1 00:00:19,193 --> 00:00:20,933 RUTHERFORD: Ooh! I'm pooped. 2 00:00:21,064 --> 00:00:23,023 Working on ocean planets really takes it out of you. 3 00:00:23,153 --> 00:00:25,112 - [grunting] - I love cataloging algae as much as anyone, 4 00:00:25,286 --> 00:00:27,244 but keep it to a thousand mutations or less. 5 00:00:27,375 --> 00:00:29,638 Yeah, I think I'm not gonna come back to Piskes Nine 6 00:00:29,768 --> 00:00:31,292 until at least tenth contact. 7 00:00:31,379 --> 00:00:33,033 What are you talking about? That was fun. 8 00:00:33,163 --> 00:00:36,123 Hmm. Well, you don't have a fever. 9 00:00:36,297 --> 00:00:38,125 Oh, stop, stop. Sure, it was a lot of work 10 00:00:38,255 --> 00:00:40,127 that old Mariner would have definitely hated 11 00:00:40,257 --> 00:00:41,780 but, hey, that algae glowed in the dark. 12 00:00:41,911 --> 00:00:43,608 Oh! I love bioluminescence too. 13 00:00:43,739 --> 00:00:46,133 Mariner! I never took you for a seaweed girl. 14 00:00:46,263 --> 00:00:47,960 Mm, not when you phrase it like that, I'm not. 15 00:00:48,091 --> 00:00:50,311 I-I don't know, I guess I'm just starting to enjoy missions 16 00:00:50,398 --> 00:00:52,226 without trying to fight the system or whatever. 17 00:00:52,356 --> 00:00:54,228 Doing granular science is what Starfleet's all about 18 00:00:54,358 --> 00:00:56,578 and wow, I sound like a real Boimler right now. 19 00:00:56,752 --> 00:00:58,580 Yeah. Uh, cool as hell. [chuckles] 20 00:00:58,754 --> 00:01:00,060 [grunts] Oh! Aah! 21 00:01:00,190 --> 00:01:01,887 You've really come a long way, Mariner. 22 00:01:02,018 --> 00:01:03,367 I find it inspiring. 23 00:01:03,498 --> 00:01:06,979 - [alarm blaring] - Ooh, I like red alerts, too. 24 00:01:07,154 --> 00:01:09,286 Come on, danger time. 25 00:01:09,417 --> 00:01:10,592 Captain, we dropped out of warp 26 00:01:10,766 --> 00:01:12,507 due to a navigational malfunction. 27 00:01:12,637 --> 00:01:13,856 Captain to Cetacean Ops. 28 00:01:14,030 --> 00:01:15,988 Lieutenant, what's your status? 29 00:01:21,559 --> 00:01:23,213 [screaming] 30 00:01:23,344 --> 00:01:26,434 Computer, shut down nav processing. 31 00:01:26,564 --> 00:01:28,131 We are supposed to be at a captains' conference 32 00:01:28,218 --> 00:01:30,264 on Casperia Prime in 24 hours. 33 00:01:30,394 --> 00:01:33,049 I'm hosting their first annual scatting battle. 34 00:01:33,180 --> 00:01:34,137 Well, we aren't gonna be anywhere 35 00:01:34,268 --> 00:01:35,617 unless we get the nav repaired. 36 00:01:35,791 --> 00:01:38,315 Mr. Boimler, are there any starbases within impulse? 37 00:01:38,446 --> 00:01:40,578 BOIMLER: Yes, but you're not gonna like it. 38 00:01:40,709 --> 00:01:42,580 The only station within reach is 39 00:01:42,667 --> 00:01:44,016 Starbase 80. 40 00:01:44,147 --> 00:01:45,844 - [crew gasps] - MALE: Damn. Starbase 80?! 41 00:01:45,975 --> 00:01:48,412 - That's the worst starbase in the quadrant! - [grunts] 42 00:01:48,499 --> 00:01:50,327 No, no, I am not going back to the hellhole. 43 00:01:50,458 --> 00:01:53,200 I'm a positive person now. I love algae. 44 00:01:53,330 --> 00:01:54,418 There's nowhere else? 45 00:01:54,549 --> 00:01:55,463 I mean, at full impulse 46 00:01:55,637 --> 00:01:56,551 we could get to Deep Space Six 47 00:01:56,681 --> 00:01:58,205 in 400 years. 48 00:01:58,335 --> 00:01:59,858 That. Let's do that. Mom, please. Right? 49 00:01:59,989 --> 00:02:01,643 We-we can't go to Starbase 80. 50 00:02:01,773 --> 00:02:02,818 Let's just, you know, put out a distress call 51 00:02:02,948 --> 00:02:04,559 and drift until we get rescued. 52 00:02:04,689 --> 00:02:07,039 As much as I would love to never set foot on that station, 53 00:02:07,127 --> 00:02:08,693 we need a navigation processor. 54 00:02:08,867 --> 00:02:10,042 It's our only option. 55 00:02:10,217 --> 00:02:13,220 Mr. Boimler, Starbase 80, full impulse. 56 00:02:13,350 --> 00:02:16,310 No...! 57 00:02:18,050 --> 00:02:19,922 Are you gonna do that the whole way there? 58 00:02:20,052 --> 00:02:22,446 [Mariner continuing] 59 00:02:24,144 --> 00:02:26,233 ♪ ♪ 60 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:48,255 ♪ ♪ 61 00:03:17,458 --> 00:03:19,242 ♪ 62 00:03:39,523 --> 00:03:41,264 ♪ ♪ 63 00:03:43,875 --> 00:03:45,703 Absolutely not. You can't make me go back. 64 00:03:45,834 --> 00:03:47,488 Put me in the brig. Shoot me into space. 65 00:03:47,618 --> 00:03:50,099 I don't want to be on SB80 any more than you do. 66 00:03:50,273 --> 00:03:51,579 When we crossed dimensions, 67 00:03:51,709 --> 00:03:53,668 the other me ran this pile of junk. 68 00:03:53,798 --> 00:03:56,061 - Now, you've been here. - Because you banished me! 69 00:03:56,192 --> 00:03:58,107 And I apologize for that. 70 00:03:58,281 --> 00:04:00,544 Is it really infested with fleas? 71 00:04:00,675 --> 00:04:02,764 Denobulan lice. And they itch like [bleep]. 