1 00:00:23,106 --> 00:00:25,526 I say we kill him now and get it over with. 2 00:00:28,695 --> 00:00:30,697 Halt. 3 00:00:45,963 --> 00:00:48,632 - Help me, Wilma! Distract him! - Buck, what's wrong? 4 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:50,801 It's Quince. He's frozen my controls. 5 00:00:57,891 --> 00:01:00,310 [Man Narrating] The year is 1987, 6 00:01:00,394 --> 00:01:04,189 and NASA launches the last of America's deep space probes. 7 00:01:04,231 --> 00:01:09,152 In a freak mishap, Ranger 3 and its pilot, Captain William "Buck'"Rogers, 8 00:01:09,236 --> 00:01:13,740 are blown out of their trajectory into an orbit which freezes his life-support systems... 9 00:01:13,824 --> 00:01:15,951 And returns Buck Rogers to Earth... 10 00:01:16,034 --> 00:01:18,662 500 years later. 11 00:02:06,126 --> 00:02:10,714 [Narrator] In our last episode, Buck Rogers assumed the identity of a killer. 12 00:02:11,965 --> 00:02:14,218 Argus. 13 00:02:21,642 --> 00:02:25,646 And we all know Rafael Argus was about to be initiated into the ranks of the Legion of Death. 14 00:02:25,729 --> 00:02:31,401 However, because he always operated under a variety of names and appearances, 15 00:02:31,485 --> 00:02:35,280 none of the other assassins has any clear-cut idea of what he looks like. 16 00:02:35,322 --> 00:02:39,701 Which is fortunate for you, as you'll be impersonating him. Oh. 17 00:02:42,871 --> 00:02:44,873 [Buck] Get his gun, Barney! 18 00:02:53,507 --> 00:02:56,593 Greetings, Mr. Argus. 19 00:02:56,677 --> 00:02:58,595 I take it this means I passed. 20 00:02:58,679 --> 00:03:02,933 Anyone who can hold his own against us deserves to be considered one of us. 21 00:03:04,351 --> 00:03:06,061 I'm Kellogg. 22 00:03:06,144 --> 00:03:09,523 Sherese and Quince and Varek. 23 00:03:09,606 --> 00:03:11,525 We're being observed. 24 00:03:11,608 --> 00:03:13,360 [Kellogg] Kill her, now! 25 00:03:16,655 --> 00:03:18,907 Rafael Argus. I should have known. 26 00:03:19,950 --> 00:03:23,453 - Is Rafael here yet? - Joella. It's been a while. 27 00:03:23,537 --> 00:03:26,123 Look, I know we didn't part on the best of terms, 28 00:03:26,206 --> 00:03:28,333 but give me a chance, will you? 29 00:03:29,459 --> 00:03:31,378 You got a deal, Rafe. 30 00:03:32,963 --> 00:03:36,049 The total destruction of the Terran capital... New Chicago. 31 00:03:36,133 --> 00:03:38,969 To destroy a city that large, you'd need an earthquake or... 32 00:03:39,052 --> 00:03:41,555 Or an antimatter explosion. 33 00:03:47,519 --> 00:03:48,937 Barney? 34 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:53,775 I met Rafael Argus two years ago on Sutter's World, 35 00:03:53,859 --> 00:03:57,988 and I can tell you for a fact, that ain't him. 36 00:03:59,990 --> 00:04:03,827 You've got to be kidding. Who you gonna believe, someone you never met before today... 37 00:04:03,911 --> 00:04:05,996 Or someone we never met before yesterday. 38 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:08,207 And, Joella, 39 00:04:08,290 --> 00:04:11,043 you should have told us he was an impostor when you had the chance. 40 00:04:11,126 --> 00:04:13,045 Leave her out of this. Stop him! 41 00:04:13,128 --> 00:04:15,631 [All Shouting Indistinctly] 42 00:04:32,272 --> 00:04:33,732 There! 43 00:04:42,115 --> 00:04:44,034 [Buck] Not this time, Porky. 44 00:04:58,298 --> 00:05:01,552 Go! [Beeping] 45 00:05:06,807 --> 00:05:08,851 [Gasps] 46 00:05:11,562 --> 00:05:14,731 [Sighs] You are something. We're not out of the woods yet. 47 00:05:17,442 --> 00:05:21,280 We're gonna split up. I'll meet you in the main terminal of the spaceport in 10 minutes. 48 00:05:21,321 --> 00:05:23,574 Right! 49 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,633 [Gasps] 50 00:05:48,765 --> 00:05:52,728 We're just beyond the stargate, Doctor. I'm bringing Markos back with me. 51 00:05:52,811 --> 00:05:55,063 Good. Good. And Buck's all right? 52 00:05:55,147 --> 00:05:57,107 - Buck isn't with me. - What? 53 00:05:57,191 --> 00:06:01,069 What happened? He was supposed to meet me at 1500 hours. I waited as long as I dared. 54 00:06:01,153 --> 00:06:04,406 - You mean he's still on Aldebaran? - It's not as if I wanted to leave him there. 55 00:06:04,489 --> 00:06:09,411 - No, no, of course not. - I'll explain everything back on Earth. Deering out. 56 00:06:21,215 --> 00:06:24,426 Now, whoever you are, whom do you work for? 57 00:06:24,510 --> 00:06:28,263 The stellar authorities? What's in that thing? 58 00:06:28,347 --> 00:06:30,098 A chemical, that's all. 59 00:06:30,182 --> 00:06:32,976 One that will act upon the thalamic regions of your brain. 60 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:36,355 But don't worry. 61 00:06:36,396 --> 00:06:39,525 While it will cause a great deal of pain, 62 00:06:39,608 --> 00:06:41,818 it won't do any physical damage. 63 00:06:43,862 --> 00:06:46,990 All right, all right. I'll tell you! 64 00:06:48,492 --> 00:06:51,495 I like my thalamic regions just the way they are. Thank you. 65 00:06:51,578 --> 00:06:53,914 Who are you, and what did you do with Argus? 66 00:06:56,333 --> 00:06:58,293 Wist. 67 00:06:58,377 --> 00:07:00,295 Aron Wist. 68 00:07:00,379 --> 00:07:04,716 - [Quince] Aron Wist. - You've heard of him? 69 00:07:05,717 --> 00:07:07,636 [Quince] Just stories. 70 00:07:07,719 --> 00:07:10,305 An assassin out of Alpha Centauri. 71 00:07:10,389 --> 00:07:13,517 Strictly local. Small-time. 72 00:07:14,685 --> 00:07:17,187 Not so small-time I didn't have all of you fooled. 73 00:07:17,271 --> 00:07:20,691 No. But the question is, why? 74 00:07:20,774 --> 00:07:23,735 I heard the four of you were getting together. 