Ranking Star Trek Pilots From Every Series Worst To Best
7. Roddenberry Builds A Cage And The Enterprise Is Born, But That's A Hard Pass From The Network
It is no secret that we here at WhatCulture towers are big fans of the very first pilot of Star Trek, named The Cage on released. It was an hour of what Star Trek would come to be known for - cerebral exploration of their dealings with alien races, action and equality across genders and species.
Starring Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Pike, Leonard Nimoy and Majel Barrett, with guest star Susan Oliver as Vina, this show would take viewers on a special journey into the heart of the unknown, serving as the perfect introduction as to what Star Trek would become.
However, it failed to sufficiently impress the network. They felt that while there was a good idea and good imagination here, the episode itself was too cerebral and that it would fail to grab viewers. They did however decide that there was something there worth saving.
Roddenberry was given some notes and told to write a new pilot. The notes were to drop the woman from the bridge, lose the Satanic looking fellow and punch up the action a bit.
Well, at least one of those notes was ignored - and for the love of Spock, we thank him!