All language subtitles for 05. Saints of Imperfection

Previously on
Star Trek: Discovery...

- Emperor.
- You have me confused with someone else.

Section 31.

Control values his skill set.

Hes in.

Ive been waiting for an update
on my officer, Spock.

Your guy is wanted for murder.

He killed three of his doctors,
then fled the starbase.

Whatever happened,
he needs a fair shake.

We need to find him
before they do.

I found Spocks shuttle.

Plot a course
and don't spare the horses.

After the dark matter hit
me, I started to see a ghost.

Its me. Silly Stilly.

You are hosting

a multidimensional
fungal parasite.

How do we get rid of it?

This might hurt a bit.

Im from a
species known as the JahSepp.

An alien intruder began
ravaging our ecosystem.

You let Tilly go.

I have other plans for her.

Wrong.

No! No!

Tilly!

No!

Make way!

Words define who we are.

Officer.

Orphan.

Widower.

Shipmate.

But there is no word
for the unique agony

of uncertainty.

I do not yet know
the fate of my friend.

Stamets refuses to lose hope.

He believes Tilly survived

whatever the alien
we call "May" did to her.

I want to believe
thats possible, too.

I want to have faith.

But in its absence,

only duty remains.

Captain, Ive picked up the
trail of Spocks shuttle.

Alter course to intercept.

Spocks shuttle is
25,000 kilometers and closing.

One life sign detected.

His shields are up and
his weapons are hot, sir.

What is Spock doing?

Why the aggressive stance?

Uh, Captain, Spock departed.

Enterprise

before you assumed command of.

Discovery.

Perhaps he is unaware
that hes among friends.

Open a channel.

Aye, Captain.

Lieutenant Spock,
this is Captain Pike.

Shut down your engines,
lower your shields,

prepare for transport.

Hes increasing speed.

Altering course to
enter the nebula.

Spock, you have my word.

Im here to listen.
Im here to help.

- Did we lose him?
- No, sir.

He ignited the nebulas hydrogen
to disrupt our sensors,

then came to a full stop.

We flew right past him.

Detmer, come around.

Captain, if he enters
the nebula, we will lose him.

Target that shuttle
with a class-five torpedo.

Detonate it 100 meters
before impact. Understood?

Aye, Captain.

Fire.

The shuttles been disabled, sir.

Owo, lock on a tractor beam
and bring him aboard.

Burnham, with me.

Transfer operational control

to security team alpha.

- Set phasers to stun.
- Aye.

- Nobody fires without my direct order.
- Aye, sir.

Captain Georgiou?

Captain Pike.

Michael.

Commander.

Quite the welcome, my dear.

(original.

Star Trek

(theme plays)

We met at the Academy.

Been a couple thousand
light-years since then.

Indeed.

You were a force to
be reckoned with.

Sharpest tool in the shed.

And despite being able to drink
any of us under the table,

you had every regulation
down by week two.

Youre tactfully asking

why I didn't identify myself
when you hailed.

Identification is

standard procedure,
and thats a non-answer.

You havent lost a step, Captain.

I appreciate the compliment.

Starfleet records show...
youre retired.

Do I look retired?

You know, I had
a cousin like you.

She only ever gave a
straight answer in church.

So the only other explanation is

youre on a classified mission.

Hmm.

You like being
back in the saddle?

Its an invigorating ride.

This may clear
things up, Captain.

Section 31? Fancy.

Covert ops. Intelligence
gathering. Threat assessment.

- Fun times.
- What do any of those things.

Have to do with you
being on Spocks shuttle?

Ive been authorized
to hunt down a Starfleet officer

wanted for murder.

Excuse me,

multiple murders.

By the time I caught up
to his craft,

it was adrift, and he was gone.

Any idea where he might be?

If I hear anything, youll
be the first to know.

Will I?

Commander Burnham
has a hard time

believing those charges;
so do I.

The innocent don't run.

You ran from us.

Exactly.

Christopher.

Leland.

Is that gray hair I see?

Yeah, well,
its one of the trade-offs

of having actual hair.

Last time I heard about you,

you were up to your ass

in alligators on Cestus Three.

Exactly why I transferred
to Starfleet Intelligence.

Im heading up Section 31.

Well, you were always
more comfortable

in the gray areas, my friend.

