1 00:00:03,670 --> 00:00:09,939 Counselor Deanna Troi, Personal Log, Stardate 44805.3. 2 00:00:09,976 --> 00:00:11,967 My mother is on board. 3 00:00:20,353 --> 00:00:22,981 Jean-Luc, you delicious man! 4 00:00:23,023 --> 00:00:25,651 You were just thinking of me, weren't you? 5 00:00:25,692 --> 00:00:26,784 As a matter of fact... 6 00:00:26,826 --> 00:00:29,090 Well, think no further, dear heart. 7 00:00:29,129 --> 00:00:30,756 She's here. 8 00:00:30,797 --> 00:00:32,094 Yes, indeed. 9 00:00:32,132 --> 00:00:33,429 Oh, serious. 10 00:00:33,466 --> 00:00:35,195 You're always so serious. 11 00:00:35,235 --> 00:00:36,497 Lwaxana... 12 00:00:36,536 --> 00:00:37,560 Hmm? 13 00:00:37,604 --> 00:00:40,095 As a matter of fact, I am rather busy at the moment. 14 00:00:40,140 --> 00:00:43,109 And you're always busy with something or other. 15 00:00:43,143 --> 00:00:45,668 Never the right thing, though. 16 00:00:45,712 --> 00:00:47,441 My daughter tells me 17 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:49,778 that we're, um, picking up someone interesting here. 18 00:00:49,816 --> 00:00:54,116 Yes, the leading scientist from Kaelon II, and... 19 00:00:54,154 --> 00:00:55,746 Oh, Kaelon II! 20 00:00:55,789 --> 00:00:57,780 I've never heard of that. 21 00:00:57,824 --> 00:01:02,727 Well, Lwaxana, it is something of a rather delicate... 22 00:01:02,762 --> 00:01:03,729 Oh... 23 00:01:03,763 --> 00:01:04,957 ...situation. 24 00:01:04,998 --> 00:01:10,095 It's the first real contact with a rather reclusive race 25 00:01:10,136 --> 00:01:14,732 and... this is in the nature of an official greeting, so... 26 00:01:14,774 --> 00:01:16,401 Oh, diplomacy. 27 00:01:16,443 --> 00:01:18,741 Oh, I adore diplomacy. 28 00:01:18,778 --> 00:01:20,973 Everyone dresses so well. 29 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,511 Mr. O'Brien, energize. 30 00:01:35,695 --> 00:01:40,291 Dr. Timicin, I'm Jean-Luc Picard Captain of the Enterprise. 31 00:01:40,333 --> 00:01:41,994 This is Lieutenant Commander La Forge. 32 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:43,501 I beg your pardon, Captain. 33 00:01:43,536 --> 00:01:46,232 This is my first time aboard a Federation starship. 34 00:01:49,375 --> 00:01:50,535 Oh, yes, they told me. 35 00:01:50,577 --> 00:01:52,807 The shaking of hands... a form of greeting. 36 00:01:54,714 --> 00:01:56,181 I beg your pardon. 37 00:01:56,216 --> 00:01:59,185 Dr. Timicin, allow me to present 38 00:01:59,219 --> 00:02:00,186 Lwaxana Troi of Betazed. 39 00:02:00,220 --> 00:02:01,312 She is also a guest on board... 40 00:02:01,354 --> 00:02:02,878 And Daughter of the Fifth House 41 00:02:02,922 --> 00:02:04,685 Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx 42 00:02:04,724 --> 00:02:06,351 Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed 43 00:02:06,392 --> 00:02:08,087 and what are you doing for dinner? 44 00:02:09,496 --> 00:02:11,896 Well, I don't know really. 45 00:02:11,931 --> 00:02:14,229 Lwaxana, we have quite a bit of work planned. 46 00:02:14,267 --> 00:02:15,962 Well, the man's never been 47 00:02:16,002 --> 00:02:18,368 on board a starship before, Jean-Luc. 48 00:02:18,404 --> 00:02:21,373 Certainly somebody ought to make him comfortable 49 00:02:21,407 --> 00:02:22,704 before you get started. 50 00:02:22,742 --> 00:02:24,710 Well, it seems that Mrs. Troi 51 00:02:24,744 --> 00:02:28,373 is our acting ambassador of goodwill for today. 52 00:02:28,414 --> 00:02:31,941 You just think of me as your entertainment director. 53 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:36,618 That man's in a lot of trouble. 54 00:03:04,883 --> 00:03:09,286 Space, the final frontier. 55 00:03:09,321 --> 00:03:13,155 These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. 56 00:03:13,191 --> 00:03:15,159 Its continuing mission... 57 00:03:15,193 --> 00:03:19,129 to explore strange new worlds 58 00:03:19,164 --> 00:03:23,601 to seek out new life and new civilizations 59 00:03:23,635 --> 00:03:28,129 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 60 00:04:25,163 --> 00:04:28,860 Captain's Log, Stardate 44805.7. 61 00:04:28,900 --> 00:04:31,164 For generations, the people of Kaelon II 62 00:04:31,203 --> 00:04:33,967 have been working to revitalize their dying sun. 63 00:04:34,006 --> 00:04:36,531 The Federation has offered to assist in testing 64 00:04:36,575 --> 00:04:38,702 what may be a solution to this problem. 65 00:04:38,744 --> 00:04:41,406 Of course, the basic theories of helium fusion enhancement 66 00:04:41,446 --> 00:04:43,175 have been discussed for over a century 67 00:04:43,215 --> 00:04:45,615 but there's been no practical method of application 68 00:04:45,650 --> 00:04:46,742 until now. 69 00:04:46,785 --> 00:04:48,514 The modifications you have made 70 00:04:48,553 --> 00:04:51,283 in the torpedoes guidance systems are remarkable, Doctor. 71 00:04:51,323 --> 00:04:52,813 Well, we'll see. 72 00:04:52,858 --> 00:04:55,952 They still have to be proved. 73 00:04:57,529 --> 00:04:59,087 But now at least it's possible. 74 00:04:59,131 --> 00:05:01,599 I'd never dared to hope for such a perfect match 75 00:05:01,633 --> 00:05:02,793 with our own sun. 76 00:05:02,834 --> 00:05:05,462 My only regret is that it took us three years 77 00:05:05,504 --> 00:05:06,835 to find a suitable sun 78 00:05:06,872 --> 00:05:08,806 after you had first contacted us. 79 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:13,539 We're not used to dealing with other worlds. 80 00:05:13,578 --> 00:05:16,274 We're not used to asking for anything from others. 81 00:05:16,314 --> 00:05:17,372 Your offer of help 82 00:05:17,416 --> 00:05:19,907 has given us a possible means of survival. 83 00:05:19,951 --> 00:05:23,944 It has taken 40 years of my life to develop the programming 84 00:05:23,989 --> 00:05:26,617 that will control your photon torpedoes. 85 00:05:26,658 --> 00:05:29,149 It has been my life. 86 00:05:30,929 --> 00:05:33,295 Thank you for this opportunity. 87 00:05:33,331 --> 00:05:37,461 My only wish has been to find a way to revive our sun... 88 00:05:38,737 --> 00:05:40,329 before I die. 89 00:05:46,343 --> 00:05:48,311 Mrs. Troi, I must protest 90 00:05:48,345 --> 00:05:51,508 your unauthorized presence on the Bridge. 91 00:05:51,548 --> 00:05:53,982 What does that little one do, Mr. Woof? 92 00:05:54,018 --> 00:05:55,315 Please, madam! 