1 00:00:11,177 --> 00:00:13,509 Commander, away team reporting in. 2 00:00:13,546 --> 00:00:15,309 Lieutenant Worf standing by. 3 00:00:15,348 --> 00:00:16,372 This is Riker. 4 00:00:16,416 --> 00:00:17,974 Go ahead, Lieutenant. 5 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:20,316 The archaeologists have identified 6 00:00:20,353 --> 00:00:22,184 the markings in these caverns. 7 00:00:22,222 --> 00:00:23,780 This planet was apparently 8 00:00:23,823 --> 00:00:26,485 once home to a race known as the Koinonians. 9 00:00:26,526 --> 00:00:27,993 What do we know about them, Data? 10 00:00:28,094 --> 00:00:30,858 The Koinonians were an intelligent culture 11 00:00:30,897 --> 00:00:32,990 which became embroiled in a war 12 00:00:33,066 --> 00:00:34,658 that lasted for several generations. 13 00:00:34,701 --> 00:00:35,690 Our best evidence 14 00:00:35,735 --> 00:00:37,965 indicates they destroyed themselves. 15 00:00:38,004 --> 00:00:39,972 We have completed our survey of the third tunnel 16 00:00:40,006 --> 00:00:42,998 and will proceed into the ceremonial chamber. 17 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:44,135 Affirmative. Enterprise out. 18 00:00:44,177 --> 00:00:45,804 Destroyed themselves, Data? 19 00:00:45,845 --> 00:00:47,745 According to historical records 20 00:00:47,781 --> 00:00:50,511 this will be the first opportunity 21 00:00:50,550 --> 00:00:51,949 for a Federation team... 22 00:00:51,985 --> 00:00:54,317 Captain, beam them up quickly! 23 00:00:54,354 --> 00:00:56,481 Captain, emergency beam-up! 24 00:00:56,523 --> 00:00:59,151 Enterprise, emergency. Severe injuries! 25 00:00:59,192 --> 00:01:00,284 Transporter Room? 26 00:01:00,326 --> 00:01:01,657 I've got them, Captain. 27 00:01:01,694 --> 00:01:02,956 Beam them straight to Sick Bay. 28 00:01:03,063 --> 00:01:04,394 Dr. Crusher, incoming wounded. 29 00:01:14,674 --> 00:01:17,609 Away team is on board, Captain. 30 00:01:22,449 --> 00:01:25,179 One dead on arrival. 31 00:01:53,112 --> 00:01:57,515 Space, the final frontier. 32 00:01:57,550 --> 00:02:01,316 These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. 33 00:02:01,354 --> 00:02:03,322 Its continuing mission-- 34 00:02:03,356 --> 00:02:07,292 to explore strange new worlds 35 00:02:07,326 --> 00:02:11,763 to seek out new life and new civilizations 36 00:02:11,798 --> 00:02:16,292 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 37 00:03:15,394 --> 00:03:18,522 Captain's Log, Stardate 43198.7. 38 00:03:18,564 --> 00:03:21,124 The Enterprise remains in standard orbit 39 00:03:21,166 --> 00:03:22,861 while we investigate the tragedy 40 00:03:22,901 --> 00:03:24,596 which has struck the away team. 41 00:03:24,636 --> 00:03:27,969 Lieutenant Marla Aster, ship's archaeologist 42 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:32,602 has been killed in what should have been a routine mission. 43 00:03:32,644 --> 00:03:34,635 Whatever the explanation 44 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:39,481 it will not bring back a valued and trusted officer. 45 00:03:39,518 --> 00:03:42,487 Lieutenant? 46 00:03:42,521 --> 00:03:45,490 We had completed our investigation 47 00:03:45,524 --> 00:03:47,321 of the third tunnel. 48 00:03:47,359 --> 00:03:51,989 Our scans indicated no weapons or traps of any kind. 49 00:03:52,064 --> 00:03:54,897 Lieutenant Aster was three meters behind me. 50 00:03:54,933 --> 00:03:59,461 An explosive device went off. 51 00:03:59,505 --> 00:04:03,703 There was no warning. 52 00:04:03,742 --> 00:04:06,142 Lieutenant Aster bore the full brunt 53 00:04:06,178 --> 00:04:07,440 of the detonation. 54 00:04:15,788 --> 00:04:22,318 Lieutenant Aster is survived by a son, Jeremy, 12 years old. 55 00:04:22,361 --> 00:04:25,660 He's aboard the Enterprise, sir. 56 00:04:25,697 --> 00:04:26,959 And his father? 57 00:04:26,999 --> 00:04:28,626 He's also deceased. 58 00:04:28,667 --> 00:04:30,897 His only living relatives 59 00:04:30,936 --> 00:04:34,997 are an aunt and uncle residing on Earth. 60 00:04:39,011 --> 00:04:40,979 Where is he now? 61 00:04:41,013 --> 00:04:42,310 In class. 62 00:04:42,347 --> 00:04:45,680 I've alerted the teacher to expect us. 63 00:04:47,686 --> 00:04:49,654 Captain! 64 00:04:49,688 --> 00:04:52,122 I must accompany you. 65 00:04:52,157 --> 00:04:55,217 I commanded the away team. 66 00:04:55,260 --> 00:04:57,990 I appreciate your offer, Lieutenant. 67 00:04:58,096 --> 00:05:00,155 This is my responsibility. 68 00:05:06,737 --> 00:05:07,567 Picard to Bridge. 69 00:05:07,605 --> 00:05:08,572 Yes, Captain. 70 00:05:08,606 --> 00:05:09,800 Assign Commander La Forge 71 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:11,831 to lead another away team to the dig site. 72 00:05:11,875 --> 00:05:13,433 I want to know why this happened. 73 00:05:13,477 --> 00:05:14,466 Yes, Captain. 74 00:05:14,511 --> 00:05:15,944 I will be with Counselor Troi 75 00:05:15,980 --> 00:05:18,608 and young Jeremy Aster. 76 00:05:18,649 --> 00:05:20,276 I understand. 77 00:05:20,317 --> 00:05:21,648 Riker out. 78 00:05:31,795 --> 00:05:34,958 He had to do the same thing for me. 79 00:05:35,032 --> 00:05:37,728 Do you know Jeremy well? 80 00:05:37,768 --> 00:05:41,499 But I know what this is going to be like for him. 81 00:05:41,538 --> 00:05:44,439 It's part of life in Starfleet, Wesley. 82 00:05:44,475 --> 00:05:45,737 I know. 83 00:05:45,776 --> 00:05:48,973 They're very careful to prepare us for anything. 84 00:05:49,046 --> 00:05:49,978 But still... 