1 00:00:01,835 --> 00:00:05,539 * * 2 00:00:19,153 --> 00:00:21,522 Previously on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds... 3 00:00:21,622 --> 00:00:23,291 I saw my own death, Spock. 4 00:00:23,357 --> 00:00:25,959 I know exactly how and when my life ends. 5 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:28,295 CHAPEL: The Gorn will hatch from her body in less than a day. 6 00:00:28,296 --> 00:00:30,897 SPOCK: The incubation has severely altered her biochemistry. 7 00:00:30,898 --> 00:00:32,408 GAMBLE: With Spock's brain, 8 00:00:32,409 --> 00:00:34,701 M'Benga's research, and Chapel's genetic expertise. 9 00:00:34,702 --> 00:00:38,372 - (screeching) - (Spock and Batel screaming) 10 00:00:38,373 --> 00:00:40,107 - (Chapel grunts) - BATEL: I saw something. 11 00:00:40,108 --> 00:00:41,209 SPOCK: Yes. 12 00:00:41,342 --> 00:00:43,244 It felt both a part of you and not. 13 00:00:43,344 --> 00:00:45,154 M'BENGA: Nurse Chapel and Dr. Korby 14 00:00:45,246 --> 00:00:46,506 are about to make history. 15 00:00:46,507 --> 00:00:47,980 The landing party's meeting soon. 16 00:00:47,981 --> 00:00:50,118 - On Vadia Nine? - You've earned it. 17 00:00:50,551 --> 00:00:52,320 CHAPEL: Let's go dig up the past. 18 00:00:52,386 --> 00:00:54,555 KORBY: There is indeed some form 19 00:00:54,655 --> 00:00:57,391 of advanced technology hiding beneath us. 20 00:00:58,226 --> 00:00:59,560 CHAPEL: Wow. 21 00:01:00,994 --> 00:01:04,098 PELIA: There is evil in this universe. 22 00:01:04,099 --> 00:01:06,999 - CHAPEL: Gamble! - (screams) 23 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,750 He wasn't ready for away missions. 24 00:01:08,751 --> 00:01:10,903 You know more than most, we can't protect everyone. 25 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:12,406 - (gasps) - (bones snap) 26 00:01:12,407 --> 00:01:15,175 KORBY: Spock found life-forms trapped inside orbs. 27 00:01:15,176 --> 00:01:16,844 UHURA: Unwelcome guests. 28 00:01:16,944 --> 00:01:19,114 LA'AN: "Here stands the Beholder, sentry 29 00:01:19,213 --> 00:01:20,614 of eternal bridges." 30 00:01:20,615 --> 00:01:22,682 CHAPEL: This thing has a life sign reading. 31 00:01:22,683 --> 00:01:25,118 LA'AN: What if this place isn't a palace or a lab? 32 00:01:25,119 --> 00:01:26,220 What if it's a prison? 33 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:28,922 (speaking alien language) 34 00:01:29,022 --> 00:01:30,324 Captain? 35 00:01:30,325 --> 00:01:31,658 BATEL: I don't know what happened in there. 36 00:01:31,659 --> 00:01:34,695 (grunting) 37 00:01:35,796 --> 00:01:37,431 I had this overwhelming desire 38 00:01:37,565 --> 00:01:38,832 to kill. 39 00:01:38,833 --> 00:01:40,700 Whatever it is, we'll figure it out. 40 00:01:40,701 --> 00:01:44,605 You couldn't kill your favorite ensign now, could you? 41 00:01:45,373 --> 00:01:46,607 - (grunts) - No! 42 00:01:46,707 --> 00:01:48,276 (guttural sigh) 43 00:01:49,343 --> 00:01:52,713 PELIA: If any of those things ever escaped, 44 00:01:52,813 --> 00:01:55,383 God help us all. 45 00:02:03,591 --> 00:02:07,728 PIKE: Captain's personal log. Stardate 3165.2. 46 00:02:07,729 --> 00:02:10,797 After exhaustive evaluation, Captain Batel has been cleared 47 00:02:10,798 --> 00:02:12,932 to return to active duty as the new director 48 00:02:12,933 --> 00:02:15,523 of the Starfleet Judge Advocate General's Office. 49 00:02:15,524 --> 00:02:17,970 While we knew she couldn't stay on Enterprise forever, 50 00:02:17,971 --> 00:02:20,608 it doesn't make saying goodbye any easier. 51 00:02:20,674 --> 00:02:21,975 - Welcome back. - (sighs) 52 00:02:22,075 --> 00:02:25,078 - How did it feel? - Amazing but tiring. 53 00:02:25,079 --> 00:02:27,146 I'm exhausted from all the bureaucratic banter. 54 00:02:27,147 --> 00:02:29,582 Mm. They're really putting you through the wringer, huh? 55 00:02:29,583 --> 00:02:31,118 The meetings are endless. 56 00:02:31,185 --> 00:02:33,955 Tell me, when did Starfleet start cloning officials? 57 00:02:34,054 --> 00:02:35,389 What can I do to help? 58 00:02:35,390 --> 00:02:37,490 Take me to your cabin, where we can disappear, 59 00:02:37,491 --> 00:02:39,927 just you and me, for the next 72 hours. 60 00:02:40,027 --> 00:02:41,662 Mm. 61 00:02:41,762 --> 00:02:43,364 What? 62 00:02:44,665 --> 00:02:46,367 What did you do? What did you do? 63 00:02:47,668 --> 00:02:50,378 UNA: It sure won't be the same here without you, Marie. 64 00:02:50,471 --> 00:02:51,772 You were only gone a week, 65 00:02:51,839 --> 00:02:54,308 and Chris hardly knew what to do with himself. 66 00:02:54,375 --> 00:02:58,178 He actually jumped back into test pilot drills, voluntarily. 67 00:02:58,179 --> 00:03:00,480 I heard him mutter something about yoga the other day? 68 00:03:00,481 --> 00:03:03,384 Okay, all right, laugh all you want, 69 00:03:03,385 --> 00:03:05,252 but yoga will take down the best of men. 70 00:03:05,253 --> 00:03:08,055 But truly, you seem well. 71 00:03:08,155 --> 00:03:10,724 I am. Thanks to all of you. 72 00:03:11,392 --> 00:03:12,993 (door chimes) 73 00:03:14,295 --> 00:03:17,130 You- Oh, wow. 74 00:03:17,197 --> 00:03:20,368 So, uh, first Captain's Table? 75 00:03:20,369 --> 00:03:22,369 - Well, how did you...? - PELIA: Looking sharp, 76 00:03:22,370 --> 00:03:24,137 Mr. Scott. 77 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:25,439 (laughter) 78 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:26,906 I thought you said this was a formal affair. 79 00:03:26,907 --> 00:03:28,175 It is, it is. 80 00:03:28,242 --> 00:03:29,543 - For you. - (chuckles) 81 00:03:29,677 --> 00:03:30,811 Oh... 82 00:03:30,878 --> 00:03:33,514 (laughter) 83 00:03:33,515 --> 00:03:35,014 BATEL: I'm just glad Enterprise 84 00:03:35,015 --> 00:03:36,383 was able to be my ride back to Earth. 85 00:03:36,384 --> 00:03:37,950 And I'm glad we all get to be there 86 00:03:37,951 --> 00:03:40,220 - for your promotion ceremony. - Cheers. 87 00:03:40,221 --> 00:03:42,389 Additionally, we will take the opportunity 88 00:03:42,390 --> 00:03:43,991 to run ship-wide diagnostics. 89 00:03:43,992 --> 00:03:45,692 Enterprise has had a challenging few months. 90 00:03:45,693 --> 00:03:47,795 That is an understatement. 91 00:03:47,796 --> 00:03:49,896 PELIA: Oh, challenging schmallenging. 92 00:03:49,897 --> 00:03:53,267 Remind me to tell you about the time 93 00:03:53,401 --> 00:03:55,836 I spent with a time-tra- 94 00:03:55,903 --> 00:03:58,906 traveling doctor I once knew. 95 00:03:58,907 --> 00:04:01,708 CHAPEL: Uh, Captain, it's, it's wonderful to see you again, 96 00:04:01,709 --> 00:04:03,610 but I've got an incoming communication 97 00:04:03,611 --> 00:04:05,244 that should be landing any moment, so... 98 00:04:05,245 --> 00:04:07,948 - How is Dr. Korby these days? - LA'AN: Far. 99 00:04:08,081 --> 00:04:12,520 He's on an expedition in the Ba-Dates system. 100 00:04:12,620 --> 00:04:14,087 Cali-Katchna. 101 00:04:14,088 --> 00:04:16,356 I'm sorry, what did you say? 102 00:04:16,357 --> 00:04:17,690 SPOCK: The phrase the Vezda spoke 103 00:04:17,691 --> 00:04:19,026 to you- "Cali-Katchna." 104 00:04:19,027 --> 00:04:20,393 CHAPEL: Yeah, it turns out 105 00:04:20,394 --> 00:04:22,028 it's phonetically almost identical 106 00:04:22,029 --> 00:04:24,932 to the name of the city on Skygowan, where Roger is. 107 00:04:25,032 --> 00:04:28,369 Followed a lead there, he's been ingratiating himself 108 00:04:28,469 --> 00:04:30,003 with a local high cleric. 109 00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:32,573 SPOCK: Do you think that is a coincidence? 110 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,175 (sighs) I don't remember hearing it at all. 111 00:04:36,310 --> 00:04:37,645 Uh, in any case, 112 00:04:37,646 --> 00:04:39,346 I hope Roger finds what he's looking for soon. 113 00:04:39,347 --> 00:04:41,782 I know how hard long distance can be. 114 00:04:41,915 --> 00:04:45,486 It is, but it can be done. 115 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:47,488 (chuckles softly) 116 00:04:50,458 --> 00:04:52,292 * * 117 00:05:03,811 --> 00:05:08,708 KORBY: I wish you could see this place, Christine. 118 00:05:08,709 --> 00:05:10,243 A beautiful city, full of life. 119 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:12,300 And a whole culture built on the belief 120 00:05:12,346 --> 00:05:15,449 that the Vezda were gods. If only they knew. 121 00:05:15,549 --> 00:05:18,652 Their spiritual high chambers float above the city. 122 00:05:18,653 --> 00:05:20,086 From the guarded entrance, 123 00:05:20,087 --> 00:05:22,623 you transport up to the higher level. 