1 00:00:02,878 --> 00:00:06,965 Picard: Captain's log, stardate 44012.3. 2 00:00:07,132 --> 00:00:09,927 The enterprise remains docked at McKinley station, 3 00:00:10,093 --> 00:00:13,931 undergoing a major overhaul and refit following the borg incident. 4 00:00:14,097 --> 00:00:16,683 I am confident that the ship and her crew 5 00:00:16,850 --> 00:00:19,228 will soon be ready to return to service. 6 00:00:19,394 --> 00:00:22,272 Thank you. Please take that to engineering. 7 00:00:25,651 --> 00:00:27,945 Phaser upgrades are complete, commander. 8 00:00:28,111 --> 00:00:29,196 Already? 9 00:00:29,363 --> 00:00:32,449 And we have begun power-supply calibration. 10 00:00:32,616 --> 00:00:34,910 Well, you're just too damned efficient, lieutenant. 11 00:00:35,077 --> 00:00:36,119 Thank you, sir. 12 00:00:37,788 --> 00:00:39,831 Continue with the testing, Mr. Worf. 13 00:00:39,998 --> 00:00:41,667 Here's the final schedule for shore leave 14 00:00:41,833 --> 00:00:43,293 and for the personnel transfers. 15 00:00:43,794 --> 00:00:46,213 By the way, I'm looking forward to meeting your parents. 16 00:00:48,632 --> 00:00:50,467 They're on the visitors list. 17 00:00:50,634 --> 00:00:52,469 You didn't know? 18 00:00:52,636 --> 00:00:53,720 No, sir. 19 00:00:55,722 --> 00:01:00,477 It is inappropriate for a klingon to receive family while on duty. 20 00:01:02,229 --> 00:01:05,607 As humans, my parents do not understand. 21 00:01:05,774 --> 00:01:07,818 Well, I'm not sure that I would either, worf. 22 00:01:07,985 --> 00:01:10,320 Since this isn't a klingon ship. 23 00:01:10,487 --> 00:01:13,156 If you don't want to see your parents, that's your business. 24 00:01:13,824 --> 00:01:16,410 But we don't get back to earth that often. 25 00:01:16,577 --> 00:01:19,329 We can arrange for you to have more off-duty time while they're here. 26 00:01:19,496 --> 00:01:21,498 No, sir. 27 00:01:21,665 --> 00:01:24,001 That will not be necessary. 28 00:01:25,043 --> 00:01:26,295 Dismissed. 29 00:01:27,838 --> 00:01:29,381 Mr. Worf. 30 00:01:30,173 --> 00:01:33,093 If you're worried they might learn what happened on the klingon planet... 31 00:01:34,678 --> 00:01:36,555 I have already informed them by correspondence 32 00:01:36,722 --> 00:01:39,182 of my discommendation. 33 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:45,439 I do not believe any human can truly understand my dishonor. 34 00:01:50,485 --> 00:01:53,697 So where have you decided to go? 35 00:01:54,656 --> 00:01:57,117 Hmm? What? Oh. 36 00:01:57,784 --> 00:02:01,163 Uh, France, la barre. 37 00:02:01,330 --> 00:02:03,040 My home village. 38 00:02:03,206 --> 00:02:04,666 Really? 39 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,920 Yes. It's the first time in almost 20 years. 40 00:02:09,504 --> 00:02:11,214 Interesting. 41 00:02:12,507 --> 00:02:14,301 Counselor... 42 00:02:14,926 --> 00:02:17,971 I just find it interesting. 43 00:02:18,138 --> 00:02:22,309 Captain Jean-Luc picard, the man who couldn't be pried out of his seat 44 00:02:22,476 --> 00:02:24,061 for a vacation for three years... 45 00:02:24,227 --> 00:02:27,939 It's earth, it's home. Do I need another reason? 46 00:02:28,106 --> 00:02:30,108 I don't know. What do you think? 47 00:02:31,610 --> 00:02:34,279 Your help has been invaluable during my recovery. 48 00:02:34,446 --> 00:02:39,951 But, look, I'm, uh... I'm better. 49 00:02:40,494 --> 00:02:42,037 The injuries are healing. 50 00:02:42,746 --> 00:02:44,873 Those you can see in the mirror. 51 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,376 The nightmares have ended. 52 00:02:47,542 --> 00:02:50,003 All I need now is a little time to myself. 53 00:02:50,170 --> 00:02:51,546 I agree. 54 00:02:51,713 --> 00:02:54,800 In fact, I'm delighted you're going. 55 00:02:54,966 --> 00:02:56,885 It's just that 56 00:02:57,052 --> 00:03:01,390 the choice of where you're going could stand some scrutiny. 57 00:03:01,556 --> 00:03:04,893 If you wish to believe my going home is a direct result 58 00:03:05,060 --> 00:03:07,688 of being held captive by the borg, be my guest. 59 00:03:07,854 --> 00:03:10,440 Is that what you believe? 60 00:03:11,608 --> 00:03:13,944 I hate it when you do that. 61 00:03:14,444 --> 00:03:18,448 Captain, you do need time. 62 00:03:18,907 --> 00:03:23,453 You cannot achieve complete recovery so quickly. 63 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:26,456 And it's perfectly normal after what you've been through 64 00:03:26,623 --> 00:03:31,253 to spend a great deal of time trying to find yourself again. 65 00:03:31,420 --> 00:03:32,796 What better place to find oneself 66 00:03:32,963 --> 00:03:35,465 than on the streets of one's home village? 67 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,135 Interesting. 68 00:03:45,726 --> 00:03:48,145 Have a good trip, captain. 69 00:04:38,612 --> 00:04:42,699 Picard: Space, the final frontier. 70 00:04:43,408 --> 00:04:47,370 These are the voyages of the starship enterprise. 71 00:04:47,537 --> 00:04:52,709 Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds, 72 00:04:53,043 --> 00:04:57,130 to seek out new life and new civilizations, 73 00:04:57,547 --> 00:05:01,885 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 74 00:06:12,122 --> 00:06:13,456 They still have not signaled? 75 00:06:13,623 --> 00:06:15,041 O'brien: No, sir. 76 00:06:15,375 --> 00:06:18,712 My mother is never on time. 77 00:06:19,045 --> 00:06:21,798 It is so human of her. 78 00:06:21,965 --> 00:06:23,633 Well, you know women. 79 00:06:25,427 --> 00:06:28,430 I am not looking forward to this. 80 00:06:29,723 --> 00:06:32,225 I wish they would come so it would begin and end sooner. 81 00:06:32,392 --> 00:06:33,977 I know what you mean, lieutenant. 82 00:06:34,144 --> 00:06:35,353 Unlikely. 83 00:06:35,812 --> 00:06:37,689 Last time my old man was on board, 84 00:06:37,856 --> 00:06:41,276 I found him chasing nurse Stanton around a biobed in sickbay. 85 00:06:41,943 --> 00:06:45,238 I am not concerned about my father chasing nurses. 