Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Descent (1993)
LeVar Burton: Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
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Lt. Cmdr. Data : Geordi, I believe I have experienced my first emotion.
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : No offense, Data, but how would you know a flash of anger from some odd kind of power surge?
Lt. Cmdr. Data : You are correct in that I have no frame of reference to confirm my hypothesis. In fact, I am unable to provide a verbal description of the experience. Perhaps you could describe how it feels to be angry. I could then use that as a reference.
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : Yeah, okay. Well, when I feel angry, first I uh, first I feel... hostile.
Lt. Cmdr. Data : Could you describe feeling hostile?
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : Well yeah, it's like feeling... beligerent, combative.
Lt. Cmdr. Data : Could you describe feeling angry without referring to other feelings?
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : No, I... I guess I can't. I just... feel angry.
Lt. Cmdr. Data : That was my experience as well. I simply... felt angry.
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Lt. Cmdr. Data : Perhaps I have evolved to the point where emotions are within my grasp. Perhaps I will experience other emotions as time goes by.
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : Well, I hope you're right. I'd hate to think that anger is all you're capable of feeling.