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Previously on The Ark.

You will regret this.

Goodbye. Maybe part of its programming is to protect the planet from outsiders.

That's why she put the programming in my head. To save the part of her that's

here. Guys, you have to see this.

That can't be good. It's not enough time to save a whole planet.

Come on.

And then expect a guest.

Right.

Vess and her team stole ARC-16?

How do you steal an entire ARC? Well, it wouldn't be the first time.

The ship was empty and offline as it was prepped for separation.

You're positive Alicia and Lieutenant Vujic were on board?

Their shuttle was docked when ARC-16 jumped to FTL.

Do you have any leads on their destination?

They might not have one.

It seems their escape was a crime of opportunity.

Or they knew their home base's environment was starting to collapse.

It's going that quickly?

How's that possible?

The structure they found is a terraformer.

A cascading failure could accelerate exponentially.

Which I think it's already doing.

The tablet Angus discovered seems to be linked to it. And it's become a

countdown clock.

Full collapse.

That doesn't sound good.

In the meantime, Zed and I have started preparations to evacuate as many

colonists as possible to our sets in orbit.

Good idea.

Our priority is to rescue our people and the dock hard drive.

Keep us informed.

How are we going to save our people?

Arc-16 jumped to FTL. We can't track them.

And even if we could, there's no guarantee the hard drive is intact.

Or that Alicia and Vujic are still alive.

Anna, where are you?

I think Blackthorn is here.

Well now we know why this CF pilot was here.

Yeah.

And find Nevins.

The team has swept decks one through four.

There's no sign of Nevins yet.

Keep at it.

There's only so many places she could hide.

A power relay for life support just failed on deck seven. We don't have

anyone on that level, but it... Now there's a fire in Medbay.

Max, Greg, go!

Do you think it's Nevins? It has to be. What else could it be?

Airlock 2 in the 4th section, just to pressurize.

Damn it.

Take care of it before she does some real damage.

Come on.

You're not as mild as you believe you are.

Bess.

Please, we have to turn around.

We have to get this hard drive back to home base.

The plan will literally fall apart without it.

Well, then it's a good thing you're safe here with us.

Move.

Vess, you have to listen to me. I killed your pilot because I had no use for her.

I think you could come in handy.

But if you don't agree, I can just shoot you. Your choice.

Captain, we just received a coded data packet from ARC-16.

It's just a set of four numbers.

It's got to be from Alicia, right?

Mm-hmm. The top three numbers look like coordinates, speed, direction, point of

origin. What's the fourth line?

She's a freaking genius.

What do you see that we don't? Quick science lesson.

When we're at FTL, space folds around our FTL bubble, which is moving faster

than we can see. And faster than most sensors can detect, which is why we

can't track ships in FTL. Which is also why Alicia sent us four dimensional

coordinates. The fourth dimension being?

Time. So Alicia sent us a point in space and the exact moment ARC-16 will pass

through that point?

Kimmy, put us on an intercept course.

Wait.

It's just one problem.

Just one?

ARC-16 won't be at that point in space for very long.

How much time will we have?

Rough math?

About a picosecond.

I've pushed our FTL as far as I can.

We'll arrive a few minutes before ARC-16 passes through.

And then what?

Let me guess. We try and hail them so you can do one of your famous be-your

-best-self-come-by-our speeches.

No, Vess won't listen. I'm doing an extraction.

There's no safe way to pull them out of FTL. Let alone get on board.

Ian, when we escaped Drake, you dropped our shuttle out of his FTL bubble. Can

you do the reverse and send our shuttle into Arc-16's FTL bubble? No, because we

won't have Arc-16's FTL bubble to pull from. Not true. We will have their FTL

bubble.

For a picosecond.

Right, but it's not enough time. Yeah, you think?

Yes, it is. If we position our shuttle at Alicia's coordinates, right in her

path, and activate the rig coil at the exact moment that Arc-16 passes, our

shuttle will be absorbed into their warp bubble.

Theoretically. Theoretically.

The calculation is required to activate the coils at the exact peak of the

secondary complex.

One wrong calculation and our shuttle could be spread across space and time.

Look, even if we could calculate it, no one has the reflexes to activate that

precisely. But our onboard computer does.

And luckily for you, there's a genius onboard who can program it to do so.

It's me.

Talking about me.

Oh, okay.

Get to work, Mr. Trust. Hold on. Won't the collision destroy the shuttle? It's

not a collision.

