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==Summary==
  
==Summary==
 
===Teaser===
  
===Teaser===
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[[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]], in his [[personal log]] (excerpted [[#Log Entries|below]]), ponders the events of the past day (which were seen in [[The Menagerie, Part I (episode)|Part I]] of the episode).
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[[Commodore]] [[José I. Mendez|Mendez]] asks [[Spock]] how he pleads to the various charges brought against him. Spock enters a plea of guilty for all of them. Meanwhile, [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]], in his [[personal log]], ponders the events that have brought them to this place: Spock, on trial for [[mutiny]] and for kidnapping his former commanding officer, Captain [[Christopher Pike]], mutilated by a recent space disaster, now a shell of a man, unable to speak or move. And for locking the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'']] on course for the mysterious and forbidden planet, [[Talos IV]]. When the members of the board asked "why," all the answers Spock would give were on the hearing room screen, actual evidence from thirteen years previous. They saw Captain Pike as he was when he commanded the ''Enterprise'' and how Spock appeared back in those days. And they were beginning to see just how the ''Enterprise'' had become the first and only starship to ever visit Talos IV. The recap concludes with the revelation that the images that were being presented were being transmitted from Talos IV and Spock's plea to Kirk to let him finish what he's started and how Kirk must see the rest of the transmission.
  
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[[Spock]] is facing a [[court martial]] aboard the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'']] on multiple charges: [[Mutiny]]; kidnapping his former commanding officer, Fleet Captain [[Christopher Pike]], mutilated by a recent space disaster and unable to speak; and locking the ''Enterprise'' on course for the planet [[Talos IV]], for which the penalty is death. Spock has pled guilty to all the charges. However, when the presiding officer, [[Commodore]] [[José I. Mendez|Mendez]], asks Spock about his motive, it gives Spock a legal opening to present his evidence: mysterious but authentic video from thirteen years before, as the ''Enterprise,'' commanded by Captain Pike, became the only starship ever to visit Talos. The recap concludes with the revelation that the video presentation is itself being transmitted from Talos.
   
 
===Act One===
  
===Act One===
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The court martial of Spock reconvenes, albeit this time in closed session. Mendez reminds Spock that [[Starfleet Command|Starfleet]] ordered no contact with Talos IV and they gave no exceptions. Spock apologizes but tells Mendez he has no choice. Spock then tells Pike that the [[Unnamed Talosians#Magistrate (The Keeper)|Keeper]] has taken over control of their viewscreen and asks if Pike understands. Pike beeps an "affirmative." Spock tells the court that they were picking up where they left off, just after Captain Pike had been knocked unconscious and captured by the [[Talosian]]s.
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The court martial reconvenes, this time in closed session. Mendez reminds Spock that [[Starfleet Command|Starfleet]] has ordered no contact with Talos IV, with no exceptions. Spock says that the [[Talosian]] [[The Keeper|Keeper]] has taken over control of their viewscreen. The presentation resumes as Captain Pike had been knocked unconscious and captured by the Talosians. (The events in the [[flashback]] are the episode {{e|The Cage}}.) The Talosians make Pike relive the deadly battle on [[Rigel VII]] two weeks earlier. But Pike decides he is still in the cell, which Spock calls a "brilliant deduction."
   
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Later, the viewscreen shuts off. Pike's head has slumped over, and Spock says the Talosians know that Pike is fatigued. As Kirk remarks that the Talosians care for Pike, Spock confirms that the Talosians want him back, alive. Mendez demands an explanation, but Spock insists that they will understand only after they reach Talos.
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(''Please note that except for a minor account late in the article, the actual events of the flashback sequences will ''not'' be revisited here. For full information on what happened during the flashback sequences, please see the summary for {{e|The Cage}}.'')
  
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Later, the screen clicks off. Pike's head has slumped over and he is asleep. Mendez asks why the Talosians have stopped the images. Spock tells them because they know that Captain Pike is fatigued and they can reconvene later. Kirk realizes that the Talosians care for Pike. Spock confirms this by telling Kirk that the Talosians want Pike back, alive. Mendez insists that Spock tell him why. Spock asks him to be patient and see the answers for himself. Mendez reminds Spock he is on trial and that he will answer any and all questions put to him. Spock tells Mendez that his answer would be quite unbelievable and that they will have to wait until they reach Talos to see it there.
  
   
 
===Act Two===
  
===Act Two===
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[[File:Talosians 3.jpg|thumb|The [[Talosian]]s]]
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When the court martial resumes, the evidence appears on the viewscreen. Another intercut with the trial and the evidence on-screen shows Kirk realizing that [[Vina]] is the green [[Orion]] slave girl. Mendez mentions that the women are almost as animals, vicious and seductive. It is said no Human male can resist them.
 
