All language subtitles for Star Trek The Next Generation S05E23

Picard:
Captain's log, stardate 45854.2.

The enterprise is charting
six star systems

that make up the argo/is cluster,

an area being considered
for colonization.

- Very impressive.
- — It's beautiful.

But frightening at the same time.

Captain, I am detecting a transmission
emanating from within the system.

What sort of signal?

It is self-repeating
of unknown pattern.

Where is it coming from?

Data: A small moon orbiting
the fourth planet.

- Life signs?
- Data: Indeterminate.

I am attempting to screen out
sensor interference.

Readings are still inconclusive,
however,

the moon's atmosphere
is capable of supporting life.

It could be a distress call.

Helm, take us into transport range.

Dr. Crusher, meet me
in transporter room 2

with a medical away team.

Crusher: Acknowledged.

I'm reading one life form.
Very weak signs.

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.

- Riker to enterprise.
- Picard: Go ahead, number one.

We found the wreckage
of a small craft.

One survivor.

It's a borg, male, adolescent.
He's badly hurt.

Data: Sir, there is no indication of
other borg activity within sensor range.

Away team, prepare to return
to the ship.

Captain, we can't leave him here.
He won't survive.

- I think the captain understands that.
- Idont

- the borg usually collect their dead.
- He's not dead.

- Riker: The transmission...
- At least not yet.

The transmission that we intercepted
was probably a homing signal.

We have to assume
they're on their way.

Let me at least stabilize
his condition,

give him a chance of surviving
until they get here.

Your concern is noted, doctor.

But any intervention on our part

would alert the borg
to our having been there.

I'm afraid we've turned
that corner already.

Kill it now.

Make it appear that it died
in the crash.

Leave no evidence
that we were ever here.

Security measures must be taken
before we beam it on board.

Crusher:
Thank you, captain. Standing by.

Mr. Data, notify security
to prepare a detention cell.

- Bridge to engineering.
- La forge: La forge here.

We're bringing a borg survivor
on board.

We'll need to neutralize
the homing signal.

Prevent it from sending or receiving
transmissions of any kind.

I'll set up a subspace damping field
around the detention cell.

Picard: Very well.

Four more. None survived.

- Picard: Picard to riker.
- Go ahead, enterprise.

We are transporting you
directly to the detention cell.

Crusher:
I need him in sickbay, captain.

The cell, doctor.

Whatever equipment you need
will be brought to you there.

Crusher: Very well.

Come.

Captain, I was wondering if there
was anything you wanted to talk about.

I don't think so, counselor.

I would have thought having a borg
on the ship would stir some feelings.

I'm quite recovered
from my experience, thank you.

Sometimes, even when a victim
has dealt with his assault,

there are residual effects
of the event that linger.

You were treated violently by the borg.
Kidnapped, assaulted,

- mutilated...
- Counselor.

Counselor, I very much appreciate
your concern for me,

but I can assure you
it is quite misplaced.

I have carefully considered
the implications

of having a borg on this ship.

I have weighed the possible risks

and I am convinced
that we are doing the right thing.

Now I am quite comfortable
with my decision.

I see.

Well, if at any point you want
to talk more...

I shall certainly avail myself
of your help.

Worf: Lower the force field.

Captain, the borg
is still unconscious.

Crusher:
He suffered massive internal injuries.

We've been able to control
the hemorrhaging,

but some implants in his brain were
damaged. I may have to remove them.

A borg will die if they're
removed permanently.

Their brains grow dependent
on the biochips.

Perhaps geordi can construct
some new implants.

They contain relatively straightforward
programming, interface protocols.

We have the files we downloaded
after your experience, captain.

I think I can manage it.

Mr. La forge...

Do you know enough
about borg programming

to alter the pathways
to their root command structure?

I'm not sure, sir.

Subroutines are pretty complicated.

I'd probably have to study
the data-processing algorithms.

It's the only way I could trace
the access codes.

If we could get
to the root command,

we could introduce an invasive
programming sequence

through its biochip system,
and then return it to the hive.

The borg are so interconnected,
it would act like a virus.

Which would infect
the entire collective.

We could disable their neural network
at a stroke.

Infected? You make it sound
as if it's a disease.

Quite right, doctor.

If all goes well,

a terminal one.

