1 00:00:02,654 --> 00:00:05,701 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:23,153 --> 00:00:25,590 Previously on Star Trek: Lower Decks... 3 00:00:25,764 --> 00:00:27,505 MARINER: Man, another quantum fissure? 4 00:00:27,636 --> 00:00:28,593 BOIMLER: You saw that other Boimler. 5 00:00:28,724 --> 00:00:30,508 So cool and successful. 6 00:00:30,595 --> 00:00:33,381 If I copy him, then maybe I can be cool, too. 7 00:00:33,511 --> 00:00:34,904 RUTHERFORD: My implant is having 8 00:00:35,035 --> 00:00:36,558 a hard time connecting to this old door. 9 00:00:36,732 --> 00:00:38,603 Well, maybe it's finally time I fill 10 00:00:38,734 --> 00:00:40,257 the senior science officer position. 11 00:00:40,388 --> 00:00:42,694 You don't think T'Lyn's competing with me, do you? 12 00:00:42,825 --> 00:00:44,609 MARINER: I just heard you lost your captaincy, 13 00:00:44,740 --> 00:00:46,176 and I'm gonna help you get it back. 14 00:00:46,307 --> 00:00:48,396 MA'AH: Bargh, I select you to die. 15 00:00:48,526 --> 00:00:50,006 Ho, that was awesome, brother. 16 00:00:50,137 --> 00:00:51,573 We've been assuming these dimensional rifts 17 00:00:51,703 --> 00:00:52,965 are a natural occurrence, but now it's looking 18 00:00:53,140 --> 00:00:54,358 like someone's making them. 19 00:00:54,489 --> 00:00:56,273 You have experienced duplication? 20 00:00:56,404 --> 00:00:57,753 I mean, if he were still around, I bet he'd be 21 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,624 in some huge adventure. 22 00:01:00,582 --> 00:01:03,193 - Harry, you have to stop. - [cackles] 23 00:01:04,238 --> 00:01:06,762 SLOANE: With a directed soliton burst, I can guide 24 00:01:06,849 --> 00:01:08,590 the wave into a single reality. 25 00:01:08,677 --> 00:01:10,505 MARINER: Won't an entire universe be destroyed? 26 00:01:10,679 --> 00:01:12,072 Use my reality. 27 00:01:12,202 --> 00:01:14,726 I piggybacked a message to my duplicate. 28 00:01:14,857 --> 00:01:16,337 - He'll know what to do. - Will he? 29 00:01:16,467 --> 00:01:18,556 WILLIAM: Yeah, as long as he doesn't freak out. 30 00:01:21,429 --> 00:01:23,605 ♪ ♪ 31 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:31,656 Our scans are negative. 32 00:01:31,787 --> 00:01:33,571 There are no enemies in the area. 33 00:01:33,702 --> 00:01:36,096 RELGA: I can see that. Set course for the border. 34 00:01:36,270 --> 00:01:39,273 Maybe we can antagonize Starfleet into a fight. 35 00:01:39,403 --> 00:01:42,232 But the High Council considers them to be allies. 36 00:01:42,363 --> 00:01:44,104 [bleep] the council! 37 00:01:44,278 --> 00:01:46,410 We're only patrolling this worthless corner of the empire 38 00:01:46,584 --> 00:01:48,108 because my brothers were murdered 39 00:01:48,238 --> 00:01:49,587 and the council thinks me weak! 40 00:01:49,674 --> 00:01:51,937 I would cut all their throats for a chance to... 41 00:01:52,068 --> 00:01:55,027 Captain, sensors are detecting an increase in tachyons. 42 00:01:55,115 --> 00:01:57,900 Tachyons mean nothing to a Bird-of-Prey. 43 00:01:57,987 --> 00:02:00,772 [laughter] 44 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:06,517 Huh? 45 00:02:11,261 --> 00:02:13,481 I'm reading a massive buildup of soliton particles. 46 00:02:13,655 --> 00:02:15,352 Get us out of here! 47 00:02:20,836 --> 00:02:22,794 - [shouts] - [screaming] 48 00:02:22,925 --> 00:02:25,145 [straining] 49 00:02:34,893 --> 00:02:36,460 We have evaded the soliton wave, 50 00:02:36,591 --> 00:02:38,027 but the Krtas has been destroyed. 51 00:02:38,158 --> 00:02:40,943 - Shall I report this to command? - No. 52 00:02:41,073 --> 00:02:43,641 This is exactly what I needed. 53 00:02:43,815 --> 00:02:47,254 [laughing] 54 00:02:48,385 --> 00:02:50,344 ♪ ♪ 55 00:03:06,577 --> 00:03:08,840 ♪ 56 00:03:43,135 --> 00:03:45,355 ♪ ♪ 57 00:03:58,150 --> 00:03:59,935 RANSOM: First officer's log. 58 00:04:00,065 --> 00:04:01,328 Having finished repairs at a joint. 59 00:04:01,458 --> 00:04:03,243 Starfleet-Klingon research station, 60 00:04:03,417 --> 00:04:07,203 the Cerritos is enjoying a little downtime. 61 00:04:07,377 --> 00:04:09,858 Ah. Since we both have the afternoon off, 62 00:04:09,988 --> 00:04:12,339 want to play Sexy Treasure Island on the holodeck? 63 00:04:12,469 --> 00:04:14,341 Only if I get to be Long John [bleep]. 64 00:04:14,471 --> 00:04:16,081 - God, I love you. - [laughs softly] 65 00:04:16,212 --> 00:04:18,954 Ah, being a lieutenant JG rules. 66 00:04:19,041 --> 00:04:21,478 Who knew higher rank came with more freedom to goof around? 67 00:04:21,565 --> 00:04:23,175 It's honestly very relaxing. 68 00:04:23,306 --> 00:04:25,047 That was not your attitude when I first arrived. 69 00:04:25,177 --> 00:04:27,179 You were more chaotic. 70 00:04:27,310 --> 00:04:29,051 Really? Ah. Don't want to lose my edge. 71 00:04:29,225 --> 00:04:31,140 - Enjoy that avocado, cadet! - [shouts] 72 00:04:31,271 --> 00:04:33,098 [chuckles] Still got it. 73 00:04:33,229 --> 00:04:34,361 What are you guys so busy with? 74 00:04:34,491 --> 00:04:35,710 Senior science officer stuff. 75 00:04:35,797 --> 00:04:37,625 I am cataloging the corbopple levels 76 00:04:37,712 --> 00:04:39,844 - of the isometric flangometer. - And I'm researching 77 00:04:40,018 --> 00:04:41,759 how corbopple emissions affect sleep. 78 00:04:41,890 --> 00:04:44,371 C-Corbopple... you're messing with me. That's not real. 79 00:04:44,501 --> 00:04:46,286 - Half of all bopples are corbed. - It is a foundational element 80 00:04:46,373 --> 00:04:48,331 - of artificial gravity. - [grunts] 81 00:04:48,462 --> 00:04:50,681 - [groans] - Rutherford. 82 00:04:50,855 --> 00:04:52,857 I've been trying to fix this stupid old plasma router, 83 00:04:52,988 --> 00:04:54,772 which should be easy with my implant, 84 00:04:54,903 --> 00:04:56,861 but the Cerritos systems are too old. 85 00:04:57,035 --> 00:04:59,516 You love the Cerritos. Don't listen to him, girl. 86 00:04:59,603 --> 00:05:01,692 - He didn't mean it. - Yes, I did. 87 00:05:01,823 --> 00:05:04,260 [sighs] Since when does everyone bring work to the bar? 88 00:05:04,434 --> 00:05:05,827 I wish I could help you, Rutherford, 89 00:05:05,957 --> 00:05:08,046 but there's not a lot of engineering advice 90 00:05:08,220 --> 00:05:10,005 on this PADD I stole from alt-dimension me. 91 00:05:10,135 --> 00:05:11,746 I cannot believe basing your personality 92 00:05:11,833 --> 00:05:13,400 on that thing actually worked. 