[Karl] If zero here,
our calculations give us
two tilt shifts in T1 and T2
with a variable position vector.
But if you resolve these,
you're still missing 0.3 degrees.
The object changed direction.
On its own.
Thank you, Karl.
It's a thrilling idea.
[Nelson] Thrilling.
I will just point out that these deviancies
all reside within the range of optical aberration.
Thank you, Nelson. I did think of that.
[Karl] And if you look, you will see
we identified shifts here and here,
and adjustments in speed and direction.
No celestial object changes course like that
on its own.
-Ever. -[woman clears throat]
Next, you'll be telling us it's piloted by intelligent life.
I believe that.
Yes.
[all chattering]
What if I'm right?
Hm?
We're running out of time on this planet.
Colonization is not happening fast enough. If we can make contact with them...
[Karl] What if they have the ability to save all of us.?
All right. Well, you've given us a lot to consider.
And look at it this way, if your theories don't pan out,
you can always write a book.
Hm?
Professor?
[Joy] You have a call on the feed.
Thank you.
[Roy] Good afternoon, Professor.
Do you know who I am?
Yes.
Mr. Eris.
How did your presentation go?
I suspect Dr. Nelson was left unconvinced?
Well, I mean...
maybe my math was off.
[Roy] No, your calculations are correct.
Wait, I haven't published any data. How could you verify my numbers?
It doesn't matter.
What does...
is that we share a mutual desire to make contact with that vessel.
I have a proposal for you.
[ominous music]
[whirring]
Were you ever straight with me?
The body is a shell.
A vessel within which we carry our spirit.
When that vessel shatters,
our life continues,
released from the constraints of the terrestrial life,
free to explore the vastness of the heavens.
A return to the stars from which our life first sprang.
Thank you, sir.
Very well said.
[Roy] Karl.
I know you launched your probe.
My tech picks up on the data trail.
Well, if I'm in charge of the science team,
I need to be able to make those calls.
You don't trust me?
I lied to preserve the life of your L-1.
At the very least, you owe me respect!
[woman over PA] Cargo decompression and release
in three, two, one.
[thuds]
[foreboding music]
[theme music]
[ship rumbling]
What?
What's wrong?
Nothing.
It's just...
you make me happy.
[clicks tongue] Come on, you.
You've had other partners, right?
I grew up in a Luddite commune.
So sexing was forbidden.
So was tech and a lot of other stuff.
Oh.
So...
-I'm your... -No, I had.
Um...
It was nothing like this.
Well...
sexing is great for your biochemistry.
You just have to be careful
not to get caught up in all the bullshit that comes along with it.
You mean...
-feelings? -[machine chimes]
[door whirrs open]
We're off-cycle, boss.
Not anymore. I need to speak with you.
About your boss. About Eris.
He said something to me.
[Karl] I can't quite shake it about.
Not being in control of the ship.
Seems like everything he does is to remind us that he is in control.
[Lommie] You mean the system malfunctions?
What, you think that's what he's talking about?
No. He wouldn't say.
But he has a problem and he's trying to hide it from us.
We could help him if he'll let us.
No, he won't. He won't.
Lommie, can you set a trace to track the origin of any future malfunctions?
Uh...
Yeah, I guess. It's just...
What exactly are we looking for?
Maybe I should talk to him.
He might be more open with me.
Why would he be?
[Mel] He tells me things.
Since when?
[Mel] He's been watching me since I came on board.
He's curious.
Sure.
One of you, do it to get inside his head.
[quivers]
[exhales]
[hissing]
[Auggie] Dangerous work we do out here.
Sorry, sir?
[Auggie] Brandy and Port.
It will help you sleep.
-[ship rumbling] -[sniffs, gasps]
-Don't worry. -[Hartley sniffs]
[Auggie] It's just the ionic particles at the edge of the heliosphere.
Making the ship sing.
[sobs]
[explosion]
[gasps]
We shouldn't be out here.
The ship is fine.
Some members of the crew are starting to show weakness.
[Auggie] Take a couple of cycles off, Mr. Suczek.
I need you ready for duty by the end of the week.
[sighs] Yes, sir.
