[droning]
[Murphy screaming]
[droning]
[distant screaming]
[Karl] Somebody help!
I need some help down here!
-[Mel] Is he still alive? -[Karl] Barely.
-Did Thale do this? -[Karl] I don't know.
But Murphy had a gun on him. If he used it...
-It won't matter to the crew. -No.
[woman on PA] Level 4 alert.
Please proceed to your cabin.
[crew] You should get to your quarters.
The L-1 is out.
[sobbing]
[ominous music]
[rustling]
I've been waiting for you.
What do you want?
I just want to talk.
[eerie music]
[screaming]
What did you just do?
You're not one to piss about with, are you?
What did you see?
Let's just say you're way more interesting than I imagined.
Get out of my room.
[Thale] You know the ship.
You tell me how to get to the domes without being seen, and I'll be gone.
The Maglev tunnels. There are no cameras there.
You can climb up to the domes.
[Thale] Oh, and...
Don't tell anybody that you saw me, will you?
And I won't tell anybody what I saw.
[ominous music]
[Tobis] He's stable.
Lucky, you got him up here when you did. It probably saved his life.
-[Karl] Can I talk to him? -[Tobis] No.
We had to put Murphy in a coma...
to control the pain.
They're going to tear Thale apart.
[Roy] Is this the work of your telepath?
No.
[Agatha] And I'd strongly encourage you not to feed into that hysteria.
Thale is not capable of doing this.
There are quite a lot of things you say he's not capable of,
yet they seem to keep happening.
Mechanical malfunctions, nothing to do with Thale.
Are you trying to deny the danger your L-1 presents on my ship?
No, of course not. That's why we have him isolated and under suppression.
Someone on your crew set him free.
That's who we should be hunting for.
[door opens]
[Karl] Look, we can bring Thale in safely.
-He trusts Agatha more than anyone. -[Roy] Then what?
I agreed to transport you to the Volcryn.
I can't do that with my crew fearing for their lives.
The L-1 is a complication I can't afford.
That doesn't sound good.
I need you to find Lommie.
We're going to need her.
[foreboding music]
[footsteps]
[groaning]
[thud]
[thumping]
[thumping continues]
[Agatha] Thale?
Thale?
[ominous music]
[window slams]
[exhales heavily]
[eerie music]
Thale.
[footsteps]
[man panting]
[man] He was in my head.
It's okay. He didn't mean to hurt you.
He's just scared, that's why.
He knows the way.
[Agatha] It's okay.
It's okay.
[theme music]
[chimes]
Admit.
[beeping]
[Mel] I was worried.
Where did you go?
What happened to you?
There was um...
There was something...
in there.
In where?
In the computer?
At first, I thought it was a firewall.
But then, I could feel it around me.
[Lommie] Hate and rage.
It wanted me dead.
Hey.
Come here.
We'll keep each other safe.
Jesus, Lommie, you're bleeding.
Let me see.
You did this?
You can't.
You're on a team, Lommie.
We are relying on you.
And you can rely on us. Do you understand?
-You're the one who doesn't understand. -[coughing]
[coughing continues]
[eerie music]
[laughing]
What's wrong?
Nothing.
-Jesus! -[Agatha] Keep his head elevated.
-What happened to him? -[Agatha] A temporary side effect
of telepathic energy, minor hemorrhaging in the sclera.
-That thing attacked him. -He's not a thing!
And no, if Thale wanted this man dead, he'd be dead.
He's got to be in one of the domes. Get Doryen and his men up there.
Was it Thale?
I know how this looks, but he's showing restraint, Karl.
Yeah, I don't think anybody here is going to appreciate that nuance.
I know where he is.
Just be straightforward.
Honest and direct.
He's not under suppression right now, so he'll know if you're lying.
[Karl] Okay.
[door closes]
[Agatha] Thale?
[crickets chirping]
[Agatha] Come and talk to us.
-[Agatha] We're here to help you. -[Thale] Sod off!
You can barely help yourself.
[leaves rustling]
You know there's nothing I wouldn't do to keep you safe.
[Thale] You let them put me in a coma.
Well, maybe that was the plan all along.
Clear the deck for you and D'Branin.
