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Previously on Star
Trek: Discovery...

- Where are we?
- Not where. When.

RAYNER: It's a time
bug... they're designed

to paralyze an enemy's 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.

ZORA: 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.

[sighs] 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.

BOOK: 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.

[Grudge meows]

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 disperse 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 view
screen to compensate

for the Lorentzian coefficient
and high-energy spectra.

ZORA: 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 inter dimensional 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?

GALLO: 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.

BOOK: 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.

[Book laughs]

BOOK: Okay, we have to
time this perfectly.

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

Discovery, we're heading in.

RAYNER [over comm]: Aye,
Captain. Standing by.

Ready? In three,

two, one.

Go.

[alarm blaring]

How are we doing, Book?

BOOK: It'll be close. Hang on.

[groans]

Captain, are you okay?

Did you make it in safely?

BURNHAM [choppy]:
We're okay. We made it.

Picking up some
interference, though.

RAYNER: 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.

STAMETS [over comm]: 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.

[laughs] Good times.

- Book, watch out.
- Hang on.

BURNHAM: Debris is
not a good sign.

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

BURNHAM: 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...

BOOK: ISS.

That's Mirror Universe.

How did it end up in
inter dimensional space?

I don't know.

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

♪

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[original Star Trek theme plays]

BOOK: Fair amount of damage.

Looks like it got trapped
here during a battle.

BURNHAM: 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?

Oh, 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.

BURNHAM: 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...

STAMETS: Tilly,
what's your status?

- Working as fast as I can.
- CULBER: I'm fine.

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

STAMETS: Well, Rayner's
asking for updates, so, uh,

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

- We'll be standing by.
- TILLY: 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 reactions,

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...

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.

[console beeps]

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.

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

BURNHAM: I saw a trace signature
in the transporter room.

It had to have been there.

BOOK: Scientists would have
put it there for a reason.

BURNHAM: 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, it'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.

BURNHAM: 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...

BURNHAM: 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.

- [gasps]
- Go!

[weapons firing]

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.

[quietly]: Hey, cover me.

Hey.

Easy.

Okay?

Easy.

Look, we're here to help.

Moll,

- I knew your father.
- [scoffs]

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.

MOLL: 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.

BOOK: We can you
get 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?

[sighs] 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.

BOOK: Moll.

What did you do?

MOLL: I know I'm
new around here, but

how much longer are you
bucket-heads gonna make me wait?

Got other deliveries to do.

[speaks Breen]

Am I supposed to be
trembling at this point?

[speaks Breen]

[speaks Breen]

[speaking Breen]

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?

L'AK: Be silent, courier.

We've had reports

your dilithium's been
cut with impurities.

I need to inspect.

[laughs softly]

Not my deliveries, green eye.

Inspection was not a request.

I've met Bolians with
meaner left hooks.

[both grunting]

No. 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
shuttle bay duty.

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

[grunts]

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...
- [click]

makes you smart.

[footsteps approaching]

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.

[grunts]

Moll!

COMPUTER: System failure.

Sickbay lockdown engaged.

BOOK: The control panel.

It's fried.

I can't get back in.

There should be security
controls on the bridge.

BOOK: Moll?

I could use an
extra pair of hands.

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

To get them out.

[sighs]

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.
- [laughs]

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.

[footsteps approaching]

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.

[L'ak sighs]

Hello, L'ak.

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?

[laughs] Let me
guess. Daddy issues.

He promised to get
us off Callor Five,

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.

Then 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 a
hold 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.

[inhales]

If we did come in,

if we served our time... if

would we serve it together?

I can advocate for that.

Because I would rather die

than be separated from her.

I get that. I do.

[electronic chirping]

MOLL: 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!

[pounds console]

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...

[electronic chirping]

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.

[footsteps approaching]

MOLL: Is 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.

Look, wait, let me
just check the...

- MOLL: Shit!
- BOOK: Look out!

Moll.

No, no, no, no, no! Wait.

- L'ak, wait.
- Get

out of my way.

[explosion]

[grunting]

[both grunting]

Impulse engines are overloaded.

Nav systems are fried.

We have no control
over the ship?

BOOK: Our shuttle.

And that was our only way off.

COMPUTER: Warning,
impact in eight minutes.

BOOK: 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.

[grunting]

- Get out of my way!
- [grunts]

[panting]

BURNHAM: 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.

[panting]

Move!

I cannot do that.

I can't do that.

[both grunting]

You made a decoy.

[exhales] Solid bluff.

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

[grunting]

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!

COMPUTER: Warning,
five minutes to impac.

- 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.

[grunting]

Leave her alone!

Stop! Let me go!

That all you got?

[grunting]

[speaking Breen]

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.

[weapon whirs]

Was fun while it
lasted, green eye.

Erigah.

I know.

Go, now.

Wait. Why didn't you kill him?

He raised me.

[alarm sounding]

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. [Exhales]

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.

We're trapped.

Oh. 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.

COMPUTER: Warning,
four minutes to impac.

- It's on.
- Here goes nothing.

Lieutenant Christopher,
anything on comms yet?

- Negative, sir. Still trying.
- NAYA: 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?

LINUS: 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...

STAMETS: It would add fuel

to the antimatter
reactions already happening

in the aperture.

And that could generate
the energy we need.

Yes, uh... [stammers]
if we hit it

precisely with a sequential,
hexagonal pattern,

uh, it should stay open for
approximately 60 seconds.

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

Why hexagonal?

- Um...
- STAMETS: 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.
- OTHERS: Aye, Commander.

BOOK: Tractor beam's
holding steady.

No sign of a response yet.

COMPUTER: 60 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.

RAYNER: 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?
- 20 seconds.

♪

RAYNER: Captain?

BURNHAM: Burnham to Discovery.

Thanks for the assist.

Anytime.

Great to hear your voice again.

Likewise, Commander.

- [alert beeping]
- Michael?

Sir, the ISS Enterprise
is preparing to fire.

- Captain?
- BURNHAM: 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.

[console buzzes]

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

Commander, can you grab them?

RAYNER: 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.

RAYNER: 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.

[piano music playing]

♪

[chuckles softly]

It's a bit of a day, huh?

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

Mm.

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
this will look like.

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

You should talk to
somebody about that.

[chuckles]

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.

- [door chimes]
- 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 become a branch admiral.

After that, her records just

vanish.

Ah, 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.

[chuckles softly]

[Burnham exhales]

What I said earlier,

about how we used to be happy...

Oh, no, no, no, it's fine.

We were, weren't we?

[comms chime]

STAMETS: 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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