"The Squire of Gothos" Line-by-Line

[Alienesse]

TRELANE: Uncalled for.

 

[BlueStuff]

KIRK: Then vent your anger on me alone. I was the one who led the others. I was the one who shot out your mirror machine.

 

[Alienesse]

TRELANE: And did you really think that was the only medium of instrumentality at my command?

 

[BlueStuff]

KIRK: I took that chance. I'm willing to pay the price for chancing wrong.

 

[Alienesse]

TRELANE: Oh, then you do admit to the charge?

 

[BlueStuff]

KIRK: Yes, anything! Just allow the Enterprise to continue its journey, you pompous..!

 

[Alienesse]

TRELANE: Immaterial!
(Kirk leaves the dock and goes nose to nose with Trelane)

 

[BlueStuff]

KIRK: Those people have done you no harm.

 

[Alienesse]

TRELANE: Inadmissible!

 

[BlueStuff]

KIRK: We're living beings, not playthings for your amusement.

 

[Alienesse]

TRELANE: Silence! This trial is over. You are guilty. On all counts, you are guilty. And according to your own laws, this court has no choice in fixing punishment. You will hang by the neck, Captain, until you are dead, dead, dead!

 

[BlueStuff]

SPOCK: Captain's Log, Stardate 2126.3. First Officer Spock reporting. Still no word from Captain Kirk on the surface below us. Waiting time is almost up. I will soon be forced to attempt departure as per instructions.

 

[Alienesse]

[Courtroom]

TRELANE: Until a moment ago, I didn't think it possible, but it was. (takes off his robes and wig) I did it. I was angry. I actually experienced genuine rage. This experiment has been successful.

 

[BlueStuff]

KIRK: I'm glad you weren't disappointed.

 

[Alienesse]

TRELANE: Why, Captain, you're still angry. Would that I could have sustained that moment. Ah, no matter. Do you have a last request?

 

[BlueStuff]

KIRK: Trelane, if you think I'm going to cheerfully and obediently stick my head in that noose..

 

[Alienesse]

TRELANE: You still haven't learned. You have no choice. Oh, this is becoming quite tiresome. It's all so very easy.

 

[BlueStuff]

KIRK: That's your problem, Trelane. Everything is easy. It's given you a bad habit. You're not aware of it, but you have it. You don't think, Trelane. That's your problem. You miss opportunities, like your anger before and mine right now. Oh, you enjoy it, but you couldn't have accomplished it without me, and you know why? Because you're a bumbling, inept fool.

 

[Alienesse]

TRELANE: Take care, now.

 

[BlueStuff]

KIRK: Here you have an opportunity to experience something really unique, and you're wasting it. You want to commit murder? Go ahead, but where's the sport in a simple hanging?