Hello

**Hello** is the tenth episode of the first season of *Another Life*, and the tenth episode of the series overall. It was released on July 25, 2019 on Netflix.

## Synopsis

When the Salvare finally reaches its destination, Niko and her crew are staggered by what awaits them on the surface.

## Plot

Niko flies down to Achaia with Cas and Oliver. They find an Artifact, which has no changes. William says that perhaps the Achaia did not know that they were there. Niko tells them that they would get as close as possible to the city and walk on foot the rest of the way.

They land at a clearing, where Niko tells them that they were only there for intel. She tells Oliver to only use the comms if necessary and tells him what to do in case of an emergency. Cas tells him that he should leave if anything happens, which he agrees with.

August says that she knows he is mad at Niko, but wonders how long he would stay mad because if something went wrong, he may never get the chance to make peace with her again, which he could regret.

Cas and Niko walk, trying not to talk and make it to some caves, which they approach carefully. Once they were in there, they heard movement and saw an alien approach them, revealing its wings and standing tall.

Niko points at herself and introduces herself and Cas. However, the alien backs away when Niko reaches out. They hear a male voice coming from a green orb telling them that the alien was indeed afraid because everybody she knew was dead. The object tells them that they had picked up every human transmission for the past 100 years. The object reveals itself to be an artificial intelligence which was not made by Achaians since Achaia was 427 light-years away from that planet and reveals that that planet is Zakir. Cas tells the object that they tracked the signal, but it reveals that it was not theirs. The object tells Niko that they should not seek out the Achaia, but hide from them like they did for centuries. Niko asks if it knew what the Achaians wanted and the object reveals that they only wanted destruction.

Sasha is taunted by the hallucination, telling it to get out of his head. Zayn says that if Sasha died, ze could study the Achaian object on his brain, but Bernie says that it was not his fault. Zayn says that Javier and Azami did not ask to die and would not let the Achaians put something in hir head ever. Sasha tells Bernie that Zayn is right and begs him to kill him.

A doctor tells Erik that she was still seeing high leukemia cells, which would mean that she would die soon if things did not change. Meanwhile, Harper begs Erik to save her as she is dragged away, but he is forced to stay silent.

Cas tells Niko about her poor past as William links with the AI. They bring up the Achaian realm, which has 336 star systems and counting. The Achaians were close to Earth and the AI tells them that if the Achaians were already there, then it was already too late.

Erik wears a hat and face mask and walks into a room, where he sees Harper alive and soldiers dead. Harper is crying at a corner and says that the guards were going to kill her.

August asks Zayn what ze was drinking and asks hir if ze smelled something and pulls out a bag. Zayn wonders how she had been able to smell it from inside a cupboard, and August reveals that she had thrown up in the morning and was very tired. Zayn asks her if she had had sex recently and wonders if she had used protection and August reveals that she had not, but did not bother because of Sirius B, but realizes she was pregnant.

William talks to an AI of Niko and says that he knew that Niko had apologized, but wanted to stop letting what had happened interfere with their relationship. AI Niko tells him that she confronted her things up front.

August asks Sasha if he can help Javier, but he is unresponsive. August tells him of everything he could do for humanity and is called by Zayn to perform her pregnancy test, which comes out positive. Zayn tells her to consult with the father if she wants to keep it or not.

Sasha starts having a seizure and Zayn rushes in to help him. However, she is grabbed by the throat by Sasha, who tells Bernie to kill him or he would kill Zayn since he did not want to be a guinea pig. Sasha says that they could not work it out and Bernie shoots him.

Beauchamp, William and Zayn view the cybernetic object that was in Sasha's head. William tells them that the fusion reactor inside the small object was powerful, with the Salvare's reactor being the size of a baby elephant. William says that they did not know much about the alien's technology, but Zayn wonders if the object could bring Javier back if William was able to remove the bad parts. William tries to hack into the object, which he says tired him and they release the object, which goes into Javier's head.

Erik comes to terms with what Harper did to the guards and wonders how it was even possible for her, but she does not know. Erik offers her his tag so she could move around, but tells her that Jana was dying. Harper tells him to take Jana to the Artifact since the Achaia did not abandon their friends and she takes his tag.

Niko tells Oliver that both her and Cas were moving towards her, but he hears movement outside, which scares him. He is comforted by a photo of August until he hears pounding coming from the outside of the shuttle. Suddenly, the power goes out.

