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The population of humpback whales, like this one seen breaching, has been growing steadily for several years in the eastern Pacific but they're still listed as endangered.
The population of humpback whales, like this one seen breaching, has been growing steadily for several years in the eastern Pacific but they're still listed as endangered. | Provided by NOAA / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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Spock's voyage home

Out of all the characters in The Voyage Home, it is Spock who has changed the most. Some fans might think he's changed too much and become too human by the end of the film, but perhaps the voyage mentioned in the title isn't simply traveling back in time.

The "voyage" is also Spock's journey to become a balanced being. At the end of the film, when he asks Sarek to tell his mother, "I feel fine," it's a moment so many of us can relate to on the heels of surviving an existential crisis.

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