[door opens]
[breathes heavily]
[ship rumbling]
[shower running]
You really do take liberties on the ship, don't you?
Stop staring at me with that eye and come talk to me.
What's wrong, Melantha?
Honestly, I'm tired of the hypocrisy.
All this talk about truth-seeking,
but everything about you feels like a lie.
The only lie I told was to protect Karl and his telepath.
See, I think that was your strategy.
[Mel] I think you got problems on the ship that you can't handle,
and the only reason you helped us was to get us off your back.
Is that really what you think of me?
I don't know what to think of you because you're not here.
[Mel] Why don't you ever come to me in person?
[scoffs]
[Roy sighs]
[Mel] You watch me all the time,
and you give nothing back.
[Roy] Do you trust me, Melantha?
[Mel] Whatever it is that you're hiding, Roy,
you don't have to carry that burden alone.
Let me help you.
[Rowan] You must be the bee lady.
[Tessia] And you're the genius xenobiologist.
I've seen you on the news feeds.
You mind if I...
Sometimes I just need to be around plants.
We all need a little piece of nature in order to stay sane.
[Rowan] Hm.
True nature...
is chaos.
I think if you look closely enough, you'll find order below the chaos.
I was curious as to your...
encounter with the L-1.
You mean, Thale?
Oh, first name basis.
He's a dangerous creature, by all accounts.
Well, humans are dangerous creatures.
But you weren't afraid of him.
Thale simply reflects what he takes in.
If everyone stopped projecting so much darkness and hate,
he might not be a threat at all.
Perhaps, if he...
refined his capabilities.
Might be a useful tool to help others.
[Tessia] You want to experiment on him?
With him.
Why couldn't he sense you?
Well, the collective voice of my bees was too strong.
I'm guessing he had trouble filtering through.
Hm.
I love the positive energy, I do.
But handling an L-1 is a little more complicated
than just meditating on smiley faces.
Yeah, I know. I do.
And that is why I want to engage him,
in a real way.
[Rowan] Thale is part of this mission.
Yet they still keep him locked up in so much reconfinement.
Fine.
No.
If you're going to do this, there's some rules you have to know first.
[Agatha] Don't get too close.
He may try to taunt you but stay calm.
It's his way of testing.
If you want to keep him out of your mind, keep it clear.
Whatever you do,
don't show fear.
[Agatha] It'll only make him more dangerous.
[ominous music]
[rustling]
[inhales deeply]
[exhales]
[Rowan] Hello?
Thale?
[murmurs]
[mumbles]
[Thale] Next time, ask first.
Yup. Yup, definitely. Definitely, I will do that.
[Thale] What do you want?
Just a new friend.
Come to say hello.
[Thale] Don't fuck me about Romeo and friends,
you're shitting yourself.
Oh, yes.
You make people's eyes bleed.
[Thale] Want to see how it works?
Wouldn't hurt...
someone bearing gifts?
Would you?
I can feel something.
What is it?
What? You can't tell?
[ominous music]
No.
[Thale chuckles]
[clicks]
-[thuds] -[squeaks]
[Rowan scoffs]
[thudding]
[loud thud]
[ship rumbling]
[indistinct mumbling]
[indistinct mumbling continues]
[whirring]
[yelps]
[thuds]
[screams, panting]
[demonic voice] Hello, Suczek.
[yelling]
You left me.
[Hartley whimpering]
[demonic voice] You left me, brother.
You left me.
[Hartley shrieks]
[panting]
[door hisses open]
[indistinct chattering]
[sobbing]
[sobbing continues]
[whirring]
[Joy] And do you trust Eris?
[Karl] I'm trying to. Mal and Lommie are trying to find out what they can.
There's something wrong with the ship.
He admitted as much.
I just need to figure out what it is.
Do something.
[Joy] You got the probe off.
That's something.
[rain trickling]
I miss that sound.
The rain.
I wish I was there with you.
Remember our trip to Yosemite?
Which one?
[chuckles] The bear attack.
Oh, the deadly bear attack.
[Joy chuckles]
I've never seen a naked man run so fast.
Hey. I had my underwear on.
Screaming like a madman.
