1 00:00:03,786 --> 00:00:05,875 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:27,201 --> 00:00:28,941 RUTHERFORD: Ooh! I'm pooped. 3 00:00:29,072 --> 00:00:31,031 Working on ocean planets really takes it out of you. 4 00:00:31,161 --> 00:00:33,120 - [grunting] - I love cataloging algae as much as anyone, 5 00:00:33,294 --> 00:00:35,252 but keep it to a thousand mutations or less. 6 00:00:35,383 --> 00:00:37,646 Yeah, I think I'm not gonna come back to Piskes Nine 7 00:00:37,776 --> 00:00:39,300 until at least tenth contact. 8 00:00:39,387 --> 00:00:41,041 What are you talking about? That was fun. 9 00:00:41,171 --> 00:00:44,131 Hmm. Well, you don't have a fever. 10 00:00:44,305 --> 00:00:46,133 Oh, stop, stop. Sure, it was a lot of work 11 00:00:46,263 --> 00:00:48,135 that old Mariner would have definitely hated 12 00:00:48,265 --> 00:00:49,788 but, hey, that algae glowed in the dark. 13 00:00:49,919 --> 00:00:51,616 Oh! I love bioluminescence too. 14 00:00:51,747 --> 00:00:54,141 Mariner! I never took you for a seaweed girl. 15 00:00:54,271 --> 00:00:55,968 Mm, not when you phrase it like that, I'm not. 16 00:00:56,099 --> 00:00:58,319 I-I don't know, I guess I'm just starting to enjoy missions 17 00:00:58,406 --> 00:01:00,234 without trying to fight the system or whatever. 18 00:01:00,364 --> 00:01:02,236 Doing granular science is what Starfleet's all about 19 00:01:02,366 --> 00:01:04,586 and wow, I sound like a real Boimler right now. 20 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:06,588 Yeah. Uh, cool as hell. [chuckles] 21 00:01:06,762 --> 00:01:08,068 [grunts] Oh! Aah! 22 00:01:08,198 --> 00:01:09,895 You've really come a long way, Mariner. 23 00:01:10,026 --> 00:01:11,375 I find it inspiring. 24 00:01:11,506 --> 00:01:14,987 - [alarm blaring] - Ooh, I like red alerts, too. 25 00:01:15,162 --> 00:01:17,294 Come on, danger time. 26 00:01:17,425 --> 00:01:18,600 Captain, we dropped out of warp 27 00:01:18,774 --> 00:01:20,515 due to a navigational malfunction. 28 00:01:20,645 --> 00:01:21,864 Captain to Cetacean Ops. 29 00:01:22,038 --> 00:01:23,996 Lieutenant, what's your status? 30 00:01:29,567 --> 00:01:31,221 [screaming] 31 00:01:31,352 --> 00:01:34,442 Computer, shut down nav processing. 32 00:01:34,572 --> 00:01:36,139 We are supposed to be at a captains' conference 33 00:01:36,226 --> 00:01:38,272 on Casperia Prime in 24 hours. 34 00:01:38,402 --> 00:01:41,057 I'm hosting their first annual scatting battle. 35 00:01:41,188 --> 00:01:42,145 Well, we aren't gonna be anywhere 36 00:01:42,276 --> 00:01:43,625 unless we get the nav repaired. 37 00:01:43,799 --> 00:01:46,323 Mr. Boimler, are there any starbases within impulse? 38 00:01:46,454 --> 00:01:48,586 BOIMLER: Yes, but you're not gonna like it. 39 00:01:48,717 --> 00:01:50,588 The only station within reach is 40 00:01:50,675 --> 00:01:52,024 Starbase 80. 41 00:01:52,155 --> 00:01:53,852 - [crew gasps] - MALE: Damn. Starbase 80?! 42 00:01:53,983 --> 00:01:56,420 - That's the worst starbase in the quadrant! - [grunts] 43 00:01:56,507 --> 00:01:58,335 No, no, I am not going back to the hellhole. 44 00:01:58,466 --> 00:02:01,208 I'm a positive person now. I love algae. 45 00:02:01,338 --> 00:02:02,426 There's nowhere else? 46 00:02:02,557 --> 00:02:03,471 I mean, at full impulse 47 00:02:03,645 --> 00:02:04,559 we could get to Deep Space Six 48 00:02:04,689 --> 00:02:06,213 in 400 years. 49 00:02:06,343 --> 00:02:07,866 That. Let's do that. Mom, please. Right? 50 00:02:07,997 --> 00:02:09,651 We-we can't go to Starbase 80. 51 00:02:09,781 --> 00:02:10,826 Let's just, you know, put out a distress call 52 00:02:10,956 --> 00:02:12,567 and drift until we get rescued. 53 00:02:12,697 --> 00:02:15,047 As much as I would love to never set foot on that station, 54 00:02:15,135 --> 00:02:16,701 we need a navigation processor. 55 00:02:16,875 --> 00:02:18,050 It's our only option. 56 00:02:18,225 --> 00:02:21,228 Mr. Boimler, Starbase 80, full impulse. 57 00:02:21,358 --> 00:02:24,318 No...! 58 00:02:26,058 --> 00:02:27,930 Are you gonna do that the whole way there? 59 00:02:28,060 --> 00:02:30,454 [Mariner continuing] 60 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:34,241 ♪ ♪ 61 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:56,263 ♪ ♪ 62 00:03:25,466 --> 00:03:27,250 ♪ 63 00:03:47,531 --> 00:03:49,272 ♪ ♪ 64 00:03:51,883 --> 00:03:53,711 Absolutely not. You can't make me go back. 65 00:03:53,842 --> 00:03:55,496 Put me in the brig. Shoot me into space. 66 00:03:55,626 --> 00:03:58,107 I don't want to be on SB80 any more than you do. 67 00:03:58,281 --> 00:03:59,587 When we crossed dimensions, 68 00:03:59,717 --> 00:04:01,676 the other me ran this pile of junk. 69 00:04:01,806 --> 00:04:04,069 - Now, you've been here. - Because you banished me! 70 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,115 And I apologize for that. 71 00:04:06,289 --> 00:04:08,552 Is it really infested with fleas? 