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Use the quadratic formula to solve this equation.

Correct.

Correct.

Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh.

Explain the work in form and style.

Why is it beautiful?

Why is it beautiful?

Why is it beautiful?

"To hear your voice is pomegranate wine to me.

I draw life from hearing it.

Could I see you with every glance,

it would be better for me than to eat or drink."

Take this kiss upon the brow,

and in parting from you now,

thus much let me avow

you are not wrong who deem

that my days have been a dream."

You know never to go in there!

Yes. I'm sorry, Mother.

*PANDORA (2019)* Season 02 Episode 08

Episode Title: "Tell Me That It Isn't True" Aired on: November 29, 2020

This is a hell of a ship.

Never knew you were such a big-shot.

Jett, would you please be careful with that?

Speaking of which, what are you doing here, Jett?

Shouldn't you be in your quarters?

Did you know Zatarians snore?

Yeah. Can't sleep.

Zatarians don't snore.

So, what are you really doing here?

I heard you got chewed out big-time by the admiral.

What can I say?

A ship this big, it's like high school. People talk.

That's really none of your concern.

Isn't the admiral going to do anything about Parallax

being framed for supplying weapons to the Sumi?

She is doing something.

She's sending more ships to the Outer Rim

to protect the colonies.

That's it?

Seems to me they hate Earth more than they hate the Sumi.

Please.

What are you doing here, again, Jett?

I want to come and help you find your brother.

We're not going after Zion.

Why not?

Because, not that it's any of your business,

the admiral has ordered us to return to Earth.

- But... - No "buts", Jett.

The admiral has decided that,

with the Outer Rim on the verge of open rebellion,

and the Sumi massing along the territorial boundaries,

provoking Bey Turhan is not in the interests of the Confederacy.

And what do you think?

I think that it's my job to follow orders.

Alright, maybe it is, but it's not mine.

I'm not in the CIS, and, well, after missing the last few weeks of classes,

I doubt I'm in the Academy anymore either.

Thank you for your concern, Jett,

but there's really nothing we can do.

Captain, I'm receiving a priority message for you from Earth.

Yeah, I'm going.

I need a disco nap anyway.

Keeps the skin young, Cap.

- Good night, Captain. - Good night, Jett.

- Sweet dreams, Captain. - Sweet dreams, Jett.

Accept transmission.

Professor.

Is there something wrong?

I'm afraid so, yes.

While you were away, Cadet Zhou discovered that she was pregnant.

What?

That's...

Captain?

Who's the father?

Her pregnancy appears to be the result of parthenogenesis,

the spontaneous development of a diploid gamete cell into a fetus.

Immaculate conception, Captain Duvall.

Please, read a book on occasion

while you're galloping across the cosmos.

Cadet Zhou has had a rapidly accelerated pregnancy,

and... she has already given birth to the child.

I'm... I'm sorry, what?!

You can't be serious.

Are Jax and the baby okay?

They appear to be healthy, yes.

But Jax is unnerved by the entire experience,

as I am sure you can appreciate.

There are many questions about this whole ordeal

that remain unanswered, so...

Of course. Please...

tell Jax that we're already on our way back to Earth.

And tell her...

Yes?

Tell her that I'm sorry I wasn't there for her when she needed me.

I will be from now on.

Adam and Eve play rock-paper-scissors 10 times.

Adam uses rock three times, scissors six times,

and paper once.

Eve uses rock twice, scissors four times,

and paper four times.

There are no ties in all 10 games.

The order of games is unknown.

- Who wins? By how much? - Pay attention.

- Why? - Because we need

- to test your cognitive abilities. - We always do that.

We have to make sure your body is growing strong and right.

Now... who wins?

Adam wins, 7-3.

But why does the man always have to win?

- He's such a scum weasel. - Correct.

Do not recognize expression "scum weasel."

Please repeat.

Your cognitive and memory times

are 17% above yesterday. That's good.

Although, your hormone levels indicate

an emotional strain today. Explain.

I was having my breakfast and I...

heard something.

- What? - Voices.

Bloom, we are the only ones here.

A sound should not frighten you.

I wasn't frightened. I just wanted to know what it was.

How do you feel when you look to these stars?

Alive.

Most would say "alone."

I don't understand.

