Star Trek Strange New Worlds S1E10  - A Quality of Mercy (TV Episode 2022 Paramount Plus) - video Dailymotion

Reel Wonders

When Captain Pike glimpses a possible future where his efforts to alter destiny lead to war with the Romulans, he must weigh personal sacrifice against the fate of the galaxy. A thrilling alternate timeline unfolds—reimagining the legendary Balance of Terror episode with fresh perspective and heartbreaking consequences.  This powerful season finale combines action, philosophy, and legacy, delivering one of the most poignant moral dilemmas in modern Star Trek.  📺 Original air date: July 7, 2022 📡 Streaming on: Paramount Plus 🎭 Starring: Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Paul Wesley 🌌 Genre: Sci-Fi • Time Travel • Moral Drama #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds #StarTrekS1E10 #AQualityOfMercy #ParamountPlus #CaptainPike #RomulanWar #AlternateTimeline #TimeTravelEpisode #StarTrekFinale #AnsonMount #EthanPeck #PaulWesley #StrangeNewWorldsEpisode10 #StarTrekLegacy #SciFiDrama #MoralDilemma

Transcript

00:00:00Previously on Star Trek Strange New Worlds

00:00:27to kill Dawn. You know their names.

00:00:30Ulik al-Alkazan.

00:00:34We can keep doing this,

00:00:36but we can also talk about it.

00:00:37It's classified. How do you know

00:00:39you can't make a different choice?

00:00:41Yuhuto Hoshida. One that

00:00:43saves all of you. Andrea Lopez.

00:00:46I accepted my fate.

00:00:50It goes beyond my

00:00:51own life. What if your fate

00:00:53is what you make it?

00:00:55Maybe that's the good, and seeing my future

00:00:57stay the course, save their lives.

00:01:17Captain's Log

00:01:17Stardate 1457.9

00:01:19The Enterprise is on the

00:01:21edge of the Neutral Zone. A narrow

00:01:23band of space separating the Romulan Empire

00:01:25from the Federation.

00:01:27A remnant of a treaty from 100 years ago

00:01:29when a destructive war was

00:01:31waged between our two cultures.

00:01:34Enterprise and the USS Cayuga

00:01:35are here to help the outposts that guard the Neutral

00:01:37Zone with much needed retrofitting

00:01:39and supplies.

00:01:40Oh, we already had spaghetti last night.

00:01:55Making pasta mama.

00:01:58Just add eggs, Parmesan,

00:02:01lightly saute,

00:02:03and it transforms

00:02:04from leftovers

00:02:05into something new.

00:02:07A little like

00:02:09what we're doing

00:02:09through these outposts.

00:02:10Not as tasty, though.

00:02:15You're hearing rumors

00:02:16the Romulans are developing

00:02:17new weapons.

00:02:17Ah, the Romulans are the boogeymen.

00:02:19No one's ever seen one,

00:02:21nobody even knows

00:02:21what they look like,

00:02:22and yet,

00:02:23they get blamed

00:02:23for a lot of things

00:02:24around here.

00:02:26Some actually

00:02:26their fault.

00:02:31You know,

00:02:33like I miss the beard.

00:02:34Yeah,

00:02:35I felt like I belonged

00:02:37to a different era of Captain.

00:02:38But that's what you were going for,

00:02:40a man at a time.

00:02:45How have you been holding up?

00:02:48Someone told me

00:02:49I have better places to be,

00:02:50so I'm trying to be there.

00:02:52Better places.

00:02:55And how's that going?

00:02:57You tell me.

00:02:58Well,

00:03:03as much as I love you

00:03:05being mysterious,

00:03:06I've got a date

00:03:06on the far side

00:03:07on the neutral zone.

00:03:10Anyone I know?

00:03:11Not that kind of date,

00:03:12actually.

00:03:13You know,

00:03:13I'm making

00:03:14also buco next week

00:03:15if you're interested.

00:03:16I mean,

00:03:17I'm always curious

00:03:17who the Chris of tomorrow

00:03:18is going to be.

00:03:20Beard?

00:03:20No beard?

00:03:22Surprising.

00:03:23We are on our own

00:03:30out here.

00:03:31How do you plan

00:03:32to fix our supply chain problems?

00:03:34Under the proposed

00:03:35retrofit directive,

00:03:37every outpost

00:03:37will be equipped

00:03:38with state-of-the-art

00:03:39matter synthesizers

00:03:40fueled by minerals

00:03:41from the asteroid itself.

00:03:43We will also each receive

00:03:44a set of fully automated

00:03:45mining craft

00:03:45that can be operated remotely.

00:03:48Commander?

00:03:50How does this sound?

00:03:51It sounds like

00:03:53what I've been asking for

00:03:54for the last five years.

00:03:56Oh, you're welcome.

00:04:00You know I'm working.

00:04:02I just wanted

00:04:03to meet Captain Pike.

00:04:05Apologies.

00:04:06Mott has always dreamt

00:04:07about joining Starfleet.

00:04:11What did he say

00:04:12your name is?

00:04:12Mott.

00:04:14Mott Al-Sala.

00:04:16He has a model

00:04:17of the Enterprise

00:04:18back home.

00:04:19You're quite a hero.

00:04:20Is it true

00:04:21if you tell him

00:04:21what's what

00:04:22it is right now?

00:04:31Apologies.

00:04:32I think I need a moment.

00:04:35I'm sorry.

00:04:36He just gets a little excited.

00:04:37It's totally fine.

00:04:38I'm just feeling

00:04:38a little under the weather.

00:04:40Number one in spot

00:04:40can answer any

00:04:41further questions you have.

00:04:42Captain.

00:04:46Captain!

00:05:02Chris, that boy.

00:05:05He's one of the names

00:05:06you mentioned.

00:05:06Yes, I wasn't expecting that.

00:05:08There's two cadets who don't make it.

00:05:10He's one of them.

00:05:12You don't have to face this alone.

00:05:14What are you going to do?

00:05:16I don't know.

00:05:18I have to do something, don't I?

00:05:36Computer, take dictation.

00:05:46Dear my arts,

00:05:48I am gratified to see your deep interest in Starfleet,

00:05:52and I encourage you to pursue your dream.

