Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
LeVar Burton: Geordi
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Dr. Zefram Cochrane : I gotta take a leak.
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : Leak? I'm not detecting any leak.
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : Don't you people from the 24th century ever pee?
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : Leak! I get it. That's pretty funny.
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : Excuse me.
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Cmdr. William Riker : Doctor, tomorrow morning when they detect the warp signature from your ship and realize that humans have discovered how to travel faster than light, they decide to alter their course and make first contact with Earth, right here.
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : Here?
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : Well, actually, over there.
Cmdr. William Riker : It is one of the pivotal moments in human history, Doctor. You get to make first contact with an alien race! And after you do... everything begins to change.
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : Your theories on warp drive allow fleets of starships to be built and mankind to start exploring the Galaxy.
Cmdr. Deanna Troi : It unites humanity in a way no one ever thought possible. When they realize they're not alone in the universe, poverty, disease, war - they'll all be gone within the next fifty years.
Cmdr. William Riker : But unless you make that warp flight tomorrow morning before eleven fifteen, none of it will happen.
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : And you people, you're all astronauts on... some kind of star trek.
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[Riker, LaForge and Cochrane have made humanity's first warp speed test flight]
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : Is that Earth?
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : That's it!
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : It's so small...
Cmdr. William Riker : It's about to get a whole lot bigger.
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Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : Look, Doc, we can't do this without you!
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : I don't care. I don't want to be a statue.
Cmdr. William Riker : Doctor...
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : You stay away from me!
[runs off]
Cmdr. William Riker : We don't have time for this.
[pulls out a phaser and stuns Cochrane who falls in a creekbed]
Cmdr. William Riker : [to Geordi] You told him about the statue?
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[as Deanna counts down the Phoenix's ignition, Cochrane -- believing earlier that he'd forgotten something -- snaps his fingers]
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : Oh, God! Now I remember!
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : What?
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : [checking his pockets] Where is it? We can't lift off without!
Cmdr. William Riker : Geordi, we've gotta abort!
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : [suddenly finds a green disk] No, no! Wait! I found it!
[slams disk into player]
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : Let's rock and roll!
Cmdr. Deanna Troi : Seven... Six...
[she rips off her headphones as Steppenwolf's "Magic Carpet Ride" blares over the stereo and the Phoenix takes off]
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Lt. Barclay : Commander, this is what we're thinking of using to replace the damaged warp plasma conduit.
[smiles at Cochrane]
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : [examines the unit] Yeah, Reg... yeah, that's good. But you're going to need to reinforce this copper tubing with a nanopolymer.
Lt. Barclay : [nods quickly and turns to Cochrane] Dr. Cochrane, I know this sounds silly, but could I shake your hand?
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : [sighs heavily, clearly not wanting to egg on Barclay's enthusiasm, but reluctantly extends his hand]
Lt. Barclay : Oh! Thank you, Doctor! You have no idea what an honor it is to work with you on this project!
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : Reg...
Lt. Barclay : I never thought I would ever meet the man who invented warp drive! I...
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : *Reg!*
Lt. Barclay : Hmm?
[realizes he's fawning]
Lt. Barclay : Oh! Yes, of course, I'm sorry...
[nervously shuffles off]
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Cmdr. William Riker : How many ships?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : One. And it's on a direct course for Earth. They will cross the Federation border in less than an hour. Admiral Hayes is mobilizing a fleet in the Typhon sector.
Lieutenant Commander Data : At maximum warp, it will take us three hours, 25 minutes...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : We're not going.
Cmdr. William Riker : What do you mean we're not going?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Our orders are to patrol the Neutral Zone in case the Romulans decide to take advantage of the situation.
Deanna Troi : [confused] The Romulans?
Lieutenant Commander Data : Captain, there has been no unusual activity along the Romulan border for the last nine months. It seems highly unlikely they would choose this moment to start a conflict.
Dr. Beverly Crusher : Does Starfleet feel we need more shakedown time?
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : Captain, we've been out in space nearly a year now. We're ready. The Enterprise-E is the most advanced starship in the fleet. We should be on the front line.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I have gone over all this with Starfleet Command. Their orders stand. Number One, set a course for the Neutral Zone.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Picard to Engineering.
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : La Forge here.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Geordi, Cochrane's ship was damaged in the attack. Get down here with an engineering detail. We have work to do.
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : Right. I'm on my way, Captain. Alpha team, let's assemble in transporter room 3. We're heading down to the surface. Porter, you're gonna be in command 'til I get back.
Porter : Aye, sir.
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : And, Porter, check out the environmental controls while I'm gone. It's getting a little warm in here.
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Dr. Zefram Cochrane : [seeing the Enterprise in the sky] That's a trick.
[looking for a model or miniature he thinks is there]
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : How'd you do that?
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : It's your telescope.
Deanna Troi : That's our ship, the Enterprise.
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : [looking again] And, uh, Lily's up there right now?
Deanna Troi : That's right.
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : Can I talk to her?
Cmdr. William Riker : We've lost contact with the Enterprise. We don't know why yet.
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : So, what is it you want me to do?
Cmdr. William Riker : Simple. Conduct your warp flight tomorrow morning just as you planned.
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : Why tomorrow morning?
Cmdr. William Riker : Because at 11:00, an alien ship will begin passing through this solar system.
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : Alien. You mean extraterrestrials? More bad guys?
Deanna Troi : Good guys. They're on a survey mission. They have no interest in Earth. Too primitive.
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Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : Would you mind taking a look at this?
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : Yeah.
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : I tried to reconstruct the intermix chamber from what I remember in school. Tell me if I got it right.
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : School? You learned about this in school?
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : Oh, yeah. Basic Warp Design is a required course at the Academy. The first chapter is called... "Zefram Cochrane".
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Dr. Zefram Cochrane : [seeing Earth as they launch into space] Oh, wow!
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : You ain't seen nothing yet.
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Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : You know, I wish I had a picture of this.
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : What?
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : Well, you see, in the future, this whole area becomes an historical monument. You're standing almost on the exact spot where your statue's gonna be.
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : Statue?
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : [pantoming as he talks] Oh, yeah! It's marble, a-about 20 meters tall, and you're looking up at the sky, and your hand's sort of reaching toward the future.
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Dr. Zefram Cochrane : Do they have to keep doing that?
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : It's just a little hero worship, Doc. To tell you the truth, I can't say I blame them. We all grew up hearing about what you did here. Or what you're about to do.
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Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge : I probably shouldn't even tell you this, but I went to Zefram Cochrane High School.
Dr. Zefram Cochrane : Really?