Andromeda (2000–2005): Season 4, Episode 7 - The World Turns All Around Her - full transcript
The collectors tell Tyr why they need the map for the Route of Ages. It's a map to the Abyss, and hopefully a way to contain it. Tyr has Beka and the crew has the map. Now it's a race to the Route of Ages. Tyr makes a deal with the A
By the time
you receive this message,
the Andromeda Ascendant
will be gone.
The portal of the Route of Ages
will open again soon,
and, when it does,
we will be entering
into another universe,
where The Abyss awaits.
And Tyr, as you know,
has managed to unite
many of the Nietzschean prides.
What you don't know
is that he did this
with the collector's help
from within the Commonwealth...
and speaking
of my dear Commonwealth,
I know you won't help me,
because I took Rhade from you.
Actually, I saved Rhade
because he's innocent.
He did not let Tyr escape.
As for Beka Valentine...
she had her own reasons
for going to Tyr.
I, Dylan Hunt,
captain
of the Andromeda Ascendant,
say this is so.
End of message.
Showtime.
There is something
you must know
about the Route of Ages.
What I need to know
is how to find Beka
and figure out
what I'm up against.
The universe...
or universes...
on the other side
are not all evil.
Well, see,
now, that's good to know.
I assure you,
when we get to other side,
I will be there for you.
Dylan...
I was born
to traverse all universes,
a force from one side
to the other.
I'll have you
explain that to me later.
We're under attack
from Nietzschean forces.
Andromeda, damage report.
No hull breach as yet.
Analyzing explosion residue.
Come on, boss.
A hit's a hit.
I don't care.
They shot at us first.
It's fair play.
Let's blow them
to smithereens.
Not until I get some answers,
Mr. Harper.
Tyr wants to engage.
Perhaps we should comply.
Well, we'll do that,
but I'll choose the time
and place.
Their missile barrage
is mainly syronium based,
and they're too low-density
to do any damage.
Low-density, huh?
Like Tyr's brain.
Syronium's only used
for concussive effects.
The most we'll get from this
is a headache.
Hmm.
A low-efficiency strategy...
curiously un-Nietzschean.
Unless his intention
is not our destruction.
Oh, he just wants
to shake things up.
They'll peel off
once he thinks we're rattled.
And hell, boss,
let's shake, rattle, and roll.
Nah, that would be
too easy.
Incoming transmission
from Arun-Roy.
Besides, you don't want
to miss the show.
On screen.
I propose a trade.
A Star Map
with a purpose
you don't understand
for a crew member
you cherish.
Cherish? Beka?
Yeah, send her back over here
and I'll tell her
how much I miss her.
If she meets with you,
you might hold her against
her will.
Unless, of course,
I had someone of yours
at the same time.
Oh, you're way too possessive,
Tyr.
Let go and be free.
So...
did you enjoy the show?
I've seen it before.
Oh.
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.
You think
I'm your meal ticket?
Because that's
not quite
the same thing as loyalty.
You've yet to prove
that to me, Beka,
and you're already
leaving.
Just to tell Dylan
I'm not returning
to the Andromeda.
Tyr, if you get
the Route of Ages,
the tri-galaxies,
and everyone in them,
will give you their loyalty
when the Magog arrive.
Including yourself?
Well, then...
I must get the Star Map.
But you need my help...
which means we go 50-50.
You've explored
all your options.
I'm here with you, aren't I?
Mm-hmm.
Tyr Ana-sleazy.
Living large
in the lap-dance of luxury, huh?
I'd recognize that whine
anywhere.
Harper.
You're still here, boss?
Sheesh, I would've poisoned him
and broken the
atmosphere by now.
Well, you can try your luck
while I meet with Dylan.
You're not really thinking
of coming back here to stay,
are you, boss?
We'll see
what the future holds.
I love the look.
It's so, uh... Earth.
I didn't allow you here
to insult me.
That's what you think.
The last time I saw you,
you shot
a defenseless blind woman.
Awfully brave of you.
I could have you shot
as well,
and I just might,
if you don't mind your manners.
This conversation
goes any longer,
and I'll demand it.
It'd be a waste of ammunition.
Now you care.
My life,
everything I've been part of,
my destiny for so long...
I'm risking
all that.
The question is, why?
Because it's the obvious choice.
I need to see this play out.
He's using you.
He believes
I can help him get the Star Map.
You can...
and that's my risk.
But I need to know
its significance,
and you can help with that.
All right, if he wants
to follow me to the portal,
then I will lead him...
let him make his move there,
and learn what he knows.
He'll trust me.
I know that.
Tyr and I had
an understanding once.
Perhaps it should have
stayed that way.
Well, if this is about trying
to get that back,
then I'm sorry.
Dylan...
you've got to trust me.
Yes.
But, then again,
what are my options?
Here.
These are the coordinates
to our staging area.
From there,
we head to the Route of Ages.
Great.
Good luck.
You don't mind
losing your place
on the Maru?
Beka once said,
"never assume a room
for granted,"
and I have a nice room
on the Andromeda,
and I'm grateful for it.
If you had to choose
between struggle
and a life of luxury,
how would you
choose?
The honorable path.
Up until now,
Beka has done so.