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The court martial and the viewscreen presentation resume. The Talosians continue to show Pike a spacewreck survivor from the {{SS|Columbia}} named [[Vina]], in various guises, to induce Pike to breed, but he is only interested in learning from her the parameters of the illusions and of his imprisonment. Here she appears as a green-skinned [[Orion]] slave girl. Mendez mentions that the seductive women are said to be irresistible.
   
 
===Act Three===
  
===Act Three===
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The viewscreen presentation continues: The Talosians [[Transporter|beam]] down [[Number One]] and [[Yeoman]] [[J.M. Colt|Colt]] to give Pike a choice of mates, but their [[laser]]s do not work. Pike deduces that this too is an illusion and uses a weapon to threaten a Talosian and win their way to the planet's surface.
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Another break in the action as the evidence, seeming to reach its climax, the transmissions suddenly cut off. Mendez speculates that the Talosians appear to have abandoned Spock. Mendez begins to ask for the panel's verdict. Spock asks Pike to wait, telling him that he'll at least have a chance for life. Kirk asks him what kind of a life would it be, as a zoo specimen? Living the illusions that amuse his captors? Spock tells Kirk there's more to it. However nothing comes on the screen. Mendez asks Pike if he considers Spock guilty or not. Pike beeps "affirmative" in voting Spock guilty. Mendez also votes Spock guilty and finally, even Kirk has to vote Spock guilty as charged of mutiny.
 
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The presentation is interrupted again and the Talosians seem to have abandoned Spock. Mendez demands that the court-martial panel of three captains reach a verdict. Spock asks Pike to wait to reach Talos, telling him that he will have a chance for life, but Kirk likens it to life as a zoo specimen or amusement. Pike, Mendez, and finally, even Kirk vote that Spock is guilty of mutiny, as charged.
   
 
===Act Four===
  
===Act Four===
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The ''Enterprise'' enters [[orbit]] around Talos IV. Spock tells the court that Talos controls the ''Enterprise,'' as it did on her previous encounter, and that Mendez's inquiry into Spock's motives will now be answered.
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Shortly after the vote however, ''Enterprise'' reaches Talos IV and settles into [[orbit]]. Lt. [[Hansen (Lieutenant)|Hansen]] calls from the [[bridge]] and informs Mendez they have entered orbit. Spock then tells the court that Talos controls the vessel as they did in the previous encounter. And as for their question of "why?", Spock promises they'll see the answer now. With that, the transmissions resume and the video replay reveals the true reason for Spock's actions. The Talosians, who are masters of projecting illusions that can appear incredibly real, show the real Vina to be horribly disfigured; their illusions enable her to live her life as if she was uninjured. They did this because Pike and the others threatened to destroy themselves with an overloading [[phaser]]. The Talosians judged Humanity unsuitable as a result and told Pike that he has condemned them to eventual death. When Pike and the others prepare to leave, he looks at Vina but she says she can't go with them and then the Talosians reveal Vina's true appearance. After Vina and the Keeper explain, Pike agrees to leave her there and the Talosians restore her illusion of beauty. The transmissions cut off after it shows the ''Enterprise'' leaving orbit. Kirk stands up, realizing what Spock has done. Spock's purpose in bringing Pike back to Talos IV was to enable Pike to live out the rest of his days in the same way; in essence "freed" from the confines of his disability and wheelchair. The explanation also forms the basis of General Order 7 forbidding contact with Talos IV; to prevent Humans from learning the Talosians' power of illusion, to their own destruction.
  
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The Talosians had abandoned their effort to capture and breed humans as servants when Captain Pike and the others threatened to destroy themselves, a decision the atrophied Talosians had claimed condemned them to eventual death. Vina had declined rescue by the ''Enterprise,'' for a reason made evident at the end of the Talosians' presentation: The Talosians show Vina to be horribly disfigured, though their mastery of projecting illusions lets her live a normal life. Spock's purpose in bringing Pike back to Talos IV was to enable Pike to live out the rest of his days in the same fashion; the Talosians are willing to "free" him from his wheelchair. The basis of [[General Order 7]], the capital crime forbidding contact with Talos IV, is also evident now: to keep humans from learning the Talosians' power of illusion which would lead to their own destruction.
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Kirk then addresses Mendez, but Mendez suddenly disappears. A Talosian explains that Mendez's presence on board the ''Enterprise'' was an illusion. Spock and the Talosians orchestrated events to keep the crew from regaining control of the ship too quickly. Kirk challenges Spock, saying that to spite the regulations, Spock could have come to him for help; alluding to Kirk's willingness to help his friend, no matter what. Spock admits the reason he did not simply reveal his plan to Kirk was because he did not want to run the risk of subjecting anyone else but himself to the death penalty.
   
