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Previously on
Star Trek: Discovery...

- Where are we?
- Not where. When.

It's a time bug.

They're designed to paralyze an enemy ship
by randomly cycling them through time.

The whole point is to keep us stuck.

This has to be Moll and L'ak.

So, they know exactly where we are
and where the next clue is.

And once we're ahead of Discovery,
we can get the next clue and the next.

We've got this.

We are gonna find the Progenitors' tech.

No more running
and no more bounty on our heads.

- We'll be free.
- Free sounds good.

The outcome you feared came to pass.

- Is that ship Breen?
- Yes.

Somehow, they got
the Progenitors' technology.

They must have been
Moll and L'ak's highest bidders.

That's Moll. She's the daughter
of my mentor Cleveland Booker IV,

which, I suppose, makes her
the closest thing to family I've got left.

We are back to the present.

We've only lost six hours.

The past hasn't been altered. We did it.

Let's figure out what's changed
in the last six hours.

Can the DOTs tell us anything?

They did find something, Captain:
a warp signature.

It matches with L'ak and Moll's ship.

Where are Moll and L'ak now?

That's the strange thing.
Their trail disappears.

Like they came here
and now they're just gone.

Wherever they are,
that's where the next clue is.

And these are the right coordinates,
so it's a mystery indeed.

Then let's get to solving it.

Personal log, Cleveland Booker.

Stardate 866282.9.

My mentor... the man who gave me my name,
my new life...

he used to say,

"No matter how bad things get, the one
thing you always have is a choice."

I'd be lying if I said
I hadn't made some questionable ones.

But I've made some good ones too.

Which is how I know
it's not too late for his daughter.

If I can turn things around, so can she.

Cleveland showed me
how things could be, who I could be.

And I suppose, just in doing that,
he saved me.

I owe it to him to do the same for her.

Today, I may get my chance.

We're at their last known coordinates.

Seems like we're about to find them.

All right, Commander Stamets,
Lieutenant Tilly, it's all you.

Thank you, Captain.

When we arrived here
at the coordinates Jinaal gave us,

it seemed there was nothing
but a dispersed nebula

and a warp trail from Moll and L'ak
that disappeared into empty space.

Emphasis on "seemed."

Now we have a pretty good idea
of where they went.

Zora, adjust the viewscreen to compensate
for the Lorentzian coefficient

and high-energy spectra.

Of course, Lieutenant.

What is that?

That is a wormhole of sorts.

We just couldn't see it
until we recalibrated our scans.

We believe it leads to a pocket
of interdimensional space.

The opening is collapsing and expanding
due to matter-antimatter chain reactions,

likely caused by the Burn.

That's what we have to pass through
to get to the next clue.

And based on the trajectory
of the warp trail,

Moll and L'ak should be in there as well.

Nice work, both of you.

Thank you.

Lieutenant Gallo,
what are scans telling us?

Not much.
That aperture is scrambling my readings.

We won't know what we're dealing with
until we're on the other side.

Discovery is too big to get through.
It'd have to be a shuttle.

Lieutenant Christopher, will you be able
to maintain comms contact?

I'll do my best, but not knowing
what's inside there, I can't guarantee it.

Okay. Lieutenant Linus, prepare a shuttle.

Tell engineering to boost comms
and fortify shields.

And, Commander Rhys,
have a security team on standby.

I'll go and I'll bring Book with me.

Commander Rayner, you have the conn.

Captain Burnham.

A word?

With respect, it's too risky a mission
for the ship's captain.

Let me take it.

I appreciate the suggestion,
but I need you here on the ship.

Well, at least take a security team.

Our advantage is
Book's personal connection to Moll.

We bring in a security team,

the implied threat nullifies
that advantage.

I feel the same responsibility you do.

We both saw a future
where the Breen destroyed everything,

but that's only one possible future.

You can't let that cloud
your tactical judgment.

This decision is tactical.

So, what's this really about for you?

You have permission to be blunt.

As they say in the Ballad of Krul,
"Serve it without a grum of osikod."

That is a classic work on Kellerun.

