Star Trek: The Original Series is not short on great episodes featuring the Vulcan science officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy), one of the most celebrated characters in all of Star Trek. Nimoy originated the role in Star Trek's first failed pilot, "The Cage," where he played a more emotional version of Spock alongside Jeffrey Hunter's originally take on Captain Christopher Pike. Hunter declined to return for the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before," replaced by Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) which began one of the most enduring friendships in all of science fiction.
Spock was immediately popular with audiences, his cool, emotionless remove contrasting powerfully with the charismatic, swashbuckling Captain Kirk. The half-human, half-Vulcan officer was a child of two worlds, but found that he didn't really belong on either Earth or Vulcan. He found his home on the bridge of the USS Enterprise, exploring space with his close friends Kirk and Doctor Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley) over three seasons on TOS. Spock became a cultural icon, starring in some of the most memorable and influential stories in the history of American television.