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The real Commodore Mendez, still at Starbase 11, sends a message that he too has received the Talosians' presentation. He suspends General Order 7 for this occasion and directs Kirk to proceed as he thinks best. Pike signals that he will remain on Talos.
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Kirk then turns to Mendez to speak to him, only to have Mendez disappear. Kirk is momentarily shocked and turns to Spock for an explanation when the viewscreen activates again. The Talosian magistrate who oversaw Pike thirteen years prior addresses Kirk, informing him that the commodore's presence on board the ''Enterprise'' and in the shuttlecraft from Starbase 11 was an illusion. The entire scenario had been orchestrated by Spock and the Talosians to keep the ''Enterprise'' crew from regaining control of the ship too quickly. The Keeper then tells Kirk that Captain Pike is welcome to spend the rest of his life with them, unfettered by his physical body. The decision, the Keeper tells Kirk, is his and Pike's. The transmission then cuts off. Kirk then tells Spock that even if the regulations are very explicit, he could have come to Kirk and explained the situation. Spock said it was enough for only one of them to have to face the death penalty.
  
   
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Uhura then calls Kirk and relays a message from the ''real'' Commodore Mendez at Starbase 11; he too, has received the transmissions Kirk saw. Under the circumstances, General Order 7 is suspended for this occasion. No actions are contemplated against Spock, and Kirk is told to proceed as he thinks best. Kirk then asks Pike if he wants to go there; Pike beeps back a single, long "yes." Kirk asks Spock to take Captain Pike to the transporter room to see him off. Spock thanks Kirk for both of them and Pike beeps an "affirmative" in agreement. As Spock begins to push Pike's wheelchair out of the courtroom Kirk asks Spock to come back and see him as soon as Pike is safely on the surface. Kirk wants to talk about this disturbing tendency Spock has had in showing flagrant emotionalism. Spock tells Kirk that he sees no reason Kirk should insult him. Spock says he believes he's been completely logical about the whole affair. As Spock departs with Pike for the surface, the Magistrate shows Kirk a now seemingly restored Pike and Vina leaving hand-in-hand, with the greeting, "''Captain Pike has an illusion, and you have reality; may you find your way as pleasant.''" The transmission from Talos ends, and Kirk's face lights up in wonder, marveling at all that had taken place.
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Kirk needles Spock for a disturbing tendency toward flagrant emotionalism. Spock regards this as an insult and insists that his actions have been completely [[logic]]al. On the ''Enterprise'' viewscreen, the Talosian Magistrate shows Kirk the healthy Pike and Vina leaving hand-in-hand, with the greeting, ''"Captain Pike has an illusion, and you have reality; may you find your way as pleasant."''
   
 
==Log Entries==
  
==Log Entries==
 
*"''Personal log, stardate 3013.1. I find it hard to believe the events of the past 24 hours or the plea of Mr. Spock standing general court martial... Why? Why does Spock want to take to that forbidden world his former captain, mutilated by a recent space disaster, now a shell of a man unable to speak or move? The only answer Spock would give was on the hearing room screen. How Spock could do this, he refused to explain, but there before our eyes actual images from thirteen years ago... Of Captain Pike as he was when he commanded this vessel, of Spock in those days and of how the ''Enterprise'' had become the first and only starship to visit Talos IV. They had received a distress signal from that planet and discovered there still alive after many years, the survivors of a missing vessel only to find it was all an illusion. No survivors, no encampment, it was all a trap set by a race of being who could make a man believe he was seeing anything they wished him to see. And Captain Pike was gone, a prisoner for some unknown purpose.''"
  
*"''Personal log, stardate 3013.1. I find it hard to believe the events of the past 24 hours or the plea of Mr. Spock standing general court martial... Why? Why does Spock want to take to that forbidden world his former captain, mutilated by a recent space disaster, now a shell of a man unable to speak or move? The only answer Spock would give was on the hearing room screen. How Spock could do this, he refused to explain, but there before our eyes actual images from thirteen years ago... Of Captain Pike as he was when he commanded this vessel, of Spock in those days and of how the ''Enterprise'' had become the first and only starship to visit Talos IV. They had received a distress signal from that planet and discovered there still alive after many years, the survivors of a missing vessel only to find it was all an illusion. No survivors, no encampment, it was all a trap set by a race of being who could make a man believe he was seeing anything they wished him to see. And Captain Pike was gone, a prisoner for some unknown purpose.''"
   
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*"''Personal log, stardate 3013.2. Reconvening court martial of Mr. Spock and the strangest trial evidence ever heard aboard a starship... from the mysterious planet now only one hour ahead of us; the story of Captain Pikes imprisonment there.''"
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*"''Personal log, stardate 3013.2. Reconvening court martial of Mr. Spock and the strangest trial evidence ever heard aboard a starship... from the mysterious planet now only one hour ahead of us; the story of Captain Pike's imprisonment there.''"
   
