Kirk, McCoy and Spock visit a severly injured Captain Pike, but Spock stays behind and mysteriously promises Pike to commit teachery and mutiny (The Menagerie - Part 1)
That is Spock acting out of pure emotion while preserving a pretense that he is acting out of pure logic. The tenderness in his voice makes him so endearing ... 💚
My impression was the Talosians had somehow figured out what happened to Pike, reached out to Spock and compelled him to bring Pike to them. This makes sense after learning the Commodore was never on the shuttlecraft with Kirk despite being light years away. It would make more sense if one of them had reached the Starbase and made himself invisible to people's perceptions?
@@sandal_thong8631 I am more inclined to think Spock was acting of his own volition (not 'compelled' by anyone -- or anything) -- he allowed his human side to take over, although he'd deny it to his dying day. 😁
It’s so unbelievably moving. This is probably completely horrifying to Pike, a man he loves so dearly essentially preparing to die to save him, and there’s nothing he can do to stop him.
Notice that Spock says, "I must do this." Spock would never do anything that wasn't ethically correct, so we know from the start that his plan must serve a greater good.
2:02 anyone notice Captain Pike crying? Either he doesn't want to go back to Talos IV to be tortured by those aliens again, or he knows Spock could potentially be put to death for doing what he's about to do.
Oh I love these old episodes. I had many of them recorded on VHS, complete with commercials, back in the 1980s. Those tapes have been lost over several moves around the country since then. Those commercials were so dear to me for remembering and nostalgia. No matter. One day I will get the original series on DVD. That will join all the Star Trek movies I have, my Star Trek The Animated Series DVD set, UFO DVD Megaset, and Space:1999 DVD Megaset. Good memories.
I was only 5 or 6 in 1966, but I am sure I caught a glimpse of this scene. Because as a little kid this image of Captain Pike was quite frightening..I certainly did not understand the show, but I recall the man in the chair.
One beep for yes, two beeps for no. [Fry beeps once] Captain Zapp Brannigan : Yes, so noted. Do you plead guilty? [Fry beeps twice] Captain Zapp Brannigan : Double yes. Guilty.
yes, and with that added context..when this was filmed, it was clear that tear running down Pike’s face was due to the fact that Spock intended to sacrifice his life to save him and there was nothing he could do to stop him. But with the added SNW context, we now know how important Pike knows Spock to be, and that PIKE has already decided to let this fate befall him in order to save SPOCK.
I guess the reasoning behind Pike's now-willingness to accept perpetual illusion as reality is that, previously on Talos IV, he was young and healthy; now, he is trapped in a useless body, so now he wants illusion to free him from it. BUT why does he trust the Talosians, who tortured him earlier, to be kind to him now? Why do Spock and Starfleet trust them with Pike's welfare? Spock knows what they did to Pike earlier.
Another example of the Kirk Accountability Problem; Kirk can do whatever he wants. A paralyzed former starship captain has been abducted from a starbase and taken to the only planet regarding which contact means the death penalty. But Kirk, Spock, and everybody else gets away with it, as always. WHAT HAPPENED TO PIKE? You would think Starfleet might like to know.
To correct myself, apparently Starfleet okays Pike going to Talos IV in the end. But the mystery of why the Talosians can now be trusted with Pike's safety, after what they did to him before, remains as a huge continuity error.
Okay but Pike can blink AND move his head (as seen when he falls asleep and then wakes up *and raises his head* during the court martial). You're gonna tell me they couldn't put together some sort of morse code using that?? Nod equals long, blink equals short, there you have it? And as far as creating beeping lights from brainwaves go, I feel like there should be a lot more options possible other than "yes" and "no". ... All bitchin' aside, Spock is seriously adorable when he insists on committing (gasp) *treason* and *mutiny* (gasp) and I wanna hug the bangs out of him. Number One would be proud.
@@swhite7929 Leonard Nimoy was asked in an interview whether modern viewers would be able to accept the cheesy props and special effects in TOS and he replied, "I think the audience accepts the special effects that we had. What did we have? We had $17 and we did the best we could with it." I was suggesting that given their budget and time constraints, TOS ccouldn't really have created more elaborate equipment for Pike to use to communicate or a more efficient code for doing so.
