Andromeda (2000–2005): Season 5, Episode 19 - One More Day's Light - full transcript

[CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING]

Seefra-9 has been consumed, and
Seefra-8 is facing an incendiary
emergency.

According to AI scans, planetary
evacuations on Seefra-3 are
on schedule.

Good.

And the populations on
Seefras-4 and 5 are
ninety five percent off planet.

Better.

And the skirmishes in
Seefra-1's Vedran chamber
are under control.

Excellent. Finally, an easy day
in the evacuation business.

Oh, I have been
looking forward to this.

[INDISTINCT SCREAMING]

But I have not been
looking forward to that.
What's going on?



A delegation from Seefra-1
arrived an hour ago.

They don't want any more
refugees on their planet.

Oh, I see. They want millions to
die because they don't think
there's enough to go around.

[LAUGHS] I don't think so.

[SCREAMS] All right, everyone,
just calm down, all right?
Calm down.

I'm way, way past calm.

Hold that thought.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Go ahead, Beka.

BEKA: Dylan, come in.
I've got a major situation
here.

Yeah, so do I,
but what the hell,
you go first.

Seefra-5's magnetic forces
are wreaking havoc with my nav.

Now, I just passed
a craft that's headed
to the planet surface.

We can only do so much, Beka,
and stopping stupidity is not on
the itinerary,



so what's your point?

Testy.

Look, my sensors tell me that
the crew is all Nietzschean.
Looters, probably.

Still, if they attempt to
land on Seefra-5...

Nietzscheans?

The magnetic forces
will crush their craft.

Dylan, I've got to
make a detour.

Yeah, give me a second.
When did Nietzscheans get
into the Seefra system?

I'm new.

Nietzscheans have never been
in the Seefra system.

But now they're here.
That's great. One more
thing to worry about.

Beka, look, let's just go back
to the original game plan, okay?

You head to Seefra-4, pick up
the refugees, all right?

What's that? I'm losing you.

This refugee infestation
stops now.

Seefra-1 doesn't have
the resources to accommodate
everyone.

Excuse me. Didn't I ask you
to hold that thought?

Rhade: Dylan.
Keep holding. Oh, man.

We're on Seefra-5
to pick up the refugees...

The ones brave enough to
leave the crazy General Burma.

Yes, I know. His sister, Ashael,
asked for our help.

She did, but this planet's
got the shakes, so we'd like
to split asap,

and there aren't any evacuees
Like she said there'd be, boss.

Not that we can find, anyway.

What? They're giving this to us?

ALL: Yeah.

What do you want me
to do about it?

You know what, my plate's
a little full right now, guys.
Just find them.

Got 'em.

Looks like they've
been hanging out
here the whole time.

Dylan, they're all dead.

[EXPLOSION]

Rhade? Rhade, Harper.
Come in!

I want an answer now.

ALL: Yeah!

What are you going
to do about it?

Dylan...
Would you mind if we...

Please.

[GROANS]

Avatars... you got to love them.

Anyone else have complaints?

Good.

I want to thank you all
for your kind cooperation
in this matter.

And it's been a pleasure
saving all of your lives.

You're welcome.

[CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING]

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]

[CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING]

General Burma is an alien
of mixed origin who turned
violently against technology

as a young boy.

That is his sister, Ashael,

who asked for our help
in evacuating.

Information on them
is scarce, but legend
has it their father died

using a tesseract machine
which he created.

He came back in pieces.

Even a camera is
technology Burma hates.

So do his followers.

They call themselves
"Sectarians."

Dylan, Burma wants
to stay on Seefra-5.

He's convinced his followers
that the oncoming sun and
tremors

are part of an elaborate
technological hoax.

I've continued to search
below the surface near
the tesseract chamber

in order to find
Harper and Rhade.

But my systems are in a
state of flux because of
the solar activity.

Well, keep searching for them.

And while you're at it...

find Burma for me too.

Rhade: The tesseract door
has been wrecked.

This is all a setup.

Three people hanging?
That's one nasty setup.

Man, I hate to think what
happened to the fourth,

the woman who contacted
Dylan in the first place to
get away from Burma.

I say we talk to
Burma personally.

Hold your horses there, cowboy.

Destruction's right around
the corner, and you want to risk
your life to go save a woman?

You've been there, done that.
Remember?

What if there are others being
held against their will?

What if they're not? We're
walking into another Arkology.

This is different.

You don't know that.