Which says
she may have motives
we don't yet understand.
Still,
changing habitats
isn't conducive to growth.
Look...
it's almost ready to bloom.
Change
is the only constant,
fear, its companion.
Overcoming fear
is the key
to unlocking its gifts.
Dylan has decided
that we will go
to the Route of Ages.
He is letting us each decide
if we will go.
What will you do?
Wherever there is danger,
opportunity lives as well.
That's why I am here.
I've made my choice.
Welcome aboard, Telemachus.
Thank you.
The Magog have sped up
their approach.
That leaves little option
but to act more quickly now.
Don't be so obvious.
Even your army won't save you
without the Route of Ages.
Agreed.
Now is the time.
We will be in contact.
Ahem.
Thank you.
My life is
comfortable now...
and I suspect that may be
the only reason
you want to be here.
I've got to tell you,
it doesn't hurt.
As a matter of fact,
putting my feet up
is how I intend
to spend my future,
if you don't kick me out.
Do I have a reason to?
Should I stay with you
or should I take the Maru back
to the Andromeda right now?
Go.
What would you
like to do?
I would like
to make up my mind, Tyr.
It's very difficult
if I don't know
what you're thinking.
Trusting me
is something you'll have
to come to on your own, Beka.
You could give me a sign.
Even a remote one, Tyr.
Are you going to let me
be part of this or not?
This is me.
Are you asking
to be a part of me?
Yeah...
I guess I am.
Because...
I'm the only friend
you have left?
You asked me here.
I'm a person, Tyr,
with feelings and frailties,
you know?
If you want to run the universe,
or whatever it is
you think you were born to do,
memorize this...
it's better to love and lose,
than never to have loved at all.
That's something you could
have learned from Dylan.
Don't compare us.
It's hard not to.
There was a time, Beka...
but a great deal of time
has passed.
Why don't you just tell me
what I have to do
to make you trust me?
You can go.
Dylan, we should depart
for our staging area
before Tyr's
Nietzschean forces attack.
Thank you, Andromeda.
Oh, any sign of the Maru?
Not as yet.
Is there anything else
you require?
No.
So, now might be a good time
for one of those blunt
but truthful
Nietzschean comments.
Where is the Andromeda?
Why is that portal so important?
Because without it,
all this will die.
Everything.
The Magog ship is close,
only months away.
What?
The last time we saw it,
it was more than a year away.
Mm-hmm.
The swarm will arrive
before the Commonwealth
can muster a resistance.
The war
will be quick,
decisive.
I can survive
with my power intact,
contain The Abyss,
after it destroys
the Commonwealth.
But you need the map.
Who else knows
how close they are?
Beside those
who told me,
The Collectors,
no one.
Uh.
Two months...
That's nothing,
nothing at all.
So...
if you can help
me to get the map,
I can keep our world
from being destroyed.
But the portal,
what does it do?
You, do not need
to know that...
yet.
So, we're in this together?
Yes, we are
in this together
if you tell
me the coordinates
to the Andromeda's
initial jump point.
I'll do better.
I'll take you there.
She's focusing GFGs.
Got it.
Here we go.
I'm detecting
an energetic mass
behind us in slipstream.
That would be Beka and Tyr.
Try to lose her.
Losing them
is counter-productive.
Yeah, you're right, Rhade.
Beka is one hell of a pilot.
And you, well,
you're only a Nietzschean .
You'd never be able to lose her.
They let the Nietzschean pilot.
Lead in his pants, of course.
No offense.
Trance,
I've lost my place
on the Star Map.
- I knew it.
- Rommie,
Radial distance,
next jump point, please.
Don't fight it.
Focus on your coordinates.
Rommie,
zoom and show altitude,
please.
No matter how
you twist and turn,
always keep your destination
fixed in your mind.
You're already there.
Don't lose him.
The Andromeda is our only path
to the Route of Ages.
This is getting difficult, Tyr.
I could use a little support.
Thanks loads.
Second jump point approaching.
Excellent.
Good.
They're still with us.
Keep it up.
I want them to work for this.
Focus.
Holy...
Those still...
willing to make
this journey,
I'll be in the conference room.
I've checked at logical
and illogical intervals
since our arrival.
The portal has no mass
and is emitting
no energy at all.
None of this
makes any sense.
What frequencies
are you seeing it on?
Wide-spectrum is my guess.
Correct.
I'm picking
it up on frequencies,
ranging from 40 hertz
to 20 million terrahertz.
In other words,
we don't know anything
about it.
That, dear Beka,
is how we will win
the coming battle.
The portal offers
a method of entering
and exiting The Abyss,
weakening it
without getting caught.
Many millennia ago,
it was used
in just that way.
As we came here,
I deployed drones,
alerting my forces.
Soon,
they will be here,
and I will take the Star Map...
the key
to the Route of Ages.
And then you and I
go 50-50, right?
You and I together, yes.
And Dylan?
He dies.
Incoming transmission
from the Maru.
That would be Tyr.
I'll speak with him
privately.
As in, privately.
Right.
Tyr gives me
a headache anyway.
Okay, Andromeda.
The map is all I want.
I want to talk with Beka.
She is with me now.
Prove it.
It's true, Dylan.
I'm with Tyr.
