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Though it was
a blatant violation

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of the Prime Directive,

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Kirk saved the Pelosians
from extinction,

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just as he had the Baezians

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and the Chenari,
many years earlier.

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Finally, in the year 2270,

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Kirk completed
his historic five-year mission,

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and one of the greatest chapters
in Starfleet history

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came to a close.

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A new chapter began

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when Kirk regained command
of the Enterprise.

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How many more chapters
are there?

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Thirty-four.

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This was supposed to be
a 20-minute presentation.

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l was trying to be thorough.

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l-l could shorten the report.

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That won't be necessary.

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You obviously know
the subject matter.

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Congratulations, Cadet.

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You have just passed
Early Starfleet History.

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Thank you, Captain.

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l would've failed him.

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Kirk may have been
a lowly human,

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but at least he had pizzazz.

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That report made him sound
about as exciting

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as a Vulcan funeral dirge.

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Janeway to Security.

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Don't bother.

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l trapped your crew
in a temporal loop.

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They keep experiencing

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the last 30 seconds
over and over.

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Almost as monotonous
as drone boy's essay.

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Who are you?

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l know he's grown
since you last saw him, Kathy,

35
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but don't tell me you can't see
the family resemblance.

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This is my son...

37
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Q.

38
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l'm a little hurt you
didn't recognize Junior.

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You are his godmother,
after all.

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The last time l saw
him, he was an infant.

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Four years ago in human time.

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You called me ''adorable.''

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You remember?

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l may have looked
like an infant,

45
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but l was still a Q.

46
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Maybe you should've picked
a better godparent.

47
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l wonder if it's too late
to ask Jean-Luc.

48
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What do you want, Q?

49
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Oh, Junior's taking
a little vacation

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from the Continuum.

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l recommended
he spend it with you.

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Why?

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Oh, he's always been fascinated

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by the old man's stories
about humanity.

55
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l thought it was time he has
some firsthand experience.

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l am flattered
that you would entrust me

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with your firstborn,
but l really don't have time.

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He's as quiet as a Z yznian
church mouse.

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You'll forget he's even here.

60
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Well, if you're going to stay,

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we'll need to lay down
a few ground rules.

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l make my own rules.

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l'm not detecting either Q.

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l want to be alerted
if they resurface.

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Keep running scans.

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Scan, scan, scan.

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That's all you people ever do.

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l've been through every deck
on this ship,

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and do you know what l've seen?

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Bipeds pushing buttons,

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bipeds replacing relays,

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bipeds running diagnostics.

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When are you going to do
something interesting?

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Say hello to Q, everyone.

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We could fly into fluidic space
and fight species 8472...

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or we could detonate
a few Omega molecules.

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What do you say?

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No.

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20 minutes observing humanity.

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l'm already bored.

81
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l guess l'm just going
to have to amuse myself.

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Torres to the Captain.

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l need you in Engineering.

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Once dance, B'Elanna!

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That's all l ask-- one dance.

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lf he doesn't stop
his little light show,

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the warp core's going to breach.

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Relax. lt's a party.

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This party is over.

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Get your... guests off my ship.

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l like you, Aunt Kathy.

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You've got gumption,
but what you don't have

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is unlimited control
of space, matter and time,

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which means l give
the orders around here.

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l could assemble a security team

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and attempt to take
Engineering by force.

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We all know
that wouldn't do any good.

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Besides, l'll bet that's exactly

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the kind of reaction
he's hoping for.

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He's doing everything he can
to get under our skin.

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lf we deny him the satisfaction
of a response,

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he may become bored
and return to the Continuum.

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Talk about perfection.

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lf you're attempting
to embarrass me,

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you won't succeed.

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l'm just observing humanity.

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Aren't you going
to scamper away,

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make some futile attempt
to cover yourself?

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Coffee, black.

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Make it yourself.

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You can thank Q's son.

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He thought the computer
needed more personality.

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Charming.

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l've been giving some thought
to the Q situation.

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Maybe ignoring him
isn't the best solution.

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l'm open to suggestions.

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He may be omnipotent,

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but he's still a young man
in need of guidance.

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Perhaps if someone were
to approach him as a friend.

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You think he needs a mentor.

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Exactly.

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Are you volunteering?

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Well, l am good with children.

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Q is no ordinary child.

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l'm no ordinary mentor.

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Can l help you, Kitchen Rat?

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l thought you and l could
spend some time together.

128
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Ha! Excellent maneuver.

129
00:08:05,551 --> 00:08:06,813
What are you watching?

130
00:08:06,953 --> 00:08:08,580
What's it look like?

131
00:08:08,654 --> 00:08:11,316
lt's a battle between
the Vojeans and the Wyngari.

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We passed through that region
a few months ago.

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They were at peace.

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Not anymore.

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Watch this.

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You have to stop this.

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lt's not like
there's anything else to do.

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We could play Kadis-Kot.

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Are there explosions
in Kadis-Kot?

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Well, no...

141
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Well, then l'm not interested.

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lnstead of hurting people,
maybe you could help them.

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The Wyngari are suffering
a food shortage on their world.

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Maybe you could use
your powers to...

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You know what, Talaxian?

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You talk too much.

147
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His jaw's been fused
and his vocal cords removed.

148
00:09:03,509 --> 00:09:06,137
l might be able to undo some
of the cosmetic damage,

149
00:09:06,212 --> 00:09:09,477
but only Q can restore
his voice.

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00:09:09,549 --> 00:09:11,813
Janeway to the Bridge.
Report.

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00:09:11,918 --> 00:09:16,287
l've got a surprise for you,
Captain. Come see.

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00:09:17,857 --> 00:09:19,916
Q said l should pay attention

153
00:09:19,992 --> 00:09:22,756
to how you humans
act under pressure.

154
00:09:29,335 --> 00:09:31,428
ls this enough pressure?

155
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We're venting plasma.

156
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Reroute power to aft shields
and return fire.

157
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You're just prolonging
the inevitable.

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We've defeated the Borg before.

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We'll do it again.

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Not this time.

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Weapons are off-line.

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l'm losing thrusters.

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Shields are down.

164
00:10:12,778 --> 00:10:15,246
We were just getting
to the good part.

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00:10:15,314 --> 00:10:17,179
lf the Continuum's
told you once,

166
00:10:17,249 --> 00:10:19,308
they've told you
a thousand times:

167
00:10:19,385 --> 00:10:23,321
Don't provoke the Borg!

168
00:10:23,389 --> 00:10:25,721
Now... l want you to give
Aunt Kathy your word,

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00:10:25,791 --> 00:10:26,951
you won't do it again.

170
00:10:27,059 --> 00:10:29,186
Oh, he won't do it again,

171
00:10:29,261 --> 00:10:31,855
because he's leaving now.

172
00:10:31,931 --> 00:10:33,091
Excuse us, son.

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The grownups
need a moment in private.

174
00:10:40,139 --> 00:10:42,232
He isn't so bad,
once you get to know him.

175
00:10:42,341 --> 00:10:43,603
He's just misunderstood.

176
00:10:43,676 --> 00:10:45,837
He tried to kill my crew.

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00:10:45,911 --> 00:10:46,843
No one was hurt.

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00:10:46,912 --> 00:10:48,379
l-l repaired the damage
to your ship.

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l even gave your pet Talaxian
his vocal cords back.

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Everything's exactly as it was.

181
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And how long do you think
it will take your... son

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to come up with another way
to amuse himself?

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00:10:59,592 --> 00:11:00,752
Oh...

184
00:11:02,161 --> 00:11:04,891
lf you knew he was dangerous,
why did you send him here?

185
00:11:04,964 --> 00:11:07,592
Ah, is this another
lesson for humanity?

186
00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:09,862
lt's supposed to be
a lesson for him.

187
00:11:09,969 --> 00:11:11,493
Think back to my last visit.

