1 00:00:01,001 --> 00:00:02,958 Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: 2 00:00:03,504 --> 00:00:05,496 With the Enterprise in Spacedock, 3 00:00:05,589 --> 00:00:07,000 Captain Pike and Discovery's mission 4 00:00:07,090 --> 00:00:10,879 to find any rational explanation for the seven signals continues to escape me. 5 00:00:10,969 --> 00:00:14,007 And with it, perhaps any chance of a relationship with my brother, Spock. 6 00:00:14,848 --> 00:00:17,511 Computer, show me Starfleet's rendering of the seven signals. 7 00:00:17,601 --> 00:00:20,765 Spock drew these signals two months before they appeared to us. 8 00:00:20,854 --> 00:00:22,265 It's damn near identical. 9 00:00:24,525 --> 00:00:25,525 Amanda. 10 00:00:26,235 --> 00:00:28,101 I stole Spock's medical file. 11 00:00:28,195 --> 00:00:30,235 I've been waiting for an update on my officer Spock. 12 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:32,067 Your guy is wanted for murder. 13 00:00:32,157 --> 00:00:34,197 Killed three of his doctors, then fled the starbase. 14 00:00:34,826 --> 00:00:38,240 I thought that he left it in the past, but it's back. 15 00:00:38,330 --> 00:00:41,243 - What is it? - Your brother called it the Red Angel. 16 00:00:41,333 --> 00:00:43,199 That vision changed him forever. 17 00:00:43,293 --> 00:00:44,784 It wasn't because of a vision. 18 00:00:45,546 --> 00:00:48,038 - It was because of me. - What did you do? 19 00:00:48,131 --> 00:00:50,293 - I will find him. - No. 20 00:00:51,802 --> 00:00:52,802 I will. 21 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:56,137 Got it. 22 00:00:56,473 --> 00:00:58,214 - After the dark matter hit me... - It's me! 23 00:00:58,308 --> 00:01:00,345 ...I started to see a ghost. 24 00:01:00,435 --> 00:01:02,392 - Her name was May, but she's dead. - Tilly! 25 00:01:02,479 --> 00:01:03,479 I'm losing it, Michael. 26 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,517 You don't need sickbay. You need Stamets. 27 00:01:05,607 --> 00:01:07,287 We'll have results in one second. 28 00:01:07,317 --> 00:01:09,809 There he is. That's the captain. That's where he flies. 29 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:13,362 Just as I suspected. You are hosting a eukaryotic organism. 30 00:01:13,448 --> 00:01:16,191 - A fungus? - This might hurt a bit. 31 00:01:22,749 --> 00:01:25,742 Security breach by unknown alien species in Engineering. 32 00:01:25,836 --> 00:01:28,374 Engage quarantine protocol Alpha-Omega. 33 00:01:32,968 --> 00:01:35,585 - Energize. - Teleporter incoming. 34 00:01:48,984 --> 00:01:49,900 Captain. 35 00:01:49,901 --> 00:01:51,341 Welcome aboard Discovery, Number One. 36 00:01:52,112 --> 00:01:54,479 The failures cascaded through all our primaries, 37 00:01:54,573 --> 00:01:56,530 helm, nav, both impulse and warp drive. 38 00:01:56,617 --> 00:01:59,095 Chief Louvier has an engineering team working around the clock. 39 00:01:59,119 --> 00:02:02,348 I don't think Enterprise will ever have a chief engineer more in love with a ship. 40 00:02:02,372 --> 00:02:05,490 Apparently, Enterprise is the only ship in the fleet that's had any problems. 41 00:02:05,584 --> 00:02:06,825 You know, he warned me. 42 00:02:06,918 --> 00:02:08,784 That damned holographic comms system. 43 00:02:08,879 --> 00:02:10,290 Tell Louvier to rip out the system. 44 00:02:10,380 --> 00:02:13,088 From now on, we'll communicate using good-old-fashioned viewscreens. 45 00:02:13,175 --> 00:02:15,936 Truth is, I never liked the holograms. They look too much like ghosts. 46 00:02:16,011 --> 00:02:17,011 Hmm. 47 00:02:17,554 --> 00:02:20,217 - He told you I'd say that. - No. I told him. 48 00:02:21,391 --> 00:02:25,135 - Cheeseburger, fries, habanero sauce. - Want some lighter fluid with that? 49 00:02:25,228 --> 00:02:26,810 That goes with the shake. 50 00:02:27,189 --> 00:02:30,728 - Sorry to keep you in Spacedock. - I've made use of the time, captain. 51 00:02:30,817 --> 00:02:33,525 You've been looking into the allegations against Spock. 52 00:02:33,612 --> 00:02:35,820 It's hard to comprehend, let alone believe, 53 00:02:35,906 --> 00:02:39,741 that he murdered three people at the psychiatric facility on Starbase 5. 54 00:02:39,826 --> 00:02:40,826 How's the crew taking it? 55 00:02:41,787 --> 00:02:43,949 They don't know the details, only that he's in trouble. 56 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:47,327 There's something else. 57 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:49,960 Tell me. 58 00:02:50,587 --> 00:02:54,206 Starfleet's classified his case Level 1. 59 00:02:54,299 --> 00:02:56,632 Line officers don't usually warrant that kind of scrutiny. 60 00:02:56,718 --> 00:02:59,256 It's unprecedented, which is why I've done a little digging. 61 00:02:59,638 --> 00:03:00,554 Sanctioned? 62 00:03:00,555 --> 00:03:02,592 Better you don't know the answer to that. 63 00:03:03,684 --> 00:03:06,392 Before I look at that, I need to know why you saw fit 64 00:03:06,478 --> 00:03:08,140 to detour Federation protocols. 65 00:03:08,730 --> 00:03:11,268 Something about this investigation isn't adding up. 66 00:03:12,693 --> 00:03:16,607 - I'm not letting him go without a fight. - As usual, we agree. 67 00:03:17,322 --> 00:03:19,279 Captain Pike to the ready room. 68 00:03:19,991 --> 00:03:23,735 I'm late for a briefing. Glad you came. I'm sorry you can't stay longer. 69 00:03:25,163 --> 00:03:29,032 - Next time. Be careful, captain. - You, too, Number One. 70 00:03:37,342 --> 00:03:40,210 We should give it a name other than May. 71 00:03:42,556 --> 00:03:44,513 I know it looks like a blob, 72 00:03:44,599 --> 00:03:47,091 but this is one of the most sophisticated life-forms 73 00:03:47,185 --> 00:03:48,221 I've ever encountered. 74 00:03:48,311 --> 00:03:51,304 It has sentience, intention. 75 00:03:51,398 --> 00:03:55,312 Tilly, the mycelial network doesn't just connect life. 76 00:03:55,402 --> 00:03:58,270 It contains it. It's an incubator. 77 00:03:58,363 --> 00:04:01,151 You mean like, um... Like a home? 78 00:04:06,705 --> 00:04:09,539 I've been wondering why it appeared to me as May, 79 00:04:09,624 --> 00:04:13,163 which got me thinking about the real May that I met when I was, um, 14. 80 00:04:14,713 --> 00:04:15,829 I was, um... 81 00:04:17,174 --> 00:04:20,963 I was a weird kid, you know, like not a lot of friends... 82 00:04:22,304 --> 00:04:27,220 and nobody who really believed in me, including me, but she did. 83 00:04:29,269 --> 00:04:32,512 She wanted to connect to me, and she tried so hard. 84 00:04:33,565 --> 00:04:36,433 But I don't think I was the friend to her that she needed. 85 00:04:37,319 --> 00:04:40,733 I'm certain you were much kinder than you give yourself credit for. 86 00:04:41,615 --> 00:04:42,696 You always are. 87 00:04:43,408 --> 00:04:47,493 Thank you, but I didn't even know she died. 88 00:04:48,789 --> 00:04:52,874 I feel like I took her for granted, that girl who thought I was special. 89 00:04:55,587 --> 00:04:56,587 Oh! 90 00:05:00,634 --> 00:05:02,921 I've cross-referenced what we're calling the Red Angel 91 00:05:03,011 --> 00:05:05,628 with all known winged and avian life-forms in the Federation. 92 00:05:05,722 --> 00:05:06,929 So far, I've found nothing. 