85 00:05:50,047 --> 00:05:51,844 I know. 86 00:05:54,685 --> 00:05:56,448 How do you get used to it? 87 00:05:56,487 --> 00:05:57,579 To telling them? 88 00:05:57,621 --> 00:06:01,216 You hope you never do. 89 00:06:36,393 --> 00:06:41,330 I sense the weight of this duty on you, Captain. 90 00:06:43,834 --> 00:06:45,995 I really wonder... 91 00:06:48,672 --> 00:06:50,003 Halt. 92 00:06:56,013 --> 00:07:02,350 I've always believed that carrying children on a starship 93 00:07:02,386 --> 00:07:05,913 is a very questionable policy. 94 00:07:05,956 --> 00:07:09,517 Serving on a starship means 95 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:14,964 accepting certain risks, certain dangers. 96 00:07:17,301 --> 00:07:21,032 Did Jeremy Aster make that choice? 97 00:07:21,071 --> 00:07:23,301 Death and loss are an integral part 98 00:07:23,340 --> 00:07:24,568 of life everywhere. 99 00:07:24,608 --> 00:07:27,873 Leaving him on Earth would not have protected him. 100 00:07:27,911 --> 00:07:28,935 No, but the Earth 101 00:07:28,979 --> 00:07:31,675 isn't likely to be ordered to the Neutral Zone 102 00:07:31,715 --> 00:07:33,478 or to repel a Romulan attack. 103 00:07:33,517 --> 00:07:38,614 It was my command which sent his mother to her death. 104 00:07:38,655 --> 00:07:42,682 She understood her mission and my duty. 105 00:07:42,726 --> 00:07:44,660 Will he? 106 00:07:44,695 --> 00:07:48,222 In time, and with help. 107 00:07:48,265 --> 00:07:51,894 Wesley Crusher does. 108 00:07:54,204 --> 00:07:58,265 He does, and so will Jeremy. 109 00:08:04,615 --> 00:08:06,606 Resume. 110 00:08:15,959 --> 00:08:19,087 Jeremy, I have some bad news. 111 00:08:19,129 --> 00:08:21,859 There's been an accident. 112 00:08:24,635 --> 00:08:27,934 Your mother... has died. 113 00:08:35,979 --> 00:08:38,413 How, sir? 114 00:08:38,448 --> 00:08:41,508 An explosive device at the mission site. 115 00:08:41,552 --> 00:08:44,953 She died instantly. 116 00:08:44,988 --> 00:08:47,388 I understand. 117 00:08:47,424 --> 00:08:52,327 Jeremy, I know your mother loved you very much. 118 00:08:55,232 --> 00:09:00,363 I'm told that your father is also dead. 119 00:09:00,404 --> 00:09:02,565 Yes, sir. 120 00:09:02,606 --> 00:09:07,270 He died five years ago from a Rushton infection. 121 00:09:11,281 --> 00:09:14,580 I'm all alone now, sir. 122 00:09:14,618 --> 00:09:19,920 Jeremy, on the Starship Enterprise 123 00:09:19,957 --> 00:09:22,926 no one is alone. 124 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,292 No one. 125 00:09:41,778 --> 00:09:44,406 Excuse me, sir. 126 00:09:44,448 --> 00:09:46,746 Am I intruding? 127 00:09:46,783 --> 00:09:49,445 No. Sit down. 128 00:09:53,457 --> 00:09:56,119 How well did you know Lieutenant Aster? 129 00:09:56,159 --> 00:09:59,651 We spent some time together. 130 00:10:01,565 --> 00:10:04,432 Not very well. 131 00:10:04,468 --> 00:10:07,494 How well did you know her? 132 00:10:07,537 --> 00:10:08,902 Why do you ask? 133 00:10:08,939 --> 00:10:10,406 Well, you just asked me. 134 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,840 But... why do you ask the question? 135 00:10:12,876 --> 00:10:16,539 Since her death, I have been asked several times 136 00:10:16,580 --> 00:10:19,879 to define how well I knew Lieutenant Aster. 137 00:10:19,917 --> 00:10:22,408 And I heard you ask Wesley on the Bridge 138 00:10:22,452 --> 00:10:25,444 how well he knew Jeremy. 139 00:10:25,489 --> 00:10:29,892 Does the question of familiarity have some bearing on death? 140 00:10:32,529 --> 00:10:35,589 Do you remember how we all felt when Tasha died? 141 00:10:35,632 --> 00:10:42,128 I do not sense the same feelings of absence 142 00:10:42,172 --> 00:10:44,470 that I associate with Lieutenant Yar 143 00:10:44,508 --> 00:10:47,136 although I cannot say precisely why. 144 00:10:47,177 --> 00:10:49,270 Just human nature, Data. 145 00:10:49,313 --> 00:10:51,178 Human nature, sir? 146 00:10:51,214 --> 00:10:54,012 We feel a loss more intensely when it's a friend. 147 00:10:54,117 --> 00:10:55,345 Hmm. 148 00:10:55,385 --> 00:10:59,116 But should not the feelings run just as deep 149 00:10:59,156 --> 00:11:01,556 regardless of who has died? 150 00:11:04,127 --> 00:11:05,594 Maybe they should, Data. 151 00:11:05,629 --> 00:11:07,620 Maybe if we felt any loss 152 00:11:07,664 --> 00:11:11,600 as keenly as we felt the death of one close to us 153 00:11:11,635 --> 00:11:14,900 human history would be a lot less bloody. 154 00:11:14,938 --> 00:11:17,202 La Forge to Riker. 155 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:19,105 You're back, Geordi? 156 00:11:19,142 --> 00:11:21,975 Yes, sir, and we brought back a souvenir. 157 00:11:23,847 --> 00:11:25,781 There are five more just like it 158 00:11:25,816 --> 00:11:29,115 all identical to the one that killed Lieutenant Aster. 159 00:11:29,152 --> 00:11:31,450 They employ a subspace proximity detonator. 160 00:11:31,488 --> 00:11:34,116 A normal tricorder would never detect it. 161 00:11:34,157 --> 00:11:37,126 How long would you say they've been there, Data? 162 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:40,129 It comes from the time of the Koinonian wars, sir. 163 00:11:40,163 --> 00:11:42,461 Did you find them all, Geordi? 164 00:11:42,499 --> 00:11:44,126 Yeah, but, uh... 165 00:11:44,167 --> 00:11:48,126 Well, it seemed like they were left there to be found. 166 00:11:48,171 --> 00:11:49,468 Left by whom? 167 00:11:49,506 --> 00:11:51,997 There are no indications of life on this planet. 168 00:11:52,109 --> 00:11:53,736 I don't know, Captain 169 00:11:53,777 --> 00:11:56,007 but it was pretty obvious that they'd been recently 170 00:11:56,046 --> 00:11:57,707 pulled out of the ground and defused. 