Title :
Forget Me Not
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Overall Ep :
33
First Aired :
5 Nov 2020
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Unknown
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Plotline
As a human host to a Trill symbiont, Adira cannot remember becoming the host of the Tal symbiont, and cannot access the memories of previous hosts such as Senna. Burnham takes them to the Trill homeworld in hopes that the Trill can help unlock the memories.
The Trill are also no longer part of the Federation, but they welcome Discovery as they are in need new symbiont hosts, however, many Trill refuse to believe that a non-Trill could host a symbiont, and Adira is turned away. A group of Trill attempt to kill Adira and take the symbiont, but Burnham stops them.
Guardian Xi, a friendly Trill, offers to help them. At the sacred Caves of Mak'ala, Xi and Burnham help Adira connect to Tal's memories. When Senna died, Tal was transferred to Gray, Adira's Trill boyfriend. However, Gray was killed shortly afterwards and Adira offered to become the new host to save Tal and the memories of all the previous hosts.
After gaining access to Tal's memories, Adira is able to communicate with Gray's consciousness. Meanwhile, Saru attempts to improve crew morale with the help of Dr. Culber.