00:05:54But there is something you should know about.

00:05:58The future?

00:06:00You'll figure out how to say it.

00:06:02Trust me.

00:06:04Who the hell are you?

00:06:08I thought that would have been obvious.

00:06:13I'm you.

00:06:21Space.

00:06:24The final frontier.

00:06:28These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise.

00:06:34Its five-year mission.

00:06:36To explore strange new worlds.

00:06:41To seek out new life.

00:06:44And new civilizations.

00:06:48To boldly go where no one has gone before.

00:06:51The Maths...

00:06:53As you have oilt said,

00:06:55any of them are the stato точist.

00:06:58Slide 24.

00:07:01Faria T.

00:07:05toaster.

00:07:08Subtitling.

00:07:10Time is wild.

00:07:11Off record 64.

00:07:12Space.

00:07:13Space.

00:07:14I hope you loved Starfleet.

00:07:16That was okay.

00:07:48I'm sorry.

00:08:18It's just this room brings back a lot of memories.

00:08:21Is this some kind of...

00:08:23Joke?

00:08:23No.

00:08:25How am I supposed to believe that I'm really you?

00:08:28You ever going to let me get a word in edgewise?

00:08:31I knew you were going to say that.

00:08:32Does that help?

00:08:32I've been doing this long enough

00:08:35that I'm not just going to take the word

00:08:37of somebody who shows up in my cabin

00:08:39and says he's future me.

00:08:42Your first pony was named Sir Nasalott.

00:08:48He broke his leg in a rainstorm.

00:08:49Your parents had to put him down

00:08:50and you cried for a week.

00:08:52You ever tell anybody that?

00:08:53It's hard when your tragic backstory starts with...

00:08:57My silly name.

00:08:59I'm sorry.

00:09:00Look.

00:09:02I'm here because that letter you're about to write

00:09:04is going to wreck the future.

00:09:05How the...

00:09:12Why?

00:09:16Two cadets die in that accident seven years from now.

00:09:19Maat is one of them.

00:09:22You're trying to figure out

00:09:23how to save the cadets and yourself.

00:09:26And you do.

00:09:27We do.

00:09:28You write to all of them.

00:09:31Tell them not to be there that day.

00:09:33But like so much of this time-bending stuff,

00:09:35there are, uh...

00:09:37unforeseen consequences.

00:09:40Well, how bad can it be

00:09:42if I figure out a way to save all the cadets and myself?

00:09:44Well, isn't you standing here

00:09:46evidence that I pull it off?

00:09:47Yes.

00:09:49And that's the problem.

00:09:52Causality is complex.

00:09:54The letter is just the first domino

00:09:56to fall in a chain reaction of events

00:09:58that leads to catastrophic results.

00:10:01It alters the future in ways

00:10:02that we never intended to change.

00:10:05You sound like one of those Klingon monks from Boraf.

00:10:08Who do you think sent me?

00:10:10They gave me something to show you.

00:10:17Is that what I think it is?

00:10:19The time crystal.

00:10:21It will show you the effects of changing your fate.

00:10:25This is serious.

00:10:26This is end-of-the-world stuff.

00:10:31I know that you would never

00:10:33put your own fate

00:10:35before the fate of the galaxy.

00:10:39And that's how I convinced the Klingons

00:10:40to let me show you instead.

00:10:43Instead of what?

00:10:45You know the Klingons.

00:10:49Nothing they wouldn't rather solve

00:10:50with a bad laugh.

00:10:51I...

00:10:52So,

00:10:56I...

00:11:09I...

00:11:22Captain?

00:11:25Sorry.

00:11:27What was I saying?

00:11:29That since the age of wooden ships,

00:11:32all shipmasters have had a happy privilege.

00:11:35I've...

00:11:36Right.

00:11:36I assume I was...

00:11:39I was talking about weddings.

00:11:41Yeah.

00:11:42Which we get to perform as captains

00:11:45on...

00:11:47on ships.

00:11:49So...

00:11:49we take you...

00:11:52and you...

00:11:55uh...

00:11:56and you...

00:11:58both want to get married.

00:12:00So...

00:12:01All decks red alert.

00:12:03Repeat.

00:12:03All decks red alert.

00:12:06Thank God.

00:12:08Number one to Captain Pike.

00:12:11Outpost four reports they are under attack

00:12:13by a space vessel.

00:12:14Identity unknown.

00:12:16Copy.

00:12:17Mr. Spock.

00:12:18On my way.

00:12:27What's the situation, Mr. Spock?

00:12:29Lieutenant Uhura can brief you.

00:12:38Outpost four reported under attack, sir.

00:12:40That message terminates.

00:12:42Any word from two or three?

00:12:55Two has not responded to our hails,

00:12:57and three has also gone silent.

00:12:59How far out are we, Erica?

00:13:00Eight minutes from outpost four at this velocity, sir.

00:13:01Did outpost four say anything else about the attacking vessel?

00:13:03No identification, sir.

00:13:04I'm guessing it's the same attackers, sir.

00:13:05The Romulans.

00:13:06Let's not make guesses just yet.

00:13:10I'd like to avoid a war if I can.

00:13:12Maintain course.

00:13:13Alert me when we're two minutes out.

00:13:14Mr. Spock, could you join me in the radio room, please?

00:13:162266.

00:13:20Seven years into the future.

00:13:22I do not understand.

00:13:23Is this one of your human jokes?

00:13:24I'm serious, Spock.

00:13:25This is...

00:13:26Well...

00:13:27...I don't understand.

00:13:28Is this one of your human jokes?

00:13:29I'm serious, Spock.

00:13:30This is...

00:13:31Well...

00:13:33It's...

00:13:35I don't understand.

00:13:37It's just...

00:13:39I don't understand.

00:13:40I don't understand.

