Primeval s01e06 Episode Script

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 as real and solid as those we already know.
Our job is to predict and contain them.
Under the circumstances, I'm gonna allow your exploratory mission into the anomaly.
People.
Someone's been here before us.
Whoever it was, didn't get far.
H.
C.
is Helen Cutter.
I've just found out that my dead wife was still alive.
- Who's that? - Helen Cutter.
Helen, what the hell are you doing here? You're gonna have to trust me.
Helen saved me.
- You've taking on him, haven't you? - I trust him, if that's what you mean.
PRIMEVAL 1x06 Shot! Claudia Brown.
- Having fun? - Yes.
Would you like to sit down? I've been thinking about Helen.
Oh, okay.
She saved my life.
It was much less complicated when she was just the enemy.
Yeah, I gave up trying to predict Helen's behaviour when she swapped our marriage for a packaged tour into the Permian Era.
Maybe it was just a cry for help.
Counselling would have been simpler.
Nick Cutter talking about his feelings? I don't think so.
Ought to try me.
And ask me anything, anything you like.
Do you still love her? Ask me another one.
Coward.
Was there any purpose to your visit? Or is my love life the only item on the agenda? If we're gonna defend ourselves more effectively then we've got to do something more than just react.
We've got to discover why these anomalies are opening.
And then predict when the next one will appear.
Well, you know, it may be possible to do that.
Are you going to tell me how? I've got ideas, but I don't have any proof.
I need more time.
Fine, how does Monday morning sound? You're spoiling me now.
- Are you okay? - I haven't been sleeping well.
Bad dreams.
By the way, when those things were attacking us you kissed me.
On the lips.
I know.
You do you know sexual harassment is a serious disciplinary offence in the civil service.
This is Charlie One, security breach in section 15.
Okay Charlie One, await further instructions.
No trail, no footprints.
Nothing.
Are you sure you didn't miss anything? If there was anything out there, we would have found it by now.
It must have come back.
LION ENCLOSURE, WELLINGTON ZOO Okay, I'm a girl in a bar.
Tell me I look nice.
- You look nice.
- Make it more personal.
I personally feel you look nice.
The compliment, be more specific.
Well, you've got lovely legs and - fantastic- - Eehh.
Yeah, no that specific.
Small talk.
Flirty.
Just not too flirty, yeah? - I've seen you here before, haven't I? - Oh, that's good.
Your glass is empty, let me get you another one.
I'll have a mojito, please.
Two mojitos, coming up.
Barman.
Who do you think would win in a fight between Wolverine and Spiderman? I said flirty, not nerdy.
That's entry level comic book, Abby.
It's light, it's fun.
But girls don't talk comic books.
If you wanna be more successful with women you gotta learn to compromise a bit.
Find out what they like.
And pretend I'm interested.
Until they want to snout me.
No, I get it.
But, Abby, you know, to be honest, I think I can talk to women.
- I talk to you, don't I? - We're pals.
- Yeah, but you can - Come here.
You can fancy somebody who's a pal.
Can't you? The two conditions are not mutually exclusive.
It's the zoo, something's up.
I got to go.
He made a mistake about Helen.
He should have told us about her.
But he was under enormous pressure.
He predicted the temporal fault lines.
And he's been correct about the anomalies reoccurring.
That's not just luck.
If there's anyone who can help us predict and contain these things, it's him.
How close is he to an answer? I don't know, he couldn't say yet.
Look, one day soon, an anomaly is going to open up and thousands of these creatures, maybe millions, are gonna come pouring through it.
Let's hope he's made his mind up by then.
In most eras of the world's history you'd be dead by now.
Helen.
What the hell are you doing here? All this urban living has made human beings such a lazy animals.
Second level hearing, no sense of smell.
- No worthwhile instincts.
- Well, there's no predators.
We have nothing to be afraid of except each other.
Well, that used to be the case, but times are changing, aren't they Stephen? What do you want? A cold beer would be nice.
See, first we thought the lions had been fighting but none of them are wounded.
Then we realized we've lost one.
You put it out somewhere, and forgot where you left it.
Happens all the time.
Looks like something got wounded.
