Primeval s01e03 Episode Script
Episode 3
Anomalies are starting to appear.
Doorways in time to worlds we can barely imagine.
The anomalies are conclusive proof that the past exists.
In a fourth dimension is real and solid as those we already know.
Our job is to predict and contain them.
Helen Cutter came to this area eight years ago.
She disappeared in the forest, but her body was never found.
Helen! Helen is alive! She is waiting you in the other side of the anomaly.
Where are you, Helen? PRIMEVAL 1x03 Anthony? The magnetic field is remaining consistent about 5 Tesla.
At this point there's no sign of deterioration.
Let me demonstrate.
¿Who's that idiot? Connor Temple.
He looks like a half-wit, but he has a very good brain.
Bull's eye! It kills me every time! We may stand on the brink of Armageddon.
But at least we have an irritating student on our side.
- How reassuring.
- Is this thing still on? The previous anomaly proved to be temporary.
As you've just heard this one shows no sign of weakening.
The anomalies may be intermittent.
And they fade from time to time but they never completely disappear.
If that were true, creatures would have come through it before.
Maybe they have.
Ancient civilizations spoke of monsters and dragons.
Perhaps they weren't as naive as we assumed.
The anomalies are conclusive proof that the past exists.
In a fourth dimension as real and solid as those we already know.
Our job is to predict and contain them.
- We need to establish- - Thank you, Professor.
We'll take this from here.
The professor is speaking in an independent capacity.
Official policy has yet to be finalized.
It appears we may have another one.
You really can't remember a thing? Not a thing after I went into the tunnels.
Probably for the best though, right? Still, they say it should be only short term, so you know? Its all been pretty scary, hasnt it? You know, it's not until you got bitten, that I though that one of us might actually die from doing this.
It really upset me.
- You must have gone through hell! - Yeah.
It did make me think about what's important though.
You know? Sorts out your priorities a bit.
If you get killed, can I get you iPod? Is that perfume? I can do the girl thing, you know? You look really good.
Thanks.
It's good of you both to come, but you shouldn't have bothered.
Don't flatter yourself.
Some of us just like to hang out with nurses.
Come on, I'll give you a lift home.
Oh, there's no need.
My girlfriend is picking me up.
Girlfriend? Allison.
She's been in the rainforest for 2 years researching infectious diseases.
As long as she's not one of those girls that brings the work home with her.
You must have missed her.
Yeah.
I'd better go.
Bye.
Two years? How much sex are they gonna have over the next few days! Sorry.
It's alright.
Well, so much for the girl thing.
I think you look great.
It's pretty obvious she killed her boyfriend but we don't know what she did the body.
Just keeps babbling on about monsters and sea serpents.
Would you allow me to talk with her? What about? ¿Monsters? Im conducting a serious - murder investigation here- - Look, there's no murder.
Anthony Barton was killed by an ancient marine predator which then returned to its home millions of years in the past.
Who are you people? I'm sorry.
Thanks for your time, inspector.
Cutter, wait! - The girl's innocent.
- I know.
We can't let her go to jail for something she didn't do.
Leave that with me.
I'll do what I can for her.
With all this chlorine in the pool I'm surprised the creature even came through.
To a reptile it would have been like swimming in a bucket of acid.
Yeah, it probably sensed the danger and got out fast before the anomaly closed.
So how's Allison? Jet-lagged.
You see, its funny, because you always gave the impression like you were single.
That's funny.
I didn't think I was giving any impression whatsoever.
You'd be surprised.
Connor.
I'm flattered.
But you're really not my type.
- Police charged Diane Johnson - I know.
- We have to intervene! - We're not gonna do that.
- Why not? - Because I won't allow the story to become public property.
At least in prison the newspapers can't get hold of her.
So you're just going to let them lock up an innocent traumatised girl.
Of course it's undesirable but it would be far worst to release her to cause panic and disorder.
I'll see that the charges are dropped when the immediate crisis is under control.
That could take months! And would you rather tell the police that an ancient sea monster is cruising our swimming pools consuming lifeguards? I know the injustice stinks, but the correct decision is often painful.
That's the burden of government.
Well, the DNA is conclusive.
It's the boy from the swimming pool.
Or what's left of him.
That's a bolus.
A regurgitated mass of flesh and bone.