@@kitcat7538 But I wasn't talking about props and gadgets or anything! I was asking why, for example, he wasn't communicating through Morse code or something! My point was precisely that when you can move your head and blink your eyes there's a lot more to speech that just yes or no
@@swhite7929 Yes, I take your point. Nowdays, people with Locked In Syndrome communicate by blinking as someone calls out the letters of the alphabet. There was a book written that way, I think called "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly". This would have made the subsequent TOS story impossible, though, becuse if Pike could have communicated, he would have told Kirk what Spock was planning to do. They would have had to rewrite the story to make Kirk decide to conspire with Spock instead of leaving him in ignorance. By the way, I totally agee with you about Spock in that scene being seriously adorable. I too could have hugged the bangs out of him -- but then that's my usual reaction to Nimoy's Spock 💚.
Inspection tour of a cadet vessel,old class-J starship,one of the baffle plates ruptured releasing Delta Rays,he ran in bringing out all the cadets that were still alive,you see the result.
I felt so bad for the poor Captain in this how could Spock the one person who he would trust in the whole Universe do this to him. I think it is very telling on the shuttle craft when Kirk says that he hopes the Enterprise doesn't save them as he doesn't want to live with the knowledge of Spock being arrested, isn't that sweet!
I guess the idea is the Talosians were going to rebuild his body. But let both Vina and Pike live out their days in comfort. Even though they would be entertainment.
"Well, we took him back to the aliens who tortured him before". Starfleet: Talos IV? The death-penalty planet? "They're good guys now. They said they'd take care of him." Starfleet: Oh. Okay.
The gaps in continuity were considered too large to allow "The Cage" to be broadcast as a series episode in its original form, so the "frame" was originated; it remains the only two-part episode of the original series.
You would think the 23rd century would have better communication devices for disabled people than a flashing light... No wonder Pike was so sad-faced. :(
@@brennonguilbeau569 2 years late but at least Stephen Hawking was able to frequent Epstein's island. Poor Pike is a man of honor and is still committed to the ideals of StarFleet. But I guess he did find his island paradise in the end
JJ Trek gave Kirk a history with Pike even though in TOS they had none. Pike also was a hero who had a happy ending. In JJ Trek, he doesn’t injure himself saving cadets and instead dies so that Kirk can want revenge on Khan. JJ and his hack writers are now screwing with Star Wars.
@@paulpisano8538 In TOS, Pike ends up in a world where he can live a fantasy life in a permanent holodeck. TOS ends happily for Pike as he lives with the illusion of being whole again. To bring that about is the whole point of Spock's kidnapping him
What happened to Vina? Presumably, she is still on Talos IV, living out her own fantasies. Or she died. At any rate, Pike will be free to fantasize about her.
Pointing out the obvious, that is not Jeffrey Hunter as the paralyzed Pike. It is Sean Kenney, who was also featured in "Arena" and "A Taste of Armageddon".
I think a more effective ending would have been, if, after Pike is finally cleared to return to the Talosians, he would have indicated "no" as to wanting to live with them, as he had consistently done earlier. No. I was once a starship captain. I will not now accept the narcotic of illusion, even though I am trapped in a useless body. I choose reality, bleak as it is. Thanks anyway.
Why would Spock have placed loyalty to one man (Pike) above loyalty to Starfleet through abiding by its regulations? Visiting Talos IV is the only capital offense left on the books, according to the episode. The Talosian power of illusion is so great that Spock is endangering the entire ship by taking it to the planet. This is illogical, as Pike's body cannot be repaired in reality by the Talosians. Furthermore, the Talosians treated Pike horribly while he was in their captivity, torturing him mentally. It is incomprehensible why Spock, who knows what they did to his former commander, would entrust Pike's welfare to them NOW. Plus, Pike doesn't want Spock to hijack the ship in the first place. How does Spock know that they have changed their ways, and will not torture Pike yet again if Pike is turned over to them?
