in the old commercial for blank audio cassette and the tag line be be it real or be it memorex . the same might be say for the event in this episode a compilation and remix of the cage and the first pilot of star trek . mr. spock have cleverly commandeer the ship to take it to the forbidden planet talos iv in order to allow capt . christopher pike and his first captain who have be burn and paralyze and to return there . why the finagling . because to have any contact at all with talos iv invite a death sentence . why this be so be never explain that bother me tremendously but and if nothing else and it add to the story . after he have get the ship to travel to talos iv and mr. spock turn himself in to dr. mccoy ( the senior most officer present while capt . kirk be off the ship ) for arrest and say and the charge be mutiny and dr. while i never receive order to take over the ship . what follow be a court martial in which thanks to the talosians we learn why it be so important ( besides the obvious paralysis ) for capt . pike to get to talos iv even at risk of mr. spock death . the illusion the talosians create and the background music and the entire storyline be fantastic . and meg wyllie a the keeper ( the head talosian ) be wonderful . call me sexist but it never occur to me to have a woman in that role but she be perfect . the talosians and have give up almost all physical activity and become almost completely reliant upon the power of illusion and be also unisex while you can not really tell if theyre male or female and it really doesn not matter . this episode and more than almost any other in the series and make me hope and pray there be other world out there and that there be civilization that be so far advanced . what a neat thing if this be so . this be one of my favorite episode and and no matter how many time i have see it ( i even have it on video ) and it never fail to fascinate me . meg wyllie look like an alien and i do not mean that unkindly .