1 00:00:11,511 --> 00:00:13,930 [narrator] Previously on Star Trek: Discovery : 2 00:00:14,472 --> 00:00:18,101 -[in Klingon] What is this? -Provisions. From my ship. 3 00:00:18,184 --> 00:00:21,229 And your crew fell in line behind me. 4 00:00:21,563 --> 00:00:23,064 You have failed. 5 00:00:23,148 --> 00:00:26,109 [Georgiou] Ambassador Sarek, it's good to see you again. 6 00:00:26,192 --> 00:00:28,653 As discussed, this is my ward. 7 00:00:28,737 --> 00:00:32,449 The only female Michael I ever heard of was Michael Burnham, the mutineer. 8 00:00:32,532 --> 00:00:34,159 You're not her, are you? 9 00:00:34,242 --> 00:00:36,494 Captain Gabriel Lorca. Welcome to Discovery. 10 00:00:36,578 --> 00:00:38,246 What am I doing on this ship? 11 00:00:38,329 --> 00:00:40,665 Question is, what am I gonna do with you? 12 00:00:40,749 --> 00:00:43,418 We are creating a new way to fly. 13 00:00:43,501 --> 00:00:46,671 If the Discovery can be anywhere and gone in an instant, 14 00:00:46,755 --> 00:00:48,256 that's how you beat the Klingons. 15 00:00:48,339 --> 00:00:50,884 We believe the enemy may have identified Discovery 16 00:00:50,967 --> 00:00:52,218 as our secret weapon. 17 00:00:53,303 --> 00:00:55,138 -[growling] -[grunting] 18 00:00:55,764 --> 00:00:57,974 [Lorca] Didn't realize there were more of us here. 19 00:00:58,058 --> 00:01:00,143 -What's your name, soldier? -Lieutenant Ash Tyler. 20 00:01:00,935 --> 00:01:02,729 [Tyler] Getting out was always a two-man job. 21 00:01:02,812 --> 00:01:04,355 Just waited till I found the right man. 22 00:01:08,735 --> 00:01:12,072 Your eyes. That happened when you destroyed the Buran, didn't it? 23 00:01:12,155 --> 00:01:13,323 We choose our own pain. 24 00:01:14,699 --> 00:01:16,326 Mine helps me remember. 25 00:01:16,618 --> 00:01:19,037 [over comm] This is Captain Lorca. Two to beam out, now. 26 00:01:29,839 --> 00:01:32,258 [man] Live long and prosper, Ambassador Sarek. 27 00:01:33,635 --> 00:01:35,762 And you, Adjunct V'Latak. 28 00:01:47,816 --> 00:01:50,026 Our mission requires that we leave at once. 29 00:01:50,735 --> 00:01:52,821 Plot a course for the Cancri system. 30 00:01:52,904 --> 00:01:56,282 May I inquire as to the nature of our diplomatic mission? 31 00:01:56,366 --> 00:02:00,328 Allow me to be diplomatic and ask that you do not. 32 00:02:01,412 --> 00:02:02,831 In times of crisis... 33 00:02:04,207 --> 00:02:06,126 ignorance can be beneficial. 34 00:02:08,503 --> 00:02:10,255 [V'Latak] We are set to launch. 35 00:02:26,896 --> 00:02:29,524 -[Burnham] Two more laps before breakfast. -[Tilly] We've done ten. 36 00:02:29,607 --> 00:02:32,360 You still need to shave 6.5 seconds off of your time. 37 00:02:32,527 --> 00:02:35,113 -Does six seconds really matter? -Six-point-five. 38 00:02:35,697 --> 00:02:37,991 And yes, they matter, if you're gonna make captain. 39 00:02:38,074 --> 00:02:41,077 It's been my experience that what I lack in athletic ability 40 00:02:41,161 --> 00:02:44,497 I more than make up for in intelligence and personality. 41 00:02:44,581 --> 00:02:46,708 We may wanna focus on those attributes. 42 00:02:46,791 --> 00:02:49,836 Everyone applying to the Command Training Program will be smart. 43 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:51,337 Personality doesn't count. 44 00:02:51,421 --> 00:02:53,506 That's just something people with no personality say. 45 00:02:54,215 --> 00:02:57,719 Wait, which in no way means you. You absolutely have a personality. 46 00:02:58,178 --> 00:03:00,263 [Burnham] Six-point-five is not an arbitrary number. 47 00:03:00,346 --> 00:03:02,891 Your time will earn you a physical endurance commendation. 48 00:03:02,974 --> 00:03:05,310 Today, your goal is 6.5 seconds. 49 00:03:05,393 --> 00:03:09,022 Then, getting a transfer on a Constitution-class, like the Enterprise. 50 00:03:09,105 --> 00:03:10,773 After that, first officer track. 51 00:03:11,274 --> 00:03:14,152 See your path, stay on it. Reach your destination. 52 00:03:14,235 --> 00:03:15,320 Cadet to captain. 53 00:03:15,820 --> 00:03:16,654 Just like that. 54 00:03:17,572 --> 00:03:18,990 What's it gonna be, Tilly? 55 00:03:19,365 --> 00:03:21,075 [Tilly panting] 56 00:03:23,953 --> 00:03:27,207 -[alarm wailing] -[Klingons yelling and grunting] 57 00:03:36,049 --> 00:03:36,925 How you holding up? 58 00:03:37,008 --> 00:03:40,011 I waited seven months to do this. Don't worry about me. Clear. 59 00:03:40,637 --> 00:03:42,263 Door right, stack right. Go. 60 00:03:45,558 --> 00:03:47,936 -Where do you hail from, soldier? -Seattle. 61 00:03:52,565 --> 00:03:53,608 -Clear. -Clear. 62 00:03:53,691 --> 00:03:55,777 [door closes] 63 00:03:55,860 --> 00:03:56,986 What about your family? 64 00:03:57,070 --> 00:03:59,447 Never knew my father. Mom said I didn't miss much. 65 00:03:59,989 --> 00:04:03,284 She died while I was at the Academy, on her way to the moons of Grazer. 66 00:04:03,368 --> 00:04:04,244 A rogue comet. 67 00:04:05,662 --> 00:04:07,163 First vacation in 12 years. 68 00:04:17,465 --> 00:04:18,341 High, low. 69 00:04:25,556 --> 00:04:26,557 [grunting] 70 00:04:26,849 --> 00:04:28,226 [Lorca grunts] 71 00:04:32,355 --> 00:04:33,773 [computer] Two survivors. 72 00:04:33,856 --> 00:04:35,066 One injury. 73 00:04:35,149 --> 00:04:36,567 Mission success. 74 00:04:36,651 --> 00:04:39,445 Hologram battle simulation complete. 75 00:04:40,571 --> 00:04:42,240 Your mother was a teacher, right? 76 00:04:42,782 --> 00:04:44,158 Yeah, third grade. 77 00:04:45,410 --> 00:04:46,661 Issaquah Elementary. 78 00:04:47,829 --> 00:04:49,664 Twenty-four kilometers outside Seattle, 79 00:04:49,747 --> 00:04:52,250 which makes you not exactly from Seattle. 80 00:04:55,128 --> 00:04:56,504 I like to split hairs. 81 00:04:56,587 --> 00:04:59,590 I do my homework. Think I let just anyone walk on my ship? 82 00:04:59,674 --> 00:05:01,801 No, sir. Assuming I checked out? 83 00:05:01,884 --> 00:05:04,053 We wouldn't be playing with these toys if you didn't. 84 00:05:08,057 --> 00:05:09,392 Twenty-four kills. You? 85 00:05:09,475 --> 00:05:10,810 Twenty-two, sir. 86 00:05:11,269 --> 00:05:13,855 Looks like I'm the one who needs to get his eyes fixed. 87 00:05:18,776 --> 00:05:21,988 -Captain, out of respect-- -Don't apologize for excellence. 88 00:05:22,488 --> 00:05:25,033 I want my chief of security to shoot better than I do. 89 00:05:26,826 --> 00:05:29,579 [man on comm] Ensign Rause, please report to the shuttle bay. 90 00:05:29,662 --> 00:05:31,080 You offering me a slot, Captain? 