AMANDA BORTUS BROSK CHARLY CLAIRE DANN ED ENGINEER GORDON IRILLIA ISAAC JOHN KELLY MALE MALE_COMM_VOICE MALE_CREWMAN_1 MALE_CREWMAN_2 MARCUS TALLA TURCO TY UNK WALLA YAPHIT WALLA MALE CREWMAN 1 TY Isaac! MARCUS Isaac? ISAAC MARCUS MARCUS JOHN Hey, Isaac. Am I interrupting your work? ISAAC Yes. JOHN Okay, let me rephrase. We wanna run a ship-wide systems check for the refit. Means a temporary shutdown. ISAAC Do you have a durational estimate? JOHN Uh, half-hour? Sorry to kick you out of your lab. ISAAC This facility is here for the use of all science and engineering personnel. JOHN No, I know. We just all feel like you sort of look at as, like, your quarters. Anyway, I’ll try to make it quick. Why don’t you, uh, get a drink or something? ISAAC I do not drink. JOHN Was a joke. ISAAC Ha ha. Ha. JOHN What? ISAAC Is that not the correct response to a joke? JOHN No. No, not really. ISAAC I will leave you to your work. JOHN WALLA WALLA ISAAC May I join you? MALE CREWMAN 2 Sure. CHARLY Hey. Sorry, that was a little harsh. ISAAC I have noticed the tendency of crew members in the mess hall to relocate when I approach. CHARLY Yeah, I think they’re all just still getting used to the idea that you’re staying on board. ISAAC A reasonable assessment. CHARLY Pancakes? ISAAC I do not consume food. CHARLY Right, of course. Me? I can't get enough of these things. Favorite food since I was a kid. I'd eat 'em every meal if I could. Just butter though. No syrup, no fruit. People think that's kinda weird. CHARLY Does it feel bad at all when people avoid you? ISAAC The behavioral pattern is fascinating to observe, but the emotional response is beyond my capability. CHARLY That’s a shame. ISAAC Indeed. It would be most informative. CHARLY You were deactivated during the battle, weren’t you? ISAAC Yes. CHARLY I’m sure people have told you about it. ISAAC I have processed all available information from the ship’s database, including a strategic timeline of the event. CHARLY The event? CHARLY I'll tell you a story anyway. I was on the USS Quimby. ISAAC The Quimby was destroyed. CHARLY Yeah. CHARLY I was with our junior astrometrics officer at the time. She was helping me with an emergency reset of the navigational computer. She was an amazing woman. Really great at her job. And she also happened to be my best friend. CHARLY Her name was Amanda. CHARLY When we got the order to abandon ship, we made for the nearest escape pod. CHARLY CHARLY CHARLY We strapped in, but when we initiated the launch, nothing happened. AMANDA What's wrong? CHARLY I don't know! The sequencing mechanism is jammed! CHARLY We knew one of us was gonna have to launch manually. CHARLY I'll go. AMANDA No, Charly. I will do it. CHARLY No! I wanna- I wanna go! No, I don't want you- AMANDA I will do it, Charly- No, listen to me! God damn it, Charly! Listen to me! It's okay! AMANDA It's okay. CHARLY CHARLY CHARLY The look in her eyes. CHARLY There was no argument. WALLA CHARLY One second, she was there. And the next, she was gone. CHARLY Along with 300 other people. Because of you. CHARLY So, you see, it really is a shame that you can't feel anything. Because you deserve to feel all the pain in the universe. CHARLY And, if I were you, I'd stay the hell out of the mess hall. CHARLY It makes people sick to look at you. KELLY Have you recalibrated the forward navigational scanners? CHARLY No, but Commander Lamarr said that’s next on the list. KELLY I hope he's taken a least one night off in the last three weeks. KELLY Gordon, why don’t you take him out tonight? Get him wasted. GORDON Is that an order, sir? KELLY It is. GORDON I enjoy this job, sir. TALLA Keyali to Captain. ED Good ahead. MALE COMM VOICE Could you and Commander Grayson please come to the astrophysics lab. There's... something you need to see. ED We're on our way. KELLY Who did this? TALLA We don't know. Whoever it was did a DNA scrub. Usually the case in these kind of incidents. ED Who's been in here in the past few hours? ISAAC To my knowledge, only Commander Lamarr. KELLY I think we can rule that one out. Anyone else? TALLA Everything was shut down while John was running his systems check. So there’s no way to tell. ED What about the paint? TALLA We checked the logs. Whoever replicated it used a mid-level systems access code, but there’s