Who Watches the Watchers Line-by-Line

Picard: Someone invented a hut. Someone invented a bow, who taught others, who taught their children, who built a stronger hut, built a better bow, who taught their children. Now, Nuria, suppose one of your cave dwelling ancestors could see you as you are today. What would she think?

 

NURIA: I don't know.

 

Nuria: Only because I have a bow.

 

PICARD: She's never seen a bow. It doesn't exist in her world. To you, it's a simple tool. To her, it's magic.

 

Nuria: I suppose she might think so.

 

Picard: Now, how would she react to you?

 

Nuria: I think she would fear me.

 

Picard: Just as you fear me.

 

Nuria: I do not fear you any longer.

 

PICARD: Good. That's good. You see, my people once lived in caves. And then we learned to build huts and, in time, to build ships like this one.

 

NURIA: Perhaps one day, my people will travel above the skies.

 

PICARD: Of that, I have absolutely no doubt.

(I love Patrick Stewart's delivery of this line. Filled with reverence and admiration for Nuria and the Mintakan people. Love it!)

 

[Assembly hall]

(A storm is making itself heard)
LIKO: It's not the season for lightning. It must be a warning.

 

Fento: We've had storms like this before.

 

OJI: Not like this one.

 

Liko: It must mean something. The Picard is angry with us. He blames us for letting Palmer escape.

 

LIKO: Will he also send floods? My wife died in last year's floods. Will we all die now? We must find Nuria.

 

[Ready room]

NURIA: Picard, you have shown me wonders I could never have imagined, and I am grateful beyond words. Might I request something for my people?