page_title: Christopher Pike (Star Trek)
section_title: Star Trek: Discovery
hierarchical_section_title: Christopher Pike (Star Trek) / Depiction / Star Trek: Discovery
caption_attribution_description: English: Anson Mount speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.
context_page_description: Captain Christopher "Chris" Pike is a character in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. He was portrayed by Jeffrey Hunter in the original Star Trek pilot episode, "The Cage", as captain of the USS Enterprise. When this pilot was rejected, Hunter withdrew from the series, and Pike was replaced with Captain James T. Kirk. The subsequent Star Trek episode "The Menagerie" uses footage from "The Cage" within a framing story, featuring Sean Kenney as an older, scarred and disabled Pike. Bruce Greenwood portrays a version of Pike in the films Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness, which takes place in an alternative timeline. The second season of Star Trek: Discovery, which is set before "The Menagerie" but after "The Cage", has Pike assume temporary command of the USS Discovery.
context_section_description: Pike is mentioned twice in the first season of the prequel series Star Trek: Discovery. In the episode "Choose Your Pain", Pike is shown listed on the Starfleet Database as one of Starfleet's most decorated Captains as of 2256. (Also included in the list are Jonathan Archer, Matt Decker, Philippa Georgiou, and Robert April.) The Enterprise is seen in the final scene of the first-season finale, "Will You Take My Hand?", with Pike sending a distress call to the Discovery. On April 9, 2018, Anson Mount was cast as Pike in the second season of the series, which was described as a "key role" for the season. The first episode of Season 2 of Discovery, "Brother" which first aired in the U.S. on January 17, 2019, introduces Captain Christopher Pike played by Mount.
caption: Anson Mount at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con panel for Discovery
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