93 00:05:09,684 --> 00:05:13,928 Sorry, the universal translator sometimes has trouble reconfiguring 94 00:05:14,022 --> 00:05:15,433 my lingual clicks and pops. 95 00:05:15,524 --> 00:05:18,767 My answer to you was, nothing in the known universe. 96 00:05:18,860 --> 00:05:22,524 Which might suggest it's not a species, maybe one of a kind. 97 00:05:22,614 --> 00:05:23,650 A mutation? 98 00:05:23,740 --> 00:05:26,904 Whatever it is, figuring out how it's connected to these signals 99 00:05:26,993 --> 00:05:29,861 - will help us identify it. - If only we knew what it needs. 100 00:05:32,582 --> 00:05:35,074 Commander Nhan, U.S.S. Enterprise. Glad to be here. 101 00:05:35,544 --> 00:05:38,082 - Welcome back aboard. - Could you pass the salt? 102 00:05:39,089 --> 00:05:41,706 Commander Saru, can you shed any light? 103 00:05:42,926 --> 00:05:47,341 My apologies. I woke up this morning fighting an acute rhinovirus. 104 00:05:47,430 --> 00:05:50,798 - So, you have a cold. - I had a cold last week, which sucked. 105 00:05:53,979 --> 00:05:56,187 Saurian, six nasal canals. 106 00:05:56,273 --> 00:05:59,186 - It happens to the best of us. - Everyone to your stations. 107 00:05:59,276 --> 00:06:02,940 Detmer, set a course for 108 mark 4, maximum warp. 108 00:06:03,029 --> 00:06:03,947 Aye, sir. 109 00:06:03,948 --> 00:06:06,064 Mr. Saru, you look like hell. 110 00:06:06,157 --> 00:06:08,719 You've been burning the candle at both ends lately. Get some rest. 111 00:06:08,743 --> 00:06:10,484 As you wish, sir. 112 00:06:11,329 --> 00:06:12,536 Burnham, a word. 113 00:06:15,125 --> 00:06:19,119 I understand your first officer is on her way to Spacedock. 114 00:06:19,796 --> 00:06:22,880 - Was her visit informative? - Number One is very resourceful. 115 00:06:23,341 --> 00:06:25,958 People have a tendency to end up owing her favors. 116 00:06:26,052 --> 00:06:30,843 She uncovered some classified information on Starbase 5. 117 00:06:31,516 --> 00:06:34,384 That is the warp signature of the shuttle that Spock stole 118 00:06:34,477 --> 00:06:38,016 from the psychiatric facility. I've put us on an intercept course. 119 00:06:38,648 --> 00:06:40,731 We should reach his position in the next few hours. 120 00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:49,907 Sir... after everything that's happened, 121 00:06:50,869 --> 00:06:53,703 I need to excuse myself from seeing Spock. 122 00:06:54,331 --> 00:06:55,572 I'm not sure I follow. 123 00:06:55,665 --> 00:06:57,657 I don't wanna make things worse for him. 124 00:06:58,877 --> 00:07:02,086 He's a fugitive, whatever the circumstances. 125 00:07:03,548 --> 00:07:05,130 And as Amanda suggested... 126 00:07:07,886 --> 00:07:09,297 I'm probably the last person 127 00:07:09,387 --> 00:07:11,629 who should insert themselves into this problem. 128 00:07:12,515 --> 00:07:15,053 - I disagree. - He is lost, captain. 129 00:07:16,645 --> 00:07:18,352 You are better suited to help him. 130 00:07:20,732 --> 00:07:22,064 I've thought this through. 131 00:07:23,109 --> 00:07:26,693 Please... trust me. 132 00:07:28,657 --> 00:07:31,946 My abiding trust in you doesn't eclipse the mission at hand. 133 00:07:33,244 --> 00:07:37,158 Facing whatever happened to Spock, it's not gonna be easy for any of us. 134 00:07:37,248 --> 00:07:40,286 Reaching him has to be the priority. 135 00:07:46,549 --> 00:07:49,257 - Detmer, status? - Something's grabbed us out of warp. 136 00:07:49,344 --> 00:07:51,961 Speed dropping to sub-light, helm going unresponsive. 137 00:07:52,055 --> 00:07:54,455 Shields up, red alert. Owosekun, are we talking tractor beam? 138 00:07:54,516 --> 00:07:57,384 More powerful than that, sir. I'm unable to raise shields. 139 00:07:57,477 --> 00:08:00,641 Preliminary analysis indicates a multiphasic stasis field. 140 00:08:00,730 --> 00:08:03,894 - It's disrupting our shield harmonics. - We're at a full stop, sir. 141 00:08:03,984 --> 00:08:06,192 Whatever has us, we're locked into place. 142 00:08:06,277 --> 00:08:07,859 Like a damn fly in a web. 143 00:08:09,197 --> 00:08:10,938 And there is the spider. 144 00:09:54,636 --> 00:09:57,504 Starfleet has never encountered anything like it. 145 00:09:57,597 --> 00:09:59,088 565 kilometers in diameter 146 00:09:59,182 --> 00:10:03,051 with a mass of 6.39 times ten to the 20th power kilograms. 147 00:10:03,603 --> 00:10:06,391 It melds organic and non-living matter. 148 00:10:06,481 --> 00:10:08,063 It's also ancient. 149 00:10:08,149 --> 00:10:11,642 Initial scans put it at 100,000 years old. 150 00:10:11,736 --> 00:10:15,195 Organic? Are you saying it's some kind of a life-form? 151 00:10:15,740 --> 00:10:17,732 Maybe it is a spider. I hate spiders. 152 00:10:17,826 --> 00:10:21,661 It is premature to assign any anthropomorphic distinction or intent. 153 00:10:22,205 --> 00:10:24,367 As of yet, it hasn't responded to any hails. 154 00:10:24,457 --> 00:10:25,457 But there is this. 155 00:10:27,544 --> 00:10:29,410 The sphere is vibrating. 156 00:10:29,504 --> 00:10:31,962 The computer extrapolated what it might sound like 157 00:10:32,048 --> 00:10:34,165 based on the surrounding ambient radiation. 158 00:10:37,011 --> 00:10:39,094 Well, it has my ship, and I don't know what it wants. 159 00:10:39,180 --> 00:10:42,014 Communicate with it or disable it, and quickly, please. 160 00:10:42,100 --> 00:10:43,966 I understand the stakes. 161 00:10:45,645 --> 00:10:48,228 We're working as fast as we can. 162 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:50,351 Why are you speaking Klingon? 163 00:10:56,990 --> 00:10:59,403 I can't read my console. Is this Arabic? 164 00:10:59,492 --> 00:11:02,405 My controls have gone crazy. I can't read anything. 165 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:04,612 Kill those alarms. What happened? 166 00:11:04,706 --> 00:11:07,494 Universal translators must be malfunctioning. 167 00:11:07,584 --> 00:11:10,577 Captain Pike, the sphere answered our hail. 168 00:11:11,129 --> 00:11:13,371 And then this happened: 169 00:11:13,464 --> 00:11:15,296 Anyone got any ideas? 170 00:11:15,383 --> 00:11:16,499 Saru? 171 00:11:17,927 --> 00:11:19,589 Welcome to the Tower of Babel. 172 00:11:20,138 --> 00:11:23,051 You know more languages than anyone on this ship. 173 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,262 Yes, 94. 174 00:11:25,977 --> 00:11:28,970 The universal translator's been invaded by a virus. 175 00:11:29,647 --> 00:11:32,139 It's translating everything into a different language. 176 00:11:32,483 --> 00:11:34,600 I have eyes and ears, Burnham. 177 00:11:38,907 --> 00:11:42,446 Computer, maintain helm stability 178 00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:46,654 at 148 off axis. 179 00:11:46,748 --> 00:11:48,660 Confirmed. 180 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:05,805 Confirmed. 181 00:12:07,101 --> 00:12:09,388 - Did it work? - Yes. I can understand you. 182 00:12:09,479 --> 00:12:13,063 I still can't read my controls. I think this is Tau Cetian. 183 00:12:13,149 --> 00:12:16,187 Am I the only one who bothered to learn a foreign language? 184 00:12:16,611 --> 00:12:20,230 I have localized the backup bridge translator. 185 00:12:20,323 --> 00:12:21,323 For the time being, 186 00:12:21,407 --> 00:12:24,024 everyone who speaks Earth English can communicate. 187 00:12:24,118 --> 00:12:26,678 The rest of the crew and Discovery's computer are another matter. 