I did my research on your culture,
just like you did on mine.

So, without "osikod"...

Nothing to report.

I'm just doing my job.

Part of that is to protect you.

When's the last time you took the conn
from another captain?

Couldn't say. Been a while.

Look, we haven't worked together
very long.

We have different styles,

but I wouldn't want to disadvantage
any mission,

especially not one this important.

I know you can lead this crew, Commander.

I believe in you.

You have your orders.

Ship feels good.

Purring like Grudge
when she's killed something.

What do you think you'll say to Moll
if we find them?

Don't know.

Maybe we're not so different.

Me and her, us and them.

Former couriers. That sort of thing.

Cleveland, of course.

I think I can reach her.

We'll need to bring them in, either way.

Sounds like that time bug of theirs
was a real pain in the ass.

Come on.

You must have had some fun with it,
knowing exactly what was going to happen.

There were still some surprises.

Closing in on the aperture.

Need to increase our speed.

We're not gonna make it
through the opening in time at this rate.

Even if I gunned it,
we could still get caught in that thing.

There's a "but" in there, I hope.

But as soon as I finish charging
the impulse capacitant cells,

- I can release them into the drive coils.
- That'll give us a boost.

Just don't burn out our engines.
We still have to get back.

There's an old Kwejian saying.

"Never return from a hunt without
enough bait for the Carrion Reaver."

It's catchy.

Okay, we have to time this perfectly.

- Got the cycles on lock.
- On your mark.

Discovery, we're heading in.

Aye, Captain. Standing by.

Ready?

In three, two, one.

Go.

How are we doing, Book?

It'll be close. Hang on.

Captain, are you okay?

Did you make it in safely?

We're okay. We made it.

Picking up some interference though.

Captain. Lieutenant Christopher.

Trying to get her back, sir.
Cycling through all frequencies.

Commander Stamets to the science lab.
I need you to boost comms.

- Bring whoever you need.
- On my way.

Eyes up, everyone.

Captain's counting on us.

Yellow alert.

Visibility's shit in here.

It's exotic matter of some kind.

It's wreaking havoc on our sensors.

And our holoPADDs.

Flying deaf and blind.

Good times.

- Book, watch out.
- Hang on.

Debris is not a good sign.

That's Moll and L'ak's ship.

Half of it anyway.

The aperture must have caught the stern
when they were passing through.

You think they made it?

Maybe.

If they made it into that...

ISS.

That's Mirror Universe.

How did it end up
in interdimensional space?

I don't know.

It's got to be one hell of a story.

Fair amount of damage.

Looks like it got trapped here
during a battle.

Had to have been ages ago.

Crossing between universes
has been impossible for centuries.

So why hide the clue in here?

Shipwreck in a hidden wormhole?

Sounds pretty secure to me.

You know anything about this ship?

I only know the USS Enterprise.

I've never encountered the Terran version.

Internal layout and systems
should be roughly the same.

Over there.

The rest of Moll and L'ak's ship.

If they're still alive,
they are gonna be desperate.

I'll find us a place to dock.

Hey, uh, sorry.

I need to get into
an EPS panel right there.

Oh. Have at it.

You working on comms?

Yeah. I'm helping Adira and Paul.

We're trying to boost the signal
by pulling power from the EPS grid.

And I've followed this conduit
for three decks,

including the quarters of a new ensign,

who's very nice
but keeps a Cardassian vole as a pet.

Anyhow...

I have some work to do in my office. Um...

I'll leave you to it.

Hey, is everything okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Okay. Well, you're always there
for everyone else,

so if you ever need
to talk about anything...

Yeah, well...

Tilly, what's your status?

Working as fast as I can.

I'm fine. I'll find you later.

I'm fine.

Well, Rayner's asking for updates,

so as soon as you have any good news,
let us know.

- We'll be standing by.
- Okay. Will do.

What about the, uh, graviton-pulse idea?

Yeah, I'm just rechecking my calculations.

You've done that twice already.

Just want to be sure.

Adira.

The time bug wasn't your fault.

Yeah, well,
I brought it on board, didn't I?

