All language subtitles for Star Trek The Next Generation S04E02

Picard:
Captain's log, stardate 44012.3.

The enterprise remains docked
at McKinley station,

undergoing a major overhaul and refit
following the borg incident.

I am confident that the ship
and her crew

will soon be ready
to return to service.

Thank you.
Please take that to engineering.

Phaser upgrades are complete,
commander.

Already?

And we have begun
power-supply calibration.

Well, you're just too damned efficient,
lieutenant.

Thank you, sir.

Continue with the testing,
Mr. Worf.

Here's the final schedule
for shore leave

and for the personnel transfers.

By the way, I'm looking forward
to meeting your parents.

They're on the visitors list.

You didn't know?

No, sir.

It is inappropriate for a klingon
to receive family while on duty.

As humans,
my parents do not understand.

Well, I'm not sure
that I would either, worf.

Since this isn't a klingon ship.

If you don't want to see your parents,
that's your business.

But we don't get back to earth
that often.

We can arrange for you to have
more off-duty time while they're here.

No, sir.

That will not be necessary.

Dismissed.

Mr. Worf.

If you're worried they might learn
what happened on the klingon planet...

I have already informed them
by correspondence

of my discommendation.

I do not believe any human
can truly understand my dishonor.

So where have you decided to go?

Hmm? What? Oh.

Uh, France, la barre.

My home village.

Really?

Yes.
It's the first time in almost 20 years.

Interesting.

Counselor...

I just find it interesting.

Captain Jean-Luc picard, the man
who couldn't be pried out of his seat

for a vacation for three years...

It's earth, it's home.
Do I need another reason?

I don't know. What do you think?

Your help has been invaluable
during my recovery.

But, look, I'm, uh... I'm better.

The injuries are healing.

Those you can see in the mirror.

The nightmares have ended.

All I need now
is a little time to myself.

I agree.

In fact, I'm delighted you're going.

It's just that

the choice of where you're going
could stand some scrutiny.

If you wish to believe
my going home is a direct result

of being held captive by the borg,
be my guest.

Is that what you believe?

I hate it when you do that.

Captain, you do need time.

You cannot achieve complete recovery
so quickly.

And it's perfectly normal
after what you've been through

to spend a great deal of time
trying to find yourself again.

What better place to find oneself

than on the streets
of one's home village?

Interesting.

Have a good trip, captain.

Picard:
Space, the final frontier.

These are the voyages
of the starship enterprise.

Its continuing mission:
To explore strange new worlds,

to seek out new life
and new civilizations,

to boldly go
where no one has gone before.

They still have not signaled?

O'brien: No, sir.

My mother is never on time.

It is so human of her.

Well, you know women.

I am not looking forward to this.

I wish they would come
so it would begin and end sooner.

I know what you mean, lieutenant.

Unlikely.

Last time my old man was on board,

I found him chasing nurse Stanton
around a biobed in sickbay.

I am not concerned
about my father chasing nurses.

Ah, but it's always something
with parents, isn't it?

Woman: Enterprise,
this is earth station bobruisk.

Two to transport aboard.

O'brien: Energizing.

Mother. Father.

You look good, son.

- Put on a little weight, huh?
- No.

Sure you have. Looks good on you.

Still working out
with those holodeck monsters, I bet.

- Let me take you to...
- Ah.

Always good to meet
another chief petty officer.

Sergey rozhenko,
formerly of the USS intrepid.

Miles Edward o'brien, sir.
Good to meet you.

Don't call me sir.
I used to work for a living.

He's joking.

The proudest moment of his life

was when worf earned
his commission.

Can you imagine
an old enlisted man like me

raising a boy to be an officer?

Helena: Come along, sergey,

there's plenty of time
to chat with the boys.

Your father has been
so looking forward to this.

Yes. I want to see everything,
the whole ship.

At home, I have all the specs
and diagrams

of the galaxy-class starships.

We are in the midst of a repair.
I cannot give you a complete tour.

Oh, I'm sure
if you asked the captain...

You agreed not to embarrass him.

Besides,
we have come to see worf.

Not the ship.

Fine, fine. Okay.

Your hair's a little longer,
isn't it, worf?

All right, whoever you are,
I can hear you.

Oh, good lord, a highwayman.

A what?

Highwayman, it's a robber
who attacks travelers,

but none have been reported
in this vicinity for centuries.

- But I'm not a robber.
- Oh.

I'm much relieved, sir.

I know who you are.

Then you have the advantage.

You are my nephew, Jean-Luc,
from the starship enterprise.

Then you must be my uncle rené.

