1 00:00:08,375 --> 00:00:09,541 Previously on Star Trek: Discovery... 2 00:00:09,576 --> 00:00:10,943 BURNHAM: 3 00:00:09,541 --> 00:00:09,541 With the 4 00:00:09,576 --> 00:00:12,311 Enterprise in Spacedock, 5 00:00:12,345 --> 00:00:14,246 Captain Pike and 6 00:00:14,244 --> 00:00:14,244 mission 7 00:00:14,279 --> 00:00:16,181 to find any rational explanation 8 00:00:16,216 --> 00:00:17,751 for the seven signals continues to escape me. 9 00:00:17,783 --> 00:00:19,486 And with it, perhaps, any chance 10 00:00:19,518 --> 00:00:21,388 of a relationship with my brother Spock. 11 00:00:21,420 --> 00:00:24,757 Computer, show me Starfleets rendering of the seven signals. 12 00:00:24,791 --> 00:00:26,192 Spock drew these signals 13 00:00:26,225 --> 00:00:28,193 two months before they appeared to us. 14 00:00:28,228 --> 00:00:29,562 Its damn near identical. 15 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:33,466 Amanda? 16 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:35,402 I stole Spocks medical file. 17 00:00:35,435 --> 00:00:37,469 Ive been waiting for an update on my officer, Spock. 18 00:00:37,503 --> 00:00:39,371 Your guy is wanted for murder. 19 00:00:39,405 --> 00:00:41,473 Killed three of his doctors, then fled the starbase. 20 00:00:41,508 --> 00:00:43,810 I thought that he had left it in the past, 21 00:00:43,843 --> 00:00:45,512 but its back. 22 00:00:45,510 --> 00:00:45,510 What is it? 23 00:00:45,545 --> 00:00:48,515 Your brother called it the Red Angel. 24 00:00:48,548 --> 00:00:50,482 That vision changed him forever. 25 00:00:50,517 --> 00:00:52,218 It wasnt because of a vision. 26 00:00:52,252 --> 00:00:55,354 It was because of me. 27 00:00:55,389 --> 00:00:55,855 What did you do? 28 00:00:55,890 --> 00:00:56,356 I will find him. 29 00:00:56,389 --> 00:00:58,223 No. 30 00:00:58,258 --> 00:01:00,159 I will. 31 00:01:01,860 --> 00:01:03,429 Got it. 32 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:04,763 After the dark matter hit me... 33 00:01:04,763 --> 00:01:04,763 Its me. 34 00:01:04,798 --> 00:01:07,634 ...I started to see a ghost. 35 00:01:07,667 --> 00:01:09,701 Her name was May, but shes dead. 36 00:01:09,701 --> 00:01:09,701 Tilly. 37 00:01:09,701 --> 00:01:10,753 I am losing it, Michael. 38 00:01:10,788 --> 00:01:11,805 You dont need sickbay. 39 00:01:11,802 --> 00:01:11,802 You need Stamets. 40 00:01:11,837 --> 00:01:13,673 We should have results 41 00:01:13,706 --> 00:01:14,307 in one second. 42 00:01:14,342 --> 00:01:14,908 There he is. 43 00:01:14,941 --> 00:01:17,242 Thats the captain. Thats where he flies. 44 00:01:17,277 --> 00:01:18,644 Just as I suspected. 45 00:01:18,677 --> 00:01:21,614 You are hosting a eukaryotic organism. 46 00:01:21,612 --> 00:01:21,612 A fungus? 47 00:01:21,647 --> 00:01:23,817 This might hurt a bit. 48 00:01:30,189 --> 00:01:32,558 Security breach by unknown alien species in Engineering. 49 00:01:32,591 --> 00:01:35,694 Engage quarantine protocol Alpha-Omega. 50 00:01:39,598 --> 00:01:41,700 Energize. 51 00:01:41,734 --> 00:01:42,902 Teleporter incoming. 52 00:01:56,347 --> 00:01:56,347 Captain. 53 00:01:56,347 --> 00:01:56,347 Welcome aboard 54 00:01:56,382 --> 00:01:58,651 Discovery, Number One. 55 00:01:58,685 --> 00:02:01,320 The failures cascaded through all our primaries. 56 00:02:01,353 --> 00:02:03,923 Helm, nav, both impulse and warp drive. Chief Louvier 57 00:02:03,956 --> 00:02:05,891 has an engineering team working round the clock. 58 00:02:05,924 --> 00:02:07,175 I dont think 59 00:02:05,889 --> 00:02:05,889 Enterprise 60 00:02:05,924 --> 00:02:08,427 will ever have a chief engineer 61 00:02:08,461 --> 00:02:09,461 more in love with his ship. 62 00:02:09,496 --> 00:02:11,431 Apparently, Enterprise 63 00:02:11,428 --> 00:02:11,428 is the only ship 64 00:02:11,463 --> 00:02:12,831 in the fleet thats had any problems. 65 00:02:12,865 --> 00:02:13,932 You know, he warned me. 66 00:02:13,967 --> 00:02:15,568 The damn holographic comm system. 67 00:02:15,602 --> 00:02:17,203 Tell Louvier to rip out the entire system. 68 00:02:17,236 --> 00:02:18,538 From now on well communicate 69 00:02:18,570 --> 00:02:19,872 using good, old-fashioned viewscreens. 70 00:02:19,906 --> 00:02:21,574 Truth is I never liked the holograms. 71 00:02:21,608 --> 00:02:23,443 They look too much like ghosts. 72 00:02:23,475 --> 00:02:25,578 He told you Id say that. 73 00:02:25,611 --> 00:02:27,680 No. I told him. 74 00:02:27,713 --> 00:02:29,681 Cheeseburger. Fries. 75 00:02:29,681 --> 00:02:29,681 Habanero sauce. 76 00:02:29,716 --> 00:02:32,585 You want to order some lighter fluid with that? 77 00:02:32,618 --> 00:02:33,586 That goes with the shake. 78 00:02:33,620 --> 00:02:35,989 Sorry to keep you in Spacedock. 79 00:02:36,021 --> 00:02:37,557 Ive made use of the time, Captain. 80 00:02:37,590 --> 00:02:40,425 Youve been looking into the allegations against Spock. 81 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:42,728 Its hard to comprehend, let alone believe, 82 00:02:42,762 --> 00:02:44,563 that he murdered three people 83 00:02:44,597 --> 00:02:47,300 at the psychiatric facility on Starbase Five. 84 00:02:47,332 --> 00:02:48,334 Hows the crew taking it? 85 00:02:48,367 --> 00:02:49,769 They dont know the details. 86 00:02:49,801 --> 00:02:51,403 Only that hes in trouble. 87 00:02:53,338 --> 00:02:55,341 Theres something else. 88 00:02:55,375 --> 00:02:57,377 Tell me. 89 00:02:57,409 --> 00:03:01,614 Starfleets classified his case Level One. 90 00:03:01,647 --> 00:03:03,983 Line officers dont usually warrant that kind of scrutiny. 91 00:03:04,016 --> 00:03:06,718 Its unprecedented. Which is why Ive done a little digging. 92 00:03:06,752 --> 00:03:07,920 Sanctioned? 93 00:03:07,954 --> 00:03:09,989 Better you dont know the answer to that. 94 00:03:10,022 --> 00:03:12,324 Before I look at that, 95 00:03:12,358 --> 00:03:15,627 I need to know why you saw fit to detour Federation protocols. 96 00:03:15,662 --> 00:03:19,331 Something about this investigation isnt adding up. 97 00:03:19,365 --> 00:03:21,768 Im not letting him go without a fight. 98 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,002 As usual, we agree. 99 00:03:24,037 --> 00:03:26,538 MALE OFFICER Captain Pike to the ready room. 100 00:03:26,573 --> 00:03:29,609 Im late for a briefing. Im glad you came. 101 00:03:29,641 --> 00:03:31,276 Im sorry you cant stay longer. 102 00:03:31,311 --> 00:03:33,045 Next time. 103 00:03:33,079 --> 00:03:34,747 Be careful, Captain. 104 00:03:34,781 --> 00:03:37,015 You, too, Number One. 105 00:03:43,656 --> 00:03:45,891 We should give it a name. 106 00:03:45,925 --> 00:03:47,694 Other than May. 107 00:03:48,927 --> 00:03:51,930 I know it looks like a blob, 108 00:03:51,965 --> 00:03:54,300 but this is one of the most sophisticated life-forms 109 00:03:54,334 --> 00:03:55,701 Ive ever encountered. 110 00:03:55,735 --> 00:03:58,771 It has sentience, intention. 111 00:03:58,805 --> 00:04:02,074 Tilly, the mycelial network doesnt just connect life. 112 00:04:02,108 --> 00:04:03,943 It contains it. 113 00:04:03,977 --> 00:04:05,478 Its an incubator. 114 00:04:05,510 --> 00:04:08,715 You mean, like, um... like a home? 115 00:04:13,586 --> 00:04:17,055 Ive been wondering why it appeared to me as May, 116 00:04:17,089 --> 00:04:18,757 which got me thinking about the real May 117 00:04:18,790 --> 00:04:20,726 that I met when I was, um, 14. 118 00:04:22,127 --> 00:04:25,430 I was, um... I was a weird kid. 119 00:04:25,464 --> 00:04:27,834 You know? Like, not a lot of friends 120 00:04:27,867 --> 00:04:31,838 and nobody who really believed in me, including me. 121 00:04:31,870 --> 00:04:35,675 But... she did. 122 00:04:35,707 --> 00:04:40,112 She wanted to connect to me, and she tried so hard. 123 00:04:40,146 --> 00:04:41,947 But I dont really think 124 00:04:41,980 --> 00:04:43,716 I was the friend to her that she needed. 125 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:45,418 Im certain 126 00:04:45,451 --> 00:04:47,853 you were much kinder than you give yourself credit for. 127 00:04:47,887 --> 00:04:50,122 You always are. 128 00:04:50,156 --> 00:04:52,692 Thank you, but... 129 00:04:52,725 --> 00:04:56,062 I didnt even know she died. 130 00:04:56,095 --> 00:04:57,930 I feel like I took her for granted. 131 00:04:57,963 --> 00:05:00,833 That girl who thought I was special. 