[rock music playing]
[disembodied sigh]
[rattling]
♪ You know, I smoke a lot of grass ♪
♪ Oh, Lord, I pop a lot of pills ♪
[trigger clinks]
[sighs, pants]
[trigger clicks]
♪ That my... ♪
[Murphy groans]
♪ You know, I've seen a lot Of people walking round ♪
♪ With tombstones in their eyes ♪
[gun cocks]
♪ But the pusher don't care ♪
[Thale] Hey, none of that.
In your mouth, love.
♪ Or if you die ♪
Oi.
Looking at me this time, yeah?
[high-pitched ringing]
[gunshot]
[laughter]
She pissed herself!
-[Thale] Now, that shit never gets old. -[woman] Willa!
Oh, my god.
That was so good!
Oh, yeah, you're welcome.
[chuckles] [Willa] Oh, my god.
[Agatha] That's disgusting.
-[Willa] Wow. -[Murphy] Right?
[indistinct chattering]
Well, they're my friends and they like it.
Can't you find something a little more cheerful?
Cheerful? We've done all that.
We went skiing on the Matterhorn,
kitesurfing in Fiji.
Oh, we did Dungeons & Dragons.
I don't know what that is.
It's a game, Agatha.
It's a sweet, fun, boring fucking game.
Oh, they want more. They want something real, so...
Well, this isn't real.
Oh, I see.
He's been ignoring you.
That's why you're snooping around, isn't it?
I'm not snooping.
I just came down here to see you,
to see what you're getting up to.
All he does is work, work, work, huh?
Fucking boy scout.
Have your fun, Thale.
Just remember, they're not like us.
Thanks, Mommy.
[Willa] I just, I think I just like watching.
-Yeah, I totally hear you. Same here. -You know?
[Thale] All right, who's next?
-I'll go! -[crew] I'm in!
[Karl] D'Branin test log attempt 19 to communicate with the Volcryn.
[PA system] Recording.
Initiate memory playback.
[chiming]
[loud thud]
[Karl] D'Branin test log attempt 34.
Connecting organics from the Volcryn affected probe drives
to the sphere core to open communications with the Volcryn.
[groans] Stop memory playback.
[woman on PA] Test failure.
[Karl] Attempt 55.
Biometrics for activity patterns or signs of communication.
[Karl] D'Branin. Initiate memory playback.
[woman on PA] Test failure.
Stop memory playback.
[Karl] Attempt 71.
I've increased probe matter integration into memory sphere optical network
based on data analysis.
[squelching]
[approaching footsteps]
[foreboding music]
[Karl] Test 79.
Memory suite hybrid with Volcryn affected probe drives.
Begin test now.
[device powering up]
[whirring]
[crackling]
[device shuts down]
Shit.
[theme music]
[theme music continues]
[thumps]
[thumping continues]
-[thumping continues] -[wood cracking]
[Rowan exhales deeply]
[whistling]
Chopping down the Terraform?
[Rowan] Repurposing.
Feels great to be working with my hands again.
We're getting close to the Volcryn, we should be picking up
-real-time data soon. -Well, Karl must be pleased.
[Mel] Rowan, stop.
I'm worried about our team, the mission.
Why we came here?
You know what they say,
all work and no play.
[chuckles]
[retreating footsteps]
[indistinct chattering]
[door hisses open]
-[door closes] -[whistling]
Hello, babes.
And how's my little mama doing?
[Tessia] Starving.
[Rowan] Mm.
Did you get me any of those little snacky crackers?
I did not.
I will get them now, though.
Oh, don't worry about it. Stay here with me.
Us.
Mm.
I'd love to.
[Rowan] Mm. Our little bee is buzzing.
What's that, little bee?
Oh, it's yours, is it?
[smooches, imitates bee sound]
Mm.
[panting]
[muffled scream]
What the hell was that?
-You saw it, too? -That was a vision.
You're not supposed to be able to, you can't...
I don't know, Karl.
I don't know. It's new.
-But how do you... -[Agatha] Please.
I'm really scared.
Agatha, L-3s take impressions, feelings,
not...
You can't do that.
I've been...
I've been taking suppressants
for most of my life.
[sighs deeply]
[Agatha] Now, my regular dose isn't working.
Twice that dose isn't working.
I don't know what to do.
What about the chair?
