Primeval s02e01 Episode Script

Yes! My name is Professor Nick Cutter.
Eight years ago, my wife Helen disappeared.
I discovered she had stepped into the past, through ruptures in time called anomalies.
Now creatures from the past threaten the future of the human race.
There's only a small group of people who know the truth: my research team.
Stephen Hart, Connor Temple and Abby Maitland, and government officials James Lester and Claudia Brown.
I returned from the past to find that something has gone terribly wrong, and Claudia Brown has vanished, as though she was never even born.
I've come back to a different world.
And Helen and I are the only two people who know it.
Oh, my God! It's closing! No! No, I have to go! I have to make things right! Don't be stupid! You'll get marooned there.
Come on.
Something's happened.
Something happened while I was in there, something's changed.
The world's evolved differently.
On my way.
I think we're done here, aren't we? No, no Claudia Brown Claudia Brown.
She's been with us since the beginning.
She was in charge of the day-to-day running of the anomaly operation.
No, that's Leek.
Oliver Leek.
You can't have forgotten him.
You saw him at the ARC today.
- The what? - The ARC.
The Anomaly Research Centre.
No, you mean the Home Office? No.
We moved from that place ages ago.
Sorry, is he having a nervous breakdown in the aft of the meeting? - So, if someone can call an ambulance - He's fine.
You're getting a little old for imaginary friends, Professor.
A quiet night? What the Spoke too soon, probably kids.
All right, fun's over.
I need back up.
We've got an intruder.
Don't make me come in there and get you.
Evening, Professor.
- What have we got? - A new creature report.
Erm, intercepted emergency call at the Castle Cross shopping mall.
A security guard screaming something about a monster.
A shopping mall.
God help us.
I've instructed the police to stay out until we've investigated.
Ah Professor.
Glad to see you back well and safe.
Though I gather your wife won't be joining us? Who the hell are you? Ah, yes, Professor Cutter's suffering from some kind of stress-related amnesia.
He seems to have forgotten - pretty much everything, really.
- No.
I haven't forgotten a thing.
I wish I could.
And now he's being enigmatic as well.
What a vivid repertoire.
Are you really telling me you don't know who this man is? Nah, of course it's Leek.
Oliver Leek.
I know exactly who he is.
Is this some kind of industrial action or did no-one hear that we have a creature sighting in a shopping mall? Guys.
We're on it.
Cutter's always been eccentric, but I'm beginning to think he's just plain deranged.
Well, I suppose all very brilliant men are a little bit unusual, sir.
I'm brilliant, Leek, and I'm not the least bit unusual.
You didn't have a clue who Leek was, did you? Ok, you're officially freaking me out.
Let me get this straight.
You're saying that something's changed because of what happened in the Permian anomaly? Like evolution has just what, altered course? I'm glad somebody was listening.
You believe me? All right.
I'll buy it.
I could kiss you, Connor.
That's very sweet, but maybe not while there's people watching.
One thing, though.
How do I know how I'm different when I don't know what I was like before? Apparently some people never change.
Is that a bad or a good thing? - What are we using? - Ketamine for now.
But it would help if we knew what size creature we were dealing with.
I've had to guess the dosage.
Where's my gun? - Abby's got one.
- She knows how to use it.
- How many animals have you tranquilized? - I've played darts.
Well, sometimes I think you don't trust me with firearms.
I don't know what gives you that idea.
You ready? Yes.
So what now? We go in.
Who are you? Duty manager.
Tell us what happened.
We got an emergency call from one of our operatives.
- We haven't been able to raise him since.
- What did he say? He didn't really say anything.
He just sort of screamed.
Did you see anything in there? I want you to close these shutters behind us and I don't want you to open them again, until I tell you it's safe.
Because whatever happens, it mustn't get out.
What mustn't get out? Hang on, who the hell are you lot? Are we OK? About what? We can't ignore what happened.
Oh, you mean the fact that you slept with my wife? Stephen, if you're looking for closure, I'm a little bit busy.
