Star Trek (2009)

Zachary Quinto: Spock

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• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Are you actually suggesting they're from the future?

  Spock : If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

  Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : How poetic.

• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Permission to speak freely, sir?

  Spock : I welcome it.

  Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Do you? OK, then. Are you out of your Vulcan mind? Are you making a logical choice, sending Kirk away? Probably. But, the right one? You know, back home we have a saying: "If you're gonna ride in the Kentucky Derby, you don't leave your prize stallion in the stable."

  Spock : A curious metaphor, doctor, as a stallion must first be broken before it can reach its potential.

  Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : My God, man, you could at least ACT like it was a hard decision.

  Spock : I intend to assist in the effort to reestablish communication with Starfleet. However, if crew morale is better served by my roaming the halls weeping, I will gladly defer to your medical expertise. Excuse me.

  Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : [as Spock leaves]  Green-blooded hobgoblin.

• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : How the hell did they do that, by the way? And where did the Romulans get that kind of weaponry?

  Spock : The engineering comprehension necessary to artificially create a black hole may suggest an answer. Such technology could theoretically be manipulated to create a tunnel through space-time.

  Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Damn it man, I am a doctor, not a physicist!

• Vulcan Council President : You have surpassed the expectations of your instructors. Your final record is flawless, with one exception: I see that you have applied to Starfleet as well.

  Spock : It was logical to cultivate multiple options.

  Vulcan Council President : Logical, but unnecessary. You are hereby accepted to the Vulcan Science Academy. It is truly remarkable, Spock, that you have achieved so much despite your disadvantage. All rise.

  [the Vulcan Council stands in honor of Spock, who now looks slightly pissed] 

  Spock : If you would clarify, Minister: to what disadvantage are you referring?

  Vulcan Council President : Your human mother.

  Spock : Council... Ministers, I must decline.

  Vulcan Council President : No Vulcan has ever declined admission to this academy!

  Spock : Then, as I am half-human, your record remains untarnished.

  Sarek : Spock, you have made a commitment to honor the Vulcan way.

  Vulcan Council President : Why did you come before this council today? Was it to satisfy your emotional need to rebel?

  Spock : The only emotion I wish to convey is gratitude. Thank you, Ministers, for your consideration.

  [In a tone reserved for telling someone to 'Go to Hell'] 

  Spock : Live long and prosper.

• [Spock notices a elder Vulcan walking in the docking bay] 

  Spock : Father!

  [the elder Vulcan turns and is revealed as Spock Prime] 

  Spock Prime : I am not our father.

  [Young Spock, now recognizing who he is, approaches] 

  Spock Prime : There are so few Vulcans left, we cannot afford to ignore each other.

  Spock : Then why did you send Kirk aboard when you alone could have explained the truth?

  Spock Prime : Because you needed each other. I could not deprive you of the revelation of all that you could accomplish together, of a friendship that will define you both in ways you cannot yet realize.

  Spock : How did you persuade him to keep your secret?

  Spock Prime : He inferred that universe-ending paradoxes would ensue should he break his promise.

  Spock : You lied.

  Spock Prime : Aww... I... I implied.

  Spock : A gamble.

  Spock Prime : An act of faith. One I hope that you will repeat in your future in Starfleet.

  Spock : In the face of extinction, it is only logical that I resign my Starfleet commission and help rebuild our race.

  Spock Prime : And, yet, you can be in two places at once. I urge you to remain in Starfleet. I have already located a suitable planet on which to establish a Vulcan colony. Spock, in this case, do yourself a favor: Put aside logic. Do what feels right.

  [Spock Prime turns and leaves] 

  Spock Prime : Since my customary farewell would appear oddly self-serving, I shall simply say...

  [Shows Vulcan hand salute] 

  Spock Prime : Good luck.

• Spock : I am as conflicted as I once was as a child.

  Sarek : You will always be a child of two worlds. I am grateful for this, and for you.

  Spock : I feel anger for the one who took Mother's life - an anger I *cannot* control.

  Sarek : I believe... that she would say, "Do not try to." You asked me once why I married your mother. I married her because I loved her.

• James T. Kirk : Your ship is compromised, too close to the singularity to survive without assistance, which we are willing to provide.

  Spock : [speaking privately]  Captain, what are you doing?

