1 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,428 Previously on Star Trek: Discovery... 2 00:00:11,510 --> 00:00:13,887 Hey, Michael, I was on my way to the Bajoran exchange 3 00:00:13,971 --> 00:00:15,557 when this guy sitting next to me... 4 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:19,227 And I think his black box is one of the ones you're looking for. 5 00:00:19,309 --> 00:00:21,687 It's on Hunhau, Emerald Chain territory. 6 00:00:21,771 --> 00:00:24,231 - I won't be long. - This was three weeks ago. 7 00:00:24,315 --> 00:00:27,484 If Book found a third black box, and it shows the same variance, 8 00:00:27,568 --> 00:00:29,338 that means the Burn didn't happen all at once. 9 00:00:29,361 --> 00:00:31,239 We have got to get to Hunhau. 10 00:00:31,321 --> 00:00:34,283 - At the moment, we cannot. - Yes, sir. 11 00:00:34,366 --> 00:00:36,177 You're the only person on this ship who'd say yes 12 00:00:36,201 --> 00:00:37,554 to going on an unsanctioned mission. 13 00:00:37,579 --> 00:00:39,079 Are you in or out? Georgiou? 14 00:00:39,164 --> 00:00:41,750 You had me at "unsanctioned mission." 15 00:00:41,832 --> 00:00:44,585 The spore drive's new and improved. 16 00:00:44,668 --> 00:00:46,313 I redesigned it so you won't have to use those shunts. 17 00:00:46,337 --> 00:00:48,088 Little gooey. 18 00:00:48,173 --> 00:00:52,801 Commander Burnham left to pursue a mission of her own, 19 00:00:52,886 --> 00:00:54,470 against my direct orders. 20 00:00:54,554 --> 00:00:57,432 Sir, you know, Michael is one of the people that I love 21 00:00:57,515 --> 00:01:00,768 most in this world, but she made a choice, 22 00:01:00,851 --> 00:01:02,811 and now because of that, you don't have one. 23 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:04,230 You have to tell the admiral. 24 00:01:04,313 --> 00:01:07,358 That is astute, Ensign. 25 00:01:07,442 --> 00:01:08,817 Commander Burnham's mission 26 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:10,278 was 100% rogue. 27 00:01:10,361 --> 00:01:12,947 Until we solve the mystery of how the Burn happened, 28 00:01:13,031 --> 00:01:15,325 and why, I believe the Federation 29 00:01:15,408 --> 00:01:19,620 will never be, can never be, brought back together again. 30 00:01:19,704 --> 00:01:22,289 Well, we'll see what your intel brings, Commander. 31 00:01:22,373 --> 00:01:24,501 I will leave it up to you, Captain, 32 00:01:24,584 --> 00:01:28,129 to determine the consequences of her insubordination. 33 00:01:28,212 --> 00:01:30,131 As of now, 34 00:01:30,215 --> 00:01:32,424 you're relieved of your duty as my Number One. 35 00:01:32,509 --> 00:01:34,718 You will restrict yourself 36 00:01:34,802 --> 00:01:37,889 to chief science officer duties only. 37 00:01:43,603 --> 00:01:47,731 Personal log supplemental. 38 00:01:47,816 --> 00:01:51,735 Even after a year of finding my way alone, 39 00:01:51,819 --> 00:01:53,737 I truly believed I could find a way 40 00:01:53,822 --> 00:01:56,156 to fit back into this uniform, 41 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,826 onto this ship. 42 00:01:58,909 --> 00:02:01,954 Now I'm not so sure. 43 00:02:02,037 --> 00:02:06,501 I've become someone new. 44 00:02:06,584 --> 00:02:08,919 Still just as committed to the Federation, 45 00:02:09,002 --> 00:02:11,046 to my friends... 46 00:02:11,131 --> 00:02:15,592 but there's a distance between us now. 47 00:02:15,676 --> 00:02:19,097 I know I'll never be at peace until I solve the Burn. 48 00:02:19,180 --> 00:02:22,266 But I don't know if I can do it from Discovery. 49 00:02:24,602 --> 00:02:28,438 This may not be my home anymore. 50 00:02:28,522 --> 00:02:31,860 And I don't know what that means. 51 00:02:31,943 --> 00:02:35,195 Or where it will lead me. 52 00:02:49,711 --> 00:02:53,381 So, when are we getting out of here? 53 00:02:53,463 --> 00:02:54,966 You really hate it. 54 00:02:55,049 --> 00:02:57,009 "Hate" is a strong word. 55 00:02:57,093 --> 00:02:58,468 But I'm also living 56 00:02:58,552 --> 00:03:00,263 on the shuttle bay of a Federation starship 57 00:03:00,346 --> 00:03:02,639 And no one knows what to make of me. 58 00:03:02,723 --> 00:03:05,810 Let's acknowledge this isn't a long-term situation. 59 00:03:07,061 --> 00:03:08,396 Where would we go? 60 00:03:08,478 --> 00:03:09,730 Space. 61 00:03:09,813 --> 00:03:11,441 Hmm. And what about...? 62 00:03:11,524 --> 00:03:13,401 - The Burn? - Yeah. 63 00:03:13,484 --> 00:03:16,153 The biggest, most dangerous cosmic puzzle of all time? 64 00:03:16,236 --> 00:03:18,656 Have you always been this way? 65 00:03:22,701 --> 00:03:25,579 My brother, 66 00:03:25,663 --> 00:03:27,497 he called me on it... 67 00:03:29,500 --> 00:03:32,252 how I take responsibility for everything. 68 00:03:32,336 --> 00:03:34,963 Sounds like we'd have gotten on, me and your brother. 69 00:03:35,048 --> 00:03:37,258 - Is that right? - Yeah. 70 00:03:37,341 --> 00:03:40,260 We'd bond over your endearing messianic complex. 71 00:03:40,344 --> 00:03:44,098 Hmm. Says the man who risks his life to save helpless creatures. 72 00:03:44,182 --> 00:03:46,808 - Oh, yeah. - Mm. 73 00:04:02,282 --> 00:04:03,617 Hey. 74 00:04:03,700 --> 00:04:06,120 - Saru, uh... - Demoted me. 75 00:04:06,204 --> 00:04:07,872 Yeah. 76 00:04:09,748 --> 00:04:11,626 Hey, um, 77 00:04:11,709 --> 00:04:15,212 you put me in a really horrible position with Saru, 78 00:04:15,295 --> 00:04:18,507 and with the admiral when you went off on your own. 79 00:04:18,591 --> 00:04:21,134 It would've been so much worse if I had told you. 80 00:04:21,218 --> 00:04:24,889 My choice. Not yours. 81 00:04:27,225 --> 00:04:28,976 I'm sorry, Tilly. 82 00:04:29,060 --> 00:04:32,146 This transition has been difficult for all of us. 83 00:04:32,230 --> 00:04:33,689 I had to go. 84 00:04:35,066 --> 00:04:37,235 I had to. 85 00:04:39,278 --> 00:04:40,571 The truth is... 86 00:04:42,572 --> 00:04:45,659 I don't know how I fit in anymore. 87 00:04:50,915 --> 00:04:53,750 Uh, one one-millionth of a microsecond. 88 00:04:53,834 --> 00:04:55,711 You were right. Uh, that was the difference. 89 00:04:55,795 --> 00:04:58,088 The USS Yelchin, the first black box you found. 90 00:04:58,172 --> 00:05:00,173 When the Burn happened, it lost contact 91 00:05:00,257 --> 00:05:04,846 at precisely 8-1-9-8-6 mark 2-7-2-1-3-9. 92 00:05:04,928 --> 00:05:08,557 Now, t-the Gav'Nor, a thousand light-years away, lost contact 93 00:05:08,641 --> 00:05:11,019 one one-millionth of a microsecond later. 94 00:05:11,101 --> 00:05:12,620 What about the Giacconi? The data recorder Book found? 95 00:05:12,644 --> 00:05:14,355 The computer's still working on it. 96 00:05:14,439 --> 00:05:16,879 But with three points of data, we can triangulate and pinpoint 97 00:05:16,940 --> 00:05:19,110 - the source of the Burn. - In two dimensions, maybe, 98 00:05:19,192 --> 00:05:21,170 but in three-dimensional space, that still leaves an area 99 00:05:21,194 --> 00:05:23,740 far too large to explore in several lifetimes, 100 00:05:23,822 --> 00:05:25,533 so we have to narrow it down. 101 00:05:25,615 --> 00:05:28,286 Somehow we need to find more data. 102 00:05:28,369 --> 00:05:29,786 Well, I flagged this... 103 00:05:31,622 --> 00:05:34,375 when I was going through Federation databases. 104 00:05:34,459 --> 00:05:36,377 It's an experiment, SB-19. 105 00:05:36,461 --> 00:05:37,961 They spread sensors 106 00:05:38,045 --> 00:05:39,523 across dozens of light-years of subspace. 107 00:05:39,547 --> 00:05:41,298 They had a front-seat view of the Burn. 108 00:05:41,382 --> 00:05:43,216 SB-19 reported no findings. 109 00:05:43,300 --> 00:05:44,944 So, either the sensors didn't record anything... 110 00:05:44,968 --> 00:05:46,262 Which isn't likely. 