171 00:12:00,016 --> 00:12:04,419 I have made my report to the Captain. 172 00:12:04,454 --> 00:12:06,285 I'm more interested 173 00:12:06,322 --> 00:12:09,758 in how you feel about what happened. 174 00:12:09,792 --> 00:12:14,422 I sense great anger. 175 00:12:14,464 --> 00:12:16,091 I cannot seek revenge 176 00:12:16,132 --> 00:12:21,092 against an enemy who was turned to dust centuries ago. 177 00:12:21,137 --> 00:12:23,765 Her death was senseless. 178 00:12:23,806 --> 00:12:26,468 The last victim of a forgotten war. 179 00:12:30,146 --> 00:12:33,445 Go on. 180 00:12:33,483 --> 00:12:36,145 There is nothing more to be said. 181 00:12:39,489 --> 00:12:41,787 A person died under your command. 182 00:12:41,824 --> 00:12:43,291 It may happen again. 183 00:12:43,326 --> 00:12:46,784 If you can't learn to release the anger and the guilt 184 00:12:46,829 --> 00:12:48,456 to talk about it... 185 00:12:48,498 --> 00:12:52,730 A leader must stand alone, as Captain Picard does. 186 00:12:52,769 --> 00:12:55,761 Captain Picard talks to me. 187 00:13:03,947 --> 00:13:07,075 Then, may I seek your counsel 188 00:13:07,116 --> 00:13:10,608 on my plan to make R'uustai with the boy. 189 00:13:10,653 --> 00:13:13,087 The bonding? 190 00:13:13,122 --> 00:13:15,920 It is my right. 191 00:13:15,959 --> 00:13:20,487 It's very generous, Worf, but he's not a Klingon child. 192 00:13:20,530 --> 00:13:22,430 He has different sensibilities. 193 00:13:22,465 --> 00:13:24,092 He is an orphan. 194 00:13:24,133 --> 00:13:26,101 I am an orphan. 195 00:13:26,135 --> 00:13:27,568 He will understand. 196 00:13:27,603 --> 00:13:32,768 Right now, there isn't much he can understand. 197 00:13:32,809 --> 00:13:35,369 He's holding all his feelings inside. 198 00:13:35,411 --> 00:13:38,778 Children often feel 199 00:13:38,815 --> 00:13:43,309 that they must be true to the memory of a lost parent. 200 00:13:43,353 --> 00:13:45,446 If you offer them affection too soon 201 00:13:45,488 --> 00:13:47,979 they can feel guilty returning that affection-- 202 00:13:48,091 --> 00:13:51,356 as if they're betraying the love of the parent. 203 00:13:51,394 --> 00:13:55,194 I only wish to honor his mother. 204 00:13:55,231 --> 00:13:57,256 I know. 205 00:13:57,300 --> 00:14:01,737 And I understand this means a great deal to you. 206 00:14:01,771 --> 00:14:05,400 But you must be prepared. 207 00:14:05,441 --> 00:14:07,068 He's very angry, too. 208 00:14:07,110 --> 00:14:08,634 But his anger 209 00:14:08,678 --> 00:14:10,077 is deep inside him. 210 00:14:10,113 --> 00:14:12,946 When he touches it, it will strike out 211 00:14:13,016 --> 00:14:15,780 in many directions, including yours. 212 00:14:15,818 --> 00:14:17,251 Be with him. 213 00:14:17,286 --> 00:14:21,188 Talk to him, but don't rush this. 214 00:14:21,224 --> 00:14:25,456 When he's ready, we'll know. 215 00:14:34,771 --> 00:14:38,434 Captain Patches, we have an alien ship in front of us. 216 00:14:38,474 --> 00:14:40,135 What shall we do, Captain? 217 00:14:40,176 --> 00:14:42,201 Oh, no, we've been hit, Captain. 218 00:14:42,245 --> 00:14:43,303 We're going down! 219 00:14:43,346 --> 00:14:45,507 That was great. 220 00:14:45,548 --> 00:14:47,641 Now, uh, let's get a shot of Mom. 221 00:14:47,683 --> 00:14:48,650 What are you doing? 222 00:14:48,684 --> 00:14:50,413 I'll turn your lens into pottery shards. 223 00:14:50,453 --> 00:14:51,420 Go away. Go away. 224 00:14:51,454 --> 00:14:53,888 Go away! 225 00:14:53,923 --> 00:14:56,391 Over there, over there. 226 00:14:58,594 --> 00:15:00,425 Patches. 227 00:15:00,463 --> 00:15:04,559 Captain Patches is coming in for a landing on the sofa. 228 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:05,965 Oh, no! He's going to crash... 229 00:15:18,147 --> 00:15:19,478 Jeremy Aster? 230 00:15:19,515 --> 00:15:21,608 I am Lieutenant Worf. 231 00:15:21,651 --> 00:15:23,812 May I enter? 232 00:15:23,853 --> 00:15:27,516 You were in command of the away team. 233 00:15:27,557 --> 00:15:29,923 Yes. 234 00:15:29,959 --> 00:15:33,395 I was with Lieutenant Aster, your mother 235 00:15:33,429 --> 00:15:37,092 when she died. 236 00:15:37,133 --> 00:15:39,101 You're a Klingon, aren't you? 237 00:15:39,135 --> 00:15:40,966 Yes. 238 00:15:44,474 --> 00:15:48,774 We studied about Klingons in school. 239 00:15:48,811 --> 00:15:51,439 What did they teach you about us? 240 00:15:51,481 --> 00:15:53,915 You used to be our enemies. 241 00:15:53,950 --> 00:15:56,783 Did they also teach you that every Klingon hopes 242 00:15:56,819 --> 00:15:59,617 to die in the line of duty as your mother did? 243 00:16:02,225 --> 00:16:11,065 In my tradition, we do not grieve the loss of the body. 244 00:16:11,100 --> 00:16:14,558 We celebrate the releasing of the spirit. 245 00:16:14,604 --> 00:16:16,231 I understand death. 246 00:16:16,272 --> 00:16:18,570 They teach us all about it. 247 00:16:18,608 --> 00:16:24,171 Jeremy Aster, we may both understand it 248 00:16:24,213 --> 00:16:27,114 but we must bring meaning to your mother's death. 249 00:16:31,154 --> 00:16:36,717 Perhaps we can do it together. 250 00:16:43,799 --> 00:16:44,788 Come. 251 00:16:47,136 --> 00:16:48,433 Counselor. 252 00:16:48,471 --> 00:16:50,098 How is the boy? 253 00:16:50,139 --> 00:16:51,436 He's being very brave. 254 00:16:51,474 --> 00:16:52,702 Good. 255 00:16:52,742 --> 00:16:55,370 No, he has to get past brave. 256 00:16:55,411 --> 00:16:56,708 He's very angry 257 00:16:56,746 --> 00:17:00,375 and he has to learn how to express that anger 258 00:17:00,416 --> 00:17:02,941 before he can really say good-bye to his mother. 