1 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:33,746 Attention, all cadets. 2 00:00:33,770 --> 00:00:37,616 Academy facilities are now closed for the all-worlds break. 3 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:39,846 They will reopen in four days. 4 00:00:39,870 --> 00:00:41,670 If you are departing by shuttle, 5 00:00:41,780 --> 00:00:43,616 please report to the shuttle bay. 6 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:47,740 Otherwise, report to the sato atrium mezzanine for transport. 7 00:00:52,290 --> 00:00:54,930 Recording. 8 00:00:55,060 --> 00:01:00,066 Tarima, hey. It's... It's me. 9 00:01:00,090 --> 00:01:03,860 Caleb. Caleb mir. I... 10 00:01:07,670 --> 00:01:10,910 How's recovery on betazed? 11 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,580 I hear you're doing pretty great. 12 00:01:15,310 --> 00:01:19,556 You... missed a lot. 13 00:01:19,580 --> 00:01:21,780 A memorial service. 14 00:01:21,910 --> 00:01:24,210 Nahla and kelrec made speeches. 15 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:28,020 We're all just... 16 00:01:29,890 --> 00:01:32,960 trying to get back to feeling normal. 17 00:01:34,860 --> 00:01:37,700 After the miyazaki. 18 00:01:39,370 --> 00:01:41,270 Just... 19 00:01:45,170 --> 00:01:49,810 going to class, hanging out, you know. 20 00:01:52,650 --> 00:01:54,290 Normal stuff. 21 00:01:55,050 --> 00:01:58,226 Tomorrow's all-worlds day. 22 00:01:58,250 --> 00:02:00,850 Everyone's leaving for break. 23 00:02:02,260 --> 00:02:05,160 Nahla has me staying with some stupid host family, 24 00:02:05,290 --> 00:02:07,490 which is garbage on every level. 25 00:02:07,630 --> 00:02:10,606 Anyway, I know it's been a month since we've talked. 26 00:02:10,630 --> 00:02:13,646 A month and two days, actually. 27 00:02:13,670 --> 00:02:16,540 Not that I'm keeping track or anything. 28 00:02:17,410 --> 00:02:18,910 So, you were... 29 00:02:21,540 --> 00:02:24,540 you were on my mind, tarima. 30 00:02:24,650 --> 00:02:28,350 I thought I'd... I'd... 31 00:02:29,380 --> 00:02:31,180 thought I'd reach out... 32 00:02:32,020 --> 00:02:35,636 see how you... are. 33 00:02:49,370 --> 00:02:51,100 Message deleted. 34 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,146 Reminder to all cadets, 35 00:02:54,170 --> 00:02:56,710 there is a galactic meteor shower in four days. 36 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,586 Plan your trip accordingly. You won't want to miss it. 37 00:02:59,610 --> 00:03:00,850 Have a great all-worlds. 38 00:03:00,980 --> 00:03:03,256 Okay, kenda ii. 39 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:04,780 Have a good all-worlds. 40 00:03:04,890 --> 00:03:06,826 Thank you, professor. 41 00:03:06,850 --> 00:03:09,390 Istanbul. Have a good all-worlds. 42 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:11,090 You, too, professor. 43 00:03:12,230 --> 00:03:14,936 Duluth... can I talk you out of this? 44 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:16,400 No? 45 00:03:16,530 --> 00:03:17,876 Okay, have a good all-worlds. 46 00:03:17,900 --> 00:03:20,006 This meteor shower's once in a lifetime. 47 00:03:20,030 --> 00:03:23,046 So, will you be back for it? 48 00:03:23,070 --> 00:03:24,886 Totally. Yeah, of course. 49 00:03:24,910 --> 00:03:26,686 Really, all-worlds day is just about eating anyway. 50 00:03:26,710 --> 00:03:30,186 My dad likes to put on an apron and cook a meal and... 51 00:03:30,210 --> 00:03:32,210 Invite his old crew over. 52 00:03:33,050 --> 00:03:35,990 Hey, you're... You're glitching again. 53 00:03:37,050 --> 00:03:39,596 It's-it's-it's nothing. 54 00:03:39,620 --> 00:03:41,120 Don't worry. 55 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:44,036 I mean, we-we've been through this. 56 00:03:44,060 --> 00:03:45,636 My injury on the miyazaki 57 00:03:45,660 --> 00:03:47,136 triggered a minor regression error. 58 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:48,736 I really don't like you glitching off alone. 59 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,206 I won't be alone. 60 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:53,306 I'm gonna be with trained holo-experts coding a patch 61 00:03:53,330 --> 00:03:55,216 at the reengineering clinic. 62 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,610 Just think of me as going to a spa. 63 00:03:58,740 --> 00:04:03,886 Well, clearly, you've never been to a spa before. 64 00:04:03,910 --> 00:04:06,610 - This is my first time. - Okay, come here. 65 00:04:09,220 --> 00:04:10,960 Good luck. 66 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:12,780 Thank you. 67 00:04:12,890 --> 00:04:14,566 Cadet Sam, here we go. 68 00:04:14,590 --> 00:04:16,196 Denver. 69 00:04:16,220 --> 00:04:18,166 Holo-tech rehab spa. 70 00:04:18,190 --> 00:04:20,006 All off-world transfers can be handled 71 00:04:20,030 --> 00:04:21,276 at transfer portal number four. 72 00:04:21,300 --> 00:04:23,906 Cadet lythe? 73 00:04:23,930 --> 00:04:25,606 May I have a word? 74 00:04:25,630 --> 00:04:28,276 Chancellor, my father's shuttle is waiting in Mumbai. 75 00:04:28,300 --> 00:04:30,276 - Is there a problem? - No. And never ask. 76 00:04:30,300 --> 00:04:31,800 It makes people think there might be. 77 00:04:33,470 --> 00:04:37,016 I hoped you and your shipmates 78 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,356 would not have to face what you did at the miyazaki 79 00:04:40,380 --> 00:04:42,756 for a long time, if ever. 80 00:04:42,780 --> 00:04:45,256 But under threat and enemy fire, 81 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:47,766 your cool head, strategic thinking, 82 00:04:47,790 --> 00:04:50,490 and leadership did not go unnoticed. 83 00:04:50,620 --> 00:04:52,866 - Thank you. - Which is why I'm putting 84 00:04:52,890 --> 00:04:54,736 your name up for the pre-command track. 85 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:56,706 For captain's track? 86 00:04:56,730 --> 00:04:59,046 I really wish the cadets called things what I call them. 87 00:04:59,070 --> 00:05:04,140 Anyway, your performance here has been outstanding. 88 00:05:04,270 --> 00:05:06,386 You're a shoo-in. 89 00:05:06,410 --> 00:05:08,286 Now, pre-command track is rigorous. 90 00:05:08,310 --> 00:05:10,886 Intensive seminars and training labs, 91 00:05:10,910 --> 00:05:12,386 plus your, your full load. 92 00:05:12,410 --> 00:05:15,226 Yes. Yes to all of it. To everything. Always. Yes. 93 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,126 All right, then. I will send the nominating packet 94 00:05:20,150 --> 00:05:21,796 to the committee when we're back from break. 95 00:05:21,820 --> 00:05:23,740 You won't regret a thing, chancellor, I promise. 96 00:05:23,820 --> 00:05:25,566 They will review your transcript, 97 00:05:25,590 --> 00:05:28,806 application to the academy, speak with your references, 98 00:05:28,830 --> 00:05:31,076 which I recall were glowing. 99 00:05:31,100 --> 00:05:33,176 You'll sail through. You'll... 100 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,000 Don't look so surprised. You deserve it. 101 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:38,746 Listen. 102 00:05:38,770 --> 00:05:40,170 Say hi to your dad for me. 103 00:05:40,310 --> 00:05:43,510 I think you just made his holiday. 104 00:05:46,510 --> 00:05:47,656 Cadet lythe. 105 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,026 Deep space shuttle port. Mumbai. 106 00:05:50,050 --> 00:05:51,950 Have a good all-worlds. 107 00:05:53,690 --> 00:05:55,360 Specialist krebs, 108 00:05:55,490 --> 00:05:57,706 your talaxian furfly is attacking a lab technician. 109 00:05:57,730 --> 00:05:59,236 Report to science lab 7 immediately. 110 00:05:59,260 --> 00:06:00,306 Say hi to your sister. 111 00:06:01,530 --> 00:06:04,646 Say hi to your sister. 112 00:06:04,670 --> 00:06:06,246 Coach ohtani, 113 00:06:06,270 --> 00:06:07,916 please report to the athletic department. 114 00:06:07,940 --> 00:06:11,010 Why are you holding that hideous shirt? 