1 00:00:01,243 --> 00:00:03,620 [Soji narrating] Previously on Star Trek: Picard... 2 00:00:03,703 --> 00:00:06,498 [Richter] A group of rogue synthetics dropped the planetary defense shields, 3 00:00:06,581 --> 00:00:08,959 completely destroying the Utopia Planitia shipyard. 4 00:00:09,042 --> 00:00:11,711 Tell us, Admiral. Why did you really quit Starfleet? 5 00:00:11,795 --> 00:00:14,256 Because it was no longer Starfleet! 6 00:00:14,923 --> 00:00:16,091 We're done here. 7 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:18,427 -What's happening? -Baby, please. 8 00:00:18,510 --> 00:00:21,012 Find Picard. He can help you. 9 00:00:21,763 --> 00:00:23,932 -What do you want here? -I was with my boyfriend. 10 00:00:25,434 --> 00:00:26,726 They murdered him. 11 00:00:26,810 --> 00:00:28,103 No, no, no! 12 00:00:28,186 --> 00:00:30,230 Something inside of me just knew what to do, 13 00:00:30,313 --> 00:00:32,190 how to move, how to fight. 14 00:00:34,317 --> 00:00:37,279 Everything inside of me says that I'm safe with you. 15 00:00:37,362 --> 00:00:40,323 [Picard] I had a dear friend. Commander Data. 16 00:00:40,407 --> 00:00:44,202 He painted you exactly as you are here and now. 17 00:00:44,286 --> 00:00:45,370 That's impossible. 18 00:00:45,454 --> 00:00:47,747 He named the painting Daughter. 19 00:00:47,831 --> 00:00:48,957 Stay down. 20 00:00:50,125 --> 00:00:53,086 She came here to find safety. 21 00:00:57,632 --> 00:00:58,633 No! 22 00:01:00,177 --> 00:01:03,805 I owe it to her to find out who killed her and why. 23 00:01:03,889 --> 00:01:06,766 [Jurati] The androids that destroyed Mars came from this lab. 24 00:01:06,850 --> 00:01:10,395 No one has ever been able to redevelop the science used to create Data. 25 00:01:10,479 --> 00:01:12,105 Then came Bruce Maddox. 26 00:01:12,189 --> 00:01:15,150 His theory was that Data's entire code, even his memories, 27 00:01:15,233 --> 00:01:18,195 could be reconstituted from a single positronic neuron. 28 00:01:18,278 --> 00:01:21,239 Then Data, or some part of him, would be alive. 29 00:01:21,323 --> 00:01:23,366 There'd be no way of knowing without examining-- 30 00:01:23,450 --> 00:01:25,744 Dahj. Data's daughter. 31 00:01:25,827 --> 00:01:27,162 They're created in pairs. 32 00:01:27,245 --> 00:01:28,246 Dr. Asha. 33 00:01:28,788 --> 00:01:30,749 -Narek. -Soji. 34 00:01:30,832 --> 00:01:32,292 -Twins? -Twins. 35 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,170 So there's another one. 36 00:01:45,805 --> 00:01:49,351 [woman on PA] Attention, all personnel. Happy First Contact Day. 37 00:01:50,519 --> 00:01:54,022 Celebrations will be held in designated recreational areas 38 00:01:54,105 --> 00:01:57,400 during regularly scheduled alpha and beta shift breaks. 39 00:01:58,443 --> 00:02:02,614 [woman on PA] All directors, please submit final duty log prior to shift change. 40 00:02:03,198 --> 00:02:05,367 [man on PA] Sector three maintenance regulators will report 41 00:02:05,450 --> 00:02:06,910 to mandatory security training 42 00:02:06,993 --> 00:02:08,578 at 0800 hours. 43 00:02:08,662 --> 00:02:10,747 Good morning, plastic people. 44 00:02:11,623 --> 00:02:13,375 Good morning, Mr. Pincus. 45 00:02:14,084 --> 00:02:15,377 Let's go to work. 46 00:02:18,588 --> 00:02:23,510 A500 maintenance issues should be reported to synthetic personnel supervisors 47 00:02:23,593 --> 00:02:26,513 prior to initiating manual shutdown procedures. 48 00:02:29,599 --> 00:02:33,562 [Kvetchy] Every other tri-hy station in the yard gets off First Contact Day. 49 00:02:33,645 --> 00:02:36,106 Not us. What did we do wrong? 50 00:02:36,189 --> 00:02:38,942 To have a skeleton crew, you have to have skeletons. 51 00:02:39,025 --> 00:02:41,361 [Kvetchy] I bet my kids are having cake on Earth. 52 00:02:42,612 --> 00:02:44,155 Yo, F8. 53 00:02:44,239 --> 00:02:47,242 -You get into any trouble last night? -Hell, yeah. 54 00:02:47,325 --> 00:02:48,618 Oh, yeah? Doing what? 55 00:02:49,244 --> 00:02:50,245 Nothing. 56 00:02:51,037 --> 00:02:52,038 Hell, yeah. 57 00:02:52,122 --> 00:02:53,373 Hell, yeah. 58 00:02:53,957 --> 00:02:55,584 Hey, F8, I got one for you. 59 00:02:55,667 --> 00:02:57,627 What's brown and sticky? 60 00:02:58,587 --> 00:03:01,089 Teratogenic coolant. Isonucleic residue. 61 00:03:01,172 --> 00:03:02,674 Boson-enriched nanopolymer. 62 00:03:03,425 --> 00:03:04,426 A stick. 63 00:03:06,261 --> 00:03:07,345 You get it? 64 00:03:08,179 --> 00:03:09,180 No. 65 00:03:13,893 --> 00:03:15,562 Dude creeps me out. 66 00:03:15,645 --> 00:03:17,606 Hey. He can hear you. 67 00:03:18,189 --> 00:03:19,190 And? 68 00:03:19,274 --> 00:03:21,901 You can't offend them. They're not people. 69 00:03:21,985 --> 00:03:25,405 [Tough] And they can rip through solid titanium without breaking a sweat. 70 00:03:25,488 --> 00:03:27,616 [Kvetchy] What are you, his sister? 71 00:03:27,699 --> 00:03:28,992 [Tough] Who raised you? 72 00:03:29,075 --> 00:03:33,079 [indistinct on PA] 73 00:03:39,586 --> 00:03:40,920 [dings] 74 00:03:41,921 --> 00:03:45,258 [Kvetchy] I wish they'd go back to using uno amino matrices in the replicators. 75 00:03:45,342 --> 00:03:46,343 [Philosophical chuckles] No kidding. 76 00:03:46,426 --> 00:03:48,637 [Tough] Space pineapples again. 77 00:03:50,055 --> 00:03:52,098 I know what's brown and sticky. 78 00:03:53,933 --> 00:03:55,685 This food is brown and sticky. 79 00:03:56,436 --> 00:03:59,606 [Burly] Hey, that dude is lucky he doesn't have to eat this crap. 80 00:03:59,689 --> 00:04:01,566 Now, here is some brown sticky shit. 81 00:04:03,443 --> 00:04:04,986 Do you replicate flies with that too? 82 00:04:05,070 --> 00:04:07,280 [all laugh] 83 00:04:11,576 --> 00:04:12,744 What are you doing? 84 00:04:13,286 --> 00:04:14,496 [female electronic voice] Security alert. 85 00:04:14,579 --> 00:04:16,915 Multiple synthetic labor units have been compromised. 86 00:04:16,998 --> 00:04:18,083 Get away from there! 87 00:04:18,166 --> 00:04:22,045 [electronic voice] Deflector shields down in all sectors of Utopia Planitia. 