Look, Rhade, you're not going to
change what happened on Arkology
by picking a fight here.

That's not what I'm doing.

Please.

I know that Nietzschean
blood of yours.

It's all about sowing the seeds.

This whole thing
reminds you of Louisa.

I get it, and that's fine.

But I'm not going to stick
around here waiting for you
to work through some issues.

Harper, I'm not in the mood.

You fix the tesseract door.
I'm going to go have that
talk with Burma.

Or beat some sense into him.

Hold it!

You want to save people
we cannot find,

and even if we did, they
probably wouldn't even
want to evacuate.

Besides, there's
no escaping for anyone
until I fix this door.

So let's try and
make it some sense, okay?

Okay.

Fix the door first.

Then I go after Burma.

Now you're thinking
with your head.

[DISTANT EXPLOSION]

I'm unable to locate Trance.
I've run extensive searches.

Four crew members down,
two to go.

Maybe you should check
with lost and found.

This is serious, Dylan.

I know, Doyle,

but if Trance doesn't
want to be found, we're
not going to find her.

But why now?
It's really bad timing.

It's the worst.

Her sun just wiped out Seefra-8.
It's likely she's upset.

Upset, but not absent.

Maybe her sun's activity
is taking a toll on her.

Maybe.

She doesn't seem like
the same old Trance
these days, does she?

Beka told me about
cloaked Trance on Methus-2.

But you got her back, right?

[SIGHS] I don't know.

I mean, she seems cold,
which is odd for a sun.

So what do we do?

Find her and find out.

[CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING]

Hailing F Class transport
X one two nine four. Come in.

This is Beka Valentine
on the Eureka Maru.

If you attempt to land
on Seefra-5 in that craft,
you risk grave danger.

Come in, please.

X one two nine four,

I command you in the name
of Drago Musevini to halt
immediately and reverse course.

[CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING]

That's more like it.

Oh, so you want to be cute?

You know, it's not right
to disobey mommy.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

What was that?

What?

The entire planet is melting
away as it's swallowed up
by Trance's sun.

The sounds you're hearing
are a death knell. Now, would
you hand me that, please?

[DISTANT EXPLOSION]

There.
There it is again.

Rhade, would you
stop freaking out
and just focus?

[GUN FIRES]

[EXHILARATING MUSIC PLAYING]

[GUNSHOTS]

So, do we wait for
another assassin,

or do I go after Burma?

I'll stay here and
fix the door. Go ahead.

Nice shot.

Nice fight.

Even a Harper can't
always be right.

BURMA: [SCREAMS]
Brothers, sisters...

The scavengers are at the gate.

They feed us lies
to steal our freedoms.

They use their technology
to deceive and enslave us...

and they attack those
closest to our hearts.

Thanks to one who's mine.

[INDISTINCT WHISPERING]

My sister,

you have forsaken me.

Forgive me.

How could you agree to
lead your brethren into slavery?

They came to me...

terrified by the tremors.

By the flaming planets,

by the chaos that surrounds us.

[SCREAMS] Fooled by the
technological deceptions!

Perhaps, but those
three people feared
for their lives.

They only asked to
leave our planet.

And you agreed to
lead them into shackles.

I wanted to fulfill
their wishes,

so I called for help.

That's all.

Do you really think
salvation waits on Seefra-1?

I don't know.

Don't you see that this is all
a ploy to oppress us, Ashael?

You betrayed your people.

You betrayed me.

My allegiance is to you...
above all.

Then how dare you
question my authority?

I did not battle
the villains of technology...

[SCREAMS] to sit by and watch
the enemy oppress you now.

Forgive me.

[ENTHRALLING MUSIC PLAYING]

Perhaps you must remember
the pain that technology brings.

Have mercy on her!

ALL:
Have mercy. Have mercy.

We've been looking for you.

I've been around,
following everything.

Such destruction...

and it will get worse.

Yes, it will.

Dylan, I have a question
for you.

Would you leave
the Seefra system now
if you could?

That's not an option.
You know that.

Because you must
fulfill your destiny?

Because there are millions
of lives to save.

Spoken like a hero.

Spoken like someone who cares.

I expect you feel the same.

Perhaps.

Perhaps.

Trance, I'm worried about you.

Oh, there's no need to worry.

When all this is done,
you'll be fine.

Have mercy.

ALL:
Have mercy. Have mercy.

[EXCLAIMING IN PAIN]

RHADE: No!