@@tomf3150The "Spock" of Discovery is utterly unacceptable as having anything to do with the character of Spock played by Leonard Nimoy -- the one we know, love, and ACCEPT. Strange New Worlds is already ruined by the trashed and degraded Spock in Discovery -- that's the version of "Spock" who will be on Strange New Worlds. He is weak, neurotic, and whiney. He is dyslexic. The obnoxious Burnham character has "molded" and "shaped" him into a different person, for which he expresses deepest gratitude and devotion to her. 🤮 No one who loves Spock should go anywhere near Strange New Worlds -- even apart from what they do to Kirk. And Strange New Worlds will be worse than Discovery because, having already trashed Spock, they will now most certainly go after Kirk. The ridiculous characters in Discovery 3 are people we don't care about. Kirk and Spock are people we love. If you are a Star Trek fan, stay away from Strange New Worlds.
@@bernardoconnor1502 I won't be there to see it. I stopped watching JunkTrek in Discovery's first season when Gabriel Lorca -- the only interesting character on the ship -- was revealed not as enigmatic and mysterious but as simply E V I L. Then I learned they were planning to drag Spock into the dystopian world of Discovery, and swore off all JunkTrek. Never saw so-called "emoSpock" -- never saw Icheb's eye gouged out -- never looked back -- no regrets.
That was actor Scean Kinney. He was Mr. DePaul. At any rate, they used Scean Krnny because he had an uncanny resemblance to Jeffery Hunter. Scean was the disabled Captain Pike.
Makes me wonder what Star Trek would have been like if he had been Captain of the Enterprise in TOS, not some reboot with seizure-inducing bridge consoles.
Pike should've been euthenaized. We don't let animals suffer when it's clear they can't go on. Why then do we insist on humans being kept alive when they're in the condition Pike is? It looks like Pike is trapped within his own body, with nothing but some beeps to communicate with the outside world. It's inhumane to force him to continue living.
Note that there is a huge continuity error in this episode, involving the character of Christopher Pike, a former starship captain, and a hero. Being of the utmost integrity, he at first fiercely opposes Spock's mutiny in taking him to Talos IV, back to aliens who once tortured him. He blinks "no" over and over again. While the Talosians had him, he fiercely resisted their mind games at every turn, and eventually prevailed. He doesn't want to live a life of illusion, even in a now-useless body. Yet, at the end, he reverses himself completely. Why would he now succumb to the narcotic of constant illusion, especially remembering what the Talosians did to him earlier? This is completely contrary to his character, and personality.
Why is his wheel chair less sufisticated than Steve Hawkins? One flash for yes two for no. You'd think they'd have a red and green light system. Bet you trekkies didn't know how Captain Pike's human waste is dealt with. The bottom of his chair contains a huge litter box draw which pulls out from the back for cleaning. How did Pike get any exercise in that chair? If you look at the side which is covered by dark glass panels you'll notice Piles legs pedaling on a stationary bike. Although his chair appears very primitive to Steven Hawkins. He has a steam sauna mode where it becomes a steam chamber. They place a towel around his neck. Due to budget cuts in Star Fleet. Pikes chair also cleans the ships hallways as two rotary bristles spring out in the front.
Flag Officer and really illusion 💪🌍 of Taylor Swift and to the Enterprise Captain distracted 😮🎉Warp speed engage to Talos 4 and it is only...she been her and really say anything about Surprises 😮.
That is Spock acting out of pure emotion while preserving a pretense that he is acting out of pure logic. The tenderness in his voice makes him so endearing ... 💚
My impression was the Talosians had somehow figured out what happened to Pike, reached out to Spock and compelled him to bring Pike to them. This makes sense after learning the Commodore was never on the shuttlecraft with Kirk despite being light years away. It would make more sense if one of them had reached the Starbase and made himself invisible to people's perceptions?
@@sandal_thong8631 I am more inclined to think Spock was acting of his own volition (not 'compelled' by anyone -- or anything) -- he allowed his human side to take over, although he'd deny it to his dying day. 😁
@@sandal_thong8631they probably did contact him, though I’d like to think his actions were of his own free will
I have seen this seen so many times, but only now have I realized that after Spock says "I must do this", Pike now has a tear on his cheek.