111 00:05:46,346 --> 00:05:47,947 Or they didn't make their results public. 112 00:05:47,971 --> 00:05:49,949 In which case, the admiral might have access to it. 113 00:05:49,973 --> 00:05:52,393 He's not my biggest fan right now. 114 00:05:52,476 --> 00:05:54,204 This is bigger than you. And bigger than him... 115 00:05:54,228 --> 00:05:57,023 It's bigger than everybody. Right? 116 00:06:00,985 --> 00:06:03,612 What if you hadn't made it back? 117 00:06:05,572 --> 00:06:07,617 What would I do? 118 00:06:09,826 --> 00:06:13,247 Analysis complete. 119 00:06:13,331 --> 00:06:15,625 The Giacconi. It lost contact 120 00:06:15,708 --> 00:06:18,586 seven one-millionths of a microsecond after the Yelchin. 121 00:06:19,586 --> 00:06:20,963 That confirms it. 122 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:24,591 You're telling me these three ships 123 00:06:24,675 --> 00:06:27,345 were all destroyed by the Burn at different times. 124 00:06:28,762 --> 00:06:30,973 The difference is in millionths of a microsecond, 125 00:06:31,057 --> 00:06:34,018 but yes, there is a difference. 126 00:06:36,019 --> 00:06:36,937 Son of a bitch. 127 00:06:37,021 --> 00:06:40,358 Are you familiar with an experiment called SB-19? 128 00:06:45,196 --> 00:06:46,322 We can't access it. 129 00:06:46,404 --> 00:06:49,117 Why? 130 00:06:49,199 --> 00:06:51,786 It's Ni'Var. 131 00:06:51,869 --> 00:06:56,040 You'd know it by its former name: Vulcan. 132 00:06:57,875 --> 00:07:00,670 Vulcans... the Vulcans changed their name? 133 00:07:00,752 --> 00:07:03,297 Well, it's not just the Vulcans who live there now. 134 00:07:03,380 --> 00:07:04,966 They share the planet with the Romulans. 135 00:07:05,048 --> 00:07:08,802 The Romulans were considered enemies in our time. 136 00:07:08,886 --> 00:07:10,387 And for a long time after. 137 00:07:10,471 --> 00:07:13,850 Until Ambassador Spock brought them back. 138 00:07:13,932 --> 00:07:16,144 You see, history had forgot this in your time, 139 00:07:16,226 --> 00:07:17,644 but the Vulcans and the Romulans 140 00:07:17,728 --> 00:07:20,148 were two tribes of the same species 141 00:07:20,230 --> 00:07:21,858 that went their separate ways. 142 00:07:21,940 --> 00:07:25,485 Your brother started the process of reunifying them. 143 00:07:25,569 --> 00:07:27,362 And he succeeded? 144 00:07:27,446 --> 00:07:30,740 It took centuries after his death, but yes. 145 00:07:32,742 --> 00:07:34,661 But the Vulcans were always the first to share 146 00:07:34,745 --> 00:07:36,204 their research with the Federation. 147 00:07:36,288 --> 00:07:38,165 Maybe in the past. 148 00:07:38,249 --> 00:07:41,836 But Ni'Var left the Federation nearly a hundred years ago. 149 00:09:17,682 --> 00:09:20,100 Vulcan was one of the founding members 150 00:09:20,183 --> 00:09:22,269 of the Federation. 151 00:09:22,352 --> 00:09:24,855 They would never abandon it. 152 00:09:24,938 --> 00:09:26,606 Must have been the Romulans. 153 00:09:26,691 --> 00:09:28,442 No, the Romulans wanted to stay. 154 00:09:28,525 --> 00:09:31,361 Even before the Burn, the Federation 155 00:09:31,445 --> 00:09:32,947 was running out of dilithium. 156 00:09:33,029 --> 00:09:34,782 All member planets were ordered 157 00:09:34,865 --> 00:09:38,494 to put their best scientists towards finding a solution. 158 00:09:38,576 --> 00:09:41,371 Ni'Var's contribution... 159 00:09:41,455 --> 00:09:43,290 was SB-19, 160 00:09:43,374 --> 00:09:46,626 a system to transport starships thousands of light-years 161 00:09:46,711 --> 00:09:49,297 in an instant, much like your spore drive. 162 00:09:49,379 --> 00:09:51,131 What happened? 163 00:09:51,215 --> 00:09:53,134 Well, it was new technology. 164 00:09:53,216 --> 00:09:54,844 Ni'Var scientists felt 165 00:09:54,927 --> 00:09:57,471 ultimately that it was too dangerous, so they 166 00:09:57,554 --> 00:10:00,725 asked permission to shutter the program. 167 00:10:00,807 --> 00:10:02,518 But it was the most promising 168 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,477 dilithium alternative of the day, 169 00:10:04,562 --> 00:10:06,563 and so the Federation ordered them to proceed. 170 00:10:06,647 --> 00:10:09,317 They think they caused the Burn? 171 00:10:09,399 --> 00:10:10,650 No. 172 00:10:10,735 --> 00:10:13,738 They think we forced them to cause the Burn. 173 00:10:15,447 --> 00:10:17,158 So they left the Federation 174 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,661 and kept the SB-19 data from us. 175 00:10:20,745 --> 00:10:22,495 Sir... 176 00:10:22,580 --> 00:10:25,832 we have proof the Burn had a different origin. 177 00:10:25,916 --> 00:10:27,250 I don't think any claims of proof 178 00:10:27,335 --> 00:10:28,626 are gonna make any difference. 179 00:10:28,711 --> 00:10:30,254 They're convinced they're right. 180 00:10:30,337 --> 00:10:33,341 Well, perhaps, then, this new information 181 00:10:33,423 --> 00:10:36,760 would be sufficient to reopen diplomatic relations. 182 00:10:36,844 --> 00:10:38,346 We have to tell them. 183 00:10:38,428 --> 00:10:41,432 There must be a way to get them to listen. 184 00:10:43,642 --> 00:10:45,686 Spock's sister. 185 00:10:45,769 --> 00:10:47,080 Sending Commander Burnham as our representative 186 00:10:47,104 --> 00:10:48,480 might tip the scales. 187 00:10:48,563 --> 00:10:50,024 Admiral, 188 00:10:50,106 --> 00:10:51,859 I must inform you, 189 00:10:51,942 --> 00:10:53,169 Commander Burnham was reprimanded 190 00:10:53,193 --> 00:10:54,861 for her insubordinate actions 191 00:10:54,945 --> 00:10:57,197 and dismissed as my first officer. 192 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:58,280 Insubordinate or not, 193 00:10:58,323 --> 00:11:00,868 she's the only person who could open that door. 194 00:11:00,951 --> 00:11:03,620 - And now with this new information... - Sir, 195 00:11:03,703 --> 00:11:06,206 I don't think I can genuinely represent 196 00:11:06,289 --> 00:11:08,583 the Federation right now. 197 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:11,379 Find a way. 198 00:11:11,461 --> 00:11:14,130 I'm gonna bring the diplomatic corps into the loop. 199 00:11:14,215 --> 00:11:17,051 I'm gonna send a full report to Ni'Var, headline: 200 00:11:17,134 --> 00:11:19,636 "Michael Burnham Is Coming." 201 00:11:24,682 --> 00:11:27,812 Listen to me, little brother. 202 00:11:27,894 --> 00:11:30,940 This is the last advice I'll ever be able to give you. 203 00:11:31,023 --> 00:11:33,692 There's a whole galaxy out there, 204 00:11:33,775 --> 00:11:37,363 full of people who will reach for you. 205 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,283 You have to let them. 206 00:11:44,077 --> 00:11:46,121 Reach for them. 207 00:12:02,429 --> 00:12:03,681 Ambassador Spock. 208 00:12:03,764 --> 00:12:06,475 Circa stardate 45825. 209 00:12:06,558 --> 00:12:08,144 Coordinates redacted, 210 00:12:08,226 --> 00:12:09,979 retrieved from classified archive, 211 00:12:10,062 --> 00:12:13,231 the personal files of Admiral Jean-Luc Picard. 212 00:12:15,734 --> 00:12:17,485 - Play. - Closed minds have kept 213 00:12:17,570 --> 00:12:19,989 these two worlds apart for centuries. 214 00:12:20,072 --> 00:12:23,158 We can either choose to live with that enmity, 215 00:12:23,241 --> 00:12:24,368 or seek a way to change it. 216 00:12:24,451 --> 00:12:26,662 The union of the Vulcan and the Romulan 217 00:12:26,745 --> 00:12:31,000 people will not be achieved by politics or by diplomacy. 218 00:12:31,082 --> 00:12:33,836 But it will be achieved. 219 00:12:33,918 --> 00:12:36,838 Like the first Vulcans, these people are struggling 220 00:12:36,922 --> 00:12:38,923 through a new enlightenment. 