TVH Line-by-Line

[Cmndr J Crichton]

The crowd laughs at their names, but Kirk is grinning for other reasons.

Kirk:It's perfect, Spock. A male and female humpback together in a contained space, we can beam them up together and consider ourselves lucky...

 

[Leandar]

Gillian: Beautiful, aren't they? And extremely intelligent. Why shouldn't they be? They're swimming around with the largest brains on Earth... Now if you'll follow me please. Despite all the things they are teaching us we have to return George and Gracie to the open sea.

 

[LeadHead]

Kirk: Why is that?

 

[Leandar]

Gillian: Well, for one thing we don't have the money to keep feeding them two tons of shrimp per day. (chuckles)

 

[LeadHead]

Kirk: How soon?

 

[Leandar]

Gillian: Soon... It's too bad because they're very friendly as you can see. I've grown quite attached to them... Here's a much better way to see George and Gracie -- underwater. What you're hearing is whale song. It is sung by the male. He'll sing anywhere from six to as long as thirty minutes, and then, start again. In the ocean, other whales will pick up the song... And pass it on. The songs change every year, but we still don't know what purpose they serve. Are they navigational? Or are they part of the mating ritual? Or is it pure communication beyond our comprehension? Frankly, we just don't know.

 

[LeadHead]

Old Woman: Maybe he's singing to that man!

 

[Leandar]

Gillian: What the hell?! Excuse me! Wait right here! All right, who the hell are you and what were you doing in there?!

 

[LeadHead]

Kirk: Yeah, Speak up now.

 

[Jeyl]

Spock: Attempting the hell to communicate.

 

[Leandar]

Gillian: Communicate? Communicate what? You have no right to be here!

 

[LeadHead]

Kirk: You heard the lady.

 

[Jeyl]

Spock: Admiral, if we were to assume these whales are ours to do with as we please, we would be as guilty of those who caused their extinction.

 

[Leandar]

Gillian: Okay. I don't know what this is about, but I want you guys outta here right now or I call the cops.

 

[Jeyl]

Kirk: I assure you that won't be necessary. We're only trying to help.

 

[LeadHead]

Gillian: The Hell you were Buster, your friend was messing up my tanks and messing up my Whales.

 

[Jeyl]

Spock: They like you very much, but they are not the hell your whales.

 

[LeadHead]

Gillian: I suppose they told you that huh?

 

[Jeyl]

Spock: The hell they did.

 

[LeadHead]

Gillian: Right...