1 00:00:02,045 --> 00:00:03,655 ♪ 2 00:00:24,925 --> 00:00:27,536 Previously on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds... 3 00:00:27,580 --> 00:00:31,366 HEMMER: My sacrifice will save the lives of those I care most about. 4 00:00:31,377 --> 00:00:34,032 - It's time for me to go. - SPOCK: I've let something out. 5 00:00:34,108 --> 00:00:36,013 - CHAPEL: It's your emotions. - SPOCK: I can't control it. 6 00:00:36,023 --> 00:00:38,373 Mr. Kirk, clean your mess. 7 00:00:38,644 --> 00:00:40,941 T'Pring and I have decided to take time apart. 8 00:00:40,985 --> 00:00:43,499 I am conflicted because I have feelings for someone else. 9 00:00:43,582 --> 00:00:46,063 I don't want to suppress this one any longer. 10 00:00:46,770 --> 00:00:48,633 YMALAY: Those events were never supposed to happen 11 00:00:48,644 --> 00:00:50,603 and you were never meant to be aware of them. 12 00:00:50,646 --> 00:00:52,474 I have to insist that you not share 13 00:00:52,518 --> 00:00:55,124 any of what you experienced from this time. 14 00:00:55,135 --> 00:00:57,164 Buy me a drink next time we're on starbase together. 15 00:00:57,175 --> 00:00:58,920 That, uh, sounds lovely. 16 00:00:59,786 --> 00:01:03,137 UHURA: The people you love the most can cause you the most pain, 17 00:01:03,181 --> 00:01:05,216 but it's the people you love that can mend your heart 18 00:01:05,226 --> 00:01:07,663 when you feel broken. 19 00:01:11,058 --> 00:01:15,758 UHURA: Communications Officer's Log, stardate 2394.8. 20 00:01:16,048 --> 00:01:18,272 Enterprise has been sent to Bannon's Nebula, 21 00:01:18,315 --> 00:01:20,578 on the edge of explored space. 22 00:01:20,589 --> 00:01:24,115 I've seen a lot of nebulas, but this one's special. 23 00:01:24,259 --> 00:01:28,771 It's a stellar nursery, the birthplace of new stars. 24 00:01:29,071 --> 00:01:30,860 But that's not why we're here. 25 00:01:30,904 --> 00:01:34,560 The nursery is also full of deuterium... starship fuel. 26 00:01:34,603 --> 00:01:37,955 Starfleet's building an outpost here to collect and refine it, 27 00:01:38,363 --> 00:01:41,062 if they can ever get it working. 28 00:01:42,287 --> 00:01:44,811 PIKE: Amazing to think that a million years from now, 29 00:01:45,305 --> 00:01:48,661 those brand-new stars will shine down on explorers just like us, 30 00:01:48,892 --> 00:01:51,347 but this place will look entirely different by then. 31 00:01:51,358 --> 00:01:54,797 Uhura. You awake there, Ensign? 32 00:01:55,174 --> 00:01:57,785 My eyes are technically open, Captain. 33 00:01:58,714 --> 00:02:01,500 Just didn't get much sleep last night. 34 00:02:01,610 --> 00:02:03,047 Or the last ten. 35 00:02:04,309 --> 00:02:06,408 Oh. Well, I appreciate all the work you've put into 36 00:02:06,418 --> 00:02:07,910 coordinating this mission, 37 00:02:07,921 --> 00:02:10,236 but you generally only want to burn the candle at one end. 38 00:02:10,247 --> 00:02:13,512 - I'll take that under advisement. - [EARPIECE CHIRPS] 39 00:02:13,555 --> 00:02:15,601 The crew of the refinery sends their greetings 40 00:02:15,644 --> 00:02:17,690 and they're waiting for our engineering details. 41 00:02:17,733 --> 00:02:19,735 Have Chief Kyle stand by to initiate transport. 42 00:02:19,779 --> 00:02:21,085 [DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN] 43 00:02:22,066 --> 00:02:25,534 I hear congratulations are in order, Fleet Captain. 44 00:02:25,545 --> 00:02:27,341 - Stop it. - Fleet Captain? 45 00:02:27,352 --> 00:02:29,919 I've been given command of the refinery and the Farragut, 46 00:02:29,963 --> 00:02:31,617 just until we get the station on line. 47 00:02:31,901 --> 00:02:34,924 Well, it's the shiniest gas station I've ever seen. 48 00:02:34,968 --> 00:02:37,275 Well, it's not just a gas station, Lieutenant. 49 00:02:37,318 --> 00:02:40,350 It's right at the edge of the frontier. It unlocks half the quadrant. 50 00:02:40,361 --> 00:02:43,140 It'll be the jumping-off point for the next great age of exploration. 51 00:02:43,150 --> 00:02:45,779 Oh, good, I was afraid I'd miss the speech. 52 00:02:45,790 --> 00:02:49,228 Well, I started earlier but Uhura fell asleep. 53 00:02:50,106 --> 00:02:52,064 I assumed Starfleet's primary motivation 54 00:02:52,075 --> 00:02:54,138 was the nebula's proximity to Gorn space. 55 00:02:54,149 --> 00:02:56,151 Sadly, you're probably right. 56 00:02:56,162 --> 00:02:58,329 Their presence is growing. This will help us counter it. 57 00:02:58,339 --> 00:03:00,070 Which is why the refinery needs to be finished 58 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,116 - as soon as possible. - SPOCK: While the refinery is off-line, 59 00:03:02,126 --> 00:03:04,128 Enterprise's collectors are operational, 60 00:03:04,139 --> 00:03:05,749 though the process may be slower. 61 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,231 It would be logical to use this opportunity to refuel ourselves. 62 00:03:08,242 --> 00:03:10,155 My thoughts exactly, Mr. Spock. 63 00:03:10,166 --> 00:03:13,735 Ortegas, find us a dense pocket of deuterium and do some laps. 64 00:03:13,746 --> 00:03:15,922 Rip some doughnuts through the gas cloud, aye, sir. 65 00:03:15,965 --> 00:03:18,330 Nice and slow, we don't want to use more fuel than we collect. 66 00:03:18,341 --> 00:03:20,443 Activating Bussard collectors. 67 00:03:30,061 --> 00:03:32,187 - Refueling underway, Captain. - [CHIRPS] 68 00:03:32,198 --> 00:03:34,593 - [DRONING SIGNAL] - [CHATTER CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY] 69 00:03:34,604 --> 00:03:37,992 Sorry to interrupt, Captain. I'm receiving a signal. 70 00:03:38,003 --> 00:03:39,005 On speakers. 71 00:03:43,084 --> 00:03:44,124 Any time, Ensign. 72 00:03:44,135 --> 00:03:45,484 Uh... 73 00:03:46,525 --> 00:03:49,840 - It's gone. - Can you play back the recording? 74 00:03:49,851 --> 00:03:51,653 I can't find it, sir. 75 00:03:52,046 --> 00:03:54,168 It was there, Captain. 76 00:03:54,179 --> 00:03:55,951 - It's probably just a glitch... - I'll run a full diagnostic 77 00:03:55,962 --> 00:03:57,877 on the communication system. 78 00:04:01,098 --> 00:04:03,274 HEMMER [ON VIDEO]: First, disable the subspace antenna. 79 00:04:03,285 --> 00:04:05,688 Check for a charge on the EPS manifold 80 00:04:05,699 --> 00:04:08,789 before disconnecting this tap. 81 00:04:10,269 --> 00:04:11,314 Perfect. 82 00:04:12,993 --> 00:04:16,243 - Now, if there's any residual ionization... - [DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN] 83 00:04:16,645 --> 00:04:20,029 - ... here is where you'll find it. - Uh, what the hell 84 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,854 - are you doing inside my nacelle? - Sorry. 85 00:04:22,898 --> 00:04:26,253 I am recalibrating the communications array. 86 00:04:26,825 --> 00:04:28,864 The antenna assembly goes through the nacelles. 87 00:04:28,908 --> 00:04:31,432 I like to be thorough, and I've asked for so many 88 00:04:31,476 --> 00:04:34,827 of these recalibrations that eventually Hemmer got annoyed 89 00:04:34,870 --> 00:04:38,135 and said it would be easier to show me how to do it myself. 90 00:04:38,892 --> 00:04:41,850 You know, "teach a cadet to fish." 91 00:04:41,861 --> 00:04:43,792 So we made a recording. 92 00:04:44,195 --> 00:04:47,187 Hemmer was our chief engineer, before he... 93 00:04:47,198 --> 00:04:51,637 I know. He was one of my best students. 94 00:04:54,057 --> 00:04:56,925 I'm sorry, I just said that because he's dead. 95 00:04:56,936 --> 00:04:58,764 Actually, he was just okay. 96 00:04:59,147 --> 00:05:03,195 But look... look what he made of himself. 