75 00:07:23,777 --> 00:07:27,406 I thought Argus might be onto something big. I wanted a cut. 76 00:07:27,447 --> 00:07:31,743 I didn't think I'd end up avenging one of your dead buddies for free. 77 00:07:31,785 --> 00:07:35,581 And Argus? He didn't object to you impersonating him? 78 00:07:35,622 --> 00:07:38,417 Argus was in no condition to object to anything. 79 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:41,003 Are you trying to tell us... 80 00:07:41,086 --> 00:07:44,756 You killed Rafael Argus? 81 00:07:44,798 --> 00:07:46,758 I never said that. 82 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,178 You never heard me say that. 83 00:07:50,345 --> 00:07:52,681 I say we kill him now and get it over with. 84 00:07:53,682 --> 00:07:59,438 Perhaps we should attempt to validate Mr. Wist's story. 85 00:07:59,521 --> 00:08:04,067 Varek. Bring my transmitter case here... Quickly. 86 00:08:04,151 --> 00:08:07,196 And how do we validate his story? 87 00:08:07,279 --> 00:08:09,198 I have this friend... 88 00:08:09,281 --> 00:08:13,118 Who happens to be a cataloger at the Earth Defense Directorate. 89 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,662 Not only is he keeping Elias Huer busy... 90 00:08:15,746 --> 00:08:19,249 With pyrotechnical reminders that we do mean to avenge... 91 00:08:19,333 --> 00:08:21,293 Deneva's death, 92 00:08:21,335 --> 00:08:26,423 but he also has access to the Directorate's data banks. 93 00:08:26,507 --> 00:08:30,385 With any luck, we should have positive identification within 30 minutes. 94 00:08:31,637 --> 00:08:35,891 So, Mr. Wist, 95 00:08:37,392 --> 00:08:40,938 if that is your name, you have nothing to worry about. 96 00:08:42,356 --> 00:08:44,316 If not... 97 00:08:51,031 --> 00:08:54,493 I think you're lying, Mr. Markos. 98 00:08:54,576 --> 00:08:57,412 Take him to the lab. Have Dr. Nowlan prepare the mind probe. 99 00:08:57,496 --> 00:09:01,667 Hooking me up to one of your machines isn't gonna do you any good, Huer. 100 00:09:01,708 --> 00:09:05,462 Shortly, you and the rest of this city are gonna be blown to bits. 101 00:09:05,546 --> 00:09:08,549 In case it hasn't dawned on you, 102 00:09:08,632 --> 00:09:12,511 if and when this city is destroyed, you'll be destroyed as well. 103 00:09:19,184 --> 00:09:21,895 I pray he is lying. 104 00:09:21,979 --> 00:09:24,690 Unless we find out exactly... 105 00:09:24,731 --> 00:09:27,776 How they plan to destroy New Chicago, 106 00:09:27,860 --> 00:09:31,238 the best we can do is step up general security. 107 00:09:32,906 --> 00:09:35,826 - Still no word from Buck? - No. None. 108 00:09:37,578 --> 00:09:42,040 Since we lack concrete data, Dr. Huer, I suggest we analyze... 109 00:09:42,082 --> 00:09:47,212 All known factors and attempt to develop a theory concerning the assassins' plan. 110 00:09:47,254 --> 00:09:51,884 Twiki, please place me on the desk so that Dr. Huer and I can talk. [Chirping] 111 00:09:51,925 --> 00:09:54,761 Here. Let me help you, Twiki. 112 00:09:54,845 --> 00:09:57,264 He's still not accustomed to subspace communication. 113 00:09:57,347 --> 00:09:59,600 Maybe he's using the wrong channel. 114 00:09:59,683 --> 00:10:03,687 We've kept all channels open ever since you returned, Colonel. 115 00:10:03,770 --> 00:10:06,607 And we've heard nothing. 116 00:10:08,233 --> 00:10:11,028 He's probably dead. 117 00:10:30,756 --> 00:10:33,717 [Kellogg] He's Aron Wist, all right. 118 00:10:36,136 --> 00:10:38,555 I say we kill him anyhow. 119 00:10:38,639 --> 00:10:40,849 [Kellogg] Stand by, Mr. Hartsteen. 120 00:10:40,933 --> 00:10:43,769 Now let's consider his story. 121 00:10:43,810 --> 00:10:47,856 He's here impersonating Rafael Argus. 122 00:10:47,940 --> 00:10:50,817 Argus is nowhere to be found. Circumstantial evidence does indicate... 123 00:10:50,901 --> 00:10:54,363 That he indeed has killed Argus. 124 00:10:54,446 --> 00:10:57,366 And anyone capable of eliminating... 125 00:10:57,449 --> 00:11:02,079 The legendary Rafael Argus is a formidable ally. 126 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,540 He's an arrogant fool, Kellogg! 127 00:11:04,623 --> 00:11:08,794 Sherese, if arrogance were a capital crime, we'd all be dead long ago. 128 00:11:08,877 --> 00:11:13,090 I say he goes with us... In my ship. 129 00:11:13,131 --> 00:11:15,092 He goes in mine. 130 00:11:16,134 --> 00:11:19,263 Wait a minute. Don't I have anything to say about this? 131 00:11:20,347 --> 00:11:22,975 He goes with Quince. 132 00:11:23,058 --> 00:11:26,812 Mr. Hartsteen, thank you for relaying the vid-copy. I have one more request. 133 00:11:26,854 --> 00:11:29,314 We're about to leave for Earth, 134 00:11:29,398 --> 00:11:32,317 but before we do, I wanna be absolutely certain... 135 00:11:32,359 --> 00:11:34,903 That Huer suspects nothing. 136 00:11:34,987 --> 00:11:36,947 That could be very dangerous. 137 00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:40,951 That's what you are paid for, Hartsteen. 138 00:11:42,411 --> 00:11:45,664 I expect you to get back to me within 20 minutes. Kellogg out. 139 00:11:48,375 --> 00:11:50,836 I suggest you three head for the spaceport. 140 00:11:50,919 --> 00:11:53,505 Our transportation should be ready momentarily. 141 00:11:53,589 --> 00:11:58,969 And I suggest that if Mr. Wist gives us any trouble at all, we eliminate him. 142 00:12:01,388 --> 00:12:04,641 - Agreed? - Most definitely. 143 00:12:15,068 --> 00:12:17,613 Dr. Huer, have you heard from Buck? 144 00:12:17,696 --> 00:12:20,657 Well, not exactly. 145 00:12:20,741 --> 00:12:24,536 But Dr. Theopolis was just informed that information concerning Aron Wist... 146 00:12:24,578 --> 00:12:26,747 Has been extracted from the central data bank. 147 00:12:26,830 --> 00:12:29,750 Aron Wist? I don't understand. 148 00:12:29,833 --> 00:12:35,047 [Dr. Huer] Wist is a nonexistent criminal invented by the Defense Directorate. 