72 00:04:08,683 --> 00:04:10,772 Denobulan lice. And they itch like [bleep]. 73 00:04:10,859 --> 00:04:13,383 This place is cursed. I've already been here too long. 74 00:04:13,470 --> 00:04:16,038 We'll be in and out as fast as possible. 75 00:04:16,168 --> 00:04:18,345 I'm sure it won't be that bad. 76 00:04:18,475 --> 00:04:20,042 Hey, Captain, Starbase 80's transporters 77 00:04:20,129 --> 00:04:21,565 aren't safe for organic use. 78 00:04:21,739 --> 00:04:23,785 They want us to rub down with some kind of gel. 79 00:04:23,959 --> 00:04:26,309 Ha! See? The curse begins. 80 00:04:31,923 --> 00:04:34,535 Check me out. I'm a total T'Pol over here. 81 00:04:34,622 --> 00:04:35,492 Mare-Bear, get my back. 82 00:04:35,579 --> 00:04:37,059 Not if my life depended on it. 83 00:04:37,233 --> 00:04:38,539 Also, why do we have to decontaminate? 84 00:04:38,669 --> 00:04:40,584 They're the ones who are cursed, not us. 85 00:04:40,715 --> 00:04:42,804 Come on, you can't really believe in curses. 86 00:04:42,934 --> 00:04:44,501 I didn't used to, but I've seen it. 87 00:04:44,632 --> 00:04:46,851 A regular smart person spends too much time here 88 00:04:47,025 --> 00:04:48,853 and somehow, through mysterious forces, 89 00:04:49,027 --> 00:04:50,290 thy turn into a total buffoon. 90 00:04:50,377 --> 00:04:52,248 That's a little unscientific. 91 00:04:52,379 --> 00:04:54,642 - Can science explain Q? - Probably. 92 00:04:54,772 --> 00:04:56,252 You gonna use all your gel? 93 00:04:56,426 --> 00:04:57,819 Ooh, hey, man, I wouldn't use too much of that stuff. 94 00:04:57,949 --> 00:04:59,168 I think there's a reason they got rid of it. 95 00:04:59,299 --> 00:05:01,823 I like to lay it on thick. 96 00:05:01,997 --> 00:05:04,391 Oh, yeah, that's the stuff. 97 00:05:08,612 --> 00:05:11,311 Mariner, the ground isn't gonna fall out from under you. 98 00:05:11,485 --> 00:05:12,877 Last time I was here, I fell into an open ditch. 99 00:05:13,008 --> 00:05:14,836 Now, I know what you're thinking. 100 00:05:14,966 --> 00:05:16,359 You're like, "How can there be an open ditch on a starbase?" 101 00:05:16,490 --> 00:05:17,969 Well, anything's possible in hell. 102 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:20,058 - Hiya, Cerritos crew! - Aah! 103 00:05:20,232 --> 00:05:22,583 [laughs] Welcome to Starbase 80. 104 00:05:22,670 --> 00:05:24,976 Kassia Nox, diplomatic liaison. 105 00:05:25,107 --> 00:05:27,892 We're so relieved Starfleet finally sent someone 106 00:05:28,066 --> 00:05:29,416 to repair our flux spectrometer. 107 00:05:29,590 --> 00:05:31,374 I'm afraid there's been a misunderstanding. 108 00:05:31,505 --> 00:05:33,158 The Cerritos was forced here 109 00:05:33,289 --> 00:05:34,638 due to a navigational malfunction. 110 00:05:34,769 --> 00:05:36,814 We need a new processor, if you have one. 111 00:05:36,988 --> 00:05:38,512 Oh, I see. 112 00:05:38,642 --> 00:05:40,514 Well, I'm sure we have a nav processor or two 113 00:05:40,644 --> 00:05:42,777 in storage, as long as you don't mind an older model. 114 00:05:42,907 --> 00:05:45,519 [all exclaim] 115 00:05:45,649 --> 00:05:48,478 Well, the Cerritos isn't exactly cutting edge either. 116 00:05:48,609 --> 00:05:50,480 So, older-- it-it should be fine. 117 00:05:50,567 --> 00:05:52,352 I'm sure my chief engineer can help you. 118 00:05:52,482 --> 00:05:53,875 He's down on level 15. 119 00:05:54,005 --> 00:05:55,920 Mariner, why don't you go see if you can help 120 00:05:56,094 --> 00:05:57,226 with any station repairs 121 00:05:57,357 --> 00:05:58,096 while we go and get the processor. 122 00:05:58,227 --> 00:05:59,620 Ooh, alternate idea. 123 00:05:59,707 --> 00:06:01,012 I would love to go back to the Cerritos 124 00:06:01,186 --> 00:06:01,970 and not help with anything. 125 00:06:02,057 --> 00:06:04,886 That's an order. 126 00:06:05,016 --> 00:06:06,888 Looks like you're with me. 127 00:06:07,018 --> 00:06:08,890 Mom, come on. Please, please, look, give me-give me 128 00:06:09,064 --> 00:06:09,847 holodeck waste removal duty. 129 00:06:10,021 --> 00:06:11,501 Anything that takes me 130 00:06:11,588 --> 00:06:12,546 back to the Cerritos. Please. 131 00:06:12,676 --> 00:06:14,809 Ah, man, these systems are all old and weird. 132 00:06:14,896 --> 00:06:17,202 I was dreaming about working on something new. 133 00:06:17,289 --> 00:06:19,553 Have you dreamed of being cursed? 134 00:06:27,125 --> 00:06:28,344 So, what crime did you commit 135 00:06:28,518 --> 00:06:30,041 to get you banished to Curse Town? 136 00:06:30,172 --> 00:06:31,739 None. I volunteered. 137 00:06:31,869 --> 00:06:33,567 That's weird. You sure that's how it went down? 138 00:06:33,697 --> 00:06:35,960 SB80 might not be the most glamorous starbase 139 00:06:36,134 --> 00:06:39,007 in the Federation, but it grows on you. 140 00:06:39,094 --> 00:06:41,096 Like a fungus. 