For one reason.
One only.
Dylan, the portal is a way
to control The Abyss, and
you've got to get out of here.
The entire Nietzschean army
is headed this way
-to destroy you.
- Beka, make sure...
listen, the Magog
are close,
only months away.
You don't have as much time
as we thought.
We'll get you out of there.
Yeah, well, you better hurry.
I have one angry Nietzschean
at the end of my barrel.
Not angry.
Disappointed.
I'll do it, Tyr.
I rendered that inoperable.
Andromeda, status on the Maru.
The Maru's engines
just went full.
All directional thrusters
also at full.
Beka's thrown it
out of control.
Match their course.
Acknowledged.
You will not stop me!
If we lose them,
Beka's a goner.
That's what
I'm trying to prevent.
Course and speed
matched.
Launch Bucky-cables.
Launching.
Hit it with two more.
If she falls
into the wrong universe,
-we may never find her.
-Four Bucky-cables engaged.
Pull her back.
The portal is exerting
a strong gravitational pull.
I thought you said
it had no mass.
I never said I could
explain it, Harper.
I'm just describing
what's there.
Lost a cable!
We can't hold her.
Lost another cable.
Maybe we can control
their speed and vector,
make sure they hit.
the right door
at the right time.
Rommie, how long
until our doorway comes around?
Nine seconds.
All right,
if we've got to lose her,
let's lose her
where we can find her again.
One Bucky-cable left.
Rommie, release the last cable
on your mark.
Aye, captain.
And... mark.
She's gone.
Tell me we got her
into the right one
at the right time.
I think so.
You think so.
Do you know?
Get us the hell out of here!
We're caught
in the portal's
gravitational field.
Of the thing that doesn't
have any mass?
I'm getting
all the power I can, boss,
shutting down non-essentials.
All right,
make me proud, Harper.
Rommie: We've broken away.
Establishing
a stable position.
Damn it, Beka.
Three couriers
to Tarazed Triumvirs
dispatched.
A fourth one has coordinates
to a secret location laid
in by you.
Ship-wide alert.
The portal will open
in ten seconds.
Mark at ten.
Lieutenant commander
nine...
Manual control.
Aim uber straight.
eight... seven...
six...
five...
Don't anyone resist.
Four... three...
Two...
one...
Let go of all you believe.
Everything you know
is no longer.
Trust not knowing...
you are safe.
Explain this...
Report, all stations.
Report, all stations!
What the hell...
we are on the other side.
Everyone is all right.
Harper?
Every time I look,
I get a different reading, boss.
I'm fine.
My head is just spinning...
a little.
Boss?
Boss?
Rommie, give me readings.
Rommie isn't getting
any readings.
We made it.
We're orbiting a planet.
I can see it,
but my instruments
are intermittent.
Rommie, report.
Where's Harper?
You've got to be kidding me!
Dylan...
none of you
are experiencing
anything you can understand yet.
Consciousness is stemming
from hundreds of directions
at once.
We must focus
on one thing, Beka.
Her consciousness
is here already.
I will center you,
one to the other.
Through me,
we will form
one consciousness.
I will lead you there.
Trance...
I am getting no readings.
My systems are...
systems are nominal.
I have lost my entire crew.
Somehow I am unable to register
a record of events
as there is zero input
or stimulus.
As there is zero input.
I am your guide.
I will keep you safe.
Push away your fear.
Hold onto the light.
Okay, now,
this is just weird.
Now I see you, captain.
Boss.
Can you see me?
Can you hear me?
Hello? He--
I can see you, Harper,
and I hear you just fine.
OK, it's just a little freaky.
It's like
an out-of-body experience.
I can... I can see my hands,
but I can't feel them.
It's because we aren't here.
We're travelers on
our own waves
of consciousness.
Boss, there's the Maru.
Focus.
Control your emotions.
Well, there was
the Maru.
If I might explain...
I am trying to hold
all of your minds together,
like gravity
that holds a planet in orbit,
or the strong force
that keeps the quantum totality
intact.
My mind is slipping.
You mean
your sense of reality.
No, that's
always slipping.
There is no "you" here,
Harper.
That is a perception,
but here,
you live your perception.
So it's kind of like
you are what you think.
Yes, that is how
you are experiencing
this universe.
Thought manifests what you feel,
so we must all think as one,
and I can help you,
until you understand it better
yourselves.
Now, let's find Beka.
Let's hope she's thinking
of us.
Gentlemen, this requires
our complete attention.
Holy crap.
Do you hear that?
Yes, I do.
Don't get distracted.
You are where
you should be.
All is well.
Let go of panic.
It does not serve you here.
Unless, of course,
it's The Abyss.
What the hell...
correct, Mr. Harper.
That is what
you would call hell.
Concentrate.
Feel as one.
Think as one.
Uh, I'm thinking
that this would look better
from... further away?
Correct.
You can defeat what you fear.
The abyss
has no power over you,
only the power you give it.
Come on,
baby, explode.
Come on!
It's adapted
to our weapons.
No, this place manifests
what we feel.
It's adapted the universe
so our weapons make it stronger.
Then let's change them.
Think negative energy.
Concentrate.
Come on,
baby kiss me right here.
Come on, right
where it counts.
