Andromeda (2000–2005): Season 3, Episode 11 - Delenda Est - full transcript

The joints on your knees
and elbows are showing
some calcium buildup.

Lungs at full capacity,
heart is good.

Oh, gee, thanks, Andromeda.

You should have
a checkup more often.

Is this your subtle way
of saying I'm out of shape?

Yes.

Your heavy gravity genes
don't make your immune system
any less vulnerable.

I get the point.

Your eyesight is good.

Although I have detected some
dryness in the right eye.

You can't change
the future
by living in the past.



Although it certainly
would be nice to have
you around.

I wish that were enough.

If it were, you wouldn't be
the man I fell in love with.

Sara...

You came back for me.

We had our time together.

Andromeda, where did this
come from?
You came back for me.

We had our time together.

You came back for me.

Andromeda.

We had our time together.

We had our time together.

We had our time together...

Ah, Harper,
there you are.



What?

Explain something
to me.

All right. What are
we doing now?

Lie detection.

I'm monitoring your pulse
to see if you're telling
the truth.

What! Why me?
Would I lie to you
about any--

Okay, okay. What?

When you assembled me,

did you leave in controls
that gave you access to me?

I don't know what
you're talking abou-- Ow!

Can you do things to me,
or with me,

that I don't know about?

Rommie, how could that
ever be possible?

I--

Stop it, Harper.

No self-hypnosis,
or I'll break your hand.

No, look.
No.

I'm not lying.
Look.

That's a cat!
Yeah.

What the hell?

That animal's been extinct
for thousands of years.

This can't be good.

Lights.

Sensors.

Andromeda's not responding.
Sensors must be out
all over the deck.

Ha. I got hand
illumination
over here.

Can I...

Thank you.

It's totally numb, you know.

What the...

Figures.

Well, this really su--

Help!

The universe
is a dangerous place,

but in our future,
my crew and I fight
to make it safe.

I am Dylan Hunt,

Captain of the
Andromeda Ascendant,

and these are our adventures.

Rommie, help!

Any time now.

Maybe you should keep
holding me, in case it
kicks in again.

I know I'd feel better.

So,

what the hell was that?

Well, it wasn't a cat.

Huh.

We had our time together.

We had our time together.

Andromeda, do you copy?

we had our time together.

Andromeda!

We had our time together.

We had our time together.

We had our time together.

This is weird.

We had our time together.

Dylan, what's going on?

Why...

Didn't you call for help?

Andromeda.

Dylan?

Ship wide.

Harper, Tyr, Trance.

Meet me in command deck, now.

I don't know,
I'm buried in a flexi,

and suddenly I get a mayday
from your quarters.

Turn it off.

Turn it off!

Andromeda.

I just...

saw my child sleeping...

Waiting...

All right, I just about
got sucked right into space.

Lifted right off my feet
by I don't know what.

if it hadn't been
for Rommie I had--

Dylan, I've been tracking
some alarming events
around our present location.

Magog attacks on
independent drifts,

rogue Nietzschean prides
on the planet Huron,

and a 53 percent rise in
criminal activity across
the suns' nebulae.

Then, all activity stopped.

All predators, Magog
and Nietzschean included,
went into hiding.

Any commonwealth ships
in the area?

No. And, finally, this...

three ships have appeared in
the system with crew missing.

No sign of foul play.

Only one managed to send
an emergency message.

On screen.

Captain Trevor Lutanz
of the merchant ship Neptune.

His message was garbled
and nearly unintelligible.

Give me what you can.

The only words
I could decipher were,

"nightmare," "terror,"
and "invisible. "

Any similarities
in the empty ships?

Each ship has had its most
sophisticated and potent
power source removed.

Where's Rommie?

She was right
behind me.

Andromeda, locate Rommie.

There are still five decks
missing from my grid.

My avatar is unaccounted for,

and there are vacuums
of tremendous energy

opening and closing
all over the ship.

They're after Rommie.
Tyr, let's go.

Beka, you have command.

Could it be our
invisible friends?

I thought we'd
taken care them.

Well, obviously,
they needed
better care.

