Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Treachery, Faith and the Great River (1998)

Colm Meaney: Chief Miles O'Brien

Quotes 

• Nog : The Continuum is real. You see, there are millions upon millions of worlds in the universe, each one filled with too much of one thing and not enough of another. And the Great Continuum flows through them all, like a mighty river, from 'have' to 'want' and back again. And if we navigate the Continuum with skill and grace, our ship will be filled with everything our hearts desire.

  Chief O'Brien : Yeah, right now, I'd settle for a stabilizer and the Captain's desk.

  Nog : The river will provide.

  Chief O'Brien : Huh - if it doesn't sink us first.

• Nog : And remember: anytime you're shopping for wines or spirits, my cousin Gant is the man to see.

  Lt. Commander Worf : We will keep that in mind.

  [leaves] 

  Chief O'Brien : Your cousin Gant?

  Nog : Just another sailor on the Great River.

• Chief O'Brien : How could he do this to me? How could he leave me adrift, mid-river, without a paddle?

  Rom : What river would that be?

  Chief O'Brien : You know, the Great Material Continuum.

  Rom : Oh, *that* river. It can be very treacherous.

  Chief O'Brien : Tell me about it. Well, I suppose the good news is, with Nog gone, nothing else can go missing.

• Chief O'Brien : Leave me alone, Quark, or I'll feed you to one of those plasma conductors.

• [Nog has promised O'Brien to organize a graviton stabilizer within three days] 

  Chief O'Brien : All right. But don't do anything I wouldn't do.

  Nog : Chief, I can't operate under those kinds of restrictions.

  Chief O'Brien : At least promise me you won't do anything to get us court-martialed.

  Nog : I'll try.

  Chief O'Brien : Nog!

  Nog : Just kidding, Chief.

• Chief O'Brien : [on Chief Lorenzo]  So, once he has his picture, he's going to send us the graviton stabilizer?

  Nog : No. He is giving us an induction modulator.

  Chief O'Brien : But we don't need an induction modulator.

  Nog : But the USS Musashi does.

  Chief O'Brien : Aah. So the Musashi's going to send us the stabilizer?

  Nog : No. They're giving us a phaser emitter.

  Chief O'Brien : But we don't need a phaser emitter!

  Nog : I know. But the USS Sentinel does, and *they* have the extra stabilizer.

  Chief O'Brien : And they're willing to give it up for a phaser emitter?

  Nog : That's the rumor.

  Chief O'Brien : Rumor? What, you-you've made all these deals based on a rumor?

  Nog : From a very reliable source.

  Chief O'Brien : But what if it turns out not to be true?

  Nog : You have to have faith, Chief.

  Chief O'Brien : In a rumor?

  Nog : No. In the Great Material Continuum.

  Chief O'Brien : [sighs]  Who are they?

  Nog : It's not a 'they'. It's the force that binds the universe together.

  Chief O'Brien : I must have missed that class in engineering school.

• Chief O'Brien : What do you think?

  Doctor Bashir : It's white.

  Chief O'Brien : I know it's white. I'm gonna paint it.

  Doctor Bashir : It's the wrong shape... It's the wrong height, the wrong width, other than that it is perfect. The Captain will never suspect you switched desks on him.

  Chief O'Brien : Julian, I need your help, not sarcasm.

  Doctor Bashir : I'm afraid Nog is the only one that can help you now.

  Chief O'Brien : If he gets back to the station before the Captain does.

  Doctor Bashir : Maybe he's not coming back. Maybe he's decided to make a run for it.

  Colonel Kira : [enters]  That isn't the Captain's desk!

  Doctor Bashir : He's gonna paint it.

  Colonel Kira : Get it out of here!

• Captain Sisko : Oh, about the stabilizer...

  Chief O'Brien : Captain, I-I can explain...

  Captain Sisko : Don't bother. Ensign Nog tells me you were able to get ahold of one this morning.

  Chief O'Brien : I was? I mean, I was!