124 00:05:22,624 --> 00:05:24,323 It's taken me weeks to build their trust. 125 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:26,292 But today the local high cleric Zeperez 126 00:05:26,293 --> 00:05:29,329 has agreed to take me up. 127 00:05:29,330 --> 00:05:31,063 Hopefully, he can help us understand 128 00:05:31,064 --> 00:05:32,966 what we encountered on Vadia Nine. 129 00:05:33,066 --> 00:05:38,171 Maybe even clues about the Vezda's so-called immortality. 130 00:05:38,172 --> 00:05:39,372 SCOTTY: We'll have to shut down 131 00:05:39,373 --> 00:05:40,641 the medical transporter 132 00:05:40,741 --> 00:05:42,843 before the diagnostics sweep. 133 00:05:42,943 --> 00:05:44,412 Buffer and all. 134 00:05:45,178 --> 00:05:47,347 We just did a purge a few months after that... 135 00:05:47,481 --> 00:05:48,982 Well, as Pelia would say, 136 00:05:49,082 --> 00:05:51,585 "We sent that Vezda demon back to hell." 137 00:05:51,685 --> 00:05:54,688 CHAPEL: Would Pelia ever say that like a vampire? 138 00:05:55,489 --> 00:05:58,392 Well, she would sometimes. 139 00:05:58,492 --> 00:06:00,027 (PADD beeps) 140 00:06:00,127 --> 00:06:01,529 Odd. 141 00:06:01,629 --> 00:06:03,030 - What? - Uh... 142 00:06:03,130 --> 00:06:06,800 Residual pattern geometries, wee bitty ones. 143 00:06:06,900 --> 00:06:09,202 Hardly there at all, but there they are. 144 00:06:10,538 --> 00:06:12,139 Check the logs. 145 00:06:14,642 --> 00:06:16,977 ABNA: Zeperez is promised to us. 146 00:06:18,045 --> 00:06:21,882 He has come to deliver us to the gods. 147 00:06:23,457 --> 00:06:27,487 Could someone have used the medical transporter 148 00:06:27,488 --> 00:06:28,656 without you knowing? 149 00:06:30,824 --> 00:06:33,761 - (beeps negatively) - Access is DNA-locked. 150 00:06:35,963 --> 00:06:40,300 Guys, there's a pattern here, it's... it's human. 151 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,202 It's been broken in pieces. 152 00:06:42,203 --> 00:06:45,404 SCOTTY: Aye, seems to have been rebuilt from emergency backups. 153 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:48,942 Let's see if we can get the pieces to cohere. 154 00:06:50,077 --> 00:06:52,713 - Oh, my... - M'BENGA: Scotty? 155 00:06:52,780 --> 00:06:54,482 Whose pattern was rebuilt? 156 00:06:54,701 --> 00:06:57,784 SCOTTY: Ensign Gamble's pattern. 157 00:06:57,785 --> 00:06:59,119 And it's left the ship. 158 00:06:59,252 --> 00:07:02,155 But where did it go? 159 00:07:03,957 --> 00:07:06,594 If it isn't Dr. Korby. 160 00:07:06,727 --> 00:07:10,430 The man who wants to live forever. 161 00:07:10,531 --> 00:07:13,701 Well, you've come to the right place. 162 00:07:21,408 --> 00:07:23,310 PIKE: Space. 163 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:26,680 The final frontier. 164 00:07:28,281 --> 00:07:32,019 These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. 165 00:07:33,253 --> 00:07:36,023 Its five-year mission: 166 00:07:36,123 --> 00:07:39,527 to explore strange new worlds... 167 00:07:41,328 --> 00:07:43,764 ...to seek out new life 168 00:07:43,831 --> 00:07:46,567 and new civilizations... 169 00:07:47,334 --> 00:07:51,471 ...to boldly go where no one has gone before. 170 00:07:51,605 --> 00:07:54,341 * 171 00:08:12,926 --> 00:08:15,062 * * 172 00:08:40,988 --> 00:08:43,223 * 173 00:09:08,542 --> 00:09:13,419 All signs points to the Vezda having rebuilt Gamble's body 174 00:09:13,420 --> 00:09:15,354 and enabled the transporter from inside. 175 00:09:15,355 --> 00:09:17,157 Is that even possible? 176 00:09:17,224 --> 00:09:19,559 I would have said no, until now. 177 00:09:19,660 --> 00:09:21,361 Where did he go? 178 00:09:21,461 --> 00:09:24,998 CHAPEL: Roger's emergency transponder activated 12 hours ago. 179 00:09:25,098 --> 00:09:27,467 He hasn't answered any messages since. 180 00:09:27,567 --> 00:09:28,947 It's too many coincidences. 181 00:09:29,002 --> 00:09:31,171 Even at full warp, it'll take us 11 hours. 182 00:09:31,172 --> 00:09:33,239 SPOCK: Skygowan is not a warp-capable society. 183 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:34,441 But they do engage 184 00:09:34,442 --> 00:09:36,042 in interstellar trade with the Orions. 185 00:09:36,043 --> 00:09:37,844 It's a mix of locals and travelers, 186 00:09:37,845 --> 00:09:39,880 most hostile to the Federation. 187 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:41,248 All right. Understood. 188 00:09:41,249 --> 00:09:43,415 We'll notify Starfleet and then you and La'An 189 00:09:43,416 --> 00:09:45,317 will lead a covert tactical landing party. 190 00:09:45,318 --> 00:09:47,720 Get in, find Korby, assess the Vezda situation. 191 00:09:47,721 --> 00:09:50,791 Do not engage until we have backup, 192 00:09:50,924 --> 00:09:52,626 a plan or, God willing, both. 193 00:09:52,726 --> 00:09:54,094 Joseph... 194 00:09:54,194 --> 00:09:56,196 I'll go, too. 195 00:09:56,197 --> 00:09:58,197 I was gonna say you don't have to be on this mission. 196 00:09:58,198 --> 00:10:00,233 No, I have to do it. 197 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:02,569 Spock, I want Science and Engineering 198 00:10:02,570 --> 00:10:04,871 on a deep dive into every piece of data we have 199 00:10:04,872 --> 00:10:06,432 from the Vadia Nine expedition. 200 00:10:06,433 --> 00:10:07,940 If one of these things is loose, 201 00:10:07,941 --> 00:10:09,943 we need to find a way to contain it. 202 00:10:10,778 --> 00:10:12,045 All right, let's get to it. 203 00:10:12,112 --> 00:10:14,314 * * 204 00:10:25,959 --> 00:10:27,829 Tai chi not cutting it for you today? 205 00:10:27,830 --> 00:10:29,228 - (chuckles softly) - You know, 206 00:10:29,229 --> 00:10:30,697 you didn't have to come on this mission. 207 00:10:30,698 --> 00:10:32,700 You have a new job to report for, so... 208 00:10:33,633 --> 00:10:35,168 We'll be back in time. 209 00:10:36,937 --> 00:10:38,806 It doesn't make sense but I... 210 00:10:38,939 --> 00:10:40,307 I think I need to be here. 211 00:10:40,407 --> 00:10:42,910 The way you reacted to the Vezda. 212 00:10:43,010 --> 00:10:45,478 Like I had to stop it. 213 00:10:46,613 --> 00:10:47,815 We have to, Chris. 214 00:10:47,915 --> 00:10:49,216 Why? 215 00:10:49,217 --> 00:10:51,283 What do you know about it, Marie? 216 00:10:51,284 --> 00:10:52,351 What-What's your gut telling you? 217 00:10:52,352 --> 00:10:53,586 I don't know. 218 00:10:53,653 --> 00:10:55,723 I just know we can't let it escape. 219 00:10:55,823 --> 00:10:57,590 We won't. 220 00:10:59,626 --> 00:11:04,297 I keep feeling like there's this rope around my waist, 221 00:11:04,397 --> 00:11:06,927 pulling me towards something I don't understand. 222 00:11:06,934 --> 00:11:08,335 Destiny maybe. 223 00:11:10,771 --> 00:11:13,901 Do you really still believe our futures are written in stone? 224 00:11:13,974 --> 00:11:17,010 These last few years have... 225 00:11:17,110 --> 00:11:18,511 well, they've changed 226 00:11:18,645 --> 00:11:21,314 what I thought life could be. I don't know. 227 00:11:21,381 --> 00:11:23,951 Maybe there is more possibility than I thought. 228 00:11:24,051 --> 00:11:25,385 Hmm. 229 00:11:25,485 --> 00:11:27,554 Who told you that? 230 00:11:28,555 --> 00:11:29,857 A wise woman. 231 00:11:29,990 --> 00:11:31,291 (chuckles softly) 232 00:11:31,391 --> 00:11:33,560 Right before she told me to shave my beard. 233 00:11:34,394 --> 00:11:36,363 It was just so scratchy. 234 00:11:39,466 --> 00:11:41,668 (indistinct chatter) 235 00:11:43,083 --> 00:11:47,206 CHAPEL: They're so much like Vadia Nine here. 236 00:11:47,207 --> 00:11:50,610 I can see why Roger was drawn to it. 237 00:11:50,611 --> 00:11:52,278 UHURA: Korby's communicator isn't pinging, 238 00:11:52,279 --> 00:11:53,969 but that's where it went offline. 239 00:11:53,970 --> 00:11:56,082 CHAPEL: That looks just like the gateway on Vadia Nine. 240 00:11:56,083 --> 00:11:58,485 It must act as a transport to the upper chamber. 241 00:11:58,551 --> 00:12:01,121 Two guards, lightly armed. 242 00:12:02,489 --> 00:12:04,424 I just need a distraction. 243 00:12:04,557 --> 00:12:07,260 - Joseph, what about- - Like on Rigel? 244 00:12:08,228 --> 00:12:09,997 (both cackling) 245 00:12:10,097 --> 00:12:12,265 - Hey. - I told you! 246 00:12:12,399 --> 00:12:14,134 They'll never let us. 247 00:12:14,234 --> 00:12:15,769 (chatter, laughter) 248 00:12:15,869 --> 00:12:17,737 - Excuse me, sir? Sir? - (laughing) 249 00:12:17,838 --> 00:12:20,573 Sir? Uh-oh. 250 00:12:22,375 --> 00:12:23,643 Vulcan nerve pinch? 