Obviously.

Tell you what.
I'll take the high road,
you take the low road.

Dylan!

Dylan!

Help!

Hold on, Tyr!

I have a feeling
this is going to be
a very long day.

You all right?

I don't know
which is worse,

being re-abducted
by those things,

or having to ask you
for help.

You're joking.

Am I?

I didn't
"help" you, Tyr.

I saved your ass.

Dylan,
all systems are back online.

I've located my avatar.
On screen.

Rommie, report to command.

Dylan, we all know
what's going on here.

The only question is,
how do we stop it?

I'm the answer
to that question.

Rommie, come back.
You're not safe.

I'm sorry, Dylan.
The crew must be kept safe.

These are the same creatures
that tortured us.

I intend to even the score.

I order you back to command.

This is bigger than
the Andromeda.

I'm exploring the concept
of revenge.

Rommie,
you'll die in the process.

I've located their
power source.

Damn it, Rommie!
Why did Harper have to
make you so stubborn?

Everything's under control,
Dylan.

Let's go.

Oh, crap.

Beka, meet me at the Maru.

Tyr, back to command.

Andromeda,
can you track her?

There is a vague trail.

Good thing I gave her
an emergency signal.

Put us on that trail.

So, our mind-bending friends
have returned.

Sorry, Beka.
I know this is rough.

Rough, I could live with.

It's the gnarled, jagged,
soon-to-be-violent,
I'm dealing with.

We're dealing with
more than that.

Survival of the universe.

Oh, yeah. That.

All right,

working from your horizon,
I'm picking something up.

Some kind of force.

An energy wave,
20 degrees off your starboard.

I don't see anything.

Not that I'm surprised.

Tyr, what have you got?

Nothing.

Dylan, looking for them
is futile.

Shoot at whatever
Harper is picking up.

Well, my guess has been
the best one so far.

So, shoot!

Firing.

Dylan, we're coming apart.

You know,
I think it's cheating
to be invisible.

Aw, this sucks... literally.

Beka! Get us out of here!

Well,
that was different.

Not really.

My passive sensors have
located a planet with massive
electromagnetic pulses.

No modulation in the pulses.

One intermittent energy level.
My avatar's trail leads there.

All right,
let's go get her.

We can't.

They'll see the Andromeda,
and the Maruis in no shape
to make it.

I'm going to get my crew member.
Tell me about the planet.

The planet is essentially
a complex of tunnels.

The surface is inhospitable
due to a rapidly
decreasing temperature.

Not quite a Class-M planet.

Defense systems?

There are none.

Do you believe that?

No.

And now they have Rommie.

Even cut off from the Andromeda,
Rommie's gifts are inestimable.

Yeah, she and her systems
can be very, very adaptable.

All right, well, I believe
this is the place where I'd say

we should forget about Rommie
and move on.

Harper can always build
another android.

What?

Are you saying we should
just forget about Rommie
and move on,

and harper can always build
another android?

Yes.

Forget it, Tyr. No way.

Rommie's the greatest
thing I've ever done,

even if she almost
broke my hand.

She's alive, Tyr.

Come on, she's got a life,
she's got as much right
to live that life as you do.

All right.

On the other hand,

I would embrace
the opportunity to...

To what, Tyr?

Well...

I'd like to crush
these creatures
into cosmic dust.

I'd like to utterly and
unequivocally slaughter them.

I would like to kill them all.

I'm done.

So, let's go get her.

Uh...

How do we know the rest
of these creatures are
off the Andromeda?

We don't.

Beka, I need you here.

You can fight and
you can pilot this ship.

Trance, you're on weapons.
Tyr, to the slipfighters.

Oh, um...

Okay.

All right. I'll think of
something to do.

I'm not picking up a thing...

yet.

They had to know we'd be coming.

Maybe they don't care.

I'm taking you straight
towards the power source
within the planet.

There should no obstructions
in the way of your route.

And if you buy that,
I've got a drift to sell you
in the Yuker system,

where jade grows like weeds.

Hey, Tyr.

Why don't you go first?

Age before beauty.

Thank you so much.

