[Interrogation room]

CARDASSIAN: Apologies for the delay. You aren't the only Federation spy I'm interrogating today, Ensign Beckett Mariner.
(Pulls hood off prisoner.)
MARINER: Ah, no biggie. I don't have anything else going on.
CARDASSIAN: We'll see if you're so cavalier after a taste of my... excruciator.
(Jabs electronic device into Mariner's shoulder. She screams.)
CARDASSIAN: Ready to talk?
MARINER: Yes. It's only been a couple of months working with my mom instead of behind her back, and the line between mom stuff and captain stuff has gotten real fuzzy.
CARDASSIAN: Your captain is your mother?
MARINER: Yeah, lady, everybody knows that. Keep up. I thought you were good at this.
(Mariner bites her interrogator and breaks her handcuffs.)
CARDASSIAN: Ow.
(One-sided fight, Mariner winning.)
MARINER: I used to sneak away and do all sorts of little, off-the-book side missions without cluing her in. Now that's impossible. She's so happy. It's very sweet, but I am losing my mind. I don't know how much longer I can do this.
(Holds a torture device to the Cardassian's throat.)
CARDASSIAN: Guards.
(Four guards enter and get taken out instantly. Mariner takes an energy pistol and drags her hostage into the corridor, still shooting. They enter another room.)
BOIMLER: Oh, my God, Mariner, you got to get me out of here. They keep showing me lights.
MARINER: No, I am still mad at you.
BOIMLER: What, for going to the Titan? But you knew I wanted to get a promotion. You're supposed to be my mentor.
MARINER: You snuck off in the middle of my shift without saying goodbye. You know who my best friend is now?
My mom. It sucks. It's like work.
BOIMLER: Look, I'm a hologram, okay? I'm sure real Boimler had his reasons. I don't know, maybe, did you ever... intimidate him?
MARINER: What? No, shut up.
(And out into the corridor again.)
BOIMLER: No, no, no. Mariner? Aah.
CARDASSIAN: You're abandoning your fellow officer?
MARINER: Yeah, well, he did it first.
CARDASSIAN: Stop her.
(Backing along a gantry to a starship, avoiding weapons fire.)
MARINER: Look, I never asked for special treatment. That is not my style. I mean, I won't turn it down, though. Oh, wait. Does that make me a bad person?
CARDASSIAN: You are an extremely bad person.
MARINER: Wow, you are nasty. Words can hurt just as much as torture equipment, all right?
CARDASSIAN: Good.
(Mariner remotely accesses a transporter.)

[Starship NCC-1877]

(And beams them both straight onto the bridge.)
MARINER: I guess I'll just have to get used to it, you know? Life is all about change. I just always thought she'd kick me out of Starfleet.
CARDASSIAN: You'll never escape.
MARINER: Right? Oh, wait, you're talking about the detention centre? Come on, I'm, like, practically escaped already. Read the room.
(Ship's phasers fire at the other vessels in the spacedock, including a Romulan one, then it takes off for the sealed hatch. The Cardassian screams. They get out of the space station, other vessels in pursuit.)
CARDASSIAN: They're locking weapons.
MARINER: Oh, stop being such a... Computer, pause program.
(An Andorian enters the holodeck.)
MARINER: What do you want, Jennifer?
JENNIFER: What are you doing?
MARINER: Cardio, plus a little strength training.
JENNIFER: So you work out by staging Cardassian prison breaks?
MARINER: Yeah, what do you do?
JENNIFER: Er, yoga.
MARINER: Wow, how unique.
JENNIFER: Whatever. Captain wants you in her ready room.
(And leaves.)
MARINER: Look, I know we're not supposed to have interpersonal conflict, but I really hate that Andorian. All right, here we go. Computer, resume program.
CARDASSIAN: What are you... Why are you squatting? We're going to die. Stop that.
MARINER: I can't. It's leg day.
(Both screaming, the spaceship USS MacDuff gets blown up.)

FREEMAN [OC]: Captain's log. The Cerritos is finishing second contact duties on Apergos. On a personal note, my daughter has yet another side mission request. When I agreed to give her more autonomy, I never realised how often I would be catering to her whims. It's getting a bit old.