251 00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:26,113 - Yeah. - CHAPEL: Oh, my God. 252 00:12:26,114 --> 00:12:28,347 - That's what you guys do? - You're jealous, right? 253 00:12:28,348 --> 00:12:29,950 You couldn't learn it? 254 00:12:29,951 --> 00:12:31,417 It wasn't for lack of trying. 255 00:12:31,418 --> 00:12:32,751 Can-can you show me your thumb placement? 256 00:12:32,752 --> 00:12:34,087 Ladies? 257 00:12:34,088 --> 00:12:36,322 If we're going to find Korby, 258 00:12:36,323 --> 00:12:37,556 we've got to get through that gateway. 259 00:12:37,557 --> 00:12:38,959 UHURA: Just pointing out, 260 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:40,993 the last time we walked into something like that, 261 00:12:40,994 --> 00:12:43,096 we almost got trapped for eternity. 262 00:12:43,196 --> 00:12:45,365 * * 263 00:12:47,641 --> 00:12:51,603 At least this one doesn't have a blood lock, 264 00:12:51,604 --> 00:12:53,807 like on Vadia Nine. 265 00:12:53,907 --> 00:12:55,775 (whooshing) 266 00:12:55,876 --> 00:12:59,980 Okay, so the Vezda escaped the transporter buffer. 267 00:13:00,113 --> 00:13:03,216 But how did it get halfway across the quadrant? 268 00:13:04,051 --> 00:13:06,821 Our experiences on Vadia Nine revealed technologies 269 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:09,156 that exploit inter-dimensional space. 270 00:13:09,289 --> 00:13:11,399 They may also travel via similar methods. 271 00:13:11,491 --> 00:13:14,661 I'm picking up what you're laying down, Spock-O. 272 00:13:16,663 --> 00:13:17,831 This was our location 273 00:13:17,931 --> 00:13:20,067 when Gamble's pattern was rebuilt. 274 00:13:20,068 --> 00:13:22,734 We know inter-dimensional space folds along those... 275 00:13:22,735 --> 00:13:25,238 - uh, what do you call them? - Ley lines. 276 00:13:26,373 --> 00:13:27,807 They're a real thing. 277 00:13:27,808 --> 00:13:31,510 SPOCK: Five days ago, at the moment the Vezda escaped, 278 00:13:31,511 --> 00:13:33,980 it appears Enterprise was on one of those ley lines. 279 00:13:33,981 --> 00:13:36,449 SAM: One that leads directly to Skygowan. 280 00:13:36,549 --> 00:13:39,352 Yeah. What if these lines are a kind of bus route 281 00:13:39,353 --> 00:13:41,587 for inter-dimensional travel? You know, 282 00:13:41,588 --> 00:13:43,155 without actual buses, of course. 283 00:13:43,156 --> 00:13:46,759 All great civilizations maintain some sort of trade route, 284 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,627 a way to connect the far reaches of the empire. 285 00:13:48,628 --> 00:13:53,133 Oh, look, there's one that connects Vadia Nine to Skygowan. 286 00:13:54,001 --> 00:13:55,335 Oh, dear. 287 00:13:55,468 --> 00:13:58,338 If that thing in Gamble's body can travel 288 00:13:58,438 --> 00:14:03,343 your bus-less bus route and access that Vezda prison 289 00:14:03,443 --> 00:14:06,279 from across deep space, then, th- 290 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,181 Then it could feasibly free all its incarcerated brethren 291 00:14:09,182 --> 00:14:10,650 and unleash them on Skygowan. 292 00:14:10,717 --> 00:14:13,353 PELIA: The sky would rain demons, 293 00:14:13,486 --> 00:14:15,956 demons that could kill and possess 294 00:14:16,056 --> 00:14:20,027 every man, woman and child on the planet. 295 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,362 * 296 00:14:26,299 --> 00:14:27,567 KORBY: No. No, no, no. 297 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:28,900 You shouldn't have come. 298 00:14:28,969 --> 00:14:31,038 Gamble's been taken over by the Vezda. 299 00:14:31,138 --> 00:14:32,948 - We know. - No, you don't understand. 300 00:14:32,973 --> 00:14:34,874 Some of the people on this planet, 301 00:14:34,875 --> 00:14:37,476 they-they-they worship him like, like he's a god. 302 00:14:37,477 --> 00:14:40,213 If he commands it, they'll do it. 303 00:14:40,347 --> 00:14:41,714 Anything. 304 00:14:41,814 --> 00:14:43,683 * * 305 00:14:43,750 --> 00:14:47,054 (excited chatter) 306 00:14:56,863 --> 00:14:58,631 Friends. 307 00:15:02,936 --> 00:15:04,904 We are in the final days. 308 00:15:11,211 --> 00:15:13,981 Prepare yourselves for liberation. 309 00:15:15,148 --> 00:15:20,287 Demittis tenebris. Demittis tenebris. 310 00:15:21,121 --> 00:15:24,191 Interitus vide clara. 311 00:15:24,992 --> 00:15:29,729 Demittis tenebris. Demittis tenebris. 312 00:15:29,796 --> 00:15:33,200 Interitus vide clara. 313 00:15:33,300 --> 00:15:35,635 (pained groaning) 314 00:15:37,304 --> 00:15:39,439 (screaming) 315 00:15:41,741 --> 00:15:44,844 (screaming) 316 00:15:47,139 --> 00:15:50,349 Captain Pike, I hear you might have 317 00:15:50,350 --> 00:15:51,884 a planet in need of assistance. 318 00:15:51,885 --> 00:15:54,320 Good to see you, James. If we can't contain this, 319 00:15:54,321 --> 00:15:56,055 I'm worried it might become a galactic threat. 320 00:15:56,056 --> 00:15:58,025 Well, Farragut is fully repaired 321 00:15:58,125 --> 00:15:59,692 and we are on our way to you now. 322 00:15:59,792 --> 00:16:02,502 Starfleet's orders are to observe and not interfere. 323 00:16:02,529 --> 00:16:03,963 Might not be that simple. 324 00:16:04,064 --> 00:16:06,834 I'm gonna need to know your captain's position on that. 325 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:12,039 My captain's position is that Enterprise saved her life. 326 00:16:12,172 --> 00:16:13,740 And she owes you one. 327 00:16:14,707 --> 00:16:16,143 It's not very Vulcan of her, 328 00:16:16,243 --> 00:16:18,078 but she's learning. 329 00:16:18,211 --> 00:16:19,512 No offense, Spock. 330 00:16:19,579 --> 00:16:20,913 None taken. 331 00:16:21,014 --> 00:16:22,882 Thank you, James. Pike out. 332 00:16:22,883 --> 00:16:26,385 SCOTTY: I'd just like to know, sir, so we can better help out, 333 00:16:26,386 --> 00:16:28,588 whatever the plan is gonna be. 334 00:16:29,756 --> 00:16:32,092 Rescue the people, stop the Vezda, kill it. 335 00:16:32,225 --> 00:16:34,994 Any one of those would do. I just need options. 336 00:16:38,198 --> 00:16:39,666 Demittis tenebris... 337 00:16:39,732 --> 00:16:42,142 UNA: Okay, Gamble is taking over the city below. 338 00:16:42,202 --> 00:16:43,470 How do we stop him? 339 00:16:43,471 --> 00:16:45,337 If we could get our hands on one of those orbs. 340 00:16:45,338 --> 00:16:47,473 LA'AN: The kind that Gamble was trapped in before? 341 00:16:47,474 --> 00:16:48,707 Currently, they're the only thing we know 342 00:16:48,708 --> 00:16:51,344 will actually stop the Vezda. 343 00:16:51,411 --> 00:16:53,513 Roger? Something to tell us? 344 00:16:53,613 --> 00:16:56,583 I think there might be more of those orbs through here. 345 00:16:58,471 --> 00:17:01,687 I think this symbol is associated 346 00:17:01,688 --> 00:17:03,008 with the containment orbs. 347 00:17:03,056 --> 00:17:05,125 Well, it was on the well on Vadia Nine. 348 00:17:05,126 --> 00:17:07,693 The entity inside Gamble tried to get through here. 349 00:17:07,694 --> 00:17:09,134 The glyphs changed, but then 350 00:17:09,229 --> 00:17:10,397 nothing else happened. 351 00:17:10,463 --> 00:17:12,865 Wherever it was trying to go, it failed. 352 00:17:12,866 --> 00:17:16,102 The idea that good and evil exist, 353 00:17:16,103 --> 00:17:18,037 have always existed, 354 00:17:18,105 --> 00:17:19,939 is the most commonly shared belief 355 00:17:20,039 --> 00:17:21,808 in all the galaxy. 356 00:17:22,642 --> 00:17:24,444 Wow. 357 00:17:24,577 --> 00:17:26,946 That verse is in Swahili. 358 00:17:27,046 --> 00:17:28,381 Your first language? 359 00:17:28,481 --> 00:17:30,217 M'BENGA: It was also mine. 360 00:17:30,317 --> 00:17:32,752 "A young boy was not yet a man, 361 00:17:32,819 --> 00:17:34,254 "but his time had come. 362 00:17:34,354 --> 00:17:35,788 "To kill or be killed. 363 00:17:35,888 --> 00:17:37,690 A knife in his hands." 364 00:17:37,790 --> 00:17:40,593 Another myth? An epic poem? 365 00:17:40,693 --> 00:17:42,061 M'BENGA: No. 366 00:17:42,162 --> 00:17:43,996 It's about me. 367 00:17:45,698 --> 00:17:48,668 I was attacked on a colony when I was 12. 368 00:17:50,137 --> 00:17:52,172 Had to defend myself. 369 00:17:53,806 --> 00:17:56,643 The first time I, uh... 370 00:17:56,743 --> 00:17:58,545 I took a life. 371 00:17:58,645 --> 00:18:00,313 Joseph... 