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=== Teaser ===
  
=== Teaser ===
 
[[File:Enterprise-D fencing room, 2364.jpg|thumb|Fencing with Dean]]
  
[[File:Enterprise-D fencing room, 2364.jpg|thumb|Fencing with Dean]]
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The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} is on its way to [[Sarona VIII]] for [[shore leave]]. [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] is getting a head start by [[fencing]] with [[Lieutenant]] [[Dean]]. Although he loses the first point, he wins the second. As Dean congratulates him, [[time]] loops, and the moment is repeated. Picard hails [[William T. Riker|Riker]], who confirms that it also occurred on the [[bridge]]. Picard goes to the bridge, where [[Data]] reports a moment in time repeated itself. [[Worf]] receives an automated [[distress call]] from [[Pegos Minor]] from [[Paul Manheim]], calling for help and directing them to a set of coordinates.
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The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} is on its way to [[Sarona VIII]] for [[shore leave]]. {{Captain}} [[Jean-Luc Picard]] is getting a head start by [[fencing]] with [[Lieutenant]] [[Dean]]. Although he loses the first point, he wins the second. As Dean congratulates him, [[time]] loops, and the moment is repeated. Picard hails [[William T. Riker|Riker]], who confirms that it also occurred on the [[bridge]]. Picard goes to the bridge, where [[Data]] reports a moment in time repeated itself. [[Worf]] receives an automated [[distress call]] from the [[Pegos Minor]] system from [[Paul Manheim]], calling for help and directing them to a set of coordinates.
   
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Picard remembers that Manheim left [[Earth]] [[2349|fifteen years previously]], along with a team of [[scientist]]s, to perform experiments on non-linear time. It must be related, and he orders the [[helm]] to travel there immediately.
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Picard remembers that Manheim left [[Earth]] [[2349|fifteen years previously]], along with a team of [[scientist]]s, to perform experiments on non-linear time. It must be related, and he orders the [[helm]] to travel there immediately at warp 8.
   
 
=== Act One ===
  
=== Act One ===
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Data explains that Manheim was highly respected, but his theories didn't find acceptance. Picard says that he knew of Manheim teaching at the [[university]] in [[Paris]] when Picard was there, but never met him. After he orders Riker to check how widespread the time distortion was, [[Deanna Troi]] approaches him. She tells him Manheim's name caused an [[emotion]]al response in him, and advises him to try to analyze his feelings in this area. Picard brushes off her concerns and leaves the bridge.
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Data explains that Manheim was highly respected, particularly because of his theories about the relationship of time and gravity, but his theories didn't find acceptance. Picard says that he knew of Manheim teaching at the [[university]] in [[Paris]] when Picard was there, but never met him. After he orders Riker to check how widespread the time distortion was, [[Deanna Troi]] approaches him. She tells him Manheim's name caused an [[emotion]]al response in him, and advises him to try to analyze his feelings in this area. Picard brushes off her concerns and leaves the bridge.
   
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[[File:Paris2342.jpg|thumb|left|''"A warm, spring day..."'']]
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[[File:Paris2342.jpg|thumb|left|''"A warm, spring day&hellip;"'']]
 
Picard goes to the [[holodeck]], where he recreates the [[Café des Artistes]], Paris, [[2342|22 years previously]] on [[April|April 9th]], "a warm spring [[day]]", as he recalls it. He enters and is greeted by the [[Edouard|waiter]]. He admires the view, and tells the [[waiter]] he had a rendezvous with a woman there many [[year]]s before, and he didn't show. He sits at a [[table]], and overhears a conversation between two women. One of them, [[Gabrielle]], is waiting for a man to show up. The other gets frustrated and leaves. Gabrielle asks Picard why her man didn't show. He answers that maybe he was afraid, but then gets annoyed with himself, declares "''enough of this self-indulgence''" and leaves for the bridge.
  