188 00:12:26,704 --> 00:12:29,788 The bridge may be temporarily fixed, but the virus will continue spreading 189 00:12:29,874 --> 00:12:32,958 through our comms system. I can try purging it from the main interface. 190 00:12:33,044 --> 00:12:34,684 We have to be able to talk to the computer 191 00:12:34,712 --> 00:12:35,940 and the crew to have any chance 192 00:12:35,964 --> 00:12:37,626 of breaking free from that sphere. Do it. 193 00:12:37,715 --> 00:12:38,715 Yes, sir. 194 00:12:40,051 --> 00:12:42,589 I'll go. You should stay and monitor bridge stations. 195 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,513 I have placed all systems on automatic. 196 00:12:45,598 --> 00:12:48,966 And given our current circumstances, you will need a translator 197 00:12:49,060 --> 00:12:50,801 just to operate the turbolift. 198 00:12:50,895 --> 00:12:53,478 - Are you sure you can do this? - We are wasting time. 199 00:12:54,816 --> 00:12:59,026 We've run a full diagnostic, captain, and this section remains unaffected. 200 00:12:59,112 --> 00:13:01,980 - We'll update you if anything changes. - Thank you, ensign. 201 00:13:02,073 --> 00:13:06,158 If we can't fly this thing, commander, we may have to jump away. 202 00:13:06,244 --> 00:13:07,985 The spore drive will be ready, sir. 203 00:13:08,871 --> 00:13:11,989 Bring the drive online, and then we'll couple the shunts to me, 204 00:13:12,083 --> 00:13:13,574 in case we've gotta skedaddle. 205 00:13:22,468 --> 00:13:25,757 The universal translator for this section is no más. 206 00:13:25,847 --> 00:13:27,213 Can I help you? 207 00:13:27,307 --> 00:13:30,050 Uh, unless you can re-route the plasma regulator 208 00:13:30,143 --> 00:13:33,887 to silo off the relay junction, then, uh... no. 209 00:13:34,522 --> 00:13:37,515 - You're, um...? - Jett Reno, from the Hiawatha. 210 00:13:37,608 --> 00:13:39,349 I hitched a ride off that asteroid. 211 00:13:39,444 --> 00:13:43,609 Chief engineer sent me to firewall off the critical propulsion systems. 212 00:13:44,157 --> 00:13:47,241 I didn't realize a greenhouse could be critical or propulsive, 213 00:13:47,327 --> 00:13:50,161 but what do I know? I'm just a gearhead, not a farmer. 214 00:13:50,705 --> 00:13:52,162 A farmer? 215 00:13:52,248 --> 00:13:55,616 Oh, please let us know what you think, because we care. 216 00:13:55,710 --> 00:13:58,953 You should. Anti-matter and dilithium might be old-school, 217 00:13:59,047 --> 00:14:00,458 but they don't let you down. 218 00:14:00,548 --> 00:14:02,756 Why soar when you can crawl? 219 00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:05,835 You don't know me, doc. I'm uninsultable. 220 00:14:05,928 --> 00:14:08,921 Especially by a guy who thinks he can run a ship on mushrooms 221 00:14:09,015 --> 00:14:10,381 that I pick off my pizza. 222 00:14:10,475 --> 00:14:13,639 - Spores are clean, renewable. - Do they come with house dressing? 223 00:14:16,731 --> 00:14:17,731 Do you have any idea 224 00:14:17,815 --> 00:14:20,432 how many planets have been ruined by dilithium mining? 225 00:14:20,526 --> 00:14:23,610 How many battles were fought to corner its supply? You don't. 226 00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:26,109 You're one of those who never even consider it. 227 00:14:26,199 --> 00:14:29,317 And you're one of those people that does a ha-ha jokey thing, 228 00:14:29,410 --> 00:14:32,824 then gets all huffy and in high dudgeon when you can't think of a comeback. 229 00:14:33,289 --> 00:14:36,032 - Do you have gum? - Grape. I... 230 00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:39,414 It was centuries ago that the Earth nearly choked to death on pollution. 231 00:14:39,504 --> 00:14:42,212 Then we all woke up, and within a generation, 232 00:14:42,298 --> 00:14:45,541 - everything from a truck to a toaster... - Do you want...? Sorry. 233 00:14:45,635 --> 00:14:47,217 ...was covered in solar panels. 234 00:14:47,637 --> 00:14:50,004 Yesterday's solar panels are today's fungi. 235 00:14:50,556 --> 00:14:53,014 Huh. I can fix stuff with duct tape, if you want. 236 00:14:54,519 --> 00:14:56,852 Do you think May had anything to do with the sphere? 237 00:14:56,938 --> 00:14:59,055 What, a giant entity from our universe 238 00:14:59,148 --> 00:15:01,310 and a mycelial species from the network? 239 00:15:01,943 --> 00:15:04,356 They have as much in common as me and that grease monkey. 240 00:15:04,445 --> 00:15:06,402 I could fix that analogy with duct tape, too. 241 00:15:12,078 --> 00:15:14,158 I've isolated the communications system. 242 00:15:14,956 --> 00:15:17,039 Ready to reinitialize? 243 00:15:17,125 --> 00:15:19,037 Entering the reinitialization sequence. 244 00:15:19,877 --> 00:15:20,877 Now. 245 00:15:25,466 --> 00:15:27,002 Burnham to Bridge. 246 00:15:27,093 --> 00:15:29,973 The universal translator is back up and running ship-wide on all systems. 247 00:15:31,305 --> 00:15:34,469 Saru, what is going on? 248 00:15:34,976 --> 00:15:36,387 This is not just a cold. 249 00:15:38,771 --> 00:15:40,854 No. It is not. 250 00:15:48,072 --> 00:15:49,072 What's that hum? 251 00:15:49,949 --> 00:15:50,949 Get down! 252 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:02,993 There's more where that came from. We got a hundred giga-electron volts 253 00:16:03,087 --> 00:16:04,544 surging through the local relays. 254 00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:08,583 Computer's isolated the compartment in order to contain the damage. 255 00:16:08,676 --> 00:16:12,169 - We've still got our life support. - Yeah, but it could kill us. 256 00:16:12,263 --> 00:16:15,472 If our oxygen ignites, we'll cook like French fries. 257 00:16:15,558 --> 00:16:19,017 Well, we could divert the power to act like a lightning arrestor. 258 00:16:19,103 --> 00:16:21,390 We could use the door as a ground. 259 00:16:21,481 --> 00:16:24,690 And then the surge would dissipate through the frame of the ship. 260 00:16:25,234 --> 00:16:29,353 The question is, how do we conduct the surge from there to there? 261 00:16:29,447 --> 00:16:31,905 You know, a gas could once it ionizes. 262 00:16:31,991 --> 00:16:35,200 I infuse the spores with an argon-xenon mixture to slow decay. 263 00:16:35,620 --> 00:16:38,237 We could link up the canisters to contain the gas. 264 00:16:38,331 --> 00:16:41,870 - Our version of a lightning rod. - That's actually not a stupid idea. 265 00:16:41,959 --> 00:16:45,043 It's my version of the house dressing, but it saves your life. 266 00:16:46,380 --> 00:16:48,872 Bridge, what happened? Did the sphere fire on us? 267 00:16:48,966 --> 00:16:50,002 Negative. 268 00:16:50,092 --> 00:16:53,005 EPS conduits are overloading. Systems are going haywire. 269 00:16:53,095 --> 00:16:55,365 - The virus is spreading. - What is happening to the ship? 270 00:16:55,389 --> 00:16:59,008 - We have to get to the bridge. - No, no. We gotta get you to sickbay. 271 00:17:01,604 --> 00:17:02,685 Gas her up! 272 00:17:07,777 --> 00:17:10,895 - Gas transference at 100 percent. - You're gonna do that manually? 273 00:17:10,988 --> 00:17:13,196 Yeah, 'cause obviously, you're not. 274 00:17:13,699 --> 00:17:14,699 Flick the switch! 