SGU Stargate Universe (2009–2011): Season 2, Episode 18 - Epilogue - full transcript
The shuttle lands on Novus and the recon team explores a bunker where they find an extensive library and archive that cataloged virtually all of the activities of the original colonists. The kinos and other recordings reveal the k...
I may be on the
verge of discovering
the true nature of
Destiny's mission.
You've had control of
this ship the whole time!
Why wouldn't you tell anyone?
The Lucian Alliance is
planning an attack on Earth.
I killed Riley. I suffocated
him with my own hands.
You are a good commander.
There is no mission other
than getting these people home.
It was never about going home,
it's about getting us
to where we're going.
That is the mission.
Ginn and I figured out
how to dial the
ninth chevron back
to Earth while Destiny
recharges in a star.
Wait three seconds,
then follow me!
The connection was made,
but you were the only one
who made it through to Earth.
You're Matthew Scott.
And you're Ronald Greer.
How do you know our names?
I don't even know
how this is possible.
Their civilization was founded
2,000 years ago by
the crew of the Destiny.
What's Novus?
The planet where you
founded our civilization.
But then one day
something happened,
and we couldn't connect
to Novus anymore.
Will you take us home?
You see any movement down there?
Negative.
But millions of people lived
here. Where did they all go?
Colonel?
T.J.?
No.
It's Chloe.
Where's... Where's Steven?
I'm right here, Dad.
Sara's on her way.
She'll be here any minute.
I'm sorry.
Ash.
We just did a recon
of the city center.
Place is completely deserted.
Hard to breathe, too,
with all the ash falling.
So much for dropping
them all off down there.
I don't want you hanging
around if it's too dangerous.
Yes, sir, but Yaozu took us to the
entrance to an underground complex.
It's sort of like a
giant fallout shelter.
Who knows, there could
be people holed up in there.
I think we should check it out.
Be careful. Planet's unstable.
Copy that.
Got a problem, though. Doors
are sealed. Pretty thick, too.
We tried to blast
it open with C-4,
even used the shuttle's
weapons, but no luck.
We can use Destiny's main
weapon, blow a hole in it.
Yeah, and destroy the
entire complex in the process.
We'll dial down the power. 60%.
The doors are pretty thick,
and the actual bunker is way
underground, hundreds of feet.
I'd say it's worth a shot.
Yeah.
All right, give us
the coordinates.
I got a lock.
Lieutenant, we are ready to
fire. Are you clear of the area?
Yes, sir. Fire away.
Lieutenant?
Colonel, we're on-site.
Nice shooting. It worked.
There's still power.
That's a good sign.
My father worked down here. He
would sometimes bring me with him.
I remember running
through these halls as a child.
Hello?
What is this room?
The Teneran archive.
The entire history of
our people is stored here.
Let's hope it can tell us
what happened to them.
What the hell is this?
I don't know!
This isn't Earth!
Something obviously went wrong!
All right, Greer, James, organize
teams! We need to find shelter!
- Where's Telford?
- He didn't make it!
Why? What happened to him?
I don't know!
You brought a Kino? ELI: I
know we weren't supposed to...
Find a planet!
Can you redial Destiny?
It's gone!
All right, everyone,
stay calm! Stay close!
Turn this off!
The first recording stored
in the Teneran archive.
2,000 years ago.
I'm still trying to wrap
my mind around that.
See what else they've got.
Okay, communications are up.
We should be able to talk to Destiny.
Just hit that button.
This one? Yeah.
Colonel, this is
Scott, do you read?
Yeah, we read you.
Yeah, we are in one
of the archive rooms.
There's a bunch of
them, on several levels.
Still no people?
Not a soul.
Well, we have power, though.
The grid draws from a combo of
solar, wind and geothermal energy.
Is there anything
worth salvaging?
Tons!
We found the Testament
people were talking about,
the entire Teneran repository,
thousands of Kino recordings,
historical documents,
a detailed account of when
we first got here from Destiny.
None of which is any
good to us right now.
We've got a ship full of people.
We need supplies
for life support.
There's also food storage.
Canned goods, survival-type rations.
Good, we'll use the shuttles to
start ferrying supplies to Destiny.
You should go down,
check the place out.
Okay.
Keep me posted. SCOTT: Yes, sir.
Colonel! People are
starting to pass out.
Atmosphere's way too thin.
We've got four addresses.
Start dialing. Whoa, wait!
What if they're
worse than this place?
We can't just
walk through blind.
We'll just send a
Kino through first.
What, there's more than one?
Six, actually. I
wasn't the only one
who decided to
sneak one through.
Start dialing!
Long way down, huh?
Yeah, my ears popped on the way.
I like the muzak, though.
So this is the archive room?
Yeah, the main one.
Five others above us.
Above that, living quarters,
tech and other
supplies, food storage.
Scott and Greer are already
up there scouting the place.
Where you going?
To join them. ELI: They
don't need any help.
Young's sending down...
Yup.
Colonel, this is Scott, come in.
Go ahead.
Yeah, this planet looks good. You
can start sending people through.
Copy that.
Well, this is it, our new home,
a planet known only to God.
Hell of a lot of data here.
Yeah, it looks like they
documented everything.
"It is easier to know
where you are going
"when you know where
you have been." Eli Wallace.
You know, it's going to take
years to get through all this.