The beast swallowed him whole and then vomited up what it couldnt digest.
What type of creature could have done this to him? What you should be asking yourself is how the remains of a boy who was attacked in the swimming pool ended up 20 miles away in a reservoir.
Maybe there never was an anomaly.
Maybe the girl murdered her boyfriend in the swimming pool and dumped his body in the reservoir.
Very likely, provided you also believe she swallowed him whole and then drove 20 miles down the motorway to regurgitate his remains.
All right, then you explain it.
We know it's the same beast in the pool and the reservoir.
Perhaps the anomaly has a fixed point of origin in the past.
Yet, somehow it remains fluid in our time.
They don't just open.
They move.
- How are you? - All right.
We haven't found anything yet.
No creature, no anomaly, no nothing.
They're still searching the reservoir, but with any luck.
The anomaly's closed again.
I need detailed local maps.
Lists of swimming pools, rivers, lakes, anything nearby.
- Can you get those for me? - Should I be asking why? Just an idea.
Do you know what I miss? Those soul-crushingly dull civil service meetings, that made suicide look like an exciting career option.
I used to sit there praying something would happen in my life.
Careful what you wish for.
Professor! You're really gonna want to see this.
The reservoir is land-locked, right? Yes.
So allowing for condensation and rainfall, the depth should be pretty consistent.
Yes.
Well, I made this mark at water level earlier.
The water level's fallen 40 centimetres since then.
This isn't a reservoir anymore, it's a tidal lake.
The water's literally pouring out of it.
It must be flowing out through the anomaly.
Which means it's still down there, somewhere.
Here you are.
Thanks very much.
Thinking about Helen? How do you know that? Highly trained civil servant.
We're famous for our emotional empathy.
Whatever I'm doing, she's always there.
She never really goes away.
It's strange.
Of all the people in the world to hallucinate about, Stephen chose Helen.
Steam.
Don't you see? The tide must be coming in, bringing in warmer water from the other side.
The steam is telling us exactly where the anomaly is.
I suppose there's no point in asking you not to go down with them.
- You don't have to worry about me.
- I'm not, I was thinking of all the paperwork I will have to do if you drown.
You've no idea how many forms I'd have to fill in.
What if you're right and the creature's still down there? We'll find it.
All right.
See, why does Stephen get all the fun stuff to do while we get stuck collecting water samples? He looks better on a wet suit.
Thats debateable.
I could do the action stuff as well, you know? I'm not just a massive intellect.
He doesn't remember a thing, you know? Stephen.
That's not the point.
He knew what he was doing when he asked me out, he knew he had a girlfriend.
Yeah, and he had also just been poisoned by a giant centipede, that might have affected his judgement just a little bit.
What am I saying? You know, you're right, he's a two-timing weasel and maybe you should put that down to experience and move on.
You know, there's plenty more fish in the sea.
Abby? What's that? Don't move! Go! Quickly, Abby! Jump! You're okay? Move there! No back! Connor! Careful! Some kind of mosasaur.
Maybe six or seven metres.
Cretaceous, at a guess.
Scary.
And at that size, it couldnt have been fully-grown.
- "Take deep breaths.
" - Yeah.
Which is just as well for you.
Theyre all really upset about losing the diver.
Tell me exactly what happened.
He swam through right in front of me.
He should have been able to make it back through.
Something must have stopped him.
Are you absolutely certain the anomalys closed? Straight after the mosasaur went back through.
The water temperatures already returned to normal.
Then weve lost him.
Yeah.
You saved my life.
I did, didnt I? - Okay - What? - You can let go now.
- Oh, yeah, Im sorry.
I just Thanks.
The anomalies are times equivalent of an earthquake.
Strong enough to rip apart the boundaries between dimensions.
My guess is that the fault line ruptured at the swimming pool, then ran to the reservoir.
It could crash its way through into our time again anywhere along this line.
Earthquakes? Temporal fault lines? Are we trying a little too hard people? Its random chance, thats all.
Theres no connection with any of it.
Try to look on the bright side, Cutter.
The anomalys gone, the crisis is over and Id say we got off pretty lightly.
Except that a good man in now permanently marooned in the past.
There could be another breach along the fault line at any given moment.
You should be stationing troops at every significant body of water between the reservoir and the coast.
The press would be crawling all over us in seconds.
