Andromeda (2000–2005): Season 3, Episode 3 - Mad to Be Saved - full transcript
Andromeda receives a distress call from a freighter, and manages to get it into the docking bay, but it is venting oxygen and the bay doors are jammed open. Dylan and Tyr manage to save most of its crew from suffocation, but they all exhibit signs of brain damage. Their leader informs Dylan that they have escaped from a hellish slave world that no one has ever escaped from before.
Dylan, I'm receiving
distress signals
from a freighter exiting
Gallaphron defense space.
There are fighters in pursuit.
Move to intercept.
That bucket of screws
just made it out of planet
Gallaphron's control space.
No one has ever escaped
and lived.
Not safe yet.
Target bogeys six and nine.
TYR: Missiles locked.
Fire.
Escaping ship,
hull rupture aft.
Oh, man. Death corkscrew.
It's over.
She's spewing oxygen.
Dylan, they're all
going to suffocate.
Not if we can catch them.
Tyr, drop bogeys
four, five, seven, eight.
Finger-Four spread.
Launch.
TRANCE: Missiles tracking.
[EXPLOSION]
Preparing bucky cables
for ship retrieval.
No time.
I said we'll catch them.
[WHOOSHING]
[CRASHING]
Nice snag, boss.
Tyr, you're with me.
ROMMIE: Dylan, the hangar
is partially depressurized.
Tyr, EVA suits.
Grab all the emergency
o2 masks you can.
DYLAN: Harper, Rommie,
get these doors closed now.
No, Dylan,
those hangar doors
are just jammed.
I can't get them
closed again.
We can't repressurize.
DYLAN: All right,
we're in their ship.
ROMMIE: Oxygen levels
are approaching critical.
DYLAN: We're on it.
Tyr, come on.
TYR: Right behind you.
Over here.
Tyr, the door's jammed.
Give me a hand.
[STRUGGLING]
DYLAN: Tyr, left side!
Close the door!
We've got oxygen.
Over here.
ROMMIE: Dylan,
they're all exhibiting
signs of extreme hypoxia.
Heart rates are near critical.
They'll be dead
within two minutes.
Put these masks on.
You have to share.
[GASPING]
Here. Breathe in deeply.
Share it!
Come on, I said, share it.
No! No!
Give it back!
You, Captain Hunt
told you to share.
Here, breathe.
Tyr, get the O2 line
from the emergency locker.
DYLAN: I'm sorry, people,
but you have to share.
We don't have
enough masks.
We'll get you out of here
as soon as we can.
Give me that!
Here.
What are you, crazy?
Tyr!
All right, give me
a three-meter lead.
People, we've got oxygen here.
Up here!
That's it.
Put your mouths over the holes
and breathe.
Okay, good. Very good.
Well then, looks like
we can all breathe easier.
DYLAN: 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.
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
They were
so panicked.
These people
must have been through hell.
Yeah, give them
a few minutes with Tyr
and then see.
Thank you. Thank you.
There. There!
[LAUGHING]
Severe brain damage can occur
within five minutes
of oxygen deprivation.
Well, let's round
them up, people.
Let's go get them.
Thank you.
Oh...
You're welcome.
We never thought
we'd escape.
We're resistance cell six
from the planet Gallaphron.
I'm Angelika,
their cell leader.
In a universe where no one
risks his neck for anyone,
you saved me.
Well, we were
just doing our...
Another symptom
of oxygen deprivation
is a type of euphoria.
Hm?
I said there may be
some complications.
Seems okay to me.
[SIGHING]
What?
[CLEARING THROAT]
Those blankets
are synthetic vicuna,
so they're pretty cozy.
Nice things
aren't just a snap
for retired widows.
You use
lots of things...
Pawn heirlooms.
Oh, that onyx
and amber necklace, gone.
And, uh, these pillows...
They're, um, pretty soft,
because they conform
to your neck
for extra lumbar support.
Here, try it.
[CRYING]
No nice things.
We pooled our life savings
for the bribe
off that planet,
That ship,
that Captain,
[CRYING]
That awful Captain.
Hey, watch it.
I used to be the Captain
of a ship like that
running refugees
just like you.
What?
I mean...
It's good.
Captain Higgins
on that ship,
locked us in a room
waiting for blastoff,
out of food,
drinking condensation drops,
No air, no air...
I can't breathe.
I...
[WHIRRING]
[LAUGHING, TAPPING]
Do you like jigsaws?
Uh, you mean puzzles?
[LAUGHING] No,
Jigsaws.
Uh, sure, yeah.
Nothing like them
for semicircular
cutting action.
Why don't I...
Say, you crazy kids,
why don't we go down
to the, uh, mess hall
and we'll grab
some beers,
um, pudding. Okay?
Beer.
Sure.
Do you like boxing?
Boxing.
Uh...
Sure, boxing.
Yeah, as an excuse to
smoke cigars and bet on
who's going to get their...
[GROANING]
Ow! Freaking ow!
[BOTH LAUGHING]
What did you do that for?
Hi.
Hi.
Your friends seemed to be
in a bit of a hurry.
Freedom tastes good.
Yeah, about that,
you know, it's a miracle
you even got out.
No one has ever escaped
from Gallaphron.
Gallaphron is a living hell.
Resistance cell six,
which I command,
is used to miracles.
My people are pretty tough
when it comes to
taking the pain.
That's the price
of fighting for freedom
on our planet.
Uh, Angelika,
you can relax the pace.
Stuck in a prison camp
with these people,
you get to be
a pretty competitive eater.
Yeah, but Andromeda has,
you know, it's stocked
with plenty of food.
Once you've lived
in an extended period
of doing without,
you never take having
for granted.
Once you've crawled
on your stomach
for what seemed like days
looking for water,
once you've lived
with so much pain...
You get close to death,
you get focused
on what you want.
Come on, Dylan,
when's the last time
you did without?
Uh, well...
I had 303 years once,
frozen in a black hole,
doing without
life or food.
