La Brea (2021) s03e06 Episode Script

The Road Home, Part 2

1
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Every day since we got
here has been a struggle.
And we've certainly faced
our share of hardships.
But we've also had
our share of blessings.
I've found a new purpose down here,
an amazing woman, Paara.
Now I'm terrified I'm not
gonna find my way back to her.
Lucas, I'm pregnant.
I lost the best thing in my life.
Since then, I guess I've
just given up on everyone.
We were attacked by a raptor.
I have to go.
I can't lose her too!
You think the Aurora sent him to '65?
Yeah.
I'm taking back what's mine.
Maya Schmidt is the head
of the Reisander Group.
The air force contracted
her to create fighter planes
with time-travel capability.
That microchip contains all
the code to make it possible.
Get this to the lab immediately.
We have to stop her.
We have to get to that base.
The location's just ahead.
It's where they're holding Eve.
A detention center is
supposed to be here.
I see Aurora to '65.
Maya has a full operation in 1965.
That's where you'll find Eve.
And Josh and Riley.
Then that's where we've gotta go.
I'm not gonna stop until
I get my family back.

[SOFT MUSIC]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
I'll never get tired of this view.
Do you remember the first
time you showed it to me?
Yeah, of course I do, second date.
Third date.
Second date was food poisoning.
Right.
And the third date, we
we tied our picture on
a branch of that tree and
said we were gonna come back
on our first anniversary to
see if it was still there.
- And it was.
- Right.
Do you think the last one
we put up is still there?
I can check.
- Same spot, right?
- Yep.

I don't see it.
Green ribbon.
[LAUGHS]
[BOTH LAUGH]
I mean, I'm excited, and I'm terrified.
Yeah.
But I think we're ready for this.
- BOTH: Yeah.
- Yeah.
Okay, you have to promise me something.
What's that?
Every time you get pregnant,
you have to tell me
in the exact same way,
in the exact same spot, right here.
Every time I how many kids
do you think we're gonna have?
- 10, 12.
- Oh, my God.
[LAUGHS]
We have our work cut
out for us, don't we?
Yes, we do.

[TENDER MUSIC SWELLS]
Dad, you okay?
[SNIFFLES] Yeah, just, um,
thinking about your mom.
Well, we're one step
closer to finding Eve.
Okay.
Probably 18-year-old, dark hair.
So assuming we don't get arrested
for grand theft auto, what's the plan?
We're headed to an
industrial park in Pasadena.
It's one of Reisander's
bases of operation.
It's got their long-term
detention center.
That's where Eve is.
That's right.
But they also have a building
filled with computer servers.
Why do you care about that?
Because that's where all their research
about the microchip is stored.
We have to destroy it.
With what?
With an electromagnetic pulse explosive.
- This is a stripped-down EMP.
- [BEEPING]
We're gonna attach it to
their power transformer
and fry everything they got.
Okay. Piece of cake, right?
[ENGINE TURNS OVER]
Yes.
Hey.
I called the local hospitals,
looking for a 19-year-old
Jane Doe with abdominal trauma.
I think I found Riley at Cedars.
- Well, that's great news.
- Yeah, Josh could be with her.
- We have to go get them.
- No, wait.
We have to divide and conquer.
You've seen it yourselves.
These Auroras, they can wink
out in a moment's notice.
The one we came through
will only last three,
four hours max.
Take the Cadillac.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah.
- We'll get another car.
- Thank you.
Good luck.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

I know it's a long shot, but hopefully,
they get back here soon with Eve.
But that blue Aurora
could take you home,
back to 2021, right now.
Maybe you all should go
while you have the chance.
What do you think?
I don't see how we just
leave without everyone else.
We'll go to the Fort and bring
the rest of your people here.
- Thank you.
- What about Petra?
I can't leave without
knowing she's safe.
Those guys got us here.
- Maybe they know more.
- Come with me.
Hey. Where's Petra?
Maya's daughter.
Tell us exactly where she is at Ladera.
[SIGHS]
I know they use an access
card to get on the base.
Then let's see if we can find it.
Yeah.
[UNEASY MUSIC]

Scott.
This belonged to someone from the Fort.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Hey. This ring belongs to my wife.
Where did you get it?
- [GROANS]
- Answer me, damn it!
- Talk!
- We were on patrol.
We found a group of villagers.
They were dead.
Dinosaur attack.