132 00:05:01,901 --> 00:05:03,002 Oh! 133 00:05:06,906 --> 00:05:10,043 Ive cross-referenced what were calling the Red Angel 134 00:05:10,076 --> 00:05:11,476 with all known winged 135 00:05:11,511 --> 00:05:13,146 and avian life-forms in the Federation. 136 00:05:13,178 --> 00:05:14,613 So far, Ive found nothing. 137 00:05:15,814 --> 00:05:17,783 Sorry. 138 00:05:17,817 --> 00:05:20,620 The universal translator sometimes has trouble 139 00:05:20,653 --> 00:05:23,021 reconfiguring my lingual clicks and pops. 140 00:05:23,055 --> 00:05:26,492 My answer to you was, "Nothing in the known universe." 141 00:05:26,526 --> 00:05:28,494 Which might suggest its not a species. 142 00:05:28,528 --> 00:05:31,163 Maybe one of a kind. 143 00:05:31,162 --> 00:05:31,162 A mutation. 144 00:05:31,197 --> 00:05:33,399 Well, whatever it is, figuring out how its connected 145 00:05:33,432 --> 00:05:35,668 to these signals will help us identify it. 146 00:05:35,701 --> 00:05:37,937 If only we knew what it needs. 147 00:05:39,204 --> 00:05:41,641 Commander Nhan, USS 148 00:05:41,638 --> 00:05:41,638 Enterprise. 149 00:05:41,673 --> 00:05:42,774 Glad to be here. 150 00:05:42,808 --> 00:05:44,177 Welcome back aboard. 151 00:05:44,209 --> 00:05:45,778 Could you pass the salt? 152 00:05:45,812 --> 00:05:47,646 Commander Saru, 153 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:49,415 can you shed any light? 154 00:05:49,449 --> 00:05:51,183 My apologies. 155 00:05:51,216 --> 00:05:53,185 I woke up this morning fighting 156 00:05:53,218 --> 00:05:54,920 an acute rhinovirus. 157 00:05:54,954 --> 00:05:56,055 So you have a cold. 158 00:05:56,088 --> 00:05:59,692 I had a cold last week, which sucked. 159 00:06:00,892 --> 00:06:03,829 Saurian. Six nasal canals. 160 00:06:03,862 --> 00:06:05,831 It happens to the best of us, Linus. 161 00:06:05,865 --> 00:06:07,834 Everyone to your stations. Detmer, set a course 162 00:06:07,867 --> 00:06:10,502 for 108 mark four. Maximum warp. 163 00:06:10,536 --> 00:06:11,637 Aye, sir. 164 00:06:11,670 --> 00:06:13,805 Mr. Saru, you look like hell. 165 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:15,141 Youve been burning the candle at both ends lately. 166 00:06:15,173 --> 00:06:16,442 Go get some rest. 167 00:06:16,475 --> 00:06:18,644 As you wish, sir. 168 00:06:18,677 --> 00:06:22,447 Burnham. A word. 169 00:06:22,481 --> 00:06:26,619 I understand your first officer is on her way to Spacedock. 170 00:06:26,651 --> 00:06:28,620 Was her visit informative? 171 00:06:28,653 --> 00:06:30,122 Number One is very resourceful. 172 00:06:30,156 --> 00:06:32,992 People have a tendency to end up owing her favors. 173 00:06:33,024 --> 00:06:35,093 She uncovered 174 00:06:35,127 --> 00:06:37,497 some classified information 175 00:06:37,529 --> 00:06:38,430 on Starbase Five. 176 00:06:38,463 --> 00:06:41,000 That is the warp signature of the shuttle 177 00:06:41,033 --> 00:06:43,168 that Spock stole from the psychiatric facility. 178 00:06:43,201 --> 00:06:45,605 I put us on an intercept course. 179 00:06:45,637 --> 00:06:48,507 We should reach his position in the next few hours. 180 00:06:53,045 --> 00:06:55,113 S-Sir, 181 00:06:55,148 --> 00:06:57,716 after everything thats happened, 182 00:06:57,750 --> 00:07:01,521 I need to excuse myself from seeing Spock. 183 00:07:01,553 --> 00:07:03,221 Not sure I follow. 184 00:07:03,255 --> 00:07:05,625 I dont want to make things worse for him. 185 00:07:05,658 --> 00:07:10,262 Hes a fugitive, whatever the circumstances. 186 00:07:10,295 --> 00:07:14,166 And as Amanda suggested... 187 00:07:14,199 --> 00:07:16,601 Im probably the last person 188 00:07:16,636 --> 00:07:19,271 who should insert themselves into this problem. 189 00:07:19,270 --> 00:07:19,270 I disagree. 190 00:07:19,305 --> 00:07:22,707 He is lost, Captain. 191 00:07:22,742 --> 00:07:26,045 You are better suited to help him. 192 00:07:27,747 --> 00:07:29,915 Ive thought this through. 193 00:07:29,949 --> 00:07:34,519 Please, trust me. 194 00:07:34,553 --> 00:07:37,523 My abiding trust in you 195 00:07:37,557 --> 00:07:40,026 doesnt eclipse the mission at hand. 196 00:07:40,058 --> 00:07:41,927 Facing whatever happened to Spock, 197 00:07:41,961 --> 00:07:44,129 its not gonna be easy for any of us. 198 00:07:44,163 --> 00:07:48,067 Reaching him has to be the priority. 199 00:07:53,639 --> 00:07:54,941 Detmer, status? 200 00:07:54,973 --> 00:07:56,641 Something has grabbed us out of warp, sir. 201 00:07:56,675 --> 00:07:58,076 Speed dropping to sub-light. 202 00:07:58,110 --> 00:07:59,778 Helm going unresponsive. 203 00:07:59,777 --> 00:07:59,777 Shields up. 204 00:07:59,812 --> 00:08:01,012 Red alert. Owosekun, 205 00:08:01,047 --> 00:08:02,048 are we talking tractor beam? 206 00:08:02,081 --> 00:08:03,182 More powerful than that, sir. 207 00:08:03,216 --> 00:08:05,084 Im unable to raise shields. 208 00:08:05,117 --> 00:08:08,553 Preliminary analysis indicates a multiphasic stasis field. 209 00:08:08,588 --> 00:08:10,021 Its disrupting our shield harmonics. 210 00:08:10,055 --> 00:08:11,757 Were at a full stop, sir. 211 00:08:11,790 --> 00:08:14,026 Whatever has us, w-were locked into place. 212 00:08:14,060 --> 00:08:15,761 Like a damn fly in a web. 213 00:08:15,795 --> 00:08:18,831 And there is the spider. 214 00:08:29,908 --> 00:08:31,911 ♪ 215 00:08:59,371 --> 00:09:02,240 ♪ 216 00:09:29,769 --> 00:09:32,605 ♪ 217 00:09:46,451 --> 00:09:48,052 (original 218 00:09:48,087 --> 00:09:48,870 Star Trek 219 00:09:48,905 --> 00:09:49,654 theme plays) 220 00:10:02,032 --> 00:10:02,032 BURNHAM: 221 00:10:02,067 --> 00:10:04,370 Starfleet has never encountered anything like it. 222 00:10:04,403 --> 00:10:06,371 565 kilometers in diameter 223 00:10:06,404 --> 00:10:10,976 with a mass of 6.39 x 10 to the 20th power kilograms. 224 00:10:11,009 --> 00:10:13,846 It melds organic and nonliving matter. 225 00:10:13,879 --> 00:10:15,380 Its also ancient. 226 00:10:15,413 --> 00:10:19,451 Initial scans put it at 100,000 years old. 227 00:10:19,485 --> 00:10:21,019 "Organic"? 228 00:10:21,052 --> 00:10:22,922 Are you saying its some kind of a life-form? 229 00:10:22,955 --> 00:10:25,725 Maybe it is a damn spider. I hate spiders. 230 00:10:25,758 --> 00:10:27,192 It is premature to assign 231 00:10:27,225 --> 00:10:29,327 any anthropomorphic distinction or intent. 232 00:10:29,361 --> 00:10:31,730 As of yet, it hasnt responded to any hails. 233 00:10:31,764 --> 00:10:34,033 But there is this. 234 00:10:34,066 --> 00:10:36,769 The sphere is vibrating. 235 00:10:36,802 --> 00:10:39,337 The computer extrapolated what it might sound like 236 00:10:39,371 --> 00:10:41,673 based on the surrounding ambient radiation. 237 00:10:43,475 --> 00:10:45,411 Well, it has my ship, 238 00:10:45,443 --> 00:10:47,046 and I dont know what in the hell it wants. 239 00:10:47,078 --> 00:10:49,280 Communicate with it or disable it. And quickly, please. 240 00:11:15,441 --> 00:11:16,509 Captain Pike. 241 00:11:22,347 --> 00:11:24,417 Saru. 242 00:12:12,431 --> 00:12:14,265 Confirmed. 243 00:12:14,299 --> 00:12:15,801 Did it work? 244 00:12:15,835 --> 00:12:17,403 Yes. I can understand you. 245 00:12:17,436 --> 00:12:18,403 I still cant read my controls. 246 00:12:18,437 --> 00:12:21,139 I think this is Tau Cetian. 247 00:12:21,173 --> 00:12:23,509 Am I the only one who bothered to learn a foreign language? 248 00:12:23,542 --> 00:12:25,443 I have localized 249 00:12:25,477 --> 00:12:27,846 the backup bridge translator. 250 00:12:27,879 --> 00:12:29,347 For the time being, 251 00:12:29,380 --> 00:12:32,084 everyone who speaks Earth English can communicate. 252 00:12:32,118 --> 00:12:34,586 The rest of the crew and Discoverys 253 00:12:34,585 --> 00:12:34,585 computer are another matter. 254 00:12:34,620 --> 00:12:36,554 The bridge may be temporarily fixed, but the virus will continue 255 00:12:36,588 --> 00:12:37,889 spreading through our comms system. 256 00:12:37,923 --> 00:12:39,591 I can try purging it 257 00:12:39,625 --> 00:12:41,025 from the translators main interface. 258 00:12:41,059 --> 00:12:42,561 We have to be able to talk to the computer 259 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:44,296 and the rest of the crew to have any chance 260 00:12:44,330 --> 00:12:45,597 of breaking free from that sphere. Do it. 261 00:12:45,630 --> 00:12:46,599 Yes, sir. 262 00:12:47,732 --> 00:12:50,568 Ill go. You should stay and monitor bridge stations. 263 00:12:50,602 --> 00:12:53,505 I have placed all systems on... automatic. 