1 00:00:05,006 --> 00:00:10,006 - Synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com - 2 00:00:27,070 --> 00:00:29,419 Previously on Star Trek: Discovery... 3 00:00:29,420 --> 00:00:30,768 I want to be with you. 4 00:00:30,769 --> 00:00:32,379 I do believe it would be only logical, 5 00:00:32,380 --> 00:00:34,729 given this development, for us to... 6 00:00:34,730 --> 00:00:37,949 codify our mutual commitment. 7 00:00:37,950 --> 00:00:40,430 Are you asking me to marry you? 8 00:00:40,431 --> 00:00:42,389 We've been calling them the Progenitors. 9 00:00:42,390 --> 00:00:45,261 They created life as we know it. 10 00:00:45,262 --> 00:00:46,828 Life as in... 11 00:00:46,829 --> 00:00:49,613 Every humanoid species in the galaxy. 12 00:00:49,614 --> 00:00:52,529 We have to get the Progenitors' power and keep it safe. 13 00:00:52,530 --> 00:00:54,053 And now we're on this quest 14 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:56,359 to find the thing that created us. 15 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:57,752 I mean, it's all so big. 16 00:00:57,753 --> 00:00:59,188 What do you know about Breen leadership? 17 00:00:59,189 --> 00:01:00,668 Succession, specifically. 18 00:01:00,669 --> 00:01:04,237 Another Primarch controlled our planet. 19 00:01:04,238 --> 00:01:07,544 Tahal. Put up a hell of a fight, 20 00:01:07,545 --> 00:01:10,156 but I'm the only one of my family that made it. 21 00:01:10,157 --> 00:01:14,247 Our intelligence indicates that one of the five Primarchs, 22 00:01:14,248 --> 00:01:17,641 Tahal, intends to take Ruhn's soldiers for herself 23 00:01:17,642 --> 00:01:20,340 in order to strengthen her bid for the throne of the Imperium. 24 00:01:20,341 --> 00:01:22,298 We need some way of stopping her fleet. 25 00:01:22,299 --> 00:01:24,170 I would like to volunteer. 26 00:01:24,171 --> 00:01:25,693 If the gesture is misunderstood, 27 00:01:25,694 --> 00:01:27,260 it could be a suicide mission. 28 00:01:29,219 --> 00:01:31,438 This isn't how our story ends. 29 00:01:31,439 --> 00:01:34,223 The power we seek created life. 30 00:01:34,224 --> 00:01:36,791 It can also renew life. 31 00:01:36,792 --> 00:01:39,576 That is why we need to find it. 32 00:01:39,577 --> 00:01:41,839 In the mindscape, I was told that there would be 33 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,451 another obstacle inside of the structure, 34 00:01:44,452 --> 00:01:45,887 and I got information on how to beat it. 35 00:01:45,888 --> 00:01:48,237 - What information, exactly? - A phrase. 36 00:01:48,238 --> 00:01:51,501 "Build the shape of the one between the many." 37 00:01:51,502 --> 00:01:52,937 A portable pattern buffer. 38 00:01:52,938 --> 00:01:54,243 Once we find the tech, 39 00:01:54,244 --> 00:01:56,898 learning how to use it could take time. 40 00:01:56,899 --> 00:01:58,682 This will preserve L'ak's body until then. 41 00:01:58,683 --> 00:02:00,423 I will bring you back. 42 00:02:00,424 --> 00:02:02,033 What the hell is that? 43 00:02:02,034 --> 00:02:04,688 Some kind of portal. 44 00:02:04,689 --> 00:02:06,560 It has to be what leads to the Progenitors' tech. 45 00:02:06,561 --> 00:02:08,431 - I have to go in there. - Wait. 46 00:02:08,432 --> 00:02:10,085 You do not know what is inside. 47 00:02:10,086 --> 00:02:12,305 If I can't bring L'ak back, I might as well be dead. 48 00:02:12,306 --> 00:02:14,002 - She's gonna go in. - Moll, you need to learn more. 49 00:02:14,003 --> 00:02:17,266 Not yet. Moll! Wait! 50 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:26,146 Michael! 51 00:02:30,106 --> 00:02:32,194 Our captain is in there. 52 00:02:32,195 --> 00:02:35,197 The Progenitors' tech is in there. 53 00:02:35,198 --> 00:02:37,244 We're getting them both back. 54 00:02:39,246 --> 00:02:41,422 Failure... not an option. 55 00:02:43,075 --> 00:02:44,947 Let's do this. 56 00:03:01,616 --> 00:03:03,182 I have to go in there. 57 00:03:03,183 --> 00:03:05,140 Wait. You do not know what is inside. 58 00:03:05,141 --> 00:03:06,398 ... bring L'ak back... if I can't bring L'ak back, 59 00:03:06,399 --> 00:03:07,473 I might as well be dead. 00:03:08,578 Come with me. 61 00:03:09,711 --> 00:03:11,234 Michael! 62 00:03:38,087 --> 00:03:40,437 Discovery, do you read? 63 00:03:42,613 --> 00:03:44,572 Do you read? 64 00:03:46,965 --> 00:03:49,359 If you can hear me, I made it through the portal. 65 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,581 And I cannot explain what I'm looking at right now. 66 00:04:00,979 --> 00:04:02,851 Readings don't make sense, either. 67 00:04:04,156 --> 00:04:06,984 But I am picking up an energy signature. 68 00:04:06,985 --> 00:04:09,465 There's this bright light. 69 00:04:09,466 --> 00:04:12,425 That has to be where the Progenitors' technology is. 70 00:04:13,126 --> 00:04:16,777 Okay. I'm on my way to secure it now. 71 00:04:16,778 --> 00:04:19,301 I haven't seen any of the Breen that came in here. 72 00:04:19,302 --> 00:04:20,651 Or Moll. 73 00:04:26,788 --> 00:04:29,180 Computer, any life signs? 74 00:04:29,181 --> 00:04:30,660 Inconclusive readings. 75 00:04:30,661 --> 00:04:32,010 Huh. 76 00:04:51,334 --> 00:04:55,032 Discovery, if you're listening, there's a series of... 77 00:04:55,033 --> 00:04:57,513 I don't know what to call them, windows? 78 00:04:57,514 --> 00:05:00,211 And they seem to be gateways to other worlds. 79 00:05:00,212 --> 00:05:02,126 Maybe they use this place as a lab 80 00:05:02,127 --> 00:05:04,694 to test lifeforms in different environments. 81 00:05:04,695 --> 00:05:07,001 Or maybe that's how the Progenitors 82 00:05:07,002 --> 00:05:09,570 seeded life throughout the galaxy. 83 00:05:29,416 --> 00:05:31,461 Let's try this way. 84 00:06:54,501 --> 00:06:56,677 Burnham to Discovery, can you hear me? 85 00:07:18,525 --> 00:07:20,482 Wait, we can help each other! 86 00:07:24,748 --> 00:07:26,054 Ah! 87 00:07:42,244 --> 00:07:44,114 Warning. 88 00:07:44,115 --> 00:07:46,421 Hurricane windspeeds detected. 89 00:07:50,165 --> 00:07:51,558 Stop it! 90 00:08:01,655 --> 00:08:03,134 Stop! 91 00:08:08,531 --> 00:08:10,837 Computer, how much more of this? 92 00:08:10,838 --> 00:08:13,448 Windspeed dropping now. 93 00:08:21,849 --> 00:08:23,981 Computer, tell me when the next gust is coming. 94 00:08:34,252 --> 00:08:35,383 Warning. 95 00:08:35,384 --> 00:08:37,080 Hurricane windspeeds detected. 96 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:11,811 Oh, hello, gravity. 97 00:09:24,172 --> 00:09:25,260 Come on. 98 00:09:26,914 --> 00:09:28,698 Don't move. 99 00:09:42,146 --> 00:09:44,279 Someone nicked your femoral vein. 100 00:09:45,497 --> 00:09:49,109 Yeah, well, I bashed his helmet in, 101 00:09:49,110 --> 00:09:50,981 so fair trade, I guess. 102 00:09:58,641 --> 00:10:01,643 I'm gonna toss you my dermal regenerator. 103 00:10:01,644 --> 00:10:04,299 Close that up or you'll bleed out within the hour. 104 00:10:14,526 --> 00:10:16,616 I assume you know how to get through this place. 105 00:10:18,095 --> 00:10:20,054 What makes you think that? 106 00:10:22,447 --> 00:10:24,535 You did the entire clue trail. 107 00:10:24,536 --> 00:10:25,841 Must've learned something. 108 00:10:25,842 --> 00:10:27,931 Maybe. 109 00:10:29,150 --> 00:10:31,151 But I won't do it as your prisoner. 110 00:10:31,152 --> 00:10:33,327 You're in no position to negotiate. 111 00:10:33,328 --> 00:10:35,329 Neither are you, 112 00:10:35,330 --> 00:10:37,332 if you want a chance to bring L'ak back. 113 00:10:38,986 --> 00:10:41,031 Drop your weapon. 114 00:10:43,643 --> 00:10:45,469 Or shoot me and spend the rest of your life 115 00:10:45,470 --> 00:10:47,385 trying to get out of here. 116 00:10:48,386 --> 00:10:50,084 Your choice. 117 00:10:59,746 --> 00:11:03,183 It's as good a deal as you're gonna get. 118 00:11:03,184 --> 00:11:04,925 Fine. 119 00:11:06,274 --> 00:11:08,058 For now. 120 00:11:11,279 --> 00:11:12,933 Let's go get what we came for. 121 00:12:57,948 --> 00:12:59,992 Status report. 122 00:12:59,993 --> 00:13:02,081 Still no sign of Captain Burnham from inside the portal. 123 00:13:02,082 --> 00:13:03,996 Keep trying. 124 00:13:03,997 --> 00:13:07,608 Commander Jemison, can you get a transport lock on the portal? 125 00:13:07,609 --> 00:13:09,654 Negative, sir, still too much interference. 126 00:13:09,655 --> 00:13:11,177 It's the gravitational fields. 127 00:13:11,178 --> 00:13:12,570 Tractor beam is the only way, 128 00:13:12,571 --> 00:13:14,180 and for that we have to be in range. 129 00:13:14,181 --> 00:13:16,226 That'll take time. A lot of debris to navigate. 130 00:13:16,227 --> 00:13:17,967 Anybody have any good news? 131 00:13:17,968 --> 00:13:19,316 The dreadnaught's damaged 132 00:13:19,317 --> 00:13:21,013 from our trip through the shuttle bay. 133 00:13:21,014 --> 00:13:22,406 We still have some time before they're back in the game. 134 00:13:22,407 --> 00:13:23,929 I'm guessing not much. Where's Tahal? 135 00:13:23,930 --> 00:13:25,670 Her fleet will be here in 60 minutes. 136 00:13:25,671 --> 00:13:27,280 That's our clock. 137 00:13:27,281 --> 00:13:29,369 We need to get to the portal and be gone by then. 138 00:13:29,370 --> 00:13:31,502 Commander, the dreadnaught's sending out fighters, 139 00:13:31,503 --> 00:13:33,243 at least 40 of them. 140 00:13:33,244 --> 00:13:35,593 All auxiliary power to shields. Asha, stay on the portal. 