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*"''Strange evidence from the past... how the Talosians, planning to breed a society of Human slaves, tempted Pike with the Earth women they held in captivity... and as she appeared to him in many forms, each more exciting then the last, Pike was beginning to weaken.''"
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*"''Personal log, supplemental. Strange evidence from the past... how the Talosians, planning to breed a society of Human slaves, tempted Pike with the Earth woman they held in captivity... and as she appeared to him in many forms, each more exciting than the last, Pike was beginning to weaken.''"
   
 
==Memorable Quotes==
  
==Memorable Quotes==
 
"''They're like animals, vicious, seductive. They say no human male can resist them.''"
  
"''They're like animals, vicious, seductive. They say no human male can resist them.''"
 
: - '''Mendez''', commenting on Vina as an Orion slave girl
  
: - '''Mendez''', commenting on Vina as an Orion slave girl
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"''Guilty, Captain, yes or no?''"<br />
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(Pike offers a single beep from his wheelchair.)<br />
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"''Yes. I must also vote guilty as charged. And you, Captain?''"<br />
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"''Guilty. As charged.''"
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: - '''Mendez''', '''Pike''', and '''Kirk''', rendering their verdict against Spock
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"''Talos controls the vessel now, as they did thirteen years ago. You asked me "why," Commodore. You'll see your answer now.''"
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: - '''Spock''' to Mendez, as the motivation for returning Pike to Talos IV is about to be revealed
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"''Mr. Spock, even if regulations are explicit, you could have come to me and explained.''"<br />
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"''Ask you to face the death penalty too? One of us was enough, captain.''"
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: - '''Kirk''' to '''Spock''' after the Talosians reveal the truth
   
   
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"''Captain Pike has an illusion, and you have reality. May you find your way as pleasant.''"
  
"''Captain Pike has an illusion, and you have reality. May you find your way as pleasant.''"
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: - '''Talosian Keeper''', to Kirk
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: - '''Talosian Keeper''', to Kirk (mirroring the similar farewell that he gave to Pike thirteen years earlier)
   
   
 
For memorable quotes from {{e|The Cage}}, click [[The_Cage_(episode)#Memorable_Quotes|here]].
  
For memorable quotes from {{e|The Cage}}, click [[The_Cage_(episode)#Memorable_Quotes|here]].
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==Background Information==
  
==Background Information==
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===Cast===
  
===Cast===
 
* [[DeForest Kelley]] ([[Leonard McCoy|Dr. McCoy]]), [[James Doohan]] ([[Montgomery Scott|Scotty]]) and [[George Takei]] ([[Hikaru Sulu|Sulu]]) [[Main character non-appearances#Star Trek: The Original Series|do not appear]] in this episode. [[Nichelle Nichols]] ([[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]]) does not appear on-screen but she does have several voice-over lines at the end of the episode. Along with {{e|What Are Little Girls Made Of?}} and {{e|Errand of Mercy}}, this is one of only three episodes after the two pilots in which Kelley does not appear.
 
* [[DeForest Kelley]] ([[Leonard McCoy|Dr. McCoy]]), [[James Doohan]] ([[Montgomery Scott|Scotty]]) and [[George Takei]] ([[Hikaru Sulu|Sulu]]) [[Main character non-appearances#Star Trek: The Original Series|do not appear]] in this episode. [[Nichelle Nichols]] ([[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]]) does not appear on-screen but she does have several voice-over lines at the end of the episode. Along with {{e|What Are Little Girls Made Of?}} and {{e|Errand of Mercy}}, this is one of only three episodes after the two pilots in which Kelley does not appear.
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* Sean Kenney took over the role of Pike from [[Jeffrey Hunter]]. Kenney also appeared as [[DePaul]] in [[TOS Season 1]]. Because Malachi Throne was cast as Commodore [[José I. Mendez|Mendez]], it was necessary to re-dub [[Unnamed Talosians#Magistrate (The Keeper)|the Keeper]]'s dialog by altering the pitch of the actor's voice {{incite}}. Malachi Throne later played [[Romulan]] [[Romulan Senate|Senator]] [[Pardek]] in {{TNG|Unification I}} and {{e|Unification II}}.
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* Sean Kenney took over the role of Pike from [[Jeffrey Hunter]]. Kenney also appeared as [[DePaul]] in [[TOS Season 1]]. Because Malachi Throne was cast as Commodore [[José I. Mendez|Mendez]], it was necessary to re-dub [[The Keeper]]'s dialog by altering the pitch of the actor's voice {{incite}}. Malachi Throne later played [[Romulan]] [[Romulan Senate|Senator]] [[Pardek]] in {{TNG|Unification I}} and {{e|Unification II}}.
   
