All language subtitles for Andromeda S04E18 - Trusting the Gordian Maze

Dylan, I've got one question
about this plan...

What if it isn't her?

Then we've got
a world of problems.

We may even if it is her.

The only thing
we know for sure...

whoever's on that ship
was sent by the Commonwealth.

The good Commonwealth
or the bad Commonwealth?

Well, that's what I intend
to find out.

Whoever it is,
they're docking in two minutes.

Get me Rhade's slipfighter.

Aye.

Captain.

You're on. Make it look good.

Like I've been to hell and back.

Rhade's slipfighter
is on rapid approach.

Okay, let's say this
is Indra Xicol.

She's a super-secret spy, right?

That means nobody has any
information on her...

no records, no pictures.

Well, I was able to uncover
an extant psychological study

indicating that Indra Xicol
suffered a severe loss early in life.

Now, that could come in handy.

Yeah, but why send Indra
or any unknown

to patch things up
between you and the Triumvirs?

This isn't about mending fences,
it's about the star map,

and Tri-Jema
will do anything she can

to get her hands on it.

This is our... showdown.

Ah.

Docking complete.

Indra Xicol,

welcome to
the Andromeda Ascendant.

Captain Hunt.

This is a wonderful beginning...

the true Commonwealth

and its greatest asset,
Dylan Hunt,

reconciled
after too long a time.

Well, generosity
is its own gift,

so I am doubly blessed.

As representative
of the Triumvirate,

I am empowered to
offer you their trust

and forgiveness.

Well, that's handy,
since I didn't do anything wrong,

and trust, Indra,
is a two-way street...

but we're here for
the future, not the past.

The star map.

I am flattered
that you're trusting me

to deliver it to the Triumvirs.

Well, you should be,

but they're not going to get it.

No one is.
It's been stolen.

Stolen?

Of course it has.

I get here,
and it's gone? Stolen?

From a High Guard warship?

It's missing for several days.

My ship's avatar was manipulated

by someone on board.
We're unsure who.

My internal clocks
were disrupted

by an EM pulse
centered in the SCC.

It delayed
my interpretation of events

long enough for someone to enter and exit
before I was able to get back on-line.

I see.

You're not doing very well
with this trust thing.

You're right. Of course.
I apologize.

How can I help you
to retrieve the star map,

Captain Hunt?

Well, thanks for offering,
but I've taken care of it.

I would guess, if I were
the guessing sort,

that you've already sent someone

to retrieve the copy
of the star map?

The copy that you made,

the copy you sent
with the fourth courier

before entering
the Route of Ages yourself?

That's very good.

I scanned the record
of your trial.

Ah, you know, I've heard that I make
for entertaining reading.

Actually, I find you

much more interesting in person.

Now I'm the one who's flattered.

Captain, Rhade's
slipfighter just exited slipstream.

It's on a crash course
trajectory.

On screen.

Rhade, status.

I couldn't get
through the maze, captain,

and so obviously
was unable to retrieve the map.

My ship has been damaged
in the attempt.

I don't think
I'm going to make it.

You're going to make it.
Match his speed.

Aye.

This is where I impress you.

Ready and willing.

He's yawed left.
Stabilizers gone.

Contact in five...

four, three...

two, one.

Rhade's vitals are strong.
The slipfighter's are not.

It's a small price to pay.

Well, looks like we don't have
a copy of the star map either.

Hmm, which, I guess, means another
attempt at retrieving it?

You're way ahead of me.

I don't think so.

Rommie, show Indra Xicol

to her quarters, please.

I'll see you later,
once I decide what I want to do.

I think you already know, captain.

There goes trouble on two legs.

Where the hell is that
spiky-haired little midget?

Well, you're still in one piece, Rhade.
That's all that matters.

Harper was supposed
to adjust my stabilizers

so it'd look like
I had an accident,

not so I'd actually have one.

In the future,
I will be more specific with him.

Okay. Well, at least
Indra Xicol bought it.

Not for a second.

The universe is a dangerous place,

but in our future,

my crew and I fight
to make it safe.

I am Dylan Hunt,

captain of the
Andromeda Ascendant,

and these are our adventures.

Indra Xicol's ship has departed.

