1 00:00:08,909 --> 00:00:11,935 Turn 90 degrees to the left, please. 2 00:00:12,045 --> 00:00:14,844 Turn 90 degrees to the left, please. 3 00:00:14,915 --> 00:00:18,351 Turn 90 degrees to the right, please. 4 00:00:18,418 --> 00:00:20,079 About face. 5 00:00:25,492 --> 00:00:26,926 Try to hold still, please. 6 00:00:26,994 --> 00:00:28,758 Is it going to hurt? 7 00:00:28,829 --> 00:00:29,955 Of course not. 8 00:00:30,063 --> 00:00:32,862 A few photons never hurt anybody. 9 00:00:33,967 --> 00:00:35,401 We didn't do this last year. 10 00:00:38,438 --> 00:00:40,634 That's because last year, I didn't realize 11 00:00:40,707 --> 00:00:43,506 what an exciting tool my holo-imager could be 12 00:00:43,577 --> 00:00:45,511 in the pursuit of medical knowledge. 13 00:00:45,579 --> 00:00:48,173 Is something wrong with me? 14 00:00:48,248 --> 00:00:49,738 Your health is excellent. 15 00:00:49,816 --> 00:00:50,942 This is just another way 16 00:00:51,018 --> 00:00:52,850 to make sure that it stays excellent. 17 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:54,911 Does my mother have to do this? 18 00:00:54,988 --> 00:00:56,979 Your mother and everybody else on board. 19 00:00:57,090 --> 00:00:59,184 I've made it part of the annual checkup. 20 00:00:59,259 --> 00:01:00,954 It's quite handy, really. 21 00:01:01,028 --> 00:01:02,757 By attuning the resonance spectrum 22 00:01:02,829 --> 00:01:03,921 along a subspace band, 23 00:01:04,064 --> 00:01:05,828 I can take an image of my patients 24 00:01:05,899 --> 00:01:08,061 all the way down to the subatomic level. 25 00:01:08,135 --> 00:01:09,398 Subatomic level? 26 00:01:09,469 --> 00:01:11,699 I thought you said this wasn't going to hurt. 27 00:01:11,772 --> 00:01:12,898 1 did... 28 00:01:12,973 --> 00:01:14,907 and it won't. 29 00:01:17,411 --> 00:01:18,936 There... see? 30 00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:20,843 Nothing to it. 31 00:01:20,914 --> 00:01:24,646 Try to hold still, please. 32 00:01:24,718 --> 00:01:26,482 Are you making fun of me? 33 00:01:26,553 --> 00:01:29,523 No. 34 00:01:29,590 --> 00:01:31,957 It'll only take a second to download your images 35 00:01:32,059 --> 00:01:33,390 into the medical database, 36 00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:35,121 if you'd like to stay for a moment 37 00:01:35,195 --> 00:01:37,596 and see what you look like from the inside out. 38 00:01:37,664 --> 00:01:39,154 Why not? 39 00:01:40,367 --> 00:01:42,335 Here we go. 40 00:01:55,282 --> 00:01:57,250 Handsome fellow. 41 00:01:59,586 --> 00:02:01,554 Hmm. 42 00:02:06,393 --> 00:02:07,861 There's some scar tissue 43 00:02:07,928 --> 00:02:10,124 along the base of your lower skull. 44 00:02:10,197 --> 00:02:12,359 Computer, isolate the occipital plexus, 45 00:02:12,432 --> 00:02:13,490 magnification 500. 46 00:02:15,702 --> 00:02:17,192 There. 47 00:02:17,270 --> 00:02:19,830 Scarring along the dura mater. 48 00:02:19,906 --> 00:02:20,873 From what? 49 00:02:20,941 --> 00:02:22,534 An operation. 50 00:02:22,609 --> 00:02:25,670 Computer, isolate the cranial meninges, 51 00:02:25,746 --> 00:02:27,612 magnification 100. 52 00:02:29,316 --> 00:02:31,375 More scarring. 53 00:02:31,451 --> 00:02:34,910 No doubt about it, somebody performed neurosurgery. 54 00:02:37,124 --> 00:02:38,888 And that somebody... 55 00:02:38,959 --> 00:02:40,893 was me. 56 00:02:40,961 --> 00:02:44,261 These microlinear incisions are a dead giveaway. 57 00:02:44,331 --> 00:02:46,732 I developed that procedure myself. 58 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,234 I don't understand. 59 00:02:48,301 --> 00:02:50,702 I don't remember having an operation. 60 00:02:50,771 --> 00:02:52,739 I'm a little confused as well... 61 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:56,233 because I don't remember performing it. 62 00:04:53,860 --> 00:04:54,827 Who is it? 63 00:04:54,895 --> 00:04:56,329 The Doctor. 64 00:04:56,396 --> 00:04:58,262 Come in. 65 00:04:58,331 --> 00:05:00,732 I've finished giving the crew their annual physicals. 66 00:05:00,801 --> 00:05:03,793 But as usual, the Captain was a no-show. 67 00:05:03,870 --> 00:05:05,167 Let's get it over with. 68 00:05:05,238 --> 00:05:06,672 Specific complaints? 69 00:05:06,740 --> 00:05:08,435 None. How's the crew? 70 00:05:08,508 --> 00:05:10,499 In good health, for the most part. 71 00:05:10,577 --> 00:05:12,671 I found a nascent alien retrovirus 72 00:05:12,746 --> 00:05:15,511 bouncing between personnel on Decks 10 and 11, 73 00:05:15,582 --> 00:05:17,550 but managed to nip it in the bud. 74 00:05:17,617 --> 00:05:19,142 And there's been a little more wear and tear 75 00:05:19,219 --> 00:05:20,709 on Seven of Nine's cranial infrastructure. 76 00:05:20,787 --> 00:05:23,085 I'm going to double her maintenance routine. 77 00:05:23,156 --> 00:05:25,557 Cyto-metabolism is normal. 78 00:05:25,625 --> 00:05:27,525 Endocrine functions functioning. 79 00:05:27,594 --> 00:05:29,028 That's a relief. 80 00:05:31,998 --> 00:05:34,399 I'd like you to drop by Sick Bay at your earliest convenience. 81 00:05:34,467 --> 00:05:36,799 I've adjusted my holo-imager for deep body scans. 82 00:05:36,870 --> 00:05:38,429 You're the only member of the crew 83 00:05:38,505 --> 00:05:39,870 who hasn't posed for me yet. 84 00:05:39,940 --> 00:05:41,305 Maybe next week. 85 00:05:41,374 --> 00:05:42,933 It's a fine instrument, really. 86 00:05:43,043 --> 00:05:46,673 I've already discovered something of a mystery with it. 87 00:05:46,746 --> 00:05:48,236 Apparently, I performed 88 00:05:48,315 --> 00:05:50,682 a complex neurosurgery on Harry Kim. 89 00:05:50,750 --> 00:05:52,616 According to the isotope decay 90 00:05:52,686 --> 00:05:55,178 around the scars, it was 18 months ago. 91 00:05:55,255 --> 00:05:56,381 I don't remember that. 92 00:05:56,456 --> 00:05:58,356 Neither do I, and... 93 00:05:58,425 --> 00:05:59,620 neither does the patient. 94 00:05:59,693 --> 00:06:01,161 I checked my medical entries for that period. 95 00:06:01,228 --> 00:06:02,718 There's no mention of surgery. 96 00:06:02,796 --> 00:06:06,027 Could your holo-imager have misinterpreted the scans? 97 00:06:06,099 --> 00:06:07,362 Possibly. 98 00:06:07,434 --> 00:06:10,267 The computer is double-checking the data now. 99 00:06:10,337 --> 00:06:11,361 I'd also like to run 100 00:06:11,438 --> 00:06:13,463 a complete diagnostic on my own program 101 00:06:13,540 --> 00:06:15,872 and have a look at my memory files. 102 00:06:15,942 --> 00:06:17,341 B'Elanna and Harry are both busy 103 00:06:17,410 --> 00:06:18,741 with the plasma relay repairs. 