141 00:06:41,183 --> 00:06:43,881 Welcome to Engineering. Watch your step. 142 00:06:45,753 --> 00:06:47,668 - Uh... - [all exclaim] 143 00:06:49,757 --> 00:06:51,628 RUTHERFORD: Whoa, we're on the ceiling. 144 00:06:51,759 --> 00:06:53,717 Oh, yeah, well, we're having a little trouble 145 00:06:53,848 --> 00:06:55,371 with the gravity plating. [chuckles] 146 00:06:55,545 --> 00:06:58,679 Oh! The fusion reactor is so cute. 147 00:06:58,809 --> 00:07:01,246 Oh, my gosh. And do you use wall comms? 148 00:07:01,377 --> 00:07:02,726 - [boatswain's whistle blows] - The base hasn't experienced 149 00:07:02,857 --> 00:07:04,859 many upgrades since the 2260s. 150 00:07:04,946 --> 00:07:07,992 That's why it's so retro cool! 151 00:07:08,166 --> 00:07:09,472 See, Mariner? No curse here. 152 00:07:09,559 --> 00:07:11,300 Just a minimalist reactor room 153 00:07:11,431 --> 00:07:12,780 with a... corn dog vendor? 154 00:07:12,910 --> 00:07:14,738 - KASSIA: That's Chad. - Oh. 155 00:07:14,825 --> 00:07:16,871 You have to try his corn dogs-- they're incredible. 156 00:07:17,001 --> 00:07:18,176 Mmm, mmm, mmm! 157 00:07:18,307 --> 00:07:19,090 They have food vendors all over the base 158 00:07:19,221 --> 00:07:20,962 instead of replicators. 159 00:07:21,092 --> 00:07:22,746 We've actually found that the absence of replicators 160 00:07:22,877 --> 00:07:25,706 has livened the station's culinary scene. 161 00:07:25,836 --> 00:07:28,143 Looks like the gravity stabilizer's working, 162 00:07:28,230 --> 00:07:30,362 just, you know, in the wrong direction. 163 00:07:30,537 --> 00:07:31,886 Rutherford to Commander Billups. 164 00:07:32,016 --> 00:07:33,496 [low moaning] 165 00:07:33,627 --> 00:07:35,150 SB80's got some problems with their grav plating. 166 00:07:35,324 --> 00:07:37,369 Can you help out? Aah! Static. 167 00:07:37,544 --> 00:07:39,415 Yep, this place is charged up. 168 00:07:39,546 --> 00:07:40,677 Don't walk around in your socks. 169 00:07:40,764 --> 00:07:42,549 What was up with that incoherent moaning? 170 00:07:42,679 --> 00:07:44,333 Guess the breakfast burrito didn't sit well. 171 00:07:44,464 --> 00:07:45,987 Looks like I'm on my own. 172 00:07:46,117 --> 00:07:47,815 Well, we still have the old schematics in storage 173 00:07:47,945 --> 00:07:50,034 - that came with the station. - Awesome! 174 00:07:50,165 --> 00:07:52,559 Wait, I thought Billups only ate hot cereals. 175 00:07:52,646 --> 00:07:54,778 Well, he's been working on his pickiness. I'm proud of him. 176 00:07:54,952 --> 00:07:58,216 Proud or concerned for out of character curse behavior? 177 00:07:58,347 --> 00:08:01,219 It was a burrito, and Billups isn't even on SB80. 178 00:08:01,393 --> 00:08:02,525 He's back on the Cerritos. 179 00:08:02,612 --> 00:08:05,136 That's true. All right. Maybe we're okay. 180 00:08:08,270 --> 00:08:09,880 ♪ ♪ 181 00:08:10,011 --> 00:08:11,795 [growling] 182 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:15,495 [thud] 183 00:08:15,582 --> 00:08:18,367 [sniffs] Oof! My, this place 184 00:08:18,498 --> 00:08:19,847 does have a signature stink. 185 00:08:19,977 --> 00:08:21,936 Mmm! All I smell is gel. 186 00:08:22,023 --> 00:08:23,154 - [shouting in distance] - Do you hear that? 187 00:08:23,285 --> 00:08:25,026 - [alarm blaring] - [gasps] 188 00:08:25,156 --> 00:08:26,593 Is that man dead? 189 00:08:28,290 --> 00:08:29,726 - Aah! - [gasps] 190 00:08:29,857 --> 00:08:30,684 Oh. 191 00:08:30,814 --> 00:08:32,033 Howdy. 192 00:08:32,163 --> 00:08:33,774 Y'all must be from the 'Ritos, aren't you? 193 00:08:33,861 --> 00:08:35,210 Sorry, dozed off there. 194 00:08:35,384 --> 00:08:37,255 With all these alarms going off? 195 00:08:37,386 --> 00:08:40,650 Oh, hell, I don't have the tools to reroute their microcircuits. 196 00:08:40,781 --> 00:08:42,870 Don't worry, you'll get used to it. 197 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,045 [sighs] 198 00:08:48,397 --> 00:08:50,834 [laughs] Hot damn! Y'all got 199 00:08:50,965 --> 00:08:52,967 them really good modern tricorders. 200 00:08:53,054 --> 00:08:55,709 Happy to help. We're looking for the chief engineer. 201 00:08:55,839 --> 00:08:57,667 He has a navigation processor for us. 202 00:08:57,798 --> 00:08:59,408 Oh, hell, that's Jakobowski. 203 00:08:59,582 --> 00:09:01,366 Great guy. Hell of a throwing arm. 204 00:09:01,453 --> 00:09:03,281 Uh-huh. And where is he? 205 00:09:03,412 --> 00:09:05,109 Probably in the arcade. 206 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,111 We don't have any fancy holodecks, 207 00:09:07,242 --> 00:09:09,374 so Chief spends a lot of time there. 208 00:09:09,461 --> 00:09:11,551 Yeah, it's up on, uh, 33. 209 00:09:11,725 --> 00:09:12,769 He'll get you that nav thingy you want. 210 00:09:12,856 --> 00:09:15,424 [groans] Wha... We just came down from 33. 211 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:17,382 Y'all have fun. 212 00:09:17,469 --> 00:09:19,080 - [snores] - All right, Captain, 213 00:09:19,210 --> 00:09:20,472 let's follow this napkin. 