Official Score = 2 Devils[/caption]Lets be honest here, Star Trek maybe one of the greatest entertainment franchises of all time! And all of this started off with a little campy TV series that aired from 1966 - 1969 with the crew of the Enterprise that most people would recognize from the original series, the original movies as well as the re-boot movie series, but did you know that Captain Kirk (WIlliam Shatner in the original series, and Chris Pine in the re-boot movie series) and the crew of the Starship Enterprise that everyone has grown to love was not actually the first crew of the Starship Enterprise?
That's right folks! As a matter of fact out of the first crew, the only person that would go on to be in the original series for the entire series, is Leonard Nimoy (as Spock), but even he was a different kind of Vulcan! No in this the first Captain was Captain Christopher Pike (Played by: Jeffrey Hunter in the original series first pilot and Bruce Greenwood in the reboot series.)
Now before Pike was brought back in the remake series, Jeffrey Hunter was brought in to play, 'Captain Christopher Pike' of the U.S.S. Enterprise for a pilot that ultimately was denied by NBC due to it not having enough action... Although ultimately this episode would be cut up and utilized as a special 2 part episode for the original series called, 'The Menagerie'!
Written by: Gene Roddenberry (Planet Earth) and Directed by: Robert Butler (Turbulence). Starring: Jeffery Hunter (King Of Kings), Susan Oliver (The Disorderly Orderly), Leonard Nimoy (Invasion Of The Body Snatchers), Majel Barrett (Spectre), John Hoyt (Spartacus), Laurel Goodwin (Stage To Thunder Rock), Bob Johnson (Mission Impossible), Serena Sande (Ghost Town), Georgia Schmidt (House Of The Damned).
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Captain Pike & his crew on the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise[/caption]The Cage told the story of how while heading for some much needed R & R, the Starship Enterprise ended up diverting to the Talos star group when an Earth Ship distress signal is found, and when they get there they find what at first they think are a group of survivors that are just excited to finally be going home!
The only problem is that with in a few moments of being down on the planets surface, all but the one of the survivors end up disappearing and 3 Talosians end up appearing and kidnapping Captain Pike and housing both the survivor and Captain Pike in their underground zoo!
Now these Talosians have an especially adept talent at making illusions, but not just illusions but illusions that appear to be totally real! So during his incarceration Captain Pike ends up going through various illusions in an effort for the Talosians to try and persuade Pike to stay with them!
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Number One (Majel Barrett), Captain Christopher Pike (Jeffery Hunter), Yeoman J.M. Colt (Laurel Goodwin)[/caption]During this time, the Enterprise will do what ever it takes to try and get their Captain back!
It turns out that in 1988, this episode did finally appear in it's entirety, and you know what? I have to admit that I did prefer this episode over the first episode that had William Shatner as Captain Kirk, but the truth is, is that this episode compared to the rest of the series was not as good, but if you are a trekkie and haven't seen this episode yet, then I highly recommend it, it is a decent one!
http://youtu.be/6F5pAFhByU8
