Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Unification II (1991)

Leonard Nimoy: Mister Spock

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• Ambassador Spock : I was involved with "cowboy diplomacy", as you described it, long before you were born.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Nevertheless, sir, I'm not prepared to leave until your affairs are complete.

  Ambassador Spock : In your own way, you are as stubborn as another Captain of the Enterprise I once knew.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Then I'm in good company, sir.

• Lt. Commander Data : Ambassador Spock, may I ask a personal question?

  Ambassador Spock : Please.

  Lt. Commander Data : As you examine your life, do you find you have missed your humanity?

  Ambassador Spock : I have no regrets.

  Lt. Commander Data : "No regrets." That is a human expression.

  Ambassador Spock : Yes... Fascinating.

• [Sela has prepared a speech for Spock] 

  Ambassador Spock : I will not read this or any other statement.

  Sela : If you do not, you will die. All of you will die.

  Ambassador Spock : Since it is logical to conclude that you will kill us in any event, I choose not to cooperate.

  Sela : [fuming]  I hate Vulcans. I hate the logic. I hate the arrogance. Very well.

• Ambassador Spock : He intrigues me, this Picard.

  Lt. Commander Data : In what manner, sir?

  Ambassador Spock : Remarkably analytical and dispassionate - for a Human. I understand why my father chose to mind meld with him. There's an almost Vulcan quality to the man.

  Lt. Commander Data : Interesting. I had not considered that. And Captain Picard has been a role model in my quest to be more human.

  Ambassador Spock : [looks at him]  *More* human?

  Lt. Commander Data : Yes, Ambassador.

  Ambassador Spock : Fascinating. You have an efficient intellect, superior physical skills, no emotional impediments. There are Vulcans who aspire all their lives to achieve what you've been given by design.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Ambassador, with great respect for all that you've achieved on behalf of the Federation, this sort of... cowboy diplomacy will not easily be tolerated anymore.

  Ambassador Spock : "Cowboy diplomacy?"

  Ambassador Spock : If you wish to undertake a mission with obvious repercussions to the Federation, then you should discuss it with the Federation. I'm here as their representative. You will have to discuss it with me.

  Ambassador Spock : That is precisely what I had hoped to avoid.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I also have the responsibility of being the bearer of unhappy news.

  Ambassador Spock : Sarek? Sarek is dead?

• Ambassador Spock : It is possible that I have brought my arguments with Sarek to you, Captain. If so, I apologize.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Is it so important that you win one last argument with him?

  Ambassador Spock : No, it is not; but it is true that I will miss the arguments. They were, finally, all that we had.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : But your fight with Sarek is over, Spock. And you have none with me.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I wonder if this movement is strong enough to reshape the entire Romulan political landscape.

  Ambassador Spock : One can begin to reshape the landscape with a single flower, Captain.

• Ambassador Spock : The reason for my coming here has never been more clear. The union of the Vulcan and the Romulan people will not be achieved by politics or by diplomacy, but it will be achieved. The answer has been here before us all along. An inexorable evolution toward a Vulcan philosophy has already begun. Like the first Vulcans, these people are struggling toward a new enlightenment; and, it may take decades or even centuries for them to reach it, but they will reach it, and I must help.

• [last lines] 

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I have learned that it is useless to argue with you once your mind is set.

  Ambassador Spock : Not at all, Captain. I have found our arguments quite useful - almost as useful as those I had with my father.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Would it surprise you to learn that he found them equally valuable?

  Ambassador Spock : Ironically... you may know Sarek better than his own son does. My father and I never chose to meld.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I offer you the chance to touch what he shared with me.

  [Spock initiates a mind meld with Picard, and appears overcome with emotion] 

• Lieutenant Worf : Incoming message from Romulus on all subspace channels.

  Commander William T. Riker : On screen.

  Ambassador Spock : This is Ambassador Spock of Vulcan. By now, Federation sensors are tracking three Vulcan ships crossing the Neutral Zone. These ships carry a Romulan invasion force and must be stopped. I repeat, these ships carry a Romulan...

  [the transmission is abruptly cut off by the Romulans] 

• Ambassador Spock : Perhaps you're aware of the small role I played in the overture to peace with the Klingons.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : *History* is aware of the role you played, Ambassador.

  Ambassador Spock : Not entirely. It was I who committed Captain Kirk to that peace mission and I who had to bear the responsibility for the consequences to him and to his crew. Quite simply, I am unwilling to risk anyone's life but my own on this occasion, so I ask that you respect my wishes and leave.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Ambassador, your logic escapes me. If I didn't know better, I would say that your judgment is influenced by your emotions.

  Ambassador Spock : You speak as my father would if he were here, Picard.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I speak as a Starfleet officer, and I cannot ignore the risks to you.

• Sela : [blusters]  You'll never get out of this building.

  Lt. Commander Data : I disagree, Commander. After studying the design of this structure, I have determined that our best route of escape would be the underground exit to the east of this wing. I have disconnected certain security scanners to assist us. I am afraid we cannot allow you to warn your guards.

  [he uses the Vulcan nerve pinch on Sela, who goes down unconscious] 

  Ambassador Spock : [noting Data's mastery]  Not bad.

• Ambassador Spock : I fear the influence of Sarek has colored your attitudes, Captain, toward reunification and perhaps toward me.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : That is the second time you have accused me of speaking with another man's voice. It's true he will always be a part of me - his experience... his spirit - but I speak with my own voice, not his.

  Ambassador Spock : Curious - that I should hear him so clearly, now that he is dead.

• Ambassador Spock : I always had a different vision than my father, the ability to see beyond pure logic. He considered it weak. But I have discovered it to be a source of extraordinary strength. Sarek would have seen this mission of reunification as a fool's errand. Somehow I think it is not. Logic cannot explain why, I only know that I must pursue this.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Even if it leads you into a Romulan trap?

  Ambassador Spock : If the Romulans do have an ulterior motive, it is in the best interests of all concerned that we determine what it is; so, I will play the role that they would have me play.

• Ambassador Spock : [threatening Sela with a disruptor]  I'm afraid I don't know too much about Romulan disruptor settings.

  [Sela drops her disruptor as well] 

  Ambassador Spock : [to Picard]  Cowboy diplomacy?

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [on Data's holographic creation of some Starfleet officers]  Well done, Mr. Data. Though... I don't think you got Commander Riker's hair quite right.

  Lt. Commander Data : [agrees]  I will be more observant in the future, sir.

  Sela : [blusters]  It doesn't matter what you do now. Spock's announcement will be made in minutes. Our forces will be on Vulcan before you can alert anyone.

• Ambassador Spock : I did not anticipate such a passionate response to my arrival.

  Senator Pardek : Romulans are passionate people. The Vulcans will learn to appreciate that quality in us.

• Ambassador Spock : I sense you have a closed mind, Captain. Closed minds have kept these two worlds apart for centuries.

• Sela : Computer, run holographic program Spock One.

  Ambassador Spock : [hologram appears]  This is Ambassador Spock of Vulcan. By now, Federation sensors are tracking three Vulcan ships crossing the Neutral Zone. These ships carry the future of the Romulan and Vulcan people. Our long conflict is finally over.

  Sela : Freeze. We would have preferred an interactive Spock who could have responded to questions, but this will have to suffice.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : You can hardly believe this will convince anyone.

  Sela : I don't need to convince them. Just confuse them long enough to reach Vulcan. End program. If you'll excuse me, it's time to send our ships on their journey.