The Head (2020) s01e06 Episode Script

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Today, we pay tribute
to the heroine of Polaris V.
Sarah Jackson,
a scientist,
a mother, an adventurer.
One member
of the crew remains missing.
- Sarah Jackson
- She is a very good friend,
so
Sarah Jackson.
She was the only victim
of the fire.
It's Sarah It's Sarah.
- We should keep moving.
- Yeah.
There was a fracture
of the occipital bone.
Sarah didn't die in the fire.
She was murdered.
Murdered?
What are you saying?
This was taken
the night of the fire.
The night
Sarah Jackson died, look.
- The sweater
- It was him.
Arthur killed Sarah Jackson.
Are you sure about this?
It has to have been him.
Arthur's looking for you.
He wants to know when he can
expect the protein sequencing.
Are you okay?
They call it
"paradoxical undressing."
Your hippocampus
gets so messed up by the cold,
that you start to feel hot.
Suddenly your clothes
suffocate you.
Imagine that
They'd find me
butt naked and frozen
halfway to
the Argentinian station.
Might well
be still worth a shot.
I can tell Arthur
that I couldn't find you.
If you need a moment
Should I do that?
Did you know?
When you asked me to come here,
did you know this could happen?
A few more weeks,
and then summer will be here.
A few more weeks
You'll see.
I'll just
So, tell me what happened
to Sarah Jackson.
Sorry, could you
repeat the question?
Could you tell me
what happened to Sarah Jackson?
She died.
She died.
That's the answer,
as much as I know.
There was an accident, and
suddenly it was this fire
and everything
collapsed.
And we needed to
go back there for
sending an SOS, before
the station broke down.
Sarah Jackson went in
I remember seeing Sarah
run the other way, and
She shouted something, and I
couldn't quite hear what it was.
And we were all outside, and
she was not.
Sarah was a wonderful person.
Incredible, actually.
I admired her a lot.
I'm sorry,
she meant a great deal to me.
I'm sorry.
I miss her very much.
Sorry.
Unfortunately, she died
in the blaze
that engulfed Polaris V.
I lost a dear colleague
and a friend.
And I can only begin to imagine,
the pain that her family
is going through.
She is a great loss.
Annika!
Annika!
Stop it!
Annika, stop this bullshit,
right now!
What kind of range
does that thing have anyway?
Do you really think
someone's gonna come by
in the middle of the winter?
Desperate times
and so on and so forth.
Whatever happened back there,
it's bad enough
that Arthur wants to bury it
here with the rest of us.
Enough!
If I'm going to die here,
the least you can do
is tell me why.
What did she say?
You can't remember?
I remember
Okay.
I'm just not sure
you want to hear it.
And here it is!
The best cheesecake
in the whole continent.
Yeah, yeah!
- Here you are.
- I surrender,
I couldn't eat another bite!
Not even a little taste?
Come on, Damian!
Take a bite and you may wish
the winter never ended.
Not me.
A month from now,
the only ice I want to see
are the cubes in my Mai Tais.
That's lovely!
I promised the girls
I'd take them on holiday.
Unfortunately for me,
they love to ski
No!
That's life!
What about you?
Have you got any plans
for your kids?
I just know that
I'm gonna squeeze them so tight.
Yeah, maybe
- Hey, Nils.
- Hey.
What's the first thing
you're gonna do
when you get home?
Home?
This is home.
It's the most beautiful place
on Earth.
You speak like
a true "ice junkie," man.
Yeah? Well, Doc,
you just bury me here,
under the Aurora Polaris,
and I'll be a happy man.
Bury you?
We can't leave
any garbage behind, Nilsy-boy.
Hey Sarah, there's a
call for you in the common area.
Oh! Is it Sylvia?
Is it Olivia?
Say what you want about Arthur,
but the man is tireless.
I thought he would be
out of the lab by now.
He's getting ready
for his triumphant return.
- Yeah?
- He wants to
get it peer-reviewed ASAP,
get more funds,
and then try to scale it up.
Oh, God, I'm not sure
I want Arthur to save the world.
He's going to be insufferable
after it
He's not saving it by himself,
now is he?
Yeah
I'm sure our names will show
very big on the footnotes.
How was it?
Excuse me.
So, there's not any call for me?
Do you realise what we've done?
I just wanted to thank you.
- Thank you.
- No!
You
I
I
- I really should get going
- No
I should
I was gonna go to bed
Let me
Let me
No, no Let me
I think I'll just
Fuck off!
Go on, fuck off!
No! Wait.
No, I'm sorry!
I'm sorry I'm sorry.
- I'm sorry.
- I
I misunderstood, I thought
No, it's alright.
