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• REMEMBER •
McCOY:
He's really not dead.
As long as we remember him.
KIRK:
'It's a far, far better thing I do
than I have ever done before.
...A far better resting place
that I go to than I have ever known'.
CAROL:
Is that a poem?
KIRK:
No, no.
Something Spock was
trying to tell me.
On my birthday.
Buffy blows up The Judge - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
WILLOW :
Do you think he's dead?
BUFFY,
The Vampire Slayer :
We can't be sure --
Pick up The Pieces and keep 'em seperate.
ANGEL :
It's a Legend. Way before My Time.
Of a demon brought forth to rid The Earth of The Plague of Humanity.
To separate The Righteous from The Wicked...
And burn The Righteous Down.
They called him The Judge.
GILES :
The Judge? This is he?
ANGEL :
Not all of him.
I'm still needing backstory here.
GILES :
Erm... He...
He couldn't be killed, yes?
Erm... An army was sent against him. Most of them died.
But finally they were able to dismember him,
but... not kill him.
ANGEL :
The pieces were scattered,
buried in every corner of The Earth.
So all these parts are being brought here?
BUFFY,
The Vampire Slayer :
By Drusilla.
The vamps outside were Spike's men.
ANGEL :
She's crazy enough to do it.
BUFFY,
The Vampire Slayer :
Do what? Reassemble The Judge?
ANGEL :
Bring forth Armageddon.
CORDELIA :
Is anybody else gonna have cake?
We need to get this out of town.
Angel.
ANGEL :
What?
You're the only one that can protect this thing.
BUFFY,
The Vampire Slayer :
What about me?
You're gonna skip town for a few months?
ANGEL :
I gotta get this to the remotest region possible.
BUFFY,
The Vampire Slayer :
But that's not months.
ANGEL :
I can catch a cargo ship to Asia...
BUFFY,
The Vampire Slayer :
You know, flying machines are safer than they used to be.
ANGEL :
I can't fly. There's no sure way to guard against the daylight.
I don't like this any more than you do, Buffy.
But there's no other choice.
BUFFY,
The Vampire Slayer :
When?
ANGEL :
Tonight. As soon as possible.
BUFFY,
The Vampire Slayer :
But it's my birthday.
We are assembled here today to pay final respects to our honoured dead.
And yet it should be noted that in the midst of our sorrow, this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world, a world that our beloved comrade gave his life to protect and nourish.
He did not feel that sacrifice a vain or empty one...
and we will not debate his profound wisdom at these proceedings.
Of my friend, I can only say this —
Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels....
His was the most
...Human.
SULU :
Honours, ...hup!
(bagpipes play 'Amazing Grace' as the torpedo coffin is fired)
[Kirk's quarters]
KIRK:
Come.
DAVID:
I don't mean to intrude.
KIRK:
No, not at all. ...I should be on the bridge.
DAVID: Can I talk to you for a minute?
KIRK: I've poured myself a drink. Would you like it?
DAVID: Lieutenant Saavik was right. You never have faced a death.
KIRK: No, not like this. I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I tricked my way out of death ...and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. ...I know nothing.
DAVID: You knew enough to tell Saavik that how we face death is at least as important as how we face life.
KIRK: Just words.
DAVID: But good words. That's where ideas begin. Maybe you should listen to them. I was wrong about you and I'm sorry.
KIRK: Is that what you came here to say?
DAVID:
Mainly. ...And also that I'm ...proud, ...very proud ...to be your son.
Captain's log, stardate 8141.6.
Starship Enterprise departing for Ceti Alpha Five to pick up the crew of the U.S.S. Reliant.
All is well.
And yet I can't help wondering about the friend I leave behind.
'There are always possibilities' Spock said.
And if Genesis is indeed 'Life from death',
I must return to this place again.
[Enterprise bridge]
McCOY:
He's really not dead.
As long as we remember him.
KIRK:
'It's a far, far better thing I do
than I have ever done before.
...A far better resting place
that I go to than I have ever known'.
CAROL:
Is that a poem?
KIRK:
No, no.
Something Spock was trying to tell me.
On my birthday.
McCOY:
You okay, Jim?
How do you feel?
KIRK:
Young. I feel young.
(the torpedo coffin lays in a clearing in the new, verdant forest on the Genesis planet)
Spock's Voice :
Space — The Final Frontier.
These, are the continuing voyages of the Starship ‘Enterprise'.
Her ongoing mission, to explore strange new worlds…
to seek out new life-forms and new civilisations...
To boldly go
Where no man has gone
Before --
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