115 00:06:11,870 --> 00:06:16,116 I cannot bring myself to put it on. 116 00:06:16,140 --> 00:06:19,686 I believe it is called beachwear. 117 00:06:19,710 --> 00:06:24,126 Kyle wants to show me an island called Ibiza. 118 00:06:24,150 --> 00:06:26,296 Klingons on Ibiza. 119 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,836 That is not a sentence I... anyone 120 00:06:29,860 --> 00:06:33,736 - ever imagined could exist. - It was not my first choice. 121 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:35,406 - It's your break too, you know. - It is, 122 00:06:35,430 --> 00:06:38,746 but Kyle suffered a real loss in b'avi. 123 00:06:38,770 --> 00:06:42,410 Yeah. B'avi, that was... 124 00:06:44,940 --> 00:06:46,046 He was a hero. 125 00:06:46,070 --> 00:06:47,986 He was. 126 00:06:48,010 --> 00:06:52,556 And it is my honor to be present for the people I care about. 127 00:06:52,580 --> 00:06:54,450 Yeah. 128 00:06:55,450 --> 00:06:58,596 - But you... - try stopping there. 129 00:06:58,620 --> 00:07:00,426 I'm just saying. 130 00:07:00,450 --> 00:07:04,266 Kyle. What a surprise. 131 00:07:04,290 --> 00:07:07,506 - Darem. - I got to pack. 132 00:07:07,530 --> 00:07:10,270 - You kids have fun. - You, too. 133 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:18,216 I don't think darem likes me. 134 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,786 No one likes darem, 135 00:07:20,810 --> 00:07:24,256 so this is the universe balancing itself. 136 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,586 Dakar? Not a chance. 137 00:07:26,610 --> 00:07:29,456 Where is Dakar exactly? Wait, I remember. 138 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,826 It's in Senegal. I think I've been shipped around enough. 139 00:07:31,850 --> 00:07:33,280 Thank you, chancellor. 140 00:07:33,390 --> 00:07:35,696 You're either gonna have to forgive me for not asking 141 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,436 nus braka about your mother or get over it. 142 00:07:38,460 --> 00:07:41,106 Okay, he was right here. You could've forced him. 143 00:07:41,130 --> 00:07:42,706 You could've threatened him. 144 00:07:42,730 --> 00:07:44,476 Starfleet still does threats, correct? 145 00:07:44,500 --> 00:07:47,846 There were other priorities, Caleb. And what makes you sure 146 00:07:47,870 --> 00:07:49,316 he knows where she is? 147 00:07:49,340 --> 00:07:51,376 What makes you think he'd ever tell us the truth? 148 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:52,640 He's a sociopath. 149 00:07:52,770 --> 00:07:56,386 Never hand a sociopath personal information. 150 00:08:01,820 --> 00:08:05,266 I'm looking for her. You need to know that. 151 00:08:05,290 --> 00:08:07,260 Don't tell me what I need to know. 152 00:08:08,090 --> 00:08:11,296 Your break starts now, Caleb. 153 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,506 Go to Dakar. Dakar is magnificent. 154 00:08:14,530 --> 00:08:16,330 Your host family will be thrilled. 155 00:08:16,460 --> 00:08:18,106 I'm not going to Dakar. I'm staying here. 156 00:08:18,130 --> 00:08:19,606 You can't close the bag. You need to take something out. 157 00:08:19,630 --> 00:08:22,230 It absolutely will close. It-it always closes. 158 00:08:22,340 --> 00:08:23,916 You've got, like, four pairs of boots in here. 159 00:08:23,940 --> 00:08:25,010 You don't even wear shoes. 160 00:08:25,140 --> 00:08:26,416 You can't stay. 161 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:27,756 The academy's gonna be locked down. 162 00:08:27,780 --> 00:08:29,156 Well, I'm not going anywhere 163 00:08:29,180 --> 00:08:31,016 just to watch a bunch of strangers celebrating 164 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,210 being together so that you can pretend that I have a family. 165 00:08:35,220 --> 00:08:39,896 Plenty of cadets go to host families, your majesty. 166 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:41,566 I'm pretending they all have families. 167 00:08:41,590 --> 00:08:45,406 Yeah? Well, I pretend that you know how to pack. 168 00:08:45,430 --> 00:08:46,706 There'll be no one there. 169 00:08:46,730 --> 00:08:48,530 - You'll be alone for four days. - Perfect. 170 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:53,606 Fine. 171 00:08:53,630 --> 00:08:56,646 You can stay here. You'll have access to your room 172 00:08:56,670 --> 00:09:00,086 and the mess hall, the rest will be sealed off. 173 00:09:00,110 --> 00:09:02,456 Commander Reno will be doing spot-checks. 174 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,556 Use the solitude to do something productive. 175 00:09:05,580 --> 00:09:08,126 Perfect. I'll be studying nonstop. 176 00:09:08,150 --> 00:09:09,896 Hey. 177 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:11,420 How's tarima? 178 00:09:13,150 --> 00:09:14,890 I don't know. 179 00:09:15,020 --> 00:09:17,360 That's got to be rough. 180 00:09:19,690 --> 00:09:22,990 - She's out of her coma. - Great. 181 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,630 She's recovering. Ocam says she'll be okay. 182 00:09:32,140 --> 00:09:33,910 It's just... 183 00:09:35,740 --> 00:09:38,080 I don't really know how to help her 184 00:09:38,210 --> 00:09:41,150 or how to be there for her, so... 185 00:09:44,620 --> 00:09:49,996 But I'm... I'm thinking of visiting. 186 00:09:50,020 --> 00:09:54,466 Gonna go see her on betazed, once she's up for it, probably. 187 00:09:54,490 --> 00:09:56,560 Can't hurt to reach out. 188 00:09:58,370 --> 00:10:00,140 Maybe it can. 189 00:10:00,270 --> 00:10:04,940 I'm... I'm trusting your instincts on that one. 190 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:10,316 Okay. Go. Bye. 191 00:10:10,340 --> 00:10:12,640 Have fun. Don't break anything. 192 00:10:12,780 --> 00:10:14,386 If I break it, I fix it. 193 00:10:15,780 --> 00:10:17,480 You'll never know. 194 00:10:17,620 --> 00:10:19,266 Attention, cadets, if you're taking 195 00:10:19,290 --> 00:10:21,026 a connecting shuttle to your destination, 196 00:10:21,050 --> 00:10:22,966 please remember to bring your luggage with you 197 00:10:22,990 --> 00:10:24,560 to the transport arch. 198 00:10:31,030 --> 00:10:32,230 Mir? 199 00:10:35,470 --> 00:10:36,950 If that's you messing with me, I'm... 200 00:10:58,990 --> 00:11:01,860 Shit. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. 201 00:11:02,460 --> 00:11:04,336 Please, please, please... 202 00:11:19,350 --> 00:11:24,060 Wait. Darem. Stop. 203 00:11:27,590 --> 00:11:28,930 Sorry, Kyle. 204 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:24,076 Jay-den? 205 00:14:24,100 --> 00:14:25,970 - Intruder! - Stop, stop, stop. 206 00:14:26,100 --> 00:14:27,770 - Don't hurt him. - Declare yourself. 207 00:14:27,900 --> 00:14:31,676 I declare only that it is a good day to die. 208 00:14:31,700 --> 00:14:33,100 No one's dying. 209 00:14:33,210 --> 00:14:36,650 He's... he's my ko'zeine. 210 00:14:39,780 --> 00:14:41,896 I am what? 211 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:45,620 Ko'zeine. It's like best man. 212 00:14:46,450 --> 00:14:47,750 Best man? 213 00:14:50,660 --> 00:14:53,966 Take a deep breath in. 214 00:14:53,990 --> 00:14:56,990 Now exhale. 215 00:14:57,100 --> 00:14:59,470 Release all your worries. 216 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,340 Right now, all your thoughts are clear. 217 00:15:03,470 --> 00:15:05,686 Peaceful. 218 00:15:05,710 --> 00:15:12,486 It's just you, all alone... Nice cukes, golden boy. 219 00:15:12,510 --> 00:15:14,456 What are you doing here? 220 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:16,026 Why are you all wet? 221 00:15:16,050 --> 00:15:18,796 - 'Cause we have an aquarium. - Okay, what's your deal? 222 00:15:18,820 --> 00:15:21,326 Your host family demand a refund and beam you back? 223 00:15:21,350 --> 00:15:22,550 I'm cleared to be here. 224 00:15:22,660 --> 00:15:25,436 Why are you here? How'd you break in? 225 00:15:25,460 --> 00:15:27,006 I'm cleared to be here, too. 226 00:15:27,030 --> 00:15:28,836 Okay, fine. 227 00:15:28,860 --> 00:15:31,236 I beamed myself back, overwrote the transport log, 228 00:15:31,260 --> 00:15:32,500 and deleted my trip. Happy? 