As the DMA approaches Earth and Ni'Var, and with evacuations underway, Burnham and the team aboard the U.S.S. Discovery must find a way to communicate and connect with a species far different from their own before time runs out.
A hypnotized Scott inadvertently provokes Rowdy Ronnie, who forces Scott to wrestle him. Hailey's attempts to save a whale are interrupted by her talkative next-door neighbors.