72 00:04:02,851 --> 00:04:05,375 This place is cursed. I've already been here too long. 73 00:04:05,462 --> 00:04:08,030 We'll be in and out as fast as possible. 74 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,337 I'm sure it won't be that bad. 75 00:04:10,467 --> 00:04:12,034 Hey, Captain, Starbase 80's transporters 76 00:04:12,121 --> 00:04:13,557 aren't safe for organic use. 77 00:04:13,731 --> 00:04:15,777 They want us to rub down with some kind of gel. 78 00:04:15,951 --> 00:04:18,301 Ha! See? The curse begins. 79 00:04:23,915 --> 00:04:26,527 Check me out. I'm a total T'Pol over here. 80 00:04:26,614 --> 00:04:27,484 Mare-Bear, get my back. 81 00:04:27,571 --> 00:04:29,051 Not if my life depended on it. 82 00:04:29,225 --> 00:04:30,531 Also, why do we have to decontaminate? 83 00:04:30,661 --> 00:04:32,576 They're the ones who are cursed, not us. 84 00:04:32,707 --> 00:04:34,796 Come on, you can't really believe in curses. 85 00:04:34,926 --> 00:04:36,493 I didn't used to, but I've seen it. 86 00:04:36,624 --> 00:04:38,843 A regular smart person spends too much time here 87 00:04:39,017 --> 00:04:40,845 and somehow, through mysterious forces, 88 00:04:41,019 --> 00:04:42,282 thy turn into a total buffoon. 89 00:04:42,369 --> 00:04:44,240 That's a little unscientific. 90 00:04:44,371 --> 00:04:46,634 - Can science explain Q? - Probably. 91 00:04:46,764 --> 00:04:48,244 You gonna use all your gel? 92 00:04:48,418 --> 00:04:49,811 Ooh, hey, man, I wouldn't use too much of that stuff. 93 00:04:49,941 --> 00:04:51,160 I think there's a reason they got rid of it. 94 00:04:51,291 --> 00:04:53,815 I like to lay it on thick. 95 00:04:53,989 --> 00:04:56,383 Oh, yeah, that's the stuff. 96 00:05:00,604 --> 00:05:03,303 Mariner, the ground isn't gonna fall out from under you. 97 00:05:03,477 --> 00:05:04,869 Last time I was here, I fell into an open ditch. 98 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,828 Now, I know what you're thinking. 99 00:05:06,958 --> 00:05:08,351 You're like, "How can there be an open ditch on a starbase?" 100 00:05:08,482 --> 00:05:09,961 Well, anything's possible in hell. 101 00:05:10,092 --> 00:05:12,050 - Hiya, Cerritos crew! - Aah! 102 00:05:12,224 --> 00:05:14,575 [laughs] Welcome to Starbase 80. 103 00:05:14,662 --> 00:05:16,968 Kassia Nox, diplomatic liaison. 104 00:05:17,099 --> 00:05:19,884 We're so relieved Starfleet finally sent someone 105 00:05:20,058 --> 00:05:21,408 to repair our flux spectrometer. 106 00:05:21,582 --> 00:05:23,366 I'm afraid there's been a misunderstanding. 107 00:05:23,497 --> 00:05:25,150 The Cerritos was forced here 108 00:05:25,281 --> 00:05:26,630 due to a navigational malfunction. 109 00:05:26,761 --> 00:05:28,806 We need a new processor, if you have one. 110 00:05:28,980 --> 00:05:30,504 Oh, I see. 111 00:05:30,634 --> 00:05:32,506 Well, I'm sure we have a nav processor or two 112 00:05:32,636 --> 00:05:34,769 in storage, as long as you don't mind an older model. 113 00:05:34,899 --> 00:05:37,511 [all exclaim] 114 00:05:37,641 --> 00:05:40,470 Well, the Cerritos isn't exactly cutting edge either. 115 00:05:40,601 --> 00:05:42,472 So, older-- it-it should be fine. 116 00:05:42,559 --> 00:05:44,344 I'm sure my chief engineer can help you. 117 00:05:44,474 --> 00:05:45,867 He's down on level 15. 118 00:05:45,997 --> 00:05:47,912 Mariner, why don't you go see if you can help 119 00:05:48,086 --> 00:05:49,218 with any station repairs 120 00:05:49,349 --> 00:05:50,088 while we go and get the processor. 121 00:05:50,219 --> 00:05:51,612 Ooh, alternate idea. 122 00:05:51,699 --> 00:05:53,004 I would love to go back to the Cerritos 123 00:05:53,178 --> 00:05:53,962 and not help with anything. 124 00:05:54,049 --> 00:05:56,878 That's an order. 125 00:05:57,008 --> 00:05:58,880 Looks like you're with me. 126 00:05:59,010 --> 00:06:00,882 Mom, come on. Please, please, look, give me-give me 127 00:06:01,056 --> 00:06:01,839 holodeck waste removal duty. 128 00:06:02,013 --> 00:06:03,493 Anything that takes me 129 00:06:03,580 --> 00:06:04,538 back to the Cerritos. Please. 130 00:06:04,668 --> 00:06:06,801 Ah, man, these systems are all old and weird. 131 00:06:06,888 --> 00:06:09,194 I was dreaming about working on something new. 132 00:06:09,281 --> 00:06:11,545 Have you dreamed of being cursed? 133 00:06:19,117 --> 00:06:20,336 So, what crime did you commit 134 00:06:20,510 --> 00:06:22,033 to get you banished to Curse Town? 135 00:06:22,164 --> 00:06:23,731 None. I volunteered. 136 00:06:23,861 --> 00:06:25,559 That's weird. You sure that's how it went down? 137 00:06:25,689 --> 00:06:27,952 SB80 might not be the most glamorous starbase 138 00:06:28,126 --> 00:06:30,999 in the Federation, but it grows on you. 139 00:06:31,086 --> 00:06:33,088 Like a fungus. 140 00:06:33,175 --> 00:06:35,873 Welcome to Engineering. Watch your step. 141 00:06:37,745 --> 00:06:39,660 - Uh... - [all exclaim] 142 00:06:41,749 --> 00:06:43,620 RUTHERFORD: Whoa, we're on the ceiling. 