Andromeda (2000–2005): Season 3, Episode 22 - Shadows Cast by a Final Salute - full transcript

so, uh, for dessert

why don't we talk
about where we're going?

don't everybody
talk at once.

i don't want to upset
your digestion or anything.

make you puke.

okay, so, uh,
my stomach's settled.

where we going, boss?

we're making a delivery.

thank you.

may i ask what?

no.



how come she knows?

incoming commonwealth
communication.

on screen.

greetings, captain.

just wanted to give you
the heads-up

separating
rumor from fact.

most of the nietzschean prides
that joined the commonwealth

are now, indeed,
contemplating leaving it.

so it's
a celebration.

the rumours of them
coming together

and massing
a major fleet

are just that,

but there has been

some suspicious activity



centered around the planet
enga's redoubt,

the dragan homeworld.

now, that's a little vague.

we have uncovered attacks
by the nietzscheans

on various drifts and planets...

but nothing
out of the ordinary.

rollins out.

that's it?

if this was no big deal,
why'd she tell us?

supply cargo
from commonwealth headquarters

has arrived.

i wasn't expecting a shipment.

maybe it's supplies

for the upcoming
nietzschean battle

we're not supposed
to know about.

the shipment is
for the commissary.

ah, well, then,
it's a food fight.

move out.

seal the area.

check the corridor.

all clear.

this way.

[ alarm sounding ]

hangar deck 15.
stowaways in the cargo.

do we need
bells and whistles for that?

thank you.

how did they get past
our security?

i'm detecting the deactivation

of an electromagnetic
cloaking device.

nice toy.

mr. harper, i want one of those.

looks like we just got one.

they have a captive.

nietzscheans.

a gun to one person's head
is a gun to all of ours.

so are you just going
to stand there

and let the ice cream
melt, boss?

seal off that deck.

[ alarm ]

go, go, go.

freeze!

who the hell are
these nietzscheans?

what the hell
are they doing?

now the intruders
are sealing off deck 15.

what? we just did that.

how do they have the codes?

they are in complete control
of deck 15,

and establishing a power base
of their own.

they're looking for something.

themaru.

rommie, take them out

with your automated
internal defense systems.

not when they're holding
some of our crew members.

deactivate that deck's ag field.

captain hunt.

we have a proposal for you.

when you're ready to negotiate,
let us know.

how can i negotiate
if i don't know what they want?

artificial gravity
disabled

with no effect

on the intruders.

they're wearing personal
ag harnesses.

these guys know
exactly what they're doing.

yeah, it's a little
too convenient, isn't it?

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 theandromeda ascendant,

and these are our adventures.

the intruders are
continuing to spread out

through deck 15.

rommie, on screen.

okay.

what's your pleasure?

it's simple.

we'll trade our hostages

for the bones of drago musevini

and theeureka maru.

oh, so that's all you want.

well, that's no problem.
we'll just-

[ beep ]

no. nomaru.

dylan...

yeah, i got... stuff

on there, boss.

i know.

i'm just trying
to buy some time

while i think this
through.

there's nothing
to think through.

she's right.

rommie, on screen.

okay.

sorry we got
cut off, there.

uh, what's your plan b?

you have five minutes

or the hostages will die.

nietzscheans...
no sense of humor.

no offense, tyr.

status report.

my defense systems
on hangar 15 have been disabled.

harper.

i'm on it.

i've managed to cut off access
to themaru

and musevini's bones.

we can under no circumstances

surrender
the progenitor's remains.

we need a better
plan than that.

yeah, we do.

one that involves
getting our crew members back.

i don't expect you
to understand,

but there are
far greater concerns

than the crew of theandromeda.

how typically selfless of you.

those bones mean more

to the future stability
of your commonwealth

than any of you
can begin to realize.

i don't care about the bones.

once more, rommie.

okay.

you reached a decision?

i'll make you
a deal.

no deals.

you'll take me as your hostage

in exchange
for all of my crew members.

if you've harmed any of them,

no deal.

go on.

i'll guarantee you the bones
and themaru.

dylan...

true to form,
captain.

protecting the greater good.

meet at the slipstream core.

i'm on my way.

this is a horrendous idea.

very horrendous.

do you have a better one?

no.

you?

no.

all right, then.

beka, you have command.

harper,

once we reach
themaru,

go to
slipstream core.

check it out,
see if they did any damage.

tyr...

follow me,
please.

i want you to
be my shadow.

and?

kill the bastards.

sorry, sir.

don't worry about it.

move it.

let's go. move!

stick to the deal.

or?

i'll destroy the bones.

you're bluffing.

those bones
mean squat to me, lady.

go.

put my men on a screen.

andromeda, on screen.

access granted.

you know my ship.

very well, captain.

very well.

secure themaru.

i'm impressed.

