02x13 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

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So, Kelly used to make Ed drink
more than he wanted to

- at parties, right?
- Here we go again.

- This is so not true.
- No, n-n-no.

- This is absolutely true. What?
- No, we both drank a lot.

- Yeah, but you always came in first.
- We both drank a lot,

but you were "The Drinker."

- This is a freaking lie.
- It's not. The waiter would come by

and say, "Do you want another round?"

- Absolute lie.
- And I would say, "No I'm okay,"

"I've had enough."
And she would go, "No, no, no.

- "He wants another one"
- I never peer-pressured you...

"Get him another one."

And yet, somehow, I was always
the one who threw up.

Okay, wait, I want to hear
the rest of this story.

Okay, okay, so let me finish.
So we're all at this reception

at Admiral Halsey's house,
and Philippa Jones is there.

- The novelist?
- Yes, right.

So, Kelly just spent two hours

pouring Scotch down Ed's throat...

- Okay, you're demoted.
- We're leaving,

and Philippa walks up and says,

"It was nice meeting you." and Ed goes,

"Good night, Fallopia."

He called her Fallopia.

Yeah, they heard you the first time.

All right, I'm gonna
pack it in for the night, guys.

Me, too. I have
a security briefing at 0800.

- All right, we'll see you tomorrow.
- Okay, night, you guys.

- Night.
- Good night.

You know, I miss those days.

What? Me getting you wasted?

Yeah, all of it.

Our first date, actually,

does not seem like that long ago.

Do you remember you called me
at 9:00 a.m. the next morning?

Was it that early?

Oh, it was that early. 9:00 a.m.

You had zero game.

I almost bailed on you after that.

- Really?
- Almost.

Well, I can see how a guy
being excited to see you

would be a major turn-off.

Hey, if I'd been five years younger,

I probably wouldn't have answered,

but I just had too much fun with you.

I know you know this, but...

us... trying again...

is still not off the table for me.

Look... those were fun times.

And we were really in love.

But I just...

I haven't changed my mind.

Ed, the Orville, i-it's like

a whole other world for us.

And it just makes the past

seem almost like a different lifetime.

Good lifetime.

A great lifetime.

But you know, this, this works
right now, you know?

We've become a good team
and really great friends.

I mean, some ways, better friends

than when we were married.

And, um...

I still don't think a captain and...

first officer... together...

is a responsible command decision.

Isaac, this is unbelievable.

If even half of your research has legs,

this is still the biggest
breakthrough in decades.

Much of the work was done
by Dr. Aronov himself.

However, my superior
intelligence has enabled me

to amplify its potential
for application.

Eventually, it could be used
to link a temporal field

to the neurological pathway
of a biological

or artificial organism.

And we could travel through time

as easily as we travel through space.

It is theoretically possible.

Chief.

It's your favorite time of the month.

- Already?
- Yep.

Uh, just for the record,

the dysonium field
condenser analysis is something

a first-year cadet could do.
Why's it always got to be me?

We all just sleep better
at night knowing

it gets your personal
tender-loving care.

Well, just pop a sleeping pill.

I'll try that, too.

Grayson to bridge.

- What the hell was that?
- Stand by, Kelly.

Lamarr, what just happened?

Captain, we just passed through
a massive gravitational wave.

- Cause?
- Natural phenomenon.

Probably from a neutron star
collision somewhere.

- Damage report?
- No significant damage reported.

Bortus, run a shipwide diagnostic

- and a structural analysis.
- Aye, sir.

I'm heading to the bridge.

Isaac, go to engineering
and assist Lamarr.

Yes, Commander.

Where am I?

Commander,

your exterior ornamentation
appears to have transformed.

How did you accomplish this
with such rapidity?

Who are you?

How did I get here?

I am Isaac. You are on the Orville.

What the hell is going on?

I-I-I was in my apartment, and...

That is incorrect.

You were here exactly 31 seconds ago.

Do you not remember?

Discontinue program.

This is not a simulation.

Isaac to bridge.

I believe Commander Grayson is unwell.

Isaac, I'm right here. I'm fine.

Inform Lieutenant Keyali
we have an intruder

in Science Lab 1.