00:13:41Spock this is well it's time crystal stuff approaching this logically time

00:13:48travel seems a less likely solution than that you're compromised mentally and as

00:13:52your first officer in these circumstances it is my job to assume

00:13:56command I agree if I was mentally compromised but I am not so what's the

00:14:03logical solution perhaps the doctor could do a full scan why don't we try a

00:14:07mind-melt that way you'll know if I'm lying or not

00:14:20my mind to your mind my thoughts to your thoughts

00:14:37you carry the weight of a terrible future Chris the accident in question was six months ago

00:14:46in this timeline there were no cadets at the reactor incident to save no one was even hurt

00:14:55I need your help Spock I was sent forward to this moment in time for a reason we have to figure out

00:15:01why I would posit that in this present you were never injured in the training accident thus you

00:15:06remained captain of the Enterprise putting you in charge at a crucial moment in the ship's

00:15:10existence a moment where the whole future hangs in the balance all we can surmise is that in the

00:15:16prime future some other captain of the Enterprise must have commanded it differently thus it is

00:15:22imperative you do not change what you would normally do on the ship I thought we were trying to avoid a

00:15:26terrible future we are trying to discover why this future is in the estimation of your older self worse

00:15:32so the only way to discover the terrible future is to live it

00:15:37Enterprise is in position and holding sir just out of weapons range

00:15:52detecting a fair amount of debris but no sign of any attacking ship let's triple check

00:15:57you to see if there are any other Federation ships in the vicinity in case we need backup

00:16:01the fair gut is closest a couple hours away that's long ship sir yes I'd forgotten

00:16:12sir we're being hailed it's the outpost audio only enterprise can you read me commander Hanson

00:16:24Al Salah this is Pike what's your status outpost two three and eight are gone unknown weapon completely

00:16:32destroyed we had our deflector shields on maximum hit by enormous power first attack blew through our

00:16:39shields if they hit us again with our deflectors gone do you read me enterprise what hit you commander

00:16:46what vessel can you identify negative it all happened so fast and it seems to have disappeared somehow

00:16:52switching to visual enterprise can you see my command post here we're a mile deep on an asteroid

00:17:03almost solid iron even through our deflectors it did this can you see we see Hanson was your son with you

00:17:12no thank God what can you tell us about the attacker no identity only a glimpse of

00:17:21that's what's going on and they fired something at us high-energy plasma fantastic power power

00:17:29vessel it seems to have disappeared but it is out there somewhere

00:17:34enterprise there is something on our sensors moving fast send us your signal switching

00:17:41enterprise can you see in the center of my screen

00:17:45phasers still out of range sir we're out of range commander do you have weapons

00:17:49negative phasers gone weapon crew are all dead hail them warn that ship off

00:17:53trying they're not acknowledging us

00:17:55yeah

00:18:25how they became visible for just a moment.

00:18:27Perhaps necessary to use weapons.

00:18:29Sir, we have to find a way to engage them.

00:18:32We need something to follow, Lieutenant.

00:18:34We have no visuals.

00:18:35Analyzing their movement patterns now.

00:18:37Give me a moment.

00:18:42Sir?

00:18:43Incoming warp signature.

00:18:45We're being hailed.

00:18:47It's one of ours.

00:18:49The Farragut.

00:18:50Bond ship.

00:18:51Who's hailing us?

00:18:53Their captain, James Kirk.

00:18:56Sam's brother?

00:18:59I mean, uh...

00:19:02On screen.

00:19:04Enterprise, this is Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Farragut.

00:19:08Offering assistance.

00:19:13Christopher Pike, good to see you, Captain.

00:19:15We received outpost four's distress signal

00:19:17and pushed warp nine for as long as we safely could.

00:19:20Do we know who did this?

00:19:21We have a pretty good idea.

00:19:22We are trying to determine conclusively.

00:19:24I may have a lead, sir.

00:19:26The ship in question appears to have a kind of cloaking device,

00:19:29but they still have a detectable gravitational presence.

00:19:31So can we track it, Commander?

00:19:33Spock.

00:19:34Theoretically, yes.

00:19:36By detecting the microlensing of background stars,

00:19:38we can determine an approximate location.

00:19:40Impressive, Mr. Spock.

00:19:41Where's the intruder now?

00:19:43He has changed heading at a very leisurely maneuver.

00:19:48They may not be aware of us.

00:19:49How can that be true?

00:19:50They had to decloak to fire.

00:19:52Their device may work both ways.

00:19:53It makes them invisible to our sensors,

00:19:55but it requires a massive amount of energy.

00:19:57They are likely flying blind, without enough power to run their scanners.

00:20:00So we can't see them, but they can't see us.

00:20:07His heading is now 111 Mark 1-4.

00:20:11The exact heading a Romulan vessel would take toward the neutral zone and home.

00:20:15Sir, it's the Romulans.

00:20:18We have to take them out.

00:20:20We can't enter the neutral zone.

00:20:21Starfleet is clear on this.

00:20:22We do.

00:20:23That's considered an act of war.

00:20:24They destroyed three of our outposts.

00:20:25That's not an act of war?

00:20:27We attack the Romulans without authorization.

00:20:28The Federation will consider us expendable.

00:20:30We do have another option.

00:20:31We can shadow the ship.

00:20:33Follow a parallel course to buy us some time.

00:20:36Not an intercept course, sir?

00:20:37No.

00:20:38The captain is right.

00:20:39That would be a declaration of war.

00:20:41But if Enterprise and Farragut match course and speed with the enemy ship,

00:20:44exactly.

00:20:45Move for move.

00:20:46They might think we're just a reflection.

00:20:48Echoes on their sensors.

00:20:50That way we won't lose them while we wait to hear back from Starfleet.

00:20:53Let's start shadowing them.

00:20:56Uhura, send a message to Starfleet.

00:20:58Ask for permission to engage the Romulans.

00:21:00Captain Kirk, we'll be talking.

00:21:02I look forward to it.

00:21:04Kirk out.

00:21:08Get Sam Kirk up here ASAP.

00:21:11Am I off the record here, sir?

00:21:13Jim was always at the top of his class.

00:21:17He's smart and highly skilled, obviously.

00:21:20But he's not above relying on charm or even luck.

00:21:24Sounds like a wild card.

00:21:26A whole deck of them.

00:21:28He doesn't like to take the path everyone else does.

00:21:31And he doesn't like to lose.

00:21:34Should we be worried that he's going to start a war?

00:21:45Look, I'm not gonna say that Jim isn't a pain in the ass.

00:21:48He is.

00:21:49He's a huge pain in the ass.

00:21:51But the truth is, he's as fine a captain as Starfleet has.

