Driving Lessons

**Driving Lessons** is the fifth episode in the first season of the Amazon Prime series, *Night Sky*.

## Synopsis

Irene goes to new lengths to help Jude. Stella and Denise both visit places that haunt their past. Franklin gives Byron an unexpected gift.

## Plot Summary

“They control everything.” Jude eventually says. As he opens up, Jude claims to have been kept away in an isolated compound in the middle of nowhere to protect the secret. That secret, of course, being the doorway. No one really knows who built them or why, but for Jude he just sees the alien planet as a wasteland rather than a symbolic key to something bigger.

That blood on Jude from that night was from one of the men who tried to stop him from escaping. Jude explains that if these people find him, they’ll kill him.

Irene sweet talks the officers to let Jude go. On the way home, Irene downplays the importance of her door but according to Jude, this is all part of destiny and is one of the most important doorways out there.
So how does this all work? Well, over with Toni and Stella they offer up some clues. It appears that it’s all linked to particles, invisibly linked over massive distances. Stella writes this off as God’s gift, whereas Nick clings to a more scientific reasoning.

Part of finding the “package” they’re after comes from tracking down its location at a massive transmission tower. Breaking in and hacking the network, Nick manages to get a ping… but when a utility worker shows up in his van, it’s over to Stella to take care of him. Stella blindsides the man, cable-tying him to the steering wheel.

When Nick returns to the car, a stunned Toni watches in silence as they get their next destination. They’re going to Illinois. The same Illinois if you’ll remember, that Irene and Franklin happen to be living at.
Franklin heads over to see Byron with a disposable camera. He urges him to get the photos developed, pointing out they’ll confirm proof of the alien landscape. While this scene plays out, Irene heads over to Chandra’s place to retrieve what she initially took from her last visit.

With Irene keeping Chandra busy, Jude sneaks upstairs, where he retrieves that strange black trinket we saw before. However, he also finds a necklace that holds that same strange object that was in his leg.
Jude breaks his cover, heads straight downstairs and confronts Chandra. She claims it was a “gift” from those in the care home, her way of getting something in return for caring for all these people. Irene promises to keep everything a secret in exchange for knowing where she got the necklace from. Now, this cylindrical trinket is actually a tracker, which explains why Jude took it out his leg and destroyed it several episodes back. With this explained, Chandra also reveals whom she obtained it from.

Byron gets the photos developed and notices several pictures of the alien world, with both Irene and Franklin standing before the camera. Byron inevitably does some research online, diving deep into conspiracy theories. He eventually comes across one called “The Impossible Door” and believes this could be what the doorway is. It was actually sketched by an Argentine Missionary back in 1723.

Franklin notices bloody fingerprints by the side of the doorway. As Byron shines a flashlight on the area, he realizes this is the control panel – the same control panel that we saw Stella’s doorway hold. Anyway, when they open it up, the orb is obviously missing. It’s in the jar that Jude buried earlier in the season.
Given Byron has seen him out in the woods, Franklin’s nosy neighbour heads out and uncovers the jar and the orb.