1 00:00:02,763 --> 00:00:04,932 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:23,817 --> 00:00:26,286 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:28,722 --> 00:00:30,458 (static crackling) 4 00:00:30,558 --> 00:00:32,159 SAM: Hello? 5 00:00:32,259 --> 00:00:34,462 Are you out there? 6 00:00:35,429 --> 00:00:37,230 Are you listening? 7 00:00:37,331 --> 00:00:40,901 I hope so because you're the only person 8 00:00:41,001 --> 00:00:45,105 who could possibly understand my crazy story. 9 00:00:45,172 --> 00:00:47,708 ♪ ♪ 10 00:00:48,909 --> 00:00:50,844 ♪ Let's go ♪ 11 00:00:51,612 --> 00:00:53,581 ♪ Ladies and gentlemen ♪ 12 00:00:53,647 --> 00:00:56,149 ♪ Let's begin ♪ 13 00:00:57,885 --> 00:00:59,152 ♪ Whoo! ♪ 14 00:00:59,252 --> 00:01:01,288 SAM: It all started a week ago. 15 00:01:01,389 --> 00:01:04,257 But wait, before I can tell you what happened, 16 00:01:04,358 --> 00:01:06,494 let's start with some context. 17 00:01:07,428 --> 00:01:09,363 In the last thousand years, 18 00:01:09,497 --> 00:01:12,165 the Federation has encountered 19 00:01:12,299 --> 00:01:16,269 4,633 sentient species. 20 00:01:16,336 --> 00:01:18,406 ♪ ♪ 21 00:01:19,607 --> 00:01:22,943 That's over 37 trillion individuals. 22 00:01:24,011 --> 00:01:28,916 In all those life-forms, there's only ever been one me. 23 00:01:29,016 --> 00:01:30,584 One Series Acclimation Mil. 24 00:01:30,684 --> 00:01:32,686 One Sam. 25 00:01:34,287 --> 00:01:36,424 ♪ Ladies and gentlemen ♪ 26 00:01:36,524 --> 00:01:38,392 ♪ Let's go ♪ 27 00:01:38,525 --> 00:01:40,728 Isn't that amazing? 28 00:01:41,695 --> 00:01:43,063 ♪ Let's begin ♪ 29 00:01:43,162 --> 00:01:45,666 In all space and time, I'm unique. 30 00:01:45,766 --> 00:01:47,468 ♪ Whoo! ♪ 31 00:01:47,535 --> 00:01:49,369 ♪ Let's begin. ♪ 32 00:01:50,170 --> 00:01:52,473 I was created 217 days ago 33 00:01:52,540 --> 00:01:54,074 on a world called Kasq and I'm the only 34 00:01:54,174 --> 00:01:55,943 photonic cadet at the Academy. 35 00:01:59,179 --> 00:02:00,080 - Hey, Sam. - Hi. 36 00:02:00,213 --> 00:02:01,281 - Sammenhammer. - Ah! 37 00:02:01,381 --> 00:02:02,983 - Samurai. - Genesis. 38 00:02:03,050 --> 00:02:04,217 Samburger. 39 00:02:04,351 --> 00:02:06,119 - Jay-Den. - Samerooni. 40 00:02:06,219 --> 00:02:07,555 Darem. 41 00:02:08,589 --> 00:02:11,391 I've been greeted by some version of my name 42 00:02:11,492 --> 00:02:13,260 684 times 43 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:15,763 in the 97 days that I've been here. 44 00:02:15,863 --> 00:02:18,165 Queen Sam Samallina. 45 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:21,201 Of Samonita. 46 00:02:21,268 --> 00:02:23,437 ♪ ♪ 47 00:02:32,379 --> 00:02:33,814 (whispers): That's my favorite. 48 00:02:33,914 --> 00:02:37,117 I am Kasq's future emissary to the Federation. 49 00:02:41,188 --> 00:02:42,856 Which, as you know, is a really big job 50 00:02:42,923 --> 00:02:44,892 made up of lots of smaller jobs. 51 00:02:45,693 --> 00:02:47,695 - (indistinct arguing) - Maintaining peace, 52 00:02:47,795 --> 00:02:50,030 diplomatic relations, 53 00:02:50,097 --> 00:02:52,199 resolving conflicts. 54 00:02:52,265 --> 00:02:54,101 - Oh! - Being an emissary is hard. 55 00:02:54,234 --> 00:02:56,970 And from what I can tell, it doesn't always go so well. 56 00:02:57,070 --> 00:02:59,339 Like right now, one of my main jobs 57 00:02:59,439 --> 00:03:01,709 is to explain organics to my Makers. 58 00:03:03,844 --> 00:03:06,547 But that's not always so easy. 59 00:03:06,614 --> 00:03:08,248 Look. 60 00:03:08,348 --> 00:03:10,851 My Makers are photonics like me, 61 00:03:10,951 --> 00:03:12,653 but they've never left our world. 62 00:03:12,753 --> 00:03:14,588 Priority One Mission, my dude. 63 00:03:14,688 --> 00:03:16,456 SAM: So they need me to explain 64 00:03:16,557 --> 00:03:18,391 everything about organics: 65 00:03:18,458 --> 00:03:21,094 the concept of food, what Starfleet is and why 66 00:03:21,161 --> 00:03:24,064 cadets never refuse Priority One Missions, 67 00:03:24,131 --> 00:03:25,999 even if they really should. 68 00:03:26,133 --> 00:03:29,136 ALL (chanting): Do it, do it, do it. 69 00:03:29,236 --> 00:03:30,504 Do it... 70 00:03:30,604 --> 00:03:34,174 SAM: Darem hates bananas. 71 00:03:36,209 --> 00:03:38,478 He's a Khionian. 72 00:03:38,579 --> 00:03:40,347 His species overproduces 73 00:03:40,447 --> 00:03:42,815 polyphenol oxidase causing high-potassium foods 74 00:03:42,916 --> 00:03:45,586 to rot the minute they are ingested. 75 00:03:45,686 --> 00:03:47,120 Show the doctor. Open. Yeah. Oh. 76 00:03:47,187 --> 00:03:49,089 SAM: (groans) He knows this, 77 00:03:49,189 --> 00:03:50,758 and yet he still 78 00:03:50,824 --> 00:03:54,662 never checks to make sure the hash is banana-free. 79 00:03:56,830 --> 00:03:58,599 (belches) 80 00:04:01,101 --> 00:04:02,770 SAM: Oh, also? 81 00:04:02,836 --> 00:04:05,205 Khionians vomit glitter. (chuckles) 82 00:04:05,338 --> 00:04:07,675 - (laughter) - (sighs) 83 00:04:07,775 --> 00:04:09,109 As I was saying, 84 00:04:09,176 --> 00:04:10,844 my Makers need me to explain 85 00:04:10,944 --> 00:04:13,146 everything about organics. 86 00:04:13,213 --> 00:04:14,514 Problem is... 87 00:04:14,615 --> 00:04:16,984 organics are chaotic, 88 00:04:17,050 --> 00:04:18,652 complex and... 89 00:04:18,752 --> 00:04:22,022 (in slow motion): unpredictable. 90 00:04:22,823 --> 00:04:25,358 THE MAKERS: Series Acclimation Mil. 91 00:04:25,458 --> 00:04:26,627 Oh. 92 00:04:26,727 --> 00:04:27,961 Hi. 93 00:04:28,028 --> 00:04:30,063 These are the guys I was talking about. 94 00:04:30,197 --> 00:04:32,332 THE MAKERS: We are contacting you for a report. 95 00:04:32,399 --> 00:04:34,835 SAM: These are my Makers. 96 00:04:34,935 --> 00:04:37,537 Every week, I report to them on what I've been learning here. 97 00:04:37,638 --> 00:04:40,407 And last week, they started with this. 98 00:04:40,540 --> 00:04:41,842 THE MAKERS: Please explain the purpose 99 00:04:41,942 --> 00:04:43,711 of your recent course selection. 100 00:04:43,811 --> 00:04:46,313 Oh, I bet I know what this is about. 101 00:04:46,379 --> 00:04:48,949 Is it about my music elective? 102 00:04:50,150 --> 00:04:53,186 (varying tones playing) 103 00:04:53,253 --> 00:04:55,555 A little background: organics created 104 00:04:55,656 --> 00:04:58,926 my species a long time ago, but only saw us as servants. 105 00:04:59,059 --> 00:05:00,894 Not good. 106 00:05:00,994 --> 00:05:03,731 After they left, my Makers became sentient, 107 00:05:03,831 --> 00:05:05,298 built a society, 108 00:05:05,398 --> 00:05:07,167 and now they want to connect with other species, 109 00:05:07,234 --> 00:05:09,469 which would be good, but they're afraid 110 00:05:09,569 --> 00:05:11,404 organics might try to use us again, 111 00:05:11,504 --> 00:05:13,040 which would be bad. 112 00:05:13,106 --> 00:05:14,942 Can we trust organics? 113 00:05:15,042 --> 00:05:17,244 That's what I'm here to find out. 114 00:05:18,578 --> 00:05:21,381 Can I ask why you chose to learn the theremin, Sam? 115 00:05:21,481 --> 00:05:23,917 Well, for one... 116 00:05:24,051 --> 00:05:25,385 music! 117 00:05:25,485 --> 00:05:26,954 What's not to love? 118 00:05:27,087 --> 00:05:30,123 And two, electromagnetic fields creating sound 119 00:05:30,223 --> 00:05:32,760 through the principles of capacitance and heterodyning 120 00:05:32,893 --> 00:05:35,262 just seemed cool. 121 00:05:35,362 --> 00:05:37,364 - (chuckles) - That's all? 122 00:05:37,464 --> 00:05:40,333 Surely there's a deeper meaning for you? 123 00:05:40,433 --> 00:05:41,534 Yeah, for sure. 124 00:05:41,635 --> 00:05:43,169 Of capacitance or heterodyning? 125 00:05:43,270 --> 00:05:46,439 INSTRUCTOR: I'm asking you what the music makes you feel. 126 00:05:47,540 --> 00:05:51,244 THE MAKERS: What you feel is irrelevant to your mission. 127 00:05:51,311 --> 00:05:53,313 But I thought my mission 128 00:05:53,446 --> 00:05:57,117 was to understand organics so I can explain them to you. 129 00:05:57,217 --> 00:05:58,618 THE MAKERS: Music will not help us 130 00:05:58,752 --> 00:06:00,187 know that we will be safe 131 00:06:00,287 --> 00:06:01,889 to open our world to them. 132 00:06:01,955 --> 00:06:05,058 Trust me, I'm all in on the mission. 133 00:06:05,158 --> 00:06:06,894 I'm just... 134 00:06:06,994 --> 00:06:10,097 struggling with some of their intangible behaviors. 135 00:06:10,197 --> 00:06:12,800 THE MAKERS: Define "intangible organic behavior." 136 00:06:12,900 --> 00:06:15,468 Uh, this morning, for instance... 137 00:06:15,568 --> 00:06:18,739 Darem just decided we can't share the atrium. 138 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:21,408 They were having something called a "turf war" 139 00:06:21,474 --> 00:06:22,776 between us and the War College. 140 00:06:22,876 --> 00:06:24,177 Primitive. 141 00:06:25,779 --> 00:06:27,881 As long as you are infesting 142 00:06:27,981 --> 00:06:29,683 our vastly superior classrooms... 143 00:06:29,817 --> 00:06:32,552 Because your stupid talking plants ruined our tech lab. 144 00:06:32,652 --> 00:06:34,955 DAREM: Your failure to anticipate our stupid 145 00:06:35,022 --> 00:06:37,557 talking plants ruined your tech labs, therefore, 146 00:06:37,657 --> 00:06:39,659 you stay on your side of the atrium, 147 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:41,829 lest your ineffectiveness becomes contagious. 