 
===Continuity===
  
===Continuity===
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:''The next remastered episode to air was {{e|The Corbomite Maneuver}}.''
  
:''The next remastered episode to air was {{e|The Corbomite Maneuver}}.''
   
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* A limited-time-only theatrical presentation with {{e|The Menagerie, Part I}} occurred on {{d|13|November|2007}} and {{d|15|November|2007}}.
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* A limited-time-only theatrical presentation with {{e|The Menagerie, Part I}} occurred on {{d|13|November|2007}} and {{d|15|November|2007}}. It included a message from Gene "Rod" Roddenberry Jr., a 20-minute "making of" documentary about the restoration process, and a trailer for Season Two of the remastered series. [http://www.fathomevents.com/details.aspx?eventid=690&utm_source=StarTrekwebsite&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=Star_Trek]
   
 
===Video and DVD Releases===
  
===Video and DVD Releases===
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* [[Malachi Throne]] as:
  
* [[Malachi Throne]] as:
 
** [[José I. Mendez]]
  
** [[José I. Mendez]]
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** The Keeper's voice
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** The Keeper's voice (also archived footage)
 
* [[M. Leigh Hudec]] as [[Number One]] (archived footage)
  
* [[M. Leigh Hudec]] as [[Number One]] (archived footage)
 
* [[Peter Duryea]] as [[José Tyler]] (archived footage)
  
* [[Peter Duryea]] as [[José Tyler]] (archived footage)
 
* [[John Hoyt]] as [[Philip Boyce]] (archived footage)
  
* [[John Hoyt]] as [[Philip Boyce]] (archived footage)
 
* [[Laurel Goodwin]] as [[J.M. Colt]] (archived footage)
  
* [[Laurel Goodwin]] as [[J.M. Colt]] (archived footage)
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* [[Adam Roarke]] as [[Garrison]] (archived footage)
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* [[Adam Roarke]] as [[Garison]] (archived footage)
 
* [[DeForest Kelley]] as [[Leonard McCoy|Dr. McCoy]] (recycled footage)
  
* [[DeForest Kelley]] as [[Leonard McCoy|Dr. McCoy]] (recycled footage)
 
* [[James Doohan]] as [[Montgomery Scott|Scott]] (recycled footage)
  
* [[James Doohan]] as [[Montgomery Scott|Scott]] (recycled footage)
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* [[Hagan Beggs]] as [[Hansen (Lieutenant)|Hansen]]
  
* [[Hagan Beggs]] as [[Hansen (Lieutenant)|Hansen]]
 
:And
  
:And
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* [[Meg Wyllie]] as [[Unnamed Talosians#Magistrate (The Keeper)|The Keeper]] (archived footage)
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* [[Meg Wyllie]] as [[The Keeper]] (archived footage)
   
 
===Uncredited Co-Stars===
  
===Uncredited Co-Stars===
 
* [[William Blackburn]] as [[Hadley]] (recycled footage)
  
* [[William Blackburn]] as [[Hadley]] (recycled footage)
 
* [[Frank da Vinci]] as [[Brent]]
  
* [[Frank da Vinci]] as [[Brent]]
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* [[Mike Dugan]] as the [[Kaylar]] (archived footage)
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* [[Mike Dugan]] as the [[Kalar]] (archived footage)
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* [[Brett Dunham]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel#Security lieutenant |Security lieutenant]]
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* [[Brett Dunham]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel#Security lieutenant |Security lieutenant]] (recycled footage)
 
* [[Clegg Hoyt]] as [[Pitcairn]] (archived footage)
  
* [[Clegg Hoyt]] as [[Pitcairn]] (archived footage)
 
* [[Anthony Jochim]] as [[SS Columbia personnel|''Columbia'' survivor #3]] (archived footage)
  
* [[Anthony Jochim]] as [[SS Columbia personnel|''Columbia'' survivor #3]] (archived footage)
 
* [[Robert C. Johnson]] as the voice of Talosian #1 (archived footage)
  
* [[Robert C. Johnson]] as the voice of Talosian #1 (archived footage)
 
* [[Jon Lormer]] as [[Theodore Haskins]] (archived footage)
  
* [[Jon Lormer]] as [[Theodore Haskins]] (archived footage)
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* [[Tom Lupo]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel#Security guard|Security guard]]
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* [[Tom Lupo]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel#Security guard|Security guard]] (recycled footage)
 
* [[Ed Madden]] as the [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel#Geologist|''Enterprise'' geologist]] (archived footage)
  
