Andromeda (2000–2005): Season 5, Episode 17 - Totaled Recall - full transcript

Almost done, Mr. Harper.

Keep pouring it in, boss.

We're a heartbeat away from
a bouncing baby ball of
exotic matter.

Just don't get any on you.

Oh, crap!

Boss?

Did any splash on you?

That stuff can be lethal If it
gets in your bloodstream.

Oh, double crap!

Harper...

listen to me...



You have to...

Have to?
Have to what?

We have to what?

Uh...it looks fine.

Just a blowout.
But you...

man, you're heavy.

Guys?
Beka? Trance?
Anybody?

Dylan's down, big-time.

Look at me.
Stay with us.

Boss, hold on.

We're losing him.
His heart's swelling.

Dylan, talk to me.

We've got to cut him
open, now.

Trance?
Trance, come in.



We need her now!
Like, yesterday!

Rhade, do you hear me?
Get Trance.

Two Perseids
run into a bar, which is
crazy,

because you'd think the
second Perseid would have
run around it.

Magog runs into the doctor's...

come on, he's
not that bad.

I'm going to die
in 59 seconds."

The doctor says,
"I'll be with you in a minute!"

Don't get me wrong,
some of my best friends,

but I'd rather have
a bottle in front of me
Than a frontal lobotomy.

Ha! Boom!
That's what I'm talking about.

There's a big moron
and a little moron
Sitting on a fence.

The big moron falls off.

Why doesn't the little
moron fall off?

Because he's a "little more on."

Okay, I take it back.
He is that bad.

The generator. The exotic matter
generator! It's going to blow!

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Easy, cowboy.

The exotic matter generator?

We used
the Andromeda's ramscoop
to take care of that last week.

Remember?

Right.

I guess I nodded off there.

How long was I out?

About 10 minutes.

But with harper's routine,
it seems more like 10 hours.

I heard that.

Oh. I'm sorry. I didn't
realize you were finished.

I must have missed
all the applause.

Oh, ho, ho.
I'd like to see you
get up there, funny pants.

At least
you're dressed for it.

I'd say "Don't quit
your day job."

But your bartending
isn't any better.

How did I get in here?

That's not the question
we need to answer.

Handy little weapons,
aren't they?

A mere toy but a useful feature.

An energy burst that
incapacitates All those

but whom the lance is
programmed to recognize.

It's a DNA sniffer.
It keeps the wielder safe.

In this case, it gives
us some privacy.

They're also supposed to
incapacitate anyone

Who takes them from me
without asking politely first.

So you mind telling me
how you got those?

We only have one
thing to tell you...

Evas are fees.
See you cave.

Say again?

Evas are fees.
See you cave.

Huh.
I hate to disappoint,

but I don't know an Eva,
no one's going to see me cave,

and the rest of that
stuff is just stupid.

Wrong answer.

If you don't understand,
you don't get to stay.

What does this button do?

Oh, yeah.

It disables
the DNA sniffer.

All right.
Now, where were we?

That's right- You were
just about to tell me
who the hell you are.

That was weird, wasn't it?

Yeah. That was weird.

Rhade.

Surprises even for us.

Who are you?
We are Elysian.

We're here to help you die.

In the next life,
you'll understand.

If you don't, then
you'll die again, and

then you'll probably understand
in the one after that.

Hold onto your sanity.

It's already begun to slip.

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.

Boss?
Come back to us. Boss?

His heart's swelling.
Talk to me. I need
you to stabilize him

- Pass me that.
- Let's open the chest.

Okay, Dylan, I need you to
focus. Don't fall asleep.

Jeez! Dylan, stay awake.

Listen to her.
Dylan, listen to her!

- Dylan, do you hear me?
- Dylan, focus.

After what you've
been through, I'd wake
up swinging too.

Harper's generator.
It's going to blow.

No, it's okay. It's okay. Just
relax. Everything will be okay.

Do I know you?

Do you know your name?

Dylan Hunt.

Good. Do you know where you are?

It's er, the Andromeda,
Med deck.

Good. Signs of improvement.

Now, what can you
tell me of the incident?

Incident.

Rhade. He stabbed me with
poisoned boneblades.

Close. You were poisoned,
but it wasn't Rhade.

Then who was it?

Elysian.

Dylan, we had to operate.

You were contaminated by a
highly toxic lubricant from the

generator when you and Harper
were trying to make--

Exotic matter for Andromeda's
exotic matter drive.

Yeah, I remember.

But that was a week ago,
and Rhade said

It was yesterday.

Huh.

We had to operate,
but there were complications.

Who had to operate?

Beka, Harper, Doyle, and me.