What's the last thing you remember?

I was in my apartment.

On Earth.

- I was drinking coffee.
- She appears healthy.

Although her stress hormone
levels are still high

and she's moderately hungover, but...

her DNA is an exact match
with what we have

on file for Commander Grayson.

Why do you keep calling me Commander?

Could she be an alien
life form of some kind?

- Or a clone?
- No.

Her DNA contains
the same specific degradations

at the molecular level as our Kelly.

The only difference is,

she's approximately
seven years younger.

Oh, my God.

What?

Who are you?

Commander.

I know this is gonna sound insane,

but she's you.

That's impossible. I'm me.

Doctor, what the hell is going on here?

Ed?

What are you doing here?

Commander. She is you.

Seven years ago.

Say that one more time.

Chief Lamarr and I have
formulated a hypothesis.

The gravitational wave we encountered

amplified the temporal field

generated by Dr. Aronov's device.

In this case, the spike in field energy

may have been sufficient to transport

Commander Grayson's past self
into our present.

Can you reverse it?

The short answer is, we don't know.

Okay, I have a pretty basic question.

If she really is me from the past,

why don't I remember all of this?

And if it turns out
we can't reverse it,

why am I here at all?

It is possible that when
Lieutenant Grayson

was extracted from the past,

a new timeline was generated.

Or, perhaps, the original timeline

fractured; we do not know.

Well, what about the rest of us?

I mean, how come
there's not a young Gordon

or pubescent Bortus walking around?

Commander Grayson was closest

in proximity to the device
at the time of the event.

Why seven years?

We have a theory about that, too.

Isaac may have been farther
along in his research

than he realized.

Commander, what exactly

were you thinking about
when the wave hit?

Well... last night,

Ed and I were talking
about our first date.

And I was thinking about that.

That was yesterday.

We went out yesterday.

So you're saying
Kelly's thoughts did this?

I know it sounds crazy,

but that's quantum physics.

Even on Kaylon,

the relationship
of a conscious observer

to quantum-level events
in time and space

is not fully understood.

It was part of the subject
of my research.

I need a drink.

Me, too.

I don't know how the food
synthesizers are gonna

replicate enough wine for two Kellys.

I got a B-plus in temporal theory.

I would have thought you, of all
people, would've gotten an "A."

Well, nobody gets an "A."

It's time travel,
nobody really understands it, but...

I do have one question.

What do we tell her
about the past seven years?

What do you think?

Well, if we're dealing
with a tangent timeline

and we are able to send her back,

then nothing she knows will matter.

But if it's a single timeline,

then we should lock her in a room

and keep her away from any
information about the future.

How do we know which one it is?

We don't.

And I'm not gonna

confine her to quarters
when she's done nothing wrong.

So, my philosophy is,

when in doubt... tell the truth.

You have to forgive me, this is
just a whole lot to process.

- We got married?
- Yes.

- And then we got divorced.
- That's right.

And now we're serving together

as captain and first officer
on the same ship?

That's correct.

I... I mean...

if you'd asked me to predict
the next seven years of my life,

this-this would have been
guess number 9,000.

Are you okay?

Um... yes.

No. I...

I seriously have no idea
what to think right now.

What, um... I mean...

why did we get divorced?

- That's a...
- Well, it's...

- ...multifaceted situation.
- ...a little complicated.

I was commuting to Epsilon
Eridani for work every day.

- And I was on Earth.
- And I was working a lot.

- He had trouble with balance.
- A lot of trouble, actually.

- I felt very alone.
- And one night, after months of this...

- It was really bad.
- ...it was a...

- There was an... infidelity.
- Hmm.

Wait... who cheated on who?

- Well, I wouldn't say -Uh,
- that's kind of a

- "cheated," exactly.
- textured thing,

- it's not...
- Because we later found out

- the Retepsian was in heat.
- Mm-hmm.

Okay, I'm very confused.

You know what?

I have a better idea.

You're probably exhausted.

I remember being pretty hungover
that morning.

So...

how about I give you access
to my personal logs

and you can get caught up?

I mean, you are me, anyway.

Must all be pretty overwhelming, huh?

I just...