[Ready room]

(Rummaging through a large box.)
MARINER: Mom, you don't have to keep a trinket from every side mission we do together. What even is this?
FREEMAN: That's a gratitude mask from when you gave root juice to the Vornilians.
MARINER: Right. Right, right, right, right. Speaking of which, I wanna do one last thing before we leave system.
FREEMAN: Of course you do.
MARINER: The capital city is filthy. They never cleaned up after their industrial revolution. Can I power-wash a couple of buildings? I mean, if the locals see how good it can be, maybe they'll start cleaning up on their own.
FREEMAN: Officially, no. Starfleet does not prioritise aesthetics. But as your cool mom, I say go for it.
RANSOM: Ahem. The away team is awaiting your orders, Captain.
FREEMAN: Sorry, Commander, I forgot you were there.
RANSOM: That does tend to happen a lot these days. The Apergosian high leader just needs to select a subspace communication number and we'll be good to go.
FREEMAN: Sure, you're authorised to proceed. Oh, and, Jack? Make sure Mariner gets whatever she needs.
RANSOM: Yes, sir.
MARINER: Thanks, Jack.

[Crew quarters]

MARINER: Hey, have you guys seen my PADD? I just zinged Ransom so hard. I got to do a personal log before I forget.
TENDI: Did you check Boimler's bunk?
MARINER: Huh, he'd lose his mind if he knew we were using this for storage.
TENDI: He probably has a huge room to himself on the Titan.
RUTHERFORD: Yeah, he's probably so excited about serving with Riker he isn't thinking about us at all. (PADD beeps) Okey dokey. Ensign Barnes just confirmed our date for tonight.
MARINER: Whoa, she's crazy hot. Are you nervous? Wait, that sounds familiar.
RUTHERFORD: No, not nervous at all. This is gonna be great.
TENDI: Oh, actually, you went on a date with Barnes last year and it wasn't a good match. She didn't care that a red alert failed to override maintenance hatch 70's access protocol. Can you imagine?
RUTHERFORD: That's okay. This is our third date. It's been pretty great. Ensign Barnes is super cool.
TENDI: Oh. Oh, okay.
RUTHERFORD: Eh, went the wrong way again.
TENDI: Does Rutherford seem off to you?
MARINER: Yeah, always. Why?
TENDI: Last year, he didn't like pears, and now he eats them all the time.
MARINER: I mean, his implant and part of his brain got ripped out of his head and put back in, so liking pears doesn't seem like that big of a deal.
TENDI: What about Barnes? Three dates? - He's not supposed to like her.
MARINER: Tendi, if Rutherford dating someone bugs you, maybe you should talk to him.
TENDI: Ha. No, I don't care about that. I'm worried about SMD. Synthetic Memory Degradation. It's a rare condition that affects cyborgs with new implants. First your opinions change, then your brain liquifies and melts out of your nose. Luckily, this is exactly what I've been training for. I will save my friend.
MARINER: Cool. So, you really think Boimler has a big room on the Titan?
TENDI: Yeah, it's probably huge.
(Tendi leaves with a massive backpack.)

[Apergos]

(A shuttle is being unloaded while the Leader looks through the Unclaimed Subspace Channel Directory.)
LEADER: Hmm, no. No. Ugh. No.
RANSOM: You know, your communication number doesn't really matter, Your Excellency. People just say, "Computer, contact the Apergosian High Leader," and it does it automatically.
LEADER: Well, Apergosians have a deep relationship with numbers, Commander. It needs to have gravitas. Digits our grandchildren can be proud of.
RANSOM: Yes, yes, right. Hey. Look at this one. This one's got gravitas.
LEADER: Mmm, too close to my ex-girlfriend's number. (sigh) I need more options.
RANSOM: Fine. Mariner, could you grab me some more PADDs?
MARINER: Ooo, no can do. Sorry. Sort of busy with, you know, whatever I feel like doing.
RANSOM: I'm in command of this mission, Ensign. Get me my PADDs!
MARINER: But I am authorised by the captain to do my own mission. Have Stevens grab 'em. He's your little buddy.
RANSOM: He is not.
STEVENS: Here's those PADDs, sir. Stacked 'em just the way you like.
RANSOM: Get away from me, Stevens.
(Mariner starts cleaning a building with a sonic hose, revealing the image of an aquatic creature.)
APERGOSIAN: Whoa. I never knew the ancient ones decorated these buildings. You seeing this?
LEADER: Hmm.
MARINER: Clean your public spaces, people. It's not that hard. Who knows what you'll find under all this soot?
(The hose blasts the dirt off an orb, that glows in the sunlight then starts twirling very fast, sending energy up a tower, which in turns starts firing bolts of energy.)
MARINER: Oh. Er, we got sci-fi stuff happening over here.
RANSOM: Mariner, get out of there!
STEVENS: Sir, I'm reading a build-up of strange energies.
RANSOM: Mariner. Mariner!
MARINER: Ah.
RANSOM: Ah!
(Ransom gets zapped and thrown backwards. A short time later, he comes to.)
MARINER: Commander? Commander, can you hear me?
STEVENS: Oh, God, is he alive? Please tell me he's alive.
(Elbows Mariner out of the way.)
MARINER: Calm down, Stevens. He's gonna be fine.
STEVENS: Don't lie to me.
(T'Ana beams down.)
RANSOM: I told you not to deviate from the mission.
T'ANA: Hmm. Looks like you took a full load of strange energy straight to the cortex.
FREEMAN [OC]: What is strange energy, Doctor?
T'ANA: Electrical phenomena with unknown properties.