Picard goes to the [[holodeck]], where he recreates the [[Café des Artistes]], Paris, [[2342|22 years previously]] on [[April|April 9th]], "a warm spring [[day]]", as he recalls it. He enters and is greeted by the [[Edouard|waiter]]. He admires the view, and tells the [[waiter]] he had a rendezvous with a woman there many [[year]]s before, and he didn't show. He sits at a [[table]], and overhears a conversation between two women. One of them, [[Gabrielle]], is waiting for a man to show up. The other gets frustrated and leaves. Gabrielle asks Picard why her man didn't show. He answers that maybe he was afraid, but then gets annoyed with himself, declares "''enough of this self-indulgence''" and leaves for the bridge.
   
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Riker tells him that the {{USS|Lalo}} and the farming [[colony]] on [[Coltar IV]] both experienced the loop. Since Manheim was performing time-[[gravity]] experiments, it could be linked to him. They reach the given coordinates, but there is nothing there. Then new coordinates arrive, directing them to the [[Vandor system]], a [[binary system]] of a [[red giant]] and a [[pulsar]]. When they reach Vandor, Data detects activity on [[Vandor IV]], a [[planetoid]] in [[orbit]] of the binary system. There is a small [[force field]] on the [[planet]]. Picard hails the planet, but doesn't mention his name. A woman answers, saying Manheim is having convulsions. She lowers the [[force field]], and both are beamed directly to [[sickbay]]. Picard heads there with Data and Riker.
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Riker tells him that the {{USS|Lalo}} and the farming [[colony]] on [[Coltar IV]] both experienced the loop. Since Manheim was performing time-[[gravity]] experiments, it could be linked to him. They reach the given coordinates, but there is nothing there. Then new coordinates arrive, directing them to the [[Vandor system]], a [[binary system]] of a [[red giant]] and a [[pulsar]]. When they reach Vandor, Data detects activity on [[Vandor IV]], a [[planetoid]] in an elliptical [[orbit]] of the binary system. There is a small [[force field]] on the [[planet]]. Picard hails the planet, but doesn't mention his name. A woman answers, saying Manheim is having convulsions. She lowers the [[force field]], and both are beamed directly to [[sickbay]]. Picard heads there with Data and Riker.
   
 
[[File:Site to site transport.jpg|thumb|Beaming into sickbay]]
  
[[File:Site to site transport.jpg|thumb|Beaming into sickbay]]
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=== Act Two ===
  
=== Act Two ===
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[[File:Jenice Manheim.jpg|thumb|[[Jenice Manheim]]]]
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Picard introduces the woman as [[Jenice Manheim]], and asks her what happened. She says a second [[lab]] was completely destroyed in an accident, killing everyone else. Manheim believed that there were infinite dimensions, and that by changing the linearity of time, a [[window]] could be opened to these dimensions. He had been trying to do this in his lab. She tells them the team spent two years searching for a location before settling on Vandor, and that he thought he was very close to proving his theories. He had installed a [[security]] system and force fields, and he made her stay in a protected room whenever he performed an experiment. As he neared his goal, he became more and more obsessive, maybe causing his judgment to be clouded.
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Picard introduces the woman as [[Jenice Manheim]], and asks her what happened. She says a second [[lab]] was completely destroyed in an accident, killing everyone else. Manheim believed that there were infinite dimensions, and that by changing the constancy of time, a [[window]] could be opened to these dimensions as, according to him, time is no more immutable than space is. He had been trying to do this in his lab. She tells them the team spent two years searching for a location before settling on Vandor, a planetoid in a system with the pulsar's dense gravity, and that he thought he was very close to proving his theories. He had installed a [[security]] system and force fields, and he made her stay in a protected room whenever he performed an experiment. As he neared his goal, he became more and more obsessive, maybe causing his judgment to be clouded.
   
 
She also tells Picard he's done well, being the captain of a great starship. Then Dr. Crusher enters and asks to do some tests on Jenice, who [[kiss]]es Picard on the cheek as she leaves. Crusher tells Picard that Manheim is dying, but she doesn't know why.
 
She also tells Picard he's done well, being the captain of a great starship. Then Dr. Crusher enters and asks to do some tests on Jenice, who [[kiss]]es Picard on the cheek as she leaves. Crusher tells Picard that Manheim is dying, but she doesn't know why.
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Fortunately, Herbert is able to bring all three back to the ''Enterprise'', and Riker contemplates options.
 
