Dark Matter (2015–2017): Season 1, Episode 9 - Episode #1.9 - full transcript

Previously on Dark Matter...

Where ever he's going,
what ever he's doing,

it can't be good for us.

You manipulated me, made
me complicit in mass murder.

(grunt)

What the hell man.

Who are you and where is he.

What are you talking about.

Oh crap.

Heir to the throne of Ishida,
until I murdered my own father.

No, no you didn't, you didn't kill him.



(whoosh)

Two: Okay, let's go over the new supplies.

Did you find the parts
you were looking for?

They didn't have a compatible
regenerator assembly,

so I thought we might go

with these lithium oxide canisters instead.

Is that a yes?

Yes.

Also I got these welding goggles

that are both practical and cool.

If you say so.

What've you got?

Real meat, finally.

And protein packs.



Hmm.

I'm gonna go put these on ice.

Sterile gauze, sutures, antibiotics,

and these blue pills that...

Those are mine.

What is that?

Whiskey.

Wasn't on the list, but
I remembered for you.

You know what was on the list?

What?

Juice.

Got you covered.

What are you looking at?

Someone was supposed to pick
up seeds for hydroponics.

That was Four.

Four, this is Two, please come in.

Four, where are you?

He's not here.

Three: He's not in his room either.

And his blade's gone too.

Where's my brother?

I'm sorry, Denka.

He could not make it.

I'm here in his place.

I don't like surprises.

Then my apologies, because
you're not gonna like this one.

Drop your weapons and stand back.

Agh!

Most of the time, he just
blends into the background.

You don't notice him until he speaks up

or takes the last of the carrots.

Maybe next time we should implement

some sort of buddy system.

It wasn't an oversight.

I remember him coming
back from the station.

Six: So do I.

He was here.

Well he's not anymore
unless he's hiding somewhere.

Why would he be hiding?

Well sometimes I hide out in the vents

when I need to be alone to think.

I'm tracking the location of his comm.

(buzzing)

It's here.

On board the ship?

On the bridge.

Found it!

He left his comm, he packed up his gear.

Guys, I think it's pretty obvious,

he wanted us to leave without him.

But why, he seemed happy here?

He seemed nothing.

That guy was harder to read
than that book he gave me.

That book is a classic.

Whatever.

The pig is a wimp and that
spider's a know-it-all.

We should go back for him.

So that what, we can
confirm what we already know?

He owes us an explanation.

Three: He owes us nothing.

Nobody on this ship owes anybody anything.

He's gone.

Just let him go.

What?

There's something you should know.

Ahhh!

Agh!

(grunting)

(swords clanking)

(clanking continues)

(grunting)

(sword whipping)

He's royalty?

A prince, next in line to the throne until

he was accused of murdering
his father, the Emperor.

But he didn't do it.

They're blaming him, but it wasn't him.

One: How long have you known about this?

A while.

Didn't we just have a
conversation about honesty

and trust and not keeping
things from one an other?

But it was personal information.

It was up to Four to share it.

Then why did you tell her?

Oh, well she knows everything.

One: Oh that's just great.

Four's a prince.

He's a terrorist we still
haven't figured out your deal.

What is with all the secrets?

Is there anything that anyone here

wants to come clean about right now?

Hmm?

Because we're gonna
find out sooner or later.

Anyone?

Okay, back to the issue at hand.

What do we do?

Three: Are you kidding me?

This changes everything.

We go back.

Oh, now you want to go back.

Yeah, if he's innocent, we should be there,

to support him.

That's what friends do.

Oh and by support him, you mean

be there when he regains the throne

so you can take advantage of him?

We could all benefit from having a friend

like that watching our backs.

If this is all true, it's
not going to be as simple

as just going back and taking the throne.

He's been on the run for a reason.

His step-brother will help him.

His step-brother is probably Emperor now.

Why the hell would he help him?

Four always used to look
out for him growing up.

They were close.

Well I'm guessing things
are a little different now.

He could be walking
into a mess of trouble.

And so could we if we follow him.

Which is probably why he didn't tell us.

I contacted the space station authority.

According to their security section,

someone matching Four's description

boarded a merchant
freighter early this morning.

The ship is currently in
FTL but once it drops out,

I'll attempt communication.

Wouldn't want me to bleed
out before my execution?

Imagine how disappointed
everyone would be.

Nowhere near as disappointed as I was

to see you actually show up.

I thought you were smarter then that.

And I thought my brother
was more honorable.

I suppose that makes us even then.

No Denka, I'm afraid you got
the worst end of the staff.

You almost sound disappointed Akita-san.

You had so much potential.

Again.

