Previously on "The Ark"...
The U-238 and the Aliciaminium,
they'’re on another ship.
So that means whatever hit us also hit Ark 3.
So they died from the breach.
- I need answers. - Twelve of us were suited up
for a maintenance run when the ship decompressed.
My husband. Where is our daughter?
The day global food rationing began, she took a stray bullet.
Projectile weapons have no place in space.
The hull on that attacking ship said Ark 15?
That'’s who attacked us?
How did Ark 3 get so far into space ahead of us?
We traveled faster than light speed.
- Not possible. - Evelyn Maddox figured it out.
The trillionaire who took over Trust Industries?
I need to see the Maddox retrofit.
It'’s Ark 3's self-destruct. It wants an abort code.
We'’re looking through Captain Bishop'’s files.
I have a code. Are you ready?
12-22-06-06.
- It worked. - Thank you, Mr. Trust.
Where the hell am I?
Lane, where are you? Report to the bridge.
I said, where the hell am I?
Mr. Trust, I'’m Lieutenant Lane and you'’re in Ark 1.
Mr. Trust, you have to pressurize your suit.
- Your body isn'’t stable. - I'’m not supposed to be here.
You just woke up from cryo. Maybe you should sit while I explain.
- Helena? What'’s going on? - I was protecting you.
He might'’ve been here to kill you.
No. I mean, I want to know why exactly we'’re on this damn ship.
I know they say in the wake of near death experiences
people do unexpected things.
I'’ve got say, I didn'’t expect this.
This was blowing off steam,
but it didn'’t mean anything.
- It was just sex. - Oh, yeah, just-- just sex.
- A one-time thing. - Yeah, one time.
- I'’m serious. - Oh, me, too.
Yeah, me too. I mean, it'’s refreshing, really.
Just two people on the same page.
It was fun though, wasn'’t it?
Garnet on PA: All bridge crew, please report.
Have you seen Lane? He still hasn'’t checked in
since he came through with those codes.
Uh, no. No, no.
I thought he was here with you.
He was until he wasn'’t.
They conducted final sweeps of Ark 3. It was clear.
I haven'’t seen Lieutenant Lane since we got back.
Been a bit busy with the Maddox retrofit.
We'’ll just have to get started without him.
You know, he'’s probably sleeping off his heroics.
Narrowly escaping death, it really does drive a person into bed.
Alicia, pull up Ark 3'’s video log footage.
This video confirms what we theorized.
Our ark and Ark 4 were hit by the same substance.
- A corrosive chemical that-- - You mean the Aliciaminium.
We'’re not calling it that.
What we know now that we didn'’t before
is that the chemical came from a weapon mounted on Ark 15.
What is Ark 15 doing out here? They weren'’t supposed to launch for years.
From what Kelly told us, it sounds like
the program accelerated as things got worse on Earth.
Zoom in on the ship.
More. Once more.
There. See what I see?
Yeah, looks like this Maddox lady
had a bit of an ego trip when she took over from Trust.
But why would one ark attack the others?
Especially when there'’s so few of us left.
I'’ll have a look through Ark 3'’s archives,
see if there are any answers in there.
And I'’ll get to work attaching the Maddox retrofit to our engines.
Good. Do it.
Felix, look for Lane.
It'’s not like him to miss a meeting.
Alicia! You met Kelly?
- She'’s the Ark 3 survivor. - We'’ve met.
Um, Garnet wants me to look through Ark 3'’s archives.
Want to help? She wants to see if we can find a reason
why Ark 15 would'’ve been attacking the other arks.
How do you know it was Ark 15?
Angus and I recovered the footage.
- You did? - Yeah, well, really it was Alicia.
She built a program on the fly to reconstruct the timeline of events.
It was just a simple computer code.
So you two really are the resident geniuses.
We also built the detector that found your ship
using the residue left behind from the Ark 15 weapon.
So you found me. You'’re the reason I was rescued.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Kind of.
Hey, maybe you can help us figure out what happened.
- What do you mean? - You know, go through the archives with us.
You were on Earth longer than we were.
Whatever you know about what it was like
when Maddox took over the Ark program might give us clues
as to why your ship was attacked.
I'’m sorry, I just-- I can't.
But you know more than anyone else about what happened.