If this works the way I think it will,

once the invasive program
starts spreading,

it” only be a matter of months before
the borg suffer total systems failure.

Comments. Crusher: A question.

What exactly
is total systems failure?

The borg are extremely
computer-dependent.

A systems failure will destroy them.

I just think we should be clear
about that.

We're talking about annihilating
an entire race.

Which under most circumstances
would be unconscionable.

But as I see it, the borg leave us
with little choice.

I agree. We're at war.

There's been no
formal declaration of war.

Not from us,
but certainly from them.

They've attacked us
at every encounter.

They've declared war on our way
of life. We are to be assimilated.

But even in war there are rules.

You don't kill civilians
indiscriminately.

There are no civilians
among the borg.

Think of them as a single
collective being.

There's no one borg who is more
an individual than your arm or your leg.

- How convenient.
- Picard: Your point, doctor?

When I look at my patient I don't see
a collective consciousness.

I don't see a hive.

I see a living, breathing boy who has
been hurt and who needs our help.

And we're talking about sending him
back to his people

as an instrument of destruction.

It comes down to this:

We're faced with an enemy
who are determined to destroy us.

And we have no hope
of negotiating a peace.

Unless that changes,

we are justified in doing anything
we can to survive.

- Guard: Security to captain.
- Picard here.

Guard: The borg has regained
consciousness, sir.

Acknowledged.

We'll proceed with the plan.

Crusher: What's he doing?

He's trying to find
an access terminal,

so that he can interface
with the collective.

He doesn't understand
that the signal has been cutoff.

He's emitting a homing signal,
and a second subspace beacon.

But our damping field
is blocking both signals.

He's alone.

For the first time, he's being forced
to cope with his environment

without the resources
of the collective.

He must be hungry.

The borg don't ingest food.

Their implants can synthesize
any organic molecules

their biological tissues require.

What they need is energy.

- Arrange to feed it.
- Aye, sir.

I'll have to adapt a power conduit
and install it in there.

If I didn't know better,

I'd think he was scared.

I don't think I like this sport.

Last week, when you scored
two touches, you liked it well enough.

Today, you were dropping your foil.

You kept letting me inside.

Well, but if I lift up,
you lunge right underneath.

Let's face it, you're much better
at this than I am.

I understand we have
a guest on board.

Is that wise?

I'm not sure. I hope so.

I thought I understood you, picard,
but I don't understand this.

It was an errand of mercy.
He was injured.

Dr. Crusher

decided for humanitarian reasons
to care for him.

They're gonna come after us,
you know that.

You of all people know that.

Shall we go again?

Picard: You all right?

You felt sorry for me.

Look what it got you.

I'll have to go in to connect
the power conduit.

I'll follow the commander.

Reactivate the field
once we're through.

Now stay that way.

Commander.

We are borg.

You will be assimilated.

Resistance is futile.

Just look around, pal.

You're hardly in a position
to make any demands.

We must return to the collective.

Who's we?

Are borg.

Yeah, but there's only one of you.

Do you have a name?

A means of identification?

Third of five.

There were five on your ship.

Is that it, just a number?

Third of five.

Does kind of suit you.

Okay.

This is for you.

It regulates the power flow
to the frequency that you're used to.

This connection should fit
that coupling on your arm.

You're welcome.

Let's get out of here.

Lower the force field.

He's hungry, all right.

Why do you do this?

I'm just a nice guy at heart.

You feeling better?

- You are not borg.
- That's right.

And I hope to stay that way.

You will be assimilated.

Resistance is futile.

That's gratitude for you.

I've been rationing
his portions of energy.

I think he understands.

When he cooperates,
he gets fed. If not...

Like a rat in a cage.

Look, if I'm going to figure out
his command pathways,

I need to learn
how he processes information,

and the only way I know
how to do that

is by giving him perceptual tests.
And for that, I need his cooperation.

So he can participate in the destruction
of his entire species.

- Doctor.
- I know, I know. We're at war.

I'm here to help,
but I don't have to like it.

Okay.

I think we're ready to transport him.

If he gives us any trouble,

we can access the force field
through that console.

You ready?

La forge to transporter room 3.
We're ready here.

Man:
We 're standing by, commander.

La forge: Energize.

Third of five, this is Dr. Crusher.
Dr. Crusher,

this is third of five.

Crusher: Hello.

