Top 50 Quotes From Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 20

Vash: [of Q] He was right about one thing, you know. As ridiculous as it was, his game did prove that you still care.
Captain: I may not show my feelings to my crew; but I do have them.

- Congratulations, sir guy.
- I see you snared the jackal.
- It's Marian who deserves the credit.
- Took him with his own sword.

Lieutenant: [of Vash] Nice legs... for a human.

- You're really good.
- Enough of this.
- Indeed.
- Is everyone here?
- Troi: Where's vash?
- Computer, locate council member vash.
- Computer: Council member vash is not aboard the enterprise.

- I have you at last, Robin hood.
- Quick, into the forest.
- Mr. Worf, that's an order.
- Guy: Enough, you fools.
- We'll never find them in the greenwood.
- I've managed to stop the bleeding.

- Yes, captain?
- I've just been paid a visit from q.
- Q? Any idea what he's up to?
- He wants to do something nice for me.
- I'll alert the crew.

Captain: You are the most stubborn woman I ever knew!

Q: You've never actually been to the ruins at Tagus III, have you?
Captain: No. They were sealed off more than a century ago.
Q: Well, that explains it, then. How can you write about something that you've never seen? I know! Why don't I take you there?
[he changes into an explorer outfit]
Captain: Out of the question. That would mean breaking Taguan law.
Q: Must you always be so ethical? I suppose we could travel back in time. You could see what Tagus was like two billion years ago. They really knew how to party back in those days.

- Why did you come to tagus III?
- To see you, of course.
- Is that the only reason?
- Isn't it enough?
- I wish I could believe you.
- I really have missed you, Jean-Luc.

Q: You know, Worf, you'd make a perfect throw rug in Nottingham Castle.

Doctor: [respectively] The Captain is a very private man.

- You mean I'm the one being executed?
- Sir guy, wait a minute.
- Couldn't we talk this over?
- I admit, I haven't been myself lately.
- Maybe we've both been a bit hasty.
- Please?

- There have been
- 94? Known archeological excavations conducted on the planet's surface.
- Of those, some 74 are generally believed to have revealed findings of major importance.
- The earliest was some 22,000 years ago...
- What the...?

- I have not been informed council members have been granted bridge clearance.
- I think we can make an exception.
- Vash is a guest of the captain.
- Welcome aboard.
- Thank you.
- Is this where Jean-Luc sits?
- Riker: That's the big chair.

- Lovely creature.
- Intriguing.

- Guards, take Marion to the tower.
- I'll have you know,
- I'm the greatest swordsman in all of Nottingham.

Lieutenant: Sir, I protest. I am *not* a merry man!

Vash: Hey!
- There'll be no escape for you this time, Robin hood.
- You stay behind me.
- You should have left while you had the chance.
- Well done, my dear.
- Consider it my wedding gift to you, darling.

- Farewell. I hope the two of you are happy together.
- You have been found guilty of outlawry and high treason.
- Do you have anything to say before sentence is carried out?
- Prepare them for the block.
- There are too many of them.
- Data, we need a diversion now.

- 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.

Captain: I've just been paid a visit from Q.
Commander William T. Riker: Q? Any idea what he's up to?
Captain: He wants to do something "nice" for me.
Commander William T. Riker: I'll alert the crew.

- Silence.
- Any more impudence and it'll be your head on the block.
- Escort the lady Marian to her chamber.
- But I'd much rather stay here with you.
- Of course you would, my child.
- But I have important business to attend to.

Captain: A captain does not reveal his personal feelings to his crew.
Vash: Is that a Starfleet regulation or did you just make that up yourself?
Captain: I'm sorry if you're upset.
Vash: And I'm sorry if my being here embarrasses you.

[Picard enters his quarters, where a surprise visitor is waiting for him]
Captain: Vash! How did you get in here?
Vash: I came in through the window.

- Not on board my ship.
- I will not allow it.
- Let's get one thing straight though, picard.
- Icannotchange who I am for you or anyone else.
- Nor can I change who I am.
- Then we have nothing more to say to one another.
- So it would seem.

Vash: That's the problem with being such a well-known liar. Even when I'm telling the truth, no one believes me.

- Oh, that's impossible.
- You see, I've given this fantasy, as you call it, a life of its own.
- I have no more idea of what's going to happen than you do.
- But of one thing I'm absolutely sure: If you dare come to Nottingham castle, blood will be spilled.

[Q claims to be indebted to Picard]
Q: Without your assistance on our last encounter, I would never have survived. I would have taken my own life but for you.
Captain: We all make mistakes.

Captain: I don't want your help, your advice, your favors, or for that matter, *you*, do you understand? Once and for all!
Q: You would have me stand idly by as she led you to your destruction?
Captain: Yes!
Q: As you wish.

- Indeed. Especially since we know so little about their origins.
- But I think...
- I think that I have constructed some plausible theories of my own.
- And I'm sure the council members will agree with you.
- Your support is appreciated, counselor.
- Now good night, captain.

Commander William T. Riker: Eternity never looked so lovely.