86 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:48,783 Ah, but it's always something with parents, isn't it? 87 00:06:48,950 --> 00:06:51,494 Woman [over com]: Enterprise, this is earth station bobruisk. 88 00:06:51,661 --> 00:06:54,080 Two to transport aboard. 89 00:06:54,247 --> 00:06:55,832 O'brien: Energizing. 90 00:07:00,337 --> 00:07:02,172 Mother. Father. 91 00:07:04,549 --> 00:07:06,718 You look good, son. 92 00:07:08,511 --> 00:07:10,847 - Put on a little weight, huh? - No. 93 00:07:11,014 --> 00:07:12,766 Sure you have. Looks good on you. 94 00:07:12,933 --> 00:07:15,936 Still working out with those holodeck monsters, I bet. 95 00:07:16,102 --> 00:07:17,604 - Let me take you to... - Ah. 96 00:07:17,771 --> 00:07:20,941 Always good to meet another chief petty officer. 97 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:23,985 Sergey rozhenko, formerly of the USS intrepid. 98 00:07:24,152 --> 00:07:26,404 Miles Edward o'brien, sir. Good to meet you. 99 00:07:26,571 --> 00:07:28,782 Don't call me sir. I used to work for a living. 100 00:07:28,949 --> 00:07:30,367 [O'brien and sergey laugh] 101 00:07:30,533 --> 00:07:31,701 He's joking. 102 00:07:31,868 --> 00:07:33,495 The proudest moment of his life 103 00:07:33,662 --> 00:07:36,081 was when worf earned his commission. 104 00:07:36,247 --> 00:07:38,875 Can you imagine an old enlisted man like me 105 00:07:39,042 --> 00:07:40,919 raising a boy to be an officer? 106 00:07:41,544 --> 00:07:42,712 Helena: Come along, sergey, 107 00:07:42,879 --> 00:07:46,007 there's plenty of time to chat with the boys. 108 00:07:46,174 --> 00:07:49,719 Your father has been so looking forward to this. 109 00:07:49,886 --> 00:07:53,390 Yes. I want to see everything, the whole ship. 110 00:07:53,556 --> 00:07:56,101 At home, I have all the specs and diagrams 111 00:07:56,267 --> 00:07:58,770 of the galaxy-class starships. 112 00:07:58,937 --> 00:08:03,400 We are in the midst of a repair. I cannot give you a complete tour. 113 00:08:03,566 --> 00:08:05,735 Oh, I'm sure if you asked the captain... 114 00:08:05,902 --> 00:08:08,405 You agreed not to embarrass him. 115 00:08:08,571 --> 00:08:10,865 Besides, we have come to see worf. 116 00:08:11,032 --> 00:08:12,283 Not the ship. 117 00:08:13,410 --> 00:08:16,037 Fine, fine. Okay. 118 00:08:16,371 --> 00:08:19,916 Your hair's a little longer, isn't it, worf? 119 00:08:41,479 --> 00:08:44,482 All right, whoever you are, I can hear you. 120 00:08:46,401 --> 00:08:49,154 Oh, good lord, a highwayman. 121 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:50,655 A what? 122 00:08:50,822 --> 00:08:53,116 Highwayman, it's a robber who attacks travelers, 123 00:08:53,283 --> 00:08:57,370 but none have been reported in this vicinity for centuries. 124 00:08:57,537 --> 00:09:00,331 - But I'm not a robber. - Oh. 125 00:09:00,498 --> 00:09:02,459 I'm much relieved, sir. 126 00:09:03,793 --> 00:09:05,170 I know who you are. 127 00:09:05,336 --> 00:09:06,963 Then you have the advantage. 128 00:09:07,130 --> 00:09:10,800 You are my nephew, Jean-Luc, from the starship enterprise. 129 00:09:10,967 --> 00:09:12,469 Then you must be my uncle rené. 130 00:09:12,635 --> 00:09:16,306 I'm not your uncle. It's the other way around. 131 00:09:16,473 --> 00:09:18,767 Too bad, I rather enjoyed the idea. 132 00:09:18,933 --> 00:09:21,061 Why have you been away so long? 133 00:09:21,227 --> 00:09:24,355 Well, starfleet keeps me very busy. 134 00:09:24,522 --> 00:09:26,733 Father says you don't like it here. 135 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:28,318 I'm sure you misunderstood. 136 00:09:28,485 --> 00:09:29,611 No, I didn't. 137 00:09:30,236 --> 00:09:31,738 He said so. 138 00:09:31,905 --> 00:09:35,575 Well, Robert and I, we... 139 00:09:37,410 --> 00:09:39,996 Perhaps it's time to change all that. 140 00:09:40,163 --> 00:09:43,374 You know, you don't seem so arro... 141 00:09:43,541 --> 00:09:45,627 Arro... you know. 142 00:09:45,794 --> 00:09:46,836 Arrogant? 143 00:09:47,003 --> 00:09:48,713 Yes. Arrogant. 144 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,508 You don't seem that way to me. 145 00:09:51,674 --> 00:09:54,761 What does it mean, anyway, "arrogant son of a... "? 146 00:09:54,928 --> 00:09:57,680 Let's talk about that later, shall we? 147 00:09:58,389 --> 00:10:01,101 Mommy? He's here. 148 00:10:04,854 --> 00:10:07,440 Mommy, he's here. 149 00:10:10,527 --> 00:10:12,028 Jean-Luc. 150 00:10:12,195 --> 00:10:13,696 Picard: Marie. 151 00:10:13,863 --> 00:10:15,406 [Marie chuckles] 152 00:10:16,616 --> 00:10:19,285 It is so good to finally meet you. 153 00:10:20,370 --> 00:10:21,412 For me too. 154 00:10:22,705 --> 00:10:24,124 How are you feeling? 155 00:10:24,916 --> 00:10:26,918 Oh, I'm fine. 156 00:10:27,293 --> 00:10:30,547 Well, Robert and I are delighted that you've come to stay with us. 157 00:10:31,214 --> 00:10:35,677 I was... I was thinking, I might be imposing. 158 00:10:35,844 --> 00:10:37,444 I could very easily stay in the village. 159 00:10:37,595 --> 00:10:38,930 Oh. I wouldn't hear of it. 160 00:10:39,097 --> 00:10:41,391 It's your home, and it will always be your home. 161 00:10:47,647 --> 00:10:49,566 Do things look that different? 162 00:10:50,066 --> 00:10:54,237 Picard: Oh, no. In fact, it's amazing how little it has changed. 163 00:10:54,863 --> 00:10:58,241 Everything is exactly as I remember it. 164 00:10:58,575 --> 00:11:01,119 The house, hills. 165 00:11:02,370 --> 00:11:04,831 Every tree, every bush 166 00:11:05,874 --> 00:11:09,169 seems untouched by the passage of time. 167 00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:11,588 Robert's worked hard to keep it that way. 168 00:11:11,754 --> 00:11:15,300 It's... it's very important to him. 169 00:11:16,676 --> 00:11:18,595 As it was to our father. 170 00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:23,600 Someday, I'm going to be a starship captain. 