93 00:05:13,574 --> 00:05:15,315 That beard looks good. I hate it. 94 00:05:15,445 --> 00:05:16,707 I didn't actually crib all that much. 95 00:05:16,838 --> 00:05:18,274 Uh-huh. What do you want to drink? 96 00:05:18,448 --> 00:05:20,189 Uh, uh, something called a Bramble? 97 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:21,408 [device beeping] 98 00:05:21,538 --> 00:05:23,888 You're getting a message, Boims. 99 00:05:24,019 --> 00:05:25,629 WILLIAM: No, th-there has to be something we can do. 100 00:05:25,803 --> 00:05:27,370 MARINER: Won't you be dooming an entire universe? 101 00:05:27,501 --> 00:05:28,458 WILLIAM: Scan me. Use my reality. 102 00:05:28,632 --> 00:05:30,678 Why would you do this to your friends? 103 00:05:30,808 --> 00:05:32,854 Sorry, the replicator didn't have a code for a Bramb... 104 00:05:32,984 --> 00:05:35,030 Holy [bleep], we're all gonna die! 105 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,859 What-what the hell? Boims, wait up! What are we screaming about? 106 00:05:38,033 --> 00:05:40,427 - [Boimler screaming in distance] - [glass shattering] 107 00:05:40,601 --> 00:05:42,124 Is it just me, or is Boimler 108 00:05:42,254 --> 00:05:43,908 always freaking out about some PADD? 109 00:05:44,082 --> 00:05:45,997 - It is not just you. - [grunts] 110 00:05:46,128 --> 00:05:48,217 [metal clatters] 111 00:05:50,350 --> 00:05:51,786 FREEMAN: T'Pol? Harry Kims? 112 00:05:51,873 --> 00:05:54,136 An interdimensional overload? 113 00:05:54,310 --> 00:05:56,486 Captain, if William's alive, he wouldn't lie about this. 114 00:05:56,660 --> 00:05:58,619 Mom, I know this is coming from nowhere 115 00:05:58,706 --> 00:06:00,098 and we're just junior officers, 116 00:06:00,229 --> 00:06:01,883 but we have to take it seriously. 117 00:06:02,057 --> 00:06:03,928 - I agree. - Oh. You do? 118 00:06:04,059 --> 00:06:06,670 - Let's get Command on the line now. - Whoa, what, really? 119 00:06:06,801 --> 00:06:08,629 I mean, we thought it would take way more convincing. 120 00:06:08,759 --> 00:06:10,718 Yeah, I mean, an-an undead transporter clone 121 00:06:10,848 --> 00:06:12,241 could be kind of a stretch. 122 00:06:12,328 --> 00:06:13,895 You two are my best officers. 123 00:06:14,069 --> 00:06:15,331 And after all we've been through, 124 00:06:15,462 --> 00:06:16,941 I think I know enough to trust you. 125 00:06:17,028 --> 00:06:19,291 Wow. I mean, thanks. 126 00:06:19,422 --> 00:06:21,642 Man, that is good captaining. 127 00:06:22,382 --> 00:06:24,514 ♪ ♪ 128 00:06:24,688 --> 00:06:26,168 [Ma'ah grumbling] 129 00:06:28,126 --> 00:06:30,694 Eh, why so tense, brother? 130 00:06:30,825 --> 00:06:33,044 We still have hours before we arrive at Qo'noS. 131 00:06:33,175 --> 00:06:35,220 A captain must be vigilant. 132 00:06:35,351 --> 00:06:37,788 We deliver bloodwine. What danger would we encounter? 133 00:06:37,919 --> 00:06:39,399 A leaky barrel? 134 00:06:39,573 --> 00:06:41,662 - Every mission is a potential battle. - [yawns] 135 00:06:41,792 --> 00:06:43,490 Wake me if Kahless makes another appearance. 136 00:06:43,620 --> 00:06:45,274 - [alarm blares] - [shouts] 137 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:46,536 [gasps] 138 00:06:53,238 --> 00:06:55,545 - [screeching] - MA'AH: Relga. 139 00:06:55,719 --> 00:07:00,245 Ah, the great Captain Ma'ah, hauling garbage. 140 00:07:00,376 --> 00:07:01,943 It's not garbage. It's wine! 141 00:07:02,073 --> 00:07:04,946 How the mighty have fallen, murderer. 142 00:07:05,076 --> 00:07:06,687 What is the meaning of this? 143 00:07:06,817 --> 00:07:09,516 You destroyed one of my ships. I was lucky to survive. 144 00:07:09,690 --> 00:07:11,648 We don't know what you're talking about. 145 00:07:11,735 --> 00:07:13,650 I know, but there's just enough truth 146 00:07:13,737 --> 00:07:15,478 to convince the High Council. 147 00:07:15,565 --> 00:07:16,784 Ready weapons. 148 00:07:16,914 --> 00:07:19,177 - This is madness! - No, it's vengeance. 149 00:07:19,351 --> 00:07:21,963 Relga has no honor, just like her brothers. 150 00:07:22,137 --> 00:07:25,096 Bargh and Dorg were weak. I am not! 151 00:07:25,227 --> 00:07:26,663 Fire! 152 00:07:28,012 --> 00:07:29,449 [grunts] 153 00:07:32,930 --> 00:07:34,149 - [grunts] - [whimpers] 154 00:07:34,279 --> 00:07:35,585 I will ram their bridge. 155 00:07:35,716 --> 00:07:36,978 We will have the element of surprise. 156 00:07:37,108 --> 00:07:39,328 Sorry, brother, but today is not a good day to die. 157 00:07:39,502 --> 00:07:40,677 [grunts] 158 00:07:44,028 --> 00:07:45,160 MA'AH: What are you doing? 159 00:07:45,334 --> 00:07:48,729 Unlock my controls now! Malor! 160 00:07:54,909 --> 00:07:57,302 Long-range scans have confirmed your fears, Captain Freeman. 161 00:07:57,433 --> 00:08:00,436 Soliton resonance is overloading the dimensional rift. 162 00:08:00,567 --> 00:08:03,831 Unchecked, this will destroy our quantum reality. 163 00:08:04,005 --> 00:08:05,746 [all gasp] 164 00:08:05,876 --> 00:08:08,966 The rift itself is easily sealed with a subspace gluonic beam. 165 00:08:09,053 --> 00:08:10,751 The problem is getting to it. 166 00:08:10,881 --> 00:08:12,274 The rift is surrounded 167 00:08:12,448 --> 00:08:13,797 by a Schroödinger possibility field. 168 00:08:13,928 --> 00:08:15,233 A what? 169 00:08:15,364 --> 00:08:17,061 The S-field completely remaps matter 170 00:08:17,235 --> 00:08:19,499 into other possibilities from the multiverse. 171 00:08:19,586 --> 00:08:21,457 - [all gasp] - T'LYN: Fascinating. 172 00:08:21,588 --> 00:08:24,416 Of course, we would never choose to have a California-class ship 173 00:08:24,504 --> 00:08:26,157 handle a catastrophe of this scale. 174 00:08:26,331 --> 00:08:27,811 Oh, thank God. 175 00:08:27,942 --> 00:08:29,944 For a moment, it sounded like this was up to us. 176 00:08:30,074 --> 00:08:31,772 Unfortunately, it is. 177 00:08:31,902 --> 00:08:33,382 What?! Why? 178 00:08:33,469 --> 00:08:35,210 Enterprise is en route, but there's no time. 179 00:08:35,297 --> 00:08:37,995 The two Boimlers are linked in ways we don't yet understand. 180 00:08:38,126 --> 00:08:41,956 Call it fate or entanglement, this is your mission. 181 00:08:42,086 --> 00:08:43,653 How the hell are we supposed to do this 182 00:08:43,784 --> 00:08:45,525 if our heads are turning into cactuses? 183 00:08:45,699 --> 00:08:48,136 I've calculated adjustments for your shield harmonics. 184 00:08:48,266 --> 00:08:50,225 In theory, they should block the effects of the field. 185 00:08:50,399 --> 00:08:51,574 Sending them now. 186 00:08:51,705 --> 00:08:53,707 "In theory"? 