You're not so tough!
It worked.
I guess, three heads
are better than one.
Let's get Beka.
Darkness!
I am lost!
Did you bring me
to this spot
for a purpose?
I am leader
of the Nietzscheans...
the reincarnation
of Drago Museveni!
The last of the Kodiak,
Tyr Anasazi!
Do you hear me?
I came here
by accident.
No way out.
Except for her.
She will bring you Dylan Hunt.
In return,
you can get me out
alive.
I think we're getting
the hang of this...
one mind, one destination.
And one wacky universe.
I think
we found Tyr!
I'm going after him.
We all go.
Remember,
one mind or none survive.
Yeah, quite right.
Good, 'cause
if you want to destroy Tyr,
I think I'm of the same mind,
too.
We're all
on the same wavelength.
Literally.
Dylan!
I know you're nearby.
Here she is.
I'll give her to you,
and you'll give me the map.
Come and get her, Captain.
Show yourself,
if you dare.
We'll see
how insolent you are
the next time we meet.
That'd be
right about now.
You can't
kill me here.
I've made a deal
with The Abyss.
Well, then you're already dead.
And these cuffs...
won't hurt a bit.
Beka,
escape the darkness.
Beka.
Beka, it's me,
Dylan.
Beka...
you okay?
We need to get her
back to the ship.
Look!
It's turning black.
Don't look at that.
You need think of Andromeda.
We are not here.
We are on board
the ship.
On the command deck.
Right, uh,
with Rommie.
Beka, Beka.
Focus.
Focus.
Dylan...
There you go.
Together,
we can control this.
Think of the Andromeda.
Think of being back
on board...
Beka,
the ship.
You are already here.
You're already home.
Trance.
Come back to the light.
You are safe.
Are we all present
and accounted for?
Almost.
There's no accounting
for Rhade.
Beka?
Welcome back.
This place
never looked so good.
Well, you never
looked so good in it.
Thanks.
You put yourself
in the line of fire
for all of us.
Yeah.
Good idea.
Now, let's get the hell
out of here.
The Maru has
just returned to its hangar.
It's because
you wanted it there.
It's nice to get what you want.
We've got 48 seconds
to reach the portal.
Beka, she's all yours,
and move fast...
something's growing down there.
Force from the planet
is slowing us.
Everyone,
let go of your thoughts.
Cling to nothing.
According
to my calculations,
we're not going
to make it in time.
Well, your calculations
are wrong.
We've got to get out of here.
Give it more,
Harper.
There is no more!
Well, if time does exist here,
I think we just ran out of it.
Perfect.
Rommie, are you telling me
we can't find another way
out of here?
According to the Route of Ages
encryption, a portal on this
side has never been achieved
after missing
the initial revolution.
Great.
Clear command.
Everyone but Trance.
We never get to hear
the good stuff.
And Rommie, I want
complete privacy.
Trance, what did you mean
when you told me
that you were born to traverse
all universes,
and a force from one side
to the other?
I am the way
to get us out of this.
Well, you know,
I would like to get out of this.
Now is the time.
Trance,
who are you?
What are you?
I am the avatar
of a sun, a star.
All things come
from the same thing.
All from me.
You are elements
of the sun.
As I make you,
I am able to destroy you.
As I destroy you,
I am able to create.
You had me at avatar.
Awareness
is where we travel.
No path.
I am all gravity,
and it exists
in all universes,
between them.
What destroys you
in this universe
will deliver you
to the next.
Are you ready to
sacrifice everything?
The sacrifice pales against that
which we will gain.
You will put your trust
in me to destroy you?
And remake me, yes.
Then behold
the expanding universe.
Wow.
I've got to say, boss,
even breathing
the same air as Tyr
so as to trick him
goes above and beyond the call,
let alone...
well, nothing good
comes without a price.
I suppose.
Well, in the end, it turns out
there was no good in Tyr.
It's kind of disappointing,
really.
He paid the price for it,
though, for good.
Thanks to you.
I hate to think
what might have been,
boss.
Hmm.
"I saw you there,
I saw you then,
the saddest words...
what might have been."
So... 50-50?
Huh? Partners,
like always?
What?
Come on.
Come on.
Come on...
King of the Nietzscheans?
You must have seen
Tyr's stash.
His booty, he must have a horde.
I saw some of it.
We could--
Just kidding,
okay?
I was kidding.
Just a joke.
I was joking,
I was just joking.
60-40?
70-30?
Ah!
Okay, okay!
Hi, Trance.
Hello.
Could you pass me
that over there?
I can do that.
Thank you.
That plant of yours
is incredibly resilient.
Yes, it has to be.
So, is there anything,
you know,
now that we're here,
is there anything
you'd like to ask?
According to Rommie's
internal clock and sensors,
we were never gone.
Perception is quantum,
cosmic...
and right here.
Consciousness.
Mm-hmm.
Trance, about what happened
out there...
it's something
we should keep between ourselves
for now.
Absolutely.
Yeah, good.
It was strange, though.
Trying to figure out
how we made it through
a portal that wasn't there
will give Harper
something to do.
Yes, we wouldn't want
to deprive him of that.
It'll keep the boy
out of trouble.
