"The City on the Edge of Forever" Line-by-line

Edith: A lie is a poor way to say hello. It isn't that cold.

 

KIRK: No. We were being chased by a policeman.

 

EDITH: Why?

 

Kirk: These clothes... we stole them. We didn't have any money.

 

Edith: Well, I could do with some help around here. Doing dishes, sweeping, general cleaning.

 

Spock: At what rate of payment? I need radio tubes and so forth, my hobby.

 

Edith: 15 cents an hour for 10 hours a day, What are your names?

 

Kirk: Mine is Jim Kirk, his is... Spock.

 

Edith: I am Edith Keeler. You can start by cleaning up down here.

 

KIRK: Excuse me, Miss. Where are we?

 

Edith: You're in the 21st street mission.

 

KIRK: Do you run this place?

 

Edith: Indeed I do Mister Kirk.

 

(She leaves them.)

KIRK: Radio tubes and so on. I approve of hobbies, Mister Spock.

 

Upstairs at the Canteen, Kirk and Spock get their bowls of soup and bread, then sit down at a large table

Edith: Good Evening.

 

(Edith steps up onto a small stage with a piano)

Vagrant: You'll be sorry.

 

KIRK: Why?

 

Vagrant: You expect to eat for free or something? You got to listen... to Goody Two-shoes.

 

EDITH: Now, as I'm sure somebody out there has said, it's time to pay for the soup.

 

VAGRANT: Not that she's a bad-looking broad, but if she really wanted to help out a fella in need..