214 00:09:20,603 --> 00:09:23,127 Oh, dang gel. I got it, I got it. 215 00:09:23,258 --> 00:09:25,042 Oh, please. 216 00:09:25,129 --> 00:09:27,697 ♪ ♪ 217 00:09:36,140 --> 00:09:37,228 [low growling] 218 00:09:37,359 --> 00:09:39,361 Wow, that's a lot of growling and glaring. 219 00:09:39,491 --> 00:09:41,581 Fun fact: SB80 actually has 220 00:09:41,711 --> 00:09:43,583 the largest population of Acamarians 221 00:09:43,757 --> 00:09:45,889 outside Acamar III due to an old negotiation hiccup 222 00:09:46,063 --> 00:09:48,370 that surrendered half the starbase to their authority. 223 00:09:48,544 --> 00:09:50,285 Yeah, this place is basically controlled 224 00:09:50,415 --> 00:09:52,156 - by a knife gang. - [whimpers] 225 00:09:52,287 --> 00:09:53,636 We've sort of been hoping 226 00:09:53,723 --> 00:09:55,551 Starfleet might renegotiate the treaty. 227 00:09:55,682 --> 00:09:58,336 But I guess it's low on the diplomatic to-do list. 228 00:09:58,467 --> 00:09:59,947 [gasps] Ruthie! 229 00:10:00,121 --> 00:10:01,339 No, that's cursed sauce. Don't touch that. 230 00:10:01,470 --> 00:10:04,081 Wha? I eat those every day. They're great. 231 00:10:04,212 --> 00:10:07,258 Uncovered and unrefrigerated? Ugh, that's a pass. 232 00:10:07,389 --> 00:10:08,869 Oh! These are cozy. 233 00:10:08,956 --> 00:10:10,740 How did you make them without replicators? 234 00:10:10,914 --> 00:10:13,177 They're the uniforms of long-dead men. 235 00:10:13,264 --> 00:10:14,744 Vintage. 236 00:10:16,703 --> 00:10:19,749 KASSIA: The grav-plate manual should be in here somewhere. 237 00:10:19,923 --> 00:10:21,185 It's a mess! 238 00:10:21,316 --> 00:10:22,709 Oh, my God, we're never getting out of here. 239 00:10:22,883 --> 00:10:24,580 Okay, don't worry. We'll divide and conquer. 240 00:10:24,711 --> 00:10:25,973 Rutherford, how about you take that pile on the left? 241 00:10:26,060 --> 00:10:28,279 [groaning] 242 00:10:29,803 --> 00:10:30,847 Everything okay, buddy? 243 00:10:30,934 --> 00:10:32,414 - Yeah. - BOIMLER: Whoa! 244 00:10:32,588 --> 00:10:33,502 What are you doing? Stop that. 245 00:10:33,633 --> 00:10:35,025 Rutherford's cursed! He's got the 80! 246 00:10:35,156 --> 00:10:38,115 There's got to be a rational, scientific explanation... 247 00:10:39,508 --> 00:10:41,292 [snarling] 248 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:43,860 [roars] 249 00:10:43,991 --> 00:10:44,861 - [gasps] - Ew. 250 00:10:44,948 --> 00:10:46,907 Okay, maybe there's a curse. 251 00:10:52,695 --> 00:10:53,696 [chuckles] Oh! 252 00:10:53,827 --> 00:10:54,915 A twist-handle control. 253 00:10:55,045 --> 00:10:56,525 Did you use these as an ensign? 254 00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:58,701 - I am not that old. - Oh. 255 00:10:58,832 --> 00:11:01,443 Well, I think we turn it to use voice command. 256 00:11:02,139 --> 00:11:03,575 [both exclaim] 257 00:11:04,272 --> 00:11:05,577 Computer, Arcade. 258 00:11:05,752 --> 00:11:07,014 COMPUTER: Maintenance labyrinth. 259 00:11:07,144 --> 00:11:08,276 I said Arcade. 260 00:11:08,363 --> 00:11:09,930 [exclaiming] 261 00:11:10,060 --> 00:11:11,714 COMPUTER: Maintenance labyrinth confirmed. 262 00:11:14,108 --> 00:11:17,285 This is definitely not the Arcade. 263 00:11:17,415 --> 00:11:18,503 COMPUTER: Arcade. 264 00:11:18,634 --> 00:11:20,418 Get back here! Damn it. 265 00:11:20,549 --> 00:11:22,159 Should I call the Cerritos for help? 266 00:11:22,290 --> 00:11:25,554 No. This place got the better of my alternate universe self. 267 00:11:25,685 --> 00:11:27,338 It won't do the same to me. 268 00:11:27,425 --> 00:11:28,688 You're still worried about that? 269 00:11:28,818 --> 00:11:29,993 Yes! 270 00:11:30,124 --> 00:11:31,342 [growling] 271 00:11:31,473 --> 00:11:33,040 [shouts] 272 00:11:33,170 --> 00:11:34,345 Look at 'em, 273 00:11:34,476 --> 00:11:35,651 all vacant, weird. 274 00:11:35,782 --> 00:11:37,827 They've all got Starbase 80 curse. 275 00:11:42,919 --> 00:11:46,270 Uh, Dr. T'Ana? - [growling, meowing nearby] 276 00:11:46,444 --> 00:11:48,316 - Ow. - MARINER: [gasps] It got Dr. T. 277 00:11:48,446 --> 00:11:49,926 KASSIA: Huh, that's weird. 278 00:11:50,057 --> 00:11:52,233 While your crew's affected, none of us locals are. 279 00:11:52,407 --> 00:11:54,235 Yeah, 'cause you're already cursed. 280 00:11:54,322 --> 00:11:55,932 Come on, our doctor will get to the bottom of this. 281 00:11:56,063 --> 00:11:57,281 What if he's cursed, too? 282 00:11:57,412 --> 00:11:58,935 Well, you sort of don't have a choice. 283 00:11:59,022 --> 00:12:00,502 [groans] 284 00:12:01,764 --> 00:12:02,634 Hello? 285 00:12:02,809 --> 00:12:05,855 - Lt. Jakobowski? - [growling] 286 00:12:08,379 --> 00:12:10,817 - [roaring] - [gasps] 287 00:12:10,947 --> 00:12:12,557 [muffled roar] 288 00:12:13,297 --> 00:12:14,603 FREEMAN: Gene? 289 00:12:14,690 --> 00:12:16,605 Why is your head in that tube? 290 00:12:16,736 --> 00:12:17,519 GENE: I'm just trying to fix 291 00:12:17,649 --> 00:12:19,913 an oxygen leak and I got stuck. 