The Best Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 5, Episode 14 Quotes

Ensign: For all we know, you and I could be married.
Commander William T. Riker: For all we know, you and I could hate each other.

Kristin: Do you... have any clothes around here I could borrow? Least until I figure out where the swimming pool is?

- Make that the same starship.
- But who are we?
- And what are we doing here?
- It looks like I'm the pilot.
- We're not going anywhere now.
- The helm's dead.
- But you still know how to work it.

- We are through the perimeter, sir.
- That was too easy.
- We have yet to encounter any battleships.
- They may lie ahead.
- Load all torpedo bays.
- Ready phasers.
- Worf: Aye, sir.

- we might do the things that we've always wanted to do.
- She said that?
- It's psychologically valid.
- Ro: Commander, don't worry about it.
- As far as I'm concerned, you and I have shared something that we will treasure forever.

- These are your quarters.
- Thanks for your help.
- Come in for a minute?

- Am I interrupting anything?
- I was just visiting. Um...
- We'll talk again soon, commander.
- Of course. Thank you, counselor.
- And what was all of that about?
- Oh, we were just discussing the situation we're all in.
- Hmm. Good. Because I have a feeling that I used to be the jealous type.

[Ro has paid Riker a surprise visit in his quarters]
Ensign: I just didn't like the way my quarters were decorated.
Commander William T. Riker: Maybe we should switch quarters.
Ensign: Maybe we should stay right here and see what happens.
Commander William T. Riker: What if I snore in my sleep?
Ensign: What makes you think you're gonna get any sleep?

- La forge [over com]: Engineering to bridge.
- Go ahead.
- I regained control of navigation, propulsion, weapons and communications.
- We should be able to tie them into the bridge in just a few minutes.
- Now we are ready.
- The question is, for what?

Counselor: The bartender is an artificial life form.
Lt. Commander Data: Can I get you something? A beverage?

- 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.

- but there's something about you.
- Worf [over com]: Bridge to survey team.
- Survey team here. Go ahead.
- Worf: We have accessed the personnel files.
- Report to the bridge immediately.
- We're on our way.

- In that case, I am alone.
- We have accessed the information-storage area.
- Considerable damage has been done to the files themselves.
- The mission reports are gone.
- Data: As well as the crew records and the personal logs.
- So are the medical records.

- But what about me?
- I mean,
- I'm a patient in a bathing suit.
- That doesn't say much.
- No, it doesn't.
- Do you have any clothes around here
- I could borrow?
- At least until I figure out where the swimming pool is.

- to alter our brain chemistry and manipulate the computers, it's hard to believe he needed the enterprise.
- The satarran weapons technology was no more advanced than the lysian.
- One photon torpedo would have ended their war.
- It almost did.

- I hope you enjoy it.
- I hope you enjoy it.
- The scanning signal has penetrated our shields.
- Computers are going down.
- Take evasive action.
- The helm's not responding.

- I suppose that's true.
- What is it?
- That same feeling.
- You seem familiar.
- You're the only thing that does.
- Can you remember anything specific about us?
- I don't know.

[last lines]
[after the crew's memories have been restored, Riker and Ensign Ro have to come to terms with their recent fling]
Ensign: The Counselor tells me that at times like that, we might do the things that we've always wanted to do.
Commander William T. Riker: She said that?
Counselor: It's psychologically valid.
Ensign: Commander, don't worry about it. As far as I'm concerned, you and I have shared something that we will treasure forever.
[gets up and leaves]
Commander William T. Riker: [flustered] Well... I'm a little confused.
Counselor: Well, if you're still confused tomorrow, you know where my office is.

[the Enterprise has "orders" to destroy the Lysian command center - orders that no one can confirm]
Captain: I feel as though I've been handed a weapon, sent into a room, and told to shoot a stranger. Well, I need some moral context to justify that action. And I don't have it. I'm not content simply to obey orders. I need to know that what I'm doing is right.
Commander: So do I. I'd feel a lot better if all the questions were answered. And if you want to abandon our mission until our memories return, that's your choice, but... I must ask you: is it right to risk prolonging this war? To allow the needless deaths of thousands on both sides, solely on the basis of our moral discomfort?