229 00:15:32,630 --> 00:15:35,846 Probably happier than your esteemed dad-miral. 230 00:15:35,870 --> 00:15:37,946 You bailed on the family holiday? 231 00:15:37,970 --> 00:15:41,316 He got invited to do a symposium on ursa nowhere. 232 00:15:41,340 --> 00:15:44,040 It would've been a boring four days, so I snuck back. 233 00:15:44,180 --> 00:15:45,826 I thought I'd have the place to myself, but... 234 00:15:45,850 --> 00:15:49,880 to do a little, illicit hacking? 235 00:15:52,820 --> 00:15:54,866 No. You've confused me with you. 236 00:15:54,890 --> 00:15:57,666 I was strolling past the cartography lab earlier. 237 00:15:57,690 --> 00:16:00,036 Its, holo-screen was active. 238 00:16:00,060 --> 00:16:02,106 Thought it was just running a self-diagnostic, but... 239 00:16:02,130 --> 00:16:03,606 I wasn't hacking. 240 00:16:03,630 --> 00:16:05,950 I was getting a jump on research for my spring term paper. 241 00:16:07,570 --> 00:16:08,740 What? Why is that funny? 242 00:16:08,870 --> 00:16:10,516 You hacked in so you could come back 243 00:16:10,540 --> 00:16:12,646 and do homework? Has to be true. 244 00:16:12,670 --> 00:16:16,070 Says the guy who's pulling a d in exo-chemistry 245 00:16:16,180 --> 00:16:18,620 because he's sleeping through it. 246 00:16:19,550 --> 00:16:21,726 Do you mind continuing your pep talk, like, 247 00:16:21,750 --> 00:16:23,296 two steps to the left? 248 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,860 You're blocking my sun. 249 00:16:26,650 --> 00:16:28,896 And I like a shit-ton of sun. 250 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:32,920 So what's the rest of the plan, wait, let me guess, 251 00:16:33,030 --> 00:16:38,760 running around with no pants on and staging dot fights? 252 00:16:38,870 --> 00:16:41,570 Come on, no, don't tell me that was your actual plan. 253 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:43,100 - Maybe. - You know what? 254 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,440 You want to have some fun? Let's have some fun. 255 00:16:46,570 --> 00:16:48,886 Ever play "toxic or non-toxic"? 256 00:16:48,910 --> 00:16:51,386 Just remember, raised on a starship, 257 00:16:51,410 --> 00:16:53,810 so put on a shirt and try to keep up. 258 00:16:54,580 --> 00:16:56,450 And some deodorant. You reek. 259 00:16:56,580 --> 00:16:58,126 Yes, ma'am. 260 00:16:58,150 --> 00:17:00,426 I am wearing deodorant. 261 00:17:00,450 --> 00:17:01,826 I think. 262 00:17:01,850 --> 00:17:04,766 A traditional khionian marital abduction? 263 00:17:04,790 --> 00:17:06,290 Is that even a thing? 264 00:17:06,430 --> 00:17:07,666 Who told you to follow me here? 265 00:17:07,690 --> 00:17:09,736 I thought you were being kidnapped. 266 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:12,106 What is that ridiculous ornament on your head 267 00:17:12,130 --> 00:17:13,660 and what is this place? 268 00:17:13,770 --> 00:17:17,346 I thought khionia was wet. I thought you all had scales. 269 00:17:17,370 --> 00:17:20,686 This is khionia's matrimonial moon. 270 00:17:20,710 --> 00:17:22,086 It used to be all ocean, 271 00:17:22,110 --> 00:17:23,950 but dried up when the core stopped spinning. 272 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:26,356 That's why we were able to transport here. 273 00:17:26,380 --> 00:17:28,556 Except, it wasn't a transport, it was more like a... 274 00:17:28,580 --> 00:17:30,226 An artificial single-point wormhole. 275 00:17:30,250 --> 00:17:31,956 I am trapped at a khionian wedding? 276 00:17:31,980 --> 00:17:33,926 We call it a sealing. 277 00:17:33,950 --> 00:17:37,150 It's like a private family ceremony. 278 00:17:37,290 --> 00:17:39,766 The real party's tomorrow on khionia. 279 00:17:39,790 --> 00:17:43,306 Parades, fireworks, there's a lot of drinking. 280 00:17:43,330 --> 00:17:45,946 Listen, I'm sorry I didn't say anything. 281 00:17:45,970 --> 00:17:49,170 This is all as much a surprise to me as it is to you. 282 00:17:49,300 --> 00:17:52,340 You did not know that you have a pending spouse? 283 00:17:52,470 --> 00:17:54,640 I knew I was promised to her when we were children. 284 00:17:54,770 --> 00:17:57,670 Her name is kaira. She's my best friend. I-I love her, 285 00:17:57,810 --> 00:17:59,680 but I was gonna be sealed after I graduated 286 00:17:59,810 --> 00:18:01,250 and given a few years to star fleet. 287 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,010 That would be my fault. 288 00:18:11,660 --> 00:18:14,660 Kaira. Way to make an entrance. 289 00:18:14,790 --> 00:18:17,700 Well... Darem. 290 00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:19,776 I'm sorry I wasn't there when you arrived. 291 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,146 Hey, ko'zeine, bow your head. 292 00:18:22,170 --> 00:18:23,576 No need. 293 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,146 We're not doing any of that royalty nonsense. 294 00:18:26,170 --> 00:18:28,040 Royalty? 295 00:18:28,180 --> 00:18:32,186 Are you... Is he royalty here? 296 00:18:32,210 --> 00:18:34,286 Not yet. 297 00:18:34,310 --> 00:18:37,510 Outdated birth lottery. You must be Jay-den. 298 00:18:37,620 --> 00:18:39,196 I'm kaira. 299 00:18:39,220 --> 00:18:42,360 It means a lot that you'd come so far to be darem's ko'zeine. 300 00:18:43,420 --> 00:18:47,920 Well, I could not decline, even if I wanted... 301 00:18:48,030 --> 00:18:49,636 good one. 302 00:18:49,660 --> 00:18:51,836 Listen, everything's happened so fast, 303 00:18:51,860 --> 00:18:53,846 we haven't had a chance to catch up. 304 00:18:53,870 --> 00:18:55,446 Can we, can we talk? 305 00:18:55,470 --> 00:18:59,116 Who's going to stop us? Quill here is my ko'zeine. 306 00:18:59,140 --> 00:19:01,340 They'll keep you out of trouble. 307 00:19:02,540 --> 00:19:04,780 Ibiza. 308 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,896 Yay! Two in a row. 309 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:16,260 Okay, contestants, our next sample is... 310 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,166 "Ambiguous exoplanet discharge." 311 00:19:20,190 --> 00:19:22,536 Toxic or non-toxic? 312 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:23,806 Non-toxic. 313 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,346 That is nasty. 314 00:19:31,900 --> 00:19:34,400 Yes. Three in a row. 315 00:19:34,510 --> 00:19:36,110 - I win. - Who knew you'd be so good 316 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:39,056 at science lab roulette, a game you just made up. 317 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,156 Hey, you made up replicator whampage, 318 00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:42,626 and I won that, too. 319 00:19:42,650 --> 00:19:44,496 - Yeah, that was a lucky shot. - Not lucky for you. 320 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:45,926 You got a little takka Berry in your hair. 321 00:19:45,950 --> 00:19:48,550 - What? - Just kidding. 322 00:19:48,660 --> 00:19:49,660 Okay, your turn. 323 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,166 Better guess right. 324 00:19:52,190 --> 00:19:56,276 Here you go. "One sub-orbital shelled slug", 325 00:19:56,300 --> 00:19:59,676 "also known as the..." Blah, blah, blah. 326 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:01,506 - Let's do it. - Am I the only one 327 00:20:01,530 --> 00:20:04,076 who thought that the doctor's cabinet of scientific anomalies 328 00:20:04,100 --> 00:20:05,300 was just a metaphor? 329 00:20:05,410 --> 00:20:08,810 Stop stalling. Toxic or non-toxic? 330 00:20:08,940 --> 00:20:11,480 I'm gonna go non-toxic. 331 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:16,020 And I appear to be correct. 332 00:20:17,150 --> 00:20:18,950 - Okay. - Give it a minute. 333 00:20:19,850 --> 00:20:23,650 Fine. Distract me. Talk to me. 334 00:20:23,790 --> 00:20:27,160 Okay... 335 00:20:28,300 --> 00:20:30,000 What do you hear from tarima? 