188
00:11:11,604 --> 00:11:13,731
l made you the offer
of a lifetime.

189
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Asking me to mate with you

190
00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:16,705
was hardly the offer
of a lifetime.

191
00:11:16,776 --> 00:11:17,708
lf you hadn't turned me down,

192
00:11:17,777 --> 00:11:19,142
l wouldn't
have been forced to mate

193
00:11:19,211 --> 00:11:20,178
-with that other Q.
-Oh, get to the point.

194
00:11:20,246 --> 00:11:21,304
My point is,

195
00:11:21,380 --> 00:11:24,042
Junior was supposed to inspire
peace and compassion,

196
00:11:24,116 --> 00:11:26,778
but instead of order,
he's brought chaos.

197
00:11:26,852 --> 00:11:29,787
He's been starting wars
among innocent species,

198
00:11:29,855 --> 00:11:32,187
tampering
with primordial gene pools,

199
00:11:32,258 --> 00:11:34,852
punching holes
in the fabric of space-time.

200
00:11:34,927 --> 00:11:37,452
Where's his mother been
during all this?

201
00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:39,293
She's been so humiliated
by his antics,

202
00:11:39,365 --> 00:11:40,627
she's disowned him,

203
00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:42,600
and she's blamed me
for everything.

204
00:11:42,702 --> 00:11:45,671
l've managed to undo
most of the damage,

205
00:11:45,738 --> 00:11:47,535
but that wasn't good
enough for the Continuum.

206
00:11:47,606 --> 00:11:50,336
They're hounding me to
straighten the boy out.

207
00:11:50,409 --> 00:11:52,377
That's why l brought him here,

208
00:11:52,478 --> 00:11:55,675
in hopes that your vaunted
Starfleet ideals

209
00:11:55,748 --> 00:11:57,010
would rub off on him.

210
00:11:57,116 --> 00:11:58,811
Obviously, that hasn't happened.

211
00:11:58,884 --> 00:12:01,045
You can't just dump
your child on someone

212
00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:02,712
and hope he learns something.

213
00:12:02,788 --> 00:12:03,720
l can't?

214
00:12:03,789 --> 00:12:05,120
He needs to be parented.

215
00:12:05,191 --> 00:12:07,455
And how exactly am l
supposed to do that?

216
00:12:07,526 --> 00:12:09,551
Q is the first child
born in the Continuum,

217
00:12:09,628 --> 00:12:11,687
which makes me the first parent.

218
00:12:11,764 --> 00:12:13,891
l don't even know
where to begin.

219
00:12:13,999 --> 00:12:16,968
You could start
by spending time with him.

220
00:12:18,370 --> 00:12:19,530
Parenthood is more

221
00:12:19,638 --> 00:12:22,505
than just cleaning up
your child's messes.

222
00:12:22,575 --> 00:12:24,543
You need to set an example.

223
00:12:24,610 --> 00:12:26,840
lt's the only way he'll learn.

224
00:12:26,912 --> 00:12:27,936
Of course.

225
00:12:28,047 --> 00:12:30,914
Once he begins to know me
better, he'll idolize me.

226
00:12:30,983 --> 00:12:32,644
Then he'll do anything l say.

227
00:12:32,718 --> 00:12:34,481
Kathy.

228
00:12:35,755 --> 00:12:37,416
You're a genius.

229
00:12:40,326 --> 00:12:42,453
l've made a full sensor sweep.

230
00:12:42,528 --> 00:12:46,157
There's no sign
of any more Borg vessels.

231
00:12:47,199 --> 00:12:48,325
The boy?

232
00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:49,332
He's gone.

233
00:12:50,436 --> 00:12:52,404
l am going to my quarters.

234
00:12:52,471 --> 00:12:54,996
You have the Bridge.

235
00:13:01,947 --> 00:13:03,972
l take it back--
you're not a genius.

236
00:13:04,049 --> 00:13:05,175
Mm. l should've known better

237
00:13:05,251 --> 00:13:06,718
than to take the advice
of a human.

238
00:13:06,786 --> 00:13:07,878
Q!

239
00:13:07,987 --> 00:13:09,579
Your brilliant plan didn't work.

240
00:13:09,655 --> 00:13:11,145
l smothered the boy
with attention,

241
00:13:11,223 --> 00:13:12,713
spent every waking moment

242
00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:14,885
with him,
but things only got worse.

243
00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,758
You've been gone
for less than ten minutes.

244
00:13:17,830 --> 00:13:20,856
On your temporal plane, maybe,
but in Q time,

245
00:13:20,933 --> 00:13:22,798
we've spent years together.

246
00:13:22,902 --> 00:13:25,564
Now he's embarrassed
to be seen with me,

247
00:13:25,671 --> 00:13:27,104
and it's all your fault.

248
00:13:27,173 --> 00:13:28,299
My fault?

249
00:13:28,407 --> 00:13:31,968
Tell me how you plan to rectify
the situation.

250
00:13:34,046 --> 00:13:36,674
What happened
after you left Voyager?.

251
00:13:36,749 --> 00:13:38,717
Well, Q got away from me

252
00:13:38,784 --> 00:13:42,948
and rearranged the tectonic
plates on Bozel Prime.

253
00:13:43,022 --> 00:13:44,580
Did you punish him?

254
00:13:44,657 --> 00:13:46,750
Well, l tried to get him
to apologize

255
00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:48,418
to all 16 billion Bozelians,

256
00:13:48,494 --> 00:13:50,962
but he got angry
and stopped talking to me.

257
00:13:51,063 --> 00:13:52,655
So you gave in to him.

258
00:13:52,731 --> 00:13:56,667
l told him he could shift
as many continents as he liked,

259
00:13:56,769 --> 00:13:58,737
as long as no one got hurt.

260
00:13:58,804 --> 00:14:02,706
You're not going to do your son
any favors by indulging him.

261
00:14:04,109 --> 00:14:05,201
You need to make him understand

262
00:14:05,277 --> 00:14:08,110
that there are consequences
to his actions.

263
00:14:08,247 --> 00:14:10,238
Consequences?

264
00:14:10,316 --> 00:14:11,578
Hmm.

265
00:14:11,650 --> 00:14:14,244
Kathy, l take it back.

266
00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,948
You are a genius.

267
00:14:24,663 --> 00:14:26,290
l think that's long enough.

268
00:14:30,035 --> 00:14:31,935
What was that for?

269
00:14:32,037 --> 00:14:33,436
What's wrong--
you didn't enjoy life

270
00:14:33,505 --> 00:14:34,995
as an Oprelian amoeba?

271
00:14:35,107 --> 00:14:38,838
No. l was shapeless and slimy.

272
00:14:38,911 --> 00:14:41,004
The only thing to eat
was paramecia.

273
00:14:42,381 --> 00:14:43,507
Sounds unpleasant.

274
00:14:43,582 --> 00:14:45,447
l'm sure you'll do
whatever you can

275
00:14:45,517 --> 00:14:47,576
to avoid returning
to that petri dish.

276
00:14:47,653 --> 00:14:49,177
What are you talking about?

277
00:14:49,255 --> 00:14:52,383
The Continuum and l
have come to an agreement

278
00:14:52,458 --> 00:14:53,720
about your future.

279
00:14:53,792 --> 00:14:57,125
Either you become
an upstanding citizen

280
00:14:57,196 --> 00:14:58,959
of the cosmos, or
you'll be sentenced

281
00:14:59,031 --> 00:15:01,499
to eternity as an amoeba.

282
00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:03,431
How's that for consequences?

283
00:15:03,535 --> 00:15:07,835
You'd turn your own son
into a microscopic life-form?

284
00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:09,875
You have one week
to change your ways.

285
00:15:09,975 --> 00:15:11,738
l suggest
you make the most of it.

286
00:15:12,778 --> 00:15:14,040
Fine.

287
00:15:14,113 --> 00:15:16,274
l'll see you in seven days.