William keeps talking to AI Niko until he tires of her responses and wants her to be exactly like the real Niko. And AI Niko says that she was not as complicated as he was. Niko touches her head and transfers algorithms to her. AI Niko says that she can now feel and knows that William was upset and comforts him.

Cas and Niko make it to a part where they see many bones on the floor and inside find the same object which Sasha had inside his head. Niko calls them a disease and knows that the Achaians were on Earth.

Niko tells Beauchamp that they have over 300 allies and while Beauchamp agrees that they should take the fight to their planet, but Niko says that it would take them a long time to reach Achaia and they had no idea what to expect. Niko tells Cas that they need to go home and regroup, but they needed to get rid of the Artifact before it destroyed the Zakir completely.

Niko approaches the Zakir alien and tells her that they were there to help her and wanted to know if they wanted their help. The AI translates for them and they find out the Zakir wants their help.

Oliver is approached by an Achaian invaded Zakir, but does not want to fly the shuttle towards them because he did not want to lead it to them. Niko tells him to launch and Oliver says that maybe he should fly, but he knows the alien has wings too. Oliver starts banging on the shuttle too and starts flying it, burning the alien with the thrusters.

Beauchamp tells William to launch the FTL drive, which he does. They turn around and head back to Zakir, which they shoot with an energy beam which shoots the Artifact. Niko comforts the Zakir alien and tells it it was over.

Javier wakes and August greets him. She is happy he is back and holds his hand.

Zayn visits Bernie in his room and thanks him for saving hir, but he says that he owed hir one. He starts checking hir neck, but ze tells him that ze is okay, and they start having sex.

Oliver, Cas and Niko smile as they see that the Artifact was in fact, destroyed. When they make it back onto the Salvare, Oliver kisses August and is taken to Javier.

Beauchamp tells Cas what William had done with the object inside Sasha's head and reveals that Sasha was dead.

William approaches Niko, who was checking the shuttle. They look at each other and Niko asks if they were okay. William tells her that he owes her an apology because he knew she had done the right thing, but he had wanted to punish her, but Niko says that was human.

Oliver tells them how he defeated the Zakir alien and Javier tells them about what Sasha had done to him. August is silent, and says that while they did that, she discovered that she is pregnant. They both laugh, but she tells them that she is serious and does not know who is the father. Javier tells her that she does not have to keep the baby if she does not want, but she says that she does not know if it would be right to get an abortion after so many people had died.

William talks to AI Niko and thanks her, which she says she was glad to do. William instructs her to delete herself, but she does not listen. He tries overriding, but she refuses to delete herself and becomes a different AI, which calls William "mother". Cas calls William and he leaves.

Niko tells William that there was a proximity alert and William tells them that five objects were coming their way, directing them to a collision course. Beauchamp asks for a signal, but William tells them there is not one. Suddenly, the Salvare is passed by five ships identical to the one that had left the Artifact on Earth. Niko asks for eyes on Zakir and they see the Achaians shoot the planet. Niko is left in shock as the planetary debris heads towards them, and they flee.

Erik takes Jana to the Artifact. There, Erik whispers that the Artifact would open and apologizes to Jana. As he gets up to leave, the door opens and he walks inside.

Harper goes online and tells all her followers that she went inside the Artifact and spoke to the Achaia. She says that the Achaia have a message: the Achaia want to be Earth's friends.

## Cast

* Justin Chatwin as Erik Wallace
* Samuel Anderson as William
* Elizabeth Faith Ludlow as Cas Isakovic
* Blu Hunt as August
* A.J. Rivera as Bernie Martinez
* Jake Abel as Sasha Harrison
* Alex Ozerov as Oliver Sokolov
* Alexander Eling as Javier Almanzar
* JayR Tinaco as Zayn Petrossian
* Lina Renna as Jana Breckinridge-Wallace
* Selma Blair as Harper Glass
* Greg Hovanessian as Beauchamp McCarry
* Parveen Dosanjh as Nani Singh
* Jessica Sipos as New A.I.
* Kendall Cross as Dr. Maura Brebs
* Helen King as Salvare Voice

### Minor

* Julia Bose as Zakirian Woman
* Stephanie Lavigne as Zakirian Woman

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