[SCREAMS]
Stop! Let her go!

[EXCLAIMING IN PAIN]

Who are you who dares
disturb my brethren?

I am Telemachus Rhade,

sent by Dylan Hunt of the
Andromeda Ascendant
[SCREAMS] to save you fools!

Fools?

Brothers, sisters!

The wolves are among us.

You are all in danger.

[SCREAMS]
All the planets in the system

are about to be incinerated by
the approaching sun.

ALL: [SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING] You see?

He says it and it happens?

Technological deceptions!

RHADE:
You are the deceiver!

[SCREAMS] If you listen to
Burma and stay, you will die.
Count on that!

I have protected you in
the past, and I will now.
[SCREAMS] Not him!

Is that why you killed the three
who tried to evacuate? Is it?

[SCREAMS] Is it?

RHADE: [GROWLS]

I would not see them
deceived by your technology.

Their souls are free.

[GROWLS]

Take him away!

[GROWLING]

ALL: [CHANTING]

Mm.

I'm Zayas, pilot of the
ship you captured.

What compels you to summon us
in the name of the Progenitor,
Drago Musevini?

Um... he and I go way back.

Impossible.

Surely you've heard of
the legends of a woman...

who's traveled through time...

to give birth to
the Nietzschean race?

You speak of the Matriarch.

What, you don't
recognize the ship?

The face?

Wake up.
You're looking at her.

Please forgive us. Had we known
it was you, we would never have
disobeyed your command.

You don't have to do that.

Get up. Up. At ease.

Rise.

It's okay. You don't
need to do that.

Look, I'm really sorry I had
to bucky cable your ship.

You really gave me no choice.

How can we ever make up
for our insubordination?

I'm sure we can come up
with something.

That was almost too easy.

Rommie, Doyle...
what have you got for me?

Still no word from
Harper and Rhade.

And the Maru is not
responding to my hails.

I think she's choosing
to ignore us.

Nietzscheans and Beka.

Andromeda.

ANDROMEDA : Bypassing the
Maru's security and accessing
her internal systems directly.

Thank you. Oh, and by the way,
I've found Trance.

Why couldn't we?

Because she was emitting
a broadband radiation flux
that confused my sensors.

She wanted me to find her
and not you.

Well, then. How is she?

Hard to say.

But I'd like you to find out
what you can without
alarming her, okay?

ANDROMEDA : Captain, I have
overridden Beka's onboard
security system and cameras.

Show me.

[MOANING] Oh... oh, yeah.

Oh, no, don't stop.
Don't... oh...

Hello, Beka.

Mm, Dylan.

Dylan!

Beka, your heart rate is
elevated. Are you in...

distress?

No, just multi-tasking.

Hey, I finally got those
Nietzschean dogs under
control.

It was hand to hand for a
while, but I'll be back on
mission as soon as possible.

I think you'll be back on
Andromeda as soon as possible.

Excellent. I'm all over it.

Don't. Tickles.

Is this still on?

Same old, same old.

You're preaching
to the choir, Doyle.

Hmmm.

Oh... yeah, right there.

[GIGGLES]

Here.

Mm.

That's delicious.
What are these?

Croleck berries.

They're very rare.

We acquired them off
an abandoned transport
near Seefra-5.

Do they satisfy?

Yes, quite.

Only the best for you,
Matriarch.

[CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING]

I'd like to see him.

Feel free. He knows what
will happen if he tries
anything. Hey!

Are you all right?

I should be asking
you that question.

I'm fine.

But you're bleeding.

Trust me.

I'm a healer.

The herbs will help
cure the wounds.

[WHISPERS]
I heard what you did.

Thank you.

I couldn't just stand there
and watch him kill you.

My brother only
wanted to punish.

He would have removed
the liqui-bots whether you
interfered or not.

Liqui-bots?

Those were intended to strip
the metal off of slipfighters.

They were commandeered
a while ago...

in a raid my brother ran
against a woman named Marika.

She was breaking
the Seefran technology ban.

And so he used it on you?

To remind us of
technology's evil.

To keep us safe.

He did remove it from me
before it killed me.

[DISTANT EXPLOSION]

Our people have
tremendous faith.

In what?

They need to recognize
the impending destruction.

Believe in that...

instead of your
brother's arrogance.

We believe the gods
chose my brother to
protect and save us.

He will lead you to your death.

You know I'm right.

Let go of me!

That's why you tried
to let the others escape.

