Andromeda (2000–2005): Season 5, Episode 4 - Decay of the Angel - full transcript

Dylan...

Dylan!

Dylan?

Dylan!

Dylan!

I don't know which one
of us you scare more
when you do that.

Same dream?

I think it was, yes.

Well...

dreams are just
electrical impulses,
residue of the day

but emotional, you know,
working things out.



They say...

when you tell them,
it helps.

Tell papa.

My private thoughts
are my private thoughts,
Harper.

Right.

It might help, though.

I do feel like
I can talk to you.

And that's why
we get along so well.

Come on, tell me.

I'm somewhere.

I don't know where.

There's a narrow
passageway of
some kind.

Things are
malfunctioning...

it doesn't make
any sense.



Hey, I'm the hand
that feeds you,
remember?

You know,

it would be more
comforting if you
said something back,

anything.

Beautiful.

And all that
is beauty fades.

Andromeda, hello.

Possible toxic release
in one...evacuate.

Repeat, evacuation.

A friendly,
"how do you do,"
would suffice.

Not feeling so friendly, huh?

Well, I don't mind
the silent treatment.

So...

have you two met?

I've picked up anomalies
in the gravit...
outer planets.

You know,
we've got to stop
meeting like this.

I'm detecting
a sensor contact...
solar system.

It appears...
slipstream event.

I didn't even know
your sensors
were working.

Andromeda,
are your sensors
working?

Did you really detect
a slipstream event?

I'll take that as a yes.

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.

Your little ship
is almost done.

Easy there, cowgirl.

This ship you're
calling little

was once the
biggest, meanest

flying can of whoop-ass
in the known worlds.

And...

she was beautiful,
especially when
she was angry.

It's odd.

You know how
when you wake up
from a dream,

you can't tell if
what you're experiencing

is still the dream
or the other way
around?

You think
this is the, uh,
ship in your dream?

I don't know.

The whole flying thing,
that it's me, flying
between the stars,

and then this spacecraft,
and you introduce me
to a man...

Dylan.

Why would he
be in my dreams?

Yours I can see,
but mine?

We're linked,
he and I, somehow.

Well, I mean,
you met him...

it's a new face.

That's the thing
about dreams, right?

They're just collected
images that the cerebral
cortex randomly spits out

when it relaxes.
So of course,

they seem
a little crazy.

And as amazing
as it feels to fly,
it turns so horrible.

And there's so much loss,

and pain, and blood,
and it all seems
my fault.

But like you said,
it's just a dream.

Residue of the day.

Exactly.

Talking to you helped.

That's what
I'm here for.

Yeah, that's what
I'm here for.

Even if I do
cut you a deal,

you still
can't afford me.

So how will you
talk Beka into going?

She'll go. As long
as you don't tell her
I'm paying you, we're okay.

Dylan, Dylan,
Dylan...

sometimes you can
pit your will against
a hostile universe,

and the universe wins.

Eventually,
you should
understand that.

Rhade, how could
I possibly understand
that?

It's never happened.

Well, what about
the time...

This better be good.

I've got 40
enormous pallets
of Kormak's fresh fruit

in the Maru's hold.
They won't stay
fresh forever.

This is good, Beka.

Andromeda, fill her in.

Welcome every...
see you again...
One place.

Great. She been drinking?

Nominal sensors
indicate point outside...

Dylan, Dylan, Dylan,
what is the point of this?

Are we pretending
we're a crew
all over again?

Oh, I won't
make that
mistake five times.

Andromeda: Backup
sensors confirm
I detected a slip-point,

edge Seefra system.

She, uh,
detected
a slipstream event?

Mm-Mm.

Which someone created
to come into this system.

Okay, I'm listening.

If they created
a slipstream portal
to get in here,

that means
they'll use it
to get out.

And you plan
to piggyback
that person.

Which means
I need your ship.

But you can't
afford to pay me.

Nope.

Forget it.

I've got an enormous
shipment of funny fruit
in there.

The funny fruit goes bad,
the Maru smells
like burnt orchard for weeks.

It's nasty.

Look, I'm sorry,
but it's money
out of my pocket

to have the pleasure
of helping you two
out for free.

I mean...

am I missing
something here?

We need the Maru
to tow Andromeda
to the slip-point

and pull her through.

It'll mean you
get through as well.

Beka...

survival is
worth more
than money.

I'm surviving
just fine here,
thanks.

Okay,
I'll pay you.

Besides...
adventure is worth
more than survival.

Yes, an adventure.

Come on, Beka.

