"Death Wish" Line-by-Line

[JanewayRulz!]

Q: And I paid the price for my inappropriate behavior.

 

[Leandar]

Quinn: No, no, we paid the price by forcing you to stop. But for a moment there, you really had our attention. My attention. You gave us something to talk about. But then you surrendered to the will of the Continuum like a good little Q, and may I say that you've become a fine, upstanding member of the Continuum. But I miss the irrepressible Q, the one who forced me to think. May I borrow this? (Quinn takes the The New magazine from the woman and shows and article to Janeway) This was the beginning of my fall from grace. This was the last edition, by the way. They shut down the presses after I wrote that. (Article Title: My Corner of the Continuum, I'm Ready To Die: How About You?) But they couldn't keep me silent. I continued to speak out in favor of self-termination.

 

[hux]

Q: That's when he lost his mind and started trying to destroy himself. We had no choice but to confine him but for his own safety.

 

[LeadHead]

Quinn: Not for my safety. For theirs. I was the greatest threat the Continuum had ever known. They feared me so much they had to lock me away for eternity. And when they did that, they were saying that the individual's rights will be protected only so long as they don't conflict with the state. Nothing is so dangerous to a society. My life's work is complete, but they force immortality on me, and when the do that they cheapen and denigrate my life and all life in the Continuum. All life. Captain, you're an explorer. What if you had nothing left to explore? Would you want to live forever under those circumstances? You want me to prove to you that I suffer in terms that you can equate with pain or disease. Look at us. When life has become futile, meaningless, unendurable, it must be allowed to end. Can't you see, Captain? For us, the disease is immortality.

ZAP!

Janeway, Tuvok, Q and Quinn return to the hearing room.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

[Hearing room]

TUVOK: We rest our case, Captain.

 

[hux]

JANEWAY: Very well. I'll make my ruling in the morning. We'll be in recess until then.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

[Janeway's quarters]

(Janeway rolls over in bed to come nose to nose with Q wearing a night cap.)


Q: Trouble sleeping? Did you ever try warm Kylerian goat's milk?

 

[LeadHead]

Janeway jumps out of bed and puts on her robe.

Janeway: Get out.

 

[hux]

Q: Did you think about our offer?

 

[Catarina]

Janeway: You mean your bribe (I have this scene memorized like the girl dork that I can be)

 

[Athena28]

Q: Merely an incentive to make the proper decision.

 

[Orac]

Janeway: It'll play no part in my deliberations.

 

[Athena28]

Q: No, I told them it wouldn't. That's why I talked them into giving you what you asked for. You have my word. He won't go back to the cell. We'll assign someone to look after him. Whatever it takes. It's what you wanted, isn't it?

 

[LeadHead]

Janeway: That's what I wanted.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

Q: So, you've won. Let's celebrate. Just you and me. The two of us.

 

[Orac]

Janeway: What?

 

[Athena28]

Q: I'll take you home. Before you know it, you'll be scampering across the meadow with your little puppies, the grass beneath your bare feet. A man, coming over the hill way in the distance, waves to you. You run to be in his arms and as you get closer you see that it's me.

 

[LeadHead]

Janeway: You?!

 

[Catarina]

Q: Forget Mark. I know how to show a girl a good time. How would you like a ticker-tape parade down Sri Lanka Boulevard? The captain who brought Voyager back. A celebrated hero. I never did anything like that for Jean-Luc. But I feel very close to you. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because you have such authority and yet manage to preserve your femininity so well.

 

[LeadHead]

Janeway: Leave.