91 00:05:31,164 --> 00:05:33,291 Well, I figure I've seen you fly, shoot... 92 00:05:34,208 --> 00:05:37,211 -fight like a Klingon. -Klingon guards beat on me for months. 93 00:05:37,295 --> 00:05:40,465 -I was bound to pick something up. -No, most people would've given up. 94 00:05:40,548 --> 00:05:41,382 You learned. 95 00:05:42,258 --> 00:05:45,345 My last chief of security and I went through a lot together. 96 00:05:46,179 --> 00:05:47,555 I need someone I can trust. 97 00:05:48,681 --> 00:05:50,224 Someone that understands war. 98 00:05:50,975 --> 00:05:53,352 What it takes to survive, what it takes to win. 99 00:05:54,020 --> 00:05:54,979 I think that's you. 100 00:05:55,646 --> 00:05:56,481 Is it? 101 00:05:57,231 --> 00:05:59,317 I'd be honored to serve on the Discovery. 102 00:06:01,235 --> 00:06:02,612 I won't let you down, sir. 103 00:06:03,154 --> 00:06:04,030 Good. 104 00:06:11,662 --> 00:06:14,457 [Sarek] According to our flight plan, we should be arriving momentarily. 105 00:06:18,753 --> 00:06:20,922 Why have we not yet dropped out of warp? 106 00:06:21,506 --> 00:06:23,216 Our course has changed. 107 00:06:27,887 --> 00:06:31,140 You know the actual nature of my mission. 108 00:06:31,224 --> 00:06:34,811 This mission does not reflect true Vulcan ideology. 109 00:06:34,894 --> 00:06:36,104 You are one of them. 110 00:06:36,687 --> 00:06:39,732 -A fanatic. -Your fascination with humans 111 00:06:39,816 --> 00:06:41,734 can no longer be tolerated. 112 00:06:41,818 --> 00:06:45,363 Your obsession has blinded you to the truth. 113 00:06:45,947 --> 00:06:48,449 Humans are inferior. 114 00:06:48,533 --> 00:06:50,535 My sacrifice... 115 00:06:50,993 --> 00:06:56,082 will be a rallying cry to those who value logic above all. 116 00:06:56,707 --> 00:06:58,626 Vulcans will soon recognize 117 00:06:58,709 --> 00:07:02,713 and withdraw from the failed experiment known as "the Federation." 118 00:07:08,803 --> 00:07:10,805 [theme music playing] 119 00:08:38,893 --> 00:08:41,646 Computer, green juice. Extra green. 120 00:08:41,729 --> 00:08:43,022 Computer, cancel that order. 121 00:08:43,564 --> 00:08:46,567 That's hardly the correct ratio of protein, carbohydrates, and fat. 122 00:08:47,318 --> 00:08:50,446 Computer, three-egg-white breakfast burrito with black beans. 123 00:08:50,821 --> 00:08:52,114 -Computer-- -Make it two. 124 00:08:52,949 --> 00:08:54,283 Computer, add salsa. 125 00:08:54,951 --> 00:08:57,495 Computer, add roasted-tomato salsa. 126 00:08:57,578 --> 00:08:59,747 Cooked tomatoes are a great source of lycopene. 127 00:08:59,830 --> 00:09:02,458 -Remember that. -Oh, my God. You are so scary. 128 00:09:02,542 --> 00:09:05,711 [computer] Two appetizing and nutrient-filled burritos. 129 00:09:06,754 --> 00:09:08,422 New guy, 3 o'clock. 130 00:09:09,131 --> 00:09:10,883 Lieutenant Ash Tyler. 131 00:09:11,842 --> 00:09:14,136 Scuttlebutt is he took out six Klingon warriors 132 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:16,472 in hand-to-hand combat when he and the captain escaped 133 00:09:16,556 --> 00:09:19,725 -that Bird-of-Prey. -Six? I've fought Klingons. I doubt it. 134 00:09:19,809 --> 00:09:21,978 Now the captain practically wants to adopt him. 135 00:09:22,061 --> 00:09:24,897 I can't imagine Captain Lorca feeling that way about anyone. 136 00:09:24,981 --> 00:09:26,566 Why? He practically adopted you. 137 00:09:27,108 --> 00:09:30,528 I believe every word of it. Kind of feel like it makes him hotter. 138 00:09:31,404 --> 00:09:33,948 [man on comm] Ensign Molina, please report to engineering. 139 00:09:37,827 --> 00:09:41,247 Scuttlebutt is you took out six Klingon warriors in hand-to-hand combat. 140 00:09:41,330 --> 00:09:44,000 Can't believe everything you hear. Please, sit down. 141 00:09:45,668 --> 00:09:48,504 I'm Cadet Sylvia Tilly. Uh, this is my mentor, Michael. 142 00:09:48,588 --> 00:09:51,340 [woman on comm] Commander Wilson, report to the transporter room. 143 00:09:51,841 --> 00:09:52,758 You're Michael Burnham. 144 00:09:53,801 --> 00:09:56,929 The same. You probably can believe everything you hear. 145 00:09:58,014 --> 00:09:59,682 I assess people in the here and now. 146 00:10:00,182 --> 00:10:02,602 You're a functioning crew member of a Federation starship. 147 00:10:02,685 --> 00:10:04,687 Right here. Right now. 148 00:10:13,404 --> 00:10:14,447 Crazy kids. 149 00:10:15,740 --> 00:10:16,574 Michael. 150 00:10:19,994 --> 00:10:21,162 Michael, what's wrong? 151 00:10:25,124 --> 00:10:26,042 I should go. 152 00:10:26,125 --> 00:10:27,585 -You okay? -Yes. 153 00:10:27,877 --> 00:10:28,711 No. 154 00:10:29,795 --> 00:10:32,506 [panting] 155 00:10:32,590 --> 00:10:33,424 [screams] 156 00:10:36,385 --> 00:10:37,386 Sarek. 157 00:10:40,222 --> 00:10:41,932 [Sarek] My mind to your mind. 158 00:10:46,228 --> 00:10:48,397 My thoughts to your thoughts. 159 00:10:58,699 --> 00:11:02,411 [man] I believe this is one of our most promising groups of graduates. 160 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:05,164 -[crowd chattering] -[harpist playing ethereal music] 161 00:11:24,016 --> 00:11:27,353 We can't let them do this to her. She has worked her whole life for this. 162 00:11:27,436 --> 00:11:29,939 She's excelled. You have to do something. 163 00:11:30,022 --> 00:11:33,192 -This is not fair. -There is no logic in your request, wife. 164 00:11:33,275 --> 00:11:35,069 Fairness is quantifiable. 165 00:11:35,152 --> 00:11:39,240 The Vulcan Expeditionary Group has rated her abilities as insufficient 166 00:11:39,699 --> 00:11:40,950 and rendered their decision. 167 00:11:41,033 --> 00:11:42,535 Their decision is wrong. 168 00:11:42,618 --> 00:11:44,495 She graduated at the top of her class. 169 00:11:44,578 --> 00:11:46,622 Her test scores are better than any Vulcan. 170 00:11:46,705 --> 00:11:48,457 [Sarek] There are other metrics. 171 00:11:48,541 --> 00:11:51,001 Spiritual discipline, martial arts... 172 00:11:51,502 --> 00:11:54,088 -logic. -Please, I want to go home. 173 00:11:54,672 --> 00:11:56,257 Humiliation is a human emotion. 174 00:11:58,467 --> 00:11:59,468 I'm sorry, Sarek. 175 00:12:02,430 --> 00:12:03,931 You were wrong to believe in me. 176 00:12:04,014 --> 00:12:05,850 -No, no, no. -I can't compete here. 177 00:12:06,350 --> 00:12:08,436 I do not have the required abilities. 178 00:12:09,353 --> 00:12:11,647 -I am not good enough. -[Amanda] Nonsense. 