221 00:12:39,008 --> 00:12:42,010 And it may take decades or even centuries 222 00:12:42,094 --> 00:12:45,431 for them to reach it, but they will reach it. 223 00:12:45,514 --> 00:12:47,640 And I must help. 224 00:12:59,778 --> 00:13:02,572 You know, I never let myself 225 00:13:02,655 --> 00:13:06,576 look back to find out who he became. 226 00:13:06,659 --> 00:13:09,205 You guys are chronic overachievers. 227 00:13:14,626 --> 00:13:17,796 How am I gonna do this, Book? 228 00:13:17,879 --> 00:13:21,759 It's possible that a person who has a... 229 00:13:21,841 --> 00:13:24,052 complex relationship with the future 230 00:13:24,135 --> 00:13:27,806 is the exact right person to do this job. 231 00:13:34,020 --> 00:13:36,606 I am sure you have heard... 232 00:13:36,690 --> 00:13:39,735 I dismissed Commander Burnham as my first officer. 233 00:13:39,817 --> 00:13:42,904 Must have been very difficult for you, sir. 234 00:13:47,993 --> 00:13:49,953 I would like you to serve 235 00:13:50,037 --> 00:13:53,749 as my acting first officer until I find a permanent replacement. 236 00:13:53,831 --> 00:13:56,251 Uh, sir, what? 237 00:13:56,335 --> 00:13:58,419 I... 238 00:13:58,504 --> 00:14:00,589 I never completed the Command Training Program. 239 00:14:00,673 --> 00:14:02,091 - I... - You traveled through 240 00:14:02,173 --> 00:14:06,095 a wormhole 930 years into the future. 241 00:14:06,177 --> 00:14:09,472 I am confident in saying your experience 242 00:14:09,557 --> 00:14:11,475 now exceeds the parameters 243 00:14:11,558 --> 00:14:14,019 designed for the Command Training Program. 244 00:14:14,102 --> 00:14:15,312 Sir, I'm an ensign. 245 00:14:15,395 --> 00:14:17,480 I... 246 00:14:17,565 --> 00:14:19,482 I would be responsible for lives. 247 00:14:19,567 --> 00:14:21,277 Part of leadership 248 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,988 is the acknowledgment that one is suited to it. 249 00:14:24,071 --> 00:14:26,447 Many members of our crew have struggled 250 00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:28,491 with all that has changed. 251 00:14:28,576 --> 00:14:31,953 I have watched you rise to the occasion. 252 00:14:32,037 --> 00:14:34,831 I believe you can help them rise, as well. 253 00:14:34,914 --> 00:14:38,460 And I believe you will always put the needs of Starfleet 254 00:14:38,543 --> 00:14:42,130 and the Federation ahead of your own wishes. 255 00:14:42,213 --> 00:14:45,634 Sir, are you asking me because I'm qualified 256 00:14:45,717 --> 00:14:49,178 or because I'm... compliant? 257 00:14:49,263 --> 00:14:51,307 I'm asking 258 00:14:51,389 --> 00:14:54,934 because I believe this is in the best interest of our ship. 259 00:14:59,315 --> 00:15:01,274 Take a day to think about it. 260 00:15:02,234 --> 00:15:05,111 Now let us jump to Ni'Var. 261 00:15:10,783 --> 00:15:12,327 Status report, please. 262 00:15:12,410 --> 00:15:13,162 Coordinates locked in. 263 00:15:13,245 --> 00:15:15,038 All hands ready to jump to Ni'Var. 264 00:15:15,121 --> 00:15:17,249 HQ confirms that Ni'Var is expecting us. 265 00:15:17,332 --> 00:15:18,375 Very well. 266 00:15:18,458 --> 00:15:21,044 The people of Ni'Var 267 00:15:21,128 --> 00:15:23,588 have not been visited by a Federation starship 268 00:15:23,672 --> 00:15:24,840 in nearly a century. 269 00:15:24,923 --> 00:15:27,676 Let us remind them who we are 270 00:15:27,759 --> 00:15:31,513 and how important they are to us. 271 00:15:31,596 --> 00:15:32,597 Black Alert. 272 00:16:02,293 --> 00:16:04,922 Sir, we are in Lagrange One for Ni'Var, 273 00:16:05,004 --> 00:16:07,758 formerly the planet Vulcan. 274 00:16:07,841 --> 00:16:09,051 Incoming transmission. 275 00:16:09,134 --> 00:16:10,719 Open the channel. 276 00:16:18,351 --> 00:16:20,895 I am T'Rina... 277 00:16:20,979 --> 00:16:23,231 president of Ni'Var. 278 00:16:23,315 --> 00:16:24,942 Greetings. 279 00:16:25,024 --> 00:16:26,777 I am Saru 280 00:16:26,860 --> 00:16:28,236 of the USS Discovery. 281 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,114 The Federation sent word you were en route 282 00:16:30,197 --> 00:16:32,448 using a unique propulsion system. 283 00:16:32,533 --> 00:16:35,952 I presume that is how you evaded our long-range sensors? 284 00:16:36,036 --> 00:16:38,413 I assure you, we were not attempting to evade. 285 00:16:38,496 --> 00:16:40,415 Discovery is equipped with a system 286 00:16:40,499 --> 00:16:43,460 that allows us to travel across the mycelial network. 287 00:16:43,543 --> 00:16:45,480 We've been briefed regarding the special circumstances 288 00:16:45,504 --> 00:16:47,755 of Discovery's crew. 289 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,591 And your special passenger. 290 00:16:55,346 --> 00:16:57,682 Greetings, Madam President. 291 00:16:57,765 --> 00:16:59,100 I am Michael Burnham. 292 00:16:59,183 --> 00:17:00,644 Daughter of Sarek. 293 00:17:00,727 --> 00:17:02,479 Sister of Spock. 294 00:17:02,562 --> 00:17:04,605 It is an honor to greet you. 295 00:17:04,690 --> 00:17:06,607 I only wish Ambassador Spock could see 296 00:17:06,692 --> 00:17:08,986 the fruits of his labor as you do now. 297 00:17:09,068 --> 00:17:11,320 I do believe he would find it all... 298 00:17:11,404 --> 00:17:13,574 fascinating. 299 00:17:14,782 --> 00:17:17,326 I would be pleased to speak further. 300 00:17:17,411 --> 00:17:19,788 But first we must dispense with the Federation's request 301 00:17:19,872 --> 00:17:22,790 for data related to SB-19. 302 00:17:24,209 --> 00:17:26,795 We've found significant 303 00:17:26,878 --> 00:17:30,007 new evidence related to the cause of the Burn. 304 00:17:30,089 --> 00:17:31,884 SB-19 can help us with that. 305 00:17:31,967 --> 00:17:34,845 SB-19 is an issue of great cultural 306 00:17:34,927 --> 00:17:37,513 and political sensitivity here. 307 00:17:37,597 --> 00:17:40,308 Our inquiry is entirely scientific in nature. 308 00:17:40,392 --> 00:17:41,672 Even science cannot be separated 309 00:17:41,727 --> 00:17:43,311 from cultural and political context. 310 00:17:43,394 --> 00:17:46,856 There are always implications, as Spock himself learned. 311 00:17:46,940 --> 00:17:49,151 Ni'Var continues to struggle with the delicate balance 312 00:17:49,233 --> 00:17:50,568 of reunification, 313 00:17:50,652 --> 00:17:53,489 which only became more complicated after the Burn. 314 00:17:53,572 --> 00:17:56,491 Any theory Commander Burnham is developing could tear open 315 00:17:56,575 --> 00:17:59,161 old wounds and we cannot afford that at this time. 316 00:17:59,243 --> 00:18:00,662 Madam President... 317 00:18:00,746 --> 00:18:03,832 Permission to access SB-19 is denied. 318 00:18:03,915 --> 00:18:06,375 If you persist in requesting it, 319 00:18:06,460 --> 00:18:08,711 I will have to be content with observing your spore drive 320 00:18:08,796 --> 00:18:12,132 in action as you return to Federation headquarters. 321 00:18:15,844 --> 00:18:19,556 Madam President, do the people of Ni'Var still honor any 322 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:20,891 of the old ways? 323 00:18:20,973 --> 00:18:23,059 Specifically in matters of scientific inquiry? 324 00:18:23,143 --> 00:18:25,061 They do. 325 00:18:25,144 --> 00:18:27,730 Then as a graduate of the Vulcan Science Academy, 326 00:18:27,815 --> 00:18:31,108 I respectfully invoke the T'Kal-in-ket. 327 00:18:38,115 --> 00:18:40,701 I will convene a Quorum. 328 00:18:47,542 --> 00:18:48,919 Commander? 329 00:18:49,001 --> 00:18:51,880 The Vulcans have engaged in T'Kal-in-ket 330 00:18:51,963 --> 00:18:54,048 since the time of Surak. 331 00:18:54,132 --> 00:18:56,093 The T'Kal-in-ket is a philosophical process 332 00:18:56,175 --> 00:18:57,719 designed to unearth deep truths. 333 00:18:57,802 --> 00:18:59,887 It's credited as one of the engines 334 00:18:59,971 --> 00:19:02,223 that lead to early Vulcan scientific advancement. 