Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Legacy (1990)
Brent Spiner: Lieutenant Commander Data
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[last lines]
Commander William T. Riker : In all trust, there is the possibility of betrayal. I'm not sure you were... prepared for that.
Lt. Commander Data : Were you prepared, sir?
Commander William T. Riker : I don't think anybody ever is.
Lt. Commander Data : Hm... Then it is better not to trust?
Commander William T. Riker : Without trust, there's no friendship, no closeness. None of the emotional bonds that make us who we are.
Lt. Commander Data : And yet you put yourself at risk.
Commander William T. Riker : Every single time.
Lt. Commander Data : Perhaps I am fortunate, sir, to be spared the emotional consequences.
Commander William T. Riker : Perhaps.
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Ishara Yar : Are you able to have friends?
Lt. Commander Data : Yes.
Ishara Yar : But you don't have feelings, do you?
Lt. Commander Data : Not as such. However, even among humans, friendship is sometimes less an emotional response, and more a sense of... familiarity.
Ishara Yar : So, you can become used to someone.
Lt. Commander Data : Exactly. As I experience certain sensory input patterns, my mental pathways become accustomed to them. The input is eventually anticipated, and even missed when absent.
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Ishara Yar : [before beaming back to her planet] You know, Data, I wasn't always lying to you. That time we spent talking... that was the closest thing to friendship I've ever had - if that means anything to you.
Lt. Commander Data : Energize.
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Ishara Yar : Our parents were killed in some crossfire, just after I was born. Some people took care of us for a few months, but then... one day we came home and they were gone. So Tasha took care of me; and when I was old enough, I joined the Coalition.
Lt. Commander Data : Tasha did not?
Ishara Yar : My sister hated the cadres. She blamed them for our parents' death. For everything. You know, she refused to join, and she left as soon as she had the chance. I always thought she was weak for doing that. But... maybe I was wrong, maybe... maybe she made the right choice.
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Lt. Commander Data : [explaining why he supports Ishara Yar with such determination] We must free the crewmen. She appears to be our best hope of doing so. In addition... I have become used to her.
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Lt. Commander Data : Your friendship with me was part of the deception, was it not? You misled me at each step, and yet... I was completely unaware.
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Commander William T. Riker : Data, what's on your mind?
Lt. Commander Data : Recent events have left me puzzled, sir. It has been days since Ishara left, and yet my thoughts seem to dwell on her. Almost as if I were experiencing a feedback loop in my mnemonic network.
Commander William T. Riker : I know what you mean.
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Commander William T. Riker : Data, have you got a flush or a full house?
Lt. Commander Data : It will cost you twenty to make that determination, sir.
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Ishara Yar : If it wasn't for my implant setting off all the alarms, I could guide you to your men.
Lt. Commander Data : We could remove the implant.
Ishara Yar : No. It has a micro-explosive inside that detonates on contact with air. When you join a cadre, you join for life.
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Doctor Beverly Crusher : You keep using the word 'peace'. We've heard a different version of life on Turkana IV.
Hayne : Ancient history. Where did you hear that?
Lt. Commander Data : A former crewman was born here.
Hayne : Where is he now?
Lt. Commander Data : *She* was killed in the line of duty.
Hayne : Yeah, that's as good a way to die as any.
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[first lines]
Lieutenant Worf : [Requesting another poker card] One.
Commander Riker : Are you trying to fill another inside straight, Worf? Don't say I didn't warn you.
Lieutenant Worf : [Looking at his card] Pah!
Counselor Troi : I fold.
Lt. Commander Data : I will raise you three.
Commander Riker : No cards? The best poker face I've ever seen. Dealer takes two. Your three and ten more.
Lt. Commander Data : I will see your ten and raise you twenty.