SGU Stargate Universe (2009–2011): Season 1, Episode 4 - Darkness - full transcript

Destiny.

The design is clearly Ancient.

Launched hundreds of thousands
of years ago.

SCOTT: Where the hell are we?

RUSH: Several billion light years from home.

SCOTT: We are on a ship, but we have no idea
where we are in relation to Earth.

RUSH: This ship could be the most
important discovery mankind has made

since the stargate itself.

YOUNG: These are the wrong people
in the wrong place.

SCOTT: I've got a lot of wounded.
We need to get home.

RUSH: We barely have enough power
to operate the main systems.



This ship simply doesn't have
the capability to dial Earth.

Even if we can get
the life support working,

- we don't have much food and water.
- Then go get some.

Little boys playing soldier.

Well, I'm sorry.
I've no interest in playing your game.

I'm not playing anything.

I'm trying to save the lives
of everyone aboard that ship.

We do have power issues to be aware of.

If I wasn't being clear,
I was giving you an order.

Dr. Rush.

- Dr. Rush, I was wondering if...
- Not now!

What are you doing?

Morning.
Colonel Young asked us to figure out...

I turned these systems off for a reason.
They need to stay off!



BRODY: Don't know whether the ship
has electrolyzed it to produce oxygen,

but you can see
there's not much left in there.

We did some calculations
based on our estimates

of the water depth and tank dimensions.

- And the winner is?
- Just over 90, 000 liters.

91,046. Ish.

Go, Math Boy.

- Sounds like a lot.
- It wouldn't fill a backyard swimming pool.

Still, it's enough to loosen
the rationing restrictions, isn't it?

Camile, I think I know
where you're going with this,

and believe me when I say
that I, too, could use a shower.

I don't think the showers use water.

They just spray a sort of mist
that you kind of stand in,

and it sort of beads up.

There's one in a compartment
off the crew quarters.

How do you know all that
if you haven't tried it?

How do you know I haven't tried it?

Oh, we know.

Thank you, Lieutenant Rose Garden.

No, he's right. You're worse than he is.

Wow, you can tell them apart?

We also identified a recycling system
for liquid waste,

so once we get that system
up and running...

Okay, folks, let's have a better day
than yesterday. Thank you.

- Your ration, sir.
- Thank you.

I ordered you here 20 minutes ago.

I've been working.

Throughout the night, actually,

trying to find out
why our power reserves are so low.

I'm quite concerned, and so should you be.

Okay, well, how bad is it?

I haven't been able to access any
of the main systems yet, so I don't know.

You look exhausted.
Maybe you should take a break.

Get the information we need

and make some informed decisions,
and we report...

Could you please stop people
running around

activating every bloody system
they can get their hands on?

I will.

That was delicious. Thank you very much.

That man is a lot of work.
Let's bring in the next group, please.

Doctor, I'm very sorry to bother you.

I know you're busy, but I really need your...

What did I say?

Come on, it doesn't have to be profound.

Just who you are
and something you want to say.

Like... Hi, I'm Eli Wallace.

I'm 25 years old.
I'm currently unemployed,

and just for posterity's sake,
I'd like to say,

"Take your stinking paws off me,
you damn dirty ape! " For example.

I'm not really gonna say that.
Just try it. Say something.

YOUNG: Well, it could be that Rush is
just starting a fire so he can put it out,

or it could be that he's so far ahead of us

he can see problems
that none of us can see.

So what do you want us to do?

Help him.

The man likes to work alone.

Well, with the way he's been treated,
you can hardly blame him.

I can blame him all day long.

It's pretty hard not to, considering.

- This isn't helpful.
- Yeah, well, it's the truth.

YOUNG: Well, we're stuck
with Rush for now.

Scott is checking out the other shuttle,
seeing if it's operational.

He asked that you two join him
when we were done here, so off you go.

Dismissed.

Please tell me that's everyone.

We still have the question of what to do
with the Senator's body.

Yeah, we'll get to him.
He's not going anywhere.

I'd appreciate a file on everyone
by sometime tomorrow.

Nothing fancy.

- And my assignment, sir?
- Recipes, Becker.

For the love of God, recipes.

Second Lieutenant Vanessa James, 26,
Air Force Special Forces.

