Liam investigates the disappearance of members of the Church of the Companions, who have been given a chance to serve and torn away from their lives.

As happened earlier this season, the recap at the start of the episode leads the long-time viewer to draw immediate conclusions as to what is going on. Once we discover that the fields are some kind of harvesting process, we automatically think humans are being abused because of the clips from Moonscape. It’s something of a retread of that story, sadly, although the Taelons have obviously got better at hiding their illegal activities by using a source unlikely to seem suspicious.

Otherwise, it’s more of the same. Sandoval is involved again, humans are being used to produce a substance called Kris for the Taelons again and Liam sets out to destroy the facility. Although Renee tags along, she isn’t really needed on this excursion and I’m surprised that Liam’s Kimera side doesn’t protect him from what is happening to the other missioners. He may have become more human, but he’s still part alien.

It’s a passable enough story overall, but there’s a feeling we’ve seen it all before. The only real change is that Da’an has realized that the Taelons cannot survive without assistance of this nature from humanity, and, as he points out to Liam at the end of the episode, if it’s a choice between living or dying, what would he do? Da’an and Zo’or seem to have moved closer together in their goal for humanity, meeting each other halfway. The one to watch is Sandoval, who is determined to put the Taelons just where he wants them…

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