>be captain >send 400 of your crew to the planet >planet

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At least his son redeemed the family name.

>>86369347
Why was it never mentioned directly that he was his son?

>>86370231

Didn't want people to feel like they'd had to have seen an episode from twelve years earlier to understand him.

>>86367418
>>86369347
huh just like pitch black but in reverse
>tfw no doomsday branded fleshlight with sound effects to eat my peepee

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>>86367418
>Pike got melted by delta radiation
>Tracey's crew died of disease
>Garth goes nuts, attempts Exterminatus
>Terell gets brainraped and self-immolates
>Every fourth episode starts off investigating a ship lost in the last century
Starfleet captains are ill-fated beings.

Best episode of TOS.

>>86372776
agreed

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>>86370231

It's in the script and Gene's novel, like a third of the plot was cut because of how expensive and fucked production was.

>>86369347

Except Kirk, being the complete fucktwat that he was; assumed command of the Enterprise with no authority to actually do so.

>he was an admiral

Literally doesn't matter in terms of protocol.

>>86373132
still KINO