(sticks banging)

Ryo!

Why did you hesitate?

I had already won the point.

There was no need to strike father.

Really?

What is it you think you're learning here?

Swordsmanship father.

No, you're learning discipline.

(grunt)

Ahh!

You're learning to respect
our ways and traditions.

Ahh!

Ugh.

When you are emperor and your
enemies find you weak vulnerable

do you think they will hesitate?

Ahh!

Ugh.

Ahh!

(grunt)

I hate him.

This is normal.

I often despised my own father growing up.

Your father was a great man who
served this house with honor.

But mine is a tyrant.

He's petty and cruel.

Your father loves you.

He's preparing you to
take the throne someday.

You need to be strong

and not allow your emotions
to get the best of you.

Hmm?

Time to go.

Running a quality check
on the whiskey I see.

So?

What's the verdict?

Haven't quite decided yet.

This is going to require
very thorough analysis.

People on this ship have an
annoying habit of wandering off.

So, you going after The General again?

You went to a lot of trouble to find him.

And you almost had him.

So I'm wondering if something
like that makes you reconsider.

Or does it just make you more determined?

He made me complicit in
the deaths of thousands

and I wanted to kill him for it.

Nothing else mattered.

So I tracked him down and I got him.

At least, I thought I got him.

But you know what?

It didn't make me feel any better.

The anger was still there.

Just shifted.

What do you mean?

Alive, he was the target,
the focus of my anger.

But when I thought he was gone, well,

there was only one person left
to blame for all those deaths.

He tricked you.

I let myself get played.

You still haven't answered my question.

Are you gonna go after him again?

Eventually.

But I'll take my time, partly
because I wanna make sure

I get it right this
time, but mostly because,

for now, I need someone
to hate beside myself.

Sorry to interrupt, but I was
finally able to make contact

with the captain of
that merchant freighter.

Is Four on board?

Not anymore.

They dropped him off at
a former mining colony,

apparently on an isolated
and rather lawless planet.

Why would he go there?

According to the captain,
his passenger offered

very little in the way of conversation.

Sounds like our boy.

Alright.

Chart a course.

You couldn't have picked
a more remote location.

Independent territory, no
government for you to buy off,

and an area so densely forested

you couldn't land a shuttle
within miles of here.

I chose well.

Which is why we need to quicken the pace.

We don't want to be
caught out here after dark.

Afraid of some wild animals Akita-san?

Loosen my bonds and give me back my blade.

I'll protect you.

From what I hear, on this world,

wild animals would be
the least of our problems.

So what happens when we get to the planet?

Provided he's still alive, we
find him and bring him back.

That's a brilliant plan.

Did you brainstorm that
one or was it a solo effort?

Finding him may be tricky,

especially if he doesn't want to be found.

Let's say, for the sake of arguments,

say we do manage to catch up with him,

it's unlikely he's coming back with us.

So what are you saying?

We just forget about him?

He left.

Like it or not, that was his decision.

Ah, people change their minds all the time.

Look at me.

At one point, I was all set to leave.

At least that's what
you wanted us to think,

until you realized no one gave a damn.

Actually, the reason I stuck
around to see how long it would

take for all them to figure
out you're a total fraud.

Not that long it turns out.

(grunt)

(laughing)

Agh!

Hey!

Knock it off!

Come on pretty boy.

Oh!

Ah!

I said knock it off!

Ow!

What the hell are you two thinking?

Ask your boyfriend, he's the
one who threw the first punch.

I got nothing to say.

He's been in space too long.

He's going a little loopy.

What's so fascinating?

I'm running a full diagnostic.

Why are you reading the results?

Isn't your robot brain
connected to the ship?

It is, but I find that visual observation

stimulates unique thought processes.

In retrospect, it could be
a symptom of my condition.

What condition?

A possible flaw in my programming.

It's been brought to my
attention that my behavior

is sometimes unreasoned,
atypical of android standard.

Weird.

Yeah.

Given your observations, how
would you typify my behavior?

Weird about sums it up.

In the event I'm unable
to identify the issue,

a full reboot may be the only recourse.

Sure, do what you gotta do.

Hang on a sec.

What does that mean full reboot?

You would delete my memory stores

and current personality matrix.

No-no-no-no-no way.

Then you're satisfied with my performance,

despite my aberrant behavior?

Hell, no.

But I'll be damned if I gotta start over

with a whole other robot.

That's kind of him to say!

(knocking)

Come in.

He started it.

Try again.

He deserved it.

Irrelevant.

How is that irrelevant?

He's an obnoxious
loudmouth, everyone knows it.

So what?

Maybe I just got fed up.

No.