275 00:17:24,502 --> 00:17:25,418 Are you okay? 276 00:17:25,419 --> 00:17:28,628 I feel like I've been hit by lightning for the second time this week. 277 00:17:29,757 --> 00:17:30,757 Reno? 278 00:17:31,717 --> 00:17:33,925 Reno? Reno, are you all right? 279 00:17:34,345 --> 00:17:37,804 Weird dream. I was playing drums for Prince, 280 00:17:37,890 --> 00:17:40,098 and there were doves and a beret. 281 00:17:40,184 --> 00:17:41,720 Okey-doke. 282 00:17:43,980 --> 00:17:44,980 Wait. 283 00:17:45,398 --> 00:17:46,398 It's gone. 284 00:17:53,239 --> 00:17:54,239 Tilly! 285 00:17:55,116 --> 00:17:57,278 She won't let... She won't let go! 286 00:17:58,119 --> 00:17:59,235 She won't let go! 287 00:18:09,755 --> 00:18:10,755 What's happening to him? 288 00:18:12,383 --> 00:18:15,797 - I'm hoping Dr. Pollard can tell us. - Well, comms is down, 289 00:18:15,886 --> 00:18:18,344 so, I need to see what the situation is in sickbay anyway. 290 00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:22,050 Triage plasma burns on Level 1. Send non-critical to Sickbay 2. 291 00:18:22,143 --> 00:18:23,884 - Doctor? - Bring him here. 292 00:18:26,981 --> 00:18:29,314 Elevated heart rate, spiking adrenal levels, 293 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,016 increased neural activity. 294 00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:33,773 The pain would render the average humanoid unconscious. 295 00:18:36,032 --> 00:18:38,149 - What do we do about those? - Nothing. 296 00:18:38,576 --> 00:18:41,444 It is an effect of my condition. 297 00:18:45,666 --> 00:18:47,248 Ocular discomfort? 298 00:18:47,335 --> 00:18:51,500 No. Kelpiens can see far deeper into the light spectrum than humans. 299 00:18:51,589 --> 00:18:54,172 I keep seeing flashes of ultraviolet light. 300 00:18:54,258 --> 00:18:56,250 Invisible to you, but quite the opposite for me. 301 00:18:56,344 --> 00:18:58,176 Are these symptoms common among Kelpiens? 302 00:18:58,262 --> 00:18:59,423 This is pointless! 303 00:18:59,889 --> 00:19:02,848 And the ship is being further immobilized as we waste time. 304 00:19:02,933 --> 00:19:05,596 There's no reason to believe the sphere is benevolent. 305 00:19:05,686 --> 00:19:06,686 Now, please... 306 00:19:06,771 --> 00:19:09,388 Commander, Dr. Pollard is trying to help you. 307 00:19:13,819 --> 00:19:17,278 Yes. It is unique to my people. 308 00:19:18,449 --> 00:19:19,610 And it is terminal. 309 00:19:24,747 --> 00:19:25,783 Are you certain? 310 00:19:26,666 --> 00:19:29,033 I've never been more certain of anything in my life. 311 00:19:30,586 --> 00:19:32,418 When I awoke in discomfort this morning... 312 00:19:34,340 --> 00:19:37,504 I hoped it was just a passing cold. 313 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:40,593 But now I have to face the truth. 314 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,797 I do not understand why, 315 00:19:43,766 --> 00:19:47,225 but I am beginning to think the sphere is triggering 316 00:19:47,311 --> 00:19:50,850 the Kelpien biological process known as Vahar'ai. 317 00:19:52,608 --> 00:19:57,228 It is the event that signals when Kelpiens are ready 318 00:19:57,321 --> 00:20:01,986 to be culled for slaughter by the Ba'ul, 319 00:20:02,493 --> 00:20:05,782 the predator species on my homeworld of Kaminar. 320 00:20:05,871 --> 00:20:07,703 But there are no Ba'ul here. 321 00:20:07,790 --> 00:20:08,871 It does not matter. 322 00:20:10,334 --> 00:20:15,875 Kelpien ganglia only enflame in this manner as we near our end. 323 00:20:17,174 --> 00:20:20,542 I am a slave to my biology. 324 00:20:20,636 --> 00:20:22,377 We are not gonna let you die. 325 00:20:24,598 --> 00:20:27,887 There has to be something that we can do. 326 00:20:27,977 --> 00:20:29,218 There is not. 327 00:20:29,812 --> 00:20:34,182 Kelpiens undergoing Vahar'ai either die in the culling, 328 00:20:34,942 --> 00:20:39,733 or are driven to madness by the effects of Vahar'ai. 329 00:20:39,822 --> 00:20:43,532 Either way, death is inevitable. 330 00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:48,658 The mycelial entity has attached itself to Tilly. 331 00:20:48,748 --> 00:20:51,115 We're trying to free her. Engineering to Bridge. 332 00:20:52,042 --> 00:20:53,408 Engineering to Bridge, come in. 333 00:20:54,336 --> 00:20:56,376 - The comms are down. - Along with most of the ship. 334 00:21:00,593 --> 00:21:03,552 Don't feel bad. I know you have to keep me in quarantine. 335 00:21:05,473 --> 00:21:06,554 Or us. 336 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:08,966 I feel a little weird. 337 00:21:10,311 --> 00:21:13,600 I should... I should be terrified, but I'm not. 338 00:21:15,149 --> 00:21:16,731 May means me no harm. 339 00:21:17,485 --> 00:21:21,274 Are you able to see May again? How do you know this is benign? 340 00:21:21,363 --> 00:21:26,154 May was scary, and she was clingy, and she, like, never shut up, 341 00:21:26,952 --> 00:21:28,363 but she never hurt me. 342 00:21:29,497 --> 00:21:33,207 She said she had a plan for me. She said that I was her only chance. 343 00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:35,375 Did you ever think she was manipulating you? 344 00:21:35,461 --> 00:21:36,918 That's what she said you were doing. 345 00:21:37,004 --> 00:21:39,712 She said that you were trying to poison me against her. 346 00:21:39,799 --> 00:21:42,086 If that thing wasn't freaking me out, she is. 347 00:21:42,176 --> 00:21:45,260 The blob seems to be secreting a psilocybin hallucinogen 348 00:21:45,346 --> 00:21:48,384 - to influence her emotions. - So, you're saying she's on a bad trip? 349 00:21:48,808 --> 00:21:52,051 Or maybe it's trying to calm her down, so she won't be scared. 350 00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:53,806 Or so that she won't fight back. 351 00:21:59,652 --> 00:22:05,239 If Saru thinks that somehow the sphere triggered Vahar'ai, 352 00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:07,532 escaping its grip would stop what's happening to him. 353 00:22:08,118 --> 00:22:10,514 The problem is freeing ourselves before it destroys the ship. 354 00:22:10,538 --> 00:22:12,575 If it wanted to destroy us, why the slow attack? 355 00:22:13,123 --> 00:22:16,036 It's inefficient, right? It must need something. 356 00:22:16,126 --> 00:22:17,617 It's taking what it needs. 357 00:22:18,212 --> 00:22:21,171 Without the computer, all our primary systems begin to fail, 358 00:22:21,257 --> 00:22:22,338 including the warp core. 359 00:22:22,424 --> 00:22:25,132 The EPS grid's unstable, and it's cutting off entire sections, 360 00:22:25,219 --> 00:22:26,630 including Engineering. 361 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,840 Life support's down to 60 percent, but who's counting? 362 00:22:28,889 --> 00:22:31,973 It is not logical for a virus to kill its host. 363 00:22:32,059 --> 00:22:34,927 You're attaching a known medical diagnosis to an unknown entity. 364 00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:37,763 There may be a way to slow the virus. 365 00:22:38,315 --> 00:22:40,181 If we can analyze its properties, 366 00:22:40,818 --> 00:22:43,936 we may be able to develop digital antibodies. 367 00:22:44,029 --> 00:22:46,269 That could give us enough control to break the ship free. 368 00:22:46,323 --> 00:22:51,409 In theory. But it will be a slow process, like army ants eating a water buffalo. 