336 00:20:31,460 --> 00:20:34,676 The day of the miyazaki was a pretty intense day 337 00:20:34,700 --> 00:20:37,846 to find out you two were, connected. 338 00:20:37,870 --> 00:20:40,170 Yeah, none of your business. 339 00:20:40,310 --> 00:20:42,110 I mean, you've spoken. 340 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,056 Is she coming back? 341 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,080 She's recovering. 342 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:52,680 I'll probably go see her after the holiday. 343 00:20:52,820 --> 00:20:54,320 Maybe later. 344 00:20:55,490 --> 00:20:57,796 Okay. Kind of a weird answer. 345 00:20:57,820 --> 00:20:59,736 Mother of... 346 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,476 toxic. 347 00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:07,906 - What? - Your... 348 00:21:07,930 --> 00:21:11,930 - Is it worse than my hand? - No, no, no, it's fine. 349 00:21:13,610 --> 00:21:15,656 Okay. 350 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:18,356 So I guess that means I win. 351 00:21:19,910 --> 00:21:22,756 Not yet. 352 00:21:22,780 --> 00:21:24,426 - It's escaping. - It's a slug. 353 00:21:24,450 --> 00:21:26,720 It's not exactly warp-capable. 354 00:21:31,890 --> 00:21:35,066 "Also known as a warp-slug." It's literally a warp-slug. 355 00:21:35,090 --> 00:21:37,006 You need to read all the words next time. 356 00:21:37,030 --> 00:21:38,400 Got it. 357 00:21:41,330 --> 00:21:43,600 Shit. 358 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:53,140 I am so sorry about the surprise marital abduction. 359 00:21:53,250 --> 00:21:55,856 I'm getting rid of that absurd tradition on day one. 360 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:57,920 Yeah. It almost ended in a body count. 361 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:02,796 Look. 362 00:22:02,820 --> 00:22:05,666 I've got to ask. 363 00:22:05,690 --> 00:22:07,590 We had a plan, right? 364 00:22:07,730 --> 00:22:09,136 Of course. 365 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,736 We were gonna wait five, six years to get sealed. 366 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,876 We-we had a great plan. 367 00:22:13,900 --> 00:22:17,540 - So what happened to it? - My parents happened. 368 00:22:18,340 --> 00:22:19,986 My mother had a health scare. 369 00:22:20,010 --> 00:22:22,246 She's-she's fine, but 370 00:22:22,270 --> 00:22:25,610 they both decided that they would abdicate early. 371 00:22:25,750 --> 00:22:29,850 - Like, immediately. - Wow. 372 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:33,020 Okay. 373 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:38,490 Okay, so... so that means... 374 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,776 - You're... are you ready? - I've always been ready. 375 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:47,846 But leading khionia is a two-person job. 376 00:22:47,870 --> 00:22:50,216 Question is, are you? 377 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,586 My parents won't delay abdication. 378 00:22:52,610 --> 00:22:56,270 Trust me, I've tried, but... Didn't matter. 379 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:01,186 Listen, I know this is a lot to process. 380 00:23:01,210 --> 00:23:05,980 You've been away, and I've been on khionia, 381 00:23:06,090 --> 00:23:07,696 and for all I know, 382 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:11,096 you might not even be sure that you still want to be sealed. 383 00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:14,266 So if you need some time to 384 00:23:14,290 --> 00:23:18,706 sort out your thoughts, then you should take it, 385 00:23:18,730 --> 00:23:21,930 and, you know, sort. 386 00:23:30,980 --> 00:23:32,256 There's nothing to sort. 387 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:36,656 Because nothing has changed since I left for star fleet. 388 00:23:39,020 --> 00:23:42,020 - Except my haircut. - I knew it. 389 00:23:42,150 --> 00:23:44,090 But I had to ask. 390 00:23:48,460 --> 00:23:50,536 And I love the haircut. 391 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:52,400 Yeah? 392 00:23:52,530 --> 00:23:55,346 Our parents are on their way. 393 00:23:55,370 --> 00:23:58,416 And you know what? 394 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:03,250 We are gonna show them that khionia and I 395 00:24:03,380 --> 00:24:05,780 are in the best hands. 396 00:24:28,940 --> 00:24:30,370 So is this what you had in mind 397 00:24:30,500 --> 00:24:32,176 when you ducked out on your dad-miral? 398 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,200 I ducked out on my dad 399 00:24:34,340 --> 00:24:37,556 to get ahead on work, not play baby games with a space slug. 400 00:24:37,580 --> 00:24:39,456 Hey, you're the one who started the baby games. 401 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:40,526 Yeah, yeah. 402 00:24:40,550 --> 00:24:43,796 I found another one. It went up. 403 00:24:43,820 --> 00:24:45,420 How do you know? 404 00:24:46,390 --> 00:24:48,990 I speak slug. Also... 405 00:24:51,060 --> 00:24:52,760 Come on. 406 00:24:54,660 --> 00:24:57,036 Okay, okay. Shh, shh, shh. 407 00:24:57,060 --> 00:24:58,546 Try not to scream. 408 00:24:58,570 --> 00:25:00,806 Like that one time when I scared you. 409 00:25:00,830 --> 00:25:02,730 That wasn't a scream. That was, like, a... 410 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,640 Loud exhalation. 411 00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:07,300 Shit! 412 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:16,920 Lura. Lura. 413 00:25:17,050 --> 00:25:18,290 Are you kidding me? 414 00:25:18,420 --> 00:25:19,860 I hear you. Will you just slow down? 415 00:25:19,890 --> 00:25:21,426 - Go, go, go. - That is the stupidest 416 00:25:21,450 --> 00:25:23,066 thing I've ever heard! 417 00:25:23,090 --> 00:25:24,596 Because I felt like 418 00:25:24,620 --> 00:25:27,720 - testing the impact door. - Why? With your body? 419 00:25:27,830 --> 00:25:29,300 - Lura... - Really? 420 00:25:29,430 --> 00:25:32,600 Lura, yes. I-I know how many ribs you shattered, 421 00:25:32,730 --> 00:25:35,346 - but this is a toe... - 17! 422 00:25:35,370 --> 00:25:36,746 I know what a toe is! 423 00:25:36,770 --> 00:25:39,786 The single most sensitive digit in the body. 424 00:25:39,810 --> 00:25:41,810 I've only got two. 425 00:25:41,940 --> 00:25:43,616 You know what I meant. 426 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,456 Two of this type of toe. 427 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,086 The big one. 428 00:25:48,110 --> 00:25:50,856 Yeah, I've... I've heard the story. 429 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,296 Held your intestines with your own hand, 430 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,290 sewed up the wound with your mouth. 431 00:25:55,420 --> 00:25:56,836 - So adorable. - Even though my hand 432 00:25:56,860 --> 00:25:58,496 was hanging by just one vein. 433 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:00,160 - This is worse. - How is that worse? 434 00:26:00,290 --> 00:26:01,836 It's a toe! 435 00:26:01,860 --> 00:26:03,206 Okey doke. 436 00:26:03,230 --> 00:26:04,330 Is your toe hanging from... 437 00:26:04,460 --> 00:26:06,060 It'll freeze the goo, probably. 438 00:26:06,170 --> 00:26:09,046 Okay, when she dips her head, then shoot. 439 00:26:09,070 --> 00:26:10,676 - Okay. - Okay. 440 00:26:10,700 --> 00:26:14,116 One, two, three. 441 00:26:14,140 --> 00:26:15,316 Reno? Check? 442 00:26:15,340 --> 00:26:16,956 Are you still alive? 443 00:26:16,980 --> 00:26:18,456 I can't live without you! 444 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:20,556 Are you there? Don't die! 445 00:26:20,580 --> 00:26:22,126 That wasn't so bad. 446 00:26:22,150 --> 00:26:23,320 Okay, good. 447 00:26:23,450 --> 00:26:25,026 Good. 448 00:26:25,050 --> 00:26:27,096 - I'm furious with you. But good. - That was not so bad. 449 00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:28,796 I'm glad you're alive. 