Captain Pike Seals His Future, Star Trek Discovery: Through the Valley of Shadows
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"I'm not going to abandon the things that make me who I am because of a future that contains an ending that I hadn't foreseen for myself." Take notes Anakin.
Anakin's story is honestly so effing tragic. If he just wouldnt have had the ability of foresight or if he just wouldve pushed on anyway he and padre wouldve had a wonderful family and could've overthrown palpatine.
It’s not quite the same tho. Pike saw the crippling of himself. Anakin saw the death of his loved ones
@@christianmino4073 damn palpatine
Would any of the other captains reacted like that? Some would call BS in the moment. Some would argue the future is unknowable. Some would swear they'd find a way out. But I'm not sure any would have hit this hard.
@@faded9581 Anakin Aronson every ideals he had and those qualitys which Padmae loved in Anakin - because of a dream he never understood.
This scene was haunting. The way Pike screams in agony looking at his future self...how terrifying. But, he chose to do what was right regardless of the outcome. Pike is a badass. Cant wait for Strange New Worlds. Anson Mount is so good in the role of Captain Pike. Perfect casting choice.
@MrHoppers002 As would I!
He knew what wa's going to happen to him but still took the crystal, and it made him one of the most courageous characters in Star Trek.
His portrayal of Pike is one of the few redeeming qualities of Star Trek Discovery.
pike is selfless i try to be selfless.
I saw this after watching Strange New Worlds. Didn't realise this happened.
The fact that he CHOSE this instead of it was an accident hits so much harder. Pike is a legend
He showed throughout this season why Starfleet's highest award for courage and service is the Christopher Pike Medal of Valor.
This is why I like Captain Pike. Why he’s my favourite Star Trek Captain, he’s extremely brave. He’s seen his future and is terrified of it, but instead of trying to avoid it and run away from it, he faces it and embraces it. He values other lives over his own. It’s what makes him a great Captain
He was originally supposed to be the main character of the original series but he was mostly forgotten about before the JJ Abrams movies
He did try to avoid it, in SNW 1x10, but he learn he cannot do that, or else.
This scene needs to be archived for all time
It was the scene that solidified Anson Mount as Captain Pike and got us Strange New Worlds
This scene hits so hard. One of the biggest tragic stories in all of sci-fi in my opinion. He still didn't flinch though when it came to his ideals. He was truly a great man and a great Captain.
This alone makes him the best Captain. He's literally the Platonic Ideal of a Starfleet Captain.
It's almost cheap to write in a moral choice THIS sharp, his entire future hinging on this one decision, instead of letting him demonstrate his commitment to his ideals over years of service like normal people. But damn if Anson Mount doesn't sell the shit out of it. Instant legend.
Starfleet's infamous Kobayashi Maru. He saved the cadets while sacrificing himself. I'd say he beat the no-win scenario but, at a great cost.
Indeed
Fascinating
"It never said I had to avoid losing... I just had to avoid failing."
If I had a choice to serve under any Starfleet captain, it would be Captain Pike. Take Janeway's love for her crew, Archer's chill attitude, Kirk's charisma and love of adventure, Sisko's rebellious nature, Picard's intellect and tactical expertise, mix all these qualities in a blender and you end up with Captain Pike. Hands down the best captain.
Janeway had no love for her crew she did everything in her power to fuck them over time after time
@@matthewhand6380 ok Matt.
It's very telling of Pike's character that Spock was willing to risk so much for him; the only other time he's displayed that level of loyalty and dedication to a single individual was Jim.
archer? chill? i think he is the most emotional captain and is always kinda irritated, not saying he is a bad captain but chill isnt one of his qualites, i think picard is more chill but in a serious way
"Janeway's love for her crew."
Are we just ignoring that she is the only Starfleet captain who is a series lead that literally cold blooded murdered a crewmember out of choice?
