The Best Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 14 Quotes

- Lieutenant Wright has effectively fused the incongruities of the surrealists with the irrationality of dadaism.

[Chief Inspector Krag has demanded from Picard to extradite Riker for trial]
Inspector: He will be given a chance to prove his innocence.
Captain: Investigator, in our system of jurisprudence, a man *is* innocent, until proved guilty.
Inspector: In ours, he is guilty until he is proved innocent. And you are under *our* jurisdiction.

[Riker has been accused of killing Dr. Apgar]
Wesley: It wasn't the Commander's phaser, it couldn't have been! There's another answer. We're just not seeing it.

- But her version puts a noose around my neck.
- This is healing beautifully.
- I think you can work on strengthening those muscles again.
- Worf [over com]: Security to Dr. Crusher. Evacuate.
- Repeat, evacuate.
- Radiation emissions are indicated in sickbay.

- Picard: Space, the final frontier.
- These are the voyages of the starship enterprise.
- Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.

Commander William T. Riker: [Manua claims Riker assaulted her in a Holodeck simulation] This isn't me. I wasn't the one who closed the door. I didn't proposition her and I certainly didn't try to rape her.

[O'Brien has beamed Riker back from the research station]
Chief: Transporter room to bridge. He's aboard.
Commander William T. Riker: Why do you sound so surprised, Mr. O'Brien?
Chief: Well, for a moment, we weren't sure you left the space station in time.
Commander William T. Riker: In time for what?
Chief: It just exploded, sir.

- The away team has completed its survey of Dr. Apgar's work and is ready to return to the ship.
- Good.
- Oh, please. And feel free to examine the work of the other students too.
- Data: Ensign Williams' striking style is heavily influenced by geometric oonstructivism.

- Not with the scientific part of the mission, no, sir.
- Riker [over com]: Riker to enterprise.
- I'm ready to leave now.
- I'm sure commander riker will be able to explain everything, captain.
- O'brien [over com]: Stand by, commander. Engaging transport.
- Transporter room to engineering.
- I have a power drain.

- Dr. Apgar killed himself during his attempt to kill commander riker.
- Based on this new evidence,
- I withdraw my request for commander riker's extradition.
- Commander, my apologies.

- I knew what had happened.
- He'd killed Dr. Apgar.
- Thank you. You are excused.
- Captain, I have established motive, method and opportunity.
- In any court in the federation, that is sufficient to warrant the extradition of the accused.
- I await your decision forthwith.

[Troi explains to Riker that Manua Apgar hasn't been lying during her account of events]
Commander William T. Riker: We can't both be telling the truth.
Counselor: It is the truth as each of you remembers it.
Commander William T. Riker: But her version puts a noose around my neck.

- It should not be. It is a harmless lambda-field generator.
- But we knew that somehow it was related to our radiation bursts, and then the pieces just started falling together.
- We now know what is causing the bursts, and why the science station exploded, sir.
- And we also know who killed Dr. Apgar.

- Transporter room, is commander riker aboard?
- O'brien: Not yet, captain.
- I'm having trouble clearing the signal.
- Transporter room to bridge.
- He's aboard.
- Why do you sound so surprised, Mr. O'brien?
- Well, for a moment, we weren't sure you left the space station in time.
- In time for what?
- It just exploded, sir.

- It is subsiding, sir.
Wesley: What kind of radiation could do this?
- Make any sense to you?
- I don't recognize it.
- Not even the main deflector puts out that kind of spillage.
- Where would it be coming from?
- I don't know, Wes.
- But whatever it is, it's capable of putting a hole in solid duranium.

- A speculation, if you will.
- Computer, run hypothetical krag 1.
- Riker to enterprise.
- I'm ready to leave now.
- O'brien [over com]: Stand by, commander. Engaging transport.
- Krag: Freeze program.
- Three seconds later the space station exploded.

- My decision about the extradition will be based on the evidence presented during these re-creations.
- Captain.
- May I have a word with you?
- Under the circumstances, number one,
- I think that would be inappropriate.

- Worf: I'm lieutenant worf, head of ship's security.
- I will take you to the captain.

- And if we're correct we'll know it instantly.
- Computer: Auto-engage time sequence synchronized.
- Then we have nothing further to say to each other.
- I'll tell my captain to expect your grievance.
- Riker to enterprise.
- I'm ready to leave now.
- O'brien [over com]: Stand by, commander. Engaging transport.

- and is now complete.
- All participants have entered their depositions.
- Technical schematics and complete records from the lab's ground computers, as well as Dr. Apgar's personal logs, have been included.
- The re-creations will have a nominal 8.7 percent margin of error.

- But it is possible.
- Very well.
- Arrangements will be made to provide you with all available information.
- I shall return shortly with our witnesses.
- Commander, will you escort investigator krag to transporter room 3?

- Captain, chief investigator krag of the tanugan security force requests permission to beam aboard.
- Granted. Will you escort him to the bridge, Mr. Worf?
- Worf: Aye, sir.
- Perhaps you had better tell me as much as possible prior to his arrival, number one.

- Our lambda-field generator is on the planet, since it requires a minimum of 5000 kilometers for the field to collimate.
- Really, darling, you're being rude.
- After all, commander riker is willing to sit through all your prattle about Krieger waves.
- Let's have a drink, commander, and we'll hear all about Krieger waves.

- We're expecting it in just over five hours.
- Well, take every precaution to protect the ship's vital areas.
- If we haven't identified the source before the next time interval we'll leave orbit.
- If you perceive any further danger, advise me immediately.
- We'll figure it out for you, commander.

Manua: I must apologize for my husband's lack of social graces. He may be one of the great scientific minds in the galaxy, but... he does come up a bit short in other areas.

Commander William T. Riker: [Manua's version of Riker, as he tries to force himself on her] A princess in a very high tower.

- for the field to collimate.
- La forge: Hmm.
- Darling, let tayna take care of that.
- I'm sure commander riker wants to hear how close you are to a breakthrough.
- I'll pour the two of you a drink and you can talk all about Krieger waves.

- Commander riker.
- This isn't me.
- I wasn't the one who closed the door.
- I didn't proposition her, and I certainly didn't try to rape her.
- Why are you doing this?
- It's exactly what happened.
- Will, come on, sit down.

[Data is analyzing a painting of Picard]
Lt. Commander Data: Interesting.
Captain: Oh. Thank you. In what way?
Lt. Commander Data: While suggesting the free treatment of form usually attributed to Fauvism, this quite... inappropriately attempts to juxtapose the disparate cubistic styles of Picasso and Léger. In addition, the use of color suggests a... haphazard melange of clashing styles. Furthermore, the unsettling overtones of proto-Vulcan influences...
Captain: [strained] Thank you... Mr. Data.
Lt. Commander Data: You are welcome, sir. If I can be of further assistance...
Captain: No! Thank you.

- Suspicion of murder.
- Murder? Now, wait a minute, you can't come...
- Chief investigator, we are perfectly willing to cooperate with you...
- Then release the prisoner for transportation to the planet.
- Let's continue this discussion in private.
- Uh, number one, you have the bridge.

- In another day, some fascinating bit of technical trivia would have distracted him.
- He would have forgotten about you and his complaint to starfleet.
- Excuse me.
- We'll, um...
- We'll take a short recess.