187 00:08:53,881 --> 00:08:55,273 Engineering can make these updates, Captain, 188 00:08:55,404 --> 00:08:56,623 but we'll have to work around the clock. 189 00:08:56,753 --> 00:08:58,581 It'd be nice to know if they actually work. 190 00:08:58,712 --> 00:09:01,410 Come on. Are you sure the Enterprise can't handle this? 191 00:09:01,497 --> 00:09:04,282 With the connected Boimlers, you're our only option. 192 00:09:04,413 --> 00:09:06,763 What the [bleep]? You sent a universe-destroying rift 193 00:09:06,894 --> 00:09:08,243 to your own dimension? 194 00:09:08,373 --> 00:09:09,810 It wasn't me. It was William! 195 00:09:09,940 --> 00:09:11,855 Looks like the Boimlers have given us no choice. 196 00:09:11,986 --> 00:09:13,378 - [all groan] - Let's move, people. 197 00:09:13,509 --> 00:09:15,903 Come on! It was William! 198 00:09:16,033 --> 00:09:17,600 MEREDITH: We got to get those updates installed. 199 00:09:18,949 --> 00:09:20,298 [grunts] 200 00:09:20,472 --> 00:09:21,473 These plasma conduits are ancient. 201 00:09:21,648 --> 00:09:23,432 We're never gonna flush them in time. 202 00:09:23,519 --> 00:09:25,303 My implant could do this twice as fast 203 00:09:25,434 --> 00:09:27,218 if we didn't have to use history's oldest relays. 204 00:09:27,349 --> 00:09:28,437 Got it. 205 00:09:28,524 --> 00:09:30,482 Quantum filtering is live. 206 00:09:30,613 --> 00:09:32,354 Shields are updated, Captain, 207 00:09:32,484 --> 00:09:34,530 but I don't think Starfleet took into account the hull. 208 00:09:34,661 --> 00:09:35,792 FREEMAN [over comm]: What? What do you mean? 209 00:09:35,923 --> 00:09:37,620 There seems to be a potential interference 210 00:09:37,751 --> 00:09:39,666 between the field and the duranium alloys 211 00:09:39,796 --> 00:09:41,015 throughout the Cerritos. 212 00:09:41,145 --> 00:09:42,364 It could affect the hull, 213 00:09:42,494 --> 00:09:43,844 but the shield updates should make sure 214 00:09:43,931 --> 00:09:46,237 that the crew is unaffected, so we'll all be fine! 215 00:09:46,324 --> 00:09:47,630 The hull is kind of important. 216 00:09:47,717 --> 00:09:49,414 BILLUPS: We're working on a fix. 217 00:09:49,545 --> 00:09:51,547 - We just need more time. - Well, time's in short supply. 218 00:09:51,678 --> 00:09:54,115 But we should be okay as long as there aren't any complications. 219 00:09:54,245 --> 00:09:55,682 [alert blares] 220 00:09:55,812 --> 00:09:57,161 Captain, a small vessel just dropped out of warp. 221 00:09:57,335 --> 00:09:58,162 They're hailing us. 222 00:09:58,249 --> 00:09:59,860 Damn it. On screen. 223 00:09:59,947 --> 00:10:01,905 We need to talk to Beckett Mariner. 224 00:10:02,036 --> 00:10:03,037 [both grunting] 225 00:10:03,167 --> 00:10:04,386 She is my cha'Dich's cha'Dich. 226 00:10:04,516 --> 00:10:06,127 We are requesting asylum. 227 00:10:06,257 --> 00:10:08,346 Uh... yeah, hey, guys, sort of bad timing. 228 00:10:08,477 --> 00:10:10,435 Good. I do not want asylum. 229 00:10:10,566 --> 00:10:11,828 - Yes, you do! - Ugh, I do not! 230 00:10:11,915 --> 00:10:14,178 Yeah, I don't know what they're talking about. 231 00:10:14,309 --> 00:10:16,616 [groans] Then I guess we'd better find out. 232 00:10:16,746 --> 00:10:18,574 MALOR: Oh, come on. 233 00:10:18,705 --> 00:10:21,142 We were nowhere near Relga when her ship was damaged. 234 00:10:21,272 --> 00:10:23,231 They probably encountered the same soliton wave 235 00:10:23,361 --> 00:10:24,885 we're dealing with. 236 00:10:25,015 --> 00:10:26,974 Relga seeks revenge because I killed her brothers. 237 00:10:27,104 --> 00:10:28,584 Uh, yeah, let me just hop in here. 238 00:10:28,758 --> 00:10:30,499 Both of those guys tried to kill him first. 239 00:10:30,630 --> 00:10:32,849 I will gladly die facing her in battle! 240 00:10:32,936 --> 00:10:35,156 Come on, she will never give you a fair fight! 241 00:10:35,286 --> 00:10:36,766 We can give them safe harbor, right, Mom? 242 00:10:36,897 --> 00:10:39,290 Yes, but confined to quarters. 243 00:10:39,377 --> 00:10:41,771 Sorry, but apparently, we're the only ones 244 00:10:41,902 --> 00:10:43,730 who can save the frickin' universe today. 245 00:10:43,860 --> 00:10:46,210 So, do these quarters, um, have a replicator? 246 00:10:46,341 --> 00:10:49,344 How do you have an appetite after running from battle? 247 00:10:49,474 --> 00:10:51,128 All our snacks are made of bugs. 248 00:10:51,259 --> 00:10:53,000 They have salties and sweets! 249 00:10:53,130 --> 00:10:54,610 RANSOM: Captain, we need you on the bridge. 250 00:10:54,741 --> 00:10:56,525 More Klingons just dropped out of warp. 251 00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:57,657 - What? - Good. 252 00:10:57,744 --> 00:10:59,049 We don't have time for this. 253 00:10:59,180 --> 00:11:01,095 We're supposed to be closing a rift. 254 00:11:11,540 --> 00:11:12,933 On screen. 255 00:11:14,021 --> 00:11:15,631 I'm assuming you're Relga? 256 00:11:15,762 --> 00:11:18,329 I have tracked two murderers to this location. 257 00:11:18,416 --> 00:11:19,983 Hand them over now! 258 00:11:20,114 --> 00:11:22,551 I'm sure we can solve this in a diplomatic fashion. 259 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:24,684 You are harboring criminals. 260 00:11:24,771 --> 00:11:26,337 They would disagree. 261 00:11:26,424 --> 00:11:28,775 I know who you are, Captain Carol Freeman. 262 00:11:28,905 --> 00:11:31,255 Your admiral mate will not protect you from me. 263 00:11:31,429 --> 00:11:33,867 My husband has nothing to do with this. 264 00:11:33,997 --> 00:11:37,392 You've sided with the petaQs who destroyed my ship. 265 00:11:37,522 --> 00:11:38,959 Are you an accomplice? 266 00:11:39,089 --> 00:11:41,004 Incoming call from Admiral Freeman, Captain. 267 00:11:41,135 --> 00:11:42,266 [sighs] What now? 268 00:11:42,397 --> 00:11:44,007 Okay. Put her on hold. 269 00:11:44,138 --> 00:11:45,356 Nobody puts me on hol... 270 00:11:45,487 --> 00:11:47,358 FREEMAN: Zo... 271 00:11:47,445 --> 00:11:48,795 we've partially updated our shields, 272 00:11:48,925 --> 00:11:50,710 and we should be able to head to the rift... 273 00:11:50,884 --> 00:11:52,581 You're harboring two criminal Klingons, Captain. 274 00:11:52,712 --> 00:11:54,322 [chuckles] Word travels fast. 275 00:11:54,452 --> 00:11:56,324 I don't believe they've committed any crime. 276 00:11:56,454 --> 00:11:58,021 They're murderers. I'm ordering you 277 00:11:58,195 --> 00:12:00,807 to immediately hand them over to Captain Relga. 278 00:12:00,981 --> 00:12:02,156 Dad, these are my friends. 