I don't blame you for being angry.
Helen never cared about either of us.
She's mad.
Mad? She took off through an anomaly for 8 years.
Does that strike you as well-balanced? Just forget it.
I'm finished with the past.
It's just I don't know if it's finished with me.
Don't you hate it when people bring their personal lives to work with them? Can you get any closer? Come on, show us what you are.
What's that? Not sure.
A Cretaceous era therapod dinosaur.
The genuine article.
A raptor.
I always hoped we'd get one someday.
It's beautiful.
I said it was beautiful.
I didn't say it was friendly.
Oi, where are you going? I'm gonna get a slushy, ssh! It gets me every time.
Do you think the raptors have gone back through? When was life ever that simple? - I hope you're going to pay for that.
- Yeah if you can lend me a fiver.
Thank you, Abby.
Abby What? Close the shutter! OK.
Really quickly! Connor, run! Come on! - Oh, I hate that.
- What? Brain freeze from the slushy.
Right, go check the atrium, make sure we can contain it.
We need more firepower.
This is a raptor.
I've just lost a friend because we disrupted nature once too often and 'I don't intend to let it happen again.
You're sure you're OK? Under the circumstances I'd say I was doing pretty well.
Abby, give me your gun.
Stay here.
You good? Go! Don't shoot.
Abby, Connor get this guy out of here.
- Hello.
- Come on, you'll be fine.
Lester wants to know what's going on.
We've got a confirmed anomaly and one very angry raptor.
I'll put armed back-up on standby, and tell the owners there's been a security scare.
They'll stay closed as long as it takes.
Leek, has the concept of personal space ever been explained to you? Sorry Sir, it's from the Ministry and is marked top priority.
Private sector Public Relations Manager? What am I supposed to do with one of those? The minister thinks that we need more help with the media.
He feels that the situation is kind of getting out of hand.
His words, sir, not mine.
The last thing I need is some greasy PR supremo sucking up to the press.
This isn't a reality TV show.
Let me know the minute it's safe to re-open.
And keep in touch.
You know how I worry when I don't hear from you.
A raptor in a shopping centre.
How can I explain that to the owners? I think a PR person might not be such a bad idea after all.
- I haven't got my jacket.
- You can get it later.
I need my wallet and my keys.
Smashed clean off its hinges.
It's big.
Cutter! In your own time! Just shoot the damn thing! Shoot it! You're all right? The gun jammed.
Wait.
Did you leave that door open? I don't remember.
Give me the gun.
- What? - Come on.
- No.
- Please No.
Just for a minute.
What, do you want to go first? Thank you.
Clear! Clear, guys.
Connor - You're ridiculous.
- What? I said you're ridiculous.
What you mean ridiculous? I'm just doing my job.
- Shoot it! - All right, fine.
Got it, got it.
It's fine.
- Come on! - It's not exactly staying still for me, is it? - Shoot it, Connor! - It's fine, I got it.
You idiot.
Erm, Abby, I'm sorry Sorry.
OK, I'm just gonna have to just do this.
I'll be back with you in a minute, right? Now, hold on.
So you think that I would just stood by and watched you get torn to pieces? Well, I guess that depends on how much you resent me for what happened with Helen.
Yeah, you know, you're right.
I do.
I resent you.
But if I wanted you dead I'd have shot you myself.
Stephen! - Run! - It's jammed.
Stephen, wait here! You're all right? Look at it.
Just the perfect killing machine.
Do you know, in a fair fight, mammals wouldn't stand a chance.
Well, speaking as a mammal, I'm all in favour of cheating.
You know, about the gun, I was wrong.
Ah, never mind.
Listen, you could have gone with Helen, you could have left, and you didn't.
And right now that's all that really matters.
So so just forget about the rest.
Do you think she'll be back? Do you mean do I think she's finished messing with us? I seriously doubt it.
Helen never handled rejection particularly well.
Professor! Stephen! - What happened? - I shot her.
Collateral damage, though, 'cause I got the raptor too.