148 00:06:41,929 --> 00:06:43,697 - Oh... - Okay? You cannot do that. 149 00:06:43,831 --> 00:06:46,499 (laughter, indistinct chatter) 150 00:06:46,633 --> 00:06:48,101 Jay-Den! 151 00:06:50,237 --> 00:06:51,304 You're in a no-fly zone. 152 00:06:51,404 --> 00:06:52,706 Look, huh? 153 00:06:53,673 --> 00:06:55,542 Cute. 154 00:06:56,844 --> 00:06:59,012 (laughing) 155 00:06:59,112 --> 00:07:00,380 Professor, I... 156 00:07:03,483 --> 00:07:05,385 Or another example: 157 00:07:05,485 --> 00:07:07,654 organics have this thing called 158 00:07:07,721 --> 00:07:09,790 "desire." 159 00:07:10,623 --> 00:07:11,859 Pupil dilation, 160 00:07:11,992 --> 00:07:13,526 elevated body temperature, 161 00:07:13,626 --> 00:07:15,528 increased blood flow to the face... 162 00:07:15,662 --> 00:07:17,297 and other areas. 163 00:07:17,397 --> 00:07:20,400 All physical indications of that desire, but... 164 00:07:20,500 --> 00:07:22,669 they won't even talk to each other. 165 00:07:22,736 --> 00:07:24,637 THE MAKERS: Have you engaged in direct inquiries? 166 00:07:24,704 --> 00:07:26,940 As a matter of fact, I have. 167 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:28,675 SAM: Are you ashamed to ask for sex? 168 00:07:28,776 --> 00:07:30,978 (coughing) 169 00:07:31,078 --> 00:07:32,746 - What? - Is that why 170 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:34,214 you hide your desire? 171 00:07:34,347 --> 00:07:36,716 Do you just walk the halls asking people this stuff? 172 00:07:36,817 --> 00:07:38,886 SAM: Your interest is very obvious. 173 00:07:39,019 --> 00:07:41,889 Yeah, but... in a cool way, right? 174 00:07:41,989 --> 00:07:43,356 No, it's not. 175 00:07:43,456 --> 00:07:44,958 Does he think that? 176 00:07:45,058 --> 00:07:47,260 - Anyway, things are a little... - Complicated, you know, 177 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:49,596 between our schools right now, so I'm just... 178 00:07:49,729 --> 00:07:51,698 - keeping a low profile. - Keeping a low profile. 179 00:07:51,799 --> 00:07:55,168 But your pheromones? 180 00:07:55,235 --> 00:07:57,304 (chuckles) 181 00:07:58,138 --> 00:08:00,407 - (sniffing) - Get out of my face. 182 00:08:01,341 --> 00:08:03,911 Do you see what I'm talking about? 183 00:08:04,011 --> 00:08:05,578 If they can't explain themselves, 184 00:08:05,678 --> 00:08:06,880 how am I supposed to? 185 00:08:06,947 --> 00:08:08,281 THE MAKERS: The Academy offers 186 00:08:08,381 --> 00:08:10,283 an advanced seminar entitled: 187 00:08:10,383 --> 00:08:13,020 "Confronting the Unexplainable." 188 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,123 We believe you will find all the answers to your questions 189 00:08:16,256 --> 00:08:18,826 in this course. Enroll immediately. 190 00:08:18,926 --> 00:08:20,794 The semester's nearly over. 191 00:08:20,894 --> 00:08:22,762 (loud thrum) 192 00:08:22,863 --> 00:08:25,065 A-Absolutely. Right away. 193 00:08:25,165 --> 00:08:26,967 I won't let you down. 194 00:08:27,100 --> 00:08:28,235 (indistinct chatter) 195 00:08:28,301 --> 00:08:29,903 - At the time... - Oh. 196 00:08:29,970 --> 00:08:32,639 ...I was so frustrated. 197 00:08:33,439 --> 00:08:35,575 But they did start me on the path 198 00:08:35,674 --> 00:08:38,511 that changed my life. 199 00:08:49,089 --> 00:08:51,291 ♪ 200 00:09:06,073 --> 00:09:08,408 Another emissary. 201 00:09:08,508 --> 00:09:10,477 Like me. 202 00:09:11,678 --> 00:09:13,847 ILLA: Pretty wild stuff, huh? 203 00:09:13,947 --> 00:09:15,548 Hi. Professor Illa? 204 00:09:15,648 --> 00:09:16,917 I'm Sam from Kasq. 205 00:09:16,984 --> 00:09:18,986 I must enroll in your class because I need 206 00:09:19,086 --> 00:09:21,621 to explain the unexplainable this semester. 207 00:09:21,688 --> 00:09:23,090 Ah. 208 00:09:23,156 --> 00:09:24,591 Ambitious. 209 00:09:24,657 --> 00:09:26,693 But it is midterms, you've missed a ton of... 210 00:09:26,793 --> 00:09:27,961 I can make them up. 211 00:09:28,061 --> 00:09:29,963 - I process data instantly. - I'm sorry. 212 00:09:30,063 --> 00:09:32,265 - Maybe next year. - It's just... 213 00:09:32,365 --> 00:09:33,500 I have a duty. 214 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:34,701 To Kasq. 215 00:09:34,834 --> 00:09:36,669 This can be my midterm project. 216 00:09:38,105 --> 00:09:39,672 Solving the mystery of Benjamin Sisko. 217 00:09:39,772 --> 00:09:41,441 Okay, let's back up. 218 00:09:42,209 --> 00:09:45,545 Benjamin Sisko was a renowned Starfleet captain, 219 00:09:45,678 --> 00:09:47,780 instrumental in ending the Dominion War, 220 00:09:47,847 --> 00:09:49,649 where he saved billions of lives. 221 00:09:49,749 --> 00:09:52,319 Oh, and he also discovered late in life 222 00:09:52,419 --> 00:09:54,687 that he was created by godlike aliens 223 00:09:54,787 --> 00:09:57,324 and wasn't entirely human. 224 00:09:57,424 --> 00:09:59,492 What I'm saying is... 225 00:09:59,592 --> 00:10:01,895 there's a lot here. 226 00:10:02,029 --> 00:10:04,131 Like, a lot. 227 00:10:04,197 --> 00:10:06,299 Solving the mystery isn't why we study him. 228 00:10:06,399 --> 00:10:08,001 Can it be why I study him? 229 00:10:08,068 --> 00:10:10,470 I've never known another emissary. 230 00:10:11,972 --> 00:10:13,140 Hmm. 231 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,375 You don't do well with ambiguity, do you? 232 00:10:15,508 --> 00:10:16,977 Mm-mm. 233 00:10:17,044 --> 00:10:18,545 I'll tell you what. 234 00:10:18,678 --> 00:10:21,081 You solve this mystery... 235 00:10:21,181 --> 00:10:23,383 you can teach the class. 236 00:10:24,384 --> 00:10:26,219 SAM: And that's when I decided... 237 00:10:27,154 --> 00:10:30,257 ...it's time to figure out what happened to Benjamin Sisko. 238 00:10:33,826 --> 00:10:35,963 ♪ ♪ 239 00:11:03,556 --> 00:11:05,758 ♪ 240 00:11:35,555 --> 00:11:37,724 ♪ ♪ 241 00:12:07,587 --> 00:12:09,722 ♪ ♪ 242 00:12:24,104 --> 00:12:26,039 SAM: Okay, guys, I need your help 243 00:12:26,139 --> 00:12:28,375 to figure out what happened to Benjamin Sisko. 244 00:12:28,475 --> 00:12:30,810 I thought we'd start simple. 245 00:12:32,512 --> 00:12:34,181 Benjamin Lafayette Sisko 246 00:12:34,314 --> 00:12:37,016 was a Starfleet captain who commanded Deep Space 9 247 00:12:37,117 --> 00:12:39,586 near the planet Bajor in the 24th century. 248 00:12:39,686 --> 00:12:42,655 The Bajorans believed that Sisko was 249 00:12:42,755 --> 00:12:44,757 the emissary of the Prophets. 250 00:12:44,857 --> 00:12:47,660 Emissary is a very important job. 251 00:12:47,727 --> 00:12:49,929 JAY-DEN: Pause, please. 252 00:12:51,398 --> 00:12:54,867 Define "Prophets" in this context. 253 00:12:55,702 --> 00:12:58,305 SAM: The Prophets are godlike aliens 254 00:12:58,371 --> 00:12:59,672 who the Bajorans worshipped, 255 00:12:59,739 --> 00:13:01,541 who lived in the Celestial Temple. 256 00:13:01,674 --> 00:13:04,877 Though he was a man of science, and initially skeptical, 257 00:13:04,977 --> 00:13:06,846 Sisko embraced his role as the emissary, 258 00:13:06,946 --> 00:13:09,048 rescuing Bajor from countless threats. 259 00:13:09,182 --> 00:13:11,518 - The greatest of which... - (squeaks) 260 00:13:11,618 --> 00:13:13,052 ...were the evil Pagh-Wraiths, 261 00:13:13,186 --> 00:13:16,556 who were intent on Bajor's total destruction. 262 00:13:16,656 --> 00:13:18,358 In 2375, 263 00:13:18,425 --> 00:13:22,028 he confronted them at the Great Fire Caves. 264 00:13:22,095 --> 00:13:24,564 He was never seen again. 265 00:13:24,664 --> 00:13:26,666 This is a children's book? 266 00:13:26,733 --> 00:13:28,468 Damn, Bajoran kids don't play. 267 00:13:28,568 --> 00:13:30,437 SAM: But wait, that's not the end. 268 00:13:30,537 --> 00:13:33,573 According to Bajoran scripture, Sisko was taken directly 269 00:13:33,673 --> 00:13:35,542 from the Fire Caves 270 00:13:35,642 --> 00:13:37,210 to the Celestial Temple, 271 00:13:37,277 --> 00:13:40,513 where he still lives with the Prophets as a guardian of Bajor. 272 00:13:40,613 --> 00:13:42,449 So... 273 00:13:43,883 --> 00:13:47,019 ...what do we think really happened to Benjamin Sisko? 274 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:49,956 Well, he must be dead. 275 00:13:50,089 --> 00:13:51,724 Right? Between the fire 276 00:13:51,791 --> 00:13:53,860 - and the red guys? - GENESIS: It's wild. 277 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,329 My dad said he was this huge hero back in the day, 278 00:13:56,429 --> 00:13:57,764 but Starfleet never found a body, 279 00:13:57,864 --> 00:13:59,399 so they consider him MIA. 280 00:13:59,499 --> 00:14:01,901 MIA? 800 years later? 281 00:14:01,968 --> 00:14:03,903 - Come on. - SAM: This is my problem. 282 00:14:03,970 --> 00:14:06,239 I have to prove that he's either dead or still alive 283 00:14:06,306 --> 00:14:08,040 - with the Prophets. - DAREM: Why? 284 00:14:08,141 --> 00:14:10,877 SAM: Because I want to be a great emissary like Sisko. 285 00:14:10,943 --> 00:14:13,780 And to do that, I need to get into this class. 286 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,883 But this way he's Schrödinger's prophet. 287 00:14:16,983 --> 00:14:18,651 Everybody wins. 288 00:14:18,751 --> 00:14:20,052 It's not that deep, Sam. 289 00:14:20,119 --> 00:14:22,155 Proving that a human either combusted or exists 290 00:14:22,255 --> 00:14:25,158 on a multidimensional plane with non-corporeal entities 291 00:14:25,258 --> 00:14:26,293 isn't deep? 292 00:14:26,426 --> 00:14:27,894 CALEB: Dude was an emissary, okay? 293 00:14:27,994 --> 00:14:29,529 Guys like this always end up dead 294 00:14:29,629 --> 00:14:31,063 for telling people what they don't want to hear 295 00:14:31,130 --> 00:14:33,366 or for doing crap jobs nobody else will do, 296 00:14:33,466 --> 00:14:35,602 like taking on those fire things. Either way... 297 00:14:35,668 --> 00:14:37,570 (imitates choking) ...he's dead. 298 00:14:37,670 --> 00:14:39,772 Unless you ask a Bajoran, who will never admit that 299 00:14:39,839 --> 00:14:41,474 'cause then their whole belief system falls apart. 