14 Dumbest Things In Star Trek III: The Search For Spock

After Kirk becomes aware that McCoy is carrying Spock’s “marbles” around, Sarek makes the case for bringing both McCoy and Spock’s body back to Vulcan. But just how do Kirk and Sarek even know there's a body to recover in the first place?

For all they know, Spock’s torpedo casket burned up in the planet’s atmosphere in the previous film. This dumb mistake is an editorial consequence, because as scripted the Grissom’s discovery of Spock’s tube was made before the Enterprise reached Earth and Kirk was aware of it before Sarek's visit. But the entire film’s opening was rearranged in editing so it really makes no sense that they want to go to Genesis at all.

That aside, when Kirk goes to Morrow to ask for permission, upon not receiving it he doesn’t even think to ask if Grissom can at least tell them of they can locate the body, and then plead for them to recover it.

Even if Morrow said no to that because he’s apparently anti-IDIC and not into “Vulcan mysticism” wouldn’t KIrk make an end run and try to contact his son…or Saavik?

And once McCoy is arrested, why the jailbreak instead of just having Sarek explain that the good Dr. is suffering from a mind meld and needs help on Vulcan?

Dumb and dumber.