It's what you wanted, isn't it?
[Karl] The decision to put you under...
was mine.
I was wrong.
Look, I'm sorry.
[Thale] What? So, now, you tell the truth?
Well, now your prize lab rat has escaped.
It's not like that.
I just want to protect you.
One of the crew was badly burned, and everybody thinks you did it.
Did you see what happened?
Look, have a look.
I've got nothing to hide.
[Karl] Just tell me what you know.
Maybe you and I can work it out with Eris together.
[Hartley] There he is!
-I fucking knew! -[Karl] Thale, no! Don't run! Just...
[Agatha] Don't come in here with those weapons.
-You'll force him to defend himself. -Yeah?
After what he did to Murphy?
He better be ready to defend himself.
That wasn't Thale.
Okay. You're making a mistake. You go after him and that boy...
[Roy] Necessary personnel only.
Until the L-1 is contained.
[Auggie] Sir, perhaps I could have a word in private?
Just speak freely.
[Auggie] We have an escaped L-1 on board. Three men are down.
-Your point? -[Auggie] We're a colony ship.
This mission, sir.
-Perhaps we should turn back? -Out of the question.
[Roy] You worry about our trajectory, Augustine.
Let me worry about the mission.
Thale will be apprehended within the hour.
As you wish, Captain.
[crickets chirping]
[Doryen] Dude, what the fuck? That was D'Branin you knocked out.
He brought the L-1 on board, didn't he?
He's responsible as far as I'm concerned.
[Doryen whispers] Let's split up.
-[gun cocks] -Jesus.
Have you ever shoot one of those things before?
Only in training, sir.
Well, just keep your hand steady and squeeze.
[breathes heavily]
Now, quiet.
-[gunshot] -[zaps]
[Thale grunts]
I got him... I got him!
[Doryen] Suczek's got him.
Move it!
Down the hill.
-Over there? -Yes!
What are you doing?
[eerie music]
What the fuck?
Fall back! Everyone! Out of the dome now!
So, this is how it's gonna be?
Clear the deck. Out. Now!
I'm sorry, Karl.
I had him.
I could have walked Thale back into his dome.
And my crew would still be calling for his head.
He's a threat to the life of every person on this ship.
-I need him alive. -You want him alive.
"Need" is a matter of opinion.
We have detected anomalies in the waveforms
recorded by the Volcryn. The same anomalies exist in the L-1s!
Thale is our best hope at communicating with them.
Given the chaos onboard of my ship,
perhaps it's time for you and your team to devise another way to communicate.
[Karl] Oh, for Christ's sake. Thale is a kid.
He volunteered to come out here.
I'm sorry. My hands are tied.
I'm going to prove to you that he's innocent.
And then we'll see if you still have the balls to murder him.
[exhales sharply]
What's the status in Terraform?
Stand-off. Security can't get close to the L-1.
It's time to use something that can.
Security already came by.
[lab tech] No L-1s in here.
Just one over-worked lab tech.
We need a mobile robot that can maneuver easily inside Terraform.
The spider-bot's fully charged.
Just upgraded the OS.
[Doryen] Can you outfit it with laser cutters?
[lab tech] Lasers are lethal.
Strictly for work outside the hull.
Lethal works.
Orders of Captain Eris.
[crickets chirping]
[chirping continues]
[distant bees buzzing]
[gun cocks]
That's close enough.
[bees buzzing]
Why?
What will you do to me?
Whatever it takes.
The colony would perceive that as an attack and protect me.
Are you going to shoot each of them as well?
[buzzing continues]
[loud buzzing]
Who are you?
I can't hear through the bees.
Well, let me help you.
[buzzing]
You have the ship in an uproar.
Yeah, well, they started it, so...
Sit down.
[Thale] Go on.
You're my prisoner now, so...
[clears throat]
[kid giggling]
[voice echoes] [Skye] Daddy.
[suspenseful music]
-[Skye] Try and catch me. -Wait. Wait!
[Karl] Wait! Hey! Skye!
[Skye] Hi, Daddy.
Do you remember when you gave me this bracelet?
Come here, Daddy.
I don't know what you are, but I will find out.
[voice echoes] You...
