"Time's Arrow" Line-by-Line

[Orac]

Data: Sir?

 

[Athena28]

RIKER: I'm going back to the 19th century to get the Captain. Doctor?

 

[BlueStuff]

CRUSHER: My analysis of the phasers suggests you'd be able to open the rift, but it won't be stable enough to transport more than one person.

 

[LeadHead]

Riker: You mean if I go back, only one of us can return?

 

[Orac]

Crusher: That's right.

 

[Athena28]

CLEMENS: Then I have the perfect solution for you. I'm the one who should return to the 19th century and remain there so your Captain can return here.

 

[BlueStuff]

RIKER: There's a risk. We're not sure how stable the rift will be.

 

[Orac]

Clemens: There's risk in everything. The point is, it's the right choice. I've got more books to write, and your Captain has a job to do here.

 

[Athena28]

RIKER: Geordi, you'll brief him on what he needs to know?

 

[Trekker4747]

LAFORGE: Aye, sir.

 

[Athena28]

CLEMENS: I'm glad I have the chance to thank you.

 

[LeadHead]

Data: For what, Sir?

 

[Athena28]

CLEMENS: Why for starting me out on the greatest adventure a man's ever had. And for helping a bitter old man to open his eyes and see that the future turned out pretty well after all.

 

[LeadHead]

Back in the 19th Century

Guinan: I'm thirsty.

 

[BlueStuff]

PICARD: I'm going to get help. We have to get you out of here.

 

[LeadHead]

Guinan: No, don't go. They'll be back for you soon.

 

[Orac]

Picard: No, you need help.

 

[Athena28]

CLEMENS: This thing put me down in the middle of Market Street. Took forever to get here.

 

[LeadHead]

^
as a Bay Area man, that is a problem that has not been solved in the 21st Century.

Back on the Enterprise...

Worf: Commander La Forge has completed the reconfiguration of the Photon Torpedoes.

 

[Athena28]

RIKER: If Clemens got back, the Captain should have been here by now.