Do you feel alone?

Find Abell 2744.

Um... Abell 2744.

Also known as the "Pandora Cluster".

And what do you know of the Pandora myth?

A polytheistic myth of ancient Earth.

Pandora opened a jar left in her care

containing sickness, death,

and many other unspecified evils

that were then released into the world.

That's cheating.

Now, what is the lesson of that tale?

Curiosity is death.

Correct,

and yet you still go to the place that you are not meant to enter.

Why is that?

Forgive me, Mother. I feel...

Stop.

When you feel negative emotions, you bury them.

Bad things will happen if you don't.

I don't want bad things to happen.

Good. Neither do I.

What is it, Cap... Sir?

- Where is Ralen? - He should be in his rack. Why?

Come in, please.

Ralen?

Was in his rack.

Emily, locate Lieutenant Ralen.

Lieutenant Ralen... Dauntless.

"I love your hills and I love your dales,

and I love your flocks a-bleating,

but oh, on the heather to lie together,

with both our hearts..."

"...beating."

Jax?

Who are you?!

They took my baby! Bloom. I... I fell asleep,

and when I woke up she was gone! So was Zazie!

Someone must've taken Zazie, too!

I'll scan the blanket for biological residue. Here.

Stay away from this!

Cadet Zhou, I am here to help.

Please, let me help you.

Her eyes...

What color were her eyes?

- I don't even remember her eyes! - Okay.

There is only one other biological signature on the blanket.

If I would've just stayed awake, if I didn't fall asleep,

none of this would have happened!

...have happened.

Computer. Access code Shral-1-6-3-0-9.

Security footage, dormitory corridor L-14.

Time code 1900.

Advance three-quarter speed. Scan for motion.

There. That's it.

That's who took my baby.

Computer, freeze image.

Enhance.

Zazie.

Are you all right, Jax?

Who are you?!

I'm Ralen.

Do you really not recognize me?

Jax, where are you going?

Wait, Jax!

Please... wait.

I'm your friend.

What are these markings?

They are a part of me.

I don't understand, you're...

You're different than me.

The last...

The last thing I remember

was going to sleep Dauntless,

and then I woke up here.

When did you arrive?

I've always been here.

Whoa!

Did that hurt?

Um... no, it's just not appropriate.

Why?

We will find out what happened to you, Jax. I promise.

That is definitely new.

Quick, hide!

Bloom. Is something wrong?

No. Why would you say that?

You would tell me, right?

Good children do not tell lies.

I wasn't lying, Mother. I was... going to study.

- Who was that? - My mother.

Eve. That might begin to explain a few things.

Do you like poetry, Ralen?

- Poetry? - Mmm.

"Love and harmony combine

around our souls entwine."

It's pretty, right?

Yes.

Quite.

My multitron does not appear to be functioning.

- I need to go. - Why? Uh...

Is it so bad to stay here with me?

No! No, of course not.

But something has happened to you.

To everyone.

And we need to find out what that is.

I want to help you.

Where are we going?

The armory.

What's that?

You know, where they keep the slycrs.

Slycrs.

Laser weapons.

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

but I do know I wanna be with you.

There was a time

when I would have given the worlds to hear you say those words.

But you are with Captain Duvall now.

No.

That's not what's supposed to happen.

I don't like this feeling.

Jax, wait!

Wait!

Jax!

- Mother, I need you! - Jax!

Jax?

- Mother! Mother! - Jax,

- what is happening?! - Mother!

Jax, are you alright?!

Use the quadratic formula to solve this equation.

Correct.

Jax?

You just keep lying to me!

Jax?

Jax!

What the...

Ow!

Why would you do that?!

Oh, man that was cold.

Like Pluto cold, Cap.

I totally think my skull is broke.

Ow!

Jax, where's the baby? Is it okay?

Everything's fine.

What's going on here, Jax?

Why do you keep calling me that?

Because that's your name. Jax.

You look super familiar. Who are you?

I'm Xander.

This is Jett.

You don't recognize us? You don't know me?

Mm-mm.

Last thing I remember was falling asleep Dauntless.

- And then I was here, with you. - Hmm.

Ralen had disappeared,

but we still had 18 hours before we made it to Earth.

The campus seems to be empty. Where is everybody?

