 Spock s court martial views the video stream from Talos IV of Captain Pike s imprisonment 13 years earlier and the Enterprise s attempts to rescue him. Using their powers mind-reading and illusion, the Talosians place Pike in worlds from both his memory and his imagination. The one constant is Vina, the beautiful blonde survivor of a crashed Earth ship, the other half of the Talosians  intended captive Adam and Eve. Number One s attempts to liberate Pike result in herself and another woman captured as additional breeding stock. But when the humans and the Talosians learn more of each other, the situation takes a turn neither side expects. As they watch the past unfold, and as the Enterprise approaches Talos IV once again, Kirk and the court learn the real reason for Spock s mutiny.