Star Trek: Discovery (TV Series)

The Vulcan Hello (2017)

James Frain: Sarek

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• Michael Burnham : Hello, Sarek. I'm happy to see you.

  Sarek : So many years. And still you allow emotional considerations to impede your logic.

  Michael Burnham : They inform my logic. I need your help.

  Sarek : I assume the timing of the call was not coincidental. The quadrant reports a new star in the sky. What have you done out there, on the edge of Federation space?

  Michael Burnham : We've encountered the Klingons.

  Sarek : How rare to meet one's own demons in the flesh.

  Michael Burnham : I killed one.

  Sarek : In light of the fact that they killed your parents, some might think that only fair. However, if a death was necessary, I am satisified it was not yours. I'm most certain you did not call me for emotional solace.

  Michael Burnham : We're facing off. No fire has been exchanged. But they didn't turn on that beacon until Starfleet was on its way to our position. I think they're summoning more of their kind.

  Sarek : An odd proposition, given that their empire has been in disarray for generations. But you are describing something out of the ordinary. Restraint in the face of conflict. When a civilization acts in opposition to is instincts, it may be under the influence of something, or someone, new. Great unifiers are few and far between, but they do come. Often, such leaders will need a profound cause for their followers to rally around.

  Michael Burnham : A war.

  Sarek : Be very careful that your assumptions are not being driven by your past.

  Michael Burnham : This isn't about what happened, Sarek. It's what's happening now. How did the Vulcans achieve diplomatic relations with the Klingons?

  Sarek : That is a solution particular to us. One cannot assume it would work on a ship commanded by humans.

  Michael Burnham : Sarek... please.

  Sarek : I caution you, be considered with how you use this information. You cannot save lives that have already been lost.

  Michael Burnham : Tell me. How did you keep the Klingons at bay?

• Young Michael Burnham : [pleading after her poor test performance]  I can do better.

  Sarek : When emotion brings us ghosts from the past, only logic can root us in the present.

  Young Michael Burnham : Maybe I can try to learn Vulcan. To be quicker with my answers.

  Sarek : Your human tongue is not the problem. It is your human heart.