Ah, my food.
Is that right?
Mm hmm.
Do you have any other clothes
I could wear?
Dirty fluorescent jumpsuits
are so last year.
I think I can find something
for you to slip into.
The Yellow Irminion,
one of my favorites.
Do you have something
I could put in my hair?
It's just that...
You are so beautiful.
Thank you.
And I'm so old,
so ugly, so over.
You're just exhausted.
I have a beautiful person
inside me.
I'm just hiding
in this ugly body.
Like the Yellow Irminion.
It hides in an ugly seed.
Oh, seeds contain
so much intelligence.
All the instructions
to make a beautiful flower,
to bear fruit, are inside.
What's inside you?
Beautiful flowers
need sunlight.
Let's not keep you
cooped up.
You know, if you weren't
so intensely self-absorbed,
you'd realize
that all of life is a balance
between the emptiness
of eternity
and the need to make art
to remind ourselves
we were here.
I had an epiphany
like that once...
Then I mercilessly
beat someone
until it went away.
Would you care to join us
on the hangar deck?
[WATER RUNNING]
Dylan, I got a sockarooni
in the schnoz
for all my kindness.
Uh, Harper,
this isn't the time.
Hi.
ANGELIKA: That the shirt?
Uh, yeah,
That's the shirt.
Oh, I'm sorry.
My timing's
a little off today.
You take a knock in the nose,
you get a little scrambled eggs.
You know what I mean?
Sorry.
Dylan,
No ship's log onboard.
Rommie, would you mind?
Human brains in a box.
Well, that's certainly gross.
And puzzling.
Not exactly your standard
carry-on item.
[DOOR OPENS]
Did I call for a meeting
in my quarters?
You know these refugees?
They seem a bit off.
DYLAN: Well, they've been
through a lot, Beka.
No, I mean, it seems
a little bit more than
traumatization or hypoxia.
These brains?
Mm hmm.
"Higgins."
You know that's the name
of the Captain.
I'll have a talk with Angelika.
Alone.
Thank you, Rommie.
Mm hmm.
Could I...
Alone.
Just...
Alone.
[DOOR CLOSES]
What happened
with the Captain?
I killed him.
Okay.
We gave him everything,
then he locked us up
in a storage hold
with no food
till we were half mad
from dehydration.
I'd do it again.
Bucket o' brains,
Interesting way of
conducting business.
I'm not sure
you can comprehend.
Really?
It was the paranoia of living
under pure dictatorship.
That's not good enough.
When we heard there was
a Commonwealth ship
just outside
the control space
and Captain Higgins didn't move,
we had to.
And afterwards,
you sliced him up.
You are filled
with so much good.
I can sense it.
The rest's over now.
Did you ever
have to kill someone?
Andromeda?
ANDROMEDA: Yes, Beka?
Tell Dylan I found
some of the refugees.
Acknowledged.
Or, all of
the refugees.
[MOANING]
Andromeda, I'm going
to need backup right now.
[BEEPING]
Beka!
What's up?
Okay, that's a little...
Strange.
What are they doing?
Remember, I don't want
these people hurt.
[SCREAMING]
You know, for people
that we just resuscitated,
they seem somewhat...
Ungrateful, no?
They're deranged.
Tell you what.
Let's split up.
Find them and detain them
in med deck.
[SHIVERS]
Creepy.
They're goofy...
But they're quick.
All right, you two,
you're...
Hey, what do you
think you're...
[WHIRRING]
Hey, folks.
Jigsaws,
I like jigsaws.
And power tools.
Bolt cutters is my favorite.
Uh, hey, all right.
I'm getting that, um,
Wrong-Place-
At-The-Wrong-Time
feeling here.
Do you like dancing?
Uh, all right, all right,
no trick questions.
I'm game for
almost anything else.
Whir, whir, whir.
All right, look, people,
put the tools down.
They're not toys, all right?
Snap, snap, ginger snaps.
If they don't like
our hospitality,
we need to consider
other solutions.
I imagine sending them back
from whence they came is one,
and in my opinion,
internal defense systems
shouldn't be ruled out, either.
They're resistance leaders
unfairly imprisoned, our allies.
We're not going to hurt
these people.
Well, let's just hope
we don't have to.
Yes, let's hope.
If these were Nietzscheans,
let's just say,
at least we could
expect them to act
in their own self-interest.
I'd say a show of force
could make them cooperate.
They've got Harper.
This is Captain Dylan Hunt.
Please listen to me.
I know what you've suffered
on Gallaphron.
No, you don't.
Yes, I do,
and I'll be glad to take you
anywhere you would like,
but you have to give me
your hostage.
I want Harper.
DYLAN: I know you've been
abused. It's not your fault.
We are here to help.
You have nothing
to be ashamed of.
I agree with you, Dylan.
We've got nothing
to be ashamed of.
All we want
is to be free.
We fought for that,
Risked our lives for that.
You must agree
to our demands.
[INDISTINCT]
Well, what are your demands?
We want Harper.
Yes!
Give us Harper!
We want Harper!
ALL: We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
Had enough of negotiating
with crazy people?
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
Tyr, cover the corridor
outside the machine shop
in case they make
a run for it. Beka,
let's go.
Maybe we're going
about this all wrong.
Okay, let's hear it.
Well, we should just
let Harper sit.
What?
If they spend enough
quality time with him,
maybe they'll
get sick of him,
and send him back.
Don't you think these people
have suffered enough
cruel and unusual punishment?
[WHIRRING, HAMMERING]
[WHISPERING]
Okay, so here's
the plan...
Let's get
out of here.
Good plan.
[LAUGHING]
Life is a balance.
Life's a struggle for meaning.
Struggle with that.
You know, if you weren't
so intensely self-absorbed,
you'd realize
that all of life is a balance.
He says that to everyone.
Does everyone he says it to
end up hitting him?
So far...
Fifty percent.
Go ahead, hit me again.
You can't do anything worse
than the doctor.
