Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Devil's Due (1991)

Marta DuBois: Ardra

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Quotes 

• Ardra : Please do not take any offense to these questions, Captain. You know how fond I am of you.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Objection.

  Lt. Commander Data : Sustained. The advocate will refrain from expressing personal affections for her opponent.

• Ardra : And don't talk like some ancient prophet around me, with 'thees' and 'thous' and 'most powerful ones'. It was appealing for a few centuries, but I bore easily. And stop cowering. When I want you on your knees, I'll let you know.

• Ardra : If you wish this foolish arbitration, I will choose my own prize.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : And what would that be?

  Ardra : You. By all rights, your body is already mine. But I want more. I want your heart, your mind, your soul, and I want you to give them to me without resistance of your own free will. So, do you still wish to pursue this most dangerous game?

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I agree to your terms.

  Ardra : Oh, Picard, I will enjoy you morning, noon and night!

• [last lines] 

  [Picard has turned the arbitration in his favor] 

  Ardra : You would have had a lot more fun if you'd lost. Till we meet again, Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise.

  [she laughs evilly as she leaves the courtroom] 

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Ensign, put up the shields until further notice.

  Ardra : [posing as an ensign]  Yes, sir, Captain. Whatever you say.

  Commander William T. Riker : We are not impressed with your magic tricks!

  Ardra : I pity you. We live in a universe of magic, which evidently you cannot see.

• Ardra : When the contract came to term, I gained clear title to the planet, anything on the surface, in the air or... in orbit. So you see - the Enterprise belongs to me now, as well.

• Ardra : Oh, you doubt me. A non-believer. Really, Jean-Luc Picard of the Federation Starship Enterprise, no doubt you have traveled the galaxy, encountered a diverse universe of creatures. Is there no room for the likes of me?

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I've encountered many, who're more credibly to be called the Devil than you.

  Ardra : The Devil! Now, there's one I haven't heard in a long time.

• Ardra : [referring to Data]  Ah, my pale friend has returned.

• Ardra : Who would you be?

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I'm Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Federation Starship Enterprise.

  Ardra : Keep up the good work.

• Ardra : [attempting to seduce Picard]  Oh, come now, Picard! You know you find me tantalizing. Give in to your desires.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : You know, there's nothing about you I find tantalizing. On the contrary, I find you obvious and vulgar.

• Ardra : [Ardra is listing her many names and role as the Devil in many alien cultures]  ... . To the Klingons, I am Fek'lar.

  Lt. Worf : [disbelivingly]  *You* are NOT Fek'lar!

  [With a flash, Ardra transforms into a grotesque, Klingon monster with a gaping maw, dripping with goo-like saliva - Fek'lr. Data and Troi look a little alarmed. Worf looks uncharacteristically shaken with fear at the sight of the beast] 

  Klingon Monster : [in a deep, demonic voice]  Ah, but I am! I am Fek'lr of Gre'thor, where the dishonored go.

  [With a flash, Ardra returns back to her normal form as a woman] 

  Ardra : Here on Ventax II, I am Ardra.