It's funny that
you're the one talking
about keeping out of trouble.
All right,
I'll make you a deal,
Trance.
I'll handle all the troubles
in this universe,
you take the others.
Deal.
Deal.
you receive this message,
the Andromeda Ascendant
will be gone.
The portal of the Route of Ages
will open again soon,
and, when it does,
we will be entering
into another universe,
where The Abyss awaits.
And Tyr, as you know,
has managed to unite
many of the Nietzschean prides.
What you don't know
is that he did this
with the collector's help
from within the Commonwealth...
and speaking
of my dear Commonwealth,
I know you won't help me,
because I took Rhade from you.
Actually, I saved Rhade
because he's innocent.
He did not let Tyr escape.
As for Beka Valentine...
she had her own reasons
for going to Tyr.
I, Dylan Hunt,
captain
of the Andromeda Ascendant,
say this is so.
End of message.
Showtime.
There is something
you must know
about the Route of Ages.
What I need to know
is how to find Beka
and figure out
what I'm up against.
The universe...
or universes...
on the other side
are not all evil.
Well, see,
now, that's good to know.
I assure you,
when we get to other side,
I will be there for you.
Dylan...
I was born
to traverse all universes,
a force from one side
to the other.
I'll have you
explain that to me later.
We're under attack
from Nietzschean forces.
Andromeda, damage report.
No hull breach as yet.
Analyzing explosion residue.
Come on, boss.
A hit's a hit.
I don't care.
They shot at us first.
It's fair play.
Let's blow them
to smithereens.
Not until I get some answers,
Mr. Harper.
Tyr wants to engage.
Perhaps we should comply.
Well, we'll do that,
but I'll choose the time
and place.
Their missile barrage
is mainly syronium based,
and they're too low-density
to do any damage.
Low-density, huh?
Like Tyr's brain.
Syronium's only used
for concussive effects.
The most we'll get from this
is a headache.
Hmm.
A low-efficiency strategy...
curiously un-Nietzschean.
Unless his intention
is not our destruction.
Oh, he just wants
to shake things up.
They'll peel off
once he thinks we're rattled.
And hell, boss,
let's shake, rattle, and roll.
Nah, that would be
too easy.
Incoming transmission
from Arun-Roy.
Besides, you don't want
to miss the show.
On screen.
I propose a trade.
A Star Map
with a purpose
you don't understand
for a crew member
you cherish.
Cherish? Beka?
Yeah, send her back over here
and I'll tell her
how much I miss her.
If she meets with you,
you might hold her against
her will.
Unless, of course,
I had someone of yours
at the same time.
Oh, you're way too possessive,
Tyr.
Let go and be free.
So...
did you enjoy the show?
I've seen it before.
Oh.
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.
You think
I'm your meal ticket?
Because that's
not quite
the same thing as loyalty.
You've yet to prove
that to me, Beka,
and you're already
leaving.
Just to tell Dylan
I'm not returning
to the Andromeda.
Tyr, if you get
the Route of Ages,
the tri-galaxies,
and everyone in them,
will give you their loyalty
when the Magog arrive.
Including yourself?
Well, then...
I must get the Star Map.
But you need my help...
which means we go 50-50.
You've explored
all your options.
I'm here with you, aren't I?
Mm-hmm.
Tyr Ana-sleazy.
Living large
in the lap-dance of luxury, huh?
I'd recognize that whine
anywhere.
Harper.
You're still here, boss?
Sheesh, I would've poisoned him
and broken the
atmosphere by now.
Well, you can try your luck
while I meet with Dylan.
You're not really thinking
of coming back here to stay,
are you, boss?
We'll see
what the future holds.
I love the look.
It's so, uh... Earth.
I didn't allow you here
to insult me.
That's what you think.
The last time I saw you,
you shot
a defenseless blind woman.
Awfully brave of you.
I could have you shot
as well,
and I just might,
if you don't mind your manners.
This conversation
goes any longer,
and I'll demand it.
It'd be a waste of ammunition.
Now you care.
My life,
everything I've been part of,
my destiny for so long...
I'm risking
all that.
The question is, why?
Because it's the obvious choice.
I need to see this play out.
He's using you.
He believes
I can help him get the Star Map.
You can...
and that's my risk.
But I need to know
its significance,
and you can help with that.
All right, if he wants
to follow me to the portal,
then I will lead him...
let him make his move there,
and learn what he knows.
He'll trust me.
I know that.
Tyr and I had
an understanding once.
Perhaps it should have
stayed that way.
Well, if this is about trying
to get that back,
then I'm sorry.
Dylan...
you've got to trust me.
Yes.
But, then again,
what are my options?
Here.
These are the coordinates
to our staging area.
From there,
we head to the Route of Ages.
Great.
Good luck.
You don't mind
losing your place
on the Maru?
Beka once said,
"never assume a room
for granted,"
and I have a nice room
on the Andromeda,
and I'm grateful for it.
If you had to choose
between struggle
and a life of luxury,
how would you
choose?
The honorable path.
Up until now,
Beka has done so.
Which says
she may have motives
we don't yet understand.
Still,
changing habitats
isn't conducive to growth.
Look...
it's almost ready to bloom.
Change
is the only constant,
fear, its companion.