259 00:17:05,087 --> 00:17:06,714 How can we help? 260 00:17:06,756 --> 00:17:10,055 Well, I've asked Beverly if we might get Wesley 261 00:17:10,092 --> 00:17:13,220 to talk to Jeremy about his father's death. 262 00:17:13,262 --> 00:17:14,229 Oh. 263 00:17:14,263 --> 00:17:16,731 The one unusual element is Worf. 264 00:17:16,766 --> 00:17:18,290 Oh? 265 00:17:18,334 --> 00:17:22,065 In many ways, he's suffering as badly as the boy. 266 00:17:22,104 --> 00:17:24,072 He wishes to involve Jeremy 267 00:17:24,106 --> 00:17:26,666 in a Klingon ceremony called R'uustai-- 268 00:17:26,709 --> 00:17:28,404 the bonding. 269 00:17:28,444 --> 00:17:30,412 I know of that. 270 00:17:30,446 --> 00:17:33,506 Well, perhaps it will be helpful to both of them. 271 00:17:33,549 --> 00:17:36,746 I don't think Jeremy's ready to accept Worf right now. 272 00:17:36,786 --> 00:17:38,378 Perhaps later, but... 273 00:17:38,421 --> 00:17:40,753 it will have to be handled most delicately. 274 00:17:40,790 --> 00:17:42,189 As you always do. 275 00:17:44,493 --> 00:17:46,290 I break the unpleasant news 276 00:17:46,329 --> 00:17:48,422 and there my responsibility ends 277 00:17:48,464 --> 00:17:49,692 but you... 278 00:17:49,732 --> 00:17:51,962 you have to stay with them 279 00:17:52,068 --> 00:17:55,367 through the entire grieving process. 280 00:17:55,404 --> 00:17:59,363 We deal with our pain in many different ways 281 00:17:59,408 --> 00:18:03,037 but, over the years, I've discovered it's in joy 282 00:18:03,079 --> 00:18:06,708 that the uniqueness of each individual is revealed. 283 00:18:06,749 --> 00:18:11,049 If I can help a person back to a state of joy... 284 00:18:11,087 --> 00:18:14,022 Well, my role has its rewards. 285 00:18:14,056 --> 00:18:15,683 Captain, we're picking up 286 00:18:15,725 --> 00:18:17,886 an energy field on the planet's surface. 287 00:18:24,100 --> 00:18:27,069 Location? 288 00:18:27,103 --> 00:18:30,732 Two kilometers north of the away team's beam-down point. 289 00:18:30,773 --> 00:18:32,400 Indeed? 290 00:18:32,441 --> 00:18:33,601 Full scan. 291 00:18:33,643 --> 00:18:37,602 Inconclusive, Captain. 292 00:18:37,647 --> 00:18:41,083 Sir, I'm sensing a presence on the planet. 293 00:18:41,117 --> 00:18:42,084 Very vague. 294 00:18:42,118 --> 00:18:43,244 Life-form? 295 00:18:43,286 --> 00:18:44,753 I can't be sure. 296 00:18:44,787 --> 00:18:48,086 The emotions of the crew are particularly strong right now. 297 00:18:48,124 --> 00:18:50,752 It's difficult to filter them out. 298 00:18:50,793 --> 00:18:54,024 Data, scan analysis on main viewer. 299 00:19:03,438 --> 00:19:04,803 Hi. 300 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,707 Hi. 301 00:19:07,743 --> 00:19:09,506 Troi stopped by a little while ago. 302 00:19:09,544 --> 00:19:11,637 She was wondering if you might be willing 303 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:13,671 to talk to Jeremy Aster at some point. 304 00:19:15,584 --> 00:19:17,074 Me? 305 00:19:20,756 --> 00:19:22,383 What for? 306 00:19:22,424 --> 00:19:25,393 About your dad. 307 00:19:25,427 --> 00:19:27,918 What am I going to tell him? 308 00:19:27,996 --> 00:19:29,725 It would help him to talk to somebody 309 00:19:29,765 --> 00:19:30,959 who's been through this. 310 00:19:33,568 --> 00:19:35,399 We had each other, Wes. 311 00:19:35,437 --> 00:19:38,736 He doesn't have anyone to lean on right now 312 00:19:38,774 --> 00:19:40,901 and he might be more comfortable 313 00:19:40,942 --> 00:19:44,070 talking to someone who's not that much older than he is. 314 00:19:44,112 --> 00:19:46,842 Okay, I'll think about it. 315 00:19:48,450 --> 00:19:50,213 Okay. 316 00:20:06,968 --> 00:20:09,698 Do you ever think about him, Mom? 317 00:20:09,738 --> 00:20:12,002 Your father? 318 00:20:14,476 --> 00:20:16,205 Sure, I do. 319 00:20:16,244 --> 00:20:22,774 Sometimes, I can't even remember what his face looks like. 320 00:20:22,818 --> 00:20:24,251 It scares me. 321 00:20:27,155 --> 00:20:32,457 It happens to all of us, Wes. 322 00:20:32,494 --> 00:20:34,792 Sometimes... 323 00:20:34,830 --> 00:20:38,322 I can't get his face out of my mind. 324 00:20:38,366 --> 00:20:41,460 Today... today, it's like... 325 00:20:41,503 --> 00:20:47,237 I can see it all as clearly as if it were yesterday. 326 00:20:47,275 --> 00:20:51,143 I can remember the way Dad looked 327 00:20:51,179 --> 00:20:53,374 when he hugged me good-bye. 328 00:20:53,415 --> 00:20:57,442 Captain Picard's eyes when he came to tell us... 329 00:21:03,959 --> 00:21:08,419 Data, run comparison of known phenomena. 330 00:21:08,463 --> 00:21:11,762 The pattern has no exact match in Federation records, sir. 331 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:13,097 Is it alive? 332 00:21:13,134 --> 00:21:14,761 A possibility. 333 00:21:14,803 --> 00:21:19,103 Captain, I'm getting an unusual magnetic flux reading 334 00:21:19,140 --> 00:21:21,768 from the anti-matter containment pods. 335 00:21:21,810 --> 00:21:23,368 My god. 336 00:21:23,411 --> 00:21:25,345 Wait a minute, wait a minute. 337 00:21:25,380 --> 00:21:27,314 Okay, you got ten seconds more, Mom. 338 00:21:27,349 --> 00:21:28,475 No peeking. 339 00:21:28,516 --> 00:21:30,507 Come on, Patches, in here. 340 00:21:30,552 --> 00:21:31,576 Shh. 341 00:21:31,620 --> 00:21:32,951 Okay, Mom, we're ready. 342 00:21:32,988 --> 00:21:37,152 Jeremy, I'm getting closer. 343 00:21:37,192 --> 00:21:39,990 Jeremy? 344 00:21:40,061 --> 00:21:41,892 I'm going to find you. 345 00:21:41,930 --> 00:21:44,490 You must be in here somewhere. 346 00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:47,263 Jeremy? 