I'm not your uncle.
It's the other way around.

Too bad, I rather enjoyed the idea.

Why have you been away so long?

Well, starfleet keeps me very busy.

Father says you don't like it here.

I'm sure you misunderstood.

No, I didn't.

He said so.

Well, Robert and I, we...

Perhaps it's time to change all that.

You know,
you don't seem so arro...

Arro... you know.

Arrogant?

Yes. Arrogant.

You don't seem that way to me.

What does it mean, anyway,
"arrogant son of a... "?

Let's talk about that later, shall we?

Mommy? He's here.

Mommy, he's here.

Jean-Luc.

Picard: Marie.

It is so good to finally meet you.

For me too.

How are you feeling?

Oh, I'm fine.

Well, Robert and I are delighted
that you've come to stay with us.

I was... I was thinking,
I might be imposing.

I could very easily stay in the village.

Oh. I wouldn't hear of it.

It's your home,
and it will always be your home.

Do things look that different?

Picard: Oh, no. In fact,
it's amazing how little it has changed.

Everything is exactly
as I remember it.

The house, hills.

Every tree, every bush

seems untouched
by the passage of time.

Robert's worked hard
to keep it that way.

It's... it's very important to him.

As it was to our father.

Someday,
I'm going to be a starship captain.

You look exactly like Robert
when he was your age.

I half expect to see myself, as a boy,
come running out of that door to play.

Robert can't wait to see you.

René has already told me.

Where is he?

As usual, with his vines.

So you arrived at last.

Welcome home, captain.

Hello, Robert.

You, uh, shuttled in from the village?

No, I decided to walk.

I met Marie and rené.

Good, good.

It's, uh,

good to see you.

You tired?

Well, make yourself at home.
You know where everything is.

We generally eat about 8.

I must try and cure
this poor sick vine.

I'll see you shortly.

So you'll have a chance
to visit the surface?

Troi: Maybe.

Will and I have been talking
about going back to angel falls.

Oh, Venezuela's beautiful.

Come in.

Great. Thank you.

Something from home?

I left it here in storage a long time ago
after Jack died.

Odds and ends, mostly.

"How to advance your career
through marriage."

It was a joke.

Jack sent it to me
when I was in medical school.

It was his way of proposing to me.

What's that?

It's for Wesley from Jack.

I'd forgotten it.

Maybe I was just trying to forget it.

Why?

Jack recorded
a holographic message for Wesley

just after he was born.

It was a gift for him
when he grew up.

Jack was gonna make
many more of them.

He never had the chance.

Are you afraid of what it might say?

No. I just don't know
if it'll do more harm than good.

Wesley's finally come to terms
with his father's death.

Wesley has a lot of questions
about his father.

Things that you can't answer
for him.

Perhaps seeing this
will help him understand.

Woman: Check completed, sir.

Man:
There's been an intermittent failure

in response to
the azimuth step command.

- We're checking.
- La forge: Uh-huh.

So we walk into the school,
and we didn't know what to expect.

Is worf hurt?
Is he in some kind of trouble?

The door opens,

and there is our little 7-year-old
sitting on the chair

and glaring across the room
at five teenage boys,

all of them with bloody noses.

And then
the principal looked up and said:

"Please, tell me he's an only child."

We have taken enough
of the commander's time.

No, no, no,
we're way ahead of schedule here.

Sergey:
I just wanted to tell him the story...

Enough stories, sergey.

Okay, okay. Enough stories.

Well, now, how about giving us a look
at the new engine core?

I used to be a warp-field specialist
on the old excelsior class.

I'd be delighted.

Mrs. Rozhenko?

Oh, no, no, no. You two go ahead.

Ah, your father will be hours.

Worf, why don't you show me
the arboretum?

Commander la forge,
call me when you...

When my father wishes to leave.

I can find my own way.

Turbolift 4 is, uh,
just over there, right?

I have all the specs
and diagrams at home.

The theta-matrix compositer

makes the recrystallization process
ten times more efficient

than the old excelsior-class ships.

Sergey: Amazing.

Commander,
if you have a couple of minutes,

there's something else
I want to ask you.

Sure, chief.

It's about my son.

And your friend Louis
wants you to contact him

as soon as you're settled.

Is he still trying
to raise the ocean floor?

Oh, yes.
He's very excited about it.

He's been made a supervisor now.

As his wife is constantly reminding
anyone who'll listen.

And I see no good reason

why the earth should have
another subcontinent.

It's really quite exciting, actually,
if you understand

the potential of exploring
a new world on our own planet.

Well, I'm afraid
that I do not understand this potential.

