Veteran news reporter Shelly George (Ellen Dubin) discovers a Taelon probe in a forest and is engulfed by high-voltage electronic pulses when the probe ruptures. Four years later, Shelly, now the producer of "The Eli Hanson Show," is determined to broadcast the first live television interview with a Companion. Renee Palmer (Jayne Heitmeyer) helps Shelly get a meeting with Zo'or (Anita La Selva) to pitch the idea. Obviously quite ill, Shelly excuses herself while Zo'or considers the proposal. Shelly adjusts her electronic Synaptic Nerve Suppressor to relieve a wave of pain. Meanwhile, Liam Kincaid (Robert Leeshock) expresses his concern to Renee about the interview because he believes that it might increase public support for the Companions.

Zo'or agrees to the live interview, but soon after he and Sandoval (Von Flores) are alerted to a security breach in the Taelon Archives. Meanwhile at the Taelon Embassy, Da'an (Leni Parker) assures Liam he has taken the necessary steps to insure that mankind will be aware of Zo'or's contempt for humanity. The next day, Shelly meets Troy Sarrazin (James Kidnie), a known anti-Taelon activist, who gives her a disk containing secret Taelon information. As the TV crew sets up for the broadcast and the audience filters in, Renee recognizes Troy, who is in disguise, taking a seat in the audience gallery. She brings this to Liam's attention and Liam approaches Troy and asks him to leave quietly. Sandoval also notices Troy and immediately dispatches Volunteers to apprehend him. Troy panics and runs, but is eventually tackled by Liam. Sandoval orders Liam to escort Troy to the shuttle that will take him to the mothership. Thinking there may be other extremists in the audience, Sandoval implores Zo'or to cancel the interview. But Zo'or refuses because he doesn't want to appear intimidated and weak.

Eli Hanson (Peter Keleghan) takes the stage and introduces a video montage that highlights the Taelons' accomplishments. After Liam leaves the building with Troy, Shelly activates a security system override that locks all the studio doors. She then walks onstage and tells the audience that she will expose the dark side of the Taelon agenda. A Volunteer rushes the stage and Shelly fires a wave of energy from her electronic Synaptic Nerve Suppressor. Volunteers surround Shelly and she calmly announces that she is dying from exposure to Taelon radiation and intends to kill Zo'or with the next blast from her Suppressor.

Shelly airs the stolen Taelon archival tapes and Liam discovers he is locked out of the studio. Renee contacts Liam on his global and informs him that Shelly has taken over the broadcast and has left a suicide note in her office. He sends for Augur to help break the electromagnetic field and Augur ascertains that the fallout from breaking the electromagnetic pulse would kill everyone in the building. Augur begins to repair the interdimensional portal as a possible entrance into the studio and Liam retrieves a Taelon shuttle crash pack that will form a protective glass bubble around him should Shelly fire a blast at him from her Suppressor.

Liam jumps into the portal and materializes on stage. Shelly fires at him and activates the crash pack. But the crash bubble encases her and the pulse blast from her Suppressor. The electromagnetic pulse blast explodes and Shelly disintegrates. The electromagnetic field within the bubble expands and causes the bubble to contort. Zo'or places his hands on the bubble just as it's about to explode and absorbs all the energy, saving everyone's life. Liam is grateful to be alive, but tells Renee that because this entire fiasco was televised, Zo'or now looks like a hero, which is the last thing they wanted. Meanwhile, Da'an, who provided Troy with the Taelon archival footage, visits the imprisoned activist on the mothership and ponders the impact of its airing.

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