ReGenesis s03e10 Episode Script

You're looking for someone.
I think I can help.
You want to build yourself a nuclear bomb, a deadly virus, it's there on the net.
Maybe he's part of a team.
They were trying to establish whether terrorists could build a smallpox virus using the Internet.
You let him walk away scot-free.
That's aiding and abetting.
- Some people might even say treason.
- You threatening me? Heard my conversation.
- Where is he? - They're still working on him.
What happened? They were attacked by some bear they were studying.
All I've read about Dr.
Turnbull will be worth the trip.
We've been studying ways to repair optic nerve damage.
Am I a candidate? You'll have to decide whether you're willing to risk total blindness.
- Molly.
- Hey, Uncle Wes.
Hey, kid.
Your niece is pregnant.
- She's 12.
- I know.
Molly, how's your dad doing these days? He's been good.
Has he Has he been around a lot? - Do you have a boyfriend, Molly? - No.
Dad's real strict.
Is it really bad? How come you haven't said anything? You're pregnant.
I'm serious.
- That's not funny.
- I know it's not funny.
But the doctor says you're pregnant.
I can't be pregnant.
I've never even had sex.
Can you think back about eleven weeks? End of July, beginning of August.
I was at summer camp.
Did someone Do you know what the word "molested" means? You mean, like, was I raped? - No, Uncle Wes.
- Because the thing is that, there needs to be a boy for you to get pregnant.
- What about the virgin birth? - You mean, like Jesus Christ? Oh sweetheart, that's a That's a story in the Bible.
I'm having God's baby.
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0 Haliburton County has issued a travel advisory after the latest bear attack.
This morning's incident comes on the heels of last week's mauling of 2 researchers, which left one dead and the other in stable condition Peach, banana-blueberry smoothie, I think.
D'joo know Honey, don't talk, okay? Don't talk.
So the doctor says that your prognosis is good.
More attacks.
Yeah, I know.
I I heard on the radio this morning.
They think there's too many bears.
They're going to have to cull.
We thought it was meningeal worm.
You mean, like in White Deer? Yeah, when moose get it they go crazy and We thought it had transferred onto the bears.
But Didn't pan out.
Could be habitat encroachment.
There are other People out there.
Mom, don't let it happen Don't let it happen again.
I won't.
- Hey.
How'd it go? - How'd what go? With the meeting with the new doctor.
She explained the nanotrellis operation.
It can help me - theoretically.
- What do you mean theoretically? It's an experimental procedure.
Never been performed on a human before.
If it fails, I'll lose what little sight I have left.
- Then, Bob, you're not gonna do it.
- This is the main lab, Molly.
- I gotta go.
- It smells really weird in here.
Yeah, I know.
It took me a while to get used to it too.
I feel really sick.
You wanna lie down? No, I mean I'm gonna be sick.
Get your ass up here, now! Do you want me to take you to the washroom? That'd be great.
Molly, this is my friend, Mayko.
- Mayko, this is my niece, Molly.
- Yeah, go.
Here, come with me.
I'll get you some water or ginger ale.
You misplace your keys? Look what I found.
It's a bug.
- Yeah, I know what it is, David.
- It was in my laptop.
My fucking laptop, Wes.
So my question to you is: What are you gonna do about it, Mister Head of Security? I'll have your little lab swept.
And put scramblers on all the landlines and make some noise in Washington.
It doesn't matter, David.
This is a prehistoric piece of shit.
If the big boys wanna listen to you - They're gonna fucking listen - Wake up, Wes! We're not making fucking playdough here! Now get your fucking security act together! How's Craig doing? Yeah, you know, all things considered, he's pretty good.
He's good.
Thanks.
I really wanna figure out what's going on with these bears in Algonquin.
They've been acting weird for months.
Craig's got some interesting theories I'm really not that interested in bears right now, Rachel.
Yeah, this thing could environmental.
It could be bacterial.
It's I just need Bob for, like, a day.
- I can figure this - I know he's your son, but Bob and I are about to start something really big right now, sorry.
You selfish bastard! Jesus, David! Excuse me? Here Wanna see something? Here, take a look at that.
Okay? That's my son.
That's my fucking son, in case you don't recognize him with his face hanging off! And that's what's left of his partner, Tom, okay? Shit.
