Amanda brings word that Spock is accused of murder, Tyler and L'Rell face a threat over their secret child, and Tilly is freed from a parasite.
Amanda Grayson arrives with stolen medical records and the news that Spock has escaped the psychiatric unit and is wanted for killing three doctors. She recognizes the Red Angel in his childhood drawings, and Burnham admits she hurt Spock when they were young to protect him from Vulcan extremists.
On Qo'noS, Chancellor L'Rell and Tyler are threatened by the Klingon Kol-Sha, who has learned of their secret child. With help from the mirror Georgiou, now an agent of Section 31, they defeat him. The baby is sent to a monastery and his parents fake his death, and Tyler joins Section 31. Burnham and Stamets use dark matter to remove the parasite living inside Tilly. Andrew Colville wrote the episode.