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Dr. McCoy : Crazy way to travel, spreading a man's molecules all over the universe.
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Capt. Kirk : Report.
Scott : When it entered impulse engine number two's vent, it attacked two crewmen then got into the ventilating system, and now we have air for only two hours.
Capt. Kirk : Bones?
Dr. McCoy : One man has a chance for survival; the other is dead. You can add that little price tag to your monster hunt.
Capt. Kirk : That's enough, Bones.
Dr. McCoy : It's NOT enough! You didn't care what happened as long as you could hang your trophy on the wall. Well, it's not on it, Captain, it's in it!
Mr. Spock : Gentlemen, may I suggest we no longer belabor the question of whether or not we should have gone after the creature. The matter has been rendered academic. The creature is now after us.
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Ensign Garrovick : He saved my life, captain; I should be lying dead in there, not him.
Spock : Fortunately, neither of us is dead, ensign; the reverse pressure worked, the vent is closed.
Capt. Kirk : Don't misunderstand my, uh, next question, Mr. Spock. Why aren't you dead?
Dr. McCoy : It's that green blood of his.
Spock : My hemoglobin is based on copper, not iron.
Dr. McCoy : I'll bet he left a bad taste in the creature's mouth, too.
Spock : Colloquially expressed... but essentially correct.
Capt. Kirk : Yes...
[sniffs the air]
Capt. Kirk : ... the scent is different. I think I understand something, now.
Spock : Do you believe you're in communication with the creature, captain?
Capt. Kirk : I don't know what it is, Mr. Spock, but you remember... I said... the thing was alive. It may not be communication as we know it, but I did know it was alive and intelligent, and I think I know something else, now.
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Dr. McCoy : What's that?
Nurse Chapel : Hmm? This?
Dr. McCoy : A survey on Cyngian respiratory diseases? I thought you took Garrovick some food. What were you doing with this?
Nurse Chapel : [shrugs, smiles] Applying psychology.
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Dr. McCoy : To be so obsessed...
Capt. Kirk : [angrily] Obsessed?
Dr. McCoy : That you could destroy yourself, uh... your career... a young boy who reminds you of yourself eleven years ago!
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Mr. Spock : I hope I'm not disturbing you, doctor.
Dr. McCoy : Interrupting another autopsy report is no disturbance, Mr. Spock, it's a relief.
Mr. Spock : I need your advice.
Dr. McCoy : Then, I need a drink.
Mr. Spock : I do not understand your reasoning.
Dr. McCoy : You need advice from me? You must be kidding.
Mr. Spock : I do not joke, doctor. Perhaps I should rephrase my statement. I require an opinion. There are many aspects of human irrationality I do not yet comprehend. Obsession, for one: the persistent, single-minded fixation on one idea.
Dr. McCoy : Jim and his creature?
Mr. Spock : Precisely, have you studied the incident involving the U.S.S Farragut?
Dr. McCoy : No, with all these deaths and injuries I've only had a chance to scan the tapes. There are 8 or 10 hours of record tapes there.
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Capt. Kirk : [they're discussing Kirk's encounter, 11 years ago, with the same entity that's now threatening them] If I hadn't delayed... it would've been killed.
Dr. McCoy : Well, the ship's Exec. didn't seem to think so. His log entry was quite clear on the subject: "Lt. Kirk is a fine young officer who performed with uncommon bravery."
Capt. Kirk : [angrily] Don't you understand? It killed 200 crewmen!
Dr. McCoy : Captain Garrovick was very important to you, wasn't he, Jim?
Capt. Kirk : Yes. He was my commanding officer from the day I left the Academy. One of the finest men I ever knew.
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Mr. Spock : Gentlemen, may I suggest we no longer belabor the question of whether or not we should've gone after the creature. The matter has been rendered academic. The creature is now after us.
Dr. McCoy : [slightly incredulous] "Creature," Mr. Spock?
Mr. Spock : It turned, and attacked, Doctor. Its method was well-considered... and intelligent.
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Capt. Kirk : Don't misunderstand my next question. Mr. Spock - why aren't you dead?
Dr. McCoy : It's that green blood of his.
Spock : My hemoglobin is based on copper, not iron.
Dr. McCoy : I'll bet he left a bad taste in the creature's mouth, too.
Spock : Colloquially expressed - but essentially correct.
