Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Yesterday's Enterprise (1990)
Whoopi Goldberg: Guinan
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Quotes
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Guinan : Tasha, you're not supposed to be here.
Natasha Yar : Where am I supposed to be?
Guinan : Dead.
Natasha Yar : Do you know how?
Guinan : No. But I do know it was an empty death. A death without purpose.
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Guinan : You know, you always drink alone. It wouldn't hurt you to seek out a little... companionship.
Lieutenant Worf : I would require a Klingon woman for... companionship. Earth females are too fragile.
Guinan : Not all of them. There are a few on this ship that... would find you... tame.
[Worf laughs out loud]
Lieutenant Worf : Impossible.
Guinan : You never know till you try.
Lieutenant Worf : Then I will never know.
Guinan : Coward.
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Capt. Picard : Who is to say that this history is any less proper than the other?
Guinan : I suppose I am.
Capt. Picard : Not good enough, damn it, not good enough! I will not ask them to die!
Guinan : Forty billion people have already died! This war's not supposed to be happening! You've got to send those people back to correct this.
Capt. Picard : And what is to guarantee that if they go back they will succeed? Every instinct is telling me this is wrong, it is dangerous, it is futile!
Guinan : We've known each other a long time. You have never known me to impose myself on anyone, or take a stance based on trivial or whimsical perceptions. This timeline must not be allowed to continue. Now, I've told you what you must do. You have only your trust in me to help you decide to do it.
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[Guinan has served Worf a drink to taste]
Guinan : It's an Earth drink. Prune juice.
Lieutenant Worf : A warrior's drink!
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Guinan : Every fiber in my being says this is a mistake. I can't explain it to myself, so I can't explain it to you. I only know that I'm right.
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Capt. Picard : You must have some idea how things have changed.
Guinan : I look at things, I look at people, and... they just don't feel right.
Capt. Picard : What things? What people?
Guinan : You. Your uniform, the bridge...
Capt. Picard : What's the matter with the bridge?
Guinan : It's not right!
Capt. Picard : It's the same bridge. Nothing has changed.
Guinan : I know that. I also know it's wrong.
Capt. Picard : [sighs] What else?
Guinan : Families. There should be children on this ship.
Capt. Picard : What? Children on the Enterprise? Guinan, we're at war!
Guinan : No we're not! At least we're not... supposed to be. This is not a ship of war. This is a ship of peace.
Capt. Picard : [ponders this] What you're suggesting...
Guinan : I'm not suggesting. That ship from the past is not supposed to be here. It's got to go back.
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[last lines]
Guinan : Geordi, tell me about... Tasha Yar.
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Guinan : [over intercom] Captain, this is Guinan. Is everything all right up there?
Capt. Picard : [to Riker, surprised] Guinan?
Capt. Picard : [to Guinan] Yes, everything's fine. Is something wrong?
Guinan : No. No, everything's fine. Sorry to bother you.
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Guinan : [on seeing the anomaly] No...!
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Guinan : [to Picard, after history has been altered] We need to talk. Somehow, this is all wrong. This is not the way it's supposed to be.
