Star Trek: Discovery (2017) s02e13 Episode Script
Such Sweet Sorrow
1 Previously on Star Trek: Discovery Who the hell are you? What's your name? Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po.
I ran away because I wasn't ready.
- Supposed to become - The queen.
Okay.
Let's get you home.
Boreth is not for the faint of heart.
No Klingon, let alone a human, has ever taken a time crystal from the monastery without great sacrifice.
A warning, Captain, the present is a veil between anticipation and horror.
You may still choose to walk away from this future.
But if you take the crystal, your fate will be sealed forever.
Every Section 31 ship is required to check in on an hourly basis, but this ship checked in ten minutes past its hour.
- You're not Gant.
- Gant expired with the rest of the crew.
You are the most effective tool to acquire the Sphere archive from the Discovery.
Control isn't just contained to Leland anymore.
It has the ability to co-opt people and entire ships without being detected.
- I'll alert Starfleet as to - Captain? That's a Section 31 ship.
They are all Section 31 ships.
We're outgunned.
We can't delete the data.
That leaves us only one option.
We destroy the ship.
Owosekun, send a ship-wide alert: we are evacuating Discovery.
Michael.
Personal log, star date 1051.
8.
- Thank you.
- You got it.
We're in the process of abandoning our ship in order to destroy it.
This is actually happening, yet somehow I still can't believe it.
Long-range sensors show Control is on the move and gaining quickly.
It's infiltrated our subspace radio relays, so we can't reach Starfleet for backup.
Ship-to-ship communication is all we've got.
Discovery to Enterprise, we're at 20, 15, ten, nine, eight seven, six, five Engaging reverse thrusters.
Three two Docking sequence initiated.
Evacuation corridors deploying.
Bridge is five by, and hold for airlock breach.
Discovery contains the one thing in all the galaxy that Control needs, the data to become fully conscious.
My mother sacrificed everything to stop Control from getting that data, and now she's counting on us to finish the job.
But is this really the only solution? I look in the mirror and can hardly recognize myself anymore.
All of these questions without answers.
There are seven signals, but we've only seen four.
We have a time crystal that we don't know how to use.
Captain Pike has always had faith that they play a part in some grand design.
Now more than ever I wish I had his certainty.
Burnham, let's move.
The ship's almost clear.
It's time to get the crystal over to Enterprise.
The signal led us to Boreth for this.
Why? My mother's gone, the suit's destroyed, Now Discovery.
It can't just be about endings, can it? We can figure it out, Commander, but only if we're walking.
I cannot let everything my mother sacrificed for be for nothing.
Sometimes we know the role we're meant to play, sometimes we don't.
I'm not sure which is better, to be honest.
And we don't know if we'll have the strength, do we? Until the moment comes.
Final crew are departing, Captain.
- We should proceed.
- Understood, Mr.
SARU.
- You got that? - Yes, sir.
Shields unable to absorb full impact! Goodbye.
Remote auto-destruct enabled.
Life support, environmental controls, and gravity generators will deactivate in five minutes.
All Discovery crew is accounted - for on the Enterprise, - Captain.
- Field generators disengaged? - Affirmative.
Shields are also off-line, and the warp core has been prepared for overload.
Have we forgotten anything? There will be no half measures, sir.
She will go with the dignity she deserves.
Commander.
Deck one.
You brought Siranna's knife.
My sister would not be pleased to hear that I had left it behind.
And it gives me hope that we will endure.
Captain on the bridge.
She's all yours, Chris.
She looks as good as I remember.
Welcome home, Captain.
Good to be back.
Wish it were under better circumstances.
Don't we all.
All major systems are back online, and we'll have no more holographic communications ever.
Probably for the best.
Lieutenant Amin, status update.
Sensors show Leland and his armada are picking up speed, Captain.
Captain Georgiou has just arrived, sir.
Permission to come aboard? Granted.
Have her come on up.
Number One, take us to a safe distance, please.
Aye, Captain.
Captain Georgiou, welcome to the Enterprise.
Orange? Really? Ugh.
Your report on Specialist Gant was rather enlightening.
Nanobots.
Yes.
Now is not the time.
Nonsense.
It's good to get a little distance from something you love.
On the other hand, I look forward to hunting Leland down to the ends of the galaxy so I can watch every piece of technology exit his skin bit by bit.
Leland didn't deserve what he got.
Better him than me.
Or you.
We're at distance, sir.
All right, everyone.
Eyes front.
We'll never see another like her.
Initiate remote auto-destruct.
Auto-destruct initiated.
Counting down.
Five, four, three, two, one.
Detonation.
Auto-destruct failure.
That is not possible.
Arm photon torpedoes.
Photon torpedoes ready.
Fire.
Captain, Discovery's shields are up.
- What the hell? - Again.
Analysis.
Given recent events, I believe the Sphere datamay be the cause.
It's protecting itself.
We tried to delete the data; it wouldn't let us.
If the data has merged with Discovery, that would explain its ability to use DiscoveryâÂÂs resources to ensure its survival.
Are you saying we won't be able to destroy the ship? Leland's ships are now in range, Captain.
An undetonated photon torpedo is lodged in EnterpriseâÂÂs hull, deck five, section two.
Magnify.
We've lost shields! Commander, we've been boarded.
Aah! - Goodbye.
- Aah! That is not possible.
Arm photon torpedoes.
Photon torpedoes ready.
Stop! Excuse me, Captain.
It won't work.
What do you mean? The Sphere's data has already merged with Discovery.
We should have anticipated it would use our ship and our shields to protect itself, like it's always done.
You sound rather certain.
I am.
How long until Leland gets here? An hour.
Maybe less.
- Options.
- We know we can't delete the data.
Nor, it seems, can we destroy Discovery.
Even if you jump away, Control will not stop coming.
Eventually Leland, or some version of him, would find you.
Ergo, DiscoveryâÂÂs very existence is the problem.
Of course.
As long as Discovery exists here and now, this will never be over.