369 00:22:51,495 --> 00:22:54,659 - I'm on it. Going to the science lab. - You will need my help. 370 00:22:54,748 --> 00:22:56,990 Saru, Burnham can handle this. 371 00:22:57,084 --> 00:22:59,417 There's no reason to risk your health any further. 372 00:22:59,503 --> 00:23:02,120 I am dying, captain. 373 00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:06,299 But I am most certainly not dead. 374 00:23:14,143 --> 00:23:17,261 The antibodies are slowing the virus' progress. 375 00:23:17,646 --> 00:23:20,730 Life support at 47 percent. 376 00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:26,569 You are wondering why I kept this from you. 377 00:23:31,702 --> 00:23:33,364 You don't have to bear it alone. 378 00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:39,165 How do I explain 379 00:23:40,169 --> 00:23:43,082 to the woman who has fought over and over 380 00:23:43,172 --> 00:23:45,915 for the right to take her next breath, 381 00:23:47,217 --> 00:23:50,836 that I come from a race that submits? 382 00:23:50,930 --> 00:23:52,216 I'm your friend. 383 00:23:55,351 --> 00:23:57,809 There will never be judgment between us. 384 00:23:57,895 --> 00:23:59,431 Well, to my shame... 385 00:24:00,731 --> 00:24:02,267 hiding is my nature. 386 00:24:06,403 --> 00:24:10,989 I have learned multiple languages, yet never shared my own, 387 00:24:11,659 --> 00:24:16,620 fearful of revealing my own alienness. 388 00:24:19,625 --> 00:24:22,493 May I request a favor? 389 00:24:22,586 --> 00:24:24,168 Of course. 390 00:24:25,506 --> 00:24:26,506 Anything. 391 00:24:26,590 --> 00:24:32,712 I have kept detailed personal logs since joining Starfleet. 392 00:24:32,805 --> 00:24:37,470 I would ask you to officially catalog them 393 00:24:37,559 --> 00:24:41,849 so that when the General Order 1 no longer applies to the Kelpiens... 394 00:24:43,649 --> 00:24:47,393 they will know a journey like mine is possible. 395 00:24:47,945 --> 00:24:49,686 It would be my privilege. 396 00:24:53,283 --> 00:24:55,616 Did you record your life before Starfleet? 397 00:24:56,286 --> 00:24:57,822 You might say my life began... 398 00:24:59,331 --> 00:25:02,324 when I was granted refugee status by the Federation. 399 00:25:03,168 --> 00:25:05,876 While being processed at Starbase 7... 400 00:25:08,132 --> 00:25:14,379 I saw for the first time life-forms from across the universe. 401 00:25:15,973 --> 00:25:17,464 Some with less than I had, 402 00:25:18,392 --> 00:25:23,262 yet with a dream of something better. 403 00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:27,272 I listened. 404 00:25:30,112 --> 00:25:31,944 Every story I heard... 405 00:25:33,657 --> 00:25:39,403 created a space inside me to feel more... 406 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,123 to love more. 407 00:25:45,335 --> 00:25:50,171 I joined Starfleet to help those in need... 408 00:25:51,842 --> 00:25:53,253 the way I was helped. 409 00:25:53,343 --> 00:25:54,459 You are... 410 00:25:55,471 --> 00:25:59,511 the most empathic soul I know. 411 00:26:03,187 --> 00:26:07,978 There was just one painful caveat to my signing up. 412 00:26:12,488 --> 00:26:15,606 - I could never return home. - Why? 413 00:26:19,203 --> 00:26:21,115 More flashes of ultraviolet light. 414 00:26:21,205 --> 00:26:25,495 They are growing in strength and frequency. 415 00:26:25,584 --> 00:26:27,667 - I'll get something from sickbay. - No, no. 416 00:26:29,296 --> 00:26:30,332 I will be fine. 417 00:26:30,923 --> 00:26:34,792 The captain asked you to return to the bridge as soon as possible. 418 00:26:36,095 --> 00:26:37,802 I can continue the work here. 419 00:26:38,639 --> 00:26:40,631 Spock is at maximum warp. 420 00:26:40,724 --> 00:26:42,511 If we're stuck here longer, we'll lose him. 421 00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:44,467 Reallocate power to long-range sensors. 422 00:26:44,561 --> 00:26:46,268 Don't lose contact with his shuttle. 423 00:26:46,355 --> 00:26:48,972 Even with sensors at max, we won't be able to track him for long. 424 00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:50,274 Contact Engineering. 425 00:26:50,275 --> 00:26:52,462 See if they can re-route impulse power to the deflector. 426 00:26:52,486 --> 00:26:56,025 If we can raise shields, we might disrupt the stasis field to break free. 427 00:26:56,115 --> 00:26:58,778 - If so, can we jump away? - Negative, sir. 428 00:26:58,867 --> 00:27:01,471 We don't have enough power to create the necessary hull cavitation. 429 00:27:01,495 --> 00:27:02,935 Comms are still down in Engineering. 430 00:27:02,996 --> 00:27:05,909 Security protocols also malfunctioning, locking off parts of the ship. 431 00:27:05,999 --> 00:27:07,365 How we doing, commander? 432 00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:10,167 Digital antibodies are doing their job, but progress is sluggish. 433 00:27:10,254 --> 00:27:11,620 I'm running out of options. 434 00:27:12,381 --> 00:27:15,340 If we lose Spock, we lose any chance of protecting him. 435 00:27:15,425 --> 00:27:17,132 Permission to go to Engineering. 436 00:27:17,219 --> 00:27:20,087 We can't talk to them here, but I can help them get power to shields. 437 00:27:20,180 --> 00:27:21,180 Permission granted. 438 00:27:31,525 --> 00:27:33,642 - What's wrong? - The doors won't open, 439 00:27:33,735 --> 00:27:35,567 and that thing reattached itself to Tilly. 440 00:27:35,654 --> 00:27:36,654 Can you detach it? 441 00:27:36,697 --> 00:27:38,984 I could cut it off. She wouldn't even lose a freckle. 442 00:27:39,074 --> 00:27:40,485 Bad idea. 443 00:27:40,576 --> 00:27:43,410 If it's a symbiote, removing it might kill her. 444 00:27:43,495 --> 00:27:45,031 Well, thanks for stopping by. 445 00:27:45,122 --> 00:27:47,517 I came to see if we can find a way to boost power to shields. 446 00:27:47,541 --> 00:27:50,625 With the systems fluctuating, this section is partitioned off. 447 00:27:50,711 --> 00:27:52,418 - We can't get to the warp core. - Michael! 448 00:27:59,261 --> 00:28:00,502 I'm really tired. 449 00:28:00,596 --> 00:28:01,596 What's happening? 450 00:28:01,638 --> 00:28:04,130 That blob is sending her in and out of consciousness. 451 00:28:04,224 --> 00:28:07,137 - Why is it doing that to her? - It's not like we can ask it. 452 00:28:09,646 --> 00:28:10,807 Actually, we can. 453 00:28:12,065 --> 00:28:13,772 This is a harmonic interface. 454 00:28:13,859 --> 00:28:16,818 It links my neurons to the mycelial network. 455 00:28:16,904 --> 00:28:20,443 With modification, it could link me to Tilly's central nervous system. 456 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:22,899 Let May speak using Tilly's mouth. 457 00:28:24,286 --> 00:28:26,403 - Wait, what did you say? - We're gonna talk to it. 458 00:28:26,496 --> 00:28:28,453 We need it to tell us what it wants. 459 00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:29,621 So do we. 460 00:28:30,834 --> 00:28:32,714 The sphere has been trying to tell us something, 461 00:28:32,753 --> 00:28:34,460 and we haven't been listening. 462 00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:36,208 - Well, damn, woman, go! - We got her. 463 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,634 Saru, could the sphere be trying to talk to us 464 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,679 using the virus as a way to make first contact? 