In the 2009 film, the mystery regarding Uhura's first name is the subject of a running joke as Kirk repeatedly tries to find out what it is, before finally hearing Spock utter it.

This causes Truman to begin questioning his staged life, and as he tries to get away from it the writers are forced to write a plot in which Kirk had not drowned but had suffered from amnesia.

The mirror Kirk tries to bribe Spock with rewards of " a command of ( his ) own " if he's freed, but Spock simply replies " fascinating " and continues investigating.

Kirk tries to return to his ship, but finds the effects of the time changes cause the Enterprise to become the Condor, a pirate vessel.

When the Romulan ship decloaks to launch a torpedo, Kirk tries to spring his trap, but an equipment failure leaves the phasers off-line and Mr. Stiles incapacitated.

The team heads down and they encounter a woman named Luma who tries to activate her bracelet, but Kirk quickly stuns her with a phaser.

When Seven tries to beam himself down, Kirk stuns him with a phaser.

Later, Kirk tries his best to instill Charlie with some manly qualities, and attempts to teach the young man how to fight.

Kirk tries to get the probe to return to the holding cell, but it kills the two security guards sent to escort it.

Kirk arrives with a phaser and a handful of salt and tries to entice the creature into attacking.

However, when Yeoman Rand becomes hysterical over their impending fate and Kirk tries to console her, Miri becomes jealous and runs away to scheme with her friends.

Desperate to prevent any more bloodshed in his name, Karidian / Kodos jumps into the line of fire as Lenore tries to shoot Kirk.

Kirk tries to subtly extract information from her while he has her charmed, and learns that Sylvia and her partner Korob are explorers, but not from this galaxy.

She then tries to finagle the device away from Kirk.

Kirk tries to contact the Enterprise for assistance, but his signals are being blocked by some unknown phenomenon.

Kirk tries to convince the Companion that she is not compatible with Cochrane, and that she is not capable of loving a human the way another human can.

Kirk tries to wriggle the ship free of the hand by using the ship's impulse engines, but to no avail.

Thinking Tyree is too weak and hesitant to arm the people, Nona tries to seduce Kirk with her potions, but Kirk resists and Tyree witnesses her treachery.

Kirk tries to soften Shahna up by telling her about the other planets he has visited and about the concepts of freedom.

" Kirk tries to offer a peaceful solution ; Krako rejects it out of hand, and has Kirk locked up under threat of imminent death hoping he'll change his mind.

Kirk tries to contact the Enterprise, but Tracey suddenly interrupts him and forcibly takes his communicator.

Once again, Kirk tries to wrestle Tracey's phaser away, but fails.

While Captain Kirk and Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy are unhappy about the test, Science Officer Spock is impressed with M-5.

Kirk orders M-5 taken offline, but Daystrom continues to believe it is working correctly, and refuses.

Since M-5 has disabled communications, Kirk is unable to contact Commodore Wesley and explain what is happening.

Kirk demands that Daystrom act, but the scientist will not accept M-5 as another failure.

Kirk then talks to M-5 to see whether he can persuade it to stop the attacks.

The M-5 acknowledges Kirk, who asks M-5 what its purpose is.

After Kirk receives no answer, he discovers that the door is unlocked and enters the house, where Leatherface ( Gunnar Hansen ) appears and kills him.

Officers rise in rank by assassinating their superiors ( as Kirk discovers when Chekov nearly succeeds in assassinating him ), and as a result all high-ranking officers must hire a personal bodyguard.

Kirk discovers that the attacker is a lone Romulan Bird of Prey equipped with a cloaking device.

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

Normal Kirk is forced to pretend to be his mirror counterpart and discovers the ISS Enterprise was on a similar mission as his own ship-only the Terran Empire would not take no for an answer.

Kirk leads a landing party and discovers the crew is dead as a result of the anomaly's effect on the brain.

Kirk discovers that Phosphorus has also captured Francine, and becomes Man-Bat to save her.

Kirk discovers a chamber filled with thousands of the silicon nodules and the creature causes the roof to collapse, trapping him.

Nomad has powerful abilities, which the crew discovers when Kirk leaves Nomad to be watched by Lt. Singh.

Using ship's sensors, Kirk tracks Eve and discovers the secret to the women's startling beauty.

When the crew arrives at the planet, Captain Kirk discovers Harcourt Fenton Mudd, an outlaw whom Kirk has encountered previously, is the apparent " leader " of the androids.

Upon arriving, however, Kirk discovers that the synthetic food discovery claim was just a ruse employed by Dr. Leighton to bring Kirk to Planet Q. Leighton reveals to Kirk his true motivation is for Kirk to confirm Leighton's suspicions that Anton Karidian ( Arnold Moss ), the leader of a Shakespearean acting troupe currently on the planet, is, in fact, Kodos " the Executioner ," the former governor of the earth colony of Tarsus IV, who was responsible for the massacre of over 4000 people — including members of both Kirk's and Leighton's families — 20 years before.

Kirk discovers him before he can act and persuades him to surrender the weapon.

Kirk soon discovers that there are plenty of natural resources lying about to craft a weapon.

He discovers that Enterprise is one of 12 such starships under the authority of a combined service and that the computer calls Kirk " dear ," having been overhauled on the female-dominated planet Cygnet XIV ( who thought the computer needed a personality ).

After Spock discovers that the pilot's own as-yet-unborn son will play an important role in a future space mission to Saturn, Kirk must somehow return him to Earth without any knowledge of Enterprise or other future events.

A friendly group of Hill People finally arrive and take Kirk and McCoy to their cave where Kirk discovers Tyree is now their tribal leader.

Tracey is about to disintegrate Kirk, but he discovers his phaser is out of power.

McCoy rushes over to Kirk to treat his injuries, discovers he has no recollection of who they are and calls for Nurse Chapel to beam down and assist.