I'’m just not ready to dig through those memories yet.
Anyway, I heard that there'’s going to be a remembrance before we depart Ark 3?
I kind of want to go, but I don'’t want to go alone.
I'’ll go with you. Oh, yeah.
So will Alicia, right?
Um, I really should get to work on the archives for Garnet.
It seemed important.
Okay. See you later then?
Yeah. See you later.
So let'’s make sure that the lives
that were lost on Ark 3 are remembered
and that we honor them by fulfilling our mission,
and by creating a world that will flourish in their memory.
- I'’m really sorry. - What do you have to be sorry for?
About your friends. It must be really hard to leave it all behind.
Well, hopefully there are better things ahead than what we left behind.
I like that. Better things ahead.
Those born with an exceptional drive to make this universe...
Come on. Show me more about how you grow the food.
...a better place for the rest of us.
No sign of Lane.
Lieutenant Lane, please check in with council immediately.
Friends whose courageous spirits led them all...
- Something'’s not right. - ...on a journey of science.
Start a search party.
Would you stand still for a minute?
I bet Evelyn did this.
Her way of finishing us off after taking over my company.
Our company. And I thought you were done with conspiracy theories.
Don'’t you want to know how we ended up here?
I want you to stop walking in circles.
- You'’re making me dizzy. - Walking is good for the circulation.
We need to get our muscles back up to speed.
- You should do the same. - You'’re driving yourself crazy.
The last thing I remember, we were working late at HQ.
And then we left together.
And then there'’s nothing.
You can take my company, but you can'’t lock us out!
I own this building and everything in it.
Yes, sweetheart.
They need me.
Humanity needs me.
Of course they do, and one day they'’ll understand.
And one day you'’ll understand this.
Just remember, I love you.
You did this.
I did what I had to.
Lane was last seen on the bridge.
Do you think his disappearance has something to do
with the code that he got to stop the self-destruct?
- I mean, we don'’t know where we got it from. - Don'’t worry.
We will find him. It'’s a spaceship.
There'’s only so many places he could'’ve gone.
Okay, spread out.
Lane?
- Do you think he'’s hurt? - At this point, I don'’t know what to think.
He'’s not one to go off the grid like this.
No, I mean, he'’s usually all up in everyone'’s business about,
- well, everything. - I'’ve got one more idea.
Alicia, please?
Could you help me look through the communications logs?
Sure. What are we looking for?
The record of Lane'’s transmission to Ark 3.
What, you mean the call he made with the code
that shut down the self-destruct?
Our logs record every communication
and where the call originated within the ark.
So if we just narrow down the time frame
and search the outgoing communications, then...
Voilà! That'’s it.
- He made the call from-- - Sector OT?
That does not make sense.
Our sectors are numbered as well. Not just lettered.
Okay. So how does Lane make a call
from a sector of the ship that doesn'’t exist?
I'’m conducting this examination
to determine exact cause of death for the record.
The body is that of a 26-year-old man brought in
with severe internal bleeding.
Post-mortem exam displays internal organ failure
consistent with blood loss during surgery.
Stitches did not take.
Appears that inability of significant wounds to clot
resulted in heart failure.
Dr. Kabir?
Dr. Kabir, you all right?
I'’m here for the body, for the NOR.
That'’s the Natural Organic Reduction system
we use to break down organic material for our fertilizer.
Oh, no. I'’m-- oh, I'm sorry.
Oh, my-- I wanted to show you
how we make the fertilizer for gardening.
I forgot that meant seeing--
He'’s your friend. I'’m so sorry.
- It'’s okay, Angus. - You can'’t take him.
I'’m in the middle of my post-mortem exam.
Is that really necessary?
Does it matter how it happened?
Of course it matters.
Every single person matters.
- Get out. - But, doc--
Get out now.
Don'’t you understand? When you lost your job, you lost your purpose,
- and I was losing you. - So you kidnapped me.
You left your reputation, our reputation, in shambles.
- People wanted us dead. - That doesn'’t give you the right to do this.
And on top of everything else,
you were messing around with any woman with a pulse.
Oh, yeah, I knew.
And I was still willing to fight for us.
This way, you still get to Proxima B,
and you will still be installed as their leader.
I am sorry about earlier.
I thought that you were attacking my husband.