264 00:12:53,538 --> 00:12:55,374 And given our current circumstances, 265 00:12:55,407 --> 00:12:58,911 you will need a translator just to operate the turbolift. 266 00:12:58,943 --> 00:13:01,080 Are you sure you can do this? 267 00:13:01,115 --> 00:13:01,115 We are wasting time. 268 00:13:02,648 --> 00:13:04,216 Weve run a full diagnostic, Captain, 269 00:13:04,250 --> 00:13:06,317 and this section remains unaffected by the virus. 270 00:13:06,351 --> 00:13:08,320 I will update you if anything changes. 271 00:13:08,354 --> 00:13:09,955 Thank you, Ensign. 272 00:13:09,989 --> 00:13:11,524 If we cant fly this thing, Commander, 273 00:13:11,557 --> 00:13:13,859 we may have to jump away. 274 00:13:13,893 --> 00:13:15,628 The spore drive will be ready, sir. 275 00:13:15,660 --> 00:13:17,395 Bring the drive online, 276 00:13:17,428 --> 00:13:19,398 and then well couple the shunts to me, 277 00:13:19,431 --> 00:13:21,634 in case weve got to skedaddle. 278 00:13:26,138 --> 00:13:29,875 ♪ Da, da, da, da, da, da. ♪ 279 00:13:29,908 --> 00:13:33,946 The universal translator for this section is 280 00:13:33,944 --> 00:13:33,944 no más. 281 00:13:33,979 --> 00:13:35,346 Can I... help you? 282 00:13:35,380 --> 00:13:37,515 Uh, unless you can reroute the plasma regulator 283 00:13:37,549 --> 00:13:40,351 to silo off the relay junction, then, 284 00:13:40,385 --> 00:13:41,986 uh, no. 285 00:13:42,020 --> 00:13:43,022 Youre, um...? 286 00:13:43,054 --> 00:13:44,456 Jett Reno, from the 287 00:13:44,455 --> 00:13:44,455 Hiawatha. 288 00:13:44,490 --> 00:13:47,025 I hitched a ride off that asteroid. 289 00:13:47,058 --> 00:13:49,327 Chief engineer sent me to firewall off 290 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,263 the critical propulsion systems. 291 00:13:51,297 --> 00:13:52,998 I didnt realize a greenhouse 292 00:13:53,032 --> 00:13:54,600 could be "critical" or 293 00:13:54,598 --> 00:13:54,598 "propulsive," 294 00:13:54,633 --> 00:13:56,168 but, hmm, what do I know? 295 00:13:56,201 --> 00:13:57,903 Im just a gearhead, not a farmer. 296 00:13:57,937 --> 00:13:59,904 A... farmer. 297 00:13:59,938 --> 00:14:03,308 Oh, please, let us know what you think, because we care. 298 00:14:03,341 --> 00:14:05,177 You should. Antimatter and dilithium 299 00:14:05,211 --> 00:14:08,214 might be old-school, but they dont let you down. 300 00:14:08,246 --> 00:14:10,416 Why soar when you can crawl? 301 00:14:10,448 --> 00:14:12,350 You dont know me, Doc. Im un-insultable. 302 00:14:12,384 --> 00:14:15,386 Especially by a guy who thinks he can run a ship 303 00:14:15,421 --> 00:14:18,157 on mushrooms that I pick off my pizza. 304 00:14:18,190 --> 00:14:20,024 Spores are clean, renewable. 305 00:14:20,058 --> 00:14:21,326 Yeah, do they come with house dressing? 306 00:14:23,461 --> 00:14:25,331 Do you have any idea how many planets 307 00:14:25,364 --> 00:14:27,432 have been ruined by dilithium mining? 308 00:14:27,466 --> 00:14:29,168 How many battles were fought 309 00:14:29,201 --> 00:14:31,302 to corner its supply? Of course you dont. 310 00:14:31,336 --> 00:14:33,205 Youre one of those people who never even consider it. 311 00:14:33,239 --> 00:14:36,274 And youre one of those people that does the ha-ha jokey thing 312 00:14:36,307 --> 00:14:38,143 and then gets all huffy and in high dudgeon 313 00:14:38,177 --> 00:14:40,178 when you cant think of a comeback. 314 00:14:40,211 --> 00:14:41,447 Do you have gum? 315 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,649 Grape. I... 316 00:14:43,682 --> 00:14:44,682 You know, it was only a couple centuries ago that 317 00:14:44,716 --> 00:14:47,152 the Earth nearly choked to death on pollution. 318 00:14:47,186 --> 00:14:49,989 Then we all woke up, and within a generation, 319 00:14:50,022 --> 00:14:51,990 everything from a truck to a toaster... 320 00:14:52,024 --> 00:14:53,125 Do you want... Sorry. Sorry 321 00:14:53,158 --> 00:14:54,994 ...was covered in solar panels. 322 00:14:55,027 --> 00:14:57,663 Yesterdays solar panels are todays fungi. 323 00:14:57,696 --> 00:14:59,331 Hmm. I can fix stuff 324 00:14:59,365 --> 00:15:01,700 with duct tape, if you want. 325 00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:04,003 Do you think May had anything to do with the sphere? 326 00:15:04,035 --> 00:15:06,404 What a giant entity from our universe 327 00:15:06,437 --> 00:15:09,107 and a mycelial species from the network? 328 00:15:09,140 --> 00:15:10,375 Well, they have as much in common 329 00:15:10,408 --> 00:15:12,177 as me and that grease monkey. 330 00:15:12,211 --> 00:15:14,212 I could fix that analogy with duct tape, too. 331 00:15:33,264 --> 00:15:34,667 Burnham to bridge. The universal translator 332 00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:37,201 is back up and running ship-wide on all systems. 333 00:15:38,403 --> 00:15:42,274 Saru! What is going on? 334 00:15:42,307 --> 00:15:44,143 This is not just a cold. 335 00:15:46,044 --> 00:15:48,379 No, it is not. 336 00:15:55,721 --> 00:15:56,754 Whats that hum? 337 00:15:56,788 --> 00:15:58,590 Get down! 338 00:16:06,365 --> 00:16:09,400 Okay, theres more where that came from. 339 00:16:09,434 --> 00:16:11,470 Weve got a hundred- giga-electron volts 340 00:16:11,503 --> 00:16:13,339 surging through the local relays. 341 00:16:13,371 --> 00:16:14,673 Computers isolated the compartment 342 00:16:14,706 --> 00:16:16,674 in order to contain the damage. 343 00:16:16,708 --> 00:16:18,744 Weve still got our life support. 344 00:16:18,777 --> 00:16:20,745 Yeah, but... it could kill us. 345 00:16:20,778 --> 00:16:24,216 If our oxygen ignites, well cook like french fries. 346 00:16:24,249 --> 00:16:26,351 Well, we could divert the power to act like a... 347 00:16:26,384 --> 00:16:27,385 a-a lightning arrestor. 348 00:16:27,420 --> 00:16:28,386 We could use the door 349 00:16:28,419 --> 00:16:30,154 as a ground. 350 00:16:30,188 --> 00:16:32,624 Then the surge would dissipate through the frame 351 00:16:32,658 --> 00:16:34,826 of the ship. The question is, 352 00:16:34,860 --> 00:16:38,129 how do we conduct the surge from there to there? 353 00:16:38,163 --> 00:16:40,099 No, a gas could, once it ionizes. 354 00:16:40,131 --> 00:16:42,167 I infuse the spores with an argon-xenon mixture 355 00:16:42,201 --> 00:16:43,769 to slow decay. 356 00:16:43,802 --> 00:16:45,770 We could link up the canisters 357 00:16:45,803 --> 00:16:47,840 to contain the gas, our version of a lightning rod. 358 00:16:47,873 --> 00:16:49,841 Thats actually not a stupid idea. 359 00:16:49,875 --> 00:16:51,844 Its my version of the house dressing, 360 00:16:51,876 --> 00:16:54,513 but it saves your life. Huh. 361 00:16:54,546 --> 00:16:56,280 Bridge. What happened? 362 00:16:56,315 --> 00:16:57,415 Did the sphere fire on us? 363 00:16:57,448 --> 00:16:58,450 Negative. 364 00:16:58,484 --> 00:16:59,585 EPS conduits are overloading. 365 00:16:59,618 --> 00:17:00,586 Systems are going haywire. 366 00:17:00,619 --> 00:17:02,453 The virus is spreading. 367 00:17:02,488 --> 00:17:04,155 What is happening to the ship? 368 00:17:04,189 --> 00:17:06,157 We... have to get to the bridge. 369 00:17:06,156 --> 00:17:06,156 No, no, no, no, no. 370 00:17:06,191 --> 00:17:08,493 Right now we got to get you to sickbay. 371 00:17:10,362 --> 00:17:11,462 Gas her up. 372 00:17:16,501 --> 00:17:18,086 Gas transference at 100%. 373 00:17:18,121 --> 00:17:19,671 Youre gonna do that manually? 374 00:17:19,704 --> 00:17:21,874 Uh, yeah, cause obviously youre not. 375 00:17:21,906 --> 00:17:23,442 Flick the switch. 376 00:17:32,217 --> 00:17:34,185 Are you okay? 377 00:17:34,219 --> 00:17:35,721 I feel like Ive been hit by lightning 378 00:17:35,753 --> 00:17:37,455 for the second time this week. 379 00:17:37,489 --> 00:17:39,625 Reno? 380 00:17:39,657 --> 00:17:42,493 Reno? Reno, are you all right? 381 00:17:42,528 --> 00:17:43,895 Weird... dream. 382 00:17:43,929 --> 00:17:46,565 I was playing drums for Prince, 383 00:17:46,597 --> 00:17:48,433 and there were doves and a parade. 384 00:17:48,467 --> 00:17:50,335 Okeydoke. 385 00:17:51,936 --> 00:17:54,173 Wait. 386 00:17:54,205 --> 00:17:55,473 Its gone. 387 00:18:00,813 --> 00:18:01,779 Tilly! 388 00:18:02,713 --> 00:18:03,781 She wont let... 389 00:18:03,816 --> 00:18:04,883 she wont let go! 390 00:18:04,916 --> 00:18:05,851 She wont let go. 391 00:18:17,195 --> 00:18:19,730 Whats happening to him? 392 00:18:19,765 --> 00:18:21,799 Im hoping Dr. Pollard can tell us. 393 00:18:21,834 --> 00:18:25,269 Well, comms is down, so I need to see what the situation is 394 00:18:25,304 --> 00:18:26,939 in sickbay, anyway. 