Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad ( episode ) As the crew attempts to let loose at a party , Harry Mudd triggers a time loop that repeatedly destroys the ship and kills the crew in an effort to learn the secret of the spore drive and sell the " Discovery " to the Klingons . Summary . Harry Mudd uses a time crystal to trap " Discovery " inside a time loop in a attempt to figure out the starship ' s secret and sell the ship to the Klingon s . Paul Stamets is able to exist outside of the loop and figures out his plan . In the end , Mudd is handed over to Stella and her father . Memorable quotes . " " Never hide who you are . That ' s the only way relationships work . " " " " Dance with me . For science . " " Links and references . References . airlock ; ; alpha particle ; Alpha Quadrant ; anicium ; armory ; arms dealer ; bank ; " bat ' leth " ; beanpole ; Bee Gees ; beer pong ; Betazoid bank ; black alert ; brain ; ; cafe ; cane ; captain ' s chair ; chronal displacement ; Code 7 . 5 . 3 ; con man ; containment field ; court martial ; cybernetics ; dance ; dark matter ; DNA ; dowry ; Endangered Species Act ; Endangered Species List ; extinction ; fish ; four - dimensional race ; funk ; funkmaster ; fraternization ; French language ; GNDN ; gormagander ; Gorn ; ; Grimes ' ship ; hoverchair ; humor ; hunting ; intruder alert ; ; Kasseelian opera ; " katana " ; lei ; " Love and Happiness " ; man cave ; mating ritual ; " mek ' leth " ; messiah ; molecular lock ; motor ; Mudd ' s ship ; multidimensional creature ; non - equlibrial matter state ; officer trainee ; officers manifest ; orthogonal index ; partner ; petunia ; phone ; power relay ; " Prototaxites stellaviatori " ; pulse scope rifle ; red alert ; " Romeo and Juliet " ; ; science specialist ; self - destruct ; ; small talk ; solar wind ; space whale ; Starfleet General Orders and Regulations ; Stuart ; suicide ; T ' Kuvma ; tardigrade ; temporal loop ; time crystal ; time loop ; time stream ; volatile encryption ; Vulcan Science Academy ; " We Trying to Stay Alive " ; weaponized dark matter ; worker bee ; xenoanthropologist ; xenology ; xenologic classification ; yellow alert ; yurium Alpha / Beta Quadrant Overview . 11 Leonis Minoris ; Acamar ; Adelphous ; Ajilon ; Aldebaran ; Alpha Onias ; Alpha Quadrant ; ; ; Archanis ; Archanis sector ; Archer ; ; Azha ; Azure Nebula ; ; ; ; Barolia ; Beta XII - A ; Beta Lankal ; Beta Leonis Minoris ; Beta Quadrant ; Beta Pictoris ; Beta Rigel ; Beta Thoridar ; Brestant ; Briar Patch ; Carraya ; Castor ; Celes ; Chi Leonis ; ; Cursa ; D ' deridex ; Delta Outpost ; Delta Outpost 6 ; Delta Outpost 7 ; Delta Outpost 8 ; Delta Outpost 9 ; Delta Outpost 10 ; Delta Outpost 11 ; ; Dewa ; Deep Space K - 7 ; Dinasia ; Elas ; Elora ; Epsilon Outpost ; Epsilon Outpost 1 ; Epsilon Outpost 2 ; Epsilon Outpost 3 ; Epsilon Outpost 4 ; Epsilon Outpost 5 ; Epsilon Outpost 6 ; Epsilon Outpost 7 ; Epsilon Outpost 8 ; Epsilon Outpost 9 ; Epsilon Outpost 10 ; Epsilon Outpost 11 ; ; Gamma 400 system ; Gamma Eridon ; Gamma Hromi ; Ganalda ; ; ; ; Halee ; Hromi Cluster ; Hyralan ; ; Iconian s ; ; Ikalia ; Japori ; Jouret ; K ' t ' inga ; ; Klach D ' kel Brakt ; ; Korvat ; Lambda Geminorum ; Mempa ; Mempa sector ; Miridian ; ; Narendra ; Nequencia ; New Providence ; ; Omega Leonis ; ; ; Paulson Nebula ; Pheben ; Pollux ; ; ; Qo ' noS sector ; ; ; Regulus ; ; Rura Penthe ; Sherman ' s Planet ; ; Starbase 12 ; Starbase 23 ; Starbase 24 , Starbase 157 ; Starbase 234 ; Starbase 343 ; ; Tananda Bay ; ; Tomed ; Tranome Sar ; Troyius ; Unroth ; ; ; ; Yridia ; Zibal Unreferenced material . hip hop music