Renee Palmer (Jayne Heitmeyer) and Ronald Sandoval (Von Flores) watch as Joshua Doors (William De Vry) of Doors International powers up a new cold fusion power plant, with a borrowed canister of Taelon core energy that Sandoval has been assigned to return to the mothership. There is a sudden explosion and Sandoval races to the plant's reactor well to recover the canister, only to find it has been stolen.

Sandoval returns to the mothership, where Zo'or (Anita La Selva), furious at the loss of the canister, fires a laser into the Pacific Ocean near Sandoval's birthplace, the Caya Islands, destroying the area with a tidal wave. Zo'or tells Sandoval that human blood will continue to be spilled until the canister of the core energy, the lifeblood of the Taelons, is found.

Hubble Urick (Frank Moore) hosts a reception to honor Taelon warlord T'than (Michelle Nolden), but in actuality, the event is to give Liam Kincaid (Robert Leeshock) and Dr. Dupree (Alison Burn) a chance to employ a scanning device to measure the core energy in T'than. They suspect Zo'or's urgency over the missing canister is due to a lack of the energy among the Taelons. Their suspicions prove right when T'than's energy level registers so low that Dr. Dupree concludes he is dying.

Joshua returns to his office where an image of his deceased father, Jonathan Doors (David Hemblen), appears on his computer screen and encourages him to stick with their plan. It is this cyber "Jonathan" that has stolen the core energy canister in an attempt to destroy the Taelons! Afraid of Taelon retaliation, Joshua visits the power plant to learn where the core energy is being hidden. Again, he is confronted by "Jonathan" on the power plant's computer and is told the energy canister is in limbo, suspended between a thousand different portals, inaccessible to anyone but "Jonathan."

T'than succumbs to his energy deficiency and prepares to enter a state of stasis onboard the mothership. Renee tells Liam and J Street (Melinda Deines) that Jonathan Doors may have left a piece of himself behind in the Door's computer system in order to direct Joshua's actions as the head of the company. Street investigates by accessing Jonathan's computer, but an image of the cyber "Jonathan" invades her computer screen and warns her that this is a father-son matter and not to trespass.

Desperate to retain as much core energy as possible, Zo'or enters the stasis chamber and kills T'than, transferring any remaining energy into himself. Meanwhile, Renee confronts Joshua, accusing him of working with the cyber "Jonathan" to steal the canister. He denies the accusation, saying he is so fed up with his father that he is quitting Doors altogether.

Liam visits the mothership to see how the decreasing energy core is affecting the Taelons. He finds T'than's body and informs Da'an (Leni Parker) that there is a murderer onboard. Back at Doors International, Renee contacts "Jonathan" through her computer and accuses him of using Joshua as a pawn. She reminds him that his son will ultimately pay the price for his actions. The Taelons will most certainly seek revenge for the theft of their energy core.

"Jonathan" broadcasts a general announcement to the Taelons and Earth that he has the canister and will return it only if the Taelons confess to crimes against humanity and leave the solar system. Zo'or responds by sending Sandoval in search of Joshua. Joshua narrowly eludes Sandoval and meets up with Liam and Renee at the Resistance lair and agrees to help them access the mainframe computer at Doors and neutralize the cyber "Jonathan."

Joshua returns to Doors International where he is met by a hologram of "Jonathan." Upset at being betrayed, "Jonathan" eventually backs off because of his love for his son and, not wanting to risk harm to Joshua at the hands of the Taelons, voluntarily shuts himself down. With "Jonathan" gone, Joshua is able to locate the canister of energy but, instead of returning it to the Taelons, takes it back to the cold fusion power plant. Sandoval, Liam and Renee arrive just in time to see him insert it into the reactor well and blow the roof off the plant. Sandoval takes him into custody.

On the mothership, Da'an accuses Zo'or of killing T'than but says he can't report the crime to the Taelon Synod because of his love for Zo'or. As with Jonathan and Joshua, it is the love of a father for his child.

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