"There is no greater enemy than one's own fears." "It takes a brave man to face them." - Martok and Worf, as Garak returns to work in his 'dungeon'
I’ve faced one of my deepest fears. It took me a while to recover from it. But I did and I came out the other end stronger for it.
I've always loved the Actor behind Pike in this second season. He managed to give a new breath to the series and really brought back the Trek in Star Trek.
And then there's this episode. Not only it is a fantastic foreshadowing of the fate of Pike, but it reinforce the face that HOLY SHIT Pike is probably one of the best Captain Starfleet ever had.
It also gives his "ending" in The Menagerie that much more meaning? The man's willingly given up his future not only to eventually save the cadets, but to save all sentient life in the universe by acquiring the crystal for Burnham's suit. If anyone's earned the Talosian Retirement Home, it's him.
I used to think it was dumb that in the 23rd century this was the best they could do for him after the accident. But after reading about what happens when you're exposed to a lethal dose of radiation, it's amazing that he survived at all. Your DNA is ripped apart by gamma rays so it becomes unusable and you slowly rot since your cells can't replace themselves when they die. He was exposed to so much that his face started to burn when it happened. The doctors would literally have to stitch his DNA back together so his cells could reproduce again or find some way to artificially create new cells.
Even worse, the small blood vessels (capillaries) rupture/are destroyed, meaning that pain medicine you are given won't work, as it can't travel via the blood to the affected areas.
It's why death by severe radiation poisoning is one of the most brutal things there is - there's nothing they can do to alleviate the suffering.
For real. They have to keep him in that chair because every second he is rapidly dying and that is the only way they can give him some semblance of a life while constantly artificially replicating his cells.
And now you know why he ask Spock to take him to Talos 4.
@@captainr800 He didn't ask Spock. In fact, he refused at first, but Spock felt it was logical that he stay with the Talosians so he could be freed of his suffering for the rest of his life (and be reunited with Vina again.) :)
It's also worth noting he may have put some sort of request/order in his medical file along the lines of "look, if you're gonna save me, don't make it TOO advanced" in light of how easily and thoroughly Airiam was compromised.
Somebody commented below on how he's such a great mix of previous captains in the franchise. It's true. I never thought of it that way. Anson Mount brought so much life to a character who was always "the guy before Kirk", and more importantly, the captain that just didn't sell the show enough, so they needed a second pilot. This fixes a lot of stuff. Now Kirk was the only logical successor to an absolutely amazing captain, who was up there with Picard, Archer Sisko and Janeway.
Folks pointing out that Pike is holding to Starfleet ideals are right. The last line though shows that even under Klingon values he is a great man. There can be no greater battle then against ones fears. Honor and glory abound when you conquer them.
Under Klingon ethics what he did was even more admirable. He continues in the path of honor knowing it will lead to the most inglorious and dishonorable end. Faced with such a choice, a Klingon might give in and end himself. Pike chooses to face his future with open eyes instead.
@@hagamapamafortunately his last days were spent under an illusion of health comfort and vitality brought on by the Talosians. Pike richly deserved that.
@@jameslauder3984 *And he never saw that*, in the vision he received. He never knew anything might ease his pain.
Pike has one of the compelling story arcs in Star Trek
Anson Mount is so cool. I got to meet him and shake his hand as he was passing through the merch room at STLV 2019. He was polite and charming and turned me a tiny bit gay.
I also believe that when Pike puts his hand against the glass it is an intentional subtle echo of Spock's death scene in ST2: The Wrath of Khan, which I appreciate. He has been, and always shall be, our friend.
Did a better job paying homage to that scene than the Wrath of Khan remake.
Truly a terrifying experience, since he had seen what he would become a deformed vegetable who could only speak by beeping once or twice for yes and no, but he also must have felt the pain and fear of what would happen to him because in that vision he screamed as it just happened to him
Beep
Star Trek course correcting, and doing a good job of it. EXCELLENT choice with the character and casting of Pike.
Well this was one of the better episodes
These scene alone won me over on the character, knowing a horrible fate awaits him and yet going through with his mission not just keep his promise but to be true to himself. Star Trek has always done existential drama very well.