88 00:04:22,128 --> 00:04:23,797 -Repeat, security alert. -Shit! 89 00:04:24,297 --> 00:04:25,340 Multiple synthetic-- 90 00:04:33,598 --> 00:04:36,142 [Tough] Central, this is tri-hy station A19. 91 00:04:36,226 --> 00:04:38,311 Synth unit F8 has been compromised. 92 00:04:38,395 --> 00:04:39,521 We have a man down. 93 00:04:39,938 --> 00:04:41,564 Repeat, we have a man down. 94 00:04:45,318 --> 00:04:46,569 Stand down! 95 00:04:49,072 --> 00:04:51,157 [electronic voice] Grid failure detected. 96 00:04:51,241 --> 00:04:53,952 Move immediately to designated safe zones. 97 00:04:55,036 --> 00:04:57,288 Security grid failure in progress. 98 00:04:58,123 --> 00:05:01,584 Containments have failed. Evacuate immediately. 99 00:05:01,668 --> 00:05:04,129 Orbital defense system compromised. 100 00:05:05,088 --> 00:05:07,799 Emergency evacuation protocol in effect. 101 00:05:08,758 --> 00:05:10,927 Cascade failure in progress. 102 00:07:09,045 --> 00:07:10,880 [female electronic voice] Surface scans negative. 103 00:07:10,964 --> 00:07:15,510 No matter or trace elements consistent with Dahj Asha are present. 104 00:07:15,593 --> 00:07:16,845 They erased her. 105 00:07:17,345 --> 00:07:19,347 And then they erased themselves. 106 00:07:19,430 --> 00:07:22,100 Well, it's certainly Tal Shiar's operational style, but-- 107 00:07:22,183 --> 00:07:23,184 [Laris] On Earth? 108 00:07:23,268 --> 00:07:25,436 Not even the Tal Shiar would have that audacity. 109 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:26,771 Then who? 110 00:07:28,481 --> 00:07:29,816 It has to be. 111 00:07:30,483 --> 00:07:31,484 Zhat Vash. 112 00:07:32,610 --> 00:07:33,903 And here we go. 113 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:35,822 What is "Zhat Vash"? 114 00:07:35,905 --> 00:07:37,365 A Tal Shiar myth. 115 00:07:38,408 --> 00:07:40,994 It's a kind of bogeyman they use to frighten new recruits. 116 00:07:41,369 --> 00:07:42,579 And children. 117 00:07:43,204 --> 00:07:44,414 Please explain. 118 00:07:44,831 --> 00:07:46,291 Here in the Federation, 119 00:07:46,374 --> 00:07:49,460 you refer to the Tal Shiar as the Romulan secret police. 120 00:07:50,545 --> 00:07:52,255 But it's a bit redundant. 121 00:07:52,338 --> 00:07:56,175 You could put the word "secret" in front of almost any aspect of Romulan culture. 122 00:07:56,259 --> 00:07:58,845 I have heard, and I have reason to believe, 123 00:07:58,928 --> 00:08:03,308 that the Tal Shiar is merely a mask worn by another far older cabal, 124 00:08:03,391 --> 00:08:07,395 that before the Tal Shiar, there was the Zhat Vash. 125 00:08:09,856 --> 00:08:13,234 [Zhaban] "Zhat Vash" is a term sometimes used to refer to the dead, 126 00:08:13,318 --> 00:08:15,695 the only reliable keepers of secrets. 127 00:08:15,778 --> 00:08:17,697 -Ominous. -[Laris] No. Fitting. 128 00:08:17,780 --> 00:08:20,575 Because that's the sole purpose of the Zhat Vash... 129 00:08:23,244 --> 00:08:26,372 to keep a secret so profound and terrible, 130 00:08:26,456 --> 00:08:28,958 just learning it can break a person's mind. 131 00:08:35,590 --> 00:08:39,594 Are you sure she said that he was murdered here, in her apartment? 132 00:08:39,677 --> 00:08:40,929 She did. 133 00:08:41,971 --> 00:08:45,016 All apparent evidence to the contrary. 134 00:08:45,099 --> 00:08:47,769 Would it be foolish to ask what is the dread secret 135 00:08:47,852 --> 00:08:49,520 that the Zhat Vash are keeping? 136 00:08:49,604 --> 00:08:52,023 No one outside the Zhat Vash knows for sure. 137 00:08:52,607 --> 00:08:53,691 But I've heard whispers. 138 00:08:54,317 --> 00:08:57,904 Romulan methods of forensic molecular reconstruction 139 00:08:57,987 --> 00:08:59,781 are illegal in the Federation. 140 00:08:59,864 --> 00:09:01,366 Really? I had no idea. 141 00:09:01,449 --> 00:09:03,326 [Picard] Yeah. They're also unreliable. 142 00:09:03,409 --> 00:09:06,996 And the results are dubious, at best. 143 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,666 Yeah. That's exactly what we wanted you to think. 144 00:09:10,166 --> 00:09:11,584 When I was a new recruit, 145 00:09:11,668 --> 00:09:13,628 -one of my first handlers... -My mother. 146 00:09:13,711 --> 00:09:16,214 -...got drunk on Romulan ale... -My father. 147 00:09:16,297 --> 00:09:20,009 ...and let slip that at the heart of the Zhat Vash mission 148 00:09:20,093 --> 00:09:22,929 was a deep unassuageable loathing. 149 00:09:23,012 --> 00:09:24,597 Loathing of whom? 150 00:09:25,181 --> 00:09:27,392 Not whom. What. 151 00:09:42,573 --> 00:09:44,367 -More wine? -Surprise me. 152 00:09:53,167 --> 00:09:55,461 [Caler] Dahj, your replicator menus are tragic. 153 00:09:57,964 --> 00:10:00,425 It's extraordinary. 154 00:10:01,384 --> 00:10:05,096 It's said they operate without regard for treaty or jurisdiction, 155 00:10:05,179 --> 00:10:07,265 and not just in Romulan worlds, 156 00:10:07,348 --> 00:10:09,684 but in the Klingon empire, the Gorn hegemony, 157 00:10:09,767 --> 00:10:11,269 even the Federation itself, 158 00:10:11,352 --> 00:10:15,773 and that they have kept this secret for thousands upon thousands of years. 159 00:10:15,857 --> 00:10:17,483 Cheeky fuckers. 160 00:10:17,859 --> 00:10:20,111 They've overwritten the particle residuum. 161 00:10:20,194 --> 00:10:21,446 Overwritten it? 162 00:10:21,529 --> 00:10:23,781 Yes, and in a very sophisticated way. 163 00:10:23,865 --> 00:10:25,908 It's barely detectable. 164 00:10:25,992 --> 00:10:28,286 It would read as instrument failure if you didn't know better. 165 00:10:28,369 --> 00:10:30,830 But it's not. It's a flat-out wipe. 166 00:10:30,913 --> 00:10:32,540 Can you recover it? 167 00:10:34,625 --> 00:10:37,003 Have you never noticed the complete absence 168 00:10:37,086 --> 00:10:39,881 of any form of artificial life in Romulan culture? 169 00:10:39,964 --> 00:10:43,551 We don't have androids or AIs. We don't study cybernetics. 170 00:10:43,634 --> 00:10:47,138 Our computers are limited to purely numerical functions. 171 00:10:47,221 --> 00:10:50,266 They must've saturated this place in antileptons. 