Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Previously on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds...

Uhura,

you have a textbook case

of overwork and exhaustion.

You haven't been sleeping.

It's been busy... Here.

You protected the timeline.

- This is a fork in the road. - Your future

and mine, diverging.

Starfleet has regulations

for situations like this.

You're pirates.

It's an Orion specialty.

Spock is my friend.

I have to tell you...

It's complicated.

Then make it simple.

I wish we had more connection.

Ensign's log, stardate 58460.1.

The Cerritos has just entered the orbit of Krulmuth-B.

Home of the Krulmuth-B portal,

one of my all-time favorite portals.

We're taking routine portal readings and making sure

the portal area is free of any portal problems.

Stop. How are you so excited

for some random portal nobody's ever heard of?

History buffs have.

It was discovered by Captain Pike

and the original crew of the Enterprise.

I-I mean, the second Enterprise,

- but technically... - Uh, yeah. Okay,

it's gonna be like every other portal,

and we're just running scans.

Because it might do something.

Which it hasn't. In 120 years.

Yeah, it's due.

Can you imagine what it must have been like

to be with Those Old Scientists? I mean, this is as close

as we'll get to Spock or Numero Una.

Don't call her that. No one called her that.

Come on, we're gonna be standing in the same spot as Uhura.

That doesn't get you a little excited?

Yeah, Uhura was cool as hell. Probably because

she had a life outside of work. You should try it.

Okey dokey, who's pumped to scan some teleron radiation?

Ugh, you're excited about this, too?

Guys, a broken portal is just a tunnel.

I love scanning new things for my collection.

Radiation's a super useful form of energy.

Ha-ha! Science!

Oh, the bar to excite you guys could not be lower.

- Pretty great, huh? - All right, let's just

get going. I can... I'll brief you on the way.

Wait, you're in charge?

Yep. Job of a lifetime.

But you think portals are boring.

Why would they choose you?

Probably 'cause Ransom knew it would

bum me out. Come on, sooner we leave,

sooner you get in your all-important portal time.

Do you think there'll be tachyons?

I can't wait to measure some freaking tachyons!

Okay, the ancient inactive thingy

is right over there.

Let's go make sure it's still not doing anything.

Hey, did you know that this portal

was actually discovered by Orions?

Oh, ho, ho, Tendi, Tendi, Tendi, Tendi.

The Enterprise actually found it.

Ooh, ah, no, an Orion science vessel did.

My great-grandmother was on it.

But, I mean, were any Orions even

doing science stuff back then?

They weren't all pirates, you know.

Somebody had to make the starships.

Oh, sorry, sorry, I didn't meant to suggest that...

Look, all I'm saying is

wouldn't that be a historically-appropriate career

for an Orion to have back then?

Some Orions might surprise you.

All right, Boims, I know what Starfleet tells us

and I know you know everything about everything,

but let's maybe listen to Tendi on this one.

Hey, guys. You're not gonna believe this,

but I'm picking up traces of horonium.

Horonium hasn't been recorded for centuries!

Oh, I can't wait to show the guys back in Engineering

this scan. Billups is gonna flip!

You know, Starfleet used horonium

in the original NX class.

It's lightweight, it's durable,

and it's just the right shade of gray.

Yes, yes. We were all there for that fun time

at the Starship History Museum.

Ah, I bet Spock stood right here.

"Mr. Boimler, hand me that scanner."

- That's great! - Is that your Spock?

Yeah, I've been working on it.

Old scientists. Old starships.

You know we're here, like, right now.

Maybe live in the moment?

I know, but...

sometimes I wish I could have lived back then.

Yeah, no, thanks. I mean, right now

when I disappoint people, it's no big deal.

But back in the past, I'd be disappointing Uhura.

Disappointing Uhura would be cool!

I wish I could disappoint Uhura.

No, it wouldn't. What are you talking about?

Oh, I got to get a picture of this.

Hey Boimler, this way. Give me a Spock pose.

Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay.

Live long and prosper.

Uh, guys?

The ancient thing is doing a thing.

Aah! Aah! Help! The portal's

- trying to portal me! - Stop lurching towards it!

Boimler!

Remember me!

Boimler?

Aah!

What...

Uh...

You guys look...

...very realistic.

What is...

Number One to Enterprise.

We might have a problem.

Space.

The final frontier.

These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise.

Its five-year mission:

to explore strange new worlds..

...to seek out new life

and new civilizations,

to boldly go where no one has gone before.

Captain's log, stardate 2291.6.

En route to deliver a crucial shipment of grain

to a colony on Setlik II,

we encountered something more pressing:

a time traveler.

Mr. Spock ran an analysis of his delta.

It's not just a badge. It's also a communicator.

You just press right here.

But flipping it open's the best part.

I like ours better, too.

Hi. I'm Captain...

- Captain Christopher Pike. - That's me.

Uh, computer, end program?

Never mind. Sorry.

The portal.

Oh, my God, so, the...

That means I'm-I'm... Hello.

That means I'm really on the, uh...

- the, uh... - The USS Enterprise.

Um, and... Okay, so...

what's the stardate, then?

2291.6.

Ah.

Yes. Five digits.

Totally normal date to be living in.

We already know you're from the future,

so no need to do what... whatever it was

- you were trying to do. - Okay, thank God.

Because I'm seriously freaking out right now.

I mean, I can't believe that I'm here.

Exactly how far in the future do you hail from, Ensign?

Maybe 120 years, give or take?

Well, you don't look a day over 100.

Wha... Funny captain? What's happening?

You should hold on to this.

Don't want you accidentally affecting the timeline

before we get the chance to send you...

home.

This is my Number One,

Lieutenant Commander Una Chin-Riley.

Nice to meet you.

- Mm-hmm. - And this is La'An Noonien-Singh,

our head of security.

If you'll follow me, Ensign.

That was weird.

Hmm.

You don't think he knows something...

about my future, do you?

No. I'm sure he's just, um...

Huh.

Oh! It's a classic S/COMS operating system.

Don't touch the buttons.

- Nope. No, I wasn't, no. - Look, I recognize

this future knowledge is so boring

the chances of it changing history are low,

but let's review temporal protocols regardless,

- okay? - Mm-hmm.

One, no interfering

- with past events. - Got it.

- Two, no sharing... future. - No sharing knowledge of the future.

- Yes. - Definitely won't happen again.

Worf's honor.

Dang it.

Last, and perhaps most important.