We had to rush you
back to the Andromeda,

because Seefra just didn't
have the right equipment--

Tell me who you are!

Okay. It would be better if you
could reclaim these memories
yourself, but I'm Trance.

We've known each other for quite
some time, Dylan.

Please try to remember.

Your heart was swelling, and we
had to cut open your chest

to relieve the pressure and
give you a transfusion,

and you needed to remain awake.
The levels of toxicity in your
blood were so high,

we were afraid that
if you lost consciousness,
we would lose you altogether.

You still haven't explained why
I don't remember you.

You underwent a mind wipe.

You're suffering side effects
from it.

Yeah. You're right. I am wiped.

We needed you to stay awake

without anesthetic for
three hours of the worst
torture I've ever seen,

and the best thing that
Harper could come up
with was this mind wipe

so that it would erase it all
from your memory.

You'd never have to
think about it ever again.

And I approved it?

Well, you...you begged
for it, Dylan. It was awful.

Something went wrong
with the wipe.

Your gaps in logic,
why you don't recognize me.

I'm afraid it did more
harm than good.

The blowout.
We stopped it, right?
I mean, nobody was harmed.

You did your best.

You tried to shut it down, but I
guess the exotic matter had
grown out of control.

How many?

How many?

The Signa Eruh transport, and a
few thousand on the ground.

Damn.

So, Dylan,
do you recognize me?

What's that supposed to mean?

Trance filled me in.

Yes, Beka, I know who you are.

You look normal to me.

Good. I'm glad you recognize
at least one of your crew.

What are you looking for?

An answer.

Dylan, don't blame
yourself for the blowout.

Can't save them all.

Scan complete.

No High Guard records matching
all combinations of words
Evas, fees, and cave.

Further scans show no
matching records in any
of my systems or databases.

That's impossible.

Maybe I can help you. What
exactly are you trying to find?

Peace of mind.

Trance?

- Dylan? Can you hear me?
- Boss?

We need to
stabilize him right now.

Boss, hold on.
Focus on me.
Focus on me, okay?

Doyle, I'm
picking up a message from
Seefra 1.

Harper and Beka are asking for
Rhade and Trance.

It is an emergency.

Opening override comm
channel, Seefra One.

Rhade, come in. Are you there?
I'm here. What's the problem?

I'm on Andromeda
prepping the ramscoop

and I get a message that Harper
and Beka need you and Trance.
What's going on?

My comm's been jammed with this
evac I'm trying to coordinate.

Something's going on in Harper's
lab. It must be serious.

She just left.
Said she had to go.

I wasn't paying much attention.

You know Trance. She's
on a different frequency.

Well, they need you too.

I'm gone. Here you go.
Channel five eight three,
Signa Eruh.

- Can you hear me?
- Stick with us.

BP's dropping.
We need to
stabilize him.

- Okay, I've got him.
- Focus on me, okay?

His heart's swelling.

Dylan, talk to me.
We've got to cut him
open, now.

It's that bad, huh?

Worse. Okay, he's still alive.
I've got work to do.

It must be body memory.

Dylan, the only way to get
through this

is to reverse the wipe. Unearth
memories from the operation.

All right. Fine. How?

Memory recall therapy, but I--

But what?

Am I late for the party?

Oh, great.

Hey, don't blame me
or my machine.

You asked for the mind wipe.

Easy for you to say when
I can't remember any of it.

Speaking of that, you also
promised me the Andromeda
in case anything--

Don't hold your breath, Harper.

Well, don't worry.

I won't be doing
any of the driving.

Finally, some good news.

Now, the most important thing is
to signal us if you feel like
you're going to pass out,

because if you faint
or if you fall asleep
while you're hooked up,

you could plummet into
a recursive comatose state.

That's what happened
in the wipe, isn't it?

I fell asleep.

Okay. Don't fall asleep.

I got it, Trance.

Now, fortunately, we have
someone who can help you
get through this.

Who?

Rocko! You're killing me.

It's him. That's him!
Trance, untie me!

What are you waiting for?
Untie me right now!
That's the guy! Come on!

Boss, this is Rocko.

Rocko. He works for
me at the Oasis.

He's only served you, like,
fifty gwaro or so.

Dylan, it's your memory.
It's not working.

I know things might seem
quite strange right now,

a little bit off,

but I understand because

the brain is my specialty.
I study it as my hobby.

I actually helped Harper
build this neural interpolator.

Helped? No, no, no.
He designed it.

Trust me, there's a lot more to
this guy than saliva martinis.

You are much safer
with him involved.

Fine. Just get it over with.

All right. This won't hurt

one bit.

I promise.