- Could it be a creature attack? - I don't know.
There's no proof, is there? All you've got is a missing lion.
- Maybe it just runaway to join a circus.
- Oh, whatever.
Why don't you just tell me what do you want? A meeting.
With Nick and Lester.
Tomorrow morning at 11:00, here.
No armed thugs.
No ambushes.
They want to hear what I have to say.
- They don't trust you.
- I don't trust them either.
But this is serious.
Three people have disappeared in the last A creature.
What kind? It's good to see you again, Stephen.
You know, you were always one of my best students.
Not the brightest maybe but so full of idealism and integrity.
I miss that.
Thank you.
I'm touched.
Hello? Thanks for calling.
No, no sign of the lion as yet.
We're still hopeful obviously.
Yes, yes.
Stephen was acting really strange this morning.
Something weird is going on.
What's new? Oh, I never said.
The blood analysis came back from the lab.
Most of it was from a lion, but some of it was from a bat.
Bats get everywhere.
Yeah, but it's a really weird DNA.
They said they've never seen anything like it before.
What does that mean then? I don't know Yet.
- Are you expecting a call? - Mi boss.
No one's seen him since yesterday.
They found his stuff, but there's no sign of him.
He just vanished.
POLICE BAFFLED AS THIRD PERSON GOES MISSING I'll get back to the zoo.
Are you sure you don't already know what all this is about? - Sorry, what does that mean? - She's your wife.
You join the dots.
Helen did save my life.
I think we should give her some credit for that.
And if she does know something about the disappearances- Now that's a police matter.
There's no evidence of creature involvement.
Yet.
Okay, fine, we'll do it her way.
But if this turns out to be another of her manipulative little schemes, the deal's off and she goes straight back on the wanted list.
You have a serious creature incursion.
A highly evolved ambush predator.
Intelligent, adaptable and ruthless.
If there was a creature on the loose we'll know about it.
At least three people have disappeared in the last few days.
- Missing.
- Killed.
The creature has a lair somewhere nearby and it has taken them for food.
- How do you know that? - Because it nearly got me too.
What is it? - It has no name.
- Then what era is it from? It doesn't come from any era.
At least not one that can be identified yet.
I'm sorry, I don't understand.
Yes, you do Nick.
You knew that'd happen one day.
You've known it ever since you stepped into the past.
The future? Are you saying we're being attacked by a creature from the future? I've seen a lot of amazing creatures but nothing like this one.
It has human levels of intelligence, and abnormal supernatural ability to stalk its prey.
It could be right here now watching us and we'll never know.
If it's so clever, how did you see it? I discovered it in the Permian just after it had killed.
It was feeding and its defences were down.
And what does it look like? Like a great ape, but bigger faster and a lot more agile.
Ok, hold on, what makes you so certain that it's not some lost species that just disappeared from the evolutionary record? No Nick, it's not like any creature from the Permian or any other prehistoric era.
The only possible explanation is that it strayed through a future anomaly into the Permian era and then on to ours.
You know, I'm really beginning to regret not staying in management consultancy.
So now's the future as well.
And apparently we can't do a damn thing about it.
How did it get here? I have no idea.
It was only when I got back I found out that it was on the loose.
Obviously my first thought was to do as much as I can to help.
How public spiriting of you.
Where can we contact you? At my house.
Of course.
You could have redecorated.
I like it.
Anyway.
Are you gonna tell me why you were lying? I've no idea of what you're talking about.
Well, the others buy that lie of you just wanting to help us.
But I've known you for longer than they have.
Everything I said about the Permian was true.
I discovered the creature and made my observations.
But I got too fascinated.
I got too close.
It sensed I was watching.
So you became the prey.
Yeah, I only just got away.
The problem was my escape route led me back here.
And it followed you.
So this is your fault.
I could have walked away.
But I didn't, I stayed to help.
I'm still human, Nick.
I do care for what happens.
Believe it or not, I do care about you.
- That's all she said? - That's it.
Nothing else? No details at all? Why? Put it down.
It's just I found some bat blood at the zoo yesterday.
So? Well, this bat blood had really, really screwed up DNA.
