Star Trek The Original Series Season 3 Episode 22 The Savage Curtain [1966]
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00:00:00Final readings. This will be our last tour of it.
00:00:13What's wrong?
00:00:15Any answers?
00:00:17Still read a suggestion of carbon cycle life forms on the planet's surface, Captain.
00:00:23Which is scientifically impossible under conditions there.
00:00:27Agreed.
00:00:29Mr. Sulu, switch to the planet area I have under observation.
00:00:34I'm reading it now, Mr. Spock.
00:00:36It seems to indicate artificial power being generated in factor seven quantities.
00:00:43Which would indicate a considerable civilization there.
00:00:47What's all this poppycock about life forms on this planet, Spock?
00:00:52The surface is molten lava, the atmosphere is poisonous.
00:00:56Readings could be false, Captain.
00:00:58Perhaps caused by some natural phenomena.
00:01:01Well, I think Starfleet should forget about those old space legends.
00:01:05There's no intelligent life here.
00:01:10Lieutenant, anything from the planet?
00:01:13I've repeatedly tried on every healing frequency, sir.
00:01:16There's no response on any channel.
00:01:20Transmit to Starfleet our sensor readings and log entries on the planet.
00:01:27Surface conditions make it impossible for us to beam down and investigate further.
00:01:32We are therefore going on to our next assignment.
00:01:35Yes, sir.
00:01:36Completing final orbit, sir.
00:01:38Prepare to warp us out.
00:01:39Alert status.
00:01:41Alert status.
00:01:42You're being scanned, Captain.
00:01:43Deep probe incredibly swift.
00:01:44Jump.
00:01:45Jump.
00:01:46Jump.
00:01:47Jump.
00:01:48Jump.
00:01:49Jump.
00:01:50A heart of lightning.
00:01:51You're being scanned, Captain.
00:01:52A deep probe incredibly swift.
00:01:56Jump.
00:01:59Jump.
00:02:01Jump.
00:02:03Jump.
00:02:05Jump.
00:02:06Jump.
00:02:08Jump.
00:02:09Jump.
00:02:10Jump.
00:02:11Jump.
00:02:12Jump.
00:02:13Jump.
00:02:14Jump.
00:02:15Captain Kirk, I believe.
00:02:34A pleasure to make your acquaintance, sir.
00:02:39Laura?
00:02:39No need to check your voice telegraph device.
00:02:45Do I gather that you recognize me?
00:02:47I recognize what you appear to be.
00:02:50And appearances can be most deceiving.
00:02:53But not in this case, James Kirk.
00:02:56I am Abraham Lincoln.
00:02:57Space, a final frontier.
00:03:20These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise.
00:03:33Its five-year mission.
00:03:35To explore strange new worlds.
00:03:38To seek out new life and new civilizations.
00:03:41To boldly go where no man has gone before.
00:03:46To be continued...
00:04:16To be continued...
00:04:46Fascinating.
00:04:49I have been described in many ways, Mr. Spock.
00:04:52But never with that word.
00:04:54I was requesting your analysis, Spock.
00:04:57They did scan us and our vessel, Captain.
00:05:01And doubtless obtained sufficient information to present this illusion.
00:05:07Illusion?
00:05:07Captain, will you permit me to come aboard your vessel?
00:05:12No doubt you have devices which can check my reality.
00:05:16We'd be honored to have you aboard, Mr. President.
00:05:26Do you still measure time in minutes?
00:05:33We can convert to it, sir.
00:05:36Then, you should be directly over my position in...
00:05:40In...
00:05:41There.
00:05:44Exactly.
00:05:46Twelve and one-half minutes.
00:05:48Until then, Captain.
00:05:49Thank you, Mr. Lully.
00:06:13Small change occurring there, Captain.
00:06:22Magnification 4, help.
00:06:34Aye, I see.
00:06:35An area of approximately 1,000 square kilometers.
00:06:44It measures completely Earth-like.
00:06:47Perfect oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere, sir.
00:06:50He called it to the second, sir.
00:06:52We'll be over it in exactly 12 minutes now.
00:06:55Security, send a detachment to the transporter room.
00:07:02May leave his side arms and be prepared to give presidential honors.
00:07:08Jim, do you really believe he's Abraham Lincoln?
00:07:12It's obvious he believes in.
00:07:14Oh, Dr. McCoy?
00:07:16Mr. Spock, full-dress uniforms.
00:07:21Full-dress?
00:07:23Presidential honors?
00:07:24What is all this nonsense, Mr. Dickerson?
00:07:27I understand President Lincoln's coming aboard, sir.
00:07:30How are you, daft man?
00:07:32All I know, sir, is what the captain tells me.
00:07:35And he says he'll have the height of the first man of so much as smiles.
00:07:38Shh.
00:07:41I'd have expected sanity from the ship's sergeant, at least.
00:07:46President Lincoln, indeed.
00:07:49No doubt to be followed by Louis of France and Robert of Bruce.
00:07:53If so, we'll execute appropriate honors to each, Mr. Scott.
00:07:58Aye, sir.
00:07:59Gentlemen, I don't for a moment believe that President Lincoln is actually coming aboard,
00:08:05but we're dealing with an unknown and apparently highly advanced life form.
00:08:10Until we know when in Rome, we'll do as the Romans do.
00:08:15Bridge to transporter room.
00:08:20One minute to overhead position.
00:08:23Locked on to something?
