WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 1, "The Broken Circle"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' season 2 premiere sets up Spock's theft of the USS Enterprise in the classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Menagerie". In that seminal TOS 2-parter, Commander Spock (Leonard Nimoy) abducted the critically wounded Fleet Captain Christopher Pike (Sean Kenney) and absconded with the USS Enterprise. Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Commodore Jose Mendez (Malachi Throne) followed the Enterprise to the restricted planet Talos IV, and Spock was put on trial for his uncharacteristic actions.
During Spock's court-martial, it was revealed that he was acting out of loyalty to his former commanding officer. Learning of Pike's tragic accident, the Talosians offered him sanctuary on Talos IV and Spock made plans to bring his former Captain to the restricted planet. Such loyalty to his former commanding officer may have seemed uncharacteristic for an emotionless Vulcan, but "The Broken Circle" reveals that Spock has a history of well-intentioned mutiny.
