Written by Kirsten Beyer & Davy Perez
Directed by Eduardo Sanchez
Logline
Returning to a planet that dredges up tragic memories, Captain Pike and his landing party find themselves forgetting everything, including their own identities as he confronts a ghost from his past.
They could have retreated, sent shuttles on short duration missions to locate the crew but that would not have made a very interesting story.
In universe, I think they were all already affected at that point and showed poor judgement.