Counselor: Nothing feels right. This room, this ship... most of all this war we're fighting.
Commander William T. Riker: I don't imagine war ever feels right.
Counselor: I suppose that's true.

- What happened?
- What the hell?
- I don't know who any of you are.
- I don't even remember who I am.

- to contact the bridge and report on your status.
- Remain where you are and stay calm.
- Bridge out.
- Well, that helps a lot.
- Report on our status?
- I wonder if everyone is in the same condition as we are.

- Full shields.
- Shields up.
- Captain?
- Return fire.
- The ship has been destroyed.
- Maintain this course, ensign.
- Three-quarters impulse.
- Ro: Yes, sir.
- Well done, captain.

[Dr. Crusher has treated Kristin's shoulder with a medical device despite having lost her memory previously]
Doctor: I didn't even think. I just picked it up and knew how to use it. At least I have an idea of what I'm doing here.
Kristin: But... what about me? I mean, I'm a patient in a bathing suit. That doesn't say much.

Commander William T. Riker: [about Riker] He's athletically inclined, loves to climb mountains; he's from somewhere called Alaska, enjoys exotic food... and takes his vacations on a planet called Risa.

Commander William T. Riker: [explaining Troi's visit in his quarters] We were just discussing the situation we're all in.
Ensign: Hm... good. Because I have a feeling that I used to be the jealous type.

Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: You must have been one hell of a bartender.
[on seeing Data operating the computer panels at high speed]

- I hope they're good feelings.
- Yes, they are.
- This entire situation is a little bit unnerving.
- It's been a long day.
- We've all been through a lot.
- We certainly have.
- I'll see you tomorrow. Good night.

[after being hit by an energy wave, everybody on the Enterprise appears to have lost their memories]
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Looks like we're all in the same boat.
Commander William T. Riker: Make that the same starship.

- There are other vessels on other fronts, all working according to an intricate plan.
- We're the linchpin to the operation.
- If we don't destroy the central command, the entire effort will fail.
- He's right, captain.
- Our choice is clear.
- Commander macduff, set a course for the lysian central command.

Lieutenant: Now we are ready.
Captain: The question is... for what?

Commander William T. Riker: The rules on this ship do not change just because Ro Laren decides they do!

Captain: Your next priority will be to retrieve any information you can about this ship's mission. Contact the Operations Officer to assist you.
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Aye, sir.
Ensign: He's in Ten Forward, waiting tables.

Ensign: So, if everything were back to the way it was supposed to be, what do you think you'd be doing right now?
Commander William T. Riker: I'd be having more fun than searching the ship, I'd imagine.
Ensign: [surprised] Fun?
Commander William T. Riker: Well, with that holodeck we just saw. I think I could conjure up an interesting program or two.
Ensign: Now, that's disappointing.
Commander William T. Riker: Why?
Ensign: You don't strike me as a man who needs a holodeck to have a good time.

- And if you wanna abandon our mission until our memories return, that's your choice, but I must ask you, is it right to risk prolonging this war?
- To allow the needless deaths of thousands on both sides, solely on the basis of our moral discomfort?

["Mac Duff" has been revealed as a Satarran bent on annihilating the Lysians]
Commander William T. Riker: With all the power that MacDuff had, to alter our brain chemistry and manipulate the computers, it's hard to believe he needed the Enterprise.
Captain: The Satarran weapons technology was no more advanced than the Lysian. One photon torpedo would have ended their war.
Commander William T. Riker: It almost did.

- I do not fire on defenseless people.
- Mr. Worf, open a channel to the lysians.
- Belay that order.
- There's something wrong with the captain.
- I'm taking command of this vessel.
- Fire all weapons.
- Mr. Worf.

- We may soon face a critical moment.
- The success of our mission may hang on a split-second decision.
- A hesitation would kill us all.
- And those that are counting on us would surely die as well.
- We cannot let this happen.
- That'll be all.