Don't mention it.

Andromeda,
anything new?

The planet is still
surging power.

Trance.

Any idea who these
creatures might be?

Well, perhaps the ship
is caught in a traumatic
energy phenomenon.

Pieces of which
enter each of our minds,

causing us to see and
to believe that which
is deadly and contrary.

Oh, really?

Or, they're a pea-wit angry
gang for hire who like to
appear and disappear at will.

Or none of the above.

Or the opposite of everything
you can imagine.

Beka, we're entering
their atmosphere.

Remember, today's theme
is invisibility.

I like themes.

Everything looks clear up here.

Um, boss, I think
we've got a problem.

What?

Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!

On three. One...

I couldn't wait.

Three!

Ow.

Thanks.

Beka, report.

Beka, what's the problem?

No problem.
Harper was, uh...

entertaining a friend
in command.

Damn.

For those of you who keep
the score at home,

we are looking at
a lot of tunnels.

They all look so inviting.

Yeah, take your pick.

Eeny, meeny, miney, moe.

I've got you on screen.

You're charted as close
as I can get you to
the planet's power source,

and, let's hope, Rommie.

You're breaking up, Beka.

We'll resume communications
when we land on the surface.

This way.

Go on.

And fear not.

I will protect you.

I think you have that
turned around.

Well, we'll see.

Do you have a better idea?

I imagine we could...

No.

I'm picking up an energy
source on deck 57.

Do you think you guys
could get that?

I'm a little busy here.

Tyr, the last time we fought
these creatures, you didn't
remember a thing.

Yes, they, uh...

They get into your mind.

Well, they went
after you again,

but you seem fine.

I am fine.

Really?

Really.

You're a strange man, Tyr.

Sorry, Trance,
you scared the crap--

Well, that was
way too easy.

What the hell
is with these things?

If I have seen
these creatures before,

why don't they look familiar?

Is that a rhetorical question?

You shouldn't be afraid
to ask any question.

Right.

Nice try, creeps.

Are we just a bit
out of shape?

I'm not out of shape.

Perhaps a physical
is in order.

I was just in the middle of one,
and it was going great.

Are you hearing that?

Yes, I am.

We must be close.

Close to what?

Close to that.

They are disappearing
and reappearing.

Power shortage, perhaps?

Ha, I'm thinking it might be
our good friend Rommie,

but why aren't they
attacking us?

I'm thinking they're thinking
that we can't see them.

Really?

Let's find out.

Hmm. This is too easy.

On the count of three?

Let's just shoot them.

That was too easy.

It's a bridge.

It's a bridge.

Oh. It's a long way down.

It is a long way down.

From all the readings
I'm getting,

it says that the power source
is on the other side.

Isn't it always?

Looks like we have
to cross the bridge.

It would seem so.

Well, after you, captain.

Now I'm the captain.

I'd say this time they
know we can see them.

Mine hit first.

Yours was fatter.

Well, it's definitely
through this door.

Thanks for the warning, Tyr.

Probably could have just
opened it.

Hi, Rommie.

Hi, Dylan.

How are you?

Oh, I'm hanging in there.

That's not funny.

I'm just trying to break
the tension, Dylan.

I'm not tense.

Well, you look it.

What are they doing here?

They're trying to use me
to focus their power source.

Their generator's
not online yet.

I'd like to get down now.

We're working on it.

Did you press something?

Okay, I get it.

What the hell?
Where did these guys
come from?

The generator captures energy
from the plasma below it.

But not fast enough
or efficient enough.

That's what they were
going to use me for.

Now, Dylan, it isn't
just these creatures.

Something's coming,
something big, and
it's in an awful hurry.

So are we.

Beka, what's going on
up there?

I've got a number
of alien ships
in the neighborhood.

Tell me there's not
a tunnel opening.

Good guess,
there's a tunnel opening.

Whatever you're doing,
I'd recommend doing it quickly.

I do not like this.

Rommie, what can you build
out of all of this?

Whatever you want.

Egg cooker,
nuclear fusion device.

Egg cooker?

Mmm-hmm.