We'll bring it back to Destiny.
Yeah.
These drives are built
right into the structure,
so I don't think we're going to
be able to physically move them.
So we configure an
uplink, stream the data.
My thoughts exactly.
Brody. Hmm.
Brody! Hmm!
Sorry.
Is it okay if I do this?
Uh... Maybe I should do it.
You are the founding father
of the enemy nation, after all.
Hmm.
Futura.
That's just stupid.
Enough with the name.
That's it.
Some people brought through
clothing items, hairpins,
bandannas. We're going through it all.
Not much.
We just have to make do until
Rush figures out where we are
and brings Destiny back
in range so we can dial.
Seriously?
Adam, Destiny's gone. Destroyed.
We don't know that for certain.
No, we don't,
but we also don't know if
this is present day, either.
We were dialing inside a
star. It could've hit a solar flare.
For all we know, we
could've gone back in time,
or forward, days, months, years.
The fact is, we're stuck here
now for God knows how long,
so we need to build shelter,
we need to find food. Let's move.
Rush, come check this out!
2,000 years on the
other side of the universe,
and beef jerky survives.
Hey, there you are!
Eli and the others
are working on a way
to upload the archive
back up to Destiny.
If we try to go through it all
down here, we'd never leave.
What are you reading?
There are thousands
of books in here.
A bunch of school textbooks,
math, science, all written by Eli.
The college dropout.
Yeah.
So you've been sitting
down here reading textbooks?
No, I found my diary.
I know, weird.
My first entry when
we got to this planet,
"The air is good. Plenty of
trees, fresh water, a lot like Earth.
"Two weeks have gone by, and
we now have a name for our home.
"Novus. It means new.
"We're trying to settle in,
get some decent shelters built.
"I'm still not sleeping well.
"Never thought I'd say this,
"but I miss Destiny."
Look, I already told
you we can't move there.
Why not? It's not far. It's flat,
wide open, plenty of room...
Because it's a flood plain.
First rain, and we're washed out.
We've got good protection
here, up slope, out of the wind.
Plenty of trees to build
proper shelter, homes...
How? We have no tools.
One of the springs on the
plain is seeping ferric hydroxide.
Bog iron deposits.
It should get us jump-started
on basic tool-making,
then we can really
speed things up.
I still think it's a good
idea to look for a better...
You know what, it
was your good idea
that got us stuck on this
planet in the first place!
What? You agreed with it...
We are here because
of your calculations!
Both of you, stop
this right now.
We're not doing
this again, all right?
The decision is made.
We are staying here.
Sir, we're going to
have to build a fence.
There's wildlife on this planet.
We just saw some nasty-looking
creatures on our scout.
Great.
I've got people out on patrol,
but we're going to run
out of ammo real quick.
Yeah, hence the fence.
Right.
Sounds good. How
about we do it. Let's go.
It's amazing.
We came here with hardly
anything, and 2,000 years later...
Our kids done good.
Kind of want to
read the rest of it.
See who ended up with...
Under the table!
Uh, guys?
You might want to get
moving on that data transfer.
You okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Whoo. I hate earthquakes.
Yeah? It's my first, actually.
Greer, this is Scott,
you okay up there?
Yeah, everybody's all good.
We're sending down additional
teams to help with those supplies.
We need to pick up the pace.
Copy that.
"Six weeks on the planet.
"We've been doing
okay, for the most part.
"Until today."
Garden?
The fruit that Scott
and Greer found?
Planting some seeds,
see what happens.
T.J.!
"Volker's condition
is getting worse.
T.J. doesn't know
what's wrong with him.
"She thinks maybe
his kidneys are failing,
"but without any medical
equipment, she can't be sure.
"And there's nothing
she can do to help him."
"Today we had our first funeral.
"Dr. Dale Volker."
Hey, Lieutenant
Scott just radioed.
The shuttle's loaded
and ready to take you back
to Destiny to start the uplink.
A small cut, but it may
need a couple of stitches.
I'm fine... You will be,
once I patch you up.
You're not getting enough rest.
Nobody is.
The others follow your lead.
What is that? The
stitches, what is it?
Tendons from one of
those animals Greer killed.
The needle could use
a little work, though.
Best Brody could
make on short notice.
You okay?
Yeah.
With all this
construction going on,
people need to be more careful.
Not overdo it,
know when to rest.
Yeah, I'll keep that in mind.
Okay, there you go.
Take it easy and
watch for infection.
Got it.
Son of a...
You okay? Yeah,
I'm good. I'm good...
Hey, listen.
Nobody blames you.
It is what it is.
We're here,
and we have our whole lives
ahead. Make the most of it.
That easy, huh? No.
But beating yourself up
every day just makes it worse.
The stargate was destroyed
in one of the eruptions,
buried in lava decades ago.
Most of the people left
the planet before then,
but after they lost the gate, they
needed to figure another way out.
Both of the countries realized
they stood a better chance of survival
if they worked together,
so they pooled their resources and
they built ships. Huge, huge ships.
Not capable of FTL,
but big enough to evacuate
the rest of the population.
Where did they go?
They went to one of
the planets they had
previously sent an
expedition team to.
10 days travel for
us on Destiny in FTL,
but it'll take them a few
hundred years with their ships.
Good to know they
got their act together.
Hey, look, we
never really talked.
Don't worry about it. I'm okay.