He was scared shitless but he still remembered he was a Starfleet Captain and that meant service and sacrifice.
Who's here refreshing their memory for the new star trek with pike
Pike is such a man in this scene.
I would have screamed twice as loud if I was in his shoes.
It’s interesting to note. Spock did the same thing in Wrath of Khan, risking his life to save the ship. And Kirk risked his career to rescue Spock like Spock risked his to take Pike to Talos Four. Now that is loyalty and friendship rolled into one.
Indeed the needs of the many do outweigh the needs of the few or the one.
I was thinking the same thing... Spock also chose a lethal dose of radiation in order to save people. It's interesting to speculate that, for all Spock's utilitarian logic, perhaps the real reason he sacrificed himself in WOK was because he saw that behaviour modelled in Pike and chose to emulate someone he saw as the epitomy of courage.
Pike is a definition of courageous. He sees a future where he suffers unimaginable pain yet accepts it because of the bigger picture and his morals
'What we leave behind is not nearly as inportant as how we have lived.'
Poke knows what awaits him. He embraces life selflessly anyway
Davros looked at Pike and said "look, let me keep at least ONE hand free and give me a proper Stephen Hawking voice."
Vader looked at both and said, “Screw that. You better give me four cybernetic limbs, pal!”
I mean in fairness, neither of them were utterly wrecked by a massive dose of radiation.
@@TheNN Actually excess radiation and other ruinations of Skaro's atmosphere were what began the mutation of the Kaled race to begin with.
It wouldn't be so bad. They left out the part where he ends his days back on Talos IV, living whatever illusion he chooses.
He still has to live quite a while in that form however.
But it's still an illusion. He knows it. Just an illusion....
@@WobblesandBean But he agreed to it.
For most people that would be fine, or at least bearable. But pike is the sort of person that would consider it the worst torture not to be able to help people or affect change or accomplish things. It would have been better if he’d died. He’s not a man who was ever meant to live the retirement life.
I think that's the point.
He saw a future for himself that was nothing but grim, but he still accepted it.
I like how he doesn't even hesitate to help them. He doesn't know what's happening or who they are but he doesn't care.
I dislike Discovery but this scene was genuinely horrifying and well-acted. You could see the fear in the cadets’ faces. You could almost feel the horror and repulsion Pike felt during that scene.
Poor Pike. Just as well the Talosians helped him out.
Delta rays. Very dangerous, don't underestimate them.
When I saw the explosion and heard radiation critical I just thought oh no.
I will always remember the first time I saw this and thinking.. 'ahh they'll definitely do something with this' - and a few years later we have SNW!
Look for all of Discovery’s faults, this scene actually was terrifying
i know right, for some reason every time i watch this scene, the music, the breathing, the screaming, i look around and feel really scared and my anxiety hits for some reason. 😮
I honour you, captain Pike
This scene nailed why Pike was the best character of season 2. 3:45 . I hope they keep this brand of "trek going in "Strange New Worlds" - they should have a lot of success if they don't re-brand established characters . Just make new ones.
Surprise. They do; he's haunted by what he sees here, to the point he almost doesn't resume his duties.
He also knows when the accident will happen... and it's less than a decade out.
@@Shinzon23 It wouldn't be good modern Trek without alittle or sometimes too much Time-Travel Drama.
the actor had these qualities in Hell on Wheels too... so the portrayal as a different character is beyond genuine.
How horrifying and how fantastic the writing was. to learn that the ENTIRE TIME Pike KNEW what was going to happen to him. I would like for the final few episodes of Strange New Worlds to be a good remake of "The Cage", show Pike being promoted to Fleet Captain, the change of command between Pike and Kirk, and finally the accident, perhaps tying into "The Menagerie" from TOS
According to Trek timeline, The Cage takes place in 2254, even before Discovery (2256) or the beginning of Strange New Worlds (2258-2259).