What is a doctor?

A doctor heals the sick,
and repairs the injured.

Borg:
The sick and injured are reabsorbed.

Others take their place.

That isn't what happened to you.
When we found you, you were dying.

I saved your life.

- — Why?
- It's my duty

to help those who are hurt.

You give us food.

- Yeah.
- Is that your duty?

Yeah, that's right.

Listen, third of five,

Dr. Crusher here has repaired
a lot of the damage

to your biochip implants.

We want to run a few tests,
make sure everything's working okay.

Tests?

I'd like to show you a few diagrams,

and ask you some questions
about them. It's very simple, really.

You will be assimilated.

Yes. But before that happens,
could we ask you a few questions?

- We will answer.
- Terrific.

All right, hang on just a second here,
third of five.

- What is your designation?
- Designation?

- Third of five.
- You mean our names.

We don't have designations.
We have names.

- I'm Beverly. This is geordi.
- Do I have a name?

Do you want one?

A name.

I'm Beverly, he's geordi, and you...

- You.
- You...

No, no, wait a minute.

That's it. Hugh.

What do you think?

- You.
- No. Not "you." Hugh.

Hugh.

Okay. Now, I'm Beverly.

I'm geordi.

We are Hugh.

Now imagine what this shape would
look like if it were turned inside out.

Which one is it?

Hugh: This one.
Crusher: That's right.

He's gotten every one.
Eight out of eight.

That blows the top right off
of the spatial acuity percentiles.

It's the prosthetic eye.

It seems to be giving him
very complex visual information.

Like some kind of holographic
imaging system.

That could be helpful.

Hugh, I'd like to take a closer look
at your eyepiece. Is that okay?

Here.

La forge: Huh.

When you are assimilated,
you will have a similar device.

Crusher: Hugh,

do you understand
we don't want to be assimilated?

Why do you resist us?

Because we don't want to live
the way you do.

Here it is quiet.

There are no other voices.

Other voices?

On a borg ship, we live with the
thoughts of the others in our minds.

Thousands of voices with us always.

I think what you're saying

is that you're lonely.

Here.

When you have completed these tests,
what will be done with us?

We'll, um...

We'll send you home.

We will rejoin the collective.

You know, it's funny. When I first
started creating this invasive program,

I didn't have a problem with it.

The more I work with Hugh,
the more...

Guinan: Uh...

Hugh?

La forge:
Yeah. That's what we call him.

You named the borg?

Well, it was easier having something
to call him.

Oh, so now you have a borg
named Hugh.

Right, and, he's nothing like
what I expected.

- How so?
- I don't know, it's...

It's like he's just some kid
who's far away from home.

Do you know that you are
the second person today

to refer to that borg as though
it was some sort of lost child?

Anyway, I'm having second thoughts
about what we're doing here.

I mean, programming him
like some sort of walking bomb.

Sending him back
to destroy the others.

Let me tell you something.

When that kid's big brothers
come looking for him,

they're not gonna stop
until they find him.

And then they're gonna come
looking for us.

And they will destroy us.

And they will not do
any of the soul-searching

that you are apparently
doing right now.

Then why don't you go
and talk to him?

It might not be so clear-cut then.

Because I wouldn't have anything
to say.

Then why don't you just listen?

That is what you do best, isn't it?

What is it, number one?

We've picked up a vessel
on the long-range scanners

headed this way.

Analysis.

The vessel is traveling at warp 7.6.

Mass, 2.5 million metric tons.

Configuration,

cubicle.

The borg.

Its dimensions indicate
that it is a scout ship

similar to the one that crashed.

Interference from the star's radiation
will shield us from their sensors.

We should remain undetected
until they enter the system.

How long do we have?

At present speed, they will arrive
in 31 hours, 7 minutes.

You don't look so tough.

We are borg.

Aren't you going to tell me
you have to assimilate me?

You wish to be assimilated?

No, but that's what you...

Things do, isn't it?

Resistance is futile?

Resistance is futile.

It isn't.

My people resisted when the borg
came to assimilate us.

Some of us survived.

Resistance is not futile?

No. But thanks to you,

there are very few of us left.

We're scattered
throughout the galaxy.

We don't even have
a home anymore.

What you are saying

is that you are lonely.

What?

You have no others.

You have no home.

Are also lonely.