no ID. We think it was stolen. ED Talla, how the hell- TALLA I have no idea how, but I’ve reissued all new access codes to everyone with clearance, and I’m investigating the source of the leak. I’m sorry, sir. This is on me. KELLY Just get it fixed, okay? TALLA I will. TALLA But, sir, there’s something else I think I should tell you. ED What? TALLA I was in the mess hall earlier and... there was an incident. ED What do you mean? TALLA Isaac came in, sat down, and every crewman at the table got up and left. The only one who stayed was Ensign Burke. And she said some pretty rough things to him. KELLY Like what? TALLA Like he deserved to feel pain. And he should stay out of the mess hall. KELLY Isaac, is this true? ISAAC Yes, Commander. It is a frequent occurrence during my interactions with other crew members. ED Frequent? For how long? ISAAC Ever since I was reinstated. KELLY You’ve been getting harassed by the crew and you haven’t said anything? ISAAC I would remind you, Commander, that I am incapable of being hurt by such hostile interactions. In fact, it has provided me with an opportunity to observe an intriguing facet of human comportment I have not previously encountered. ED Hatred. ISAAC Correct, sir. The behavioral data has been quite plentiful. ED ED Ensign Burke. Please report to my office. CHARLY Captain, I understand how this looks, but I swear to you on my honor I did not write that. KELLY Do you have any idea who did? CHARLY No, I haven’t been in the lab since the refit began. You have to believe me. ED Well, you’re a union officer who’s given us your word. I believe you. But I’m very concerned about what I heard from Talla. Look, the subject of Isaac is obviously complex, but what she described needs to be addressed. CHARLY Permission to speak freely, sir? ED Granted. CHARLY You have a big problem. ED Go on. CHARLY A whole lot of people on board this ship are still angry that you reinstated Isaac. And, I mean, angry. ED I'm aware of that. CHARLY And just about every member of this crew knows at least one person who died in the battle with the Kaylon. And the number’s usually higher. Friends, colleagues, family. CHARLY And the fact that he just sits on that bridge every single day as if nothing happened is a kick in the teeth to every single one of them. KELLY You don’t think he should’ve been reactivated. CHARLY No, I don’t. KELLY Even though he was also the one who saved us? CHARLY Too little too late. CHARLY And, on top of that, how do you know he isn't carrying some sleeper program just waiting to fire up and take over the ship? CHARLY People are scared, Captain. Your crew is scared. ED It's heresy for a captain to admit something like this, but I don't know that you're wrong. I made this decision, and I'm still not sure it was the right one. But, regardless of the ethical question, there’s a more pragmatic reason that Isaac is still on board. We barely fought off the Kaylon without losing our entire fleet. Next time, we might not be so lucky. ED Isaac is the only person who might be able to help us devise a potent enough defense that we can all feel secure again. CHARLY And we’ll have him to thank for that security? Will it be worth it? ED Dismissed. KELLY I think I better start working up a plan to improve morale. ED How? KELLY No clue. I’ll organize a talent show if I have to, but we've gotta nip this in the bud. ED JOHN All right, let’s get started. Don’t leave nothing but the bones. MALE What about the deflector sync manifold? ENGINEER JOHN Yup, all of it. TURCO Sir, it’s brand-new. JOHN It was brand-new a year ago. The upgrade makes it look like a lawn mower. TURCO Whatever you say. TURCO All right, guys. Let's rip it out. BROSK Fleekam doshka miglik blachangoss korga mollingis. Diggin fliva porgala kahg eppidin nipnooga. JOHN Well, that's great. You’re ahead of schedule. YAPHIT Hey, you know, everybody’s asking, uh, when we get to see the new Pterodon. JOHN Gordon's gonna be bringing it in any minute. GORDON Malloy to Orville. Request permission to dock. BORTUS Granted. GORDON Much obliged. JOHN Man, would you look at that? TURCO Definitely worth the wait. WALLA CHARLY Wow. Look at this gorgeous girl. I'm in love. GORDON Oh, wait till you see how she handles. It's like she's psychic. Knows your next move even before