I feel like my whole life
has already happened

and I didn't even have any say in it.

I feel like that sometimes,

and I haven't even
traveled through time.

Maybe it'd help to just block out

what everyone tells you about you.

These are your quarters
for the time being.

I'm pretty new here, too.

So, if you ever need someone
to talk to,

I'm always around.

Thanks.

Hey, you know, I just had a thought.

If Young Kelly meeting Old Kelly
has changed the timeline,

would we even know about it?

How about we say
"Past" and "Present" Kelly?

Perhaps the timeline
has already been changed.

Yeah, I mean, it would just be
like what we already know.

You guys will not get me
into a discussion

of time-travel logic.

I would rather chew broken glass.

Captain.

Lamarr. Please tell us
you have something.

We have been analyzing the scans
of the gravitational wave

and its effect on the Aronov device.

As the gravitational pulse was
a natural phenomenon,

there is an irreducible
chaotic element.

It's too random to lock into.

If we had seen it coming, we
could have targeted our scans, but...

as of right now,
there's no way to duplicate it.

Which means there's no way
to send Kelly back.

Isn't there anything at all
they can do?

I mean, we have
a supposedly brilliant engineer

and a Kaylon working on this.

I'm really stuck here?

I wish we had better news. I'm sorry.

What about my friends? M-My family?

Most of them are still on Earth.

Oh, come on.
Those are your friends now.

Even Mom wouldn't understand.

This is... this is your world,
not mine.

I know it's really hard.

But you can take all the time
you need to decide

what you want your life here to be.

It seems clear by now,
for whatever reason,

the timeline is intact.

Nothing you do will affect the future.

Wow. What a great thing
to hear about yourself.

I didn't...

You know what I meant.

Look, you have lots of options.

You could go back to Earth,
choose your own Union posting.

We would help you in any way we can,

and I'm sure Admiral Halsey
would do the same.

I just, um...

I need to think.

Come in.

Hey.

Just figured I'd check up
on you, see how you're doing.

A little better, I guess.

I just still can't process it.

I mean, who am I here?

I have no place.

What am I supposed to do?

I know it seems impossible,
but you're gonna be fine.

How?

Well...

what are your goals in life?

To fall in love.

To... be captain of my own ship.

To help make the galaxy a better place.

And you can still do every
single one of those things.

None of who you are has changed.

What's the point when
she's gonna do it all first?

And if she fails, then I know
there's no point in even trying.

Look, time travel is messed up, I know.

But as crazy as it seems,
you are now two separate people.

And you have to start
seeing it that way.

She has her life, and you have yours.

And yours can be anything
you want it to be.

And, selfishly,
I like that I have a new friend.

Now, as long as you're here,

what do you say we get you
a proper uniform, Lieutenant?

I don't think so.

Man, this girl can really soak it up.

Oh, please, this is nothing.

At Union Point
I used to drink all night

and then report for duty
the next morning.

- What?
- This one time,

I was still tipsy when we were

breaking gravity on Rhealon IV.

I wasn't buckled in,

and I went sliding down
the corridor like a luge.

It was actually really fun.

So the next day, I convinced
all the other cadets

to strip down and grease up.

And when the ship broke gravity,
we all went

through the main conduit
like it was a Slip 'N Slide.

Which would have been hilarious

if I had not slid right into my

commanding officer in my underwear.

Oh, my God, what did you do?

Let me tell you something,

nobody cleans a toilet better than me.

Lieutenant Grayson.

Can I have a word?

Of course, Commander.

Lieutenant, there are certain things

I'd really like to keep private
on this ship.

Like that story.

Oh... I'm sorry.

I didn't think
it was that big of a deal.

It was funny.

I remember, and I understand
that memory is

as much yours as it is mine.

But the people you're telling
are my crew.

They're under my command,

and for things to work
properly on this ship,

they need to respect me.

I get it. I was... just trying
to make friends here.

But you're right, I wasn't thinking.

I learned this over a long seven years.

When you become a leader,

there's a distance
you have to maintain.

You can't be everyone's friend.

Yeah, but I'm not a leader yet.

And, honestly, the idea
of policing everything I do

so it doesn't affect your command is...

well, kinda suffocating.

