Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Vis À Vis (1998)

Robert Duncan McNeill: Lt. Tom Paris

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Quotes 

• B'Elanna Torres : So this is where you've been hiding - a garage?

  Tom Paris : It's more than just a garage. This is a monument to hundreds and hundreds of hours - that I probably should have spent with you.

  B'Elanna Torres : Probably?

  Tom Paris : Definitely!

• [first lines] 

  [Paris is working under an old Camero when the Doctor arrives and activates the car's horn] 

  Tom Paris : Ah! Ah!

  [crawls out] 

  Tom Paris : What do you think you're doing, Doc?

  The Doctor : An impromptu auditory exam.

  Tom Paris : Did I pass?

  The Doctor : With flying colors.

• Harry Kim : Give the Doc my best.

  Steth-Paris : I will!

  [Kim disappears into the turbolift] 

  Steth-Paris : If I ever find him.

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : Something wrong, Tom?

  Steth-Paris : It's nothing.

  [he takes his place at the helm] 

  Steth-Paris : [of "Steth"]  I'm just really gonna miss that guy.

• Steth-Paris : This is so frustrating for me. I usually pick things up a lot faster than this.

  The Doctor : You're here to learn, Mr. Paris. It will get easier with time.

  Steth-Paris : That's easy for you to say.

  The Doctor : Excuse me?

  Steth-Paris : Well, no offense, Doctor, but you are programed to be a medical genius. Things always come easy to you. Me, I'm just a pilot, a... 'grease monkey'. And as hard as I might try to become a better assistant to you... it's clear to me now that I'll never be half the healer that you are.

• Tom Paris : Somebody call for a driver?

  [when entering the bridge in his grease monkey jumpsuit to take the helm] 

• [last lines] 

  B'Elanna Torres : It's a lovely garage, Tom. But I still don't understand why you brought me here.

  Tom Paris : Well, consider it a symbolic gesture. It's my less than subtle attempt to... let you in.

  B'Elanna Torres : I see. To make it clear that I mean almost as much to you as a...

  [looks at the car's label] 

  B'Elanna Torres : ...a Camero.

  [Tom winces] 

  Tom Paris : It's a mint condition 1969 'Camaro'. And yes - you mean a lot more to me.

• Tom Paris : Since when is not wanting to spend time with the Doctor a capital offense? You'd have to throw the whole crew in the brig for that one.

• Ensign Harry Kim : So, tell me. Are they ready yet?

  Steth as Lt. Tom Paris : [faking way through conversation]  Uhh... not yet - but they will be soon.

  Ensign Harry Kim : Great. Hey, let me know if you have any problems. Polyduranide can be tough to replicate.

  Steth as Lt. Tom Paris : Oh, sure can be.

  Ensign Harry Kim : I can't wait to get my hands around one of those clubs. Ensign Kaplan won;'t know what hit her, heh-heh-heh.

  Steth as Lt. Tom Paris : What?

  Ensign Harry Kim : We're going to play golf with her. We scheduled a rematch, remember?

• Lt. B'Elanna Torres : What do you think you're doing?

  Steth as Lt. Tom Paris : Putting.

  Lt. B'Elanna Torres : In my quarters?

  Steth as Lt. Tom Paris : I can't putt in your quarters?

• Tom Paris : Take a look at this, Doc. This is a fully stocked 1969 Chevy Camaro, one of the earliest muscle cars ever made. Imagine, Northern California, late twentieth century. You're cruising up Highway One, the woofers are pounding, the wind is whipping through your hair...

  [he trails off as the Doctor gives him a Look] 

• Lt. Tom Paris : If it's any consolation, I HAVE spent most of the morning immersed in a complicated surgical procedure.

  The Doctor : Really?

  Lt. Tom Paris : A classic case of atrophied shocks. They needed to be extracted to prevent chrome abrasion. It was touch and go for a while, but prognosis is excellent.

  The Doctor : You'll be ready for neurosurgery in no time.