Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
The Emissary (1989)
Brent Spiner: Lieutenant Commander Data
Quotes
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[the Enterprise approaches the T'Ong, a Klingon battle cruiser]
Lt. Commander Data : Sensors show life forms aboard, but I am unable to ascertain whether they are awake or dormant; however, their propulsion system is inactive, so I would hypothesize that the crew is asleep.
[the Klingon ship fires at them]
Lt. Commander Data : However, I could be in error.
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K'Ehleyr : Poor android. Whose behavior do you find more perplexing - Human... or Klingon?
Lt. Commander Data : At the moment... I would find it difficult to choose.
K'Ehleyr : So would I.
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[first lines]
Commander Riker : Looking good. I'll go five.
Doctor Pulaski : Five here.
Lieutenant La Forge : And five more.
Lt. Commander Data : I believe the wiser course of action is to bend.
Lieutenant La Forge : You mean fold, Data.
Lt. Commander Data : That is correct. Fold. To bend. To make compact or capitulate.
Lieutenant Worf : I raise fifty.
Lt. Commander Data : I do not believe Lieutenant Worf understands all the nuances of the betting process.
Commander Riker : I wouldn't be so quick to judge, Data. His pile's a lot bigger than yours.
Doctor Pulaski : Than any of ours.
Lt. Commander Data : The cards have been favouring the Lieutenant but that is the result of random chance. Therefore, a temporary condition.
Lieutenant La Forge : You hope.
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[K'Ehleyr works in the tactical room when Worf and Data enter]
K'Ehleyr : An android chaperone?
Lt. Commander Data : Android, of course, is correct, but... I fail to see how 'chaperone' is applicable to this situation.
K'Ehleyr : Never mind.