All the baggage without the rank.

I know, it sucks.

But here's the upside.

We each have the ultimate confidant.

Someone who knows all of our
secrets, our hopes and fears.

We can tell each other anything.

Like a twin sister.

Why not?

There is something
I don't know, actually.

What's that?

Is it really over... with you and Ed?

It is. We've both moved on.

Oh.

So, have you thought at all
about what you want to do?

Well... I love what I've seen
of this ship so far.

And Talla's really cool,
so is the rest of the crew.

So I was thinking...

what if I requested a posting
on the Orville?

Really?

I mean, it's the closest thing
I have to a home in this world.

At least for now.

I mean, it-it could be
really great, right?

Yeah. I-I guess it could be.

So, what do you say, Commander?

Call me Kelly.

You, too.

Oh, come on. How are you doing that?

Got to hit the left arrow,

- hold the top button down.
- That's what I'm doing.

I'm literally doing what you
just said. Look, see?

- You got to hold the top button down.
- Gordon, look at my hand.

I'm pressing the top button.

Yeah, but you're not
tapping the left arrow.

Oh, my God, this is so stupid.

Wait, hang on.

Wait, where's he...?

- Wait, how am I supposed to...?
- You got to back him up.

- How do I back him up?
- Press the top left button,

hold the red arrow down,
tap the "X" button.

Gordon, I don't have 20 fingers.

This is...

Come in.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Fatality.

Oh, my God, that's...
that's just great.

Is-is this a bad time?

No, uh, it's fine, actually.

- What's up?
- Well,

I was wondering if I could talk to you.

Alone?

Oh. Ah. It's all good.
I got to go. Good game.

Yeah, good game.

So, what's going on?
How you settling in?

Not bad, considering.

Everyone's been really amazing.

I feel very... looked after.

- Well, it's a good crew.
- Yeah.

Listen... this is a weird situation,

so I'm just gonna come
right out and say it.

I had a really great time
with you the other night.

The other night?

Oh, yeah, yeah. Your other night.

- Yeah, my other night.
- Yeah, yeah, right.

Which, for me,
is still fresh in my mind.

So, I guess what I was
wondering is, um...

I would love a second date.

Knock, knock.

Hey.

Listen, I have
kind of a weird question.

What's up?

Well, it's-it's really weird.

Like, um... like, you might get
riled up weird.

What is it?

You remember when you were
dating Cassius,

and I supported you guys,
and I was totally cool about it?

Eventually, yes.

And you still feel that
we should not get back together

because our jobs make it
too complicated.

Where are you going with this?

How would you feel... about me
going on a second date?

With her.

Look, I know it's out there, but
she came to my quarters, and...

I didn't know what to say.

All I knew was that
I didn't want to say no.

And you're equating this with Cassius.

Well, yeah, you found someone
and so did I.

Yeah, it's a little different.

Think of it this way.

It's almost like it could be
a second chance for us.

There is no "us" without me.
She's not me.

I know, but... she was.

And truthfully,

I'd really just like to date
somebody who's not a Krill.

S-So you just... want to start over?

How many times have human beings wished

that they could go back
and fix the past?

Well, this is a real-life opportunity.

My job consumed me
when we were together,

and I drove you right out of my life.

I have regretted that ever since.

I'm just saying, all I want is
a chance to fix it.

But that's why I came here first.

All you have to say is that you
want to try again with me,

and I won't even consider this.

You know I can't.

Look, I have no right
to tell you not to pursue this.

But just remember, seven years
have passed for you, too.

You've changed, just like me.

And you may find it harder

to get along with young me
than you think.

Well, I'll be careful.

And... thanks.

So you're telling me Isaac
turned against his own people

- to save the Union?
- Yeah.

No one knew what to do
with him after that.

The admirals wanted to deactivate him,

but Kelly and I talked 'em out of it.

"Kelly and I."

God, I'm sorry, I keep doing that...

No, it's-it's okay.

I know this is just as trippy for you.

Yeah, well, I kind of doubt that,

but I'm doing my best.

So...

when'd you call me?

- Hmm?
- After our first date.

You obviously called me
and asked me out again.