It's an absorption.

Like two soap bubbles merging.

Okay, I still don't understand it, but if it works, I should lead the

extraction team. No, I'm going by myself.

Sharon. I can't let people risk their lives on a theory. It's not a

discussion.

Let's get the shuttle prepped.

I'm in position.

Engine's calibrated, activating Mr. Trust's program now.

Position and calibration confirmed.

Look, are you sure about your math?

All this time and people still doubt me. It's a little offensive.

Arc 16 passing through in five, four, three, two...

You see?

Easy.

Now or never.

What the hell was that?

Our FTL bubble lost integrity for a second, but it's fine now.

It keeps getting worse.

There are earthquakes in the south.

A volcano erupted on the other side of the continent, and a hurricane's forming

to the north.

Plus, your slab thing is saying we only have 14 hours.

Captain Garner has a plan to recover the dock drive. And Alicia.

Yeah, but they might not make it back here in time to fix the terraform.

Then it's time to set Plan B into motion. We are already evacuating the

colony to our sets in orbit.

Okay. In the meantime, Ava and I will go to the caves, see if we can find another

solution. I used the stone dome to deactivate the terraformer's force

field. I'm hoping it's a control panel for the whole thing.

I'll go with it.

approaching capacity for the evacuation the f2 and the arc four sections can't

house the entire colony we'll have to leave people behind

excuse

me let me go don't you know who she is

Hold your pose. That's not Captain Burnett.

I never said I was.

Just that we wanted through.

So does everyone else.

Go to her cabin or the landing pad and wait for her number to be called.

I'm scared.

I know.

But it's going to be okay.

I'm going to fix this, and then you can come back down, all right?

Got me.

Go. Good girl.

I actually got complaints from people saying it wasn't fair that the children

don't have to be part of the lottery.

The children, for God's sake.

Greed.

He doesn't understand what we're trying to do.

Neither do we.

We just need him to activate it so we can try some things.

What?

Oh, my God. This is a lot cooler than you guys made it out to be.

What's wrong?

You decoded this already, right?

That was before there was a countdown to destruction.

I don't want to accidentally accelerate it. Hey, look.

My memory might be a bit wonky, but I know you've got this.

These are the aliens.

Just keep your commentary to yourself, black boy.

Sorry.

It's just... aliens.

So, if this is a control panel, why would they make it so the people who

live down here can't see it?

Because it's not made for them.

Then who is it for?

Look.

Maybe they see in a broader visual spectrum.

I think this tells a story.

How so?

Look.

Here you've got humans interacting with the aliens.

This looks like the aliens and humans moving across the stars together.

Now they're on the same planet.

Which I'm guessing is...

Here.

What about all these symbols?

Maybe there are instructions here or something?

That would be great.

It's possible. I mean, all these images are basically pictograms.

Well, except here.

All these are just dots.

The pattern is repeating.

The entrance of the caves is activated by touching an area on it in a certain

rhythm. You think it works the same way?

Like a keypad.

So maybe if I touch them in the order they pulse, something happens.

Something good or something bad?

Good job, Angus.

Thanks.

He didn't know this was here.

What does that say?

Forbidden.

Of course it does.

This technology is advanced.

If there's anything in there that can give me a clue as to how it works, I

need to see it.

He said we can go.

But he won't go with us.

Okay. You stay too, right?

That door closes.

Hopefully you can get it open from the outside. Come on.

Oh, my God.

Why is all this?

I think we're under the machine in the clearing.

So this is the machine.

Sign did say forbidden.

I don't understand how we're getting opposite results.

Well, maybe we're not considering a third option.

Like sample contamination?

No, that wouldn't account for how... Gentlemen, you have news for us. Yes.

Yes, we do.

We both performed tests on the corpse that we discovered under the

terraformer. We have completely opposite results.

That's putting it mildly.

I examined the body. No extra cochlea.

Vocal cords are normal.

Which means?

He's not one of John Doe's people.

For extreme lack of a better term, he is physiologically a typical human, just

like us.

That makes sense. The images in the caves told the story of aliens bringing

humans to this planet, so they might have evolved to communicate with the

aliens who brought them here.

Or they were genetically manipulated to that end.

Yeah, right.

So, what's the issue?

I carbon dated the bones.

They're 6,000 years old.

