1 00:00:12,011 --> 00:00:13,972 [narrator] Previously on Star Trek: Discovery : 2 00:00:14,055 --> 00:00:15,640 What is happening to you? 3 00:00:15,724 --> 00:00:19,936 I don't think I'm Ash Tyler, Starfleet lieutenant. Not really. Not anymore. 4 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:22,981 [L'Rell] We modified Voq into a shell that appears human. 5 00:00:23,064 --> 00:00:25,608 We grafted his psyche into Tyler's. 6 00:00:25,692 --> 00:00:29,738 I do not know where your Voq ends and our Tyler begins, 7 00:00:29,821 --> 00:00:31,489 but they are both in jeopardy. 8 00:00:31,573 --> 00:00:32,407 [gasps] 9 00:00:32,490 --> 00:00:34,951 Only my hands can tend to him. 10 00:00:35,744 --> 00:00:37,287 [screaming] 11 00:00:39,956 --> 00:00:43,084 Logic tells me she's not the woman that I betrayed. 12 00:00:43,168 --> 00:00:44,002 She's a ghost. 13 00:00:44,294 --> 00:00:45,336 [grunts] 14 00:00:48,798 --> 00:00:52,510 I have no future now. Find a way home. I will buy you some time. 15 00:00:53,011 --> 00:00:54,179 Get her out of there now. 16 00:01:00,643 --> 00:01:02,312 What have you done to me? 17 00:01:02,395 --> 00:01:04,397 [Tilly] If we blow the reactor core, 18 00:01:04,481 --> 00:01:07,358 the resulting explosion will be pure mycelial energy. 19 00:01:07,442 --> 00:01:10,487 We can ride it long enough for the energy to activate the drive, 20 00:01:10,570 --> 00:01:13,031 and then you can navigate us home. 21 00:01:15,575 --> 00:01:18,787 We overshot by nine months. 22 00:01:18,870 --> 00:01:23,249 If the map is to be believed, it appears the Klingons have won the war. 23 00:01:27,337 --> 00:01:29,130 [indistinct comm chatter] 24 00:01:36,679 --> 00:01:37,514 Captain. 25 00:01:38,431 --> 00:01:39,432 Emperor. 26 00:01:42,936 --> 00:01:46,898 -On your knees, slave. -This Kelpien is my captain. 27 00:01:50,026 --> 00:01:51,319 Sir, I can explain. 28 00:01:51,402 --> 00:01:55,198 Yesterday we dined on the entrails of his brethren, 29 00:01:55,532 --> 00:01:57,867 and today you seek his favor? 30 00:01:59,744 --> 00:02:04,040 Transport our visitor to guest quarters on deck three, and confine her there now. 31 00:02:09,754 --> 00:02:12,757 You told me there were no Kelpiens in the other universe. You lied. 32 00:02:12,841 --> 00:02:14,843 I hoped to spare you the pain. 33 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:20,682 The presence of a Terran defector on this ship is classified. 34 00:02:20,765 --> 00:02:23,101 Its utterance will carry a penalty of treason. 35 00:02:23,184 --> 00:02:24,811 -Do you understand? -Aye, Captain. 36 00:02:26,187 --> 00:02:28,940 [woman over comm] Captain, your presence is requested in sickbay. 37 00:02:30,024 --> 00:02:31,067 With me. 38 00:02:33,611 --> 00:02:35,238 [Burnham] I could offer excuses. 39 00:02:35,864 --> 00:02:39,951 I... was trying to destabilize the Terran Empire. 40 00:02:40,034 --> 00:02:44,789 I... I thought Starfleet could benefit from learning about an alternate universe. 41 00:02:45,582 --> 00:02:50,128 Truth is, I couldn't watch her die again. I wanted to offer her more. 42 00:02:51,254 --> 00:02:52,213 I am sorry. 43 00:02:52,672 --> 00:02:56,885 Saving Georgiou may indeed prove to be a grave error in judgment, but... 44 00:02:58,845 --> 00:03:02,265 no one else could've done what you did aboard that Terran flagship. 45 00:03:02,348 --> 00:03:04,225 You are alive and we are home. 46 00:03:07,937 --> 00:03:09,272 Any news from Command? 47 00:03:09,564 --> 00:03:13,026 Federation ships have appeared on sensors, but none answer my hail. 48 00:03:13,443 --> 00:03:15,069 Doesn't feel much like home. 49 00:03:16,738 --> 00:03:20,575 Discovery suffered damage riding the shockwave back into our universe. 50 00:03:20,658 --> 00:03:24,454 We are running on auxiliary power until repairs are complete. Deck four. 51 00:03:27,582 --> 00:03:32,253 Dr. Pollard has orders to alert me when Lieutenant Tyler regains consciousness. 52 00:03:36,090 --> 00:03:38,885 An emergency surgical procedure proved necessary. 53 00:03:40,178 --> 00:03:45,266 An attempt to excise the Klingon in Tyler's neurological identity. 54 00:03:45,683 --> 00:03:50,230 How? What happened to him was completely outside the realm of sanctioned medicine. 55 00:03:50,521 --> 00:03:52,523 Starfleet did not perform the procedure. 56 00:03:53,650 --> 00:03:55,902 It was the Klingon, L'Rell. 57 00:03:56,694 --> 00:03:59,072 -His torturer. -And handler. 58 00:04:00,114 --> 00:04:02,325 She oversaw Tyler's transformation. 59 00:04:03,326 --> 00:04:06,079 None of us are sure what state we might find him in. 60 00:04:06,704 --> 00:04:12,669 I am hoping that a familiar face could offer him encouragement to heal. 61 00:04:13,461 --> 00:04:19,550 How he reacts to you may offer us insight into who he has become. 62 00:04:20,301 --> 00:04:21,678 Captain, he's awake. 63 00:04:22,553 --> 00:04:24,097 Is that an order, Captain? 64 00:04:25,098 --> 00:04:28,643 -I fail to understand. -Is that an order, to see him? 65 00:04:29,435 --> 00:04:30,270 No. 66 00:04:31,729 --> 00:04:33,940 I'm sorry. I can't. 67 00:04:43,366 --> 00:04:44,659 What are your findings, Doctor? 68 00:04:44,742 --> 00:04:48,037 By all assessments, the patient now presents as Ash Tyler. 69 00:04:48,329 --> 00:04:50,790 Adrenocorticotropic hormonal levels are normal. 70 00:04:50,873 --> 00:04:53,751 Cellular mitochondria counts are back within human range. 71 00:04:53,835 --> 00:04:57,755 I find no remaining evidence of Klingon aggression or muscular stamina. 72 00:04:58,172 --> 00:05:01,509 So, is he human or Klingon? 73 00:05:01,592 --> 00:05:03,886 [sighs] Neither? Both? 74 00:05:04,470 --> 00:05:05,596 We can't be sure. 75 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,350 Not without understanding the science behind the reassignment procedure. 76 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:13,771 -And how do we do that? -I suppose we could start by asking him. 77 00:05:16,149 --> 00:05:18,151 [woman over comm] Ensign Taylor to the command deck. 78 00:05:22,905 --> 00:05:23,740 [Saru] Tyler. 