93 00:05:55,352 --> 00:05:58,253 That is a torpedo launch initiator, and... 94 00:05:58,288 --> 00:06:00,916 And it is "Worf," madam, not "woof." 95 00:06:00,958 --> 00:06:02,323 Oh... ah! 96 00:06:02,359 --> 00:06:03,826 There you are, my dear. 97 00:06:03,861 --> 00:06:05,158 Where have you been? 98 00:06:05,195 --> 00:06:06,856 I've been waiting for you. 99 00:06:08,198 --> 00:06:10,166 So nice to see you again so soon. 100 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:11,497 Mrs. Troi. 101 00:06:11,535 --> 00:06:13,526 Mother, what did you want? 102 00:06:13,570 --> 00:06:14,537 What? 103 00:06:14,571 --> 00:06:16,198 You were waiting for me. 104 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:17,434 Oh, yes, dear, of course I was. 105 00:06:17,474 --> 00:06:18,941 You really must let me 106 00:06:19,009 --> 00:06:21,341 do something to relieve the tedium 107 00:06:21,378 --> 00:06:23,403 of all this work, work, work. 108 00:06:23,447 --> 00:06:25,142 I'm afraid I'm expected in Engineering. 109 00:06:25,182 --> 00:06:26,376 I'm really terribly sorry. 110 00:06:26,417 --> 00:06:27,384 Oh. 111 00:06:27,418 --> 00:06:28,885 Mrs. Troi 112 00:06:28,919 --> 00:06:30,546 I have to ask you to clear the Bridge, please. 113 00:06:30,587 --> 00:06:31,884 I don't see why. 114 00:06:31,922 --> 00:06:34,049 There are lots of other people here. 115 00:06:34,091 --> 00:06:36,355 Mother, please. 116 00:06:38,729 --> 00:06:40,287 Well, don't you worry. 117 00:06:40,330 --> 00:06:43,857 We'll just have our little chat later. 118 00:06:51,842 --> 00:06:55,073 I'd never have thought her old enough to be your mother. 119 00:06:55,112 --> 00:06:56,841 She is so... 120 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:58,541 vibrant. 121 00:07:06,990 --> 00:07:08,753 If you look at the next simulation, you'll see 122 00:07:08,792 --> 00:07:11,056 that we need the temperature to stabilize at 220 million. 123 00:07:11,095 --> 00:07:12,221 Otherwise there's a secondary 124 00:07:12,262 --> 00:07:13,593 then a tertiary reaction to the... 125 00:07:13,630 --> 00:07:15,154 Ah, ah, ah! Enough is enough. 126 00:07:15,199 --> 00:07:16,666 Rescue is at hand. 127 00:07:16,700 --> 00:07:18,327 Ah, Dr. Timicin. 128 00:07:18,368 --> 00:07:20,666 Oh, would you clear all this mess 129 00:07:20,704 --> 00:07:22,262 off the table, please? 130 00:07:22,306 --> 00:07:24,433 This mess, Mrs. Troi... 131 00:07:24,475 --> 00:07:25,442 Now, now, now. 132 00:07:25,476 --> 00:07:26,909 You boys have been shut up in here 133 00:07:26,944 --> 00:07:28,241 for hours. 134 00:07:28,278 --> 00:07:31,770 Now, if you don't eat something, you're going to get sick 135 00:07:31,815 --> 00:07:34,045 and who's that going to help? 136 00:07:34,084 --> 00:07:37,781 I've made some perfectly marvelous Mantickian pat�. 137 00:07:37,821 --> 00:07:41,313 Mr. Homn will lay it out for us. 138 00:07:41,358 --> 00:07:44,054 Oh, Mr. Homn is my valet. 139 00:07:44,094 --> 00:07:46,062 He doesn't say much. 140 00:07:46,096 --> 00:07:47,723 How can he? 141 00:07:47,765 --> 00:07:49,960 It is true that the intellectual efficiency 142 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,594 of high-order beings does diminish proportionately 143 00:07:52,636 --> 00:07:54,797 with the deprivation of nutritious fuel... 144 00:07:54,838 --> 00:07:56,567 All right, all right. Don't you start. 145 00:07:56,607 --> 00:07:59,440 Mrs. Troi, you're a wise woman. 146 00:07:59,476 --> 00:08:02,070 I'm sure we could use a respite. 147 00:08:02,112 --> 00:08:06,572 These two call me Mrs. Troi. 148 00:08:06,617 --> 00:08:10,144 You call me Lwaxana. 149 00:08:10,187 --> 00:08:12,553 Mr. Homn 150 00:08:12,589 --> 00:08:14,580 spread it. 151 00:08:21,398 --> 00:08:23,389 So, knowing my daughter's starship 152 00:08:23,433 --> 00:08:26,197 would be passing fairly close to Betazed again 153 00:08:26,236 --> 00:08:28,636 I maneuvered a ride and, um, here I am. 154 00:08:33,310 --> 00:08:34,937 Deck eight. 155 00:08:34,978 --> 00:08:36,946 I also have a grown daughter. 156 00:08:36,980 --> 00:08:38,447 She has a small son of her own. 157 00:08:38,482 --> 00:08:41,940 Oh. Then, you're married. 158 00:08:41,985 --> 00:08:44,647 My wife died quite some years ago. 159 00:08:58,502 --> 00:09:01,096 You know, one thing I don't understand. 160 00:09:01,138 --> 00:09:03,231 If your people have known for generations 161 00:09:03,273 --> 00:09:05,241 that their sun is dying 162 00:09:05,275 --> 00:09:07,402 why not simply evacuate the planet? 163 00:09:07,444 --> 00:09:09,912 It is our home. 164 00:09:09,947 --> 00:09:11,915 It defines who we are as a people. 165 00:09:11,982 --> 00:09:13,574 If Kaelon II ceases to exist 166 00:09:13,617 --> 00:09:14,914 so do we. 167 00:09:14,952 --> 00:09:18,353 Well, then you definitely should fix it. 168 00:09:18,388 --> 00:09:21,380 With the Federation's help, I... I hope we will. 169 00:09:21,425 --> 00:09:23,256 And the Federation will be pleased 170 00:09:23,293 --> 00:09:24,954 to offer whatever help it can. 171 00:09:26,797 --> 00:09:28,628 Would you come in for a nightcap? 172 00:09:30,300 --> 00:09:33,633 Well, that's extremely kind of you, but... 173 00:09:33,670 --> 00:09:35,661 My valet sleeps elsewhere. 174 00:09:39,076 --> 00:09:40,475 You're delightful. 175 00:09:41,478 --> 00:09:43,207 You make me laugh. 176 00:09:44,548 --> 00:09:45,515 I mean, I-I don't mean 177 00:09:45,549 --> 00:09:47,073 that your invitation makes me laugh. 178 00:09:47,117 --> 00:09:48,675 I mean, I take that quite seriously. 179 00:09:48,719 --> 00:09:49,686 I-I mean... 180 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:51,210 Oh, but... Don't... Just say yes. 181 00:09:51,255 --> 00:09:52,654 I'll make you laugh some more. 182 00:09:53,824 --> 00:09:55,018 I wish I could... 183 00:09:57,094 --> 00:09:59,153 but I must say no. 184 00:10:02,299 --> 00:10:04,164 Good night, Lwaxana. 185 00:10:17,347 --> 00:10:20,942 Captain's Log, Stardate 44807.5. 186 00:10:20,984 --> 00:10:23,578 The Enterprise has arrived at the Praxillus system 187 00:10:23,620 --> 00:10:25,178 where we will conduct 188 00:10:25,222 --> 00:10:27,850 Dr. Timicin's helium ignition test. 189 00:10:29,359 --> 00:10:30,621 Mother, how much...? 190 00:10:30,661 --> 00:10:33,960 Little One, why do you refuse to use telepathy 191 00:10:33,997 --> 00:10:35,965 even when we're alone? 192 00:10:35,999 --> 00:10:38,126 We're not alone, mother. 193 00:10:38,168 --> 00:10:40,466 Now, how much longer is this going to take? 194 00:10:40,504 --> 00:10:43,473 You've been selecting for 20 minutes. 