Star Trek: Discovery (TV Series)

Lethe (2017)

Jason Isaacs: Captain Gabriel Lorca

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• Saru : It was a trap, sir. The Klingons have taken the admiral. Their ships are en route to enemy space now. Shall I...

  Captain Gabriel Lorca : Notify Starfleet Command. Ask for orders.

  [Sarus looks at him curiously] 

  Captain Gabriel Lorca : Is there a problem?

  Saru : No, sir. Uh, just, in the past, we have engaged in alternative thinking on these matters.

  Captain Gabriel Lorca : What if we go after her and it's another trap, Mr. Saru? Did you consider that? Starfleet can't afford to lose the Discovery. She's bigger than all of us. If so ordered, we will try and rescue the admiral, but not without authorization.

  Saru : I will hail Starfleet now, sir.

• [Lorca has hinted on considering Tyler for the job as Chief of Security] 

  Ash Tyler : You offering me a slot, Captain?

  Captain Gabriel Lorca : Well, I figure I've seen you fly, shoot... fight like a Klingon.

  Ash Tyler : Klingon guards beating on me for seven months, I was bound to pick something up.

  Captain Gabriel Lorca : No, most people would've given up. You learned.

• Captain Gabriel Lorca : You did well, Burnham. You should be proud.

  Michael Burnham : Much as it would displease my Vulcan mentor, I'm feeling a lot of emotions right now. I'm not sure pride is one of them.

• Michael Burnham : Sir, you didn't have to mount this rescue mission for Sarek.

  Captain Gabriel Lorca : I didn't do it for him. I need a team around me that's gonna help me carry the day. And that includes you. So I'd like to make it official. There's a post waiting for you on the bridge; science specialist. Don't even think about saying no.

  Michael Burnham : I accept.

  Captain Gabriel Lorca : Good.

  Michael Burnham : I'm grateful to serve under a captain like you.

• Admiral Cornwell : You sleep with a phaser in your bed and you say nothing's wrong?

  Captain Gabriel Lorca : Kat...

  Admiral Cornwell : All these months, I have ignored the signs, but I can't anymore. The truth is you are not the man I used to know.

  Captain Gabriel Lorca : Of course I am.

  Admiral Cornwell : And I'm not like the rest of them at Starfleet, blinded by your victories. You lied on those psych evaluations. And you did it so brilliantly, you fooled everyone.

  Captain Gabriel Lorca : Is that what you're doing here? You came to evaluate me yourself?

  Admiral Cornwell : I have watched you change these last months. It's upsetting.

  Captain Gabriel Lorca : Kat, look...

  Admiral Cornwell : Now I see it's worse than I even thought. Your behavior is pathological. That's what tonight was, right? Trying to get me to back off?

  Captain Gabriel Lorca : No.

  Admiral Cornwell : 'Cause it sure wasn't what it was like before. But this is bigger than us. You said it yourself; we're at war. I can't leave Starfleet's most powerful weapon in the hands of a broken man.

  Captain Gabriel Lorca : Don't take my ship away from me. She's all I got. Please, I'm begging you. Now, y-you... you're right. It's been harder on me than I let on, and I lied about everything, and I need help.

  Admiral Cornwell : I hate that I can't tell if this is really you.

• Admiral Cornwell : I don't want to ruin your career, but when I return, we'll talk about how you step down. And after you get some help, maybe we'll get you back in that chair.

  Captain Gabriel Lorca : May fortune favor the bold, Admiral. Good luck with your negotiation.