Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

William Shatner: Kirk

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• Kirk : Damn it, Bones, you're a doctor. You know that pain and guilt can't be taken away with a wave of a magic wand. They're the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don't want my pain taken away! I need my pain!

• Kirk : What does God need with a starship?

  McCoy : Jim, what are you doing?

  Kirk : I'm asking a question.

  "God" : Who is this creature?

  Kirk : Who am I? Don't you know? Aren't you God?

  Sybok : He has his doubts.

  "God" : You doubt me?

  Kirk : I seek proof.

  McCoy : Jim! You don't ask the Almighty for his ID!

  "God" : Then here is the proof you seek.

  [Shoots Kirk with lightning] 

  Kirk : Why is God angry?

  Sybok : Why? Why have you done this to my friend?

  "God" : He doubts me.

  Spock : You have not answered his question. What does God need with a starship?

  "God" : [shoots Spock with lightning; then addresses McCoy]  Do you doubt me?

  McCoy : I doubt any God who inflicts pain for his own pleasure.

  Sybok : Stop! The God of Sha Ka Ree would not do this!

  "God" : Sha Ka Ree? A vision you created. An eternity I've been imprisoned in this place! The ship! I must have the ship! Now... give me what I want!

  Spock : Sybok, this is not the God of Sha Ka Ree... or any other God!

  Sybok : I don't understand... Reveal yourself to me!

  [an image of Sybok strides out of one of God's eyes, laughing maniacally] 

  "God" : What's wrong? Don't you like this face? I have so many but this one suits you best.

  Sybok : No! No... it's not possible.

  "God" : Bring me the ship or I will destroy you!

  Sybok : The ship?

  "God" : Bring it closer so that I might join with it. Do it or watch these puny beings... die horribly.

  Sybok : What have I done?

• Kirk : I thought I was going to die.

  Spock : Not possible. You were never alone.

  [Kirk moves to hug Spock, and Spock stops him] 

  Spock : Please, Captain, not in front of the Klingons.

• Kirk : Damn it Spock! God damn it!

  Spock : Captain, what have I done?

  Kirk : What you've done is betray every man on this ship!

  Spock : Worse I've betrayed you. I do not expect you to forgive me.

  Kirk : Forgive you? I oughta knock you on your goddamned ass!

  Spock : If you think it would help.

  McCoy : Do you want me to hold him, Jim?

  Kirk : You stay out of this! Why, Spock, why? All you had to do is pull the trigger!

  Spock : If I had done that Sybok would be dead.

  Kirk : I ordered you to defend your ship!

  Spock : You ordered me to kill my brother.

  Kirk : But the man may be a fellow Vulcan but he...

  Spock : No, no you do not understand. Sybok also is a son of Sarek.

  Kirk : You mean he's your "brother" brother?

  [Spock nods] 

  Kirk : You made that up.

  Spock : I did not.

  Kirk : You did too! Sybok couldn't possibly be your brother because I happen to know for a fact that you don't have a brother.

  Spock : Technically you are right I do not have a brother.

  Kirk : There! You see?

  Spock : I have a half-brother.

  Kirk : I gotta sit down.

• Kirk : [to "God"]  Excuse me... Excuse me... I just wanted to ask a question. What does God need with a starship?

• [Around a campfire singing "Row Row Row Your Boat"] 

  Kirk : Come on. Spock... Why didn't you jump in?

  Spock : I was trying to comprehend the meaning of the words.

  McCoy : It's a song, you green-blooded... Vulcan. You sing it. The words aren't important. What's important is that you have a good time singing it.

  Spock : Oh, I am sorry, Doctor. Were we having a good time?

  McCoy : God, I liked him better before he died.

• McCoy : What's the matter, Jim?

  Kirk : I miss my old chair.

• Kirk : [responds to a tapping within the wall]  What's that noise?

  Spock : [tapping continues]  I believe it is a primitive form of communication known as morse Code.

  Kirk : You're right. I'm out of practice.

  [tapping] 

  Kirk : That's an "S".

  Spock : "T".

  Kirk : "A"... "N"... "D", end of word.

  McCoy : "Stand".

  Kirk : New word... "B"... "A"...

  Spock : "C"... "K".

  McCoy : "Back". "Stand back".

  Kirk , Spock , McCoy : "Stand back"?

  [the wall explodes] 

  Scotty : [on the other side of the wall]  What are you standing around for? Do you not know a jailbreak when you see one?

• Kirk : "All I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer by."

  McCoy : Melville.

  Spock : John Masefield.

  McCoy : Are you sure about that?

  Spock : I am well-versed in the classics, Doctor.

  McCoy : Then how come you don't know "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"?

  [Spock raises his eyebrows] 

• Spock : I've lost a brother.

  Kirk : Yes. I lost a brother once. I was lucky I got him back?

  McCoy : I thought you said men like us don't have families.

