"Parallels" Line-by-Line

DATA: I still see nothing unusual. Perhaps we should activate it.

 

OGAWA: Hook it up to the diagnostic array and I'll check it out.

 

DATA: The visor is active.
(Worf is in red, with three pips and a future comm. badge. He sways.)

 

CRUSHER: Worf, are you alright?

 

DATA: (yellow eyes) Have you noticed another discontinuity?

 

WORF: Doctor Crusher was not here. Doctor Ogawa was.

 

CRUSHER: Doctor Ogawa?

 

WORF: My uniform has changed. What is my rank and position?

 

TROI: You're a Commander and First Officer.

 

WORF: Are we still married?

 

TROI: Yes.

 

DATA: I am detecting a quantum flux in your cellular RNA.

 

WORF: What does that mean?

 

DATA: I do not know. I will have to analyse these readings.

[Ready room]

(Riker is Captain)
DATA: I have found the quantum flux in Worf's cellular RNA extends to the subatomic level. It is asynchronous with normal matter. In essence, Captain, Mister Worf does not belong in our universe.

 

RIKER: What?

 

DATA: All matter in the universe resonates on a quantum level with a unique signature. That signature is constant. It cannot be changed through any known process. It is the basic foundation of existence.

 

RIKER: Are you saying that Worf's quantum signature is different from ours?

 

DATA: Yes, sir. I cannot explain it. It is as if he originates from a different quantum universe.

 

RIKER: Mister Worf, you say the discontinuities started to occur after you returned from a Bat'leth tournament on Forcas Three.

 

WORF: Yes, sir.