00:21:55Okay, good to know.

00:21:57Like I said, he does like to bend the rules sometimes.

00:22:00No, more like all the time.

00:22:04Captain, can you come to the bridge?

00:22:06There is something you should see.

00:22:08There's a comet ahead, and its trail is reflecting a signal on an unused EM frequency.

00:22:13It is encoded, Mr. Spock is trying to decipher.

00:22:16But we think it might be from the enemy ship.

00:22:18They cut off transmission, but we managed to make a copy.

00:22:22I think it's a feed from their bridge, sir.

00:22:25So we're finally going to see what the Romulans look like.

00:22:28Put it on screen, please, Mr. Spock.

00:22:43Captain Kirk, welcome aboard the Enterprise.

00:23:12Thanks, Captain Pike.

00:23:14Sam.

00:23:19Quite the ship you got here.

00:23:21He's jealous.

00:23:26Well, we're not gonna get out of this problem by not talking about it.

00:23:29Agreed.

00:23:31I'd like to hear what Mr. Spock has to say for himself.

00:23:34I assure you, Lieutenant, the similarities between Vulcans and Romulans came as a surprise to me.

00:23:40Perhaps even more so than you.

00:23:41It does seem suspicious.

00:23:43Not the similarity itself, but the fact that we should discover it right now.

00:23:46What are you suggesting?

00:23:47Oh, it's no secret that the Vulcans and the humans are an alliance.

00:23:50Perhaps the Romulans allowed us to see that transmission in hopes that it would sow discord among us.

00:23:55Even if we ignore the pointy-eared elephant in the room, we have another problem to worry about.

00:24:00We're going to lose our prey.

00:24:02We're going to lose our prey.

00:24:03The Romulans are on a bearing to return to the neutral zone in an hour.

00:24:06I don't think we can wait.

00:24:08We have to make a choice here.

00:24:09Say we do make that choice.

00:24:11Their plasma weapon can still slice through our shields.

00:24:14That, in conjunction with their cloaking device, gives them the tactical advantage.

00:24:17Even against our ships working in tandem.

00:24:19Working in tandem for what?

00:24:21To destroy them?

00:24:23Say we're lucky enough to do that.

00:24:26Isn't that technically an act of war?

00:24:30I hate to say it, Doc, but they started it.

00:24:33This isn't a schoolyard.

00:24:35Billions of lives are at stake here.

00:24:37Which is why I want to hear everyone's opinion before we take any action.

00:24:44I vote against war.

00:24:45So do I.

00:24:47I just think that means killing Romulans.

00:24:52Captain, your thoughts?

00:24:55What happens when they return to Romulus and tell their leaders that the Federation won't even fight back?

00:25:03I'm starting to lean toward attack.

00:25:05If we allow them to destroy our outposts with no repercussions, we run the risk of war.

00:25:10I have to believe there's another way forward.

00:25:12I think we should attack.

00:25:14Mr. Spock.

00:25:16If the Romulans are an offshoot of my Vulcan blood, which I believe, then attack is indeed the only option.

00:25:23Vulcan, like Earth, had its aggressive colonizing period.

00:25:26It's savage, even by human standards.

00:25:29If the Romulans retain this martial philosophy, then weakness is something we dare not show.

00:25:35Well, if Spock and I can agree, then there's hope for all of us.

00:25:40We don't all agree.

00:25:44Hold a moment, Captain Pike.

00:25:46That comet we're approaching might just be the alternative that you've been looking for.

00:25:50Mr. Spock, can you put up the trajectory on screen, please?

00:25:52Currently, the Romulan ship is headed for the comet's tail.

00:25:56Now, I know that they're invisible, and we can't lock onto their exact position.

00:25:59But the second they go through that, particle distortion will reveal their location.

00:26:04And we'll be flanking them on either side.

00:26:06They'll be penned in, and we'll be able to get weapons lock.

00:26:09Good plan, Captain.

00:26:11Captain's personal log, Stardate 1709.2.

00:26:16Per Captain Kirk's plan, we are mounting a pincer move.

00:26:20Our two ships will slowly drift closer as the Romulans remain unaware.

00:26:24When they pass through the comet's tail, giving us their exact location, we will be in weapons range.

00:26:29Kirk, however, has agreed to my plan to neutralize, not destroy the bird of prey, leaving open the possibility of dialogue.

00:26:37And yet, I remain concerned this brash young Starfleet captain follows his own rules.

00:26:43I can't help but wonder, is Kirk the reason I was sent here?

00:26:47If I wasn't here to stop him, would we be led into a war?

00:26:51Ortegas, maintain present course, but be ready.

00:26:54I'll keep my foot over the gas, just in case.

00:26:59Still tracking the gravitational presence of the Romulans.

00:27:02Their trajectory remains unchanged.

00:27:04Folding position. Let us know when you see them, Enterprise.

00:27:07We're passing through the tail.

00:27:09Any second now.

00:27:17Something isn't right.

00:27:27The captain is correct. We should have seen them by now.

00:27:29Enterprise. I don't like this.

00:27:31Reading gravitational signature again. It's behind the Farragut.

00:27:35Kirk, get out of there! Red alert!

00:27:37Red alert. Erica, close that distance as fast as you can.

00:27:40Attack pattern Tiberius IV.

00:27:47Target, push that distance as fast as fast as you can!

00:27:49Get behind them!

00:27:51Fire!

00:27:53Fire!

00:27:57Fire!

00:27:58Fire!

00:28:00Fire!

00:28:03Fire!

00:28:04Fire!

00:28:07Fire!

00:28:08Fire!

00:28:11Fire!

00:28:12Fire!

00:28:13Fire!

00:28:14Fire!

00:28:15Fire!

00:28:16Fire!

00:28:17Fire phasers, Captain.

00:28:22We're out of range.

00:28:23We're just as likely to hit you as them.

00:28:24Maybe you'll draw their fire.

00:28:26Mitchell, full phasers now.

00:28:33Holy, we actually clipped them.

00:28:35Nice shooting, Jenna.

00:28:36Neota, hail them.

00:28:37I want them focused on us.

00:28:38Hailing, sir.

00:28:40Keep firing.

00:28:47They're firing their plasma weapon.

