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

KIRK: McCoy could have been in the city a week now for all we know, and whatever he does that affects her and changes history could happen tonight or tomorrow morning.
 
Spock: Captain, our last bit of information was obtained at the expense of thirty hours work in fused and burned circuits.
 
[Street]

NEWSBOY: Extra! Extra! Get your morning paper! Get your paper. Read all about it!


(Side Note: Yup, I'm finally back! Thanks to LeadHead for keeping things rolling for me, and I'm sorry for the absence. I should be able to maintain a regular presence from here on out though, and I've missed the threads.)
 
^ Glad to see you back CoveTom! :)

McCoy spots 2 men going into the mission and follows them.

Edith is pouring coffee.

McCoy: Oh, Miss. That coffee, it just smells wonderful.
 
EDITH: There's a cot in the back room. They won't find you there. Come on.


(She helps him out just as Spock comes in and starts serving the drinks.)
 
[Kirk and Spock's Room]

SPOCK: This is how history went after McCoy changed it. Here, in the late 1930's. A growing pacifist movement whose influence delayed the United States' entry into the Second World War. While peace negotiations dragged on, Germany had time to complete its heavy water experiments.
 
SPOCK: Because all this lets them develop the A-bomb first. There's no mistake, Captain. Let me run it again. Edith Keeler. Founder of the peace movement.
 
Spock: She was right, but at the wrong time. With the A-Bomb and their V2 Rockets to carry them, Germany captured the world.
 
Spock: And all this because McCoy came back and somehow kept her from dying in a street accident as she was meant to. We must stop him Jim.
 
Spock: We can estimate general happenings based on these images, but I can't trace down precise actions at exact moments Captain. I'm sorry.
 
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