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Alright, you've convinced me, we need Gary Mitchell on the series!
I'm hoping we finally see Rob April in this series. It's about time, he got some love.
...Because that's when he met him?
Yup: no longer anything in between. Just ask Commodore Oh.
Even if we haven't seen a fleet captain since TOS, why would you think it was retconned rather than just phased out?
Sure you do. Whether in one episode or ten, it's James T. Kirk.
Seriously? Ever watch Friends (Julia Roberts, Bruce Willis, Billy Crystal, Susan Surandon, Jean Claude Van Damme...)? Columbo (like...every one)? Love Boat (...every one again)? Police Squad (a named star every episode for about 90 seconds)? most any Muppet Show (new host every week)? Lois & Clark (Jonathan Frakes, Drew Carey, Penn & Teller...)? TNG (Paul Sorvino)? Voyager (Jason Alexander, Scott Thompson...)? 3rd Rock From the Sun (William Shatner), Big Bang Theory (Mark Hammil, Leonard Nimoy, Wil Wheaton, Brent Spiner, Levar Burton, Bob Newhart...)
...TV?
Literally...
You...do know what forum you're on, yes?
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Again, intent. The context of the question calls for a yes/no response. If they were well-known as friends or colleagues there would have been no reason to ask the question. The question was "Have you met him?" (binary yes/no response) not "How did you meet him?", "How many times have you met him?", "When did you meet him?" or "How well do you know him?"
To be honest I think the intent of the question was to get out the fact that Spock served with Pike for 11 plus years; and that Pike was the previous captain of the Enterprise by stating that Kirk took over the ship from him.
^^^
The above said, the question is vague enough that it does not really imply that Kirk only met him once. And as for flag officers still being in command of front-line Starships; there is Commodore Decker in command of the USS Constellation in TOS S2 - "The Doomsday Machine". Thus Pike being promoted to Fleet Captain doesn't necessarily indicate that was when he transferred command of the Enterprise to Kirk.
I think it's a promotion but not actually a grade change. Fleet Captains are still Captains, they just have seniority over all other regular captains regardless of who has more time in grade. So if Pike needed to command a task force and some of the other Captains had been Captain longer than he had, then he'd need to be a Fleet Captain to avoid any issues with command authority.
The way she words it implies to me that Kirk asked for him, but didn't get him, and Gary ended up on the Enterprise under Pike instead.
No, the real question is "who should play Gary Mitchell?"
So, who should play Gary Mitchell?
Sebastian Stan.
"If I hadn't aimed that little Blonde SHIELD Agent at you..."
(Oh, wait...wrong franchise...)
I don't think he was ever on a CW show.
Close enough!"If I hadn't aimed that little Blonde SHIELD Agent at you..."
(Oh, wait...wrong franchise...)
Gossip Girl.
Larry Gockwood.
When they enter Pike's room, Kirk talks to him very informally, calling him Chris, not sir, Captain or Pike.
That implies a deeper familiarity than just meeting once.
Don't know who that is.
I think it is a safe bet than any suggestions in here I probably won't know.