And I was chasing off a killer bear,
I didn't know it was a deer.
[giggles] A baby deer.
I've, um...
I've uplinked those images for you.
I...
I wanted you to have them...
before I release the memories.
Yosemite?
Yeah.
Uh, Dr. Salzman has been encouraging me to go deeper.
[Joy] Anything that... that could possibly remind me of...
of her.
[stuttering] Joy. That's our honeymoon, Joy.
Those are memories of us.
I know, baby.
[Joy] I know, but...
we talked about starting a family, remember?
[Joy] This is how the therapy works.
[Karl] I understand.
[Karl] I want you to be happy.
[Rowan] So, watch the rabbit.
Try and focus...
on the bunny.
[imitates buzzing]
What... what's that?
Oh, it's the bee lady.
You can't stop thinking about her, can you?
Please try and take this seriously.
If we make contact, Karl's relying on you to communicate with the Volcryn.
Besides, you could clearly use some practice.
I mean, fuck, man. It's a rabbit. What do you want me to do?
Tell me about your...
conversation with the bees.
They're insects, mate. They don't converse.
But you heard the voices.
Well, I heard a voice.
They all spoke as one...
thing.
And besides, there were thousands of them, so it's pretty fucking loud.
-So... -[Thale clears throat]
try that with Ralphy.
[sniffs]
[Rowan] All right.
If it's all too hard,
Ralphy and I will go.
I didn't say it was too hard.
Ralphy, is it?
We'll stay the fucking night, mate.
[thruster whirring]
[thruster powering down]
[thruster powers up]
[beeping]
[beeping continues]
Eris is like a brick wall.
I can't get through to that guy.
I thought you said he was curious.
To be honest,
I think he's scared.
That doesn't exactly instill me with confidence.
[Lommie] D'Branin, I have something.
Yeah, Thruster 4 keeps overheating,
which triggers an automatic shutdown and reset.
How often is that happening?
[Lommie] Hundreds of times a day.
The resets are small enough not to trigger any formal warnings,
but if it happens over the course of months...
We're going to miss the Volcryn.
[Karl] Run the times again. Not as a list.
I need to see the period between each shutdown.
[Lommie] Shutdowns aren't random.
They're part of a pattern.
Yes. Intentional. Most likely a software program.
I need you to find the origin of the code.
How could you know that?
The deviancies in patterns indicate an intelligence or agenda.
So, I found the Volcryn.
[Lommie] It...
-[beeping] -[Lommie] it's self-deleting.
[beeping]
[beeping continues]
Shit!
[Lommie] Who is doing this?
[groans]
[Lommie] I couldn't find the source of origin.
At least, let's find out where the instruction came from.
Deck 7.
Eris's quarters.
[Karl] Captain Eris, we have a problem.
What is it, Karl?
Well, Thruster 4 keeps shutting down.
Yes, I'm aware of the issue.
Then you're aware that these incremental malfunctions
are pulling us off course?
[Roy] My Nav Team has been calculating daily course corrections. Thank you.
Now, If you don't mind.
Is it connected?
What you told me before, about there being something
in the ship trying to stop us.
-You're out of line, Karl. -[Karl] No, I must help you.
Because we cannot afford to fall behind our intercept. We can't!
Do I have to remind you, you're a passenger on my vessel.
[Roy] Standard protocol
would be to shut down Thruster 4 and reset it.
We can't do that safely until we clear the heliosphere.
So, why not send somebody down to do that manually?
It's too dangerous.
The radiation would kill anyone in less than a minute.
No, not anyone.
There is somebody.
You said you wanted to help.
By talking to him.
-Not by walking into a cloud of radiation. -I know, I know.
[Karl] But we need this.
Will you do it?
Of course, I'll do it.
[Karl] Thank you.
There's something else.
I need you to bring Eris with you.
[exhales deeply]
This is bollocks.
What?
What I'm getting don't feel like rabbity thoughts.
[sighs]
What's it feel?
-[Rowan groans] -[Agatha] Stop.
Thale!
What the hell was that?
Thought those look like rabbit thoughts to you.
[Agatha] I think it's time you two take a break.
