Earth 2 (1994) s01e01 Episode Script
First Contact
My earliest memories of it were the stories, how it was once thought so vast- infinite skies, deep seas, boundless mountain ranges.
But they were only stories.
I was born on the stations, just like my parents and their parents before them.
It's the only life I've ever known.
But I still think about those stories of Earth.
And I tell them to my son as we prepare to flee this life of ours on the stations, a life that is ordered, efficient, sterile and, for a small group of children, deadly.
My son is one of the unlucky ones.
He was born with the Syndrome.
Ulysses, are you listening? Do you think when we get to the planet, I'll be able to, you know, like, run right out of the ship? No.
Not right out of the ship, but in time.
Now, may we please continue with our geography? Six years ago, Uly was diagnosed with a disease our medical community hesitates to even recognize, a disease not caused by the presence of a virus, but, rather, an absence- an absence of what nature can provide, an absence of fresh air, of fresh water, New Pacifica is bordered on the west by the Sea of Antaeus.
an absence of Earth.
And it is on this shoreline we'll be landing.
Are there going to be beasts on the planet, Mom? - What kind of beasts, Uly? - I don't know.
Big.
Bigger than this whole ship.
And skin like- like the elephant from my virtual reality, with teeth and tusks that shoot out from his face like, you know, tentacles? And-And at the end of each tentacle, hands with nine fingers.
You think there'll be any monsters like that on the new planet? I certainly hope not, Uly.
Now, it's time for you to get some rest, all right? We have a very, very big day tomorrow.
Hmm.
Can I sit by the pilot when we launch? Yes, if you're quiet.
Okay? - Yes? - Big fire, Dev.
Cockpit.
I'm putting my son to bed, Commander.
- Can't wait.
I need you now.
- Okay.
I will be right back, all right? When I come back, I am gonna tell you a long, scary story.
This quest to save my son has grown larger than even I could imagine.
Tonight, 250 Syndrome families wait with us, docked beside our small advance ship.
In eight hours, our lives will change forever, as we light out in search of a place like Earth once was, a place where children can thrive, a planet we might call home.
What? What is it? Something you should see.
Picked up from- Ms.
Adair's private expedition had been in the planning stages for six years, despite virulent opposition from both medical and scientific fields.
Internet satellite? To repeat, the Eden Project, bound to set up the first colony in the G8 system, met with disaster this morning, exploding upon departure.
There were no survivors.
What? What is this, some kind of a joke? It's government-released, Adair.
Preapproved by three panels nine hours before broadcast.
No jokes.
Coded for 0900 hours tomorrow morning.
That's an hour after we launch.
That's right.
They-They've given up trying to stall us, so now they're just going to kill us? They're going to try.
We find a better world out there than these sanitized cans, they lose control.
I'm running a resonant scan of the entire ship right now.
- You think there's explosives on board? - You don't? We cannot risk another delay.
There are over 200 Syndrome families on the colony ship, prepping for cold sleep right now.
No delays.
We'll launch on schedule.
No.
No, we need to launch now.
- Solace, what's our status? - We're at zero minus eight and a half hours.
You weren't hired to tell me the time, Ace.
- Portal's yawning wide open.
I'd say they're expecting a freighter.
- Now you're talkin'.
- Advise colony.
We're moving.
- Yes, sir! - Baines! - Yeah.
- Get the operations crew together.
- Right.
We're on a tight departure.
Dad? Dad! Hey, Dad? Over here, sweetheart.
Dad, we're moving.
Yeah, it feels like it.
What's up, baby? They're looking for you.
Uh-oh.
Let's go.
Resonant scan came up with 97 non-registered items.
We need a physical scan of all specified areas immediately.
- Explosive check and launching at the same time? - Just find it! Let's go.
Colony ship on approach.
Colony ship - Hospital ward reports all 248 Syndrome children are secured.
Brace yourself, Sheila.
We're just about to kiss you here.
Engaging.
Accelerating.
Initial contact.
We have coupling.
Smooth as always, Mr.
Solace.
Eden Advance, this is Port Control 1-9.
Please advise.
We're showing a no-go.
Just stretching our legs, 1-9.
Getting in position for manana.
What the hell is going on? What the hell is going on? What the- What's going on here? You're our government liaison, Martin.
Why the hell don't you tell us? What is he talking about? Who authorized our departure? We don't have level six clearance yet.
Eden ships, you are in violation of port ordinance.
Acknowledge.
Will someone with some weight talk to these nice folks, please? If you're still on board, Mr.
Martin, I assume you have no idea what your friends on level six have planned for us tomorrow.
Well, they're releasing us to planet G889.
Guess again.
Solace! Are you out of your mind? You're not one of these lunatics.
Orient and redock before they take your charter bars.
You wanna pay my freight, 1-9? I kinda doubt you can match these people's credit weight.
Well, I just may retire off this run.
What do you say? Eden Advance, we still show no-go.
Return to dock facility.
Repeat: We will contact Port Authority.
Feel free to contact whoever you damn well please.
We're making a run for it.
Bay two portal doors are now closing.
Bay two portal doors are now closing.
If you could just tell me what you're looking for, maybe I could help you.
Ma'am, what is this? It's- It's my husband's.
No triggers.
Opening item check number 19.
Well, the case is his, but, sir, the contents are mine.
Government quarter sector three clear.
Anything? Nah.
Negative.
I'm up to comm deck.
Those doors won't reverse, Solace.
We're shutting down Apex guidance.
Now, when was the last time you piloted manual, Lonz? Apex guidance system is off.
You breach that hull, and we'll have a hell of a mess on our hands.
Thanks for the vote of confidence, 1-9.
I'll keep that in mind.
Okay, Ace.
Now's the time.
You as good as you say you are? Show me.
Nav, I need vertical marker positioning right now.
Inside the launch tube? Without Apex? - Just follow my marks.
- Okay.
Retros at 50%.
Check.
- Auto-positional.
- Where are we going, Devon? I want positioning feeds from you at five-second intervals.
You got it? Got it.
Let's do it.
Well, well, well.
Look at all this activity.
Stay on line here.
Mr.
Blalock, sir.
Morgan Martin, level four.
I just wanted you to realize that I, in no way, sanctioned this- Blalock, go back to sleep.
You're just having a bad dream.
You have a scheduled departure in eight hours, Devon.
Movement like this could put your clearance at risk.
All these years of planning, Devon.
All those obstacles.
- Three degrees.
Mark it.
- Mark.
I know we've been difficult, but now, eight hours to go, and this final insubordinate act? Let's just say after all the years of clearance stalls, I've grown just a tad antsy.
Devon, everything we've done has been for your benefit, to protect you from the unknown.
Oh, come on, Blalock.
You've seen the probe info.
The planet has a habitability rating of 83.
No human has ever been as far as G889, Devon.
- Personally- - Keep him on the hook, Adair.
Keep him talking.
Think I'd like staying on the stations, Dison? Syndrome children are dying.
Two generations, we may all be extinct.
Alonzo .]
Okay.
Stay on it.
Devon, no one's more sorry than I am that your little boy is sick.
It is sad when children die.
People have always died.
Doesn't mean we have to run away from all we know.
You've put years of work into this, Devon.
Why see it all come to a halt now? You've got 250 people counting on you, counting on both of us Oh, my God.
- They're gonna kill us.
- to do the right thing here.
What's the point, Dison? I thought we had clearance.
Everything but level six, Devon.
You know that.
- We're off.
Dead center.
- Bring it up to seven.
I want speed now.
Devon, you know as well as I do there are people who do not want you to succeed.
Keep him cool, Adair.
We need some time.
I know who they are.
You are playing right into their hands.
Two little ships, Dison.
A handful of unwanted, whispered-about families.
- Most people would think of this as a cleansing.
- Please, God! Were it up to me, I'd have let you leave long ago.
This is a difficult situation, rife with internal politics, Devon! No Syndrome child has lived beyond nine years.
My son is eight, and I will not watch him die.
Bay two portal doors are clear.
Nice work.
We need a few more months, a few more weeks to establish the habitability of G889.
Do not leave station subspace for your own good.
I cannot stress how serious this is.
Why, Dison? Are you trying to tell me something? Are you saying I'm at risk? Devon, you're at risk anytime you're out there without us.
I can't protect you, Devon.
I cannot protect you.
- We're clear.
- You gotta trust me on this, Devon.
I'm trying to help you here.
I am trying to be a friend.
One thing I've learned, Dison- I'm all out of friends.
Don't go off-line! I wish you would listen to me! Hello? How long before they realize they didn't get us? Oh, I'd say they know now.
We're already dead to them, Dev.
They're probably firing up that newscast as we speak.
We're on our own now.
No turning back.
Scanners show no station activity.
They're not coming after us.
Just get us out of here.
Yale, where's Dr.
Vasquez? I can't get him on gear, and he should be prepping Uly right now.
Devon, Vasquez is not on board.
What? Apparently, he went to make a final check on the children on colony.
But we had boarded for departure.
Nobody was supposed to disembark without proper- Oh, my God.
