WEBVTT 00:31.998 --> 00:33.766 Attention, all cadets. 00:33.767 --> 00:37.636 Academy facilities are now closed for the All-Worlds break. 00:37.637 --> 00:39.872 They will reopen in four days. 00:39.873 --> 00:41.774 If you are departing by shuttle, 00:41.775 --> 00:43.642 please report to the shuttle bay. 00:43.643 --> 00:47.846 Otherwise, report to the Sato Atrium mezzanine for transport. 00:52.285 --> 00:55.054 Recording. 00:55.055 --> 00:58.724 Tarima, hey. It's, uh... 00:58.725 --> 01:00.092 it's me. 01:00.093 --> 01:03.863 Uh, Caleb. Caleb Mir. I, uh... 01:07.667 --> 01:11.036 How's recovery on Betazed? 01:11.037 --> 01:13.573 I hear you're doing pretty great. 01:15.308 --> 01:19.578 You, uh... missed a lot. 01:19.579 --> 01:21.914 A memorial service. 01:21.915 --> 01:24.316 Nahla and Kelrec made speeches. 01:26.419 --> 01:28.021 We're all just... 01:29.889 --> 01:32.959 ...trying to get back to feeling normal. 01:34.861 --> 01:37.697 After the Miyazaki. 01:39.365 --> 01:41.267 Just... 01:45.171 --> 01:47.639 ...going to class, 01:47.640 --> 01:49.809 hanging out, you know. 01:52.645 --> 01:54.280 Normal stuff. 01:55.048 --> 01:58.250 Tomorrow's All-Worlds Day. 01:58.251 --> 02:00.854 Everyone's leaving for break. 02:02.255 --> 02:05.290 Nahla has me staying with some stupid host family, 02:05.291 --> 02:07.626 which is garbage on every level. 02:07.627 --> 02:10.629 Anyway, I know it's been a month since we've talked. 02:10.630 --> 02:13.665 Uh, a month and two days, actually. 02:13.666 --> 02:16.536 Not that I'm keeping track or anything. 02:17.403 --> 02:18.905 So, you were... 02:21.541 --> 02:24.643 ...you were on my mind, Tarima. 02:24.644 --> 02:27.179 I thought I'd... 02:27.180 --> 02:28.348 I'd, uh... 02:29.382 --> 02:31.184 ...thought I'd reach out... 02:32.018 --> 02:35.654 ...see how you... are. 02:49.369 --> 02:51.104 Message deleted. 02:52.438 --> 02:54.173 Reminder to all cadets, 02:54.174 --> 02:56.842 there is a galactic meteor shower in four days. 02:56.843 --> 02:59.611 Plan your trip accordingly. You won't want to miss it. 02:59.612 --> 03:00.979 Have a great All-Worlds. 03:00.980 --> 03:03.282 Okay, Kenda II. 03:03.283 --> 03:04.883 Have a good All-Worlds. 03:04.884 --> 03:06.852 - Thank you, Professor. - Mm-hmm. 03:06.853 --> 03:09.521 Istanbul. Have a good All-Worlds. 03:09.522 --> 03:11.090 You, too, Professor. 03:12.225 --> 03:14.960 Duluth-- uh, can I talk you out of this? 03:14.961 --> 03:16.528 - Mm-mm. - No? 03:16.529 --> 03:17.896 Okay, have a good All-Worlds. 03:17.897 --> 03:20.032 This meteor shower's once in a lifetime. 03:20.033 --> 03:23.068 So, uh, will you be back for it? 03:23.069 --> 03:24.903 Totally. Yeah, of course. 03:24.904 --> 03:26.705 Really, All-Worlds Day is just about eating anyway. 03:26.706 --> 03:30.209 My dad likes to put on an apron and cook a meal and... 03:30.210 --> 03:32.212 invite his old crew over. 03:33.046 --> 03:35.982 Hey, you're... you're glitching again. 03:37.050 --> 03:39.618 Uh, it's-it's-it's nothing. 03:39.619 --> 03:41.120 Don't worry. 03:42.722 --> 03:44.056 I mean, we-we've been through this. 03:44.057 --> 03:45.657 My injury on the Miyazaki 03:45.658 --> 03:47.159 triggered a minor regression error. 03:47.160 --> 03:48.760 I really don't like you glitching off alone. 03:48.761 --> 03:50.229 I won't be alone. 03:50.230 --> 03:53.332 I'm gonna be with trained holo-experts coding a patch 03:53.333 --> 03:55.234 at the reengineering clinic. 03:55.235 --> 03:58.737 Just think of me as going to a spa. 03:58.738 --> 04:01.406 Uh-huh. Well, clearly, 04:01.407 --> 04:03.909 you've never been to a spa before. 04:03.910 --> 04:06.745 - This is my first time. - Okay, come here. 04:09.215 --> 04:11.083 Good luck. 04:11.084 --> 04:12.884 Thank you. 04:12.885 --> 04:14.586 Cadet Sam, here we go. 04:14.587 --> 04:16.221 Denver. 04:16.222 --> 04:18.190 Holo-Tech Rehab Spa. 04:18.191 --> 04:20.025 All off-world transfers can be handled 04:20.026 --> 04:21.293 at transfer portal number four. 04:21.294 --> 04:23.929 Cadet Lythe? 04:23.930 --> 04:25.631 May I have a word? 04:25.632 --> 04:28.300 Uh... Chancellor, my father's shuttle is waiting in Mumbai. 04:28.301 --> 04:30.302 - Is there a problem? - No. And never ask. 04:30.303 --> 04:31.937 It makes people think there might be. 04:33.473 --> 04:37.042 I hoped you and your shipmates 04:37.043 --> 04:40.379 would not have to face what you did at the Miyazaki 04:40.380 --> 04:42.781 for a long time, if ever. 04:42.782 --> 04:45.284 But under threat and enemy fire, 04:45.285 --> 04:47.786 your cool head, strategic thinking, 04:47.787 --> 04:50.622 and leadership did not go unnoticed. 04:50.623 --> 04:52.891 - Thank you. - Which is why I'm putting 04:52.892 --> 04:54.760 your name up for the pre-Command Track. 04:54.761 --> 04:56.728 For Captain's Track? 04:56.729 --> 04:59.064 I really wish the cadets called things what I call them. 04:59.065 --> 05:01.767 Anyway, 05:01.768 --> 05:04.269 your performance here has been outstanding. 05:04.270 --> 05:06.405 You're a shoo-in. 05:06.406 --> 05:08.307 Now, pre-Command Track is rigorous. 05:08.308 --> 05:10.909 Intensive seminars and training labs, 05:10.910 --> 05:12.411 plus your, your full load. 05:12.412 --> 05:15.247 Yes. Yes to all of it. To everything. Always. Yes. 05:16.716 --> 05:20.152 All right, then. I will send the nominating packet 05:20.153 --> 05:21.820 to the committee when we're back from break. 05:21.821 --> 05:23.822 You won't regret a thing, Chancellor, I promise. 05:23.823 --> 05:25.590 They will review your transcript, 05:25.591 --> 05:28.827 application to the Academy, speak with your references, 05:28.828 --> 05:31.096 which I recall were glowing. 05:31.097 --> 05:33.198 You'll sail through. You'll... 05:33.199 --> 05:36.002 Don't look so surprised. You deserve it. 05:36.836 --> 05:38.770 Listen. 05:38.771 --> 05:40.305 Say hi to your dad for me. 05:40.306 --> 05:43.509 I think you just made his holiday. 05:46.512 --> 05:47.679 Cadet Lythe. 05:47.680 --> 05:50.048 Deep space shuttle port. Mumbai. 05:50.049 --> 05:51.951 Have a good All-Worlds. 05:53.686 --> 05:55.487 Specialist Krebs, 05:55.488 --> 05:57.723 your Talaxian Furfly is attacking a lab technician. 05:57.724 --> 05:59.257 Report to Science Lab 7 immediately. 05:59.258 --> 06:00.325 Say hi to your sister. 06:01.527 --> 06:03.228 Say hi to your sister. 