What doctor?
Oderic!
What, a doctor
made you like this?
Doctor,
Doc... doctor!
Confine him to his quarters.
Oh yeah.
You should've told me
these people are insane.
That's not fair, Dylan.
They're not insane.
They were put
in insane asylums. Why?
Because anyone
who wanted freedom
must be insane, understand?
You didn't disclose.
Then horrible
psychological experiments
were performed on them
until they seemed crazy.
No, I didn't tell you.
Is that a crime?
Is it a crime to want to restore
a government that I believe in,
or does that make me crazy?
Your people are attacking
my ship and my crew.
And you want to know why.
Yes.
Well, aren't you the Dylan Hunt
I've heard about,
the one who fought against
all rational odds
to restore an extinct,
destroyed Commonwealth?
[DISTANT SCREAMING]
Come on.
[SCREAMING]
No, no,
No!
Not again.
Son of a...
ALL: We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
Tyr. Tyr, wait.
Waiting is silly, Dylan.
I'm going to get Harper.
I don't want those people hurt.
Yes, I know,
but by my last count,
we have only one ship's engineer
and we cannot afford
to lose him.
I can't afford
to lose you, either.
Understood and appreciated.
But there's far less chance
of that, now, isn't there?
The clock's running.
I'll get him out.
And I'll make best efforts
to refrain from injuring
anyone else in the process.
That's fine,
but I'll go in place.
No, you won't.
Look, while I'm loath
to admit it,
we have but one
Captain as well.
His value, too,
is at a premium.
All right, all right.
You know,
you guys are seriously nuts,
and I love that,
but I'm thinking
I torture too easily.
Oh, you don't know torture.
[ALL LAUGHING]
We haven't even
started that yet.
Do you like...
All right, all right,
knock it off!
Now, listen.
Now, listen up, everybody.
Um... You've made
a seriously bad, bad,
bad mistake
choosing me as your hostage.
I'm completely the wrong idea.
What do you mean?
You'll love the torture.
No, no, no, no, no.
No, I won't. I'll hate it.
I'm not cut out for it.
That's what I'm saying.
I'm not sure any of you are.
I mean...
I once had a rock garden, right?
Three of them died, You know?
Never mind.
The point is...
I can fix it.
I can get you...
I can get you someone new.
Yeah, huh? Someone better.
No, no, no, someone bigger,
Because I'm too small, right?
Someone bigger, more to torture.
Isn't that great?
Okay, all right,
So all I'm going to do
is walk slowly out the door,
because anybody else
is better at being a hostage
than me. I'm too small.
Especially someone bigger.
In fact, I know
who'd be good torture.
You know who'd
be good to torture?
I think he'd actually be
kind of fun to torture.
I'm talking about Tyr.
He's about yea big and...
Tyr!
TYR: Harper, get out!
Now listen up!
I'm only going
to say this once.
Don't let the fact
that you are insane
lead you to
the erroneous assumption
that I will hesitate
for even a moment
before slaughtering
every last one of you.
Please save me the trouble,
and don't delude yourselves.
I know what these things are.
We can make a big boom.
No!
[SCREAMING]
That was great.
Did you see that?
It was like
I just visualized Tyr
And boom, there he was.
I wish I could do that for...
[TYR SCREAMING]
Oh, no.
Dylan, look.
The magnetized AP rods.
[SIGHING] Damn.
A little rough handling
with the AP rods
and we all explode.
Rommie, shunt the AP
from that tank to another.
Well, I'd like to, Dylan,
but the man in control has
cut off the power to the AP rods
and I can't vent it.
DYLAN: Depressurization, then.
It still explodes.
We attack, and that nutbag
sets off an explosion.
We have run out of options.
No more tricks.
I'll hit these rods hard!
Stop playing with that.
We'll all explode.
DYLAN: Don't touch the rods.
[DRUMMING]
[LAUGHING]
Yeah, blow us up.
Hey, who's got
the petroleum jelly?
What are they putting
in his mouth?
That's to keep him
from biting his tongue.
They're about to experiment
on him.
Isn't that soothing?
How about some
electroshock therapy?
Fun, huh?
Get used to it.
Angelika. Angelika,
you have to make them stop.
I can't. You see,
I was a patient.
I understand
you were a patient.
That's okay.
I was the doctor.
I tortured these people.
What do you mean
you were the doctor?
I was a patient.
You just said
you were the doctor.
I was the doctor...
A patient.
I was the doctor...
A patient.
I was the doctor...
A patient.
I was the doctor.
I tortured them.
I did it and I liked it.
This doesn't make sense.
Get used to it.
[ALL LAUGHING]
More petroleum jelly?
DYLAN: You can release Tyr now.
I've identified the doctor
who tortured you.
It's Angelika.
Take your out anger on her,
not Tyr.
But that's impossible.
I'm the doctor.
I have the secret identity.
I am the doctor.
I'm Dr. Yanomami.
No way.
I'm the doctor.
I've got missing teeth
to prove it.
You're not the doctor.
I'm the doctor.
I know I'm the doctor.
I'm Dr. Yanomani.
I am!
I'm the doctor.
I am the doctor!
[ARGUING]
Dylan, I have information
indicating that Dr. Yanomami
is a war criminal
wanted in four galaxies...
Cranial surgeries,
chemical injections,
radiation, electroshock...
Atrocities rivaling those
of Dr. Josef Mengele of Earth
and Yitzak D'nar
of Kolk 7.
So he's got them
all brainwashed
to think that
they're the torturer.
I'm the doctor.
That way,
they can cover for him.
It's a way to escape.
The doctor could be
one of them.
He could be
one of the refugees.
MAN: Shock therapy,
more therapy...
Internal defense systems...
TYR: Activate.
[SHRILL NOISE BLARING]
Swan hourglass tadpole yacht.
Loving birds
love singing choirs.
Dead milk
llamas piano perch.
Foxes run from drooling dogs.
Hey!
