14 Dumbest Things In Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
5. Shoot Him!
After being tossed in the brig, when Kirk and Bones chew out Spock, the Vulcan explains.
SPOCK: I cannot kill my own brother.
Maybe not, but that’s a total screenwriting dodge. It pretends that Spock’s only choice is a simple binary: kill Sybok or let him take the ship.
Sehlat poop.
Spock could have, you know, shot Sybok in the arm or the foot, used the rifle as a club, or even just tossed it aside and thumb-wrestled him… ANYTHING to give Kirk a few precious moments to run off and sound the alarm, seal off the hangar, or take any sort of action other than sitting on his arse doing nothing.
This is the worst sort of plot contrivance because it makes us wonder if McCoy was right in the last movie about Spock “not operating on all thrusters.” Kirk looks just as bad because he doesn't take action as Spock confronts Sybok. When every second counts, you make every second count.
D U M B.