Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series)
Observer Effect (2005)
Scott Bakula: Capt. Jonathan Archer
Quotes
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[Archer, "Reed" and "Mayweather" are reviewing scans in the command center]
Captain Jonathan Archer : I've heard from Starfleet. They're working through diplomatic channels to contact the Klingons; but it might not be necessary. This spectrograph identifies a Klingon alloy.
Alien inhabiting Lt. Reed : That's the signature of standard hull plating.
Captain Jonathan Archer : [indicates one of the planet's rings] I found it... here.
Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather : You've detected a debris cloud in orbit.
Captain Jonathan Archer : It's what's left of a Klingon shuttlecraft. Their response to an infected landing party: the commander killed his own shuttle crew.
Alien inhabiting Lt. Reed : They didn't even plead for mercy.
[Archer gives him a quizzical look]
Alien inhabiting Lt. Reed : I mean, they wouldn't, would they? Being Klingon.
Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather : Captain, does knowing what the Klingons did help us at all?
Captain Jonathan Archer : At least we know we don't have to bother asking them if they have a cure.
Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather : But if they had developed one, you'd ask them for it, right?
Captain Jonathan Archer : On bended knee.
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Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Next time I ask to go on a landing party, talk me out of it, OK?
Captain Jonathan Archer : You're usually too stubborn to be talked out of anything. But I'll do my best.
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Captain Jonathan Archer : Don't you give up on me.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : There's still a bunch of planets out there we haven't seen.
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[the two aliens have been detected by Phlox]
Alien inhabiting Commander T'Pol : We come here only to study how physical species react to the unknown. You can help by telling us how you detected our presence. That happens in less than two percent of our missions.
Dr. Phlox : Commander Tucker and Ensign Sato were sedated. They shouldn't have been able to stand and talk.
Alien inhabiting Captain Archer : It's been so long since we had physical form. We weren't able to distinguish sleep from sedation.
Alien inhabiting Commander T'Pol : We'll remember next time.
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[Tucker has just died]
Alien inhabiting Cmdr. Tucker : I have such respect for you, Captain Archer.
Captain Jonathan Archer : ...Trip?
Alien inhabiting Cmdr. Tucker : Not exactly.
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Captain Jonathan Archer : You want to know what it means to be... Human? You need to do more than observe.
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Alien inhabiting Ensign Sato : Talking is a limited form of communication for us. We're much more advanced than Humans.
Captain Jonathan Archer : Not from where I'm standing. Maybe... you've evolved into beings with abilities I can't comprehend, but you've paid a hell of a price. You've lost compassion, and empathy - things that give life meaning. If that's what it takes to be advanced... I don't want any part of it.