[running footsteps]
[demonic voice] ...don't know anything.
[rapid footsteps]
[blues music playing in background]
[chimes]
[Rowan] Admit.
[door opens]
[footsteps]
Hey.
What happened to you?
Courtesy of our host, Roy Eris.
Oh, you want some rope?
[Rowan] It's an organic anti-inflammatory.
No, thanks. I'm more of a gin man.
Suit yourself.
[sighs]
[gulps, sighs]
[Karl] Rowan, I don't know what's happening.
This ship.
Eris. The crew. Thale.
[heavy sigh]
[Karl] The way things are going,
I don't even know if we'll make it to the Volcryn.
We need to send a probe.
[Karl] We need to send White Rabbit.
-What, now? -[Karl] Yeah, now.
I don't trust Eris.
Might be the closest we ever get to the Volcryn.
-You think Eris will abort the mission? -Honestly, I don't know.
I don't wanna risk it.
I need you to get Mel.
Bring her with you, make all the necessary adjustments.
Don't let anybody see you.
[Karl] We don't want to give Eris a chance to stop us.
[Tobis] This isn't right.
This patient should not be moved right now.
-A man's life is at stake. -Yeah. His.
Is he ready?
[Agatha] How far is too far, Karl?
[Agatha] You're doing this for your mission.
Do I really need to remind you of the stakes?
You're just denying accountability.
I'm not denying anything.
Look, if this ends up killing Murphy, then I'll have to live with that.
So will you.
Unless that's just too much for you, then...
I didn't say that. I want Thale alive as much as you do. More.
[beeping]
[chimes]
[Auggie] What are you trying to do?
I need to disconnect the memory suite from the main system.
I know a few tricks.
Been around this ship long enough.
Whose memories are you planning on accessing here?
Murphy.
Do you honestly believe the L-1 is innocent?
He's part of our team.
[Auggie] Ah...
-Loyalty. I understand. -[keyboard clacking]
-[Lommie] Why are you doing this? -I'm loyal, too. My captain, my ship.
I think what you're doing here could help them both.
Better move fast.
The crew's working double-time to try and deal with your L-1.
We trained on probe systems way more complex than this in the program.
I did three tours around Luna. All manual drives.
That's certainly impressive.
You think I'm green.
Running orbiters with a group of cadets is hardly the same as crossing the void.
This bloody tray...
You have to disengage the limiter.
I knew that.
[Rowan] Plan B is ready.
It's beautiful.
It will be even more beautiful
if it sends us pictures back of the Volcryn.
[Rowan] Especially if we don't make it.
[footsteps]
[hisses]
[whirring]
Is the gun necessary?
[Thale] They have guns.
But you could kill me with your mind, right?
Yeah, if I wanted to.
Maybe I don't.
What's your name?
Thale.
No family name?
I was taken from my family.
[Tessia] Hmm. Very sorry to hear that.
I'm Tessia, by the way.
It's nice to meet you, Thale.
I know what you're doing.
-Making conversation? -No, empathizing.
[Thale] Agatha, she does it all the time.
She's my uh...
therapist or handler.
I don't know what the fuck she is. [sighs]
[Thale] Cor! If you could hear the things they want to do to me.
[Tessia] I think it's absolutely horrible, the way people treat L-1s.
I'm profoundly against it.
Still, you can't really blame them.
You know, they've been pushed down the food chain by a new apex predator.
Well...
We ain't predators. We're victims.
You certainly act like it.
Say that again.
What do you get from me, Thale?
A bunch of fuzzy fucking rainbows.
And behind the rainbows?
[Tessia] Everyone's the same.
Darkness and light.
Maybe the problem isn't the terrible things
people send out to you,
but what you let in.
Easy for you to say.
[whirring]
[Karl] Ready for playback.
-[Agatha] Come on out, we'll get started. -Okay.
[suspenseful music]
[footsteps]
[door closes]
[static]
[distorted dialogue]
It's not working.
[static]
[Agatha] Maybe he's too out of it?
[Lommie] Hold on.
[Karl] Here we go.
That's Murphy in the Med Bay.
[Karl] Can you scan backwards?
[rewinding scratch]
[man #1] You brought an L-1 on board?