How on Earth would we explain it? - You admit that its all conjecture.
- Yes, of course it is, but Im right.
You people, youre worse than the climate change mob.
One cold day in July and suddenly its the new Ice Age.
Youre making a mistake.
If and when the anomaly breaks through again, I guarantee you it will be somewhere along this line.
Okay, guys.
Ten minutes before school.
Mosasaur, right? Cretaceous era marine predator.
Anything from 2 to 20 meters in length and two tonnes in weight.
Extinct 65 million years ago.
I was reading that.
Whats this? A new project? No.
No, no, no, just interested.
Oh, is that the time? Im going to have to go.
Whoa, whats the rush? Its DVD night.
Battlefield Earth, directors commentaries.
Your turn to get the pizza.
Right.
You know what? You can have it on me.
Ive really got to be somewhere.
Whats got into him? Maybe hes still angry over our practical joke.
Come on.
That fake dinosaur was a masterpiece.
Yeah.
Perhaps hes got a girlfriend.
Well, it must be pretty radical.
He missed my Gerry Anderson marathon last weekend as well.
- Said he wasnt interested.
- How weird is that? Why the sudden obsession with dinosaurs? Maybe hes onto something.
A dig somewhere, a good fossil, something he wants to keep to himself.
Which would be selfish.
You know, I think we need to keep a closer eye on that boy.
Helen.
Come on, lets go.
Ive been remembering things.
You mean Helen? Why didnt you tell anyone? - Did you go looking for her? - Look, if she wanted to talk to me then she could have.
Why keep playing games with me? You mean this isnt the first time? - How long have you known she was alive? - Look, not long.
But all these years, she let me think she was dead.
She let me go through that.
What does that tell you? Come on, there could be all kinds of reasons why she stayed away.
The point is she wants to see you now.
- She left you to die on your own.
- Maybe she thought help was coming.
Maybe she didnt care.
You think I dont want to know what happened? Ive thought of nothing else for eight years.
But what if What if the truth is worse than not knowing? Are you going to tell the others? No, its not my call.
But if she was my wife, - Id go through a million anomalies.
- Yeah, but she isnt, is she? But she was important to me too.
I know that.
Are you coming? I thought you said you got a leak in the washing machine.
Not an indoor pool.
Can you stop it? Well see.
Well your connections are fine.
It must be a mains leak.
Well, your dogs enjoying a swim anyway.
We havent got a dog.
Help! Help me! Help me! Are you all right? We havent clarified the exact picture yet, but it looks like a plumber was attacked in some womans cellar.
Im not surprised, have you seen how much these people charge? She claims that the damage was done by some kind of large reptile.
And I suppose youre going to tell me this town lies directly on Cutters mythical fault line.
Im really beginning to dislike that man.
All units, a second body has been found in the basement.
I repeat, a second body has been found in the basement.
Zero to team Bravo.
Move into position and set up Hold on.
I want the press kept as far away from this as possible.
If we have to, we go with an escaped crocodile story, but apart from that, we deny everything.
Sir.
Claudia speaking.
Right.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
They found a body in the basement.
Special forces diver.
Great.
Its our diver.
The man we lost in the reservoir.
Looks like he died of shock.
They found this tied around his wrist.
We dont know how the hell it got there.
What kept you? What is it? Helens mad old aunt used to give us those handkerchiefs.
Same present every single birthday and Christmas.
And we used to make jokes about them.
Thats a message.
It means Helens waiting for me on the other side of the anomaly.
Just like she was in the Underground.
Yeah.
Why didnt you tell me? You lied to me, to all of us.
Try and see it from my perspective.
I had just found out - that my dead wife was still alive.
- She might know things.
Things that could help us.
You have no right to decide what we should know and when we should know it.
Shes my wife.
Maybe in your mind that gives you some kind of special privilege.
But this affects all of us.
If you cant see that, then you just cant be here anymore.
What? My memorys back.
Some of it anyhow.
Enough to know why youre angry with me.
Well, weve got a job to do Stephen.
Can we at least talk about it? Look, I over-reacted.
Ive already forgotten about it.
I remember and you forget.
Typical.
Look, I thought that I was never going to see you again and I didnt want to die without you knowing that I liked you, you know.
You should have been thinking about your girlfriend.
Yeah, well, the truth is, she and I, well, we dont know each other that well anymore.
