William Shatner credited as playing...
Kirk
- Kirk: [7:02] How much refit time 'til we can take her out again?
- Scotty: Eight weeks, sir. But ye don't have eight weeks, so I'll do it for ye in two.
- Kirk: Mr. Scott. Have you always multiplied your repair estimates by a factor of four?
- Scotty: Certainly, sir. How else can I keep my reputation as a miracle worker?
- Kirk: Your reputation is secure, Scotty.
- [last lines]
- Captain Spock: My father says that you have been my friend. You came back for me.
- Kirk: You would have done the same for me.
- Captain Spock: Why would you do this?
- Kirk: Because the needs of the one... outweigh the needs of the many.
- Captain Spock: [begins to remember] I have been and ever shall be your friend.
- Kirk: Yes. Yes, Spock.
- Captain Spock: The ship... out of danger?
- Kirk: You saved the ship. You saved us all. Don't you remember?
- Captain Spock: Jim... your name is Jim.
- Kirk: Yes.
- Scotty: [Scotty has sabotaged Excelsior and left the ship stranded]
- Scotty: [46:41] Scotty, you're as good as your word.
- Scotty: Aye, sir. The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.
- Scotty: [giving McCoy a handful of computer chips]
- Scotty: Here, Doctor, souvenirs from one surgeon to another. I took them out of her main transwarp computer drive.
- McCoy: Nice of you to tell me in advance.
- Kirk: That's what you get for missing staff meetings, Doctor. Gentlemen, your work today has been outstanding and I intend to recommend you all for promotion... in whatever fleet we end up serving.
- [their first look at the USS Excelsior]
- Uhura: Would you look at that.
- Kirk: My friends, the great experiment: The Excelsior. Ready for trial runs.
- Sulu: She's supposed to have transwarp drive.
- Scotty: Aye. And if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon.
- Kirk: Come, come, Mr. Scott. Young minds, fresh ideas. Be tolerant.
- [Kirk finds McCoy in Spock's quarters]
- McCoy: [14:10] Jim. Help me
- McCoy: Jim... help me. You left me... on Genesis... why did you do that? Help me...
- Kirk: Bones? What the hell are you doing? Have you lost your mind?
- McCoy: Help me, Jim. Take me home.
- McCoy: Bones, we are. We are home.
- McCoy: Then perhaps it's not too late. Climb the steps, Jim. Climb the steps of Mount Seleya.
- Kirk: Mount Seleya? Bones, Mount Seleya is on Vulcan. We're home, on Earth.
- McCoy: Remember...
- Security Guard: Make it quick, Admiral. They're moving him to the Federation funny farm.
- Kirk: [about McCoy] Yes, poor friend. I hear he's fruity as a nutcake.
- Mr. Adventure: Look at you. You're a twenty-year space veteran, yet you pick the worst duty station in town. I mean, look at this place. This is the hind end of space.
- Uhura: Peace and quiet appeals to me, Lieutenant.
- Mr. Adventure: Well, maybe that's okay for someone like you, whose career is winding down. But me, I need some excitement, some adventure... maybe even just a surprise or two.
- Uhura: Well, you know what they say, Lieutenant. Be careful what you wish for. You might get it.
- [Kirk, McCoy and Sulu enter the transporter room]
- Kirk: Uhura, is everything ready?
- Uhura: Step into my parlor, gentlemen.
- Mr. Adventure: That's Admiral Kirk, my God!
- Uhura: Very good for you, Lieutenant.
- Mr. Adventure: But it's damned irregular. No destination points, no encoded ID's.
- Uhura: All true.
- Mr. Adventure: So what are we gonna do about it?
- Uhura: I'm not gonna do anything about it. You're gonna sit in the closet.
- Mr. Adventure: The *closet*? Have you lost your sense of reality?
- Uhura: This isn't reality.
- [Turns a phaser on him]
- Uhura: This is fantasy. You wanted adventure, how's this? The old adrenaline going, huh? Good boy. Now get in the closet.
- Mr. Adventure: All right...
- Uhura: Go on.
- Mr. Adventure: I'll just get in the closet. All right! Damn!
- [Falls into the closet and shuts the door]
- McCoy: I'm glad you're on *our* side!
- Kirk: [Pointing to the closet] Are you sure you can handle...?
- Uhura: Oh, I'll have "Mr. Adventure" eating out of my hand, sir. And I'll see all of you at the rendezvous.
- McCoy: [1:18:52] Rapid aging. All genetic functions highly accelerated.
- Kirk: What about his mind?
- McCoy: His mind is a void. It seems, Admiral, that I've got all his marbles.
- Kirk: Is there anything we can do?
- Saavik: Only one thing, sir. Get him off this planet. His aging is part of what's going on around us.
- Kirk: Klingon Commander, this is Admiral James T. Kirk. I'm alive and well on the planet's surface. I know that this will come as a pleasant surprise to you, but our ship was a victim of an "unfortunate accident". Sorry about your crew, but as we say on Earth, c'est la vie.