All I have to say is,

I don't want to die out here.

WRAY: Colonel!

YOUNG: I thought we were done.

There are still dozens of human resources
issues we need to talk about.

Pick one.

The matter of Lieutenant Johansen
resigning her commission.

Consider her reactivated.

- Well, I don't know if that's up to...
- Up to me? Yeah, it is.

We need a medic.

I don't even know why she resigned
in the first place.

Well, that's none of my business.

Colonel, look what we figured out.
We're calling it a recharging plate.

YOUNG: Uh-huh.

We've tweaked it so it works
with Earth technology.

For now, we have to be careful

not to leave them on the plate for too long
or it fries the battery, but...

- Not bad, huh?
- It's great.

- Isn't it?
- Turn it off.

- Why?
- Well, Rush says we have power issues.

We've got all these things to recharge.

I know, but as soon as he gives
the go-ahead, you kids can go crazy.

For now, help me pass the word
to stop pushing buttons.

It's cool, guys. This one's secure.

JOHANSEN: You think you can
fly this thing, man?

I can fly an F-302.

GREER: Yeah, in a simulator.

This is a real spaceship, man.

Yes, it is.

So, pretty screwed up, huh?

Yeah.

Yeah, pretty screwed up.

You think they're gonna work it out?

We're pretty freaking far from home, man.
I don't know.

Not today.

You should have shipped out
weeks ago, T.J.

- It's not right.
- It ain't right at all.

Yeah, well, I'm here,
so what do you want us to do?

Help me figure out
what kind of bird we got here.

I just radioed Brody to come down,
help translate the controls.

Took me half an hour
just to find the "On" switch.

Maybe we can take a little joyride, huh?

Oh, joy!

You don't have to follow me around.

What do you mean?

I mean that I'm okay.

Oh. Thank God you said something,

'cause I thought you were
following me around,

and it was about to get awkward.

I don't mind the company.

I just don't want to keep you
from anything important.

I am done with important.
I'm taking the day off from important.

- You should.
- So should you.

Me?

I don't even know what to do
with myself, Eli.

I'm the last person who should be here.

- I'm second to last.
- You're underestimating yourself.

So are you.

Can you show me how to use that shower
you were talking about?

Yes. Yes, I can.

YOUNG: Scott's checking out the shuttle,
seeing if it's operational.

Everyone else is holding the work
until you give the green light.

Thank you.

Look, I want you to know
that I'm well aware

that in the field of Ancient technology,

or pretty much any other subject
I can think of,

you're the best I've got.

But we can't be working at cross purposes.

All I ask is that you check with me
before issuing orders.

Check with you?
No, no, you see, you got it backwards.

If you're doing something,
I want to know what it is,

and this is not a request.

Done. Fine. I'll tell you everything.

If there is an issue that affects
everybody on this ship,

like we're running out of power.

I think I already told you that.

I'm not here to snap your back
or piss you off,

but if we're going to be on this ship
for any length of time,

we need to be on the same page.

I think our length of time
together on Destiny

may be shorter than you think.

Okay.

I get it. Who can I bring in to help?

Honestly, it may take
longer than we've got

to bring someone else up to speed.

- Volker it is.
- Perfect, terrific.

You can tell him to sit on his hands
if you want to.

Spencer, Sergeant. I'm 31.

All I want to say is, I never asked for this.

All I want is to get off this ship.

ELI: What's it feel like?

What?

What's it feel like on your bare skin?

- It's really warm!
- Yeah?

- JAMES: Eli.
- I'm just standing guard!

Anybody could walk in. I... What?

- Whatever. I need to talk to you.
- I'm...

Alone. It's important.

Wow, I am so torn.

Chloe, I'm gonna take Eli for a minute.
That all right with you?

Okay!

I'll check back with you later, okay?

Okay!

Hey, heard you could use a helper.

Well, you heard wrong.

Yeah, Young said not to take no
for an answer.

RUSH: If he wanted to be helpful,
he would have sent Eli instead.

Well, thank you for that,
but Eli's a kid, really,

- and I'm an astrophysicist, so...
- Mr. Volker,

I neither need nor want your help,
all right?

Look, he's just going to drag me right
back in here, and you know it.

Come on.