372 00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:02,982 how is your life story written here, 373 00:18:03,116 --> 00:18:05,418 light-years from where you were born? 374 00:18:05,518 --> 00:18:07,354 Do you believe in destiny? 375 00:18:08,321 --> 00:18:10,190 I delivered the boy to the creature 376 00:18:10,323 --> 00:18:11,924 that took his body. 377 00:18:11,991 --> 00:18:14,294 Maybe I'm supposed to be here. 378 00:18:14,394 --> 00:18:15,828 I don't like any of this. 379 00:18:15,928 --> 00:18:18,218 We need to find a way to get back to Enterprise. 380 00:18:21,168 --> 00:18:22,769 UNA: Joseph! 381 00:18:22,835 --> 00:18:24,275 We don't need to risk all of us. 382 00:18:24,337 --> 00:18:26,939 I can find one of the orbs. 383 00:18:27,039 --> 00:18:28,141 No. 384 00:18:28,241 --> 00:18:29,876 That's an order, Doctor. 385 00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:32,612 (all grunting) 386 00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:44,691 You were close. 387 00:18:45,525 --> 00:18:47,494 About the entryway. 388 00:18:47,594 --> 00:18:49,296 It's not just about you. 389 00:18:49,396 --> 00:18:51,298 It's about us. 390 00:18:51,364 --> 00:18:53,166 It's about duality. 391 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:55,402 Everything here is. 392 00:18:55,403 --> 00:18:57,903 The Beholders constructed this portal 393 00:18:57,904 --> 00:19:00,373 so that it could not be traversed alone. 394 00:19:00,473 --> 00:19:01,741 Two must pass through. 395 00:19:01,841 --> 00:19:03,710 You wanted the Enterprise to come. 396 00:19:03,810 --> 00:19:06,879 You needed me there so you could get back to Vadia Nine 397 00:19:06,979 --> 00:19:09,849 and this prison, dozens of light-years away. 398 00:19:09,916 --> 00:19:12,252 I retain Gamble's memories, Doctor. 399 00:19:12,385 --> 00:19:14,354 You became a part of him, 400 00:19:14,421 --> 00:19:15,655 and so, a part of me. 401 00:19:15,755 --> 00:19:18,925 And that is how we opened this doorway 402 00:19:19,025 --> 00:19:21,728 and released my people to Skygowan, 403 00:19:21,828 --> 00:19:24,831 where their future bodies await us. 404 00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:26,699 So... 405 00:19:29,502 --> 00:19:30,903 ...thank you. 406 00:19:32,872 --> 00:19:36,409 This warden has stood over us for eternity. 407 00:19:36,509 --> 00:19:37,709 Now, the Beholder dies, 408 00:19:37,744 --> 00:19:40,580 and what keeps us from escaping ends. 409 00:19:43,916 --> 00:19:46,286 (screams) 410 00:19:46,386 --> 00:19:49,088 (groaning) 411 00:19:49,222 --> 00:19:51,258 (panting) 412 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,928 * * 413 00:20:04,637 --> 00:20:06,539 * * 414 00:20:06,606 --> 00:20:08,140 You couldn't go after him? 415 00:20:08,141 --> 00:20:09,941 There was no way to get through the door. 416 00:20:09,942 --> 00:20:11,777 After the Vezda pulled M'Benga through, 417 00:20:11,778 --> 00:20:13,112 it sealed closed. 418 00:20:13,246 --> 00:20:15,476 Our only option was to return to Enterprise 419 00:20:15,548 --> 00:20:17,717 and find another way in, any other way. 420 00:20:17,718 --> 00:20:19,785 I think Gamble needed to go through with M'Benga. 421 00:20:19,786 --> 00:20:21,953 Otherwise, I'm sure the Vezda would have taken 422 00:20:21,954 --> 00:20:23,089 the time to kill us. 423 00:20:23,090 --> 00:20:24,756 M'Benga hasn't responded to comms 424 00:20:24,757 --> 00:20:26,792 and Uhura still can't locate his transponder signal. 425 00:20:26,793 --> 00:20:28,928 It's like they just disappeared. 426 00:20:28,995 --> 00:20:30,563 They have to be somewhere. 427 00:20:30,564 --> 00:20:32,130 It's just a matter of tracking them down. 428 00:20:32,131 --> 00:20:33,632 CHAPEL (over comm): Captain Pike? 429 00:20:33,633 --> 00:20:34,933 You'd better get to sickbay. 430 00:20:34,934 --> 00:20:37,136 It's, uh, it's Captain Batel. 431 00:20:38,838 --> 00:20:40,840 CHAPEL: This is incredible. Her eyes. 432 00:20:40,973 --> 00:20:43,310 - BATEL: They've changed? - CHAPEL: Yes. 433 00:20:43,410 --> 00:20:44,850 I think I've seen this before. 434 00:20:44,977 --> 00:20:46,613 In a pictograph. 435 00:20:46,679 --> 00:20:48,247 On an altar. 436 00:20:48,248 --> 00:20:50,215 Are you sure you feel okay? 437 00:20:50,216 --> 00:20:52,519 Honestly, I feel fine. 438 00:20:52,652 --> 00:20:53,820 Uh, more than fine. 439 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,322 I feel great. 440 00:20:55,422 --> 00:20:58,090 Everything looks normal to me if that helps at all. 441 00:20:58,157 --> 00:21:00,192 Not really, no. 442 00:21:00,293 --> 00:21:02,529 I think they may be fading back. 443 00:21:03,496 --> 00:21:05,197 - CHAPEL: Wait. - PIKE: What? 444 00:21:05,298 --> 00:21:06,999 CHAPEL: No way. 445 00:21:08,835 --> 00:21:10,370 No, this is impossible. 446 00:21:10,470 --> 00:21:12,939 - PIKE: What? - Oh, come on. 447 00:21:13,039 --> 00:21:14,641 Nurse Chapel? 448 00:21:14,707 --> 00:21:15,942 Sorry. Sorry. 449 00:21:16,008 --> 00:21:17,377 Look. 450 00:21:19,712 --> 00:21:21,948 This is the result of the bio-scan we took 451 00:21:21,949 --> 00:21:23,715 of the Beholder statue on Vadia Nine. 452 00:21:23,716 --> 00:21:26,319 (chuckles) We didn't think to cross-reference it. 453 00:21:26,419 --> 00:21:27,920 Because why would we? 454 00:21:27,921 --> 00:21:30,356 - Christine, this is not the time. - Look at this. 455 00:21:30,357 --> 00:21:33,560 These are Captain Batel's life signs. 456 00:21:33,660 --> 00:21:36,062 Right now. 457 00:21:36,063 --> 00:21:40,131 What, you're saying Marie is somehow connected 458 00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:41,800 to the Beholder statue on Vadia Nine? 459 00:21:41,801 --> 00:21:43,202 No. 460 00:21:44,203 --> 00:21:46,406 According to this... 461 00:21:47,607 --> 00:21:49,275 ...she is the statue. 462 00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:52,912 The statue is her. 463 00:21:57,183 --> 00:21:59,586 GAMBLE: The Beholder. 464 00:21:59,587 --> 00:22:02,020 These things don't die easy, but when they do, 465 00:22:02,021 --> 00:22:04,023 they die screaming. 466 00:22:04,123 --> 00:22:05,925 I'm still alive. 467 00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:08,194 You haven't killed me. 468 00:22:09,028 --> 00:22:11,531 You didn't just need me to get in. 469 00:22:11,598 --> 00:22:14,333 You need me to get out, too, don't you? 470 00:22:17,136 --> 00:22:19,171 If I die... 471 00:22:20,239 --> 00:22:22,074 ...would you be stuck here? 472 00:22:22,208 --> 00:22:23,876 Oh, you will die. 473 00:22:23,943 --> 00:22:25,878 Not until I permit it. 474 00:22:26,713 --> 00:22:28,448 Don't be too sure. 475 00:22:31,418 --> 00:22:34,253 - (grunts) - (screeching) 476 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,695 (screeching echoes) 477 00:22:54,140 --> 00:22:55,575 It doesn't make any sense. 478 00:22:55,642 --> 00:22:57,109 Maybe it does. 479 00:22:57,209 --> 00:22:59,912 Maybe it finally makes all the sense in the world. 480 00:23:00,012 --> 00:23:02,214 The Gorn, Una's Illyrian blood, 481 00:23:02,281 --> 00:23:03,983 the Chimera Blossom. 482 00:23:04,083 --> 00:23:07,019 You all saved me, but you also changed me. 483 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:08,421 Okay. 484 00:23:08,521 --> 00:23:09,571 The Vezda. 485 00:23:09,656 --> 00:23:11,123 What if they are evil? 486 00:23:11,257 --> 00:23:13,259 - Many races are capable of- - I mean, 487 00:23:13,260 --> 00:23:15,794 what if they are the evil that predates doing evil? 488 00:23:15,795 --> 00:23:18,531 What if they are evil itself? 489 00:23:18,631 --> 00:23:19,899 I am not sure I understand. 490 00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:21,733 CHAPEL: Almost every race claims to have had 491 00:23:21,734 --> 00:23:23,936 encounters, battles with evil. 492 00:23:24,003 --> 00:23:27,440 Definitely, I've seen this all over the galaxy- 493 00:23:27,540 --> 00:23:28,808 And when we fight things, 494 00:23:28,809 --> 00:23:30,676 when we beat back the forces threatening us, 495 00:23:30,677 --> 00:23:32,077 we have an epigenetic response. 496 00:23:32,078 --> 00:23:34,045 The way humans can sense animal predators. 497 00:23:34,046 --> 00:23:35,881 And Vulcans can feel the coming of an earthquake. 498 00:23:35,882 --> 00:23:37,316 CHAPEL: Our biology 499 00:23:37,317 --> 00:23:39,518 changes in response to the threats we encounter. 500 00:23:39,519 --> 00:23:41,454 What if by hybridizing me, 501 00:23:41,554 --> 00:23:43,690 I have somehow taken on all the adaptive 502 00:23:43,823 --> 00:23:46,593 characteristics of races that have faced evil. 503 00:23:46,693 --> 00:23:48,895 The Gorn, humans, Illyrians. 