I don't buy that macho crap,

I expect it from him; not you.

You're smarter than that.

What, I'm smarter, so I should know better.

He's stupid and he gets a pass.

I want us to be honest with each other.

We can do that, right?

Sure.

Right?

I know why I assumed Jace Corso's identity

and snuck aboard this ship.

I came here to kill Three.

I ran a data search using my genetic info

from the transfer pods
at the last stopover.

This is what it came back with.

I had a wife.

And he killed her.

It says he was a suspect,
the charges were never proven.

Because they never
caught him to stand trial.

Obviously, I decided to take
matters into my own hands.

Do you remember her?

Even a little?

No.

Should that make a difference?

You tell me.

How do you mourn someone
you don't remember?

I don't know.

All I know for sure is
that this is my life now.

Trapped in this flying metal box,

constantly looking over
my shoulder on the run.

And he put me here.

Like it or not he and
everyone else on this ship

are all that you've got.

And how long before we turn on each other?

Before someone sells us out?

You said it yourself, according to Five,

whoever wiped our memories did it because

they thought we were dangerous.

What does that mean?

It means they wanted us nice and docile

so they could take the ship,

collect the bounty on our heads, or both.

That was a lifetime ago.

We've already proven nobody remembers.

So what're you saying?

We're all new people now?

Fresh start?

Everyone gets a do-over?

There was a time not too long
ago when you would've agreed

that we could change,
make up for past deeds.

That was before...

Before what?

Before you found out you weren't one of us.

Some people turn bad,

circumstances push then in
that direction, I get it.

But some people are born that way.

And they lie, murder, cheat, and steal.

And they'll turn on you, sooner or later,

because it's in their nature.

Three is rotten to the core.

You know I'm right.

We all might sleep better
if we cut our losses.

Aren't you gonna ask me?

Ask you what?

About the night in question.

If I murdered my father?

You're not curious?

The truth will come out eventually.

Why wait?

I'm delivering you as ordered.

No matter what you say,
it won't make a difference.

Even if I'm innocent?

Even if you tell me you're innocent.

I spoke to you that night, in the corridor.

You were drunk, Denka.

And very angry.

I should have escorted you
back to your room but instead,

I let you go, and that decision
will haunt me to my dying day.

I'd just learned about my
brother being sent away.

You may not have liked it

but sending your brother away
was the right thing to do.

He'd become a distraction to you.

And how ironic that he
now sits on the throne

while I'm a thorn in everyone's side.

Your father always
feared your impetuousness

would be your downfall.

No.

It was my predictability.

When I went to confront him that night,

my father was already dead.

My step-mother had cut his throat

and simply waited for me.

You don't seem surprised.

Is it because you think I'm a liar

or is it because I'm finally confirming

something you had already
suspected, which one is it?

As I said, I should have stopped you.

(grunting)

Hiya!

(grunts)

(gasping for breath)

I think you're lifting way too heavy.

Y'know, you've been kind of grumpy lately.

I've had a lot on my mind.

(grunts)

Look, if you're looking for
someone to play games with,

try the Android.

I'm not here to play
games, I'm here to learn.

I want you to teach me how to fight.

No.

Why not?

You were teaching One.

And I'm as much a member
of this crew as he is.

No, you're not like us, and you
shouldn't want to be like us.

You've got our memories in your head.

You know we've crossed a line
and we can't ever go back.

We can't undo all the hurt we've caused.

And no matter how far
or fast we fly this ship,

sooner or later that past
is gonna catch up with us.

And when it does, there's
gonna be hell to pay.

So teach me how to protect myself.

You want to know how to protect yourself?

Walk away.

Take your share of what's owed you,

get off at the next space station,

and buy yourself a ticket
to anywhere you want to go.

But I don't want to go.

You guys are my friends.

No, we're not.

We're just a bunch of strangers
thrown together by circumstance.

You know how many of us
would jump at the chance

to abandon ship if it meant we
could get away free and clear?

Every last one of us.

(sniffles)

Look, I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.

I just don't want to see
you pay for our mistakes.

Well, it's too late.

I almost died for you guys,

trying to dig your secrets
from inside my head.

And when that crazy android
tried to destroy the ship,

she was trying to kill
all of us, including me.

So, I don't care what you say,
I am a member of this crew.

And if you don't think so
well then, maybe you should go.

(grunts)

It's quite the tidy
little plot if you ask me.

Murder the Emperor, blame it on
me, take me out of the picture

so that her own son can
take over the throne.

Tell me, Akita-san, has
your sense of duty managed

to smother what remains of your conscience?