171 00:11:24,851 --> 00:11:27,604 You look exactly like Robert when he was your age. 172 00:11:29,314 --> 00:11:35,486 I half expect to see myself, as a boy, come running out of that door to play. 173 00:11:36,279 --> 00:11:38,615 Robert can't wait to see you. 174 00:11:38,781 --> 00:11:41,451 René has already told me. 175 00:11:42,619 --> 00:11:44,204 Where is he? 176 00:11:44,537 --> 00:11:47,707 As usual, with his vines. 177 00:12:01,054 --> 00:12:05,016 So you arrived at last. 178 00:12:06,768 --> 00:12:08,603 Welcome home, captain. 179 00:12:08,770 --> 00:12:10,480 Hello, Robert. 180 00:12:11,773 --> 00:12:17,153 You, uh, shuttled in from the village? 181 00:12:17,654 --> 00:12:20,865 No, I decided to walk. 182 00:12:22,825 --> 00:12:24,494 I met Marie and rené. 183 00:12:24,661 --> 00:12:27,497 Good, good. 184 00:12:28,998 --> 00:12:30,667 It's, uh, 185 00:12:33,544 --> 00:12:35,088 good to see you. 186 00:12:40,426 --> 00:12:41,761 You tired? 187 00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:47,558 Well, make yourself at home. You know where everything is. 188 00:12:47,725 --> 00:12:49,310 We generally eat about 8. 189 00:12:50,103 --> 00:12:54,607 I must try and cure this poor sick vine. 190 00:12:55,024 --> 00:12:57,193 I'll see you shortly. 191 00:13:19,590 --> 00:13:22,093 So you'll have a chance to visit the surface? 192 00:13:22,260 --> 00:13:23,845 Troi: Maybe. 193 00:13:24,345 --> 00:13:28,016 Will and I have been talking about going back to angel falls. 194 00:13:28,182 --> 00:13:29,225 Oh, Venezuela's beautiful. 195 00:13:29,392 --> 00:13:30,435 [Doorbell chimes] 196 00:13:30,601 --> 00:13:32,020 Come in. 197 00:13:34,230 --> 00:13:36,816 Great. Thank you. 198 00:13:52,749 --> 00:13:54,500 Something from home? 199 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:58,421 I left it here in storage a long time ago after Jack died. 200 00:13:59,922 --> 00:14:02,133 Odds and ends, mostly. 201 00:14:04,761 --> 00:14:07,638 "How to advance your career through marriage." 202 00:14:07,805 --> 00:14:09,599 It was a joke. 203 00:14:09,766 --> 00:14:11,768 Jack sent it to me when I was in medical school. 204 00:14:11,934 --> 00:14:14,937 It was his way of proposing to me. 205 00:14:18,608 --> 00:14:19,776 What's that? 206 00:14:20,943 --> 00:14:23,321 It's for Wesley from Jack. 207 00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:25,114 I'd forgotten it. 208 00:14:25,281 --> 00:14:27,909 Maybe I was just trying to forget it. 209 00:14:28,493 --> 00:14:29,535 Why? 210 00:14:31,788 --> 00:14:33,790 Jack recorded a holographic message for Wesley 211 00:14:33,956 --> 00:14:35,625 just after he was born. 212 00:14:35,792 --> 00:14:38,419 It was a gift for him when he grew up. 213 00:14:38,795 --> 00:14:41,297 Jack was gonna make many more of them. 214 00:14:42,256 --> 00:14:44,467 He never had the chance. 215 00:14:46,302 --> 00:14:48,221 Are you afraid of what it might say? 216 00:14:48,805 --> 00:14:51,849 No. I just don't know if it'll do more harm than good. 217 00:14:52,016 --> 00:14:55,269 Wesley's finally come to terms with his father's death. 218 00:14:56,020 --> 00:14:59,148 Wesley has a lot of questions about his father. 219 00:14:59,315 --> 00:15:01,192 Things that you can't answer for him. 220 00:15:01,943 --> 00:15:05,321 Perhaps seeing this will help him understand. 221 00:15:07,323 --> 00:15:09,283 Woman: Check completed, sir. 222 00:15:10,243 --> 00:15:11,843 Man: There's been an intermittent failure 223 00:15:11,994 --> 00:15:15,039 in response to the azimuth step command. 224 00:15:15,248 --> 00:15:17,375 - We're checking. - La forge: Uh-huh. 225 00:15:17,542 --> 00:15:21,629 So we walk into the school, and we didn't know what to expect. 226 00:15:21,796 --> 00:15:24,841 Is worf hurt? Is he in some kind of trouble? 227 00:15:25,007 --> 00:15:26,884 The door opens, 228 00:15:27,051 --> 00:15:30,221 and there is our little 7-year-old sitting on the chair 229 00:15:30,388 --> 00:15:33,516 and glaring across the room at five teenage boys, 230 00:15:33,683 --> 00:15:34,883 all of them with bloody noses. 231 00:15:35,017 --> 00:15:36,269 [La forge laughs] 232 00:15:36,436 --> 00:15:38,855 And then the principal looked up and said: 233 00:15:39,021 --> 00:15:41,899 "Please, tell me he's an only child." 234 00:15:42,066 --> 00:15:43,109 [Both laugh] 235 00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:45,528 We have taken enough of the commander's time. 236 00:15:45,695 --> 00:15:48,114 No, no, no, we're way ahead of schedule here. 237 00:15:49,031 --> 00:15:50,831 Sergey: I just wanted to tell him the story... 238 00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:53,286 Enough stories, sergey. 239 00:15:53,453 --> 00:15:56,122 Okay, okay. Enough stories. 240 00:15:56,289 --> 00:16:00,042 Well, now, how about giving us a look at the new engine core? 241 00:16:00,209 --> 00:16:03,880 I used to be a warp-field specialist on the old excelsior class. 242 00:16:04,046 --> 00:16:05,381 I'd be delighted. 243 00:16:05,548 --> 00:16:06,591 Mrs. Rozhenko? 244 00:16:06,757 --> 00:16:08,634 Oh, no, no, no. You two go ahead. 245 00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:10,845 Ah, your father will be hours. 246 00:16:11,804 --> 00:16:15,725 Worf, why don't you show me the arboretum? 247 00:16:16,225 --> 00:16:19,270 Commander la forge, call me when you... 248 00:16:20,396 --> 00:16:22,231 When my father wishes to leave. 249 00:16:22,648 --> 00:16:24,233 I can find my own way. 250 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:28,321 Turbolift 4 is, uh, just over there, right? 251 00:16:29,071 --> 00:16:32,408 I have all the specs and diagrams at home. 252 00:16:32,575 --> 00:16:34,410 The theta-matrix compositer 253 00:16:34,577 --> 00:16:37,288 makes the recrystallization process ten times more efficient 254 00:16:37,455 --> 00:16:38,915 than the old excelsior-class ships. 255 00:16:39,081 --> 00:16:40,124 Sergey: Amazing. 256 00:16:42,585 --> 00:16:44,754 Commander, if you have a couple of minutes, 257 00:16:44,921 --> 00:16:47,423 there's something else I want to ask you. 258 00:16:47,590 --> 00:16:48,925 Sure, chief. 259 00:16:50,092 --> 00:16:52,053 It's about my son. 260 00:16:58,434 --> 00:17:02,605 And your friend Louis wants you to contact him 261 00:17:02,772 --> 00:17:05,024 as soon as you're settled. 