79 00:05:26,617 --> 00:05:27,785 Mr. Saru. 80 00:05:29,829 --> 00:05:31,164 Thanks for the save. 81 00:05:31,456 --> 00:05:33,166 And Voq? 82 00:05:36,919 --> 00:05:40,923 I can access his memories, but there's a disconnect, 83 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:44,427 like I'm watching someone else's life or something. 84 00:05:44,510 --> 00:05:46,721 Do you remember what was done to you? 85 00:05:50,183 --> 00:05:51,184 [sighs] 86 00:05:54,062 --> 00:05:55,938 The Mo'Kai call it a choH'a'. 87 00:05:58,024 --> 00:05:59,776 Species reassignment protocol. 88 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:03,696 Specifically designed to infiltrate classified Starfleet intelligence. 89 00:06:03,780 --> 00:06:06,866 -Are there others? -Voq was the test case. 90 00:06:10,078 --> 00:06:11,370 They flayed his skin... 91 00:06:12,955 --> 00:06:14,415 cracked his bones open... 92 00:06:16,459 --> 00:06:18,044 sawed his heart into pieces. 93 00:06:20,296 --> 00:06:22,298 You think that'll be the worst of it... 94 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:25,718 then they shave down the tips of your fingers. 95 00:06:29,430 --> 00:06:31,057 Voq was T'Kuvma's Torchbearer. 96 00:06:32,058 --> 00:06:35,353 He submitted to the torture willingly at L'Rell's behest. 97 00:06:36,979 --> 00:06:38,856 They were the only true believers left. 98 00:06:39,857 --> 00:06:44,362 Voq and L'Rell believed taking this ship would bring followers to T'Kuvma's house. 99 00:06:46,322 --> 00:06:47,657 They were in love, you know. 100 00:06:49,909 --> 00:06:50,743 Uh... 101 00:06:53,454 --> 00:06:57,083 Will you cooperate with us, share everything you know? 102 00:06:57,166 --> 00:06:58,167 Of course. 103 00:07:01,629 --> 00:07:04,173 I would do anything to undo what I've done. 104 00:07:08,177 --> 00:07:09,053 Is she alive? 105 00:07:10,138 --> 00:07:10,972 Uh... 106 00:07:11,472 --> 00:07:14,934 Specialist Burnham has returned safely aboard Discovery. 107 00:07:15,935 --> 00:07:17,145 [exhales] 108 00:07:19,147 --> 00:07:20,398 Thank God. 109 00:07:21,357 --> 00:07:24,026 -Can I--? -Focus on your recovery. 110 00:07:24,986 --> 00:07:28,698 -You both survived a harrowing ordeal. -Saru, I tried to kill her. 111 00:07:29,740 --> 00:07:30,908 I murdered... 112 00:07:34,579 --> 00:07:35,621 Dr. Culber. 113 00:07:38,082 --> 00:07:41,669 -I belong in the brig. -Voq is responsible for your crimes. 114 00:07:42,670 --> 00:07:44,755 And I see no semblance of him before me. 115 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:51,637 [powering up] 116 00:07:51,721 --> 00:07:54,557 Your privileges aboard Discovery will be limited... 117 00:07:56,517 --> 00:07:58,102 but I will not take your freedom. 118 00:08:10,573 --> 00:08:12,533 [chattering] 119 00:08:14,535 --> 00:08:17,038 Vessel is approaching, sir. Federation signature. 120 00:08:17,705 --> 00:08:19,624 -Hail them at once. -Aye, Captain. 121 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:23,669 Captain, its shields are up, its phasers are charged and targeting. 122 00:08:23,753 --> 00:08:25,546 -[alarm wailing] -Shields up. 123 00:08:25,630 --> 00:08:27,924 I'm picking up an incoming transporter signature. 124 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:29,634 We're being boarded. 125 00:08:35,389 --> 00:08:38,184 -Identify yourselves. -Hands where I can see them. 126 00:08:38,267 --> 00:08:40,186 -[woman] Get back. -[man] Don't move. 127 00:08:40,269 --> 00:08:41,395 [woman] Step away from there! 128 00:08:41,479 --> 00:08:44,440 -I demand an explanation. -We ask the questions. 129 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:46,901 -[communicator chirps] -Clear for transport. 130 00:08:50,446 --> 00:08:52,823 -Admiral. -Where's Captain Lorca? 131 00:08:52,907 --> 00:08:55,535 -Sarek, please. -Stand down, Specialist. Now. 132 00:08:57,036 --> 00:08:59,956 Computer, initiate command-level override. 133 00:09:00,581 --> 00:09:04,001 Authorization, Admiral Katrina Cornwell, pi beta six. 134 00:09:04,460 --> 00:09:05,670 [systems powering down] 135 00:09:05,753 --> 00:09:07,255 [computer] Override confirmed. 136 00:09:11,259 --> 00:09:12,260 Start with him. 137 00:09:14,512 --> 00:09:16,013 [Saru] Ambassador, what are you doing? 138 00:09:16,681 --> 00:09:18,391 What the times require. 139 00:09:18,766 --> 00:09:20,393 [Saru gasps] 140 00:09:20,476 --> 00:09:21,769 My mind to your mind. 141 00:09:22,979 --> 00:09:25,064 My thoughts to your thoughts. 142 00:09:35,116 --> 00:09:36,325 [Saru gasps] 143 00:09:38,202 --> 00:09:40,371 Mr. Saru is who he appears to be. 144 00:09:41,706 --> 00:09:47,169 The Discovery has been through... an inconceivable ordeal. 145 00:09:49,130 --> 00:09:51,173 Then where the hell is her commanding officer? 146 00:09:55,261 --> 00:09:58,556 Captain Lorca... is dead. 147 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:07,773 [theme music playing] 148 00:11:39,698 --> 00:11:40,699 [Cornwell] Bastard. 149 00:11:43,828 --> 00:11:47,623 The Lorca I came up with was measured, he was reasoned. 150 00:11:47,706 --> 00:11:49,417 I couldn't have imagined-- 151 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:52,503 That Lorca was an impostor from an alternate universe 152 00:11:52,586 --> 00:11:54,797 was not the most obvious conclusion. 153 00:11:55,673 --> 00:11:57,133 We were all deceived. 154 00:11:57,216 --> 00:12:00,719 Discovery was destroyed by Klingons nine months ago. 155 00:12:00,803 --> 00:12:03,597 I saw the debris with my own eyes. 156 00:12:03,848 --> 00:12:06,517 That wreckage belonged to the Terran Discovery. 157 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,395 The ships switched places when we jumped universes. 158 00:12:09,478 --> 00:12:11,230 From what you've told us about the Terran Empire, 159 00:12:11,313 --> 00:12:14,900 no Starfleet officer could survive that universe alone. 