I mean, you know, it's probably nothing, but one of the lion's went missing yesterday and now Abby's boss he just disappeared as well.
Where's Abby? She said she was working late.
Meet me at the zoo.
With as much backup as possible.
- Don't creep at me like that.
- I wasn't creeping.
I was walking, normally.
Are you all right? Why shouldn't I be? There might be a creature here.
We think it killed the lion and maybe your boss.
The others are on the way.
You came on your own just cause you were worried about me.
Well, you and the sea lions.
I'll hate it if anything hurt them.
What are you doing? There's something down here.
If we're ready to try and contain it - we can't afford to lose anybody.
- If you want to find its lair you're going to need dogs.
Excuse me.
You saved my life.
Thank you.
Although, now I come to think of it you did leave it rather late.
Well, you know, you were doing so well without me.
It was only when Nick ran off that I thought I should intervene.
He didn't run off.
He went to get help.
He did everything he could to protect me.
He's attracted to you, isn't he? I have no idea.
It's obvious you like him.
That's really none of your business.
- He's my husband.
- You left him.
Remember? You know, I can see why he's interested.
You're his type, Claudia.
Strong, independent, reasonably intelligent.
Should we stick to the point? So what can you tell us about this creature? It's fast, incredibly fast.
And it can camouflage itself in almost any environment.
To survive in the Permian it had to be highly adaptable, which is bad news for us.
Who knows? Maybe that's how humanity meets its end.
By becoming the food source for more successful species.
The creature's lair must be somewhere very close.
What happens when we find this thing? We kill it.
I thought we only kill these creatures in self defence.
This one's too dangerous.
And if we kill it we can't affect the past or the present.
Shoot to kill.
That makes a refreshing change.
I was beginning to feel like a social worker.
There's nothing.
Make sure you verify your target.
Look up! What the hell was that? We need a bigger gun.
It's one step ahead of us all the time.
It knew what we were going to do before we even did it.
I warned you it was smart.
It'd be more helpful if you could tell us how to catch it.
What we need is something that gives us an ad some weakness in its defences.
Otherwise it's just gonna pick us up one by one.
The dogs.
The dogs went crazy before it attacked.
What would make them go off like that? It can't be smell, if there was a scent trail they'd have followed it.
Hearing.
- A sound.
- They heard something.
It's using sound.
That's why it manages to stay ahead of us.
It can detect physical movement before it's between visual range.
And the dogs they detect a higher frequency.
That's how they know when it's nearby.
Like echo location.
High frequency sound waves.
It's like a sonar system.
Some animals use it to detect prey.
Like a bat.
Well, you said there was bat blood in the lion enclosure.
That's it.
That's it, this thing must be some kind of, I don't know, SuperBat.
He's right.
Three quarters of all mammal species are bats or rats.
Maybe the future belongs to them.
We can use its own weapon against it.
- And the oscilloscope? - It's in the car.
Go get it.
Okay, I know it's in here somewhere.
Okay.
It's fast.
I thought I was gonna die there.
But you didn't.
No.
I'm quite chuffed about that.
Maybe you should go home.
No, I'm gonna stay.
I mean, Han Solo, he wouldn't give up before the job's done, would he? I always saw you more as R2D2 myself but I take the point.
- Hi.
- Hi.
You just saved my life.
I ought to.
You haven't paid this month's rent yet.
- Abby.
- Yeah.
Thank you.
What do they keep in here? It's an animals' cages storage.
Great place for a lair.
Whatever is making that noise is right on top of us.
The dogs should be going crazy.
It's in here somewhere.
Cutter! You need to see this.
My God, it's giving birth.
Cute.
There are three bodies back here.
She's doing it to feed her youngs.
We've got company! Where the hell is it? Stephen! If you kill them now, you'll be making a big mistake.
What do you suggest? A sympathetic foster family? A dangerous anomaly to the future it's opened in the Permian.
Predators could come pouring through it.
But why should we keep these animals alive? To pin point the exact location of the anomaly.
All bats have extraordinary homing instincts.
They'll know their own environment, they can lead us to it.
- And what happens to them then? - We kill them.
We kill them.
To let even one of them loose in the Permian era could be a potential catastrophe.
