Quote Originally Posted by DemonGeminiX View Post
Why? It's cannon that Spock served under Pike. It was cannon long before TNG. It was a pretty big deal for a few episodes in TOS.
I guess there's an original slant that it's pike and not Kirk. The latter was well covered with the trilogy that came out last decade. I guess Pike & Spock was covered too but thar was a very long time ago.