Andromeda (2000–2005): Season 5, Episode 22 - The Heart of the Journey: Part 2 - full transcript

You're not coming back,

are you?

Quite a ride, huh?

Yeah.

He's in danger.
I'm picking up Tectonic
vibrations from the planet.

Dylan,
they're building fast,
rising to the surface.

The whole planet's
going to blow up.

Harper, abort
your return to Earth.

What?
You got to be kidding.

Earth is experiencing
massive earthquakes, Harper.

The crust will fracture,
and the surface temperatures
won't be able to support life.



Deploy bucky-cables.
Now.

Got him.

Earth explosion
in five seconds
on my mark.

Five, four...

three, two, one.

I'm picking up attack
craft leaving earth
on an intercept course.

Beka, slipstream.
We don't need
this fight right now.

He's more
heartbroken
than hurt.

The sedative should
help him sleep.

You could use
a good sleep, too.

Like that's
going to happen.

Is he going to be okay?

Yes, he'll be up
and irritating
in no time.

Maura saw this coming.



What she is and what
she knows, Trance, is quickly
becoming apparent.

Captain, we may have
a larger problem than
we previously thought.

And the good news
just keeps coming.

The debris from Earth's
explosion has been
analyzed 339 different ways.

And in each test, I've
discovered at least one
variety of radical isotope.

The Abyss.

In league with
the nietzscheans.

And they're waiting for us.

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.

Captain.
Hey!

Nice job on Earth.

Yeah. I'm sure
you know nothing
about that.

I've come to make
my final offer.

You're the last
of the Paradine.

Your survival is
of utmost importance.

A hope for the future.

You see that things
are getting worse.

I will not let
three galaxies
fall into that

cosmic sinkhole,
and wipe out

trillions of
sentient beings,
just so you

can destroy the Abyss.

Let me show you
what you are passing up.

This is what Tarn Vedra
will look like in the future.

Would you like to see,
what you look like
in the future?

She's really starting
to get on my nerves.

What are you
really up to?

Had you stayed,
you would know.

But I don't.

I am doing the ultimate,
the only.

You, Trance,
are our oldest and first.

The first
to flee as well.

That is a problem,

even though the reason
was a Paradine.

The Paradine protect
the Lambent Kith Nebula.

Do they?

Why is all this
happening now?

The Abyss, the Nietzscheans
suddenly so active, Why?

Why won't you answer me?

Mr. Harper.

May I?

I guess nobody else
is going to take it.

All the years
I've been on this ship,

I've never
done this before.

Gives you a whole
different perspective,
doesn't it?

You're strong enough
to get through this, Harper.

I can't get over
that feeling that
all I have left now

are memories.

Welcome to the club.

Does it ever get better?

Of course.
Once you start to forget.

It makes you stronger.

I don't want to forget.

I don't want to get stronger.

Right now, these memories
are worth more to me
than everything.

I know I always
used to talk about

how crappy Earth was,
but there were
good memories, too.

Like camp.

Summerville camp,
did I ever tell you
about it?

No.

Okay, we moved
around a lot,

but one summer,
we lived at a camp,
kind of like a refugee camp.

And, uh, me and my cousins
called it "Summerville"

because that's exactly
what it was not.

We learned sarcasm
pretty young.

Anyway one day,
I find a stack
of comic books

in a pile of ruins.

I don't know
what happened

to the kid who had
owned them, but anyway,

I go running home,
worried about where
I'm going to hide them, right?

And my mom's there.
She sees me and she says,
"Seamus, why are you so sad?"

And I realized,
right then and there,

I wasn't.

I wasn't thinking
about Nietzscheans,

I wasn't thinking
about Magog.
Despite everything,

I was happy.

So, uh, I gave her a big hug

and...

it was just
a really great day.

My mother

used to call days like that
"Commonplace miracles."

We sure could use
one of those right now, huh?

Yeah.

I'm working on it.

I've reached
a decision.

You will return
to the Seefra system?

I will return to
the Lambent Kith Nebula.

That's a start.

