Kirk reluctantly surrenders and offers to cooperate.

Kirk reluctantly orders Mr. Scott to manufacture and beam down a hundred of the flintlocks and ammunition for the tribesmen, calling them " serpents for the Garden of Eden.

Kirk accepts the challenge thinking he can let Spock win — and only then discovers that the fight is to the death.

Kirk accepts the offer as Ruth appears again, and authorizes the crew to beam down.

He expresses his desire to learn more about humans and their culture, and Lt. Bailey is volunteered by Kirk to remain on Balok's ship as an emissary of the Federation, an assignment Bailey happily accepts.

Kirk takes Carolyn aside and tells her to reject Apollo if he does not comply with Kirk's demands to leave, as she will condemn all of them, including herself, to becoming slaves if she accepts him.

Kirk accepts Miramanee's offer to " settle " with him, and asks her to pick the day of " joining " where they will be married.

Kirk accepts on condition that the Romulans simultaneously transport two of their officers over as an exchange.

McCoy accepts under the circumstances and Kirk and Spock are released.

Kirk happily accepts despite objections from Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy and Chief Engineer Scott.

For the 2009 reboot film Star Trek, writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman saw McCoy as an " arbiter " in Kirk and Spock's relationship.

Urban said McCoy has a " sense of irascibility with real passion for life and doing the right thing ", and that " Spock's logic and McCoy's moral standing gave Kirk the benefit of having three brains instead of just one.

Spock's sacrifice at the end of the film allows for Kirk's spiritual rebirth ; commenting earlier that he feels old and worn out, Kirk states in the final scene that he feels " young.

" Additionally, Spock's self-sacrificing solution to the no-win Kobayashi Maru scenario, which Kirk had cheated his way through, forces Kirk to confront death and to grow as a character.

The technique was also used by Spock to subdue James Kirk in the 2009 film, when Kirk opposes Spock's decision as captain of the USS Enterprise to reunite with the remainder of Starfleet in the Lorentian system, instead of pursuing Nero immediately.

The film also depicts Kirk and Spock's initial clashes at Starfleet Academy, and the gradual development of their friendship based on shared mutual respect, what the elder Spock calls "... a friendship that will define both in ways cannot yet realize.

James T. Kirk | Kirk with Spock's " mirror " counterpart in " Mirror, Mirror ( Star Trek ) | Mirror, Mirror " ( 1967 )

In Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Sarek asks Kirk to bring Spock's body back along with his katra, or living essence, to Vulcan.

When the culprit arrives in Sickbay to finish off the assassins, Kirk and Spock discover that the killer is Spock's protégé, Valeris.

The script shows Kirk and Spock's upbringing, their meeting McCoy and Montgomery Scott at the Academy and defeating a villain before parting ways.

The revised opening featured Captain Sulu bringing his friends out of their retirement: Spock's whereabouts are classified ; Kirk was to have married Carol Marcus ( played by Bibi Besch in The Wrath of Khan ), the mother of his late son, leading a settled life before a special envoy arrives at his door.

Spock's theme was designed to be an ethereal counterpart to the motif for Kirk and the Enterprise, aimed at capturing " the emotional gleam in the captain's eye ".

Kirk, meanwhile, is willing to " let them ( the Klingons ) die ", unwilling to listen to Spock's words because of his biased understanding.

When James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) learns that Spock's spirit, or katra, is held in the mind of Dr. Leonard " Bones " McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ), Kirk and company steal the Enterprise to return Spock's body to his home planet.

Spock's father, Sarek ( Mark Lenard ), confronts Kirk about his son's death.

Disobeying orders, Kirk and his officers spring McCoy from detention, disable USS Excelsior, and steal Enterprise from Spacedock to return to the Genesis planet to retrieve Spock's body.

When the Klingons confront the Organian ruling council and threaten to torture Kirk and Spock as suspected insurgents, the Organians reveal Kirk and Spock's true identities and allow them to be arrested.

Captain Kirk and Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy witness one of Spock's outbursts, and McCoy agrees Spock needs some " time off.

Kirk Douglas and others hosted receptions for them in Hollywood-they were protected by Special Agents of the US State Department on request of NASA.

Kirk Douglas and others hosted receptions for them in Hollywood-they were protected by Special Agents of the US State Department on request of NASA.

At Kirk Douglas ' request, Sebring did the hair styling for the movie Spartacus.

He was buried at the High Kirk of Edinburgh near the tomb of Regent Moray at the request the King.

Furthermore, Kirk is let off the hook for disobeying orders when Starfleet retroactively grants permission to divert to Vulcan at T ' Pau's request.

As the timer ticks toward zero, Science Officer Spock suggests to Chief Engineer Scott that he might complete the engineering task by trying " Inverse Phasing ," Kirk issues an understated request: " Gentlemen, I suggest you beam me aboard " and watches the doomsday machine grow on the viewscreen.

At Korby's request, only Kirk and Chapel beam down.

Kirk denies the request and tells him the plan is to take the children to Starbase 4 where their relatives will be contacted.

Captain Kirk wishes to speed along the negotiations for the mineral and beams down directly to the zienite mines with First Officer Spock, despite Ardana's leader High Advisor Plasus's request to beam to the floating city of Stratos.

Kirk undergoes a transformation through the film by way of his incarceration ; realizing that his hatred is outmoded he allows for a cleansing that restores his son to him in some way.

In Blish's version, Kirk allows Edith to die, with the result that Spock tells him, " No other woman was ever almost offered the universe for love.

Instead of a lengthy court-martial for Lt. McGivers, Kirk allows her to go into exile with Khan.

Spock asks that T ' Pau forbid it, because Kirk " does not understand, he does not know ," but T ' Pau allows Kirk to decide, telling him another champion will be selected if he declines.

He agrees to Natira's marriage proposal only if she allows Kirk and Spock to go free.

Both men are devastated, but Flint regains his composure and allows Kirk to leave with the supply of Ryetalyn.

With no other choice, Kirk sadly allows the two aliens to chase each other down to their obliterated world to decide their own fates, consumed by their now self-perpetuating mutual hate.

She tells Kirk that Ashley had asked her to collect Freddie, so Kirk allows her to take him.