No, no. No, I'm fine.
[Rowan sighs]
[Rowan] I asked for that.
Is that what you're, uh, getting from Ralphy, is it?
Well, get the occasional rabbity hip-hopping about,
you know, chewing vegetables.
But, yeah, for the most part, you're a little monster.
[Karl] Rowan.
I need you.
Take care of Ralphy.
Hm.
[Karl] How is it coming with Thale?
[Rowan] Well, he's good when he focuses.
And by focuses, I mean on the experiment, not on me.
What are we doing?
[Karl] Just keep moving.
Is this your way of telling me that I need to exercise?
Because my body actually functions better the way it is.
Where the bloody hell are we going?
[in soft voice] Deck 7.
-Captain's quarters? -Yeah.
I want to talk to Eris. The real Eris. Not some digital projection.
We're breaking and entering?
Oh. It's not like he cares about everybody else's privacy, is it?
According to Lommie,
the older parts of the ship were outfitted with biometric scanners.
-What? So we need Eris' DNA to get inside? -Yeah.
[sighs]
That will be easy to find.
It is if you know where to look.
Come on!
[Rowan] So what's the plan?
[Karl] While Eris is busy helping Mel reset Thruster 4,
we enter his quarters.
Wait. We have no idea what's behind his bloody door.
[Karl] No. None.
You know, for a man of science,
you really don't seem to have a basic grasp of logic and reasoning.
I don't need reasoning.
I've got instincts.
Oh, you've got to be shitting me.
[Karl] You're a biologist.
You live with this.
[drill whirs]
[cap pops]
Ah, there we go.
Are you sure you're getting this from the rabbit?
I don't tell Ralphy what to do, but it's always the same.
Hunger being the overriding theme.
I haven't seen him eat a thing for ages.
Well, he's eating now.
I can feel it.
I almost feel bad for the little sod.
We're the same.
Both just pieces of meat to be poked and studied.
That's not how I feel about you.
How do you feel about me?
I'm proud of you.
It's not the answer I was looking for.
You're off suppression.
You're having meaningful interactions with people.
I can't wait to get home and show them all.
[ominous music]
We aren't going home.
Not me, not you.
Not Ralphy.
We're all going to die up here.
[gasps]
[indistinct mumbling]
[clattering]
[Rowan grunts, pants]
I think we shouldn't really be doing this.
We are scientists.
Oh, you can leave if you want,
but I need to meet Eris.
[blows air]
[Rowan] But, by pouring human waste onto a scanner that's over 40 years old?
[door clicks]
That answers one question.
But doesn't change the fact that this is a wonderfully ill-advised idea.
[Thale] Hey, it wasn't me.
Rowan did this. He knew it was going to die.
No. He wouldn't have done it arbitrarily.
-There had to a purpose. -Purpose?
Like every other experiment I've been involved in,
the purpose is to torture the L-1.
I can still hear his voice.
Who?
Ralphy?
He's hungrier than ever. I can feel him...
chewing.
[chair clatters]
What are you doing?
[clicks tongue]
Hello, Ralphy.
[Thale] A bloody tapeworm.
That wasn't the rabbit.
Rowan wanted me to find the voice inside the rabbit.
[chuckles]
Fucker.
[Thale claps, chuckles]
[device whirring, beeps]
[deep sigh]
My hemoglobin has a synthetic receptor that binds to iodine.
The half-life is pretty short,
but we should be good for about four minutes.
That's not a lot of time.
That's why you need to stay with me.
You know the system.
[machine buzzing]
[ominous music]
Down to the end, on the right.
Thruster 4.
It's the last one.
[timer beeping]
[deep sigh]
-[beeps] -[door hisses open]
[thruster 4 rumbling]
[Roy] I'm right here with you.
[grunts]
We should leave this place.
No way. We're getting this done.
No, no. It's not safe now.
[Roy] I'm losing the ability to project.
No. Stop. Please!
No, we need to go back. The radiation is getting stronger.
-[door slams] -[door lock clicks]
[Mel grunts]
[Mel] Captain Eris?