You speak of honor and
allegiance to the throne,

but all you really are
is a co-conspirator,

a traitor to my father and
everything that he stood for.

I was like a father to
you in ways he never was.

I trained you, protected
you, refused to give up on you

even when your own flesh and
blood were ready to do so.

Then you know me and trust me when I say,

I will retake my throne
and the usurpers will pay.

I need your help, Akita-san.

Ah, I hate to interrupt you two lovebirds

but you fellas look lost.

This is a bad place to get lost in.

My name is Akita Masahiti

I'm here fulfilling my
duties as a world officer

to the Court of Ishida.

This man is a wanted criminal

and I'm returning him to face justice.

I request safe passage
through your territory

in the name of the Principality of Zairon.

Well as the self-appointed
governor of this territory,

I'm gonna have to respectfully deny

your request for safe
passage and ask that you

hand over your valuables, for inspection.

You will be compensated for your help.

Oh, yeah?

How much you got?

Nothing with me, but once
I've delivered the prisoner...

Ahh, you will come back right?

You have my word.

You know what, I'd rather
them fancy boots you got on.

Toss aside your weapons.

Ahh!

(gunshot)

(men grunting)

(gunshot)

Please, I have a wife, children!

They can do better.

(sword slicing)

(gun cocking)

Your sword, Denka.

Two: Hey.

Hey.

One day I'm scraping by on
powdered porridge and the next,

I'm eating all the dehydrated
veg chips I can stand.

Success is sweet.

And salty.

You know that when I taste the green ones,

there's this little tickle
in the back of my mind,

like I'm trying to remember
something, but I just...

I just can't.

It's only the green ones.

Here.

I keep wondering maybe if
I just think hard enough,

or eat hard enough, maybe I might remember.

What?

Oh I don't know, it's
like Four with his weapons

or Six with the Marauder
or Five fixing things.

It's something I just
have it's like instinct.

Muscle memory.

Mhmm.

It's an action you repeat so many times

it creates a long-term memory
in your brain, one so powerful

that flying or fixing or
that, becomes automatic.

Right.

So tell me, when you found
out One was really Jace Corso,

why'd you keep it a secret?

I told you.

I saw an opportunity, I took it, that's it.

And you weren't worried about
the potential consequences?

Consequences?

Guys about as dangerous as white bread.

I'm talking about you.

You didn't even consider that
if the rest of us found out,

it would hurt your standing with this crew?

I didn't think I had a standing.

Okay, yeah.

I considered it but I
decided to play the odds.

It was the wrong decision,
what do you want me to say?

That I learned a valuable lesson, sure.

No more secrets.

We need to trust each other.

Do we?

Because we are who we are.

We're not gonna change.

And more than likely,

we're just gonna fall
back into our old habits.

Muscle memory: killing, thieving...

Betraying?

Somebody gutted our memories,
probably because they thought

it would make it easier to handle us.

Make it easier to turn us in.

One of us is a traitor.

You wanna play process-of-elimination?

After you.

Okay.

Five.

Computers and gadgets are her thing.

Double-dealing and conspiracy not so much.

Six is a suspect in a mass murder.

Innocent or not, that type of
rap sheet doesn't offer much

in the way of deal opportunities.

Four, he's got that weird
nobility thing going on.

He'd rather lop off his own arm off

than dishonor himself by betraying us.

Which leaves us with three possibilities.

You, me, or one.

We should stop.

The only way we're getting back
to the ship is if I carry you

and I'd rather not.

Let me dress your wounds.

You have my word I won't attempt an escape.

Unlike my brother, my word
actually means something.

(grunting)

I've long-served the Emperor with honor,

sacrificed and risked my own
life for the Court of Ishida.

But this is by far the most difficult

thing ever asked of me.

I wish they had sent someone else instead.

Anyone else would be lying
dead in the snow back there.

True.

A part of me looked
forward to seeing you again,

honestly facing you in actual combat

after so many years of training.

And was I a worthy adversary?

You always were.

More so today.

But I honestly wish you had
reconsidered your agreement

with Hiro and not shown up.

On that we can agree.

You claim your innocence, and
you appeal to my conscience,

but you do not press your
most persuasive argument,

I owe you my life.

Three fleet destroyers,
forty-eight fighters,

over twenty-six thousand lives lost.

The greatest military defeat
in the history of Zairon.

What do you have to say
for yourself, Commander?

I saw the opportunity to press
the advantage and took it.

You blundered into a trap.

I was reckless.

I take full responsibility for my actions.

Is it possible one of your
generals forced your hand

by striking preemptively?

No, Kotei-sama.

I ask you again, Akita-san.

Isn't it possible that one of
your generals responded rashly

to the enemy provocation
thus forcing your hand?