97 00:05:03,583 --> 00:05:05,280 [CHUCKLES] Right. 98 00:05:05,577 --> 00:05:07,231 Anyway, I'm almost done. 99 00:05:10,079 --> 00:05:12,908 How come you never talked to me before? 100 00:05:13,853 --> 00:05:16,899 Uh, I'm... I'm sure I have. 101 00:05:17,130 --> 00:05:18,305 Oh, no. 102 00:05:18,349 --> 00:05:20,481 - No, no. - Oh. 103 00:05:22,188 --> 00:05:23,736 I'm sorry. 104 00:05:23,747 --> 00:05:26,372 I've just been busy, I guess. 105 00:05:26,383 --> 00:05:27,819 Welcome to the Enterprise. 106 00:05:33,129 --> 00:05:35,261 HEMMER: ... here is where you'll find it. 107 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,285 Now, what do you do next? 108 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,110 I don't know. 109 00:05:46,578 --> 00:05:50,277 [SHORT CHUCKLE] I won't let you blow up the ship, I promise. 110 00:05:53,067 --> 00:05:55,113 - Not that! - [GASPS] 111 00:05:55,124 --> 00:05:56,648 [CHUCKLES SOFTLY] 112 00:05:56,659 --> 00:05:59,709 - Important lesson: be less gullible. - Hey! 113 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:01,450 HEMMER: Back to work. 114 00:06:01,461 --> 00:06:05,638 Let's start by turning down the gain on the subspace antenna... 115 00:06:11,696 --> 00:06:13,473 PIKE: Between us and the bulkhead, 116 00:06:13,484 --> 00:06:15,442 the whole project's been a fiasco. 117 00:06:15,634 --> 00:06:17,897 The refinery was supposed to be on line two months ago. 118 00:06:18,013 --> 00:06:20,102 What's slowing it down? 119 00:06:20,113 --> 00:06:22,550 "Organizational difficulties" 120 00:06:22,561 --> 00:06:25,085 was the polite term that Starfleet used. 121 00:06:25,242 --> 00:06:28,332 Their previous superintendent got shipped back to Earth, 122 00:06:28,375 --> 00:06:31,743 which is why they could really use your version of... 123 00:06:31,754 --> 00:06:33,408 managerial fervor? 124 00:06:33,419 --> 00:06:36,846 Mm! Nothing beats cleaning up somebody else's mess. 125 00:06:36,857 --> 00:06:38,859 [INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER P.A.] 126 00:06:44,022 --> 00:06:46,067 [DRONING SIGNAL] 127 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,794 [GASPS] 128 00:06:57,260 --> 00:06:59,305 [ROARS] 129 00:07:05,464 --> 00:07:06,813 PIKE: Space. 130 00:07:08,361 --> 00:07:10,624 The final frontier. 131 00:07:12,746 --> 00:07:16,402 These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. 132 00:07:18,015 --> 00:07:19,842 Its five-year mission: 133 00:07:20,499 --> 00:07:23,589 to explore strange new worlds... 134 00:07:25,135 --> 00:07:27,659 to seek out new life 135 00:07:28,315 --> 00:07:30,927 and new civilizations, 136 00:07:31,862 --> 00:07:35,616 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 137 00:07:35,660 --> 00:07:38,271 ♪ 138 00:08:06,081 --> 00:08:07,822 ♪ 139 00:08:32,194 --> 00:08:34,240 ♪ 140 00:08:34,553 --> 00:08:38,553 - Synced and corrected by naFraC - - www.addic7ed.com - 141 00:08:53,176 --> 00:08:55,250 Based on what you heard and saw, 142 00:08:55,261 --> 00:08:58,144 and the elevated readings from your visual cortex, 143 00:08:58,155 --> 00:09:01,201 I'd say it's pretty clear you were hallucinating. 144 00:09:03,129 --> 00:09:05,741 You said you had just watched a video of Hemmer. 145 00:09:05,752 --> 00:09:08,233 His death was fresh in your mind. 146 00:09:09,101 --> 00:09:12,452 Starfleet officers aren't supposed to randomly hallucinate. 147 00:09:12,695 --> 00:09:14,435 You didn't do anything wrong. 148 00:09:14,807 --> 00:09:16,630 And there was nothing random about it. 149 00:09:16,993 --> 00:09:18,939 While working in the nacelle you were exposed 150 00:09:18,950 --> 00:09:21,505 to a small amount of refined deuterium, 151 00:09:21,687 --> 00:09:24,037 which can be dangerous. 152 00:09:24,268 --> 00:09:26,749 You have a mild case of deuterium poisoning. 153 00:09:27,735 --> 00:09:30,407 And that can cause terrifying hallucinations? 154 00:09:30,418 --> 00:09:31,727 It can. 155 00:09:31,738 --> 00:09:36,258 You could also experience headaches, blurred vision, nausea. 156 00:09:38,761 --> 00:09:40,458 This should help with the symptoms. 157 00:09:40,521 --> 00:09:41,784 [GRUNTS SOFTLY] 158 00:09:43,306 --> 00:09:45,221 But there is something else here. 159 00:09:45,298 --> 00:09:47,344 Your serotonin and cortisol levels. 160 00:09:48,260 --> 00:09:50,067 You haven't been sleeping. 161 00:09:50,298 --> 00:09:51,622 Oh. 162 00:09:51,700 --> 00:09:54,962 It's been a busy... 163 00:09:54,973 --> 00:09:56,095 year. 164 00:09:56,106 --> 00:09:59,368 Exhaustion can exacerbate the effects of deuterium poisoning. 165 00:09:59,713 --> 00:10:01,153 You need to rest. 166 00:10:01,196 --> 00:10:04,078 How am I supposed to sleep after what I just saw? 167 00:10:04,089 --> 00:10:06,134 I empathize. 168 00:10:07,046 --> 00:10:10,920 But I also know a stubborn patient when I see one. 169 00:10:12,498 --> 00:10:15,544 You aren't going back on duty until I'm satisfied you've slept. 170 00:10:31,783 --> 00:10:33,105 Head to Deck Seven, 171 00:10:33,116 --> 00:10:35,344 get to work stabilizing the life-support grid. 172 00:10:35,355 --> 00:10:36,922 Aye, sir. 173 00:10:39,851 --> 00:10:42,114 It's not as bad as it looks. 174 00:10:42,270 --> 00:10:43,663 It's way worse. 175 00:10:43,826 --> 00:10:45,121 The central refining and storage systems 176 00:10:45,132 --> 00:10:46,873 all seem to be in good shape. 177 00:10:46,884 --> 00:10:49,364 Have you looked at the maintenance logs? 178 00:10:49,375 --> 00:10:52,599 Because you get the feeling that this place has been 179 00:10:52,610 --> 00:10:55,046 breaking down a lot faster 180 00:10:55,057 --> 00:10:57,078 than the crew is able to fix it. 181 00:10:57,463 --> 00:10:59,124 Luckily, we have three crews now. 182 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,890 Enterprise and Farragut's teams can mop up the problem systems 183 00:11:01,901 --> 00:11:04,120 while the station's teams get the refinery running. 184 00:11:04,131 --> 00:11:08,456 Yes. But if there is an underlying issue, 185 00:11:08,467 --> 00:11:10,957 and it smells like there is, 186 00:11:10,968 --> 00:11:12,666 we ought to figure that out. 187 00:11:12,677 --> 00:11:15,071 I typically don't base my decision-making 188 00:11:15,082 --> 00:11:17,171 off of feelings and smells. 189 00:11:17,447 --> 00:11:20,233 Oh. [CHUCKLES] 190 00:11:23,747 --> 00:11:26,008 Any underlying issues will become clear as we work. 191 00:11:26,019 --> 00:11:29,674 Mm. Aye aye, Commander. 192 00:11:41,653 --> 00:11:43,568 [SIGHS] 193 00:11:55,426 --> 00:11:57,472 ♪ 194 00:11:59,494 --> 00:12:01,038 Hello? 195 00:12:04,461 --> 00:12:06,507 [DRONING SIGNAL] 196 00:12:17,111 --> 00:12:18,721 [GASPS] 197 00:12:34,141 --> 00:12:36,230 - Sam. - Jimmy. 198 00:12:36,287 --> 00:12:37,941 Welcome to the Enterprise. 199 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:42,044 Hell of a ship. 200 00:12:43,039 --> 00:12:44,818 And they let you work here? 201 00:12:45,111 --> 00:12:46,564 What can I say? Captain Pike 202 00:12:46,608 --> 00:12:48,479 asked for the more handsome Kirk brother. 203 00:12:48,523 --> 00:12:50,046 [LAUGHS] 204 00:12:51,455 --> 00:12:53,588 You want a tour? 205 00:12:53,599 --> 00:12:55,270 As long as it ends at the bar. 206 00:12:55,281 --> 00:12:57,066 [DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN] 207 00:12:57,401 --> 00:12:59,447 [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS] 208 00:13:01,242 --> 00:13:03,897 So, what's new and exciting 209 00:13:03,954 --> 00:13:06,217 in the world of xenoanthropology? 