# Your favorite "Star Trek" moments **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041 "2003-06-11T04:32:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/81 "2003-06-12T14:38:57Z")
A couple more: DS9: **The Collaborator** , when Winn walks through the door as Bajor’s new Kai. I was kerflumoxed! TNG: **The Best of Both Worlds** , when the captured Picard turns towards the viewscreen and reveals he is now a BORG!!! Who wasn’t blow away the first time they saw that!? DS9: **Necessary Evil** , when Odo works out that Kira was the killer all along. Kira asks him, “Will you ever trust me again?”. Odo can’t answer; he just looks down at the floor. A shattering moment between two of the best character in Trek. TNG: **I, Borg** , when Picard confronts Hugh _in character_ as Locutus, and realises how wrong he might have been in his prejudices. DS9: **Whispers** , when the door opens and O’Brien finds the answers to all his questions. One of the best plot-twists I’ve ever seen, and I had absolutely no idea what was going to happen. TNG: **Parallels** , when Worf freaks out that Troi seems to think she is his wife. That episode was full of classic moments, like when the Riker from a universe where the Borg had won screams “We’re not going back! You don’t know what it’s like in our reality!” ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/82 "2003-06-12T14:53:53Z")
Chekov’s interrogation in The Voyage Home. \>What is your name? \>Commander Checkov, Starfleet, United Federation of Planets, serviec number blah blah. \>All right. Let’s take this from the top. \>From the top of what? \>Name. \>My name? \>No, MY name. \>But I don’t know your name. \>Listen mister, you play any games with me and you’re _through_. \>I am? [relieved look] May I go now? ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/83 "2003-06-12T14:55:05Z")
Oh yes…and “vere are de nucular wessels?” ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/84 "2003-06-12T15:35:44Z")
Someone berated the “Klingon Bastards” scene in STIII… I liked it. I know he wasn’t close to David but he knew of him and kept away for years, he finally gets to know his son and the boy is murdered. His reaction is that of a man who has taken a strong emotional blow, even the stumble works. It makes a tough man seem more fragile, he actually loses his composure on the bridge. His quiet “goodbye David” is also quite a sad moment. Another nod to STII “Kirk to Spock its been two hours…” I always get a rush from that scene as it is pure Kirk. TOS Charlie X pleading to stay… chilling and sad at the same time. (Charlie X) TOS: “We have the right…” “The right to kill to destroy?” Kirk being corrected by the Organians when he protests their involvement. Great piece of writing and Kirk gets to suddenly step back and realize he’s being a chunderhead. (Errand of Mercy) TOS Kirk asking Gary Mitchel to forgive him as he is about to brain him with a rock. (Where No Man has Gone Before) TOS: “Really Doctor” (Bread And Circuses) STV: Bones scene with his father… Deforest Kelly’s acting in that scene really tugged my heart string… even if the rest of the movie was Chum. STVI: Kirk confronting Spock on the Mission… it reminds me of Errand of Mercy in that even the brave an noble Kirk can be an asshead at times. STNG: Lal dying… Picard playing the flute (Inner Light) Picard laughing on the operating table at the end of Tapestry. The dynamic of the Crew in the alternate time line, there is the disputes between Riker and Picard… “I didn’t call this meeting for your imput number 1” Picard seems more isolated in that time line and when he reveals the status of the War it seems like something he wanted to get of his chest for a while Generations: “Oh My…” Though I hated teh death scene those lines worked for me because I interpreted it as Kirk’s shock at his own death. He had prided himself on his ability to cheat death and I believe he actually thought himself immortal… When the final moment came it was a complete shock to him. At least in my interpretation. DS9: Sisko being dragged off of the ship leaving his dead wife behind (The Emmisary) All of Duet… All of The Visitor The Speech at the end of In The Pale Moonlight. Far Beyond the Stars. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/85 "2003-06-12T15:45:14Z")
> [@](#): > > “Oh My…” Borrowing from the IMDb: > [@](#): > > James T. Kirk’s final two words, “Oh, my…” are a spontaneous ad lib made by William Shatner. Shatner later explained it was Kirk’s reaction to eternity and truly going where Kirk had never gone before. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/86 "2003-06-12T18:15:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > **There is DS-9 episode… where Bashir, Dax, and Sisco end up back in time in a “settlement” or something. It’s PreFederation. Sisco has the ID of some guy who is pivotal to keeping the timeline right. He’s the beggining of a major human rights type struggle which leads to a new world order, yada yada.** This is _Past Tense_. There’s a little feature about the making of this episode on the 3rd season DVD set, which just came out last week. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/87 "2003-06-12T18:34:33Z")