347 00:21:49,037 --> 00:21:51,005 Mom?! 348 00:22:00,916 --> 00:22:02,781 All systems are functioning normally. 349 00:22:02,817 --> 00:22:06,446 Still, there's this fluctuation in the containment field. 350 00:22:06,488 --> 00:22:08,456 I can't account for it. 351 00:22:08,490 --> 00:22:10,151 Data, is this possibly related 352 00:22:10,191 --> 00:22:12,125 to the energy fields on the planet? 353 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:13,855 There is a beam of highly charged particles 354 00:22:13,895 --> 00:22:15,192 emanating from the planet, sir 355 00:22:15,230 --> 00:22:18,131 but I cannot pinpoint the location yet. 356 00:22:18,166 --> 00:22:21,602 Captain, there's a presence on the Enterprise. 357 00:22:21,636 --> 00:22:24,332 An alien presence? 358 00:22:24,372 --> 00:22:27,637 No intruder noted by the sensors, sir. 359 00:22:27,676 --> 00:22:29,701 There is a presence. 360 00:22:32,514 --> 00:22:34,379 Security, all decks, yellow alert. 361 00:22:34,416 --> 00:22:35,747 Possible intruder. 362 00:22:48,029 --> 00:22:50,327 They said you were dead. 363 00:22:50,365 --> 00:22:53,766 There was a mistake. 364 00:22:53,802 --> 00:22:56,293 It's okay. 365 00:23:01,509 --> 00:23:03,101 But there was an explosion. 366 00:23:03,144 --> 00:23:04,111 You were hurt. 367 00:23:04,145 --> 00:23:06,613 I'm fine. 368 00:23:06,648 --> 00:23:09,640 You mustn't think anymore about this. 369 00:23:09,684 --> 00:23:11,811 The important thing is 370 00:23:11,853 --> 00:23:14,048 I'm never going to leave you again. 371 00:23:18,660 --> 00:23:21,629 I think somebody needs a hug. 372 00:23:40,982 --> 00:23:43,780 We have to go now. 373 00:23:43,818 --> 00:23:45,843 Where? 374 00:23:45,887 --> 00:23:47,855 To the planet. 375 00:23:50,425 --> 00:23:52,416 That's where we're going to live now. 376 00:23:52,460 --> 00:23:55,520 We're not going to stay on the Enterprise anymore? 377 00:23:55,563 --> 00:23:58,964 No, we're going to live in a home. 378 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,561 Just like we used to on Earth. 379 00:24:02,604 --> 00:24:04,333 You'll see. 380 00:24:04,372 --> 00:24:06,363 I promise. 381 00:24:16,284 --> 00:24:18,752 Lieutenant Worf, did they tell you? 382 00:24:18,787 --> 00:24:20,049 It was a mistake. 383 00:24:20,088 --> 00:24:21,055 She didn't die. 384 00:24:21,089 --> 00:24:22,056 She's alive. 385 00:24:22,090 --> 00:24:23,614 Jeremy, come here. 386 00:24:23,658 --> 00:24:25,956 Lieutenant Worf, it's all right. 387 00:24:26,061 --> 00:24:27,961 I'm here for the boy. 388 00:24:29,998 --> 00:24:31,966 Lieutenant Worf to Captain Picard. 389 00:24:32,067 --> 00:24:33,625 Go ahead. 390 00:24:33,668 --> 00:24:36,637 Lieutenant Aster is in her quarters. 391 00:24:36,671 --> 00:24:38,298 Repeat, Worf? 392 00:24:38,339 --> 00:24:40,705 Lieutenant Aster is here. 393 00:24:40,742 --> 00:24:42,300 In her quarters, with the boy. 394 00:24:42,343 --> 00:24:44,834 Do not provoke her 395 00:24:44,879 --> 00:24:48,576 or interfere in any way until I arrive. 396 00:24:48,616 --> 00:24:50,208 Picard out. 397 00:24:50,251 --> 00:24:52,242 Number One, have security moving that way 398 00:24:52,287 --> 00:24:55,085 but tell them to keep their distance. 399 00:24:55,123 --> 00:24:57,250 You have the Bridge. 400 00:24:57,292 --> 00:24:58,623 Counselor. 401 00:25:03,264 --> 00:25:05,391 There is nothing to worry about. 402 00:25:05,433 --> 00:25:09,426 I'm going to take care of Jeremy and make him happy. 403 00:25:09,471 --> 00:25:10,699 It's time to go. 404 00:25:10,738 --> 00:25:12,865 Where are you taking the child? 405 00:25:12,907 --> 00:25:14,932 To the planet. 406 00:25:14,976 --> 00:25:16,341 Come, Jeremy. 407 00:25:24,652 --> 00:25:25,949 Worf to Picard. 408 00:25:25,987 --> 00:25:27,978 They're leaving their quarters. 409 00:25:29,691 --> 00:25:33,957 Captain, I believe we're headed for Transporter Room 3. 410 00:25:33,995 --> 00:25:35,929 We're on our way. 411 00:25:39,767 --> 00:25:42,565 Chief O'Brien. 412 00:25:42,604 --> 00:25:45,232 Jeremy and I are going down to the surface. 413 00:25:54,949 --> 00:25:56,541 Who are you? 414 00:25:56,584 --> 00:25:59,212 I'm Marla Aster. 415 00:25:59,254 --> 00:26:00,585 It's my mother, Captain. 416 00:26:00,622 --> 00:26:01,589 She's alive. 417 00:26:01,623 --> 00:26:03,318 What do you want? 418 00:26:03,358 --> 00:26:05,690 To take my child down to the planet. 419 00:26:05,727 --> 00:26:06,921 I cannot permit that. 420 00:26:07,028 --> 00:26:08,859 The boy is my responsibility. 421 00:26:08,897 --> 00:26:11,730 I'm here to care for him. 422 00:26:11,766 --> 00:26:13,131 He needs me. 423 00:26:13,168 --> 00:26:15,227 Why do you resist? 424 00:26:15,270 --> 00:26:19,434 Because I don't know who or what you are. 425 00:26:19,474 --> 00:26:21,772 Can't you see who it is, Captain? 426 00:26:21,809 --> 00:26:25,438 Jeremy, she appears to be your mother, but she is not. 427 00:26:26,814 --> 00:26:28,509 What do you mean? 428 00:26:28,550 --> 00:26:30,211 You're confusing the boy. 429 00:26:30,251 --> 00:26:31,218 Hey! 430 00:26:31,252 --> 00:26:32,776 Wait, stop, no! 431 00:26:32,820 --> 00:26:34,788 No, wait, stop! 432 00:26:34,822 --> 00:26:36,119 Mom! 433 00:26:36,157 --> 00:26:37,283 Mom? 434 00:26:37,325 --> 00:26:38,292 Mom! 435 00:26:38,326 --> 00:26:39,293 Jeremy. 436 00:26:39,327 --> 00:26:40,294 Wait a minute! 437 00:26:40,328 --> 00:26:41,590 -Come on. -Would you just let... 438 00:26:41,629 --> 00:26:42,618 -Jeremy... -Let go of me! 439 00:26:42,664 --> 00:26:43,653 She was right there! 