210 00:13:06,321 --> 00:13:09,205 Literally everything in xenoanthropology is new and exciting. 211 00:13:10,699 --> 00:13:12,614 But instead of giving you 212 00:13:12,625 --> 00:13:14,994 a long answer you don't actually care about, 213 00:13:15,005 --> 00:13:16,881 why don't we skip to your news? 214 00:13:17,706 --> 00:13:18,968 Wow. 215 00:13:19,079 --> 00:13:21,342 Sensing some hostility there, Sam. 216 00:13:21,432 --> 00:13:22,901 Not at all. 217 00:13:23,252 --> 00:13:26,513 Congrats, Jim. First officer of the Farragut. 218 00:13:27,006 --> 00:13:28,934 Well, not for another few months. 219 00:13:28,945 --> 00:13:30,773 I still have to train my replacement. 220 00:13:30,784 --> 00:13:32,786 Still, it's quite an achievement. 221 00:13:34,084 --> 00:13:37,486 - Thank you. - And youngest first officer in the whole fleet. 222 00:13:37,497 --> 00:13:40,196 Youngest first officer ever, actually. 223 00:13:42,554 --> 00:13:44,895 I don't suppose you remember who held the record before you? 224 00:13:45,038 --> 00:13:46,974 Ah, okay. That's what this is. 225 00:13:46,985 --> 00:13:49,546 It was George Kirk, Sr. First officer of the Kelvin. 226 00:13:49,557 --> 00:13:51,423 Dad gave you his first name, 227 00:13:51,434 --> 00:13:53,132 even if you choose not to use it, 228 00:13:53,143 --> 00:13:55,841 so I have to do something to keep up. 229 00:13:55,852 --> 00:13:58,290 You're making me look... 230 00:13:59,581 --> 00:14:00,781 Like what? 231 00:14:00,792 --> 00:14:03,447 Sam, what does my ambition have to do with you? 232 00:14:05,142 --> 00:14:07,954 Dad has a very old-fashioned idea 233 00:14:07,965 --> 00:14:10,199 of what a successful career looks like, 234 00:14:10,210 --> 00:14:12,299 what a fulfilling life looks like, 235 00:14:12,310 --> 00:14:15,183 and it just so happens it looks a lot like you. 236 00:14:15,569 --> 00:14:18,057 Well, if you're so worried about impressing Dad, 237 00:14:18,068 --> 00:14:20,331 then why are you wallowing in a science lab? 238 00:14:20,342 --> 00:14:22,474 Wallowing, seriously? 239 00:14:22,485 --> 00:14:24,443 Records are made to be broken. 240 00:14:24,454 --> 00:14:27,892 I put in some legwork to beat this one. So what? 241 00:14:27,903 --> 00:14:30,522 We can make the old man proud in our own ways. 242 00:14:30,533 --> 00:14:32,579 Or not at all. 243 00:14:39,373 --> 00:14:41,070 [SIGHS] 244 00:14:47,010 --> 00:14:48,838 Finally! Okay, 245 00:14:48,849 --> 00:14:51,417 life support's been stabilized. 246 00:14:51,733 --> 00:14:54,511 Are you kidding me? 247 00:14:54,917 --> 00:14:56,875 We need to send a team to Deck Five 248 00:14:56,886 --> 00:14:58,417 to get the EPS regulators back on line. 249 00:14:58,428 --> 00:15:00,663 Yes. Well, that is going to have to wait. 250 00:15:00,674 --> 00:15:04,765 One of my teams found something in the fuel distribution system. 251 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,969 That system was on line already. What were you... 252 00:15:07,980 --> 00:15:10,667 - [SIGHS] - You disobeyed my direct orders 253 00:15:10,678 --> 00:15:12,539 and went digging around in the functioning systems... 254 00:15:12,550 --> 00:15:15,553 If I had followed your orders to the letter, 255 00:15:15,771 --> 00:15:19,035 we would never have found evidence of sabotage. 256 00:15:19,126 --> 00:15:20,649 Sabotage? 257 00:15:24,131 --> 00:15:26,655 SPOCK: Your move. 258 00:15:27,590 --> 00:15:29,269 I know. 259 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:32,646 Is that not a polite euphemism for "make your move faster"? 260 00:15:32,657 --> 00:15:34,833 Am I boring you, Mr. Spock? 261 00:15:34,844 --> 00:15:36,324 Decidedly not. 262 00:15:43,966 --> 00:15:45,402 Your move. 263 00:15:46,450 --> 00:15:48,972 There is a matter I've been meaning to discuss. 264 00:15:48,983 --> 00:15:50,849 Should I get a drink first? 265 00:15:50,860 --> 00:15:52,223 You sound serious. 266 00:15:52,234 --> 00:15:54,441 Starfleet is built on a command hierarchy. 267 00:15:54,452 --> 00:15:57,934 Fraternization can lead to... complications. 268 00:15:57,945 --> 00:16:00,819 - As such, there are protocols... - You want to tell Starfleet about us. 269 00:16:00,830 --> 00:16:03,528 If there is anything to tell. 270 00:16:09,734 --> 00:16:11,649 Your move. 271 00:16:13,914 --> 00:16:15,393 Relationships... 272 00:16:17,633 --> 00:16:20,854 at least for humans, can be... 273 00:16:21,124 --> 00:16:22,691 quantum things. 274 00:16:22,702 --> 00:16:24,966 Think about Schroödinger's cat... 275 00:16:25,281 --> 00:16:27,517 they exist or 276 00:16:28,303 --> 00:16:29,607 they don't, 277 00:16:29,618 --> 00:16:31,736 - depending on who's observing them. - That is... 278 00:16:31,747 --> 00:16:35,015 Not how quantum superposition actually works? 279 00:16:35,026 --> 00:16:36,674 [CHUCKLES]: Yeah, I know. 280 00:16:36,685 --> 00:16:38,992 It's a-a metaphor, Spock. 281 00:16:39,214 --> 00:16:41,913 A messy one. Just like 282 00:16:42,071 --> 00:16:43,942 whatever this is. 283 00:16:44,426 --> 00:16:45,862 My point is 284 00:16:45,927 --> 00:16:49,017 if we let Starfleet... 285 00:16:49,028 --> 00:16:51,537 or anyone else, for that matter... 286 00:16:51,548 --> 00:16:54,116 look inside the box, then... 287 00:16:54,823 --> 00:16:57,413 Our quantum cat 288 00:16:57,688 --> 00:16:58,941 might disappear. 289 00:16:58,952 --> 00:17:01,520 I'd just as soon let it live, 290 00:17:01,694 --> 00:17:03,305 see how big it grows. 291 00:17:03,874 --> 00:17:06,529 - Your move. - UHURA: Excuse me. 292 00:17:07,281 --> 00:17:10,406 - Ensign, aren't you... - Supposed to be resting, sir, yes, but... 293 00:17:10,417 --> 00:17:14,030 Everybody ignores the "orders" part of doctor's orders. 294 00:17:14,041 --> 00:17:15,826 I don't have deuterium poisoning. 295 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,017 When I saw Hemmer on the turbolift, 296 00:17:18,028 --> 00:17:19,933 I heard the same sound that I heard on the bridge, 297 00:17:19,944 --> 00:17:22,916 but I heard it on the bridge before I went into the nacelle, 298 00:17:22,927 --> 00:17:24,745 before I was exposed to deuterium. 299 00:17:24,756 --> 00:17:27,237 You believe your hallucinations began on the bridge. 300 00:17:27,343 --> 00:17:29,433 Logic would suggest that 301 00:17:29,444 --> 00:17:31,315 the simplest solution is often 302 00:17:31,326 --> 00:17:33,353 the correct one, right? 303 00:17:33,364 --> 00:17:36,237 You seem to be the only Enterprise crewmember affected. 304 00:17:36,248 --> 00:17:39,256 Scans show nothing in the sector that would explain your symptoms. 305 00:17:39,267 --> 00:17:41,573 Logic would suggest exposure to a known hallucinogen 306 00:17:41,584 --> 00:17:43,689 is a more likely source of hallucinations than... 307 00:17:43,700 --> 00:17:46,051 Than nothing at all. 308 00:17:46,223 --> 00:17:48,487 CHAPEL: Yeah, I looked at your chart, Nyota. 309 00:17:48,498 --> 00:17:50,683 It's... You have a textbook case 310 00:17:50,694 --> 00:17:52,430 of overwork and exhaustion. 311 00:17:52,441 --> 00:17:54,399 I can prescribe you something to help you sleep. 312 00:17:54,410 --> 00:17:57,761 Sleeping is the last thing I want to do right now. 313 00:18:03,428 --> 00:18:04,686 Saurian brandy. 314 00:18:04,697 --> 00:18:06,047 Coming right up. 315 00:18:09,102 --> 00:18:12,061 Your, uh, Vulcan buddy should protect his queen. 