All language subtitles for StarTrek.TNG-s05e25.The.Inner.Light

Captain's Log, Stardate 45944.1.

Following
a magnetic wave survey

of the Parvenium system

we have detected an object

which we cannot
immediately identify.

Magnify.

Mr. Data?

It appears to be
a probe of some kind

but there is no Starfleet record
of this shape or design.

Is it scanning us?

No, sir, but it has assumed
a relative position

and is holding course with us.

The probe is composed
of paricium and talgonite...

a ceramic alloy.

Not a very
sophisticated technology.

Sir, I am detecting
a low-level nucleonic beam

coming from the probe.

Shields up.

Stand by phasers.

The beam

is scanning
the shield's perimeter.

The probe is emitting
an unusual particle stream.

Sir, the beam is
penetrating our shields.

Increase speed to...

Captain?

It's all right.

Captain, I've got you.

It's all...

Well, finally.

How are you feeling?

Kamin?

Can you answer me?

What is this place?

Oh, you're still feverish.

Computer, freeze program.

Computer, end program.

Kamin...

Picard to Enterprise...

Kamin, please don't
get up yet.

You're still not well.

I asked you, what is this place?

This is your home

of course.

Space, the final frontier.

These are the voyages
of the Starship Enterprise.

Its continuing mission...

to explore
strange new worlds

to seek out new life
and new civilizations

to boldly go
where no one has gone before.

Am I a prisoner here?

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

You mustn't push yourself
too quickly.

Kamin...

You really shouldn't
go outside.

Kamin...

please come back inside.

Thank you.

This sapling is planted
as an affirmation of life

in defiance of the drought

and with expectations
of long life.

Whatever comes,
we will keep it alive

as a symbol of our survival.

Kamin, you're back on your feet.

How do you feel, my friend?

Are you in charge here?

In charge?

I want to be returned
to my ship immediately.

What ship is that?

Please...

Just tell me,
what is this place?

Where am I?

Oh...

the fever.

It's taken your memory.

That must be it.

Perhaps you can help me.

Anything, my friend.

My name is Kamin.

Yes.

And you are...?

Batai.

Council leader Batai.

Ah...

Batai.

You say I've been ill?

For more than a week.

Eline should have put
you in the hospital

but she insisted
on caring for you herself.

Eline?

Your wife.

If you don't remember that

maybe it's safer
not to go home.

And, uh...

what is this place?

Perhaps you should
see the doctor.

No.

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

This is the community
of Ressik, Northern Province.

What planet?

Let me take you back home.

No, really,
I'm quite all right.

Just answer me: What planet?

This is the planet Kataan.

Kataan...

Not a Federation planet.

I, uh, think I'II...

I'll just take a walk.

But you've been ill
for a week.

The exercise will do me good.

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

Thank goodness.

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

Why did you worry us like that?

Are you hungry?

Hungry, thirsty, exhausted.

I suppose that proves
this is not a dream...

doesn't it?

You think that this...
your life... is a dream?

This is not my life.

I know that much.

I've kept something hot for you.

Where did you go?

I walked... for hours.

And you're just out of bed.

This is delicious.

You always say that.

Would you try to answer
some questions for me

no matter how strange
they may seem to you?

Of course.

Are there any other planets
in this star system?

Do you visit
other systems?

All right.

Um... do you have
a communication system here?

How do you...

how do you send messages
to, um, to other communities

other-other places?

The usual way...
by voice transit conductor.

Do you want to send a message?

Mm-hmm, yes.

Um, when can that be arranged?

Tomorrow.

Don't you want to ask about us?

Of course.

Um... anything you can tell me
will be helpful.

We, um...

we, um...

we're married.

Three years ago.

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

And what do I do here in Ressik?

You're the best iron weaver
in the community...

at least I think so.

You prefer playing the flute,
of course.

The flute?

Yes.

When did I learn
to play this?

I'm afraid
you never did, dear.

You do keep trying.

I see what you mean.

Well, thank you for the soup.

And thank you for your help.

Tomorrow, will you help me
to send a message?

Of course.

Now will you come to bed?

Oh, I'll sleep here.

Kamin, please come with me.

I've been sick.

I'll be tossing and turning.

It wouldn't be fair to you.

Let me be the judge
of that.

Where did you get this?

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

Riker to Sick Bay.

The Captain's hurt.

Pulse and blood
pressure are normal.

I'm getting hyperactive
fibrogenic activity.

This is odd.

What is it?

