1 00:00:07,007 --> 00:00:11,171 It's been five months since Marc's accident. 2 00:00:11,211 --> 00:00:14,237 I haven't missed a single hour of my duties. 3 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,408 I've volunteered for extra time in the nursery. 4 00:00:17,450 --> 00:00:20,578 My language studies are better than they've ever been. 5 00:00:20,620 --> 00:00:22,815 Somebody else might have given in 6 00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:24,653 but, uh, I didn't. 7 00:00:24,691 --> 00:00:26,124 Given in to what? 8 00:00:26,159 --> 00:00:27,786 Death is a normal part of life. 9 00:00:27,827 --> 00:00:31,695 Maybe some of us are better at facing that than others. 10 00:00:31,731 --> 00:00:35,394 Maybe some of us aren't facing it at all. 11 00:00:35,435 --> 00:00:36,993 What do you mean? 12 00:00:37,037 --> 00:00:39,005 Recovery from a great loss 13 00:00:39,072 --> 00:00:41,165 involves a great deal of pain. 14 00:00:41,207 --> 00:00:42,834 If we try to avoid that pain 15 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:46,107 we can make it harder on ourselves in the long run. 16 00:00:46,146 --> 00:00:48,808 But I feel fine. 17 00:00:50,717 --> 00:00:54,346 Today would have been your husband's 38th birthday. 18 00:00:56,056 --> 00:00:58,616 You keep excellent records, Deanna. 19 00:01:01,127 --> 00:01:06,429 Last night, I dreamt Marc was with me, celebrating. 20 00:01:06,466 --> 00:01:10,869 I was so glad that this nonsense was finally over. 21 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:13,464 Then I woke up 22 00:01:13,506 --> 00:01:16,134 alone... 23 00:01:16,176 --> 00:01:19,668 and I knew that he was dead. 24 00:01:21,281 --> 00:01:24,910 For the first time, I knew it. 25 00:01:24,951 --> 00:01:28,853 I looked around for anything that belonged to him... 26 00:01:28,888 --> 00:01:32,324 anything. 27 00:01:32,358 --> 00:01:36,454 I forgot that after the funeral, I told them to take it all away. 28 00:01:36,496 --> 00:01:39,192 What in the world was I thinking? 29 00:01:55,048 --> 00:01:58,108 They didn't take everything away. 30 00:02:01,554 --> 00:02:03,317 How did you know? 31 00:02:18,838 --> 00:02:20,305 ...an ancient trail 32 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:23,639 along the Kabul River in the Himalayas. 33 00:02:23,676 --> 00:02:24,938 It's a wonderful program. 34 00:02:24,978 --> 00:02:26,309 Will, it would do you good 35 00:02:26,346 --> 00:02:28,439 to have a little fresh holodeck air. 36 00:02:28,481 --> 00:02:30,506 I think my horsemanship is a little rusty 37 00:02:30,550 --> 00:02:32,643 for the Himalayas, but thanks anyway. 38 00:02:32,685 --> 00:02:34,653 Nonsense. We'd program 39 00:02:34,687 --> 00:02:37,121 an appropriately docile steed... 40 00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:38,988 Captain. 41 00:02:39,025 --> 00:02:42,119 Sensors indicate a vast field of... 42 00:02:42,162 --> 00:02:44,460 Of what, Lieutenant? 43 00:02:44,497 --> 00:02:46,897 It's gone. 44 00:02:46,933 --> 00:02:49,868 But something did appear directly in our path. 45 00:02:49,903 --> 00:02:51,768 Deflector shields are not encountering 46 00:02:51,804 --> 00:02:53,738 elevated levels of interstellar matter. 47 00:02:53,773 --> 00:02:55,331 A sensor echo, Data? 48 00:02:55,375 --> 00:02:56,637 Uncertain. I have 49 00:02:56,676 --> 00:02:58,940 no unusual readings, Commander. 50 00:02:58,978 --> 00:03:02,744 I promise I'll come by and see you tomorrow. 51 00:03:02,782 --> 00:03:05,046 Deanna, are you all right? 52 00:03:05,084 --> 00:03:08,144 What? What? 53 00:03:08,188 --> 00:03:10,588 You faded out there for a second. 54 00:03:10,623 --> 00:03:12,284 Oh, no. 55 00:03:12,325 --> 00:03:13,815 No, I'm fine. 56 00:03:13,860 --> 00:03:16,385 Um, I'm just very tired, that's all. 57 00:03:16,429 --> 00:03:19,455 Will I see you tomorrow? 58 00:03:19,499 --> 00:03:22,093 Tomorrow. 59 00:03:22,135 --> 00:03:24,194 Thank you, Deanna. 60 00:03:29,809 --> 00:03:32,300 Oh... 61 00:03:32,345 --> 00:03:34,336 Oh! 62 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,687 An aggregate field of plane-polarized objects 63 00:03:43,723 --> 00:03:45,486 has just appeared. 64 00:03:45,525 --> 00:03:47,584 And disappeared. 65 00:03:50,096 --> 00:03:52,997 Recommend we run a diagnostic on the forward sensor array. 66 00:03:53,032 --> 00:03:54,761 We don't want a ghost tailing us 67 00:03:54,801 --> 00:03:56,166 all the way to T'lli Beta. 68 00:03:56,202 --> 00:03:58,670 I'm not convinced it is a ghost. 69 00:03:58,705 --> 00:04:01,003 There may be something there, Commander. 70 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,099 Ensign Allenby, full stop. 71 00:04:03,142 --> 00:04:04,439 Aye, sir. 72 00:04:04,477 --> 00:04:07,105 Let's investigate both possibilities. 73 00:04:40,246 --> 00:04:45,206 Space, the final frontier. 74 00:04:45,251 --> 00:04:48,982 These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. 75 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:51,252 Its continuing mission-- 76 00:04:51,291 --> 00:04:54,317 to explore strange new worlds 77 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:59,423 to seek out new life and new civilizations 78 00:04:59,466 --> 00:05:03,800 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 79 00:06:00,126 --> 00:06:04,460 Captain's Log, Stardate 44356.9. 80 00:06:04,497 --> 00:06:06,624 Sensor diagnostics have been completed 81 00:06:06,666 --> 00:06:09,362 and indicate that all systems are normal. 82 00:06:09,402 --> 00:06:11,768 There remains no explanation for the images 83 00:06:11,804 --> 00:06:13,533 which appeared in our path. 84 00:06:15,542 --> 00:06:18,807 I have completed another full scan of the area, sir. 85 00:06:18,845 --> 00:06:21,939 There is no further indication of the anomaly. 86 00:06:21,981 --> 00:06:25,109 Ensign, prepare to resume course to T'lli Beta. 87 00:06:25,151 --> 00:06:28,314 Mr. Data, what velocity would put us back on schedule? 88 00:06:28,354 --> 00:06:30,379 A resumption of our present course 89 00:06:30,423 --> 00:06:31,913 at warp six will place us 90 00:06:31,958 --> 00:06:34,119 in the T'lli Beta system in six days 91 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:35,388 13 hours, 47 minutes. 92 00:06:35,428 --> 00:06:37,521 What? No seconds? 93 00:06:39,465 --> 00:06:42,298 I have discovered, sir, a certain level of impatience 94 00:06:42,335 --> 00:06:44,462 when I calculate a lengthy time interval 95 00:06:44,504 --> 00:06:46,096 to the nearest second. 96 00:06:46,139 --> 00:06:47,504 However, if you wish... 97 00:06:47,540 --> 00:06:49,906 No, no. Minutes is fine. 98 00:06:49,943 --> 00:06:52,434 Stand ready at warp six, Ensign. 