  James T. Kirk : Showing them compassion may be the only way to earn peace with Romulus. It's logic, Spock. I thought you'd like that.

  Spock : No, not really. Not this time.

  Nero : [replying to the offer of assistance]  I would rather suffer the end of Romulus a thousand times. I would rather die in agony than accept assistance from you.

  James T. Kirk : You got it! Arm phasers. Fire everything we've got!

• James T. Kirk : Now, what is it with you, Spock? Hm? Your planet was just destroyed, your mother murdered, and you're not even upset!

  Spock : If you are presuming that these experiences in any way impede my ability to command this ship, you are mistaken.

  James T. Kirk : And yet you were the one who said fear was necessary for command. I mean, did you see his ship? Did you see what he did?

  [pause] 

  Spock : Yes, of course I did.

  James T. Kirk : So are you afraid or aren't you?

  Spock : I will not allow you to lecture me about the merits of emotion.

  James T. Kirk : Then why don't you stop me?

  Spock : Step away from me, Mister Kirk.

  James T. Kirk : What is it like not to feel anger... or heartbreak... or the need to stop at nothing to avenge the death of the woman who gave birth to you?

  Spock : Back away from me.

  James T. Kirk : You feel NOTHING! It must not even COMPUTE for you! You NEVER loved her!

  [Spock snaps and attacks Kirk, nearly killing him] 

  Sarek : SPOCK!

  [Spock regains control] 

• Spock : [standing across Lt. Uhura before he and Kirk are about to be beamed onto the Romulan warship]  I will be back.

  Lt. Nyota Uhura : [leaning in]  You better be! I'll be monitoring your frequency.

  Spock : [actually quite emotional]  Thank you, Nyota.

  James T. Kirk : [after Uhura leaves]  So her first name's Nyota?

  Spock : I have no comment on the matter.

• Sarek : Speak your mind, Spock.

  Spock : That would be unwise.

  Sarek : What is necessary is never unwise.

• Spock : [Kirk has been appointed captain, and the Enterprise is preparing to depart. Spock enters the bridge]  Permission to come aboard, Captain.

  James T. Kirk : Permission granted.

  Spock : As you have yet to select a first officer, respectfully, I would like to submit my candidacy. Should you desire, I can provide character references.

  James T. Kirk : It would be my honor, Commander.

• Spock : [on intercom]  Dr Puri, report.

  Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : It's McCoy. Dr. Puri was on Deck 6. He's dead.

  Spock : Then you have just inherited his responsibility as Chief Medical Officer.

  [McCoy looks at a burning medical room full of casualties from the attack] 

  Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Yeah, tell me something I DON'T know!

• Spock : Acting Captain's Log, Stardate 2258.42. We have had no word from Captain Pike. I've therefore classified him a hostage of the war criminal known as Nero. Nero, who has destroyed my home planet and most of its six billion inhabitants. While the essence of our culture has been saved in the elders who now reside upon this ship, I estimate no more than 10,000 have survived. I am now a member of an endangered species.

• Spock : [volunteering for what could be a suicide mission]  Romulans and Vulcans share a common ancestor. Our cultural similarities will make it easier for me to access the ship's computer to locate the device. Also, my mother was human, which makes Earth the only home I have left.

  James T. Kirk : I'm coming with you.

  Spock : I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.

  James T. Kirk : See? We are getting to know each other.

• Spock : [to Kirk]  Out of the chair.

• [Kirk rushes onto the bridge, urging the ship to stop. Three-way arguing ensues between him, Spock, and Pike] 

  Spock : I can remove the cadet...

  James T. Kirk : Try it!

  Christopher Pike : Kirk!

  James T. Kirk : This cadet is trying to save the bridge!

  Spock : By recommending a full stop, mid-warp, during a rescue mission?

  James T. Kirk : It's not a rescue mission. Listen to me, it's an attack!

  Spock : Based on what facts?

  James T. Kirk : That same anomaly, a "lightning storm in space" that we saw today, also occurred on the day of my birth, shortly before a Romulan ship attacked the U.S.S. Kelvin. You know that, sir, I read your dissertation. That ship, which had formidable and advanced weaponry, was never seen or heard from again. The Kelvin attack took place at the edge of Klingon space, and at 2300 hours last night, there was an attack: forty-seven Klingon warbirds destroyed by Romulans, sir, and it was reported that the Romulans were in one ship, one massive ship.