292 00:12:20,087 --> 00:12:21,958 Hold on, I've got some gel that should help with that. 293 00:12:23,046 --> 00:12:26,006 - [grunting] - [screeching] 294 00:12:27,181 --> 00:12:28,399 [laughs] 295 00:12:28,486 --> 00:12:30,314 Way too many bats around here. 296 00:12:30,488 --> 00:12:32,752 Gene, we need to find your engineer. 297 00:12:32,926 --> 00:12:35,145 I feel like we've been just wondering around the station 298 00:12:35,232 --> 00:12:36,625 fixing things. 299 00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:38,192 Well, since you mentioned it... 300 00:12:38,322 --> 00:12:39,367 What now? 301 00:12:39,497 --> 00:12:40,934 I don't have the know-how 302 00:12:41,064 --> 00:12:43,153 to get this oxygen leak sealed. Could you... 303 00:12:43,284 --> 00:12:45,808 Yes. [grunts] 304 00:12:51,422 --> 00:12:53,120 There. Done. 305 00:12:53,207 --> 00:12:56,079 Now, will you please point us to Lt. Jakobowski? 306 00:12:56,166 --> 00:12:59,474 Oh, happily. Let's get you to that arcade. 307 00:13:02,477 --> 00:13:04,827 [laughs] Stairs! Boom! 308 00:13:04,958 --> 00:13:06,437 Don't see these in space very often. 309 00:13:06,568 --> 00:13:07,830 The perfect workout. 310 00:13:07,917 --> 00:13:09,876 Yeah, 30 stories and you'll hit the arcade. 311 00:13:10,006 --> 00:13:10,833 Can't miss it. 312 00:13:10,964 --> 00:13:12,879 I'm not letting this place win. 313 00:13:13,053 --> 00:13:14,663 You're welcome. 314 00:13:14,794 --> 00:13:17,144 Ha, ha, my glutes. You feel that, Cap? 315 00:13:17,274 --> 00:13:18,928 The power of stairs! 316 00:13:19,102 --> 00:13:21,104 [growling] 317 00:13:21,191 --> 00:13:23,411 Ugh, Tendi, Rutherford keeps trying to lick the walls. 318 00:13:23,541 --> 00:13:24,978 Can you help, please? 319 00:13:25,108 --> 00:13:27,502 - [growling] - MARINER: [gasps] No! 320 00:13:27,632 --> 00:13:28,677 Tendi's cursed, too. 321 00:13:28,808 --> 00:13:30,897 Ensigns Mackler and Gorm, 322 00:13:31,027 --> 00:13:32,333 I need your help at my location now. 323 00:13:32,463 --> 00:13:34,117 [Mackler growling] 324 00:13:34,248 --> 00:13:36,946 Oh, you were right, this curse is getting to everyone. 325 00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:38,861 Hurry, follow me! 326 00:13:38,992 --> 00:13:40,384 [shrieks] Who the hell are you? 327 00:13:40,515 --> 00:13:41,821 Station doctor Harrison Horseberry. 328 00:13:41,951 --> 00:13:43,735 We must get these officers to Sickbay. 329 00:13:43,823 --> 00:13:45,781 Posthaste. Pip-pip, on your way. 330 00:13:45,912 --> 00:13:48,088 [growling] 331 00:13:48,175 --> 00:13:49,611 Um... 332 00:13:49,785 --> 00:13:50,742 Wh-What is happening with your doctor? 333 00:13:50,873 --> 00:13:52,614 Oh, yeah, he gets that a lot. 334 00:13:52,701 --> 00:13:54,616 [whispers]: He's British. 335 00:13:54,746 --> 00:13:56,531 Does he have one of those Tarchannen parasites 336 00:13:56,661 --> 00:13:57,358 that mess with your DNA? 337 00:13:57,488 --> 00:13:58,707 I used to have one. 338 00:13:58,838 --> 00:14:00,448 I got it from sharing a toothbrush 339 00:14:00,535 --> 00:14:02,145 with one of my colleges. 340 00:14:02,276 --> 00:14:03,973 How did you know? I was told it was hardly noticeable. 341 00:14:04,060 --> 00:14:05,583 Yeah, it was... it was little noticeable. 342 00:14:05,757 --> 00:14:07,063 HORSEBERRY: [gasps] Oh, my word. 343 00:14:07,150 --> 00:14:09,022 - This can't be right. - W-What's wrong? 344 00:14:09,152 --> 00:14:11,633 Nothing. No pathogens or biochemical phenomena 345 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:13,330 and no Tarchannen parasites, 346 00:14:13,417 --> 00:14:14,854 which I always check for, just for fun. 347 00:14:14,984 --> 00:14:17,944 Oh, my God. You're right. It is a curse! 348 00:14:18,031 --> 00:14:19,728 All right, [bleep] this. I'm calling for evac. 349 00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:20,772 Stop! Give me that combadge. 350 00:14:20,903 --> 00:14:22,122 - You'll get it, too! - Hey! 351 00:14:23,210 --> 00:14:25,038 [gasps] I knew you were up to something. 352 00:14:25,168 --> 00:14:26,126 [grunting] 353 00:14:31,740 --> 00:14:32,872 [grunting] 354 00:14:35,222 --> 00:14:37,180 Holly [bleep]. How are you so good at fighting? 355 00:14:37,311 --> 00:14:40,314 I'm El-Aurian. I think I know how to fight. 356 00:14:40,444 --> 00:14:42,011 Wait, like Guinan? 357 00:14:42,142 --> 00:14:43,752 What, so you're, like, 400 years old? 358 00:14:43,883 --> 00:14:46,102 No, I'm in my 30s. But I pay attention. 359 00:14:46,233 --> 00:14:48,757 A young El-Aurian is just a regular person! 360 00:14:48,844 --> 00:14:49,976 I'm trying to protect you. 361 00:14:50,150 --> 00:14:52,021 Sure doesn't feel like it. 362 00:14:52,195 --> 00:14:55,546 Have you noticed your crew only starts acting weird 363 00:14:55,677 --> 00:14:57,722 after using their combadges? 