Hey!
Uh, thank you, Beka.
Uh, take her to med deck,
strap her down, sedate her.
I didn't mean
to do that.
It's fine.
Don't worry about it.
Rommie, let's find out
what all this
mumbo jumbo means.
I'll scan
and compare.
If you're going
to rescue Tyr,
know that they can
disintegrate me
with a single explosion.
I'm sitting
on my hands here, Rommie.
I have to do something.
Percentage of success
is extremely low.
Well, you know me
with percentages, Rommie.
I like to take
a big gamble every day,
because I might be
walking around lucky
and not even know it.
[CLANGING]
Intense experiences
help you to remember.
That's what Dr. Yanomami says.
There, how's that feel?
That's not funny.
Oh, no.
Would you stop it?
Would you get out of here?
[WINCING]
Yes, I know
it hurts.
Ow!
[STRUGGLING]
Sorry.
All right, pal, that's enough.
Ah!
Dr. Yanomami, I presume.
Rommie?
Yes, Dylan?
The refugees
have scattered.
Find them and quarantine
in hangar 16.
Acknowledged.
Welcome to your
new home, doctor.
Make yourself comfortable.
Captain Hunt.
I think you should
take a look at this.
Commonwealth directive
four-Bravo-Niner-Foxtrot.
Dr. Yanomami
is in possession
of vital psychological
information.
He and all his patients
are to be delivered unharmed
to the Commonwealth command,
immediately.
Andromeda,
investigate source.
I'm afraid
the code is confirmed.
Official Commonwealth protocol.
I'm sorry, Dylan,
but he's untouchable.
[SMIRKING]
DYLAN: Great.
You're confined
to your quarters
until further notice.
Thank you.
Mm hmm.
One more thing.
The refugees,
your victims,
your mind control
has made them
a little insane
and I need to
calm them down somehow.
I have found
more ways to derange
than arrange.
Why don't you kill them?
I'd rather kill you.
But you have been ordered
not to, haven't you?
Maybe I never got the order.
[LAUGHING] Maybe you
had an accident.
Or maybe I'll let
the refugees decide
what to do with you.
Yeah, I like that.
I recreated
the Commonwealth
for good.
The day it stops serving
the good is the day
that I stop serving it.
But if you disobey
their orders
to protect him,
then the commonwealth
means nothing.
Every bone inside me
wants to terminate this guy.
Well, Dylan,
it's not your call.
You reformed the Commonwealth,
but you gave up
the chance to command it.
[SARCASTICALLY] Smart move.
Rommie, why would
the Commonwealth
want to keep this guy alive?
For his mind-control research?
I don't believe that.
I mean, mind control,
it's every tyrant's dream.
The Commonwealth would
never endorse that.
Then why would
the good doctor escape
with these refugees
from Gallaphron?
What do you make
of those bizarre phrases
they keep saying?
You know, foxes,
drooling dogs?
Well, if it's a code,
I can't crack it.
It appears to be
what psychiatrists refer to
as word salad.
Incoherent ramblings
induced by schizophrenia.
[WHIRRING]
Whoa, stop that!
Or you'll set off the
automated defense system.
No, no, I just don't want you
to set off the defense system.
[GROANING]
Dead milk llama piano perch.
Defense system?
[GROANING]
Dead milk llama piano perch.
Uh, Dylan?
Defense system.
As in Gallaphron's
orbital defense system.
That's it.
The Commonwealth
doesn't want the doctor
for his mind control,
they want him for
his information on
the orbital defense system.
If we can
penetrate that,
then we can save
the people there.
Beka, med deck.
And bring me
a refugee.
Flordelis, what can you tell me
about Gallaphron's
orbital defense system?
Swan... Hourglass...
Tadpole... Yacht.
BEKA: You're hurting her.
It hurts her to remember.
We want her to remember.
These phrases,
swan hourglass tadpole yacht,
It's a mnemonic device.
What's it mean?
Dr. Yanomami
had mountains of data
to smuggle out.
He couldn't take
anything physical,
so he made his patients
remember it all.
Trance, bring Angelika.
Rommie, ready
the positronic scanner.
DYLAN: Trance.
No, Dylan, don't make me
relive the pain, please.
I'm sorry, Angelika.
I have to.
What can you tell me
about Gallaphron's
orbital defense system?
Foxes run from drooling dogs.
Foxes run from drooling dogs.
Thalamus and limbic regions
light up.
The memories are too intense.
Her EEG waves
are off the charts.
Still doesn't give us
the info we need.
Look, Rommie, play a hunch.
Assume EEG peak numbers
are coordinates.
Assigning
standardized values.
And now overlay
those coordinates on
a spatial map of Gallaphron.
Run data.
[BEEPING]
Location and specs
on four satellites.
Scan 15 more refugees,
and I bet we find another 60.
Astonishing a human mind
can hold so much information.
Dylan, I've finally got them
into hangar 16.
What do you want me
to do with them now?
Bring them to med deck
for scanning,
one at a time.
What?
But I just got them in...
If we didn't get
the memory right,
he'd shock us
again and again.
Let's get you
some rest, okay?
I had such
hopes and dreams.
[YANOMAMI GROANING]
But now I can't
see the forest
through the trees.
But in this forest...
my forest,
I've finally found
a resting place.
You let him out of jail?
I had to.
Painted...
Birds...
Love singing...
Choirs.
He's not going to be all right.
No.
He's dying.
I hope so.
Painted...
YANOMAMI: Birds...
Singing choi...
[MACHINE BEEPING FRANTICALLY]
[BEEPING STOPS]
Foxes run from drooling dogs.
Transfer to the medical ship
is complete.
All refugees
are safely onboard.
Thank you, Andromeda.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we'll soon be transporting you
to a new place
with the special care
that you need.
I'm scared.
I don't want to go.
I liked my jigsaw.
Think of it as going home.
Will there be flowers there?
It will be a brand new world
with better things
to come for all of you.
I promise.