Right, I'm concerned that Destiny
is on the verge of losing power.

Look for yourself.

This ship's been flying around
for the better part of a million years.

I know.

So I don't understand why
all of a sudden...

Well, we showed up and started
doing things, how about that?

- Like what?
- Dialing back to Earth, for one!

Come on, we had to try.

Look out a window, man.
We're flying faster than the speed of light.

How close to the end of the rope
can we be?

You're obviously not capable
of seeing the signs.

Okay, well, speaking of signs,
when was the last time you slept?

Look, if you know what you're looking for,

there are clear indications that power
is being channeled

into life support and away from...

How can you know that?

We're still completely locked out
of the core systems.

Out!

- Okay, I'll... Forget I said anything.
- Now!

- No, I'll just work quietly...
- It's too bloody late for that, isn't it?

I told him you'd be a waste of time!
A waste of time that we can ill afford!

If you can't see the signs
staring you in the face,

then you're no good to me! Get out!

Look, we just want to talk.

You said "alone."

Well, how else was I supposed
to get you out of there?

What's going on, Eli?

- You mean right now?
- Don't be an idiot.

Wow, you must be getting to know me,
because I respond really well to that.

We can't get a straight answer
from anybody

about whether or not we're going
to make it back to Earth.

I don't think anybody knows.

JAMES: They don't know or won't tell us?

I'm pretty sure if they knew,
they would tell you.

They'd tell you.

Me?

- Are you serious?
- Yeah, we are, Eli.

You're on the inside. Rush needs you.

The Colonel's looking out for you.

Okay, tell you what,

if they tell me, then I'll tell you.

That's all we ask.

That's it?

Great. This has been good.

I think as a group, we've bonded.

- You got to be kidding me.
- I know.

You were in there five minutes.

He kicked me out.

What's the matter with you?
You're a grown man.

I know that, but he said, "Out!"

Well, what the hell did you say
to the man?

I didn't say anything! I was trying
to figure out what his problem was.

It's our problem, Volker. It's not just his.
I need you to get your ass back in there.

- I'm telling you, he's gone crazy.
- Well, we already knew that. Go.

This isn't the old crazy.
This is a whole new crazy.

Would you like me to hold your hand,
is that it?

Is that what you need me to do?

- Come on, Colonel, I'm trying.
- All right.

Here we go. Let's do this.

I'll take you there myself.
And for God's sake, Volker,

if you people can't stand up
to the son of a bitch...

YOUNG: Did you do that, Rush?

Is that what you think? No.

No, I didn't, but I have been standing here
for the past few minutes

watching systems fail all over the ship,

and there's nothing
that I could do to stop that.

The FTL drive was amongst the last to go.

We could be in range of a stargate.

You see what I mean?
No, there's no countdown.

There's got to be emergency reserves.

I don't think you seem to understand
what's going on here, Colonel.

Our reserves are gone.

All of our power is gone.

Uh, Dr. Dale Volker. I'm 34 years old,

and despite what you may
or may not have heard

from a certain Scottish person,

I like to think that
I'm a pretty fine astrophysicist.

I mean, they don't send you to work
on solving the mysteries of the universe

on other planets if you're a hack, right?

So, that's all I have to say.

And we can't all be Mozarts, right?

Some of us are Salieris.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.
I like Salieri.

I find his music is...

It's... It's soothing. I'm not suggesting
that he's Mozart, either.

Although Mozart did go a little nuts,
didn't he?

All right, I'm done.
He's maybe a Schubert at best.

Or an Elgar.

I'm done, Eli.

FRANKLIN: Hey, the lights went off
in my compartment.

- Yeah, it's the same all over.
- FRANKLIN: Well, why?

Why does everybody think
that I know everything?

CHLOE: Eli! Eli!

Eli! Eli!

ELI: Chloe?

Not funny, Eli!

It wasn't me!
We had a power failure or something.

- I was on my way to go...
- Well, I'm freezing, and I can't see!

Wait. Hold on. Here, let me help.

Oh! Sorry! Sorry.

Everything just stopped
and went pitch black.

I completely freaked.

Yeah, we heard.

- How was the shower?
- It's fine. Thanks for asking.

Look, just go find out what's going on.
I'm okay.

