Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Unforgettable (1998)

Robert Beltran: Cmdr. Chakotay

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• Chakotay : I've been trying to make sense of it. I fell in love with her twice; I thought she could do the same. We were the same two people on the same ship. Why didn't it happen again? I keep going over and over our last conversation, trying to think if there was something I could have said, could have done. But nothing comes to mind.

  Neelix : Commander, I don't think you can analyze love. It's the greatest mystery of all. No one knows why it happens, or doesn't. Love is a chance combination of elements. Any one thing might be enough to keep it from igniting - a mood, a glance... a remark. And if we could define love, predict it - it would probably lose its power.

• Chakotay : If Kellin's going to be with us, the Captain wants her to serve a function, to contribute in some way.

  Tuvok : A reasonable expectation. What are her skills?

  Chakotay : Basically, she was a security operative for her people. She's a trained expert in weaponry, surveillance, fighting skills. Any idea where she might fit in?

  Tuvok : Mr. Neelix could use an assistant in the mess hall.

  Chakotay : Tuvok - that was a joke! Don't deny it, you were trying to be funny!

  Tuvok : If you choose to interpret my remark as humorous, that is your decision.

  Chakotay : I do. And it was.

  Tuvok : It's perfectly logical. All the qualities you mention would help in defending Neelix against the periodic wrath of the crew.

• Chakotay : I thought you might like to get something to eat, unless your memories of our mess hall aren't good.

  Kellin : As a matter of fact, I was quite fond of Neelix's food.

  Chakotay : Now, that's something that's hard to believe.

• Chakotay : [after upsetting Kellin]  Is there anything I can do for you?

  Kellin : Can I have your pudding?

  Chakotay : [chuckles]  Gladly.

  Kellin : Then you're forgiven.

• Chakotay : First Officer's personal log, stardate 51813.4 - Maybe it would be best, as the tracer said, to forget about Kellin and the time she spent here. But I don't want to do that. I want to remember.

• Cmdr. Chakotay : Did it ever occur to you that the fact that so many people want to leave might mean that there's something wrong with your society?

  Curneth : We have a strong and cohesive society because of our efforts to keep it that way.

• Kellin : You see, we've met before.

  Cmdr. Chakotay : If that were true, I'm sure I'd remember.

  Kellin : No, you wouldn't. You couldn't. You see, the memories of my people can't be held in the minds of other races. When we encounter others, which we do... infrequently, they remember us for a few hours, but then the memories fade away. We're completely forgotten by the next day.

  Cmdr. Chakotay : Is this done through technology? Telepathy?

  Kellin : It's a factor of our biology. You see, our bodies produce a sort of pheromone which blocks the long-term memory engrams of others.

  Cmdr. Chakotay : Is that why the tricorder can't scan you, why we couldn't get a transporter lock?

  Kellin : We're impervious to those sort of devices