179 00:12:11,730 --> 00:12:14,483 Sarek, make her see the truth. 180 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:17,069 [Sarek] She cannot thrive in the Vulcan service. 181 00:12:17,153 --> 00:12:19,780 Perhaps I can find a place for her in Starfleet, 182 00:12:19,864 --> 00:12:22,074 where the requirements are less extreme. 183 00:12:26,328 --> 00:12:29,457 What are you doing here? This is my mind. 184 00:12:30,291 --> 00:12:32,376 -[Burnham] You brought me here. -Leave now! 185 00:12:32,460 --> 00:12:34,086 Sarek! 186 00:12:38,924 --> 00:12:41,510 Ever since the bombing, part of me, 187 00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:44,305 my katra, has been with you. 188 00:12:44,680 --> 00:12:46,098 My thoughts to your thoughts. 189 00:12:46,474 --> 00:12:47,766 [gasps] Sarek. 190 00:12:47,850 --> 00:12:50,060 It's okay, Burnham. You're in sick bay. 191 00:12:50,144 --> 00:12:52,813 -What's the matter with her? -I have no idea. 192 00:12:53,230 --> 00:12:55,024 Nothing shows up on any of her scans. 193 00:12:55,107 --> 00:12:58,694 -It's not me, it's Sarek. He's in trouble. -How would you know that? 194 00:12:59,236 --> 00:13:00,905 I share part of his katra. 195 00:13:00,988 --> 00:13:02,364 His eternal life force. 196 00:13:02,448 --> 00:13:03,741 Like a Vulcan soul. 197 00:13:04,325 --> 00:13:07,620 I've heard stories. I just assumed it was an ancient myth. 198 00:13:07,703 --> 00:13:10,247 How can you share a soul with Sarek? 199 00:13:10,331 --> 00:13:12,333 -You're not Vulcan. -I was raised as one. 200 00:13:12,416 --> 00:13:14,376 After my parents were killed at a Vulcan outpost-- 201 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:16,587 Sarek and his human wife, Amanda, took you in. 202 00:13:16,670 --> 00:13:18,172 Your story is well-documented. 203 00:13:18,255 --> 00:13:20,800 He believed I could serve as humanity's potential. 204 00:13:22,551 --> 00:13:24,512 How could he put that pressure on a child? 205 00:13:24,595 --> 00:13:27,973 But not everyone agreed with him. A group of logic extremists... 206 00:13:29,141 --> 00:13:32,311 didn't want humans in their culture, tried to stop him by killing me. 207 00:13:32,394 --> 00:13:33,854 They bombed the Learning Center 208 00:13:33,938 --> 00:13:37,191 -where I was educated. -Vulcans tried to murder you? 209 00:13:37,274 --> 00:13:40,069 Renegade Vulcans, a small faction. And they didn't try. 210 00:13:40,361 --> 00:13:41,779 Doctor, they succeeded. 211 00:13:42,446 --> 00:13:43,906 I was dead for three minutes. 212 00:13:45,366 --> 00:13:48,035 The katra has a healing power. Sarek used it to save me. 213 00:13:48,118 --> 00:13:49,245 A kind of soul graft. 214 00:13:49,328 --> 00:13:51,872 It's a procedure that's frowned upon, and rare. 215 00:13:51,956 --> 00:13:55,668 So, you're... linked with him? He gets wounded, you feel pain? 216 00:13:56,961 --> 00:13:58,963 -Has this happened to you before? -Once. 217 00:14:00,089 --> 00:14:01,215 The start of the war. 218 00:14:01,298 --> 00:14:03,008 He sensed my distress... 219 00:14:03,592 --> 00:14:04,718 and came to me. 220 00:14:06,345 --> 00:14:09,390 But this is different. I can feel him slipping away. 221 00:14:09,473 --> 00:14:13,394 I don't think this is a conscious effort. Sarek is delirious. He might be dying. 222 00:14:14,562 --> 00:14:15,396 Captain... 223 00:14:17,731 --> 00:14:18,566 Please. 224 00:14:19,358 --> 00:14:20,818 Captain, help me find him. 225 00:14:24,738 --> 00:14:25,656 [grunts] 226 00:14:25,739 --> 00:14:29,159 Michael Burnham is correct. The Vulcan High Council has confirmed 227 00:14:29,243 --> 00:14:32,288 that Ambassador Sarek's ship was sabotaged 228 00:14:32,371 --> 00:14:33,873 by logic extremists. 229 00:14:33,956 --> 00:14:37,001 I'm told that the Vulcans were secretly invited to a meeting 230 00:14:37,084 --> 00:14:39,587 with two independent Klingon houses, 231 00:14:39,670 --> 00:14:41,797 in an attempt to forge an alliance to end the war. 232 00:14:41,881 --> 00:14:44,592 Klingons don't normally send party invitations. 233 00:14:44,675 --> 00:14:45,551 Indeed. 234 00:14:46,218 --> 00:14:50,764 But both of these houses were ousted by General Kol's new ruling council. 235 00:14:51,515 --> 00:14:54,184 It is their wish to undermine his authority. 236 00:14:54,268 --> 00:14:57,146 -And the Vulcans believe that? -Not without reservation. 237 00:14:57,980 --> 00:15:00,107 The meeting was organized on neutral ground 238 00:15:00,190 --> 00:15:01,901 by the elders of Cancri 4. 239 00:15:02,651 --> 00:15:06,113 Sarek was chosen to vet the legitimacy of their claims. 240 00:15:06,947 --> 00:15:11,201 He's demonstrated a unique ability to forge relationships with races 241 00:15:11,285 --> 00:15:16,040 that do not follow logic-based ideology. 242 00:15:16,540 --> 00:15:18,083 Vulcans went behind Starfleet's back 243 00:15:18,167 --> 00:15:21,420 'cause they thought they could clear up our illogical mess. 244 00:15:21,795 --> 00:15:23,714 So, where is the ambassador right now? 245 00:15:23,797 --> 00:15:25,799 Lost in a nebula near Yridia. 246 00:15:26,592 --> 00:15:29,511 Starfleet Command is assessing the situation 247 00:15:29,595 --> 00:15:31,931 to organize a recovery operation. 248 00:15:32,014 --> 00:15:35,100 Well, the longer you assess, the greater the chance Sarek dies. 249 00:15:35,726 --> 00:15:37,728 And so does the best chance for peace. 250 00:15:38,312 --> 00:15:40,481 -I'll go get him. -Absolutely not. 251 00:15:40,564 --> 00:15:42,441 There are protocols to be followed. 252 00:15:42,524 --> 00:15:46,028 You can tell the Vulcans they're welcome. I'm happy to clean up their mess. 253 00:15:46,111 --> 00:15:47,363 -Discovery out. -Captain-- 254 00:16:00,167 --> 00:16:02,169 [alarm wailing] 255 00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:07,967 We have arrived at the Yridia nebula. 256 00:16:08,467 --> 00:16:10,970 Start scanning for the ambassador's emergency beacon. 257 00:16:11,637 --> 00:16:12,972 [door opens] 258 00:16:14,014 --> 00:16:16,141 -How are you feeling? -I still sense Sarek, 259 00:16:16,225 --> 00:16:18,644 but it's growing erratic. I think he's getting worse. 260 00:16:19,228 --> 00:16:21,522 -Don't worry, we'll get him back. -[Saru] Captain. 261 00:16:21,605 --> 00:16:24,441 Scanners detect no signs of the ambassador's ship. 262 00:16:24,525 --> 00:16:28,028 The nebula's radioactive gases are rendering our sensors inoperative. 263 00:16:28,112 --> 00:16:30,739 All right, we'll send out probes, scan sector by sector. 