440 00:26:48,837 --> 00:26:50,395 What did you do to her? 441 00:26:50,438 --> 00:26:52,702 Jeremy, I don't know what that was 442 00:26:52,740 --> 00:26:54,537 but it was not your mother. 443 00:26:54,576 --> 00:26:55,873 You saw her. 444 00:26:55,910 --> 00:26:57,207 She was here. 445 00:26:57,245 --> 00:26:59,975 Your mother's dead. 446 00:27:00,081 --> 00:27:02,379 But I touched her. 447 00:27:02,417 --> 00:27:03,714 She was real. 448 00:27:03,751 --> 00:27:05,548 Why would your real mother 449 00:27:05,587 --> 00:27:07,919 want you to go down to the planet? 450 00:27:07,956 --> 00:27:10,823 There's nothing there but dust and rocks. 451 00:27:27,108 --> 00:27:29,576 It's my house. 452 00:27:29,611 --> 00:27:32,580 It's my house on Earth. 453 00:27:32,614 --> 00:27:34,912 Exactly the way it was. 454 00:27:34,949 --> 00:27:36,940 Remember, Jeremy? 455 00:27:37,018 --> 00:27:39,316 How did you do it? 456 00:27:39,354 --> 00:27:42,653 Does it matter? 457 00:27:42,690 --> 00:27:45,181 Yes, it matters. 458 00:27:48,062 --> 00:27:51,964 I am trying to understand your resistance. 459 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,959 You spoke of rocks and dust on the planet. 460 00:27:56,070 --> 00:27:59,233 I decided to show you what awaits us there. 461 00:27:59,274 --> 00:28:02,266 Why would you create this fantasy? 462 00:28:02,310 --> 00:28:04,369 It's his home. 463 00:28:04,412 --> 00:28:08,712 And it makes you happy, doesn't it? 464 00:28:08,750 --> 00:28:10,718 But it's not real. 465 00:28:10,752 --> 00:28:12,913 Isn't it? 466 00:28:12,954 --> 00:28:15,149 Jeremy... 467 00:28:15,190 --> 00:28:17,055 isn't that really Patches? 468 00:28:29,571 --> 00:28:31,471 He knows me. 469 00:28:31,506 --> 00:28:33,474 It's him. 470 00:28:35,443 --> 00:28:36,740 It's real. 471 00:28:36,778 --> 00:28:38,143 It's all real. 472 00:28:38,179 --> 00:28:39,703 No, it's not. 473 00:28:39,747 --> 00:28:43,649 Could your real mother just make all this appear? 474 00:28:43,685 --> 00:28:47,086 You must not stay here. 475 00:28:47,121 --> 00:28:48,884 Come with me. 476 00:29:01,569 --> 00:29:03,059 I can't. 477 00:29:07,909 --> 00:29:10,036 Is the boy in any danger? 478 00:29:10,078 --> 00:29:11,705 I don't think so. 479 00:29:11,746 --> 00:29:13,373 She seems to want to help him. 480 00:29:13,414 --> 00:29:14,438 Help him? 481 00:29:14,482 --> 00:29:16,040 By easing his pain. 482 00:29:16,084 --> 00:29:19,247 She's very confused by our resistance, Captain. 483 00:29:19,287 --> 00:29:21,380 Troi, would it be wise 484 00:29:21,422 --> 00:29:23,788 to remove Jeremy from his cabin? 485 00:29:23,825 --> 00:29:25,053 He doesn't want to leave. 486 00:29:25,093 --> 00:29:27,425 I would not recommend taking him by force. 487 00:29:27,462 --> 00:29:29,396 She offers him everything. 488 00:29:29,430 --> 00:29:32,228 All we can offer is the cold reality of his mother's death. 489 00:29:32,267 --> 00:29:33,700 What would you choose? 490 00:29:33,735 --> 00:29:35,066 If somebody came along 491 00:29:35,103 --> 00:29:38,766 and offered to give you back your mother, father, or husband 492 00:29:38,806 --> 00:29:40,933 would any of us say "no" so easily? 493 00:29:40,975 --> 00:29:43,910 Counselor, stay with them in Jeremy's quarters. 494 00:29:43,945 --> 00:29:46,607 We'll try and put an end to this from here. 495 00:29:46,648 --> 00:29:47,774 Understood. 496 00:29:51,152 --> 00:29:53,586 Data, can you determine for certain 497 00:29:53,621 --> 00:29:56,249 that the energy source from the planet 498 00:29:56,291 --> 00:29:57,758 is powering this creation? 499 00:29:57,792 --> 00:29:59,953 The beam from the planet is clearly tapping 500 00:30:00,061 --> 00:30:01,961 into the ship's anti-matter, Captain. 501 00:30:02,030 --> 00:30:02,962 I'd say they're running 502 00:30:03,031 --> 00:30:04,362 that manifestation off our own energy. 503 00:30:04,399 --> 00:30:06,492 So there are limits to her power. 504 00:30:06,534 --> 00:30:08,968 She needs the transporter to get the boy back. 505 00:30:09,037 --> 00:30:11,471 So, how do we cut the puppet's strings? 506 00:30:11,506 --> 00:30:13,474 Increasing the shield's harmonics to match 507 00:30:13,508 --> 00:30:15,169 our own anti-matter containment fields 508 00:30:15,209 --> 00:30:16,506 will probably sever the beam. 509 00:30:16,544 --> 00:30:18,102 Proceed. 510 00:30:18,146 --> 00:30:20,114 Deanna, stand by. 511 00:30:20,148 --> 00:30:22,309 Standing by. 512 00:30:24,485 --> 00:30:28,114 Jeremy, it's time for this to end. 513 00:30:28,156 --> 00:30:33,992 It's not real and it's over now. 514 00:30:34,095 --> 00:30:36,757 Jeremy, I'm not going to leave you 515 00:30:36,798 --> 00:30:38,129 ever again. 516 00:30:38,166 --> 00:30:41,226 I won't trick you or lie to you. 517 00:30:41,269 --> 00:30:43,362 We'll be happy together, Jeremy 518 00:30:43,404 --> 00:30:45,099 as soon... 519 00:30:49,110 --> 00:30:50,441 No. 520 00:31:11,432 --> 00:31:14,196 Anti-matter containment pods reading nominal. 521 00:31:14,235 --> 00:31:16,533 The shield has severed the beam, sir. 522 00:31:19,674 --> 00:31:21,369 Captain. 523 00:31:21,409 --> 00:31:23,001 The energy field. 524 00:31:26,647 --> 00:31:28,239 Mr. Crusher 525 00:31:28,282 --> 00:31:30,113 take us out of here. 526 00:31:42,096 --> 00:31:44,121 Alien intruder, Transporter Room 3. 527 00:31:44,165 --> 00:31:45,223 Security alert. 528 00:31:45,266 --> 00:31:46,255 Alien... 529 00:31:47,602 --> 00:31:49,399 Security to Transporter Room 3. 530 00:31:49,437 --> 00:31:51,428 Commander La Forge, Mr. Worf, come with me. 531 00:31:51,472 --> 00:31:53,804 Number One, you have the Bridge. 532 00:32:18,966 --> 00:32:20,433 Come, Jeremy. 