[Bridge]

T'ANA [on viewscreen]: It can have all sorts of physical effects. Unlock parts of the brain, even endow god-like powers.
(Half of the viewscreen displays Gary Mitchell and his special powers.)
FREEMAN: Humanity has a complicated relationship with organised religion.
T'ANA [on viewscreen]: Well, strange energies doesn't. Ever hear of Gary Mitchell?

[Apergos]

T'ANA: Oh, it got real weird real fast.
RANSOM: Those energies weren't that strange. I'm fine. (glowing eyes) Now unhand me. I must rise.
MARINER: And he's hovering. I think he might be going god-like on us?
T'ANA: Let's not jump to conclusions until I run some tests.
RANSOM: You mortals tire me. (mends his torn uniform) Excelsior! I am healed. My power swells. My brain is unlocking its full potential.
MARINER [thinks]: Well, lucky for us there isn't much to unlock in there.
RANSOM: I can hear your thoughts.
MARINER: Er, I mean, hey, I was just joking around privately, in... in my head.
T'ANA: I have to figure out the right harmonic frequency that will disrupt his power cycle.
(Ransom sends out a blast of energy, then twirls around emitting rainbow fire from his hands, making Mariner cough.)

[Bridge]

FREEMAN: What is he doing now?
(Telekinetically weight lifting with trees.)
RANSOM [on viewscreen]: It's easy to become a god. The trick is staying a god.
T'ANA [on viewscreen]: He seems to be focusing on his bi's and tri's.
CASEY: Captain, we have an incoming communication from Admiral Freeman.
FREEMAN: I'll take it in my ready room.

[Ready room]

ADMIRAL [on screen]: Hey, sweetheart. Just checking in on the mission. Oh, sorry. Did I catch you in the middle of something?
FREEMAN: Nah. Just having lunch. Some hot chili. No, the mission is great. Second contact is almost complete.
ADMIRAL [on screen]: You know, Carol Bear, you impressed some important people with your showdown with the Pakleds. This could be your year to get promoted to a capital ship... as long as you keep a clean record, of course.
FREEMAN: Oh, the Cerritos? Oh, it's the very image of Starfleet responsibility.

[Bridge]

FREEMAN: Mariner, get Ransom under control and get that number picked now!
MARINER: [on viewscreen] Yelling at me isn't going to help.
(Now lifting the shuttlecraft too.)
RANSOM [on viewscreen]: Oh yeah. Feel the burn.

[Repair shop]

(Tendi has put lots of electrodes over Rutherford's body.)
RUTHERFORD: So, wait. My brain's gonna melt out of my nose because I like pears?
TENDI: No, no, no, no, no. There's a problem in the way that your hippocampus and your implant are communicating.
RUTHERFORD: Okay, so what's with all the discs?
TENDI: They provide a low-level shock.
RUTHERFORD: A shock? There's, like, a hundred of 'em.
TENDI: Reacting to pain can often kick neurons right back into place.
RUTHERFORD: Wait. How much pain? Argh! That kind of hurt. Can you warn me next time?
TENDI: Er, sorry, I can't. The shocks have to come at unexpected times. I can't tell you when I'm...
RUTHERFORD: Argh! That one was worse.
TENDI: I have to randomise the voltage, or your brain will tune it out.
RUTHERFORD: Ow!
(Tendi hits him.)
TENDI: Do you still like pears?
RUTHERFORD: Yes.
(Zap, thwap.)
RUTHERFORD: Huh?
TENDI: How about now?
RUTHERFORD: Pears? No, I hate pears. I'll never eat a pear again.
TENDI: Then you should pass this test.
(She shines a light into his implant with a magnifying glass.)
TENDI: Three sets of twins are lost at sea. Each set shares a parent with the other, but no two sets are the same. What is the name of the boat?
RUTHERFORD: Er, um... The Salty Dog?
TENDI: Yes!
RUTHERFORD: Really?
TENDI: No.
(Multiple zaps, he rips the electrodes off.)
TENDI: No, what are you doing? No, don't do that.
RUTHERFORD: I'm late for my date.
TENDI: But your brain...
RUTHERFORD: Was feeling great until you started shocking me.
TENDI: This isn't like you. Looks like I'm going to have to resort to more extreme methods.
(Puts a phaser rifle together.)