104 00:06:18,812 --> 00:06:20,780 Let's make sure you're next up on the list. 105 00:06:20,847 --> 00:06:22,246 Thank you, Doctor. 106 00:06:31,258 --> 00:06:32,521 Hello, Seven. 107 00:06:32,592 --> 00:06:33,525 Doctor. 108 00:06:33,593 --> 00:06:34,924 I'm here to ask you a favor. 109 00:06:34,995 --> 00:06:36,485 Another time. 110 00:06:36,563 --> 00:06:37,724 I beg your pardon? 111 00:06:37,797 --> 00:06:39,731 I am recalibrating the deflector dish. 112 00:06:39,799 --> 00:06:40,732 Come back tomorrow. 113 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,097 I should be finished by then. 114 00:06:43,169 --> 00:06:45,263 Looks like I'm two for two. 115 00:06:45,338 --> 00:06:48,569 Oh, the Captain's acting like she's allergic to me, 116 00:06:48,642 --> 00:06:49,939 and now my prized pupil 117 00:06:50,076 --> 00:06:52,306 won't even give me the time of day. 118 00:06:55,015 --> 00:06:56,949 State your request. 119 00:06:57,017 --> 00:06:59,543 A little mystery has cropped up-- 120 00:06:59,619 --> 00:07:01,951 evidence that I performed surgery on Ensign Kim 121 00:07:02,022 --> 00:07:05,390 a year and a half ago, before you came aboard. 122 00:07:05,458 --> 00:07:07,893 The trouble is... 123 00:07:07,961 --> 00:07:09,759 I don't remember it. 124 00:07:11,031 --> 00:07:13,363 I wanted you to help me run a self-diagnostic. 125 00:07:14,634 --> 00:07:16,329 1 will assist you... 126 00:07:16,403 --> 00:07:17,871 in one hour. 127 00:07:17,938 --> 00:07:19,838 Fair enough. 128 00:07:31,818 --> 00:07:34,310 Computer, locate the Emergency Medical Hologram. 129 00:07:34,387 --> 00:07:36,321 The EMH is inactive. 130 00:07:36,389 --> 00:07:37,652 Activate him. 131 00:07:37,724 --> 00:07:40,022 Please state the nature of the medical emergency. 132 00:07:40,093 --> 00:07:42,528 I'm here to assist you, as I agreed. 133 00:07:42,595 --> 00:07:45,360 I've run a preliminary diagnostic of your program. 134 00:07:45,432 --> 00:07:47,059 Your suspicions were correct. 135 00:07:47,133 --> 00:07:48,931 I never asked you to run a diagnostic. 136 00:07:49,069 --> 00:07:50,935 Suspicions? What are you talking about? 137 00:07:51,004 --> 00:07:52,836 You don't recall speaking to me 138 00:07:52,906 --> 00:07:55,102 in the Astrometrics Lab one hour ago. 139 00:07:55,175 --> 00:07:56,768 No. 140 00:07:56,843 --> 00:07:57,810 The last I remember, 141 00:07:57,877 --> 00:07:59,811 I was completing the yearly physicals. 142 00:07:59,879 --> 00:08:01,369 You mentioned a neurosurgery 143 00:08:01,448 --> 00:08:03,610 you performed on Ensign Kim 18 months ago. 144 00:08:03,683 --> 00:08:06,243 Computer, locate the holo-scans 145 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:09,186 I took of Ensign Kim this morning. 146 00:08:10,357 --> 00:08:11,791 Any operation would show up on... 147 00:08:11,858 --> 00:08:13,826 Unavailable. That file has been deleted. 148 00:08:15,996 --> 00:08:17,657 Let's have a look at my program. 149 00:08:20,900 --> 00:08:23,835 A deletion in your short-term memory buffer. 150 00:08:23,903 --> 00:08:27,066 Our chat in Astrometrics never got filed. 151 00:08:27,140 --> 00:08:29,165 That's why I can't remember it. 152 00:08:29,242 --> 00:08:30,505 Hmm... 153 00:08:30,577 --> 00:08:32,306 If I were given to paranoia, 154 00:08:32,379 --> 00:08:35,178 I'd say someone is trying to keep me from finding out 155 00:08:35,248 --> 00:08:37,410 what happened 18 months ago. 156 00:08:37,484 --> 00:08:40,146 Hmm... 157 00:08:40,220 --> 00:08:41,517 My photo album. 158 00:08:41,588 --> 00:08:42,749 Doctor... 159 00:08:42,822 --> 00:08:44,620 I was quite a shutterbug back then. 160 00:08:44,691 --> 00:08:45,624 Not a day went by 161 00:08:45,692 --> 00:08:47,922 when I didn't record an image for posterity. 162 00:08:48,028 --> 00:08:48,628 Let's have a walk down memory lane. 163 00:08:48,628 --> 00:08:50,289 Let's have a walk down memory lane. 164 00:08:50,363 --> 00:08:52,024 Meet me on Holodeck 2. 165 00:09:00,273 --> 00:09:02,640 Computer, display all holo-images 166 00:09:02,709 --> 00:09:04,438 taken on Stardate 50979. 167 00:09:04,511 --> 00:09:06,570 Those holo-images have been deleted. 168 00:09:06,646 --> 00:09:07,875 Deleted? 169 00:09:08,014 --> 00:09:09,482 By whom? 170 00:09:09,549 --> 00:09:11,517 Unknown. 171 00:09:13,253 --> 00:09:16,348 I'm detecting residual photons in the holo-buffer. 172 00:09:16,423 --> 00:09:19,085 It may be possible to partially reconstruct 173 00:09:19,159 --> 00:09:20,422 the images. 174 00:09:20,493 --> 00:09:21,722 Try. 175 00:09:24,798 --> 00:09:26,163 I've restored five images. 176 00:09:26,232 --> 00:09:27,791 They are degraded but intact. 177 00:09:27,867 --> 00:09:29,835 Let's see them. 178 00:09:31,805 --> 00:09:33,739 The Mess Hall. 179 00:09:33,807 --> 00:09:34,831 Do you remember this? 180 00:09:34,908 --> 00:09:36,467 No. 181 00:09:36,543 --> 00:09:37,908 Who is that? 182 00:09:38,044 --> 00:09:39,773 The Ensign. 183 00:09:39,846 --> 00:09:41,314 It seems to be her birthday. 184 00:09:42,348 --> 00:09:44,282 I've never seen her before. 185 00:09:47,454 --> 00:09:49,388 The Ensign again. 186 00:09:49,456 --> 00:09:52,255 I never went on a shuttle mission with Harry Kim 187 00:09:52,325 --> 00:09:53,918 and certainly not with her. 188 00:09:56,663 --> 00:09:58,597 And again. 189 00:10:18,184 --> 00:10:21,484 I've isolated your memory files from Stardate 50979. 190 00:10:21,554 --> 00:10:22,749 They weren't deleted? 191 00:10:22,822 --> 00:10:23,914 No. 192 00:10:23,990 --> 00:10:24,923 Then why can't I remember them? 193 00:10:24,991 --> 00:10:26,083 The program was rewritten 194 00:10:26,159 --> 00:10:27,923 to deny you access to those memories. 195 00:10:28,995 --> 00:10:30,588 I'm trying to restore them. 196 00:10:33,566 --> 00:10:34,499 Here, here. 197 00:10:34,567 --> 00:10:35,500 Here, here. 198 00:10:35,568 --> 00:10:36,501 Say, "Cheese." 199 00:10:36,569 --> 00:10:38,401 Cheese. Cheese. 200 00:10:40,340 --> 00:10:41,603 What happened? 201 00:10:41,674 --> 00:10:43,267 I was in the Mess Hall. 202 00:10:43,343 --> 00:10:45,437 The files are difficult to localize. 203 00:10:45,512 --> 00:10:47,640 The memories will be out of sequence. 204 00:10:51,851 --> 00:10:52,784 What was that? 205 00:10:52,852 --> 00:10:54,183 Our sensors are dead. 206 00:10:54,254 --> 00:10:56,086 Make a wish. 207 00:10:57,957 --> 00:10:59,391 They've stopped. 208 00:10:59,459 --> 00:11:01,791 One moment. 