Overcoming fear
is the key
to unlocking its gifts.
Dylan has decided
that we will go
to the Route of Ages.
He is letting us each decide
if we will go.
What will you do?
Wherever there is danger,
opportunity lives as well.
That's why I am here.
I've made my choice.
Welcome aboard, Telemachus.
Thank you.
The Magog have sped up
their approach.
That leaves little option
but to act more quickly now.
Don't be so obvious.
Even your army won't save you
without the Route of Ages.
Agreed.
Now is the time.
We will be in contact.
Ahem.
Thank you.
My life is
comfortable now...
and I suspect that may be
the only reason
you want to be here.
I've got to tell you,
it doesn't hurt.
As a matter of fact,
putting my feet up
is how I intend
to spend my future,
if you don't kick me out.
Do I have a reason to?
Should I stay with you
or should I take the Maru back
to the Andromeda right now?
Go.
What would you
like to do?
I would like
to make up my mind, Tyr.
It's very difficult
if I don't know
what you're thinking.
Trusting me
is something you'll have
to come to on your own, Beka.
You could give me a sign.
Even a remote one, Tyr.
Are you going to let me
be part of this or not?
This is me.
Are you asking
to be a part of me?
Yeah...
I guess I am.
Because...
I'm the only friend
you have left?
You asked me here.
I'm a person, Tyr,
with feelings and frailties,
you know?
If you want to run the universe,
or whatever it is
you think you were born to do,
memorize this...
it's better to love and lose,
than never to have loved at all.
That's something you could
have learned from Dylan.
Don't compare us.
It's hard not to.
There was a time, Beka...
but a great deal of time
has passed.
Why don't you just tell me
what I have to do
to make you trust me?
You can go.
Dylan, we should depart
for our staging area
before Tyr's
Nietzschean forces attack.
Thank you, Andromeda.
Oh, any sign of the Maru?
Not as yet.
Is there anything else
you require?
No.
So, now might be a good time
for one of those blunt
but truthful
Nietzschean comments.
Where is the Andromeda?
Why is that portal so important?
Because without it,
all this will die.
Everything.
The Magog ship is close,
only months away.
What?
The last time we saw it,
it was more than a year away.
Mm-hmm.
The swarm will arrive
before the Commonwealth
can muster a resistance.
The war
will be quick,
decisive.
I can survive
with my power intact,
contain The Abyss,
after it destroys
the Commonwealth.
But you need the map.
Who else knows
how close they are?
Beside those
who told me,
The Collectors,
no one.
Uh.
Two months...
That's nothing,
nothing at all.
So...
if you can help
me to get the map,
I can keep our world
from being destroyed.
But the portal,
what does it do?
You, do not need
to know that...
yet.
So, we're in this together?
Yes, we are
in this together
if you tell
me the coordinates
to the Andromeda's
initial jump point.
I'll do better.
I'll take you there.
She's focusing GFGs.
Got it.
Here we go.
I'm detecting
an energetic mass
behind us in slipstream.
That would be Beka and Tyr.
Try to lose her.
Losing them
is counter-productive.
Yeah, you're right, Rhade.
Beka is one hell of a pilot.
And you, well,
you're only a Nietzschean .
You'd never be able to lose her.
They let the Nietzschean pilot.
Lead in his pants, of course.
No offense.
Trance,
I've lost my place
on the Star Map.
- I knew it.
- Rommie,
Radial distance,
next jump point, please.
Don't fight it.
Focus on your coordinates.
Rommie,
zoom and show altitude,
please.
No matter how
you twist and turn,
always keep your destination
fixed in your mind.
You're already there.
Don't lose him.
The Andromeda is our only path
to the Route of Ages.
This is getting difficult, Tyr.
I could use a little support.
Thanks loads.
Second jump point approaching.
Excellent.
Good.
They're still with us.
Keep it up.
I want them to work for this.
Focus.
Holy...
Those still...
willing to make
this journey,
I'll be in the conference room.
I've checked at logical
and illogical intervals
since our arrival.
The portal has no mass
and is emitting
no energy at all.
None of this
makes any sense.
What frequencies
are you seeing it on?
Wide-spectrum is my guess.
Correct.
I'm picking
it up on frequencies,
ranging from 40 hertz
to 20 million terrahertz.
In other words,
we don't know anything
about it.
That, dear Beka,
is how we will win
the coming battle.
The portal offers
a method of entering
and exiting The Abyss,
weakening it
without getting caught.
Many millennia ago,
it was used
in just that way.
As we came here,
I deployed drones,
alerting my forces.
Soon,
they will be here,
and I will take the Star Map...
the key
to the Route of Ages.
And then you and I
go 50-50, right?
You and I together, yes.
And Dylan?
He dies.
Incoming transmission
from the Maru.
That would be Tyr.
I'll speak with him
privately.
As in, privately.
Right.
Tyr gives me
a headache anyway.
Okay, Andromeda.
The map is all I want.
I want to talk with Beka.
She is with me now.
Prove it.
It's true, Dylan.
I'm with Tyr.
For one reason.
One only.
Dylan, the portal is a way
to control The Abyss, and
you've got to get out of here.
The entire Nietzschean army
is headed this way
-to destroy you.