465 00:28:55,025 --> 00:28:57,062 Yes, of course. I've been so blind. 466 00:29:00,364 --> 00:29:03,482 The ultraviolet wavelengths are repeating 467 00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:06,067 like letters would in a sentence. 468 00:29:06,495 --> 00:29:09,738 - Everywhere! - Saru, stop. You're hurting yourself. 469 00:29:09,831 --> 00:29:11,197 No, no. No. 470 00:29:11,792 --> 00:29:14,830 You called me an empathic soul, and it is true. 471 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,879 My ganglia respond to shifts in my environment 472 00:29:17,965 --> 00:29:19,422 like an early warning system. 473 00:29:19,508 --> 00:29:23,172 So, it is no coincidence that I started feeling sick 474 00:29:23,262 --> 00:29:26,926 just before the sphere engaged us. 475 00:29:27,015 --> 00:29:29,007 - Why would...? - I know what it is trying to say. 476 00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:31,514 Not first contact, Burnham. 477 00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:33,640 Last contact. 478 00:29:34,523 --> 00:29:36,936 I think it came to us to die. 479 00:29:45,826 --> 00:29:48,364 - May? - Still me. 480 00:29:48,453 --> 00:29:51,070 Signal's piss poor. We need to amplify it. 481 00:29:51,164 --> 00:29:52,200 Cortical implant. 482 00:29:53,083 --> 00:29:57,498 - You're talking about trepanation? - Drilling a hole in her skull, yeah. 483 00:29:57,587 --> 00:29:59,579 Are you gonna fix her up with duct tape after? 484 00:29:59,673 --> 00:30:02,962 - Maybe. - Commander, I think she's right. 485 00:30:05,304 --> 00:30:06,920 And I think you think that, too. 486 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:09,926 Then we do this together. 487 00:30:11,143 --> 00:30:14,682 This is all I had laying around. Tell me you have a laser scalpel. 488 00:30:14,771 --> 00:30:18,185 No. We're gonna do this old school. We need to sterilize that drill bit. 489 00:30:18,275 --> 00:30:19,686 First aid kit's over there. 490 00:30:27,701 --> 00:30:29,909 I was able to raise shields. We've gained some ground, 491 00:30:29,995 --> 00:30:31,861 but we're still being held by the stasis field. 492 00:30:31,955 --> 00:30:33,475 Power levels coming and going, captain. 493 00:30:33,540 --> 00:30:36,123 Security reports two dozen crew trapped below deck. 494 00:30:36,209 --> 00:30:37,245 Life support failing. 495 00:30:37,336 --> 00:30:40,170 I'm reading an energy buildup from inside the sphere. 496 00:30:40,255 --> 00:30:42,372 Spiking 10,000 degrees Kelvin and rising. 497 00:30:42,466 --> 00:30:45,504 - Is it powering up weapons? - Reading no identifiable weapons. 498 00:30:45,927 --> 00:30:48,761 But its internal temperature's now 20,000 degrees Kelvin. 499 00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:50,487 Divert all non-essential power to weapons. 500 00:30:50,557 --> 00:30:54,016 Lock on that thing's radial axis, prepare to fire photon torpedoes. 501 00:30:54,102 --> 00:30:57,516 - Aye, sir. Arming torpedoes. - Captain, hold your fire! 502 00:30:57,606 --> 00:30:59,814 I do not believe the sphere means us any harm. 503 00:30:59,900 --> 00:31:02,378 All evidence to the contrary. That thing's about to destroy us. 504 00:31:02,402 --> 00:31:05,486 It's not destroying us. It's trying to send us a message. 505 00:31:05,572 --> 00:31:07,529 We received it. I'm about to send our reply. 506 00:31:07,616 --> 00:31:11,781 Captain, what if Vahar'ai, my death process, 507 00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:14,954 was triggered because the sphere is also dying? 508 00:31:18,293 --> 00:31:20,034 You wanna run that by me again? 509 00:31:20,128 --> 00:31:25,089 We Kelpiens have a defining trait hardwired into our DNA. Empathy. 510 00:31:25,175 --> 00:31:27,918 I can feel the sphere reaching out. 511 00:31:28,011 --> 00:31:30,219 Trying to share something before it expires. 512 00:31:30,305 --> 00:31:35,141 Sir, I trust Saru's feelings implicitly. That sphere didn't come to attack us. 513 00:31:35,227 --> 00:31:38,971 Captain, I believe I have discerned its means of communication. 514 00:31:39,940 --> 00:31:44,310 - Detmer, status on Spock's shuttle? - Exits our sensor range in six minutes. 515 00:31:44,778 --> 00:31:47,378 Once we lose his warp signature, we won't be able to reacquire it. 516 00:31:47,406 --> 00:31:50,194 Set an intercept course. I want us hauling ass when we break free. 517 00:31:50,283 --> 00:31:51,201 Aye, sir. 518 00:31:51,202 --> 00:31:52,908 Keep talking and make it fast. 519 00:31:52,994 --> 00:31:56,783 What if the sphere was not attacking our universal translator, 520 00:31:56,873 --> 00:31:59,741 but attempting to teach us its language? 521 00:32:00,168 --> 00:32:01,875 Because it wants to be remembered, 522 00:32:01,962 --> 00:32:05,546 and to preserve its history using Discovery. 523 00:32:05,632 --> 00:32:08,716 But it cannot unless we power down and let it in. 524 00:32:08,802 --> 00:32:12,011 That thing snatched us out of warp and almost gutted this ship. 525 00:32:12,097 --> 00:32:14,965 What if we lower shields, and that's what it needs to end us? 526 00:32:17,936 --> 00:32:21,475 Computer, adjust viewscreen display to ultraviolet. 527 00:32:23,066 --> 00:32:26,525 That is the light pattern I have been seeing everywhere, 528 00:32:26,611 --> 00:32:28,568 repeating again and again, 529 00:32:28,655 --> 00:32:31,193 generated by the sphere's virus. 530 00:32:31,825 --> 00:32:35,614 Computer, run the light pattern through the universal translator. 531 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,743 Captain, I believe we are looking at a multitude of languages 532 00:32:39,833 --> 00:32:45,579 so advanced and knowledge so vast, that it simply overloaded our system. 533 00:32:45,672 --> 00:32:48,085 The sphere is 100,000 years old. 534 00:32:48,550 --> 00:32:51,338 Imagine what it knows, what it's seen. 535 00:32:51,761 --> 00:32:54,281 Captain, this falls under Discovery's original mission statement 536 00:32:54,306 --> 00:32:55,672 as a science vessel. 537 00:33:09,654 --> 00:33:12,567 Well, I'll be, an amplified cortical implant. 538 00:33:20,582 --> 00:33:21,582 Hey, kiddo. 539 00:33:23,543 --> 00:33:26,661 - What's your favorite song? - What? 540 00:33:27,088 --> 00:33:29,876 Your favorite song. Sing it for me. 541 00:33:34,429 --> 00:33:38,639 Though I'm past One hundred thousand miles 542 00:33:38,725 --> 00:33:43,015 - I'm feeling very still - I'm feeling very still 543 00:33:44,147 --> 00:33:49,859 And I think my spaceship knows Which way to go 544 00:33:51,071 --> 00:33:56,738 - Tell my wife I love her very much - She knows 545 00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:20,051 May? 546 00:34:22,686 --> 00:34:26,270 You wanted to talk to me? Here I am. 547 00:34:26,773 --> 00:34:28,935 What do you want? Who are you? 548 00:34:29,776 --> 00:34:32,063 I'm from a species known as the JahSepp. 549 00:34:32,153 --> 00:34:35,237 We lived harmoniously until an alien intruder 550 00:34:35,323 --> 00:34:37,440 began to arrive at random intervals, 551 00:34:38,660 --> 00:34:41,118 ravaging our ecosystem irreparably. 552 00:34:41,204 --> 00:34:42,445 So you came for help 553 00:34:42,539 --> 00:34:45,657 to rid your species of a destructive alien presence? 