I assure you, captain,

Tri-Jema supports you as much
as the other Triumvirs,

regardless of what
transpired between you.

She knows now you are
our only hope.

So... what brought her around?

Anyone can be redeemed.

Fundamental truth,
but timing is everything.

It doesn't matter.
I've decided that I'm gonna go

to go after the copy
of the star map myself.

Is this when I ask to go along?

It's where I insist.

Hmm, good. I thought
I might have to beg.

Where to?

The fourth courier
took it to a friend of mine,

two, really, husband
and wife of sorts,

and then, well,
they took it to their planet,

which is difficult to explain.

I have a very
understanding mind.

Oh, I'm sure you do.

Their planet is surrounded
by a volatile maze.

It's almost impossible to pilot.

If you get lost,
it becomes your tomb.

I'll remember that.

The planet itself
is another kind of maze.

Hmm, amazing.

Quite.

And your friends,
they live there?

They hide there.

And what are they hiding from?

The bad guys.

A while back,

I created a cover of being
at the Sinti strategic summit.

So that you could run
another mission in secret.

With Calvino and Astrid,
yes, but we were set up.

People died.

I now believe that it was...

Tri-Jema who set us up.

My friends found a place,
strange as it is,

where they feel safe.

Well, their location
is safe with me...

but I must tell you, captain,

recently acquired information

suggests the Magog World Ship
is getting closer day by day.

Getting the star map
to the Triumvirs

is essential.

I'll tell you what.

Let's cut the pretense...

and start talking straight.

Indra's going along with you?

That's the plan.

You still feel comfortable
with that?

Apparently you don't.

She's affected you
in ways you didn't expect.

I have an objective eye, Trance.

I've been watching her
since she came aboard the ship.

She's very powerful,
very persuasive,

whoever she is.

I've noticed.

Dylan, the place
where you're going,

things aren't so sensible.

I see the possibility

that you might fall
into her trap.

Perhaps she is the trap.

Well, that's a risk
we'll have to take.

Okay, all prepped
and ready to go.

Not this time.

I need you here on command.

Stick to the plan.

Not that you'd notice, Rhade,

but why is it the good-looking ones
are always so bad?

We don't know she's bad.

Just a fantasy.
I hope she is on our side.

Talk about having a great asset.

Harper, stop, for once?

Speaking of which, I'd like to invest
my stock in that asset.

Hsst.

Are you about done?

Rhade, let's get down
to business.

The cycle of the maze surrounding
the planet is in optimal position

if we leave here
within the hour.

However, taking the Maru does increase
our chance of being blown apart.

See? Size does matter.

Really? How would you know?

Harper's right, though.

Any larger than the Maru,

and we would definitely be
crushed in the slipstream maze.

All right,

and for those of you
staying behind,

I want you on high alert.

We've made ourselves
a potential target

since we've let the Triumvirs
know where we were.

Exactly. Rommie
intercepted dispatches.

There's a Commonwealth fleet
headed our way.

What? Sheesh! Maybe
going with you to the maze

would be safer
than staying here.

I don't think so,
Mr. Harper.

Let's get this thing done.

Hey, Rhade...

Don't ding it up.

How could you tell?

He didn't mean that.

Wish them luck.

Yeah, let's hope she doesn't
kill them all in their sleep.

I think Dylan will be keeping
his eyes open on this journey.

This is one risky plan.

You've put tremendous
trust in me, Dylan.

I won't forget it.

Well, couldn't keep you
at arm's length forever.

Like I mind being close to you.

So close, you'd tell me the truth
about Tri-Jema?

I've told you everything I know.

Good.

We are prepped and ready
to enter slipstream maze.

All right, then.
Let's bring it.

Stabilization rudders
are collapsing under the stress.

I don't know if I can hold on.

Just keep it steady.

Trying, captain.

It's twisting faster
than I can keep up.

All right, don't lose it, Rhade.
Hold on.

There's a fold in the maze
that wasn't here last time.

Calvino's directions
are only approximations.

I'm reading a density increase
along our flight path.

Change vector...
three-seven-four.

Correction, three-eight-seven.

Three-eight-seven.

If I die,
I'll die in good hands.

Yes, but will you die happy?

We are clear.

Your friends, Calvino and Astrid...

Yes?

You're not exactly
volunteering information.

