- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: [after Spot has made Data give her the ball of wool to play with] I don't know about Spot, but it seems to me *your* training is coming along just fine.
- [last lines]
- [it has been revealed that warp fields can cause subspace instabilities, which would make warp flight potentially impossible]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: You know, Geordi, I spent the better part of my life exploring space. I have charted new worlds, I've... met dozens of new species. And I believe that these were all valuable ends in themselves. And now it seems that... all this while, I was... helping to damage the thing that I hold most dear.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: It won't turn out that way, Captain. We still have time to make it better.
- [La Forge is in competition of prestige with Cmdr. Kaplan, chief engineer of the Intrepid]
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: [handing Data a data PADD] I just received this from Commander Kaplan, subspace.
- Lt. Commander Data: [reads] "La Forge. I got the Intrepid's power conversion levels up to 97.1%. Maybe you should try cleaning your plasma grid once in a while".
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Can you believe the nerve of that guy?
- Lt. Commander Data: [bewildered] We perform maintenance on the plasma grid at regular intervals.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: I know. He's just trying to get me angry.
- [he adjusts something on a control panel]
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: There - that should do it. Computer, what are the current power conversion levels?
- Enterprise Computer: Power conversion levels are at 97.2%.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Too bad, Mr. Kaplan!
- [sniggers gleefully]
- [Spot is sitting on Data's computer console]
- Lt. Commander Data: Spot. Spot. Spot. Down. Spot. Down. Down.
- [Spot does not react. Data sighs, takes her off the console and sets her on the floor]
- Lt. Commander Data: Spot... Down. This is down. Down is good.
- [lifts her up again]
- Lt. Commander Data: This is up. Up is 'no'.
- Lt. Commander Data: Why is Spot under the bed?
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Probably because she knows if I catch her, I'm gonna kill her.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: [about training Spot] I've got an idea: how about a phaser? A low stun setting at just the right moment might do the trick.
- Lt. Commander Data: Geordi - I cannot stun my cat.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: My sister didn't know a thing about animals, and she was able to train *her* cat. How complicated could it be?
- Lt. Commander Data: What did she train her cat to do?
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: She had that cat jumping into her arm on command.
- Lt. Commander Data: Interesting. Perhaps I could modify your sister's techniques to keep Spot from jumping on the console. Do you know how she was able to train her cat?
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Well, as I recall, she walked around for two months with a piece of tuna in her blouse.
- [Spot has messed up Geordi's quarters and smashed a few items along the way]
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Training - definitely!
- [DaiMon Prak has accused Picard of disabling his vessel]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: DaiMon, clearly there has been some misunderstanding. I think it would be in all our interests if you were to come aboard and we discussed this situation.
- DaiMon Prak: I see no reason to trust you, Human.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: In that case, we'll be on our way. I'll relay your position to your government if you wish - in case you're unable to complete your repairs and you remain stranded.
- [he turns away]
- DaiMon Prak: Perhaps, er... it would be better to discuss the situation.
- [first lines]
- Lt. Commander Data: Geordi?
- Lt. Commander La Forge: In here, Data.
- [Data goes through to the bedroom to find Geordi crouching by the bed]
- Lt. Commander La Forge: Got her now. She's trapped.
- [He looks under the bed as Data joins him]
- Lt. Commander La Forge: Come on out of there, you. Hey, hey, don't you spit at me.