Seems youve intercepted
one of my agents.

Yeah, weve been
getting caught up.

Well, Id appreciate
if youd return.

Agent Georgiou to her shuttle.

Clock is ticking.

Shes tracking
a suspected murderer.

Mr. Spock is one of mine.

I cant reconcile
the charges with the man.

I respect that.

But having his commanding
officer or his sister

interfere with our
efforts to recover him?

Makes me look like
Im doing an old friend a favor.

Leland, um,

I think there may be
a connection

between Spock and the signals
that have been dragging us

halfway around the universe.

There are lives at stake.

There are always lives at stake.
Thats what keeps us employed.

See, we do what we do

so you can do what you do.

If I didn't know you better,

that would sound like a threat.

You know me pretty well.

I'll send a liaison.

If you could walk him
through what you know,

Id appreciate it.

Always happy to do a favor
for an old friend.

Youre free to go, Captain.

Your captain doesn't know
where Im really from.

Im under direct
Starfleet orders.

Yeah, to tell the truth
when its convenient?

Im learning to really like
Starfleet and Section 31.

Do you think theyll
give you free reign, huh?

That place has eyes
on eyes on eyes.

Well, its a good thing
I do some of my best work

in plain sight.

Does Leland have any idea
who you really are?

You mean the Terran Emperor,

Philippa Georgiou
Augustus laponius Centarius?

He doesn't call me

by my proper name,
but yes, he does.

Then I trust him
about as much as I trust you.

Youre the one who brought me
to this insufferable place.

You don't get to be
surprised Im here.

And when I find Spock, Ill be
sure to pass along your regards.

If you lay a hand
on my brother...

Youll what?

Ah.

Now heres a woman I recognize.

Shuttle bays through there.

Im sure you need to get back
to your... snake pit.

Tell me you have good news.

The universe never lets
anything go to waste,

or so said Lavoisier.

- The law of conservation of mass.
- Yes.

In chemical reactions,

mass is neither created
nor destroyed.

Look. Look, look, look.

Im scanning the cocoon
for human remains.

Mitochondrial DNA,
lipids, proteins.

If all of Tillys atoms

were transported,

rather than decomposed,

then there shouldn't be any
trace of her organic matter.

Which would mean May took Tilly
into the network.

Which would mean

we could get her out.

How?

I think that this cocoon
is an organic transporter.

Just like ours,

it-it breaks down
matter in one place

and then reassembles it,
completely intact, in another.

The mycelial version
of a transporter pad.

Which could mean
that a second cocoon

just like this one
exists somewhere in the network.

But why take Tilly
in the first place?

- May came here to deliver a message to.
- you.

May said she had
a special connection with Tilly.

She said she needed her.

Look.

No human material present.

Tillys alive. I know it.

But the network is massive.

Yes.

Except now that I know the exact
composition of this cocoon,

I can scan the network
to find its counterpart.

Find it, find Tilly.

Help me! Help me!

Oh, no!

- Shh, shh, shh.
- Get it off! Get it off! Get it off!

Shh, shh, shh, shh.

Ow! My eyes! My eyes!

Stay calm, Tilly.

Youre okay.

Dont you... don't you shush me!

What the hell did you do?
What did you do?

Broke down your biological
form, transported it

across the dimensional plane,

and reconstituted it
here, in my home.

Oh, that old trick!
Are you freaking kidding me?!

Im in the mycelial network.

It used to be a paradise.

No!

This is the one
I was telling you about!

Ow, it burns! It burns.

Leave her!

Its our process.

What does that mean?

The JahSepp... we
break down all matter

that enter the mycelial network
to make it useful in new ways.

Like the insects
do on your planet.

Its how we keep the
life cycle progressing.

This was you
before you were you.

Thats what I am.

Im appearing like this
to make you comfortable.

Comfortable? You kidnapped me!

And Im finding my way back!
You cant.

Watch me! Watch me!

And when Im done, Im not
gonna work through my anger.

Im gonna let it sit there
and fester for eternity!

Please. I need your help.

You don't get to ask
for my help, May.

Then who are we to turn to?

Who am I to turn to besides you?

Theres no one, Tilly.

And I cant fail,
or everything here,

my entire species, will die.

What do you need me to do?

