Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Time's Arrow (1992)

LeVar Burton: Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge

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• Lt. Commander Data : I have often wondered about my own mortality, as I have seen others around me age. Until now, it has been theoretically possible that I would live an unlimited period of time. And although some might find this attractive, to me it only reinforces the fact that I am... artificial.

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : I never knew how tough this must be for you.

  Lt. Commander Data : Tough? As in difficult?

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : Knowing that you would outlive all your friends.

  Lt. Commander Data : I expected to make new friends.

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : True.

  Lt. Commander Data : And then to outlive them as well.

• Lt. Commander Data : It provides a sense of completion to my future. In a way, I am not that different from anyone else. I can now look forward to death.

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : Never thought of it that way.

  Lt. Commander Data : One might also conclude that it brings me one step closer to being human. I am mortal.