395 00:18:26,971 --> 00:18:28,440 Triage plasma burns on level one. 396 00:18:28,473 --> 00:18:30,209 Send non-critical to sickbay two. 397 00:18:30,241 --> 00:18:31,210 Doctor. 398 00:18:31,242 --> 00:18:32,810 Bring him here. 399 00:18:32,845 --> 00:18:35,948 Elevated heart rate, 400 00:18:35,980 --> 00:18:37,449 spiking adrenal levels, 401 00:18:37,482 --> 00:18:39,218 increased neural activity. 402 00:18:39,250 --> 00:18:41,854 The pain would render the average humanoid unconscious. 403 00:18:44,222 --> 00:18:45,457 What do we do about those? 404 00:18:45,490 --> 00:18:47,826 Nothing. It is an effect of... 405 00:18:47,859 --> 00:18:49,595 my condition. 406 00:18:53,765 --> 00:18:55,433 Ocular discomfort? 407 00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:57,469 No. Kelpiens can see far deeper 408 00:18:57,502 --> 00:18:59,605 into th-the light spectrum than humans. 409 00:18:59,637 --> 00:19:01,839 I keep seeing flashes of ultraviolet light, 410 00:19:01,874 --> 00:19:03,474 invisible to you, but... quite the opposite 411 00:19:03,474 --> 00:19:03,474 for me. 412 00:19:03,509 --> 00:19:04,843 Are these symptoms 413 00:19:04,876 --> 00:19:06,345 common among Kelpiens? 414 00:19:06,377 --> 00:19:08,579 This is pointless. And the ship is being 415 00:19:08,614 --> 00:19:10,949 further immobilized as we waste time. 416 00:19:10,982 --> 00:19:13,417 There is no reason to believe the sphere is benevolent. 417 00:19:13,451 --> 00:19:14,819 Now, please... 418 00:19:14,853 --> 00:19:15,653 Commander. 419 00:19:15,686 --> 00:19:18,557 Dr. Pollard is trying to help you. 420 00:19:21,692 --> 00:19:25,564 Yes. It is unique to my people, 421 00:19:25,596 --> 00:19:27,766 and it is terminal. 422 00:19:32,371 --> 00:19:34,772 Are you certain? 423 00:19:34,806 --> 00:19:37,342 I have never been more certain of anything in my life. 424 00:19:37,375 --> 00:19:38,676 When I awoke 425 00:19:38,710 --> 00:19:40,345 in discomfort this morning... 426 00:19:41,747 --> 00:19:45,683 I hoped it was just... a passing cold. 427 00:19:45,717 --> 00:19:48,753 But now I have to face the truth. 428 00:19:48,787 --> 00:19:51,455 I do not understand why... 429 00:19:51,490 --> 00:19:52,990 but I am beginning to think that 430 00:19:53,025 --> 00:19:54,960 the sphere is... is triggering 431 00:19:54,992 --> 00:19:57,762 the Kelpien biological process known as... 432 00:19:57,796 --> 00:19:59,998 Vaharai. 433 00:20:00,031 --> 00:20:02,768 It is the event that signals 434 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:06,003 when Kelpiens are ready to be... 435 00:20:06,038 --> 00:20:10,308 culled for slaughter by... the Baul, 436 00:20:10,342 --> 00:20:12,644 the predator species on my homeworld 437 00:20:12,678 --> 00:20:13,845 of Kaminar. 438 00:20:13,878 --> 00:20:15,881 But there are no Baul here. 439 00:20:15,913 --> 00:20:18,016 It does not matter. 440 00:20:18,049 --> 00:20:20,318 Kelpien ganglia only enflame 441 00:20:20,352 --> 00:20:24,855 in this manner... as we near our end. 442 00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:26,525 I am a... 443 00:20:26,557 --> 00:20:28,727 a slave to my biology. 444 00:20:28,759 --> 00:20:31,797 We are not gonna let you die. 445 00:20:31,829 --> 00:20:34,298 There has to be something 446 00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:35,666 that we can do. 447 00:20:35,701 --> 00:20:37,469 There is not. 448 00:20:37,501 --> 00:20:39,971 Kelpiens undergoing 449 00:20:39,970 --> 00:20:39,970 Vaharai 450 00:20:40,005 --> 00:20:42,773 either die in the culling 451 00:20:42,807 --> 00:20:46,744 or... are driven to madness by the effects 452 00:20:46,743 --> 00:20:46,743 of 453 00:20:46,778 --> 00:20:48,680 Vaharai. Either way, 454 00:20:48,713 --> 00:20:51,717 death is inevitable. 455 00:20:54,385 --> 00:20:56,587 The mycelial entity has attached itself to Tilly. 456 00:20:56,622 --> 00:20:58,624 Were trying to free her. Engineering to bridge. 457 00:20:59,657 --> 00:21:01,593 Engineering to bridge. Come in. 458 00:21:01,626 --> 00:21:03,060 Comms are down. 459 00:21:03,095 --> 00:21:04,462 Along with most of the ship. 460 00:21:08,432 --> 00:21:10,402 Dont feel bad. 461 00:21:10,434 --> 00:21:13,070 I know you have to keep me in quarantine. 462 00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:14,806 Orus. 463 00:21:14,839 --> 00:21:17,342 I feel a little weird. 464 00:21:17,375 --> 00:21:19,076 I should... 465 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:21,846 I should be terrified, but Im not. 466 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,950 May means me no harm. 467 00:21:24,982 --> 00:21:27,019 Are you able to see May again? 468 00:21:27,051 --> 00:21:29,587 How do you know this is benign? 469 00:21:29,621 --> 00:21:32,124 May was scary, and she was clingy, and she, 470 00:21:32,156 --> 00:21:34,625 like, never shut up, but... 471 00:21:34,660 --> 00:21:36,494 she never hurt me. 472 00:21:36,528 --> 00:21:38,896 She said she had a plan for me. 473 00:21:38,930 --> 00:21:41,500 She said that I was her only chance. 474 00:21:41,532 --> 00:21:43,634 Did you ever think she was manipulating you? 475 00:21:43,669 --> 00:21:45,871 Thats what she said 476 00:21:43,634 --> 00:21:43,634 you 477 00:21:43,669 --> 00:21:45,871 were doing- she said that you... 478 00:21:45,903 --> 00:21:47,905 you were trying to poison me against her. 479 00:21:47,939 --> 00:21:50,442 Okay, if that thing wasnt freaking me out, 480 00:21:50,439 --> 00:21:50,439 is. 481 00:21:50,474 --> 00:21:52,911 The blob seems to be secreting a psilocybin hallucinogen 482 00:21:52,943 --> 00:21:54,613 to influence her emotions. 483 00:21:54,645 --> 00:21:55,579 So youre saying 484 00:21:55,614 --> 00:21:56,647 shes on a bad trip? 485 00:21:56,682 --> 00:21:57,915 Or maybe its just trying 486 00:21:57,949 --> 00:22:00,451 to calm her down so she wont be scared. 487 00:22:00,484 --> 00:22:02,653 Or so she wont fight back? 488 00:22:07,526 --> 00:22:10,528 If Saru thinks that somehow the... 489 00:22:10,561 --> 00:22:13,597 the sphere triggered 490 00:22:13,597 --> 00:22:13,597 Vaharai, 491 00:22:13,632 --> 00:22:15,834 maybe escaping its grip would stop whats happening to him. 492 00:22:15,866 --> 00:22:17,068 The problem is freeing ourselves 493 00:22:17,102 --> 00:22:18,737 before it destroys the ship. 494 00:22:18,769 --> 00:22:20,872 If it wanted to destroy us, why the slow attack? 495 00:22:20,905 --> 00:22:22,708 Its inefficient, right? 496 00:22:22,740 --> 00:22:24,442 It must need something. 497 00:22:24,476 --> 00:22:26,744 Its taking what it needs. Without the computer, 498 00:22:26,778 --> 00:22:29,980 all our primary systems begin to fail, including the warp core. 499 00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:32,483 The EPS grids unstable, and its cutting off 500 00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:34,952 entire sections, including Engineering. 501 00:22:34,986 --> 00:22:37,088 Life supports down to 60%, but whos counting? 502 00:22:37,122 --> 00:22:40,424 It is not logical for a virus to kill its host. 503 00:22:40,459 --> 00:22:43,161 Youre attaching a known medical diagnosis to an unknown entity. 504 00:22:43,194 --> 00:22:44,829 There may be a way to... 505 00:22:44,863 --> 00:22:46,030 slow the virus. 506 00:22:46,064 --> 00:22:48,599 If we can analyze its properties, 507 00:22:48,633 --> 00:22:52,436 we may be able to develop digital antibodies. 508 00:22:52,471 --> 00:22:54,638 That could give us back enough control to break the ship free. 509 00:22:54,673 --> 00:22:55,574 In theory, but it will be 510 00:22:55,606 --> 00:22:57,108 a slow process, like... 511 00:22:57,142 --> 00:22:59,711 army ants eating a water buffalo. 512 00:22:59,744 --> 00:23:01,645 Im on it. Going to the science lab. 513 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:02,980 You will need my help. 514 00:23:03,013 --> 00:23:05,450 Saru, Commander Burnham can handle this. 515 00:23:05,483 --> 00:23:08,185 Theres no reason to risk your health any further. 516 00:23:08,185 --> 00:23:08,185 I... 517 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:10,756 am dying, Captain... 