All language subtitles for Star Trek The Next Generation S05E25

Picard:
Captain's log, stardate 459441.

Following a magnetic-wave survey
of the parvenium system,

we have detected an object
which we cannot immediately identify.

Magnify.

Mr. Data?

It appears to be a probe
of some kind.

But there is no starfleet record
of this shape or design.

Is it scanning us?

No, sir. But it has assumed
a relative position

and is holding course with us.

The probe is composed of paricium
and talgonite, a ceramic alloy.

Not a very sophisticated technology.

Sir, I am detecting
a low-level nucleonic beam

coming from the probe.

Shields up. Stand by phasers.

The beam is scanning
the shield's perimeter.

The probe is emitting
an unusual particle stream.

Sir, the beam
is penetrating our shields.

Picard: Increase speed to...
Riker: Captain?

It's all right.

Captain, I've got you. It's all right.

Oh, finally.

How are you feeling?

Kamin?

Can you answer me?

What is this place?

Oh, you're still feverish.

Computer, freeze program.

Computer, end program.

Kamin.

Picard to enterprise.

Kamin, please don't get up yet,
you're still not well.

I asked you,

what is this place?

This is your home,

of course.

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.

Am I a prisoner here?

Please, dear, you've had a high fever
for three days.

You mustn't push yourself
too quickly.

Kamin?

You really shouldn't go outside.

Kamin.

Please, come back inside.

Batai: Thank you.

This sapling is planted
as an affirmation of life,

in defiance of the drought

and with expectations of long life.

Whatever comes,

we will keep it alive

as a symbol of our survival.

Kamin. You're back on your feet.
How do you feel, my friend?

Are you in charge here?

- In charge?
- I want to be returned

to my ship immediately.

What ship is that?

Please.

Just tell me, what is this place?

Where am I?

The fever.

It's taken your memory.

That must be it.

Perhaps you can help me.

Anything, my friend.

- My name is kamin.
- Yes.

And you are?

Council leader batai.

You say I've been ill?

For more than a week.

Eline should have put you
in the hospital,

but she insisted
on caring for you herself.

Eline?

Your wife.

If you don't remember that,
maybe it's safer not to go home.

And, uh, what is this place?

Perhaps you should see the doctor.

No, please.

I'm sure it will all come back to me.

Is the community of ressik.

Northern province.

What planet?

- Let me take you back home.
- No, really, I'm quite all right.

Just answer me, what planet?

This is the planet kataan.

Kataan.

Not a federation planet.

I, uh, think

I'll just take a walk.

But you've been ill for a week.

The exercise will do me good.

I'll, uh, try to reacquaint myself
with the surroundings.

Thank goodness.

I've had people out trying
to find you everywhere.

Why did you worry us like that?

Are you hungry?

Hungry, thirsty, exhausted.

I suppose that proves
this is not a dream,

doesn't it?

Your life is a dream?

This is not my life.

I know that much.

I've kept something hot for you.

Where did you go?

I walked

for hours.

And you're just out of bed.

It's delicious.

You always say that.

Will you try to answer
some questions for me,

no matter how strange
they may seem to you?

Of course.

Are there any other planets
in this star system?

Do you visit other systems?

All right. Um...

Do you have a communication
system here?

How do you send messages to, um,
other communities, other places?

The usual way,
by voice-transit conductor.

Do you want to send a message?

When can that be arranged?

Tomorrow.

Don't you want to ask about us?

Of course.

Um, anything you can tell me
will be helpful.

We, um...

We, um...

We're married.

Three years ago.

The happiest day of my life
was the day we got married.

Here in ressik?

You're the best iron Weaver
in the community. At least I think so.

You prefer playing the flute,
of course.

- The flute?
- Yes.

When did I learn to play this?

I'm afraid you never did, dear.

You do keep trying.

I see what you mean.

Well, thank you for the soup.

Thank you for your help.

Tomorrow, will you help me
to send a message?

Of course.

Now will you come to bed?

Oh, I'll sleep here.

Kamin, please come with me.

I've been sick.

I'll be tossing and turning,
it wouldn't be fair to you.

Let me be the judge of that.

Where did you get this?

Kamin, this is the first gift
you ever gave me.

Riker to sickbay. The captain's hurt.

Pulse and blood pressure
are normal.

I'm getting hyperactive
fibrogenic activity.

- This is odd.
- What is it?

There's no evidence
of any injury or trauma.

Vital signs are normal,

but neurotransmitter production
is off the scale.

What's going on?

This probe is doing
something to him.

- Anything yet, data?
- No, sir.

The particle emission is most unusual.
I am unable to block it.

We should destroy the probe.

Phasers are armed and ready.