288
00:15:20,119 --> 00:15:23,714
We've temporarily
relieved you of your powers,

289
00:15:23,789 --> 00:15:25,347
to ensure that you're

290
00:15:25,424 --> 00:15:27,016
on your best behavior
with the Captain.

291
00:15:27,092 --> 00:15:29,253
You're leaving me here?

292
00:15:29,328 --> 00:15:30,590
l thought we agreed

293
00:15:30,663 --> 00:15:33,097
that you were going to take
a more active role.

294
00:15:33,165 --> 00:15:36,157
l'd like to, Kathy,

295
00:15:36,235 --> 00:15:39,398
but we both know that you're
a million times the parent l am.

296
00:15:39,505 --> 00:15:40,631
l'm not a parent.

297
00:15:40,739 --> 00:15:42,798
Well, maybe not
in a biological sense,

298
00:15:42,908 --> 00:15:45,308
but you're certainly
a mommy to this crew.

299
00:15:45,377 --> 00:15:48,835
Just look how quickly
you housebroke that Borg drone.

300
00:15:48,914 --> 00:15:50,279
lt's taken years...

301
00:15:50,349 --> 00:15:53,284
for Seven to become
an individual.

302
00:15:53,352 --> 00:15:57,118
You're asking me to change
your son in one week?

303
00:15:57,189 --> 00:15:59,453
l'm sure you'll think
of something.

304
00:15:59,525 --> 00:16:00,355
What if she doesn't?

305
00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,887
Then it's single-cellular city
for you, my boy.

306
00:16:08,033 --> 00:16:09,694
l'm getting off this ship.

307
00:16:14,773 --> 00:16:18,038
Janeway to Security.

308
00:16:18,110 --> 00:16:19,873
What you no longer have, Q,

309
00:16:20,012 --> 00:16:23,209
is unlimited control
of space, matter and time,

310
00:16:23,282 --> 00:16:26,217
which means l give
the orders around here.

311
00:16:26,285 --> 00:16:27,946
Do l make myself clear?

312
00:16:29,655 --> 00:16:30,849
Your quarters.

313
00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:43,097
The petri dish was less cramped.

314
00:16:43,202 --> 00:16:44,760
Get some sleep--
you're going to need it.

315
00:16:44,870 --> 00:16:45,894
What for?

316
00:16:46,038 --> 00:16:47,335
l'm preparing a curriculum

317
00:16:47,406 --> 00:16:49,306
for you to follow
while you're here.

318
00:16:49,375 --> 00:16:53,471
You're going to learn respect
and responsibility.

319
00:16:53,545 --> 00:16:56,343
Don't tell me you're actually
going through with Q's plan.

320
00:16:56,415 --> 00:16:58,315
l may not approve
of his methods,

321
00:16:58,384 --> 00:17:01,547
but, for once, his heart
seems to be in the right place.

322
00:17:03,455 --> 00:17:05,753
l think his desire
to help you is genuine.

323
00:17:05,824 --> 00:17:09,920
He abandoned me on an antiquated
flying machine run by primates.

324
00:17:09,995 --> 00:17:13,396
We primates are your only hope.

325
00:17:16,969 --> 00:17:19,870
Seven days?

326
00:17:19,972 --> 00:17:21,269
How hard could it be?

327
00:17:26,979 --> 00:17:28,776
Seven of Nine will be
instructing you

328
00:17:28,847 --> 00:17:29,871
in spatial causality.

329
00:17:29,982 --> 00:17:31,472
You will learn how your actions

330
00:17:31,550 --> 00:17:33,245
can have widespread
repercussions.

331
00:17:33,318 --> 00:17:34,250
l read the padd.

332
00:17:34,319 --> 00:17:35,547
You're going to tell me

333
00:17:35,621 --> 00:17:39,057
how l can't create anomaly A
without causing phenomenon B,

334
00:17:39,124 --> 00:17:41,991
which, in turn, affects
civilization C, right?

335
00:17:45,664 --> 00:17:47,791
l'm... lcheb.

336
00:17:47,866 --> 00:17:48,798
Oh, l know who you are.

337
00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:50,459
You're the drone
with the Kirk fixation.

338
00:17:50,569 --> 00:17:53,037
You would be wise to follow
lcheb's example.

339
00:17:53,138 --> 00:17:54,105
By applying himself,

340
00:17:54,206 --> 00:17:56,299
he's become
a valued member of this crew.

341
00:17:56,408 --> 00:17:58,535
Can l see you naked again?

342
00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:11,044
Computer, run
Diplomacy Scenario 12-Alpha.

343
00:18:12,291 --> 00:18:14,191
The planetoid is
in Nausicaan space.

344
00:18:14,259 --> 00:18:15,351
lt belongs to us now.

345
00:18:15,427 --> 00:18:16,519
After you.

346
00:18:16,595 --> 00:18:19,189
Come anywhere near it,
and we'll attack you.

347
00:18:19,264 --> 00:18:20,697
You can't intimidate us.

348
00:18:20,766 --> 00:18:23,667
We've as much right to mine
that dilithium as you do!

349
00:18:23,769 --> 00:18:26,738
What are you doing here,
Starfleet?

350
00:18:26,805 --> 00:18:29,467
Computer, freeze program.

351
00:18:29,541 --> 00:18:32,408
l assume you're familiar
with these species.

352
00:18:32,478 --> 00:18:35,311
Nausicaan,
Bolian, Cardassian, Romulan,

353
00:18:35,380 --> 00:18:37,314
Ferengi, and Bajoran.

354
00:18:37,382 --> 00:18:39,748
They're fighting over the
mining rights to a planetoid.

355
00:18:39,818 --> 00:18:41,683
Your job is
to settle the dispute.

356
00:18:41,753 --> 00:18:45,018
These aliens mean nothing to me.

357
00:18:45,090 --> 00:18:46,887
What do l care
if they can't get along?

358
00:18:46,992 --> 00:18:49,358
One of your
responsibilities as a Q

359
00:18:49,428 --> 00:18:52,488
is to maintain order
in the universe, right?

360
00:18:52,564 --> 00:18:53,861
So l've been told.

361
00:18:53,932 --> 00:18:58,096
Well, if you can't help these
races come to an agreement,

362
00:18:58,203 --> 00:18:59,192
there might be a war.

363
00:18:59,304 --> 00:19:01,568
The Alpha Quadrant
would be thrown into chaos.

364
00:19:02,774 --> 00:19:04,264
Why don't we try

365
00:19:04,376 --> 00:19:06,344
running the first scenario
together?

366
00:19:07,379 --> 00:19:09,973
l don't need your help.

367
00:19:10,048 --> 00:19:11,515
l can do this myself.

368
00:19:13,585 --> 00:19:15,314
lf you want to try...

369
00:19:15,387 --> 00:19:16,513
be my guest.

370
00:19:16,588 --> 00:19:19,853
l'll be back in 30 minutes
to check on your progress.

371
00:19:20,926 --> 00:19:23,190
And... remember--

372
00:19:23,262 --> 00:19:25,560
Security is right outside.

373
00:19:29,635 --> 00:19:32,331
Computer, resume program.

374
00:19:32,437 --> 00:19:35,634
The planetoid
is in Nausicaan space.

375
00:19:35,707 --> 00:19:37,072
lt belongs to us now.

376
00:19:37,142 --> 00:19:38,404
You can't intimidate us.

377
00:19:38,477 --> 00:19:41,503
We have as much right to mine
that dilithium as you do.

378
00:19:44,283 --> 00:19:46,342
Aren't you supposed
to be supervising

379
00:19:46,418 --> 00:19:47,544
our young guest?

380
00:19:47,619 --> 00:19:49,780
He says he doesn't
need supervision.

381
00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:51,220
And you accepted that?

382
00:19:51,290 --> 00:19:52,416
Of course not.