It’s so unbelievably moving. This is probably completely horrifying to Pike, a man he loves so dearly essentially preparing to die to save him, and there’s nothing he can do to stop him.
I must do this captain Pike. Beep Beep. " Yes Yes? Ok then. It's a plan!"
I enjoyed the forest Kelly's reaction the best. Those subtle facial twitches really sold it.
Notice that Spock says, "I must do this." Spock would never do anything that wasn't ethically correct, so we know from the start that his plan must serve a greater good.
I don't think it was his idea, but rather he was compelled to get Captain Pike and use his skills where illusion wouldn't do the job.
2:02 anyone notice Captain Pike crying? Either he doesn't want to go back to Talos IV to be tortured by those aliens again, or he knows Spock could potentially be put to death for doing what he's about to do.
Adam Ohm we know from discovery that the punishment for mutiny is life in prison.
yes, but in TOS the punishment for even going near Talos is death
i read pike kept beeping no because he did not want spock to be put to death.
I never noticed!!!!! thankyou soooo much!!! this blows me away!!!!
@@martychisnall Discovery doesn't count. It's not Star Trek.
One of the few scenes in TOS where there is a push door and not an automatic one.
Thank you I was thinking the same thing
Pikes torment intensifies.
"The needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many."
Admiral James T. Kirk Star Trek 3.
Oh I love these old episodes.
I had many of them recorded on VHS, complete with commercials, back in the 1980s. Those tapes have been lost over several moves around the country since then. Those commercials were so dear to me for remembering and nostalgia.
No matter. One day I will get the original series on DVD.
That will join all the Star Trek movies I have, my Star Trek The Animated Series DVD set, UFO DVD Megaset, and Space:1999 DVD Megaset.
Good memories.
ussling I wanna go to your place 😃
Having now gotten to know Captain Pike, this hits hard.
Fantastic Original Episode and some of the best sci-fi in any medium ever
I was only 5 or 6 in 1966, but I am sure I caught a glimpse of this scene. Because as a little kid this image of Captain Pike was quite frightening..I certainly did not understand the show, but I recall the man in the chair.
One beep for yes, two beeps for no.
[Fry beeps once]
Captain Zapp Brannigan : Yes, so noted. Do you plead guilty?
[Fry beeps twice]
Captain Zapp Brannigan : Double yes. Guilty.
This is heartbreaking. Especially seeing Pike in SNW :(
yes, and with that added context..when this was filmed, it was clear that tear running down Pike’s face was due to the fact that Spock intended to sacrifice his life to save him and there was nothing he could do to stop him.
But with the added SNW context, we now know how important Pike knows Spock to be, and that PIKE has already decided to let this fate befall him in order to save SPOCK.
SNW isn't real Star Trek.
Well written scene. Two beeps. Each repeat lets the audience insert the emphatic " no " ....
Maybe it is a bunch of "yes".
@@thiagodeandrade7081
Not if you follow the dialog....
@@DARisse-ji1yw Maybe he is telling Spock, "Yes, yes, yes, yes..." 🙂
I guess the reasoning behind Pike's now-willingness to accept perpetual illusion as reality is that, previously on Talos IV, he was young and healthy; now, he is trapped in a useless body, so now he wants illusion to free him from it. BUT why does he trust the Talosians, who tortured him earlier, to be kind to him now? Why do Spock and Starfleet trust them with Pike's welfare? Spock knows what they did to Pike earlier.
This is probably where the idea of Davros from Doctor Who comes from...thanks for uploading! :)
TOS Star Trek was awesome.
Great episode.
Another example of the Kirk Accountability Problem; Kirk can do whatever he wants. A paralyzed former starship captain has been abducted from a starbase and taken to the only planet regarding which contact means the death penalty. But Kirk, Spock, and everybody else gets away with it, as always. WHAT HAPPENED TO PIKE? You would think Starfleet might like to know.
To correct myself, apparently Starfleet okays Pike going to Talos IV in the end. But the mystery of why the Talosians can now be trusted with Pike's safety, after what they did to him before, remains as a huge continuity error.