You're heroes.
You've won your
fight for freedom.
Wait! Wait.
Nah, nah, nah,
they didn't win anything.
That freaking pudgy pugilist
stole my nanowelder.
[ALL LAUGHING]
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
distress signals
from a freighter exiting
Gallaphron defense space.
There are fighters in pursuit.
Move to intercept.
That bucket of screws
just made it out of planet
Gallaphron's control space.
No one has ever escaped
and lived.
Not safe yet.
Target bogeys six and nine.
TYR: Missiles locked.
Fire.
Escaping ship,
hull rupture aft.
Oh, man. Death corkscrew.
It's over.
She's spewing oxygen.
Dylan, they're all
going to suffocate.
Not if we can catch them.
Tyr, drop bogeys
four, five, seven, eight.
Finger-Four spread.
Launch.
TRANCE: Missiles tracking.
[EXPLOSION]
Preparing bucky cables
for ship retrieval.
No time.
I said we'll catch them.
[WHOOSHING]
[CRASHING]
Nice snag, boss.
Tyr, you're with me.
ROMMIE: Dylan, the hangar
is partially depressurized.
Tyr, EVA suits.
Grab all the emergency
o2 masks you can.
DYLAN: Harper, Rommie,
get these doors closed now.
No, Dylan,
those hangar doors
are just jammed.
I can't get them
closed again.
We can't repressurize.
DYLAN: All right,
we're in their ship.
ROMMIE: Oxygen levels
are approaching critical.
DYLAN: We're on it.
Tyr, come on.
TYR: Right behind you.
Over here.
Tyr, the door's jammed.
Give me a hand.
[STRUGGLING]
DYLAN: Tyr, left side!
Close the door!
We've got oxygen.
Over here.
ROMMIE: Dylan,
they're all exhibiting
signs of extreme hypoxia.
Heart rates are near critical.
They'll be dead
within two minutes.
Put these masks on.
You have to share.
[GASPING]
Here. Breathe in deeply.
Share it!
Come on, I said, share it.
No! No!
Give it back!
You, Captain Hunt
told you to share.
Here, breathe.
Tyr, get the O2 line
from the emergency locker.
DYLAN: I'm sorry, people,
but you have to share.
We don't have
enough masks.
We'll get you out of here
as soon as we can.
Give me that!
Here.
What are you, crazy?
Tyr!
All right, give me
a three-meter lead.
People, we've got oxygen here.
Up here!
That's it.
Put your mouths over the holes
and breathe.
Okay, good. Very good.
Well then, looks like
we can all breathe easier.
DYLAN: 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.
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
They were
so panicked.
These people
must have been through hell.
Yeah, give them
a few minutes with Tyr
and then see.
Thank you. Thank you.
There. There!
[LAUGHING]
Severe brain damage can occur
within five minutes
of oxygen deprivation.
Well, let's round
them up, people.
Let's go get them.
Thank you.
Oh...
You're welcome.
We never thought
we'd escape.
We're resistance cell six
from the planet Gallaphron.
I'm Angelika,
their cell leader.
In a universe where no one
risks his neck for anyone,
you saved me.
Well, we were
just doing our...
Another symptom
of oxygen deprivation
is a type of euphoria.
Hm?
I said there may be
some complications.
Seems okay to me.
[SIGHING]
What?
[CLEARING THROAT]
Those blankets
are synthetic vicuna,
so they're pretty cozy.
Nice things
aren't just a snap
for retired widows.
You use
lots of things...
Pawn heirlooms.
Oh, that onyx
and amber necklace, gone.
And, uh, these pillows...
They're, um, pretty soft,
because they conform
to your neck
for extra lumbar support.
Here, try it.
[CRYING]
No nice things.
We pooled our life savings
for the bribe
off that planet,
That ship,
that Captain,
[CRYING]
That awful Captain.
Hey, watch it.
I used to be the Captain
of a ship like that
running refugees
just like you.
What?
I mean...
It's good.
Captain Higgins
on that ship,
locked us in a room
waiting for blastoff,
out of food,
drinking condensation drops,
No air, no air...
I can't breathe.
I...
[WHIRRING]
[LAUGHING, TAPPING]
Do you like jigsaws?
Uh, you mean puzzles?
[LAUGHING] No,
Jigsaws.
Uh, sure, yeah.
Nothing like them
for semicircular
cutting action.
Why don't I...
Say, you crazy kids,
why don't we go down
to the, uh, mess hall
and we'll grab
some beers,
um, pudding. Okay?
Beer.
Sure.
Do you like boxing?
Boxing.
Uh...
Sure, boxing.
Yeah, as an excuse to
smoke cigars and bet on
who's going to get their...
[GROANING]
Ow! Freaking ow!
[BOTH LAUGHING]
What did you do that for?
Hi.
Hi.
Your friends seemed to be
in a bit of a hurry.
Freedom tastes good.
Yeah, about that,
you know, it's a miracle
you even got out.
No one has ever escaped
from Gallaphron.
Gallaphron is a living hell.
Resistance cell six,
which I command,
is used to miracles.
My people are pretty tough
when it comes to
taking the pain.
That's the price
of fighting for freedom
on our planet.
Uh, Angelika,
you can relax the pace.
Stuck in a prison camp
with these people,
you get to be
a pretty competitive eater.
Yeah, but Andromeda has,
you know, it's stocked
with plenty of food.
Once you've lived
in an extended period
of doing without,
you never take having
for granted.
Once you've crawled
on your stomach
for what seemed like days
looking for water,
once you've lived
with so much pain...
You get close to death,
you get focused
on what you want.
Come on, Dylan,
when's the last time
you did without?
Uh, well...
I had 303 years once,
frozen in a black hole,
doing without
life or food.
Ah, my food.
Is that right?
Mm hmm.
Do you have any other clothes
I could wear?
Dirty fluorescent jumpsuits
are so last year.
I think I can find something
for you to slip into.
The Yellow Irminion,
one of my favorites.