450 00:26:28,820 --> 00:26:31,290 I should've gotten into medicine. 451 00:26:33,860 --> 00:26:37,836 Yo, I would've never made that shot. 452 00:26:37,860 --> 00:26:39,006 And now, we'll never know. 453 00:26:39,030 --> 00:26:41,930 Sad. 454 00:26:48,310 --> 00:26:50,210 - We should probably go. - Yeah. 455 00:26:50,340 --> 00:26:53,240 Slug's not gonna remove itself. 456 00:26:55,210 --> 00:26:58,550 Wait, wait, wait, wait. Jay-den, where are you going? 457 00:26:58,690 --> 00:26:59,866 I'm supposed to be in Ibiza with Kyle. 458 00:26:59,890 --> 00:27:00,796 - I need to leave. - Wait, please. 459 00:27:00,820 --> 00:27:02,890 Just please don't. 460 00:27:03,020 --> 00:27:08,366 Look, I... I really need you there tonight. 461 00:27:08,390 --> 00:27:12,130 This sealing needs to go off flawlessly, for kaira. 462 00:27:12,970 --> 00:27:15,546 For-for khionia. For me. 463 00:27:15,570 --> 00:27:18,846 A ko'zeine can't abandon a newly sealed jvera and ucha. 464 00:27:18,870 --> 00:27:22,540 It will... It will blow up protocol. 465 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,720 And a... ko'zeine has to make a toast. 466 00:27:26,850 --> 00:27:28,456 - No. - What? What? 467 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,056 I-I thought you got through this. Come on. 468 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,496 I will sweat, and I will sweat doubly on principle. 469 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,296 You can sweat as much as you like. We all have gills. 470 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,696 People I've known my whole life are gonna be there, 471 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:41,966 and nothing I've done will ever matter as much as this. 472 00:27:41,990 --> 00:27:43,636 You should understand that more than anyone. 473 00:27:43,660 --> 00:27:46,306 You're doing this for your parents? 474 00:27:46,330 --> 00:27:50,216 No, but if it makes them proud of me for once, 475 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:51,676 who's that hurting? 476 00:27:51,700 --> 00:27:54,100 You are going to abandon the academy? 477 00:27:55,070 --> 00:27:56,440 Abandon star fleet? 478 00:27:56,580 --> 00:27:57,986 No one expects anything from me there anyway, 479 00:27:58,010 --> 00:28:01,426 which I-I suppose is a relief, but here, 480 00:28:01,450 --> 00:28:05,096 what I'm not gonna do is disappoint kaira, 481 00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:08,790 my parents, my people. 482 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:12,620 I need to be who they raised me to be. 483 00:28:12,730 --> 00:28:16,636 I'll just... I'll just figure it out. I will. 484 00:28:16,660 --> 00:28:18,676 Listen, do what you need to do. 485 00:28:18,700 --> 00:28:20,470 I mean it. 486 00:28:25,140 --> 00:28:27,716 I'm going to see the officiant. 487 00:28:27,740 --> 00:28:29,040 I'll see you later. 488 00:28:53,970 --> 00:28:55,670 I've never seen someone lose so badly 489 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,630 at science lab roulette before. 490 00:28:57,740 --> 00:29:01,680 Your eyes were all like "red alert" for a second. 491 00:29:01,810 --> 00:29:03,786 I thought you just made that game up. 492 00:29:03,810 --> 00:29:05,786 And I thought you'd know a hustle when you saw it. 493 00:29:05,810 --> 00:29:07,886 I guess I'm just, you know, 494 00:29:07,910 --> 00:29:09,950 that much better at lying than you are. 495 00:29:14,620 --> 00:29:17,536 Come on, when I asked about tarima? 496 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:20,666 You said she was "recovering," 497 00:29:20,690 --> 00:29:23,806 and then you gave me a travel itinerary. 498 00:29:23,830 --> 00:29:26,646 Ocam said she's been fine. 499 00:29:26,670 --> 00:29:28,170 Ocam? 500 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,600 When is the last time you talked to tarima? 501 00:29:35,610 --> 00:29:37,756 Day of the ambush. 502 00:29:41,250 --> 00:29:42,956 Over four weeks ago. 503 00:29:42,980 --> 00:29:44,896 Just to be clear, more than 30 days? 504 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,360 A full month? 505 00:29:48,550 --> 00:29:51,890 But you reached out, right? I mean, you've tried? 506 00:29:52,020 --> 00:29:55,020 Because she was in a, you know, coma 507 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,606 and you're her boyfriend. 508 00:29:57,630 --> 00:30:00,230 Why not? 509 00:30:01,130 --> 00:30:04,216 - Because... - 'Cause you forgot how to speak? 510 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:07,216 - Use words? Work a comm badge? - No. No, not that. 511 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,816 Before that. 512 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:11,756 Before everything happened. 513 00:30:11,780 --> 00:30:16,450 When we were alone... together. 514 00:30:21,390 --> 00:30:23,690 She... 515 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:26,936 She got into my head. 516 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:30,106 Not on purpose, but she saw things 517 00:30:30,130 --> 00:30:31,760 I don't tell anybody. 518 00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:33,400 - Hey, don't... - no! 519 00:30:33,530 --> 00:30:35,370 Mama? 520 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,486 I don't know, it just scared the shit out of me. 521 00:30:39,510 --> 00:30:41,546 - I get that. - I just... 522 00:30:41,570 --> 00:30:44,110 I've spent my whole life getting away from stuff. 523 00:30:45,110 --> 00:30:48,050 But... letting someone in? 524 00:30:49,380 --> 00:30:52,420 Like really... in, 525 00:30:52,550 --> 00:30:54,926 so that they can see all of your shit 526 00:30:54,950 --> 00:30:57,490 and all the messed up things you've done. 527 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,060 That's... that's harder. 528 00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:11,916 Okay. What's next? 529 00:31:11,940 --> 00:31:15,386 We gonna climb the ceiling with our mag boots? 530 00:31:15,410 --> 00:31:17,416 Water-skiing with the dots? 531 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:18,980 What's up? 532 00:31:19,110 --> 00:31:21,526 - Sit in the captain's chair. - The captain's chair? 533 00:31:21,550 --> 00:31:22,956 On the bridge? 534 00:31:22,980 --> 00:31:25,296 That one's not happening. 535 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:26,620 Why not? 536 00:31:26,750 --> 00:31:28,866 You were giving me grief for dozing off in exo-chem. 537 00:31:28,890 --> 00:31:31,066 You can get court-martialed for that. 538 00:31:31,090 --> 00:31:33,166 - Okay. - Anyways, it's basically impossible. 539 00:31:33,190 --> 00:31:35,206 The entrance to the bridge is, like, the hardest thing to hack. 540 00:31:35,230 --> 00:31:38,100 - Save it for another day. - Today's that day. 541 00:31:40,670 --> 00:31:42,806 It has to be. 542 00:31:42,830 --> 00:31:44,976 Caleb, when am I ever going to get another chance 543 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,446 to be alone on the bridge? 544 00:31:47,470 --> 00:31:48,940 Fine. 545 00:31:49,740 --> 00:31:52,186 Chancellor ake's nominating me for pre-command track 546 00:31:52,210 --> 00:31:54,886 - as soon as the break's over. - Whoa. That's huge. 547 00:31:54,910 --> 00:31:56,710 So why are you trying to risk it all by... 548 00:31:56,820 --> 00:31:59,520 Come on, your dad's an admiral. 549 00:31:59,650 --> 00:32:01,066 You've been on a bridge many times. 550 00:32:01,090 --> 00:32:02,966 You've sat in a captain's chair before. 551 00:32:02,990 --> 00:32:05,990 Yeah, his bridge, his chair. 552 00:32:12,030 --> 00:32:14,746 The thing about following someone else's footsteps? 553 00:32:14,770 --> 00:32:17,416 They're someone else's footsteps. 