"Peak Performance" Line-by-Line

[LeadHead]

Picard: The test is if a crew will follow where Commander Riker leads. His joviality is the means by which he creates that loyalty. And I will match his command style with your statistics any time.

 

[Leandar]

(Data's quarters)

Data: Come in, please.

 

[Vanyel]

Troi comes in.
Troi: Data...

 

[LeadHead]

Data: Counselor. Is something wrong?

 

[Vanyel]

Troi: That was going to be my question.

 

[LeadHead]

Data: With my repository of Knowledge, I expected to perform better against a humanoid life form.

 

[Vanyel]

Troi: You know, some of our greatest advances have come from analyzing failure. While it can be ego bruising...

 

[Leandar]

Data: But Counselor, I do not have an ego.

 

[Vanyel]

Troi: Yes..Um...Well a loss can be disheartening...

 

[Leandar]

Data: But Counselor, I do not have a....

 

[Vanyel]

Troi: Data, you can handle defeat in 2 ways: You can lose confidence or you can learn from your mistakes.

 

[LeadHead]

Data: That is what troubles me. I made no mistakes. I have conducted a diagnostic check of all my programs. I am cross checking with the ships computr.

 

[Leandar]

Deanna: Is that all necessary?

 

[Vanyel]

Data: I believe so. I have proven to be vulnerable, at the present time, my deductions should be treated with skepticism.

 

[LeadHead]

Troi: That is why you haven't been on the Bridge.

 

[Vanyel]

Data: Yes. The Captain would be ill advised to rely on my judgment.

 

[LeadHead]

Troi: I think you're over-reacting. I'm sure you're all right.

 

[Vanyel]

Data: I, however, am not sure.

 

[LeadHead]

In the Hathaways Engine Room, La Forge and Wesley work to install Wesley's experiment.

La Forge: Easy now, is that it?

 

[Vanyel]

Wesley: Yeah....