There's no evidence
of any injury or trauma.

Vital signs are normal

but neurotransmitter production
is off the scale.

What's going on?

This probe is doing
something to him.

Anything yet, Data?

No, sir.

The particle emission
is most unusual.

I am unable to block it.

We should destroy the probe.

Phasers are armed and ready.

I don't think that's wise.

Not until we know exactly

what it's doing to him.

Agreed. Stand down phasers,
Mr. Worf.

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

Thrusters only, 100 kph.

Nice and easy.

Aye, sir.

Data?

The probe is moving with us, sir

holding relative position.

It's connected itself to him,
like a tether.

You've been dreaming

about that starship
of yours again, haven't you?

I'm just charting
the progress

of the course of the sun.

Might give a clue
to the cause of this drought.

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

where that ship of yours is

how to get back to that life.

The memory
is five years old now...

but it's still inside me.

Was your life there

so much better than this?

So much more gratifying?

So much more fulfilling

that you cling to it
with such stubbornness?

Eline...

It must have been extraordinary

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

have you mentioned anyone
who loved you as I do.

It was real.

It was as real as this is.

And you can't expect me
to forget

a lifetime spent there.

Yes, I can.

I've been patient, Kamin.

For five years

I've shared you
with that other life.

I've listened

I've tried to understand

and I have waited.

When do I get you back?

I know.

I know.

It has been hard on you.

When will you let go?

When will you start
living this life?

When will we
start a family?

Kamin.

Eline.

Good morning.

Good morning, Batai.

Well, are you ready?

The administrator's
already arrived.

Yes.

Will you come along?

No, thank you.

You do very well on your own.

She always was strong-minded

even as a child.

It's not her fault.

These past few years

have been very
difficult for her.

And for you, I think.

There you are, Batai.

Perhaps you can explain to me

when crops are dying all over

how this tree is flourishing.

Well, this tree is our symbol,
our affirmation of life.

Everyone in this town gives
part of their water rations

to keep it alive.

We've learned, Administrator

that hope is a powerful weapon
against anything

even drought.

A good point.

Perhaps I shall recommend
a symbolic tree

in each of my communities.

Now, what business
do we have today?

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

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

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

True, we are in a drought

but water rationing has produced
a sizable savings.

If the weather pattern
doesn't change

rationing will not be enough.

We'll run out of water.

Who is this?

Kamin, sir.

Kamin.

Do I know you?

No.

I haven't spoken
to you before.

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

I'm delighted to hear

what you have to say.

I suggest that we build
atmospheric condensers

which could extract
water from the air.

I don't mean to quash
your very creative ideas

but building
atmospheric condensers

would be
a monumental undertaking.

We could not hope
to sustain such a project.

Each community will be
responsible for its own.

Condensers could
make the difference

between watering our crops
and watching them die.

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

You'll see that this kind
of participatory government

works for everyone.

Be well, Batai.

I shall see you next month.

Good to meet you... Kanin.

Go carefully, Administrator.

That went very well.

I think he was
impressed with you.

There will be no
atmospheric condensers.

Well, these things
take time

but it will happen.

I'm sure of it.

Come and have supper
tonight, old friend.

I'II, um... I'll make
some vegetable stew.

Let's talk about building
our own condenser, hmm?

Kamin...

hearing you talk
to the administrator

I realized that
for the first time in years

you were speaking

as though you were truly
a member of the community.

It was good to hear that again.

You've been brooding
behind that flute all evening.

I'm not brooding.

I'm immersed in my music.

Music.

I find that it helps me
to think.

But the real surprise is...
I enjoy it so much.

No, the real surprise
is that you may actually

be improving.

Batai.

Yes, ma'am.

Go home.

Yes, ma'am.

Good night, Kamin.

Good night, my friend.

Go carefully, Batai.

Don't forget these.

I won't put them away
for you again.

Yes, ma'am.

I've done nothing
but nag all day.

I'm sorry.

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

Everything you said this morning
was absolutely correct.

I feel that I have given you
so little

and you have given me so much.

No.

You're a good man

a wonderful husband.

I didn't mean...

No, not such
a wonderful husband.

I spend my spare time
charting the stars

disappear for days at a time
exploring the countryside.

My life is very much as it was.

Old habits.

You're gentle and kind.

You never once
raised your voice to me.

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

Kamin, you've built
your telescope, your laboratory.

You don't need my permission
for something new.

In this case, I think I do.

What is it?

A nursery.

Really?

Really?