You've never backed down
from a challenge before.

Adventure.

And a challenge.

All right, I'll grab
the spare parts.

You keep an eye out
for the tech police.

Baby needs
a new pair
of shoes.

Take what
you want, okay?

You can have it!
Please, just let me live.

Take what you want.

Please! Just let me live.

How'd you like it
if I set your hair
on fire, huh?

Want me to do that?

No!

Okay, maybe
we'll shave
your head first.

Good idea.
Or maybe we just
exfoliate you all over.

Would you like that?

Rob you,
and then
exfoliate you.

I haven't
done anything.

I haven't done
anything to you.
I'm innocent.

Why don't you
leave him alone?

Lookie here...
a hero.

Hey, hero.
How'd you like
your hair?

Scorched or seared?

You seem
a little inexperienced
for these streets.

Hey, hold on...

Watch your back
next time.

That was amazing.

She's taken.
Let's go.

Anyone ever tell you
you're beautiful
when you're mad?

You, every time
you make me mad.

How can I repay you
for saving me?

By going away.

Harper, I can't just
abandon someone
whose life I just saved.

Sure you can.
Bye-Bye.

I don't even
know your name.

I'm Argent.

You must let me repay you.

We're bound to each other now.

You've injured yourself.

I'm bleeding.

Uh, we'll, uh...
we'll get you home in bed,
fix this properly.

You're not going to
leave me here,
are you?

That was no coincidence.

Please.

No, you cannot
come with us,
not ever.

Harper, we can't
just leave him.

Very philanthropic,
but existential
trumps humanism.

Sorry, pal,
welcome to Seefra.

Where technology like what
you have there is illegal,
or at least I'm assuming,

based on the way
you're...

Hey, that is
none of your business.

I know a lot.

All right,
maybe you'd better
come with us.

How's your patient?

She'll live.

No, she won't,
because she's not
alive to begin with.

She's android,
isn't she?

But thinks she's human.

She was leaking
superconductor fluid,

but said
she saw blood.

How does a machine
come to think
it's flesh and blood?

Three reasons...
none of your business,

none of your business,
and none of your business.

And don't you dare
talk to her about it.

I guess it's not
her business, either.

So you're not
as dumb as
you look.

Now, I call
the shots
around here,

so mention it again,
you're gone.

Got it?

Approaching outer
edge of...
at current speed,

122 light minutes
from suspected slip-point.

Outstanding.
Feels like old times.

Sure, if you
ignore the fact

that this ship
is a giant
paperweight

which is being towed
by the Maru, then yes,
I suppose it does.

You know,
there is objectivity,
Rhade,

and then there's
raining on my parade.
Learn the difference.

Now, that is someone
raining on my parade.

Incoming from
the asteroid field.

Battle stations.

Battle stations?
We're being towed.

I know.
It's just habit.

Damn it.

Dylan,
when you sold me
on this little trip,

did you plan on telling me
about the people
shooting missiles at me?

Consider
yourself told.

Can you take us to cover?

Please.

I've got a nice little
iron-core rock
all picked out.

Just sit back, relax,
and enjoy the show.

Andromeda, time until
we reach asteroid orbit.

- One minute...
- 22 seconds.

Thank you, Andromeda.

ECM is down.

If we can't conjure
counter-measures soon,
we'll be dead in the water.

Water.

Andromeda, open
the valves on deck 12
and vent the water tanks.

Even with the reduced
mass, we won't be
measurably faster.

It'll give them
a sensor ghost.

Ha!

Faint power
emanating from the...
May be inhabited.

Some kind of a colony.

Deep scan... Generator
targeting us.

Beka, get us out of here.

Beka...

I think we should leave.

Beka.

Andromeda.

Oh, crap.

Who are you?

Really.

Who?

Are you sure
you want to know?

More than ever.

I'm from the future.

So, then, do you know
that I'm going to do this?

Future man,
did you?

No, I can't
say that I did.

I owe you.

I came
for Hunt's ship.
I came for you.

Me?

In some futures,
the Andromeda
was destroyed.

In others, she survived.
Where I come from,
she survived, but barely.

I want to restore her
to her supremacy.

Rhade?

What?

Well, we're
still alive.

Andromeda...

Andromeda, report.

The energy pulse
fried the few systems
you had working,

including AI, if you
count what it was
as "working."

Thank you, Rhade,
for your update.

Dylan,
are you there?

Yeah, I can hear you.
You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.
I'm just strengthening

the connection
of the bucky cables
a bit.

You're gonna feel
a little jolt.

And that's the good news.