00:28:54Brace for impact.

00:29:02Damage to decks six, seven, and nine.

00:29:04Their weapon control is down.

00:29:06That should have destroyed us.

00:29:07How are we still standing?

00:29:08They were shooting at a distance.

00:29:09Perhaps their plasma weapon is less effective when fired long range.

00:29:12Status of the Farragut.

00:29:14Critical.

00:29:15They will lose life support inside of five minutes.

00:29:17I can get us there in 30 seconds.

00:29:18Pike to transporter.

00:29:19Get the pads warmed up, Chief.

00:29:20We're about to test their upper limits.

00:29:24Clear the pads.

00:29:25There's one more group behind us.

00:29:29I'm glad to see you.

00:29:33Well, um, I didn't know you were a hugger, Lieutenant.

00:29:38Oh, Commander?

00:29:40Or have you forgotten?

00:29:42Of course I haven't.

00:29:43Speaking of, when's the last time you talked to Una?

00:29:47Well, I-I can't talk to her.

00:29:51No one can.

00:29:52It-she's not allowed contact.

00:29:55Of course.

00:29:58Captain Pike, we need to talk.

00:30:00Now.

00:30:07You flinched.

00:30:08You deliberated, and we lost.

00:30:12We fired, Captain, and we were fired upon.

00:30:14That's why you're still here.

00:30:15From the start, you wanted to cripple them, not take them out.

00:30:18We may have different points of view, but do not question my combat readiness, Captain.

00:30:23I'm saying caution means you're not going to put everything you have into the punch.

00:30:29And that's a good way to lose, because your enemy will see that and act accordingly.

00:30:33All this because of a second's delay.

00:30:35Tell me I'm wrong, Captain.

00:30:38And I will back down.

00:30:40If you're saying you're more willing to take risks than I am, I don't disagree.

00:30:43And let me remind you that you're saying that on my ship after yours has been destroyed.

00:30:51Fair.

00:30:52I'm just saying.

00:30:54I underestimated him.

00:30:55I'm not going to do it again.

00:30:56Captain's Pike and Kirk to the bridge.

00:31:00There is something you'll both want to see.

00:31:07Before they cloaked, I was able to scan the Bird of Prey.

00:31:10They are trailing trilithium fragments.

00:31:11Their power supply is damaged.

00:31:13I do not believe they have enough to make it back to Romulus.

00:31:15Do we know their position?

00:31:16Yes.

00:31:17On a heading for the neutral zone.

00:31:18We could overtake them.

00:31:19What's the status of our weapons?

00:31:20Our offensive capabilities are limited.

00:31:22Phasers are down.

00:31:23And torpedo launch tubes sustain damage in the attack.

00:31:26But the Romulans don't know that.

00:31:27They will if we pull up on their sex and can't fire.

00:31:29Lieutenant Uhura, open a channel to the Romulan ship.

00:31:32Sir, they haven't responded to any of our hails before.

00:31:35I know.

00:31:36Open a channel.

00:31:37We're going to send them a message.

00:31:39What are you doing?

00:31:43Taking a risk.

00:31:48This is Captain Christopher Pike of the USS Enterprise.

00:31:52Our two cultures have been at war for a hundred years.

00:31:56Long enough that we don't even question it.

00:31:58But I believe we can make another choice.

00:32:01Right now.

00:32:02I'm offering you a temporary ceasefire.

00:32:05So that we can talk.

00:32:07For the first time in a hundred years.

00:32:09Okay, that was unexpected.

00:32:21Well, they want to destroy us, but they also want to get home.

00:32:24Knowing what your opponent wants is key to a successful negotiation.

00:32:27That's assuming they can be negotiated with.

00:32:32Captain Pike?

00:32:33The Romulans are calling.

00:32:34Looks like we're about to find out.

00:32:36Captain Pike?

00:32:37On screen, please, Nyota.

00:32:43Captain Pike.

00:32:45It is good to make your acquaintance.

00:32:47Commander, I know your ships attacked our outposts on the edge of the Neutral Zone.

00:33:03But I also know that our two cultures have been at war for generations without ever having been face to face.

00:33:08I don't know why your ancestors attacked Earth or what my ancestors did in retaliation.

00:33:13I only know that we're paying a bill that was written long before you and I were ever born.

00:33:17Perhaps it's time we reconsider the cost.

00:33:20So, we can blow each other out of the sky using what little power we have left, or we can try something different.

00:33:27We can explain ourselves to each other, understand each other, empathize.

00:33:31If we don't, this war between us will simply continue, unabated, and the cost for that is sure.

00:33:38Death. More and more death.

00:33:43Our peoples are indeed different, Captain.

00:33:46In our culture, your words are a show of weakness.

00:33:50What chance does dialogue offer save to delay me?

00:33:54Why should I listen to you?

00:33:55Both our ships are damaged.

00:33:57Your cloak is unstable, which leaves you vulnerable to our weapons.

00:34:00Maybe you have enough power to attack us.

00:34:01Maybe you have enough power to get back to Romulus without repairs.

00:34:05Conversely, maybe we can marshal our weapons and destroy you before you make it to the Neutral Zone.

00:34:09Or perhaps we chase you across the border and destroy you and get out before anyone's the wiser.

00:34:14So, what is it that you're suggesting, Captain?

00:34:17A good faith gesture.

00:34:19Two hours.

00:34:20Enough time to repair our ships and bury the dead.

00:34:23And maybe this bit of mercy will lead to something further and better between our two cultures.

00:34:28Two hours.

00:34:42Two hours.

00:34:42Captain, they are lying.

00:34:55Romulans can't be trusted.

00:34:57They shot Farragut right in front of us.

00:34:58Stand down, Erica.

00:34:59You can't let them get away with it!

00:35:01Stand down!

00:35:07Yes, sir.

00:35:07Since we're reading suggests the Romulans have stopped forward movement.

00:35:26I wonder what they're doing over there.

00:35:29Hopefully.

00:35:32Same thing we are.

00:35:35Ceasefire.

00:35:36This is Federation weakness.

00:35:39Is it not the Romulan way to attack when we are given advantage like this?

00:35:43We're engaged in a ceasefire, Sub-Commander.