See, this is always the time I
do something to sabotage things.
It's kind of a
defense mechanism.
Tough to explain.
It's not tough at all.
Everything you've ever cared
about has been taken from you
so you're trying to make
sure it doesn't happen again.
This is a huge
step for you, Matt.
I'm proud of you.
You should be proud of yourself.
Well, still, I'll understand
if you don't wanna come.
Are you kidding? First
wedding on Novus?
Camile's gonna make a pie, so...
I wouldn't miss it.
"Today was a good day on Novus.
"The best day yet."
So, everybody's hooking up.
Matt and Chloe are married.
Now rumor is Varro and
James are getting together.
Figures.
T.J. just had her baby boy,
named him Steven, after her father.
Yeah. Everybody's
getting together,
except me
and Brody.
This is Eli. Is Volker
back on the ship yet?
Yeah, I'm here. Are you ready?
All set.
We're starting the transfer now.
Eli, look at this.
The factory where they
built their interstellar ships?
According to this, there's
one ship still in there.
It was still under construction
when they left the planet.
How close to completion?
Is it operational?
I don't know.
What?
Let's see.
Come on. I'm
documenting your progress.
You'll thank me for
this later, I promise.
Come on.
And how far along are you?
Six months.
Matt's going crazy
trying to build them
a house before the baby arrives.
I told him not to worry
about it, but you know Matt.
Sign he's going to
make a great father.
And you a great uncle.
Oh, crap.
I just accessed the
geothermal monitoring data.
It turns out their
theory's right.
A black hole has
entered this system.
The tidal forces are
ripping this planet apart.
Is that a fault line?
Yeah! Running
right under the city.
Very active, and very shallow.
The crust is increasingly
thin, like shattering glass.
Magma bubbling up everywhere.
We can't stay here much longer.
The database is immense.
The transfer could take days.
37 hours with my
compression algorithm.
Well, let's hope
that's enough time.
Good, good, you're doing good.
Where's T.J.?
Eli went to get her.
Don't worry, don't worry.
You're doing fine. I love you.
Just don't forget to breathe...
Shut up and leave me alone!
Oh, thank God! Come on...
Okay, just breathe. Yeah, yeah,
I've been telling her
to keep breathing...
No, you!
Okay.
Wow, just on time.
You're crowning.
What can I do?
You can get ready
to cut the cord.
Okay, Chloe, one
last push. Ready?
It's a boy.
I can't believe it.
I'm a daddy.
You have any names picked out?
Dale.
Babies are being born.
Chloe, Park, James.
T.J. and Colonel Young
already have two: a boy and a girl.
It's good, you know, for
the future of our settlement,
but still, sometimes...
It's a girl. Huh.
Mom and baby are fine.
You okay?
Yeah. Just, uh, tired.
Yeah.
Me and Corporal Barnes?
Something worth pursuing?
Rush? Yeah.
How bad? SCOTT: Park
says 6.2. Pretty strong.
The fault line they
discovered is getting wider.
The city's crumbling into it.
All right, well, be smart.
Don't wait too long to
get the hell out of there.
We won't. We've got
a pretty good eye on it,
and it looks like this bunker
was built to withstand a lot.
I think we're okay.
And?
And what?
How was it?
It was fine.
We had a very pleasant dinner.
Of all the dates I've
had since we got here,
she's easily the most
compatible with me.
So then what's the problem?
I don't know.
I mean,
I've already found my soul
mate. I don't need another.
Steven, no, don't eat
that! Don't eat that...
That was a close call.
Yeah.
You okay?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Records say there's actually
a ship still in the factory
a few kilometers
outside the city.
Doesn't say if it's
operational or not, but if it is,
it'll be capable of holding the
entire group of descendants.
All right. Go ahead
and check it out.
How's the transfer coming?
So far, so good.
Just over 900 exabytes. Still
a drop in the bucket, though.
Perfect. I need you to
take me back to Destiny.
No, I'm flying them over to
check out that ship-building factory.
Yeah, fine, then you can
take me back to the Destiny.
My symptoms are getting
worse. It's affecting my legs.
I'm losing my
balance, stumbling.
My speech is also...
I'm slurring words here and
there. I have trouble eating.
I wish I could do a more
accurate diagnosis, but...
It sounds like ALS,
Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Tamara, I just heard.
This disease,
just because the other you got
it when you came to this planet,
it doesn't mean you'll get it.
Yeah, it does.
It's not something that you
contract. I'm carrying it right now.
Is there anything you
can do? Any medicines?
There's no cure.
Coming up on the factory.
T.J.
Colonel, you didn't
have to come down here.
Volker's checking Destiny's
medical database to see...
To see if there's anything,
anything in there at all
on this disease, okay?
The first symptoms presented
five years after we
arrived on the planet.
I died a few years after that.
This is Scott. Has Colonel
Young arrived there yet?
Yeah, Scott, I'm here.
Yeah, we just did a pass over the
site where the factory used to be.
It's gone.
The fault line cut right through
it. It's a river of lava now.
We need to leave
this planet immediately.
Agreed. Scott, get
everyone back to Destiny,
then get back down here.
We'll start clearing out.
Yeah, but, sir, what about all
those people back on Destiny?
Nearest planet
is 10 days away...
No, don't worry
about it, they'll be fine.
Yeah, we don't have
a choice. We have to...
