Leonard McCoy payment for his appearance. In the "" episode "", McCoy mentions he has a daughter, Joanna. Although Chekov's friend Irina in the original series episode "The Way to Eden" was originally written as McCoy's daughter, it was changed before the episode was shot. In the 2009 "Star Trek" film, which takes place in an "alternate, parallel" reality, McCoy and Kirk become friends at Starfleet Academy, which McCoy joins after a divorce that he says "left [him] nothing but [his] bones." This line, improvised by Urban, explains how McCoy earned the nickname "Bones". McCoy later helps get Kirk posted aboard the
Sexuality in Star Trek ends with Stamets and his partner Dr. (Wilson Cruz) brushing their teeth and talking about the emotional effects of Stamets' choice on Culber, creating a moment in which their relationship is made known to viewers. This marks the first occasion on which a Star Trek television series acknowledges and confirms a same-sex relationship. Instructions for authors that had previously wished to write officially licensed "Star Trek" spin-off books stated that there was to be no suggestion of a relationship "other than friendship" between crew members, but this restriction no longer applies. In a seeming response to reams of Kirk/Spock fan