[Apergos]

RANSOM: That displeases Ransom.
LEADER: He made the moon disappear.
MARINER: Hey, buddy, look at... look at this. This... this might be the best subspace number I've even seen.
(A building gets melted and twisted.)
LEADER: He just ruined our Museum of Popular Music.
MARINER: Hey, that sounds like something you don't need. (comms) Mom, I don't think this is going to happen.

[Bridge]

FREEMAN: Well, it has to. I never should have authorised you to break mission parameters.

[Apergos]

MARINER: Well, how was I supposed to know this was all gonna go all Ransom on the Mount?
RANSOM: I will create a race of Ransomites.
(Apergosians get given Ransom's head and glowing eyes.)
LEADER: Hey, don't transform my constituents.
STEVENS: Oooh, ooo! Do me, sir.
MARINER: F**k it. I'm gonna blast him.
(T'Ana leaps and grabs onto Ransom's right leg as he flies past.)
FREEMAN [OC]: No. Shooting from the hip is what landed us here in the first place. Just calm him down.
(Mariner puts on her sonic cleaning device.)
MARINER: Mom, I feel that you are not listening to me. I am going to calm him down... by blasting him.

[Bridge]

FREEMAN: When you say that, what I hear is that you don't like being disagreed with.

[Apergos]

(T'Ana gets out a hypo, but Ransom makes it transform into an ice cream cone, then stops suddenly and she gets flung off.)
T'ANA: Ah! Ah, damn it.
(Ransom raises a mountain then carves his face into it.)
FREEMAN [OC]: We have to be a team on this.
MARINER: Yeah, no. Of course, yeah, love to be a team.
RANSOM: Stop pretending to like each other. It's making me furious. (transforms his clothes) I am superior to all of you.
STEVENS: Oh, it's true. All hail Ransom. I bow. I bow before thee, sir.
MARINER: Emergency transport to sickbay for Commander Ransom now.
(Ransom emits a blast of energy, knocking everyone backwards.)
MARINER: Dude, not cool.
FREEMAN [OC]: Doc, how did they deal with Gary Mitchell?
T'ANA: Kirk smooshed him with a boulder.
RANSOM: Gary Mitchell was an ant, and I am a lion. Argh!
(Ransom expands his head and sends it flying into space.)

[Lounge]

RUTHERFORD: You know what? Maybe we shouldn't be seeing each other tonight. My memory's all messed up because of my new implant. Sorry if I say anything weird.
BARNES: Don't worry. I'm used to it. My older sister got a symbiont and it totally changed her personality.
RUTHERFORD: Oh, is it because she has all the memories and experiences of her past lives in her head?
BARNES: Meh. It's more that she always has to bring up having a symbiont. It's like, we get it. When are you back on duty? Me and a couple girls from Cetacean Ops are going swimming. Want to join?
RUTHERFORD: Sure. This thing is waterproof. I can swim all night.
BARNES: Great. Er, I think your friend is gonna shoot you.
RUTHERFORD: What now?
(He ducks and a blob of blue splats by the windows.)
RUTHERFORD: Tendi, what are you doing?
TENDI: Sorry to interrupt, but I really don't want you to die again. Hi. I'm Tendi. We're friends.
BARNES: Nice to meet you.
RUTHERFORD: Tendi, come on. You don't have to do this.
TENDI: I'm in medical. He has SMD. I'm just saving his life.
BARNES: What's an SMD?
RUTHERFORD: It's just a cyborg thing. I'm fine. Aah. Uh.
BARNES: Well, when you're cured, just meet us outside Cetacean Ops. I'm gonna go change into my swimsuit.
RUTHERFORD: Wait, wait, wait, wait. I can come with you.
TENDI: Oh, no, you can't.
RUTHERFORD: What's in those hyposprays?
TENDI: Medical venom.