504 00:23:50,229 --> 00:23:53,179 If the Vezda are an evil that predates all our known races, 505 00:23:53,180 --> 00:23:55,133 it is possible that all races that came later 506 00:23:55,134 --> 00:23:57,302 might hold some genetic memory of how to combat them. 507 00:23:57,303 --> 00:23:59,572 What if I got all of them? 508 00:24:00,372 --> 00:24:03,409 All the parts of every race 509 00:24:03,543 --> 00:24:06,045 that know how to fight the Vezda are in me. 510 00:24:08,481 --> 00:24:12,018 And maybe by them coming together in one body it's... 511 00:24:12,819 --> 00:24:14,587 ...it's transforming me. 512 00:24:17,123 --> 00:24:18,658 Into what? 513 00:24:18,758 --> 00:24:20,560 Some kind of protector. 514 00:24:23,930 --> 00:24:25,998 The Vezda are very old and very powerful. 515 00:24:25,999 --> 00:24:27,733 But something locked them down in that well 516 00:24:27,734 --> 00:24:30,002 on Vadia Nine and threw away the key. 517 00:24:30,003 --> 00:24:32,370 Something equally powerful, maybe more. 518 00:24:32,371 --> 00:24:34,774 And then stood sentry for millennia, 519 00:24:34,775 --> 00:24:36,575 waiting for a day when they might escape. 520 00:24:36,576 --> 00:24:37,626 A warden of sorts. 521 00:24:37,710 --> 00:24:39,912 What if it's me? 522 00:24:40,046 --> 00:24:41,914 Not you, it-it... 523 00:24:42,014 --> 00:24:44,116 them eons ago, not you now. 524 00:24:44,117 --> 00:24:46,084 How ca-? How can that even be possible? 525 00:24:46,085 --> 00:24:48,987 SPOCK: Captain, when dealing with inter-dimensional space, 526 00:24:48,988 --> 00:24:50,522 cause and effect can be reversed. 527 00:24:50,523 --> 00:24:53,593 And time is not what it seems to be to us. 528 00:24:55,261 --> 00:24:56,663 Chris? 529 00:24:56,763 --> 00:24:58,513 Why haven't I been able to settle? 530 00:24:58,598 --> 00:25:01,400 We both know the feelings I've been having like some 531 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:04,236 puzzle piece that just won't fit, that... 532 00:25:04,336 --> 00:25:06,372 that I can't find some purpose, 533 00:25:06,472 --> 00:25:08,908 that it's eluding me. 534 00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:11,477 A starship captain, Counselor General. 535 00:25:11,611 --> 00:25:13,780 None of them fit anymore. 536 00:25:13,913 --> 00:25:15,247 (sighs) 537 00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:17,149 But this does. 538 00:25:17,984 --> 00:25:20,553 No, this is- 539 00:25:20,653 --> 00:25:21,721 Marie. 540 00:25:21,788 --> 00:25:24,591 The Beholder's biosignature is mine. 541 00:25:24,691 --> 00:25:27,493 Because I am the sentry. 542 00:25:27,627 --> 00:25:30,229 I have always been. 543 00:25:30,296 --> 00:25:33,099 Effect before cause, remember? 544 00:25:33,900 --> 00:25:35,635 Everything that happened to me 545 00:25:35,735 --> 00:25:37,604 was so I could do this. 546 00:25:39,271 --> 00:25:40,973 So I could be this. 547 00:25:41,107 --> 00:25:45,277 So I could stand where I have always stood. 548 00:25:46,278 --> 00:25:48,480 It's my destiny. 549 00:25:49,682 --> 00:25:52,018 You, of all people, can understand that. 550 00:25:52,151 --> 00:25:55,354 Marie, if... 551 00:25:55,487 --> 00:25:57,489 if what you're saying is true... 552 00:25:58,324 --> 00:25:59,959 I stay. 553 00:26:01,193 --> 00:26:03,129 I guard. 554 00:26:04,196 --> 00:26:05,965 I never leave. 555 00:26:10,770 --> 00:26:13,706 You will have to defeat him first. 556 00:26:15,374 --> 00:26:17,904 CHAPEL: The way you reacted to him the first time, 557 00:26:17,944 --> 00:26:19,378 it... 558 00:26:19,511 --> 00:26:22,649 it triggered your capabilities. 559 00:26:24,183 --> 00:26:27,687 Proximity could cause it to happen again. 560 00:26:30,122 --> 00:26:32,659 There's only one way to find out. 561 00:26:32,759 --> 00:26:35,061 Then I'm coming with you. 562 00:26:40,733 --> 00:26:43,335 * * 563 00:26:43,336 --> 00:26:48,173 PIKE: Seems like things have calmed down on the surface. 564 00:26:48,174 --> 00:26:51,010 BATEL: Until Gamble shows up again. 565 00:26:52,578 --> 00:26:54,546 * * 566 00:26:58,184 --> 00:26:59,551 Chris... 567 00:26:59,652 --> 00:27:01,988 this portal must only be programmed to open 568 00:27:02,088 --> 00:27:04,190 for Joseph and Gamble together. 569 00:27:04,290 --> 00:27:07,026 Without them, it's not working. 570 00:27:07,027 --> 00:27:09,294 Joseph's trapped inside there. What do you need to open it? 571 00:27:09,295 --> 00:27:10,496 To force it? 572 00:27:10,596 --> 00:27:12,466 Far more power than either of us have. 573 00:27:12,564 --> 00:27:14,701 The energy of a Vezda, I'm not sure. 574 00:27:14,702 --> 00:27:17,602 Okay, you're talking about a science so advanced 575 00:27:17,603 --> 00:27:20,039 it might as well be magic. 576 00:27:20,106 --> 00:27:22,942 So what do we have that could open it? 577 00:27:25,277 --> 00:27:28,580 We have to get power to Captains Batel and Pike. 578 00:27:28,681 --> 00:27:31,117 They're on the second level of the temple. 579 00:27:31,217 --> 00:27:33,352 They need it to open the portal. 580 00:27:33,452 --> 00:27:35,755 SCOTTY: We can beam down a nuclear battery. 581 00:27:35,855 --> 00:27:39,558 The power needed suggests a battery will not be enough. 582 00:27:40,426 --> 00:27:41,527 Two batteries? 583 00:27:41,593 --> 00:27:43,029 At the necessary valences, 584 00:27:43,030 --> 00:27:44,562 thermal, chemical, radiant, 585 00:27:44,563 --> 00:27:46,397 gravitational, electrical, or nuclear 586 00:27:46,398 --> 00:27:48,099 may likely prove far too destructive. 587 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:51,370 Hmm, exactly how much power do you need? 588 00:27:51,371 --> 00:27:53,438 Based on the data of the Vezda life-form, 589 00:27:53,439 --> 00:27:56,308 approximately 3.22 times ten to the 26 watts. 590 00:27:56,442 --> 00:27:58,577 Hmm, that is the power 591 00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:00,346 of the Earth's sun. 592 00:28:00,446 --> 00:28:01,547 Less, technically. 593 00:28:01,647 --> 00:28:04,050 The sun is... 594 00:28:04,150 --> 00:28:05,200 close enough. 595 00:28:05,284 --> 00:28:06,953 A focused phaser blast 596 00:28:07,053 --> 00:28:08,654 from a starship could get you 597 00:28:08,788 --> 00:28:09,989 about half of that? 598 00:28:10,122 --> 00:28:12,458 SCOTTY: Aye, but you'd have to direct it 599 00:28:12,459 --> 00:28:14,225 precisely into the system or you'll 600 00:28:14,226 --> 00:28:15,627 vaporize the whole temple. 601 00:28:15,628 --> 00:28:18,163 You said a starship could generate half of what we need? 602 00:28:18,164 --> 00:28:20,034 - Mm-hmm. - What about two starships? 603 00:28:20,132 --> 00:28:23,302 - Phasers are not additive. - SCOTTY: Well, no, they're not, 604 00:28:23,303 --> 00:28:24,702 but they are complementary. 605 00:28:24,703 --> 00:28:26,105 Fascinating. 606 00:28:26,205 --> 00:28:28,040 Scotty is right. 607 00:28:28,140 --> 00:28:31,944 Simultaneous fire from two ships 608 00:28:32,044 --> 00:28:33,312 might do the trick. 609 00:28:33,445 --> 00:28:35,447 Okay, sounds like a plan. 610 00:28:35,514 --> 00:28:36,949 No, you don't understand. 611 00:28:37,016 --> 00:28:38,818 Ship safeguards won't let us link 612 00:28:38,819 --> 00:28:40,685 our weapons systems to the Farragut's. 613 00:28:40,686 --> 00:28:42,654 We'd need the two ships to fire 614 00:28:42,755 --> 00:28:44,075 in perfect synchronicity. 615 00:28:44,156 --> 00:28:45,424 A millisecond off, 616 00:28:45,425 --> 00:28:46,992 and the whole temple down there goes boom. 617 00:28:46,993 --> 00:28:49,628 And we'd need to fire them manually. 618 00:28:51,864 --> 00:28:53,966 I have an idea. 619 00:28:54,066 --> 00:28:57,036 Two ships firing energy at the same time, 620 00:28:57,169 --> 00:28:58,670 at the same target? 621 00:28:58,771 --> 00:29:01,340 Phaser streams of anti-protons, to be precise. 622 00:29:02,608 --> 00:29:05,111 Those are very powerful. 623 00:29:05,112 --> 00:29:07,478 Perhaps the only thing powerful enough to help Captain Batel 624 00:29:07,479 --> 00:29:09,448 and Captain Pike open the door. 625 00:29:09,548 --> 00:29:11,350 But... two ships? 626 00:29:11,483 --> 00:29:13,652 Yeah, and they have to operate in tandem. 