[panting]
[indistinct voices]
[beeping, whirring]
[indistinct voices]
[panting]
-[voices continue] -[whimpering]
[Mel grunting]
[groans]
[panting]
[thruster rumbling]
[grunting]
[thruster powering down]
[thruster powers up]
[screams]
[panting]
You're dying.
That shit in your blood,
it doesn't work anymore.
[whimpers]
[Lommie] You thought you're engineered to be strong.
Special.
But look at you now.
[Lommie] You're nothing but weakness.
[panting]
[foreboding music]
[door hisses open]
[groans, whimpers]
You came to me.
Auggie, I got something.
Someone manually purged Thruster 4.
[gun clicks]
[Auggie] What are you doing with that weapon, Mr. Suczek?
Ha, get the fuck away from those controls. All of you.
[Hartley] Move!
[Auggie] Suczek.
Except you.
Change the coordinates.
Take us back to Europa.
Don't do this, Mr. Suczek.
It will not end well for you.
Can't you see what's happening?
[stutters] It's the ship.
[Hartley] The ship doesn't want us to go out there.
[EKG machine beeping]
[beeping continues]
[inhales deeply]
Hey, you.
Hey. Hey. Hi.
Hey.
Uh...
[stutters] How are you feeling?
Crispy.
[chuckles, sniffs]
I... I'm... I'm just...
glad you're alive.
All that radiation...
I hallucinated that you were there.
[Hartley] How many of you were in on this?
Change the coordinates or I'll shoot.
Put the gun down, Mr. Suczek.
[sniffs] No.
We're going back to Europa.
I understand your fear.
You brought us all the way out here,
and you knew.
You're having a psychotic break, Mr. Suczek.
Hand over the weapon.
-You knew what was in the ship. -Enough!
You know the penalty for mutiny.
You can't stop me. I've got the gun. You're just...
flashing lights.
And then I imagined...
that Roy Eris...
[Mel] carried me out in his arms.
[Roy] I'll say this one last time.
Put the weapon down.
You'll find I can be...
very forgiving.
The real Roy Eris.
He did.
[chuckles]
I'm done taking orders from you.
[choking]
[Hartley groans]
[all gasp]
[grunting]
[Hartley choking]
[snaps]
[thuds]
[Roy] Thanks to Mel's heroics.
We've now regained control of Thruster 4.
Fire all thrusters.
Full power.
All right.
Right away.
[Karl] What the hell is this place?
[Rowan] Well, well, well...
Cynthia Eris.
This must have been her quarters.
[Karl] I don't think anybody has been here for years.
Imagine a little Roy running around here as an excited little tyke.
[chuckles]
All these inventory must be from their home.
They're all from Earth.
Took it all with her. She couldn't let go.
[music box playing]
Rowan, don't touch anything.
Of course not.
[music box playing]
[Rowan] Look at this.
Leave it alone.
Sure.
[woman] Find what you're looking for?
Joy?
Uh, she's not real, Karl.
I've been waiting for you.
Releasing my memories.
[Rowan] Just ignore it.
[Joy] Ah.
That...
[Joy with demonic voice] was our sniveling little daughter!
You knew a second wave of celio was coming. They warned us.
No, no, no. It wouldn't have mattered. The virus, it spread everywhere anyway.
Your memory, incorrect!
[Joy] I said go to my sister's, but...
you couldn't leave your big discovery!
Joy. You know I loved Skye.
-[Karl] You know I love Skye... -This...
[Karl] ...more than anything.
...is my love for you.
[Roy] Stop!
Get out of my house.
[Joy] You have no right.
I am in control of this ship
and you have no right to torment my crew or my guest!
-You abandoned me. -[whimpering]
[Joy] You abandoned Skye.
[chuckles, claps]
You left me on Earth with a dead child!
How could you do that?
[Joy] You were terrified.
-[Rowan] Relax. It's another projection. -[Joy] It's all your fault.
Leave us alone!
[sobs]
Good night, Karl.
[breathes heavily]
[gasps] What the hell was that?
My mother.
[scoffs] Your mother is dead.
Her body died,
not before she uploaded her consciousness.
Uploaded it where?
Into the Nightflyer.
She's the one who's been trying to kill you.
[closing theme music]