us, captain.

Is this ambassador odan?

Lathal bine, it was your aunt
who represented beta 30 years ago.

- That is correct.
- Odan: She was a formidable woman.

I had the utmost respect for her.

And who was it who spoke
for Alpha so long ago?

That was you, of course,
kalin trose.

Then you were a young man
bristling with passion and zeal,

yet wise enough to understand

that your people needed peace
to ensure their future.

And how did you
achieve a compromise

between that young man

and the iron-willed
woman of beta moon?

They agreed to trade places
for a week,

to understand each other's situation
with more-informed eyes.

After that,
an agreement came swiftly.

Nothing that you have said
is beyond what a schoolchild

could learn in a history book.

What is not commonly known
is that during those negotiations,

you, kalin trose, quelled a plot

by a radical from your own moon

who was attempting
to assassinate the beta delegate.

It is true.

Perhaps he was wiser in his youth
than he is now.

Odan, you must convince him
to stop.

Will you accept me?
Will you allow me to work with you?

And Alpha moon?

I will consider it,
but I must consult others.

This is a typical tactic.

He is an obstructionist.
You can see that.

Kalin trose,
you may confer with your people,

but we must have your answer
within eight hours.

You shall have it.

His vital signs are overworked.
His immune system is under attack.

I can only guess that he's suffering
from classic rejection syndrome.

Is there any treatment
you can give him?

Crusher: I can administer
an immunosuppressant.

That could help
relieve the symptoms,

but it can't correct
the underlying cause.

There is a foreign organism
in his body.

Medical school didn't exactly
prepare me for situations like this.

You're doing all you can.

Don't worry about me, captain.
I'm fine.

Ambassador,
when you feel up to it,

would you join me
in my ready room?

Odan: Of course.

I can give you something
that should help with the pain,

at least for a little while.

The pain's gone. Thank you.

Please don't.

Please let me touch you,
just for a moment.

No, please.

It was a fast decision,
which we must take as positive.

The alphan representative
has agreed,

however reluctantly,
to let you mediate the dispute.

I knew they would.

They are reasonable people.

They're just trapped
in their own anger.

Have no doubt, however,

that they will bolt if something
goes wrong in the discussion.

Then it's my job to see
that nothing goes wrong.

Did I say something wrong,
captain picard?

No, it's just that

for a moment you sounded
more like will riker.

We have received information

that the new host will arrive
in 18 hours.

Will you be all right until then?

The medication Dr. Beverly
gave me has helped.

I will find a way to keep going.

Lemon tea.

Computer,
location of Dr. Beverly crusher.

Computer:
Dr. Crusher is in her quarters.

Can you make balso tonic?

Computer:
There is no formula on record.

Please supply
a molecular structure.

Never mind.

Come in.

I thought I should see
how you were doing,

if you needed another hypospray.

The symptoms haven't returned.

- Oh, well, that's good.
- Yes.

Uh, tomorrow's an important day.
Do you feel ready for it?

- I'll be fine. I've been preparing.
- Oh, that's good.

I'll, um, check your vital signs
in the morning

before the representatives get here.

I don't want them knowing
that I'm taking any medication.

Maybe you could schedule
a series of breaks.

- That's good.
- Yes.

Beverly, I want you.

If you're going to leave,
you better go right now.

I'm not leaving.

Picard:
Captain's log, stardate 44824.4.

Governor leka and
the representatives of the two moons

are ready to transport on board.

We have learned
that they each have troops massed

and are ready for combat if this
final effort at peace is not successful.

White count is back up.
Temperature's elevated.

The effects of the medication
are wearing off faster every time.

I'll administer one now

and hope that it will hold
for an hour or so.

No. No more.

Ambassador,
it's clear you're in pain.

You can't get through
the next hours without help.

I must.

Are the injections damaging
to the host's body, riker's body?

We can't put him
through any further risk.

But how can you function,
conduct the meeting?

I'll manage.

We will respect your wishes.

One more thing.
I will conduct the mediations today,

but at the end of today,
regardless of the outcome,

I must be removed
from riker's body,

even if the new host has not arrived.

But you won't survive.

Riker will not survive
if I am not removed.

He has done enough.

Your word.

Very well.

Worf: Worf to captain picard.

Yes, Mr. Worf?

The governor and the two
representatives have returned.

I will escort them
to the observation lounge.

Picard: Thank you.

I'll stand by with the medication
just in case.

The pain may become so intense
that I'll have to...

Bevedy.

Whatever else I may be to you,
I'm your friend.

I can only imagine
what you're going through.

And I want you to know, I'm here.

Jean-Luc.

- Computer, what is the time?
- Computer: 1535 hours.

They've been in there
for almost six hours.

Captain, I am receiving a message
from the ship carrying the trill host.

- Crusher: Are they here, worf?
- No. They are experiencing difficulty.

They do not anticipate their arrival
for another nine hours.

Nine hours?

It was worth it.

Ambassador.

They will not go to war.

Picard: See that the representatives
are safely transported off the ship.

Ensign, set a course to intercept
with the trill vessel.

- Prepare to go to warp 9.
- Data: Sir,

it could take more than two hours
to reach the vessel.

I must remove him. I gave my word.

Will's gonna be all right.

His vital signs have stabilized,
and he's sleeping now.

- How is odan?
- Crusher: I've placed him in stasis.

He's fine for the moment.

- Picard: You need some rest, doctor.
- No. If odan is to survive,

he needs to be implanted
in the new host

as soon as he arrives. I'll wait here.

It'll be some time.

I know.

Worf: Doctor.

- Is the trill host here?
- Worf: Yes.

Good. Bring him in.

Doctor.

I am kareel.
I am to become host to odan.

The operation to implant odan
into the new host

was completed at 1900 hours

and appears
to have been successful.

There were no difficulties
in assimilation.

Dr. Beverly,
could we talk for a moment?

You should be sleeping.
You need to rest.

I've never felt better,
except once or twice.

My poor Beverly.

This has been so hard for you.

I wanna thank you, for your caring,
for your standing by me.

I congratulate you.

You averted a war
that would've cost many lives.

It seems as though everything
has turned out for the best.

And, yes, I am still odan,
and I still love you.

I cannot imagine that ever changing.

I'm glad that you're all right.

Is there to be nothing more?

Perhaps it is a human failing,

but we are not accustomed
to these kinds of changes.

I can't keep up.

How long will you have this host?

What would the next one be?

Icanthve
with that kind of uncertainty.

Perhaps someday,

our ability to love

won't be so limited.

I understand.

Crusher: Odan,

I do love you.

Please remember that.

I will never forget you.