172 00:10:50,349 --> 00:10:52,852 At no small risk to themselves, by the way. 173 00:10:53,603 --> 00:10:57,774 This place hasn't just been cleaned, Admiral. It's been scrubbed. 174 00:10:57,857 --> 00:11:01,069 Is that to be expected of your Zhat Vash? 175 00:11:01,152 --> 00:11:04,572 They're not my Zhat Vash. And I thought you didn't believe in them. 176 00:11:05,615 --> 00:11:07,408 I may be coming around. 177 00:11:08,659 --> 00:11:14,957 So, then all this is about the Zhat Vash's hatred of androids? 178 00:11:15,041 --> 00:11:16,918 It's not simply hate. 179 00:11:17,001 --> 00:11:23,424 It's hate and fear and pure loathing for any form of synthetic life. 180 00:11:23,966 --> 00:11:25,134 Why? 181 00:11:25,218 --> 00:11:27,303 That I can't tell you. I don't know. 182 00:11:28,012 --> 00:11:33,017 But I am certain that is the silence that seals the mouths of the Zhat Vash 183 00:11:33,101 --> 00:11:35,603 as surely and eternally as death. 184 00:11:35,686 --> 00:11:38,397 The operatives who did this wouldn't have wanted to leave the impression 185 00:11:38,481 --> 00:11:39,982 that the place had been scrubbed. 186 00:11:40,066 --> 00:11:43,569 We may find they've neglected something, 187 00:11:43,653 --> 00:11:49,742 some actual clue that lay tucked inside a false clue, as it were. 188 00:11:51,369 --> 00:11:53,454 Something like this, for example? 189 00:12:01,129 --> 00:12:04,882 There's no record of any incoming or outgoing calls. 190 00:12:04,966 --> 00:12:06,676 The information's there, 191 00:12:06,759 --> 00:12:09,262 but the indexes have been surgically deleted. 192 00:12:09,345 --> 00:12:11,055 There's no way to sort the data. 193 00:12:11,139 --> 00:12:16,269 Essentially, they've sterilized it so that it's qualitatively agnostic. 194 00:12:16,352 --> 00:12:19,438 There's no distinction. Everything looks like everything else. 195 00:12:19,522 --> 00:12:24,527 All we need is a record of any contact that she may have had with her sister. 196 00:12:24,610 --> 00:12:25,987 And no doubt it's in here, 197 00:12:26,070 --> 00:12:28,406 but it will look the same as everything else. 198 00:12:31,951 --> 00:12:35,121 No, it'll look like her. 199 00:12:35,913 --> 00:12:37,165 Like Dahj. 200 00:12:37,248 --> 00:12:39,250 What's her name? Dr. Jurati. 201 00:12:39,333 --> 00:12:41,961 She said that they would be identical twins, right? 202 00:12:42,044 --> 00:12:44,755 -Even closer than twins, perhaps. -Okay. 203 00:12:44,839 --> 00:12:48,092 So what's the first thing you do when you bring a new digital assistant online? 204 00:12:48,176 --> 00:12:49,760 -Introduce myself. -Exactly. 205 00:12:49,844 --> 00:12:51,929 Computers like efficiency. 206 00:12:52,013 --> 00:12:55,057 So what a computer does is build heuristics, 207 00:12:55,141 --> 00:12:57,852 shortcuts to the tasks it performs most often. 208 00:12:57,935 --> 00:13:00,438 You're saying that if they were indistinguishable, 209 00:13:00,521 --> 00:13:04,483 then the machine, at some point, could've mistaken the sister for Dahj. 210 00:13:04,567 --> 00:13:05,568 Exactly. 211 00:13:05,651 --> 00:13:09,071 And if it did, even for a few seconds before it flagged the error, 212 00:13:09,155 --> 00:13:12,116 then the tags might still be in here, 213 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,536 overlooked by even the most diligent of scrubbers. 214 00:13:16,996 --> 00:13:18,039 Got you. 215 00:13:19,373 --> 00:13:20,374 Okay. 216 00:13:21,292 --> 00:13:22,668 These were all outgoing. 217 00:13:24,337 --> 00:13:27,173 These were incoming. 218 00:13:30,343 --> 00:13:31,427 It's her. 219 00:13:32,845 --> 00:13:34,722 Ghosts in the machine. 220 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:37,934 Can you tell me where she is? 221 00:13:38,768 --> 00:13:39,894 No. 222 00:13:40,561 --> 00:13:42,313 But I can tell you where she isn't. 223 00:13:42,396 --> 00:13:47,526 Nonlocal information packets are routed through subspace relays. 224 00:13:47,610 --> 00:13:51,781 This routing leaves tiny but unmistakable code marks. 225 00:13:52,323 --> 00:13:53,616 Nonlocal? 226 00:13:53,699 --> 00:13:56,786 I am saying this transmission came from off-world. 227 00:14:00,414 --> 00:14:01,832 Are you certain? 228 00:14:01,916 --> 00:14:04,502 Wherever this girl was calling her sister from, 229 00:14:04,961 --> 00:14:06,796 it's nowhere on Earth. 230 00:14:16,847 --> 00:14:17,932 [Narek] Beautiful? 231 00:14:19,725 --> 00:14:22,520 No one's ever said that before about a Borg cube. 232 00:14:25,356 --> 00:14:28,276 [Soji] This isn't the Borg cube, Narek. It's the Artifact. 233 00:14:29,902 --> 00:14:32,822 The Borg cube is mighty and omnipotent. 234 00:14:38,119 --> 00:14:40,121 The Artifact is lost... 235 00:14:42,206 --> 00:14:43,833 severed from the Collective... 236 00:14:45,042 --> 00:14:47,169 broken, vulnerable. 237 00:14:48,754 --> 00:14:51,424 [Narek] You find vulnerability and brokenness beautiful? 238 00:14:52,174 --> 00:14:55,594 [Soji] Is that strange, to find beauty in imperfection? 239 00:14:56,554 --> 00:14:58,139 [Narek] Certainly not very Romulan. 240 00:14:58,931 --> 00:15:02,727 But then, there's nothing very Romulan about this place at all. 241 00:15:02,810 --> 00:15:04,603 [Soji] Apart from the current owners 242 00:15:05,313 --> 00:15:09,734 and the profits you extract from the exploitation of Borg technology. 243 00:15:09,817 --> 00:15:11,569 [Narek] Are you a subversive, Dr. Asha, 244 00:15:11,652 --> 00:15:15,281 sent by our enemies to foment revolution among the researchers? 245 00:15:15,364 --> 00:15:16,615 Yes, I am. 246 00:15:17,325 --> 00:15:20,536 But it's too late now. You already slept with me. 247 00:15:20,619 --> 00:15:23,289 That makes you an accessory to my plot. 248 00:15:23,372 --> 00:15:25,333 [chuckles] 249 00:15:25,416 --> 00:15:26,876 Clearly... 250 00:15:28,836 --> 00:15:30,796 I'll have to silence you. 251 00:15:39,055 --> 00:15:40,139 Try it. 252 00:15:53,861 --> 00:15:55,279 Time for work. 253 00:15:56,238 --> 00:15:58,407 [sighs] Yeah. Me too. 254 00:15:58,491 --> 00:16:01,619 Oh, you have a job? Thought you were just some Romulan lounge lizard. 