335 00:19:02,307 --> 00:19:03,599 And once invoked, 336 00:19:03,683 --> 00:19:06,060 the request cannot be denied. 337 00:19:06,144 --> 00:19:08,063 So you gave her no choice. 338 00:19:08,145 --> 00:19:10,898 It's the only way we'll have a chance at that data. 339 00:19:10,982 --> 00:19:12,733 This could help us solve the Burn. 340 00:19:12,817 --> 00:19:15,403 What is the protocol? 341 00:19:15,487 --> 00:19:16,964 I'll have to rigorously defend my hypothesis 342 00:19:16,989 --> 00:19:18,448 before the Science Institute. 343 00:19:18,531 --> 00:19:20,951 I assume you are prepared? 344 00:19:21,034 --> 00:19:23,828 Of course, sir. 345 00:19:30,669 --> 00:19:33,380 Welcome to Discovery. 346 00:19:40,220 --> 00:19:44,266 A special chamber has been prepared for the T'Kal-in-ket. 347 00:19:46,852 --> 00:19:48,936 Madam President, uh, 348 00:19:49,020 --> 00:19:51,981 will you permit me to give you a tour of our vessel? 349 00:19:52,065 --> 00:19:54,317 You can forego the niceties, Captain. 350 00:19:54,401 --> 00:19:56,319 Your commander has already diplomatically 351 00:19:56,403 --> 00:19:58,947 forced me into a corner. 352 00:19:59,030 --> 00:20:01,325 Your shalankhkai will arrive momentarily. 353 00:20:01,407 --> 00:20:02,451 My "shalankhkai"? 354 00:20:02,534 --> 00:20:04,827 An ancient Romulan designation. 355 00:20:04,912 --> 00:20:06,997 Vulcans know it as "sha-set." 356 00:20:07,079 --> 00:20:08,957 Ah, my advocate. 357 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,167 What's new since your time is that only sisters 358 00:20:11,250 --> 00:20:14,337 from the Qowat Milat order can serve as advocates. 359 00:20:14,421 --> 00:20:17,298 Forgive me, I'm not familiar with the Qowat Milat. 360 00:20:17,382 --> 00:20:20,635 The Qowat Milat are an ancient Romulan sect 361 00:20:20,719 --> 00:20:23,805 that live and die by the precept of absolute candor. 362 00:20:23,888 --> 00:20:26,141 A necessary outgrowth of a Romulan culture 363 00:20:26,223 --> 00:20:27,808 that trafficked in secrets. 364 00:20:27,893 --> 00:20:30,729 They were essential in helping our ancestors trust one another 365 00:20:30,811 --> 00:20:32,814 during the early days of reunification. 366 00:20:32,897 --> 00:20:36,984 Today they enable us to have a healthy discourse on the planet. 367 00:20:37,068 --> 00:20:39,028 It's an ancient story, isn't it? 368 00:20:39,112 --> 00:20:41,030 My people's fates are so intertwined, 369 00:20:41,114 --> 00:20:42,549 and they are so similar in profound ways. 370 00:20:42,574 --> 00:20:44,660 Yet they do not trust each other. 371 00:20:46,912 --> 00:20:49,163 I apologize for forcing your hand. 372 00:20:49,247 --> 00:20:50,749 I meant no disrespect. 373 00:20:50,832 --> 00:20:53,167 You are brave. 374 00:20:53,250 --> 00:20:56,171 And technically a citizen of Ni'Var. 375 00:20:56,253 --> 00:20:57,773 Ultimately, you are within your rights. 376 00:20:57,838 --> 00:21:00,049 But I'm sure you are aware that a classic tactic 377 00:21:00,133 --> 00:21:01,718 during T'Kal-in-ket 378 00:21:01,801 --> 00:21:05,388 is to ruthlessly assail the credibility of the challenger. 379 00:21:05,471 --> 00:21:07,682 - I am aware. - If you are not proved to be credible, 380 00:21:07,766 --> 00:21:09,684 it will be known forever that Spock's sister 381 00:21:09,768 --> 00:21:11,519 returned to us a dissembler. 382 00:21:11,603 --> 00:21:13,122 And that will have real and grave consequences. 383 00:21:13,145 --> 00:21:14,397 Do you understand? 384 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:15,856 Yes, ma'am. 385 00:21:15,941 --> 00:21:17,692 One Qowat Milat sister 386 00:21:17,776 --> 00:21:20,069 has taken a particular interest in your case. 387 00:21:20,153 --> 00:21:22,029 I suspect you may have a particular interest 388 00:21:22,114 --> 00:21:23,280 in her, as well. 389 00:21:23,365 --> 00:21:26,826 She'll be transporting in momentarily. 390 00:21:29,954 --> 00:21:32,039 Be honest. 391 00:21:32,124 --> 00:21:34,792 Especially to yourself. 392 00:22:00,736 --> 00:22:03,613 M-Mom? 393 00:22:03,696 --> 00:22:05,073 Michael! 394 00:22:07,992 --> 00:22:11,163 Oh, I hoped, but I never... 395 00:22:23,008 --> 00:22:24,759 I was informed your jump to the future 396 00:22:24,843 --> 00:22:28,055 is not widely known even within Starfleet. 397 00:22:28,137 --> 00:22:30,097 Yeah, the admiral was concerned 398 00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:33,268 that it could be polarizing, given the Temporal Accords. 399 00:22:33,351 --> 00:22:36,605 Yet there was no other way to explain to you 400 00:22:36,688 --> 00:22:38,731 the presence of Spock's sister. 401 00:22:38,815 --> 00:22:42,443 I confess I am astonished at the risk taken by your crew. 402 00:22:42,527 --> 00:22:43,778 Duty called. 403 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:45,780 I'm grateful for your courage. 404 00:22:45,864 --> 00:22:49,617 What do you make of this future? 405 00:22:49,701 --> 00:22:51,787 Well, I am... 406 00:22:51,869 --> 00:22:53,913 troubled that... 407 00:22:53,997 --> 00:22:57,459 the Federation is so reduced. 408 00:22:57,541 --> 00:23:00,461 But I'm heartened that those who remain 409 00:23:00,545 --> 00:23:02,963 are committed to its core values. 410 00:23:03,048 --> 00:23:05,967 You sound quite certain of that. 411 00:23:06,050 --> 00:23:07,301 I have seen their commitment 412 00:23:07,384 --> 00:23:10,430 to member and non-member worlds alike. 413 00:23:12,182 --> 00:23:14,267 All personnel, Cargo Bay 3... 414 00:23:14,351 --> 00:23:16,769 Forgive me if I'm overstepping, but... 415 00:23:16,853 --> 00:23:18,646 I know the Federation feels 416 00:23:18,730 --> 00:23:21,650 the loss of Ni'Var... keenly. 417 00:23:21,732 --> 00:23:23,276 I do hope that our visit 418 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,779 and Commander Burnham's discussions with the Quorum 419 00:23:26,863 --> 00:23:30,616 will open new channels of diplomacy. 420 00:23:32,201 --> 00:23:35,163 That would require far more than one visit, Captain. 421 00:23:35,247 --> 00:23:37,332 There had been numerous issues. 422 00:23:37,414 --> 00:23:40,292 SB-19 was merely the final blow. 423 00:23:40,376 --> 00:23:43,171 Well, I would like to hear about them... 424 00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:45,257 if I may. 425 00:23:47,592 --> 00:23:49,845 Did you ever make it to Terralysium? 426 00:23:49,927 --> 00:23:52,012 No, landed right back on Essof Four. 427 00:23:52,096 --> 00:23:54,141 Wasn't pretty. 428 00:23:55,224 --> 00:23:58,854 Ah, colonists brought me to the Qowat Milat who healed me. 429 00:23:58,936 --> 00:24:01,355 Seems like you could use a bit of that yourself. 430 00:24:01,439 --> 00:24:02,857 What makes you say that? 431 00:24:02,941 --> 00:24:06,027 Well, you seem... 432 00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:08,028 between places. 433 00:24:08,113 --> 00:24:10,490 This must be some of that 434 00:24:10,574 --> 00:24:12,867 absolute candor I've heard about. 435 00:24:12,951 --> 00:24:15,036 Actually, "between places" 436 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,663 was my gentle way of saying "lost." 437 00:24:17,747 --> 00:24:19,039 Thought I'd ease you in. 438 00:24:19,124 --> 00:24:20,875 I'm not lost. 439 00:24:20,959 --> 00:24:23,795 Of course I'm happy to be back. Um, but... 440 00:24:25,797 --> 00:24:29,384 But you learned to live 441 00:24:29,467 --> 00:24:32,471 and maybe even like a different kind of life? 442 00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:36,182 Yeah. 443 00:24:36,266 --> 00:24:39,352 When I landed here, the sisters helped me 444 00:24:39,435 --> 00:24:43,355 learn how to just be where I am, 445 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,525 however unsettling it may be. 446 00:24:49,153 --> 00:24:51,405 I don't think I fit in here anymore. 