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- Previously on "The Ark"...

- Here we are again. - Is he even alive?

Get him free. Now!

Easy.

Got a visual ahead.

- Guys, I am telling you,

it seemed like Doc was there, right?

And she was the one who fixed me up.

I think it's Admiral Hammond.

- Who is she? - I'm not sure yet.

Mr. Strickland, is that your sword?

Did you do this?

I barely knew Admiral Hammond,

let alone had a reason to kill him.

So what couldn't wait till I finished my lunch?

I've got the rest of the results of our study.

It's kind of blowing my mind.

The grass is Cynodon dactylon.

Bermuda grass.

The trees are poplar, field maple, and scarlet oak.

Mm-hmm. And the bird?

- Turdus merula.

Eurasian blackbird.

They're really common on Earth.

- All of it's common on Earth. - No kidding.

But that's crazy.

Why would they all be on a planet

light-years away from Earth?

They wouldn't.

You've got it wrong.

Run the data again.

I've run it three times.

It's accurate.

Which means the same plants and animals

that evolved on Earth evolved here.

Parallel evolution. The odds of that are like nil.

They're not like nil.

They are nil.

Maybe the people in those caves know something

that can help us figure this out.

The people that knocked you out and kidnapped you?

Those people?

Well, now, the idea that they're humans who evolved here

feels less unlikely.

They were trying to tell me and Kelly something.

I'm gonna go see if I can get back in there,

try to communicate with them.

Then I'm going with you.

I think you're both out of your minds.

But if you insist on going, I suggest you take

several large men with guns.

Mind if I join you?

You're not real.

Yes, I am.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

You can't be.

You're in my head.

You're the only one who can perceive me.

You can see me.

You can hear me.

Okay, okay.

Yes, well, um--so this--

this has got something to do with that thing

that I took out from behind my ear back in the caves,

doesn't it?

Somehow that thing--that thing put you in my head, didn't it?

See what I mean?

You're so smart.

So that's a yes, is it?

I saw an opportunity when I detected the dormant chip

in your head, so I took it.

Maddox's frickin' mind-control chip.

I knew--I knew I should've made Kabir take it out.

- Good thing she didn't. - But, no, no.

She said, don't worry about it, James.

There's no--no risk involved, James.

Well, this looks like a big risk to me, Sanji!

Calm down, buddy.

Wait a second.

That thing, it was behind Eva, Garnet's, Kimi's,

and Sanji's ears as well?

But not Ian's, right?

Because Ian, he doesn't have a chip in his head.

So smart.

So what, are you, uh-- you're in all

of their heads as well now, are you?

I tried.

But they weren't attached long enough.

I like you.

You'll be the perfect partner.

Partner?

Partner for what?

Oh, it's really quite simple.

Part of me is on Homebase, but that part is sick.

So it sent a message to part of me on Ross asking for help.

Okay.

You sound crazier than I'm feeling.

How is that crazy?

On Ross, I fixed you

so you could go back to Homebase and fix me.

Why?

Because by saving me,

you'll save the people you care about.

And what does that mean?

You owe me your life.

I put you back together good as new.

You should be thanking me.

Thank you.

Now, please, get out of my head.

You might as well get comfortable with me.

'Cause I'm here to stay.

I chose this presentation

because your recent memory of this woman is... strong.

So what's the problem?

The problem?

The prob--Eva!

- Why aren't you resting? - Um...

I think you need to take me to med-bay.

What's wrong?

There is a woman in my room, right--

she's not there?

I ca--

Okay, okay, okay.

Let's get you to Dr. Kabir.

Okay, let's go. - Nope!

No, I'm fine.

I'm good. I don't need to go to med-bay.

- Seems like you do. - No, no, no, no.

I'm fine. I'm all good.

Yeah, just--I think I had a bit of,

like, a brain fog or something.

But I'm-- I'm totally fine, yeah.

Shouldn't you be on duty?