I'’m Helena Trust. I'’m William's wife.
Lieutenant Spencer Lane.
You hear that? You hit a lieutenant.
- I didn'’t recognize him. He wasn'’t one of ours. - One of yours?
We must be approaching Proxima B shortly since we were woken from cryo?
There was an accident. We woke up early.
At our current pace, we'’re still years away.
- Years? - Maybe I could help.
If you bring us up to the bridge--
It was made very clear to me
that it'’s my job to protect you,
and that means keeping your secret.
I mean, there are people who want you dead.
People still care about that? Here?
The atmospheric de-carbonization initiative failed.
So I pivoted. I built the damn ship.
I created an escape plan. I saved the human race!
Would you be so kind as to fetch our confidants from the leadership team,
Captain Lester or Lieutenant Commander Susan Ingram?
There'’s an ensign who was supposed to be here when we awake.
- Ensign Trent. - Yes.
What is it?
I'’m so sorry, but they'’re all dead.
All of the leadership team died in the accident that woke us up,
and Trent died saving this ship.
The only person left alive you can be sure you can trust is me.
Feels like we'’ve been doing circles in this damn ship all day.
Last time I was down here was when Trent tried to run away.
Run where? It'’s a spaceship.
Was he gonna jump out an airlock or something?
Wait a minute.
We have been going in circles.
A bunch of overlapping rectangles, actually.
Yes, but enclosing what exactly?
What'’s in the middle?
I'’m really happy you asked me to help.
I was hoping to get a closer look at the retrofit.
It'’s kind of beautiful, don'’t you think?
No, not really.
Did you know that throughout history, inventions for space travel
have influenced the course of technological advances on Earth?
Like, my glasses are scratch-resistant
because of research done by NASA in the 1980s.
They were trying to enhance spacecraft water purification, but how cool is that?
How does that have anything to do with what we'’re doing right now?
Oh, well, I was reading the archives,
and amidst the deterioration of Earth there were glimmers of hope.
Maddox'’s research into faster than light tech
led to unexpected advances in other areas,
like disease control, for example.
That'’s why I think it'’s so beautiful,
'’cause it represents so much more.
- What kind of disease control? - Oh, I'’m not sure.
I'’ve only read the first 5% of the files.
Angus was too busy to help me.
You know, hanging out with his new best friend Kelly.
Have you ever not noticed someone for awhile,
and then suddenly you do notice them as more than a friend,
but you realize you might'’ve missed out
on not noticing them sooner and--
Never mind. I'’m rambling.
Alicia, there'’s a person for everyone.
And if you'’ve found yours, make sure you hold on tight.
We don'’t always get as much time as we'’d like.
We need your help.
Can you pull up the ark blueprints?
We'’re trying to trace Lane'’s call from Sector OT.
- There'’s no Sector OT. - I know.
Yes. What'’s in the middle of these corridors here?
Weird. Everything between those corridors has redundant systems.
- What does it mean? - Like it was copied and pasted from over here.
What do you think is actually there?
I don'’t know, but we'’re going to find out.
Eva, come with us.
Oh, good. I'’m glad you're here.
Uh, whoa. Why are you taking your robe off?
See this mole? I want you to remove it.
My skin is perfect except for this one damn mole.
Is this how you start all your sessions?
- Talking about yourself? - Oh, you'’re here for session?
Yeah, why else would I be here?
- The doctor is present. - Never mind. This was a bad idea.
You knocked on my door.
The floor is yours.
I think I killed that man from the other ark.
- You think you did? - Well, it'’s hard to know for sure.
But, I mean, my hands were shaking during surgery and...
I'’ve been taking pills. It became a bad habit.
I had a feeling.
I kind of know it when I see it.
About ten years ago, I got caught in a UV storm.
They put me on a cocktail of medications.
Let'’s just say I got a little too dependent.
What did you do?
Well, I was rich and famous.
I did what rich and famous people do.
I went to the most exclusive and most expensive rehab center available to me.
I mean, that sounds lovely, but seeing as we'’re in the middle of space...
Welcome to the poshest rehab center on Ark 1.
The first thing we do when you check in with our concierge
is to take away your pills.
Strickland locked up the initial stash
when he realized what I was doing,
but then we got more from Ark 3.
Have you taken any?
