Eureka s03e16 Episode Script

That looks like a snowglobe.
It's story catching.
You holding in hand you look into the lights and you describe the memorable about living in Eureka.
Have we had any of those? No, nothing comes to me.
So it's basically a glorified video recorder? More like a brain recorder.
It creates a wireless neural connection through the optic nerve to see memories as you recall them.
Can it help you find something that's lost, like a wallet? You're cute.
No, it's for the Eureka time capsule project.
All the stories will be collected and preserved in a living video diary.
So no pressure? Okay, so what am I supposed to say? Maybe something about your first time in Eureka.
Your arrival was definitely memorable.
Thanks, Vince.
That's a nice way to put that.
Well, I've kind of blocked all that out of my head, so Here, let me refresh your memory.
Here we go.
When you first got here, we didn't exactly click.
Pretty impressive, Jo.
It's deputy Lupo.
Where'd you learn to do that, anyway? U.
S.
army, special forces.
Well, that explains some things.
What things? Nothing, none of my business.
You got something to say, say it.
Okay.
It's just the whole tough-girl image.
I mean, it's fine and everything, but some guys might find it intimidating.
Unless, of course, you're into chicks.
- And that's fine too.
- Stop talking.
Like a little blonde ray of sunshine.
Well, you know, on the plus side, if this whole waitressing thing doesn't work out, I can always fall back on my life of crime.
That's a good plan.
So now that's recorded on this? As you talk, It translates your synaptic impulses into images that can be downloaded onto my computer in my lab.
So they're, like, happy little memory balls.
Yeah, just like that.
And this is fun, but I got birthing class with Allison.
Yeah, she's in for the home stretch, huh? Yeah, I'm on call 24 hours a day.
Tess, can I get another story thing? I think mine overloaded.
You think? You've been the center of every disaster this town's ever had.
Not all of them.
Death ray, homicidal smart house, force field bubble.
Yeah, keep a tally.
We can start a pool.
Yeah.
That's not funny.
- Come on.
I got to go.
- Wait, wait.
Don't forget yours.
Think of something good, will you? - I'll try.
- Okay.
So, Tess, anyone else talk about me? That's classified.
I thought you were closing up.
Do I have to do everything? Hi.
How's it going? Hey, I just tried to page you.
Why you didn't get my message? Yeah.
I must've left it at the cafe.
Carter, that pager has an encrypted signal that could reach you in a cave in China If I go into labor, .
.
but only if you don't lose it.
Well, I'll pick it up right after the birthing class.
- How's that? - See? That was the message.
Class has been canceled.
They do a sonic cleaning of Global Dynamics once a year.
The entire facility is shut down for the long weekend.
But it's graduation day.
I've been practicing my breathing.
Well, you'll get to use it soon enough.
Hey, and it's my breathing.
Right.
Oh, boy You know, this place is gonna seem empty without you.
Well, I'll only be on maternity leave for six weeks.
I'm sure that you won't even miss me.
What is a sonic cleaning, anyway? Only the most sophisticated sterilization process ever created.
Carter, this is Dr.
Kinison.
Hi.
How are you? Why are you yelling? Dr.
Kinison pioneered an acoustic cleaning process that will sterilize this facility in 48 hours.
I like that way that sounds.
Final checks, Dr.
Blake.
Ashe, Bubay, and Fargo.
I'm sure they're still locking up.
We have to make sure that any biological experiments have been removed or contained and any volatile G.
D.
projects have been secured.
You know what? You can help me.
Excellent.
You can practice your breathing on the way.
Attention, sonic cleaning to commence in 90 minutes.
Please evacuate the building.
Let's check the mainframe and see how other people remember me.
Show me Douglas Fargo.
Memory output, halo engaged.
Begin transmission.
This is Eureka! Fargo, what are you doing with that? Nothing.
I've never seen it before.
I found it in my pocket.
- But you did turn it on.
- Yeah.
- Why? - It's what I do.
Go.
Primary firing sequence initiated.
Weapon will deploy in 24 hours.