Fortunately, Herbert is able to bring all three back to the ''Enterprise'', and Riker contemplates options.
   
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In sickbay, Manheim wakes. He tells Jenice that it was all worth it, and that he has been on the other side. His mind is still floating between two places. Picard and Data arrive, and Manheim tells them he was able to open a window to another dimension, but when he learns how far the effect has spread, he tells them it must be shut down. He will give them the [[transporter]] coordinates and the security codes. In the [[observation lounge]], Data says the closing of the window must be timed to match the occurrence of the effect, or the new dimension will rip further into the [[Milky Way Galaxy|galaxy]]. Jenice comes in as they are leaving, and Picard remains behind to talk to her.
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In sickbay, Manheim wakes. He tells Jenice that it was all worth it, and that he has been on the other side, another dimension. His mind is still floating between two places. Picard and Data arrive, and Manheim tells them he was able to harness a [[dynamic energy source]] in center of the planetoid and open a crack, a window to another dimension, but when he learns how far the effect has spread, he tells them it must be shut down. He will give them the [[transporter]] coordinates and the security codes. In the [[observation lounge]], Data says the closing of the window must be timed to match the occurrence of the effect, or the new dimension will rip further into the fabric of the [[Milky Way Galaxy|galaxy]] and reality itself will be fundamentally changed and become unrecognizable. Jenice comes in as they are leaving, and Picard remains behind to talk to her.
   
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She asks him why he didn't come. They [[joke]] about it, but he eventually tells her he was afraid of staying, of losing himself. She says the real reason was that he thought life with her would be ordinary.
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She asks him why he didn't come. They [[joke]] about it, but he eventually tells her he was afraid of staying, of losing himself. She says the real reason was that he thought life with her would be ordinary.
   
 
=== Act Four ===
  
=== Act Four ===
 
Troi visits sickbay. She asks Crusher how Manheim is doing, but she really wants to talk about how Beverly feels. She says she can't compete with a [[ghost]] from the past, which is what Picard sees when he sees Jenice. On the bridge, Data is informing Picard that the next distortion will occur in 28 to [[47]] [[minute]]s. Picard then is called down to sickbay to talk to Manheim. He warns Picard he might have forgotten some of the security codes. Then he asks him to take care of Jenice if anything should happen. Picard agrees, and Manheim tells him she's had a terrible time the last few years. He gave her no attention, and he thinks she deserves better. Picard suggests he underestimates her, as he had done.
  
Troi visits sickbay. She asks Crusher how Manheim is doing, but she really wants to talk about how Beverly feels. She says she can't compete with a [[ghost]] from the past, which is what Picard sees when he sees Jenice. On the bridge, Data is informing Picard that the next distortion will occur in 28 to [[47]] [[minute]]s. Picard then is called down to sickbay to talk to Manheim. He warns Picard he might have forgotten some of the security codes. Then he asks him to take care of Jenice if anything should happen. Picard agrees, and Manheim tells him she's had a terrible time the last few years. He gave her no attention, and he thinks she deserves better. Picard suggests he underestimates her, as he had done.
   
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[[File:Manheim effect.jpg|thumb|Data saves the day]]
  
 
Picard tells Data he wants him to go down alone, since he is not affected as badly by the time distortion as the others, decreasing the risk of disorientation affecting the mission. Data agrees, and he beams down successfully. As he approaches the lab, he is fired on by [[phaser]]s mounted on the wall, but manages to destroy them. He keeps an open comm channel as he goes into the lab.
 
Picard tells Data he wants him to go down alone, since he is not affected as badly by the time distortion as the others, decreasing the risk of disorientation affecting the mission. Data agrees, and he beams down successfully. As he approaches the lab, he is fired on by [[phaser]]s mounted on the wall, but manages to destroy them. He keeps an open comm channel as he goes into the lab.
   
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The next distortion will occur in 90 seconds. Data explains he has to add [[antimatter]] to realign the system. He gets the antimatter and goes to the opening. Suddenly, there are three Datas, only one of whom is in the correct time continuum. They figure out which one it is and he releases the antimatter and seals the hole.
  