Here, here. It's something, anyway.

- Don't make any long distance phone calls.
- Thanks.

- Eli?
- Yeah!

Wait for me?

Sure.

- Turn around.
- Sure.

YOUNG: So it wasn't anything you did?

Since I arrived, I have been unable
to access any of the core systems,

power, navigation or propulsion.

Why didn't you bring
somebody else in on this?

Because I'm the only qualified person!

YOUNG: You see,
this is what I'm talking about.

VOLKER: Maybe it's like a Lantean device.

You need the Ancient gene to access the...

Destiny predates that technology.

You know that for a fact?

Yes, Colonel!
I know many, many things for a fact!

I know you asked Gorman to poke around
in the weapons systems, for a fact!

I know you have ordered teams
of people all over the ship

to do things that they know
nothing about, for a fact!

Right. You think all those things
add up to this, Rush?

Does that make sense to you?

Look. Look!

No, you're right. You are right.

It was your reckless, pointless attempt
to dial Earth

that robbed me of the time
I needed to solve this problem!

Well, maybe we're just
missing something.

Yes, the opportunity of a lifetime!
Because you wouldn't listen to me!

- T.J., this is Young.
- RUSH: I refuse to be held responsible

- for this situation!
- We could use a medic in the Gate Room.

YOUNG: Nobody's blaming you.

- I ran out of time!
- We can fix this.

Fix this? What do you think, just because
you give the order that it's possible?

There is no more power!

Destiny saved every last ounce
of its reserves for life support,

and I've seen it happening!

I've seen it being sequestered
away from me!

I tried to... I tried to stop it.
I tried to stop it, but I couldn't.

I tried to... I tried to stop it.
I tried to stop it, but I couldn't.

- Rush...
- In a few days' time,

this ship will go dark!

It will go dark and cold.

YOUNG: T.J., now.

Okay, I'm Sergeant Hunter Riley.

I'm one day short of my 30th birthday.

I grew up on a farm.

I have relatives who've never
even left the state,

and here I am halfway
across the universe, so...

No regrets.

YOUNG: So...

VOLKER: Rush was right.
Everything but life support is dead.

Well, why now?
Why just when we show up?

Because we just showed up.

Well, there's the stargate.

It's a power hog,
and we had it on all day yesterday.

There's still some power, and the shields
are still working to some degree.

- Again, that's to keep us alive.
- For how long?

We're gonna have to wait for Rush
to wake up for an answer to that one.

Well, T.J. says he's not going to be up
for a while.

So where does that leave us?

- Dead.
- Dead.

Not right away.

VOLKER: Yeah, we have days,
maybe a lot of days,

but if there's no stargate in range...

And there's not.

We don't have the power
to dial out anyway.

So it's a race between food, water
and life support.

I don't buy that.

We can't do anything without access
to the ship's systems.

Look. I mean, I could stand here all day.

Eli?

I put a Kino into search mode

and sent it into unpressurized
areas of the ship

looking for an active console somewhere.

Nothing yet.

Also, I was looking into if there's any way
we could integrate the shuttle's power

with the ship's system.

- So you're working the problem.
- Yeah.

Does the computer-hacking dropout

- have to save our asses...
- The dropout is still here.

Or are you going to get
your heads out of yours?

The shuttle idea is pretty good.

Yeah, there might be a work-around.

Well, let's do that.

Thank you, Eli.

By the way, it's MIT dropout.

You want a gold star for that?

- No, I just...
- Do something.

I'm going to be gone for a few hours.

- Gone?
- YOUNG: To report this mess.

If you need me, yank me back.

Wanna say hi?

Lieutenant Matthew Scott.

I'm 26 years old,

and I'd like to say a prayer for all of us
if that's okay.

ELI: Sure, yeah. Whatever you want.

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down
in green pastures.

He leadeth me to still waters.

- TELFORD: I'll take it from here, Peter.
- Again?

What can I say?
I'm a glutton for punishment.

Okay.

- TELFORD: What's going on, Sergeant?
- Actually, I was coming to ask you.

Colonel Young went back to report.
I'm Colonel Telford.

I'd like to speak
with Dr. Rush immediately.

Oh? Well, he's had
a nervous breakdown, sir.