Okay, guys, I need you
to keep your eyes on
the magnetic flux density.

It has to balance the output
inductance field, okay?

Got it.

Evas are fees. See you cave.
Understand?

Go to hell.

Well, I guess we'll see
you in the next life.

We must not lose him.

He must not remain still.

We must propel him onward.

He must die.

- Hold on.
- We're losing him.

Dylan
BEKA: His heart's swelling

Talk to me.
Focus on me, Dylan.

Doyle?

Dylan!

Oh, you found
the tesseract field.

Yeah. It...

wasn't on purpose.

I am glad to see you.

Glad to see you too.
Where are we?

I'm not sure.

Well, how did you get here?

We were surveying the
mines on Seefra Six.

There was an ambush.

I was thrown through
a tesseract field, and
I've been here ever since.

Ever since when?

I lost communication with
your vocal to subaudio
about sixty years ago.

Sixty years.

Sixty years?

More than that.
Closer to a hundred, I think.

I was preserving power.

My chronograph may
not be reliable.

A hundred years.

Oh, that's just fricking great.

Story of my life!

All right.

That's enough, Elysian, you
hear me? I've had enough!

Who are you talking to?

Some guy. I've had enough of
his games. Five minutes ago,

I was on Med deck. An hour
before that, I was on Seefra One
in the saloon,

and that was a week
after the blowout,

although on Med deck, they told
me it had only been a day,

and now you're telling me a
hundred years have gone by?

The tesseract may have
manipulated your memories.

It was most likely
a hallucination.

Then whatever it is I'm smoking,
I don't want any more.

Even I have found the
line between artificiality
and reality blurred.

Doyle, Harper's generator.
The exotic matter generator.

I remember I was trying to shut
it down, stop it from blowing.
Do you know what happened?

No.

However, if you were trying to
shut down a critical mass of
exotic matter that exceeded

maximum containment, you would
have inadvertently caused two
reactions

and doubled the catastrophe.

Well, let's hope I
didn't do that.

We've got to find a
way out of here.

That's a hologram
projected in a recess.

We could be two
kilometers underground
or drifting in space.

Did you scan for--

Life support routing
and venting, yes.

There are no passages in or
out of here bigger than the
diameter of your forcelance.

Dylan, I've had years to
find a way out. I didn't.

So we're stranded.

For a very long time.

Something's wrong.

How can he be nowhere?

You're not
sure you can do it?

Well, I should.
Yes, I can. I can.

Seems like we
don't have a choice.

Stay with us.
Stay with us.

If you don't, I will.

Okay. Everyone,
be prepared. This is going
to smell foul.

It can't smell
any worse than it looks.

Okay, here goes.
Hold him down, please!

Hold on, hold on.

Breathe!
Be careful, please!

- Hang on, Dylan!
- Keep him stabilized.

I got him. I got him.

Evas are fees.
See you cave.

The automation must have
sensed you are organic.

Took them long enough.

Let's hope I don't have
to wait another three
days for the next course.

Actually, it was six days.

Why not?

Evas are fees.

See you cave.

What's that?

It's er,

my nightmare.

Doyle,

you said trying

to shut down

an exotic matter reaction

beyond maximum containment
would be catastrophic.

Once the tipping point
is reached, physics
cannot be denied.

The only option would have
been an outlet, but that was
just a hallucination, Dylan.

Maybe, but

I can't shake this feeling
that I still have a chance
to stop it from happening.

People are going to die.

You don't always have to be
everyone's hero, you know.

Dylan, your hand is shaking.

Dylan!

Dylan!

Welcome back, sleepyhead.

How long was I out?

You don't want to know.

You were saying some
pretty strange things.

Strange dreams...

They're starting to
get the best of me.

I used to have dreams.

Nightmares, really.

It turned out they were
just Rommie's core memory
fragments trying to surface.

Once I learned who I am,
they went away.

Believe it or not,
I miss them.

I envy you that.

Your dreams must be so vivid.

I bet they tell you a
lot about yourself.

If they do,

they're not painting a
very pretty picture.

Whatever the picture,

I believe you can overcome it.

I have a lot of respect
for you, Dylan.

I would follow you
to the end,

and that's not just
the Rommie in me talking.

Thank you, Doyle.

We're really in a jam here.

Yeah.

Yes, we are.

Well, speaking of jam, I could
sure use some to go with all
that bread and water.

Water.

Doyle, the water.

Can you predict when the next
tesseract delivery will be?

Yes, but the field is
too small for--

The water will make it bigger.

The reflection. If we can
make a big enough puddle
at just the right angle.

A tesseract field is focused
in the visible light spectrum.

