Pandora

Previously on Pandora...

What do we really know

about what happened to the Tereshkova?

What about the specimen we were transporting?

Someone didn't want that creature brought back to Earth.

My telepathic powers seem to be growing.

I've got to get as far away from everyone as I can.

I believe I'm in love with you, Jax.

The flight data recorder from the battle cruiser Tereshkova.

- What did you just do? - You suspect me

in the destruction of your war vessel.

And if I did suspect you, what would you say?

That I have nothing to hide.

Cheers!

So good to have you back, Jax.

You too, Ralen.

Thank you, Atria.

You and Thomas enjoyed the remainder

of your Solstice Break, I hope?

Oh, absolutely. Yeah, we did.

Where is Xander?

He said he was gonna come celebrate with us,

and you know that man never misses an opportunity to drink.

Well, you know Xander.

He's probably caught up doing some super-secret Xander thing.

Oh, speak of the devil.

What's going on?

Jax, this doesn't concern you.

What are you doing?

After everything we've just been through?

Ralen, I have a warrant for your arrest.

Come with us.

Arrest for what?

Thank you, Jax,

but I'll be all right.

I attend class at the Academy every single day.

I sleep in the same room every night.

Did you really need to do this here,

in front of everyone, with armed guards?

Well, based on the circumstances,

it would seem so.

What circumstances?

Ralen is being arrested for the destruction

of the battle cruiser Tereshkova.

Please.

You know quite well that I had nothing to do

with the destruction of that ship.

What game are you playing at?

There is no game here, Ralen.

My only pursuit is justice

for the lives lost on the Tereshkova.

But rest assured, this is not Zatar.

Here on Earth, jurisprudence is scrupulously fair.

That fills me with great comfort.

Given the nature of the crime, it will be a military tribunal

with three impartial judges

from across the galaxy presiding.

Nothing will be public on the data stream.

There will be no jury.

No witnesses to see the great Donovan Osborn

take another pound of Zatarian flesh.

Isn't that unfortunate.

Hey, Pilar, so anything?

Oh, I checked the data stream for Thomas this morning

and found nothing.

- Are you sure? - I'm sorry.

I hope Thomas is okay.

Hey, can I ask you for some advice about boys?

Boys?

Look, I can't figure out my own feelings.

You know, on the one hand, I really care about Thomas.

A lot. But on the other hand,

I've also been developing feelings for Ralen.

Thomas and Ralen?

Tom wants to change me

from who I am to who he wants me to be.

And that is wrong.

But I also really worry about him,

and what if his faults are why I can't stop thinking about Ralen?

Maybe you just have the hots for them both.

No, no, no, Ralen is honest and trustworthy,

and accepts everyone for who they are.

You know, I...

I've always lived my life to please others,

and he encourages me to just be myself.

Uh, Thomas left the planet

to be as far away from you as possible,

and Ralen was just arrested for treason.

So, my advice:

you need some better options.

Oxygen levels critical.

Thomas?

Mom?

I'm here, Thomas.

I came here to get away from the voices.

Not mine, Thomas.

You can never escape mine.

Oxygen levels critical.

I can't control these powers.

I did a mind dive with Dad...

and now I'm hearing everybody's thoughts.

I... I can't turn it off.

Your father ruins everything he touches.

He ruined our family...

and now he's ruining you.

He's not the man you think he is.

He's exactly the man I think he is.

Your mistake was not staying away from him.

Oxygen levels critical.

I just need to be left alone to think.

You're not running away because of your powers.

You're running away because of a girl.

Oxygen levels critical.

This has to be some kind of mistake.

There is no mistake.

There is something far greater at work here.

My uncle?

His reputation on Zatar during the war was legendary.

He is a master strategist.

I believe he is behind my incarceration.

Ralen...

they've abolished the death penalty on Earth for terrestrial crimes...

but not for war crimes.

Yes, I am aware.

But if the trial is indeed fair,

as your uncle claimed it would be,

then I intend to prevail, as I bear no guilt.

And then perhaps you'll consider

initiating a relationship with me?

Ambassador.

You must be Jax.

I have heard much of you.

You have come to defend me?

I have come to offer support.

Greetings, husband.

Greetings... wife.

Excuse me?

I'm sorry, Professor Osborn.

I let myself in.

Berman Livingston at your service.

Yes, I know who you are.

What I'm not sure of is why you're in my home.

I'm here to examine the evidence.

I can assure you it's all quite in order.

I'll be the judge of that.

Let me get it for you,

so you can be on your way.

Do you make a habit of intruding into a man's home

and ruining his chess game?

The only habit I have is to keep things in order.

Perfect, perfect order.

Which is why I never lose a case,

even when someone is working very hard to misplace...

or...

hide it.

I hate to lose.

In court or anywhere else.

But I suppose my reputation precedes me.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be here, would I?

This is the flight data recorder from the Tereshkova

which, until this morning,

was under heavy security in the Academy Museum.

This is all the evidence you'll need.

Excellent.

Thank you.

Oh...

checkmate.

Ralen didn't blow up the Tereshkova.

He's not a spy, and he's not trying to start a war,

- and you know that. - Jax, the only person

who's going to be starting a war here is you,

if you don't keep your voice down.

Look, I know Ralen better than anyone,

and there is no way he's responsible for this.

I really wouldn't be so sure. I've seen the evidence.

What evidence?

- You know I can't tell you that. - Oh, my God.

Look, Jax, you have to trust in the system.

If Ralen is innocent, then he will be exonerated.

But I think it's time we prepare ourselves

for the possibility that he may have been

manipulating us all along.

The evidence you're talking about,

what if that was manipulated?

Are you really suggesting that Ralen has been framed?

- Yes. - As though that's more likely

than a Zatarian spy blowing up an EarthCom battle cruiser?

Is that really that crazy?

What?

Your loyalty is amazing.

It's a gift that you give to the people that you care about.

But I'm just not sure that Ralen still deserves that trust.

Did you know Ralen was married?

Ralen?

Well, if he's been lying about that,

then we really have to ask ourselves,

what else has he been lying about?

Is this the peace and harmony that you expected to attain

from our two races when you came to study on Earth?

You did not have to come here, Matta.