447 00:24:51,489 --> 00:24:55,743 Hmm. And it also sounds like that terrifies you. 448 00:24:55,826 --> 00:24:58,246 Not as much as the T'Kal-in-ket. 449 00:24:58,329 --> 00:24:59,748 Hmm. 450 00:24:59,830 --> 00:25:02,250 You bit off a lot this time. 451 00:25:02,334 --> 00:25:03,919 But I'm right. 452 00:25:04,001 --> 00:25:06,086 I know I'm right about this. 453 00:25:06,171 --> 00:25:07,547 The Burn. 454 00:25:07,631 --> 00:25:09,257 And with your help, 455 00:25:09,340 --> 00:25:10,592 we can convince them 456 00:25:10,674 --> 00:25:13,595 to give us the SB-19 data. 457 00:25:13,678 --> 00:25:16,096 You won't convince them. 458 00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:20,101 The sisters of the Qowat Milat bind themselves to lost causes. 459 00:25:20,184 --> 00:25:21,603 And right now, 460 00:25:21,685 --> 00:25:23,896 there's no cause more lost than yours. 461 00:25:23,980 --> 00:25:25,773 No. No, no, no. The whole point 462 00:25:25,856 --> 00:25:27,776 of the T'Kal-in-ket is to hear facts. 463 00:25:27,858 --> 00:25:29,443 And to use logic. 464 00:25:29,527 --> 00:25:30,778 They'll see. 465 00:25:30,862 --> 00:25:33,114 What they need to see. 466 00:25:33,198 --> 00:25:35,909 Just like the rest of us. 467 00:25:35,991 --> 00:25:37,743 N'Raj is a Romulan elder 468 00:25:37,826 --> 00:25:39,954 who longs for greater self-governance. 469 00:25:40,038 --> 00:25:43,415 V'Kir is the young leader of a sect of Vulcan purists. 470 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:45,125 Shira speaks for the Romulo-Vulcans 471 00:25:45,210 --> 00:25:47,127 who are trying to forge a new path here. 472 00:25:47,211 --> 00:25:50,089 They all have their own truths, facts and logic 473 00:25:50,173 --> 00:25:51,298 that are vying for air. 474 00:25:51,383 --> 00:25:53,759 Okay, then we appeal to V'Kir. 475 00:25:53,843 --> 00:25:57,388 A Vulcan purist must at least respond to logic. 476 00:25:59,557 --> 00:26:00,642 I'm here for you. 477 00:26:00,724 --> 00:26:02,810 I am your advocate. 478 00:26:02,894 --> 00:26:04,813 But I would be betraying my sacred duty 479 00:26:04,895 --> 00:26:06,647 if I didn't tell you the truth. 480 00:26:06,730 --> 00:26:09,483 You're walking in there with a lot of blind spots. 481 00:26:09,567 --> 00:26:12,112 The scarcity of dilithium 482 00:26:12,194 --> 00:26:14,321 was caused, in part, by the sheer size 483 00:26:14,405 --> 00:26:15,656 of the Federation. 484 00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:17,491 To solve that problem, 485 00:26:17,575 --> 00:26:21,788 it stretched member worlds beyond capacity and comfort. 486 00:26:21,871 --> 00:26:23,664 In its desire to serve the many, 487 00:26:23,748 --> 00:26:27,167 the Federation ignored the needs of the few. 488 00:26:27,251 --> 00:26:29,503 Did your ancestors not coin the phrase 489 00:26:29,586 --> 00:26:32,840 "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few"? 490 00:26:32,923 --> 00:26:35,844 When the people of Vulcan welcomed the Romulans home, 491 00:26:35,926 --> 00:26:38,512 we were forced to confront centuries of mistrust 492 00:26:38,596 --> 00:26:40,848 and brutality on both sides. 493 00:26:40,932 --> 00:26:42,683 Over time and with much effort, 494 00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:44,644 we earned the wisdom to know 495 00:26:44,728 --> 00:26:47,855 when to let go of maxims and proverbs. 496 00:26:47,939 --> 00:26:48,981 Of course. 497 00:26:49,065 --> 00:26:51,692 But perhaps the Federation 498 00:26:51,776 --> 00:26:55,779 has acquired a newfound wisdom of its own. 499 00:26:57,115 --> 00:26:59,200 It has been my experience 500 00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:02,996 that we learn our greatest lessons 501 00:27:03,078 --> 00:27:05,539 when we pay a heavy price. 502 00:27:05,623 --> 00:27:09,210 You must admit, the Federation has paid 503 00:27:09,294 --> 00:27:11,671 most dearly. 504 00:27:15,633 --> 00:27:17,551 The T'Kal-in-ket is this way. 505 00:27:49,291 --> 00:27:50,919 Thank you, Quorum members 506 00:27:51,001 --> 00:27:53,922 and Peers N'Raj, Shira and V'Kir. 507 00:27:54,005 --> 00:27:56,590 Thank you, Qowat Milat Sister Gabrielle. 508 00:27:56,673 --> 00:28:00,428 Our purpose here is the excavation of truth 509 00:28:00,511 --> 00:28:05,224 tested by the scientific rigors of logic and fact. 510 00:28:06,518 --> 00:28:08,769 So let us begin with the facts. 511 00:28:08,853 --> 00:28:11,271 We've already received and reviewed 512 00:28:11,355 --> 00:28:12,500 the data around your presentation 513 00:28:12,523 --> 00:28:14,442 and found it lacking. 514 00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:17,278 I move to dismiss and end this Quorum. 515 00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:20,448 But, Peer V'Kir, you have not fully heard me out. 516 00:28:20,531 --> 00:28:22,450 In deference to Ambassador Spock, 517 00:28:22,534 --> 00:28:24,618 I prefer not to speak in such terms to you, 518 00:28:24,701 --> 00:28:27,788 but I will point out the puerility in your findings. 519 00:28:27,872 --> 00:28:30,458 Ni'Var Science Institute has never disputed 520 00:28:30,541 --> 00:28:31,960 that there's a source of the Burn. 521 00:28:32,042 --> 00:28:34,128 If that is your new theory, 522 00:28:34,211 --> 00:28:36,631 there is no need to waste our time. 523 00:28:36,713 --> 00:28:38,633 But you think that the Burn started here. 524 00:28:38,715 --> 00:28:41,760 I have evidence that shows that cannot be true. 525 00:28:41,845 --> 00:28:44,305 How long has the Federation had evidence of this? 526 00:28:44,388 --> 00:28:46,807 A great deal of suffering may have been avoided. 527 00:28:46,891 --> 00:28:49,309 I uncovered this last bit of evidence only days ago. 528 00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:52,313 Her findings are based on fractions of microseconds 529 00:28:52,396 --> 00:28:55,817 on the Burn destruction time stamps of three starships. 530 00:28:55,900 --> 00:28:57,652 Across thousands of light-years, 531 00:28:57,734 --> 00:28:59,838 those numbers could have been skewed for a host of reasons. 532 00:28:59,863 --> 00:29:01,948 We have accounted for subatomic lensing. 533 00:29:02,030 --> 00:29:04,325 Her minuscule sample size is inconsequential 534 00:29:04,409 --> 00:29:06,661 compared to what the Ni'Var Science Institute 535 00:29:06,743 --> 00:29:08,681 - has already collected. - Then why won't you share that data? 536 00:29:08,704 --> 00:29:10,832 The data is sensitive in nature. 537 00:29:10,914 --> 00:29:13,835 We cannot risk it falling into the wrong hands. 538 00:29:13,917 --> 00:29:16,503 We cannot risk how the Federation may use it. 539 00:29:16,587 --> 00:29:17,897 Carrying the weight of responsibility 540 00:29:17,922 --> 00:29:20,299 for the Burn has created great hardship 541 00:29:20,383 --> 00:29:21,675 for our planet. 542 00:29:21,759 --> 00:29:23,635 - If they can prove otherwise... - Peer N'Raj, 543 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,346 given the unrest in your own province, 544 00:29:26,431 --> 00:29:27,807 how can you dispute 545 00:29:27,891 --> 00:29:29,308 that knowledge in the wrong hands 546 00:29:29,392 --> 00:29:30,852 is a dangerous thing? 547 00:29:30,934 --> 00:29:32,811 And Peer Shira, 548 00:29:32,895 --> 00:29:34,355 how many additional resources 549 00:29:34,439 --> 00:29:37,317 have the Vulcans spent quashing insurgencies 550 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,361 in the Romulo-Vulcan regions? 551 00:29:40,444 --> 00:29:42,697 We cannot allow further unrest. 