518 00:23:10,788 --> 00:23:14,492 but I am most certainly not... dead. 519 00:23:21,031 --> 00:23:22,733 The antibodies 520 00:23:22,768 --> 00:23:25,103 are s-slowing the viruss progress. 521 00:23:25,136 --> 00:23:28,773 Life support at 47%. 522 00:23:31,843 --> 00:23:34,813 You are wondering why I kept this from you. 523 00:23:39,151 --> 00:23:41,787 You dont have to bear it alone. 524 00:23:43,954 --> 00:23:45,757 How... 525 00:23:45,790 --> 00:23:47,992 do I explain... 526 00:23:48,026 --> 00:23:50,228 to the woman who has fought 527 00:23:50,261 --> 00:23:54,231 over and over for the right to take her next breath 528 00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:59,171 that I come from a race that submits? 529 00:23:59,203 --> 00:24:01,205 Im your friend. 530 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,144 There will never be judgment between us. 531 00:24:06,178 --> 00:24:08,579 Well, to my shame... 532 00:24:08,613 --> 00:24:10,848 hiding is my nature. 533 00:24:14,653 --> 00:24:16,954 I have learned multiple languages, 534 00:24:16,988 --> 00:24:19,523 yet never shared my own, 535 00:24:19,557 --> 00:24:22,961 fearful of revealing my own... 536 00:24:22,993 --> 00:24:25,063 alienness. 537 00:24:27,598 --> 00:24:28,933 May I... 538 00:24:28,967 --> 00:24:30,935 request a favor? 539 00:24:30,969 --> 00:24:32,971 Of course. 540 00:24:33,003 --> 00:24:34,940 Anything. 541 00:24:34,972 --> 00:24:38,676 I have kept detailed personal logs 542 00:24:38,710 --> 00:24:41,112 since joining Starfleet. 543 00:24:41,145 --> 00:24:43,682 I would ask you... 544 00:24:43,714 --> 00:24:46,951 to officially catalogue them, so that when... 545 00:24:46,984 --> 00:24:51,222 General Order 1 no longer applies to the Kelpiens... 546 00:24:51,256 --> 00:24:54,226 they will know a journey like mine... 547 00:24:54,259 --> 00:24:55,861 is possible. 548 00:24:55,894 --> 00:24:58,630 It would be my privilege. 549 00:25:01,031 --> 00:25:04,001 Did you record your life before Starfleet? 550 00:25:04,035 --> 00:25:06,837 Uh, you might say my life began 551 00:25:06,872 --> 00:25:10,875 when I was granted refugee status by the Federation. 552 00:25:10,909 --> 00:25:14,045 While being processed at Starbase Seven... 553 00:25:16,248 --> 00:25:18,950 ...I saw for the first time 554 00:25:18,983 --> 00:25:23,688 life-forms from across the universe, 555 00:25:23,721 --> 00:25:26,357 some with less than I had, 556 00:25:26,391 --> 00:25:29,794 yet, with a dream 557 00:25:29,827 --> 00:25:31,896 of something better. 558 00:25:33,898 --> 00:25:35,901 I listened. 559 00:25:38,269 --> 00:25:41,972 Every story I heard... 560 00:25:42,007 --> 00:25:45,309 ...created... a space inside me 561 00:25:45,343 --> 00:25:48,980 to feel more, to... 562 00:25:49,013 --> 00:25:50,364 love 563 00:25:50,399 --> 00:25:51,715 more. 564 00:25:53,285 --> 00:25:56,288 I joined Starfleet 565 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,757 to help those in need 566 00:25:58,789 --> 00:26:01,826 the way I was helped. 567 00:26:01,859 --> 00:26:03,862 You are... 568 00:26:03,894 --> 00:26:04,945 the most 569 00:26:04,980 --> 00:26:05,488 empathic 570 00:26:05,523 --> 00:26:05,997 soul... 571 00:26:06,030 --> 00:26:08,032 I know. 572 00:26:10,801 --> 00:26:13,738 There was just one... 573 00:26:13,771 --> 00:26:16,607 painful caveat to my signing up. 574 00:26:21,078 --> 00:26:23,048 I could never return home. 575 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,049 Why? 576 00:26:25,083 --> 00:26:27,051 Oh. 577 00:26:27,085 --> 00:26:29,054 More flashes of ultraviolet light. 578 00:26:29,086 --> 00:26:31,423 They are... growing 579 00:26:31,455 --> 00:26:34,058 in... strength and frequency. 580 00:26:34,092 --> 00:26:36,427 Ill get something from sickbay. 581 00:26:36,426 --> 00:26:36,426 No. No. 582 00:26:36,461 --> 00:26:39,330 I will be fine. 583 00:26:39,364 --> 00:26:41,066 The captain asked you 584 00:26:41,098 --> 00:26:43,335 to return to the bridge as soon as possible. 585 00:26:43,367 --> 00:26:45,971 I can continue the work here. 586 00:26:47,172 --> 00:26:49,207 Spock is still at maximum warp, Captain. 587 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:51,076 If were stuck here much longer, were going to lose him. 588 00:26:51,108 --> 00:26:52,076 Reallocate power from the transporters 589 00:26:52,109 --> 00:26:53,411 to long-range sensors. 590 00:26:53,444 --> 00:26:54,913 I dont want to lose contact with his shuttle. 591 00:26:54,945 --> 00:26:56,681 Even with sensors at max, we wont be able 592 00:26:56,714 --> 00:26:58,682 to track him for much longer. 593 00:26:58,682 --> 00:26:58,682 Contact Engineering. 594 00:26:58,717 --> 00:27:00,684 See if they can reroute impulse power to the deflectors. 595 00:27:00,719 --> 00:27:02,453 If we can raise shields, we might be able 596 00:27:02,487 --> 00:27:04,689 to disrupt the stasis field just enough to break free. 597 00:27:04,722 --> 00:27:06,156 If so, can we jump away? 598 00:27:06,191 --> 00:27:08,058 Negative, sir. We dont have enough power 599 00:27:08,093 --> 00:27:09,861 to create the necessary hull cavitation. 600 00:27:09,894 --> 00:27:11,695 Comms are still down in Engineering, sir. 601 00:27:11,730 --> 00:27:12,998 Security protocols are also malfunctioning, 602 00:27:13,030 --> 00:27:14,699 locking off parts of the ship. 603 00:27:14,732 --> 00:27:16,000 How are we doing, Commander? 604 00:27:16,034 --> 00:27:17,368 The digital antibodies are doing their job, 605 00:27:17,402 --> 00:27:18,869 but progress is sluggish. 606 00:27:18,903 --> 00:27:20,704 Im running out of options. 607 00:27:20,739 --> 00:27:23,173 If we lose Spock, we lose any chance of protecting him. 608 00:27:23,208 --> 00:27:25,175 Permission to go to Engineering. 609 00:27:25,210 --> 00:27:26,778 We cant talk to them here, but maybe 610 00:27:26,810 --> 00:27:28,179 I can help them get power to shields. 611 00:27:28,212 --> 00:27:29,748 Permission granted. 612 00:27:39,723 --> 00:27:39,723 Whats wrong? 613 00:27:39,758 --> 00:27:41,859 The doors wont open, 614 00:27:41,893 --> 00:27:45,195 and that thing reattached itself to Tilly. 615 00:27:45,195 --> 00:27:45,195 Can you detach it? 616 00:27:45,230 --> 00:27:47,731 I could cut it off. She wouldnt even lose a freckle. 617 00:27:47,766 --> 00:27:49,134 Bad idea. 618 00:27:49,166 --> 00:27:52,069 If its a symbiote, removing it might kill her. 619 00:27:52,103 --> 00:27:53,771 Well, thanks for stopping by. 620 00:27:53,805 --> 00:27:56,141 I came to see if we can find a way to boost power to shields. 621 00:27:56,173 --> 00:27:57,409 No. With the systems fluctuating, 622 00:27:57,442 --> 00:27:58,910 this section is partitioned off. 623 00:27:58,942 --> 00:28:00,211 We cant get to the warp core. 624 00:28:00,244 --> 00:28:01,913 Michael... 625 00:28:06,451 --> 00:28:09,253 I feel really tired. 626 00:28:09,287 --> 00:28:10,288 What is happening? 627 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:11,455 That blob is sending her 628 00:28:11,489 --> 00:28:12,923 in and out of consciousness. 629 00:28:12,957 --> 00:28:14,425 Why is it doing that to her? 630 00:28:14,459 --> 00:28:16,861 Its not like we can ask it. 631 00:28:17,327 --> 00:28:18,930 Actually, we can. 632 00:28:20,565 --> 00:28:22,133 This is a harmonic interface. 633 00:28:22,166 --> 00:28:24,035 It-it links my neurons to the mycelial network. 634 00:28:24,068 --> 00:28:25,804 With modification, 635 00:28:25,836 --> 00:28:28,472 it could link May to Tillys central nervous system. 636 00:28:28,506 --> 00:28:31,041 Let May speak using Tillys mouth. 637 00:28:31,076 --> 00:28:33,177 Wait. What did you say? 638 00:28:33,211 --> 00:28:34,511 Were gonna talk to it. 639 00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:36,480 We need it to tell us what it wants. 640 00:28:36,513 --> 00:28:38,282 So do we. 641 00:28:38,316 --> 00:28:40,551 The sphere- its been trying to tell us something, 642 00:28:40,585 --> 00:28:42,519 and we havent been listening. 643 00:28:42,554 --> 00:28:44,288 Well, damn, woman, go! 644 00:28:44,323 --> 00:28:44,323 We got her. 645 00:28:45,856 --> 00:28:47,325 Saru, 646 00:28:47,357 --> 00:28:49,827 could the sphere be trying to talk to us? 647 00:28:49,861 --> 00:28:52,797 Using the virus as a way to make first contact? 648 00:29:01,205 --> 00:29:05,175 Yeah. Yes, of course. Ive been so blind. 649 00:29:08,378 --> 00:29:11,516 The ultraviolet wavelengths are repeating, like... 650 00:29:11,548 --> 00:29:13,250 like letters would in... 651 00:29:13,284 --> 00:29:15,385 in a sentence... everywhere. 