255 00:16:01,702 --> 00:16:03,245 Oh, we all have our part to play. 256 00:16:05,414 --> 00:16:06,707 Can I ask you a question? 257 00:16:06,791 --> 00:16:09,502 Sure. Just don't expect an answer. 258 00:16:10,169 --> 00:16:12,880 Are we allowed to be sleeping together, or is that a secret? 259 00:16:13,881 --> 00:16:15,424 Very much the latter. 260 00:16:16,967 --> 00:16:19,011 Is everything Romulans do a secret? 261 00:16:19,095 --> 00:16:21,555 Oh, I'm not at liberty to divulge that. 262 00:16:21,639 --> 00:16:23,682 Is your name actually Narek? 263 00:16:24,183 --> 00:16:25,351 It's one of them. 264 00:16:26,435 --> 00:16:29,313 So, is there anything you can tell me about yourself? 265 00:16:30,231 --> 00:16:31,232 Yes. 266 00:16:32,441 --> 00:16:35,444 I'm a very private person. 267 00:16:38,906 --> 00:16:42,743 So, see you at the checkpoint? 268 00:16:42,827 --> 00:16:45,621 -Oh, really? -I need to see how it works. 269 00:16:46,622 --> 00:16:49,375 In your new capacity as? 270 00:16:49,959 --> 00:16:52,169 [speaking Romulan] Can you keep a secret? 271 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:53,921 Yes. 272 00:16:54,630 --> 00:16:55,631 Good. 273 00:17:01,095 --> 00:17:02,388 So can I. 274 00:17:17,903 --> 00:17:19,905 He said I'd find you out here. 275 00:17:19,989 --> 00:17:22,491 -Moritz. -Hello, Jean-Luc. 276 00:17:26,912 --> 00:17:30,207 It's been a very long time. 277 00:17:30,791 --> 00:17:31,959 Too long. 278 00:17:32,626 --> 00:17:35,546 I know there was a bit of trouble with the remote med-scan, 279 00:17:35,629 --> 00:17:37,965 but I hardly expected a house call. 280 00:17:38,466 --> 00:17:39,800 Let me just... 281 00:17:40,551 --> 00:17:41,802 Your office told me 282 00:17:41,886 --> 00:17:46,015 they would be forwarding the certificate for interstellar service 283 00:17:46,098 --> 00:17:48,184 as soon as you had seen the results. 284 00:17:53,522 --> 00:17:54,982 Oh, I see. 285 00:17:55,065 --> 00:17:57,318 You might want something stronger. 286 00:18:03,782 --> 00:18:05,075 [Benayoun] Your med-scan came in 287 00:18:05,159 --> 00:18:08,621 at or above Starfleet minimums in every category. 288 00:18:08,704 --> 00:18:11,415 Cardiovascular. Metabolic. Cognitive. 289 00:18:11,499 --> 00:18:13,876 For a relic, you're in excellent shape. 290 00:18:14,835 --> 00:18:19,089 Just that little abnormality in the parietal lobe. 291 00:18:19,507 --> 00:18:26,096 I was told a long time ago that it might cause a problem eventually. 292 00:18:26,180 --> 00:18:30,059 Loss of appetite, mood swings, unsettling dreams? 293 00:18:32,770 --> 00:18:38,025 Inappropriate displays of anger on interplanetary news holos. 294 00:18:41,278 --> 00:18:42,488 What do you think it is? 295 00:18:42,571 --> 00:18:44,949 I'd need to run more tests. 296 00:18:45,032 --> 00:18:48,077 It could be one of a number of related syndromes. 297 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:49,495 Prognosis? 298 00:18:52,665 --> 00:18:56,293 Come on. Let's have it, Dr. Benayoun. 299 00:18:58,128 --> 00:19:02,341 A few are treatable, but they all end the same way... 300 00:19:03,509 --> 00:19:05,052 some sooner than others. 301 00:19:07,930 --> 00:19:08,931 I see. 302 00:19:18,649 --> 00:19:23,571 I need you to certify me to Starfleet 303 00:19:23,654 --> 00:19:26,448 as fit for interstellar service. 304 00:19:28,701 --> 00:19:30,286 Now, will you do it? 305 00:19:32,246 --> 00:19:34,790 I don't suppose you'd condescend to tell me why? 306 00:19:37,001 --> 00:19:38,335 Secret mission? 307 00:19:38,961 --> 00:19:41,964 We certainly had our share of those on the Stargazer, didn't we? 308 00:19:42,631 --> 00:19:44,925 Remember that time in the fire forest on Calyx-- 309 00:19:45,009 --> 00:19:46,927 Dr. Benayoun. 310 00:19:47,011 --> 00:19:48,220 Forgive me. 311 00:19:49,763 --> 00:19:54,268 You really want to go back out into the cold, knowing? 312 00:19:55,394 --> 00:19:58,397 More than ever, knowing. 313 00:20:03,819 --> 00:20:06,822 I don't know what kind of trouble you're planning to get into. 314 00:20:07,615 --> 00:20:09,116 Maybe if you're lucky, 315 00:20:09,950 --> 00:20:11,577 it will kill you first. 316 00:20:44,443 --> 00:20:47,696 [female announcer] All visitors must report to main security desk. 317 00:20:47,780 --> 00:20:50,783 All visitors must report to main security desk. 318 00:20:54,745 --> 00:20:56,830 [male announcer] Admiral Kurti, please report to conference room B. 319 00:20:57,498 --> 00:21:00,668 Admiral Kurti, please report to conference room B. 320 00:21:00,751 --> 00:21:01,752 [Picard] Hello. 321 00:21:02,294 --> 00:21:06,090 I have a meeting with the CNC. I have an appointment. 322 00:21:06,173 --> 00:21:07,174 Of course, sir. 323 00:21:09,885 --> 00:21:11,970 May I have your name, please, sir? 324 00:21:12,846 --> 00:21:15,516 Oh, um... Picard. 325 00:21:15,599 --> 00:21:18,519 P-I-C-A-R-D. 326 00:21:18,602 --> 00:21:19,603 Jean-Luc. 327 00:21:20,145 --> 00:21:21,355 Ah. 328 00:21:21,438 --> 00:21:23,399 It's nice to see you up and around, Admiral. 329 00:21:23,482 --> 00:21:24,525 Welcome back. 330 00:21:24,608 --> 00:21:25,609 [beeps] 331 00:21:27,236 --> 00:21:29,029 -[door beeps] -Come. 332 00:21:32,074 --> 00:21:33,325 Jean-Luc. 333 00:21:33,409 --> 00:21:34,493 Kirsten. 334 00:21:35,619 --> 00:21:36,620 Hello. 335 00:21:37,204 --> 00:21:38,205 May I? 336 00:21:41,583 --> 00:21:44,545 Apparently you have urgent Federation business. 337 00:21:44,628 --> 00:21:47,131 I understood you to have left affairs of state behind. 338 00:21:47,214 --> 00:21:50,509 I am staying as far from it all as I can. 339 00:21:50,592 --> 00:21:53,137 -So, then what can I do for you? -Bruce Maddox. 340 00:21:53,220 --> 00:21:54,304 What about him? 341 00:21:54,388 --> 00:22:00,477 I believe that he is using neurons from the late Commander Data 342 00:22:00,561 --> 00:22:03,605 to create a new organic synthetic. 