[Corridor outside bridge simulator room] Aren't you dead? I assume you are loitering
here to learn what efficiency rating I plan to give your cadets.
I am understandably curious. They destroyed the simulator room and you
with it. The Kobayashi Maru scenario frequently wreaks
havoc with students and equipment. As I recall you took the test three times yourself. Your
final solution was, shall we say, unique? It had the virtue of never having been tried.
Oh, by the way, ...thank you for this. I know of your fondness for antiques.
'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times' ...Message, Spock?
None of that I'm conscious of ...except, of course, happy birthday, ...surely the best
of times. TANNOY VOICE: Captain Spock, Captain Spock,
space shuttle leaving in fifteen minutes. Where are you off to, now?
The Enterprise. I must check in before your inspection. And you?
Home. [Kirk's apartment]
Why! Bless me, Doctor! What beams you into this neck of the woods?
'Beware Romulans bearing gifts.' Happy Birthday, Jim.
Romulan Ale! Why, Bones, you know this is illegal.
I only use it for medicinal purposes. I got aboard a ship that brings me in a case every
now and then across the Neutral Zone. Now don't be a prig.
Twenty-two, eighty-three. Yeah well it takes this stuff a while to ferment.
Here now, gimme. ...Now you open this one. I'm almost afraid to. What is it? Klingon
aphrodisiacs? No.
Oh. ...Bones, this is ...charming. For most patients of your age, I generally
administer Retnax Five. I'm allergic to Retnax Five.
Exactly. Cheers! Cheers! ...Aahh!
Happy Birthday! I don't know what to say.
Well you could say thank you. Thank you.
Damn it, Jim, what the hell's the matter with you? Other people have birthdays. Why are
we treating yours like a funeral? Bones, I don't want to be lectured.
What the hell do you want? ...This is not about age, ...and you know it. This is about
you flying a goddamn computer console when you wanna be out there hopping Galaxies.
Spare me your notions of poetry, please. We all have our assigned duties.
Bull. You're hiding ...hiding behind rules and regulations.
Who am I hiding from? From yourself, Admiral!
Don't mince words, Bones, What do you really think?
Jim, I'm your doctor and I'm your friend. Get back your command. Get it back before
you turn into part of this collection. Before you really do grow old.