"Bread and Circuses" Line-by-Line!

[Enterprise1981]

^ finishing

(Merik enters. There are guards in the room now too.)

CLAUDIUS: See if he has it. Not that I would have punished her. I would have blamed you. You're a Roman, Kirk, or you should have been. It's not on his person? '

MERIK: No, Proconsul.

 

[HarryM]

CLAUDIUS: I am sorry I was detained. I trust there was nothing further you required?

 

[Enterprise1981]

KIRK: Nothing except perhaps an explanation.

 

[HarryM]

CLAUDIUS: Because you're a man, I owe you that. You must die shortly, and because you are a man (pauses) Would you leave us, Merik? The thoughts of one man to another cannot possibly interest you.
(Merik leaves.)

 

[KirkPicard]

CLAUDIUS: Because you are a man, I gave you some last hours as a man.

 

[Admiral Shran]

KIRK: I appreciate that.

 

[HarryM]

CLAUDIUS: Unfortunately, we must demonstrate that defiance is intolerable.

 

[Enterprise1981]

KIRK: Of course.

 

[HarryM]

CLAUDIUS: But I've learned to respect you. I promise you, you will die easily, quickly.

 

[Enterprise1981]

KIRK: I thank you. And my friends?

 

[HarryM]

CLAUDIUS: When their time comes, the same of course. Guards. Take him to the arena. Oh, we've pre-empted fifteen minutes on the early show for you. In full colour. We guarantee you a splendid audience. You may not understand because you're centuries beyond anything as crude as television.

 

[Enterprise1981]

KIRK: I've heard it was similar.

 

[Captain Robert April]

SCOTT: Enterprise log, Engineer Scott reporting. All banks in readiness for disruption of power sources on the planet's surface.

 

[Enterprise1981]

[Arena]

ANNOUNCER: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Before tonight's first heat, a simple execution. Stay tuned to this channel. There's a lot of excitement coming your way.

 

[HarryM]

CLAUDIUS: Make it a quick, single thrust.

 

[Enterprise1981]

MASTER: Don't move. You'll only die harder.

 

[HarryM]

FLAVIUS: (rushing into the arena) Murderers! If you want death, fight me!

(Claudius signals a guard, who fires his machine gun. The Roman is killed along with Flavius. Kirk grabs the sword and deals with another Roman.)

 

[Captain Robert April]

(Meanwhile, back on the bridge....)

SCOTT: Now, Mr. Chekov. Activate!

 

[Admiral Shran]

[Arena]

(As the lights go out, Kirk gets himself a gun and runs.)

CLAUDIUS: Guards, don't let him escape! Guards!

 

[HarryM]

[Jail]

(When the lights come on again, Kirk is by McCoy and Spock's cell.)

MCCOY: Jim!