99 00:06:52,478 --> 00:06:53,968 Aye, sir. 100 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:55,240 Engage. 101 00:06:58,718 --> 00:06:59,980 Riker to Engineering. 102 00:07:00,086 --> 00:07:01,576 Geordi, what the hell happened? 103 00:07:01,621 --> 00:07:03,088 Checking. 104 00:07:03,122 --> 00:07:06,922 Looks like the field collapsed before we could enter warp. 105 00:07:07,026 --> 00:07:08,653 Recommend full stop while I check it out. 106 00:07:08,695 --> 00:07:09,662 Back to all stop, Ensign. 107 00:07:09,696 --> 00:07:10,663 Aye, sir. 108 00:07:10,697 --> 00:07:11,686 All decks reporting. 109 00:07:11,731 --> 00:07:12,755 Minor injuries only, sir. 110 00:07:12,799 --> 00:07:13,766 Damage? 111 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:14,767 None, sir. 112 00:07:14,801 --> 00:07:16,428 Weapons and shields normal. 113 00:07:16,469 --> 00:07:18,164 Go to Yellow Alert. 114 00:07:18,204 --> 00:07:20,229 Captain, we've started moving again. 115 00:07:20,273 --> 00:07:22,537 Something is pulling us. 116 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:39,781 Troi to Dr. Crusher. 117 00:07:39,826 --> 00:07:41,191 Yes, Deanna? 118 00:07:41,227 --> 00:07:42,387 Beverly... 119 00:07:42,428 --> 00:07:45,522 I'm feeling very dizzy. 120 00:07:45,565 --> 00:07:47,965 Did you hit your head? 121 00:07:48,067 --> 00:07:49,534 I'm not sure. 122 00:07:49,569 --> 00:07:51,969 I'm not sure what happened. 123 00:07:52,071 --> 00:07:54,130 Lie down, breathe deeply and stay calm. 124 00:07:54,173 --> 00:07:56,334 I'm getting calls from all over the ship. 125 00:07:56,376 --> 00:07:58,241 I'll be there as quickly as I can. 126 00:08:01,848 --> 00:08:04,783 New heading confirmed: 025 mark 273. 127 00:08:04,817 --> 00:08:06,785 Speed is holding at one-tenth impulse. 128 00:08:06,819 --> 00:08:09,413 Whatever is pulling us sure isn't in a hurry. 129 00:08:09,455 --> 00:08:10,422 Picard to La Forge. 130 00:08:10,456 --> 00:08:11,423 Go ahead, Captain. 131 00:08:11,457 --> 00:08:13,015 Mr. La Forge, if your engines are functioning 132 00:08:13,059 --> 00:08:14,356 we'll attempt to break free. 133 00:08:14,394 --> 00:08:16,760 Well, everything down here seems normal enough, sir. 134 00:08:16,796 --> 00:08:18,923 But I suggest we take it a bit slower this time. 135 00:08:19,032 --> 00:08:22,365 Ensign, bring us around 90 degrees to starboard. 136 00:08:22,402 --> 00:08:25,462 New course laid in at 90 degrees to starboard. 137 00:08:25,505 --> 00:08:28,497 One-quarter impulse. Engage. 138 00:08:28,541 --> 00:08:30,338 Aye, sir. 139 00:08:33,579 --> 00:08:35,706 Nothing, Captain. 140 00:08:35,748 --> 00:08:38,114 Speed and course are unaffected. 141 00:08:38,151 --> 00:08:40,551 One-half impulse. 142 00:08:45,058 --> 00:08:46,320 No change. 143 00:08:46,359 --> 00:08:47,951 Full impulse. 144 00:08:48,061 --> 00:08:50,928 Rotate heading in five-degree increments. 145 00:08:50,963 --> 00:08:53,056 Aye, sir. 146 00:08:56,235 --> 00:08:57,600 La Forge? 147 00:08:57,637 --> 00:08:59,969 There's nothing wrong down here. 148 00:09:00,073 --> 00:09:02,132 The engines are fine. 149 00:09:02,175 --> 00:09:05,474 Integrity field stress exceeding 82 million kilodynes. 150 00:09:05,511 --> 00:09:07,479 Recommend immediate shutdown, sir. 151 00:09:07,513 --> 00:09:10,209 Make it so, Ensign. 152 00:09:12,518 --> 00:09:14,452 All engines down. 153 00:09:15,488 --> 00:09:17,422 We're still being pulled. 154 00:09:17,457 --> 00:09:20,221 Same heading, same speed. 155 00:09:24,931 --> 00:09:27,832 I got here as quickly as I could. 156 00:09:27,867 --> 00:09:30,461 I've got a Sick Bay filled with headaches. 157 00:09:30,503 --> 00:09:31,561 How are you? 158 00:09:31,604 --> 00:09:33,663 Well, when I first called you 159 00:09:33,706 --> 00:09:35,936 I was feeling intense pain. 160 00:09:36,042 --> 00:09:37,703 Now it's gone 161 00:09:37,744 --> 00:09:39,678 but I'm feeling a bit foggy. 162 00:09:39,712 --> 00:09:41,680 I'd like to take you to Sick Bay and run 163 00:09:41,714 --> 00:09:44,205 an inner nuncial series on you. Can you walk? 164 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:47,481 All senior staff report to the observation lounge. 165 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:48,817 Are you up to that? 166 00:09:48,855 --> 00:09:50,186 I think so. 167 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:56,685 What is it? 168 00:09:56,729 --> 00:09:58,094 Nothing. 169 00:09:58,131 --> 00:09:59,257 Nothing. I'm fine. 170 00:10:10,143 --> 00:10:12,976 Could it be some sort of tractor beam? 171 00:10:13,079 --> 00:10:15,741 No other ship is indicated. 172 00:10:18,084 --> 00:10:20,746 Mr. Worf, what is your analysis? 173 00:10:20,787 --> 00:10:22,721 Tactical sensor readings are indeterminate. 174 00:10:22,755 --> 00:10:25,724 They don't even give us enough for an educated guess. 175 00:10:25,758 --> 00:10:28,556 And yet all of our sensors are operating properly. 176 00:10:28,594 --> 00:10:32,690 Can there be an intelligence at work here? 177 00:10:32,732 --> 00:10:35,963 Counselor, do you sense a life-form out there? 178 00:10:36,002 --> 00:10:37,833 No, I don't think so. 179 00:10:39,871 --> 00:10:40,838 No. 180 00:10:40,872 --> 00:10:42,669 There's nothing. 181 00:10:42,707 --> 00:10:44,971 Nothing. 182 00:10:45,009 --> 00:10:47,375 I sense nothing. 183 00:10:47,412 --> 00:10:48,902 It's all right, Counselor. 184 00:10:48,947 --> 00:10:51,939 Perhaps there's nothing out there to sense. 185 00:10:51,983 --> 00:10:54,144 Indeed, there are many races 186 00:10:54,185 --> 00:10:56,346 that are not empathically detectable. 187 00:10:56,387 --> 00:10:58,719 The Breen, the Ferengi... 188 00:10:58,757 --> 00:11:01,749 No, you don't understand. 189 00:11:01,793 --> 00:11:04,956 I don't sense anything 190 00:11:05,029 --> 00:11:08,226 not out there, not in here. 191 00:11:09,901 --> 00:11:11,926 All of you 192 00:11:11,970 --> 00:11:14,564 you're all blank to me. 193 00:11:20,845 --> 00:11:23,109 There's no indication of a concussion 194 00:11:23,148 --> 00:11:24,672 or a blow to the head. 195 00:11:24,716 --> 00:11:27,241 Just a pattern of unresponsive neural cells 196 00:11:27,285 --> 00:11:29,981 throughout the cerebellum and cerebral cortex. 197 00:11:30,054 --> 00:11:31,544 Unresponsive? 198 00:11:31,589 --> 00:11:33,557 There's brain damage. 199 00:11:33,591 --> 00:11:35,855 How serious, I can't tell yet. 200 00:11:35,894 --> 00:11:39,591 But I feel perfectly fine otherwise. 201 00:11:39,631 --> 00:11:41,394 Can you treat it? 202 00:11:41,432 --> 00:11:42,899 I'm not sure. 203 00:11:42,934 --> 00:11:47,200 I have to review the database on Betazoid neural physiology. 