You are proposing we remove Discovery from the galactic equation entirely? How, exactly, are we supposed to do that? The crystal.
This is why we have it.
To take the data out of this time so Control can never get it.
Discovery has to go to the future.
Star Trek: Discovery S02E13 - Such Sweet Sorrow How do we get Discovery to the future before Leland catches up with us? Dr.
Burnham's suit was destroyed on Essof IV.
That was the only method of time travel we know of.
We have the technical designs from Section 31.
We can attempt to rebuild it.
Do it.
To my physical specifications, please.
That's not possible, sir.
The suit was tailored to Dr.
Burnham's DNA.
Which makes my MRNA the closest genetic match.
I'll do it.
My mother started this.
I'm gonna finish it.
Even if we could adapt the code to your biology, the exoskeleton is made from a composite alloy that we can't synthesize.
Well, the alloy is tritanium-based.
It might be possible to melt down part of a cargo bulkhead to cast a mold.
Not to sweat the details, but do you even know how to fly the thing? I learned the basics from her logs.
I'm sure there'll be some trial and error opening the wormhole.
If Discovery were on autopilot, it could follow you through.
How will you find your way back? Everything we know about the signals suggests they're indicative of a design.
I'm willing to trust that.
Are you saying you believe that another signal will just reveal itself because we need it to? These signals could only have been set by an individual with access to a time suit and knowledge of our specific circumstances.
We believed your mother was the only Red Angel.
However, the bio neural signature identified another.
You.
Her efforts were focused entirely on the Sphere data.
She stated that she did not set the signals.
Therefore, you did.
But if it was me, why? What am I trying to lead us to? That remains to be seen.
But I agree with Captain Pike.
There is intention to your design.
I'll have our engineering team start the fabrication process.
And the time crystal.
There is still the matter of activating it.
My parents used a stellar-lensing array.
If we can locate an unstable red giant The odds of finding one in any given sector are pretty high.
But pretty low of finding one in a supernova state specifically.
It can take hundreds of years.
So pick a nova and fire an antimatter missile into its core.
We would be directly responsible for destroying all life within dozens of light-years, if not more.
- Yeah.
- Uh We're not doing that.
I thought there were no bad ideas.
- That's a lie.
- That's a bad one.
Admiral, Captain Pike, there's something you need to see.
And then there were five.
Do we have a lock on the signal? Still working on it.
Sensors show Captain Leland Control is five minutes out.
Red alert.
Mr.
SARU, we'll return to Discovery with all essential personnel.
Commander Stamets, you will jump us to that signal.
- Yes, Captain.
- Copy that.
I'll get Enterprise to the signal as fast as possible.
I'll join you.
Have any personnel not directly involved with fabricating the time suit start retrofitting all shuttles and pods for combat operations.
You should do the same.
It'll be us against whatever Leland's bringing.
Actually, our odds might be a little better than that.
I took the liberty of retrofitting our shuttle and landing pod complement with enhanced phasers, and I commandeered the new experimental tactical flyers, assuming the shit would hit the fan.
Well done, Number One.
Godspeed, Captain.
You, too, Admiral.
We'll rendezvous at the fifth signal.
And where has the signal led us now? Class M planet Xahea.
Really? Xahea? Wait, for real? What do you know, Ensign? - The queen.
- The queen? Yeah, yeah, no, no.
I-I-I know the queen of Xahea.
We share a love of engineering.
And what might Xahea have to do with powering the time crystal? Well, Xahea's remarkable for its natural dilithium supply.
And its queen, Her Serene Highness Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po or-or Po for short, she, uh, she's only 17, but she developed a technology to recrystallize it.
To recrystallize dilithium? Well, if true, Starfleet would no longer need to seek new sources of dilithium for its warp cores.
She's brilliant but she won't tell anyone how she did it.
She-she doesn't trust anyone with that information.
So, besides being brilliant, she's also prudent.
- Mr.
Bryce, open a channel.
- Yes, sir.
Let's see if Ensign TILLY can convince Her Serene Highness to help us figure out why the signal brought us here.
I think she'll be intrigued, sir, and probably happy she doesn't have to stuff herself into a cargo pallet.
What? Hmm? Nothing.
Reset the cube and don't forget to purge the secondary EPS relay.
- Yes, sir.
- Quickly, quickly.
We have shuttles and pods to retrofit.
Are you all right? From the jump.
I- I'm fine thank you.
- Listen - Listen You go.
Um once Commander Burnham takes this ship to wherever she's going I'm thinking I might take a break from star ships.
I passed up a job at the Vulcan Science Academy a few months ago.
Or maybe I'll just live on a station for a while.
I don't know.
Forward motion.
I get it.
I thought a lot about it, and you were right.
If I can take anything from all this, it's that forward motion is the most honest choice for both of us.
Thank you for saying that.
I hope that whatever life you find from here, whoever you find it with that you're happy, Hugh.
You, too, Paul.
Once the Enterprise catches up with us I'll be joining them.
Of course.
I need to see how the fabrication team is doing with the suit.
Ice cream is the last thing I was expecting.
Oh, she's all about sugar.
You have no idea.
Your Serene Highness, may I TILLY! Is that spumoni? My calculations for small-particle dispersion in hydrogenated carbohydrates were so on point.
But I just end up with goo.
Fascinating.
Po, this is Commander Michael Burnham.
Your roomie.
You look taller in your photos.
Thank you And this is Captain Pike.
This is the captain.
Your Highness, Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po.
Wow, you're good.
- Po's fine.
- Thank you.
Can you eat and walk? I'll fill you in on the way.
Mm-hmm.
So, you have a time crystal, which I've only ever read about, and no method by which to activate it.
And you have a time suit.
Which genius built that? My mom.
Hmm.
I had a special mom, too.
Ugh.
So you want to use the suit to travel through time - with this ship flying behind you, yes? - Yes.
And then you want to cut the ship loose and come back alone? - Hmm.
This endeavor would be rather ridiculous if Michael intended to return with the ship.