Oh, um...

yeah, I think it was, like, two,

three days later? Something like that?

- Really? Hmm.
- Yeah.

I don't know if I buy that.

- Why not?
- I don't know, you just

didn't seem like
you had that much game.

If I had to guess, I would say
it was, like, the next day.

- Well, that's...
- And probably before noon.

Okay, well, there's no advantage to me

being in the future
if I can't use it against you.

Can I bring you two another round?

- Oh, no, I'm fine. I'm good.
- Oh, absolutely.

- I've had plenty.
- No. We need, we need two more.

- I'm-I'm okay, I've had
- Another round. He-he

- three of these. I'm fine.
- He-he-he needs another one.

- I really don't, I'm fine.
- He has to have one.

The lady wins.

I'll bring you another round.

- Thank you.
- Yeah.

Okay.

Déjà vu.

This-this is your fault,

- you realize that?
- Oh, no, no, no, no,

- I take no responsibility.
- This is all your fault.

- I-I have to maintain
- No, I just ordered the drinks.

- a decorum in front of the crew.
- You drank them.

I can't...

- Four drinks is too many for me.
- This is all on you, buddy, man, this...

This... we're here, by the way,

- we're here. Yeah.
- Oh, we're here?

- Um...
- Well...

I, uh...

I had a really great time, again.

So did I.

Again.

Which, in my case, is a little
more of a loaded statement.

Everything you said
after the third drink

was a loaded statement, so...

Oh, wow, that was a dad joke.

- Oh...
- Y-You just made a dad joke.

- That's what... wh-who are you?
- You want to kiss your dad good night?

Wow. This is,
this is so not romantic at all.

You know it is. Come here. Come here.

Good night.

Good night.

- Captain.
- Lieutenant.

Come in.

Hey. Good morning.

Hi. Listen...

I need to talk to you about something.

What's up?

I'm having real reservations
about this whole thing

with you and Ed.

You are?

I don't think it's a good idea.

Well... I just figured

since you aren't together anymore...

That's my point, actually.

You didn't experience it,

but he was pretty devastated
when it ended.

So was I.

And I just...

I know me at your age.

I don't want to see him get hurt.

I don't want to see you get hurt.

I know how this turns out.

Well, I don't plan
to let it turn out that way.

- I didn't plan to, either.
- But you did.

Yeah. That's what
I'm warning you about.

With all due respect, Commander,
I don't need warnings.

I'm not you. I mean what I say.

And if this really is a new timeline,

how do you know I haven't found
my soul mate?

Who are we kidding? You are me.

Just a younger, more naive me.

I mean, I know myself.
I used to say things like

"find my soul mate." Well, guess what.

You don't find soul mates,
you become soul mates

by growing together.

And if you'd been through
this marriage like I have,

you'd be wise enough to know that.

So you're saying
you have a better handle

on our life than I do?

Have you seen the hot mess
you've made of it?

You know what? Forget it.

- I have to get back to the bridge.
- Wait. Just hang on and listen to me,

- because I have something to say.
- If you want to make

- a massive mistake, fine.
- And I know you don't want to hear it,

- but you have to.
- What?

You're not married.

You're not a captain.

You maintain a distance from your crew.

There were three things
I wanted in life,

and you haven't come close on one.

You've made my future a disappointment.

- Everything okay?
- It's fine.

Okay.

Captain, scans have picked up
two Kaylon ships

on what appears to be
an intercept course.

- Have they seen us?
- Unable to confirm.

Better safe than sorry.

Gordon, alter course and go to quantum.

Aye, sir.

The Kaylon are not pursuing.

That was close.

Maintain course until we're
out of scanning range.

You know, Gordon, I got to tell you,

I feel like I have a real chance
at making things right.

- With Kelly?
- Yeah.

I mean, it's like all of the excitement

of the first time around,

but with all the wrinkles
ironed out, you know?

Look, dude, I'm gonna be
honest with you.

- I think it's a bad idea.
- What? Why?

You forget, I saw everything.
I was there.

I saw what that divorce did to you,

and I was the one that had to slowly

scrape you
off the floor month by month.

I don't want to have to do that
again, for both of our sakes.