262 00:17:06,192 --> 00:17:08,069 Is he still trying to raise the ocean floor? 263 00:17:08,236 --> 00:17:11,113 Oh, yes. He's very excited about it. 264 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:12,782 He's been made a supervisor now. 265 00:17:12,949 --> 00:17:16,744 As his wife is constantly reminding anyone who'll listen. 266 00:17:16,911 --> 00:17:18,120 And I see no good reason 267 00:17:18,287 --> 00:17:22,041 why the earth should have another subcontinent. 268 00:17:22,208 --> 00:17:24,377 It's really quite exciting, actually, if you understand 269 00:17:24,544 --> 00:17:28,089 the potential of exploring a new world on our own planet. 270 00:17:28,589 --> 00:17:33,970 Well, I'm afraid that I do not understand this potential. 271 00:17:35,763 --> 00:17:39,559 The mayor wants to give you a parade. 272 00:17:39,725 --> 00:17:40,768 Rene: Thank you. 273 00:17:40,935 --> 00:17:41,978 Parade? 274 00:17:42,144 --> 00:17:44,397 Give you the keys to the city. 275 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:47,400 Oh, no. No, no, no. 276 00:17:47,817 --> 00:17:50,319 He just needs a little arm-twisting, dear. 277 00:17:50,486 --> 00:17:51,654 A little coaxing. 278 00:17:52,196 --> 00:17:53,447 No, he does not. 279 00:17:53,614 --> 00:17:56,117 I'm here to rest and spend some time with my family. 280 00:17:56,284 --> 00:17:58,411 I've already warned the mayor not to make any plans 281 00:17:58,578 --> 00:17:59,829 without talking to us. 282 00:17:59,996 --> 00:18:01,581 Thank you. 283 00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:02,790 Robert: So... 284 00:18:03,457 --> 00:18:06,085 All: Salute. 285 00:18:12,508 --> 00:18:13,676 This the '46? 286 00:18:16,262 --> 00:18:17,305 Forty-seven. 287 00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:20,099 You've been drinking too much of that artificial stuff. 288 00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:23,102 What do you call it? Synthehol? 289 00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:24,312 Spoiled you. 290 00:18:24,478 --> 00:18:26,188 Ruined your palate. 291 00:18:26,355 --> 00:18:27,440 On the contrary. 292 00:18:27,607 --> 00:18:31,902 I think that synthehol heightens one's appreciation for the genuine article. 293 00:18:32,987 --> 00:18:35,865 Robert: Mm. 294 00:18:36,032 --> 00:18:37,617 Delicious, Marie. 295 00:18:38,367 --> 00:18:39,619 Thank you. 296 00:18:39,785 --> 00:18:43,331 Leave it to Robert to find the best cook in France 297 00:18:43,497 --> 00:18:44,707 and marry her. 298 00:18:46,334 --> 00:18:51,130 Sadly, cooking is becoming a lost art. That's your wretched technology again. 299 00:18:52,048 --> 00:18:54,675 Robert and I have had more than a few discussions 300 00:18:54,842 --> 00:18:56,677 about getting a replicator in the house. 301 00:18:57,511 --> 00:19:00,765 I remember the same discussions between mother and father. 302 00:19:02,391 --> 00:19:04,810 Father understood better than anybody else 303 00:19:04,977 --> 00:19:11,150 the danger of losing those values which we hold most precious. 304 00:19:12,401 --> 00:19:14,779 Idontsee that you have to lose anything 305 00:19:14,945 --> 00:19:16,656 just by adding a convenience. 306 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:17,902 Robert: Well, you wouldn't. 307 00:19:18,032 --> 00:19:22,912 But in my view, life is already too convenient. 308 00:19:26,123 --> 00:19:29,377 - This is a very old argument. - Hmm? 309 00:19:35,966 --> 00:19:39,136 I wrote a report on starships for school. 310 00:19:39,303 --> 00:19:41,305 And he won a ribbon for it. 311 00:19:41,472 --> 00:19:44,392 The teacher even said it was one of the best he'd ever had. 312 00:19:44,558 --> 00:19:47,812 Good for you, uncle. You know what? 313 00:19:47,978 --> 00:19:50,856 I once wrote a report on starships when I was about your age. 314 00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:52,775 Did you win a ribbon too? 315 00:19:54,652 --> 00:19:56,570 I don't recall. 316 00:19:56,737 --> 00:20:00,408 And I don't find your modesty very convincing, brother. 317 00:20:00,574 --> 00:20:03,285 Of course you won the ribbon. You always did. 318 00:20:06,664 --> 00:20:08,416 Well, do you still have it? 319 00:20:09,750 --> 00:20:12,044 -Hmm? Rene: Your report. 320 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:13,462 No, I don't think so. 321 00:20:14,130 --> 00:20:16,298 Well, I still have mine. 322 00:20:17,425 --> 00:20:21,429 Why don't you go and get it, and then you can read it to your uncle? 323 00:20:27,643 --> 00:20:29,019 It's hard enough to protect him... 324 00:20:31,522 --> 00:20:37,695 To protect him from all that's out there without you encouraging him. 325 00:20:40,322 --> 00:20:42,491 I'm not encouraging him. 326 00:20:44,994 --> 00:20:46,579 If you weren't so narrow-minded, 327 00:20:46,746 --> 00:20:48,998 if you allowed him to see the world as it really is... 328 00:20:49,165 --> 00:20:52,334 Well, you raise your own sons as you would wish. 329 00:20:52,501 --> 00:20:55,379 And allow me to do the same with mine. 330 00:21:04,096 --> 00:21:08,017 Louis: Ah. One man's idea of paradise. 331 00:21:08,184 --> 00:21:10,060 Picard: No, my dear Louis, two men. 332 00:21:10,227 --> 00:21:11,270 Robert's and my father's. 333 00:21:11,437 --> 00:21:12,855 [Louis laughs] 334 00:21:13,022 --> 00:21:14,440 Louis: Never did I know anyone 335 00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:17,109 less interested in grapes than you, Jean-Luc. 336 00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:20,905 Picard: Oh, no, not true. I was interested. 337 00:21:21,238 --> 00:21:28,037 And I was proud that my family were helping to preserve the traditions. 338 00:21:28,204 --> 00:21:31,665 I just didn't feel bound by those traditions. 339 00:21:31,832 --> 00:21:34,043 You always reached for the future, 340 00:21:34,210 --> 00:21:36,879 and your brother for the past. 341 00:21:37,713 --> 00:21:40,508 There should be room for both in this life. 342 00:21:42,551 --> 00:21:44,386 What about you, you old rascal? 