652 00:29:15,420 --> 00:29:17,989 Okay, Saru. Saru, stop. Youre hurting yourself. 653 00:29:18,021 --> 00:29:19,891 No, no. No. 654 00:29:19,923 --> 00:29:21,992 You called me an "empathic soul," 655 00:29:22,026 --> 00:29:23,894 and it is true. My ganglia 656 00:29:23,928 --> 00:29:26,096 respond to shifts in my environment, 657 00:29:26,131 --> 00:29:27,531 like an early-warning system. 658 00:29:27,565 --> 00:29:29,299 So it is... it is no coincidence 659 00:29:29,334 --> 00:29:33,137 that I started feeling sick just before... 660 00:29:33,171 --> 00:29:35,105 the sphere engaged us. 661 00:29:35,105 --> 00:29:35,105 Why would...? 662 00:29:35,140 --> 00:29:37,142 I know what it is trying to say. 663 00:29:37,174 --> 00:29:39,576 Not first contact, Burnham. 664 00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:40,828 Last 665 00:29:40,863 --> 00:29:42,046 contact. 666 00:29:42,079 --> 00:29:45,150 I think it came to us to die. 667 00:29:54,491 --> 00:29:56,361 May? 668 00:29:56,394 --> 00:29:57,929 Still me. 669 00:29:57,961 --> 00:29:59,230 Signals piss-poor. 670 00:29:59,263 --> 00:30:00,431 We need to amplify it. 671 00:30:00,464 --> 00:30:01,332 Cortical implant. 672 00:30:01,365 --> 00:30:04,301 What, youre talking about trepanation? 673 00:30:04,335 --> 00:30:06,971 Drilling a hole in her skull? Yeah. 674 00:30:07,005 --> 00:30:09,073 Are you gonna fix her up with duct tape after? 675 00:30:09,106 --> 00:30:11,209 Maybe. Commander? 676 00:30:11,241 --> 00:30:12,277 I think shes right. 677 00:30:14,345 --> 00:30:16,247 And I think you think that, too. 678 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,383 Then we do this together. 679 00:30:18,415 --> 00:30:21,352 This is all I had laying around. 680 00:30:21,385 --> 00:30:24,087 Please tell me you have a laser scalpel. 681 00:30:24,122 --> 00:30:25,990 No. Were gonna do this old-school. 682 00:30:26,023 --> 00:30:27,491 We need to sterilize that drill bit. 683 00:30:27,525 --> 00:30:29,527 First aid kits over there. 684 00:30:37,101 --> 00:30:38,403 I was able to raise shields. 685 00:30:38,435 --> 00:30:39,671 Weve gained some ground, but were still 686 00:30:39,703 --> 00:30:41,138 being held by the stasis field. 687 00:30:41,172 --> 00:30:42,941 Power levels coming and going, Captain. 688 00:30:42,973 --> 00:30:44,942 Security reports two dozen crew still trapped below deck. 689 00:30:44,976 --> 00:30:46,544 Life support failing. 690 00:30:46,577 --> 00:30:49,279 Im reading an energy buildup from inside the sphere. 691 00:30:49,314 --> 00:30:51,648 Spiking 10,000 degrees Kelvin and rising. 692 00:30:51,682 --> 00:30:52,983 Is it powering up weapons? 693 00:30:53,017 --> 00:30:54,652 Reading no identifiable weapons, 694 00:30:54,685 --> 00:30:57,221 but its internal temperature is now 20,000 degrees Kelvin. 695 00:30:57,255 --> 00:30:59,958 Divert all non-essential power to weapons. 696 00:30:59,990 --> 00:31:01,659 Lock on that things radial axis and prepare 697 00:31:01,692 --> 00:31:03,361 to fire photon torpedoes on my order. 698 00:31:03,394 --> 00:31:04,962 Aye, sir. Arming torpedoes. 699 00:31:04,996 --> 00:31:06,998 Captain, hold your fire. 700 00:31:07,030 --> 00:31:09,166 I do not believe the sphere means us any harm. 701 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:10,468 All evidence to the contrary. 702 00:31:10,500 --> 00:31:11,669 That things about to destroy us. 703 00:31:11,702 --> 00:31:13,238 Its not destroying us, Captain. 704 00:31:13,270 --> 00:31:15,006 Its trying to send us a message. 705 00:31:15,038 --> 00:31:17,040 We received its message. Im about to send our reply. 706 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:17,040 Captain, what if 707 00:31:17,075 --> 00:31:21,246 Vaharai, my death process, 708 00:31:21,278 --> 00:31:24,382 was triggered because the sphere is also dying? 709 00:31:27,285 --> 00:31:29,453 You want to run that by me again? 710 00:31:29,487 --> 00:31:31,189 We Kelpiens have a defining trait 711 00:31:31,221 --> 00:31:34,459 hard-wired into our DNA: empathy. 712 00:31:34,491 --> 00:31:37,327 I can feel the sphere reaching out, 713 00:31:37,362 --> 00:31:39,596 trying to share something before it expires. 714 00:31:39,631 --> 00:31:42,634 Sir, I trust Sarus feelings implicitly. 715 00:31:42,666 --> 00:31:45,369 That sphere didnt come to attack us. 716 00:31:45,368 --> 00:31:45,368 Captain, 717 00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:47,638 I believe I have discerned its means of communication. 718 00:31:47,672 --> 00:31:51,009 Detmer, status on Spocks shuttle? 719 00:31:51,041 --> 00:31:53,677 Exits our sensor range in six minutes. 720 00:31:53,711 --> 00:31:55,512 Once we lose his warp signature, 721 00:31:55,546 --> 00:31:57,347 we wont be able to reacquire it. 722 00:31:57,347 --> 00:31:57,347 Set an intercept course. 723 00:31:57,382 --> 00:31:59,049 I want us hauling ass the second we break free. 724 00:31:59,083 --> 00:32:00,518 Aye, sir. 725 00:32:00,550 --> 00:32:01,653 Keep talking and make it fast. 726 00:32:01,685 --> 00:32:03,453 What if the sphere 727 00:32:03,488 --> 00:32:06,257 was not attacking our universal translator, 728 00:32:06,290 --> 00:32:09,259 but attempting to teach us 729 00:32:06,255 --> 00:32:06,255 its 730 00:32:06,290 --> 00:32:09,259 language 731 00:32:09,294 --> 00:32:11,328 because it wants to be remembered, 732 00:32:11,362 --> 00:32:13,463 to preserve its history 733 00:32:13,463 --> 00:32:13,463 using 734 00:32:13,498 --> 00:32:15,199 Discovery, 735 00:32:15,232 --> 00:32:18,269 but it cannot unless we power down and let it in? 736 00:32:18,303 --> 00:32:21,005 That thing snatched us out of warp and almost gutted the ship. 737 00:32:21,038 --> 00:32:22,339 What if we lower shields, 738 00:32:22,373 --> 00:32:23,740 and thats exactly what it needs to end us? 739 00:32:26,477 --> 00:32:29,614 Computer, adjust viewscreen display 740 00:32:29,646 --> 00:32:32,482 to ultraviolet. 741 00:32:32,517 --> 00:32:34,685 That is the light pattern I have been seeing 742 00:32:34,719 --> 00:32:37,020 everywhere, repeating again 743 00:32:37,055 --> 00:32:40,625 and again, generated by the spheres virus. 744 00:32:40,657 --> 00:32:42,759 Computer, run the light pattern 745 00:32:42,794 --> 00:32:45,462 through the universal translator. 746 00:32:45,496 --> 00:32:47,632 Captain, I believe we are looking 747 00:32:47,664 --> 00:32:49,334 at a multitude of languages 748 00:32:49,366 --> 00:32:52,603 so advanced, and knowledge so vast 749 00:32:52,636 --> 00:32:55,173 that it simply overloaded our system. 750 00:32:55,205 --> 00:32:57,508 This sphere is 100,000 years old. 751 00:32:57,541 --> 00:33:00,778 Imagine what it knows, what its seen. 752 00:33:00,811 --> 00:33:02,346 Captain, this falls under 753 00:33:02,345 --> 00:33:02,345 Discoverys 754 00:33:02,380 --> 00:33:03,647 original mission statement 755 00:33:03,681 --> 00:33:05,249 as a science vessel. 756 00:33:18,695 --> 00:33:20,698 Well, Ill be. 757 00:33:20,731 --> 00:33:22,200 An amplified cortical implant. 758 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,241 Hey, kiddo. 759 00:33:32,576 --> 00:33:34,545 Whats your favorite song? 760 00:33:34,578 --> 00:33:36,480 What? 761 00:33:36,513 --> 00:33:39,450 Your favorite song- sing it for me. 762 00:33:43,855 --> 00:33:48,291 ♪ Though Im past one hundred thousand miles ♪ 763 00:33:48,326 --> 00:33:52,563 ♪ Im feeling very still 764 00:33:52,596 --> 00:33:59,336 ♪ And I think my spaceship knows which way to go ♪ 765 00:34:00,738 --> 00:34:03,875 ♪ Tell my wife I love her very much ♪ 766 00:34:03,907 --> 00:34:06,644 ♪ She knows. 767 00:34:27,164 --> 00:34:29,166 May? 768 00:34:31,635 --> 00:34:34,371 You wanted to talk to me? 769 00:34:34,405 --> 00:34:35,840 Here I am. 770 00:34:35,873 --> 00:34:38,643 What do you want? Who are you? 771 00:34:38,675 --> 00:34:41,679 Im from a species known as the JahSepp. 772 00:34:41,711 --> 00:34:45,315 We lived harmoniously until an alien intruder began to arrive 773 00:34:45,349 --> 00:34:47,851 at random intervals, 774 00:34:47,885 --> 00:34:50,688 ravaging our ecosystem irreparably. 775 00:34:50,721 --> 00:34:53,458 So, you came for help to rid your species 776 00:34:53,490 --> 00:34:55,358 of a destructive alien presence? 777 00:34:55,358 --> 00:34:55,358 You 778 00:34:55,393 --> 00:34:57,461 are the destructive alien presence. 