00:35:45We have two hours.

00:35:46Put all hands to repair our engines.

00:35:48If we do not, we will not make it back to Romulus.

00:35:51Sir?

00:35:51We should commit all hands to weapons repair.

00:35:54The Federation has given us the advantage.

00:35:57We can strike before this ridiculous ceasefire is completed.

00:35:59This is your fourth mission.

00:36:09Is it not, Sub-Commander?

00:36:11Third, sir.

00:36:13I served with your uncle Tarkhan during the Reman campaign.

00:36:15Did you know that, Sub-Commander?

00:36:17I did.

00:36:18His death was a great victory for Romulus.

00:36:21Yes.

00:36:22He was brave.

00:36:24His commander, however, was a fool.

00:36:27He forced him to fight after we'd lost weapons, and the only logical choice was retreat.

00:36:31He did not have to die.

00:36:33Sir?

00:36:34His death was a waste.

00:36:36And it was stupid.

00:36:37It left us weaker.

00:36:38Now, I can say that because I'm old enough that I don't care what people think of me.

00:36:45Pride is not something we can afford.

00:36:48We look at the world clearly on my ship.

00:36:51We do not make choices based on ego.

00:36:54Engines first, then weapons.

00:36:56That is my order.

00:36:59Or are you so arrogant you think you know better than your commander?

00:37:03No, sir.

00:37:05Good.

00:37:06Because I need you.

00:37:07I don't know if this peace game we're playing with the Federation will work, but I have to see it through.

00:37:14And if we achieve it, then good.

00:37:17But if not, then you'll get your war.

00:37:35Do you want some coffee?

00:37:37I do not drink coffee.

00:37:39I do drink tea.

00:37:40All right.

00:37:41Would you like some tea?

00:37:42No, thank you, Captain.

00:37:43Well, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

00:37:51It's good to see you're still you, Spock.

00:37:52So many things have gone wrong today.

00:37:57The loss of Outpost 4, the destruction of the Farragut.

00:38:04Any one of them could set us on the path to a dark future.

00:38:06But I can't help feeling there's something worse to come.

00:38:13Typically, no one can know the future in the moment.

00:38:18One can only follow one's instincts and hope the truth will present itself.

00:38:23Spock, what happened to Una?

00:38:28She was sentenced to the Federation penal colony on Salia 6, where she has spent much of the

00:38:33last seven years.

00:38:35Why?

00:38:36For deception.

00:38:37I am confused.

00:38:41Even years ago, I thought you knew.

00:38:45Come.

00:38:46If you'll excuse me, I wish to supervise the repair of the Phaser Array personally.

00:38:58Captain.

00:39:00Captain.

00:39:06I know you want me to change tack, but pride is just not something we can afford.

00:39:11You want me to tell you that I wouldn't have tried to blow those Romulans out of the sky?

00:39:15Well, I would have.

00:39:18But it wasn't my call.

00:39:20Okay.

00:39:20We're here now.

00:39:21And the truth is, I don't know these Romulans can't be trusted.

00:39:28But I also don't know if they can.

00:39:30And neither do you.

00:39:33Fair enough.

00:39:36I'd like to explore a backup plan.

00:39:40If you'll give me the resources.

00:39:43I'm listening.

00:39:45Look, the Romulans just bought themselves some time.

00:39:47Sure, they can use that time to make repairs.

00:39:50But remember, they're on the edge of the neutral zone.

00:39:53They could also use it to call for reinforcements.

00:39:56So, what if we did the same?

00:39:59Just in case they decide to turn and fight after all.

00:40:03Jim, we're on the far edge of Federation space.

00:40:05It takes days to get a message to Starfleet.

00:40:08We're weeks away from help getting to us, even at maximum warp.

00:40:14But the Romulans don't know that.

00:40:19Captain Kirk.

00:40:20What are you suggesting?

00:40:25Captain Pike.

00:40:27Can I borrow a shuttle?

00:40:29Dry it now.

00:40:53Aye, that's the one. This is where the auto repair was getting hung up. Pretty fused.

00:40:59I do not need to remind you that we have less than two hours to restore phaser control to working order.

00:41:04I'm an engineer, not a medical worker, Mr. Spock.

00:41:08Two minutes, Captain.

00:41:10Status?

00:41:11We have engines, but weapon systems are not back online.

00:41:14Bridge to Spock. Status?

00:41:16Working on it, Captain.

00:41:17Working on it.

00:41:18Two hours, Captain. And... Mark.

00:41:23Transport.

00:41:25Over to the auto.

00:41:27Control. Separation 515.

00:41:33Open a channel to the Romulan ship.

00:41:37Have you repaired your ship, Commander?

00:41:39Have you repaired yours, Captain?

00:41:42Conventional wisdom suggests that our next move is to resume hostilities. To fight.

00:41:47You yourself told me that in your culture, to do anything else would be a sign of weakness.

00:41:51But let me tell you a way in which humans are not weak.

00:41:54Our strength comes from our willingness to see a partner instead of an enemy.

00:41:58In our culture, that is an act of faith and strength. Not a failure of character.

00:42:03Do Romulans have that kind of strength?

00:42:05I, too, tire of endless war.

00:42:06I, too, tire of endless war.

00:42:15The rest from the universe...

00:42:16In our culture.

00:42:18Remember that?

00:42:19Don't be dead.

00:42:20I'm like, your name is your friend.

00:42:21The world has a strong force.

00:42:22I'm like...

00:42:24You?

00:42:25You are now.

00:42:26I'm like, my friend...

00:42:27In our culture.

00:42:28It's a secret to make you look nice.

00:42:29The world has a very safe place.

00:42:30Tell me, to the Earth.

00:42:31Doos.

00:42:32I couldn't Kemper.

00:42:33You're like, I'm like, my friend.

00:42:34You are now?

00:42:35I'm like, I'm like, my friend.

00:42:36I'm like...

00:42:38I'm like, my friend.

00:42:39I'm like, my friend.

00:42:40You're so happy.

00:42:41And I'm like.

00:42:42Why is the fleet here? I did not call for them.

00:42:48I alerted them of our situation, Commander.

00:42:51The Federation showed weakness.

00:42:53It is the Romulan way to strike.

