And you, Sarek. Would you also say thank you to your son?
SSarek
I don't understand.
SSarek
Spock acted in the only logical manner open to him. One does not thank logic, Amanda.
Logic! Logic! I am sick to death of logic! Do you want to know how I feel about your logic?!
SpockEmotional, isn't she?
SSarek
She has always been that way.
Spock
Indeed? Why did you marry her?
SSarek
At the time, it seemed the logical thing to do. [She smiles, realizing they're teasing her]
Bones. [He starts to collapse] No, no, I'm all right.
[McCoy helps him onto a bed]
If you keep arguing with your kindly family doctor, you're going to spend your next ten days right here. If you co-operate, you'll be out in two.
Spock
[starting to rise from his bed] Doctor, I'll return to my station now.
You are at your station, Mister Spock!
Doctor McCoy, I believe you're enjoying all this.
Spock
Indeed, Captain. I've never seen him look so happy.
Shut up! [to Kirk] Shh! Shh! [to camera] Well, what do you know? I finally got the last word.
Spock
The child was named Leonard...James...Akaar?!
Has a kind of a...ring to it, don't you think, James?
Yes. I think it's a name...destined to go down in galactic history, Leonard - what do you think, Spock?
Spock
I think you're both going to be insufferably pleased with yourselves for at least a month ... Sir.
Spock
Yes, Captain. In a very short time.
What a way to die. All right. I want all the research facilities, all the scientific technicians, to start round-the-clock research immediately. I want the answers, and I want the remedy. Let's start by finding out why Chekov hasn't been affected.
I'm doing what I can. [to Spock] You're perfectly healthy.
Spock
[sitting up] I must differ with you, Doctor. I'm having difficulty concentrating, which is most disturbing. My eyesight appears to be failing, and the normal temperature of the ship seems to me to be increasingly cold.
I did not say you were not affected, Mr. Spock! You are perfectly healthy...that is, for any normal Vulcan on the high side of a hundred!
Spock
I have a question for the doctor. [Kirk leaves] Doctor, the ship's temperature is increasingly uncomfortable for me. I've adjusted the environment in my quarters to one hundred twenty five degrees, which is at least tolerable. However, I -
Well, I see I'm not going to be making any house calls on you!
Spock
I wondered if perhaps there was something which could lower my sensitivity to cold.
I'm not a magician, Spock - just an old country doctor.
Spock
Yes...as I always suspected.
Spock
Doctor, I am well aware of human characteristics. I am frequently inundated by them, but I've trained myself to put up with practically anything.
Spock, I don’t know too much about these little tribbles yet, but there is one thing that I have discovered.
Spock
What is that, Doctor?
I like them - better than I like you.
Spock
Doctor, they do indeed have one redeeming characteristic: they do not talk too much.
Spock
Captain, Starfleet was able to divert that freighter.
Good. That means Sherman's Planet will get its quadrotriticale [he looks around the Bridge]...only a few weeks late. I don't see any tribbles around here.
And you won't find a tribble on this entire ship.
Bones, how did you do it?
I cannot take credit for another man's work. Scotty did it.
Scotty! Where are the tribbles?
Oh, er, Captain, it was really Mister Spock's recommendation.
Spock
Based on computer analysis, of course, taking into account the possibilities of -
Gentlemen, I don't want to interrupt this mutual admiration society, but I'd like to know where the tribbles are.
Spock
Well, it was Mister Scott who performed the actual engineering.
Mister Scott. [slowly, for emphasis] Where are the tribbles?
I used the transporter, Captain.
You used the transporter?
Where did you transport them? Scott, you didn't transport them into space, did you?
Captain Kirk, that'd be inhuman!
I gave them a good home, sir.
[exasperated now] Where?!
I gave them to the Klingons, sir.
[whisper] You gave them to the Klingons?!
Aye, sir. Before they went into warp, I transported the whole kit and kaboodle into their engine room, where they'll be no tribble at all.
You mean ... you're gonna leave here without them, and run off on some wild goose chase halfway across the galaxy, just because you found a discrepancy in a hydrogen cloud?
Spock
Doctor, I'm chasing the Captain, Lieutenant Uhura and Ensign Chekov, not some wild aquatic fowl.
Well, Mr. Spock, if you’re going into the lion’s den, you’ll need a medical officer.
Spock
Daniel, as I recall, had only his faith, but I welcome your company, Doctor.
Spock
I've noticed that about your people, Doctor. You find it easier to understand the death of one than the death of a million. You speak about the objective hardness of the Vulcan heart, yet how little room there seems to be in yours.
Suffer the death of thy neighbor, eh, Spock? You wouldn't wish that on us, would you?
Spock
It might have rendered your history a bit less bloody.
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