No, but, I mean, it'’s been damn tempting.
I'’m scared that I can'’t do my job without them.
Okay, here'’s what we'’re going to do.
You'’re gonna give me the key.
From now on, you'’re gonna go through me
to distribute your medication.
And in the meantime, we'’re gonna talk. A lot.
Now, back to the important question.
You'’ll remove the mole for me?
It'’s not a mole. It'’s a freckle.
Wait, well, what'’s the difference?
This is the dead end Trent ran to.
I caught him right around here.
Do you think he knew something?
Move, move, move!
Where were you running to? We'’re in space.
Interesting.
So what am I supposed to do?
Just wait down here indefinitely?
We'’ll come up with a plan to integrate you into the ship.
We just need to be smart about it.
And what do I do in the meantime? Twiddle my thumbs?
Well, you could tell me more about this.
- Is it what I think it is? - How is this here?
This was due to be on the later ark
that we were scheduled to depart on.
You really think I didn'’t work out every detail of this plan?
I knew how important that library was to you.
And that is why I love you.
I know.
You piss me the hell off, but I love you.
Right.
This is a genetic library of selected animalia from Earth,
the ones most likely to be of benefit.
- What is this place? - The only place we haven'’t looked for Lane.
Let me try.
I'’ll have to short-circuit the door.
And this, this is my favorite.
The butterfly.
The butterfly? Why?
After the honeybees went extinct, the butterflies continued to pollinate.
They'’re the only reason the crops lasted on Earth as long as they did.
Yeah, but why bring them to space?
We need tools to create a functioning ecosystem.
Welcome to the toolbox.
None of this was covered in our briefings during orientation.
No, it wouldn'’t have been.
Only high-level crew were read in on this.
Humans tend to get a little touchy on the subject of genetics.
Did you hear that?
Hello, Felix. It'’s wonderful to see you again.
Mrs. Trust?
You gonna tell me how you'’re lucky enough
to be on a first-name basis with Helena Trust?
Not right now, I'’m not.
- He'’s really here. - Can you believe it?
The William Trust is on our ark.
My brother'’s dead because of you.
You should'’ve stayed on Earth to pay for what
your stupid experiments did to all those people.
You'’d be dead, too, if it wasn'’t for my husband's stupid experiments.
What do you think this ship is?
Okay, let'’s go.
Mr. and Mrs. Trust, I'’m--
Brice! Stand down. - Are you all right, sir?
- What the hell are you thinking? - You.
I--
I knew someone who had Klampkins.
You gave them a death sentence. It'’s your fault.
Griff, please escort Brice off the bridge.
There'’s no need. I'’m out of here.
I apologize for his behavior. I'’m Lieutenant Sharon Garnet.
- Acting Captain. - Pleasure to meet you.
For your protection, we'’d like you to remain here with security
while we determine the best way to acclimate you on board.
We'’ll have food brought to you, as well as our doctor
check on your post-cryo vitals.
As long as Felix is our guard, that should be just fine.
So that'’s how you got the codes?
How long have you known?
Since Trent died. I can explain.
Later.
Right now I'’m busy trying to run this ship
without being blindsided at every turn.
It'’s your fault I'’m here, isn't it?
You gave the order to have me assigned on this ark.
Join the club.
- Shouldn'’t you be thanking me? - Thanking you?
Sure, thank you for taking me from my family.
Thank you for separating me
from a now dead husband and daughter.
I'’m sorry about your family.
But I can'’t apologize for giving you a spot
on the most sought after trip of all time.
I wasn'’t there to protect them, and that'’s on you.
Did you ever consider that you might be dead, too, if you'’d stayed behind?
You saved our lives, so I saved yours.
You can'’t trust Trust! You can'’t trust Trust!
- You can'’t trust Trust! - Get down!
Felix.
I almost wish I hadn'’t saved your lives.
Griff, take over.
Mr. Trust, I'’m so honored to meet you.
And I, you, my dear.
Don'’t even think about it.
Hey, you would not believe the day I'’ve had.
Searching for Lieutenant Lane, working on the Maddox retrofit,
reading through the archives.
I'’ve never been so busy in my entire life.
- We were experimenting with Angus'’ crops. - Potato leek soup.
Grilled veggies. The possibilities are endless.
Better than anything I'’ve had in years.
