Patrick Stewart credited as playing...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: You don't know, Robert. You don't know... They took everything I was. They used me to kill and to destroy and I couldn't stop them.
- [sobs]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I should have been able to stop them. I tried... I tried so hard. But I wasn't strong enough! I wasn't good enough! I should have been able to stop them, I should've, I should...!
- Robert Picard: So - my brother is a human being after all. This is going to be with you a long time, Jean-Luc. A long time. You have to learn to live with it. You have a simple choice now: live with it below the sea with Louis - or above the clouds with the Enterprise.
- [they help each other up from the ground]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: You know, I think you were right, after all. I think I did come back so that you could help me.
- Robert Picard: Yeah... Do you know what? I still don't like you, Jean-Luc.
- René Picard: I know who you are.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Then you have the advantage.
- René Picard: You're my nephew, Jean-Luc, from the Starship Enterprise.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Then you must be my uncle René.
- René Picard: I'm not your uncle. It's the other way around.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Too bad. I rather enjoyed the idea.
- René Picard: You know, you don't seem so arrow... arrow... you know...
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Arrogant?
- René Picard: Yes, arrogant. You don't seem that way to me. What does it mean, anyway? "Arrogant son of a..."
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Let's talk about that later, shall we?
- [the Picards are drinking wine]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: This the '46?
- Robert Picard: '47. You've been drinking too much of that artificial stuff. What do you call it? Synthehol? Spoiled you. Ruined your palate.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: On the contrary. I think that synthehol heightens one's appreciation for the genuine article.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: My ship will be ready to leave orbit soon. And I belong aboard. If I should ever doubt that again, I know where to come.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Interesting.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Counselor...
- Counselor Deanna Troi: I just find it interesting. Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the man who couldn't be pried out of his seat for a vacation for three years!
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: It's Earth. It's home. Do I need another reason?
- Counselor Deanna Troi: I don't know, what do you think?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Your help has been invaluable during my recovery, but... look, I'm, uh... I'm better! The injuries are healing.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Those you can see in the mirror.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: The nightmares have ended. All I need now is a little time to myself.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: I agree. In fact, I'm delighted you're going. It's just that... the choice of where you're going could stand some scrutiny.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: If you wish to believe my going home is a direct result of being held captive by the Borg, be my guest.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Is that what you believe?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I hate it when you do that.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Captain, you do need time. You cannot achieve complete recovery so quickly. And it's perfectly normal, after what you've been through, to spend a great deal of time trying to find yourself again.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: And what better place to find oneself than on the streets of one's home village.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Interesting.