160 00:12:15,526 --> 00:12:17,403 So, my Gabriel is dead. 161 00:12:23,701 --> 00:12:27,621 Lorca sidelined the most vital asset in our fleet. 162 00:12:28,205 --> 00:12:29,457 Now, with your return, 163 00:12:29,540 --> 00:12:32,918 we have disseminated your hard-earned cloak-breaking algorithm 164 00:12:33,002 --> 00:12:34,211 to the front lines, 165 00:12:34,295 --> 00:12:36,672 which will neutralize the Klingons' ability 166 00:12:36,755 --> 00:12:38,507 to render their ships invisible. 167 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:40,593 But our fear is it's too late. 168 00:12:41,177 --> 00:12:45,806 The war here has waged on for nine brutal months without it. 169 00:12:47,975 --> 00:12:54,732 Stardate 4789.6, Klingon vessels launch hypothermic charges at Kelfour VI, 170 00:12:54,815 --> 00:12:59,695 burning off their atmosphere and killing 11,000 civilians instantly. 171 00:13:00,362 --> 00:13:06,076 Stardate 4851.5, a cloaked raider tails the U.S.S. Saratoga 172 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,537 into spacedock at Starbase 22, 173 00:13:08,621 --> 00:13:12,416 then ignites its antimatter supply in a suicide mission. 174 00:13:12,750 --> 00:13:17,421 Days later, similar assaults are carried out on bases 19 and 12, 175 00:13:17,922 --> 00:13:20,633 resulting in the loss of one-third of our fleet. 176 00:13:21,425 --> 00:13:26,013 Research outposts at the border colonies of Nivalla, Septra, and Iridin 177 00:13:26,597 --> 00:13:27,973 have also been destroyed. 178 00:13:28,516 --> 00:13:31,685 The only children spared are now orphans. 179 00:13:35,272 --> 00:13:39,193 There's no pattern to these attacks, no logical progression to their targets. 180 00:13:39,276 --> 00:13:41,237 There's not even consistency of method. 181 00:13:41,737 --> 00:13:45,783 In the absence of a clear leader, the Klingon houses are divided again. 182 00:13:45,991 --> 00:13:48,953 At the start of this war, we fought one enemy. 183 00:13:49,036 --> 00:13:51,580 Now, we fight 24. 184 00:13:52,164 --> 00:13:54,291 They quarrel among themselves, 185 00:13:54,375 --> 00:13:57,378 hence the indiscriminate nature of their aggression, 186 00:13:57,461 --> 00:14:00,422 but their collective aim seems clear: 187 00:14:01,382 --> 00:14:02,883 to compete for dominance 188 00:14:02,967 --> 00:14:06,637 by seeing which house can destroy the most Federation assets. 189 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:10,182 We are fodder for their feudal savagery. 190 00:14:11,100 --> 00:14:13,852 Our deaths, their spoils. 191 00:14:14,979 --> 00:14:18,524 Nearly 20 percent of former Federation space has been occupied. 192 00:14:19,358 --> 00:14:22,862 Discovery will jump to Starbase I immediately. 193 00:14:23,279 --> 00:14:27,241 All evidence of your recent journey will be classified and destroyed. 194 00:14:27,825 --> 00:14:30,828 We cannot risk the knowledge of this alternate universe 195 00:14:30,911 --> 00:14:34,081 -leaving the confines of Discovery. -I don't understand. 196 00:14:34,498 --> 00:14:36,792 There would be too many possibilities. 197 00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:37,877 [Sarek] Indeed. 198 00:14:38,294 --> 00:14:40,671 Our people have suffered terrible losses. 199 00:14:41,547 --> 00:14:45,426 What would you do if you thought that your dead wife, your lost child, 200 00:14:45,509 --> 00:14:49,471 your murdered parents all might be alive on the other side 201 00:14:49,555 --> 00:14:54,059 and that a technology exists for you to see them again? 202 00:14:55,477 --> 00:14:58,147 This knowledge must be buried. 203 00:14:58,230 --> 00:15:00,816 Command will want this locked down. 204 00:15:01,358 --> 00:15:03,235 Of course, Admiral. 205 00:15:03,319 --> 00:15:06,405 Starbase I is our only remaining sanctuary. 206 00:15:06,989 --> 00:15:08,198 Can you jump us there? 207 00:15:08,282 --> 00:15:11,410 Well, it's, uh, 100 AU's from Earth 208 00:15:11,493 --> 00:15:13,996 and over a light-year from our current position. 209 00:15:14,580 --> 00:15:17,374 We used up our supply of spores to get us home, 210 00:15:17,458 --> 00:15:20,377 and I can't jump without them. 211 00:15:21,128 --> 00:15:22,212 [sighs] 212 00:15:22,838 --> 00:15:27,176 The journey at warp will be perilous. Klingons swarm the quadrant. 213 00:15:29,219 --> 00:15:30,512 I'm afraid we have no choice. 214 00:15:31,180 --> 00:15:34,683 Saru, take the ship to warp as soon as possible. 215 00:15:35,976 --> 00:15:37,102 Admiral... 216 00:15:38,145 --> 00:15:40,481 there's one more thing you need to know. 217 00:15:46,070 --> 00:15:50,908 Emperor, the Federation has questions. I need you to answer them. 218 00:15:51,575 --> 00:15:56,288 What kind of guest would I be if I refused such a simple request? 219 00:15:56,914 --> 00:16:00,709 I'm told that, in your universe, your word is law. 220 00:16:01,710 --> 00:16:04,505 -Here, we do things differently. -I can see that. 221 00:16:05,756 --> 00:16:07,841 The resemblance is remarkable. 222 00:16:09,218 --> 00:16:12,721 What do you know of your counterpart, Captain Philippa Georgiou? 223 00:16:15,683 --> 00:16:20,396 I know that she is dead, and I am not. 224 00:16:20,813 --> 00:16:26,360 But I will leave you to determine which of us has proved stronger. 225 00:16:29,071 --> 00:16:31,156 [Cornwell] Specialist Burnham has assured us 226 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:34,868 that your arrival in this universe is without motive. 227 00:16:35,869 --> 00:16:38,664 But your presence here remains complicated. 228 00:16:38,747 --> 00:16:40,833 The solution, however, is not. 229 00:16:41,875 --> 00:16:43,252 Send me home. 230 00:16:43,335 --> 00:16:46,505 The emperor narrowly escaped a violent revolution. 231 00:16:47,923 --> 00:16:51,343 -She deserves political asylum. -I don't need your protection. 232 00:16:51,427 --> 00:16:55,639 We have charted a course for Starbase I. You will be held there humanely 233 00:16:55,723 --> 00:16:58,517 until Command can determine a proper course of action. 