Star Trek: The Menagerie (First Watch: E11 & 12)

Death count: 1 red shirt vulcan neck pinched.  A bunch of colonists?  (did they ever even exist?)

…Pike?  Yooo.

This case, Spock knows Pike better.

I can see the resemblance in this case too.  (minus, well.)  And yeah, he ended up back in the wheelchair.  Somehow.

Mutiny?  Ironic.

The computer guy’s wearing a robe, practically.

Kirk’s utter loyalty to his crew.

Spock.  Why.  Oh.  There’s your neck pinch.

…

Did you color code your voice recordings?  That’s utterly adorably anal.

…Can he not do morse code?  I realize it’s old, but.

Embarrassment might be the least of his concerns at the moment.  It’s hard to say.

Growl at them.  That’ll help.

At least he’s being professional about it.  again, not voicing it in front of outsiders, just Bones.

…he’s been grounded.  Bleh.

At least Bones has a clue.  Probably.  He’s loyal, but suspicious, and if Kirk’s put an idea in his head…

“past point of safe return” you know who’s on board then.

“Rank has its privileges” face like a sour lemon.  Kirk doesn’t approve.

Bones is questioning, and—oh, he just now actually asked, full out.

Spock’s turning himself in.  Either this is a stunt, or he can’t bring himself to get Kirk killed through this.

Things aren’t working.  Scotty swears and just runs off.

Most painful moment, huh.

Why are you going straight for court marshal?

“Whatever he’s up to, he’s planned it well.” –Commodore Mendez  no kiddin.  He’s a Vulcan, he would’ve planned this out to the last detail.

…Oh, yeah, death?

Fancy uniforms.

Okay, he’s being Kirk-type insolent.

Return to the turtlenecks!

So this was the pilot, huh?

“How’d they film this?” maaagic.

Boyce is still businesslike.  Pike not so much.

Perfect choice?  Creepy?  Actually, that’s not a question at all.  I don’t know why there’s a question mark there.

Kirk isn’t in charge anymore.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse, Spock.  An old Earth saying.

You’ve done nothing to encourage belief in you, Spock.

Wait, there’s a hint.  The colonists (who weren’t real, but still) were in really good shape, so that might help, but.

Think that might be the first time he’s used Jim though.

That is pretty.  I like that planet.  Maybe.

He’s more obviously intellectual.  By that, I mean he doesn’t try to hide it.

Same professional dedication, now anyway.  Thx.

I’m not a trained monkey.  I don’t do tricks.

SPACE LAB GOGGLES!!!

So Boyce’s remark about withering away…Oh that’s good.

That’s probably acid, given how he’s reacting.

“Just eat it!  Eat it!  Get yourself an egg and beat it!”

Hmm.  I wonder how they’d deal with someone with telepathy.

You are Number Six.

You wanted to go home, but.

Oh, hey, it’s an Orion.

Vicious?  Hey, that’s rude and speciesist.

Selling your soul is a bad idea, like, 90% of forever.  Unless you’re Constantine.  In which case, it’s actually a survival strategy.

Ohhhhh.  They’re choosing other females, just in case the breeding stock isn’t perfect.

Also why is her name Number One?  is that an alien thing, or?

Yeah, so did Pavlov, jackass.

Not meaning to be evil doesn’t help.

I’m not a Captain anymore, remember?  I was removed from office.

No apologies to lab rats, no.

Paraplegic Captain actually might prefer that, yeah.  Who knows.

Oh, well.  That’s awkward.  Nonexistent commodores, really.

Insult about emotions, good.

It was weird seeing him not-smile for so long, seriously, wow.

(Post-ep comments: So many ships from these two episodes, plus something huge action-wise from Spock [mutiny's a big deal].  I'll be comparing Spock's loyalty to Pike to his loyalty to Kirk though.)