Vash: You must be Commander Riker.
Commander William T. Riker: I'm afraid you have me at a disadvantage.
Vash: I didn't mean to interrupt. I believe you were about to tell me that my eyes are as mysterious as the stars.
Commander William T. Riker: You're Betazoid.
Vash: Not at all. It's just that Jean-Luc does a very good imitation of you.

Q: I had such high hopes for you, Picard. I thought you were a bit more... evolved than the rest of your species, but now I realize you're just as weak as all the others. Still, it pains me to see the great Jean-Luc Picard brought down... by a woman.
Captain: [alarmed] What woman?
Q: [chuckles] Don't play coy with me, Captain. I witnessed your little spat with Vash. Nor will I soon forget the look of anguish on your face, the pain, the misery. If I didn't know better, I would have thought you were already married!

- Thought that I was the only reason you came to tagus.
- I never fooled you for a second.
- Still, you are the most important reason.
- Am I?
- That's the problem with being such a well-known liar.
- Even when I'm telling the truth, no one believes me.

- Doctor, are you busy?
- Not at the moment.
- I was wondering...
- I would love to see some more of this marvelous ship.
- I would be delighted to show it to you.
- That is, if it's all right with you,
- Jean-Luc.
- Of course.

Q: [on Vash] She's found a vulnerability in you - a vulnerability I've been looking for for years. If I had known sooner, I would've appeared as a female.

Servant: Oh, you'll wear yourself out with all that pacing, milady.
Vash: Told you to stop calling me that. The name's Vash.
Servant: Ooh, my poor lamb. You've got a brain sickness for sure. Oh, can't I get you something to ease your suffering?
Vash: I could use a drink.
Servant: Well, I wasn't thinking of spirits, milady, but I have some nice, fresh leeches - to drain the fever.

[with the help of his men, Picard has rescued "Lady Marian"]
Captain: If you have hurt any of my people...
Q: Sadly enough, they're all fine, but my point is, they could've been killed - and so might've you - all for the love of a maid. My debt to you, Picard, is paid. If you've learned how weak and vulnerable you really are, if you finally see how love has brought out the worst in you.
Vash: Nonsense! You're absolutely wrong. It's brought out the best in him. His nobility, courage, self-sacrifice, tenderness.
Q: Oh, you're good. You're really good.

- This is not a mission.
- It's personal.
- It's between o and myself.
- I don't want the rest of you involved.
- Captain...
- Picard: You have your orders, commander.
- And I expect you to follow them.

Captain: Some other time, Q. Right now, I have other matters to attend to.
Q: Yes, your speech, I read it. It's dull, plodding, pedantic - much like yourself.

- They really knew how to party back in those days.
- My answer is still no. My lecture will have to stand on its own.
- And now will you please leave my ship?
- You are simply the most impossible person to buy a gift for.
- Commander riker, will you report to my ready room?

Q: [reading Vash's note to Riker] Quick! Come to the castle! Save the Captain!

- Very impressive.
- There's something you should know.
- And what would that be?
- I'm not from Nottingham.

[Picard, as Robin Hood, has come through the window of the castle to rescue Vash, as Lady Marian]
Captain: My staff and I were brought here by an old adversary of mine named Q, but I'll tell you the rest of that when we're safe. Come on, we don't have much time.
Vash: And the others are outside?
Captain: They're waiting for us back in Sherwood Forest.
Vash: You... you mean you came here alone?
Captain: That's right. Now come on!
Vash: What kind of plan is that?
Captain: It's an excellent one if you'd just hurry up!
Vash: You do realize that our lives are at stake here?
Captain: Only too well.
Vash: And this is the best strategy you could come up with, one man against an entire castle?
Captain: You have a better one?
Vash: How about this: you go, I'll stay here.
Captain: And do what?
Vash: Marry Sir Guy, if I have to.
Captain: Well, that's brilliant!

- Well, I can see where being a starship captain has its rewards.
- I'm glad that you approve.
- I suppose I'll go back to my room now and get ready for the reception.
- By all means.
- Well, I suppose
- I'll see you then, then.
- I look forward to it.

Lieutenant: Sorry.
[after smashing Alan-a-Dale's alias Geordi's mandolin against a tree]

Captain: I think this is supposed to be Earth - somewhere... round about the twelfth century. And this is England, or to be more precise, Sherwood Forest; at least Q's recreation of it.
Commander William T. Riker: That would explain these costumes.
Captain: Quite right, Number One - or... should I say 'John Little'?
Doctor: Well, if he's Little John, that makes you...
Captain: I know. Robin Hood.

Q: Jean-Luc, it's wonderful to see you again. How about a big hug?
[he puts his feet up on Picards desk]
Q: Well, don't just stand there, say something.
Captain: Get out of my chair!

- Heh, I was just trying to help.
- My debt to you...
- Is hereby nullified.
- I don't want your help, your advice, your favors, or for that matter, you.
- Do you understand, once and for all?
- You would have me stand idly by as she led you to your destruction?
- As you wish.

Sir: [to Picard] I'll have you know, I'm the greatest swordsman in all of Nottingham!
[they fight]
Captain: Very impressive.
[fighting]
Captain: There's something you should know.
[more fighting]
Sir: And what would that be?
Captain: I'm *not* from Nottingham!
[kills Sir Guy]