195 00:10:43,507 --> 00:10:45,532 I am a woman dressing for a man. 196 00:10:45,575 --> 00:10:48,408 Something you might try now and then, dear. 197 00:10:48,445 --> 00:10:50,913 I wonder if Timicin likes green. 198 00:10:50,948 --> 00:10:53,473 That's not very telepathic of you. 199 00:10:53,517 --> 00:10:55,417 Oh, I tried telepathy on him. 200 00:10:55,452 --> 00:10:57,317 He's the wrong species. 201 00:10:57,354 --> 00:10:59,914 Right species for everything else, though. 202 00:10:59,957 --> 00:11:02,858 You might try that once in a while, too. 203 00:11:04,428 --> 00:11:07,829 You know, you're not just incorrigible 204 00:11:07,864 --> 00:11:09,491 you're insatiable. 205 00:11:14,471 --> 00:11:17,099 I have completed long-range scans. 206 00:11:17,140 --> 00:11:20,974 There are no other life-forms present in this system. 207 00:11:21,011 --> 00:11:22,603 Spacecraft? 208 00:11:22,646 --> 00:11:25,615 None within sensor range. 209 00:11:25,649 --> 00:11:27,241 Picard to Engineering. 210 00:11:27,284 --> 00:11:29,445 Mr. La Forge, the system is clear. 211 00:11:29,486 --> 00:11:33,479 Final pre-launch diagnostic, level-5. 212 00:11:33,523 --> 00:11:35,081 All systems verified. 213 00:11:35,125 --> 00:11:37,320 We're ready here when you are, Captain. 214 00:11:39,329 --> 00:11:40,956 Very well. 215 00:11:40,998 --> 00:11:42,192 Mr. Worf? 216 00:11:42,232 --> 00:11:47,135 Photon torpedoes armed... and targeted. 217 00:11:47,170 --> 00:11:49,434 Fire in sequence. 218 00:11:55,479 --> 00:11:57,344 First volley released. 219 00:11:57,381 --> 00:11:59,246 Tracking torpedoes. 220 00:11:59,282 --> 00:12:00,943 Entry program confirmed. 221 00:12:00,984 --> 00:12:03,145 Second volley released. 222 00:12:12,529 --> 00:12:14,963 Torpedoes now entering the stellar core. 223 00:12:15,065 --> 00:12:16,123 Their shields are holding. 224 00:12:16,166 --> 00:12:17,292 Guidance systems normal. 225 00:12:17,334 --> 00:12:20,531 Ignition sequence, six seconds... 226 00:12:20,570 --> 00:12:22,265 five seconds... 227 00:12:22,305 --> 00:12:23,602 four... 228 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:25,938 three seconds... 229 00:12:25,976 --> 00:12:27,170 now. 230 00:12:33,216 --> 00:12:35,184 Shock wave patterns within predicted range. 231 00:12:35,218 --> 00:12:38,984 1700 percent rise in gamma radiation levels. 232 00:12:39,089 --> 00:12:41,990 Helium fusion rate... increasing. 233 00:12:42,025 --> 00:12:44,220 What about heat and pressure levels? 234 00:12:44,261 --> 00:12:45,319 Steady so far. 235 00:12:45,362 --> 00:12:46,863 Density at 1100 grams per cubic centimeter. 236 00:12:46,863 --> 00:12:48,626 Density at 1100 grams per cubic centimeter. 237 00:12:48,664 --> 00:12:51,963 Temperature approaching 60 million degrees Kelvin. 238 00:12:52,001 --> 00:12:54,799 We want it to stabilize at 220 million. 239 00:12:54,837 --> 00:12:56,702 Pressure wave harmonics dispersing. 240 00:12:56,739 --> 00:12:58,707 Temperature in target zone increasing 241 00:12:58,741 --> 00:13:00,265 to 81 million degrees, sir. 242 00:13:02,278 --> 00:13:03,609 Still rising. 243 00:13:03,646 --> 00:13:06,240 Temperature at 90 million degrees Kelvin. 244 00:13:06,282 --> 00:13:09,479 And now 110 million. 245 00:13:09,518 --> 00:13:11,281 Looking good. 246 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,949 One hundred thirty-seven... 247 00:13:15,057 --> 00:13:17,924 Radiation and pressure levels still stable. 248 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:21,452 Temperature is 170 million degrees Kelvin. 249 00:13:21,497 --> 00:13:23,829 One ninety... 250 00:13:23,866 --> 00:13:25,857 and now, 200 million. 251 00:13:25,902 --> 00:13:27,392 It's happening. 252 00:13:34,277 --> 00:13:37,576 207... and rising. 253 00:13:37,613 --> 00:13:41,105 Two nineteen... 254 00:13:41,150 --> 00:13:43,311 and twenty. 255 00:13:43,352 --> 00:13:44,842 Two twenty... 256 00:13:46,522 --> 00:13:47,614 and holding. 257 00:13:47,657 --> 00:13:52,287 Looks like congratulations may be in order. 258 00:13:56,732 --> 00:13:57,756 Mr. Data? 259 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,928 Turbulence patterns are within predicted parameters. 260 00:14:10,446 --> 00:14:13,882 Two twenty-two. 261 00:14:15,885 --> 00:14:17,853 Temperature is rising in the core again, Captain. 262 00:14:17,887 --> 00:14:22,119 230 million degrees Kelvin. 263 00:14:22,158 --> 00:14:23,955 Still rising, Captain. 264 00:14:23,993 --> 00:14:26,962 Two fifty-one. 265 00:14:27,029 --> 00:14:29,088 Rate exceeding critical level. 266 00:14:29,131 --> 00:14:30,962 Core density is becoming unstable. 267 00:14:31,033 --> 00:14:32,227 Let's get the hell out of here. 268 00:14:32,268 --> 00:14:34,293 Ensign, warp two, now! 269 00:14:42,178 --> 00:14:44,237 I'm sorry. 270 00:14:51,153 --> 00:14:52,620 Captain Picard? 271 00:14:52,655 --> 00:14:53,883 Doctor. 272 00:14:53,923 --> 00:14:56,892 Permit me to express my appreciation 273 00:14:56,926 --> 00:14:58,894 to you and your crew. 274 00:14:58,928 --> 00:15:00,293 I am most grateful. 275 00:15:01,931 --> 00:15:03,364 Most grateful. 276 00:15:08,304 --> 00:15:11,171 Ensign, lay in a course for Kaelon II. 277 00:15:11,207 --> 00:15:13,232 Warp factor five. 278 00:15:13,275 --> 00:15:14,606 Aye, sir. 279 00:15:33,662 --> 00:15:35,630 I'm so sorry, Timicin. 280 00:15:45,174 --> 00:15:47,506 I had one of those named after me once. 281 00:15:47,543 --> 00:15:50,512 Brilliant, young astronomer from Rigel IV. 282 00:15:50,546 --> 00:15:57,475 Of course, I, um, I sparkled a bit myself in those days. 283 00:15:57,520 --> 00:15:59,852 You see, that's called fishing for a compliment. 284 00:15:59,889 --> 00:16:02,016 You're supposed to tell me I still sparkle. 285 00:16:06,128 --> 00:16:07,095 I'm sorry. 286 00:16:07,129 --> 00:16:08,426 I'm not helping, am I? 287 00:16:08,464 --> 00:16:10,056 You're very kind. 288 00:16:10,099 --> 00:16:12,829 I'm just not adequate company right now. 289 00:16:12,868 --> 00:16:13,835 Oh, that's all right. 290 00:16:13,869 --> 00:16:15,928 I can make enough conversation for both of us. 291 00:16:20,976 --> 00:16:22,603 I'll leave you alone. 292 00:16:22,645 --> 00:16:23,942 No. 293 00:16:23,979 --> 00:16:25,276 Please stay. 294 00:16:28,150 --> 00:16:30,141 I wanted to tell you 295 00:16:30,186 --> 00:16:33,849 how much I wish we had met years ago. 296 00:16:33,889 --> 00:16:38,622 What difference do a few years make? 297 00:16:38,661 --> 00:16:42,688 Unfortunately, a great deal. 298 00:16:42,731 --> 00:16:46,792 You see, Lwaxana, I'm on my way home now... 299 00:16:46,836 --> 00:16:50,328 to... die. 300 00:17:01,517 --> 00:17:05,146 Captain's Log, Stardate 44812.6. 