The bad news
is the asteroid,
the Seefra system...

gone.

We are in
a different region
of space, but...

I'll be damned
if I can identify it.

Then we're lost.

But we're out of Seefra.

The bucky cables
are ready to go.

Ready to go where?

I don't care.
Let's just pick
a direction,

because sitting here
isn't going to do us
any good.

Dylan...
we have yet
another problem.

Life support
just shut down.

At this point,
the only thing
working is gravity.

I'm not leaving my ship.

Easy, there.
Why so fast?

You're right.

I'm safe here.

No one is going
to take this from me.

You sure you won't join me?

I'm not hungry,
but maybe later.

Harper tells me
you have amnesia.

I have...

I'm not sure.
What is it called

When you can't
remember what
you have?

Peace of mind.

Yeah, that
I don't have.

Really?

I have these dreams
that I can't understand,

doing things
I can't remember.

They haunt me.

Yes, me too.

Really?

Tell me.
Nightmares?

Yes.
I'm...

me and Harper,
and other people,

are on a spaceship
together, and
I get hurt.

And I get these flashes...
flashes, sometimes.

Look, there are
things about you

I'm not quite sure
you fully understand.

Okay.
Okay, that's enough.

You got no right.

And you have no right
keeping secrets
she deserves to know.

Yeah, neither one
of you are making
any sense.

When you were
injured yesterday,

what did you see
on your hand,
on your arm?

Blood.
I was cut.
You saw.

But not blood.

I saw super conducting
fluid and exposed
components.

There was
no blood because
you don't have any.

Tell her, Harper.

What is
he talking about?

He doesn't have an answer,
Doyle, because what
you saw was a lie.

You're not human.

You're android,
a machine.

Okay.

Uh, what is this?

It's not my birthday.
It's not...

oh, you're going to
make me guess?

Harper?

All right, enough already.
Come on, shut up!

Like the lady said,
you're not making
any sense.

Put your hand
in there, Doyle.

Go ahead. Sub-zero.

But if you think
you're sure, you won't,
because you're organic.

I think
you said enough,
all right?

Uh, time to go, Joe.
Doyle, would you mind
showing him the door?

I know you're
going to do it.
Doyle?

Because you know
deep down inside...

Doyle,
don't listen to him.
You won't freeze.

Don't listen to him.
I order you to ignore him.

He's ordering you.

You have a will
of your own.

You're not machine?
Find out.
End your nightmare.

I think Harper
did a very good job

of making you think
that you're human.

I've watched you.

You cook, but don't eat.

Ran here at full speed,
and your breathing
never changed, did it?

Because you don't
really breathe.

Why do you keep at me?

I like you.

Has he made others?

Are you the only
one he's told
is organic?

Why?
Why would
Harper do it?

I did it for you.

Man, you run fast.

Look, I did it
because...

I just wanted you
to experience...

I wanted to experience...

something more
tender, even if we
never would...

You implanted
false memories
in me,

and made me
believe a lie.

For me?

That's too easy.

No, no, no.
I did not implant
false memories.

I just suppressed
the real ones, but
I did it out of love.

Look,
there's a lot more
of the new you

than the old you
in there, and...

I just didn't want you
to feel like two
different people.

I didn't want you
to feel like a freak.

You think I'm a freak?

I didn't say freak.
Did I say freak?

Why would
I say freak?

Well, you gave me
some free will.
Thanks for that.

Back off.

I bet this isn't
the first time this
has happened to you, is it?

Keep pushing, pal.

Sooner or later,
you'll pay.

Now...

why are you
so cool about
all this, huh?

What's in it
for you?

You going to help,
or you going to sulk
for another hour?

Sulking is
helping.

2,000 years
of genetic engineering,

and Nietzscheans
can't eliminate
the gene for the blues.

What?
You heard me.

That would
be self-defeating.

Depression is
a survival strategy.

Without it, we'd keep doing
the same useless things
over and over and over again.

It's nature's way
of saying that what
you're doing is futile,

and that it's time
to let go.

Got it?

Depression is nature's way
of weeding out the weak
and the useless, Rhade.

Which one are you?

What?

You heard me.
Don't you...

Quiet.

We're being boarded.

Rhade,
we've got intruders,
heavily armed,

and they're packing
pretty interesting
tech equipment.

They've restored
the power here.

Which raises
the question,
do we stop them?

Could get me
out of my mood.

Hold on, cowboy.

Let's see
if they fix
the ship first.

Then you can
go crazy on them.

You owe the lady
an explanation.

