- [the Enterprise senior staff are having a cocktail party in Captain Pike's quarters. They're drinking Orion Hurricanes for the first time. Also, this scene is done in the same animation style as "Star Trek: Lower Decks"]
- Nurse Christine Chapel: Mm, what exactly have we been drinking for the last hour?
- Dr. M'Benga: [mumbles] I don't know...
- Lt. Erica Ortegas: Orion Hurricanes. Karas gave us a bottle of real Orion delaq, so they're genuine.
- Captain Christopher Pike: Interesting flavor.
- Una Chin-Riley: [examining her hand] Does anyone else feel strange?
- Nyota Uhura: Why does everything feel so... two-dimensional?
- Spock: [observing his left arm, which appears elongated and is whipping around like a snake] My arms don't normally do this.
- Lt. Erica Ortegas: My eyes feel huge. Do my eyes look huge?
- Una Chin-Riley, Captain Christopher Pike, Spock, Dr. M'Benga: [bending over to examine Ortegas's eyes] . Hmm...
- Dr. M'Benga: What the hell is in these things?
- [Pike and La'An transport back down to Krulmuth-B with Boimler and Mariner in order to use the time portal to send the Ceritos crew back to the 24th century. When they materialize, they see three Orons - including Captain Karas - waiting for them]
- Captain Harr Karas: We got your message about he portal.
- Captain Christopher Pike: That was a mistake. That message was sent without my authorization. I'm afraid we still need it.
- Captain Harr Karas: I do not like having my time wasted, Captain.
- Ensign Brad Boimler: That's not his fault. It's mine.
- Ensign Beckett Mariner: And mine.
- La'an Noonien-Singh: It's true. It's their fault.
- [Boimler is rewiring the sensors so that the Enterprise can track the Orion ship]
- Una Chin-Riley: We sure this is wise?
- Captain Christopher Pike: No, but I'm going with it.
- [Spock and Boimler are in the Enterprise's science lab, attempting to synthesize horonium in order to power the time portal to return Boimler and Mariner to the 24th century]
- Spock: [loading the synthesizer with the material needed to make horonium] Shall we activate the synthesizer?
- Ensign Brad Boimler: Sure, I mean, is-is it gonna, un, blow may hand off?
- Spock: [picking up the cover for the synthesizer with Boimler] We are separating fissile isotopes at high speeds. The chance of an explosion is down to a coin flip.
- Spock: [sealing the synthesizer] I find myself curious about chance.
- [pause]
- Spock: Do you fell lucky?
- Ensign Brad Boimler: Un, no, not at all. I, um... . Okay. Uh, so...
- Ensign Brad Boimler: [synthesizer sparks, and Boimler shrieks] Okay, is that bad? Are sparks bad?
- Spock: [calmly walking away from synthesizer] Yes. Seek cover.
- Ensign Brad Boimler: [shrieks and whimpers as he finds cover with Spock] . Aah!
- Ensign Brad Boimler: [synthesizer explodes. Spock and Boimler stand up and cautiously look at the remains of the synthesizer] I've ruined everything.
- [Pike has his communication with the Orion captain Karas paused. He turns to the bridge crew to get their input on what to do next]
- Captain Christopher Pike: Ideas?
- [From across the bridge, Boimler excitedly raises his hand]
- Captain Christopher Pike: Not you.
- Ensign Brad Boimler: Fair.
- Ensign Brad Boimler: [turning to Spock at the Science station] Uh, can you please tell Captain Pike that the Orions want to trade? They see it as a sign of respect.
- Captain Christopher Pike: You know, I can hear you. I'm standing right here.
- Ensign Brad Boimler: Sorry. I thought the span of the room would, uh...
- [Boimler is in the Enterprise's lounge, playing with a retro-PADD]
- Lt. Erica Ortegas: [from behind Boimler, with Nurse Chapel] Whatcha got there?
- Ensign Brad Boimler: [shrieks] Ah, uh, um, hey. Nothing. Just doing some, uh, warp field mechanics.
- Lt. Erica Ortegas: Well, as long as you're not... borrowing it to input any future knowledge.
- Ensign Brad Boimler: No, I don't... I don't think I did. Um, lemmee just uh...
- Lt. Erica Ortegas: Relax, I'm just bustin' your chops.
- [chuckles with Boimler]
- Lt. Erica Ortegas: But seriously, you should probably erase whatever you just did.
- Ensign Brad Boimler: [nervously] Aye, aye. Yeah.
- [sits at a table to erase his work, as Ortegas and Chapel sit on either side of him]
- Nurse Christine Chapel: So, how are you feeling? Has the, uh, uncontrollable vomiting come in yet?