You you do what you need to do.
I'll talk to Bob.
If there's anything I can Do for you, let me know.
Thank you.
So how long are you gonna be visiting your uncle Wes? I don't know.
Here you go.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
Have you ever had a baby? No.
No, not yet.
I hope to someday.
When you're married? I don't know.
I mean, I don't have to be married.
I just wanna be in love.
You You don't think God would be mad at you if you weren't Married? No, I don't think so.
What we're seeing is part of a worldwide phenomenon in the animal kingdom.
Elephants, rhinoceroses, even humans attack when they feel their territory is being encroached upon.
It's as though animals are learning an aggressive behaviour.
How can I put this? They're becoming better killers.
Look better.
A little colour.
I been crying.
Tom's parents called.
Nice people? His funeral was today.
They said I'd always be a part of their family.
I'm glad.
That's good.
You were close, you two.
You have friends like that It's rare, it's hard to come by.
Fuck, you are something else.
He wasn't my friend, Dad.
He was my partner.
My lover.
Now he's dead, you stupid fuck.
I'm sorry.
I'm s Goddammit, I'm gonna get you a nurse.
You shouldn't even be here! Nurse! Nurse! - Eliot.
- Where's Molly? She's upstairs in my office.
Slow down.
We need to talk about this.
What's there to talk about? That bastard raped her.
- You don't know that for sure.
- Look, just let me see my daughter.
Okay, just, please calm down.
She's scared enough as it is.
I am calm.
Which way is it, left or right? Honestly, I was surprised that he was interested.
- Thanks for setting this up.
- Setting up a meeting with our investor is one thing, convincing him to allow - the procedure to happen - I just need 5 minutes.
Let's go.
Dr.
Sandström, I'd like to introduce you to Titus Muyerbridge, from Auflander Docheimer Industries.
Pleasure, Dr.
Sandström.
Yeah.
- You know each other? - Well, we haven't met face-to-face.
But I believe the last time we spoke, you were threatening to expose my what? "Big soggy diaper"? Please.
I have to admit I'm somewhat perplexed by your interest in Dr.
Turnbull's research.
You claim you don't believe in fast-tracking science or leaping over protocol, but here you are.
My colleague, Dr.
Robert Melnikov, - is going blind.
- She briefed me on your situation.
Very good.
I need you then to grant permission to Dr.
Turnbull to proceed with Dr.
Melnikov as her first human subject.
Then the question is one of ethics.
Do we proceed when we're not really ready? Dr.
Melnikov is in full agreement.
He understands the risks associated with the procedure.
I'm offering you a chance here to ramp up your research.
Okay, fuck the hamsters and the guinea pigs.
I'll give you a human subject and I'll give you NorBac for peer review and oversight.
Dr.
Turnbull? I think that the gains outweigh the dangers.
Especially where research is concerned.
Come on, Titus.
We're talking potential billions here for you guys and I think I've squirmed enough for you today.
Not nearly, Dr.
Sandström.
But who am I to stand in the way of science? Now If this is a complete failure, Auflander Docheimer will not be connected to this in any way.
Agreed? Yeah.
Sure.
Agreed.
Then I believe we're in business.
Carlos, this is my brother, Eliot.
- Nice to meet you, Eliot.
- And this is my niece, Molly.
Hi, Molly.
- Have a seat.
- Sure.
Thank you.
Molly's pregnant.
I sent her to a summer bible camp.
Turns out it's run by some pervert by the name of Father Justin.
- He's not.
- Molly.
He never touched me! Can you tell us what happened, Molly? - Nothing.
- What do you think happened? Wes.
Maybe I should wait outside and you can talk about it.
No, we've talked about it.
That's why I asked you.
We were hoping you could do a DNA test.
Here.
I yanked these off that bastard's head.
And the next time I see him, I'm gonna yank something else off him.
Can you get some DNA from the baby? Can you even do an amnio at 11 weeks? Yeah, we can do a CVS, a Chorionic villus sampling.
Can I speak to you outside a moment? Excuse me.
I'll take these.
That wasn't too painful was it? It'll be okay.
Are there other male counsellors at camp? Maybe, I don't know, a boy's camp nearby? No, her camp was in the middle of nowhere.
