- [last lines]
- Cmdr. Michael Burnham: [of her mother] She was right. What fight are we supposed to be continuing, Spock? Everything we try fails. Now, with no suit... no time crystal... it'll always be one step ahead of us.
- Spock: Respectfully, Dr. Burnham was incorrect. Now does matter. What happened before no longer exists. What will happen next has not yet been written. We have only now. That is our greatest advantage. What we do now, here, in this moment, has the power to determine the future. Instinct and logic, together. That is how we will defeat Control, in the battle to come. We will find a way. All of history can change with our next move.
- [he sits down at the chess game, which he has been setting up]
- Spock: The board is yours, Michael.
- Dr. Gabrielle Burnham: People think time is fragile. Precious. Beautiful. Sand in an hourglass, all that. But it's not. Time is savage. It always wins. So this... is meaningless.
- Ash Tyler: Why are you contacting me on a secure channel?
- Philippa Georgiou: How much data has been transferred to our ship?
- Ash Tyler: 22%. This is about Leland, isn't it?
- Philippa Georgiou: What I'm about to tell you is the first real test of our relationship, Mr. Tyler. Betray me, and I'll live long enough to hunt you down and kill you slowly. Understood?
- Ash Tyler: I've been killed before, Georgiou. You're just telling me I'll have time to enjoy the scenery.