It's working. The visor's transmitting.
Where is he?
Human females are so repulsive.
...and some myocardial degeneration.
I've removed the nano-probe and I think you're going to be fine.
I'll need to run some more tests.
- I'll let you know. - Thanks, doc.
- Geordi... - Data, it's OK.
I am sorry I let you down.
I have not been behaving like myself lately.
No, Data, you haven't.
You've been behaving like a human.
You don't have to do this, Soran.
I'm sure we can find another way of getting you into this nexus.
I've spent 80 years looking for another way.
Believe me, this is the only one.
What you're about to do, Soran, is no different
from when the Borg destroyed your world.
They killed millions too.
Including your wife...
...your children.
Nice try.
You know, there was a time when I wouldn't hurt a fly.
Then the Borg came.
And they showed me that if there is one constant in this whole universe,
it's death.
Afterwards, I began to realize it didn't really matter.
We're all gonna die sometime. It's just a question of how and when.
You will too, captain.
Aren't you beginning to feel time gaining on you?
It's like a predator, it's stalking you.
Oh, you can try and outrun it with doctors,
medicines, new technologies,
but in the end, time is going to hunt you down and make the kill.
It's our mortality that defines us, Soran.
It's part of the truth of our existence.
What if I told you I found a new truth?
The nexus?
Time has no meaning there.
The predator has no teeth.
- Where is he now? - I don't know.
He bathed. Now he's roaming the ship.
He must be the only engineer in Starfleet
who doesn't go to Engineering.
- Any luck, Mr. Worf? - No, sir.
I still cannot locate the captain.
Data, the sensors can't penetrate the planet's ionosphere.
There's too much interference.
Can you find a way to scan for life forms?
I would be happy to, sir.
I just love scanning for life forms.
Life forms
You tiny little life forms
You precious little life forms
Where are you?
Finally.
Commander, I'd like to run a level three diagnostic
on the port plasma relays.
I think one of the generators is fluctuating.
Fine, let's do that.
That's it. Replay from time index 924.
Magnify this section and enhance.
Their shields are operating on a modulation of 257.4.
Adjust our torpedo frequency to match, 257.4.
They have found a way to penetrate our shields.
Lock phasers and return fire.
Deanna, take the helm! Get us out of orbit!
Hull breach on decks 31 through 35.
Mr. Worf, what do we know about that old Klingon ship?
- Any weaknesses? - It is a class D-12 Bird of Prey.
They were retired from service because of defective plasma coils.
Is there any way we can use that to our advantage?
I do not see how. The plasma coil is part of their cloaking device.
Let's get a stabilizer on that conduit.
Reinforce that starboard interlock.
We need to reroute main power through the secondary coupling.
Data, would a defective plasma coil be susceptible
to some sort of ionic pulse?
Perhaps. Yes. Yes!
If we sent a low-level ionic pulse, it might reset the coil
and trigger their cloaking device. Excellent idea, sir!
As their cloak begins to engage, their shields will drop.
They'll have two seconds of vulnerability.
- Mr. Data, lock on the plasma coil. - No problem.
Our shields are holding.
Fire at will.
Mr. Worf, prepare a spread of photon torpedoes.
We have to hit them the instant they begin to cloak.
We get one shot at this. Target their primary reactor.
I have accessed their core frequency.
- Initiating ionic pulse. - Make it quick!
- Target their bridge! - Full disrupters.
- We are cloaking. - What?!
Our shields are down!
Fire.
Yes!
Haven't you got anything better to do?
It must have been that last torpedo.
La Forge to bridge. I've got a problem down here.
The magnetic interlocks have been ruptured. I...
Coolant leak! We have a coolant leak, everybody!
Let's go! Let's get out of here! Everybody out!
Let's move! Let's move! Here we go!
- Evacuate! - Bridge, we have a new problem.
We're five minutes from a warp core breach. There's nothing I can do.
Deanna, evacuate everyone to the saucer section.
Mr. Data, prepare to separate the ship.
Starship separation in five minutes.
- We're going straight down. Go. - Everyone move. Take corridor A.
Starship separation in four minutes, 45 seconds.
Keep moving.
All right, let's move him out. Let's go. Take him out, quick.
- Keep moving, everyone. - Here we go, folks. This way.
Starship separation in four minutes, 15 seconds.
Keep moving.
- Farrell! - Yes?
There's no one here with these kids. Let's get them to the tube.
