[foreboding music]
[birds chirping]
[smooches]
[bees buzzing]
[buzzing continues]
Hello, darling.
[theme music]
[theme music continues]
Okay, bring it up.
[computer chimes, beeping]
[continues chiming, beeping]
There's thousands of them.
Increase the resolution.
We're at maximum resolution.
Well, can you bring us closer?
[somber music]
Roy.
[Mel] Is this really how you want to play this?
How the fuck did you survive?
Your eyes.
I don't understand.
[Roy] My eyes were manufactured on the ship.
Part of my mother's genetics program.
But the rest of you?
Different.
"Different"?
How many lies have you told me?
[Mel] How many? It stops now.
-I need the truth. -[Roy] Okay.
I'll tell you everything,
but not now.
Please, Melantha.
-I need you to trust me. -No.
I've had enough.
[Mel] I came out here to make contact with the Volcryn.
I was a fool for thinking there was anything else.
[rumbling]
Appears to be a fleet.
[Karl] Not a singular ship.
How many of them?
We can't tell. They move too fast.
I've never seen movement like this in ships.
I mean, the level of coordination is near impossible.
Mel, we need to get Thale ready for contact.
We need to reach out to them right away.
I'll prep the mission lab.
[crew] Sir, Lommie's requested you in service corridor nine.
Now?
[beeping]
[approaching footsteps]
Lommie?
[Auggie] You sent me a message. Are you all right?
...not.
[grunts]
I don't understand. Do you want me to disconnect you from the ports?
Lommie isn't
here.
It's
me,
my little bear.
[Lommie panting]
[ominous music]
Cynthia?
Yes.
[Auggie exhales sharply]
For years, I swore I could feel you inside the ship.
But Roy never told me you were real.
Need
to stop
my Nightflyer
from reaching the Volcryn.
[sighs]
[ominous music]
[screams, grunts]
[panting]
[groaning]
[grunts, pants]
[eerie music]
[door beeps]
[Agatha] Lights.
[gasps]
Rowan.
What are you doing here?
You sure it was Tessia who requested the purge?
I only heard you,
and Eris.
Well, you were in the room.
You saw the spores. They were everywhere.
They were gonna kill us all.
Tessia really liked you.
Well, I really liked her, Rowan.
She wanted you to have this.
No, thank you.
I really want you to have this.
-What's wrong? -[Agatha] I think...
I think you should go.
[Agatha] I just need some rest.
You sure?
The Volcryn, it's making me...
Door open.
You'd tell me if you recall anything?
I told you everything.
-She loves you. -I know.
[foreboding music]
[exhales deeply]
[beeping]
[Auggie] Can I help you?
My mind fragmented.
Pieces missing.
In the Crystal?
Need to aggregate Cynthia files.
I can scan the Crystal and collect the missing pieces.
Make me whole.
[retreating footsteps]
[panting]
[inhales sharply]
[somber music]
[approaching footsteps]
[sighs]
[Thale] I'm back here.
Hey.
[Karl] We're getting closer.
We can see them on the monitors.
I know. It's getting louder, too.
Yeah.
Agatha's worried about you.
When can I see her again?
Um.
I guess we will see. When we get away from them.
Move away from the Teke field.
You ain't going to be moving away.
They know we're here now.
[Thale] You want me to reach out to them?
We know they're a fleet of ships.
So, you've reached through a swarm before just like with Tessia's bees.
If you can push past the voices, see who's leading them,
how many there are,
what they want...
That's what you got me out here for, innit?
[Karl] Agatha would be proud.
[scoffs] Yeah.
[Karl] No, stay on his levels.
-We can pull him back if it gets too high. -[Mel] Got it.
What, what exactly is it you want me to say to them?
"Hello. Do you like my tiara or what?"
No. We know the Teke comes in waves.
So just settle into their pattern and listen.
[Mel] Remember your work with Rowan and the rabbit.
Try to focus on a voice inside...
And where is Rowan? I really need him right now.
Probably down in Tessia's quarters. He's damaged, Karl.
[Rowan] What did I miss?
Oh, well, just...
Thale is about to reach out to the Volcryn.
Oh.
That's exciting.
Will you be sure to send down the data to my quarters,
so I can analyze the wave patterns?
Sure.
[Rowan] Thanks.
Have you seen Eris?
No.
Me neither.
[Rowan] Well, thank you for your service.
And of course,
good luck.
I'm strapped in, mate.
But thanks.
I'll see you on the other side.
Good luck, Karl.
And you.
Christ, I do not want to know what's going on in that man's head.
[Karl] We need to keep going. Let's go.
Starting monitors now.
[chimes]
[sighs]
[Karl] Engaging neural amplification.
We're set.
[beeps, chimes]
[Thale] Whoa.
Whoa, whoa.
[Thale] Whoa. [panting]
There's a voice.
[Thale] It's not speaking. It's like music.
