- [last lines]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [on Data's suggestion that the new life form may be dangerous] The intelligence that was formed on the Enterprise didn't just come out of the ship's systems. It came from us, from our mission records, personal logs, holodeck programs, our fantasies. Now, if our experiences with the Enterprise have been honorable, can't we trust that the sum of those experiences will be the same?
- [Troi contacts Data over comm]
- Counselor Deanna Troi: How're you doing?
- Lt. Commander Data: I encountered a minor difficulty, Counselor. But it has been dealt with.
- [camera switches to Data holding off a cab that tries to run him over]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [on Shakespeare's "The Tempest"] Shakespeare was witnessing the end of the Renaissance and the birth of the modern era. And Prospero finds himself in a world where his powers are no longer needed. So we see him here, about to perform one final creative act before... giving up his art forever.
- [possibly an intended allegory for the upcoming conclusion of the series]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I know about the Orient Express, but what is it doing on Prospero's island?
- Doctor Beverly Crusher: It isn't really the train itself that I'm interested in.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: What then?
- Doctor Beverly Crusher: It's the experience.
- Lt. Commander Data: Unlikely as it may sound, I believe the Enterprise may be forming an intelligence.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: If the ship is truly an emerging intelligence, then we have a responsibility to treat it with the same respect as any other being.
- [despite having been shut down earlier, the holodeck has reactivated itself]
- Lieutenant Worf: Which program is running?
- Lt. Commander Data: Several different programs are running simultaneously.
- Commander William T. Riker: This should be interesting.
- [Deanna tries to take the brick from the Hitman]
- The Hitman: [holds her off] Hey! Getja hand off of that.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Is that why you killed the engineer? To get this brick?
- The Hitman: I had to get it back! You know what it's worth, lady? Plenty! And I got to get it to Keystone City.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Why, what's Keystone City?
- The Hitman: It's where everything begins!