One of the fun things about becoming queen of the most politically relevant planet in the galaxy is that I don't have to listen to any snark.
- I made it an actual law.
- What? Oh, uh, we believe that thereâÂÂs Ugh.
A reason the signal brought us to your planet.
What's happening? It's nuclear particle physics.
Pretty sure she's calculating the reaction rate between particles.
E = mc squared stuff.
I like you.
- I like you, too.
Good.
We're friends now.
The goop in this bowl is vile.
I can modify my dilithium incubator to trigger an ongoing cascade of energy within the crystal by combining it with dark energy.
It'll replicate the power of a supernova.
And charge your crystal.
I get to make a supernova.
Today rocks.
I will need energy, though.
Like, Planck-level.
That's a little more than the EPS grid normally allows.
We could pull from the spore drive.
It would take 12 hours for the spore drive to recover.
How are we supposed to fight off dozens of enemy ships without being able to jump away? We'd be going into battle without our spore drive.
If that's what it takes to power the suit, - we'll have to make it work.
- Good.
There is just one problem.
Certain death in battle wasn't enough of a problem? This is bigger.
Charging the crystal this way is like using a waterfall to get a drink of water.
It'll work, but then you drown.
I don't follow.
I believe what they wish to convey is that continuous regeneration of energy will ultimately overwhelm the structural integrity of the crystal.
Causing it to burn out.
Meaning, I can take Discovery to the future.
But I won't be able to come back.
It's a one-way trip.
You're leaving? Forever? That is correct.
To ensure the Sphere data remains out of Leland's reach, Michael must remain in the future.
Permanently.
What does that even mean? Where in the future? Assuming I don't get lost in the wormhole, in theory, my mother should have returned to her anchor point on Terralysium.
So hopefully I will land there, too.
And there's no technology there, - so Discovery will be safe.
"In theory"? "Hopefully"? Michael, you could land anywhere in any time.
We are aware.
Apparently, this is what I'm meant to do.
Trust the mystery.
Are you sure there's no other way? If there were, we would have found it.
Commander Burnham will use the suit to open a wormhole.
Discovery will be on autopilot behind her.
Our job is to clear a path.
Anything in the vicinity will be either destroyed or pulled into the future with her, and we cannot risk that.
This is crazy.
We have a spore drive.
Sorry, love bug, we don't.
We need the power to charge the crystal.
It won't be up and running again until long after Michael's gone.
Captain, the Enterprise will arrive in 57 minutes.
Control is only ten minutes behind them.
All right.
This is what you've trained for.
Eyes up for Commander Burnham.
I wish there was more time.
There isn't.
I love you.
All of you.
Thank you for the greatest moments of my life.
Thank you all.
Let's get that crystal charged and get to work.
You're afraid.
It'll be fine.
Better than fine, whatever happens.
- You give me too much credit.
- No.
You taught me to walk tall and straight into the heart of it.
Just like you'll teach your crew one day when you have your own ship to command.
Thank you for helping us.
You're helping us pretty much save the entire galaxy.
You didn't have to do that.
You could have just Stayed out of it? No.
My people, my planet, they're at risk, too.
Oh, can I just say that I love the way you say that? "My planet.
" "My people.
" Look how far you've come.
It's beautiful, Po.
Even this thing is bizarre and super weird, but it's beautiful.
Pair production's begun.
There'll be enough dark energy for the crystal soon.
I'm gonna miss you, young lady.
What do you mean? I'm not going anywhere.
What? No.
No, you can't stay on board, you're the queen.
Exactly.
My planet is my sister.
If I die, I die protecting her.
That's the only queen I know how to be.
Besides, what am I supposed to do wave a hanky from my throne? We're a team, all of us.
You're stuck with me.
This is stupid.
What? You flinging yourself into the future like some galactic rubber band with a martyr complex.
It doesn't have to be like this.
It does have to be like this for a million reasons you will never understand.
I understand perfectly.
You're very invested in being selfless, Michael.
And I'm not the only one willing to exploit that, you know.
You can add this up however you want.
I'm getting in that suit and I'm doing what I need to do.
And if we're both still alive when this is all over, then you can talk to me about my gaping character flaws.
How did you know? Our katras.
We had tried to reach you through Starfleet.
Control took down our subspace relays.
We only have ship-to-ship.
You're truly leaving us, Michael.
We can't allow the data to stay.
It's the only way.
Michael, you do not have to do this.
Mother, yes, I do.
I had lost everything.
I was broken and I was alone.
You both put me back together.
Piece by piece.
Even though you had a son, you took me in as your daughter.
And as much as I tried to push you away, you never let me go.
And I love you for never letting me go.
And I need you both to know that what you gave me, I will carry it everywhere I go.
And I will never let you down.
Michael, we are so proud of you and your courage and what you are about to do for everyone.
It is the secret wish of every parent that our children make right the mistakes we ourselves have made.
I know I have not always been the ideal father.
Or husband, Amanda.
I am Impossible.
I will accept improbable.
Well, that's big of you, Father.
For my failures I humbly ask both of you for forgiveness.
Of course.
Promise me that you'll take care of Spock.
I will always be here for our son, always.
Even as I keep my distance, as he has asked.
He loves you very deeply.
So do I.
Michael.
We love you.
Time travel is not for the faint of heart.
Every jump, I say a silent thank you to whatever brilliant being invented polyphobic meta-material.
Without her or him, I'd be dead from radiation, temperature fluctuations, or painful blood clots.
Humans were not meant for this.
And that's the easy part.
Navigation, on the other hand Now I really hope whoever you are, watching this someday, you're not crazy enough to try a jump, but if you're as half as stubborn as I am, let me tell you how to do it the right way.
Nav system appears right before your eyes.
All personnel, this is the captain.
20 minutes until the Enterprise arrives.
Captain Georgiou, report to the ready room.
Commander Burnham, to the bridge immediately.
You announced that you're leaving forever, and I wasn't even there to sob and wail and throw myself - at your feet.
- You were a little busy.
And our goodbye needed to be Nonexistent.
