The Outer Limits (1995–2002): Season 1, Episode 11 - Dark Matters - full transcript

( hatch closing )

OH, MAN.

DO YOU EVER GET TIRED
OF LOOKING AT IT?

FRANKLY,
YES.

YOU'RE 10 MINUTES
EARLY.

YOU TRYING TO MAKE
THE REST OF US
LOOK BAD?

SO SUE ME.

I STILL GET OFF ON IT.

THERE WAS A TIME
THAT YOU DID, TOO.

HEY, IT GETS OLD,
GETS REAL OLD.

NO FLUCTUATIONS
IN OUR FIELD STRENGTH,



ALL VECTORS NORMAL.

YOU WANT COFFEE?
THANKS.

SO WHAT IS IT
YOU WANT?

MILITARY PILOT?

ONE OF THOSE
BIG NAVAL SHIPS?

NOTHING WRONG WITH
COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT.

I'D JUST LIKE TO SIT
IN A DIFFERENT SEAT.

YOU MEAN COMMAND?

YEAH, SURE, WHY NOT?

I DIDN'T EXPECT
YOU'D BE INTERESTED

THIS LATE IN
YOUR CAREER.

YOU KNOW, MAN,
I'M ONLY 37.

I'M NOT SOME
DODDERING OLD...

DAMN!
WHAT THE HELL DID WE HIT?



I DON'T KNOW.

THE ENGINES ARE
GOING OFF LINE.

DAMN!

WE'RE DROPPING
OUT OF HYPERSPACE!

I CAN HANDLE THIS.

I'LL PULL US BACK.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

THE ENGINES
ARE OFF LINE.

THERE'S NO PARTICLE EMISSIONS
TO THE HYPERDRIVE.

IS SOMETHING ON THE HULL
BLOCKING THE VIEW SCREEN ARRAY?

NO, IT'S
ALL CLEAR.

THEN WHERE THE HELL
DID THE STARS GO?

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG
WITH YOUR TELEVISION.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ADJUST
THE PICTURE.

WE ARE NOW CONTROLLING
THE TRANSMISSION.

WE CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL,

AND THE VERTICAL.

WE CAN DELUGE YOU
WITH A THOUSAND CHANNELS

OR EXPAND ONE SINGLE IMAGE
TO CRYSTAL CLARITY...

AND BEYOND.

WE CAN SHAPE YOUR VISION

TO ANYTHING OUR IMAGINATION
CAN CONCEIVE.

FOR THE NEXT HOUR,

WE WILL CONTROL
ALL THAT YOU SEE AND HEAR.

YOU ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE
THE AWE AND MYSTERY

WHICH REACHES FROM
THE DEEPEST INNER MIND

TO THE OUTER LIMITS.

FOR THE CREW OF
THE TRANSPORT VESSEL NESTOR,

THEIR MOMENT HAS COME.

THE ETERNAL NIGHT OF SPACE

HAS VANISHED,
AND THE NIGHT TO COME

WILL BE LONGER AND DARKER

THAN THEY CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG
WITH THE EQUIPMENT.

DID YOU TRY
A CROSS-CHECK?

I'VE RUN FIVE ALREADY.
WHY DON'T YOU TRY IT?

WELL, I'M THINKING.

THAT'S ENOUGH.

IS IT SOME KIND
OF DAMPING FIELD?

THE PLASMA'S
JUST GONE INERT.

BUT WE STILL HAVE
INTERNAL POWER?

IT COULD BE THAT ONLY
RADIOACTIVE SOURCES
ARE AFFECTED.

OUR SUB-LIGHT DRIVE
IS CHEMICAL.

THAT STILL WORKS.
WE CAN MANEUVER.

MANEUVER WHERE?
WHERE ARE WE?

WELL, DAMNED
IF I KNOW!

THERE'S NO
STELLAR RADIATION
IN ANY DIRECTION.

OUR DISTRESS SIGNALS
JUST BOUNCE AROUND.

THERE ARE NO PLANETS
OUT THERE?

THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE.

I'M PICKING UP READINGS
OF OVER 2 BILLION EARTH MASSES,

BUT I CAN'T ISOLATE
THE LOCATION.

CAN'T YOU TRIANGULATE
USING THE HYPERSPACE
DISTORTION?

WE'RE NOT A SCIENCE VESSEL.

WE'RE A CARGO SHIP.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT
INSTRUMENTATION.

( Paul )
THIS HAS GOT TO BE
A DISTORTION OF SPACE/TIME.

ITS DAMPING FIELD CAUSED US
TO DROP IN FROM HYPERSPACE.

IT'S A KIND OF
A COSMIC SPEED BUMP.

WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT
THE PARAMETERS
OF THIS DISTORTION.

YOU'VE ALREADY GOT

ALL THE INFORMATION
MY SYSTEM CAN PROVIDE.