Well, you're not exactly
asking questions.

Calvino and Astrid
are... crazy.

Hmm. You said they were
a husband and wife of sorts?

Love is a tricky thing.

Yes, it is.

And you? Are you in love?

With love. Always.

But no one in particular?

Not yet. Why do you ask?

Captain,

entrance to land maze
in 500 meters.

Lead the way, Rhade.

So, what do you do for fun?

I... I play hoops,

I'm excellent at Go,

And... I love poetry.

Hmm, a romantic.

I can beat anyone at Go.

I accept that challenge.

Which one?

High levels of water vapor
may cause shifts in our visual perception.

Move carefully.

Your friends
choose to live here?

It's for their own protection.

There's a price to pay
for doing the right thing,

but an even higher price
for doing the wrong thing.

Does working with you
always mean risk?

Yes.

Finding this place was
the least I could do,

but it has made them
a little eccentric.

Not the word I would choose.

Well, Rhade, that's why
Nietzschean diplomats

are in short supply.

Hmm.

It's this way, I think.

You think?

It's difficult to detect
an overall design

to these corridors.

Dylan?

Captain?

Rhade, give me a reading.

Rhade?

Surprise. We lost him.

We're the ones who are lost.

We're going the right way now.

Careful.

Uh... ladies before gentlemen?

I didn't expect this.

I find that hard to believe,
but I'm sure you have a way out.

Every man should have one.

Okay, captain, let's see

what these long legs
of yours can do.

I believe that was my line.

That was a nice landing.

Hmm, so you trust me now?

We have to keep working on it.

Maybe later.

I told you this place
was different.

Round and round we go...

and where it ends, nobody knows.

You do.

Look familiar?

I'm thinking yes.
Prepare yourself.

Yes!

I feel much better.
Thank you, Roddick.

Lady Astrid still does love you.

She does not!

Calvino!

Dylan!

Of all the star-drunk,
vacuum-breathing space pirates.

Always the fine eye for women.

I chose him, actually.

Calvino,

this is Indra Xicol.

Indra Xicol...

the obscure, rumored to exist,
but all the universe unsure.

Mmm!

Why keep that face
hidden from history?

I'm shy, I guess.

No.

All women are vain,
impudent strumpets!

Plate!

Calvino, the map.
I've come for it.

My friend, if only I had it.

You don't?

His wife has the map, sir.

Wife? What wife?

I have no wife.

That faithless hag?

That lying daughter of chaos?

That pion-spewing accretion
of interstellar gas?

More plates!

Truly, the legend herself.

This is Indra Xicol.

Could be no other.

It would seem so.

The map, Dylan.

Right. Just give me a minute.

Okay, Calvino...

He doesn't look well.

Digesting.
He'll be all right.

About the map?

Love, Dylan. I die for it.

There is no love
in this universe.

Of course there is.

Mm-mm.

The universe is full of love,
Calvino.

It's everywhere.

Where is he?

There you are,

you pompous, arrogant
black hole!

You call yourself a man?
Let me tell you...

Dylan, you're here.
Thank god.

Whatever he's telling you,
it's a lie.

Yeah, well, it's nice
to see you, too, Astrid.

I hope you've come to kill him.

I don't trust you
as far as I can throw you.

Well, let's find out
how far that is.

This is getting us no closer
to finding the map, Dylan.

Who the hell is this?

I'm Indra Xicol.
I'm a friend of Dylan's.

A friend of Dylan's?

You are not Indra Xicol,

and you are not
a friend of Dylan's.

Well, she's both, Astrid.

No, she's not.

You're not a friend of Dylan's,
and you're not Indra Xicol.

Not only losing her hair,
but her mind.

Your suffering's just started,
mush-mouth.

Ow!

Be careful.
She's not who she says.

Astrid, about the map?

God, I love that woman!

I really, really want that map.

Yes, yes.

It's left, left,

and then the first hard right.

It sounds simple.

Take this.

Be eloquent.

If she accepts,
puts the pieces together,

It means...
It means she wants me back.

Well, if she's as sensible
as you are, Calvino,

we shouldn't have any problems.

Thank you.

Oh, there will be problems.

This is the hard right.

Yes.

What?

Sometimes I know the way,
and sometimes I don't.

