Overview

• Pike and Dr. M’Benga embark on a covert mission to the restricted planet Kenfori to secure a Chimera blossom crucial for Captain Batel’s treatment.
• The episode delivers Star Trek’s first live-action zombie-like creatures through a plant infection that reanimates fallen bodies.
• Klingon ritual demands force M’Benga to confront his wartime past in a duel that spotlights his internal moral struggle.
• Upon return, Pike opts against filing any official report on the forbidden mission, effectively concealing its rule-breaking elements.
• Ensign Ortegas’s untreated PTSD leads to a breach of orders during a Klingon skirmish and ends with her removal from duty for retraining.