[man #2] His name is Thale and he's vital to the success of our mission.
[man #1] He's an L-1. They're murderers.
[Lommie] Here we go. Getting closer.
[Karl] You're afraid. I get it.
I'm afraid too.
-[Auggie] Record feed. -[beeping]
[Karl] 'Cause our world is dying?
I'm guessing that's, that's why you're on a colony ship?
[indistinct dialogue]
Slow... Slow down.
This is where they're hunting Thale.
Get back to your quarters. The L-1's somewhere on the loose.
Eris needs his feeds restored.
[Hartley] Just in case.
Now, here we go.
[water dripping]
-[panting] -[heart thumping]
[thud]
[Murphy] You fucking little freak.
[screaming]
[flames roaring]
-[Lommie] Jesus. -Shut it down.
It was no malfunction.
[screaming]
[screaming continues]
[Mel] Want to say any last words?
[Rowan] Safe travels, little rabbit.
[Mel giggles]
[droning]
[Rowan breathes heavily]
Are you okay?
Fine.
It's just...
be ashamed to come out all this way just for a probe launch.
I wanted to make real contact.
Then let's do that.
[Mel] Stop hiding.
Come and talk to me.
You want to experience intimacy?
Truth?
-Excuse me? -That's why you watch people, right?
That's what you told me.
Well, start with D'Branin.
You two are partners,
you need to trust each other if we're going to survive out here.
Partners?
Karl isn't my partner.
-He's my passenger. -We are not out here
to take a joyride on your ship.
-We are out here to find solutions. -As am I.
Then trust him.
It's not just the L-1, Melantha.
This mission faces a threat you do not understand.
[Mel] So help me understand.
I can't.
You need to run your ship your way, Karl needs to find the Volcryn his way.
I tried.
-Melantha. -Go.
[whirring]
-How much longer is this gonna take? -Five minutes tops.
As soon as I initiate the...
[lab tech] What the hell?
[beeping]
[Hartley] What is it?
[Roy] The domes were my mother's design.
Bejeweled life glowing against the blackness of space.
They're nothing without the outer ring to support them.
A much more intricate design.
My design.
But all anyone sees are the domes.
Thale set Murphy on fire.
Not with his mind. With his hands.
Bringing him was my idea.
I needed him to be innocent.
It doesn't matter, Karl.
The real question...
is how do we keep the crew from learning what Thale did?
[Roy] I'll make a ship-wide announcement
that a faulty comm relay caused the fire.
We'll be able to return Thale safely to his Dome.
Murphy will know that's a lie.
[Roy] Murphy has been placed back in a coma.
Before he's brought out,
I'll adjust his memory of the fire to reflect our version of the events.
[Karl] Why?
Why are you doing this?
[Roy] We both want this mission to succeed.
For our own reasons.
That doesn't explain all the accidents on this ship.
There's nothing to explain.
[Roy over PA] An internal review of memory footage
has revealed that an electrical fire
was responsible for Chief Engineer Murphy's injuries.
The L-1 will be returned to his dome.
Thank you for your patience while we resolve this matter.
[Auggie] The crew seems to have settled.
I'm relieved to put this incident behind us.
I gave D'Branin's team a hand this morning.
In the memory suite.
Is that a fact?
I wanted to install a mirror program in their system
to monitor the footage they extracted from Mr. Murphy.
[Auggie] A little insurance policy.
You're quite dedicated to their mission, sir.
Yes.
I am.
It's still not too late.
-Too late for what, Auggie? -[Auggie] You're not an explorer,
you're a builder.
-It's what you do best. -It's what my mother did best.
Your mother was a great woman.
My mother didn't care about building colonies.
She was more interested in building her legend.
I beg to differ, sir, I think you're selling her short.
Those colonies create homes for families.
Enough, Auggie.
It's imperative we keep order on the Nightflyer.
You can destroy that footage now.
I don't know what's happening.
[lab tech] Someone's taken control.
[ominous music]
They're re-writing the code.
[lab tech] No one can code that fast.
[Doryen] Turn it off.
Turn it off!
I can't get control back.
Shit.