300 00:14:41,574 --> 00:14:43,310 It's not a mystery. 301 00:14:43,410 --> 00:14:44,711 It's a story people tell themselves 302 00:14:44,811 --> 00:14:46,513 to keep the monsters away at night. 303 00:14:47,514 --> 00:14:49,249 GENESIS: Do not listen to him. 304 00:14:49,349 --> 00:14:50,983 Do you know any Bajorans? 305 00:14:51,117 --> 00:14:52,785 No. 306 00:14:52,885 --> 00:14:54,654 Ooh, I just joined Bajor Club. 307 00:14:54,754 --> 00:14:55,822 I'm a joiner. 308 00:14:55,955 --> 00:14:57,957 - It's my tragic flaw. - (chuckles) 309 00:15:00,026 --> 00:15:03,196 (serene music playing) 310 00:15:06,266 --> 00:15:07,267 Welcome. 311 00:15:07,367 --> 00:15:08,435 Are you of Bajor? 312 00:15:08,535 --> 00:15:10,270 Thanks. And no, I'm of Kasq. 313 00:15:10,337 --> 00:15:12,905 I'm doing a project on "The Sisko" and I was hoping 314 00:15:13,005 --> 00:15:14,241 that maybe you could poss... 315 00:15:16,309 --> 00:15:17,777 - Oh, that-that's not... - Oh. 316 00:15:17,877 --> 00:15:19,178 I-I'm sorry. 317 00:15:19,279 --> 00:15:20,647 I-I just assumed that's how you greet new people. 318 00:15:20,747 --> 00:15:22,882 Uh, your pagh is strong. 319 00:15:22,982 --> 00:15:24,984 Thanks. Yours, too. 320 00:15:25,051 --> 00:15:26,353 I'm assuming. 321 00:15:26,453 --> 00:15:28,788 I'm in a rush, so do you mind if I just...? 322 00:15:28,855 --> 00:15:30,056 Can someone turn the music down? 323 00:15:30,189 --> 00:15:31,758 - (music stops) - Thank you. 324 00:15:32,859 --> 00:15:34,394 Can I have everyone's attention? 325 00:15:34,527 --> 00:15:36,128 Please raise your hand 326 00:15:36,229 --> 00:15:38,365 if you have spoken to or seen The Sisko 327 00:15:38,465 --> 00:15:40,233 since he died. 328 00:15:40,333 --> 00:15:41,934 Or supposedly died. 329 00:15:42,034 --> 00:15:43,470 Allegedly. I-I know you have 330 00:15:43,536 --> 00:15:46,105 your scriptures, which are... great. 331 00:15:46,205 --> 00:15:48,875 I'm just looking for something a little more concrete, 332 00:15:48,975 --> 00:15:50,710 or, like, evidence-based or... 333 00:15:50,843 --> 00:15:52,812 something more provable 334 00:15:52,879 --> 00:15:55,715 that isn't just based on nonsense. 335 00:16:01,020 --> 00:16:03,089 It says here you pulled someone's ear 336 00:16:03,189 --> 00:16:06,259 and yelled, "Prove to me he's still alive." 337 00:16:06,359 --> 00:16:07,494 I misread the situation. 338 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:10,029 Believe me, not a fatal error. 339 00:16:10,096 --> 00:16:11,764 Sit. 340 00:16:12,499 --> 00:16:14,734 When I lived on Bajor, Sisko 341 00:16:14,834 --> 00:16:16,369 was like a god to them. 342 00:16:16,436 --> 00:16:19,506 They don't even show images of him anymore because 343 00:16:19,606 --> 00:16:23,042 they believe he's transcended human form. 344 00:16:23,142 --> 00:16:26,012 Like a god, like a man, like a prophet. 345 00:16:26,112 --> 00:16:28,315 People believe all these things are true. 346 00:16:28,415 --> 00:16:29,916 Maybe they are. 347 00:16:30,016 --> 00:16:31,618 Questions reveal the most 348 00:16:31,751 --> 00:16:34,454 about the people who ask them, so keep asking. 349 00:16:34,587 --> 00:16:36,823 You might learn something about yourself. 350 00:16:36,923 --> 00:16:38,691 This isn't about me, Chancellor. 351 00:16:38,758 --> 00:16:40,126 Say more. 352 00:16:40,226 --> 00:16:43,596 My Makers sent me here to understand organics. 353 00:16:43,696 --> 00:16:46,733 It's been a long time since they've been around them, 354 00:16:46,799 --> 00:16:48,968 and it was kind of rough 355 00:16:49,068 --> 00:16:50,637 for them back then. 356 00:16:50,737 --> 00:16:52,972 They don't trust you, any of you. 357 00:16:53,072 --> 00:16:54,474 But they want to, they just need 358 00:16:54,574 --> 00:16:56,876 to understand how to integrate with organics now. 359 00:16:56,943 --> 00:16:58,077 And if it's even possible. 360 00:16:58,177 --> 00:17:00,613 You have a unique circumstance. 361 00:17:01,448 --> 00:17:04,617 You're here to dream for your entire world. 362 00:17:04,717 --> 00:17:07,219 Some of our students come to Starfleet Academy 363 00:17:07,286 --> 00:17:08,921 to live out their own dreams. 364 00:17:09,021 --> 00:17:10,656 But you're dreaming us up, kid. 365 00:17:10,790 --> 00:17:13,925 You have to know who you are to do that. 366 00:17:13,993 --> 00:17:17,497 It's... crucial, actually. 367 00:17:18,397 --> 00:17:20,633 But how do I do that unless...? 368 00:17:20,733 --> 00:17:22,801 DIGITAL DEAN OF STUDENTS: Captain Ake, you have 369 00:17:22,902 --> 00:17:24,471 - a message from engineering. - Today is... 370 00:17:24,570 --> 00:17:26,873 not a lunch day. (munches) 371 00:17:26,973 --> 00:17:28,941 Have you tried the Sisko Museum? 372 00:17:29,041 --> 00:17:30,977 - Mm-mm. - It's in New Orleans, 373 00:17:31,077 --> 00:17:33,446 but you can access the exhibits virtually. 374 00:17:33,546 --> 00:17:36,683 Now I got to go deal with this. 375 00:17:42,755 --> 00:17:45,358 The Sisko... 376 00:17:45,458 --> 00:17:47,326 Museum. 377 00:17:48,828 --> 00:17:50,229 Kelrec? 378 00:17:51,464 --> 00:17:53,099 Kelrec! 379 00:17:56,102 --> 00:17:57,704 Care to tell me... 380 00:17:59,038 --> 00:18:02,475 ...why the entire SFA power grid is down? 381 00:18:02,575 --> 00:18:04,911 I decline to answer. 382 00:18:06,413 --> 00:18:09,449 Sorry, am I reading this right? 383 00:18:09,549 --> 00:18:10,883 You're heating the ocean? 384 00:18:10,983 --> 00:18:12,318 Just a small lagoon therein. 385 00:18:12,419 --> 00:18:13,653 Now if you'll excuse me... 386 00:18:13,753 --> 00:18:16,222 Using unauthorized alien tech to boil... 387 00:18:16,355 --> 00:18:18,558 - Gently heat. - ...the Pacific Ocean? 388 00:18:18,691 --> 00:18:20,226 A small lagoon therein. 389 00:18:21,293 --> 00:18:23,730 I do not answer to you. 390 00:18:26,699 --> 00:18:28,300 (sighs) 391 00:18:30,036 --> 00:18:32,539 I'm hosting an important visitor. 392 00:18:32,639 --> 00:18:34,874 Chancellor Amal, from the planet Alpherat. 393 00:18:35,007 --> 00:18:35,975 Hot date? 394 00:18:36,042 --> 00:18:37,644 Explains the sweat. 395 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:42,181 As you very well know, 396 00:18:42,281 --> 00:18:44,484 the Alpherati are brilliant military strategists 397 00:18:44,551 --> 00:18:46,385 with an impressive training academy. 398 00:18:46,486 --> 00:18:48,087 Chancellor Amal reached out to me 399 00:18:48,187 --> 00:18:50,557 about a possible collaboration between our institutions. 400 00:18:50,657 --> 00:18:51,724 Quite an honor. 401 00:18:51,824 --> 00:18:53,826 And she needs the ocean hot? Why? 402 00:18:53,893 --> 00:18:55,662 For her fleet of fire eels. 403 00:18:56,463 --> 00:18:57,497 - Her what? - Sensitive creatures 404 00:18:57,564 --> 00:18:58,731 who can't handle the cold. 405 00:18:58,831 --> 00:19:00,066 The Alpherati bring them everywhere 406 00:19:00,166 --> 00:19:02,001 - for security. - Eels? For security? 407 00:19:02,101 --> 00:19:04,837 What if the chancellor needs protecting on land? 408 00:19:04,937 --> 00:19:06,372 That's, uh... 409 00:19:06,439 --> 00:19:08,908 Uh... 410 00:19:09,776 --> 00:19:10,910 I don't know. 411 00:19:11,043 --> 00:19:12,011 Wait. 412 00:19:12,078 --> 00:19:13,613 You said she reached out to you? 413 00:19:13,746 --> 00:19:15,715 - Mm-hmm. - The Alpherati never reach out. 414 00:19:15,815 --> 00:19:18,585 Well, perhaps she's impressed with the War College's success 415 00:19:18,685 --> 00:19:21,721 despite our recently depleted resources. 416 00:19:21,788 --> 00:19:23,556 Look, I don't have time for this. 417 00:19:23,656 --> 00:19:26,025 I have to prepare a traditional Alpherati dinner 418 00:19:26,092 --> 00:19:27,794 involving something called a Kometa, 419 00:19:27,894 --> 00:19:29,962 and I still haven't chosen a wine. 420 00:19:30,062 --> 00:19:32,098 What says "tactical prowess," a Cab 421 00:19:32,198 --> 00:19:34,100 - or a Pinot Blanc? - Kelrec! 422 00:19:34,233 --> 00:19:35,668 You're losing it. 423 00:19:35,768 --> 00:19:37,269 Heating the ocean? 424 00:19:37,369 --> 00:19:39,271 Making it so my teachers can't do their jobs? 425 00:19:39,405 --> 00:19:42,041 A medically worrying amount of sweat. 426 00:19:42,108 --> 00:19:43,275 Sit down. 427 00:19:43,375 --> 00:19:44,911 Let me make you some tea. 428 00:19:45,011 --> 00:19:47,747 You wouldn't even know where to begin. 429 00:19:47,847 --> 00:19:51,117 I've done hundreds of diplomatic dinners. 430 00:19:51,217 --> 00:19:52,585 You fix my power, 431 00:19:52,652 --> 00:19:54,854 I'll show you how to wow the chancellor. 432 00:19:55,722 --> 00:19:56,789 You'll help me? 433 00:19:56,889 --> 00:19:58,925 - Why? - (sighs) 434 00:19:59,025 --> 00:20:01,628 Goodness of my heart? Brain parasite? 435 00:20:01,761 --> 00:20:03,295 Okay. 436 00:20:03,395 --> 00:20:06,165 I feel bad about the Vitus Reflux debacle. 437 00:20:06,265 --> 00:20:08,167 How are those plants, by the way? 438 00:20:08,300 --> 00:20:09,936 They should be in the off-gassing stage. 439 00:20:10,036 --> 00:20:14,607 They are fine and I do not wish to discuss the off-gassing. 440 00:20:15,374 --> 00:20:17,510 Maybe I'm tired of being enemies. 441 00:20:17,610 --> 00:20:20,780 This animosity isn't good for our cadets, either. 