141 00:13:35,594 --> 00:13:37,508 Our mission does not change. 142 00:13:37,509 --> 00:13:39,293 They're coming in now, weapons hot. 143 00:13:44,603 --> 00:13:46,473 Discovery is running out of time. 144 00:13:46,474 --> 00:13:48,127 Tahal will reach them in 60 minutes. 145 00:13:48,128 --> 00:13:50,564 She cannot learn of the Progenitors' power. 146 00:13:50,565 --> 00:13:52,349 I believe my strategy will convince her 147 00:13:52,350 --> 00:13:54,177 to turn her fleet around. 148 00:13:54,178 --> 00:13:57,615 A strategy based on disabling your shuttle's photon torpedoes. 149 00:13:57,616 --> 00:14:01,227 Diplomacy cannot succeed if both parties threaten violence. 150 00:14:01,228 --> 00:14:03,055 You'll be defenseless. 151 00:14:03,056 --> 00:14:05,666 I cannot in good conscience order my officer 152 00:14:05,667 --> 00:14:07,146 to take you on this mission. 153 00:14:07,147 --> 00:14:08,800 Doesn't have to be an order, sir. 154 00:14:08,801 --> 00:14:10,368 I volunteer. 155 00:14:11,935 --> 00:14:14,980 The crew of Discovery is family to us both, Admiral. 156 00:14:14,981 --> 00:14:17,766 We must try, 157 00:14:17,767 --> 00:14:19,550 and we have no other options. 158 00:14:19,551 --> 00:14:22,380 The pathway drive is calibrated. We're good to go. 159 00:14:26,471 --> 00:14:28,124 The Federation is counting on you, Ambassador. 160 00:14:28,125 --> 00:14:29,430 On both of you. 161 00:14:31,868 --> 00:14:33,259 No matter how far we walk, 162 00:14:33,260 --> 00:14:34,826 we're no closer to the end of the tunnel. 163 00:14:34,827 --> 00:14:37,612 - How's that possible? - It's not. 164 00:14:39,658 --> 00:14:42,182 Nothing in nature is truly infinite. 165 00:14:45,098 --> 00:14:48,318 So, what happens after we find the tech? You shoot me? 166 00:14:48,319 --> 00:14:49,667 Not if you let me have it. 167 00:14:49,668 --> 00:14:50,973 If there's a way to bring L'ak back, 168 00:14:50,974 --> 00:14:52,365 the Federation will make it happen. 169 00:14:52,366 --> 00:14:54,759 After we learn how to safely use it. 170 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:58,937 I don't trust the Federation, 171 00:14:58,938 --> 00:15:00,547 or the Breen for that matter. 172 00:15:00,548 --> 00:15:02,027 But at least they have a vested interest 173 00:15:02,028 --> 00:15:03,637 in getting me what I want. 174 00:15:03,638 --> 00:15:05,639 I've seen the future that's ahead for all of us 175 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:07,816 if we don't protect that power. 176 00:15:07,817 --> 00:15:11,689 Only so much you or the Federation can control. 177 00:15:11,690 --> 00:15:13,517 Maybe. 178 00:15:13,518 --> 00:15:16,564 But there's no way I'm letting the Breen anywhere near it. 179 00:15:17,565 --> 00:15:18,870 We'll see about that. 180 00:15:48,335 --> 00:15:49,901 It doesn't have to be this way. 181 00:15:49,902 --> 00:15:51,685 Your choice, not mine. 182 00:16:59,624 --> 00:17:01,581 Commander, I've lost visual on the portal. 183 00:17:01,582 --> 00:17:04,280 Find a way to get it back. Stay on target. 184 00:17:04,281 --> 00:17:06,282 The Breen fighters are gaining on us. 185 00:17:06,283 --> 00:17:08,762 Asha, evasive action. 186 00:17:08,763 --> 00:17:10,242 I can't lose them without going to warp. 187 00:17:10,243 --> 00:17:11,940 If you go to warp, we lose Michael. 188 00:17:11,941 --> 00:17:13,811 Torpedo impact incoming. 189 00:17:15,727 --> 00:17:17,858 Shields down to 60%. 190 00:17:17,859 --> 00:17:20,731 Asha, I'm registering a large region of high-energy plasma 191 00:17:20,732 --> 00:17:22,515 orbiting around one of the black holes. 192 00:17:22,516 --> 00:17:24,343 We're heading right for it. 193 00:17:24,344 --> 00:17:26,563 - Meaning what? - If we create one spark too many, 194 00:17:26,564 --> 00:17:29,218 the whole thing will blow. Not a good idea to fly through there. 195 00:17:29,219 --> 00:17:31,134 You don't have to tell me twice. Hang on. 196 00:17:34,876 --> 00:17:36,138 Fighters are following us. 197 00:17:36,139 --> 00:17:38,009 Damage report. 198 00:17:38,010 --> 00:17:39,793 Moderate structural damage. 199 00:17:39,794 --> 00:17:41,621 Minimal injuries. We can't take much more of this, sir. 200 00:17:41,622 --> 00:17:44,929 - This is like the avalanche all over again. - Sir? 201 00:17:44,930 --> 00:17:46,931 Q'Mau. Mission changed, Burnham saw it. 202 00:17:46,932 --> 00:17:48,672 If we keep going, we'll never make it. 203 00:17:48,673 --> 00:17:51,371 The Breen will get her and the tech. 204 00:17:52,503 --> 00:17:54,199 Change of plans. 205 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,029 We take out the fighters first, come back for the portal. 206 00:17:59,292 --> 00:18:00,858 Give me a shuttle. 207 00:18:00,859 --> 00:18:03,426 I'll get the portal, you handle the Breen. 208 00:18:03,427 --> 00:18:05,167 You wouldn't survive all of five seconds out there. 209 00:18:05,168 --> 00:18:06,996 With Discovery distracting them, I can slip past. 210 00:18:07,692 --> 00:18:10,608 Hey. Let me do this. 211 00:18:11,609 --> 00:18:12,957 Linus, prepare a shuttle. 212 00:18:12,958 --> 00:18:14,480 Aye, Commander. 213 00:18:14,481 --> 00:18:16,134 Sir, our shuttles are not designed to withstand 214 00:18:16,135 --> 00:18:17,483 the level of radiation that's out there. 215 00:18:17,484 --> 00:18:18,832 He'll need help. 216 00:18:18,833 --> 00:18:20,008 Engineering, find a way for Booker 217 00:18:20,009 --> 00:18:22,053 not to get irradiated to death. 218 00:18:22,054 --> 00:18:23,186 Good luck. 219 00:18:27,799 --> 00:18:31,323 Okay, so, uh, you attach this to the deflector array 220 00:18:31,324 --> 00:18:34,326 and it'll boost the shuttle's built-in radiation protection. 221 00:18:34,327 --> 00:18:36,894 But the thing is, a-at a certain point, 222 00:18:36,895 --> 00:18:38,678 you just won't survive. 223 00:18:38,679 --> 00:18:40,985 Thanks for the tip. 224 00:18:40,986 --> 00:18:42,160 I mean, it-it will increase the absorption capacity 225 00:18:42,161 --> 00:18:43,857 of shields against high-velocity 226 00:18:43,858 --> 00:18:46,991 subatomic particles for at least an hour, so there's that. 227 00:18:46,992 --> 00:18:49,298 Hypospray coming in. 228 00:18:49,299 --> 00:18:51,082 Book, you'll need this to counteract 229 00:18:51,083 --> 00:18:52,692 - any radiation sickness. - All right. 230 00:18:52,693 --> 00:18:54,085 And I'm coming with you. 231 00:18:54,086 --> 00:18:56,740 What? No, come on, it's too dangerous. 232 00:18:56,741 --> 00:18:58,437 A pilot can always use an extra pair of hands. 233 00:18:58,438 --> 00:18:59,830 Hugh, what are you talking about? 234 00:18:59,831 --> 00:19:02,311 Paul, this isn't a debate. Book is going to need me. 235 00:19:02,312 --> 00:19:05,009 I don't know how I know it, but I do. 236 00:19:06,403 --> 00:19:08,578 There are black holes out there, Hugh. 237 00:19:08,579 --> 00:19:09,970 I have to do this. 238 00:19:09,971 --> 00:19:12,756 Hey. Ever since Jinaal, I've been trying 239 00:19:12,757 --> 00:19:15,711 to figure out what it means, this change inside of me, 240 00:19:15,712 --> 00:19:17,282 or whatever it is. 241 00:19:17,283 --> 00:19:22,027 I'm not sure if this will give me the answers, but it might. 242 00:19:23,028 --> 00:19:25,683 At the very least, I can help him. 243 00:19:26,901 --> 00:19:28,338 I know I can. 244 00:19:30,470 --> 00:19:32,559 Okay. 245 00:19:35,519 --> 00:19:36,772 I'm coming. 246 00:19:37,173 --> 00:19:38,870 I'll be okay, I promise. 247 00:19:40,437 --> 00:19:43,048 Okay, let's do this. 248 00:19:56,192 --> 00:19:57,627 If we keep fighting like this, 249 00:19:57,628 --> 00:19:59,672 we're both gonna end up dying in here. 250 00:19:59,673 --> 00:20:01,109 You got a better idea? 251 00:20:01,110 --> 00:20:02,502 Stand down. 252 00:20:03,590 --> 00:20:05,462 I'll get us out. 253 00:20:12,208 --> 00:20:14,122 I know what it's like to lose somebody 254 00:20:14,123 --> 00:20:15,733 who means everything to you. 255 00:20:16,908 --> 00:20:18,344 I do. 256 00:20:19,519 --> 00:20:20,772 But thankfully 257 00:20:21,173 --> 00:20:22,827 I got him back. 258 00:20:25,786 --> 00:20:27,526 So I promise you 259 00:20:27,527 --> 00:20:30,400 I will do everything in my power to help you and L'ak. 260 00:20:33,751 --> 00:20:36,361 But I need you to trust me. 261 00:20:36,362 --> 00:20:38,450 And the Federation. 262 00:20:38,451 --> 00:20:40,105 No. 263 00:20:41,889 --> 00:20:43,456 Me. 264 00:20:44,675 --> 00:20:46,677 I give you my word. 265 00:20:55,903 --> 00:20:57,775 All right. 266 00:20:58,776 --> 00:21:00,081 All right. 267 00:21:01,257 --> 00:21:03,301 How do we get through? 268 00:21:03,302 --> 00:21:05,129 Weapons first. 269 00:21:05,130 --> 00:21:07,087 Right boot. 270 00:21:07,088 --> 00:21:09,003 You've been trying to get to it. 271 00:21:14,271 --> 00:21:16,575 And your pattern buffer. 272 00:21:16,576 --> 00:21:18,664 If there were weapons in there, 273 00:21:18,665 --> 00:21:21,145 I'd have used them already. 274 00:21:21,146 --> 00:21:22,582 Then why do you have it? 275 00:21:29,502 --> 00:21:31,242 L'ak. 276 00:21:31,243 --> 00:21:33,289 You have L'ak in there. 277 00:21:34,464 --> 00:21:37,162 I needed to know he'd be safe. 278 00:21:39,643 --> 00:21:41,688 Okay. 279 00:21:45,692 --> 00:21:47,607 Follow me. 280 00:21:55,833 --> 00:21:57,877 Mr. Booker's shuttle is on its way. 281 00:21:57,878 --> 00:21:59,270 Good. 282 00:21:59,271 --> 00:22:01,011 Commander Asha, is Book in the clear? 