"Deja Q" Line-by-Line!
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Q: Don’t be so hard on me Jean-Luc, you’ve been a mortal all your life. You know all about dying. I’ve never given it a second thought. Or as first one for that matter. I could have been killed. If it hadn’t been for Data and that one brief delay he created I could have been gone. No more me. And no one would have missed me would they? Data may have sacrificed himself for me. Why?
PICARD: Q, I'm not your father confessor. You will receive no absolution from me. You have brought nothing but pain and suffering to this crew. And I'm still not entirely convinced that all this isn't your latest attempt at a puerile joke.
Q: It is a joke. A joke on me. The joke of the universe. The king who would be man. As I learn more and more what it is to be human, I am more and more convinced that I would never make a good one. I don't have what it takes. Without my powers, I'm frightened of everything. I'm a coward, and I'm miserable, and I can't go on this way.
[Sickbay]
(Q enters. Data is sitting up and staring at Q intently.)
CRUSHER: He's going to be all right.
(Q enters. Data is sitting up and staring at Q intently.)
CRUSHER: He's going to be all right.
Q: There are creatures in the universe who would consider you the ultimate achievement, android. No feelings, no emotions, no pain. And yet you covet those qualities of humanity. Believe me, you're missing nothing. But if it means anything to you, you're a better human than I.
(Q leaves. Data gives Crusher and LaForge a knowing look.)
[Turbolift]
Q: Where's the main shuttlebay?
(Q leaves. Data gives Crusher and LaForge a knowing look.)
[Turbolift]
Q: Where's the main shuttlebay?
Q [on viewscreen]: I just can't get used to following orders.
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