Fix the problem yet?

Um, Lieutenant Tilly's attempting
to boost the comms signal,

but interference
from the aperture's rapid shuttering...

I don't need to know
how the cake is boiled, Commander.

Kellerun boil their cakes?

Don't knock it till you try it.

Other options, one sentence or less.

Well, um, we need to find a way
to hold the aperture open.

Then do it.

Not that simple. I get it.

Go on, more words.

We could use the shield generator
to disrupt the antimatter reaction,

but the power drain could result in
shorting out of basic systems, like comms,

which would defeat the purpose.

A graviton pulse would also do it,

but there is a, uh,
43.7% chance of implosion,

meaning that the aperture
would shut forever

with the captain and Booker still inside,
so we're just...

We're trying to improve those odds, so...

Sir, if I could quote something
you told me recently,

"You're not in this alone."

Sounded better when you said it.

Find another way
to get comms back, and fast.

If they haven't run into Moll
and L'ak already, they will soon enough.

And who knows
what kind of mess that'll be?

HoloPADDs are useless in here too.

Uh, we can use the ship's sensors to track
quantum signatures from our universe.

That'll help us find the clue
and Moll and L'ak, if they're here.

You remember the access codes
from your Terran counterpart?

Already there.

Not working.

She must have been dead
by the time the Enterprise got here.

We'll have to find another way in.

Well, I once hacked
an Andorian transport ship

using a subroutine dodge
through backup logs.

I thought it sounded
rather impressive, myself.

Sorry.

Oh, that was my brother's station
on the USS Enterprise.

Ever meet the Terran version?

No.

But I'm sure he was just as ruthless
as the rest though.

Your hack worked. We're in.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure you meant to say,
"Book, your idea was amazing.

- You are a hero among men."
- A hero among men.

- Huh, that's weird.
- What?

The intermix chamber was ejected
from the warp drive.

Shuttles and escape pods gone too.

Captain's logs erased.

Crew abandoned ship.

Evacuation is a last resort
in Terran culture.

Enterprise took some damage,
but it wasn't terminal.

- Definitely some sort of story there.
- Indeed.

So what's the verdict?
Were you able to find them?

Two signatures on the bridge.
That's us. Three in sickbay.

That's Moll, L'ak and the clue.

They found it.

Let's get it.

Any idea where they found the clue
in the first place?

I saw a trace signature
in the transporter room.

It had to have been there.

Scientists would have put it there
for a reason.

Let's check it out.

Bedding, blankets, kids' clothes?

Not what I would expect
to see on a warship.

Why would someone want us to see this?

"Light of hope shines
through even the darkest of nights."

It's the crew's story.

Terran High Chancellor was killed
for trying to make reforms,

and this crew escaped.

They mutinied.

Brought refugees with them, who were
trying to flee their universe for ours.

It says,

a Kelpien slave turned rebel leader
helped them.

Saru.

Action Saru in any universe.

Well, that's got to be why
the escape pods and shuttles are gone.

They fled the Enterprise
once it got stuck here.

I hope they made it.

Yeah.

Me too.

Let's keep moving.

Sickbay's over here.

Ready?

Holo-doubles. Clever.
Now we won't know where to shoot.

They must've hacked
the room's holo-emitter,

but if we can find it...

Got it. Up there.

But I can't hit it from this angle.

Yeah, two out of the ten blasts
will be real.

I've had worse odds.

Got it.

- Come on.
- Okay.

Go!

Could have just said "hello."

You could have just left us
the hell alone.

Lower your phasers. Let's talk.

You were the ones who came in firing.

Just at the holo-emitter.

Yeah, or your aim's shit.

Your ship is in pieces.

Surrender to us now.
Let us get you out of here safely.

Hey, cover me.

Hey. Easy.

Okay?

Easy.

Look, we're here to help.

Moll,

I knew your father.

And that's supposed to make me trust you?

No, but I know the kind of man he was.

Cleveland Booker was garbage.

And we are not going to rot
in a Federation brig.

You'll get a fair trial.

You do not have another play here.

Wrong. You may have a shuttle.