301 00:17:05,187 --> 00:17:07,018 We have returned to Kaelon II 302 00:17:07,056 --> 00:17:10,514 and established contact with Science Minister B'tardat. 303 00:17:10,559 --> 00:17:13,084 The experiment achieved a stable core temperature 304 00:17:13,129 --> 00:17:14,528 for a short time, Minister. 305 00:17:14,563 --> 00:17:16,326 That's a significant step forward. 306 00:17:16,365 --> 00:17:19,198 We've been studying the sensor logs and the torpedo telemetry 307 00:17:19,235 --> 00:17:21,203 to determine if there was any malfunction. 308 00:17:21,237 --> 00:17:23,603 If there was and we are able to isolate the problem 309 00:17:23,639 --> 00:17:25,163 another test might be successful. 310 00:17:25,207 --> 00:17:27,505 And in the meantime, all of our facilities 311 00:17:27,543 --> 00:17:29,670 would be made available to Dr. Timicin. 312 00:17:29,712 --> 00:17:31,543 A most thoughtful and generous offer 313 00:17:31,580 --> 00:17:33,411 but Timicin has obligations at home 314 00:17:33,449 --> 00:17:37,579 and it would take us some time to select a replacement. 315 00:17:39,655 --> 00:17:42,920 We would be more than willing to extend our visit, sir. 316 00:17:42,958 --> 00:17:44,823 That will not be necessary. 317 00:17:44,860 --> 00:17:47,829 We'll contact you as soon as we're ready. 318 00:17:47,863 --> 00:17:51,162 We expect Timicin to return home as soon as possible 319 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,930 and again, gentlemen, many thanks. 320 00:17:58,474 --> 00:17:59,805 Come. 321 00:18:03,445 --> 00:18:05,913 Are you aware these people you are so graciously helping 322 00:18:05,948 --> 00:18:07,040 are murderers? 323 00:18:07,082 --> 00:18:08,447 I beg your pardon? 324 00:18:08,484 --> 00:18:10,645 Well, the next thing to it. 325 00:18:10,686 --> 00:18:13,655 When a person on this benighted little planet 326 00:18:13,689 --> 00:18:16,749 reaches the age of 60... which Timicin is about to do... 327 00:18:16,792 --> 00:18:19,226 they're expected to simply kill themselves. 328 00:18:19,261 --> 00:18:20,319 Did you know that? 329 00:18:21,697 --> 00:18:22,891 Mr. Data? 330 00:18:22,932 --> 00:18:25,765 The people of Kaelon II are isolationists 331 00:18:25,801 --> 00:18:27,792 almost to the point of being xenophobes. 332 00:18:27,836 --> 00:18:30,566 Regrettably, we know very little about their customs. 333 00:18:30,606 --> 00:18:31,630 Well, I know. 334 00:18:31,674 --> 00:18:33,403 Timicin himself just told me. 335 00:18:33,442 --> 00:18:36,934 He is supposed to go down there to his loving friends 336 00:18:37,012 --> 00:18:38,946 be wined, dined, honored for his achievements 337 00:18:38,981 --> 00:18:40,448 and then kill himself. 338 00:18:40,482 --> 00:18:42,712 It's a barbaric ritual. 339 00:18:42,751 --> 00:18:45,311 The, um..."The Resolution," it's called. 340 00:18:45,354 --> 00:18:48,323 Obviously, you can't let him go, Jean-Luc. 341 00:18:48,357 --> 00:18:50,257 I'm afraid I have no choice. 342 00:18:50,292 --> 00:18:53,591 I don't think you've been listening to me. 343 00:18:53,629 --> 00:18:57,429 The man is supposed to kill himself. 344 00:18:57,466 --> 00:18:59,900 Now, you don't just let that happen. 345 00:18:59,935 --> 00:19:01,266 You don't just turn your back. 346 00:19:01,303 --> 00:19:02,497 What's the matter with you? 347 00:19:02,538 --> 00:19:05,473 Lwaxana, I'm sorry, but whatever my personal feelings 348 00:19:05,507 --> 00:19:07,099 I have no jurisdiction here. 349 00:19:07,142 --> 00:19:08,803 I simply cannot interfere. 350 00:19:08,844 --> 00:19:10,778 But you have to. 351 00:19:10,813 --> 00:19:15,375 In a situation like this, you absolutely have to interfere. 352 00:19:15,417 --> 00:19:17,578 You've got to go down there. 353 00:19:17,620 --> 00:19:19,679 Talk to those people, Jean-Luc. 354 00:19:19,722 --> 00:19:21,622 Open their eyes... educate them. 355 00:19:21,657 --> 00:19:23,147 The Prime Directive 356 00:19:23,192 --> 00:19:27,288 forbids us to interfere with the social order of any planet. 357 00:19:27,329 --> 00:19:30,787 Well, it's your Prime Directive 358 00:19:30,833 --> 00:19:32,562 not mine. 359 00:19:37,673 --> 00:19:40,005 Computer, locate Counselor Troi. 360 00:19:46,448 --> 00:19:48,507 What do you mean I can't go down there? 361 00:19:48,550 --> 00:19:51,144 Are you telling me that I'm a prisoner on this ship? 362 00:19:51,186 --> 00:19:52,813 Mother, what's going on? 363 00:19:52,854 --> 00:19:54,151 What are you doing? 364 00:19:54,189 --> 00:19:55,417 I'm sorry, Counselor. 365 00:19:55,457 --> 00:19:57,118 I'm not sure what to do here. 366 00:19:57,158 --> 00:19:58,125 Well, I am sure. 367 00:19:58,159 --> 00:19:59,490 I am a Betazoid ambassador. 368 00:19:59,527 --> 00:20:01,154 I'm a Daughter of the Fifth House 369 00:20:01,196 --> 00:20:03,630 and those people are going to answer to me. 370 00:20:03,665 --> 00:20:05,724 So, y-you just energize this damn thing 371 00:20:05,767 --> 00:20:06,961 and get me down there! 372 00:20:07,035 --> 00:20:08,297 He can't, Mother. 373 00:20:08,336 --> 00:20:10,668 He has his orders. 374 00:20:10,705 --> 00:20:12,366 His orders don't apply to me. 375 00:20:12,407 --> 00:20:14,967 No, they apply to him. 376 00:20:15,076 --> 00:20:18,102 And don't you try your professional patronizing 377 00:20:18,146 --> 00:20:19,340 on me, young lady. 378 00:20:19,380 --> 00:20:23,510 They expect Timicin to die, don't you realize that? 379 00:20:23,551 --> 00:20:26,349 Just because he's 60. 380 00:20:26,387 --> 00:20:27,979 What's 60? 381 00:20:28,056 --> 00:20:29,421 It's nothing. 382 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:35,729 I'll go check the pattern buffers. 383 00:20:40,735 --> 00:20:43,397 Come on, Mother, let's sit down. 384 00:20:45,073 --> 00:20:48,008 I- I'm sorry, Little One. 385 00:20:48,076 --> 00:20:50,840 I- I don't know what's wrong with me. 386 00:20:50,879 --> 00:20:53,143 I'm... I'm sorry. 387 00:20:53,181 --> 00:20:55,149 There's no need to be. 388 00:20:55,183 --> 00:20:57,310 But I'm crying. 389 00:20:57,352 --> 00:20:59,479 I don't cry. 390 00:20:59,521 --> 00:21:01,853 You cried when father died. 391 00:21:04,526 --> 00:21:06,494 You remember that? 392 00:21:06,528 --> 00:21:08,393 Of course I remember. 393 00:21:08,429 --> 00:21:11,796 We both cried. 394 00:21:11,833 --> 00:21:14,700 But... but this isn't the same. 395 00:21:16,371 --> 00:21:17,702 Is it? 396 00:21:17,739 --> 00:21:19,730 What do you think? 