204 00:11:47,238 --> 00:11:48,705 The Betazoid brain 205 00:11:48,740 --> 00:11:51,140 has a remarkable ability to heal itself. 206 00:11:51,176 --> 00:11:54,111 This condition could just reverse itself in time. 207 00:11:54,145 --> 00:11:56,773 It might, but you are half-human. 208 00:11:56,815 --> 00:11:58,612 That changes the map a little. 209 00:11:58,650 --> 00:12:02,245 I don't want to offer you any false hopes. 210 00:12:02,287 --> 00:12:05,586 It's just hope, Beverly, not false hope. 211 00:12:05,623 --> 00:12:07,250 What would cause something like this? 212 00:12:07,292 --> 00:12:08,816 Because it started at the same time 213 00:12:08,860 --> 00:12:10,293 that we encountered the anomaly. 214 00:12:10,328 --> 00:12:12,956 There may be a connection. I don't know. 215 00:12:13,031 --> 00:12:16,262 If you were anyone else, you know the first thing I'd do? 216 00:12:16,301 --> 00:12:18,201 I'd send you to Counselor Troi. 217 00:12:18,236 --> 00:12:21,603 Well, then I have an advantage, don't l? 218 00:12:21,639 --> 00:12:24,767 I see her quite often. 219 00:12:24,809 --> 00:12:26,106 Deanna, it's no different 220 00:12:26,144 --> 00:12:27,975 than one of us suddenly going blind. 221 00:12:28,046 --> 00:12:29,673 You don't have to tell me, Beverly. 222 00:12:29,714 --> 00:12:31,443 I understand the psychology. 223 00:12:31,482 --> 00:12:32,506 You may understand it 224 00:12:32,550 --> 00:12:34,245 but you've never had to live with it. 225 00:12:34,285 --> 00:12:36,219 I may be perfectly fine tomorrow. 226 00:12:36,254 --> 00:12:39,314 And you may not. 227 00:12:39,357 --> 00:12:40,847 Now, I'll do my homework. 228 00:12:40,892 --> 00:12:43,884 I'll see what I can do to regenerate those cells 229 00:12:43,928 --> 00:12:47,227 but in the meantime, I want you to talk with someone. 230 00:12:47,265 --> 00:12:50,996 There are several people onboard who have degrees in psychology 231 00:12:51,102 --> 00:12:52,865 who are qualified therapists. 232 00:12:52,904 --> 00:12:54,804 Okay. Fine. 233 00:12:54,839 --> 00:12:56,306 If I need to. 234 00:12:56,341 --> 00:12:58,206 Right now, I just want to go back to work. 235 00:12:58,243 --> 00:12:59,767 Deanna... 236 00:12:59,811 --> 00:13:03,338 If there are no medical objections? 237 00:13:03,381 --> 00:13:06,373 No medical objections. 238 00:13:06,417 --> 00:13:07,748 Thank you, Beverly. 239 00:13:07,785 --> 00:13:09,013 Will. 240 00:13:24,235 --> 00:13:25,896 Come in. 241 00:13:29,841 --> 00:13:32,071 I don't have a psychology degree 242 00:13:32,110 --> 00:13:34,078 but if you'd like to talk... 243 00:13:36,214 --> 00:13:39,342 You know what the worst part of this is? 244 00:13:39,384 --> 00:13:41,614 And I've seen it happen to so many patients. 245 00:13:41,653 --> 00:13:43,518 What? 246 00:13:43,554 --> 00:13:46,955 The way other people change. 247 00:13:46,991 --> 00:13:50,017 How they start to treat you differently. 248 00:13:53,097 --> 00:13:56,863 They walk on eggshells around you. 249 00:13:56,901 --> 00:14:00,359 Sometimes they avoid you altogether. 250 00:14:00,405 --> 00:14:02,805 Sometimes they become overbearing-- 251 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:06,469 reach out a helping hand to the blind woman. 252 00:14:06,511 --> 00:14:07,808 I'm sorry if l... 253 00:14:07,845 --> 00:14:09,540 I will not be treated that way! 254 00:14:09,580 --> 00:14:11,104 Hey! 255 00:14:11,149 --> 00:14:13,117 Imzadi. 256 00:14:13,151 --> 00:14:15,483 Oh, please. 257 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,511 Deanna 258 00:14:17,555 --> 00:14:20,149 I've never seen you quite so scared. 259 00:14:20,191 --> 00:14:21,954 I'm fine. 260 00:14:22,026 --> 00:14:24,290 If I get better, I get better. 261 00:14:24,329 --> 00:14:27,059 If I don't, I'll adapt. 262 00:14:27,098 --> 00:14:29,293 Life goes on. 263 00:14:34,372 --> 00:14:36,101 Deanna. 264 00:14:38,042 --> 00:14:39,976 I really have to finish this. 265 00:14:40,044 --> 00:14:42,979 I have some appointments this afternoon. 266 00:14:54,993 --> 00:14:58,190 Probe launch successful. 267 00:14:58,229 --> 00:15:00,629 Telemetry transmissions are being received. 268 00:15:00,665 --> 00:15:03,862 Okay, let's see what we've got. 269 00:15:03,901 --> 00:15:06,131 Nothing unusual here. 270 00:15:06,170 --> 00:15:07,899 Same reading as the ship's sensors. 271 00:15:07,939 --> 00:15:09,804 Expanding analysis parameters. 272 00:15:09,841 --> 00:15:13,208 Including Bayesian functions... 273 00:15:15,113 --> 00:15:18,605 broad EM and subspace spectrum polling. 274 00:15:18,649 --> 00:15:21,174 Hmm-mm. No change. 275 00:15:21,219 --> 00:15:25,280 I am adding virtual particle trajectories. 276 00:15:26,758 --> 00:15:28,623 Whoa. 277 00:15:30,161 --> 00:15:32,823 What is that? 278 00:15:32,864 --> 00:15:34,388 Unknown. 279 00:15:34,432 --> 00:15:39,062 I am attempting to analyze motion pattern. 280 00:15:39,103 --> 00:15:42,595 Results still inconclusive. 281 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,165 Last time I saw anything that looked like that 282 00:15:45,209 --> 00:15:49,111 I was skin-diving off the coral reefs at Bracas V. 283 00:15:49,147 --> 00:15:52,605 You said you woke up a new woman this morning. 284 00:15:52,650 --> 00:15:54,379 That's how I feel. 285 00:15:54,419 --> 00:15:57,513 Tell me about her, this new woman. 286 00:15:57,555 --> 00:16:01,457 She's, uh, not holding anything back anymore. 287 00:16:01,492 --> 00:16:02,789 She's not? 288 00:16:02,827 --> 00:16:05,523 Oh, I let it all out last night. 289 00:16:05,563 --> 00:16:07,622 I cried for two hours. 290 00:16:07,665 --> 00:16:10,031 I realized that I had never accepted 291 00:16:10,068 --> 00:16:11,626 the loss of my husband. 292 00:16:11,669 --> 00:16:14,297 I worked hard, I kept busy. 293 00:16:14,338 --> 00:16:18,138 I did everything to pretend it never happened. 294 00:16:18,176 --> 00:16:19,939 And you feel different now? 295 00:16:20,011 --> 00:16:22,275 Completely. 296 00:16:24,449 --> 00:16:27,213 Can I share something important with you? 297 00:16:27,251 --> 00:16:29,185 Of course. 298 00:16:29,220 --> 00:16:32,815 I've temporarily lost my empathic sense. 299 00:16:32,857 --> 00:16:37,487 It's kind of like having one hand tied behind your back. 300 00:16:37,528 --> 00:16:40,622 I'm so sorry. 301 00:16:40,665 --> 00:16:42,633 Do you want me to come back? 302 00:16:42,667 --> 00:16:44,658 No, no, I'm fine. 303 00:16:44,702 --> 00:16:47,262 It's just... I feel before we continue 304 00:16:47,305 --> 00:16:50,206 it's important that you know that, okay? 305 00:16:50,241 --> 00:16:52,903 All right. 306 00:16:52,944 --> 00:16:56,710 Because I can't tell how you're feeling this morning. 