  Kirk : I was wrong.

• McCoy : All that time in space, getting on each other's nerves. And what do we do when shore leave comes along? We spend it together. Other people have families.

  Kirk : Other people, Bones. Not us.

• Kirk : What are you doing?

  Spock : I am preparing to toast a marsh melon.

  McCoy : Well, I'll be damned. A marsh melon. Where'd you learn to do that?

  Spock : Before leaving the ship, I consulted the computer library to familiarize myself with the customs associated with "camping out".

  McCoy : Well, tell me, Spock. What do you do after we toast the marsh - er, marsh melons?

  Spock : We consume them.

  McCoy : I know we consume them. I mean after that.

  Spock : Oh. I believe we are required to engage in a ritual known as the sing-a-long.

• Spock : Captain.

  Kirk : Spock, we're on leave you can call me 'Jim'.

  Spock : Jim.

  Kirk : Yes, Spock?

  Spock : Life... is not a dream.

  Kirk : Go to sleep, Spock.

• Kirk : Go to bed, Spock. Good night, Bones.

  McCoy : Good night, Jim.

  Spock : Good night, doctor.

  McCoy : Good night, Spock.

  Spock : Good night, captain.

  Kirk : [to himself]  ... I don't know... I just don't know...

• Kirk : Mr. Scott, you're amazing!

  Scotty : There's nothing amazing about it. I know this ship like the back of my hand.

  [walks into low-hanging beam, knocks himself out cold] 

• Kirk : Understand your situation, are unable to return to planet. Stand by to execute emergency landing plan... "B."

  [Everyone in the shuttle stares at Kirk in confusion, and Spock mouths, "B?" Aboard the Enterprise:] 

  Chekov : What's emergency landing plan "B?"

  Scotty : I don't have a clue.

  Kirk : [over comm]  "B" as in "barricade".

  Scotty : He can't be serious!

• Spock : This is a new brig, Captain. It is escape-proof.

  Kirk : How do you know?

  Spock : The designers tested it, using the most intelligent and resourceful person they could find. He failed to escape.

  Kirk : This person... he didn't by any chance have pointed ears, and an unerring capacity for getting his shipmates into trouble, did he?

  Spock : He did have pointed ears.

• Kirk : Spock?

  Spock : Yes, captain?

  Kirk : Be one with the horse.

  Spock : Yes, captain.

• [after Sybok relinquishes command of the Enterprise, Kirk decides to take Sybok, Spock and McCoy to the planet] 

  Kirk : Well, don't just stand there. God's a busy man!

• Sybok : What are you doing?

  Kirk : In order to lower and re-raise the shields as quickly as possible, we're going to forego the tractor beam, and fly her in manually.

  McCoy : *Manually*?

  Sybok : How often have you done this?

  Sulu : [smiles]  Actually, it's my first attempt.

• Kirk : I've always known I'll die alone.

• Spock : [Kirk clings precariously to El Capitan]  I do not believe you realize the gravity of your situation.

  Kirk : [Almost slips; a rock drops]  Gravity was foremost on my mind.

• Spock : [after Kirk has fallen off El Capitan]  Perhaps "because it is there" is not sufficient reason for climbing a mountain.

  Kirk : I am hardly in a position to disagree.

  [see McCoy running toward him] 

  Kirk : Hi, Bones! Mind if we drop in for dinner?

• Scotty : [to Kirk about ship status]  Ah. All I can say is they don't make them like they used to.

  Kirk : You told me you could get this ship operational in two weeks, I gave you three, what happened?

  Scotty : I think you gave me too much time, Captain.

  Kirk : Very well, Mr Scott. Carry on.

  Scotty : Aye, sir.

  [Spots a junior engineer nearby] 

  Scotty : How many times do I have to tell you, the right tool for the right job!

  McCoy : [laughs]  I don't think I've ever seen him happier.

  [They enter the turbolift] 

  Computer : Le-le-level?

  Kirk : Bridge... I hope. I could use a shower.

  Spock : [looks at Kirk]  Yes.

• Kirk : Spock, my only concern is getting the ship back. When that's done and Sybok is in here, then you can debate Sha-Ka-Ree until you're green in the face.

• McCoy : Jim... if you ask me, and you haven't, I think this is a terrible idea. We're bound to bump into the Klingons, and they don't exactly like you.

  Kirk : The feeling's mutual. Engine room.

  Scotty : [over the intercom]  Scotty here.

  Kirk : We'll need all the power you can muster, mister.

  Scotty : Don't you worry, Captain. We'll beat those Klingon devils, even if I have to get out and push.

  Kirk : I hope it won't come to that, Mr. Scott.

• [Kirk and McCoy agree to let Spock carry them up the shaft using rocket boots, only for the trio to float downwards] 

  Spock : It appears we're too heavy.