397 00:21:19,774 --> 00:21:22,868 Oh... I-I don't know. 398 00:21:25,380 --> 00:21:29,339 I... I just can't accept that... that fate 399 00:21:29,384 --> 00:21:32,353 would allow me to meet him like this 400 00:21:32,387 --> 00:21:35,515 and then take him away. 401 00:21:35,557 --> 00:21:37,991 I mean, he's not ill. 402 00:21:38,059 --> 00:21:41,187 He hasn't had a tragic accident. 403 00:21:41,229 --> 00:21:44,198 He's just going to die 404 00:21:44,232 --> 00:21:47,065 and for no good reason. 405 00:21:49,337 --> 00:21:53,637 Because his society has decided that's he's too old 406 00:21:53,675 --> 00:21:56,838 so they just dispose of him. 407 00:21:59,180 --> 00:22:06,951 As... as though his life no longer had any value or meaning. 408 00:22:07,021 --> 00:22:09,751 You can't possibly 409 00:22:09,791 --> 00:22:17,527 understand at your age, but, well, at mine... 410 00:22:17,565 --> 00:22:23,936 Well, sometimes you feel tired and-and afraid. 411 00:22:23,972 --> 00:22:27,840 You're feeling very vulnerable. 412 00:22:27,875 --> 00:22:31,276 Very mortal, if I may say so. 413 00:22:33,348 --> 00:22:38,786 But I know you, Mother, and believe me 414 00:22:38,820 --> 00:22:43,723 you will never be one of those who dies before they die. 415 00:22:54,502 --> 00:22:56,163 Come in. 416 00:23:03,811 --> 00:23:07,645 I've been studying the preliminary reports of the test. 417 00:23:07,682 --> 00:23:10,651 I-I don't understand where it went wrong. 418 00:23:10,685 --> 00:23:14,519 I thought I had taken into account all of the variables... 419 00:23:14,555 --> 00:23:18,821 deep convection patterns, proton reactions 420 00:23:18,860 --> 00:23:20,851 neutrino count. 421 00:23:24,732 --> 00:23:25,790 Oh. 422 00:23:28,202 --> 00:23:32,332 I will say it again... you are a kind woman. 423 00:23:32,373 --> 00:23:36,332 No, no, I'm a hateful woman. 424 00:23:36,377 --> 00:23:38,937 I hate what you're going to do 425 00:23:38,980 --> 00:23:41,847 and I hate you for doing it. 426 00:23:43,718 --> 00:23:46,687 It is the way of my world. 427 00:23:46,721 --> 00:23:49,053 I wish you could accept that. 428 00:23:51,159 --> 00:23:53,457 I never will. 429 00:23:53,494 --> 00:23:55,155 Never. 430 00:24:20,655 --> 00:24:22,714 How long have you been sitting there? 431 00:24:22,757 --> 00:24:27,285 Oh, I don't know... a minute, an hour. 432 00:24:28,429 --> 00:24:29,396 Lwaxana... 433 00:24:29,430 --> 00:24:30,795 Do you want anything? 434 00:24:30,832 --> 00:24:32,060 Some tea? 435 00:24:32,100 --> 00:24:35,467 I want to explain. 436 00:24:35,503 --> 00:24:43,308 I want... very much for you to understand. 437 00:24:43,344 --> 00:24:48,111 15 to 20 centuries ago, we had no Resolution. 438 00:24:48,149 --> 00:24:50,640 We had no such concern for our elders. 439 00:24:50,685 --> 00:24:53,415 As people aged, they... 440 00:24:53,454 --> 00:24:55,149 Their health failed. 441 00:24:55,189 --> 00:24:57,555 They became invalids 442 00:24:57,592 --> 00:24:59,924 and those whose families could no longer care for them 443 00:24:59,961 --> 00:25:05,228 were put away into deathwatch facilities 444 00:25:05,266 --> 00:25:07,598 where they waited in Ioneliness for the end to come 445 00:25:07,635 --> 00:25:12,129 sometimes... for years. 446 00:25:12,173 --> 00:25:16,132 They had meant something 447 00:25:16,177 --> 00:25:19,510 and they were forced to live beyond that 448 00:25:19,547 --> 00:25:23,381 into a time of meaning nothing... 449 00:25:23,417 --> 00:25:26,682 of knowing that they could now only be 450 00:25:26,721 --> 00:25:32,956 the beneficiaries of younger people's patience. 451 00:25:32,994 --> 00:25:37,226 We are no longer that cruel, Lwaxana. 452 00:25:37,265 --> 00:25:40,962 No, no, you're not cruel to them, you just kill them. 453 00:25:41,002 --> 00:25:43,800 The Resolution is a celebration of life. 454 00:25:43,838 --> 00:25:46,500 It allows us to end our lives with dignity. 455 00:25:46,541 --> 00:25:48,441 "Celebration of life." 456 00:25:48,476 --> 00:25:50,967 Sounds very noble, very caring. 457 00:25:51,078 --> 00:25:52,443 What you're really saying 458 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,711 is you got rid of the problem by getting rid of the people. 459 00:25:55,750 --> 00:25:57,718 It may sound that way 460 00:25:57,752 --> 00:26:00,721 but it is a time of transition... 461 00:26:00,755 --> 00:26:04,452 one generation passing on the responsibilities of life 462 00:26:04,492 --> 00:26:07,086 to the next. 463 00:26:07,128 --> 00:26:10,120 What about the responsibility of caring for the elderly? 464 00:26:12,466 --> 00:26:15,560 That would place a dreadful burden on the children. 465 00:26:15,603 --> 00:26:20,370 We raise them, we care for them, we suffer for them 466 00:26:20,408 --> 00:26:22,501 we keep them from harm their whole lives. 467 00:26:22,543 --> 00:26:25,944 Now, eventually, it's their turn to take care of us. 468 00:26:26,013 --> 00:26:27,810 No parent should expect to be paid back 469 00:26:27,849 --> 00:26:29,817 for the love they've given their children. 470 00:26:29,851 --> 00:26:32,684 Well, why the hell not? 471 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,711 Oskoids. 472 00:26:40,292 --> 00:26:41,850 What's that? 473 00:26:41,894 --> 00:26:45,352 Oskoids... a Betazed delicacy. 474 00:26:45,398 --> 00:26:46,956 Looks very interesting. 475 00:26:46,999 --> 00:26:49,490 You should have tried it while you were still alive. 476 00:26:49,535 --> 00:26:51,059 No reason to bother now. 477 00:26:52,071 --> 00:26:53,402 Why 60? 478 00:26:53,439 --> 00:26:55,566 Why not 62? 58? 479 00:26:55,608 --> 00:26:57,701 A reasonable age had to be set. 480 00:26:57,743 --> 00:27:00,576 But it's not reasonable, certainly not in your case. 481 00:27:00,613 --> 00:27:04,208 You're as vital and healthy a man as I've ever known. 482 00:27:04,250 --> 00:27:06,013 That is why I wish to say good-bye 483 00:27:06,051 --> 00:27:08,645 to my family and colleagues while I am this way... 484 00:27:08,687 --> 00:27:10,279 in full command of my faculties 485 00:27:10,322 --> 00:27:12,483 knowing that they will always remember me 486 00:27:12,525 --> 00:27:14,015 as a strong and vigorous man. 487 00:27:14,059 --> 00:27:16,823 But it makes no sense. 488 00:27:16,862 --> 00:27:20,059 Some of your people could still be active at 70 or 80 489 00:27:20,099 --> 00:27:22,829 and others might be seriously ill at 50. 490 00:27:22,868 --> 00:27:26,031 How cruel of you to make them wait so long to commit suicide. 