Most scenes together: James T. Kirk & Montgomery Scott (4), James T. Kirk & Kruge (3), James T. Kirk & Leonard McCoy (3)
How many fingers am I holding up?
That's not very damn funny.
You're suffering from a Vulcan mind-meld, Doctor.
That green-blooded son of a bitch! It's his revenge for all those arguments he lost.
Genesis. I want it!
Beam the Vulcan up, and we'll talk.
Give me what I want, and I'll consider it.
You fool, look around you! The planet's destroying itself!
Yes, exhilarating, isn't it?
If we don't help each other, we'll die here.
Perfect. Then that's the way it shall be.
I've come a long way for the power of Genesis, and what do I find? A weakling human, a Vulcan boy, and a woman.
My lord, we are survivors of a doomed expedition. This planet will destroy itself in hours. The Genesis experiment is a failure.
A failure. The most powerful destructive force ever created. You will tell me the secret of the Genesis torpedo.
I have no knowledge.
Then I hope pain's something you enjoy.
Take every last man. Form a boarding party armed heavily.
They outnumbered us, my lord.
We are Klingons! Once you control the ship, we'll transfer our flag there and take Genesis from their own memory banks.
It's time for total truth between us. This planet is not what you intended or hoped for, is it?
Not exactly.
Why?
I used protomatter in the Genesis matrix.
Protomatter, an unstable substance which every ethical scientist has denounced as dangerously unpredictable?
But it was the only way to solve certain problems. Only my mother knew nothing about it.
So, like your father, you changed the rules.
If I hadn't, it might have been years - or never!
How many have paid the price for your impatience? How many have died? How much damage have you done, and what is yet to come?
Sarek Kirk, I thank you. What you have done is...
What I have done, I had to do.
Sarek But at what cost? Your ship. Your son.
If I hadn't tried, the cost would have been my soul.
Spock My father says that you have been my friend. You came back for me.
You would have done the same for me.
Spock Why would you do this?
Because the needs of the one... outweigh the needs of the many.
Spock I have been and ever shall be your friend.
Yes. Yes, Spock.
Spock The ship .... out of danger?
You saved the ship. You saved us all. Don't you remember?
Spock Jim .... your name is Jim.
Yes.
[last lines]
Uhura Would you look at that.
My friends, the great experiment... the Excelsior, ready for trial runs.
She's supposed to have transwarp drive.
Aye. And if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon.
Come, come, Mr. Scott. Young minds, fresh ideas. Be tolerant.
I... have had ENOUGH... of YOU!
[Kruge falls screaming into the lavascape below]
My lord, the ship appears to be deserted.
How can that be? They're hiding!
Yes, sir. But the bridge is run by computer. It is the only thing speaking.
9...8...7...6... 5...
2... 1...
[The Enterprise bridge explodes]
T'Lar: Sarek, child of Skon, child of Solkar, the body of your son breathes still. What is your wish?
Sarek I ask for fal-tor-pan, the refusion.
T'Lar: What you seek has not done since ages past, and then only in legend. Your request is not logical.
Sarek Forgive me, T’Lar. My logic...is uncertain...where my son is concerned.
T'Lar: Who is the keeper of the katra?
I am: McCoy, Leonard H., son of David.
T'Lar: McCoy, son of David, Since thou art human, we cannot expect thee understand fully what Sarek has requested. Spock’s body lives. With your approval, we shall use all our powers to return to his body that which you possess. But McCoy, you must now be warned. The danger to thyself is as grave as the danger to Spock. You must make the choice.
I choose the danger. [mutters to Kirk] Hell of a time to ask.