279 00:12:02,243 --> 00:12:03,592 Is this coming from Command? 280 00:12:03,766 --> 00:12:05,855 Zo, I... 281 00:12:05,986 --> 00:12:08,118 - That was weird. - This whole day is weird! 282 00:12:08,249 --> 00:12:10,599 [sighs] Ransom, collect our guests. 283 00:12:10,686 --> 00:12:12,209 What? No! This is [bleep]. 284 00:12:12,296 --> 00:12:14,646 We can't make our own rules just because friends are involved. 285 00:12:14,777 --> 00:12:15,909 Get me that Klingon. 286 00:12:16,039 --> 00:12:18,607 Freeman! You will rue the day... 287 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:20,957 Enough! You're getting what you want. 288 00:12:21,044 --> 00:12:23,046 Ah, there he is. 289 00:12:23,177 --> 00:12:24,569 No more running, coward. 290 00:12:24,700 --> 00:12:26,223 - You are the coward! - Wait. 291 00:12:26,354 --> 00:12:28,182 Where's the fat one? 292 00:12:28,312 --> 00:12:30,706 Ransom, why do I only have one Klingon? 293 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,056 RANSOM: Working on it. Malor seems to have, uh, 294 00:12:33,187 --> 00:12:34,536 - wandered off. - Good. 295 00:12:34,666 --> 00:12:36,146 This is a trick. 296 00:12:36,277 --> 00:12:38,670 Sensors can't locate him. I have a team sweeping the ship. 297 00:12:38,801 --> 00:12:40,498 Please be patient. 298 00:12:40,629 --> 00:12:42,326 We're actually dealing with a dangerous rift 299 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:43,850 that's emitting strange energy. 300 00:12:44,024 --> 00:12:46,200 As allies, I'm sending you the data 301 00:12:46,287 --> 00:12:47,854 on how to update your shields. 302 00:12:47,984 --> 00:12:49,943 I have no use for this! 303 00:12:50,117 --> 00:12:52,989 Give us both brothers or I will take them by force! 304 00:12:55,470 --> 00:12:57,298 - [all gasp] - Hu'tegh! 305 00:12:59,169 --> 00:13:00,997 - They're targeting our engines! - Red alert! 306 00:13:02,651 --> 00:13:03,521 SHAXS: Shields at 80%. 307 00:13:03,652 --> 00:13:05,045 Evasive maneuvers! 308 00:13:15,664 --> 00:13:17,100 Set a course for the rift. 309 00:13:17,187 --> 00:13:18,754 - But, Captain... - We don't have time for a fight. 310 00:13:18,885 --> 00:13:20,016 Warp me. 311 00:13:28,546 --> 00:13:30,897 ♪ ♪ 312 00:13:32,724 --> 00:13:35,510 I need good news on those shield updates, Mr. Billups. 313 00:13:35,597 --> 00:13:37,468 Those Klingons can't be far behind. 314 00:13:37,599 --> 00:13:39,035 BILLUPS: Working on it. 315 00:13:39,166 --> 00:13:40,776 - Mom, I didn't hide Malor. - FREEMAN: I know. 316 00:13:40,907 --> 00:13:42,822 But I still need you to find him now. 317 00:13:42,952 --> 00:13:45,607 Those Klingons are forcing us into a bad situation. 318 00:13:45,737 --> 00:13:47,914 BOIMLER: We're approaching the Schroödinger field. 319 00:13:56,313 --> 00:13:58,054 Captain, without the shield update, 320 00:13:58,185 --> 00:13:59,839 quantum interference with the hull 321 00:13:59,969 --> 00:14:02,058 could alter the physical structure of the Cerritos. 322 00:14:02,189 --> 00:14:03,799 Well, whatever we turn into 323 00:14:03,886 --> 00:14:06,106 is still better than getting blown up by Klingons. 324 00:14:06,236 --> 00:14:07,107 Full impulse. 325 00:14:07,237 --> 00:14:08,804 Aye, Captain. 326 00:14:13,853 --> 00:14:16,507 RANSOM: Soliton energy's reacting with the duranium. 327 00:14:16,638 --> 00:14:17,857 Readings are getting freaky! 328 00:14:17,987 --> 00:14:21,034 All hands, brace for weird. 329 00:14:28,563 --> 00:14:30,870 - Report. - We only have one nacelle. 330 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,523 We're in the Cerritos from a reality 331 00:14:32,654 --> 00:14:34,003 where it's a Freedom-class. 332 00:14:34,090 --> 00:14:36,092 How do you even go to warp with one nacelle? 333 00:14:36,223 --> 00:14:38,486 It's possible to project a warp bubble without dual nacelles. 334 00:14:38,660 --> 00:14:40,444 The only sacrifice is the static actuators... 335 00:14:40,531 --> 00:14:41,881 We don't have time to nerd out about this, Lieutenant. 336 00:14:42,011 --> 00:14:43,360 - [alert rings] - Our friends just caught up. 337 00:14:43,447 --> 00:14:44,579 Of course they did. 338 00:14:49,453 --> 00:14:51,934 Maintain speed. We have to get to that rift. 339 00:14:54,023 --> 00:14:55,851 SHAXS: The Klingons have entered the S-field, Captain, 340 00:14:55,982 --> 00:14:57,766 and our shields are only at 60%. 341 00:14:57,897 --> 00:15:00,595 Another energy wave, dead ahead. 342 00:15:02,814 --> 00:15:04,207 - MA'AH: Malor! - MARINER: Malor! 343 00:15:04,294 --> 00:15:06,209 Get out here right now so we can face our enemies. 344 00:15:06,296 --> 00:15:08,255 Would you not? You're gonna scare him. 345 00:15:08,385 --> 00:15:10,344 - [ship rumbling] - [both exclaiming] 346 00:15:10,474 --> 00:15:13,216 Malor, just... c-could you get out here, please, Malor? 347 00:15:15,305 --> 00:15:17,090 Whoa! 348 00:15:17,177 --> 00:15:19,527 Dang it! Stupid new quantum reality power relays. 349 00:15:19,657 --> 00:15:21,921 - Implant trouble? - No, it's working great. 350 00:15:22,095 --> 00:15:23,313 But these new systems are a mess. 351 00:15:23,444 --> 00:15:24,575 Who designs a ship like this? 352 00:15:24,706 --> 00:15:25,968 - [explosion] - Ah! 353 00:15:30,755 --> 00:15:32,148 One of their ships is changing. 354 00:15:37,327 --> 00:15:40,200 Oof, an ancient Klingon sailing barge. 355 00:15:40,330 --> 00:15:41,331 All lives lost. 356 00:15:41,505 --> 00:15:42,942 Can that happen to us? 357 00:15:43,072 --> 00:15:45,248 I could really use that shield update, Mr. Billups. 358 00:15:45,379 --> 00:15:47,294 Lieutenant Boimler, get to navigation. 359 00:15:47,424 --> 00:15:49,949 We can't afford to go off course. 360 00:15:50,123 --> 00:15:52,212 [over P.A.]: All hands to your stations. 361 00:15:52,342 --> 00:15:54,040 We need to update our relays. 362 00:15:54,170 --> 00:15:55,911 The Cerritos wasn't designed for this kind of stress. 363 00:15:56,085 --> 00:15:58,174 We need to disable nonessential systems 364 00:15:58,348 --> 00:16:00,133 to help route power to structural integrity. 365 00:16:00,263 --> 00:16:03,353 Negative. Disabling systems could damage resource conduits. 366 00:16:03,484 --> 00:16:06,008 Yeah, resource flow won't matter if we get blown up! 367 00:16:06,182 --> 00:16:08,097 Raising your voice will not solve the problem. 368 00:16:08,228 --> 00:16:09,969 Neither will doing nothing! 369 00:16:10,143 --> 00:16:11,579 We are co-senior science officers. 