Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

Laurence Luckinbill: Sybok

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• Kirk : What does God need with a starship?

  McCoy : Jim, what are you doing?

  Kirk : I'm asking a question.

  "God" : Who is this creature?

  Kirk : Who am I? Don't you know? Aren't you God?

  Sybok : He has his doubts.

  "God" : You doubt me?

  Kirk : I seek proof.

  McCoy : Jim! You don't ask the Almighty for his ID!

  "God" : Then here is the proof you seek.

  [Shoots Kirk with lightning] 

  Kirk : Why is God angry?

  Sybok : Why? Why have you done this to my friend?

  "God" : He doubts me.

  Spock : You have not answered his question. What does God need with a starship?

  "God" : [shoots Spock with lightning; then addresses McCoy]  Do you doubt me?

  McCoy : I doubt any God who inflicts pain for his own pleasure.

  Sybok : Stop! The God of Sha Ka Ree would not do this!

  "God" : Sha Ka Ree? A vision you created. An eternity I've been imprisoned in this place! The ship! I must have the ship! Now... give me what I want!

  Spock : Sybok, this is not the God of Sha Ka Ree... or any other God!

  Sybok : I don't understand... Reveal yourself to me!

  [an image of Sybok strides out of one of God's eyes, laughing maniacally] 

  "God" : What's wrong? Don't you like this face? I have so many but this one suits you best.

  Sybok : No! No... it's not possible.

  "God" : Bring me the ship or I will destroy you!

  Sybok : The ship?

  "God" : Bring it closer so that I might join with it. Do it or watch these puny beings... die horribly.

  Sybok : What have I done?

• Sybok : I couldn't help but notice your pain!

  "God" : My pain?

  Sybok : It runs deep, share it with me!

• J'Onn : Where did you get this power?

  Sybok : The power was within you.

  J'Onn : I feel... as if a weight has been lifted from my heart. How can I repay you for this miracle?

  Sybok : Join my quest.

  J'Onn : What is it you seek?

  Sybok : What you seek. What all men have sought since time began. The ultimate knowledge.

• Sybok : Your pain runs deep.

  J'Onn : What do you know of my pain?

  Sybok : Let us explore it... together. Each man hides a secret pain. It must be exposed and reckoned with. It must be dragged from the darkness and forced into the light. Share your pain. Share your pain with me... and gain strength from the sharing.

• Sybok : Spock. It's me. It's Sybok. After all these years, you've finally caught up with me. Don't you have anything to say to me?

  Spock : You are... under arrest. For seventeen violations of the Neutral Zone Treaty.

  Sybok : [laughing]  Spock, you've developed a sense of humor after all.

  Spock : It was not my intention to amuse you. These are serious charges. However, if you surrender now...

  Sybok : I'm sorry, Spock. I can't surrender now. I'm not through violating Neutral Zone Treaty. In fact, I'm just getting started. And for my next violation, I intend to steal something. Something very big.

• Sybok : The people of your world once believed the world was flat. Columbus proved it was round. They said the sound barrier could never be broken!... It was broken. They said warp-speed could not be achieved.

• Sybok : What are you doing?

  Kirk : In order to lower and re-raise the shields as quickly as possible, we're going to forego the tractor beam, and fly her in manually.

  McCoy : *Manually*?

  Sybok : How often have you done this?

  Sulu : [smiles]  Actually, it's my first attempt.

• Chekov : This is Captain Pavel Chekov speaking. You are in wiolation of Neutral Zone Treaty. I adwise you to release your hostages at once, or suffer the consequences.

  Sybok : Your threats amuse me, Captain Chekov. What consequences did you have in mind?

• "God" : [appearing as Sybok, laughing]  What's the matter? Don't you like this face? I have so many, but this one suits you best.

  Sybok : No...! It's not possible...

• [first lines] 

  Sybok : I thought weapons were forbidden on this planet. Besides, I can't believe you'd kill me for a field of empty holes.

  J'Onn : It's all I have.

• Kirk : You staged all this to get your hands on my ship?

  Sybok : Who are you?

  Kirk : James T. Kirk, captain of the Enterprise.

  Sybok : But I thought Captain Chekov...

  [realizing it was a trick] 

  Sybok : I see! Very clever, Captain.

• Sybok : Romulan. Terran. Klingon. Consider yourselves my prisoners.

  St. John Talbot : Prisoners? We're already prisoners here on this worthless lump of rock. What possible value could we be to you?

  Sybok : Nimbus III may be a worthless lump of rock, but it does have one unique treasure. It's the only place in the entire galaxy that has the three of you.

  Caithlin Dar : I don't know who you are or what you want, but I can tell you this. Our governments will stop at nothing to ensure our safety.

  Sybok : That's exactly what I'm counting on.

• Sybok : Spock, it would appear that you've been given a second chance to join me. What do you say?

  Spock : I am a Starfleet officer.

  Sybok : Of course. Of course. Then I'll take the ship without your help.

• McCoy : Not long after, they found a cure. A goddamn cure!

  Sybok : So if you hadn't killed him, he might have lived.

  McCoy : No! I loved my father. I released him !

  Sybok : Then you did what you thought was right.

  McCoy : Yes. No! Yes!

• Sybok : Sha-Ka-Ree... the source... Heaven... Eden... call it what you will. The Klingons call it "Qui-Tu". For the Romulans it's "Vorta Vor". The Andorian word is... is unpronouncable. Still, every culture in this galaxy shares this common dream of a place from which creation sprang. For us, that place will soon be reality.

  Kirk : The only reality I see is that I'm a prisoner on my own ship. What is this power you have to control the minds of my crew?

  Sybok : I don't control minds. I free them.

• Sybok : [On the distorted Enterprise view screen]  I deeply regret this desperate act, but these are desperate times. I have no desire to harm these innocents. But, do not put me to the test. I implore you to respond within 24 hours.

  [Transmission ends] 

• Sybok : Why did you do it?

  [euthanizing his father] 

  McCoy : To preserve his dignity.