I don't think that's wise.

Not until we know exactly
what it's doing to him.

Agreed.

Stand down phasers, Mr. Worf.

In the meantime,
take us out of range, ensign.

Thrusters only, 100 kph,

- nice and easy.
Gates: Aye, sir.

- Data?
- The probe is moving with us, sir.

Holding relative position.

It's connected itself to him,

like a tether.

You've been dreaming about that
starship of yours again, haven't you?

I'm just charting the progress
of the course of the sun.

It might give a clue
to the cause of this drought.

I think you're still trying
to figure out where you are.

Where that ship of yours is.

How to get back to that life.

The memory

is five years old now.

But it's still inside me.

Was your life there
so much better than this?

So much more gratifying,
so much more fulfilling,

that you cling to it
with such stubbornness?

- Eline.
- It must have been extraordinary.

But never in all the stories
you've told me,

have you mentioned anyone
who loved you as I do.

It was real.

It was as real as this is.

And you can't expect me
to forget a lifetime spent there.

Yes, I can.

I've been patient, kamin.

For five years I've shared you
with that other life.

I've listened. I've tried to understand.

And I have waited.

When do I get you back?

I know.

I know.

It has been hard on you.

When will you let go?

When will you start living this life?

When will we start a family?

Kamin. Eline.

- Good morning.
- Picard: Good morning, batai.

Well, are you ready?
The administrator's already arrived.

Will you come along?

No, thank you.

You do very well on your own.

She always was strong-minded.

Even as a child.

It's not her fault.

These past few years
have been very difficult for her.

And for you, I think.

Administrator:
There you are, batai.

Perhaps you can explain to me,
when crops are dying all over,

how this tree is flourishing?

Well, this tree is our symbol.

Our affirmation of life.

Everyone in this town gives part
of their water rations to keep it alive.

We've learned, administrator,

that hope is a powerful weapon
against anything.

Even drought.

A good point.

Perhaps I shall recommend a symbolic
tree in each of my communities.

Now, what business
do we have today?

Well, we need help if we are
to increase the water supply.

We think there are ways
to reclaim some of our water.

Batai, you're being a bit
of an alarmist.

True, we are in a drought,

but water rationing
has produced a sizable savings.

If the weather pattern doesn't change,
rationing will not be enough.

We'll run out of water.

- Who is this?
- Kamin, sir.

Kamin.

Do I know you?

I haven't spoken to you before.

Well, kamin,
I'm open to all the people of this town.

I'm delighted to hear
what you have to say.

I suggest that we build
atmospheric condensers

which could extract water
from the air.

I don't mean to quash
your very creative ideas,

but building atmospheric condensers
would be a monumental undertaking.

We could not hope
to sustain such a project.

Each community
will be responsible for its own.

Condensers could make the difference
between watering our crops

and watching them die.

Well, I'll be glad
to pass along your idea.

You'll see that this kind of participatory
government works for everyone.

Be well, batai.
I shall see you next month.

Good to meet you, kanin.

Batai:
Go carefully, administrator.

That went very well.

I think he was impressed with you.

There'll be no atmospheric
condensers.

Well, these things take time.

But it will happen, I'm sure of it.

Come and have supper tonight,
old friend.

I'll, uh, make some vegetable stew.

Let's talk about
building our own condenser.

Kamin.

Hearing you talk
to the administrator,

I realized that for
the first time in years,

you were speaking as though you were
truly a member of the community.

It was good to hear that again.

You've been brooding behind
that flute all evening.

I'm not brooding.

I'm immersed in my music.

I find that it helps me to think.

But the real surprise is,

I enjoy it so much.

No, the real surprise is that
you may actually be improving.

- Batai.
- Yes, ma'am?

Go home.

Yes, ma'am.

Good night, kamin.

Good night, my friend.

Go carefully, batai.

Don't forget these.

I won't put them away for you again.

Yes, ma'am.

I've done nothing but nag all day.

I'm sorry.

No, I'm the one who's sorry.

Everything you said this morning
was absolutely correct.

I feel that I have given you so little
and you have given me so much.

You're a good man.

A wonderful husband.
I didn't mean...

No, not such a wonderful husband.

I spend my spare time
charting the stars.

I disappear for days at a time
exploring the countryside.

My life is very much as it was.

Old habits.

You're gentle and kind.

You've never once
raised your voice to me.

I'd like to ask your permission
to build something.

Kamin,

you've built your telescope,
your laboratory,

you don't need my permission
for something new.

In this case, I think I do.

What is it?

A nursery.

Really?

Really?

Unless, of course,

if you would prefer a porch,

it would certainly
be much easier to build

and I could make
a start on it right away.

Eline:

Geordi, any progress identifying
the probe?