143 00:06:43,751 --> 00:06:45,709 Oh, yeah, well, we're having a little trouble 144 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:47,363 with the gravity plating. [chuckles] 145 00:06:47,537 --> 00:06:50,671 Oh! The fusion reactor is so cute. 146 00:06:50,801 --> 00:06:53,238 Oh, my gosh. And do you use wall comms? 147 00:06:53,369 --> 00:06:54,718 - [boatswain's whistle blows] - The base hasn't experienced 148 00:06:54,849 --> 00:06:56,851 many upgrades since the 2260s. 149 00:06:56,938 --> 00:06:59,984 That's why it's so retro cool! 150 00:07:00,158 --> 00:07:01,464 See, Mariner? No curse here. 151 00:07:01,551 --> 00:07:03,292 Just a minimalist reactor room 152 00:07:03,423 --> 00:07:04,772 with a... corn dog vendor? 153 00:07:04,902 --> 00:07:06,730 - KASSIA: That's Chad. - Oh. 154 00:07:06,817 --> 00:07:08,863 You have to try his corn dogs-- they're incredible. 155 00:07:08,993 --> 00:07:10,168 Mmm, mmm, mmm! 156 00:07:10,299 --> 00:07:11,082 They have food vendors all over the base 157 00:07:11,213 --> 00:07:12,954 instead of replicators. 158 00:07:13,084 --> 00:07:14,738 We've actually found that the absence of replicators 159 00:07:14,869 --> 00:07:17,698 has livened the station's culinary scene. 160 00:07:17,828 --> 00:07:20,135 Looks like the gravity stabilizer's working, 161 00:07:20,222 --> 00:07:22,354 just, you know, in the wrong direction. 162 00:07:22,529 --> 00:07:23,878 Rutherford to Commander Billups. 163 00:07:24,008 --> 00:07:25,488 [low moaning] 164 00:07:25,619 --> 00:07:27,142 SB80's got some problems with their grav plating. 165 00:07:27,316 --> 00:07:29,361 Can you help out? Aah! Static. 166 00:07:29,536 --> 00:07:31,407 Yep, this place is charged up. 167 00:07:31,538 --> 00:07:32,669 Don't walk around in your socks. 168 00:07:32,756 --> 00:07:34,541 What was up with that incoherent moaning? 169 00:07:34,671 --> 00:07:36,325 Guess the breakfast burrito didn't sit well. 170 00:07:36,456 --> 00:07:37,979 Looks like I'm on my own. 171 00:07:38,109 --> 00:07:39,807 Well, we still have the old schematics in storage 172 00:07:39,937 --> 00:07:42,026 - that came with the station. - Awesome! 173 00:07:42,157 --> 00:07:44,551 Wait, I thought Billups only ate hot cereals. 174 00:07:44,638 --> 00:07:46,770 Well, he's been working on his pickiness. I'm proud of him. 175 00:07:46,944 --> 00:07:50,208 Proud or concerned for out of character curse behavior? 176 00:07:50,339 --> 00:07:53,211 It was a burrito, and Billups isn't even on SB80. 177 00:07:53,385 --> 00:07:54,517 He's back on the Cerritos. 178 00:07:54,604 --> 00:07:57,128 That's true. All right. Maybe we're okay. 179 00:08:00,262 --> 00:08:01,872 ♪ ♪ 180 00:08:02,003 --> 00:08:03,787 [growling] 181 00:08:06,486 --> 00:08:07,487 [thud] 182 00:08:07,574 --> 00:08:10,359 [sniffs] Oof! My, this place 183 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:11,839 does have a signature stink. 184 00:08:11,969 --> 00:08:13,928 Mmm! All I smell is gel. 185 00:08:14,015 --> 00:08:15,146 - [shouting in distance] - Do you hear that? 186 00:08:15,277 --> 00:08:17,018 - [alarm blaring] - [gasps] 187 00:08:17,148 --> 00:08:18,585 Is that man dead? 188 00:08:20,282 --> 00:08:21,718 - Aah! - [gasps] 189 00:08:21,849 --> 00:08:22,676 Oh. 190 00:08:22,806 --> 00:08:24,025 Howdy. 191 00:08:24,155 --> 00:08:25,766 Y'all must be from the 'Ritos, aren't you? 192 00:08:25,853 --> 00:08:27,202 Sorry, dozed off there. 193 00:08:27,376 --> 00:08:29,247 With all these alarms going off? 194 00:08:29,378 --> 00:08:32,642 Oh, hell, I don't have the tools to reroute their microcircuits. 195 00:08:32,773 --> 00:08:34,862 Don't worry, you'll get used to it. 196 00:08:34,992 --> 00:08:36,037 [sighs] 197 00:08:40,389 --> 00:08:42,826 [laughs] Hot damn! Y'all got 198 00:08:42,957 --> 00:08:44,959 them really good modern tricorders. 199 00:08:45,046 --> 00:08:47,701 Happy to help. We're looking for the chief engineer. 200 00:08:47,831 --> 00:08:49,659 He has a navigation processor for us. 201 00:08:49,790 --> 00:08:51,400 Oh, hell, that's Jakobowski. 202 00:08:51,574 --> 00:08:53,358 Great guy. Hell of a throwing arm. 203 00:08:53,445 --> 00:08:55,273 Uh-huh. And where is he? 204 00:08:55,404 --> 00:08:57,101 Probably in the arcade. 205 00:08:57,232 --> 00:08:59,103 We don't have any fancy holodecks, 206 00:08:59,234 --> 00:09:01,366 so Chief spends a lot of time there. 207 00:09:01,453 --> 00:09:03,543 Yeah, it's up on, uh, 33. 208 00:09:03,717 --> 00:09:04,761 He'll get you that nav thingy you want. 209 00:09:04,848 --> 00:09:07,416 [groans] Wha... We just came down from 33. 210 00:09:07,547 --> 00:09:09,374 Y'all have fun. 211 00:09:09,461 --> 00:09:11,072 - [snores] - All right, Captain, 212 00:09:11,202 --> 00:09:12,464 let's follow this napkin. 213 00:09:12,595 --> 00:09:15,119 Oh, dang gel. I got it, I got it. 214 00:09:15,250 --> 00:09:17,034 Oh, please. 