149 00:12:35,088 --> 00:12:38,091 And Buck was instructed to use Aron Wist as a secondary cover... 150 00:12:38,175 --> 00:12:41,303 In the event his primary cover of Rafael Argus failed. 151 00:12:41,386 --> 00:12:44,056 So the fact that someone was trying to tap that information... 152 00:12:44,097 --> 00:12:46,558 Means that someone's trying to verify Buck's story. 153 00:12:46,642 --> 00:12:48,602 [Dr. Huer] And that Buck is still alive. 154 00:12:48,685 --> 00:12:51,438 Dr. Huer, request permission to return to Aldebaran immediately. 155 00:12:51,522 --> 00:12:53,065 - Denied. - But, Doctor... 156 00:12:53,148 --> 00:12:55,067 No, he must get out of this himself. 157 00:12:55,150 --> 00:12:57,819 And your appearance could very well place him in more jeopardy. 158 00:12:57,903 --> 00:13:00,072 I understand. 159 00:13:10,457 --> 00:13:13,752 Wist is actually an agent? Are you certain? 160 00:13:13,836 --> 00:13:17,256 Positive. His real name is Rogers. Buck Rogers. 161 00:13:19,424 --> 00:13:22,219 And Huer, he still has no idea... 162 00:13:22,261 --> 00:13:25,472 Exactly how I plan to destroy New Chicago? 163 00:13:25,556 --> 00:13:27,850 No, he doesn't. Whatever it is you intend to do, 164 00:13:27,933 --> 00:13:30,143 it sounds like it's safe for you to go ahead. 165 00:13:30,227 --> 00:13:35,107 And if that's the case, I'll be signing off now. 166 00:13:35,148 --> 00:13:38,610 Got a shuttle to catch to New Phoenix. 167 00:13:38,694 --> 00:13:42,531 I take it you've established the credit account there as we discussed? 168 00:13:42,614 --> 00:13:47,536 Yes, yes, of course, Hartsteen. You've earned your money. Kellogg out. 169 00:13:50,831 --> 00:13:53,834 Played for a fool... Twice... 170 00:13:55,294 --> 00:13:57,296 In one day. 171 00:13:58,964 --> 00:14:01,800 I'll have Quince... 172 00:14:01,884 --> 00:14:04,428 Tear him to pieces. 173 00:14:04,511 --> 00:14:09,308 [Woman Over P. A.] Flight 723 to Altair 5 now boarding at Gate 20. 174 00:14:09,349 --> 00:14:13,812 Hey, wait a minute, you little worm! Greetings, my dear. Salutations. We meet again. 175 00:14:13,896 --> 00:14:18,192 You turned us in for the money, didn't you? I had no idea I would need such heavy bribes to get through Customs. 176 00:14:18,275 --> 00:14:20,402 I was bled dry. Ohhh. 177 00:14:20,485 --> 00:14:24,031 Moreover, I discovered that the credits with which my friend Kellogg paid me off... 178 00:14:24,114 --> 00:14:26,241 Were, shall we call, tainted. 179 00:14:26,325 --> 00:14:30,537 Hmph. Well, luckily enough I was able to pass them off on a less discerning fellow... 180 00:14:30,621 --> 00:14:33,499 For a well-equipped starfighter, which even as we speak... 181 00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:36,043 Is being readied for flight in hangar bay number nine. 182 00:14:36,126 --> 00:14:37,711 You little creep. 183 00:14:37,794 --> 00:14:43,091 There is a great, wide, potentially lucrative universe waiting out there... 184 00:14:43,175 --> 00:14:46,261 For an enterprising fellow such as myself. 185 00:14:46,345 --> 00:14:49,681 And a universe, I might add, which could prove equally lucrative... 186 00:14:49,765 --> 00:14:52,100 To an enterprising young woman too. 187 00:14:52,184 --> 00:14:57,356 Have you ever thought of leaving this primitive mud bowl and entering civilization? 188 00:14:57,397 --> 00:14:59,983 Oh! That's it. Don't make a snap decision. 189 00:15:00,067 --> 00:15:02,027 Take some time. Think about it. 190 00:15:02,069 --> 00:15:02,903 I can wait. 191 00:15:06,698 --> 00:15:10,744 [Woman Over P. A.] Arriving passenger Dr. Adam Strange from Alpha Centauri, 192 00:15:10,828 --> 00:15:13,872 please report to the reservations desk. 193 00:15:18,085 --> 00:15:20,045 There they are. 194 00:15:22,548 --> 00:15:26,969 All right, come along, Varek. Let's say good-bye to Buck Rogers, shall we? 195 00:15:27,052 --> 00:15:29,972 We'll pick up the I. D. Plates and wait for Kellogg at the ships. 196 00:15:30,055 --> 00:15:32,140 Any idea what he has in mind for us to do first? 197 00:15:32,224 --> 00:15:36,895 What we're gonna do first is get rid of you. 198 00:15:38,689 --> 00:15:42,109 Kellogg, we've been through this before. 199 00:15:42,192 --> 00:15:44,653 He's an agent for the Earth Defense Directorate. 200 00:15:49,533 --> 00:15:51,326 I do the honors. 201 00:15:52,953 --> 00:15:56,915 Put it away, my dear. You may have what's left. 202 00:16:05,090 --> 00:16:07,801 [Screams] 203 00:16:12,598 --> 00:16:13,265 After him! 204 00:16:21,190 --> 00:16:22,191 [Kellogg] Down there! 205 00:16:41,084 --> 00:16:42,878 [Groans] 206 00:16:53,931 --> 00:16:57,184 Varek, go in there and dispose of him. 207 00:17:41,436 --> 00:17:44,106 He'll think that was you. 208 00:17:46,650 --> 00:17:47,734 Why'd you do that? 209 00:17:50,404 --> 00:17:52,614 This is why. 210 00:18:05,252 --> 00:18:07,254 This is who I am. 211 00:18:07,337 --> 00:18:10,424 You can't imagine life on my planet. 212 00:18:10,507 --> 00:18:13,385 The children are afraid to look at their own reflections. 213 00:18:14,636 --> 00:18:16,555 Children with a touch of death. 214 00:18:16,638 --> 00:18:18,891 Children like myself. 215 00:18:20,392 --> 00:18:24,438 Kellogg is condemning your people to the same fate as mine. 216 00:18:24,521 --> 00:18:26,899 There's no hope for my world, 217 00:18:26,982 --> 00:18:29,109 but there is for Earth. 218 00:18:29,193 --> 00:18:32,779 Stop them. That's something you can do, isn't it? 219 00:18:32,863 --> 00:18:34,865 No. 220 00:18:36,283 --> 00:18:40,287 I have never belonged anywhere... 221 00:18:40,370 --> 00:18:42,289 Except with Kellogg. 222 00:18:42,372 --> 00:18:46,251 That's all I know. That's all I can do. 223 00:18:46,335 --> 00:18:48,670 That's why I'm freeing you. 224 00:18:50,881 --> 00:18:52,841 You stop them. 225 00:18:52,925 --> 00:18:54,885 Please. 