We have no doctor, Yale.
Dr.
Heller is on board.
Dr.
Heller? Come on.
She is the most junior member of his team.
She's barely qualified to be his intern.
Dr.
Heller has come to prep Uly for cold sleep.
I should monitor him for 24 hours before the rest of us go down for hibernation.
I agree.
And, uh, you should get started.
I assume Dr.
Vasquez has explained the risks a child like Ulysses faces going into cold sleep, even under optimum conditions.
I'm well aware of the risks.
We don't have very much choice now, do we? No, we don't.
You can tell everyone from mechanical to kitchen crew we stick with the original contract- transport to and deposit on planet.
I'm not asking for the crew.
I'm asking for myself.
The contract said nothing about bomb scans or leaving under a no-go.
Look, even after I drop you off, I still gotta come back here and do business with that port.
Okay, let's see.
Twenty-two light-years each way.
How many administrations you think that'll be? Just tell everyone hazard pay clause has been invoked.
Thank you.
Good.
That's all I wanted to know.
I- All right.
Eden Advance, colony ship prepped for disengage.
Tell those passengers of yours to hang tight.
By the time they're out of cold sleep, we'll have set up their new home in New Pacifica.
Twenty-four years of sleep? We can sure use it.
Thanks for the push, boys.
Hope you all sleep tight.
You're breaking my heart, Sheila.
I wish we could bring you along.
I love you, champ.
I- I won't wake up for 22 years, but it'll seem like tomorrow, right? Just like any other night.
You don't think I won't wake up, do you? You will wake up, Uly.
I promise.
And when you do, we're gonna be on the verge of a whole new life.
And then you can finish telling me that story with that beast of yours, okay? I will.
Night, Uly.
Night.
I love you, Mom.
We bring so many questions with us.
Will this new planet hold the key to healing humanity? Will the frontier hold the same promise it did for our ancestors? And, most of all, will Uly ever get to slay his monsters? Artificial gravity restoration: active.
Atmospheric repressurization: active.
Automatic pilot self-check: in progress.
Artificial life-support system: check.
Cryo-sleep chamber four.
Heller, Julia.
Physician.
Neurological activity: high.
Core temperature: normal.
Alpha rising:.
8.
Isn't standard operation to have me verify position so you and I can hop back in a big sack if we're a couple hundred million miles off course? That's right.
Well, you'll be happy to know that my record's intact.
I haven't missed yet.
Okay.
I could postpone everyone's defrost and celebrate life a little bit.
What do you say? Is that the only come-on you sleep jumpers can come up with these days? You've worked cold-sleep runs? Well, let's just say your reputation precedes you.
I don't have one.
I'm not around enough to make one.
But you- You have some sleep in your eye.
What? Oh, man, oh, man.
Oh, man.
Lonz, tell me I can go back to bed.
Sorry, pal.
We're right on course.
I win the betting pool.
Tell your guys to fork over.
What are you, a morning person? Hey, you know, First cold sleep? No, third.
Never more than 19 months though.
I had some kind of weird dream or something.
Not me, pal.
I been under so many times, I lost my dream button.
Never really get used to how the world changes though.
One long night's sleep, everything you knew almost a quarter of a century older.
Probably a grandmother now.
So that's why we get the heavy pay, huh? How old are you, man? A lot older than you, kid.
He's still under 97.
That's fine.
Well, he should be responding by now.
Cardiorespiratory's improving.
E.
E.
G.
's on target.
I think a stimulant is indicated.
Devon, I do know what I'm doing.
Before apprenticing with Dr.
Vasquez, I- You graduated cum laude in diagnostic analysis.
I checked.
Then you must also know that my parents had my chromosomes skewed towards the medical arts.
Your background compensates for your lack of experience, but right now my son is- Uly? Uly? Uly, honey, I'm here.
I'm right here.
- Are we there yet? - Almost.
We're almost there, honey.
Almost there.
any assigned held pods on B-4 should report there within an hour.
Where should I store this? Copy.
Hey.
True, sweetheart.
Come on.
You gotta buzz your teeth.
Need your help up top.
I'm getting a cat, right? I had a dream I got my cat.
Real cat? Did you dream we won the trans-station lottery? Hey.
You promised.
You said we're gonna be richer.
I know, but I didn't say we were gonna be billionaires.
You know how much a pet allotment costs? Come on.
I'll meet you up top.
Let me make this clear, Dad.
After we go drop them off, and we get home, I get a cat.
Not a cheapo synth cat.
A real cat.
No discussion.
Understand? Well? Good.
So I'll meet you on deck.
Thank you.
And what time do you wanna meet for dinner? 0800 hours.
Geez, I can't believe we're actually doing this, Bess.
I mean, I hate travel.
I hate that Devon woman.
Miss Stop-The-World-My-Son-Is-Sick, My-Cyborg-Tutor-And-I-Want-To-Get-Off.
I mean, what pretension! Oh, how could I have been so stupid? Bess, what are you looking at? I feel older, Morgan.
Well, you're not.
We've been over this a million times, Bess.
We were in suspended animation, remember? We don't age.
It's impossible.
All right? I didn't say I was older.
I said I feel older.
And you can't suspend feelings.
Technician Flores, report to station blue.
Technician Flores, report to station blue.
Bess, I'm- I'm sorry.
I- I've been under a lot of pressure lately.
Bess, you know you're my whole world.
- Please don't stare at me.
- I'm not.
Uly, don't wear yourself out now.
Well, hello.
We'd heard there was another child on board.
My dad said they stopped the Yale program, that you all went crazy.
Check systems two through 10.
A few of the Yales did have faint recall of their criminal past.
He doesn't have a memory glitch.
He's a great tutor.
Well, I'm sorry that we are parting ways at G889.
We all could have gotten to know one another.
Take a look.
Just what you wanted, Dev.
A new place to call home.
We made it.
We're on the other side of the stars.
Advance communication dish launched.
Okay, easy does it there, girl.
Drag and stage.
Propulsion shift.
Yes! Hey, Ace.
You put this cargo down as nicely as that dish, we're in business.
You say, "Stack 'em," I'll say, "How high?" Commence at your discretion, pal.
I'll be in the head.
Sure.
Baines, prep cargo pods for the drop.
Mmm.
What the- What's going on? Warning.
Cargo pods won't release! They're dragging us down! Baines, unlock it! Cut them loose.
! Release mech is jammed.
! We've picked up a heavy magnetic charge.
! Then blow them off!.
Do it.
! - Pods one, two, three.
- Charges are dead.
! Ow! Come on, Bess! Whoa! We're not going down on this thing, Bess! We're not dying here, Bess.
Aah! Morgan! Morgan! Warning.
Evacuation warnings are in effect.
Everything will be fine.
Do not panic! Do not panic! There's enough room for everyone! One, two, three.
Warning.
Evacuation warnings are in effect.
True! Where are you, girl? True! Bess, in! Get in! Evacuation air lock engage.
Hurry! - Hey! Hey! What are you doing? What are you doing? - Morgan! Bess! Hold on! - Air lock secure.
- Don't leave! There's people here! - Evacuation pod is engaged.
- Hey! What are you doing? Morgan.
! Oh, my God, Morgan.
! Morgan, I'm scared.
! Evacuation pod is away.
Solace.
! Proceed to evacuation.
Forget it! Abort now! Pod two, three.
True! True! Daddy.
! True! Sweetheart.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Okay.
Okay, baby.
Come on.
Let's go.
Gotta keep your head down.
All right? Come on.
You're gonna be okay.
Daddy, I'm scared.
Come on! Leave it! Let's go! Come on! We're giving her up.
Let's go.
What are you doing? - Evacuation air lock engaged.
- Hurry! There's no room.
There's too many people.
Take the other one.
Air lock secure.
Evacuation pod is cleared.
Away.
Come on.
We gotta go! That's it.
I'm sorry.
come on! Let's go.
We gotta go! Run! Proceed to evacuation pod.
Dad! Hurry! Hurry! Get in here.
Get in here.
Close the hatch.
Everybody, secure! Go! Catch! Go! Come on.
Get out of the way! All right.
Sit over here.
Okay.
Come on! Everyone inside? - Hurry! - I said, everyone inside? - Yes! Disengage! - Go! Go.
Pod three is away.
Our Father who art in heaven, protect us with your strength as we are guided on this journey.
Protect us, Lord.
We need you.
Dad, we're gonna hit.
! Are you okay? Uh, I'm fine.
Everybody, check for injuries and stay calm.
We have a reading? I'm processing, and I can't get anything.
Don't give me can't! I want an atmospheric reading.
Nothing.
Sensors are down.
Open the hatch.
There's nowhere else to go.
We can't stay here.
That's right.
All right, everybody.
Stay calm.
Stay put.
I'm gonna open this damn hatch.
All right.
Hatch opening! Here we go.
I'm at 130 over 90.
It's too high.
I know.
It's okay.
Just take a big breath.
What is it? How's he doing? No signal from the other crafts.
Keep trying.
So? No sign of trauma.
You're clear.
Thank God! We're gonna need water.
Yale.