283 00:22:01,012 --> 00:22:03,187 The Breen fighters are still on us. He's good. 284 00:22:03,188 --> 00:22:07,322 All right, then. Time to switch from defense to offense. 285 00:22:07,323 --> 00:22:08,758 Sir, I-I have a kind of crazy idea. 286 00:22:08,759 --> 00:22:10,238 No need to qualify it, spit it out. 287 00:22:10,239 --> 00:22:12,849 Uh, there's way too many fighters for us 288 00:22:12,850 --> 00:22:14,459 to pick them off one by one, 289 00:22:14,460 --> 00:22:16,505 but I've been reviewing the data from that plasma region. 290 00:22:16,506 --> 00:22:18,507 I think there's a way for us to use it against them. 291 00:22:18,508 --> 00:22:20,118 Yes, it's genius. 292 00:22:21,206 --> 00:22:22,450 If the fighters were to follow us in, 293 00:22:22,651 --> 00:22:25,992 we could ignite the plasma and take them all out at once. 294 00:22:25,993 --> 00:22:28,125 We'd have to get out of there before we lit it up. 295 00:22:28,126 --> 00:22:29,387 The timing would need to be perfect. 296 00:22:30,433 --> 00:22:31,520 It's us or them. 297 00:22:31,521 --> 00:22:33,783 Set a course for the plasma. 298 00:22:33,784 --> 00:22:35,525 Aye, Commander. 299 00:22:38,136 --> 00:22:40,224 So, on every step of the trail, finding the clue 300 00:22:40,225 --> 00:22:42,487 required thinking like the individual who hid it. 301 00:22:42,488 --> 00:22:45,490 We have to do the same here and think like the Progenitors. 302 00:22:45,491 --> 00:22:48,580 They went extinct four billion years ago. 303 00:22:48,581 --> 00:22:50,147 But if you look around, 304 00:22:50,148 --> 00:22:52,150 gravity and space function differently in here. 305 00:22:53,325 --> 00:22:55,848 It suggests that they may have existed beyond the dimensions 306 00:22:55,849 --> 00:22:59,069 that we do, so we have to look beyond three dimensions... 307 00:22:59,070 --> 00:23:01,637 and find what's beyond what we can see. 308 00:23:01,638 --> 00:23:05,468 The negative space here at the edge of this light. 309 00:23:06,860 --> 00:23:08,470 It's a shadow with nothing to create it. 310 00:23:08,471 --> 00:23:12,083 I thought it was an optical illusion at first, but... 311 00:23:34,671 --> 00:23:36,803 Holy shit. 312 00:24:02,829 --> 00:24:04,961 I have Tahal's fleet on scans, Mr. Saru. 313 00:24:04,962 --> 00:24:07,398 Disengaging pathway drive. Ready to intercept. 314 00:24:07,399 --> 00:24:09,313 On your mark, Commander. 315 00:24:09,314 --> 00:24:10,576 Hang on. 316 00:24:11,577 --> 00:24:14,406 Coming into position now. 317 00:24:15,929 --> 00:24:17,366 They're arming weapons. 318 00:24:19,759 --> 00:24:23,153 Primarch Tahal, this is Ambassador Saru 319 00:24:23,154 --> 00:24:25,024 of the United Federation of Planets. 320 00:24:25,025 --> 00:24:28,332 As you can see, our own weapons are not armed. 321 00:24:28,333 --> 00:24:31,727 We pose no threat. I request an audience. 322 00:24:37,342 --> 00:24:38,864 Sir? 323 00:24:38,865 --> 00:24:40,736 She will respond. 324 00:24:42,695 --> 00:24:44,566 Okay, then. 325 00:24:44,567 --> 00:24:46,482 Here we go. 326 00:24:49,789 --> 00:24:52,965 Ambassador Saru, are you insane? 327 00:24:52,966 --> 00:24:55,141 Not to the best of my knowledge, 328 00:24:55,142 --> 00:24:57,361 but I do require your attention. 329 00:24:57,362 --> 00:24:58,971 And this was necessary 330 00:24:58,972 --> 00:25:02,540 as you failed to respond to President Rillak's efforts at diplomacy. 331 00:25:02,541 --> 00:25:04,716 The Federation has no role to play 332 00:25:04,717 --> 00:25:06,892 in a conflict between Primarchs. 333 00:25:06,893 --> 00:25:09,155 That would be true, 334 00:25:09,156 --> 00:25:11,462 were a Starfleet vessel not presently engaged 335 00:25:11,463 --> 00:25:13,682 with a Breen dreadnaught. 336 00:25:13,683 --> 00:25:16,946 Your arrival risks escalating that conflict 337 00:25:16,947 --> 00:25:19,165 into war with the Federation, 338 00:25:19,166 --> 00:25:20,689 which will not serve your interests. 339 00:25:20,690 --> 00:25:22,299 The most prudent choice would be to return 340 00:25:22,300 --> 00:25:24,127 your attention to the Imperium throne. 341 00:25:24,128 --> 00:25:27,565 I am curious, why would you engage with dreadnaughts 342 00:25:27,566 --> 00:25:29,437 that are so vastly superior? 343 00:25:29,438 --> 00:25:31,613 For that matter, why would a Starfleet ship 344 00:25:31,614 --> 00:25:34,746 do the same in the vicinity of black holes, no less? 345 00:25:34,747 --> 00:25:37,706 Something there must be of great interest to the Federation. 346 00:25:37,707 --> 00:25:39,664 It might be of interest to me as well. 347 00:25:39,665 --> 00:25:43,494 You speak of maybes and mights. 348 00:25:43,495 --> 00:25:45,191 I offer certainty. 349 00:25:45,192 --> 00:25:47,498 If you reverse course, 350 00:25:47,499 --> 00:25:49,848 the Federation will formally establish 351 00:25:49,849 --> 00:25:53,069 a trade route from your border through the L'Tar Nebula. 352 00:25:53,070 --> 00:25:55,114 Your sole access to this route 353 00:25:55,115 --> 00:25:56,812 would bolster your claim to the throne. 354 00:25:56,813 --> 00:25:58,988 Your offer is of no interest. 355 00:25:58,989 --> 00:26:00,468 You may depart. 356 00:26:00,469 --> 00:26:02,862 This audience is over. 357 00:26:03,907 --> 00:26:06,909 Sir, is that... is that it? 358 00:26:06,910 --> 00:26:10,086 Not at all. She gave me the information we need, 359 00:26:10,087 --> 00:26:12,568 now I must determine how we use it. 360 00:26:25,494 --> 00:26:27,103 Where are we now? 361 00:26:27,104 --> 00:26:29,323 Is the technology here? 362 00:26:31,021 --> 00:26:33,066 We're standing on it. 363 00:26:34,111 --> 00:26:37,288 The technology, it's this entire place. 364 00:26:49,561 --> 00:26:52,694 Strange place for a pile of rocks. 365 00:26:52,695 --> 00:26:54,696 It's a monument. 366 00:26:54,697 --> 00:26:56,655 One of the scientists was killed here. 367 00:26:57,917 --> 00:26:59,658 Trying to use the power. 368 00:27:01,965 --> 00:27:04,620 That center disc up there, that's where we need to go. 369 00:27:28,382 --> 00:27:30,950 It must sense our presence. 370 00:27:34,084 --> 00:27:35,955 It's an interface. 371 00:27:44,573 --> 00:27:45,748 Wait. 372 00:27:46,792 --> 00:27:49,273 - They move. - No, stop, stop, stop, stop. 373 00:27:50,622 --> 00:27:55,147 When I found the last clue, I was given a phrase: 374 00:27:55,148 --> 00:27:57,542 "Build the shape of the one between the many." 375 00:27:58,935 --> 00:28:01,285 I think these triangles are the many. 376 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:08,771 Nine. That's the number you need to make a larger triangle. 377 00:28:10,990 --> 00:28:13,644 The many building the one. 378 00:28:13,645 --> 00:28:17,343 No, the message was "between the many," not-not "with." 379 00:28:17,344 --> 00:28:18,910 Could it be a translation error? 380 00:28:18,911 --> 00:28:20,869 No. 381 00:28:20,870 --> 00:28:23,045 The scientists... 382 00:28:23,046 --> 00:28:25,090 they left messages with every clue. 383 00:28:25,091 --> 00:28:27,876 They had cultural context. 384 00:28:27,877 --> 00:28:31,575 They were honoring difference and self-reflection. 385 00:28:31,576 --> 00:28:34,143 It was all about meaning. Deeper meaning. 386 00:28:34,144 --> 00:28:36,537 Looking beneath the surface. I... 387 00:28:37,887 --> 00:28:39,365 It's definitely not an error. 388 00:28:39,366 --> 00:28:40,976 We need to get this back to the Federation 389 00:28:40,977 --> 00:28:42,500 before we try to use it. 390 00:28:43,544 --> 00:28:45,458 Michael, do you read? 391 00:28:45,459 --> 00:28:47,199 - Book? - Do you read? 392 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,854 - I can hear you! Book? - I'm in a shuttle with Hugh, 393 00:28:49,855 --> 00:28:51,551 almost at the portal. 394 00:28:51,552 --> 00:28:53,162 We're coming to get you. 395 00:28:53,163 --> 00:28:55,381 - Book? - Do you read? 396 00:28:55,382 --> 00:28:57,601 - I'm in a shuttle with Hugh. - Book? 397 00:28:57,602 --> 00:28:58,863 Damn it. 398 00:28:58,864 --> 00:29:00,691 I'll try to amplify the signal. 399 00:29:04,565 --> 00:29:05,914 Sorry. 400 00:29:05,915 --> 00:29:07,960 But I can't wait any longer. 401 00:29:15,925 --> 00:29:17,753 I don't know how this thing works. 402 00:29:18,754 --> 00:29:21,233 But I will figure it out. 403 00:29:21,234 --> 00:29:23,933 And I will bring you back. 404 00:29:28,024 --> 00:29:29,852 I promise. 405 00:30:24,645 --> 00:30:25,820 The Breen are still in pursuit! 406 00:30:25,821 --> 00:30:27,430 Entering the plasma region now. 407 00:30:27,431 --> 00:30:28,910 Are all the fighters behind us yet? 408 00:30:28,911 --> 00:30:31,913 Negative, Commander, not yet. 409 00:30:31,914 --> 00:30:34,393 Discovery, we've almost made it to the portal, 410 00:30:34,394 --> 00:30:36,266 but something is happening to it. 411 00:30:50,889 --> 00:30:53,891 Incredible. It appears to be using the black hole 412 00:30:53,892 --> 00:30:55,414 as some kind of power source. 413 00:30:56,503 --> 00:30:58,461 If one black hole loses mass, 414 00:30:58,462 --> 00:31:01,246 it'll throw the entire area into gravitational chaos. 415 00:31:01,247 --> 00:31:03,771 Booker, you have a gravity problem. 