234 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,269 So I am your prisoner. 235 00:17:00,352 --> 00:17:03,063 [Cornwell] Look, Your Highness, or whatever you're called, 236 00:17:03,147 --> 00:17:04,898 I'll tell it to you straight. 237 00:17:04,982 --> 00:17:07,526 I'm not even sure we know how to send you home, 238 00:17:07,609 --> 00:17:10,029 and even if we did, we have a war to fight. 239 00:17:11,071 --> 00:17:16,201 I'm sorry. Like I said, you're our guest. Make yourself at home. 240 00:17:20,247 --> 00:17:22,041 The resemblance is remarkable. 241 00:17:24,501 --> 00:17:26,128 See that she's comfortable. 242 00:17:28,297 --> 00:17:29,673 [door opens] 243 00:17:31,425 --> 00:17:32,968 [door closes] 244 00:17:44,313 --> 00:17:45,898 [woman over comm] Attention all cadets. 245 00:17:45,981 --> 00:17:48,358 Duty roster is updated to reflect new rotations, 246 00:17:48,442 --> 00:17:49,818 effective immediately. 247 00:17:50,319 --> 00:17:51,236 Stamets. 248 00:17:52,905 --> 00:17:53,864 I'm sorry. 249 00:17:55,657 --> 00:17:59,161 Words... Words are not enough, and I know that... 250 00:18:00,537 --> 00:18:01,497 but I am. 251 00:18:02,289 --> 00:18:04,458 You killed a good man. 252 00:18:05,501 --> 00:18:06,794 A man that I loved. 253 00:18:07,961 --> 00:18:09,254 Do you remember that? 254 00:18:12,508 --> 00:18:14,468 -I do now. -And... 255 00:18:15,969 --> 00:18:17,387 does it gut you? 256 00:18:18,138 --> 00:18:19,431 Does it sicken you? 257 00:18:22,726 --> 00:18:23,560 Good. 258 00:18:25,854 --> 00:18:27,815 Maybe you're still human after all. 259 00:18:38,117 --> 00:18:39,118 [chattering] 260 00:18:44,832 --> 00:18:45,916 [chattering stops] 261 00:18:54,174 --> 00:18:55,008 [bell dings] 262 00:19:09,439 --> 00:19:10,274 Excuse me. 263 00:19:25,330 --> 00:19:28,041 You don't have to do this. I'm okay. 264 00:19:29,751 --> 00:19:31,420 How could that possibly be true? 265 00:19:34,882 --> 00:19:37,217 Just eat, and talk if you want to. 266 00:19:38,427 --> 00:19:39,428 I'm here. 267 00:19:50,147 --> 00:19:50,981 Welcome back. 268 00:19:53,984 --> 00:19:55,777 [speaking indistinctly] 269 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,628 Admiral. Starbase I within range. 270 00:20:13,212 --> 00:20:14,046 Well done, all. 271 00:20:14,129 --> 00:20:18,300 [Bryce] U.S.S. Discovery to Starbase I, permission to initiate docking procedures. 272 00:20:18,592 --> 00:20:23,347 -She'll be a sight for sore eyes. -Admiral, I'm unable to establish contact. 273 00:20:24,139 --> 00:20:25,474 Reset our channels. 274 00:20:25,557 --> 00:20:28,018 I'll override the comms restrictions manually. 275 00:20:33,607 --> 00:20:36,068 -Detmer, drop us out of warp. -Aye, Admiral. 276 00:20:37,945 --> 00:20:40,822 -Bring Starbase I on-screen. -Aye, Admiral. 277 00:20:51,833 --> 00:20:52,668 No. 278 00:21:00,884 --> 00:21:01,885 [Owosekun] Enhancing image. 279 00:21:05,180 --> 00:21:06,723 [Burnham] That's a Klingon crest. 280 00:21:07,683 --> 00:21:10,769 -House D'Ghor. -They've seized a Federation starbase? 281 00:21:10,852 --> 00:21:13,063 -Scan for life signs, now. -[Owosekun] Complying. 282 00:21:13,772 --> 00:21:16,900 -Sensing 274 Klingon life signs aboard. -Federation life. 283 00:21:16,984 --> 00:21:19,361 Negative, Admiral. There's nothing. 284 00:21:20,612 --> 00:21:23,073 There were 80,000 souls on that base. 285 00:21:24,241 --> 00:21:28,412 A large contingent of our leadership and at least three starships. 286 00:21:28,495 --> 00:21:30,747 The Klingons are practically in Earth's backyard. 287 00:21:30,831 --> 00:21:32,541 Captain, we're being scanned. 288 00:21:32,624 --> 00:21:33,667 [computer beeping] 289 00:21:38,380 --> 00:21:41,008 -Maximum warp. Get us out of here. -Yes, sir. 290 00:21:45,053 --> 00:21:47,139 [woman] Long-range sensors to maximum. 291 00:21:47,222 --> 00:21:49,599 [man] Maintain constant scans of Klingon contacts. 292 00:21:49,683 --> 00:21:51,685 [low chatter continues indistinctly] 293 00:21:52,644 --> 00:21:53,770 [exhales] 294 00:22:04,031 --> 00:22:06,700 Admiral, Discovery awaits your orders. 295 00:22:11,246 --> 00:22:13,123 Maintain current course and speed. 296 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,002 We will make contact with Command. 297 00:22:19,046 --> 00:22:20,297 What's left of them. 298 00:22:24,718 --> 00:22:27,137 [door opens, then closes] 299 00:22:50,452 --> 00:22:51,369 You live. 300 00:22:51,453 --> 00:22:53,872 And you finally made it aboard the U.S.S. Discovery, 301 00:22:53,955 --> 00:22:57,751 though I suspect you found the accommodations lacking. 302 00:22:57,834 --> 00:23:00,796 Even from a cage, Kahless hears my call. 303 00:23:00,879 --> 00:23:03,298 I do not subscribe to your ideals... 304 00:23:04,424 --> 00:23:08,428 and yet I feel as though you and I... understand each other. 305 00:23:08,512 --> 00:23:11,431 T'Kuvma taught that all humans are without courage. 306 00:23:12,891 --> 00:23:14,643 About this, he was wrong. 307 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:18,188 I wanna be truthful with you. 308 00:23:19,439 --> 00:23:20,649 Your side is winning. 309 00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:25,904 When we met, you had nothing but contempt 310 00:23:25,987 --> 00:23:28,532 for the crumbling leadership of the Klingon Empire. 311 00:23:28,615 --> 00:23:32,160 T'Kuvma sought to strengthen and unify the Great Houses. 312 00:23:32,244 --> 00:23:36,248 If he has succeeded in only this, it is cause for celebration. 313 00:23:36,331 --> 00:23:41,962 Your "Great Houses" are carving up Federation assets among their factions. 314 00:23:42,045 --> 00:23:45,841 A captured starbase bears the insignia of House D'Ghor, 315 00:23:46,258 --> 00:23:48,343 not of the Klingon Empire. 316 00:23:48,969 --> 00:23:52,097 Is that the kind of unity your messiah proclaimed? 317 00:23:52,681 --> 00:23:57,060 They think nothing of collateral damage caused by their brutal attacks. 