Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)
The Thaw (1996)
Robert Duncan McNeill: Lt. Tom Paris
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Quotes
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Ensign Harry Kim : Look, I'm trying to prepare for an important performance.
Lieutenant Tom Paris : Oh, really? Are we scheduled to rendezvous with the Delta Quadrant Symphony Orchestra?
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[Kim practices his clarinet when his adjacent neighbor, Ensign Baytart, knocks against the wall]
Ensign Harry Kim : It's the darn fluid conduits running through the walls. They conduct sound. You'd think when they designed this thing, they would have...
Lieutenant Tom Paris : This ship was built for combat performance, Harry, not musical performance. Nobody figured we'd be taking any long trips.
Ensign Harry Kim : Where am I supposed to practice?
Lieutenant Tom Paris : How about cargo bay?
Ensign Harry Kim : Bad acoustics.
Lieutenant Tom Paris : We could get Baytart transferred to the night shift.
Ensign Harry Kim : [snickers] Couldn't do that - could we?
Lieutenant Tom Paris : So now you have an excuse to give your mother why you didn't practice while you were gone.