Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
I Borg (1992)
Gates McFadden: Dr. Beverly Crusher
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Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : If this works the way I think it will, once the invasive program starts spreading, it'll only be a matter of months before the Borg suffer total systems failure.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Comments?
Doctor Beverly Crusher : A question. What exactly is "total systems failure"?
Lt. Commander Data : The Borg are extremely computer-dependent. A systems failure will destroy them.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : I just think we should be clear about that. We're talking about annihilating an entire race.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Which under most circumstances would be unconscionable. But as I see it, the Borg leave us with little choice.
Commander William T. Riker : I agree. We're at war.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : There's been no formal declaration of war.
Counselor Deanna Troi : Not from us, but certainly from them. They've attacked us at every encounter.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : They've declared war on our way of life. We're to be assimilated.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : But even in war, there are rules. You don't kill civilians indiscriminately.
Commander William T. Riker : There are no civilians among the Borg.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Think of them as a single collective being. There's no one Borg who is more an individual than your arm or your leg.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : How convenient.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Your point, Doctor?
Doctor Beverly Crusher : When I look at my patient, I don't see a collective consciousness, I don't see a hive. I see a living, breathing boy who has been hurt and who needs our help. And we're talking about sending him back to his people as an instrument of destruction.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : It comes down to this: we're faced with an enemy who are determined to destroy us, and we have no hope of negotiating a peace. Unless that changes, we're justified in doing anything we can to survive.
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Doctor Beverly Crusher : We don't have designations, we have names. I'm Beverly. This is Geordi.
Third of Five : Do I have a name?
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : Do you want one?
Third of Five : A name.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : I'm Beverly, he's Geordi, and you...
Third of Five : You.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : You...
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : No, no, wait a minute - that's it: Hugh! What do you think?
Third of Five : 'You'?
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : No, not 'you'. 'Hugh'.
Third of Five : 'Hugh'.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : Okay. Now, I'm Beverly.
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : I'm Geordi.
Third of Five : We are Hugh.
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[an away team has found a badly injured Borg on a moon]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Away team, prepare to return to the ship!
Doctor Beverly Crusher : Captain, we can't leave him here, he won't survive.
Commander William T. Riker : I think the Captain understands that.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : I don't.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : If we can get to the root command, we can introduce an invasive programming sequence through its biochip system, and then return it to the hive.
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : The Borg are so interconnected it would act like a virus.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Which would infect the entire Collective. We could disable their neural network at a stroke.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : Infect it? You make it sound as if it's a disease.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Quite right, Doctor. If all goes well, a terminal one.
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Doctor Beverly Crusher : [observing the Borg] He must be hungry.
[Picard and La Forge are looking at her curiously]
Doctor Beverly Crusher : The Borg don't ingest food. Their implants can synthesize any organic molecules their biological tissues require. What they need is energy.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [considering this] Arrange to feed it.
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Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : I've been rationing his portions of energy. I think he understands. When he cooperates, he gets fed, if not...
Doctor Beverly Crusher : Like a rat in a cage.
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Doctor Beverly Crusher : [to Third of Five] When we first found you, you were dying. I saved your life.
Third of Five : Why?
Doctor Beverly Crusher : It's my duty to help those who are hurt.
Third of Five : [looks at Geordi] You give us food.
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : [nods] Right.
Third of Five : Is that your duty?
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : [Dr. Crusher gives Geordi a curious look; awkwardly] Yeah, that's right.