It's not who we are, Michael.
It's not who any of us are.
Some people are still working.
Uh, Po is designing siege weapons, which I can't even Anyway, we're here because we're staying with you.
No.
No, I can't let you do this.
We're not asking permission.
This is impossible.
You have lives.
You have people who love you.
Families who love you.
You'll never see them again.
Commander, our families accepted the possibility of this moment when we joined Starfleet.
Committing to a life amongst the stars is, in itself, a resolution to leave some things behind.
But I don't know what the future holds.
Nobody does.
We just have now.
We are coming with you, Michael.
Further argument would be futile.
Please accept this.
I am sure what you are about to say will be beautiful, but it is done, Michael, and we are running out of time.
That's kind of a problem, actually, because the crystal isn't charging as fast as it should be.
I got you, Red.
Lead the way.
All personnel Michael.
You're not coming, are you? I wish I could say yes.
B But someone has to make sure nothing like Control ever happens again, someone inside the gray areas.
In Section 31? Otherwise we could be right back here no matter where you end up.
Commander Burnham, the Enterprise will be here in 11 minutes.
Are you on your way? I'll be right there.
There is a battle coming, Siranna.
I do not know if this message will reach you in time.
The odds are not in our favor.
If we never see each other again, you must know, sweet sister, how much I love you.
I'll never know if I made you proud.
I hope so.
But even if I haven't, I made myself proud.
And I can, um, feel how you respect that.
Mom, I can feel it.
I can feel I frightened you by making my own path.
I hope you see this one day and that you'll forgive me.
I'll keep all of you deep within me.
I wish we had more time.
I wish I could tell you this in person, but you're my rock, Tazzy.
Every test I tanked, the 28 times I wanted to quit, and after my injury.
It only takes one person, I guess, to save another.
- You're my best friend You're my best friend, and you always could translate Mom and Dad to me and vice versa.
Even though I still don't know what Dad's talking about half the time.
I know you think I was their favorite but I'm just louder.
They love you so much.
They would do anything for you.
It's time.
Lieutenant DETMER, put some distance between us and Xahea.
- This is our fight, not theirs.
- Yes, Captain.
Captain, I have no confirmation Her Serene Highness has left the ship.
We'll have to have that diplomatic meltdown some other time.
I won't bother asking if you've all committed to this decision.
In that case, one last bit of housekeeping before I can leave this ship.
DiscoveryâÂÂs going to need a new captain.
Serving as your captain has been one of the greatest honors of my career.
You are exceptional officers.
Exceptional individuals, every single one of you.
Lieutenants DETMER and Owosekun, I wouldn't be here if you hadn't saved my life on the way to that asteroid.
Lieutenant Nilsson, you've stepped up for Airiam in a way that honors her.
Lieutenants Bryce and Rhys, you're calm under pressure.
And Commander SARU, I'm gonna miss the hell out of you.
Lieutenant Spock there aren't words.
Commander Nhan has requested permission to stay aboard Discovery.
If I can be of help, that is.
Well it would be our privilege to have you, Commander.
As for you most people will never get a chance to learn what's in their own hearts.
If we figure it out, it's often not what we expected, or even what we would have chosen for ourselves.
I am very grateful, Commander, to have been here to watch you discover your heart.
Thank you.
I know that you I know that all of you will face your destinies with bravery and honor.
Even those moments to come that will test the strongest among us.
Thank you sir.
Mr.
SARU, you have the Conn as Commander Burnham leads you through the wormhole.
As to what happens after that I would prefer if we focus on our respective tasks for now and discuss the captaincy later.
There are many things to consider.
Enterprise to Discovery.
Control's fleet will be arriving in four minutes, 58 seconds, Captain.
Thank you, Number One.
Mr.
Bryce, make sure anyone else who wants to leave is on their way.
- Aye, Captain.
- The rest of you back to work.
Captain Pike.
At this rate, the crystal won't be charged before Leland arrives.
And you do know that the suit is utterly useless without the crystal, don't you? Preacher, choir.
Why do you think I asked for help? Sir, sorry, I, I get a little snarky when I'm stressed.
The problem is the cage.
It's interfering with the charge.
Yeah, but without the cage Everyone will see visions of the future and their heads will explode, I know.
Okay, ideas.
Go.
Well, we could move the charging unit inside the cage.
And potentially redistribute the charge to the point of instability? No.
Next? Well, what if we, uh, increase the diameter of the cage openings? That way, the wavelength of the charging frequency can move through faster.
And that may let the effects of the crystal seep out, which is why the cage is there.
Attention: final shuttles are departing.
Transporter power diverting to defense systems in three minutes.
Okay, out, both of you.
Make sure nobody else comes in.
Wait.
You're not gonna Got a better idea? The mission's the mission, whatever I see.
Look, buck up, guys.
I'll be fine.
Thank you, Jett.
I still dislike you.
Feeling's mutual.
An undetonated photon torpedo is lodged in EnterpriseâÂÂs hull! Mr.
Bryce, open a ship-wide channel, please.
Aye, sir.
Channel open.
This is Commander SARU.
All crew to stations immediately.
Red alert.
Captain, we are standing by.
Leaving now, Mr.
SARU.
I haven't been sure what to make of you lately, but I'm glad to have had you on our side for this.
More fun to come, assuming we survive.
Good luck.
Glad to have you on our side, too, Mr.
Tyler.
As am I.
Does that mean you trust me? Why do you ask? Because there's something I need to do.
And it means leaving before any of this starts.
Initializing.
I'm Terran, by the way.
From your mirror universe.
What mirror universe? Attention, all vessels.
Leland's fleet has arrived.
Captain on the bridge.
Nine more enemy vessels just dropped out of warp, Captain.
We are surrounded.
All enemy vessels armed and ready.
Shields up.
Prepare for battle.
This is Captain Pike.
We have one job.
Protect Commander Burnham until she reaches her target.
Section 1 is on our way.
Get it done.
In 5 4 3 2 Mark.
