Fortitude (2015) s01e09 Episode Script

! People are scared-- nothing like this has ever happened here before.
This isn't Fortitude.
You called London.
You told him I murdered Stoddart.
What is he asking her about Billy Pettigrew now? Pettigrew's the reason he's here.
Ask me any question you want.
Whatever's happening to us, Shirley was a victim.
There's something else going on-- something much worse.
Why'd you release the teacher? He's obviously connected.
It's my turn to take the lesson-- it's truth time.
There in the day, come to me Straight into my arms I tried to caress it Ooh, ooh But it ran through my fingers Ah, ah-ah Water will keep running Rivers will turn Water will keep running And rivers will turn Water will keep running And rivers will turn Water will keep running And rivers will turn.
Okay, Jules, that's the pentobarbital stopped.
Liam's going to wake up.
He'll require pain management for the frostbite damage, but I can take him home? Medically, we've no objection.
But the governor will make that decision.
What your little boy did God knows what she'll decide.
A child murdered a stranger.
A young woman attacked her own mother.
The worst thing is that the killer's in your own home.
Watching television with you, eating with you, lying beside you in bed at night.
And could attack you for no reason.
We keep the lid on Allerdyce.
If nobody knows her condition, then nobody knows that Liam and Shirley carried out identical attacks.
And we mustn't connect them in public.
They are connected-- they're the same.
We cannot let fear take hold.
I'll be back in precisely two hours.
And then we'll begin.
Ovaries.
Penis.
Male and female sex organs developing in parallel.
Do you think that the spontaneous aborts are as a result of this hermaphroditism.
Which is a result of some environmental factor.
Maybe, though there is another theory.
Which is? The Sami reindeer herders have accounts of similar mass events.
There's whole herds that abort and miscarry, there's whole generations lost to hermaphroditism.
And they say it happens when a demon lives amongst the herd.
Mates with them.
What do they mean by "demon"? Well, there are other incidences in Hi.
Hello.
Come in.
Hi.
Was among the things we took from the professor's study.
Your name.
It might be important.
Hi, Nat.
Hey.
We should go swimming soon.
Now that fall's here, I miss it.
Yeah, me, too.
You would be very welcome to join the two of us.
Yeah.
Okay.
Bye.
It's from Charlie.
He's authorized research investigation on a protected specimen-- Ursus maritimus.
He's left me a polar bear.
A polar bear.
Hey, lovely.
Hello, son.
If there's no sign of necrotic debris I see no need for further debridement.
Frankly, his recovery is just it's remarkable.
You're going to be okay.
I'm going to take you home.
He'll be disorientated for a while.
If he complains of pain or if he's in distress He won't be in any pain.
We won't let that happen.
Will we, son? Hello? Whoa.
You think murderers knock? Sorry.
What do you want? Some ammunition.
What kind? Uh, hunting rifle.
Caliber? Thirty-aught-six.
Oh, old school.
Yes, I'm something of a classicist.
Very limited options in the thirty-aught-six.
Mm.
What are you planning to shoot? Bean I've got some 180 grain left.
Mm.
I'm partial to 165 grain.
Nope.
Don't stock it.
Sold out? Long time ago.
Who bought it? Maybe I can go beg a few rounds.
Who bought it? You're asking me who bought the ammunition? Yeah.
On the off-chance.
Where I come from, we don't talk to policemen lightly.
Northern Ireland.
I'm from Fortitude.
Right.
Under Norwegian law, Liam will not be prosecuted.
But given the seriousness of the offense, the authorities have ruled that psychological assessment take place.
We're the ones being assessed, aren't we? Jules and I? The whole family has to be assessed together to determine what caused Liam's behavior.
I'll need your passports.
Frank.
Frank, come here now.
Okay.
It's magnificent.
Killed another bear.
A full grown adult male.
And ate it.
Sorry, I didn't think that would work.
I was Ah! Fucker.
Taking a slice from the frontal cortex.
The gyral pattern is normally formed.
Normal corticomedullary distinction.
This sample will be number two.
There is no evidence of discoloration or historical trauma.
No generalized atrophy.
I want to know what's going to happen to Carrie if they can't find her father.
Well she doesn't have any other family in town, so I'm looking at other families who might take her in.
No.
I'll look after her.
You'd do that? She's ten.
She needs to be in her house, she needs to sleep in her own bed.
She can't stay here alone, so I'll stay with her.
I'll look after her.
I think that would be good.
Me, too.
Swift to its Close ebbs Life's changing days Earth grows dim Its glories pass away Change And decay I In all around I see I need Thy presence Every passing hour What but Thy grace Can foil the tempter's power? Mm.
Who, like Thyself Can guide and stay with me? Through God and sunshine Abide with me.
Come on, sweetheart.