We have the clue.

The way I see it,
we can blast away at each other...

probably all end up dead...

or you give us a ride out of here,
let us go, and we let you replicate that.

Tempting, but that's not the clue.

Remember Lyrek?

Decoy stanzas,

the real clue hidden somewhere else.

They all look different.

Go ahead. Use that tricorder there.

Calibrate it to scan
for quantum signatures from our universe.

It's the real deal.

We can get you out of here.

All of us.

- Whatever trouble you're in...
- You don't know us.

I know you wouldn't risk
each other's lives over latinum.

- Shut up. I said, shut the hell up!
- Which means you must be in real trouble.

Hey, the Federation can help you!

- Can they erase an Erigah?
- Moll.

No? So stop pretending
like you can do a damn thing!

- Moll!
- What?

Erigah?

You're Breen?

An Erigah is a Breen blood bounty.

They're after you, aren't they?

That's why you're here.

You hope you can use
whatever's at the end of that clue trail

to get them to release it.

Moll.

What did you do?

I know I'm new around here,

but how much longer
are you bucketheads gonna make me wait?

Got other deliveries to do.

Am I supposed to be trembling
at this point?

You must be the one
who wanted to talk to me.

Hi. I'm Moll.

I like latinum
and long walks on the beach.

What do you need?

Be silent, courier.

We've had reports
your dilithium's been cut with impurities.

I need to inspect.

Not my deliveries, Green Eye.

Inspection was not a request.

I've met Bolians with meaner left hooks.

Hello?

You know, I've learned a thing or two
about Breen insignia.

This one means royalty.

Rumor has it the Primarch's nephew
doesn't fit the mold around here,

has been demoted to shuttlebay duty.

That's you, isn't it? L'ak.

Must be so humiliating.

What if I said
I could help you get payback?

You are cutting the dilithium.

Look, I'm good at what I do.

Great, actually.

Having a partner on the inside
would make it all go a lot smoother.

I should kill you for the suggestion.

But you didn't,
which means you're intrigued.

I know what it's like
to be on the outside, alone.

Makes you hungry.

Also...

...makes you smart.

Like I said,

smart.

You sure you want to make a deal?

You don't know anything about me.

Not much.

Not yet, anyway.

Whatever we did
is none of your damn business.

Love is a powerful thing.

Do not let it take you
down the wrong road.

You both still have choices.

You always have choices.

You're right.

We do.

Damn it.

Moll!

System failure.

Sickbay lockdown engaged.

The control panel.

It's fried. I can't get back in.

There should be security controls
on the bridge.

Moll?

I could use an extra pair of hands.

We both want the same thing, don't we?

To get them out.

One wrong move, and I will dust you.

Hmm?

Dilithium's clean. You're free to go.

Sure you don't want
to check my ship again?

Make sure that I didn't smuggle
any tribbles on board?

I wish I could.

My uncle is coming down for inspection,
and I need to shine my boots.

Is that a euphemism?

No. He just really likes
our boots to be shiny.

Oh, sounds like an asshole.

You have no idea.

Oh, Green Eye, you made me a promise.

I'll show you next week.

Yes, that is what you said last week.

Don't argue with me. We pay what we pay.

You don't like it,
we'll find a courier who does.

Another time, I promise.

Come on. Show me what you look like.

You've seen my face.

Okay, the other face.

L'ak?

It's just... It...

It's not me.

Okay.

But it's... it's a part of you, right?

Both faces are.

You've seen parts of me that I hate.

Hello, L'ak.

As soon as I figure out a way
to bring down the containment field,

this truce is over.

I really do want to help you, okay?

Says the man who took my father's name.

Look, I know he left you and your mother.

I also know that staying away was
the hardest choice he ever had to make.

But he did it to protect you.

You know, from a dangerous life.
He didn't want it blowing back.

And you bought that?

Let me guess. Daddy issues.

He promised to get us off Callor V,

take us to some safe-haven colony
in the Gamma Quadrant.

Described it in perfect detail.

Absolute paradise.

Every night I'd go to sleep
thinking about it.