La forge: Maybe.

Picked up some residue
on the probe's shell.

I think it came
from the propulsion system.

Looks like they used
a solid propellant as fuel.

Solid propellant?

Sensors read this stuff
as crystalline emiristol.

It produces a radioactive trail.
It ought to be traceable.

Well, then we should be able to send
out a probe of our own,

- trace it back to the origin.
- I'll get right on it.

Commander, I have been analyzing
the nucleonic beam.

I believe it would be possible to reflect
the particles back toward the probe

in a way that would disrupt
the signal.

Doctor.

I simply don't know the risk
of shutting down the beam.

I'm not willing to let this thing keep
drilling into him.

If somebody gets stabbed,

you don't necessarily
pull the knife out right away.

It might do more harm
than leaving it there.

The captain is under attack.

We must act.

I'm inclined to agree.

Doctor.

Monitor him closely.

Prepare to disrupt the beam.

We're going to try to cut this cord.

Eline: Meribor.

Meribor,
this is your brother's ceremony.

Don't fidget, now.

We name this child

for a dear friend
who died a year ago.

But now his memory
will live on in his namesake.

We name you batai, in his honor.

And he's starting out in the warmth
of friends, thank you.

Please, help yourselves
to something to eat.

- Man: Congratulations, kamin.
- Thank you.

It seems like only yesterday
we had meribor's naming ceremony.

Go on.

I remember.

I was so nervous,
I was afraid that I would drop her.

Now look at the little lady.

Oh, she's no lady.

Tromping through the hills
with you all day.

Digging up those soil samples
you insist upon collecting.

No, she's her father's daughter.

I always believed that I didn't
need children to complete my life.

Now I couldn't imagine life
without them.

Kamin, what is it?

Get the doctor. Hurry.

Ogawa:
His respiratory system's in spasm.

Pulse is irregular and weakening.

I'm losing him.

I'm getting massive
somatophysical failure.

Two cc's delactovine.

Data, get that beam back.

There are severe fluctuations
in the isocortex,

synaptic responses are failing.

Begin full cardiac induction.

Blood pressure is dropping rapidly,
70 over 20.

Data, you've got to reestablish
that beam.

I am attempting to do so, doctor.

- Losing response in the isocortex.
- Cortical stimulators.

Start at 10 percent.

The beam is fully restored, doctor.

Blood pressure up to 90 over 40

and rising.

Isocortical functions are stabilizing.

Vital signs are approaching normal.

- Meribor.
- Happy day, father.

Hey, that's my hobby.
Find your own.

You're the one who taught me.

Don't complain if you've turned me
into a scientist.

And what has the scientist
been up to today?

Analyzing soil samples.

There isn't any anaerobic bacteria.

The soil is dead.

This isn't just a very long drought,
is it, father?

I have entries in my log
that go back 10 years.

You have data preceding
that for 15 years.

You've reached the same conclusion,
I know you have.

I haven't reached any conclusion.

A good scientist doesn't function
by conjecture.

A good scientist functions
by hypothesizing

and then proving or disproving
that hypothesis.

Hey, why don't you spend more time
with that young man dannick?

You're changing the subject.

No, I'm not. I'm just hypothesizing...

That he's in love with you.

You've taught me to pursue the truth,
no matter how painful it is.

It's too late to back off now.

This planet is dying.

Perhaps I should have filled your head
with trivial concerns.

Games and toys and clothes.

I don't think you mean that.

No, I don't.

It just

saddens me

to see you

burdened with the knowledge
of things you can't change.

Father, I think I should marry dannick
sooner rather than later.

Don't you?

Seize the time, meribor.

Live now.

Make now always
the most precious time.

Now will never come again.

I love you, father.

His vital signs are holding.

They've been stable
ever since the beam was restored.

La forge: Commander riker,

we have started to receive telemetry
from the probe we launched.

Go ahead.

We've charted the alien probe's
radiation trail for over one light year.

Any way to extrapolate an origin?

Looks like a star system
in the silarian sector.

Kataan.

Never heard of it. Data?

It is an unmapped system
of six planets, sir.

- Any of them inhabited?
- Data: Not any longer, sir.

The star went nova.

All life in this system was destroyed
approximately 1,000 years ago.

I put away your shoes for you again.

Yes, thank you, dear.

You know, I've been looking through
this thing on and off for over 30 years.

And I still don't see what you
and meribor find so fascinating.

Fine.

Then maybe you'll sit down
and have a rest as you're supposed to.

Oh, you treat me like some
frail flower.

- People have surgery all the time.
- Mm.

He loves playing.

He's quite good at it,
don't you think?

He loves doing a lot of things.