Do you have something
I could put in my hair?
It's just that...
You are so beautiful.
Thank you.
And I'm so old,
so ugly, so over.
You're just exhausted.
I have a beautiful person
inside me.
I'm just hiding
in this ugly body.
Like the Yellow Irminion.
It hides in an ugly seed.
Oh, seeds contain
so much intelligence.
All the instructions
to make a beautiful flower,
to bear fruit, are inside.
What's inside you?
Beautiful flowers
need sunlight.
Let's not keep you
cooped up.
You know, if you weren't
so intensely self-absorbed,
you'd realize
that all of life is a balance
between the emptiness
of eternity
and the need to make art
to remind ourselves
we were here.
I had an epiphany
like that once...
Then I mercilessly
beat someone
until it went away.
Would you care to join us
on the hangar deck?
[WATER RUNNING]
Dylan, I got a sockarooni
in the schnoz
for all my kindness.
Uh, Harper,
this isn't the time.
Hi.
ANGELIKA: That the shirt?
Uh, yeah,
That's the shirt.
Oh, I'm sorry.
My timing's
a little off today.
You take a knock in the nose,
you get a little scrambled eggs.
You know what I mean?
Sorry.
Dylan,
No ship's log onboard.
Rommie, would you mind?
Human brains in a box.
Well, that's certainly gross.
And puzzling.
Not exactly your standard
carry-on item.
[DOOR OPENS]
Did I call for a meeting
in my quarters?
You know these refugees?
They seem a bit off.
DYLAN: Well, they've been
through a lot, Beka.
No, I mean, it seems
a little bit more than
traumatization or hypoxia.
These brains?
Mm hmm.
"Higgins."
You know that's the name
of the Captain.
I'll have a talk with Angelika.
Alone.
Thank you, Rommie.
Mm hmm.
Could I...
Alone.
Just...
Alone.
[DOOR CLOSES]
What happened
with the Captain?
I killed him.
Okay.
We gave him everything,
then he locked us up
in a storage hold
with no food
till we were half mad
from dehydration.
I'd do it again.
Bucket o' brains,
Interesting way of
conducting business.
I'm not sure
you can comprehend.
Really?
It was the paranoia of living
under pure dictatorship.
That's not good enough.
When we heard there was
a Commonwealth ship
just outside
the control space
and Captain Higgins didn't move,
we had to.
And afterwards,
you sliced him up.
You are filled
with so much good.
I can sense it.
The rest's over now.
Did you ever
have to kill someone?
Andromeda?
ANDROMEDA: Yes, Beka?
Tell Dylan I found
some of the refugees.
Acknowledged.
Or, all of
the refugees.
[MOANING]
Andromeda, I'm going
to need backup right now.
[BEEPING]
Beka!
What's up?
Okay, that's a little...
Strange.
What are they doing?
Remember, I don't want
these people hurt.
[SCREAMING]
You know, for people
that we just resuscitated,
they seem somewhat...
Ungrateful, no?
They're deranged.
Tell you what.
Let's split up.
Find them and detain them
in med deck.
[SHIVERS]
Creepy.
They're goofy...
But they're quick.
All right, you two,
you're...
Hey, what do you
think you're...
[WHIRRING]
Hey, folks.
Jigsaws,
I like jigsaws.
And power tools.
Bolt cutters is my favorite.
Uh, hey, all right.
I'm getting that, um,
Wrong-Place-
At-The-Wrong-Time
feeling here.
Do you like dancing?
Uh, all right, all right,
no trick questions.
I'm game for
almost anything else.
Whir, whir, whir.
All right, look, people,
put the tools down.
They're not toys, all right?
Snap, snap, ginger snaps.
If they don't like
our hospitality,
we need to consider
other solutions.
I imagine sending them back
from whence they came is one,
and in my opinion,
internal defense systems
shouldn't be ruled out, either.
They're resistance leaders
unfairly imprisoned, our allies.
We're not going to hurt
these people.
Well, let's just hope
we don't have to.
Yes, let's hope.
If these were Nietzscheans,
let's just say,
at least we could
expect them to act
in their own self-interest.
I'd say a show of force
could make them cooperate.
They've got Harper.
This is Captain Dylan Hunt.
Please listen to me.
I know what you've suffered
on Gallaphron.
No, you don't.
Yes, I do,
and I'll be glad to take you
anywhere you would like,
but you have to give me
your hostage.
I want Harper.
DYLAN: I know you've been
abused. It's not your fault.
We are here to help.
You have nothing
to be ashamed of.
I agree with you, Dylan.
We've got nothing
to be ashamed of.
All we want
is to be free.
We fought for that,
Risked our lives for that.
You must agree
to our demands.
[INDISTINCT]
Well, what are your demands?
We want Harper.
Yes!
Give us Harper!
We want Harper!
ALL: We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
Had enough of negotiating
with crazy people?
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
Tyr, cover the corridor
outside the machine shop
in case they make
a run for it. Beka,
let's go.
Maybe we're going
about this all wrong.
Okay, let's hear it.
Well, we should just
let Harper sit.
What?
If they spend enough
quality time with him,
maybe they'll
get sick of him,
and send him back.
Don't you think these people
have suffered enough
cruel and unusual punishment?
[WHIRRING, HAMMERING]
[WHISPERING]
Okay, so here's
the plan...
Let's get
out of here.
Good plan.
[LAUGHING]
Life is a balance.
Life's a struggle for meaning.
Struggle with that.
You know, if you weren't
so intensely self-absorbed,
you'd realize
that all of life is a balance.
He says that to everyone.
Does everyone he says it to
end up hitting him?
So far...
Fifty percent.
Go ahead, hit me again.
You can't do anything worse
than the doctor.
What doctor?
Oderic!
What, a doctor
made you like this?
Doctor,
Doc... doctor!
Confine him to his quarters.
Oh yeah.
You should've told me
these people are insane.
That's not fair, Dylan.