- Okay.
- I'm sorry.
- It's okay.
- Okay.
I'm sorry.
We're friends, I'm sorry.
Yes.
- It's okay.
- Okay.
Listen to me, Sarah.
I made you, Sarah.
I made you.
And I can unmake you.
Okay?
Now, let me
Let me.
Good girl.
Don't fight me.
That's it.
That's it, good girl.
Sarah?
-Sarah? Sarah?
Sarah, look at me.
Annika!
Oh, no!
It was an accident, Annika.
She is dead.
It was It was an accident.
You did it! I saw
I saw everything!
I didn't mean to
I didn't mean to do it, Annika.
- I pushed her, and
- Oh, God.
- I pushed, and
- Shut the fuck up!
You killed her.
You killed
Shit.
You.
Sarah
I can't go to prison, Annika.
I can't
Fuck.
You should pay for this.
You should pay for this.
This is what she's had to
deal with her whole life.
This is what I had to deal with
my whole life!
Eminent professors like yourself
and we had to
bend over backwards,
just to impress them!
And then you took me,
and I realise that,
and I was different, wasn't I?
I was different.
You took me because of
my talent and my drive,
and you paved the way for me.
But now, what the fuck
happens now?
Everything we worked for,
Arthur, everything!
Everything Sarah worked for,
it all goes to shit!
Because you couldn't keep
your dick in your pants.
It's so fucking pathetic.
And why should I pay?
That's not fair.
It's not fucking fair!
She doesn't deserve this.
She doesn't deserve this.
So, what are we going to do?
What are we going to do?
Take off your sweater.
Take your sweater off.
What about the rest of them?
They won't listen
to you, Arthur.
But they might listen to me.
Go fucking wash yourself.
How did you do it?
It wasn't easy.
And it took time,
it took a lot of time
Hey!
-Hey, hey!
No!
No!
-No.
No.
Okay.
It would be three weeks until
the summer crew arrived, so
I just had to keep talking,
and talking,
and talking
I say,
we let Copenhagen handle it.
We radio it in,
and we sit tight
until the authorities get here.
It's three weeks
until planes can even land here.
Look, why don't we just lock him
in the laundry room until then?
Then we can all take turns
keeping an eye on him.
And what good would that do?
- What good?
- Yes, Erik. What good?
He killed her, Annika.
Okay.
Okay
I'm gonna ask you a question,
what do you think will happen
when the world finds out?
Huh?
Our funding, our grants,
our donors All gone.
No university
or institute in the world
will touch our research
with a ten foot pole.
- She is your friend.
- She was
my friend,
Ebba.
And she worked as hard
as any of us
to see this project through.
I can't believe you.
Hey, Damian.
You've seen the models
and the numbers.
You know what will happen
in 30, 20, hell, in ten years,
if we keep pouring CO2
at our current rate.
We will have floods,
we will have draughts,
and mass starvation
What we're doing here
has never been seen before.
And there's still so much
that needs to be done.
We can't stop now.
Oh, I don't
Damian.
You came here for one reason,
and one reason only,
and that was to save lives.
Sarah's life
can't be saved anymore,
but millions of others can.
Fuck your research
and your fucking ego!
Ego?
I'm reporting this now.
You are an accomplice, Miles.
Arthur can testify to that.
Hell, I can.
Yeah, I overheard you.
You sent her to the Common Area
and you knew very well
there was no phone call for her.
I didn't know
he was gonna kill her.
No Okay.
But I would say, out of all us,
you're the one
with the most to lose.
You're a fucking bitch.
Okay.
I was a bitch
I had to.
We have to stick together.
- Sure.
- Okay?
I'm just trying
to be the voice of reason.
I want to continue this work.
What are you doing?
Leave me alone!
It's reality, Nils.
Annika, in respect of you,
I understand your argument,
but I don't think
that it's a sane argument.
We are talking about lives.
But not one,
or two, or just ours.
But the whole world.
Tell me that you are not in.
Think about it
for a while. I'll come back.
- No
We can't do this.
This is about
something bigger than you and I,
- and everyone here.
- It's about you.
I'm not going into this.
You're asking me for something
which is beyond anything.
- No, I am
- I'm not going into this,
I'm not a criminal!
Don't you understand
how important that is?
Oh, how convenient to call it
"the right thing,"
covering a murder.
Listen to Miles!
Listen to me!
That's gonna get you somewhere!
I'm not in! I'm not in!
- Story of your life.
- Fuck you.
Calm the fuck down, Ramón!
- Fuck.
When you spend
a whole winter
locked in a tin can
with nine other individuals,
you will learn everything
there is to know about them.