You brought down a full size raptor on your own? Yeah.
He's nearly full size.
Is she gonna be all right? She will have a nasty headache but she should be fine.
She'd better come around soon 'cause I'm gonna need all of you to get the raptors back alive.
- Alive? - Yeah.
These things are trying to make sushi out of us, and we have to play nice.
That doesn't seem fair.
The cleaner was attacked, he was badly injured.
I I don't get it, he was right there.
He was in a really bad way.
Well, he must have recovered and got himself out.
One raptor is a problem.
Two means we've got an infestation and God knows how many others running around down there.
I want you to take this back to the bowling alley and come meet us in the store.
On my own? It's unconscious.
You've got nothing to worry about.
What if it's just playing dead? - Playing dead? - Yeah.
You know, as Cretaceous era predators go, this creature's pretty smart, so yeah, it's probably Watch out for that.
Yeah.
Really? Interference.
Seems odd.
She's gonna kill me when she wakes up.
The first Security Guard was attacked here.
The second one here.
Both attacks happened within seconds of one another.
- Which means there's at least two of them.
- And we've only found one.
And a baby.
What are you doing here? You're supposed to be looking after Abby.
I thought you were doing that.
Look! - Oh, God! Abby! - Stay here, tell us where it's going.
Right, stay here, tell 'em where it's gone.
Where's it gone? Come on, come on, where are you? I can see it, Cutter.
It's on the level beneath you.
I repeat, on the level below.
I can't see it, it's disappeared again.
Where's it gone? Oh for crying out loud, how hard can it be to see a raptor in a shopping centre? Oh, my God! Guys it's heading straight towards the bowling alley.
It's going towards Abby.
You've got to be quick, it's moving pretty fast.
Come on, come on, you can do this.
Connor she's fine.
Oops, she's coming around again.
I'll just give it a quick No, hang on, just wait a minute.
There are three raptors, one of them's a baby.
So the chances are they're a family unit.
So maybe we don't have to go looking for daddy.
Maybe this little fellow will bring him to us.
That's right, you shout for your daddy.
Now, let's just hope they're a close family.
Where do you want me? I want you in there with Abby.
Give me that.
Go.
What's going on? Tell you later.
What just happened? That's two doses of tranquiliser and it's still on it's feet.
We're gonna have to up the amount.
They're too dangerous! We can't keep taking stupid risks.
Stephen, everything we do has an impact.
We've killed creatures before and nothing's happened.
How do you know that for sure? Look, maybe the strain of going through the anomalies has got to you.
Maybe you only think these changes took place.
What, do you think I dreamed Claudia Brown? The whole pattern of evolution changes but just one person disappears? - One person who happens to be a friend - No, it's not that simple.
The ARC didn't even exist before I left.
There's a whole team of people in there I've never even met.
There might be countless other things, big and small! I don't know yet! I'll only use it if I have to.
Hey! Hey! Have you seen an animal pass this way? - A dog? A polar bear? What? - No, trust me, you'd know if you'd seen it.
We've got to get it back to the mall.
What the hell was that? A radio controlled Cretaceous era raptor.
Probably'd be in the shells by Christmas.
Chase me! You've got to admit, that's pretty awesome.
Pretty cool, but you could tell it was a model.
Yeah, of course.
Oi, what about my bike? Connor! Where the hell are you? We're on our way up to the second floor.
Out of the way! I bet you boys are glad you gave me a gun now, huh? Yeah.
- How are you feeling? - Terrible.
.
Do you want me to get you something? I could run and get you a glass of water.
Stop fussing, Connor, I'm fine.
Abby, I want you to know something.
If I was gonna shoot anyone you'd so be the last person I'd shoot.
Apart from my mother, obviously, but you'd be right down the bottom of the list with her.
In fact, I don't think I'd shoot either of you.
- Can we drop this? - Yeah.
Can you move the gun out of the Abby area.
- Sure.
- Thanks.
.
I've got your back.
What can you feel? It's strange.
Its bone structure feels more like a bird's wing than anything reptilian.