779 00:34:57,494 --> 00:35:01,132 The-the... the jumps? 780 00:35:02,632 --> 00:35:03,616 Discoverys 781 00:35:03,651 --> 00:35:04,601 jumps? 782 00:35:04,635 --> 00:35:07,871 I broke through the confines of the network 783 00:35:07,905 --> 00:35:09,840 to reach you, at great risk. 784 00:35:09,873 --> 00:35:11,641 Risk? You infected my friend. 785 00:35:11,675 --> 00:35:13,911 You dont belong inside of her. 786 00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:15,913 You fly the ship from within the cube, I can reach you. 787 00:35:15,947 --> 00:35:18,782 In Tilly, I found the memory of May Ahearn, someone I knew 788 00:35:18,815 --> 00:35:21,351 shed be sympathetic to, if given a second chance. 789 00:35:21,385 --> 00:35:23,554 Once she trusted May, I planned to persuade her 790 00:35:23,588 --> 00:35:25,389 to deliver my message to you. 791 00:35:25,422 --> 00:35:28,358 Oh, I can only ask for your forgiveness. 792 00:35:28,391 --> 00:35:29,827 I knew better. 793 00:35:29,825 --> 00:35:29,825 I 794 00:35:29,860 --> 00:35:30,777 know 795 00:35:30,812 --> 00:35:31,695 better. 796 00:35:31,728 --> 00:35:34,699 Ill do whatever it takes to fix this. 797 00:35:34,731 --> 00:35:36,701 All I ask is that you let Tilly go. 798 00:35:36,733 --> 00:35:37,835 I cant. 799 00:35:37,869 --> 00:35:39,670 I have other plans for her. 800 00:35:41,938 --> 00:35:42,956 Wrong! 801 00:35:42,991 --> 00:35:43,974 Oh. No! 802 00:35:46,577 --> 00:35:47,711 Tilly! 803 00:35:47,744 --> 00:35:49,313 The spheres 804 00:35:49,347 --> 00:35:50,681 internal temperature is approaching 805 00:35:50,715 --> 00:35:52,682 ten-to-the-sixth-power Kelvin and rising. 806 00:35:52,717 --> 00:35:54,351 Our weapons will just disintegrate in that heat. 807 00:35:54,385 --> 00:35:55,686 Solar temperatures. 808 00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:57,487 A sign of core collapse. 809 00:35:57,521 --> 00:36:00,224 Captain, if we are correct, 810 00:36:00,257 --> 00:36:02,994 once the transmission is complete, the sphere can die 811 00:36:03,027 --> 00:36:05,695 knowing that it will live on after it is gone. 812 00:36:05,730 --> 00:36:09,567 We can choose to fulfill our part in its destiny, 813 00:36:09,599 --> 00:36:14,771 or simply let it fade away unremembered. 814 00:36:14,804 --> 00:36:17,240 Spocks shuttle is almost out of sensor range, sir. 815 00:36:18,409 --> 00:36:20,644 Prepare to lower shields. 816 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,248 If this goes south, overload the warp core 817 00:36:25,282 --> 00:36:27,385 and eject it at the sphere on my command. 818 00:36:27,418 --> 00:36:29,554 Even at half the distance, the blast will decimate it. 819 00:36:29,586 --> 00:36:31,822 When it lets go, we divert all power to shields 820 00:36:31,856 --> 00:36:33,724 and try to ride the shock wave to a safe distance. 821 00:36:33,757 --> 00:36:36,027 Assuming it doesnt vaporize us first. 822 00:36:36,059 --> 00:36:37,695 If theres even half a chance youre correct, 823 00:36:37,728 --> 00:36:40,530 Im bound by my oath and conscience 824 00:36:40,565 --> 00:36:42,666 not to let it vanish forever. 825 00:36:42,699 --> 00:36:44,302 Commanders, take your stations. 826 00:36:44,335 --> 00:36:46,971 Ill follow your lead. 827 00:36:47,003 --> 00:36:49,706 Lieutenant Detmer, lower shields. 828 00:36:49,739 --> 00:36:51,375 Aye, sir. Shields down. 829 00:36:58,081 --> 00:37:00,318 Bryce, 830 00:37:00,351 --> 00:37:02,353 all channels open. Owosekun, 831 00:37:02,385 --> 00:37:04,855 divert all computing resources to Communications. 832 00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:07,692 Yes, Commander. Here goes nothing. 833 00:37:19,836 --> 00:37:21,639 Transmission is downloading. 834 00:37:21,672 --> 00:37:23,039 All library computers 835 00:37:23,074 --> 00:37:24,809 are processing at 20% above maximum. 836 00:37:24,842 --> 00:37:26,943 Whatever the sphere is saying, were getting all of it. 837 00:37:26,978 --> 00:37:28,813 How long until it blows? 838 00:37:28,811 --> 00:37:28,811 Seconds. Power 839 00:37:28,846 --> 00:37:30,947 and energy levels are off the chart. 840 00:37:30,981 --> 00:37:32,682 Detmer, can you put enough distance between us in time? 841 00:37:32,717 --> 00:37:35,018 Negative, sir. Were still being locked by the stasis field. 842 00:37:35,017 --> 00:37:35,017 Transmission complete. 843 00:37:35,052 --> 00:37:37,355 Detmer, eject the warp core. 844 00:37:37,387 --> 00:37:38,956 Computer controls not responding, sir. 845 00:37:38,989 --> 00:37:39,956 Detonation confirmed. 846 00:37:39,990 --> 00:37:41,559 Hard astern. Full impulse now. 847 00:37:48,699 --> 00:37:50,967 Ah. 848 00:37:51,001 --> 00:37:53,838 It is so beautiful. 849 00:37:53,871 --> 00:37:57,041 The light is almost like... music. 850 00:37:57,074 --> 00:37:59,844 Yes, it is. 851 00:37:59,876 --> 00:38:02,880 Im at a loss as to how were still alive to see it. 852 00:38:04,849 --> 00:38:07,083 The spheres stasis field reversed polarity 853 00:38:07,117 --> 00:38:09,987 a nanosecond before detonation... 854 00:38:10,021 --> 00:38:13,356 and pushed us clear. 855 00:38:13,391 --> 00:38:16,027 Its final act was to save us 856 00:38:16,059 --> 00:38:18,496 so we could tell its story. 857 00:38:24,934 --> 00:38:26,369 Hand me the damn torch. 858 00:38:39,115 --> 00:38:40,617 Tilly. 859 00:38:40,650 --> 00:38:41,751 Breathe. Breathe, Tilly. 860 00:38:41,786 --> 00:38:42,820 Breathe. 861 00:38:42,853 --> 00:38:44,889 Breathe, breathe. Slow it down. 862 00:38:44,922 --> 00:38:46,657 Breathe. Come on, youre okay. 863 00:38:46,690 --> 00:38:49,492 Youre still you. 864 00:38:49,527 --> 00:38:50,894 Tilly. 865 00:38:50,927 --> 00:38:53,898 Slow. Shh. 866 00:38:53,931 --> 00:38:55,900 Stamets to Burnham. We got Tilly. 867 00:38:55,932 --> 00:38:57,867 Shes okay. 868 00:39:13,751 --> 00:39:16,152 Now it is my turn. 869 00:39:16,186 --> 00:39:18,822 Take me to my quarters, please. 870 00:39:55,592 --> 00:39:58,596 I left home with a handful of seeds. 871 00:40:00,630 --> 00:40:02,666 Is this from your homeworld? 872 00:40:02,699 --> 00:40:06,003 It is the blossom that marks the... 873 00:40:06,036 --> 00:40:09,005 the passing of seasons on Kaminar. 874 00:40:11,509 --> 00:40:15,079 Somewhere along the way, I... I lost who I was. 875 00:40:15,112 --> 00:40:17,981 So focused on being 876 00:40:18,014 --> 00:40:21,184 the best Kelpien in Starfleet. 877 00:40:21,217 --> 00:40:24,655 Defined by my rank 878 00:40:24,688 --> 00:40:26,690 and uniform... 879 00:40:28,626 --> 00:40:30,894 ...until that is all I became. 880 00:40:35,298 --> 00:40:37,768 You are wrong. 881 00:40:37,802 --> 00:40:39,769 Look at what youve achieved. 882 00:40:39,804 --> 00:40:43,507 You found yourself among the stars. 883 00:40:43,541 --> 00:40:46,076 You found your bravery. 884 00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:48,846 Your strength. 885 00:40:48,878 --> 00:40:51,581 Youve saved so many lives, Saru. 886 00:40:53,050 --> 00:40:55,686 Including mine. 887 00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:08,632 It is time. 888 00:41:12,902 --> 00:41:17,041 In that first drawer, you will find a Kelpien knife, 889 00:41:17,074 --> 00:41:21,679 a keepsake I use to prune my flowers. 890 00:41:35,326 --> 00:41:37,293 I need you 891 00:41:37,327 --> 00:41:41,065 to... to sever my ganglia 892 00:41:41,097 --> 00:41:43,032 and end my suffering. 893 00:41:43,067 --> 00:41:44,702 I need your help 894 00:41:44,735 --> 00:41:47,637 so that I can die now, 895 00:41:47,670 --> 00:41:50,206 peacefully, 896 00:41:50,240 --> 00:41:54,143 before the pain and madness overtakes me. 897 00:42:02,820 --> 00:42:06,023 Thank you, Michael. 898 00:42:19,369 --> 00:42:22,373 Do we have to do this? 899 00:42:22,405 --> 00:42:26,210 Is it truly inevitable? 900 00:42:26,242 --> 00:42:29,679 I am sorry. 901 00:42:32,248 --> 00:42:35,885 I know how hard this is for you. 902 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,922 How many people youve already lost. 903 00:42:42,927 --> 00:42:46,697 I would do it myself, but... 904 00:42:46,730 --> 00:42:49,300 I am too weak. 905 00:42:57,340 --> 00:42:59,342 After all this time... 906 00:43:01,244 --> 00:43:05,715 ...after everything that we have been through together... 907 00:43:07,717 --> 00:43:10,119 ...I realize now 908 00:43:10,153 --> 00:43:13,856 that you are my family, Saru. 909 00:43:14,891 --> 00:43:18,829 I feel the same... 910 00:43:18,862 --> 00:43:20,831 about you. 911 00:43:20,864 --> 00:43:24,335 You are the only one who knows me. 912 00:43:25,902 --> 00:43:28,871 You replaced the sister I had on Kaminar. 