215 00:09:17,121 --> 00:09:19,689 ♪ ♪ 216 00:09:28,132 --> 00:09:29,220 [low growling] 217 00:09:29,351 --> 00:09:31,353 Wow, that's a lot of growling and glaring. 218 00:09:31,483 --> 00:09:33,573 Fun fact: SB80 actually has 219 00:09:33,703 --> 00:09:35,575 the largest population of Acamarians 220 00:09:35,749 --> 00:09:37,881 outside Acamar III due to an old negotiation hiccup 221 00:09:38,055 --> 00:09:40,362 that surrendered half the starbase to their authority. 222 00:09:40,536 --> 00:09:42,277 Yeah, this place is basically controlled 223 00:09:42,407 --> 00:09:44,148 - by a knife gang. - [whimpers] 224 00:09:44,279 --> 00:09:45,628 We've sort of been hoping 225 00:09:45,715 --> 00:09:47,543 Starfleet might renegotiate the treaty. 226 00:09:47,674 --> 00:09:50,328 But I guess it's low on the diplomatic to-do list. 227 00:09:50,459 --> 00:09:51,939 [gasps] Ruthie! 228 00:09:52,113 --> 00:09:53,331 No, that's cursed sauce. Don't touch that. 229 00:09:53,462 --> 00:09:56,073 Wha? I eat those every day. They're great. 230 00:09:56,204 --> 00:09:59,250 Uncovered and unrefrigerated? Ugh, that's a pass. 231 00:09:59,381 --> 00:10:00,861 Oh! These are cozy. 232 00:10:00,948 --> 00:10:02,732 How did you make them without replicators? 233 00:10:02,906 --> 00:10:05,169 They're the uniforms of long-dead men. 234 00:10:05,256 --> 00:10:06,736 Vintage. 235 00:10:08,695 --> 00:10:11,741 KASSIA: The grav-plate manual should be in here somewhere. 236 00:10:11,915 --> 00:10:13,177 It's a mess! 237 00:10:13,308 --> 00:10:14,701 Oh, my God, we're never getting out of here. 238 00:10:14,875 --> 00:10:16,572 Okay, don't worry. We'll divide and conquer. 239 00:10:16,703 --> 00:10:17,965 Rutherford, how about you take that pile on the left? 240 00:10:18,052 --> 00:10:20,271 [groaning] 241 00:10:21,795 --> 00:10:22,839 Everything okay, buddy? 242 00:10:22,926 --> 00:10:24,406 - Yeah. - BOIMLER: Whoa! 243 00:10:24,580 --> 00:10:25,494 What are you doing? Stop that. 244 00:10:25,625 --> 00:10:27,017 Rutherford's cursed! He's got the 80! 245 00:10:27,148 --> 00:10:30,107 There's got to be a rational, scientific explanation... 246 00:10:31,500 --> 00:10:33,284 [snarling] 247 00:10:35,112 --> 00:10:35,852 [roars] 248 00:10:35,983 --> 00:10:36,853 - [gasps] - Ew. 249 00:10:36,940 --> 00:10:38,899 Okay, maybe there's a curse. 250 00:10:44,687 --> 00:10:45,688 [chuckles] Oh! 251 00:10:45,819 --> 00:10:46,907 A twist-handle control. 252 00:10:47,037 --> 00:10:48,517 Did you use these as an ensign? 253 00:10:48,648 --> 00:10:50,693 - I am not that old. - Oh. 254 00:10:50,824 --> 00:10:53,435 Well, I think we turn it to use voice command. 255 00:10:54,131 --> 00:10:55,567 [both exclaim] 256 00:10:56,264 --> 00:10:57,569 Computer, Arcade. 257 00:10:57,744 --> 00:10:59,006 COMPUTER: Maintenance labyrinth. 258 00:10:59,136 --> 00:11:00,268 I said Arcade. 259 00:11:00,355 --> 00:11:01,922 [exclaiming] 260 00:11:02,052 --> 00:11:03,706 COMPUTER: Maintenance labyrinth confirmed. 261 00:11:06,100 --> 00:11:09,277 This is definitely not the Arcade. 262 00:11:09,407 --> 00:11:10,495 COMPUTER: Arcade. 263 00:11:10,626 --> 00:11:12,410 Get back here! Damn it. 264 00:11:12,541 --> 00:11:14,151 Should I call the Cerritos for help? 265 00:11:14,282 --> 00:11:17,546 No. This place got the better of my alternate universe self. 266 00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:19,330 It won't do the same to me. 267 00:11:19,417 --> 00:11:20,680 You're still worried about that? 268 00:11:20,810 --> 00:11:21,985 Yes! 269 00:11:22,116 --> 00:11:23,334 [growling] 270 00:11:23,465 --> 00:11:25,032 [shouts] 271 00:11:25,162 --> 00:11:26,337 Look at 'em, 272 00:11:26,468 --> 00:11:27,643 all vacant, weird. 273 00:11:27,774 --> 00:11:29,819 They've all got Starbase 80 curse. 274 00:11:34,911 --> 00:11:38,262 Uh, Dr. T'Ana? - [growling, meowing nearby] 275 00:11:38,436 --> 00:11:40,308 - Ow. - MARINER: [gasps] It got Dr. T. 276 00:11:40,438 --> 00:11:41,918 KASSIA: Huh, that's weird. 277 00:11:42,049 --> 00:11:44,225 While your crew's affected, none of us locals are. 278 00:11:44,399 --> 00:11:46,227 Yeah, 'cause you're already cursed. 279 00:11:46,314 --> 00:11:47,924 Come on, our doctor will get to the bottom of this. 280 00:11:48,055 --> 00:11:49,273 What if he's cursed, too? 281 00:11:49,404 --> 00:11:50,927 Well, you sort of don't have a choice. 282 00:11:51,014 --> 00:11:52,494 [groans] 283 00:11:53,756 --> 00:11:54,626 Hello? 284 00:11:54,801 --> 00:11:57,847 - Lt. Jakobowski? - [growling] 285 00:12:00,371 --> 00:12:02,809 - [roaring] - [gasps] 286 00:12:02,939 --> 00:12:04,549 [muffled roar] 287 00:12:05,289 --> 00:12:06,595 FREEMAN: Gene? 288 00:12:06,682 --> 00:12:08,597 Why is your head in that tube? 289 00:12:08,728 --> 00:12:09,511 GENE: I'm just trying to fix 290 00:12:09,641 --> 00:12:11,905 an oxygen leak and I got stuck. 