627 00:29:13,653 --> 00:29:15,086 Enterprise and Farragut seem 628 00:29:15,087 --> 00:29:16,487 like they're not moving, but they are- 629 00:29:16,488 --> 00:29:18,324 radiation waves, cosmic gas, 630 00:29:18,325 --> 00:29:20,491 solar flares- there's a lot going through here. 631 00:29:20,492 --> 00:29:22,461 And I'm telling you as a pilot, 632 00:29:22,528 --> 00:29:23,930 they shake at all, 633 00:29:24,030 --> 00:29:27,399 the beams separate and it's adios Skygowans. 634 00:29:28,467 --> 00:29:30,402 So how do we do this and not... 635 00:29:30,502 --> 00:29:32,171 destroy the planet? 636 00:29:32,238 --> 00:29:35,541 Two pilots must operate together. 637 00:29:36,408 --> 00:29:37,910 Okay. 638 00:29:38,044 --> 00:29:40,112 What do you know of the Vulcan mind meld? 639 00:29:40,212 --> 00:29:41,380 (laughs) 640 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,590 I mean, frankly, about as much as I want to. 641 00:29:43,649 --> 00:29:46,085 I'm not big on intimacy 642 00:29:46,218 --> 00:29:49,621 without someone knowing every single one of my thoughts. 643 00:29:52,892 --> 00:29:55,962 Wait, that wasn't just intellectual curiosity, was it? 644 00:29:56,062 --> 00:29:58,397 No, it was not. 645 00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:03,635 Hold on, you have a great pilot right here. 646 00:30:03,636 --> 00:30:06,271 It's not really fancy flying that's called for. 647 00:30:06,272 --> 00:30:07,406 SPOCK: No. 648 00:30:07,407 --> 00:30:09,274 The firing process is rudimentary. 649 00:30:09,275 --> 00:30:11,543 It is the coordination that is necessary. 650 00:30:11,544 --> 00:30:13,278 Two people must quickly be comfortable 651 00:30:13,279 --> 00:30:14,546 sharing a consciousness. 652 00:30:14,613 --> 00:30:16,849 I have learned, despite your reticence, 653 00:30:16,949 --> 00:30:19,485 that you are willing to do things others are not. 654 00:30:23,689 --> 00:30:26,025 You seem to understand me, Spock. 655 00:30:26,092 --> 00:30:27,927 Are you willing to attempt this? 656 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,396 If the Vezda cannot be stopped, 657 00:30:30,496 --> 00:30:32,298 more than a single world may fall. 658 00:30:34,133 --> 00:30:37,336 Well, I see why you brought me to a bar. 659 00:30:37,436 --> 00:30:39,671 This is one hell of a date. 660 00:30:39,771 --> 00:30:40,973 Indeed. 661 00:30:43,475 --> 00:30:45,144 Okay, Mr. Spock. 662 00:30:46,145 --> 00:30:47,579 But be gentle. 663 00:30:53,119 --> 00:30:54,169 Oh, wait, 664 00:30:54,220 --> 00:30:56,055 wait, wait. Um... (clears throat) 665 00:30:56,155 --> 00:30:59,058 That one time on Orion's second moon. 666 00:30:59,125 --> 00:31:01,327 Just try not to judge, okay? 667 00:31:01,460 --> 00:31:04,230 I will do my best, Commander. 668 00:31:04,296 --> 00:31:07,066 Maybe call me Jim. 669 00:31:07,133 --> 00:31:09,068 Yes. Jim. 670 00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:18,444 SPOCK: My mind to your mind. 671 00:31:18,544 --> 00:31:21,013 My thoughts to your thoughts. 672 00:31:21,147 --> 00:31:23,082 - Weapons ready? - LA'AN: Aye. 673 00:31:23,182 --> 00:31:25,985 - Engineering? - As ready as we'll ever be. 674 00:31:26,085 --> 00:31:27,519 Lieutenant Spock? 675 00:31:27,619 --> 00:31:30,089 SPOCK and KIRK: We are both ready. 676 00:31:30,189 --> 00:31:31,623 That's eerie. 677 00:31:31,690 --> 00:31:34,360 They're connecting even faster than a comms link. 678 00:31:34,493 --> 00:31:36,362 Get used to it, Ensign. 679 00:31:36,495 --> 00:31:38,497 As Lieutenant Ortegas likes to say, 680 00:31:38,597 --> 00:31:40,566 "Let's light this candle." 681 00:31:44,803 --> 00:31:47,339 SPOCK and KIRK: One quarter impulse power. 682 00:32:04,323 --> 00:32:05,373 PELIA: Oh. 683 00:32:05,491 --> 00:32:09,061 They move in perfect synchronicity. 684 00:32:09,161 --> 00:32:10,496 It's almost poetic. 685 00:32:10,562 --> 00:32:11,730 Steady, Pelia. 686 00:32:11,863 --> 00:32:14,166 I'm steady. I'm steady. 687 00:32:25,511 --> 00:32:28,147 SPOCK and KIRK: Rotation, 43 degrees 688 00:32:28,148 --> 00:32:29,314 toward the planet's surface. 689 00:32:29,315 --> 00:32:30,616 How's our aim? 690 00:32:31,550 --> 00:32:33,019 - On target. - Hold ships. 691 00:32:33,020 --> 00:32:34,585 SPOCK and KIRK: Rotation locked. 692 00:32:34,586 --> 00:32:36,455 Fire. 693 00:32:40,492 --> 00:32:42,661 * * 694 00:32:53,405 --> 00:32:55,041 You ready? 695 00:33:07,586 --> 00:33:10,889 (screeching) 696 00:33:12,091 --> 00:33:13,559 PIKE: We're on Vadia Nine. 697 00:33:13,625 --> 00:33:16,295 (screeching continues) 698 00:33:16,395 --> 00:33:17,445 We are. 699 00:33:17,529 --> 00:33:19,565 - Joseph. How...? - No time. 700 00:33:19,665 --> 00:33:22,701 Hurry. It's trying to break out. 701 00:33:38,417 --> 00:33:40,186 Annoying. 702 00:33:40,986 --> 00:33:44,190 You... and a pet. 703 00:33:45,957 --> 00:33:48,294 For eons, my people have suffered 704 00:33:48,394 --> 00:33:50,496 under your wretched eyes. 705 00:33:51,297 --> 00:33:53,499 The indignities I have imagined 706 00:33:53,599 --> 00:33:57,369 committing upon you. The suffering. 707 00:34:00,572 --> 00:34:02,441 (gasps) 708 00:34:03,809 --> 00:34:05,511 Human flesh. 709 00:34:05,611 --> 00:34:06,845 So fragile. 710 00:34:06,945 --> 00:34:08,447 - Stop it. - You. 711 00:34:09,548 --> 00:34:12,084 - A fly. - (cries out) 712 00:34:12,151 --> 00:34:13,819 Chris, don't do it. 713 00:34:13,919 --> 00:34:15,321 You can't hurt him, but he... 714 00:34:15,421 --> 00:34:16,988 He can hurt me. 715 00:34:17,089 --> 00:34:19,258 Yeah, I get that now. 716 00:34:19,325 --> 00:34:21,793 This is something only I can do. 717 00:34:24,996 --> 00:34:27,032 (gasps) 718 00:34:27,133 --> 00:34:29,483 - PIKE: What's stopping you? - Oh, I don't know. 719 00:34:29,501 --> 00:34:31,437 You have to fight back, Marie. 720 00:34:31,537 --> 00:34:32,904 (grunts) 721 00:34:35,006 --> 00:34:37,209 (Pike groans, coughs) 722 00:34:54,126 --> 00:34:56,295 * * 723 00:35:18,350 --> 00:35:19,885 Happy anniversary. 724 00:35:19,985 --> 00:35:22,621 - We made it. - We made it. 725 00:35:32,063 --> 00:35:33,732 Mm, bacon's burning. Hold on. 726 00:35:36,835 --> 00:35:38,570 BATEL: Thought we said no gifts. 727 00:35:38,571 --> 00:35:39,637 It's tradition. 728 00:35:39,638 --> 00:35:40,939 Last year was paper, 729 00:35:41,072 --> 00:35:42,841 second year is cotton. 730 00:35:45,010 --> 00:35:46,945 M.B. and M.P.? 731 00:35:47,078 --> 00:35:48,514 Well, I wasn't sure 732 00:35:48,580 --> 00:35:50,810 if you were gonna take the name, and... (sighs) 733 00:35:50,811 --> 00:35:52,550 Well, planning the wedding happened so fast, 734 00:35:52,551 --> 00:35:54,253 we never talked about it, so 735 00:35:54,353 --> 00:35:56,054 - got you both. - (laughs) I see. 736 00:35:56,154 --> 00:36:00,125 So there could be two Captain Pikes or... 737 00:36:00,259 --> 00:36:02,761 - two Captain Batels? - (laughs) 738 00:36:02,762 --> 00:36:04,929 Christopher Batel, that's got a ring to it. 739 00:36:04,930 --> 00:36:06,898 - It's nice. - Mm. 740 00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:08,634 - Hold on. - Aw, come back to me. 741 00:36:08,734 --> 00:36:10,294 What are you doing? (chuckles) 742 00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:15,106 - Thought we said no gifts. - It's tradition. 743 00:36:15,241 --> 00:36:17,643 Sneak. 744 00:36:20,612 --> 00:36:24,081 When you marry the best chef in Starfleet, 745 00:36:24,082 --> 00:36:26,218 - you want to show it off. - (laughs) 746 00:36:26,285 --> 00:36:27,786 I love it. 747 00:36:29,921 --> 00:36:32,271 This is the life worth risking everything for. 748 00:36:32,324 --> 00:36:33,459 Mm. 749 00:36:33,592 --> 00:36:35,694 (knock on door) 750 00:36:35,695 --> 00:36:36,761 Who is it? 751 00:36:36,762 --> 00:36:39,565 Oh, I think I know. 752 00:36:39,665 --> 00:36:41,333 Bob? This early? 753 00:36:41,334 --> 00:36:42,767 He's still trying to talk me 754 00:36:42,768 --> 00:36:44,635 into training cadets at the Academy. 755 00:36:44,636 --> 00:36:46,472 Can you tell him no? 756 00:36:46,605 --> 00:36:47,655 (knock on door) 757 00:36:47,706 --> 00:36:50,476 You know I can't. I... 758 00:36:50,576 --> 00:36:53,479 I have to do the things I'm supposed to do. 759 00:36:53,612 --> 00:36:56,014 And after our run-in with the Vezda, I just... 760 00:36:56,147 --> 00:36:57,583 I remember. 761 00:36:58,850 --> 00:37:00,486 We made a promise to enjoy 762 00:37:00,586 --> 00:37:02,788 however much time we have together. 763 00:37:02,854 --> 00:37:04,122 Yeah. 764 00:37:05,457 --> 00:37:07,393 (knock on door) 765 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,262 - (dog barks) - (gasps) 766 00:37:10,362 --> 00:37:12,998 - (laughing) - Oh, hey, what're you doing? 