Editing Christopher Pike (Star Trek) (section)

====''Star Trek: Strange New Worlds''====
After Anson Mount left ''Discovery'' following the second-season finale, fans of the series began calling for him to reprise his role of Christopher Pike in a spin-off set on the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']], alongside [[Rebecca Romijn]] as [[Number One (Star Trek)|Number One]] and [[Ethan Peck]] as [[Spock]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trekmovie.com/2019/03/25/interview-ethan-peck-on-where-spock-is-headed-in-star-trek-discovery-and-maybe-beyond/|title=Interview: Ethan Peck On Where Spock Is Headed In 'Star Trek: Discovery' ... And Maybe Beyond|last=Pascale|first=Anthony|website=TrekMovie.com|date=March 25, 2019|access-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327032334/https://trekmovie.com/2019/03/25/interview-ethan-peck-on-where-spock-is-headed-in-star-trek-discovery-and-maybe-beyond/|archive-date=March 27, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://trekmovie.com/2019/04/15/anson-mount-responds-to-fan-petition-calling-for-star-trek-pike-series/|title=Anson Mount Responds To Fan Petition Calling For Star Trek Pike Series|last=Pascale|first=Anthony|website=TrekMovie.com|date=April 15, 2019|access-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416053444/https://trekmovie.com/2019/04/15/anson-mount-responds-to-fan-petition-calling-for-star-trek-pike-series/|archive-date=April 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Alex Kurtzman confirmed that development on such a series had begun in January 2020.<ref name="KurtzmanPGJan2020">{{cite news|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2020/01/15/Tuned-In-Author-Michael-Chabon-treks-to-Star-Trek-Picard/stories/202001150036|title=Tuned In: Author Michael Chabon treks to 'Star Trek: Picard'|last=Owen|first=Rob|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|date=January 16, 2020|access-date=January 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126090115/https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2020/01/15/Tuned-In-Author-Michael-Chabon-treks-to-Star-Trek-Picard/stories/202001150036|archive-date=January 26, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Production began on the series in February 2021, and the series premiered in May 2022.

In the first season, Pike undergoes a crisis of faith concerning his future injuries. He spends much of the season debating and grappling with the forthcoming incident. When he encounters a child who will become one of the cadets he will fail to save, Pike attempts to alter the timeline to save everyone and himself. However, his future self Admiral Pike appears with a time crystal to reveal that averting his fate leads to an alternate timeline where the events of “[[Balance of Terror]]” took place with Pike, not Kirk, helming the ''Enterprise''. Pike's pacifist approach to the [[Romulan]] incursion encourages a full-scale Romulan invasion, causing Spock to suffer grievous injuries and plunging the Federation into a decades-long war. Ultimately, Pike comes to the realization that he can do nothing to change his fate.