Go, Michael, now! Star Trek: Discovery S02E13 - Such Sweet Sorrow
I ran away because I wasn't ready.
- Supposed to become - The queen.
Okay.
Let's get you home.
Boreth is not for the faint of heart.
No Klingon, let alone a human, has ever taken a time crystal from the monastery without great sacrifice.
A warning, Captain, the present is a veil between anticipation and horror.
You may still choose to walk away from this future.
But if you take the crystal, your fate will be sealed forever.
Every Section 31 ship is required to check in on an hourly basis, but this ship checked in ten minutes past its hour.
- You're not Gant.
- Gant expired with the rest of the crew.
You are the most effective tool to acquire the Sphere archive from the Discovery.
Control isn't just contained to Leland anymore.
It has the ability to co-opt people and entire ships without being detected.
- I'll alert Starfleet as to - Captain? That's a Section 31 ship.
They are all Section 31 ships.
We're outgunned.
We can't delete the data.
That leaves us only one option.
We destroy the ship.
Owosekun, send a ship-wide alert: we are evacuating Discovery.
Michael.
Personal log, star date 1051.
8.
- Thank you.
- You got it.
We're in the process of abandoning our ship in order to destroy it.
This is actually happening, yet somehow I still can't believe it.
Long-range sensors show Control is on the move and gaining quickly.
It's infiltrated our subspace radio relays, so we can't reach Starfleet for backup.
Ship-to-ship communication is all we've got.
Discovery to Enterprise, we're at 20, 15, ten, nine, eight seven, six, five Engaging reverse thrusters.
Three two Docking sequence initiated.
Evacuation corridors deploying.
Bridge is five by, and hold for airlock breach.
Discovery contains the one thing in all the galaxy that Control needs, the data to become fully conscious.
My mother sacrificed everything to stop Control from getting that data, and now she's counting on us to finish the job.
But is this really the only solution? I look in the mirror and can hardly recognize myself anymore.
All of these questions without answers.
There are seven signals, but we've only seen four.
We have a time crystal that we don't know how to use.
Captain Pike has always had faith that they play a part in some grand design.
Now more than ever I wish I had his certainty.
Burnham, let's move.
The ship's almost clear.
It's time to get the crystal over to Enterprise.
The signal led us to Boreth for this.
Why? My mother's gone, the suit's destroyed, Now Discovery.
It can't just be about endings, can it? We can figure it out, Commander, but only if we're walking.
I cannot let everything my mother sacrificed for be for nothing.
Sometimes we know the role we're meant to play, sometimes we don't.
I'm not sure which is better, to be honest.
And we don't know if we'll have the strength, do we? Until the moment comes.
Final crew are departing, Captain.
- We should proceed.
- Understood, Mr.
SARU.
- You got that? - Yes, sir.
Shields unable to absorb full impact! Goodbye.
Remote auto-destruct enabled.
Life support, environmental controls, and gravity generators will deactivate in five minutes.
All Discovery crew is accounted - for on the Enterprise, - Captain.
- Field generators disengaged? - Affirmative.
Shields are also off-line, and the warp core has been prepared for overload.
Have we forgotten anything? There will be no half measures, sir.
She will go with the dignity she deserves.
Commander.
Deck one.
You brought Siranna's knife.
My sister would not be pleased to hear that I had left it behind.
And it gives me hope that we will endure.
Captain on the bridge.
She's all yours, Chris.
She looks as good as I remember.
Welcome home, Captain.
Good to be back.
Wish it were under better circumstances.
Don't we all.
All major systems are back online, and we'll have no more holographic communications ever.
Probably for the best.
Lieutenant Amin, status update.
Sensors show Leland and his armada are picking up speed, Captain.
Captain Georgiou has just arrived, sir.
Permission to come aboard? Granted.
Have her come on up.
Number One, take us to a safe distance, please.
Aye, Captain.
Captain Georgiou, welcome to the Enterprise.
Orange? Really? Ugh.
Your report on Specialist Gant was rather enlightening.
Nanobots.
Yes.
Now is not the time.
Nonsense.
It's good to get a little distance from something you love.
On the other hand, I look forward to hunting Leland down to the ends of the galaxy so I can watch every piece of technology exit his skin bit by bit.
Leland didn't deserve what he got.
Better him than me.
Or you.
We're at distance, sir.
All right, everyone.
Eyes front.
We'll never see another like her.
Initiate remote auto-destruct.
Auto-destruct initiated.
Counting down.
Five, four, three, two, one.
Detonation.
Auto-destruct failure.
That is not possible.
Arm photon torpedoes.
Photon torpedoes ready.
Fire.
Captain, Discovery's shields are up.
- What the hell? - Again.
Analysis.
Given recent events, I believe the Sphere datamay be the cause.
It's protecting itself.
We tried to delete the data; it wouldn't let us.
If the data has merged with Discovery, that would explain its ability to use DiscoveryâÂÂs resources to ensure its survival.
Are you saying we won't be able to destroy the ship? Leland's ships are now in range, Captain.
An undetonated photon torpedo is lodged in EnterpriseâÂÂs hull, deck five, section two.
Magnify.
We've lost shields! Commander, we've been boarded.
Aah! - Goodbye.
- Aah! That is not possible.
Arm photon torpedoes.
Photon torpedoes ready.
Stop! Excuse me, Captain.
It won't work.
What do you mean? The Sphere's data has already merged with Discovery.
We should have anticipated it would use our ship and our shields to protect itself, like it's always done.
You sound rather certain.
I am.
How long until Leland gets here? An hour.
Maybe less.
- Options.
- We know we can't delete the data.
Nor, it seems, can we destroy Discovery.
Even if you jump away, Control will not stop coming.
Eventually Leland, or some version of him, would find you.
Ergo, DiscoveryâÂÂs very existence is the problem.
Of course.
As long as Discovery exists here and now, this will never be over.
You are proposing we remove Discovery from the galactic equation entirely? How, exactly, are we supposed to do that? The crystal.