But the body, it's... The body?

still had teeth and dna decay confirms that he's been dead for only two years

which means the only way both results could be correct is if the machine kept

this guy alive for 6 000 years

Where are you guarding, boys?

Sharon!

Alicia!

You understood my signal.

Ian did.

Where's Vujic?

Damn it.

What about the dock drive?

I tricked Bess into taking a dummy drive earlier. They're probably still trying

to hack it. Where's the real one?

I figured shuttle bay two would be my only way out if I had a chance, so I hid

it behind a service panel in there.

Great. Then that's where we're going.

We'll need to bypass shuttle security protocols in order to steal it.

Not a problem.

They're probably still on a standard GSA rotation.

Got it.

Drop it.

You have to let us go, Vess.

So you can keep hunting us.

Where are you going to go anyways?

None of your business.

Well, at this point, I don't care where you go.

Alicia and I need to get back to home base.

You'd let us walk away?

Vess, people will die if we don't get Alicia's hard drive home.

Isn't that why you joined the GSA?

To help people, don't pretend you know me.

I sacrificed a lot for the GSA.

I'm sure you have.

Why stop now?

Just drop out of FTL long enough to let us go.

Yeah, my problem is I'm not an idiot.

I told Mr. Trescumba I won't work.

I'm a trained Blackthorn.

Won't be that easy.

Ian says you need to rig the impulse coils to pull out of the FTL bubble so

we can exit warp space carefully.

Yeah.

I did that while you were picking Bess's ass.

Then let's get the hell out of here.

Wow,

that does not get any easier the second time.

All integrity intact.

We're safe.

This is Garnet to Arc One. Do you copy?

Loud and clear, Sharon.

Sending you our coordinates.

Mind giving us a lift?

Gotta be honest, I'm pretty nervous.

Last time Doc was in my head, it was not good.

Hey, at least it's not spiders.

You were there, weren't you?

When I had to put my hand in that box of spiders, you were there.

I was there for a lot of things.

Oh, my.

I think we were great together, weren't we?

We'll be great again.

Bryce!

We're here.

Listen, are we sure this is going to work in reverse?

No. Yeah.

But is it safe?

Honestly, I wish we could have run a few more tests.

There's no time. No. The countdown is down to two hours and change.

Okay.

When this is over.

We are finishing that date, okay?

Yeah, we are.

Okay, ready?

Ready. Hopefully this will be just like last time and you won't feel a thing.

I'm glad you came back.

Yeah.

Well, that makes one of us.

So, are you ready to fix me?

Yes.

But not until you agree to turn off the solar weapon.

No.

Our planet needs to be protected.

My people were protected.

It's our home now.

What do you think I'm trying to do here, Doc? I'm cold caretaker. Whatever. Look.

You're a computer programmer, right?

You're supposed to think logically, right?

So think about it.

There's no reason to keep that weapon online.

You and I need its protection.

It will destroy every ship that's in orbit and all the people on board.

I'm not going to help you until you agree.

Please, Doc.

We're running out of time.

I'll disarm my defense system.

Thank you.

But... I need one more thing.

The machine is called Caretaker.

I know what we have to do.

Caretaker keeps the planet calibrated to support human life.

But two years ago, it broke.

When EF1 shot at it. Right.

So our caretaker sent a distress signal that was picked up by the caretaker on

Ross. But that machine was unable to help its counterpart.

Until we showed up with Maddox's chips in our brains. And Doc used Bryce to

hitch a ride.

But bottom line, Doc is like a pair program that needs to be uploaded into

our caretaker.

If we repair this thing, it could shoot down everything we have in orbit.

Like it did EF1. Most of our people are up there after EVAC. Caretaker has given

its word.

It will not fire on us.

How can we trust the word of a computer program that hacked into your brain?

Honestly, Sharon, we don't have much of a choice.

So all you need to do is upload Doc into Caretaker.

Then you'll be all right.

Uh, the hard part comes after the upload.

So once Caretaker is repaired, it resets itself.

What, like a computer rebooting itself?

Exactly. But the problem is the reboot causes a radiation surge of, um...

What was it?

220 sieverts. 220 sieverts.

Uh-huh.

So it's not going to shoot at us. It'll nuke us.

How kind.

It will take caretaker about an hour to clean the planet of radiation.

100 sieverts is instant cell death. This is more than twice that. We can't have

anyone on the planet when this happens.

We don't even have enough rooms on the ships in orbit for the whole colony.