Kill a monster.

Burnham. Section 31s
liaison just got here.

Attention all personnel.

Security drill in progress,
deck four.

Burnham?

Its nothing, sir.

Hes, um...

hes-hes just supposed
to be on QonoS.

He murdered an officer.

Voq murdered an officer.

Ash Tylers a good man.

Even if I could see
my way to accepting

that distinction,
he left this ship

to serve as Torchbearer
for the Klingon chancellor.

Now hes into black ops.

I know Tyler.

Better than most.

Just like you knew
your former captain?

She certainly doesn't seem like

the Philippa Georgiou
I remember.

The war changed her.

Call me provincial,
but I prefer people

whose truth I can take
at face value.

So...

what truth are you
keeping from me?

Sir?

That moment you saw Tyler,

the moment that you had
your phaser on Georgiou.

I don't know you very well,
but I know you well enough.

Its a longer
conversation, Captain.

But I ask that you bear with me

until a more appropriate time.

Done.

Just don't make me chase
after you for the information.

Thank you, sir.

Its good to see you.

I feel the same.

Not sure

she

does.

Your captain thinks
I need a babysitter.

Shes our new chief of security.

Its her job to be curious.

How the hell did you end up
with Section 31?

Its a very interesting
journey, actually.

- Tell me.
- But its classified... a word that pops up.

Pretty frequently
in my new vocabulary.

You always were
a man of secrets.

Michael.

I had to leave QonoS.
Im never going back.

I think... everyone at 31
thinks of it

as a place
where they make sense.

Not in spite of who they are
but because of it.

They can be of service.
Theyre good people.

Like the Terran emperor?

Im concerned for Spocks safety
as long as shes involved.

I wont let that happen.

I need you to believe that.

Thats a really big ask, Ash.

I know.

Im supposed to report
to the bridge.

Stamets is briefing us
on a plan to rescue Tilly.

Rescue Tilly from where?

Whoa. Whoa, what happened here?

The creature destroys
everything it touches.

Wait, wait,
when did you first see it?

It arrived when your Stamets
opened the door to our world.

Doesnt make any sense.

No, careful!

The tree bark contains
a vicious toxin.

Its lethal for us.

Thank you.

The creature uses the toxin
to slaughter us.

We have no tools

or weapons to defend ourselves.

Well, youre far
from helpless, May.

The way you and I, uh...

I guess "met" is a funny word...
but its some of

the most sophisticated science
Ive ever seen.

I mean, you literally
entered my brain as a spore.

Thank you.

I appreciate your mastery
of science as well.

Lets go see
what were dealing with.

But you...
you have to promise me

- that you will get me back on.
- Discovery.

Its a little hard
to dive into this

knowing you plan on
holding me hostage forever.

Theres a chance
Ensign Tilly is still alive?

There is, sir.

She was taken
into the mycelial network

against her will.

How do we get her back,
Mr. Stamets?

Every time we jump,

Discovery - passes through
the mycelial network for...

A few milliseconds,

and during that
very brief window of time,

we are actually inside it.

Im proposing we do

a partial jump.

- A predetermined course with no set end point?
- Exactly.

Half in, half out
of the network.

- Discovery
- will hold position long enough.

For me to leave the cube
and find Tilly.

For us

to leave the cube.

Youre not gonna do this alone.

Lets say I let you
use this ship as a doorstop.

Can we survive prolonged
exposure to the network?

The mycelia
will attack the ship,

decomposing it
as soon as we enter,

but tritanium is not
their favorite food,

so well have about an hour

before they
eat through the hull.

Thats an hour
to find Ensign Tilly.

So far, I hate this plan.

Itll be critical

for everyone
to avoid places on the ship

where mycelial space
and normal space intersect.

Anyone who touches the barrier
will find themselves

twisted around the axes
of both environments.

Like the bodies we found

on the - Glenn.

From what I know
of that young woman...

shed put her life on the line
for any one of us.

That she would, sir.

In a heartbeat.

Bryce. Open a ship-wide channel.

All personnel,
this is Captain Pike.

Starfleet... is a promise.

I give my life for you;
you give your life for me.

And nobody gets left behind.

Ensign Sylvia Tilly
is out there,

and she has every right
to expect us.

We keep our promises.