316 00:18:13,792 --> 00:18:15,533 He was two moves away from checkmate 317 00:18:15,544 --> 00:18:17,850 until you distracted him, now he's in trouble. 318 00:18:19,774 --> 00:18:21,352 James Kirk. 319 00:18:21,643 --> 00:18:24,373 Uhura. You're Sam's brother. 320 00:18:24,384 --> 00:18:26,778 Oh. You're friends with Sam. 321 00:18:26,789 --> 00:18:28,269 [SIGHS] Look. 322 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,546 I really don't want to be hit on right now. 323 00:18:30,557 --> 00:18:33,342 Oh. You're friends with Sam. 324 00:18:33,823 --> 00:18:35,564 [SCOFFS] Come on. 325 00:18:35,575 --> 00:18:36,881 Nobody's hitting on anyone. 326 00:18:36,892 --> 00:18:38,459 You sat next to me. 327 00:18:38,470 --> 00:18:41,603 You just look like you could use a friend. 328 00:18:42,618 --> 00:18:44,185 I appreciate the sentiment, 329 00:18:44,196 --> 00:18:47,678 but I am not in the market for friends right now. 330 00:19:01,706 --> 00:19:03,665 [DRONING SIGNAL] 331 00:19:03,695 --> 00:19:05,741 ♪ 332 00:19:17,006 --> 00:19:19,878 It's not real. It's not real. 333 00:19:21,716 --> 00:19:24,412 It's not real. 334 00:19:26,181 --> 00:19:28,009 [DRONING CONTINUES] 335 00:19:33,289 --> 00:19:34,725 [GRUNTING] 336 00:19:43,585 --> 00:19:46,073 [KIRK GROANING] 337 00:19:48,015 --> 00:19:49,509 I told you 338 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:52,045 I am not hitting on you. 339 00:20:00,838 --> 00:20:03,186 - [GROANS] - I am so sorry. 340 00:20:03,197 --> 00:20:05,833 - I can't believe I... - Yeah, I can't believe it, either. 341 00:20:05,844 --> 00:20:07,498 You seem so pleasant. 342 00:20:08,389 --> 00:20:11,054 I will walk you to sickbay. Dr. M'Benga will fix you up. 343 00:20:11,065 --> 00:20:13,249 Whoa, hold on. You really want to take me to sickbay 344 00:20:13,260 --> 00:20:14,470 and explain all this? 345 00:20:14,481 --> 00:20:16,430 I mean, it looked to me like you were seeing something 346 00:20:16,441 --> 00:20:17,660 that wasn't there. 347 00:20:17,671 --> 00:20:19,580 You have big enough problems to worry about 348 00:20:19,591 --> 00:20:22,358 without being written up for striking a superior officer. 349 00:20:22,369 --> 00:20:25,615 I have a dermal regenerator in my quarters. 350 00:20:25,626 --> 00:20:28,063 - Come on. - [GROANS] Ow, ow. 351 00:20:28,074 --> 00:20:30,754 - You're making it worse. - You're being a baby. 352 00:20:30,765 --> 00:20:33,724 - [GROANS] Ah... - I'm done. 353 00:20:33,735 --> 00:20:37,545 I think your nightmare visions are turning you into a sadist. 354 00:20:37,987 --> 00:20:40,381 You think it's all in my head. 355 00:20:40,791 --> 00:20:43,707 [SIGHS] Of course not. 356 00:20:44,732 --> 00:20:48,078 Look, I-I've had deuterium poisoning, 357 00:20:48,089 --> 00:20:49,652 and I've gone days without sleep, 358 00:20:49,663 --> 00:20:53,065 but I have never punched an officer because of either one. 359 00:20:53,184 --> 00:20:56,750 The point is I'm an exquisite judge of character, 360 00:20:56,793 --> 00:20:58,142 and I believe you. 361 00:20:58,186 --> 00:20:59,763 There's something else going on here. 362 00:20:59,774 --> 00:21:02,296 And if you'll let me, I can help you figure out what. 363 00:21:02,307 --> 00:21:05,610 Okay. I've triple-checked the sensor logs, 364 00:21:05,621 --> 00:21:07,610 and there's nothing but deuterium out there. 365 00:21:07,621 --> 00:21:10,968 But something must be doing this to me. 366 00:21:10,979 --> 00:21:13,274 No one else has reported the same symptoms? 367 00:21:13,285 --> 00:21:15,093 M'Benga says I'm the only one. 368 00:21:15,447 --> 00:21:18,191 - On the Enterprise, anyway. - Good idea. 369 00:21:18,202 --> 00:21:20,621 I'll check in with the Farragut's doctor. 370 00:21:20,632 --> 00:21:23,113 Can I bring her your medical record? 371 00:21:28,253 --> 00:21:29,733 You gonna be okay alone? 372 00:21:31,301 --> 00:21:33,347 Yeah. Just, uh... 373 00:21:35,345 --> 00:21:38,305 don't punch any more officers until I get back. 374 00:21:41,116 --> 00:21:43,510 - [DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN] - [SIGHS] 375 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:45,886 ♪ 376 00:21:53,215 --> 00:21:55,217 UNA: Well, this would be a lot easier 377 00:21:55,228 --> 00:21:58,101 if you'd gotten the station's lighting grid on line. 378 00:21:58,112 --> 00:21:59,548 Or the internal sensors. 379 00:21:59,559 --> 00:22:01,430 Yes, but if I had done that, 380 00:22:01,441 --> 00:22:04,400 we might have just exploded and never known why. 381 00:22:08,795 --> 00:22:11,450 MAN: It's too close. 382 00:22:11,494 --> 00:22:13,452 It's too close, it's too close, it can't breathe. 383 00:22:13,496 --> 00:22:15,715 UNA: Our saboteur is Starfleet? 384 00:22:15,726 --> 00:22:17,031 What is he saying? 385 00:22:17,042 --> 00:22:19,218 [MAN BREATHING SHAKILY] 386 00:22:19,229 --> 00:22:20,839 Get away from me. 387 00:22:20,981 --> 00:22:23,158 Get him away from me. Get him away! 388 00:22:24,052 --> 00:22:25,504 There's nothing there. 389 00:22:25,515 --> 00:22:27,074 Nobody's gonna hurt you. 390 00:22:28,016 --> 00:22:29,294 This isn't real. 391 00:22:29,338 --> 00:22:32,863 It can't be real. It can't be real. 392 00:22:41,524 --> 00:22:43,003 Are you real? 393 00:22:48,287 --> 00:22:50,551 What's your name? 394 00:22:50,611 --> 00:22:52,187 Ramon. 395 00:22:53,073 --> 00:22:54,189 Saul Ramon. 396 00:22:54,232 --> 00:22:57,627 Lieutenant Ramon, why did you sabotage the station? 397 00:22:58,216 --> 00:22:59,996 Sabotage? 398 00:23:00,249 --> 00:23:02,729 That... that isn't real. 399 00:23:04,007 --> 00:23:05,748 It's-it's not real. 400 00:23:06,743 --> 00:23:09,485 Enterprise, we have a medical emergency. 401 00:23:22,586 --> 00:23:24,849 [ALARM BLARING] 402 00:23:26,364 --> 00:23:28,018 [BOOMING IN DISTANCE] 403 00:23:29,876 --> 00:23:31,922 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 404 00:23:34,838 --> 00:23:36,471 What's going on, Captain? 405 00:23:36,482 --> 00:23:38,963 Contact Starfleet. We're being attacked by an enemy... 406 00:23:38,974 --> 00:23:40,672 [RUMBLING] 407 00:23:42,797 --> 00:23:44,146 [GASPS] 408 00:23:45,109 --> 00:23:47,067 [EXPLOSION] 409 00:23:47,111 --> 00:23:49,156 [DRONING SIGNAL] 410 00:23:51,782 --> 00:23:53,436 PIKE [ECHOING]: Ensign Uhura. 411 00:23:53,447 --> 00:23:55,078 [CLEARLY]: Ensign Uhura. 412 00:23:58,310 --> 00:24:00,965 You're supposed to be on medical leave, are you not? 413 00:24:07,964 --> 00:24:10,961 PIKE: As your captain, I need all my officers healthy, 414 00:24:10,972 --> 00:24:12,800 both physically and mentally. 415 00:24:12,869 --> 00:24:14,740 As your friend, 416 00:24:14,791 --> 00:24:16,880 I just want to help you understand what's happening. 417 00:24:19,086 --> 00:24:22,438 You know, the irony's not lost on me. 418 00:24:24,024 --> 00:24:25,635 The communications officer 419 00:24:25,646 --> 00:24:27,975 who can't communicate what's wrong with her. 420 00:24:27,986 --> 00:24:29,273 [CHUCKLES] 421 00:24:29,284 --> 00:24:31,634 - [DOOR CHIMES] - Come in. 422 00:24:34,337 --> 00:24:36,084 - Lieutenant Kirk. - [DOOR WHOOSHES SHUT] 423 00:24:36,095 --> 00:24:37,184 That's right. 424 00:24:37,195 --> 00:24:38,998 It's an honor to meet you, sir. 425 00:24:39,009 --> 00:24:41,135 Congratulations on your promotion to Fleet Captain. 426 00:24:41,146 --> 00:24:43,082 Uh, it's temporary. 427 00:24:43,620 --> 00:24:45,382 I came to find Ensign Uhura. 428 00:24:45,393 --> 00:24:47,905 I ran into her earlier and I was concerned. 