you make it. CHARLY Yeah, I bet. GORDON Soon as Isaac does his calibration, we’ll be ready for shakedown. CHARLY You’re gonna let him get his dirty hands on this beauty? GORDON It’s just standard procedure. GORDON Charly, I heard about your little talk with the Captain. CHARLY Yeah, it’s, it’s all good, movin’ on. GORDON You know, I haven’t been too public about this, but if it makes you feel better, I’m with you. CHARLY What do you mean? GORDON I don’t think Isaac should’ve been reinstated. Whether he was reactivated or not, he doesn’t belong on that bridge. GORDON Whenever I’m on duty, I feel like I have to force myself to actively ignore it. CHARLY I don't think you should ignore it. GORDON There's not much else to do. CHARLY Yeah, there is. You acknowledge that he’s there and you stay angry. GORDON I guess I’m not that masochistic. CHARLY I mean, maybe one day we’ll wake up and he’ll be gone. In the meantime, I say embrace the masochism and listen to the ghosts. ISAAC Dysonium flow rates have been improved by a factor of point two eight. TURCO Damn, that's a lot of kick. ISAAC Indeed. Maximum velocity has been increased by 56%. TURCO Might be time for helmets and seat belts. CLAIRE Isaac. ISAAC Hello, Doctor. ISAAC Hello, Ty. TY Hi, Isaac. ISAAC May I assist you in some way? CLAIRE W-We were just checking in. Seeing how you are. ISAAC How I am. CLAIRE After what happened in the lab. ISAAC Lieutenant Keyali has not yet determined the origin of the message. CLAIRE I know, I just- Some of us were pretty rattled by it, and I just thought maybe in your own way I mean, how are you doing? ISAAC I am functioning within normal parameters. TY Isaac? I don't think you're a murderer. ISAAC I thank you for your compliment. GORDON Malloy to Orville. Pterodon is ready for shakedown. ED Okay, LaMarr, launch the birds. JOHN Aye, sir. JOHN Transferring navigational control. CHARLY Acknowledged. CHARLY Here we go. GORDON BORTUS One target eliminated. GORDON Come on, Charly, I could do this drunk. CHARLY Yeah, well, I was trying to go easy on you. GORDON Screw that. I hear you can visualize four-dimensional geometries. Let’s see you prove it. CHARLY Yes, sir, steppin' it up. GORDON That's more like it. BORTUS Two targets eliminated. GORDON CHARLY Okay, now you're gonna get it. BORTUS Yes! BORTUS Three targets eliminated. GORDON Okay, buddy, this is it. Make it count. CHARLY Dance class is now in session. GORDON Okay. GORDON KELLY Ensign, don't scratch the paint. CHARLY Wouldn't dream of it, sir. GORDON Come on. GORDON Nice touch. CHARLY Yeah, well, I try to mix it up. ED LaMarr, what do you think? JOHN Specs are pristine. Obviously handles like a charm. I say, welcome to the family. ED Mercer to Malloy. I think the Pterodon is officially a member of the crew. Bring her in. GORDON Aye, sir. MALE COMM VOICE Keyali to Grayson. KELLY Go ahead. MALE COMM VOICE We found something. WALLA KELLY Report. TALLA Lieutenant Peters was able to unscramble a line of code from the synthesizer interface. It was tricky, but we’ve managed to use it to reconstruct a chunk of the logs, and we know who replicated the paint. KELLY Who? TALLA Marcus Finn. MARCUS Go ahead, tell me it’s not true. Look me in my eye and tell me he’s not a murderer. CLAIRE That's not the point, Marcus. MARCUS Mom, are you listening to yourself? He lied, and he wanted us dead! It’s that simple! MARCUS We let him into our family, and he pays us back by trying to kill us. MARCUS And let me ask you this: Since you’re so ready to forgive him, how come you guys aren’t back together? CLAIRE I haven’t just blindly forgiven him. Okay? I’m struggling with this just like you are. MARCUS Okay, if he’s gonna stay onboard the Orville, I don’t wanna be here. CLAIRE And where will you go? MARCUS I’ll go back to Earth, or wherever, I don't know. But I don’t wanna be here with him. CLAIRE Marcus, your family is here. MARCUS Yeah, well, I have nightmares. Did you know that? I don’t sleep anymore. And I have friends who don’t either. CLAIRE Well, I want you and I to talk about that. Alone. CLAIRE But we also need to talk about the fact that you used my access code to cover up an act of vandalism! MARCUS Oh, vandalism, what a crime! He kills thousands of people, and I'm the one in trouble? This is bullshit. CLAIRE ED I think