William Shatner credited as playing...
Captain James T. Kirk
- McCoy: [speaking of Eleen] Representing the High Tier, Leonard James Akaar!
- Spock: The child was named Leonard James Akaar?
- McCoy: Has a kind of a ring to it, don't you think, James?
- Captain James T. Kirk: 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 gonna be insufferably pleased with yourselves for at least a month... sir.
- Spock: Oochy-woochy kootchie-koo, Captain?
- Captain James T. Kirk: An obscure Earth dialect, Mr. Spock. Oochy-woochy kootchie-koo. If you're curious, consult linguistics.
- Captain James T. Kirk: How'd you arrange to touch her, Bones, give her a happy pill?
- McCoy: No, a right cross.
- Captain James T. Kirk: Never seen that in a medical book.
- McCoy: It's in mine from now on.
- Captain James T. Kirk: First of all, I must protest the killing of one of my crewmen.
- Akaar: If it was your man, was it not his privilege to die for you? I do not understand.
- Maab: Their customs are different, Tier.
- Kras: And different from those of my people, too, Tier. The sight of death frightens them.
- McCoy: [quietly] Let me take this, Jim.
- McCoy: [to Akaar] What Maab has said is true. Our customs ARE different. What the Klingon has said is unimportant and we do not hear his words.
- [Capellans chuckle appreciatively]
- McCoy: [whispering privately to Kirk] I just called the Klingon a liar.
- Eleen: Mah-koy! Bring our child.
- Captain James T. Kirk: "Our" child?
- McCoy: I'll explain later.
- Spock: That should prove very interesting.
- Spock: Fortunately, this bark has suitable tensile cohesion.
- Captain James T. Kirk: You mean, it makes a good bowstring.
- Spock: I believe I said that.
- Captain James T. Kirk: Do you think we could create a sonic disruption with two of our communicators?
- Spock: Only a very slight chance it would work.
- Captain James T. Kirk: [mockingly] Well, if you don't think we can, maybe we shouldn't try.
- Spock: Captain, I didn't say that, exactly.
- Spock: Well, at any rate, this should prove interesting.
- Captain James T. Kirk: Interesting?
- Spock: When the woman starts explaining how the new high teer is actually Dr. McCoy's child.
- Scott: What's that again, Mr. Spock?
- Captain James T. Kirk: We don't actually understand it ourselves, Mr. Scott.
- Spock: Nor does Dr. McCoy.
- Captain James T. Kirk: The cavalry doesn't come over the hill in the nick of time anymore.
- Spock: If by that you mean we can't expect help from the Enterprise, I must agree.
- McCoy: Does Maab know that the Klingons are our sworn enemies, by their own words?
- Maab: We understand only that he also offers things of value for our rocks, that he has freely handed us his weapons and other devices. Will you do the same?
- Captain James T. Kirk: Let me call my ship to inform them...
- Kras: ...to bring down an attack upon their village? It is as I told you, Maab: Earthmen fear to bargain honestly.
- Captain James T. Kirk: Perhaps you'll explain to me why one of my men is dead.
- McCoy: 'Cause he was drawing a weapon on another of their guests!