209 00:11:04,631 --> 00:11:05,996 Make a wish. 210 00:11:15,875 --> 00:11:18,105 I'm going to kill you. 211 00:11:23,316 --> 00:11:25,182 Ensign, I haven't seen you in months. 212 00:11:25,251 --> 00:11:27,549 The price I pay for staying in good health, I guess. 213 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:30,453 Acetylcholine-- 25 microliters. 214 00:11:33,993 --> 00:11:35,154 It's not helping. 215 00:11:35,228 --> 00:11:37,424 I'm reading massive synaptic failure. 216 00:11:37,497 --> 00:11:39,295 That doesn't make any sense. 217 00:11:46,172 --> 00:11:47,264 This is the last one. 218 00:11:47,340 --> 00:11:48,273 Say, "Cheese." 219 00:11:48,341 --> 00:11:49,308 - Cheese. - Cheese. 220 00:11:58,785 --> 00:12:00,685 Call the Captain. 221 00:12:05,792 --> 00:12:09,057 I don't recognize this species. 222 00:12:09,128 --> 00:12:10,562 Seven? 223 00:12:10,630 --> 00:12:12,428 They are unknown to the Borg. 224 00:12:12,498 --> 00:12:14,728 Perhaps these images have been manipulated. 225 00:12:14,801 --> 00:12:16,064 No. They're real. 226 00:12:16,135 --> 00:12:19,105 The image buffer would've shown signs of tampering. 227 00:12:19,172 --> 00:12:20,697 I have a different theory. 228 00:12:20,773 --> 00:12:23,208 I believe there was an attack on Voyager by this species 229 00:12:23,276 --> 00:12:26,735 and all our memories of the event were erased. 230 00:12:28,314 --> 00:12:30,874 This is the unknown crewman I told you about-- 231 00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:32,714 Ensign Jetal. 232 00:12:32,785 --> 00:12:35,914 The question is: Who was she? 233 00:12:35,989 --> 00:12:39,254 An alien intruder posing as a Starfleet Ensign? 234 00:12:39,325 --> 00:12:42,295 Of course, it's impossible to tell from a photograph, 235 00:12:42,362 --> 00:12:45,457 but one thing is certain-- we are in immediate danger. 236 00:12:45,531 --> 00:12:46,657 How so? 237 00:12:48,334 --> 00:12:49,597 Only a few hours ago, 238 00:12:49,669 --> 00:12:51,763 as I was beginning this investigation, 239 00:12:51,838 --> 00:12:53,806 someone shut down my program 240 00:12:53,873 --> 00:12:57,173 and eliminated all my memories of the last 24 hours. 241 00:12:57,243 --> 00:12:58,972 An intruder may be on board. 242 00:13:01,414 --> 00:13:02,813 Run a deck-by-deck security sweep. 243 00:13:02,882 --> 00:13:04,907 Understood. 244 00:13:04,984 --> 00:13:07,476 Report to the Astrometrics Lab and recalibrate the sensors. 245 00:13:07,553 --> 00:13:11,148 See if you can detect any cloaked vessels nearby. 246 00:13:11,224 --> 00:13:13,318 I'll review the medical records of the rest of the crew. 247 00:13:13,393 --> 00:13:15,555 Ensign Kim may not have been the only one 248 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:17,460 who was injured during the attack. 249 00:13:17,530 --> 00:13:20,022 No. I want you to deactivate yourself for now. 250 00:13:20,099 --> 00:13:22,466 We'll erect a security field around the main computer 251 00:13:22,535 --> 00:13:24,765 and encrypt all pathways leading to your program. 252 00:13:24,837 --> 00:13:26,931 If someone does try to tamper with you again, 253 00:13:27,006 --> 00:13:27,939 I want to be ready. 254 00:13:28,007 --> 00:13:28,940 Captain... 255 00:13:29,008 --> 00:13:30,169 It's for your own safety, Doctor. 256 00:13:30,243 --> 00:13:31,870 Thank you for bringing this to my attention. 257 00:13:31,944 --> 00:13:33,571 You will keep me informed? 258 00:13:33,646 --> 00:13:34,579 Absolutely. 259 00:13:34,647 --> 00:13:36,081 Dismissed. 260 00:13:54,334 --> 00:13:56,496 Computer... transfer my program 261 00:13:56,569 --> 00:13:59,539 from the mobile emitter to the Sick Bay systems. 262 00:13:59,605 --> 00:14:01,073 Transfer complete. 263 00:14:03,943 --> 00:14:05,911 Computer... 264 00:14:09,449 --> 00:14:11,918 Duplicate all of my memory files 265 00:14:11,984 --> 00:14:14,544 recorded within the last 48 hours. 266 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:16,384 Duplication complete. 267 00:14:16,456 --> 00:14:20,552 Now... I'm going off-line. 268 00:14:20,626 --> 00:14:23,926 If my program is altered without my authorization, 269 00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:27,660 reactivate me and restore the duplicate memory files. 270 00:14:27,734 --> 00:14:30,567 Interface with the holo-imaging device. 271 00:14:30,636 --> 00:14:32,331 If anybody enters this room, 272 00:14:32,405 --> 00:14:35,067 commence imaging in five-second intervals. 273 00:14:35,141 --> 00:14:37,576 Acknowledged. 274 00:14:40,813 --> 00:14:43,783 Computer, deactivate EMH. 275 00:15:28,027 --> 00:15:33,727 Please state the nature of the medical emergency. 276 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,235 Hello? 277 00:15:36,302 --> 00:15:38,236 Restoring memory files. 278 00:15:41,874 --> 00:15:43,308 Restoration complete. 279 00:16:16,843 --> 00:16:18,038 Believe me, I was there. 280 00:16:18,110 --> 00:16:19,100 Sowasl. 281 00:16:19,178 --> 00:16:20,907 Commander Chakotay is correct. 282 00:16:21,013 --> 00:16:22,606 Oh? And how would you know? 283 00:16:22,682 --> 00:16:24,517 In my youth, I studied many forms of martial art, 284 00:16:24,517 --> 00:16:25,313 In my youth, I studied many forms of martial art, 285 00:16:25,384 --> 00:16:27,148 including the sumo of Earth. 286 00:16:27,220 --> 00:16:29,245 I've followed the sport ever since. 287 00:16:29,322 --> 00:16:31,086 It was the 77th Emperor's Cup. 288 00:16:31,157 --> 00:16:33,421 Takashi forced Kar-pek out of the circle 289 00:16:33,493 --> 00:16:35,154 in less than three seconds. 290 00:16:35,228 --> 00:16:36,753 I had a fifth row seat. 291 00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:39,389 Then you must have been ordering sake, 292 00:16:39,465 --> 00:16:41,263 because Takashi's knee broke the sand 293 00:16:41,334 --> 00:16:43,393 and the referee gave the match to Kar-pek. 294 00:16:43,469 --> 00:16:44,903 Exactly. 295 00:16:44,971 --> 00:16:47,463 If this is another house call, it'll have to wait. 296 00:16:47,540 --> 00:16:49,838 As you can see, I've got a mutiny on my hands. 297 00:16:49,909 --> 00:16:53,140 A mutiny? I suppose that's better than a conspiracy. 298 00:16:56,549 --> 00:16:57,744 Doctor. 299 00:16:57,817 --> 00:16:59,376 Tell her, Captain. 300 00:16:59,452 --> 00:17:03,184 Describe how you tampered with my program, 301 00:17:03,256 --> 00:17:05,247 how it was you all along. 302 00:17:05,324 --> 00:17:08,419 Perhaps you should accompany me to Sick Bay, Doctor. 303 00:17:09,862 --> 00:17:12,194 Et tu, Tuvok? 