The mayor
wants to give you a parade.

Rene: Thank you.

Parade?

Give you the keys to the city.

Oh, no. No, no, no.

He just needs
a little arm-twisting, dear.

A little coaxing.

No, he does not.

I'm here to rest
and spend some time with my family.

I've already warned the mayor
not to make any plans

without talking to us.

Thank you.

Robert: So...

All: Salute.

This the '46?

Forty-seven.

You've been drinking too much
of that artificial stuff.

What do you call it? Synthehol?

Spoiled you.

Ruined your palate.

On the contrary.

I think that synthehol heightens one's
appreciation for the genuine article.

Robert: Mm.

Delicious, Marie.

Thank you.

Leave it to Robert
to find the best cook in France

and marry her.

Sadly, cooking is becoming a lost art.
That's your wretched technology again.

Robert and I have had
more than a few discussions

about getting a replicator
in the house.

I remember the same discussions
between mother and father.

Father understood
better than anybody else

the danger of losing those values
which we hold most precious.

Idontsee
that you have to lose anything

just by adding a convenience.

Robert: Well, you wouldn't.

But in my view,
life is already too convenient.

- This is a very old argument.
- Hmm?

I wrote a report on starships
for school.

And he won a ribbon for it.

The teacher even said
it was one of the best he'd ever had.

Good for you, uncle.
You know what?

I once wrote a report on starships
when I was about your age.

Did you win a ribbon too?

I don't recall.

And I don't find your modesty
very convincing, brother.

Of course you won the ribbon.
You always did.

Well, do you still have it?

Hmm? Rene: Your report.

No, I don't think so.

Well, I still have mine.

Why don't you go and get it,
and then you can read it to your uncle?

It's hard enough to protect him...

To protect him from all that's out there
without you encouraging him.

I'm not encouraging him.

If you weren't so narrow-minded,

if you allowed him
to see the world as it really is...

Well, you raise your own sons
as you would wish.

And allow me to do the same
with mine.

Louis:
Ah. One man's idea of paradise.

Picard:
No, my dear Louis, two men.

Robert's and my father's.

Louis: Never did I know anyone

less interested in grapes
than you, Jean-Luc.

Picard:
Oh, no, not true. I was interested.

And I was proud that my family
were helping to preserve the traditions.

I just didn't feel bound
by those traditions.

You always reached for the future,

and your brother for the past.

There should be room for both
in this life.

What about you, you old rascal?

You've taken
quite a shift into the future yourself.

Ha, ha. Well, hydroponics turned out
to be so dull.

You should've listened to me
at the beginning.

If I'd listened to you,

I never would have taken
that cycling trip with the bloom sisters.

Picard: And broken your leg.

And got married twice.

I hear you've been promoted
to supervisor of the Atlantis project.

I'm one of 200 supervisors.

Although my wife would have you
believe I run the entire project.

Well, it's certainly very exciting work.

I've kept up on it in the journals.

It's only...

There's just one thing
I don't understand.

You were such a rotten swimmer,
Louis.

Thinking of you working
on the ocean floor...

I suppose we all find ways
to confront our greatest fears, eh?

Seriously,
how do you plan to accelerate

the buildup
on the underside of the mantle

without increasing the stress
on the tectonic plates?

You really have kept up,
haven't you?

- The truth is, we don't know yet.
- Hmm.

On the enterprise,
we used harmonic resonators

to relieve the tectonic pressures
on drema iv.

- Obviously it's not the same problem...
- You know, it's such a shame.

The government is looking
for someone to take over the project.

A real leader who'll go in there
and get things moving,

and they are looking for you,
Jean-Luc.

But I know, I know,
you'd never leave starfleet.

No, I'd never leave starfleet.

That's what I thought.

But if nothing else,
why don't I send over

some of the internal studies
on the tectonic problem?

Since you're interested.

We could use any thoughts
you might have.

All right.

It's a great crew, son.

And they think the world of you.

They really do.

Mother, father...

I wish you would be
a little more reserved

while you are on board.

I know. We go too far sometimes.

We're just excited to be here.

Riker: Riker to lieutenant worf.

Worf here.

[Need to talk to you
about the phaser test results.

On my way, commander.

Have guinan call me
if you need anything.

Tsk.

Maybe we should just leave it alone.

I can't just leave it alone.

I'm his mother.

Guinan: You know, sooner or later,
everyone comes in here,

and they stand by those windows
and they look out and they stare.

And they're looking
for that little star they call home.

Doesn't matter how far away it is,

everybody looks anyway.

