Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Friendship Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Quote #1

SAAVIK: Course heading, Captain?

KIRK: Captain's discretion.

SPOCK: Mister Sulu, you may... indulge yourself.

SULU: Aye sir.

Mr. Sulu doesn't have a lot to do in this movie, but this is a sweet little moment. It's an acknowledgement of the bond between him and his two superior officers, one of those bits of dialogue that the first film forgot to include, but which hold the heart and the soul of Star Trek.

Quote #2

SPOCK: You are my commanding officer. You are also my friend. I have been and always shall be yours.

That gets us right in the bro-feels, Spock. This is not a guy who lies, and he wants Kirk to know that, whatever happens, he's got his buddy's back.

Quote #3

SCOTT: I had me a wee bout, sir, but Doctor McCoy pulled me through.

KIRK: Oh? A wee bout of what?

McCOY: Shore leave, Admiral.

This is a remarkably serious film, with blood-crazed vengeance and doomsday devices and space eels squicking their way right into our ear-canal-based nightmares. And here, in the middle of it all, is a joke about venereal diseases: a little nudge in the ribs for our rotund chief engineer.