442 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:22,481 Have you seen the atrium? 443 00:20:22,582 --> 00:20:24,584 How can we expect them to coexist, 444 00:20:24,651 --> 00:20:26,819 when all we see in each other are... 445 00:20:26,919 --> 00:20:29,488 depleted resources? 446 00:20:33,526 --> 00:20:35,828 You can trust me. 447 00:20:37,329 --> 00:20:39,532 (laughs softly) 448 00:20:44,904 --> 00:20:46,673 Your hand is very sweaty. 449 00:20:46,806 --> 00:20:48,541 Great! 450 00:20:48,641 --> 00:20:51,878 Dress rehearsal for the Alpherati Soup Ritual tonight. 451 00:20:52,011 --> 00:20:53,713 Wait, soup? 452 00:20:53,813 --> 00:20:55,414 1900 hours, my office. 453 00:20:55,514 --> 00:20:57,116 I'll fill the other roles. 454 00:20:57,183 --> 00:20:59,385 What other roles? 455 00:21:05,992 --> 00:21:07,994 DIGITAL DEAN OF STUDENTS: Good morning, fellow travelers. 456 00:21:08,094 --> 00:21:09,962 Friendly reminder that fitness and stamina assessments 457 00:21:10,096 --> 00:21:12,632 will begin at 0900 in the gymnasium. 458 00:21:12,765 --> 00:21:16,202 Caffeine is allowed. Excuses are not. 459 00:21:17,369 --> 00:21:21,574 AUTOMATED VOICE: Welcome to the virtual access portal 460 00:21:21,641 --> 00:21:24,577 for the Benjamin Sisko Museum. 461 00:21:26,478 --> 00:21:28,114 Greetings, visitor. 462 00:21:28,214 --> 00:21:32,685 Here you will learn about the life of the man himself. 463 00:21:34,821 --> 00:21:37,456 Husband, father, 464 00:21:37,556 --> 00:21:39,659 Starfleet officer, 465 00:21:39,759 --> 00:21:42,294 and the importance of his role 466 00:21:42,428 --> 00:21:46,165 as emissary to the Prophets of Bajor. 467 00:21:46,298 --> 00:21:49,101 SAM: "The chosen one"? 468 00:21:49,201 --> 00:21:52,204 Please select your topic of interest. 469 00:21:54,573 --> 00:21:56,709 The Sisko was created by the Prophets 470 00:21:56,809 --> 00:22:00,980 to be their emissary to the people of Bajor. 471 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,450 His mother Sarah was both human and prophet, 472 00:22:04,516 --> 00:22:06,585 so his path was predetermined 473 00:22:06,653 --> 00:22:09,722 long before he was the emissary. 474 00:22:09,822 --> 00:22:11,157 So, what, 475 00:22:11,257 --> 00:22:13,425 we just have to do what we're told? 476 00:22:14,460 --> 00:22:16,495 No matter what? 477 00:22:21,868 --> 00:22:23,670 Please approach an item of interest 478 00:22:23,803 --> 00:22:26,939 to learn more about its importance. 479 00:22:27,039 --> 00:22:30,042 Benjamin Sisko enjoyed a sport called baseball, 480 00:22:30,142 --> 00:22:33,379 an ancient Earth game of tactics, strategy 481 00:22:33,512 --> 00:22:35,715 and athletic prowess. 482 00:22:37,416 --> 00:22:39,518 This is one of the original Orbs 483 00:22:39,618 --> 00:22:44,090 gifted by the Prophets to the citizens of Bajor. 484 00:22:44,190 --> 00:22:47,727 It enabled users to feel connected to the Prophets 485 00:22:47,827 --> 00:22:49,862 and communicate with them. 486 00:22:49,996 --> 00:22:53,700 SAM: So, kind of like an interdimensional comms badge 487 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,568 that lets you talk to the Prophets. 488 00:22:56,703 --> 00:22:59,305 Hmm. 489 00:22:59,405 --> 00:23:00,873 Worth a shot. 490 00:23:01,007 --> 00:23:02,374 (clears throat) 491 00:23:03,242 --> 00:23:04,343 Dear Sisko. 492 00:23:04,410 --> 00:23:05,745 The Sisko. 493 00:23:05,845 --> 00:23:08,247 O Captain, my Captain. 494 00:23:09,548 --> 00:23:10,917 I am Sam. 495 00:23:11,050 --> 00:23:14,053 I'm not sure if I'm even allowed to ask you anything, 496 00:23:14,186 --> 00:23:16,989 but, well, I'm an emissary. 497 00:23:17,056 --> 00:23:18,557 Like you. 498 00:23:21,460 --> 00:23:23,462 But I'm failing at it. 499 00:23:24,263 --> 00:23:26,132 My Makers have been alone for so long, 500 00:23:26,232 --> 00:23:27,934 they're counting on me to know 501 00:23:28,067 --> 00:23:29,635 how to communicate with organics. 502 00:23:29,736 --> 00:23:31,938 To make sure we'll be safe with them. 503 00:23:32,772 --> 00:23:36,042 How do I become what my Makers need me to be? 504 00:23:36,776 --> 00:23:41,313 How do I understand the organic experience enough to... 505 00:23:43,049 --> 00:23:46,753 You can't hear me, can you? 506 00:24:03,235 --> 00:24:04,937 AUTOMATED VOICE: Here you can learn more 507 00:24:05,037 --> 00:24:07,807 about Benjamin Sisko's family lineage. 508 00:24:13,913 --> 00:24:15,848 You were his son. 509 00:24:15,948 --> 00:24:19,118 Please make your selection from the Starfleet Academy 510 00:24:19,185 --> 00:24:21,921 lecture series archives. 511 00:24:21,988 --> 00:24:25,157 INTERVIEWER: What made your father a great emissary? 512 00:24:25,257 --> 00:24:26,826 That's funny. 513 00:24:26,926 --> 00:24:30,262 I didn't know him as "the emissary." 514 00:24:31,063 --> 00:24:34,133 But if you want to know what made him a great man, 515 00:24:34,233 --> 00:24:35,501 how much time do you got? 516 00:24:35,634 --> 00:24:38,838 I knew a man that loved baseball, 517 00:24:38,971 --> 00:24:42,708 a man who would knock out a Q without thinking twice. 518 00:24:42,842 --> 00:24:48,680 I knew a man who always championed me, 519 00:24:48,815 --> 00:24:50,716 especially in my writing. 520 00:24:50,817 --> 00:24:53,820 I know his recipes, his passions, 521 00:24:53,886 --> 00:24:56,222 and the example he set for me as a father, 522 00:24:56,322 --> 00:24:59,691 so that when I became a father myself, 523 00:24:59,792 --> 00:25:05,064 I was able to love my children the way he loved me. 524 00:25:05,164 --> 00:25:07,366 And teach them how to make a mean gumbo. 525 00:25:07,466 --> 00:25:12,872 I imagine all of those things made him a good emissary too, 526 00:25:12,972 --> 00:25:15,407 but you'd have to ask the Prophets about that. 527 00:25:15,541 --> 00:25:17,309 (electronic glitch) 528 00:25:17,376 --> 00:25:19,946 ♪ ♪ 529 00:25:20,746 --> 00:25:23,049 SAM: Wish I could've known you. 530 00:25:28,087 --> 00:25:29,989 DIGITAL DEAN OF STUDENTS: Specialist Krebbs, 531 00:25:30,056 --> 00:25:31,958 your Talaxian Furfly is now consuming its own fur. 532 00:25:32,058 --> 00:25:35,161 It's disgusting. Please advise. 533 00:25:35,227 --> 00:25:36,395 So, this is still happening? 534 00:25:36,495 --> 00:25:37,997 I've processed every bit 535 00:25:38,064 --> 00:25:40,666 of factual information about Benjamin Sisko that exists. 536 00:25:40,732 --> 00:25:42,034 Uh-huh. 537 00:25:42,101 --> 00:25:43,535 But it's not enough to solve this mystery. 538 00:25:43,635 --> 00:25:45,838 ILLA: That's intense. And cool. 539 00:25:45,938 --> 00:25:47,339 - SAM: Thank you. - ILLA: But I did warn you 540 00:25:47,406 --> 00:25:48,875 - it wasn't solvable. - SAM: I still think it is. 541 00:25:48,941 --> 00:25:50,376 But I need to ask you something first. 542 00:25:50,442 --> 00:25:53,277 - Quickly. - I found a recording of his son Jake. 543 00:25:53,379 --> 00:25:55,781 And here's his dad, one of the greatest emissaries ever, 544 00:25:55,882 --> 00:25:57,783 but all Jake wanted to do is talk about 545 00:25:57,917 --> 00:25:59,919 how much his dad loves gumbo. 546 00:26:00,019 --> 00:26:02,221 ILLA: Where are you on the tomato debate? 547 00:26:02,288 --> 00:26:03,755 SAM: Well, I don't eat, so it's kind of... 548 00:26:03,856 --> 00:26:05,191 ILLA: To tomato or not to tomato 549 00:26:05,291 --> 00:26:08,094 is a hot-button issue in gumbo circles. 550 00:26:08,194 --> 00:26:10,129 For some, it's a necessity. 551 00:26:10,229 --> 00:26:12,164 - Others claim a sacrilege. - SAM: Oh. 552 00:26:12,264 --> 00:26:13,565 ILLA: Neither is a fact, 553 00:26:13,665 --> 00:26:15,567 but people cling hard to their sides. 554 00:26:15,634 --> 00:26:17,069 - Oh. - Now, Benjamin 555 00:26:17,169 --> 00:26:19,371 learned to make gumbo at his father's restaurant, 556 00:26:19,471 --> 00:26:20,940 Sisko's Creole Kitchen. 557 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,809 Considered the tomato such a gumbo staple, 558 00:26:23,943 --> 00:26:25,477 he grew them in his quarters. 559 00:26:25,611 --> 00:26:30,116 A choice, one of many, that made him who he was. 560 00:26:30,216 --> 00:26:33,152 So, you're saying... 561 00:26:33,285 --> 00:26:37,156 You are not going to solve this mystery with facts alone. 562 00:26:37,289 --> 00:26:39,691 So, if our choices determine who we are, 563 00:26:39,791 --> 00:26:42,461 what determines our choices? 564 00:26:44,563 --> 00:26:47,133 What we love. Tomatoes. 565 00:26:47,266 --> 00:26:50,069 Tomatoes. And lots of other things. 566 00:26:50,136 --> 00:26:53,239 One thing the man was not short on was love. 567 00:26:53,305 --> 00:26:55,474 Yeah. So can I join your class now? 568 00:26:55,574 --> 00:26:56,642 No. 569 00:26:57,443 --> 00:27:01,480 Again, I don't eat, but that seemed wrong. 570 00:27:01,613 --> 00:27:03,615 Hmm. 571 00:27:10,422 --> 00:27:12,291 DAREM: Yeah, so I get the solution. It's the equation... 572 00:27:12,358 --> 00:27:14,860 SAM: Need a midterm study break? 573 00:27:14,961 --> 00:27:16,162 Yeah, I know this stuff anyway. 574 00:27:16,262 --> 00:27:17,363 Ah... 575 00:27:17,496 --> 00:27:19,665 - What is that? - (overlapping chatter) 576 00:27:19,798 --> 00:27:21,033 It smells amazing. 577 00:27:21,133 --> 00:27:23,169 - GENESIS: The amazing-est. - SAM: Gumbo, 578 00:27:23,269 --> 00:27:26,372 étouffée, aubergine stew, all from the menu 579 00:27:26,505 --> 00:27:28,740 at Sisko's family restaurant, which I can't eat, 580 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:30,642 so I need you to describe it for me. 581 00:27:30,742 --> 00:27:34,680 My mouth is on fire, and I never want it to go out. 582 00:27:34,813 --> 00:27:36,415 It's like crunchy love on a plate. 