- Lieutenant Worf: Congratulations. You are fully dilated to ten centimeters. You may now give birth.
- Keiko O'Brien: [groans] That's what I've been doing.
- [after being injured in the turbolift, Picard has 'ordered' the children to leave him behind and save themselves]
- Marissa Flores: The crew has decided to stick together. We all go, or we all stay.
- Capt. Picard: [after considering the options] All right. I'll try. But I want you to know, this is mutiny.
- [last lines]
- Capt. Picard: You have the bridge, Number One.
- Marissa Flores, Commander William T. Riker: Aye, sir.
- [Worf is assisting Keiko in the delivery of her baby]
- Lieutenant Worf: I must urge you gently but firmly to push harder.
- [Picard has appointed Marissa his 'Number One' and Jay Gordon his 'Science Officer' to inspire courage in them]
- Patterson Supera: Can I be an officer, too?
- Capt. Picard: Well, let me see, um... Your science projects involved radishes, did it not?
- Patterson Supera: Yes, sir.
- Capt. Picard: Then I shall appoint you my executive officer in charge of radishes.
- [Picard is about to give a tour of the ship to Marissa, Jay Gordon and Patterson]
- Chief Miles O'Brien: I'm not sure who to feel sorry for - the Captain or the kids.
- Marissa Flores: [to Picard] In appreciation for the way you helped us get out of the turboshaft, and the way you helped us not be scared, we want to present to you this commemorative plaque.
- [Picard is trying to keep up morale while climbing up the ladder in the turboshaft]
- Capt. Picard: What we need is a climbing song. Marissa, is there a song that you sing at school?
- Marissa Flores: Mmm... "The Laughing Vulcan and His Dog?"
- Capt. Picard: I'm afraid I don't know that one...
- Keiko O'Brien: [during a crisis] I'm having contractions!
- Lieutenant Worf: I believe that is not uncommon in the late months of pregnancy.
- Keiko O'Brien: No, I mean contractions. I'm going into labor.
- Lieutenant Worf: You cannot. This is not a good time, Keiko.
- Keiko O'Brien: It's not open for debate. Like it or not, this baby is coming.
- Lieutenant Worf: Dilation has gone to seven centimeters since the onset of labor. That did not take long.
- Keiko O'Brien: That's easy for you to say.
- Lt. Commander Data: My positronic brain has several layers of shielding to protect me from power surges. It would be possible for you to remove my cranial unit and take it with you.
- Commander William T. Riker: Let me get this straight. You want me to take off your head?
- Lt. Commander Data: Yes, sir. Is something wrong, sir?
- Lieutenant Worf: [Worf is delivering Keiko's baby, and is urging her on with all the intensity and passion as if he was leading a typing class] Push. Push, Keiko. Push.
- Keiko O'Brien: [fed up] I AM PUSHING!
- Lieutenant Worf: My computer simulation was not like this. That delivery was very orderly.
- Keiko O'Brien: Well, I'm sorry!
- Commander William T. Riker: You just can't stay away from the big chair, can you?
- Counselor Troi: I don't think I'm cut out to be Captain. First Officer, maybe. I understand there aren't many qualifications.
- Capt. Picard: [Picard and three children are stuck between decks in a malfunctioning turbolift] Number One, those big clamps are part of the emergency system. They're designed to hold the turbolift in place if something goes wrong. But it would seem that they're damaged.
- Marissa Flores: Is that why we keep shaking?
- Capt. Picard: Yes, now when they give way, we shall fall. You must take you're crew out of here before that happens. Now, there's a ladder that runs the length of the turboshaft. You can climb up it until you come to an open doorway. Now, you're the leader, and that's an order.
- Marissa Flores: [the lift shakes] Well... what about you?
- Capt. Picard: My ankle is broken. I will just slow you down, and you need to move quickly.
- Marissa Flores: [to Jay Gordon and Patterson] We have to climb the shaft.
- Patterson Supera: I want to stay with you, Captain.
- Capt. Picard: Patterson! You're an officer. You have to obey orders.
- Patterson Supera: I don't want to be an officer anymore. I want to stay here with you.
- Jay Gordon Graas: If the Captain stays here, we won't make it. We'll all die.
- Capt. Picard: We don't have time to argue. You must go now.
- Marissa Flores: The crew has decided to stick together. We all go or we all stay.
- Capt. Picard: Alright, I'll try. But I want you to know, this is mutiny.
- Keiko O'Brien: Worf, have you ever done this before? Delivered a baby?
- Lieutenant Worf: Yes. No. I took the Starfleet emergency medical course. In a computerized simulation, I assisted in delivery of a human baby.
- Keiko O'Brien: Sometimes it doesn't go by the book, Worf.
- Capt. Picard: Well, then, um... what did you do for your science projects?
- Patterson Supera: I planted radishes in this special dirt, and they came up all weird.
- Capt. Picard: I see. That's very... very commendable.
- [Ro has established power to the bridge's engineering station]
- Chief Miles O'Brien: How did you do that?
- Ro Laren: I diverted power from the phaser array and I dumped it into the engineering control system.
- Chief Miles O'Brien: You what?
- Ro Laren: Engineering station's online, Counselor.
- Chief Miles O'Brien: But tha... that's a completely improper procedure!