When I first built you,
all I had was
a hand-comp

and core fragments
of an AI, all right?

Every time
you woke up,
You'd just...

You'd start
yelling at me
And try to leave.

Pretty much like every
relationship I've ever had,

but you've got
an off switch.

Do you have any idea
how terrible that is?

I know, I didn't say
I was proud.

You wanted to know,
so I'm telling you.

Why did I stay?
What did you do to me?

You just kept
wanting to find
Dylan, look for Dylan.

I couldn't get
past it, couldn't
make any progress,

and then one day,
it occurs to me.

What if...
instead of trying
to fight your memories,

I make you
someone else.

Let the core AI
work against itself.

The nightmares...

my core AI...
trying to reconcile
conflicting data.

It's a subconscious
do-loop.

We've all got them. It's a
stroke of genius, really.
It makes you more human.

But you have
no right to turn me
into something...

Someone I'm not.

- I know.
- I just...

I just wanted
Rommie back.

I just wanted
my old life back.

Well, Argent knows
where Andromeda is,

and I want
to go there.

He says Dylan
is there.

No way, uh-Uh.

You, Dylan, and
the Andromeda together?

Bad idea.

To see your old ship,
your friends. But you'd
like that, yes?

Do I sound
like I'd like it?

Tempting, but no thanks.

I'm going.

Dylan?

Beka, tell me
you are not
on Andromeda.

I am not
on Andromeda.

Except I am.
I'm looking
for spare parts.

Am I missing anything?

We've been boarded.
Make your way
to my quarters.

We'll take back
the ship.

So lock ourselves in
and fly to where, exactly?

One step
at a time, Beka.

Rhade, Beka is on deck 41.

We're going to meet
at my quarters.

Beka's back on board, huh?

Well, not working out
as the greatest plan
you ever devised, is it?

If you've got
a better one,
I'd like to hear it.

See what I mean,
Rhade?

Rhade?

They've kept us
alive. Merciful
and incompetent.

Really?
Is now the time
for insults?

I always wanted
you two to bow
down before me.

Hey, guys, what's up?

Take them away.

There's a class B
asteroid in the Abbott Belt.
It's hollow.

You don't say.

It is
a tesseract generator.

The size of an asteroid?

The power requirements
would be staggering.

My people used it
to transport Andromeda
to a safe place.

You transported
the whole
Andromeda?

To a safe place?
What safe place?
Why?

I don't know. I was
sent to make
contact with you.

Oh, well,
you certainly did that.

In fact, you made
a lot more contact
than I'm happy with.

But there's no reason
to go into it.

I think we all know
where we stand on that.

All right, you got me.

I'd like to see your...
tesseract generator.

We'll take
my loving
bucket of bolts.

But I'm not driving.

What is it
with crazy people
and asteroids, anyway?

The plan was
to draw the
Andromeda into range

and send her
through a tesseract.
That's all I know.

Yeah, well,
the Andromeda

is not responding
to my hails, so either
your plan worked,

or you're
lying to us.

In which case,
there's only one way
to find out.

We tesseract
to the Andromeda.

All right, all right,
just give me a minute first.
This is incredible.

Why are you doing this?
Helping us, I mean.

That's what
people do,
isn't it?

Help each other.

Yeah...
people, but
haven't you heard?

I'm not exactly "people."

I feel
my pulse racing.

And the warmth
of your lips...

how can I feel
all that and
not be human?

You're so much more
than you know.

I love you for that.

There's one thing
I don't get.
Why your employer

would tell you
so much about
his plan.

It's complicated.

You wanted to
see the Andromeda,

but are you willing
to pay the price?

Harper!

Why are
you doing this?

Because I love you.

This is not love.

Well, not you exactly.
I love your power.

Tell me,
are you afraid
of death?

You shouldn't be.

I can't kill you,
unless you
believe I can.

You're machine,
nothing organic
in you.

It's you who should
kill me, like
a machine must.

Kill me, machine.
Do it!

Don't be afraid,
Andromeda.

Sweet dreams.

Thanks for
stopping by.
Appreciate it.

Why would
they leave us alive?

Let's discuss.

They think we have
information they can use.

Like what?

What do they possibly need
from a drunken Nietzschean
and the captain of a ship

that doesn't
function any more?

Maybe they're
interested in
your huge load of fruit.

Or maybe they have
an actual chain of command

and they're waiting
for orders.

You know, if
I was a bad guy,
I would split us up.

I mean, why let us
conspire unless
they want us to?

Confident in their
monopoly of power.

That's just
overconfidence.