383
00:19:52,491 --> 00:19:54,550
l'm just giving him
the chance to fail.

384
00:19:54,626 --> 00:19:56,560
Then he'll have to ask
for some help.

385
00:19:56,628 --> 00:19:58,357
Sounds like a good strategy.

386
00:19:58,430 --> 00:20:00,364
Let me know how it goes.

387
00:20:05,270 --> 00:20:07,204
Settling the planetoid
predicament

388
00:20:07,272 --> 00:20:08,569
didn't take very long,

389
00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,939
so l used the rest of the time
to convince the Cardassian

390
00:20:12,010 --> 00:20:14,444
to apologize for the occupation
of Bajor.

391
00:20:14,513 --> 00:20:16,777
How's that for order
in the universe?

392
00:20:18,183 --> 00:20:19,480
Welcome.

393
00:20:19,551 --> 00:20:21,883
lt's so nice to see you
this evening.

394
00:20:21,954 --> 00:20:23,148
l hope you're hungry.

395
00:20:23,222 --> 00:20:24,154
Step right up.

396
00:20:24,223 --> 00:20:26,054
There's plenty for everyone.

397
00:20:26,124 --> 00:20:27,489
Enjoy!

398
00:20:27,559 --> 00:20:28,651
Do you ever stop?

399
00:20:28,727 --> 00:20:31,787
Oh, l'm sorry.

400
00:20:31,863 --> 00:20:33,057
l forgot.

401
00:20:33,131 --> 00:20:35,565
My talking annoys you.

402
00:20:35,667 --> 00:20:37,259
Too bad you can't just...

403
00:20:38,537 --> 00:20:40,732
...shut me up again, huh?

404
00:20:40,839 --> 00:20:44,297
Crewman Biddle, where have
you been hiding yourself?

405
00:20:44,409 --> 00:20:45,842
l haven't seen you in days!

406
00:20:45,911 --> 00:20:47,003
lf it isn't drone boy.

407
00:20:47,145 --> 00:20:48,510
You come to put me to sleep

408
00:20:48,580 --> 00:20:50,673
with another one
of your presentations?

409
00:20:50,749 --> 00:20:53,582
Actually, l was wondering
if you'd like to participate

410
00:20:53,652 --> 00:20:55,313
in some
recreational activities.

411
00:20:55,387 --> 00:20:56,649
l don't have the time.

412
00:20:56,722 --> 00:20:59,816
Aunt Kathy's forcing me
to write an historical essay

413
00:20:59,891 --> 00:21:00,949
on the Q Continuum.

414
00:21:01,059 --> 00:21:03,857
That's a challenging subject.

415
00:21:03,895 --> 00:21:06,022
l've never written
an essay before.

416
00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:07,793
l don't know where to start.

417
00:21:07,866 --> 00:21:10,528
The origin of the Q seems
like the most logical place,

418
00:21:10,636 --> 00:21:13,605
followed by an analysis of their
interaction with humanity.

419
00:21:13,672 --> 00:21:15,196
You could conclude
with a description

420
00:21:15,307 --> 00:21:16,899
of the events
that led you to Voyager.

421
00:21:17,075 --> 00:21:19,942
Would you mind writing
some of this down for me?

422
00:21:20,045 --> 00:21:21,376
l'll get a padd.

423
00:21:25,384 --> 00:21:28,945
lnsightful, informative.

424
00:21:29,087 --> 00:21:30,384
l'm impressed.

425
00:21:30,455 --> 00:21:32,355
Too bad you didn't write it.

426
00:21:32,424 --> 00:21:33,914
What do you mean?

427
00:21:33,992 --> 00:21:37,723
l'd recognize lcheb's
style anywhere.

428
00:21:37,796 --> 00:21:42,256
He gave me a few notes
on my first draft, that's all.

429
00:21:42,367 --> 00:21:44,358
l negotiated a peace treaty

430
00:21:44,469 --> 00:21:48,371
between six belligerent species
in just 13 minutes.

431
00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,567
When Commander Chakotay
left the room,

432
00:21:50,642 --> 00:21:53,008
you altered their
personality subroutines

433
00:21:53,111 --> 00:21:54,772
to make them more agreeable.

434
00:21:54,846 --> 00:21:57,371
We may be common bipeds,

435
00:21:57,449 --> 00:22:01,180
but we're not stupid.

436
00:22:01,253 --> 00:22:03,187
Your training is over.

437
00:22:03,255 --> 00:22:04,517
Go back to your room

438
00:22:04,589 --> 00:22:06,250
and wait for your father
to return.

439
00:22:06,325 --> 00:22:07,314
lf you don't help me,

440
00:22:07,392 --> 00:22:09,553
the Continuum
will turn me into an amoeba.

441
00:22:09,628 --> 00:22:11,425
l wanted to help you,

442
00:22:11,496 --> 00:22:13,896
but instead of trying
to live up to your potential,

443
00:22:13,999 --> 00:22:15,557
you cheated.

444
00:22:15,634 --> 00:22:18,831
Do you think it's easy
to live up to my potential?

445
00:22:18,937 --> 00:22:22,873
l was supposed to be the savior
of the Q Continuum.

446
00:22:22,941 --> 00:22:26,570
Tell me, how do you save a race
that's already omnipotent?

447
00:22:26,645 --> 00:22:30,103
Those were the Qs' expectations,
not mine.

448
00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:32,707
All l asked was
that you make a sincere effort,

449
00:22:32,784 --> 00:22:34,752
but you weren't even
willing to try.

450
00:22:34,820 --> 00:22:36,720
Please, Aunt Kathy...

451
00:22:37,789 --> 00:22:40,223
you're my only hope.

452
00:22:40,292 --> 00:22:42,624
Well, l'm glad
you finally realize that.

453
00:22:44,329 --> 00:22:46,263
Now, if your motives are
sincere,

454
00:22:46,331 --> 00:22:48,731
l'm willing to give you
another chance.

455
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,392
But step out of line again,

456
00:22:50,502 --> 00:22:52,766
and l'm through with you,
understood?

457
00:22:52,871 --> 00:22:53,895
Understood.

458
00:22:54,005 --> 00:22:55,302
Dismissed!

459
00:23:09,154 --> 00:23:12,817
Captain's Log, Stardate 54704.5.

460
00:23:12,891 --> 00:23:15,485
lt's been four days since
my ultimatum to the young Q,

461
00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,585
and he appears
to be making progress.

462
00:23:17,662 --> 00:23:19,857
His instructors inform me
that he's taking on

463
00:23:19,931 --> 00:23:21,592
his assignments
with new determination,

464
00:23:21,666 --> 00:23:23,031
and he's made a concerted effort

465
00:23:23,135 --> 00:23:25,433
to be more courteous
to the crew.

466
00:23:25,537 --> 00:23:26,799
lt's hard to believe this is

467
00:23:26,905 --> 00:23:29,874
the same brazen young man
that came aboard a few days ago.

468
00:23:29,941 --> 00:23:30,908
Captain?

469
00:23:31,042 --> 00:23:32,805
This is for you.

470
00:23:33,945 --> 00:23:36,106
lt's a new draft of my essay.

471
00:23:36,181 --> 00:23:37,773
l know you didn't ask for one,

472
00:23:37,849 --> 00:23:41,148
but l felt l owed it to you
for giving me a second chance.

473
00:23:41,219 --> 00:23:45,952
''l, Q: An lnsider's View
of the Continuum.''

474
00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:48,457
lf the essay is half as clever
as the title,

475
00:23:48,527 --> 00:23:49,858
l'm sure l'll enjoy it.

476
00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:55,825
Lieutenant Paris has offered
to give me a piloting lesson.

477
00:23:55,934 --> 00:23:56,901
l thought you might like
to join us.

478
00:23:56,968 --> 00:23:59,732
Oh, thanks, but l have
to help Crewman Chell

479
00:23:59,838 --> 00:24:01,669
scrub the plasma conduits.

