The Menagerie (Star Trek: The Original Series) The Menagerie (Star Trek: The Original Series) "The Menagerie", a two-episode story arc, is both the eleventh and twelfth episodes of the of the American science fiction television series, "". Written by series creator Gene Roddenberry and directed by Marc Daniels (part one) and Robert Butler (part two), it is the only two-part story in the original series. Part one of the episode was broadcast by NBC on November 17, 1966, with part two broadcast on November 24, 1966. In the episode, Spock abducts his former commander Christopher Pike, locks the "Enterprise" on a course to the forbidden planet Talos
The Council (Star Trek: Enterprise) The Council (Star Trek: Enterprise) "The Council" is the seventy-fourth episode of the American science fiction television series "", the twenty-second episode of season three. It first aired on May 12, 2004, on the UPN network in the United States. The episode was the fifth of the series written by Manny Coto, and it was directed by David Livingston, his fourth of the third season. Set in the 22nd century, the series follows the adventures of the first Starfleet starship "Enterprise", registration NX-01. Season three of "Enterprise" features an ongoing story following an attack on Earth by previously unknown aliens