we can let it slide this time. Long as it doesn't happen again. CLAIRE Marcus? MARCUS Fine. WALLA MALE COMM VOICE Claire to Isaac. ISAAC Yes, Doctor? MALE COMM VOICE I need to talk to you for a minute. Can you come to my office? ISAAC Affirmative. I will be there shortly. MARCUS Ty. I’m trying to study. Can you give that thing a rest? TY I'm almost on level 40. MARCUS That's great can you do it in the other room? TY MARCUS Come in. CLAIRE Marcus, can we talk with you? MARCUS I just remembered I’m supposed to study at Kyle’s-- CLAIRE Wait, Marcus, just give us a minute. Okay? CLAIRE Ty, sweetie, could you leave us alone for a little bit? TY Why? CLAIRE Ty, please. TY Okay. CLAIRE Isaac… ISAAC I am sorry to have caused you distress. MARCUS What? ISAAC I am sorry to have caused you distress. MARCUS No, I heard you. Is that what you think you did? "'Caused me distress"? ISAAC Your mother suggested that I apologize. I am sorry. Now that I have apologized, may we resume standard social interaction? MARCUS This entire ship wants you gone, you know that? CLAIRE Marcus, that is not true- MARCUS Mom, just stop it. It's true and you know it. MARCUS I don't want you here, and neither does anyone else. I wish you were dead. ISAAC Science station dispatch, designation 839 Isaac. ISAAC Quantum drive intermix chamber requires magnetic depolarization. ISAAC The rear scanner array will function with greater precision if a transverse stabilization armature is installed within the primary servo pallet. ISAAC A micro-shear damper at Commander Bortus’s station will result in improved tactical response time during combat. ISAAC There is a .003 percent efficiency variance in the dysonium injectors which can be improved with the addition of a neutron coherence filter or by reducing the impedance ratio during the next systems diagnostic. ISAAC Optical resolution in simulator two can be increased by 63% with orthogonal multiplexing. ISAAC I offer my best wishes to the Finn family. JOHN Huh. The containment field strength has been increased by 27%, and the quantum core stabilizers have a new inversion threshold of point nine-eight-six. KELLY That’s huge. Have you tested the integrity of the core isolation assembly? JOHN We have, yeah. It's rock solid. BROSK Finkagala borsch ee jinkinoovilia gok’lah portooreeki blilwessk ervedoon adurkes ik boo lakken shakken. ED Well, I appreciate you giving your lunch in service of the Fleet. BROSK Ee miskidoonda. JOHN In theory, if we were to tap into the auxiliary power boost, we got last year from the Moclan upgrade, the Orville’s quantum drive is almost on par with a heavy cruiser. MALE COMM VOICE Keyali to Captain. ED Go ahead. MALE COMM VOICE We have an emergency. ISAAC Optical resolution in simulator two can be increased by 63% with orthogonal multiplexing. ISAAC I offer my best wishes to the Finn family. ED How did this happen? JOHN This is an EM amplification module. What it looks like is that Isaac used it to force a narrowband frequency spike in his central processor. KELLY Why? JOHN He was trying to shut it down. KELLY Shut down his own brain? JOHN And from what my scans are showing, he succeeded. ED Why the hell would he do that? CLAIRE Captain, Isaac committed suicide. ED What? JOHN There's no other reason to do something like this. KELLY Can you revive him? JOHN The scans are showing complete systems failure, so I’ll have to take him down to engineering. If there’s even a chance, Yaphit’s gonna have to get in there. CLAIRE KELLY He's helped him before. CLAIRE What? JOHN When Isaac shut down before the battle, it was a generalized EM pulse. Packed a heavy punch, but it was still just brute force. JOHN This is-- Isaac was deliberate here. He targeted his primary systems with precision. JOHN It’s like… puncturing a seal with a nail instead of a hammer. It’s not as heavy, but the pressure’s more focused. ED I had no idea things were this bad. TALLA How could he get to this place? With no emotions… CLAIRE I never believed that. We're seeing just how much he really felt. CLAIRE What happened? Can you help him? YAPHIT Claire, I'm-- I'm sorry. I mean, he knew what he was doing. The pathways are all fried. YAPHIT Even if we could power him up, his internal memory is shot. He-- He’d be an empty shell. He’s gone. CLAIRE