Helena and Maya are trying
out
outfits for an upcoming party
when alarms start going off for
no apparent reason. They head
to Command Center to find that
Alpha's power and life support
systems are failing at an alarming
rate. As all the systems fail the |
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Alphans
are immobilized. In a
flash of light, a woman appears.
She moves through the crew
as though she is looking for
something, or someone in
particular. The Alphans begin to
revive, and Koenig asks the
intruder who she is and what |
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she
wants. She tells him her name
is Zamara and comes from the
planet Vega, and that she requires
two Alphans to return to Vega
with her. John and Alan volunteer,
but Zamara finds them unsuitable.
In their stead, she selects Tony and
Helena. She allows the Alphans |
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48
hours of life support, and says
that Tony and Helena will be
returned at that time. John balks,
but Zamara tells him they have
no choice. In order to transport to
Vega, Tony and Helena must
freely wish to go. They arrive on
Vega and are met by Zarl and |
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the
other Vegans. They are
offered food, but when a "Number"
places a dish in front of Helena,
he whispers a warning, telling her
not to react as they expect. He
tells her that if they display
aggression, they will be killed.
Helena takes a bite of the food |
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while
the Vegans watch, and nearly
gags. She remains calm, and says
that it is unusual. Zamara tries to
elicit a reaction by calling her a
liar and a decrepit hag. But Helena
does not react. Tony is told to try it.
Helena tries to guide his reaction,
telling him the food is delicious. |
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Tony
follows her lead but is
goaded by Zarl. Helena manages
to diffuse the situation by saying
that they are not used to hot food,
telling them to "cool it". They are
locked in a room to consider their
"impoliteness". Tony asks Helena
what is going on. She tells him |
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what
the Number told her. He asks
if he is supposed to believe a
"robot". She tells Tony she did, and
that they need to find that
Number again to find out more.
Wondering why the Vegans let him
keep it, Tony uses his stun gun to
blast the door open. They see a |
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Number
and follow it. He leads
them to a large chamber. Inside
they find a roomful of Numbers.
They tell them they are there as
friends. Helena asks which is the
one that warned her. There is no
reaction. Helena tells them she
and Tony need their help. |
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Number
8 steps forward and
removes his mask. He explains that
he and the rest of the Numbers are
human, and that Zamara, Zarl and
the others are the androids. The
Numbers wear the masks to avoid
being caught off guard and
displaying any strong emotions. |
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He
tells them that the androids
want to kill the humans because
as long as they are alive, they may
find a way to shut down the master
computer that controls the Vegans.
Helena and Tony ask where the
master computer is located, and
Number 8 tells them. They thank |
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him
and set out to see if they can
somehow deactivate it. Tony fires
a laser at it, but it is deflected by
an energy barrier. Zarl and Zamara
show up, and tell them that they
were supposed to stay in their
room. Helena and Tony tell them
they were worried about their |
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friends,
and were looking for a
way to communicate with them.
Zarl asks if they are so concerned
why don't they just go back to
Alpha? They ask how, and are told
they only need to wish it. They try,
and find themselves back on
Alpha, but it is deserted. They |
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learn
that Alpha is light years away
from it's previous location. Unable
to "wish" themselves back to Vega,
where they suspect the rest of the
Alphans have gone, their isolation
begins to unnerve them. Helena
suspects Tony of drugging her
coffee, and Tony suspects Helena |
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of
turning off the life support
systems. While accusing each other
at gun point, they realize that they
aren't alone on Alpha. Zarl and
Zamara have set them up! They
start to laugh, and call out the
Vegans who have been watching
the whole time. It seems the |
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Vegans created an exact
replica
of Alpha, only to fail in their
objective. Zamara transports back
to the real Alpha (which is still
freezing due to lack of power) for
information to help them elicit a
murderous rage. After a brief
exchange with Koenig, she selects |
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Othello as the model for her
plan.
She now believes she can use
jealousy to enrage Tony to kill.
Koenig tells her it won't work
because Tony doesn't love Helena,
he does, Tony is in love with
Maya. Zamara takes them both to
Vega to try again. Maya sneaks |
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away to disable the computer,
but learns that doing so will destroy
the planet. She returns as Zarl is
seducing Helena in front of John,
and explains the situation. Without
the hope of shutting down the
computer to hold him back, John
grabs Zarl and punches him. |
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Having seen violence, the
Vegans
are now ready to kill! Zamara
orders Zarl to kill the Alphans. As
Zarl prepares to kill John, Maya
explains that the androids are all
linked together, and if one "link"
can be broken, their collective
will perish. Helena tells Zarl he is |
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no longer like the others.
John tells
him to take the final step, and
become human. Zarl doubles over
as he evolves into something more
than he was. Zamara screams as
the main computer fails, shutting
down the Vegans. The Numbers
remove their masks as Zarl |
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collapses. Helena tries to
comfort.
him, as she knows he is "dying".
He tells Helena that he did feel
"something", and asks if it was
real. Unable to answer his
question, Helena says she's sorry,
but Zarl replies that it was worth
it for one moment of humanity. |
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