Well, now shes back, youve got a chance to get reacquainted.
Abby, Im sorry.
Look, theres no need to make a big thing out of it.
I fancied you for a bit and now I dont.
Thats all.
Area secured sir.
The revelation that Helen Cutters still alive changes everything.
Shes still alive? - Um, how did I miss that? - It's a long story.
So, eight years, shes been living in the past.
My God.
How are we going to explain Celebrity Love Island to her? Shut up Connor.
Shes eight years ahead of us in terms of understanding the anomalies.
Her knowledge could be priceless and we have to share it.
Which is fine if she was here, but she isnt.
Which is why were going to go and find her.
We know she wants to make contact.
She must be brought back here, by force if necessary.
This is my wife youre talking about.
Which is why I want you to go through the anomaly and bring her back.
You will of course have a military escort.
To do what? Shoot her if she wont come back? To protect you.
Both of you.
The alternative is you sever all ties with the anomaly project with immediate effect.
And well go and find her ourselves.
Okay.
On one condition.
I go on my own.
Theres no question of force.
Ill do my best, but if she doesnt want to come back, then thats it.
How can we trust you? Oh, Im sure Professor Cutter wont let us down again.
You will try and remember what side youre on, wont you? Okay, so youve got about an hour of air, and a mile of rope.
Take a compass reference as soon as you get there, and just stay attached.
After two hours, well reel you back in.
The water pressure in the anomaly is going to be intense, okay? So the harder you swim, the more air youre going to use.
Now this has an effective range of about ten metres.
If you have to use it against a predator, wait until you see the whites of its teeth.
Helen! Hello Nick! I see you got my message.
Youve lost weight.
You havent been eating properly.
You let me think you were dead.
I am dead as the person you knew.
My old life ended eight years ago.
You can turn around.
Im decent.
Theres no easy way to do this, is there? Well, maybe we should just skip the small talk.
Why didnt you come back? What are you really upset about Nick? That I stayed away, or that I didnt tell you what I was doing? Im not upset Helen.
I just dont know who you are anymore.
Do you want to know why I didnt come back? Because I knew your conscience would make you throw all this out there for everyone to trample over and I wasnt ready to share it then.
Hesperonis.
Scary up close, but cumbersome and very stupid.
What do you want Nick? An apology? - Whats the point? - 8 years of my life back would be nice.
Look, come on.
People grieve and then they heal.
It happens all the time.
Why should you be any different? Well, why come back at all then? Let me guess, you want something.
Abby! - How long has he been? - 91 minutes, 41 seconds.
The drains.
Stephen! In theory, a creature could make its way along the sewage system all the way to the river.
And once its there, it could go anywhere.
And? Well, good news is the size of the drains rules out anything bigger than - a small mosasaur.
- Well, how small? Not small enough.
Whats going on? Youve come back before? Did you watch me grieve? Did you come to the funeral? No.
Was it good? It was okay.
Ill answer all your questions, Nick.
All you have to do is come with me.
There are more anomalies than you can possibly imagine.
I know how to find them.
I asked you a question.
Why do you want me now? After so long? Im human.
I want company.
I want to share this incredible gift.
But only with you.
Nick, I have seen such wonders.
Things you wouldnt believe.
Youre asking me to abandon my life.
Leave behind everything I know.
People are dying back home, and you want me to just run away with you? Animals die, Nick.
Species die.
You know Im right.
One day, humanity will disappear, just like the dinosaurs.
And nature doesnt care, something else will just take our place.
Nick, just leave all the other stuff behind.
Come with me.
Ive got a job to do, you could help me if you like.
Youre rejecting me? Im asking you to come back with me.
I offer you the key to time.
The key to time, Nick! And you turn your back on it? - You call yourself a scientist? - I call myself a human being.
His time's up.
Stephen, thats two hours.
Hell be running out of air.
Come on, come on! - Hes lost his tank! - Quick, get him out! Cutter! Get his head up.
Hes not breathing! Medic! Get some air inside him.
Bring him up.
¡Wait! ¡Go, go, go! - Was Helen with you? - Yes.
So she was there.
- You know what to do.
- Lets go.
- Whos this? - Sorry, its out of my hands.
What? How long have I been out for? Not long.
I have to talk to Claudia.
Theres something you should know.
- Stand still.