[ trance ]: beka,
i'm on themaru.

rommie's covering
the hangar.

hurry.

no!

i have to get in. no!

beka, themaru
is shut down.

i should be able to make it
operational from here.

oh, god.

dammit, i can't.
trance, get to the cockpit.

[ grinding ]

beka, everything's dead here.

i got nothing.

we're locked out.

[ beeping ]

trance, get out of there.

all right, let's see
what the boneheads were up to.

boss, i think i found something.

ah, genius, we do what we must-

andromeda...

any time, tyr.

can you keep a secret?

not from everyone.

i'm scared.

all my mystery.

all that i've been guarding.

what have you been guarding,
trance?

can you tell me?

can you tell dylan?

he knows.

i don't feel fear
the way that you do,

but i have observed
it can limit you.

i feel that we are
nearing the end.

is this another one
of your riddles?

no riddles.
just fear.

i have guarded for so long.

now, i'm unsure
of what i am doing.

[ cocks weapon ]

keep moving, captain.

i'm moving.
i'm moving.

we've got serious
maneuvering

in the commonwealth.

the nietzschean succession

is turning out to be
a major problem.

i am aboard
the high guard ship,

twelve centuries.

we'll be there
as soon as we can

if you really need us.

our convoy cannot
give you high priority

at this time.

andromeda, what's that?

the communication is jammed.

well, try something else.

efforting...

efforting?

themaruis this way.

oh, is that where it is?

you know, i get confused.

all these corridors
look the same.

let's go.

once we're free
of theandromeda,

we'll disengage our sabotage.

that makes me feel much better,
thank you.

have a nice flight, now.

good work, tyr.

unbelievable.

success.

open the coffin.

it couldn't have gone better.

take drago's remains
to the rendezvous.

i will entertain no questions.

am i understood?

no one will break security.

themaruhas
entered slipstream.

deck 15 has
returned to normal.

however, somehow
they've managed

to severely compromise
navigational control.

where the hell
were you?

ambushed.

you're in one piece?

yes. he's safe.

i've got rollins.

this is a heads-up.

things are developing fast.

more attacks
confirmed,

all led
by the drago-kazov.

in the archsul system,

five planets destroyed.

sinti has been completely
overrun.

they are marauding
and trophy-taking.

the commonwealth
cannot allow that.

well, we've got problems
of our own here.

the commonwealth fleet
is headed your way.

now what?

boss,

as much i owe
themarumy life,

the whole universe
is going to crap.

we've got to look out
for number one.

let's get the hell
out of here.

no. we're not giving up
on themaru.

dylan, we have to get it back.

why?

what am i missing,
here? come on.

come on, give me
something, trance.

a crumb.

anything.
a couple of words.

maybe even three words,
like "not now, harper,"

or "we're saving
the universe,"

or "we need your
plants. " anything.

good guess.

dylan, we can track themaru.
it's leaking pion particles.

it's an easy
trail to follow.

rommie, can we go to slipstream?

that we can do.

beka...

all right, we'll outrace them,

scoop it up,
and put it back in its hangar.

sounds good.
i want my ship back.

brace for
slipstream.

they don't see us.

everybody likes a surprise.

trance, let's go.

tyr, try to keep up with me
this time.

i'll do my best.

trance, check it out.

dylan, we've got
a problem.

i'm on my way.

there is an old story.

fate travels
to a distant planet

looking for a man.

we do not know

if it is good or bad, this fate,

but the man fears this fate,
his fate,

so the day before fate arrives,

he takes off
for the planet sinti.

fate arrives
at the man's doorstep

and asks the man's family
where he's gone,

and the family replies

that he has left
for the planet sinti,

and fate says,
"now i understand,"

and the family looks at fate
without understanding.