* [[Ed Madden]] as the [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel#Geologist|''Enterprise'' geologist]] (archived footage)
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* [[Joseph Mell]] as [[Humans (illusory)#Trader at Orion colony|Trader at Orion colony]] (archived footage)
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* [[Joseph Mell]] as [[Unnamed illusory people#Trader at Orion colony|Trader at Orion colony]] (archived footage)
 
* [[Leonard Mudie]] as [[SS Columbia personnel|''Columbia'' survivor #2]] (archived footage)
  
* [[Leonard Mudie]] as [[SS Columbia personnel|''Columbia'' survivor #2]] (archived footage)
 
* [[Eddie Paskey]] as [[Leslie]]
  
* [[Eddie Paskey]] as [[Leslie]]
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* [[Robert Phillips]] as [[Starfleet personnel (illusory)#Starfleet Officer at Orion colony|Space officer at Orion colony]] (archived footage)
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* [[Robert Phillips]] as [[Unnamed illusory people#Starfleet Officer at Orion colony|Space officer at Orion colony]] (archived footage)
 
* [[Janos Prohaska]] as the [[anthropoid ape]] (archived footage)
  
* [[Janos Prohaska]] as the [[anthropoid ape]] (archived footage)
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* [[Serena Sande]] as [[Unnamed_Talosians#Second_Talosian|Talosian #2]] (archived footage)
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* [[Serena Sande]] as [[Unnamed Talosians#Second Talosian|Talosian #2]] (archived footage)
 
* [[Georgia Schmidt]] as [[Unnamed Talosians#First Talosian|Talosian #1]] (archived footage)
  
* [[Georgia Schmidt]] as [[Unnamed Talosians#First Talosian|Talosian #1]] (archived footage)
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* [[Ron Veto]] as [[Harrison]]
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* [[Felix Silla]] as [[Unnamed_Talosians#Third_Talosian|Talosian #3]] (archived footage)
  
 
* [[Unknown performer]]s as:
  
* [[Unknown performer]]s as:
 
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel#Bridge crewman 1|Bridge crewman #1]] (archived footage)
  
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel#Bridge crewman 1|Bridge crewman #1]] (archived footage)
 
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel#Bridge crewman 2|Bridge crewman #2]] (archived footage)
  
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel#Bridge crewman 2|Bridge crewman #2]] (archived footage)
 
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel#Transporter assistant|Transporter assistant]] (archived footage)
  
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel#Transporter assistant|Transporter assistant]] (archived footage)
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** [[Humans (illusory)#Musicians|Musicians]] (archived footage)
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** [[Unnamed illusory people#Musicians|Musicians]] (archived footage)
   
 
===References===
  
===References===
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[[court martial]]; [[death penalty]]; [[distress signal]]; [[General Order 7]]; [[hearing room]]; [[Orion slave girl]]; ''[[Picasso]]''; [[Starbase 11]]; [[Talos IV]]; [[Talosian]]s; [[zoo]]
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[[court martial]]; [[death penalty]]; [[distress signal]]; [[Earth]]; [[General Order 7]]; [[hearing room]]; [[logic]]; [[Milky Way Galaxy]]; [[Orion slave girl]]; ''[[Picasso]]''; [[Rigel VII]]; [[Starbase 11]]; [[Unnamed Alpha and Beta Quadrant planets#Starbase 11|Starbase 11 planet]]; [[Talos IV]]; [[Talosian system]]; [[Talosian]]s; [[zoo]]
   
 
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While Spock faces court martial for kidnapping Captain Pike and hijacking the Enterprise, he further explains his actions with mysterious footage about Pike's captivity by the Talosians.

Summary

Teaser

Captain Kirk, in his personal log (excerpted below), ponders the events of the past day (which were seen in Part I of the episode).

Spock is facing a court martial aboard the Enterprise on multiple charges: Mutiny; kidnapping his former commanding officer, Fleet Captain Christopher Pike, mutilated by a recent space disaster and unable to speak; and locking the Enterprise on course for the planet Talos IV, for which the penalty is death. Spock has pled guilty to all the charges. However, when the presiding officer, Commodore Mendez, asks Spock about his motive, it gives Spock a legal opening to present his evidence: mysterious but authentic video from thirteen years before, as the Enterprise, commanded by Captain Pike, became the only starship ever to visit Talos. The recap concludes with the revelation that the video presentation is itself being transmitted from Talos.

Act One

The court martial reconvenes, this time in closed session. Mendez reminds Spock that Starfleet has ordered no contact with Talos IV, with no exceptions. Spock says that the Talosian Keeper has taken over control of their viewscreen. The presentation resumes as Captain Pike had been knocked unconscious and captured by the Talosians. (The events in the flashback are the episode "The Cage".) The Talosians make Pike relive the deadly battle on Rigel VII two weeks earlier. But Pike decides he is still in the cell, which Spock calls a "brilliant deduction."

