The Best Star Trek: Discovery, Season 3, Episode 7 Quotes

- And she also said she wondered how much of the man Spock became was the result of who his sister was.

- So, I may question and I may fear because the problems often seem insurmountable.
- -But haven't we always risen to meet them?
- -Yes.
- Why don't you believe me when I say it is the greater good I am fighting for, that I have always been fighting for?
- Then why are you struggling with whether or not you belong here?

- by a Federation starship in nearly a century.
- Let us remind them who we are and how important they are to us.
- Black alert.
- {alarm wailing]
- {dramatic music playing]

Discovery: Ambassador Spock, circa stardate 45825. Coordinates redacted. Retrieved from classified archives. The personal files of Admiral Jean-Luc Picard.
Michael: Play.
[plays recording]
Spock: Closed minds have kept these two worlds apart for centuries. We can either choose to live with that enmity, or seek a way to change it. The union of the Vulcan and the Romulan people will not be achieved by politics or by diplomacy, but it will be achieved. Like the first Vulcans, these people are struggling toward a new enlightenment; and, it may take decades or even centuries for them to reach it, but they will reach it, and I must help.
Michael: You know, I never let myself look back to find out who he became.
Cleveland: You guys are chronic overachievers.

- One Qowat Milat sister has taken a particular interest in your case.
- I suspect you may have a particular interest in her as well.
- She'll be transporting in momentarily.
- Be honest, especially to yourself.
- {dramatic music playing]

- Mom?
- Michael!
- Oh, I hoped, but I never...

- Tell them that you know me.
- Tell them I can be trusted.
- I'm sorry.
- Based on what you're not telling them, you cannot be trusted.
- {suspenseful music playing]
- {gong ringing]
- {woman] The T'Kal-in-ket resumes.

- {Burnham] It's the only way we'll have that data.
- This could help us solve the Burn.
- What is the protocol?
- I'll have to defend my hypothesis before the Science institute.
- I assume you are prepared.
- Of course, sir.

- What about the data?
- I'll keep searching.
- I'll send whatever I find to the Ni'Var Science institute.
- You can do with it what you want.
- I ask you for nothing.
- But I am giving you my trust, as a member of Starfleet.
- {dramatic music playing]

- You're staying on Ni'Var, aren't you?
- I can't be bound to you.
- You're not a lost cause.
- But I finally get a chance to say something to you that I've wanted to say for a very long time.
- You always know where to find me.

- so that you have something real to fight for.
- {tender music playing]
- So, what now?
- I told you there was another audience.
- When President T'Rina saw you, when you let her see you, she decided that trusting you was worth the risk.

- a newfound wisdom of its own.
- It has been my experience that we learn our greatest lessons when we pay a heavy price.
- You must admit, the Federation has paid most dearly.
- The T'Kal-in ket is this way.
- {gong ringing]

- How I take responsibility for everything.
- Sounds like we'd have gotten on, me and your brother.
- -Is that right?
- -Yeah.
- We'd bond over your endearing messianic complex.
- Hmm. Says the man who risks his life to save helpless creatures.
- -Oh, yeah.
- -Mm.

- but there's a distance between us now.
- I'll never be at peace until I solve the Burn, but I don't know if I can do it from Discovery.
- This may not be my home anymore.
- I don't know what that means... or where it will lead me.

- And he succeeded.
- It took centuries after his death, but yes.
- But the Vulcans always shared their research with the Federation.
- {Vance] Maybe in the past, but Ni'Var left the Federation nearly a hundred years ago.
- {theme music playing]

- I would very much appreciate the opportunity to continue our conversation.
- As would I.
- In time.
- Thank you, Madam President.
- Live long and prosper, Captain Saru.

- about whether or not she even belongs here.
- -Isn't that true?
- -It's not that simple.
- It is.
- So, I will ask again.
- Why does this quorum, why does anyone have any reason to trust you or the Federation?

Michael: Are you familiar with an experiment called SB-19?
Admiral: Can't access it.
Michael: Why not?
Admiral: It's Ni'var. But you might know it by it's former name, Vulcan.
Michael: The Vulcans changed their name?
Admiral: It's not just the Vulcans that live there now. They share the planet with the Romulans.
Cmdr. Saru: The Romulans were considered enemies in our time.
Admiral: And for a long time afterwards. Until Ambassador Spock brought them back. You see history forgot about this in your time but Vulcans and Romulans were actually two tribes of the same species and went their separate ways. Your brother started the process of reunifying them.
Michael: And he succeeded.
Admiral: It took centuries after his death but yes.
Cmdr. Saru: But the Vulcans were always the first to share their research with the Federation.
Admiral: Maybe in the past but Ni'var left the Federation nearly a hundred years ago.

- {Burnham] Listen to me, little brother.
- This is the last advice
- I'll ever be able to give you.
- There is a whole galaxy out there full of people who will reach for you.
- You have to let them.
- Reach for them.