It's the mummy queen! They're not backing away from the vehicle.
Happy place, happy place, happy place, happy place.
You're a great bodyguard, Fargo! Welcome, I'm a self-actuated residential automated habitat S.
A.
R.
A.
H.
, for short.
Fargo, is that you talking like a girl? No.
Douglas Fargo storynest stream complete.
What are you doing? Dr.
Kinison, I was just grabbing this for Dr.
Fontana.
You better clear out.
Sonic sterilization will turn you from a solid to a liquid in no time flat.
Point taken.
Files updated.
- Dr.
Bubay.
- Yes? Why are you still here? The cleaning's about to start.
Right.
I have this nagging feeling there's something I was supposed to do.
Like securing your experiment? That sounds familiar.
Now, what experiment would that be exactly? I just guess that is the experiment.
Unbelievable.
What happened? If I had to take a guess, I'd say that someone's chemical mixture became unstable and ignited.
You're supposed to monitor these things so that this doesn't happen.
In my lab, sure.
This is your lab.
You and Dr.
Ashe are G.
D.
's finest seismic chemists.
Ashe.
I know the name, but I can't place his face.
- Her.
Her face.
- She's your partner.
You created an aliphatic polyurea prepolymer that could revolutionize earthquake safety.
An ali alip what? Unbreakable glue for brick mortar.
What a great idea.
Say, can I get in on that project? Okay, we have an off-site infirmary.
I'll have him checked out.
All right, I'll find Ashe.
Maybe she knows what's going on.
Come on.
God, trying to think of something worthwhile to say just highlights how little I've really done.
You're overthinking it, Zo.
Really? That's easy for you to say, Dr.
Three PHDs.
I mean, I'm not even a scientist.
Well, Vincent's not a scientist, and I'm sure he's got a unique perspective on this town, right? Actually, I have a PHD in molecular gastronomy.
See? Okay, you know what? You just go first.
All right, Vincent, what you got? All right, you think iron chef is exciting? They got nothing on Cafe Diem.
I remember it like it was yesterday.
Everybody down! Invisible drone on the loose! You May want to lay off the vinspresso, Sheriff.
Oh, boy, I think I got everything.
- What took you so long? - I was lost.
I'd still be in there if your cylon-shuttle thing hadn't shown me the way out.
What cylon-shuttle thing? It was just behind me.
You guys go in the corner.
Go.
You guys, down.
Martha? Martha? Really? Jo, stand down.
Martha? You remember me? Piggybacks? Good times.
You should see my work.
Very surprising- Martha's here.
How did she? Look out! That's the story you're gonna tell for all posterity? What? Beats the hell out of a book of recipes.
Oh, lord.
- Dr.
Ashe.
- Oh, great.
I seem to have lost my lab.
You've Okay.
Do you still know what a prepolymer glue is? Of course.
In fact, just now I had an idea about a new kind of aliphatic-based epoxy.
Yes, yes I was just talking to your partner about that.
- But I don't have a partner.
- Yeah.
Dr.
Bubay? He's got red hair, sort of looks like Opie.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Look, my name is sheriff Jack Carter, right? I need you to come- - Is this yours? - Thanks.
I was wondering where that was.
Yeah, okay.
Why don't you come with me? We're gonna check you out, okay? - Okay.
- All right? So I spoke to Henry.
They're suffering from lacunar amnesia- Selective memory loss.
So they can remember their work but not each other? Well, so far, but if the pathways in their striate cortex get infected, this could turn into retrograde amnesia.
So, what could cause it? I mean, it seems odd that they'd suffer from the same thing at exactly the same time.
I don't know.
Trauma, injury, maybe exposure to chemicals in their lab.
All clear, Dr.
Blake.
I found Fargo in lab 511 and hustled him out.
That's Tess' lab.
What's he doing down there? Is that where she keeps the time capsule thingy? Yeah.
Why? Okay, can you hold the cleaning till we get back? - No problem.
- Thanks.
There you go.
Well, I don't understand.
I found one of Tess' memory balls inside Dr.