The next distortion will occur in 90 seconds. Data explains he has to add [[antimatter]] to realign the system. He gets the antimatter and goes to the opening. Suddenly, there are three Datas, only one of whom is in the correct time continuum. They figure out which one it is and he releases the antimatter and seals the hole.
   
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Manheim has returned to normal, but is unable to describe his experiences. As his lab is intact, he wants to go back and finish his experiments, telling Jenice he has learned too much, and that he owes it to his friends. She agrees. Later, Troi brings her to the holodeck, where Picard awaits in the Paris program. He tells her he wanted to say goodbye properly. She thanks him for Paris and Picard returns to the bridge, where he orders [[Geordi La Forge]] to set course for Sarona.
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Manheim has returned to normal, but is unable to describe his experiences, only saying there is some kind of life there. As his lab is intact, he wants to go back and finish his experiments, telling Jenice he has learned too much, and that he owes it to his friends. She agrees. Later, Troi brings her to the holodeck, where Picard awaits in the Paris program. He tells her he wanted to say goodbye properly. She thanks him for Paris and Picard returns to the bridge, where he orders [[Geordi La Forge]] to set course for Sarona.
   
 
=== Log entry ===
  
=== Log entry ===
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== Memorable quotes ==
  
== Memorable quotes ==
 
"''You've done well. A great starship &ndash; on the far reaches of the galaxy. It's everything you'd hoped.''"<br />
  
"''You've done well. A great starship &ndash; on the far reaches of the galaxy. It's everything you'd hoped.''"<br />
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"''Not exactly. Nothing works just as you hoped....''"
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"''Not exactly. Nothing works just as you hoped&hellip;''"
 
: - '''Jenice Manheim''' and '''Jean-Luc Picard'''
  
: - '''Jenice Manheim''' and '''Jean-Luc Picard'''
   
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* [[Michelle Phillips]] is best remembered as one of the four members of the 60s music group, {{w|The Mamas & the Papas}}, which had such hits as "California Dreamin'" and "Monday, Monday". (''[[Star Trek 30 Years]]'')
  
* [[Michelle Phillips]] is best remembered as one of the four members of the 60s music group, {{w|The Mamas & the Papas}}, which had such hits as "California Dreamin'" and "Monday, Monday". (''[[Star Trek 30 Years]]'')
 
* [[Jean-Paul Vignon]], the actor playing [[Edouard]], the waiter of the [[Café des Artistes]], is the only actor (main actor or supporting actor) playing a French person in [[TNG]] who actually speaks French as a first language.
  
* [[Jean-Paul Vignon]], the actor playing [[Edouard]], the waiter of the [[Café des Artistes]], is the only actor (main actor or supporting actor) playing a French person in [[TNG]] who actually speaks French as a first language.
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* [[Wil Wheaton]] ([[Wesley Crusher]]) [[Main character non-appearances#Star Trek: The Next Generation|does not appear]] in this episode.
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* [[Wil Wheaton]] ([[Wesley Crusher]]) [[TNG main character non-appearances|does not appear]] in this episode.
 
* [[Dan Kern]] ([[Lieutenant]] [[Dean]]) later appeared as [[Kellan]] in {{VOY|Dreadnought}} and [[Lance Spellerberg]] reprised his role from this episode in the [[TNG Season 2|second season]] episode {{e|The Icarus Factor}}.
  
* [[Dan Kern]] ([[Lieutenant]] [[Dean]]) later appeared as [[Kellan]] in {{VOY|Dreadnought}} and [[Lance Spellerberg]] reprised his role from this episode in the [[TNG Season 2|second season]] episode {{e|The Icarus Factor}}.
   
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* When Data attempts to determine which version of himself is in the correct time continuum to patch the time disparity, he uncharacteristically uses a contraction when he says "Me! It's me!"
  
* When Data attempts to determine which version of himself is in the correct time continuum to patch the time disparity, he uncharacteristically uses a contraction when he says "Me! It's me!"
 