A reflection would expand the
length and width of the area of
the puddle in the field.

Right.

Our probability of
success should be
at least twenty one percent.

My father always said,
never bet on a long shot.

Fortunately, I only
listened to my mother.

That's it.

Well, if worse comes to worse,
we just got a little wet.

I've been in worse
positions before.

Dylan, this field could
tesseract only inanimate items
like bread and water. It could--

Kill me, I know.

But at least you'll be safe.

Then let--

Hey, this is all just a,
just a hallucination, right?

Hang on, Dylan!

Hold on.

Hold tighter!

He's back.
One, two, three.

- Rhade, hold him. Rhade!
- I got him! I got him!

Dylan, focus.

We have him.

We'll bring him.

Feels great, huh?

A clear head. Just like
taking out the trash.

It's ASO.
It's Argosy Special Ops.

That's right. And that's about
all you should remember if the
wipe was successful.

Wipe?

Declassification wipe.

We used to use those on long
form, high security missions.

Used to? We still do.

Hopefully your Go skills haven't
been damaged.

I think we were three for
three before the op, right?

Right, it was er, three games to
three, or something like that.

Not again.

Hey.

Whoa, whoa! Easy. Easy. Easy.

He always gets a little
weird after the wipes.

You should hear about
some of his dreams.

Sorry. I thought you
were somebody else.

Dismissed.

Look, Telemachus, I don't--

Telemachus?
Who the hell's Telemachus?

Not a bad name, though.

Maybe I'll give it to one of my
grandkids, but for now, we'll
just stick with Gaheris.

Gaheris?

The Commonwealth.

As strong as ever, thanks to us.
Come on. Let's go get a drink.

I want to hear about those
crazy dreams you have. Besides,
we have to go meet Sara.

Sara?
Your wife.

My wife?

How long were we gone?

A year and a half,
which explains all the hair.

I told them to cut mine like
they did yours before I wake up.

It's unfitting for a
man of my rank.

I almost look like one of those
wretched Kodiak Pride,
may they rest in peace.

To a Commonwealth so strong,
it's practically a desk job.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

This is all feels so great.

I guess I'm just waiting for the
other shoe to drop.

There is no other shoe.

To the Commonwealth.

To the Commonwealth,

and to all those things that
I have missed the most.

Speak of the devil,
if she looked like an angel.

Darling! I've missed you!

Doyle?

Who's Doyle?

Er, his head's still a little
mixed up from the wipe.

Dylan, this is your lovely
better half, Sara. Remember?

I would, if I were you.

What's going on here?

What?

Where am I?

Come on, tell me,
where the hell am I?

All right, whoever is
controlling this nightmare,
I want it to end right now.

Gaheris, I can't take this.
Not again.

I'm married to a mental
patient, and you promised
he would be better this time.

And he will be.
Just give him time.

Maybe I should leave
you two alone.

Why can't you remember me?

I don't know. Maybe it's
because I'm a mental patient.

Look, I, I remember you,
but I remember you as
somebody else.

I was somebody else.
I was an officer.

I quit to raise our two sons so
you could carry on in the
service, but not for this.

Not again. I cannot take
another heartbreak, Dylan.

Look, I can't explain this.
I just

Look at me.

Do you love me or not?

I don't know.

I really don't, okay? I mean,
I don't know where I am,
I don't know when I am,

and I feel like any minute,
it's all just going to come
crashing down and end.

But it doesn't have to!

We have two beautiful boys.
The Commonwealth is safe.

The only question
remaining is do you--

You're a long way
from home, Dylan Hunt.

Tell me something I don't know.

Where am I?

You're in between.

You're in danger.

You can't control your state.

I don't know how you
orchestrated all of this, but

I must say you do
have my attention.

You are drifting between worlds,
from one new body to the next.

You're getting further and
further away from your
home body.

By drifting, you mean dreaming,
and now you're going to kill
me again.

What are you, my superego?

No.

We are Elysian.
You're safe with us, for now.

The last time I checked,
dreams offered poor protection.

And besides, you're only
one guy. What's with
this us thing?

You're human. A race of
many in few worlds.

We are Elysian. We're a
race of one in all worlds.

Think of the body
like an antenna.

The part you humans call soul,
personality, conscience,

it's like a frequency picked
up by the body.

We Elysians

can release from and move to
any one body in all realities.

We're infinite, and yet we're
only one one in every universe,

and every one
aware of each other.

Just like Trance.

That's why you've
been haunting me,

to help me.

And the hallucinations
are real, all of them.

Alternate Dylans.

So, what am I?

Am I a ghost?

Am I dead?