554 00:34:45,750 --> 00:34:47,787 You are the destructive alien presence. 555 00:34:48,878 --> 00:34:51,370 The jumps? 556 00:34:54,134 --> 00:34:55,716 Discovery's jumps? 557 00:34:56,636 --> 00:35:00,255 I broke through the confines of the network to reach you at great risk. 558 00:35:00,348 --> 00:35:04,262 Risk? You infected my friend. You don't belong inside of her. 559 00:35:04,352 --> 00:35:06,352 You fly from within the cube. I couldn't reach you. 560 00:35:06,396 --> 00:35:08,513 In Tilly, I found the memory of May Ahearn, 561 00:35:08,607 --> 00:35:11,566 someone I knew she'd be sympathetic to if given a second chance. 562 00:35:11,651 --> 00:35:13,984 Once she trusted May, I planned to persuade her 563 00:35:14,070 --> 00:35:15,606 to deliver my message to you. 564 00:35:15,697 --> 00:35:18,405 Well, I can only ask for your forgiveness. 565 00:35:19,409 --> 00:35:20,409 I knew better. 566 00:35:21,244 --> 00:35:22,244 I know better. 567 00:35:22,746 --> 00:35:25,033 I'll do whatever it takes to fix this. 568 00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:27,911 - All I ask is that you let Tilly go. - I can't. 569 00:35:28,335 --> 00:35:29,951 I have other plans for her. 570 00:35:32,380 --> 00:35:33,416 Wrong. 571 00:35:35,425 --> 00:35:37,417 - No! - No! 572 00:35:37,510 --> 00:35:38,626 Tilly! 573 00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:41,424 The sphere's temperature 574 00:35:41,514 --> 00:35:43,634 is approaching ten to the 6th power Kelvin and rising. 575 00:35:43,683 --> 00:35:45,595 Our weapons will just disintegrate in that heat. 576 00:35:45,685 --> 00:35:48,849 - Solar temperatures. - A sign of core collapse. 577 00:35:48,938 --> 00:35:52,978 Captain, if we are correct, once the transmission is complete, 578 00:35:53,068 --> 00:35:56,607 the sphere can die knowing that it will live on after it is gone. 579 00:35:56,696 --> 00:36:01,157 We can choose to fulfill our part in its destiny, 580 00:36:01,242 --> 00:36:04,485 or simply let it fade away, unremembered. 581 00:36:05,747 --> 00:36:07,989 Spock's shuttle is almost out of sensor range, sir. 582 00:36:10,710 --> 00:36:11,951 Prepare to lower shields. 583 00:36:14,089 --> 00:36:16,172 If this goes south, overload the warp core 584 00:36:16,257 --> 00:36:18,214 and eject it at the sphere on my command. 585 00:36:18,301 --> 00:36:20,421 Even at half the distance, the blast will decimate it. 586 00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:22,803 When it lets go, we divert all power to shields 587 00:36:22,889 --> 00:36:24,596 and ride the shockwave to a safe distance. 588 00:36:24,683 --> 00:36:26,970 Assuming it doesn't vaporize us first. 589 00:36:27,060 --> 00:36:29,268 If there's even half a chance you're correct, 590 00:36:29,354 --> 00:36:33,519 I'm bound by my oath and conscience not to let it vanish forever. 591 00:36:33,608 --> 00:36:36,271 Commanders, take your stations. I'll follow your lead. 592 00:36:37,987 --> 00:36:40,604 Lieutenant Detmer, lower shields. 593 00:36:41,241 --> 00:36:43,198 Aye, sir. Shields down. 594 00:36:50,458 --> 00:36:52,120 Bryce, all channels open. 595 00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:56,079 Owosekun, divert all computing resources to Communications. 596 00:36:56,172 --> 00:36:58,539 Yes, commander. Here goes nothing. 597 00:37:11,062 --> 00:37:12,394 Transmission is downloading. 598 00:37:13,148 --> 00:37:16,016 Our library computers are processing at 20 percent above maximum. 599 00:37:16,109 --> 00:37:18,943 - Whatever it says, we're getting it all. - How long until it blows? 600 00:37:19,028 --> 00:37:21,771 Seconds. Power and energy levels are off the chart. 601 00:37:21,865 --> 00:37:23,585 Detmer, can you put enough distance in time? 602 00:37:23,616 --> 00:37:25,858 Negative. We're still being locked by the stasis field. 603 00:37:25,952 --> 00:37:28,097 - Transmission complete. - Detmer, eject the warp core. 604 00:37:28,121 --> 00:37:30,784 - Computer controls not responding. - Ignition confirmed. 605 00:37:30,874 --> 00:37:32,331 Hard astern, full impulse now! 606 00:37:42,886 --> 00:37:44,627 It is so beautiful. 607 00:37:44,721 --> 00:37:47,885 The light is almost like music. 608 00:37:47,974 --> 00:37:50,637 Yes. It is. 609 00:37:51,186 --> 00:37:53,849 I'm at a loss as to how we're still alive to see it. 610 00:37:56,232 --> 00:37:58,975 The sphere's stasis field reversed polarity a nanosecond 611 00:37:59,068 --> 00:38:02,482 before detonation... and pushed us clear. 612 00:38:04,824 --> 00:38:06,531 Its final act was to save us... 613 00:38:07,786 --> 00:38:09,152 so we could tell its story. 614 00:38:15,752 --> 00:38:16,959 Hand me the damn torch. 615 00:38:30,892 --> 00:38:33,555 Tilly, breathe. Breathe, Tilly, breathe. 616 00:38:33,645 --> 00:38:35,637 Breathe, breathe. Slow it down. 617 00:38:36,189 --> 00:38:38,272 Come here. Come on. You're okay. 618 00:38:38,358 --> 00:38:39,439 You're still you. 619 00:38:41,736 --> 00:38:42,736 Slow. 620 00:38:45,114 --> 00:38:47,731 Stamets to Burnham, we got Tilly. She's okay. 621 00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:06,876 Now it is my turn. 622 00:39:07,512 --> 00:39:09,469 Take me to my quarters, please. 623 00:39:45,717 --> 00:39:47,959 I left home with a handful of seeds. 624 00:39:51,014 --> 00:39:52,425 Is this from your homeworld? 625 00:39:53,725 --> 00:39:58,436 It is the blossom that marks the passing of seasons on Kaminar. 626 00:40:01,649 --> 00:40:04,938 Somewhere along the way, I lost who I was. 627 00:40:05,612 --> 00:40:11,074 So focused on being the best Kelpien in Starfleet, 628 00:40:11,659 --> 00:40:16,370 defined by my rank and uniform. 629 00:40:19,125 --> 00:40:20,707 Until that is all I became. 630 00:40:26,132 --> 00:40:29,671 You are wrong. Look at what you've achieved. 631 00:40:30,345 --> 00:40:33,179 You found yourself among the stars. 632 00:40:33,264 --> 00:40:35,176 You found your bravery. 633 00:40:37,268 --> 00:40:38,679 Your strength. 634 00:40:39,479 --> 00:40:41,311 You saved so many lives, Saru. 635 00:40:43,399 --> 00:40:44,435 Including mine. 636 00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:58,080 It is time. 637 00:41:03,169 --> 00:41:06,913 In that first drawer, you will find a Kelpien knife. 638 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:11,299 A keepsake I use to prune my flowers. 639 00:41:25,775 --> 00:41:27,107 I need you... 640 00:41:29,278 --> 00:41:32,646 to sever my ganglia and end my suffering. 641 00:41:33,574 --> 00:41:39,286 I need your help, so that I can die now peacefully... 642 00:41:40,540 --> 00:41:43,954 before the pain and madness overtakes me. 643 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:55,928 Thank you, Michael. 644 00:42:10,528 --> 00:42:12,235 Do we have to do this? 645 00:42:13,948 --> 00:42:15,940 Is it truly inevitable? 646 00:42:16,701 --> 00:42:18,408 I am sorry. 647 00:42:22,498 --> 00:42:24,410 I know how hard this is for you. 648 00:42:26,627 --> 00:42:28,835 How many people you've already lost. 649 00:42:33,051 --> 00:42:34,587 I would do it myself... 650 00:42:37,180 --> 00:42:38,216 but I am too weak. 651 00:42:47,482 --> 00:42:48,643 After all this time... 652 00:42:51,778 --> 00:42:55,442 after everything that we have been through together... 