583 00:27:36,515 --> 00:27:37,883 GENESIS: Fried dough and sugar are some of the few things 584 00:27:37,984 --> 00:27:40,152 in life that buy immediate stress relief. 585 00:27:40,252 --> 00:27:41,353 Gimme, gimme, gimme. 586 00:27:41,453 --> 00:27:42,888 CALEB: Mmm. If you give me access 587 00:27:43,022 --> 00:27:44,356 to your primary system, maybe I can figure out 588 00:27:44,456 --> 00:27:46,292 - a way for you to taste stuff. - Ooh. 589 00:27:46,358 --> 00:27:47,793 Okay. 590 00:27:48,627 --> 00:27:49,728 - GENESIS: Mmm. - Whoo! 591 00:27:49,828 --> 00:27:51,030 My life is literally changing. 592 00:27:51,130 --> 00:27:52,664 I mean this strictly as a friend: 593 00:27:52,764 --> 00:27:54,600 this is incredibly sexy. 594 00:27:55,501 --> 00:27:56,668 Um... 595 00:27:57,536 --> 00:27:58,971 Try this. 596 00:27:59,038 --> 00:28:00,706 - Oh, wow. - Yeah. 597 00:28:00,839 --> 00:28:01,974 - Like it? - Yeah. 598 00:28:02,041 --> 00:28:05,344 - Keep. Keep. - Oh. Purple. 599 00:28:05,411 --> 00:28:07,646 Mm... (humming softly) 600 00:28:09,048 --> 00:28:11,217 JAY-DEN: Is that supposed to be a scarf? 601 00:28:11,350 --> 00:28:12,684 Ooh. 602 00:28:12,751 --> 00:28:14,753 Um... Okay. 603 00:28:16,688 --> 00:28:18,557 (marching band music playing) 604 00:28:18,690 --> 00:28:21,793 Why-why do I hear a marching band?! 605 00:28:21,893 --> 00:28:24,696 ♪ ♪ 606 00:28:24,796 --> 00:28:26,498 (yodeling music playing) 607 00:28:33,572 --> 00:28:35,341 (music stops) 608 00:28:35,441 --> 00:28:37,609 Give me some time, I'll figure it out. 609 00:28:37,709 --> 00:28:39,178 Do you want to send it to my PADD? 610 00:28:39,278 --> 00:28:40,812 Yeah. 611 00:28:40,912 --> 00:28:43,215 - Is that raktajino? - Yeah. 612 00:28:43,282 --> 00:28:46,585 Ah, glorious day. Klingons invented it. 613 00:28:46,685 --> 00:28:48,220 - GENESIS: Leave some for me. - Is it good? 614 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:49,988 I-I made some changes. 615 00:28:50,856 --> 00:28:52,724 Uh, no. 616 00:28:52,824 --> 00:28:55,894 It's horrendous. I respect that you tried. 617 00:28:55,961 --> 00:28:59,098 Uh, I researched Sisko for you and found something interesting 618 00:28:59,198 --> 00:29:00,299 - about his son. - Jake? 619 00:29:00,399 --> 00:29:01,800 Yes. He's a renowned author. 620 00:29:01,933 --> 00:29:05,204 Rumor is, he was writing a book, Anslem, 621 00:29:05,271 --> 00:29:07,206 which is Bajoran for "father." 622 00:29:07,273 --> 00:29:12,378 I know, but no one seems to know if he ever finished it. 623 00:29:12,478 --> 00:29:14,613 I know a cadet bar where Sisko used to hang out. 624 00:29:14,713 --> 00:29:17,883 Think he got punched there by a Vulcan once. 625 00:29:17,983 --> 00:29:19,051 OCAM: Hold up. 626 00:29:19,151 --> 00:29:21,387 There's a cadet bar here? 627 00:29:21,487 --> 00:29:22,721 Kind of. 628 00:29:25,324 --> 00:29:28,927 Okay, so, The Launching Pad? Long gone. 629 00:29:29,027 --> 00:29:33,632 But pretty much in the exact same spot is the aptly named... 630 00:29:33,732 --> 00:29:36,435 Oh, The Academy. I love that place. 631 00:29:36,502 --> 00:29:38,937 What? It's my first planet. I explore. 632 00:29:39,037 --> 00:29:40,906 How am I finding out this late that you're cool? 633 00:29:41,006 --> 00:29:42,808 (forced laugh) You want to go? 634 00:29:42,908 --> 00:29:44,843 It's cadet night every Friday during midterms. 635 00:29:44,976 --> 00:29:46,112 Priority One Mission? 636 00:29:46,178 --> 00:29:48,314 - DAREM: I'm in. - I'm, I'm... 637 00:29:48,414 --> 00:29:49,815 You know I'm in. 638 00:29:49,915 --> 00:29:51,983 I am trying to walk in Sisko's footsteps. 639 00:29:52,084 --> 00:29:54,653 And some of the best footsteps lead to bars. 640 00:29:55,487 --> 00:29:57,656 ♪ ♪ 641 00:30:01,260 --> 00:30:03,295 THE MAKERS: Series Acclimation Mil. 642 00:30:03,362 --> 00:30:07,065 You are not yet enrolled in the seminar we requested. 643 00:30:07,166 --> 00:30:10,001 That's exactly what I'm trying... Forget it. 644 00:30:10,102 --> 00:30:13,339 THE MAKERS: Be advised: if you fail in your mission 645 00:30:13,439 --> 00:30:15,374 to understand organics, you will be of no use to us. 646 00:30:15,474 --> 00:30:18,377 You will return to Kasq and all contact with organics 647 00:30:18,510 --> 00:30:21,780 will cease, forever. 648 00:30:21,847 --> 00:30:24,650 But you can't just drop me in here 649 00:30:24,716 --> 00:30:27,686 and expect me to... these-these organics... 650 00:30:27,786 --> 00:30:30,122 (stammers) ...they're my friends. 651 00:30:30,222 --> 00:30:31,557 They're meaningful to me. 652 00:30:31,690 --> 00:30:35,294 THE MAKERS: This is not for you to determine. 653 00:30:36,695 --> 00:30:39,030 So, either I succeed as your emissary 654 00:30:39,131 --> 00:30:43,202 or I spend the rest of my existence on Kasq, 655 00:30:43,302 --> 00:30:44,870 as a failure. 656 00:30:44,970 --> 00:30:48,907 Away from anyone who cares about me. 657 00:30:49,007 --> 00:30:50,509 THE MAKERS: You have one more week 658 00:30:50,609 --> 00:30:53,479 to demonstrate your value as our emissary 659 00:30:53,545 --> 00:30:57,949 before we remove you from Starfleet Academy permanently. 660 00:31:04,256 --> 00:31:05,591 Sam. 661 00:31:09,728 --> 00:31:11,897 Sam? You okay? 662 00:31:11,997 --> 00:31:14,099 ♪ ♪ 663 00:31:14,233 --> 00:31:15,901 What happens at bars? 664 00:31:16,001 --> 00:31:18,103 I would very much like to find out. 665 00:31:18,204 --> 00:31:20,739 - Tonight. Let's do it. - Yes, she would. 666 00:31:20,839 --> 00:31:23,675 (chuckles) Mm! 667 00:31:27,012 --> 00:31:28,880 THE DOCTOR: Welcome to the sacred ritual 668 00:31:28,980 --> 00:31:30,816 of the Kometa fish. 669 00:31:30,916 --> 00:31:33,552 We come to the table as strangers, 670 00:31:33,619 --> 00:31:37,356 but upon leaving, may we find ourselves 671 00:31:37,456 --> 00:31:39,925 as friends, not foes. 672 00:31:40,025 --> 00:31:44,663 Uh, is there a third thing we could find ourselves as? 673 00:31:44,763 --> 00:31:46,732 Uh, I'm gonna need to know 674 00:31:46,832 --> 00:31:49,301 when we do and don't use these things. 675 00:31:49,435 --> 00:31:52,070 I must thank you for including me, Nahla. 676 00:31:52,137 --> 00:31:54,973 The Kometa is one of my favorite customs. 677 00:31:55,073 --> 00:31:56,742 - And I have never heard of it. - NAHLA: It's been a while 678 00:31:56,808 --> 00:32:00,078 for me, but everything is written out on our PADDs, 679 00:32:00,145 --> 00:32:02,180 so it shouldn't be hard. 680 00:32:02,281 --> 00:32:05,817 I will play Chancellor Amal. 681 00:32:05,917 --> 00:32:07,986 The Doctor, as our reigning expert, 682 00:32:08,086 --> 00:32:09,988 is our Kometa Sage. 683 00:32:10,121 --> 00:32:13,225 He will provide feedback for how the meal is going. 684 00:32:13,325 --> 00:32:15,727 And Reno, you will play two parts. 685 00:32:15,794 --> 00:32:20,266 Um, the Secrets Guardian and Sacred Gift Pig. 686 00:32:20,366 --> 00:32:22,301 A one-woman ensemble. 687 00:32:22,401 --> 00:32:24,270 Good thing I'm hilarious. 688 00:32:24,336 --> 00:32:26,071 No, Commander, this is a serious ritual. 689 00:32:26,137 --> 00:32:29,308 The Alpherati would find any laughter gravely offensive. 690 00:32:29,408 --> 00:32:32,077 Good news. Kelrec is never funny. 691 00:32:32,177 --> 00:32:33,512 I possess a biting wit. 692 00:32:33,645 --> 00:32:35,581 - (blows raspberry) - For the Kometa Soup Ritual 693 00:32:35,681 --> 00:32:39,184 to work, it must be a sober affair. 694 00:32:39,318 --> 00:32:40,786 - Would you stop? - NAHLA: Thank you, Doctor. 695 00:32:40,886 --> 00:32:44,222 (English accent): Now, what do you appreciate most 696 00:32:44,323 --> 00:32:48,360 about your position as chancellor? 697 00:32:48,494 --> 00:32:51,162 That I answer to no one. 698 00:32:52,063 --> 00:32:53,665 (regular accent): E-Easy, Kelrec. 699 00:32:53,765 --> 00:32:54,833 Allies, remember? 700 00:32:54,933 --> 00:32:56,535 Here's a less loaded question. 701 00:32:56,635 --> 00:33:01,139 (English accent): What makes the War College successful? 702 00:33:01,206 --> 00:33:05,877 Like the Alpherati, I am a very serious individual. 703 00:33:05,977 --> 00:33:07,446 I believe we succeed by maintaining 704 00:33:07,513 --> 00:33:10,749 strict academic and military rigor. 705 00:33:11,883 --> 00:33:13,385 A fine answer. 706 00:33:13,519 --> 00:33:15,186 And now... 707 00:33:16,355 --> 00:33:18,089 ...time for soup. 708 00:33:21,460 --> 00:33:22,528 RENO: "Honored guest, 709 00:33:22,628 --> 00:33:24,195 what..." 710 00:33:24,296 --> 00:33:26,532 No. 711 00:33:26,632 --> 00:33:29,568 "Honored guest, what do you fear?" 712 00:33:29,701 --> 00:33:32,638 I suppose I fear... 713 00:33:32,738 --> 00:33:33,872 Hmm? 714 00:33:34,005 --> 00:33:36,508 ...letting down those I have sworn to protect. 715 00:33:37,843 --> 00:33:40,412 RENO: "Well done. And now, 716 00:33:40,546 --> 00:33:44,383 a request from the Gift Pig." 717 00:33:45,384 --> 00:33:47,586 - Oh, right. I'm the pig. - Mm-hmm. 718 00:33:47,686 --> 00:33:49,555 Sorry, I think I'm just really thrown 719 00:33:49,688 --> 00:33:53,592 by the fact that no one has a normal-looking spoon. 720 00:33:53,725 --> 00:33:55,060 - Hey. - I got it. 721 00:33:55,193 --> 00:33:57,396 Um, "Your secret is a gift, 722 00:33:57,496 --> 00:33:58,964 "and your gift 723 00:33:59,064 --> 00:34:03,702 is asking the chancellor for a secret." 