They're not insane.
They were put
in insane asylums. Why?
Because anyone
who wanted freedom
must be insane, understand?
You didn't disclose.
Then horrible
psychological experiments
were performed on them
until they seemed crazy.
No, I didn't tell you.
Is that a crime?
Is it a crime to want to restore
a government that I believe in,
or does that make me crazy?
Your people are attacking
my ship and my crew.
And you want to know why.
Yes.
Well, aren't you the Dylan Hunt
I've heard about,
the one who fought against
all rational odds
to restore an extinct,
destroyed Commonwealth?
[DISTANT SCREAMING]
Come on.
[SCREAMING]
No, no,
No!
Not again.
Son of a...
ALL: We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
We want Harper!
Tyr. Tyr, wait.
Waiting is silly, Dylan.
I'm going to get Harper.
I don't want those people hurt.
Yes, I know,
but by my last count,
we have only one ship's engineer
and we cannot afford
to lose him.
I can't afford
to lose you, either.
Understood and appreciated.
But there's far less chance
of that, now, isn't there?
The clock's running.
I'll get him out.
And I'll make best efforts
to refrain from injuring
anyone else in the process.
That's fine,
but I'll go in place.
No, you won't.
Look, while I'm loath
to admit it,
we have but one
Captain as well.
His value, too,
is at a premium.
All right, all right.
You know,
you guys are seriously nuts,
and I love that,
but I'm thinking
I torture too easily.
Oh, you don't know torture.
[ALL LAUGHING]
We haven't even
started that yet.
Do you like...
All right, all right,
knock it off!
Now, listen.
Now, listen up, everybody.
Um... You've made
a seriously bad, bad,
bad mistake
choosing me as your hostage.
I'm completely the wrong idea.
What do you mean?
You'll love the torture.
No, no, no, no, no.
No, I won't. I'll hate it.
I'm not cut out for it.
That's what I'm saying.
I'm not sure any of you are.
I mean...
I once had a rock garden, right?
Three of them died, You know?
Never mind.
The point is...
I can fix it.
I can get you...
I can get you someone new.
Yeah, huh? Someone better.
No, no, no, someone bigger,
Because I'm too small, right?
Someone bigger, more to torture.
Isn't that great?
Okay, all right,
So all I'm going to do
is walk slowly out the door,
because anybody else
is better at being a hostage
than me. I'm too small.
Especially someone bigger.
In fact, I know
who'd be good torture.
You know who'd
be good to torture?
I think he'd actually be
kind of fun to torture.
I'm talking about Tyr.
He's about yea big and...
Tyr!
TYR: Harper, get out!
Now listen up!
I'm only going
to say this once.
Don't let the fact
that you are insane
lead you to
the erroneous assumption
that I will hesitate
for even a moment
before slaughtering
every last one of you.
Please save me the trouble,
and don't delude yourselves.
I know what these things are.
We can make a big boom.
No!
[SCREAMING]
That was great.
Did you see that?
It was like
I just visualized Tyr
And boom, there he was.
I wish I could do that for...
[TYR SCREAMING]
Oh, no.
Dylan, look.
The magnetized AP rods.
[SIGHING] Damn.
A little rough handling
with the AP rods
and we all explode.
Rommie, shunt the AP
from that tank to another.
Well, I'd like to, Dylan,
but the man in control has
cut off the power to the AP rods
and I can't vent it.
DYLAN: Depressurization, then.
It still explodes.
We attack, and that nutbag
sets off an explosion.
We have run out of options.
No more tricks.
I'll hit these rods hard!
Stop playing with that.
We'll all explode.
DYLAN: Don't touch the rods.
[DRUMMING]
[LAUGHING]
Yeah, blow us up.
Hey, who's got
the petroleum jelly?
What are they putting
in his mouth?
That's to keep him
from biting his tongue.
They're about to experiment
on him.
Isn't that soothing?
How about some
electroshock therapy?
Fun, huh?
Get used to it.
Angelika. Angelika,
you have to make them stop.
I can't. You see,
I was a patient.
I understand
you were a patient.
That's okay.
I was the doctor.
I tortured these people.
What do you mean
you were the doctor?
I was a patient.
You just said
you were the doctor.
I was the doctor...
A patient.
I was the doctor...
A patient.
I was the doctor...
A patient.
I was the doctor.
I tortured them.
I did it and I liked it.
This doesn't make sense.
Get used to it.
[ALL LAUGHING]
More petroleum jelly?
DYLAN: You can release Tyr now.
I've identified the doctor
who tortured you.
It's Angelika.
Take your out anger on her,
not Tyr.
But that's impossible.
I'm the doctor.
I have the secret identity.
I am the doctor.
I'm Dr. Yanomami.
No way.
I'm the doctor.
I've got missing teeth
to prove it.
You're not the doctor.
I'm the doctor.
I know I'm the doctor.
I'm Dr. Yanomani.
I am!
I'm the doctor.
I am the doctor!
[ARGUING]
Dylan, I have information
indicating that Dr. Yanomami
is a war criminal
wanted in four galaxies...
Cranial surgeries,
chemical injections,
radiation, electroshock...
Atrocities rivaling those
of Dr. Josef Mengele of Earth
and Yitzak D'nar
of Kolk 7.
So he's got them
all brainwashed
to think that
they're the torturer.
I'm the doctor.
That way,
they can cover for him.
It's a way to escape.
The doctor could be
one of them.
He could be
one of the refugees.
MAN: Shock therapy,
more therapy...
Internal defense systems...
TYR: Activate.
[SHRILL NOISE BLARING]
Swan hourglass tadpole yacht.
Loving birds
love singing choirs.
Dead milk
llamas piano perch.
Foxes run from drooling dogs.
Hey!
Hey!
Uh, thank you, Beka.
Uh, take her to med deck,
strap her down, sedate her.
I didn't mean
to do that.
It's fine.
Don't worry about it.
Rommie, let's find out
what all this
mumbo jumbo means.