343 00:22:04,732 --> 00:22:07,317 Well, that's not far from all of it. It is all of it. 344 00:22:07,401 --> 00:22:09,570 The Romulans are involved. 345 00:22:09,653 --> 00:22:11,113 This gets better and better. 346 00:22:11,196 --> 00:22:15,367 Commander Data was not only my colleague, he was my dear friend. 347 00:22:15,993 --> 00:22:20,164 And he gave his life, body and soul to the Federation. 348 00:22:20,247 --> 00:22:25,419 And if there is a chance that some part of him still exists, 349 00:22:25,961 --> 00:22:28,797 then I think we have an obligation to investigate-- 350 00:22:28,881 --> 00:22:30,799 There is no "we," Jean-Luc. 351 00:22:30,883 --> 00:22:31,884 Kirsten. 352 00:22:32,676 --> 00:22:35,512 I know we have not always seen eye-to-eye. 353 00:22:35,596 --> 00:22:38,182 Nevertheless, I have a request to make. 354 00:22:38,265 --> 00:22:42,352 Based on my years of service, I want you to reinstate me, 355 00:22:43,020 --> 00:22:45,773 temporarily, for one mission. 356 00:22:45,856 --> 00:22:51,111 I will need a small warp-capable reconnaissance ship with a minimal crew. 357 00:22:51,195 --> 00:22:54,990 And if you feel that my rank makes me too conspicuous, 358 00:22:55,073 --> 00:22:58,619 well, then, I am content to be demoted to captain. 359 00:23:01,622 --> 00:23:04,166 The sheer fucking hubris. 360 00:23:04,792 --> 00:23:06,376 You think you could waltz back in here 361 00:23:06,460 --> 00:23:09,213 and be entrusted with taking men and women into space? 362 00:23:09,296 --> 00:23:11,381 Don't you think I was watching the holo the other day, 363 00:23:11,465 --> 00:23:13,050 along with everyone else in the galaxy? 364 00:23:13,133 --> 00:23:14,885 I should not have spoken in public. 365 00:23:14,968 --> 00:23:17,221 The Romulans were our enemies. 366 00:23:17,304 --> 00:23:19,515 And we tried to help them for as long as we could. 367 00:23:19,598 --> 00:23:22,392 But even before the synthetics attacked Mars, 368 00:23:22,476 --> 00:23:25,103 14 species within the Federation said 369 00:23:25,187 --> 00:23:27,481 "Cut the Romulans loose or we'll pull out." 370 00:23:27,564 --> 00:23:30,651 It was a choice between allowing the Federation to implode 371 00:23:30,734 --> 00:23:32,027 or letting the Romulans go. 372 00:23:32,110 --> 00:23:36,281 The Federation does not get to decide if a species lives or dies. 373 00:23:36,365 --> 00:23:38,575 Yes, we do. We absolutely do. 374 00:23:39,076 --> 00:23:43,497 Thousands of other species depend upon us for unity, for cohesion. 375 00:23:43,580 --> 00:23:45,582 We didn't have enough ships left. 376 00:23:45,666 --> 00:23:47,125 We had to make choices. 377 00:23:47,209 --> 00:23:49,545 But the great Captain Picard didn't like his orders. 378 00:23:49,628 --> 00:23:53,257 I was standing up for the Federation, for what it represents, 379 00:23:53,340 --> 00:23:55,676 for what it should still represent! 380 00:23:55,759 --> 00:23:57,636 How dare you lecture me? 381 00:23:57,719 --> 00:24:00,180 Ignore me again at your cost. 382 00:24:00,264 --> 00:24:03,517 -My cost? -You are in peril, Admiral. 383 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,477 There's no peril here. 384 00:24:05,936 --> 00:24:10,023 Only the pitiable delusions of a once-great man desperate to matter. 385 00:24:10,524 --> 00:24:13,235 This is no longer your house, Jean-Luc. 386 00:24:13,318 --> 00:24:16,655 So do what you're good at. Go home. 387 00:24:18,991 --> 00:24:20,784 Request denied. 388 00:24:33,130 --> 00:24:34,882 [female announcer] All those entering the Gray Zone 389 00:24:34,965 --> 00:24:37,050 are required to wear protective gear. 390 00:24:37,134 --> 00:24:39,761 Security badges must be visible at all times. 391 00:24:43,891 --> 00:24:45,392 Here, let me help you with that. 392 00:24:48,061 --> 00:24:49,479 So embarrassing. 393 00:24:52,190 --> 00:24:54,693 Are you new here? Haven't seen you around. 394 00:24:54,776 --> 00:24:55,694 Yesterday. 395 00:24:55,777 --> 00:24:58,280 My residency was supposed to start six months ago, 396 00:24:58,363 --> 00:25:01,283 but the Romulan Free State revoked it when I was halfway here. 397 00:25:01,366 --> 00:25:05,078 I have no idea why or why they finally reinstated it. 398 00:25:05,162 --> 00:25:06,830 Well, that sounds about right. 399 00:25:10,042 --> 00:25:13,962 They still don't have a clear idea of how much damage this Cube sustained. 400 00:25:14,046 --> 00:25:17,174 Or maybe they do, and they just aren't telling. 401 00:25:17,758 --> 00:25:20,761 Anyway, you don't want to cross over into the Gray Zone without this turned on. 402 00:25:21,094 --> 00:25:22,304 [beeps] 403 00:25:22,888 --> 00:25:24,973 Don't worry. You're gonna be fine. 404 00:25:32,606 --> 00:25:35,442 [checkpoint supervisor] Morning, and welcome to Ops Cycle 9834. 405 00:25:35,525 --> 00:25:36,401 Here we go. 406 00:25:37,110 --> 00:25:40,030 As guests of the Borg Artifact Research Institute, 407 00:25:40,113 --> 00:25:42,240 your safety is important to us. 408 00:25:42,324 --> 00:25:46,411 You are standing inside one of the most destructive weapons ever known. 409 00:25:46,495 --> 00:25:49,831 And though no longer active, it remains potentially dangerous. 410 00:25:50,248 --> 00:25:53,293 Please don't venture outside of your designated research area. 411 00:25:53,669 --> 00:25:57,506 Assume that any fixture or instrument not personally known to be benign 412 00:25:57,589 --> 00:25:59,091 is malignant. 413 00:25:59,174 --> 00:26:00,717 Romulans are into drama. 414 00:26:02,427 --> 00:26:04,388 [checkpoint supervisor] You may not remove any object. 415 00:26:04,471 --> 00:26:05,722 [woman] Who is that? 416 00:26:05,806 --> 00:26:08,600 That's Narek. He's new here too. 417 00:26:09,559 --> 00:26:11,520 I didn't know Romulans could be so hot. 418 00:26:15,065 --> 00:26:16,692 Me either. 419 00:26:16,775 --> 00:26:17,859 While in the Gray Zone, 420 00:26:17,943 --> 00:26:21,989 you are likely to encounter former members of the Borg Collective. 