It's fucking beautiful, but it's loud.
[exhales sharply]
[Thale breathing heavily]
[Mel] Karl, his heart. It's too much.
I know.
[grunts]
[distant explosions]
[whirring]
-[grunts] -[computer beeping]
-His levels are spiking. -No.
His heart is failing.
-[Mel] Thale, stop. Pull out. -No, Mel, don't touch him.
[Mel screams, thuds]
-[Karl] Mel! -[Mel chokes]
[Thale panting]
Okay, releasing the suppressives.
[grunts]
[machine beeping]
[gasp]
There's nothing.
He's gone.
Thale.
[Karl] Thale!
-[gasps] -[machine chiming]
[Thale exhales deeply]
What did you see?
All of it.
Death, rebirth,
a thousand worlds.
The voices? Did you hear the voices?
It isn't them.
No, it is. We saw their ships. There's hundreds of ships.
These things.
Wow.
It's alive.
The Volcryn.
All of it, just, it's miles across.
Those tiny, dancing, shimmering little lights, you see.
That's just the surface.
[Thale] It's endless.
There's a voice.
It spoke clearly.
It's waiting for us.
Oh, wow.
[door hisses open]
Sir,
you must be gratified that we've reached the Volcryn.
Yes, well, we're yet to make contact.
Perhaps we should be cautious and stop the ship here?
Let the Science Team do their work from a safe distance?
We already have an established protocol for the approach, Auggie,
-you're aware of that. -Of course,
but our priority is to ensure she doesn't sustain any damage.
Why are you challenging me, Auggie?
I'm not challenging you.
From the beginning, my career has been focused on the Eris legacy.
You sound like my mother.
[bee buzzing]
[ominous music]
[bees buzzing]
How can it be alive out here in the middle of nothing?
No sunlight. No nutrients.
What is it? Some form of biomass or...
I don't think it's hostile.
It just can't be known.
What it's done, sending the probe back to us, bringing my memory to life...
Now, it's trying to talk to us. It's trying to talk to me.
What you're reading as communication could be a form of an attack.
[Mel] Karl, we came out here to help our planet,
not to relive memories from our personal lives.
Look how powerful it made Thale
and Agatha.
Now, we don't know how much Teke that contains,
what it can do, what it can be utilized for.
Unless it kills us first.
Look, I know this mission's been really hard,
but none of this would be possible without our team.
You made this possible, Mel.
[Karl] You did.
[retreating footsteps]
[device chimes]
[grunts]
[panting]
[Thale groans]
Stop! Stop. Stop.
[panting]
[groans]
[grunts] Fuck!
[Agatha] Thale, stop!
-[Thale] Argh. -[knife clatters]
[approaching footsteps]
[panting]
How are you here?
Push yourself out of your body.
[eerie music]
I made contact.
I felt them.
I miss you being here with me.
Do you remember when we were at Sutherland?
How they had to separate the Ls because the feedback got so strong?
Yeah.
I mean, just stay on opposite sides of the ship.
The closer we get to the Volcryn, the stronger it gets.
It could kill us.
We need to cut the loop.
No.
I can't let you do that.
We ain't got a fucking choice.
Either one of us dies or we both do.
Watch out.
You're doing what you came here to do.
You're becoming something new.
I don't want to be something new.
You have to trust me.
Don't be afraid.
[inhales deeply]
[Roy] We're gaining on them.
There it is.
[Roy] Track the velocity of the Volcryn, find out why
we're closing on them so fast.
It's because it stopped.
It's waiting for us.
She's right, sir. Forward progress to the Volcryn has ceased.
Thale reached out to it.
He believes it knows we're coming.
I believe it wants to make contact.
It's initiating this behavior.
Or it wants to kill us.
There's only one chance to find out. We have to keep going.
Karl.
We have a plan. We worked on this for over a year.
Mel. Mel, things have changed.
We are too close now to worry about protocol.
You're not thinking clearly, Karl.
This isn't about Skye. This is bigger.
It's about all of us.
The Nightflyer needs to match Volcryn behavior.
If that is a sentient being, then we should approach it cautiously,
-not showing any signs of aggression. -It's waiting for us!
If we stop and it decides to move away...
-Need to move forward. Full throttle. -The Volcryn might perceive that
-as predatory behavior. -[Karl] No.
We keep going until point of contact.
You're playing with our lives.
We can't afford to lose this opportunity, Mel.
Maintain course speed of 50 percent.
Yes, sir.
You may have just killed us all.
[foreboding music]
[Cynthia] We need to stop my son.
Use the Terraform Dome.
It's Roy's favorite.
[clatters]
[device powering up]
[device chimes]
[door beeps]
Agatha, I can't believe this.
This is finally happening.
Everything's just changing so fast. It's...
-I know. -[chuckles]
I spoke to Thale.
Yeah? He okay?
He's in pain.
Worse than me.