291 00:12:12,079 --> 00:12:13,950 Hold on, I've got some gel that should help with that. 292 00:12:15,038 --> 00:12:17,998 - [grunting] - [screeching] 293 00:12:19,173 --> 00:12:20,391 [laughs] 294 00:12:20,478 --> 00:12:22,306 Way too many bats around here. 295 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,744 Gene, we need to find your engineer. 296 00:12:24,918 --> 00:12:27,137 I feel like we've been just wondering around the station 297 00:12:27,224 --> 00:12:28,617 fixing things. 298 00:12:28,748 --> 00:12:30,184 Well, since you mentioned it... 299 00:12:30,314 --> 00:12:31,359 What now? 300 00:12:31,489 --> 00:12:32,926 I don't have the know-how 301 00:12:33,056 --> 00:12:35,145 to get this oxygen leak sealed. Could you... 302 00:12:35,276 --> 00:12:37,800 Yes. [grunts] 303 00:12:43,414 --> 00:12:45,112 There. Done. 304 00:12:45,199 --> 00:12:48,071 Now, will you please point us to Lt. Jakobowski? 305 00:12:48,158 --> 00:12:51,466 Oh, happily. Let's get you to that arcade. 306 00:12:54,469 --> 00:12:56,819 [laughs] Stairs! Boom! 307 00:12:56,950 --> 00:12:58,429 Don't see these in space very often. 308 00:12:58,560 --> 00:12:59,822 The perfect workout. 309 00:12:59,909 --> 00:13:01,868 Yeah, 30 stories and you'll hit the arcade. 310 00:13:01,998 --> 00:13:02,825 Can't miss it. 311 00:13:02,956 --> 00:13:04,871 I'm not letting this place win. 312 00:13:05,045 --> 00:13:06,655 You're welcome. 313 00:13:06,786 --> 00:13:09,136 Ha, ha, my glutes. You feel that, Cap? 314 00:13:09,266 --> 00:13:10,920 The power of stairs! 315 00:13:11,094 --> 00:13:13,096 [growling] 316 00:13:13,183 --> 00:13:15,403 Ugh, Tendi, Rutherford keeps trying to lick the walls. 317 00:13:15,533 --> 00:13:16,970 Can you help, please? 318 00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:19,494 - [growling] - MARINER: [gasps] No! 319 00:13:19,624 --> 00:13:20,669 Tendi's cursed, too. 320 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,889 Ensigns Mackler and Gorm, 321 00:13:23,019 --> 00:13:24,325 I need your help at my location now. 322 00:13:24,455 --> 00:13:26,109 [Mackler growling] 323 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,938 Oh, you were right, this curse is getting to everyone. 324 00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:30,853 Hurry, follow me! 325 00:13:30,984 --> 00:13:32,376 [shrieks] Who the hell are you? 326 00:13:32,507 --> 00:13:33,813 Station doctor Harrison Horseberry. 327 00:13:33,943 --> 00:13:35,727 We must get these officers to Sickbay. 328 00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:37,773 Posthaste. Pip-pip, on your way. 329 00:13:37,904 --> 00:13:40,080 [growling] 330 00:13:40,167 --> 00:13:41,603 Um... 331 00:13:41,777 --> 00:13:42,734 Wh-What is happening with your doctor? 332 00:13:42,865 --> 00:13:44,606 Oh, yeah, he gets that a lot. 333 00:13:44,693 --> 00:13:46,608 [whispers]: He's British. 334 00:13:46,738 --> 00:13:48,523 Does he have one of those Tarchannen parasites 335 00:13:48,653 --> 00:13:49,350 that mess with your DNA? 336 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:50,699 I used to have one. 337 00:13:50,830 --> 00:13:52,440 I got it from sharing a toothbrush 338 00:13:52,527 --> 00:13:54,137 with one of my colleges. 339 00:13:54,268 --> 00:13:55,965 How did you know? I was told it was hardly noticeable. 340 00:13:56,052 --> 00:13:57,575 Yeah, it was... it was little noticeable. 341 00:13:57,749 --> 00:13:59,055 HORSEBERRY: [gasps] Oh, my word. 342 00:13:59,142 --> 00:14:01,014 - This can't be right. - W-What's wrong? 343 00:14:01,144 --> 00:14:03,625 Nothing. No pathogens or biochemical phenomena 344 00:14:03,712 --> 00:14:05,322 and no Tarchannen parasites, 345 00:14:05,409 --> 00:14:06,846 which I always check for, just for fun. 346 00:14:06,976 --> 00:14:09,936 Oh, my God. You're right. It is a curse! 347 00:14:10,023 --> 00:14:11,720 All right, [bleep] this. I'm calling for evac. 348 00:14:11,851 --> 00:14:12,764 Stop! Give me that combadge. 349 00:14:12,895 --> 00:14:14,114 - You'll get it, too! - Hey! 350 00:14:15,202 --> 00:14:17,030 [gasps] I knew you were up to something. 351 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:18,118 [grunting] 352 00:14:23,732 --> 00:14:24,864 [grunting] 353 00:14:27,214 --> 00:14:29,172 Holly [bleep]. How are you so good at fighting? 354 00:14:29,303 --> 00:14:32,306 I'm El-Aurian. I think I know how to fight. 355 00:14:32,436 --> 00:14:34,003 Wait, like Guinan? 356 00:14:34,134 --> 00:14:35,744 What, so you're, like, 400 years old? 357 00:14:35,875 --> 00:14:38,094 No, I'm in my 30s. But I pay attention. 358 00:14:38,225 --> 00:14:40,749 A young El-Aurian is just a regular person! 359 00:14:40,836 --> 00:14:41,968 I'm trying to protect you. 360 00:14:42,142 --> 00:14:44,013 Sure doesn't feel like it. 361 00:14:44,187 --> 00:14:47,538 Have you noticed your crew only starts acting weird 362 00:14:47,669 --> 00:14:49,714 after using their combadges? 363 00:14:49,801 --> 00:14:51,891 - So? - So, what if that's why 364 00:14:51,978 --> 00:14:53,936 your crew's affected and ours isn't? 365 00:14:54,023 --> 00:14:55,895 Everyone here's acting weird as [bleep]. 