Star Trek: Nemesis

La Forge:
Captain, we are being hailed.

Picard:
On screen.

Picard:
...Open a channel.

Commander William T. Riker:
Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse.

Commander Deanna Troi:
It's Data.

Picard:
Duty: a starship captain's life is filled with solemn duty. I have commanded men in battle. I have negotiated peace treaties between implacable enemies. I have represented the Federation in first contact with twenty-seven alien species. But none of this compares to my solemn duty as... best man. Now, I know that on an occasion such as this it is expected that I be gracious and fulsome with praise on the wonders of this blessed union, but have you two considered what you're doing to me? Of course you're happy. But what about my needs? This is all a damned inconvenience. While you're happily settling in on the Titan, I'll have to train my new first officer. You all know him. He's a steely sort of fellow who knows every word of every paragraph of every regulation by heart; a stern martinet who will never, ever, allow me to go on away missions.

Praetor Shinzon:
My life is meaningless as long as you're still alive.

Picard:
This has nothing to do with my ship.

Shinzon:
Oh, but it does! We will no longer bow before anyone as slaves. Not the Romulans and not your mighty Federation. We are a race bred for war... and conquest.

Shinzon:
You are me. The same noble Picard blood runs through our veins. Had you lived my life, you'd be doing exactly as I am... Look in the mirror and see yourself. Consider that, Captain... I can think of no greater torment for you.

Picard:
I'm a mirror for you as well.

Shinzon:
Not for long. I'm afraid you won't survive to witness the victory of the echo... over the voice.

Data:
Do you think this is a wise course of action, sir?

Picard:
We're about to find out, Data.

Data:
The B-4 is physically identical to me, although his neural pathways are not as advanced. But even if they were, he would not be me.

Picard:
How can you be sure?

Data:
I aspire, sir. To be better than I am. The B-4 does not. Nor does Shinzon.

Picard:
The crew has responded with the dedication I've come to expect from them... And like a thousand other commanders on a thousand other battlefields, I wait for the dawn.

Commander Deanna Troi:
And you needn't worry. I'll brief your new counselor on everything she needs to know.

Picard:
Like hell you will. You already know too much about me.

Picard:
Now you promised there are no speeches during the ceremony on Betazed.

Commander William T. Riker:
No... no speeches. No clothes, either.

Picard:
Will Riker, you have been my trusted right arm for fifteen years. You have helped keep my course true and steady. Deanna Troi, you have been my conscience and guide. You have helped me to recognize the best parts of myself.

Picard:
You are my family. And in maritime tradition, I wish you clear horizons... my friends, make it so.

Picard:
You have the bridge... Mr. Troi.

Shinzon:
I can hear as well as you can, Captain. I can see as well as you can... I can feel everything you feel... in fact, I feel exactly what you feel. Don't I, Jean-Luc?

Picard:
Why am I here?

Shinzon:
I was lonely.

Data:
I must deactivate you.

B-4:
For how long?

Data:
Indefinitely.

B-4:
How long is tha...

Data:
A long time, brother.

Worf:
The Romulans fought with honor.

Commander William T. Riker:
That they did, Mr. Worf.

Picard:
In his quest to be more like us, he helped show us what it means to be human.

Commander Deanna Troi:
What's he doing?

Picard:
He wants to look me in the eye...

Janeway:
The Son'a, the Borg, the Romulans; you always get the easy assignments.

Picard:
Just lucky, I guess.

La Forge:
You ever think about getting married, Guinan?

Guinan:
Oh, I don't think so. Twenty-three was my limit.

Data:
Ladies and gentlemen and invited transgender species...

Janeway:
Jean-Luc, how would you like a trip to Romulus?

Picard:
With or without the rest of the fleet?

Senator:
Senators, consider the opportunities for the Empire. At last, the destinies of the planets Romulus and Remus will be united. Shinzon of Remus is offering us a chance to make ourselves stronger than ever before. It would be madness to reject it. I beg you not to let prejudice or politics interfere with this Alliance. By joining Shinzon's forces with ours, not even the Federation will be able to stand in our way.

Praetor Hiren:
That's enough!

Worf:
Ugggh... Irving Berlin.

Geordi La Forge:
You ever think about getting married again?

Guinan:
No. Twenty-three was my limit.

[Worf with a hangover, groans with his head down on the table.]

Guinan:
Worf? Are you all right?

Worf:
Romulan ale should be illegal.

Geordi La Forge:
It is.

Worf:
Then it should be more illegal.

Deanna Troi:
That was a lovely toast.

Jean-Luc Picard:
It's from the heart.

Deanna Troi:
And you needn't worry. I'm going to brief your new counsellor everything she needs to know.

Jean-Luc Picard:
Like hell you are. You already know too much about me. But I take it, there will be no speeches during the ceremony on Betazed.

William Riker:
No... no speeches and no clothes.

[Data on stage, toasts Riker and Troi]

Data:
Ladies and gentlemen and invited transgendered species...

Jean-Luc Picard:
Don't worry, Number One. We'll still have you to Betazed with plenty of time to spare.

William Riker:
Thank you, sir.

Jean-Luc Picard:
[to Worf] Where we will all honor the Betazoid tradition [regarding nude marriages]. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be in the gym.

William Riker:
Captain, I don't have to remind you--

Jean-Luc Picard:
I appreciate you concern, Number One. But, I have been itching to try the Argo.