I KNOW NONE OF US

HAS HAD ANY EXPERIENCE
IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS,

BUT IF WE'RE GOING
TO GET OUT OF THIS,

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK
WITH EACH OTHER,

OR WE MAY NOT
GET OUT AT ALL.

UNDERSTOOD?

PAUL, AREN'T WE CARRYING
A COUPLE OF MINING PROBES?

YUP.
TWO GAMMA-CLASS

ASTEROID MINING PROBES,
CHEMICAL ENGINES.

CAN YOU JURY-RIG ONE,

FEED ITS TELEMETRY
INTO THE NAV CONSOLE?

I THINK SO.

DO IT.
ROB, GO WITH HER.

CHECK THE REST
OF THE CARGO.

WHY WAS ROB AT THE HELM?

UM...

WELL, HE SAID
HE COULD HANDLE IT.

WHAT HE SAID HE COULD DO
IS IRRELEVANT.

YOU HAVE 12 YEARS
MORE EXPERIENCE.

YOU SHOULD HAVE
BEEN AT THE HELM.

HOW DO YOU KNOW I COULD
HAVE DONE ANY BETTER?

WE'LL NEVER KNOW, WILL WE?

EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT, GUYS?

HEY, BIG FELLA...

GIRL.

YIKES.

ROB HERE.
ZOO SPECIMENS CHECK OUT.

CARGO BAY SECURE.

I'LL BE DAMNED.
IT WORKED!

RIG THE OTHER PROBE, TOO.
WE MIGHT NEED IT.

O.K., SWING IT AROUND
TO STANDARD PATTERN.

STILL GETTING
NOTHING VISUALLY.

MASS READINGS ARE
STILL INTENSE.

IT'S GOT AN ON-BOARD
LIGHT SOURCE,
DOESN'T IT?

TURN IT ON.

THERE!

BRING THE PROBE AROUND.

IT'S A SHIP.

IT LOOKS LIKE A MILITARY VESSEL.

700 KILOMETERS FROM US.

I'LL MAGNIFY.

MY GOD!

THE SLAYTON?

WHAT ABOUT IT?

THE SLAYTON WAS, UH...LOST
WITH ALL HANDS ABOARD,

10 YEARS AGO.

IT WAS NEVER
RECOVERED.

PAUL'S BROTHER WAS...
WHAT, JUNIOR COM OFFICER?

HE WAS JUST PROMOTED
TO SECOND LIEUTENANT.

I'M SO SORRY.

ANY POWER READINGS?

JUST SOME RANDOM
PARTICLE EMISSIONS

FROM THEIR CHEM ROCKETS.

THAT'S IT.

CAN WE SEND THE PROBE ON BOARD?

GUIDE IT IN THROUGH
ONE OF THE ENGINE TUBES.

HAVE IT TAP INTO

THE SLAYTON'S COMPUTERS,
GET US THEIR DATA LOGS.

THE SLAYTON?

ISN'T THAT...

IT'S HOOKED INTO
THE ACCESS PANEL.

IT'S READING "VACUUM"
ON THE OTHER SIDE.

NO LIFE SUPPORT.

( Lydia )
OPEN ACCESS PANEL.

ENTERING
THEIR ENGINE ROOM.

HOLD IT! BACK UP.

BACK UP!

MAGNIFY.

KEVIN!

KEVIN!

I'M SORRY, PAUL.

IF THEIR HYPERDRIVE WAS DOWN,

WHY COULDN'T THEY USE
THEIR SUB-LIGHT TO GET HOME?

WHY DON'T YOU
TAKE AN HOUR,

MAYBE GET
SOMETHING TO EAT?

ROB, YOU TOO.

YOU'VE BEEN AWAKE
LONGER THAN WE HAVE.

GO.

( sigh )

( Paul )
EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW BETTER,

A PART OF YOU
CAN'T HELP THINKING

MAYBE THEY MADE
LANDFALL SOMEWHERE,

MAYBE SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW,
HE'S STILL...

I DON'T GIVE A DAMN
WHAT ANYBODY SAYS.

KNOWING IS A DAMN SIGHT WORSE
THAN NOT KNOWING.

PAUL...

OH, THE LAST THING
I WANT TO DO

IS SOUND LIKE
A CHOIRBOY,

BUT DO YOU HAVE
ANY SPIRITUAL BELIEFS?

I HAVEN'T BEEN TO TEMPLE
IN 30 YEARS.

THAT WASN'T WHAT
I WAS ASKING, EXACTLY.

WELL, YOU MEAN
DO I BELIEVE

IN GOD, HEAVEN,
ETERNAL REWARDS?

SORRY, NO.

NEVER SEEN ANY EVIDENCE
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

WELL, I'M NOT TRYING
TO CONVERT ANYONE.

I WAS JUST WONDERING.

WELL, YOU'RE
A CHRISTIAN?

I'M A CATHOLIC.

WELL, I'M JEWISH.