364 00:14:57,809 --> 00:14:59,899 - So? - So, what if that's why 365 00:14:59,986 --> 00:15:01,944 your crew's affected and ours isn't? 366 00:15:02,031 --> 00:15:03,903 Everyone here's acting weird as [bleep]. 367 00:15:05,295 --> 00:15:08,646 They're goofy and excentric, but not licking walls. 368 00:15:08,820 --> 00:15:09,996 - [grunts] - We don't have combadges. 369 00:15:10,126 --> 00:15:12,999 We use old wall comms. That has to be it. 370 00:15:13,129 --> 00:15:14,435 Boimler just contacted his ensigns. 371 00:15:14,565 --> 00:15:16,654 [grunts] And he's fine. 372 00:15:16,785 --> 00:15:18,961 - [growling] - Oh, [bleep], 373 00:15:20,745 --> 00:15:22,747 Oh, my God, you were right. It's the combadges. 374 00:15:22,878 --> 00:15:25,881 But that means the curse is from the Cerritos? 375 00:15:27,491 --> 00:15:29,015 Sorry, Boims. [grunts] 376 00:15:30,364 --> 00:15:31,365 [panting] 377 00:15:31,495 --> 00:15:33,367 [whoops] 378 00:15:33,454 --> 00:15:36,152 [grunting] 379 00:15:36,283 --> 00:15:37,849 [groans] 380 00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:39,677 RANSOM: Wow, that's a lot of Acamarians. 381 00:15:39,851 --> 00:15:42,637 Careful, Cap. These guys can get pretty rough. 382 00:15:42,767 --> 00:15:44,465 You lost, Starfleet? 383 00:15:44,595 --> 00:15:47,598 We don't get a lot of your kind around here. 384 00:15:47,729 --> 00:15:49,774 Unless they're going to... 385 00:15:49,861 --> 00:15:52,081 the arcade. 386 00:15:52,212 --> 00:15:54,562 We are going to the arcade. 387 00:15:54,692 --> 00:15:56,520 Oh, awesome. It's right over there. 388 00:15:56,694 --> 00:15:59,132 Here's some extra tokens. On the house. 389 00:16:02,222 --> 00:16:03,527 [grunting] 390 00:16:03,614 --> 00:16:05,399 - BOTH: Gene? - Oh! 391 00:16:05,529 --> 00:16:06,791 Howdy, friends. 392 00:16:06,878 --> 00:16:08,228 That is it. 393 00:16:08,358 --> 00:16:10,491 I don't know what you've been up to, buddy, 394 00:16:10,621 --> 00:16:11,448 but it ends now. 395 00:16:11,579 --> 00:16:12,580 No more runarounds. 396 00:16:12,667 --> 00:16:14,625 Where's Lt. Jakobowski? 397 00:16:14,712 --> 00:16:16,105 Aw, calm down, lady. 398 00:16:16,236 --> 00:16:18,760 - That is Jakobowski. - What? 399 00:16:18,890 --> 00:16:22,155 Chief Engineer Gene Jakobowski at your service. 400 00:16:22,285 --> 00:16:24,766 You better have a damn good explanation, Gene. 401 00:16:24,940 --> 00:16:28,161 I know, apologies, apologies for the subterfuge. 402 00:16:28,335 --> 00:16:30,293 I've been asking Starfleet to send someone 403 00:16:30,467 --> 00:16:33,166 to help with repairs for months, see? 404 00:16:33,296 --> 00:16:35,298 I couldn't miss a chance to get help fixing 405 00:16:35,472 --> 00:16:37,518 the alarms and oxygen pipe. 406 00:16:37,648 --> 00:16:40,260 Starfleet lying to Starfleet? That is messed-up, Gene. 407 00:16:40,390 --> 00:16:42,740 Well, if you help me clear out the bats 408 00:16:42,914 --> 00:16:45,091 in subsection five, I'll give you 409 00:16:45,221 --> 00:16:46,962 your navigation processor. 410 00:16:47,093 --> 00:16:48,703 No way are we helping you with that. 411 00:16:48,833 --> 00:16:50,096 You go get it right now. 412 00:16:50,226 --> 00:16:51,097 Captain? 413 00:16:51,271 --> 00:16:53,142 No, I-I get it. 414 00:16:53,229 --> 00:16:54,926 The Cerritos isn't the flashiest ship, 415 00:16:55,057 --> 00:16:57,581 so it's easy for command to ignore. 416 00:16:57,712 --> 00:17:00,584 You know what, I haven't been exactly fair to you today. 417 00:17:00,715 --> 00:17:03,065 Let's get those bats. 418 00:17:03,152 --> 00:17:05,067 [screaming, clamoring] 419 00:17:10,551 --> 00:17:12,205 [both exclaim] 420 00:17:13,467 --> 00:17:14,424 [gasps] 421 00:17:14,555 --> 00:17:16,035 [exclaiming] 422 00:17:16,122 --> 00:17:18,689 Oh, I can't believe I messed this up. 423 00:17:18,820 --> 00:17:20,430 You didn't do anything. 424 00:17:20,561 --> 00:17:21,649 Getting kicked off my ship and being transferred here-- 425 00:17:21,736 --> 00:17:23,303 that was my rock bottom. 426 00:17:23,390 --> 00:17:25,566 Being back made me feel like I was still that person. 427 00:17:25,696 --> 00:17:26,871 If I'd been on my game, 428 00:17:27,002 --> 00:17:28,221 I would have seen what was happening. 429 00:17:28,395 --> 00:17:29,918 Hey, this isn't rock bottom for anyone. 430 00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:31,746 Starbase 80's for second chances. 431 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:33,139 That's why I love it. 432 00:17:33,269 --> 00:17:36,490 [gasps] What the... What is that? 433 00:17:36,577 --> 00:17:38,013 [shouts] 434 00:17:38,144 --> 00:17:40,407 I mean, when you put it like that, 435 00:17:40,537 --> 00:17:42,278 I'm kind of into Starbase 80. 436 00:17:42,409 --> 00:17:44,280 We're not perfect, but that's why it works. 437 00:17:44,367 --> 00:17:46,413 Damn. Okay, so it's not a curse. 438 00:17:46,543 --> 00:17:48,719 Something is piggybacking on our combadge signals. 