- I'm guinan.
- How do you do?

Pleased to meet you.
You're worf's parents?

Sergey and Helena rozhenko.

- Ah. Welcome. Sit, please.
- Thank you.

There's something
I would like to ask you.

Please.

How come
you never gave him prune juice?

I beg your pardon?

Well, he said he'd never had it
till he came here.

Now he can't get enough of it.

He never wanted any human food
while he was growing up.

Everything had to be klingon.

I learned to cook rokeg blood pie.

However, we never quite learned
how to eat it. Ha, ha.

Helena: Oh.

It was a difficult adolescence.

But you got through it.

We didn't do anything special.

Guinan: Didn't you?

Just look at him.

I think he's pretty special.

We knew
it wouldn't be easy for him.

Growing up without other klingons
to turn to for guidance.

We had to let him discover
and explore his heritage by himself.

Let him find his own path.

So many parents could learn so much
from the two of you.

Well, I'm afraid that worf feels
that we do not understand him.

Well, part of him may feel that way.

But there's another part
that I've seen.

The part that comes in
and drinks prune juice.

The part that looks out the window
towards home.

He's not looking
towards the klingon empire.

He's looking towards you.

Jean-Luc?

Are you all right?

I seem to have made
a rather disturbing discovery.

Louis mentioned that
the Atlantis project needed a director.

And I found myself
actually thinking about it.

Why shouldn't you?

Leaving my career, the enterprise.

Considering
what you've just been through...

No, no, no, it's not that.

Besides, it would be wonderful
to have you back home.

Given a little time,

maybe you and your brother
might even get to like one another.

Well, I already like his choice
in wives.

I never thanked you
for your correspondence.

It made me feel
like part of the family.

You're not like part of the family,

you are part of the family,
Jean-Luc picard.

Never mind, dear, I've got it.

Robert. Robert: Oh.

Marie: Louis, come in.
Let me get you some wine.

- You can talk business.
- Business?

Picard:
There's nothing much to talk about.

I'm interested to know
what you thought of our plans.

I've only had a chance
to glance at them.

- I have a few ideas...
- Wonderful.

We should discuss them
with the board of governors.

- I've set up a meeting.
- Meeting?

Louis: Just a preliminary
conversation. Tomorrow morning?

Preliminary to what?

They want you. I mentioned your
interest in the project.

That's all. That's all I had to say.

They jumped at the prospect.

I never said there was a prospect.

At least listen to them, Jean-Luc.

All right. Good.

Very good. Fine, I'll listen.

You won't regret it, Jean-Luc,
I promise you.

I'll see you in the morning.

Wesley: I don't understand, mom.
What kind of message?

I don't know exactly.

Your father made it
a few weeks after you were born.

Why?

He felt it was important
to say certain things.

And to make sure that he didn't forget
to tell you them later.

- Do you know what it says?
- No.

But he wanted you to have this
when you turned 18.

And I want you to have it too.

Enter.

Are we disturbing you?

I thought you were going
to your quarters to sleep.

We just came by to tuck you in.

Please.

When I heard
you were on the visitors list,

I was not sure
I wanted you to come.

I am glad you are here.

We had to come.

Our boy was in trouble.

After we read your letter

about the discommendation
from the klingons.

We didn't exactly understand it all.

We didn't have to.

We know what kind of man you are.

Whatever you did,

we know it was for a good reason.

I must bear my dishonor alone.

That is not true.

I'm sorry if this is too human of us,

but whatever you are suffering,

you must remember,
we are with you.

And that we're proud of you.

And that we love you.

You are our son.

Careful.

You're not used to drinking
the real thing.

This synthehol
never leaves you out of control.

Is that so?

That's so.

Well, this will.

Now, there is something
I'd like to see.

What's that?

The gallant captain out of control.

Mind if I ask you a question?

What the devil
happened to you up there?

Is this brotherly concern?

Curiosity.

What did they do to you?

You know what happened.

Not precisely.

I gather you were hurt, humiliated.

I always thought you needed
a little humiliation.

Or was it humility?

Either would do.

Robert: Why do you walk away?

That isn't your style.

Picard:
Tired of fighting with you, Robert.

- Robert: Tired?
- That's right.

Yes. Tired of the enterprise too.

The great captain picard of starfleet
falls to earth,

ready to plunge into the water
with Louis.

That isn't the brother
that I remember.

Still, I suppose it must have seemed
like an ideal situation, hmm?

Local boy makes good, returns home
after 20 years to a hero's welcome.

I'm not a hero.

Of course you are. Admit it.

You never settled for less than that.
And you never will.