318 00:23:57,144 --> 00:24:01,106 They target civilians, hospitals, food convoys. 319 00:24:01,439 --> 00:24:05,777 They slaughter innocents and inspire terror across the quadrant. 320 00:24:05,861 --> 00:24:08,989 This is war, not a child's game with rules. 321 00:24:09,447 --> 00:24:11,992 We fight to preserve Klingon identity. 322 00:24:12,075 --> 00:24:15,245 No one is looking to destroy your culture. 323 00:24:15,328 --> 00:24:18,957 Our laws are founded in equality, freedom. 324 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:22,252 T'Kuvma taught us that the Federation cannot help itself. 325 00:24:22,335 --> 00:24:25,672 It seeks universal homogenization and assimilation. 326 00:24:25,755 --> 00:24:28,216 T'Kuvma was an ignorant fool. 327 00:24:29,467 --> 00:24:34,264 And your people are moving closer and closer to my home planet. 328 00:24:34,764 --> 00:24:36,808 What are you looking for? 329 00:24:37,893 --> 00:24:42,981 More territory? Conditional surrender? Your people won't even make demands. Why? 330 00:24:43,732 --> 00:24:45,984 How does this war end? 331 00:24:47,402 --> 00:24:48,236 It doesn't. 332 00:24:49,196 --> 00:24:51,364 Klingons have tasted your blood. 333 00:24:51,781 --> 00:24:52,866 Conquer us... 334 00:24:54,451 --> 00:24:56,203 or we will never relent. 335 00:24:59,873 --> 00:25:00,707 Thank you. 336 00:25:15,180 --> 00:25:16,681 There's been a change of plans. 337 00:25:17,724 --> 00:25:19,017 Another Klingon attack. 338 00:25:20,143 --> 00:25:23,855 -You have to stay onboard a little longer. -It makes no difference. 339 00:25:24,314 --> 00:25:27,025 One cell in this universe is as good as another. 340 00:25:27,108 --> 00:25:29,903 -You heard your admiral. -We mean you no harm. 341 00:25:30,737 --> 00:25:33,156 -The admiral-- -Tell me about the Vulcan. 342 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,493 -There is a connection between you. -Why would you say that? 343 00:25:36,576 --> 00:25:39,788 The way you look at him is not unlike the way you look at me. 344 00:25:39,871 --> 00:25:42,666 He's essentially my father. He raised me. 345 00:25:43,917 --> 00:25:48,922 -So, you were orphaned here as well. -Another echo of fate between our worlds. 346 00:25:49,714 --> 00:25:54,219 Your rule extends through every system in your galaxy. 347 00:25:55,637 --> 00:25:58,515 You've conquered places Starfleet hasn't dared to explore. 348 00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:02,686 I see now that the time for peace has passed. 349 00:26:04,271 --> 00:26:08,775 I need you to tell me, how did you defeat the Klingon Empire? 350 00:26:12,570 --> 00:26:15,907 I started this war, and I need to finish it. 351 00:26:15,991 --> 00:26:17,701 Why did you bring me here? 352 00:26:18,618 --> 00:26:19,494 Truly. 353 00:26:20,453 --> 00:26:23,415 I wanted to show you a place of morality, of hope. 354 00:26:23,748 --> 00:26:27,002 Let me tell you, daughter who is not my daughter, 355 00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:32,173 in truth, you wished to save me because you couldn't save her. 356 00:26:32,757 --> 00:26:35,927 This regret that you have for what you did, 357 00:26:36,511 --> 00:26:38,221 it weakens you. 358 00:26:40,807 --> 00:26:42,559 I feel it every day of my life. 359 00:26:53,111 --> 00:26:57,699 The Klingons are like cancer cells, constantly dividing. 360 00:26:59,034 --> 00:27:04,247 To root them out, you must destroy the tumor at its source. 361 00:27:06,333 --> 00:27:08,209 How much do you know about Qo'noS? 362 00:27:14,257 --> 00:27:17,218 I suppose I don't have to tell you it's the middle of the night. 363 00:27:18,053 --> 00:27:19,179 I have a proposal. 364 00:27:22,974 --> 00:27:26,561 I left Discovery only to learn that a Klingon attack is imminent. 365 00:27:26,644 --> 00:27:30,273 They are gathering forces to launch a strike on this whole system. 366 00:27:30,357 --> 00:27:35,987 The Klingons are taking the fight to us. We need to take it to them. To Qo'noS. 367 00:27:36,446 --> 00:27:39,991 -Attack the Klingon homeworld? -[Cornwell] Not a simple attack. 368 00:27:40,075 --> 00:27:43,953 A simultaneous strike on their planetary defense batteries, 369 00:27:44,037 --> 00:27:46,623 immediately followed by the coordinated destruction 370 00:27:46,706 --> 00:27:49,292 of all military targets planet-wide. 371 00:27:49,376 --> 00:27:52,128 A single offensive so destructive 372 00:27:52,212 --> 00:27:56,466 it will force the enemy to retreat from Federation space and head for home. 373 00:27:56,549 --> 00:28:00,470 Our remaining fleet is being called back to defend Earth. 374 00:28:00,887 --> 00:28:02,597 Discovery should join them. 375 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,975 [Sarek] Each path of logic leads to the same conclusion: 376 00:28:06,559 --> 00:28:08,686 Starfleet tactics have failed us. 377 00:28:09,521 --> 00:28:13,149 We must adapt if we're to have any hope of survival. 378 00:28:13,233 --> 00:28:15,151 Qo'noS is uncharted territory. 379 00:28:15,735 --> 00:28:18,321 We have no idea where their defense batteries are, 380 00:28:18,405 --> 00:28:20,740 much less weapon-production systems or shipyards. 381 00:28:21,324 --> 00:28:23,785 [Andorian] The planet's dense upper atmosphere prevents 382 00:28:23,868 --> 00:28:26,496 long-range topographical and energy analysis. 383 00:28:26,579 --> 00:28:29,749 No Starfleet officer has set foot there in this century. 384 00:28:29,833 --> 00:28:33,628 [woman] Your strategy is a good one, but it's not feasible without a map. 385 00:28:33,711 --> 00:28:36,881 By the time Discovery got close enough to begin surveying, 386 00:28:36,965 --> 00:28:38,341 they'd blow her out of the sky. 387 00:28:40,635 --> 00:28:42,512 She's not gonna be in the sky. 388 00:28:43,221 --> 00:28:44,431 [Cornwell] Let's go over it again. 389 00:28:44,931 --> 00:28:48,101 Qo'noS is composed of a subterranean series 390 00:28:48,184 --> 00:28:50,019 of now-dormant volcanoes. 