480
00:24:01,773 --> 00:24:04,207
l think you've earned a break.

481
00:24:04,242 --> 00:24:06,506
This is the only time off
l'm giving you.

482
00:24:06,578 --> 00:24:08,512
l suggest
you take advantage of it.

483
00:24:08,580 --> 00:24:10,309
Yes, ma'am.

484
00:24:12,384 --> 00:24:13,510
Piloting lesson, huh?

485
00:24:13,585 --> 00:24:14,574
Where are we going?

486
00:24:21,092 --> 00:24:22,889
Steady...

487
00:24:22,994 --> 00:24:25,121
Ease up a little
on the thrusters.

488
00:24:27,365 --> 00:24:29,458
ln case you forgot,
l'm mortal now.

489
00:24:29,568 --> 00:24:33,095
l'd appreciate it if you didn't
fly us into a rock.

490
00:24:33,205 --> 00:24:36,436
Maybe Q could take over
for a little while.

491
00:24:36,508 --> 00:24:37,770
What do you say?

492
00:24:37,843 --> 00:24:39,333
You want a turn at the wheel?

493
00:24:39,444 --> 00:24:42,208
Ordinarily, a Q
wouldn't demean himself

494
00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,544
by operating
primitive machinery,

495
00:24:44,616 --> 00:24:47,517
but these aren't
ordinary circumstances.

496
00:24:55,060 --> 00:24:56,721
Uh, did l do something wrong?

497
00:24:56,795 --> 00:24:59,423
Just a little ion imbalance
in the impulse drive.

498
00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:00,829
Nothing to worry about.

499
00:25:00,932 --> 00:25:02,797
Well, it's very distracting.

500
00:25:02,868 --> 00:25:04,301
Can't you fix it?

501
00:25:04,369 --> 00:25:06,667
Well, l could, but we'd have
to go back to Voyager

502
00:25:06,771 --> 00:25:07,703
and run diagnostics.

503
00:25:07,772 --> 00:25:09,706
lf you two don't mind
cutting your lesson

504
00:25:09,808 --> 00:25:11,469
a little short.

505
00:25:13,278 --> 00:25:14,438
That won't be necessary.

506
00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:16,140
ln fact,
l barely hear it anymore.

507
00:25:16,214 --> 00:25:17,146
Do you hear it?

508
00:25:17,215 --> 00:25:18,580
Hear what?

509
00:25:24,756 --> 00:25:26,053
Going up?

510
00:25:26,124 --> 00:25:27,113
l'll catch the next one.

511
00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:29,183
Hmm.

512
00:25:37,969 --> 00:25:40,130
Oh, you can't get away
from me that easily.

513
00:25:40,238 --> 00:25:41,330
lt's only been five days.

514
00:25:41,439 --> 00:25:42,633
Why are you back?

515
00:25:42,741 --> 00:25:45,301
Oh, l thought l'd just pop in
and check on Junior.

516
00:25:45,377 --> 00:25:47,845
l'm not an entirely uninvolved
father, you know.

517
00:25:47,913 --> 00:25:49,881
Well, he got off
to a pretty shaky start,

518
00:25:49,948 --> 00:25:51,882
but he's made some progress
since then.

519
00:25:51,950 --> 00:25:53,247
Really!

520
00:25:53,318 --> 00:25:55,218
He's been working
extremely hard.

521
00:25:55,287 --> 00:25:56,879
We're talking about the same Q?

522
00:25:56,955 --> 00:25:58,217
lf you don't believe me,

523
00:25:58,290 --> 00:26:00,258
maybe you should
see for yourself.

524
00:26:01,893 --> 00:26:05,329
The Continuum has been perceived
in a variety of ways--

525
00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:06,659
a dreary desert road,

526
00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:08,426
a blood-soaked battleground--

527
00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:10,559
but with the help
of Voyager's crew,

528
00:26:10,669 --> 00:26:13,536
l've begun to perceive it
in another context-- a home.

529
00:26:13,605 --> 00:26:14,833
l look forward to the day

530
00:26:14,973 --> 00:26:17,032
when l return there
and make that perception

531
00:26:17,142 --> 00:26:19,804
a reality.

532
00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:23,881
Well?

533
00:26:23,949 --> 00:26:25,246
Huh?

534
00:26:25,317 --> 00:26:26,750
What did you think?

535
00:26:26,818 --> 00:26:28,479
Oh, it's very nice.

536
00:26:28,553 --> 00:26:29,417
Nice?

537
00:26:29,487 --> 00:26:30,579
Yes, l especially liked

538
00:26:30,655 --> 00:26:32,088
the part about the Continuum.

539
00:26:32,157 --> 00:26:35,888
The entire essay
was about the Continuum.

540
00:26:35,994 --> 00:26:38,986
Yes, and it's very nice.

541
00:26:39,064 --> 00:26:41,328
l'm late for my
temporal mechanics lesson.

542
00:26:41,399 --> 00:26:43,731
Q...

543
00:26:43,835 --> 00:26:46,463
Well, if there's nothing else,
l'll be on my way.

544
00:26:46,571 --> 00:26:47,902
He worked so hard
on that paper.

545
00:26:47,973 --> 00:26:49,235
The least you could have done

546
00:26:49,307 --> 00:26:50,774
was tell him
you were proud of him.

547
00:26:50,875 --> 00:26:52,103
But l'm not.

548
00:26:53,545 --> 00:26:55,069
And frankly, it's a little hard

549
00:26:55,146 --> 00:26:57,876
to be impressed with any
of the boy's accomplishments.

550
00:26:57,949 --> 00:27:00,816
He's been here for five days,
and what have you taught him?

551
00:27:00,885 --> 00:27:03,376
How to scribble essays
and play with holograms.

552
00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:04,945
What's next, basket weaving?

553
00:27:05,023 --> 00:27:06,718
Whether you're willing
to admit it or not,

554
00:27:06,791 --> 00:27:08,122
your son has made progress here.

555
00:27:08,193 --> 00:27:09,421
He has the potential

556
00:27:09,494 --> 00:27:11,052
to be a better Q
than you will ever be.

557
00:27:11,129 --> 00:27:13,962
Potential isn't going to be
enough for the Continuum.

558
00:27:14,032 --> 00:27:15,556
Then what will be enough?

559
00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:18,296
The boy needs to demonstrate
nothing less than...

560
00:27:18,403 --> 00:27:19,802
exemplary Q-ness.

561
00:27:19,871 --> 00:27:22,135
And what exactly is Q-ness?

562
00:27:22,207 --> 00:27:24,266
Oh, it's impossible
for your minuscule mind

563
00:27:24,376 --> 00:27:27,641
to comprehend,
but l know Q-ness when l see it,

564
00:27:27,712 --> 00:27:29,612
and this...

565
00:27:29,681 --> 00:27:31,478
is not it.

566
00:27:47,432 --> 00:27:48,694
Come in.

567
00:27:50,869 --> 00:27:53,394
l wanted to see how you were.

568
00:27:55,106 --> 00:27:57,074
l'm perfectly fine.

569
00:27:57,175 --> 00:27:59,075
Why wouldn't l be?

570
00:27:59,144 --> 00:28:02,978
l thought you might be upset
by Q's reaction to your essay.

571
00:28:05,250 --> 00:28:07,241
He's impossible to please.

572
00:28:07,318 --> 00:28:09,479
l don't care what he thinks.

573
00:28:14,659 --> 00:28:16,183
We have two days left.

574
00:28:16,261 --> 00:28:18,229
Let's make the most of them.

575
00:28:22,133 --> 00:28:23,600
Aunt Kathy...

576
00:28:23,668 --> 00:28:25,226
do you think the Continuum

577
00:28:25,336 --> 00:28:28,203
will be any more impressed
with me than Q was?

578
00:28:30,442 --> 00:28:33,002
That's what l thought.