I'll scan
and compare.
If you're going
to rescue Tyr,
know that they can
disintegrate me
with a single explosion.
I'm sitting
on my hands here, Rommie.
I have to do something.
Percentage of success
is extremely low.
Well, you know me
with percentages, Rommie.
I like to take
a big gamble every day,
because I might be
walking around lucky
and not even know it.
[CLANGING]
Intense experiences
help you to remember.
That's what Dr. Yanomami says.
There, how's that feel?
That's not funny.
Oh, no.
Would you stop it?
Would you get out of here?
[WINCING]
Yes, I know
it hurts.
Ow!
[STRUGGLING]
Sorry.
All right, pal, that's enough.
Ah!
Dr. Yanomami, I presume.
Rommie?
Yes, Dylan?
The refugees
have scattered.
Find them and quarantine
in hangar 16.
Acknowledged.
Welcome to your
new home, doctor.
Make yourself comfortable.
Captain Hunt.
I think you should
take a look at this.
Commonwealth directive
four-Bravo-Niner-Foxtrot.
Dr. Yanomami
is in possession
of vital psychological
information.
He and all his patients
are to be delivered unharmed
to the Commonwealth command,
immediately.
Andromeda,
investigate source.
I'm afraid
the code is confirmed.
Official Commonwealth protocol.
I'm sorry, Dylan,
but he's untouchable.
[SMIRKING]
DYLAN: Great.
You're confined
to your quarters
until further notice.
Thank you.
Mm hmm.
One more thing.
The refugees,
your victims,
your mind control
has made them
a little insane
and I need to
calm them down somehow.
I have found
more ways to derange
than arrange.
Why don't you kill them?
I'd rather kill you.
But you have been ordered
not to, haven't you?
Maybe I never got the order.
[LAUGHING] Maybe you
had an accident.
Or maybe I'll let
the refugees decide
what to do with you.
Yeah, I like that.
I recreated
the Commonwealth
for good.
The day it stops serving
the good is the day
that I stop serving it.
But if you disobey
their orders
to protect him,
then the commonwealth
means nothing.
Every bone inside me
wants to terminate this guy.
Well, Dylan,
it's not your call.
You reformed the Commonwealth,
but you gave up
the chance to command it.
[SARCASTICALLY] Smart move.
Rommie, why would
the Commonwealth
want to keep this guy alive?
For his mind-control research?
I don't believe that.
I mean, mind control,
it's every tyrant's dream.
The Commonwealth would
never endorse that.
Then why would
the good doctor escape
with these refugees
from Gallaphron?
What do you make
of those bizarre phrases
they keep saying?
You know, foxes,
drooling dogs?
Well, if it's a code,
I can't crack it.
It appears to be
what psychiatrists refer to
as word salad.
Incoherent ramblings
induced by schizophrenia.
[WHIRRING]
Whoa, stop that!
Or you'll set off the
automated defense system.
No, no, I just don't want you
to set off the defense system.
[GROANING]
Dead milk llama piano perch.
Defense system?
[GROANING]
Dead milk llama piano perch.
Uh, Dylan?
Defense system.
As in Gallaphron's
orbital defense system.
That's it.
The Commonwealth
doesn't want the doctor
for his mind control,
they want him for
his information on
the orbital defense system.
If we can
penetrate that,
then we can save
the people there.
Beka, med deck.
And bring me
a refugee.
Flordelis, what can you tell me
about Gallaphron's
orbital defense system?
Swan... Hourglass...
Tadpole... Yacht.
BEKA: You're hurting her.
It hurts her to remember.
We want her to remember.
These phrases,
swan hourglass tadpole yacht,
It's a mnemonic device.
What's it mean?
Dr. Yanomami
had mountains of data
to smuggle out.
He couldn't take
anything physical,
so he made his patients
remember it all.
Trance, bring Angelika.
Rommie, ready
the positronic scanner.
DYLAN: Trance.
No, Dylan, don't make me
relive the pain, please.
I'm sorry, Angelika.
I have to.
What can you tell me
about Gallaphron's
orbital defense system?
Foxes run from drooling dogs.
Foxes run from drooling dogs.
Thalamus and limbic regions
light up.
The memories are too intense.
Her EEG waves
are off the charts.
Still doesn't give us
the info we need.
Look, Rommie, play a hunch.
Assume EEG peak numbers
are coordinates.
Assigning
standardized values.
And now overlay
those coordinates on
a spatial map of Gallaphron.
Run data.
[BEEPING]
Location and specs
on four satellites.
Scan 15 more refugees,
and I bet we find another 60.
Astonishing a human mind
can hold so much information.
Dylan, I've finally got them
into hangar 16.
What do you want me
to do with them now?
Bring them to med deck
for scanning,
one at a time.
What?
But I just got them in...
If we didn't get
the memory right,
he'd shock us
again and again.
Let's get you
some rest, okay?
I had such
hopes and dreams.
[YANOMAMI GROANING]
But now I can't
see the forest
through the trees.
But in this forest...
my forest,
I've finally found
a resting place.
You let him out of jail?
I had to.
Painted...
Birds...
Love singing...
Choirs.
He's not going to be all right.
No.
He's dying.
I hope so.
Painted...
YANOMAMI: Birds...
Singing choi...
[MACHINE BEEPING FRANTICALLY]
[BEEPING STOPS]
Foxes run from drooling dogs.
Transfer to the medical ship
is complete.
All refugees
are safely onboard.
Thank you, Andromeda.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we'll soon be transporting you
to a new place
with the special care
that you need.
I'm scared.
I don't want to go.
I liked my jigsaw.
Think of it as going home.
Will there be flowers there?
It will be a brand new world
with better things
to come for all of you.
I promise.
You're heroes.
You've won your
fight for freedom.
Wait! Wait.
Nah, nah, nah,
they didn't win anything.
That freaking pudgy pugilist
stole my nanowelder.
[ALL LAUGHING]
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]