We'll find their parents later. Come on. Here we go.
Starship separation in four minutes.
Now, you'll have to excuse me, captain.
I have an appointment with eternity and I don't want to be late.
The core breach is accelerating, Geordi.
We've gotta get out of here.
That's it, bridge. We're all out.
One minute to warp core breach.
Begin separation sequence. Full impulse power once we're clear.
Warp core is going critical.
- Separation complete. - Engaging impulse engines.
Core breach in progress.
Primary stabilizers off-line. Engaging secondary systems.
- Report! - Helm controls are off-line!
Oh, shit.
Here we go. Right around this corner.
Somebody help them. Help me!
Just keep moving.
Everybody on the bed.
I have re-routed auxiliary power to the lateral thrusters,
attempting to level our descent.
All hands brace for impact!
Hold on, everybody. Hold on tight!
Hold their heads.
I'm OK.
What? What is this? Where am I?
- Surprise! - We love you, Father.
- Were you scared? - Look at the tree!
- I helped decorate it. - It took all day.
- Say "Merry Christmas", Papa. - See the presents?
- I love you, Father. - I love you too.
Now, come on, children.
Let's move back and give your father some room.
- Cup of Earl Grey? - That would be perfect.
- This one's for you. - Oh, thank you very much, Rene.
- Merry Christmas, Uncle. - A merry Christmas to you too.
Rene, can you help me with the table?
Rene.
Come here.
Go help your aunt.
Did you get anything else?
This isn't right.
This can't be real.
It's as real as you want it to be.
Guinan.
What's going on?
- Why am I here? - You're in the nexus.
- This is the nexus? - For you. This is what you wanted.
But...
...I never had a home like this.
Look what everybody got.
Nor a wife and children.
But these are all mine.
Guinan, what are you doing here?
I thought you were onboard the Enterprise.
I am. I'm also here.
Think of me as an echo of the person you know.
A part of herself she left behind.
But the Enterprise-B beamed you up from the Lakul...
Papa, help me build my castle.
Yes, I will in a few minutes.
Papa, thank you for the doll.
She's very beautiful.
These are my children.
Of course. Time has no meaning here.
So you can go back and see them born
or go forward and see your grandchildren.
Dinner's ready, everyone.
Dinner's ready, Papa.
Come on, Thomas. It's your favorite...
Go on.
Go on without me.
Guinan.
- Can I leave the nexus? - Where would you go?
I don't understand.
Well, as I said, time has no meaning here.
So if you leave, you can go anywhere, any time.
All right. I know exactly where I want to go.
To the mountaintop on Veridian 3 just before Soran destroyed the star.
I have to stop him.
But I need help. Now, if you were to come back with me...
I can't leave.
I'm there already, remember?
But I bet I know someone who can.
And from his point of view, he just got here too.
Kirk.
James T. Kirk.
Beautiful day.
Yes, it certainly is.
Do you mind?
Captain...
- I'm wondering, do you realize? - Hold on a minute.
Do you smell something burning?
Looks like somebody was trying to cook some eggs.
Come on in.
It's all right. It's my house.
At least, it used to be.
I sold it years ago.
I'm Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the starship...
...Enterprise.
The clock.
I gave this clock to Bones.
I'm from what you would consider the future. The 24th century.
Butler!
Butler.
How can you be here?
He's been dead seven years.
Come on, Jim, I'm starving.
How long are you gonna be rattling around in that kitchen?
Antonia.
What are you talking about?
The future?
This is the past.
This is nine years ago.
The day I told her I was going back to Starfleet.
These are Ktarian eggs, her favorite.
I was preparing them to soften the blow.
I know how real this must seem to you.
But it's not.
This isn't really your house.
We are both of us caught up in some kind of temporal nexus.
- Dill. - I beg your pardon?
Dill weed. In the cabinet, second shelf to the left.
Behind the oregano.
- How long have you been here? - I don't know.
I was aboard the Enterprise-B in the deflector control room and...
Stir these, will you?
The bulkhead in front of me disappeared
and then I found myself out there just now chopping wood,
right before you walked up.
Thanks.
Look...
...history records that you died saving the Enterprise-B
from an energy ribbon 80 years ago.
You say this is the 24th century?
- And I'm dead? - Not exactly.
As I said, this is some kind of...
...temporal nexus. - Temporal nexus. Yes, I heard you.
