Kate Mulgrew credited as playing...
Capt. Kathryn Janeway • Shannon O'Donnell
- Henry Janeway: You know, I was born in the wrong millennium.
- Shannon O'Donnell: I'll stick with the modern age.
- Henry Janeway: The classical age. Greatest literature mankind ever produced.
- Shannon O'Donnell: No antibiotics.
- Henry Janeway: Families that take care of one another.
- Shannon O'Donnell: No cars.
- Henry Janeway: Air you can breathe.
- Shannon O'Donnell: No telephones.
- Henry Janeway: What a pleasure.
- Shannon O'Donnell: Shorter lifespans.
- Henry Janeway: Lives that were worth living.
- Shannon O'Donnell: No cold beer!
- Henry Janeway: There you got me.
- [Janeway has learned that important facts about one of her ancestors are incorrect]
- Chakotay: [handing Janeway a data PADD] Ship's status report.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Let me guess: the holographic engineer is having problems with her program, Neelix the Cardassian cook is low on supplies, Seven of Twelve is regenerating, and Captain Chakotay is doing just fine. Just wondering how they'll piece together OUR lives a few hundred years from now.
- Shannon O'Donnell: I'm stuck in the future, you're stuck in the past, but maybe we could... get unstuck in the present.
- Shannon O'Donnell: You know, Mr. Moss offered me a job in Canton, even though I failed to keep up my end of the bargain. I guess he felt sorry for me, but I'm prepared to turn him down... if you want me to stay with you.
- Henry Janeway: [after a pause] I suppose I could... reopen my shop in that monstrosity you wanna build.
- Shannon O'Donnell: [smiles] And I'll have a few connections. I could probably get you a nice remote location, so nobody would bother you.
- Henry Janeway: Not much profit in that. You sure you won't drive away again?
- Shannon O'Donnell: No, but if I do, we'll make the trip together.
- [in the name of the crew, Neelix has presented Janeway with a family photo of Shannon O'Donnell Janeway]
- Neelix: I thought it would look nice in your ready room, o-on the shelf, next to your desk?
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Thank you, but I'm not so sure she has a place there anymore.
- Seven of Nine: You are mistaken, Captain.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Oh?
- Seven of Nine: Her life captured your imagination. Historical details are irrelevant.
- Tuvok: I concur with that analysis.
- Chakotay: If it weren't for Shannon O'Donnell, you never would have joined Starfleet.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Yeah, and I would have never got you all stuck here in the Delta Quadrant.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Shannon O'Donnell inspired me when I was a girl. She had a... an influence on my imagination, on my goals.
- Seven of Nine: I never realized genealogy could have such an impact.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: I wouldn't have become a Starfleet captain if it wasn't for her.
- Shannon O'Donnell: [speaking into her dictaphone] 5:00 a.m., December 27th, 2000. I'm in the great state of Indiana, I think. Saw the world's largest ball of string this morning and the world's largest beefsteak tomato this afternoon. Was the size of a Volkswagen - the string, not the tomato.
- Shannon O'Donnell: I'm in a transitional period.
- Henry Janeway: From what to what?
- Shannon O'Donnell: From what I was doing to what I'm going to do.
- Shannon O'Donnell: I love to see places I've never been and try new things. I'm kind of an explorer.
- Henry Janeway: Really? Huh. That station wagon of yours doesn't exactly look like a sailing ship.
- Shannon O'Donnell: It's a rocket ship.
- Henry Janeway: My mistake.
- Shannon O'Donnell: I've learned a few details about the Millennium Gate. It's a self-sustaining city, an experimental biosphere. It's never been done before.
- Henry Janeway: What's wrong with the biosphere we're living in now?
- Shannon O'Donnell: Nothing.
- Henry Janeway: Exactly.
- Shannon O'Donnell: But this project will help scientists learn more about our environment, possibly even recreate it on other worlds.
- Henry Janeway: Other worlds! Don't we have enough problems on the one we're on?
- Shannon O'Donnell: Yeah. Which is why I'd like to get the hell off it one day.
- Henry Janeway: I think you're taking this exploring a little too far.
- Henry Janeway: [indicating his library] These are my traveling companions. They'll take me anywhere anytime.
- Shannon O'Donnell: It's not such a bad idea to experience the real thing every now and then.
- Henry Janeway: I prefer my books.
- Shannon O'Donnell: Maybe you just never had the right guide.
- Henry Janeway: Is that an offer? I could make a similar argument: not such a bad idea to, uh, settle down every now and then.
- Shannon O'Donnell: Is that an offer?
- Henry Janeway: They have offered us 20% above the market price for our properties. You know what the catch is? We've *all* got to sell.
- Shannon O'Donnell: Everybody must love you.
- Henry Janeway: Hm, yeah. People I knew when I was growing up, family friends, it seems like they've all just turned against me. If this were Roman times, they'd feed me to the lions.
- Shannon O'Donnell: To the good old days.
- Shannon O'Donnell: Half the town is out there, you're on the news, maybe you'll even go down in history; you have made your point.
- Henry Janeway: Well, obviously I haven't, because if I had, you wouldn't be asking me to sign my life away.
- Shannon O'Donnell: Maybe, if you'd looked up from your books once in a while, you'd see what's in front of you.
- Henry Janeway: Oh, please, no more speeches about the future.
- Shannon O'Donnell: As long as I don't have to hear you pontificate about the past.
- Henry Janeway: It's a deal. Glad we had this chat. Goodbye.
- Henry Janeway: Then why are you here?
- Shannon O'Donnell: It was the cookies.
- Henry Janeway: Cookies?
- Shannon O'Donnell: I was on the interstate, I stopped for gas, and I bought a bag of chocolate chip cookies in a convenience store. It's a little ritual of mine. Whenever I get back on the highway, I like to treat myself.
- Henry Janeway: I see. Well, um... what does this have to do with anything?
- Shannon O'Donnell: They didn't taste good, Henry. It wasn't the same. I just kept thinking about you, and how I wish you'd been there.
- Henry Janeway: Actually, I prefer oatmeal cookies. I'm allergic to chocolate.
- Shannon O'Donnell: Oh, you don't know what you're missing.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: There was no opposition. In fact, the Millennium Gate was greeted with open arms by the local population... except for one man.
- [she turns her desktop monitor to Chakotay]
- Chakotay: [reads] 'Henry Janeway'.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: She married him, and changed her name, but she certainly never changed history.
- Chakotay: Don't be too hard on her. She may not have known she was supposed to live up to your expectations.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Oh, I'll get over it, but the question is: when we get back to Earth, how will I break the news to Aunt Martha?
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: To family.
- Neelix, The Doctor, Harry Kim, Chakotay, B'Elanna Torres, Tom Paris, Seven of Nine, Tuvok: To family!
- Neelix: What can you tell me about the Great Wall of China?
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Pardon?
- Neelix: The Great Wall Of China, on Earth. Who built it?
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: The Chinese.
- Neelix: What for?
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Why does anybody build a wall? To keep people out. Deck 1.
- Neelix: In fact, it was the first Qin emperor who connected the walls built by a previous dynasty. He did it to prevent an invasion by nomads to the north. How big is it?
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: I have a feeling you're going to tell me.
- Neelix: 2400 kilometers long,
- [1,500 miles]
- Neelix: median width 3.8 meters.
- [12 feet 6 inches]
- Neelix: Before the 22nd century it was one of the only manmade objects that could be seen from Earth's orbit with the naked eye.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Very impressive, Neelix. I had no idea you knew so much about my homeworld.