The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry Line-by-Line

[CaptVader]

SARU: We are clear of the gravitational well.

 

[Orac]

Lorca: Re-engage warp drive. Get us the hell out of Dodge, Mister Saru.

 

[May 20]

SARU: Aye-aye, Captain.

 

[Orac]

[Laboratory]

Landry: This had better be good. Lorca's on the warpath.

 

[CaptVader]

BURNHAM: Look. The moment the spore drive came online, the creature's central nervous system showed micro-patterns of activity in the frontopolar cortex.

 

[Orac]

Landry: You said it hates light. Maybe it didn't wanna crash into the sun.

 

[CaptVader]

BURNHAM: It reacted before we jumped. I saw it cry out in distress. It's more likely a connection to the spore drive itself.

 

[Orac]

Landry: I don't see how that's relevant to Ripper's aggression.

 

[May 20]

BURNHAM: It may not be, but it helps us understand its motives and behavior.

 

[CaptVader]

LANDRY: Understanding how it feels was not our mission. The Captain needs to know how it fights and kills. Lorca told me to keep you on track. That your curiosity might lead you astray. We're not letting him down.

 

[May 20]

[Sickbay]

(Stamet's broken nose is being treated.)
CULBER: Hold still or you'll wind up looking like a Tellarite.

 

[Orac]

Lorca: How's the patient, Doctor Culber?

 

[Athena28]

CULBER: Well, I took care of the skull fractures first. Another millimeter, and the palatine bone would've pierced his cortex.

 

[CaptVader]

STAMETS: The frontal lobe is overrated. It only contains memory and emotional expression. It's completely unnecessary.

 

[May 20]

CULBER: Well, I'll save it. You know, just in case you might wanna have a feeling one day.

 

[CaptVader]

LORCA: Gentlemen. Every starship in the galaxy, Klingon or Federation, runs on dilithium crystals. If we can't protect Corvan, the war is lost. So, can you fix the Lieutenant's inability to get our ship to go where it's supposed to go?

 

[Orac]

Stamets: I warned you, Captain. Time is an essential component of good science.

 

[CaptVader]

LORCA: Discovery is no longer a science vessel. It's a warship.

 

[Orac]

Stamets: That is not the mission I signed on for. I'm not a soldier.

 

[May 20]

LORCA: Well then, get off. Leave the ship.