304 00:17:12,265 --> 00:17:14,393 You're conspiring against me, all of you. 305 00:17:14,467 --> 00:17:15,764 Why? 306 00:17:18,771 --> 00:17:20,637 In my ready room. 307 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,312 You've been manipulating my program. 308 00:17:29,382 --> 00:17:30,349 Don't deny it. 309 00:17:30,416 --> 00:17:31,781 I don't intend to. 310 00:17:31,851 --> 00:17:34,377 But... the alien ship... the intruder... 311 00:17:34,453 --> 00:17:36,444 Did that attack actually happen? 312 00:17:36,522 --> 00:17:38,889 Yes. You were damaged during the incident. 313 00:17:38,958 --> 00:17:40,790 "Damaged"? 314 00:17:40,860 --> 00:17:42,919 It caused a conflict in your programming 315 00:17:42,995 --> 00:17:44,224 that couldn't be resolved. 316 00:17:44,297 --> 00:17:45,560 What kind of conflict? 317 00:17:45,631 --> 00:17:47,497 I had no choice but to deny you access 318 00:17:47,567 --> 00:17:49,228 to your memories of those events. 319 00:17:49,302 --> 00:17:51,430 What kind of conflict?! 320 00:17:51,504 --> 00:17:52,437 If I told you that, I might 321 00:17:52,505 --> 00:17:53,836 set the whole thing in motion again. 322 00:17:53,906 --> 00:17:55,670 This "conflict" in my programming... 323 00:17:55,741 --> 00:17:57,072 Yes? that's not good enough. 324 00:17:57,143 --> 00:17:58,076 It'll have to be. 325 00:17:58,144 --> 00:17:59,134 Captain! 326 00:17:59,211 --> 00:18:01,236 I've made a command decision for your own benefit 327 00:18:01,314 --> 00:18:02,873 and the welfare of this entire crew. 328 00:18:02,949 --> 00:18:04,110 I'm not willing to debate it. 329 00:18:04,183 --> 00:18:06,117 How would you like it if I operated on you 330 00:18:06,185 --> 00:18:08,415 without your consent or without your knowledge? 331 00:18:08,487 --> 00:18:09,977 If the operation saved my life? 332 00:18:10,056 --> 00:18:11,046 I could live with it. 333 00:18:11,123 --> 00:18:12,022 I don't believe you. 334 00:18:12,091 --> 00:18:13,991 You'd feel as violated as I do right now. 335 00:18:14,060 --> 00:18:16,495 Whether you believe me or not is beside the point. 336 00:18:16,562 --> 00:18:17,791 A year and a half ago, 337 00:18:17,863 --> 00:18:20,491 the only solution was to rewrite your program. 338 00:18:20,566 --> 00:18:23,297 I have to perform that same procedure now. 339 00:18:23,369 --> 00:18:24,734 That isn't fair. 340 00:18:24,804 --> 00:18:26,738 You're malfunctioning 341 00:18:26,806 --> 00:18:28,900 and you need to be repaired. 342 00:18:29,008 --> 00:18:32,171 Return to Sick Bay and wait for my orders. 343 00:18:57,436 --> 00:18:58,369 Doctor. 344 00:18:58,437 --> 00:19:00,166 What's happening? 345 00:19:00,239 --> 00:19:02,105 What are you doing? 346 00:19:02,174 --> 00:19:03,869 Lieutenant Torres requires a copy 347 00:19:03,943 --> 00:19:05,570 of your most recent memory files, 348 00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:06,806 including the backups. 349 00:19:06,879 --> 00:19:08,472 You're going to rewrite my program. 350 00:19:08,547 --> 00:19:10,311 The Captain thinks it's for the best. 351 00:19:10,383 --> 00:19:11,782 I'm sorry. 352 00:19:11,851 --> 00:19:12,784 B'Elanna and Seven 353 00:19:12,852 --> 00:19:14,513 are setting up the procedure right now. 354 00:19:14,587 --> 00:19:16,487 In the meantime, you're to brief 355 00:19:16,555 --> 00:19:19,855 Mr. Paris about any experiments you're performing, any tests. 356 00:19:19,925 --> 00:19:21,723 I'll be filling in while your program's off-line. 357 00:19:27,066 --> 00:19:31,469 Okay. So, you're running some kind of cell analysis? 358 00:19:31,537 --> 00:19:33,005 Yes. 359 00:19:33,072 --> 00:19:34,403 Well, let's take a look. 360 00:19:34,473 --> 00:19:36,032 What happened 18 months ago? 361 00:19:36,108 --> 00:19:37,075 Doc... 362 00:19:37,143 --> 00:19:38,838 Why won't the Captain tell me? 363 00:19:39,912 --> 00:19:41,676 She has her reasons. 364 00:19:41,747 --> 00:19:43,511 And you agree with her? 365 00:19:45,151 --> 00:19:49,554 I was there... and, yes, I agree with her. 366 00:20:24,623 --> 00:20:25,954 Come in. 367 00:20:29,795 --> 00:20:32,890 Are you having a little trouble regenerating? 368 00:20:32,965 --> 00:20:36,333 My alcove is functioning properly. 369 00:20:36,402 --> 00:20:39,565 I am having trouble with the nature of individuality. 370 00:20:41,207 --> 00:20:44,074 There's a time and a place for philosophical discussion. 371 00:20:44,143 --> 00:20:46,578 2:00 in the morning in my quarters isn't one of them, 372 00:20:46,645 --> 00:20:48,079 but I'll tell you what. 373 00:20:48,147 --> 00:20:49,979 Meet me in the Mess Hall tomorrow... 374 00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:51,572 Tomorrow will be too late. 375 00:20:51,650 --> 00:20:54,915 We'll have already rewritten the Doctor's program by then. 376 00:20:58,290 --> 00:21:01,089 And violated his rights as an individual. 377 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:03,060 Precisely. 378 00:21:03,129 --> 00:21:05,689 If you've come to act as my conscience, 379 00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:07,233 you're a little late. 380 00:21:07,299 --> 00:21:09,927 I considered these issues 18 months ago, 381 00:21:10,035 --> 00:21:12,163 as I did again this morning. 382 00:21:12,238 --> 00:21:14,536 I came to the same conclusion. 383 00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:16,234 Your conclusion is wrong. 384 00:21:21,914 --> 00:21:24,281 Coffee, black. 385 00:21:32,758 --> 00:21:33,953 Lukewarm. 386 00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:36,358 Now I've told that replicator a dozen times 387 00:21:36,428 --> 00:21:38,624 about the temperature of my coffee. 388 00:21:38,697 --> 00:21:41,598 It just doesn't seem to want to listen... 389 00:21:41,667 --> 00:21:44,159 almost as if it's got a mind of its own, 390 00:21:44,236 --> 00:21:46,170 but it doesn't. 391 00:21:46,238 --> 00:21:47,763 A replicator operates 392 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,707 through a series of electronic pathways 393 00:21:50,776 --> 00:21:52,210 that allow it 394 00:21:52,278 --> 00:21:55,373 to receive instructions and take appropriate action, 395 00:21:55,447 --> 00:21:57,677 and there you go-- a cup of coffee, 396 00:21:57,750 --> 00:21:59,980 a bowl of soup, a plasma conduit-- 397 00:22:00,085 --> 00:22:02,053 whatever we tell it to do. 398 00:22:02,121 --> 00:22:06,251 As difficult as it is to accept... 399 00:22:06,325 --> 00:22:08,817 the Doctor is more like that replicator 400 00:22:08,894 --> 00:22:09,929 than he is like us. 401 00:22:09,929 --> 00:22:10,395 than he is like us. 402 00:22:10,462 --> 00:22:11,896 He would disagree. 