Dont move! - Whats going on? Stay still!
Doorways in time to worlds we can barely imagine.
The anomalies are conclusive proof that the past exists.
In a fourth dimension is real and solid as those we already know.
Our job is to predict and contain them.
Helen Cutter came to this area eight years ago.
She disappeared in the forest, but her body was never found.
Helen! Helen is alive! She is waiting you in the other side of the anomaly.
Where are you, Helen? PRIMEVAL 1x03 Anthony? The magnetic field is remaining consistent about 5 Tesla.
At this point there's no sign of deterioration.
Let me demonstrate.
¿Who's that idiot? Connor Temple.
He looks like a half-wit, but he has a very good brain.
Bull's eye! It kills me every time! We may stand on the brink of Armageddon.
But at least we have an irritating student on our side.
- How reassuring.
- Is this thing still on? The previous anomaly proved to be temporary.
As you've just heard this one shows no sign of weakening.
The anomalies may be intermittent.
And they fade from time to time but they never completely disappear.
If that were true, creatures would have come through it before.
Maybe they have.
Ancient civilizations spoke of monsters and dragons.
Perhaps they weren't as naive as we assumed.
The anomalies are conclusive proof that the past exists.
In a fourth dimension as real and solid as those we already know.
Our job is to predict and contain them.
- We need to establish- - Thank you, Professor.
We'll take this from here.
The professor is speaking in an independent capacity.
Official policy has yet to be finalized.
It appears we may have another one.
You really can't remember a thing? Not a thing after I went into the tunnels.
Probably for the best though, right? Still, they say it should be only short term, so you know? Its all been pretty scary, hasnt it? You know, it's not until you got bitten, that I though that one of us might actually die from doing this.
It really upset me.
- You must have gone through hell! - Yeah.
It did make me think about what's important though.
You know? Sorts out your priorities a bit.
If you get killed, can I get you iPod? Is that perfume? I can do the girl thing, you know? You look really good.
Thanks.
It's good of you both to come, but you shouldn't have bothered.
Don't flatter yourself.
Some of us just like to hang out with nurses.
Come on, I'll give you a lift home.
Oh, there's no need.
My girlfriend is picking me up.
Girlfriend? Allison.
She's been in the rainforest for 2 years researching infectious diseases.
As long as she's not one of those girls that brings the work home with her.
You must have missed her.
Yeah.
I'd better go.
Bye.
Two years? How much sex are they gonna have over the next few days! Sorry.
It's alright.
Well, so much for the girl thing.
I think you look great.
It's pretty obvious she killed her boyfriend but we don't know what she did the body.
Just keeps babbling on about monsters and sea serpents.
Would you allow me to talk with her? What about? ¿Monsters? Im conducting a serious - murder investigation here- - Look, there's no murder.
Anthony Barton was killed by an ancient marine predator which then returned to its home millions of years in the past.
Who are you people? I'm sorry.
Thanks for your time, inspector.
Cutter, wait! - The girl's innocent.
- I know.
We can't let her go to jail for something she didn't do.
Leave that with me.
I'll do what I can for her.
With all this chlorine in the pool I'm surprised the creature even came through.
To a reptile it would have been like swimming in a bucket of acid.
Yeah, it probably sensed the danger and got out fast before the anomaly closed.
So how's Allison? Jet-lagged.
You see, its funny, because you always gave the impression like you were single.
That's funny.
I didn't think I was giving any impression whatsoever.
You'd be surprised.
Connor.
I'm flattered.
But you're really not my type.
- Police charged Diane Johnson - I know.
- We have to intervene! - We're not gonna do that.
- Why not? - Because I won't allow the story to become public property.
At least in prison the newspapers can't get hold of her.
So you're just going to let them lock up an innocent traumatised girl.
Of course it's undesirable but it would be far worst to release her to cause panic and disorder.
I'll see that the charges are dropped when the immediate crisis is under control.
That could take months! And would you rather tell the police that an ancient sea monster is cruising our swimming pools consuming lifeguards? I know the injustice stinks, but the correct decision is often painful.
That's the burden of government.
Well, the DNA is conclusive.
It's the boy from the swimming pool.
Or what's left of him.
That's a bolus.
A regurgitated mass of flesh and bone.
The beast swallowed him whole and then vomited up what it couldnt digest.
