Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Time Squared (1989)
Patrick Stewart: Captain Jean-Luc Picard
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Quotes
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[Future Picard is restrained to a biobed by a force field]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Release him.
Dr. Kate Pulaski : Do you know what you're doing?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : No. Release him.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Well, they say if you travel far enough, you will eventually meet yourself. Having experienced that, Number One, it's not something I would care to repeat.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [referring to his future self] You still convinced he's me?
Counselor Deanna Troi : Yes, but you're not convinced.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Not in the slightest. Except for his features, there is nothing about him that I find familiar!
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Captain's log, supplemental - We have apparently intersected with... something.
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Commander William T. Riker : Captain, I think this is one instance where you should suppress your natural tendencies.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Oh, really?
Commander William T. Riker : One of your strengths is your ability to... evaluate the dynamics of a situation, and then take a definitive, pre-emptive step, take charge. Now you're frustrated because you not only can't see the solution, you can't even define the problem.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Hm... Go on.
Commander William T. Riker : What we're facing is neither a person nor a place, at least not yet. It's time.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : You're saying I should just sit down, shut up and wait.
Commander William T. Riker : Well, I wouldn't have put it exactly like that.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Not something I'd do easily.
Commander William T. Riker : Your Persian flaw.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Yes, perhaps it is.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : We have to anticipate, and not make... not make the same mistake once.
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[Data plays back Picard's log from the future]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Captain's personal log, supplemental - I have just witnessed the total destruction of the USS Enterprise, with the loss of all hands, save one - me.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [interrogating his future self] What went wrong? You know, don't you? What did you do? What happened? Why did you leave the ship? Don't turn away. Look at me! Picard! Look at me!
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : We may be on a road that has no turns.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : When you say it wants you, do you mean it's still you, only you, and it's not me?
Future Jean-Luc Picard : [looks at him, bewildered] You're confusing me.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : No. I can not allow you to leave. Before we can go forward, the cycle must end.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Before we can go forward, the cycle must end.
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Capt. Picard : [discussing duplicate shuttle and Picard on board, Picard paces as Riker is seated] What force or... phenomenon could cause the shuttle to be thrown back in time?
Cmdr. William Riker : None that we've encountered. In theory, accelerating beyond Warp 10.
Capt. Picard : Using the gravitational pull of a star to slingshot back in time; is that what happened here?
Cmdr. William Riker : The shuttle doesn't have warp capability.
Capt. Picard : No. So, some external force was needed.
Cmdr. William Riker : We've never encountered a natural force that powerful. Why only six hours? Why not a day, or a year?
Capt. Picard : Are you saying that... there was some conscious mind at work here?
Cmdr. William Riker : There's no evidence either way.
Capt. Picard : [sits] The Traveler moved through time using the power of his mind.
Cmdr. William Riker : I don't think that's the case here.
Capt. Picard : No...
[pauses]
Capt. Picard : And, Mannheim's experiments with gravity and time were rudimentary... and uncontrollable.
Cmdr. William Riker : Captain, I think this is one instance where you should suppress your natural tendency.
Capt. Picard : Oh, really?
Cmdr. William Riker : One of your strengths is your ability to evaluate the dynamics of a situation, and then, take a definitive preemptive step. To take charge. Now, you're frustrated because you not only can't see the solution, you can't even define the problem.
Capt. Picard : Hmm. Go on.
Cmdr. William Riker : What we're facing is neither a person or a place, at least not yet. It's time.
Capt. Picard : You're saying I should just sit down, shut up, and wait?
Cmdr. William Riker : [grins] Well, I wouldn't have put it exactly like that.
Capt. Picard : It's not something I do easily.
Cmdr. William Riker : Your Persian flaw.