Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Lessons (1993)

Patrick Stewart: Captain Jean-Luc Picard

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• [Picard tells Lt. Cmdr. Daren of his life on Kataan from "The Inner Light"] 

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : ...And when I awoke, all that I had left of that life... was the flute that I'd taught myself to play.

  Lt. Cmdr. Nella Daren : Why are you telling me this?

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Because I want you to understand what my music means to me... and what it means for me to be able to share it with someone.

• [Lt. Cmdr. Daren has barely survived a rescue mission] 

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I've lost people under my command - people who were very dear to me. But never... someone I've been in love with. And when I believed that you were dead, I just began to shut down. I didn't want to think or feel. I was here in my quarters... and the only thing I could focus on was my music, and how it would never again give me any joy. And then I saw you standing on the transporter pad! And I knew that I could never again put your life in jeopardy.

• Lt. Cmdr. Nella Daren : I'm sorry, it's just we weren't expecting anybody to be up at this hour.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Well - you're new on the Enterprise. You'll have to learn to expect the unexpected.

• [Picard is consulting Troi about his relationship with Lt. Cmdr. Daren] 

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : You see, I've always believed that becoming involved with someone under my command would compromise my objectivity. And yet...

  Counselor Deanna Troi : Captain, are you asking my permission?

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : If I were, would you give it?

  Counselor Deanna Troi : Yes.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Your choice in that arpeggio was delightful - not at all what one would expect.

  Lt. Cmdr. Nella Daren : Well, Captain, now that I'm on your ship, maybe you should start expecting the unexpected.

• Lt. Cmdr. Nella Daren : I'm trying to construct a mathematical model of an emerging star system. If it works, we'll be able to predict the configuration of a star system that won't be formed for another two million years.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : It's a long time to wait to see if you're right.

  Lt. Cmdr. Nella Daren : I have a few things to do between now and then!

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Now, perhaps you can tell me what was so important that it required depriving the Captain of his cup of Earl Grey?

  Lt. Cmdr. Nella Daren : Earl Grey? No wonder you can't sleep.