00:42:56You were not going to.

00:42:57I took matters into my own hands.

00:42:59You disobeyed a direct order.

00:43:02Had you not negotiated with the Federation, I would not have needed to.

00:43:05We undertook this mission to test the strength of the Federation.

00:43:09They showed us they lack it.

00:43:10We should have destroyed them the moment they did.

00:43:13You don't remember a time without war.

00:43:16But I do.

00:43:18Who wins an endless war with the Federation?

00:43:20We will, Commander.

00:43:22An endless war, by definition, can never be won.

00:43:26Captain Pike will not trust my word now.

00:43:28What does that matter?

00:43:31He will be dead soon.

00:43:34Take him off the bridge.

00:43:40We're being hailed, sir.

00:43:53It's the Romulan flagship.

00:43:54On screen.

00:43:58Human.

00:43:59I am here to accept your unconditional surrender.

00:44:02Nice to meet you, too.

00:44:04I'm Captain Pike of the Federation Starship Enterprise, and you are?

00:44:06You may address me as Praetor.

00:44:09It is customary to kneel.

00:44:11As I'm not Romulan, you'll forgive me if I don't.

00:44:13Now, I'm confused.

00:44:15We're holding to our side of the neutral zone, as you are.

00:44:18Yet you demand our surrender?

00:44:20Captain, I have you surrounded.

00:44:22Surrender, or we will destroy you.

00:44:25You have one minute to comply.

00:44:28You know, I don't like her.

00:44:30Perimeter alert.

00:44:31We have ships incoming, sir.

00:44:33Dozens.

00:44:33More Romulans?

00:44:34No.

00:44:35They look like...

00:44:36ours.

00:44:51I've got a secure channel from the lead ship, sir.

00:44:54It's Captain Kirk.

00:44:57Chris, the reinforcements you ordered?

00:44:59It's been a hundred years since the Federation has seen the Romulans.

00:45:04We didn't know what their ships look like, and so I figured they don't know what ours

00:45:08look like either.

00:45:09All robotic mining craft?

00:45:11Mining, hauling, not one of them manned.

00:45:14But to the Romulans, who's to say we aren't a Federation armada?

00:45:20You sneaky son of a bitch.

00:45:21It's enough to bluff with.

00:45:23I hope.

00:45:24Try not to get us in a real fight.

00:45:26I'll do my best.

00:45:27Thanks, Captain.

00:45:28Captain, it's my pleasure, Captain.

00:45:31Bridge to Spock.

00:45:32We really could use some phasers right about now.

00:45:34How's it going down there?

00:45:35We are making progress.

00:45:37The conduits are severely damaged.

00:45:39Work faster, Mr. Spock.

00:45:40We're going to need a weapon soon, and we're not going to need them at all.

00:45:42The Romulan creator is hailing us, sir.

00:45:44Keep the secure channel open for Captain Kirk so he can listen in.

00:45:50Ready to sell this?

00:45:52Ready as I'll ever be.

00:45:53By now, you've probably noticed our armada of Starfleet Delta-class attack ships.

00:46:04But we won't have to use them, will we, Praetor?

00:46:07This is an act of unparalleled aggression on the border of our territory, Captain.

00:46:11No.

00:46:11Just a standard training maneuver that happened to land our fleet here the same time as yours.

00:46:14You want to know what actually is an act of unparalleled aggression?

00:46:20A Romulan bird of prey using cloaking technology destroying our neutral zone outposts.

00:46:25I know nothing of what you speak.

00:46:27That's okay.

00:46:27We'll send you a recording of it decloaking right before destroying Outpost 4.

00:46:40I see.

00:46:44The Romulan ship is decloaking and breaking formation.

00:46:48Heading our way.

00:46:49Praetor, what is this?

00:46:50This is a culling, Captain.

00:46:52That commander should not have allowed himself to be caught.

00:46:56Sir, it's the bird of prey we've been chasing.

00:47:00Neota, pause communication.

00:47:02Open a channel with the Romulan commander.

00:47:06Captain.

00:47:07So we see each other once again, after all.

00:47:14What are you doing?

00:47:15Only what is asked of me.

00:47:17I never called for that armada.

00:47:19We could beam you and your crew aboard.

00:47:20You don't have to do this.

00:47:21It is not our way.

00:47:24I regret that we meet in this way.

00:47:26You and I are of a kind.

00:47:28In a different reality, I could have called you friend.

00:47:31What purpose will it serve to die?

00:47:33We are creatures of duty, you and I.

00:47:37Just one more duty to perform.

00:47:40Do not be upset.

00:47:42I have accepted my fate.

00:47:45Perhaps someday my sacrifice will lead to an end to this conflict between us.

00:47:49They're powering up weapons.

00:48:08They're powering up weapons.

00:48:08The Romulan creator is hailing us again, sir.

00:48:33On screen.

00:48:47Our fleet is stronger now, and I am ready to accept your surrender.

00:48:51This is really how you want to end a hundred years of peace?

00:48:54What do Romulans care of peace?

00:48:56It means nothing to us.

00:48:57And your apparent affinity for it has sealed your fate.

00:49:00Thank you, Captain Pike.

00:49:01If not for your weakness, we would have never known what easy targets your federation would be.

00:49:07Goodbye.

00:49:09Powering up weapons again.

00:49:11Evasive maneuvers, Erica. Patterns 8 of 3.

00:49:20Kirk, get back here. We're about to warp out.

00:49:22Roger that.

00:49:23Captain, warp engines aren't engaging.

00:49:26Erica?

00:49:27I'm sorry, sir.

00:49:29Sir, the drone ships are moving.

00:49:30Son of a bitch.

00:49:32Kirk, what are you doing?

00:49:33Covering your escape.

00:49:34Get those engines fixed.

00:49:41He's putting the drones between us and the Romulans.

00:49:44Captain Kirk has beams on board.

00:50:01Engines online, Captain.

00:50:02Hit it.

00:50:05Damage report.

00:50:14Reports coming from all decks.

00:50:17Captain.

00:50:18The Romulans are broadcasting on all known subspace frequencies.

00:50:23It's a declaration of wars against the Federation.

00:50:27Decks 5, 11, 12, and 22 are all reporting hull breaches.