This is why we have it.
To take the data out of this time so Control can never get it.
Discovery has to go to the future.
Star Trek: Discovery S02E13 - Such Sweet Sorrow How do we get Discovery to the future before Leland catches up with us? Dr.
Burnham's suit was destroyed on Essof IV.
That was the only method of time travel we know of.
We have the technical designs from Section 31.
We can attempt to rebuild it.
Do it.
To my physical specifications, please.
That's not possible, sir.
The suit was tailored to Dr.
Burnham's DNA.
Which makes my MRNA the closest genetic match.
I'll do it.
My mother started this.
I'm gonna finish it.
Even if we could adapt the code to your biology, the exoskeleton is made from a composite alloy that we can't synthesize.
Well, the alloy is tritanium-based.
It might be possible to melt down part of a cargo bulkhead to cast a mold.
Not to sweat the details, but do you even know how to fly the thing? I learned the basics from her logs.
I'm sure there'll be some trial and error opening the wormhole.
If Discovery were on autopilot, it could follow you through.
How will you find your way back? Everything we know about the signals suggests they're indicative of a design.
I'm willing to trust that.
Are you saying you believe that another signal will just reveal itself because we need it to? These signals could only have been set by an individual with access to a time suit and knowledge of our specific circumstances.
We believed your mother was the only Red Angel.
However, the bio neural signature identified another.
You.
Her efforts were focused entirely on the Sphere data.
She stated that she did not set the signals.
Therefore, you did.
But if it was me, why? What am I trying to lead us to? That remains to be seen.
But I agree with Captain Pike.
There is intention to your design.
I'll have our engineering team start the fabrication process.
And the time crystal.
There is still the matter of activating it.
My parents used a stellar-lensing array.
If we can locate an unstable red giant The odds of finding one in any given sector are pretty high.
But pretty low of finding one in a supernova state specifically.
It can take hundreds of years.
So pick a nova and fire an antimatter missile into its core.
We would be directly responsible for destroying all life within dozens of light-years, if not more.
- Yeah.
- Uh We're not doing that.
I thought there were no bad ideas.
- That's a lie.
- That's a bad one.
Admiral, Captain Pike, there's something you need to see.
And then there were five.
Do we have a lock on the signal? Still working on it.
Sensors show Captain Leland Control is five minutes out.
Red alert.
Mr.
SARU, we'll return to Discovery with all essential personnel.
Commander Stamets, you will jump us to that signal.
- Yes, Captain.
- Copy that.
I'll get Enterprise to the signal as fast as possible.
I'll join you.
Have any personnel not directly involved with fabricating the time suit start retrofitting all shuttles and pods for combat operations.
You should do the same.
It'll be us against whatever Leland's bringing.
Actually, our odds might be a little better than that.
I took the liberty of retrofitting our shuttle and landing pod complement with enhanced phasers, and I commandeered the new experimental tactical flyers, assuming the shit would hit the fan.
Well done, Number One.
Godspeed, Captain.
You, too, Admiral.
We'll rendezvous at the fifth signal.
And where has the signal led us now? Class M planet Xahea.
Really? Xahea? Wait, for real? What do you know, Ensign? - The queen.
- The queen? Yeah, yeah, no, no.
I-I-I know the queen of Xahea.
We share a love of engineering.
And what might Xahea have to do with powering the time crystal? Well, Xahea's remarkable for its natural dilithium supply.
And its queen, Her Serene Highness Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po or-or Po for short, she, uh, she's only 17, but she developed a technology to recrystallize it.
To recrystallize dilithium? Well, if true, Starfleet would no longer need to seek new sources of dilithium for its warp cores.
She's brilliant but she won't tell anyone how she did it.
She-she doesn't trust anyone with that information.
So, besides being brilliant, she's also prudent.
- Mr.
Bryce, open a channel.
- Yes, sir.
Let's see if Ensign TILLY can convince Her Serene Highness to help us figure out why the signal brought us here.
I think she'll be intrigued, sir, and probably happy she doesn't have to stuff herself into a cargo pallet.
What? Hmm? Nothing.
Reset the cube and don't forget to purge the secondary EPS relay.
- Yes, sir.
- Quickly, quickly.
We have shuttles and pods to retrofit.
Are you all right? From the jump.
I- I'm fine thank you.
- Listen - Listen You go.
Um once Commander Burnham takes this ship to wherever she's going I'm thinking I might take a break from star ships.
I passed up a job at the Vulcan Science Academy a few months ago.
Or maybe I'll just live on a station for a while.
I don't know.
Forward motion.
I get it.
I thought a lot about it, and you were right.
If I can take anything from all this, it's that forward motion is the most honest choice for both of us.
Thank you for saying that.
I hope that whatever life you find from here, whoever you find it with that you're happy, Hugh.
You, too, Paul.
Once the Enterprise catches up with us I'll be joining them.
Of course.
I need to see how the fabrication team is doing with the suit.
Ice cream is the last thing I was expecting.
Oh, she's all about sugar.
You have no idea.
Your Serene Highness, may I TILLY! Is that spumoni? My calculations for small-particle dispersion in hydrogenated carbohydrates were so on point.
But I just end up with goo.
Fascinating.
Po, this is Commander Michael Burnham.
Your roomie.
You look taller in your photos.
Thank you And this is Captain Pike.
This is the captain.
Your Highness, Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po.
Wow, you're good.
- Po's fine.
- Thank you.
Can you eat and walk? I'll fill you in on the way.
Mm-hmm.
So, you have a time crystal, which I've only ever read about, and no method by which to activate it.
And you have a time suit.
Which genius built that? My mom.
Hmm.
I had a special mom, too.
Ugh.
So you want to use the suit to travel through time - with this ship flying behind you, yes? - Yes.
And then you want to cut the ship loose and come back alone? - Hmm.
This endeavor would be rather ridiculous if Michael intended to return with the ship.
One of the fun things about becoming queen of the most politically relevant planet in the galaxy is that I don't have to listen to any snark.
- I made it an actual law.