Like life.

Maybe like life,
there is no one way.

Just a lot of twists
and turns, huh?

It's the journey that counts, right,
not the destination?

Aha, so it doesn't matter
which way we go.

Well, it never has,
since it's all made up.

What? What, you think
I planned all this?

I don't know how I could.

You're Dylan Hunt.

True.

I like that about you.

What do you like about me?

What's not to like?

We should get
to where we're going.

Dylan...

I think we're already here...

have been all along, am I right?

Well, my father taught me to never
disagree with a beautiful woman.

Smart man.

Actually, he said,
"Never disagree with a woman."

I threw in the "beautiful" part.

Like I said...

Smart man.

Yeah.

I'm detecting multiple
slipstream events.

They're right on top of us.

Well, this could be good.

More likely, it's extremely bad.

Incoming message from Triumvir
flagship Halcyon Promise.

On screen.

Andromeda,
do not move from this location.

Well, hi.
Nice to see you too.

Where's Captain Hunt?

This is acting captain
Rebecca B. Valentine.

State your business.

Answer my question.

Answer mine.

I will.

If you try and move Andromeda
from this location,

we will destroy you.

Tri-Jema out.

You really showed her, boss.

Yeah.

We're lost again.

Dylan, enough is enough.

Let's just get the map
and get out of here.

You're right, enough is enough.

I'm guessing this is the part
of the plan where we separate.

- If you insist. That's the plan.
- Oh, I insist.

Now, listen carefully
to what I have to say.

Calvino is an absolute animal.

You wouldn't believe
what I put up with.

Well, I had to let him know
who's boss,

so I clocked him.

I mean, I couldn't let him
get away with that.

What else do you do?
So I let him have it.

Astrid.

Come.

Closer, so I can see you.

Closer.

More.

Now, tell me what you want.

Anything.

I want...

I came for the map.

Men!

So obvious, so boring.

I hate when I feel like this,

and I feel like this
too strongly,

too often these days.

Maybe you need
a change of venue.

And leave this place?
Are you mad?

I know, I know,

it seems unreasonable
to an outside eye.

Only a little.

You are kind, Dylan,

which is why I love you
as my brother.

We are made
of the same stern stuff.

It is the other half of the sky,

our better half,

that beats it out of us.

Our stuff.

Our stuffing, yes.

You understand.

I have been watching you,

my friend.

You have brought her here
to test her,

and as part of that,
she is with Astrid about now,

but as I look at you
and your response to her,

I realize that you, too,
are being gaged.

So how am I doing?

You have fallen trap
to your own devices...

although I am not quite sure
what that means.

Point is, you too
are now in love.

Am I not right, friend?

Let's just say
I'm in a very nice place.

Be careful, Dylan,

Very, very...

very, very, very,
very, very, very careful.

Roddick, wine for our guest!

Are you ready
for the final round, then?

Uh, well, it's...

the only way to find out
if she's true or not.

True? Truth?

Truth is manifold,
never one thing,

just like a woman,

which is why, in comparison,

we men are but
a paltry imitation

of life,

bags of wind!

Full of sound and fury,

signifying...

Something. I forget what.

It'll come to you.

I've got to go.

Hmm, yes, yes.

Wake up!

I don't know how he does it.

He sleeps for the both of us,
you know.

Sleep, ah, sleep

that knits the raveled
sleeve of care,

sore laborer's balm,

the sound of my own voice...

We'd better get this right.

Ready to flip?

Good to go.

Here goes nothing.

She's launching.

Okay, Rommie.

Engaging side roll.

Andromeda,
that was a foolish move.

You may warn your captain
we're here,

but when he returns,
the star map will still be mine.

Can you believe I used to think
she was cute?

Astrid...

A moment of calm at this point

would be a good idea.

Of course.
Calm and stoic. Like Calvino.

Drunk, dirty, disheveled...

He's got the map.

That's untrue.
You have the map.

You again.

If you want the map,
I want this man out of here.

I won't stay here if he's here.

I won't.

I won't, I won't, I won't!

Apparently, she's
reverted to childhood.

Good luck.

Calvino...

Oh, Calvino!

He hurt you, huh?

I hate him.

And love him.

I'm worried
I'm in the same situation...

Guy loves me, doesn't trust me.

