All language subtitles for Star Trek The Next Generation S04E08

Picard:
Captain's log, stardate 44286.5.

The enterprise is conducting
a security survey

of the onias sector
near the neutral zone.

Despite our proximity
to romulan territory,

the mission
has been quiet and uneventful.

All right, commander, you've got
until your next birthday to get that right.

Some things improve with age.

Maybe your trombone playing
will be one of them.

It's candle time, birthday boy.

Woo! All right.

So, what did you wish for, will?

Music lessons.

Mr. Data, we must hurry
or we'll miss commander riker's party.

Sir, I find it interesting
how much importance humans place

on celebrating the day of their birth.

A day they cannot possibly remember.

Captain, I am detecting some unusual
fluctuations in subspace frequencies.

You better take a look at it,
Mr. Data.

It appears we are being probed, sir.

Source?

Data: The third planet
of the Alpha onias system.

Our reports list it
as presently uninhabited.

Perhaps reports were incorrect, sir.

Or maybe the rumors

of a secret romulan base
in this sector are true.

Picard to commander riker.

I apologize
for interrupting your celebration,

but I'm going to need
an away team.

Would you report to the bridge,
please?

Man: Oh, goodness.

Although Alpha onias III
is a class-m planet,

our survey teams have listed it
as barren and inhospitable.

Any life signs?

No, sir.

But we have traced
residual energy readings

to a cavern
2 kilometers beneath the surface.

Romulans.

It is possible.

I suppose you'll just
have to go down there and find out.

Riker:
Geordi, worf, you're with me.

Number one.

Happy birthday.

I'm detecting high levels
of volcanic gases:

Sulfur dioxide, methane,
hydrogen sulfide.

Toxic?

Eh, we're okay for now, but I wouldn't
wanna spend my vacation here.

What about energy readings?

Magnetic clutter is increasing.

I cannot make
an accurate determination.

Same here, commander.

I'm getting
a lot of confusing readings here.

Picard: Commander
riker, please acknowledge.

Riker here.

We 're having trouble reading you.

And we're having
similar difficulties reading you.

I'm advising you and your away team
to transport up at once.

That's good advice, commander.

We've got a sudden buildup
of gases here, especially methane.

Transporter room, take us up.

I can't get a solid lock on you, sir.

There's too much interference.

I'm trying again.

Transporter room,
what's happening?

- Report.
- I'm trying again, sir.

Dr. Crusher, he's awake.

- Beverly.
- Will.

You remember me. That's good.

What else do you remember,
captain?

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.

Water, 3 celsius.

How do you feel?

Confused.

That's understandable,
considering what's happened.

What, what has happened?
What happened to sickbay?

To you? To me?

Sit down, captain.

Captain?
I am commander William t. Riker.

What is going on here?

What is the last thing
that you remember clearly?

Alpha onias III.
The enterprise had been probed.

Geordi, worf and I
transported down to track the source.

But all you found there
was toxic gas.

They barely had time
to get the three of you out.

Will, that happened

16 years ago.

That's not possible.

With an altarian virus,
anything is possible.

In fact, we've been expecting this.

Could you be more specific?

That day on onias III

you were infected
with a strain of altarian encephalitis,

a retrovirus that incorporates its DNA
directly into the cells of its host.

It can lie dormant for many years

and then suddenly
become active again,

as it did in your case ten days ago.

You have been in a coma, delirious.

Your fever finally broke
this morning.

But what happened to my memory?

Let me show you
a scan of your brain tissue.

When the encephalitis
became active,

itcaused
widespread synapse degradation,

interrupting the consolidation
of your memory patterns.

Doctor.

Will, this virus
inevitably causes memory loss

back to the moment
of the original infection.

In your case,
all the way back to Alpha onias III.

I don't believe this. Is this a dream?

Feel my hand. It is flesh and bone.

This is not a dream,

and you are in fact
captain William t. Riker,

in command of the enterprise.

Enterprise. For how long?

Nine years.

If I have lost my memory,

how do I get it back?

Memories are formed
by association.

Smells, sounds

and images from the present
could possibly trigger them.

Like a song reminds you
of an old friend?

Exactly.

In associational therapy,

we expose the patient
to familiar surroundings.

This could stimulate the brain's
neural synapses into regenerating.

Then let's get started. There's nothing
more familiar than the enterprise.

- Maybe that'll bring back some of my...
- Will.

I said your memory could return.

In many of these cases,
the damage is permanent.

What about geordi and worf?
Were they infected too?

Thankfully, no.