Take this.
Keep your eye out for anything that moves.
I can't.
Weapons aversion in the Yale program? I tried to hold her.
I couldn't shake the unit.
Can you hold still for a second, please? Please! I told you.
I just wrenched it.
Please just give me a minute, okay? You're gonna have to take 24 hours.
You've got multiple fractures here.
I mean, you're not gonna be walking until at least tomorrow.
You did take a bone-healer vaccine? It was for the colonists.
I wasn't even landing.
Hey.
Is- Is this dirt, Dad? Yeah, I guess so.
Cool.
That's cool.
I- I don't think this is such a good idea, Bess.
- I feel like we're gonna get arrested.
- What for? Burning wood's been illegal on Earth since I was a kid, Morgan.
Even though we burned everything else.
Bess! It's spreading.
See- Morgan, don't worry.
It's gonna stay put.
And if anyone else is alive, they'll see our flames.
Yeah.
You know, Bess, I think that we may be the only ones who made it.
I- I feel awful about leaving them like that.
Morgan, stop blaming yourself.
You explained it.
There was nothing you could do.
We just broke away.
The wind shear just ripped the pod right off.
We're lucky we got out alive.
Thank goodness you got the door closed.
Yeah.
You know, you're- you're actually a hero.
That is definitely one of our pod sectionals.
The other 15 could be scattered all over this planet.
Mmm.
Pod 12.
Inventory has it with vehicles, V.
T.
O.
aircraft and probably some clothing.
What would you estimate? Another 10 hours of darkness? I don't know.
We'll move at first light.
Devon.
It's just so hard to believe.
If this is anything like Earth was hundreds of years ago- It's a second chance.
The odds are unbelievable.
Save some of that for later, pal.
I am.
Hmm.
That's all there is, son.
Better eat it.
No, thanks.
Come here.
Come here.
I want to show you kids something.
- You know what this is? - Mm-mmm.
- No.
- It's a relic from another time.
What is it? It's money, currency.
People used to trade these things for goods down on Earth before everyone got fund transfer codes.
See? One side is a buffalo.
Other side's an Indian head.
See that? You wanna hold this a while for me? Uly, that's gonna bring you some good luck on this new planet.
See you.
Bye-bye.
You don't like semolina, huh? I heard a kid who choked to death on it once.
Really? So, if you're not gonna eat it- I get it.
You want something, so you decide to be nice to the freak.
You're crazy! Want it? Help yourself.
Here, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.
I know you're not a kitty, but what are you? Here you go.
Want it? Here you go.
All right.
All right.
Watch out.
Watch your step.
I need to sit down for just a second.
Hey.
Can I help you? Here, boy.
Up you go.
There.
Hey.
Hey.
Careful.
Just watch his tubing.
All right.
There she is, people! Oh, my God.
We've been robbed.
We're not alone.
Something really picked this place clean.
V.
T.
O.
aircraft, titanium building units and probably a land vehicle.
What about that other bay? It doesn't look like they got there.
We're not sure.
No individual bay manifests.
Oh, great.
You manage to get that open yet? Yeah, a couple more inches maybe.
Not one piece of probe info showed even an inkling of civilization.
No roads, no structures, no agriculture.
Whatever it is, it must be interested in manufactured goods.
We've checked the last 25 years' worth of probe reports.
There's nothing about flora and fauna.
Yeah, government probes for newscast.
We saw what they wanted us to see.
One, two, three.
! All right.
Come on.
Come on.
Got 'im.
All right.
Yeah.
Looks like we got ourselves a Zero unit.
Part of one anyway.
Actually, I've got an entire body in here.
Construction worker series, ready to give New Pacifica a full 100%.
Can't speak for New Pacifica, but we could sure use the rest of your unit.
Easy there, pal.
Oh, boy.
There's gotta be a smarter way to do this.
Hold on! All right.
Be careful.
I will! Are you in? Yeah.
Do you see the unit? Yeah.
I see it.
Okay, see if you can reach the collar control panel.
All right.
Be careful.
I will.
Whoa! It's humming! Pull.
Pull hard.
Pull! You need a hand up there? Hey, kid.
Wanna give me a hand? What can I do? Come here, and I'll show you.
Ready? All right.
Okay? All right.
All right.
All righty.
Here you go.
There.
Now- How's it fit? Can you reach the pedals? Recon rail's your top priority, friend.
I thought everybody should be mobile.
That's a good idea.
All righty.
She's not much to look at, but a boy's gotta have wheels, right? Hey, what'd you think? I was gonna carry you around everywhere? Nah, this'll be fine.
Okay.
This here's the brake.
It makes you stop.
Press this, that makes you go.
This is where you steer.
That-a-boy.
Steer it like that.
You have any trouble gettin' it started, you just jiggle that a little bit and spit on it.
All right? All right.
Give it a shot.
All right.
Take it easy now.
Okay.
All right.
That's good, that's good.
Just take your time.
You're doin' good.
Just take your time.
All right.
That-a-boy! Whoo! Go, go, go! That-a-boy! Don't forget to steer! It's all gone, Yale.
Everything.
Not everything, Devon.
Most of our vehicles, communications equipment.
Something's out there, Yale, and it's cleaned us out.
We were perhaps foolish to believe there was no intelligent life here.
I know.
I just don't know what to do now.
People are injured.
O'Neill wants to follow those tracks, hunt down whatever creature stole our cargo.
That might be imprudent, Devon.
I'm just worried about what might be out there.
Here, kitty, kitty.
Here, kitty, kitty.
What's out there is two tons of supplies and equipment, Devon, and it's nothing more than shiny beads and trinkets to some stunted, tri-toed hominids.
I don't mean to second-guess you, Broderick, but I don't think this- Then don't! It's ours, Devon.
We have every right to go out and hunt it down.
True? You ready to roll? Can you bring me over a bypass hookup relay? Ye-Yeah.
Just be careful.
Okay, Uly.
Keep breathing.
And give us your best shot.
Not bad.
Good job, Uly.
Good peak.
My personal best? Almost.
Let me see you drive this thing, okay? Why don't you go down to that tree and back? - Time me.
- Okay.
Be careful.
Well, he's no worse, considering all he's been through.
It's not a miracle, but it's something.
All I want is to give him a chance.
Nothing today suggests you can't.
Nothin' for miles.
No movement.
Nothing.
These tracks head in 10 different directions.
We won't be bested by this.
What? Hey.
Maybe we oughta hold off a little.
If I wanted to hold off, I'd stayed on the station.
- Commander, we don't know what we're dealing with! - I know it fired my rifle, don't I? You all right? Yeah.
My God.
Yeah.
Just stings like a son of a- That little bugger's got a- He's got a- Hey.
Commander! Hey! Oh, my God! Oh, no, don't.
No, don't do this! O'Neill! Oh, my God.
Forgive us, Lord, if this ceremony lacks grace.
Burial is a tradition long lost to us over generations in space.
Bless our brother, Broderick O'Neill.
Be gracious to him.
Lift up countenance upon him and grant him peace.
Universe to universe, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
And remember to your heart our lost brethren, with whom we set forth on this mission.
Protect them from evil.
Amen.
Children? - I am sorry to have frightened you.
- I don't scare.
- Didn't scare me.
You want to talk about what happened to Commander O'Neill? He's dead.
Why are they putting him into the dirt? Come.
Come, come.
Sometimes we need to return to the place we think we have come from.
Earth, even this new Earth, can be a place where- where life begins.
And when life ends, it can be a place to rest.
Are we all gonna go in the dirt, Yale? No.
No.
Not for a very long time.
But we have to be very careful.
We are in a new place now.
Everything is different.
Commander O'Neill died because he forgot that- that even a little animal, as cute as can be, can be deadly here.
You understand? Okay.
Now, I expect that if either of you see anything like this, you will stay far, far away.
I will.
I promise.
Uh-huh.
Me too.
Far, far away.
We dropped our communication dish here.
Cargo was due to land here.
But the other 15 pods could be anywhere.
Sweetheart, get me a number-nine anthro-scepter.
So you know, I am equipped with a variety of scepters and retractors.
He's not interested.
Here you go, Dad.
Uh, no.
Number nine, okay? Well, that settles it then.
I think once we get the vehicles operational, we should head out.
Mm-hmm.
We wanted to be pioneers, Yale.
We've come this far.
Dad? We're not gonna be able to go home, are we? Excuse me.
You just can't go- Excuse me.
Am I hearing this right? Are you planning a trip or something? We're charting our way to New Pacifica, where we dropped our communications dish.
Give me a minute with your boss here, will ya? It's okay.
I'm a good guy.
You're crazier than I'd heard.
You can't just drag this group across whatever land mass this is.
Half of us weren't even supposed to set foot on this planet.
And I'm sorry for that.
But we didn't come this far to stop now.
What are you, in shock, Adair? We have crashed onto this planet.
We have lost most of our cargo.
I just saw a man get killed by a rodent, for crying out loud.
Maybe you haven't noticed it, but your plans have changed.
New Pacifica is not the priority anymore.