It's my greatest fear.
That I'll be locked away for my telepathy.
No. No. No, no, no.
[Karl] I'll never let that happen to you.
-Okay? -[Agatha sighs]
Says the man who looked like he was just about to run away.
But I didn't.
Well.
-No. -No.
-[Agatha] You didn't. -[Karl] No, I didn't.
No.
[Mel] They're losing sight of the big picture.
We are days away from moving into range of the Volcryn
-and Rowan is off with Tessia... -Preparing to be a father.
He's a xeno-biologist about to make contact with alien life.
This is when we should be at our most focused,
and everyone is distracted.
What about me? Have I changed?
I don't know, Roy. You seem more...
thoughtful, reflective.
I've been speaking with Agatha
and she thinks I might break down any second.
She hasn't exactly been acting normal either.
[Roy] Mm-mm.
Am I changing?
Hey.
-You're still perfect. -[clicks tongue]
I'm serious!
[Mel] I've been naive before.
I keep feeling like I'm missing something.
What about Auggie?
[Mel scoffs]
Still uptight.
That much hasn't changed.
-[Mel] Maybe worse. -[Roy chuckles]
And Lommie?
I don't know.
We don't talk.
She moved out of the mission lab months ago.
Is she still keeping track of our firewalls on the Crystal?
You're not hearing Cynthia, are you?
No. Nothing.
But that doesn't mean she's not trying to find a way out.
If I know my mother, she'll never give up.
Lommie won't let that happen.
Are you sure we can trust her?
She'll keep us safe.
-[water dripping] -[steam hissing]
[foreboding music]
[whirring]
[whirring continues]
[light music playing]
-[bell dings] -[door opens]
♪ Life could be a dream ♪
♪ If I could pick you up in Paradise Up above ♪
♪ If you would tell me I'm the only one that you'll love ♪
♪ Life could be... ♪
[waitress] Downtown Dog, Lommie?
Yes, please. And I'll have a lemonade.
Okay.
♪ Life could be a dream ♪
♪ If only all my precious plans... ♪
[whirring]
Downtown Dog, Lommie?
Yes, and I'll have a milkshake today.
[waitress] Okay.
Hey!
[all laugh]
Oh, yummy!
[Lommie chuckles] [Lommie] Looks good.
We would've ordered for you, but I wasn't sure what you wanted.
[all laugh]
I'm sorry, I'm late.
[Lommie] I had to run some calculations for Karl.
I don't like that Karl.
Feels like he's lost track of his priorities.
Yeah, well, we've been out here for a long time.
[brother] Is that why you made us?
-You're bored? -[father] Hey, watch that.
We're all grateful we can be together every day.
Lommie did all that herself.
She built all this.
-[door opens] -[bell chimes]
[brother] Ew.
-[Lommie's parents] Oh. -Gross!
[Lommie] What? No, that...
-that can't happen. -[whirring]
I didn't code it this way.
[pots clattering]
Hold on.
Hello?
Who's there?
[ominous music]
[loud clattering]
Yeah, rally the troops, I've got a great idea.
What's that, mate?
-Well, see, you're BASE jumping, -Yeah.
-from a big cliff, -Uh-huh.
-and you're falling, and you're falling. -Right.
And the ground is coming up to meet you.
-And then your chute don't open. -[laughing]
Splat. Done.
-That's good. I like that. -I thought it was good.
Thale, hey. What are we doing next?
-I'm the guinea pig, right? -Yeah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
You got to ease up, all right?
I'm game for whatever you want.
You got to wait like everyone else.
Well, I need the rush, Thale.
-You cannot be... -Please.
[Murphy] Willa.
-Give the man some space. -Okay.
-We'll come get you when he's ready. -Okay.
[Willa sighs]
-Sorry. -[Thale] Mm-hm.
Here you go.
[Agatha] So tell me, how are things in your personal life?
How is Mel?
I adore Mel.
She's everything I could ever want in a partner.
So caring,
smart,
authentic.
But?
But nothing.
I just...
I don't know,
I worry she can't possibly really feel the way I do.
Why not?
She doesn't really know me.
We're just different.
[Roy] That's all.
[Agatha] Mm.
[Roy] I mean, she's perfect.
I could never measure up.
Because of your mother.
