Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

The Neutral Zone (1988)

Leon Rippy: L.Q. 'Sonny' Clemmons

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• L. Q. 'Sonny' Clemonds : [to Data]  Duty calls, hey, I understand. Why don't you come back later on an' you and me'll find us a couple o' low-mileage pit woofies and help 'em build a memory?

• L. Q. 'Sonny' Clemonds : What do you guys do? I mean, you don't drink and you ain't got no TV. Must be kind of boring, innit?

• L. Q. 'Sonny' Clemonds : What's this 'Neutral Zone'?

  Lt. Commander Data : It is a buffer between the Romulan Empire and the Federation.

  L. Q. 'Sonny' Clemonds : Why does that make me nervous?

  Lt. Commander Data : I do not know.

  L. Q. 'Sonny' Clemonds : Well, we won't be invitin' these Romulans to our party, will we?

  Lt. Commander Data : No, that would not be... appropriate.

• L. Q. 'Sonny' Clemonds : [trying out the replicator]  I'd like me, uh, a thick Kansas City steak and, uh, some country fried potatoes and, uh, a mess of greens. Oh, hell, just forget all that and give me a martini, straight up with, uh, two olives - for the vitamins!

• Lt. Commander Data : Inquiry: you do not seem to be having as much difficulty adjusting to your current circumstances as the others.

  L. Q. 'Sonny' Clemonds : You mean bein' here on this tub, 400 years from where I started? Oh, heck, it's the same dance, it's just a different tune.

• L. Q. 'Sonny' Clemonds : [about committing to the cryonics companies]  The whole deal was a long shot, but I figured, what the hell, might as well give them the dough instead o' leavin' it to my ex-wives!

• L. Q. 'Sonny' Clemonds : I just got to have a little somethin' to jump-start the morning and a little somethin' else to shut down the night.

  Doctor Beverly Crusher : You have no medical need.

  L. Q. 'Sonny' Clemonds : Well, it ain't a matter of need, darling, it's a matter of survival.

  Doctor Beverly Crusher : Sorry.

  L. Q. 'Sonny' Clemonds : Not to worry, Old Watosh will scuffle along th' best way he can.

• L. Q. 'Sonny' Clemonds : [to Dr. Crusher]  You know, you're just about the prettiest little doctor I've ever seen.

• L. Q. 'Sonny' Clemonds : Let's see if the Braves are on, how do you cut on this teevee?

  Commander William T. Riker : Teevee?

  L. Q. 'Sonny' Clemonds : Yeah, the boob tube. Uh, I'd like to see how the Braves are doing after all this time. Probably still finding ways to lose.