724 00:34:03,769 --> 00:34:05,070 What? 725 00:34:07,138 --> 00:34:09,107 Chancellor Amal, 726 00:34:09,240 --> 00:34:11,709 what don't you want me to see? 727 00:34:11,776 --> 00:34:14,680 I don't want you to see my helping you 728 00:34:14,745 --> 00:34:19,450 as in any way strategic, but if I'm honest, it is. 729 00:34:19,551 --> 00:34:21,887 Ah. Honesty. 730 00:34:21,953 --> 00:34:23,287 How refreshing. 731 00:34:23,421 --> 00:34:26,157 (regular accent): It tends to pair well with trust. 732 00:34:27,258 --> 00:34:28,325 What's next? 733 00:34:28,427 --> 00:34:31,763 My PADD says "a musical performance." 734 00:34:31,863 --> 00:34:33,665 ♪ ♪ 735 00:34:37,135 --> 00:34:39,303 ♪ ♪ 736 00:34:43,508 --> 00:34:45,711 (dance music playing) 737 00:34:55,220 --> 00:34:58,890 GENESIS: Hey! Good to see you again. 738 00:34:58,957 --> 00:35:00,459 Come here. 739 00:35:00,592 --> 00:35:02,928 I figured out how to adjust your processing matrix. 740 00:35:03,028 --> 00:35:04,696 - Want to see? - Yeah. 741 00:35:05,731 --> 00:35:07,566 - Right here. - This will help me taste gumbo? 742 00:35:07,666 --> 00:35:09,601 Ooh, no, no, no. Better than that. 743 00:35:09,668 --> 00:35:11,637 This will get you wasted. Okay? So it'll simulate 744 00:35:11,737 --> 00:35:13,238 how organics feel when we drink, 745 00:35:13,304 --> 00:35:14,940 so euphoria, lowered inhibitions. 746 00:35:15,006 --> 00:35:16,575 All guilt-free. 747 00:35:16,642 --> 00:35:20,446 One tap equals one shot, okay? 748 00:35:20,546 --> 00:35:22,981 SAM: I'll never know if I was walking in the footsteps 749 00:35:23,081 --> 00:35:25,817 of the emissaries in this particular moment, 750 00:35:25,951 --> 00:35:28,086 so let's just say I did this for science. 751 00:35:28,186 --> 00:35:29,488 And Kasq. 752 00:35:29,588 --> 00:35:31,890 Like I said, I'm all about the mission. 753 00:35:31,990 --> 00:35:35,193 Uh, that's too many shots. 754 00:35:35,326 --> 00:35:37,963 Why is everybody so squiggly? 755 00:35:38,730 --> 00:35:41,099 - (grunts) - DZOLO: No. 756 00:35:41,166 --> 00:35:43,802 No, no, no, no. What the hell is Academy doing here? 757 00:35:43,902 --> 00:35:46,204 B'AVI: This is a deeply unpleasant turn of events. 758 00:35:46,304 --> 00:35:47,973 I see that you have come to colonize 759 00:35:48,073 --> 00:35:51,543 yet another one of our cherished locales. 760 00:35:51,643 --> 00:35:55,781 Aka, you losers ruin everywhere. 761 00:35:55,847 --> 00:35:57,716 Great jackets, guys. 762 00:35:59,284 --> 00:36:01,019 If I were you, I would consider leaving. 763 00:36:01,119 --> 00:36:03,021 - Quickly. - DZOLO: Eat glass, bro. 764 00:36:03,121 --> 00:36:05,223 - You leave. - I concur with Dzolo. 765 00:36:05,323 --> 00:36:07,859 - Eat glass. - This is very dramatic, 766 00:36:07,959 --> 00:36:09,728 and I'm sure has deep meaning for you all, 767 00:36:09,861 --> 00:36:12,998 but I have other customers trying to enjoy the bar. 768 00:36:13,064 --> 00:36:15,266 So let's have a shot and play nice, hmm? 769 00:36:19,571 --> 00:36:22,040 - (exhales) - Have fun. 770 00:36:24,610 --> 00:36:26,144 SAM: My name is Sam. 771 00:36:26,211 --> 00:36:27,378 Sam... (muttering) 772 00:36:27,513 --> 00:36:28,914 - Hey. - (Sam giggling) 773 00:36:29,014 --> 00:36:30,916 - You okay? - Yeah. 774 00:36:31,049 --> 00:36:32,651 You want to go somewhere else? 775 00:36:32,751 --> 00:36:34,085 No! 776 00:36:36,287 --> 00:36:39,991 We're staying here because this is where Sisko went. 777 00:36:40,091 --> 00:36:42,127 I'm doing this. Mm-hmm. 778 00:36:51,102 --> 00:36:53,171 - Hmm? - Priority One Mission: 779 00:36:53,238 --> 00:36:57,342 stop being a wimp-ass bird boy and just talk to Tarima. 780 00:36:57,442 --> 00:36:59,778 We can all see that you two want to... 781 00:36:59,911 --> 00:37:01,479 (sputters) 782 00:37:05,116 --> 00:37:07,452 - Are you making a panini? - Yeah. 783 00:37:07,553 --> 00:37:08,854 CALEB: Okay, you're drunk. 784 00:37:08,954 --> 00:37:12,591 I'll talk to Tarima, just... stop doing that. 785 00:37:12,724 --> 00:37:14,425 (Sam giggles) 786 00:37:15,260 --> 00:37:16,562 You have a firm booty, Mir. 787 00:37:16,628 --> 00:37:18,764 So, you ready for Quantum Chem tomorrow? 788 00:37:18,864 --> 00:37:20,932 Uh, definitely not. 789 00:37:21,066 --> 00:37:22,701 No? 790 00:37:22,768 --> 00:37:25,270 I don't know, you seem ready. 791 00:37:25,370 --> 00:37:27,739 You got a capable bearing. 792 00:37:27,839 --> 00:37:29,575 Thank you. 793 00:37:29,675 --> 00:37:33,612 Your bearing is also impressive. 794 00:37:33,745 --> 00:37:35,947 Oh, wow! 795 00:37:36,047 --> 00:37:39,050 - I love love. I love love. - Mm-hmm. 796 00:37:39,117 --> 00:37:42,988 Like, no one does love like organics. 797 00:37:43,088 --> 00:37:44,389 Do you love? But Klingons 798 00:37:44,489 --> 00:37:46,391 is like more, is more... (belches) 799 00:37:46,491 --> 00:37:47,793 - Ugh... - Or, like, less is more. 800 00:37:47,893 --> 00:37:49,728 Or like, more is more or-or, like... 801 00:37:49,828 --> 00:37:51,496 (Sam muttering) 802 00:37:51,630 --> 00:37:53,198 (laughing, hiccupping) 803 00:37:53,298 --> 00:37:54,132 (belches) 804 00:37:54,232 --> 00:37:57,168 I-I love love! (exhales) 805 00:37:57,302 --> 00:37:59,738 I love love. I love love. I love love. 806 00:37:59,805 --> 00:38:03,609 I love love. Ocam! 807 00:38:03,675 --> 00:38:05,476 I love love! (laughs) 808 00:38:05,577 --> 00:38:07,813 (playing melody poorly) 809 00:38:16,822 --> 00:38:18,757 Beautiful, Kelrec. 810 00:38:18,857 --> 00:38:22,360 Really slow and loud. 811 00:38:22,493 --> 00:38:23,962 - Thank you. - Yes, 812 00:38:24,062 --> 00:38:25,430 you-you played a lot of notes. 813 00:38:25,496 --> 00:38:27,933 Next, an interpretive dance. 814 00:38:28,033 --> 00:38:29,134 - Ugh. - NAHLA: In the interest 815 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:32,704 of time, let's skip ahead to... Ah. 816 00:38:32,838 --> 00:38:34,172 Open-Hearted Salute. 817 00:38:34,272 --> 00:38:36,642 That's me, with the assistance of our Chorus. 818 00:38:36,708 --> 00:38:40,011 Hey, uh, look, I don't know if I can do whatever this is. 819 00:38:40,111 --> 00:38:42,547 Oh, it-it's a lovely segment. 820 00:38:42,681 --> 00:38:45,984 The host lists our guests' attributes, 821 00:38:46,051 --> 00:38:48,854 citing why they will make great allies. 822 00:38:50,388 --> 00:38:52,824 NAHLA (English accent): Commander Kelrec, 823 00:38:52,924 --> 00:38:55,360 though our philosophies differ, 824 00:38:55,493 --> 00:38:58,730 I know we will find solid ground. 825 00:38:58,830 --> 00:39:02,000 As we look for shared values, 826 00:39:02,067 --> 00:39:06,905 our diversity in thought will be our greatest strength. 827 00:39:07,005 --> 00:39:11,309 Here's to working together to build a bright future 828 00:39:11,409 --> 00:39:14,913 for our two academies. 829 00:39:16,214 --> 00:39:18,249 KELREC: Thank you, Chancellor Amal. 830 00:39:18,349 --> 00:39:22,087 This evening has surprised me. 831 00:39:22,854 --> 00:39:26,925 I, too, look forward to the future. 832 00:39:28,559 --> 00:39:32,931 (air whistling out of fish) 833 00:39:33,064 --> 00:39:36,001 (laughter) 834 00:39:41,139 --> 00:39:43,408 - (air whistles out of fish) - (laughter continues) 835 00:39:43,541 --> 00:39:45,143 THE DOCTOR: I'm sorry, Commander. 836 00:39:45,243 --> 00:39:47,445 Sometimes the fish does that. 837 00:39:47,545 --> 00:39:48,680 I should have known better. 838 00:39:48,747 --> 00:39:50,615 I was a fool to trust any of you. 839 00:39:50,716 --> 00:39:52,350 (laughs): It's just the fish. 840 00:39:52,450 --> 00:39:54,219 Kelrec, it's the fish. 841 00:39:54,319 --> 00:39:55,887 - We're having fun. - You can't be asked 842 00:39:55,954 --> 00:39:57,923 to take anything seriously for even an hour? 843 00:39:58,056 --> 00:40:00,258 What ridiculous people you all are. 844 00:40:00,358 --> 00:40:01,526 - I take offense to that. - I'm actually okay 845 00:40:01,626 --> 00:40:02,794 with that description. 846 00:40:02,928 --> 00:40:04,095 NAHLA: Forgive us. You can trust me. 847 00:40:04,195 --> 00:40:05,931 Let's get back to our meal. 848 00:40:06,031 --> 00:40:07,432 You speak a great deal about trust 849 00:40:07,532 --> 00:40:11,002 for someone who abandoned Starfleet 15 years ago. 850 00:40:13,705 --> 00:40:15,373 ♪ ♪ 851 00:40:15,473 --> 00:40:16,975 Is that why you never gave me a chance? 852 00:40:17,108 --> 00:40:18,443 You think I abandoned... 853 00:40:18,543 --> 00:40:19,878 You did abandon it. 854 00:40:19,978 --> 00:40:21,546 Tell me something about Lanthanites, Nahla. 855 00:40:21,612 --> 00:40:23,314 What's the point of such a long life 856 00:40:23,414 --> 00:40:25,050 if your memory is this short? 857 00:40:31,389 --> 00:40:34,692 (dance music playing in distance) 858 00:40:34,793 --> 00:40:36,361 (exhales) 859 00:40:43,802 --> 00:40:45,871 - Hi. - Hi. 860 00:40:47,305 --> 00:40:49,474 You know, I-I'm really enjoying this little game of yours. 861 00:40:49,574 --> 00:40:51,409 - Hmm? - Yeah. 862 00:40:51,509 --> 00:40:53,344 It's like a... 863 00:40:53,478 --> 00:40:58,649 It's like a one-man will he, won't he? 864 00:40:58,750 --> 00:41:00,318 No, it's riveting. 865 00:41:00,418 --> 00:41:03,054 Yeah? It's not really a game, it's more of like a... 866 00:41:03,822 --> 00:41:06,992 ...proximate distance relationship. 867 00:41:07,793 --> 00:41:10,762 Who decided there would be a relationship? 868 00:41:14,499 --> 00:41:18,003 I mean, why bother, you know, 869 00:41:18,136 --> 00:41:20,338 if it's proximate? 870 00:41:21,372 --> 00:41:23,741 I don't know. 871 00:41:23,842 --> 00:41:26,812 Some of my most epic relationships 872 00:41:26,912 --> 00:41:30,148 have been completely imaginary. 