You won't, I promise.

This is gonna be different.

- Hey, guys.
- How's it going?

- Hey.
- Hey.

So I had one of the engineers
program the simulator

with one of my favorite spots on Earth.

I don't even know if it
still exists for real,

but I thought we could go, anyway?

Gordon, you and Bortus
should come, too.

I already invited Talla.

Sounds great.

I don't know how much more
of this I can take.

Dude, it's so loud.

- Come dance, you guys.
- Yeah, it's so fun out there.

I think we're just gonna stay
here and finish our drinks.

- What?
- We're just gonna finish our drinks.

- The bathroom's that way.
- No, no, I said...

What?

We're just gonna stay here
and blow our brains out.

- Okay, cool!
- Okay.

Hey, is that Yaphit?

That's nothing. Look!

This is glorious!

The music is very similar to
a popular mating song on Moclus.

You must come dance with us.

We're okay, but thanks!

The restroom? It is that way.

Bortus, listen.

We must return to the dance!

The night is ours!

Is this what you want?

Every mature person has to make peace

with the fact that they
used to be dumber,

but to have it thrown
in your face every single day...

man, it sucks.

You're handling it
a lot better than I would.

Well, she's... she has no clue.

You know, she looks
at something like marriage

and sees this emotional high
all the way to the horizon,

which it isn't.

You know, it, it changes and evolves.

It goes through phases.

I mean, there's times
you feel like you d...

you don't love the other person anymore

and you'll never love them
again, and then one day you do.

You should've heard the way
she talked to me.

The young always dismiss the old.

It's a way of pushing away the truth.

You just called me old.

You're not old.

Is she right, though?

Am I a disappointment to myself?

She's-she's me,
so it's hard to deny it.

Don't let her make you
feel sorry for yourself.

You've done great things.

You're smart and powerful.

You're a kind and generous friend.

And to top it off,

you're the commander of a Union ship.

I used to think I'd be a captain
at this point in my life.

You got married.

Even that didn't work out.

You know, I thought I'd have
a husband and kids by now,

a-a real life.

Real is relative.

I dated an artificial life-form

and thought I found my perfect match.

Goals change.

Things become more
beautifully complicated,

and so we have to stop
every so often and reassess.

What is it you really want?

What do you think?

I replicated it to match one
I have at home.

Wait a minute, that's right.
I remember that.

That's the one Kelly wore
on our one-year anniversary.

For God's sake, I was,
I was trying to surprise you.

Well, you know what, it's even
better the second time around.

Good save there, Mercer.

Come here.

What'd you think of the club?

Oh, my God, so fun.

- I know, right?
- Yeah, yeah.

Talla made me give her
a copy of the program.

It's such a cool place.
You should've danced with us.

You know, I would have. My... sciatica.

- Oh, right.
- So, yeah.

- Your sciatica, oh...
- Yeah, yeah.

Listen.

I really like you.

Well, I really like you, too.

Let's keep it simple, then.

Mm.

Um, wait, just...

What's the matter?

I don't know, it's, um...

I don't know.

Well, let me help you figure it out.

It doesn't... doesn't this feel
just a little messed up?

No, not to me.

Look, I'm not saying I don't want to.

Believe me.

It's just...

I've already felt all of this...

with someone else.

Oh.

Seven years ago, she was you,

and I was completely in love with her.

And, yes, she has changed
a lot over seven years,

but so have I.

We've evolved together.

And...

I still love her.

But...

she's me.

Bridge to Captain.

The two Kaylon vessels
have reentered scanner range.

They are on an intercept course
and will arrive in 8.2 minutes.

I'm on my way.

Sorry to pull everyone out of bed.

How far are they?

Estimated time to
intercept, seven minutes.

Captain, we can't outrun a Kaylon ship.

We can try.

Isaac, divert all available
power to the quantum drive.

Aye, sir.

Ice.

What?

We're not far
from the Vendek system, right?

Approximately 3.6 light-years.

Well, Vendek 2 has
a covariant ring system,

- if I remember correctly.
- That's right.

I did a report on
covariant rings in grade school.

I researched that planet.

That's great... how does it help us?