579
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,639
lf the Continuum decides
they won't take you back,

580
00:28:39,718 --> 00:28:42,516
l'll ask them
to let you stay here.

581
00:28:42,587 --> 00:28:46,353
l don't think they care
where an amoeba spends eternity.

582
00:28:46,424 --> 00:28:49,257
That's not what l meant.

583
00:28:49,327 --> 00:28:52,956
l'll ask them to let
you remain human.

584
00:28:55,467 --> 00:28:58,265
l appreciate that...

585
00:28:58,369 --> 00:29:01,566
but l don't want to be human.

586
00:29:01,673 --> 00:29:05,541
l want to be a Q...

587
00:29:05,577 --> 00:29:08,569
like my father.

588
00:29:16,988 --> 00:29:21,254
ltchy! Are you in here? ltchy?

589
00:29:21,326 --> 00:29:24,261
What can l do for you, Q-Ball?

590
00:29:24,329 --> 00:29:25,956
l need your help.

591
00:29:30,368 --> 00:29:32,962
Remember that ion imbalance
Lieutenant Paris mentioned

592
00:29:33,071 --> 00:29:34,629
during our lesson?

593
00:29:34,739 --> 00:29:36,707
We're going
to repair it for him.

594
00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:38,242
Did you get permission?

595
00:29:38,343 --> 00:29:39,708
Well, that would ruin
the surprise.

596
00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:41,006
The surprise?!

597
00:29:41,079 --> 00:29:42,546
The Captain's
been encouraging me

598
00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:43,876
to take more initiative.

599
00:29:43,948 --> 00:29:46,143
l want to show her
l can do things for others

600
00:29:46,217 --> 00:29:48,208
without being asked.

601
00:29:48,286 --> 00:29:50,777
l'll help you, on one condition.

602
00:29:50,855 --> 00:29:51,844
Name it.

603
00:29:51,923 --> 00:29:53,584
You won't refer to me as ''ltchy''

604
00:29:53,658 --> 00:29:55,387
in front of the senior officers.

605
00:29:59,197 --> 00:30:02,633
l've realigned the last pair
of power couplings.

606
00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:05,396
You can start
the preignition sequence.

607
00:30:05,503 --> 00:30:06,970
Understood.

608
00:30:09,607 --> 00:30:14,442
l'm not detecting
any ion fluctuations.

609
00:30:14,512 --> 00:30:15,945
We did it.

610
00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:18,378
You can power down
the engine now.

611
00:30:21,352 --> 00:30:22,842
Q?

612
00:30:24,289 --> 00:30:25,847
What are you doing?

613
00:30:25,924 --> 00:30:28,290
You're gonna love this.

614
00:30:28,359 --> 00:30:30,520
l once learned how
to open a spatial flexure,

615
00:30:30,595 --> 00:30:32,688
using nothing more
than a deflector array.

616
00:30:32,764 --> 00:30:34,755
''Flexure''?

617
00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:36,892
lt's like a tunnel
through space.

618
00:30:37,001 --> 00:30:39,765
l'm going to open one
to the Clevari system.

619
00:30:39,871 --> 00:30:41,099
Just wait
till you see the females.

620
00:30:41,206 --> 00:30:42,298
They're spectacular.

621
00:30:42,407 --> 00:30:45,240
We need the Captain's permission
to leave Voyager.

622
00:30:45,310 --> 00:30:47,107
Do you think
she'd give it to us?

623
00:30:47,178 --> 00:30:48,668
No.

624
00:30:48,746 --> 00:30:50,771
Then there's no point in asking.

625
00:30:50,849 --> 00:30:52,783
You've been doing so well.

626
00:30:52,851 --> 00:30:54,648
Why break the rules now?

627
00:30:54,719 --> 00:30:57,279
l'm bored.

628
00:30:57,355 --> 00:30:59,152
lcheb to Security.

629
00:30:59,224 --> 00:31:00,418
They can't hear you.

630
00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:02,550
l've dampened
all outgoing communications.

631
00:31:06,130 --> 00:31:08,189
Just sit back, ltchy.

632
00:31:08,266 --> 00:31:10,700
Enjoy the ride.

633
00:31:19,544 --> 00:31:22,069
What's the real reason
you're doing this?

634
00:31:22,146 --> 00:31:23,408
l'm getting out of here

635
00:31:23,481 --> 00:31:25,676
before my father can put me
back in that petri dish.

636
00:31:25,750 --> 00:31:27,115
The Q are omnipotent.

637
00:31:27,185 --> 00:31:28,447
They'll find you.

638
00:31:28,519 --> 00:31:32,148
l may not have my powers
anymore, but l know plenty

639
00:31:32,223 --> 00:31:35,420
of cosmic nooks and crannies
we can hide in.

640
00:31:35,493 --> 00:31:38,519
Voyager has locked onto us
with a tractor beam.

641
00:31:38,596 --> 00:31:40,496
They're so predictable.

642
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,431
They're opening some sort of
spatial rift off their port bow.

643
00:31:45,536 --> 00:31:47,527
lt's disrupting
the tractor beam.

644
00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:49,470
Compensate.

645
00:31:56,814 --> 00:31:58,645
They're gone.

646
00:32:11,963 --> 00:32:15,626
Welcome to the Clevari system.

647
00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:18,498
What would you like to do first?

648
00:32:18,603 --> 00:32:20,935
Take a dip with
the mermaids of Golos Prime?

649
00:32:21,005 --> 00:32:23,132
Challenge the warrior goddess
of Fekdar

650
00:32:23,241 --> 00:32:24,503
to a grappling contest?

651
00:32:24,575 --> 00:32:26,634
What l want is
to return to Voyager.

652
00:32:26,711 --> 00:32:30,272
Forget that dreary ship,
with its rules and regulations.

653
00:32:30,348 --> 00:32:32,407
We can do anything we want here.

654
00:32:32,483 --> 00:32:33,472
Go back to Voyager.

655
00:32:33,551 --> 00:32:34,950
Apologize to the Captain.

656
00:32:35,019 --> 00:32:35,951
She'll help you.

657
00:32:36,020 --> 00:32:36,952
lt's too late.

658
00:32:37,021 --> 00:32:38,682
She said one more violation,

659
00:32:38,756 --> 00:32:40,451
l'll be thrown off her ship.

660
00:32:40,525 --> 00:32:42,425
l'm pretty sure this qualifies.

661
00:32:45,530 --> 00:32:46,963
What's wrong?

662
00:32:47,031 --> 00:32:48,828
There's a vessel approaching.

663
00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:55,531
You're trespassing
in Chokuzan space.

664
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:56,902
We were just leaving.

665
00:32:56,975 --> 00:32:59,307
Our laws require
that you be incarcerated,

666
00:32:59,377 --> 00:33:00,742
pending an investigation.

667
00:33:00,845 --> 00:33:02,642
How long will that take?

668
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:07,242
Disengage your engines
and prepare to be boarded.

669
00:33:07,318 --> 00:33:09,343
We should do as he says.

670
00:33:09,420 --> 00:33:12,583
Why, just because
he has a bigger ship?

671
00:33:12,657 --> 00:33:15,182
Because Captain Janeway has
taught us to respect the laws

672
00:33:15,259 --> 00:33:16,886
of other cultures.

673
00:33:16,961 --> 00:33:19,725
l should have known better
than to bring you along.

674
00:33:26,170 --> 00:33:27,831
You're going to get us killed!

675
00:33:27,939 --> 00:33:29,406
Did you expect me to surrender?

676
00:33:29,507 --> 00:33:31,270
He might have
locked us up for years.

677
00:33:31,342 --> 00:33:33,207
You don't know that.

678
00:33:33,277 --> 00:33:34,744
There's no time for a debate.

679
00:33:34,812 --> 00:33:36,279
l need you at Tactical.