Hi.
Hi.
I-I brought something for Liam.
Did he come home? Hello.
Your old mum here told me you liked the photographs I take.
I was going to bring you one, but then I had a better idea.
Now, this little fellow here has great power.
He's a tupilaq.
Hey, Hey? Oh, my God.
I think there's something very bad going on in this place.
I I'm going to leave here, and you should, too.
Leave? Good-bye.
Good-bye.
Henry? I'll tell Liam about you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Oh.
Hello, Governor.
No.
No.
Don't get up.
Please.
Your food will get cold.
You know, the day I arrived in the taxi, the driver said, "You see all that snow out there? "The icicles, the reindeer? "Don't let that mislead you.
This is not Christmas.
" Well.
Maybe when all this is over, you can come back? When the Glacier Hotel is finished, you can spend a long, quiet night up on the glacier.
Maybe.
May I? Of course.
Oh.
Sorry.
I have to Professor Stoddart hired me to look at the effects of pollution and environmental toxins in apex predators.
Polar bears.
Yes.
We're seeing aberrant behavior, cannibalism, psychotic behavior.
W-What are you proposing? The tests I carried out on the bear-- I want to do the same with Shirley Allerdyce.
This bear attacked and devoured another adult male bear.
We don't see that happen.
It's psychotic.
Now, Shirley Allerdyce I know this sounds strange, but Shirley Allerdyce was an apex predator.
What? Well, scientifically-speaking, we all are.
We're at the top of the food chain.
And Shirley attacked and attempted to kill her mother.
Bio magnification.
The toxins accumulate in the apex predators.
Okay, a seal absorbs a gram of mercury.
So, the bear eats 100 seals.
That's 100 grams of mercury accumulating in the bear's liver.
So, you want to examine Shirley's brain? Because if we find what we're looking for, then that means this place is dangerous.
The environment.
It's not safe to live here for any animal.
Carrie? You want to help? Cool.
Fork, knife, spoon, dessert spoon.
Now you.
Fork on the left.
Spoon, knife What is it? Shirley stabbed her mom with a fork.
Why did she do that? We don't know why.
Nobody knows.
I saw Shirley in the supermarket next to the fridge.
She was She was dead.
And it frightened you? Yes.
Okay, Carrie.
Okay, I'm going to make sure that you and me are safe, okay? I am going to protect you.
You understand? Okay.
What has he done? I just want him to come home.
You're gonna tell me what happened the night Stoddart was murdered.
You're gonna tell me how you got my son into his house, and how you got my son's fingernail inside a dead man.
How can you think? I never went near Shirley Allerdyce attacked her own mother.
That was you.
You messed with that poor girl's mind, and her breakdown was your doing.
What Shirley and I had together was consensual and There's no point in you talking to me completely mutual.
unless you're gonna tell me what it is I want to know.
And it's not anybody's place to tell me otherwise.
I will not listen to bullshit.
This comes off when you're ready to tell me the truth.
We never found the arm.
Yeah, there wasn't much left of him, was there? Hungry bear.
You said he was screaming when you shot him, right? Mm.
There was enough left of him for that.
What is it you're looking for? Satisfying answers to outstanding questions.
What questions? Well it was minus 17 degrees with a wind chill of a further ten degrees when Bill Pettigrew walked out of town.
And he was a trained geologist with years of field experience.
I would like to know how he walked seven miles in his shirtsleeves and didn't freeze to death.
I'd like to know why he didn't take his gun.
And I'd like to know why the floorboards in his room were changed.
You'll have to accept that there are some things we'll never understand.
You confessed to me that you shot him while he was being torn apart.
Yes.
With what caliber rifle? All the police-issue rifles are the same caliber.
Yes.
I know.
Okay, Hildy, once and for all.
You're going to listen to me.
You're not gonna freeze me out any longer, I Okay.
Okay? Can I start? I loved you so much.
You were so funny and smart and kind.
You were the man I wanted most and you wanted me and I couldn't be happier.
But that man would never have done what you've done.
And it's not that I can't forgive you, it's that you're not my man anymore.
He's gone.
I'll make a start.
Come on.
It's okay.
Cancer is eating me alive from the inside out.
So while I still have the strength, I'm going to get a grip of the end.
Make sure it's my ending.
I came to this place, the purity was bracing.
Unsullied.
Stark and fierce.
Now it's all got shat on.
Poisoned and polluted.
I mean, Fortitude is going down the toilet.
I won't let that happen.
You, Dan? I don't know about you any more.
I worry that you might be toxic.
Fuck you, Henry.
What I did I'm not saying it wasn't wrong.
No.
But I didn't do it for gain, I didn't do it for advantage.
I did it out of love.
I never knew that.
Never knew love.
What do you got there? Let's have a look.