I took a break to check on you.

Oh, thank you. That is so nice.

But I'm--I'm fine. I am good.

No, I'm just gonna--

just gonna sleep it off, I think.

Yeah, I'm just gonna rest up. So you go.

- Are you sure? - I am sure.

I promise. Mwah, mwah.

Go. Go, go, go. Go on, get out of here, you.

See you in a bit.

All right, bye. Mwah. Bye.

You can frickin' control me?

Don't try that again.

Answer me!

I can't control you completely.

I can only protect myself.

So far.

So far?

And it just occurred to me why you're so resistant to me.

I mean, you're already paired with that female.

Paired with that female. Yes, yes, yes.

I am already paired with that female,

thank you very much.

So this, right, whatever this is, it's not gonna work.

So just get out of my head!

Now, come to bed.

And get some rest.

You're gonna need your strength.

I'll take the chair.

Dr. Kabir?

I just checked in on James.

I'm worried about him.

Oh.

Tell me more.

Well, first he was talking to the wall.

Talking to the wall?

I think.

I mean, it was hard to tell.

Then he couldn't talk at all.

Like, he couldn't get the words out.

I'm just really worried about him.

Okay. Well, bring him to med-bay.

I tried.

But he insisted that he's fine.

He said he just has a little brain fog,

and he needs to rest.

I mean, he's probably right.

You know, he's been through hell.

It will take time for him to get back to normal.

It felt wrong leaving him alone, but I'm on duty.

Okay, what was he doing when you left him?

He said he was gonna sleep.

Good.

That's the best thing for him.

But I'll check in on him later, okay?

Don't worry. - Thank you.

I've gotta tell you, you almost dying down there,

all I could think about was how I was gonna lose you

before we even got started.

Started?

Yeah, with this.

Us.

- I'm sorry, Ian. - Oh, no, don't be sorry.

I just wanted to make sure that you knew

how much I cared about you.

I do know.

And I care about you too.

But if I'm gonna keep the respect of the crew,

I have to maintain professional propriety.

Oh, come on.

Surely you get to have a life like everyone else.

Sometimes I feel like I'm split into two people.

You know what I mean?

Like, Captain Garnet and Sharon Garnet.

Well, if I get a vote, I vote for Sharon Garnet.

- Ian? - Yeah?

We can't let anyone know about this.

Know about what?

This.

- Captain Garnet to the bridge.

You have got to be kidding me.

Looks like the universe cast its vote for Captain Garnet.

Report.

We got a garbled distress beacon.

It's on repeat, but we can't make

heads or tails of what it says.

Can you tell if it's GSA?

It was on a GSA-encoded frequency.

Well, can you triangulate its location?

Already did.

Looks like there's no solar system there.

Just empty space, which is odd but not unheard of.

All right.

Set a course for the source of the signal.

Let's see if we can help.

What the hell happened here?

The distress signal is coming from the debris.

It was an Ark.

Oh, God. Which one?

Can't tell. I can't find any identifier.

Captain, we're being dragged by a very strong gravity force.

Looks like we dropped out of FTL

right next to the gravity well.

Not sure of its source, but it seems

like some form of dark matter.

Might I suggest we hightail it out of here

before whatever did this to the other Ark does it to us?

Agreed.

Get us out of here, Kimi.

That doesn't sound good.

Strong gravity waves are bending space-time.

It's interfering with the FTL forming a bubble.

Kimi, try the NEPS engines.

The gravity pull is too strong.

Damn it! I can redirect resources

from non-life support systems to goose the NEPS.

Maybe it'll be enough to move us further out,

and then, I don't know, hopefully the FTL will work.

Do it.

NEPS overload.

There has to be something else we can try.

- I don't think there is. - Kimi?

- I got nothing. - We're stranded here.

Eva, try redirecting power from the FTL chargers.

And, Kimi, send a K23 distress signal

on the off chance someone is around who can help us.

Sent.

Commencing now.