Geordi appears
to have been immune.

And the klingons
don't seem to be affected by the virus.

Speaking of klingons...

There have been quite a few changes
on the enterprise

during the last 16 years.

Belay that order.

We should begin the associational
therapy in your quarters.

Personal recollections
are always the most vivid.

My life is on the main bridge.

Always has been.

If anything's
going to jog my memory...

Main bridge.

Computer: Repeat command.

I said, main bridge.

Computer's been slow all morning.

A processing attenuator is down.

Commander la forge has been
running a level 1 diagnostic on it

to isolate the problem.

Geordi.

Oh, it's good to see you
up and about again, sir.

Your eyes.
What happened to your visor?

My visor?

Oh, I'm sorry, sir.

Dr. Crusher told us
that you might not remember.

I haven't needed a visor since I got
these cloned implants, captain.

Captain.

Welcome back, captain.

We were not expecting
to see you on the bridge so soon.

Commander data.
You're my first officer?

Do you remember, sir?

Data, I haven't remembered a day
for the last 16 years.

Captain, warbird uncloaking.

Data: On-screen.

Shields up, red alert.

Captain,
we were expecting the Decius.

There is no cause for alarm.

Cancel red alert.

Clearly, I need to be briefed.

Captain, the Decius is hailing us.

The admiral wishes to speak to you.

On-screen.

Will?

Deanna.

How are you feeling?

I've been better.

Not surprising. Altarian viruses
can be a nasty business.

That's an understatement.
I can't even...

We 7! Discuss this
after we 're transported over.

Picard out.

Surely, he'd have said something.

Transporter room 6.

How are you holding up?

I could get used to the idea
of a ferengi ensign.

But admiral picard
aboard a romulan warbird?

What is that all about?

I think I should leave
all the explanations to the admiral.

Whenever you're ready, chief.

Captain riker,
it's good to see you've recovered.

I'm not exactly sure
you'd call it a recovery, sir.

Then there has been
some memory loss?

How much?

Everything after Alpha onias III.

To lose 16 years.

It's almost beyond belief.

I have trouble believing it myself.

It's overwhelming
to have so much of your life missing.

And it couldn't have happened
at a worse time.

A few more days
of relatively simple negotiation,

the treaty will be signed.

What negotiations? What treaty?

Sorry.

I'll start at the beginning,
which is four years ago.

A romulan battle cruiser
strayed into federation space.

Its warp coils had collapsed.
Life support was failing.

Troi: You saved them, will.

You and the enterprise.

Picard: The romulans were
impressed, to say the least.

After years of distrust and conflict,
they started to talk.

You were our key spokesman

in securing the alliance
with the romulans.

How far
have these negotiations progressed?

The preliminaries are over.

All we need do now
is escort the romulan ambassador

to the final session.

Where you will complete
the negotiations and sign the treaty.

Captain...

I am in no condition to negotiate
with the romulans

or with anyone else.

Will, you're sound of mind and body.

If you are properly briefed,
you'll still be able to fulfill your duty.

With a 16-year gap in my head?

We do need you.

Sir, I'm not fit to resume command.

I appreciate your candor,
but despite your condition,

there is no one better equipped
to deal with the romulans than you.

When do we leave?

As soon as the ambassador
transports over from the Decius.

We will get through this,

as we have many times before.

I hope so.

Let me take you to your quarters.

Good idea.
I've had enough surprises for one day.

Anything familiar?

Hi, dad.

And then Mr. Greenburg
asked about the fornax disaster.

And I knew the enterprise
saved all the colonists,

huh, here it is.

But I didn't know the exact stardate
when their sun went nova.

So if you tell it to me, I'll write it
down. And that way I won't forget.

You don't remember me, do you?

I'm sorry.

I need to talk to your father,
Jean-Luc.

Would you mind leaving us alone
just for a moment?

Why didn't you warn me?

Beverly hoped that meeting him
like this might make an impact,

help you remember.

Oh, it made an impact, all right.

Give it time.

Jean-Luc.

Yes, heh.

The admiral was very pleased
when you chose that name.

He's a wonderful boy.

Deanna.

Who's his mother?

She died two years ago.

A shuttle accident.

I'm sorry, will.

I have no recollection of her at all.

What was she like?

Min was beautiful,

of course.

Strong, intelligent, patient.

Well, if she was married to me,
she had to be patient.

She was an excellent captain's wife.

And a very good ship's counselor.

She took over after I left.

I can't imagine
you leaving the enterprise.

Admiral picard offered me
a position at starfleet command.