Where?
Five miles east, by
an abandoned village.
There was a formation
of boulders nearby.
Ty, all this means is that
we've got a lead, okay?
Let's just see where it goes.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[GRUNTING]
Iz, Helena?
Dad.
What are you guys waiting for?
[DOOR BEEPS]
No, no, no.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC BUILDS]

Levi said Eve was here.
"Was" doesn't help us.
- What did they do with her?
- I might have an idea.
This is the prisoner manifest.
Says they're transferring someone
to the Ladera Air Base in 10,000 B.C.
- Well, I bet that's Eve.
- Why would Maya do that?
She knows we're coming
for that microchip.
A gun to Eve's head
might make us reconsider.
All right, it looks like they just left.
Must be headed to the Aurora.
Maybe we can stop them.
I'll take care of the servers.
- You get your wife.
- Iz, let's go.
[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]
Riley.
This better be you and
not the morphine talking.
It's me.
Hi.
I'm just sorry it took
me so long to find you.
You're forgiven.
It's a bit of a trick
from 10,000 B.C. to '65.
Please tell me you found Josh.
He's not here,
but I found you.
Don't worry. We'll find him.
You've got a fever.
[PANTS]
I take it they didn't
give you antibiotics.
It wasn't really a thing in the '60s.
I'm gonna take a look. Still tender?
Of course.
- Is it tender here?
- Ah, yeah.
How's your acid reflux?
Pretty bad.
What is it?
Tell me.
X-rays don't often catch it.
And the MRI hasn't been invented yet,
but based on your symptoms,
you could have a torn diaphragm
from the dinosaur attack.
I could?
Which is why I'm gonna get
you to a modern hospital.
How?
There's an Aurora open to 2021.
We can go right now.
[BREATHES RAGGEDLY]
Dad, I'm having trouble breathing.
[GASPING] Dad.
- Riley.
- I can't breathe.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Look, there's a rock formation.
This could be where they found the ring.
Look, let's split up.
We'll cover more ground.
Ty? Ty, talk to me.
Paara helped me to rediscover
who I was meant to be.
Without her, I
I feel I'd be lost all over again.
I understand exactly what you mean.
I know what you're talking about, Scott.
- You do?
- Yeah.
When we met in 2021,
you told me about the one that got away,
about the ring in your wallet.
Yeah.
Yeah, Emily.
And the old me was too
afraid of everything.
I let doubt creep in.
And because I wasn't brave, she
she drifted away.
Things don't slip away
unless we let them, okay?
If I've learned one thing down here,
it's to keep on fighting.
And that's what we're gonna do.
Yeah.
Scott.
Oh, my God.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Oh, man.
Ty, hey.
Paara's not here.
Maybe she's hiding there.
That's the abandoned village
the soldiers mentioned.
Keep the Jeep nearby.
Scott, you're with me!
[MOANS]
[WINCES]
Dad, what are you doing? [GROANS]
You need an exploratory laparotomy.
Dad, this is crazy.
No, I've done it dozens of times.
It's not gonna be common
practice for another 13 years.
- Where are the other surgeons?
- I locked the door.
No one else is coming in.
I'm the only one who can help you.
Wait, Dad, Dad, Dad.
I have so many things I want to say.
You have plenty of time.
Being separated from you
gave me a lot of time to think
about all the ways I failed you,
failed the family.
I put up a wall.
And I didn't know how to take it down,
even when you were trying to show me
what I was doing wrong.
But I know now that you were right.
If I could just get
us all back together,
I'm not gonna waste any more time.
I'm gonna be a different father,
and if your mother will
let me, a different husband.
But none of this works
if you're not there.
Riley, I'm doing this surgery.
I'm gonna save you,
and then we can go home,
you can tell me anything you want.
You got it?
Okay, Dad.
[TENSE MUSIC]