Look.

The bloody debris disappeared. How can that be?

Captain, the systems are overloaded.

What the hell happened here?

The distress signal is coming from the debris.

It was an Ark.

Oh, God. Which one?

Let's see if it's still playing

the musical scale password that worked last time.

Huh.

What's that?

That wasn't there the last time we were here.

I'd remember it.

Wait!

I don't think you should touch it.

Looks like the same style lettering

as the slab we dug up.

This can't be.

Mr. Trust!

We found this at the underground entrance.

Well, the language looks the same.

Why didn't anyone see this

the last time you were out there?

Alicia says it wasn't there then.

So someone put it there for you to find.

Interesting.

And tell me, the lettering, has it been the same

the whole time it's been in your possession?

Why wouldn't it be?

Because the symbols on the slab aren't.

What?

Look.

I took these reference photos when it first came in.

It changed.

How is that possible?

These words are chiseled in stone.

Who sent you?

- 24, report. Sending backup.

I'm not dressed.

This better be an emergency.

- It is. - Oh, it's you.

Come in.

You have something to report?

Strickland escaped.

What? How?

I don't know.

I found Jeffries on the floor, locked in the cell.

Idiot!

I should've done it myself.

Is Jeffries even alive?

Yes, ma'am.

Tell him to get his ass out there

with every woman and man we have and find Felix.

That includes you.

Go. I'll catch up.

Alicia.

Angus, it's so late.

Alicia.

Felix?

Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.

I couldn't be seen in the corridor knocking,

so I used my code to enter.

I hope you don't mind.

What's going on?

They're going to say I attacked a guard and escaped,

but the truth is, he was trying to kill me.

Oh, my God, are you--

I've got to go into hiding before they try it again.

Wait. Who's "they"?

That's what I need you to find out.

He was wearing a mask.

My guess is, Ves is behind all this, but I have no proof.

Okay, so what do you want me to do?

I need you to hack into the database logs

that Hammond was looking at regarding Ves.

See what she's hiding.

But that was all redacted beyond my clearance.

That encryption codec is beyond--

Alicia, I need that information to clear my name.

Okay.

If Hammond was careless enough not to wipe his tracks,

I could probably go back in the binary code

and find out what password he entered to get in.

Never doubted you could do it.

I'll be hiding out in the forest.

Wait.

I've turned off the tracking and set an encrypted channel

I can reach you on.

Thank you.

If you find anything, take it to Zed Avega.

I've come to trust him.

But don't trust anyone else.

We don't know who's working with Ves.

What the hell happened here?

The distress signal is coming from the debris.

It was an Ark.

Okay.

And what else do you think we should try?

But there has to be a way.

There's two of you now?

- 219. - Huh?

There are 219 instances of me.

Okay.

What the hell is going on? - All right.

I've told you this 219 times, but I'll try it again.

We're trapped in a closed causal temporal recursion.

A what now?

- A time loop. - Oh, right.

A time loop. Okay.

It's being caused by the warping of space-time

by a gravity well holding us here.

Not buying it.

Of course not. You never do.

Yeah, because you're on a chip in my head, right?

So you see what I see.

So how would you know about this supposed time loop,

but I don't?

Because I'm not flesh and blood.

I'm software in a quantum chip.

I don't perceive time as you do.

Mm. Bullshit.

Look, they've done this 219 times.

I keep trying, but I can't figure out

how to get us out of it.

- Uh-huh. - You have to trust me

if we're going to have a chance.

Otherwise, we blow up over and over again.

And why do you care?

Seriously, why do you care if we get out of this or not?

You're still not getting it.

You and I have to get to Homebase as soon as possible.

To do that, we have to get out of this loop.

And to do that, I really need your cooperation.

Okay.

I'll bite.

What is it that you would want me to do?

Okay. In past instances,

I've been able to convince you to look at engineering,

sub-engineering, and electrical.

But no matter what I try,

I can't get you to go to the bridge.