[Corridor]

RUTHERFORD: Stop. You can't just keep attacking me and trying to surprise me into getting better. If I do have this LSD thing...
TENDI: SMD.
RUTHERFORD: Whatever. You can't cure it like getting rid of hiccups.
TENDI: (sigh) You're right.
RUTHERFORD: Thank you.
TENDI: I'll have to get your brain out of your skull and freeze it so I can nano-suture your dendrites by hand.
RUTHERFORD: Tendi, please. I just want to go swimming with girls.
TENDI: Then give me your brain.
RUTHERFORD: No!

[In orbit]

RANSOM: My will be done. Behold the first coming of Ransom.

[Bridge]

CASEY: Captain, there's a giant head approaching the ship.
FREEMAN: Red alert. Evasive action.

[Apergos]

(Ransom's body is transforming objects.)
LEADER: Is this gym equipment?
T'ANA: He's creating his own Jack utopia. Wait. If we can't nullify his powers, we should boost them.
MARINER: Why the hell would we do that?
T'ANA: There's a chance it could short out his godliness.
MARINER: Yeah, or make him extra vengeful. Ah.
T'ANA: Oh, what, you've a better idea?
MARINER: (comms) Mom, hit that head with everything you've got.

[Bridge]

MARINER [OC]: Doc says it'll overload him.
(Freeman nods. The ship's phaser fires.)
RANSOM [on viewscreen]: Oh, yes, feed me your phasers. I can feel myself becoming more powerful than ever before.
FREEMAN: More power just gave him more power. I have to reason with him. Open a channel. Why are you doing this, Jack? Stand down.
RANSOM [on viewscreen]: I used to be your number one, but then Mariner took it all just because she's your daughter.
FREEMAN: Then, from now on, you can work with us, too.
RANSOM [on viewscreen]: I don't wanna work with her!

[Corridor]

RUTHERFORD: Stay away from me. I want my brain right where it is.
TENDI: I'm just borrowing it. I'll give it right back.
RUTHERFORD: Computer, activate force field, corridor 755.
TENDI: I'm trying to save you.
RUTHERFORD: I don't need to be saved.
TENDI: But we're best friends. We have to trust each other.
RUTHERFORD: Well, then, maybe we shouldn't be friends.
TENDI: You don't have Synthetic Memory Degradation.
RUTHERFORD: What?

[Bridge]

(Ransom is chasing the Cerritos around the planet.)
MARINER [on viewscreen]: Mom, hit him with photon torpedoes.
FREEMAN: Don't you give me orders.
MARINER [on viewscreen]: I thought we were partners.
RANSOM [in space]: Lies. You hate working together.
MARINER [on viewscreen]: That's not true. Right, Mom?
FREEMAN: I, er... He's right.
MARINER [on viewscreen]: What? Well, I do... actually feel the exact same way. I hate being your sidekick.
FREEMAN: And I hate the way you question me all the time.
RANSOM [in space]: You're both fakers. And now you'll pay the ultimate price.
(Ransom attempts to eat the Cerritos. The shields hold and he spits it out, sending it spinning.)

[Corridor]

TENDI: You don't have SMD, but there's definitely something wrong with you.
RUTHERFORD: If you knew I wasn't in danger, then why were you hunting me?
TENDI: Well, you changed your opinion on so many things, I was worried that if I didn't do something, you might decide you didn't like me anymore, too. I'm a monster. I shouldn't be your doctor.
RUTHERFORD: So, you were utilising highly invasive neuro-medical procedures in order to make sure I liked you?
TENDI: Yes. You can hate me.
RUTHERFORD: Computer, deactivate force field. Ha. How could I hate you? Tackling an emotional problem with scientific experimentation is exactly what I would have done.
TENDI: Really?
RUTHERFORD: Yeah. But you don't have to, 'cause guess what? No new implant is gonna stop me from being your friend.
TENDI: Aw. Thanks, Rutherford. It's nice to know no matter what, we still love science.
(They hug.)
RUTHERFORD: And how.
TENDI: Also, don't date Barnes.

[Bridge]

CASEY: He's growing hands. Brace for grabbing.
(Ransom laughs.)
MARINER [on viewscreen]: Shoot him with the dang torpedoes already.
T'ANA [on viewscreen]: And I'm gonna go find a boulder.
FREEMAN: No. Power down weapons.
CASEY: But Captain.
FREEMAN: I'm not shooting my friend anymore.
RANSOM [in space]: Why not?
RANSOM: Because you're right. Mariner and I haven't been honest, and you got caught in the middle. You're a great officer, Jack. I shouldn't have taken you for granted.
CASEY: Captain, his power is... diminishing.
RANSOM [in space]: Your validation feels so good. Tell me more.
FREEMAN: I can end this with praise. Er, J-Jack, you're a... a fine commander. You're in phenomenal shape.
RANSOM [in space]: Yes, a fine commander. Yes, so yoked.