Hugh: What is geordi doing?

I'm studying the components
in your prosthesis.

Why?

I'm trying to learn more about you.

Why?

Because

you're different than we are.

Part of what we do is learn more
about other species.

We assimilate species.

Then we know everything
about them.

I know.

Is that not easier?

Maybe it is, it's just not what we do.

Why?

All right.

Think of it this way.

Every time you talk about yourself,
you use the word "we."

"We want this. We want that."

You don't even know how to think
of yourself as a single individual.

You don't say "I want this,"
or "I am Hugh."

We are all separate individuals.

I am geordi.

I choose what I want to do with my life.
I make decisions for myself.

For somebody like me,
losing that sense of individuality

is almost worse than dying.

When you sleep,

there are no other voices
in your mind.

Are you ever...

Lonely?

Sometimes.

But that's why we have friends.

- Friends?
- Sure. Someone you can talk to

who'll be with you
when you're lonely.

Someone...

Someone's who makes you
feel better.

Like geordi

and Hugh.

- La forge: That's it, captain.
- Looks harmless enough.

Well, we had to disguise it
as something innocuous.

The borg have ways
of screening out program anomalies.

How can a geometric form
disable a computer system?

The shape is a paradox, sir.
It cannot exist in real time or space.

When Hugh's imaging apparatus
imprints this on his biochips,

he'll try to analyze it.

Data: He will be unsuccessful,

and will store the shape
in his memory banks.

It will be shunted to a subroutine
for further analysis.

And when the borg
download his memory,

it'll be incorporated into their network,
then they'll try to analyze it.

It is designed so that each step they
take will spawn an anomalous solution.

The anomalies are designed
to interact with each other,

linking together to form an endless
and unsolvable puzzle.

Quite original.

How long before
a total systems failure?

Not until the shape has gone through
several hundred computational cycles.

- When can you begin the process?
- About another 20 hours.

Dr. Crusher wants to make sure
that the new implants have taken hold.

Very well.
Begin as soon as you're ready.

Captain.

I have to admit, I've been having
second thoughts about this plan.

- In what way?
- Well...

I've been getting to know him.
The borg.

I see.

He's not what I expected, captain.
He's got feelings.

He's homesick.

I don't know, it just doesn't
seem right using him this way.

Centuries ago, when laboratory
animals were used for experiments,

scientists would sometimes
become attached to the creatures.

This would be a problem
if the experiment involved killing them.

I would suggest that you unattach
yourself from the borg, Mr. La forge.

Aye, sir.

Guinan.

Please, come in.

Are you sure?

You look like you're preparing
for a quiet evening.

No, I'm delighted to see you.
Can I get you something to drink?

No, thank you.

I was thinking how you said
the other day that my foil was dipping.

That I should get some exercise
and strengthen my arm.

Well, a strong forearm is certainly
an advantage in fencing.

And bartending.

About the borg.

Aren't you the least bit surprised
by him?

- Surprised?
- You know he has a name?

La forge gave it to him.

His name is Hugh.

And he's lonely.

I don't know what made me
go see him.

La forge said I should, but I said no.

And suddenly, there I was,
standing there, staring at him.

I thought it was just curiosity,

just curious.

I need to hear you say
that you are sure

you're doing the right thing.

If you're here to persuade me
not to use the invasive program...

No. I think I need you
to persuade me.

Two days ago, you were so upset
about the borg even being on the ship

that you tore my foil out of my hand.

And now you're here questioning

whether it should be treated
as the enemy.

No. But when you talk to him
face to face,

can you honestly say
you don't have any doubt?

- I haven't talked to it.
- Why not?

- I saw no need.
- If you're gonna use this person...

It's not a person, damn it,
it's a borg.

If you are going to use this person
to destroy his race,

you should at least look him
in the eye once before you do it.

Because I am not sure
he is still a borg.

Because it's been given a name
by a member of my crew,

doesn't mean it's not a borg.

Because it's young
doesn't mean that it's innocent.

It is what it is.

And in spite of efforts
to turn it into some kind of pet,

I will not alter my plans.

Fine.

But if you don't talk to him
at least once,

you may find that decision a lot
harder to live with than you realize.

- Worf: Won' to captain picard.
- Yes, lieutenant.

Wo rf:
We are ready to transport.