Girl counsellors.
The only male was this fundamentalist preacher.
You think we could do a physical exam to see if she really is a virgin? - Wes, she had sex.
- She's 12 years old.
She's pregnant! Where's her mother in all of this? Probably strung out, somewhere in L.
A.
You think that we can just keep this between the two of us? Of course.
I should bring Mayko in for the analysis.
- Fine, but nobody else.
- No.
They caught the bear that attacked Craig.
- Organs are on their way.
- Okay.
Okay, Molly, this is just so we can take a look.
There is a baby! Yes, there is.
Molly, - did Father Justin - No, he didn't.
Well, honey I mean, there it is.
Somebody did it.
Yeah Who? Molly - God put the baby there.
- Swab, please.
Okay, this is gonna feel a little cold against your tummy.
There.
Transcervical tube please.
- Daddy, I'm scared.
- Oh, it's okay, sweetie.
Now we have to do this so we can find out how this happened.
Molly, I want you to look at your dad and take a deep breath in for me, okay? Good girl.
You're very brave.
Well, the heart appeared completely normal and healthy.
That's both lungs, spleen and heart.
Nothing.
No sign of parasitic infestation.
Stomach? I don't know.
Looks completely healthy and normal.
A few undigested bones.
Some berries.
Appear to be cranberries.
And What's this? My boy.
Did you guys run the tests? Twice.
And? Come on, I didn't sleep last night.
Is the reverend the father? Let's go talk in your office.
Hey, Bob.
Hello, David.
What's wrong? The news.
Did you hear about the man in Maynooth? No, what about him? He went wild.
Maybe he works for Riddlemeyer.
What do you mean wild? Well, they said crazy.
Tore up his restaurant.
- Okay.
- Curious, huh? Yeah, listen, Bob.
I saw Dr.
Turnbull.
She says she can do the operation.
I know you heard me, Bob.
I need to think about it, David.
Sure.
The report said the man was hallucinating.
Where is Maynooth? Right next to Algonquin Park.
Get Rachel.
Meet me in the conference room in 15 minutes.
Sure.
Father Justin did not impregnate Molly.
- Are you sure? - Positive.
We ran the test twice.
First with 8 genetic markers then with 12.
Shit.
There's something else.
The baby's DNA look strange.
What do you mean by "strange"? There is very little genetic diversity - between Molly and her baby.
- Meaning what? Meaning that the father could be a close relative.
A brother, maybe a cousin.
Molly doesn't have a brother.
And girl cousins.
Her father, Wes? I mean, that would explain why she's in such denial about being impregnated because her father is the father.
Fuck.
I'm sorry.
According to the police report, the guy just went ape shit.
You think there's some connection to the bear attacks.
The bear that attacked Craig, describe his behaviour.
Confused and aggressive.
Sounds exactly like this guy who went nuts up there.
So are we looking at some ursine disease that's jumped species? It could also be a chemical or a metal that causes delirium.
Something like arsenic, - mercury, lead.
- I think there's a connection.
So I'll let Wes know that NorBac's officially on this.
Hey, whaddya up to? Blood analysis for arsenic is notoriously inaccurate.
So I'm doing a hair test that's pretty reliable.
Blood often migrates to and remains in the folicles.
- Well, if you need help or anything - Why would I need help? I don't know, if you want to rest for a bit, maybe.
Just so you know, I'm fine.
I've already been blind.
For 6 weeks after my surgery, I couldn't see a thing.
You know, I had to lie there perfectly still.
I found it liberating.
I listened to Bach and I felt calm.
And then, miraculously, light came back into my world.
Anyway, David has it all set up.
- Wait, what set up? - That nanotrellis procedure.
- You're gonna go through with that? - Mayko, I want my eyesight back.
Come on, Bob, think about the risks.
I mean, if you stay with your meds I'll go blind slowly.
But if I have the operation and if it fails, I'll be completely blind in one eye and I don't know about the other.
Anyway, David doesn't see any other alternative.
- David? - Someone has to be first, Mayko.
Fleming tested penicillin on a friend of his.
The link between helicobacter bacterium and peptic ulcers: Barry Marshall tested it on himself and won a Nobel Prize.
