Robert Hooks credited as playing...
Admiral Morrow
- Admiral Morrow: No. Absolutely not, Jim. You're my best officer, but I am commander, Starfleet, so I don't break rules.
- Kirk: Don't quote rules to me. I'm talking about loyalty and sacrifice. One man who's died for us, another with deep emotional problems.
- Admiral Morrow: Now, wait a minute. This business about Spock and McCoy; honestly, I never understood Vulcan mysticism.
- Kirk: You don't have to believe. I'm not even sure that I believe. But if there's even a chance that Spock has an eternal soul, then it's my responsibility.
- Admiral Morrow: Yours?
- Kirk: As surely as if it were my very own. Give me back the Enterprise. With Scotty's help, I can...
- Admiral Morrow: No, Jim! The Enterprise would never stand the pounding and you know it.
- Kirk: Then I'll find a ship. I'll hire a ship.
- Admiral Morrow: Out of the question, my friend. The council has ordered that no one but the science team goes to Genesis. Jim, your life and your career stand for rationality, not for intellectual chaos. Keep up this emotional behavior and you'll lose everything. You'll destroy yourself. Do you understand me, Jim?
- Kirk: I hear you. I had to try.
- Admiral Morrow: You've all done remarkable service under the most difficult conditions. You'll be receiving Starfleet's highest commendation, and more importantly, extended shore leave. That is, all but you, Mr. Scott. They need your wisdom on the new Excelsior. Report there tomorrow as captain of Engineering.
- Scotty: With all appreciation, sir, I'd prefer to supervise the refit of Enterprise.
- Admiral Morrow: I'm afraid that won't be necessary.
- Scotty: But, sir...
- Admiral Morrow: I'm sorry, Mr. Scott, but there will be no refit.
- Kirk: Admiral. I don't understand. The Enterprise is not...
- Admiral Morrow: Jim, the Enterprise is 20 years old. We feel her day is over.
- Kirk: But we had requested... we'd hoped to take her back to Genesis.
- Admiral Morrow: That is out of the question.
- Kirk: May I ask why?
- Admiral Morrow: In your absence, Genesis has become a galactic controversy. Until the Federation Council makes policy, you are all under orders not to discuss with anyone your knowledge of Genesis. Consider it a quarantined planet and a forbidden subject.