Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Unification II (1991)

Patrick Stewart: Captain Jean-Luc Picard

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• Ambassador Spock : I was involved with "cowboy diplomacy", as you described it, long before you were born.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Nevertheless, sir, I'm not prepared to leave until your affairs are complete.

  Ambassador Spock : In your own way, you are as stubborn as another Captain of the Enterprise I once knew.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Then I'm in good company, sir.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Ambassador, with great respect for all that you've achieved on behalf of the Federation, this sort of... cowboy diplomacy will not easily be tolerated anymore.

  Ambassador Spock : "Cowboy diplomacy?"

  Ambassador Spock : If you wish to undertake a mission with obvious repercussions to the Federation, then you should discuss it with the Federation. I'm here as their representative. You will have to discuss it with me.

  Ambassador Spock : That is precisely what I had hoped to avoid.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I also have the responsibility of being the bearer of unhappy news.

  Ambassador Spock : Sarek? Sarek is dead?

• Ambassador Spock : It is possible that I have brought my arguments with Sarek to you, Captain. If so, I apologize.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Is it so important that you win one last argument with him?

  Ambassador Spock : No, it is not; but it is true that I will miss the arguments. They were, finally, all that we had.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : But your fight with Sarek is over, Spock. And you have none with me.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I wonder if this movement is strong enough to reshape the entire Romulan political landscape.

  Ambassador Spock : One can begin to reshape the landscape with a single flower, Captain.

• [last lines] 

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I have learned that it is useless to argue with you once your mind is set.

  Ambassador Spock : Not at all, Captain. I have found our arguments quite useful - almost as useful as those I had with my father.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Would it surprise you to learn that he found them equally valuable?

  Ambassador Spock : Ironically... you may know Sarek better than his own son does. My father and I never chose to meld.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I offer you the chance to touch what he shared with me.

  [Spock initiates a mind meld with Picard, and appears overcome with emotion] 

• [Sela outlines the Romulan plan to conquer Vulcan] 

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Do you seriously believe that the Federation will not immediately intervene?

  Sela : Of course it will, and we're fully prepared for it, but we will *be* there, entrenched, and it will be very difficult to get us out once we are. Reunification will become a fact of life.

• Ambassador Spock : Perhaps you're aware of the small role I played in the overture to peace with the Klingons.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : *History* is aware of the role you played, Ambassador.

  Ambassador Spock : Not entirely. It was I who committed Captain Kirk to that peace mission and I who had to bear the responsibility for the consequences to him and to his crew. Quite simply, I am unwilling to risk anyone's life but my own on this occasion, so I ask that you respect my wishes and leave.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Ambassador, your logic escapes me. If I didn't know better, I would say that your judgment is influenced by your emotions.

  Ambassador Spock : You speak as my father would if he were here, Picard.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I speak as a Starfleet officer, and I cannot ignore the risks to you.

• Ambassador Spock : I fear the influence of Sarek has colored your attitudes, Captain, toward reunification and perhaps toward me.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : That is the second time you have accused me of speaking with another man's voice. It's true he will always be a part of me - his experience... his spirit - but I speak with my own voice, not his.

  Ambassador Spock : Curious - that I should hear him so clearly, now that he is dead.

• Ambassador Spock : I always had a different vision than my father, the ability to see beyond pure logic. He considered it weak. But I have discovered it to be a source of extraordinary strength. Sarek would have seen this mission of reunification as a fool's errand. Somehow I think it is not. Logic cannot explain why, I only know that I must pursue this.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Even if it leads you into a Romulan trap?

  Ambassador Spock : If the Romulans do have an ulterior motive, it is in the best interests of all concerned that we determine what it is; so, I will play the role that they would have me play.

• Ambassador Spock : [threatening Sela with a disruptor]  I'm afraid I don't know too much about Romulan disruptor settings.

  [Sela drops her disruptor as well] 

  Ambassador Spock : [to Picard]  Cowboy diplomacy?

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [on Data's holographic creation of some Starfleet officers]  Well done, Mr. Data. Though... I don't think you got Commander Riker's hair quite right.

  Lt. Commander Data : [agrees]  I will be more observant in the future, sir.

  Sela : [blusters]  It doesn't matter what you do now. Spock's announcement will be made in minutes. Our forces will be on Vulcan before you can alert anyone.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I think I'll take this opportunity to remove my ears.

• Sela : Computer, run holographic program Spock One.

  Ambassador Spock : [hologram appears]  This is Ambassador Spock of Vulcan. By now, Federation sensors are tracking three Vulcan ships crossing the Neutral Zone. These ships carry the future of the Romulan and Vulcan people. Our long conflict is finally over.

  Sela : Freeze. We would have preferred an interactive Spock who could have responded to questions, but this will have to suffice.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : You can hardly believe this will convince anyone.

  Sela : I don't need to convince them. Just confuse them long enough to reach Vulcan. End program. If you'll excuse me, it's time to send our ships on their journey.