Ready? Now!
Let's get the prisoner through.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
[GROANS]
Do not do that in your driving test.
Let's get Mom.
- Josh?
- Dad.
[LAUGHTER]
[LAUGHS]
Oh, I missed you so much.
I missed you.
Are you sure you're okay?
- They didn't hurt you?
- I'm okay. Promise.
Okay, how did you end up here?
So first thing, I took
Riley to the hospital.
One day, I just went out for air, and
and these guys came out of nowhere.
They grabbed me, threw
me in a cell with Mom.
Well, what do they want with you?
You, Dad. They wanna find out about you.
Today, the guard said we
were being transferred.
And the second they
opened the cell door,
we fought like hell, but
one of them got me with the syringe.
Okay, well, what happened to Mom?
I don't know, Izzy.
I-I don't know what happened to her.
Then she still has to be at
the site, with Aunt Helena.
Who?
We got a lot to catch up on, okay?
We're gonna tell you everything,
but we gotta get back there.
Okay.
Let's see if this thing still works.
All right, let's get that spare on.
Yeah.
Dad, I'm gonna go check on the Aurora,
make sure it's not about to close.
Be careful.
Okay, great.
Okay, get the lug nuts on.
Hey, it's Sam.
[SPIRITED MUSIC]

Josh, Riley and I were worried.
Is she okay?
For now. She's in the back seat.
I had to perform an
emergency laparotomy.
She's still under. Her wound's infected.
She needs modern antibiotics.
Then you gotta get her home.
Where's Eve? What's your plan?
Hey, well, we're working on it.
But look, you've gotta take care
of your own family now, okay?
You've done enough for everyone else.
This is where we part ways, Sam.

- Thank you.
- Yep.
Come on.
We gotta get her through that Aurora.
[CLINKING]
Hey, I'm not sure how much a
pistol will do against a dinosaur.
It's something.
And you know how to use that?
Hey, don't worry.
When we go home, this is staying here.
Wait.
I still want to go home.
I thought you were afraid
you were gonna go back
to being the guy you were before.
Well, before all of this
I was just an angry guy.
I was confused all the time.
I mean, I didn't trust anybody.
But then I found my best friend.
You know, I found the woman that I love.
And I found myself.
I'm scared.
But honestly, I think with your help,
I can be this guy,
you know, anywhere we go.
Yeah, I know you can.
[WINCES]
Hey. What is it?
- I've been having cramps.
- Okay.
I'm starting to think
this was a mistake.
I should have gone through that Aurora.
I feel like I've been so
focused on helping everyone
because I'm trying to
ignore how terrified I am
of raising this baby down here.
Hey, Veronica, this baby, our baby
Mm-hmm.
It's gonna be great because of you.
You know that, right?
And in ten years,
we're gonna tell our kid
that their mom risked a dinosaur attack
to help her friends, okay?
And they're gonna
think that's pretty rad.
[LAUGHS]
Will they also make fun
of you for saying "rad"?
- Oh yeah, of course they will.
- Yeah.
We're gonna get you through
that Aurora as soon as we can.
Paara!
Paara?
[TENSE MUSIC]

It's not her.
Ty?
- Ty!
- Paara?
Ty. [GRUNTS]
- [GASPING]
- Are you okay?
I can't get this off.
- Come on, okay?
- [GRUNTING]
[BOTH GROAN]
I'll try and find something to help.
[GRUNTING]
[BOTH PANTING]
What happened?
I was on my way home, to you.
We were attacked by a pack of dinosaurs.
It's okay. You're safe now.
I knew you'd come.
Oh, I am glad you had faith.
I almost didn't make it.
I was pulled back to my time.
You what? Back home?
Paara, this is my home,
here, with you, forever.
[EMOTIONAL MUSIC]

[APPROACHING FOOTFALLS]
Here.
One, two, three!
Okay. Hold it there.
- [GRUNTING]
- [GASPING]
[CREAKING]
[LOUD STOMPING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[ROARS]
Stay still.
[GROWLS, ROARS]
According to "Jurassic Park,"
these guys have terrible vision.
[ROARS]
On second thought, run!