Till one day he just stopped coming home.

My mom had to get a job
in the rubindium mines.

You have any idea what that's like?

She died when I was 14,

and I was left completely alone.

I don't think he knew any of that.

Maybe he did, maybe he didn't.

He's dead now.

And L'ak is the only thing
that matters to me.

Exhausting, huh? Staring each other down.

What can I say?

I don't trust you.

Do you even know what you're after?

What all these clues lead to?

"Power beyond all comprehension,"
is what the diary said.

I don't care,
as long as it can end an Erigah.

If the Breen got ahold of that power,
it would be catastrophic.

- You have to know that.
- We'll be long gone by then.

Not unless they take it from you
and kill you anyway.

Do you really trust them
more than you trust us?

L'ak, the Federation
is all about second chances.

Book and I are both living proof of that.

If we did come in,

if we served our time... if...

would we serve it together?

I could advocate for that.

Because I would rather die
than be separated from her.

I get that. I do.

I can't access the containment field.

You said you wanted to help. Help.

I'm trying.

The security system's firewalled.

Antique piece of shit!

I loved her, you know.

Michael.

Captain "Put Down Your Phasers"?
Yeah, I really see the appeal.

We were couriers, like you and L'ak.

I understand it,

depending on someone like that,
knowing they're all you've got.

You know, she was my first real friend
after Cleveland died.

Unless you count Grudge.

But she bites when I don't feed her,
so it's a bit one-sided.

He talked about you a lot... Cleveland.

And the look in his eyes when he did...

For what it's worth, he loved you.

But I'm sorry for what you went through
because of him.

I hated my father too,

for a long time. So...

It's not working.

I need to get back to L'ak.

You better go
before the morning shift gets here.

What?

I've got new contracts
in Emerald Chain territory.

Okay.

So, I'm going.

For how long?

I don't know.

Why there? Osyraa's a butcher.

Well, Imperium space isn't much safer
with all your faction wars.

Plus, the contracts are better.

If it's about latinum,
we can change our deal.

I still won't be making enough.

You never even told me
what's so damn important.

What do you need
so much latinum for anyway?

There's a colony in the Gamma Quadrant.

A place where I could just wake up
every day and... be.

No more courier runs,
no more watching my back.

Peace, freedom. You know?

No.

I don't.

Why do you stay here?

You hate it.

Where would I go?

Come with me.

Just you and me.

Who's that?

My uncle.

Breen Primarch of the Sixth Flight.

I'm done waiting.

What are you doing?

Creating a power surge.

It'll burn through the security system,
short out the containment field.

Could do a lot more to a ship this old.
Let me just check the...

- Shit!
- Look out!

Moll.

No, no, no, no, no!

Wait. L'ak, wait.

Get out of my way.

Impulse engines are overloaded.

Nav systems are fried.

We have no control over the ship?

Our shuttle.

And that was our only way off.

Warning, impact in eight minutes.

Okay, we've got eight minutes
to figure a way out.

- We need to go get Michael and L'ak.
- You're staying here.

I'm getting L'ak.

And we will figure something out
ourselves.

No.

You want to hate me, fine.

I will not let anything happen to Michael.

Or you.

Why?

Enough with the Cleveland Booker shit.

Why me?

Because I'm Kwejian.

Everything I cared about
out there is gone.

And he may have been a shit dad to you,

but he was a great mentor to me.

And like it or not,

that makes you

just about the only family I've got left.

I could kill you right now.

That's a choice.

I hope you'll make a different one.

Let's go.

Get out of my way!

Please, just stop.

I know how much you love Moll.

This is not how you help her.

You let me go, or I will cut through you.

Move!

I cannot do that.

I can't do that.

You made a decoy.

Solid bluff.

I didn't think
you had it in you, Starfleet.

This wasn't supposed to happen.

L'ak!

What the hell did you do to him?

It was an accident.

We got to get him to Discovery.

Here.

Get away from us!

Warning, five minutes to impact.

We're on a collision course
for the aperture.

What?

The shuttle's gone.

- So the Enterprise is our only way out?
- Yeah.