[loud screeching]
[gasps deeply]
-Agatha? -[Agatha groans]
-Sorry. My head. -[Roy] Agatha? Hey.
No, I'm okay. I, uh...
I just... I... We can pick this back up tomorrow.
I need to go lay down.
I'll have Tobis come check up on you.
Lock.
[door lock clicks]
[clattering]
[device clicks, whirs]
[ominous music]
[clanking]
[clattering]
[clanking]
[thuds, clatters]
[sighs]
-Record. -[woman over PA] Recording.
After the failure of test 79,
I am reexamining original parts of the probe
in case I missed anything, see if I could...
[foreboding music]
[squelching]
[squelching continues]
[alarm blares]
[alarm continues blaring]
[beeping, chimes]
[Mel gasps]
It's them.
[rattling, clattering]
[clattering]
[loud rumbling]
[rumbling continues]
[squelching]
[Tessia sighs]
-You okay? -[Tessia] Yeah. Good.
-[Rowan] Hello. -Hi.
[mouths] Okay.
[device whirring]
[Tessia] Oh, wow.
Oh, it's so beautiful.
It's quite the bundle.
What? Six? Six pounds?
That's correct, 2.7 kilograms.
And the bub can hear us?
Shall we test its auditory systems?
Well, play some music?
I'm interested in the health of the child,
not if it can tell the difference between Beethoven and Mozart.
Well, it'd just be nice to get some empirical data on our baby genius.
Rowan, honey.
Let's let Tobis do her job, okay?
It's his first time being a daddy.
He's a little baby crazy.
I see that.
It's my first time, too.
[door opens]
Our first time.
[approaching footsteps]
Rowan.
Karl, have a look at the most remarkable image.
I really need to talk to you about something really important.
Take a look, it's got my lips.
It's okay. Go talk.
Go with Karl.
Rowan.
[Karl] I think the Volcryn is trying to communicate with me.
It was like an earthquake, it all just started...
Karl.
You have to come down the memory suite with me.
-I did that. I did it for months. -It's different.
-It's different now. -How? How is it different?
The probe is alive again.
Okay. I'll come down after the scan.
Yes, thank you.
-After the scan. -[Karl] Okay.
[rapid retreating footsteps]
[Karl] Test 80.
Incorporating newly-revived probe material into memory sphere.
[whirring]
[crackling]
[rattling]
[rumbling]
[crackling]
[girl] Daddy?
Skye.
[Karl] Can you see me?
[Skye] Yeah.
Can you?
-[device powering down] -[Karl sighs]
[Karl sniffles]
[panting]
[beeping]
-[Rowan] Answer. -[Karl] Rowan.
Remember your theory about how cells communicate in organic systems?
Yeah, of course.
[Karl] I think that's what's happening with the probe,
now that we're getting closer to the Volcryn.
What? It's talking to you now?
[Karl] Yes, I think they're using my daughter
to try and communicate with me.
So, I need you to get down here and help, okay?
Yeah. All right. Just relax.
I told you, I'm on my way.
No, no, no. No, Rowan.
-Now! We need to start... -Hey, I said I'm on my way. Switch off.
[chimes, beeps]
[Rowan] Oh, shit.
Hello?
Is anybody here?
My code has been corrupted.
Someone's in here with us.
[Lommie panting, sobs]
No.
[Young Cynthia] Did you miss me?
[Lommie] You can't...
How did you...
Get out of that house?
[Young Cynthia] It was your fault, wasn't it?
But you were the good part of her. I...
I helped you! I...
I let you be free.
And I came back to thank you.
No!
Lommie.
[disembodied voice] Lommie. Lommie. Lommie.
[gasps]
[Mel] Lommie.
-Oh! -[panting]
Fuck.
[Lommie] What?
What, what? What do you want?
[Mel] I've been trying to wake you.
We're approaching the Volcryn, and you've been in there for hours.
I thought you might...
-[Mel] I thought you might be... -What? Dead?
Yeah.
For a second in there, I thought I was.
Can that happen?
[Mel] Can that happen?
Hey, why would that happen?
When you die inside the Crystal, you're gone.
There's nothing left to go in the body.
Why would you die inside the Crystal, Lommie?
[Mel] Lommie!
Are the firewalls still holding?
We're still safe, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm working on it.
[retreating footsteps]
[Mel sighs]
-[Rowan] Are you still having cravings? -[Tessia] No.
