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
Star Trek Beyond basically the "Star Trek" version of an interplanetary action film, with a plot that doesn’t take you to many new frontiers." Furthermore, he called "Star Trek Beyond" "a somewhat diverting place holder, but one hopes that the next "Star Trek" movie will have what it takes to boldly go where no "Star Trek" movie has gone before." Mark Hugues of "Forbes" said, ""Star Trek Beyond" is the third-best "Star Trek" film of all time, creating the sort of emotional connection and familiar, powerful characterizations we loved in the original series while delivering top-notch action and the best "Star Trek" movie