* A scene filmed earlier including Patrick Stewart and Marina Sirtis on the bridge also includes the arm and shoulder of [[Denise Crosby]]'s character [[Natasha Yar]] who died in {{e|Skin of Evil}}.
  
* A scene filmed earlier including Patrick Stewart and Marina Sirtis on the bridge also includes the arm and shoulder of [[Denise Crosby]]'s character [[Natasha Yar]] who died in {{e|Skin of Evil}}.
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* According to Janice Manheim, Paul Manheim's theory is that there are infinite dimensions, with the constancy of time holding individuals within one particular dimension.{{e|Parallels}} would establish that there are in fact numerous alternate [[Quantum reality|quantum realities]], each with differences based on decisions made, and that a rupture in time could cause one to shift between those realities.
   
 
=== Sets, props and costumes ===
  
=== Sets, props and costumes ===
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* The diamond shaped chrome shelf unit in the Café des Artistes was originally part of [[James T. Kirk]]'s apartment room furniture in {{film|2}} and was also used in the TNG pilot {{e|Encounter at Farpoint}} as well as Counselor Troi's quarters in {{e|The Naked Now}}. {{incite}}
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* The diamond shaped chrome shelf unit in the Café des Artistes was originally part of [[James T. Kirk]]'s apartment room furniture in {{film|2}} and was also used in the TNG pilot {{e|Encounter at Farpoint}} as well as Counselor Troi's quarters in {{e|The Naked Now}}. [http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/inconsistencies/reused_props_furniture.htm]
 
* The continuity issues associated with door signage continue in this episode. The characters refer to this holodeck as "Holodeck Three" (a problem which also occurred in {{e|The Big Goodbye}}) when the signage clearly indicates the holodeck is four (or more formally, holodeck area 4-J). And the turbolift, first seen in "The Big Goodbye", which is seen to the right of the main door into the holodeck shows signage which is more appropriate to a room.
  
* The continuity issues associated with door signage continue in this episode. The characters refer to this holodeck as "Holodeck Three" (a problem which also occurred in {{e|The Big Goodbye}}) when the signage clearly indicates the holodeck is four (or more formally, holodeck area 4-J). And the turbolift, first seen in "The Big Goodbye", which is seen to the right of the main door into the holodeck shows signage which is more appropriate to a room.
 
* According to the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'' by [[Larry Nemecek]], the [[menu]] at the Café des Artistes includes such delicacies as "[[Croissants D'ilithium]]", "Klingon Targ a la mode", "Tribbles dans les blankettes", and "L'[[Antimatter Flambé]]".
  
* According to the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'' by [[Larry Nemecek]], the [[menu]] at the Café des Artistes includes such delicacies as "[[Croissants D'ilithium]]", "Klingon Targ a la mode", "Tribbles dans les blankettes", and "L'[[Antimatter Flambé]]".
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=== Reception ===
  
=== Reception ===
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* A mission report for this episode by John Sayers was published in ''[[The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine]]'' Vol. 6, pp. 61-63.
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* A mission report for this episode by John Sayers was published in {{STNG|6|61-63}}.
   
 
=== Remastered version ===
  
=== Remastered version ===
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[[File:Remastering We'll Always Have Paris.jpg|thumb|[[Deron Warner]] works on remastering this episode]]
 
Two seconds of footage could not be located when [[CBS Digital]] [[remaster]]ed this episode as part of the [[TNG Season 1 Blu-ray]] collection. Occurring twelve minutes, twenty-five seconds into the episode, this brief shot of actor [[Jonathan Frakes]] was included as an upconverted image from the original standard-definition videotape. This shot constitutes the only bit of missing footage in the entire Season 1 Blu-Ray collection.
  
Two seconds of footage could not be located when [[CBS Digital]] [[remaster]]ed this episode as part of the [[TNG Season 1 Blu-ray]] collection. Occurring twelve minutes, twenty-five seconds into the episode, this brief shot of actor [[Jonathan Frakes]] was included as an upconverted image from the original standard-definition videotape. This shot constitutes the only bit of missing footage in the entire Season 1 Blu-Ray collection.
   