416 00:31:03,772 --> 00:31:06,121 Try to secure the portal, we'll be there as soon as we can. 417 00:31:06,122 --> 00:31:07,818 Understood. 418 00:31:07,819 --> 00:31:10,778 Last of the fighters entering the plasma behind us. 419 00:31:10,779 --> 00:31:14,173 - Rhys, you're up. - Launching photon torpedoes. 420 00:31:27,404 --> 00:31:31,060 Did we get them? 421 00:31:33,979 --> 00:31:35,022 We got 'em. 422 00:31:35,023 --> 00:31:36,895 Every single one. 423 00:31:38,592 --> 00:31:40,027 Tilly, get a team on repairs. 424 00:31:40,028 --> 00:31:41,811 Asha, get us to the portal now. 425 00:31:41,812 --> 00:31:44,205 - Aye, Commander. - Wait. 426 00:31:44,206 --> 00:31:45,947 Sir, the dreadnaught's back in commission. 427 00:31:46,948 --> 00:31:48,253 It's heading directly for Book and the portal. 428 00:31:48,254 --> 00:31:49,428 They're gonna beat us there. 429 00:31:49,429 --> 00:31:50,733 Can we jump ahead of them? 430 00:31:50,734 --> 00:31:54,477 Negative, there's still too much debris for us to land safely. 431 00:31:55,478 --> 00:31:59,265 Asha, set a course to intercept the dreadnaught. 432 00:32:00,266 --> 00:32:01,484 Aye, Commander. 433 00:32:02,529 --> 00:32:04,356 Book, Culber, we handled the fighters, 434 00:32:04,357 --> 00:32:06,097 but we have a dreadnaught problem. 435 00:32:06,098 --> 00:32:08,099 They're headed your way. We're going to intercept. 436 00:32:08,100 --> 00:32:11,015 Grab on to the portal, we'll get to you as soon as we can. 437 00:32:11,016 --> 00:32:12,668 Whatever process just started, 438 00:32:12,669 --> 00:32:15,106 it's pulling the portal towards the black hole. 439 00:32:15,107 --> 00:32:17,630 If we don't get to it before it crosses the event horizon... 440 00:32:17,631 --> 00:32:19,414 Gone for good, I know. 441 00:32:19,415 --> 00:32:22,244 We're in range. Engaging the tractor beam now. 442 00:32:25,291 --> 00:32:27,596 Tractor beam lock failure. 443 00:32:27,597 --> 00:32:30,382 Tractor beam lock failure. 444 00:32:30,383 --> 00:32:32,340 The portal's repelling the beam. 445 00:32:32,341 --> 00:32:34,212 I don't understand. 446 00:32:34,213 --> 00:32:36,605 Tractor beam lock failure. 447 00:32:36,606 --> 00:32:38,651 Tractor beam lock failure. 448 00:32:38,652 --> 00:32:43,090 Synchronize to the portal's subspace resonance frequency. 449 00:32:43,091 --> 00:32:46,485 - What? - 5.1732. 450 00:32:46,486 --> 00:32:48,835 There are tens of thousands of frequencies. 451 00:32:48,836 --> 00:32:50,532 How could you possibly know that? 452 00:32:50,533 --> 00:32:52,970 I know, I'm a doctor, not a physicist, but... 453 00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:54,319 this will work. 454 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:55,929 I can't explain it, I just feel it. 455 00:32:55,930 --> 00:32:57,452 Trust me, please. 456 00:32:57,453 --> 00:32:59,019 Okay, Doc. 457 00:32:59,020 --> 00:33:01,588 Synchronizing now. 458 00:33:09,204 --> 00:33:10,727 Come on. 459 00:33:13,339 --> 00:33:15,122 Tractor beam lock successful. 460 00:33:15,243 --> 00:33:17,462 Whoo! 461 00:33:17,463 --> 00:33:19,681 How the heck did you know that? 462 00:33:19,682 --> 00:33:22,336 Warning, proximity alert. 463 00:33:24,513 --> 00:33:26,384 Well, we won't survive much more of that. 464 00:33:26,385 --> 00:33:27,950 Can you get us out of here? 465 00:33:27,951 --> 00:33:29,952 Uh... um, it's taking all the power we need 466 00:33:29,953 --> 00:33:31,171 to keep the portal steady. 467 00:33:31,172 --> 00:33:33,608 So, what, we just... hold on? 468 00:33:33,609 --> 00:33:35,437 Michael's in there, we can't let go. 469 00:33:39,049 --> 00:33:41,529 Sir, we have a new transmission from Tahal. 470 00:33:41,530 --> 00:33:42,530 We have 30 seconds to leave 471 00:33:42,531 --> 00:33:44,446 or they'll destroy us. 472 00:33:49,103 --> 00:33:51,931 Primarch Tahal, I came here because I believed 473 00:33:51,932 --> 00:33:53,585 you would have the courage 474 00:33:53,586 --> 00:33:56,283 to take a step toward a future with the Federation, 475 00:33:56,284 --> 00:34:00,244 but you are just as cowardly as our admirals believed you to be. 476 00:34:00,245 --> 00:34:03,509 We will leave now knowing that truth. 477 00:34:05,815 --> 00:34:08,643 No, Ambassador, you will not leave. 478 00:34:08,644 --> 00:34:10,297 You have sealed your fate. 479 00:34:10,298 --> 00:34:13,300 If you take my life and continue this expedition, 480 00:34:13,301 --> 00:34:16,216 you will never claim the throne of the Imperium. 481 00:34:16,217 --> 00:34:19,176 I may have arrived as an emissary of the Federation, 482 00:34:19,177 --> 00:34:22,744 but I am Kelpien first and foremost. 483 00:34:22,745 --> 00:34:25,747 My species are predators, 484 00:34:25,748 --> 00:34:27,793 and I've studied you like prey. 485 00:34:27,794 --> 00:34:29,577 Your bases in the L'Tar Nebula 486 00:34:29,578 --> 00:34:31,623 were rumored in Federation intelligence. 487 00:34:31,624 --> 00:34:34,713 Now I know they exist, or you would have welcomed our help 488 00:34:34,714 --> 00:34:36,628 to secure a trade route. 489 00:34:36,629 --> 00:34:39,892 Clever, yet I fail to see why that should intrigue me. 490 00:34:39,893 --> 00:34:43,025 Because, Primarch, I have the ear 491 00:34:43,026 --> 00:34:45,289 of numerous planets in that region. 492 00:34:45,290 --> 00:34:49,597 Even now, many are preparing to attack your bases without mercy 493 00:34:49,598 --> 00:34:52,296 unless I order them to stand down. 494 00:34:52,297 --> 00:34:54,733 They would lose thousands of lives. 495 00:34:54,734 --> 00:34:56,213 And you will be weakened, 496 00:34:56,214 --> 00:34:58,215 allowing the other Primarchs to strike. 497 00:34:58,216 --> 00:35:01,000 That will cost you the throne. 498 00:35:01,001 --> 00:35:02,871 The only way to avoid such an outcome 499 00:35:02,872 --> 00:35:06,266 is to turn your fleet around. 500 00:35:06,267 --> 00:35:08,268 You are bluffing. 501 00:35:08,269 --> 00:35:10,096 You do not have this kind of power. 502 00:35:10,097 --> 00:35:12,012 Don't I? 503 00:35:13,056 --> 00:35:16,145 Look into my eyes and tell me if you see 504 00:35:16,146 --> 00:35:20,629 even the slightest glimmer of doubt. 505 00:35:24,633 --> 00:35:26,766 You are insane. 506 00:35:31,466 --> 00:35:33,207 They're changing course. 507 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,644 Remind me to never play you in Ferengi rummy. 508 00:35:40,214 --> 00:35:42,084 Do you really think that's it? 509 00:35:42,085 --> 00:35:45,610 She would like us to believe as much. 510 00:35:45,611 --> 00:35:47,264 Take us out of warp. 511 00:35:47,265 --> 00:35:49,091 We should cloak and watch carefully. 512 00:35:49,092 --> 00:35:52,182 Discovery may yet need our assistance. 513 00:36:04,107 --> 00:36:07,980 Michael, we're all in danger. 514 00:36:07,981 --> 00:36:09,764 Something happened. 515 00:36:09,765 --> 00:36:11,288 Something the portal started doing 516 00:36:11,289 --> 00:36:12,898 is causing gravitational chaos. 517 00:36:12,899 --> 00:36:15,335 We've taken some damage, 518 00:36:15,336 --> 00:36:17,642 but we are not letting go. 519 00:36:17,643 --> 00:36:19,558 Moll. 520 00:36:23,257 --> 00:36:25,041 Moll! 521 00:36:35,095 --> 00:36:37,096 Book, if you can hear me, Moll is hurt. 522 00:36:37,097 --> 00:36:39,839 Okay, I'm gonna get you out. 523 00:36:41,928 --> 00:36:43,624 Gonna try to help all of you. 524 00:36:43,625 --> 00:36:47,063 I just got to stop whatever this portal is doing. 525 00:36:48,935 --> 00:36:50,762 All right, okay. 526 00:36:50,763 --> 00:36:53,460 "The shape of the one between the many." 527 00:36:56,812 --> 00:36:59,118 The scientists figured this out on their own, 528 00:36:59,119 --> 00:37:01,338 and all they knew is what they saw. 529 00:37:01,339 --> 00:37:03,514 Here, in this place. 530 00:37:03,515 --> 00:37:07,170 Every clue has prepared us for this. 531 00:37:09,956 --> 00:37:12,524 One last test. 532 00:37:16,702 --> 00:37:19,269 "The one between the many." 533 00:37:26,015 --> 00:37:28,104 "The one between the many." 534 00:37:31,499 --> 00:37:33,458 The shadow. 535 00:37:37,331 --> 00:37:39,464 It's the negative space. 536 00:37:47,994 --> 00:37:49,604 One between many. 537 00:37:54,130 --> 00:37:56,742 In the negative space between them. 538 00:39:09,379 --> 00:39:12,077 You're one of the Progenitors. 539 00:39:12,078 --> 00:39:15,211 I've been waiting for you. 540 00:39:29,312 --> 00:39:31,749 How is this possible? 541 00:39:31,750 --> 00:39:32,915 Aren't you... 542 00:39:33,316 --> 00:39:36,623 Dead? Yes. 543 00:39:36,714 --> 00:39:40,108 My species went extinct billions of years ago. 544 00:39:40,709 --> 00:39:45,940 But our minds... yours and mine... are here, 545 00:39:45,941 --> 00:39:48,683 in this liminal space-time adjacent to my own. 546 00:39:51,555 --> 00:39:53,382 Why did you bring me here? 547 00:39:53,383 --> 00:39:56,515 It is my duty to share instructions 548 00:39:56,516 --> 00:39:58,692 on how to operate this technology. 549 00:39:58,693 --> 00:40:01,738 It's going to take you some time to learn. 550 00:40:01,739 --> 00:40:04,219 - We should begin. - Wait. 551 00:40:04,220 --> 00:40:08,049 I'm sorry, uh... 552 00:40:08,050 --> 00:40:11,922 We'll definitely get to that, but... 553 00:40:11,923 --> 00:40:14,011 whatever's happening, 554 00:40:14,012 --> 00:40:15,665 whatever this place is doing to my space-time, 555 00:40:15,666 --> 00:40:16,753 can it be stopped? 