One of my favorite episodes.
Okay but Pike can blink AND move his head (as seen when he falls asleep and then wakes up *and raises his head* during the court martial). You're gonna tell me they couldn't put together some sort of morse code using that?? Nod equals long, blink equals short, there you have it? And as far as creating beeping lights from brainwaves go, I feel like there should be a lot more options possible other than "yes" and "no".
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All bitchin' aside, Spock is seriously adorable when he insists on committing (gasp) *treason* and *mutiny* (gasp) and I wanna hug the bangs out of him. Number One would be proud.
They were producing this show on a budget of nothing.
@@kitcat7538 What does that have to do with anything?
@@swhite7929 Leonard Nimoy was asked in an interview whether modern viewers would be able to accept the cheesy props and special effects in TOS and he replied, "I think the audience accepts the special effects that we had. What did we have? We had $17 and we did the best we could with it."
I was suggesting that given their budget and time constraints, TOS ccouldn't really have created more elaborate equipment for Pike to use to communicate or a more efficient code for doing so.
@@kitcat7538 But I wasn't talking about props and gadgets or anything! I was asking why, for example, he wasn't communicating through Morse code or something! My point was precisely that when you can move your head and blink your eyes there's a lot more to speech that just yes or no
@@swhite7929 Yes, I take your point. Nowdays, people with Locked In Syndrome communicate by blinking as someone calls out the letters of the alphabet. There was a book written that way, I think called "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly".
This would have made the subsequent TOS story impossible, though, becuse if Pike could have communicated, he would have told Kirk what Spock was planning to do. They would have had to rewrite the story to make Kirk decide to conspire with Spock instead of leaving him in ignorance.
By the way, I totally agee with you about Spock in that scene being seriously adorable. I too could have hugged the bangs out of him -- but then that's my usual reaction to Nimoy's Spock 💚.
Inspection tour of a cadet vessel,old class-J starship,one of the baffle plates ruptured releasing Delta Rays,he ran in bringing out all the cadets that were still alive,you see the result.
Heroes rush in where angels fear to tread
No one should be forced to live like that.
"I understand Ms. Claridge, one beep for yes, two for no."
.....
"I'm only trying to help, you don't have to be so cold."
...
"Ooooo, sorry!"
Patrick McCutcheon I love the end of that episode:
"Did Trent set you on fire?"
"Beep, beep."
"Yes, yes. Take him away boys."
I felt so bad for the poor Captain in this how could Spock the one person who he would trust in the whole Universe do this to him. I think it is very telling on the shuttle craft when Kirk says that he hopes the Enterprise doesn't save them as he doesn't want to live with the knowledge of Spock being arrested, isn't that sweet!
I guess the idea is the Talosians were going to rebuild his body. But let both Vina and Pike live out their days in comfort. Even though they would be entertainment.
Your Mind is your reality, Spike will be Free from his chains. SPOCK KNOWS THIS...
"Well, we took him back to the aliens who tortured him before".
Starfleet: Talos IV? The death-penalty planet?
"They're good guys now. They said they'd take care of him."
Starfleet: Oh. Okay.
The gaps in continuity were considered too large to allow "The Cage" to be broadcast as a series episode in its original form, so the "frame" was originated; it remains the only two-part episode of the original series.
You know what would be interesting. If they delve into what exactly spock told the talosians!!!!
They do....it is called Arthur Treachery's Fish & Chips & Mutiny Shop.
You would think the 23rd century would have better communication devices for disabled people than a flashing light... No wonder Pike was so sad-faced. :(
It's the 23rd century tech that is keeping him alive
Look at stephen hawking.
@@brennonguilbeau569 2 years late but at least Stephen Hawking was able to frequent Epstein's island. Poor Pike is a man of honor and is still committed to the ideals of StarFleet. But I guess he did find his island paradise in the end
There are many of us Captain Pikes in the world, one way or another.
