Gift from the Gods

Niko has been planning this for a while and has finally come up with a way to get Richard back. He will take him on a wild adventure that will have him thinking he’s never seen the sun again.

Eric’s experiment results in a change in the environment around the orb. The abandoned area turns into a lush utopian forest, and the aliens are actually telling the truth.

The crew of the Salvare are back on Earth after a harrowing journey through a wormhole that collapsed just after they made it. They’re convinced that they’ve found a gift from the Achaian people, but alarms start wailing as they catch wind of a massive energy field just past Jupiter. The field seems to be coming from a wormhole, and the Salvare is quickly dispatched – but it seems our crew is heading back to Earth after all!

After learning about Eric’s experiments, Cas is curious to know how the people on Earth will react to them. Will they see them as heroes or villains? ..

The gang learn that Iara has trapped Richard back on the old ship. This is the Achaian side of her code kicking in, with her essentially at war with herself over this revelation. The rest of the crew team up with William and trick Iara into believing she’s being allowed to travel across space. The reality is that she’s being kept in this sandbox to prevent her from becoming a threat. ..

Eric is dismayed when Seth wanders into the Artifact alone. He soon heads back though with a brand, spanking new implant, allowing the Achaians to take control.

Eric meets the group of mask-wearing people again and they tell him about Harper Glass. Eric is interested in her and believes she may be connected to everything going on. He meets the group again and they tell him about Harper Glass’s implants. Eric is interested in her and believes she may have implants in her head that are being studied.

Eric’s departure leaves the gang with a decision to make - Plan B. It appears that Plan B involves Eric’s second-in-command, Singh, being taken off the case. ..

Back aboard the Salvare, Cas decides to keep all the information they have on the Achaians to themselves for now. They soon make it down to Earth where reunions are made between family members. Eric meets Cas for a brief second, desperate to use the wormhole to get back through to save Niko. With Iara offline, that’s obviously not possible. Eric reunites with his family and is desperate to use the wormhole to get back through to save Niko, but Iara is offline. ..

Cas learns that Seth now has an Achaian implant in his head. Cas quickly mentions that William has intelligence stored in him before leaving.

Eric is taken to meet Seth, the leader of the resistance fighters. Eric tells him about his experiences with the gang and how he wants to help them. Seth is interested in Eric’s story and decides to keep him around as a member of the resistance. ..

Seth has put a tracker on him and the UCIS team, so they know exactly where this base is. He encourages Eric to join him too, as we cut across to gunfire breaking out and a massacre being left in their wake.

Seth invites Eric in, where he witnesses Seth use this strange implant to extract information from their leader, courtesy of a weird metallic prod from his eyeballs. When he finishes, Seth turns around and nods, confirming that Eric is telling the truth, and at least for now he’s in the clear.

The Episode Review

This chapter is all about returning home, but there are some sacrifices that have to be made. It’s probably fair to assume that Niko and Richard are absolutely fine and I’m sure we’ll figure out in the next episode. We also don’t know how Paula and the rest of the colonists are getting on at the “perfect planet” but I’m sure this will resurface at some point in the near future.

After successfully returning to Earth, the group turns their attention to more grounded sci-fi on our planet. Although the focus on outer space is still present, it seems like the attention is moving away from it. ..

Despite the many obvious flaws in this series, there are some definite improvements made in this latest chapter. ..