- Beka, make sure...
listen, the Magog
are close,
only months away.
You don't have as much time
as we thought.
We'll get you out of there.
Yeah, well, you better hurry.
I have one angry Nietzschean
at the end of my barrel.
Not angry.
Disappointed.
I'll do it, Tyr.
I rendered that inoperable.
Andromeda, status on the Maru.
The Maru's engines
just went full.
All directional thrusters
also at full.
Beka's thrown it
out of control.
Match their course.
Acknowledged.
You will not stop me!
If we lose them,
Beka's a goner.
That's what
I'm trying to prevent.
Course and speed
matched.
Launch Bucky-cables.
Launching.
Hit it with two more.
If she falls
into the wrong universe,
-we may never find her.
-Four Bucky-cables engaged.
Pull her back.
The portal is exerting
a strong gravitational pull.
I thought you said
it had no mass.
I never said I could
explain it, Harper.
I'm just describing
what's there.
Lost a cable!
We can't hold her.
Lost another cable.
Maybe we can control
their speed and vector,
make sure they hit.
the right door
at the right time.
Rommie, how long
until our doorway comes around?
Nine seconds.
All right,
if we've got to lose her,
let's lose her
where we can find her again.
One Bucky-cable left.
Rommie, release the last cable
on your mark.
Aye, captain.
And... mark.
She's gone.
Tell me we got her
into the right one
at the right time.
I think so.
You think so.
Do you know?
Get us the hell out of here!
We're caught
in the portal's
gravitational field.
Of the thing that doesn't
have any mass?
I'm getting
all the power I can, boss,
shutting down non-essentials.
All right,
make me proud, Harper.
Rommie: We've broken away.
Establishing
a stable position.
Damn it, Beka.
Three couriers
to Tarazed Triumvirs
dispatched.
A fourth one has coordinates
to a secret location laid
in by you.
Ship-wide alert.
The portal will open
in ten seconds.
Mark at ten.
Lieutenant commander
nine...
Manual control.
Aim uber straight.
eight... seven...
six...
five...
Don't anyone resist.
Four... three...
Two...
one...
Let go of all you believe.
Everything you know
is no longer.
Trust not knowing...
you are safe.
Explain this...
Report, all stations.
Report, all stations!
What the hell...
we are on the other side.
Everyone is all right.
Harper?
Every time I look,
I get a different reading, boss.
I'm fine.
My head is just spinning...
a little.
Boss?
Boss?
Rommie, give me readings.
Rommie isn't getting
any readings.
We made it.
We're orbiting a planet.
I can see it,
but my instruments
are intermittent.
Rommie, report.
Where's Harper?
You've got to be kidding me!
Dylan...
none of you
are experiencing
anything you can understand yet.
Consciousness is stemming
from hundreds of directions
at once.
We must focus
on one thing, Beka.
Her consciousness
is here already.
I will center you,
one to the other.
Through me,
we will form
one consciousness.
I will lead you there.
Trance...
I am getting no readings.
My systems are...
systems are nominal.
I have lost my entire crew.
Somehow I am unable to register
a record of events
as there is zero input
or stimulus.
As there is zero input.
I am your guide.
I will keep you safe.
Push away your fear.
Hold onto the light.
Okay, now,
this is just weird.
Now I see you, captain.
Boss.
Can you see me?
Can you hear me?
Hello? He--
I can see you, Harper,
and I hear you just fine.
OK, it's just a little freaky.
It's like
an out-of-body experience.
I can... I can see my hands,
but I can't feel them.
It's because we aren't here.
We're travelers on
our own waves
of consciousness.
Boss, there's the Maru.
Focus.
Control your emotions.
Well, there was
the Maru.
If I might explain...
I am trying to hold
all of your minds together,
like gravity
that holds a planet in orbit,
or the strong force
that keeps the quantum totality
intact.
My mind is slipping.
You mean
your sense of reality.
No, that's
always slipping.
There is no "you" here,
Harper.
That is a perception,
but here,
you live your perception.
So it's kind of like
you are what you think.
Yes, that is how
you are experiencing
this universe.
Thought manifests what you feel,
so we must all think as one,
and I can help you,
until you understand it better
yourselves.
Now, let's find Beka.
Let's hope she's thinking
of us.
Gentlemen, this requires
our complete attention.
Holy crap.
Do you hear that?
Yes, I do.
Don't get distracted.
You are where
you should be.
All is well.
Let go of panic.
It does not serve you here.
Unless, of course,
it's The Abyss.
What the hell...
correct, Mr. Harper.
That is what
you would call hell.
Concentrate.
Feel as one.
Think as one.
Uh, I'm thinking
that this would look better
from... further away?
Correct.
You can defeat what you fear.
The abyss
has no power over you,
only the power you give it.
Come on,
baby, explode.
Come on!
It's adapted
to our weapons.
No, this place manifests
what we feel.
It's adapted the universe
so our weapons make it stronger.
Then let's change them.
Think negative energy.
Concentrate.
Come on,
baby kiss me right here.
Come on, right
where it counts.
You're not so tough!
It worked.
I guess, three heads
are better than one.
Let's get Beka.
Darkness!
I am lost!
Did you bring me
to this spot
for a purpose?