In a way all humans face this test. We do not know the when or the how but we know we are mortal. Pike has the burden of knowing the how of it yet he still does what is needed to be done. Though not dead he is not himself he is a shell. Its why he wishes to go to Talos again where in his mind at least he can be normal again. I hope the new show lasts long enough to cover this in detail. The actor has depths not seen in Trek in long while what a outstanding choice for this part.
Anson Mount was the perfect choice for Captain Pike. Watched the first episode of Strange New Worlds last night, and I was very pleased.
And this is why Pike is the greatest captain in Starfleet History.
I need to watch the tv show. The only Capt pike I know is from the Star Trek 2009 movie portrayed by Bruce Greenwood. Who did an excellent job. I aspire to be the type of leader that Pike is
I'm almost done with season 2. I dig the stories. But the time taken for every emotional scene is pretty excessive. Like we have 3 minutes, but there will be a whole lot more to hug, cry and say goodbye or say whatever. Lol. Too much.
Love Pike!!!
i like the visual that the crystal of the future has to be broken off its base, you have to kill it, destroy any chance of it growing or changing in order to take it
I honour you captain
This poor guy makes Darth Vader seem lucky.
I like his hair so much better in this episode than that RIDICULOUS pompadour they have glued to his head in Strange New Worlds. Lokos like a squirrel is sitting on his head.
No wonder they make his birthday a national holiday in the future.
This scene demonstrates what a lost opportunity the jj abrams films were.
This scene was the highlight of the new era of Star Trek. Long live Captain Pike.
Well, I woulda picked the crystals that had me retiring on Risa. ❤️
the one reason why Capt. Pike character wasn't continued was because Jeffrey Hunter didn't stayed on for Star Trek. They then made up a plot to finish off the character.
I think I read somewhere that they originally wrote those episodes with Pike's fate because they weren't sure if the show was gonna continue so they needed some kind of story for those particular episodes.
Well, now we know why he couldn't change this: in one timeline he did try using the information that he got from the crystal and he only just made things much worse.
And the fate that was destined for him fell on someone else.
I think for Pike, one example of a worse fate is if he chooses not to show up and all the cadets die.
Knowing what we know about him on that day, despite knowing full well that it IS that day, he will be there on time in his finest uniform ready to save those who can be saved, because why should anyone suffer who doesn't have to? Sure it sucks for him but lots of young cadets live on that wouldn't have if he called in sick that day. And maybe that will give him comfort in the chair, that he is here so that some promising young cadet with their life in front of them doesn't have to be.
@@hagamapama It's just too bad that he doesn't know that that's not the end of the story for him, that he still gets a happy ending even in that truly awful state
Oh not, horrid creatures, let the Captain Pike alone.
I loved Lorca and he was a pyscho in the end, sadly, breaking my heart. I can not lose more hot captains in the Discovery.
The fate of Captain Pike was already sealed in the Original Series episode "The Menagerie" where we see him disfigured and confined to the chair where he could only move around and communicate through a flashing light. However, there is more to his fate that his vision did not show.
I do not know if the future Captain Pike series will lead all the way to that moment (they would have to re-cast Captain Kirk in order for that to happen), but the original episode is worth seeing. You get to see Pike in his original form, as played by the late Jeffrey Hunter.
Reminds me very much of the Wraith in Star Gate.
The guy who played Todd was in Season 3 of Discovery as the pirate captain they encountered at Earth.
I love this scene. I bet Pike looked at it as well and said... Yeah but i saved the cadets.
Does not one Cadet die though? There's one more in there with him when the explosion happens.
@@talaveraleonardo not the point. He saved all he could, and the rest don't die alone.
The "Running up that Hill" instrumental song cover Stranger Things did fits nicely with this scene if you time it right. Makes for a good video context to show those lost on whole "pike time-travel drama" that continued on "Strange New Worlds" for those wanting to skip Discovery altogether.
Did you notice that tenavik came from the future? Actually he is implying that ( when the future becomes the past then the present becomes unlocked)
His key is a time crystal key,....