00:08:25Does that appeal human to you, Mr. Spock?
00:08:28Fascinating.
00:08:30For a moment, it appeared almost mineral.
00:08:34Like living rock with heavy foreclaws.
00:08:37Settling down now to completely human readings.
00:08:42We can beam it aboard any time now, sir.
00:08:45Dr. McCoy, take tricorder readings and see if it is human.
00:08:55Appropriate ruffles and flourishes, Mr. Spock.
00:08:59Security, stand ready.
00:09:01Phaser team, set ready for a heavy stun.
00:09:10Band honor is ready, Captain.
00:09:14Energize.
00:09:14Geo, carry on.
00:09:33uit com.
00:09:40Siu.
00:09:41Siu.
00:09:42Siu.
00:09:42Siu.
00:09:44Siu.
00:09:44The USS Enterprise is honored to have you aboard, Mr. President.
00:10:00Strange.
00:10:03Where are the musicians?
00:10:06That's taped music, sir.
00:10:09A starship on active duty never carries an honor and detachment.
00:10:12Taped music, you say?
00:10:17Well, perhaps Mr. Spock will be good enough to explain that to me later.
00:10:23A most interesting way to come aboard, Captain.
00:10:27What was the device used?
00:10:30An energy matter scrambler, sir.
00:10:33The molecules in your body are converted into energy,
00:10:36then beamed into this chamber and reconverted back into their original pattern.
00:10:41Well, since I am obviously here
00:10:44and quite whole,
00:10:48whatever you mean apparently works very well indeed.
00:10:53Gentlemen, if those are weapons,
00:10:57please lower them.
00:10:59At my age, I'm afraid I'm not very dangerous.
00:11:02Human, Jim.
00:11:03All too human, Dr. McCoy.
00:11:08Happy to make your acquaintance, sir.
00:11:13Mr. President,
00:11:14may I present
00:11:16my officers?
00:11:20Commander Spock, second in command,
00:11:22Engineering Officer Scott,
00:11:24and Security Officer Dickerson.
00:11:26Mr. Spock,
00:11:30Mr. Scott,
00:11:32Mr. Dickerson,
00:11:33gentlemen,
00:11:33I hope to talk to each of you,
00:11:36but meanwhile,
00:11:37your captain is consumed with questions,
00:11:40and I shall do my utmost to answer them.
00:11:43And I trust
00:11:44your duties will permit time to answer some of mine.
00:11:48At your service, Captain.
00:11:49Lieutenant Dickerson,
00:11:53you and your men
00:11:53may return to quarters.
00:11:56Mr. President,
00:11:58a most interesting vessel.
00:12:00Just what was it
00:12:15you locked on to
00:12:16before you beamed him aboard?
00:12:18Mr. Spock,
00:12:19yourself.
00:12:21Mineral,
00:12:21he called it.
00:12:22Like living rock.
00:12:25And that became Lincoln?
00:12:27I couldn't tell.
00:12:29May have been another figure,
00:12:30down there,
00:12:31standing by.
00:12:33What do you make of it?
00:12:37I'm not quite sure.
00:12:48Captain's Log,
00:12:50Stardate 5906.4.
00:12:52Who, or what,
00:12:54has been beamed aboard our vessel?
00:12:57An alien who has changed himself
00:12:58into this form,
00:12:59an illusion?
00:13:01I cannot conceive it possible
00:13:03that Abraham Lincoln
00:13:05could have actually been
00:13:06reincarnated.
00:13:08And yet,
00:13:09his kindness,
00:13:10his gentle wisdom,
00:13:11his humor,
00:13:12everything about him
00:13:13is so right.
00:13:15As if I recall,
00:13:21your Union Army observation balloons
00:13:23were tended
00:13:24600 or so feet high.
00:13:26We're 643 miles
00:13:29above the surface
00:13:30of this planet.
00:13:36We can measure
00:13:37great distances
00:13:38that closely.
00:13:40We do, sir.
00:13:40643 miles,
00:13:452,021 feet,
00:13:472.04 inches
00:13:50at this moment,
00:13:51using your old-style
00:13:52measurements.
00:13:55Bless me.
00:13:57Excuse me, Captain Kirk.
00:13:59Yes, sir?
00:14:00Mr. Scott.
00:14:02What a charming negress.
00:14:03Oh, forgive me, my dear.
00:14:08I know that in my time,
00:14:10some used that term
00:14:11as a description
00:14:12of property.
00:14:14But why should I object
00:14:15to that term, sir?
00:14:16You see,
00:14:18in our century,
00:14:19we've learned
00:14:20not to fear words.
00:14:24May I present
00:14:25our communications officer,
00:14:26Lieutenant Uhura?
00:14:28The foolishness
00:14:29of my century
00:14:30had me apologizing
00:14:32where no offense
00:14:33was given.
00:14:34We've each learned
00:14:35to be delighted
00:14:36with what we are.
00:14:39The Vulcans learned that
00:14:40centuries before we did.
00:14:43It is basic
00:14:44to the Vulcan philosophy, sir.
00:14:45the combination
00:14:47of a number of things
00:14:49to make existence
00:14:50worthwhile.
00:14:51Yes.
00:14:52Philosophy of gnome,
00:14:55meaning all.
00:15:03How did I know that?
