Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Peak Performance (1989)
Diana Muldaur: Doctor Katherine Pulaski
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Quotes
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[Data explains his strategy during his rematch of Strategema against Kolrami]
Lt. Commander Data : I was playing for a standoff, a draw. While Kolrami was dedicated to winning, I was able to pass up obvious avenues of advancement, then settle for a balance. Theoretically, I should be able to challenge him indefinitely.
Doctor Pulaski : Then you *have* beaten him.
Lt. Commander Data : It is a matter of perspective, Doctor. In the strictest sense, I did not win.
Counselor Deanna Troi , Doctor Pulaski : Data!
Lt. Commander Data : I busted him up.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I'm less than one hour away from a battle simulation, and I have to hand-hold an android.
Doctor Pulaski : The burdens of command.
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[Data has lost his first match against Kolrami]
Doctor Pulaski : How can you lose? You're supposed to be infallible!
Lt. Commander Data : [puzzled] Obviously... I am not.
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Doctor Pulaski : [to Data] How long are you going to sit sulking like Achilles in his tent?
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[despite Data's reservations, Dr. Pulaski has suggested that he play Kolrami in a game of Strategema]
Sirna Kolrami : Play against a machine - hmm... Why should I wish to?
Doctor Pulaski : I don't blame you. It's no fun going into a game when you know you're going to lose.
Sirna Kolrami : But I wouldn't lose. Now you're no doubt going to tell me that I have to prove it to you.
Doctor Pulaski : Come on, Data, you can't let that pass!
Lt. Commander Data : Indeed, I...
[Pulaski, imploringly, mouths "please" to him]
Lt. Commander Data : ...cannot.