No, Kotei-sama.

Do you know what this means?

For failing in my duties as an
officer of this court, death.

Very well.

You leave me no choice but
to order your execution.

No!

Do that and you'll be
killing an innocent man.

What are you doing here, Ryo?

Accepting responsibility
for the failed attack

on the Pyrian armada.

Your son had nothing to do with...

While I appreciate the
Royal Commander's desire

to shield me from your wrath,

I respectfully remind him
that I am no longer a boy

in need of his protection.

I alone bear responsibility
for this disastrous campaign.

I gave the order to attack.

Kotei-sama.

You?

Ordered a full-scale
assault on the enemy forces?

You are always bemoaning
my lack of killer instinct.

I assumed you'd be pleased.

Akita-san, you are dismissed.

We've never spoken of that day.

I never thanked you.

Done.

I owe you a debt.

And that debt will be paid.

Commander!

Where's the rest of your squad?

Dead.

Your orders, sir?

I'm sorry, Denka.

Arrest the prisoner.

Thanks, boys.

We'll take it from here.

Who's "we"?

Me and my armed friends surrounding you.

This man is wanted for the
murder of Emperor Ishida Nihei

of the Principality of Zairon.

He's being returned to
his home world for trial.

That man is wanted back on our ship.

I believe we have a stalemate.

Lieutenant!

(shots firing)

(shots firing)

(shots firing)

(shots firing)

We spotted the group when we landed

followed them after they left their ship.

Six is waiting for us at the marauder,

back that way about thirty minutes.

The decision is no longer mine to make.

I wish you luck, Denka, but know this,

should our paths cross
again, I will fulfill my duty

as an officer of the Royal
Court and bring you in.

Of that, I have no doubt.

Akita-san, I want you to
deliver a message to my brother.

Of course.

(whoosh)

(knocking)

Listen, I know you're in there.

I just wanted to say I'm sorry.

Of course you're a part of this crew.

You've earned your place here with us.

And you've earned the right
to make your own decisions.

Doesn't mean I've changed my mind.

I still think you're better off
as far away from us as possible.

But the truth is, when the time comes

that you do decide to leave,
I'm gonna miss you, kid.

I'm gonna miss you a lot.

(screen opening)

And I'm sorry I said, you should go.

And for calling you a big dumb jerk.

You called me a big dumb jerk?

Later, when I was alone in my room.

(chuckles)

Well, I guess I deserved it.

Now, come on out of there.

The Android says we're
about forty minutes out

from a planet with
waterfalls, pristine beaches,

and tree fruit so sweet
it'll burst your eyeballs.

(chuckling)

The way I see it, you're up one.

One, what?

On that freighter, you
saved me from getting blasted

out into space, plus one.

But then I saved you a little bit later

from those infected crazies
so that makes us even.

On the space station we
both sorta saved each other,

so we'll call that a draw.

And then when that robot
tried to fly us into the sun,

well, I saved us all so, plus one for me.

But then later you saved me so
plus one for you, we're even.

And then there was today.

I wasn't keeping score.

But me being up one sounds about right.

We stood by and watched
him kill an unarmed man.

Didn't exactly give us a
lot of time to react did he?

Plus, it was a personal matter.

Can't help but wonder what kind of person

we brought back on board with us.

(knocking)

Come in.

Am I interrupting?

No.

I'm just going over ship systems.

I wanted to thank you.

It was wrong of me to
leave without explanation.

Why did you?

Truthfully?

I didn't want to involve any of you,

have you risking your lives on my behalf.

While I appreciate that,
you've got to understand,

we didn't go back just for you.

We went back for us.

We're not just acquaintances
that come and go.

Now we have to fight for
each other, no one else will.

Then some day with your help,

I'll take my rightful place on the throne.

And on that day, I'll
remember my true family,

after I've dealt with the old one.

Mother?!

Mother?!

You tricked me!

You sent Akita-san in my
place and now he's dead.

Better him than you.

I gave Ryo my word that I would meet him.

He promised to tell me the truth
about what happened to Father.

We already know.

Ryo murdered him.

No.

He claims it was a conspiracy
from within the court.

With who's backing?

He didn't say.

He would only reveal
the details of the plot

once we were face to face.

And you believed him?

Ryo has never lied to me.

I gave him my word.

You made me a liar.

No, my son.

I've made you an Emperor.

(laughing)

(ship malfunctioning)

What was that?

(sirens)

One: What happened?

Three Ferrous Corp destroyers
just dropped out of FTL.

Get us out of here.

Their opening salvo
took out our FTL drives.

We're not going anywhere.