264 00:16:30,823 --> 00:16:32,992 Considering the size of the nebula, 265 00:16:33,075 --> 00:16:35,035 uh, that method could take months. 266 00:16:36,453 --> 00:16:38,288 Well, any other options, Number One? 267 00:16:39,039 --> 00:16:40,165 Me. 268 00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:43,585 [Stamets] Now, that's my kind of crazy. 269 00:16:43,669 --> 00:16:47,131 You're talking about building a synthetic mind-meld augment. 270 00:16:47,715 --> 00:16:49,383 -Groovy. -Clearly your trip 271 00:16:49,466 --> 00:16:52,886 down the mycelium path has lightened your mood, Lieutenant. 272 00:16:52,970 --> 00:16:56,306 [Stamets] Once you're past getting stabbed by needles, it's pretty great. 273 00:16:56,390 --> 00:16:57,891 I'm guessing from your reaction, 274 00:16:57,975 --> 00:17:00,227 modifying this neural enhancer is a viable method 275 00:17:00,310 --> 00:17:01,937 -to achieve what I need. -Sure. 276 00:17:02,688 --> 00:17:03,522 Hey, why not? 277 00:17:03,605 --> 00:17:05,899 Now, we boost you neural impulses 278 00:17:05,983 --> 00:17:07,526 to reconnect with his katra, 279 00:17:07,609 --> 00:17:11,655 then pump those same signals into your noggin and voilà. 280 00:17:12,239 --> 00:17:13,157 SarekVision. 281 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,868 I gotta say, this katra stuff is way cool. 282 00:17:16,285 --> 00:17:20,497 An uncharted superhighway connecting all of consciousness and life? 283 00:17:20,581 --> 00:17:23,792 We have exactly no time to discuss the metaphysical implications. 284 00:17:23,876 --> 00:17:26,712 I sense that Sarek is unconscious. I wanna use this mind-meld 285 00:17:26,795 --> 00:17:29,465 to wake him up so he can activate his ship's transponder. 286 00:17:29,548 --> 00:17:34,094 -Right. Like a psychic hit of speed. -I was thinking adrenaline shot, but okay. 287 00:17:34,178 --> 00:17:35,929 [Stamets] There is one wrinkle, though. Um... 288 00:17:36,513 --> 00:17:39,975 Radioactive interference from the nebula is gonna diffuse your signal. 289 00:17:40,476 --> 00:17:43,812 You will never be able to maintain a strong enough connection with Sarek 290 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:44,772 from out here. 291 00:17:44,855 --> 00:17:47,232 So, we take the Discovery inside the nebula 292 00:17:47,316 --> 00:17:50,194 -and get closer to him. -Oh, bad idea. 293 00:17:50,652 --> 00:17:53,489 Guess what happens if we mix those cosmic gases 294 00:17:53,572 --> 00:17:56,909 with our concentration of mycelium spores we have onboard. 295 00:17:56,992 --> 00:17:57,826 Uh... 296 00:17:59,411 --> 00:18:02,039 -[mimics explosion] -Huh. 297 00:18:02,122 --> 00:18:05,834 -Okay, so we go in with a shuttle. -Oh. You'd have to fly into that soup 298 00:18:05,918 --> 00:18:08,962 with nothing but hope and a prayer. Are you really that crazy? 299 00:18:09,630 --> 00:18:10,923 -Good to know. -[Lorca clears throat] 300 00:18:11,256 --> 00:18:13,133 [Stamets] I know, I know. Get to work. 301 00:18:14,718 --> 00:18:17,554 As long as I don't overstay my welcome, shuttle shields can handle it. 302 00:18:17,638 --> 00:18:19,807 But I need someone to work the neural enhancer. 303 00:18:19,890 --> 00:18:20,891 I'd like Cadet Tilly. 304 00:18:21,725 --> 00:18:22,810 She's smart. 305 00:18:23,477 --> 00:18:26,480 -And I could use the moral support. -All right, then you'll get it. 306 00:18:26,563 --> 00:18:29,399 And you need a pilot who can fly you through that storm 307 00:18:29,483 --> 00:18:31,652 and, more importantly, get you out alive. 308 00:18:32,402 --> 00:18:33,403 Luckily, I know a guy. 309 00:18:35,489 --> 00:18:38,909 [man on comm] Attention, all personnel. Clear dock 3 for shield test. 310 00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:41,078 -Cadet. -Sir. 311 00:18:45,624 --> 00:18:47,084 [Lorca] Bring her back in one piece. 312 00:18:47,501 --> 00:18:48,335 Not a scratch. 313 00:18:49,211 --> 00:18:51,088 I'm talking about her. 314 00:18:51,839 --> 00:18:54,716 [man on comm] Cadet Wells, please report to engineering. 315 00:18:55,342 --> 00:18:56,677 Or don't come back at all. 316 00:19:21,618 --> 00:19:25,122 [Saru over comm] Captain. Incoming transmission from Admiral Cornwell. 317 00:19:25,622 --> 00:19:27,040 Transfer it to my quarters. 318 00:19:27,124 --> 00:19:28,917 I'm afraid that won't do, sir. 319 00:19:29,710 --> 00:19:31,211 What do you mean, that won't do? 320 00:19:31,336 --> 00:19:35,632 Her cruiser just dropped out of warp, and she's requesting permission to land. 321 00:19:36,967 --> 00:19:37,801 Here. 322 00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:40,971 All right. I'll see her in my ready room. 323 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:45,559 What the hell do you think you're doing? I thought Terral was gonna throw a fit. 324 00:19:45,642 --> 00:19:48,312 -And he's a damn Vulcan. -I did what I thought was best. 325 00:19:48,395 --> 00:19:51,023 You launched an unauthorized rescue mission 326 00:19:51,106 --> 00:19:52,941 using a convicted mutineer. 327 00:19:53,025 --> 00:19:57,154 Not to mention a POW who has barely had time to recover. 328 00:19:57,738 --> 00:20:00,991 -Can you even trust this guy? -Yes, Admiral. I checked him out. 329 00:20:01,283 --> 00:20:03,285 Tyler graduated with honors from the Academy 330 00:20:03,368 --> 00:20:04,494 before he saved my life. 331 00:20:04,578 --> 00:20:08,248 You are captain of the most advanced ship in the fleet, 332 00:20:08,332 --> 00:20:11,543 the cornerstone of our entire defense against the Klingons. 333 00:20:12,002 --> 00:20:14,671 You cannot treat Discovery like it's your own fiefdom. 334 00:20:14,755 --> 00:20:17,007 Is it true what I heard about Lieutenant Stamets? 335 00:20:17,090 --> 00:20:18,967 He engaged in eugenic manipulation? 336 00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:20,928 He got the spore drive working again. 337 00:20:21,178 --> 00:20:24,056 -Yeah, he saved the ship and the crew. -I appreciate that. 338 00:20:24,139 --> 00:20:27,559 -But there are rules-- -Rules are for admirals in back offices. 339 00:20:27,643 --> 00:20:29,478 I'm out there trying to win a war. 340 00:20:29,561 --> 00:20:32,064 Then don't make enemies on your own side. 341 00:20:32,147 --> 00:20:34,608 What are you doing here? What's really going on? 342 00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:37,152 I came to see my friend. 