So, guys, let me get this straight.
All we have to do is drag two of the angriest creatures in the known universe through a hole in time, back into an ancient world where we don't know what's waiting on the other side for us.
When you put it like that, it sounds so easy.
I'm going to do this on my own.
- We'll help.
- Who's "we"? I didn't say I wouldn't.
I just prefer to do my own volunteering.
Thank you.
I'm doing this on my own.
I don't want any arguments.
Connor.
How long have I got? Er, I don't know.
You know, it's so hard to say.
are gone within hours.
This one's been here most of the night already.
Come with me.
OK, what I want you to do is, I want you to tune every one of these radios to 87.
6 on FM.
Now, doesn't that sound strange to you? Interference.
Why? Come on.
You think it's something to do with the anomaly? It could just be a technical problem at the radio station.
Well, then, I want you to get on to that and find out.
Sure.
But if it is the anomaly that's causing this, that means there could be radio interference on this wave anytime one opens.
Which would explain why Helen was always one step ahead of us.
She must have some receiver to spot them.
We could build our own detector.
Something that traces the anomalies within seconds of appearing.
If the interference stops when the anomaly disappears, then maybe we're onto something.
Now, if I don't make it back this time, Connor, it's down to you.
Cutter, I've been meaning to ask you This Claudia Brown.
What was she like? What does it matter? I mean, to you she never even existed.
Tell me anyway.
Well, she was OK.
She Good at her job.
Loyal.
Team player.
Not as tough as she pretended to be, but she was strong when it mattered.
She meant a lot to you? Yeah.
Sorry.
What for? That I didn't know her and 'cause you lost her.
I want to believe you.
I really do, but it's hard.
I know.
These two won't be asleep for much longer.
OK this is as far as you go.
Yeah I thought you might try something like this.
So I followed you through, just in case you had some crazy idea about not coming back.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
All right, I know exactly what you're talking about.
But so what? Maybe it's for the best.
What? Dying out here in this Godforsaken place? Well, look, I figure if I travel through enough anomalies, then maybe I can fix it, maybe I can change things back the way they were.
What if there's no way back? What if this world is the only one there is? I mean, look, it's suicide.
Look, I don't want to die, Stephen.
I just want to try and make things right.
OK.
OK, well, let's suppose that you do change things.
How do you know that this time round we're not all just going to get wiped out? I don't.
You could change a million things and still not get Claudia back.
All you know is what's happening right here, right now.
You know, for once in your life, forget about the past.
Cause you've got a job to do.
Yeah, all right.
Just don't overdo it.
You haven't been right for a while.
Is it just me or is that anomaly closing? - You all right? - Where's Stephen? The anomaly's closing! Pull! Come on! Pull! Well, you were right.
It was the anomaly causing the interference.
Yeah.
We don't have to sit around waiting for the creatures any more.
We'll know the anomalies are open before they do.
Now all we have to do is find out what's causing the anomalies in the first place.
That might take a wee bit longer.
Yeah.
The place is clean and the anomaly's gone.
You can give the all clear.
Excellent.
We'll handle it from here.
Oh, good work, by the way.
- That could have been very nasty.
- Indeed.
You know you deserve a rest, and a chance to recover.
Take an hour.
No, let's not be mean, take two.
I'll see you back here at nine.
Forget it.
I'm going home to bed.
Well, there's someone I'd like you to meet.
A new member of the team.
- Who? - Oh, some sort of PR wizard.
Basically, he'll be our cover-up specialist.
Protecting the public from what they don't need to know, that sort of thing.
An unpleasant job but it has to be done.
Fine.
Whatever.
What's this? Revised details on the new recruit, sir.
Seems that the new man is not actually a man.
Well, her qualifications seem impressive enough anyway.
Morning.
- You're late.
- So fire me.
We can all dream.
Now you're finally here, perhaps we can get going.
Hello.
I'd like you all to meet your new colleague.
This is Jennifer Lewis.
Claudia Brown.
Jenny.
Nice to meet you.