"Kapitánka" Burnham a jej "väzen" Lorca sú povolaní na ISS Charon, palácovú lod cisára Georgioua. Aby sa mohli vrátit domov, potrebujú ešte zistit súradnice medzifázového priestoru, ktorý priviedol USS Defiant do paralelného vesmíru. Cisár je rád, že vidí Burnhama nažive, ktorý je pre nu velmi podobný dcére. Tá odsúdi údajného zradcu Lorca, aby strávil zvyšok života v búdke agónie. Burnham je z neznámeho dôvodu požiadaný, aby si vybral jedného Kelpienského otroka a ona si jedného vyberie. Pocas jej vecere s Burnhamom cisár Georgiou náhodne spomenie, že jedlo je Kelpien. Hoci sa Burnham usilovne snaží skryt svoje extrémne znechutenie, cisár zrazu spochybnuje jej lojalitu a odsúdi ju na smrt. Ale kedže bude popravená v prítomnosti vysokopostavených predstavitelov Impéria, Burnham odhalí, že pochádza z iného vesmíru a dá Georgiouovi odznak Hviezdnej flotily s jeho odlišným kvantovým podpisom ako dôkaz. Georgiou ušetrí Burnhamov život, ale zabije všetkých prítomných úradníkov okrem jedného, ??ktorý slúbi, že zachová tajomstvo. Na Discovery je Stamets stále v kóme, ale jeho mysel sa pohybuje v sieti spór spolu s jeho náprotivkom z paralelného vesmíru, ktorý je tam uväznený už dost dlho. Další pacient na Discovery, Voq-Tyler, je rozpoltený medzi svojou ludskou a klingonskou identitou. Saru vyhladá pomoc L'Rell a ona nakoniec súhlasí s tým, že ho bude liecit po tom, co bol trpiaci Voq-Tyler prenesený do jej cely, aby ju videla. V sieti spór Stamets zahliadne svojho zosnulého priatela Culbera a nasleduje ho, napriek radám svojho náprotivku z paralelného vesmíru. Culber mu povie, že ostatní Stametovci sa chystali znicit siet a že musí jednoducho otvorit oci, aby sa zobudil. Dve verzie Stamets sa prebúdzajú na svojich príslušných lodiach, Discovery a Charon. Stamets on the Discovery si všimne, že choroba spórovej siete sa už rozšírila do zásoby spór Discovery. Na Charone Burnham navrhuje dat cisárovi Georgiouovi technológiu spórového pohonu, výmenou za informácie, ktoré umožnia Discovery vrátit sa do vlastného vesmíru. Lorca je stále v búdke agónie, vypocúva ho kapitán Maddox, ktorý ho obvinuje zo zabitia jeho sestry Avy. Georgiou otvorí Burnhamovi oci ohladom Lorcovej pravej identity. Lorca, ktorú pozná, je ten z paralelného vesmíru, ten, ktorý zhromaždil nasledovníkov, aby zvrhol Georgioua, ten, ktorého prenasledoval paralelný Burnham. Jediný spôsob, ako sa dostat na palácovú lod, bol ako Burnhamov väzen, a tak odišiel do Prime Universe a prevzal velenie nad USS Discovery, aby ju získal na túto prácu. Ked sa títo dvaja rozprávajú, Lorca sa vymaní zo svojej búdky a zaútocí na Maddoxa.

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"Captain" Burnham and her "prisoner" Lorca are summoned to the ISS Charon, the palace ship of Emperor Georgiou. In order to return home, they still need to find out the coordinates of the interphasic space that brought the USS Defiant to the parallel universe. The emperor is delighted to see Burnham alive, who is much like a daughter to her. She sentences the alleged traitor Lorca to spend the rest of his life in an agony booth. Burnham is asked to choose one Kelpien slave for an unknown reason, and she picks one. During her dinner with Burnham, Emperor Georgiou casually mentions that the meal is a Kelpien. Although Burnham tries hard to conceal her extreme disgust, the emperor suddenly questions her loyalty and sentences her to death. But as she is going to be executed in the presence of high-ranking Empire officials, Burnham reveals that she comes from another universe and gives Georgiou the Starfleet badge with its different quantum signature as proof. Georgiou spares Burnham's life but kills all officials that are present except one, who promises that he will keep the secret. On the Discovery, Stamets is still in a coma, but his mind is walking about in the spore network together with his parallel universe counterpart, who is trapped there for quite some time already. The other patient on the Discovery, Voq-Tyler, is torn between his human and his Klingon identity. Saru seeks the help of L'Rell, and she finally agrees to treat him after the suffering Voq-Tyler has been beamed into her cell for her to see. In the spore network, Stamets glimpses his deceased friend Culber and follows him, against the advice of his parallel universe counterpart. Culber tells him that the other Stamets was going to destroy the network, and that he simply has to open his eyes to wake up. The two versions of Stamets wake up on their respective ships, the Discovery and the Charon. The Stamets on the Discovery notices that the sickness of the spore network has already spread to the Discovery's spore supply. On the Charon, Burnham proposes to give Emperor Georgiou the spore drive technology, in exchange for the information that will allow the Discovery to return to its own universe. Lorca is still in the agony booth, interrogated by Captain Maddox, who blames him for killing his sister Ava. Georgiou opens Burnham's eyes regarding Lorca's true identity. The Lorca she knows is the one from the parallel universe, the one who gathered followers to overthrow Georgiou, the one who was chased by the parallel Burnham. The only way for him to get on the palace ship was as Burnham's prisoner, and so he went to the Prime Universe and took command of the USS Discovery, to enlist her for the job. As the two are talking, Lorca breaks out of his agony booth and attacks Maddox.

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