It certainly is a priority for 248 families on our colony ship.
Twenty-six months from now they'll be here, and I've promised them a fully operational outpost.
That's your mission, lady.
That's your mission.
Half of us are hired hands here.
You read the risk disclosure when you took this job, and you were paid four times the standard cryo-sleep rate.
And don't you dare invoke Broderick O'Neill's death here.
The man was my friend.
It's not about contracts or friendship.
It is about survival.
You want to move on? I say you put it to a vote.
Thanks for your advice, Mr.
- Danziger.
What I really need right now is a Trans Rover that's operational.
Think you can handle that? Oh, my God.
! - On the ridge, - What is that? Uly? Uly, where are you? Mom? I'm right here, Mom.
Come here, baby.
Lock.
Secure.
Voice print.
My order.
Stay in there.
Don't open it.
What? What is it? Some sort of biped creatures.
Oh, my God.
Zero, are you there? No indication of alien bipeds.
Still no indication.
But they were just there, Zero.
I am scanning movement over the ridge.
I am picking up movement over the ridge.
I'm picking up two meters per second of motion.
Two beings.
Scanning at 1,700 meters.
Two biped creatures.
- What is it? - I have them in range now.
They are on approach.
Visual feed.
They are alive.
Boy, that was bedlam, wasn't it? When that ship started going down, us in the clutches of gravity like that, my first thought was, you know, we're gonna be dead.
Oh.
! Real food.
Mmm.
! You don't know the sick feeling I had, Morgan and me waiting and the wind shear just loppin' us right off.
Oh, yeah.
And the thought that we would never see any of you again- And if somebody had been trying to get in, when that auto air lock snapped shut, boy, that just would've been- Oh, that was just- that- that was hell.
Does anyone want to talk about what we saw today? Thought we all agreed they were animals.
Animals don't carry staffs.
None that we know of.
Maybe it was an illusion.
Tips of the rocks- What about the light? Sun flares is just not a good-enough explanation.
Let's not make any assumptions.
There's a lot we don't know about this place.
Fine time to realize that.
I'm not supposed to.
They said you're too dangerous.
What the hell? What the hell? What are you? What do you want? What was that? Who said that? What was that? Who said that? What is this place? What is this place? Please stop.
What are you? Please stop.
What are you? Leave me! I don't have dreams.
I don't have dreams.
You're all right.
You're all right.
Alonzo? Okay, okay, okay.
You can't stay with us anymore.
Good-bye.
Go on.
Good-bye.
What are you doing here? Is that one of those things that killed the commander? Just-Just go back to camp.
You're not supposed to be out here.
Yeah? Neither are you.
And those things are evil.
Yale told us to stay away from them.
She's not evil.
You're evil! It's your fault you got sick and we had to come here in the first place.
You're gonna get us all killed by those things.
I'm gonna tell.
No, you're not.
Hey, let go of me! It is your fault! Let go! No! Just stop! - Aah! Let go of me! - Don't! Stop! Look out! We're gonna crash! Uly? Hey! Uly? Uly, where are you? Uly? Uly? Uly? I'm coming.
! True, is that you? True, is that you? Uh- Uh- Hey! Help! - Uly! - Help! This quadrant's clear.
I'm gonna go check the ridge over here.
Uly? Uly, where are you? Come on, Uly.
Uly, answer me! Uly! Zero, how much further? I have a gear reading at approximately one half meter.
What - Yeah.
Yeah.
I got him.
Yeah, this is him.
I think I see him.
Yeah, I got him.
I got him.
! Devon.
Devon.
Devon! It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's all right.
It's okay.
Shh, shh.
It's all right.
We're just going about this wrong, that's all.
There's gotta be a way in.
All right, we need everyone out of here.
I'll stay here with Zero, but that's it.
Everybody else goes back to camp.
I'm not going anywhere.
Hey.
We'll find your kid.
Just leave me some supplies.
I know how to respirate.
I'm not leaving until we find him.
Okay.
Keep in contact over gear.
If you lose us, if you hear anything at all happen to us, pull up stakes and get the hell away from here as fast as possible.
You understand me? All right.
Let's go.
People, I may have found something here.
Sixty-three meters, exactly.
Sensors indicate a large labyrinth-like system.
Will a man fit down there? Yes.
But as a Zero unit, I come with a variety of excavation accessories.
Of course, they were all stolen.
I'll have you on gear the whole time, let you know everything I see.
Pal, you hear me start screaming in terror, you take that as your cue to yank me out of here.
Without fail, sir.
Zero? Can you track me down here? Sir, I have excellent tracking capabilities.
How's it going there, little girl? I'm fixing the Trans Rover.
Anything I can do to help? My name is Bess.
We haven't met yet.
What's your name? True.
And, no there's nothing you can do to help.
It's not your fault, True.
We're gonna find Uly.
We're all in this together.
Oh, no.
They're back.
Oh, Lord.
Morgan.
Well? What are you all waiting for? Them to kill us too? What is he doing? Morgan, just be careful, okay? Just- Morgan? Morgan! Well, there ya go.
Show these things who's boss on this planet.
You idiot! Hey, where you goin'? Uly.
! Uly? Can you hear me? This is amazing.
It's an old underground river, or an abandoned mine.
Any sign? Footprints? Signs of struggle? Nothing.
Like it's been empty forever.
Julia! Julia! It's-It's Alonzo.
He keeps calling for you.
Come on.
Alonzo? You all right? They're Terrians.
What? They're "Terrians"? What did you say? The creatures- the ones who swim up from the earth.
Alonzo, are you with me? How do you know what they're called? Because I talked to them.
I talked to them.
Devon, go back to camp and get some rest.
I'll stay.
Twenty-two light-years for this.
I haven't given up hope yet.
And I know you haven't either.
We'll find him.
What was I thinking, Yale? Why did I bring all these people here? You did not bring them, Devon.
They followed you.
Two hundred and fifty families still out in space will tell you that in person when they reach this planet.
I don't know.
Maybe we had no right, Yale.
Maybe we're not supposed to go to the end of the universe to save ourselves.
Maybe we just haven't gotten there yet.
Devon? Are you there? I'm on.
What is it? I think we have a way.
What are you talking about? Uly.
I think we know who or what has him.
We might be able to reach him.
I'm not saying I'm sure it's gonna work, but I think it makes the most sense.
The soil on the ridge was disrupted, just like it is over here.
I think they're trying to approach us through Alonzo's dreams.
A- And you think they're gonna try and reach us again? I don't know for sure.
All we can do is put Alonzo to sleep and try.
Hey, all I said is, I saw them in a dream.
- Uly was not taken in a dream.
- Guys, you up there? What? What is it? I think I'm into something here.
Whoever lives down here, I don't think it's animals.
Okay, so what are we gonna do? I'm going after him.
I'll take the sedative.
I'm not just sitting and waiting.
I don't have any other choice.
Devon! No REM.
Alonzo, this isn't right.
They approached you.
You have to go with her.
Uly! Uly.
! Uly! Uly! I'm here, Devon.
I'm here.
My son.
Where is he? What have you done with him? Mom? I assume you know the risks a child like Ulysses faces going into cold sleep.
I'm aware of the risks.
But we don't have much choice, now, do we? I love you, Mom.
Uly? Mom? Mom! Mom! They fear us.
They're confused by us.
Why? Why are they doing this? They're aware Uly is special, different.
The abduction is an attempt to understand us through him.
This dream plane is real.
It is the only way they can reach us.
Uly! Uly! Uly? Uly! Uly! Uly! Uly! They claim we've been here before, this planet.
What? What are they talking about? We've never been here before.
Never! They fear we're evil.
We've left our mark on the planet already.
No, we came here for life, for a chance to live.
No, we came here for life, for a chance to live.
Uly's return is not a gift.
It would have a price.
Wh-What is it? Tell us what it is.
Anything.
! Devon- Devon, it's not our fight.
I don't care.
I will do anything.
I will give you my life for my son's.
Please.
Devon, it is different for them.
What are they doing? Tell them to stop! My son! My son.
! What? What do you want? What are you asking? Uly! Uly.
Man! Oh, boy.
Come here.
Devon, how you feeling? You all right? What happened? I don't know.
Well, where are you going? Devon? Mom! Uly.
! I'm right here, Mom! I'm okay.
Oh! Uly! Are you okay? Oh, God.
Oh, my baby.
If we can average we can make it to New Pacifica in nine months- or at least what we used to think of as months- and we will still have 17 months to prepare for our colonists.
It won't be easy, and I don't understand this new world better than any of you, but I know New Pacifica is here, and I know somehow we'll be all right there.
I think we've all seen something here that can help us believe that.
So that's it.
You think we should just take off.
Just like that.
No.
I think we should take a vote.
We came to this planet a group of strangers, and now we head out, still strangers, but united toward a single purpose- braving this new land.
Four days ago, aliens landed on a distant planet, and we are them.
Now we struggle across an unknown planet, an uncharted world, looking all the while for that moment when we must fulfill our promise and wondering what will stand in our way.
I don't know, Devon.