343 00:20:39,404 --> 00:20:43,909 Okay. Why don't we stop talking like Starfleet officers, Kat, and, uh... 344 00:20:45,702 --> 00:20:47,246 start talking like friends? 345 00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:06,515 Hey, where's that old Burnham bluster, huh? 346 00:21:07,224 --> 00:21:10,102 The bad-ass lady who's always pushing me to be the best I can be? 347 00:21:13,188 --> 00:21:15,357 Do you know what helps me when I'm freaked out? 348 00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:17,109 Talking. 349 00:21:18,694 --> 00:21:20,279 You know where Sarek's mind is? 350 00:21:21,446 --> 00:21:23,323 Where his dying thoughts have taken him? 351 00:21:24,783 --> 00:21:27,244 -To me. -I mean, that's kind of beautiful. 352 00:21:27,327 --> 00:21:28,161 No. 353 00:21:28,954 --> 00:21:30,789 [sighs] No, you don't understand. 354 00:21:30,872 --> 00:21:34,167 I was supposed to be his proof that humans and Vulcans could coexist 355 00:21:34,251 --> 00:21:35,252 as equals. 356 00:21:36,461 --> 00:21:38,964 But I ended up being his greatest disappointment. 357 00:21:39,756 --> 00:21:41,383 That's what he's reflecting on. 358 00:21:41,717 --> 00:21:44,011 I was rejected from the Expeditionary Group 359 00:21:44,469 --> 00:21:45,762 for being too human. 360 00:21:46,638 --> 00:21:48,307 My failure is his last thought. 361 00:21:50,475 --> 00:21:52,936 He doesn't believe in me, but I'm supposed to save him. 362 00:21:53,020 --> 00:21:54,980 [Tyler] We're at Sarek's last known location. 363 00:21:55,063 --> 00:21:57,316 Can we do this before we get torn to pieces? 364 00:21:57,399 --> 00:21:59,067 Or you can keep chatting. Up to you. 365 00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:01,028 Okay. Good to go. 366 00:22:02,654 --> 00:22:04,781 Provided this thing doesn't fry your brain. 367 00:22:08,577 --> 00:22:11,997 Now, if the bio-readings show something weird-- 368 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,582 They will. Sarek is delirious. 369 00:22:13,665 --> 00:22:15,709 I can't allow him to push me out again. 370 00:22:15,792 --> 00:22:18,295 But fighting him is gonna put a massive strain on me. 371 00:22:19,629 --> 00:22:22,215 Then... how do I know if I should pull you out? 372 00:22:22,299 --> 00:22:23,216 Don't. 373 00:22:23,300 --> 00:22:25,010 No matter what the sensors say, 374 00:22:25,093 --> 00:22:26,344 you leave me in there. 375 00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:28,221 Okay? 376 00:22:29,306 --> 00:22:30,140 Go. 377 00:22:32,642 --> 00:22:34,019 [powering up] 378 00:22:37,314 --> 00:22:39,483 [Sarek] She cannot thrive in the Vulcan service. 379 00:22:39,566 --> 00:22:41,693 [Burnham] I'm sorry. You were wrong to believe in me. 380 00:22:42,319 --> 00:22:44,321 [harpist playing ethereal music] 381 00:22:44,404 --> 00:22:46,406 [crowd chattering] 382 00:22:48,575 --> 00:22:50,827 [Amanda] Do you remember, on your tenth birthday... 383 00:22:51,536 --> 00:22:55,749 we took a shuttle and we went to the seventh moon of Eridani D? 384 00:22:55,832 --> 00:22:58,085 [Burnham] I recall. To experience a book exchange. 385 00:22:58,168 --> 00:22:59,294 An ancient human ritual. 386 00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:00,837 This gift... 387 00:23:01,546 --> 00:23:03,799 comes with a mother's advice. 388 00:23:03,882 --> 00:23:06,301 You've proven you're as accomplished as any Vulcan, 389 00:23:06,384 --> 00:23:07,886 which is gonna serve you well. 390 00:23:08,804 --> 00:23:11,640 As long as you never forget... 391 00:23:12,557 --> 00:23:13,892 that you're human, too. 392 00:23:16,478 --> 00:23:18,021 You need to nurture that side. 393 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:23,401 There's Sarek. 394 00:23:23,985 --> 00:23:26,446 He's talking to the Expeditionary Group director. 395 00:23:34,496 --> 00:23:36,665 She got in, didn't she? 396 00:23:36,748 --> 00:23:38,375 Michael's application... 397 00:23:39,459 --> 00:23:40,335 was rejected. 398 00:23:41,586 --> 00:23:45,590 If this is your attempt at humor, you're gonna need more practice, husband. 399 00:23:46,675 --> 00:23:48,301 -It is not. -Why? 400 00:23:48,385 --> 00:23:51,263 No human has ever been accepted into the Vulcan Expeditionary Group. 401 00:23:51,346 --> 00:23:53,265 Success was always an unlikely outcome. 402 00:23:53,348 --> 00:23:55,976 What is the reason that they could possibly reject her? 403 00:23:56,059 --> 00:23:58,145 [Sarek] Obviously, I had hoped for better. 404 00:23:58,603 --> 00:23:59,646 I don't wanna be here. 405 00:23:59,729 --> 00:24:01,648 -Michael. -Please, I want to leave. 406 00:24:01,731 --> 00:24:03,817 -[Amanda] Listen to me. -Why are you doing this? 407 00:24:05,193 --> 00:24:07,612 I told you before, you're not welcome here. 408 00:24:08,864 --> 00:24:10,991 You called me here. Your katra pulled me. 409 00:24:11,074 --> 00:24:13,076 This is my mind. Stay out. 410 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:17,122 You're near death. I can help you like you helped me. 411 00:24:17,205 --> 00:24:19,332 Give me a chance. Please. 412 00:24:19,416 --> 00:24:20,500 You will fail. 413 00:24:20,917 --> 00:24:21,835 [grunting] 414 00:24:24,504 --> 00:24:26,506 [alarm beeping rapidly] 415 00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:30,260 -What's happening? -I don't know. 416 00:24:30,343 --> 00:24:32,846 -Then wake her up. -She said not to. It'll sever the link. 417 00:24:32,929 --> 00:24:34,139 I outrank you. 418 00:24:35,182 --> 00:24:36,141 Damn it. Fine. 419 00:24:41,938 --> 00:24:43,315 [gasps] 420 00:24:43,398 --> 00:24:45,442 -[soft jazz music] -[Cornwell chuckles] 421 00:24:46,109 --> 00:24:48,987 Nothing like a single malt, straight from the motherland. 422 00:24:49,070 --> 00:24:51,072 I still think about the bottle we killed 423 00:24:51,156 --> 00:24:54,784 that night we went to see the Perseids meteor shower. 424 00:24:55,744 --> 00:24:56,745 [chuckles] 425 00:24:57,621 --> 00:24:59,664 -You don't remember? -No, I was just... 426 00:25:00,749 --> 00:25:02,250 thinking how long ago it seems. 427 00:25:03,293 --> 00:25:04,169 Yeah. 428 00:25:04,836 --> 00:25:05,795 We were so young. 429 00:25:07,672 --> 00:25:09,257 With grand plans for the future. 430 00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:10,884 Well, some of us still have. 431 00:25:12,093 --> 00:25:12,969 I know. 432 00:25:17,474 --> 00:25:19,476 I worry about you, Gabriel. 