00:15:08Just as I seem to know
00:15:10that on the planet's surface,
00:15:14you will meet
00:15:14one of the greatest
00:15:15living Vulcans
00:15:16in all the long history
00:15:17of your planet.
00:15:19My mind cannot recall
00:15:20his name,
00:15:21but I know
00:15:22he will be there.
00:15:30What is it
00:15:31that powers
00:15:31your vessel, Captain?
00:15:33May I see
00:15:33your engine room?
00:15:34Certainly.
00:15:35Our engineering officers...
00:15:36It's been waiting
00:15:37in the briefing room
00:15:38for you, sir,
00:15:39for over two hours.
00:15:40Oh, dear.
00:15:44If you'll forgive me,
00:15:46our communications officer...
00:15:47I would be delighted
00:15:48to have her as guide.
00:15:51Forgive me again.
00:15:52We'll rejoin you shortly.
00:15:55Where the devil are they?
00:15:56They're probably looking up
00:15:58a plate of haggis
00:15:59in the galley.
00:16:00They've been everywhere else.
00:16:01Sorry to have been delayed,
00:16:02gentlemen.
00:16:04Jim, I would be the last
00:16:05to advise you
00:16:06on your command image.
00:16:08I shot that bone
00:16:09if I continue.
00:16:10Do I have to lay it out
00:16:11for you?
00:16:12Practically,
00:16:13the entire crew
00:16:14has seen you
00:16:14treat this imposter
00:16:16like the real thing
00:16:18when he can't possibly
00:16:19be the real article.
00:16:21Lincoln died
00:16:21three centuries ago
00:16:23on a planet
00:16:23hundreds of light years away.
00:16:25More
00:16:26that direction,
00:16:28engineer.
00:16:31You're the science officer.
00:16:33Why aren't you,
00:16:34well,
00:16:35doing whatever
00:16:36a science officer
00:16:36does at a time like this?
00:16:39I am, doctor.
00:16:40I am observing the alien.
00:16:43Well, at last,
00:16:44at least somebody
00:16:45agrees with us
00:16:46he's an alien.
00:16:47Yes, of course
00:16:48he's an alien.
00:16:49And he's potentially dangerous.
00:16:51Bad.
00:16:51Looney is an
00:16:52Arcturian dog bird.
00:16:55Jim.
00:16:57As you know,
00:16:59Mr. Spock and I
00:17:01have been invited
00:17:02to beam down
00:17:04to the planet's surface
00:17:05with him.
00:17:06Any comments on that?
00:17:08Yes,
00:17:08a big one.
00:17:10Suddenly,
00:17:11miraculously,
00:17:12we see a small spot
00:17:14of Earth-type
00:17:15environment down there.
00:17:17Now,
00:17:18is it really there?
00:17:19Or do we just think
00:17:20we see it down there?
00:17:22You might beam down
00:17:24into a sea
00:17:24of molten lava.
00:17:26But why would he
00:17:27want to kill
00:17:27only two of us?
00:17:29It would be illogical.
00:17:31With such abilities,
00:17:32they could as easily
00:17:34trick us
00:17:34into destroying
00:17:35the entire vessel.
00:17:37Are you implying,
00:17:38Mr. Spock,
00:17:39that it's probably
00:17:40safe to beam
00:17:41down there?
00:17:42No,
00:17:43I'm not,
00:17:43doctor.
00:17:44There's no doubt
00:17:45they want us down there
00:17:46for some hidden purpose.
00:17:47Otherwise,
00:17:48they would have revealed
00:17:49some logical reason
00:17:50for all of this.
00:17:51Why
00:17:53Lincoln,
00:17:55Spock?
00:17:56Any
00:17:56speculation on that?
00:18:00Speculation
00:18:00is unnecessary,
00:18:01Captain.
00:18:02The answer is clear.
00:18:04President Lincoln
00:18:04has always been
00:18:06a very personal
00:18:07hero to you.
00:18:09What better way
00:18:09to titillate
00:18:10your curiosity
00:18:11than to make him
00:18:12come alive for you?
00:18:15Not only to me,
00:18:17Spock.
00:18:18Agreed.
00:18:19I, too,
00:18:21experienced his charm.
00:18:23It is a magnificent
00:18:24work of duplication.
00:18:26But he holds
00:18:26a special involvement
00:18:28to you, Jim.
00:18:29And I think
00:18:30it's interesting
00:18:31in as much
00:18:32as you're the one
00:18:33who's going to make
00:18:33the decision
00:18:34whether to beam
00:18:34down or not.
00:18:40Don't do it,
00:18:41Captain.
00:18:41Captain.
00:18:41Captain.
00:18:41Captain.
00:18:49The very reason
00:18:57for the existence
00:18:59of our starships
00:19:01is contact
00:19:03with other life.
00:19:06Although the method
00:19:07is beyond
00:19:07our comprehension,
00:19:08we have been
00:19:09offered contact.
00:19:11therefore,
00:19:15I shall beam down.
00:19:19Mr. Spock is for you.
00:19:21Captain,
00:19:22since I was included
00:19:23in the invitation
00:19:23to make contact,
00:19:25I must beam down
00:19:26with you.
00:19:27You're both
00:19:27out of your head.
00:19:28I shall.
00:19:29And you're on the edge
00:19:30of insubordination.
00:19:32Would I be on the edge
00:19:33of insubordination
00:19:34to remind the Captain
00:19:35that this smells
00:19:36of something
00:19:37happening to him
00:19:38that I might not
00:19:39be able to patch
00:19:40back together again?
