Star Trek (TV Series)

Where No Man Has Gone Before (1966)

William Shatner: Captain James Tiberius 'Jim' Kirk

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• [last lines] 

  Capt. Kirk : Captain's Log, stardate 1313.8: add to official losses Doctor Elizabeth Dehner - be it noted she gave her life in performance of her duty; Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell, same notation.

  [to Spock] 

  Capt. Kirk : I want his service record to end that way; he didn't ask for what happened to him.

  Spock : I felt for him, too.

  Capt. Kirk : [amazed]  I believe there's some hope for you after all, Mr. Spock.

• Lt. Mitchell : Hey, man, I remember you back at the Academy; a stack of books with legs! The only thing I ever heard from an upperclassman was, "Watch out for Lt. Kirk! In his class, you either think, or sink!"

  Capt. Kirk : I wasn't THAT bad, was I?

  Lt. Mitchell : If I hadn't aimed that little blond technician at you...

  Capt. Kirk : You what? You... you PLANNED that?

  Lt. Mitchell : Well, you wanted me to think, didn't you? I outlined her whole campaign for her!

  Capt. Kirk : I almost MARRIED her!

  Lt. Mitchell : You better be good to me. I'm getting even better ideas here.

• Capt. Kirk : Jones?

  Yeoman Smith : The name's Smith, sir.

• Dr. Dehner : There's no soul on this planet but us?

  Capt. Kirk : Nobody but us chickens, doctor.

• Spock : We'll never reach an Earth base with him aboard. You heard the mathematics of it. In a month, he'll have as much in common with us as we'd have with a ship full of white mice.

  Capt. Kirk : I need a recommendation, not vague warnings.

  Spock : Recommendation one: there's a planet a few light days away from here, Delta Vega. It has a lithium cracking station; we may be able to adapt some of its power packs to our engines.

  Capt. Kirk : And if we can't? We'll be trapped in orbit there. We haven't enough power to blast back out.

  Spock : It is the only possible way to get Mitchell off this ship.

  Capt. Kirk : If you mean strand Mitchell there, I won't do it! That station is fully automated; there's not a soul on the whole planet. Even the ore ships call only once every 20 years!

  Spock : Then you have one other choice: kill Mitchell while you still can.

  Capt. Kirk : [offended]  Get out of here.

  Spock : It is your only other choice, assuming you make it while you still have time!

  Capt. Kirk : Will you try, for one moment, to feel? At least act like you got a heart! We're talking about Gary!

  Spock : The captain of the Valiant probably felt the same way, and he waited too long to make his decision. I think we've both guessed that.

  Capt. Kirk : [drained]  Set course for Delta Vega.

• [During a game of chess] 

  Spock : I'll have you checkmated your next move.

  Kirk : [chuckles]  Have I ever mentioned you play an irritating game of chess, Mr. Spock?

  Spock : Irritating? Ah, yes... one of your Earth emotions.

  [Kirk checkmates Spock] 

  Kirk : Certain you don't know what irritation is?

  Spock : The fact one of my ancestors married a human female...

  Kirk : Terrible, having bad blood like that.

• Kirk : Dr. Dehner feels he isn't that dangerous! What makes you right and a trained psychiatrist wrong?

  Spock : Because she feels. I don't. All I know is logic. In my opinion, we'll be lucky if we can repair this ship and get away in time.

• Capt. Kirk : Do you like what you see? Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

• [first lines] 

  Capt. Kirk : Captain's log, stardate 1312.4. The impossible has happened. From directly ahead we're picking up a recorded distress signal, a call from a vessel that has been missing for over two centuries.

• Capt. Kirk : Above all else, a god needs compassion.

• [Kirk visits Lockwood in Sickbay] 

  Lt. Cmdr. Gary Mitchell : [without turning]  Hello, Jim.

  [turning now toward Kirk, amused] 

  Lt. Cmdr. Gary Mitchell : Hey, you look worried.

  Capt. Kirk : [humorless smile]  I've been worried about you ever since that night on Deneb IV.

  Lt. Cmdr. Gary Mitchell : [chuckles]  Yeah, She was nova, that one. Not nearly as many after-effects this time, except for the eyes. They kind of stare back at me when I'm shaving.

  Capt. Kirk : [walking toward the bed]  Do you feel any different?

  Lt. Cmdr. Gary Mitchell : Well, in a way I feel better than I've ever felt before in my life. It actually seems to have done me some good.

  Capt. Kirk : How?

  Lt. Cmdr. Gary Mitchell : Well, I'm getting a chance to read some of that long haired stuff you like.

  [hands Kirk some of the library tapes he's been reading]