fate simply says,

"tomorrow, we have
an appointment in sinti. "

your fate is waiting for you.

on theandromeda?

i don't know,

but i'm frightened, tyr.

i'm frightened for me.

i'm frightened

that i will not succeed
at what i need to do,

but i'm also frightened
for you-

that you are going to do
the wrong thing.

all right, what's going on?

well, we seem to have
chased themaru

right into the middle
of the drago-kazov system.

that's right where someone
wants us to be.

there are three
nietzschean cruisers

approaching.

incoming transmission.

welcome to
the drago-kazov system.

i am field marshall ataturk.

you're right on time.

welcome to the new
nietzschean universe,

the new order.

i would recommend
you not fire upon us.

i have thousands of ships
at my command.

relax
and enjoy the ride.

theandromedais now a trophy
of the drago-kazov.

status.

we have 30% power left.

all right.
take us to slipstream.

dylan...

there's a problem.

abort. fall back.

[ alarm beeping ]

all right, what happened?

if the andromeda tries

to get to slipstream,

she'll eject
her slipstream core.

the accompanying
exotic matter

will cause an explosion

that will completely destroy
the drago-kazov homeworld.

but we'd be okay?

yes.

go directly
to slipstream.

sabotage...

this was done

after the nietzscheans
left theandromeda.

only senior officers
have those codes.

it wasn't me.

there is a slipfighter
leaving the ship.

it's tyr.

you know what?

i am a gullible man

when it comes to
certain nietzscheans.

open a comm channel.

he's not responding.

of course not.

all right. here we go, tyr.

theandromeda
is in our custody.

what are you doing?

hold your position.
do nothing.

what is your destination?

safety.

where?

field marshall,
you are painting this vessel.

i will not be followed.

but we need to know
where you are

for your protection.

you will discontinue
your surveillance immediately.

you are being obvious
and foolish.

foolish?

and suspicious.

i delivered theandromeda.

that is all you need to know
at this time.

but if there is more
to your plan-

any communication
can be intercepted.

with our goal so near at hand,

we cannot afford
to breach security.

we can't afford
to lose our leader.

this communication
is terminated.

from now on,
you will maintain radio silence.

done.

rommie?

dylan, they've accessed
my computer.

i'm being towed.

they're towing us?

yeah, we're their trophy,
remember?

if it weren't
for the honor,

i'd just as soon
pass on it.

rommie, what am i looking at?

the kodiak homeworld.

orbiting
enga's redoubt.

that's tyr's
homeworld.

so he did all this

just to get home, huh?

but why?

dylan,
we can escape.

the slipcore will eject

and the exotic matter explosion
will destroy the dragans,

but we can escape.
i have enough power for that.

or we could hang in there
and fight.

boss, i'm with rommie.
go directly to slipstream.

we can't eject the slipcore.

there are thousands of slaves
on enga's redoubt.

rommie...

if you give me enough cover,

the dragans will never notice
a drop-pod

coming into the system,
will they?

or care.

dylan, wait.

someone should go with you.

can't do it.

this is between me and tyr.

it's only
a matter of time

until we restore
andromeda's power.

and when that happens,
we go down fighting.

preposterous.

the andromeda will never force
a collateral damage situation.

really?

tyr anasazi is now the leader
of the drago-kazov.

he has shown himself
to be the true reincarnation

of drago musevini.

he's also delivered
proof of his loyalty

to them.

he has delivered theandromeda.

all right, time to find out

just exactly who has been
messing with our slipcore.

all right, tyr ana-sleazy.

you can't hide from andromeda's
video surveillance.

all right, andromeda,

let's start
with a few hours ago.

show me tyr anasazi
if you can find him.

this is tyr during the assault
on the nietzscheans.

security playback
from corridor on deck 15.

okay...

where was he
after we got themaruback?

he was in slipstream
core control.

what?

show me.

security tape running
from invasion point.

i knew you were just another
back-stabbing nietzschean, tyr.

last time i looked,

drago's bones weren't
in the slipstream core.

what else has he done
in the core?

any other suspicious activity,
for that matter.

keep an open processor.

working backwards.

keep going.

wait a minute.
that's three years ago...

he waited for three years
to betray us.