429 00:24:47,916 --> 00:24:49,831 - As am I. - As am I. 430 00:24:53,571 --> 00:24:55,051 Not the time, got it. 431 00:24:55,875 --> 00:24:59,685 I heard one of the station's crew was arrested for sabotage. 432 00:24:59,696 --> 00:25:02,078 That's right. I had him beamed to sickbay for evaluation. 433 00:25:02,089 --> 00:25:05,341 Farragut's medical officer got a call about him yesterday. 434 00:25:05,352 --> 00:25:07,473 One of his friends was worried about him, 435 00:25:07,484 --> 00:25:10,140 said he kept talking about seeing things that weren't there. 436 00:25:11,095 --> 00:25:12,740 Ring a bell? 437 00:25:19,867 --> 00:25:21,609 We need to know what you saw, Lieutenant. 438 00:25:21,620 --> 00:25:23,416 It's the only way we can help you. 439 00:25:23,427 --> 00:25:25,516 He might not understand us. 440 00:25:25,752 --> 00:25:28,467 There's significant damage to the speech 441 00:25:28,478 --> 00:25:30,678 and language centers of his brain. 442 00:25:33,444 --> 00:25:35,001 And it's getting worse. 443 00:25:35,356 --> 00:25:37,047 His auditory nerves are firing wildly. 444 00:25:37,090 --> 00:25:38,614 [DRONING SIGNAL] 445 00:25:46,525 --> 00:25:47,962 [GRUNTING] 446 00:25:51,072 --> 00:25:52,943 I'm fine. Go after him. 447 00:25:53,014 --> 00:25:54,711 Security to Deck Four! 448 00:25:55,905 --> 00:25:57,412 This isn't real. 449 00:25:57,533 --> 00:25:59,220 Nyota, wake up, this isn't real. 450 00:25:59,231 --> 00:26:00,826 - No, hey, Uhura. - This isn't... 451 00:26:00,837 --> 00:26:02,729 This is very real, okay? 452 00:26:02,740 --> 00:26:04,553 You aren't imagining it. 453 00:26:05,314 --> 00:26:06,424 Okay. 454 00:26:06,967 --> 00:26:09,906 We have to stop Ramon before he hurts anyone else. 455 00:26:10,462 --> 00:26:11,961 Come on. 456 00:26:20,177 --> 00:26:22,222 ♪ 457 00:26:26,691 --> 00:26:28,954 COMPUTER: Emergency lighting activated. 458 00:26:48,379 --> 00:26:50,425 ♪ 459 00:27:12,669 --> 00:27:15,972 Sickbay, we need immediate medical assistance outside Astrometrics. 460 00:27:15,983 --> 00:27:18,692 M'BENGA: Acknowledged, sending a medic. 461 00:27:18,703 --> 00:27:20,050 Captain. 462 00:27:20,061 --> 00:27:21,628 Ramon cut the power conduits. 463 00:27:21,639 --> 00:27:23,119 That's why it went dark. 464 00:27:23,130 --> 00:27:24,973 Definitely gonna make finding him harder. 465 00:27:24,984 --> 00:27:26,024 Stay with her. 466 00:27:26,035 --> 00:27:28,080 Ramon's headed towards Engineering. 467 00:27:34,694 --> 00:27:37,262 [DRONING SIGNAL] 468 00:27:37,486 --> 00:27:39,249 You okay? 469 00:27:39,321 --> 00:27:41,323 I'm fine. 470 00:27:44,304 --> 00:27:45,784 [DRONING RESUMES] 471 00:27:46,068 --> 00:27:48,193 Okay, maybe not. 472 00:27:51,291 --> 00:27:52,858 - [DRONING SIGNAL STOPS] - James? 473 00:27:57,361 --> 00:27:59,406 [DRONING SIGNAL] 474 00:28:12,037 --> 00:28:13,561 Hey. 475 00:28:14,515 --> 00:28:16,108 I got you. What happened? 476 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:18,948 Sorry, I can't. I should just go back to sickbay. 477 00:28:18,959 --> 00:28:21,365 - I'll walk back with you. Come on. - No. 478 00:28:21,376 --> 00:28:23,247 You keep searching for Ramon. 479 00:28:23,691 --> 00:28:25,431 I'll be fine. 480 00:28:25,442 --> 00:28:27,531 I promise. 481 00:28:36,443 --> 00:28:38,489 ♪ 482 00:28:55,724 --> 00:28:57,065 James? 483 00:28:57,421 --> 00:29:00,136 - You two know each other? - Now's not the time to explain, Captain. 484 00:29:00,147 --> 00:29:02,018 If you haven't seen Ramon, then... 485 00:29:02,029 --> 00:29:03,868 He must have found a hole to hide in. 486 00:29:03,879 --> 00:29:05,446 We should double back. 487 00:29:12,785 --> 00:29:14,265 [CLEARS THROAT] 488 00:29:16,658 --> 00:29:18,660 ♪ 489 00:29:38,526 --> 00:29:40,179 Uhura to all teams. 490 00:29:40,356 --> 00:29:41,749 I may have found Lieutenant Ramon 491 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,467 in the access tunnel to the port nacelle. 492 00:29:43,478 --> 00:29:45,523 KIRK: I'm not far. Wait for me. 493 00:29:54,130 --> 00:29:55,653 [GRUNTS] 494 00:30:03,748 --> 00:30:05,881 Step away from the console. 495 00:30:11,781 --> 00:30:14,523 Listen, the things you've been seeing... 496 00:30:14,534 --> 00:30:17,333 I've been seeing them, too. I understand. 497 00:30:17,344 --> 00:30:19,961 But whatever it is you saw that made you come here, 498 00:30:19,972 --> 00:30:22,061 it wasn't real. 499 00:30:22,118 --> 00:30:23,999 None of it. 500 00:30:24,849 --> 00:30:26,993 But I am. 501 00:30:29,443 --> 00:30:31,289 My name is Nyota. 502 00:30:31,300 --> 00:30:32,840 I'm the communications officer. 503 00:30:32,851 --> 00:30:35,071 I-I was born in Kenya. 504 00:30:35,082 --> 00:30:36,954 I used to have a cat named Kamili. 505 00:30:36,965 --> 00:30:38,489 My-my first memory 506 00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:41,416 is watching my dad play the piano. 507 00:30:41,715 --> 00:30:44,282 I'm real. 508 00:30:48,585 --> 00:30:51,583 Ramon, please. 509 00:30:52,148 --> 00:30:54,542 I am begging you. 510 00:30:54,958 --> 00:30:57,301 Step away from the console. 511 00:31:00,523 --> 00:31:03,503 I don't want to blow either of us up. Please! 512 00:31:03,877 --> 00:31:06,158 COMPUTER: Fuel pod ejection sequence initiated. 513 00:31:06,202 --> 00:31:07,986 [GRUNTING] 514 00:31:13,912 --> 00:31:16,654 - Emergency transport. Beam us out, now. - Wait! 515 00:31:36,299 --> 00:31:38,963 Two dead, chief medical officer in surgery, 516 00:31:38,974 --> 00:31:41,766 the ship almost disabled, and we have no idea why. 517 00:31:41,777 --> 00:31:44,098 When Ramon was in sickbay, he seemed to be hearing 518 00:31:44,109 --> 00:31:46,155 the same sound I've been hearing. 519 00:31:48,261 --> 00:31:49,854 [CLEARS THROAT] 520 00:31:49,865 --> 00:31:51,606 The way I see it, that's good news. 521 00:31:51,617 --> 00:31:53,141 You're not crazy. 522 00:31:54,738 --> 00:31:57,963 Something is affecting you, the same way it affected him. 523 00:31:58,428 --> 00:32:00,125 And we're gonna figure out what. 524 00:32:02,552 --> 00:32:05,511 I think you should confine me to my quarters, Captain. 525 00:32:05,759 --> 00:32:07,437 Why? 526 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,395 How long until I'm sabotaging the ship 527 00:32:09,439 --> 00:32:12,007 - or jumping out of an airlock? - Oh. 528 00:32:13,260 --> 00:32:15,358 It won't come to that, I promise you. 529 00:32:15,477 --> 00:32:17,131 Now I need to talk to Commander Chin-Riley 530 00:32:17,142 --> 00:32:19,449 and find out how much damage Ramon did to the refinery. 531 00:32:19,970 --> 00:32:21,450 Getting it on line is critical. 532 00:32:21,461 --> 00:32:24,200 But since Lieutenant Ramon is deceased, 533 00:32:24,211 --> 00:32:26,673 Starfleet gave me permission to decrypt his personal logs 534 00:32:26,717 --> 00:32:28,284 and private medical files. 535 00:32:29,626 --> 00:32:31,933 Maybe there's answers in there. 536 00:32:34,733 --> 00:32:36,779 [DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN] 537 00:32:40,776 --> 00:32:42,734 [DOOR WHOOSHES SHUT] 538 00:32:42,932 --> 00:32:44,977 [INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER P.A.] 539 00:32:46,792 --> 00:32:49,241 James Kirk. Sam's brother. 540 00:32:49,252 --> 00:32:51,263 La'An Noonien-Singh. 541 00:32:51,307 --> 00:32:54,701 Stickler for orderly security records. 542 00:32:54,858 --> 00:32:56,642 Were-were you injured? 543 00:32:56,726 --> 00:32:59,739 Uh, no. I am just, uh, waiting for Ensign Uhura. 544 00:32:59,997 --> 00:33:01,660 Oh. Right. 