  Kirk : Must be all those marsh melons.

• [last lines] 

  [around a campfire] 

  Kirk : [to Spock]  Are you just gonna sit there and pluck that thing? Or are you gonna play something?

  Spock : [starts playing] 

  Kirk , McCoy , Spock : [singing in canon]  Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream...

• Spock : [sampling McCoy's baked beans]  Mmm... surprisingly good. It does have a flavoring I'm not familiar with.

  McCoy : Ah-ha, that's the secret ingredient.

  Kirk : Got any more of that secret ingredient, Bones?

  McCoy : [hands Kirk a bottle]  Help yourself.

  Spock : Am I to understand, Doctor, that your secret ingredient is alcohol?

  McCoy : Whiskey, Tennessee whiskey, Spock. Care for a little snort?

• Kirk : [trying to get to the bridge, the turbolift only opens partway]  Doesn't anything work on this ship?

  McCoy : Starfleet's got some nerve sending us out in this condition with this handful of people.

• Kirk : [after Spock recognizes Sybok]  Who is it he reminds you of?

  Spock : There was a young student, exceptionally gifted, possessing a great intelligence. It was assumed that one day he would take his place amongst the great scholars of Vulcan. But he was a revolutionary.

  Kirk : What do you mean?

  Spock : The knowledge and experience he sought were forbidden by Vulcan belief.

  Kirk : Forbidden?

  Spock : He rejected his logical upbringing and embraced the animal passions of our ancestors.

  Kirk : Why?

  Spock : He believed the key to self-knowledge was emotion, not logic.

  McCoy : Imagine that. A passionate Vulcan.

  Spock : When he encouraged others to follow him, he was banished from Vulcan, never to return.

• McCoy : We were speculating. Is God really out there?

  Kirk : Maybe he's not out there, Bones. Maybe he's right here.

  [points to his heart] 

  Kirk : Human heart.

• Kirk : [to Spock, while being strangled by Sybok]  PICK IT UP!

• Starfleet Chief of Staff : Now, I know the Enterprise isn't exactly up to specs...

  Kirk : With all due respect, the Enterprise is a disaster! There must be other ships in the quadrant.

  Starfleet Chief of Staff : Other ships, yes. But no experienced commanders. Captain... I need Jim Kirk.

  Kirk : [under his breath]  Oh, please.

  Starfleet Chief of Staff : Your orders are to proceed to Nimbus III, assess the situation, and avoid a confrontation if possible. But above all, however, get those hostages back safely.

  Kirk : Have the Klingons responded?

  Starfleet Chief of Staff : No, but you can bet they will.

• Uhura : [arriving to pick up Kirk from shore leave]  Captain, we've received important orders from Starfleet Command.

  Kirk : Why didn't you just beep my communicator?

  Uhura : You 'forgot' to take it with you.

  Kirk : Oh... I wonder 'why' I did that?

• Kirk : [finding the hostages on Nimbus III]  Thank God.

  Caithlin Dar : [aiming a disruptor at him and Spock]  Please cooperate.

  St. John Talbot : Would you mind handing over your weapons?

• Kirk : [in the hostage tape from Nimbus III, Spock recognizes Sybok]  What is it? You look like you've just seen a ghost.

  Spock : Perhaps I have, Captain. Perhaps I have.

• Kirk : Transporter room, status.

  Scotty : Scotty here, Captain. Transporter is still inoperative. Even if we could lock onto the hostages, we could not beam them up.

  Kirk : We're gonna have to get them out the old-fashioned way.

• Uhura : Captain, we're receiving the hostage information you requested.

  Kirk : Put it on screen.

  [seeing the profile of General Korrd] 

  Kirk : Not General Korrd!

  Spock : The same. He's apparently fallen out of favor with the Klingon High Command.

  Kirk : General Korrd's military strategies were required learning when I was a cadet at the Academy. When they put me out to pasture, I hope I fare better than Korrd.

• Uhura : Captain, we're receiving transmission from Paradise City. They're demanding to know our intentions.

  Kirk : Respond with static. Let them think we're having difficulty. Which wouldn't be far from the truth.

• Kirk : You staged all this to get your hands on my ship?

  Sybok : Who are you?

  Kirk : James T. Kirk, captain of the Enterprise.

  Sybok : But I thought Captain Chekov...

  [realizing it was a trick] 

  Sybok : I see! Very clever, Captain.

• Sybok : Sha-Ka-Ree... the source... Heaven... Eden... call it what you will. The Klingons call it "Qui-Tu". For the Romulans it's "Vorta Vor". The Andorian word is... is unpronouncable. Still, every culture in this galaxy shares this common dream of a place from which creation sprang. For us, that place will soon be reality.

  Kirk : The only reality I see is that I'm a prisoner on my own ship. What is this power you have to control the minds of my crew?

  Sybok : I don't control minds. I free them.