We got to find a way. Come on.

- Damn it.
- I'm here. You're gonna be okay.

Leave her alone!

Stop! Let me go!

That all you got?

Speak her language.

She deserves to understand
what you're saying.

You carry the genetic code
of the Yod-Thot.

They who rule.

Yet while we campaign
for the throne of the Imperium,

you consort with lesser beings.

And you do so wearing that face.

An insult to your heritage.

This is Breen.

Then why can we change?

Both faces are part of us.

If we deny half our nature,
we deny it all.

We have evolved
past the need for that form.

Holding it makes you unfocused,
inflexible and weak.

There is only one path to redemption.

It was fun while it lasted, Green Eye.

Erigah.

I know.

Go, now.

Wait. Why didn't you kill him?

He raised me.

Moll, please, go.

Go to Chain territory. Find that colony.

It doesn't matter what happens to me
as long I know that you're safe.

I asked you to come with me.

I can't.

Not now.

An Erigah is impossible to lift.

They will never stop hunting me.

Us.

They'll be hunting us.

Nothing's impossible, L'ak.

We can do this.

You and me.

Come on, babe.

Let's be happy together.

Please?

Okay.

I love you, Moll.

More than anything.

You know that, right?

No, no, no, no, don't.

Okay? I'll figure this out.

We've made it through worse before.

Yeah, but we're trapped.

Nothing's impossible for us.

Okay? I've got this.

I promise.

There should be enough power left
to activate a tractor beam.

Can't save the day if we can't see.

Nice.

Warning, four minutes to impact.

- It's on.
- Here goes nothing.

Lieutenant Christopher,
anything on comms yet?

- Negative, sir. I'm still trying.
- Commander?

There's something happening
at the aperture.

- Lieutenant Gallo, enhance it.
- Aye, Commander.

Seems to be a tractor beam.

From the shuttle?

No. Something much larger.

The beam is oscillating,
a repeating pattern.

Three-four-one-four.

Commander Stamets, Ensign Tal,
get in here.

Lieutenant Tilly, you too.

Almost got it, sir,
a way to hold the aperture open.

Tilly rerouted portions of the EPS grid.

Change of plans. I need you
to hold it open and make it bigger.

Big enough for a starship.

When you say, "Big enough for a starship,"
do you mean that Discovery is going in?

No.

Our captain's coming out.

How could you possibly know
that they're coming out?

Ballad of Krul.

It doesn't matter. Can you do it?

That would require
a massive amount of power,

more power than the entire ship
could safely produce.

Well, there's got to be a way. Come on.

Look, I need ideas. Come on!

A cask of Kellerun citrus mash
for whoever lands this. Go.

Could we invert the deflector array
and force the aperture open?

Rerouting energy distribution systems
would take too long.

What if we discharge the spore reserve?
Hit them with a tachyon pulse?

We should maintain our reserves
in case an emergency jump is required.

Well, can't we just strap in
and pull power from gravitational systems?

If they don't reset, eventually
we'll just end up floating around.

Wait a minute.

If we change out
the photon-torpedo payloads

and replace them with antimatter...

It would add fuel

to the antimatter reactions
already happening in the aperture.

And that could generate
the energy we need.

Yes, uh...

If we hit it precisely
with a sequential hexagonal pattern,

it should stay open
for approximately 60 seconds.

But once it collapses, it's gone for good.

Why hexagonal?

- Um...
- It doesn't matter.

It'll work.

Citrus mash all around then.

Rhys, coordinate engineering
and munitions,

replace the payloads, fire on my mark.

Asha, get us into position.

Gallo, lower our shields
so we can catch that tractor beam.

We're only gonna get one shot at this.

I trust you'll all make it count.

- Red alert.
- Aye, Commander.

Tractor beam's holding steady.

No sign of a response yet.

Sixty seconds to impact.

Book, in case we don't make it,
I need to say something.

Come on. Don't go there.

No.

You were one of the surprises
in the time cycles.

That's all.

It was nice.

And we were happy.

All right, let's get that thing open.

Fire!

The vessel's tractor beam
has just made contact with us.