552 00:29:42,779 --> 00:29:44,865 Peer V'Kir, my brother would have 553 00:29:44,949 --> 00:29:48,702 found it illogical to sacrifice knowledge to avoid risk. 554 00:29:48,786 --> 00:29:51,038 She invokes her own brother in an obvious effort 555 00:29:51,122 --> 00:29:53,875 to win us to her cause through emotional appeal. 556 00:29:53,958 --> 00:29:56,044 This is a forum for logic, Commander Burnham. 557 00:29:56,126 --> 00:29:57,377 If there is even a chance 558 00:29:57,461 --> 00:30:00,339 we aren't responsible for the Burn, 559 00:30:00,423 --> 00:30:04,510 we must join the investigation and share our evidence. 560 00:30:04,594 --> 00:30:06,679 I would be willing to consider that. 561 00:30:06,762 --> 00:30:10,057 But... I'm not convinced of your motives. 562 00:30:10,141 --> 00:30:13,519 I want the truth. Nothing more. 563 00:30:13,603 --> 00:30:15,355 For whom? 564 00:30:15,438 --> 00:30:18,691 For the Federation or yourself? 565 00:30:19,983 --> 00:30:21,903 - For all of us. - This is immaterial 566 00:30:21,986 --> 00:30:24,404 and beyond the scope of this debate. 567 00:30:24,489 --> 00:30:26,574 I am the chair of this Quorum, 568 00:30:26,657 --> 00:30:28,910 and I move to dismiss. 569 00:30:28,992 --> 00:30:31,412 Peer V'Kir has made a motion to dismiss. 570 00:30:31,496 --> 00:30:33,038 Is there consensus? 571 00:30:33,122 --> 00:30:34,122 There is not. 572 00:30:34,164 --> 00:30:36,250 I'll abstain at this time. 573 00:30:36,334 --> 00:30:40,212 Three Quorum members, three opinions, no consensus. 574 00:30:40,296 --> 00:30:44,550 Let us take a moment to adjourn to be in our thoughts. 575 00:30:46,635 --> 00:30:47,761 None of these canisters 576 00:30:47,845 --> 00:30:49,263 should be empty. 577 00:30:49,346 --> 00:30:51,598 Take them to the storage bay. Now, please. 578 00:30:51,682 --> 00:30:54,769 - Aye, Commander. - What's that look? 579 00:30:54,852 --> 00:30:56,729 I need to talk to you. 580 00:31:00,357 --> 00:31:04,570 Saru asked me to be his acting first officer. 581 00:31:10,201 --> 00:31:12,452 So that would make you 582 00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:15,248 my superior officer? 583 00:31:15,330 --> 00:31:17,125 Yeah. 584 00:31:17,208 --> 00:31:20,127 Position only. Not in rank. 585 00:31:20,211 --> 00:31:22,797 Most of this crew has more experience 586 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:24,798 than me, so, like... 587 00:31:24,882 --> 00:31:26,467 So, I guess I'm just, like, wondering, 588 00:31:26,550 --> 00:31:29,261 like, um, what you would think about... 589 00:31:30,721 --> 00:31:33,974 me taking it? 590 00:31:34,057 --> 00:31:36,144 Honestly, the notion 591 00:31:36,227 --> 00:31:39,480 of taking orders from you is... 592 00:31:39,564 --> 00:31:41,648 deeply, deeply weird. 593 00:31:41,732 --> 00:31:45,319 Almost, uh, disturbing. 594 00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:47,822 What's your ETA on recalibrating for the jump back? 595 00:31:47,904 --> 00:31:50,490 Tell Detmer to relax. I'll be ready. 596 00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:51,826 - I need to... - Yeah, no. 597 00:31:51,909 --> 00:31:53,786 I know. Thank you. Sorry. Thanks. 598 00:31:55,872 --> 00:31:58,290 V'Kir made up his mind before he set foot on this ship. 599 00:31:58,374 --> 00:32:00,500 He believes he's protecting his homeworld. 600 00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:03,503 Engaging with you means moving closer to the Federation. 601 00:32:03,587 --> 00:32:06,298 He's weighing that, as well. They all are. 602 00:32:06,382 --> 00:32:08,800 He claims to be a follower of the teachings of Spock. 603 00:32:08,884 --> 00:32:11,346 That means seeking the truth. 604 00:32:11,429 --> 00:32:13,347 He opened himself up and spoke the truth. 605 00:32:13,431 --> 00:32:15,349 As did I. I'm being truthful. 606 00:32:15,432 --> 00:32:17,018 Not as truthful as you were with me 607 00:32:17,101 --> 00:32:18,685 about whether or not you fit here. 608 00:32:18,769 --> 00:32:21,647 - That's personal. - It's relevant. 609 00:32:21,730 --> 00:32:24,358 I thought you were supposed to be advocating for me. 610 00:32:24,442 --> 00:32:25,817 What do you think I am doing? 611 00:32:25,902 --> 00:32:27,819 Because it's a lost cause? Right? 612 00:32:27,903 --> 00:32:30,823 They are not the only audience in the room. 613 00:32:30,906 --> 00:32:33,534 You are Qowat Milat. 614 00:32:33,617 --> 00:32:36,621 And you are my mother. 615 00:32:37,954 --> 00:32:40,040 Tell them that you know me. 616 00:32:40,124 --> 00:32:42,335 Tell them I can be trusted. 617 00:32:42,417 --> 00:32:44,378 I'm sorry. 618 00:32:44,461 --> 00:32:46,213 Based on what you're not telling them, 619 00:32:46,297 --> 00:32:49,509 you cannot be trusted. 620 00:32:56,807 --> 00:33:01,019 The T'Kal-in-ket resumes. 621 00:33:09,987 --> 00:33:12,365 I've... 622 00:33:16,827 --> 00:33:20,748 I have presented data that I believe shows that the Burn 623 00:33:20,832 --> 00:33:24,000 was not caused by SB-19. 624 00:33:26,837 --> 00:33:29,382 However, it is true that... 625 00:33:31,342 --> 00:33:33,176 I cannot be sure. 626 00:33:38,015 --> 00:33:41,435 With humility, I ask for your help. 627 00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:43,604 And we are telling you 628 00:33:43,688 --> 00:33:45,230 that the SB-19 data 629 00:33:45,314 --> 00:33:49,277 definitively concludes that the Burn started here. 630 00:33:49,359 --> 00:33:51,778 Why don't you believe us? 631 00:33:51,863 --> 00:33:53,405 Commander Burnham, 632 00:33:53,489 --> 00:33:55,907 are you speaking on behalf of the Federation? 633 00:33:55,991 --> 00:33:58,076 Yes. I am. 634 00:33:58,161 --> 00:34:01,748 Then everything you say must be weighted with that fact. 635 00:34:01,830 --> 00:34:05,417 Ni'Var did not take the decision to leave the Federation lightly. 636 00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:06,961 You are asking us to trust 637 00:34:07,044 --> 00:34:09,630 that they will not use our data unwisely, 638 00:34:09,713 --> 00:34:13,092 that they will not resume the original experiment. 639 00:34:15,052 --> 00:34:16,637 That is a big ask. 640 00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:18,347 I know. 641 00:34:20,224 --> 00:34:22,143 But the Federation can be trusted. 642 00:34:24,728 --> 00:34:26,481 She's asking this Quorum to take 643 00:34:26,563 --> 00:34:28,148 what she says on faith. 644 00:34:28,231 --> 00:34:29,817 She demands trust 645 00:34:29,900 --> 00:34:32,445 while her own actions are cynical. 646 00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:36,157 I only seek to share information 647 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:37,824 that can better both of our futures. 648 00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:41,621 - And we should believe you. - Yes. 649 00:34:41,704 --> 00:34:43,456 Because you are being honest when you say 650 00:34:43,539 --> 00:34:45,833 the Federation has Ni'Var's best intentions 651 00:34:45,916 --> 00:34:47,668 - at heart. - Yes. 652 00:34:47,751 --> 00:34:49,670 But your own story 653 00:34:49,753 --> 00:34:51,838 is completely incongruous to those assertions. 654 00:34:51,922 --> 00:34:54,300 - What? - Didn't you mutiny 655 00:34:54,382 --> 00:34:57,344 against your friend and mentor Captain Philippa Georgiou 656 00:34:57,427 --> 00:34:58,804 at the Battle of the Binary Stars 657 00:34:58,887 --> 00:35:01,181 so you could deal with the Klingons as you saw fit? 658 00:35:01,264 --> 00:35:02,682 Yes, but they... 659 00:35:02,766 --> 00:35:05,018 Didn't she ultimately die in that battle? 660 00:35:06,896 --> 00:35:08,688 Yes. 661 00:35:08,773 --> 00:35:11,650 Less than 48 hours ago, you were relieved 662 00:35:11,733 --> 00:35:14,027 of your duty as first officer again 663 00:35:14,110 --> 00:35:15,987 for disobeying yet another direct command 664 00:35:16,072 --> 00:35:18,532 from yet another captain. 