370 00:16:11,709 --> 00:16:13,015 We should be working together on this! 371 00:16:13,146 --> 00:16:14,799 It appears the pressure of our situation 372 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:16,149 - is impairing your logic. - [gasps] 373 00:16:16,279 --> 00:16:17,759 Perhaps we should work on different systems. 374 00:16:17,889 --> 00:16:19,674 Perhaps we should. 375 00:16:19,804 --> 00:16:21,981 [grunting, kicking] 376 00:16:22,111 --> 00:16:24,374 I can't get any of the isolinear relays stabilized. 377 00:16:24,548 --> 00:16:26,463 It's this ship. I... 378 00:16:26,550 --> 00:16:29,031 I think I'm falling out of love with the Cerritos. 379 00:16:29,162 --> 00:16:31,120 What? But there's so much more to fix. 380 00:16:31,251 --> 00:16:32,513 Maybe this is just a rough patch. 381 00:16:32,687 --> 00:16:33,862 That's what I thought. 382 00:16:33,949 --> 00:16:36,604 But it just isn't getting better. 383 00:16:47,658 --> 00:16:49,747 - MARINER: Malor? - This is dishonorable! Get out here now! 384 00:16:49,921 --> 00:16:51,401 Malor? Hey, Kimolu, Matt, 385 00:16:51,575 --> 00:16:53,360 you see a rural Klingon come in through here? 386 00:16:55,710 --> 00:16:58,321 Ugh! If I could only find him, we could stop this conflict. 387 00:16:58,408 --> 00:16:59,975 Wait. I know I use this PADD too much, 388 00:17:00,062 --> 00:17:01,933 but maybe something like this happened 389 00:17:02,064 --> 00:17:03,457 in Beard Boimler's reality. 390 00:17:03,587 --> 00:17:04,414 You know what? Honestly, I'll take any help. 391 00:17:04,545 --> 00:17:05,850 Check, check. 392 00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:07,852 - MA'AH: Malor! Malor! - Whoa. 393 00:17:07,939 --> 00:17:09,202 You actually found something? 394 00:17:09,332 --> 00:17:11,465 It's a log about Klingons seeking asylum. 395 00:17:11,595 --> 00:17:13,728 - Becky Mariner is the one who hid them. - What?! 396 00:17:13,858 --> 00:17:15,425 Whoa, that doesn't mean I did. 397 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:17,340 - She was a piece of work. - Where is my brother? 398 00:17:17,427 --> 00:17:19,690 - I didn't hide him. - This says you did! 399 00:17:19,821 --> 00:17:21,344 Reveal his location! 400 00:17:21,431 --> 00:17:24,086 - Guys, guys, can we focus on repairs? - [grunts] 401 00:17:28,047 --> 00:17:29,570 - [rumbling] - BOIMLER: Whoa. 402 00:17:29,700 --> 00:17:31,180 Look out. We're changing again. 403 00:17:35,315 --> 00:17:38,274 The Cerritos is a Terran Empire ship now. 404 00:17:38,405 --> 00:17:41,582 Ah, by the prophets, our weapons are amazing! 405 00:17:43,323 --> 00:17:45,890 Oh! Weapons are down. Aah! 406 00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:48,415 Relga, please be reasonable. 407 00:17:48,545 --> 00:17:50,504 This field is dangerous as it is. 408 00:17:50,678 --> 00:17:53,376 You never should have given me the shield updates, human. 409 00:17:53,507 --> 00:17:55,422 Now hand over those fugitives! 410 00:18:05,910 --> 00:18:07,042 [exclaiming, grunting] 411 00:18:07,173 --> 00:18:09,697 Tell me we still have shields. 412 00:18:09,827 --> 00:18:11,177 Barely, but engines are down. 413 00:18:11,264 --> 00:18:12,656 We're dead in space. 414 00:18:12,787 --> 00:18:13,918 FREEMAN: I don't get it. 415 00:18:14,049 --> 00:18:15,355 Why isn't her ship changing? 416 00:18:15,485 --> 00:18:16,921 It probably is. 417 00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:18,662 Klingons hardly ever update their fleet designs. 418 00:18:18,793 --> 00:18:21,187 They always want their ships to look like big stupid birds. 419 00:18:21,274 --> 00:18:23,406 We have basic power systems, but that's it. 420 00:18:23,537 --> 00:18:25,582 My team's still working to fix interference, 421 00:18:25,713 --> 00:18:27,106 but this set us back even more. 422 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,282 We have to assume we'll be boarded. 423 00:18:29,412 --> 00:18:31,022 In that case, I think we have to hand over the... 424 00:18:31,153 --> 00:18:33,242 - Captain Freeman! - [exclaims] 425 00:18:33,373 --> 00:18:36,245 This purple boy has proof that Mariner has hidden my brother. 426 00:18:36,376 --> 00:18:38,029 Mom, I wouldn't lie to you. 427 00:18:38,117 --> 00:18:39,640 I mean, you know, not anymore. 428 00:18:39,814 --> 00:18:41,381 I know. I trust you. 429 00:18:41,511 --> 00:18:43,861 Malor's location is hidden somewhere on this device. 430 00:18:43,992 --> 00:18:45,211 - [grunts] - Give me the PADD! 431 00:18:47,213 --> 00:18:48,692 [grunts] 432 00:18:48,866 --> 00:18:50,694 - Ba-Qa'! - Boims, that thing was working for you. 433 00:18:50,825 --> 00:18:52,566 You're so handsome and cool. 434 00:18:52,696 --> 00:18:54,785 I don't want it in my life if it means not having your back. 435 00:18:54,916 --> 00:18:57,136 Oh, man, that's actually... That's really sweet. 436 00:18:57,310 --> 00:18:59,050 You're a better friend than Beard Boimler. 437 00:18:59,181 --> 00:19:00,487 I don't need a PADD to know that. 438 00:19:00,661 --> 00:19:02,141 - Friendship! - MA'AH: No! 439 00:19:02,315 --> 00:19:04,055 If you will not tell me where Malor is, 440 00:19:04,186 --> 00:19:06,449 I will have to make you, in battle! 441 00:19:06,623 --> 00:19:08,364 [growling] 442 00:19:09,539 --> 00:19:13,282 [pained grunt] How a-are you s-so strong? 443 00:19:13,413 --> 00:19:15,502 High intensity interval training. 444 00:19:15,632 --> 00:19:16,894 This has gone too far. 445 00:19:16,981 --> 00:19:18,026 - I hid Malor. - What? 446 00:19:18,113 --> 00:19:20,333 - Ha! I [bleep] knew it. - Why? 447 00:19:20,463 --> 00:19:22,900 That message from Admiral Freeman didn't sit right. 448 00:19:22,987 --> 00:19:25,555 Yes. Thank you. Mom, it did not sound like Dad. 449 00:19:25,686 --> 00:19:28,602 We promised Malor asylum, and Relga's a bully. 450 00:19:28,732 --> 00:19:30,386 I knew you had to follow orders, 451 00:19:30,517 --> 00:19:32,780 so I bought you time and some plausible deniability. 452 00:19:32,910 --> 00:19:34,521 That wasn't your call, Jack. 453 00:19:34,608 --> 00:19:37,132 Uzani, when the light came over the mountain. 454 00:19:37,219 --> 00:19:39,221 We don't need to watch this. His orders were clear. 455 00:19:39,308 --> 00:19:41,528 Jinza, when the truth was uncovered. 456 00:19:41,658 --> 00:19:44,966 They're murderers. I'm ordering you to immediately hand them... 457 00:19:45,923 --> 00:19:47,360 Ah, she faked the message. 458 00:19:47,534 --> 00:19:49,536 Damn. That is so dishonorable. 459 00:19:49,710 --> 00:19:52,713 We can't hand them over, but we can't fight back. 460 00:19:52,843 --> 00:19:54,584 [sighs] This is an impossible situation. 