I don't know.

- Get on the datastream and find out. - Yeah.

I can't. It's... It's gone.

It's like it doesn't even exist.

None of this is right. We would have been notified if Earth were under attack.

The Sumi?

Wait. You don't think Bey Turhan could be behind this, do you?

No. That carbon scoring is... old.

Months. Maybe years.

Wait. You're not suggesting what I think you're suggesting? Cap!

Time-travel is impossible.

Is it?

This must be the future.

Jax, how long have you been here?

I've always been here.

Where's my mother? I wanna talk to her.

Eve? She's... She's not with us.

We do have a friend, though, Ralen.

- Have you seen him? - Ralen.

Ralen?

Yeah.

He... he's not like us. He's different.

Yeah, spots all over his skin.

Super alien. Super hot.

Mmm... no.

Could she be lying?

I don't think so. The symptoms are closer to something like amnesia.

I think maybe you should take a walk, see what you can find out.

I'll stay here and see what I can learn from Jax.

Whoa, man, really? You want me to walk around

this spooky, abandoned campus by myself?

Shouldn't we, like, I don't know, stick together?

No, not the time. Do it, Jett.

How about I interrogate the pretty girl and you walk around alone for a change?

Fine.

She better hope that bottle doesn't leave a scar.

- This here is my moneymaker. - Mm-hmm.

Jax, I think I should talk to your mother.

Can you help me find out where she is?

I don't think so.

Please?

I need your help, Jax. Will you help me?

Come on.

It's beautiful, isn't it?

What's beautiful?

The entire city has been destroyed.

No, it's always been this way.

When I left here, none of this had happened yet.

There were people here, Jax.

A lot of people.

Something terrible has happened.

You said that you've been here always.

What does that mean, weeks, days, months?

Time is a relative construct.

We used to walk these halls together. Don't you remember?

Did we walk hand-in-hand?

Did our hearts entwine?

Sometimes.

It's like have memories of you, but...

you're so far away.

Well, that was before.

Before I existed?

It's like I remember you, but I was someone else.

Does that mean I'm not real?

No, you're real, Jax.

I know because I'm looking at you.

And I'm holding you.

You feel my touch?

You're as real as I am.

I wanna show you something.

No unknown heat signatures anywhere within a 200-kilometer radius.

No electrical signatures either.

Wait a minute.

That's strange. Now I'm picking up immense power readings from...

from behind that door.

What the...

Xander?!

There's something I'd like to show you.

I'm not sure that we have time.

I take art classes, you see.

Technique and history.

And every time they asked me to draw something beautiful,

all I could draw was this.

I never understood why.

You drew all these?

I thought you didn't remember anything?

I know. It was a mystery to me too,

until you arrived.

Well...

Oh, Zazie! Thank God you're here.

Quick, help me get out of these restraints.

We gotta help the others.

How did you find us, and who else is with you?

What's going on?

Zazie, where... where's Ralen?

Is... is he okay?

He'll be fine, but you're not supposed to be here.

Where the hell is "here?"

I'm running out of time, Jett.

Wait, running out of time for what? To save the Earth?

Did something destroy it?

Oh, man, are we in the future?

Is that what you think this is?

No, Jett. We are not in the future!

We are on another Earth.

My Earth.

And if I can't stop what's about to happen,

then yours is going to end up just like it.

Your Earth?

This is...

was my home.

Eve and Tierney saved me and brought me to yours.

No, I... I thought you were from the Outer Rim like me?

- Where is... where is everyone else? - Dead.

You didn't have a Great Migration off-world like we did?

We invested all of our resources

in carbon scrubbers that never worked.

Famine swept the Earth and...

then the wars started.

My entire family was killed, Jett.

And now you're saying that

the same thing that happened to your world

is gonna happen to ours.

You've been holding out on me. You're quite the budding artist.

- What are these ones? - No, no, no, no!

Those are my nightmares. I don't want to think about those.

Well, if... if they help you to remember, then...

Hey.

I only wanna think about you.

I'm so very sorry, Zazie.

You should be.

Your friend here was a... brilliant

PhD student in the genetics lab.

Trying to save the world

through the genetic manipulation of crops.

How'd that work out for you?

I don't understand.