- What? Oh, uh, we believe that thereâÂÂs Ugh.
A reason the signal brought us to your planet.
What's happening? It's nuclear particle physics.
Pretty sure she's calculating the reaction rate between particles.
E = mc squared stuff.
I like you.
- I like you, too.
Good.
We're friends now.
The goop in this bowl is vile.
I can modify my dilithium incubator to trigger an ongoing cascade of energy within the crystal by combining it with dark energy.
It'll replicate the power of a supernova.
And charge your crystal.
I get to make a supernova.
Today rocks.
I will need energy, though.
Like, Planck-level.
That's a little more than the EPS grid normally allows.
We could pull from the spore drive.
It would take 12 hours for the spore drive to recover.
How are we supposed to fight off dozens of enemy ships without being able to jump away? We'd be going into battle without our spore drive.
If that's what it takes to power the suit, - we'll have to make it work.
- Good.
There is just one problem.
Certain death in battle wasn't enough of a problem? This is bigger.
Charging the crystal this way is like using a waterfall to get a drink of water.
It'll work, but then you drown.
I don't follow.
I believe what they wish to convey is that continuous regeneration of energy will ultimately overwhelm the structural integrity of the crystal.
Causing it to burn out.
Meaning, I can take Discovery to the future.
But I won't be able to come back.
It's a one-way trip.
You're leaving? Forever? That is correct.
To ensure the Sphere data remains out of Leland's reach, Michael must remain in the future.
Permanently.
What does that even mean? Where in the future? Assuming I don't get lost in the wormhole, in theory, my mother should have returned to her anchor point on Terralysium.
So hopefully I will land there, too.
And there's no technology there, - so Discovery will be safe.
"In theory"? "Hopefully"? Michael, you could land anywhere in any time.
We are aware.
Apparently, this is what I'm meant to do.
Trust the mystery.
Are you sure there's no other way? If there were, we would have found it.
Commander Burnham will use the suit to open a wormhole.
Discovery will be on autopilot behind her.
Our job is to clear a path.
Anything in the vicinity will be either destroyed or pulled into the future with her, and we cannot risk that.
This is crazy.
We have a spore drive.
Sorry, love bug, we don't.
We need the power to charge the crystal.
It won't be up and running again until long after Michael's gone.
Captain, the Enterprise will arrive in 57 minutes.
Control is only ten minutes behind them.
All right.
This is what you've trained for.
Eyes up for Commander Burnham.
I wish there was more time.
There isn't.
I love you.
All of you.
Thank you for the greatest moments of my life.
Thank you all.
Let's get that crystal charged and get to work.
You're afraid.
It'll be fine.
Better than fine, whatever happens.
- You give me too much credit.
- No.
You taught me to walk tall and straight into the heart of it.
Just like you'll teach your crew one day when you have your own ship to command.
Thank you for helping us.
You're helping us pretty much save the entire galaxy.
You didn't have to do that.
You could have just Stayed out of it? No.
My people, my planet, they're at risk, too.
Oh, can I just say that I love the way you say that? "My planet.
" "My people.
" Look how far you've come.
It's beautiful, Po.
Even this thing is bizarre and super weird, but it's beautiful.
Pair production's begun.
There'll be enough dark energy for the crystal soon.
I'm gonna miss you, young lady.
What do you mean? I'm not going anywhere.
What? No.
No, you can't stay on board, you're the queen.
Exactly.
My planet is my sister.
If I die, I die protecting her.
That's the only queen I know how to be.
Besides, what am I supposed to do wave a hanky from my throne? We're a team, all of us.
You're stuck with me.
This is stupid.
What? You flinging yourself into the future like some galactic rubber band with a martyr complex.
It doesn't have to be like this.
It does have to be like this for a million reasons you will never understand.
I understand perfectly.
You're very invested in being selfless, Michael.
And I'm not the only one willing to exploit that, you know.
You can add this up however you want.
I'm getting in that suit and I'm doing what I need to do.
And if we're both still alive when this is all over, then you can talk to me about my gaping character flaws.
How did you know? Our katras.
We had tried to reach you through Starfleet.
Control took down our subspace relays.
We only have ship-to-ship.
You're truly leaving us, Michael.
We can't allow the data to stay.
It's the only way.
Michael, you do not have to do this.
Mother, yes, I do.
I had lost everything.
I was broken and I was alone.
You both put me back together.
Piece by piece.
Even though you had a son, you took me in as your daughter.
And as much as I tried to push you away, you never let me go.
And I love you for never letting me go.
And I need you both to know that what you gave me, I will carry it everywhere I go.
And I will never let you down.
Michael, we are so proud of you and your courage and what you are about to do for everyone.
It is the secret wish of every parent that our children make right the mistakes we ourselves have made.
I know I have not always been the ideal father.
Or husband, Amanda.
I am Impossible.
I will accept improbable.
Well, that's big of you, Father.
For my failures I humbly ask both of you for forgiveness.
Of course.
Promise me that you'll take care of Spock.
I will always be here for our son, always.
Even as I keep my distance, as he has asked.
He loves you very deeply.
So do I.
Michael.
We love you.
Time travel is not for the faint of heart.
Every jump, I say a silent thank you to whatever brilliant being invented polyphobic meta-material.
Without her or him, I'd be dead from radiation, temperature fluctuations, or painful blood clots.
Humans were not meant for this.
And that's the easy part.
Navigation, on the other hand Now I really hope whoever you are, watching this someday, you're not crazy enough to try a jump, but if you're as half as stubborn as I am, let me tell you how to do it the right way.
Nav system appears right before your eyes.
All personnel, this is the captain.
20 minutes until the Enterprise arrives.
Captain Georgiou, report to the ready room.
Commander Burnham, to the bridge immediately.
You announced that you're leaving forever, and I wasn't even there to sob and wail and throw myself - at your feet.
- You were a little busy.
And our goodbye needed to be Nonexistent.
It's not who we are, Michael.
It's not who any of us are.
Some people are still working.