433 00:25:19,559 --> 00:25:22,771 Some of the decisions you've been making recently have been... 434 00:25:22,979 --> 00:25:25,148 -troubling. -Well, war doesn't provide 435 00:25:25,232 --> 00:25:27,234 too many opportunities for niceties. 436 00:25:27,317 --> 00:25:28,693 You're pushing this crew. 437 00:25:29,569 --> 00:25:32,239 You're putting the ship in harm's way. 438 00:25:32,948 --> 00:25:34,407 You've been ignoring orders. 439 00:25:34,491 --> 00:25:35,992 I'm in the front line, Kat. 440 00:25:37,285 --> 00:25:39,704 You gotta make decisions in a second, sometimes less. 441 00:25:39,788 --> 00:25:42,624 Which is why Starfleet needs you at your best. 442 00:25:43,458 --> 00:25:46,753 -I'm not sure we're getting it. -I'm not sure the Klingons would agree. 443 00:25:46,836 --> 00:25:48,672 I'm not talking about your record. 444 00:25:49,256 --> 00:25:50,674 I'm talking about you. 445 00:25:53,134 --> 00:25:56,846 I don't think you've been the same since the Buran. 446 00:25:57,347 --> 00:25:58,181 Hmm. 447 00:26:01,142 --> 00:26:03,311 [sighs] I passed every test. 448 00:26:04,062 --> 00:26:05,564 Cleared for duty every time. 449 00:26:06,564 --> 00:26:08,441 But you know that, don't you, doc? 450 00:26:08,525 --> 00:26:11,528 Yes, I've... read your psych evals. 451 00:26:11,611 --> 00:26:14,614 -You passed with flying colors. -So, what's really the problem? 452 00:26:15,490 --> 00:26:18,576 Less than a week ago, you were being tortured. 453 00:26:18,660 --> 00:26:20,245 Now you're back in the chair. 454 00:26:21,830 --> 00:26:23,373 How do you feel about that? 455 00:26:23,456 --> 00:26:25,166 [laughs] 456 00:26:27,919 --> 00:26:30,755 Are we in session? I didn't know you were practicing again. 457 00:26:31,381 --> 00:26:35,343 'Cause... if I have your undivided attention... 458 00:26:36,303 --> 00:26:37,470 for 50 minutes... 459 00:26:39,639 --> 00:26:42,726 I can think of a whole bunch of other things we could be doing. 460 00:26:56,906 --> 00:26:59,659 -[alarms beeping] -Laying in a course back to Discovery. 461 00:26:59,743 --> 00:27:02,037 -No, you're not. -He actually is, though. 462 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:04,706 -I'm not leaving here without Sarek. -Those are not my orders. 463 00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:06,708 -[Tilly] Hey. -[sighs, then gasps] 464 00:27:07,709 --> 00:27:10,587 Sarek keeps blocking me. I can't fight you, too. 465 00:27:11,546 --> 00:27:12,881 All right. What can we do? 466 00:27:12,964 --> 00:27:13,882 I don't know. 467 00:27:13,965 --> 00:27:16,134 His thoughts are fixed on my graduation day, 468 00:27:16,217 --> 00:27:17,761 but the emotions from that memory 469 00:27:17,844 --> 00:27:20,764 -are too difficult for me to handle. -Maybe it's hard for him, too. 470 00:27:20,847 --> 00:27:22,432 Or not. He's a Vulcan. 471 00:27:24,893 --> 00:27:28,063 Why is he thinking of your failure? Where's the logic in that? 472 00:27:28,146 --> 00:27:29,522 I've been close to death. 473 00:27:29,814 --> 00:27:32,901 Right up next to it. You don't think about who's failed you. 474 00:27:32,984 --> 00:27:34,069 None of that matters. 475 00:27:34,152 --> 00:27:35,653 You think about who you love. 476 00:27:36,237 --> 00:27:38,031 What you wish you'd done differently. 477 00:27:40,825 --> 00:27:42,744 What does he wish he'd done differently? 478 00:27:58,843 --> 00:27:59,761 I'm going back in. 479 00:28:09,145 --> 00:28:11,940 [Sarek] She cannot thrive in the Vulcan service. 480 00:28:15,402 --> 00:28:16,236 Sarek. 481 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:23,993 You continue to demonstrate an inability to learn. 482 00:28:24,077 --> 00:28:26,246 -You cannot defeat me. -What are you hiding? 483 00:28:29,249 --> 00:28:30,458 [grunting] 484 00:28:33,795 --> 00:28:36,631 What don't you want me to see? Is it worth dying over? 485 00:28:38,299 --> 00:28:41,261 I can save you, Sarek. But you have to let me into your mind. 486 00:28:41,344 --> 00:28:43,596 Let me in. You had faith in me once. 487 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:45,724 I'm asking you to have faith in me again. 488 00:28:45,807 --> 00:28:47,183 I never lost faith in you. 489 00:28:48,893 --> 00:28:50,270 The failure on this day... 490 00:28:51,438 --> 00:28:52,772 was mine, and mine alone. 491 00:28:56,109 --> 00:28:57,026 I will show you. 492 00:28:59,154 --> 00:29:02,532 The Expeditionary Group has examined Graduate Burnham's application 493 00:29:02,615 --> 00:29:06,369 -with great interest. -Acceptance with honors is her due. 494 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,248 By conventional decision parameters, yes. 495 00:29:10,832 --> 00:29:13,626 Your hesitation is to do with her nature? 496 00:29:13,710 --> 00:29:16,337 [director] Certainly, her nurture is unquestionable. 497 00:29:16,421 --> 00:29:20,091 I have created in her a being of exquisite logic 498 00:29:20,175 --> 00:29:21,926 to rival the best of our species. 499 00:29:22,302 --> 00:29:25,638 An accomplishment you have achieved not once but twice. 500 00:29:25,722 --> 00:29:28,349 Your ward, Michael, and your son, Spock. 501 00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:30,977 What has my son to do with this situation? 502 00:29:31,060 --> 00:29:33,646 He has not yet begun his studies at the Science Academy. 503 00:29:33,730 --> 00:29:37,192 Upon completion, he will apply to the Vulcan Expeditionary Group, 504 00:29:37,275 --> 00:29:42,030 and then there will be not one but two non-Vulcans in its ranks. 505 00:29:42,572 --> 00:29:44,449 -Spock is-- -Half-Vulcan. 506 00:29:44,908 --> 00:29:47,327 Another of your experiments. 507 00:29:47,410 --> 00:29:51,289 The integration of humans into our culture is an admirable goal, 508 00:29:51,372 --> 00:29:52,832 but it must be titrated. 509 00:29:53,541 --> 00:29:56,461 In honor of your position and reputation... 510 00:29:57,962 --> 00:29:59,255 I will accept one... 511 00:30:00,006 --> 00:30:01,466 of your not-quite-Vulcans. 512 00:30:02,967 --> 00:30:06,554 You... ask me to make an impossible choice. 513 00:30:06,638 --> 00:30:08,973 [director] Your reaction to this is quite illogical 514 00:30:09,057 --> 00:30:11,518 and suggests a conclusion based on emotion. 515 00:30:20,235 --> 00:30:21,986 You chose Spock over me. 516 00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:23,696 Didn't you? 517 00:30:24,697 --> 00:30:27,534 You were forced into that decision. Why not tell me the truth? 518 00:30:27,617 --> 00:30:30,578 Spock went against my wishes... 