Jovian rings are made of chunks of ice.

So we join the pack.

We slip inside the rings

and jettison as much water as we can,

which should create
a film of ice around the hull.

Then we shut down all power
until the Kaylon are gone.

Exactly. With luck,
we'll blend right in.

Gordon, set a course for Vendek 2.

Aye, sir.

Turn on the hose.

Aye, sir.

The Kaylon ships are closing.

Isaac, shut down all power.

They're moving away.

We'll stay powered down
until 0600 hours.

Come in.

Hey.

Hey.

I owe you an apology.

That's a funny coincidence,
'cause I owe you a thank you.

So, maybe we just say
they cancel each other out.

I was a real bitch.

Been there.

That bridge is a big place.

I really felt
for the first time the gravity

of what you do every single day.

You're kind of amazing.

Well, there's a lot of you in there.

Come in.

Lamarr, what is it?

A breakthrough, we think.

What do you mean?

Well, I can't make any promises,

but I think we've found a way

to send Lieutenant Grayson
back to her own time.

By reversing our
quantum plasma polarity

and inducing a laterally
symmetric field

in the ship's graviton emitters,

we may be able to reproduce

the effects
of the gravitational phenomenon.

Now, if we can focus the wave

through the lens of the Aronov device,

we can send you home.

Right back to the moment you left.

I know that look. There's a downside.

It's gonna take a lot of gas.

We'd have to draw power straight
from the quantum drive,

like way more than
we'd ever use at top speed.

That's gonna put a hell
of a strain on the ship.

Wait a minute.

Even if it works,

what about all of my knowledge
of the future?

Even if I keep my mouth shut, no
one could resist the temptation

to make changes
based on that kind of foresight.

We could do a memory wipe.

Aren't those kind of risky?

U-Uh, they are.

There's always the potential
for brain damage, so...

you'd have to make
that decision for yourself.

Why are you smiling?

- Because we know it'll work.
- How?

It already worked.

And you sent me back successfully.

That's why you don't
remember any of this.

Isaac, John, do it.

I'm really gonna miss you guys.

That is incorrect, Lieutenant.

You will not remember these events.

Lieutenant Keyali,

please report to the bridge
for final systems check.

On my way.

Hey, Talla.

How about we meet for a drink
seven years from tonight?

What do you say?

I'll see you in the mess hall at 8:00.

I'm glad I got to know you.

I feel like I know myself better.

So do I.

And I'll tell you this:

I can't wait to be you.

Lamarr to Captain.

We're ready to go down here.

Acknowledged.

Well, I guess I'll see you soon.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

I don't blame you.

She's something special.

That's not what I mean.

I'm sorry for what I'm about to do

over the next five years of your life.

The absence, the neglect.

I wish I could undo it all.

Captain, I'm ready to begin.

We'll see you in the future.

Mercer to bridge,

we're on our way.

Mercer to Lamarr, initiate sequence.

Acknowledged. Here we go.

Memory wipe is complete.

It's all you, Isaac.

You sure this'll work?

Not at all, Doctor.

Quantum field is at maximum.

Engineering to bridge.

We're right up against the red line.

Isaac, what's your status?

Graviton level
is insufficient, Captain.

Lamarr, can you give Isaac any more?

Not and guarantee field stability.

Do it.

Yaphit, divert power
from the deflector grid

to the quantum field.

Output is still insufficient, sir.

Isaac, for God's sake,
how much more do you need?

A 15% power increase would be adequate.

The temporal field is stable.

Lamarr, can you give us another 15%?

- Is he nuts?
- Captain, that'd be a bad idea.

We're way past safety margins.

Fire it up for ten seconds.

If Isaac can't do it by then,

- shut it down.
- Aye, sir.

All departments reporting overloads.

Hull integrity is weakening.

Ed.

Shut it down.

Hey.

Hi.

I hope I'm not calling too early.

Did I wake you up?

No, no, I-I was, um...

You okay?

Yeah. I...

What's up?

Well, um, I know this
goes completely against

the cool guy playbook, but...

I had a really great time
with you last night.

And... I was wondering if...

I could take you out again.

I just, um...

I just don't see us working out.

I'm sorry.