556 00:40:16,754 --> 00:40:18,320 Stopped? 557 00:40:18,321 --> 00:40:22,629 Yes, Moll, the person that I came here with, 558 00:40:22,630 --> 00:40:25,153 she used the interface, 559 00:40:25,154 --> 00:40:28,678 she activated something, it's altering gravity 560 00:40:28,679 --> 00:40:31,463 in my space-time. 561 00:40:31,464 --> 00:40:34,728 My crew, my friends, they're all in danger. 562 00:40:34,729 --> 00:40:37,687 You engaged the safety protocol, 563 00:40:37,688 --> 00:40:39,863 but your friend Moll did not. 564 00:40:39,864 --> 00:40:41,560 But she'll likely survive. 565 00:40:41,561 --> 00:40:42,953 They all have time. 566 00:40:42,954 --> 00:40:44,652 Wait, I... 567 00:40:45,653 --> 00:40:47,262 I don't know if you understand. 568 00:40:47,263 --> 00:40:49,873 Time functions differently in here. 569 00:40:49,874 --> 00:40:51,962 In your present moment, 570 00:40:51,963 --> 00:40:54,486 the technology is merely gathering the power 571 00:40:54,487 --> 00:40:56,880 it requires to perform its function: 572 00:40:56,881 --> 00:40:59,840 designing and creating life. 573 00:40:59,841 --> 00:41:03,321 Can it be used to restore life? 574 00:41:03,322 --> 00:41:06,498 A new being can replace a lost one. 575 00:41:06,499 --> 00:41:11,329 But though the new replacement would be genetically identical, 576 00:41:11,330 --> 00:41:14,681 it would share none of its memories, 577 00:41:14,682 --> 00:41:17,596 none of its fundamental essence. 578 00:41:17,597 --> 00:41:21,513 Still, the speed of creation is adjustable, 579 00:41:21,514 --> 00:41:24,691 as is scale, if you wish to try. 580 00:41:24,692 --> 00:41:27,737 Wait, if speed and scale can be controlled, 581 00:41:27,738 --> 00:41:30,087 somebody can use this to engineer an army. 582 00:41:30,088 --> 00:41:32,960 A brick is just a brick. 583 00:41:32,961 --> 00:41:35,527 It can create a home 584 00:41:35,528 --> 00:41:37,312 or destroy a body. 585 00:41:37,313 --> 00:41:41,011 That's why we chose only to seed life. 586 00:41:41,012 --> 00:41:42,752 You may have seen evidence of it 587 00:41:42,753 --> 00:41:44,623 in the tunnel that brought you here. 588 00:41:44,624 --> 00:41:46,930 Those were all worlds you created? 589 00:41:46,931 --> 00:41:48,497 No. 590 00:41:48,498 --> 00:41:50,543 We found them here. 591 00:41:51,806 --> 00:41:53,982 You found them? 592 00:41:57,246 --> 00:41:58,942 You didn't build this? 593 00:41:58,943 --> 00:42:01,858 We theorize that whoever created this 594 00:42:01,859 --> 00:42:04,513 created us. 595 00:42:04,514 --> 00:42:07,603 But perhaps it goes even further back. 596 00:42:07,674 --> 00:42:10,371 A cycle of creators and creations, 597 00:42:10,372 --> 00:42:12,373 countless times over, 598 00:42:12,374 --> 00:42:15,290 this place predates them all. 599 00:42:16,248 --> 00:42:18,423 Come. 600 00:42:18,424 --> 00:42:21,035 I have something to show you. 601 00:42:24,473 --> 00:42:26,823 Warning. Shields at five percent. 602 00:42:26,824 --> 00:42:29,564 Radiation levels now... 603 00:42:29,565 --> 00:42:31,566 I'm holding on until Discovery gets here. 604 00:42:31,567 --> 00:42:33,526 Or this shuttle comes apart. 605 00:42:35,571 --> 00:42:37,050 - You should let me beam you out. - Book... 606 00:42:37,051 --> 00:42:38,487 You have a family, Hugh. 607 00:42:39,488 --> 00:42:41,316 I'll go if I have to. 608 00:42:42,491 --> 00:42:44,363 But I'm staying as long as I can. 609 00:42:46,234 --> 00:42:50,499 How'd you know how to grab it? The portal? 610 00:42:52,197 --> 00:42:53,851 A memory of Jinaal's. 611 00:42:54,895 --> 00:42:56,809 The scientists ran into the same problem 612 00:42:56,810 --> 00:42:58,767 when they started to build the Structure around it. 613 00:42:58,768 --> 00:43:00,421 I thought you didn't have access to his memories. 614 00:43:00,422 --> 00:43:01,563 I don't. 615 00:43:03,817 --> 00:43:06,167 This is the first time it's ever happened, and I'm... 616 00:43:07,952 --> 00:43:11,868 I'm sitting here, wondering: Why that one? 617 00:43:11,869 --> 00:43:13,914 - Why now? - Right. 618 00:43:15,089 --> 00:43:17,091 How did I know that I had to come with you? 619 00:43:22,183 --> 00:43:25,229 I was hoping for an answer, but... 620 00:43:28,146 --> 00:43:30,277 ... there isn't one. 621 00:43:30,278 --> 00:43:33,933 Not long ago that would've driven me crazy. 622 00:43:33,934 --> 00:43:35,326 Yeah. 623 00:43:35,327 --> 00:43:37,589 I remember. 624 00:43:37,590 --> 00:43:39,809 It's still a process, but... 625 00:43:40,810 --> 00:43:42,725 ... maybe there's something... 626 00:43:43,901 --> 00:43:46,555 ... kind of beautiful about the mystery. 627 00:43:47,556 --> 00:43:49,166 Right. 628 00:43:49,167 --> 00:43:52,473 I don't know. I just... 629 00:43:52,474 --> 00:43:54,172 I'm glad I could help. 630 00:44:26,900 --> 00:44:28,988 ETA to intercept is five minutes. 631 00:44:28,989 --> 00:44:30,468 Commander, I have a call incoming. 632 00:44:30,469 --> 00:44:31,687 It's Mr. Saru. 633 00:44:32,732 --> 00:44:34,298 - Put him through. - Aye, Commander. 634 00:44:34,299 --> 00:44:35,734 Ambassador Saru, tell me 635 00:44:35,735 --> 00:44:37,518 I don't have more to worry about right now. 636 00:44:37,519 --> 00:44:40,304 Primarch Tahal and her fleet have reversed course, Commander. 637 00:44:40,305 --> 00:44:43,568 However, she did leave a scout vessel to continue on. 638 00:44:43,569 --> 00:44:46,005 It is cloaked, presumably intent on learning 639 00:44:46,006 --> 00:44:48,355 what the Federation is so determined to keep from them. 640 00:44:48,356 --> 00:44:50,270 - We are following its course. - Sir, 641 00:44:50,271 --> 00:44:51,880 if that scout catches wind of the Progenitors' tech, 642 00:44:51,881 --> 00:44:53,534 Tahal's coming back here with an army. 643 00:44:53,535 --> 00:44:55,014 I know. 644 00:44:55,015 --> 00:44:56,450 If you must jump to safety, 645 00:44:56,451 --> 00:44:58,409 we will pursue the portal as best we can. 646 00:44:58,410 --> 00:44:59,498 Hang tight. We'll get back to you. 647 00:45:00,499 --> 00:45:01,934 Can't destroy the dreadnaught. 648 00:45:01,935 --> 00:45:03,675 Can't let the scout report back either. 649 00:45:03,676 --> 00:45:05,982 Only move... take 'em both off the field of battle. 650 00:45:05,983 --> 00:45:06,983 But how? 651 00:45:06,984 --> 00:45:08,550 Like Saru said, we jump. 652 00:45:09,125 --> 00:45:12,727 Say we disable all the safeguards, 653 00:45:12,728 --> 00:45:14,338 all of 'em, on the spore drive, 654 00:45:14,339 --> 00:45:16,340 could we jump something that's not Discovery? 655 00:45:16,341 --> 00:45:18,995 Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 656 00:45:18,996 --> 00:45:20,344 Absolutely, absolutely not. 657 00:45:20,345 --> 00:45:21,433 Um... 658 00:45:22,390 --> 00:45:27,264 - Maybe. - Uh, no. No way. It's impossible. 659 00:45:27,265 --> 00:45:28,613 Unless... 660 00:45:28,614 --> 00:45:30,702 Well, in theory, 661 00:45:30,703 --> 00:45:33,270 if we quantum-entangled the spores... 662 00:45:33,271 --> 00:45:35,272 And they were separated by distance... 663 00:45:35,273 --> 00:45:37,274 a-a-any distance, really... 664 00:45:37,275 --> 00:45:38,971 and Discovery were to jump, 665 00:45:38,972 --> 00:45:40,755 then the spores would behave as they always do... 666 00:45:40,756 --> 00:45:42,714 - By jumping whatever was between them. - Yeah. 667 00:45:42,715 --> 00:45:43,845 Is that a yes? 668 00:45:43,846 --> 00:45:45,412 We'd need, uh, two poles 669 00:45:45,413 --> 00:45:48,067 to extend the entanglement field between. 670 00:45:48,068 --> 00:45:49,851 Yes, yes, yes. We can separate the saucer 671 00:45:49,852 --> 00:45:51,505 from the secondary hull 672 00:45:51,506 --> 00:45:52,941 and place them on either side of the dreadnaught. 673 00:45:52,942 --> 00:45:55,683 - Then do it. We've got three minutes. - Two and a half, sir. 674 00:45:55,684 --> 00:45:57,033 But who's counting? Get a move on. 675 00:45:57,034 --> 00:46:00,036 Um, sir, uh, where do we jump them to? 676 00:46:00,037 --> 00:46:01,516 The-the Breen, that is. 677 00:46:04,867 --> 00:46:06,564 Galactic barrier. 678 00:46:06,565 --> 00:46:09,133 Take 'em a couple decades to get back, but they'll live. 679 00:46:10,525 --> 00:46:13,267 That's more than they gave my family. 680 00:46:14,573 --> 00:46:16,357 Attention. 681 00:46:17,445 --> 00:46:19,186 This is Commander Rayner. 682 00:46:20,231 --> 00:46:21,448 We're gonna take a hell of a risk. 683 00:46:21,449 --> 00:46:22,972 If it doesn't work, well... 684 00:46:26,063 --> 00:46:27,412 Good crew. 685 00:46:28,369 --> 00:46:30,328 I appreciate the trust. 686 00:46:31,329 --> 00:46:32,720 We ready? 687 00:46:32,721 --> 00:46:34,071 Aye, sir. 688 00:46:39,772 --> 00:46:40,946 Comm channel's open. 689 00:46:40,947 --> 00:46:42,426 Ambassador Saru, 690 00:46:42,427 --> 00:46:44,254 you got two minutes to get Tahal's scout 691 00:46:44,255 --> 00:46:45,907 in the vicinity of the dreadnaught. 692 00:46:45,908 --> 00:46:47,126 Understood, Commander. 693 00:46:47,127 --> 00:46:48,607 Black alert. 694 00:46:49,738 --> 00:46:51,783 Sounds like it's time to decloak and open fire. 695 00:46:51,784 --> 00:46:53,567 Invite the Breen scout to pursue. 696 00:46:53,568 --> 00:46:55,004 Decloaking now. 697 00:47:03,143 --> 00:47:04,926 It's incredible. 