06:03.229 --> 06:04.663 - Say hi to your sister. - Mm-hmm. 06:04.664 --> 06:06.264 Coach Ohtani, 06:06.265 --> 06:07.933 please report to the athletic department. 06:07.934 --> 06:11.003 Why are you holding that hideous shirt? 06:11.871 --> 06:16.141 I cannot bring myself to put it on. 06:16.142 --> 06:19.711 I believe it is called beachwear. 06:19.712 --> 06:24.149 Kyle wants to show me an island called Ibiza. 06:24.150 --> 06:26.318 Klingons on Ibiza. 06:26.319 --> 06:29.855 That is not a sentence I-- anyone 06:29.856 --> 06:33.759 - ever imagined could exist. - It was not my first choice. 06:33.760 --> 06:35.427 - It's your break too, you know. - It is, 06:35.428 --> 06:38.764 but Kyle suffered a real loss in B'Avi. 06:38.765 --> 06:42.402 Yeah. B'Avi, that was... 06:44.937 --> 06:46.071 He was a hero. 06:46.072 --> 06:48.006 He was. 06:48.007 --> 06:52.577 And it is my honor to be present for the people I care about. 06:52.578 --> 06:54.447 Yeah. 06:55.448 --> 06:58.617 - But you-- - Try stopping there. 06:58.618 --> 07:00.452 I'm just saying. 07:00.453 --> 07:04.289 Oh. Kyle. What a surprise. 07:04.290 --> 07:07.526 - Darem. - I got to pack. 07:07.527 --> 07:10.263 - You kids have fun. - You, too. 07:15.234 --> 07:18.236 I don't think Darem likes me. 07:18.237 --> 07:20.806 No one likes Darem, 07:20.807 --> 07:24.276 so this is the universe balancing itself. 07:24.277 --> 07:26.611 Dakar? Not a chance. 07:26.612 --> 07:29.481 Where is Dakar exactly? Oh, wait, I remember. 07:29.482 --> 07:31.850 It's in Senegal. I think I've been shipped around enough. 07:31.851 --> 07:33.385 Thank you, Chancellor. 07:33.386 --> 07:35.720 You're either gonna have to forgive me for not asking 07:35.721 --> 07:38.457 Nus Braka about your mother or get over it. 07:38.458 --> 07:41.126 Okay, he was right here. You could've forced him. 07:41.127 --> 07:42.727 You could've threatened him. 07:42.728 --> 07:44.496 Starfleet still does threats, correct? 07:44.497 --> 07:47.866 There were other priorities, Caleb. And what makes you sure 07:47.867 --> 07:49.334 he knows where she is? 07:49.335 --> 07:51.403 What makes you think he'd ever tell us the truth? 07:51.404 --> 07:52.771 He's a sociopath. 07:52.772 --> 07:56.408 Never hand a sociopath personal information. 08:01.814 --> 08:05.283 I'm looking for her. You need to know that. 08:05.284 --> 08:07.253 Oh, don't tell me what I need to know. 08:08.087 --> 08:11.323 Your break starts now, Caleb. 08:11.324 --> 08:14.526 Go to Dakar. Dakar is magnificent. 08:14.527 --> 08:16.461 Your host family will be thrilled. 08:16.462 --> 08:18.129 I'm not going to Dakar. I'm staying here. 08:18.130 --> 08:19.631 You can't close the bag. You need to take something out. 08:19.632 --> 08:22.334 It absolutely will close. It-it always closes. 08:22.335 --> 08:23.935 You've got, like, four pairs of boots in here. 08:23.936 --> 08:25.136 You don't even wear shoes. 08:25.137 --> 08:26.438 You can't stay. 08:26.439 --> 08:27.772 The Academy's gonna be locked down. 08:27.773 --> 08:29.174 Well, I'm not going anywhere 08:29.175 --> 08:31.042 just to watch a bunch of strangers celebrating 08:31.043 --> 08:34.213 being together so that you can pretend that I have a family. 08:35.214 --> 08:39.918 Uh-huh. Plenty of cadets go to host families, Your Majesty. 08:39.919 --> 08:41.586 I'm pretending they all have families. 08:41.587 --> 08:45.423 Yeah? Well, I pretend that you know how to pack. 08:45.424 --> 08:46.725 There'll be no one there. 08:46.726 --> 08:48.660 - You'll be alone for four days. - Perfect. 08:52.198 --> 08:53.632 Fine. 08:53.633 --> 08:56.668 You can stay here. You'll have access to your room 08:56.669 --> 09:00.105 and the mess hall, the rest will be sealed off. 09:00.106 --> 09:02.474 Commander Reno will be doing spot-checks. 09:02.475 --> 09:05.577 Use the solitude to do something productive. 09:05.578 --> 09:08.146 Perfect. I'll be studying nonstop. 09:08.147 --> 09:09.915 Hey. 09:09.916 --> 09:11.417 How's Tarima? 09:13.152 --> 09:15.020 I don't know. 09:15.021 --> 09:17.356 That's got to be rough. 09:19.692 --> 09:22.995 - She's out of her coma. - Great. 09:23.963 --> 09:27.633 She's recovering. Ocam says she'll be okay. 09:32.138 --> 09:33.906 It's just, uh... 09:35.741 --> 09:38.209 I don't really know how to help her 09:38.210 --> 09:41.147 or how to be there for her, so... 09:44.617 --> 09:46.985 But I'm, uh... 09:46.986 --> 09:50.021 - I'm thinking of visiting. - Oh. 09:50.022 --> 09:54.492 Gonna go see her on Betazed, once she's up for it, probably. 09:54.493 --> 09:56.562 Can't hurt to reach out. 09:58.364 --> 10:00.265 Maybe it can. 10:00.266 --> 10:04.937 I'm... I'm trusting your instincts on that one. 10:08.641 --> 10:10.342 Okay. Go. Bye. 10:10.343 --> 10:12.777 Have fun. Don't break anything. 10:12.778 --> 10:14.412 If I break it, I fix it. 10:15.781 --> 10:17.616 You'll never know. 10:17.617 --> 10:19.284 Attention, cadets, if you're taking 10:19.285 --> 10:21.052 a connecting shuttle to your destination, 10:21.053 --> 10:22.988 please remember to bring your luggage with you 10:22.989 --> 10:24.557 to the transport arch. 10:31.030 --> 10:32.231 Mir? 10:35.468 --> 10:36.835 If that's you messing with me, I'm-- 10:58.991 --> 11:01.861 Oh, shit. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. 11:02.461 --> 11:04.362 Please, please, please... 11:19.345 --> 11:24.050 Wait. Darem. Stop. 11:27.586 --> 11:28.921 Sorry, Kyle. 14:22.795 --> 14:24.095 Jay-Den? 14:24.096 --> 14:26.097 - Intruder! - Stop, stop, stop. 14:26.098 --> 14:27.899 - Don't hurt him. - Declare yourself. 14:27.900 --> 14:31.703 I declare only that it is a good day to die. 14:31.704 --> 14:33.204 No one's dying. 14:33.205 --> 14:36.642 He's... he's my Ko'zeine. 14:39.778 --> 14:41.913 I am what? 14:41.914 --> 14:45.618 Ko'zeine. It's like best man. 14:46.452 --> 14:47.753 Best man? 14:50.656 --> 14:53.992 Take a deep breath in. 14:53.993 --> 14:57.095 Now exhale. 14:57.096 --> 14:59.597 Release all your worries. 14:59.598 --> 15:03.468 Right now, all your thoughts are clear. 15:03.469 --> 15:05.703 Peaceful. 15:05.704 --> 15:10.008 It's just you, all alone... 15:10.009 --> 15:12.510 - Nice cukes, golden boy. - Uh... 15:12.511 --> 15:14.479 What are you doing here? 15:14.480 --> 15:16.047 Why are you all wet? 15:16.048 --> 15:18.816 - 'Cause we have an aquarium. - Okay, what's your deal? 15:18.817 --> 15:21.352 Your host family demand a refund and beam you back, hmm? 15:21.353 --> 15:22.654 I'm cleared to be here. 15:22.655 --> 15:25.456 Why are you here? How'd you break in? 15:25.457 --> 15:27.025 I'm cleared to be here, too. 15:27.026 --> 15:28.860 Okay, fine. 15:28.861 --> 15:31.262 I beamed myself back, overwrote the transport log, 15:31.263 --> 15:32.630 and deleted my trip. Happy? 