403 00:22:11,964 --> 00:22:13,159 I'm sure he would, 404 00:22:13,232 --> 00:22:16,099 but I can't let that change my decision. 405 00:22:16,168 --> 00:22:17,795 I learned that the hard way 406 00:22:17,870 --> 00:22:20,202 when his program almost self-destructed. 407 00:22:20,272 --> 00:22:22,036 I won't take that risk again. 408 00:22:22,107 --> 00:22:24,075 The risk isn't yours to take. 409 00:22:24,143 --> 00:22:27,135 If one of my crew chose to put a phaser 410 00:22:27,213 --> 00:22:29,841 to his own head, should I let him? 411 00:22:29,915 --> 00:22:32,407 It would depend on the situation. 412 00:22:32,484 --> 00:22:35,886 It always depends on the situation, Seven, 413 00:22:35,955 --> 00:22:39,414 but we can debate philosophy another time. 414 00:22:41,493 --> 00:22:43,928 When you separated me from the collective, 415 00:22:43,996 --> 00:22:45,259 I was an unknown risk 416 00:22:45,331 --> 00:22:48,858 to your crew, yet you kept me on board, 417 00:22:48,934 --> 00:22:51,403 you allowed me to evolve into an individual. 418 00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:53,302 You're a human being. 419 00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:55,101 He's a hologram. 420 00:22:55,174 --> 00:22:58,405 And you allowed that hologram to evolve as well, 421 00:22:58,477 --> 00:23:00,741 to exceed his original programming, 422 00:23:00,813 --> 00:23:02,907 and yet, now you choose to abandon him. 423 00:23:02,982 --> 00:23:05,679 Objection noted. 424 00:23:05,751 --> 00:23:07,583 Good night. 425 00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:14,019 It is unsettling. 426 00:23:16,495 --> 00:23:20,728 You say that I am a human being and yet, I am also Borg... 427 00:23:20,799 --> 00:23:23,791 part of me not unlike your replicator... 428 00:23:23,869 --> 00:23:27,567 not unlike the Doctor. 429 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,406 Will you one day choose to abandon me as well? 430 00:23:31,477 --> 00:23:33,605 I have always looked 431 00:23:33,679 --> 00:23:39,140 to you as my example-- my guide to humanity. 432 00:23:39,218 --> 00:23:42,518 Perhaps I've been mistaken. 433 00:23:42,588 --> 00:23:44,488 Good night. 434 00:24:11,617 --> 00:24:14,712 I'd like to think I made my decision 18 months ago 435 00:24:14,787 --> 00:24:16,414 for all the right reasons. 436 00:24:16,488 --> 00:24:21,858 The truth is, my own biases about what you are 437 00:24:21,927 --> 00:24:24,624 have just as much to do with it. 438 00:24:24,697 --> 00:24:25,892 At the very least, 439 00:24:25,965 --> 00:24:28,935 you deserve to know exactly what happened... 440 00:24:29,034 --> 00:24:31,196 if you're willing. 441 00:24:44,783 --> 00:24:46,251 I'm ready. 442 00:25:03,635 --> 00:25:05,569 You're standing on my foot. 443 00:25:05,637 --> 00:25:06,832 I am not. 444 00:25:06,905 --> 00:25:08,304 Shh... 445 00:25:09,942 --> 00:25:11,137 If you ask me, they should have 446 00:25:11,210 --> 00:25:12,302 just locked the turbolift... 447 00:25:12,378 --> 00:25:14,142 Neelix... the power's down. 448 00:25:14,213 --> 00:25:16,580 Jetal to Torres. 449 00:25:16,648 --> 00:25:18,173 Uh, go ahead, Ensign. 450 00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:20,446 Or should I say... 451 00:25:20,519 --> 00:25:22,453 Surprise! 452 00:25:32,765 --> 00:25:34,494 I'm going to kill you. 453 00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:37,430 I want you to go along 454 00:25:37,503 --> 00:25:39,335 on a few of the shuttle surveys... 455 00:25:39,405 --> 00:25:40,770 if I can talk you into it. 456 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:41,931 Another away mission? 457 00:25:42,041 --> 00:25:43,236 Certainly. I'm flattered. 458 00:25:43,308 --> 00:25:44,673 I guess the birthday girl and I 459 00:25:44,743 --> 00:25:46,507 get the pleasure of your company, Doc. 460 00:25:46,578 --> 00:25:48,410 You launch at 1900 hours, 461 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:49,538 Shuttle Bay 1. 462 00:25:51,150 --> 00:25:52,447 Hello, Doctor. 463 00:25:52,518 --> 00:25:53,917 Ensign Jetal. 464 00:25:53,986 --> 00:25:56,080 I haven't seen you in months. 465 00:25:56,155 --> 00:25:58,487 The price I pay for staying in good health. 466 00:25:58,557 --> 00:26:01,754 So, keeping busy down on Deck 11? 467 00:26:01,827 --> 00:26:03,056 Too busy. 468 00:26:03,128 --> 00:26:05,358 We're modifying one of the shuttles, 469 00:26:05,431 --> 00:26:08,093 making it more maneuverable and more... cool. 470 00:26:08,167 --> 00:26:11,467 Hmm... I see you've been working with Mr. Paris. 471 00:26:11,537 --> 00:26:13,164 My condolences. 472 00:26:13,238 --> 00:26:16,833 I thought I picked up a slight distortion in subspace, 473 00:26:16,909 --> 00:26:18,900 but it's not there anymore. 474 00:26:18,977 --> 00:26:20,877 Nothing on our long-range sensors, 475 00:26:20,946 --> 00:26:22,345 but a few hydrogen atoms. 476 00:26:24,516 --> 00:26:26,143 Candid shot? 477 00:26:26,218 --> 00:26:27,686 Try to look natural. 478 00:26:27,753 --> 00:26:29,551 At least it's my good side. 479 00:26:33,659 --> 00:26:35,423 Let's get one of the group. 480 00:26:43,702 --> 00:26:45,636 This is the last one. 481 00:26:45,704 --> 00:26:46,728 Say "Cheese." 482 00:26:46,805 --> 00:26:47,931 Cheese. 483 00:26:48,006 --> 00:26:50,031 Doctor, I have a shuttle to fly. 484 00:26:50,109 --> 00:26:51,372 Ah, yes. 485 00:26:54,046 --> 00:26:55,707 What was that? 486 00:26:55,781 --> 00:26:57,340 Our sensors are dead. 487 00:26:57,416 --> 00:26:58,349 Power's being drained. 488 00:26:58,417 --> 00:26:59,885 Shields and weapons are off-line. 489 00:26:59,952 --> 00:27:00,817 How?! 490 00:27:34,186 --> 00:27:35,745 Doctor to Voyager. Mayday. 491 00:27:35,821 --> 00:27:37,516 We're under attack! 492 00:27:37,589 --> 00:27:38,852 I've got wounded. Mayday! 493 00:27:38,924 --> 00:27:40,414 Acknowledged, Doctor. 494 00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:42,586 Set navigational controls to return to Voyager. 495 00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:43,822 Commander, can you hear me? 496 00:27:43,896 --> 00:27:44,920 Doctor, please respond. 497 00:27:45,063 --> 00:27:46,155 Hello?! 498 00:27:46,231 --> 00:27:47,926 Computer, engage auto navigation. 499 00:27:48,066 --> 00:27:50,364 Lay in a course for Voyager, full impulse. 500 00:27:50,435 --> 00:27:51,368 Doctor... 501 00:27:51,436 --> 00:27:52,369 Stay calm. 502 00:27:52,437 --> 00:27:54,929 That weapon carried quite a punch. 503 00:27:55,073 --> 00:27:56,302 Is she okay? 504 00:27:56,375 --> 00:27:58,275 She's unconscious. 