366 00:14:57,287 --> 00:15:00,638 They're goofy and excentric, but not licking walls. 367 00:15:00,812 --> 00:15:01,988 - [grunts] - We don't have combadges. 368 00:15:02,118 --> 00:15:04,991 We use old wall comms. That has to be it. 369 00:15:05,121 --> 00:15:06,427 Boimler just contacted his ensigns. 370 00:15:06,557 --> 00:15:08,646 [grunts] And he's fine. 371 00:15:08,777 --> 00:15:10,953 - [growling] - Oh, [bleep], 372 00:15:12,737 --> 00:15:14,739 Oh, my God, you were right. It's the combadges. 373 00:15:14,870 --> 00:15:17,873 But that means the curse is from the Cerritos? 374 00:15:19,483 --> 00:15:21,007 Sorry, Boims. [grunts] 375 00:15:22,356 --> 00:15:23,357 [panting] 376 00:15:23,487 --> 00:15:25,359 [whoops] 377 00:15:25,446 --> 00:15:28,144 [grunting] 378 00:15:28,275 --> 00:15:29,841 [groans] 379 00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:31,669 RANSOM: Wow, that's a lot of Acamarians. 380 00:15:31,843 --> 00:15:34,629 Careful, Cap. These guys can get pretty rough. 381 00:15:34,759 --> 00:15:36,457 You lost, Starfleet? 382 00:15:36,587 --> 00:15:39,590 We don't get a lot of your kind around here. 383 00:15:39,721 --> 00:15:41,766 Unless they're going to... 384 00:15:41,853 --> 00:15:44,073 the arcade. 385 00:15:44,204 --> 00:15:46,554 We are going to the arcade. 386 00:15:46,684 --> 00:15:48,512 Oh, awesome. It's right over there. 387 00:15:48,686 --> 00:15:51,124 Here's some extra tokens. On the house. 388 00:15:54,214 --> 00:15:55,519 [grunting] 389 00:15:55,606 --> 00:15:57,391 - BOTH: Gene? - Oh! 390 00:15:57,521 --> 00:15:58,783 Howdy, friends. 391 00:15:58,870 --> 00:16:00,220 That is it. 392 00:16:00,350 --> 00:16:02,483 I don't know what you've been up to, buddy, 393 00:16:02,613 --> 00:16:03,440 but it ends now. 394 00:16:03,571 --> 00:16:04,572 No more runarounds. 395 00:16:04,659 --> 00:16:06,617 Where's Lt. Jakobowski? 396 00:16:06,704 --> 00:16:08,097 Aw, calm down, lady. 397 00:16:08,228 --> 00:16:10,752 - That is Jakobowski. - What? 398 00:16:10,882 --> 00:16:14,147 Chief Engineer Gene Jakobowski at your service. 399 00:16:14,277 --> 00:16:16,758 You better have a damn good explanation, Gene. 400 00:16:16,932 --> 00:16:20,153 I know, apologies, apologies for the subterfuge. 401 00:16:20,327 --> 00:16:22,285 I've been asking Starfleet to send someone 402 00:16:22,459 --> 00:16:25,158 to help with repairs for months, see? 403 00:16:25,288 --> 00:16:27,290 I couldn't miss a chance to get help fixing 404 00:16:27,464 --> 00:16:29,510 the alarms and oxygen pipe. 405 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,252 Starfleet lying to Starfleet? That is messed-up, Gene. 406 00:16:32,382 --> 00:16:34,732 Well, if you help me clear out the bats 407 00:16:34,906 --> 00:16:37,083 in subsection five, I'll give you 408 00:16:37,213 --> 00:16:38,954 your navigation processor. 409 00:16:39,085 --> 00:16:40,695 No way are we helping you with that. 410 00:16:40,825 --> 00:16:42,088 You go get it right now. 411 00:16:42,218 --> 00:16:43,089 Captain? 412 00:16:43,263 --> 00:16:45,134 No, I-I get it. 413 00:16:45,221 --> 00:16:46,918 The Cerritos isn't the flashiest ship, 414 00:16:47,049 --> 00:16:49,573 so it's easy for command to ignore. 415 00:16:49,704 --> 00:16:52,576 You know what, I haven't been exactly fair to you today. 416 00:16:52,707 --> 00:16:55,057 Let's get those bats. 417 00:16:55,144 --> 00:16:57,059 [screaming, clamoring] 418 00:17:02,543 --> 00:17:04,197 [both exclaim] 419 00:17:05,459 --> 00:17:06,416 [gasps] 420 00:17:06,547 --> 00:17:08,027 [exclaiming] 421 00:17:08,114 --> 00:17:10,681 Oh, I can't believe I messed this up. 422 00:17:10,812 --> 00:17:12,422 You didn't do anything. 423 00:17:12,553 --> 00:17:13,641 Getting kicked off my ship and being transferred here-- 424 00:17:13,728 --> 00:17:15,295 that was my rock bottom. 425 00:17:15,382 --> 00:17:17,558 Being back made me feel like I was still that person. 426 00:17:17,688 --> 00:17:18,863 If I'd been on my game, 427 00:17:18,994 --> 00:17:20,213 I would have seen what was happening. 428 00:17:20,387 --> 00:17:21,910 Hey, this isn't rock bottom for anyone. 429 00:17:22,041 --> 00:17:23,738 Starbase 80's for second chances. 430 00:17:23,912 --> 00:17:25,131 That's why I love it. 431 00:17:25,261 --> 00:17:28,482 [gasps] What the... What is that? 432 00:17:28,569 --> 00:17:30,005 [shouts] 433 00:17:30,136 --> 00:17:32,399 I mean, when you put it like that, 434 00:17:32,529 --> 00:17:34,270 I'm kind of into Starbase 80. 435 00:17:34,401 --> 00:17:36,272 We're not perfect, but that's why it works. 436 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:38,405 Damn. Okay, so it's not a curse. 437 00:17:38,535 --> 00:17:40,711 Something is piggybacking on our combadge signals. 438 00:17:40,842 --> 00:17:42,757 We have to find the source. 