- You look different. - You noticed.
- I changed his hair. - Do you like it?
I liked it before.
I need you back in engineering.
- Now? I barely got to eat. - Bring your food.
Um, I have to go.
Lane.
You wanted to explain?
Trent sacrificed himself to ensure the Trusts'’ survival,
and he told me because he knew I'’d understand the gravity of the situation.
So all this time you'’ve been lying to me?
- Well, I didn'’t lie. - You lied by omission.
You earned my trust, my friendship even,
- just so you could keep this secret? - Well, that'’s not true.
- Our friendship was-- well, it is real. - Why should I believe you?
For all I know, everything you'’ve ever done and said over the past few weeks
has been in service of the Trusts and not as my number two.
I couldn'’t risk their existence leaking to the entire crew.
I'’m not saying you had to tell the whole damn crew,
- but you should'’ve told me. - Or me.
- We'’re supposed to be pals. - If you can'’t trust Brice and me with something
- as critical as this, then we can'’t trust you. - Sharon.
Effective immediately, I am relieving you of your duties
and stripping you of your rank of lieutenant.
You'’re not serious.
You can'’t do this.
She can, and she should.
As of this moment, you are no longer an officer on this ship.
Did you connect the negative mass generator?
Yep, and the negative energy density meter is hooked up
to the ship'’s forward propulsion system.
I know everything about this ship.
I don'’t have a damn clue what just said.
It'’s basic theoretical physics.
Although I guess it'’s not that theoretical anymore.
You guess?
So we'’re sending our ship hurtling into the unknown on a guess?
Technically our ship won'’t be hurtling. It won'’t move at all.
Space will warp around us.
Ark 3 was using the tech and it worked just fine.
Maddox retrofit successfully interfaced
with Nuclear Electronic Propulsion System.
Ready to initiate faster than light.
Um, what are our chances of dying
if we turn this thing on?
Guess we'’re gonna find out.
We should'’ve been honored upon our arrival. Not in need of security.
Humans beings are many things,
including unforgiving and spiteful beasts.
I thought things would be different here.
I thought we could start over. I did this for us.
Because I wanted my husband back.
- To be us again. - This crew have been working together to stay alive
since they were abruptly woken up.
We are interlopers in their journey.
So show them your value.
Well, who are they?
Chief Engineer and Chief of Life Support.
The one in the glasses is our resident genius.
We'’ve successfully installed the Maddox retrofit.
The start-up sequence is up and running.
All we have to do is initiate FTL
and then we'’ll be on our way.
We'’ll get to Prox B in no time.
Are you saying that slimy serpent Maddox actually did it?
She resolved the negative energy problem?
Yes. She built on the foundational principles
that you laid out in all your research, Mr. Trust,
using the NEPS to create negative energy.
That'’s a simple solution.
It'’s too simple, and it'’s too risky.
Says the man who sprayed a dangerous chemical
over a whole continent.
It would be a shame to die by flipping one faulty switch
after working so hard to stay alive.
- There'’s no faulty switch. - And how long have you been an expert
in faster than light retrofits?
Every minute we go sub-light
the more U-238 we burn through
and the less likely we'’ll have enough
to fuel the negative energy to jump to FTL.
- Is that true? - Yes.
But it regenerates fuel at FTL.
Look, Evelyn liked to take shortcuts.
We just need to make sure that she didn'’t take any
with something as important as this.
You can'’t tell us not to use the tech
just '’cause you don't like the lady who invented it.
- Eva? - It worked fine on Ark 3.
Um, based on the video, it worked on Ark 15, too.
- Brice, opinion? - I trust Eva and Alicia.
So if we don'’t do this now, there'’s a chance we might not
have enough fuel to do it at all?
Every minute we wait lessens the chances.
Sounds like we don'’t have a choice.
Initiate faster than light travel.
Initiating faster than light...
- Please work, please work. - in three...
- Proxima B, here we come. - two...
one.
FTL is stable.
What'’s happening to us?
I warned you.
A simple solution.
Too simple.
And too risky.
You should'’ve trusted me.
Can we drop out of FTL from here?
I can'’t.
We have to get to the engine room.
How?
We follow our future selves.
Follow me. Just focus on the destination.
- How? - Time will catch up to our goal
if you just keep in your head where you need to go.