Marcus? Honey? Look, I know that you're awake. CLAIRE I just wanna know if you wanna talk. MARCUS I'm really tired, Mom. CLAIRE Are you okay? MARCUS Yeah. CLAIRE I just hope you understand that Isaac made a choice. It was the wrong choice, but it was his alone. And it’s important for- MARCUS Mom. I'm really okay. CLAIRE Oh. All right. KELLY Hey. CLAIRE Did I ever tell you about the time I was on Dazheen Four? KELLY That was the big storm, wasn’t it? CLAIRE Ionized dust. CLAIRE We had lost all communication with the shuttle for ten days and we only had enough water for a week. CLAIRE When we finally ran out, we put a pebble in our mouths to stimulate saliva. Just like travelers crossing the desert during the frontier days. CLAIRE A little pebble... to wake up the glands and make them do their job. That’s what I need now. KELLY A pebble? CLAIRE Not for a dry mouth. A dry mind. CLAIRE I’ve been banishing all thoughts of Isaac for so long to ignore the impossible reconciliation of who I knew him to be, and this terrible thing that he did. That now, when I need to feel something... I can’t. I don’t know how to wake up. KELLY Just because someone you love does a bad thing doesn’t mean you automatically stop loving them. It’s not that simple. CLAIRE This crew, my kids- He nearly killed us all. KELLY But he didn’t. He turned against his own people to save us. CLAIRE After how many others had died? How could you love someone like that? KELLY Do you? KELLY Ed has a philosophy that the only way to recover from lost love is to stay away from places where you’ve been happy. Maybe you need to do the opposite. Visit those places. Find out what it is you’re burying. CLAIRE And what if I find out that I still love him? What do I greet that with? Shame or acceptance? And whichever it is, what am I supposed to do with it? Either way, I’m too late. ED I know that Isaac was not loved by all. As a result of the choices he made in life, he leaves behind a troublesome legacy. ED From the very start, like a tree whose branches are equaled in scope by its roots, half visible, half- hidden, Isaac was part mystery. ED He worked with us, he explored with us, he celebrated alongside us in victory, and he grieved alongside us in failure. ED And while Isaac never felt any of this on his own, we felt it for him. ED He was as passionate or as stoic as we willed him to be in our minds. ED And for that reason, I suppose each of us knew a different Isaac. And each of us will acknowledge this loss as we see fit. ED There’s no wrong way to say goodbye. TY Hi, Mom. ISAAC Hello, Doctor. CLAIRE End simulation. CLAIRE Ty, honey, what- What are you doing? TY I wanted to talk to Isaac. CLAIRE I know, baby, we all do. TY The simulator can bring him back. CLAIRE No, Ty. It can’t. I know it’s comforting, but it’s not real. The simulator is fun for games, but you can’t use it to bring back people you’ve lost. TY Why not? CLAIRE It can impede the healing process. I’ve treated patients who’ve developed real problems, using this room to hold onto someone who’s died. CLAIRE I know you miss him. And it’s gonna be hard for a while. But I promise it will get easier. TY W-W-When? CLAIRE Soon. You’ll see. CLAIRE Ty? CLAIRE Simulation Isaac-8443. CLAIRE CLAIRE CLAIRE CLAIRE CLAIRE CLAIRE JOHN Boom. That’s it. Nice job, everyone. YAPHIT And in two-thirds of the time. We should all get big bonuses. JOHN Check’s in the mail. JOHN Lamarr to bridge. ED Mercer here. Go ahead. JOHN We’re all done out there. Unless you want the windows tinted, that’s it for the refit. We can ship out on your order. ED I think we can do without the windows. Tell your team great work. JOHN Will do. KELLY Lieutenant Keyali, transmit systems report to dockyard, and request clearance for departure. TALLA Aye, sir. ED Ensign Burke. Set course bearing 74 mark 136. CHARLY Course laid in, sir. TALLA Receiving confirmation from dockyard. All access ports are sealed. Mooring clamps are primed for release. We are cleared. ED ED Gordon, take us out. GORDON Aye, sir. ED Engage quantum drive. JOHN IRILLIA You okay? JOHN Yeah, I think my hips are bleeding a little bit, but other than that, I'm all good. IRILLIA JOHN IRILLIA Did you study Dakeeli biology or something? JOHN No. IRILLIA Well, you certainly seem to know your way around. JOHN Educated