680
00:33:41,152 --> 00:33:43,916
Shields are down to 30 percent.

681
00:33:43,988 --> 00:33:46,252
Sixteen percent.

682
00:33:46,324 --> 00:33:47,586
l'm opening another flexure!

683
00:33:47,658 --> 00:33:48,955
We'll go to the Zozek system.

684
00:33:49,093 --> 00:33:50,526
The girls aren't as attractive,

685
00:33:50,595 --> 00:33:52,460
but we have to make
some compromises.

686
00:33:59,904 --> 00:34:03,067
lcheb!

687
00:34:03,174 --> 00:34:05,642
l'm detecting
another rift forming...

688
00:34:05,710 --> 00:34:09,202
approximately 5,000 kilometers
directly ahead.

689
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:10,770
A vessel is emerging.

690
00:34:10,848 --> 00:34:12,281
lt's the Flyer.

691
00:34:12,350 --> 00:34:13,476
They're hailing.

692
00:34:13,551 --> 00:34:15,451
-On screen.
-Aunt Kathy...

693
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:17,078
Don't you ''Aunt Kathy'' me.

694
00:34:17,155 --> 00:34:18,122
Yell at me later.

695
00:34:18,189 --> 00:34:19,588
We need to get lcheb
to Sick Bay.

696
00:34:23,461 --> 00:34:25,326
His cells are being necrotized

697
00:34:25,396 --> 00:34:27,591
by some form
of omicron radiation,

698
00:34:27,665 --> 00:34:30,896
but l can't treat his injuries
without knowing more

699
00:34:31,002 --> 00:34:33,835
about the weapon
that caused them.

700
00:34:33,905 --> 00:34:35,463
ls this a bad time?

701
00:34:35,573 --> 00:34:37,473
Tell him.

702
00:34:39,010 --> 00:34:41,843
lcheb stole a shuttle
from Voyager.

703
00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:44,473
l tried to stop him,
but he kidnapped me,

704
00:34:44,549 --> 00:34:45,948
and he started a fight
with another ship.

705
00:34:46,017 --> 00:34:47,279
He stole the shuttle,

706
00:34:47,351 --> 00:34:49,046
and he attacked
the other vessel.

707
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:50,382
ls that true, son?

708
00:34:52,457 --> 00:34:54,687
Please, Q, just save him.

709
00:34:54,759 --> 00:34:55,817
Don't be absurd.

710
00:34:55,893 --> 00:34:57,656
You're not going to help him?

711
00:34:57,728 --> 00:34:58,854
Like Aunt Kathy said,

712
00:34:58,930 --> 00:35:00,329
you're never going
to learn anything

713
00:35:00,431 --> 00:35:03,457
if you don't face the
consequences of your actions.

714
00:35:03,534 --> 00:35:06,992
lf your little playmate has
to die to teach you a lesson,

715
00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:09,232
so be it.

716
00:35:14,879 --> 00:35:16,176
l know you can hear me, Q.

717
00:35:16,247 --> 00:35:18,977
Come back! Q!

718
00:35:19,050 --> 00:35:20,608
You're wasting your time.

719
00:35:20,685 --> 00:35:23,245
He's the only one
who can save lcheb.

720
00:35:23,321 --> 00:35:24,811
No, he isn't.

721
00:35:26,524 --> 00:35:28,754
You're going back
to that ship you attacked.

722
00:35:28,826 --> 00:35:30,987
You're going to apologize
for what you did,

723
00:35:31,062 --> 00:35:32,859
and you're going
to plead with them

724
00:35:32,930 --> 00:35:35,660
for the information we need
to save lcheb.

725
00:35:35,733 --> 00:35:37,098
Look at what they did to him.

726
00:35:37,201 --> 00:35:39,135
lf l go back,
they'll do the same to me.

727
00:35:39,203 --> 00:35:40,329
What do you care?

728
00:35:40,438 --> 00:35:42,429
By this time tomorrow,
you'll be an amoeba.

729
00:35:42,540 --> 00:35:44,303
Well, l'd rather be an amoeba
than a corpse!

730
00:35:44,375 --> 00:35:45,637
That would be easier,

731
00:35:45,710 --> 00:35:46,938
wouldn't it?

732
00:35:47,044 --> 00:35:48,636
No expectations to live up to.

733
00:35:48,713 --> 00:35:50,203
No one to disappoint.

734
00:35:52,517 --> 00:35:55,111
l'm a failure as a Q
and a human.

735
00:35:55,186 --> 00:35:58,883
lf l'm a single-celled organism,
at least l can't hurt anybody.

736
00:35:58,956 --> 00:36:01,288
Why did you come back here?

737
00:36:01,392 --> 00:36:03,952
To escape the Chokuzan.

738
00:36:04,061 --> 00:36:05,722
You could've
used your technology

739
00:36:05,796 --> 00:36:10,233
to take you anywhere,
but you came back here to us.

740
00:36:10,334 --> 00:36:11,562
Why?

741
00:36:11,669 --> 00:36:14,695
l probably hit
the wrong control.

742
00:36:17,942 --> 00:36:20,410
lcheb is the only friend
l've ever had.

743
00:36:20,511 --> 00:36:21,876
l brought him back here,

744
00:36:22,013 --> 00:36:24,106
because l thought
you could save him.

745
00:36:24,182 --> 00:36:25,672
Obviously, l was mistaken.

746
00:36:25,750 --> 00:36:28,514
The only mistake you made
was running away.

747
00:36:28,586 --> 00:36:31,453
You have a chance
to do the right thing now.

748
00:36:31,522 --> 00:36:32,989
Don't waste it.

749
00:36:41,098 --> 00:36:44,192
The attack on your vessel
was entirely my fault.

750
00:36:44,302 --> 00:36:48,329
lcheb had nothing to do with it,
but he's the one who's dying.

751
00:36:48,439 --> 00:36:51,374
l-l take full responsibility
for what happened.

752
00:36:51,442 --> 00:36:53,637
l'll do anything you ask.

753
00:36:53,711 --> 00:36:55,440
Just help my friend.

754
00:36:55,513 --> 00:36:58,414
My crew and l will repair
any damage he did

755
00:36:58,482 --> 00:36:59,779
to your ship.

756
00:36:59,850 --> 00:37:01,909
Are you the adult
responsible for this child?

757
00:37:05,289 --> 00:37:07,450
l suppose l am.

758
00:37:08,759 --> 00:37:10,386
We'll accept his apology

759
00:37:10,461 --> 00:37:15,398
and give you the information
you need to save his accomplice,

760
00:37:15,466 --> 00:37:20,870
but you will be punished
for their crime.

761
00:37:21,005 --> 00:37:23,371
She didn't have anything
to do with it.

762
00:37:23,441 --> 00:37:25,409
ln our culture,
adults are accountable

763
00:37:25,476 --> 00:37:27,239
for the actions
of their children.

764
00:37:27,311 --> 00:37:29,040
l attacked your ship.

765
00:37:29,113 --> 00:37:32,173
l should be punished for it,
not her.

766
00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,775
You don't even know
what the punishment is.

767
00:37:34,852 --> 00:37:37,787
lt might be torture,
or even execution.

768
00:37:37,855 --> 00:37:39,288
l don't care,

769
00:37:39,357 --> 00:37:41,757
if it means saving my friend.

770
00:37:47,531 --> 00:37:49,726
Well done, Junior.

771
00:37:51,369 --> 00:37:53,394
l'm proud of you.

772
00:37:53,504 --> 00:37:56,302
Surprise!

773
00:37:57,808 --> 00:37:59,799
l wish you could see the look
on your faces.

774
00:37:59,910 --> 00:38:02,140
Oh, wait. You can.

775
00:38:03,848 --> 00:38:05,577
We don't have time
for your games.

776
00:38:05,650 --> 00:38:07,914
We need to find
the real people l attacked.