Do you trust me?

About as far
as I can throw you.

You have questions.
What I have is
I've had enough out of you.

The known worlds
have turned to chaos.
And you

are all making
this happen.

We have nothing
to do with
the Nietzscheans.

They knew to come here.

They arrived with the Abyss.

This won't stop
until everything,
including you,

And each and every
single one of you,
is destroyed.

You've got to see that.

There must be some
among you who have the same
courage as Trance Gemini.

Come on, you can
leave this council.

You can help us.
Help us to live!

I warned you, Captain.

We've already
set fate in motion.

We don't control it.

If this was really fate,

it wouldn't need your help,
now, would it?

The Nebula
wants you back.

This is your last chance.

And if I don't?

Then your sun will perish
along with everything else.

I have no choice
but to stay.

There will be
no rescue.

I don't want
to be rescued.

Rommie, how much
ammo and power
does Andromeda have?

With help from
the Commonwealth, we will
soon be at full capacity.

I haven't had this kind
of ordinance since
we left Tarazed a year ago.

So...

yet another
moment of truth.

I want each of you

to speak honestly.
No holding back.

Don't everyone
talk at once.

Nobody wants
to go first?

All right, I'll go first.
I say we stay and fight.

You saw what
they did to Earth.

I'm more than happy
to die right here, right now,

as long as I can take
a whole bunch with me.

Rommie?

I'm a warship.

I'll take that as
a vote to fight.

Seefra is all
I've ever known.

This isn't my fight.
I fight for what I love.

I want to go back.

What?

I was hoping for a
"on the other hand."

On the other hand,

if you choose to fight,

I think I would still
like to go back.

I see.

We don't stand a chance
against a Nietzschean fleet.

And the Commonwealth
forces won't help us.

They're in shambles,
thanks to the World-ship.

This fight seems
like lunacy.

On the other hand...

what have we been
fighting for, for
the last five years?

We can't just
throw it all away,

just for the slimmest
chance of something safe.

I'll do it. I'll fight.

Doyle?

What do you say?

Are we gonna
do this or not?

Doyle.

For you.

Rommie, begin the final prep.

Doyle,

Doyle, secure all
outer decks for assault.

Harper, double check
and triple check
all systems. Beka.

I'll need you
on command with me.

Oh, and you don't have
to call me captain.

I say we do it.

Seems like old times.

You said that with a smile.

I'm feeling nostalgic.

One day we'll look back
on all this and giggle.

Has been quite a ride.

Dylan?
Yeah?

Promise me something?

You got it.

If we get out of this...

we'll always ride together.

Beka.

You were my first friend
on this journey

and I promise you,

you will be my last.

I've just come

from a meeting with
the leaders of what is
left of the Commonwealth.

We're going to lose.

Somehow I've always known.

I've dodged death
once before through
a miracle.

A miracle that
brought you to us.

For that,
I am grateful.

But a false miracle,
Nevertheless.

No.

"A building without walls

"is where we live.

"Hope without dreams
is all we have.

"To run is to embrace despair."

The Nietzschean riddle
of desperation.

That's all we had.

But now,
we have each other.

Are you worried
you're not doing
the right thing?

No.

So maybe you're just a little
short on hope right now.

Deal another card, Trance.

Maura's terrified of you.

Maura.

What is she fearful of?

Conscience.

Well, she has none.

That's odd
for the avatar of light.

So what have you got?

I've got multiple ships
heading our way.

Cruisers, Garuda-class
fighters, Stealth fighters,

Drago-Kazov and Mandau prides.
Bad news travels fast.

Yeah, there's nothing
more enjoyable than
somebody else's troubles.

This is enjoyable to you?

Hey, what can I tell you?
I am a fun guy.

Well, I'd really like
to know how they found us.

Well, they had help.

And that, Captain, would be
the Sabra-Jaguar joining
the Nietzschean fleet.

Look at that.

They're coming
right at us. Like
somebody gave them directions.

Why are they targeting us
with such prejudice?

Well, it's because
every one of those prides

just happens
to hate my guts.

