Kevin Tighe credited as playing...
Henry Janeway
- Henry Janeway: You know, I was born in the wrong millennium.
- Shannon O'Donnell: I'll stick with the modern age.
- Henry Janeway: The classical age. Greatest literature mankind ever produced.
- Shannon O'Donnell: No antibiotics.
- Henry Janeway: Families that take care of one another.
- Shannon O'Donnell: No cars.
- Henry Janeway: Air you can breathe.
- Shannon O'Donnell: No telephones.
- Henry Janeway: What a pleasure.
- Shannon O'Donnell: Shorter lifespans.
- Henry Janeway: Lives that were worth living.
- Shannon O'Donnell: No cold beer!
- Henry Janeway: There you got me.
- Shannon O'Donnell: You know, Mr. Moss offered me a job in Canton, even though I failed to keep up my end of the bargain. I guess he felt sorry for me, but I'm prepared to turn him down... if you want me to stay with you.
- Henry Janeway: [after a pause] I suppose I could... reopen my shop in that monstrosity you wanna build.
- Shannon O'Donnell: [smiles] And I'll have a few connections. I could probably get you a nice remote location, so nobody would bother you.
- Henry Janeway: Not much profit in that. You sure you won't drive away again?
- Shannon O'Donnell: No, but if I do, we'll make the trip together.
- Henry Janeway: Glorious Hector, son of Priam, slips past the Greek front lines bringing much-needed supplies to the embattled city of Troy.
- Shannon O'Donnell: I'm in a transitional period.
- Henry Janeway: From what to what?
- Shannon O'Donnell: From what I was doing to what I'm going to do.
- Shannon O'Donnell: I love to see places I've never been and try new things. I'm kind of an explorer.
- Henry Janeway: Really? Huh. That station wagon of yours doesn't exactly look like a sailing ship.
- Shannon O'Donnell: It's a rocket ship.
- Henry Janeway: My mistake.
- Shannon O'Donnell: I've learned a few details about the Millennium Gate. It's a self-sustaining city, an experimental biosphere. It's never been done before.
- Henry Janeway: What's wrong with the biosphere we're living in now?
- Shannon O'Donnell: Nothing.
- Henry Janeway: Exactly.
- Shannon O'Donnell: But this project will help scientists learn more about our environment, possibly even recreate it on other worlds.
- Henry Janeway: Other worlds! Don't we have enough problems on the one we're on?
- Shannon O'Donnell: Yeah. Which is why I'd like to get the hell off it one day.
- Henry Janeway: I think you're taking this exploring a little too far.
- Henry Janeway: [indicating his library] These are my traveling companions. They'll take me anywhere anytime.
- Shannon O'Donnell: It's not such a bad idea to experience the real thing every now and then.
- Henry Janeway: I prefer my books.
- Shannon O'Donnell: Maybe you just never had the right guide.
- Henry Janeway: Is that an offer? I could make a similar argument: not such a bad idea to, uh, settle down every now and then.
- Shannon O'Donnell: Is that an offer?
- Henry Janeway: They have offered us 20% above the market price for our properties. You know what the catch is? We've *all* got to sell.
- Shannon O'Donnell: Everybody must love you.
- Henry Janeway: Hm, yeah. People I knew when I was growing up, family friends, it seems like they've all just turned against me. If this were Roman times, they'd feed me to the lions.
- Shannon O'Donnell: To the good old days.
- Shannon O'Donnell: Half the town is out there, you're on the news, maybe you'll even go down in history; you have made your point.
- Henry Janeway: Well, obviously I haven't, because if I had, you wouldn't be asking me to sign my life away.
- Shannon O'Donnell: Maybe, if you'd looked up from your books once in a while, you'd see what's in front of you.
- Henry Janeway: Oh, please, no more speeches about the future.
- Shannon O'Donnell: As long as I don't have to hear you pontificate about the past.
- Henry Janeway: It's a deal. Glad we had this chat. Goodbye.
- Henry Janeway: Then why are you here?
- Shannon O'Donnell: It was the cookies.
- Henry Janeway: Cookies?
- Shannon O'Donnell: I was on the interstate, I stopped for gas, and I bought a bag of chocolate chip cookies in a convenience store. It's a little ritual of mine. Whenever I get back on the highway, I like to treat myself.
- Henry Janeway: I see. Well, um... what does this have to do with anything?
- Shannon O'Donnell: They didn't taste good, Henry. It wasn't the same. I just kept thinking about you, and how I wish you'd been there.
- Henry Janeway: Actually, I prefer oatmeal cookies. I'm allergic to chocolate.
- Shannon O'Donnell: Oh, you don't know what you're missing.