491 00:27:26,071 --> 00:27:28,266 Setting a standard age for the Resolution 492 00:27:28,307 --> 00:27:29,934 makes it uniform for everybody. 493 00:27:29,975 --> 00:27:31,738 To ask individual families 494 00:27:31,777 --> 00:27:34,337 to decide when their elders are to die... 495 00:27:34,380 --> 00:27:36,109 that would be heartless. 496 00:27:36,148 --> 00:27:37,274 I agree. 497 00:27:37,316 --> 00:27:40,046 Why not let everybody die when they die? 498 00:27:40,085 --> 00:27:41,712 Lwaxana... 499 00:27:41,754 --> 00:27:44,348 You have a grandson, you said. 500 00:27:44,390 --> 00:27:47,223 Yes, almost seven. 501 00:27:47,259 --> 00:27:50,956 Well, wouldn't it be better for him to know his grandfather? 502 00:27:51,030 --> 00:27:54,727 I mean, not some vague memory of someone who once loved him 503 00:27:54,767 --> 00:27:58,703 but a real, living person who does love him. 504 00:27:58,737 --> 00:28:01,831 Don't you really think that would be better? 505 00:28:04,610 --> 00:28:07,738 I attended the Resolution of my parents 506 00:28:07,780 --> 00:28:10,112 when it was their time. 507 00:28:10,149 --> 00:28:13,050 It was beautiful. 508 00:28:13,085 --> 00:28:16,020 Lwaxana, this is a custom that I have known 509 00:28:16,055 --> 00:28:19,752 and accepted all my life. 510 00:28:19,792 --> 00:28:22,920 The women of Betazed used to wear these enormous wigs 511 00:28:22,962 --> 00:28:24,759 with large holes in the center 512 00:28:24,797 --> 00:28:27,129 for tiny, caged creatures. 513 00:28:27,166 --> 00:28:29,134 Yes? 514 00:28:29,168 --> 00:28:30,795 First, it was a fashion 515 00:28:30,836 --> 00:28:33,236 then it went on long enough to become a custom... 516 00:28:33,272 --> 00:28:34,933 a tradition... 517 00:28:35,007 --> 00:28:37,498 but it was uncomfortable for the woman 518 00:28:37,543 --> 00:28:39,170 and cruel to the animal. 519 00:28:39,211 --> 00:28:42,374 So then one day, one very formidable woman 520 00:28:42,414 --> 00:28:43,745 finally said so... 521 00:28:43,782 --> 00:28:46,945 refused to ever wear another of those wigs. 522 00:28:47,019 --> 00:28:50,955 Fairly soon, the custom stopped. 523 00:28:51,056 --> 00:28:56,119 She had the courage to stand up and fight for change. 524 00:28:57,429 --> 00:29:00,956 She must have been a lot like you. 525 00:29:01,066 --> 00:29:03,159 Timicin, there is no one more qualified 526 00:29:03,202 --> 00:29:06,603 more experienced, or more likely to save their planet than you 527 00:29:06,639 --> 00:29:09,233 and they would have you kill yourself. 528 00:29:09,275 --> 00:29:12,073 Younger scientists will take my place. 529 00:29:12,111 --> 00:29:14,102 My work... 530 00:29:14,146 --> 00:29:16,740 the work will continue. 531 00:29:16,782 --> 00:29:19,410 Your planet has what, 30, 40 years left? 532 00:29:19,451 --> 00:29:22,784 What if your scientists can't find the answer without you? 533 00:29:22,821 --> 00:29:23,788 What then? 534 00:29:23,822 --> 00:29:25,881 What chance do you think your grandson has 535 00:29:25,925 --> 00:29:27,256 of reaching the age of 60? 536 00:29:27,293 --> 00:29:29,921 Enough, please! 537 00:29:29,995 --> 00:29:33,931 It is my time, Lwaxana 538 00:29:33,999 --> 00:29:38,129 and that is the way it is. 539 00:29:44,410 --> 00:29:46,435 Well, if that's the way it is, I don't know 540 00:29:46,478 --> 00:29:49,208 why anyone's bothering to try to save your planet at all. 541 00:29:49,248 --> 00:29:51,716 If it's time has come, let it die. 542 00:29:55,321 --> 00:29:58,119 Where is the difference, Timicin? 543 00:29:58,157 --> 00:29:59,988 Where? 544 00:30:09,101 --> 00:30:12,468 Convection boundary uncoupling. 545 00:30:12,504 --> 00:30:14,699 The reaction... caused 546 00:30:14,740 --> 00:30:17,368 gas turbulence of a totally unexpected magnitude. 547 00:30:17,409 --> 00:30:18,740 Why? 548 00:30:18,777 --> 00:30:21,871 There was evidence of a delayed surface shock. 549 00:30:21,914 --> 00:30:23,108 No, I'd anticipated that. 550 00:30:24,683 --> 00:30:28,141 I thought I'd anticipated all possible variables 551 00:30:28,187 --> 00:30:32,988 but stars, you know, they're like living entities in a way... 552 00:30:33,025 --> 00:30:35,357 quite unpredictable. 553 00:30:38,030 --> 00:30:39,998 You know... 554 00:30:40,065 --> 00:30:45,628 I wouldn't be at all surprised if this were a result of... 555 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,232 Look here. 556 00:30:49,274 --> 00:30:52,300 42 seconds into the test, there is a sudden rise 557 00:30:52,344 --> 00:30:54,938 in the level of hydrogen-alpha emissions. 558 00:30:54,980 --> 00:30:56,504 And here is another. 559 00:30:56,548 --> 00:30:58,607 I'm right, aren't I? 560 00:30:58,651 --> 00:31:00,619 There had to be neutron migration 561 00:31:00,653 --> 00:31:04,282 within the star's inner core as the reaction grew. 562 00:31:04,323 --> 00:31:06,689 Perhaps, Doctor, but there is no known method 563 00:31:06,725 --> 00:31:08,625 for controlling a neutron migration. 564 00:31:08,661 --> 00:31:11,630 Yes, yes, but theoretically, it is possible. 565 00:31:11,664 --> 00:31:14,064 Using these test results, we could construct 566 00:31:14,099 --> 00:31:17,762 a new computer model of the energy dynamic of a star 567 00:31:17,803 --> 00:31:20,533 that can test a new detonation program. 568 00:31:20,572 --> 00:31:24,167 I'm certain it can be accomplished, certain. 569 00:31:24,209 --> 00:31:26,507 It's just a matter of time. 570 00:31:29,515 --> 00:31:31,506 A matter of time. 571 00:31:37,189 --> 00:31:38,520 Come. 572 00:31:39,858 --> 00:31:41,485 Timicin. 573 00:31:41,527 --> 00:31:44,394 Time for you to leave us then. 574 00:31:44,430 --> 00:31:46,762 Captain... 575 00:31:46,799 --> 00:31:51,736 I have come to officially request... 576 00:31:51,770 --> 00:31:54,762 asylum aboard the Enterprise. 577 00:32:06,185 --> 00:32:08,312 Timicin, I cannot believe this. 578 00:32:08,353 --> 00:32:09,877 Why asylum? 579 00:32:09,922 --> 00:32:11,446 Asylum from what? 580 00:32:11,490 --> 00:32:14,459 I turn 60 in four days, Minister. 581 00:32:14,493 --> 00:32:15,892 Yes, and your family and colleagues 582 00:32:15,928 --> 00:32:17,691 are already gathering for your Resolution. 583 00:32:17,730 --> 00:32:22,167 I believe that it is time for us to reexamine 584 00:32:22,201 --> 00:32:26,365 as a people, the wisdom of the Resolution. 585 00:32:28,173 --> 00:32:29,936 Are they forcing you into this? 586 00:32:29,975 --> 00:32:31,670 Are you being coerced? 587 00:32:31,710 --> 00:32:33,678 Influenced, perhaps. 588 00:32:33,712 --> 00:32:35,304 Coerced? No. 589 00:32:35,347 --> 00:32:38,839 Our only influence, Minister, is by example. 