SO AT LEAST WE HAVE
GUILT IN COMMON.

AND JUST SO I FEEL LESS
THE HYPOCRITE, MY BROTHER

COULD BE A REAL JERK
SOMETIMES.

MOST OF THE TIME,
ACTUALLY.

IN FACT,
THE LAST THING

I THINK I SAID TO HIM
WAS "SCREW YOU."

WELL, HE KNEW
YOU DIDN'T MEAN IT.

NO, THAT'S JUST IT.

HE KNEW I DID.

( Lydia )
PAUL, ROB,
GET UP HERE FAST!

( Paul )
IT'S NOT AN EARTH SHIP.

( Lydia )
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

THAT'S NOT AN EARTH SHIP.
IT'S ALIEN.

I DON'T RECOGNIZE
THE CONFIGURATION.

WHY COULDN'T
A MILITARY SHIP
HAVE FOUND THIS?

WELL, ONE DID,
THE SLAYTON.

WHAT IF THIS ALIEN SHIP
IS RESPONSIBLE

FOR WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE SLAYTON?

HELL, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW
IF THE ALIENS
ARE STILL ALIVE.

MAYBE THEY RAN
OUT OF AIR, TOO.

SEND THE PROBE IN
FOR ANOTHER LOOK.

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
ERIN, FIRE CHEMICAL ENGINES.

PAUL, BRING US 180 DEGREES
AROUND AND KEEP GOING.

SOMETHING'S STRAIGHT AHEAD.
IT'S A SHIP.

THAT'S ANOTHER ONE.

NO, NO, IT'S THE SAME ONE.

WHAT?

( Lydia )
FULL STOP.

DAMN! WE'RE RIGHT BACK
WHERE WE STARTED.

SOMETHING HERE
IS DISTORTING SPACE.

IT'S LIKE IT CURVES IN
ON ITSELF.

WELL, MAYBE NOTHING CAN
GET IN

UNLESS IT...DROPS IN
FROM HYPERSPACE.

BUT THEN, NOTHING
COULD GET BACK OUT.

ERIN,

READY THE OTHER PROBE
FOR LAUNCH.

( Paul )
ACCORDING TO
THE SLAYTON'S LOGS,

THE ALIENS WERE
ALREADY HERE

WHEN THEY ARRIVED.

THE ALIENS TRIED TO TRANSMIT
SOMETHING TO THE SLAYTON,

BUT THE METHODS OF
DATA ENCRYPTION WERE SO ALIEN

THAT THE SLAYTON
COULDN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT

HOW TO REASSEMBLE THE SIGNALS
INTO DATA,

MUCH LESS DECIPHER
THE LANGUAGE.

THEN, SUDDENLY,
THE ALIENS TURNED HOSTILE,

TRIED TO RAM THE SLAYTON,

WHICH MOVED AWAY
AND STAYED AWAY.

WERE THE ALIENS
STILL ALIVE

WHEN THE LOG ENDED?

UH, THERE'S STILL
GIGA-BYTES OF DATA

I HAVE TO PAGE THROUGH.

WHATEVER ZAPPED OUR PROBE
COULD HAVE BEEN TRIGGERED

BY SOME AUTOMATED
DEFENCE SYSTEM.

THERE'S NO GASEOUS EMISSIONS
COMING FROM THE SHIP.

AND ANY LIFE
SUPPORT SYSTEM

HAS SOME
WASTE PRODUCT.

NONE OF THEM
ARE COMPLETELY CLOSED.

THEY COULD ALL BE DEAD
OVER THERE.

OR THEY COULD BE VERY,
VERY GOOD AT RECYCLING.

( growling )

WHAT THE HELL'S
GOTTEN INTO YOU GUYS?

HEY!
LISTEN, EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT.

JUST RELAX.

GET AWAY
FROM ME!

IT WAS ONE OF THE ALIENS.

THIS IS CRAZY.

HAS THEIR SHIP
CHANGED POSITION
AT ALL?

NOT
A CENTIMETER.

HOW COULD THEY
GET OVER HERE?

PAUL, THERE'S A TIME
FOR SPECULATION,

AND A TIME TO JUST
GET IN THERE AND SEE.

ERIN, FIRE UP
THE SECURITY SCANNERS
IN THE CARGO BAY.

ROB, CAN YOU SHOW US
WHERE THEY WERE?

( gasp )

WHATEVER THEY WERE,
THEY'RE NOT HERE ANY MORE.

YEAH, THEY
COULD BE USING

SOME KIND OF
SHORT DISTANCE
DIRAC JUMP

FOR BOARDING
OTHER VESSELS.

MAYBE.

WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?

MED TELEMETRY
INDICATES HEART ATTACK.

THERE'S ALSO EVIDENCE
OF CONTACT

WITH SOMETHING
VERY COLD.

ALMOST
ABSOLUTE ZERO.