All right, let's pull them out.

We're locked on.

Route whatever power
isn't keeping us breathing or held down

to that tractor beam.

Hit it?

Uh... Feels weird.

Let's just fly.

Is that the ISS Enterprise?

Gallo, how much time do we have
to get them out?

Twenty seconds.

Captain?

Burnham to Discovery.

Thanks for the assist.

Anytime.

Great to hear your voice again.

Likewise, Commander.

Michael?

Sir, the ISS Enterprise
is preparing to fire.

- Captain?
- We see it.

System shows it's a Terran warp pod.

Two life signs, sickbay equipment.
It's got to be a life-support system.

- It's Moll and L'ak.
- Right.

- I can't stop them from launching.
- Me either.

Commander, can you grab them?

I'm on it.

Damn it. Too late.

But they left a warp signature.
We'll track it.

Putting out an alert.

We'll find them.

The Ballad of Krul.

Section four, verse seven.

Krul calls to his war brother for rescue
with a repeating drumbeat.

Three taps.

Then four, one, four.

I was impressed.

It was a long shot.

No question.

Great work today.

If it hadn't panned out, you'd be riding
your own coffin into the sun right now.

Ah, but I'm not.

I'm right here.

You're telling me to take the win?

Mm-hmm.

I can do that.

How did it feel being back in the chair?

Captain's chair is for the captain.

I'm ordering Commanders Owosekun
and Detmer to head a team

to fly the Enterprise
back to Fed HQ storage.

Hell of an assignment.

They deserve it.

They do.

Get some rest, Commander.

It's a bit of a day, huh?

I feel like I've been through
a gormagander's digestive tract.

Mmm.

I guess I'm not the only one.

Thanks for noticing, Doc.

Are you here to take me up on my offer?
'Cause I'm all ears.

Oh, it's a bit, um...

These experiences I've had...

I mean, I died.

I came back to life.

And then with Jinaal, I was there.

But I wasn't.

It was weird.

That's as close to a scientific term
as I can get for it.

And now we're on this quest

to find the thing that created us.

I mean, it's all so big.

And impossible to grasp and...

part of me kind of loves that, I think.

As terrifying as it is.

But Paul...

Oh, hates the unknown.

And we've always been able
to find answers together.

I don't know how to talk to him
about this.

Change is hard.

But it can also be freeing.

I know, it's just...

I'm not sure
what all of this will look like.

It sounds like he's not the only one
who hates the unknown.

You should talk to somebody about that.

They're not really that far apart.

The intellectual and the spiritual.

Both reach for understanding.

Both bring us to new places.

But I didn't say "spiritual."

Yeah, Hugh, you kind of did.

Come.

Anything on Moll and L'ak yet?

Starfleet has every ship in the sector
on high alert.

But we have this.

Paul is prepping to do
a full chemical analysis of this vial.

And then...

we'll have our next stop.

You ever wonder why
there's always a lesson with these clues?

Like with the itronok.

Do you value life-forms
different than your own?

And with the necropolis planet.

Importance of cultural context.

See, the scientist who left that
on the Enterprise must've known

the history of that ship.

Ha.

She did.

She was Terran.

The ship's junior science officer,
Dr. Cho.

So I had Zora look up
the crew names on the manifest.

Guess what?

Most of them ended up
in Federation databases.

So they did make it.

Mm-hmm.

- Started new lives in our universe.
- Yeah.

Dr. Cho even ended up joining Starfleet.

She became a branch admiral.

After that, her records just vanish.

Well, Jinaal did say
he erased all evidence of their group.

Mm-hmm, well, nearly all.

They had hope.

And they found freedom.

Despite impossible odds.

Maybe that's why Dr. Cho
went back and left the clue on that ship.

Maybe that's our lesson here.

That like them...

maybe we can shape our own futures too.

What I said earlier,
about how we used to be happy...

No, no, no, it's fine.

We were, weren't we?

Captain, we are ready for the vial.

On our way.

So,

what do you think happens
when we finally put this thing together?

I don't know.

But I can't wait to find out.

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