439 00:17:48,241 --> 00:17:50,765 [gasps] There's a biological energy signature. 440 00:17:50,852 --> 00:17:52,767 Then your comm logs can tell us how this started. 441 00:17:52,854 --> 00:17:54,334 Yeah, they're back on the ship, which will be full 442 00:17:54,421 --> 00:17:56,336 of cursed crew. How are we gonna get through that? 443 00:17:56,423 --> 00:17:59,730 With the help of two of my biggest weirdos. 444 00:17:59,904 --> 00:18:02,777 ♪ 445 00:18:06,563 --> 00:18:08,304 We need to get to the bridge. Let's use caution... 446 00:18:08,478 --> 00:18:10,437 - COMPUTER: Self-destruct sequence activated. - What?! 447 00:18:10,611 --> 00:18:12,569 Self-destruct sequence aborted. 448 00:18:12,656 --> 00:18:13,918 Oh, thank God. 449 00:18:14,049 --> 00:18:15,311 Self-destruct sequence activated. 450 00:18:15,442 --> 00:18:17,531 What the hell is happening on this ship? 451 00:18:17,618 --> 00:18:19,750 Forget caution! New plan: reckless abandon! 452 00:18:19,837 --> 00:18:23,406 Self-self-self-self- self-self-destruct... 453 00:18:23,537 --> 00:18:25,539 self-destruct- self-destruct sequence... 454 00:18:25,669 --> 00:18:27,802 [hisses] 455 00:18:27,932 --> 00:18:29,630 Pardon me! 456 00:18:31,458 --> 00:18:33,329 [moaning] 457 00:18:33,416 --> 00:18:34,765 Livik. 458 00:18:34,896 --> 00:18:36,419 [grunts] 459 00:18:37,507 --> 00:18:40,380 - Nice. - Happens all the time on our base. 460 00:18:40,467 --> 00:18:41,511 Whoa! 461 00:18:41,642 --> 00:18:43,557 My stars! 462 00:18:43,644 --> 00:18:44,993 There's no way through. We have to go back. 463 00:18:45,167 --> 00:18:47,735 Looks like this is a job for Chad. 464 00:18:47,865 --> 00:18:50,564 Corn dogs, ho! 465 00:18:50,694 --> 00:18:53,219 Chad, no! 466 00:18:55,743 --> 00:18:56,570 Keep going. 467 00:18:56,700 --> 00:18:57,788 Chad'll be okay. 468 00:18:57,919 --> 00:19:00,443 [moans, grunting] 469 00:19:00,617 --> 00:19:02,358 Chad! 470 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:04,447 Self-destruct- self-destruct se... 471 00:19:04,621 --> 00:19:05,883 self-destruct sequence... 472 00:19:06,014 --> 00:19:07,798 self-destruct sequence ac... 473 00:19:07,929 --> 00:19:10,410 Self-destruct sequence aborted. 474 00:19:10,497 --> 00:19:12,194 - [exhales] - KASSIA: I isolated 475 00:19:12,325 --> 00:19:13,369 the source of the combadge signal. 476 00:19:13,500 --> 00:19:14,631 - Where is this? - What? 477 00:19:14,762 --> 00:19:17,199 No way. 478 00:19:19,941 --> 00:19:22,291 You have whales?! 479 00:19:22,378 --> 00:19:23,466 They do stellar navigation and they also 480 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,729 - throw really crazy parties. - Shh! 481 00:19:27,427 --> 00:19:29,255 Get down! 482 00:19:36,305 --> 00:19:37,828 - What's he doing? - I don't know. That's new. 483 00:19:37,959 --> 00:19:39,265 Okay, good news. 484 00:19:39,395 --> 00:19:40,962 Pretty sure it's not Tarchannen parasites. 485 00:19:41,136 --> 00:19:42,224 Has he been off the ship lately? 486 00:19:42,355 --> 00:19:44,835 He was on an away mission on Piskes Nine. 487 00:19:44,966 --> 00:19:47,055 HORSEBERRY: I'm reading an anaphasic conscious controlling his body. 488 00:19:47,186 --> 00:19:49,188 It appears to have spread throughout 489 00:19:49,318 --> 00:19:51,494 the entire Cerritos crew, but its central mind is here. 490 00:19:51,581 --> 00:19:53,975 So, everyone is licking and touching the walls 491 00:19:54,105 --> 00:19:55,585 because they're like his fingertips, 492 00:19:55,716 --> 00:19:58,109 - reaching out in the dark. - Finger and tongue tips, yeah. 493 00:19:58,240 --> 00:19:59,937 Can you reverse the effects, Doctor? 494 00:20:00,068 --> 00:20:01,939 Perhaps, if I could just get close enough. 495 00:20:02,070 --> 00:20:04,594 Not an option. We can't lose anyone else. 496 00:20:04,725 --> 00:20:07,467 [groans] I spent all day thinking you guys were idiots. 497 00:20:07,597 --> 00:20:10,078 Now it's my turn to be the biggest idiot of all. 498 00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:13,647 Come and get me, you crazy energy ghost! 499 00:20:14,952 --> 00:20:16,780 [shouts, whimpers] 500 00:20:16,911 --> 00:20:18,391 [shouts, grunts] 501 00:20:18,521 --> 00:20:21,481 Hurry, I feel myself getting moronic. [moans] 502 00:20:21,568 --> 00:20:23,047 Mariner! 503 00:20:23,134 --> 00:20:24,962 [gasps] What are you doing? 504 00:20:25,093 --> 00:20:26,921 Giving you a second chance. 505 00:20:27,704 --> 00:20:28,879 [both grunt] 506 00:20:29,010 --> 00:20:29,880 [shouts] 507 00:20:30,011 --> 00:20:31,926 [both moaning] 508 00:20:32,883 --> 00:20:34,581 [whimpering] 509 00:20:34,755 --> 00:20:36,452 Stop! Doctor's orders! 510 00:20:36,539 --> 00:20:37,758 [whimpers] 511 00:20:37,888 --> 00:20:39,542 I've studied the most advanced medicines 512 00:20:39,673 --> 00:20:42,893 in the quadrant, but some problems need an old-fashioned 513 00:20:43,024 --> 00:20:45,200 bonking! 