307 00:16:56,747 --> 00:16:59,773 But it seems to me that one night of crying 308 00:16:59,817 --> 00:17:02,217 can't make up for months of denial. 309 00:17:02,253 --> 00:17:04,278 No, you're wrong. 310 00:17:04,322 --> 00:17:07,689 I feel better today than I have in ages. 311 00:17:07,725 --> 00:17:10,387 You're absolutely wrong, Deanna. 312 00:17:17,933 --> 00:17:21,300 The probe's point of view reveals that the objects exist 313 00:17:21,336 --> 00:17:24,305 entirely in two dimensions on a single plane. 314 00:17:24,339 --> 00:17:27,433 They have length and width, but not height. 315 00:17:27,475 --> 00:17:28,806 Virtually flat. 316 00:17:28,843 --> 00:17:31,073 That is why the ship's forward sensors 317 00:17:31,112 --> 00:17:32,875 did not detect them initially. 318 00:17:32,914 --> 00:17:35,314 We were looking at them along their edge. 319 00:17:35,350 --> 00:17:38,217 There was no surface to read. I will illustrate. 320 00:17:57,639 --> 00:18:00,107 Are they a life-form? 321 00:18:00,141 --> 00:18:02,609 The movement pattern within the cluster 322 00:18:02,644 --> 00:18:05,169 is not a naturally occurring phenomenon 323 00:18:05,213 --> 00:18:07,078 in the Newtonian sense. 324 00:18:07,115 --> 00:18:08,912 They appear to be alive. 325 00:18:08,950 --> 00:18:12,477 Can you explain why they're pulling us along with them? 326 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:14,215 Somehow they're able to polarize 327 00:18:14,255 --> 00:18:16,382 the graviton field as they move about. 328 00:18:16,424 --> 00:18:18,324 We're caught in the wake. 329 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:19,827 How do we get out of it? 330 00:18:19,861 --> 00:18:21,488 The best idea for now is to try 331 00:18:21,529 --> 00:18:23,724 a controlled overload of the warp drive. 332 00:18:23,765 --> 00:18:25,392 Jump directly to warp six. 333 00:18:25,433 --> 00:18:28,061 The laws of a three-dimensional universe say it should work. 334 00:18:28,103 --> 00:18:30,469 Don't know about a two- dimensional universe, though. 335 00:18:36,845 --> 00:18:38,813 Fascinating. 336 00:18:38,847 --> 00:18:41,315 So many questions. 337 00:18:41,349 --> 00:18:44,409 How can a two-dimensional entity have access 338 00:18:44,452 --> 00:18:46,682 to a three-dimensional universe? 339 00:18:46,721 --> 00:18:48,848 And are they aware of us? 340 00:18:50,759 --> 00:18:53,193 Number One, if we can put off the T'lli Betans 341 00:18:53,228 --> 00:18:55,355 I would like to investigate this further 342 00:18:55,397 --> 00:18:57,797 as soon as we are free of the graviton field. 343 00:18:57,832 --> 00:19:00,733 It's a shame we can't tell if they're sentient. 344 00:19:00,769 --> 00:19:02,896 What do you mean by that? 345 00:19:04,672 --> 00:19:07,573 I'm doing the best that I can. 346 00:19:07,609 --> 00:19:09,770 No one suggested otherwise, Counselor. 347 00:19:11,579 --> 00:19:13,444 Mr. Data, try to isolate 348 00:19:13,481 --> 00:19:14,914 any signal patterns from the cluster. 349 00:19:14,949 --> 00:19:16,746 Perhaps there'll be a basis for communication. 350 00:19:16,785 --> 00:19:18,412 Mr. La Forge, we'll attempt your warp jump 351 00:19:18,453 --> 00:19:19,545 as soon as you're prepared. 352 00:19:19,587 --> 00:19:20,679 That will be all. 353 00:19:22,490 --> 00:19:24,287 Counselor... 354 00:19:35,503 --> 00:19:37,130 How are you feeling? 355 00:19:37,172 --> 00:19:38,799 Beverly, I can't do my job. 356 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:40,307 I'm absolutely lost. 357 00:19:40,341 --> 00:19:42,309 You have to do something. 358 00:19:42,343 --> 00:19:44,607 I cross-referenced your scan results 359 00:19:44,646 --> 00:19:47,206 with the baseline files in the computer. 360 00:19:47,248 --> 00:19:49,148 Nothing helpful has turned up. 361 00:19:49,184 --> 00:19:51,709 And so far, the lab work is inconclusive. 362 00:19:51,753 --> 00:19:53,948 Inconclusive? What does that mean? 363 00:19:54,022 --> 00:19:57,321 It means there is nothing I can do now. 364 00:19:57,358 --> 00:19:58,950 I am still trying. 365 00:19:59,027 --> 00:20:01,495 How do you people live like this? 366 00:20:01,529 --> 00:20:07,593 We get by pretty well, actually, and so will you, in time. 367 00:20:07,635 --> 00:20:10,798 You have no idea-- no idea-- what this is like. 368 00:20:10,839 --> 00:20:13,967 How can you know what it's like to lose something you never had? 369 00:20:14,075 --> 00:20:15,542 I don't claim to. 370 00:20:15,577 --> 00:20:17,101 And yet you're telling me 371 00:20:17,145 --> 00:20:19,306 that I'm supposed to get used to it. 372 00:20:19,347 --> 00:20:21,975 If our positions were reversed, what would you tell me? 373 00:20:22,083 --> 00:20:23,846 If our positions were reversed 374 00:20:23,885 --> 00:20:26,979 I wouldn't have been in here treating skinned elbows 375 00:20:27,055 --> 00:20:30,286 while you were lying passed out on your office floor. 376 00:20:30,325 --> 00:20:32,225 I'd have been there a lot sooner 377 00:20:32,260 --> 00:20:35,457 perhaps in time to prevent this from ever happening! 378 00:21:13,968 --> 00:21:15,959 I've been working with Ensign Brooks 379 00:21:16,004 --> 00:21:18,370 since the death of her husband. 380 00:21:18,406 --> 00:21:21,739 She's avoided the reality of what happened 381 00:21:21,776 --> 00:21:23,471 denied it to herself. 382 00:21:23,511 --> 00:21:25,479 And I realize I've been doing 383 00:21:25,513 --> 00:21:27,879 the same thing about my condition. 384 00:21:27,916 --> 00:21:29,975 It's perfectly understandable. 385 00:21:30,084 --> 00:21:33,576 It's time I accept the truth, Captain 386 00:21:33,621 --> 00:21:36,419 and resign as Ship's Counselor. 387 00:21:36,457 --> 00:21:37,788 Resign? 388 00:21:37,825 --> 00:21:39,986 I can no longer fulfill my obligations. 389 00:21:40,028 --> 00:21:41,825 What other option is there? 390 00:21:50,505 --> 00:21:52,496 Deanna... 391 00:21:54,509 --> 00:21:55,999 I've been fortunate 392 00:21:56,044 --> 00:21:59,480 to have access to your Betazoid abilities. 393 00:21:59,514 --> 00:22:01,141 Most starship Captains 394 00:22:01,182 --> 00:22:04,583 have to be content with a human Counselor. 395 00:22:04,619 --> 00:22:06,086 Empathic awareness 396 00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:09,089 is not a requirement of your position. 397 00:22:09,123 --> 00:22:10,420 It is for me. 398 00:22:10,458 --> 00:22:13,859 I'm sure that, after a while, you'll be able to adjust. 399 00:22:13,895 --> 00:22:15,920 They say when one loses a sense 400 00:22:15,964 --> 00:22:18,489 the other senses become stronger to compensate. 401 00:22:18,533 --> 00:22:21,934 A blind man develops better hearing... 402 00:22:21,970 --> 00:22:23,437 With all due respect, Captain 403 00:22:23,471 --> 00:22:26,099 you don't know what you're talking about. 