 
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File:Riker footage, original.jpg|From the [[TNG Season 1 DVD|2002 DVD]]...
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File:Riker footage, original.jpg|From the [[TNG Season 1 DVD|2002 DVD]]&hellip;
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File:Riker footage, upconverted.jpg|...and the upconverted remaster.
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File:Riker footage, upconverted.jpg|&hellip;and the upconverted remaster.
 
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== Links and references ==
  
== Links and references ==
 
=== Starring ===
  
=== Starring ===
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* [[Patrick Stewart]] as [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]]
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* [[Patrick Stewart]] as {{Captain}} [[Jean-Luc Picard]]
 
* [[Jonathan Frakes]] as [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker|William Riker]]
  
* [[Jonathan Frakes]] as [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker|William Riker]]
   
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* [[Dexter Clay]] as [[USS Enterprise-D tactical operations 008|operations division officer]]
  
* [[Dexter Clay]] as [[USS Enterprise-D tactical operations 008|operations division officer]]
 
* [[Jeffrey Deacon]] as [[USS Enterprise-D conn officers command 002|command division officer]]
  
* [[Jeffrey Deacon]] as [[USS Enterprise-D conn officers command 002|command division officer]]
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* [[Susan Duchow]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) operations division personnel#Female operations officer (2364)|operations division officer]]
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* [[Susan Duchow]] as [[USS Enterprise-D engineer 001|operations division officer]]
 
* [[David Eum]] as {{dis|Wright|Ensign}}
  
* [[David Eum]] as {{dis|Wright|Ensign}}
 
* [[Nora Leonhardt]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Female science division/command division ensign|science division ensign]]
  
* [[Nora Leonhardt]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Female science division/command division ensign|science division ensign]]
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** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Command division bridge officer (2364)|Command division officer]]
  
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Command division bridge officer (2364)|Command division officer]]
 
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Command division officer (2364)|Command division officer]]
  
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Command division officer (2364)|Command division officer]]
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** [[Café des Artistes holograms#Couple|Couple]]
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** [[Artistes holograms couple 001|Couple]]
 
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Female bridge officer (2364)|Female command division officer]]
  
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Female bridge officer (2364)|Female command division officer]]
 
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Female medical technician|Female science division officer]]
  
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Female medical technician|Female science division officer]]
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** [[Café des Artistes holograms#Flower woman|Flower woman]]
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** [[Artistes holograms woman 001|Flower woman]]
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** [[Café des Artistes holograms#Man on phone|Man on phone]]
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** [[Artistes holograms man 001|Man on phone]]
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** [[Café des Artistes holograms#Musician|Musician]]
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** [[Artistes holograms musician 001|Musician]]
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** [[USS Enterprise-D operations crewmen 001|Three operations division crewmembers]]
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** [[USS Enterprise-D operations crewmembers 002|Three operations division crewmembers]]
 
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Command division crewmembers (2364)|Two command division crewmembers]]
  
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Command division crewmembers (2364)|Two command division crewmembers]]
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** [[Café des Artistes holograms#Woman on phone|Woman on phone]]
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** [[Artistes holograms woman 002|Woman on phone]]
   
 
=== Stunt doubles ===
  
=== Stunt doubles ===
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=== References ===
  
=== References ===
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Captain Picard encounters a woman from his past after her scientist husband's experiments begin to unravel the fabric of time.

Summary

Teaser

Enterprise-D fencing room, 2364

Fencing with Dean

The USS Enterprise-D is on its way to Sarona VIII for shore leave. Captain Jean-Luc Picard is getting a head start by fencing with Lieutenant Dean. Although he loses the first point, he wins the second. As Dean congratulates him, time loops, and the moment is repeated. Picard hails Riker, who confirms that it also occurred on the bridge. Picard goes to the bridge, where Data reports a moment in time repeated itself. Worf receives an automated distress call from the Pegos Minor system from Paul Manheim, calling for help and directing them to a set of coordinates.

Picard remembers that Manheim left Earth fifteen years previously, along with a team of scientists, to perform experiments on non-linear time. It must be related, and he orders the helm to travel there immediately at warp 8.