guys, i got some bad news.

i had expected you sooner.

and i would have expected
your loyalty.

looks like we'll both
be disappointed.

it's quite beautiful.
is it not?

if you like
abandoned asteroids, yeah.

no, but this, all this.

this is where drago musevini's
remains were enshrined

for all the prides to view,

under the protection
of the kodiak.

this...

this was our legacy.

the ham-fisted drago-kazov

couldn't have created anything
so sublime in a million years,

only destroy it.

the dragans were short-sighted

in their attack
on your pride, tyr.

it was senseless.

it was what it was.

there is no blame.

we were in their way.

now they are in mine.

with the dragans,

shall we say, removed

from our collective sight...

we can begin to create
a more perfect universe.

the universe is never
going to be perfect, tyr-

it will be a damn sight better
if i can unite the prides.

dylan...

you are not just another
stupid kludge.

you have insight...

nearly nietzschean at moments.

hear me...

the dragans, there,

on enga's redoubt

are standing
in the way

of a better
nietzschean future.

if i act now,

if i strike at this moment,

i can correct that.

all for the mere price
of theandromeda,

plus her crew.

no...

no! not necessarily.

i have made my choice.

if you attempt to take
the andromeda to slipstream,

yes, you will destroy
that planet,

but you... will be free,

alive, to fight
another day.

it would be a very
nietzschean choice.

maybe,

but i would be letting you
do the same thing to the dragans

as they did to your pride-

wiping them out
because they're in the way.

they are in the universe's way!

like every empire
since the dawn of history,

they've had their day.

that's not your decision
to make.

no, it's yours!

you are a beautiful man,

a valiant man,

but you are flawed
in your tiresome sense

of right and wrong.

there is only your will,
my will, and the universal will,

and here we all sit
wasting time.

choose life, dylan.

go,
while i can still admire you.

you have let me know you
too well, tyr.

that's your flaw.

you will help me
to get out of here.

you don't need my help.

make the nietzschean choice.

i can't.

i'm not a nietzschean.

that why i've always had you.

you have friends
on theandromeda,tyr,

people you care about.

do you...

truly not see that there are
greater concerns here?

how could you not have known
that it would come to this?

if you force me
to make this choice...

to bring death
to an entire world,

we can only ever meet again
as enemies.

is that your choice?

[ beka ]:dylan.

dylan, come in.
can you hear me?

dylan-

go ahead.

dylan, you've got
to haul it back. now!

our big problem just went giant,

and i hope
you have tyr with you.

we can't fight,

and we can't run
until he fixes his bug.

you hear that?

i no longer have a choice.

the only choice is yours,

and if you don't undo
what you have done,

then you condemn my ship
and my crew to its death.

what's it going to be, tyr?

hesitation, dylan...

five minutes ago, this wouldn't
have been an issue.

hesitation is weakness,

and you, sir...

you!

my friend...

have always made me...

hesitant...

and i am not fond of you for it.

yes. i know.

if i do this...

if i go back there with you,

it will be the last time.

then... it is over.

promises, promises.

dylan, hurry.

we're coming back.

fix the ship.

why did you do it, tyr?

why did you throw away
three years of work,

three years of
fighting for survival,

of friendship?

beka, i may have
thrown away more

in coming back here

than i ever did
in leaving.

and there's just no time
to explain that any further.

tyr, we may not
get out of this.

i think you owe me
an explanation.

you'd like an explanation?

the universe is changing,

and we're changing
right along with it.

i'll tell you a secret.

i've lived with you,

i've fought beside you,
fought with you...

i've often wished
you were a nietzschean.

what am i now?

nothing.

they say it takes a minute

to find something special
in a person,

an hour to appreciate them,

and a day to love them...

but it takes an entire life
to forget them.

beka, i wish
that i could explain-

forget it, tyr.

go fix the ship.

now what?

this might be
of interest to you.

hundreds,

if not thousands of ships
are entering our system.