I don't know what kind of promise we made, what kind of price we're gonna have to pay.
I don't either, but I know I'd make it again.
But they were only stories.
I was born on the stations, just like my parents and their parents before them.
It's the only life I've ever known.
But I still think about those stories of Earth.
And I tell them to my son as we prepare to flee this life of ours on the stations, a life that is ordered, efficient, sterile and, for a small group of children, deadly.
My son is one of the unlucky ones.
He was born with the Syndrome.
Ulysses, are you listening? Do you think when we get to the planet, I'll be able to, you know, like, run right out of the ship? No.
Not right out of the ship, but in time.
Now, may we please continue with our geography? Six years ago, Uly was diagnosed with a disease our medical community hesitates to even recognize, a disease not caused by the presence of a virus, but, rather, an absence- an absence of what nature can provide, an absence of fresh air, of fresh water, New Pacifica is bordered on the west by the Sea of Antaeus.
an absence of Earth.
And it is on this shoreline we'll be landing.
Are there going to be beasts on the planet, Mom? - What kind of beasts, Uly? - I don't know.
Big.
Bigger than this whole ship.
And skin like- like the elephant from my virtual reality, with teeth and tusks that shoot out from his face like, you know, tentacles? And-And at the end of each tentacle, hands with nine fingers.
You think there'll be any monsters like that on the new planet? I certainly hope not, Uly.
Now, it's time for you to get some rest, all right? We have a very, very big day tomorrow.
Hmm.
Can I sit by the pilot when we launch? Yes, if you're quiet.
Okay? - Yes? - Big fire, Dev.
Cockpit.
I'm putting my son to bed, Commander.
- Can't wait.
I need you now.
- Okay.
I will be right back, all right? When I come back, I am gonna tell you a long, scary story.
This quest to save my son has grown larger than even I could imagine.
Tonight, 250 Syndrome families wait with us, docked beside our small advance ship.
In eight hours, our lives will change forever, as we light out in search of a place like Earth once was, a place where children can thrive, a planet we might call home.
What? What is it? Something you should see.
Picked up from- Ms.
Adair's private expedition had been in the planning stages for six years, despite virulent opposition from both medical and scientific fields.
Internet satellite? To repeat, the Eden Project, bound to set up the first colony in the G8 system, met with disaster this morning, exploding upon departure.
There were no survivors.
What? What is this, some kind of a joke? It's government-released, Adair.
Preapproved by three panels nine hours before broadcast.
No jokes.
Coded for 0900 hours tomorrow morning.
That's an hour after we launch.
That's right.
They-They've given up trying to stall us, so now they're just going to kill us? They're going to try.
We find a better world out there than these sanitized cans, they lose control.
I'm running a resonant scan of the entire ship right now.
- You think there's explosives on board? - You don't? We cannot risk another delay.
There are over 200 Syndrome families on the colony ship, prepping for cold sleep right now.
No delays.
We'll launch on schedule.
No.
No, we need to launch now.
- Solace, what's our status? - We're at zero minus eight and a half hours.
You weren't hired to tell me the time, Ace.
- Portal's yawning wide open.
I'd say they're expecting a freighter.
- Now you're talkin'.
- Advise colony.
We're moving.
- Yes, sir! - Baines! - Yeah.
- Get the operations crew together.
- Right.
We're on a tight departure.
Dad? Dad! Hey, Dad? Over here, sweetheart.
Dad, we're moving.
Yeah, it feels like it.
What's up, baby? They're looking for you.
Uh-oh.
Let's go.
Resonant scan came up with 97 non-registered items.
We need a physical scan of all specified areas immediately.
- Explosive check and launching at the same time? - Just find it! Let's go.
Colony ship on approach.
Colony ship - Hospital ward reports all 248 Syndrome children are secured.
Brace yourself, Sheila.
We're just about to kiss you here.
Engaging.
Accelerating.
Initial contact.
We have coupling.
Smooth as always, Mr.
Solace.
Eden Advance, this is Port Control 1-9.
Please advise.
We're showing a no-go.
Just stretching our legs, 1-9.
Getting in position for manana.
What the hell is going on? What the hell is going on? What the- What's going on here? You're our government liaison, Martin.
Why the hell don't you tell us? What is he talking about? Who authorized our departure? We don't have level six clearance yet.
Eden ships, you are in violation of port ordinance.
Acknowledge.
Will someone with some weight talk to these nice folks, please? If you're still on board, Mr.
Martin, I assume you have no idea what your friends on level six have planned for us tomorrow.
Well, they're releasing us to planet G889.
Guess again.
Solace! Are you out of your mind? You're not one of these lunatics.
Orient and redock before they take your charter bars.
You wanna pay my freight, 1-9? I kinda doubt you can match these people's credit weight.
Well, I just may retire off this run.
What do you say? Eden Advance, we still show no-go.
Return to dock facility.
Repeat: We will contact Port Authority.
Feel free to contact whoever you damn well please.
We're making a run for it.
Bay two portal doors are now closing.
Bay two portal doors are now closing.
If you could just tell me what you're looking for, maybe I could help you.
Ma'am, what is this? It's- It's my husband's.
No triggers.
Opening item check number 19.
Well, the case is his, but, sir, the contents are mine.
Government quarter sector three clear.
Anything? Nah.
Negative.
I'm up to comm deck.
Those doors won't reverse, Solace.
We're shutting down Apex guidance.
Now, when was the last time you piloted manual, Lonz? Apex guidance system is off.
You breach that hull, and we'll have a hell of a mess on our hands.
Thanks for the vote of confidence, 1-9.
I'll keep that in mind.
Okay, Ace.
Now's the time.
You as good as you say you are? Show me.
Nav, I need vertical marker positioning right now.
Inside the launch tube? Without Apex? - Just follow my marks.
- Okay.
Retros at 50%.
Check.
- Auto-positional.
- Where are we going, Devon? I want positioning feeds from you at five-second intervals.
You got it? Got it.
Let's do it.
Well, well, well.
Look at all this activity.
Stay on line here.
Mr.
Blalock, sir.
Morgan Martin, level four.
I just wanted you to realize that I, in no way, sanctioned this- Blalock, go back to sleep.
You're just having a bad dream.
You have a scheduled departure in eight hours, Devon.
Movement like this could put your clearance at risk.
All these years of planning, Devon.
All those obstacles.
- Three degrees.
Mark it.
- Mark.
I know we've been difficult, but now, eight hours to go, and this final insubordinate act? Let's just say after all the years of clearance stalls, I've grown just a tad antsy.
Devon, everything we've done has been for your benefit, to protect you from the unknown.
Oh, come on, Blalock.
You've seen the probe info.
The planet has a habitability rating of 83.
No human has ever been as far as G889, Devon.
- Personally- - Keep him on the hook, Adair.
Keep him talking.
Think I'd like staying on the stations, Dison? Syndrome children are dying.
Two generations, we may all be extinct.
Alonzo .]
Okay.
Stay on it.
Devon, no one's more sorry than I am that your little boy is sick.
It is sad when children die.
People have always died.
Doesn't mean we have to run away from all we know.
You've put years of work into this, Devon.
Why see it all come to a halt now? You've got 250 people counting on you, counting on both of us Oh, my God.
- They're gonna kill us.
- to do the right thing here.
What's the point, Dison? I thought we had clearance.
Everything but level six, Devon.
You know that.
- We're off.
Dead center.
- Bring it up to seven.
I want speed now.
Devon, you know as well as I do there are people who do not want you to succeed.
Keep him cool, Adair.
We need some time.
I know who they are.
You are playing right into their hands.
Two little ships, Dison.
A handful of unwanted, whispered-about families.
- Most people would think of this as a cleansing.
- Please, God! Were it up to me, I'd have let you leave long ago.
This is a difficult situation, rife with internal politics, Devon! No Syndrome child has lived beyond nine years.
My son is eight, and I will not watch him die.
Bay two portal doors are clear.
Nice work.
We need a few more months, a few more weeks to establish the habitability of G889.
Do not leave station subspace for your own good.
I cannot stress how serious this is.
Why, Dison? Are you trying to tell me something? Are you saying I'm at risk? Devon, you're at risk anytime you're out there without us.
I can't protect you, Devon.
I cannot protect you.
- We're clear.
- You gotta trust me on this, Devon.
I'm trying to help you here.
I am trying to be a friend.
One thing I've learned, Dison- I'm all out of friends.
Don't go off-line! I wish you would listen to me! Hello? How long before they realize they didn't get us? Oh, I'd say they know now.
We're already dead to them, Dev.
They're probably firing up that newscast as we speak.
We're on our own now.
No turning back.
Scanners show no station activity.
They're not coming after us.
Just get us out of here.
Yale, where's Dr.
Vasquez? I can't get him on gear, and he should be prepping Uly right now.
Devon, Vasquez is not on board.
What? Apparently, he went to make a final check on the children on colony.
But we had boarded for departure.
Nobody was supposed to disembark without proper- Oh, my God.
We have no doctor, Yale.
Dr.
Heller is on board.
Dr.
Heller? Come on.
