Star Trek (TV Series)

The Paradise Syndrome (1968)

William Shatner: Captain James Tiberius 'Jim' Kirk

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• [last lines] 

  [Miramanee has been fatally injured] 

  Miramanee : Kirok. It is true, you're safe.

  Captain James T. Kirk : And so are your people, Miramanee.

  Miramanee : I knew you would save them, my chief. When I... am better, it will be as it was... was, will it... not?

  Captain James T. Kirk : If that's what you want.

  Miramanee : We will live long and happy lives. I will bear you many strong sons.

  [she moans] 

  Miramanee : I'll love you always.

  Captain James T. Kirk : And I'll love you, Miramanee. Always.

  [he kisses her] 

  Miramanee : Each kiss is as the first.

  [she dies] 

• Captain James T. Kirk : I need time to remember.

  Miramanee : Here there is much time... for everything.

• Dr. McCoy : Why, they look like... I'd swear they're American Indians.

  Mr. Spock : They are, Doctor. A mixture of Navajo, Mohican and Delaware, I believe - all among the more advanced and peaceful tribes.

  Captain James T. Kirk : It's like discovering Atlantis. Or Shangri-La.

• Captain James T. Kirk : I am Kirok! I have come! I am Kirok!

• Captain James T. Kirk : It's just so peaceful. Uncomplicated, no problems, no... command decisions. Just... living.

  Dr. McCoy : Typical human reaction to an idyllic natural setting. Back in the 20th century, we referred to it as the 'Tahiti Syndrome'. It's particularly common to over-pressured leader types, like starship captains.

• Captain James T. Kirk : There's more symbols. Can you read them?

  Mr. Spock : I do have an excellent eye for musical notes, Captain. They would seem to indicate that this series of relays, activated in their proper sequence...

  Captain James T. Kirk : [interrupting]  S-s-spock, just press the right button.

• [first lines] 

  Dr. McCoy : Look at those pine trees!

  Captain James T. Kirk : And that lake.

  Dr. McCoy : I swear that's honeysuckle I smell.

  Captain James T. Kirk : I swear that's a little orange blossom thrown in. It's unbelievable. Growth, exactly like that of Earth, on a planet half a galaxy away. What are the odds of such duplication?

  Mr. Spock : Astronomical, Captain.

• Mr. Spock : [mindmelding with Kirk]  Our minds are one. I... am...

  Mr. Spock , Captain James T. Kirk : Kirok!

• Captain James T. Kirk : Careful. I must have hit something accidentally. A beam caught me, and that's when I stopped remembering.

  Mr. Spock : Probably a memory beam.

• Captain James T. Kirk : I'm happy. I'm so happy! If it weren't for the dreams, I... my mind would be completely at peace.

  Miramanee : I thought you no longer had the dreams. That you no longer saw the strange lodge which moves through the sky.

  Captain James T. Kirk : They've... come back. They... were gone for a while, but they've... come back. And... I... see faces... too. Very dim. I feel... I-I should know th... know them. I feel... my place is with them, not... here. I don't deserve this happiness.

• Captain James T. Kirk : Let's find out what life forms are blessed by this environment.

• [after being hit by an energy discharge, Kirk has lost his memory] 

  Captain James T. Kirk : [voice-over]  Where am I? What place is this?

  Captain James T. Kirk : [regarding his phaser and communicator]  What are these? I feel I should know. They're familiar... and yet unfamiliar. How did I get here? Who am I? Try to remember!

• Goro : Have we displeased you?

  Captain James T. Kirk : No, no, everything is fine.

  Goro : Then it must be ourselves, the way we live. Perhaps we have not improved as quickly as the Wise Ones wish.

  Captain James T. Kirk : Your land is rich, your people happy. Who could be displeased with that?

• Captain James T. Kirk : All I can tell you is that I'm... happy, and... peaceful here. I'm not sure, but I think I've never felt that way before.

• Captain James T. Kirk : I have found paradise. Surely no man has ever attained such happiness.