Eureka s03e17 Episode Script

Previously on Eureka.
Say hello to your daughter.
Hey, baby.
So what do you think, Tess? You think you can handle this place on your own? Me? Okay, don't forget.
The quarterly reviews are due this thursday.
So I'll make sure Fargo has the proper documentation.
With Henry away at Nasa, you will be in charge of the senior staff meeting.
Watch out for Burke, because if she starts talking about her weekend We'll be ordering dinner in.
I got it.
Good, good.
Don't forget.
- Make sure that- - Al, would you trust me? I mean, look, I know this is kind of my first day and everything, but I'm thinking I got everything under control.
Yeah.
Okay.
I'm sorry.
Just I really appreciate you filling in for me at G.
D.
G.
D.
's gonna be fine.
Now, would you go be a mom already? All right.
I can take a hint.
Bye.
Hey.
Thought you finished your homework last night.
Yeah, I did.
I'm doing college research.
But you're a junior.
Yeah, which puts me like five years behind the other kids at Tesla.
I mean, they all took the S.
C.
A.
T.
in grade school.
The S.
C.
A.
T.
? The student career assessment test.
It's supposed to point us in the right direction.
And I didn't take it till last week.
So what did it say? I haven't gotten the results yet.
But I mean, after helping Allison with the baby, like, I know I just want to be a doctor.
Yeah.
You did really like that.
Yeah.
I loved it.
I hate the thought of you leaving.
I'll always be here, Sheriff Carter.
Yes.
Not the same.
Speaking of being alone how are you and Tess doing? Good.
Really good.
You know, if she ever wants to like stay over Whoa! Not having this conversation with my daughter.
Dad, I'm just saying life's short.
Thank god.
Carter.
You need a hand? It's not really a twoperson job.
You hate this kind of work.
Well, not today.
Zane's coming home.
He's been gone a long time.
- A month.
- Wow This is getting serious.
Yeah.
It's been a while.
I mean, there was Callister.
- And, well, he was a- - A robot.
Then there was Taggart, and, well, he's - Taggart.
- Yeah.
I mean, I'm not used to the normal relationship thing.
So what about you and Tess? Have you guys exchanged keys yet? No.
No.
I mean, we're Why is everybody asking me that today? So, what are we doing .
.
on the mountain service road? I need a straight shot for some transport headed to G.
D.
Traffic duty with no traffic.
Feels kind of silly.
Maybe not so silly.
That's a really big truck.
Hey.
Why the face? I'm just confronting my future.
You got your test results? Cool! What did they say? I'm too afraid to open the email.
Why? The S.
C.
A.
T.
is, like, Yeah, that's the point.
I mean, this could tell me what kind of medicine I'm cut out for.
You know, I was thinking obgyn, but pediatrics could be cool.
Well, this'll help you decide.
Okay.
I can't click it.
What? Robotics engineering? Look at those data points! It's a perfect aptitude match for you.
- Very cool.
- No.
No, that's not cool.
That's totally not what I want to do.
It's just a stupid test.
Order up.
I've got a welcome home present for you.
Hi, Jo.
You okay? I'm fine.
Okay.
Let's try this again.
I've got a lot of work to do.
Things seem pretty quiet.
Why are you calling me down here exactly? Things are pretty quiet.
I need you to keep them that way.
I need your help with some security.
Okay.
Security for what? We got a very special delivery today.
What exactly is this delivery? It's about 750,000 years Give or take a few millennia.
Pretty impressive, huh? You need security for a giant icicle? It's an ice core.
The longest one ever recovered.
A G.
D.
team just drilled it out of the arctic sheet.
You see, snow has been falling in the arctic for millennia.
And this core is a record of each year, layer by layer by layer, stretching all the way back into time.
And that's valuable why? Well, snow traps things as it freezes spores, bits of volcanic ash.
So we can actually see what the atmosphere looked like thousands and thousands of years ago.