Yeah, you're damn straight.

Because I can't trust you not to try and make me

do something that's gonna endanger

this entire ship and its crew.

Which is what you tell me every time.

But I need to go to the bridge to see exactly what happens.

No, not a chance.

And in every instance, I can't understand

why you won't go and save Eva.

She's critically injured on the bridge.

Oh! Sorry.

Dr. Kabir. - Yeah.

Uh, listen, is, uh-- is Eva okay?

Oh. Far as I know, she's fine.

But how about you? Are you okay?

Yeah, yeah. No, I'm, uh--I'm fine.

I can redirect resources

from non-life support systems to goose the NEPS.

Maybe that'll be enough to move us further out.

And then hopefully the FTL will work.

Do it.

Oh, look. You lied.

I need to watch.

NEPS overload.

There has to be something else we can try.

I don't think there is.

Uh, Kimi?

I got nothing. I'm sorry.

Well, I think we're stranded here.

Eva, try redirecting power from the FTL chargers.

And, Kimi, send a K23 distress signal

on the off chance someone is around who can help us.

Sent.

Commencing now.

Look.

The bloody debris disappeared. How can that be?

Captain, the systems are overloaded.

But there has to be a way.

Wait, there's two of you now?

220.

Huh?

There are 220 instances of me.

The guard was bringing Strickland dinner.

Felix jumped him and broke his arm.

Do we have any idea why?

What do you mean?

Felix Strickland murdered Hammond in cold blood

and wanted to escape without facing the consequences.

That doesn't sound like the Strickland I've come to know.

You know a different man than I do.

As far as I'm concerned, his escape proves his guilt.

We need to hunt him down.

Alive or dead, if necessary.

Slow down, Ves.

We don't even have a motive

for why Felix would kill Hammond.

I want to talk to the guard. - You do that.

I'm sure he'll tell you the same thing he told me.

Mr. Avega.

I have some information.

And Felix Strickland said you're the only one

I should trust it with.

Okay.

I hacked into the GSA database

to find out what Hammond was investigating.

That's what I found.

Ves was a commander of a Black Thorn unit.

Yes.

The deepest secret black ops division of the GSA.

I never believed it even existed.

Oh, it exists.

I've had firsthand experience with that nasty little group.

I killed three of them myself when they were sent

to assassinate me back on Earth.

They tried to assassinate you?

I was a very high-ranking EF commander.

I wonder if that means the EF hunters

are also part of Black Thorn.

Why would that be relevant?

Because we have one in our jail.

I can't confirm or deny the existence of Black Thorn.

I know you were an EF hunter.

You've admitted that.

Let me guess.

Given the two of you were EF, you don't like me very much?

Not at all, in fact.

Oh.

What you gonna do, kill me?

Hmm.

Let's try this.

Hypothetically, if Black Thorn existed,

would EF hunters be part of that organization?

I can't confirm or deny the existence of Black Thorn.

Wasting my time.

People who know too much can get killed in this jail.

But if I were able to get you released,

I'm guessing suddenly you'd know a lot.

It's open.

You wanted to see me?

Yes.

You're the only other person who knows about the situation.

And the irony is, I can't consult

either one of my co-council members,

Strickland or Ves.

What did Lati say?

Not much.

She wants to be released before she'll talk.

Are you gonna let her go?

I don't know.

It's a bit like deciding between drinking arsenic

and drinking strychnine.

Either one will kill you.

I guess it depends on who's arsenic

and who's strychnine in this metaphor.

What do you mean?

To me, Ves is arsenic.

You know, it's tasteless, it's odorless,

and very difficult to detect in an autopsy.

She could get away with killing the admiral,

but you may never know what else she's hiding

if you don't make a deal with Lati.

Uh-huh.

Strychnine is violent and obvious, like Lati.

I really tortured that metaphor, didn't I?

Oh, yes, you did.

Sorry.