Considering he's about to make an appearance - as we see him now - in Star Trek Online, which is set over 150 years in the future from this (it's not canon, I know, but still)... you might be right.
Hi from star trek strange new worlds
If Captain Pike new exactly when the radiation accident would occur, the why didn't he wear a radiation suit ? He did mention in one episode that he new when he was going to be badly injured. Perhaps I missed something that prevented Captain Pike from protecting himself while still being able to save other crew members.
Black Bolt spoke😃
Anakin vibes
3:19 shock moment
Maybe one day we'll get to see a timeline where Pike dies an old smiling man, peacefully at home. Probably not.
I hope not. The tragedy of Pike strengthens his character and makes him so much more awesome.
At least he knows al the missions that he'll go on before this he'll survive. It's a kind of cheat code.
Still did it
Por escenas como estas es que Anson Mount es un excelente Pike!!!
Surely, they have "Right to Die" laws in the future. Why would he choose to live on being in such a hopeless situation?
My thoughts as well. Death would be better than that torture.
Pike the type of character to continue on regardless of his condition, if he believes there is something he can offer even in this condition he not about to roll over and die, Also because we know what happens to him after that accident it's in the OG series.
Because he found a better solution: it's long established Star Trek canon. He's left horribly mutilated in a wheelchair, but Spock arranges for him to live on Talos IV with those telepathic aliens that had helped to restore Spock's memories and mind.
Is the situation entirely hopeless? He has life. He has the respect of his friends. He knows that the people he saved will live on as his legacy. he knows that he did good things and the thing he did that got him hurt was one of them. Perhaps he can scrape together enough hope to go on based on that.
Also the limits of his chair seem not to be that limiting. He's capable of binary signals. yes or no. That means he's theoretically capable of communicating with a binary alphanumeric code.
I really wish this had some more watermarks on it
I admit, I'm not much of a fan of the new Star Trek. I still watch but it's not exactly great TV. However THIS episode and THIS scene. Just really captured what Star Trek is.
its odd to see this place after having a damn phaser fight in there lol
Disco is hot garbage, but they got this right. It's haunting.
2:06 Her arm stayed after he was launched into the barrier. Was that post mortem stiffness or something?
The only good actor and plot in Star Trek: Discovery
Why does the beginning of this scene reminds me of a certain wizard trying to prevent a demon from crossing a bridge?
He was awesome...and (spoiler, so stop reading now ) so glad he averted his fate by remembering his star fleet principles- inspired me.
Well that's dumb. Way to totally ruin his sacrifice.
He didn't avert his fate, he chose his fate, even with foreknowledge of what would happen to him. That was the whole point of the scene....
he didn't avert his fate? he literally condemned himself to his fate by sticking to his principles, that's the whole point of the scene
@@Killerkwoi13 That's...what I said. He did NOT avert his fate....
@@mackgiver875 I know, i was replying to the original post my dude, not you.
That's all of us in 30/40/50 years, wasting away from age in some nursing home.
This is Star Trek. How many times has Picard died, lived another entire lifetime between breakfast and lunch? How many times has the universe been destroyed?
Pike will be allright. Maybe he ends up as Borg-Queen or Data...or Q.
Or... he ends up on Talos IV with that woman that helped Burnham and Spock get the aliens there to restore Spock's memories. This is long-established canon dude, we already KNOW his ultimate fate and we have for a very long time.
space dad knows when he's going out for cigarettes :(
Pike is who he is except he is not as lucky as Kirk.
Good his friend Spock bring him later to Talos IV and his argony ends with it. Ist must realy a life without any future and only in pain after this aciedent. The Thalosian free his mind from his dying body then.
One of the most badass moments of any Captain of any Trek. Even though it’s based around magical gobbledegook that doesn’t belong in Star Trek. 🖖🏼
I mean considering all the ways to travel to past and future in star trek. a Chrystal that offers a window trough time is not too much of a streatch.