Ashe's pocket, and Henry said that Dr.
Bubay has one too.
Yeah, that's because everyone has one.
Well, is it possible that the recording of these memories somehow makes people forget them? It doesn't work that way.
The neural link copies memories to the storynest.
It doesn't erase them.
It's through that that you guys can watch the recordings? Well, you just input a memory and put the halo interface on.
Awesome.
Sterilization protocols initiated.
No.
You told me to put it on.
No, no, no, not you.
Kinison must've started the sonic cleaning.
- I'll hit the fail-safe.
- Okay.
Tell me the fail-safe didn't just fail.
Well, it should've been activated as standard safety protocol.
Warning, sonic sterilization to commence in 60 minutes.
What does sonic sterilization do? Well, it fires a blast of coherent phonons that vibrate any organic matter at a subatomic level.
Sounds uncomfortable.
It will completely dismantle any germs, allergens, or biological impurities, including us.
No one's answering.
Everyone's left the building.
All right, well, let's try to call someone outside the building.
You want to try Henry? Section five blocks standard cell signals- Security issues.
Warning, sonic sterilization to commence in 50 minutes.
Okay There's got to be some way to contact someone, though, right? The G.
D.
communication network shuts down to minimize electrical interference during the cleaning, but the fail-safe should've sent an emergency alert to Kinison.
Let's hope he can hear it.
Dr.
Kinison You're beeping.
Right.
Sorry.
Could I get a refill, please? Sure.
I wonder what that means.
Here you go.
Jo, your soup's coming right up.
I ordered soup? White bean with truffles? - Sounds good.
- Hey, Henry.
You okay? Aside from being painfully average, yeah, I'm super.
What? She's having a little trouble thinking of a story for the time capsule.
Because I haven't done anything that exceptional.
I mean, as entertaining as they may be, I don't think anyone wants to hear about my mistakes.
Well, you know that mistakes make exceptional possible.
Well, here, look.
For example, when you and your dad came into town, I was tinkering in my garage.
Here goes nothing.
No, no, no.
No! No, no, no, no.
That failure changed our approach to creating artificial gravity for space travel.
So here in Eureka, mistakes can lead to new directions.
Sometimes the wrong path leads to the right path.
So just give it time, and you will find your own path.
Thanks, Henry.
When did I order soup? I just don't understand how Kinison could forget that we're down here.
Well, everyone was given a storycatcher, right? My god, including him, which means the amnesia is spreading.
We have to get out of here.
All right, we're gonna break our way out.
Right, through a titanium door that can take 20 tons per square inch of pressure.
Why is everything such overkill with you people? Well, it's supposed to keep us safe! Oh, my god, I'm sorry.
I just don't know how this happened.
It's okay.
I mean, we're gonna figure it out.
But first I'd like to figure out what Fargo was doing down here.
How do I use this? I just put it on? Yeah, just close your eyes and say a name.
Show me Douglas Fargo.
I would not do that Amigo.
And who the hell are you? The other man.
Is that so? May I finally know the name of the man who protects my virtue.
Douglas Fargo, Miss.
Thank you so much, Mr.
Fargo.
There's only one memory, and it's a shared dream with Fargo as a hero.
What were you expecting? Well lots.
I mean, the guy never met a button he didn't push.
He is pathological.
And I mean, Fargo was irritated this morning when he found out that people's memories were gonna make him look like Fargo.
Well, what would make him think that? Well, me.
Great.
Good job.
You know what? You're right.
Dozens of files have been deleted from the mainframe.
If fargo erased memories from the storynest while the neural connection was still active, It could start wiping people's minds.
Okay, do we need him to fix it? You know, actually, If the neural connection is still active, I might be able to use the storynest to make contact with people outside of G.
D.
Great.
And you know how to do that? Yeah, I just have to access the mainframe, then I should be able to- What? I'm sorry, what was I saying again? Warning, sonic sterilization to commence in 30 minutes.
Oh, my god, we have to get out of here.
Yeah, that's what we're trying to do.
No, you don't understand.
Sonic cleaning will dismantle Any organic matter.