All the good, and the bad
and the worse.
And I used it.
I used it all.
How do you propose
to keep this a secret?
They'll find out about you.
Lukas will find out.
Who do you think is going to get
custody of the boys?
It's going to happen.
I have been tracking
your download history, Ramón.
If that goes public
- Shut up.
- You'll never work again.
Not in Antarctica,
not back home. Nowhere.
Your mother, your father
they will be so ashamed.
It's gonna be okay.
With your history,
this is not gonna look good
on your record.
They are not gonna let you
back on the ice Nils,
and you know I'm right.
When was the last time
you've been back home?
Not for a week or a month,
but for a long time.
Enough.
I'm trying to help you.
If you go back home alone
you're going to find
a faster way of killing yourself
than that bottle.
What you are doing
Selling prescription drugs
to your fellow crew members,
that's a felony, Lars.
Are you hearing me?
Everybody else is in, Erik.
Except you.
Okay
Okay.
Did you ever waver?
Did you ever
have second thoughts?
And then it happened.
The heat of the fire,
it opened up the crevasses
hidden under the station.
The ice swallowed
our sins for us.
Or so we thought.
Polaris V has resurfaced.
That's why you came back.
No.
I'm sorry. I
No
That's not Annika.
She wouldn't
- I'm sorry.
- No!
I said no!
Johan!
- Johan!
- Micke.
Are you alright?
Johan!
Johan!
I left a gift for you
inside Polaris.
About that thing you thought
you got rid of
Well, you didn't.
Jesus, Annika
I know what you did.
And what is it
you think you know?
- Annika told Maggie
- The definition of hearsay.
She told her
you killed Sarah Jackson
She did, did she?
And you believed her?
You know your wife
was trying to discredit me.
No more shared authorship.
One simple murder accusation
and she could leap
to the head of the byline.
Keep all the research
for herself,
keep all the glory
for herself.
Someone ambitious would do that,
wouldn't they?
That doesn't sound like
the Annika we know?
Driven
Hungry for success
Tired of living in the shadow
of an obnoxious pig like myself?
No.
Sarah Jackson died
of a blow to the head.
- You can't deny that.
- No, I don't.
She hit her head
trying to escape the fire.
That would be great,
wouldn't it?
Blame it on the fire.
It's what happened.
Except
Micke,
found no smoke in her lungs.
When the fire started,
Sarah Jackson was already dead.
Huh?
So what?
Somebody else killed her.
It could be anybody.
We had a drunk,
- a disturbed army vet
- And you.
A narcissist
with a God complex, Arthur
you.
Like I said,
anything that Maggie says
is just hearsay,
and you know it.
I believe
you're telling the truth
about Annika.
I just needed some time
to process it, to
to accept it.
Okay.
Annika may have covered up
Sarah's murder.
But it was Arthur
who killed her.
That means he had a motive
to bury the truth,
to make sure
no one ever found out.
You think that's the reason
he killed everyone?
You know it.
And I know it.
But that's not enough, is it?
We need the world to know.
And for that,
we need evidence.
Or he walks.
He fucking walks.
I know
Please
I need you to remember.
I need you to tell me
where Annika is.
The Argentineans
We need to try the Sno-Cat.
It's to big a risk
and we don't have enough fuel
to get there.
We might, if we cut through
the Western Plateau.
It's a death trap.
The crevasses alone
No.
We need to take that chance.
We need to get help.
I'll go.
No. That's not possible.
Astrid has flown all over
the Western Plateau.
If she tried to reach
the Argentineans,
we would've spotted her.
That's what she said, but
Oh, shit.
- Is that coming from
- The Western Plateau.
We can't go to
the Argentinian base.
Fuck.
How far are the Canadians?
Too far.
Maybe, but at least there's not
a massive category five storm
between them and us.
- Annika
- No.
Finish fueling.
I'll go find rations.
Fuck.
Annika headed east!
She went to the Canadian base,
not the Argentinean one.
Astrid, come in.
This is Johan.
Talk to me.
Listen,
Annika went for
the Canadian base.
Not the Argentinean.
Shit. We've been looking
at the wrong place.
How soon can you get there?
I'm turning right now.
They're searching now.
Thank you.
Sorry
Sorry I couldn't
remember sooner. I
It's not your fault.
I can't help feel like it is.
Listen, you've been
You've been very brave.
You know that, yeah?
I remembered more
I couldn't save him.
Where is she?
- She's gone.
- Where?
Away from you.
She'll die out there.
She'd rather face the storm
than face you.
You little bitch.
That's what we all are,
aren't we?
Just little bitches.
Me,
Annika,
Sarah Jackson
Killing women.