15:32.631 --> 15:35.867 Probably happier than your esteemed Dad-miral. 15:35.868 --> 15:37.969 You bailed on the family holiday? 15:37.970 --> 15:41.339 He got invited to do a symposium on Ursa Nowhere. 15:41.340 --> 15:44.175 It would've been a boring four days, so I snuck back. 15:44.176 --> 15:45.843 I thought I'd have the place to myself, but, um-- 15:45.844 --> 15:47.812 To do a little, uh, 15:47.813 --> 15:49.882 illicit hacking? 15:52.818 --> 15:54.886 No. You've confused me with you. 15:54.887 --> 15:57.689 I was strolling past the cartography lab earlier. 15:57.690 --> 16:00.058 Its, uh, holo-screen was active. 16:00.059 --> 16:02.126 Thought it was just running a self-diagnostic, but-- 16:02.127 --> 16:03.628 I wasn't hacking. 16:03.629 --> 16:05.630 I was getting a jump on research for my spring term paper. 16:07.566 --> 16:08.866 What? Why is that funny? 16:08.867 --> 16:10.535 You hacked in so you could come back 16:10.536 --> 16:12.670 and do homework? Has to be true. 16:12.671 --> 16:16.174 Says the guy who's pulling a D in exo-chemistry 16:16.175 --> 16:18.610 because he's sleeping through it. 16:19.545 --> 16:21.746 Do you mind continuing your pep talk, like, 16:21.747 --> 16:23.314 two steps to the left? 16:23.315 --> 16:25.851 You're blocking my sun. 16:26.652 --> 16:28.920 - And I like a shit-ton of sun. - Uh-huh. 16:28.921 --> 16:33.024 So what's the rest of the plan, huh? Oh, wait, let me guess, 16:33.025 --> 16:35.059 running around with no pants on 16:35.060 --> 16:38.863 and staging DoT fights? 16:38.864 --> 16:41.699 Oh, come on, no, don't tell me that was your actual plan. 16:41.700 --> 16:43.234 - Maybe. - You know what? 16:43.235 --> 16:46.571 You want to have some fun? Let's have some fun. 16:46.572 --> 16:48.906 Ever play "toxic or non-toxic"? 16:48.907 --> 16:51.409 Just remember, raised on a starship, 16:51.410 --> 16:53.812 so put on a shirt and try to keep up. 16:54.580 --> 16:56.581 And some deodorant. You reek. 16:56.582 --> 16:58.149 Yes, ma'am. 16:58.150 --> 17:00.451 I am wearing deodorant. 17:00.452 --> 17:01.853 I think. 17:01.854 --> 17:04.789 A traditional Khionian Marital Abduction? 17:04.790 --> 17:06.424 Is that even a thing? 17:06.425 --> 17:07.692 Who told you to follow me here? 17:07.693 --> 17:09.761 I thought you were being kidnapped. 17:09.762 --> 17:12.130 What is that ridiculous ornament on your head 17:12.131 --> 17:13.765 and what is this place? 17:13.766 --> 17:17.368 I thought Khionia was wet. I thought you all had scales. 17:17.369 --> 17:20.705 This is Khionia's matrimonial moon. 17:20.706 --> 17:22.106 It used to be all ocean, 17:22.107 --> 17:24.075 but dried up when the core stopped spinning. 17:24.076 --> 17:26.377 That's why we were able to transport here. 17:26.378 --> 17:28.579 Except, it wasn't a transport, it was more like a... 17:28.580 --> 17:30.248 an artificial single-point wormhole. 17:30.249 --> 17:31.983 I am trapped at a Khionian wedding? 17:31.984 --> 17:33.951 We call it a sealing. 17:33.952 --> 17:37.288 It's like a private family ceremony. 17:37.289 --> 17:39.791 The real party's tomorrow on Khionia. 17:39.792 --> 17:43.327 Parades, fireworks, there's a lot of drinking. 17:43.328 --> 17:45.963 Listen, I'm sorry I didn't say anything. 17:45.964 --> 17:49.300 This is all as much a surprise to me as it is to you. 17:49.301 --> 17:52.470 You did not know that you have a pending spouse? 17:52.471 --> 17:54.772 I knew I was promised to her when we were children. 17:54.773 --> 17:57.809 Her name is Kaira. She's my best friend. I-I love her, 17:57.810 --> 17:59.811 but I was gonna be sealed after I graduated 17:59.812 --> 18:01.279 and given a few years to Starfleet. 18:01.280 --> 18:03.015 That would be my fault. 18:11.657 --> 18:14.792 Kaira. Way to make an entrance. 18:14.793 --> 18:16.527 Well... 18:16.528 --> 18:17.829 Darem. 18:17.830 --> 18:19.797 I'm sorry I wasn't there when you arrived. 18:19.798 --> 18:22.166 Hey, Ko'zeine, bow your head. 18:22.167 --> 18:23.601 No need. 18:23.602 --> 18:26.170 We're not doing any of that royalty nonsense. 18:26.171 --> 18:28.172 Royalty? 18:28.173 --> 18:30.341 Uh... Are you... 18:30.342 --> 18:32.210 Is he royalty here? 18:32.211 --> 18:34.312 Not yet. 18:34.313 --> 18:37.615 Outdated birth lottery. You must be Jay-Den. 18:37.616 --> 18:39.217 I'm Kaira. 18:39.218 --> 18:42.354 It means a lot that you'd come so far to be Darem's Ko'zeine. 18:43.422 --> 18:48.025 Uh, well, I could not decline, even if I wanted-- 18:48.026 --> 18:49.660 Good one. 18:49.661 --> 18:51.863 Listen, everything's happened so fast, 18:51.864 --> 18:53.865 we haven't had a chance to catch up. 18:53.866 --> 18:55.466 Can we, can we talk? 18:55.467 --> 18:59.137 Who's going to stop us? Quill here is my Ko'zeine. 18:59.138 --> 19:01.340 They'll keep you out of trouble. 19:02.541 --> 19:04.776 Ibiza. 19:08.881 --> 19:11.916 Yay! Two in a row. 19:11.917 --> 19:16.255 Okay, contestants, our next sample is... 19:17.723 --> 19:20.191 "Ambiguous exoplanet discharge." 19:20.192 --> 19:22.560 Toxic or non-toxic? 19:22.561 --> 19:23.828 Non-toxic. 19:28.433 --> 19:30.368 - Uh-huh. - That is nasty. 19:30.369 --> 19:31.903 Mm-hmm. 19:31.904 --> 19:34.505 Yes. Three in a row. 19:34.506 --> 19:36.240 - I win. - Who knew you'd be so good 19:36.241 --> 19:37.775 at science lab roulette, 19:37.776 --> 19:39.076 a game you just made up. 19:39.077 --> 19:41.179 Hey, you made up replicator whampage, 19:41.180 --> 19:42.647 and I won that, too. 19:42.648 --> 19:44.515 - Yeah, that was a lucky shot. - Not lucky for you. 19:44.516 --> 19:45.950 You got a little takka berry in your hair. 19:45.951 --> 19:48.653 - What? - Just kidding. 19:48.654 --> 19:49.754 Okay, your turn. 19:49.755 --> 19:52.190 Better guess right. 19:52.191 --> 19:56.294 Here you go. "One sub-orbital shelled slug, 19:56.295 --> 19:59.697 also known as the..." blah, blah, blah. 19:59.698 --> 20:01.532 - Let's do it. - Am I the only one 20:01.533 --> 20:04.101 who thought that the Doctor's cabinet of scientific anomalies 20:04.102 --> 20:05.403 was just a metaphor? 20:05.404 --> 20:08.940 Stop stalling. Toxic or non-toxic? 20:08.941 --> 20:11.476 I'm gonna go non-toxic. 