[YELPING]
Come on! Get in!
Go, go, go!
[ROARS]

Hey, I know it's hard to see Riley go,
but you're gonna see
her again, I promise.
We've just gotta get Mom back first.
Yeah.
[TENSE MUSIC]

Helena.
Thank God you're okay.
We have to get back to the site.
- Mom's still there.
- I know.
I saw Eve fighting two guards.
I helped her take 'em down.
And then I told her everything
we're doing to stop Maya.
Okay, so so where is she now?
As we were headed to the transformer,
more guards showed up.
They overwhelmed us.
I got pinned down.
So Eve took the EMP,
said she'd finish the job.
So you just left her there?
She told me we needed
to end this for good,
that we had to get that microchip.
She swore she'd find a way
to make it to that Aurora
and make it home.
So what do we do?
We listen your mom.
We go to 10,000 B.C., and we end it.
Let's go.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Is it my turn?
This is the best thing for
for the baby.
And you're sure you can't come?
Gavin and others, you
know, we owe them our lives.
So I just I just need
to help them one more time.
Who knows how long that
Aurora's gonna stay open?
- What if you don't make it th
- No, no, no, I will, okay?
I swear on everything that I love,
I will make it.
Okay?
[WISTFUL MUSIC]

Hey, wait. Hey, hey.
I love you.
Lucas, thanks for staying.
Yeah.
Now we just need to figure out
a way to get onto that base.
[T. REX ROARS]
May have forgot to mention
that there is a giant T. rex out there,
still trying to kill us.
Maybe we can use that to our advantage.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[T. REX SCREECHES]
Go, go, go!
- [T. REX BELLOWS]
- Go faster.
[DISTANT ROAR]
[FOREBODING MUSIC]
Go, go, go!
[T. REX SCREECHES]

Whoa! [GROWLS]
Shoot it!
[ROARING]
Aah!

[WAILS]
[GROWLS]
There's still a window. Let's move. Go!
[ROARING]
I don't care what my mother wants!
- Stop, let me go!
- Hey!
I wanna leave! Let me go! [GRUNTS]
- Put me down!
- It's Petra.
- I have to get her.
- You're not going alone.
Then let's go.
[TENSE MUSIC]

There it is.
This is it.
We helped Petra escape.
Looks like you found the chip.
Well, great, what the hell
are we still doing here?
We need to get out of here
before that Aurora closes.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Stay where you are.
[FIREARMS COCK]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Bring me the chip. Now.

[SOLDIERS GRUNTING]
[EVERYONE SCREAMING]

[PANTING]
We're driving the soldiers back.
It's going to be okay.
Thank you.
[SOFT SWEET MUSIC]

Iz, hey, you good?
[STRANGE ROAR]
Aah!
[ELECTRIC CRACKLING]
What was that?
That's where the Aurora was.
I think it just closed.
[SOMBER MUSIC]

Dad, how are we gonna get back to Mom?
It can't end like this.

It won't.
I have an idea. Let's go.
[MECHANICAL WHIRRING]
[GRAND ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

That's our time machine.
So you can fly this thing, right?
Of course he can.
He piloted this kind
of plane in the program.
Only room for two in the cockpit,
but the rest of you will
fit in the cargo hold.
I'm okay with that.
Well, it appears our
journey has come to an end.
[CHUCKLES]
Hey.
- You take care.
- Yeah.
You, uh you really
should all get going.
- You're not going anywhere.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Stay right there.
Give me the chip, Gavin.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
The chip, Gavin, now.
Okay, you want the
chip? Hey, look at me.
Look at me. You want the chip?
I'll give it to you.
Don't do it, Dad.

[GRUNTS]
[ENGINE WHIRRING]
[EXHALES]

Gavin.
- [ROARS]
- Abort. Gavin, abort.
Hey, we can do it.

[ROARS]
Now!
[SCREECHES]
[CHUCKLES]
Yeah!
- We did it.
- Never a doubt.
- [LAUGHS]
- Goodbye, 10,000 B.C.
You ready?
Let's do this.
[CHIMING]
Hello, 2021.
[ENGINE ROARING]
[ADVENTUROUS MUSIC]

[YELLING]
[DISTANT BOOM]
Good to be back.
[GENTLE MUSIC]

