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The Final Frontier
Premiered: Jun 9,
1989 Director: William Shatner Screenplay: David Loughery Story: William Shatner, Harve Bennett and David Loughery Music: Jerry Goldsmith Stardate: 8454.1
The Cast:
James T. Kirk:
William Shatner
Spock: Leonard
Nimoy
Leonard "Bones" McCoy:
Deforest Kelley
Chekov: Walter
Koenig
Sulu: George Takei
Uhura: Nichelle
Nichols
Sybok: Laurence
Luckinbill
Klingon Ambassador: Charles Cooper
Terran Ambassador:
David Warner
On the planet Nimbus III, a central location where one ambassador
each from the Federation, Klingon Empire and Romulan Empire have met
to discuss solutions to the mutual hostility each government holds for
the others, talks have virtually ceased despite the arrival of a new
Romulan ambassador and Nimbus III has become an arid desert. A
renegade Vulcan - apparently breaking from the tradition of his race
and embracing emotions and impulses - has generated a strong following
on the planet and takes the three ambassadors hostage.
The Vulcan, Sybok, then sends a message to the delegates' governments, demanding a
fair hearing of his demands in exchange for the hostages' lives. A
Klingon vessel, commanded by trigger-happy Captain Klaa, heads for
Nimbus III with Klaa spoiling for a fight with the legendary
Enterprise. The Enterprise arrives first, and Kirk mounts a rescue
operation involving distracting the guards, but he finds himself being
held at gun point by the hostages he was meant to rescue, Kirk
realizes that the affair has been a trap. Sybok now intends to hijack
the Enterprise, and succeeds in earning the loyalty of Sulu, Uhura and
Chekov by "releasing" them from painful memories in their lives.
Sybok sets the Enterprise on a course to the Great Barrier at the
centre of the galaxy, where he believes he will find the mythical
planet Sha Ka Reeand, according to Sybok's theory, that world's
inhabitant - God.
Surviving the supposedly deadly trip through the barrier, the
Enterprise arrives at an uncharted planet, convincing many of the
ship's crew that Sybok may be right. In their excitement, no one
notices that Klaa's ship is now arriving at Sha Ka Ree as well. Kirk,
Spock, McCoy and Sybok fly a shuttle to the surface and, although
initially finding no sign of life, encounter the projection of an
enormous face which claims to be God and greets Sybok. However, when
the being insists that the enterprise be brought in close enough that
he may meld with it for the journey beyond the Great Barrier, Kirk is
suspicious and questions the being's authenticity.
The creature lashes out at Kirk and Spock when they doubt his
identity, and Sybok realizes that it is not God. Grappling with the
entity so that the others may escape, Sybok gives Kirk time to order a
torpedo fired at the creature, but it is not easily killed. When they
return to the shuttle, Kirk, Spock and McCoy discover that it has been
crippled by the creature, and Kirk orders Scotty to beam Spock and
McCoy up. As soon as they have safely returned to the Enterprise, Klaa
opens fire on the Enterprise, damaging the transporters once more.
Spock convinces General Koord, the Klingon delegate from Nimbus III
and one of Sybok's recent converts, to use his rank to commandeer
Klaa's ship and rescue Kirk. Koord agrees, and Spock takes over the
gunner's seat on the Klingon ship to destroy the God impostor in time
to save Kirk. The Klingons and the Enterprise leave Sha Ka Ree
peacefully (and after profuse apologies from Klaa), offering some hope
for a peaceful future, in which the formerly disgruntled Nimbus III
delegates promise to take a more active interest.