It was a tremendous opportunity.

I couldn't refuse.

But what's important right now,
today,

is that you have a son
who needs you.

Spend time with him.

You may find
part of what you've lost.

Pretty bad, huh?

I've heard better.

I've been practicing,
but I still can't get a good tone.

You're putting too much pressure
on the mouthpiece.

Relax the embouchure.
Don't use any muscles you don't need.

Show me again.

Left hand, right hand.

Sixteen years. You'd think
I would be able to hit that note.

Come on, dad,
you always make that mistake.

Computer, summarize service record,
riker, William t., captain.

Begin with the fornax disaster.

Computer:
Please restate question.

Service record, riker, William t.

Damn it.

- Dad?
- Computer lag.

I can't believe
geordi's still running his diagnostic.

Is, um, that what you wanted?

Picard: Picard to captain riker.

The romulan ambassador is ready
to transport over from the Decius.

On my way. I've got to go.

Sure. Dad.

Everything's gonna be fine.

- Thanks.
- Bye.

Troi tells me you met Jean-Luc.

How's my namesake holding up
to all this?

Better than I am.

We did our best to prepare him.

I'm trying to catch up with all this.
I've still got a long way to go.

A long way.

Just follow my lead
with the ambassador. You'll be fine.

The Decius reports
the ambassador is waiting to transport.

Beam him aboard.

Admiral picard, captain riker.

It's good to see you again.

Ambassador tomalak,
welcome aboard the enterprise.

Thank you, admiral.

It is an honor
to be the first romulan

to freely walk about
a federation starship.

Ambassador tomalak?

At nelvana III, he threatened to take
the hull of the enterprise home

as a war trophy.

That was a long time ago.

Many things have changed,
including tomalak.

As soon as we arrive
at your outpost 23,

the final negotiations
should go quickly.

I agree, ambassador.

All of the difficult issues
have been resolved.

After much debate.

Your captain riker
is the kind of negotiator

even the ferengi should avoid.

But we have come to an agreement
both sides are happy with,

largely thanks to captain riker.

And we are grateful, captain.

The new alliance
will greatly benefit my people.

As I hope it will benefit mine.

Oh, it will, captain, it will.

Main bridge.

The virus you contracted, captain,
have you fully recovered?

I assure you,
captain riker is quite well.

He's looking forward to attending
the final negotiations, as planned.

Excellent.

The signing of this treaty
is an historic occasion.

You, of all people,
deserve to be there.

Thank you, ambassador.

So this is the bridge
of the enterprise.

And this, I assume,
is your tactical position.

Impressive.

Riker: Excuse me.

Admiral, Deanna,
I need a moment with you.

Commander data,

if you would accompany
the ambassador on his tour.

Certainly, sir.

Excuse us, ambassador.

Ambassador,
you may find this of interest.

These newly refined sensors
are capable

of pinpointing power emissions
of a cloaked warbird even at warp.

You say you trust tomalak?

I trust the process we have built
with the romulans

over the past four years.

They have nothing to gain
by betrayal.

Are you sure? You've always said
it's a chess game with the romulans.

Move, countermove,
guile and deceit.

I sense no such dishonesty
in tomalak.

His desire for peace is sincere.
He wants this alliance.

There's no cause for concern.

No cause for concern?

We're talking about revealing
the location of outpost 23,

the key to all of our defenses
in the neutral zone.

I'm sorry, will.
Your information is out of date.

The strategic importance
of outpost 23 is minimal.

Has been for years.

Crusher: Dr. Crusher
to riker. Are you there?

What is it, doctor?

Crusher:
Your son has been injured.

He's been taken to sickbay.

You'd better come down here
right away.

Dad.

Are you all right?

I'm fine.

What happened?

It's broken, but it's going to be all right
in just a minute.

Now, let's go easy on this arm

for a little while, okay?

How'd this happen?

I was in the gym,
playing parrises squares.

Parrises squares?

I fell off the ramp.

At your age,
you could break your neck.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.

Continue the compression attenuator
for another two minutes.

Yes, doctor.

Can I talk to you for a moment?

I'll be right back.

Will, how old were you

when you first started playing
parrises squares?

All right, I was probably
a little younger than he is.

It's just that

for all practical purposes,
this is my first day as a father

and he almost kills himself.

He didn't almost kill himself.

He just broke his wrist.

Just like a lot of other boys his age
when they fall.

You're right. It's difficult.

Crusher: Difficult for you?

What about for Jean-Luc?
Can you imagine how he feels?