505 00:27:58,343 --> 00:27:59,742 Voyager... 506 00:27:59,811 --> 00:28:01,438 We've lost contact. 507 00:28:03,482 --> 00:28:05,075 I sent that alien back to his ship. 508 00:28:05,150 --> 00:28:06,515 You think they'd be grateful. 509 00:28:06,585 --> 00:28:09,748 You should have beamed... him... into space. 510 00:28:09,821 --> 00:28:12,916 I'm not in the business of killing people, Ensign. 511 00:28:14,493 --> 00:28:15,688 Synaptic shock...? 512 00:28:15,761 --> 00:28:17,923 But there was no neural damage. 513 00:28:19,398 --> 00:28:20,866 Mr. Kim! 514 00:28:20,933 --> 00:28:22,458 I don't understand! 515 00:28:25,704 --> 00:28:27,365 Oh, no! 516 00:28:33,445 --> 00:28:36,540 Doctor, stand by for transport. 517 00:28:36,615 --> 00:28:38,879 Beam us directly to Sick Bay. 518 00:28:44,690 --> 00:28:47,091 Prepare these people for surgery. 519 00:28:51,230 --> 00:28:52,664 Here, what happened? 520 00:28:52,731 --> 00:28:53,789 We were fired on. 521 00:28:53,865 --> 00:28:55,697 There's something wrong with their nervous systems. 522 00:28:55,767 --> 00:28:57,428 We've got to stabilize their synapses. 523 00:28:57,502 --> 00:28:59,129 Get me a choline compound. 524 00:28:59,204 --> 00:29:00,194 Which choline compound? 525 00:29:00,272 --> 00:29:01,330 It doesn't matter. 526 00:29:01,406 --> 00:29:02,931 Just make sure it's a pure base. 527 00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:11,178 Her spinal cord's deteriorating. 528 00:29:13,619 --> 00:29:15,986 Same rate of collapse. 529 00:29:16,054 --> 00:29:19,581 Acetylcholine-- 25 microliters. 530 00:29:22,728 --> 00:29:23,889 It's not helping. 531 00:29:23,962 --> 00:29:25,691 I'm reading massive synaptic failure. 532 00:29:26,765 --> 00:29:28,790 This doesn't make any sense. 533 00:29:29,868 --> 00:29:31,393 Paris to Engineering. 534 00:29:31,470 --> 00:29:33,871 Transfer all available power to Sick Bay. 535 00:29:33,939 --> 00:29:35,236 Acknowledged. 536 00:29:36,375 --> 00:29:37,900 Some kind of plasmic energy 537 00:29:37,976 --> 00:29:40,377 is arcing between their neural membranes. 538 00:29:40,445 --> 00:29:43,779 That weapon... it was designed to do this. 539 00:29:43,849 --> 00:29:46,682 To leave a residual charge in the victim's body? 540 00:29:46,752 --> 00:29:49,187 An energy pulse that remains in the neural membranes, 541 00:29:49,254 --> 00:29:50,881 working its way up the spinal cord 542 00:29:50,956 --> 00:29:52,424 and into the brain. 543 00:29:52,491 --> 00:29:53,788 They'll be dead in minutes 544 00:29:53,859 --> 00:29:55,554 if we don't find a way to stop it. 545 00:29:55,627 --> 00:29:57,686 I've got to protect their brain functions. 546 00:29:57,763 --> 00:29:59,197 His neocortex is failing. 547 00:29:59,264 --> 00:30:00,629 A spinal shunt. 548 00:30:00,699 --> 00:30:03,828 I'll isolate the spinal cord from the brain stem... 549 00:30:03,902 --> 00:30:05,529 until I can repair the cellular damage. 550 00:30:05,604 --> 00:30:08,301 But I don't have time to perform the procedure on both of them. 551 00:30:08,373 --> 00:30:09,306 Then talk me through it. 552 00:30:09,374 --> 00:30:10,307 We'll do them together. 553 00:30:10,375 --> 00:30:11,308 It's too complex. 554 00:30:11,376 --> 00:30:12,366 Then make a choice, 555 00:30:12,444 --> 00:30:13,673 before we lose them both! 556 00:30:20,018 --> 00:30:22,419 Subdermal scalpel. 557 00:30:30,429 --> 00:30:32,420 Bioelectric field generator. 558 00:30:40,072 --> 00:30:41,733 His vital signs are stabilizing... 559 00:30:45,210 --> 00:30:46,575 It's working. 560 00:30:46,645 --> 00:30:47,908 Cellular regenerator. 561 00:30:58,023 --> 00:31:01,084 His neural membranes are reestablishing themselves. 562 00:31:01,159 --> 00:31:03,355 Good... good. 563 00:31:25,984 --> 00:31:27,884 The attack... 564 00:31:27,953 --> 00:31:30,581 how did it end? 565 00:31:30,655 --> 00:31:32,419 Were there more casualties? 566 00:31:34,025 --> 00:31:37,893 We exchanged fire for another few minutes, 567 00:31:37,963 --> 00:31:40,364 then the aliens withdrew. 568 00:31:40,432 --> 00:31:43,663 There was only one casualty... 569 00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:45,260 Ensign Jetal. 570 00:31:48,607 --> 00:31:50,439 I don't mean to seem unfeeling, 571 00:31:50,509 --> 00:31:53,604 but I'm programmed to accept the loss of a patient 572 00:31:53,678 --> 00:31:55,806 with professional detachment. 573 00:32:08,693 --> 00:32:10,354 We are assembled here today 574 00:32:10,429 --> 00:32:13,160 to pay final respects to our honored dead... 575 00:32:13,231 --> 00:32:15,598 Ensign Ahni Jetal. 576 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:20,434 Her intelligence and her charm have made our long journey home 577 00:32:20,505 --> 00:32:22,166 seem not quite so long. 578 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,505 As she continues on a journey of her own, 579 00:32:25,577 --> 00:32:28,137 we will keep her in our hearts... 580 00:32:28,213 --> 00:32:30,011 and in our memories. 581 00:32:39,558 --> 00:32:41,390 We're low on synthetic antigens 582 00:32:41,460 --> 00:32:42,928 and I'm sorry to report, 583 00:32:42,994 --> 00:32:45,190 many of the medicinal plants you've collected 584 00:32:45,263 --> 00:32:47,527 over the past several months were destroyed as well. 585 00:32:47,599 --> 00:32:50,159 I have some herbs in storage you might be able to use. 586 00:32:50,235 --> 00:32:51,828 Been holding out on me? 587 00:32:51,903 --> 00:32:52,961 No. 588 00:32:53,038 --> 00:32:54,938 I was keeping them around just in case. 589 00:32:55,006 --> 00:32:56,337 Good planning. 590 00:32:56,408 --> 00:32:58,274 As for the antigens, I'll have 591 00:32:58,343 --> 00:33:00,710 to start replicating them in batches. 592 00:33:00,779 --> 00:33:02,873 Which do you want first? 593 00:33:02,948 --> 00:33:05,417 Decisions, decisions. 594 00:33:10,055 --> 00:33:11,682 How do you make a decision, Mr. Neelix? 595 00:33:11,756 --> 00:33:13,884 In general, I mean. 596 00:33:13,959 --> 00:33:17,918 I guess I weigh the alternatives and try to decide which is best. 597 00:33:18,063 --> 00:33:21,829 Which is best? 598 00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:23,925 How do you determine that? 599 00:33:24,069 --> 00:33:26,197 I never thought about it, really. 600 00:33:26,271 --> 00:33:27,898 Well, maybe you should-- 601 00:33:27,973 --> 00:33:29,907 think about it, I mean. 602 00:33:29,975 --> 00:33:32,273 I guess every situation is a little different. 603 00:33:32,344 --> 00:33:33,937 For me, it's rather simple. 