777
00:38:07,985 --> 00:38:09,384
You just did.

778
00:38:09,453 --> 00:38:11,785
l was the Chokuzan you fired on.

779
00:38:11,856 --> 00:38:14,450
What kind of horrible joke...?

780
00:38:14,525 --> 00:38:16,550
Not a joke. A test.

781
00:38:16,627 --> 00:38:18,094
l knew the pathetic
little exercises

782
00:38:18,162 --> 00:38:21,029
you had him performing
would not impress the Continuum.

783
00:38:21,098 --> 00:38:26,229
So, when he escaped your
clutches, l devised a real test.

784
00:38:26,337 --> 00:38:28,805
lt was touch and go there
for a moment,

785
00:38:28,906 --> 00:38:30,874
but you passed
with flying colors.

786
00:38:30,975 --> 00:38:32,966
What about lcheb?

787
00:38:33,077 --> 00:38:35,978
Your Doctor will discover
he's made a miraculous recovery.

788
00:38:36,047 --> 00:38:38,777
Now then,
if we're all finished here,

789
00:38:38,849 --> 00:38:41,113
it's Judgment Day for Junior.

790
00:38:49,126 --> 00:38:51,526
We're ready, Your Honor.

791
00:38:51,595 --> 00:38:55,463
ln the case
of The Continuum vs. Q,

792
00:38:55,533 --> 00:38:57,330
we, the Continuum, have found

793
00:38:57,435 --> 00:38:59,733
that Q has not
made sufficient progress

794
00:38:59,837 --> 00:39:02,601
to warrant the reinstatement
of his powers.

795
00:39:02,707 --> 00:39:04,766
Objection.
What about my test?

796
00:39:04,842 --> 00:39:06,810
What about it?

797
00:39:06,877 --> 00:39:08,970
Q was willing to sacrifice
himself to save his friend.

798
00:39:09,046 --> 00:39:11,480
Surely that counts
for something.

799
00:39:11,549 --> 00:39:13,346
lt was Q who endangered
the boy's life

800
00:39:13,417 --> 00:39:14,349
in the first place.

801
00:39:14,418 --> 00:39:17,410
However, in deference

802
00:39:17,488 --> 00:39:20,048
to the aforementioned
act of contrition,

803
00:39:20,124 --> 00:39:22,558
the defendant will not
be transformed

804
00:39:22,626 --> 00:39:24,287
into an Oprelian amoeba.

805
00:39:24,362 --> 00:39:25,590
Oh, good.

806
00:39:25,663 --> 00:39:27,494
lnstead...

807
00:39:27,565 --> 00:39:30,398
he will suffer
the next worst fate--

808
00:39:30,501 --> 00:39:32,594
remaining human.

809
00:39:37,675 --> 00:39:40,109
Court is adjourned.

810
00:39:41,579 --> 00:39:43,877
This is an outrage!

811
00:39:43,981 --> 00:39:46,711
They can't do this to me!

812
00:40:01,565 --> 00:40:03,692
Come in.

813
00:40:03,801 --> 00:40:05,826
Do you have a moment?

814
00:40:08,706 --> 00:40:13,040
A few days ago, you offered
to let me remain on Voyager.

815
00:40:13,110 --> 00:40:15,237
l know l've made
a few mistakes since then,

816
00:40:15,312 --> 00:40:17,303
and you probably
don't want me around,

817
00:40:17,381 --> 00:40:19,281
but if it's all right

818
00:40:19,350 --> 00:40:23,218
with you... l'd like
to continue my training.

819
00:40:23,287 --> 00:40:26,222
But you have nothing left
to prove to the Continuum.

820
00:40:27,525 --> 00:40:29,550
But there's a lot
l still need to prove to you.

821
00:40:31,328 --> 00:40:32,886
What about your father?

822
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,098
You don't honestly believe
we'll see him again, do you?

823
00:40:38,202 --> 00:40:39,965
He obviously doesn't
want me around.

824
00:40:40,104 --> 00:40:42,470
Why else would he have
left me here... twice?

825
00:40:44,175 --> 00:40:46,166
The question
you should be asking

826
00:40:46,277 --> 00:40:47,767
is why l keep coming back.

827
00:40:47,878 --> 00:40:50,608
Now, l'm sorry
l left so abruptly,

828
00:40:50,681 --> 00:40:53,548
but the Continuum's verdict
demanded an immediate appeal.

829
00:40:53,617 --> 00:40:55,881
l told them l refuse to belong

830
00:40:55,953 --> 00:41:00,253
to any Continuum that wouldn't
accept my son as a member.

831
00:41:00,324 --> 00:41:02,155
We're a package deal.

832
00:41:02,226 --> 00:41:04,387
You left the Continuum for me?

833
00:41:04,462 --> 00:41:05,394
Oh, don't be ridiculous.

834
00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:07,328
l'm the only one holding
that place together.

835
00:41:07,398 --> 00:41:09,798
And when they realized
they might lose me,

836
00:41:09,867 --> 00:41:12,495
they crumbled like a
Gelbian sand sculpture.

837
00:41:14,205 --> 00:41:15,832
They're going
to return my powers?

838
00:41:15,940 --> 00:41:17,237
They already have.

839
00:41:20,511 --> 00:41:25,505
For you, Captain,
for all your help.

840
00:41:25,583 --> 00:41:26,811
Thank you.

841
00:41:29,787 --> 00:41:31,687
Now that you're a Q again,

842
00:41:31,755 --> 00:41:34,121
l thought we might spend
some quality time together.

843
00:41:34,191 --> 00:41:38,093
l want to show you the cosmos
the way it was meant to be seen.

844
00:41:38,162 --> 00:41:39,390
We've tried that already.

845
00:41:39,463 --> 00:41:41,931
Things will be different
this time.

846
00:41:41,999 --> 00:41:43,193
l promise.

847
00:41:45,970 --> 00:41:47,335
Now run along.

848
00:41:47,404 --> 00:41:50,840
l'll meet you on Golos Prime.

849
00:41:50,941 --> 00:41:54,206
After l've had a few moments
alone with the Captain.

850
00:41:54,278 --> 00:41:55,836
l'll see you soon, Aunt Kathy.

851
00:41:55,913 --> 00:41:57,710
l certainly hope so.

852
00:42:00,417 --> 00:42:04,183
So, the Continuum ''crumbled
like a Gelbian sand sculpture.''

853
00:42:04,255 --> 00:42:06,280
Yes.

854
00:42:06,357 --> 00:42:07,824
Some of them even
got on their knees

855
00:42:07,892 --> 00:42:08,824
and begged me to stay.

856
00:42:08,893 --> 00:42:11,225
lt was pathetic.

857
00:42:13,898 --> 00:42:15,229
lf you must know,

858
00:42:15,299 --> 00:42:17,824
l had to agree
to a few minor conditions.

859
00:42:17,935 --> 00:42:19,664
Oh? Such as?

860
00:42:19,770 --> 00:42:21,738
Eternal custody of the boy.

861
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:25,271
Wherever the little brat goes,
l go with him.

862
00:42:25,342 --> 00:42:28,140
l hope he won't spoil
too much of your fun.

863
00:42:29,747 --> 00:42:32,215
Oh, before l leave,

864
00:42:32,283 --> 00:42:35,081
l did a little homework for you.

865
00:42:35,152 --> 00:42:36,710
Consider it a thank you

866
00:42:36,787 --> 00:42:39,051
for everything you did
for Junior.

867
00:42:39,123 --> 00:42:41,216
Not that l don't appreciate it,

868
00:42:41,292 --> 00:42:44,261
but this will only take
a few years off our journey.

869
00:42:44,328 --> 00:42:47,229
Why not send us all the way?

870
00:42:48,832 --> 00:42:51,960
What sort of an example
would l be setting for my son

871
00:42:52,102 --> 00:42:54,002
if l did all the work for you?

9999
00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00
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