533 00:32:20,468 --> 00:32:25,098 We will not let them separate us again. 534 00:32:25,139 --> 00:32:27,130 We're going home. 535 00:32:40,787 --> 00:32:41,879 Captain, she's back 536 00:32:41,921 --> 00:32:44,617 and she's trying to take Jeremy off the ship again. 537 00:32:44,658 --> 00:32:45,955 Acknowledged. 538 00:32:45,992 --> 00:32:47,584 Engineering, this is La Forge. 539 00:32:47,627 --> 00:32:49,618 Shut down power to all transporters. 540 00:32:49,663 --> 00:32:51,290 I'm on my way. 541 00:32:51,331 --> 00:32:52,628 Aye, aye, sir. 542 00:32:52,666 --> 00:32:55,726 Lieutenant Worf, to Transporter Room 3. 543 00:32:58,004 --> 00:33:01,940 Bridge, seal off Deck Eight, Corridors "A" and "B." 544 00:33:02,008 --> 00:33:04,806 Engaging force fields, Captain. 545 00:33:04,844 --> 00:33:06,471 Transporters down. 546 00:33:21,327 --> 00:33:24,319 Energy force has left Transporter Room 3. 547 00:33:24,364 --> 00:33:25,956 Security alert, all decks. 548 00:33:25,999 --> 00:33:28,797 La Forge, the intruder may try to reinstate 549 00:33:28,835 --> 00:33:29,859 transporter power. 550 00:33:29,903 --> 00:33:31,234 Understood, Commander. 551 00:33:57,664 --> 00:34:01,828 Bridge, release security force field 8-B. 552 00:34:06,172 --> 00:34:07,833 Hello, Jeremy. 553 00:34:10,176 --> 00:34:11,939 How are you? 554 00:34:12,011 --> 00:34:13,945 Are you frightened? 555 00:34:14,013 --> 00:34:15,503 No. 556 00:34:17,517 --> 00:34:19,485 Well, a little, sir. 557 00:34:19,519 --> 00:34:21,077 Of course. 558 00:34:21,121 --> 00:34:24,818 These are frightening things that are happening 559 00:34:24,858 --> 00:34:27,349 but we won't let anyone harm you. 560 00:34:27,393 --> 00:34:29,054 Counselor 561 00:34:29,095 --> 00:34:30,892 why don't you take the boy to my quarters? 562 00:34:30,930 --> 00:34:33,057 No. 563 00:34:44,711 --> 00:34:47,942 It's looking over everything, Commander... 564 00:34:47,981 --> 00:34:49,346 going to school. 565 00:34:51,351 --> 00:34:54,320 Let's just hope it doesn't blow us to kingdom come 566 00:34:54,354 --> 00:34:57,187 while it's figuring out how to blow us to kingdom come. 567 00:35:04,664 --> 00:35:06,928 Power's back in Transporter Room 3. 568 00:35:06,966 --> 00:35:09,628 Bypassing to manual override. 569 00:35:09,669 --> 00:35:12,695 Shutting it down. 570 00:35:12,739 --> 00:35:14,331 Transporter is down again. 571 00:35:14,374 --> 00:35:16,706 Keep it down, Geordi, for as long as you can. 572 00:35:16,743 --> 00:35:17,937 Understood, Commander. 573 00:35:23,183 --> 00:35:25,947 It is only a matter of time, Captain 574 00:35:26,019 --> 00:35:29,716 before we can power the transporters ourselves. 575 00:35:29,756 --> 00:35:30,950 We? 576 00:35:31,024 --> 00:35:33,185 For whom else do you speak? 577 00:35:39,732 --> 00:35:42,098 The accident on the surface 578 00:35:42,135 --> 00:35:46,435 was caused by a remnant of an ancient and tragic era. 579 00:35:46,472 --> 00:35:50,602 Two species once shared this world-- 580 00:35:50,643 --> 00:35:54,443 one of energy and one of matter. 581 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:58,109 The physical beings you call the Koinonians 582 00:35:58,151 --> 00:36:02,087 destroyed themselves in unending, bitter wars. 583 00:36:02,121 --> 00:36:04,919 The surviving life-forms on this planet 584 00:36:04,958 --> 00:36:08,359 will not tolerate any further suffering 585 00:36:08,394 --> 00:36:11,363 as a result of that dishonorable past. 586 00:36:11,397 --> 00:36:14,366 So, they have made this possible. 587 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:16,868 They have made me possible. 588 00:36:16,903 --> 00:36:20,930 I appreciate your motives... 589 00:36:21,007 --> 00:36:23,635 but his mother is dead. 590 00:36:23,676 --> 00:36:26,270 He must learn to live with that. 591 00:36:26,312 --> 00:36:28,803 I will be every bit his mother. 592 00:36:28,848 --> 00:36:30,645 But not his mother. 593 00:36:36,522 --> 00:36:38,820 Picard to Lieutenant Worf. 594 00:36:38,858 --> 00:36:40,485 Go ahead, Captain. 595 00:36:40,526 --> 00:36:44,758 Will you escort Ensign Crusher to the Aster quarters? 596 00:36:44,797 --> 00:36:45,923 Yes, sir. 597 00:36:45,965 --> 00:36:47,796 Picard out. 598 00:36:47,834 --> 00:36:50,598 Your philosophy is curious, Captain. 599 00:36:50,637 --> 00:36:53,105 What is so noble about sorrow? 600 00:36:53,139 --> 00:36:56,802 I can provide him an existence where he will feel no pain 601 00:36:56,843 --> 00:36:58,743 no anguish. 602 00:36:58,778 --> 00:37:05,115 It is at the heart of our nature to feel pain and joy. 603 00:37:05,151 --> 00:37:11,215 It is an essential part of what makes us what we are. 604 00:37:11,257 --> 00:37:15,125 He is alone now in your world. 605 00:37:15,161 --> 00:37:16,560 A child... 606 00:37:16,596 --> 00:37:18,120 alone. 607 00:37:18,164 --> 00:37:20,189 How can you know 608 00:37:20,233 --> 00:37:22,827 he won't be happier with me? 609 00:37:22,869 --> 00:37:26,464 For a brief moment in time, he surely would be. 610 00:37:26,506 --> 00:37:29,475 Any of us in his place would be. 611 00:37:29,509 --> 00:37:33,377 What would Jeremy do for friends in your world? 612 00:37:33,413 --> 00:37:36,473 He will have any friends he needs. 613 00:37:36,516 --> 00:37:40,475 And will you provide for his education, his health? 614 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:42,511 His growth? 615 00:37:42,555 --> 00:37:45,786 A career? A wife? 616 00:37:45,825 --> 00:37:48,953 Yes, it's quite an undertaking 617 00:37:49,062 --> 00:37:51,155 you're proposing, isn't it? 618 00:37:51,197 --> 00:37:55,964 It is our duty to make him happy again. 