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"Journey to Babel" Line-by-Line

Kirk is attacked by an Andorian, Kirk manages to knock him out but not before he's stabbed in the back. Kirk struggles to the comm panel

Kirk: Bridge. Spock.
 
Kirk: I'm on Deck 5, near my quarters. I've been attacked by an Andorian. Security....Security Team...

Kirk collapses.
 
SPOCK [OC]: Captain? Captain? Captain?

Captain's log, stardate 3843.4. First Officer Spock in temporary command. The captain has been critically wounded by one of the delegates to the Babel conference. The ship is on alert status. We are still being followed by the intruder vessel.
 
Sickbay

McCoy: It's a bad wound. Punctured Left Lung. A centimeter or so lower, it'd have gone through the heart.
 
MCCOY: Spock, your father is much worse. There's no longer a choice. I have to operate immediately. We can begin as soon as you're prepared.
 
SPOCK: My first responsibility is to the ship. Our passengers' safety is by Starfleet order of first importance. We are being followed by an alien, possibly hostile, vessel. I cannot relinquish command under these circumstances.
 
McCoy: You can turn Command over to Scotty!

Even though he's not in this episode.
 
SPOCK: On what grounds, Doctor? (Besides the fact that he's not in this episode) Command requirements do not recognize personal privilege. I'll be in the brig interrogating the Andorian.
 
[Brig]
SHRAS: He is Thelev, a minor member of my staff. I know nothing of him except that he has served adequately.
 
SPOCK: He has been subjected to questioning under verifier scan and truth drug. He reveals nothing. I suggest his mind has been so conditioned as part of a preconceived plan.
 
Shras: You suggest a plot. How could it profit us to harm the Captain?
 
Shras: Perhaps you should forget logic and devote yourself to motivations of passion or gain. Those are reasons for murder.
 
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