She is the most junior member of his team.
She's barely qualified to be his intern.
Dr.
Heller has come to prep Uly for cold sleep.
I should monitor him for 24 hours before the rest of us go down for hibernation.
I agree.
And, uh, you should get started.
I assume Dr.
Vasquez has explained the risks a child like Ulysses faces going into cold sleep, even under optimum conditions.
I'm well aware of the risks.
We don't have very much choice now, do we? No, we don't.
You can tell everyone from mechanical to kitchen crew we stick with the original contract- transport to and deposit on planet.
I'm not asking for the crew.
I'm asking for myself.
The contract said nothing about bomb scans or leaving under a no-go.
Look, even after I drop you off, I still gotta come back here and do business with that port.
Okay, let's see.
Twenty-two light-years each way.
How many administrations you think that'll be? Just tell everyone hazard pay clause has been invoked.
Thank you.
Good.
That's all I wanted to know.
I- All right.
Eden Advance, colony ship prepped for disengage.
Tell those passengers of yours to hang tight.
By the time they're out of cold sleep, we'll have set up their new home in New Pacifica.
Twenty-four years of sleep? We can sure use it.
Thanks for the push, boys.
Hope you all sleep tight.
You're breaking my heart, Sheila.
I wish we could bring you along.
I love you, champ.
I- I won't wake up for 22 years, but it'll seem like tomorrow, right? Just like any other night.
You don't think I won't wake up, do you? You will wake up, Uly.
I promise.
And when you do, we're gonna be on the verge of a whole new life.
And then you can finish telling me that story with that beast of yours, okay? I will.
Night, Uly.
Night.
I love you, Mom.
We bring so many questions with us.
Will this new planet hold the key to healing humanity? Will the frontier hold the same promise it did for our ancestors? And, most of all, will Uly ever get to slay his monsters? Artificial gravity restoration: active.
Atmospheric repressurization: active.
Automatic pilot self-check: in progress.
Artificial life-support system: check.
Cryo-sleep chamber four.
Heller, Julia.
Physician.
Neurological activity: high.
Core temperature: normal.
Alpha rising:.
8.
Isn't standard operation to have me verify position so you and I can hop back in a big sack if we're a couple hundred million miles off course? That's right.
Well, you'll be happy to know that my record's intact.
I haven't missed yet.
Okay.
I could postpone everyone's defrost and celebrate life a little bit.
What do you say? Is that the only come-on you sleep jumpers can come up with these days? You've worked cold-sleep runs? Well, let's just say your reputation precedes you.
I don't have one.
I'm not around enough to make one.
But you- You have some sleep in your eye.
What? Oh, man, oh, man.
Oh, man.
Lonz, tell me I can go back to bed.
Sorry, pal.
We're right on course.
I win the betting pool.
Tell your guys to fork over.
What are you, a morning person? Hey, you know, First cold sleep? No, third.
Never more than 19 months though.
I had some kind of weird dream or something.
Not me, pal.
I been under so many times, I lost my dream button.
Never really get used to how the world changes though.
One long night's sleep, everything you knew almost a quarter of a century older.
Probably a grandmother now.
So that's why we get the heavy pay, huh? How old are you, man? A lot older than you, kid.
He's still under 97.
That's fine.
Well, he should be responding by now.
Cardiorespiratory's improving.
E.
E.
G.
's on target.
I think a stimulant is indicated.
Devon, I do know what I'm doing.
Before apprenticing with Dr.
Vasquez, I- You graduated cum laude in diagnostic analysis.
I checked.
Then you must also know that my parents had my chromosomes skewed towards the medical arts.
Your background compensates for your lack of experience, but right now my son is- Uly? Uly? Uly, honey, I'm here.
I'm right here.
- Are we there yet? - Almost.
We're almost there, honey.
Almost there.
any assigned held pods on B-4 should report there within an hour.
Where should I store this? Copy.
Hey.
True, sweetheart.
Come on.
You gotta buzz your teeth.
Need your help up top.
I'm getting a cat, right? I had a dream I got my cat.
Real cat? Did you dream we won the trans-station lottery? Hey.
You promised.
You said we're gonna be richer.
I know, but I didn't say we were gonna be billionaires.
You know how much a pet allotment costs? Come on.
I'll meet you up top.
Let me make this clear, Dad.
After we go drop them off, and we get home, I get a cat.
Not a cheapo synth cat.
A real cat.
No discussion.
Understand? Well? Good.
So I'll meet you on deck.
Thank you.
And what time do you wanna meet for dinner? 0800 hours.
Geez, I can't believe we're actually doing this, Bess.
I mean, I hate travel.
I hate that Devon woman.
Miss Stop-The-World-My-Son-Is-Sick, My-Cyborg-Tutor-And-I-Want-To-Get-Off.
I mean, what pretension! Oh, how could I have been so stupid? Bess, what are you looking at? I feel older, Morgan.
Well, you're not.
We've been over this a million times, Bess.
We were in suspended animation, remember? We don't age.
It's impossible.
All right? I didn't say I was older.
I said I feel older.
And you can't suspend feelings.
Technician Flores, report to station blue.
Technician Flores, report to station blue.
Bess, I'm- I'm sorry.
I- I've been under a lot of pressure lately.
Bess, you know you're my whole world.
- Please don't stare at me.
- I'm not.
Uly, don't wear yourself out now.
Well, hello.
We'd heard there was another child on board.
My dad said they stopped the Yale program, that you all went crazy.
Check systems two through 10.
A few of the Yales did have faint recall of their criminal past.
He doesn't have a memory glitch.
He's a great tutor.
Well, I'm sorry that we are parting ways at G889.
We all could have gotten to know one another.
Take a look.
Just what you wanted, Dev.
A new place to call home.
We made it.
We're on the other side of the stars.
Advance communication dish launched.
Okay, easy does it there, girl.
Drag and stage.
Propulsion shift.
Yes! Hey, Ace.
You put this cargo down as nicely as that dish, we're in business.
You say, "Stack 'em," I'll say, "How high?" Commence at your discretion, pal.
I'll be in the head.
Sure.
Baines, prep cargo pods for the drop.
Mmm.
What the- What's going on? Warning.
Cargo pods won't release! They're dragging us down! Baines, unlock it! Cut them loose.
! Release mech is jammed.
! We've picked up a heavy magnetic charge.
! Then blow them off!.
Do it.
! - Pods one, two, three.
- Charges are dead.
! Ow! Come on, Bess! Whoa! We're not going down on this thing, Bess! We're not dying here, Bess.
Aah! Morgan! Morgan! Warning.
Evacuation warnings are in effect.
Everything will be fine.
Do not panic! Do not panic! There's enough room for everyone! One, two, three.
Warning.
Evacuation warnings are in effect.
True! Where are you, girl? True! Bess, in! Get in! Evacuation air lock engage.
Hurry! - Hey! Hey! What are you doing? What are you doing? - Morgan! Bess! Hold on! - Air lock secure.
- Don't leave! There's people here! - Evacuation pod is engaged.
- Hey! What are you doing? Morgan.
! Oh, my God, Morgan.
! Morgan, I'm scared.
! Evacuation pod is away.
Solace.
! Proceed to evacuation.
Forget it! Abort now! Pod two, three.
True! True! Daddy.
! True! Sweetheart.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Okay.
Okay, baby.
Come on.
Let's go.
Gotta keep your head down.
All right? Come on.
You're gonna be okay.
Daddy, I'm scared.
Come on! Leave it! Let's go! Come on! We're giving her up.
Let's go.
What are you doing? - Evacuation air lock engaged.
- Hurry! There's no room.
There's too many people.
Take the other one.
Air lock secure.
Evacuation pod is cleared.
Away.
Come on.
We gotta go! That's it.
I'm sorry.
come on! Let's go.
We gotta go! Run! Proceed to evacuation pod.
Dad! Hurry! Hurry! Get in here.
Get in here.
Close the hatch.
Everybody, secure! Go! Catch! Go! Come on.
Get out of the way! All right.
Sit over here.
Okay.
Come on! Everyone inside? - Hurry! - I said, everyone inside? - Yes! Disengage! - Go! Go.
Pod three is away.
Our Father who art in heaven, protect us with your strength as we are guided on this journey.
Protect us, Lord.
We need you.
Dad, we're gonna hit.
! Are you okay? Uh, I'm fine.
Everybody, check for injuries and stay calm.
We have a reading? I'm processing, and I can't get anything.
Don't give me can't! I want an atmospheric reading.
Nothing.
Sensors are down.
Open the hatch.
There's nowhere else to go.
We can't stay here.
That's right.
All right, everybody.
Stay calm.
Stay put.
I'm gonna open this damn hatch.
All right.
Hatch opening! Here we go.
I'm at 130 over 90.
It's too high.
I know.
It's okay.
Just take a big breath.
What is it? How's he doing? No signal from the other crafts.
Keep trying.
So? No sign of trauma.
You're clear.
Thank God! We're gonna need water.
Yale.
Take this.
Keep your eye out for anything that moves.
I can't.