698 00:47:04,927 --> 00:47:07,799 I'm so honored to share this with you. 699 00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:11,237 You're only the second being to make it to me. 700 00:47:11,238 --> 00:47:13,805 The other was Dr. Derex. 701 00:47:13,806 --> 00:47:15,894 A Betazoid, I believe. 702 00:47:15,895 --> 00:47:17,548 Yes. 703 00:47:17,549 --> 00:47:20,290 She believed that civilization wasn't ready 704 00:47:20,291 --> 00:47:21,987 for this technology yet. 705 00:47:21,988 --> 00:47:25,164 I agreed to wait if she would build a path 706 00:47:25,165 --> 00:47:29,212 to better prepare the next visitor for the responsibility. 707 00:47:29,213 --> 00:47:32,129 And that visitor is you. 708 00:47:33,217 --> 00:47:35,523 You will become its steward. 709 00:47:41,399 --> 00:47:45,141 No single being should control this kind of power. 710 00:47:45,142 --> 00:47:48,056 Dr. Derex and I discussed the path. 711 00:47:48,057 --> 00:47:49,797 And you have traveled it. 712 00:47:49,798 --> 00:47:51,364 You've learned its lessons, 713 00:47:51,365 --> 00:47:53,802 and you've faced your darkest sides. 714 00:47:54,803 --> 00:47:57,065 Yes, and I'm far from perfect. 715 00:47:57,066 --> 00:47:58,459 I'm afraid. 716 00:47:59,417 --> 00:48:01,635 Lost sometimes. 717 00:48:01,636 --> 00:48:04,551 Every sentient being, 718 00:48:04,552 --> 00:48:06,423 myself included, 719 00:48:06,424 --> 00:48:08,599 is all of those things. 720 00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:12,211 Yet some strive to be the best of themselves. 721 00:48:12,212 --> 00:48:14,214 I see that in you. 722 00:48:15,868 --> 00:48:18,043 It's not just about me. 723 00:48:18,044 --> 00:48:20,263 Right now 724 00:48:20,264 --> 00:48:22,831 a battle is waging out there. 725 00:48:26,095 --> 00:48:29,534 My crew is risking their lives to protect this portal. 726 00:48:30,578 --> 00:48:33,625 To protect us, to protect this technology. 727 00:48:36,323 --> 00:48:37,541 How can I... 728 00:48:37,542 --> 00:48:39,630 how can any one of us 729 00:48:39,631 --> 00:48:42,067 know the right way to use it? 730 00:48:42,068 --> 00:48:45,070 To bring peace and not more conflict? 731 00:48:45,071 --> 00:48:48,378 That's a question only a steward can answer. 732 00:48:48,379 --> 00:48:53,209 You must ask yourself what is most meaningful to you. 733 00:48:53,210 --> 00:48:57,779 There are, of course, many possible answers. 734 00:49:00,260 --> 00:49:03,350 Some find meaning in the advancement of science. 735 00:49:07,180 --> 00:49:10,139 Some in devotion to duty. 736 00:49:12,838 --> 00:49:14,708 Some through connection 737 00:49:14,709 --> 00:49:16,233 and love. 738 00:49:18,060 --> 00:49:22,281 Others in the beauty of the unknowable. 739 00:49:22,282 --> 00:49:24,283 Some in family 740 00:49:24,284 --> 00:49:25,807 and community. 741 00:49:26,765 --> 00:49:32,118 - Or in their capacity for change. - Now! 742 00:49:57,274 --> 00:50:02,235 Their strength in the face of great challenges. 743 00:50:04,281 --> 00:50:08,458 I found my meaning in embracing difference. 744 00:50:08,459 --> 00:50:09,546 You see, 745 00:50:09,547 --> 00:50:11,852 we were alone in the cosmos, 746 00:50:11,853 --> 00:50:14,377 a single sentient culture. 747 00:50:14,378 --> 00:50:17,902 Our wish was to create a diversity of beings 748 00:50:17,903 --> 00:50:19,382 in the galaxy, 749 00:50:19,383 --> 00:50:21,949 a richness of variation. 750 00:50:21,950 --> 00:50:24,952 Now it is your turn to consider 751 00:50:24,953 --> 00:50:28,740 what is most meaningful to you. 752 00:50:29,958 --> 00:50:32,830 I have been struggling with that. 753 00:50:32,831 --> 00:50:36,574 I trust that the answer will become clear to you. 754 00:50:38,358 --> 00:50:40,968 I need time... 755 00:50:40,969 --> 00:50:42,666 to think about this. 756 00:50:42,667 --> 00:50:44,102 I, uh... 757 00:50:47,324 --> 00:50:49,891 I can't do that while my friends are in danger. 758 00:50:50,892 --> 00:50:54,286 Then I shall return you to your present moment. 759 00:50:54,287 --> 00:50:55,766 You may stop the technology 760 00:50:55,767 --> 00:50:58,159 by removing your hands from the interface. 761 00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:00,423 It's that simple? 762 00:51:00,424 --> 00:51:03,208 Important things often are. 763 00:51:03,209 --> 00:51:06,951 We will finish your training when, 764 00:51:06,952 --> 00:51:09,954 or if, you next join me. 765 00:51:09,955 --> 00:51:12,783 So it's truly my choice to decide 766 00:51:12,784 --> 00:51:15,787 whatever I think is right with this? 767 00:51:16,831 --> 00:51:20,139 I have faith that you will choose wisely. 768 00:52:02,573 --> 00:52:03,921 Oh! 769 00:52:16,456 --> 00:52:17,891 Moll? 770 00:52:17,892 --> 00:52:19,677 Can you hear me? I need to get you out of here. 771 00:52:20,678 --> 00:52:22,679 What happened? Can we save him? 772 00:52:24,246 --> 00:52:26,335 Noth-nothing here... 773 00:52:27,293 --> 00:52:28,816 ... can bring him back. 774 00:52:29,774 --> 00:52:31,644 I'm so sorry. 775 00:52:35,693 --> 00:52:37,868 We need to go. 776 00:52:37,869 --> 00:52:39,609 Come on. 777 00:52:39,610 --> 00:52:42,177 Okay. Come on. Come on. 778 00:53:04,243 --> 00:53:05,983 Booker. 779 00:53:05,984 --> 00:53:07,463 - Are you okay? - Yeah. Look, 780 00:53:07,464 --> 00:53:09,377 what-whatever was happening, it stopped. 781 00:53:09,378 --> 00:53:11,249 And we're picking up two life signs inside the portal. 782 00:53:11,250 --> 00:53:12,380 Locking on now. 783 00:53:13,470 --> 00:53:15,863 We got them! 784 00:53:16,908 --> 00:53:18,691 She needs medical. 785 00:53:18,692 --> 00:53:19,997 Is Discovery okay? 786 00:53:19,998 --> 00:53:21,433 Beaten up but okay. 787 00:53:21,434 --> 00:53:23,348 Good. 788 00:53:24,872 --> 00:53:27,134 And you? 789 00:53:27,135 --> 00:53:28,223 You okay? 790 00:53:30,487 --> 00:53:31,836 Yeah. 791 00:53:33,577 --> 00:53:36,057 I heard you in there. 792 00:53:37,319 --> 00:53:39,626 Thank you for holding on. 793 00:53:41,846 --> 00:53:43,369 Always. 794 00:53:45,066 --> 00:53:47,328 Captain, we're coming to get you. 795 00:53:47,329 --> 00:53:49,592 Commander Stamets is ready to receive the portal 796 00:53:49,593 --> 00:53:50,941 - in the shuttle bay. - Okay. 797 00:53:50,942 --> 00:53:52,682 Have him meet me in my ready room. 798 00:53:52,683 --> 00:53:53,901 You, too. 799 00:53:54,902 --> 00:53:57,121 There's something I need to share with all of you. 800 00:53:57,122 --> 00:54:00,168 I found this guy wandering around. 801 00:54:02,649 --> 00:54:04,302 Hello, Captain. 802 00:54:04,303 --> 00:54:05,738 Hello, Saru. 803 00:54:05,739 --> 00:54:07,524 Oh. 804 00:54:09,308 --> 00:54:11,004 Look at you. 805 00:54:13,486 --> 00:54:16,227 Why do I get the feeling Action Saru came out today? 806 00:54:16,228 --> 00:54:17,664 He may have. 807 00:54:18,926 --> 00:54:20,579 Captain, 808 00:54:20,580 --> 00:54:23,582 I've reviewed the data from your tricorder, and... 809 00:54:23,583 --> 00:54:27,194 it is not hyperbole to say that this is... 810 00:54:27,195 --> 00:54:30,895 the greatest scientific discovery of our lifetime. 811 00:54:32,636 --> 00:54:34,028 Yeah. 812 00:54:40,687 --> 00:54:43,342 I met one of the Progenitors. 813 00:54:47,346 --> 00:54:49,869 I saw the last four billion years. 814 00:54:49,870 --> 00:54:52,219 And all the incredibly complex events 815 00:54:52,220 --> 00:54:54,439 that had to happen for me to be alive. 816 00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:56,833 For any one of us, each one of us 817 00:54:56,834 --> 00:54:59,052 to be alive 818 00:54:59,053 --> 00:55:01,534 right here, right now. 819 00:55:03,667 --> 00:55:05,973 It was... 820 00:55:07,758 --> 00:55:09,498 ... powerful. 821 00:55:10,456 --> 00:55:12,806 And I realized... 822 00:55:13,938 --> 00:55:15,591 ... we already have infinite diversity 823 00:55:15,592 --> 00:55:17,593 and infinite combinations. 824 00:55:17,594 --> 00:55:20,334 There's no need for this technology anymore. 825 00:55:20,335 --> 00:55:22,162 Wait a minute, y-you... 826 00:55:22,163 --> 00:55:23,947 you're not saying... 827 00:55:23,948 --> 00:55:26,297 - we should leave it here? - Oh, no. 828 00:55:26,298 --> 00:55:28,647 It's too powerful for one person 829 00:55:28,648 --> 00:55:31,738 or one culture to access or control. 830 00:55:35,655 --> 00:55:37,743 I think 831 00:55:37,744 --> 00:55:39,877 we need to let it go. 832 00:55:40,834 --> 00:55:42,443 Captain, we have orders. 833 00:55:42,444 --> 00:55:44,184 We need to study it. 834 00:55:44,185 --> 00:55:45,751 W-we need to understand it. I-It... 835 00:55:45,752 --> 00:55:47,427 This is not about your legacy, Commander. 836 00:55:47,428 --> 00:55:49,220 - I didn't say mine. - I'd give anything to see the look on Vance's face 837 00:55:49,221 --> 00:55:50,278 - when you tell him that. - We have a duty... 838 00:55:50,279 --> 00:55:52,585 - I understand. - Stop. 839 00:55:55,022 --> 00:56:00,288 The Progenitor trusted me to make this decision. 840 00:56:02,639 --> 00:56:05,336 I'll talk to the admiral and the president. 841 00:56:05,337 --> 00:56:07,644 I know they'll agree. 842 00:56:12,823 --> 00:56:15,216 It's the right thing to do. 843 00:56:22,441 --> 00:56:26,010 I get it... mostly. 844 00:56:27,707 --> 00:56:31,319 I'll keep you all posted. 