391 00:28:50,478 --> 00:28:51,938 It is a planet of caves. 392 00:28:52,313 --> 00:28:55,108 Some of them, according to Specialist Burnham's intel, 393 00:28:55,191 --> 00:28:57,902 are big enough to house a Crossfield-class starship. 394 00:28:57,986 --> 00:28:59,904 [Burnham] Rather than surveil targets from orbit, 395 00:28:59,988 --> 00:29:02,741 we can map the terrain from the inside out. 396 00:29:02,824 --> 00:29:05,744 Thereby minimizing our risk of detection. 397 00:29:05,827 --> 00:29:09,664 Jumping a massive starship inside a cave of impenetrable rock 398 00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:12,208 does seem... challenging. 399 00:29:12,292 --> 00:29:15,128 [Stamets] Travel aboard the mycelial network is in itself 400 00:29:15,211 --> 00:29:18,923 a sort of advanced detection system of geophysical imaging. 401 00:29:19,007 --> 00:29:21,676 I can easily identify the voids in energy 402 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,929 that would represent a chasm versus a solid mass. 403 00:29:25,180 --> 00:29:28,308 And once we're in position within the cave system, 404 00:29:28,391 --> 00:29:32,270 we'll release our surveillance drone to collect tactical information. 405 00:29:32,353 --> 00:29:33,396 [Cornwell] Good. 406 00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:36,983 Because I've assured Starfleet we can do this. 407 00:29:37,317 --> 00:29:38,693 And by "we," I mean you. 408 00:29:40,111 --> 00:29:41,738 It's a good plan, Specialist. 409 00:29:41,821 --> 00:29:43,490 -Well done. -Thank you, Admiral. 410 00:29:43,573 --> 00:29:47,452 One question, how do we get the spores necessary to make the jump? 411 00:29:47,535 --> 00:29:49,162 We'll have to grow them. 412 00:29:49,746 --> 00:29:53,708 My understanding is that your crop took years to cultivate. 413 00:29:53,792 --> 00:29:57,837 Set a course for the Veda system and... 414 00:29:59,923 --> 00:30:01,090 get ready for a show. 415 00:30:11,184 --> 00:30:13,311 Prototaxites stellaviatori. 416 00:30:13,937 --> 00:30:15,605 My original sample 417 00:30:16,231 --> 00:30:19,776 and the last remaining mycelium of this strain. 418 00:30:21,611 --> 00:30:25,949 We are headed to an uninhabited class-four moon in the Veda system. 419 00:30:27,033 --> 00:30:30,703 And if this works... I might even let you name it. 420 00:30:31,079 --> 00:30:32,664 You're gonna terraform a moon? 421 00:30:33,164 --> 00:30:37,544 Your research on the success of an organic mycelial harvest was indeterminable-- 422 00:30:37,627 --> 00:30:41,422 Straal quashed it. He wanted to keep the crop captive. 423 00:30:42,006 --> 00:30:45,176 But if ever there was a time to go wild... 424 00:30:48,555 --> 00:30:49,848 Your child is lost. 425 00:30:49,931 --> 00:30:52,517 Do not confuse my ward with yours. 426 00:30:52,725 --> 00:30:55,687 My daughter was a singular example of brilliance 427 00:30:55,770 --> 00:30:59,440 until one foolish choice doomed her world. 428 00:31:00,692 --> 00:31:01,943 Sound familiar? 429 00:31:02,277 --> 00:31:05,780 If I understand correctly, my ward saw through the man 430 00:31:05,864 --> 00:31:09,075 who brought down not just your child, but your empire. 431 00:31:10,285 --> 00:31:12,745 Perhaps best not to make comparisons. 432 00:31:17,417 --> 00:31:19,586 Why have you requested my presence? 433 00:31:20,295 --> 00:31:23,882 You were summoned, Vulcan, for one reason. 434 00:31:25,842 --> 00:31:28,344 I want to help you end this war. 435 00:31:28,428 --> 00:31:32,640 The information you provided Michael has already proved valuable. 436 00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:34,809 I told her as much as she could handle. 437 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,396 Our daughters are not so unlike after all. 438 00:31:43,359 --> 00:31:48,239 In my world, Qo'noS is little more than a blackened mass of dust. 439 00:31:49,407 --> 00:31:52,744 The Klingons fight for scraps and fear certain death. 440 00:31:54,037 --> 00:32:00,126 But it took a great deal more than a mapping drone in a cave to get there. 441 00:32:01,169 --> 00:32:04,714 You assured Michael that your plan would prove effective. 442 00:32:04,797 --> 00:32:07,175 And it will, momentarily. 443 00:32:07,884 --> 00:32:09,135 But they will regroup. 444 00:32:09,802 --> 00:32:15,808 Their longing to destroy the symbol that is Earth runs far too deep. 445 00:32:16,601 --> 00:32:21,522 What if I could show you how to bring them to their knees once and for all? 446 00:32:23,399 --> 00:32:28,404 The Federation does not subscribe to what I imagine are Terran methods of combat. 447 00:32:28,988 --> 00:32:30,615 You face annihilation. 448 00:32:31,616 --> 00:32:36,245 Is it not logical to do anything you can to save the lives of your kind? 449 00:32:37,705 --> 00:32:39,332 Give me what I want... 450 00:32:41,042 --> 00:32:43,711 and I can assure victory for the Federation. 451 00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:48,508 -What are your terms? -Freedom. 452 00:32:52,011 --> 00:32:53,763 I must return to Vulcan. 453 00:32:53,846 --> 00:32:57,266 There are evolving details to the plan that must be considered. 454 00:32:57,350 --> 00:33:00,478 -What evolving details? -I sense you are uneasy. 455 00:33:01,437 --> 00:33:04,315 During my mind-meld with Saru, I learned of your attachment 456 00:33:04,399 --> 00:33:09,028 to the Klingon spy and what he did to you. Such events are clearly troubling. 457 00:33:09,445 --> 00:33:10,571 I'm fine, Sarek. 458 00:33:11,656 --> 00:33:13,032 I remain unconvinced. 459 00:33:13,825 --> 00:33:17,245 There is irony here, of course. The man you fell in love with was Klingon. 460 00:33:17,328 --> 00:33:18,371 He... 461 00:33:20,415 --> 00:33:21,916 I don't know what he was. 462 00:33:22,917 --> 00:33:24,627 There is also grace. 463 00:33:26,045 --> 00:33:29,132 For what greater source of peace exists 464 00:33:29,340 --> 00:33:32,927 than our ability to love our enemy? 