This way! Quickly!

- Move, move! Move!
- Please report to your stations.

In designated safe zones
in the starboard section.

Lets go, lets go!

Good luck,

and Godspeed to us all.

Commander Saru modified these

to maintain communication
with the bridge.

They now have special filters
to limit interference.

The reaction cube is

the only place on the
ship where its safe

to contact the mycelial barrier.

Stamets,

are you ready to execute
this very bold,

deeply insane plan of yours?

"Execute" might not have been my
choice of words, but...

that I am, sir.

Black alert.

Lets jump.

Whats happening?

I don't know!

Thats probably for me.

More havoc in my home.

The JahSepp have
never encountered

mass like this.

Please assure them,
this isnt an attack.

I wont assure them of anything.

I don't know
the humans on that ship.

But I do. And you know me.
Youve been inside my head.

Trust me, we have
a much better chance

of defeating this thing
with whats on board.

You wont abandon us?

What are you doing
with your tiny finger?

Its, um... Just...

Pinky swear.

I told you
I would try to help you.

Where I come from,
we keep our promises.

We have to hurry.

Wow.

It worked.

Burnham to Commander Saru,
do you read me?

Im here, Burnham.

Uh, the sensors show
the mycelium

have already begun
to attack the hull.

Move quickly.

Ready?

Hello?

Computer, report life signs.

Damn it, where is everybody?

Maybe they died
trying to save you.

Hey, thanks for that.

What was that?

The JahSepp have already started
breaking down the hull.

The monster has come here.

Why did it board the ship?

- It pursues - Discovery
- Every time you fly through the network.

Whatever its doing,

Im not letting it
terrorize my people.

Theyre my family.

Exactly.

Fall in.

Thats soldier for
"Get behind me."

Im reading a human life sign.

Section 14, weapons storage.

Why is Tilly arming herself?

Whatever you are, Im holding
a type-three phaser rifle.

It is more powerful

and generally larger than
the type-one or type-two.

Uh, which I guess is
why they call it a three.

Tilly?

Tilly.

Michael?

Is that May?

Tilly, get down.

No, its not what you think.

She needs our help.

Are you...?

Its me. Its me.

Im okay. Im fine.

Thank you for coming to get me.

Always.

Restored to one piece,

atom by atom.

Were getting you out of here.

- We have less than an hour before.
- Discoverys.

Irreparably compromised;
we need to go.

"Compromised"?
Well be annihilated.

I told her I would stay.

Theres-theres some sort
of predator...

- A monster!
- A monster that is,

That is in the network, and
its killing off her species.

Behind me.

This monster, May...
what can you tell us about it?

It started as a surge
of unknown energy.

We began to reconstitute it,

but it became this creature
out of our control.

Its skin

is indestructible.

We die when we try
to break it down.

Wonderful.

Hugh?

But he died.

This isnt real.

I thought I imagined seeing him.

Stay away!

Is this some
mycelial manifestation?

Have you, have you created this
from my memories...?

Hes real!

What?

Kill it.

Stand down, May.

Kill it. Kill it!

Kill it! Kill it!
Kill it! You promised!

Wait!

You let it go!

Burnham to the bridge.

We found Tilly.

How soon can you get back?

Theres been a complication.

We wont survive complications,
Commander.

I know.

But something resembling
Dr. Culber is here.

Repeat that, Commander.

Dr. Culber.

Remember? Before you
came aboard, he...

I know who he was.

- I need you to make it make sense.
- I cant.

Commander Stamets
went running...

Commander Burnham?

Michael?

Mr. Saru?

I am working on it, Captain.

What if it is the
real Dr. Culber?

Nothing in the known universe
would make that possible.

Your - known universe.

Dr. Culber was a healer.

He would never harm
any living being.

You refuse to see
whats right in front of you.

Look.

What is this?

Bark from the yeel tree.

Its deadly to us.

This was all over him.

He uses it to attack us.

He...

Hes not using it to attack.

Hes using it to defend himself.

Like armor.

Which would give him
motivational

and intentional thought.

Which means... he is alive.

Burnham, can you hear me?

Yes, Commander Saru.

I hate to rush you,

but mycelia have penetrated
78% of the exposed hull,

and that number
is rising quickly.