421 00:26:22,364 --> 00:26:24,157 Are you researching the xBs? 422 00:26:24,950 --> 00:26:26,243 It's a little more hands-on. 423 00:26:26,326 --> 00:26:31,248 And if your gradient badge starts to blink green, run. 424 00:26:33,291 --> 00:26:34,710 Don't worry about it. 425 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:48,265 Narek, this is-- 426 00:26:48,348 --> 00:26:51,268 Dr. Naàshala Kunamadèstifee of Trill Polytech. 427 00:26:51,351 --> 00:26:53,895 The Institute is eager to see your work bear fruit, Doctor. 428 00:26:53,979 --> 00:26:57,566 How likely is the Collective to re-establish a link to your Borg? 429 00:26:57,649 --> 00:27:00,902 Is it really wise to release them? 430 00:27:00,986 --> 00:27:03,739 Well, they're former Borg. And we're not releasing them. 431 00:27:03,822 --> 00:27:05,866 -We're reclaiming them. -There's really no danger. 432 00:27:05,949 --> 00:27:08,076 When a Cube undergoes submatrix collapse, 433 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,996 the Collective immediately severs its link to the afflicted population. 434 00:27:11,496 --> 00:27:15,083 As far as the Collective are concerned, this is just a graveyard. 435 00:27:15,167 --> 00:27:16,626 And what does that make us? 436 00:27:16,710 --> 00:27:18,795 The same as you find in any graveyard. 437 00:27:18,879 --> 00:27:22,591 Some have come to feed on the dead. Some are ghosts. 438 00:27:22,674 --> 00:27:26,553 And a few, like you, Dr. Asha, pin their hopes on resurrection. 439 00:27:33,101 --> 00:27:35,228 May I join you for the procedure? 440 00:27:36,354 --> 00:27:37,898 I'd like to see you work. 441 00:27:38,607 --> 00:27:40,025 That's not up to me. 442 00:27:40,108 --> 00:27:43,361 You need approval from the Director of the Borg Reclamation Project. 443 00:27:44,446 --> 00:27:47,240 Hmm. Actually, I don't. 444 00:27:56,875 --> 00:28:00,170 Ah, you have a taste for the classics, I see. 445 00:28:01,922 --> 00:28:04,800 I never really cared for science fiction. 446 00:28:05,509 --> 00:28:08,470 I guess I just didn't get it. 447 00:28:09,930 --> 00:28:10,931 [sighs] 448 00:28:11,807 --> 00:28:14,518 -Well, thank you for coming over. -Yeah. 449 00:28:14,601 --> 00:28:17,646 It was hard to tear myself away from the action at my lab, but... 450 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,441 Um, your preference? We have a selection. 451 00:28:22,317 --> 00:28:23,318 Earl Grey? 452 00:28:24,236 --> 00:28:26,404 I knew there was something about you. 453 00:28:28,782 --> 00:28:32,994 I've gathered up everything I could find from Maddox's tenure at the Institute. 454 00:28:33,078 --> 00:28:36,289 Most of what was there got black-boxed after he disappeared, 455 00:28:36,373 --> 00:28:39,334 but they left some of the ancillary stuff untouched. 456 00:28:39,876 --> 00:28:41,336 I was thinking about the painting. 457 00:28:41,837 --> 00:28:44,214 Bruce and Data were friends, after a fashion. 458 00:28:44,297 --> 00:28:48,176 If Bruce is using Data's neurons to make more synths, 459 00:28:48,260 --> 00:28:51,805 it would make sense to model them after the painting Data made. 460 00:28:51,888 --> 00:28:52,931 Indeed. 461 00:28:54,266 --> 00:28:57,102 I also did a little digging into Dahj Asha. 462 00:28:57,769 --> 00:29:00,355 You were right. She was accepted at Daystrom. 463 00:29:00,438 --> 00:29:02,649 In fact, she was the perfect candidate. 464 00:29:02,732 --> 00:29:05,402 In hindsight, a little too perfect. 465 00:29:05,485 --> 00:29:07,946 Her credentials were bogus. 466 00:29:08,029 --> 00:29:09,739 It's more insidious than that. 467 00:29:09,823 --> 00:29:11,199 I checked with Regulus. 468 00:29:11,283 --> 00:29:15,120 Their records show she was enrolled there, and her grade transcripts are on file. 469 00:29:15,203 --> 00:29:17,038 So, she was what she claimed to be? 470 00:29:17,122 --> 00:29:19,291 She was a complete work of fiction. 471 00:29:20,542 --> 00:29:24,045 There's no record of her having actually attended R3SA. 472 00:29:25,213 --> 00:29:26,923 I'm no forensics maven, 473 00:29:27,007 --> 00:29:31,636 but my sense is that her entire identity was built all at once 474 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:32,888 about three years ago. 475 00:29:32,971 --> 00:29:35,140 By whom? Bruce Maddox? 476 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,434 He certainly had the ability. 477 00:29:37,517 --> 00:29:39,519 -Motive? -I don't know. 478 00:29:41,021 --> 00:29:45,400 People in the synthetic humanoid field tend to get a little secret-planny. 479 00:29:47,068 --> 00:29:49,446 -Milk? -Yes, please. Thank you. 480 00:29:56,411 --> 00:29:57,495 There you go. 481 00:29:57,579 --> 00:29:58,580 Oh, thank you. 482 00:30:00,832 --> 00:30:03,585 It breaks my heart that I never got a chance to meet her. 483 00:30:04,127 --> 00:30:05,962 Such a wondrous thing. 484 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:11,384 And the damn Romulans just wiped her away. 485 00:30:14,346 --> 00:30:19,184 You asked me what the plan was, what she was after at Daystrom. 486 00:30:19,768 --> 00:30:22,604 I don't think that's the most relevant question right now. 487 00:30:22,687 --> 00:30:24,898 I think the question you should be trying to answer is-- 488 00:30:24,981 --> 00:30:26,733 "What about the other one?" 489 00:30:27,859 --> 00:30:30,028 If she is really out there, 490 00:30:30,111 --> 00:30:33,198 and if the Romulans haven't gotten to her too... 491 00:30:34,658 --> 00:30:36,368 then where is she? 492 00:30:36,451 --> 00:30:37,827 And what is she after? 493 00:30:48,505 --> 00:30:53,176 [Dr. Kabath] Continuing procedure on patient 8923 stroke three. 494 00:30:53,260 --> 00:30:54,511 One of the Nameless. 495 00:30:57,222 --> 00:31:00,225 Time in regenestasis, 14 years. 496 00:31:00,308 --> 00:31:02,978 Arm implant was successfully removed. 497 00:31:08,149 --> 00:31:11,194 Initiating ocular harvest procedure on Nameless. 498 00:31:13,029 --> 00:31:15,532 You know I hate it when you use that term. 499 00:31:19,953 --> 00:31:21,705 You may have mentioned that once. 500 00:31:22,372 --> 00:31:24,249 Why do you call them the Nameless? 