20:12.277 --> 20:16.014 And I appear to be correct. 20:17.149 --> 20:18.951 - Okay. - Uh, give it a minute. 20:19.851 --> 20:23.788 Fine. Distract me. Talk to me. 20:23.789 --> 20:27.159 Okay. Um... 20:28.293 --> 20:29.995 What do you hear from Tarima? 20:31.463 --> 20:34.699 The day of the Miyazaki was a pretty intense day 20:34.700 --> 20:37.868 to find out you two were, um, connected. 20:37.869 --> 20:40.304 Oh, yeah, none of your business. 20:40.305 --> 20:42.107 I mean, you've spoken. 20:44.276 --> 20:46.077 Is she coming back? 20:46.078 --> 20:48.080 She's recovering. 20:48.880 --> 20:52.817 I'll probably go see her after the holiday. 20:52.818 --> 20:54.319 Maybe later. 20:55.487 --> 20:57.822 Okay. Kind of a weird answer. 20:57.823 --> 20:59.757 Mother of-- 21:03.195 --> 21:05.496 - Toxic. - Oh. Um... 21:05.497 --> 21:07.932 - What? - Your... 21:07.933 --> 21:11.937 - Is it worse than my hand? - No, no, no, it's fine. 21:13.605 --> 21:15.673 Okay. 21:15.674 --> 21:18.376 So I guess that means I win. 21:18.377 --> 21:19.910 Uh... 21:19.911 --> 21:22.780 Not yet. 21:22.781 --> 21:24.448 - It's escaping. - It's a slug. 21:24.449 --> 21:26.851 It's not exactly warp-capable. 21:31.890 --> 21:35.092 "...also known as a warp-slug." It's literally a warp-slug. 21:35.093 --> 21:37.028 You need to read all the words next time. 21:37.029 --> 21:38.397 Got it. 21:41.333 --> 21:43.602 Oh, shit. 21:48.840 --> 21:53.244 I am so sorry about the surprise marital abduction. 21:53.245 --> 21:55.880 I'm getting rid of that absurd tradition on day one. 21:55.881 --> 21:58.049 Yeah. It almost ended in a body count. 22:01.320 --> 22:02.820 Look. 22:02.821 --> 22:05.690 I've got to ask. 22:05.691 --> 22:07.725 We had a plan, right? 22:07.726 --> 22:09.160 Of course. 22:09.161 --> 22:11.762 We were gonna wait five, six years to get sealed. 22:11.763 --> 22:13.898 We-we had a great plan. 22:13.899 --> 22:17.536 - So what happened to it? - My parents happened. 22:18.337 --> 22:20.004 My mother had a health scare. 22:20.005 --> 22:22.273 She's-she's fine, but 22:22.274 --> 22:25.743 they both decided that they would abdicate early. 22:25.744 --> 22:29.848 - Like, immediately. - Wow. 22:31.683 --> 22:33.018 Okay. 22:34.720 --> 22:38.490 Okay, so... so that means... 22:40.759 --> 22:43.794 - You're-- Are you ready? - I've always been ready. 22:43.795 --> 22:47.865 But leading Khionia is a two-person job. 22:47.866 --> 22:50.234 Question is, are you? 22:50.235 --> 22:52.603 My parents won't delay abdication. 22:52.604 --> 22:54.071 Trust me, I've tried, but... 22:54.072 --> 22:56.274 didn't matter. 22:57.075 --> 23:01.212 Listen, I know this is a lot to process. 23:01.213 --> 23:06.083 You've been away, and I've been on Khionia, 23:06.084 --> 23:07.718 and for all I know, 23:07.719 --> 23:11.122 you might not even be sure that you still want to be sealed. 23:11.123 --> 23:14.291 So if you need some time to 23:14.292 --> 23:18.729 sort out your thoughts, then you should take it, 23:18.730 --> 23:21.933 and, you know, sort. 23:30.976 --> 23:32.276 There's nothing to sort. 23:32.277 --> 23:34.345 Because nothing has changed 23:34.346 --> 23:36.680 since I left for Starfleet. 23:39.017 --> 23:42.153 - Except my haircut. - Oh, I knew it. 23:42.154 --> 23:44.089 But I had to ask. 23:48.460 --> 23:50.561 And I love the haircut. 23:50.562 --> 23:52.530 - Yeah? - Mm-hmm. 23:52.531 --> 23:55.366 Our parents are on their way. 23:55.367 --> 23:58.436 Mm-hmm. And you know what? 23:58.437 --> 24:03.374 We are gonna show them that Khionia and I 24:03.375 --> 24:05.777 are in the best hands. 24:28.934 --> 24:30.501 So is this what you had in mind 24:30.502 --> 24:32.203 when you ducked out on your Dad-miral? 24:32.204 --> 24:34.338 Uh, I ducked out on my dad 24:34.339 --> 24:37.575 to get ahead on work, not play baby games with a space slug. 24:37.576 --> 24:39.477 Hey, you're the one who started the baby games. 24:39.478 --> 24:40.544 Yeah, yeah. 24:40.545 --> 24:43.814 I found another one. It went up. 24:43.815 --> 24:45.417 How do you know? 24:46.384 --> 24:48.987 I speak slug. Also... 24:51.056 --> 24:52.757 Come on. 24:54.659 --> 24:57.061 Okay, okay. Shh, shh, shh. 24:57.062 --> 24:58.562 - Try not to scream. - Ugh. 24:58.563 --> 25:00.831 Like that one time when I scared you. 25:00.832 --> 25:02.833 That wasn't a scream. That was, like, a... 25:02.834 --> 25:04.636 - loud exhalation. - Mm-hmm. 25:05.670 --> 25:07.305 Oh, shit! 25:15.080 --> 25:17.047 Lura. Lura. 25:17.048 --> 25:18.415 Are you kidding me? 25:18.416 --> 25:19.884 I hear you. Will you just slow down? 25:19.885 --> 25:21.452 - Go, go, go. - That is the stupidest 25:21.453 --> 25:23.087 thing I've ever heard! 25:23.088 --> 25:24.622 Because I felt like 25:24.623 --> 25:27.825 - testing the impact door. - Why? With your body? 25:27.826 --> 25:29.426 - Lura... - Really? 25:29.427 --> 25:32.730 Lura, yes. I-I know how many ribs you shattered, 25:32.731 --> 25:35.366 - but this is a toe... - 17! 25:35.367 --> 25:36.767 I know what a toe is! 25:36.768 --> 25:39.803 ...the single most sensitive digit in the body. 25:39.804 --> 25:41.939 I've only got two. 25:41.940 --> 25:43.641 You know what I meant. 25:43.642 --> 25:46.477 Two of this type of toe. 25:46.478 --> 25:48.112 The big one. 25:48.113 --> 25:50.881 Yeah, I've... I've heard the story. 25:50.882 --> 25:53.317 Held your intestines with your own hand, 25:53.318 --> 25:55.419 sewed up the wound with your mouth. 25:55.420 --> 25:56.854 - So adorable. - Even though my hand 25:56.855 --> 25:58.522 was hanging by just one vein. 25:58.523 --> 26:00.291 - This is worse. - How is that worse? 26:00.292 --> 26:01.859 It's a toe! 26:01.860 --> 26:03.227 Okey doke. 26:03.228 --> 26:04.461 Is your toe hanging from... 26:04.462 --> 26:06.163 It'll freeze the goo, probably. 26:06.164 --> 26:09.066 Okay, when she dips her head, then shoot. 26:09.067 --> 26:10.701 - Okay. - Okay. 26:10.702 --> 26:14.138 One, two, three. 26:14.139 --> 26:15.339 Reno? Check? 26:15.340 --> 26:16.974 Are you still alive? 26:16.975 --> 26:18.475 I can't live without you! 26:18.476 --> 26:20.578 Are you there? Don't die! 26:20.579 --> 26:22.146 That wasn't so bad. 26:22.147 --> 26:23.447 Oh. Okay, good. 26:23.448 --> 26:25.049 Good. 26:25.050 --> 26:27.117 - I'm furious with you. But good. - That was not so bad. 26:27.118 --> 26:28.819 I'm glad you're alive. 26:28.820 --> 26:31.289 I should've gotten into medicine. 