Think of Pierre and Marie Curie's work - in isolating radium.
- Curies died of radiation poisoning.
Actually, a carriage ran over Pierre's head before the radiation could actually take a hol - I'll be back in a sec.
- Hold.
- Yeah, what? - Bob says he's going through - with this operation.
- It's right.
- You really think that's the answer? - There is no answer.
All we can do is flap our little wings and try not to fly too close to the sun, et cetera.
- So, is it microbial? - What? The thing driving the bears is it microbial? - We don't know.
- Then what are you standing here for? Because I think Bob should make the decision about this operation.
- He did.
- No.
You made it for him.
Mayko, do you have any idea what'll happen to Bob if he doesn't get his eyesight back? We were just talking about it and he is fine with it.
Really? I don't know what he told you but he completely lost it the first time.
Doctors thought he was gonna hurt himself.
They had to heavily medicate him to try to shut him down.
He came seconds away from completely cracking up.
You want to sit back and watch? I sure as hell don't.
And I agree.
But it's his decision.
- And he made it.
- No, David, you made it for him.
David, Bob worships you, okay? You found out about this experiment and put him up for it.
- You should examine your motives.
- What is that supposed to mean? Look, is this about your father? - Okay, back the fuck off.
- No! Listen to me.
You wished you'd gone through with the prion injections.
And you didn't.
And he died, I'm sorry.
But now you're trying to make amends with him by saving Bob? You can go back to work now, Mayko.
Tasted different.
The chicken.
I can't explain it.
You know something, David? This could be a good thing.
How's that? Well, I could experience the world in a whole new way.
My hearing's heightened.
I taste things differently.
Maybe I'll touch Rachel said there was another aggressive behaviour, among people, I mean.
Near Algonquin Park.
We didn't get far with investigation, which is to say, we got far, but we got nothing, I mean, anything that's shown up as I'm so scared.
- I know, Bob.
- No, you don't.
You don't know the terror of not being able to see.
I'm looking at the world, trying to memorize it, because after the operation, I may never even see it again.
I hated it the last time.
I wasn't very good at being blind, was I? You kvetched a little bit.
A lot.
Bob, listen to me.
If you don't wanna go through with this, you just You just say the word and we'll cancel it.
No, I mean it.
Maybe if you think that I've - pushed you into this, you just say so.
- No, no, David.
No, you don't think I pushed you or no, you don't wanna do it? - I don't want to do it, David.
- Okay.
Okay, that's it then.
I understand.
No, you don't.
I don't wanna do it, David.
But I have to.
How dare you, Wes! We have evidence, Eliot.
- Bullshit science! - That's right, you have religion.
Fuck science! Fuck scientists! - Your own daughter, while you're at it! - You son of a bitch! Pray, Eliot.
Pray, you fuck! Wes, take it easy.
I will kill you! I did the science.
If there's a problem, it's with me.
You're the one saying I raped my daughter? No, I said that Father Justin's DNA did not match the baby's.
There is a match to someone in the family.
- Well, then you are saying - I'm not saying anything.
We have to check every male relative.
That's a pretty candy-ass way of accusing me.
Fine.
Him too.
You are a male relative, aren't you? That's fine, Carlos.
You okay? Hey.
Hey.
- The autopsy report on the chef.
- Great, let's take a look.
Come here, have a seat.
Alright, cause of death.
Self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
I spoke to the investigating officer.
The guy who killed himself was a gourmand.
He ran one of those specialty inns: wild game, produce from his own garden, locally crafted cheeses.
He always closed the restaurant on Mondays to gather woodland delicacies.
This time, he came back from the forest and started smashing the restaurant.
His wife said he was babbling like a madman.
- What kind of stuff was he gathering? - Watercress, wild leeks, chanterelles, - cranberries.
- Chanterelles, mushrooms.
Chantarellus cibarius, grows in acidic soil under oaks and conifers.
What if he made a mistake and ate the wrong kind of mushroom? You mean like a bad trip.
Let's get samples of everything he collected.
Sure, I'm on it.
So how is everybody? I sent your charts to the Emery Clinic in Virginia.
What's that? The top plastic surgery facility in America.
They have pioneered all sorts of reconstructive procedures.
