Capt. Pike is held prisoner and tested by aliens who have the power to project incredibly lifelike illusions.
“The Cage” is the first pilot episode of the American television series Star Trek. It was completed on January 22, 1965 (with a copyright date of 1964). The episode was written by Gene Roddenberry and directed by Robert Butler. It was rejected by NBC in February 1965, and the network ordered another pilot episode, which became “Where No Man Has Gone Before”. “The Cage” was first released to the public on VHS in 1986, with a special introduction by Gene Roddenberry, and was not broadcast on television in its complete form until 1988. It’s a good thing this episode wasn’t lost to the archives, how it usually happens and we can enjoy it in all its greatness. Six popcorns for the first installment of the what would become the great Star Trek universe.
