Sean Connolly Affleck credited as playing...
Lt. Connolly
- Captain Christopher Pike: Over the past 24 hours, Federation sensors picked up seven red bursts spread out across more than 30,000 light-years. They appeared in perfect synchronization just long enough for us to get a reading and then, just as suddenly, disappeared. Except for one.
- Saru: Such precise synchronization all but rules out the chaos of natural phenomena. Are they some kind of signal?
- Captain Christopher Pike: That's what we're calling it, but I'll leave the rest to my science officer. Your ball, Connolly.
- Lt. Connolly: The signals don't seem to be moons, stars or any other type of planetoid. Truth is, we can't detect anything about them or engage with them in any way. Every time we tried to scan, the computer went haywire.
- Michael Burnham: Like a compass at the North Pole.
- Captain Christopher Pike: Well put. Why didn't we think of that, Connolly? Huh? Think of all the syllables that gave their lives.
- Lt. Connolly: The metaphor seemed a bit simplistic.
- Michael Burnham: I believe it's a simile.
- Captain Christopher Pike: Then, I owe you a simile, Commander...?
- Michael Burnham: Burnham. Michael Burnham.
- Captain Christopher Pike: He said you we're smart. We have someone in common.
- Michael Burnham: Yes, I'm aware. Mr. Spock. I was expecting to see him.