Star Trek (TV Series)
The Savage Curtain (1969)
Barry Atwater: Surak
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Quotes
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Captain James T. Kirk : [after Kirk, Spock, and Lincoln materialize on the planet, but Kirk and Spock's tricorder and phasers did not, and their communicators are no longer functioning] Your explanation, sir?
Abraham Lincoln : I have none. To me, this seems quite as it should be.
Captain James T. Kirk : Why were our weapons taken? Why can't we communicate with our ship?
Abraham Lincoln : Please believe me. I know nothing other than what I already told you.
Captain James T. Kirk : The game is over. We've treated you with courtesy. We've gone along with what and who you think you are.
Abraham Lincoln : Despite the seeming contradictions, all is as it appears to be. I am Abraham Lincoln.
Surak : Just as I am whom I appear to be.
Mr. Spock : Surak.
Captain James T. Kirk : Who?
Mr. Spock : The greatest of all who ever lived on our planet, Captain. The father of all we became.
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Surak : [holding up his right hand in the Vulcan Salute] Live long and prosper, Mr. Spock. May you also, Captain Kirk.
Mr. Spock : It is not logical that you are Surak. There is no fact, extrapolation of fact, or theory, which would make possible...
Surak : Whatever I am, would it harm you to give response?
Mr. Spock : [holding up his right hand in the Vulcan Salute] Live long and prosper, image of Surak, father of all we now hold true.
Surak : The "image of Surak" read in your face what is in your mind, Spock.
Mr. Spock : As I turned and my eyes beheld you, I displayed emotion. I beg for forgiveness.
Surak : The cause was more than sufficient. Let us speak no further of it. In my time, we knew not of earth men. I am pleased to see that we have differences. May we together become greater than the sum of both of us.
Captain James T. Kirk : Spock, we will not go along with these charades any longer.