501 00:31:25,250 --> 00:31:27,919 Their species had a name. We just don't know what it was. 502 00:31:28,753 --> 00:31:30,380 Nameless is a name. 503 00:31:36,845 --> 00:31:38,972 Removing ocular processing core. 504 00:31:47,939 --> 00:31:51,026 Tertiary mandible implant. Containment complete. 505 00:31:51,776 --> 00:31:53,570 Tagged for level ten storage. 506 00:31:58,158 --> 00:31:59,826 Tagged for level one disposal. 507 00:32:00,702 --> 00:32:02,746 [speaking Romulan] You are free now, my friend. 508 00:32:07,250 --> 00:32:08,668 [ticking] 509 00:32:12,005 --> 00:32:13,381 [chimes] 510 00:33:04,265 --> 00:33:06,017 -[beeps] -Raffi, it's Jean-Luc. 511 00:33:06,101 --> 00:33:08,728 Please don't hang up. I need your help. 512 00:33:10,063 --> 00:33:11,981 I need a ship. 513 00:33:27,497 --> 00:33:29,207 [Commodore Oh] Picard again? 514 00:33:29,290 --> 00:33:33,294 And we all thought that he was safely mothballed on that vineyard of his. 515 00:33:33,378 --> 00:33:36,381 All these years, the hermit of La Barre. 516 00:33:36,464 --> 00:33:38,758 Now suddenly he is inescapable. 517 00:33:38,842 --> 00:33:40,718 [Clancy] That's one word for what he is. 518 00:33:40,802 --> 00:33:43,930 Going on and on about advanced synthetics, Bruce Maddox and-- 519 00:33:44,013 --> 00:33:45,682 Bruce Maddox? 520 00:33:45,765 --> 00:33:48,143 -Is he still alive? -Does it even matter? 521 00:33:48,226 --> 00:33:49,519 And then there was this wild talk 522 00:33:49,602 --> 00:33:52,772 about clandestine Romulan anti-synth ops here on Earth. 523 00:33:52,856 --> 00:33:54,107 It was just... 524 00:33:55,525 --> 00:33:56,776 It was just sad. 525 00:33:56,860 --> 00:33:59,571 One might be even inclined to say tragic. 526 00:33:59,654 --> 00:34:02,824 Admiral Clancy, I know I need hardly remind you, 527 00:34:02,907 --> 00:34:06,911 if the Romulans were running clandestine operations on Earth, 528 00:34:06,995 --> 00:34:08,329 I would know. 529 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:10,707 And then you would know. 530 00:34:11,124 --> 00:34:13,001 And then all of Starfleet would know, 531 00:34:13,084 --> 00:34:17,464 because clearly that would be an overt and intolerable act of war. 532 00:34:17,547 --> 00:34:18,548 Of course. 533 00:34:18,631 --> 00:34:20,717 Look, Commodore, obviously there's nothing to it, 534 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:24,554 but I thought I'd better check, out of an excess of caution, as they say. 535 00:34:24,637 --> 00:34:26,306 -Just look into it. -Of course. 536 00:34:29,976 --> 00:34:32,562 Lieutenant Rizzo to me, please. 537 00:34:32,645 --> 00:34:33,646 [Laris] What? 538 00:34:34,481 --> 00:34:35,773 Have you gone mad? 539 00:34:35,857 --> 00:34:37,609 -Is it dementia? -I beg your pardon? 540 00:34:37,692 --> 00:34:39,652 Sorry, but you're not a stupid man, 541 00:34:39,736 --> 00:34:43,740 so when I hear you say such a stupid idea, I have to ask for other explanations. 542 00:34:44,491 --> 00:34:45,742 Well, how about this? 543 00:34:46,326 --> 00:34:50,497 The daughter of the man whose death I have been mourning for two decades 544 00:34:50,580 --> 00:34:52,916 comes to me for help and assistance. 545 00:34:52,999 --> 00:34:58,171 And then she is assassinated in front of my eyes by a Romulan death squad 546 00:34:58,254 --> 00:35:02,592 who will then go and try and find and destroy her twin sister. 547 00:35:03,801 --> 00:35:07,805 And you want me to sit here worrying what to do about the spittlebugs on the pinots? 548 00:35:07,889 --> 00:35:09,682 I want you not to die. 549 00:35:09,766 --> 00:35:12,810 No one but the Tal Shiar could ever protect you against the Tal Shiar. 550 00:35:12,894 --> 00:35:15,855 She's not wrong. You can't go without us. 551 00:35:16,439 --> 00:35:19,859 Idiot! He cannot go at all. He's only safe here. 552 00:35:19,943 --> 00:35:22,070 He knows about them. They have to eliminate him. 553 00:35:22,153 --> 00:35:25,114 Nevertheless, I have to go. 554 00:35:25,532 --> 00:35:27,200 Go where? Go how? 555 00:35:27,867 --> 00:35:31,496 Well, I will get a ship, and I will find Bruce Maddox, 556 00:35:31,579 --> 00:35:32,914 wherever he is. 557 00:35:32,997 --> 00:35:35,917 Laris, I have to do this. 558 00:35:36,501 --> 00:35:39,629 I don't yet fully understand all of it, 559 00:35:39,712 --> 00:35:41,798 but I know that it's important, 560 00:35:41,881 --> 00:35:43,091 and not only to me. 561 00:35:43,508 --> 00:35:46,010 No, of course, if it's important to Jean-Luc Picard, 562 00:35:46,094 --> 00:35:48,137 it must be important to the whole galaxy. 563 00:35:49,347 --> 00:35:50,390 Go. 564 00:35:51,599 --> 00:35:52,976 And take that one with you! 565 00:35:53,518 --> 00:35:54,894 You can die together. 566 00:35:55,937 --> 00:35:56,854 [sighs] 567 00:35:58,982 --> 00:36:02,151 Laris understands. She's afraid for you. That's all. 568 00:36:02,235 --> 00:36:03,736 I know that. 569 00:36:03,820 --> 00:36:06,781 But you have to stay here with her. 570 00:36:07,323 --> 00:36:10,868 The grapes are far more in need of protection than I am. 571 00:36:11,411 --> 00:36:14,038 And it's less than a month to the harvest. 572 00:36:14,122 --> 00:36:16,082 But you can't do it alone. 573 00:36:16,165 --> 00:36:18,668 -You need help. You need protection. -Yeah. 574 00:36:18,751 --> 00:36:22,839 You need a crew. Riker. Worf. La Forge. Hmm? 575 00:36:24,215 --> 00:36:26,301 [sighs] No. 576 00:36:27,218 --> 00:36:28,303 I thought about it. 577 00:36:28,386 --> 00:36:30,805 And they would do it in a heartbeat, 578 00:36:30,888 --> 00:36:34,183 and that's precisely why I cannot ask them. 579 00:36:34,267 --> 00:36:37,478 They would put themselves at risk out of loyalty to me, 580 00:36:37,562 --> 00:36:40,857 and I do not want to have to go through that again. 581 00:36:41,691 --> 00:36:42,692 Okay. 582 00:36:43,109 --> 00:36:46,738 You need someone who hates you and has nothing to lose. 583 00:36:48,072 --> 00:36:50,033 I've already made the call. 584 00:36:55,747 --> 00:36:57,582 -[beeps] -Come. 585 00:37:01,169 --> 00:37:02,837 You wanted to see me, Commodore? 