ONE OF THOSE THINGS
MUST HAVE TOUCHED IT.

RUN A FULL DIAGNOSTIC
ON IT,

THEN FREEZE IT.

WE MAY NEED ALL
THE FOOD SOURCES WE CAN GET.

PAUL.

YOU KNOW, YOUR HUNCH
WAS RIGHT.

THE ALIENS BOARDED
THE SLAYTON, TOO.

THEY FIRST APPEARED
IN ENGINEERING,

REACHED OUT TO TOUCH
A JUNIOR OFFICER

AND SHE DIED INSTANTLY--
HEART ATTACK.

AUTOPSY SHOWED
A FINGERTIP-SIZED POINT
OF ABSOLUTE ZERO,

AND
CELLULAR DISRUPTION.

DID THEY TRY TO
TAKE OVER THE SHIP?

THEY MIGHT NOT
HAVE HAD TIME.

THE SLAYTON MOVED AWAY
FROM THE ALIEN VESSEL,

AND THE BOARDINGS
STOPPED,

POSSIBLY OUT OF RANGE
OF THEIR JUMP TECHNOLOGY.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEIR LEAD.

HOW DO YOU STAY
SO CALM?

YOU PROCESS ALL
THIS INFORMATION

COMING FROM 12 DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS AT ONCE

AND YOU'RE STILL SO...
SO BALANCED.

MY FIRST DAY IN COMMAND,
I WAS OVERWHELMED--

ALL THESE PEOPLE ASKING ME
WHAT TO DO, DECISIONS TO MAKE.

I MAKE THE DECISIONS,
I TELL THEM,

AND I GO TO THE HEAD
AND THROW UP FOR 10 MINUTES.

I TALKED TO AN OLD FRIEND,
A FREIGHTER CAPTAIN.

I TOLD HIM HOW TERRIFIED
I'D BEEN.

HE SAID, "DID YOU MAKE
THE RIGHT DECISIONS?"

I SAID I THOUGHT SO.

HE SAID, "DID THE CREW KNOW
HOW FRIGHTENED YOU WERE?"

I SAID,
"NO, OF COURSE NOT."

HE SAID, "CONGRATULATIONS,
YOU'RE A COMMANDER."

I JUST DON'T KNOW IF I WANT IT
FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, YOU KNOW?

MY BROTHER KEVIN,

HE WAS FLYING LIGHT PLANES
BEFORE HE WAS 20.

GRADUATED
TOP OF HIS CLASS.

FIRST POSTED ON
THE U.N.S. GAGARIN.

WE ALL KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.

HE HELPED RESCUE THREE MEN

WHEN THE MAGNETIC
CONTAINMENT FIELDS COLLAPSED.

MEDALS OF HONOR,
CITATIONS FOR BRAVERY,

PROMOTED
TO SECOND LIEUTENANT

WITHIN THE
FIRST YEAR.

PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
YOU MUST HAVE HATED HIM.

WELL, NO, NO.

I WAS USED TO IT BY THEN.

IN HIGH SCHOOL,
HE WAS A TRACK STAR.

IN COLLEGE,
IT WAS FOOTBALL.

GOLDEN BOY OF THE FAMILY.

I WAS THE ONLY ONE
WHO KNEW THE REAL...

IT'S ALL PAST,

LONG PAST.

YOU LOOK
EXHAUSTED.

GET A FEW HOURS
SLEEP.

WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE
FOR A WHILE.

GOOD NIGHT.

( Jason )
GIVE ME A BREAK!

YOU DIDN'T DO
SQUAT TO MELANIE.

( Kevin )
HEY, ASK HER
YOURSELF.

STEIN, YOU'RE
SUCH A JERK.

YOU KNOW HOW
TO SPELL JERK?
V-I-R-G-I-N.

TAKE THAT BACK,
YOU LITTLE TURD.

METHINKS THOU DOST
PROTEST TOO MUCH!

METHINKS YOU'RE A SCUMBAG.
SCUMBAG!

DON'T LISTEN TO HIM,
BEANPOLE.

HE'S FULL OF IT.

BESIDES, A LITTLE
PISHER LIKE YOU

SHOULDN'T BE HEARING
THIS KIND OF CRAP.

I'M NOT A PISHER!

BEANPOLE!

THIS IS THE SOURCE
OF THE DISTORTION?

NOT MUCH TO
LOOK AT, IS IT?

HERE, I'LL HAVE THE PROBE
FIRE AN ION FLARE.

FREEZE IT.

IT'S A...

NON-LUMINOUS, PLANETARY-SIZED
CHUNK OF MATTER

THAT'S INCREDIBLY MASSIVE.

( Rob )
SO MASSIVE THAT,
THEORETICALLY,

IT COULD WARP
TIME AND SPACE.

WHY AREN'T WE BEING CRUSHED
BY THE GRAVITY?

BECAUSE IT'S NOT
NORMAL MATTER.