Aren't they just awful?

Tell me about it.

You understand.

Oh, there you are.

Astrid, how do find your
way around this place?

Stay there, Dylan.
I am not speaking to men.

All right, look,

I know you're having problems
with Calvino, but I still need my map.

I'm not giving it to you...

but to my friend,

my new friend.

I didn't want it, anyway.

Put them together.

The center is missing.

Not if you know where to look.

You had it the whole time.

No, no, just... just my piece,

And now...
we have the star map.

Well, the copy.

It's for you.

You really do trust me.

How could I not?

You two, you're crazy.

Well, it's the nature of love,
Astrid.

No. Love is sanity.

You two make that clear.

You make me remember.

I have to keep Calvino, don't I?

Anyway, he's all I've got.

He's all you need.

How long before we can go
through the slipstream maze?

The exit cycle is in four hours.

I'll find your crew members
and join you at the surface then.

Thanks.

And you be good to him, hmm?

I promise.

Ladies, leave them.

I'm, uh...
I'm going to hold you to that.

Hmm, you can hold me
any way you want.

Hmm.

I feel safe with you.

Safety. Finally.

You have no idea
what this means to me.

I was ten,

and we were
at my father's hunting lodge

on Lorem-D...

Family, friends, the whole
little community there,

and I was down at the lake,
skipping stones,

making wishes...

When I saw smoke
up at... at the house...

Magog raiders.

I hid in the shallows,
in the water.

I saw them come down and...

and wash the blood
off their fur.

You must have been terrified.

I know, Dylan,
what this is all about.

It's a test.

You wanted to see
if I could be trusted

before we got
the copy of the map.

I just wanted
to get to know you.

And now...

we can take the map
to the true Commonwealth.

The two of us?

Yeah, the two of us.

Fuel pressure.

Check.

MPD ignition.

Check.

Ready for takeoff.

Goodbye, Dylan.
To what might have been.

She's about to enter
slipstream maze,

missing its clear cycle
by 20 minutes.

I never trusted her.

Well, I did.

Well, you had to test her, Dylan.

She would've been a great asset
to the true Commonwealth.

If she hadn't taken
the easy way.

Both of you, stop.

Can't you see it hurts?

She, uh...
She chose safety.

I can't blame her
for that, right?

She chose stupidly.
Blame her all you want.

Dylan, come in.

Dylan?

Beka, go ahead.

Dylan, Tri-Jema's ships
have surrounded the Andromeda.

We're on our way up.
Hunt out.

Well, you two,
I owe you my thanks.

Well, we don't get
that many visitors,

and it was fun.

Woman!
Direct that this way.

We should do it again sometime.

Yeah, sometime.

Let's move out.

Where... Where the hell am I?

Hold on.

Incoming transmission.

On screen.

Captain Hunt, welcome back.

Is Indra Xicol with you?

You know where she is.

She's in the Noumenal system
with the star map.

She got it from you.

Well, looks like
you sent the right person.

And you chose to tangle
with the wrong one, me.

It really wasn't
much of a choice.

That will be little comfort
when the Magog World Ship arrives.

Until then, Captain Hunt.

Actually, it's more comforting
than you know.

We are coming in.
Time is of the essence.

Please advise on your location.

No, Tri-Jema,
it's too dangerous.

Wait.

We are having serious
navigational problems.

Please advise.

Come on.
Where's that exit point?

Of course.

Route of Ages...
Come on, give me some answers.

You didn't say goodbye,
so I thought I would.

That moment of weakness, Indra, the one
where we go against our better nature,

we all have to watch for it.

There's no copy of the map.

The original was never stolen.

It was... well, it was all a test
for whomever Tri-Jema sent.

By the time you find your way
out of the maze,

if you ever do,

maybe you'll be
a different person.

Goodbye, Indra.

Dylan...

We are out of control.
We cannot hold our course.

Don't you see?
We're on a collision course.

- Oh, God...
- Get out of my way!

Oh, god, help us! Help!

How are you feeling?

Ready to move on.

I sense you're not
finished with her.

No, I don't think I am,

but somehow I think
she's finished with me.

You don't know what
will become of her,

what she'll learn from this,
if she ever gets out.

We can only hope, Trance.

This universe is all about hope.