Uh, Po is designing siege weapons, which I can't even Anyway, we're here because we're staying with you.
No.
No, I can't let you do this.
We're not asking permission.
This is impossible.
You have lives.
You have people who love you.
Families who love you.
You'll never see them again.
Commander, our families accepted the possibility of this moment when we joined Starfleet.
Committing to a life amongst the stars is, in itself, a resolution to leave some things behind.
But I don't know what the future holds.
Nobody does.
We just have now.
We are coming with you, Michael.
Further argument would be futile.
Please accept this.
I am sure what you are about to say will be beautiful, but it is done, Michael, and we are running out of time.
That's kind of a problem, actually, because the crystal isn't charging as fast as it should be.
I got you, Red.
Lead the way.
All personnel Michael.
You're not coming, are you? I wish I could say yes.
B But someone has to make sure nothing like Control ever happens again, someone inside the gray areas.
In Section 31? Otherwise we could be right back here no matter where you end up.
Commander Burnham, the Enterprise will be here in 11 minutes.
Are you on your way? I'll be right there.
There is a battle coming, Siranna.
I do not know if this message will reach you in time.
The odds are not in our favor.
If we never see each other again, you must know, sweet sister, how much I love you.
I'll never know if I made you proud.
I hope so.
But even if I haven't, I made myself proud.
And I can, um, feel how you respect that.
Mom, I can feel it.
I can feel I frightened you by making my own path.
I hope you see this one day and that you'll forgive me.
I'll keep all of you deep within me.
I wish we had more time.
I wish I could tell you this in person, but you're my rock, Tazzy.
Every test I tanked, the 28 times I wanted to quit, and after my injury.
It only takes one person, I guess, to save another.
- You're my best friend You're my best friend, and you always could translate Mom and Dad to me and vice versa.
Even though I still don't know what Dad's talking about half the time.
I know you think I was their favorite but I'm just louder.
They love you so much.
They would do anything for you.
It's time.
Lieutenant DETMER, put some distance between us and Xahea.
- This is our fight, not theirs.
- Yes, Captain.
Captain, I have no confirmation Her Serene Highness has left the ship.
We'll have to have that diplomatic meltdown some other time.
I won't bother asking if you've all committed to this decision.
In that case, one last bit of housekeeping before I can leave this ship.
DiscoveryâÂÂs going to need a new captain.
Serving as your captain has been one of the greatest honors of my career.
You are exceptional officers.
Exceptional individuals, every single one of you.
Lieutenants DETMER and Owosekun, I wouldn't be here if you hadn't saved my life on the way to that asteroid.
Lieutenant Nilsson, you've stepped up for Airiam in a way that honors her.
Lieutenants Bryce and Rhys, you're calm under pressure.
And Commander SARU, I'm gonna miss the hell out of you.
Lieutenant Spock there aren't words.
Commander Nhan has requested permission to stay aboard Discovery.
If I can be of help, that is.
Well it would be our privilege to have you, Commander.
As for you most people will never get a chance to learn what's in their own hearts.
If we figure it out, it's often not what we expected, or even what we would have chosen for ourselves.
I am very grateful, Commander, to have been here to watch you discover your heart.
Thank you.
I know that you I know that all of you will face your destinies with bravery and honor.
Even those moments to come that will test the strongest among us.
Thank you sir.
Mr.
SARU, you have the Conn as Commander Burnham leads you through the wormhole.
As to what happens after that I would prefer if we focus on our respective tasks for now and discuss the captaincy later.
There are many things to consider.
Enterprise to Discovery.
Control's fleet will be arriving in four minutes, 58 seconds, Captain.
Thank you, Number One.
Mr.
Bryce, make sure anyone else who wants to leave is on their way.
- Aye, Captain.
- The rest of you back to work.
Captain Pike.
At this rate, the crystal won't be charged before Leland arrives.
And you do know that the suit is utterly useless without the crystal, don't you? Preacher, choir.
Why do you think I asked for help? Sir, sorry, I, I get a little snarky when I'm stressed.
The problem is the cage.
It's interfering with the charge.
Yeah, but without the cage Everyone will see visions of the future and their heads will explode, I know.
Okay, ideas.
Go.
Well, we could move the charging unit inside the cage.
And potentially redistribute the charge to the point of instability? No.
Next? Well, what if we, uh, increase the diameter of the cage openings? That way, the wavelength of the charging frequency can move through faster.
And that may let the effects of the crystal seep out, which is why the cage is there.
Attention: final shuttles are departing.
Transporter power diverting to defense systems in three minutes.
Okay, out, both of you.
Make sure nobody else comes in.
Wait.
You're not gonna Got a better idea? The mission's the mission, whatever I see.
Look, buck up, guys.
I'll be fine.
Thank you, Jett.
I still dislike you.
Feeling's mutual.
An undetonated photon torpedo is lodged in EnterpriseâÂÂs hull! Mr.
Bryce, open a ship-wide channel, please.
Aye, sir.
Channel open.
This is Commander SARU.
All crew to stations immediately.
Red alert.
Captain, we are standing by.
Leaving now, Mr.
SARU.
I haven't been sure what to make of you lately, but I'm glad to have had you on our side for this.
More fun to come, assuming we survive.
Good luck.
Glad to have you on our side, too, Mr.
Tyler.
As am I.
Does that mean you trust me? Why do you ask? Because there's something I need to do.
And it means leaving before any of this starts.
Initializing.
I'm Terran, by the way.
From your mirror universe.
What mirror universe? Attention, all vessels.
Leland's fleet has arrived.
Captain on the bridge.
Nine more enemy vessels just dropped out of warp, Captain.
We are surrounded.
All enemy vessels armed and ready.
Shields up.
Prepare for battle.
This is Captain Pike.
We have one job.
Protect Commander Burnham until she reaches her target.
Section 1 is on our way.
Get it done.
In 5 4 3 2 Mark.
Go, Michael, now! Star Trek: Discovery S02E13 - Such Sweet Sorrow