Star Trek (TV Series)

A Private Little War (1968)

William Shatner: Captain James Tiberius 'Jim' Kirk

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• Capt. Kirk : Mr. Spock, ask Scotty how long it would take him to reproduce 100 flintlocks.

  Scott : I didn't get that exactly, Captain. 100 what?

  Capt. Kirk : 100... serpents. Serpents for the Garden of Eden.

• Dr. McCoy : I don't have a solution, but furnishing them firearms is certainly not the answer!

  Capt. Kirk : Bones, do you remember the twentieth century brush wars on the Asian continent? Two giant powers involved, much like the Klingons and ourselves. Neither side felt that they could pull out?

  Dr. McCoy : Yes, I remember. It went on bloody year after bloody year!

  Capt. Kirk : But what would you have suggested? That one side arm its friends with an overpowering weapon? Mankind would never have lived to travel space if they had. No, the only solution is what happened back then: balance of power.

  Dr. McCoy : And if the Klingons give their side even more?

  Capt. Kirk : Then we arm our side with exactly that much more. A balance of power - the trickiest, most difficult, dirtiest game of them all, but the only one that preserves both sides!

• Capt. Kirk : Tomorrow... in the palm of her hands.

  Dr. McCoy : Well, you got what you wanted.

  Capt. Kirk : Not what I wanted, Bones. What had to be.

• Nona : You are here because I wished you here.

  Capt. Kirk : Oh? I thought it was my idea.

  Nona : [laughs]  Yes. They always believe they come of free will. Tyree even thought the same when I cast my first spell on him.

• Capt. Kirk : I did not invite a debate.

• Scott : [Kirk and McCoy are holding Spock when they transport up]  What happened, Captain?

  Capt. Kirk : Lead projectile. Primitive firearm.

  Dr. M'Benga : [They put Spock on the bed]  Vitalizer 'B.'

  [Gives Spock an injection] 

  Dr. McCoy : Pressure backing.

  [Nurse hands pressure backing to McCoy] 

  Dr. McCoy : Lucky his heart is where his liver should be or he'd be dead now.

  Dr. M'Benga : Not good, sir.

  Dr. McCoy : Coranalin!

  Capt. Kirk : [Whistle from ship; Alarm goes off]  Bones, can you save him?

  Uhura : [Uhura talks through the speaker/intercom]  All decks, Red Alert! Battle Stations! Battle Stations! Go to Red Alert!

  Capt. Kirk : [Kirk walks to intercom]  Kirk here.

  Uhura : Uhura, sir. We have a Klingon vessel on our screen.

  Capt. Kirk : On my way. Scotty?

  [Kirk and Scott walk to door / door opens] 

  Capt. Kirk : Bones?

  Dr. McCoy : I don't know yet, Jim.

  [Kirk and Scott leave transporter room]