Unless, of course,
if you would prefer a porch

it would certainly
be much easier to build

and I could make a start
on it right away.

No, no.

Geordi, any progress
identifying the probe?

Maybe. I picked up some
residue on the probe shell.

I think it came from
the propulsion system.

Looks like they used
a solid propellant as fuel.

Solid propellant?

Sensors read this stuff

as crystalline emiristol.

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

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

trace it back to the origin.

I'll get right on it.

Commander, I've been analyzing
the nucleonic beam.

I believe it would be possible
to reflect the particles

back toward the probe
in a way that would

disrupt the signal.

Doctor?

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

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

If somebody gets stabbed

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

It might do more harm
than leaving it there.

The Captain is under attack.

We must act.

I'm inclined to agree.

Doctor, monitor him closely.

Mr. Data, prepare
to disrupt the beam.

We're going to try
to cut this cord.

Oh, oh, oh, oh!

Meribor!

Meribor, this is
your brother's ceremony.

Don't fidget now.

We name this child
for a dear friend

who died a year ago

but now his memory
will live on

in his namesake.

We name you Batai
in his honor.

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

Thank you.

Please, help yourselves
to something to eat.

Congratulations, Kamin.

Thank you.

It seems like
only yesterday

we had Meribor's
naming ceremony.

Go on.

I remember.

I was so nervous

I was afraid that
I would drop her.

And now
look at the little lady.

Oh, she's no lady

tromping through the hills
with you all day

digging up those soil samples
you insist upon collecting.

No, she's her father's daughter.

I would have believed
that I didn't need children

to complete my life.

Now I couldn't
imagine life without them.

Kamin?

What is it?

Get the doctor.

Hurry!

His respiratory system's
in spasm.

Pulse is irregular
and weakening.

I'm losing him.

I'm getting massive
somatophysical failure.

Two cc's delactovine.

Data, get that beam back.

There's severe fluctuations
in the isocortex.

Synaptic responses
are failing.

Begin full
cardiac induction.

Blood pressure is dropping
rapidly... 70 over 20.

Data, you've got
to reestablish that beam.

I am attempting to do so,
Doctor.

Losing response
in the isocortex.

Cortical stimulators.

Start at ten percent.

The beam is fully restored,
Doctor.

Blood pressure

up to 90 over 40...

and rising.

Isocortical functions
are stabilizing.

Vital signs are
approaching normal.

Meribor.

Happy day, Father.

Hey, that's my hobby.

Find your own.

You're the one who taught me.

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

And what has the scientist
been up to today?

Analyzing soil samples.

There isn't any
anaerobic bacteria.

The soil is dead.

This isn't just
a very long drought

is it, Father?

I have entries in my Log
that go back ten years.

You have data preceding
that for 15 years.

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

I haven't reached
any conclusion.

A good scientist doesn't
function by conjecture.

A good scientist functions
by hypothesizing

and then proving or disproving
that hypothesis.

That's what I did.

Hey, why don't you spend
more time

with that young man, Dannick.

You are changing the subject.

No, I'm not.

I'm just hypothesizing...

that he's in love with you.

You've taught me
to pursue the truth

no matter how painful it is.

It's too late to back off now.

This planet
is dying.

Perhaps I should have
filled your head

with trivial concerns...

games and toys
and clothes.

I don't think you mean that.

No, I don't.

It just... saddens me
to see you...

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

Father, I think
I should marry Dannick

sooner rather than later,
don't you?

Seize the time, Meribor.

Live now.

Make now always
the most precious time.

Now will never come again.

I love you, Father.

His vital signs are holding.

They've been stable

ever since the beam
was restored.

Commander Riker, we've started

to receive telemetry
from the probe we launched.

Go ahead.

We've charted

the alien probe's
radiation trail

for over one light-year.

Any way to
extrapolate an origin?

Looks like a star system
in the Silarian sector... Kataan.

Never heard of it. Data?

It is an unmapped system
of six planets, sir.

Any of them inhabited?

Not any longer, sir.

The star went nova.

All life in this system
was destroyed

approximately 1,000 years ago.

I put away your shoes
for you again.

Yes. Thank you, dear.

You know, I've been looking

through this thing on and off

for over 30 years,
and I still don't see

what you and Meribor
find so fascinating.

Fine. Then maybe
you'll sit down

and have a rest
as you're supposed to.

Oh, you treat me like
some frail flower.

People have surgery
all the time.

Hmm.

He loves playing.

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

He loves doing
a lot of things.

