Hviezdny dátum 2136.8: Burnham je na večierku a cíti sa tam nepohodlne. Na Tillyin návrh sa práve snaží nadviazať rozhovor s Tylerom, keď ich zavolajú na mostík. Senzory objavili gormagandera, ohrozený druh žijúci vo vesmíre, a predpisy vyžadujú preniesť ho na palubu, aby sa presunul do svätyne. Keď je tvor v raketopláne, objaví sa muž - Harry Mudd. Zastrelí niekoľkých členov posádky, ale nakoniec je uväznený. Zdá sa však, že mu to neprekáža. Výbušné zariadenie zničí Discovery. Čas sa vynuluje. Burnham je opäť na párty, no keď spolu s Tylerom odídu na most, Stamets už vie, že kvôli gormaganderovi sa niečo stane. Vďaka tardigrádovej DNA vstreknutej do jeho tela existuje mimo normálneho časopriestoru. V tejto slučke sa Mudd vyžaruje zo stvorenia. Obmedzí sa v inžinierstve, aby zistil tajomstvo o pohone lode, ale Stamets ho zastrelil tesne predtým, ako sa čas znova nastavil. Tentoraz sa Stamets ponáhľa na párty, aby včas varoval Burnhama a Tylera, no tí sú už preč. Nájde Burnham a požiada ju, aby mu povedala tajomstvo, aby mu to v ďalšej slučke uľahčilo. Muddovi sa podarí vziať kapitána Lorcu ako rukojemníka. Hovorí, že už zabil Lorcu 53-krát a urobí to znova. Čas sa opäť vynuluje. Stamets povie Burnhamovi o tajomstve, ktoré mu prezradila, že nikdy nebola zamilovaná. Namiesto toho, aby sa pokúsil zastaviť Mudda, požiada ju, aby si s ním zatancovala. V nasledujúcej slučke je Burnham opäť na párty a Stamets jej zariadi tanec s Tylerom. Burnham a Tyler sa rozprávajú o Muddovi a zisťujú, akú technológiu používa. Ponáhľajú sa na most, kde Mudd už prevzal loď a čaká len na to, kým im niekto prezradí tajomstvo o jej pohone. Zabije Tylera kapsulou temnej hmoty so zbraňami. Stamets nakoniec Muddovi povie, že on sám je tajnou súčasťou sporového pohonu. Mudd má teraz všetko, čo chcel. Kontaktuje Klingonov, aby odovzdali loď. No Burnham má pre neho ešte lákavejšiu ponuku – seba. Povie mu, že Klingoni by za ňu zaplatili ešte vyššiu odmenu ako za loď, pretože zastrelila T'Kuvmu, na ktorú sa zabila guľkou z temnej hmoty. Mudd vynuluje čas a je prekvapený, že mu posádka bez odporu odovzdá loď. Kontaktuje Klingonov a pokračuje do transportnej miestnosti, aby ich privítal. Ale bol oklamaný. Tylerovi sa ho podarilo uzamknúť pred lodnými systémami a Mudd skutočne zavolal svojmu svokrovi, otcovi jeho „milovanej“ Stelly, pred ktorou sa skrýval.

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Stardate 2136.8: Burnham is at a party and feels uncomfortable there. On Tilly's suggestion, she is just trying to have a conversation with Tyler, when the two are called to the bridge. Sensors have discovered a gormagander, an endangered space-dwelling species, and regulations require to beam it aboard for the transfer to a sanctuary. When the creature is in the shuttlebay, a man emerges - Harry Mudd. He shoots several crew members but is eventually confined. However, that doesn't seem to bother him. An explosive device destroys the Discovery. Time is reset. Burnham is at the party again, but when she and Tyler leave for the bridge, Stamets already knows that something will happen because of the gormagander. Owing to the tardigrade DNA injected into his body, he exists out of normal space-time. In this loop, Mudd beams out of the creature. He confines himself in engineering to find out the secret about the ship's drive but is shot by Stamets just before time is reset again. This time, Stamets rushes to the party to warn Burnham and Tyler in time, but they are already gone. He finds Burnham and asks her to tell him a secret to make it easier for him in the next loop. Mudd manages to take Captain Lorca hostage. He says he has already killed Lorca 53 times and does it again. Time is reset yet again. Stamets tells Burnham of the secret she revealed to him, that she has never been in love. Instead of trying to stop Mudd, he asks her to dance with him. In the following loop, Burnham is at the party again, and Stamets arranges for her to dance with Tyler. Burnham and Tyler talk about Mudd and find out what kind technology he is using. They rush to the bridge, where Mudd has already taken over the ship and only waits for someone to reveal the secret about its drive. He kills Tyler with a capsule of weaponized dark matter. Stamets finally tells Mudd that he himself is the secret component of the spore drive. Mudd now has everything he wanted. He contacts the Klingons to hand over the ship. But Burnham has an even more tempting offer for him - herself. She tells him the Klingons would pay an even higher reward for her than for the ship because she shot T'Kuvma, upon which she kills herself with a dark matter bullet. Mudd resets time and is surprised that the crew hands over the ship to him without resistance. He contacts the Klingons and proceeds to the transporter room to welcome them. But he was tricked. Tyler managed to lock him out from the ship's systems, and Mudd actually called his father-in-law, the father of his "beloved" Stella, that he was hiding from.

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