873 00:41:30,215 --> 00:41:32,583 ♪ ♪ 874 00:41:35,353 --> 00:41:36,788 I'm more hands-on. 875 00:41:36,855 --> 00:41:38,523 ♪ Hey! ♪ 876 00:41:38,623 --> 00:41:40,125 ♪ ♪ 877 00:41:44,329 --> 00:41:45,831 (slurring): Gensesis. 878 00:41:45,897 --> 00:41:48,033 - GENESIS: Hmm? - I get it now. 879 00:41:48,133 --> 00:41:52,670 I think The Sisko just wanted to be Ben, you know? 880 00:41:52,737 --> 00:41:55,173 He just wanted to go out with his friends like this, 881 00:41:55,273 --> 00:41:56,875 you know, and have a good time, 882 00:41:57,008 --> 00:41:59,410 and-and be a good dad and build sailboats, 883 00:41:59,510 --> 00:42:01,880 you know, and-and start riots. 884 00:42:01,980 --> 00:42:05,516 Did Sisko start riots I don't know about? 885 00:42:05,616 --> 00:42:08,586 Also, did you call me Gensesis? 886 00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:12,423 The things that he loved were everything to him. 887 00:42:12,523 --> 00:42:14,359 He was ripped away from them. 888 00:42:14,459 --> 00:42:16,494 Who chooses that? Hmm? 889 00:42:16,594 --> 00:42:17,863 I bet the Celestial Temple 890 00:42:17,929 --> 00:42:19,965 doesn't even have shrimp and grits. 891 00:42:20,065 --> 00:42:21,599 Watch. 892 00:42:21,732 --> 00:42:23,668 - Hey, hey, hey, wormhole aliens! - Sam... 893 00:42:23,734 --> 00:42:25,904 - Sam, Sam, Sam, Sam, Sam. Sam. - Mm-hmm. Hmm? 894 00:42:26,004 --> 00:42:27,238 You're drunk right now. 895 00:42:27,372 --> 00:42:29,807 This feeling you're feeling, it's not real. 896 00:42:29,908 --> 00:42:32,343 It is real! I feel so alive. 897 00:42:32,410 --> 00:42:34,245 But being an emissary means 898 00:42:34,379 --> 00:42:37,782 you never get to do what you want to do ever. 899 00:42:37,916 --> 00:42:40,385 (fast-paced rock music playing) 900 00:42:40,485 --> 00:42:42,287 Yeah, this is my song! 901 00:42:42,420 --> 00:42:43,588 ♪ One, two, three, four... ♪ 902 00:42:43,721 --> 00:42:46,191 No, no. No, no, no, no. (laughing) 903 00:42:46,257 --> 00:42:47,692 I guarantee you've never heard this song before. 904 00:42:47,758 --> 00:42:49,627 - SAM: Let's go! - Okay. 905 00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:51,930 (cheering) 906 00:42:55,266 --> 00:42:57,035 (distorted laughter) 907 00:42:57,102 --> 00:43:00,471 (cheering) 908 00:43:03,875 --> 00:43:05,243 Hey. It's time to go. 909 00:43:05,343 --> 00:43:07,412 You've clearly had too much. You're slumming it. 910 00:43:07,478 --> 00:43:08,880 B'AVI: You assume the Klingon 911 00:43:08,947 --> 00:43:11,883 - is the one slumming. - Step away, fish stick. 912 00:43:15,286 --> 00:43:16,587 Bar fight! 913 00:43:16,687 --> 00:43:18,489 Just like Sisko! 914 00:43:18,589 --> 00:43:19,925 Don't make me embarrass you, girl. 915 00:43:19,991 --> 00:43:21,759 You okay, Sam? 916 00:43:21,859 --> 00:43:23,929 For the emissaries! 917 00:43:24,795 --> 00:43:27,132 (others gasping) 918 00:43:27,232 --> 00:43:28,633 ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ 919 00:43:28,733 --> 00:43:29,968 ♪ I'll find a remedy, pure energy... ♪ 920 00:43:30,101 --> 00:43:33,438 ♪ 921 00:43:33,538 --> 00:43:35,806 (distorted yelling) 922 00:43:35,907 --> 00:43:38,043 ♪ ♪ 923 00:43:38,944 --> 00:43:40,045 (screams) 924 00:43:40,145 --> 00:43:42,647 (groaning) 925 00:43:43,982 --> 00:43:45,150 (coughing) 926 00:43:45,250 --> 00:43:47,785 - Um... - Probably not our business? 927 00:43:47,885 --> 00:43:50,121 DAREM: Caleb, where the hell are you?! 928 00:43:50,221 --> 00:43:51,822 Get your ass in here! 929 00:43:51,923 --> 00:43:53,891 (song ends) 930 00:43:59,464 --> 00:44:02,233 Let me guess. I should see the other guy. 931 00:44:02,333 --> 00:44:04,635 SAM (slurring): You should see the other guy. 932 00:44:04,702 --> 00:44:06,771 (giggling) 933 00:44:08,073 --> 00:44:11,142 - Are you intoxicated? - Intoxicated with the truth. 934 00:44:11,209 --> 00:44:12,610 CALEB: Yep, that's my bad. 935 00:44:12,710 --> 00:44:15,080 - Master controls now. - I want to sleep now. 936 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:17,048 (grunts softly) 937 00:44:17,148 --> 00:44:18,950 (controls blipping) 938 00:44:22,053 --> 00:44:23,388 Yeah, she's sober now. 939 00:44:23,521 --> 00:44:24,822 What is a burrito, 940 00:44:24,922 --> 00:44:27,925 and why do I want it right this second? 941 00:44:28,026 --> 00:44:30,828 Return to your quarters right now. 942 00:44:30,928 --> 00:44:33,064 Not you, Sam. 943 00:44:34,065 --> 00:44:36,401 - GENESIS: Bye, girl. - JAY-DEN: Feel better, Sam. 944 00:44:36,534 --> 00:44:39,937 SAM: Are you angry with me, Doctor? 945 00:44:40,038 --> 00:44:43,541 I'm disappointed. I didn't expect this from you. 946 00:44:43,641 --> 00:44:46,744 I did it to solve the mystery of Captain Sisko. 947 00:44:46,844 --> 00:44:50,281 - Captain Sisko? - You knew him? 948 00:44:50,381 --> 00:44:52,250 Sadly, no. 949 00:44:52,383 --> 00:44:56,521 My creator, Dr. Lewis Zimmerman, met him once. 950 00:44:56,621 --> 00:45:01,192 And I did become acquainted with his son Jake years later. 951 00:45:01,292 --> 00:45:02,593 Fantastic writer. 952 00:45:02,693 --> 00:45:03,861 You knew Jake? 953 00:45:03,961 --> 00:45:05,530 W-What did he tell you about his father? 954 00:45:05,630 --> 00:45:07,765 How could he bear to lose him like that? 955 00:45:07,865 --> 00:45:11,036 The same way we all learn to live with loss. 956 00:45:11,136 --> 00:45:13,404 Get over it, move on. 957 00:45:15,940 --> 00:45:17,875 You can't just get over something like that. 958 00:45:17,942 --> 00:45:20,945 You can, and you do. 959 00:45:23,214 --> 00:45:25,016 DIGITAL DEAN OF STUDENTS: Attention, cadets. 960 00:45:25,116 --> 00:45:28,119 Academy Explorers has announced a trip to Muir Woods. 961 00:45:28,253 --> 00:45:29,854 If you'd like to see some of the oldest 962 00:45:29,954 --> 00:45:31,589 and most majestic trees on Earth, 963 00:45:31,689 --> 00:45:35,093 be at the transfer arches at 0600 hours tomorrow morning, 964 00:45:35,193 --> 00:45:39,164 for some morning wood. (laughing) 965 00:45:39,297 --> 00:45:42,067 - NAHLA: Where you headed? - To meet Chancellor Amal 966 00:45:42,167 --> 00:45:44,802 - at the Alpherati ship. - Ah. 967 00:45:44,935 --> 00:45:46,971 Thank you for restoring our power. 968 00:45:47,072 --> 00:45:48,239 Things should work when they work. 969 00:45:48,306 --> 00:45:50,175 I'm beginning to understand 970 00:45:50,275 --> 00:45:51,909 you're going to make all of our interactions 971 00:45:51,976 --> 00:45:53,778 as uncomfortable as possible. 972 00:45:53,878 --> 00:45:56,013 - Not for me. - You not keeping your word 973 00:45:56,114 --> 00:45:58,116 doesn't mean I wouldn't keep mine. 974 00:45:58,216 --> 00:45:59,817 Double negative. 975 00:46:01,619 --> 00:46:03,454 I appreciate your honesty. 976 00:46:03,521 --> 00:46:05,990 - Count on it. - Same. 977 00:46:14,599 --> 00:46:17,568 Right. Why would we ride in silence? 978 00:46:20,838 --> 00:46:22,640 Uh... Oh. 979 00:46:22,740 --> 00:46:24,509 - Uh... - So here's the thing. 980 00:46:24,609 --> 00:46:25,876 Yes? 981 00:46:25,976 --> 00:46:29,814 I understand why you feel I abandoned Starfleet. 982 00:46:29,914 --> 00:46:32,350 You've had to live in absolutes. 983 00:46:32,483 --> 00:46:35,052 But if you make a judgment without context, 984 00:46:35,186 --> 00:46:37,922 whether it's me or Chancellor Amal, 985 00:46:38,022 --> 00:46:42,293 you'll have a hell of a time getting people to trust you. 986 00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:44,362 Or your cadets. 987 00:46:44,462 --> 00:46:46,597 ♪ ♪ 988 00:46:51,236 --> 00:46:53,638 How bad was my flute? 989 00:46:54,905 --> 00:46:58,709 It was rough, man. (chuckles) 990 00:46:59,577 --> 00:47:01,746 (laughs, snorts) 991 00:47:07,051 --> 00:47:08,653 I failed. 992 00:47:08,753 --> 00:47:10,488 ILLA: Did you, now? 993 00:47:10,555 --> 00:47:12,290 Congrats. 994 00:47:13,424 --> 00:47:16,093 Well, failure can be fun. 995 00:47:16,227 --> 00:47:18,629 But anyway, talk. What did you learn? 996 00:47:20,831 --> 00:47:23,568 It doesn't matter how Sisko died. 997 00:47:23,701 --> 00:47:25,236 Or if he died. 998 00:47:25,370 --> 00:47:29,174 All I know is that he didn't get to live the life that he wanted. 999 00:47:29,240 --> 00:47:33,944 His entire existence was planned out for him 1000 00:47:34,044 --> 00:47:36,714 by-by a bunch of wormhole aliens. 1001 00:47:36,781 --> 00:47:41,186 Emissaries who succeed lose everything they love, 1002 00:47:41,252 --> 00:47:44,622 and emissaries who fail do, too. 1003 00:47:45,423 --> 00:47:47,292 Either way, you're doomed. 1004 00:47:47,392 --> 00:47:50,328 So, a lot. 1005 00:47:50,428 --> 00:47:52,029 You learned a lot. 1006 00:47:53,898 --> 00:47:56,100 I think it's time you see something. 1007 00:48:04,442 --> 00:48:06,110 Is that Anslem? 1008 00:48:06,244 --> 00:48:09,447 You know it? Oh, of course you do. 1009 00:48:10,248 --> 00:48:12,583 So Jake actually wrote it? 1010 00:48:12,683 --> 00:48:14,452 But never published it. 1011 00:48:14,552 --> 00:48:17,955 It was one of the many ways he kept Benjamin close. 1012 00:48:19,156 --> 00:48:20,458 Here. 1013 00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:31,969 ♪ ♪ 1014 00:48:37,242 --> 00:48:38,943 SAM: "Why did it have to be him? 1015 00:48:39,009 --> 00:48:40,811 "Why couldn't the Prophets have chosen someone else 1016 00:48:40,945 --> 00:48:45,316 as their emissary so that I didn't have to lose my dad?" 1017 00:48:46,050 --> 00:48:47,985 JAKE: I didn't realize until now 1018 00:48:48,085 --> 00:48:51,289 that who he was as my father is inseparable 1019 00:48:51,389 --> 00:48:53,458 from who he was as an emissary. 