"Amok Time" Line by Line

SPOCK [OC]: What is this?!

(The door to his quarters opens and Chapel rushes out with a scream, just before the soup bowl hits the opposite wall.)

SPOCK [OC]: Poking and prying! If I want anything from you, I'll ask for it!

(Everyone stops and stares as he comes to his door.)

SPOCK: Captain, I should like to request a leave of absence on my home planet. On our present course you can divert to Vulcan with a loss of but two point eight light days.

 

KIRK: Spock, what the devil is this all about?

 

SPOCK: I have made my request, Captain. All I require from you is that you answer it! Yes or no.

 

[Spock's quarters]

KIRK: All right, Spock, let's have it.

 

Spock: It is undignified for a woman to play servant to a man who is not hers. I did not....

 

KIRK: I'm more interested in your request for shore leave. In all the years..

 

Spock: You have my request, Captain. Will you grant it or not?

 

KIRK: In all the years that I've known you, you've never asked for a leave of any sort. In fact, you've refused them. Why now?

 

Spock: Captain, surely I have enough leave time accumulated.

 

KIRK: Agreed, but that isn't the question, is it? If there's a problem of some sort, illness in the family....

 

Spock: No. Nothing of that nature, Captain.

 

KIRK: Then since we're headed for Altair Six, and since the shore facilities there are excellent....

 

Spock: No! I must... I Wish to take my leave on Vulcan.

 

KIRK: Spock, I'm asking you. What's wrong?

 

SPOCK: I need rest. I'm asking you to accept that answer.

 

KIRK: Bridge. Helm.

 

SULU (over comm): Yes, Captain?

 

KIRK: Alter course to Vulcan. Increase speed to warp four.

 

SULU (over comm): Aye, sir.

 

SPOCK: Thank you, Captain.