Saving y’all a click: it’s “The Visitor” (S4E2).

There are a few episodes in every series that make me bawl. This was one of them.

There’s family bonding time in that nebula!

I don’t know why I love this one so much but I really do. It’s got some liminal space vibes.

• The Inner Light
• The Visitor

Welcome to Star Trek! We cry here.

Here’s a non-paywalled link: https://web.archive.org/web/20250324194236/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/

And the White House has confirmed it’s real: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-yemen-strike-plans-atlantic-magazine-1.7492037