Hey.
Still a hell of a pilot.
Well, yeah.
Listen, I really hope you find Eve,
make your family whole again.
Hey, hold up.
Everybody's, uh,
planning their next move.
What's yours?
Well, maybe head back to
that diner I found you in,
get myself a beer.
I got a better one.
Why don't you come over
for a family dinner?
We got a lot to catch up on.
I wouldn't miss it.
- Yeah, come here.
- [LAUGHS]
- See you later.
- Yeah.
Now that we're back,
where do we look for Mom?
We should probably go by
the house first, right?
What is it?
Dad, I-I need to make a stop on the way.
[DISTANT CHATTER]
- Hi.
- Hey.
I was worried you weren't
gonna make it back.
I was pretty worried about you too.
What are you thinking? Why
are you smiling like that?
It's just it's something
I've been wanting to tell you
for a while, that maybe
I've been afraid to.
Well, now you have to tell me.
[SOFT MUSIC]
Okay.
You you know that that
that day of the sinkhole,
when we were in traffic?
We saw each other.
I knew right then I was gonna love you.

When you saw me, what'd you think?
[LAUGHS]
Um, meh.
[BOTH LAUGH]
I kind of changed my mind, though.
[BEN HOWARD'S "OLD PINE"]
Oh, hot sand on toes ♪
Cold sand in sleeping bags ♪
Ah, there it is.
Best things you ever had ♪
The summer shone, beat down ♪
What's that? That's the heartbeat?
Mm-hmm.
Is it healthy?
Couldn't be stronger.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Everything kosher?
Yes, Scott.
But what part of "stay
in the waiting room"
- did you not understand?
- Sorry. I'm really sorry.
I just Uncle Scott
needs to take Petra
to her grandparents, and then
I've got a little something
of my own to take care of.
But I'll see you this weekend for brunch
and probably every weekend
because, uh, what happens in 10,000 B.C.
doesn't stay in 10,000 B.C.
- [LAUGHS]
- We're family,
but you need to go
before I kick your ass.
[LAUGHS] I love you too, man.
- Jackass.
- [BOTH LAUGH]
- [WHOOSHING]
- So cool.
As the old pine fell, we sang ♪
[LAUGHS]
Just to bless the morning ♪

- Emily.
- Scott?
Hey.
How how are you alive?
I thought you fell in that sinkhole.
I did, and it completely
changed my life.
- I need this to function.
- Come on, man.
You don't need that.
I gave up weed.
[GRUNTING]
I saved my friends' lives
I don't know how many times.
I am the man you've always deserved.
I'm here now because I'm hoping
that you'll give me a second chance.
Steady as the stars in the woods ♪
So happy-hearted ♪
And the warmth rang
true inside these bones ♪
We stood steady as
the stars in the woods ♪
So happy-hearted ♪
And the warmth rang
true inside these bones ♪
Sam!
You made it.
[LAUGHS]
I'm so glad Riley pulled through.
I gotta say, thank you
for your part in that.
Sam, I only did what you did
for my family a dozen times over.
I guess that makes us friends for life.
I mean it, I don't care
where either of us goes.
You need me for anything,
I'm there no matter what.
Yeah, same here.
- What about Eve?
- We're working on it.
I called around to all the neighbors.
No one's seen Mom at home.
- Where could she be?
- I-I
you know, there is one place.
[SENTIMENTAL MUSIC]

[SIGHS]
- Dad, where's Mom?
- She'll be here.
Are you sure she's going to come here?
This is our place, okay?
We we always said if we
couldn't find each other,
if there was ever an emergency,
this is where we'd meet.
Give it time. She'll come.
[LAUGHS]
Hey.

How do you feel?
Like I've just got my life back.
[CHUCKLES]
Dad, it's been hours.
What if, when everything
happened, she
she she didn't make it?
I promise, she'll be here.
I'm not leaving without your mom.
[RUSTLING]
Do you hear that?
[UPLIFTING MUSIC]

Mom!
- Oh, God.
- Hi.
Hi.
- Hey.
- Hey.
[SIGHS]
[LAUGHS]
Where were you?
I got stuck in traffic on La Brea.
[BOTH LAUGH]
All this time, I
I didn't know if I was ever
gonna get back to you guys.
And there was so much
I wanted to say to you.
So in case I ever saw you
again, I wrote it down.
Come on. Come here.
- You put that here?
- Yeah.
When I was in '65,
I would come here anytime I could.
It was the only place that
made me feel close to you guys.
I wrote you letters.
Mom, this is amazing.

So what do we do now?
We go home.

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