554 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,686 Everyone will remind you that your ambitions were his first, 555 00:32:20,710 --> 00:32:22,646 imply your skills were inherited, 556 00:32:22,670 --> 00:32:25,486 and then you just start to wonder 557 00:32:25,510 --> 00:32:29,010 if people have been handing you victories 558 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,490 just because they recognize those footsteps. 559 00:32:33,290 --> 00:32:35,630 - Who cares? - I care. 560 00:32:36,790 --> 00:32:40,090 You have no idea how hard I try to make it look like I don't. 561 00:32:44,260 --> 00:32:46,730 I need to know if I belong on that track. 562 00:32:47,870 --> 00:32:52,340 Or if the only seat I'll ever feel comfortable in is his. 563 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:56,056 Just do this with me. 564 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:57,780 Please? 565 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:19,546 What? 566 00:33:19,570 --> 00:33:22,476 Your-your jacket needs to be adjusted. 567 00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:23,716 It's not a jacket. 568 00:33:23,740 --> 00:33:25,146 It's the royal sealing mantle 569 00:33:25,170 --> 00:33:26,616 constructed with sea tendrils of ryllios. 570 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:27,037 Cool. 571 00:33:27,061 --> 00:33:29,770 It's a symbol of the strength of our people 572 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:31,486 and the fragility of tradition, which 573 00:33:31,510 --> 00:33:33,286 a jvera promises to maintain and protect both... 574 00:33:33,310 --> 00:33:36,456 - what are you doing? - Freezing. 575 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,480 A ko'zeine's kilt is made of threads of wet coral. 576 00:33:38,580 --> 00:33:40,080 It needs time to set. 577 00:33:40,190 --> 00:33:43,096 Klingons do not like the cold. 578 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:44,290 This is not about you. 579 00:33:44,420 --> 00:33:46,436 This is about respect and tradition. 580 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:51,706 No, no, no, no. 581 00:33:51,730 --> 00:33:55,406 - Darem, calm. - No, no, no, no, no, no. 582 00:33:55,430 --> 00:33:58,776 Calm. You are not breathing. 583 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:00,700 - Yes, I am. - Breathe. 584 00:34:00,810 --> 00:34:03,556 No, I'm not. 585 00:34:03,580 --> 00:34:05,716 What am I doing? 586 00:34:05,740 --> 00:34:07,456 This is the mantle of my people. 587 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:12,790 Jay-den, I... I thought I had more time. 588 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:17,680 If this is your true path, timing does not matter. 589 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,946 You will... You will decide what is best. 590 00:34:26,970 --> 00:34:28,910 You're shaking. 591 00:34:34,070 --> 00:34:36,170 - No. No, no, no. You cannot... - keep it on. 592 00:34:36,310 --> 00:34:38,650 - It is yours. - You'll go blue. 593 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:52,696 Darem, you are the same person 594 00:34:52,720 --> 00:34:55,520 that walked onto the hull of the Athena. 595 00:34:55,660 --> 00:34:57,400 You saved many that day. 596 00:34:58,930 --> 00:35:02,530 Why do you think this task is beyond you? 597 00:35:02,670 --> 00:35:03,870 It's not beyond me. 598 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:08,546 I lived my whole life 599 00:35:08,570 --> 00:35:10,670 thinking this was my final destination, 600 00:35:10,810 --> 00:35:15,550 that I was meant to be here for this day, 601 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:20,826 but since the academy, I've seen something more. 602 00:35:20,850 --> 00:35:25,196 I mean, I thought the academy was there to serve me. 603 00:35:25,220 --> 00:35:26,866 No kidding. 604 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,106 I don't want to leave. 605 00:35:33,130 --> 00:35:35,106 Then don't. 606 00:35:35,130 --> 00:35:36,870 I... 607 00:35:42,170 --> 00:35:43,786 I made a promise. 608 00:35:43,810 --> 00:35:47,426 Will you be the better man as jvera? 609 00:35:47,450 --> 00:35:49,750 Or in service to many? 610 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:51,380 It's not that easy. 611 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:52,856 My people need me. 612 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,196 - That is not what I asked. - You don't get it. 613 00:35:55,220 --> 00:35:56,590 My people need me. 614 00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:58,050 Try and understand. 615 00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:02,166 I'm here. I won't bail on my family, my world. 616 00:36:02,190 --> 00:36:04,606 I can't just-just do what you did. 617 00:36:04,630 --> 00:36:06,160 You cut and ran. 618 00:36:09,240 --> 00:36:11,246 Tell yourself whatever you want. 619 00:36:11,270 --> 00:36:14,746 I'm sure you will find a way to live with yourself. 620 00:36:14,770 --> 00:36:16,146 You always do. 621 00:36:16,170 --> 00:36:19,286 That is my ko'zeine toast. 622 00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:20,856 You deliver it yourself. 623 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:24,450 I am finding my way back to earth. 624 00:36:33,790 --> 00:36:38,030 Not my cleanest work, but you got your five minutes. 625 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,490 - Captain. - Officer. 626 00:37:13,370 --> 00:37:15,210 Running pre-launch diagnostics. 627 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:17,840 Loading navigation systems. 628 00:37:17,970 --> 00:37:19,486 Navigation systems loading. 629 00:37:19,510 --> 00:37:21,646 Igniting impulse drive. 630 00:37:21,670 --> 00:37:23,516 Impulse drive activated. 631 00:37:23,540 --> 00:37:25,956 Calibrating subspace sensors. 632 00:37:25,980 --> 00:37:28,386 - Subspace sensors calibrated. - Activating warp core. 633 00:37:28,410 --> 00:37:29,556 - Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. - Activating warp core. 634 00:37:29,580 --> 00:37:31,480 Computer, belay that order. 635 00:37:31,620 --> 00:37:32,900 - Order belayed. - You win, okay? 636 00:37:32,980 --> 00:37:36,150 - I'm shutting this down. - You love losing. 637 00:37:37,490 --> 00:37:40,290 Impulse drive deactivated. 638 00:37:41,090 --> 00:37:44,490 Shutting down navigation and subspace systems now. 639 00:37:53,510 --> 00:37:55,086 I know a hustle when I see it. 640 00:37:55,110 --> 00:37:56,880 This doesn't have anything to do with you. 641 00:37:57,010 --> 00:37:59,010 Really? 'Cause I feel pretty involved right now. 642 00:37:59,140 --> 00:38:04,026 All day, I sensed something was up, but I ignored it, 643 00:38:04,050 --> 00:38:06,256 told myself I was just seeing this awesome new side to you, 644 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,426 and it was a blast, but it was all bullshit. 645 00:38:08,450 --> 00:38:10,350 - It wasn't. Not all of it. - It was all about 646 00:38:10,460 --> 00:38:11,900 getting me to break into the bridge. 647 00:38:12,020 --> 00:38:13,620 And that programmable key in your hand 648 00:38:13,730 --> 00:38:16,266 gets you into every database on the ship. 649 00:38:16,290 --> 00:38:18,360 What are you looking for? 650 00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:20,506 What's so important that you'd risk your spot 651 00:38:20,530 --> 00:38:22,930 at the academy and mine, too? 652 00:38:23,900 --> 00:38:25,046 My application. 653 00:38:25,070 --> 00:38:28,570 Your application? To star fleet? 654 00:38:29,710 --> 00:38:34,056 Tomorrow, chancellor ake is sending my entire record, 655 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:35,556 including my application, 656 00:38:35,580 --> 00:38:37,326 to the pre-command track committee for their review. 657 00:38:37,350 --> 00:38:39,220 And if I don't get to it first, 658 00:38:39,350 --> 00:38:43,350 forget pre-command track, my career here might be over. 659 00:38:43,460 --> 00:38:46,066 And without that, I-I don't know who I am. 660 00:38:46,090 --> 00:38:47,220 Why? 661 00:38:47,330 --> 00:38:48,566 What are they gonna find? 662 00:38:48,590 --> 00:38:49,676 They're not gonna find anything 663 00:38:49,700 --> 00:38:51,100 if you just walk away, Caleb. 