Act One

Data explains that Manheim was highly respected, particularly because of his theories about the relationship of time and gravity, but his theories didn't find acceptance. Picard says that he knew of Manheim teaching at the university in Paris when Picard was there, but never met him. After he orders Riker to check how widespread the time distortion was, Deanna Troi approaches him. She tells him Manheim's name caused an emotional response in him, and advises him to try to analyze his feelings in this area. Picard brushes off her concerns and leaves the bridge.

File:Paris2342.jpg

"A warm, spring day…"

Picard goes to the holodeck, where he recreates the Café des Artistes, Paris, 22 years previously on April 9th, "a warm spring day", as he recalls it. He enters and is greeted by the waiter. He admires the view, and tells the waiter he had a rendezvous with a woman there many years before, and he didn't show. He sits at a table, and overhears a conversation between two women. One of them, Gabrielle, is waiting for a man to show up. The other gets frustrated and leaves. Gabrielle asks Picard why her man didn't show. He answers that maybe he was afraid, but then gets annoyed with himself, declares "enough of this self-indulgence" and leaves for the bridge.

Riker tells him that the USS Lalo and the farming colony on Coltar IV both experienced the loop. Since Manheim was performing time-gravity experiments, it could be linked to him. They reach the given coordinates, but there is nothing there. Then new coordinates arrive, directing them to the Vandor system, a binary system of a red giant and a pulsar. When they reach Vandor, Data detects activity on Vandor IV, a planetoid in an elliptical orbit of the binary system. There is a small force field on the planet. Picard hails the planet, but doesn't mention his name. A woman answers, saying Manheim is having convulsions. She lowers the force field, and both are beamed directly to sickbay. Picard heads there with Data and Riker.

Site to site transport

Beaming into sickbay

Dr. Crusher puts Manheim on the biobed, and when Picard enters, the woman calls him Jean-Luc.

Act Two

Jenice Manheim

Jenice Manheim

Picard introduces the woman as Jenice Manheim, and asks her what happened. She says a second lab was completely destroyed in an accident, killing everyone else. Manheim believed that there were infinite dimensions, and that by changing the constancy of time, a window could be opened to these dimensions as, according to him, time is no more immutable than space is. He had been trying to do this in his lab. She tells them the team spent two years searching for a location before settling on Vandor, a planetoid in a system with the pulsar's dense gravity, and that he thought he was very close to proving his theories. He had installed a security system and force fields, and he made her stay in a protected room whenever he performed an experiment. As he neared his goal, he became more and more obsessive, maybe causing his judgment to be clouded.

She also tells Picard he's done well, being the captain of a great starship. Then Dr. Crusher enters and asks to do some tests on Jenice, who kisses Picard on the cheek as she leaves. Crusher tells Picard that Manheim is dying, but she doesn't know why.

Manheim effect double

"We are both us."

The three officers leave sickbay and enter a turbolift, for the bridge, but when the doors open they see themselves in the corridor before they got on the lift. As the doors close, the "past" Data supposes that the Manheim Effect is becoming more pronounced, before they enter the lift. In the captain's ready room, Data says there is immense energy emanating from the planetoid's core being focused at the lab. Riker says if they want to find out what's going on, they're going to have to beam down. Picard agrees, and an away team tries to beam down, but they can't materialize on the planet, as the signal is being bounced back up. Transporter chief Herbert is afraid he is losing them.

Act Three

Fortunately, Herbert is able to bring all three back to the Enterprise, and Riker contemplates options.

In sickbay, Manheim wakes. He tells Jenice that it was all worth it, and that he has been on the other side, another dimension. His mind is still floating between two places. Picard and Data arrive, and Manheim tells them he was able to harness a dynamic energy source in center of the planetoid and open a crack, a window to another dimension, but when he learns how far the effect has spread, he tells them it must be shut down. He will give them the transporter coordinates and the security codes. In the observation lounge, Data says the closing of the window must be timed to match the occurrence of the effect, or the new dimension will rip further into the fabric of the galaxy and reality itself will be fundamentally changed and become unrecognizable. Jenice comes in as they are leaving, and Picard remains behind to talk to her.

