Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Loud as a Whisper (1989)
Marina Sirtis: Counselor Deanna Troi
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Riva : [after Riva's Chorus were slain and they beamed back, Riva is ranting in sign language] Stupid false egoistical...
[rambles on with back turned to camera]
Riva : ... tired of everything... three dead! What will we do now?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : How did this happen?
Commander William T. Riker : A total surprise. Apparently a member of one of the factions didn't like the idea of peace.
Riva : ...any time think
[Rubs hands through hair in frustration]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I don't understand what you're trying to say.
[Pleading gesture to Troi]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Counselor.
Riva : I'm not talking to you. I'm talking to myself!
Counselor Deanna Troi : Riva, go slowly.
Riva : What!
Counselor Deanna Troi : Slowly.
Riva : I'm not talking to him anyway.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Can you write it out?
Riva : No! Leave me alone!
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I am so sorry that your friends were killed.
Riva : I don't need your pity!
Riva : [Riva and Picard are talking simultaneously] ... tired of all of you hearing people not understanding me! I'm not talking to you anyway.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I'm sorry, I-I don't know what you are trying to tell me. We have to find some way to communicate with him.
Riva : I'm tired of you hearing people, arg!
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Data, he knows some kind of gestural language. Find out which one and learn it.
Lt. Commander Data : Aye, sir.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Counselor, take him to Sick Bay. Maybe Pulaski can help.
Riva : I - my friends are dead! I-
[Picard grabs Riva's head]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Listen to me! You are not alone! Do you understand? We are all in this together... now.
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[Riva explains how he intends to mediate between the adversarial parties]
Lt. Commander Data : [interpreting Riva's sign language] Learning sign will be a part of their process of learning how to live together in peace.
Counselor Deanna Troi : [explaining] While they're learning how to communicate with Riva, they'll be learning how to communicate with each other.
Lt. Commander Data : [interpreting] And that is the first and most important aspect of any relationship.
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Counselor Deanna Troi : Confidence is faith in oneself. It can't easily be given by another.
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[a welcoming party is preparing to meet mediator Riva on his planet]
Counselor Deanna Troi : Have your sensors indicated any problem down there, Lieutenant?
Lieutenant Worf : None.
Counselor Deanna Troi : But you're feeling a certain confusion about this mission.
Lieutenant Worf : No.
Counselor Deanna Troi : Yes! I've never known you to have such strong emotions, except when you're expecting to do battle.
Lieutenant Worf : I am not expecting battle.
Commander William T. Riker : Then what is bothering you?
Lieutenant Worf : [taking a moment] Riva.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Ah. Riva negotiated several treaties between the Klingons and the Federation.
Lieutenant Worf : Before him, there was no Klingon word for '*peace*-maker'.
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Lt. Commander Data : Counselor, it took me only moments to learn sign language. It will take them months.
Counselor Deanna Troi : Time well spent.
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Counselor Deanna Troi : [interpreting Riva's sign language for herself] Words... are here, on top... What's under them... their meaning... is what's important.