Kirk and Spock's Friendship

[Smellincoffee]

Ahem.

That would be "Mudd's Passion".

 

[BillJ]

Where No Man Has Gone Before

It took alot for Spock to tell Kirk to maroon Mitchell.

SPOCK: We'll never reach an Earth base with him aboard, Jim. You heard the mathematics of it. In a month he'll have as much in common with us as we'd have with a ship full of white mice.
KIRK: I need a recommendation, Spock, not vague warnings.
SPOCK: Recommendation one. There's a planet a few light days away from here. Delta Vega. It has a lithium cracking station. We may be able to adapt some of its power packs to our engines.
KIRK: And if we can't? We'll be trapped in orbit there. We haven't enough power to blast back out.
SPOCK: It is the only possible way to get Mitchell off this ship.
KIRK: If you mean strand Mitchell there, I won't do it. That station is fully automated. There's not a soul on the whole planet. Even the ore ships call only once every twenty years.
SPOCK: Then you have one other choice. Kill Mitchell while you still can.
KIRK: Get out of here.
SPOCK: It is your only other choice, assuming you make it while you still have time.
KIRK: Will you try for one moment to feel? At least act like you've got a heart. We're talking about Gary.
SPOCK: The captain of the Valiant probably felt the same way, and he waited too long to make his decision. I think we've both guessed that.
KIRK: Set course for Delta Vega.

I always thought that this was a great exchange between the two and showed that there was already deep respect between them.

 

[TeaKirk]

Where No Man Has Gone Before

It took alot for Spock to tell Kirk to maroon Mitchell.

SPOCK: We'll never reach an Earth base with him aboard, Jim. You heard the mathematics of it. In a month he'll have as much in common with us as we'd have with a ship full of white mice.
KIRK: I need a recommendation, Spock, not vague warnings.
SPOCK: Recommendation one. There's a planet a few light days away from here. Delta Vega. It has a lithium cracking station. We may be able to adapt some of its power packs to our engines.
KIRK: And if we can't? We'll be trapped in orbit there. We haven't enough power to blast back out.
SPOCK: It is the only possible way to get Mitchell off this ship.
KIRK: If you mean strand Mitchell there, I won't do it. That station is fully automated. There's not a soul on the whole planet. Even the ore ships call only once every twenty years.
SPOCK: Then you have one other choice. Kill Mitchell while you still can.
KIRK: Get out of here.
SPOCK: It is your only other choice, assuming you make it while you still have time.
KIRK: Will you try for one moment to feel? At least act like you've got a heart. We're talking about Gary.
SPOCK: The captain of the Valiant probably felt the same way, and he waited too long to make his decision. I think we've both guessed that.
KIRK: Set course for Delta Vega.

I always thought that this was a great exchange between the two and showed that there was already deep respect between them.

Absolutely I agree

 

[Miss Mess]

What i love about Kirk and Spock is that their relationship is very much based on the idea that actions speak louder than words. Spock...being a vulcan, never expresses his feelings for Kirk verbally during the series, and yet many times he has completely ignored both logic and regulations - and in general, been a very bad Vulcan- in order to save Kirk's life. No words are required. We know by the discreet half-smile Spock reserves solely for Kirk. We know by the blatently adoring look in Kirk's eyes, in response.