519 00:30:31,246 --> 00:30:35,041 and joined Starfleet over the Vulcan Expeditionary Group. 520 00:30:35,124 --> 00:30:39,629 The choice I made merited nothing. 521 00:30:39,712 --> 00:30:41,840 What would be gained by telling you that? 522 00:30:42,215 --> 00:30:45,260 Instead, you made me believe I failed you. 523 00:30:45,343 --> 00:30:46,719 You manipulated me. 524 00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:50,014 Do you have any idea what living with that lie did to me? 525 00:30:50,098 --> 00:30:51,057 I did not. 526 00:30:53,268 --> 00:30:55,019 But I do now. 527 00:30:56,938 --> 00:30:58,815 I failed you, Michael Burnham. 528 00:31:02,485 --> 00:31:03,570 [Sarek groaning] 529 00:31:09,450 --> 00:31:10,827 And for that, I have... 530 00:31:12,745 --> 00:31:13,621 so much... 531 00:31:14,414 --> 00:31:15,248 Shame? 532 00:31:16,499 --> 00:31:17,333 Yes. 533 00:31:23,381 --> 00:31:25,425 Show me how to save you like you saved me. 534 00:31:35,143 --> 00:31:38,104 [both] My mind to your mind. 535 00:31:39,564 --> 00:31:43,359 My thoughts to your thoughts. [gasps] 536 00:31:43,443 --> 00:31:45,486 Wake up, Sarek. Tell us where you are. 537 00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:46,446 [gasps] 538 00:32:12,055 --> 00:32:13,932 [beeping] 539 00:32:14,015 --> 00:32:15,308 I got his transponder. 540 00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:17,018 You did it. 541 00:32:21,230 --> 00:32:23,983 [gasps, sighs] 542 00:32:38,498 --> 00:32:40,083 [Cornwell gasps] 543 00:32:40,166 --> 00:32:42,210 -[panting] -[phaser powering up] 544 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,131 [powers phaser off] 545 00:32:49,467 --> 00:32:52,387 I'm sorry. I'm not used to having anyone in my bed. 546 00:32:54,263 --> 00:32:56,891 You sleep with a phaser in your bed, and say nothing's wrong? 547 00:32:56,975 --> 00:32:58,601 -Kat-- -All these months... 548 00:32:58,685 --> 00:33:01,187 I have ignored the signs, but I can't anymore. 549 00:33:01,270 --> 00:33:03,690 The truth is, you are not the man I used to know. 550 00:33:03,773 --> 00:33:06,192 -Of course I am. -I'm not like the rest at Starfleet, 551 00:33:06,275 --> 00:33:07,694 blinded by your victories. 552 00:33:07,777 --> 00:33:10,154 You lied on those psych evaluations. 553 00:33:10,238 --> 00:33:13,116 And you did it so brilliantly you fooled everyone. 554 00:33:13,199 --> 00:33:15,535 That what you're doing here? Came to evaluate me yourself? 555 00:33:15,618 --> 00:33:18,746 I have watched you change these last months. 556 00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:20,123 It's upsetting. 557 00:33:20,206 --> 00:33:21,624 -Kat-- -Now I see, 558 00:33:21,708 --> 00:33:24,585 it's worse than I even thought. Your behavior is pathological. 559 00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:27,672 That's what tonight was, right? Trying to get me to back off? 560 00:33:28,089 --> 00:33:31,342 It sure wasn't what it was like before. But this is bigger than us. 561 00:33:31,926 --> 00:33:33,094 You said it yourself. 562 00:33:33,553 --> 00:33:34,387 We're at war. 563 00:33:38,391 --> 00:33:41,978 I can't leave Starfleet's most powerful weapon 564 00:33:42,061 --> 00:33:43,688 in the hands of a broken man. 565 00:33:45,148 --> 00:33:46,607 Don't take my ship away from me. 566 00:33:47,775 --> 00:33:50,194 She's all I got. Please, I'm begging you. 567 00:33:51,070 --> 00:33:52,363 [stammers] You're right. 568 00:33:52,447 --> 00:33:56,659 It's been harder on me than I let on. I lied about everything, and I need help. 569 00:33:59,787 --> 00:34:02,081 I hate that I can't tell if this is really you. 570 00:34:09,255 --> 00:34:12,050 [Saru over comm] Captain, Lieutenant Tyler has just returned. 571 00:34:12,425 --> 00:34:14,594 They have Ambassador Sarek, 572 00:34:14,677 --> 00:34:16,304 but he is severely wounded. 573 00:34:16,387 --> 00:34:17,722 On my way to sick bay. 574 00:34:22,393 --> 00:34:26,731 He'll live. But Dr. Culber says he can't meet the Klingons in this condition. 575 00:34:27,774 --> 00:34:30,193 The window for the talks closes in a few hours. 576 00:34:30,276 --> 00:34:33,279 Even if the Federation wanted to step in, they couldn't get there in time. 577 00:34:33,362 --> 00:34:34,947 Admiral Cornwell could. 578 00:34:36,365 --> 00:34:38,242 I mean, we're already halfway there. 579 00:34:39,077 --> 00:34:40,369 She could take an envoy, 580 00:34:40,828 --> 00:34:43,247 small enough so as not to rattle the Klingons. 581 00:34:44,248 --> 00:34:45,166 I know her. 582 00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:48,211 She'd do anything to keep the chance of peace alive. 583 00:34:51,255 --> 00:34:52,590 You did well, Burnham. 584 00:34:52,673 --> 00:34:53,841 You should be proud. 585 00:34:55,635 --> 00:34:57,595 Much as it would displease my Vulcan mentor, 586 00:34:58,137 --> 00:35:00,181 I'm feeling a lot of emotions right now. 587 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:04,060 I'm not sure pride is one of them. 588 00:35:05,937 --> 00:35:07,980 But I do wanna thank you. 589 00:35:08,981 --> 00:35:12,401 Sir. You didn't have to mount this rescue mission for Sarek. 590 00:35:12,485 --> 00:35:13,820 I didn't do it for him. 591 00:35:16,155 --> 00:35:18,991 I need a team around me that's gonna help me carry the day. 592 00:35:19,534 --> 00:35:20,785 And that includes you. 593 00:35:21,786 --> 00:35:23,121 So I'd like to make it official. 594 00:35:23,579 --> 00:35:26,666 There's a post waiting for you on the bridge. Science specialist. 595 00:35:27,083 --> 00:35:29,335 -Don't even think about saying no. -I accept. 596 00:35:30,002 --> 00:35:30,837 Good. 597 00:35:34,674 --> 00:35:35,508 I'm grateful... 598 00:35:36,676 --> 00:35:38,219 to serve under a captain like you. 599 00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:44,892 [man on comm] Any available offload team to cargo bay 5. 600 00:35:54,026 --> 00:35:55,695 Good to see your strength returning. 601 00:35:56,571 --> 00:35:57,488 It is... 602 00:35:59,115 --> 00:36:03,327 unfortunate that I will not be able to continue my mission of peace. 603 00:36:06,914 --> 00:36:08,749 What do you recall of your rescue? 604 00:36:09,208 --> 00:36:10,960 Of what transpired between us? 605 00:36:11,043 --> 00:36:13,796 I was unconscious, was I not? 606 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:15,214 You know what happened. 