THE SCANNERS CAN'T MAKE
SENSE OF IT.

ITS ATOMIC STRUCTURE
IS DAMN NEAR IMPENETRABLE

TO OUR SCIENCE.

AMAZING...DARK MATTER.

THERE MUST BE SOME WAY
TO ANALYZE IT.

LYDIA, I'M GETTING

UNUSUAL ENERGY READINGS
ON DECK 2, SECTION 4.

I THOUGHT WE WERE
OUT OF RANGE

OF THE
ALIEN SHIP.

I CAN TAKE US
FURTHER OUT.

NO. LET'S SEE WHAT
WE'RE UP AGAINST.

PAUL, ERIN, WITH ME.

ROB, TAKE THE HELM.

PREPARE TO BUG OUT
ON MY COMMAND.

IF I WANTED THIS
MUCH EXCITEMENT,

I'D HAVE JOINED
THE DAMN ARMY.

( Paul )
WAIT, STOP, STOP!

THIS IS SAYING THAT

THEY'RE WITHIN 10 METERS,

BUT IT WON'T PINPOINT
THE DIRECTION.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID
10 METERS.

THEY'RE HERE.

PAUL, ERIN,
TAKE THE LEFT.

I'LL TAKE
THE RIGHT.

THERE!

DROP TO THE DECK!

FORGET IT.
RETREAT!

GO!

ROB, GET US OUT OF HERE!

YOU CAN'T KILL THESE THINGS.

LASERS GO
RIGHT THROUGH THEM.

( Kevin )
OF COURSE NOT, DUMMY.

THEY'RE ALREADY DEAD.

WE ALL ARE.

KEVIN.

LET'S GO!

THERE WERE NO LIFE READINGS,
AT LEAST NOTHING

THAT I CAN RECOGNIZE
AS LIFE.

THOSE SAME WEIRD
ENERGY TRACES.

IT COULD BE RESIDUE FROM
THEIR DIRAC JUMPS.

( Rob )
THEY WEREN'T
DIRAC JUMPS.

WE ALL
KNOW IT.

WE DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING.

I DON'T BELIEVE
IN GHOSTS.

WHAT DO YOU
CALL IT?

EVERYONE
ON THE SLAYTON
WAS DEAD.

WHAT IS IT YOU THINK
HAPPENED DOWN THERE?

DAMN IT, ROB.

THROW AWAY THE ROSARY BEADS
AND THINK RATIONALLY.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN
A HOLOGRAM
OR AN ILLUSION.

PAUL, WAS THAT IMAGE
ANYTHING LIKE YOUR BROTHER,

ITS VOICE,
ITS MANNER OF SPEAKING?

WAS IT AT ALL
LIKE HIM?

WELL,
TELEPATHY.

THEY COULD HAVE TAKEN
ALL THAT FROM YOUR MIND.

ERIN'S RIGHT!
IT COULD BE TELEPATHY.

PAUL'S BROTHER COULD BE
AN ILLUSION, BUT WHY?

THEY CAN APPEAR
AT WILL ANYWHERE.

THEY CAN KILL
WITH A TOUCH.

THEY COULD TAKE CONTROL
OF THIS SHIP IN FIVE MINUTES.

WHY CREATE FAKE GHOSTS?
WHAT'S THE POINT?

WHATEVER
THESE APPARITIONS,

THE CLOSER WE GET
TO THE ALIEN SHIP,

THE MORE THEY APPEAR TO US.

LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN WE GET THAT CLOSE
TO THE SLAYTON.

( Lydia )
O.K., KEEP US
AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN,

NO FARTHER THAN
100 METERS.

GETTING THOSE WEIRD
ENERGY READINGS AGAIN--

OUTSIDE THE SHIP THIS TIME.

FULL STOP.

MAINTAIN THIS POSITION
AS LONG AS YOU CAN.

COMMANDER
LYDIA MANNING.

YOU ARE ABOARD

THE MERCHANT TRANSPORT
VESSEL NESTOR.

CAPTAIN JOHN OWENS...

U.N.S. SLAYTON.

WELCOME TO HELL, COMMANDER.

I WOULD TRY TO
SHAKE YOUR HAND,

BUT WE SEEM
TO EXIST

IN A DIFFERENT
QUANTUM STATE FROM YOU.

IT'S NOT...CONGENIAL

TO THE HUMAN
NERVOUS SYSTEM.

CAPTAIN OWENS,
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR SHIP?

WE RAN OUT
OF POWER--

THEN LIFE SUPPORT.

TRAPPED HERE
FOR TWO YEARS.

WEAPONS USELESS

BECAUSE OF
THE DAMPING FIELD.

SCANNERS UNABLE
TO ANALYZE

THAT DAMN PIECE
OF ROCK OUT THERE.

SOME OF US TOOK

THANOS PILLS
BEFORE THE AIR RAN OUT.

