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The first of what has become one of our favorite series on the show. Here you can see the origins of where the series came from and what the reactions were to attempting something like this. Enjoy! 

Vadic contacts her superiors, who tell her to pursue the Titan at all costs, leading to her dumping the unwieldy portal technology. The Titan is too damaged to run both propulsion and life support for a few more hours. Riker admits Picard was right and suggests that he spend his last moments bonding with Jack in the holodeck. Picard and Jack tell each other some of their adventures, but are joined by Shaw, who bitterly recounts his experiences as an engineer during Starfleet's battle with Locutus. Riker orders Seven to keep searching for the Changeling impostor, with Shaw's help. The anomaly starts discharging energy pulses. Beverly monitors the timing, and conjectures that the anomaly is actually a space creature about to give birth. Riker, Beverly, and Picard form a highly risky plan to harness the energy pulses for recharging the ship's systems and ride them out of the nebula, and enlist Shaw and Seven's help in successfully executing it. Seven finds and kills the Changeling impostor. The Titan uses its tractor beam to fling an asteroid at the Shrike, dealing it great damage, and escapes the nebula amid the newborn jellyfish-like space creatures.

Din Djarin visits Peli Motto on Tatooine during the Boonta Eve festival in search of a new memory chip for IG-11. She does not have one, but instead sells him R5-D4. Djarin, Grogu and R5 fly to Mandalore and Djarin orders R5 to scout ahead and ensure that the atmosphere is non-toxic. When R5 does not return, Djarin ventures after it and is attacked by several Alamites, a native troll-like species living in the caves. Heading deeper into the mines, Djarin is captured by a cyborg creature and sends Grogu for Bo-Katan's help. Katan rescues Djarin and kills the cyborg before leading Djarin to the Living Waters. Djarin begins to recite the creed to restore himself as a Mandalorian; however, a sudden drop off causes him to sink deep into the water. Katan dives in to save him, and on the way back up comes face to face with a Mythosaur.

The Armorer and group of Mandalorians hold a ceremony to induct a young child into the tribe. The ceremony is interrupted when a Dinosaur Turtle attacks the Mandalorians. They fight back, but are soon overpowered. Din Djarin arrives, killing the creature with his starfighter and revealing that Grogu has chosen to stay with him.[a] The Armorer confirms that if the mines of Mandalore still exist, Djarin may become a Mandalorian once more. Djarin travels to Nevarro to meet Greef Karga who is now the High Magistrate. Djarin helps Karga stop a group of pirates led by Vane who have been attacking citizens and schools on Nevarro. Karga offers Djarin the newly vacated position of marshal, but Djarin refuses, stating that he came to rebuild IG-11. Djarin successfully revives IG-11, but the droid defaults to his original, violent programming. Djarin brings his parts to a group of Anzellan mechanics, who tell him that they need a new memory core to fully repair the droid. As Djarin leaves Nevarro, the pirate crew led by Vane's superior Gorian Shard attacks his ship, but he destroys several of their fighters and escapes. Djarin meets with Bo-Katan in an old Mandalorian castle, who reveals that after losing the Darksaber, she has abandoned her plans to reclaim Mandalore and suggests that Djarin should travel there alone.

The Shrike attacks the Titan, injuring Shaw who transfers command to Riker. Beverly explains that she did not tell Picard about Jack to keep their son safe from assassination attempts. The Titan attempts to escape the nebula but is cornered by the Shrike using portal technology. Picard advises Riker to lure the Shrike into a trap, but Riker wants to flee and prioritize saving the crew. Jack and Seven deduce that Vadic is tracking a gas leak on the Titan and find an ensign sabotaging the ship. He is revealed to be a Changeling and escapes their custody. Raffi and Worf capture a criminal that they believe is responsible for the attack on M'talas Prime. They discover that he is also a Changeling, part of a group that has been fighting the Federation since the end of the Dominion War, and realize that the attack was just a distraction. Convinced by Picard's insistence that they fight back, Riker fires on the Shrike. Their weapons are redirected back at them with a portal and the Titan sustains heavy damage. Riker blames Picard and orders him off the bridge as they drift towards a gravitational anomaly in the nebula.

Doctor Royce Hemlock travels to an Imperial facility on Mount Tantiss to meet Nala Se. He tries to persuade her into taking part in the Emperor's cloning projects, but she refuses. Meanwhile, a covert transport bound for Mt. Tantiss ends up stranded, and Cid assigns the Bad Batch to recover its cargo. While exploring the wreck, they discover that the "cargo" is an immature Zillo Beast secretly cloned away from Kamino to serve as a living armament resource. An Imperial strike force is sent to recover the Beast and capture all nearby witnesses, forcing the Bad Batch to retreat. Shortly after, Lama Su is brought to Mt. Tantiss to persuade Nala Se to cooperate. He divulges Omega's existence to Dr. Hemlock, in return for his freedom.

Roy Bivolo and the speedster (now calling herself the Red Death) capture Barry and cause a citywide blackout. While imprisoned, Barry learns that Red Death's speed is artificial and tells Mark that it isn't too late to come back from his mistakes. Ryan goes to Iris, but Iris realizes that she is Red Death. Ryan reveals that she is from an alternate timeline where she and Flash became enemies. After being rejected from the Speed Force, she landed in Iris's timeline and wants to use the Cosmic Treadmill to return home and use Iris as bait for her timeline's Flash. Red Death brings Iris to her hideout and threatens her life in order to coerce Barry into powering the treadmill, causing a lightning storm. Mark sabotages the treadmill and is beaten by the Rogues while Team Flash evacuates Barry and Iris. Meanwhile, after seeing Cecile use her powers to rescue Jenna from the storm, Joe agrees to remain in Central City. Chester and Allegra agree to talk as soon as Red Death is defeated. Red Death vows to bring war to Flash.

SPOILERS! We're talking qu-ANT-u-MAN-ia... enjoy.

The Rogues (Mercer, Wozzeck, and new recruit Michelle Amar / Murmur) steal a temporal scanner from Corbin Taft Industries. Barry realizes that they're trying to build a Cosmic Treadmill, but will need a vibration engine, and assembles Hartley, Mark, Jaco Birch, and Goldface to steal it before the Rogues can. They decide to do the mission without him until Barry agrees to trust and compensate them. He does so, but Mark betrays the group and reveals his allegiance to the Rogues in exchange for Frost's resurrection. The Rogues intercept Barry's group while the speedster temporarily disables his speed and escapes with the engine and the Rogues. Meanwhile, Khione tries to convince Allegra to stop avoiding Chester. Iris worries that the speedster is the new avatar for the Negative Speed Force. Hartley, Jaco, and Goldface agree to continue assisting Team Flash. Chester informs Team Flash that the Rogues' equipment are advanced Wayne Enterprises designs and Luke Fox mentioned that Ryan Wilder / Batwoman has gone missing. The speedster reveals herself to the Rogues as someone that resembles Ryan.

Aided by Seven of Nine and the crew of the USS Titan, Picard makes a shocking discovery that will alter his life forever – and puts him on a collision course with the most cunning enemy he's ever encountered. Meanwhile, Raffi races to track a catastrophic weapon – and collides with a familiar ally.

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