We have to get
everyone back on board.
Copy.
About a third of the
database has been transferred.
Still a long way to go.
We're cutting it short.
I want everyone back to the
surface as soon as possible for evac.
But, Colonel, there's
still so much that we can...
Get down. Get down.
You all right? ELI: Yeah.
All right, get back to the
surface. Wait for Scott's shuttle.
You all right?
I heard the others
talking about you.
The disease you
carry, we have a cure.
You do?
Our scientists discovered
it over 200 years ago.
Cures for other diseases, as
well. All of them in the archive.
Rush, are you back on Destiny?
Yes, I'm here.
Then why didn't you tell me?
I'm sorry, I wasn't aware
I had to check in with you.
You heard about T.J.?
Yeah.
I'm searching the
Ancient medical database
for anything on ALS, and I
could really use some help.
I'm sorry, I'm a bit
busy at the moment.
Doing what?
Something more pressing.
I'll be with you
when I'm finished.
Our son, Alan, just broke the
news. His wife, Claire, is pregnant.
Grandparents. We're
going to be grandparents.
Well, it's that time again.
The yearly family reunion.
Three kids and five grandkids.
Just drafted a rough
outline of a constitution.
People are
responding well to it,
for the most part.
Oh, and we're converting
one of the storage houses
into a schoolroom.
Eli's teaching the kids.
He's actually quite good at it.
A wonderful teacher.
Hmm. Thanks.
Four sons, three
daughters, 15 grandchildren.
I'm tired.
All these kids, laughing and
dancing. Everybody dancing.
Tearing up my lawn.
When I was a kid,
we had more
respect for people's...
Touched down, sir.
Greer and his team
are bringing up the
next batch of supplies.
Copy that. Chloe and Wray
are also headed up with Yaozu.
Take Brody and Park with you. I'll
take everyone else on the other shuttle.
Copy that.
Eli, anything?
We had to compress the
data to speed up the transfer.
One huge file. Which means
I can't do a specific search
for ALS until we uncompress
what we've already uploaded,
and I can't do that until
we stop the transfer.
About a third of the database
has already gone through,
so there's a one-in-three
chance it's in there.
The longer we wait,
the better the chances.
I say it's worth
it to stay and...
"Colonel Young won re-election.
"Most of us are happy, but some
still want to do things differently.
"Today a group of them
announced they're leaving.
"Whether they stay here on Novus
"or gate to another
planet, they didn't say."
Power's cut off. Data transfer's
shut down and communications.
A big section of stairs
are out about six levels up.
Scott, this is Young,
can you read?
Yeah, Colonel.
Everyone make it out?
Yeah, everyone's okay.
They're all aboard. You all right?
Yeah, we're fine,
but we're cut off.
No power to the elevators,
and the stairs are out.
We're gonna have
to climb up the ladder.
Eli...
Great.
Colonel, this is Scott, we
made it down to Level 14.
Stairs are out below.
We got rope if you need it.
You should be on your
way back to Destiny.
We'll leave when you leave, sir.
There's Eli.
Platform!
Throw down the rope!
We just lost Varro!
You all right? Yeah.
Okay, pull her up.
We got her! Sending
the rope back down.
Okay, pull!
He's alive.
Pull! Now!
Where are the rest?
We put them on
the other shuttle.
Everyone hang on!
I'm sorry, Chloe.
Sorry for what?
I never got us home.
Got here as quick as we could.
Sara...
I'm here, Dad.
Colonel,
we are home.
For CO2 scrubbing.
A highly advanced substance.
Much more effective than lime. This
one canister alone will last for years.
And you brought
back cases of it?
We'll certainly need it with all
these extra people on board.
Well, it's just 10 days
till we drop them off
with the people on
the expedition planet.
Yeah.
It burns you up, doesn't it?
What?
We did all right
after leaving Destiny.
We got along just fine
without you.
Broken ribs.
Lacerations, bruises.
He's stable for now, but all
we can do is wait and watch.
We've been searching
what we were
able to transfer
from the archive.
The ALS cure wasn't in there.
Well, what about
Destiny's Ancient database?
Nothing in there yet,
either. It's difficult.
Different names for
diseases, procedures.
It's hard to do a quick search.
What about the ships that
they used to evacuate Novus?
They probably took a copy
of the archive with them,
so when we drop
people off on the planet...
They won't be there yet.
The ships don't have FTL.
They won't arrive for 200 years,
and finding them in the
middle of empty space...
Yeah.
But, T.J., there's so much else
that did make
it in the transfer.
A ton of other medical stuff.
We can learn from it,
from our descendants.
We will figure out a cure.
I know it.
I'd like to thank you all
for coming to this
very special occasion,
the dedication of our
beautiful new school.
My grandfather spent
his life laying down
the foundation for
our education system.
It's why this new
school bears his name.
As principal, I'll do
my best to uphold
his legacy of
inquiry and discovery
and to carry it forward
to future generations.
Now, please help me
welcome our guest of honor,
two-term mayor, the
author of our constitution,
and the last surviving member
of the settlers from Destiny,
Camile Wray.
I want to begin with a
few words of greeting.
May all things go according to
the wishes of those that hear it.
When we first arrived here,
we thought we had failed.
We didn't achieve
the mission on Destiny,
but now, looking at
all your smiling faces,
at this beautiful new school,
I can't help but feel
a great sense of pride
and success.