545 00:33:01,671 --> 00:33:04,133 - I didn't know you were friends. - Oh, we just met. 546 00:33:04,144 --> 00:33:06,727 I happened to be there when she needed some help. 547 00:33:06,738 --> 00:33:09,629 Although she seems like the type who has trouble 548 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:11,867 asking anyone for help, especially her friends. 549 00:33:11,878 --> 00:33:14,533 And you're the type who can't walk past a stranger in need. 550 00:33:17,208 --> 00:33:18,819 [CHUCKLES] 551 00:33:22,672 --> 00:33:23,847 What? 552 00:33:27,598 --> 00:33:30,025 My, uh, my dad was in Starfleet. 553 00:33:30,036 --> 00:33:32,081 My mom, my brother and I, 554 00:33:32,092 --> 00:33:34,137 we spent my whole childhood chasing him 555 00:33:34,148 --> 00:33:37,194 from one posting to another, 556 00:33:37,271 --> 00:33:39,012 barely seeing him. 557 00:33:40,355 --> 00:33:42,292 When I'd ask why, 558 00:33:42,786 --> 00:33:45,223 my mom would always say, 559 00:33:45,434 --> 00:33:48,350 "He's helping people who really need it." 560 00:33:51,531 --> 00:33:53,384 But when you're a kid, you think... 561 00:33:53,395 --> 00:33:56,417 Why does he care more about strangers than he does about me? 562 00:34:01,883 --> 00:34:03,466 So you tell yourself, 563 00:34:03,477 --> 00:34:07,393 "Hey, if my dad chose helping total strangers over me, 564 00:34:07,404 --> 00:34:10,167 it must... must be important." 565 00:34:10,245 --> 00:34:12,985 As one of those strangers that Starfleet helped, 566 00:34:12,996 --> 00:34:14,869 I promise you... 567 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:17,283 it is. 568 00:34:22,707 --> 00:34:24,665 I, uh, I should finish my rounds. 569 00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:27,377 Good evening, Lieutenant. 570 00:34:30,316 --> 00:34:33,144 I haven't forgotten that drink you owe me, by the way. 571 00:34:40,970 --> 00:34:44,495 Looks like the routing system is almost back on line. 572 00:34:46,270 --> 00:34:50,360 You should be on Enterprise, supervising the repairs there. 573 00:34:50,371 --> 00:34:53,295 That's what I told him, but Captain Pike disagrees. 574 00:34:53,306 --> 00:34:56,005 Getting the station on line remains the first priority. 575 00:34:57,461 --> 00:35:00,899 I got to know... what exactly is your problem with me? 576 00:35:01,302 --> 00:35:03,188 I don't have a problem with you. 577 00:35:03,199 --> 00:35:05,428 I have a problem with the situation. 578 00:35:05,439 --> 00:35:08,102 That is malarkey, 579 00:35:08,113 --> 00:35:09,811 and you know it. 580 00:35:10,628 --> 00:35:12,674 You're sloppy. Okay? 581 00:35:12,685 --> 00:35:15,016 You don't respect protocols. You're too loose with discipline. 582 00:35:15,027 --> 00:35:16,495 You don't follow orders unless you feel like it, 583 00:35:16,506 --> 00:35:19,531 and you have crumbs on your uniform. 584 00:35:19,669 --> 00:35:21,410 When did you even eat? 585 00:35:21,421 --> 00:35:22,741 You're like... 586 00:35:23,304 --> 00:35:24,886 a space hippie. 587 00:35:24,897 --> 00:35:28,235 Ooh. Well, I have been called more names 588 00:35:28,246 --> 00:35:30,335 than there are stars in the sky, 589 00:35:30,379 --> 00:35:33,599 but "space hippie" is a new one on me. 590 00:35:33,757 --> 00:35:35,547 I think you've gotten too used to being 591 00:35:35,558 --> 00:35:37,647 the smartest person in the room. 592 00:35:37,710 --> 00:35:40,030 [SCOFFS] I don't think I'm the smartest person in the room. 593 00:35:40,041 --> 00:35:41,651 Oh, sure you do. 594 00:35:41,694 --> 00:35:44,949 You hide behind order and discipline 595 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:48,571 because it kills you when someone has the nerve 596 00:35:48,582 --> 00:35:51,151 to question your decisions. 597 00:35:52,211 --> 00:35:54,707 You don't think my years of experience 598 00:35:54,718 --> 00:35:56,949 should buy me any deference? 599 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,509 You've been in Starfleet since before I was born, 600 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:01,086 but I outrank you. 601 00:36:01,097 --> 00:36:03,752 Why do you think that is? 602 00:36:09,443 --> 00:36:13,273 I'll have the station on line in a few hours. 603 00:36:15,206 --> 00:36:17,735 RAMON: I swear I saw John standing in the mess hall, 604 00:36:17,746 --> 00:36:19,313 like he never... 605 00:36:20,454 --> 00:36:22,108 Like he was still alive. 606 00:36:22,285 --> 00:36:25,311 And I tried to say something to him, and everyone just stared at me. 607 00:36:25,322 --> 00:36:27,392 They thought I'd lost my mind. 608 00:36:27,403 --> 00:36:29,100 And that noise... 609 00:36:30,170 --> 00:36:32,266 I think I am losing my mind. 610 00:36:33,740 --> 00:36:34,915 [LOG CHIMES OFF] 611 00:36:37,066 --> 00:36:39,808 He was having the same kind of hallucinations as me. 612 00:36:40,945 --> 00:36:43,441 Hearing the same sound. His... 613 00:36:43,452 --> 00:36:47,456 his brain scans show activity in the same region. 614 00:36:47,467 --> 00:36:48,860 But his case was more severe. 615 00:36:48,871 --> 00:36:51,178 Or it just started earlier. 616 00:36:51,565 --> 00:36:53,738 I mean, based on the date of these logs, 617 00:36:53,749 --> 00:36:55,185 I may be... 618 00:36:58,413 --> 00:37:02,068 a day and a half from losing my mind entirely. 619 00:37:02,269 --> 00:37:04,446 Look, why don't we just take a break, all right? 620 00:37:04,457 --> 00:37:06,692 Update Captain Pike on our progress, 621 00:37:07,393 --> 00:37:09,380 or lack thereof. 622 00:37:09,586 --> 00:37:11,393 Maybe get something to eat. 623 00:37:11,574 --> 00:37:13,707 I hear the mess is serving real cookies, 624 00:37:13,718 --> 00:37:15,516 not from the matter synthesizer. 625 00:37:15,527 --> 00:37:17,943 I don't need a cookie. 626 00:37:17,954 --> 00:37:20,101 Okay, now you sound crazy. 627 00:37:20,112 --> 00:37:21,679 [SCOFFS] 628 00:37:23,688 --> 00:37:28,214 [SIGHS] I'm sorry, it was a dumb joke. 629 00:37:30,044 --> 00:37:31,436 It's not a joke. 630 00:37:32,985 --> 00:37:34,813 That's the problem. 631 00:37:38,775 --> 00:37:42,605 This isn't the first time I've seen something like this. 632 00:37:43,519 --> 00:37:47,305 Imagined someone who isn't there. 633 00:37:50,558 --> 00:37:54,218 A few years ago, I lost my parents and my brother 634 00:37:54,229 --> 00:37:56,405 in a shuttle accident. 635 00:37:56,553 --> 00:37:59,034 I-I wasn't there when it happened. 636 00:37:59,079 --> 00:38:01,038 I never saw the crash site, but... 637 00:38:02,932 --> 00:38:04,248 after they died, 638 00:38:04,259 --> 00:38:07,057 it felt like every time 639 00:38:07,413 --> 00:38:10,357 I closed my eyes, I'd see it. 640 00:38:12,262 --> 00:38:15,787 The crash, their final moments. 641 00:38:17,128 --> 00:38:19,388 I don't know what to say, except... 642 00:38:20,161 --> 00:38:22,464 I'm sorry. 643 00:38:23,382 --> 00:38:27,164 Got so bad I couldn't even look at pictures of them. 644 00:38:27,354 --> 00:38:31,314 Just seeing their faces... 645 00:38:34,015 --> 00:38:37,671 And then Hemmer died, and it all came back. 646 00:38:38,706 --> 00:38:43,754 But I kept covering it with work and smiles and more work. 647 00:38:43,765 --> 00:38:46,768 The truth is I've never been able to face death. 648 00:38:48,448 --> 00:38:51,804 Everyone has some way of dealing with it 649 00:38:51,815 --> 00:38:55,192 and moving on, but I just... 650 00:38:57,739 --> 00:38:59,716 I don't know how. 651 00:39:01,136 --> 00:39:05,532 How can I be a Starfleet officer if I can't handle death? 