I was wrong.

Ashael...

the end is near for this planet,
it doesn't have to be for you!

I'm here to help you
find a way out.

You insist on saving me,
but you don't understand faith.

Perhaps you're the one
that needs to be saved.

[ENTHRALLING MUSIC PLAYING]

[GROWLS]

[CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING]

[EXCLAIMING IN PAIN]

Dylan!

[GIGGLES]

Mm... my head.

Yeah, the croleck berry
is very potent.

Zayas?
Hmm?

Where's your friends?

[GIGGLES]

Oh, careful, Matriarch.

The berries are taking effect.

What's happening?

That numbness you're feeling
will soon make its way through
your entire body...

and render you immobile.

Enjoy the ride.

You'll have a mind-splitting
headache in a few hours when
the effects wear off,

but after that,
you'll be okay.

Why?

For your ship,
my beauty.

You said it would be
suicide going to Seefra-5
in our puny vessel.

We needed
a ship with a bit more...

thrust.

Yours will do nicely.

Oh, and by the way...

if you really are
the Matriarch of
the Nietzscheans,

it was an honor.

Yeah. I knew that was too easy.

Dylan, Seefra-6 is gone.

Well, luckily, it was evacuated.

But not Seefra-5.

Any word from Harper and Rhade?

Dylan, Seefra-5 is
inhabited by Sectarians,

who refuse to accept
or face the inevitable.

Yes, that's correct.

But the reality is that
if innocents die,

then this whole evacuation
seems almost futile.

Come on. You don't believe that.

Trance, look at me.

Possible futures.
Tell me what you see.

Dylan...

I see you.

[EXPLOSION]

That was a big one.

Nah, just an elaborate hoax,
remember?

My brother wants me to examine
his wounds more carefully.

What for?

My brother plans to
use him as a bargaining tool
against the enemy.

If his wounds become infected,
he's worth nothing to anyone.

Get back. [SCREAMS]
Get back!

I'm here to check your wounds.

Remove your shirt.

I'll be no good to you
as a bargaining chip.

I'm going to die here
along with the rest of you.

Remove your shirt, please.

[EXPLOSION]

Turn around, please.

When you looked at me...

as your brother was
about to inject you...

Yes?

I saw something in your eyes.

Like you were talking to me.

I wasn't.

You were trying to
ask me for help,

asking for a way out.

I wasn't looking at you.

I was just staring out.

Freeing my mind.

You're lying.

There's a cave nearby...

with ebony stones
at its entrance.

By the tesseract chamber.
I saw it.

In my mind,
that's where I went.

It's the most peaceful place
on the planet.

No one goes there...

except me,

when I want to find peace.

To escape?

Yes.

To escape the pain.

You understand now?

It seems the herbs are working.

Your wounds will heal nicely.

Add more later.

Good night.

[SAD MUSIC PLAYING]

[CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING]

[WHISPERS] Harper, come in.

Harper.

You know, I said I'd wait for
you, but for some reason,

when it's you,
it really tries my patience.

Did you fix the door?

Almost. Not quite.

Harper...

The crystal sequencer
was out of whack, but I
reconfigured it, so I'm close.

Hurry up.

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

[GATE CRACKS]

[GROANS]

What's wrong with you?

The ointment she used...
[GROANS] it's burning.

It's burning,
it's burning!

Please. Look.

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

Burma.

I bring you guidance.

Who are you?

I have come steer you
to your destiny.

Yes.

Your sister has
turned against you.

She conspires with
the man you have jailed.

My sister...

She has forsaken you.

The wolf leads her back
to your greatest enemy.

Why are you helping me?

I'm doing as I'm ordered.

I am...

We know who you are.

How are you feeling?

Oh... better now.

You're very sweet for asking.

Well, if there's
anything you need...

Like what?

If you'd like to
share something...

anything...

Avatar to avatar?

I do understand what you're
going through, possibly better
than the others.

Yes, I know.

I appreciate your concern,
but I'm fine.

There's no need to be afraid.

If something were wrong,
I'd pick it up in a tactile
scan.

Thank you anyway.

Trance.

Goodness, I am so sorry.

Please don't.

I didn't expect...

It's okay. It's not your fault.

I should've listened.

The fall damaged
my neuro-epidermal layer
in several locations.

That's nasty.

I'll be functioning soon.

Unfortunately, the energy surge
seriously disrupted my sensors.

I was unable to detect
any nuances in Trance.