Were trying to locate Commander
Stamets and Dr. Culber.

Whats happening?

Do not worry about us.
Just hurry.

Red alert! Transfer helm control
to Airiams station.

The hull of the port nacelle
is too compromised.

I need you to hold her together
under thrust.

This is Agent Tyler

transmitting on
secure emergency channel.

Control, do you read?

What the hell kind of
communicator is that?

Copy, Agent Tyler. Status?

- Discovery
- could use an assist, sir.

Say no more.

Explain that to me.

Is that Leland?

Not his call, Chris.
Were standing by to assist.

I don't know what the hell
took you so long,

but well talk about that later,
at length.

Can you stabilize us
with your tractor beam?

Firing in three...

two... one.

Five minutes.

- If this goes south, Im pulling.
- D iscovery - Out.

Thats not your call.

You have one of my agents.

- Captain Leland, please don't risk the.
- D iscovery - Crew for...

On my bridge, you will speak
only when addressed, Tyler.

And, Leland, my ship, my call.

You will hold
until I give the order.

- Are we clear?
- My engines are about to overload.

We wont be able
to hold for long, Chris.

Youre not real.

I am.

W-When I was lost here,
you found me.

Do you remember?

You found me in so many places.

You took me to
the Metropolitan Museum of Art,

when we were on leave.

It was our third date.

And-and you were walking so fast

because you were excited
to show me the de Koonings.

All of them in one room.

I had to run to keep up.

And as you walked, you held out
your hand behind you

because you knew
that I would grab it.

And I did.

And I knew everything
about you in that moment.

And Im here now.

And heres my hand.

I thought I was losing my mind.

Dr. Culber?

Oh, no. May, no. Oh, no.

Dont, please. Dont do this.

Hey. Hey. May. May, put it down.

I told you,

hes killing us.

May, look at him.

Hes-hes trying
to protect himself.

It burns.

Everywhere they land on me.

May, you see him?

To him, youre the monster.

This is not who you are.

If you kill him,

it will ruin you.

Can I?

How...

How is he here?

When I was trapped
in the network,

I had moments of lucidity.

I saw flashes...

as if I was moving between
this world and ours.

Thats when I found him.

Hugh?

Hugh?

Hugh? No.

No! No!

No.

No. Please don't go.

Please.

I brought him here.

Thermodynamics.

Energy cannot be
created or destroyed.

It only changes states.

Even in death.

His energy passed through me

while I was the link
to the network.

Like a lightning rod.

When he took shape,

it-it could only recognize him
as a foreign body,

and it attacked him

the way healthy cells
attack cancer.

We have to go.

- Now.
- Uh-huh.

All of us.

Im taking you home.

The engines are overloading!
We have to disengage!

Im shutting down
primary regulators

to buy us three minutes
and 30 seconds.

You realize youre not in charge?

Even Section 31
has court-martials.

Would they court-martial you
if they knew what you did

six years ago on Deneva
to the wrong ambassador?

A minor offense, even
if it were provable.

If someone accessed the data
behind your firewall,

it would be easy to prove.

You may want to consider that.

Three minutes.

Try not to blow us up.

Such a worrier.

Weve bought you time.

But not much.

Copy that. Owo,
prepare to disengage

tractor rigs. Mr. Saru,

they need to get a move on.

Hugh,

the cube is our airlock between
normal space and the network.

Its safe to cross here.

See?

Im right here.

I cant, Paul.

I cant go with you.

Why isnt it working?
Why cant he go through?

His energy may have come
from your world,

but everything else,
everything we used

to build his body,
came from ours.

So what? You brought me here.

You can, you can use the cocoon
to transport him there.

I-I moved you.

We did not create you.

Our matter is not your matter.

Youre saying you cant
rebuild him out there?

Im saying... I don't know.

I couldnt maintain my own form
without inhabiting you.

Paul.

The JahSepp can
reclaim my matter.

What are you doing?

You have to let me go.

Burnham, we are out of time!

Understood.

Its now or never.

I cant be the cause of this.

I cant leave you twice.

If you stay,

itll be twice as deadly
for the network.

Well find another way.

Youre devoted
to creation, to life.

And there are a million reasons
to love you, but thats mine.

Please don't ruin that for me.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

May, you said
you couldnt rebuild yourself

in our world because you
don't have human DNA.