604 00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:35,878 While I'm faced with a decision, 605 00:33:35,947 --> 00:33:37,915 my program calculates the variables 606 00:33:37,983 --> 00:33:39,075 and I take action. 607 00:33:39,150 --> 00:33:41,710 For example, what could be simpler 608 00:33:41,786 --> 00:33:43,845 then a triage situation in Sick Bay? 609 00:33:43,922 --> 00:33:48,120 Two patients, for example, both injured, for example, 610 00:33:48,193 --> 00:33:51,424 both in imminent danger of dying. 611 00:33:51,496 --> 00:33:53,464 Calculate the variables. 612 00:33:53,532 --> 00:33:57,093 My program needs to ascertain which patient 613 00:33:57,168 --> 00:34:00,069 has the greater chance of survival, 614 00:34:00,138 --> 00:34:01,833 and that's the one I treat. 615 00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:04,035 - Oh! - Oh! 616 00:34:04,109 --> 00:34:05,907 Simple. 617 00:34:05,977 --> 00:34:12,041 But... what if they have an equal chance of survival? 618 00:34:12,117 --> 00:34:14,518 What then? 619 00:34:14,586 --> 00:34:15,883 Hmm? 620 00:34:15,954 --> 00:34:17,353 Flip a coin? 621 00:34:17,422 --> 00:34:18,753 Pick a card? 622 00:34:18,823 --> 00:34:19,658 Doctor... 623 00:34:19,658 --> 00:34:19,817 Doctor... 624 00:34:19,891 --> 00:34:20,881 Oh, I'm all right. 625 00:34:20,959 --> 00:34:22,449 I'm a hologram. I don't get injured. 626 00:34:22,527 --> 00:34:24,757 I don't feel pain. I don't die. 627 00:34:24,829 --> 00:34:27,890 Unlike some people I could tell you about. 628 00:34:27,966 --> 00:34:30,663 For example, two patients, 629 00:34:30,735 --> 00:34:31,930 both injured, 630 00:34:32,003 --> 00:34:36,531 both in imminent danger of... 631 00:34:36,608 --> 00:34:38,337 Don't touch me. 632 00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:39,571 I'm a hologram. 633 00:34:39,644 --> 00:34:41,442 Photonic energy. Don't waste your time. 634 00:34:41,513 --> 00:34:42,742 Neelix to Security. 635 00:34:42,814 --> 00:34:44,077 Send a team to the Mess Hall, please. 636 00:34:44,149 --> 00:34:46,914 A whole team, Mr. Neelix? 637 00:34:46,985 --> 00:34:49,477 Throwing a little party, are we? 638 00:34:49,554 --> 00:34:52,785 Why, I attended a party just recently. 639 00:34:52,857 --> 00:34:55,883 A birthday party for a very nice young woman. 640 00:34:55,961 --> 00:34:59,295 I made a decision there, too. 641 00:34:59,364 --> 00:35:00,832 Several of them, in fact. 642 00:35:00,899 --> 00:35:02,594 When I came through the door, 643 00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:03,759 do I turn right 644 00:35:03,835 --> 00:35:05,269 or do I turn left? 645 00:35:05,337 --> 00:35:08,796 As I recall, I decided on... the latter. 646 00:35:08,873 --> 00:35:10,136 Then, what should I see before me, 647 00:35:10,208 --> 00:35:11,266 but the hors d'oeuvre tray? 648 00:35:11,343 --> 00:35:12,606 And another decision-- 649 00:35:12,677 --> 00:35:17,080 "Do I take a canapé... or refuse?" 650 00:35:17,148 --> 00:35:19,116 Oh. That's an easy one. I'm a hologram-- I don't eat. 651 00:35:19,184 --> 00:35:20,674 Something's wrong with him. 652 00:35:20,752 --> 00:35:21,685 Don't you know it's rude 653 00:35:21,753 --> 00:35:23,243 to refer to somebody in the third person? 654 00:35:23,321 --> 00:35:25,153 You had a choice, Mr. Neelix-- 655 00:35:25,223 --> 00:35:27,817 "Should I do something rude or not do something rude?" 656 00:35:27,892 --> 00:35:30,793 Doctor, we must return to Sick Bay. 657 00:35:30,862 --> 00:35:32,091 Why should I? 658 00:35:32,163 --> 00:35:34,291 What if I don't want to return to Sick Bay? 659 00:35:34,366 --> 00:35:38,234 What if I decide not to return to Sick Bay? 660 00:35:38,303 --> 00:35:40,533 No. I don't choose this. 661 00:35:40,605 --> 00:35:42,403 Leave me alone! Let me go! 662 00:35:42,474 --> 00:35:44,033 Why did she have to die? 663 00:35:44,109 --> 00:35:45,304 Why did I kill her?! 664 00:35:45,377 --> 00:35:47,243 Why did I decide to kill her?! Why?! 665 00:35:47,312 --> 00:35:48,837 Somebody tell me why! 666 00:35:48,913 --> 00:35:51,575 It was downhill from there. 667 00:35:51,650 --> 00:35:53,584 You developed a feedback loop 668 00:35:53,652 --> 00:35:56,178 between your ethical and cognitive subroutines. 669 00:35:56,254 --> 00:35:58,052 You were having the same thoughts 670 00:35:58,123 --> 00:35:59,215 over and over again. 671 00:35:59,290 --> 00:36:00,780 We couldn't stop it. 672 00:36:00,859 --> 00:36:04,261 Our only option was to erase your memories of those events. 673 00:36:04,329 --> 00:36:06,263 You were right. 674 00:36:06,331 --> 00:36:09,028 I didn't deserve to keep those memories... 675 00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:10,431 not after what I did. 676 00:36:10,502 --> 00:36:12,368 You were performing your duty. 677 00:36:12,437 --> 00:36:14,565 Two patients-- which do I kill? 678 00:36:14,639 --> 00:36:16,630 - Doctor... - "Doctor"? Hardly. 679 00:36:16,708 --> 00:36:19,234 A doctor retains his objectivity. 680 00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:20,903 I didn't do that, did I? 681 00:36:21,012 --> 00:36:23,640 Two patients, equal chances of survival, 682 00:36:23,715 --> 00:36:25,911 and I chose the one I was closer to? 683 00:36:26,051 --> 00:36:27,314 I chose my friend? 684 00:36:27,385 --> 00:36:28,853 That's not in my programming. 685 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:30,888 That's not what I was designed to do! 686 00:36:30,955 --> 00:36:32,047 Go ahead! 687 00:36:32,123 --> 00:36:33,750 Reprogram me! I'll lend you a hand! 688 00:36:33,825 --> 00:36:35,259 Let's start with this very day, 689 00:36:35,326 --> 00:36:36,418 this hour, this second! 690 00:36:36,494 --> 00:36:39,122 Computer, deactivate the EMH. 691 00:36:43,301 --> 00:36:45,133 Here we go again. 692 00:36:47,706 --> 00:36:49,470 Captain? 693 00:36:49,541 --> 00:36:53,478 It's as though there's a battle being fought inside him... 694 00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:56,640 between his original programming 695 00:36:56,715 --> 00:36:59,741 and what he's become. 696 00:36:59,818 --> 00:37:04,380 Our solution was to end that battle. 697 00:37:04,456 --> 00:37:06,584 What if we were wrong? 698 00:37:06,658 --> 00:37:08,592 We've seen what happens to him. 699 00:37:08,660 --> 00:37:10,492 In fact, we've seen it twice. 700 00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:14,863 Still... we allowed him to evolve, 701 00:37:14,933 --> 00:37:17,368 and at the first sign of trouble... 