- On a subatomic level.
Yeah, that's right.
Who told you that? You.
I think you start losing you memory.
All right, one more time.
Allison, we're about to be vibrated to death, and not in the good way.
This is crazy, Carter.
I am not losing my memory.
That's the fourth time you've told me that.
You check your right pocket again? Where'd this come from? That's from Tess' project.
You recorded your memory, and now you're starting to forget your life.
This is crazy, Carter.
I am not losing my memory.
Fifth time.
Warning, sonic sterilization will commence in 25 minutes.
Sonic sterilization? We have to get out of here! Allison, you got to focus.
You were attempting to access the neural net to make a call for help.
Okay, that's really difficult.
If anyone can do it, it's you.
You are the head of Global Dynamics.
I am? when did that happen? Oh, my god, when did that happen? There you go.
If you can't remember your life then let me show it to you.
Look, I can remember my life just fine.
Allison, trust me.
You do have kind eyes.
I want you to put this on.
Close your eyes And say, "show me Jack Carter and Allison Blake.
" Show me Jack Carter and Allison Blake.
We just never hang out.
I don't know what's going on with you, you know? What's going on with Allison? No, Allison, don't! What are you- what are you doing? No, I'm just trying- - I think that I can stop it.
- Stop the- Let me just- A kiss for luck? I thought you were into young brunettes.
No, no, I'm into old brun- Didn't come out right, did it? No, no.
Hey, actually, you know what? I could use you.
I don't know.
I'm not a piece of meat.
I mean, I got feelings, emotions.
Time's a-wasting.
Drop them.
No, there'll no pant-dropping without a nice dinner and many, many cocktails.
Allison, can you hear me? Yeah.
I can do more than hear you.
Oh, sorry.
Yeah.
Hey.
Hey, can you put that away, please? Come on, I'll let you buy me a cup of coffee.
It's free.
Well, in that case, I'll buy.
I think this is definitely becoming our thing.
We don't have a thing.
We might.
Well, I remember your face.
I just can't place your name.
We work together, right? We more than just work together.
You're my friend, and you're our birthing coach.
And, you even gave me a pager so that you can reach me 24 hours, around the clock.
What? You gave me a pager.
It has a super signal so that it can reach me in a cave in china.
Do you remember that? Yeah, I remember that you forgot it.
Right, at Cafe Diem.
Now, is that on the same network as G.
D.
? No, no.
I think it has its own frequency.
- Great, give me yours.
- Okay.
What for? I think we have a shot at getting out of here.
Hey, Vin, I'm still waiting on that cordon bleu.
Oh, my goodness, that sounds delicious.
- I'll take one.
- What? Dr.
Kinison, please, that PDA is driving me crazy! What are you talking about? That.
That's not me.
For the love of god "911, trapped in s-5-L511.
Help"? What are you talking about? My dad's pager.
He got this from Allison.
She says she's trapped.
What's s-5-L-511? That's section five, lab 511.
That's my lab.
But they just shut G.
D.
down for a sonic cleaning today.
Tess, my dad didn't come back after that birthing class.
Hey, Jo, Fargo.
Have you guys seen Allison or Carter? - Who's Carter? - Allison? Are you serious? - Tess, what the hell's going on? - I don't know.
Henry, we have to get to G.
D.
Something is really wrong.
Sorry, what's G.
D.
? Kinison, you need to use your PDA to shut down the sonic cleaning at G.
D.
There are people still in there.
Sonic cleaning? Okay, never mind.
I'm gonna borrow this.
Is that okay? Sure.
It's not mine.
Zoe, come on.
Let's go.
What was all that about? I have no idea.
So you come here often? Warning, sonic sterilization to commence in 20 minutes.
Well, hopefully somebody will find my pager.
Well, watching the memory helped.
It did? Well, we can focus on the ones that had the most impact, and those memories could bring back others.
Well, the strongest memories are tied to emotions.
Well, we've definitely been witness to a lot of those.
All right, well, you better show me.
Okay.
Allison Blake and Nathan Stark.