Yeah, but he's been doing amazing things.
[Karl] It's incredible, your guidance,
-everything you've taught him. -There's going to be more damage, Karl.
-People you love. -We knew the risks involved.
This is an incredibly dangerous mission, is it not?
Is it worth it?
Yeah.
-Agatha. -Don't.
It's not safe.
[Karl] Agatha,
look at how powerful you've become.
And Thale, look...
Think of what we can do for the planet with all of this power.
Think about what you had, Karl.
Think about what you have.
I have proof.
I have contact.
I have the team. I have Thale...
[Karl] I have you.
[Agatha breathes deeply]
How?
[Agatha] Channeling the Teke.
You're so beautiful.
[Agatha] I love you, Karl.
Remember this.
[somber music]
Finish what you came here to do.
[indistinct chatter]
It's so beautiful.
Are you okay?
Huh?
We have to move faster.
[Mel] What?
Continue forward progression, Auggie.
[Roy] Thrusters up, 20 percent.
Yes, sir.
[Karl] Thank you, Roy.
[rapid retreating footsteps]
There's something wrong with the Terraform.
[woman on PA] Critical error.
Emergency.
Critical error.
-What? -[woman on PA] Emergency.
-Emergency. -The dome's gonna blow.
[woman on PA] Critical error.
Emergency.
Level four alert.
The captain is aware of a situation and will have updates momentarily.
Please proceed to your cabin.
[Rowan] Which level?
[door hisses open]
[Agatha] Um.
Six.
Oh, me too.
[elevator whirring]
[rumbling]
[alarm beeping]
[alarm continues]
[elevator whirs]
[door opens]
Bonsoir.
[Roy] Stop the ring. Stop the ring!
All my data.
-Agatha. -Out of balance.
-Karl, no! It's too dangerous. -[Roy] Just fix it.
Get our pressure systems under control, now.
[panting]
[Auggie] We need to take the dome offline.
Move!
[fire crackling]
[foreboding music]
[alarm blaring]
Brace for collision.
-[Rowan laughing] -[Agatha shrieks]
-[axe clanks] -[Agatha panting]
[Roy] Hold on!
[indistinct chatter]
[gasps, groans]
[distant shouting]
[thuds]
[Agatha grunts]
[suspenseful music]
[Agatha grunts]
[panting]
This is Dr. Agatha Matheson of the Nightflyer.
We have sustained fatalities, structural damages.
We...
[distant whistling]
[whistling continues]
[approaching footsteps]
[buzzing]
[whistling]
[thuds]
[clattering]
[Rowan whistling]
[panting]
This is a warning.
Not a distress call.
Do not board this ship.
Do not bring the Nightflyer back to Earth.
[device beeps]
[clatters]
[computer beeping, chiming]
[shrieks]
Me again.
[Agatha whimpering]
[Agatha screams]
-[Agatha] No. -[Rowan grunting]
[Agatha grunts]
[shrieks, thuds]
[Agatha] No!
-[whistling] -[Agatha screaming]
[yells]
Argh! Fuck!
[Rowan grunts]
[groans]
[machine powers up]
[gloomy music]
[somber music]
[breathes heavily]
[Agatha] You're free now, Thale.
I love you.
No, no, no.
[axe rasps, clanks]
[screams]
[crew] Get out of the way!
[indistinct chatter]
[Roy] Willa, we need to temporarily shut down the compressors.
[Willa] I'm trying.
The consoles are malfunctioning.
-Go down and do it manually. -Yes, sir.
[Roy] Let's move.
-[Rowan grunts] -[thuds]
Woops.
[Rowan] Eris!
Eris!
Reroute the pressure lines. Send it back to the ring.
-[crew] Yes, sir. -[bee buzzing]
[both scream]
"Initiate decontamination sequence."
[laughing]
[clinks]
[both grunt]
[groaning]
[crackling]
What the fuck are you?
-[Roy panting] -[crackling]
This is for Tessia.
[both grunt]
Emergency!
[mumbles] Please.
-[Roy grunts] -[thudding]
-[Rowan] Why won't you fucking die? -Rowan!
-Fucking die! -[Mel] Rowan!
Die!
-[Rowan] Fucking die! -[Mel] Rowan!
[guns cock]
Rowan.
No. I'm not the problem.
I'm not the problem.
He's the problem.
No, I...
[Rowan] He's the problem. Have a look.
[eerie music]
You did it, Auggie.
[Lommie] My little bear.
[foreboding music]
[Agatha] Karl,
I know this will be hard to understand.
The pain of what's happening to me,
the feedback from Thale,
we are endangering the ship and everyone aboard.
I love you more than you will ever know
and I know that you love me.
I've seen it.
I felt it.
But my presence on the Nightflyer will kill you.
I have to break the loop.
I'm sorry.
[Karl] I'm so sorry.
[Mel whimpers]
[ominous music]