Right!

Right. That was the
missing ingredient.

The cocoon on our side is made

entirely of atoms
from the human world.

If you take Culbers DNA
and add it to the cocoon,

then maybe he...

Maybe not.

Either way,
if we use the cocoon,

our door closes.

How many beings have lived
within each other?

I feel I know you
as deeply as I know myself.

I was gonna say that. I was just
worried it would sound weird.

Its not something

I ever thought
that I would have.

We have connected across
evolution and across species.

But when Commander
Stamets lost Hugh,

he lost everything.

And if we have a
chance to fix that,

we have to try.

I really believe
that the universe

will bring us
back together somehow.

You promise?

Promise.

Commander.

On our way.

Now, May.

I'll see you on the other side.

Burnham to the bridge.

Black alert.

Leland, now!

Theyre activating
the spore drive!

Out of the way!

Commander Burnham?

We made it.

Stand down red alert.

Mr. Saru,

have Dr. Pollard meet
the team in Engineering.

Mr. Tyler.

Youll stay on the bridge.

Liaison protocol.

Come on.

Paul?

Old friends
who don't shake hands?

Youre a long way
from home, Admiral.

Indeed.

Starfleet has new and
critical information

about the seven signals.

The first one that appeared

- led.
- Discovery to an interstellar asteroid.

But by the time you arrived,
the signal was gone.

We detailed a research vessel
to scan for subspace readings,

and the findings
were unexpected.

For a brief window,

the signal appears
to have left behind

a trail of tachyon radiation.

Tachyons?
Quantum field like that

could imply... time travel.

Or it could be the by-product
of cloaking devices

or transporters.

Youre both right.
Or maybe youre both wrong.

Either way, the only one with

any sort of connection to these
signals is Lieutenant Spock,

whos still a fugitive.

I need both of you to
find him, and I need you

to help each other.

Come on, fellas.

Cut the manlier-than-thou
bullshit.

Leland,

you camouflaged yourself

from a Starfleet
captain, your friend,

in the middle of
a rescue mission.

Admiral, our camouf...

Save it.

And, Captain Pike,
Section 31 may not be

the shining beacon of righteous
conduct you want it to be,

but they are a critical
intelligence division,

and we have more pressing
priorities than debating.

Article 14 of
Starfleets charter.

Nation building is never pretty.

That is the unappetizing truth,

and you know it.

Now, I don't care

if you feel like
you are on opposite sides.

We are all on the same team.

We go back a long way, Chris.

But my job requires me
to walk a line, and...

I crossed that with you.

I apologize.

Its accepted.

I'll try to remember
that my path is

sometimes clearer than yours.

Well...

thats the understatement
of the millennium.

Now tell me what you know

about the shuttle.

Shuttle was a dead end.

Mr. Spock knows
how to cover his trail.

Burnham might know more about
where hed be than she realizes.

I'll talk to her.

As were working together,

I assume my temporary
liaison officer is permanent.

For the time being,

Agent Tyler is yours.

Unless you would prefer
Captain Georgiou.

No, thank you.

No.

Incoming message
from Captain Philippa Georgiou.

Put it through
to the science lab.

I heard you bought us
a few minutes.

Is that any way to thank
the savior of the.

Discovery?

I know you want to be paid back,
in spades.

Maybe Im an altruist.

Maybe Im a Terran.

In fact, you were.

Much more fun
than this Vulcan stoicism.

I really need to know
your intentions.

Toward Spock.

I want to find him
before a vigilante mob does,

or a posse of trigger-happy.

Starfleet cowboys.

Im pretty sure
you want the same thing.

Theres just no world

where I could give that
serious consideration.

Ive had your life
in my hands a dozen times.

Youre gonna have to start
trusting me eventually.

Said the scorpion to the frog.

Have a little faith, Michael.

I envy those who can believe

there is a greater hand
writing our story,

who chooses the words
to keep chaos at bay.

Connection.

Joy.

Love.

And resurrection.

With these words, the path
becomes clear for a moment,

and then disappears.

If I have a path...

Im still searching for it.

We all are.

Thats how we find our way,

by choosing to walk forward,

together.

And if there is a greater hand

leading us
into an uncertain future...

I can only hope
it guides us well.