What is that? Mm.
Frank, leave it.
What the hell is it, Jules, where'd it come from? Just He likes it.
Come on.
N No! Let me see it.
Okay, it's all right, No! Sweetheart.
No.
No! Oh, shit! Shit.
Shh, shh.
Shh, shh.
What the fuck is this thing, Jules? Where the fuck did he get it? I've changed my mind.
I don't want you here.
You think he killed Stoddart.
You can't accept what he did because you know it's your fault.
It's a receipt for something he shot on the glacier that he wanted prepared.
It's here somewhere.
Did Pettigrew ever talk about why he was here? He might've done.
Well, did he or didn't he? I don't remember.
Okay.
This is what Pettigrew wanted stuffed? It's an arctic hare.
It's a lovely animal.
You know they have a sense of humor? He was a geologist who came to Fortitude looking for something valuable.
Some treasure.
Did he ever talk about it? Not that I remember.
Henry been giving blood? I don't know what he does.
He's sick.
He's very sick.
I don't interfere with him.
When's he coming back? I'd like to talk to him.
Berosofin.
He's not coming back, is he? Henry? Hey! Ha! Hey! Henry? Hildur, the lab is expecting us.
The mainland wants us to fail.
Why would they? They can no longer afford to subsidize us.
Lunatics clinging to a frozen rock.
Stellan called.
The drill engineers have pulled out.
The construction team's cancelled the contracts.
So they're not coming.
You know, occasionally you have these moments of clarity.
You think you're respected.
You're barely tolerated.
The Glacier Hotel.
I'm told that their projections are not as optimistic as ours.
I think the word "folly" was used.
Is that what you think, too? You're our governor.
You're not some some salesperson for novelty hotels.
This place is in danger.
You're needed.
Truly needed.
You're the one person everyone will turn to and everybody trusts.
I know! I know how much you're suffering.
Shut your fucking mouth.
We have the same question.
Liam, Shirley What made them do it? You.
You made them do it.
PFAs were present in Shirley Allerdyce.
Around 70 parts per million.
You think that's what caused Shirley to attack her mother.
We're seeing a pattern.
Well, the beginnings of a pattern.
But these toxins are present in the brains of both the bear and Shirley.
It's more than just a coincidence.
So what's next? I propose we carry out another test.
On what? On Liam Sutter.
What? Y-You want to dissect his brain? Liquidize it and run tests on it? No.
We look at his cerebrospinal fluid.
A lumbar puncture would tell us if he's been affected.
I know what you are doing.
Dehumanizing your victim.
Please.
Help yourself and tell me what you did.
Nothing.
I swear.
I swear to God I didn't do anything.
The procedure is painful.
It's invasive and possibly unethical.
And I don't want us to be railroaded.
By What? What? By confirmation bias.
What's-what's that? It's where you look for results to suit your theory because your self-esteem has become more important than a scientific truth.
Okay, we won't know until we do the procedure on the child.
Thank you.
Don't thank me.
It's the truth.
I was being ironic.
You mean sarcastic.
All right.
Enough.
Everything I do from now on is breakage and loss.
Less of you left.
Listen Listen You pulled my son's fingernail No.
to leave as evidence.
Wait.
Like this.
Wait! I will speak to the boy's parents, and if they give consent, you'll go ahead.
No.
Frank, if you do this, there's no way back.
Help yourself and tell me the truth.
Frank.
I'll give you something.
I'll tell the police.
You have something to tell? Yeah.
Then tell me.
Tell me! Frank.
Tell me! No.
Stop it.
Tell me! Tell me! Stop it! Tell me! Stop it! Frank! Oh, my God.
If we don't get the truth, they'll take Liam.
Turn it off.
Look at the state you've got yourself into.
Look at the pair of you.
All this blood and mess.
All this pain.
We don't want that, do we? This won't help Liam, will it? Hey.
He needs you, Frank.
He needs you to be strong.
He needs to look up to his dad.
And you are a good dad.
You're a good man, Frank.
You'd never hurt Liam, would you? Never.
Never hurt anybody.
Let's go home.
That's it.
Dogs found this glove outside of town.
Crusted with blood.
Ronnie's? I need to be sure.
Minus-20 last night.
We're only looking for a body now.
I should tell her.
Oh, no.
Let me deal with it.
Are you sure? Yeah.
I will.
Okay.
Pizza's ready.
Come on.
It's just pizza.
It's not gonna bite you.
How would something like this spread? Uh, blood, saliva, a sneeze, a cough.
Could a virus cause this psychotic behavior? Jason.
We have to be prepared for the worst.
Defend the family.
The very heart of everything I am.
Tech department have enhanced this GPR scan, and you won't believe what Pettigrew found.
He knows everything.
That's the situation, Sheriff.