JJ Trek gave Kirk a history with Pike even though in TOS they had none. Pike also was a hero who had a happy ending. In JJ Trek, he doesn’t injure himself saving cadets and instead dies so that Kirk can want revenge on Khan. JJ and his hack writers are now screwing with Star Wars.
i was glad pike did not meet the end he did in os star trek. pike died quickly and did not have to suffer by being confined to a life support chair.
@@paulpisano8538 In TOS, Pike ends up in a world where he can live a fantasy life in a permanent holodeck. TOS ends happily for Pike as he lives with the illusion of being whole again. To bring that about is the whole point of Spock's kidnapping him
What happened to Vina? Presumably, she is still on Talos IV, living out her own fantasies. Or she died. At any rate, Pike will be free to fantasize about her.
Lol that is the most dark interpretation someone can come up w
This is mutiny, mister.
Pointing out the obvious, that is not Jeffrey Hunter as the paralyzed Pike. It is Sean Kenney, who was also featured in "Arena" and "A Taste of Armageddon".
The irony of had he survived his injuries he'd have most likely ended up like the character he played. Life can be damned cruel...
Instead of two flashes for no and one flash for yes, they could have had the device say No or Yes digitally.
Captain Pike reminds me of Scott who also ending in a trauma chair after being mauled by Fang from Total Drama Revenge of the Island season finale
1 flash means yes
2 flashes means no
they copied Pike for that trash show
I think a more effective ending would have been, if, after Pike is finally cleared to return to the Talosians, he would have indicated "no" as to wanting to live with them, as he had consistently done earlier. No. I was once a starship captain. I will not now accept the narcotic of illusion, even though I am trapped in a useless body. I choose reality, bleak as it is. Thanks anyway.
Why would Spock have placed loyalty to one man (Pike) above loyalty to Starfleet through abiding by its regulations? Visiting Talos IV is the only capital offense left on the books, according to the episode. The Talosian power of illusion is so great that Spock is endangering the entire ship by taking it to the planet. This is illogical, as Pike's body cannot be repaired in reality by the Talosians. Furthermore, the Talosians treated Pike horribly while he was in their captivity, torturing him mentally. It is incomprehensible why Spock, who knows what they did to his former commander, would entrust Pike's welfare to them NOW. Plus, Pike doesn't want Spock to hijack the ship in the first place. How does Spock know that they have changed their ways, and will not torture Pike yet again if Pike is turned over to them?
Futurama, South park, and total drama brought me here.
Seeing their friendship on Discovery makes this moment between Spock and Pike all the more emotional.
Discovery is not Star Trek.
@@kitcat7538 Agreed. And yet, this part was perfectly startrek.
@@tomf3150The "Spock" of Discovery is utterly unacceptable as having anything to do with the character of Spock played by Leonard Nimoy -- the one we know, love, and ACCEPT.
Strange New Worlds is already ruined by the trashed and degraded Spock in Discovery -- that's the version of "Spock" who will be on Strange New Worlds.
He is weak, neurotic, and whiney. He is dyslexic. The obnoxious Burnham character has "molded" and "shaped" him into a different person, for which he expresses deepest gratitude and devotion to her. 🤮
No one who loves Spock should go anywhere near Strange New Worlds -- even apart from what they do to Kirk.
And Strange New Worlds will be worse than Discovery because, having already trashed Spock, they will now most certainly go after Kirk.
The ridiculous characters in Discovery 3 are people we don't care about. Kirk and Spock are people we love.
If you are a Star Trek fan, stay away from Strange New Worlds.
@@kitcat7538 They ruined Pike in Discovery as well by foreshadowing his fate. It's gonna make him a weaker character.
@@bernardoconnor1502 I won't be there to see it. I stopped watching JunkTrek in Discovery's first season when Gabriel Lorca -- the only interesting character on the ship -- was revealed not as enigmatic and mysterious but as simply E V I L. Then I learned they were planning to drag Spock into the dystopian world of Discovery, and swore off all JunkTrek. Never saw so-called "emoSpock" -- never saw Icheb's eye gouged out -- never looked back -- no regrets.
Anyone notice the tear coming out of Pike's right eye?
He created the daleks?
i just watched turnabout intruder, I thought it might of been that one when i read the title, see iwas wrong, its spock being a mutineer
Yes Yes.