26:33.858 --> 26:36.160 Yo, 26:36.161 --> 26:37.861 I would've never made that shot. 26:37.862 --> 26:39.029 And now, we'll never know. 26:39.030 --> 26:41.933 Sad. 26:48.306 --> 26:50.341 - We should probably go. - Uh, yeah. 26:50.342 --> 26:53.244 - Slug's not gonna remove itself. - Uh-huh. 26:55.213 --> 26:57.348 Wait, wait, wait, wait. Jay-Den, 26:57.349 --> 26:58.682 where are you going? 26:58.683 --> 26:59.883 I'm supposed to be in Ibiza with Kyle. 26:59.884 --> 27:00.818 - I need to leave. - Wait, please. 27:00.819 --> 27:03.020 Just please don't. 27:03.021 --> 27:06.523 Look, I... 27:06.524 --> 27:08.392 I really need you there tonight. 27:08.393 --> 27:12.130 This sealing needs to go off flawlessly, for Kaira. 27:12.964 --> 27:15.566 For-for Khionia. For me. 27:15.567 --> 27:18.869 A Ko'zeine can't abandon a newly sealed Jvera and Ucha. 27:18.870 --> 27:22.540 It will... it will blow up protocol. 27:23.875 --> 27:26.844 And a... Ko'zeine has to make a toast. 27:26.845 --> 27:28.479 - Uh-uh. No. - What? What? 27:28.480 --> 27:30.080 I-I thought you got through this. Come on. 27:30.081 --> 27:32.516 I will sweat, and I will sweat doubly on principle. 27:32.517 --> 27:34.318 You can sweat as much as you like. We all have gills. 27:34.319 --> 27:37.721 People I've known my whole life are gonna be there, 27:37.722 --> 27:41.992 and nothing I've done will ever matter as much as this. 27:41.993 --> 27:43.661 You should understand that more than anyone. 27:43.662 --> 27:46.330 You're doing this for your parents? 27:46.331 --> 27:50.234 No, but if it makes them proud of me for once, 27:50.235 --> 27:51.702 who's that hurting? 27:51.703 --> 27:54.105 You are going to abandon the Academy? 27:55.073 --> 27:56.573 Abandon Starfleet? 27:56.574 --> 27:58.008 No one expects anything from me there anyway, 27:58.009 --> 28:01.445 which I-I suppose is a relief, but here, 28:01.446 --> 28:05.115 what I'm not gonna do is disappoint Kaira, 28:05.116 --> 28:08.919 my parents, my people. 28:08.920 --> 28:12.723 I need to be who they raised me to be. 28:12.724 --> 28:16.660 I'll just... I'll just figure it out. I will. 28:16.661 --> 28:18.696 Listen, do what you need to do. 28:18.697 --> 28:20.465 I mean it. 28:25.136 --> 28:27.738 I'm going to see the officiant. 28:27.739 --> 28:29.040 I'll see you later. 28:53.965 --> 28:55.799 I've never seen someone lose so badly 28:55.800 --> 28:57.735 at science lab roulette before. 28:57.736 --> 29:01.805 Your eyes were all like "red alert" for a second. 29:01.806 --> 29:03.807 I thought you just made that game up. 29:03.808 --> 29:05.809 And I thought you'd know a hustle when you saw it. 29:05.810 --> 29:07.911 I guess I'm just, you know, 29:07.912 --> 29:09.948 that much better at lying than you are. Hmm? 29:14.619 --> 29:17.554 Come on, when I asked about Tarima? 29:17.555 --> 29:20.691 You said she was "recovering," 29:20.692 --> 29:23.827 and then you gave me a travel itinerary. 29:23.828 --> 29:26.663 Ocam said she's been fine. 29:26.664 --> 29:28.166 Ocam? 29:30.001 --> 29:32.604 When is the last time you talked to Tarima? 29:35.607 --> 29:37.775 Day of the ambush. 29:37.776 --> 29:40.278 Uh... 29:41.246 --> 29:42.980 Over four weeks ago. 29:42.981 --> 29:44.915 Just to be clear, more than 30 days? 29:44.916 --> 29:47.352 - A full month? - Mm-hmm. 29:48.553 --> 29:52.022 But you reached out, right? I mean, you've tried? 29:52.023 --> 29:55.159 Because she was in a, you know, coma 29:55.160 --> 29:57.628 and you're her boyfriend. 29:57.629 --> 30:00.231 Why not, hmm? 30:01.132 --> 30:04.234 - Because... - 'Cause you forgot how to speak? 30:04.235 --> 30:07.237 - Use words? Work a comm badge? - No. No, not that. 30:07.238 --> 30:09.840 Before that. 30:09.841 --> 30:11.775 Before everything happened. 30:11.776 --> 30:16.447 When we were alone... together. 30:21.386 --> 30:23.688 She, uh... 30:24.956 --> 30:26.957 She got into my head. 30:26.958 --> 30:30.127 Not on purpose, but she saw things 30:30.128 --> 30:31.895 I don't tell anybody. 30:31.896 --> 30:33.530 - Hey, don't-- - No! 30:33.531 --> 30:35.366 Mama? 30:36.234 --> 30:39.503 I don't know, it just scared the shit out of me. 30:39.504 --> 30:41.572 - I get that. - I just... 30:41.573 --> 30:44.108 I've spent my whole life getting away from stuff. 30:45.109 --> 30:48.046 But... letting someone in? 30:49.380 --> 30:52.549 Like really... in, 30:52.550 --> 30:54.952 so that they can see all of your shit 30:54.953 --> 30:57.488 and all the messed up things you've done. 31:00.358 --> 31:03.061 That's, uh... that's harder. 31:03.895 --> 31:06.029 Hmm. 31:10.101 --> 31:11.935 Okay. What's next? 31:11.936 --> 31:15.405 We gonna climb the ceiling with our mag boots? 31:15.406 --> 31:17.441 Water-skiing with the DoTs? 31:17.442 --> 31:19.109 What's up? 31:19.110 --> 31:21.545 - Sit in the captain's chair. - The captain's chair? 31:21.546 --> 31:22.980 - Mm-hmm. - On the bridge? 31:22.981 --> 31:25.315 That one's not happening. 31:25.316 --> 31:26.750 Why not? 31:26.751 --> 31:28.886 You were giving me grief for dozing off in exo-chem. 31:28.887 --> 31:31.088 You can get court-martialed for that. 31:31.089 --> 31:33.190 - Okay. - Anyways, it's basically impossible. 31:33.191 --> 31:35.225 The entrance to the bridge is, like, the hardest thing to hack. 31:35.226 --> 31:38.096 - Save it for another day. - Today's that day. 31:40.665 --> 31:42.833 It has to be. 31:42.834 --> 31:45.002 Caleb, when am I ever going to get another chance 31:45.003 --> 31:47.471 to be alone on the bridge? 31:47.472 --> 31:48.940 Fine. 31:49.741 --> 31:52.209 Chancellor Ake's nominating me for pre-Command Track 31:52.210 --> 31:54.912 - as soon as the break's over. - Whoa. That's huge. 31:54.913 --> 31:56.813 So why are you trying to risk it all by... 31:56.814 --> 31:59.650 Oh, come on, your dad's an admiral. 31:59.651 --> 32:01.084 You've been on a bridge many times. 32:01.085 --> 32:02.986 You've sat in a captain's chair before. 32:02.987 --> 32:05.990 Yeah, his bridge, his chair. 32:12.030 --> 32:14.765 The thing about following someone else's footsteps? 32:14.766 --> 32:17.434 They're someone else's footsteps. 32:17.435 --> 32:20.704 Everyone will remind you that your ambitions were his first, 32:20.705 --> 32:22.673 imply your skills were inherited, 32:22.674 --> 32:25.509 and then you just start to wonder 32:25.510 --> 32:29.112 if people have been handing you victories 32:29.113 --> 32:32.483 just because they recognize those footsteps. 