They can wipe out whole species.
They can change things in ways we can't even conceive.
And afterwards we keep a permanent guard at the future anomaly? The thread's too serious to be ignored.
Serious enough to warrant a permanent intrusion into the past? With the correct restrictions, yes.
I suppose just bombing somewhere is out of question.
All right, we'll do it.
I just hope you're right.
We never discussed living arrangements.
I'm gonna take the spare room.
You don't have to.
We're still married.
Excuse me.
Be careful with them.
They're our only hope of finding the future anomaly.
If I don't make it back push Lester through the worst anomaly you can find.
It's a given.
What happens if it closes while you're on the other side? We'll wait until it reopens.
I think we should get going.
Don't go.
Stay.
I think this is a mistake.
I've got a really bad feeling about this.
It's gonna be fine.
I'll see you soon.
You think I should make a speech? "One small step for a man " that sort of thing? Maybe another time.
That wasn't very professional.
Sod off professionalism.
That was a very touching farewell.
Yeah, it worked for me.
I suppose the object of the exercise was to punish me in some way.
No, actually, it wasn't about you at all.
Yeah.
Are you sure? There's no chance you could have made a mistake? Connor, give me the phone.
- Okay, I understand, thanks.
- The lab? Yeah.
The creature's autopsy proves beyond any doubt that it was definitely a male.
It's got to be a female, it was nurturing its young.
Maybe in that species that's a job for the boys.
It better be.
Because if not it means the mother's still out there.
What happened? - I'm not sure.
- Did you see something? Nothing.
- Is the anomaly getting weaker? - No, no change.
Hey, Nick! Come here.
Here.
Let's go take a souvenir.
Stand up.
What? The camp.
It's the camp we found the first time.
We made it.
It's us.
We are the intruders.
The camp we found was old.
There was a dead body.
Don't you see? We've arrived five years before the first time we came here.
We've created our own past.
We must be near the anomaly.
This is it, Nick.
We found it.
We found the future.
That's all you cared about.
You just wanted to find the future for yourself.
Stand back! The first time we came here that body we found that was me, wasn't it? I was looking at myself.
Did any of the young survive? It looks like they're all dead.
This is over, we're leaving.
We should bury the men.
We don't have to go back, Nick.
The future anomaly must be here somewhere.
We can still find it.
The future? Helen Cutter's last great frontier.
No.
If you wanna stay here and look for it, it's fine.
It's fine.
But you're gonna have to do it on your own.
Cause I'm leaving.
What do you got to get back for? That girl? Please don't tell me you're in love with her.
Maybe, you know, maybe.
- That's not really the point.
- And what is the point professor? The point is that I know where I belong.
What happened? Did you find the anomaly? Captain Ryan didn't make it.
And all his men are dead.
Whatever happens, nobody goes back through.
Well, I'm sorry to break your new rule so soon, Nick, but I'm not staying.
But what did you come back through for? Oh, just a little unfinished business.
You see, Nick, it was just one of those things I was lonely and you didn't seem to care about me and Stephen was so sweet and attentive.
- Shut up Helen.
- You mean you never told him? Oh dear.
What an extremely awkward moment.
You see, I don't want to be on my own anymore.
You once said you'd do anything for me if I gave you the chance.
Well, here it is.
- Come with me.
- Don't do this.
Falling for one of your students is never a good idea, but sometimes these things just happen, you know? How could you keep that from me for so many years? There wasn't a point in saying anything.
It was a long time ago, in the past.
The past has the habit of coming back these days, doesn't it? Well, are you coming? You know what I forgot, Helen? Sometimes you can be a real bitch.
Where's Claudia? - Claudia? - Where is Claudia Brown? I don't know anyone with that name.
- No, come on, where is she? - Really, we - don't know what you're talking about.
- Never heard of her.
You've been working with her every day for months.
So don't tell me you don't know who she is.
No idea, I'm so sorry.
Look, look, where is she? - Cutter, we don't know her.
- No one knows her.
Wait, something's wrong.
This isn't right.
Something's going wrong.
Something happened.
Something's changed.
We've done something.
Something that we've done has changed the past and she's not here anymore.
Oh my God.