Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series)
Broken Bow, Part 1 (2001)
Jolene Blalock: Sub-Cmdr. T'Pol
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Quotes
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Sub-Commander T'Pol : Perhaps you'd like to go to your quarters and lie down.
Ensign Hoshi Sato : Ponfo mirann.
[Vulcan insult]
Sub-Commander T'Pol : I was instructed to speak English on this voyage. And I'd appreciate it if you'd respect that.
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Capt. Jonathan Archer : While you may not share our enthusiasm about this mission, I expect you to follow our rules. What's said in this room and out on that bridge is privileged information. I don't want every word I say being picked apart the next day by the Vulcan High Command.
Sub-Commander T'Pol : My reason for being here is not espionage. My superiors simply asked me to assist you.
Capt. Jonathan Archer : Your superiors don't think we can flush a toilet without one of you to assist us.
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[T'Pol is attempting clumsily to cut a bread stick with a fork]
Capt. Jonathan Archer : It might be a little easier using your fingers.
Sub-Commander T'Pol : Vulcans don't touch food with their hands.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Can't wait to see you tackle the spare ribs.
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Admiral Maxwell Forrest : We may need to defer to their judgment.
Capt. Jonathan Archer : We've been deferring to their judgment for a hundred years!
Admiral Maxwell Forrest : Jon.
Capt. Jonathan Archer : How much longer?
Sub-Commander T'Pol : Until you've proven you're ready.
Capt. Jonathan Archer : Ready to what?
Sub-Commander T'Pol : To look beyond your provincial attitudes and your volatile nature.
Capt. Jonathan Archer : Volatile? You have no idea how much I'm restraining myself from knocking you on your ass.
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Captain Jonathan Archer : Ever since I can remember, I've seen... Vulcans as an obstacle. Always keeping us from standing on our own two feet.
Sub-Commander T'Pol : I understand.
Captain Jonathan Archer : No, I don't think you do. If I'm gonna pull this off, there're a few things I need to leave behind. Things like... preconceptions, holding grudges. This mission would've failed without your help.
Sub-Commander T'Pol : I won't dispute that.
Captain Jonathan Archer : I was thinking. A Vulcan science officer could come in handy. But if I asked you to stay, it might look like I wasn't ready to do this on my own.
Sub-Commander T'Pol : Perhaps you should add pride to your list.
Captain Jonathan Archer : Perhaps I should.
Sub-Commander T'Pol : It might be best if I were to contact my superiors and make the request myself. With your permission.
Captain Jonathan Archer : Permission granted.
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Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : [introducing himself] Trip. I'm called Trip.
Sub-Commander T'Pol : I'll try to remember that.
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Sub-Commander T'Pol : It remains to be seen whether Humanity will revert to its baser instincts.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Well, we used to have cannibals on Earth. Who knows how far we'll revert? Lucky this isn't a long mission.
Capt. Jonathan Archer : Human instinct is pretty strong. You can't expect us to change overnight.
Sub-Commander T'Pol : With proper discipline...
[she finally manages to cut a clean piece off her breadstick and holds it up with her fork]
Sub-Commander T'Pol : ...anything's possible.
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Sub-Commander T'Pol : You humans claim to be enlightened, yet you still consume the flesh of animals.