32:33.284 --> 32:35.620 - Who cares? - I care. 32:36.788 --> 32:40.091 You have no idea how hard I try to make it look like I don't. 32:44.262 --> 32:46.731 I need to know if I belong on that track. 32:47.865 --> 32:52.337 Or if the only seat I'll ever feel comfortable in is his. 32:53.237 --> 32:56.073 Just do this with me. 32:56.074 --> 32:57.775 - Mm. - Please? 33:18.363 --> 33:19.563 What? 33:19.564 --> 33:22.499 Your-your jacket needs to be adjusted. 33:22.500 --> 33:23.734 It's not a jacket. 33:23.735 --> 33:25.168 It's the royal sealing mantle 33:25.169 --> 33:26.636 constructed with sea tendrils of Ryllios. 33:26.637 --> 33:28.572 - Uh-huh. Cool. - It's a symbol 33:28.573 --> 33:29.873 of the strength of our people 33:29.874 --> 33:31.508 and the fragility of tradition, which 33:31.509 --> 33:33.310 a Jvera promises to maintain and protect both-- 33:33.311 --> 33:36.480 - What are you doing? - Freezing. 33:36.481 --> 33:38.582 A Ko'zeine's kilt is made of threads of wet coral. 33:38.583 --> 33:40.183 It needs time to set. 33:40.184 --> 33:43.120 Klingons do not like the cold. 33:43.121 --> 33:44.421 This is not about you. 33:44.422 --> 33:46.456 This is about respect and tradition. 33:49.560 --> 33:51.728 - Oh. - No, no, no, no. 33:51.729 --> 33:55.432 - Uh, Darem, calm. - No, no, no, no, no, no. 33:55.433 --> 33:58.802 Calm. You are not breathing. 33:58.803 --> 34:00.804 - Yes, I am. - Breathe. 34:00.805 --> 34:03.573 No, I'm not. 34:03.574 --> 34:05.742 Oh, what am I doing? 34:05.743 --> 34:07.477 This is the mantle of my people. 34:07.478 --> 34:10.647 Jay-Den, I... 34:10.648 --> 34:12.916 I thought I had more time. 34:12.917 --> 34:15.552 If this is your true path, 34:15.553 --> 34:17.688 timing does not matter. 34:23.394 --> 34:26.963 You will... You will decide what is best. 34:26.964 --> 34:28.900 You're shaking. 34:34.072 --> 34:36.306 - No. No, no, no. You cannot-- - Keep it on. 34:36.307 --> 34:38.643 - It is yours. - You'll go blue. 34:49.954 --> 34:52.722 Darem, you are the same person 34:52.723 --> 34:55.659 that walked onto the hull of the Athena. 34:55.660 --> 34:57.395 You saved many that day. 34:58.930 --> 35:02.666 Why do you think this task is beyond you? 35:02.667 --> 35:04.000 It's not beyond me. 35:04.001 --> 35:08.572 I lived my whole life 35:08.573 --> 35:10.807 thinking this was my final destination, 35:10.808 --> 35:15.679 that I was meant to be here for this day, 35:15.680 --> 35:20.851 but since the Academy, I've seen something more. 35:20.852 --> 35:25.222 I mean, I thought the Academy was there to serve me. 35:25.223 --> 35:26.890 No kidding. 35:30.595 --> 35:33.130 I don't want to leave. 35:33.131 --> 35:35.132 Then don't. 35:35.133 --> 35:36.868 I... 35:42.173 --> 35:43.807 I made a promise. 35:43.808 --> 35:47.444 Will you be the better man as Jvera? 35:47.445 --> 35:49.880 Or in service to many? 35:49.881 --> 35:51.515 It's not that easy. 35:51.516 --> 35:52.883 My people need me. 35:52.884 --> 35:55.218 - That is not what I asked. - You don't get it. 35:55.219 --> 35:56.720 My people need me. 35:56.721 --> 35:58.155 Try and understand. 35:58.156 --> 36:00.991 I'm here. I won't bail on my family, 36:00.992 --> 36:02.192 my world. 36:02.193 --> 36:04.628 I can't just-just do what you did. 36:04.629 --> 36:06.263 You cut and ran. 36:09.233 --> 36:11.268 Tell yourself whatever you want. 36:11.269 --> 36:14.771 I'm sure you will find a way to live with yourself. 36:14.772 --> 36:16.173 You always do. 36:16.174 --> 36:19.309 That is my Ko'zeine toast. 36:19.310 --> 36:20.877 You deliver it yourself. 36:20.878 --> 36:24.448 I am finding my way back to Earth. 36:33.791 --> 36:38.029 Not my cleanest work, but you got your five minutes. 37:00.117 --> 37:02.486 - Captain. - Officer. 37:13.364 --> 37:15.199 Running pre-launch diagnostics. 37:16.434 --> 37:17.968 Loading navigation systems. 37:17.969 --> 37:19.502 Navigation systems loading. 37:19.503 --> 37:21.671 Igniting impulse drive. 37:21.672 --> 37:23.540 Impulse drive activated. 37:23.541 --> 37:25.976 Calibrating subspace sensors. 37:25.977 --> 37:28.411 - Subspace sensors calibrated. - Activating warp core. 37:28.412 --> 37:29.579 - Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. - Activating warp core. 37:29.580 --> 37:31.615 Computer, belay that order. 37:31.616 --> 37:32.983 - Order belayed. - You win, okay? 37:32.984 --> 37:36.153 - I'm shutting this down. - You love losing. 37:37.488 --> 37:40.291 Impulse drive deactivated. 37:41.092 --> 37:44.495 Shutting down navigation and subspace systems now. 37:53.504 --> 37:55.105 I know a hustle when I see it. 37:55.106 --> 37:57.007 This doesn't have anything to do with you. 37:57.008 --> 37:59.142 Really? 'Cause I feel pretty involved right now. 37:59.143 --> 38:02.379 All day, I sensed something was up, 38:02.380 --> 38:04.047 but I ignored it, 38:04.048 --> 38:06.283 told myself I was just seeing this awesome new side to you, 38:06.284 --> 38:08.451 and it was a blast, but it was all bullshit. 38:08.452 --> 38:10.453 - It wasn't. Not all of it. - It was all about 38:10.454 --> 38:12.022 getting me to break into the bridge. 38:12.023 --> 38:13.723 And that programmable key in your hand 38:13.724 --> 38:16.293 gets you into every database on the ship. 38:16.294 --> 38:18.495 What are you looking for? 38:18.496 --> 38:20.530 What's so important that you'd risk your spot 38:20.531 --> 38:22.933 at the Academy and mine, too? 38:23.901 --> 38:25.068 My application. 38:25.069 --> 38:28.572 Your application? To Starfleet? 38:29.707 --> 38:34.077 Tomorrow, Chancellor Ake is sending my entire record, 38:34.078 --> 38:35.578 including my application, 38:35.579 --> 38:37.347 to the pre-Command Track committee for their review. 38:37.348 --> 38:39.349 And if I don't get to it first, 38:39.350 --> 38:43.453 forget pre-Command Track, my career here might be over. 38:43.454 --> 38:46.089 And without that, I-I don't know who I am. 38:46.090 --> 38:47.324 Why? 38:47.325 --> 38:48.591 What are they gonna find? 38:48.592 --> 38:49.693 They're not gonna find anything 38:49.694 --> 38:51.227 if you just walk away, Caleb. 38:51.228 --> 38:52.429 There's no way you lied about your test scores. 38:52.430 --> 38:53.596 You're kicking ass here. 38:53.597 --> 38:55.298 I did what I had to do to get in. 38:55.299 --> 38:57.567 Did you forge your transcript? No, I don't buy that either. 