That's not true.

Cancel a parade in your favor?

I never sought that rubbish.

Never sought?

Never sought president of the school,
valedictorian,

athletic hero
with your arms raised in victory?

"Valedictorian, arms raised
in victory"?

- Were you so jealous?
- Yes.

Damn it.

I was always so jealous,
and I had a right to be.

A right?

I was always your brother.

Watching you receive the cheers,

watching you break
every rule our father made

and get away with it.

Why didn't you break a few rules?

Because I was the elder brother,
the responsible one.

It was my job to look after you.

Look after me? You were a bully.

Sometimes, maybe.

Sometimes
I even enjoyed bullying you.

All right. Try it now.

Why did you come back, Jean-Luc?

Did you come back because you
wanted me to look after you again?

Damn you!

You were asking for it, you know.

Yes, but you needed it.

You have been
terribly hard on yourself.

You don't know, Robert.

You don't know.

They took everything I was.

They used me to kill and to destroy.
I couldn't stop them.

I should have been
able to stop them.

I tried so hard.

I wasn't strong enough.

I wasn't good enough.

I should have been
able to stop them.

So my brother is a human being

after all.

This is going to be with you
a long time, Jean-Luc.

A long time.

You have to learn to live with it.

You have a simple choice now.

Live with it below the sea with Louis

or above the clouds
with the enterprise.

You know,
I think you were right after all.

I think I did come back
so that you could help me.

You know what?

I still don't like you, Jean-Luc.

What in the world?

What happened here?

Ah. It's so...

It's entirely my fault, Marie.

Yes, I fell down.
And then, well, he fell down...

And then we both fell down.

- We both...
- Together.

- We both fell down together.
- Picard: Mm-hm.

Marie:
Have you two been fighting?

Fighting? No.

- No, no.
- Certainly not.

Shame on you both.

What would your father say
if he saw you like this?

Probably send us both to bed
without any supper.

Well, perhaps it's just as well
you got it out of your systems.

Perhaps it was, Marie.

Perhaps it was.

I'll contact Louis

and cancel the meeting
with the board of governors.

It's time that I was going.

- Already, Jean-Luc?
- Ah.

The ship will be ready
to leave orbit soon.

And I belong aboard.

If I should ever doubt that again,

I know where to come.

Computer.

Load program crusher 1.

Computer:
Program complete. Enter when ready.

Run program.

Hello, Wesley.

As I make this recording,
you are about 10 weeks old.

I wanted you to know
who I am today.

You see,
this Jack crusher won't exist

by the time you're all grown up.

I'll be older, more experienced,
and hopefully a little wiser.

But this person will be gone,

and I want you to know

who your father was
when you came into the world.

When I see you lying there
in your crib,

I realize I don't know the first thing
about being a father.

So let me just apologize
for all the mistakes

I'm about to make as you grow up.

I hope you don't grow up resenting
the fact that I was gone so much.

That comes with this uniform.

I don't know if I can explain
why starfleet means so much to me.

Maybe you'll understand
when you get this recording.

Maybe you'll even
wanna try one of these on.

But you'll probably be a doctor
like your mother.

You're only a baby,
but it's remarkable.

I can see in your face all the people
I've loved in my lifetime.

Your mother,

my father and mother, our family.

I can see me in you too.

And I can feel that you're my son.

I don't know how to describe it,

but there's this connection,
this bond.

I'll always be a part of you, Wesley.

Well, [hope
this makes some sense to you.

I'm not sure that it does to me.

But maybe I 'ii do better next time.

I love you, Wesley.

Goodbye, dad.

Come back and see us again.

Goodbye, Jean-Luc.

And be careful.

Take care, uncle.

You too.

Someday I'll be leaving
for my starship too.

Well, there's plenty of time for that.

You may decide to do something else
as you get older.

Jean-Luc, here is a little of the '47.

Do not drink it all at once.

And if possible,
try not to drink it alone.

Is there anything
you want us to send you from home?

Perhaps
some of your rokeg blood pie.

Hmm, it's been a while,
but I think I still remember how.

- Oh.
- Ah, captain, welcome back.

Thank you, lieutenant.

These are my parents,
Helena and sergey rozhenko.

Delighted.

Sir.

Quite a ship you have here, captain.

You had the full tour, I trust.

Well, actually, there's still a few areas
because of the repairs...

Sergey, it's time to go.

Sergey: Yes. Yes.

Yes, okay.

I have all the specs
and diagrams at home.

- He's still out there.
- Mm-hm.

Dreaming about starships
and adventures.

It's getting late.

But let him dream.