343 00:21:44,553 --> 00:21:46,593 You've taken quite a shift into the future yourself. 344 00:21:46,722 --> 00:21:50,226 Ha, ha. Well, hydroponics turned out to be so dull. 345 00:21:50,392 --> 00:21:52,228 You should've listened to me at the beginning. 346 00:21:52,394 --> 00:21:53,437 If I'd listened to you, 347 00:21:53,604 --> 00:21:57,399 I never would have taken that cycling trip with the bloom sisters. 348 00:21:57,566 --> 00:21:58,734 Picard: And broken your leg. 349 00:21:58,901 --> 00:22:01,570 And got married twice. 350 00:22:01,737 --> 00:22:04,532 I hear you've been promoted to supervisor of the Atlantis project. 351 00:22:04,698 --> 00:22:06,867 I'm one of 200 supervisors. 352 00:22:07,034 --> 00:22:10,496 Although my wife would have you believe I run the entire project. 353 00:22:10,663 --> 00:22:13,040 Well, it's certainly very exciting work. 354 00:22:13,207 --> 00:22:15,793 I've kept up on it in the journals. 355 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:18,838 It's only... 356 00:22:19,255 --> 00:22:21,674 There's just one thing I don't understand. 357 00:22:22,091 --> 00:22:23,634 You were such a rotten swimmer, Louis. 358 00:22:23,801 --> 00:22:25,803 [Both laughing] 359 00:22:26,470 --> 00:22:28,722 Thinking of you working on the ocean floor... 360 00:22:29,473 --> 00:22:33,227 I suppose we all find ways to confront our greatest fears, eh? 361 00:22:34,270 --> 00:22:36,272 Seriously, how do you plan to accelerate 362 00:22:36,438 --> 00:22:38,078 the buildup on the underside of the mantle 363 00:22:38,232 --> 00:22:40,776 without increasing the stress on the tectonic plates? 364 00:22:40,943 --> 00:22:43,821 You really have kept up, haven't you? 365 00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:47,867 - The truth is, we don't know yet. - Hmm. 366 00:22:48,033 --> 00:22:50,452 On the enterprise, we used harmonic resonators 367 00:22:50,619 --> 00:22:53,873 to relieve the tectonic pressures on drema iv. 368 00:22:54,039 --> 00:22:57,084 - Obviously it's not the same problem... - You know, it's such a shame. 369 00:22:57,251 --> 00:23:00,004 The government is looking for someone to take over the project. 370 00:23:00,170 --> 00:23:02,339 A real leader who'll go in there and get things moving, 371 00:23:02,506 --> 00:23:05,175 and they are looking for you, Jean-Luc. 372 00:23:05,634 --> 00:23:09,388 But I know, I know, you'd never leave starfleet. 373 00:23:09,805 --> 00:23:12,308 No, I'd never leave starfleet. 374 00:23:13,642 --> 00:23:15,394 That's what I thought. 375 00:23:15,561 --> 00:23:17,313 But if nothing else, why don't I send over 376 00:23:17,479 --> 00:23:19,857 some of the internal studies on the tectonic problem? 377 00:23:20,024 --> 00:23:21,567 Since you're interested. 378 00:23:21,734 --> 00:23:24,153 We could use any thoughts you might have. 379 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:25,946 All right. 380 00:23:30,784 --> 00:23:32,661 It's a great crew, son. 381 00:23:32,828 --> 00:23:35,205 And they think the world of you. 382 00:23:35,372 --> 00:23:37,583 They really do. 383 00:23:38,167 --> 00:23:40,002 Mother, father... 384 00:23:44,340 --> 00:23:50,346 I wish you would be a little more reserved 385 00:23:50,512 --> 00:23:52,681 while you are on board. 386 00:23:52,848 --> 00:23:56,185 I know. We go too far sometimes. 387 00:23:56,352 --> 00:23:58,854 We're just excited to be here. 388 00:23:59,730 --> 00:24:01,774 Riker [over com]: Riker to lieutenant worf. 389 00:24:02,232 --> 00:24:03,275 Worf here. 390 00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:06,403 [Need to talk to you about the phaser test results. 391 00:24:06,570 --> 00:24:07,947 On my way, commander. 392 00:24:11,033 --> 00:24:14,286 Have guinan call me if you need anything. 393 00:24:25,172 --> 00:24:26,590 Tsk. 394 00:24:26,757 --> 00:24:29,093 Maybe we should just leave it alone. 395 00:24:29,259 --> 00:24:31,971 I can't just leave it alone. 396 00:24:32,137 --> 00:24:34,014 I'm his mother. 397 00:24:37,768 --> 00:24:41,563 Guinan: You know, sooner or later, everyone comes in here, 398 00:24:41,730 --> 00:24:45,818 and they stand by those windows and they look out and they stare. 399 00:24:45,985 --> 00:24:49,905 And they're looking for that little star they call home. 400 00:24:50,739 --> 00:24:53,909 Doesn't matter how far away it is, 401 00:24:54,076 --> 00:24:57,788 everybody looks anyway. 402 00:24:58,372 --> 00:24:59,915 - I'm guinan. - How do you do? 403 00:25:00,082 --> 00:25:03,210 Pleased to meet you. You're worf's parents? 404 00:25:03,377 --> 00:25:04,878 Sergey and Helena rozhenko. 405 00:25:05,045 --> 00:25:07,965 - Ah. Welcome. Sit, please. - Thank you. 406 00:25:12,136 --> 00:25:15,055 There's something I would like to ask you. 407 00:25:15,222 --> 00:25:16,265 Please. 408 00:25:16,724 --> 00:25:21,020 How come you never gave him prune juice? 409 00:25:21,645 --> 00:25:23,480 I beg your pardon? 410 00:25:23,647 --> 00:25:25,733 Well, he said he'd never had it till he came here. 411 00:25:25,899 --> 00:25:27,484 Now he can't get enough of it. 412 00:25:29,028 --> 00:25:32,322 He never wanted any human food while he was growing up. 413 00:25:32,489 --> 00:25:34,616 Everything had to be klingon. 414 00:25:35,117 --> 00:25:38,787 I learned to cook rokeg blood pie. 415 00:25:38,954 --> 00:25:42,124 However, we never quite learned how to eat it. Ha, ha. 416 00:25:42,332 --> 00:25:43,876 Helena: Oh. 417 00:25:45,586 --> 00:25:47,838 It was a difficult adolescence. 418 00:25:48,005 --> 00:25:49,798 But you got through it. 419 00:25:51,133 --> 00:25:52,634 We didn't do anything special. 420 00:25:52,801 --> 00:25:54,136 Guinan: Didn't you? 421 00:25:54,303 --> 00:25:56,305 Just look at him. 422 00:25:56,638 --> 00:25:58,932 I think he's pretty special. 423 00:25:59,892 --> 00:26:02,311 We knew it wouldn't be easy for him. 424 00:26:02,478 --> 00:26:05,981 Growing up without other klingons to turn to for guidance. 425 00:26:06,148 --> 00:26:10,903 We had to let him discover and explore his heritage by himself. 