664 00:38:51,230 --> 00:38:52,406 There's no way you lied about your test scores. 665 00:38:52,430 --> 00:38:53,576 You're kicking ass here. 666 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:55,276 I did what I had to do to get in. 667 00:38:55,300 --> 00:38:57,546 Did you forge your transcript? No, I don't buy that either. 668 00:38:57,570 --> 00:38:58,876 - Why do you care? - Why? 669 00:38:58,900 --> 00:39:01,346 Because you used me to get in here. 670 00:39:01,370 --> 00:39:02,816 If I was trying to mess up my life 671 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,416 as badly as you're about to mess up yours, 672 00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,486 - I know you'd stop me. - Oof. Weighty words. 673 00:39:07,510 --> 00:39:11,950 I, thought I left my padd in here, but no. 674 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:16,590 Just a couple of cadets in the deepest of shit. 675 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:26,776 Do you, darem, take kaira... 676 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:28,170 Do you, kaira, take darem... 677 00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:29,816 to support one another in leadership? 678 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:31,316 Do you promise to honor your queen? 679 00:39:31,340 --> 00:39:34,586 Do you promise to honor your king? 680 00:39:46,380 --> 00:39:49,520 Kaira, the seat was made for you. 681 00:39:49,660 --> 00:39:51,596 We love you both. 682 00:39:51,620 --> 00:39:54,736 - Cheers. - Cheers. 683 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:56,390 Hear, hear. 684 00:40:09,210 --> 00:40:12,050 This is when my ko'zeine would, 685 00:40:12,180 --> 00:40:19,526 say a few words, but unfortunately, he's... Present... 686 00:40:19,550 --> 00:40:21,550 And accounted for. 687 00:40:27,430 --> 00:40:29,730 You're welcome. 688 00:40:34,770 --> 00:40:37,946 Well, if this were a klingon wedding, 689 00:40:37,970 --> 00:40:40,716 kaira would now bite darem on the nose 690 00:40:40,740 --> 00:40:43,556 and they would break each other's clavicles. 691 00:40:48,380 --> 00:40:50,196 Perhaps skip that part. 692 00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:54,726 I am at a slight disadvantage as ko'zeine 693 00:40:54,750 --> 00:41:00,590 because I have never known this side of darem before today. 694 00:41:00,730 --> 00:41:03,636 He and I met as shipmates. 695 00:41:03,660 --> 00:41:05,800 Classmates. 696 00:41:05,930 --> 00:41:08,706 First impressions were rocky. 697 00:41:08,730 --> 00:41:13,030 But none of us understood how 698 00:41:13,140 --> 00:41:15,846 he could be so confident, so brave. 699 00:41:15,870 --> 00:41:17,970 Some would say cocky. 700 00:41:19,950 --> 00:41:23,626 He walked on the hull of a ship, 701 00:41:23,650 --> 00:41:26,596 led a prank war embattled on a calica court 702 00:41:26,620 --> 00:41:31,196 for the honor of our academy. 703 00:41:31,220 --> 00:41:32,896 Even before we were friends, 704 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:36,436 he pushed me to see myself honestly, 705 00:41:36,460 --> 00:41:39,776 to use my voice and make it count. 706 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:42,970 While his counsel was harsh at times, 707 00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:48,646 it told me that darem is someone who cares. 708 00:41:48,670 --> 00:41:51,386 And what I've seen of him here amongst all of you 709 00:41:51,410 --> 00:41:54,626 is that he also knows what it means to be 710 00:41:54,650 --> 00:41:57,890 in service of something greater than himself. 711 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:02,390 To put others first. 712 00:42:03,660 --> 00:42:10,190 When called by the moment, by his family, his planet... 713 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:14,676 or his partner, 714 00:42:14,700 --> 00:42:19,710 darem will ultimately choose to put himself aside 715 00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:24,686 and favor another's needs above his own. 716 00:42:24,710 --> 00:42:29,380 While I will miss my classmate... 717 00:42:31,720 --> 00:42:33,350 my friend, 718 00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:38,620 I cannot think of a better reason to part. 719 00:42:40,830 --> 00:42:47,700 To darem and kaira, to a lifetime of happiness. 720 00:42:47,830 --> 00:42:50,030 To darem and kaira. 721 00:42:57,340 --> 00:42:59,440 I love you. 722 00:43:10,720 --> 00:43:14,536 Curious time to pull your absolute worst behavior. 723 00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:16,136 I had to come back early because of you two. 724 00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,136 Chancellor, accessing the bridge was my idea. 725 00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,500 - Genesis had nothing to do with it. - Caleb. 726 00:43:21,370 --> 00:43:22,600 Stop. 727 00:43:22,730 --> 00:43:25,270 I asked him to do it. 728 00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:28,670 Caleb refused, and I wouldn't let up. 729 00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,410 On the bridge, he tried to stop me. 730 00:43:32,540 --> 00:43:34,886 From doing what? 731 00:43:34,910 --> 00:43:36,980 Retrieving a key... 732 00:43:38,750 --> 00:43:41,566 so I could delete letters of recommendation 733 00:43:41,590 --> 00:43:43,166 from my application to the academy. 734 00:43:43,190 --> 00:43:45,190 - Why would you do... - cadet. 735 00:43:47,660 --> 00:43:49,776 So the pre-command track committee wouldn't see them. 736 00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:51,330 Why? 737 00:43:52,260 --> 00:43:54,060 My references. 738 00:43:56,900 --> 00:43:58,846 I altered the original statements. 739 00:43:58,870 --> 00:44:00,216 How? 740 00:44:00,240 --> 00:44:05,180 Cadet, how did they describe you? 741 00:44:06,540 --> 00:44:08,856 You're undeniably competent. 742 00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:11,256 Your scores are exemplary. You're driven. 743 00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:13,150 Driven out of fear. 744 00:44:15,150 --> 00:44:17,990 They said that to a one. 745 00:44:21,090 --> 00:44:24,436 "Genesis doesn't trust that she belongs where she is." 746 00:44:24,460 --> 00:44:25,776 How would they know? 747 00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:28,270 Some things can't stay hidden. 748 00:44:38,940 --> 00:44:41,080 Captain. 749 00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:47,166 I'll be packed in 20 minutes. 750 00:44:47,190 --> 00:44:49,096 Had it ever occurred to you that they might have 751 00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:50,966 done you a favor? 752 00:44:50,990 --> 00:44:54,736 Leadership is a battle within yourself. 753 00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:56,690 They identified a target for you. 754 00:44:56,800 --> 00:45:01,670 There are those who don't find out until it's too late. 755 00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:08,746 We are all wildly flawed. 756 00:45:08,770 --> 00:45:11,270 And we have to learn to carry that. 757 00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:14,056 I'm not gonna expel you. 758 00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:17,826 Acceptance here is not contingent on references. 759 00:45:17,850 --> 00:45:23,190 But I will not be nominating you for pre-command. 760 00:45:26,420 --> 00:45:28,466 Yes, chancellor. 761 00:45:28,490 --> 00:45:30,206 Academic probation. 762 00:45:30,230 --> 00:45:33,606 200 hours of menial service, both of you. 763 00:45:33,630 --> 00:45:35,370 Starting now. 764 00:45:47,310 --> 00:45:48,656 Wonderful advice. 