767 00:37:13,131 --> 00:37:15,567 - Hey, wait. Hey, wait. - (laughing) 768 00:37:18,003 --> 00:37:20,171 (barking) 769 00:37:23,208 --> 00:37:24,676 Down. 770 00:37:24,776 --> 00:37:25,877 - Stay. - (barks) 771 00:37:26,011 --> 00:37:27,346 The Lucas? 772 00:37:29,415 --> 00:37:31,617 It's a class-J training vessel. 773 00:37:32,518 --> 00:37:33,852 How long? 774 00:37:33,853 --> 00:37:37,355 PIKE: It's a three-month observation exercise. 775 00:37:37,356 --> 00:37:39,558 But you return a month early? 776 00:37:41,993 --> 00:37:43,695 I do. 777 00:37:43,795 --> 00:37:45,531 And when I come back, um... 778 00:37:45,664 --> 00:37:47,232 (Juliet giggling) 779 00:37:50,035 --> 00:37:52,738 - We knew this day would come. - Yeah. 780 00:37:56,375 --> 00:37:59,578 Just never realized how much I'd actually have to live for. 781 00:38:01,012 --> 00:38:03,148 And you'll continue to live for it. 782 00:38:06,217 --> 00:38:09,855 This life we have will change, 783 00:38:09,921 --> 00:38:11,723 but it won't go away. 784 00:38:13,459 --> 00:38:17,228 This is... this is what we signed up for. 785 00:38:18,497 --> 00:38:20,432 You faced the Vezda. I can face this. 786 00:38:20,566 --> 00:38:22,801 I-I'm not scared of the accident. 787 00:38:22,802 --> 00:38:26,404 I'm afraid of what it will do to this family. 788 00:38:26,405 --> 00:38:28,774 You always having to take care of me... 789 00:38:28,907 --> 00:38:30,108 Hey. 790 00:38:31,242 --> 00:38:32,744 We have a beautiful life 791 00:38:32,878 --> 00:38:34,680 because of you. 792 00:38:37,683 --> 00:38:39,551 Because of us. 793 00:38:40,786 --> 00:38:42,554 (knock on door) 794 00:38:43,589 --> 00:38:46,392 Um... I think that's my ride. 795 00:38:46,458 --> 00:38:49,595 At this hour? No. It's too early. 796 00:38:49,728 --> 00:38:51,930 (knock on door) 797 00:39:00,606 --> 00:39:02,273 Chris? 798 00:39:03,208 --> 00:39:04,876 How? 799 00:39:15,587 --> 00:39:17,355 I don't know what happened. 800 00:39:19,324 --> 00:39:23,228 I-I did everything exactly as I was supposed to, 801 00:39:23,294 --> 00:39:26,798 but the baffle plate, it just never ruptured. 802 00:39:27,766 --> 00:39:31,002 There was no radiation leak, no explosion, 803 00:39:31,136 --> 00:39:32,838 no accident. 804 00:39:33,939 --> 00:39:36,074 You say that like it's a bad thing. 805 00:39:36,141 --> 00:39:37,909 I wasn't supposed to avoid this. 806 00:39:37,976 --> 00:39:41,613 There could be huge consequences. 807 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:44,215 - This was my destiny and... - Maybe it's not anymore. 808 00:39:44,315 --> 00:39:46,317 H-How can that be possible? 809 00:39:46,452 --> 00:39:47,853 Skygowan. 810 00:39:47,854 --> 00:39:50,154 When you were fighting that thing inside Gamble, 811 00:39:50,155 --> 00:39:51,990 I-I was there, but... 812 00:39:52,123 --> 00:39:55,160 I never totally understood what happened. 813 00:39:55,260 --> 00:39:57,228 It was hard to explain. 814 00:39:58,664 --> 00:40:01,032 The thought of losing you... 815 00:40:02,501 --> 00:40:04,135 ...of losing us, it-it gave me 816 00:40:04,202 --> 00:40:07,873 the power I needed to open up the fabric of space and time. 817 00:40:08,774 --> 00:40:12,511 Maybe, some-somehow, that reset everything. 818 00:40:12,611 --> 00:40:14,780 I don't know. I don't know if that's it, 819 00:40:14,846 --> 00:40:16,948 but I know you're here now. 820 00:40:20,819 --> 00:40:23,889 I don't know what comes next anymore. 821 00:40:25,190 --> 00:40:27,859 Isn't that the gift? 822 00:40:33,164 --> 00:40:35,567 (knock on door) 823 00:40:35,701 --> 00:40:38,036 Should we be concerned? 824 00:40:38,136 --> 00:40:40,338 - (groans) - (oven door closes) 825 00:40:40,405 --> 00:40:43,408 Because Juliet's coming to dinner? 826 00:40:43,542 --> 00:40:44,876 Whew. (sighs) 827 00:40:44,877 --> 00:40:46,577 No, I'm fairly used to that by now. 828 00:40:46,578 --> 00:40:49,715 With a guest? A month after she started her new job? 829 00:40:49,815 --> 00:40:50,949 Look. 830 00:40:53,819 --> 00:40:56,049 The Daystrom Institute is lucky to have her. 831 00:40:56,050 --> 00:40:59,023 I'm just concerned, Chris. What if something's gone wrong? 832 00:40:59,024 --> 00:41:00,726 (knock on door) 833 00:41:00,727 --> 00:41:03,227 - Then we face it, like we always do. - (door opens) 834 00:41:03,228 --> 00:41:05,531 - JULIET: We're here. Hi, Dad. - Hey! Get in here. 835 00:41:05,631 --> 00:41:08,600 - Hi. - PIKE: Kid. What? Really? 836 00:41:09,501 --> 00:41:11,637 - (laughs) Thank you. - Mom, act surprised. 837 00:41:11,737 --> 00:41:14,205 - About what? - You didn't tell her? 838 00:41:14,206 --> 00:41:16,406 - You told me not to say anything. - Tell me about what? 839 00:41:16,407 --> 00:41:18,777 Oh, my God, but, Dad, you never listen to me. 840 00:41:18,910 --> 00:41:21,513 - (clears throat) - Elijah. 841 00:41:21,613 --> 00:41:23,181 What are you doing here? 842 00:41:23,281 --> 00:41:26,417 - (laughs) - Hey, buddy. Welcome. 843 00:41:26,518 --> 00:41:29,254 Eli, how's your father doing these days? 844 00:41:29,354 --> 00:41:31,557 Uh, he's good, ma'am. 845 00:41:31,558 --> 00:41:33,257 Uh, Admiral April sends his best. 846 00:41:33,258 --> 00:41:36,026 Admiral April? Tell me he doesn't make you call him that. 847 00:41:36,027 --> 00:41:39,765 No, he does not. (laughs) 848 00:41:39,865 --> 00:41:41,099 Um... 849 00:41:43,535 --> 00:41:44,936 Uh... 850 00:41:45,070 --> 00:41:46,171 (scoffs) 851 00:41:46,271 --> 00:41:48,640 Eli, um, it's us. 852 00:41:48,740 --> 00:41:50,430 You've been here a million times. 853 00:41:50,441 --> 00:41:51,910 Is everything okay? 854 00:41:51,977 --> 00:41:54,746 Is something going on with your job? Or his job? 855 00:41:54,846 --> 00:41:56,147 Or e- someone's job? 856 00:41:56,247 --> 00:41:59,317 No. Okay, everyone's job is fine. My job is great. 857 00:41:59,318 --> 00:42:01,752 All of the advice from Uncle Sock really paid off. 858 00:42:01,753 --> 00:42:04,689 You've known how to say "Spock" since you were four years old. 859 00:42:04,690 --> 00:42:06,792 Yes, and he loves his nickname. 860 00:42:06,793 --> 00:42:08,292 - (laughs) - Why rush home? 861 00:42:08,293 --> 00:42:11,229 What's this surprise supposed to be? 862 00:42:11,230 --> 00:42:13,598 Well, we did tell Dad at the Academy yesterday. 863 00:42:13,599 --> 00:42:16,768 ELIJAH: But we wanted to ask you as well. 864 00:42:17,636 --> 00:42:19,337 Admiral, uh... 865 00:42:22,340 --> 00:42:23,575 We're engaged. 866 00:42:23,576 --> 00:42:25,475 ELIJAH: But only with your blessings, ma'am. 867 00:42:25,476 --> 00:42:26,744 (Elijah and Juliet laugh) 868 00:42:26,745 --> 00:42:28,555 JULIET: I know it's old-fashioned. 869 00:42:32,784 --> 00:42:35,486 You have more than my blessing. 870 00:42:39,991 --> 00:42:41,960 Have you told your father yet? 871 00:42:42,027 --> 00:42:43,194 ELIJAH: Uh, not yet. 872 00:42:43,328 --> 00:42:45,764 Well, we'll tell him together. 873 00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:56,041 I never thought we'd see this. 874 00:42:56,174 --> 00:42:57,609 And yet here we are. 875 00:42:57,709 --> 00:42:59,444 (knock on door) 876 00:42:59,544 --> 00:43:00,624 Oh, should I get that? 877 00:43:00,646 --> 00:43:02,347 Get what? 878 00:43:02,447 --> 00:43:04,215 (knock on door) 879 00:43:04,315 --> 00:43:06,117 PIKE: You don't hear that? 880 00:43:06,217 --> 00:43:08,887 Chris, come back to me. 881 00:43:09,020 --> 00:43:11,422 - (knock on door) - BATEL: Chris. 882 00:43:12,457 --> 00:43:13,692 What? 883 00:43:15,326 --> 00:43:17,462 Champagne. Go put some on ice. 884 00:43:17,562 --> 00:43:19,912 - And some cider for you. - Yeah. Cider for me. Okay. 885 00:43:19,998 --> 00:43:22,400 BATEL: So much to celebrate tonight. 886 00:43:22,500 --> 00:43:24,135 (sighs) 887 00:43:39,350 --> 00:43:41,219 BATEL: We did it. 888 00:43:43,221 --> 00:43:44,923 We made it. 889 00:43:45,056 --> 00:43:46,224 PIKE: Mm. 890 00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:51,663 I never thought it was possible. 891 00:43:52,664 --> 00:43:53,932 When I'm gone... 892 00:43:54,032 --> 00:43:56,267 - Marie. - I have to say it. 893 00:43:59,871 --> 00:44:02,007 I won't really be gone. 894 00:44:03,341 --> 00:44:05,944 I'll always be with you. 895 00:44:06,878 --> 00:44:10,581 All you have to do is look up at the stars... 896 00:44:11,582 --> 00:44:14,585 ...and know that I'm waiting for you there. 897 00:44:24,763 --> 00:44:26,798 It's a little early. 