404 00:22:26,140 --> 00:22:30,099 That is a common belief with no scientific basis 405 00:22:30,144 --> 00:22:32,772 no doubt created by normal people 406 00:22:32,814 --> 00:22:36,306 who felt uncomfortable around the disabled. 407 00:22:36,351 --> 00:22:38,615 I am disabled 408 00:22:38,653 --> 00:22:41,588 and I'm telling you I cannot perform my duties. 409 00:22:49,497 --> 00:22:51,522 There was a teacher of mine at the Academy 410 00:22:51,566 --> 00:22:54,330 who had been confined to a wheelchair from birth. 411 00:22:54,369 --> 00:22:55,631 She was a woman... 412 00:22:55,670 --> 00:22:59,606 Captain, spare me the inspirational anecdote 413 00:22:59,641 --> 00:23:03,873 and just accept my resignation. 414 00:23:20,962 --> 00:23:23,294 Come in. 415 00:23:28,236 --> 00:23:31,205 I really would rather be alone right now. 416 00:23:32,674 --> 00:23:34,471 Too bad. 417 00:23:49,590 --> 00:23:52,582 Shh... 418 00:23:57,098 --> 00:24:00,693 Is this how you handle all your personnel problems? 419 00:24:00,735 --> 00:24:02,225 Sure. 420 00:24:02,270 --> 00:24:03,897 You'd be surprised 421 00:24:03,938 --> 00:24:06,133 how far a hug goes with Geordi or Worf. 422 00:24:08,776 --> 00:24:10,368 Will... 423 00:24:10,411 --> 00:24:13,278 I don't know what to do. 424 00:24:17,652 --> 00:24:20,052 So, you resign? 425 00:24:20,088 --> 00:24:23,580 You walk away from all the people who care about you? 426 00:24:27,127 --> 00:24:30,654 I look around me, and all I see 427 00:24:30,697 --> 00:24:33,962 are surfaces without depth... 428 00:24:34,067 --> 00:24:37,434 colorless, hollow. 429 00:24:37,471 --> 00:24:39,962 Nothing seems real. 430 00:24:40,007 --> 00:24:41,201 I'm real. 431 00:24:41,241 --> 00:24:43,766 No, you're not. 432 00:24:43,810 --> 00:24:45,334 You're a projection 433 00:24:45,379 --> 00:24:47,609 with no more substance to me 434 00:24:47,648 --> 00:24:50,116 than a character on the holodeck. 435 00:24:50,150 --> 00:24:52,948 I don't believe that. 436 00:24:52,986 --> 00:24:57,616 You have no idea how frightening it is 437 00:24:57,658 --> 00:25:01,890 to... to just be here, without sensing you 438 00:25:01,928 --> 00:25:04,624 without sharing your feelings. 439 00:25:10,103 --> 00:25:12,094 That's it, isn't it? 440 00:25:13,874 --> 00:25:15,842 We're on equal footing now. 441 00:25:15,876 --> 00:25:17,241 What? 442 00:25:17,277 --> 00:25:20,041 You always had an advantage-- 443 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,310 a little bit of control of every situation. 444 00:25:22,349 --> 00:25:25,045 That must have been a very safe position to be in. 445 00:25:27,754 --> 00:25:30,951 To be honest... 446 00:25:31,024 --> 00:25:34,187 I'd always thought there was something a little too... 447 00:25:34,227 --> 00:25:37,094 aristocratic about your Betazoid heritage. 448 00:25:37,130 --> 00:25:40,588 As if your human side wasn't quite good enough for you. 449 00:25:40,634 --> 00:25:42,534 That isn't true. 450 00:25:42,569 --> 00:25:44,628 Isn't it? 451 00:25:44,671 --> 00:25:47,105 La Forge to Riker. 452 00:25:47,140 --> 00:25:48,664 Go ahead, Geordi. 453 00:25:50,310 --> 00:25:51,572 We are ready to attempt 454 00:25:51,611 --> 00:25:53,806 a controlled overload jump to warp six. 455 00:25:53,847 --> 00:25:56,372 Acknowledged. I'm on my way to the Bridge. 456 00:26:00,153 --> 00:26:02,747 I'll check in on you later. 457 00:26:02,789 --> 00:26:05,121 Really, you don't have to. 458 00:26:07,094 --> 00:26:09,892 I will check in on you later. 459 00:26:27,114 --> 00:26:30,083 Setting new course at optimal shearing angle-- 460 00:26:30,117 --> 00:26:32,915 bearing 217 mark 203. 461 00:26:32,953 --> 00:26:35,945 Engaging impulse engines now. 462 00:26:37,958 --> 00:26:40,256 Mr. La Forge, go to warp. 463 00:26:40,293 --> 00:26:42,557 Aye, sir. 464 00:26:42,596 --> 00:26:43,893 Status? 465 00:26:43,930 --> 00:26:45,420 Unchanged. 466 00:26:45,465 --> 00:26:47,797 We have not broken free of the graviton field. 467 00:26:47,834 --> 00:26:51,270 Integrity field pressure has increased by 217%, Captain. 468 00:26:51,304 --> 00:26:52,601 Warning. 469 00:26:52,639 --> 00:26:54,607 Differential stress will exceed upper limit 470 00:26:54,641 --> 00:26:56,233 in 15 seconds. 471 00:26:56,276 --> 00:26:57,971 Disengage all engines. 472 00:26:58,011 --> 00:27:00,707 Warning. Differential stress will exceed upper... 473 00:27:02,249 --> 00:27:04,012 Engines disengaged, sir. 474 00:27:04,050 --> 00:27:05,540 Report, La Forge. 475 00:27:05,585 --> 00:27:08,349 The energy we wanted to transfer to the nacelles 476 00:27:08,388 --> 00:27:10,379 was absorbed by the graviton wake instead. 477 00:27:10,423 --> 00:27:13,221 It set up a torsional wave that rebounded back to the ship. 478 00:27:13,260 --> 00:27:15,728 We're lucky the hull is still in one piece. 479 00:27:15,762 --> 00:27:17,855 This little nuisance is beginning 480 00:27:17,898 --> 00:27:19,490 to lose its fascination. 481 00:27:19,533 --> 00:27:21,194 Sir, during our attempt to break away 482 00:27:21,234 --> 00:27:22,724 I recorded a momentary alteration 483 00:27:22,769 --> 00:27:24,737 in the movement pattern within the cluster. 484 00:27:24,771 --> 00:27:27,069 Do you think we got their attention, Data? 485 00:27:27,107 --> 00:27:29,234 Perhaps, but just for an instant. 486 00:27:29,276 --> 00:27:33,076 The pattern immediately returned to its previous dynamic. 487 00:27:34,414 --> 00:27:37,406 Follow up on it, Mr. Data. 488 00:27:37,450 --> 00:27:40,419 Input your observations into the universal translator. 489 00:27:40,453 --> 00:27:41,442 Aye, sir. 490 00:27:41,488 --> 00:27:42,921 Perhaps these movements, themselves 491 00:27:42,956 --> 00:27:45,288 are an attempt at communication. 492 00:27:58,138 --> 00:27:59,469 More tea? 493 00:27:59,506 --> 00:28:01,440 I didn't mean to startle you. 494 00:28:02,442 --> 00:28:04,171 That's all right. 495 00:28:04,211 --> 00:28:06,202 I'm getting used to it. 496 00:28:06,246 --> 00:28:07,372 May l? 497 00:28:07,414 --> 00:28:09,405 Sure. 498 00:28:14,054 --> 00:28:16,420 Are you really getting used to it? 499 00:28:18,925 --> 00:28:20,893 No. 500 00:28:20,927 --> 00:28:22,895 Do you want to talk about it? 501 00:28:22,929 --> 00:28:23,896 No. 502 00:28:23,930 --> 00:28:25,420 Good. 503 00:28:25,465 --> 00:28:28,901 I get so tired of people coming in with their problems. 504 00:28:28,935 --> 00:28:31,062 They come in, they want a shoulder to cry on 505 00:28:31,104 --> 00:28:33,095 and generally, it turns out to be mine. 506 00:28:33,139 --> 00:28:36,302 You'd make a good Counselor. 