[Apergos]

MARINER: Mom, you've got to hit him. He's a god. You can't appeal to his ego forever.

[Bridge]

FREEMAN: Stand down, Ensign. I've got this. Jack, you're an amazing pilot, a... a brilliant tactician and...
RANSOM [on viewscreen]: Oh, you're right. I should be captain.
FREEMAN: Yeah, well, I don't know about that.
RANSOM [on viewscreen]: Why not?
FREEMAN: That position is filled. We can't have two captains.
RANSOM [on viewscreen]: Not two. Just me.
FREEMAN: Full stop, mister. This is my ship.
RANSOM: I want to be the captain!
FREEMAN: Wait, Jack, no. You've got great hair, and you're so good at guitar and... Huh?
(Ransom looks in pain.)
FREEMAN: What? It worked? Was it the guitar thing?

[In space]

RANSOM: I'm going to destroy you... Oh!
(He floats back down to the planet.)

[Bridge]

FREEMAN: What the hell is happening down there?

[Apergos]

(Mariner is kicking Ransom's body in its tenderest spot, between the thighs, while T'Ana brings in a huge rock on a fork-lift.)
RANSOM: Ow.
MARINER: Sorry, Mom. I had to take matters into my own feet.
(The other men are wincing in sympathy. Ransom's head descends and reattaches to his body, that then returns to a human appearance in his uniform. He does a rainbow retch.)
RANSOM: Mariner? What was I doing?
MARINER: You were trying to eat the ship, sir. I had to apply concentrated force to your neutral zone.
RANSOM: I'm sorry. Those strange energies may have given me powers, but it was my ego that turned me... (eyes glow) into a monster.
(Another kick where it matters.)
MARINER: Sorry. Your eyes were glowing.
RANSOM: (high-pitched) Thank you. I could feel myself succumbing to the power.
(And repeat.)
FREEMAN [OC]: Would you stop it, Beckett?
MARINER: No can do.
(More kicks, then T'Ana drops the boulder on him. Ransom passes out.)
STEVENS: Oh.
(All Ransom's transformations are reversed, and the moon reappears.)
LEADER: Here, I picked a number. Just go.
STEVENS: No.

FREEMAN [OC]: The Cerritos is on its way to the Bitrus Expanse, and Commander Ransom should make a full recovery.

[Sickbay]

RANSOM: I'm really sorry about the whole omniscient murder-god thing, Captain.
FREEMAN: Well, you just focus on getting better. I need you by my side.
STEVENS: All right, big guy. Today, I'll be reading you Nightingale Woman.
RANSOM: Thanks, little buddy.

[Ready room]

MARINER: Hey, Mom. How's Ransom?
FREEMAN: He's fine. Stevens hasn't left his side.
MARINER: You know, it was cool being an unstoppable mommy-daughter team for a while, but I think maybe we work better apart.
FREEMAN: Agreed. I'm proud you're my daughter, but I can't stand sharing command with you.
MARINER: Hey, maybe from now on, we only do some side missions together.
FREEMAN: I would like that.
MARINER: Ah. There's a team waiting to take me to the brig, isn't there?
FREEMAN: You know me so well.
(Mariner is dragged away.)
MARINER: Love you, Mom.
FREEMAN: Love you, too. Never disobey me again.
MARINER: I do what I want.

[Brig]

MARINER: So, your brains aren't going to melt?
RUTHERFORD: Nope. I mean, not from the implant. But we're in Starfleet, so who knows what's gonna happen next week.
TENDI: We worked together and managed to revert one of his synaptic pathways.
MARINER: Oh, that's nice. Which one?
RUTHERFORD: I hate pears again. They're so mealy and bland. F**k pears.
(Rutherford and Tendi high-five.)
MARINER: Well, it seems like everything's back to normal.
TENDI: Yeah. Only thing missing is Boimler.
MARINER: I do miss the guy, but I can't blame him. I mean, think of all the fun adventures he's going on working with Riker on a ship that's way cooler than the Cerritos.
RUTHERFORD: It's everything he ever wanted.
TENDI: He's got to be having the time of his life.

[USS Titan Bridge]