439 00:17:48,850 --> 00:17:50,765 We have to find the source. 440 00:17:56,249 --> 00:17:58,773 [gasps] There's a biological energy signature. 441 00:17:58,860 --> 00:18:00,775 Then your comm logs can tell us how this started. 442 00:18:00,862 --> 00:18:02,342 Yeah, they're back on the ship, which will be full 443 00:18:02,429 --> 00:18:04,344 of cursed crew. How are we gonna get through that? 444 00:18:04,431 --> 00:18:07,738 With the help of two of my biggest weirdos. 445 00:18:07,912 --> 00:18:10,785 ♪ 446 00:18:14,571 --> 00:18:16,312 We need to get to the bridge. Let's use caution... 447 00:18:16,486 --> 00:18:18,445 - COMPUTER: Self-destruct sequence activated. - What?! 448 00:18:18,619 --> 00:18:20,577 Self-destruct sequence aborted. 449 00:18:20,664 --> 00:18:21,926 Oh, thank God. 450 00:18:22,057 --> 00:18:23,319 Self-destruct sequence activated. 451 00:18:23,450 --> 00:18:25,539 What the hell is happening on this ship? 452 00:18:25,626 --> 00:18:27,758 Forget caution! New plan: reckless abandon! 453 00:18:27,845 --> 00:18:31,414 Self-self-self-self- self-self-destruct... 454 00:18:31,545 --> 00:18:33,547 self-destruct- self-destruct sequence... 455 00:18:33,677 --> 00:18:35,810 [hisses] 456 00:18:35,940 --> 00:18:37,638 Pardon me! 457 00:18:39,466 --> 00:18:41,337 [moaning] 458 00:18:41,424 --> 00:18:42,773 Livik. 459 00:18:42,904 --> 00:18:44,427 [grunts] 460 00:18:45,515 --> 00:18:48,388 - Nice. - Happens all the time on our base. 461 00:18:48,475 --> 00:18:49,519 Whoa! 462 00:18:49,650 --> 00:18:51,565 My stars! 463 00:18:51,652 --> 00:18:53,001 There's no way through. We have to go back. 464 00:18:53,175 --> 00:18:55,743 Looks like this is a job for Chad. 465 00:18:55,873 --> 00:18:58,572 Corn dogs, ho! 466 00:18:58,702 --> 00:19:01,227 Chad, no! 467 00:19:03,751 --> 00:19:04,578 Keep going. 468 00:19:04,708 --> 00:19:05,796 Chad'll be okay. 469 00:19:05,927 --> 00:19:08,451 [moans, grunting] 470 00:19:08,625 --> 00:19:10,366 Chad! 471 00:19:11,367 --> 00:19:12,455 Self-destruct- self-destruct se... 472 00:19:12,629 --> 00:19:13,891 self-destruct sequence... 473 00:19:14,022 --> 00:19:15,806 self-destruct sequence ac... 474 00:19:15,937 --> 00:19:18,418 Self-destruct sequence aborted. 475 00:19:18,505 --> 00:19:20,202 - [exhales] - KASSIA: I isolated 476 00:19:20,333 --> 00:19:21,377 the source of the combadge signal. 477 00:19:21,508 --> 00:19:22,639 - Where is this? - What? 478 00:19:22,770 --> 00:19:25,207 No way. 479 00:19:27,949 --> 00:19:30,299 You have whales?! 480 00:19:30,386 --> 00:19:31,474 They do stellar navigation and they also 481 00:19:31,648 --> 00:19:33,737 - throw really crazy parties. - Shh! 482 00:19:35,435 --> 00:19:37,263 Get down! 483 00:19:44,313 --> 00:19:45,836 - What's he doing? - I don't know. That's new. 484 00:19:45,967 --> 00:19:47,273 Okay, good news. 485 00:19:47,403 --> 00:19:48,970 Pretty sure it's not Tarchannen parasites. 486 00:19:49,144 --> 00:19:50,232 Has he been off the ship lately? 487 00:19:50,363 --> 00:19:52,843 He was on an away mission on Piskes Nine. 488 00:19:52,974 --> 00:19:55,063 HORSEBERRY: I'm reading an anaphasic conscious controlling his body. 489 00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:57,196 It appears to have spread throughout 490 00:19:57,326 --> 00:19:59,502 the entire Cerritos crew, but its central mind is here. 491 00:19:59,589 --> 00:20:01,983 So, everyone is licking and touching the walls 492 00:20:02,113 --> 00:20:03,593 because they're like his fingertips, 493 00:20:03,724 --> 00:20:06,117 - reaching out in the dark. - Finger and tongue tips, yeah. 494 00:20:06,248 --> 00:20:07,945 Can you reverse the effects, Doctor? 495 00:20:08,076 --> 00:20:09,947 Perhaps, if I could just get close enough. 496 00:20:10,078 --> 00:20:12,602 Not an option. We can't lose anyone else. 497 00:20:12,733 --> 00:20:15,475 [groans] I spent all day thinking you guys were idiots. 498 00:20:15,605 --> 00:20:18,086 Now it's my turn to be the biggest idiot of all. 499 00:20:18,217 --> 00:20:21,655 Come and get me, you crazy energy ghost! 500 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:24,788 [shouts, whimpers] 501 00:20:24,919 --> 00:20:26,399 [shouts, grunts] 502 00:20:26,529 --> 00:20:29,489 Hurry, I feel myself getting moronic. [moans] 503 00:20:29,576 --> 00:20:31,055 Mariner! 504 00:20:31,142 --> 00:20:32,970 [gasps] What are you doing? 505 00:20:33,101 --> 00:20:34,929 Giving you a second chance. 506 00:20:35,712 --> 00:20:36,887 [both grunt] 507 00:20:37,018 --> 00:20:37,888 [shouts] 508 00:20:38,019 --> 00:20:39,934 [both moaning] 509 00:20:40,891 --> 00:20:42,589 [whimpering] 510 00:20:42,763 --> 00:20:44,460 Stop! Doctor's orders! 511 00:20:44,547 --> 00:20:45,766 [whimpers] 512 00:20:45,896 --> 00:20:47,550 I've studied the most advanced medicines 513 00:20:47,681 --> 00:20:50,901 in the quadrant, but some problems need an old-fashioned 514 00:20:51,032 --> 00:20:53,208 bonking! 