514 00:20:45,331 --> 00:20:46,549 [retches] 515 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,812 [grunting] 516 00:20:48,899 --> 00:20:50,553 [both grunting] 517 00:20:50,727 --> 00:20:51,859 What? Where am I? 518 00:20:51,989 --> 00:20:54,078 Oh, Doc, how'd you do it? 519 00:20:54,209 --> 00:20:55,906 [clears throat] Um, uh, 520 00:20:56,037 --> 00:20:58,561 complicated doctor stuff. 521 00:20:58,735 --> 00:21:00,476 Oh, boy. 522 00:21:00,607 --> 00:21:02,173 [gasps] 523 00:21:02,304 --> 00:21:03,349 [all gasp] 524 00:21:03,523 --> 00:21:04,872 [moans] Wha... 525 00:21:04,959 --> 00:21:06,656 What happened? Eh... 526 00:21:08,745 --> 00:21:11,400 Chad lives to dog another day. 527 00:21:14,795 --> 00:21:16,927 KASSIA: Base commander's log, supplemental. 528 00:21:17,058 --> 00:21:19,060 With the anaphasic entity contained, 529 00:21:19,190 --> 00:21:20,844 Dr. Horseberry was able to set up 530 00:21:21,018 --> 00:21:22,759 a stable vessel for it to inhabit. 531 00:21:22,890 --> 00:21:25,327 CLEM: My designation is Clem. 532 00:21:25,414 --> 00:21:27,068 I am sorry for the trouble I've caused. 533 00:21:27,155 --> 00:21:29,113 Thank you for not destroying me. 534 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:30,593 No problem, Clem. 535 00:21:30,724 --> 00:21:32,116 Welcome to Starbase 80. 536 00:21:32,247 --> 00:21:33,640 I can't believe you're letting it stay here. 537 00:21:33,814 --> 00:21:35,946 We'll be fine as long as Clem 538 00:21:36,033 --> 00:21:37,208 doesn't try to inhabit anyone. 539 00:21:37,383 --> 00:21:38,862 CLEM: I will not. 540 00:21:38,993 --> 00:21:40,864 Why did you possess anyone in the first place? 541 00:21:40,995 --> 00:21:43,389 CLEM: To prove to my superiors that I'm capable 542 00:21:43,519 --> 00:21:46,000 of communicating with corporeal species. 543 00:21:46,087 --> 00:21:48,829 Hold up, so you're, like, a junior anaphasic alien? 544 00:21:48,959 --> 00:21:51,919 CLEM: Correct, but the amount of mind merges overwhelmed me. 545 00:21:52,049 --> 00:21:53,399 I took over too many hosts. 546 00:21:53,573 --> 00:21:55,314 Spread myself too thin. 547 00:21:55,488 --> 00:21:58,360 But now we're communicating, so it's a win for everyone. 548 00:21:58,447 --> 00:21:59,927 CLEM: I hope my bosses see it that way. 549 00:22:00,014 --> 00:22:02,059 They can be real dicks. 550 00:22:02,233 --> 00:22:04,801 Well, Mariner, I guess that solves the curse 551 00:22:04,932 --> 00:22:06,977 and your navigational problems. 552 00:22:07,064 --> 00:22:09,937 It's been a pleasure having you on Starbase 80. 553 00:22:10,067 --> 00:22:12,156 Oh, we aren't done yet. 554 00:22:12,287 --> 00:22:14,376 [chuckles] We aren't? 555 00:22:17,901 --> 00:22:19,076 [grunts] 556 00:22:19,207 --> 00:22:21,035 Okey-dokey, that should do it. 557 00:22:21,209 --> 00:22:23,080 Everyone hold on to something. 558 00:22:23,211 --> 00:22:25,431 [rumbling, whirring] 559 00:22:28,608 --> 00:22:30,740 Oh, thank you for fixing the grav-plating. 560 00:22:30,871 --> 00:22:33,439 It's gonna feel real good not to fall to the ceiling in here. 561 00:22:33,569 --> 00:22:35,397 Yeah, maybe fixing up all your little problems 562 00:22:35,484 --> 00:22:37,443 will help make up for me being such a jerk. 563 00:22:37,573 --> 00:22:39,662 You were just watching out for your friends. 564 00:22:39,793 --> 00:22:41,621 And, hopefully, now you see 565 00:22:41,751 --> 00:22:43,927 we're just a bunch of scrappy underdogs. 566 00:22:44,058 --> 00:22:45,407 Arf, arf! [chuckles] 567 00:22:45,538 --> 00:22:47,409 Now, that I can understand. [gasps] 568 00:22:47,540 --> 00:22:48,976 Wait, has anyone seen the captain? 569 00:22:49,106 --> 00:22:50,499 Uh, someone told her we don't need 570 00:22:50,630 --> 00:22:52,414 the repair materials anymore, right? 571 00:22:52,545 --> 00:22:54,721 [shouts, grunts] 572 00:22:54,851 --> 00:22:56,418 You don't have anything more to prove, Captain. 573 00:22:56,505 --> 00:22:58,115 - Let's get out of here. - No! 574 00:22:58,246 --> 00:22:59,856 The alternate Freeman must have failed at this 575 00:22:59,987 --> 00:23:02,511 and I won't! There's still the big one. 576 00:23:02,642 --> 00:23:04,644 [growling] 577 00:23:04,731 --> 00:23:06,385 But it won't even fit in the cage! 578 00:23:06,515 --> 00:23:08,474 Yeah, not with that attitude, it won't. 579 00:23:08,561 --> 00:23:10,301 How about I just forge the signature? 580 00:23:10,476 --> 00:23:11,955 [shouting] 581 00:23:12,129 --> 00:23:13,392 No giant [bleep] bat 582 00:23:13,522 --> 00:23:15,785 is keeping me on this goddamn station! 583 00:23:15,916 --> 00:23:17,483 - [bat screeches] - [Freeman grunts] 584 00:23:17,613 --> 00:23:19,180 RANSOM: Look out for the claws, Captain! 585 00:23:19,310 --> 00:23:21,312 - [Freeman screams] - RANSOM: The claws! 586 00:23:25,752 --> 00:23:28,929 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 587 00:24:16,019 --> 00:24:17,412 [man imitates weapons firing] 588 00:24:19,414 --> 00:24:21,372 Chirp.