619 00:37:56,069 --> 00:37:59,937 Do you honestly believe he would be happy 620 00:37:59,973 --> 00:38:02,066 in this total fiction 621 00:38:02,108 --> 00:38:04,838 which you wish to create? 622 00:38:04,877 --> 00:38:07,107 What reason would he have to live? 623 00:38:07,146 --> 00:38:09,637 What you're offering him is a memory. 624 00:38:09,682 --> 00:38:12,651 Something to cherish, not to live in. 625 00:38:12,685 --> 00:38:14,915 It is part of our life cycle 626 00:38:15,021 --> 00:38:18,388 that we accept the death of those we love. 627 00:38:18,424 --> 00:38:21,757 Jeremy must come to terms with his grief. 628 00:38:21,794 --> 00:38:24,786 He must not cover it or hide away from it. 629 00:38:24,831 --> 00:38:26,799 You see, we are mortal. 630 00:38:26,833 --> 00:38:29,927 Our time in this universe is finite. 631 00:38:30,003 --> 00:38:32,096 That is one of the truths 632 00:38:32,138 --> 00:38:35,107 that all humans must learn. 633 00:38:39,178 --> 00:38:42,739 Acting Ensign Crusher reporting as ordered, sir. 634 00:38:42,782 --> 00:38:44,409 Yes, come in, Wesley. 635 00:38:44,450 --> 00:38:46,941 Please stay, Lieutenant. 636 00:38:50,790 --> 00:38:52,052 Jeremy... 637 00:38:52,091 --> 00:38:58,587 Wesley's father died on a Starfleet mission 638 00:38:58,631 --> 00:39:01,691 when he was younger than you are. 639 00:39:03,469 --> 00:39:04,902 Wes... 640 00:39:05,004 --> 00:39:06,062 your mother told me 641 00:39:06,105 --> 00:39:08,801 you were finding it difficult to talk to Jeremy. 642 00:39:08,841 --> 00:39:11,435 Why is that? 643 00:39:11,477 --> 00:39:13,104 I don't know. 644 00:39:13,146 --> 00:39:17,105 I just don't want to think about it anymore. 645 00:39:17,150 --> 00:39:21,211 All this has reminded me so much of that day. 646 00:39:21,254 --> 00:39:24,348 The day I told you your father had been killed. 647 00:39:24,390 --> 00:39:28,053 As I recall, Wesley, you took it very well. 648 00:39:28,094 --> 00:39:31,154 My parents had told me about the dangers 649 00:39:31,197 --> 00:39:32,789 of Starfleet missions. 650 00:39:32,832 --> 00:39:34,459 I knew it could happen. 651 00:39:34,500 --> 00:39:36,934 So you were prepared. 652 00:39:37,036 --> 00:39:39,470 No, I wasn't prepared at all. 653 00:39:39,505 --> 00:39:42,235 How can anyone be prepared to hear 654 00:39:42,275 --> 00:39:45,540 that a parent is never coming home again? 655 00:39:45,578 --> 00:39:50,481 I tried to be what everyone expected of me-- 656 00:39:50,516 --> 00:39:52,484 brave and mature. 657 00:39:52,518 --> 00:39:56,386 Wesley, are you saying that you didn't want anybody to see 658 00:39:56,422 --> 00:39:58,447 what you were really feeling? 659 00:40:00,693 --> 00:40:02,661 Well, what were you really feeling? 660 00:40:02,695 --> 00:40:07,325 Like somebody had kicked me in the head. 661 00:40:07,366 --> 00:40:09,630 Somebody? 662 00:40:09,669 --> 00:40:11,159 Go on. 663 00:40:11,204 --> 00:40:14,640 You've wanted to tell him for a long time. 664 00:40:16,541 --> 00:40:19,510 I was angry... at you. 665 00:40:19,544 --> 00:40:21,978 Why angry? 666 00:40:22,014 --> 00:40:23,811 Why were you angry at me, Wesley? 667 00:40:23,849 --> 00:40:26,147 Were you angry at me 668 00:40:26,184 --> 00:40:29,745 because I was the one who had told you your father was dead? 669 00:40:29,788 --> 00:40:31,517 No. 670 00:40:31,556 --> 00:40:33,524 Then why? 671 00:40:33,558 --> 00:40:36,527 Because you led the mission. 672 00:40:36,561 --> 00:40:40,224 You came home and my father didn't. 673 00:40:42,868 --> 00:40:45,496 How long were you angry with the Captain, Wes? 674 00:40:45,537 --> 00:40:48,506 For a long time 675 00:40:48,540 --> 00:40:52,135 but not anymore, sir. 676 00:40:52,177 --> 00:40:54,873 Not even a little. 677 00:40:57,049 --> 00:40:58,914 So, Jeremy... 678 00:40:58,950 --> 00:41:01,145 you must be very angry 679 00:41:01,186 --> 00:41:03,154 at Lieutenant Worf. 680 00:41:03,188 --> 00:41:06,248 He was in charge of your mother's mission 681 00:41:06,291 --> 00:41:08,452 just as Captain Picard was in command 682 00:41:08,493 --> 00:41:10,427 when Wesley's father was killed. 683 00:41:10,462 --> 00:41:13,954 Isn't that right? 684 00:41:13,999 --> 00:41:16,661 Worf came back. 685 00:41:16,702 --> 00:41:18,636 Your mother didn't. 686 00:41:18,670 --> 00:41:20,797 Why? 687 00:41:20,839 --> 00:41:23,171 Why weren't you the one who died? 688 00:41:23,208 --> 00:41:25,574 Why did it have to be her? 689 00:41:25,610 --> 00:41:28,135 He can't answer that. 690 00:41:28,180 --> 00:41:30,978 None of us can. 691 00:41:31,083 --> 00:41:34,416 Lieutenant Worf also lost his parents. 692 00:41:34,453 --> 00:41:37,217 They were killed in battle when I was six. 693 00:41:37,255 --> 00:41:42,955 When I was alone, humans helped me. 694 00:41:42,994 --> 00:41:45,656 Let me help you. 695 00:41:45,697 --> 00:41:47,892 The Marla Aster I knew 696 00:41:47,933 --> 00:41:50,595 and honored is not in this room 697 00:41:50,635 --> 00:41:53,798 nor does she await you on the planet. 698 00:41:53,839 --> 00:41:58,742 She now only lives here... 699 00:41:58,777 --> 00:42:00,506 and here. 700 00:42:06,752 --> 00:42:11,280 Join me in the R'uustai, the bonding. 701 00:42:11,323 --> 00:42:15,384 You will become part of my family now and for all time. 702 00:42:15,427 --> 00:42:18,726 We will be brothers. 703 00:43:56,995 --> 00:44:01,159 SoS jlH batlh SoH. 704 00:44:03,168 --> 00:44:04,999 What does that mean? 705 00:44:06,805 --> 00:44:10,468 It honors the memory of our mothers. 706 00:44:10,508 --> 00:44:15,172 We have bonded and our families are stronger. 707 00:44:17,515 --> 00:44:21,508 SoS jlH batlh SoH.