What type of creature could have done this to him? What you should be asking yourself is how the remains of a boy who was attacked in the swimming pool ended up 20 miles away in a reservoir.
Maybe there never was an anomaly.
Maybe the girl murdered her boyfriend in the swimming pool and dumped his body in the reservoir.
Very likely, provided you also believe she swallowed him whole and then drove 20 miles down the motorway to regurgitate his remains.
All right, then you explain it.
We know it's the same beast in the pool and the reservoir.
Perhaps the anomaly has a fixed point of origin in the past.
Yet, somehow it remains fluid in our time.
They don't just open.
They move.
- How are you? - All right.
We haven't found anything yet.
No creature, no anomaly, no nothing.
They're still searching the reservoir, but with any luck.
The anomaly's closed again.
I need detailed local maps.
Lists of swimming pools, rivers, lakes, anything nearby.
- Can you get those for me? - Should I be asking why? Just an idea.
Do you know what I miss? Those soul-crushingly dull civil service meetings, that made suicide look like an exciting career option.
I used to sit there praying something would happen in my life.
Careful what you wish for.
Professor! You're really gonna want to see this.
The reservoir is land-locked, right? Yes.
So allowing for condensation and rainfall, the depth should be pretty consistent.
Yes.
Well, I made this mark at water level earlier.
The water level's fallen 40 centimetres since then.
This isn't a reservoir anymore, it's a tidal lake.
The water's literally pouring out of it.
It must be flowing out through the anomaly.
Which means it's still down there, somewhere.
Here you are.
Thanks very much.
Thinking about Helen? How do you know that? Highly trained civil servant.
We're famous for our emotional empathy.
Whatever I'm doing, she's always there.
She never really goes away.
It's strange.
Of all the people in the world to hallucinate about, Stephen chose Helen.
Steam.
Don't you see? The tide must be coming in, bringing in warmer water from the other side.
The steam is telling us exactly where the anomaly is.
I suppose there's no point in asking you not to go down with them.
- You don't have to worry about me.
- I'm not, I was thinking of all the paperwork I will have to do if you drown.
You've no idea how many forms I'd have to fill in.
What if you're right and the creature's still down there? We'll find it.
All right.
See, why does Stephen get all the fun stuff to do while we get stuck collecting water samples? He looks better on a wet suit.
Thats debateable.
I could do the action stuff as well, you know? I'm not just a massive intellect.
He doesn't remember a thing, you know? Stephen.
That's not the point.
He knew what he was doing when he asked me out, he knew he had a girlfriend.
Yeah, and he had also just been poisoned by a giant centipede, that might have affected his judgement just a little bit.
What am I saying? You know, you're right, he's a two-timing weasel and maybe you should put that down to experience and move on.
You know, there's plenty more fish in the sea.
Abby? What's that? Don't move! Go! Quickly, Abby! Jump! You're okay? Move there! No back! Connor! Careful! Some kind of mosasaur.
Maybe six or seven metres.
Cretaceous, at a guess.
Scary.
And at that size, it couldnt have been fully-grown.
- "Take deep breaths.
" - Yeah.
Which is just as well for you.
Theyre all really upset about losing the diver.
Tell me exactly what happened.
He swam through right in front of me.
He should have been able to make it back through.
Something must have stopped him.
Are you absolutely certain the anomalys closed? Straight after the mosasaur went back through.
The water temperatures already returned to normal.
Then weve lost him.
Yeah.
You saved my life.
I did, didnt I? - Okay - What? - You can let go now.
- Oh, yeah, Im sorry.
I just Thanks.
The anomalies are times equivalent of an earthquake.
Strong enough to rip apart the boundaries between dimensions.
My guess is that the fault line ruptured at the swimming pool, then ran to the reservoir.
It could crash its way through into our time again anywhere along this line.
Earthquakes? Temporal fault lines? Are we trying a little too hard people? Its random chance, thats all.
Theres no connection with any of it.
Try to look on the bright side, Cutter.
The anomalys gone, the crisis is over and Id say we got off pretty lightly.
Except that a good man in now permanently marooned in the past.
There could be another breach along the fault line at any given moment.
You should be stationing troops at every significant body of water between the reservoir and the coast.
The press would be crawling all over us in seconds.
How on Earth would we explain it? - You admit that its all conjecture.
