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 . Summary . Teaser . Captain Kirk , in his personal log ponders the events of the past day . Spock is facing a court martial aboard the 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 Talosians make Pike relive the deadly battle on Rigel VII with the Kalar two weeks earlier in a deserted fortress . But Pike deduces that 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 , so they have ceased transmitting the image . As Kirk remarks that the Talosians must 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 and watch the rest of the video transmission from the Talosians . Act Two . The court martial and the viewscreen presentation resume . The Talosians continue to show Pike a spacewreck survivor from the 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 laser pistol s do not work . Pike deduces that this too is an illusion and uses a weapon to threaten the Talosian Keeper 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 , Kirk vote that Spock is guilty of mutiny , as charged . Act Four . Lieutenant reports from the bridge to Mendez that the " Enterprise " has entered orbit around Talos IV . Spock tells the court that Talos controls the " Enterprise " , just 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 using a forced chamber explosion with Number One ' s laser pistol , 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 fashion ; 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 which would lead to their own destruction . Kirk then addresses Mendez , but Mendez suddenly disappears . The Talosian Keeper explains that Mendez ' s presence on board the " Enterprise " and on the Starbase 11 shuttlecraft with Kirk was merely an illusion . Spock and the Talosians orchestrated events to keep the crew from regaining control of the ship too quickly . Kirk challenges Spock , saying that despite the harsh regulations , Spock could have come to him for help ; alluding to Kirk ' s willingness to help his friend , no matter what . Spock admits the reason he did not simply reveal his plan to Kirk was that he did not want to run the risk of subjecting anyone else but himself to the death penalty . The real Commodore Mendez , still at Starbase 11 , sends a message that he too has received the Talosians ' presentation . Uhura reports to Kirk that he has suspended 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 logic al . On the " Enterprise " briefing room viewscreen , the Talosian Magistrate shows Kirk the healthy Pike and Vina walking hand - in - hand . Memorable quotes . " " They ' re like animals , vicious , seductive . They say no Human male can resist them . " " " " Guilty , captain , yes or no ? " " " " Yes . I must also vote guilty as charged . And you , Captain ? " " " " Guilty . As charged . " " " " Talos controls the vessel now , as they did thirteen years ago . You asked me " why , " commodore . You ' ll see your answer now . " " " " Mr . Spock , even if regulations are explicit , you could have come to me and explained . " " " " Ask you to face the death penalty too ? One of us was enough , captain . " " " " 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 . " " " " Captain Pike has an illusion , and you have reality . May you find your way as pleasant . " " Links and references . References . 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