226 00:19:00,140 --> 00:19:02,100 It's done. 227 00:19:03,894 --> 00:19:05,938 That's fine. 228 00:19:07,689 --> 00:19:09,608 Well, our ships must be ready. 229 00:19:09,691 --> 00:19:14,863 Let's retrieve Mr. Quince and be on our way to New Chicago. 230 00:19:37,469 --> 00:19:40,514 Uh, hello, Dr. Huer. Well, Hartsteen. 231 00:19:43,225 --> 00:19:46,228 You're, uh, making a rather short day of it, aren't you? 232 00:19:46,311 --> 00:19:49,064 I don't feel very well. I was just on my way to the clinic. 233 00:19:49,147 --> 00:19:51,733 Oh, I see. You know, 234 00:19:51,817 --> 00:19:56,405 if Dr. Theopolis hadn't already been onto your extracurricular activities, 235 00:19:56,488 --> 00:19:59,491 we might never have known it was you who tapped the data bank... 236 00:19:59,575 --> 00:20:01,952 For information on Aron Wist. 237 00:20:06,832 --> 00:20:09,626 What exactly does Kellogg have in mind for New Chicago? 238 00:20:09,668 --> 00:20:11,712 I don't know. 239 00:20:11,795 --> 00:20:13,964 - [Chirping] - Take him to Detention. 240 00:20:15,841 --> 00:20:20,596 But I do know they're wise to the agent you sent to Aldebaran. 241 00:20:20,679 --> 00:20:23,056 Buck Rogers is a dead man, Huer. 242 00:20:23,140 --> 00:20:25,517 Like all the rest of you, 243 00:20:25,601 --> 00:20:27,436 a dead man. 244 00:20:27,519 --> 00:20:30,898 [Chirping] Haul buns, Hartsteen. 245 00:20:35,944 --> 00:20:40,032 All subspace calls require two forms of identification... 246 00:20:40,115 --> 00:20:43,368 Regardless of what party is billed. 247 00:20:43,452 --> 00:20:45,454 [Clears Throat] Especially on this planet. 248 00:20:45,537 --> 00:20:49,583 Look, I have got to make that transmission. There are thousands of people who are in danger. 249 00:20:49,666 --> 00:20:52,211 So go to the police if it's that important. 250 00:20:52,294 --> 00:20:55,214 Are you kidding me? The authorities here are almost as bad as the criminals. 251 00:20:55,297 --> 00:20:58,342 [Chuckles] Maybe so, but they do know what to do with loiterers, 252 00:20:58,383 --> 00:21:01,762 if you get my drift, sir. 253 00:21:01,845 --> 00:21:04,181 Yeah, I get your drift. 254 00:21:04,223 --> 00:21:07,184 Remind me to give you a call the next time hell freezes over. Buck! 255 00:21:07,226 --> 00:21:10,103 Oh, Buck! Joella. 256 00:21:10,187 --> 00:21:12,314 Where have you been? I've been looking all over for you. 257 00:21:12,397 --> 00:21:16,068 I figured after what I did to Quince, I better lay low for a little while. 258 00:21:16,151 --> 00:21:18,946 By the way, thanks for what you did back there. You could have been killed. 259 00:21:19,029 --> 00:21:20,989 For the third time today incidentally. 260 00:21:21,073 --> 00:21:26,036 You know, it seems like ever since I met you, I've been making some very powerful people very angry at me. 261 00:21:26,078 --> 00:21:29,957 And you know something? I haven't had this much fun in months! 262 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,417 You're out of your mind, you know that? 263 00:21:32,501 --> 00:21:34,586 No more than you. 264 00:21:37,422 --> 00:21:39,925 Thanks, Buck. For what, almost getting you killed? 265 00:21:41,635 --> 00:21:44,263 For letting me help you... 266 00:21:44,346 --> 00:21:47,558 And for not casting me aside after you were done with me. 267 00:21:47,599 --> 00:21:49,726 Come on. 268 00:21:49,768 --> 00:21:52,479 I've gotta find a ship and get to Earth as quickly as possible. 269 00:21:52,563 --> 00:21:57,276 Uh, look. The place we're going can be very, very dangerous. 270 00:21:57,317 --> 00:21:59,653 So if at any time you want me to drop you off... Uh-uh. 271 00:21:59,736 --> 00:22:04,199 We've come this far together, we'll go all the way. Okay. 272 00:22:04,283 --> 00:22:09,079 As a matter of fact, I think I even know where we can find a ship. Terrific. Let's go. 273 00:22:10,289 --> 00:22:13,083 [Sherese] Just how do we break in to this generating plant? 274 00:22:13,125 --> 00:22:16,920 By using our combined abilities under my direction, of course. 275 00:22:16,962 --> 00:22:20,716 Not one of us could accomplish this task alone. Really? 276 00:22:20,799 --> 00:22:25,012 Quince, formidable as your telekinesis can be, 277 00:22:25,095 --> 00:22:27,848 you could only concentrate on one thing at a time. 278 00:22:27,931 --> 00:22:31,935 Inside the plant, there will be upwards from 20 barriers at any given moment. 279 00:22:31,977 --> 00:22:36,064 With my logistical skills, I can analyze any security system within minutes. 280 00:22:36,148 --> 00:22:38,108 You and Varek with your respective abilities... 281 00:22:38,192 --> 00:22:41,737 Can easily circumvent those security devices between you. 282 00:22:41,820 --> 00:22:44,281 And me? You, Sherese, 283 00:22:44,364 --> 00:22:47,659 will help us with the final key to our task... 284 00:22:47,743 --> 00:22:51,246 - Mr. Richard Selvan. - Who? 285 00:22:51,330 --> 00:22:54,082 [Kellogg] We do need an Energy Directorate employee... 286 00:22:54,166 --> 00:22:57,419 To help us gain initial entry to the plant. 287 00:22:57,503 --> 00:23:00,255 Mr. Selvan is a respected employee, 288 00:23:00,339 --> 00:23:03,634 an engineer and a family man. 289 00:23:03,675 --> 00:23:07,346 - What makes you think he'll cooperate? - Show me one family man... 290 00:23:07,429 --> 00:23:10,349 Who can afford to be a hero. 291 00:23:10,432 --> 00:23:12,643 Take a look, my friends. 292 00:23:14,102 --> 00:23:16,939 Take a long good look. 293 00:23:17,022 --> 00:23:19,233 Tomorrow the picture will be different. 294 00:23:26,532 --> 00:23:30,035 [Woman Over P. A.] Flight 262 to Regulus 5... You like? 295 00:23:30,118 --> 00:23:33,038 [Buck] She's nice. 296 00:23:33,121 --> 00:23:36,875 I really hate the idea of stealing some poor schlep's starfighter, though. 