590 00:32:38,884 --> 00:32:42,980 Timicin's decision is his own free will, I assure you. 591 00:32:43,055 --> 00:32:45,922 I cannot believe that a man of Timicin's stature 592 00:32:45,958 --> 00:32:48,722 would freely choose to reject his own culture. 593 00:32:48,761 --> 00:32:51,423 No one on Kaelon II understands this project as I do. 594 00:32:51,463 --> 00:32:52,589 There are new theories 595 00:32:52,631 --> 00:32:55,122 that would take others a decade to test and confirm. 596 00:32:55,167 --> 00:32:57,727 With my guidance, it could be done in half that time. 597 00:32:57,770 --> 00:32:58,998 I must finish my work. 598 00:32:59,104 --> 00:33:02,130 Others started your work, others will finish it. 599 00:33:02,174 --> 00:33:04,142 It has always been this way. It always will. 600 00:33:04,176 --> 00:33:07,634 Captain, scanners indicate two Kaelon warships 601 00:33:07,679 --> 00:33:09,237 rising on an intercept course. 602 00:33:09,281 --> 00:33:11,647 Acknowledged, Commander. 603 00:33:11,683 --> 00:33:14,311 Minister, we are here in friendship 604 00:33:14,353 --> 00:33:16,583 hoping to be of assistance. 605 00:33:16,622 --> 00:33:18,817 You have helped quite enough, Captain. 606 00:33:18,857 --> 00:33:21,189 I suggest you return Timicin and depart. 607 00:33:21,226 --> 00:33:24,059 If you attempt to leave orbit with Timicin on board 608 00:33:24,096 --> 00:33:26,257 our ships have been ordered to open fire. 609 00:33:26,298 --> 00:33:29,665 B'tardat, there's no purpose at all in letting this become... 610 00:33:36,742 --> 00:33:38,972 It shouldn't have happened. 611 00:33:39,044 --> 00:33:41,779 I've handled this poorly. 612 00:33:41,912 --> 00:33:43,470 You acted in good conscience, Doctor. 613 00:33:43,514 --> 00:33:45,539 I don't see what else you could have done. 614 00:33:46,784 --> 00:33:50,117 I could have let well enough alone. 615 00:33:50,154 --> 00:33:52,145 I could have returned home. 616 00:33:53,991 --> 00:33:55,959 What do you think, Captain? 617 00:33:55,993 --> 00:33:59,554 Have I done... the right thing? 618 00:34:02,032 --> 00:34:04,967 I'm afraid you're the only one who can answer that. 619 00:34:08,839 --> 00:34:10,500 Lwaxana would... 620 00:34:12,342 --> 00:34:15,641 Would have me lead a revolt. 621 00:34:15,679 --> 00:34:19,080 I'm only a scientist. 622 00:34:19,116 --> 00:34:21,311 I wish I had her strength. 623 00:34:21,351 --> 00:34:25,287 She is a woman of extraordinary conviction, isn't she? 624 00:34:28,358 --> 00:34:29,848 Isn't she. 625 00:34:34,598 --> 00:34:35,963 Any communications, Number One? 626 00:34:36,033 --> 00:34:37,796 No, sir. We have an open channel. 627 00:34:37,835 --> 00:34:40,770 The warships are taking a standard attack posture. 628 00:34:40,804 --> 00:34:43,432 Staggered approach vectors, within weapons range. 629 00:34:43,473 --> 00:34:44,440 Shields up. Red Alert. 630 00:34:44,474 --> 00:34:45,532 Captain... 631 00:34:45,576 --> 00:34:47,703 Doctor, I suggest that you return to your quarters. 632 00:34:47,744 --> 00:34:49,075 I don't want there to be any bloodshed 633 00:34:49,112 --> 00:34:50,136 because of my decision. 634 00:34:50,180 --> 00:34:51,977 They will do everything they can to avoid it. 635 00:34:52,049 --> 00:34:53,812 I think we should get out of their way now. 636 00:34:53,851 --> 00:34:55,978 Yes, yes, of course. I understand. 637 00:34:56,086 --> 00:34:58,953 Mr. Worf, ascertain their offensive potential. 638 00:34:58,989 --> 00:35:00,286 Aye, sir. 639 00:35:06,330 --> 00:35:07,763 We must transmit the new analysis 640 00:35:07,798 --> 00:35:09,265 of neutron migration, immediately. 641 00:35:09,299 --> 00:35:11,767 If I can make them see the direction that I've taken... 642 00:35:11,802 --> 00:35:13,269 We've already tried. 643 00:35:13,303 --> 00:35:15,601 They refuse to accept further reports from you, Doctor. 644 00:35:15,639 --> 00:35:17,266 They have to accept it. 645 00:35:17,307 --> 00:35:18,934 If I can reestablish a computer interface 646 00:35:19,009 --> 00:35:20,271 with the Science Ministry... 647 00:35:20,310 --> 00:35:22,369 They've disengaged the linkup, Doctor. 648 00:35:24,147 --> 00:35:25,671 Why don't they answer?! 649 00:35:27,351 --> 00:35:31,811 Even if I find the solution, you will not accept it?! 650 00:35:34,358 --> 00:35:37,327 Because I do not terminate my life 651 00:35:37,361 --> 00:35:39,329 they terminate my work. 652 00:35:39,363 --> 00:35:43,663 Alive, I am a greater threat to my world than a dying sun. 653 00:35:52,342 --> 00:35:53,969 But Jean-Luc will find a way to settle this. 654 00:35:54,011 --> 00:35:54,978 No. 655 00:35:55,012 --> 00:35:55,979 He always does. 656 00:35:56,013 --> 00:35:57,071 No, my decision will only lead 657 00:35:57,114 --> 00:35:58,308 to more distrust of other worlds. 658 00:35:58,348 --> 00:35:59,315 Nothing will change. 659 00:35:59,349 --> 00:36:00,316 Now, don't be foolish. 660 00:36:00,350 --> 00:36:01,374 I am not being foolish! 661 00:36:06,757 --> 00:36:09,920 Lwaxana, I want to live because I see in you 662 00:36:10,027 --> 00:36:12,052 how much I have to live for. 663 00:36:12,095 --> 00:36:16,657 You make me realize that my life still has value. 664 00:36:16,700 --> 00:36:19,794 I can be an example to my people. 665 00:36:19,836 --> 00:36:21,827 I can finish my work. 666 00:36:21,872 --> 00:36:24,306 But discovering these new desires 667 00:36:24,341 --> 00:36:27,310 and not being able to do anything about them... 668 00:36:27,344 --> 00:36:29,437 not being able to finish my work 669 00:36:29,479 --> 00:36:32,107 not even being able to reach my people... 670 00:36:32,149 --> 00:36:34,481 You are making a statement about the sanctity of life 671 00:36:34,518 --> 00:36:35,815 and it will be heard, Timicin. 672 00:36:35,852 --> 00:36:38,821 Who will hear it from light years away? 673 00:36:38,855 --> 00:36:41,756 Where will I go now, Lwaxana? 674 00:36:41,792 --> 00:36:45,250 I'm a man without a world. 675 00:36:45,295 --> 00:36:47,456 I can't go home. 676 00:36:48,765 --> 00:36:49,732 Oh, Timicin... 677 00:36:49,766 --> 00:36:51,597 Bridge to Dr. Timicin. 678 00:36:51,635 --> 00:36:55,264 You have a visitor coming aboard. 679 00:36:55,305 --> 00:36:56,863 B'tardat? 680 00:36:56,907 --> 00:36:58,966 No, sir, it's your daughter. 681 00:37:08,318 --> 00:37:09,285 Dara. 682 00:37:09,319 --> 00:37:10,445 Father. 683 00:37:10,487 --> 00:37:13,285 This is Lwaxana Troi. 684 00:37:13,323 --> 00:37:14,847 She has been host and friend. 