“There is an ancient Vulcan proverb: Only Nixon could go to China.” ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/88 "2003-06-12T19:32:31Z")
“There is an ancient Vulcan proverb: Only Nixon could go to China.” ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/89 "2003-06-12T19:54:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marley23 \* > \*\*Borrowing from the IMDb: \*\* I kinda liked my idea… please let me keep the illusion…please… ---
**Author:** ![dal\_timgar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@dal\_timgar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dal_timgar)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/90 "2003-06-12T19:58:26Z")
Kirk in COURTMARTIAL “one to the fourth power” starship captains don’t need to know math. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/91 "2003-06-12T20:00:42Z")
**bigger blooper same episode** The creators would think we don’t know what a microphone looks like. McCoy looks embarrased puting the mike to peoples hearts… lamest prop in Star trek history… ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/92 "2003-06-12T20:47:20Z")
From “The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise” skit from the first season of Saturday Night Live, where after the crew gets tossed back and forth around the bridge Spock says to Capt. Belushi, I mean Capt. Kirk, “Frankly, Captain I can’t take much more of this.” ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/93 "2003-06-12T21:09:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Monkey Chews \* > \*\*TNG: _The Best of Both Worlds_, when the captured Picard turns towards the viewscreen and reveals he is now a BORG!!! Who wasn’t blown away the first time they saw that!? > \*\* Ah, but even better…after the little speech, when he has told them they will be assimilated, he concludes with “Number One” in that flat yet questioning tone. Perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/94 "2003-06-12T23:43:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PatrickM \* > \*\*From “The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise” skit from the first season of Saturday Night Live, where after the crew gets tossed back and forth around the bridge Spock says to Capt. Belushi, I mean Capt. Kirk, “Frankly, Captain I can’t take much more of this.” \*\* Close, it was: “Frankly Captain, I’m exhausted” ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/95 "2003-06-12T23:55:28Z")
I can’t believe this has gone to page two without anyone saying this: **KHAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!** ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/96 "2003-06-13T03:22:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spudo \* > \*\*The end of the alternate universe episode on TOS, after Kirk pleaded with bearded-Spock to sieze control of the Enterprise and eventually the Empire. Spocks last line, “Captain, I shall consider it!” always stuck with me, just the way he says it is perfect. > > \*\* Oh, yeah!!! **Mirror, Mirror** is one of the best TOS eps. Gotta nitpick just a tiny bit, only because I agree that the way Spock says it is perfect, and this only adds to it…he actually says: “Captain Kirk, I shall consider it!” One of my favorite moments is in ST:III, at the end where Spock turns around and says, “Jim…your name…is Jim” Cut to Dr. McCoy who smiles his big smile and taps his temple. That’s how I always remember DeForrest Kelly…smiling that big smile of his. Also love when he shows up on STTNG at the end of “FarPoint Station”. McCoy: “Are you a Vulcan, boy?” Data: “No, I am an android” McCoy: “…Just as bad” ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/97 "2003-06-13T04:46:41Z")
I was speaking with **Palikia** about this thread today, and she pointed out no one has mentioned “The Devil in the Dark.” Spock’s mind-meld with the Horta (or Mother-thing, as **Palikia** called it,) where we suddenly understand that humans have been mining/destroying her _children_! ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/98 "2003-06-13T05:46:36Z")
Data: What’s that you’re eating? Beverly: Cellular peptide cake. Worf (mouth full) With mint frosting. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/99 "2003-06-13T06:03:38Z")
HAH! That was a good one. Worf: "You’re just supposed to… _sit here_? ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041/100 "2003-06-13T06:27:39Z")
If you’re going to mention Trek and Saturday Night Live, how could you forget William Shatner talking to a group at a Star Trek convention. “Get a life you people!” That scene made TV guide’s 100 greatest moments of television. Also, from the same episode but a different skit. The Enterprise has been turned into a restaurant. A man starts choking. Kirk: Bones, do something. McCoy: Damn it Jim, I’m a doctor, not a… oh yea… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-star-trek-moments/181041.md?page=6)