Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
The Defector (1990)
Brent Spiner: Lieutenant Commander Data
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[last lines]
[Admiral Jarok has committed suicide]
Commander William T. Riker : [handing a data PADD to Picard] A letter to his wife and daughter.
Lt. Commander Data : Sir, he must have known it would be impossible for us to deliver it.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Today, perhaps. But if there are others with the courage of Admiral Jarok, we may hope to see a day of peace when... we can take his letter home.
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Lt. Commander Data : I am told by various crew members that this viewport is their favorite on the ship.
Admiral Jarok : [as Setal] Hm... I thought it would bring me some comfort. But these are not my stars. Even the heavens are denied me here.
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Admiral Jarok : [as Setal] You're the android. I know a host of Romulan cyberneticists that would love to be this close to you.
Lt. Commander Data : I do not find that concept particularly appealing.
Admiral Jarok : Nor should you.
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[Data is intently observing "Setal"]
Admiral Jarok : [as Setal] I take it you have never seen a Romulan before.
Lt. Commander Data : That would be an incorrect assumption.
Admiral Jarok : Then why do you invade my privacy?
Lt. Commander Data : I was attempting to ascertain what my 'guts' tell me about you.
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Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : I don't know, Data, my gut tells me we ought to be listening to what this guy's trying to tell us.
Lt. Commander Data : Your gut?
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : It's just a... a feeling, you know, an instinct. Intuition.
Lt. Commander Data : But those qualities would interfere with rational judgment, would they not?
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : You're right, sometimes they do.
Lt. Commander Data : Then... why not rely strictly on the facts?
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : Because you just can't rely on the plain and simple facts. Sometimes they lie.