- Yes, of course it is, but Im right.
You people, youre worse than the climate change mob.
One cold day in July and suddenly its the new Ice Age.
Youre making a mistake.
If and when the anomaly breaks through again, I guarantee you it will be somewhere along this line.
Okay, guys.
Ten minutes before school.
Mosasaur, right? Cretaceous era marine predator.
Anything from 2 to 20 meters in length and two tonnes in weight.
Extinct 65 million years ago.
I was reading that.
Whats this? A new project? No.
No, no, no, just interested.
Oh, is that the time? Im going to have to go.
Whoa, whats the rush? Its DVD night.
Battlefield Earth, directors commentaries.
Your turn to get the pizza.
Right.
You know what? You can have it on me.
Ive really got to be somewhere.
Whats got into him? Maybe hes still angry over our practical joke.
Come on.
That fake dinosaur was a masterpiece.
Yeah.
Perhaps hes got a girlfriend.
Well, it must be pretty radical.
He missed my Gerry Anderson marathon last weekend as well.
- Said he wasnt interested.
- How weird is that? Why the sudden obsession with dinosaurs? Maybe hes onto something.
A dig somewhere, a good fossil, something he wants to keep to himself.
Which would be selfish.
You know, I think we need to keep a closer eye on that boy.
Helen.
Come on, lets go.
Ive been remembering things.
You mean Helen? Why didnt you tell anyone? - Did you go looking for her? - Look, if she wanted to talk to me then she could have.
Why keep playing games with me? You mean this isnt the first time? - How long have you known she was alive? - Look, not long.
But all these years, she let me think she was dead.
She let me go through that.
What does that tell you? Come on, there could be all kinds of reasons why she stayed away.
The point is she wants to see you now.
- She left you to die on your own.
- Maybe she thought help was coming.
Maybe she didnt care.
You think I dont want to know what happened? Ive thought of nothing else for eight years.
But what if What if the truth is worse than not knowing? Are you going to tell the others? No, its not my call.
But if she was my wife, - Id go through a million anomalies.
- Yeah, but she isnt, is she? But she was important to me too.
I know that.
Are you coming? I thought you said you got a leak in the washing machine.
Not an indoor pool.
Can you stop it? Well see.
Well your connections are fine.
It must be a mains leak.
Well, your dogs enjoying a swim anyway.
We havent got a dog.
Help! Help me! Help me! Are you all right? We havent clarified the exact picture yet, but it looks like a plumber was attacked in some womans cellar.
Im not surprised, have you seen how much these people charge? She claims that the damage was done by some kind of large reptile.
And I suppose youre going to tell me this town lies directly on Cutters mythical fault line.
Im really beginning to dislike that man.
All units, a second body has been found in the basement.
I repeat, a second body has been found in the basement.
Zero to team Bravo.
Move into position and set up Hold on.
I want the press kept as far away from this as possible.
If we have to, we go with an escaped crocodile story, but apart from that, we deny everything.
Sir.
Claudia speaking.
Right.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
They found a body in the basement.
Special forces diver.
Great.
Its our diver.
The man we lost in the reservoir.
Looks like he died of shock.
They found this tied around his wrist.
We dont know how the hell it got there.
What kept you? What is it? Helens mad old aunt used to give us those handkerchiefs.
Same present every single birthday and Christmas.
And we used to make jokes about them.
Thats a message.
It means Helens waiting for me on the other side of the anomaly.
Just like she was in the Underground.
Yeah.
Why didnt you tell me? You lied to me, to all of us.
Try and see it from my perspective.
I had just found out - that my dead wife was still alive.
- She might know things.
Things that could help us.
You have no right to decide what we should know and when we should know it.
Shes my wife.
Maybe in your mind that gives you some kind of special privilege.
But this affects all of us.
If you cant see that, then you just cant be here anymore.
What? My memorys back.
Some of it anyhow.
Enough to know why youre angry with me.
Well, weve got a job to do Stephen.
Can we at least talk about it? Look, I over-reacted.
Ive already forgotten about it.
I remember and you forget.
Typical.
Look, I thought that I was never going to see you again and I didnt want to die without you knowing that I liked you, you know.
You should have been thinking about your girlfriend.
Yeah, well, the truth is, she and I, well, we dont know each other that well anymore.
Well, now shes back, youve got a chance to get reacquainted.
