VOY 7x02: Imperfection @ 32m58s
The actual line, referring to the Grand Canyon that Seven is studying, is “Earth’s biggest ditch. That’s what my father used to call it.”
Misinterpretation aside, that line leads into one the toughest conversations they share:
JANEWAY: Earth’s biggest ditch. That’s what my father used to call it. We hiked the north rim when I was nine.
SEVEN: It’s an impressive geological formation.
JANEWAY: Too dusty. I’ve always preferred farm country myself. (Seven changes the image.)
SEVEN: Bloomington, Indiana. Your home town. You’ve mentioned it on several occasions.
JANEWAY: So, what do you think?
SEVEN: It appears to be a pleasant environment.
JANEWAY: When we get to Earth I’ll take you there.
SEVEN: It’s more likely this crew will reach Earth without me.
JANEWAY: You don’t know that.
SEVEN: You refuse to acknowledge the severity of my condition, just as I did at first.
JANEWAY: Are you giving up?
SEVEN: I’m merely accepting reality.
JANEWAY: If I’d accepted reality six years ago, I’d have settled on the first M class planet we came across. Instead, I’m thirty thousand light years closer to Bloomington, Indiana.
SEVEN: Minus several members of your crew. (Seven displays the list of deceased crewmembers.)
SEVEN: Ensign Marie Kaplan, Ensign Lindsay Ballard, Crewman Timothy Lang.
JANEWAY: Is there a point to this?
SEVEN: Every person on this list died under your command. You accepted their deaths. But I don’t believe you’ll accept mine.
JANEWAY: That’s presumptuous.
SEVEN: I’m not being egotistical. On the contrary, I’m trying to make a point.
JANEWAY: Which is?
SEVEN: All of these crew members came to Voyager with unique personalities, but I’ve required your constant assistance to develop my individuality.
JANEWAY: And you’ve come a long way.
SEVEN: But not far enough. I’ve disappointed you. You feel your task is incomplete. That’s why my death will be difficult for you to accept.
JANEWAY: Is that what you think? That you haven’t lived up to my expectations?
SEVEN: Clearly, I haven’t. But I want you to know that the failure has been mine, not yours.
JANEWAY: You haven’t failed, Seven. You’ve exceeded my expectations. You’ve become an individual. An extraordinary individual. If I’m having trouble accepting your condition, it’s only because I don’t want to lose a friend.
Definitely. After I was like “wait, what?” and rewound, I ended up starting the whole episode over since I’d been working and missed most of it to that point.
Earth’s the biggest bitch.
That’s what my collective used to tell me.
OH FUCK YEAH TUVOK DID YOU SEE THAT I ROASTED HER HAHA ROASTED COFFEE ASS BITCH