765 00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:51,550 Excuse me a moment, would you? 766 00:45:53,890 --> 00:45:55,896 I need to brush up on the khionian constitution 767 00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:57,550 if I'm gonna be helpful in eradicating 768 00:45:57,660 --> 00:45:58,966 those royal decrees you were speaking about... 769 00:45:58,990 --> 00:46:00,866 just, stop a sec. 770 00:46:00,890 --> 00:46:02,860 Okay. 771 00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:15,010 I want you to abdicate. 772 00:46:15,770 --> 00:46:18,316 Did you just... Did you just say abdicate? I... 773 00:46:18,340 --> 00:46:20,286 We'll have the marriage annulled, but to do that, 774 00:46:20,310 --> 00:46:21,726 you'll have to abdicate first. 775 00:46:21,750 --> 00:46:24,120 What's wrong? 776 00:46:24,250 --> 00:46:25,620 What am I... what am I missing? 777 00:46:25,750 --> 00:46:27,090 Jay-den's toast. 778 00:46:27,220 --> 00:46:28,620 It was beautiful. 779 00:46:28,750 --> 00:46:32,596 But the man he described is someone I've never met. 780 00:46:32,620 --> 00:46:37,106 The darem I know is quiet, always trying to appease, 781 00:46:37,130 --> 00:46:38,970 always one step behind me, our whole lives. 782 00:46:39,100 --> 00:46:44,346 But I didn't realize any of that until just now. 783 00:46:44,370 --> 00:46:46,846 Do you know that the most excited I've ever seen you 784 00:46:46,870 --> 00:46:48,470 is when you left for the academy? 785 00:46:48,610 --> 00:46:51,956 Maybe it's because you finally had a chance to be yourself 786 00:46:51,980 --> 00:46:54,126 - in a way you never could here. - Kaira... 787 00:46:54,150 --> 00:46:56,326 I can't have a partner who's choosing to be with me 788 00:46:56,350 --> 00:46:58,490 because he's making everyone else happy. 789 00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:01,226 Darem, I chose you because I love you. 790 00:47:01,250 --> 00:47:03,966 - And I feel the same way. I... - No. 791 00:47:03,990 --> 00:47:05,520 No. 792 00:47:07,060 --> 00:47:11,876 Maybe in a way, but... Not like you used to. 793 00:47:11,900 --> 00:47:14,506 Khionia is my purpose. 794 00:47:14,530 --> 00:47:17,830 It used to be yours too, but now it's your duty. 795 00:47:17,970 --> 00:47:20,386 And it shouldn't be. 796 00:47:20,410 --> 00:47:22,446 Nor should I be. 797 00:47:22,470 --> 00:47:26,510 Kaira, I love you. 798 00:47:27,810 --> 00:47:34,066 I love you, I do, but... You've seen a different path, 799 00:47:34,090 --> 00:47:36,826 and you had every chance in the world to tell me that, 800 00:47:36,850 --> 00:47:39,990 but instead, you've started our life together with a lie. 801 00:47:43,590 --> 00:47:45,660 I deserve more than that. 802 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:51,346 I'll tell them what's happening. 803 00:47:51,370 --> 00:47:53,270 Khionia will be fine. 804 00:47:55,170 --> 00:47:59,586 You know, a woman's never ruled it by herself. 805 00:47:59,610 --> 00:48:01,680 I'm going to be the first. 806 00:48:03,450 --> 00:48:06,966 Please step down. 807 00:48:06,990 --> 00:48:09,566 Go. 808 00:48:09,590 --> 00:48:11,536 - I've... - Be cocky. 809 00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:12,730 Walk on hulls. 810 00:48:12,860 --> 00:48:14,930 Live the life you were meant to live. 811 00:48:17,030 --> 00:48:18,276 Kaira. 812 00:48:18,300 --> 00:48:20,300 I'm so sorry. 813 00:48:24,540 --> 00:48:26,140 Goodbye. 814 00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:49,560 Let's go home, friend. 815 00:48:58,740 --> 00:49:00,240 Welcome back, cadets. 816 00:49:00,370 --> 00:49:02,246 The meteor shower will begin shortly. 817 00:49:02,270 --> 00:49:03,716 Popcorn not included. 818 00:49:03,740 --> 00:49:07,186 So, will you be all right? 819 00:49:07,210 --> 00:49:08,440 Always. 820 00:49:08,550 --> 00:49:10,956 But... 821 00:49:10,980 --> 00:49:15,250 Listen, I'll tell you this: I'm glad you were there. 822 00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:20,890 Jay-den! 823 00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:28,130 I know I took a lot of shots at Kyle, but... 824 00:49:28,270 --> 00:49:30,270 Forgotten. 825 00:49:32,070 --> 00:49:34,446 But congratulations. 826 00:49:34,470 --> 00:49:36,646 Thank you. For-for what? 827 00:49:36,670 --> 00:49:40,456 For realizing that you are essentially an asshole. 828 00:49:43,610 --> 00:49:45,180 I know. 829 00:49:47,420 --> 00:49:49,860 - Hey. - Hey. 830 00:49:50,990 --> 00:49:53,960 - Hey. - Kyle. 831 00:49:55,130 --> 00:50:01,606 Jay-den told me about the... Sealing. 832 00:50:01,630 --> 00:50:04,330 I'm, I'm really sorry. 833 00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:08,246 That's a horrific sunburn. 834 00:50:08,270 --> 00:50:10,470 Yeah, I thought I'd be good, but... 835 00:50:10,580 --> 00:50:12,656 So, you know what the sun is, 836 00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:15,656 but you choose to throw hands with a literal ball of fire 837 00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:17,356 and now your face hurts. 838 00:50:17,380 --> 00:50:19,426 - Time to go. - Yeah. 839 00:50:19,450 --> 00:50:21,690 - Got it. - Asshole. 840 00:50:25,590 --> 00:50:29,506 So, the truth came out, the worst happened, 841 00:50:29,530 --> 00:50:32,306 all your unforgivable sins exposed, 842 00:50:32,330 --> 00:50:34,476 and you're still standing. 843 00:50:34,500 --> 00:50:36,176 - What's with that? - Shut up. 844 00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:42,246 And thank you, for trying to save me from my own crap. 845 00:50:42,270 --> 00:50:45,340 You got enough of your own crap to deal with still. 846 00:50:46,780 --> 00:50:48,426 And you? 847 00:50:48,450 --> 00:50:50,690 You haven't stopped thinking about her. 848 00:50:52,050 --> 00:50:53,620 No. 849 00:50:55,990 --> 00:50:58,730 Well, almost. 850 00:50:58,860 --> 00:51:00,666 For a moment. 851 00:51:08,030 --> 00:51:10,070 Call her. 852 00:51:11,140 --> 00:51:12,740 Talk to her. 853 00:51:12,870 --> 00:51:15,046 If she's angry at you for ghosting, 854 00:51:15,070 --> 00:51:18,886 the best thing you can do is don't edit yourself. 855 00:51:18,910 --> 00:51:21,380 And right when you regret everything you've said, 856 00:51:21,510 --> 00:51:24,226 just hit send. 857 00:51:24,250 --> 00:51:26,026 What if it's too late? 858 00:51:26,050 --> 00:51:28,790 What if it's not? 859 00:51:36,830 --> 00:51:38,970 Hey, tarima. 860 00:51:39,930 --> 00:51:41,600 I know you're probably really angry at me 861 00:51:41,730 --> 00:51:43,300 for not reaching out. 862 00:51:44,300 --> 00:51:46,940 You... you should be. 863 00:51:49,070 --> 00:51:50,770 I'm sorry. 864 00:51:52,540 --> 00:51:55,040 You saw the part of me that I... 865 00:51:55,150 --> 00:51:57,490 Try to pretend doesn't exist. 866 00:52:00,250 --> 00:52:03,796 And I was too freaked out to... 867 00:52:03,820 --> 00:52:06,660 Realize that couldn't have been random. 868 00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:12,800 It happened because I guess I wanted you to... 869 00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:15,800 see me. 870 00:52:19,700 --> 00:52:24,270 And because you are very, very special. 871 00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:27,780 You are. 872 00:52:32,320 --> 00:52:35,660 I wish I could fix all the mistakes I made with you. 873 00:52:38,420 --> 00:52:41,366 Everyone else around me seems able to do it. 874 00:52:51,740 --> 00:52:53,780 People who lied. 875 00:52:57,610 --> 00:53:01,150 People who doubted themselves. 876 00:53:03,350 --> 00:53:07,650 People who just want to get better. 877 00:53:08,650 --> 00:53:11,090 People who ran. 878 00:53:13,420 --> 00:53:16,690 I've spent my whole life running from things. 879 00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:24,870 I don't want to run anymore. 880 00:53:26,600 --> 00:53:29,300 Anyway, I really hope you're okay. 881 00:53:30,540 --> 00:53:32,816 Message sent. 882 00:54:45,050 --> 00:54:48,126 Captioning sponsored by 883 00:54:48,150 --> 00:54:51,750 captioned by media access group at wgbh access.Wgbh.Org