461 00:19:54,758 --> 00:19:55,890 I can't believe we have Terran weapons 462 00:19:56,064 --> 00:19:57,805 and no way to power them. 463 00:19:57,935 --> 00:19:59,981 There has to be some sneaky underhanded Kirk-style trick 464 00:20:00,111 --> 00:20:02,505 we can use to [bleep] her up, like they did in the old days. 465 00:20:02,636 --> 00:20:05,247 [gasps] One of my officers might be able to help with that. 466 00:20:05,334 --> 00:20:07,293 ♪ ♪ 467 00:20:10,557 --> 00:20:13,386 Are you really going to make me board you? 468 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,953 Save some lives. Don't be so weak. 469 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,478 Well, at least I didn't have to fake a message. 470 00:20:18,608 --> 00:20:20,131 What? [Chuckles] 471 00:20:20,262 --> 00:20:22,525 A pity you discovered my trick. 472 00:20:22,656 --> 00:20:24,571 Now your crew has to die! 473 00:20:26,050 --> 00:20:27,574 You know, you were right. 474 00:20:27,704 --> 00:20:29,358 I really shouldn't have shared that shield update. 475 00:20:29,489 --> 00:20:31,186 Guess I'll just have to take it away. 476 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:33,493 I'd like to see you try. 477 00:20:33,580 --> 00:20:35,582 [thunder crashing] 478 00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:39,934 [straining] 479 00:20:41,675 --> 00:20:42,893 Open fire! 480 00:20:44,721 --> 00:20:46,245 [shouts] 481 00:20:53,730 --> 00:20:56,211 It worked! I did it, Mr. Billups! 482 00:20:56,342 --> 00:20:58,735 Ha! Your little trick did nothing! 483 00:20:58,822 --> 00:21:00,476 Captain, our shields are down. 484 00:21:00,607 --> 00:21:02,391 We are fully exposed to the energy field. 485 00:21:02,522 --> 00:21:03,827 What? No. 486 00:21:03,958 --> 00:21:05,655 Fire on them! Destroy them! 487 00:21:08,528 --> 00:21:09,659 [screaming] 488 00:21:09,746 --> 00:21:11,444 [groaning] 489 00:21:11,574 --> 00:21:13,968 [guttural screams] 490 00:21:14,751 --> 00:21:15,970 [snarling] 491 00:21:17,885 --> 00:21:19,452 [roars] 492 00:21:21,192 --> 00:21:22,672 Ugh. What are they turning into? 493 00:21:22,803 --> 00:21:25,675 Mindless proto-Klingons, filled with rage. 494 00:21:25,806 --> 00:21:27,286 [roars] 495 00:21:36,512 --> 00:21:38,862 - [alarm beeps] - Wave frequency is increasing, Captain. 496 00:21:38,993 --> 00:21:40,516 All hands, brace for impact. 497 00:21:44,781 --> 00:21:46,479 [gasps] 498 00:21:47,697 --> 00:21:49,220 Captain, the Cerritos is operational. 499 00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:52,485 We've gone all Sovereign-class. 500 00:21:53,877 --> 00:21:55,488 I guess I'll have to take it. 501 00:21:55,662 --> 00:21:57,316 Helm, get us to the rift. 502 00:21:57,446 --> 00:21:59,230 The closer we get, the more the effects will increase. 503 00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:00,580 Then let's hope we make it. 504 00:22:00,710 --> 00:22:01,581 Full impulse! 505 00:22:01,711 --> 00:22:04,888 ♪ ♪ 506 00:22:25,039 --> 00:22:27,476 Hey! We're back to normal. 507 00:22:27,650 --> 00:22:29,260 Yeah, we are. 508 00:22:29,391 --> 00:22:30,697 [gasps] We are! 509 00:22:30,827 --> 00:22:32,960 Captain, the rift is expanding too quickly. 510 00:22:33,090 --> 00:22:34,831 We won't get there in time! 511 00:22:34,962 --> 00:22:37,181 Why couldn't we have changed into a bigger, better ship? 512 00:22:37,356 --> 00:22:39,488 RUTHERFORD [over comm]: There is no better ship! 513 00:22:39,575 --> 00:22:41,838 - Rutherford? - The Cali-class rules! 514 00:22:42,665 --> 00:22:44,363 We're perfect for this. [Grunts] 515 00:22:44,493 --> 00:22:45,059 TENDI: But I thought you were falling out of love. 516 00:22:45,233 --> 00:22:46,626 Yeah, but then I realized 517 00:22:46,756 --> 00:22:47,888 my problems aren't with the Cerritos. 518 00:22:48,018 --> 00:22:49,585 They're with my implant. 519 00:22:50,934 --> 00:22:52,414 [grunts] 520 00:22:52,588 --> 00:22:54,111 Time to do this the old-fashioned way. 521 00:22:54,285 --> 00:22:56,331 [grunts] These Calis were designed 522 00:22:56,462 --> 00:22:57,637 for all sorts of functionality. 523 00:22:57,724 --> 00:23:00,117 We can reconfigure systems better than anyone. 524 00:23:00,204 --> 00:23:03,207 Whoa! I've never seen someone engineer that fast. 525 00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:05,514 [chanting]: Rutherford! Rutherford! 526 00:23:05,601 --> 00:23:07,647 - Rutherford! Rutherford! - [beeping] 527 00:23:07,734 --> 00:23:09,039 He's routing the rift's energy 528 00:23:09,170 --> 00:23:10,824 directly into the dilithium chamber. 529 00:23:10,954 --> 00:23:13,392 We are being fueled by interdimensionality itself. 530 00:23:13,522 --> 00:23:15,524 The results will be unpredictable. 531 00:23:15,655 --> 00:23:17,221 It'll have to do. 532 00:23:23,010 --> 00:23:25,534 - [all gasp] - [echoes]: What's happening? 533 00:23:27,971 --> 00:23:30,409 Our superpositions are decoupling! 534 00:23:30,539 --> 00:23:33,803 FREEMAN: The Cerritos is bifurcating into two quantum possibilities. 535 00:23:33,977 --> 00:23:36,066 If we maintain this speed, they'll both be destroyed. 536 00:23:36,197 --> 00:23:37,720 We don't have a choice. 537 00:23:37,851 --> 00:23:39,461 Keep us on course, Mr. Boimler. 538 00:23:39,592 --> 00:23:41,898 Trying, Captain, but the helm's not responding. 539 00:23:42,029 --> 00:23:43,596 SHAXS: Systems are split. 540 00:23:43,726 --> 00:23:45,815 [yelps] Each ship is controlling the other. 541 00:23:45,946 --> 00:23:48,122 RANSOM: We have to slow down. 542 00:23:48,252 --> 00:23:49,384 - No! - No! 543 00:23:49,558 --> 00:23:51,691 Today's chaos has driven us apart. 544 00:23:51,821 --> 00:23:53,649 But that's when we need to be the most in sync. 545 00:23:53,823 --> 00:23:55,956 Relinquish control. Trust each other. 546 00:23:56,043 --> 00:23:57,958 Before, we had to prove ourselves. 547 00:23:58,088 --> 00:23:59,829 Now we unite as... 548 00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:02,049 - Science besties. - Science besties! 549 00:24:15,062 --> 00:24:16,803 Wha...? 550 00:24:16,890 --> 00:24:17,978 [group grunts] 551 00:24:18,108 --> 00:24:19,588 [pants] Brother? 552 00:24:19,675 --> 00:24:20,763 [group screams] 553 00:24:23,853 --> 00:24:26,595 RANSOM: Captain, we're in range! 554 00:24:26,726 --> 00:24:27,944 Active the gluonic beam. 555 00:24:33,384 --> 00:24:34,821 It's not working. 