Star Trek (TV Series)

The Menagerie: Part I (1966)

Malachi Throne: Commodore José Mendez

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• Commodore Jose Mendez : [about Captain Pike]  His mind is as active as yours and mine but it's trapped inside a useless, vegetating body. He's kept alive mechanically - a battery-driven heart.

• Captain James T. Kirk : [stranded in a shuttle]  Part of me is hoping that the Enterprise WON'T come back for us. We step on that deck, Spock is finished, court-martialed, disgraced.

  Commodore Jose Mendez : He's DEAD if he makes it to Talos 4.

• Captain James T. Kirk : Mutiny requires a trial board of no less than three command officers. Since there are only two of that rank available...

  Mr. Spock : Sir, I must point out that there ARE three officers of command rank available: yourself, Commodore Mendez and Captain Christopher Pike.

  Captain James T. Kirk : Denied! Captain Pike is a complete invalid.

  Mr. Spock : I believe you'll find he's still on the active duty list.

  [Captain Kirk looks to the Commodore] 

  Commodore Jose Mendez : We didn't have the heart to retire him, Jim. He's got you. Whatever he's up to, he's planned it well.

• Commodore Jose Mendez : All right. Start checking the impossible. Mendez out.

• Commodore Jose Mendez : Mr Spock, you are aware of the orders regarging any contact with Talos IV. You have deliberately invited the death penalty. You've not only finished yourself, Spock, but you've finished your captain as well.

• Captain James T. Kirk : General Order 7: "No vessel under any condition, emergency or otherwise, is to visit Talos 4."

  Commodore Jose Mendez : And to do so is the only death penalty left on our books. Only Fleet Command knows why. Not even this file explains that, but it does name the only Earth ship that ever visited the planet.

  Captain James T. Kirk : [reading]  The Enterprise.

• Commodore Jose Mendez : Why? What does it accomplish to go there, or to take Captain Pike there? I wanna know why?

  Mr. Spock : Are your comments part of the record, sir?

  Commodore Jose Mendez : Yes, it's on the record!

  Mr. Spock : Thank you. Request monitor screen be engaged.

  Commodore Jose Mendez : For what purpose?

  Mr. Spock : To comply with the request you just made, sir, that I explain the importance of going to Talos 4.