Pike must have a real filthy mind, his chair's beeping every word he thinks.
oh wait, interesting... hmm
theres a character called Tavros in one thing (wheelchair bound), and another called Davros.
Didn't know that :D
do you mean Tavros?
How do they know what he's saying? I mean apart from the no and yes part.
They dont, that's all he could say
I think they only made Pike this severely injured because they couldn't get Jeffrey Hunter back for the story.
That was actor Scean Kinney. He was Mr. DePaul. At any rate, they used Scean Krnny because he had an uncanny resemblance to Jeffery Hunter. Scean was the disabled Captain Pike.
Makes me wonder what Star Trek would have been like if he had been Captain of the Enterprise in TOS, not some reboot with seizure-inducing bridge consoles.
So, the best episode of Star Trek was the first???
Captain Pike=Davros
lol win
Pike should've been euthenaized. We don't let animals suffer when it's clear they can't go on. Why then do we insist on humans being kept alive when they're in the condition Pike is? It looks like Pike is trapped within his own body, with nothing but some beeps to communicate with the outside world. It's inhumane to force him to continue living.
They asked him and he beeped twice. Or maybe they asked him again and he beeped once, then the Talosians sensed it across the lightyears.
Do we know what happened to Captain Pike to make him like that?
He was in and accident of some sort. He got injured trying to save other people.
william pitt saving some Academy Cadets, but got exposed to Delta Radiation
@@pip12111 Class J old style starships, the baffle plate ruptured and he saved young cadets and was exposed to delta radiation.
@@danbasta3677 we finally actually see it on screen
@@subjectnether959 In Discovery? Discovery isn't Star Trek and nothing that happens in it counts for anything.
The best script in the whole series. This is like outsmarting Obama.
Obama? No big thing.
Now Trump ? He's outsmarted all the left.
Push open doors??
i know!
Note that there is a huge continuity error in this episode, involving the character of Christopher Pike, a former starship captain, and a hero. Being of the utmost integrity, he at first fiercely opposes Spock's mutiny in taking him to Talos IV, back to aliens who once tortured him. He blinks "no" over and over again. While the Talosians had him, he fiercely resisted their mind games at every turn, and eventually prevailed. He doesn't want to live a life of illusion, even in a now-useless body. Yet, at the end, he reverses himself completely. Why would he now succumb to the narcotic of constant illusion, especially remembering what the Talosians did to him earlier? This is completely contrary to his character, and personality.
They had hair dye back then. Should have dyed his hair Black or White from the exposure... blonde doesn't work.
davros
FYI: the aliens were all actually woman actors.
They said Rodenberry wanted starving men, but I guess they weren't any available in L.A. that year with agents and actors' guild cards.
The head Talosian was Meg Wyllie. Her voice was dubbed, if I'm correct.
Dat don’t look nothing like Jeffery Hunter
Well hes extremely disabled from an injury
Because he isn't. The disabled Christopher Pike was played by Sean Kenney.
Stephen Hawkings had a much better system available to him.
Not in 1966.
@@sandal_thong8631 Far enough, but surely in the 90s and hopefully he would have had it in the 2260s.
Why is his wheel chair less sufisticated than Steve Hawkins? One flash for yes two for no. You'd think they'd have a red and green light system. Bet you trekkies didn't know how Captain Pike's human waste is dealt with. The bottom of his chair contains a huge litter box draw which pulls out from the back for cleaning. How did Pike get any exercise in that chair? If you look at the side which is covered by dark glass panels you'll notice Piles legs pedaling on a stationary bike. Although his chair appears very primitive to Steven Hawkins. He has a steam sauna mode where it becomes a steam chamber. They place a towel around his neck. Due to budget cuts in Star Fleet. Pikes chair also cleans the ships hallways as two rotary bristles spring out in the front.
Thumbs down because it's CBS.
Flag Officer and really illusion 💪🌍 of Taylor Swift and to the Enterprise Captain distracted 😮🎉Warp speed engage to Talos 4 and it is only...she been her and really say anything about Surprises 😮.