Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Encounter at Farpoint (1987)
Patrick Stewart: Captain Jean-Luc Picard
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[last lines]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Some problem, Riker?
Commander William T. Riker : Just hoping this isn't the usual way our missions will go, sir.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Oh, no, Number One. I'm sure most will be much more interesting. - Let's see what's out there. Engage!
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : We humans know our past, even when we're ashamed of it. I recognize this court system as the one that agreed with that line from Shakespeare: "Kill all the lawyers."
Q : Which was done.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Leading to the rule "Guilty until proven innocent."
Q : Of course. Bringing the innocent to trial would be unfair.
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Commander William T. Riker : What do we do now, Captain? With their monitoring our every move and every word?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : We do exactly what we'd do if this Q never existed. If we're going to be damned, let's be damned for what we really are.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Would you object to your Captain ordering a clearly illegal kidnapping?
Commander William T. Riker : No objection, sir.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Space... the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Star Ship, 'Enterprise'. Its continuing mission... to see out new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone, before.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [seeing a boy standing in the turbolift] What the hell? Children are not allowed on the bridge!
[Dr. Crusher steps out of the lift]
Doctor Beverly Crusher : [...] Sir, my son is not on the bridge; he merely accompanied me on the turbolift.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [stunned] Your son?
Doctor Beverly Crusher : His name's Wesley. You last saw him years ago, when...
[she leaves the sentence unfinished]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [understands] Ah... Well - as long as he's here...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [clears his throat] I, er... I knew... I knew your father, Wesley.
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Zorn : Captain! The Ferengi would be very interested in a base like this.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Fine. Let's hope they find you as tasty as they did their past associates.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Let's see what this Galaxy-class starship can do.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Lieutenant! Do you intend to blast a hole in the viewer?
[when Worf points a phaser at Q who has appeared on the main view screen]
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Shut off that damn noise! Go to yellow alert!
[when the red alert siren sounds for the first time]
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Leave us! We've passed your little test.
Q : Temper, temper, mon Captaine.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Get off my ship!
Q : I do so only because it suits me to leave. But I will not promise never to appear again.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : One further thing - special favor.
Commander William T. Riker : Anything, sir.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Using the same strength you showed with Captain DeSoto, I would appreciate it if you could keep me from making an ass of myself with children.
Commander William T. Riker : Sir?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I'm not a family man, Riker. And yet, Starfleet has given me a ship with children aboard.
Commander William T. Riker : Yes, sir.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : And I, er... I don't feel comfortable with children. But since a captain needs an image of geniality, you're to see that's what I project.
Commander William T. Riker : Aye, sir.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Welcome to the Enterprise, Commander Riker.
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Lt. Commander Data : Inquiry: the word... 'snoop'?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Data, how can you be programed as a virtual encyclopedia of human information without knowing a simple word like 'snoop'?
Lt. Commander Data : Possibility: a kind of human behavior I was not designed to emulate.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Isn't it a little presumptuous of a first officer to second-guess his captain's judgment?
Commander William T. Riker : Permission to speak candidly, sir?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Always.
Commander William T. Riker : Having been a first officer yourself, you know that assuming that responsibility must, by definition, include the safety of the captain. I have no problem with following any rules you lay down, short of compromising your safety.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : And you don't intend to back off from that position?
Commander William T. Riker : No, sir.
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[first lines]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Captain's log, stardate 41153.7 - Our destination is planet Deneb IV, beyond which lies the great, unexplored mass of the galaxy. My orders are to examine Farpoint, a starbase built there by the inhabitants of that world. Meanwhile, I am becoming better acquainted with my new command, this Galaxy-class USS Enterprise. I am still somewhat in awe of its size and complexity. As for my crew, we are short in several key positions, most notably a first officer. But I'm informed that a highly experienced man, one Commander William Riker, will be waiting to join the ship at our Deneb IV destination.
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[Yar has suggested to take on the Q vessel]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Lieutenant - are you recommending that we fight a life form that can do all those things?
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Now hear this: printout message, urgent, all stations on all decks. Prepare for emergency saucer sep. You will command the saucer section, Lieutenant.
Lieutenant Worf : I'm a Klingon, sir. For me to seek escape when my Captain goes into battle...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : You are a Starfleet officer, Lieutenant!
Lieutenant Worf : Aye, sir.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [to Riker who's rang the door chime for the Ready Room on the Battle Bridge, the first of many times he will say throughout the series] Come.
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Commander William T. Riker : Riker, W.T., reporting as ordered, sir.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Is the viewer ready?
Lieutenant Tasha Yar : All set up, sir.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : We'll first bring you up to date on a little adventure we had on our way here, Commander. Then we'll talk. Welcome aboard.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Commander, signal the following in all languages and on all frequencies: we surrender. State that we are not asking for any terms or conditions.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Do we have clearance?
Lt. Commander Data : Aye sir, into standard parking orbit.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Make it so.
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[Picard has introduced Riker and Troi to each other]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Have the two of you met before?
Commander William T. Riker : We have, sir.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Excellent. I consider it important for my key officers to know each other's abilities.
Counselor Deanna Troi : We do, sir. We do.
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Q : You will now answer to the charge of being a grievously savage race.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : 'Grievously savage' could mean anything. I will answer only specific charges.
Q : Are you certain you want a full disclosure of human ugliness? So be it, fool.
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Commander William T. Riker : Captain, if he's not open to evidence in our favor, where will you go from there?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I'll attend to my duty.
Commander William T. Riker : To the bitter end?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I see nothing so bitter about that.
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Zorn : [of the space vessel life form] Captain, that thing was killing my people!
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Was there a reason?
Q : It is an unknown, Captain. Isn't that enough?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : If you'd earned that uniform you're wearing, you'd know that the unknown is what brings us out here.
Q : Wasted effort considering human intelligence.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [about Wesley] He does seem to have a very good grasp of starship operations.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : You've just won his mother's heart, Captain.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : You've got a lot to learn about humans if you think you can torture us or frighten us into silence!
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : You will agree, Data, that Starfleet's orders are difficult.
Lt. Commander Data : [Data's first line] Difficult? Simply solve the mystery of Farpoint Station.
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Battle Bridge Conn : You know anything about Farpoint Station, sir? It sounds like a fairly dull place.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : We've heard that we may find it rather interesting.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : We've no fear of what the true facts about us will reveal.