What about the people in the caves?

We can't let them die. Right, the caves, they were designed to protect from the

radiation. So all we have to do is move the remaining colonists there

temporarily. We only have an hour and 38 minutes.

The caves are too far away. If the radiation cleanse fails, we'll be

trapped in the caves. We don't know if John Doe's people are even going to let

us in. Just make it happen.

I'll talk to John Doe.

We'll pack radiation pills. We'll notify the four sections. We should keep some

shuttles down here just in case.

I'll make a general WD comps announcement.

We'll have security start leading people to the caves. Come on.

Everyone in the last group is coming in now.

Any sign of our missing trio?

No. We've double-checked everywhere.

All I'm saying is that the key colony personnel should have a waiting area

which is a little less claustrophobic. Mr. Trost, a word.

With the captain?

Fine.

Sir, every colonist is accounted for except three people.

Jill and Clark did not report in.

Ian went to find them, but they never came back. Oh, maybe they went with one

of the EVAC groups to the ships in orbit. They're not there. I already

checked.

Cornette to Ian. Status report.

Ian?

I'll come with you. No, you stay here. Keep people calm.

God, have you seen Clark and Jen?

You're not Ian.

Clark?

Are you Jen 3?

I'll take that as a yes. Hey, why didn't you tell us we could have prevented

this?

Go save you, Clark. Hey, listen to me.

Listen, Clark.

Look at me.

Where's Jill?

She's dead.

Clark stabbed her.

It's okay.

It's okay, okay? It's okay.

Strickland to Garnet. Emma and Bryce are almost at caretaker.

Just go.

I'll never make it.

Close the hatch, Felix.

Sharon.

You have to go. If you run, you could still... Do it! We'll find another way.

I love you.

Okay.

How does it work?

It just plugs into your brain, like Ross.

That's all you have to do, right?

Then we can go.

We are out of time.

You've listened to some.

Some haven't told you.

What?

James!

What the hell is this?

This was the deal.

Caretaker will turn off the weapon.

But it needs a blueprint of human biology to keep the planet calibrated to

our needs.

But then you can come home, right?

It doesn't work like that.

The body we found.

Alive for 6,000 years.

That's for two.

That was the last sample.

But he died.

When I have one damaged caretaker.

Why does it have to be you?

Because talk is inside of my head.

So we'll put her in someone else. Eva.

I died on Ross.

All of this is just... It's just been a little extra time. No.

Someone else can volunteer. I've already volunteered.

Why didn't you tell me?

Because I knew you'd look at me like that.

And I wouldn't be able to go through with it.

Please don't do this.

Eve, just listen to me, okay?

You know, all of a sudden, I'm not ready to go.

But it didn't mean anything.

Yeah, just, just thanks.

So this is the date.

You love me, Valentin. Absolutely!

Fantastic!

You and I will keep your friends safe.

I promise.

It's beautiful.

I don't know why I'm crying.

Well, it might have something to do with our whole planet being saved.

Yeah, there's that.

But it also made me realize something.

I ran out of the safety of that cave towards probable death because...

If we did fix the planet, I... I didn't want to live on it without you.

So whether that's pre-programmed or not, that is beautiful.

Come to think of it, maybe it's the wounds that hurt.

You, you take me on the best date.

Radiation levels have normalized.

So it worked? It worked.

Burn it to Felix.

The surface is safe. You can come out.

Whatever Bryce did, he saved us all.

Zed, are you okay?

I wish my son could have been here to see this.

This might be of small comfort to you, but if the F1 hadn't damaged Caretaker,

any ship that came into orbit here would have been fired by an artificial solar

flare.

Your point?

In a way, the F1 saved us all.

Wish that I could turn back time.

Cause when I close my eyes, I see a different life.

When I'm searching in the dark,

I'm trying to find a spot.

No one else can seem to find me.

And I don't know which way I'm going.

So tell me why I keep on holding on.

This is nice.

Priya, speak for yourself.

I've got 15 stitches.

You're really

lucky.

Hey, Markovich.

Get over it.

Come on.

You too, Fowler. Take a break.

We're not going to take no for an answer. Come on.

Sanji, Dr. Marsh, please join us.

I feel like I haven't seen you in a very long time.

Get over here.

Yeah, I hate that.

my dreams i can't let go i'm getting closer

day by day but we both know i'm gonna stay i'm holding on to

all i know