MARCH 08, 1968—‘STAR TREK’ THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
M5 REVEALS ITS DEADLY NATURE.
“THE ENSIGN SIMPLY GOT IN THE WAY.”
KIRK: THAT WASN’T A MINOR DIFFICULTY. THAT WASN’T A ROBOT. THAT THING MURDERED ONE OF MY CREWMEN AND YOU TELL ME YOU CAN’T TURN IT OFF?
DAYSTROM: IT WASN’T A DELIBERATE ACT. M5’S ANALYSIS TOLD IT IT NEEDED A NEW POWER SOURCE. THE ENSIGN SIMPLY GOT IN THE WAY.
KIRK: AND HOW LONG WILL IT BE BEFORE ALL OF US SIMPLY GET IN THE WAY?
M5: THE SHIPS ATTACKED THIS UNIT. THIS UNIT MUST SURVIVE.
KIRK: WHY?
M5: THIS UNIT IS THE ULTIMATE ACHIEVEMENT IN COMPUTER EVOLUTION. IT WILL REPLACE MAN, SO MAN MAY ACHIEVE. MAN MUST NOT RISK DEATH IN SPACE OR OTHER DANGEROUS OCCUPATIONS. THIS UNIT MUST SURVIVE SO MAN MAY BE PROTECTED.
KIRK: THERE WERE MANY MEN ABOARD THOSE SHIPS. THEY WERE MURDERED. MUST YOU SURVIVE BY MURDER?
M5: THIS UNIT CANNOT MURDER
KIRK: WHY?
M5: MURDER IS CONTRARY TO THE LAWS OF MAN AND GOD.
KIRK: BUT YOU HAVE MURDERED. SCAN THE STARSHIP EXCALIBUR, WHICH YOU DESTROYED. IS THERE LIFE ABOARD?
M5: NO LIFE.
KIRK: BECAUSE YOU MURDERED IT. WHAT IS THE PENALTY FOR MURDER?
M5: DEATH.
KIRK: AND HOW WILL YOU PAY FOR YOUR ACTS OF MURDER?
M5: THIS UNIT MUST DIE.
POWER OFF, COMPUTER DEAD.