Follow me. Focus on the destination.
Not as easy as it sounds.
- How did we get here? - How long have we been here?
Irrelevant. Remember...
Remember what?
You were telling us to remember to do something.
Was I?
It'’s getting worse, isn'’t it?
- My head hurts. - Ready to launch EMP.
How did you beat me here? I thought I got here first.
- How long have we been here? - Did you say launch EMP?
Exactly. She is ahead of us. Or she was momentarily.
But we don'’t have an EMP, and even if we did, that could destroy the ship.
Remember, I built this ship. The EMP is a fail-safe.
It'’s a minuscule pulse designed to target the engines specifically.
It shouldn'’t affect life support or other systems on the ship.
I wasn'’t told about any fail-safe.
You weren'’t supposed to be in charge.
- This is the only way. - How do you know?
Because I'’ve been working to develop this for a long time.
First we have to prep to disconnect the retrofit.
But do not remove it from the circuit board until I tell you to.
- My head hurts. - Focus.
- Ready to launch EMP. - Almost there.
- My head hurts. - It'’s getting worse, isn't it?
- How long have we been here? - Did you say launch EMP?
Focus. Almost there.
Now.
- It worked! - Thank you.
You'’re welcome.
They did it.
I'’ve got to be honest.
I really thought traveling faster than the speed of light
was gonna be a little more fun.
Lieutenant Garnet, we weren'’t expecting you.
Our cryo pods weren'’t that nice.
I looked for you in med bay.
They told me I'’d find you here.
I wasn'’t quite ready to be amongst the general populace yet.
I came here to apologize.
It'’s taken us a long time to figure out how to run this ship.
I didn'’t know where your allegiances were.
Being leader is like waking up to your house on fire every day.
You have to trust your gut.
And if you choose wrong, it'’s up to you to own it.
I hope after our rough start
you'’ll still agree to help us
get the Maddox retrofit up and running.
I think you still don'’t see the big picture, Lieutenant.
- And what'’s that? - That we all want the same thing.
To survive.
You were amazing today.
I mean in the engine room earlier.
But, well, that as well.
This was the last time we do this.
No more slip-ups.
So, um, is that all I am to you then, is it?
Just a-- a slip-up?
What?
The archives from Ark 3
might have the cure for Klampkins.
You know, it'’s starting to sound a little bit like you care about me.
I just-- I don'’t believe you want to die.
I don'’t want to die, but I'’m going to.
If there'’s a cure, don'’t you want to know?
- There isn'’t. - How do you know?
Eva, do you know how many times I'’ve been told they'’re gonna find a cure?
No.
Yeah, well, neither do I.
Because I'’ve lost count. That'’s how many.
I did every clinical trial back on Earth. Everything.
Trying not to die because my obsession,
and I won'’t let it become yours as well.
Look.
Eva, I don'’t want you to fall in love with another man
just in time to watch him die.
I loved Harris. I still do.
And I'’m not going to fall in love with you.
I'’m gonna hold you to that.
But that doesn'’t mean you should stop trying.
Just stop.
Look, I came to terms with my death a long time ago, right?
So neither of us need to pretend that this is gonna end any other way.
Let'’s just leave it. Yeah?
I'’ve been waiting for you to come see me.
We'’re overdue a session since you woke up.
That'’s what we're calling it now, is it?
A session?
I thought I'’d never see you again.
I guess fate had other plans.
By fate, you mean Helena.
Good job she didn'’t know about us,
otherwise she'’d never put me on this ark with you.
So we won'’t let her find out.
How'’s the Juno Project going?
Can we forget about work? Just for a little while.
Look, I don'’t know what'’s going to happen next,
but can I count on you to stand by my side?
- No matter what happens? - Of course you can.
There'’s no place I'’d rather be.
Mr. Trust, I'’ve been looking for you.
Lieutenant Lane, good to see you.
"Lieutenant."
Look, for what it'’s worth,
I don'’t agree with the decision regarding your title.
Well, from you, sir, that'’s worth a lot.
You have courage and grit,
the stuff that real leaders are made of.
- Unapologetic in the wake of your decisions. - Yeah.
I want you to know, whatever you need, I'’m your man.
After what they did to me, let'’s just say
that now my only remaining loyalty lies with you.