607 00:36:17,049 --> 00:36:18,634 You could talk to me about it. 608 00:36:19,886 --> 00:36:21,846 Help me understand what you did. 609 00:36:21,929 --> 00:36:23,681 It could make us grow closer, 610 00:36:23,764 --> 00:36:25,016 not further apart. 611 00:36:25,766 --> 00:36:27,143 That's what families do. 612 00:36:28,895 --> 00:36:31,480 Technically, we are not related. 613 00:36:32,481 --> 00:36:33,816 You can do better. 614 00:36:35,943 --> 00:36:37,653 But I won't push you. 615 00:36:39,071 --> 00:36:41,073 We'll have this conversation one day. 616 00:36:42,116 --> 00:36:43,159 Father. 617 00:37:00,092 --> 00:37:01,719 I don't wanna ruin your career. 618 00:37:02,929 --> 00:37:06,182 But when I return, we'll talk about how you step down. 619 00:37:06,265 --> 00:37:09,560 And after you get some help, maybe we'll get you back in that chair. 620 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:17,902 Well, may fortune favor the bold, Admiral. 621 00:37:17,985 --> 00:37:19,612 Good luck with your negotiation. 622 00:37:42,635 --> 00:37:46,514 [man on comm] Attention all B deck crew, transpo drill has been canceled. 623 00:37:46,597 --> 00:37:48,140 [panting] 624 00:37:48,724 --> 00:37:49,684 Shaving off my time. 625 00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:51,018 I gave you bad advice. 626 00:37:51,936 --> 00:37:54,438 There are a million ways to get to the captain's chair. 627 00:37:55,648 --> 00:37:56,482 Find your own. 628 00:37:57,525 --> 00:37:58,359 I have. 629 00:38:07,994 --> 00:38:08,995 [computer] Green tea. 630 00:38:09,078 --> 00:38:13,708 Exceptional source of antioxidants, alkaloids, and amino acids. 631 00:38:22,341 --> 00:38:23,551 How's your Vulcan dad? 632 00:38:23,634 --> 00:38:24,593 [Burnham sighs] 633 00:38:26,095 --> 00:38:27,513 Stubborn and impenetrable... 634 00:38:28,806 --> 00:38:29,682 as always. 635 00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:32,727 He claims he doesn't remember any of the mind-meld. 636 00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:34,437 Well, good thing I was there, then. 637 00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:35,646 Mind-witness. 638 00:38:35,730 --> 00:38:37,148 [chuckles] 639 00:38:43,154 --> 00:38:45,906 I always knew I could never be who he wanted me to be. 640 00:38:51,037 --> 00:38:52,413 But I realized today... 641 00:38:53,956 --> 00:38:55,291 that it goes both ways. 642 00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:00,546 I'll never get from him what I want, either. 643 00:39:02,256 --> 00:39:03,215 That's tough. 644 00:39:04,050 --> 00:39:04,884 It's okay. 645 00:39:06,927 --> 00:39:08,387 Part of me feels unburdened. 646 00:39:08,471 --> 00:39:10,181 Still, I'm sorry. 647 00:39:11,682 --> 00:39:12,933 For that other part of you. 648 00:39:13,684 --> 00:39:14,602 Thank you. 649 00:39:18,647 --> 00:39:19,690 [sighs] 650 00:39:22,026 --> 00:39:22,943 All my life... 651 00:39:23,944 --> 00:39:26,447 the conflict inside me has been between logic... 652 00:39:27,031 --> 00:39:27,907 and emotion. 653 00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,243 But now it's my emotions that are fighting. 654 00:39:31,827 --> 00:39:33,662 I think about him and I wanna cry. 655 00:39:34,914 --> 00:39:35,748 But... 656 00:39:36,707 --> 00:39:37,875 I have to smile. 657 00:39:39,627 --> 00:39:41,587 And I feel angry... 658 00:39:42,963 --> 00:39:44,298 but I wanna love. 659 00:39:46,175 --> 00:39:47,927 And I'm hurt, but there's hope. 660 00:39:50,137 --> 00:39:50,971 What is this? 661 00:39:54,433 --> 00:39:55,559 Ah... 662 00:39:55,643 --> 00:39:57,686 It's just... being human. 663 00:40:06,362 --> 00:40:07,321 Michael Burnham. 664 00:40:09,365 --> 00:40:10,408 Pleased to meet you. 665 00:40:11,325 --> 00:40:12,201 Ash Tyler. 666 00:40:13,119 --> 00:40:14,495 -We've met. -Have we? 667 00:40:16,872 --> 00:40:17,873 Let's try it again. 668 00:40:26,715 --> 00:40:29,718 CANCRI IV NEUTRAL TERRITORY 669 00:40:43,357 --> 00:40:46,610 Greetings from the United Federation of Planets. 670 00:40:47,236 --> 00:40:50,406 Unfortunately, Ambassador Sarek is unable to attend. 671 00:40:50,990 --> 00:40:53,784 I'm Admiral Cornwell and will speak in his place. 672 00:40:55,077 --> 00:40:58,497 Thank you to the elders of Cancri 4 for hosting this meeting. 673 00:40:58,581 --> 00:41:02,209 We hope it is the first step toward creating new alliances. 674 00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:04,044 We are certain it will be. 675 00:41:06,422 --> 00:41:07,798 [Klingons grunting] 676 00:41:07,923 --> 00:41:08,841 [gasping] 677 00:41:10,176 --> 00:41:12,470 [in Klingon] Are you there, General Kol? 678 00:41:12,928 --> 00:41:15,389 [in Klingon] I am indeed, Dennas. 679 00:41:15,848 --> 00:41:19,477 And I am pleased to see 680 00:41:20,060 --> 00:41:23,606 how you have taken care of our Cancri hosts. 681 00:41:23,981 --> 00:41:29,361 I was hoping to get a high-ranking Vulcan, 682 00:41:29,445 --> 00:41:33,824 but she is so much better. 683 00:41:35,284 --> 00:41:37,661 You have proven yourselves worthy. 684 00:41:38,829 --> 00:41:43,417 You shall be welcome in my new United Klingon Empire 685 00:41:43,501 --> 00:41:47,463 and will receive the ability to cloak your ships as a result. 686 00:41:50,174 --> 00:41:51,133 [Kol sighs] 687 00:41:54,178 --> 00:41:58,641 [in English] I look forward to meeting you, Admiral. 688 00:42:01,936 --> 00:42:03,729 [Saru] It was a trap, sir. 689 00:42:03,812 --> 00:42:07,233 Klingons have taken the admiral. Their ships are en route to enemy space. 690 00:42:07,316 --> 00:42:09,318 -Shall I--? -Notify Starfleet Command. 691 00:42:09,610 --> 00:42:10,486 Ask for orders. 692 00:42:11,695 --> 00:42:13,781 -Is there a problem? -No, sir. 693 00:42:13,864 --> 00:42:15,032 Uh, just... 694 00:42:15,950 --> 00:42:20,246 in the past... we have engaged in alternative thinking on these matters. 695 00:42:20,329 --> 00:42:22,957 What if we go after her and it's another trap, Mr. Saru? 696 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:24,416 Did you consider that? 697 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,253 Starfleet can't afford to lose the Discovery. 698 00:42:27,670 --> 00:42:28,963 She's bigger than all of us. 699 00:42:29,838 --> 00:42:32,132 If so ordered, we will try and rescue the admiral, 700 00:42:32,216 --> 00:42:33,717 but not without authorization. 701 00:42:35,010 --> 00:42:36,679 I will hail Starfleet now, sir. 702 00:43:06,375 --> 00:43:09,044 [theme music playing]