"Tapestry" Line-by-Line

Maurice: Jean-Luc, I told you not to go running off to that Academy.

 

PICARD: Father.

 

MAURICE: I told you that Starfleet would bring you to a bad end, but you wouldn't listen. Now look at you. Dead before your time.

 

Picard: Q, enough of this.

 

Q: Enough what?

 

Maurice: Why couldn't you have listened? Didn't you know that I was working for your best interests?

 

Picard: Q, stop this.

 

MAURICE: After all these years, even now, you manage to disappoint me, Jean-Luc.

 

Q: He's not the only one who'd like to have a word with you.

 

WOMAN [OC]: Why, Jean-Luc? Why did you do it?

 

[various other voices of crew members who've presumably died under Picard's direction as either commanding officer of a ship or Away Team leader.]

Q: "These are the voices of all of the people you've killed throughout the years."

 

PICARD: Whom I've killed? What do you mean?

 

Q: Death has made you a little dim, Jean-Luc. These are the voices of all the people who have died through your actions or your inactions. Now if you have any words of apology or regret, I believe they're all listening. They're a surly bunch, actually, so don't drag this out too long.

 

PICARD: I've no intention of performing for your amusement.

 

Q: This is not for me. This is for you, Jean-Luc. This is your opportunity to make peace with your sordid past.

 

Picard: I find it hard to believe that you are doing this for the benefit of my soul.

 

Q: Well, now that you've shuffled off the mortal coil, we're free to spend a little time together.

 

Picard: A little time together? How much?

 

Q: Eternity. Now, you're sure you have no regrets or feelings of guilt about your former life? I can't have you whining and complaining through time.

 

PICARD: If I'm really dead, then my only regret is dying and finding you here.