Kind of cool when you think about it.
Not the temperature kind, but the I should go do something.
Bye, Fargo.
Okay, look.
You see each of these bands? Each one of them represents up to 10,000 years.
Yeah, like tree rings.
Exactly! And all of human history takes up about this much of the core.
Kind of makes you feel insignificant, doesn't it? Like we just don't have as much time as we think we do.
So, we should probably make the most of it then, huh? I'd say so.
Maybe dinner at my place just you and me? Yeah, that sounds- No I can't.
This is my first day covering for Allison.
I have so much to do.
- But soon, okay? - Sure, sure.
So this is the first time we've had an intact core to study in the lab.
Zane developed a nanoparticle refrigeration system just to get this thing down here.
- That guy is the king of cold.
- Tell me about it.
So, security? Yeah, the team leader will fill you in on what he needs.
He should be here any minute.
The iceman cometh.
Good day.
Jack! Fargo! Grand to have the old team back together! Jo.
Good to see ya.
You too.
I'm assuming you all know each other? Yeah.
Eureka was my home for a spell.
I did some fine zoological work in these parts And it hasn't been the same without you.
So where you been? Ambled from Melbourne to Minsk.
I was doing a polar bear count when I heard about the ice core project.
Couldn't turn down a chance to study primordial life, now, could I? Well, you never know where a walkabout's gonna lead ya.
Sometimes you end up right back where you started.
Not so bad, eh? Morning, doc.
Your fridge has still got some temperature fluctuations.
- I'll take a look.
- Aren't you freezing? No.
- Petro-tech.
- Who-tech? He's wearing petro-tech.
It's a reactive thermal barrier.
Best cold weather insulation in the world.
All of G.
D.
is insulated with it, along with every building in town.
Making cloth out of it is an incredibly expensive process.
Waste of time.
Men of the arctic should respect the arctic ways.
Everything I'm wearing I killed and skinned myself! Right down to my walrus skivvies- We'll take your word for that.
Not to worry.
Just a bit of International business that needs attending to.
Our drilling camp was on Russian ice.
They're sending over a commissartype to sign off before we can start experimenting on the core.
I'll do it.
Welcome home.
So what's the story with Jo and Taggart? Well, they dated for a while.
I know that seems hard to imagine.
Not really.
Attraction's a funny thing.
Excuse me.
Sir, hello.
Welcome.
You are in charge.
Dr.
Blake, correct? No, I'm actually Dr.
Fontana.
Dr.
Blake is currently on leave.
Substitute.
Wonderful.
But, I see you do not take time to personally greet out of town guests.
I apologize about that.
Sheriff Carter, this is Captain Yuri Gregor.
Captain and Chief Security officer for northern district.
Wow.
Good to meet you, Captain.
- You have papers.
- Yes.
Yes, I do.
Just need your John Hancock.
Your signature, sir.
And then you can be on your way, and we can begin our research.
- We're very eager to start.
- I'm sure.
But this ice is important piece of history, so I need to be sure that she is safe in your care.
Well, Captain, I can assure you here at Global Dynamics- I need facts, doctor, not your sweeteyed assurances.
Sheriff, you will verify this list for security information.
Wow This is gonna take a while.
It is required before we turn over this ice to you.
No checklist, no John Woodcock.
Months with no daylight at all.
The only sound is the keening wind as it scours the ice, looking to punish a man for the least mistake.
They say the north changes you.
Keeps a part of your soul.
The man who returns he's not the man who left.
'scuse me, mates.
Here you go, kid.
I'll be back in a jiff.
We haven't had yet a chance to talk.
But even when we did, we didn't.
You left town without even saying goodbye.
Two years ago.
I didn't think you wanted a goodbye from me.
You and Zane were already well on your way to becoming a happy little couple.
I guess we were.
Yeah.
He's an odd fellow, If you don't mind me saying.
Moody type.
Chatty at first, but after a while he turned downright icy.