guess. IRILLIA Mmm. So it’s true what they say about you. JOHN JOHN Well, what do they say about me? IRILLIA That you like the ladies. JOHN I like this lady. IRILLIA Good answer. JOHN IRILLIA And you know that Dakeelians like a limahll stick after sex. JOHN Got one in the drawer. IRILLIA You are really racking up the points. JOHN IRILLIA Oh- Got a fork in here? Are you hoarding from the mess hall? JOHN Nah, that, uh, was a birthday gift from Isaac. IRILLIA He got you a fork for your birthday? JOHN Yeah, Gordon was trying to explain birthdays to him. The whole idea of presents and whatnot. He just forgot to tell him the presents should be specifically picked out for the person. Can’t just be anything. JOHN Isaac didn’t know, so he, uh, he gave me a fork. We all thought it was hilarious, and I kept it. IRILLIA IRILLIA Hmm. IRILLIA What are they gonna do with him? JOHN We’re supposed to deliver him to Epsilon 2. I guess the science team there wants to do some Kaylon research. IRILLIA Do you think he was wrong to do what he did? To take his own life? JOHN Of course I do. IRILLIA I’ve just noticed that a lot of the crew seemed somber about it. Even some of the people who hated him. JOHN It was suicide. It’s a tough thing to process no matter who it is. IRILLIA On my home world, it’s different. JOHN Different how? IRILLIA Well, it’s accepted that no one makes the choice to exist. And some feel that they were grabbed out of the void and thrust into existence against their will. IRILLIA Life isn’t appealing to everyone. Tastes vary. So when someone decides to end theirs, we see it as a personal decision. JOHN What happens if you change your mind after the fact? IRILLIA That's never happened. JOHN That’s my point. IRILLIA Oh, okay, well don’t get mad, I’m just trying to tell you how it is on Dakeel. JOHN Nah, I'm not mad, it's just-- Just seems insane. Look, a-a personal decision is-is whether to shave your beard or not. And even if you do, it'll grow back. IRILLIA IRILLIA Why don't you let me shave your beard and then I can work my way down from there. Hmm? Okay, it was a joke. JOHN It's just what you're telling me is messed up. A-At least where I'm from. IRILLIA On my planet, the memory of others commands the highest respect. Not even death can touch it. So someday, if I die first, you just make sure to keep me nestled in that pretty little head of yours, and I will always be with you. IRILLIA What's wrong? IRILLIA I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to rattle you. JOHN Stay as long as you want. IRILLIA John? DANN Commander, everything okay? JOHN I-I-I dunno yet. JOHN Anybody got a weapon? A weapon! Unk! Hey, Unk! Unk? UNK JOHN Step on that for me. UNK JOHN Yeah, step on it. Hard, smash it. JOHN It’s too small to be seen with the naked eye, but it’s there. KELLY How'd you find it? JOHN Well, way back in the days of the early computers, the programmers would sometimes bury a code deep inside the system, something that only they knew about, in case they wanted to get back in later on. JOHN I thought maybe the Kaylon might’ve done something similar. Essentially a “backup consciousness.” ED So he could still be in there somewhere? JOHN It's possible. I mean, think about the human brain. It’s packed with redundancies that have evolved over billions of years. It’s like a Rube Goldberg contraption. CLAIRE And the Kaylon brain was designed by intelligent beings. It would have to be more efficient. Maybe with deliberate redundancies. TALLA Wouldn’t Isaac have accounted for that when he killed himself? JOHN Maybe, maybe not. Could be he never thought we’d be able to activate it. Or he didn’t know about it himself. KELLY With Isaac, it seems more likely he’d bet on our tiny brains missing it altogether. JOHN Here’s the thing. The storage cell's been exposed. It was the only way I could get at it. JOHN I have it in a stasis field right now, but if there’s any kind of a power surge or a gravitational anomaly, it could destabilize it. We’ve been lucky so far, but if we wanna do something, it’s gotta be soon. ED You mean revive him? ED This is subatomic technology. The ship’s computer would have to do that, right? JOHN That’s exactly why it can’t. This is way smaller than the smallest nanotech we have. I wouldn’t trust the computer to stay ahead