- I... - Something is missing.
Captain, look, I need your help. I want you to leave the nexus with me.
We have to go back to a planet, Veridian 3.
We have to stop a man called Soran from destroying a star.
Millions of lives are at stake.
You say history considers me dead. Who am I to argue with history?
You're a Starfleet officer. You have a duty.
I don't need to be lectured by you.
I was out saving the galaxy when your grandfather was in diapers.
Besides which, I think the galaxy owes me one.
Oh, yeah.
I was like you once.
So worried about duty and obligation I couldn't see past my own uniform.
And what did it get me?
An empty house.
Not this time.
This time I'm gonna walk up these stairs,
march into that bedroom
and tell Antonia I wanna marry her. This time it's gonna be different.
- This is not your bedroom. - No, it's not.
- It's better. - Better?
This is my uncle's barn in Idaho.
I took this horse out for a ride 11 years ago on a spring day.
Like this one. If I'm right,
this is the day I met Antonia.
This nexus of yours, very clever.
I can start all over again and do things right from day one.
I must have jumped that 50 times. Scared the hell out of me each time.
Except this time.
Because it isn't real.
Antonia.
She isn't real either, is she?
Nothing here is.
Nothing here matters.
You know, maybe this isn't about an empty house.
Maybe it's about that empty chair on the bridge of the Enterprise.
Ever since I left Starfleet...
...I haven't made a difference.
- Captain of the Enterprise? - That's right.
Close to retirement?
- I'm not planning on it. - Let me tell you something. Don't.
Don't let them promote you. Don't let them transfer you.
Don't let them do anything
that takes you off the bridge of that ship, because while you're there,
you can make a difference.
Come back with me. Help me stop Soran.
Make a difference again.
Who am I to argue with the captain of the Enterprise?
What's the name of that planet, Veridian 3?
- Yes. - I take it the odds are against us
and the situation is grim.
You could say that.
You know, if Spock were here, he'd say that I was an irrational,
illogical human being for taking on a mission like that.
Sounds like fun.
I have re-routed auxiliary power to the lateral thrusters,
attempting to level our descent.
All hands brace for impact!
- Just who the hell are you? - He's James T. Kirk.
Don't you read history?
I've gotta get to the launcher.
- The ribbon will be here in a minute. - I'll take care of Soran.
Actually, I am familiar with history, captain.
And if I'm not too much mistaken, you're dead.
I thought you were heading for the launcher.
I changed my mind. Captain's prerogative.
We need that control pad.
Captain, look!
Where's Soran?
We're running out of time.
Look. The control pad, It's still on the other side.
- I'll get it. You go for the launcher. - No.
You'll never make that by yourself. We have to work together.
We are working together. Trust me. Go.
- Good luck, captain. - Call me Jim.
Picard!
Get away from that launcher.
Now!
Did we do it?
Did we make a difference?
Oh, yes. We made a difference. Thank you.
Least I could do...
...for the captain of the Enterprise.
It was...
...fun.
Oh, my.
Captain's log, Stardate 48650. 1.
Three Starfleet vessels have arrived in orbit
and have begun to beam up the Enterprise survivors.
Our casualties were light,
but unfortunately the Enterprise herself cannot be salvaged.
It has been extremely difficult, counselor.
Well, then, why did you decide not to remove the emotion chip?
At first, I was unprepared for the unpredictable nature of emotions.
However, having experienced 261 distinct emotional states,
I believe I have learned to control my feelings.
They will no longer control me.
Well, I hope you're successful, Data.
Data, over here. I found something.
One life sign, very faint.
Spot!
I am very happy to see you, Spot.
Another family reunited.
Data...
...are you all right?
I am uncertain, counselor.
I am happy to see Spot,
yet I am crying.
Perhaps the chip is malfunctioning.
I think it's working perfectly.
Hello, Spot.
Is this it?
Yes. Yes, that's it, Number One. Thank you.
I'm gonna miss this ship.
She went before her time.
Someone once told me
that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives.
But I rather believe that time is a companion
who goes with us on the journey,
reminds us to cherish every moment,
because they'll never come again.
What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived.
After all, Number One, we're only mortal.
Speak for yourself, sir. I plan to live forever.
I always thought I'd get a shot at this chair one day.
Perhaps you still will.
Somehow I doubt that this will be
the last ship to carry the name Enterprise.
Picard to Farragut. Two to beam up.