Allison Blake and Nathan Stark.
Nathan? Allison.
I swear I was just about to call you.
You're moving back to Eureka? Moved, actually, yesterday.
Same office, same house.
Surprise.
Nathan, thank you.
Now you're official.
- I've made up my mind.
- So have I.
Hey, guys.
Kind of busy.
Yeah.
- I need to talk to Allison.
- About what? Nathan Global needs you.
I need you.
Really? Carter's right, the two of you do work well together.
You just know how to ruin the moment.
And I won't be happy until we're together.
Marry me, Allie again.
You ready? Momentous, huh? Yeah.
I'll always be here for you.
You know that, right? No matter what.
Are you okay? You look pale.
Carter Where's Nathan? I remember.
I thought I was gonna lose you there.
You'll never lose me.
Warning, sonic sterilization to commence in 15 minutes.
Allison, if that page didn't reach anyone, you're the only one who can get us out of here.
So Okay, I'll try.
Allie? You're crushing the bones in my hand.
That was a contraction.
I just started my labor.
Oh, boy.
If we don't get out of here soon, there's gonna be three of us.
- Yeah.
You were saying you thought you could call for help using the neural net? Yeah, If I could remember how it works.
Breathe, just like in class.
I know, Carter.
The classes were for you, not for me.
Sonic sterilization to commence in 12 minutes.
This is really bad.
Yeah, well, we've been through worse.
So That is an unfortunate choice of words.
We've been through a lot, and I need you to remember everything If we stand a chance of getting out of here.
Okay, show me more.
Say, "show me Eureka.
" Okay.
Show me Eureka.
Here's to scientific leaps and the beginning of the universe.
Three, two, one Never mind! Vince, freezer! Hang on! - We're at 1,000 degrees.
- You have to do it now.
I'm trying! How hard is it to push a button? You ought to do it! Carter.
You're right, we've had some rough times, but this is worse.
But I am getting my memories back.
Warning, sonic sterilization to commence in ten minutes.
And that's not helping! Okay, okay, you can do this.
You can do this.
What do you need? Just give me the keypad.
I'll try.
Okay.
Wait, get this thing off of me.
Wait.
You know what to do? Yeah, check your lab for Allison and dad while I shut off the sonic cleaning.
Wait, wait, hold on.
I don't have clearance for section five.
I mean, you had to override security just to get me through the front door, right? Okay, come here.
Press your thumb down right there.
You now have complete access to section five.
Really? Awesome.
Just don't touch anything.
I'll be in Allison's office.
I've tried to override the system, but this isn't working.
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
We'll- We'll find another way.
This isn't how I pictured things going.
I know.
It's bad timing.
I'm really happy that you're here.
I'll always be here for you No matter what.
You know, this isn't how I pictured it going for us either.
Yeah.
Bad timing.
- Dad.
- Zoe,how'd you get in here? Tess violated about a dozen security protocols.
- Awesome.
- Where is she? She's shutting down the sonic cleaning.
Oh, thank god.
- Allison Wow.
- Yeah.
Sonic sterilization to commence in five minutes.
You said she was shutting that down.
She was.
Where were you when you two split? In the rotunda, about five minutes ago.
Okay, it takes five seconds to get to my office.
Something's wrong.
You better go find her.
- Okay.
- And I'm in no shape to move.
You have to stop the sonic cleaning.
- Yeah, Zoe.
- Yeah, I'll stay with her, go.
Okay, time the contractions.
- I'll be back as soon as I can.
- Okay.
Come here.
Are you okay? No Oh, thank god.
How's it going? Hi, I'm Tess.
And you would be? Totally screw it.
Tess, my name is Jack.
And Fargo you know Fargo.
And yeah.
He messed with something of yours called a storynest.
Now, what it's doing Is making the entire town lose their memories.
Two minutes before sonic sterilization.
You have two minutes to shut off a sonic sterilization.
Sonic ster- Okay, your name is Tess Fontana.
You run section five, and right now you are the only one who can save the lives of everyone in this facility.