of any surprises. What we need is the intuitive power of a biological brain, along with the visualization capacity to work in multiple dimensions. ED Charly. CHARLY If it was anyone other than you, I’d suspect this was some kind of sick joke. ED Look, I know this isn’t easy, but you have a gift that comes along maybe once in a generation. No one else has your capacity for dimensional visualization. So I am asking for your help. CHARLY We have a dead Kaylon. And you want me to help bring him back to life. ED Yes. CHARLY Okay, how about this. I’ll do it if he can bring back Amanda. Deal? ED Look, Ensign, try to see this- CHARLY No. No way. I’m sorry, Captain, but I’m not gonna do it. He’s dead and he deserves to be dead. ED He was a member of this crew. Some would say that makes you duty bound. CHARLY Yeah, some would say. ED So, your willingness to assist a fellow crewman depends on your personal feelings at the time? CHARLY It depends on whether they’ve murdered people I know, yeah. Other than that, I’m happy to help. ED Look, Isaac is our only link to the Kaylon. If he- CHARLY With all due respect, Captain, I don’t know what you think you’re gonna get out of him. Some secret Kaylon code that changes the entire game? It hasn’t happened! What has happened, is that they’ve killed thousands of people. ED All right, so be better than they are! ED Show the galaxy that humans are different. That we value life, even when our enemies don’t! CHARLY Do you think Amanda would agree? ED You know, Charly, you’re not the only one who lost friends in that battle. ED And I’m really sorry that you did, and I’m sorry that I did. But this thing you do, where you act like you have some kind of a monopoly on grief, is starting to wear a little thin. Now, I am imploring you to do this. Will you help? ED Report! GORDON It just dropped out of quantum, sir. KELLY They caught us by surprise. ED Evasive maneuvers! Get us out of here! BORTUS Kaylon ship is pursuing. GORDON 800,000 kilometers and closing. ED Burke, how far are we from the Phycor system? CHARLY Approximately five point nine light-years. ED Gordon, hang a right. GORDON On it. ED Can you take us into the atmosphere? BORTUS Detecting cyclonic storms in the thermosphere. 900 KPH. GORDON Captain, that's a lot of weather down there. BORTUS Kaylon ship is dropping out of quantum. ED Mercer to Lamarr. Divert all available power to the deflectors. JOHN Aye, sir. ED Gordon, take us in. BORTUS Deflectors are being drained at 17 percent per minute, captain. TALLA The Kaylon are not pursuing. GORDON They don't have to. These storms are gonna do their job for them. KELLY Lamarr, report. JOHN I can reroute auxiliary power to the deflectors but I can't protect the stasis field. If we lose it. ED Are the Kaylons still out there? BORTUS Affirmative. ED How many torpedoes do we have? BORTUS 26. ED Gather 'em all up, load 'em onto a shuttle. BORTUS Sir? ED Just do it. BORTUS Aye, sir. KELLY Submarine warfare? ED Exactly. MALE COMM VOICE Torpedoes are aboard, sir. ED Launch shuttle, remote guidance. Position two kilometers off port. GORDON Aye, sir. GORDON Shuttle in position. ED Target the shuttle and fire. TALLA Sir, the Kaylon have gone to quantum. KELLY Gordon. GORDON On it. ED Stand down, red alert. ED Bridge to Bortus, decoy successful. Well done. JOHN Captain, we got a problem. The stasis field was knocked out by the storm and the storage cell's degrading. If we don't do this in the next couple hours, we're gonna lose Isaac for good. ED Ensign Burke. CHARLY Sir. ED Please report to engineering and assist Lamarr. That's an order. CHARLY I'm afraid I can't do that, sir. ED You're relieved of duty. ED WALLA CHARLY MARCUS Hey. CHARLY Hey. MARCUS I'm Marcus. I'm Dr. Finn's son. CHARLY Yeah, I've seen you around. Charly Burke. Sorry, I haven't introduced myself. I haven't been on board that long. MARCUS Oh, it's okay. CHARLY I did hear about what happened in the lab. MARCUS Oh, yeah. CHARLY Sounds like we have something in common. CHARLY So, what can I do for you? Or did you just want to meet the girl who got fired? MARCUS Uh, well. MARCUS I wanted to ask if you could please help Isaac. CHARLY Help him. MARCUS Yeah. CHARLY Why do you want to help Isaac? MARCUS Because, uh. I'm the reason he killed himself. CHARLY What makes