Because, as we discovered,
our mission is,
and always will be,
the journey itself.
verge of discovering
the true nature of
Destiny's mission.
You've had control of
this ship the whole time!
Why wouldn't you tell anyone?
The Lucian Alliance is
planning an attack on Earth.
I killed Riley. I suffocated
him with my own hands.
You are a good commander.
There is no mission other
than getting these people home.
It was never about going home,
it's about getting us
to where we're going.
That is the mission.
Ginn and I figured out
how to dial the
ninth chevron back
to Earth while Destiny
recharges in a star.
Wait three seconds,
then follow me!
The connection was made,
but you were the only one
who made it through to Earth.
You're Matthew Scott.
And you're Ronald Greer.
How do you know our names?
I don't even know
how this is possible.
Their civilization was founded
2,000 years ago by
the crew of the Destiny.
What's Novus?
The planet where you
founded our civilization.
But then one day
something happened,
and we couldn't connect
to Novus anymore.
Will you take us home?
You see any movement down there?
Negative.
But millions of people lived
here. Where did they all go?
Colonel?
T.J.?
No.
It's Chloe.
Where's... Where's Steven?
I'm right here, Dad.
Sara's on her way.
She'll be here any minute.
I'm sorry.
Ash.
We just did a recon
of the city center.
Place is completely deserted.
Hard to breathe, too,
with all the ash falling.
So much for dropping
them all off down there.
I don't want you hanging
around if it's too dangerous.
Yes, sir, but Yaozu took us to the
entrance to an underground complex.
It's sort of like a
giant fallout shelter.
Who knows, there could
be people holed up in there.
I think we should check it out.
Be careful. Planet's unstable.
Copy that.
Got a problem, though. Doors
are sealed. Pretty thick, too.
We tried to blast
it open with C-4,
even used the shuttle's
weapons, but no luck.
We can use Destiny's main
weapon, blow a hole in it.
Yeah, and destroy the
entire complex in the process.
We'll dial down the power. 60%.
The doors are pretty thick,
and the actual bunker is way
underground, hundreds of feet.
I'd say it's worth a shot.
Yeah.
All right, give us
the coordinates.
I got a lock.
Lieutenant, we are ready to
fire. Are you clear of the area?
Yes, sir. Fire away.
Lieutenant?
Colonel, we're on-site.
Nice shooting. It worked.
There's still power.
That's a good sign.
My father worked down here. He
would sometimes bring me with him.
I remember running
through these halls as a child.
Hello?
What is this room?
The Teneran archive.
The entire history of
our people is stored here.
Let's hope it can tell us
what happened to them.
What the hell is this?
I don't know!
This isn't Earth!
Something obviously went wrong!
All right, Greer, James, organize
teams! We need to find shelter!
- Where's Telford?
- He didn't make it!
Why? What happened to him?
I don't know!
You brought a Kino? ELI: I
know we weren't supposed to...
Find a planet!
Can you redial Destiny?
It's gone!
All right, everyone,
stay calm! Stay close!
Turn this off!
The first recording stored
in the Teneran archive.
2,000 years ago.
I'm still trying to wrap
my mind around that.
See what else they've got.
Okay, communications are up.
We should be able to talk to Destiny.
Just hit that button.
This one? Yeah.
Colonel, this is
Scott, do you read?
Yeah, we read you.
Yeah, we are in one
of the archive rooms.
There's a bunch of
them, on several levels.
Still no people?
Not a soul.
Well, we have power, though.
The grid draws from a combo of
solar, wind and geothermal energy.
Is there anything
worth salvaging?
Tons!
We found the Testament
people were talking about,
the entire Teneran repository,
thousands of Kino recordings,
historical documents,
a detailed account of when
we first got here from Destiny.
None of which is any
good to us right now.
We've got a ship full of people.
We need supplies
for life support.
There's also food storage.
Canned goods, survival-type rations.
Good, we'll use the shuttles to
start ferrying supplies to Destiny.
You should go down,
check the place out.
Okay.
Keep me posted. SCOTT: Yes, sir.
Colonel! People are
starting to pass out.
Atmosphere's way too thin.
We've got four addresses.
Start dialing. Whoa, wait!
What if they're
worse than this place?
We can't just
walk through blind.
We'll just send a
Kino through first.
What, there's more than one?
Six, actually. I
wasn't the only one
who decided to
sneak one through.
Start dialing!
Long way down, huh?
Yeah, my ears popped on the way.
I like the muzak, though.
So this is the archive room?
Yeah, the main one.
Five others above us.
Above that, living quarters,
tech and other
supplies, food storage.
Scott and Greer are already
up there scouting the place.
Where you going?
To join them. ELI: They
don't need any help.
Young's sending down...
Yup.
Colonel, this is Scott, come in.
Go ahead.
Yeah, this planet looks good. You
can start sending people through.
Copy that.
Well, this is it, our new home,
a planet known only to God.
Hell of a lot of data here.
Yeah, it looks like they
documented everything.
"It is easier to know
where you are going
"when you know where
you have been." Eli Wallace.
You know, it's going to take
years to get through all this.
We'll bring it back to Destiny.
Yeah.
These drives are built
right into the structure,
so I don't think we're going to
be able to physically move them.
So we configure an
uplink, stream the data.