515 00:20:53,339 --> 00:20:54,557 [retches] 516 00:20:54,688 --> 00:20:56,820 [grunting] 517 00:20:56,907 --> 00:20:58,561 [both grunting] 518 00:20:58,735 --> 00:20:59,867 What? Where am I? 519 00:20:59,997 --> 00:21:02,086 Oh, Doc, how'd you do it? 520 00:21:02,217 --> 00:21:03,914 [clears throat] Um, uh, 521 00:21:04,045 --> 00:21:06,569 complicated doctor stuff. 522 00:21:06,743 --> 00:21:08,484 Oh, boy. 523 00:21:08,615 --> 00:21:10,181 [gasps] 524 00:21:10,312 --> 00:21:11,357 [all gasp] 525 00:21:11,531 --> 00:21:12,880 [moans] Wha... 526 00:21:12,967 --> 00:21:14,664 What happened? Eh... 527 00:21:16,753 --> 00:21:19,408 Chad lives to dog another day. 528 00:21:22,803 --> 00:21:24,935 KASSIA: Base commander's log, supplemental. 529 00:21:25,066 --> 00:21:27,068 With the anaphasic entity contained, 530 00:21:27,198 --> 00:21:28,852 Dr. Horseberry was able to set up 531 00:21:29,026 --> 00:21:30,767 a stable vessel for it to inhabit. 532 00:21:30,898 --> 00:21:33,335 CLEM: My designation is Clem. 533 00:21:33,422 --> 00:21:35,076 I am sorry for the trouble I've caused. 534 00:21:35,163 --> 00:21:37,121 Thank you for not destroying me. 535 00:21:37,208 --> 00:21:38,601 No problem, Clem. 536 00:21:38,732 --> 00:21:40,124 Welcome to Starbase 80. 537 00:21:40,255 --> 00:21:41,648 I can't believe you're letting it stay here. 538 00:21:41,822 --> 00:21:43,954 We'll be fine as long as Clem 539 00:21:44,041 --> 00:21:45,216 doesn't try to inhabit anyone. 540 00:21:45,391 --> 00:21:46,870 CLEM: I will not. 541 00:21:47,001 --> 00:21:48,872 Why did you possess anyone in the first place? 542 00:21:49,003 --> 00:21:51,397 CLEM: To prove to my superiors that I'm capable 543 00:21:51,527 --> 00:21:54,008 of communicating with corporeal species. 544 00:21:54,095 --> 00:21:56,837 Hold up, so you're, like, a junior anaphasic alien? 545 00:21:56,967 --> 00:21:59,927 CLEM: Correct, but the amount of mind merges overwhelmed me. 546 00:22:00,057 --> 00:22:01,407 I took over too many hosts. 547 00:22:01,581 --> 00:22:03,322 Spread myself too thin. 548 00:22:03,496 --> 00:22:06,368 But now we're communicating, so it's a win for everyone. 549 00:22:06,455 --> 00:22:07,935 CLEM: I hope my bosses see it that way. 550 00:22:08,022 --> 00:22:10,067 They can be real dicks. 551 00:22:10,241 --> 00:22:12,809 Well, Mariner, I guess that solves the curse 552 00:22:12,940 --> 00:22:14,985 and your navigational problems. 553 00:22:15,072 --> 00:22:17,945 It's been a pleasure having you on Starbase 80. 554 00:22:18,075 --> 00:22:20,164 Oh, we aren't done yet. 555 00:22:20,295 --> 00:22:22,384 [chuckles] We aren't? 556 00:22:25,909 --> 00:22:27,084 [grunts] 557 00:22:27,215 --> 00:22:29,043 Okey-dokey, that should do it. 558 00:22:29,217 --> 00:22:31,088 Everyone hold on to something. 559 00:22:31,219 --> 00:22:33,439 [rumbling, whirring] 560 00:22:36,616 --> 00:22:38,748 Oh, thank you for fixing the grav-plating. 561 00:22:38,879 --> 00:22:41,447 It's gonna feel real good not to fall to the ceiling in here. 562 00:22:41,577 --> 00:22:43,405 Yeah, maybe fixing up all your little problems 563 00:22:43,492 --> 00:22:45,451 will help make up for me being such a jerk. 564 00:22:45,581 --> 00:22:47,670 You were just watching out for your friends. 565 00:22:47,801 --> 00:22:49,629 And, hopefully, now you see 566 00:22:49,759 --> 00:22:51,935 we're just a bunch of scrappy underdogs. 567 00:22:52,066 --> 00:22:53,415 Arf, arf! [chuckles] 568 00:22:53,546 --> 00:22:55,417 Now, that I can understand. [gasps] 569 00:22:55,548 --> 00:22:56,984 Wait, has anyone seen the captain? 570 00:22:57,114 --> 00:22:58,507 Uh, someone told her we don't need 571 00:22:58,638 --> 00:23:00,422 the repair materials anymore, right? 572 00:23:00,553 --> 00:23:02,729 [shouts, grunts] 573 00:23:02,859 --> 00:23:04,426 You don't have anything more to prove, Captain. 574 00:23:04,513 --> 00:23:06,123 - Let's get out of here. - No! 575 00:23:06,254 --> 00:23:07,864 The alternate Freeman must have failed at this 576 00:23:07,995 --> 00:23:10,519 and I won't! There's still the big one. 577 00:23:10,650 --> 00:23:12,652 [growling] 578 00:23:12,739 --> 00:23:14,393 But it won't even fit in the cage! 579 00:23:14,523 --> 00:23:16,482 Yeah, not with that attitude, it won't. 580 00:23:16,569 --> 00:23:18,309 How about I just forge the signature? 581 00:23:18,484 --> 00:23:19,963 [shouting] 582 00:23:20,137 --> 00:23:21,400 No giant [bleep] bat 583 00:23:21,530 --> 00:23:23,793 is keeping me on this goddamn station! 584 00:23:23,924 --> 00:23:25,491 - [bat screeches] - [Freeman grunts] 585 00:23:25,621 --> 00:23:27,188 RANSOM: Look out for the claws, Captain! 586 00:23:27,318 --> 00:23:29,320 - [Freeman screams] - RANSOM: The claws! 587 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,937 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 588 00:24:24,027 --> 00:24:25,420 [man imitates weapons firing] 589 00:24:27,422 --> 00:24:29,380 Chirp.