[clanking]
[spider-bot clanking]
[spider-bot continues clanking]
[panting]
[spider-bot clanking, chimes]
[thuds]
[spider-bot clanking]
[distant spider-bot clanking]
-[spider-bot clanking] -[gun cocks]
[clanking stops]
[spider-bot chimes]
[spider-bot clanking]
-[thud] -[chimes]
[spider-bot clanking]
[panting]
[ominous music]
[spider-bot chimes]
[thudding] [thud]
[spider-bot clanks]
[zaps]
[zapping]
-[loud thud] -[spider-bot clanking]
[suspenseful music]
-[zaps] -[loud thud]
[alarm beeps]
[spider-bot clanking]
[clanking stops]
[spider-bot whirring]
-[zaps] -[lab tech screams]
[zaps]
[muffled screaming]
[zapping]
[blood splatters]
-[Agatha] Wait here. -[crew] Yes, ma'am.
[Agatha] Thale.
No one's gonna hurt you.
Oh, so it seems.
Interesting announcement from the Captain, wasn't it?
[Karl] Yeah. Well, I promised I'd protect you.
You'll still be confined to your habitat, for your own safety.
But the mission's back on track.
You're going to help us talk to the Volcryn.
I'll go back to my dome, but no more drugs.
I'm an apex predator. I need to stay sharp, don't I?
-Predator? -[Thale] Yeah.
Well, that's the truth, isn't it?
I just gotta keep it under control.
And how do you propose to do that?
Sift through what I receive.
Filter out the negative shit.
I think I would like to go back to my dome now.
[thud]
[door closes]
[Lommie] I got your message.
Do you need help with something?
D'Branin updated the mission prep calendar.
He needs you to confirm the probe's trajectory.
I can't go back in there.
Start off slow.
-[Mel] Stay out of the deeper systems. -Mel, I can't.
You can.
I'll be with you the whole time.
You're manipulating me.
Am I?
[beeps]
[whirring]
[light music]
[ship rumbling]
[warbling]
[Hartley groans]
[grunts]
What happened in here?
[stammers] The spider.
It was alive.
Where is it now, Mr. Suczek?
[panting]
[ominous music]
[Karl] It's been a brutal stretch to tell you the truth, Joy.
I, uh, I would've called you sooner,
but every second is a battle up here, so...
-[Joy] Oh, I'm so sorry, baby. -[rustling]
-[Joy] Are you regretting it? -[Karl] No, no, I can't afford to.
Every day we get closer to contact is a good day.
Hey.
[Joy] Where'd you get that bracelet?
-It looks familiar. -Well, yeah.
Skye gave me this.
You made them together.
In the backyard.
Oh.
-[Karl] Remember? -Right.
[Joy sighs]
Does it hurt?
Letting pieces of our daughter go like that?
[Karl] I don't know, it just seems so sad to me.
[Joy] I can't feel sadness over things I don't remember.
Right.
That's the whole point of the therapy.
[Karl] I just...
I just can't help but wonder, what's left?
[Joy] All the good stuff.
[stutters] Skye was good.
-Every part of her was good. -I know.
I just...
couldn't go on one more day blaming myself for...
the decisions we made.
[Joy] She'd still be alive if we'd just...
[somber music]
...I can't even remember what we did wrong.
[distant spider-bot clanking]
[Karl] Eris.
[Roy] The door to the Mission Lab has been disabled.
The room requires maintenance.
[Karl sighs] Come on, Roy.
I have a shitload of work to do. What type of maintenance?
You were right, Karl.
I haven't given you the full truth.
About?
[Roy] The chaos onboard of my ship.
Malfunctions.
The images of your daughter.
They're all related.
Related, how?
I'm dealing with a force that's trying to stop this mission.
-Okay. -[Roy] I can't go into precise detail
-without further compromising the safety-- -That's not good enough.
Tell me what force. What do you mean?
I'm sharing this with you because I want to trust you, Karl.
I gave you Thale.
Please, I need this.
I'll let you know once I have the situation under control.
[warbling]
[whirring]
This is Captain Roy Eris.
Override unauthorized user.
Deactivate.
-[thud] -[spider-bot powers down]
[ominous music]
This time you've gone too far.
[foreboding music]
[closing theme music]