297 00:23:36,959 --> 00:23:41,171 I wouldn't worry about that. Wait till you meet the owner. 298 00:23:41,213 --> 00:23:43,340 As a matter of fact, there he is now. 299 00:23:49,263 --> 00:23:51,265 Thank you. 300 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:58,438 [Woman Over P. A.] Flight 666 to Lavas Planet will be leaving from Gate 6 in 30 minutes. 301 00:24:01,066 --> 00:24:03,026 Hello, Barney. 302 00:24:03,068 --> 00:24:05,070 [Groans] 303 00:24:08,115 --> 00:24:11,160 Well, my friends! 304 00:24:11,243 --> 00:24:15,706 I am happy to see that you have managed to escape the tendrils of disaster, as it were. 305 00:24:15,747 --> 00:24:17,708 No thanks to you. 306 00:24:17,749 --> 00:24:20,377 You were more than happy to sell me out for a few thousand credits. 307 00:24:20,419 --> 00:24:23,505 Oh, my friend, I feel insulted. 308 00:24:23,589 --> 00:24:28,051 Do you think that I would sell you out for a few thousand credits? 309 00:24:28,093 --> 00:24:30,095 A few hundred thousand. 310 00:24:30,137 --> 00:24:33,891 I see. And with that money, you bought yourself a very nice starfighter. 311 00:24:33,932 --> 00:24:36,435 Oh, it's beautiful, isn't it? A real beauty. 312 00:24:36,476 --> 00:24:39,396 A steal, if you'll pardon the expression. Yeah, she is. 313 00:24:39,438 --> 00:24:42,524 I'm looking forward to flying her. 314 00:24:42,608 --> 00:24:45,402 Actually, it's cosmetic. The engines are in terrible shape. 315 00:24:45,444 --> 00:24:47,696 Terrible disrepair. Nobody's... [Chuckles] 316 00:24:47,779 --> 00:24:50,115 My friend, you are joking. I mean, you're not going to let... 317 00:24:50,199 --> 00:24:53,869 A momentary lapse of judgment on my part affect your sensibilities. 318 00:24:53,952 --> 00:24:56,538 Give me your I. D. Plate, Barney. 319 00:24:58,123 --> 00:25:00,375 [Sighs] 320 00:25:05,714 --> 00:25:08,800 Just who are you, anyway? I mean, who do you work for? 321 00:25:08,884 --> 00:25:13,764 Barney, if I don't get to Earth, a very sizable chunk of a planet I'm very fond of is gonna be destroyed. 322 00:25:13,805 --> 00:25:15,891 Who cares? 323 00:25:15,974 --> 00:25:20,270 You could buy a new planet. My friend, I'm talking heavy credits here. 324 00:25:20,312 --> 00:25:22,272 Give me your I. D. Plate, Barney. 325 00:25:29,988 --> 00:25:34,159 [Groans] There's a law against this, you know. 326 00:25:34,243 --> 00:25:38,747 How do you propose I get off this celestial mud ball? 327 00:25:38,831 --> 00:25:41,166 A word of advice, Barney. 328 00:25:41,250 --> 00:25:43,502 Learn to like mud. 329 00:25:49,258 --> 00:25:52,427 Wait. Come on. 330 00:25:52,511 --> 00:25:54,513 Step back. 331 00:25:57,683 --> 00:26:00,310 Enough, Matt. Enough. I'm dying. 332 00:26:00,352 --> 00:26:03,689 Go over and play with your sister Katrina and let me rest. [Chuckles] 333 00:26:11,864 --> 00:26:14,825 [Quince] That's a fine, healthy-looking boy you have there. 334 00:26:14,867 --> 00:26:16,869 His name is Mateo, isn't it? 335 00:26:16,952 --> 00:26:19,663 He was named after your wife's father. 336 00:26:19,705 --> 00:26:22,708 Your wife being Therese, of course. 337 00:26:22,791 --> 00:26:24,793 And the little girl... 338 00:26:24,877 --> 00:26:28,964 Playing next to our friends there, that must be Katrina. 339 00:26:30,883 --> 00:26:33,510 What is this? Who are you? 340 00:26:33,552 --> 00:26:35,554 You have something we want. 341 00:26:35,637 --> 00:26:41,143 But I have no money. I'm not rich. I'm just an engineer. 342 00:26:41,226 --> 00:26:43,187 It's not money we want, Mr. Selvan. 343 00:26:43,270 --> 00:26:46,398 You have access to the contra-terrene generating plant. 344 00:26:46,481 --> 00:26:50,235 We want into that plant. It's just that simple. 345 00:26:52,821 --> 00:26:56,533 You're smugglers. That's it. 346 00:26:56,575 --> 00:26:59,077 You're trying to steal some sort of hardware. 347 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:02,581 - Something like that. - But that place is a fortress. 348 00:27:02,664 --> 00:27:05,584 I'll never be able to get you past all the security devices. 349 00:27:05,626 --> 00:27:08,587 Don't flatter yourself, Mr. Selvan. 350 00:27:08,670 --> 00:27:10,714 We don't expect you to. 351 00:27:10,797 --> 00:27:13,509 You're a key. Nothing more. 352 00:27:13,592 --> 00:27:17,179 Just get us inside and we'll do the rest. 353 00:27:18,430 --> 00:27:22,184 No. I won't do it. It would mean my job. I won't do it! 354 00:27:22,267 --> 00:27:25,604 That's very noble, Mr. Selvan. 355 00:27:25,646 --> 00:27:28,565 Your job. Hmm. 356 00:27:29,942 --> 00:27:34,029 Are you as brave when it comes to the lives of your family? 357 00:27:38,784 --> 00:27:40,911 [Katrina] Mister? 358 00:27:40,994 --> 00:27:43,789 Why are you wearing that mask? 359 00:27:43,831 --> 00:27:45,791 It's sort of a game. 360 00:27:47,793 --> 00:27:50,546 Do you like magic? 361 00:27:51,547 --> 00:27:53,674 Give me your hand. 362 00:27:53,757 --> 00:27:55,759 Take these pebbles. 363 00:27:57,594 --> 00:27:59,596 Drop them in my hand. 364 00:28:03,141 --> 00:28:05,602 Take 'em back. 365 00:28:05,644 --> 00:28:07,604 And do it again. 366 00:28:10,315 --> 00:28:12,985 Oh! 367 00:28:13,068 --> 00:28:16,238 Do it again! Do it again! 368 00:28:24,913 --> 00:28:28,167 Okay, I'll get you in. 369 00:28:29,251 --> 00:28:31,920 But just don't harm my family. 370 00:28:32,004 --> 00:28:34,590 Don't harm my family. 371 00:28:34,673 --> 00:28:38,510 Don't worry, Mr. Selvan. You do your job, and they'll be fine. 372 00:28:38,594 --> 00:28:42,222 - Sure? - We may be smugglers, 373 00:28:42,306 --> 00:28:44,641 but we do know the value of a contract. 374 00:28:47,686 --> 00:28:50,814 [Children Shouting] 375 00:28:55,444 --> 00:28:58,363 [Varek's Voice] You can't imagine life on my planet. 