[Holodeck] (Music)
(Data puts Juliana's chip into a holder, then into the holodeck arch panel)
Whoever you are,
you must have found out about Juliana. That is correct.
I programmed this hologram to answer any questions you might have. I am Noonian Soong.
I created her. I am Data.
Data? I hoped somehow it might be you.
I even created a response program to answer your questions.
How are you, boy? I am fine.
I'm glad you got the chance to meet your mother.
You refer to Doctor Tainer as my mother, yet the complexity of her design indicates
she was created after I was. You're right.
But there was a real Juliana O'Donnell. She was my wife. She helped me create you.
What happened to her? She was injured
when the Crystalline Entity attacked. We made it as far as Terlina Three but,
she slipped into a coma. When I realized nothing could be done for her, I built an android.
I tried to perfect my synaptic scanning technique so that I could transfer Juliana's
memories into a positronic matrix. I didn't know if it would work, but I had to try.
I couldn't stand the thought of losing the only woman I ever loved.
A few days after Juliana died, I activated the android. She looked up at me
and smiled. She recognized me. It had worked! Here was a life not two minutes old, and as far as she
knew I was her husband. She'd just recovered from a terrible injury. It was incredible.
Then you never told her the truth? Why? There was no reason for her to know.
I wanted her to be happy. I wanted us to be happy. We were.
For a while. What happened?
I made a terrible mistake. I never really let her know how much I loved her.
So she left me. The real Juliana probably would have left too, if she'd lived.
If she recovers and learns that she is an android She doesn't have to know. I designed her to shut
down in the event the truth was discovered. When you put that chip back in, she will wake up and
remember nothing. All you have to do is make up some excuse about what happened to her.
Then you do not believe she should know the truth?
Truth? The truth is, in every way that matters, she is Juliana Soong.
I programmed her to terminate after a long life. (Music) Let her live out her days,
and die believing she was human. Don't rob her of that, son. Please.