Thale, it's good to see you.
[chuckles] Look at that belly.
[Thale] You look like a balloon.
Come sit with us for a little while.
[grumbles] I thought this was a date.
Mm. It's fine. Don't be a grump.
Come.
[Tessia] Sit.
Where's your gang of adventurers?
Probably looking for me, mate.
They never leave me alone.
Well...
Can you hear the baby's voice?
I don't know.
[whirring]
What?
[Tessia] What is it? Did you hear the baby?
[Thale] Oh, nothing, um...
I've been getting these, uh...
these flashes, recently.
Um...
Thale, stop. What did you hear?
It was like the bees.
[Thale] Millions of tiny voices.
All right, thank you, Thale. That's quite enough.
I'm sorry.
[Tessia] Sorry?
Sorry for what?
Thale?
[Lommie] Please, Mel. I need to think.
[Mel] Wait.
Wait. Wait a second!
What is going on?
I built a world in there,
a place where I could be safe.
[Mel] Inside the Crystal Matrix?
Why would you do that?
Because...
I hate my world out here.
I fucked up, Lommie.
But you have to believe me, I never meant to hurt you.
I should have been more careful with your feelings.
-Mel, it's not about you. -I'm sorry.
I may have made a really big mistake.
[Lommie] I don't know. I have to figure out a way to fix it.
Let me help you.
[Lommie] No.
I need to do it myself.
[retreating footsteps]
[door opens]
[Karl] Test 81.
I've increased the amount of probe material.
Attempting to reestablish contact with Skye.
[exhales deeply]
[foreboding music]
[rattling]
[exhales]
[sighs]
[Skye] You came back.
How are you here?
Where are we?
[Skye] I was in my room, but...
Are you a ghost?
No.
No, baby.
I'm right here. [chuckles]
[Skye] But you left us.
On your trip, and then you never came home.
Oh, what trip, honey?
The Nightflyer.
No, Skye.
When I left on the Nightflyer,
-you were gone. -No, I was never gone.
I was here with Mommy.
You were the one who left.
No, Skye.
You got sick. Remember?
No, Daddy. I never got sick.
No, Skye, the celio-virus.
-When it came through... -Mommy took me to Aunt Janey's, remember?
You had to keep working.
Did you die, Daddy? Is that why you're here?
Skye. Please, stop. Please.
[scoffs]
When are you coming home?
[crackling]
[inhales sharply]
[exhales deeply]
[chair clicks, whirs]
[Karl] Soon, baby, soon. I promise.
[approaching footsteps]
[beeping, whirring]
[somber music]
[beeping, whirring]
[approaching footsteps]
[Karl] You were right.
We're all just cells communicating to each other.
You integrated the probe into the memory suite?
The Volcryn made the probe different.
Memory suite's special now.
How so?
Well, all our memories,
they exist within us,
but they're a closed loop.
[Karl] With this, we can reach out beyond them.
We can talk to the Volcryn now.
To anybody,
to the dead.
[scoffs]
Karl, I know you're very upset.
What are you talking about?
[Rowan] With me.
With the baby.
[Rowan] It must be very difficult for you.
For me? Why?
With what you went through with Skye.
I don't want any bad blood between us, Karl.
I came here to help you.
I'm not the one who decided to completely abandon the mission.
I didn't decide to ignore protocol
-and just because I... -Wait.
-...have broken through here... -What protocol?
Rowan, what's really important right now
is that we can use this to talk to the Volcryn,
-talk to anyone... -What protocol?
We can refine this.
If we can make this, we can reach the Volcryn.
What fucking protocol?
Rowan, we can create a whole new field of science...
What fucking protocol?
That all pregnancies in space must be terminated.
Do it yourself.
[retreating footsteps]
-[Murphy] Oh! -[Murphy's wife laughing]
[smooches]
[both laugh]
[birds chirping]
[Murphy's wife chuckles]
-[Murphy] I missed you. -I missed you, too.
[Murphy's wife chuckles]
[Murphy's wife sighs]
I love you.
I love you so much, Murph.
Why did you stop?
Your face...
[Murphy] Huh?
What?
No.
[Murphy] No burns.
We said no burns.
No!
-No not the burns. -Keep going.
Not the burns.
-No. -Please, Murph. I want to go back.