You've lost 16 years.

Jean-Luc has lost
a lot more than that.

First his mother, and now his father.

Good as new, captain.
You can take him home.

How's the arm?

It's fine.

Dad, I'm really sorry.

I mean, I know
you have more important things to do.

There's nothing
more important than this, son.

Woman: Captain.

I know how hard this is for you.

- It's okay, dad.
- No, okay's not good enough.

When I was your age,
my own father wasn't there for me.

And I really needed him.

I've often wondered
what kind of father I'd be.

I never felt quite ready.

The idea even scared me a little.

But I guess I got over it. You're here.

Resume.

It's important to me
that I don't let you down, Jean-Luc.

You never have, dad.
You've always been there for me.

I'll have to take your word for that.

Because I don't remember any of it.

Your first step, your first tooth.

Nothing.

And I want to remember.

I guess there's only one thing
we can do.

We've got to build
some new memories.

I'm not sure
it's still in the memory banks,

but I used to have a great
fishing program on the holodeck.

The Curtis creek program?

- You know it?
- Sure.

We've gone to Curtis creek
lots of times.

- Would you like to go again?
- You bet.

As soon as these negotiations
are out of the way,

you and I are going fishing.

And then mom tried to net the fish,
and she fell in the creek too.

And then you tried to pull us both out,
and you fell in.

I'm not sure
I want to remember that.

Mom really liked Curtis creek.

We went there for picnics and stuff
lots of times.

What was she like?

She was great.

I think of her a lot.

I'd better go change.

Computer.

Display family record,
riker, William t.

Limit to visual.

Display family record,
riker, Mrs. William t.

Computer:
Please restate request.

Riker: Damn.

What's wrong, dad?

The computer
still isn't working properly.

I can't bring up a visual
of your mother.

But I know
mom's pictures are in there.

Did you give a stardate?

Computer.

Display family record,
riker, Mrs. William t.

Home file, stardate 58416.

Min.

Minuet.

Mom was beautiful, wasn't she?

What's wrong, dad?

La forge: La forge to riker.

Riker here.

La forge:
Please come to the bridge.

On my way.

What's the problem?

I've had to shut down
the warp engines, captain.

Why?

Antimatter containment fields
are fluctuating.

There's nothing to worry about.

We're on the edge of the neutral zone
at impulse power

and you're not concerned?

I'll have the engines back online
in no time.

Like you tracked down
that faulty processing accelerator?

I'm running a level 1 diagnostic.

For 30 hours? That would never
take you more than four.

You're incapable of that level
of incompetence, Mr. La forge.

Worf, where did you get that scar?

In combat.

What battle? When?

Which sector? Which unit?

Mr. Data, if we left immediately,
when would we arrive at outpost 23?

At warp 1, three days, four hours.

What about at warp 7?

At warp 8?

At warp 9?
What's the matter, data?

What happened to those
millions of calculations per second?

Pardon me, sir.

I am experiencing subspace
interference which limits my abilities.

- I can't operate as quickly as...
- What did you say?

- I said, I cannot operate...
- No.

That's not it, you said, "I can't."
You used a contraction, didn't you?

Sir, I can explain,
if you would just give me a moment...

No, you can't. Don't even try.

Captain.

Perhaps it would be best
if we discuss this...

Shut up.

I beg your pardon?

I said, shut up.

As in close your mouth
and stop talking.

Will, I sense how upset you are.

You're angry and impatient.

Deanna, back off.

Well, would anyone else
like to speak up?

Or shall we end this charade?

As you wish, commander riker.

The charade is over.

The enterprise, my son,

you created it all.

With the help of our neural scanners
and what you would call a holodeck.

Now please tell me,
how did you discover the truth?

The future we created for you
should have been convincing.

Riker: It wasn't.

There was a computer time lag,
for one thing.

Tomalak: Unavoidable.

Our scanners
have a limited response time.

So whenever you strayed
from our expectations...

But surely that was not enough to...

To smash your house of cards?

It was the visual record
of my wife, minuet.

Bad move.

But we chose someone
from your past who is still alive,

a woman you were
extremely attracted to.

You're mistaken, tomalak.

Minuet was nothing more
than a computer-generated fantasy

I once experienced
on another holodeck.

Impossible.

In your mind,
that woman exists physically.

Your feelings toward her
remain quite passionate.

She was part
of a very special program.

So much effort,
so little accomplished.

If it was outpost 23 you were after,

why didn't you use
your neural scanners

to probe my mind?

Tomalak:
Our scanners are calibrated

for romulan brain patterns.