Later, the viewscreen shuts off. Pike's head has slumped over, and Spock says the Talosians know that Pike is fatigued. As Kirk remarks that the Talosians care for Pike, Spock confirms that the Talosians want him back, alive. Mendez demands an explanation, but Spock insists that they will understand only after they reach Talos.

Act Two

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The Talosians

The court martial and the viewscreen presentation resume. The Talosians continue to show Pike a spacewreck survivor from the SS Columbia named Vina, in various guises, to induce Pike to breed, but he is only interested in learning from her the parameters of the illusions and of his imprisonment. Here she appears as a green-skinned Orion slave girl. Mendez mentions that the seductive women are said to be irresistible.

Act Three

The viewscreen presentation continues: The Talosians beam down Number One and Yeoman Colt to give Pike a choice of mates, but their lasers do not work. Pike deduces that this too is an illusion and uses a weapon to threaten a Talosian and win their way to the planet's surface.

The presentation is interrupted again and the Talosians seem to have abandoned Spock. Mendez demands that the court-martial panel of three captains reach a verdict. Spock asks Pike to wait to reach Talos, telling him that he will have a chance for life, but Kirk likens it to life as a zoo specimen or amusement. Pike, Mendez, and finally, even Kirk vote that Spock is guilty of mutiny, as charged.

Act Four

The Enterprise enters orbit around Talos IV. Spock tells the court that Talos controls the Enterprise, as it did on her previous encounter, and that Mendez's inquiry into Spock's motives will now be answered.

The Talosians had abandoned their effort to capture and breed humans as servants when Captain Pike and the others threatened to destroy themselves, a decision the atrophied Talosians had claimed condemned them to eventual death. Vina had declined rescue by the Enterprise, for a reason made evident at the end of the Talosians' presentation: The Talosians show Vina to be horribly disfigured, though their mastery of projecting illusions lets her live a normal life. Spock's purpose in bringing Pike back to Talos IV was to enable Pike to live out the rest of his days in the same fashion; the Talosians are willing to "free" him from his wheelchair. The basis of General Order 7, the capital crime forbidding contact with Talos IV, is also evident now: to keep humans from learning the Talosians' power of illusion which would lead to their own destruction.

Kirk then addresses Mendez, but Mendez suddenly disappears. A Talosian explains that Mendez's presence on board the Enterprise was an illusion. Spock and the Talosians orchestrated events to keep the crew from regaining control of the ship too quickly. Kirk challenges Spock, saying that to spite the regulations, Spock could have come to him for help; alluding to Kirk's willingness to help his friend, no matter what. Spock admits the reason he did not simply reveal his plan to Kirk was because he did not want to run the risk of subjecting anyone else but himself to the death penalty.

The real Commodore Mendez, still at Starbase 11, sends a message that he too has received the Talosians' presentation. He suspends General Order 7 for this occasion and directs Kirk to proceed as he thinks best. Pike signals that he will remain on Talos.

Kirk needles Spock for a disturbing tendency toward flagrant emotionalism. Spock regards this as an insult and insists that his actions have been completely logical. On the Enterprise viewscreen, the Talosian Magistrate shows Kirk the healthy Pike and Vina leaving hand-in-hand, with the greeting, "Captain Pike has an illusion, and you have reality; may you find your way as pleasant."

Log Entries

  • "Personal log, stardate 3013.1. I find it hard to believe the events of the past 24 hours or the plea of Mr. Spock standing general court martial... Why? Why does Spock want to take to that forbidden world his former captain, mutilated by a recent space disaster, now a shell of a man unable to speak or move? The only answer Spock would give was on the hearing room screen. How Spock could do this, he refused to explain, but there before our eyes actual images from thirteen years ago... Of Captain Pike as he was when he commanded this vessel, of Spock in those days and of how the Enterprise had become the first and only starship to visit Talos IV. They had received a distress signal from that planet and discovered there still alive after many years, the survivors of a missing vessel only to find it was all an illusion. No survivors, no encampment, it was all a trap set by a race of being who could make a man believe he was seeing anything they wished him to see. And Captain Pike was gone, a prisoner for some unknown purpose."
  • "Personal log, stardate 3013.2. Reconvening court martial of Mr. Spock and the strangest trial evidence ever heard aboard a starship... from the mysterious planet now only one hour ahead of us; the story of Captain Pike's imprisonment there."
  • "Personal log, supplemental. Strange evidence from the past... how the Talosians, planning to breed a society of Human slaves, tempted Pike with the Earth woman they held in captivity... and as she appeared to him in many forms, each more exciting than the last, Pike was beginning to weaken."

Memorable Quotes

"They're like animals, vicious, seductive. They say no human male can resist them."