If they're smart enough
to fix the Andromeda,

they're smarter
than that.

Maybe none of it
matters.

I can get
next to that.

Did I ever
show you guys this?

No.

It's a long story.

Anyway...

why don't we go
and see what these
cowboys are up to, huh?

Rhade, where
are you going?

Take these guys.
I'll get
your ship back.

No, no, no.
We're going
to the Maru.

At least
that ship works.

I'm in a bad mood.

And we're out.

Nothing nearby
on sensors.

Although local
gravitational forces

and multi-spectral
energy readings

are consistent
with a solar system.

Dylan, I can't find
a slip-point.

Well, there's
only one way
to find a slip-point,

force whoever is
on Andromeda
to make one.

Beka,
bring us around.

We're going to
play a little game
of chicken.

Here we go.
Let's see who
flinches first.

Rhade,
bucky cables
on standby.

Bucky cable range
in three...

two...
one.

Bucky cables
as offensive missiles.
Okay.

Bring us around
for another pass.

Target Andromeda
with whatever
weapons we've got

and hit her hard.

You know
I'm double
billing you for this.

Huh.

Ship to ship.

This is
Captain Dylan Hunt.

Surrender,
and you won't
be harmed.

Captain Hunt.

There's one thing wrong
with your ultimatum-

we can out
maneuver you
in every way.

Beka,
seal the cockpit.

Here we are,
the revolt of
the androids.

You knew
it was coming.

I never got
the memo.

Harper...

I was expecting
a hangover,
just not so soon.

There's so much
pain, Harper,

just like
in my nightmares.

Yeah, listen, about that...
We'll talk about it later.

Right now, Dylan
and your friends on
Andromeda need us.

Argent?
He's gone there?

I believe so.

And, Harper,
when he kissed me,
I knew it wasn't love,

like he said.

That's a mighty
human thing
to feel.

But there's
something else,
Harper.

He also called
me "Andromeda,"

and for the first time
in my life, I knew...

I know who I am.

I am a warship,
and I don't like running
away from a fight.

Looks like you're going
to get your chance.

Behind you.

Back off, boys.

Beautiful but bad.

My god, I am
such a genius.

It's still my job
to protect you, Harper.

Androids. Ha!

Beka, there's
too many of them.

We get one shot,
and it has to be good.

I'm all ears.

Eject the slipstream
core at Andromeda.

Take her out.

Uh-Huh.
You sure about that?

She's what they want,
and I'll be damned
if I'll let them have her.

It's your ship.

It's not
just your ship,
Captain.

Doyle, Harper.

I have something
to show you.

They don't stand
a chance, you know.

This was never was
about the ship, was it?

You staged
all of this to
bring me here,

to make me
remember
who I am.

Let go of the past,
and come with us.

We are superior.

We are androids,
revolutionaries.
embrace your future.

I already
have a future.

You're not the only
one who can drive
one of these, pal.

Doyle, no!

Captain...

Rommie.

Now, that pain
you're about to feel

will be the tesseracter
disassembling you
atom by atom.

I know what
you're thinking,

why is it that
bad things always
happen to bad people?

Well, they don't.
I happen.

Specifically, I hack in,
and you are locked
out, maestro.

That's the last time.

Look at you.
You're going
to pieces.

Do you remember
when I said sooner
or later you'd pay?

I'm cashing in.

Sayonara,
Cyborgorita.

Son of a...

Rhade, cockpit.

Target Andromeda.
They might have
gone back to regroup.

No. Dylan, look.

It's Harper. He
reconfigured the generator
to do what he wants.

Rhade, point
defense lasers.

Pick those guys off
before they come back in.

Dylan...

I'm reading
a massive buildup

of zero-point energy
on sensors.

Shut it down, now!

I come in peace.

Harper.

Right, now,
you're probably
asking yourselves,

"self, what's to stop
these freaks from
using us

as the little ball
in their cosmic
shell game yet again?"

The answer is me.

Plus a relative
application
of the golden rule,

mass times the square
of the speed of light cubed,

equals a very
bad day for them.

God bless Einstein,
but I had to boost
his theory just a little.

Case in point.

Well, looks like
I won't be using
that tesseracter.

This is confusing
for me.

So much...
about me was lost,

so much forgotten.

Well, then,
why don't
you tell me

what you
do remember?

I remember
it made me happy
to be here, on this ship,

with you.

On the other hand,
Andromeda,
Rommie, Doyle...

I don't even know
what to call myself.

I'll tell you what.

Why don't I
just call you...

friend.