426 00:26:11,070 --> 00:26:13,864 Let him find his own path. 427 00:26:15,324 --> 00:26:18,994 So many parents could learn so much from the two of you. 428 00:26:20,370 --> 00:26:27,044 Well, I'm afraid that worf feels that we do not understand him. 429 00:26:27,795 --> 00:26:30,672 Well, part of him may feel that way. 430 00:26:30,839 --> 00:26:33,884 But there's another part that I've seen. 431 00:26:34,676 --> 00:26:38,847 The part that comes in and drinks prune juice. 432 00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:43,894 The part that looks out the window towards home. 433 00:26:44,645 --> 00:26:47,981 He's not looking towards the klingon empire. 434 00:26:49,024 --> 00:26:51,068 He's looking towards you. 435 00:27:00,661 --> 00:27:02,204 Jean-Luc? 436 00:27:04,206 --> 00:27:05,958 Are you all right? 437 00:27:06,875 --> 00:27:10,045 I seem to have made a rather disturbing discovery. 438 00:27:10,796 --> 00:27:15,717 Louis mentioned that the Atlantis project needed a director. 439 00:27:18,053 --> 00:27:21,932 And I found myself actually thinking about it. 440 00:27:22,724 --> 00:27:24,560 Why shouldn't you? 441 00:27:26,019 --> 00:27:29,523 Leaving my career, the enterprise. 442 00:27:29,690 --> 00:27:31,410 Considering what you've just been through... 443 00:27:31,525 --> 00:27:33,569 No, no, no, it's not that. 444 00:27:39,158 --> 00:27:42,369 Besides, it would be wonderful to have you back home. 445 00:27:42,536 --> 00:27:44,413 Given a little time, 446 00:27:44,580 --> 00:27:49,418 maybe you and your brother might even get to like one another. 447 00:27:49,751 --> 00:27:53,672 Well, I already like his choice in wives. 448 00:27:53,839 --> 00:27:55,559 I never thanked you for your correspondence. 449 00:27:55,716 --> 00:27:57,342 It made me feel like part of the family. 450 00:27:57,509 --> 00:27:59,011 [Doorbell rings] 451 00:27:59,178 --> 00:28:00,637 You're not like part of the family, 452 00:28:00,804 --> 00:28:03,765 you are part of the family, Jean-Luc picard. 453 00:28:03,932 --> 00:28:05,934 Never mind, dear, I've got it. 454 00:28:06,643 --> 00:28:08,103 - Robert. Robert: Oh. 455 00:28:08,270 --> 00:28:11,982 Marie: Louis, come in. Let me get you some wine. 456 00:28:12,316 --> 00:28:14,943 - You can talk business. - Business? 457 00:28:15,110 --> 00:28:16,790 Picard: There's nothing much to talk about. 458 00:28:16,945 --> 00:28:19,823 I'm interested to know what you thought of our plans. 459 00:28:19,990 --> 00:28:22,910 I've only had a chance to glance at them. 460 00:28:23,076 --> 00:28:24,912 - I have a few ideas... - Wonderful. 461 00:28:25,078 --> 00:28:27,080 We should discuss them with the board of governors. 462 00:28:27,247 --> 00:28:29,082 - I've set up a meeting. - Meeting? 463 00:28:29,249 --> 00:28:32,419 Louis: Just a preliminary conversation. Tomorrow morning? 464 00:28:32,586 --> 00:28:33,795 Preliminary to what? 465 00:28:34,963 --> 00:28:37,799 They want you. I mentioned your interest in the project. 466 00:28:37,966 --> 00:28:39,426 That's all. That's all I had to say. 467 00:28:39,593 --> 00:28:40,719 They jumped at the prospect. 468 00:28:40,886 --> 00:28:42,804 I never said there was a prospect. 469 00:28:42,971 --> 00:28:45,974 At least listen to them, Jean-Luc. 470 00:28:53,982 --> 00:28:56,068 All right. Good. 471 00:28:56,485 --> 00:28:57,653 Very good. Fine, I'll listen. 472 00:28:57,819 --> 00:28:59,821 You won't regret it, Jean-Luc, I promise you. 473 00:28:59,988 --> 00:29:01,823 I'll see you in the morning. 474 00:29:14,169 --> 00:29:17,673 Wesley: I don't understand, mom. What kind of message? 475 00:29:18,173 --> 00:29:20,259 I don't know exactly. 476 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,972 Your father made it a few weeks after you were born. 477 00:29:25,138 --> 00:29:26,556 Why? 478 00:29:27,849 --> 00:29:31,728 He felt it was important to say certain things. 479 00:29:33,647 --> 00:29:37,234 And to make sure that he didn't forget to tell you them later. 480 00:29:37,776 --> 00:29:40,195 - Do you know what it says? - No. 481 00:29:40,362 --> 00:29:43,365 But he wanted you to have this when you turned 18. 482 00:29:43,532 --> 00:29:44,866 And I want you to have it too. 483 00:29:53,041 --> 00:29:54,751 [Doorbell chimes] 484 00:29:54,918 --> 00:29:56,420 Enter. 485 00:30:00,132 --> 00:30:01,758 Are we disturbing you? 486 00:30:07,889 --> 00:30:10,267 I thought you were going to your quarters to sleep. 487 00:30:10,434 --> 00:30:12,728 We just came by to tuck you in. 488 00:30:12,894 --> 00:30:14,313 Please. 489 00:30:16,356 --> 00:30:20,569 When I heard you were on the visitors list, 490 00:30:21,945 --> 00:30:25,240 I was not sure I wanted you to come. 491 00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:37,169 I am glad you are here. 492 00:30:38,003 --> 00:30:40,005 We had to come. 493 00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:42,841 Our boy was in trouble. 494 00:30:43,008 --> 00:30:44,092 After we read your letter 495 00:30:44,259 --> 00:30:46,762 about the discommendation from the klingons. 496 00:30:46,928 --> 00:30:49,473 We didn't exactly understand it all. 497 00:30:49,639 --> 00:30:51,808 We didn't have to. 498 00:30:51,975 --> 00:30:54,436 We know what kind of man you are. 499 00:30:54,603 --> 00:30:55,645 Whatever you did, 500 00:30:55,812 --> 00:30:58,774 we know it was for a good reason. 501 00:30:58,940 --> 00:31:02,611 I must bear my dishonor alone. 502 00:31:02,778 --> 00:31:04,780 That is not true. 503 00:31:04,946 --> 00:31:07,491 I'm sorry if this is too human of us, 504 00:31:07,657 --> 00:31:10,410 but whatever you are suffering, 505 00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:14,039 you must remember, we are with you. 506 00:31:14,206 --> 00:31:16,166 And that we're proud of you. 507 00:31:16,333 --> 00:31:18,377 And that we love you. 508 00:31:18,794 --> 00:31:21,088 You are our son. 509 00:31:37,979 --> 00:31:39,981 [Robert humming] 510 00:31:41,483 --> 00:31:43,235 Careful. 511 00:31:43,402 --> 00:31:46,988 You're not used to drinking the real thing. 