Abby, Im sorry.
Look, theres no need to make a big thing out of it.
I fancied you for a bit and now I dont.
Thats all.
Area secured sir.
The revelation that Helen Cutters still alive changes everything.
Shes still alive? - Um, how did I miss that? - It's a long story.
So, eight years, shes been living in the past.
My God.
How are we going to explain Celebrity Love Island to her? Shut up Connor.
Shes eight years ahead of us in terms of understanding the anomalies.
Her knowledge could be priceless and we have to share it.
Which is fine if she was here, but she isnt.
Which is why were going to go and find her.
We know she wants to make contact.
She must be brought back here, by force if necessary.
This is my wife youre talking about.
Which is why I want you to go through the anomaly and bring her back.
You will of course have a military escort.
To do what? Shoot her if she wont come back? To protect you.
Both of you.
The alternative is you sever all ties with the anomaly project with immediate effect.
And well go and find her ourselves.
Okay.
On one condition.
I go on my own.
Theres no question of force.
Ill do my best, but if she doesnt want to come back, then thats it.
How can we trust you? Oh, Im sure Professor Cutter wont let us down again.
You will try and remember what side youre on, wont you? Okay, so youve got about an hour of air, and a mile of rope.
Take a compass reference as soon as you get there, and just stay attached.
After two hours, well reel you back in.
The water pressure in the anomaly is going to be intense, okay? So the harder you swim, the more air youre going to use.
Now this has an effective range of about ten metres.
If you have to use it against a predator, wait until you see the whites of its teeth.
Helen! Hello Nick! I see you got my message.
Youve lost weight.
You havent been eating properly.
You let me think you were dead.
I am dead as the person you knew.
My old life ended eight years ago.
You can turn around.
Im decent.
Theres no easy way to do this, is there? Well, maybe we should just skip the small talk.
Why didnt you come back? What are you really upset about Nick? That I stayed away, or that I didnt tell you what I was doing? Im not upset Helen.
I just dont know who you are anymore.
Do you want to know why I didnt come back? Because I knew your conscience would make you throw all this out there for everyone to trample over and I wasnt ready to share it then.
Hesperonis.
Scary up close, but cumbersome and very stupid.
What do you want Nick? An apology? - Whats the point? - 8 years of my life back would be nice.
Look, come on.
People grieve and then they heal.
It happens all the time.
Why should you be any different? Well, why come back at all then? Let me guess, you want something.
Abby! - How long has he been? - 91 minutes, 41 seconds.
The drains.
Stephen! In theory, a creature could make its way along the sewage system all the way to the river.
And once its there, it could go anywhere.
And? Well, good news is the size of the drains rules out anything bigger than - a small mosasaur.
- Well, how small? Not small enough.
Whats going on? Youve come back before? Did you watch me grieve? Did you come to the funeral? No.
Was it good? It was okay.
Ill answer all your questions, Nick.
All you have to do is come with me.
There are more anomalies than you can possibly imagine.
I know how to find them.
I asked you a question.
Why do you want me now? After so long? Im human.
I want company.
I want to share this incredible gift.
But only with you.
Nick, I have seen such wonders.
Things you wouldnt believe.
Youre asking me to abandon my life.
Leave behind everything I know.
People are dying back home, and you want me to just run away with you? Animals die, Nick.
Species die.
You know Im right.
One day, humanity will disappear, just like the dinosaurs.
And nature doesnt care, something else will just take our place.
Nick, just leave all the other stuff behind.
Come with me.
Ive got a job to do, you could help me if you like.
Youre rejecting me? Im asking you to come back with me.
I offer you the key to time.
The key to time, Nick! And you turn your back on it? - You call yourself a scientist? - I call myself a human being.
His time's up.
Stephen, thats two hours.
Hell be running out of air.
Come on, come on! - Hes lost his tank! - Quick, get him out! Cutter! Get his head up.
Hes not breathing! Medic! Get some air inside him.
Bring him up.
¡Wait! ¡Go, go, go! - Was Helen with you? - Yes.
So she was there.
- You know what to do.
- Lets go.
- Whos this? - Sorry, its out of my hands.
What? How long have I been out for? Not long.
I have to talk to Claudia.
Theres something you should know.
- Stand still.
Dont move! - Whats going on? Stay still!