- Ensign Brad Boimler: Um, what?
- Nurse Christine Chapel: Oh, chroniton poisoning. It's really common. You just wanna make sure you're close to a bathroom.
- Lt. Erica Ortegas: [snickers]
- Ensign Brad Boimler: [realizes he's being teased] Okay, are you guys both messing with me? What's happening?
- Lt. Erica Ortegas: Yeah. Hey, what's the future like? Do you have jet packs, or what?
- Nurse Christine Chapel: [to Ortegas] We have jet packs now.
- Lt. Erica Ortegas: I know, but like smaller jet packs.
- Ensign Brad Boimler: Why... don't you both tell me what life is like on the Enterprise? I mean, is just like non-stop excitement? Meeting all these aliens
- [indicates two passing Andorian officers]
- Ensign Brad Boimler: who are still, actually, y'know... alien.
- Lt. Erica Ortegas: Guess you're pretty used to seeing aliens in the future?
- Ensign Brad Boimler: Well yeah, but... this, right now, this... this is the Golden Age of Exploration. And you guys actually get to actually live it. I mean... I'm jealous.
- [pause]
- Nurse Christine Chapel: [to Ortegas] So, where's Nyota?
- Lt. Erica Ortegas: Where do you think? Working.
- Nurse Christine Chapel: Yeah... tracks.
- Lt. Erica Ortegas: I couldn't even get her to come to movie night.
- [to Boimler]
- Lt. Erica Ortegas: Oh, if you're around on Friday, you should come.
- Nurse Christine Chapel: Yeah!
- Ensign Brad Boimler: Uh, Is that something you're doing for Captain Pike's birthday?
- Nurse Christine Chapel: It's his birthday on Friday?
- Lt. Erica Ortegas: How do you know his birthday?
- Ensign Brad Boimler: Well, I mean, in the future, his birthday's a holiday.
- [gasps]
- Ensign Brad Boimler: Crap! Crap, crap. Please, please, do not tell La'an I said anything!
- Nurse Christine Chapel: How's throwing the captain a party going to ruin the future?
- Ensign Brad Boimler: Well, it could in several ways, um...
- Lt. Erica Ortegas: Should we... throw Pike a party? I like it; good idea. I will give you all the credit for it.
- Ensign Brad Boimler: Please don't. Don't put my name on anything.
- Lt. Erica Ortegas: So much credit.
- Nurse Christine Chapel: [seeing Spock] I have to go. Watch out for those chronitons.
- Ensign Brad Boimler: [nervously] Okay, yeah.
- Ensign Brad Boimler: [sees Spock smiling] *whimper*
- Ensign Beckett Mariner: Okay, so that's just Boimler. He's probably just freaked out because you're Number One. I mean, he has a poster of you up in his bunk.
- Una Chin-Riley: A poster? You mean, like, a pinup poster?
- Ensign Beckett Mariner: It's a poster... that's pinned up. Are we saying the same thing?
- Una Chin-Riley: You know what? I don't wanna know!
- Ensign Brad Boimler: Is that a classic TS122 tricorder?
- Dr. M'Benga: It's a 120.
- Ensign Brad Boimler: Do you mind if- Can I- Can I hold it?
- [Dr. M'Benga hands him the tricorder]
- Ensign Brad Boimler: Thank you so much! Oh, my God! They *never* improved on these. I mean, yeah they got smaller and more powerful and arguably less likely to explode. But, design-wise...
- Dr. M'Benga: 'Explode' you said?
- Ensign Brad Boimler: There has to be something else we can do.
- Pelia: Yes. Find a time travel device and use it to stop yourself from messing everything up.
- Ensign Brad Boimler: [sarcastically] Thank you. That's helpful.
- Pelia: I'm a Lanthanite. I've lived for thousands of years. Most heroes I've seen... are just pretending half the time. There's this one guy I remember, he said to me, 'I always pretended to be someone I wanted to be, until finally, I became that someone, or he became me.'
- Ensign Beckett Mariner: I'm sorry, hold up. Look, I'm gonna keep this, like, 100 percent profesh, but I was thoroughly unprepared for how hot young Spock was going to be. Like, what? The body, the face, the ears, what?
- Ensign Beckett Mariner: [Beckett, Ortegas and Uhura are in the bar. Beckett is making cocktails for the group] We got some Orion Hurricanes! Well... kind of. They actually didn't have any Orion delaq, so I kinda had to improvise. Which is honestly for the best, that stuff will mess you up. Truly ruin your life. Alright.
- Lt. Erica Ortegas: [They all clink glasses. Mariner and Ortegas take a sip. Ortegas sighs contentedly, then clears her throat] I like you. You are a good... bad influence.