507 00:28:36,343 --> 00:28:37,742 I think so, too 508 00:28:37,777 --> 00:28:40,644 so I'm going to talk to Picard about it. 509 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,080 About what? 510 00:28:43,116 --> 00:28:45,209 You becoming Counselor? 511 00:28:45,252 --> 00:28:47,083 Well, yes. You're leaving. 512 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:50,419 That means there won't be a Counselor onboard 513 00:28:50,457 --> 00:28:54,325 and I suppose I'll have a very long line at that bar. 514 00:28:54,361 --> 00:28:57,489 It would be nice to have a nice office, too. 515 00:28:57,530 --> 00:29:03,264 It's more than just letting them cry on your shoulder. 516 00:29:03,303 --> 00:29:05,828 It takes an enormous commitment. 517 00:29:05,872 --> 00:29:08,102 I can do that. 518 00:29:08,141 --> 00:29:10,701 Guinan, people come to talk to you 519 00:29:10,744 --> 00:29:13,212 about things they want to reveal. 520 00:29:13,246 --> 00:29:15,009 As Ship's Counselor 521 00:29:15,048 --> 00:29:18,814 you have to get them to talk about things 522 00:29:18,852 --> 00:29:20,376 they don't want to reveal. 523 00:29:20,420 --> 00:29:22,081 I could do that, too. 524 00:29:22,122 --> 00:29:24,420 What are you...? 525 00:29:26,426 --> 00:29:29,918 You don't really want to be Ship's Counselor. 526 00:29:29,996 --> 00:29:31,930 What would make you say that? 527 00:29:31,998 --> 00:29:34,466 I just know you're not serious. 528 00:29:34,501 --> 00:29:38,733 Have I given you any indication that I might not be serious? 529 00:29:38,772 --> 00:29:40,603 Not really, but... 530 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,437 Then how do you know? 531 00:29:42,475 --> 00:29:45,273 Are your empathic abilities coming back? 532 00:29:45,312 --> 00:29:48,110 No. 533 00:29:48,148 --> 00:29:51,606 I suppose it's just instinctive. 534 00:29:51,651 --> 00:29:54,119 Oh. 535 00:29:54,154 --> 00:29:55,917 I get it. 536 00:29:55,956 --> 00:29:57,753 You're trying to make me see 537 00:29:57,791 --> 00:30:00,851 that I have other abilities to draw on-- 538 00:30:00,894 --> 00:30:05,058 human intuition, instincts. 539 00:30:05,098 --> 00:30:08,761 Guinan, those skills only develop 540 00:30:08,802 --> 00:30:10,963 after years of experience. 541 00:30:12,639 --> 00:30:14,504 It's not that easy. 542 00:30:14,541 --> 00:30:16,941 No one said it was easy. 543 00:30:16,977 --> 00:30:19,946 It's much harder than you think. 544 00:30:19,980 --> 00:30:24,917 Human intuition and instinct are not always right 545 00:30:24,951 --> 00:30:28,409 but they do make life interesting. 546 00:30:30,991 --> 00:30:33,755 So I'm discovering. 547 00:30:48,241 --> 00:30:49,469 Problem, Data? 548 00:30:49,509 --> 00:30:50,806 Yes, Commander. 549 00:30:50,844 --> 00:30:52,311 Sensors are detecting 550 00:30:52,345 --> 00:30:55,143 highly-accelerated interstellar gases. 551 00:30:55,181 --> 00:30:56,307 Suggesting? 552 00:30:56,349 --> 00:30:57,475 Uncertain, sir. 553 00:30:57,517 --> 00:30:59,985 The phenomenon is within visual range. 554 00:31:00,020 --> 00:31:01,681 On screen. 555 00:31:01,721 --> 00:31:03,814 Magnify. 556 00:31:06,026 --> 00:31:08,620 It appears to be a cosmic string fragment 557 00:31:08,661 --> 00:31:12,290 only 107 kilometers long. 558 00:31:12,332 --> 00:31:14,732 A cosmic string? 559 00:31:14,768 --> 00:31:16,235 No wider than a proton 560 00:31:16,269 --> 00:31:18,965 but with gravitational fields as powerful as a black hole. 561 00:31:19,039 --> 00:31:21,166 The two-dimensional beings seem to be caught 562 00:31:21,207 --> 00:31:23,072 in the gravitational pull of the string 563 00:31:23,109 --> 00:31:25,976 Their course is taking them directly toward it. 564 00:31:26,079 --> 00:31:28,980 And us right along with it. 565 00:31:34,654 --> 00:31:38,556 Captain's Log, Stardate 44359.5. 566 00:31:38,591 --> 00:31:40,991 What began as a curious inconvenience 567 00:31:41,061 --> 00:31:43,256 has turned into a serious threat. 568 00:31:43,296 --> 00:31:45,662 At current speed, the two-dimensional beings 569 00:31:45,698 --> 00:31:47,825 and the Enterprise will be drawn into 570 00:31:47,867 --> 00:31:50,267 the cosmic string fragment in seven hours. 571 00:31:51,704 --> 00:31:53,604 The entities offer no indication 572 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:55,665 they are aware of the string fragment, sir. 573 00:31:55,708 --> 00:31:57,938 Their course and speed remain constant. 574 00:31:57,977 --> 00:31:59,342 Sir, I recommend we fire 575 00:31:59,379 --> 00:32:02,007 a spread of photon torpedoes into their field. 576 00:32:05,985 --> 00:32:08,954 Must we destroy them to save ourselves? 577 00:32:09,022 --> 00:32:12,583 It is unclear what effect a photon torpedo would have 578 00:32:12,625 --> 00:32:14,526 on two-dimensional beings, sir. 579 00:32:14,659 --> 00:32:15,956 Nevertheless... 580 00:32:16,027 --> 00:32:18,723 Well, we wouldn't necessarily have to fire at them. 581 00:32:18,763 --> 00:32:21,926 Half a dozen photon torpedo bursts directly in their path 582 00:32:21,966 --> 00:32:24,127 could make them change course. 583 00:32:24,168 --> 00:32:26,159 Make it so. 584 00:32:28,006 --> 00:32:29,132 Torpedoes armed. 585 00:32:29,173 --> 00:32:31,164 Fire distribution set. 586 00:32:31,209 --> 00:32:34,201 Detonation at seven kilometers ahead of the cluster. 587 00:32:34,245 --> 00:32:35,576 Data, launch another probe. 588 00:32:35,613 --> 00:32:38,081 Patch the monitor through to the main viewer. 589 00:32:38,116 --> 00:32:39,583 Probe is launched. 590 00:32:39,617 --> 00:32:40,811 On screen. 591 00:32:45,990 --> 00:32:47,651 Proceed, Mr. Worf. 592 00:32:47,692 --> 00:32:49,216 Launching torpedoes. 593 00:32:49,260 --> 00:32:52,252 Detonation in five seconds. 594 00:32:52,297 --> 00:32:55,391 Three... two... one. 595 00:32:58,269 --> 00:33:00,737 There is no change in the graviton field. 596 00:33:00,772 --> 00:33:04,299 The torpedoes are having no effect, sir. 597 00:33:06,544 --> 00:33:11,641 Fire another volley directly into their field, Mr. Worf. 598 00:33:14,485 --> 00:33:16,919 Launching torpedoes. 599 00:33:16,955 --> 00:33:18,820 Detonation in five seconds. 600 00:33:18,856 --> 00:33:22,417 Three... two... one. 601 00:33:25,330 --> 00:33:30,495 Matter-antimatter explosions appear to be ineffective, sir. 602 00:33:48,219 --> 00:33:49,686 Come in. 603 00:33:52,123 --> 00:33:53,852 Janet. 604 00:33:53,891 --> 00:33:55,153 Oh, I'm sorry. 605 00:33:55,193 --> 00:33:56,990 I meant to cancel your appointment today. 606 00:33:57,028 --> 00:34:00,828 Actually, I'm resigning as Ship's Counselor. 607 00:34:00,865 --> 00:34:02,662 Why? 608 00:34:02,700 --> 00:34:06,636 I think it was fairly clear during your last appointment. 609 00:34:06,671 --> 00:34:08,935 It was obviously non-productive. 