- [Ro has suggested sacrificing the drive section of the ship in order to save the saucer section]
- Counselor Troi: I believe there are still people alive down there. And I'm going to give them every chance. Assuming they're alive, they'll be hoping there's someone up here who can help them. So we'll help them.
- [Dr. Crusher explains to La Forge what will happen to them after venting the cargo bay]
- Doctor Beverly Crusher: Once the air is vented, the first thing you'll feel is an extreme pressure on your lungs. You have to resist the temptation to exhale.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Okay.
- Doctor Beverly Crusher: Next, our hands and feet will get cold, then numb, and some of the capillaries on the exposed sections of the skin may burst.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Sounds like fun.
- Doctor Beverly Crusher: We will have about fifteen seconds of useful consciousness, then about ten seconds of extreme disorientation, then we pass out.
- Lt. Commander Data: A remarkable experience, Commander.
- [after exposing himself to a high power surge]
- Commander William T. Riker: [trying to create a link between Data's head and the computer] You need a bigger head.
- Ro Laren: [the ship is in danger of exploding unless the Bridge crew separate from the stardrive section] You can't let wishful thinking guide your decision, Counsellor. It's time to leave.
- Counselor Troi: [firmly] We will separate the ship when I decide that it's time and not before. Is that clear, Ensign?
- Ro Laren: [Ro doesn't like it but relents] Yes, perfectly.
- [Troi sits in the Captain's chair with a new resolve]
- Capt. Jean-Luc Picard: Your name is 'Marissa,' right?
- [Marissa nods]
- Capt. Jean-Luc Picard: Well, Marissa, I need a first officer to help me. You're the eldest, and so, that makes you my Number One.
- Marissa Flores: 'Number One?'
- Capt. Jean-Luc Picard: That's what I always call my first officer.
- [Keiko is in labor]
- Lieutenant Worf: Congratulations, you have dilated ten centimeters. You may now give birth.
- Keiko O'Brien: [groans] That's what I've been doing!
- Lieutenant Worf: Now, the last step would be to bear down. The child will come soon.
- [Nothing happens]
- Lieutenant Worf: [confused] Why hasn't it begun?
- Keiko O'Brien: I don't know? It's not up to me, it happens when it happens.
- Lieutenant Worf: The simulation was nothing like this. That delivery was well orderly.
- Keiko O'Brien: [snaps] Well, I'm sorry!
- [Keiko suddenly begins groaning and grunting loudly and agonizingly]
- Lieutenant Worf: Did you feel an uncontrollable urge to push?
- Keiko O'Brien: [Keiko nods with clenched teeth]
- Lieutenant Worf: Good. You are bearing down.
- Lt. Commander Data: [Commander Riker is trying to get Data's disembodied head to connect to the Enterprise's severely depleted shields; but ends up making Data's right eye close in a permanent wink] That is not the correct port, sir.
- Chief Miles O'Brien: [a quantum filament has caused severe damage to the Enterprise, leaving Troi in command of the Bridge] If the containment field strength continues to drop at its present rate, we still have at least two hours before it becomes critical.
- Ro Laren: But you're ignoring the fact that the power coupling is also damaged. If that coupling overheats the field strength could drop a lot faster. We could have a containment breach in a matter of minutes.
- Counselor Troi: What do you suggest?
- Ro Laren: We should separate the saucer now and put as much distance as possible between us and the drive section.
- Chief Miles O'Brien: [to Troi] Excuse me, Sir, but that's damn cold-blooded. What about the people down there?
- Ro Laren: There's no evidence that anyone is still alive in the drive section.
- Chief Miles O'Brien: No evidence they're dead either. If you were trapped down there would you like us to cut you loose and just leave?
- Ro Laren: [sighs] No, of course not. But I also wouldn't expect the Bridge crew to risk the safety of the ship and hundreds of lives in a futile effort to rescue me.
- Counselor Troi: [after a long pause she turns to O'Brien] You said there was no way to stabilise the containment field from the Bridge. Could it be done from Engineering?
- Chief Miles O'Brien: Yes, but my readings indicate there's no power down there. They don't even have monitors to tell them there's a problem.
- Counselor Troi: Could we divert energy from the Bridge to those monitors?
- Chief Miles O'Brien: Yes Sir.
- Ro Laren: [knowing where they're going with this] I will say it again there is no reason to believe that anyone is still alive in Engineering. We're wasting time even talking about this - we have to separate the ship now.
- Counselor Troi: [looking more confident then she really felt] I believe there are still people alive down there and I'm going to give them every chance. Assuming they're alive they'll be hoping there's someone up here who can help them... so we'll help them.
- [to O'Brien]
- Counselor Troi: Chief, divert the necessary power to Engineering.
- Chief Miles O'Brien: Aye Sir.
- [leaves the Observation Lounge]
- Ro Laren: [Ro stands up] I remind you, Counsellor... that power coupling could overheat at any moment. By not separating the ship now you could be responsible for all our deaths.
- Counselor Troi: Thank you, Ensign. Proceed.
- [after Ro leaves Troi sinks back into her chair, really feeling the burdens of command]
- [first lines]
- Capt. Picard: [voiceover] Captain's log, stardate 45156.1. Our mission to Mudos 5 has been completed and, since our next assignment will not begin for several days, we are enjoying a welcome respite from our duties.