In 1965, before Star Trek: The Original Series first aired, the show got a second pilot episode. NBC didn’t love the vibe of the Jeffrey Hunter/Captain Pike-led episode “The Cage,” and so, a year later, “Where No Man Has Gone Before” was filmed, and Star Trek instantly got two alpha males front and center in the forms of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Gary Mitchell (Gary Lockwood). Longtime fans know what happened next: the show couldn’t really accommodate two bragadicious dudes, and so, Gary almost turned into a space god, and Kirk had to murder him.
But now, 61 years later, the latest Trek starship crew has two very cocky guys hanging around, and neither has taken out the other. Yet. Right at the start of Starfleet Academy, Caleb Mir (Sandro Rosta) clashes with Darem Reymi (George Dawson) over who is the top dog. Basically, these two are the Ice Man and Maverick of Starfleet at this point, but historically, Trek hasn’t been able to sustain two types of ego-driven males at the same time. So how does this work?