Rhade.

What brings you
to this humble entrenchment?

You know me,
I love slumming.

So do my enemies.

It's going to be
one hellacious fight.

Some prides already
on the ground are
headed this way.

You're going
to lose, Rhade.

The Commonwealth
is going down.

Most definitely.

Which brings me
to the question,

why are you here?

I'm your friend.

And matriarch.

If that's what it takes.

What does that mean?

The Nietzscheans are not just
coming after you. They are
coming after all of us.

Okay? Now, if I can play
the matriarch card,

there might still be hope.

Hope doesn't
matter anymore.

Snap out if it, Rhade.

Fight with your friends.
Bring your family.

I can get you
out of here.

That's a pile
of ships.

2103 to be exact.

Like I said,
we're about to be neck-deep
in a big pile of ships.

Missiles 1 through 80,
loaded and ready.
PDL's on-Line.

Dylan, should I fire?

No. We wait.

I want them closer.

I've prepared an estimate
of the approaching firepower.

Doesn't matter.

- But they're targeting.
- So are we.

40 salvos of
direct offensive missiles,

followed by 40 salvos
of hunter-killer drones.

I'm betting they've
never seen anything
like this before.

Fire.

Firing.

They've pinpointed us.
They're just going
to keep coming.

Their markings,

Drago-Kazov,

Mandau, Sabra-Jaguar.
Nietzscheans.

Coming for their own.
History repeating itself.

We can change all that.

If we can get to
the Maru, I can out fly
any of these bozos.

They might even stop
firing for fear of killing me.

This is my home. My fate.

It ends here.

Surprise, surprise,
we broke their
attack pattern.

You were right, boss,
they weren't ready for it.

Let's make sure
we don't give them
the opportunity to regroup.

Reload all missile tubes
and prepare bucky-cables.

Dylan, I have several stress
fractures on my outer hull.
Repairs are underway.

But I see severe damage
in sector 55.

How did that happen?
Lucky shot.

That's our life-support
system hub.

Correct, and Dylan,
Sector 55 cannot
sustain another attack

Without compromising
repairs to my hull.

Dylan, without all systems
in sector 55 functioning,

we could lose
life-support systems
completely.

Doyle, assign all
available nanobots
to deck 55 for repairs.

Harper, continue
direct fire
until I get back.

Gladly.

Firing on any Nietzschean
that comes within
80 light seconds of my Rommie.

Now or never, Rhade.

- Andromeda.
- Hi

The Nietzscheans are here.

Yes.

With a little bit
of luck, I can get them
to concentrate their fire

and attention on me,
Long enough for you
to get away.

Rhade, don't do this.

This is my duty.
This is my home.

Your home is about to be
the hottest patch
in the heart of hell.

My family
makes it heaven.

I'm your matriarch.
We're going.

Beka, I beg you.
Allow me to have
the time I have left

without the shadow
of disrespect.

Then I'm begging you
as a friend.

As I am you.

Now go.

Go!

You can still decide.

You're forcing me
to choose between
two deaths.

One in valor,
one in cowardice.

Live your life out
on Seefra. Be happy.

There is no happiness
on Seefra.

Besides I'm winning.

It's time to embrace
your fate.

Boss,
we've got some serious
and might I say

some wondrous weirdness
going on here.

I'll give you credit.
That's a good trick.

I don't need tricks.

Yes, you do. Illusion
is your primary strength.

That's really all you are.

Ridiculous.

I offer you life
because you are a Paradine.

But watch me
kill your crew.

And there it is.

You see, I had
my suspicion and now
you've just confirmed it.

I know what you are

and you can't kill me
because I am Paradine.

It's too bad, Maura,
that you are about to lose.

Oh, that hurt.

I got it.

What the hell
are they waiting for?

Orders.

This is like a dream.

I wonder
what it's like to die?

I've died a thousand times.

You can only die once, Harper.

You don't know
my love life.

That's a really old joke.

That's my love life, old joke.

Kind of like life,

one big joke.
And then you die

without ever hearing
the punchline.