512 00:31:48,031 --> 00:31:54,246 This synthehol never leaves you out of control. 513 00:31:54,413 --> 00:31:55,664 Is that so? 514 00:31:55,831 --> 00:31:57,165 That's so. 515 00:31:58,708 --> 00:32:01,169 Well, this will. 516 00:32:05,340 --> 00:32:09,636 Now, there is something I'd like to see. 517 00:32:11,179 --> 00:32:12,681 What's that? 518 00:32:13,014 --> 00:32:16,351 The gallant captain out of control. 519 00:32:20,188 --> 00:32:22,441 Mind if I ask you a question? 520 00:32:25,569 --> 00:32:27,863 What the devil happened to you up there? 521 00:32:29,698 --> 00:32:31,616 Is this brotherly concern? 522 00:32:33,201 --> 00:32:34,995 Curiosity. 523 00:32:36,538 --> 00:32:38,123 What did they do to you? 524 00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:42,127 You know what happened. 525 00:32:42,294 --> 00:32:44,337 Not precisely. 526 00:32:44,838 --> 00:32:49,217 I gather you were hurt, humiliated. 527 00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:51,970 I always thought you needed a little humiliation. 528 00:32:53,054 --> 00:32:55,265 Or was it humility? 529 00:32:55,432 --> 00:32:57,392 Either would do. 530 00:33:04,858 --> 00:33:07,068 Robert: Why do you walk away? 531 00:33:08,737 --> 00:33:10,572 That isn't your style. 532 00:33:10,739 --> 00:33:12,491 Picard: Tired of fighting with you, Robert. 533 00:33:12,657 --> 00:33:14,201 - Robert: Tired? - That's right. 534 00:33:14,367 --> 00:33:17,537 Yes. Tired of the enterprise too. 535 00:33:17,704 --> 00:33:22,417 The great captain picard of starfleet falls to earth, 536 00:33:22,584 --> 00:33:26,421 ready to plunge into the water with Louis. 537 00:33:26,588 --> 00:33:29,466 That isn't the brother that I remember. 538 00:33:29,633 --> 00:33:33,887 Still, I suppose it must have seemed like an ideal situation, hmm? 539 00:33:34,221 --> 00:33:39,893 Local boy makes good, returns home after 20 years to a hero's welcome. 540 00:33:40,060 --> 00:33:41,102 I'm not a hero. 541 00:33:41,269 --> 00:33:43,146 Of course you are. Admit it. 542 00:33:43,313 --> 00:33:45,607 You never settled for less than that. And you never will. 543 00:33:45,774 --> 00:33:47,275 That's not true. 544 00:33:47,442 --> 00:33:50,612 Cancel a parade in your favor? 545 00:33:51,988 --> 00:33:55,158 I never sought that rubbish. 546 00:33:55,325 --> 00:33:56,910 Never sought? 547 00:33:57,077 --> 00:34:00,247 Never sought president of the school, valedictorian, 548 00:34:00,413 --> 00:34:04,292 athletic hero with your arms raised in victory? 549 00:34:04,459 --> 00:34:09,548 "Valedictorian, arms raised in victory"? 550 00:34:09,714 --> 00:34:11,258 - Were you so jealous? - Yes. 551 00:34:11,424 --> 00:34:12,509 Damn it. 552 00:34:12,676 --> 00:34:16,471 I was always so jealous, and I had a right to be. 553 00:34:16,638 --> 00:34:17,681 A right? 554 00:34:17,847 --> 00:34:20,141 I was always your brother. 555 00:34:20,308 --> 00:34:22,102 Watching you receive the cheers, 556 00:34:22,269 --> 00:34:26,147 watching you break every rule our father made 557 00:34:26,314 --> 00:34:27,357 and get away with it. 558 00:34:27,524 --> 00:34:29,192 Why didn't you break a few rules? 559 00:34:29,359 --> 00:34:31,987 Because I was the elder brother, the responsible one. 560 00:34:32,153 --> 00:34:34,155 It was my job to look after you. 561 00:34:34,322 --> 00:34:37,659 Look after me? You were a bully. 562 00:34:38,368 --> 00:34:41,454 Sometimes, maybe. 563 00:34:41,621 --> 00:34:46,167 Sometimes I even enjoyed bullying you. 564 00:34:46,334 --> 00:34:49,170 All right. Try it now. 565 00:34:50,255 --> 00:34:52,632 Why did you come back, Jean-Luc? 566 00:34:52,799 --> 00:34:57,512 Did you come back because you wanted me to look after you again? 567 00:34:57,679 --> 00:34:58,847 Damn you! 568 00:35:00,390 --> 00:35:02,392 [Both grunting] 569 00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:35,467 [Both laughing] 570 00:35:44,351 --> 00:35:46,645 You were asking for it, you know. 571 00:35:46,811 --> 00:35:48,563 Yes, but you needed it. 572 00:35:48,980 --> 00:35:53,860 You have been terribly hard on yourself. 573 00:35:55,945 --> 00:35:58,740 You don't know, Robert. 574 00:35:58,907 --> 00:36:00,867 You don't know. 575 00:36:03,745 --> 00:36:06,498 They took everything I was. 576 00:36:08,416 --> 00:36:12,962 They used me to kill and to destroy. I couldn't stop them. 577 00:36:13,755 --> 00:36:17,092 I should have been able to stop them. 578 00:36:20,762 --> 00:36:24,099 I tried so hard. 579 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,435 I wasn't strong enough. 580 00:36:27,602 --> 00:36:30,271 I wasn't good enough. 581 00:36:31,439 --> 00:36:33,942 I should have been able to stop them. 582 00:36:40,573 --> 00:36:43,618 So my brother is a human being 583 00:36:43,785 --> 00:36:45,787 after all. 584 00:36:46,746 --> 00:36:49,582 This is going to be with you a long time, Jean-Luc. 585 00:36:49,749 --> 00:36:51,710 A long time. 586 00:36:53,253 --> 00:36:55,588 You have to learn to live with it. 587 00:36:56,715 --> 00:36:58,717 You have a simple choice now. 588 00:36:58,883 --> 00:37:02,137 Live with it below the sea with Louis 589 00:37:02,804 --> 00:37:05,807 or above the clouds with the enterprise. 590 00:37:17,277 --> 00:37:21,489 You know, I think you were right after all. 591 00:37:22,115 --> 00:37:25,160 I think I did come back so that you could help me. 592 00:37:26,703 --> 00:37:28,371 You know what? 593 00:37:29,497 --> 00:37:32,250 I still don't like you, Jean-Luc. 594 00:37:32,959 --> 00:37:34,961 [Both laugh] 595 00:37:38,757 --> 00:37:41,509 [Robert and picard singing "aupres de ma blonde"] 596 00:37:51,478 --> 00:37:54,647 What in the world? 597 00:37:59,694 --> 00:38:02,155 What happened here? 598 00:38:04,616 --> 00:38:06,826 Ah. It's so... 599 00:38:06,993 --> 00:38:08,369 It's entirely my fault, Marie. 600 00:38:08,536 --> 00:38:11,456 Yes, I fell down. And then, well, he fell down... 601 00:38:11,623 --> 00:38:13,249 And then we both fell down. 602 00:38:13,416 --> 00:38:14,501 - We both... - Together. 