913 00:43:30,407 --> 00:43:32,409 Siranna. 914 00:43:34,777 --> 00:43:37,748 That knife was hers. 915 00:43:38,748 --> 00:43:40,851 I left her 916 00:43:40,884 --> 00:43:44,221 without so much as a good-bye. 917 00:43:45,222 --> 00:43:48,425 You promise me- 918 00:43:48,458 --> 00:43:52,896 no matter how frightening or painful it may be- 919 00:43:52,929 --> 00:43:55,733 promise me 920 00:43:55,766 --> 00:43:57,867 you will 921 00:43:57,900 --> 00:44:01,005 mend your relationship with Spock. 922 00:44:01,038 --> 00:44:05,074 If you and I can build this type of bond, 923 00:44:05,108 --> 00:44:07,244 Im certain you can do the same with him. 924 00:44:08,344 --> 00:44:10,713 Please. 925 00:44:11,514 --> 00:44:13,717 I promise. 926 00:44:18,155 --> 00:44:22,059 Good-bye, Michael. 927 00:44:25,896 --> 00:44:28,731 I love you, Saru. 928 00:44:36,873 --> 00:44:39,443 Michael? What is wrong? 929 00:44:39,476 --> 00:44:43,280 I-I bare... I barely touched it. 930 00:44:43,313 --> 00:44:45,916 They fell out on their own. 931 00:44:54,157 --> 00:44:56,059 I... I, uh... 932 00:44:56,092 --> 00:44:58,128 dont understand. 933 00:44:58,161 --> 00:45:00,297 I should be... 934 00:45:03,064 --> 00:45:03,064 POLLARD: 935 00:45:03,099 --> 00:45:06,402 Your vital signs have returned to normal. 936 00:45:06,436 --> 00:45:07,804 How are you feeling? 937 00:45:07,838 --> 00:45:11,108 I have never felt this way before. 938 00:45:11,141 --> 00:45:15,012 Fear has always been the governing principle of my life. 939 00:45:15,045 --> 00:45:17,815 But now... 940 00:45:17,847 --> 00:45:20,184 it is gone. 941 00:45:20,217 --> 00:45:23,086 More than that, I feel... 942 00:45:24,121 --> 00:45:25,889 ...power. 943 00:45:25,922 --> 00:45:29,827 My own power. 944 00:45:29,860 --> 00:45:31,394 Well, 945 00:45:31,427 --> 00:45:34,965 consider yourself certified for duty, Commander. 946 00:45:39,036 --> 00:45:43,440 Despite speaking 94 languages, 947 00:45:43,474 --> 00:45:47,945 there are times when words are not enough. 948 00:45:55,085 --> 00:45:56,586 Initial reports 949 00:45:56,619 --> 00:45:58,822 are coming in from the science teams. 950 00:46:00,623 --> 00:46:03,994 The sphere didnt just give us its language. 951 00:46:04,027 --> 00:46:07,231 We have recorded everything it has seen and experienced 952 00:46:07,264 --> 00:46:09,532 the last 100,000 years. 953 00:46:09,565 --> 00:46:11,934 Its legacy. 954 00:46:11,969 --> 00:46:14,871 And your legacy has a new chapter. 955 00:46:16,273 --> 00:46:19,976 A new and deeply troubling one. 956 00:46:22,646 --> 00:46:24,181 The Kelpien way of life 957 00:46:24,213 --> 00:46:27,351 has always been oriented toward death 958 00:46:27,384 --> 00:46:29,485 and the role the Baul play in it. 959 00:46:29,519 --> 00:46:33,389 My people call it "The Great Balance." 960 00:46:33,422 --> 00:46:37,360 It is our central, organizing truth. 961 00:46:37,393 --> 00:46:38,961 But you proved it wrong. 962 00:46:38,996 --> 00:46:40,530 Precisely. 963 00:46:40,563 --> 00:46:44,201 And you asked me before why I could not go home. 964 00:46:44,233 --> 00:46:48,539 It is because I made a promise to Captain Georgiou 965 00:46:48,572 --> 00:46:51,875 to uphold General Order 1, 966 00:46:51,909 --> 00:46:55,612 not to interfere with the destiny of my species. 967 00:46:55,646 --> 00:46:58,382 But now, 968 00:46:58,414 --> 00:47:02,985 knowing that what my people have accepted as the truth 969 00:47:03,019 --> 00:47:06,023 is a lie? 970 00:47:08,291 --> 00:47:11,260 What does this mean for us? 971 00:47:11,295 --> 00:47:13,063 For my species? 972 00:47:13,096 --> 00:47:15,632 My... my planet? 973 00:47:21,704 --> 00:47:25,041 The war between the Quaternary star systems 974 00:47:25,074 --> 00:47:27,043 and the Roquarri Imperium lasted a solar cent... 975 00:47:28,478 --> 00:47:30,447 From the sphere? 976 00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:32,648 The computers translation. 977 00:47:32,682 --> 00:47:35,117 Its like weve found our galaxys Dead Sea Scrolls. 978 00:47:35,152 --> 00:47:38,021 Federation scientists will be studying this for centuries 979 00:47:38,054 --> 00:47:40,523 thanks to you and Saru. 980 00:47:40,556 --> 00:47:43,226 I hope it was worth the cost. 981 00:47:44,260 --> 00:47:46,096 Cost us nothing, sir. 982 00:47:46,128 --> 00:47:48,297 I combed through the spheres sensor records 983 00:47:48,331 --> 00:47:50,467 and found the last thing that it saw: 984 00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:51,467 Spocks shuttle. 985 00:47:51,501 --> 00:47:54,304 I was able to track it beyond our sensor range. 986 00:47:55,338 --> 00:47:56,940 Conn, 987 00:47:56,974 --> 00:47:58,574 Commander Burnham is sending you 988 00:47:58,608 --> 00:48:00,210 the coordinates of Spocks shuttle. 989 00:48:00,244 --> 00:48:01,612 Plot a course, and dont spare the horses. 990 00:48:01,644 --> 00:48:02,646 Aye, sir. 991 00:48:05,581 --> 00:48:09,018 From now on, 992 00:48:09,052 --> 00:48:12,322 Ill work to keep you clear 993 00:48:12,356 --> 00:48:14,190 about whatever happens with your brother. 994 00:48:14,224 --> 00:48:17,059 Thank you, Captain, but I have had a change of heart. 995 00:48:18,594 --> 00:48:20,429 I cant abandon him. 996 00:48:20,463 --> 00:48:22,398 No matter the mistakes that Ive made, 997 00:48:22,431 --> 00:48:25,469 I need my brother to know that I will always be there for him. 998 00:48:25,501 --> 00:48:27,371 No matter what. 999 00:48:32,675 --> 00:48:34,677 We need to close the door to the network. 1000 00:48:34,710 --> 00:48:36,112 Forever. 1001 00:48:36,146 --> 00:48:39,548 Just making final calculations. 1002 00:48:39,583 --> 00:48:42,719 Hi, hi. Hello? Hello? Its me. 1003 00:48:45,021 --> 00:48:46,188 Did you see that? 1004 00:48:46,222 --> 00:48:47,690 See what? 1005 00:48:47,689 --> 00:48:47,689 May. 1006 00:48:47,724 --> 00:48:50,427 She was there, and then she was gone. 1007 00:48:50,460 --> 00:48:53,063 Um... 1008 00:48:53,096 --> 00:48:56,565 ...you might still be coming down off your hallucinogen. 1009 00:48:56,599 --> 00:48:57,733 No, I swear. I swear. 1010 00:48:57,733 --> 00:48:57,733 Yeah. 1011 00:48:57,768 --> 00:49:00,036 No, its natural to be paranoid 1012 00:49:00,035 --> 00:49:00,035 in your condition. 1013 00:49:00,070 --> 00:49:01,704 Something is not right. 1014 00:49:01,737 --> 00:49:02,706 Somethings not right. 1015 00:49:02,739 --> 00:49:04,440 Hello? 1016 00:49:04,474 --> 00:49:05,608 Tilly. Hello? 1017 00:49:05,641 --> 00:49:07,210 Tilly. Hello, hello... 1018 00:49:08,644 --> 00:49:10,213 Wow. 1019 00:49:10,246 --> 00:49:12,548 Have you always been a superior being? 1020 00:49:12,581 --> 00:49:14,483 MAY Hi. Hello? Hello? 1021 00:49:14,518 --> 00:49:17,086 Because... 1022 00:49:17,119 --> 00:49:18,755 the harmonics in your aura... 1023 00:49:18,789 --> 00:49:20,222 You know, I was thinking 1024 00:49:20,257 --> 00:49:23,760 the exact same thing about your aura. 1025 00:49:23,793 --> 00:49:25,362 Whats that dust on your face? 1026 00:49:25,394 --> 00:49:26,630 ...dust on your face? 1027 00:49:26,663 --> 00:49:28,231 Its on yours, too. 1028 00:49:28,264 --> 00:49:29,099 STAMETS ...yours, too. 1029 00:49:29,132 --> 00:49:30,500 That tastes like... 1030 00:49:30,534 --> 00:49:33,170 Psilocybin? 1031 00:49:33,202 --> 00:49:35,237 It dosed us. It dosed us. 1032 00:49:35,271 --> 00:49:36,539 Slap me really hard. 1033 00:49:38,541 --> 00:49:40,242 Whyd I do that? 1034 00:49:40,277 --> 00:49:42,411 To get me focused enough to find the med kit. 1035 00:49:42,445 --> 00:49:44,780 I need to hit us both with a shot of impedrizine 1036 00:49:44,815 --> 00:49:46,148 so we can come down. 1037 00:49:48,751 --> 00:49:51,454 Now I need to give one to Tilly. 1038 00:49:51,487 --> 00:49:53,090 Wait a minute. Where is she? 1039 00:49:54,224 --> 00:49:55,324 Tilly? 1040 00:49:56,360 --> 00:49:57,760 Wait. 1041 00:49:59,161 --> 00:50:00,530 Oh, my God, they took her. 1042 00:50:00,563 --> 00:50:02,164 No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 1043 00:50:04,501 --> 00:50:07,336 Tilly? 1044 00:50:07,371 --> 00:50:09,139 No! 1045 00:50:09,172 --> 00:50:10,172 Captioning sponsored by CBS 1046 00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:11,474 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org