Subj : Re: Cage Blooper
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From : Steven L.
Date : Sun Sep 18 2005 01:46:02

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos

Graeme wrote:
> One blooper in The Cage that I don't remember anyone ever mentioning,
> from when Number One gets snippy and threatens to do a little time
> computation about Vina's age.  Um, who said her name was Vina?  Nobody
> in the scene had mentioned it since the beamdown.  Unless she'd been
> the only woman on board, how could Number One have possibly known that?

Because after Pike was kidnapped by the Talosians, Number One, Spock and 
Jose had a debriefing in the Briefing Room.  And presumably as part of 
that debriefing, Spock and Jose told Number One about everything that 
had taken place on the planet's surface, including the existence of Vina 
and what she looked like.

BTW, they had also put a drawing of a Talosian head on the briefing 
room's viewscreen, so Number One knew what to expect even though she 
hadn't seen a Talosian yet herself.


> Kind of odd too that at the end the Talosians should be convinced that
> humans can't survive in captivity, after they've been holding Vina that
> way for 18 years.  That should have been a clue that individuals vary
> and that maybe the ship's captain just wasn't the right choice.  But
> no, this escapes them.

No, you're not remembering the scene correctly.

Vina changed her mind at that point and decided to accept death too, 
rather than continue to act as a lure for more Earthmen to be kidnapped. 
    She had apparently fallen in love with Pike, since the Talosians had 
selected him for her based on things in her own mind.  But then she 
realized that if you love someone you don't act as an accomplice to turn 
him into a slave.


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