My thoughts exactly.
Brody. Hmm.
Brody! Hmm!
Sorry.
Is it okay if I do this?
Uh... Maybe I should do it.
You are the founding father
of the enemy nation, after all.
Hmm.
Futura.
That's just stupid.
Enough with the name.
That's it.
Some people brought through
clothing items, hairpins,
bandannas. We're going through it all.
Not much.
We just have to make do until
Rush figures out where we are
and brings Destiny back
in range so we can dial.
Seriously?
Adam, Destiny's gone. Destroyed.
We don't know that for certain.
No, we don't,
but we also don't know if
this is present day, either.
We were dialing inside a
star. It could've hit a solar flare.
For all we know, we
could've gone back in time,
or forward, days, months, years.
The fact is, we're stuck here
now for God knows how long,
so we need to build shelter,
we need to find food. Let's move.
Rush, come check this out!
2,000 years on the
other side of the universe,
and beef jerky survives.
Hey, there you are!
Eli and the others
are working on a way
to upload the archive
back up to Destiny.
If we try to go through it all
down here, we'd never leave.
What are you reading?
There are thousands
of books in here.
A bunch of school textbooks,
math, science, all written by Eli.
The college dropout.
Yeah.
So you've been sitting
down here reading textbooks?
No, I found my diary.
I know, weird.
My first entry when
we got to this planet,
"The air is good. Plenty of
trees, fresh water, a lot like Earth.
"Two weeks have gone by, and
we now have a name for our home.
"Novus. It means new.
"We're trying to settle in,
get some decent shelters built.
"I'm still not sleeping well.
"Never thought I'd say this,
"but I miss Destiny."
Look, I already told
you we can't move there.
Why not? It's not far. It's flat,
wide open, plenty of room...
Because it's a flood plain.
First rain, and we're washed out.
We've got good protection
here, up slope, out of the wind.
Plenty of trees to build
proper shelter, homes...
How? We have no tools.
One of the springs on the
plain is seeping ferric hydroxide.
Bog iron deposits.
It should get us jump-started
on basic tool-making,
then we can really
speed things up.
I still think it's a good
idea to look for a better...
You know what, it
was your good idea
that got us stuck on this
planet in the first place!
What? You agreed with it...
We are here because
of your calculations!
Both of you, stop
this right now.
We're not doing
this again, all right?
The decision is made.
We are staying here.
Sir, we're going to
have to build a fence.
There's wildlife on this planet.
We just saw some nasty-looking
creatures on our scout.
Great.
I've got people out on patrol,
but we're going to run
out of ammo real quick.
Yeah, hence the fence.
Right.
Sounds good. How
about we do it. Let's go.
It's amazing.
We came here with hardly
anything, and 2,000 years later...
Our kids done good.
Kind of want to
read the rest of it.
See who ended up with...
Under the table!
Uh, guys?
You might want to get
moving on that data transfer.
You okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Whoo. I hate earthquakes.
Yeah? It's my first, actually.
Greer, this is Scott,
you okay up there?
Yeah, everybody's all good.
We're sending down additional
teams to help with those supplies.
We need to pick up the pace.
Copy that.
"Six weeks on the planet.
"We've been doing
okay, for the most part.
"Until today."
Garden?
The fruit that Scott
and Greer found?
Planting some seeds,
see what happens.
T.J.!
"Volker's condition
is getting worse.
T.J. doesn't know
what's wrong with him.
"She thinks maybe
his kidneys are failing,
"but without any medical
equipment, she can't be sure.
"And there's nothing
she can do to help him."
"Today we had our first funeral.
"Dr. Dale Volker."
Hey, Lieutenant
Scott just radioed.
The shuttle's loaded
and ready to take you back
to Destiny to start the uplink.
A small cut, but it may
need a couple of stitches.
I'm fine... You will be,
once I patch you up.
You're not getting enough rest.
Nobody is.
The others follow your lead.
What is that? The
stitches, what is it?
Tendons from one of
those animals Greer killed.
The needle could use
a little work, though.
Best Brody could
make on short notice.
You okay?
Yeah.
With all this
construction going on,
people need to be more careful.
Not overdo it,
know when to rest.
Yeah, I'll keep that in mind.
Okay, there you go.
Take it easy and
watch for infection.
Got it.
Son of a...
You okay? Yeah,
I'm good. I'm good...
Hey, listen.
Nobody blames you.
It is what it is.
We're here,
and we have our whole lives
ahead. Make the most of it.
That easy, huh? No.
But beating yourself up
every day just makes it worse.
The stargate was destroyed
in one of the eruptions,
buried in lava decades ago.
Most of the people left
the planet before then,
but after they lost the gate, they
needed to figure another way out.
Both of the countries realized
they stood a better chance of survival
if they worked together,
so they pooled their resources and
they built ships. Huge, huge ships.
Not capable of FTL,
but big enough to evacuate
the rest of the population.
Where did they go?
They went to one of
the planets they had
previously sent an
expedition team to.
10 days travel for
us on Destiny in FTL,
but it'll take them a few
hundred years with their ships.
Good to know they
got their act together.
Hey, look, we
never really talked.
Don't worry about it. I'm okay.
See, this is always the time I
do something to sabotage things.
It's kind of a
defense mechanism.
Tough to explain.
It's not tough at all.