652 00:39:06,389 --> 00:39:08,609 Maybe you can't. 653 00:39:11,390 --> 00:39:15,386 Look, I could tell you some comforting fairy tale, 654 00:39:15,684 --> 00:39:18,215 but we both know the truth. 655 00:39:18,563 --> 00:39:21,990 Our job puts us up against death 656 00:39:22,242 --> 00:39:24,748 more than is fair. And we might not like it, 657 00:39:24,759 --> 00:39:26,804 but we do have to face it. 658 00:39:27,836 --> 00:39:30,723 And right now, death is winning. 659 00:39:31,847 --> 00:39:33,539 It claimed your family, 660 00:39:33,550 --> 00:39:35,580 it claimed your friend. 661 00:39:35,624 --> 00:39:38,148 It convinced you to forget them, 662 00:39:38,298 --> 00:39:41,388 because it's less painful than holding on to their memories. 663 00:39:43,754 --> 00:39:46,540 Now, you can let death win... 664 00:39:47,525 --> 00:39:49,397 or you can fight back. 665 00:39:50,943 --> 00:39:52,945 Hold on to them. 666 00:39:57,254 --> 00:39:58,690 Still no to that cookie? 667 00:39:58,701 --> 00:40:00,529 [BOTH CHUCKLE SOFTLY] 668 00:40:05,417 --> 00:40:07,419 Be right back. 669 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:13,645 [DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN] 670 00:40:14,315 --> 00:40:17,231 [DOOR WHOOSHES SHUT] 671 00:40:24,128 --> 00:40:25,477 - Not that! - [GASPS] 672 00:40:25,488 --> 00:40:28,186 - [HEMMER CHUCKLES] - [LAUGHS] 673 00:40:29,237 --> 00:40:31,495 Important lesson: be less gullible. 674 00:40:31,506 --> 00:40:33,899 - Hey! - [LAUGHS] 675 00:40:33,910 --> 00:40:36,682 Let's start with dialing down the gain 676 00:40:36,693 --> 00:40:38,664 on the subspace antenna, 677 00:40:38,675 --> 00:40:41,548 or else you'll burn out the receiver. 678 00:40:41,559 --> 00:40:43,605 ♪ 679 00:40:46,813 --> 00:40:48,641 Burn out the receiver. 680 00:40:56,889 --> 00:40:58,758 Got the last one. Thought we could split it. 681 00:40:58,769 --> 00:41:01,536 Forget about the stupid cookie for a second. 682 00:41:01,646 --> 00:41:03,953 I think I figured something out. 683 00:41:04,131 --> 00:41:05,835 Ramon's brain scan. 684 00:41:05,846 --> 00:41:07,805 What am I supposed to be noticing? 685 00:41:07,816 --> 00:41:11,186 There was damage to the language center of his brain. 686 00:41:11,197 --> 00:41:14,266 My brain scan shows elevated activity in the same spot. 687 00:41:14,277 --> 00:41:17,541 And we were both hearing that same sound. 688 00:41:17,837 --> 00:41:20,892 What if someone or something 689 00:41:20,903 --> 00:41:23,111 was trying to communicate with him, 690 00:41:23,122 --> 00:41:24,472 with me, 691 00:41:24,621 --> 00:41:26,362 but their signal's too strong? 692 00:41:27,613 --> 00:41:31,210 So strong it that burned out that area of his brain entirely. 693 00:41:31,221 --> 00:41:33,603 It's a message from some... 694 00:41:35,045 --> 00:41:36,481 invisible alien? 695 00:41:39,439 --> 00:41:41,397 You want to talk to Sam, don't you? 696 00:41:42,435 --> 00:41:46,134 SAM: Your symptoms started once we arrived in the nebula, right? 697 00:41:46,446 --> 00:41:48,821 So it makes sense that our mystery alien would live here. 698 00:41:48,832 --> 00:41:51,394 But our sensors aren't showing any life-forms. 699 00:41:51,405 --> 00:41:53,174 Well, there's a theory... 700 00:41:53,185 --> 00:41:55,268 it's a little bit fringe, but hear me out... 701 00:41:55,279 --> 00:41:57,281 that extra-dimensional life-forms 702 00:41:57,292 --> 00:41:59,626 could actually poke into our space 703 00:41:59,637 --> 00:42:02,640 and attach themselves to atoms from our dimension. 704 00:42:02,651 --> 00:42:04,792 Meaning they aren't sophisticated life-forms 705 00:42:04,803 --> 00:42:07,417 capable of speech or even language. 706 00:42:07,976 --> 00:42:09,705 There are similarities 707 00:42:09,716 --> 00:42:12,911 in the ways different species process thoughts, ideas. 708 00:42:13,247 --> 00:42:14,891 That's how the universal translator works... 709 00:42:14,902 --> 00:42:16,918 by recognizing those similarities. 710 00:42:16,929 --> 00:42:20,354 Maybe my brain is doing the same thing? 711 00:42:20,365 --> 00:42:24,227 Invisible aliens are using your brain as a universal translator. 712 00:42:24,336 --> 00:42:26,730 It might be the only way they know how to communicate. 713 00:42:26,793 --> 00:42:30,123 They send simple ideas to the language center of my brain, 714 00:42:30,134 --> 00:42:32,061 then my brain interprets 715 00:42:32,072 --> 00:42:34,008 those ideas the only way it can... 716 00:42:34,019 --> 00:42:36,587 through my thoughts, my memories. 717 00:42:36,670 --> 00:42:38,236 The visions, 718 00:42:38,693 --> 00:42:41,245 they're like vocabulary. 719 00:42:41,256 --> 00:42:42,910 What are they trying to say? 720 00:42:46,898 --> 00:42:50,902 UHURA: I felt the walls closing in because they feel trapped. 721 00:42:52,028 --> 00:42:54,727 I was attacking myself because 722 00:42:54,798 --> 00:42:56,844 we're responsible. 723 00:42:57,898 --> 00:42:59,647 They showed me the ship exploding 724 00:42:59,658 --> 00:43:02,762 because they are desperate to break free, but... 725 00:43:04,553 --> 00:43:06,424 We're killing them. 726 00:43:06,716 --> 00:43:09,778 We're killing the ones they love, and they're terrified. 727 00:43:09,789 --> 00:43:12,388 And that's what they're making me feel. 728 00:43:13,267 --> 00:43:15,485 If they're living in the nebula, in the deuterium... 729 00:43:15,496 --> 00:43:17,889 In a way, they are the deuterium. 730 00:43:18,102 --> 00:43:19,924 So, then when we pull the deuterium 731 00:43:19,935 --> 00:43:22,092 out of the nebula into our nacelles, 732 00:43:22,103 --> 00:43:24,026 and when the station processes and refines it... 733 00:43:24,069 --> 00:43:25,810 We're basically torturing them. 734 00:43:26,206 --> 00:43:27,747 Uhura to Captain Pike. 735 00:43:27,758 --> 00:43:30,892 Sir, we need to stop the fuel refinery from being activated. 736 00:43:30,903 --> 00:43:32,764 PIKE: I'm not sure what's going on, Ensign, but it's too late. 737 00:43:32,774 --> 00:43:36,212 The refinery was activated five minutes ago. 738 00:43:44,626 --> 00:43:46,922 Captain, you have to shut down the station! 739 00:43:46,933 --> 00:43:48,689 It's a matter of life or death! 740 00:43:48,700 --> 00:43:51,488 PIKE: I'll contact Una and do what I can. 741 00:43:51,736 --> 00:43:53,011 Nothing's working. 742 00:43:53,022 --> 00:43:54,911 The refinery's automated systems aren't responding 743 00:43:54,922 --> 00:43:57,141 to any commands. It's not shutting down. 744 00:43:57,272 --> 00:43:59,442 Perhaps Lieutenant Ramon 745 00:43:59,453 --> 00:44:01,866 did more damage than we thought. 746 00:44:05,639 --> 00:44:07,096 Bridge. 747 00:44:07,373 --> 00:44:09,419 [DRONING SIGNAL] 748 00:44:31,572 --> 00:44:33,617 [METAL CREAKING] 749 00:44:46,369 --> 00:44:47,762 Keep going. 750 00:44:54,041 --> 00:44:55,869 [DRONING SIGNAL CONTINUES] 751 00:45:02,777 --> 00:45:04,735 [DRONING STOPS] 752 00:45:05,386 --> 00:45:07,431 [DOOR WHOOSHES SHUT] 753 00:45:09,362 --> 00:45:10,903 You all right? 754 00:45:11,197 --> 00:45:13,603 The station's emergency shutdown procedures aren't working. 755 00:45:13,614 --> 00:45:16,136 You mind telling me why we need to shut it down in the first place? 756 00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:17,954 We believe there's some sort of alien life-form... 757 00:45:17,965 --> 00:45:20,532 We're killing them, Captain. 758 00:45:25,659 --> 00:45:28,052 The creatures that live in the deuterium in the nebula... 