Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Masks (1994)
Brent Spiner: Lieutenant Commander Data
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[last lines]
Lt. Cmdr. Data : Although I am... relieved to be rid of those alien personalities, in a sense, I am now... empty.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Mm, I can imagine. Doctor Crusher told me that there were possibly dozens of personalities inside you.
Lt. Cmdr. Data : I suspect the number was much greater. My impression is that there were thousands, of all ages and walks of life. It was a remarkable experience.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Well, Data, you never may become fully human, but you've had an experience that transcends the human condition; you've been an entire civilization.
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[Data has taken the personality of Masaka. Picard faces him posing as Korgano]
Lt. Cmdr. Data : [as Masaka] Korgano.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [as Korgano] Are you surprised to see me?
Lt. Cmdr. Data : I thought I had escaped you.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : You should know that is impossible.
Lt. Cmdr. Data : You are a fine hunter. But I am a powerful prey. You will never catch me.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Do you want to be the prey... forever?
Lt. Cmdr. Data : I thought I was alone. I thought I would not have to share the sky with you.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : But without me... you are not complete. I know you so well. You live for the chase - as do I. Will you not miss being the hunter? Pursuing me? Forcing me from the sky, so that you can rise again?
Lt. Cmdr. Data : You know me well, Korgano.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I think... that you are beginning to tire. It is difficult brightening the sky forever.
Lt. Cmdr. Data : Mm... I am getting sleepy. You always do that to me.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : So that you can wake with the dawn - and begin the hunt again.
Lt. Cmdr. Data : Let the hunt begin again.
[sighs]
Lt. Cmdr. Data : I am eager for that.
[falls asleep]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : As am I.
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Lt. Cmdr. Data : Geordi... What... does it feel like, when a person is losing his mind?
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Lt. Cmdr. Data : [as the Old Man; describing and drawing the sign of Masaka's temple] A line, as the unending horizon. A curve, as the rolling hillside. A point, as a distant bird. A ray, as the rising sun.
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Lt. Cmdr. Data : I am different.
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Lt. Cmdr. Data : [as Ihat; about Masaka] You can't imagine her rage. She lets people... die of thirst. Terrible death. Sometimes... she burns them alive. She is glorious.
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Lt. Cmdr. Data : [as Ihat; afraid of being caught by Masaka] It seems... I was not fast enough.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : What have you done to Commander Data?
Lt. Cmdr. Data : [possessed by Ihat] Commander Data? You mean the one who was here?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Yes.
Lt. Cmdr. Data : He's gone. Who can say where?
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[first lines]
Counselor Deanna Troi : How's it going, Data?
Lt. Cmdr. Data : I have finished. The dimensions are accurate to within 1.3%.
Counselor Deanna Troi : I'm sure they are.
[pause]
Counselor Deanna Troi : Data, you obviously don't have a problem with realism. But, you're here to work on your imagination. Maybe you should try something a little more... abstract. Here.
[takes his work from the table]
Counselor Deanna Troi : I want you to start a new piece. I'd like you to sculpt...
[sighs]
Counselor Deanna Troi : Music.
Counselor Deanna Troi , Lt. Cmdr. Data : Counselor, music is a collection of acoustic vibrations. How can I reproduce a sound with clay?
Counselor Deanna Troi : Well, think of the effects that sounds have on people. The images that music brings to your mind. And then give it a form.
[Data makes some faces and behinds constructing at a high speed and Deanna's face changes to one not of approval as he finishes a treble clef and he looks at her with a small smile]
Counselor Deanna Troi : [smiles] It's a start.
Commander William T. Riker : [over communicator] Riker to Data. Please report to the bridge.
Lt. Cmdr. Data : Acknowledged, Sir. On my way.
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Lt. Cmdr. Data : Masaka is waking!
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Lt. Cmdr. Data : [as Ihat; on seeing Picard] Well, aren't we the persistent one.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Ihat.
Lt. Cmdr. Data : Is anyone else so charming?
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Lt. Cmdr. Data : Based on its present trajectory, the comet appears to have originated in the D'Arsay system.
Commander William T. Riker : That's over 2 sectors away.
Lt. Cmdr. Data : That is correct, Sir.
[camera pans to Data and to his side]
Lt. Cmdr. Data : This object has been en route for 87 million years.
Commander William T. Riker : [looks to Picard] That's a long time alone in the dark.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Hmm.
[hesitates]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Begin a full sensor analysis, Mr. Data, and log the findings with the Federation Astrophysical Survey.
Lt. Cmdr. Data : Aye, Sir.
[short pause]
Lt. Cmdr. Data : The comet's outer shell is composed primarily of gaseous hydrogen and helium surrounding an icy mantle. The inner core consists of heavier elements.
[a bright light illuminates them and the bridge for a few seconds and vanishes]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : What was that?
Lt. Cmdr. Data : There is a distortion within the comet's inner core. I believe we experienced an intense sensor echo.
Commander William T. Riker : Can you correct for it?
Lt. Cmdr. Data : I'm attempting to do so now, Sir. I have compensated for the effect. Sensors are reconfigured for a low-intensity sweep. We are still picking up some interference, but the distortion is manageable. At these settings, the scan will be complete in 39 hours.
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Lt. Cmdr. Data : [as Ihat] Do you understand pain? Death? That is all you need to know of Masaka. It is what she is.