"Workforce" Line-by-Line

PARIS: I'll be right back.

 

UMALI: The proprietress doesn't give away drinks.

 

PARIS: Well, I'm just creating customer loyalty.

 

UMALI: You've been creating loyalty all night with those two women. I suggest you attend to the other tables.

 

Paris: Yes, ma'am.

 

(Umali brings Janeway her plate.)

UMALI: Here you are.

 

JAFFEN: Thank you. It looks great.
(Pregnant B'Elanna Torres enters, also in leather, but looking completely miserable. She looks at the happy people and leaves again.)

 

[Staircase and walkway]

JANEWAY: I can't believe I let you keep me out this late

 

JAFFEN: I felt it was my responsibility to help you study those manuals.

 

JANEWAY: Of course.

 

JAFFEN: And now that I have, you should be less likely to overload the core. You know, with all this fascinating discussion about thermal co-efficients you never told me where you're from.

 

Janeway: A planet called Earth.

 

JAFFEN: Never heard of it.

 

JANEWAY: Oh, a long way from here.

 

Jaffen: What's it like?

 

JANEWAY: Overpopulated, polluted, very little work. (NOTE: Sounds like Present Day Earth.)

 

JAFFEN: It sounds like my home world. I guess we're both lucky to be here.

 

JANEWAY: It's nice to be in a place where different species get along so well.

 

JAFFEN: So, you admit we're getting along.

 

Janeway: I was speaking in a broader cultural context.