Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series)

Judgment (2003)

J.G. Hertzler: Advocate Kolos

Photos 

Quotes 

• Kolos : My father... was a teacher; my mother, a biologist at the university. They encouraged me to take up the law. Now, all young people want to do is take up weapons, as soon as they can hold them. They're told there's honor in victory. Any victory. What honor is there in a victory over a weaker opponent? Had Duras destroyed that ship, he would've been lauded as a hero of the Empire, for murdering helpless refugees. We were a great society, not so long ago. When honor was earned through integrity and... acts of true courage. Not senseless bloodshed.

  Captain Jonathan Archer : For thousands of years, my people had similar problems. We fought three world wars that almost destroyed us. Whole generations were nearly wiped out.

  Kolos : What changed?

  Captain Jonathan Archer : A few courageous people began to realize... they could make a difference.

• Kolos : If Captain Archer is guilty, he's guilty of nothing more than being a nuisance.

• Captain Jonathan Archer : [on Rura Penthe]  You said most prisoners here... don't survive a year.

  Kolos : Most prisoners here have very little to live for.

• [Reed has come to get Archer off Rura Penthe] 

  Kolos : I can't go with you.

  Captain Jonathan Archer : Why not?

  Kolos : I've been an advocate for fifty years, and I spent the last twenty of them standing in that tribunal, playing my part, holding my tongue. And all the while, honorable men were being sent to places like this, without the benefit of a defense. And then I was assigned your case. You told me that on your world, a few courageous people made a difference. I'm not sure I have the courage. But I know I'll never be able to restore honor to my people, living as a fugitive.

• Kolos : Only a fool would sacrifice himself for people he barely knows.

  Captain Jonathan Archer : I know them well enough. They're good people, and I won't turn them over. If you'd let me testify, tell my side of the story, it might become clear why I helped them. But from what I've seen, you're all perfectly happy to ignore what you don't wanna hear!

  Kolos : Don't be so quick to accuse me of sharing their interpretation of the law.

  Captain Jonathan Archer : No? What's your interpretation?

  Kolos : I became an advocate many years ago. They were different times.

  Captain Jonathan Archer : Better or worse?

  Kolos : The courts were more willing to listen.

  Captain Jonathan Archer : Then maybe you should remind them of those different times. Nothing like a good history lesson.

• [Archer is waiting for his verdict] 

  Captain Jonathan Archer : How long should it take for a verdict?

  Kolos : Usually doesn't take long at all. I must've been more persuasive than I thought.

• Kolos : From the time of Kahless, our courts have stood as a forum, where justice is dispensed with honor!

• [another Klingon enters the tribunal] 

  Captain Jonathan Archer : Who's that?

  Kolos : Prosecutor Orak. His success is well known.

  Captain Jonathan Archer : What about you? What's your success rate?

  Kolos : I've performed my duty.

• Captain Jonathan Archer : We have a saying on Earth: you don't kick a man when he's down.

  Kolos : So - are all Humans like this?

  Captain Jonathan Archer : Like what? Fair?

  Kolos : Stupid.

• [the Klingon audience is chanting at Archer's tribunal] 

  Captain Jonathan Archer : What are they saying?

  Kolos : Enemy!

  Captain Jonathan Archer : I hope they're not the jury.

  Kolos : There is no jury.

• Kolos : [after the verdict]  I ask for no special treatment - only that my client be judged fairly, as any Klingon would be judged. But it has been many years since anyone stood in this chamber and received justice!