Weapons aversion in the Yale program? I tried to hold her.
I couldn't shake the unit.
Can you hold still for a second, please? Please! I told you.
I just wrenched it.
Please just give me a minute, okay? You're gonna have to take 24 hours.
You've got multiple fractures here.
I mean, you're not gonna be walking until at least tomorrow.
You did take a bone-healer vaccine? It was for the colonists.
I wasn't even landing.
Hey.
Is- Is this dirt, Dad? Yeah, I guess so.
Cool.
That's cool.
I- I don't think this is such a good idea, Bess.
- I feel like we're gonna get arrested.
- What for? Burning wood's been illegal on Earth since I was a kid, Morgan.
Even though we burned everything else.
Bess! It's spreading.
See- Morgan, don't worry.
It's gonna stay put.
And if anyone else is alive, they'll see our flames.
Yeah.
You know, Bess, I think that we may be the only ones who made it.
I- I feel awful about leaving them like that.
Morgan, stop blaming yourself.
You explained it.
There was nothing you could do.
We just broke away.
The wind shear just ripped the pod right off.
We're lucky we got out alive.
Thank goodness you got the door closed.
Yeah.
You know, you're- you're actually a hero.
That is definitely one of our pod sectionals.
The other 15 could be scattered all over this planet.
Mmm.
Pod 12.
Inventory has it with vehicles, V.
T.
O.
aircraft and probably some clothing.
What would you estimate? Another 10 hours of darkness? I don't know.
We'll move at first light.
Devon.
It's just so hard to believe.
If this is anything like Earth was hundreds of years ago- It's a second chance.
The odds are unbelievable.
Save some of that for later, pal.
I am.
Hmm.
That's all there is, son.
Better eat it.
No, thanks.
Come here.
Come here.
I want to show you kids something.
- You know what this is? - Mm-mmm.
- No.
- It's a relic from another time.
What is it? It's money, currency.
People used to trade these things for goods down on Earth before everyone got fund transfer codes.
See? One side is a buffalo.
Other side's an Indian head.
See that? You wanna hold this a while for me? Uly, that's gonna bring you some good luck on this new planet.
See you.
Bye-bye.
You don't like semolina, huh? I heard a kid who choked to death on it once.
Really? So, if you're not gonna eat it- I get it.
You want something, so you decide to be nice to the freak.
You're crazy! Want it? Help yourself.
Here, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.
I know you're not a kitty, but what are you? Here you go.
Want it? Here you go.
All right.
All right.
Watch out.
Watch your step.
I need to sit down for just a second.
Hey.
Can I help you? Here, boy.
Up you go.
There.
Hey.
Hey.
Careful.
Just watch his tubing.
All right.
There she is, people! Oh, my God.
We've been robbed.
We're not alone.
Something really picked this place clean.
V.
T.
O.
aircraft, titanium building units and probably a land vehicle.
What about that other bay? It doesn't look like they got there.
We're not sure.
No individual bay manifests.
Oh, great.
You manage to get that open yet? Yeah, a couple more inches maybe.
Not one piece of probe info showed even an inkling of civilization.
No roads, no structures, no agriculture.
Whatever it is, it must be interested in manufactured goods.
We've checked the last 25 years' worth of probe reports.
There's nothing about flora and fauna.
Yeah, government probes for newscast.
We saw what they wanted us to see.
One, two, three.
! All right.
Come on.
Come on.
Got 'im.
All right.
Yeah.
Looks like we got ourselves a Zero unit.
Part of one anyway.
Actually, I've got an entire body in here.
Construction worker series, ready to give New Pacifica a full 100%.
Can't speak for New Pacifica, but we could sure use the rest of your unit.
Easy there, pal.
Oh, boy.
There's gotta be a smarter way to do this.
Hold on! All right.
Be careful.
I will! Are you in? Yeah.
Do you see the unit? Yeah.
I see it.
Okay, see if you can reach the collar control panel.
All right.
Be careful.
I will.
Whoa! It's humming! Pull.
Pull hard.
Pull! You need a hand up there? Hey, kid.
Wanna give me a hand? What can I do? Come here, and I'll show you.
Ready? All right.
Okay? All right.
All right.
All righty.
Here you go.
There.
Now- How's it fit? Can you reach the pedals? Recon rail's your top priority, friend.
I thought everybody should be mobile.
That's a good idea.
All righty.
She's not much to look at, but a boy's gotta have wheels, right? Hey, what'd you think? I was gonna carry you around everywhere? Nah, this'll be fine.
Okay.
This here's the brake.
It makes you stop.
Press this, that makes you go.
This is where you steer.
That-a-boy.
Steer it like that.
You have any trouble gettin' it started, you just jiggle that a little bit and spit on it.
All right? All right.
Give it a shot.
All right.
Take it easy now.
Okay.
All right.
That's good, that's good.
Just take your time.
You're doin' good.
Just take your time.
All right.
That-a-boy! Whoo! Go, go, go! That-a-boy! Don't forget to steer! It's all gone, Yale.
Everything.
Not everything, Devon.
Most of our vehicles, communications equipment.
Something's out there, Yale, and it's cleaned us out.
We were perhaps foolish to believe there was no intelligent life here.
I know.
I just don't know what to do now.
People are injured.
O'Neill wants to follow those tracks, hunt down whatever creature stole our cargo.
That might be imprudent, Devon.
I'm just worried about what might be out there.
Here, kitty, kitty.
Here, kitty, kitty.
What's out there is two tons of supplies and equipment, Devon, and it's nothing more than shiny beads and trinkets to some stunted, tri-toed hominids.
I don't mean to second-guess you, Broderick, but I don't think this- Then don't! It's ours, Devon.
We have every right to go out and hunt it down.
True? You ready to roll? Can you bring me over a bypass hookup relay? Ye-Yeah.
Just be careful.
Okay, Uly.
Keep breathing.
And give us your best shot.
Not bad.
Good job, Uly.
Good peak.
My personal best? Almost.
Let me see you drive this thing, okay? Why don't you go down to that tree and back? - Time me.
- Okay.
Be careful.
Well, he's no worse, considering all he's been through.
It's not a miracle, but it's something.
All I want is to give him a chance.
Nothing today suggests you can't.
Nothin' for miles.
No movement.
Nothing.
These tracks head in 10 different directions.
We won't be bested by this.
What? Hey.
Maybe we oughta hold off a little.
If I wanted to hold off, I'd stayed on the station.
- Commander, we don't know what we're dealing with! - I know it fired my rifle, don't I? You all right? Yeah.
My God.
Yeah.
Just stings like a son of a- That little bugger's got a- He's got a- Hey.
Commander! Hey! Oh, my God! Oh, no, don't.
No, don't do this! O'Neill! Oh, my God.
Forgive us, Lord, if this ceremony lacks grace.
Burial is a tradition long lost to us over generations in space.
Bless our brother, Broderick O'Neill.
Be gracious to him.
Lift up countenance upon him and grant him peace.
Universe to universe, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
And remember to your heart our lost brethren, with whom we set forth on this mission.
Protect them from evil.
Amen.
Children? - I am sorry to have frightened you.
- I don't scare.
- Didn't scare me.
You want to talk about what happened to Commander O'Neill? He's dead.
Why are they putting him into the dirt? Come.
Come, come.
Sometimes we need to return to the place we think we have come from.
Earth, even this new Earth, can be a place where- where life begins.
And when life ends, it can be a place to rest.
Are we all gonna go in the dirt, Yale? No.
No.
Not for a very long time.
But we have to be very careful.
We are in a new place now.
Everything is different.
Commander O'Neill died because he forgot that- that even a little animal, as cute as can be, can be deadly here.
You understand? Okay.
Now, I expect that if either of you see anything like this, you will stay far, far away.
I will.
I promise.
Uh-huh.
Me too.
Far, far away.
We dropped our communication dish here.
Cargo was due to land here.
But the other 15 pods could be anywhere.
Sweetheart, get me a number-nine anthro-scepter.
So you know, I am equipped with a variety of scepters and retractors.
He's not interested.
Here you go, Dad.
Uh, no.
Number nine, okay? Well, that settles it then.
I think once we get the vehicles operational, we should head out.
Mm-hmm.
We wanted to be pioneers, Yale.
We've come this far.
Dad? We're not gonna be able to go home, are we? Excuse me.
You just can't go- Excuse me.
Am I hearing this right? Are you planning a trip or something? We're charting our way to New Pacifica, where we dropped our communications dish.
Give me a minute with your boss here, will ya? It's okay.
I'm a good guy.
You're crazier than I'd heard.
You can't just drag this group across whatever land mass this is.
Half of us weren't even supposed to set foot on this planet.
And I'm sorry for that.
But we didn't come this far to stop now.
What are you, in shock, Adair? We have crashed onto this planet.
We have lost most of our cargo.
I just saw a man get killed by a rodent, for crying out loud.
Maybe you haven't noticed it, but your plans have changed.
New Pacifica is not the priority anymore.
It certainly is a priority for 248 families on our colony ship.
Twenty-six months from now they'll be here, and I've promised them a fully operational outpost.