Proceed.

Lieutenant, you may wait outside.

Locutus.

I am locutus of borg.

Why are you here?

This is a primitive culture.

I am here to facilitate
its incorporation.

Identify yourself.

Hugh.

Identify yourself.

- We are Hugh.
- This is not a borg identification.

Third of five.

This culture will be assimilated.

They do not wish it.

Irrelevant.

They will resist us.

Resistance is futile.

Resistance is not futile.

- Some have escaped.
- They will be found.

It is inevitable.

All will be assimilated.

- Must geordi be assimilated?
- Yes.

He does not wish it.

He would rather die
than be assimilated.

Geordi must not die.

Geordi is a friend.

You will assist us
to assimilate this vessel.

You are borg. You will assist us.

I will not.

What did you say?

I will not assist you.

- _ "ill?
- Geordi must not be assimilated.

But you are borg.

I am Hugh.

I think that I deliberately avoided
meeting with the borg

because I didn't want anything
to get in the way of our plan.

But now that I have...

He seems to be a fully realized

individual.

He's even accepted me as picard,
captain of this ship,

and not as locutus.

- So you've reconsidered the plan?
- Picard: Yes.

To use him in this manner,
we'd be no better

than the enemy
that we seek to destroy.

So I want other options.

Riker: We could return him
to the crash site.

We'd have to remove his memory
of having been on the enterprise.

But if we erase his memory,

who he is or who he has become,
would be destroyed.

Isn't that the point?
He'd be reassimilated into the hive

- without any questions.
- Does that seem right,

to help him become an individual,
and then take that away from him?

Is there any danger that the borg

might destroy him if they find out
what's happened?

I doubt it. There'd be nothing to gain.

It's more likely that they would
simply wipe out his memory

of those experiences.

Then either way, his memory
would have been erased.

But perhaps, in that short time
before they purge his memory...

The sense of individuality
which he has gained with us,

might be transmitted through
the entire borg collective.

Every one of the borg
being given the opportunity

to experience the feeling of...

Of singularity.

And perhaps that's
the most pernicious program of all.

The knowledge of self being spread
throughout the collective,

in that brief moment,

might alter them forever.

We'll leave his memory intact.

I have a question.

What if he doesn't want to go back?

Hello, Hugh.

Hello, geordi.

Hugh, a borg rescue vessel
is approaching.

It'll be here within three hours.

We can return you to the crash site,
where they will find you,

and then take you home.

Or, if you wish,
you can stay here with us.

What I wish is irrelevant.

It's not irrelevant, Hugh.

- It matters to us.
- No borg leaves the collective.

If they find I am missing,
they will come for me.

Well, we'll deal
with the repercussions later.

We must know what you want.

You are many. I am one.

What I want is not important.

Don't you understand, Hugh?
We're giving you a choice.

- Choice?
- Yes, a choice.

Do you want to go back with the borg,
or stay with us?

- I could stay with you?
- We could Grant you asylum, Hugh.

Choose

what I want.

I would choose to stay with geordi.

But it is too dangerous.

They will follow.

Return me to the crash site.

It is the only way.

Hugh,

think about this.

Are you sure?

The borg ship will enter orbit
in one hour.

You'll soon be headed home.

We'll beam him down,
then we'll take up a position

in the star's chromosphere.

The interference will hide us
from their sensors.

Goodbye, Hugh.

It was nice getting to know you.

Goodbye, Beverly.

You saved my life.

Hugh,

it's not too late to change your mind.

I must return.

Captain, I'd like to go down with him.

My experience suggests that they
would ignore him. Would you agree?

The borg assimilate civilizations.

- Not individuals.
- But, captain, they kidnapped you.

Because they needed a liaison
to communicate with humans.

They ignored every away team
we sent to their ship,

including yours, doctor.

You may accompany him.

Good bye.

Captain,

I do not want to forget
that I am Hugh.

Energize.

We found you there.
In the middle of that debris.

Then that is where I will wait.

We are now entering position.
Radiation levels are rising.

Increase power to the shields.
Hold us here.

Status of the borg ship?

Solar radiation is rendering
our sensors inoperable.

At last known course and speed,

the borg vessel should enter
the system in three minutes.

Well, I guess this is it, huh?

So long, Hugh.

Goodbye, geordi.

I will try to remember you.