Star Trek: Picard (TV Series)

Nepenthe (2020)

Jonathan Frakes: Will Riker

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• Will Riker : So I'm just going to speculate, and say out loud what's in my brain. You don't have to tell me anything. How's that sound?

  Will Riker : You're worried about the cloaks. That says Romulans. The level of anxiety and fear for our safety? It's got to be the Tal Shiar. You're not the one they're after, it's her. What has poor Soji done to incur their wrath? Could it have anything to do with the fact that she's clearly an android? And not just any android. I recognize that head tilt. She's got Data in her DNA. How am I doing?

  Jean-Luc Picard : Not bad, for a pizza chef.

• Will Riker : Classic Picard arrogance. You get to make the decisions about who gets to take chances, and who doesn't, and who's in the loop and who's out of the loop, and naturally, it always ends up with you.

  Jean-Luc Picard : Will...

  Will Riker : That's fine on the bridge of your starship, Captain. But now you're dealing with a teenager, more or less. That can be an extremely humbling experience. Frankly, I'm not sure you're up to it.

  Jean-Luc Picard : Perhaps I'm not.

  Will Riker : There we go. Baby steps.

  Jean-Luc Picard : Baby steps.

• Will Riker : What have you gotten yourself into, Jean-Luc? Can you tell me?

  Jean-Luc Picard : No. I never wanted you to get involved in any of this, Will. Coming here was a desperate impulse. I regret it already.

  Will Riker : Copy that. I'll stick to making pizza.

  Will Riker : I'm just thinking how great it would be if ignorance of danger was all it took to keep it away from the people we love.

• Jean-Luc Picard : Commander Riker and I served together on the USS Enterprise.

  Soji : And you were the greatest captain ever, I heard.

  Jean-Luc Picard : The greatest captain ever? Where'd you get that nonsense?"

  Kestra : [to her dad]  From you!

  Will Riker : From me?... I must have been drinking at the time.

• Will Riker : That time you were flying off to Romulus, to plan the Great Supernova Rescue. Do you remember what I said?

  Jean-Luc Picard : "So you want to be ass-deep in Romulans for the rest of your life?"

  Will Riker : I believe I also reminded you of Newton's Fourth Law of Thermodynamics.

  Jean-Luc Picard : "No good deed goes unpunished."

• Will Riker : Cancel red alert! Burnt tomato.

• Will Riker : So, what are they like, this new crew of yours?

  Jean-Luc Picard : Well, I would have to say they are decidedly motley.