376 00:28:58,447 --> 00:29:01,950 The children are afraid to look at their own reflections. 377 00:29:02,034 --> 00:29:04,495 Children with a touch of death. 378 00:29:04,578 --> 00:29:06,622 Children like myself. 379 00:29:14,463 --> 00:29:17,007 Buck, you okay? 380 00:29:17,090 --> 00:29:19,301 Boy, do I hate to go through those things. [Sighs] 381 00:29:19,384 --> 00:29:22,346 Earth Directorate, this is Buck Rogers. Do you read? 382 00:29:23,555 --> 00:29:26,058 Yes. Buck, where are you? 383 00:29:26,141 --> 00:29:29,645 About 40 minutes from Earth. The assassins are on their way to Earth now. 384 00:29:29,728 --> 00:29:32,564 Kellogg's plan is to sabotage the reactor outside New Chicago. 385 00:29:32,606 --> 00:29:36,693 That's impossible. The security around that reactor is impregnable. 386 00:29:36,735 --> 00:29:39,571 Doc, do you really think anything is impregnable to these people? 387 00:29:40,572 --> 00:29:42,991 You're right. Of course. 388 00:29:43,075 --> 00:29:46,912 Very well. I'll lead a ground squad to the reactor myself. 389 00:29:46,995 --> 00:29:50,082 Colonel Deering will meet you on the flight deck when you arrive. Huer out. 390 00:29:50,165 --> 00:29:54,962 You're, uh, taking me to a city that may be wiped off the map at any minute? 391 00:29:55,045 --> 00:29:58,423 I told you it might be dangerous. You have a real gift for understatement. 392 00:29:58,507 --> 00:29:59,883 [Chuckling] 393 00:29:59,925 --> 00:30:02,761 Why do all the good-looking ones have to be crazy? 394 00:30:07,266 --> 00:30:09,268 [Kellogg] The plant is only a few kilometers away. 395 00:30:09,351 --> 00:30:13,605 We'll land behind the rock formations at its northern perimeter. 396 00:30:13,689 --> 00:30:15,816 It's won't be long now. 397 00:30:23,323 --> 00:30:28,662 Well, they're very clever. Even the identifying sensors are hidden. 398 00:30:28,745 --> 00:30:32,541 But you know where they are. Do you not, Mr. Selvan? 399 00:30:32,624 --> 00:30:36,211 [Quince] But why not send Varek in ahead and let him open the doors from the inside? 400 00:30:36,295 --> 00:30:39,464 It doesn't work that way, Quince. The portal can only be opened from the outside, 401 00:30:39,506 --> 00:30:43,010 not without the correct identity code. 402 00:30:43,093 --> 00:30:46,805 Mr. Selvan here is our only key. 403 00:30:57,941 --> 00:31:00,110 This is insane. 404 00:31:00,152 --> 00:31:04,031 There are literally dozens of security baffles inside of this plant. 405 00:31:04,114 --> 00:31:08,118 And besides, you'll never make it beyond the maintenance androids. 406 00:31:22,382 --> 00:31:24,635 [Door Buzzes] 407 00:31:24,676 --> 00:31:28,096 [Kellogg] Ah. After we enter, 408 00:31:28,180 --> 00:31:31,016 the sensors will pick up five heartbeats, notjust one. 409 00:31:31,058 --> 00:31:33,644 An alarm will go off, so be prepared. 410 00:31:33,727 --> 00:31:36,605 If you will, Mr. Selvan. 411 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:47,282 Halt! There is no trespassing! 412 00:31:47,366 --> 00:31:49,827 You are in violation of statute 0605... 413 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,665 [Alarm Beeping] 414 00:31:54,748 --> 00:31:58,126 Androids, as you can see. Shall we continue? 415 00:32:01,630 --> 00:32:04,633 [Alarm Continues Beeping] 416 00:32:23,777 --> 00:32:26,572 - Buck! - Wilma! 417 00:32:26,613 --> 00:32:29,241 You're all right! Oh! 418 00:32:29,324 --> 00:32:32,995 Yeah. I was caught between a rock and a hard place for a while, but I'm okay. 419 00:32:33,078 --> 00:32:36,206 I don't understand you, but it feels good not understanding you again. 420 00:32:36,248 --> 00:32:39,751 [Chuckles] Oh! Joella, Wilma. Wilma, Joella. 421 00:32:39,835 --> 00:32:41,753 - Hi. - How we doing? 422 00:32:41,837 --> 00:32:43,881 Fine. Dr. Huer is on his way with the ground forces, 423 00:32:43,922 --> 00:32:46,216 and I've got three starfighters fueled up and ready to go. 424 00:32:46,258 --> 00:32:48,635 Terrific! Joella, I'm gonna leave you... 425 00:32:48,719 --> 00:32:51,555 In two of the most capable hands in all of New Chicago. 426 00:32:51,597 --> 00:32:54,600 - Theo, Twiki, this is Joella. - [Chirping] 427 00:32:54,683 --> 00:32:59,229 They will introduce you to sights you never dreamed existed. [Chirping] 428 00:32:59,271 --> 00:33:02,316 I thought you'd feel that way. 429 00:33:02,399 --> 00:33:05,861 Let's go. [Chirping] What a fox. 430 00:33:05,944 --> 00:33:09,698 [Theo] Now wait a minute, Twiki. I have a great deal to do in my office. 431 00:33:09,781 --> 00:33:12,576 [Twiki] I'll drop you off. [Chuckles] 432 00:33:24,004 --> 00:33:26,965 [Selvan] That is a neutronium vault door. 433 00:33:27,007 --> 00:33:29,301 You will never be able to make it past it. 434 00:34:10,133 --> 00:34:12,845 Now, one more step and we activate the defense laser. 435 00:34:12,928 --> 00:34:16,306 The sensor web picks up any changes in air density. 436 00:34:16,348 --> 00:34:19,977 The sensor switch is on that far wall. Varek will turn it off. 437 00:34:21,061 --> 00:34:24,273 Varek, don't you hear me? Put that grotesque body of yours to some use... 438 00:34:24,356 --> 00:34:27,150 And turn it off. 439 00:34:29,528 --> 00:34:32,656 [Alarms Beeping] 440 00:34:37,578 --> 00:34:40,080 [Alarm Stops] 441 00:34:41,498 --> 00:34:44,376 It's done. 442 00:34:44,459 --> 00:34:47,212 We're not handing out medals, Varek. 443 00:34:50,924 --> 00:34:56,013 If I'm not mistaken, this should be the final obstacle. 444 00:34:56,096 --> 00:34:59,725 - Is that correct, Mr. Selvan? - I wouldn't know. 445 00:34:59,808 --> 00:35:02,561 Of course you would. 