Star Trek (TV Series)
A Private Little War (1968)
Majel Barrett: Nurse Chapel
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Quotes
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Dr. M'Benga : Don't let these low panel readings bother you. I've seen this before in Vulcans. It's their way of concentrating all their strength, blood and antibodies onto the injured organs - a form of self-induced hypnosis.
Nurse Chapel : You mean he's conscious?
Dr. M'Benga : Well, in a sense. He knows we're here and what we're saying, but he can't afford to take his mind from the tissue he's fighting to heal. I suppose he even knows you were holding his hand.
Nurse Chapel : [embarrassed] A good nurse always treats her patients that way. It proves she's interested.
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Mr. Spock : [wheezing] Nurse.
Nurse Chapel : Yes?
Mr. Spock : Hit me. The pain will help me to regain consciousness. Hit me.
Nurse Chapel : Hit you? No! I can't...
Mr. Spock : I ask you, strike me. If I don't regain consciousness soon, it may be too late. Hit me!
[unsure, she slaps him]
Mr. Spock : Harder!
[she begins slapping him harder]
Mr. Spock : Again! Continue, the pain will help me to consciousness.
Scott : [Scott enters Sickbay and sees Nurse Chapel slapping the unconscious Mr. Spock] What are you doing, woman?
Nurse Chapel : [pulled away by Scott] Leave me alone!
Scott : Have you gone daft?
Nurse Chapel : Mr. Spock needs me! Let go!
[Dr. M'Benga runs past and starts slapping Spock]
Mr. Spock : [Grabs Dr. M'Begna's wrist] That will be quite enough. Thank you, Doctor.
Dr. M'Benga : [to Mr. Scott] Please, release her.
Scott : What's this all about?
Mr. Spock : She was doing as I requested, Mr. Scott, a Vulcan form of self-healing.
Dr. M'Benga : As you saw, they must wait until the last possible moment, then fight their way back to consciousness.
Nurse Chapel : Here, let me help you, Mr. Spock.
[goes to Spock]
Mr. Spock : Thank you, nurse. I'm quite fully recovered.
Nurse Chapel : Yes, I see you are.