  Christopher Pike : And you know of this Klingon attack how?

  [Kirk glances at Uhura] 

  Lt. Nyota Uhura : Sir, I intercepted and translated the message myself. Kirk's report is accurate.

  James T. Kirk : We're warping into a trap, sir. The Romulans are waiting for us, I promise you that.

  [Unsettled, Pike looks at Spock] 

  Spock : The cadet's logic is sound. And Lt. Uhura is unmatched in xenolinguistics, we would be wise to accept her conclusion.

• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Wait a minute, kid. How old are you?

  Pavel Chekov : Seventeen, sir.

  Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Oh... oh, good, he's seventeen.

  Spock : Doctor... Mr. Chekov is correct.

• Spock : We are traveling at warp speed. How did you manage to beam aboard this ship?

  James T. Kirk : Hey, you're the genius. You figure it out.

  Spock : As acting captain of this vessel, I order you to answer the question.

  James T. Kirk : Well, I'm not telling, "Acting Captain." What, did...?

  [Kirk smiles] 

  James T. Kirk : What, now, that doesn't frustrate you, does it? My lack of cooperation? That-that doesn't make you angry...

  Spock : [Spock turns to Scotty]  Are you a member of Starfleet?

  Scotty : I, um, yes. Can I get a towel, please?

  Spock : Under penalty of court martial, I order you to explain to me how you were able to beam aboard this ship while moving at warp.

  Scotty : Well...

  James T. Kirk : Don't answer him.

  Spock : You will answer me.

  Scotty : [pause]  I'd rather not take sides.

• Admiral Richard Barnett : This is Commander Spock. He is one of our most distinguished graduates. He's programmed the Kobayashi Maru exam for the last four years. Commander?

  Spock : Cadet Kirk, you somehow managed to install and activate a subroutine in the programming code, thereby changing the conditions of the test.

  James T. Kirk : Your point being?

  Admiral Richard Barnett : In academic vernacular, you cheated.

• Hikaru Sulu : The fleet has cleared spacedock, Captain. All ships ready for warp.

  Christopher Pike : Set a course for Vulcan.

  Hikaru Sulu : Aye-Aye, Captain. Course laid in.

  Christopher Pike : Maximum warp. Punch it.

  [One by one, the rest of the star fleet jumps into warp drive, leaving the Enterprise behind. Sulu frowns at the console, puzzled] 

  Christopher Pike : Lieutenant, where is Helmsman McKenna?

  Hikaru Sulu : He has lungworms, sir. He couldn't report to his post. I'm Hikaru Sulu.

  Christopher Pike : And you are a pilot, right?

  Hikaru Sulu : Very much so, sir.

  [he trails off, hitting buttons] 

  Hikaru Sulu : I'm, uh, I'm not sure what's wrong here.

  Christopher Pike : Is the parking brake on?

  Hikaru Sulu : Uh, no. I'll figure it out. I'm just...

  Spock : Have you disengaged the external inertial dampener?

  Hikaru Sulu : [Embarrassed. Without looking at anyone, he punches in the correct sequence]  Ready for warp, sir.

  Christopher Pike : Let's punch it.

• Lt. Nyota Uhura : [Having just learned that she is assigned to the Farragut]  Commander, a word?

  Spock : Yes, Lieutenant?

  Lt. Nyota Uhura : Was I not one of your top students?

  Spock : Indeed you were.

  Lt. Nyota Uhura : [the scene cuts to another location, where Uhura is still hounding Spock]  And did I not, on multiple occasions, demonstrate an exceptional aural sensitivity, and I quote, "an unparalleled ability to identify sonic anomalies in subspace transmissions tests?"

  Spock : Consistently, yes.

  Lt. Nyota Uhura : And while you are well aware of my own qualified desires to serve on the U.S.S. Enterprise, I'm assigned to the Farragut?

  Spock : It was an attempt to...

  [he glances around, keeping his voice low] 

  Spock : ...avoid the appearance of favoritism.

  Lt. Nyota Uhura : [Adamantly]  No. I'm assigned to the Enterprise.

  Spock : [He adjusts his roster list]  Yes, I believe you are.

  Lt. Nyota Uhura : Thank you.