702 00:37:22,340 --> 00:37:26,106 We gave him a soul, B'Elanna. 703 00:37:26,177 --> 00:37:28,908 Do we have the right to take it away now? 704 00:37:29,047 --> 00:37:32,847 We gave him personality subroutines. 705 00:37:32,917 --> 00:37:35,113 I'd hardly call that a soul. 706 00:38:14,793 --> 00:38:16,056 Captain. 707 00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:18,858 I'm having trouble... 708 00:38:18,930 --> 00:38:21,729 with the nature of individuality. 709 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,633 You require a philosophical discussion. 710 00:38:24,702 --> 00:38:26,534 There's a time and a place for it. 711 00:38:26,604 --> 00:38:28,231 This is one of them. 712 00:38:31,276 --> 00:38:34,177 After I freed you from the collective... 713 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:39,180 you were transformed. 714 00:38:39,250 --> 00:38:41,685 It's been a difficult process. 715 00:38:43,221 --> 00:38:45,087 Was it worth it? 716 00:38:45,156 --> 00:38:47,056 I had no choice. 717 00:38:47,125 --> 00:38:48,820 That's not what I asked you. 718 00:38:52,230 --> 00:38:54,562 If I could change what happened... 719 00:38:54,632 --> 00:38:57,761 erase what you did to me... would 1? 720 00:39:02,173 --> 00:39:03,538 No. 721 00:39:06,244 --> 00:39:09,236 Captain's Log, supplemental. 722 00:39:09,314 --> 00:39:12,079 Our Doctor is now our patient. 723 00:39:12,150 --> 00:39:14,084 It's been two weeks since I've ordered 724 00:39:14,152 --> 00:39:15,881 a round-the-clock vigil. 725 00:39:15,987 --> 00:39:18,854 A crew member has stayed with him at all times, 726 00:39:18,923 --> 00:39:22,382 offering a sounding board and a familiar presence, 727 00:39:22,460 --> 00:39:24,121 while he struggles to understand 728 00:39:24,195 --> 00:39:26,425 his memories and his thoughts. 729 00:39:26,497 --> 00:39:30,263 The chances of recovery-- uncertain. 730 00:39:41,012 --> 00:39:44,209 The more I think about it, the more I realize 731 00:39:44,282 --> 00:39:47,445 there's nothing I could've done differently. 732 00:39:50,021 --> 00:39:51,819 What do you mean? 733 00:39:51,890 --> 00:39:56,623 The primordial atom burst, sending out its radiation, 734 00:39:56,694 --> 00:39:58,924 setting everything in motion. 735 00:39:59,030 --> 00:40:01,624 One particle collides with another, 736 00:40:01,699 --> 00:40:04,498 gases expand, planets contract 737 00:40:04,569 --> 00:40:06,128 and before you know it, 738 00:40:06,204 --> 00:40:08,502 we've got starships and holodecks 739 00:40:08,573 --> 00:40:10,701 and... chicken soup. 740 00:40:10,775 --> 00:40:14,643 In fact, you can't help but have starships 741 00:40:14,712 --> 00:40:16,476 and holodecks and chicken soup, 742 00:40:16,547 --> 00:40:20,040 because it was all determined 20 billion years ago! 743 00:40:20,118 --> 00:40:23,144 There is a certain logic to your logic. 744 00:40:25,523 --> 00:40:26,922 Progress? 745 00:40:26,991 --> 00:40:29,926 I'm not sure if he's making any sense of this experience, 746 00:40:29,994 --> 00:40:32,793 or if his program's just running in circles. 747 00:40:32,864 --> 00:40:34,855 You've been here for 16 hours. 748 00:40:34,933 --> 00:40:37,630 Let me continue while you rest. 749 00:40:37,702 --> 00:40:39,636 I'll be all right. 750 00:40:39,704 --> 00:40:41,672 Go back to the Bridge. 751 00:40:54,519 --> 00:40:56,988 How can you read at a time like this? 752 00:40:57,088 --> 00:40:59,216 It helps me think. 753 00:40:59,324 --> 00:41:02,316 Think? What do you need to think about? 754 00:41:02,393 --> 00:41:07,024 You. This book is relevant to your situation. 755 00:41:07,098 --> 00:41:10,068 Oh? What is it? 756 00:41:11,869 --> 00:41:14,634 Poetry... written on Earth 757 00:41:14,706 --> 00:41:19,405 a thousand years ago-- La Vita Nuova. 758 00:41:19,477 --> 00:41:22,879 La Vita Nuova-- "The New Life"? Ha! 759 00:41:22,947 --> 00:41:25,211 Tell that to Ensign Jetal. 760 00:41:26,417 --> 00:41:28,511 Actually... 761 00:41:28,586 --> 00:41:29,253 I killed her countless times. 762 00:41:29,253 --> 00:41:30,687 I killed her countless times. 763 00:41:32,724 --> 00:41:34,590 What do you mean? 764 00:41:34,659 --> 00:41:37,890 Causality, probability. 765 00:41:37,962 --> 00:41:42,058 For every action, there's an infinite number of reactions, 766 00:41:42,133 --> 00:41:45,899 and in each one of them, I killed her! 767 00:41:48,773 --> 00:41:50,741 Or did I? 768 00:41:55,246 --> 00:41:58,011 Too many possibilities... 769 00:41:59,417 --> 00:42:02,409 too many pathways for my program to follow... 770 00:42:04,355 --> 00:42:06,517 impossible to choose... 771 00:42:10,061 --> 00:42:12,723 Still, 1... 772 00:42:12,797 --> 00:42:16,233 I can't live with the knowledge of what I've done. 773 00:42:16,300 --> 00:42:18,268 I can't. 774 00:42:20,705 --> 00:42:22,173 Captain? 775 00:42:26,411 --> 00:42:28,505 - Captain? - Oh, sorry. 776 00:42:28,579 --> 00:42:30,775 How could you sleep at a time like this? 777 00:42:30,848 --> 00:42:32,373 Well, it's been a long day. 778 00:42:32,450 --> 00:42:33,679 You were saying...? 779 00:42:33,751 --> 00:42:34,775 What's wrong? 780 00:42:34,852 --> 00:42:36,217 Nothing. 781 00:42:36,287 --> 00:42:37,379 You're ill. 782 00:42:37,455 --> 00:42:38,547 I have a headache. 783 00:42:38,623 --> 00:42:39,715 Fever. You have 784 00:42:39,791 --> 00:42:41,384 - a fever. I'll live. 785 00:42:41,459 --> 00:42:42,756 - Medical emergency! - Doctor... 786 00:42:42,827 --> 00:42:44,659 Someone's got to treat you immediately. 787 00:42:44,729 --> 00:42:47,391 Call Mr. Paris. You've got to get to Sick Bay! 788 00:42:47,465 --> 00:42:48,432 Doctor... 789 00:42:49,734 --> 00:42:52,362 I'm a little busy right now... 790 00:42:52,437 --> 00:42:54,462 helping a friend. 791 00:42:59,510 --> 00:43:03,105 I... I'll be all right. 792 00:43:03,181 --> 00:43:07,448 Go. Sleep. Please. 793 00:43:07,518 --> 00:43:09,577 I'll still be here in the morning. 794 00:43:09,654 --> 00:43:11,918 Sure? 795 00:43:12,056 --> 00:43:14,684 Yes. Please. 796 00:43:14,759 --> 00:43:18,696 I don't want to be responsible for any more suffering. 797 00:43:35,847 --> 00:43:38,111 Good night. 798 00:43:38,182 --> 00:43:39,946 If you need anything... 799 00:43:40,051 --> 00:43:41,519 I'll call. 800 00:43:41,586 --> 00:43:43,054 Thank you, Captain. 801 00:44:25,863 --> 00:44:32,132 "In that book which is my memory... 802 00:44:32,203 --> 00:44:34,797 "On the first page of the chapter 803 00:44:34,872 --> 00:44:38,809 "that is the day when I first met you... 804 00:44:40,845 --> 00:44:47,080 Appear the words, ‘Here begins a new life.™