you think that? MARCUS I told him. MARCUS I told him I wished he was dead. CHARLY Oh, man. Marcus. When somebody takes their own life, it's nobody's fault. MARCUS I said it to his face, and I meant it. I mean, at the time, I did. CHARLY It's human instinct to look for someone or something to blame when this happens. Suicide is pointless. So we try to fill in the blanks. Even if it means betraying ourselves. MARCUS Are you glad he's dead? CHARLY I think when anyone dies, it's a tragedy. MARCUS But are you glad? CHARLY Yes. I am. CHARLY But you don't wanna be like me. You don't wanna carry that around inside you. Not at your age. CHARLY It's not your fault. MARCUS I hated him. I just-- I didn't really want him to die. JOHN I'm picking up activity at the quantum level. CHARLY His sensor matrix is registering environmental stimuli. JOHN Alpha data transits are stabilizing. CHARLY Internal power cells are reconforming. JOHN I think we got him. CHARLY Hang on. Phase-matching the autonomic and cognitive neural interfaces. JOHN Can I lock it in? CHARLY Stand by. This is like catching a swarm of bees with a net. If one gets loose wait. There, okay. Lock it. CLAIRE Isaac, are you okay? ISAAC I am in engineering. JOHN And there's that genius brain. We missed you, buddy. ISAAC I do not understand. Was the narrowband pulse ineffective? KELLY It was effective. We just brought you back. ED Actually, Charly did. ISAAC Please explain. CHARLY Captain, permission to return to duty? ED Granted. CHARLY I didn't do it for you. CLAIRE How are you feeling? ISAAC Commander Lamarr has verified that my internal systems are functioning within standard parameters. CLAIRE I mean you. How are you feeling? ISAAC I do not understand the inquiry. CLAIRE Isaac, my training is in biological psychiatry. There's no precedent for the psychoanalysis of an artificial life-form. But we have to try anyway. Why did you do it? ISAAC I have determined that my presence aboard the Orville has, since the resolution of the Earth conflict, been largely detrimental to the operation of this vessel. I have caused great distress to a majority of the crew. This has no doubt reduced their efficiency by a significant percentage. My deactivation was intended to restore maximum operational output aboard the Orville. CLAIRE And that's it? ISAAC Correct. CLAIRE Did any small part of you do it because you felt the sting of being ostracized? ISAAC Negative. I am incapable of- CLAIRE I know, I-I-I-I know, I just-- I'm looking for a way in. ISAAC Please clarify. CLAIRE Damn it, Isaac, you tried to kill yourself! And I need to know that you're not gonna do it again. ISAAC There is no reason to surmise that crew efficiency will improve without my deactivation. CLAIRE Okay, um, I can see we need to do this more logically. Do you accept my status as primary authority when it comes to the psychological well-being of this crew? ISAAC Yes. CLAIRE And do you acknowledge when it comes to human behavior, that my judgment as a medical professional is superior to yours? ISAAC Yes. CLAIRE Then it is only logical for you to accept my assertion that the psychological damage to this crew would be much greater if you succeeded in taking your own life. ISAAC Your reasoning is sound. CLAIRE Isaac, you arrived at your decision based on your analysis of all currently available data. But what you didn't take into account was the possibility of change. You don't know how this crew is going to feel a year or even a month from now. ISAAC I did not apply that data as it is unavailable at this time. CLAIRE That's my point. People who try to take their own lives are unable to distinguish the future from the present. There is no problem so immense that it can't be solved in time. ISAAC It would appear so. How soon shall I expect this change among the crew? CLAIRE You're a Kaylon. Your people would like to see us all dead. But you're also a person, and you're here with us. And it's a lot harder to hate from up close. Look CLAIRE I just need to know that you're going to be safe. If at any time in the future you have these thoughts, you come to me. CLAIRE Do you promise? ISAAC I promise. CLAIRE Good. ISAAC Has our session concluded? CLAIRE I guess it has. CLAIRE Isaac? CLAIRE I'm glad you're still here. ISAAC Thank you, Doctor. MARCUS