Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
The Child (1988)
LeVar Burton: Lieutenant Geordi La Forge
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Dr. Kate Pulaski : [Pulaski rushes in and begins to examine Ian] What happened? Did he eat anything, did he fall?
Counselor Deanna Troi : [shakes her head] No!
Lt. Commander Data : [reads the readout on his tricorder] Commander, the child is the source of the unusual radiation.
Counselor Deanna Troi : Ian said he was the reason the ship was in danger.
Lt. Commander Data : That analysis is correct.
Dr. Kate Pulaski : [continues to try to bring Ian around] I'm losing life signs.
Counselor Deanna Troi : [holds Ian's lifeless hand] You must save him!
Dr. Kate Pulaski : [Pulaski continues to work, but to no success. She runs her scanner over Ian again, then bows her head] I'm sorry.
[Troi kneels down and begins to weep over the loss of her son. Suddenly, Ian's body disappears and becomes a small, radiant star of energy. The energy star floats into Troi's open hands and Deanna cups her hands around it. Her weeping slowly subsides, then she smiles. Finally, like releasing a dove, she opens her hands and the energy star floats up and through the bulkhead into space]
Dr. Kate Pulaski : [Riker's combadge beeps]
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : Commander, the containment field has... stabilized!
Commander William T. Riker : Thank you, Lieutenant.
Counselor Deanna Troi : Then Ian was right. He was the cause.
Commander William T. Riker : Apparently so.
Counselor Deanna Troi : [Deanna shakes her head and looks down for a moment, then looks back up at everyone] He is a life force entity. When we passed each other in space, he was curious about us, so he thought the best way to learn, was to go through the process. To be born, to live as one of us, and in that way, to understand us. He never meant any harm.
Commander William T. Riker : There was a moment, when you smiled.
Counselor Deanna Troi : He said "Thank you". I told him, we will miss him.
[looks down again]
Counselor Deanna Troi : And, I will.