586 00:37:03,504 --> 00:37:05,340 Take a look at this. 587 00:37:05,423 --> 00:37:07,550 Does that look like disrupter fire? 588 00:37:08,009 --> 00:37:09,177 There. 589 00:37:09,969 --> 00:37:11,471 Reflected in the handrail. 590 00:37:12,305 --> 00:37:13,640 Not to me, no. 591 00:37:17,018 --> 00:37:19,020 Admiral Clancy just called. 592 00:37:19,103 --> 00:37:21,105 Jean-Luc Picard came to see her. 593 00:37:21,189 --> 00:37:25,693 He has information about clandestine Romulan ops here on Earth. 594 00:37:25,777 --> 00:37:28,488 He referred to Zhat Vash by name. 595 00:37:28,571 --> 00:37:31,240 He was trying to persuade her to give him a ship 596 00:37:31,324 --> 00:37:33,910 and let him go after Dr. Bruce Maddox. 597 00:37:33,993 --> 00:37:36,746 Although she did not mention that last part 598 00:37:36,829 --> 00:37:38,956 nor the talk about Zhat Vash. 599 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:42,543 -Then how do you know? -Do not insult me, Lieutenant. 600 00:37:42,627 --> 00:37:45,338 It would not be advantageous for your career. 601 00:37:46,881 --> 00:37:48,257 Apologies, Commodore. 602 00:37:48,341 --> 00:37:49,926 This is unexpected. 603 00:37:50,009 --> 00:37:53,262 A dirty word in our line of work. 604 00:37:53,346 --> 00:37:55,098 Perhaps the worst word of all. 605 00:37:55,515 --> 00:37:58,017 So, you need me to take care of Picard? 606 00:37:59,143 --> 00:38:01,354 Your zeal and passion are commendable, 607 00:38:01,854 --> 00:38:04,941 but they are very nearly overbalanced by your impatience. 608 00:38:05,316 --> 00:38:09,779 There is a fundamental aptness in the word "undercover" 609 00:38:10,738 --> 00:38:13,116 which you have yet to fully absorb. 610 00:38:13,199 --> 00:38:15,410 So I won't take care of him impatiently. 611 00:38:16,452 --> 00:38:18,371 I'll make it last as long as you like. 612 00:38:18,454 --> 00:38:22,291 Clancy has discouraged him adequately, I believe. 613 00:38:22,917 --> 00:38:25,253 And if the need arises, 614 00:38:26,087 --> 00:38:28,297 I will take care of Picard. 615 00:38:28,381 --> 00:38:30,967 I want you to stay on mission. 616 00:38:31,050 --> 00:38:33,761 You made a shambles of the operation here. 617 00:38:33,845 --> 00:38:37,598 Your team destroyed the thing before it could be interrogated 618 00:38:37,682 --> 00:38:39,475 and nearly blew our cover. 619 00:38:40,017 --> 00:38:42,270 We have one more opportunity. 620 00:38:42,353 --> 00:38:44,897 Do not squander it. 621 00:38:46,190 --> 00:38:47,275 Of course. 622 00:38:48,151 --> 00:38:51,904 -I've put my best man on it. -Have you? I worry about that one. 623 00:38:53,030 --> 00:38:56,743 He too has a troubling penchant for the unexpected. 624 00:38:56,826 --> 00:38:59,912 And I have had just about my fill of surprises, Lieutenant. 625 00:38:59,996 --> 00:39:01,956 Do I make myself clear? 626 00:39:03,374 --> 00:39:05,752 I will vouch for him with my life. 627 00:39:05,835 --> 00:39:08,671 Indeed. You will. 628 00:39:08,755 --> 00:39:13,009 Which is why I strongly recommend that you manage this case in person. 629 00:39:14,093 --> 00:39:15,094 Of course. 630 00:39:15,178 --> 00:39:18,347 Everything is at stake. 631 00:39:18,431 --> 00:39:20,808 See that he does not fail. 632 00:39:21,476 --> 00:39:24,187 See that neither of you does. 633 00:39:46,542 --> 00:39:49,295 You can turn around and call that cab 634 00:39:49,378 --> 00:39:51,798 to take you right back where you came from. 635 00:39:51,881 --> 00:39:53,591 I just want to talk. 636 00:39:53,674 --> 00:39:56,677 There isn't anything you could say that I wanna hear. 637 00:39:59,639 --> 00:40:02,809 Secret Romulan assassins are operating on Earth. 638 00:40:05,853 --> 00:40:07,230 Is that the '86? 639 00:40:14,654 --> 00:40:15,947 Goddamn it. 640 00:40:33,422 --> 00:40:35,550 -Nice of you to knock. -Why start now? 641 00:40:37,468 --> 00:40:40,012 How's life in Starfleet, Lieutenant Rizzo? 642 00:40:41,097 --> 00:40:44,433 That ridiculous disguise and round ears. 643 00:40:44,517 --> 00:40:46,477 -You look like a plucked wakak. -Shut up. 644 00:40:46,561 --> 00:40:47,687 [laughs] 645 00:40:47,770 --> 00:40:49,480 -Any progress? -Yes. 646 00:40:49,564 --> 00:40:52,024 Slow, but I'm still confident 647 00:40:52,108 --> 00:40:55,069 that my approach, which you approved, is the only sound approach. 648 00:40:55,152 --> 00:40:57,363 I hope that confidence is not misguided. 649 00:40:57,446 --> 00:41:00,116 If your approach doesn't start paying off very soon, 650 00:41:00,199 --> 00:41:03,661 I'll be obliged to un-approve it, for both our sakes. 651 00:41:05,496 --> 00:41:07,582 Commodore Oh is quite distressed. 652 00:41:08,165 --> 00:41:10,501 She has been a useful ally for a long time. 653 00:41:10,585 --> 00:41:12,336 I can't have her turning on us. 654 00:41:13,337 --> 00:41:15,882 -When I arrive-- -When you arrive? 655 00:41:17,300 --> 00:41:18,718 I'm on top of it. 656 00:41:24,015 --> 00:41:25,558 So it would seem. 657 00:41:26,475 --> 00:41:28,102 Have you found the nest? 658 00:41:28,185 --> 00:41:31,564 Has the machine given up the location of its fellow abominations? 659 00:41:33,190 --> 00:41:35,359 Really, has it told you anything at all? 660 00:41:39,155 --> 00:41:42,867 Grave reservations have been expressed about your approach, baby brother. 661 00:41:42,950 --> 00:41:45,995 I don't have to tell you the stakes couldn't be higher. 662 00:41:46,078 --> 00:41:47,705 Oh has reservations... 663 00:41:48,789 --> 00:41:51,000 profound reservations. 664 00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:54,545 There is no one whose survival matters more to me than yours. 665 00:41:57,006 --> 00:41:58,549 Except my own. 666 00:42:00,009 --> 00:42:03,471 If you've made no progress by the time I get there, 667 00:42:04,347 --> 00:42:07,642 I will have no choice but to try my approach, 668 00:42:08,142 --> 00:42:10,519 unfortunate as it may have been. 669 00:42:12,605 --> 00:42:14,482 If there is another such disaster... 670 00:42:15,483 --> 00:42:18,444 it will undoubtedly consume you and me too.