465 00:33:34,178 --> 00:33:35,847 I've made foolish choices. 466 00:33:37,181 --> 00:33:38,725 Emotional choices. 467 00:33:39,183 --> 00:33:41,269 Well, you are human. 468 00:33:45,732 --> 00:33:46,899 As is your mother. 469 00:33:49,694 --> 00:33:54,073 There is no telling what any one of us may do where the heart is concerned. 470 00:33:56,659 --> 00:33:57,910 We are at war. 471 00:33:58,911 --> 00:34:02,331 Logic dictates that each farewell may be our last. 472 00:34:13,676 --> 00:34:16,554 Do not regret loving someone, Michael. 473 00:34:33,905 --> 00:34:35,948 Admiral Cornwell requested a status report. 474 00:34:36,532 --> 00:34:39,327 This is the last of the mycelial transport vessels. 475 00:34:39,410 --> 00:34:41,704 We'll be able to launch by the time we reach Veda. 476 00:34:44,290 --> 00:34:46,709 I just said goodbye to my father and it felt different. 477 00:34:48,461 --> 00:34:49,462 Final. 478 00:34:52,006 --> 00:34:54,967 It won't be... right? 479 00:34:55,051 --> 00:34:56,302 [sharp inhale] 480 00:34:59,555 --> 00:35:02,767 Did you ever think, when you signed up for Starfleet, 481 00:35:03,226 --> 00:35:06,604 that you'd be forced to see war and death? 482 00:35:07,396 --> 00:35:12,110 Death found me when I was a child, so, yeah, I knew what I was getting into. 483 00:35:13,986 --> 00:35:16,906 I don't think I did. Not really. 484 00:35:17,990 --> 00:35:19,325 Does that make me naive? 485 00:35:21,244 --> 00:35:22,620 It makes you optimistic. 486 00:35:29,752 --> 00:35:32,130 When we were in the Terran universe, I was reminded 487 00:35:32,213 --> 00:35:35,508 how much a person is shaped by their environment. 488 00:35:36,092 --> 00:35:39,595 I think the only way we can stop ourselves from becoming them 489 00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:42,723 is to understand the darkness within us and fight it. 490 00:35:46,519 --> 00:35:47,645 Tyler needs you. 491 00:35:50,398 --> 00:35:53,526 -I'm told he's doing well. -Not possible when you've lost 492 00:35:53,609 --> 00:35:57,113 -the person you care about most. -He killed a Starfleet officer. 493 00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:02,201 And he... He tried to kill me. 494 00:36:02,743 --> 00:36:06,706 And those crimes are reprehensible, but Tyler is not the person who did that. 495 00:36:06,789 --> 00:36:11,794 At least he's not anymore. He is something other, someone new. 496 00:36:12,378 --> 00:36:16,674 What we do now, the way that we treat him, that is who he will become. 497 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:19,719 I know you still care about him. 498 00:36:21,262 --> 00:36:22,096 I do. 499 00:36:22,930 --> 00:36:24,557 That does not mean I should. 500 00:36:25,141 --> 00:36:29,562 Michael, he's been stripped of his badge, he'll never fly for Starfleet again. 501 00:36:30,646 --> 00:36:33,774 He'll be lucky if he doesn't end up in a lab or a cell. 502 00:36:34,358 --> 00:36:36,235 What kind of future can he have? 503 00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:44,118 Say what you have to say. 504 00:36:45,036 --> 00:36:46,329 Even if it's goodbye. 505 00:36:51,792 --> 00:36:52,960 [computer beeping] 506 00:37:01,886 --> 00:37:04,096 Lieutenant Stamets, your stop. 507 00:37:08,351 --> 00:37:12,104 -Locked and loaded, Admiral. -Detmer, put her into geostationary orbit. 508 00:37:12,396 --> 00:37:16,025 Locking in, approximately 800 kilometers above the moon's surface. 509 00:37:16,108 --> 00:37:20,112 Copy that. Initiating mycelial ejection protocol. 510 00:37:34,126 --> 00:37:36,212 Engaging agri-transport boosters. 511 00:38:19,964 --> 00:38:21,382 Status, Lieutenant Stamets. 512 00:38:21,465 --> 00:38:23,759 [Stamets] Sensors from the terraforming field show 513 00:38:23,843 --> 00:38:29,181 root structures forming in Zones 922 and 5041. 514 00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:33,477 Ready the EM darts. 515 00:38:34,270 --> 00:38:35,354 [Tilly] Darts calibrated. 516 00:38:36,856 --> 00:38:37,690 Fire. 517 00:38:48,326 --> 00:38:49,869 [door opens] 518 00:38:59,462 --> 00:39:02,631 Come on, kiddos. Come on. 519 00:39:40,795 --> 00:39:43,422 [computer] Spore generation at four percent. 520 00:39:44,006 --> 00:39:45,216 Eight percent. 521 00:39:45,841 --> 00:39:47,259 Twelve percent. 522 00:39:48,052 --> 00:39:49,762 Fifteen percent. 523 00:39:50,388 --> 00:39:52,056 Nineteen percent. 524 00:39:52,681 --> 00:39:54,392 Twenty-two percent. 525 00:39:54,850 --> 00:39:56,560 Twenty-seven percent. 526 00:39:56,644 --> 00:40:01,190 I'd congratulate you, Lieutenant... but I'm afraid the work has just begun. 527 00:40:02,566 --> 00:40:04,235 [computer] Forty-seven percent. 528 00:40:05,027 --> 00:40:06,946 Fifty-two percent. 529 00:40:11,867 --> 00:40:13,327 [door opens] 530 00:40:30,386 --> 00:40:32,847 -I don't know where to start. -I do. 531 00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:34,265 I'm sorry. 532 00:40:35,683 --> 00:40:39,895 I know there's no way I can prove this to you, but Voq, he's gone. 533 00:40:40,312 --> 00:40:41,313 I believe you. 534 00:40:45,401 --> 00:40:47,403 Was there ever really an Ash Tyler? 535 00:40:48,612 --> 00:40:49,947 Did he love me? 536 00:40:50,739 --> 00:40:51,866 'Cause I loved him. 537 00:40:55,911 --> 00:40:56,954 You lied to me. 538 00:40:58,622 --> 00:41:00,916 You said that if it got to be too much, 539 00:41:01,792 --> 00:41:03,502 that if you couldn't handle it, 540 00:41:04,211 --> 00:41:05,463 you would come to me. 541 00:41:06,714 --> 00:41:07,840 And it did... 542 00:41:09,633 --> 00:41:10,676 and you didn't. 543 00:41:11,510 --> 00:41:14,513 And that wasn't Voq, that was you, Tyler. 544 00:41:14,597 --> 00:41:15,806 Who the hell is Tyler? 545 00:41:16,223 --> 00:41:17,516 You think I know anymore? 546 00:41:17,975 --> 00:41:20,102 You think I have any idea who I am now, where I belong? 547 00:41:20,186 --> 00:41:21,312 This isn't about a lie. 548 00:41:21,395 --> 00:41:24,315 -You're looking for an excuse to end it. -Excuse? 