845 00:56:48,249 --> 00:56:50,860 Hey, um... 846 00:56:51,961 --> 00:56:57,902 so this mission has been really amazing, 847 00:56:58,003 --> 00:56:59,639 and... 848 00:57:00,740 --> 00:57:03,351 I mean, you learned a lot, right? 849 00:57:06,050 --> 00:57:09,139 Maybe that's enough. 850 00:57:09,140 --> 00:57:12,055 I mean, that's really all you can control, 851 00:57:12,056 --> 00:57:15,146 anyway, right? 852 00:57:21,152 --> 00:57:23,109 When did you get so wise? 853 00:57:35,514 --> 00:57:37,471 This is Captain Burnham. 854 00:57:37,472 --> 00:57:41,388 I want to commend you all on a job well done. 855 00:57:41,389 --> 00:57:43,390 In safeguarding this technology, 856 00:57:43,391 --> 00:57:46,480 placing it beyond the event horizon, 857 00:57:46,481 --> 00:57:49,788 we trust that what the Progenitors created for us 858 00:57:49,789 --> 00:57:52,748 is enough, and we trust 859 00:57:52,749 --> 00:57:57,056 that those who came before, who developed this power, 860 00:57:57,057 --> 00:58:00,407 must have the ability to recreate it 861 00:58:00,408 --> 00:58:03,236 should they still exist 862 00:58:03,237 --> 00:58:06,893 and should they wish to do so. 863 00:58:20,820 --> 00:58:22,473 Hey. 864 00:58:22,474 --> 00:58:26,043 - May I? - Sure. 865 00:58:33,615 --> 00:58:35,792 Not in the mood for a speech. 866 00:58:37,750 --> 00:58:40,144 I just came to see how you were doing. 867 00:58:41,188 --> 00:58:44,843 Well, I hear my brig has a window. 868 00:58:44,844 --> 00:58:48,065 What's there not to be excited about? 869 00:58:52,809 --> 00:58:55,463 You know, after I lost everything... 870 00:58:57,030 --> 00:58:59,728 ... I didn't know how I'd find my way again. 871 00:59:00,729 --> 00:59:02,470 But I did. 872 00:59:03,689 --> 00:59:06,910 I hope you will, too. 873 00:59:09,434 --> 00:59:12,829 Still not in the mood. 874 00:59:16,571 --> 00:59:21,228 If ever you need me, I'll be here. 875 00:59:23,404 --> 00:59:25,014 And who knows? 876 00:59:25,015 --> 00:59:26,754 You know, maybe someday you might even stop hating 877 00:59:26,755 --> 00:59:29,410 the name Cleveland Booker. 878 00:59:31,935 --> 00:59:33,980 Don't count on it. 879 00:59:44,643 --> 00:59:47,079 How long will she be locked up? 880 00:59:47,080 --> 00:59:48,602 Not sure, 881 00:59:48,603 --> 00:59:50,300 but I have standing orders to bring her 882 00:59:50,301 --> 00:59:52,258 to Dr. Kovich after. 883 00:59:52,259 --> 00:59:54,131 Apparently, he has plans for her. 884 01:00:07,144 --> 01:00:10,147 Dr. Kovich, you asked to see me? 885 01:00:11,365 --> 01:00:12,627 I did. 886 01:00:18,546 --> 01:00:22,375 I thought you should know, the Red Directive 887 01:00:22,376 --> 01:00:24,074 has been officially closed. 888 01:00:25,597 --> 01:00:27,990 All records will be classified. 889 01:00:27,991 --> 01:00:31,341 No one will know the technology existed. 890 01:00:31,342 --> 01:00:34,911 I'm familiar with how those things work now. 891 01:00:36,260 --> 01:00:38,435 I heard you're gonna be seeing Moll one of these days. 892 01:00:38,436 --> 01:00:40,089 She's a capable individual. 893 01:00:40,090 --> 01:00:42,613 I-I think she could prove useful. 894 01:00:42,614 --> 01:00:44,920 She'll be given the choice, of course. 895 01:00:44,921 --> 01:00:47,532 To take one of these, you mean? 896 01:00:48,663 --> 01:00:51,971 I figured you'd want mine back, so... 897 01:00:54,713 --> 01:00:58,325 I've lived many years, Captain, and many lives. 898 01:00:59,413 --> 01:01:02,894 I've met few who have impressed me 899 01:01:02,895 --> 01:01:06,333 but also aggravated me as much as you. 900 01:01:08,988 --> 01:01:11,860 Keep it, just in case. 901 01:01:25,787 --> 01:01:27,920 If I may, sir. 902 01:01:29,617 --> 01:01:32,490 Kovich is a code name, isn't it? 903 01:01:35,014 --> 01:01:37,669 Who are you, really? 904 01:01:40,802 --> 01:01:44,805 My real name is a bit of a Red Directive in and of itself. 905 01:01:44,806 --> 01:01:48,332 Well, I'm familiar with those now, too. 906 01:01:53,424 --> 01:01:56,034 Captain Michael Burnham, 907 01:01:56,035 --> 01:01:58,429 USS Discovery. 908 01:02:04,391 --> 01:02:07,915 Agent Daniels, 909 01:02:07,916 --> 01:02:12,877 USS Enterprise and other places. 910 01:02:12,878 --> 01:02:14,836 Nice to meet you. 911 01:02:41,167 --> 01:02:44,648 May I present: the newlyweds. 912 01:03:13,156 --> 01:03:15,244 Thank you all so very much. 913 01:03:15,245 --> 01:03:16,768 Please enjoy. 914 01:03:23,862 --> 01:03:25,906 I'm so happy for you both. 915 01:03:25,907 --> 01:03:29,214 It was a beautiful, beautiful ceremony. 916 01:03:29,215 --> 01:03:30,738 Thank you, Captain. 917 01:03:32,088 --> 01:03:34,219 Now, I see all who are here, 918 01:03:34,220 --> 01:03:36,743 and I cannot help but think of the Progenitors, 919 01:03:36,744 --> 01:03:38,571 our shared ancestor. 920 01:03:38,572 --> 01:03:43,663 A reminder that we are all, in the most fundamental ways, 921 01:03:43,664 --> 01:03:45,091 connected. 922 01:03:45,492 --> 01:03:48,321 We are. That we are. 923 01:03:54,197 --> 01:03:57,460 Admiral, Madam President, congratulations. 924 01:03:57,461 --> 01:03:58,939 Thank you. 925 01:03:58,940 --> 01:04:03,466 Captain, Lieutenant Tilly was just saying we've inspired her. 926 01:04:03,467 --> 01:04:04,989 Huh. 927 01:04:04,990 --> 01:04:07,383 Well, he's grown so much since he's been on board, 928 01:04:07,384 --> 01:04:10,212 and I was just saying that your relationship 929 01:04:10,213 --> 01:04:13,563 reminds me of me and Adira but, well, with ages reversed 930 01:04:13,564 --> 01:04:15,434 and, um, more crabbiness. 931 01:04:15,435 --> 01:04:19,090 But the dynamics themselves, that one-on-one connection, 932 01:04:19,091 --> 01:04:21,624 it made me realize, that is what we're missing 933 01:04:21,625 --> 01:04:25,009 at Starfleet Academy: a mentorship program. 934 01:04:25,010 --> 01:04:26,664 So I'm gonna start one. 935 01:04:28,666 --> 01:04:31,450 - That's a wonderful idea. - I think so, too. 936 01:04:31,451 --> 01:04:33,800 But... 937 01:04:33,801 --> 01:04:35,325 Did you just call me crabby? 938 01:04:36,239 --> 01:04:38,066 No. 939 01:04:40,721 --> 01:04:42,200 Excuse me. 940 01:04:43,333 --> 01:04:45,335 Cheers. To crabby. 941 01:04:51,254 --> 01:04:53,255 - Hey. - You are late. 942 01:04:53,256 --> 01:04:57,215 I know. Had a run-in with some Talaxian pirates on my way back. 943 01:04:57,216 --> 01:04:58,608 - Yeah. - I'm glad you're all right. 944 01:04:58,609 --> 01:05:00,611 Me, too. 945 01:05:01,655 --> 01:05:04,875 I think this is the most dressed up I have ever seen you. 946 01:05:04,876 --> 01:05:06,833 - You like it? - Oh, very dapper. 947 01:05:06,834 --> 01:05:08,792 - Why, thank you. - Mm-hmm. 948 01:05:08,793 --> 01:05:10,794 Hey, that World Root from the Archive, 949 01:05:10,795 --> 01:05:12,361 did you find somewhere to plant it? 950 01:05:12,362 --> 01:05:15,059 Sanctuary Four. Same place we took Molly. Remember? 951 01:05:15,060 --> 01:05:18,236 Yeah, she almost ate me, so, hard to forget. 952 01:05:18,237 --> 01:05:19,672 She had a baby, by the way. 953 01:05:19,673 --> 01:05:21,631 - What? Really? - Yeah. 954 01:05:21,632 --> 01:05:23,938 - Well, that's great. - Yeah. 955 01:05:26,764 --> 01:05:28,200 Shall we? 956 01:05:28,201 --> 01:05:30,332 Actually, I'd like to talk with you first. 957 01:05:30,333 --> 01:05:32,639 Alone, if you don't mind. 958 01:05:32,640 --> 01:05:34,294 Sure. 959 01:05:41,475 --> 01:05:43,563 Well, um, 960 01:05:43,564 --> 01:05:47,133 I just want to say thank you. 961 01:05:48,438 --> 01:05:50,571 This mission helped me find my way. 962 01:05:52,050 --> 01:05:54,140 I feel hope again. 963 01:05:56,229 --> 01:05:58,795 And, as of yesterday, 964 01:05:58,796 --> 01:06:00,754 my sentence is commuted. 965 01:06:00,755 --> 01:06:02,712 I heard. 966 01:06:02,713 --> 01:06:04,453 What's next? 967 01:06:04,454 --> 01:06:07,544 You know, Grudge and I are still figuring it out. 968 01:06:08,589 --> 01:06:10,765 "Future" is still a bit of a scary word. 969 01:06:21,993 --> 01:06:24,257 "Future" is a scary word for me, too. 970 01:06:27,303 --> 01:06:29,218 But you're here. 971 01:06:30,611 --> 01:06:32,394 You're alive. 972 01:06:32,395 --> 01:06:35,442 That's more than a lot of people have. 973 01:06:36,443 --> 01:06:41,230 I'm lucky... and I'm grateful. 974 01:06:43,450 --> 01:06:45,625 I was going to wait until after the reception, 975 01:06:45,626 --> 01:06:48,367 but we're here now, 976 01:06:48,368 --> 01:06:50,674 and you should know... 977 01:06:54,287 --> 01:06:56,419 ... I never stopped. 978 01:07:00,902 --> 01:07:03,121 You love me. 979 01:07:05,776 --> 01:07:08,649 I love you. 980 01:07:10,303 --> 01:07:12,827 I love you, too. 981 01:07:13,871 --> 01:07:16,961 Possibly since the moment we met. 982 01:07:18,180 --> 01:07:20,574 You were annoying as hell back then. 983 01:07:21,575 --> 01:07:23,271 And you still loved me. 984 01:07:25,927 --> 01:07:27,407 I did. 985 01:07:39,767 --> 01:07:42,638 Can we just do this? 986 01:07:42,639 --> 01:07:45,467 You and me, no matter what? 987 01:07:45,468 --> 01:07:47,208 And Grudge? 988 01:07:47,209 --> 01:07:49,819 Unless you want your leg clawed to bits in your sleep. 989 01:07:52,954 --> 01:07:56,436 You and me and Grudge it is. 990 01:08:11,320 --> 01:08:12,364 Kovich? 991 01:08:12,365 --> 01:08:13,495 Impeccable timing. 992 01:08:13,496 --> 01:08:15,281 Guess he's got another mission. 