Star Trek (TV Series)

The Trouble with Tribbles (1967)

Charlie Brill: Arne Darvin

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• Nilz Baris : And, now, Captain, I want all available security guards. I want them posted around the storage compartments.

  Capt. Kirk : Storage compartments? Storage compartments?

  Arne Darvin : The storage compartments containing the quadro-triticale.

  Capt. Kirk : The what, the what? What's... quadro-triticale?

  Lurry : Here...

  [hands Kirk a small container] 

  Capt. Kirk : [spills some of its contents on his hand]  Wheat. So what?

• Arne Darvin : [referring to Jones]  You can't deny he's disrupted this station.

  Capt. Kirk : People have disrupted stations before without being Klingon agents. Sometimes, all they need is a title, Mr. Baris.

• Arne Darvin : [of tribbles]  I never saw one before in my life, and I hope I never see one of those fuzzy miserable things again.

• Capt. Kirk : What evidence do you have against Mister Jones?

  Nilz Baris : My assistant here has kept Mister Jones under close surveillance for quite some time, and his actions have been most suspicious. I believe he was involved in that little altercation between your men and the men from...

  Capt. Kirk : Yes, yes. Go on. What else do you have?

  Arne Darvin : Well Captain, I've checked his ship's log, and it seems that he was within the Klingon's sphere of influence less than four months ago.

  Nilz Baris : The man is an independent scout, Captain. It is quite possible he is also a Klingon spy.

  Spock : We have already checked on the background of Mister Cyrano Jones. He is a licensed asteroid locator and prospector. He's never broken the law, at least not severely. For the past seven years, with his one-man spaceship, he's obtained a marginal living by engaging in the buying and selling of rare merchandise, including, unfortunately, tribbles.