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

the week before that
a sculptor.

I wish he could find
some focus in his life.

I think he has.

Maybe you should talk to him.

Batai?

Father?

I get the feeling
from your mother

that you have something
to tell me.

Yes.

I was waiting
for the right moment

but that
will never come.

I'm leaving school.

Leaving school? No, you're not!

I want to concentrate
on my music.

That's what I care about.

Last year all you cared about
was mathematics.

The year before that botany,
now...

but through it all

there was my music.

I think you know that, Father.

This is the life I want.

Well, we'II, um...

we'll discuss it.

Thank you, Father.

Hmm...

Even after all these years

you still have the ability
to surprise me.

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

Anyway...

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

Are you still planning

to talk to the
administrator tomorrow?

Mm-hmm. There's a possibility

he'll dismiss me
from the council.

Unless, of course,
you keep quiet.

No. The evidence
is too pronounced.

I can't stay silent.

What a surprise.

Kamin, what do you
hope to accomplish

spreading rumors that
the planet is doomed?

There could be chaos.

The facts are here.

At least show them to someone

who will recognize
what they mean.

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

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

Your observations...

your findings.

Our scientists reached those
same conclusions two years ago.

Well, what did you

expect us to do?

Make it public?

Can you imagine the effect?

But surely the technology
must exist

to save something of this world.

Perhaps...

perhaps some people
could be evacuated.

Evacuated where?

Our technology is limited.

We're just beginning
to launch small missiles.

A collection
of genetic samples, then.

Something. Anything.

You simply cannot let
this civilization die.

Enough.

There is a plan in work.

I cannot tell you
more than that.

Father!

What is it?

It's Mother. Hurry.

Doctor?

Kamin, I'm sorry.

You see?

I go to any lengths
to get your attention.

You always did have
a flair for the dramatic.

Doctor, thank you.

Batai?

Leave us alone for a moment.

I...

I need to talk to my husband.

Did you show the administrator
your evidence?

I didn't have to.

They already knew.

So... he won't throw you
off the council?

No.

Good.

Remember...

put your shoes away.

I promise.

I got you, got you, got you.

Now I've got you.

Some children
are certainly making

a lot of noise in here.

You shouldn't be
outside so long.

It's damaging,
you know that.

I'm wearing plenty

of your skin protector.

How about you, young man?

Do you wear
your skin protector outdoors?

You do?

Good boy.

Happy day, everybody.

It's time
to go see the launching.

What launching?

What's he talking about?

They're sending up
a missile, Father.

We are going to watch it.

Well, I'm not
going anywhere

to watch anything.

Come on, Kamie.

Hurry up, now.

Let's go see the launching.

Breaks my heart
to look at him.

Who?

My grandson.

It breaks my heart.

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

Please come, Father.

Why didn't I hear anything
about a launching?

Did everyone know
about this except me?

I'II, uh, I'll be all right

sitting here.

You go off with the others.

Hold onto my grandson.

Watch the damned thing go up,
for all the good it'll do.

What is it
they're launching?

You know about it, Father.

You've already seen it.

Seen it?

What are you talking about?

I haven't seen any missile.

Yes, you have, old friend.

Don't you remember?

Batai.

You saw it
just before you came here.

We hoped our probe

would encounter someone
in the future...

someone who could be
a teacher...

someone who could tell

the others about us.

Oh...

oh, it's me.

Isn't it?

I'm the someone.

I'm the one it finds.

That's what this launching is...

a probe that finds me

in the future.

Yes, my love.

Eline...

The rest of us
have been gone a thousand years.

If you remember
what we were

and how we lived

then we'll have found
life again.

Eline...

Now we live in you.

Tell them of us, my darling.

Something's happening.

The nucleonic beam
has ceased, Commander.

The probe has shut down.

His cerebral functions
are stabilizing.

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

I want it in Shuttle Bay Two

for examination.

Yes, Commander.

What...?

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

Captain...

This is the Enterprise.

I'm Jean-Luc Picard.

How long...?

20, 25 minutes.

25 minutes?

Captain, I want
you in Sick Bay.

I'd like to run a
full diagnostic on you.

Dr. Crusher...

Come.

Hello, sir.

Feeling better?

Yes.

Yes, thank you.

But I find that I'm...

I'm having to rediscover
that this is really my home.

We were able to open the probe
and examine it.

Apparently, whatever
had locked onto you

must have been
self-terminating.

It isn't functioning
any longer.

We found this inside.