993 01:08:17,500 --> 01:08:19,458 Would you want to? 994 01:08:19,459 --> 01:08:22,069 - Could be fun. - It might. 995 01:08:22,070 --> 01:08:24,245 I'm sure Saru would understand. 996 01:08:24,246 --> 01:08:26,073 Yeah, you got all dressed up, though. 997 01:08:26,074 --> 01:08:27,857 So did you. 998 01:08:27,858 --> 01:08:30,208 But, never hurts to look good wherever you go. 999 01:08:34,300 --> 01:08:36,126 What are we waiting for? 1000 01:08:36,127 --> 01:08:39,087 Let's see what the future holds. 1001 01:10:05,042 --> 01:10:07,304 - Good morning. - Good morning. 1002 01:10:07,305 --> 01:10:10,307 Oh, smells good. 1003 01:10:10,308 --> 01:10:13,093 - And foam. - Mm-hmm. 1004 01:10:13,094 --> 01:10:14,877 Huh. 1005 01:10:14,878 --> 01:10:16,575 Oh. 1006 01:10:16,576 --> 01:10:18,185 Ta-da. 1007 01:10:18,186 --> 01:10:20,883 First ever from our very own Gexara bees. 1008 01:10:20,884 --> 01:10:22,276 Wow. 1009 01:10:22,277 --> 01:10:24,626 I wanted to surprise you. 1010 01:10:24,627 --> 01:10:26,412 Okay. 1011 01:10:32,113 --> 01:10:34,027 Hang on. 1012 01:10:34,028 --> 01:10:35,116 Oh. 1013 01:10:38,162 --> 01:10:39,859 Are you sad? 1014 01:10:39,860 --> 01:10:42,339 - Now you have wax in your coffee. - And honey. 1015 01:10:42,340 --> 01:10:43,471 Could be tasty. 1016 01:10:43,472 --> 01:10:45,039 Could be. 1017 01:10:47,345 --> 01:10:51,654 Mmm, it's not, but thank you. 1018 01:11:02,752 --> 01:11:05,145 Big day. 1019 01:11:05,146 --> 01:11:07,147 I can always come with you. 1020 01:11:07,148 --> 01:11:09,455 That's okay. 1021 01:11:12,022 --> 01:11:14,721 Kind of feels like I should go alone. 1022 01:11:18,986 --> 01:11:20,682 It's because I put wax in your coffee. 1023 01:11:20,683 --> 01:11:22,117 Yeah, you're not allowed to go anywhere with me 1024 01:11:22,118 --> 01:11:24,944 ever again. 1025 01:11:46,274 --> 01:11:48,928 Sorry to interrupt, Admiral. 1026 01:11:48,929 --> 01:11:50,582 Your shuttle is arriving momentarily. 1027 01:11:50,583 --> 01:11:51,845 Thank you. 1028 01:12:01,028 --> 01:12:05,511 Hills for days, and all you want is what you can't have. 1029 01:12:09,123 --> 01:12:11,603 It's fenced for a reason, Alice. 1030 01:12:42,809 --> 01:12:44,724 I tried to tell you. 1031 01:12:52,383 --> 01:12:55,777 I thought you'd be on your way to Crepuscula by now. 1032 01:12:55,778 --> 01:12:58,432 Pushed a day so I could be the one to come get you. 1033 01:12:58,433 --> 01:13:00,566 You didn't have to do that. 1034 01:13:02,002 --> 01:13:04,133 Yes, you did. Come here. 1035 01:13:07,573 --> 01:13:09,269 I missed you, Mom. 1036 01:13:09,270 --> 01:13:10,924 I missed you, too. 1037 01:13:12,186 --> 01:13:13,708 Hold up. 1038 01:13:13,709 --> 01:13:15,885 No hugging without me. 1039 01:13:17,887 --> 01:13:19,932 Hey. 1040 01:13:24,328 --> 01:13:26,721 - Oh, Captain. - Mm. 1041 01:13:26,722 --> 01:13:28,810 Really does suit you. 1042 01:13:28,811 --> 01:13:30,986 I'm trying to up my swagger a bit. 1043 01:13:34,557 --> 01:13:37,297 - How am I doing? - Mm-hmm. 1044 01:13:37,298 --> 01:13:38,864 Let me just say, you are your father's son. 1045 01:13:38,865 --> 01:13:40,126 Yes, you are. 1046 01:13:40,127 --> 01:13:42,129 I'll take it. 1047 01:13:44,827 --> 01:13:47,786 Go get that swagger on in outer space, young man. 1048 01:13:52,400 --> 01:13:55,184 All right, I'll see you in a couple of days. 1049 01:13:55,185 --> 01:13:56,446 Aye, aye, Admiral. 1050 01:13:56,447 --> 01:13:57,883 One "aye." 1051 01:13:57,884 --> 01:13:59,189 Yes, ma'am. 1052 01:14:45,842 --> 01:14:47,059 Tilly says hi, by the way. 1053 01:14:47,060 --> 01:14:48,670 Oh! 1054 01:14:48,671 --> 01:14:50,585 Yeah, ran into her at Fed HQ when I was meeting 1055 01:14:50,586 --> 01:14:51,890 with Admiral Vance. 1056 01:14:51,891 --> 01:14:54,197 Did she tell you that, as of last week, 1057 01:14:54,198 --> 01:14:57,593 she is officially the longest tenured Academy instructor ever? 1058 01:14:58,506 --> 01:15:01,465 Yeah, time flies. 1059 01:15:01,466 --> 01:15:04,556 Feels like I was a cadet myself just yesterday. 1060 01:15:07,080 --> 01:15:09,256 It's okay to feel nervous. 1061 01:15:10,562 --> 01:15:13,216 Getting your own command. 1062 01:15:13,217 --> 01:15:16,523 I've been thinking about what I'm gonna say. 1063 01:15:16,524 --> 01:15:18,874 That-that first speech to my crew. 1064 01:15:18,875 --> 01:15:20,223 Mm. 1065 01:15:20,224 --> 01:15:22,617 I want them to be inspired, you know? 1066 01:15:22,618 --> 01:15:24,228 Hmm. 1067 01:15:25,882 --> 01:15:27,404 A long time ago, someone asked me 1068 01:15:27,405 --> 01:15:29,188 what was most meaningful to me. 1069 01:15:29,189 --> 01:15:33,192 I had always looked for it in whatever mission I was on. 1070 01:15:33,193 --> 01:15:36,543 Of course you have no idea what I'm talking about. 1071 01:15:36,544 --> 01:15:38,590 None whatsoever. 1072 01:15:41,724 --> 01:15:44,683 Those pips can bring pressure. 1073 01:15:47,077 --> 01:15:48,948 But they're supposed to. 1074 01:15:51,734 --> 01:15:56,651 And at the end of the day, every member of your crew 1075 01:15:56,652 --> 01:16:01,047 has to find their own sense of meaning. 1076 01:16:03,267 --> 01:16:06,749 So, do you know how you'd answer that question now? 1077 01:16:07,750 --> 01:16:10,883 Yeah, just being here. 1078 01:16:13,581 --> 01:16:14,974 You know... 1079 01:16:16,323 --> 01:16:21,111 Sometimes life, itself, is meaning enough. 1080 01:16:22,503 --> 01:16:25,811 How we choose to spend the time that we have. 1081 01:16:27,030 --> 01:16:29,597 Who we spend it with. 1082 01:16:31,469 --> 01:16:32,992 You. 1083 01:16:37,562 --> 01:16:39,346 Book. 1084 01:16:41,479 --> 01:16:45,613 And the family I found in Starfleet. 1085 01:16:47,398 --> 01:16:49,356 On Discovery. 1086 01:16:52,272 --> 01:16:54,926 In time, 1087 01:16:54,927 --> 01:16:58,191 you and your crew will become family, too. 1088 01:17:01,499 --> 01:17:02,979 So you're saying I got this? 1089 01:17:03,980 --> 01:17:05,938 You do, Leto. 1090 01:17:07,810 --> 01:17:08,985 You do. 1091 01:17:12,336 --> 01:17:14,729 Approaching Starfleet Headquarters. 1092 01:17:26,742 --> 01:17:29,352 There she is. 1093 01:17:58,469 --> 01:18:00,340 Last dance. 1094 01:18:02,168 --> 01:18:03,561 Hmm? 1095 01:18:06,216 --> 01:18:07,695 Nothing. 1096 01:18:09,306 --> 01:18:12,396 I'm just glad I'm the one leading her final mission. 1097 01:18:13,919 --> 01:18:16,922 And that I'll have a chance to say goodbye. 1098 01:18:36,855 --> 01:18:38,944 Welcome back, Admiral Burnham. 1099 01:18:39,902 --> 01:18:41,511 It's been a while. 1100 01:18:41,512 --> 01:18:43,208 It's been too long, Zora. 1101 01:18:44,732 --> 01:18:45,864 Wow. 1102 01:18:47,126 --> 01:18:48,953 So happy to hear your voice. 1103 01:18:48,954 --> 01:18:51,173 I'm happy to hear yours, too. 1104 01:18:51,174 --> 01:18:53,784 If you don't mind my asking, 1105 01:18:53,785 --> 01:18:55,873 what exactly is our mission? 1106 01:18:55,874 --> 01:18:59,703 I'm gonna bring you to a set of coordinates in deep space. 1107 01:18:59,704 --> 01:19:03,228 Then me and your crew will leave. 1108 01:19:03,229 --> 01:19:05,883 After that, you wait. 1109 01:19:05,884 --> 01:19:07,930 For what? 1110 01:19:09,932 --> 01:19:12,151 This is a Red Directive. 1111 01:19:13,152 --> 01:19:15,198 We both know how transparent those are. 1112 01:19:16,199 --> 01:19:18,417 I did hear a word in passing. 1113 01:19:18,418 --> 01:19:20,028 "Craft." 1114 01:19:20,029 --> 01:19:23,553 I'm not sure if that's a person or a vessel or... 1115 01:19:23,554 --> 01:19:26,034 Well, I'll find out eventually. 1116 01:19:26,035 --> 01:19:27,688 Mm-hmm. 1117 01:19:32,084 --> 01:19:33,869 Really gonna miss you, Zora. 1118 01:19:34,870 --> 01:19:38,003 I won't see you again after this, will I? 1119 01:19:39,309 --> 01:19:42,268 I'm guessing your wait will be longer than my lifetime. 1120 01:19:43,313 --> 01:19:45,967 I'm not sure how to feel about that. 1121 01:19:45,968 --> 01:19:48,840 Everything ends someday. 1122 01:19:49,972 --> 01:19:53,366 But there will be a new beginning when you come back. 1123 01:19:54,454 --> 01:19:56,934 You can find our descendants. 1124 01:19:56,935 --> 01:19:59,197 Meet the next generation of your family. 1125 01:19:59,198 --> 01:20:01,547 I would love that. 1126 01:20:09,687 --> 01:20:12,124 It has been a hell of a journey. 1127 01:20:13,082 --> 01:20:16,127 Indeed it has. 1128 01:20:16,128 --> 01:20:19,348 The Federation has so many wonderful possibilities ahead 1129 01:20:19,349 --> 01:20:21,307 because of you and your crew. 1130 01:20:22,265 --> 01:20:24,397 Because of all of us. 1131 01:20:25,929 --> 01:20:28,444 I'm told we're nearly ready for departure. 1132 01:20:28,445 --> 01:20:30,447 Perhaps you'd like to sit. 1133 01:20:56,386 --> 01:20:57,953 Feels like home. 1134 01:21:03,959 --> 01:21:05,873 Captain on the bridge. 1135 01:21:11,270 --> 01:21:12,968 Captain. 1136 01:21:14,186 --> 01:21:15,753 Captain? 1137 01:23:17,483 --> 01:23:19,876 So many memories. 1138 01:23:19,877 --> 01:23:21,399 For us both. 1139 01:23:24,751 --> 01:23:26,188 All right. 1140 01:23:27,928 --> 01:23:29,452 Are you ready, Zora? 1141 01:23:30,409 --> 01:23:31,976 I am. 1142 01:23:33,325 --> 01:23:35,066 Last time, then. 1143 01:23:39,810 --> 01:23:41,855 Let's fly. 1144 01:24:30,190 --> 01:24:35,190 - Synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com -