Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)
The Disease (1999)
Jeri Ryan: Seven of Nine
Quotes
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[last lines]
Seven of Nine : The treatment to relieve your condition was available, and yet you refused.
Harry Kim : I've got a disease; but I'm willing to live with the symptoms. Doesn't make much sense, does it?
Seven of Nine : I assumed that romantic love was a human weakness. But clearly it can also be a source of strength. Perhaps my analogy was flawed. Love is not a disease. Get well soon.
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Harry Kim : Seven, you've been around humans for a while now. What do you think about... love?
Seven of Nine : We're scanning for microfractures. I don't see the relevance.
Harry Kim : Just curious.
Seven of Nine : Parental love, romantic love, affection between friends - specify.
Harry Kim : Romantic love.
Seven of Nine : An attraction based on sexual desire, one that facilitates procreation.
Harry Kim : I guess I'm asking the wrong person.
Seven of Nine : Not at all. The Borg have referenced this condition in over 6,000 assimilated species.
Harry Kim : Condition? You make it sound like a disease.
Seven of Nine : Physiologically, it bears a striking similarity to disease. A series of biochemical responses that trigger an emotional cascade, impairing normal functioning.
Harry Kim : Forget it.
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Seven of Nine : [to Kim] Your epidermis luminesced.