38:57.568 --> 38:58.902 - Why do you care? - Why? 38:58.903 --> 39:01.371 Because you used me to get in here. 39:01.372 --> 39:02.839 If I was trying to mess up my life 39:02.840 --> 39:04.441 as badly as you're about to mess up yours, 39:04.442 --> 39:07.510 - I know you'd stop me. - Oof. Weighty words. 39:07.511 --> 39:12.082 I, uh, thought I left my PADD in here, but no. 39:12.083 --> 39:16.587 Just a couple of cadets in the deepest of shit. 39:25.196 --> 39:26.796 Do you, Darem, take Kaira... 39:26.797 --> 39:28.298 Do you, Kaira, take Darem... 39:28.299 --> 39:29.833 ...to support one another in leadership? 39:29.834 --> 39:31.334 Do you promise to honor your queen? 39:31.335 --> 39:34.604 Do you promise to honor your king? 39:34.605 --> 39:36.606 I'm forever in love... 39:46.384 --> 39:49.652 Kaira, the seat was made for you. 39:49.653 --> 39:51.621 We love you both. 39:51.622 --> 39:54.758 - Cheers. - Cheers. 39:54.759 --> 39:56.526 Hear, hear. 40:09.206 --> 40:12.175 Uh, this is when my Ko'zeine would, uh, 40:12.176 --> 40:17.347 say a few words, but unfortunately, he's, uh... 40:17.348 --> 40:19.549 Present... 40:19.550 --> 40:21.552 and accounted for. 40:27.425 --> 40:29.727 You're welcome. 40:34.765 --> 40:37.967 Uh, well, if this were a Klingon wedding, 40:37.968 --> 40:40.737 Kaira would now bite Darem on the nose 40:40.738 --> 40:43.573 and they would break each other's clavicles. 40:48.379 --> 40:50.213 Perhaps skip that part. 40:51.715 --> 40:54.751 I am at a slight disadvantage as Ko'zeine 40:54.752 --> 41:00.723 because I have never known this side of Darem before today. 41:00.724 --> 41:03.660 He and I met as shipmates. 41:03.661 --> 41:05.929 Classmates. 41:05.930 --> 41:08.731 First impressions were rocky. 41:08.732 --> 41:13.136 But none of us understood how 41:13.137 --> 41:15.872 he could be so confident, so brave. 41:15.873 --> 41:18.074 Some would say cocky. 41:19.944 --> 41:23.646 He walked on the hull of a ship, 41:23.647 --> 41:26.616 led a prank war embattled on a Calica court 41:26.617 --> 41:31.221 for the honor of our Academy. 41:31.222 --> 41:32.922 Even before we were friends, 41:32.923 --> 41:36.459 he pushed me to see myself honestly, 41:36.460 --> 41:39.796 to use my voice and make it count. 41:39.797 --> 41:43.099 While his counsel was harsh at times, 41:43.100 --> 41:48.671 it told me that Darem is someone who cares. 41:48.672 --> 41:51.407 And what I've seen of him here amongst all of you 41:51.408 --> 41:54.644 is that he also knows what it means to be 41:54.645 --> 41:57.882 in service of something greater than himself. 41:59.316 --> 42:02.386 To put others first. 42:03.654 --> 42:06.789 When called by the moment, 42:06.790 --> 42:10.194 by his family, his planet... 42:12.997 --> 42:14.697 ...or his partner, 42:14.698 --> 42:19.836 Darem will ultimately choose to put himself aside 42:19.837 --> 42:24.707 and favor another's needs above his own. 42:24.708 --> 42:29.380 While I will miss my classmate... 42:31.715 --> 42:33.483 ...my friend, 42:33.484 --> 42:38.622 I cannot think of a better reason to part. 42:40.824 --> 42:43.359 To Darem and Kaira, 42:43.360 --> 42:47.830 to a lifetime of happiness. 42:47.831 --> 42:50.133 To Darem and Kaira. 42:57.341 --> 42:59.443 I love you. 43:10.721 --> 43:14.557 Curious time to pull your absolute worst behavior. 43:14.558 --> 43:16.159 I had to come back early because of you two. 43:16.160 --> 43:18.161 Chancellor, accessing the bridge was my idea. 43:18.162 --> 43:20.497 - Genesis had nothing to do with it. - Caleb. 43:21.365 --> 43:22.732 Stop. 43:22.733 --> 43:25.401 I asked him to do it. 43:25.402 --> 43:28.672 Caleb refused, and I wouldn't let up. 43:29.840 --> 43:32.542 On the bridge, he tried to stop me. 43:32.543 --> 43:34.911 From doing what? 43:34.912 --> 43:36.981 Retrieving a key... 43:38.749 --> 43:41.584 ...so I could delete letters of recommendation 43:41.585 --> 43:43.186 from my application to the Academy. 43:43.187 --> 43:45.189 - Why would you do-- - Cadet. 43:47.658 --> 43:49.792 So the pre-Command Track committee wouldn't see them. 43:49.793 --> 43:51.328 Why? 43:52.262 --> 43:54.064 My references. 43:56.900 --> 43:58.868 I altered the original statements. 43:58.869 --> 44:00.236 How? 44:00.237 --> 44:05.175 Cadet, how did they describe you? 44:06.543 --> 44:08.878 You're undeniably competent. 44:08.879 --> 44:11.280 Your scores are exemplary. You're driven. 44:11.281 --> 44:13.150 Driven out of fear. 44:15.152 --> 44:17.988 They said that to a one. 44:21.091 --> 44:24.460 "Genesis doesn't trust that she belongs where she is." 44:24.461 --> 44:25.795 How would they know? 44:25.796 --> 44:28.265 Some things can't stay hidden. 44:38.942 --> 44:41.078 Captain. 44:45.482 --> 44:47.183 I'll be packed in 20 minutes. 44:47.184 --> 44:49.118 Had it ever occurred to you that they might have 44:49.119 --> 44:50.987 done you a favor? 44:50.988 --> 44:54.757 Leadership is a battle within yourself. 44:54.758 --> 44:56.793 They identified a target for you. 44:56.794 --> 45:01.665 There are those who don't find out until it's too late. 45:04.201 --> 45:08.771 Here's the lesson: we are all wildly flawed. 45:08.772 --> 45:11.275 And we have to learn to carry that. 45:12.076 --> 45:14.077 I'm not gonna expel you. 45:14.078 --> 45:17.847 Acceptance here is not contingent on references. 45:17.848 --> 45:23.187 But I will not be nominating you for pre-Command. 45:26.423 --> 45:28.491 Yes, Chancellor. 45:28.492 --> 45:30.226 Academic probation. 45:30.227 --> 45:33.629 200 hours of menial service, both of you. 45:33.630 --> 45:35.365 Starting now. 45:47.311 --> 45:48.678 Wonderful advice. 45:48.679 --> 45:51.548 Excuse me a moment, would you? 45:53.884 --> 45:55.918 I need to brush up on the Khionian Constitution 45:55.919 --> 45:57.653 if I'm gonna be helpful in eradicating 45:57.654 --> 45:58.988 those Royal Decrees you were speaking about-- 45:58.989 --> 46:00.890 Just, um, stop a sec. 46:00.891 --> 46:02.860 Okay. 46:12.436 --> 46:15.005 I want you to abdicate. 46:15.773 --> 46:18.341 Did you just... did you just say abdicate? I... 46:18.342 --> 46:20.309 We'll have the marriage annulled, but to do that, 46:20.310 --> 46:21.744 you'll have to abdicate first. 46:21.745 --> 46:24.247 What's wrong? Hmm? 46:24.248 --> 46:25.748 What am I... what am I missing? 46:25.749 --> 46:27.216 Jay-Den's toast. 46:27.217 --> 46:28.751 It was beautiful. 