Eve and I arrived on this Earth through a portal.

We told Zazie we would take her back with us to our universe

if she helped us with our experiments.

What kind of experiments?

We were searching for another universe

to call humanity's home if ours was destroyed.

What, like Noah's Ark?

Yeah, something like that,

but we couldn't get back home.

Traveling between universes can be a bitch.

Then the final attack came.

We were all together in the lab

when... we received word that a bio-toxin

had been released into our atmosphere.

All human life on this world was about to die in a matter of minutes.

So, we offered Zazie a choice:

leave with us,

or die here with her people.

So, you helped them?

Why?

They said that their universe

was in jeopardy too.

That they needed my help.

She didn't want to see another Earth destroyed like hers.

Our Earth.

And Eve gave her what was needed

to impregnate Jax with her own clone.

Wait. Is she here too?

You've already met her.

You've been calling her "Jax".

That's Jax's baby?!

Yes. Jett...

I never wanted to hurt Jax or...

anyone else.

Ralen was your friend.

Jax was your friend, and we...

we were friends.

How many people have you hurt

on your quest not to hurt anyone, Zazie?

I've been thinking a lot about us recently, as well.

There's been so much that I wanted to say to you.

I don't know what's been happening between us,

but I know that when I was away, I missed you a lot.

And I wanted desperately to be near you again.

I wanna be with you too.

I'm sorry. I don't think this is right.

You don't feel like you're Jax.

At least, not my Jax.

What do you mean?

This isn't how it's supposed to be.

- What are you talking about? - You're lying!

You're a liar! You came here to hurt me! I saw it!

That's why you're here.

What are do...? Jax!

- Xander! - We have to go after her!

That isn't Jax, Cap.

I know it's not Jax, but who is it then?

It's her daughter, Bloom.

That's impossible. She's a fully grown adult.

In body, yeah. In mind, not so much.

Look, she's been genetically altered

to accelerate her growth, but she has the emotional maturity of a child.

How do you know all this?

Because I made her.

What have you done to Jax?!

Dude! Dude, easy!

She's here to help.

Yeah? How's that?

Because if we abandon our friends, then we abandon all hope.

Come with me.

There's something that I need to show you.

Change of plan, kiddos.

This was all Eve's plan. Not mine.

I knew it wouldn't work, and, clearly, I was right.

It might have worked if you hadn't interfered.

- I'm sorry. What plan was this? - To save the universe.

Jax got us a reprieve from the Ancients

once before. She'll save us all again.

Think about what Jax has been through.

There is no way to be sure that she won't have her doubts

when she reports back to the Ancients.

Doubts that would result in our total annihilation.

So, you created a new Jax...

free of doubts.

One that knew only tranquility and peace.

Eve had the idea to create a new Pandora of our own.

One we could control from birth.

We were going to give her a life

free of suffering.

Eve's idea was she would then would report

back to the Ancients that our universe

was worthy of survival.

As if a perfect life is possible to create.

We did create it. Here.

Bloom was ignorant.

You guys put these ridiculously idyllic

notions of humanity into her head.

And do you know what broke it?

No grand evil plan,

no genocide, no war,

just a book of poetry

and the arrival of two ordinary men.

Men she loved.

Or wanted to love her.

Sartre was right.

"Hell is other people."

You brought them here!

This is your fault, Tierney!

Damn right I brought them here.

To show Bloom what real love is.

Hurt and longing and pain.

So, you used a portal to kidnap us,

bring us here Dauntless?

Only temporarily.

To show Eve and Zazie

why their plan was destined to fail.

Why?

Even if their plan was destined to fail,

then it's down to Jax to save us all from the Ancients.

Hmm.

Not necessarily,

my dear Captain Duvall.

There's an alternative for which...

I need your help.

We can destroy them first.

You know, Cap, I think we really need to talk.

The Ancients, Pandoras, universal Armageddon? Seriously?!

Now is definitely not the time.

Where are we?

Where Eve Zhou tried to save the worlds.

- Ralen! - Relax, he's not dead.

Just... unconscious.

I would never hurt Ralen.

Oh, really? Because you did kidnap an infant.

Not to mention what you did to Jax.

We're all dead if we don't do something to stop the Ancients

and the final judgment.

Maybe it's not too late.

