The Menagerie: Part I

Season 1, episode 11. A 2-part episode. Mr. Spock says there is a message from Christopher Pike and the Enterprise heads to Starbase 11. Kirk, Bones and Spock beam down and learn that former Captain of the Enterprise  Christopher Pike is confined to a futuristic wheelchair and can only communicate through a light: a flash once for yes and 2 flashes for no via his brainwaves. There is no way Pike made a "call" to the Enterprise.  While Kirk speaks with Commodore Mendez about this strange occurrence, Spock beams aboard the ship, overrides the all the computers, has tape recordings of Kirk giving commands, has Bones to beam aboard, beams up Pike and takes off in the Enterprise toward the forbidden planet of Talos IV leaving Kirk behind. Mendez and Kirk jump into a shuttle craft to follow, Spock gives the command to beam the two aboard the Enterprise and orders Bones to arrest him. A court martial follows and Spock pleads guilty to mutiny.  The cliffhanger is in the middle of Spock's court martial hearing.

This episode ties into the original pilot episode The Cage, with parts of The Cage being shown by Spock at his own trial.

I really like this particular episode.. it's different. Spock's behavior is intriguing but will be fully explained in the second half of this episode.

8.5/10