- What?
- But I can take you to Lieutenant Scott.

He's in the shuttle.

Wow, that was quick.

It doesn't take very long to say,
"We're screwed."

I'm sorry, sir.
I wish there was something we could do.

There is.

I'll shout down
when she's ready to see you.

Lieutenant Tamara Johansen.

I'm a paramedic.

I actually quit my job a few weeks ago.

I shouldn't even be here.

To think I could have missed all of this.

YOUNG: Hey.

Emily.

No, don't.

I said that you could come in,
but that's all.

Okay.

Scott, Johansen.

A word, please.

There's no power except for the shuttle?

Sir, you already know that.

Matt, this is Colonel Telford.

That's right.

Now, would either of you two officers
care to explain how Colonel Young

managed to let things fall apart so fast?

There was no way of knowing
this was going to happen.

You're saying Rush didn't see it coming?

That's what I thought.

I want to know what's really
going on aboard this ship.

- It's just... It's ridiculous.
- YOUNG: It's true.

Let's say that it is. Why?

Why are you putting me through this?

Because I wanted to say...

I'm sorry.

I didn't choose my job over you.

It wasn't just about the job.

I know.

I love you.

I'm guessing that didn't go well.

Sir.

- How does this change anything?
- What do you mean?

Let's say that I believe all of this.

I don't really, but even if I did,
you did choose, and you chose to go.

YOUNG: I didn't choose this.

You knew there was a chance
you wouldn't be coming back.

I am coming back.

No. You wouldn't be here like this
to say goodbye

if you really thought there was a chance.

Listen, I'm doing everything that I can.
I'm going to do everything that I can.

I want nothing more than
to get back here to be with you,

and I want nothing more than
for you to be here

for me when I do get home.

I'm just saying
I don't know when that will be.

Please.

You made your choice, Everett.

And I made mine. Nothing's changed.

And I really... I really do hope
that you're going to be okay.

- Hey. Emily, listen. Please.
- Don't. Don't, please.

Emily, please. Emily.

Just let me go.

I gave you a direct order, Lieutenant.

Sir, I understand that you gave me
a direct order,

and I respectfully suggest
it would be a complete waste of time!

I'm telling you,
the ship came here for a reason!

- SCOTT: Sir?
- The ship came here for what reason?

- Colonel Young?
- Yeah, yeah.

What the hell was Telford
just ordering you to do?

Use the communication stones
to report that you need to be replaced.

Well, he's probably right about that.

So, the ship came here for what reason?

The odds of coming out of FTL

on the outer edge of a star system
are astronomical.

Throw in the fact that there are
three potentially habitable planets,

plus a gas giant to act as a comet catcher
on the outside of the system?

We're talking miraculous.

So there's a chance now
that we're going to live...

Though our definition of "habitable"

just means the surface temperature range
allows for the presence of liquid water,

and since the primary's a red dwarf,

the planets must have
a relatively short orbital radius

just to fall within that range,

which means there's a likelihood
at least one or two of them

will be tidally locked,

meaning one side
will always be facing the star,

which increases the prospect of geological
instability due to tidal stresses,

and I can't stand earthquakes.

I was in one when I was 13,
and I cut both my feet on broken glass.

But it might be nice!

Hey. How are you?

- How did I get here?
- You're not that heavy.

You passed out for a little while.

- How long?
- About 10 hours.

It's probably the first real sleep
you've had since we arrived here.

Has anything happened?

Not since we lost power, no.
You haven't missed a thing.

How do you feel?

Embarrassed.

- Don't be.
- Well, you weren't there.

Your head's pounding, right?

How many cups of coffee
do you normally drink a day?

Four? Five?

You're in caffeine withdrawal.

So are about a dozen
other people on board.

It can make you pretty crazy.

You should see the smokers.

You're looking at one.

Double whammy, huh?

I was going to let you sleep it off,

but the Colonel wants you
to see something, so let's go.

ELI: If you don't do one, they're not
going to know who the hell you are.

Eli, I have nothing to say.

ELI: People are going to find this.

They're going to want to know
who we were.

Look, I'll do your slate, okay?

This is Dr. Nicholas Rush.

He is the lead scientist
of the Icarus Project.

Now just say what you feel.

Come on in.