446 00:35:02,644 --> 00:35:06,148 One of these buttons gives us direct access to the main control room. 447 00:35:06,231 --> 00:35:09,568 The other, should we press it, releases a potent nerve gas... 448 00:35:09,651 --> 00:35:12,404 That will paralyze all of us instantly, yes? 449 00:35:15,032 --> 00:35:17,951 So you see, Mr. Selvan, it's up to you. 450 00:35:18,035 --> 00:35:19,995 Choose the wrong button, 451 00:35:20,078 --> 00:35:24,416 and I'm afraid our associate in New Chicago will have to eliminate your family. 452 00:35:24,458 --> 00:35:27,711 Despite his growing fondness for your lovely wife. 453 00:35:36,678 --> 00:35:39,806 - The top one. - The top one? 454 00:35:41,225 --> 00:35:43,310 Well? 455 00:35:47,940 --> 00:35:50,275 He's lying. 456 00:35:53,779 --> 00:35:57,533 Thank you, Mr. Selvan. You did exactly as I expected... 457 00:35:57,616 --> 00:36:03,455 took a chance that we couldn't notify our associate before the nerve gas took effect. 458 00:36:03,539 --> 00:36:05,916 For whatever it's worth, 459 00:36:05,958 --> 00:36:08,085 you would have been right. 460 00:36:21,265 --> 00:36:24,476 Dr. Theopolis says that the Energy Directorate has been receiving... 461 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:28,021 Automated distress signals from the contra-terrene plant for over 20 minutes now. 462 00:36:28,105 --> 00:36:30,190 How far are Dr. Huer and his people from the plant? 463 00:36:30,274 --> 00:36:32,651 He should be closing in in about ten minutes. 464 00:36:32,693 --> 00:36:36,321 - Have the people at the plant been alerted? - Well, there are no people out at the plant. 465 00:36:36,405 --> 00:36:39,116 Only a few maintenance androids that also double as guards. 466 00:36:39,158 --> 00:36:43,620 The plant's major operations are remotely controlled by technicians at the Energy Directorate. 467 00:36:43,704 --> 00:36:46,165 - Almost everything else is... - Computerized. 468 00:36:59,678 --> 00:37:03,390 - [Hum Resonating] - And this must be the vacuum chamber. 469 00:37:03,473 --> 00:37:05,392 Correct, Quince. 470 00:37:05,475 --> 00:37:10,022 The antimatter is held in an electromagnetic bottle which, of course, is invisible to us. 471 00:37:10,105 --> 00:37:13,400 What are you doing? If you keep that up, 472 00:37:13,483 --> 00:37:17,321 the magnetic bottles containing the antimatter will start to erode. 473 00:37:17,362 --> 00:37:19,740 [Kellogg] Mr. Selvan, I know exactly what I'm doing. 474 00:37:19,823 --> 00:37:22,493 I've done a great deal of research on contra-terrene reactors. 475 00:37:22,576 --> 00:37:26,538 It has always been a pet conceptual project of mine. 476 00:37:26,580 --> 00:37:31,043 But if the bottles erode, the antimatter will start leaking into the atmosphere... 477 00:37:31,084 --> 00:37:35,088 And everything within 200 square kilometers will be destroyed! 478 00:37:35,172 --> 00:37:38,926 Mr. Selvan, I'm afraid we misled you... 479 00:37:39,009 --> 00:37:40,928 About our motivation. 480 00:37:41,011 --> 00:37:43,680 [Sherese] You can hardly blame us, Mr. Selvan. 481 00:37:43,722 --> 00:37:48,268 If you knew we were gonna wipe out the city in which your family lives, you wouldn't have cooperated. 482 00:37:48,352 --> 00:37:50,687 You murdering liars! 483 00:37:56,652 --> 00:37:58,612 [Grunts] 484 00:37:58,695 --> 00:38:02,199 No one ever strikes me! Nobody! 485 00:38:02,241 --> 00:38:04,952 You do know you'll have to die. 486 00:38:05,035 --> 00:38:06,620 Kill him, Varek. 487 00:38:08,664 --> 00:38:10,791 You heard me. Dispose of him now! 488 00:38:12,042 --> 00:38:12,793 No. 489 00:38:16,088 --> 00:38:16,755 No? 490 00:38:18,882 --> 00:38:20,801 You dare say no to me? 491 00:38:20,884 --> 00:38:23,846 I will not kill him. 492 00:38:23,929 --> 00:38:26,390 I will not allow you destroy this city. 493 00:38:26,473 --> 00:38:30,561 [Shouting] You won't allow us? 494 00:39:15,147 --> 00:39:17,107 What was that? 495 00:39:20,277 --> 00:39:22,738 Something I thought I'd never have to use. 496 00:39:22,821 --> 00:39:27,951 Now, if you would be so kind as to use that on this. 497 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:36,502 [Man Over P. A.] Alert! Alert! 498 00:39:36,585 --> 00:39:39,421 This is a code five emergency. 499 00:39:39,505 --> 00:39:41,632 In five minutes, the chain reaction shall begin. 500 00:39:41,715 --> 00:39:45,928 So, until we meet again on Sutter's World, 36 hours from now... 501 00:39:46,011 --> 00:39:49,932 To claim credit for this to the Legion of Death. 502 00:39:50,015 --> 00:39:52,893 Terminal reaction will occur in five minutes. 503 00:39:52,976 --> 00:39:57,397 All maintenance androids report to vacuum chamber immediately. 504 00:39:57,481 --> 00:40:02,402 Erosion has begun in the antimatter containment vessels. Alert! 505 00:40:11,662 --> 00:40:15,082 [Dr. Huer] They've destroyed the guard androids. 506 00:40:16,750 --> 00:40:19,253 This is Huer. I'vejust arrived at the plant. 507 00:40:19,336 --> 00:40:21,338 [Wilma] We're only 30 seconds from joining you, Doctor. 508 00:40:21,380 --> 00:40:24,258 Unfortunately, it looks as though the assassins have already been here. 509 00:40:24,341 --> 00:40:27,010 - Maybe they're still inside. - Not anymore. 510 00:40:30,764 --> 00:40:35,060 Dr. Huer, the assassins are trying to escape. We're going after them. Deering out. 511 00:40:35,102 --> 00:40:37,104 Come with me. 512 00:40:59,751 --> 00:41:04,423 [Man Over P. A.] Three minutes, 30 seconds to terminal reaction. How bad is the damage? 513 00:41:04,506 --> 00:41:07,467 Magnetic bottles eroding. 514 00:41:07,551 --> 00:41:11,096 We have to get them back to full strength before chain reaction. Good Lord. 515 00:41:11,180 --> 00:41:14,224 No, no, no! He tried to stop them. 516 00:41:17,603 --> 00:41:20,230 Good Lord. They've destroyed the controls. 517 00:41:20,314 --> 00:41:24,902 The only possible way I can repair the damage is to go inside the vacuum chamber. 