Lessons Line-by-Line

[CaptVader]

PICARD: Yes, of course. Come in, Number One.

 

[May 20]

RIKER: It's about Lieutenant Commander Daren. As a department head, she comes to me for systems allocation, personnel transfers, things like that. I'm beginning to feel uncomfortable with her requests.

 

[Orac]

Picard: Because of her relationship with me?

 

[Athena28]

RIKER: Yes, sir.

 

[CaptVader]

PICARD: Are her requests unusual?

 

[May 20]

RIKER: No.

 

[Orac]

Picard: Would you say that she's just trying to do her job?

 

[May 20]

RIKER: Yes, sir.

 

[Orac]

Picard: Then let her do it, and feel free to do yours. Ship's resources are your responsibility. I've always had absolute confidence in your judgment.

 

[May 20]

RIKER: Thank you, sir.

 

[CaptVader]

[Picard's quarters]

(a romantic dinner)

NELLA: I can't believe I'm going to get the chance to study the fire storms on Bersallis. Apparently they're generated by particle emissions from the Bersallin sun. They cause a cascade effect in the planet's atmosphere that. Oh, I'm boring you.

 

[May 20]

PICARD: No, no, no you're not. It's just that Commander Riker came to talk to me this afternoon. About you.

 

[Orac]

Nella: About the personnel transfer? I thought he looked uncomfortable. He thought I was asking for special treatment. (Picard nods) I was just doing what I thought was best for my department.

 

[May 20]

PICARD: That's what I told him. But we have to be careful. Obviously it's easy for people to misunderstand.

 

[CaptVader]

NELLA: I don't like the thought of having to second-guess people all the time. If I have to worry about what people are thinking about me, I'll be concentrating on the wrong thing, and I won't be as effective an officer.

 

[Orac]

Picard: All I'm saying is that it's something we have to be aware of. But you mustn't compromise yourself. You must do what you have to do. Because if I find that my head of Stellar Sciences isn't being effective, then I shall do what I must to do and I shall replace her.