610 00:34:08,973 --> 00:34:11,669 I couldn't sense what you were feeling. 611 00:34:11,709 --> 00:34:15,702 Deanna, you were right about me. 612 00:34:15,747 --> 00:34:19,205 I had to go back and look at what I was doing 613 00:34:19,250 --> 00:34:22,811 see why I was trying to convince myself and you 614 00:34:22,854 --> 00:34:24,082 that I was a new woman. 615 00:34:24,122 --> 00:34:25,453 You made me realize 616 00:34:25,490 --> 00:34:28,618 I was doing exactly the same thing to myself 617 00:34:28,660 --> 00:34:30,287 as I was before-- 618 00:34:30,328 --> 00:34:32,159 trying to hide from the pain. 619 00:34:32,196 --> 00:34:37,896 Maybe you couldn't sense what I was feeling 620 00:34:37,935 --> 00:34:40,495 but you helped. 621 00:34:46,678 --> 00:34:48,145 Come. 622 00:34:51,516 --> 00:34:53,677 You wanted to see me, Captain. 623 00:34:53,718 --> 00:34:54,980 Yes, Counselor. 624 00:34:55,053 --> 00:34:56,543 Sit down, please. 625 00:35:01,759 --> 00:35:03,920 Our situation has become critical. 626 00:35:03,995 --> 00:35:06,930 The cluster remains completely unresponsive. 627 00:35:06,998 --> 00:35:09,762 We have not been able to alter its course 628 00:35:09,801 --> 00:35:12,167 towards the cosmic string fragment. 629 00:35:12,203 --> 00:35:14,671 How much time do we have? 630 00:35:14,706 --> 00:35:16,765 Less than five hours. 631 00:35:16,808 --> 00:35:19,675 Which is why I have called you. 632 00:35:19,711 --> 00:35:21,178 Sir? 633 00:35:21,212 --> 00:35:22,679 All that remains 634 00:35:22,714 --> 00:35:25,148 is the possibility of communication. 635 00:35:25,183 --> 00:35:26,741 There might be some way 636 00:35:26,784 --> 00:35:30,447 that we can warn them of their impending destruction. 637 00:35:32,623 --> 00:35:35,285 I thought Data had already tried to establish communications 638 00:35:35,326 --> 00:35:37,419 through the universal translator. 639 00:35:37,462 --> 00:35:39,259 He has tried every technical means 640 00:35:39,297 --> 00:35:41,094 at our disposal to reach them. 641 00:35:42,700 --> 00:35:44,395 I wish I knew how to help, Captain 642 00:35:44,435 --> 00:35:46,096 but under the circumstances... 643 00:35:46,137 --> 00:35:48,662 If there is a psychology to these creatures 644 00:35:48,706 --> 00:35:50,173 we must discover it. 645 00:35:50,208 --> 00:35:52,836 If there is an explanation for their behavior 646 00:35:52,877 --> 00:35:55,107 we must know what it is. 647 00:35:55,146 --> 00:35:56,613 Even in your current condition 648 00:35:56,647 --> 00:35:58,581 you are the most qualified person 649 00:35:58,616 --> 00:36:00,709 aboard this ship to assist. 650 00:36:00,752 --> 00:36:01,878 Data is in observation 651 00:36:01,919 --> 00:36:03,682 attempting to formulate a strategy. 652 00:36:03,721 --> 00:36:04,983 I want you to join him. 653 00:36:09,761 --> 00:36:11,456 Deanna 654 00:36:11,496 --> 00:36:14,988 we need you. 655 00:36:22,940 --> 00:36:24,669 Captain's Log, supplemental. 656 00:36:24,709 --> 00:36:26,939 If our speed and course remain unchanged 657 00:36:27,044 --> 00:36:29,638 in one hour, the Enterprise will be torn apart 658 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:32,945 by the gravitational forces of the cosmic string fragment. 659 00:36:36,621 --> 00:36:39,249 Are your signals reaching them? 660 00:36:39,290 --> 00:36:40,450 Possibly. 661 00:36:40,491 --> 00:36:42,220 However, the beings may perceive them 662 00:36:42,260 --> 00:36:45,752 as negligible noise, rather than an attempt at communication. 663 00:36:45,797 --> 00:36:49,255 Is there any evidence at all that they're sentient? 664 00:36:49,300 --> 00:36:51,734 Negative. The nature of their movements 665 00:36:51,769 --> 00:36:54,329 suggests a simple order of intelligence. 666 00:36:58,176 --> 00:36:59,973 I'm sorry, Data. 667 00:37:00,044 --> 00:37:04,071 I don't seem to be much help without my empathic abilities. 668 00:37:04,115 --> 00:37:08,677 I just don't know how to draw on my human instinct. 669 00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:12,155 As I do not have human instinct, per se 670 00:37:12,190 --> 00:37:14,420 I cannot advise you, Counselor. 671 00:37:16,527 --> 00:37:18,628 Right now 672 00:37:18,761 --> 00:37:23,255 I feel as two-dimensional as our friends out there. 673 00:37:23,299 --> 00:37:28,498 In the universe, but barely aware of it. 674 00:37:28,537 --> 00:37:31,404 Just trying to survive... 675 00:37:33,342 --> 00:37:35,640 on instinct. 676 00:37:38,047 --> 00:37:39,947 Data... 677 00:37:39,982 --> 00:37:43,782 what if they're simply acting instinctively? 678 00:37:43,819 --> 00:37:46,185 There are inherent 679 00:37:46,222 --> 00:37:49,783 inborn forces in every species. 680 00:37:49,825 --> 00:37:53,955 What they need, what they fear. 681 00:37:53,996 --> 00:37:58,057 We have to discover what drives this species. 682 00:37:58,100 --> 00:38:00,159 I do not believe there is any way 683 00:38:00,202 --> 00:38:02,397 we can know for certain, Counselor. 684 00:38:02,438 --> 00:38:05,669 We can speculate on the available evidence. 685 00:38:05,708 --> 00:38:07,505 The only evidence we have at present 686 00:38:07,543 --> 00:38:10,103 is the brief interruption in their movement pattern 687 00:38:10,146 --> 00:38:12,080 during our last attempt to break away. 688 00:38:12,114 --> 00:38:15,675 Which may suggest some kind of awareness of our presence. 689 00:38:15,718 --> 00:38:20,348 Otherwise, their course and speed have been constant. 690 00:38:21,624 --> 00:38:25,458 On a straight line to the cosmic string. 691 00:38:25,494 --> 00:38:28,930 You're convinced the string's gravitation is pulling them in? 692 00:38:28,964 --> 00:38:31,057 Because the cluster is two-dimensional 693 00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:33,091 I do not have enough direct evidence 694 00:38:33,135 --> 00:38:34,693 to support that assumption. 695 00:38:34,737 --> 00:38:40,039 However, it is the most reasonable hypothesis. 696 00:38:40,076 --> 00:38:41,509 Why? 697 00:38:41,544 --> 00:38:43,603 It is unlikely they would intentionally move 698 00:38:43,646 --> 00:38:44,943 toward a destructive force. 699 00:38:44,980 --> 00:38:48,313 Moths fly toward a flame. 700 00:38:48,350 --> 00:38:51,877 Horses sometimes run into a burning barn. 701 00:38:51,921 --> 00:38:53,411 Data, don't you see? 702 00:38:53,456 --> 00:38:56,619 We've been thinking in three dimensions. 703 00:38:56,659 --> 00:38:59,127 We have to get two-dimensional. 704 00:39:00,496 --> 00:39:02,054 Pardon me? 705 00:39:02,098 --> 00:39:04,999 Subspace signals, photon torpedoes-- 706 00:39:05,034 --> 00:39:07,059 nothing's had an impact. 