00:19:42Aye.
00:19:45Gentlemen,
00:19:45your concern
00:19:46is noted
00:19:46and appreciated.
00:19:48Mr. Spock,
00:19:49standard dress,
00:19:51tricorders,
00:19:51and phasers.
00:19:53We will guide
00:19:53President Lincoln
00:19:54to the transporter room.
00:19:56We'll beam down
00:19:57immediately.
00:20:08Standing by,
00:20:13Mr. Scott.
00:20:14Transporter room
00:20:15to bridge.
00:20:16Standing by.
00:20:17We are now locked
00:20:18in synchronous orbit,
00:20:19Mr. Scott.
00:20:21Sensors continue
00:20:22to show the area
00:20:23as completely earth-like
00:20:24in all respects.
00:20:25If they're wrong,
00:20:27they do beam
00:20:28into a pool of lava.
00:20:31Then they're dead men.
00:20:33I couldn't have
00:20:33pulled them back
00:20:34in time.
00:20:38All right,
00:20:43Mr. Scott,
00:20:43energize.
00:20:58Scotty.
00:20:59Scotty.
00:20:59Scotty.
00:21:29Captain.
00:21:33Our phasers
00:21:34and tricorders
00:21:35did not beam down
00:21:36with us.
00:21:41Kirk to Enterprise.
00:21:43Enterprise.
00:21:44Enterprise,
00:21:44come in.
00:21:45Kirk to Enterprise.
00:21:48Enterprise,
00:21:48come in.
00:21:51Undamaged,
00:21:52yet something
00:21:53is preventing them
00:21:54from functioning.
00:21:55Come in,
00:21:56landing party.
00:21:57Report.
00:21:59Enterprise to Captain Kirk.
00:22:02Can you read us?
00:22:06If they're all right,
00:22:07they should have
00:22:07reported in.
00:22:11Your explanation, sir?
00:22:12I have none.
00:22:14To me,
00:22:14this seems quite
00:22:15as it should be.
00:22:16Why were our weapons
00:22:17taken?
00:22:18Why can't we communicate
00:22:19with our ship?
00:22:20Please,
00:22:20believe me,
00:22:21I know nothing
00:22:22other than what
00:22:23I have already told you.
00:22:24The game is over.
00:22:26We've treated you
00:22:27with courtesy.
00:22:27We've gone along
00:22:28with what
00:22:29and who you think
00:22:29you are.
00:22:30Despite the seeming
00:22:31contradictions,
00:22:32all is as it appears
00:22:34to be.
00:22:35I am Abraham Lincoln.
00:22:38Just as I am
00:22:39whom I appear
00:22:41to be.
00:22:44Serac.
00:22:46Who?
00:22:48The greatest
00:22:49of all
00:22:50who ever lived
00:22:51on our planet,
00:22:51Captain.
00:22:53The father
00:22:54of all we became.
00:22:56All ships
00:22:57have been going
00:22:57dead.
00:22:59Switch to reserve
00:22:59power.
00:23:01All decks
00:23:01report status.
00:23:02All decks
00:23:03report status.
00:23:04All decks
00:23:04report status.
00:23:07Bridge engineering.
00:23:08Come in.
00:23:09What's happening
00:23:10to our power?
00:23:13Bridge engineering.
00:23:14Report.
00:23:15Everything's out.
00:23:16We've switched
00:23:17to reserve power.
00:23:18We've lost all power
00:23:19in the warp engines.
00:23:20How is it,
00:23:21Mr. Senglu?
00:23:23No ask yet
00:23:24on what cause
00:23:25you're standing by.
00:23:28Shut down
00:23:29all but the most
00:23:29necessary systems.
00:23:31No damage report,
00:23:33Mr. Scott.
00:23:34No indication
00:23:35of engine damage, sir.
00:23:36Engage restart,
00:23:37Senglu.
00:23:38I can't.
00:23:39I don't understand.
00:23:40Start emergency
00:23:41procedures.
00:23:42Aye, aye, sir.
00:23:45Live long
00:23:46and prosper, Spock.
00:23:49May you also,
00:23:50Captain Kirk.
00:23:51It is not logical
00:23:52that you are
00:23:53Serac.
00:23:55There is no fact,
00:23:57extrapolation of fact
00:23:58or theory
00:23:59which would make
00:24:00possible
00:24:00whatever I am,
00:24:02would it harm you
00:24:03to give response?
00:24:08Live long
00:24:09and prosper,
00:24:10image of Serac,
00:24:12father of all
00:24:14we now hold true.
00:24:15the image of Serac
00:24:20read in your face
00:24:22what is in your mind,
00:24:23Spock.
00:24:24As I turned
00:24:25and my eyes
00:24:27beheld you,
00:24:28I displayed emotion.
00:24:31I beg forgiveness.
00:24:34The cause was
00:24:35more than sufficient.
00:24:38Let us speak
00:24:39no further of it.
00:24:42In my time,
00:24:43we knew not
00:24:43of Earth's men.
00:24:45I am pleased
00:24:46to see
00:24:46that we have
00:24:47differences.
00:24:49May we together
00:24:50become greater
00:24:51than the sum
00:24:52of both of us.
00:24:54Spock,
00:24:54we'll not go along
00:24:55with these charades
00:24:56any longer.
00:24:56You'll have an answer
00:25:08soon,
00:25:08Captain.