It's not supposed to be you!
[Murphy] Look at me.
I protect you.
I keep them away from you when you want to be alone.
You owe me!
[Thale panting]
[Murphy] I want to go back.
-I wanna go back like it was before. -Get the fuck out of here.
You lying little shit!
[grunting]
[Murphy] Enough!
-Stop! -I can't!
-[Murphy] Thale, stop. -I can't.
Stop, Thale! Stop!
[crew members scream]
[screaming continues]
[crew] My hands!
Where are my hands?
[crew members screaming, grunting]
[panting]
[Agatha] Thale!
[Thale] Fuck. [panting]
Thale, you can turn it off.
You can filter it.
[Thale] I can't, it's too strong! I can't!
[yelling]
-[Thale] Shit. -[Agatha groans]
We're a fucking freak show
-and nothing more. -No.
Fuck! Shit!
[Roy on PA system] Attention, crew.
We are now within range of the Volcryn
and experiencing concentrated waves of Teke energy.
All non-essential crew, please remain in your quarters until further notice.
[Tessia] Sorry, we woke you.
We just want to check if everything's okay.
[Tobis] Off-cycle is supposed to mean off-work.
But new parents bring new priorities, I suppose.
Oh, nature doesn't always conform to office hours.
-I'm just a little nervous. -Mm.
-Thank you for doing this, Tobis. -Uh-huh.
[Rowan sighs]
[clicks tongue]
We may need to reboot the machine.
[machine beeps]
Oh, thank god.
[heartbeat]
[alarm beeping]
[Rowan] Uh...
[Tobis] It's detecting a cardiac abnormality.
-Your child is in distress. -[Rowan] What?
Or there's something wrong with the scanner?
I'll do what I can to save it.
What you can?
On call Med Team to Bay Two, please. This is an emergency.
-What do you mean, what you can? -We need to induce the birth right away.
[Tessia whimpering]
It's okay, baby. It's okay. I'm right here.
[Thale grunting]
Well, they hate me.
All of them.
Don't come any closer.
When you get closer, it gets stronger. You feel it, too.
[Thale] Shit.
[grunts]
My suppressives are hardly working anymore.
This energy we're feeling, you can't suppress it.
I don't know what to do.
We should never have come out here.
I want to help you.
There's no helping us now.
[alarm beeping]
Get the oxygen, please.
[nurse] Yes, miss.
[Tessia groaning]
The Pitocin is taking effect.
[screaming]
-The baby is coming. -It's too early.
-[Rowan] It's too early. -It's happening, Rowan,
if you want to help, hold her down. We don't have equipment for this.
It's coming too fast.
[Tobis] That's the synthetics working. Just stay with me.
There you go.
[Tobis] I can see the head.
[Tessia screaming]
Good, good, good. Just one more push.
-[Rowan] You're doing it, baby. -One more push...
[Tobis] Push! Push!
[Tessia sobbing]
You did it, baby. You're amazing, darling.
[Rowan] You're amazing.
[Tessia sobbing]
[Rowan] What is it?
What's happening?
[Tessia] Rowan, what's happening?
[Rowan] What? What?
Oh, our baby.
[Rowan] Oh. [Rowan whimpering]
It's a girl.
I'll call Captain Eris.
Why?
-What for? -[Tobis] It's protocol.
When there's a death.
[Rowan sobbing]
[whimpers] Can you hold her?
Will you get the blanket we made?
[somber music]
[clattering]
[door opens]
[clattering]
[knocking]
I'm just finishing up.
[Rowan] Tess... Tess wants...
Tess wants to bury...
Skye in this.
I don't understand.
Skye.
That's her name.
Or was her name.
[exhales deeply]
Really?
You're the reason that Tess and I met.
We wanted to...
[Rowan] We wanted to add something joyful to the memory of your daughter.
Oh, thank you, Rowan.
I'm sorry.
I really am.
[door opens]
[Karl sighs]
[somber music]
-[Karl] Photos. -[beeping]
[whirring]
[retreating footsteps]
Take the time you need.
Okay?
We're here for you.
[squelching]
[screaming]
-[panting] -[Tessia yelling]
Quarantine.
Quarantine, now!
[Rowan] No! Tessia!
[Tessia screaming]
Tessia!
No!
Tessia!
[closing theme music]