- Captain Christopher Pike: That damn holographic comm system. Tell Louvier to rip out the entire system. From now on, we'll communicate using good old-fashioned view screens. Truth is, I never liked the holograms. They look too much like ghosts.
- Number One: [amused] Hm.
- Captain Christopher Pike: He told you I'd say that.
- Number One: No. I told him.
- Saru: My apologies. I woke up this morning fighting an acute rhinovirus.
- Lt. Joann Owosekun: So you have a cold.
- Linus: I had a cold last week, which sucked.
- [everyone looks at him questioningly]
- Linus: Saurian. Six nasal canals.
- Jett Reno: Antimatter and dilithium might be old-school, but they don't let you down.
- Paul Stamets: Why soar when you can crawl?
- Jett Reno: You don't know me, Doc. I'm uninsultable. Especially by a guy who thinks he can run a ship on mushrooms that I pick off my pizza.
- Michael Burnham: I understand your first officer is on her way to Spacedock. Was her visit informative?
- Captain Christopher Pike: Number One is very resourceful. People have a tendency to end up owing her favors.
- Saru: You will need my help.
- Captain Christopher Pike: Saru, Commander Burnham can handle this. There's no reason to risk your health any further.
- Saru: I am dying, Captain, but I am most certainly not dead.
- May: I'm from a species known as the JahSepp. We lived harmoniously until an alien intruder began to arrive at random intervals, ravaging our ecosystem irreparably.
- Paul Stamets: So, you came for help to rid your species of a destructive alien presence?
- May: You are the destructive alien presence.