46:28.752 --> 46:32.622 But the man he described is someone I've never met. 46:32.623 --> 46:35.024 The Darem I know is quiet, 46:35.025 --> 46:37.126 always trying to appease, 46:37.127 --> 46:39.095 always one step behind me, our whole lives. 46:39.096 --> 46:44.367 But I didn't realize any of that until just now. 46:44.368 --> 46:46.869 Do you know that the most excited I've ever seen you 46:46.870 --> 46:48.604 is when you left for the Academy? 46:48.605 --> 46:51.974 Maybe it's because you finally had a chance to be yourself 46:51.975 --> 46:54.143 - in a way you never could here. - Kaira... 46:54.144 --> 46:56.345 I can't have a partner who's choosing to be with me 46:56.346 --> 46:58.482 because he's making everyone else happy. 46:59.316 --> 47:01.250 Darem, I chose you because I love you. 47:01.251 --> 47:03.986 - And I feel the same way. I... - No. 47:03.987 --> 47:05.522 No. 47:07.057 --> 47:09.725 Maybe in a way, but... 47:09.726 --> 47:11.894 not like you used to. 47:11.895 --> 47:14.530 Khionia is my purpose. 47:14.531 --> 47:17.967 It used to be yours too, but now it's your duty. 47:17.968 --> 47:20.403 And it shouldn't be. 47:20.404 --> 47:22.471 Nor should I be. 47:22.472 --> 47:24.707 Kaira, 47:24.708 --> 47:26.510 I love you. 47:27.811 --> 47:31.047 I love you, I do, but... 47:31.048 --> 47:34.083 You've seen a different path, 47:34.084 --> 47:36.853 and you had every chance in the world to tell me that, 47:36.854 --> 47:39.990 but instead, you've started our life together with a lie. 47:43.594 --> 47:45.662 I deserve more than that. 47:50.000 --> 47:51.367 I'll tell them what's happening. 47:51.368 --> 47:53.270 Khionia will be fine. 47:55.172 --> 47:59.609 You know, a woman's never ruled it by herself. 47:59.610 --> 48:01.678 I'm going to be the first. 48:03.447 --> 48:06.983 Please step down. 48:06.984 --> 48:09.585 Go. 48:09.586 --> 48:11.554 - I've... - Be cocky. 48:11.555 --> 48:12.855 Walk on hulls. 48:12.856 --> 48:14.925 Live the life you were meant to live. 48:17.027 --> 48:18.294 Kaira. 48:18.295 --> 48:20.297 I'm so sorry. 48:24.534 --> 48:26.136 Goodbye. 48:46.323 --> 48:49.559 Let's go home, friend. 48:58.735 --> 49:00.369 Welcome back, cadets. 49:00.370 --> 49:02.271 The meteor shower will begin shortly. 49:02.272 --> 49:03.739 Popcorn not included. 49:03.740 --> 49:07.209 So, will you be all right? 49:07.210 --> 49:08.544 Always. 49:08.545 --> 49:10.980 But, um... 49:10.981 --> 49:15.384 Listen, I'll tell you this: I'm glad you were there. 49:19.356 --> 49:20.891 Jay-Den! 49:25.362 --> 49:28.264 I know I took a lot of shots at Kyle, but... 49:28.265 --> 49:30.267 Forgotten. 49:32.069 --> 49:34.470 But congratulations. 49:34.471 --> 49:36.672 Thank you. For-for what? 49:36.673 --> 49:40.476 For realizing that you are essentially an asshole. 49:43.613 --> 49:45.182 I know. 49:47.417 --> 49:49.853 - Hey. - Hey. 49:50.988 --> 49:53.957 - Hey. - Kyle. 49:55.125 --> 49:59.628 Uh, Jay-Den told me about the, uh... 49:59.629 --> 50:01.630 Sealing. 50:01.631 --> 50:04.334 I'm, uh, I'm really sorry. 50:06.603 --> 50:08.270 That's a horrific sunburn. 50:08.271 --> 50:10.573 Yeah, I thought I'd be good, but... 50:10.574 --> 50:12.675 So, you know what the sun is, 50:12.676 --> 50:15.678 but you choose to throw hands with a literal ball of fire 50:15.679 --> 50:17.380 and now your face hurts. 50:17.381 --> 50:19.448 - Time to go. - Yeah. 50:19.449 --> 50:21.685 - Got it. - Asshole. 50:25.589 --> 50:28.224 So, the truth came out, 50:28.225 --> 50:29.525 the worst happened, 50:29.526 --> 50:32.328 all your unforgivable sins exposed, 50:32.329 --> 50:34.497 and you're still standing. 50:34.498 --> 50:36.198 - What's with that? - Shut up. 50:36.199 --> 50:39.001 And thank you, 50:39.002 --> 50:42.271 for trying to save me from my own crap. 50:42.272 --> 50:45.474 Oh, you got enough of your own crap to deal with still. 50:46.777 --> 50:48.444 And you? 50:48.445 --> 50:50.680 You haven't stopped thinking about her. 50:52.049 --> 50:53.617 No. 50:55.986 --> 50:58.854 Well, almost. 50:58.855 --> 51:00.689 For a moment. 51:08.031 --> 51:10.067 Call her. 51:11.134 --> 51:12.868 Talk to her. 51:12.869 --> 51:15.071 If she's angry at you for ghosting, 51:15.072 --> 51:18.908 the best thing you can do is don't edit yourself. 51:18.909 --> 51:21.510 And right when you regret everything you've said, 51:21.511 --> 51:24.246 just hit send. 51:24.247 --> 51:26.048 What if it's too late? 51:26.049 --> 51:28.785 What if it's not? 51:36.827 --> 51:38.962 Hey, Tarima. 51:39.930 --> 51:41.730 I know you're probably really angry at me 51:41.731 --> 51:43.300 for not reaching out. 51:44.301 --> 51:46.937 You... you should be. 51:49.072 --> 51:50.774 I'm sorry. 51:52.542 --> 51:55.144 You saw the part of me that I... 51:55.145 --> 51:57.481 try to pretend doesn't exist. 52:00.250 --> 52:03.819 And I was too freaked out to... 52:03.820 --> 52:06.656 realize that couldn't have been random. 52:07.757 --> 52:12.796 It happened because I guess I wanted you to... 52:13.597 --> 52:15.799 ...see me. 52:19.703 --> 52:24.274 And because you are very, very special. 52:26.042 --> 52:27.777 You are. 52:32.315 --> 52:35.652 I wish I could fix all the mistakes I made with you. 52:38.421 --> 52:41.390 Everyone else around me seems able to do it. 52:51.735 --> 52:53.770 People who lied. 52:57.607 --> 53:01.144 People who doubted themselves. 53:03.346 --> 53:07.651 People who just want to get better. 53:08.652 --> 53:11.087 People who ran. 53:13.423 --> 53:16.693 I've spent my whole life running from things. 53:22.999 --> 53:24.868 I don't want to run anymore. 53:26.603 --> 53:29.306 Anyway, I really hope you're okay. 53:30.540 --> 53:32.841 Message sent. 53:32.842 --> 53:34.911 ♪ One by one ♪ 53:37.314 --> 53:39.416 ♪ We watch the stars ♪ 53:42.619 --> 53:44.921 ♪ One by one ♪ 53:47.791 --> 53:49.859 ♪ We watch the stars ♪ 53:52.495 --> 53:54.798 ♪ Blossom above ♪ 53:57.267 --> 54:00.036 ♪ Blossom above ♪ 54:06.176 --> 54:09.345 ♪ Ooh ♪ 54:09.346 --> 54:13.450 ♪ Good things come ♪ 54:15.552 --> 54:18.053 ♪ To those ♪ 54:18.054 --> 54:21.023 ♪ Who learn ♪ 54:21.024 --> 54:23.293 ♪ To wait ♪ 54:26.129 --> 54:29.832 ♪ Ooh ♪ 54:29.833 --> 54:34.137 ♪ Wait for the sun ♪ 54:36.172 --> 54:38.574 ♪ To fall ♪ 54:38.575 --> 54:41.543 ♪ Into ♪ 54:41.544 --> 54:45.047 ♪ The world. ♪ 54:45.048 --> 54:48.150 Captioning sponsored by CBS 54:48.151 --> 54:51.755 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org