That's your mission, lady.
That's your mission.
Half of us are hired hands here.
You read the risk disclosure when you took this job, and you were paid four times the standard cryo-sleep rate.
And don't you dare invoke Broderick O'Neill's death here.
The man was my friend.
It's not about contracts or friendship.
It is about survival.
You want to move on? I say you put it to a vote.
Thanks for your advice, Mr.
- Danziger.
What I really need right now is a Trans Rover that's operational.
Think you can handle that? Oh, my God.
! - On the ridge, - What is that? Uly? Uly, where are you? Mom? I'm right here, Mom.
Come here, baby.
Lock.
Secure.
Voice print.
My order.
Stay in there.
Don't open it.
What? What is it? Some sort of biped creatures.
Oh, my God.
Zero, are you there? No indication of alien bipeds.
Still no indication.
But they were just there, Zero.
I am scanning movement over the ridge.
I am picking up movement over the ridge.
I'm picking up two meters per second of motion.
Two beings.
Scanning at 1,700 meters.
Two biped creatures.
- What is it? - I have them in range now.
They are on approach.
Visual feed.
They are alive.
Boy, that was bedlam, wasn't it? When that ship started going down, us in the clutches of gravity like that, my first thought was, you know, we're gonna be dead.
Oh.
! Real food.
Mmm.
! You don't know the sick feeling I had, Morgan and me waiting and the wind shear just loppin' us right off.
Oh, yeah.
And the thought that we would never see any of you again- And if somebody had been trying to get in, when that auto air lock snapped shut, boy, that just would've been- Oh, that was just- that- that was hell.
Does anyone want to talk about what we saw today? Thought we all agreed they were animals.
Animals don't carry staffs.
None that we know of.
Maybe it was an illusion.
Tips of the rocks- What about the light? Sun flares is just not a good-enough explanation.
Let's not make any assumptions.
There's a lot we don't know about this place.
Fine time to realize that.
I'm not supposed to.
They said you're too dangerous.
What the hell? What the hell? What are you? What do you want? What was that? Who said that? What was that? Who said that? What is this place? What is this place? Please stop.
What are you? Please stop.
What are you? Leave me! I don't have dreams.
I don't have dreams.
You're all right.
You're all right.
Alonzo? Okay, okay, okay.
You can't stay with us anymore.
Good-bye.
Go on.
Good-bye.
What are you doing here? Is that one of those things that killed the commander? Just-Just go back to camp.
You're not supposed to be out here.
Yeah? Neither are you.
And those things are evil.
Yale told us to stay away from them.
She's not evil.
You're evil! It's your fault you got sick and we had to come here in the first place.
You're gonna get us all killed by those things.
I'm gonna tell.
No, you're not.
Hey, let go of me! It is your fault! Let go! No! Just stop! - Aah! Let go of me! - Don't! Stop! Look out! We're gonna crash! Uly? Hey! Uly? Uly, where are you? Uly? Uly? Uly? I'm coming.
! True, is that you? True, is that you? Uh- Uh- Hey! Help! - Uly! - Help! This quadrant's clear.
I'm gonna go check the ridge over here.
Uly? Uly, where are you? Come on, Uly.
Uly, answer me! Uly! Zero, how much further? I have a gear reading at approximately one half meter.
What - Yeah.
Yeah.
I got him.
Yeah, this is him.
I think I see him.
Yeah, I got him.
I got him.
! Devon.
Devon.
Devon! It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's all right.
It's okay.
Shh, shh.
It's all right.
We're just going about this wrong, that's all.
There's gotta be a way in.
All right, we need everyone out of here.
I'll stay here with Zero, but that's it.
Everybody else goes back to camp.
I'm not going anywhere.
Hey.
We'll find your kid.
Just leave me some supplies.
I know how to respirate.
I'm not leaving until we find him.
Okay.
Keep in contact over gear.
If you lose us, if you hear anything at all happen to us, pull up stakes and get the hell away from here as fast as possible.
You understand me? All right.
Let's go.
People, I may have found something here.
Sixty-three meters, exactly.
Sensors indicate a large labyrinth-like system.
Will a man fit down there? Yes.
But as a Zero unit, I come with a variety of excavation accessories.
Of course, they were all stolen.
I'll have you on gear the whole time, let you know everything I see.
Pal, you hear me start screaming in terror, you take that as your cue to yank me out of here.
Without fail, sir.
Zero? Can you track me down here? Sir, I have excellent tracking capabilities.
How's it going there, little girl? I'm fixing the Trans Rover.
Anything I can do to help? My name is Bess.
We haven't met yet.
What's your name? True.
And, no there's nothing you can do to help.
It's not your fault, True.
We're gonna find Uly.
We're all in this together.
Oh, no.
They're back.
Oh, Lord.
Morgan.
Well? What are you all waiting for? Them to kill us too? What is he doing? Morgan, just be careful, okay? Just- Morgan? Morgan! Well, there ya go.
Show these things who's boss on this planet.
You idiot! Hey, where you goin'? Uly.
! Uly? Can you hear me? This is amazing.
It's an old underground river, or an abandoned mine.
Any sign? Footprints? Signs of struggle? Nothing.
Like it's been empty forever.
Julia! Julia! It's-It's Alonzo.
He keeps calling for you.
Come on.
Alonzo? You all right? They're Terrians.
What? They're "Terrians"? What did you say? The creatures- the ones who swim up from the earth.
Alonzo, are you with me? How do you know what they're called? Because I talked to them.
I talked to them.
Devon, go back to camp and get some rest.
I'll stay.
Twenty-two light-years for this.
I haven't given up hope yet.
And I know you haven't either.
We'll find him.
What was I thinking, Yale? Why did I bring all these people here? You did not bring them, Devon.
They followed you.
Two hundred and fifty families still out in space will tell you that in person when they reach this planet.
I don't know.
Maybe we had no right, Yale.
Maybe we're not supposed to go to the end of the universe to save ourselves.
Maybe we just haven't gotten there yet.
Devon? Are you there? I'm on.
What is it? I think we have a way.
What are you talking about? Uly.
I think we know who or what has him.
We might be able to reach him.
I'm not saying I'm sure it's gonna work, but I think it makes the most sense.
The soil on the ridge was disrupted, just like it is over here.
I think they're trying to approach us through Alonzo's dreams.
A- And you think they're gonna try and reach us again? I don't know for sure.
All we can do is put Alonzo to sleep and try.
Hey, all I said is, I saw them in a dream.
- Uly was not taken in a dream.
- Guys, you up there? What? What is it? I think I'm into something here.
Whoever lives down here, I don't think it's animals.
Okay, so what are we gonna do? I'm going after him.
I'll take the sedative.
I'm not just sitting and waiting.
I don't have any other choice.
Devon! No REM.
Alonzo, this isn't right.
They approached you.
You have to go with her.
Uly! Uly.
! Uly! Uly! I'm here, Devon.
I'm here.
My son.
Where is he? What have you done with him? Mom? I assume you know the risks a child like Ulysses faces going into cold sleep.
I'm aware of the risks.
But we don't have much choice, now, do we? I love you, Mom.
Uly? Mom? Mom! Mom! They fear us.
They're confused by us.
Why? Why are they doing this? They're aware Uly is special, different.
The abduction is an attempt to understand us through him.
This dream plane is real.
It is the only way they can reach us.
Uly! Uly! Uly? Uly! Uly! Uly! Uly! They claim we've been here before, this planet.
What? What are they talking about? We've never been here before.
Never! They fear we're evil.
We've left our mark on the planet already.
No, we came here for life, for a chance to live.
No, we came here for life, for a chance to live.
Uly's return is not a gift.
It would have a price.
Wh-What is it? Tell us what it is.
Anything.
! Devon- Devon, it's not our fight.
I don't care.
I will do anything.
I will give you my life for my son's.
Please.
Devon, it is different for them.
What are they doing? Tell them to stop! My son! My son.
! What? What do you want? What are you asking? Uly! Uly.
Man! Oh, boy.
Come here.
Devon, how you feeling? You all right? What happened? I don't know.
Well, where are you going? Devon? Mom! Uly.
! I'm right here, Mom! I'm okay.
Oh! Uly! Are you okay? Oh, God.
Oh, my baby.
If we can average we can make it to New Pacifica in nine months- or at least what we used to think of as months- and we will still have 17 months to prepare for our colonists.
It won't be easy, and I don't understand this new world better than any of you, but I know New Pacifica is here, and I know somehow we'll be all right there.
I think we've all seen something here that can help us believe that.
So that's it.
You think we should just take off.
Just like that.
No.
I think we should take a vote.
We came to this planet a group of strangers, and now we head out, still strangers, but united toward a single purpose- braving this new land.
Four days ago, aliens landed on a distant planet, and we are them.
Now we struggle across an unknown planet, an uncharted world, looking all the while for that moment when we must fulfill our promise and wondering what will stand in our way.
I don't know, Devon.
I don't know what kind of promise we made, what kind of price we're gonna have to pay.
I don't either, but I know I'd make it again.