- Mendez, commenting on Vina as an Orion slave girl


"Guilty, Captain, yes or no?"
(Pike offers a single beep from his wheelchair.)
"Yes. I must also vote guilty as charged. And you, Captain?"
"Guilty. As charged."

- Mendez, Pike, and Kirk, rendering their verdict against Spock


"Talos controls the vessel now, as they did thirteen years ago. You asked me "why," Commodore. You'll see your answer now."

- Spock to Mendez, as the motivation for returning Pike to Talos IV is about to be revealed


"Mr. Spock, even if regulations are explicit, you could have come to me and explained."
"Ask you to face the death penalty too? One of us was enough, captain."

- Kirk to Spock after the Talosians reveal the truth


"I want to talk to you. This regrettable tendency you've been showing lately towards flagrant emotionalism –"
"I see no reason to insult me, sir. I believe I've been completely logical about the whole affair."

- Kirk and Spock, as Pike is moved out of the briefing room


"Captain Pike has an illusion, and you have reality. May you find your way as pleasant."

- Talosian Keeper, to Kirk (mirroring the similar farewell that he gave to Pike thirteen years earlier)


For memorable quotes from "The Cage", click here.

Background Information

Production

  • The first draft of this episode's script (along with that of "The Menagerie, Part I") was completed on 3 October 1966 with the subsequent final draft being turned in on 7 October.
  • Robert Butler is the only credited director on this episode. However, Butler had actually directed "The Cage", which provided much of the material used in this episode. The courtroom scenes in "The Menagerie, Part II" were actually directed by the credited director of "The Menagerie, Part I", Marc Daniels, who receives no on-screen credit for them here. Likewise, Butler was not credited for the portions of his "The Cage" used in "The Menagerie, Part I". Essentially, both episodes feature material directed by both men but they are only credited once each, Daniels on the first part and Butler on the second. In addition, many of the production staff who worked on "The Cage" (cinematographer William E. Snyder, editor Leo Shreve, art director Franz Bachelin, etc.) are credited in this episode in place of the actual series staff, who received credit in Part I.
  • "The Menagerie, Parts I" and "II" constitute the only two-parter in the run of the original Star Trek. Combined, the two parts of this script only run to 64 pages, shorter than the scripts for many one-hour episodes. This is due to the heavy use of footage from "The Cage," which only had to be briefly noted by scene designations in the script format.
  • This is the only episode of any Star Trek series which uses a captain's log to recap the events of the previous episode in a story arc. All others use a more traditional "previously, on..."-type of recap.
  • In the script, McCoy and Scott have a scene wherein they explain to Kirk how they figured out which computer bank Spock tampered with to lock the ship on course. They took perspiration readings on all banks, and since Spock's sweat has copper in it, traces of copper were found. This scene isn't seen in the episode.
  • At the end of the episode, dramatic license is taken when Spock brings Pike to the transporter room. To make the scene as expedient as possible, Spock accompanies Pike to the transporter, sees him off and beams him down all in less than two seconds of screen time.

Cast

Continuity

  • The footage the Talosians send to the Enterprise differs from what had happened in "The Cage"; specifically, when Pike asks The Keeper if he'll give Vina back her illusion of beauty, The Keeper replies "And more" and restores Vina's appearance. However, in "The Cage", The Keeper not only restored Vina's beauty, but also created an illusion of Captain Pike for her and the two of them returned to the underground community. This was changed for "The Menagerie" so that The Keeper could show Captain Kirk the image of Pike restored to health (and back in his old-style Starfleet uniform) and going underground with Vina.

Awards

  • Along with Part 1, this episode won the 1967 Hugo Award for "Best Dramatic Presentation".

Remastered Information

  • "The Menagerie, Part II" was the thirteenth remastered episode of the The Original Series to air. It premiered in syndication the weekend of 2 December 2006. Among several new, digital shots created for the episode, a new, more realistic digital matte painting of the Mojave replaces the original backdrop, as does a high quality shot of Rigel VII and Talos IV from space.
The next remastered episode to air was "The Corbomite Maneuver".
  • A limited-time-only theatrical presentation with "The Menagerie, Part I" occurred on 13 November 2007 and 15 November 2007. It included a message from Gene "Rod" Roddenberry Jr., a 20-minute "making of" documentary about the restoration process, and a trailer for Season Two of the remastered series. [1]

Video and DVD Releases

Unusually, this tape contained both parts of "The Menagerie" (usually, US releases were single-episode).

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References

court martial; death penalty; distress signal; Earth; General Order 7; hearing room; logic; Milky Way Galaxy; Orion slave girl; Picasso; Rigel VII; Starbase 11; Starbase 11 planet; Talos IV; Talosian system; Talosians; zoo

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