Everything you've ever cared
about has been taken from you
so you're trying to make
sure it doesn't happen again.
This is a huge
step for you, Matt.
I'm proud of you.
You should be proud of yourself.
Well, still, I'll understand
if you don't wanna come.
Are you kidding? First
wedding on Novus?
Camile's gonna make a pie, so...
I wouldn't miss it.
"Today was a good day on Novus.
"The best day yet."
So, everybody's hooking up.
Matt and Chloe are married.
Now rumor is Varro and
James are getting together.
Figures.
T.J. just had her baby boy,
named him Steven, after her father.
Yeah. Everybody's
getting together,
except me
and Brody.
This is Eli. Is Volker
back on the ship yet?
Yeah, I'm here. Are you ready?
All set.
We're starting the transfer now.
Eli, look at this.
The factory where they
built their interstellar ships?
According to this, there's
one ship still in there.
It was still under construction
when they left the planet.
How close to completion?
Is it operational?
I don't know.
What?
Let's see.
Come on. I'm
documenting your progress.
You'll thank me for
this later, I promise.
Come on.
And how far along are you?
Six months.
Matt's going crazy
trying to build them
a house before the baby arrives.
I told him not to worry
about it, but you know Matt.
Sign he's going to
make a great father.
And you a great uncle.
Oh, crap.
I just accessed the
geothermal monitoring data.
It turns out their
theory's right.
A black hole has
entered this system.
The tidal forces are
ripping this planet apart.
Is that a fault line?
Yeah! Running
right under the city.
Very active, and very shallow.
The crust is increasingly
thin, like shattering glass.
Magma bubbling up everywhere.
We can't stay here much longer.
The database is immense.
The transfer could take days.
37 hours with my
compression algorithm.
Well, let's hope
that's enough time.
Good, good, you're doing good.
Where's T.J.?
Eli went to get her.
Don't worry, don't worry.
You're doing fine. I love you.
Just don't forget to breathe...
Shut up and leave me alone!
Oh, thank God! Come on...
Okay, just breathe. Yeah, yeah,
I've been telling her
to keep breathing...
No, you!
Okay.
Wow, just on time.
You're crowning.
What can I do?
You can get ready
to cut the cord.
Okay, Chloe, one
last push. Ready?
It's a boy.
I can't believe it.
I'm a daddy.
You have any names picked out?
Dale.
Babies are being born.
Chloe, Park, James.
T.J. and Colonel Young
already have two: a boy and a girl.
It's good, you know, for
the future of our settlement,
but still, sometimes...
It's a girl. Huh.
Mom and baby are fine.
You okay?
Yeah. Just, uh, tired.
Yeah.
Me and Corporal Barnes?
Something worth pursuing?
Rush? Yeah.
How bad? SCOTT: Park
says 6.2. Pretty strong.
The fault line they
discovered is getting wider.
The city's crumbling into it.
All right, well, be smart.
Don't wait too long to
get the hell out of there.
We won't. We've got
a pretty good eye on it,
and it looks like this bunker
was built to withstand a lot.
I think we're okay.
And?
And what?
How was it?
It was fine.
We had a very pleasant dinner.
Of all the dates I've
had since we got here,
she's easily the most
compatible with me.
So then what's the problem?
I don't know.
I mean,
I've already found my soul
mate. I don't need another.
Steven, no, don't eat
that! Don't eat that...
That was a close call.
Yeah.
You okay?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Records say there's actually
a ship still in the factory
a few kilometers
outside the city.
Doesn't say if it's
operational or not, but if it is,
it'll be capable of holding the
entire group of descendants.
All right. Go ahead
and check it out.
How's the transfer coming?
So far, so good.
Just over 900 exabytes. Still
a drop in the bucket, though.
Perfect. I need you to
take me back to Destiny.
No, I'm flying them over to
check out that ship-building factory.
Yeah, fine, then you can
take me back to the Destiny.
My symptoms are getting
worse. It's affecting my legs.
I'm losing my
balance, stumbling.
My speech is also...
I'm slurring words here and
there. I have trouble eating.
I wish I could do a more
accurate diagnosis, but...
It sounds like ALS,
Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Tamara, I just heard.
This disease,
just because the other you got
it when you came to this planet,
it doesn't mean you'll get it.
Yeah, it does.
It's not something that you
contract. I'm carrying it right now.
Is there anything you
can do? Any medicines?
There's no cure.
Coming up on the factory.
T.J.
Colonel, you didn't
have to come down here.
Volker's checking Destiny's
medical database to see...
To see if there's anything,
anything in there at all
on this disease, okay?
The first symptoms presented
five years after we
arrived on the planet.
I died a few years after that.
This is Scott. Has Colonel
Young arrived there yet?
Yeah, Scott, I'm here.
Yeah, we just did a pass over the
site where the factory used to be.
It's gone.
The fault line cut right through
it. It's a river of lava now.
We need to leave
this planet immediately.
Agreed. Scott, get
everyone back to Destiny,
then get back down here.
We'll start clearing out.
Yeah, but, sir, what about all
those people back on Destiny?
Nearest planet
is 10 days away...
No, don't worry
about it, they'll be fine.
Yeah, we don't have
a choice. We have to...
We have to get
everyone back on board.
Copy.
About a third of the
database has been transferred.
Still a long way to go.
We're cutting it short.