665 00:35:18,615 --> 00:35:20,701 This is who the Federation sends us 666 00:35:20,784 --> 00:35:22,494 after nearly a century. 667 00:35:22,577 --> 00:35:23,871 And just moments ago, 668 00:35:23,954 --> 00:35:26,039 she shared her misgivings with me 669 00:35:26,123 --> 00:35:28,376 about whether or not she even belongs here. 670 00:35:28,458 --> 00:35:30,545 - Isn't that true? - It's not that simple. 671 00:35:30,628 --> 00:35:31,711 It is. 672 00:35:31,795 --> 00:35:33,547 So, I will ask again. 673 00:35:33,630 --> 00:35:35,382 Why does this Quorum, 674 00:35:35,465 --> 00:35:38,677 why does anyone have any reason 675 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,764 to trust you or the Federation? 676 00:35:48,646 --> 00:35:50,731 Distinguished peers, 677 00:35:50,815 --> 00:35:53,358 let me speak truth to you because she is unable to. 678 00:35:53,442 --> 00:35:56,737 She did not have the childhood I would have wished for her. 679 00:35:56,820 --> 00:35:58,739 I orphaned her. 680 00:35:58,822 --> 00:36:02,409 She may have grown up here, but she was never Vulcan. 681 00:36:02,492 --> 00:36:05,413 She is human through and through. 682 00:36:05,496 --> 00:36:08,541 And being human, she is governed by emotion 683 00:36:08,623 --> 00:36:10,543 and a desire to insinuate herself 684 00:36:10,626 --> 00:36:12,378 into certain matters of import 685 00:36:12,460 --> 00:36:13,880 to fill an emotional void. 686 00:36:13,963 --> 00:36:15,590 I maintain that that void 687 00:36:15,672 --> 00:36:17,425 has made her vulnerable to manipulation 688 00:36:17,507 --> 00:36:18,925 at the hands of the Federation. 689 00:36:19,010 --> 00:36:20,427 I am not being manipulated. 690 00:36:20,510 --> 00:36:22,262 Then you knowingly admit 691 00:36:22,346 --> 00:36:24,657 to letting them exploit the fact that you're Spock's sister? 692 00:36:24,681 --> 00:36:27,101 I would never disrespect my brother. You know that. 693 00:36:27,184 --> 00:36:29,103 Your methods and motives are clouded. 694 00:36:29,186 --> 00:36:31,606 Even to yourself. You demanded this Quorum 695 00:36:31,688 --> 00:36:33,565 without resolving to be honest. 696 00:36:33,648 --> 00:36:36,277 You thought that I would not fulfill my duty 697 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:39,070 to draw the truth from you because I'm your mother. 698 00:36:40,697 --> 00:36:42,657 But you're mistaken. 699 00:36:44,534 --> 00:36:45,369 Fine. 700 00:36:45,452 --> 00:36:47,454 There are things I didn't willingly share. 701 00:36:47,538 --> 00:36:49,414 But as my Qowat Milat advocate, 702 00:36:49,498 --> 00:36:51,291 I demand that you confirm the truth. 703 00:36:51,375 --> 00:36:53,293 Didn't the Federation give me a mission 704 00:36:53,376 --> 00:36:55,420 - and a purpose? - Yes. 705 00:36:55,503 --> 00:36:58,465 Didn't the Federation give me a place and a family? 706 00:36:58,548 --> 00:37:01,302 - Yes. - Didn't my crew and I risk our lives 707 00:37:01,385 --> 00:37:02,802 and work together in the past 708 00:37:02,887 --> 00:37:04,972 to save all sentient life in the universe? 709 00:37:05,056 --> 00:37:06,181 That is true. 710 00:37:06,264 --> 00:37:08,309 And isn't it true that the only reason we are 711 00:37:08,391 --> 00:37:10,143 all sitting here today 712 00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:11,507 is because the Federation gave me 713 00:37:11,561 --> 00:37:12,706 and the crew of the USS Discovery 714 00:37:12,730 --> 00:37:15,440 the resources and the mandate to solve 715 00:37:15,523 --> 00:37:18,777 the biggest, most troublesome problems in the galaxy? 716 00:37:18,860 --> 00:37:20,655 Yes. 717 00:37:20,737 --> 00:37:22,155 Didn't you see all of us, 718 00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:24,282 imperfect and flawed as we all are, 719 00:37:24,367 --> 00:37:26,661 still live up to its best ideals? 720 00:37:26,744 --> 00:37:28,996 Yes. I did. 721 00:37:29,079 --> 00:37:30,289 So I may question 722 00:37:30,373 --> 00:37:32,291 and I may fear, 723 00:37:32,375 --> 00:37:34,668 because the problems often seem insurmountable. 724 00:37:34,751 --> 00:37:36,670 But haven't we always risen to meet them? 725 00:37:36,753 --> 00:37:37,838 Yes. 726 00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:38,940 So why don't you believe me when I say 727 00:37:38,965 --> 00:37:41,007 that it is the greater good I am fighting for, 728 00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:43,510 that I have always been fighting for? 729 00:37:43,594 --> 00:37:46,889 Then why are you struggling with whether or not you belong here? 730 00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:59,443 I don't know. 731 00:38:01,112 --> 00:38:04,489 Maybe because the stakes are so much higher now. 732 00:38:07,451 --> 00:38:10,663 Everything is different. 733 00:38:10,746 --> 00:38:14,000 And every day, there's this fear... 734 00:38:14,083 --> 00:38:18,253 this fear that I'm-I'm doing it wrong. 735 00:38:19,963 --> 00:38:21,548 Like I'll... 736 00:38:21,632 --> 00:38:24,677 destroy the people I love. 737 00:38:25,594 --> 00:38:29,889 I mean, what if I lose everything and everyone? 738 00:38:29,974 --> 00:38:33,184 After all we've sacrificed. 739 00:38:34,269 --> 00:38:36,731 I know. 740 00:38:38,648 --> 00:38:42,277 Now she speaks truthfully. 741 00:38:46,657 --> 00:38:48,576 I thank you for your candor. 742 00:38:48,659 --> 00:38:50,577 Daughter. 743 00:38:50,661 --> 00:38:52,579 While I appreciate your sentiments, 744 00:38:52,663 --> 00:38:55,583 her candor will not prevent another Burn. 745 00:38:55,666 --> 00:39:00,045 Our society only wants stability and peace. 746 00:39:00,128 --> 00:39:01,255 Peer V'Kir, 747 00:39:01,338 --> 00:39:02,983 we are to determine if we're going to share 748 00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:06,552 the SB-19 data based on scientific evidence. 749 00:39:06,635 --> 00:39:09,764 We are not here to decide what our society wants. 750 00:39:09,847 --> 00:39:11,606 Vulcans will choose whatever serves them best 751 00:39:11,681 --> 00:39:13,434 and insist it is only logical. 752 00:39:13,516 --> 00:39:16,269 If the Vulcans won't share the data, then the Romulans will. 753 00:39:19,023 --> 00:39:19,940 My brothers. 754 00:39:20,023 --> 00:39:21,942 Peer N'Raj, this is not the way. 755 00:39:22,025 --> 00:39:23,610 What way do you know? 756 00:39:23,693 --> 00:39:25,838 You sit in the middle, trying to be everything and nothing. 757 00:39:25,862 --> 00:39:27,614 Friends. 758 00:39:29,867 --> 00:39:32,286 This is not what my brother would have wanted. 759 00:39:32,369 --> 00:39:35,456 He revealed the connection between your cultures. 760 00:39:35,539 --> 00:39:37,123 I implore you... don't lose that. 761 00:39:37,208 --> 00:39:40,460 Clearly more tenuous than we had realized. 762 00:39:40,543 --> 00:39:43,130 Perhaps it is already lost. 763 00:39:43,213 --> 00:39:44,632 No. 764 00:39:44,715 --> 00:39:47,134 No, it is not. 765 00:39:47,217 --> 00:39:48,594 Spock believed that, together, 766 00:39:48,677 --> 00:39:50,489 you could create something bigger than yourselves. 767 00:39:50,512 --> 00:39:52,639 That's what this Quorum is. 768 00:39:52,722 --> 00:39:54,849 That's what Ni'Var is. 769 00:39:58,394 --> 00:40:00,523 That's what the Federation is. 770 00:40:02,565 --> 00:40:05,777 You represent the Federation, 771 00:40:05,860 --> 00:40:07,612 yet you invoke Ambassador Spock, 772 00:40:07,695 --> 00:40:09,989 who left it behind. 773 00:40:10,074 --> 00:40:11,992 Doesn't mean he didn't love it. 774 00:40:12,076 --> 00:40:14,954 And it doesn't mean he wouldn't have returned someday. 