Maybe we can explain to Bloom

the nature of love.

It can start wars, but it can end them too.

Try telling that to Helen of Troy.

Bloom, no!

You killed them!

All of them.

No, no. Of course not.

The truth this time, Mother!

Yeah, I think it's time you told her the truth, Zazie.

Starting with who her real mother is.

We tried so many times

to clone Jax in the lab but...

every time there were... variations.

What are you saying, Zaz?

They died.

We made life in a test tube and they came out as monsters.

They were living beings,

They were living beings, and you killed them!

We learned what we could so we could try again.

How many?

- Please, Bloom, I never... - How many, Mother?!

We theorized that there may be an intangibility factor.

Something we couldn't control.

Perhaps, only from a Pandora,

can a Pandora be made.

So, Zazie secretly inseminated Jax

with a genetically modified embryo.

What?!

No. No, no, no, no!

I... I am not a monster. I am a girl!

I am a real girl! You told me I was made with love.

Please, Bloom, I never...

Bloom!

Bloom. Bloom, when I told you that you were real,

that wasn't a lie. You are the child of the woman I love.

That means that we're a family, Bloom. We're a family.

We're all family, Bloom.

No! No! No!

- No! - Xander, these portals are unstable.

We need to get out of here now!

I'm not leaving without Bloom.

Then you can die here with her.

Bloom, you can come with us.

You can feel what it's like to be a real human.

You can feel real love.

Please, come with me, Bloom.

"I never knew before

what such a love that you have made me feel was.

I did not believe in it.

My fancy was afraid of it,

lest it should burn me up."

Bloom!

Where did she go?!

Cap, Zaz needs medical attention right away.

Tierney, you need to get us out of here right now.

Traveling through dimensions can be quite painful,

but I can get us all home.

And then Captain Duvall, you and I need to talk.

Where's my uncle? You said that he'd be here.

He will be. Don't worry.

I told him it was most urgent, that you need to meet him in person.

Martin!

You know how dangerous it is to meet during the day like this.

What is it? What's wrong?

It's Bloom, my daughter. She's been kidnapped.

- What? By who? - Donovan Osborn!

You're under arrest! Take him!

They followed you here.

We've been following Professor Shral for several days.

We suspected he might eventually lead us to you.

And as co-conspirators harboring a wanted fugitive,

you two are under arrest as well. Take them.

No, no, no! No, no, no! I have to find my daughter!

I have to find my daughter! Please, please!

I have to find my daughter!

Please!

Do you think there's any way we can find her?

I don't know.

Bloom could be anywhere

in any dimension.

It's impossible to know what this Pandora's abilities are.

I'm out.

Jett?

Do you think they'll give me a second chance?

If you're sincere about wanting it,

Jax and her friends will give it to you.

How can you be sure?

Because they did for me.

I'll see you soon.

Welcome home, Zazie.

Jax, are you...

This is for my mother.

My real mother, the one that I never met.

Don't be mad at Zazie.

She was only ever doing what she thought was right,

but I want you to know

that I know my place in this universe now.

And I've lived such an amazing life

from the very first moment that you held me in your arms.

There is so much potential for love in this world,

and believe it or not, you taught me that.

Watching you fail,

and succeed and persevere,

it really showed me what true love was.

And the value of life, all life.

And friendship.

Especially, friendship.

For you, Tommy boy. Here, Atria, the usual.

And... And new girl...

I have no doubts

that you will be the one to convince the Ancients

to spare our universe.

Nor should you.

I know your heart, Mother.

I know you'll be the one to save us all.

You have to let me out.

Please, please, you have to let me out!

I have to find my daughter!

I have to find my daughter!

I have to find my daughter!

Next time on "Pandora"...

There is nowhere on Earth you can run.

Who said anything about Earth?

- Where the hell is Bloom? - Bloom is safe.

Ralen and Xander can attest to that, but right now we have bigger problems.

All I care about is where we can find the anti-matter weapon.

Help me find my brother.

Zion is on Zatar.

Captain, we are venting oxygen into space.

All hands, abandon ship!

I can't believe this worked.

What course shall I set?

Planet of the Ancients. Step on it.

Synchronized by srjanapala

Kill, Ubu, kill.

Good fish.