I STAYED WITH THE SHIP
TILL THE END.

AND AS I LAY THERE,

GASPING FOR ONE LAST
BREATH OF AIR,

I THOUGHT,
AT LEAST IT'S OVER.

AT LEAST WE WON'T HAVE TO
STARE INTO THAT DARKNESS,

KNOWING WE'LL NEVER
SEE HOME AGAIN,

NEVER SEE OUR
FAMILIES AGAIN.

THANK GOD, AT LEAST

IT'S OVER.

BUT IT WASN'T.

WHEN I OPENED
MY EYES, I KNEW

I WAS NO LONGER ALIVE,

AND I KNEW WE WERE
GOING TO BE DENIED

EVEN THE PEACE
OF THE GRAVE.

BUT HOW, WHY?

THAT THING OUT THERE.

SO HEAVY,
SO MASSIVE.

IT'S TURNED SPACE
BACK IN ON ITSELF.

NOTHING CAN ESCAPE--

NOT EVEN THE SOULS OF THOSE
WHO DIED INSIDE OF IT.

WHEREVER WE ARE
SUPPOSED TO GO,

WE'LL NEVER GET THERE.

HEAVEN, HELL, OBLIVION--
WE'LL NEVER SEE IT.

AND NEITHER WILL YOU.

I'M SORRY.

HEY, BEANPOLE!

IT'S O.K., IT'S O.K.

IT'S JUST ME, KIDDO.
IT'S KEVIN.

IS IT?

I'VE BEEN
WAITING 10 YEARS

TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.

SCREW YOU, TOO.

WOW.

IT IS, ISN'T IT?

KEVIN.

WOW, THIS IS WEIRD.

YOU SHOULDN'T TRY
TO TOUCH ME.

WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE, KEV?

BEING DEAD?

MAYBE I'M NOT DEAD.

MAYBE THIS IS JUST SOME
BIOLOGICAL ENERGY TRACE

THAT SHOULD HAVE DIED
WHEN I DID.

WOULDN'T THAT BE A KICK?

MAYBE THIS IS
JUST A MEMORY OF ME.

THE ALIENS
ARE MEMORIES
OF THEMSELVES.

CAN YOU TALK
TO THE ALIENS?

WHY WOULD WE WANT
TO TALK TO THE ALIENS?

THEY TRIED TO RAM US.

FIRST, THEY TRIED TO SNARE US
WITH A MAGNETIC GRAPPLE,

THEN THEY TRIED TO SLAM
OUR PORT SIDE.

I CAME BECAUSE
I KNOW A WAY
TO GET OUT OF HERE.

YOU DO? HOW?

FORCED PLASMA INJECTION
IN THE HYPERDRIVE.

USE YOUR CHEMICAL ROCKETS
TO IGNITE THE PLASMA.

JUMP START
YOUR ENGINES.

WE CAN'T...
THIS ISN'T THE SLAYTON.

WE DON'T HAVE
THE TECH SUPPORT.

USE THE EQUIPMENT
FROM THE SLAYTON.

NO. BESIDES, FORCED
PLASMA INJECTIONS ARE OBSOLETE.

STOP ARGUING, BEANPOLE.
GO TELL YOUR CAPTAIN.

GOD DAMN IT, KEVIN,
I'M NOT 9 YEARS OLD ANY MORE.

LISTEN TO ME.
I'M 37.

I'M YOUR OLDER BROTHER NOW.
YOU'RE DEAD.

THIS'LL WORK, PAULIE.

NO, IT WON'T WORK.

IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE,

LIKE ALMOST EVERYTHING
YOU EVER DID.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT JASON.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT.

FINE, GO AHEAD, DIE.

GO TO HELL.

SEE IF I CARE.

KEVIN!

( sigh )

( groaning )

STEIN, YOU'RE
SO FULL OF IT!

WHATEVER I'M FULL OF,

YOU WISH YOU HAD SOME, PAL.

KEV,

I'M NOT SUPPOSED
TO GO THIS FAR.

YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD THAT
TO LEWIS AND CLARK.

GO HOME
IF YOU'RE AFRAID.

GO.

( shouting, clattering )

( Erin )
ROB, STOP IT!

( Rob shouting )

( Erin )
SOMEBODY HELP ME!

( yelling )

NO!

ROB! ROB!

WHAT THE HELL'S
THE MATTER WITH HIM?

WE WERE JUST TALKING
AND HE WENT BERSERK.

COOL DOWN, MAN!
IT'S ME, PAUL!

( Rob )
OH, GOD!

LET GO!
YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND!

WHAT DID YOU SAY
TO HIM?

I JUST SAID HE WAS RIGHT,

MAYBE SOMETHING OF US
DOES SURVIVE AFTER DEATH.

YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT'S LIKE,
EITHER OF YOU.