00:25:19Our world
00:25:20is called
00:25:21Excalibia.
00:25:23Countless who live
00:25:24on that planet
00:25:25are watching.
00:25:27Before this drama
00:25:28unfolds,
00:25:29we give welcome
00:25:30to the ones
00:25:31named Kirk
00:25:32and Spock.
00:25:35We know nothing
00:25:37of your world
00:25:38or your customs.
00:25:42What do you mean
00:25:43drama about to unfold?
00:25:47Your intelligent life form
00:25:49is I'm surprised
00:25:51you do not perceive
00:25:52the honor we do here.
00:25:54Have we not created
00:25:55in this place
00:25:56on our planet
00:25:56a stage
00:25:57identical to your
00:25:58own world?
00:26:00We perceive
00:26:00that we were invited
00:26:02to come down here
00:26:02and we came
00:26:03in friendship
00:26:04and you have
00:26:06deprived us
00:26:07of our instruments
00:26:08to examine
00:26:10your world,
00:26:11to defend ourselves,
00:26:13to communicate
00:26:14with our vessel.
00:26:16Your objection
00:26:17is well taken.
00:26:19We shall communicate
00:26:20with your vessel
00:26:21so that your fellow
00:26:22life forms
00:26:22may also enjoy
00:26:24and profit
00:26:25from the play.
00:26:30Behold.
00:26:31Captain,
00:26:40Mr. Spock,
00:26:55some of these
00:26:55you may know
00:26:56through history.
00:26:57Genghis Khan
00:26:58for one
00:26:59and Colonel Green
00:27:01who led a genocidal war
00:27:03early in the 21st century
00:27:05on Earth.
00:27:07Sora,
00:27:08who experimented
00:27:09with the body chemistry
00:27:10of subject tribes
00:27:12on Tiburon.
00:27:14Kalis,
00:27:15the unforgettable,
00:27:17the Klingon
00:27:17who set the pattern
00:27:18for his planet's
00:27:20tyrannies.
00:27:20We welcome
00:27:24the vessel Enterprise
00:27:25to our solar system
00:27:26and to our spectacle.
00:27:30Well,
00:27:30at least the captain
00:27:31and Spock are safe.
00:27:33It's a confrontation
00:27:34of some sort.
00:27:36Those are all figures
00:27:37out of history,
00:27:39notoriously evil.
00:27:41We ask you
00:27:42to observe with us
00:27:43the confrontation
00:27:44of the two opposing
00:27:45philosophies
00:27:46you term
00:27:47good
00:27:48and evil.
00:27:50Since this is
00:27:52our first experiment
00:27:54with Earthlings,
00:27:55our theme
00:27:55is a simple one.
00:27:58Survival.
00:27:59Life and death.
00:28:02Your philosophies
00:28:03are alien to us.
00:28:05We wish to understand
00:28:06them and discover
00:28:07which is the stronger.
00:28:11We learn
00:28:11by observing
00:28:12such spectacles.
00:28:15What do you mean
00:28:16survival?
00:28:18the word is explicit.
00:28:20If you and Spock
00:28:21survive,
00:28:22you return
00:28:23to your vessel.
00:28:25If you do not,
00:28:27your existence
00:28:32has ended.
00:28:33We beam the captain
00:28:49and Spock back up.
00:28:51We don't have the power.
00:28:52They'll come aboard
00:28:53a mass of dying flesh.
00:28:57Well,
00:28:57can we send
00:28:58the phasers down?
00:28:59There's nothing
00:29:00we can do,
00:29:01Doctor.
00:29:02Nothing but watch them.
00:29:04He skimmed
00:29:05the worst ones
00:29:06in history
00:29:06to face them.
00:29:08But they're not real.
00:29:10Any more than
00:29:11that Lincoln
00:29:12or
00:29:12Serac.
00:29:13What do the censors
00:29:19read?
00:29:20As life forms.
00:29:22They are
00:29:23living beings.
00:29:26Could there be
00:29:27aliens
00:29:27projecting an illusion?
00:29:29The readings
00:29:30are those
00:29:30of humanoids.
00:29:33Why do you
00:29:34hesitate?
00:29:36Do you wish
00:29:37further clarification?
00:29:39Your choice
00:29:40of action
00:29:40is unlimited
00:29:41as is your
00:29:42choice of weapons.
00:29:43should you
00:29:45wish to use
00:29:46any,
00:29:46you may fabricate
00:29:47anything you desire
00:29:48out of what
00:29:49you can find
00:29:49around you.
00:29:53Captain.
00:30:03Mr. Spock
00:30:04and I refuse
00:30:05to participate.
00:30:07You will
00:30:07decide otherwise.
00:30:09Yes.
00:30:13and I refuse
00:30:15to participate.
00:30:16Yes.
00:30:16Yes.
00:30:17And Alice and Spock, why do they want us to fight?
00:30:40It may be exactly as explained, Captain.
00:30:43Our concept of good and evil is strange to them.
00:30:48Perhaps they wish to determine which is strongest.
00:30:51And they'll get their answer that kills us.
00:30:59I'm afraid none of us may leave, gentlemen, until we do what it demands of us.
00:31:09Captain Kirk?
00:31:10Captain Kirk, may I speak with you?
00:31:16I quite agree with your attitude toward this charade.
00:31:19It's ridiculous to think that we should take part in it.