707 00:39:07,103 --> 00:39:10,334 It's reasonable to wonder if a gravitational pull-- 708 00:39:10,372 --> 00:39:13,239 even as strong as a cosmic string's-- 709 00:39:13,275 --> 00:39:14,902 would affect them. 710 00:39:15,010 --> 00:39:17,843 Please continue. 711 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:21,839 What if they've chosen a course to the cosmic string? 712 00:39:21,884 --> 00:39:24,512 A case of pure stimulus response. 713 00:39:24,553 --> 00:39:30,514 Driven by instinct, just like the moth to a flame. 714 00:39:30,559 --> 00:39:32,891 If Counselor Troi's supposition is correct 715 00:39:32,928 --> 00:39:34,657 a replica of the string 716 00:39:34,697 --> 00:39:36,096 projected behind the cluster 717 00:39:36,132 --> 00:39:37,861 could induce them to reverse course 718 00:39:37,900 --> 00:39:40,869 disrupting the graviton wake long enough for us to escape. 719 00:39:40,903 --> 00:39:43,371 How do you simulate a cosmic string? 720 00:39:43,405 --> 00:39:46,863 It has the gravitational force of a hundred stars. 721 00:39:46,909 --> 00:39:48,376 I do not suggest simulating 722 00:39:48,410 --> 00:39:50,935 the gravitational field of the string fragment. 723 00:39:51,013 --> 00:39:52,708 Rather, the string's vibration. 724 00:39:52,748 --> 00:39:55,342 Vibration? We're not talking about a violin, Data. 725 00:39:55,384 --> 00:39:56,749 No, Data's right. 726 00:39:56,786 --> 00:39:58,310 The principle is still the same. 727 00:39:58,354 --> 00:39:59,480 A cosmic string emanates 728 00:39:59,522 --> 00:40:01,581 a characteristic set of subspace frequencies 729 00:40:01,624 --> 00:40:03,956 as atomic particles decay along its event horizon. 730 00:40:04,026 --> 00:40:05,755 I could use the ship's parabolic dish 731 00:40:05,795 --> 00:40:07,695 to amplify and reflect those frequencies 732 00:40:07,730 --> 00:40:09,357 back toward the cluster. 733 00:40:09,398 --> 00:40:11,730 The Enterprise, itself, would echo the cosmic string. 734 00:40:11,767 --> 00:40:13,564 How much time do we have, Mr. Worf? 735 00:40:13,602 --> 00:40:15,126 23 minutes, sir. 736 00:40:15,171 --> 00:40:18,038 Make it so. 737 00:40:23,078 --> 00:40:25,979 Frequency scan detectors engaged. 738 00:40:26,048 --> 00:40:27,572 Receiving. 739 00:40:28,951 --> 00:40:30,976 Data, we're picking up frequencies 740 00:40:31,053 --> 00:40:33,078 across the entire electromagnetic 741 00:40:33,122 --> 00:40:34,885 and lower subspace spectrum. 742 00:40:34,924 --> 00:40:37,484 Trying to isolate. 743 00:40:37,526 --> 00:40:40,324 Data, can you focus the reflector field for me? 744 00:40:40,362 --> 00:40:41,989 Stand by. 745 00:40:42,031 --> 00:40:46,491 I am differentiating particle emission signatures now. 746 00:40:48,337 --> 00:40:50,100 Good. Good. That's doing it. 747 00:40:50,139 --> 00:40:52,334 Patterns are converging. 748 00:40:55,578 --> 00:40:57,341 Same course, same speed. 749 00:40:57,379 --> 00:40:58,505 No change, sir. 750 00:40:58,547 --> 00:41:00,344 We're beginning to encounter 751 00:41:00,382 --> 00:41:02,646 the gravitational effects of the string. 752 00:41:02,685 --> 00:41:06,086 Impact is in four minutes. 753 00:41:06,121 --> 00:41:08,681 Sir, sheer force turbulence is impairing our ability 754 00:41:08,724 --> 00:41:10,316 to create an accurate simulation. 755 00:41:10,359 --> 00:41:12,293 Geordi, fire up the impulse engines. 756 00:41:12,328 --> 00:41:14,353 Activate the ship's stabilizers. 757 00:41:14,396 --> 00:41:15,522 Stabilizers on. 758 00:41:15,564 --> 00:41:18,260 Electromagnetic and subspace wave fronts 759 00:41:18,300 --> 00:41:20,564 approaching synchronization. 760 00:41:23,772 --> 00:41:26,332 Three minutes to impact. 761 00:41:26,375 --> 00:41:28,172 Status. 762 00:41:28,210 --> 00:41:29,973 The cluster is unaffected. 763 00:41:30,045 --> 00:41:31,706 Same course, same speed. 764 00:41:31,747 --> 00:41:34,341 Let's try turning up the volume. 765 00:41:34,383 --> 00:41:36,715 Increase the intensity, Mr. Data. 766 00:41:36,752 --> 00:41:39,346 Increasing by 50%. 767 00:41:45,294 --> 00:41:47,319 They're slowing. 768 00:41:47,363 --> 00:41:50,264 Graviton wake field is collapsing. 769 00:41:50,299 --> 00:41:52,665 Mr. La Forge, get us out of here. 770 00:41:52,701 --> 00:41:54,362 With pleasure, sir. 771 00:41:59,408 --> 00:42:03,037 The beings have resumed their course into the string. 772 00:42:03,078 --> 00:42:05,603 Three seconds to impact. 773 00:42:18,260 --> 00:42:20,820 It's all right. 774 00:42:20,863 --> 00:42:22,490 They're home. 775 00:42:22,531 --> 00:42:25,227 We were wrong. 776 00:42:25,267 --> 00:42:28,065 The cosmic string was never dangerous to them. 777 00:42:28,103 --> 00:42:31,664 It was the one place in the galaxy they most wanted to be. 778 00:42:31,707 --> 00:42:33,800 Deanna? 779 00:42:35,678 --> 00:42:37,509 Yes... 780 00:42:39,248 --> 00:42:41,478 I sensed it. 781 00:42:51,026 --> 00:42:52,994 Such overwhelming intensity of emotion. 782 00:42:53,028 --> 00:42:56,395 When we first encountered them, it must have been more 783 00:42:56,432 --> 00:42:58,195 than my senses could process. 784 00:42:58,233 --> 00:42:59,700 A short circuit. 785 00:42:59,735 --> 00:43:01,862 Something like that. 786 00:43:01,904 --> 00:43:03,462 Oh, Beverly... 787 00:43:03,505 --> 00:43:05,473 Apology accepted. 788 00:43:05,507 --> 00:43:08,408 Therapists are always the worst patients. 789 00:43:08,444 --> 00:43:10,639 Except for doctors, of course. 790 00:43:12,314 --> 00:43:14,646 Come by and see me at my office later, okay? 791 00:43:17,886 --> 00:43:20,946 I was so awful to her. 792 00:43:20,990 --> 00:43:22,890 Well, you were just being human. 793 00:43:22,925 --> 00:43:26,383 I never fully appreciated how difficult-- 794 00:43:26,428 --> 00:43:29,693 and how rewarding it is-- to be human. 795 00:43:29,732 --> 00:43:32,599 But I had a lot of help. 796 00:43:32,634 --> 00:43:34,864 Thanks. 797 00:43:34,903 --> 00:43:38,964 Now, is that Counselor position still open aboard ship? 798 00:43:39,074 --> 00:43:41,668 It's been taken. 799 00:43:41,710 --> 00:43:44,201 I just thought I'd ask. 800 00:43:44,246 --> 00:43:45,543 Better hours. 801 00:43:45,581 --> 00:43:46,946 Excuse me. 802 00:43:49,084 --> 00:43:50,483 And you... 803 00:43:50,519 --> 00:43:54,216 Thank you for making me face my other half. 804 00:43:54,256 --> 00:43:56,121 Frightening, wasn't it? 805 00:43:56,158 --> 00:43:57,125 A little. 806 00:43:57,159 --> 00:43:59,627 You were right, though. 807 00:43:59,661 --> 00:44:01,219 There is something to be learned 808 00:44:01,263 --> 00:44:04,596 when you're not in control of every situation. 809 00:44:04,633 --> 00:44:07,569 Welcome to the human race. 810 00:44:08,803 --> 00:44:13,797 By the way, the next time you call me "aristocratic..."