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 disconnect M-5, but discovers it is protecting itself with a force field.

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.

McCoy later helps get Kirk posted aboard the USS Enterprise.

( Sabean may have been acting as GM prior to the announcement, as he was rumored to have engineered the deal to get Kirk Rueter from the Montreal Expos ).

When the scammer – who apparently never heard of the television series, asked for his passport details, he sent a copy of a fake passport with a photo of Star Trek's Captain Kirk, hoping that the scammer would attempt to use it and get arrested.

Stokely " Stoke " Jones, a firebrand activist who cannot get around without crutches, introduces the " peace sign " to Peter and his friend, Stanley " Skip " Kirk, by displaying it on the back of his jacket.

In other words, Kirk argued that Homeric poems were recited under a system that gave the reciter much more freedom to choose words and passages to get to the same end than the Serbo-Croatian poet, who was merely " reproductive ".

He also wanted a shot of Kirk Douglas entering the Pentagon, but could not get permission because of security considerations, so he rigged a movie camera in a parked station wagon to photograph Douglas walking up to the Pentagon.

The Guardian mentioned that “ Many such journeys are possible .” The Enterprise contacts them and the traumatized Kirk responds with the instructions, " Let's get the hell out of here.

They manage to get control of the Transporter Room, and Kirk and Spock return to see if time can be repaired.

Star Trek writer David Gerrold, to tweak William Shatner on set, once joked he was writing a Star Trek episode in which Kirk lost his voice in the teaser ( the hook ), and didn't get it back until the tag.

Overview: Kirk must figure out why the Klingons are trying to get hold of Cyrano Jones while simultaneously protecting two automated grain carriers.

Back on board the Enterprise, Kirk questions Spock on his seemingly emotional solution, attempting to get him to admit to having an " emotional outburst.

Back on the Enterprise, Spock and the rest of the bridge crew get a camera view of the action on the bridge monitor, courtesy of the Metrons who believe Kirk will shortly be defeated.

Kirk, once he recovers, gives chase with a small group to stop her and get back his phaser.

Sensor scans from the probe reveal nothing, so Kirk orders the ship to get in closer.

Tracey orders McCoy to get to work on solving the secrets of their longevity and has Kirk and Spock taken away.

Club's Zack Handlen rates " Elaan of Troyius " as a B, making note of character development and the unexpected ending: " If you'd asked me to predict the rest of the episode after Elaan and Kirk hooked up, I would've guessed it would have something to do with Kirk interfering with the wedding ... nstead, we get a nifty space battle against the Klingons, a traitor in the Elasians, an unexpected source of dilithium crystals, and a curiously muted performance from Shatner that does a good job at conveying his internal struggle between feeling and duty without overselling it.

According to Cramer, " Kirk made it very clear that he got a great deal of joy in making sure that this guy didn't get an appointment.

" Kirk makes his way to the obelisk, but doesn't remember how to get inside.

Once on the planet, the officers quickly get their bodies usurped by Parmen who proceeds to make Kirk, Spock, Chapel and Uhura, forced to wear Greek garb, to perform for the gathered Platonians and a captive McCoy.

Kirk sees two Vians who have followed them to the surface and instructs the others to get to Scotty while he takes care of them.

Kirk Ewing, the Traffic's Managing Director, said " We genuinely believe that, if we get enough people participating, we'll be able to disprove, once and for all, any notion that someone else was involved in the assassination of President Kennedy.

Spock rushes to locate the Captain, but Kirk phases out again before he can get a lock.