"
" Ahh-ah-ah-ah "
" Bitter dregs "
" With smiling words
and tender touch "
" Man offers little
and asks for so much "
" He loves in the breathless
excitement of night "
" Then leaves
with your treasure "
" In cold morning light "
" Ahh ahh "
" In cold morning light "
And now
let the revels begin.
[Laughter]
[Applause]
Oh, how faithless
and fickle.
Make up your minds.
I'm so ashamed.
Please make them stop.
We have tried.
Please!
Please make them stop.
I haven't the power.
I'm deeply sorry.
We failed you.
For so long I've wanted
to be close to you.
Now I want to
crawl away and die.
Careful, Mr. Spock.
Too much love is dangerous.
Remember--
Cupid's arrow kills Vulcans.
I'm so frightened, Captain.
I'm so very frightened.
That's the way
they want you to feel.
It makes them think
that they're alive.
I know it...
but I wish
I could stop trembling.
Try not
to think of them.
Try.
I'm thinking.
I'm thinking of all the times
on the Enterprise
when I was scared to death...
and I would see you
so busy at your command
and I would hear your voice
from all parts of the ship...
and my fears would fade.
And now they are
making me tremble.
But I'm not afraid.
I am not afraid.
Oh...
[Laughter And Applause]
Parmen, let's
get on with it.
You are so impatient,
my wife.
Observe the doctor
and learn.
He's quite content to wait
for the
piece de resistance.
You're half dead,
all of you!
You've been dead
for centuries.
We may disappear tomorrow,
but at least
we're living now,
and you can't stand that.
You're half crazy
because there's
nothing inside. Nothing.
And you have to torture us
to convince yourselves
you're superior.
Stop it, Parmen!
Stop it!
I'll do whatever you want.
I'll stay and serve you,
but stop it!
Parmen.
Alexander again.
He likes to play
with knives.
Very well.
We shall indulge him.
Who did that?
I did.
[Eraclitus]
Impossible!
Quite possible...
and logical.
What is this?
What's going on?
Platonians, listen.
The next one
that tries any trick
will get hurt.
We have your
psychokinetic abilities
at twice
your power level.
Not twice mine!
Captain, no!
Captain...
I beg of you!
I'll do anything you say.
I do not wish to die.
Captain...
do you hear me?
Don't stop me.
Let me finish him off.
Do you want to be like him?
Parmen, listen to me.
I could have had
your power,
but I didn't want it.
I could have had
your place right now,
but the sight of you
and your academicians sickens me.
Despite your brains,
you're the most
contemptible things
that ever lived
in this universe.
Captain...
you knew that
I intended to destroy
both you and the Enterprise,
yet you spared me.
To us, killing is murder,
even for revenge.
But there will be
other star ships.
There's no need for concern.
They'll be safe.
Of late,
I have begun to think
that we've become bizarre
and unproductive.
We're existing merely
to nourish our own power.
It's time
for some fresh air.
We shall welcome
your interstellar visits.
I don't believe you.
That would be highly
uncharacteristic.
We must expect, Parmen,
that the moment
we leave here,
your fear would be gone
and you'd again be
as sadistic and arrogant
as your 2,500 years
have made you.
Remember, we can recreate
that power in hours,
so don't try anything.
Understood, Captain.
And you're right.
None of us can be trusted.
Uncontrolled, power will turn
even saints into savages,
and we can all
be counted upon
to live down
to our lowest impulses.
You're very good
at making speeches, Parmen.
Just make sure
that this one sinks in.
Now, move aside.
Alexander.
Kirk to Enterprise.
Mr. Scott,
prepare to beam us up.
I have a little surprise
for you.
I'm bringing
a visitor aboard.Ship's Log,
Star date 5710.5.
Lieutenant Commander Scott
reporting.
While exploring
an outer quadrant
of the galaxy,
the Enterprise
received distress calls
from an