But in your unique way, Alicia, you made a valid point.

Lati is an open book,

and we know exactly what she's done.

Or attempted to do.

She didn't actually succeed in killing Eva or me.

But she was an EF hunter.

Who knows how many of my friends and colleagues

she killed.

EF hunters were the worst of the worst in my world.

They killed many of my friends.

That may be true, but we were at war.

I mean, the EF killed a lot of my friends.

Should I hate you for every GSA person you killed?

Huh.

Alicia, you're very wise for such a young age.

Thank you.

What are you doing?

Lati didn't kill any EF.

How do you know that?

Oh, I hacked the admiral's password, remember?

I used it to remove all the redactions on her record.

Lati was on "Ark 15" her whole tour of duty.

There were no EF onboard.

Still, she was and is an attempted murderer.

I wonder what Ves is trying to hide

so badly that she would murder the admiral

and frame Felix for it.

I can only imagine.

So are you gonna make a deal with Lati and find out?

I can't find any sort of mechanism

to change this lettering.

It's seemingly chiseled indelibly into the damn stone.

Do you think the triangle we brought back

is made of the same material?

I don't know.

Bring it over here.

Oh.

Fascinating.

Wait.

Boy, I'm on 22 hours in this lab with no sleep.

You nearly gave me a heart attack.

Sorry.

Do you think it's a good idea to put that in the hole?

Like, it could explode or something.

There's only one way to find out.

Wow.

Well, that was anticlimactic.

I thought it was cool.

Wait, this thing has started emitting sound waves

outside of our hearing range.

It wasn't doing that before, right?

Nope.

Let me try and use Alicia's technique

to drop the frequency.

Right, can you hear anything?

No.

That should've worked.

So the sounds can be detected by our instrumentation,

but they can't be adjusted so that we can hear them.

Uh...

so electronics can detect it?

Mm-hmm.

Kelly could hear sounds in the underground

that I couldn't hear when she had her implants turned on.

Maybe she'll be able to hear it.

So what are you waiting for?

Bring her over here. - I'll bring her over here.

You asked to see me?

Yeah.

Just thought you should know,

Avega wants me to roll over on you.

I'm not sure what you're talking about.

Don't worry. I kept my mouth shut.

Once a Thorn, always a Thorn.

That's adorable.

Just have no idea what that means.

Good.

Then I guess I can tell them whatever they want to know.

And what exactly do they want to know?

They think you killed that admiral.

I don't know what you're talking about.

They also think that you framed Strickland

and then sent someone to kill him in jail.

Well, they have quite the imagination.

You know I was here, right?

When that Thorn came in to kill Strickland?

And I can ID the guy.

What does that have to do with me?

Well, he kind of said a few things

that incriminate you.

And I assume you want something.

Only my freedom.

Well, that's impossible.

You're an attempted murderer.

And you're a successful one.

If that were true, why wouldn't I just kill you?

Go for it.

- It's like you want me to.

- No.

I actually don't believe you would kill a fellow Thorn.

- You see, that's where you're wrong.

If I could kill an admiral,

why would I hesitate for one second

to kill a nobody like you?

And I thought we had

that Black Thorn sisterhood thing going.

Step aside, Zed.

You forgot I have the same training you do.

You don't have the authority to do this.

Oh, I think I do.

Just so you know, I didn't see or hear the attacker,

much less know if he was Black Thorn.

I won't forget this.

Neither will I.

It was kind of fun.

Don't worry, Ves.

You'll get a fair trial.

All right, I've told you this about 230 times,

but I'll try again.

We're trapped in a time loop.

Ooh. Time loop. I'm not buying it.

Of course not.

All right, I'm just gonna jump ahead.

Eva is critically injured on the bridge.

What?

Dr. Kabir is about to come around the corner.

What?

Oh! both: Sorry.

Dr. Kabir, listen, is Eva okay?

both: As far as I know, she's fine.

But how about you?

