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.

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 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.

Summoned on 27 August 1695 before the Kirk Session for his " undecent carriage " ( indecent behaviour ) in church, he " did not comper, having gone away to be seas: this business is continued till his return ".

Picard convinces Kirk to return to Picard's present and stop Soran.

Picard convinces Kirk to return to Picard's present to help stop the villain Soran from destroying Veridian III's sun.

Anne drew criticism from the Kirk for keeping Henrietta Gordon, wife of the exiled Catholic George Gordon, Marquess of Huntly, as a confidante ; after Huntly's return in 1596, the St Andrews minister David Black called Anne an atheist and remarked in a sermon that " the Queen of Scotland was a woman for whom, for fashion's sake, the clergy might pray but from whom no good could be hoped.

Admiral James T. Kirk and Spock attempt to locate humpback whales, while Montgomery Scott, Leonard McCoy and Hikaru Sulu construct a whale tank for the return trip.

Kirk, McCoy and Taylor rescue him from a hospital and return to the now-recharged ship.

Kirk and Spock then procure the whales so the crew can return to the 23rd century and save Earth.

For example, Kirk argues that the eternal return does not accurately describe the functions of Native American or Greek mythology.

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.

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.

His studies there were funded by stipends of 300 pounds per year from the government of Nyasaland ( in order to facilitate his return there as a doctor ) and from the Scottish Presbyterian Kirk ; neither of these benefactors was aware of the other.

The First Book of Discipline ( 1560 ) required that a Sabbath afternoon session be set aside for examination of young children in catechism, and this practice was adopted in the Kirk on John Knox's return to Scotland.

After failing to persuade the Halkan Council to allow the Federation to mine dilithium crystals on their planet, Captain James T. Kirk, along with Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy, Chief Engineer Scott, and Communications Officer Lt. Uhura, return to the Enterprise.

While Scotty searches for a way to return them to the correct universe, Kirk goes to his quarters and finds the beautiful Lieutenant Marlena Moreau, who refers to herself as the " Captain's Woman ," stretched out on his bed.

Kirk tells the rest of the landing party to also try or find new lives in the past if they fail to return.

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

Spock stops Beckwith, lets the woman die and then helps Kirk return with their prisoner.

As before, Beckwith is about to save Edith, Kirk cannot act but Spock secures him and they return.

Saavik helped Admiral Kirk return Spock to Vulcan, where his body and katra were reunited.

Kirk recovers sufficiently to pretend that he is well, and with the grudging support of McCoy, returns to the bridge to relieve Spock and order him to return to sickbay.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home ( 1986 ) opens with Kirk and his officers agreeing to return to Earth to face judgment for their actions in the previous film.

The film concludes with Starfleet ordering a return to spacedock to be decommissioned, an order which Kirk and the crew gleefully disregard.

On stardate 5373. 4, Captain Kirk and Spock return from a time-traveling research project they have been conducting with the use of the Guardian of Forever.