As the episode begins, we see debris floating in space. Dr. Agatha Matheson (Gretchen Mol) is shown flying though a ship. A bloody hand pushes a lever and the gravity is turned back on. Agatha falls to the ground. She attempts to hide from someone coming. Rowan (Angus Sampson) enters the room. He looks around for her while making a mess. Agatha gives a warning for others not to board the ship. She tells them not to bring the Nightflyer back to Earth. She tries to send out the message as quickly as possible. She is attacked before she can get it sent out. She fights back and gets the message sent to Earth. Agatha kills herself with a saw. Karl D’Branin (Eoin Macken) is scanned. He is cleared and allowed through.

He speaks with Joy D’Branin (Zoe Tapper) about the incident. Flights have been grounded. There are quarantine zones and it could spread north this time. Karl reveals that he got the funding he was after. The funding is coming from Roy Eris (David Ajala). Eris wants to take him to the Nightflyer. Karl is convinced that the mission could change everything and save the Earth. Karl’s daughter asks him about the ship in the sky. He explains that he is going to try to go and talk to them. She gives him a friendship bracelet so they can all be friends. Karl pauses his memory. He learns that they’re preparing the cargo for offload. We jump forward six months. It is 2093.

Melantha Jhirl (Jodie Turner-Smith) speaks with Lommie (Maya Eshet) about her nerves. Lommie admits she is worried about going into the void. They believe that they’ll be fine with Eris. Agatha interrupts. Agatha is introduced to the group. She explains that she is a psychiatrist looking after Thale (Sam Strike). Mel helped plan the mission and Lommie speaks to the ship. Hartley (Youssef Kerkour) explains that there is an L1 preparing to enter their ship. The others seem worried about it. Karl believes the L1 will be able to communicate with the Volcryn. Agatha explains that she has known him since he was a child. Hartley is knocked by the psychic feedback. The L1 is moved while Karl prepares to show Agatha something.

Thale has been given 2 hours every week down there. Agatha thanks Karl. Rowan joins them and praises Agatha. Rowan doesn’t believe they’re going to make contact with alien life. They group speaks about Eris and the fact that he never leaves his private deck. Karl is ridiculed for bringing an L1 on the ship. Karl insists that they need Thale. Karl believes that the Volcryn can help them save their home. Auggie (Brian F. O’Byrne) invites the doubters to leave. Shuttle 7 is detached. Murphy (Phillip Rhys) continues ridiculing Karl and his team. Eris finally shows himself in projection form. He tells the group about the mission and its potential impact on civilization. Soon after the ship begins to move, there is a malfunction. There are multiple errors.

Murphy is slammed around a few times. Auggie manages to pull the ship through. Some speculate that Thale messed with the launch. One of the guards sees himself hanging in Thale’s container. Thale emerges and strangles the guy. He harasses his guards. Agatha tells Karl that the ship’s problems had nothing to do with Thale. Hartley tells Agatha to get control over him. She promises to handle it. Thale wants to go back to the garden. Agatha asks him about the malfunctions. Karl hears a child’s voice on the ship. Agatha gives Thale a shot. He goes to sleep almost right away. Lommie cannot find a source for the malfunction. Karl wants to prove that it wasn’t Thale. Lommie reveals that the Volcryn went further into the void.

That adds five extra months to their mission. Karl speaks with his wife back home. She sounds jealous of Agatha. Skye (Bronte Carmichael) would be proud of him. Karl tells Joy that it is hard to think of her alone in the house. The screen becomes distorted as Joy gives him her love. Karl hears a little girl on the ship. Agatha looks at Thale’s drawings. Karl visits her. She doesn’t believe that Thale was involved in the malfunction. Karl sees that Thale has drawn a picture of his daughter. He blames L1 for the visions and voice of his daughter. He wonders whether Agatha really had Thale under control. Mel goes for a run. She speaks with Eris, who admits he finds her fascinating.

They speak about the unhappiness of the people on Earth. Mel wants to know where else he watches her. He denies anything naughty. He talks about her soul and disappears. Karl visits Rowan. Rowan discusses his displeasure about the mission. He doesn’t believe the aliens want to talk. He claims that humans are a virus. He claims that the aliens will probably exterminate them. Mel’s tank malfunctions. The oxygen begins dropping quickly. Thale draws while Mel attempts to save herself. Thale’s drawing is of Mel. Lommie manages to save her. Thale speaks to Agatha in the garden. Thale denies putting thoughts into Karl’s head about Skye. Karl arrives and insists they want to talk with Thale.

Thale manages to stop himself from being shot, until Karl gets him. He wakes up with Agatha, Karl and Eris around him. Thale encourages Karl to tell Eris the truth about the mission and the course shift. Eris wants to turn off Thale’s brain function. Karl tells Agatha that they have to or the crew will kill him. Agatha has no choice but to cooperate. Lommie visits Mel and checks on her. They speak about what Lommie saw. She doesn’t believe Thale got into the system. He might have gotten into her head though. Mel thanks Lommie for saving her life. Karl goes back through his memories of his daughter. His memories become sinister and he cannot stop them.

His daughter haunts him. He manages to escape the room and shut off the memories. He accuses Agatha of disobeying orders and not medicating Thale. Agatha promises that Thale is unconscious. He is not. He is gone. Eris tells them to get to their quarters for safety reasons. Karl and the others prepare to find Thale before Eris can. Murphy is told to get back to his quarters. He is given a weapon so he can get to the access panel. Lommie experiences problems. She turns to Mel and tells her to get out in a sinister voice. She comes back and unhooks. She runs off without explaining what she saw. Thale finds Murphy. Murphy’s weapon becomes useless. The firewall is breached. Murphy is set on fire.

 

Nightflyers Review

What the heck did I just watch? I am not a big fan of science fiction shows in the least. After watching the opener of Nightflyers, I can easily see why science fiction fans would like it. There is plenty of stuff going on and that story is pretty interesting. The acting was pretty good with a few exceptions. The opener was decent enough to make me want to watch a few more episodes. It scores a 7 out of 10.