Star Trek: 6 Things To Expect In An Upcoming Pike Prequel Series

6. Pike Dealing With His Fate

We know from his trip to Borath that Christopher Pike's fate is sealed - he's going in the chair. This was established back in the Original Series episode The Menagerie, where seemingly out of nowhere, Spock kidnaps the crippled Admiral Pike and locks the Enterprise on a course for Talos IV, the only planet where visitation still carries the death penalty in the 23rd century.

So, now that Discovery has cemented that ending in canon, will a new series show Pike trying to fight his fate at all? On Borath, he accepts it for the good of the mission but when the adrenaline cools off and he has time to reflect, will he be content to end up as the crippled man in the chair?

Remember, this iteration of Pike has no idea that Spock will try to bring him back to the Talosians so he is facing a dark future. The series should explore this certainty of the future and show him dealing with the repercussions and also show how it affects both his command style and relationships.