Director: Marc Daniels, Robert Butler
Show Stars: Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock), William Shatner (Captain James Tiberius Kirk)
Recurring Role: Majel Barrett (Number One), Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Nyota Uhura), James Doohan (Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott), Vic Perrin (voice of The Keeper (uncredited)), Janos Prohaska (Anthropoid Ape / Humanoid Bird (uncredited)), Jon Lormer (Theodore Haskins (uncredited)), DeForest Kelley (Dr. Leonard Horatio "Bones" McCoy)
Guest Stars: Jeffrey Hunter (Capt. Christopher Pike) , Susan Oliver (Vina) , Malachi Throne (Commodore Jose I. Mendez) , Peter Duryea (Lt. Jose Tyler) , John Hoyt (Dr. Philip Boyce) , Laurel Goodwin (Yeoman J. M. Colt) , Adam Roarke (C.P.O. Garrison) , Sean Kenney (Disabled Christopher Pike) , Hagan Beggs (Ensign Hansen) , Meg Wyllie (The Keeper) , Julie Parrish (Miss Piper) , Georgia Schmidt (Talosian #1 (uncredited)) , Brett Dunham (Guard (uncredited)) , Mike Dugan (Rigel VII Warrior (uncredited)) , Edward Madden (Geologist (uncredited)) , George Sawaya (Chief Humbolt (uncredited)) , Clegg Hoyt (Transporter Chief Pitcairn (uncredited)) , Leonard Mudie (Survivor #2 (uncredited)) , Anthony Joachim (Survivor #1 (uncredited)) , Joseph Mell (Orion Trader (uncredited)) , Robert Phillips (Officer (uncredited)) , Serena Sands (Talosian #2 (uncredited))
Production Code: 6149-16B
Stardate 3013.1: Despite Mendez, the court-martial continues, and the images begin to reappear on the breifing room screen. Captain Pike rejects Vena despite all the efforts of the Talosians to make her irresitable. To counter his resistance, the Talosians kidnap Number One and Yeoman Colt from the Enterprise so that Pike will have a choice of female partners. Meanwhile, Pike discovers that strong emotions can block the Talosians from reading his mind. He and the others manage to escape to the surface of the planet, but when the Talosians reveal that this was all a part of their plan, Number One threatens to detonate a hand laser, killing them all, unless they are released. After scanning the record banks of the Enterprise, the Talosians discover that humans have a unique hatred of captivity, a trait which would make humans too violent a species for their purposes. The Talosains free all of the humans, but Vena cannot join the Enterprise due to the injuries she sustained in the crash and the need for the illusion of health which the Talosians provide. When the story ends, Commodore Mendez disappears. The Talosians then address Kirk from the view screen, admitting that Mendez was never really on board and that the illusion of a trial was necessary to prevent him from taking control of his ship before it reached Talos IV. Now that the Enterprise has arrived, the Talosians offer Captain Pike a life with them and an illusion of health to free him from the limitations of his body. Pike accepts, Starfleet Command suspends General Order #7 which prohibits contact with Talos IV, and the mutiny charges against Spock are dropped. Kirk watches the screen as Pike appears on the planet's surface with Vena, both happy with their illusions of health and beauty.
