EPISODE CONTEXT

Directly following the time-slip event of Episode 1, this episode transitions from the shock of displacement into the first real moral reckoning — establishing the ethical framework that will drive the entire 26-episode run. It plants the seeds for the crew's deepening entanglement with historical figures and events, setting up escalating dilemmas about whether altering the past is a right, a duty, or a catastrophe. The Battle of Midway serves as the series' opening crucible, and the decisions made here will ripple forward into every confrontation that follows.