775 00:40:15,036 --> 00:40:18,331 How and if he understood love 776 00:40:18,414 --> 00:40:21,001 is something we can never know. 777 00:40:21,085 --> 00:40:23,878 I think I might know. 778 00:40:30,094 --> 00:40:33,722 The Burn nearly destroyed the Federation. 779 00:40:34,764 --> 00:40:37,309 I will not add the peace of Ni'Var 780 00:40:37,393 --> 00:40:39,811 to its list of casualties. 781 00:40:45,608 --> 00:40:48,487 I withdraw my request. 782 00:40:52,282 --> 00:40:53,576 What about the data you need? 783 00:40:55,077 --> 00:40:56,829 I'll keep searching. 784 00:40:56,911 --> 00:40:59,539 And I'll send whatever I find to the Ni'Var Science Institute. 785 00:40:59,623 --> 00:41:01,541 You can do with it what you want. 786 00:41:01,625 --> 00:41:04,460 I ask you for nothing. 787 00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:09,382 But I am giving you my trust. 788 00:41:09,465 --> 00:41:10,967 As a member of Starfleet. 789 00:41:47,795 --> 00:41:49,715 Come in. 790 00:41:56,347 --> 00:41:59,557 I got where you were going back there, 791 00:41:59,641 --> 00:42:01,161 but you could have picked a better time 792 00:42:01,184 --> 00:42:02,769 to do some parenting. 793 00:42:02,853 --> 00:42:04,855 Is this what you were like as a 12-year-old? 794 00:42:11,195 --> 00:42:12,947 You know, the first thing you told me, 795 00:42:13,030 --> 00:42:16,032 the first thing after all this time... 796 00:42:17,201 --> 00:42:18,619 was that you didn't know 797 00:42:18,702 --> 00:42:21,079 how you fit in with your family anymore. 798 00:42:23,373 --> 00:42:25,583 Michael, you don't need to choose 799 00:42:25,668 --> 00:42:28,963 between the person you used to be and the person you are now. 800 00:42:29,045 --> 00:42:30,965 You shouldn't. 801 00:42:31,047 --> 00:42:33,967 Duty and joy go hand in hand. 802 00:42:34,050 --> 00:42:35,050 Duty is there 803 00:42:35,094 --> 00:42:37,637 so you can continue to pursue your happiness. 804 00:42:37,721 --> 00:42:39,472 And joy is there 805 00:42:39,556 --> 00:42:43,268 so that you have something real to fight for. 806 00:42:49,858 --> 00:42:51,818 So, what now? 807 00:42:51,902 --> 00:42:54,320 I told you there was another audience. 808 00:42:54,405 --> 00:42:57,157 When President T'Rina saw you, 809 00:42:57,240 --> 00:42:59,659 when you let her see you... 810 00:43:01,577 --> 00:43:03,664 she decided that trusting you 811 00:43:03,746 --> 00:43:06,125 was worth the risk. 812 00:43:13,923 --> 00:43:15,300 And she also said 813 00:43:15,384 --> 00:43:18,304 she wondered how much of the man Spock became 814 00:43:18,387 --> 00:43:21,431 was the result of who his sister was. 815 00:43:40,784 --> 00:43:44,038 You're staying on Ni'Var, aren't you? 816 00:43:44,121 --> 00:43:46,498 I can't be bound to you. 817 00:43:46,581 --> 00:43:49,043 You're not a lost cause. 818 00:43:51,295 --> 00:43:54,172 But I finally get a chance to say something to you 819 00:43:54,255 --> 00:43:57,675 that I've wanted to say for a very long time. 820 00:43:59,969 --> 00:44:03,724 You always know where to find me. 821 00:44:13,442 --> 00:44:16,110 You wanted to see me? 822 00:44:19,822 --> 00:44:21,742 You told them? 823 00:44:21,824 --> 00:44:22,909 Of course I told them. 824 00:44:22,992 --> 00:44:24,077 I... 825 00:44:24,161 --> 00:44:26,579 I haven't given an answer yet. I... 826 00:44:26,663 --> 00:44:28,248 Say yes. 827 00:44:28,331 --> 00:44:29,416 But I... 828 00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:31,876 - Say yes. - Say yes. 829 00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:33,086 Say yes. 830 00:44:33,170 --> 00:44:34,755 Say yes! 831 00:44:34,838 --> 00:44:36,382 Just say it. 832 00:44:38,132 --> 00:44:39,342 Really? 833 00:44:43,679 --> 00:44:45,599 Why? 834 00:44:45,681 --> 00:44:47,893 Because... we know you. 835 00:44:47,976 --> 00:44:50,103 And, knowing you, 836 00:44:50,186 --> 00:44:52,438 we'd all follow you anywhere. 837 00:44:52,523 --> 00:44:54,775 Saru made the right choice. 838 00:44:54,858 --> 00:44:56,275 Well, I'm... 839 00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:58,112 gonna need all of your help. 840 00:44:58,195 --> 00:44:59,278 Of course. 841 00:44:59,362 --> 00:45:01,114 But, uh, first, we'd like to present 842 00:45:01,197 --> 00:45:03,951 a list of grievances and requests. 843 00:45:04,034 --> 00:45:06,619 I need two weeks' leave on Earth. 844 00:45:06,702 --> 00:45:08,079 Place called Hawaii. 845 00:45:08,163 --> 00:45:09,956 Yeah, the head in my 'fresher 846 00:45:10,039 --> 00:45:11,416 is leaking, so... 847 00:45:11,500 --> 00:45:13,626 I'd like quarters with a window. 848 00:45:13,710 --> 00:45:15,355 I'd like you to assign someone to help me analyze 849 00:45:15,378 --> 00:45:17,630 all this SB-19 data. 850 00:45:17,713 --> 00:45:19,465 No. You got it? 851 00:45:19,550 --> 00:45:22,094 Oh! That's amazing! 852 00:45:25,012 --> 00:45:26,931 I really wanted to tell you. 853 00:45:27,014 --> 00:45:28,851 Oh, did I miss the cool "say yes" part? 854 00:45:30,518 --> 00:45:31,811 Sorry I'm late. 855 00:45:31,894 --> 00:45:34,481 I just wanted your blessing. 856 00:45:34,565 --> 00:45:36,775 No, you don't need that. 857 00:45:36,858 --> 00:45:39,445 How can I make it easier? 858 00:45:39,527 --> 00:45:42,197 You lead me. 859 00:45:43,407 --> 00:45:46,117 Wait, you mean you're not leaving? 860 00:45:50,079 --> 00:45:51,998 I'm here for the duration. 861 00:46:01,759 --> 00:46:03,342 Commander Burnham, 862 00:46:03,427 --> 00:46:07,014 I want you to take that data to the science lab immediately. 863 00:46:07,097 --> 00:46:10,184 You are going to figure out what caused the Burn 864 00:46:10,266 --> 00:46:12,311 and help to rebuild the Federation. 865 00:46:12,393 --> 00:46:14,103 Yes! 866 00:46:17,608 --> 00:46:20,318 We all will. 867 00:46:23,112 --> 00:46:23,989 I'm glad, because I thought 868 00:46:24,072 --> 00:46:25,257 you were going to ask for me to switch my bed 869 00:46:25,282 --> 00:46:26,115 to the other side of the room. 870 00:46:26,199 --> 00:46:27,867 Yeah. No, that's happening. 871 00:46:27,951 --> 00:46:29,869 Oh. Well, whatever you say, Number One. 872 00:46:32,289 --> 00:46:34,373 Thank you, Captain. 873 00:46:34,458 --> 00:46:36,543 This has been... 874 00:46:36,626 --> 00:46:39,838 quite different from what I expected. 875 00:46:44,300 --> 00:46:46,887 That was a compliment. 876 00:46:46,969 --> 00:46:49,389 Ah. 877 00:46:49,472 --> 00:46:51,682 If I may, 878 00:46:51,766 --> 00:46:56,063 I understand the situation on Ni'Var is complex. 879 00:46:56,146 --> 00:46:58,565 Contemplating a future within the Federation 880 00:46:58,648 --> 00:47:01,735 may be premature at this time. 881 00:47:01,818 --> 00:47:03,737 However, 882 00:47:03,820 --> 00:47:07,074 I would very much appreciate the opportunity to continue 883 00:47:07,157 --> 00:47:08,909 our conversation. 884 00:47:08,992 --> 00:47:10,869 As would I. 885 00:47:10,952 --> 00:47:13,038 In time. 886 00:47:13,121 --> 00:47:15,373 Thank you, Madam President. 887 00:47:17,668 --> 00:47:20,878 Live long and prosper, Captain Saru. 888 00:47:40,023 --> 00:47:41,942 - You got the data, didn't you? - I did. 889 00:47:42,025 --> 00:47:44,402 And you're not leaving, are you? 890 00:47:44,485 --> 00:47:46,405 No. 891 00:47:53,369 --> 00:47:56,414 I belong here. 892 00:47:58,708 --> 00:48:00,918 With this crew. 893 00:48:03,547 --> 00:48:06,257 True believer, right? 894 00:48:10,554 --> 00:48:13,389 What does that mean for you? 895 00:48:16,684 --> 00:48:18,269 I don't know. 896 00:48:25,693 --> 00:48:29,114 You feel like home. 897 00:48:29,197 --> 00:48:31,617 So do you. 898 00:48:46,590 --> 00:48:48,507 Captioning sponsored by 899 00:48:48,592 --> 00:48:50,711 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org