685 00:37:14,891 --> 00:37:17,359 I've been looking forward to meeting you, Dara. 686 00:37:19,796 --> 00:37:24,733 Whatever you have to say to me can be said in front of her. 687 00:37:24,768 --> 00:37:26,326 I see. 688 00:37:28,372 --> 00:37:30,863 Father, come home. 689 00:37:30,907 --> 00:37:32,636 This is wrong. 690 00:37:32,676 --> 00:37:36,134 Dara, if I could show you the work I have begun. 691 00:37:36,179 --> 00:37:38,579 There's still so much for me to do. 692 00:37:38,615 --> 00:37:40,947 There is nothing for me to look at. 693 00:37:41,051 --> 00:37:42,416 It is irrelevant. 694 00:37:42,452 --> 00:37:45,421 Your father's work may save your world, my dear. 695 00:37:45,455 --> 00:37:47,355 I would hardly consider that irrelevant. 696 00:37:47,391 --> 00:37:51,259 All I'm concerned with now is you, not your work. 697 00:37:51,294 --> 00:37:52,955 Your work is over. 698 00:37:53,063 --> 00:37:54,758 It is your time to rest. 699 00:37:54,798 --> 00:37:56,959 Perhaps you will feel differently 700 00:37:57,034 --> 00:37:58,968 as you get a little older... 701 00:37:59,002 --> 00:38:01,732 say, approaching 60. 702 00:38:01,772 --> 00:38:04,502 My father taught me to cherish the Resolution. 703 00:38:04,541 --> 00:38:06,839 I don't know how you have poisoned him 704 00:38:06,877 --> 00:38:08,276 to reject it. 705 00:38:08,311 --> 00:38:10,006 It's an obscene ritual. 706 00:38:10,047 --> 00:38:11,173 How dare you? 707 00:38:11,214 --> 00:38:14,581 How dare you criticize my way of life and my beliefs? 708 00:38:14,618 --> 00:38:16,279 Please, please. Dara. 709 00:38:18,955 --> 00:38:20,183 Please. 710 00:38:23,326 --> 00:38:25,055 Where will you go? 711 00:38:25,095 --> 00:38:26,323 Hmm. 712 00:38:28,331 --> 00:38:29,889 I don't know. 713 00:38:32,569 --> 00:38:34,560 And where will you die? 714 00:38:34,604 --> 00:38:37,903 I cannot bear the thought 715 00:38:37,941 --> 00:38:40,808 of you being laid to rest on some other world. 716 00:38:42,846 --> 00:38:46,043 That you will not lie beside my mother. 717 00:38:47,818 --> 00:38:50,412 That I will not be able to lie beside you 718 00:38:50,454 --> 00:38:52,115 when my Resolution comes. 719 00:38:55,325 --> 00:38:57,259 I'm sorry. 720 00:38:57,294 --> 00:39:01,162 I don't know how you can go on with your life 721 00:39:01,198 --> 00:39:03,826 knowing that each day is an insult 722 00:39:03,867 --> 00:39:06,199 to everything we believe in. 723 00:39:10,474 --> 00:39:13,568 Father, I love you... 724 00:39:15,946 --> 00:39:18,710 but I am ashamed. 725 00:39:44,341 --> 00:39:46,832 I would like to be alone now, please. 726 00:40:10,834 --> 00:40:13,826 Well, I'm suddenly not sure of myself. 727 00:40:13,870 --> 00:40:17,328 It's a feeling I-I'm not at all used to. 728 00:40:17,374 --> 00:40:21,834 I... I don't think I like it very much, Little One. 729 00:40:21,878 --> 00:40:23,869 Not sure of yourself? 730 00:40:25,382 --> 00:40:29,341 My life has been full. 731 00:40:29,386 --> 00:40:32,844 Oh... now and then, perhaps it's overflowed a little, but... 732 00:40:32,889 --> 00:40:36,848 but I-I enjoy living. 733 00:40:36,893 --> 00:40:38,861 And now I'm asking myself 734 00:40:38,895 --> 00:40:42,296 is it possible I was wrong to encourage Timicin 735 00:40:42,332 --> 00:40:44,129 to choose life? 736 00:40:44,167 --> 00:40:46,635 You were honest with him, Mother. 737 00:40:46,670 --> 00:40:48,297 You had to be. 738 00:40:48,338 --> 00:40:53,040 Maybe I want him to live just to keep me company. 739 00:40:53,173 --> 00:40:55,835 Of course, you do 740 00:40:55,876 --> 00:40:58,208 but you didn't do this for yourself. 741 00:40:58,245 --> 00:40:59,542 You did it for him. 742 00:40:59,579 --> 00:41:01,342 Did I? 743 00:41:03,350 --> 00:41:06,319 Then look what I've done to him. 744 00:41:06,353 --> 00:41:08,947 He's like a... 745 00:41:09,022 --> 00:41:12,150 He's like a man who has lost his faith. 746 00:41:12,192 --> 00:41:15,821 I never considered how deeply ingrained 747 00:41:15,862 --> 00:41:18,330 this Resolution liturgy is. 748 00:41:18,365 --> 00:41:21,630 Ritual provides structure in society... 749 00:41:21,668 --> 00:41:24,330 good rituals and bad rituals alike. 750 00:41:24,371 --> 00:41:26,839 Well, this is a bad one. 751 00:41:26,873 --> 00:41:28,636 Your point of view. 752 00:41:28,675 --> 00:41:30,939 Well, it should be the point of view 753 00:41:30,977 --> 00:41:34,208 of any reasonably intelligent, middle-aged person. 754 00:41:36,249 --> 00:41:38,683 Unfortunately, it is not. 755 00:41:50,297 --> 00:41:53,789 I'II, uh... see you later, Mother. 756 00:41:53,834 --> 00:41:55,301 Excuse me. 757 00:41:55,335 --> 00:41:56,324 Thank you. 758 00:42:00,340 --> 00:42:02,274 You're going back. 759 00:42:05,645 --> 00:42:07,306 Do you believe that I love you? 760 00:42:14,955 --> 00:42:16,684 I do, you know. 761 00:42:19,359 --> 00:42:23,625 But, finally, if that is my only reason 762 00:42:23,663 --> 00:42:25,654 to stay alive... 763 00:42:25,699 --> 00:42:27,291 It's not enough. 764 00:42:27,334 --> 00:42:30,326 Almost. 765 00:42:30,370 --> 00:42:32,964 Almost, but not quite. 766 00:42:33,039 --> 00:42:35,974 I can't be that selfish, Lwaxana. 767 00:42:41,581 --> 00:42:45,312 I am not the person to lead the revolt. 768 00:42:55,662 --> 00:42:59,996 I do apologize for all the turmoil that I've created. 769 00:43:00,033 --> 00:43:03,628 Doctor, I would deeply regret it if you were returning 770 00:43:03,670 --> 00:43:05,900 only to ease diplomatic tensions. 771 00:43:07,007 --> 00:43:10,773 It is more... much more. 772 00:43:10,810 --> 00:43:15,304 Then I wish you and your people well. 773 00:43:15,348 --> 00:43:16,940 When it is time for another test 774 00:43:16,983 --> 00:43:19,850 I will encourage my people to seek your assistance again. 775 00:43:24,491 --> 00:43:25,617 If for any reason 776 00:43:25,659 --> 00:43:27,889 you would like to wait for a few minutes... 777 00:43:27,928 --> 00:43:32,956 No, we have already said our good-byes. 778 00:43:42,042 --> 00:43:42,974 Lwaxana. 779 00:43:43,043 --> 00:43:45,739 It is the custom for your loved ones 780 00:43:45,779 --> 00:43:48,873 to join you at this Resolution, is it not? 781 00:43:51,017 --> 00:43:53,144 You do not have to do this. 782 00:43:53,186 --> 00:43:56,121 Yes, I do. 783 00:43:59,426 --> 00:44:02,156 Permission to disembark, Captain? 784 00:44:02,195 --> 00:44:05,687 I promise I won't cause any problems down there. 785 00:44:13,340 --> 00:44:14,864 Permission granted. 786 00:44:23,416 --> 00:44:25,350 We are ready, Mr. O'Brien.