Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series)

Broken Bow, Part 1 (2001)

Jolene Blalock: Sub-Cmdr. T'Pol

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Quotes 

• 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.

• 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.

• [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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : [introducing himself]  Trip. I'm called Trip.

  Sub-Commander T'Pol : I'll try to remember that.

• 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.

• Sub-Commander T'Pol : You humans claim to be enlightened, yet you still consume the flesh of animals.