Their work is fantastic; it's amazing.
There are good plastic surgeons here.
Mom has the numbers.
I've spoken to your doctor and he says you're good to travel.
Is that true? Of course, it's true.
I'll think about it.
Vic Emery says it's vital that we begin surgical intervention before the scar tissue sets.
Which is now.
Not tomorrow.
Today.
I mean, the longer we wait, the more complications begin No.
I'm gonna stay here.
- I don't believe this.
- Carl.
You talk to him, Rachel.
Alright, just give us a minute, please.
I don't know.
I mean, I I really think all he cares about now is seeing you get healthy again.
Jack up my face and - cure me of being a fag? - Oh, honey, don't.
Don't, okay? Don't do that.
It's just It's time for clear thinking.
Alright? This is your future we are talking about, and he is right.
Emery is the best there is.
I just think You can't let your feelings about your father get in the way of making the choice that's best for you right now.
He wants to control my life.
Craig.
He never will.
You are so much stronger and braver than he will ever be.
And I think he knows that.
Don't you dare let him win.
Okay.
Well? Okay.
Okay, he'll go.
Thank God one of us got through to him.
I want to make one thing perfectly fucking clear.
This is not about you or me.
This is about him and what is best for him.
And I hope to God that's the reason you're doing this.
Thank you.
So we've isolated the fetal DNA, run 2 different kinds of tests, and micro satellites.
- Those are long strings of repeat DNA.
- Right.
And SNPs analysis.
- So where is this heading? - We looked carefully at the fetal DNA.
There's too much similarity for just a grandparent.
My brother raped his daughter.
It's not that simple.
There are some numbers that just don't add up.
What's going on? I'd like to know what's going on.
Because for the last couple of days, I've noticed your little group having these ad hoc meetings.
I know it's not my birthday coming up, so you're not planning a surprise party.
David, would you please shut the door.
It makes absolutely no sense.
Did Eliot get Molly pregnant? I need to know.
I wanna call the police.
What's the name of Eliot's ex-wife? Andrea.
Andrea.
Eliot.
Molly.
Baby.
Molly got 50% of her DNA from Eliot.
from Andrea.
Baby got 50% of her DNA from Molly.
Which breaks down to 25% from her grandmother and 25% from her grandfather.
And she got 50% of her DNA from whoever the father was.
Now, if Eliot is the baby's father that means that 50% of the baby's DNA comes from Eliot as its father as its grandfather.
For a total of 75%.
No, but that's the thing.
We've checked and re-checked, and it's 50% Eliot's DNA in that baby.
Okay, so it's Andrea fucked the milkman.
- What? - Only way this is possible is if Eliot is only the biological father of the baby, not the biological father of Molly.
- Call the police, Wes.
- No, but wait a minute, David.
We have DNA profiles of Eliot and Molly.
And with a 100% certainty, Eliot is Molly's biological father.
Well then See that's We keep going in circles with this.
Oh shit.
What? I need to look at those SNPs analysis.
You are absolutely certain you didn't mix this up? - David, we ran every test twice.
- Over 500 000 strands, SNPs analysis.
- Mayko and I did them independently.
- What are you doing, David? We're gonna look at some DNA, Wes.
'Cause I got a really creepy hunch.
No, not this.
I This is Molly and Eliot's DNA.
I want Molly and the baby's.
There.
What just happened? What? They lined up.
The baby is a clone.
Come on, David.
Or an identical twin.
You can call it whatever you want.
But my point is that Molly and the baby are genetic Genetic copies.
Eliot is not the father because the baby doesn't have a father.
- Oh shit.
- How the hell could that even happen? Molly was either abducted by aliens or she's from the future.
Could you please be serious? I was being half-serious Wes, because the only other explanation is I don't think anybody here's willing to say it.
Come on, David, there is no way! - Impossible.
- What's impossible? - How long have you known me? - Too long.
Then you should know that the word impossible doesn't belong in this lab.
- What are you talking about?! - I'll say it, if you don't want to.
Parthenogenesis.
What is that? Parthenos: virgin.
Genesis: birth.
A virgin birth? Have you lost your fucking mind? It is a biological term.
David, parthogenesis has only been seen in aphids, lizards, and fish.