Yeah, I was afraid of that.

Wait a minute.

You touched in
the main corridor, right?

So that means it was recorded.

Check playback,
see what you can find out.

ANDROMEDA: Dylan,
I have a signal coming
in from the Maru.

Put it through.

Oh, thank God.

I've been fiddling
with this room comm
for over an hour.

Are you okay?

Well...

I'm okay, I mean, despite
having been hijacked and

slipped the mickey
to end all mickeys.

Dylan, I'm stuck here.

Look, I've managed to disable
the Maru's engine, so we're
dead in space

But the guys, they're working
on getting them back online,

and they're very intent on
getting to Seefra-5, which
will soon be fried.

Once again,
no accounting for stupidity.

Harper and Rhade
are still on Seefra-5.

Does their rescue
preclude Beka's situation?

Time to multi-Task?

[EXPLOSION]

Rhade?

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

Brother, I love you.

[DISTANT EXPLOSION]

The planet is in danger.

Rhade came here
to reason with you.

There is no reason
in a world where a sister
forsakes her brother.

What kind of world is it
where pride blinds a man
to the realities around him?

I cannot bear your insolence.

I speak from my love for you...

not insolence.

Come with us.

Lead our people to safety.

[SAD MUSIC PLAYING]

You don't know
the heaviness of my heart.

Free it.

There's time.

[EXPLOSION]

I will not turn my back
on my beliefs.

How can you keep your beliefs
when they lead you astray?

Please.

My little sister.

Freedom is yours.

ASHAEL: [SIGHS IN PAIN]

[SAD MUSIC PLAYING]

[CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING]

Come on.

Come on!
What?

ZAYAS: Oh, a slipfighter.

Our ticket out of here.

Okay.

[BEEPING]

Hailing slipfighter Z N
two four four. Come in.

DOYLE: I could use assistance.

It seems the magnetic fields
are affecting my twin
propulsion units.

Yeah, we've been having
drive troubles ourselves,

but we'd be more than happy
to give you assistance.

Zayas out.

Looks like we got ourselves
a real slipfighter, gentlemen.

Launch bucky cables.

ASHAEL: [CRYING]

What's wrong?

[CRYING] Hold me!

Ashael...

Just hold me.

Where's the antidote syringe?

[CRYING] It's too late.

Please...

help me... stop the pain.

[SAD MUSIC PLAYING]

Hi.

[CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING]

Don't worry. You'll be with
her soon enough.

Guess your technology
can't help you now.

DYLAN: Hello, Rhade.

Drop your weapon or...

Or what?

Thanks.

You're welcome.
One down.

Burma's next.

It'll be my pleasure.

[SAD MUSIC PLAYING]

[EXPLOSION]

Old Harper, left behind again.

Last time I wait around
for anybody.

Okay.

Let's see if I made good
on my promise here.

Ha! What do you know? it worked.

Hey!

I don't suppose you're
the welcoming committee?

Is that working?

Of course it is.
What do you think I am?
Look at it. Look at it.

Wonderful.

BURMA: Kill him.

This is the thanks I get
for fixing the door?

Your days are over.

[GUNSHOT]

I might have something
to say about that.

Captain Hunt.

It's time to surrender
or lose your friend.

If you're going to do something,
do it quick, boss, because
this guy's fast.

[EXPLOSION]

Damn it. All right.

There's nothing we can do
for Harper now.

We have to get back to
Andromeda before
the sun gets here.

[CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING]

Rhade, let's go.

I should have just shot him.

[CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING]

[BEEPING]

The AI picked up a trace of
Harper's comm on Seefra-1.

Well, then, that's where
we'll start. Get on it.

Well, Captain, you were right.
Trance is not herself,
scientifically speaking.

Although whoever she is, she's
quite good. Matches Trance's
spectral readings exactly.

Until you look closer.

Her reading changed.

She held the impersonation
together until she was
surprised.

We can try and isolate her
within the ship while we find
the real Trance.

Well, if she's an avatar, we'll
never be able to hold her.

All right, in the meantime
we act like everything's normal.

[EXPLOSION]

We couldn't evacuate
all of Seefra-5,

but those who stayed
chose to.

I'm sorry it has come to this,

but it has all been fated.

No one lives forever.

But no one wants
to be gone forever.

Dylan, you will survive,
no matter what fate brings.

Who are you?

Trance Gemini.

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

[EXPLOSION]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]