The Menagerie, Part II (episode)

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.

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 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
The court martial and the viewscreen presentation resume. The Talosians continue to show Pike a spacewreck survivor 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 way; 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, to their own destruction.

Kirk then addresses Mendez, but Mendez 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. Spock said the reason he did not simply reveal his plan to Kirk was to subject only 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.

"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, click here.

Production

 * The first draft of this episode's script (along with that of ) was completed on 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, 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 , Marc Daniels, who receives no on-screen credit for them here. Likewise, Butler was not credited for the portions of his used in . 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

 * DeForest Kelley (Dr. McCoy), James Doohan (Scotty) and George Takei (Sulu) do not appear in this episode. Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) does not appear on-screen but she does have several voice-over lines at the end of the episode. Along with and, this is one of only three episodes after the two pilots in which Kelley does not appear.
 * 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 Mendez, it was necessary to re-dub The Keeper's dialog by altering the pitch of the actor's voice . Malachi Throne later played Romulan Senator Pardek in and.

Continuity

 * The footage the Talosians send to the Enterprise differs from what had happened in ; 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 .  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 .


 * A limited-time-only theatrical presentation with occurred on  and . 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.

Video and DVD Releases

 * US CED VideoDisc release:.
 * US LaserDisc release:.
 * Original US Betamax release:.
 * UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 9, catalogue number VHR 2274, release date unknown.
 * Japan LaserDisc release:.
 * US VHS release:.
 * Unusually, this tape contained both parts of "The Menagerie" (usually, US releases were single-episode).


 * UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 1.6,.
 * Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 8,.
 * As part of the TOS Season 1 DVD collection.
 * As part of the TOS Season 1 HD DVD collection.
 * As part of the TOS Season 1 Blu-ray collection.

Starring

 * William Shatner as Capt. Kirk

Also Starring

 * Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock

Special Guest Star

 * Jeffrey Hunter as Christopher Pike (archive footage)

Guest Star

 * Susan Oliver as Vina (archived footage)

Also Starring

 * Malachi Throne as:
 * José I. Mendez
 * The Keeper's voice (also archived footage)
 * M. Leigh Hudec as Number One (archived footage)
 * Peter Duryea as José Tyler (archived footage)
 * John Hoyt as Philip Boyce (archived footage)
 * Laurel Goodwin as J.M. Colt (archived footage)
 * Adam Roarke as Garison (archived footage)
 * DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy (recycled footage)
 * James Doohan as Scott (recycled footage)
 * Nichelle Nichols as Uhura (voice)

Featuring

 * Sean Kenney as the injured Pike
 * Hagan Beggs as Hansen
 * And


 * Meg Wyllie as The Keeper (archived footage)

Uncredited Co-Stars

 * William Blackburn as Hadley (recycled footage)
 * Frank da Vinci as Brent
 * Mike Dugan as the Kalar (archived footage)
 * Brett Dunham as Security lieutenant (recycled footage)
 * Clegg Hoyt as Pitcairn (archived footage)
 * Anthony Jochim as Columbia survivor #3 (archived footage)
 * Robert C. Johnson as the voice of Talosian #1 (archived footage)
 * Jon Lormer as Theodore Haskins (archived footage)
 * Tom Lupo as Security guard (recycled footage)
 * Ed Madden as the Enterprise geologist (archived footage)
 * Joseph Mell as Trader at Orion colony (archived footage)
 * Leonard Mudie as Columbia survivor #2 (archived footage)
 * Eddie Paskey as Leslie
 * Robert Phillips as Space officer at Orion colony (archived footage)
 * Janos Prohaska as the anthropoid ape (archived footage)
 * Serena Sande as Talosian #2 (archived footage)
 * Georgia Schmidt as Talosian #1 (archived footage)
 * Ron Veto as Harrison
 * Unknown performers as:
 * Bridge crewman #1 (archived footage)
 * Bridge crewman #2 (archived footage)
 * Transporter assistant (archived footage)
 * Musicians (archived footage)

External link


Talos IV – Tabu, Teil II The Menagerie, Part II The Menagerie, Part II ja:TOS:タロス星の幻怪人・後編 The Menagerie, Deel II The Menagerie Part II The Menagerie, del II