00:50:37Weapons systems took a direct hit.

00:50:40Spook.

00:50:44Medical.

00:50:44There.

00:50:45There.

00:50:45infrastructure.

00:50:46Ingo this.

00:51:42Massive cerebral trauma, major blood loss, spinal fractures, radiation burns across 40% of his body.

00:52:12I'm not sure that he will recover from this.

00:52:20But if he does, he will not be the same.

00:52:42I know what you're thinking.

00:53:00I was thinking the same thing when I went through this.

00:53:09That I traded my fate for Spock's?

00:53:11Yes.

00:53:13This isn't going to help, but it gets worse.

00:53:17This war with the Romulans?

00:53:22Millions die.

00:53:23So far, it's still going on.

00:53:26Not only did you start something that should never have been started.

00:53:30The best chance at a lasting peace between the Federation and the Romulans in any timeline.

00:53:34Well, turns out he's lying in a bio bed.

00:53:41We all want to think our future is important in our years and mine.

00:53:45It is.

00:53:47Just not the way you think.

00:53:50Time is, uh, it's complicated.

00:53:53But the monk showed me something simple.

00:53:58Every time we change the path, he dies.

00:54:04And he's got things to do.

00:54:10Fate of the galaxy type things.

00:54:14Paths diverge.

00:54:17But I am the result of one that should never have been taken.

00:54:24Hey, look at it this way.

00:54:27How many people get to give their life for someone twice in one day?

00:54:31See?

00:54:31Twice.

00:54:32Because there's two of us and we're both...

00:54:33I-I got it.

00:54:35Got it.

00:54:44Oh, yeah.

00:54:51Come.

00:54:53Not interrupting, am I?

00:54:57No, I...

00:54:57No, really.

00:55:00I'm just, uh...

00:55:02Talking to myself.

00:55:06Fancy a drink?

00:55:08Sure.

00:55:12You know, uh...

00:55:13I don't think I can explain it, but...

00:55:18I think I was supposed to meet you.

00:55:25I get that feeling, too.

00:55:28I, uh, honestly just came by to check on you.

00:55:32I'm sorry things went down the way they did.

00:55:36You tried for something better.

00:55:40Tried and lost.

00:55:40Did it ever occur to you that sometimes you can't avoid a fight?

00:55:53If you had just chased that Romulan ship from the get-go and taken it out,

00:55:57maybe none of this would have happened.

00:55:58You're a good captain, Jim Kirk.

00:56:05Enterprise would be lucky to have you.

00:56:08You thinking of retiring?

00:56:10No.

00:56:11Oh, no.

00:56:12No, not yet.

00:56:13So, come on over and have a seat, Captain.

00:56:22Tell me about yourself.

00:56:26Where are you from?

00:56:30I grew up in Iowa.

00:56:32My father, George, was the first officer on the Kelvin before we moved to Tarzan.

00:56:43I grew up in Iowa.

00:56:45I'm a hot one.

00:56:46I grew up in Iowa.

00:56:48I grew up in Iowa.

00:57:05I grew up in Iowa.

00:57:08Computer, delete file.

00:57:13Come.

00:57:32Captain, am I interrupting?

00:57:37No.

00:57:40I'm very glad to see you.

00:57:43But you saw me only moments ago.

00:57:45Right.

00:57:46You left the briefing suddenly.

00:57:48It was uncharacteristic.

00:57:52Was it?

00:57:55But now your demeanor appears changed.

00:57:58Having heard the boy's name,

00:58:00I cannot help but wonder if this pertains to your future.

00:58:04Let's just say I think the universe is telling me

00:58:09that some fates are inescapable.

00:58:12And even if I could get out of mine,

00:58:15it might just fall to someone else.

00:58:17Someone you know?

00:58:19Yes.

00:58:21Is that why you are very glad to see me?

00:58:29I believe I may owe you a debt of gratitude, Captain.

00:58:32Although for precisely what I do not know.

00:58:35I do not know.

00:58:36It's a phone.

00:58:37You are a...

00:58:42You are very important to me.

00:58:43As are you to me, Captain.

00:58:46Chris.

00:58:47I'm making memories.

00:59:00I'd like to remember.

00:59:02I'd like to remember.

00:59:05I'm meeting new people.

00:59:09I'd like to recall.

00:59:13Some of their names.

00:59:17Like Larry and Steve.

00:59:21I'm making memories.

00:59:22Yeah.

00:59:23I'm making memories.

00:59:24Yeah.

00:59:25I'm making memories.

00:59:26Yeah.

00:59:27I'm making memories.

00:59:28I'm making memories.

00:59:29I'd like to remember.

00:59:30I'm meeting new people.

00:59:31I'd like to recall.

00:59:32I'm making memories.

00:59:34I'd like to remember.

00:59:36I'm meeting new people.

00:59:39I'd like to recall.

00:59:42I'm making memories.

00:59:47I'm making memories.

00:59:48I'd like to keep.

00:59:50Yeah.

00:59:51I'm making memories.

00:59:54I'd show my keys.

00:59:57Captain.

00:59:58Incoming message from Star Fleet Command.

01:00:00Captain Patel is beaming on board.

01:00:02They want you and Commander Chin Riley

01:00:04to meet her in the transporter room.

01:00:13Captain Patel!

01:00:15I didn't think we'd be seeing each other so soon.

01:00:17I know, Captain.

01:00:19And for the record, I'm sorry about this.

01:00:22What?

01:00:28What the hell is going on?

01:00:30Under Starfleet Code of Conduct 587.63,

01:00:34I am arresting Commander Unich and Riley

01:00:36for violations of our anti-genetic modification directive.

01:00:40She's an Elyrian, Chris.

01:00:42I don't care what she is.

01:00:44I don't like it either. I have orders.

01:00:47Captain!

01:00:49Don't.

01:00:50I've known this might happen for years.

01:00:58I didn't ask for this job.

01:00:59I really am sorry.

01:01:03So am I.

01:01:10Because this isn't over.

01:01:14Energize.

01:01:14I do.

01:01:27I do.

01:01:28I do.

01:01:34I do.

Star Trek Strange New Worlds S1E10 - A Quality of Mercy (TV Episode 2022 Paramount Plus)

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