759 00:45:28,063 --> 00:45:29,717 we're killing them 760 00:45:29,728 --> 00:45:32,731 by pulling them into our fuel pods and our nacelles, 761 00:45:32,928 --> 00:45:34,712 and now the station's doing the same thing, 762 00:45:34,723 --> 00:45:36,812 but at a much larger scale. 763 00:45:36,823 --> 00:45:38,827 But we can't see them or detect them in any way. 764 00:45:38,838 --> 00:45:41,075 I can hear them. 765 00:45:41,854 --> 00:45:43,099 So could Ramon. 766 00:45:43,110 --> 00:45:45,594 They're screaming for our help. 767 00:45:45,605 --> 00:45:48,997 Ramon died trying to save them. 768 00:45:49,073 --> 00:45:51,641 Captain, you told me the point of this station 769 00:45:51,652 --> 00:45:54,040 was to help us find new forms of life. 770 00:45:54,688 --> 00:45:56,733 But what is the point of exploring 771 00:45:56,744 --> 00:45:58,789 if we're just gonna kill what we find? 772 00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:00,030 We can't shut it down. 773 00:46:00,041 --> 00:46:01,956 Then we need to destroy it. 774 00:46:11,399 --> 00:46:13,247 How certain are you? 775 00:46:14,189 --> 00:46:17,496 I'm certain, Captain. 776 00:46:20,344 --> 00:46:22,129 What's the play? 777 00:46:22,530 --> 00:46:24,096 Hail the refinery, 778 00:46:24,153 --> 00:46:26,460 order an emergency evacuation, 779 00:46:26,471 --> 00:46:29,900 then vent all the deuterium from Enterprise's fuel pods. 780 00:46:30,193 --> 00:46:32,369 Order the Farragut to do the same. 781 00:46:33,418 --> 00:46:34,463 You heard her. 782 00:46:34,474 --> 00:46:35,861 FEMALE: Aye, sir. 783 00:46:35,872 --> 00:46:38,557 Attention. All refinery crew and maintenance teams, 784 00:46:38,568 --> 00:46:41,527 evacuate immediately. Repeat: all... 785 00:46:41,571 --> 00:46:43,529 [INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER] 786 00:46:43,573 --> 00:46:45,619 ♪ 787 00:46:49,776 --> 00:46:51,082 No life signs aboard. 788 00:46:51,093 --> 00:46:53,091 All crew have safely cleared the refinery. 789 00:46:53,102 --> 00:46:55,193 Fire torpedoes! 790 00:46:55,651 --> 00:46:57,435 Torpedoes away. 791 00:47:15,451 --> 00:47:17,148 Did that work? 792 00:47:19,782 --> 00:47:21,653 Uhura, what is it? 793 00:47:28,468 --> 00:47:30,513 We did it. 794 00:47:31,332 --> 00:47:33,377 They're safe. 795 00:47:36,452 --> 00:47:38,019 ORTEGAS: That's it? 796 00:47:39,284 --> 00:47:40,503 UHURA: Yeah. 797 00:47:42,150 --> 00:47:43,978 That's it. 798 00:47:50,744 --> 00:47:54,704 The jumping-off point for a new era of exploration. 799 00:47:55,452 --> 00:47:57,149 Well... 800 00:47:57,253 --> 00:47:59,954 Starfleet can build a new gas station someplace else. 801 00:48:00,810 --> 00:48:03,813 One where there isn't anything living in the deuterium. 802 00:48:03,824 --> 00:48:05,826 And if there's any blowback, it's on me. 803 00:48:05,837 --> 00:48:08,358 End of the day, that was my call. Okay? 804 00:48:09,659 --> 00:48:13,532 Or we can tell 'em someone's brash influence rubbed off on you. 805 00:48:13,576 --> 00:48:16,057 Always happy to be of service. 806 00:48:16,100 --> 00:48:17,928 You know, I was thinking, 807 00:48:17,972 --> 00:48:20,757 you discovered a completely new form of life. 808 00:48:21,444 --> 00:48:23,446 They might give you a medal. 809 00:48:23,937 --> 00:48:26,461 And now, if you don't mind, 810 00:48:26,784 --> 00:48:28,830 would you take your station. 811 00:48:31,086 --> 00:48:32,699 Hail the Farragut. 812 00:48:32,710 --> 00:48:34,574 As soon as we've collected all of our escape pods, 813 00:48:34,585 --> 00:48:37,196 let's get out of this nebula before we cause any more damage. 814 00:48:37,782 --> 00:48:40,070 And then I am going to need Admiral Nagawa 815 00:48:40,081 --> 00:48:42,703 on my private channel. And after that, 816 00:48:42,940 --> 00:48:44,377 go take a nap. 817 00:48:44,836 --> 00:48:46,037 That's an order. 818 00:48:46,188 --> 00:48:48,234 ♪ 819 00:49:03,612 --> 00:49:06,310 Starship Maintenance 307. 820 00:49:07,255 --> 00:49:09,735 Starship Maintenance, what about it? 821 00:49:10,473 --> 00:49:12,606 You were my professor at the Academy. 822 00:49:12,896 --> 00:49:14,885 Oh, I remember. 823 00:49:14,896 --> 00:49:16,645 You gave me a C. 824 00:49:18,373 --> 00:49:20,240 And you deserved that C. 825 00:49:20,251 --> 00:49:23,389 My final paper was meticulously researched. 826 00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:25,648 It was sloppy. 827 00:49:25,691 --> 00:49:28,403 But for what it's worth, that well-deserved C 828 00:49:28,414 --> 00:49:31,741 is absolutely not what's been bothering you. 829 00:49:31,785 --> 00:49:33,264 It's Hemmer. 830 00:49:34,075 --> 00:49:37,600 I'm a reminder that your friend died and I replaced him. 831 00:49:38,100 --> 00:49:40,553 And every time you see me, 832 00:49:40,774 --> 00:49:44,212 it dredges up all of that sadness. 833 00:49:44,726 --> 00:49:46,582 I get it. 834 00:49:46,766 --> 00:49:49,759 I've been there. 835 00:49:50,409 --> 00:49:53,172 Too many times. 836 00:49:56,830 --> 00:50:00,659 And if you want to keep saying it's the C, 837 00:50:00,670 --> 00:50:02,890 I don't have to contradict you. 838 00:50:14,218 --> 00:50:16,786 ♪ 839 00:50:16,830 --> 00:50:18,832 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 840 00:50:33,828 --> 00:50:37,578 - It's your family? - My mother always knew how to make me laugh. 841 00:50:37,589 --> 00:50:39,940 [CHUCKLES] 842 00:50:40,115 --> 00:50:41,725 [SIGHS] It's been a long time 843 00:50:41,736 --> 00:50:43,694 since I've been able to look at that. 844 00:50:45,411 --> 00:50:48,686 To staying in the fight. 845 00:50:54,721 --> 00:50:56,290 Why do you think they chose me? 846 00:50:56,301 --> 00:50:58,828 You were exactly what they needed. 847 00:50:58,872 --> 00:51:00,831 Thoughtful, empathetic. 848 00:51:00,842 --> 00:51:02,232 You heard them. 849 00:51:02,243 --> 00:51:05,376 I mean, maybe all it took was a good listener. 850 00:51:07,768 --> 00:51:11,208 Well, I'm glad to see that everything worked out for the best. 851 00:51:11,508 --> 00:51:15,371 And I think I'm gonna write a paper about our deuterium friends. 852 00:51:15,382 --> 00:51:17,949 - Hey. - Oh. Wow. Sounds thrilling. 853 00:51:20,655 --> 00:51:23,092 I've been wanting to say... 854 00:51:23,376 --> 00:51:25,933 the Farragut is lucky to have you, Jim. 855 00:51:26,674 --> 00:51:29,285 I'm proud of you. Honestly. 856 00:51:33,787 --> 00:51:35,310 Thanks, Sam. 857 00:51:43,090 --> 00:51:45,518 What is happening right now? 858 00:51:46,863 --> 00:51:48,813 I'm not sure, either. 859 00:51:48,824 --> 00:51:50,303 You're seriously not gonna apologize? 860 00:51:50,314 --> 00:51:52,969 For what... for being extremely competent? 861 00:51:53,013 --> 00:51:55,957 For being a... Okay. 862 00:51:56,257 --> 00:51:57,992 You know what? Forget it. 863 00:51:58,003 --> 00:51:59,799 Go have fun on your stupid little ship. 864 00:51:59,810 --> 00:52:02,378 I'm gonna be here, on the flagship. 865 00:52:06,330 --> 00:52:08,564 - [SHORT CHUCKLE] - Well, 866 00:52:08,575 --> 00:52:11,194 - that was something. - Yeah, it's just 867 00:52:11,205 --> 00:52:12,858 Sam being Sam. 868 00:52:12,902 --> 00:52:15,854 - Sometimes he can be, uh... - SPOCK: Frustrating. 869 00:52:19,398 --> 00:52:22,765 James, meet our chief science officer, Mr. Spock. 870 00:52:22,776 --> 00:52:26,086 Spock, meet James Kirk, first officer of the Farragut. 871 00:52:28,724 --> 00:52:31,161 Why don't you join us? 872 00:52:32,728 --> 00:52:34,489 Yeah. 873 00:52:34,532 --> 00:52:36,491 ♪ 874 00:52:36,534 --> 00:52:38,580 [INDISTINCT CONVERSATION] 875 00:53:11,208 --> 00:53:16,208 - Synced and corrected by