The explosion is not inevitable, any advanced race would have fail safes on everything and that… who am i kidding, this is a reality show, its going to blow up and take out the upper east side.

Probably the worst thing is that after Twig goes through the portal, we will find their roots are embedded through the dense metal that makes up the ship... and this will have repercussions…

Oh, so exciting to watch this from the safety of my home, which is no where near downtown.