No, I want something to
take out this generator.

So you want a bomb?

I want a bomb.

Right, and they say
androids can't improvise.

You know, Dylan, it's only
a matter of time

before these creatures find
another way to focus the energy
in the generator.

Exactly. That's why we're going
to blow this thing up.

We get to go home first,
right?

So you want a timer?
I want a timer.

Could you pass me that, please?

After what you've told me
and what Beka's going through,

these guys are planning
a massive attack.

Trance, Harper,
get your butts back here.

Maneuvering away.

Let them have it, Trance.

Firing. Blasting to
smithereens.

All set.

Arm it.

Done.

We should probably leave.

That would be a good idea.

Yeah.

Dylan!

That was a very good...

gun.

Uh...

Anytime, guys.

Who saved who's ass?

Hmm.

It's good to
have her back.

I have another squadron
rapidly approaching.

Thanks for the good news.

That was unnecessary
negative assessment.

Well, let's try to accentuate
the positive, shall we?

They will soon destroy
the Andromeda?

Okay, thanks for trying.

Harper, we're going to need
that invention of yours,

The jaws of life.
What?

I built that to help us
find these creatures.

We already know
where they are.

Mr. Harper, just get it!

"Just get it."

Beka, we could use a hand here.

On my way.

We can't outrun them, Dylan.

All right, Captain, you can
save us any time now,
if you'd like.

Now he asks.

I think he was being sarcastic.

Got your back, Dylan.

I have to scrap my second
most favorite machine,

scratch up her microsystem,
reverse the digital reverse,

work until my fingers
go numb here,

and still I have no idea
why I'm doing this.

What do you have an idea of?

What do I have an idea of?

I have an idea that sometimes
I envy you,

and your artificial intelligence
for your low frustration level.

You could help, you know.

No, I can't.

Thanks.

Another squadron of ships
is emerging from the tunnel.

Beyond the dimensional tunnel,

there appears to be
a massive staging area.

The first ones on our ship
weren't left behind.

they were an advance group
for another invasion.

Round three.

All set.

All weapons programmed
and ready, and awaiting
your command.

Here we go.

I don't mean to be negative,
but there are an awful lot
of them.

Consider this.

It's either the end of it all,
or you'll have a magnificent
tale to tell your children.

I've got plenty
of stories, thanks.

Speaking of kids,
we should talk about that.

All right, The Jaws are ready,

but, Dylan,
if I turn this on,

it's going to draw
their fire.

Mr. Harper, take a guess.

Turn it on?

That's right.

They're firing.

They're zeroing in on us.

And this is
a good thing?

Trance, hold fire.

Holding.

Dylan, we're not doing
so well.

Now! Start firing!

Emptying missile tubes
one through 200.

All on target.
Well done.

Beka, reverse full.

Running away,
I can live with that.

In fact, I can't live
without that.

The force of the tunnel closing
will shoot us into safety.

It might very
well crush us.

And the tunnel will close
because...

Hopefully they will soon
be losing their power source.

We'll know soon enough.

The enemy fleet
has lost all power.

They're falling back into
the tunnel, and so are we.

Harper!

Shut it off!

Closing the big,
bad jaws of life!

Andromeda, emergency power.

Get us out of here.

The dimensional tunnel
has collapsed.

The fleet is gone.

Good work, people.

Good work.

And so we bid adieu
to our beloved visitors
from the other side.

The other side, huh?

Now, there's
a question.

What is on
the other side
of that tunnel?

Vedrans, the abyss.

There are bubbles in time
and in the universe.

But if they burst,
can we survive it?

I don't even
want to guess.

That's your job.

I know that was a test.

It's good to
have you back.

Harper?

Would you like
to give me a hug,

just this once,
with affection?

I never did anything
to you, Rommie.

You're lying.

You're not lying!

No!

You okay?

Yeah.

Why?

I don't know.

You just look like
you're getting a little...

A little what?

Maybe you should have
Andromeda make sure
you're okay.

Did I miss a memo
or something?

Beka, I'm fine.

Dylan, behind you.

Wait.

Looks like we passed the test.