William Riker:
I'll bet.

Jean-Luc Picard:
Captain's prerogative. There's no foreseeable danger. And your wife would never have forgiven me if anything would have happened to you. You have the bridge... Mister Troi!

[The bridge crew laughs heartily at Riker's momentary demotion to house husband.]

Data:
It appears to be a robotic arm.

Worf:
[sarcastically] Very astute

Kathryn Janeway:
Jean-Luc, how'd you like a trip to Romulus?

Jean-Luc Picard:
With or without the rest of the fleet?

Kathryn Janeway:
A diplomatic mission. We've been invited, believe it or not.

Kathryn Janeway:
The Son'a, the Borg, the Romulans-- you seem to get all the easy assignments.

Jean-Luc Picard:
Just lucky, Admiral.

Kathryn Janeway:
Let's hope that luck holds. Janeway out.

Jean-Luc Picard:
Helmsman, lay in a new course. Take us to Romulus, warp eight.

Officer Branson:
Aye aye, sir. Course plotted and laid in.

William Riker:
Romulus?

Jean-Luc Picard:
I'm afraid the Opal Sea will have to wait, Number One. Engage.

Data:
B-4, do you know where you are?

B-4:
I am in a room...with lights!

Shinzon:
My life is meaningless as long as you're still alive. What am I while you exist? A shadow? An echo?

Jean-Luc Picard:
If your issues are about me, then deal with me. This has nothing to do with my ship-- nothing to do with the Federation.

Shinzon:
Oh, but it does. We will no longer bow before anyone as slaves; not the Romulans, and not your mighty Federation. We are a race bred for war and conquest.

Jean-Luc Picard:
Why have you brought me here?!

Shinzon:
[sarcastically] I was lonely.

Data:
[as B-4] Move, puny human animal.

Jean-Luc Picard:
[whispering] A bit less florid, Data.

Geordi La Forge:
Captain, we're being hailed.

Jean-Luc Picard:
On screen. [remembers that the viewscreen has been destroyed] Open a channel.

Donatra:
[over the intercom] This is Commander Donatra of the Valdore. We're dispatching shuttles with medical personnel and supplies.

Jean-Luc Picard:
Thank you, Commander.

Donatra:
You've earned a friend in the Romulan Empire today, Captain. I hope the first of many. Valdore out.

B-4:
Never saw the sun... never saw the sun... never saw the sun...

Jean-Luc Picard:
Shining so bright...

B-4:
Shining so bright, never saw things...

Jean-Luc Picard:
Going so right.

B-4:
Going so right...

[last lines]

[Talking with a holographic projection of Shinzon]

Jean-Luc Picard:
Your heart, your hands, your eyes are the same as mine. The blood pumping within you, the raw material is the same. We have the same potential.

Shinzon:
That's the past, Captain.

Jean-Luc Picard:
It can be the future. Buried deep within you, beneath all the years of pain and anger, there is something that has never been nurtured--the potential to make yourself a better man. And that is what is to be human: To make yourself more than you are. Oh, yes. I know you. There was a time you looked at the stars and dreamed of what might be.

Shinzon:
Childish dreams, Captain. Lost in the dilithium mines of Remus. I am what you see now.

Jean-Luc Picard:
I see more than that; I see what you could be. The man who is Shinzon of Remus and Jean-Luc Picard could never exterminate the population of an entire planet. He's better than that!

Shinzon:
He is what his life has made him.

Jean-Luc Picard:
And what will you do with that life? Waste it in a blaze of hatred? There is a better way.

Shinzon:
[Shakes his head] It's too late.

Jean-Luc Picard:
Never, never! You still have a choice. Make the right one now.

Shinzon:
I can't fight what I am!

Jean-Luc Picard:
Yes, you can!

Shinzon:
[Pulls away] I'll show you my true nature. Our nature. And as Earth dies, remember I will always forever be Shinzon of Remus. And my voice shall echo through time long after yours has faded to a dim memory!

[The projection fades away]

Jean-Luc Picard:
[while being shot at during a car chase] I think it's time to try some unsafe velocities!

Jean-Luc Picard:
[near a replicator] Tea, Earl Grey, hot.

Jean-Luc Picard:
[seeing the Scimitar for the first time. With awe] She's a predator...

Jean-Luc Picard:
If there is one ideal that the Federation holds most dear it is that all men... all races can be united. What better example than a Starfleet captain standing in the Romulan Senate. Nothing would make me more proud than to take your hand in friendship... in time... when that trust has been earned.

Jean-Luc Picard:
Mr. Data? Shut up. [to wedding guests] Fifteen years I've been waiting to say that!

Data:
I will always be puzzled by the human predilection for piloting vehicles at unsafe velocities.

Data:
[last word] Good-bye.

Shinzon:
[to Donatra] If you ever touch me again... I'll kill you.

Shinzon:
Tea, hot.

Shinzon:
[speaking to Picard via a holographic transmission.] I'll show you my true nature. Our nature. And as Earth dies - remember I will always forever be Shinzon of Remus. And my voice shall echo through time long after yours has faded to a dim memory.

Shinzon:
Some ideals are worth dying for, aren't they Jean-Luc?

Shinzon:
[last words] I'm glad we're together now. Our destiny's complete.

B-4:
B-4: [observes Picard] Why do you have a shiny head?

B-4:
B-4: [observes Riker] Why does the tall man have a furry face?