Well, actually, the Japanese did manage to recreate it in mice.
Okay, but not in humans.
Wrong! Search.
I read some articles in Lancet when I was an undergrad.
But that was before molecular genetics tests.
They were never proven.
Well, that's what we're gonna do.
Now, in order for parthenogenesis to occur, Wes, two things need to happen.
First of all Molly's egg needed to gain an extra copy of DNA.
- Somehow.
- Fertilized without the fertilizer.
And then the hard part, the part that makes this impossible.
That egg DNA somehow had to come alive.
Normally, it's the sperm that does that.
So we need to look for something that That could trigger all of this.
My guess is it's a bacterium.
You know, I read about Wolbachia pipientis.
It does exactly this in wasps.
I think David's on to something.
Most likely candidate is a bacterium.
A bacterium that somehow infected her developing eggs.
We need to look at some of Molly's cells.
Yeah, I'll I'll go look at her CVS samples, see if there are cells there.
Yeah.
- Hey, Bob.
- Hey, I just got a call.
My phone rings all the time, Bob.
Dr.
Turnbull arranged to do the operation here at St.
Mike's.
Really, how'd she swing that? You know what, never mind.
That's great news.
It's a day of miracles, Bob.
- Goddamn day of miracles.
- Yeah.
- Mayko.
- Carlos.
So I found a bacterium in the cells in the mother's uterus and the CVS sample.
I need to know what they are and if there's a match.
And if they are? We need to see if it can do what David said.
Yeah, right.
A virgin birth? It's a miracle! Not really.
What is it? We're not sure.
Well, I am.
Oh then, I am gonna have a son.
He's not gonna be a he.
He's gonna be a she.
It's a little girl.
She's gonna be just like you.
Okay? Like a twin.
- It's a miracle.
- Eliot, would you let David finish? And chances are, she won't be normal.
Of course not.
She'll be the daughter of God.
God made my baby.
I think maybe a bacterium did.
- That's ridiculous.
- Eliot.
See bacteria can do this kind of thing in other species.
Other animals.
Maybe that's God's way of working miracles.
Through nature.
Yeah.
I mean, yes, you can look at it that way.
But Well then, getting a bacterial pneumonia and dying from it would also be considered a miracle, right? - Molly, you shouldn't have this baby.
- Don't tell her that! In cases like this, very often the baby has severe abnormalities, both mental and physical.
- God smiles on all of his children.
- Well, he might.
But you might not if its lips are in the middle of its forehead.
Bottom line, Molly, is you're just a kid.
I mean, are you ready to have a kid of your own? A kid that might be very sick? A kid who may be the daughter of God? Can we go? Can we go now? Yeah.
What are you gonna do? What if she's right? Okay.
We have to be at the hospital by 10:00 tomorrow morning.
- Okay.
- After the surgery, I'll bring you back here.
You can stay as long as you like.
Thank you.
Dig in.
- Smells good.
- I burned the potatoes.
- I like burnt potatoes.
- I know.
But I can't eat tonight.
- Why? - Surgery tomorrow.
Oh no, you've got till midnight.
Sure.
I'm just not hungry.
Me neither.
Do you wanna watch some TV? - Sure.
Whaddya wanna watch? - Anything.
I don't feel like reading.
- You gotta be kidding me.
- What is it? They're announcing Molly's pregnancy on the news.
Molly is Wes' niece.
Headline says "Jesus: The Sequel?" At least they used a question mark.
Don't say my name.
Just don't say my name.
Please don't Oh, for fuck sakes! What? No comment.
What? No comment.
Go away! Eliot, you didn't call me back? What were you thinking with that press conference? - Your daugther look like a freak show.
- Don't Wes.
I watch the news.
Molly is the new Virgin Mary, come on! We got the SOS yesterday.
We need NorBac to answer 3 questions.
Is this outbreak contagious? What's the cause? And is it safe to evacuate? What happened to your crew? I don't know.
We'll need a complete set of organs.
Include brain and blood, scrapings from under the fingernails.
- What are you thinking? - I'm thinking I haven't a clue.
Let's build some bridges.
And when these bandages come off, I am going to see.
What do you see? Wes! Yes, we have an emergency.
I need an ambulance at NorBac.