I am leader
of the Nietzscheans...
the reincarnation
of Drago Museveni!
The last of the Kodiak,
Tyr Anasazi!
Do you hear me?
I came here
by accident.
No way out.
Except for her.
She will bring you Dylan Hunt.
In return,
you can get me out
alive.
I think we're getting
the hang of this...
one mind, one destination.
And one wacky universe.
I think
we found Tyr!
I'm going after him.
We all go.
Remember,
one mind or none survive.
Yeah, quite right.
Good, 'cause
if you want to destroy Tyr,
I think I'm of the same mind,
too.
We're all
on the same wavelength.
Literally.
Dylan!
I know you're nearby.
Here she is.
I'll give her to you,
and you'll give me the map.
Come and get her, Captain.
Show yourself,
if you dare.
We'll see
how insolent you are
the next time we meet.
That'd be
right about now.
You can't
kill me here.
I've made a deal
with The Abyss.
Well, then you're already dead.
And these cuffs...
won't hurt a bit.
Beka,
escape the darkness.
Beka.
Beka, it's me,
Dylan.
Beka...
you okay?
We need to get her
back to the ship.
Look!
It's turning black.
Don't look at that.
You need think of Andromeda.
We are not here.
We are on board
the ship.
On the command deck.
Right, uh,
with Rommie.
Beka, Beka.
Focus.
Focus.
Dylan...
There you go.
Together,
we can control this.
Think of the Andromeda.
Think of being back
on board...
Beka,
the ship.
You are already here.
You're already home.
Trance.
Come back to the light.
You are safe.
Are we all present
and accounted for?
Almost.
There's no accounting
for Rhade.
Beka?
Welcome back.
This place
never looked so good.
Well, you never
looked so good in it.
Thanks.
You put yourself
in the line of fire
for all of us.
Yeah.
Good idea.
Now, let's get the hell
out of here.
The Maru has
just returned to its hangar.
It's because
you wanted it there.
It's nice to get what you want.
We've got 48 seconds
to reach the portal.
Beka, she's all yours,
and move fast...
something's growing down there.
Force from the planet
is slowing us.
Everyone,
let go of your thoughts.
Cling to nothing.
According
to my calculations,
we're not going
to make it in time.
Well, your calculations
are wrong.
We've got to get out of here.
Give it more,
Harper.
There is no more!
Well, if time does exist here,
I think we just ran out of it.
Perfect.
Rommie, are you telling me
we can't find another way
out of here?
According to the Route of Ages
encryption, a portal on this
side has never been achieved
after missing
the initial revolution.
Great.
Clear command.
Everyone but Trance.
We never get to hear
the good stuff.
And Rommie, I want
complete privacy.
Trance, what did you mean
when you told me
that you were born to traverse
all universes,
and a force from one side
to the other?
I am the way
to get us out of this.
Well, you know,
I would like to get out of this.
Now is the time.
Trance,
who are you?
What are you?
I am the avatar
of a sun, a star.
All things come
from the same thing.
All from me.
You are elements
of the sun.
As I make you,
I am able to destroy you.
As I destroy you,
I am able to create.
You had me at avatar.
Awareness
is where we travel.
No path.
I am all gravity,
and it exists
in all universes,
between them.
What destroys you
in this universe
will deliver you
to the next.
Are you ready to
sacrifice everything?
The sacrifice pales against that
which we will gain.
You will put your trust
in me to destroy you?
And remake me, yes.
Then behold
the expanding universe.
Wow.
I've got to say, boss,
even breathing
the same air as Tyr
so as to trick him
goes above and beyond the call,
let alone...
well, nothing good
comes without a price.
I suppose.
Well, in the end, it turns out
there was no good in Tyr.
It's kind of disappointing,
really.
He paid the price for it,
though, for good.
Thanks to you.
I hate to think
what might have been,
boss.
Hmm.
"I saw you there,
I saw you then,
the saddest words...
what might have been."
So... 50-50?
Huh? Partners,
like always?
What?
Come on.
Come on.
Come on...
King of the Nietzscheans?
You must have seen
Tyr's stash.
His booty, he must have a horde.
I saw some of it.
We could--
Just kidding,
okay?
I was kidding.
Just a joke.
I was joking,
I was just joking.
60-40?
70-30?
Ah!
Okay, okay!
Hi, Trance.
Hello.
Could you pass me
that over there?
I can do that.
Thank you.
That plant of yours
is incredibly resilient.
Yes, it has to be.
So, is there anything,
you know,
now that we're here,
is there anything
you'd like to ask?
According to Rommie's
internal clock and sensors,
we were never gone.
Perception is quantum,
cosmic...
and right here.
Consciousness.
Mm-hmm.
Trance, about what happened
out there...
it's something
we should keep between ourselves
for now.
Absolutely.
Yeah, good.
It was strange, though.
Trying to figure out
how we made it through
a portal that wasn't there
will give Harper
something to do.
Yes, we wouldn't want
to deprive him of that.
It'll keep the boy
out of trouble.
It's funny that
you're the one talking
about keeping out of trouble.
All right,
I'll make you a deal,
Trance.
I'll handle all the troubles
in this universe,
you take the others.
Deal.
Deal.