898 00:44:28,934 --> 00:44:30,135 (sighs) 899 00:44:32,103 --> 00:44:33,271 (knock on door) 900 00:44:33,371 --> 00:44:36,775 Someone at the door, Chris. 901 00:44:37,876 --> 00:44:40,478 I'm not leaving your side. 902 00:44:40,578 --> 00:44:43,448 Chris, this lifetime was a gift. 903 00:44:45,917 --> 00:44:48,319 But we both know it's time. 904 00:44:48,419 --> 00:44:50,488 (stammers) 905 00:44:50,588 --> 00:44:52,523 A gift? 906 00:44:52,623 --> 00:44:54,125 (knock on door) 907 00:44:54,225 --> 00:44:56,035 BATEL: Living our lives like this, 908 00:44:56,061 --> 00:44:57,462 we got lucky. 909 00:45:00,932 --> 00:45:04,269 You've given me everything I needed. 910 00:45:05,971 --> 00:45:08,473 And more than I could've hoped for. 911 00:45:10,909 --> 00:45:13,011 I needed to have this first. 912 00:45:14,079 --> 00:45:17,883 So I can say goodbye and still remember you. 913 00:45:19,484 --> 00:45:21,552 Still remember us. 914 00:45:22,653 --> 00:45:24,055 Marie... 915 00:45:24,823 --> 00:45:26,203 What are you talking about? 916 00:45:26,257 --> 00:45:29,895 After all, isn't this what we're fighting for? 917 00:45:31,629 --> 00:45:34,665 What we've always been fighting for? 918 00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:36,634 (knock on door) 919 00:45:37,602 --> 00:45:40,338 Answer the door, Chris. 920 00:46:03,962 --> 00:46:06,097 * * 921 00:46:11,870 --> 00:46:13,740 GAMBLE: Soon, they will all be free, 922 00:46:13,839 --> 00:46:16,707 and your memories will be long gone. 923 00:46:27,886 --> 00:46:29,955 (screeching) 924 00:46:42,433 --> 00:46:44,235 You will stay. 925 00:46:44,369 --> 00:46:47,272 It's too late to stop me. 926 00:46:58,349 --> 00:47:01,086 I am filled with light you cannot vanquish. 927 00:47:02,553 --> 00:47:04,689 I am the Beholder. 928 00:47:04,755 --> 00:47:07,625 But I am also Marie Batel. 929 00:47:08,626 --> 00:47:12,197 The love I feel is brighter than your darkness. 930 00:47:13,164 --> 00:47:15,333 Your judgment is here. 931 00:47:31,649 --> 00:47:33,818 * * 932 00:47:45,296 --> 00:47:47,999 PIKE: Captain's personal log, supplemental. 933 00:47:48,099 --> 00:47:49,334 With the Vezda gone, 934 00:47:49,335 --> 00:47:51,368 the people of Skygowan are recovering. 935 00:47:51,369 --> 00:47:54,339 As if waking up from a terrible dream. 936 00:47:54,439 --> 00:47:57,675 We remember, but it's over. 937 00:47:57,808 --> 00:47:59,978 (sighs) It's a perfect time to leave. 938 00:48:00,078 --> 00:48:02,914 - Maybe get some time together. - Mm. 939 00:48:03,014 --> 00:48:06,484 It's actually also, um... 940 00:48:07,518 --> 00:48:09,820 ...a perfect time to stay. 941 00:48:10,989 --> 00:48:12,657 Yeah. 942 00:48:12,790 --> 00:48:14,492 The Vezda are imprisoned. 943 00:48:15,626 --> 00:48:18,163 All their history, 944 00:48:18,263 --> 00:48:20,865 all that knowledge of the past, it's... 945 00:48:20,966 --> 00:48:23,568 it's here for us to study now, safely. 946 00:48:25,336 --> 00:48:27,905 I can't walk away from that. 947 00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:31,876 (clears throat) 948 00:48:33,044 --> 00:48:34,345 CHAPEL: What's this? 949 00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:37,882 A scan of something I found. 950 00:48:37,983 --> 00:48:40,051 Maps of the stars. 951 00:48:40,185 --> 00:48:42,520 Areas that we've never been in. 952 00:48:43,854 --> 00:48:45,923 If I'm gonna stay on the planet, 953 00:48:46,024 --> 00:48:47,858 someone's got to look into it. 954 00:48:51,229 --> 00:48:54,599 (sighs) It's never gonna be easy between us, is it? 955 00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:57,268 Easy isn't interesting. 956 00:49:07,845 --> 00:49:09,714 Checkmate. 957 00:49:10,748 --> 00:49:12,250 Intriguing. 958 00:49:12,350 --> 00:49:13,850 We have melded minds, and yet, 959 00:49:13,851 --> 00:49:16,220 I see you are still far better at this game than I. 960 00:49:16,221 --> 00:49:18,723 And I see that you have some 961 00:49:18,823 --> 00:49:20,725 interesting new relationships. 962 00:49:20,858 --> 00:49:22,960 (La'An laughs) 963 00:49:23,061 --> 00:49:24,929 Um, anyway, I'll see you... 964 00:49:27,832 --> 00:49:29,734 You and I will remain friends. 965 00:49:29,834 --> 00:49:31,736 I think so, Spock. 966 00:49:31,836 --> 00:49:34,546 It is possible, someday, we will work on the same ship. 967 00:49:34,572 --> 00:49:38,143 Until then, it may be useful for us to continue our game. 968 00:49:39,044 --> 00:49:41,412 Despite your behavior on the moon of Orion. 969 00:49:41,512 --> 00:49:43,848 Although, I must confess, it is of 970 00:49:43,849 --> 00:49:46,083 extraordinary good fortune that no one suffered permanent... 971 00:49:46,084 --> 00:49:47,217 What are you boys talking about? 972 00:49:47,218 --> 00:49:49,220 Oh, nothing at all. 973 00:49:51,289 --> 00:49:53,524 James, good to see you. 974 00:49:53,624 --> 00:49:55,160 Spock, are you ready? 975 00:49:56,627 --> 00:49:57,728 Dance rehearsal. 976 00:49:57,795 --> 00:50:01,166 Oh, God, the mind meld. 977 00:50:01,266 --> 00:50:03,934 Like a steel trap. 978 00:50:23,521 --> 00:50:25,723 ("Wait" by M83 playing) 979 00:50:32,797 --> 00:50:35,533 * Send * 980 00:50:35,633 --> 00:50:40,471 - (sighs) - * Your dreams * 981 00:50:40,605 --> 00:50:44,675 * Where nobody hides * 982 00:50:44,809 --> 00:50:46,077 Hey. 983 00:50:47,011 --> 00:50:48,913 Want to talk? 984 00:50:49,066 --> 00:50:51,148 Not yet. 985 00:50:51,149 --> 00:50:53,351 * * 986 00:50:54,252 --> 00:50:56,687 One day, maybe soon, but... 987 00:50:58,089 --> 00:50:59,290 ...not yet. 988 00:50:59,390 --> 00:51:01,726 * Give * 989 00:51:01,826 --> 00:51:06,497 * Your tears * 990 00:51:06,597 --> 00:51:12,002 * To the tide * 991 00:51:26,117 --> 00:51:29,520 * No time * 992 00:51:34,959 --> 00:51:36,627 * * 993 00:51:36,694 --> 00:51:39,364 PIKE: Even as a boy, I always hated goodbyes. 994 00:51:39,497 --> 00:51:42,633 * No time * 995 00:51:43,701 --> 00:51:46,571 How can we love the people in our lives so deeply... 996 00:51:48,539 --> 00:51:50,241 ...and then, one day, 997 00:51:50,341 --> 00:51:51,876 simply never see them again? 998 00:51:52,009 --> 00:51:55,446 * No time... * 999 00:51:56,690 --> 00:51:59,649 Perhaps these moments we share 1000 00:51:59,650 --> 00:52:01,652 are anything but fleeting. 1001 00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:04,622 But... 1002 00:52:04,722 --> 00:52:06,424 maybe... 1003 00:52:06,524 --> 00:52:08,993 maybe they never really vanish. 1004 00:52:13,431 --> 00:52:15,400 Maybe Spock was right, 1005 00:52:15,500 --> 00:52:18,035 and time is not what we think. 1006 00:52:18,102 --> 00:52:20,405 * No time * 1007 00:52:20,538 --> 00:52:23,408 Maybe memory is as real as the present... 1008 00:52:24,575 --> 00:52:26,577 * * 1009 00:52:27,345 --> 00:52:30,815 ...and no one we have ever loved is truly gone. 1010 00:52:30,915 --> 00:52:34,385 * No time. * 1011 00:52:39,224 --> 00:52:41,626 * 1012 00:52:42,562 --> 00:52:45,495 (boatswain's whistle blows) 1013 00:52:45,496 --> 00:52:47,398 Captain on the bridge. 1014 00:53:00,278 --> 00:53:02,046 Dr. Korby's research on Skygowan 1015 00:53:02,146 --> 00:53:05,316 has revealed a large number of uncharted planets. 1016 00:53:06,217 --> 00:53:07,385 How many? 1017 00:53:07,485 --> 00:53:09,186 Enough for a five-year mission. 1018 00:53:09,853 --> 00:53:13,457 ORTEGAS: I did just happen to plot a course 1019 00:53:13,458 --> 00:53:15,993 to a promising M-Class planet. 1020 00:53:16,093 --> 00:53:17,995 If that sounds cool to you, sir... 1021 00:53:24,569 --> 00:53:27,438 Hailing frequencies open, Captain. 1022 00:53:30,341 --> 00:53:31,809 Yeah. 1023 00:53:32,643 --> 00:53:34,812 (sighs) 1024 00:53:36,381 --> 00:53:39,384 Is this a "hit it" situation? 1025 00:53:40,851 --> 00:53:44,021 Uh, it's a new future. 1026 00:53:45,856 --> 00:53:48,426 It's whatever kind of adventure we want it to be. 1027 00:53:49,894 --> 00:53:53,598 I mean, I still kind of like "hit it." 1028 00:53:53,664 --> 00:53:55,433 (laughs) 1029 00:53:57,468 --> 00:53:59,870 Why don't you take us out, Erica. 1030 00:54:00,971 --> 00:54:02,973 As fast as you want to go. 1031 00:54:03,841 --> 00:54:05,710 * * 1032 00:54:07,678 --> 00:54:08,813 ORTEGAS: Okay, 1033 00:54:08,879 --> 00:54:10,381 you asked for it. 1034 00:54:15,620 --> 00:54:18,356 Captioning sponsored by CBS 1035 00:54:18,489 --> 00:54:21,992 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 1036 00:54:22,042 --> 00:54:26,592 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0