556 00:24:34,951 --> 00:24:36,562 [alarm rings] 557 00:24:38,128 --> 00:24:40,827 TENDI: The rift is still open. 558 00:24:40,914 --> 00:24:42,524 It's too late! 559 00:24:45,701 --> 00:24:47,094 On my farm... 560 00:24:47,268 --> 00:24:48,182 - Huh? - What? - when a river threatens 561 00:24:48,312 --> 00:24:49,662 to destroy your crops, 562 00:24:49,792 --> 00:24:52,926 you cannot stop it, but you can build a dam. 563 00:24:53,056 --> 00:24:55,842 - What are you talking about? - [gasps] He's right. 564 00:24:55,929 --> 00:24:56,886 [grunts] 565 00:24:59,846 --> 00:25:01,761 [whirring] 566 00:25:05,808 --> 00:25:07,897 ♪ ♪ 567 00:25:20,823 --> 00:25:23,347 BOIMLER: Whoa, the energy's contained. 568 00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:25,567 The rift is stable, but it's, uh, 569 00:25:25,698 --> 00:25:28,135 - it's permanently open. - Holy [bleep]. 570 00:25:28,309 --> 00:25:30,659 Wait, did we just save the [bleep] universe? 571 00:25:30,790 --> 00:25:33,140 [cheering] 572 00:25:33,270 --> 00:25:37,666 Huh? We are victorious because you listened to Malor? 573 00:25:37,753 --> 00:25:39,407 Yeah. Guess Ransom made a good call 574 00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:42,062 hiding this big old genius, or we'd be toast. 575 00:25:42,149 --> 00:25:44,064 [grunts] Klingons do not hug. 576 00:25:44,194 --> 00:25:46,936 - [laughs] - Shut up. 577 00:25:52,115 --> 00:25:55,075 ♪ ♪ 578 00:25:55,205 --> 00:25:57,077 BOIMLER: Boimler's log. 579 00:25:57,207 --> 00:26:01,124 Our Klingon friends are heading back to Qo'noS, 580 00:26:01,211 --> 00:26:03,518 but they might not have time for farming. 581 00:26:03,649 --> 00:26:05,825 Due to her dishonorable actions, 582 00:26:05,955 --> 00:26:08,175 the High Council handed over Relga's fleet 583 00:26:08,349 --> 00:26:10,438 to Ma'ah's command. 584 00:26:10,569 --> 00:26:12,614 Now that the rift is a permanently open portal 585 00:26:12,745 --> 00:26:14,442 to other quantum realities, 586 00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:18,098 Starfleet considers it a gate to a whole new frontier. 587 00:26:18,228 --> 00:26:21,797 The increased tachyon density means no modern starbase 588 00:26:21,971 --> 00:26:24,104 can be stationed nearby. 589 00:26:24,234 --> 00:26:28,195 Luckily, there's one with older systems that aren't affected. 590 00:26:28,325 --> 00:26:30,850 Starbase 80. 591 00:26:32,678 --> 00:26:36,072 The mission: explore strange new realities 592 00:26:36,203 --> 00:26:38,858 with a little help from some familiar friends. 593 00:26:38,988 --> 00:26:40,947 Kassia still runs the base, 594 00:26:41,121 --> 00:26:43,297 but when it comes to exploring the multiverse, 595 00:26:43,427 --> 00:26:44,820 Starfleet wanted their best 596 00:26:44,994 --> 00:26:47,780 to supervise the missions going into the rift. 597 00:26:54,221 --> 00:26:55,788 [meows softly] 598 00:26:58,399 --> 00:27:00,531 It's been an honor, Captain. 599 00:27:00,662 --> 00:27:03,404 [grunts, strains] 600 00:27:03,534 --> 00:27:05,188 - [sniffles] - [groans] 601 00:27:05,319 --> 00:27:07,713 If you're not here, who's gonna throw me in the brig? 602 00:27:08,452 --> 00:27:10,063 When you first arrived, 603 00:27:10,193 --> 00:27:12,326 I didn't think you'd last a week. 604 00:27:12,456 --> 00:27:13,849 Yeah, neither did I. 605 00:27:13,980 --> 00:27:15,677 - [grunts] - Now 606 00:27:15,764 --> 00:27:17,592 I'm proud to say that you don't need me. 607 00:27:17,723 --> 00:27:19,550 It's my turn to go on an adventure. 608 00:27:19,638 --> 00:27:21,509 [sniffles] 609 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,686 - I love you, Mom. - I love you, too. 610 00:27:30,257 --> 00:27:31,780 Is nobody here to carry my bags? 611 00:27:31,911 --> 00:27:33,303 Yeah, it's not a Galaxy-class, Dad. 612 00:27:33,434 --> 00:27:35,654 - But I'm an admiral. - So what, your arms don't work? 613 00:27:35,784 --> 00:27:37,699 I'm glad you guys get to spend more time together. 614 00:27:37,830 --> 00:27:40,049 It's the main reason I agreed to this. 615 00:27:40,180 --> 00:27:42,008 - There's a golf course, right? - Oh, forget golf. 616 00:27:42,095 --> 00:27:43,792 You're hitting the gym, buddy. 617 00:27:43,923 --> 00:27:45,794 [laughs]: No, thank you. Not for me. 618 00:27:45,925 --> 00:27:47,491 FREEMAN: Well, you're the one who was calling me every day, 619 00:27:47,666 --> 00:27:48,667 missing me so much. 620 00:27:48,841 --> 00:27:50,146 Isn't this what you wanted? 621 00:27:50,277 --> 00:27:52,627 I love you, but I also love putting. 622 00:27:52,714 --> 00:27:54,585 Welcome to Starbase 80, Freemans. 623 00:27:54,673 --> 00:27:56,109 Now let's get you slimed up 624 00:27:56,239 --> 00:27:57,893 with some homemade disinfectant gel. 625 00:27:57,980 --> 00:28:01,897 - She's kidding, right? - [laughs] You wish. 626 00:28:02,724 --> 00:28:04,900 ♪ ♪ 627 00:28:06,293 --> 00:28:08,121 Oh, Rutherford. Hey, will you take a look 628 00:28:08,295 --> 00:28:10,950 at this data I compiled for... what? 629 00:28:11,124 --> 00:28:12,865 Where's your implant? 630 00:28:12,995 --> 00:28:15,345 I had to choose between the Cerritos and the oculus. 631 00:28:15,476 --> 00:28:16,825 Not really a choice at all. 632 00:28:16,999 --> 00:28:19,132 Uh, I-I, I-I don't know what to say. 633 00:28:19,262 --> 00:28:20,699 Engineering should be twice as interesting 634 00:28:20,829 --> 00:28:22,309 now that I don't have cybernetics 635 00:28:22,439 --> 00:28:23,789 hooked up to my melon. 636 00:28:23,919 --> 00:28:26,182 It does feel weird to be so organic, though. 637 00:28:26,356 --> 00:28:28,707 - Bleh. - I think you look very handsome. 638 00:28:28,837 --> 00:28:31,274 Oh! Thanks, Tendi. Wow. [Laughs] 639 00:28:31,405 --> 00:28:32,798 Emotions can get pretty intense 640 00:28:32,928 --> 00:28:34,538 without a dopamine inhibitor, huh? 641 00:28:34,625 --> 00:28:37,063 - [chuckles] Ooh. - I was unaware of your romantic affection. 642 00:28:37,150 --> 00:28:38,542 Oh, no, we're just friends. 643 00:28:38,673 --> 00:28:40,153 - My head feels hot. - What? 644 00:28:40,283 --> 00:28:42,329 - Am I sick? - Let me take your temperature. 645 00:28:42,459 --> 00:28:44,287 [strains, shrieks] 646 00:28:44,418 --> 00:28:46,420 Clearly I was mistaken. 647 00:28:46,550 --> 00:28:47,377 [grunts, chuckles] 648 00:28:47,508 --> 00:28:49,075 [sighs] What a day. 649 00:28:49,205 --> 00:28:50,641 Man, whoever decided to put a bar on a starship 650 00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:52,208 deserves a medal. 651 00:28:52,382 --> 00:28:54,820 Mariner, come on, your mom's leaving the Cerritos. 