Orbital insertion trajectory?

That was my first thought.

I thought your first thought was
we were gonna fly into the damn thing.

SCOTT: But, no, sir. I'm guessing
we'll get close enough to kiss,

but not enough for capture.

An aerobraking maneuver?

Well, the math's over my head, but, yeah,

we should come out of a slingshot
somewhere in-system.

Where there are habitable planets.

- I didn't tell him.
- No, but you're all smiling.

Well, we're still too far out to know
if they're anything more than rocks,

but we found three candidates
before Big Bertha here filled up the sky.

So this trajectory is no accident, then.

The man's quick.
We'll know once we're clear.

That'll be in six minutes.

Who translated this?

You know it's completely backwards.

Well, pull up a chair, sir.
This'll be a show you don't want to miss.

YOUNG: So we're clear,
my definition of habitable

includes a sandy beach,
a tropical climate...

RUSH: There's going to be
some severe turbulence

when we contact the atmosphere.

I'll pass the word.

Colonel, about our previous conversation...

- Rush, no need to apologize.
- I wasn't about to.

I'm trying to explain I was suffering
from withdrawal symptoms...

Yeah, yeah, I know. I know all about it.

Lot of, lot of work.

Hello, there. Adam Brody is my name.

Can I start again?

My name's Adam Brody, as I said earlier.

- Hello...
- ELI: Cut.

Adam Brody, engineer.

I like football, and I... What?

Dude, this isn't for
a dating service.

Yeah, I just...
I don't know why that came out.

I'm just... I don't know why I'm so nervous.

ELI: No, no, it's all good. It's all good.

What do we got?
We have your name, we have your job.

What else is there?

- Oh, you're 40-something, so...
- Thirty-six.

ELI: Okay. We got that now.
We'll fix that in editing.

All that's left is
what you want to say for posterity.

I always knew I was going to die in space.

From the moment I stepped
through the stargate, I...

I mean, I didn't expect this,

but I knew something awful
was going to happen.

I just knew it.

This is Young.

We are expecting some
atmospheric turbulence in a few minutes.

Find a secure place
and plunk your asses down.

RILEY ON KINO: Whoa!
Don't shoot. It's me!

GREER: You can talk through that thing?

RILEY: Hey, I can talk through this thing!

- Riley asked me how to use...
- I asked him how the Kino works.

Yeah, yeah. We took a wrong turn.

I can and will kick your ass.

YOUNG: Let's do that later.

We're going to pass very close
to a gas giant in a few minutes.

It's going to be a bumpy ride.

We're short on radios.
Help me spread the word.

- Yes, sir.
- YOUNG: Thank you.

He...

YOUNG: Wrong turn, really?

You going to stick to that story?

Go, help. Now.

BRODY: Oh, my...

Ninety seconds to contact.

- Come on, come on, come on.
- I'm coming!

Well, we don't have much time.

You've seen planets from space.

How could you let yourself
get jaded to this stuff so fast?

I'm not jaded.
I've just got other stuff on my mind.

Oh?

Well, we're just passing through
the atmosphere of a gas giant

on the far side of the universe
in an Ancient spaceship.

I'm sure there'll be other gas giants.

Okay, okay, let's go.

Eli! Can we please slow down?

Trust me, it'll be worth it, okay?

I guess everybody had the same idea.

Eli, it's beautiful.

Thirty seconds to contact. Hang on.

No, no, no, I need everyone
away from the walls.

Away from the walls.

The turbulence could break your back.

Sit down.

Hell of a ride, huh?

Yes. Yes, it was.

Now, let's find these planets
you were talking about.

There they are, dead ahead.

Yes, we should be able
to analyze the atmosphere

of the nearest planet within a few hours.

- Are we clear?
- Yes, sir.

- Did you catch any of that?
- YOUNG: No, I couldn't get back in time.

- SCOTT: This is unbelievable.
- Lieutenant, look at this.

- SCOTT: You sure missed a great show, sir.
- Please, everyone.

Please, everyone be quiet!

Our trajectory has changed.

- Oh, no.
- JOHANSEN: Changed?

The planet has altered Destiny's course
more than we hoped.

What are you talking about, Rush?

Lieutenant,
what the hell's he talking about?