That is a joke.

My head was
in a cabinet.

That's a joke.

That's what I remember.

Is that all you remember?

It made me angry.

And then nothing.

Like a dream.

Much better topic.
Let's get back to dreams.

Oh! I don't have dreams.
I have visions.

Doyle has dreams.
I did.

Not anymore.

I miss one of them,
though.

I had it all the time.

A strange man walks up
to me in the saloon
when I'm working

and asks me to marry him.

And I say,

"I cannot marry thee,

"for I have a love

"who sails the deep salt seas.

"And though he's been
gone these seven years,

"no man shall marry me.

"For what if he has died,
or in some battle slain,

"or drowned
in the deep salt sea,

"or found another love.

"And he and his new love
both married be?"

"If that is so, I wish them
both health and happiness
that burns across the sea.

"And he looks at me

"and kisses me

"and says, 'Weep no more,
my own true love

"for I am your long lost love.'"

I remember waking and thinking,
if that never happens to me,
I will cease to exist.

That's beautiful.

I have a ship approaching.
It's a friendly.

Stand back, you freaks!
I'm the Matriarch.

Wow.

It's Beka. Ha!

Beka, we have you
within our range.
Keep moving.

Translation-Haul ass!

Hey, good to hear from you.

We don't
have time for niceties.
Put the pedal to the metal.

You know, I think
I have this under control.

But stand by.

Surrounded by two
Nietzschean fleets? I don't
all that "under control."

Okay, everybody

this is your
Matriarch speaking.

Incidentally, it's nice
to see you all.
You're looking very good.

Now what I want you to do,

my loyal and loving subjects,

is to take it nice
and easy here.

I want you to remain
in formation and
let me pass by.

If you do,
I will reward you.

With what I'm not
exactly sure,

but it's going to be a
very, very big surprise.

Hey. Hey, hey, hey!
That's not being
a very good subject!

Juke left.
You've got an Orca
on your sixth.

Andromeda, get ready,
I'm coming in.

Opening hangar 17.

She's in.

You can't win.

You're not...
an avatar of the suns.

You're an avatar
of the Abyss.

And now the Nebula
is controlled by it, as well.

Brilliant deduction,
Captain.

Too bad it's too late
for it to be of any
use to you.

Okay...

so...
are we having fun yet?

Okay.

You set me up.

Must've been the same
with all the other Paradine
and then you fed them

to the Abyss, but,

I won't go that easily.

As long as I'm alive...

you will fail.

I can still make you suffer

and the rest will die.

Trance will perish,
the only real light
left of the universe.

The oldest,
most powerful sun
will be gone.

I have my orders.

And so do I.

Ah! The fire princess.

Let me crown you.

Trance, join me
while I can still
save you.

I do not need to be saved.

You offer me nothing.

Dylan, we need to get
to the Route of Ages.
I can lead us through.

Sounds good to me.
Andromeda.

Here, Captain.
Take us into the Route of Ages.

No! No!

My passing won't
make a difference.

That which I am
the avatar of
is going to destroy you.

It is right behind us.

The Abyss will
swallow you up.

Yeah, well, at least
I won't have to put up
with your drivel anymore.

No!

Well, if we defeat
the Abyss, all chaos
of the universe will cease.

Well, that ceasing
better happen soon.

The Abyss was right
on our tail when we came
through the Route of Ages.

We have to take it out.

Without a doubt.

Ah! It's good to know
that we're all on
the same page.

Andromeda, put
the Methus diagrams
on-screen, please.

This is what I think.

The diagrams
weren't just meant
to stop Trance's sun.

They were also
meant to stop the Abyss.

In the known worlds
or in the Seefra system,
it didn't matter.

The Abyss was
always coming after us.

Maura and her friends
were just the accelerant.

I should've
seen it, boss.

Trance's sun coming to Seefra,
a concentration of mass,

Designed to, uh, attract
a cosmic rendezvous.

A rendezvous
with the Abyss.

Talk about a date
with death.

The Vedrans anticipated
all of this.