You literally have creatures akin Gods in a wormhole creating magical orbs that give visions, the Q, El-Aurians being in tune with subspcace to a point they feel temporal disturbances, Janeway and Paris becoming Amphibians for an episode, ect ect
Is there any possibility of pike fate changing in the new series such as saving all the cadets but not suffering at a great cost?
Nope, This is exactly what happens to Pike in the original series. Remember, discovery is a prequel to the original series. Search “the menagerie” episode, youll see what happens and why.
well if their tech was so advance they could help Airiam, why can't Pike also get it?
@@aidanjanemcintosh6919 Airiam's injuries, while catastrophic were on a very basic level, Pike's injuries are on a molecular level.
@@Ethan-dn1wc at least get him a robotic body
@@aidanjanemcintosh6919 The technologies to do that won't exist until the late 24th century in Trek Canon, and from then to the 32nd century only two people have ever successfully undergone that procedure
If you could use something like that before you get hooked up, married and have kids.
This is exactly what ultimately happens to him sadly.
Here's my question: Why the HELL would they even keep him alive? If there's ever time to pull the plug, this is it. He won't get better, He lives a life of unremitting, crippling pain that will never heal or lessen. He is unable to communicate in any meaningful way. At this point, why stay alive at all?
Also another thought: In the TOS era, engram transfers and mind switching are things that happen sometimes. Why not put him in a machine body? It's gotta be a better deal than the one Pike gets to live with.
@@hagamapama He's not hooked up to life support or anything like that for him to be disconnected from. BUT it's also not the end of the story for him. Spock arranges for Pike to go to Talos 4 and spend the rest of his life there. The telepathic aliens that helped restore Spock's mind after it got all messed up earlier in this season. In the original pilot episode of Star Trek, Pike met them on an away mission and he fell in love with that Vina woman. Their powers are such that they made it so it was like Pike was never harmed and he was able to spend the rest of his life with Vina. His restored state was just an elaborate illusion, but the way that their powers worked it was real to him and Vina which was all that really mattered.
The chair goes up too high on Pike's torso.
If only klingons had these crystals for the dominion war or if Kruge has one he wouldn’t try to board the enterprise
You missed the part about madness, didn't you. There's a reason why this secret is carefully guarded by monks. Very few Klingons and even fewer other peoples can use these things without going insane. Pike just happens to be one that can.
Only asking myself why Spock waiting so long, why he bring captain Pike directly after the acident to the Talos IV ?😢
I wouldn’t say he seals his future but something that’s definitely possible. Not for certain tho
If avoiding that future means leaving others to suffer, he'll take the iron lung happily over letting someone else pay for his cowardice
The way this goes for Pike really doesn't make sense. At that point in the future, medical technology will have advanced to such a point that a person can be almost completely rebuilt from a small remaining amount of undamaged tissue. All possible damage that can be done in a plasma explosion and fire, which does not result in death, can be reversed.
It's not a plasma fire. It's massive ionizing radiation exposure. Look up Acute Radiation Syndrome, and the deaths of Louis Slotin and Hisachi Ouchi, among others, and happy nightmares. Pike got hit with enough to cause immediate, visible burns, and he was in the open: so there are no undamaged cells in his entire body. The chair is the only thing keeping Pike from literally rotting away as his genetically-damaged cells fail to replicate.
Kind of odd no to imply the future is locked?
He later saw what would happen if he tried to change it. Also, that's Captain Pike's Canon fate.
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Just another example of the Disabled body being treated as an object of horror. This depiction is almost more cruel than it was in TOS.
so you wouldn't be afraid knowing you'd be confined to a box on wheels never being able to move or speak again? haha
@@xyeahtony1 explain to me how you got there from what i said
@@xyeahtony1 if it was to sacrifice someone i love, damn right I’d do it
This is not just disability. This is being trapped in the ruins of your own body. Strek has done good work with disabilities in the past, but body horror is another thing entirely.
