Star Trek: Discovery

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery...

They're smart, slippery as hel,

don't give a damn about anyone but themselves.

Meet moll and I'ak.

What did they steal? Something vital to the security

of the federation.

You're moll and I'ak, what's your next move?

Q'mau. Dealer there loves the old stuff.

Captain Burnham, captain rayner, set a course

- for q'mau. - My mission or hers?

Why don't you try working together?

An explosion up there will cause an avalanche

and we can't risk killing all those people down there!

An avalanche is not gonna happen.

Discovery, we have to stop that avalanche.

We did it! Great work, everyone.

I do believe it would be only logical

to codify our commitment in a more official capacity.

Are you asking me to marry you?

Some things are hard to move past. For both of us.

And maybe we haven't wanted to say that out loud.

Are we saying it now?

I think we are.

We've been calling them the progenitors.

They created life as we know it.

Somehow, Dr. Vellek found their technology.

Whatever it was they used to design life itself.

Now moll and I'ak know where it is.

Or the diary is the first piece of the puzzle.

There is a system in the outer sector

of the beta quadrant... vileen.

One of its worlds... lyrek

has three moons, two of which

move in perfect sync.

It's on lyrek.

Captain's personal log, star date 866274.3.

For millenia, philosophers and scientists

have wrestled with the same big questions.

What is our purpose?

Why are we here?

What does it all mean?

I always thought I knew.

The mission. That's my purpose.

That's why I'm here.

That was always enough.

But, lately, it's not, and I don't know why.

We're on a search for one of the greatest powers ever known.

The very thing that created us.

I can't help but wonder

once we find it, once I understand it,

is that where I'll find the answers?

Is that how things make sense again?

Come.

I have found myself reviewing that same hologram

in my quarters as well.

Not much else to do while we wait to get out of dry dock.

That avalanche really did a number on us.

Yes, the sands of q'mau continue to reveal

many heretofore unknown radiative properties.

Meanwhile, moll and I'ak have one hell of a head start.

Only for the time being.

Diligence of our new friend notwithstanding,

I am happy to report that repairs are nearly finished.

We should be ready to jump within the hour.

Good.

Any more delays and I would have started to wonder

if someone was stalling his final day on board.

Just as well. I haven't found anyone to replace you yet.

I am pleased that the schedule has afforded me

one last mission to say goodbye.

Let's get ready for lyrek.

There is another matter first.

An official matter from the president's office.

Did you agree with captain rayner's decision to fire

knowing, as he did, that

the consequences could be catastrophic?

I'm sorry, madam president, but I'm not sure I see

how the testimony of a matter of opinion is relevant.

The star fleet corp of engineers is presently mired

in a very messy cleanup that has caused

no end of political complications,

which is precisely what we do not need right now.

You were there. Your testimony is relevant.

I would like to respectfully remind the board

that captain rayner's actions did not cause the avalanche.

No, but he seems to have inspired moll and I'ak,

who did.

My mission was to stop them, ma'am.

That's what I was doing.

Did you agree?

Captain Burnham, no one appreciates the...

Unwritten star fleet code of conduct more than I do.

But you're being asked a direct question by the president

to which we would all appreciate a direct answer.

You had no problem voicing your opinion in the field, captain.

All right. The answer is no.

I did not agree. I thought it posed

- an unjustifiable risk. - And as I told her then,

we had a red directive.

Our priority was a stolen item

that could compromise the safety of the entire federation.

Your mission is not in question here, captain.

Your actions are.

My strategy worked.

I blocked their escape. And, yes,

sometimes enemies do inspire one another,

but what I did on q'mau was no different than

what I've been doing for the last 30 years.

We are in a different time now, captain.

Things have changed.

We're not at war.

The breen are in-fighting over a new leader.

The orions are regrouping.

War is always a possibility, and you're living in

a candy-colored holo-fantasy if you're thinking otherwise.

You are not helping yourself.

Come on.

This is politics,

pure and simple. I already know what she thinks.

I've leveled undue criticism

against the federation during a delicate time

of diplomacy and rebuilding.

I could be out there right now, finishing this mission,

instead of sitting on our asses...

That's enough, rayner.

Wasting precious time while a technology

of unbelievable power is being

- captain rayner. - Found, used

or sold to the highest bidder.

I said that's enough.

I think now would be a good time for a break.

You disagree with me about this, too

that we're wasting time?

I think the world is bigger

than our own corner of it.

Captain Burnham. A word?

Shit.

Thank you for your candor in there.

It's true that it wasn't fair for me to judge him.

Well, he's never quite been able to get out of his own way.

Loves star fleet, loves the federation,

we've been together in more firefights than I can count,

- but... - He has things to learn.

Don't we all.

But he's a gifted officer.

Thank you. Thank you for seeing that.

Pardon the interruption, captain.

All ship repairs are nearly complete.

Discovery will be ready to leave shortly.

I'll be right there.

Dr. Kovich will monitor your progress from here.

I do have to ask

the addition to your crew manifest...

He'll be fully briefed and squared away before departure.

Good. It's an extra set of eyes

someone who's focused on moll and I'ak,

knows their tactics from his own time as a courier

could be helpful for the mission.

I couldn't agree more.

So, this isn't gonna be an issue.

No, sir.

Not at all.

Good.

'Cause he's already proven himself valuable.

And I believe he'll continue to be.

Just see this as the start of any other mission, my queen.

Who are you?

Lights.

I see grudge is just as playful as ever.

It's the constant change.

Hard for her to settle, you know?

So, you've made a fan out of admiral Vance.

Won't be sharing a drink with him anytime soon.

But at least he hasn't thrown me back in the clink.

No, he's impressed with your work with the refugees.

And with your help on the q'mau mission.

If you can help us get the progenitors' tech,

I'm sure the higher-ups would be grateful.

I just go where they tell me.

So, now I'm here.

What do you need?

All right. Well, according to the diary,

Dr. Vellek hid the progenitors' power,

or a clue as to where it's hidden

on lyrek, and that's where we're headed now.

Paul is also analyzing something else that he found.

A schematic on this page may be significant.

So, while he's working on that, I will have you

review moll and I'ak's interactions

with the dealer, Fred.

See if they said anything or did anything that can help us.

Shouldn't take long. Then what?

Hugh's working up a psych profile.

We may run into our courier friends down on the planet,

if they haven't already gotten there.

Either way, we need to get that clue before they do.

And it's saru's last mission, by the way.

For a while, that is.

I know. I heard.

Action saru, chained to a desk.