Those crazy Vedrans,
anticipating everything.

But we still haven't
figured out what goes
in that empty spot

in the Methus diagrams.
Mr. Harper, you disappoint me.

Trance.

Trance was always
supposed to go in there.

That was the plan.

Trance's sun will
be able to destroy
the Abyss.

Exactly.

Two Trances?

I don't know if this
is a nightmare or
my dream come true.

Dylan, you have to act.

You have to get her
off this ship. Now.

Dylan, no.

Somehow, this impostor
has appeared. She will
ruin us.

You have to get rid
of her right now!

Dylan. Now.

No, this isn't right.

Dylan, now.

Please.

Ah! Illusions.
Lies. Simulations.

You fell for it.
Hard.

Mist and mysteries.

Until there was no way out.

- You have to help yourselves.
- Listen to my music.

See the reflections
of your helpless selves.

It's Virgil Vox.

You all listened
to my music, you fools.

I brought you
darkness and joy.

But time is running out.

There is no
such thing as time.

The Abyss.

How'd you know?

She was crying.

The Abyss has
no memories. Nothing
to remember or forget.

What was that?

Let's get moving.

Am I seeing things,
or have we turned back
toward the Route of Ages?

What the Abyss
fears most is light.

So, I say we smother
the bastard with the sun.

Trance's sun.

That's right.

Remember what Flavin said.

Find a place
where opposites
cancel time.

Well, that place
is the Route of Ages.

Time to cancel time.

Everything I've done...

has brought me
to this point.

Every friend,

every foe,
every fight.

This is where it ends.

It's been an honor
to serve with you.

All of you.

Let's bring it.

Would you look at that?

The Abyss.

So, we meet again.

We can't get
any closer, Captain.

Oh, yes, we can.

Dylan--
Beka.

The fun is just starting.

You've always had
a very strange idea
of fun.

Hey, you're the one
who always said that,

it's been
one hell of a ride.

It's showtime.

Getting some serious
shake, rattle, and roll,
here, boss!

We're sustaining
heavy damage
on all outer decks.

Hull integrity
is severely compromised.

Starboard thrusters
are going critical.

Negate
the automatic shutdown.

Beka--
It's too hard!

The gravitational pull of
Trance's sun and the Abyss--
It's too strong.

You can do this.
No, I can't, it's too much.

- Come on, Beka.
- Beka, this is it.

This is what it all
comes down to,
your whole life.

Come on, you can
get us through this.

Woo, hoo. Yeah.

We are free and clear.

And home.

See ya later,
you big freak.

Speaking of which,
I haven't been this
happy since Tyr left.

I knew I could do it.
I'm the best.

Oh, my god.
I'm so relieved
I could kiss Harper.

Hey, why not?
I'm not proud.

It's a figure of speech.

Damage report?

Thrusters are out.
AP systems are offline.
I'm initiating repairs.

Time to completion,
one hour 26 minutes.

The fact that we have time
is all we need to know.

Trance?

Are you okay?

Dylan, I'm happy,
but I'm also sad.

My god.

Look at that.

It is my sun.

The Abyss is dead.

Captain,
the Route of Ages has turned
into a slipstream portal.

Tarn Vedra has
rejoined the known worlds.

I'm picking up
a distress signal.

It's Rhade.

- Let's hear it.
- My family is safe.

But I'm out of fuel.
I'm coming in very hot.

I have his location.

Let's go get him.

I'm on my way.

Trance.

Prep med deck.

Aye.

I'll help.
Yes, he's a Nietzschean,
but he's a friend.

A good friend. Regardless
of his bad sense of style.

Doyle.

Take a slip-fighter for escort
and make sure Rhade
makes it back to Themaru.

With pleasure.

Would you like to be
alone, Captain?

Yes. Yes, I would.

- Andromeda.
- Aye, Captain.

Just checking.

Five years...

Three hundred and eight years.

I'm home again.

I'm home.

Yes!

Andromeda,

I know winning
isn't everything,

but I sure could get
used to this feeling.