653 00:42:57,992 --> 00:43:02,703 I realize now that you are my family, Saru. 654 00:43:05,583 --> 00:43:06,869 I feel the same... 655 00:43:09,545 --> 00:43:10,545 about you. 656 00:43:11,714 --> 00:43:13,797 You are the only one who knows me. 657 00:43:15,927 --> 00:43:18,294 You replaced the sister I had on Kaminar. 658 00:43:20,890 --> 00:43:21,890 Siranna. 659 00:43:24,811 --> 00:43:27,019 That knife was hers. 660 00:43:29,524 --> 00:43:33,734 I left her without so much as a goodbye. 661 00:43:35,446 --> 00:43:38,109 You promise me 662 00:43:38,574 --> 00:43:44,036 no matter how frightening or painful it may be, promise me... 663 00:43:45,623 --> 00:43:50,163 you will mend your relationship with Spock. 664 00:43:51,587 --> 00:43:55,171 If you and I could build this type of bond, 665 00:43:55,258 --> 00:43:56,965 I am certain you can do the same with him. 666 00:43:58,761 --> 00:43:59,761 Please? 667 00:44:01,722 --> 00:44:02,963 I promise. 668 00:44:08,813 --> 00:44:10,679 Goodbye, Michael. 669 00:44:16,154 --> 00:44:17,736 I love you, Saru. 670 00:44:26,414 --> 00:44:29,077 Michael, what is wrong? 671 00:44:29,709 --> 00:44:32,201 I barely touched it. 672 00:44:33,004 --> 00:44:34,495 They fell out on their own. 673 00:44:44,390 --> 00:44:47,258 I... I don't understand. 674 00:44:48,144 --> 00:44:49,144 I should be... 675 00:44:54,192 --> 00:44:57,276 Your vital signs have returned to normal. How are you feeling? 676 00:44:57,778 --> 00:45:00,566 I have never felt this way before. 677 00:45:00,656 --> 00:45:04,525 Fear has always been the governing principle of my life. 678 00:45:05,578 --> 00:45:06,578 But now... 679 00:45:07,997 --> 00:45:09,659 it is gone. 680 00:45:10,416 --> 00:45:15,332 More than that, I feel... power. 681 00:45:16,214 --> 00:45:18,627 My own power. 682 00:45:20,509 --> 00:45:23,843 Well, consider yourself certified for duty, commander. 683 00:45:29,101 --> 00:45:31,889 Despite speaking 94 languages... 684 00:45:34,106 --> 00:45:37,565 there are times when words are not enough. 685 00:45:45,493 --> 00:45:47,951 Initial reports are coming in from the science teams. 686 00:45:50,873 --> 00:45:53,456 The sphere didn't just give us its language. 687 00:45:53,542 --> 00:45:57,035 We have recorded everything it has seen and experienced 688 00:45:57,129 --> 00:45:59,121 the last 100,000 years. 689 00:45:59,215 --> 00:46:00,376 Its legacy. 690 00:46:01,384 --> 00:46:04,468 And your legacy has a new chapter. 691 00:46:06,055 --> 00:46:09,219 A new and deeply troubling one. 692 00:46:12,687 --> 00:46:16,806 The Kelpien way of life has always been oriented toward death, 693 00:46:17,233 --> 00:46:18,940 and the role the Ba'ul play in it. 694 00:46:19,610 --> 00:46:22,603 My people call it the Great Balance. 695 00:46:23,656 --> 00:46:26,774 It is our central organizing truth. 696 00:46:26,867 --> 00:46:29,610 - But you proved it wrong. - Precisely. 697 00:46:30,121 --> 00:46:33,580 And you asked me before why I could not go home. 698 00:46:34,333 --> 00:46:38,828 It is because I made a promise to Captain Georgiou 699 00:46:39,505 --> 00:46:41,167 to uphold General Order 1, 700 00:46:41,882 --> 00:46:44,716 not to interfere with the destiny of my species. 701 00:46:46,887 --> 00:46:47,887 But now... 702 00:46:49,056 --> 00:46:52,800 knowing that what my people have accepted as the truth 703 00:46:53,769 --> 00:46:55,385 is a lie... 704 00:46:58,441 --> 00:46:59,807 what does this mean for us? 705 00:47:01,485 --> 00:47:05,069 For my species? My planet? 706 00:47:11,245 --> 00:47:13,908 The war between the quaternary star systems 707 00:47:13,998 --> 00:47:16,866 and the Roquar'ri Imperium lasted a solar... 708 00:47:19,295 --> 00:47:22,129 - From the sphere? - The computer's translation. 709 00:47:22,214 --> 00:47:24,422 It's like we found our galaxy's Dead Sea Scrolls. 710 00:47:24,508 --> 00:47:27,296 Federation scientists will be studying this for centuries. 711 00:47:27,386 --> 00:47:28,718 Thanks to you and Saru. 712 00:47:31,349 --> 00:47:32,556 I hope it was worth the cost. 713 00:47:33,934 --> 00:47:35,391 Cost us nothing, sir. 714 00:47:36,103 --> 00:47:38,265 I combed through the sphere's sensor records 715 00:47:38,356 --> 00:47:41,099 and found the last thing that it saw. Spock's shuttle. 716 00:47:41,692 --> 00:47:43,649 I was able to track it beyond our sensor range. 717 00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:47,942 Conn, Commander Burnham is sending you 718 00:47:48,032 --> 00:47:49,523 the coordinates of Spock's shuttle. 719 00:47:49,617 --> 00:47:51,324 Plot a course and don't spare the horses. 720 00:47:51,410 --> 00:47:52,776 Aye, sir. 721 00:47:56,374 --> 00:47:57,374 From now on... 722 00:47:59,335 --> 00:48:03,750 I'll work to keep you clear about whatever happens with your brother. 723 00:48:03,839 --> 00:48:06,297 Thank you, captain, but I have had a change of heart. 724 00:48:08,010 --> 00:48:09,251 I can't abandon him. 725 00:48:10,513 --> 00:48:12,095 No matter the mistakes that I've made, 726 00:48:12,181 --> 00:48:14,621 I need my brother to know that I will always be there for him. 727 00:48:15,810 --> 00:48:16,810 No matter what. 728 00:48:22,775 --> 00:48:26,018 We need to close the door to the network forever. 729 00:48:26,654 --> 00:48:29,567 Just making final calculations. 730 00:48:29,990 --> 00:48:32,778 Hi. Hello? Hi. Hello? It's me! 731 00:48:34,995 --> 00:48:36,156 Did you see that? 732 00:48:36,247 --> 00:48:37,738 - See what? - May. 733 00:48:38,541 --> 00:48:40,453 She was there, and then she was gone. 734 00:48:40,543 --> 00:48:41,659 Oh... 735 00:48:43,087 --> 00:48:46,580 You might still be coming down off your hallucinogen. 736 00:48:46,674 --> 00:48:47,881 No, I swear. I swear. 737 00:48:47,967 --> 00:48:51,131 Yeah. Well, it's natural to be paranoid in your condition. 738 00:48:51,220 --> 00:48:52,980 Something's not right. Something's not right. 739 00:48:53,347 --> 00:48:54,463 Hello? 740 00:48:54,557 --> 00:48:56,640 Tilly! Tilly! Hello? 741 00:48:58,727 --> 00:49:02,516 Wow, have you always been a superior being? 742 00:49:03,023 --> 00:49:04,434 Hello? 743 00:49:04,525 --> 00:49:06,016 Because... 744 00:49:07,361 --> 00:49:08,772 the harmonics in your aura... 745 00:49:08,863 --> 00:49:13,733 You know, I was thinking the exact same thing about your aura. 746 00:49:13,826 --> 00:49:16,614 What's that dust on your face? 747 00:49:16,704 --> 00:49:18,115 It's on yours, too. 748 00:49:19,790 --> 00:49:21,702 - That tastes like... - Psilocybin? 749 00:49:21,792 --> 00:49:23,078 Psilocybin. 750 00:49:23,169 --> 00:49:25,126 It dosed us. Dosed us. 751 00:49:25,212 --> 00:49:27,124 Slap me really hard. 752 00:49:29,049 --> 00:49:30,165 Why did I do that? 753 00:49:30,259 --> 00:49:32,342 To get me focused enough to find the med kit. 754 00:49:32,428 --> 00:49:36,012 I need to hit us both with a shot of impedrizine, so we can come down. 755 00:49:39,143 --> 00:49:40,475 Now I need to give one to Tilly. 756 00:49:41,479 --> 00:49:43,186 Wait a minute, where is she? 757 00:49:44,106 --> 00:49:45,106 Tilly? 758 00:49:47,318 --> 00:49:48,399 Wait. 759 00:49:49,111 --> 00:49:52,070 Oh, my God, it took her. No, no, no! 760 00:49:54,992 --> 00:49:56,073 Tilly? 761 00:49:57,953 --> 00:49:59,160 No!