The Menagerie: Part 1

       Oh my gosh,this episode! This episode! I don't know what to say about this episode! It mixed the perfect balance of dramatic awesomeness and the crappiness of the pilot. I mean..geez...where do I begin? Probably the beginning right?

Sean Kenney as Captain Pike 13 years later

         Ok, so Spock tells Kirk he received a message to come see his old captain, the wonderful Captain Pike. Yes, the same Captain Pike from the pilot. No, not the same actor. This Captain Pike is played by Sean Kenney.

Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Pike

  It's been thirteen years since Spock has last seen Pike and Pike is confined to a wheel chair where he can only answer 'yes' or 'no' questions. The only person Pike will let see him is Spock which is almost kinda sweet if Spock wasn't saying things that were super fishy.
  So while McCoy and Kirk are trying to get stuff figured out with the Commodore about Spock's supposed received message, Spock is carrying out a plan to hijack the Enterprise.(I KNOW RIGHT! THIS IS SPOCK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT!) And it's Spock so of course he succeeds in this plan of his taking Pike and McCoy with him, but leaving Captain Kirk behind.
   Spock does everything so well it isn't until he has to beam Kirk onto the Enterprise that anyone realizes anything is wrong. Immediately Spock is arrested and court martial-ed for mutiny( I KNOW RIGHT! WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT!)
  And the court-martial part of the episode is where I start to zone out. From here on it's pretty much just Spock re-showing the pilot to Captain Kirk and the Commodore. If you read my review of the pilot, you're good. And if you haven't you should go do that now.
  It is a two part episode so Spock doesn't get to finish showing the pilot. He's stopped after Pike is kidnapped by the Talosians. Then it's back to the present, a vote about continuing the story. 2/3 vote yes. Spock somehow gets Kirk in trouble but still he urges Kirk to hear the end of the story. And the episode ends with the credits fading over a pacing Kirk. Aaaaand stay tuned for part 2....