00:31:23What do you want?
00:31:25Why, the same thing as you do, to get out of here.
00:31:28I have no quarrel with you any more than you have with me.
00:31:31You're somewhat different than the way history paints you, Colonel Green.
00:31:40History tends to exaggerate.
00:31:42I suggest we call a halt to this at once.
00:31:47And see if we can't find some way out of our difficulties.
00:31:51My associates are in full agreement with me.
00:31:56Captain.
00:31:57You were tricked into coming here, weren't you?
00:32:02So were we all.
00:32:07Where do you come from?
00:32:11I can't remember.
00:32:15Isn't that strange?
00:32:16My memory used to be quite remarkable.
00:32:21Well, wherever it was, I want to get back.
00:32:27So it seems to me, Captain, that we have a common cause.
00:32:31And our enemy is that creature.
00:32:33What do you propose?
00:32:38That we combine forces and reason some way to overcome it.
00:32:45You were notorious, Colonel Green, for striking at your enemies in the midst of negotiating with them.
00:32:53But that was centuries ago, Captain, and not altogether true.
00:32:59No, there's much I would change now if I could.
00:33:03Don't let prejudice and rumor sway you.
00:33:11Captain.
00:33:14How can we warn him?
00:33:33How can we warn you?
00:33:46Anyone hurt?
00:34:07I feel my clothing is somewhat damaged.
00:34:11But how delightful to discover at my age that I can still wrestle.
00:34:16Mr. Spock?
00:34:18All right, Captain.
00:34:19However, I suggest that we prepare ourselves for another attack.
00:34:23No. I think Colonel Green is right.
00:34:26That rock-like thing is our enemy, not those illusions.
00:34:30For an illusion, my opponent carried a considerable punch.
00:34:35Oh, I forgot.
00:34:37You consider me an illusion, too.
00:34:41The captain speaks wisely.
00:34:43Those four are not our enemy.
00:34:46We should arrive together at a peaceful settlement.
00:34:50I am disappointed.
00:34:53You display no interest in the honor we do you.
00:34:57We offer you an opportunity to become our teachers by demonstrating whether good or evil is more powerful.
00:35:06You'll find my body heat distressing, Captain.
00:35:11You'll forget the nature of this planet.
00:35:14I must conclude that your species requires a cause to fight for.
00:35:19You may now communicate with your ship.
00:35:33Kirk to Enterprise.
00:35:35Enterprise.
00:35:35Come in.
00:35:37Come in.
00:35:38Scott Engineering.
00:35:39Report, Lieutenant.
00:35:41Emergency increasing, sir.
00:35:43Deterioration has just started, sir.
00:35:45Give me that again, man.
00:35:46I cannot hear you.
00:35:47Mr. Scott, I have the captain.
00:35:49Scotty, do you read me?
00:35:52Mr. Scott, I have the captain.
00:35:54Engineering, check for radiation.
00:35:56Get a repair crew on it at once.
00:35:58I have already, sir.
00:36:00We can't seem to stop it.
00:36:02Is there a danger of detonation?
00:36:03Estimating four hours, sir.
00:36:05Red alert, Captain.
00:36:06Mr. Scott is standing by.
00:36:09What caused the red alert?
00:36:10I don't know yet, sir.
00:36:12Captain.
00:36:13Scotty, beam us up fast.
00:36:14I cannot.
00:36:15We have a complete power failure.
00:36:17We're on emergency battery power only.
00:36:20What happened?
00:36:22I can't explain it, sir.
00:36:24But the matter and antimatter are in red zone proximity.
00:36:28What caused that?
00:36:30There's no knowing, and there's no stopping it either.
00:36:34The shielding is breaking down, and I estimate four hours before it goes completely.
00:36:42Four hours before the ship blows up.
00:36:49The estimate is quite correct.
00:36:51Your ship will blow itself to bits within four hours, Captain.
00:36:56Unless you defeat the others before then.
00:36:59Is that cause enough to fight for?
00:37:04What if they defeat us?
00:37:06To save your ship and your crew, you have to win.
00:37:14Scotty, inform Starfleet Command.
00:37:17Disengage the nacelles.
00:37:18Jettison if possible.
00:37:19Mr. Spock, your system.
00:37:20Advise and analyze.
00:37:22Scotty.
00:37:26Scotty.
00:37:28Your communicators no longer function, Captain.
00:37:33You may proceed with the spectacle.
00:37:36James.
00:37:38The war is forced upon us.
00:37:42History repeats itself.
00:37:44Supplemental log, Stardate 5906.5.
00:38:00Engineer Scott reporting.
00:38:02The Enterprise is doomed to explode in two hours if Captain Kirk is defeated by the enemy on the surface of the planet.
00:38:09The enormous power of the Enterprise has been neutralized, and we sit here watching, unable to assist.
00:38:21Did you set the traps?
00:38:23Yes.
00:38:24What did you find out?
00:38:25What are they doing?
00:38:26They've done nothing.
00:38:27They've not armed themselves nor prepared for any kind of defense.
00:38:30I say attack now and finish them.
00:38:34With what?
00:38:34These?
00:38:35Better than what they have.
00:38:37No.
00:38:38It's not advantage enough.
00:38:41I want to make sure the odds are in our favor.
00:38:44Overwhelm and devastate.
00:38:46That's the way to get power and to hold it, and I mean to do that.
00:38:49There's nothing immoral about fighting an illusion, Mr. Spock.