We've got to cut
him open, now. You and me.

- Don't you worry.
- Hurry, Trance.

Be prepared.
This is going to smell.
Dylan? Dylan?

My god.

The operation's happening.

They're operating on me
right now, aren't they?

That means there's still
time to stop the blowout.

How do I get back?

Evas are fees. See you cave.

I won't let innocent people
die because you won't be
straight with me.

Now, tell me how.

You need to understand
this on your own.

Evas are fees. See you cave.

It's your move.

Honey, are you okay?

So this is all real.

Yes, this is real. This is
reality, Dylan, and you can

have it all if you want it.
You just have to choose.

People are, people are going to
die. I can't just abandon them.

You don't have to be
everybody's hero, you know?

You could just come
home with me.

I wish I could.

I like this.

It's worlds apart from the life
I have right now, but...

Do you love me?

Yes or no.

Yes.

But I can't stay.
I'm sorry.

We have trouble.

We have big trouble. The
mission we were on, it wasn't
sanctioned. I need to explain.

Admiral Hunt, you're under
arrest for high treason.

You and the commander
are charged with selling
maps and coordinates

to classified outposts.

Thanks to you, many have
already fallen.

There's nothing for you here.

Go home.

I'm trying to.

Damn you, Elysian.

You're really starting
to piss me off!

All right.

Come on, I'm here.

Come on, Elysian,
where are you?

Evas are fees.
See you cave.

For the last time,

I don't know anything about Eva.

Evas.

It's so simple.

Evas backwards is save.

Evas are fees.
Save Seefra.

Well, that's what I've
been trying to do with
the containment breach.

Evacuees.

See you cave.

Evacuees.

Save Seefra evacuees.

It's not just Seefra One,
it's people coming from Seefra 9

because I told them that
they would be safe here.

I have to do something.

I have to do something. I.

I. I have to wake up.

Next time you want to
tell me something,
just tell me!

Tell yourself,
like you just did.

You're on your own now.

You're damn right
I'm on my own.

Damn right
I'm on my own!

All right, Dylan.

You have to wake up.
Wake up, Dylan. Come on.

Wake up.

Wake up.

Wake up.

Wake up.

Ah, it's so painful.

It hurts. It hurts. It hurts.

Stop. Stop.

Okay. Okay.

Come on, Dylan.
You have to.

Come on, Dylan.
You have to.

I have to, I have to,
I have to.

I have to wake up!

Dylan, wake up!
Don't drift off!

It's almost over.

We almost lost you, Dylan.

Just in time, boss. Another
second, and you would have been
sleeping beauty for good.

Hang in there.

The generator.

What?

Exotic matter containment is at
a hundred and fifteen percent.

What? Why didn't the
alarm blow? Shut it down.

No, no, no. Trust me.
We shut it down,
Seefra's history.

If we don't shut
it down, it'll blow.

Trust me.

Andromeda.

Yes, Captain.

We have a potential exotic
matter containment breach.

Create a b-vacuum to the
generator with your ramscoop.

Be ready.

Harper?

Andromeda, report.

Diverting power to
exotic matter drive.

Initiating lens control.

Captain, slipstream
is back online.

Yes!

I am one hundred percent
functional.

Oh, and breach averted.

Oh, that's good news.
I've been waiting to hear
that for a long, long time.

Glad you're okay, boss.

Uh oh. Boss?

Hey, Doyle.

Hi.

Thank you.

Don't mention it.

I understand you had quite
a psychedelic experience.

Well, it was just
some crazy dreams.

Thanks for the tea.

Trance says dreams
can sometimes be more.

A part of you traveling, even.

Even if they were
just dreams, I envy you.

I used to have dreams.
Nightmares, really,

but they just turned out to be--

Rommie's core memory
fragments trying to surface?

Yes.

But once I accepted them,

no more dreams.

That's too bad.

I read once that humans
find out a lot about themselves
from their dreams,

about how they feel.

Did you learn anything
about your feelings?

No. Not at all.

Well,

rest.

Oh, by the way, the captain of
the Signa Eruh is on board.

Rhade is outside
waiting for him.

Should we tell him how close he
and his cargo of Seefra Nine
immigrants came to being

incinerated by the
containment breach?

Sure, why not?
Let's tell him.

Greetings, Captain.
Welcome to the Andromeda.

Thank you.

The flight was a little
bit rough, but we're here.

I trust the Signa Eruh

had a safe landing
on Seefra One.

The landing
was very smooth, yes.

We're just getting ready for
orientation and relocation.

The children are a bit tired,
but we're optimistic.

Oh. Thank you, Captain.

Thank you very much.

Don't mention it.