Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Prey (1998)

Jeri Ryan: Seven of Nine

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Quotes 

• [Janeway tells Seven a story about a fight during a border conflict with the Cardassians] 

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : One night, during a break in the fighting, we could hear this low, moaning sound, coming from somewhere in the brush. We knew that none of our people were out there, so it had to be a wounded Cardassian. You have to understand, we've been killing each other for weeks on this planet. It was brutal. But our commanding officer decided... that we couldn't just sit there and listen to that poor man suffer. So he ordered me and an ensign to crawl out there and bring that Cardassian back to our camp. I thought he was crazy. He was risking our lives for someone who would have shot us without hesitation. But we did it. And the Cardassian lived. Three days later, we secured the outpost. It was a major victory; we were all decorated by Starfleet Command. But in retrospect, the thing I'm most proud of was the night we saved that man's life.

  Seven of Nine : Explain.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : A single act of compassion can put you in touch with your own humanity.

• [last lines] 

  Seven of Nine : It is puzzling.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : What's that?

  Seven of Nine : You made me into an individual. You encouraged me to stop thinking like a member of the Collective, to cultivate my independence and my humanity. But when I try to assert that independence, I am punished.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Individuality has its limits - especially on a starship where there's a command structure.

  Seven of Nine : I believe that you are punishing me because I do not think the way that you do. Because I am not becoming more like you. You claim to respect my individuality. But in fact, you are frightened by it.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : As you were.

• [the Doctor is doing a role play with Seven as an exercise for good manners] 

  The Doctor : Now I'll be the nurse. You be the doctor.

  Seven of Nine : [sighs and reads]  "Please hand me the hypospray."

  The Doctor : "Of course, doctor, immediately."

  Seven of Nine : "Thank you. Looks at instrument..."

  The Doctor : No no, don't read that part, only the dialogue.

  Seven of Nine : "Excuse me, nurse, this is the wrong hypospray. Would you mind finding the correct one?"

  The Doctor : "Not at all."

  Seven of Nine : "Thank you. Did I mention you look lovely today?"

  The Doctor : "Oh, doctor, you're so charming!"

  Seven of Nine : This lesson is terminated!

• Seven of Nine : A lesson in compassion will do me little good if I am dead.

• [Janeway has asked Seven of Nine to create a singularity, which Seven refuses] 

  Seven of Nine : I have agreed to remain on Voyager; I have agreed to function as a member of your crew. But I will not be a willing participant in my own destruction or the destruction of this ship.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Objection noted. We'll do this without you.

  Seven of Nine : You will fail.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : And you have just crossed the line!

• Seven of Nine : Species 8462 is devious and highly intelligent. It will seek the most efficient means of destroying us.

• Lt. Tuvok : Since Species 8472 invaded the ship, you've become increasingly agitated.

  Seven of Nine : They were the only species to offer true resistance to the Borg. They destroyed millions of drones, hundreds of our worlds. I have reason to be "agitated."