I want everyone back to the
surface as soon as possible for evac.
But, Colonel, there's
still so much that we can...
Get down. Get down.
You all right? ELI: Yeah.
All right, get back to the
surface. Wait for Scott's shuttle.
You all right?
I heard the others
talking about you.
The disease you
carry, we have a cure.
You do?
Our scientists discovered
it over 200 years ago.
Cures for other diseases, as
well. All of them in the archive.
Rush, are you back on Destiny?
Yes, I'm here.
Then why didn't you tell me?
I'm sorry, I wasn't aware
I had to check in with you.
You heard about T.J.?
Yeah.
I'm searching the
Ancient medical database
for anything on ALS, and I
could really use some help.
I'm sorry, I'm a bit
busy at the moment.
Doing what?
Something more pressing.
I'll be with you
when I'm finished.
Our son, Alan, just broke the
news. His wife, Claire, is pregnant.
Grandparents. We're
going to be grandparents.
Well, it's that time again.
The yearly family reunion.
Three kids and five grandkids.
Just drafted a rough
outline of a constitution.
People are
responding well to it,
for the most part.
Oh, and we're converting
one of the storage houses
into a schoolroom.
Eli's teaching the kids.
He's actually quite good at it.
A wonderful teacher.
Hmm. Thanks.
Four sons, three
daughters, 15 grandchildren.
I'm tired.
All these kids, laughing and
dancing. Everybody dancing.
Tearing up my lawn.
When I was a kid,
we had more
respect for people's...
Touched down, sir.
Greer and his team
are bringing up the
next batch of supplies.
Copy that. Chloe and Wray
are also headed up with Yaozu.
Take Brody and Park with you. I'll
take everyone else on the other shuttle.
Copy that.
Eli, anything?
We had to compress the
data to speed up the transfer.
One huge file. Which means
I can't do a specific search
for ALS until we uncompress
what we've already uploaded,
and I can't do that until
we stop the transfer.
About a third of the database
has already gone through,
so there's a one-in-three
chance it's in there.
The longer we wait,
the better the chances.
I say it's worth
it to stay and...
"Colonel Young won re-election.
"Most of us are happy, but some
still want to do things differently.
"Today a group of them
announced they're leaving.
"Whether they stay here on Novus
"or gate to another
planet, they didn't say."
Power's cut off. Data transfer's
shut down and communications.
A big section of stairs
are out about six levels up.
Scott, this is Young,
can you read?
Yeah, Colonel.
Everyone make it out?
Yeah, everyone's okay.
They're all aboard. You all right?
Yeah, we're fine,
but we're cut off.
No power to the elevators,
and the stairs are out.
We're gonna have
to climb up the ladder.
Eli...
Great.
Colonel, this is Scott, we
made it down to Level 14.
Stairs are out below.
We got rope if you need it.
You should be on your
way back to Destiny.
We'll leave when you leave, sir.
There's Eli.
Platform!
Throw down the rope!
We just lost Varro!
You all right? Yeah.
Okay, pull her up.
We got her! Sending
the rope back down.
Okay, pull!
He's alive.
Pull! Now!
Where are the rest?
We put them on
the other shuttle.
Everyone hang on!
I'm sorry, Chloe.
Sorry for what?
I never got us home.
Got here as quick as we could.
Sara...
I'm here, Dad.
Colonel,
we are home.
For CO2 scrubbing.
A highly advanced substance.
Much more effective than lime. This
one canister alone will last for years.
And you brought
back cases of it?
We'll certainly need it with all
these extra people on board.
Well, it's just 10 days
till we drop them off
with the people on
the expedition planet.
Yeah.
It burns you up, doesn't it?
What?
We did all right
after leaving Destiny.
We got along just fine
without you.
Broken ribs.
Lacerations, bruises.
He's stable for now, but all
we can do is wait and watch.
We've been searching
what we were
able to transfer
from the archive.
The ALS cure wasn't in there.
Well, what about
Destiny's Ancient database?
Nothing in there yet,
either. It's difficult.
Different names for
diseases, procedures.
It's hard to do a quick search.
What about the ships that
they used to evacuate Novus?
They probably took a copy
of the archive with them,
so when we drop
people off on the planet...
They won't be there yet.
The ships don't have FTL.
They won't arrive for 200 years,
and finding them in the
middle of empty space...
Yeah.
But, T.J., there's so much else
that did make
it in the transfer.
A ton of other medical stuff.
We can learn from it,
from our descendants.
We will figure out a cure.
I know it.
I'd like to thank you all
for coming to this
very special occasion,
the dedication of our
beautiful new school.
My grandfather spent
his life laying down
the foundation for
our education system.
It's why this new
school bears his name.
As principal, I'll do
my best to uphold
his legacy of
inquiry and discovery
and to carry it forward
to future generations.
Now, please help me
welcome our guest of honor,
two-term mayor, the
author of our constitution,
and the last surviving member
of the settlers from Destiny,
Camile Wray.
I want to begin with a
few words of greeting.
May all things go according to
the wishes of those that hear it.
When we first arrived here,
we thought we had failed.
We didn't achieve
the mission on Destiny,
but now, looking at
all your smiling faces,
at this beautiful new school,
I can't help but feel
a great sense of pride
and success.
Because, as we discovered,
our mission is,
and always will be,
the journey itself.