00:38:55You play their game, fight, we'll lose the ship and all the crewmen aboard.
00:39:01And if they're real, Captain?
00:39:02We'll use this as a base.
00:39:18It's defensible.
00:39:27They can't approach without being seen.
00:39:30Are we fighting a defensive war, Jay?
00:39:32No, we don't have time.
00:39:33But if things do go against us, I want a place to retreat to.
00:39:37What I want to do now is scout them out, find their weaknesses, and attack.
00:39:43Do you drink whiskey?
00:39:45Occasionally, why?
00:39:46Because you have qualities very much like those of another man I admire greatly, General Grant.
00:39:57Mr. Spock, we'll need weapons.
00:40:00I believe the ancient Vulcans made something like a boomerang?
00:40:03Yes, Captain.
00:40:05And slings and spears.
00:40:08Slings.
00:40:10Mr. President, you used a sling as a boy.
00:40:13Indeed, I did.
00:40:14Captain, logic dictates that we consider another course.
00:40:21We don't have much time, Spock.
00:40:32In my time on Vulcan, we also faced these same alternatives.
00:40:37We'd suffered devastating wars, which nearly destroyed our planet.
00:40:44Another was about to begin.
00:40:47They were torn.
00:40:48But out of our suffering, some of us found the discipline to act.
00:40:55We sent emissaries to our opponents to propose peace.
00:40:59The first we killed, but others followed.
00:41:06Ultimately, we achieved peace, which has lasted since then.
00:41:13Circumstances were different then, Sirach.
00:41:15The face of war has never changed, Captain.
00:41:21Surely it is more logical to heal than kill.
00:41:26I'm afraid that kind of logic doesn't apply here.
00:41:30That is precisely why we should not fight.
00:41:34My ship is at stake.
00:41:37I will not harm others, Captain.
00:41:52His convictions are most profound in this matter, Captain.
00:41:55So are mine, Spock.
00:41:57If I believed that there was a peaceful way out of this...
00:42:01The risk will be mine alone.
00:42:04If I fail, you'll lose nothing.
00:42:08After all, I'm no warrior.
00:42:10The Captain knows that I have fought at his side before...
00:42:14And will do so now, if need be.
00:42:18However, I, too, am a Vulcan, bred to peace.
00:42:24Let him attempt it.
00:42:27You saw how treacherously they acted.
00:42:30Oh, yes.
00:42:31But perhaps it's our belief in peace that is actually being tested.
00:42:45Hmm.
00:42:49I have no authority over you.
00:42:52You may do as you think best.
00:42:59May you live long and prosper.
00:43:01For the weapons, gentlemen.
00:43:15In case he fails.
00:43:27Colonel!
00:43:27Let's hear what he has to say.
00:43:55We may find it useful.
00:43:56Stop there, Vulcan.
00:44:06State your purpose.
00:44:08I come in peace to propose peace.
00:44:11Are you surrendering?
00:44:12I'm doing what I consider best for all of us.
00:44:18If you choose to regard that as surrender...
00:44:20I accept your definition.
00:44:23One of those peace lovers, Colonel.
00:44:27Why are you doing this?
00:44:30Do you speak for the others?
00:44:31No, I speak for myself, because I abhor violence.
00:44:36But if you accept the solution I offer, they, too, will accept it.
00:44:40How can I be sure?
00:44:42How can I be sure?
00:44:43I think you're trying to trick me, Vulcan.
00:44:48I think that while you're here talking peace, the others are preparing to attack.
00:44:53No, Colonel.
00:44:54They are at their base, awaiting an answer.
00:44:57How can I believe that?
00:44:59No one talks peace unless he's ready to back it up with war.
00:45:04He talks peace if it is the only way to live.
00:45:08Then tell me, what do you have to gain if we accept?
00:45:13Nothing but the knowledge that I have done and what I believe in.
00:45:18What do I get out of it?
00:45:20I fight for gain, Vulcan.
00:45:23What do I gain here?
00:45:25Your life and the lives of the others.
00:45:38You said yourself, Colonel, that we have common cause to survive.
00:45:44Together we can, but not by warring.
00:45:49Why don't we kill him?
00:45:50No!
00:45:52He's our means to finish them all.
00:45:55Colonel, surely you accept the logic of this.
00:46:00What is your answer?
00:46:02You're very persuasive, Vulcan.
00:46:05I'd like to come out of this with a whole skin.
00:46:09Perhaps I can convince my associates that it would be to their advantage also.
00:46:22What need?
00:46:40.
00:46:41Your Sirach is a brave man.
00:46:44of man. Men of peace usually are, Captain. On Vulcan, he is revered as the father of
00:46:52our civilization. The father image holds much meaning for us.
00:46:59Do you show emotion, Spock? I deeply respect what he has accomplished.
00:47:08Well, I hope he accomplishes something here and soon.
00:47:14Help me, Spock!
00:47:23Spock, help me! Mr. Spock, your friend wants you. He seems to be hurt.
00:47:40Spock! Help me, Spock! Spock! Help me!
00:47:49You can't let him suffer! They're trying to goad us into attacking, Captain. They expect
00:47:58us to act rashly. Yes, I know that. Help me, Spock! He was aware of what might happen
00:48:05when he went. Ah!
00:48:07I should never have let him go. You had no choice, Captain.
00:48:14You could not have stopped him. How can you ignore that?
