Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Time's Arrow (1992)
Jonathan Frakes: Commander William Thomas 'Will' Riker
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Counselor Deanna Troi : Have you ever heard Data define friendship?
Commander William T. Riker : No.
Counselor Deanna Troi : How did he put it? "As I experience certain sensory input patterns, my mental pathways become accustomed to them. The inputs eventually are anticipated and even missed when absent."
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Commander William T. Riker : It's just that our mental pathways have become accustomed to your sensory input patterns.
Lt. Commander Data : Hm. I understand. I am also fond of you, Commander. And you as well, Counselor.
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Lt. Commander Data : It seems clear that my life is to end in the late 19th century.
Commander William T. Riker : Not if we can help it.
Lt. Commander Data : There is no way anyone can prevent it, sir. At some future date, I will be transported back to 19th-century Earth, where I will die. It has occurred. It will occur.
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Counselor Deanna Troi : There's life here... A child, an old woman... Dozens more, hundreds. Terrified.
Commander William T. Riker : Terrified?
Counselor Deanna Troi : My God, Will, they're Human.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Can you predict how long this has been in the cavern?
Lt. Commander Data : Decomposition strongly indicates that life was terminated approximately five hundred years ago. That would be consistent with the other artifacts we recovered.
Commander William T. Riker : Your head is not an "artifact"!
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Counselor Deanna Troi : I heard about Data.
Commander William T. Riker : Yeah.
Counselor Deanna Troi : It's having an unusually traumatic effect on everyone.
Commander William T. Riker : Yeah.
Counselor Deanna Troi : If you don't want to talk about it, it's okay.
Commander William T. Riker : I'm fine. Just...
Counselor Deanna Troi : Angry.
Commander William T. Riker : I'm not angry... Yeah, I'm angry.
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[last lines]
Commander William T. Riker : My god. They're delivering more of them for the others to ingest.
Counselor Deanna Troi : Look at what he's carrying.