The Best Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 7, Episode 2 Quotes

- I think I'll go update my itinerary.
- What happened?
- There's been a system-wide power failure.
- What's the cause?
- We have entered an energy-disruption field.
- I do not recognize the configuration.

- Anna...
- We are going to get out of here.
- Bet is ten.
- That's to you, ambassador.
- I will see the bet and, uh, raise ten.
- I'm in for 20.

- I see.
- Do you have a name?
- Eric.
- Eric.
- Do you like dessert?
- May I give Eric some dessert?
- That sounds like a wonderful idea.
- Come on, Eric.

Counselor: [explaining desserts] It's something we eat after the main course. It's usually very sweet, it's usually very bad for you, um... We eat it purely for pleasure. If you ask me, it's the best part of any meal.

- Ktarian chocolate puff.
- I don't know exactly what's inside, but I think it's made with 17 varieties of chocolate.
- Delicious?
- Delicious.
- Ambassador, I think we're going to get along very well.

- I'm in.
- You are bluffing.

- Very good.
- Thank you, lieutenant worf.
- I think I understand now.
- That was a very effective demonstration.
- What?
- If you'll excuse me, I would like to document this experience.

- But I have decided,
- I want this lieutenant worf.
- Well, that will be, uh, just fine.
- Yes. Yes, ambassador, it would be my pleasure to...
- Yes, yes, enough of that.
- Show me to my quarters.
- This way.
- Good luck.

- I failed.
- You don't love me.
- It's over.
- Anna.
- Anna.
- Anna, where are you going?

- that I had to accept
- I would never get out of here.
- Anna, no matter how long it takes, we will get out of here.
- I knew from the moment I saw you that you were here to save me.
- I'll do anything you want.
- Just don't leave me.
- I don't ever wanna be alone again.

- I do not see why it is necessary to wear these ridiculous uniforms.
- Protocol.
- They look like dresses.
- That is an incredibly outmoded and sexist attitude.
- I'm surprised at you.
- Besides, you look good in a dress.

[Worf has accused Ambassador Byleth of cheating at poker]
Ambassador: Even if I were cheating, how would a plodding animal like you know it?
Lieutenant: You are an insulting, pompous fool! And if you were not an ambassador, I would disembowel you right here!
Ambassador: Do not let my title inhibit you, Klingon!

- There is an m-class planet in this system. Can we reach it?
- I will try.
- Inertial dampeners are offline.
- Life support is failing.
- Entering the planet's atmosphere.
- Velocity dropping.
- Shields at full power.
- Prepare for impact.

Captain: [to the Human female] Well, you're certainly not a Terellian - unless you've lost two of your arms.

Counselor: This is my favorite: Ktarian chocolate puff! I don't know exactly what's inside, but I think it's made with seventeen varieties of chocolate.
[she gives Ambassador Loquel some of it to taste]
Ambassador: That is... that is...
Counselor: Delicious?
Ambassador: Delicious.
Counselor: Ambassador, I think we're going to get along very well.

- I require a higher protein and enzymatic content.
- Ambassador...
- Yes.
- It's the custom usually in a situation like this for us to serve ourselves.
- It's called a buffet. Usually people...
- Bring me new food.
- Ambassador...
- Doctor, it is all right.
- I am happy to bring more food.

- There is a structure of some kind and some energy readings about two kilometers south of here.
- Voval, I'm gonna try and get help.
- Do you understand?
- Now, try to stay conscious and don't leave the shuttle.
- There's some kind of plasma energy out on the surface.
- I'll be back as soon as I can.

Ambassador: [after Worf has knocked him down] Wonderful! Very good. Thank you, Lieutenant Worf.

- Smells good.
- Thank you.

Voval: I am sorry if our diplomatic methods offended you.
Captain: No, on the contrary, I found your approach intriguing. We Humans tend to take a rather balanced approach towards life - never too much, never too little - and it's very nice to find a culture that is willing to take an experience to its furthest extreme.

[Worf is getting ready for a diplomatic reception]
Lieutenant: I do not see why it is necessary to wear these... ridiculous uniforms.
Commander William T. Riker: Protocol.
Lieutenant: They look like dresses.
Commander William T. Riker: That is an incredibly outmoded and sexist attitude! I'm surprised at you. Besides, you look good in a dress.

- I am not certain of the exact rate...
- Well perhaps there's somebody who does know the answer.
- Are you smarter than this one?
- Ahem. Why do you ask?
- Never mind.
- I wish to see the bussard collectors.
- Take me to them.
- This way.

- Man: Hello? Is anyone in there?
- Yes, inside here!
- Man: Hello?
- Inside the freighter!
- The door is on the opposite side!
- Over here! The door's over here!

- Who are you?
- Who are you?
- Shh.
- No, wait. Stop.
- There was someone else on the shuttlecraft with me.
- The pilot. He's injured.
- He needs your help.

Lt. Cmdr. Data: I have heard that, in moments of diplomatic tension, it is often helpful to find elements of commonality.
Lieutenant: Ambassador Byleth is... demanding, temperamental and rude!
Lt. Cmdr. Data: You share all of those qualities in abundance. Perhaps you should try to build on your similarities!

- Are you sure you don't want some of this papalla juice?
- No, thank you. I'm still recovering from all those desserts last night.
- Are you sure? It is very delicious.
- I'm sure.
- Please.
- Please, you've been so kind.
- Please.

- 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 maybe it's time to let him know that some behavior is unacceptable to us.
- I think it's all right to suggest limits for the ambassador.
- Perhaps we should loosen things up a little bit.
- Meet in a less official capacity.
- How about a friendly game of poker?

- Picard: What's keeping them?
- Ah, you're just in time.
- They're about to disembark.

- Fine.
- I have heard that in moments of diplomatic tension, it is often helpful to find elements of commonality.
- Ambassador byleth is demanding, temperamental and rude.
- You share all of those qualities in abundance.
- Perhaps you should try to build on your similarities.

Counselor: [about Ambassador Loquel] He's obsessed with food - especially chocolate.
Commander William T. Riker: You must be in heaven!

- Voval, try not to move.
- You may have a concussion.
- Picard to enterprise.
- Picard to enterprise.
- Do you read me?
- Too much interference.

- Perhaps you could go to the shuttle and bring the equipment back here.
- I can do that.
- Good.
- Go into the cockpit.
- Look for a small com panel in the instrument array.
- See if you can remove it.
- Bring it back here.
- Don't move. I'll be back.

Anna: You should love me now! We're together. We depend on each other. I know more about you. Love me!

- I am losing because you have been cheating all along.
- Wait a minute. Calm down.
- Even if I were cheating, how would a plodding animal like you know it?
- You are an insulting, pompous fool.
- And if you were not an ambassador,
- I would disembowel you right here.
- Do not let my title inhibit you, klingon.