• James T. Kirk : [to Spock]  The test itself is a cheat, isn't it? I mean, you programmed it to be unwinnable.

  Spock : Your argument precludes the possibility of a no-win scenario.

  James T. Kirk : I don't believe in no-win scenarios.

  Spock : Then not only did you violate the rules, you also failed to understand the principal lesson.

  James T. Kirk : Please enlighten me.

  Spock : You of all people should know, Cadet Kirk, a captain cannot cheat death.

  James T. Kirk : [reminiscing]  I of all people...

  Spock : Your father, Lieutenant George Kirk, assumed command of his vessel before being killed in action, did he not?

  James T. Kirk : I don't think you like the fact that I beat your test.

  Spock : Furthermore, you have failed to divine the purpose of the test.

  James T. Kirk : Enlighten me again.

  Spock : The purpose is to experience fear, fear in the face of certain death, to accept that fear, and maintain control of oneself and one's crew. This is the quality expected in every Starfleet captain.

• Spock : [finding himself aboard the ship of his future self]  It appears that you have been keeping important information from me.

  James T. Kirk : You'll be able to fly this thing, right?

  Spock : Something tells me I already have.

  James T. Kirk : Good luck.

  Spock : Jim... the statistical likelihood that our plan will succeed is less than 4.3%.

  James T. Kirk : It'll work.

  Spock : In the event that I do not return, please tell Lieutenant Uhura...

  James T. Kirk : Spock. IT'LL WORK.

• Christopher Pike : Mr. Spock, I'm leaving you in command of the Enterprise. Once we have transport capability and communications back up, you'll contact Starfleet and report what the hell's going on here. And if all else fails, fall back, rendezvous with the fleet in the Laurentian system. Kirk, I'm promoting you to First Officer.

  James T. Kirk : What?

  Spock : Captain? Please, I apologize. The complexities of human pranks escape me.

  Christopher Pike : It's not a prank, Spock. And I'm not the captain. You are.

  Christopher Pike : [to Kirk]  Let's go.

  James T. Kirk : Sir, after we knock out that drill, what happens to you?

  Christopher Pike : Ah, I guess you'll have to come and get me.

  Christopher Pike : [last word to Spock]  Careful with the ship, Spock. She's brand new.

• Spock : [sits in the cockpit of his future self's ship, which springs to life]  Fascinating!

• Amanda Grayson : There's no need to be anxious. You'll do fine.

  Spock : I am hardly anxious, Mother. And "fine" has variable definitions. "Fine" is unacceptable.

  Amanda Grayson : Okay.

  Spock : May I ask a personal query?

  Amanda Grayson : Anything.

  Spock : Should I choose to complete the Vulcan discipline of Kolinahr and purge all emotion, I trust you will not feel it reflects judgment on you.

  Amanda Grayson : Oh, Spock. As always, whatever you choose to be, you will have a proud mother.

• Lt. Nyota Uhura : [to Spock, after the destruction of Vulcan]  I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry.

  [She kisses him along his face and hugs him; after a short hesitation, he hugs her back and leans into her] 

  Lt. Nyota Uhura : What do you need? Tell me.

  [Uhura takes his face into her hands] 

  Lt. Nyota Uhura : Tell me.

  Spock : [fighting for control]  I need everyone to continue performing admirably.

  [pushes the elevator button to continue] 

  Lt. Nyota Uhura : [tears in her eyes, nods]  Okay.

  [She kisses him and he kisses her back and when the elevator doors open and leaves her behind without a backward glance] 

• Test Administrator : How the hell did that kid beat your test?

  Spock : I do not know.

• Spock : Get him off this ship.

• Spock : We must gather with the rest of Starfleet... to balance the terms of the next engagement!

  James T. Kirk : There won't BE a next engagement! By the time we've "gathered," it'll be too late! But you say he's from the future - knows what's gonna happen? - then the logical thing is to be unpredictable!

  Spock : You're assuming that Nero knows how events are predicted to unfold. The contrary, Nero's very presence has altered the flow of history, beginning with the attack on the U.S.S. Kelvin, culminating in the events of today, thereby creating an entire new chain of incidents that cannot be anticipated by either party.

  Lt. Nyota Uhura : An alternate reality.

  Spock : Precisely. Whatever our lives might have been, if the time continuum was disrupted, our destinies have changed.