603 00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:17,879 - We both fell down together. - Picard: Mm-hm. 604 00:38:21,382 --> 00:38:24,302 Marie: Have you two been fighting? 605 00:38:24,761 --> 00:38:26,054 Fighting? No. 606 00:38:26,221 --> 00:38:27,472 - No, no. - Certainly not. 607 00:38:27,847 --> 00:38:29,432 Shame on you both. 608 00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:32,769 What would your father say if he saw you like this? 609 00:38:34,145 --> 00:38:36,231 Probably send us both to bed without any supper. 610 00:38:37,690 --> 00:38:40,276 Well, perhaps it's just as well you got it out of your systems. 611 00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:43,238 Perhaps it was, Marie. 612 00:38:43,696 --> 00:38:45,448 Perhaps it was. 613 00:38:45,615 --> 00:38:48,701 I'll contact Louis 614 00:38:48,868 --> 00:38:51,329 and cancel the meeting with the board of governors. 615 00:38:51,496 --> 00:38:52,872 It's time that I was going. 616 00:38:53,039 --> 00:38:55,124 - Already, Jean-Luc? - Ah. 617 00:38:55,291 --> 00:38:57,669 The ship will be ready to leave orbit soon. 618 00:38:58,169 --> 00:39:00,213 And I belong aboard. 619 00:39:02,924 --> 00:39:05,468 If I should ever doubt that again, 620 00:39:05,635 --> 00:39:07,762 I know where to come. 621 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,105 Computer. 622 00:39:17,438 --> 00:39:19,816 Load program crusher 1. 623 00:39:19,983 --> 00:39:23,069 Computer: Program complete. Enter when ready. 624 00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:36,791 Run program. 625 00:39:39,460 --> 00:39:41,296 Hello, Wesley. 626 00:39:41,671 --> 00:39:45,550 As I make this recording, you are about 10 weeks old. 627 00:39:46,885 --> 00:39:50,221 I wanted you to know who I am today. 628 00:39:50,388 --> 00:39:51,868 You see, this Jack crusher won't exist 629 00:39:52,015 --> 00:39:54,142 by the time you're all grown up. 630 00:39:54,309 --> 00:39:59,856 I'll be older, more experienced, and hopefully a little wiser. 631 00:40:00,023 --> 00:40:02,108 But this person will be gone, 632 00:40:02,275 --> 00:40:03,526 and I want you to know 633 00:40:03,693 --> 00:40:06,571 who your father was when you came into the world. 634 00:40:07,739 --> 00:40:10,825 When I see you lying there in your crib, 635 00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:15,413 I realize I don't know the first thing about being a father. 636 00:40:15,580 --> 00:40:17,874 So let me just apologize for all the mistakes 637 00:40:18,041 --> 00:40:20,668 I'm about to make as you grow up. 638 00:40:20,835 --> 00:40:25,798 I hope you don't grow up resenting the fact that I was gone so much. 639 00:40:26,549 --> 00:40:28,593 That comes with this uniform. 640 00:40:29,844 --> 00:40:34,432 I don't know if I can explain why starfleet means so much to me. 641 00:40:35,391 --> 00:40:38,436 Maybe you'll understand when you get this recording. 642 00:40:39,187 --> 00:40:41,981 Maybe you'll even wanna try one of these on. 643 00:40:43,816 --> 00:40:46,861 But you'll probably be a doctor like your mother. 644 00:40:47,278 --> 00:40:51,157 You're only a baby, but it's remarkable. 645 00:40:51,616 --> 00:40:55,411 I can see in your face all the people I've loved in my lifetime. 646 00:40:55,578 --> 00:40:56,621 Your mother, 647 00:40:56,788 --> 00:41:00,833 my father and mother, our family. 648 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,670 I can see me in you too. 649 00:41:05,964 --> 00:41:08,716 And I can feel that you're my son. 650 00:41:09,676 --> 00:41:11,886 I don't know how to describe it, 651 00:41:12,053 --> 00:41:17,183 but there's this connection, this bond. 652 00:41:19,477 --> 00:41:22,230 I'll always be a part of you, Wesley. 653 00:41:22,438 --> 00:41:24,232 [Chuckles] 654 00:41:24,399 --> 00:41:28,611 Well, [hope this makes some sense to you. 655 00:41:28,945 --> 00:41:31,197 I'm not sure that it does to me. 656 00:41:31,364 --> 00:41:33,741 But maybe I 'ii do better next time. 657 00:41:35,702 --> 00:41:37,495 I love you, Wesley. 658 00:41:44,002 --> 00:41:45,753 Goodbye, dad. 659 00:41:58,433 --> 00:42:01,060 Come back and see us again. 660 00:42:04,063 --> 00:42:05,815 Goodbye, Jean-Luc. 661 00:42:05,982 --> 00:42:07,817 And be careful. 662 00:42:11,612 --> 00:42:13,489 Take care, uncle. 663 00:42:13,656 --> 00:42:15,283 You too. 664 00:42:16,868 --> 00:42:20,121 Someday I'll be leaving for my starship too. 665 00:42:21,456 --> 00:42:23,833 Well, there's plenty of time for that. 666 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,210 You may decide to do something else as you get older. 667 00:42:30,298 --> 00:42:34,302 Jean-Luc, here is a little of the '47. 668 00:42:34,469 --> 00:42:36,137 Do not drink it all at once. 669 00:42:36,304 --> 00:42:39,974 And if possible, try not to drink it alone. 670 00:43:11,547 --> 00:43:14,967 Is there anything you want us to send you from home? 671 00:43:20,139 --> 00:43:22,767 Perhaps some of your rokeg blood pie. 672 00:43:22,934 --> 00:43:27,355 Hmm, it's been a while, but I think I still remember how. 673 00:43:27,522 --> 00:43:29,607 [Helena and sergey chuckle] 674 00:43:29,774 --> 00:43:33,194 - Oh. - Ah, captain, welcome back. 675 00:43:33,361 --> 00:43:34,403 Thank you, lieutenant. 676 00:43:34,570 --> 00:43:37,365 These are my parents, Helena and sergey rozhenko. 677 00:43:37,532 --> 00:43:38,616 Delighted. 678 00:43:39,075 --> 00:43:40,535 Sir. 679 00:43:40,910 --> 00:43:42,620 Quite a ship you have here, captain. 680 00:43:43,204 --> 00:43:44,622 You had the full tour, I trust. 681 00:43:44,789 --> 00:43:47,875 Well, actually, there's still a few areas because of the repairs... 682 00:43:48,042 --> 00:43:49,919 Sergey, it's time to go. 683 00:43:50,086 --> 00:43:51,712 Sergey: Yes. Yes. 684 00:43:51,879 --> 00:43:52,922 Yes, okay. 685 00:43:53,089 --> 00:43:56,259 I have all the specs and diagrams at home. 686 00:44:03,975 --> 00:44:06,644 - He's still out there. - Mm-hm. 687 00:44:08,104 --> 00:44:12,483 Dreaming about starships and adventures. 688 00:44:15,444 --> 00:44:16,529 It's getting late. 689 00:44:19,031 --> 00:44:21,409 But let him dream.