Classic Trek Dialogue

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McCoy might not be a brick-layer, but Spock is.
- We get insight into McCoy's torrid past in the canon pilot episode!
  
  Bones also bagged a high priestess/Queen. Kirk can't compete there.
  
  I used to collect Star Trek cards for some reason and distinctly remember loving the card with this episode title. I just thought it was the most beautiful phrase my 8-year-old brain had ever read.
  "For the world is hollow and I have touched the sky."
  
  It really is a great title. TOS had some really good episode titles.
  The Conscience of the King
  Wolf in the Fold
  What are Little Girls Made Of?
  Is There No Truth in Beauty?
  Whom Gods Destroy
  There are others I can't think of at the moment...
  
  From TNG, I always really liked, Who Watches the Watchers.
  ...Which was another cherished card I had.
  
  Some recent Trek episodes have good titles, but they're so long I can't remember them.
  How am I supposed to remember episodes called things like "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry" (Discovery) or "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach" (SNW)
  
  The City at the Edge of Forever is a great title too
  
  I maintain the writing for TV shows was better then. Star Trek, Twilight Zone, even Get Smart all have extremely thoughtful, nuanced lines.
  It suffered after that, but not because the writers got worse. It suffered because the network executives wanted to dumb everything down to appeal to the most people. Recently, with streaming, I think the execs are more open to better writing, and quality is improving.
  
  I love how in this episode Bones was ready to marry that woman, but then he just peaces out once he has a cure.
  
  "Damn it, Jim. I'm a doctor, not a husband."

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