652 00:28:54,950 --> 00:28:56,996 We had predicted you would express a negative reaction 653 00:28:57,170 --> 00:28:59,259 unfitting to the station of your rank. 654 00:29:00,303 --> 00:29:03,045 You know why Boimler's weird death-faking clone 655 00:29:03,176 --> 00:29:04,830 sent that cosmic wave at us? 656 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,920 Because he knew we kick ass. 657 00:29:10,270 --> 00:29:13,403 And I'm not just talking about the five of us. 658 00:29:13,577 --> 00:29:17,843 The whole Cerritos crew is stacked with amazing officers. 659 00:29:19,453 --> 00:29:21,629 Yeah, there's a lot of ships in the fleet which are bigger, 660 00:29:21,803 --> 00:29:23,849 fancier, they have engineering sections 661 00:29:23,979 --> 00:29:26,677 that are attached to the main part of the ship. 662 00:29:26,808 --> 00:29:30,856 And honestly, those crews are way more professional. 663 00:29:31,030 --> 00:29:34,729 Hey, I should know, I've been kicked out of half of 'em. 664 00:29:35,774 --> 00:29:39,429 But this thing we do doesn't require perfection. 665 00:29:40,691 --> 00:29:42,824 We're explorers. We live for the unknown. 666 00:29:42,955 --> 00:29:44,783 You can't prepare for that. 667 00:29:46,697 --> 00:29:50,092 Nobody on the Cerritos is even close to perfect. 668 00:29:50,223 --> 00:29:52,529 We're a mishmash of people and various creatures 669 00:29:52,660 --> 00:29:54,923 that don't fit in anywhere else. 670 00:29:57,099 --> 00:29:58,231 But we're a family. 671 00:29:58,361 --> 00:30:01,060 That's why I love it here. 672 00:30:02,583 --> 00:30:06,413 We believe in the mission and in each other. 673 00:30:06,543 --> 00:30:07,806 My mom might be gone, 674 00:30:07,936 --> 00:30:10,983 but she handpicked this crew. 675 00:30:13,159 --> 00:30:15,857 Which is why I know we're gonna be okay. 676 00:30:15,944 --> 00:30:18,468 This isn't the end of the story, it's the beginning. 677 00:30:18,599 --> 00:30:20,122 We're gonna make her proud. 678 00:30:20,253 --> 00:30:23,125 Wow, that's such a healthy way of looking at it. 679 00:30:23,256 --> 00:30:25,388 Yeah. I did get mad and set my bed on fire. 680 00:30:25,475 --> 00:30:27,260 - Wait, what? - What?! Is it still burning?! 681 00:30:27,390 --> 00:30:29,175 Yeah, and I kicked a computer, but you know, 682 00:30:29,349 --> 00:30:31,090 that's all out of my system. I'm good, I think. 683 00:30:31,220 --> 00:30:32,743 I m... I mean, I don't know. We'll have to wait and see. 684 00:30:32,874 --> 00:30:34,658 [chuckles] Tune in. Uh-oh. 685 00:30:34,789 --> 00:30:36,835 SHAXS: Captain on deck. 686 00:30:36,965 --> 00:30:39,968 ♪ ♪ 687 00:30:40,099 --> 00:30:41,970 Captain Freeman's aboard Starbase 80, 688 00:30:42,101 --> 00:30:44,494 - Captain Ransom. - Thank you, Mr. Shaxs. 689 00:30:44,625 --> 00:30:47,541 You know, she told me to never let you detonate the warp core. 690 00:30:47,628 --> 00:30:49,499 Oh, man. 691 00:30:49,630 --> 00:30:51,893 - Unless you really deserve it. - All right! 692 00:30:52,024 --> 00:30:53,982 Mr. Rutherford, a little birdie told me 693 00:30:54,156 --> 00:30:56,942 you made some pretty inspired updates to the plasma injectors. 694 00:30:57,072 --> 00:30:58,552 Was it Dr. Migleemo? 695 00:30:58,682 --> 00:31:00,510 Yes, it was. Keep up the good work. 696 00:31:00,641 --> 00:31:01,947 - Okey dokey. - Starfleet wants us 697 00:31:02,077 --> 00:31:05,254 to check out some talking goo on Snickmik 5. 698 00:31:05,341 --> 00:31:06,734 What viscosity is the goo? 699 00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:08,344 Ooh, does it have anything nice to say? 700 00:31:08,431 --> 00:31:09,650 Let's find out. 701 00:31:09,780 --> 00:31:11,217 Helm, take us out. 702 00:31:11,347 --> 00:31:13,610 ♪ ♪ 703 00:31:21,444 --> 00:31:24,143 Hey, Jack. Uh, I mean, Captain. 704 00:31:24,273 --> 00:31:25,709 Is this gonna be a problem? 705 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:27,537 Nah, you're Cerritos strong. 706 00:31:27,668 --> 00:31:29,148 Boimler, huddle up with us. 707 00:31:29,322 --> 00:31:31,890 Huddle up? Oh, no, we're not doing coach talk. 708 00:31:32,020 --> 00:31:33,979 I need a first officer. 709 00:31:34,153 --> 00:31:36,720 [gasps] Bu... uh, but I'm only a lieutenant JG. 710 00:31:36,807 --> 00:31:38,592 [chuckles] I know you're not quite ready, 711 00:31:38,722 --> 00:31:40,942 but the two of you have a chance of making it work 712 00:31:41,073 --> 00:31:42,813 as provisional first officers. 713 00:31:42,901 --> 00:31:44,119 What? 714 00:31:44,250 --> 00:31:46,078 - That's not a thing. - It is now. 715 00:31:46,165 --> 00:31:47,818 I might eventually promote one of you. 716 00:31:47,993 --> 00:31:50,125 - Think of it as a contest. - Please don't do this. 717 00:31:50,256 --> 00:31:51,474 It will mess up our friendship. 718 00:31:51,561 --> 00:31:52,736 Eh, a little interpersonal conflict's 719 00:31:52,867 --> 00:31:53,912 the best way to learn. 720 00:31:54,086 --> 00:31:55,783 - Since when? - Sir, but I-I can't. 721 00:31:55,957 --> 00:31:57,567 I don't... we're still lower decks. 722 00:31:57,741 --> 00:31:59,656 No, you're in charge of the lower decks. 723 00:31:59,787 --> 00:32:00,919 Grab a seat. 724 00:32:01,049 --> 00:32:02,268 [whimpers] Oh, man. 725 00:32:02,442 --> 00:32:04,139 [groans] 726 00:32:08,491 --> 00:32:10,754 ♪ ♪ 727 00:32:14,149 --> 00:32:15,194 RANSOM: Oh, 728 00:32:15,324 --> 00:32:16,282 I got to figure out a cool thing 729 00:32:16,412 --> 00:32:17,848 to say when we go to warp. 730 00:32:17,979 --> 00:32:19,850 I-I think it'll happen naturally, over time. 731 00:32:20,025 --> 00:32:21,678 Yeah, you don't want it to sound forced. 732 00:32:21,809 --> 00:32:24,203 Ooh, I got one. Engage the core. 733 00:32:24,290 --> 00:32:25,639 - Uh, no. I don't like it. - No, no. Don't you dare 734 00:32:25,769 --> 00:32:27,728 - go to warp on a workout joke. - Nope, I'm sorry, 735 00:32:27,858 --> 00:32:29,599 - I like it. It's staying. - Ransom, you are better than this. 736 00:32:29,730 --> 00:32:31,427 BOIMLER: No, please don't make this our lives, sir. 737 00:32:31,601 --> 00:32:33,386 MARINER: Come on, you don't want to set that tone. 738 00:32:33,516 --> 00:32:35,649 - BOIMLER: Sir... - What if this is a five-year mission? 739 00:32:35,736 --> 00:32:37,216 - RANSOM: Engage the core! - [Mariner and Boimler groan] 740 00:32:39,087 --> 00:32:43,091 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 741 00:33:38,233 --> 00:33:39,843 [man imitates weapons firing] 742 00:33:41,628 --> 00:33:42,846 Chirp.