Last week, all he wanted to do
was be a botanist.

The week before that, a sculptor.

I wish he could find some focus
in his life.

Maybe you should talk to him.

Batai?

Father?

I get the feeling from your mother
that you have something to tell me.

I was waiting for the right moment,

but that will never come.

I'm leaving school.

Leaving school? No, you're not.

I want to concentrate on my music.

That's what I care about.

Well, last year, all you cared about
was mathematics.

The year before that, botany. Now...

But through it all,
there was my music.

I think you know that, father.

This is the life I want.

Well,

we'll, um...

We'll discuss it.

- Thank you, father.
- Mm.

Even after all these years,

you still have the ability
to surprise me.

If music is what he wants,
why should I stand in his way?

Anyway,

who knows how much time
he'll have to follow any dream?

Are you still planning to talk
to the administrator tomorrow?

There's a possibility
he'll dismiss me from the council.

- Unless of course you keep quiet.
- No.

The evidence is too pronounced.

I can't stay silent.

What a surprise.

Kamin,
what do you hope to accomplish

spreading rumors that the planet
is doomed? There could be chaos.

The facts are here.

At least show them to someone
who will recognize what they mean.

I won't be a party
to your making trouble.

Well, then if you won't take them,
I most certainly will.

Your observations, your findings,

our scientists reached those
same conclusions two years ago.

Well, what did you expect us to do?

Make it public?

Can you imagine the effect?

But surely the technology must exist
to save something of this world.

Perhaps some people
could be evacuated.

Evacuated where?

Our technology is limited.

We're just beginning
to launch small missiles.

A collection of genetic samples then.
Something, anything.

You simply cannot
let this civilization die.

Enough.

There is a plan in work.

I can't tell you more than that.

Batai: Father.

- Picard: What is it?
- It's mother. Hurry.

Picard: Doctor.

Kamin, I'm sorry.

Eline: See?

I go to any lengths
to get your attention.

You always did have a flair
for the dramatic.

Doctor, thank you.

Batai,

leave us alone for a moment.

I need to talk to my husband.

Did you show the administrator
your evidence?

I didn't have to.

They already knew.

So he won't throw you off
the council.

Remember,

put your shoes away.

I promise.

I gotcha, gotcha.

I gotcha. Now, I gotcha.

Some children are certainly making
a lot of noise in here.

You shouldn't be outside so long.
It's damaging, you know that.

I'm wearing plenty
of your skin protector.

Picard:
How about you, young man?

Do you wear
your skin protector outdoors?

You do? Good boy.

Happy day, everybody.

It's time to go see the launching.

What launching?
What's he talking about?

They're sending up a missile, father.
We are going to watch it.

Well, I'm not going anywhere
to watch anything.

Batai:
Come on, kamie. Hurry up now.

Let's go see the launching.

Breaks my heart to look at him.

Who?

My grandson.

Breaks my heart.

He deserves a rich, full life,
and he's not going to get one.

Please come, father.

Why didn't I hear anything
about a launching?

Did everyone know about this
except me?

I'll, uh, be all right, sitting here.

You go off with the others.

Hold onto my grandson
and watch the damned thing go up,

for all the good it'll do.

What is it they're launching?

You know about it, father.

You've already seen it.

What are you talking about?

I haven't seen any missile.

Batai sr.:
Yes, you have, old friend.

Don't you remember?

Batai?

You saw it,
just before you came here.

We hoped our probe would encounter
someone in the future.

Someone who could be a teacher.

Someone who could tell
the others about us.

Oh, it's me.

Isn't it?

I'm the someone.

I'm the one it finds.

That's what this launching is.

A probe that finds me in the future.

Eline: Yes, my love.

Eline.

The rest of us have been gone
a thousand years.

If you remember what we were

and how we lived

then we'll have found life again.

Eline.

Now we live in you.

Tell them of us.

My darling.

Something's happening.

The nucleonic beam has ceased,
commander.

The probe has shut down.

His cerebral functions
are stabilizing.

Mr. Worf, put a tractor beam
on that probe.

I want it in shuttlebay 2
for examination.

Yes, commander.

What...?

Please, captain,
don't get up too quickly.

Captain?

This is the enterprise.

I'm Jean-Luc picard.

How long?

Twenty, 25 minutes.

Twenty-five minutes?

Captain, I want you in sickbay.
I'd like to run a full diagnostic on you.

Dr. Crusher.

Come.

Hello, sir.

- Feeling better?
- Yes.

Yes, thank you.

But I find that

I'm having to re-discover
that this is really my home.

We were able to open the probe
and examine it.

Apparently, whatever
had looked onto you,

must have been self-terminating.
It isn't functioning any longer.

We found this inside.