That seems to be
your thing, isn't it?
Run!
Run!
This is all your fault,
you know.
All those people,
they didn't need to die.
But you had to keep sticking
your nose in, didn't you?
About Polaris V.
What happened on Polaris V
was an accident.
It was a mistake!
But that doesn't matter anymore.
Because nobody's
gonna know about it.
Because when the Danes get here,
there'll just be me.
Only me!
Telling them
the ugly fucking truth
about what you've done.
Oh, fuck it!
Hey, hey!
Hey!
Shit!
Open this bloody door!
Hey!
Open the door!
Hey!
Hey!
I'll bloody kill you,
you little bitch!
Hey!
Hey!
Open the door!
I was afraid he would
find a way out, so
After that
I hid
I waited I prayed, I guess.
And then you turned up.
Johan.
I think I found her.
I think it's her.
A Sno-Cat, stuck in a snow bank.
Where are you?
About fifteen miles
from your position.
I'll land and call you back.
Johan, do you copy?
Johan?
Johan, do you copy?
Johan?
Don't go, Johan!
We were too late.
I'm sorry.
- Annika was my
- You don't
You don't say her name.
You hear me?
You don't say it.
I know what you did.
You cut the Sno-Cat's fuel line.
Excuse me?
You sentenced her to die.
She had no chance.
I've had enough
of your inane accusations.
You know that?
I can't wait
for the police to get here,
and for this farce to be over.
I'm gonna make you pay
for the way you've treated me.
You and your whole fucking crew,
you'll be scrubbing toilets on
You recognise this picture?
You remember what
you were wearing that night?
Huh?
She died
so she could get this
away from you.
She got you.
When I hand this to the police,
when they run their tests,
whose blood do you think
this is gonna be?
Huh?
I'm betting on Sarah Jackson's.
You?
Your career is over.
Your reputation is over.
And your life is over.
Johan
Show them to their rooms,
so they can get started.
And then Miles and Nils
in the freezer,
Miles with his head severed.
And then Heather and Aki
Ebba, in the hangar.
Ramón, in the gym.
And
Well
Annika.
She's
She was Johan's wife.
Not yet, Arthur.
You still have
one interview to give.
My name is
Margaret Emilia Mitchell.
I was the doctor here.
I've
I first met Arthur when I
I'd just arrived.
I remember him
introducing himself, he
Damn it!
Come in.
Johan.
Ready to leave?
I've been ready for weeks,
trust me.
The inspectors told me
you could have this back.
I guess I'm not a suspect
anymore.
Guess not.
Here, allow me.
You'll soon get over the T3.
Micke told me
all you need is a
a little bit of rest.
Listen, I wanna
apologize.
The way I treated you
Accused you.
Please believe me
when I say that
that was not me.
Johan, your wife
If something happened
to someone I loved,
I don't know
what I'd be capable of.
Thank you.
There.
I guess you won't be coming back
to Antarctica.
I don't think so, no.
Have a good life, Maggie.
You too, Johan.
Hi.
Olivia
Is it done?
Yeah.
It's done.
I'm proud of you.
Now, Sarah, I understand
you're a mother of two.
Is it hard for you to leave
your daughters for half a year
to go to the coldest place
on Earth?
Yes, absolutely.
But they're a couple of
brave, strong girls,
and they understand
I'm doing it for them,
and for their future.
So what are you really
doing here, Maggie?
I came here
because of my mother.
Mom would be proud of you.
You remind me of someone.
Oh, yeah?
She is not who she says she is.
You can't trust her, Johan.
Get hold of Barts Medical School
and ask for a copy of
Margaret Mitchell's file.
Yes, absolutely.
I'll send it to you right away.
She could be working
for somebody else.
No, this is too brutal.
It's almost personal.
I'm truly sorry.
Your mom
she deserved the truth.
She wasn't even
supposed to be here.
Lars Olander
was my first choice.
But a few weeks before
we fly out,
he gets hit by a drunk driver.
She did it.
She killed them all.
Could she be faking it?
Fake that?
Johan, I've seen a lot of T3 cases.
I doubt she's faking it.
If something happened
to someone I love,
I don't know
what I'd be capable of
Olivia Jackson.
I like it.
But I prefer Maggie Mitchell.
Do you remember
what you asked Annika?
If she ever had second thoughts?
Well
did you?
Maggie?
What are you doing?
Aki?
Thank God you're okay.
Where's Arthur?
You got away?
What did you do?
It's Annika,
she's gonna go for help.
She's gonna get us out,
she's gonna save us all.
But
But I saw you.
You were
You
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Were you
sorry?
Maggie?
Maggie, I found the rations.
Ready?
Ready.