Are you okay?

both: Yeah, I'm fine.

How did you know what we were gonna say?

I keep telling you, we're in a time loop.

I've heard it hundreds of times.

Do it.

- You lied. - Shh.

I need to watch.

NEPS overload.

There has to be something else we can try.

I don't think there is.

- Kimi? - I got nothing.

I'm sorry. - Great.

I think we're stranded.

Eva, try redirecting power from the FTL chargers.

Stop her from redirecting power.

It will blow us up.

Kimi, send a K23 distress signal

on the off chance someone is around who can help us.

Eva, don't. Don't, don't, don't.

- Brice! - Brice, what are you doing?

- I'm sorry, mate. - Have you lost your mind?

Yeah. Maybe. I think so.

K23 sent.

Uh, guys, the core's overloading.

- What? - Look.

The debris has disappeared.

What the hell happened here?

The distress signal is coming from the debris.

It was an Ark.

Oh, God.

- Watch out. - Huh?

Oh! - Oh! Sorry.

Dr. Kabir.

both: Listen, is Eva okay?

both: As far as I know, she's fine.

But how are you doing? Are you okay?

both: Yeah, I'm fine.

How'd you know what we were gonna say?

I keep telling you, we are in a time loop.

Oh, God, which one?

Can't tell. I can't find any identifier.

Captain, we're being dragged by a very strong gravity force.

We dropped out of FTL right next to the gravity well.

Not sure of its source, but it seems like

some form of dark matter.

Might I suggest we hightail it out of here

before whatever did this to that Ark does it to us?

Agreed. Get us out of here, Kimi.

Set a course for Homebase.

Did we ever try to stop Kimi from doing that?

That doesn't sound good.

Yeah, you stopped her. Didn't help.

Strong gravity waves are bending space-time.

It's interfering with the FTL forming a bubble.

Kimi, try the NEPS engines.

What about trying to stop that?

Yeah.

Brice, who are you talking to?

- Just-- - The gravity pull

is too strong. - Damn it. I can redirect

non-life support systems to goose the NEPS.

Maybe it'll be enough to move us out far.

- Do it. - Have we tried stopping that?

We've tried stopping everything they do.

Overload.

There has to be something else we can try.

There's gotta be something that we haven't tried.

- I don't think there is. - We've tried everything.

- Kimi? - I got nothing. I'm sorry.

I think we're stranded here.

Eva, try redirecting power from the FTL chargers.

Yeah, stopped that too.

Kimi, send a K23 distress signal

on the off chance someone is around who can help us.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

We answered that distress call.

Yes.

So maybe we can prevent ourselves

ever coming here in the first place.

Yes!

Kimi, belay that order. Don't send that signal.

Whoa! Why, Brice?

Because that debris out there, that's us.

What?

Should I send?

Look.

The bloody debris disappeared.

Don't send, Kimi.

Starting the NEPS now.

Captain, the NEPS is overloaded.

Can't let anyone know about this.

Know about what?

This.

You know, I just had the weirdest déjà vu.

Shut up.

Hey, what's up?

That took you long enough.

Report.

Still on course.

All systems are normal.

Maintain course for Homebase.

Did you just do something to me?

No. Why?

Because I feel like I've been doing

laps around the ship or something.

Then lay down, get some rest.

You did, didn't you?

You did something to me.

Told you, I can't control you like that.

Then why am I so tired?

Don't know.

Easy solution?

Go to sleep.

And what are you gonna do?

What do you want me to do?

Honestly?

I want you to leave me alone.

What do you want the team to do now?

You should just hold their heels for now.

I'll make a move when the time is right.

I don't hear anything.

Would you mind turning on your implants?

Turn if off!

I can't turn it off.

I'm gonna move the slab away from her.

Ah! - Angus!

I'm okay.

I'm okay.

Kelly?

Are--are you all right?

Yeah, I think so.

Guys.

Guys, you have to see this.

Hey, come on.

It's in English.