549 00:41:24,398 --> 00:41:26,192 My crewmates have been kinder than they need to be. 550 00:41:26,275 --> 00:41:29,028 Why are you, the person who knows me best, 551 00:41:29,695 --> 00:41:31,572 -so quick to turn your back? -Stop. 552 00:41:31,655 --> 00:41:34,033 I want you to admit that you can't do this anymore 553 00:41:34,116 --> 00:41:36,619 because you finally went there and things got complicated. 554 00:41:37,161 --> 00:41:40,289 Your parents were killed by Klingons, and you fell in love with one. 555 00:41:42,458 --> 00:41:43,542 [exhales sharply] 556 00:41:49,381 --> 00:41:50,424 Maybe you're right. 557 00:41:51,550 --> 00:41:57,223 I know in my head that you couldn't be responsible for Voq's actions. 558 00:41:59,517 --> 00:42:03,938 But I felt your hands... around my neck. 559 00:42:05,731 --> 00:42:10,736 And I looked into your eyes, and I saw how much you wanted to kill me. 560 00:42:12,071 --> 00:42:14,406 The man that I loved wanted me dead. 561 00:42:15,741 --> 00:42:17,660 And no matter how hard I try... 562 00:42:19,119 --> 00:42:23,040 when I look at you now, I see Voq's eyes. 563 00:42:24,833 --> 00:42:26,126 I see him. 564 00:42:32,132 --> 00:42:34,843 The crew may have put it behind them, but I can't. 565 00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:38,013 I shouldn't be here. 566 00:42:40,182 --> 00:42:46,564 I should be an activated Klingon spy, behind bars or dead. 567 00:42:47,690 --> 00:42:49,775 Michael, the reason it didn't take, 568 00:42:49,858 --> 00:42:53,821 the reason L'Rell couldn't get through to me... that was you. 569 00:42:55,030 --> 00:42:56,615 Did Ash Tyler love you? 570 00:42:57,449 --> 00:42:58,534 Hell yes, he did. 571 00:43:00,202 --> 00:43:02,371 And I can't find my way back without you. 572 00:43:06,500 --> 00:43:08,043 [inhales, then exhales deeply] 573 00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:19,305 We created something beautiful today... 574 00:43:21,390 --> 00:43:23,017 in a desolate wasteland... 575 00:43:25,603 --> 00:43:27,271 that had never seen life. 576 00:43:32,484 --> 00:43:34,737 After the Battle of the Binary Stars... 577 00:43:36,780 --> 00:43:38,282 I was so lost. 578 00:43:40,659 --> 00:43:42,369 I had to sit with myself. 579 00:43:43,579 --> 00:43:45,372 I had to work through it. 580 00:43:46,248 --> 00:43:49,418 I had to crawl my way back. 581 00:43:53,172 --> 00:43:55,883 I'm still not there, but... 582 00:43:58,260 --> 00:43:59,178 I'm trying. 583 00:44:02,848 --> 00:44:04,016 That kind of work... 584 00:44:05,934 --> 00:44:07,269 reclaiming life... 585 00:44:10,314 --> 00:44:11,649 it's punishing... 586 00:44:14,026 --> 00:44:15,277 and it's relentless... 587 00:44:17,821 --> 00:44:19,406 and it's solitary. 588 00:44:22,201 --> 00:44:23,077 No, I... 589 00:44:28,624 --> 00:44:29,458 Ash. 590 00:44:33,003 --> 00:44:34,254 It's not easy... 591 00:44:36,090 --> 00:44:37,216 letting you go. 592 00:44:45,140 --> 00:44:46,183 [sniffles] 593 00:45:01,490 --> 00:45:03,492 [Cornwell] The mycelial bloom was successful. 594 00:45:04,326 --> 00:45:05,994 The spore harvest is underway. 595 00:45:06,078 --> 00:45:09,248 Then the jump to Qo'noS will be possible? 596 00:45:09,998 --> 00:45:11,667 Yes. Imminently. 597 00:45:12,251 --> 00:45:17,005 The Federation Council has been briefed on our new intelligence from the Terran. 598 00:45:17,089 --> 00:45:18,841 Despite the extraordinary risk, 599 00:45:18,924 --> 00:45:22,177 all are agreed that we have no choice but to proceed. 600 00:45:23,846 --> 00:45:26,515 Our very existence hangs in the balance. 601 00:45:27,599 --> 00:45:28,725 Then it's time. 602 00:45:30,853 --> 00:45:32,896 Open a shipwide channel. 603 00:45:34,189 --> 00:45:35,357 [comm dings] 604 00:45:37,985 --> 00:45:42,489 We have all mourned the enormous loss of life due to this war. 605 00:45:43,031 --> 00:45:45,075 The acts of violence committed against us 606 00:45:45,159 --> 00:45:49,121 are the acts of a foe without reason, without honor. 607 00:45:49,621 --> 00:45:51,582 And they will not stop coming after us 608 00:45:51,665 --> 00:45:55,085 in the hopes of destroying everything we hold dear. 609 00:45:55,461 --> 00:45:59,673 These are desperate times, and they call on us to do more 610 00:45:59,756 --> 00:46:03,177 than merely protect our people, defend our borders. 611 00:46:04,011 --> 00:46:06,972 I stand before you with a mission. 612 00:46:07,931 --> 00:46:12,644 At 2100 hours, the U.S.S. Discovery will jump for the Klingon homeworld 613 00:46:13,312 --> 00:46:18,066 in order to map its surface and isolate vulnerabilities and military targets. 614 00:46:18,859 --> 00:46:21,528 This... brave team... 615 00:46:22,613 --> 00:46:26,074 will be the first to visit this inhospitable planet 616 00:46:26,658 --> 00:46:31,038 since Captain Archer and the crew of the Enterprise NX-01 nearly 100 years ago. 617 00:46:31,497 --> 00:46:36,502 So allow me to introduce you to the person who will chart your course to Qo'noS. 618 00:46:45,260 --> 00:46:47,095 Captain Philippa Georgiou. 619 00:46:48,472 --> 00:46:49,598 Thank you. 620 00:46:52,059 --> 00:46:55,646 Though long presumed dead, Captain Georgiou was recently rescued 621 00:46:55,729 --> 00:46:58,732 in a highly classified raid of a Klingon prison vessel. 622 00:46:59,191 --> 00:47:02,361 She was transported aboard Discovery with my personal retinue. 623 00:47:02,903 --> 00:47:07,199 The mission to Qo'noS is a perilous expedition. 624 00:47:07,991 --> 00:47:10,786 And Starfleet is confident that Captain Georgiou 625 00:47:11,036 --> 00:47:15,499 is uniquely qualified to get you there and to do what needs to be done. 626 00:47:17,167 --> 00:47:18,710 [Georgiou] Specialist Burnham, 627 00:47:19,294 --> 00:47:23,590 I trust that this will be an auspicious reunion, despite our history. 628 00:47:24,633 --> 00:47:25,884 Now, take your station. 629 00:47:29,930 --> 00:47:32,891 Yes... Captain. 630 00:47:55,330 --> 00:47:57,249 [theme music playing]