Star Trek (TV Series)

This Side of Paradise (1967)

DeForest Kelley: Dr. McCoy

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• Dr. McCoy : Well, that's the second time man's been thrown out of paradise.

  Captain James T. Kirk : No, no, Bones, this time we walked out on our own. Maybe we weren't meant for paradise. Maybe we were meant to fight our way through, struggle, claw our way up, scratch for every inch of the way. Maybe we can't stroll to the music of the lute. We must march to the sound of drums.

• Dr. McCoy : On pure speculation, just an educated guess, I'd say that man is alive.

• Dr. McCoy : Hey, Jim boy, ya'll ever have a real cold Georgia-style mint julep, huh?

• Capt. Kirk : [after speaking over communicator to a blissed-out Spock]  The frequency is open, but he doesn't answer.

  McCoy : That didn't sound at all like Spock, Jim.

  Capt. Kirk : No? I thought you said you might like him if he mellowed a little.

  McCoy : I didn't say that!

  Capt. Kirk : You said that, I...

  McCoy : Not exactly! And he might be in trouble.

• Elias Sandoval : Well, Doctor, I've been thinking about what sort of work I could assign you to.

  McCoy : [annoyed]  What do you mean "what sort of work"? I'm a doctor!

  Elias Sandoval : Not anymore, of course. We don't need you, not as a doctor.

  McCoy : [stands up]  Oh, no? Would you like to see just how fast I can put you in a hospital?

  Elias Sandoval : I am the leader of this colony. I'll assign you to whatever work I think is suitable!

  [begins to walk away] 

  McCoy : Just a minute!

  [grabs Sandoval] 

  McCoy : Better make me a mechanic! Then I can treat little tin gods like you!

  McCoy : [swings at McCoy - McCoy blocks and punches Sandoval in the stomach. Sandoval doubles over and falls to the ground]  Sorry, Sandoval. I don't know what made me do that.

  Elias Sandoval : [Sandoval is now free of the spore influence as is McCoy. Sandoval realizes finally what has happened]  We've done nothing here. No accomplishments, no progress. Three years wasted. We wanted to make this planet a garden!

  McCoy : You can't stay here. You can't survive without the spores. After you've cleared at the starbase, you could be relocated. It depends on what you want.

  Elias Sandoval : I think I'd... I think WE'D like to get some work done, the work we started out to do.

• Capt. Kirk : My orders are to remove all the colonists and that's exactly what I intend to do, with or without your help.

  Elias Sandoval : Without, I should think.

  Dr. McCoy : [after Elias walks off]  Would you like to use a butterfly net on him, Jim?

• McCoy : I've examined nine men so far varying in ages form 23 to 59. They're all in perfect condition. Textbook responses. Heart/lungs: excellent. Coordination: excellent. Reflexes: excellent. If there're many more of them, I can throw away my shingle.

• Dr. McCoy : Who wants to counteract paradise, Jim-boy?