I MEAN, YOU GROW UP
YOUR WHOLE LIFE

BELIEVING THAT GOD
IS ALL-SEEING, ALL-KNOWING,

THAT HE'S JUST
AND KIND AND LOVING,

AND THAT IF YOU
LOVE HIM,

AND IF YOU LIVE
A DECENT LIFE,

THAT YOU'LL
BE REWARDED.

YOU'LL JOIN HIM IN HEAVEN.

BUT THOSE
POOR BASTARDS
ON THE SLAYTON,

THEY'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

I MEAN, THEY DON'T DESERVE
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.

SO THEREFORE,

GOD IS EITHER
PUNISHING THE INNOCENT,

OR HE DOESN'T KNOW.

( sobbing )

HE DOESN'T KNOW!

COME ON, MAN.

ROB'S ASLEEP.

THE SEDATIVE
FINALLY TOOK EFFECT.

YOU HANDLED HIM
VERY WELL.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN
ANY ONE OF US,

GIVEN TIME.

I SMUGGLED THIS IN

FROM RYDER'S WORLD.

I THINK WE'RE DUE.

THANKS.

CHEERS.

WHOA.

MY BROTHER
VISITED ME AGAIN.

YEAH, WE GOT ALONG
ABOUT AS WELL

AS WE DID
WHEN HE WAS ALIVE.

AFTER HE LEFT,
I FOUND MYSELF THINKING,

IS THIS WHAT'S
IN STORE FOR ME--

SIBLING RIVALRY
FOR ALL ETERNITY?

THANK GOD MY MOTHER'S
NOT ON THAT SHIP!

THEN I REMEMBERED
SOMETHING

THAT HE TOLD ME

ABOUT THE ALIENS
RAMMING THE SLAYTON.

SO I WORKED OUT
SOME SIMULATIONS

BASED ON WHAT HE SAID.

HERE, TAKE A LOOK.

FIRST,

THE ALIENS TRIED
TO SNARE THE SLAYTON

USING MAGNETIC GRAPPLES.

WELL, THAT'S BAD TACTICS.

THAT LIMITS
YOUR OWN MANEUVERABILITY.

THEN, EVEN STRANGER,

THE ALIEN SHIP IS APPROACHING
PARALLEL TO THE SLAYTON.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO RAM A SHIP,
YOU USE YOUR BOW,

NOT YOUR BELLY OR YOUR FLANK.

SO THE SLAYTON
MANEUVERED AWAY.

BUT...WHAT IF THE SLAYTON
HADN'T MANEUVERED AWAY?

STAYED THERE?

SO...I FACTORED IN

THE LOCATIONS OF BOTH SHIPS
WITHIN THIS DISTORTION AND...

THE DARK MATTER.

WITH THE ENGINES
OF BOTH SHIPS

POINTED STRAIGHT AT IT.

THE ALIENS WEREN'T
TRYING TO RAM
THE SLAYTON.

THEY WERE TRYING
TO DOCK WITH IT, I THINK.

MAYBE THEY HAD A PLAN
TO DESTROY THE DARK MATTER,

COULDN'T COMMUNICATE IT
WITH THE SLAYTON.

IF WE KNEW
WHAT THEY KNEW,

MAYBE WE COULD
CARRY OUT THEIR PLAN.

IF WE HAD HAM, WE COULD MAKE
HAM AND EGGS, IF WE HAD EGGS.

NOT NECESSARILY.

WE KNOW WHAT THE DARK MATTER
COULD BE MADE OF,

THE VARIOUS THEORIES?

YEAH, HUNDREDS OF THEM.
SO?

SO WE CREATE
SCHEMATICS

OF THE VARIOUS THEORIES,

SCHEMATICS SO CLEAR THAT
EVEN AN ALIEN CAN READ THEM.

NO!
ABSOLUTELY NOT!

THEIR TOUCH
IS DEADLY.

I CAN GET THE SHIP
OUT OF RANGE

AT THE LEAST HINT
OF DANGER.

BUT IF WE CAN GET
THE ALIENS

TO TELL US WHAT THIS
DARK MATTER IS MADE OF,

MAYBE WE CAN THINK OF A PLAN
TO DESTROY IT.

LYDIA, I DON'T OFTEN
TRUST MYSELF,

AND I KNOW YOU DON'T
QUITE TRUST ME, EITHER,

BUT THIS, I KNOW,
CAN WORK.

THIS IS SOMETHING
I UNDERSTAND,

SOMETHING I CAN DO.

PLEASE...

PLEASE, LET ME TRY IT,

FOR ALL OUR SAKES.

500 KILOMETERS.

KEEP US OUTSIDE THE RANGE
OF THEIR AUTOMATED DEFENSES.

SIMULATIONS READY?

THEY'RE READY...I'M NOT.

RUN SIMULATIONS,
ALL MONITORS, NOW!

SUPER STRING PARTICLES?

THAT MAKES SENSE.