She asks him why he didn't come. They joke about it, but he eventually tells her he was afraid of staying, of losing himself. She says the real reason was that he thought life with her would be ordinary.

Act Four

Troi visits sickbay. She asks Crusher how Manheim is doing, but she really wants to talk about how Beverly feels. She says she can't compete with a ghost from the past, which is what Picard sees when he sees Jenice. On the bridge, Data is informing Picard that the next distortion will occur in 28 to 47 minutes. Picard then is called down to sickbay to talk to Manheim. He warns Picard he might have forgotten some of the security codes. Then he asks him to take care of Jenice if anything should happen. Picard agrees, and Manheim tells him she's had a terrible time the last few years. He gave her no attention, and he thinks she deserves better. Picard suggests he underestimates her, as he had done.

Picard tells Data he wants him to go down alone, since he is not affected as badly by the time distortion as the others, decreasing the risk of disorientation affecting the mission. Data agrees, and he beams down successfully. As he approaches the lab, he is fired on by phasers mounted on the wall, but manages to destroy them. He keeps an open comm channel as he goes into the lab.

Act Five

The next distortion will occur in 90 seconds. Data explains he has to add antimatter to realign the system. He gets the antimatter and goes to the opening. Suddenly, there are three Datas, only one of whom is in the correct time continuum. They figure out which one it is and he releases the antimatter and seals the hole.

Manheim has returned to normal, but is unable to describe his experiences, only saying there is some kind of life there. As his lab is intact, he wants to go back and finish his experiments, telling Jenice he has learned too much, and that he owes it to his friends. She agrees. Later, Troi brings her to the holodeck, where Picard awaits in the Paris program. He tells her he wanted to say goodbye properly. She thanks him for Paris and Picard returns to the bridge, where he orders Geordi La Forge to set course for Sarona.

Log entry

Memorable quotes

"You've done well. A great starship – on the far reaches of the galaxy. It's everything you'd hoped."
"Not exactly. Nothing works just as you hoped…"

- Jenice Manheim and Jean-Luc Picard


"I've been away far too long."

- Picard, upon viewing the holographic simulation of Paris, France


"Enough of this self indulgence."

- Picard, exiting the Café des Artistes holosimulation


"Mr. Data, what's going on?"
"Dr. Manheim forgot to mention one of his security precautions, sir."

- Picard and Data, after Data is attacked by Paul Manheim's security system


"Oh, we are us, sir. They are also us. So, indeed, we are both us."

- Data, on duplicate versions of the crew


"Are you all right?"
"Why wouldn't I be? I've got one of the medical wonders of the galaxy dying in my sick bay!"
"That's not what I meant."
"I don't think I want to talk about what I think you mean!"

- Deanna Troi and Beverly Crusher

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Denise Crosby, We'll Always Have Paris

Crosby appearing in the episode

  • When Data attempts to determine which version of himself is in the correct time continuum to patch the time disparity, he uncharacteristically uses a contraction when he says "Me! It's me!"
  • A scene filmed earlier including Patrick Stewart and Marina Sirtis on the bridge also includes the arm and shoulder of Denise Crosby's character Natasha Yar who died in "Skin of Evil".
  • According to Janice Manheim, Paul Manheim's theory is that there are infinite dimensions, with the constancy of time holding individuals within one particular dimension."Parallels" would establish that there are in fact numerous alternate quantum realities, each with differences based on decisions made, and that a rupture in time could cause one to shift between those realities.

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Remastered version

Remastering We'll Always Have Paris

Deron Warner works on remastering this episode

Two seconds of footage could not be located when CBS Digital remastered this episode as part of the TNG Season 1 Blu-ray collection. Occurring twelve minutes, twenty-five seconds into the episode, this brief shot of actor Jonathan Frakes was included as an upconverted image from the original standard-definition videotape. This shot constitutes the only bit of missing footage in the entire Season 1 Blu-Ray collection.

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Bordeaux; Pegos Minor sector; Tarte tatin

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