42% have no id
or known profile.

the rest are known enemies
of the commonwealth.

ogami, kalderans, bokor,
nightsiders, freebooters.

you've got to be kidding me.

it's going to be
one heck of a party.

open a comm channel.

comm open.

this is captain dylan hunt
of theandromeda ascendant.

define your purpose.

no response.

it appears that they're all
coming after the drago-kazov.

incoming communication

from high guard ship
twelve centuries.

we are entering your system.

rest assured,
your safety is near.

yeah, well, we're not feeling
very safe right now.

the forces are firing
on the dragan's homeworld,

enga's redoubt.

total anarchy.

why?

and why the dragans?
why us?

we've got to
get out of here now.

yeah, i think that's
a pretty good idea.

you still out of here or what?

yes.

don't forget to write.

you know,

i can't blame you

for wanting to destroy
the drago-kazov, tyr,

it's just how you did it.

i haven't done it as yet,

and now, i just might not.

don't try to con a con, okay?

you're safe.

we have full power.

boss, we're good to go.

rommie, take us out.

thanks...

for undoing the trouble
you caused in the first place.

you know,
i thought i knew you, tyr,

and it turns out
all along

you've just been waiting
to betray us.

what did i ever
do to you?

you made me laugh.

no, i didn't.

yes, you did.

just not out loud,

and i hope you get the chance
to do it again.

yeah, we'll double-cross
that bridge

when we get to it.

we miss
anything, boss?

now what?

now we wait for these idiots
to blow each other up,

and then help the commonwealth
pick up the pieces afterwards.

cutting yourself off
from your best allies,

aligning yourself with no one.

odd choice
for the ultimate survivor.

i will never, ever,

waste my time
reasoning with a machine.

your vine is dead.

no...

i am the vine,

and quite unlike
your synthetic self,

i am very much alive.

i've accessed
the nietzschean folklore

of the dragonia vine,

and initially,
it does signify leadership,

but it also comes with a curse-

a lonely and bloody end.

more of the commonwealth
has arrived.

this has to be a trap,

a trap to destroy
the commonwealth fleet.

we are now engaging the enemy.

please await our orders.

come on.

await orders?

and engage which enemy?

this is nuts.

this is insanity.

tyr, anything
you want to tell us?

no.

the ogami and kalderans
have opened fire

on the commonwealth ships.

what?

rollins, fall back.

we'll cover your retreat.

that is a negative, captain.

we are engaged.

please await
for further orders...

stand by for further orders.

the enemy fleet, kalderan,
ogami, and nietzschean,

are destroying
the commonwealth fleet.

it's total anarchy.

oh, crap. we're next.

dylan, we've got
to get out of here.

we've got to go.

beka, you have command.

great.

tyr...

any dubious obligation
i might have had to you,

i have fulfilled.

i'm leaving.

you're going
to your death.

you've got no place
to go.

i've got
everywhere to go.

it is time for my son
to be with his father.

you told me
your son was dead.

you can't be surprised.

you've always known.

yes. i have a son...

and there is so much more

that you will know
of him one day.

because you believe
he is the reincarnation

of drago musevini.

dylan...

that's the most
glorious thing...

he is.

okay.

so what does that mean?

it's hope,
dylan.

hope for my people,
hope for your people,

hope for your commonwealth,

hope for
the universe.

there is no hope
for the commonwealth.

the commonwealth fleet
is destroyed.

and now, the sabra-jaguar,
the mandau, the rakhshasa,

all the prides
will honor that child.

they have no choice
but to follow.

it is written in their genes...

as it is in his,

and mine.

tell that
to the dragans' children.

they are hardly an issue
any longer.

next time we meet...

friend or enemy?

dylan hunt...

live well.

live well...

tyr anasazi.

tyr doesn't
have a chance.

maybe they don't care
about him anymore.

you're half right, harper.

what about the other half?

the other half
will hunt him down,

and we're looking
at the universe

coming apart at the seams.

and history repeating itself.

the nietzscheans
have created a void.

they've weakened
the commonwealth enough

so that others
have seized the opportunity.

and that's
the optimist's viewpoint.

they're closing in on tyr.
what do we do?

oh, what the hell.

cover him.

andromeda, clear his path.

let me know when he's through.

i can't see anything.

just keep firing.

path is clear.

no sign of tyr.

we've done all we can here.

take us to slipstream.

you got it.

we're losing them.

nobody on our tail.

you know...

i have only one question
about all of this-

so who gets tyr's stuff?

what do we do now, boss?

they'll be coming for us,

and we'll stay ready.