00:48:18The Vulcan would not cry out so. Whether he's a Vulcan or not. He's in agony.
00:48:27He's in agony. I'm not insensitive to it, Captain. Help me, Spock!
00:48:36But you can't just listen to it and do nothing.
00:48:43I can't. Captain, that is what they're waiting for. They're waiting for us to attempt a rescue.
00:48:51I can't just let him stay there. Perhaps we can rescue him, Mr. Spock. Now, I suggest that we do whatever they want.
00:49:06Do what they want, sir? Not the way they want it, however. We must first convince them that they have provoked us to recklessness.
00:49:20James, I do not mean to presume upon your authority.
00:49:25What I propose is that I circle around to their rear while you two provide a frontal assault.
00:49:32It should be sufficiently violent to cover whatever I do.
00:49:37What will you do?
00:49:39Why slip into their camp and free him?
00:49:42No. James, James.
00:49:46Remember, I was something of a backwoodsman. I doubt that you could do what I was bred to.
00:49:51I can't let you risk it, Mr. President.
00:49:54Well, I am no longer President.
00:49:57Mr. Spock, any comment?
00:49:59Help me, Spock!
00:50:01No, sir.
00:50:04One matter further, gentlemen. We fight on their level. With trickery, brutality, finality. We match their evil.
00:50:16I know, James. I was reputed to be a gentleman when I was commander-in-chief. During the four bloodiest years of my country's history, I gave orders that sent a hundred thousand men to their death at the hands of their brothers.
00:50:41There is no honorable way to kill. No gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war except its ending.
00:50:56And, uh, you are fighting for the lives of your crew.
00:51:02Your campaign, Mr. President.
00:51:07They should be coming soon.
00:51:26As always, what is possible?
00:51:29Sara!
00:51:30Calus!
00:51:33No, wait...
00:51:38How many did you see?
00:51:39Two.
00:51:45Sara.
00:52:56Sirak, the others have drawn them away.
00:53:03We will circle around.
00:53:07It was a worthy effort, Sirak.
00:53:10Worthy.
00:53:12No need to blame yourself before it's failure.
00:53:16Help me, Spock.
00:53:26Help me, Spock.
00:53:29Now can you cry like Lincoln?
00:53:34Help me, Kirk.
00:53:39Help me, Kirk.
00:53:41Mr. Lincoln.
00:53:55James!
00:53:56Stay back.
00:53:57Okay.
00:54:03Okay.
00:54:17Oh, my God.
00:54:47Oh, my God.
00:55:17Oh, my God.
00:55:48The others have run off.
00:55:51It would seem that evil retreats when forcibly confronted.
00:55:55However, you have failed to demonstrate to me any other difference between your philosophies.
00:56:03Your good and your evil use the same methods, achieve the same results.
00:56:07Do you have an explanation?
00:56:11You established the methods and the goals for you to use as you chose.
00:56:17What did you offer the others if they won?
00:56:19What they wanted most.
00:56:22Power.
00:56:22You offered me the lives of my crew.
00:56:30I perceive you have won their lives.
00:56:36How many others have you done this to?
00:56:39What gives you the right to hand out life and death?
00:56:42The same right that brought you here the need to know new things.
00:56:49We came in peace.
00:56:53And you may go in peace.
00:57:09Kirkland Enterprise, come in.
00:57:11Is that you, Captain?
00:57:13Are you all right?
00:57:15Yes, Mr. Sulu.
00:57:16We're all right.
00:57:18You may be, Mr. Ward.
00:57:19Mr. Scott, report.
00:57:29The ship is functioning normally again, sir, and the restart cycle is in operation.
00:57:34You'd never know that anything had been out of order.
00:57:37I can't fathom it.
00:57:38Mr. Sulu, we should be on warp power within 30 minutes, sir.
00:57:41Good.
00:57:42Mr. Chekhov.
00:57:43The deterioration in the shielding has stopped, sir, and is reversing itself.
00:57:48I have no explanation.
00:57:48Thank you, Mr. Chekhov.
00:57:53Mr. Spock?
00:57:56Any explanation?
00:57:59Conjecture, Captain, rather than explanation.
00:58:02Wow.
00:58:03It would seem that we were held in the power of creatures able to control matter
00:58:08and to rearrange molecules in whatever fashion was desired.
00:58:12So they were able to create images of Surak and Lincoln after scanning our minds and using their fellow creatures as source matter.
00:58:23He seemed so real.
00:58:25And to me, especially Mr. Lincoln.
00:58:29I feel I feel I actually met Lincoln.
00:58:36Yes.
00:58:38And Surak.
00:58:40Perhaps in a sense, they were real, Captain.
00:58:43Since they were created out of our own thoughts, how could they be anything but what we expected them to be?
00:58:50It was so hard for me to see him die again.
00:58:55I feel I understand what Earth must have gone through to achieve final peace.
00:59:03Captain Kirk, the planet has resumed its normal appearance.
00:59:08There's still so much of their work to be done in the galaxy, Spock.
00:59:24Let Suru break us out of orbit and continue to our next assignment.
00:59:31Aye, aye, sir.
00:59:32Aye, aye, sir.
01:00:02Aye, aye, sir.
01:00:32I feel I know.
01:00:33Aye, aye, sir.
01:00:38Aye, aye, sir.
01:00:39Aye, aye, sir.
01:00:43Aye, aye, sir.
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