Okay, you're really starting to freak me out.
Okay.
Okay.
Do you even remember arriving in Eureka? - No.
- No.
Do you remember being caught in another dimension? Another no.
- Globidium.
- What? Do you remember the meteor shower? Go on.
It was you and me.
And We were on the hood of my jeep.
And I held your hand.
And - It was dark.
- Okay, wait, wait.
Wait, this is starting to come back to me now.
Keep going.
Give me more.
Give me- Anything? - Jack.
- Sonic sterilization We have to shut off the sonic sterilization.
- Okay.
- 29 - Okay.
- 28 Tess? Hold on, it'll come to me.
It could be a code or a sequence or a protocol.
- You tend to love protocols.
- I love protocols.
What? What is it? - Kinison's PDA.
- 13 - Okay.
- 12 I think if I swipe it, maybe Ten, nine Sonic procedures canceled.
Sterilization protocols deactivated.
That's it? I'm sorry.
I just forgot.
Okay, Tess, this isn't over.
Unless we permanently reverse what Fargo has done, everyone in the town is gonna lose their memory.
Fargo, he's at the cafe.
Okay, get him here as quick as you can.
Okay.
Where are you going? - I got to deliver a baby.
- A baby? Okay, so how far apart are they? I think you're in transition.
How in god's name do you know that? Tesla's sex-ed classes can be pretty thorough.
Okay, I'm gonna have to start pushing soon.
Don't forget to breathe.
- Yeah, you too.
- Okay.
Here we go.
You sure you're up for this? I am your partner.
Okay.
I got him.
You could warn a guy.
How'd you get his memory back? Remote halo.
Jo's storycatcher had some doozies.
Yeah, and now I remember all my failures.
Thanks for that.
Just fix it.
So I don't forget the birth of my daughter.
All right, now's your chance for redemption, Fargo.
But I'm not exactly sure what I did.
She started doing something with the neural net- The neural connection.
Right.
Maybe we can reverse the neural flow- That is making it very difficult to concentrate.
I'm sorry for distracting you.
Okay, she's coming.
Ready? Push.
Oh, my god.
I see her.
What are you doing? Trying to generate a large-scale upload.
If it works, all the recorded memories should be transmitted back to everyone in one giant burst through their storycatchers.
Fargo, that is brilliant.
Or it'll permanently erase them.
I don't want us to forget this.
- We won't, we won't.
- Okay.
Okay.
All right, this is it.
You can do it, Allie.
You can do it, Fargo.
But what if I push this button and permanently erase the greatest scientific minds of the 21st century? Push the button, Fargo! It's a lot of pressure! Push the button! But Eureka might forget itself.
Push the damn button, Fargo! One more time.
Okay.
She's almost here.
Okay.
Big push.
What are you- Yes! Hey! All right, easy,easy.
Crap.
This.
This.
Get everybody out of there now! These are the moments we're gonna remember the most.
Not if we're lucky.
Henry, when did you get here? I'm not sure.
But you know what? That soup smells good.
I'll get you some.
Has anyone seen my PDA? I think you did it, Fargo.
I did, didn't I? Take that, posterity.
Oh, god.
Say hello To your daughter.
Hey, there.
That was amazing.
You were amazing, both of you.
I don't even remember.
Hey, that's not funny.
She is beautiful.
What's her name? This is Jenna, Jenna Stark, After Nathan's mom.
Well, hi, Jenna.
I guess I'm officially on maternity leave.
Yeah, you've earned it.
So what do you think, Tess? You think you can handle this place on your own? Me? Well, you're already doing a great job in section five, and clearly you can handle a crisis.
Yeah, I'll try to keep those to a minimum while you're gone.
Well, I'd appreciate it.
You okay? That's a memory I wish I could forget.
We will pretend that you did.
She's so wrinkly.
I mean, but cute.
I know, I know.
You okay? I'm better than okay.
I think I might've found my path.
So much for the time capsule.
Yeah, well When you fix it, I think I know what memory I'd like to use.
What's that? I think this one.
Yeah.
Carter.
Carter.