518 00:41:24,985 --> 00:41:28,739 You can't be serious. These containers are eroding. 519 00:41:28,780 --> 00:41:31,658 There's probably stray atoms of antimatter floating around in there. 520 00:41:31,742 --> 00:41:34,953 One step inside and you could be annihilated before you made a single move. 521 00:41:34,995 --> 00:41:37,831 Sir, we have no other choice. 522 00:41:39,208 --> 00:41:43,462 What about the maintenance androids? Kellogg destroyed them. 523 00:41:43,504 --> 00:41:45,839 Someone has to go in there. 524 00:41:45,923 --> 00:41:47,299 I'll go. 525 00:41:48,717 --> 00:41:50,761 I don't want to mislead you. 526 00:41:50,844 --> 00:41:54,306 I know what you can do, but even you may not be able to survive in there. 527 00:41:54,389 --> 00:41:56,350 Just tell me what to do. 528 00:41:56,433 --> 00:41:59,645 All right. [Man Over P. A.] Two minutes, 30 seconds to terminal reaction. 529 00:42:24,294 --> 00:42:26,547 What's shakin', Porky? 530 00:42:28,298 --> 00:42:30,801 - You! You still alive? - I sure am. 531 00:42:44,523 --> 00:42:48,694 One minute, 45 seconds to terminal reaction. 532 00:42:54,658 --> 00:42:58,537 One minute, 30 seconds to terminal reaction. 533 00:43:04,168 --> 00:43:05,586 Oops. 534 00:43:12,384 --> 00:43:16,430 - Buck, what's wrong? - It's Quince! He's frozen my controls! 535 00:43:16,513 --> 00:43:19,516 Help me, Wilma! Distract him! Break his concentration! 536 00:43:31,987 --> 00:43:34,072 [Beeping] 537 00:43:48,587 --> 00:43:51,924 - Wilma, are you all right? - Fine. Thanks, Buck. 538 00:43:52,007 --> 00:43:54,426 Thank you. 539 00:44:06,563 --> 00:44:08,816 Dynamite, Lieutenant Murphy. 540 00:44:08,899 --> 00:44:11,985 Lieutenant Murphy, tow what's left of our friends back to Earth. 541 00:44:12,069 --> 00:44:15,489 - Buck, let's head down to the plant. - I'm with you. 542 00:44:17,908 --> 00:44:21,787 - Sixty seconds to terminal reaction. - I feel so helpless. 543 00:44:21,829 --> 00:44:26,625 He'll do fine, if he just remembers the correct sequence. 544 00:44:33,590 --> 00:44:37,094 Forty-five seconds to terminal reaction. 545 00:44:37,135 --> 00:44:39,888 Dr. Huer, what's happening? 546 00:44:39,972 --> 00:44:42,933 That man in there is trying to repair the damage the assassins did. 547 00:44:42,975 --> 00:44:46,478 - Thirty seconds to terminal reaction. - Varek. 548 00:44:46,562 --> 00:44:49,356 He's restoring the magnetic bottles they almost destroyed. 549 00:44:49,439 --> 00:44:51,942 He's taking an awfully big chance though. 550 00:45:00,534 --> 00:45:02,536 [Man Over P. A.] Fifteen, 551 00:45:02,619 --> 00:45:05,956 fourteen, thirteen, 552 00:45:05,998 --> 00:45:09,084 twelve, eleven, 553 00:45:09,168 --> 00:45:12,337 ten, nine, 554 00:45:12,421 --> 00:45:16,842 eight, seven, six, 555 00:45:16,884 --> 00:45:19,344 five, four, 556 00:45:19,386 --> 00:45:21,513 three... 557 00:45:24,224 --> 00:45:27,686 - [Man Over P. A.] Erosion terminated. - He's done it. 558 00:45:27,769 --> 00:45:31,523 Code five emergency is no longer in effect. 559 00:45:31,565 --> 00:45:33,817 The bottles are back to full strength. 560 00:45:35,152 --> 00:45:37,738 Varek, you did it. 561 00:45:46,371 --> 00:45:50,334 - What's happened to him? - A few last atoms of antimatter must have escaped. 562 00:45:50,375 --> 00:45:53,003 He was annihilated instantly. 563 00:45:53,045 --> 00:45:55,172 I wonder if he even knew he saved us. 564 00:46:01,053 --> 00:46:03,680 Varek! We thought you'd been killed. 565 00:46:03,764 --> 00:46:08,101 When the first atom of antimatter struck me, 566 00:46:08,185 --> 00:46:11,563 I dropped down through the floor. 567 00:46:11,647 --> 00:46:14,066 As you can see, I'm not entirely undamaged. 568 00:46:15,567 --> 00:46:18,237 Let's get you to the Directorate clinic. 569 00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:21,281 - Varek, you okay? - Yes, I'm fine. 570 00:46:21,365 --> 00:46:24,243 No, you're not. 571 00:46:24,326 --> 00:46:26,078 Let us help you. 572 00:46:31,583 --> 00:46:32,918 Thank you. 573 00:46:35,003 --> 00:46:36,922 [Softly] Thank you. 574 00:46:43,762 --> 00:46:48,725 Ah. Buck, what was it you said this liquid is again? 575 00:46:48,809 --> 00:46:50,853 Wine. Wine. 576 00:46:50,936 --> 00:46:52,896 Burgundy, to be exact. 577 00:46:52,980 --> 00:46:57,109 I filched some fruit that looked like grapes from the hydroponics lab, 578 00:46:57,192 --> 00:47:00,612 squeezed 'em into juice, had Theo hit it with a little delta radiation... 579 00:47:00,654 --> 00:47:03,657 To speed up the fermentation process, and, uh, 580 00:47:03,740 --> 00:47:06,118 well, here we go. 581 00:47:15,711 --> 00:47:17,963 That's not bad. 582 00:47:20,632 --> 00:47:24,678 So, Theo, any luck tracing down Sherese? 583 00:47:24,761 --> 00:47:26,722 None, I'm afraid, Buck. 584 00:47:26,805 --> 00:47:29,266 She's probably halfway to Arcturus by now. 585 00:47:30,601 --> 00:47:32,769 What do you think Varek will do now without Kellogg? 586 00:47:32,811 --> 00:47:36,273 He's asked me to take him back to his own planet, or what's left of it. 587 00:47:36,315 --> 00:47:40,277 I can understand that. It's the only home he's known. 588 00:47:40,319 --> 00:47:44,531 - You going to take him back then? - It's the least I can do for a fellow survivor. 589 00:47:44,615 --> 00:47:47,618 [Door Beeping] 590 00:47:56,126 --> 00:47:59,671 Ah, Joella, Twiki, come on in. 591 00:47:59,755 --> 00:48:04,009 Well, what'd you think of him? He is everything you said he'd be, Buck. 592 00:48:04,051 --> 00:48:06,637 [Chirping] [Laughing] 593 00:48:09,890 --> 00:48:13,268 - What's so funny? - He is. Didn't you hear? 594 00:48:13,352 --> 00:48:15,938 [Chirping, Chuckling] 595 00:48:16,021 --> 00:48:18,816 Twiki-wiki, really, now. 596 00:48:18,857 --> 00:48:21,485 [Laughing]