The Starry Cage of Our Past - Episode 1

At a prison hearing Nova is told she is four weeks pregnant and urged to schedule an abortion because she’s serving a sentence. Her world pivots when Mr. Penn tracks a woman wearing his family’s heirloom ring and declares her the Penn family’s lady. Charles, the butler, brings Nova back to Capella; her grandmother celebrates as she’s told she was missing for eighteen years and will meet her parents. Behind closed doors, others reveal Nova was returned specifically to replace Ellie. The episode ends with Nova led in to meet Sir and Madam, her role revealed but unsettled.