HIGH FREQUENCY
SUPER STRING PARTICLES

ARE IMMENSELY HEAVY.

BUT IF YOU ADD ENERGY TO THEM,
THEIR FREQUENCY LOWERS,

SO THEIR MASS DECREASES.

ENOUGH MAYBE
THAT THIS ENTIRE

SPACE BUBBLE MIGHT JUST
POP RIGHT OUT OF EXISTENCE?

THANK YOU.

YOU'LL HAVE YOUR PEACE,

I PROMISE YOU.

TAKE US OUT.

ERIN, START ACCESSING
THE SLAYTON'S COMPUTERS.

WE HAVE OUR WORK
CUT OUT FOR US.

LIGHTS.

COMPUTER ON.

OPEN FILE.

FILE NAME, "KEVIN."

WHAT DID YOU DO TO MELANIE?
DID YOU FEEL HER UP?

SHUT UP, JASON.

DID YOU TOUCH THEM?

I SAID SHUT UP.

DID YOU USE YOUR MOUTH
OR YOUR HANDS?

YOU'VE GOT
SUCH A BIG MOUTH...

GO TO HELL!

AHH!

NO!

JASON! NO!

WHAT THE HELL
ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT I SHOULD
HAVE DONE

30 YEARS AGO...

TELL THE TRUTH.

TO WHO?

MAYBE NOBODY.

MAYBE WE'LL NEVER GET HOME.

BUT AT LEAST I'LL KNOW
I'VE DONE IT.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT.

IT'S NOT
ABOUT THAT.

IT'S ABOUT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY
FOR YOUR ACTIONS.

YOU TOLD THEM HE TRIPPED,
AND YOU GOT ME TO GO ALONG.

YOU THREATENED, CAJOLED
AND GOT ME TO LIE,

AND I'VE NEVER TRUSTED
ANY DECISION I'VE MADE SINCE.

WHAT IF YOU GET OUT OF HERE?
WHAT THEN?

I AM A HERO, DAMN IT!

I SAVED THREE MEN
OFF THE GAGARIN.

AND YOU MADE A MISTAKE

A LONG TIME AGO.

WE BOTH DID.

THAT DOESN'T DIMINISH
WHAT YOU DID LATER.

YOU'RE JUST NOT PERFECT,
THAT'S ALL.

I WON'T LET YOU
DO THIS TO ME.

YOU CAN'T STOP ME, KEV.

YOU SON OF A...

I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

YOU CRIED THAT DAY, TOO.

I'M SCARED, PAULIE.

WHAT IF I CAN'T
GET OUT OF HERE?

HMM?

WHAT IF THIS IS
JUST AN ENERGY TRACE?

WHAT HAPPENS TO ME?

I DON'T KNOW, KEV.

ALL I KNOW IS THAT WE ALL
FACE THAT QUESTION EVENTUALLY.

YOU FACED IT
ON THE GAGARIN.

YOU'LL DO IT AGAIN.

YOU'RE A HERO.

YEAH.

BEANPOLE,

TELL MOM AND DAD...

TELL MOM AND DAD I'M SORRY.

( Paul )
BOTH ENGINES ARE ALIGNED.

ASSUMING CONTROL
OF THE SLAYTON'S HELM.

DIVERTING NON-ESSENTIAL POWER
TO HELM AND NAVIGATION.

( Lydia )
FULL STOP.

BRING US AROUND.

HELM COMPUTERS
ARE OVERLOADED.

WE MAY LOSE THE SLAYTON
AFTER THIS.

FIRE ENGINES!

WE NEED AT LEAST 30 SECONDS.

WE MAY NOT LAST MORE THAN 20.

26, 27...

28...

29...30 SECONDS.

DISENGAGE!

YES!

GOOD WORK, PAUL.

REALLY GOOD!

SHE'S RIGHT, BEANPOLE.

NOT MUCH TIME,
PAULIE.

I'M GOING SOMEWHERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE,
BUT THAT'S WHY I WENT INTO SPACE

IN THE FIRST PLACE,
RIGHT?

IT WASN'T YOUR FAULT,
PAULIE.

I BULLIED YOU
INTO IT.

YOU WERE JUST A KID,
BUT I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.

ANYWAY, JUST DON'T LET ME
RUN YOUR LIFE

ANY MORE THAN I ALREADY HAVE.

KEV, I...

IT'S O.K.

IT'S ALL O.K.

GOODBYE,
BEANPOLE.

HAVE A GOOD LIFE.

COMPUTER ON.

FILE NAME, "KEVIN."

WITHIN THE HUMAN SOUL
RESIDE MYSTERIES DARK AND DEEP

ABOUT OUR FRAILTIES,
OUR FEARS, OUR SHAME.

TODAY, OR A HUNDRED YEARS
FROM NOW

THE DARKEST MATTER
WILL STILL LIE

IN THE HUMAN HEART.