The closest thing I can think of to this IRL is the people who had to live their lives in an iron lung due to Polio. Even then those people had their voices Pike doesn't even have that.
he would have felt better about it if after the bad scene it had showed him on the planet where the big headed guys live with that blond living in a projected reality. I wouldnt mind living in that projected reality with a good looking woman, and I dont really have it all that bad in real life.
They only did this because the actor quit.
I'd take the crystal, leave, do what i had to do and resign my commission...
Then those kids die. Pike won't let that happen.
Is euthanasia not an option???? This seems like a fate worse then death
It was. But Pike got a more or less happy ending in the end: those telepathic aliens that helped to restore Spock's mind set him up with a cushy illusion that he was happy in.
It's also beautiful to think about how Pike most likely saw his future on that planet of illusion where he lived with that women in The Menagerie Part 2
So if his fate is sealed meaning that no matter what he does, he will meet his end at that point in time.
Okay well if that´s the case he has just become the ultimate good luck charm.
He can basically do WHATEVER he wants, because he now knows with certainty, that he will survive unharmed until that precise moment in time.
Heck declare war against the Klingons everyone, and have him at the head of the battle in his own ship, he will succeed and he won´t die.
That´s the thing about sealed fates, once you know the precise moment of your death and know nothing you can do will alter it, well you can basically do whatever you want because you know you won´t die.
Pretty weak writing there... though on the other hand that´s to be expected from STD.
Part of the reason that they did this is because this IS his ultimate fate: it's long established Star Trek canon. He's left horribly mutilated in a wheelchair, but Spock arranges for him to live on Talos IV with those telepathic aliens that had helped to restore Spock's memories and mind.
@@WarGrowlmon18 That is true.
However the way they have shown it, that this is his fate and nothing he does will change it, he won´t die, he won´t get horribly injured or anything.
Well as i said if i where shown something like that i would more less say cool give me the hardest combat missions available i KNOW i will survive.
Also people will flock around me, because i just became the ultimate good luck charm, because once again whatever i do i won´t die or get injured beyond recovery until that point in time.
That is why this scene is so bad, because of the implications of it.
How would i improve it? Basically take Beast Wars code of a hero, where Dinobot dies.
He has seen the future and tis implied he saw his own fate, but doesn´t know if it can be changed or not, then he finds out it can the future isn´t set in stone.
Oh suddenly he got a choice, since the future can be changed maybe his fate can be changed equally.
However when Megatron attacks the valley where the pre-historic humans are living, Dinobot chooses to embrace the future he has seen and sacrifices his own life to defeat megatron and save the humans.
Do it a bit like that here too, have Pike see alot of future events including him ending up in a wheel chair.
Have the Klingon priest neither confirm or deny that the future is set in place, though maybe say something like "To rely on visions of the future is to be locked down their path."
Then we have one of the situations Pike saw in the crystal maybe a battle or an away mission that went wrong.
Then suddenly something unexpected happens, maybe a relay gave out postponing the mission by a few minuets and suddenly the mission actually succeeded.
Oh so the future can be changed, Pike finds out that he doesn´t have to end up in that wheelchair.
then come the final where Pike is called on the inspection tour, and the radiation leak happens right up until that moment Pike had the choice, he could choose simply to not intervene.
Something that would perfectly understandably, as a high ranking officer he isn´t expected to risk his own life to save the cadets, the ship has personnel in charge of doing just that.
If they can´t do their job that is THEIR fault not his, if the cadets die as a result of their failing the personnel would be in trouble not Pike.
There would be no blemish on his records, he would be able to continue with his life and career without ever having to end up in that wheelchair.
Yet like Dinobot he finds that he has no choice at all, sure he could leave the cadets to their fate, but that would be a cowards way out and something he wouldn´t be able to live with.
So he chooses to do what he did the vision and save the students and ending up in the wheelchair.
That would in my mind be a better way to do it, instead of saying like the current show did, well this is your future no matter what you do you will end up here, deal with it.