When it comes to human brains,
they are less efficient.

There were gaps in the information
we gathered from your memory.

Gaps?

From what I saw,
I find that hard to believe.

You re-created the enterprise,
the crew,

every nuance and smell, sound.

With perfect accuracy.

I didn't see any gaps.

I don't buy it, tomalak.

We are wasting time.

Bring him.

When you and your colleagues
transported to this planet,

you were less than a kilometer
from this base.

Your capture was a simple matter.

My colleagues, where are they?

We allowed them to transport safely
back to the enterprise.

But your signal was diverted.

They won't stop looking for me,
tomalak.

They already have.

Please, say hello to your son.

- Jean-Luc.
- That is not his name, of course.

Nor have you ever really met him.

We merely used his image
to augment your program.

What have you done to him?

While I'm gone, please give
careful thought to your situation.

What's your name?

If we're going to get out of here,
you're going to have to trust me.

Easy. I'm not going to hurt you.

Who are you?

How did you get here?

My name is will.

They brought me here
with my parents.

We were at a research station
at miridian vi.

Miridian vi?

On the edge of the neutral zone?
I thought that was uninhabited.

The station was set up last year.

Then the romulans came.

It's odd
that the enterprise wasn't advised.

Where are your parents now?

They took them away.

Do you know why the romulans
are keeping you here?

No. I just wanna get away.

I'll get us out of here, Ethan.

How?

Even if we do get away,
they'll find us.

They found me
when I escaped before.

- You escaped?
- Yes.

I hid in a secret place for weeks.

They caught me
when I came out to find food.

I want that information, commander.

I want the location of outpost 23.

Very well.

I have been given permission to use
whatever means are necessary.

- Ethan, no!
- Stop him.

That secret hiding place of yours?

This way.

In here.

Their sensors
should've picked us up.

No. They can't.

I heard them.
There's something in these rocks.

Heavy metals?

Right.

The romulans forgot
all about this storeroom

when they rebuilt their tunnels.

Here, use these. Help me.

After I escaped last time,
I mapped out all their tunnels.

- Supply depot.
- Mm-hm.

Communications, living quarters
and shuttle bay.

How many guards
in the shuttle bay?

Only two or three.

If we stole a shuttlecraft,
that would get us nowhere,

because the romulans
could follow their own ship too easily.

But if we broke into
their communications system,

we could send a message
to the enterprise.

Can't do that.

The transmitter is on a voice-activated
security system only.

Do you know
whose voice activates it?

Only ambassador tomalak.

Who?

Tomalak.

Ambassador tomalak?

Tomalak is a romulan captain.

The only time
he was ever called ambassador

was in a holodeck fantasy.

How do you know about that?

You, uh... you told me about him.

Who are you?

What is your part in all this?

They found us.

But you said the sensors didn't work
in these tunnels.

Uh, they must have fixed them.
We gotta go.

Where are we gonna go, Ethan?

The shuttle bay. There's still time.

No. I've had enough.

Commander, surrender your weapon.

No more games.

No more fantasies.

I'm not gonna play anymore.

It was never the romulans.
It was you all along, wasn't it?

There is no question about it, sir.
It is his signal.

Picard to commander riker.
Do you read me?

Riker:
Riker to picard. I'm here.

Are you all right?

Riker: Yes, sir. I'm all right.

What about geordi and worf?

Picard: We beamed them up
an hour ago. They're fine.

But we lost you in mid-transport.
Where have you been?

What is going on down there?

Riker: I'm not sure yet, sir.

But I think I'm about to find out.

Stand by.

What should I call you? Ethan?

Jean-Luc?

It doesn't matter.

This room,
it's more than a holodeck, isn't it?

Much more.

The neural scanners read my mind,

give me anything I want.

Just like they tried to give you
everything you wanted.

Everything I wanted?

You probed the enterprise.

You lured us here
so you could play games with me.

I didn't want that. You did.

- — Why?
- My world was invaded.

My people, killed.

My mother brought me here
so our enemies would never find me.

They found her, didn't they?

She knew that they would never stop
looking for her.

So she made sure I would be safe.

She left the scanners to protect me.

To give me anything I wanted.

Anything?

Then why did you kidnap me?

I wanted you to stay.

It's been so long.

I just wanted somebody real.

I thought that you'd be happy.

I'm sorry.

I have to return to my ship.

Come with me.

You don't have to stay here
anymore.

You don't have to be alone anymore.

My name is barash.

To me, you'll always be Jean-Luc.

Two to transport.