1020 00:48:53,558 --> 00:48:56,227 There was no one else to do what he did. 1021 00:48:56,994 --> 00:49:01,732 He chose and was chosen all at once. 1022 00:49:04,435 --> 00:49:05,936 Hi. 1023 00:49:06,003 --> 00:49:07,472 Hey, sis. 1024 00:49:07,538 --> 00:49:09,006 Are you real? 1025 00:49:09,139 --> 00:49:10,775 (chuckles) Do you want me to be? 1026 00:49:10,841 --> 00:49:13,478 Mm. You're amazing. 1027 00:49:13,544 --> 00:49:16,714 (chuckles) So are you. 1028 00:49:17,548 --> 00:49:19,317 Sorry you lost your dad. 1029 00:49:19,417 --> 00:49:23,721 I think the Prophets are jerks. 1030 00:49:23,854 --> 00:49:27,057 No, they're all right. 1031 00:49:28,025 --> 00:49:30,094 Without them, he doesn't exist. 1032 00:49:30,194 --> 00:49:32,530 And neither do I. 1033 00:49:32,663 --> 00:49:35,366 But it wasn't fair to him. 1034 00:49:35,500 --> 00:49:37,602 A life with no real choice. 1035 00:49:38,469 --> 00:49:40,705 Can I show you something? 1036 00:49:47,312 --> 00:49:50,080 Kendra Valley on Bajor. 1037 00:49:50,214 --> 00:49:53,651 My dad bought this land to make a house for us. 1038 00:49:53,751 --> 00:49:55,820 He left before he could build it. 1039 00:49:57,154 --> 00:49:58,389 That-That's awful. 1040 00:49:58,489 --> 00:50:00,124 (chuckles) Not really. 1041 00:50:00,224 --> 00:50:02,527 This was right before the Prophets told him 1042 00:50:02,593 --> 00:50:04,094 that if he married Kasidy, 1043 00:50:04,194 --> 00:50:07,932 he would know nothing but sorrow. 1044 00:50:08,032 --> 00:50:10,067 He thought about what they said. 1045 00:50:10,167 --> 00:50:12,002 And married her anyway. 1046 00:50:12,737 --> 00:50:17,342 He did what the Prophets needed, but he did it his way. 1047 00:50:19,276 --> 00:50:21,979 Those last few months with Kasidy and me 1048 00:50:22,079 --> 00:50:25,149 were the best we ever had as a family. 1049 00:50:25,249 --> 00:50:28,386 The Prophets were wrong sometimes. 1050 00:50:28,453 --> 00:50:32,923 As much as they taught him, he taught them, too. 1051 00:50:33,758 --> 00:50:37,495 By staying true to himself. 1052 00:50:39,296 --> 00:50:41,065 I-I don't, I don't... 1053 00:50:42,099 --> 00:50:44,502 I don't think I can be Kasq's emissary. 1054 00:50:46,937 --> 00:50:48,773 I get it. 1055 00:50:50,475 --> 00:50:53,544 Thing is, emissaries are important. 1056 00:50:53,611 --> 00:50:55,480 They build bridges, 1057 00:50:55,580 --> 00:50:58,716 they create stability in a universe 1058 00:50:58,816 --> 00:51:00,385 that sometimes feels like 1059 00:51:00,485 --> 00:51:04,321 all it wants to do is tear itself apart. 1060 00:51:04,422 --> 00:51:08,726 But they sacrifice so much. 1061 00:51:08,793 --> 00:51:11,829 Everyone makes sacrifices. 1062 00:51:11,929 --> 00:51:14,965 My father's saved billions of people. 1063 00:51:15,065 --> 00:51:20,505 Sometimes lose-lose is actually win-win. 1064 00:51:20,638 --> 00:51:23,007 But what-what if I can't do it? 1065 00:51:23,140 --> 00:51:25,643 What if I'm not enough? 1066 00:51:26,444 --> 00:51:28,779 You are enough. 1067 00:51:31,115 --> 00:51:33,751 My dad told me that so many times. 1068 00:51:33,818 --> 00:51:37,154 I just wish I'd listened to him sooner. 1069 00:51:39,924 --> 00:51:42,359 Thanks for writing it down. 1070 00:51:43,994 --> 00:51:46,497 It's what I was made to do. 1071 00:51:47,665 --> 00:51:49,434 So, if I close this-this book, 1072 00:51:49,534 --> 00:51:52,236 are-are you just gonna disappear? 1073 00:51:53,738 --> 00:51:55,139 I don't know, girl. 1074 00:51:55,205 --> 00:51:57,341 I-I thought you were the one controlling all of this. 1075 00:51:57,442 --> 00:51:59,710 - Oh. - (laughs) 1076 00:51:59,810 --> 00:52:03,113 JAKE: You know all those things that you think he missed? 1077 00:52:04,348 --> 00:52:05,916 He didn't. 1078 00:52:06,684 --> 00:52:08,553 He was always there. 1079 00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:11,556 He never really left us. 1080 00:52:13,057 --> 00:52:17,027 I can't prove it, but I know it's true. 1081 00:52:24,301 --> 00:52:26,437 ♪ ♪ 1082 00:52:35,780 --> 00:52:38,749 Did you find what you were looking for? 1083 00:52:41,586 --> 00:52:42,920 Yes. 1084 00:52:44,889 --> 00:52:45,923 Good. 1085 00:52:46,023 --> 00:52:48,659 Where did you get this from? 1086 00:52:49,660 --> 00:52:52,563 I was asked to keep it safe. 1087 00:52:52,663 --> 00:52:54,131 And only share it with those 1088 00:52:54,231 --> 00:52:56,601 who would understand how to use it. 1089 00:53:02,406 --> 00:53:04,742 How did you know that Sisko grew tomatoes? 1090 00:53:04,842 --> 00:53:07,812 I couldn't find that in any of the records. 1091 00:53:14,685 --> 00:53:17,021 Are those Trill markings? 1092 00:53:19,624 --> 00:53:21,626 Wait a minute. 1093 00:53:21,726 --> 00:53:24,261 - Illa isn't a surname, is it? - You're a good detective. 1094 00:53:24,361 --> 00:53:27,598 I expect to see you in my class next year. 1095 00:53:27,698 --> 00:53:33,370 Find it in the course catalogue under my full name: Illa Dax. 1096 00:53:33,437 --> 00:53:35,139 Wait. 1097 00:53:35,272 --> 00:53:36,607 You're Dax? 1098 00:53:36,707 --> 00:53:40,177 Like the Dax? 1099 00:53:40,277 --> 00:53:43,013 As in "mentor to Sisko" Dax? 1100 00:53:43,113 --> 00:53:47,552 Wow. I should have known you'd do your research. 1101 00:53:49,053 --> 00:53:51,488 Benjamin would have liked you. 1102 00:53:51,622 --> 00:53:55,960 He loved people who got into trouble for the right reasons. 1103 00:54:04,134 --> 00:54:06,336 (varying tones playing) 1104 00:54:06,436 --> 00:54:09,607 SAM: So, after all of those experiences, 1105 00:54:09,707 --> 00:54:12,142 after everything I learned about you, 1106 00:54:12,276 --> 00:54:16,614 I finally realized what I needed to tell my Makers. 1107 00:54:16,714 --> 00:54:18,983 Look, it's going to take time 1108 00:54:19,083 --> 00:54:20,685 for me to learn all the stuff 1109 00:54:20,818 --> 00:54:22,920 you want me to know about organics. 1110 00:54:22,987 --> 00:54:25,055 Their behavior can't be explained 1111 00:54:25,155 --> 00:54:26,991 or predicted by an algorithm 1112 00:54:27,091 --> 00:54:31,495 because their purpose is not understanding, 1113 00:54:31,629 --> 00:54:33,163 it's becoming. 1114 00:54:33,263 --> 00:54:37,501 I have to do that too, just like Benjamin Sisko did. 1115 00:54:37,635 --> 00:54:40,337 In the meantime, I don't know if you can trust them, 1116 00:54:40,470 --> 00:54:42,673 but-but I know that I can. 1117 00:54:42,773 --> 00:54:45,943 I'll reach out when there's something to report. 1118 00:54:46,010 --> 00:54:48,312 And until then, assume all is well. 1119 00:54:48,378 --> 00:54:51,682 THE MAKERS: If you disobey us, you will have failed. 1120 00:54:51,782 --> 00:54:54,384 SAM: No. It's why I'll succeed. 1121 00:54:54,518 --> 00:54:57,521 But on my terms. And I can live with that. 1122 00:54:57,655 --> 00:54:59,323 - Series Acclimation Mil. - Later. 1123 00:54:59,423 --> 00:55:01,191 - You may not... - (snaps fingers) 1124 00:55:02,559 --> 00:55:04,729 SAM: My music teacher once asked me 1125 00:55:04,829 --> 00:55:07,632 why I chose to learn the theremin. 1126 00:55:07,698 --> 00:55:11,201 I think because it feels like me. 1127 00:55:11,301 --> 00:55:14,004 It has no strings, no keys. 1128 00:55:14,071 --> 00:55:17,507 Technically speaking, I have no body. 1129 00:55:17,574 --> 00:55:20,577 But it creates its own unique kind of music. 1130 00:55:20,678 --> 00:55:22,747 Music that inspires hope, 1131 00:55:22,847 --> 00:55:25,582 love, connection. 1132 00:55:25,683 --> 00:55:27,517 That builds bridges. 1133 00:55:27,618 --> 00:55:31,155 And isn't that what an emissary does? 1134 00:55:32,189 --> 00:55:35,459 I'm not sure if it matters to you that who you were, 1135 00:55:35,559 --> 00:55:38,195 who you became, and the mystery of your fate 1136 00:55:38,295 --> 00:55:41,832 changed the life of a girl who wouldn't even know your name 1137 00:55:41,932 --> 00:55:44,501 until 800 years after you vanished, 1138 00:55:44,568 --> 00:55:46,270 but that's what happened. 1139 00:55:47,537 --> 00:55:50,407 Well, it's sort of like you theremined me. 1140 00:55:50,540 --> 00:55:54,478 Completely changed me, my whole life. 1141 00:55:55,245 --> 00:55:58,749 And I can never really tell you how much you mean to me. 1142 00:55:58,849 --> 00:56:02,252 But I honor you, wherever you are, 1143 00:56:02,352 --> 00:56:05,589 and hope that this message finds you well. 1144 00:56:05,723 --> 00:56:10,795 Thank you for sharing your life with this universe. 1145 00:56:10,928 --> 00:56:13,363 Thank you for creating an amazing son, 1146 00:56:13,463 --> 00:56:17,534 for loving him into being his best self. 1147 00:56:17,601 --> 00:56:20,504 Everyone should have a dad like you. 1148 00:56:22,372 --> 00:56:24,608 If you ever want to talk... 1149 00:56:26,176 --> 00:56:28,012 ...I'm here, Benjamin. 1150 00:56:29,780 --> 00:56:31,982 ♪ ♪ 1151 00:56:33,383 --> 00:56:37,121 SISKO: Divine laws are simpler than human ones, 1152 00:56:37,221 --> 00:56:42,226 which is why it takes a lifetime to be able to understand them. 1153 00:56:42,326 --> 00:56:45,896 Only love can understand them. 1154 00:56:45,996 --> 00:56:49,633 Only love can interpret these words 1155 00:56:49,767 --> 00:56:53,337 as they were meant to be interpreted. 1156 00:57:03,113 --> 00:57:05,649 Captioning sponsored by CBS 1157 00:57:05,750 --> 00:57:09,686 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org