My audience awaits.
It is good to see you again, Jo.
Fargo.
Hat.
Now where were we? What you just saw between Taggart and me that wasn't romantic or anything.
Zane.
Well, you know that, right? Don't worry about it.
Somebody looks tense.
What's the matter? Well, Captain Yuri has me going through Eureka's entire library of disaster plans.
I mean, tsunami, missile attack.
Genetically modified superintelligent ferret infestation.
- Cool.
- Yeah.
And, apparently we have an emergency pneumatic vacuum tube communication system.
No, we don't! I mean, wwhat's it behind some picture in some wall? And I mean, look at these plans- Yeah, but I mean doesn't actually work, right? Wait, wait That that's Well, that'll be really handy If we ever need to send anyone a baseball.
You okay? Yeah.
Zane.
He's just He's being so cold.
Think after a couple of weeks with Taggart anyone would need a little alone time.
Yeah.
Just try to be patient.
Captain Yuri! Sheriff.
This is everything you asked for.
I reviewed disaster plans from the last 15 years, and we are prepared for every possibility.
- Could you maybe a hand? - Yes.
This is for you.
This is very excellent, Sheriff.
Thank you.
Great.
So I don't mean to be rude- Where is my manners? Please, you must have pastry! I was down in your beautiful commissary.
There was such selection! I overindulge.
- That is good.
- Yeah? Yeah.
With all due respect, sir, there are a lot of people who are really eager to get working on the core, so if we could sign? Of course.
There's just one more thing our bureau of standards requires precise measurement of ice core itself.
I'm sure Taggart's come up with some sort of.
.
super-accurate laser measurement thing.
No doubt! But men like us we do not trust this kind of technology.
Sure.
We are, how you say Old-school.
Taggart? Taggart? There's way more ice in here than there was before.
Now I know you're around here somewhere.
Can I get some help in here? I've never experienced anything like it! One minute, I was standing there measuring the density of the core.
The next minute It was upon me.
- What was? - The ice! Like some icy anaconda.
Dr.
Taggart, the thing is, ice doesn't really attack.
Maybe It's a malfunction in the cooling unit.
Well, nanoparticle refrigeration is an incredibly new technology.
It could be interlopers of a more mythical nature.
Spirits of the north.
Okay.
I'm gonna call Zane about those cooling units.
Okay.
I'm telling you, Jack.
There are strange things under the midnight sun! Yes.
And but before we go looking for yetis, we're gonna check out the refrigeration machine and the ice itself.
- Right.
- Right.
The ice is everywhere.
It's even growing up the walls.
That's weird.
You ever seen ice with black streaks in it before? No.
Then again, I've never paid that much attention to ice before.
Zoe, I got you a present.
- Robotics kit.
- A college-level robotics kit.
Pretty neat.
Right? No, I already told you I'm not interested in this.
Have you ever even tried robotics? No.
I don't have to.
I mean, I already know what I want to do, regardless of what that dumb test says.
Yeah, this week you do.
I'm just saying I just don't want you to miss out on something that you might really love.
Who else was in here around the time you found Taggart? As far as I know, only Zane.
He's the one that designed this cooling system, right? Yeah.
I figure one of these things probably just went haywire.
They're fine.
I checked them.
Twice.
Okay.
Any ideas? Whatever happened in here has nothing to do with my equipment.
- Zane.
- Excuse me but I've got work to do.
Zane Hey, Carter.
Hey, Henry.
How's Nasa? Well, It must have been nice to get out afternoon.
How you feeling? Tip-top, thank you.
Amazing what the body can achieve with a couple hours in a hot bath.
Good.
I was worried about you.
More of the same, I guess.
But Jo, about before I was wrong to leave town without saying goodbye.
To leave things between us unsettled.
I'm sorry.
Me too.
It's important to me that you and I remain friends.
I wouldn't want to lose you from my life.
Hey, look, I gotta go Me neither.
Back on your feet, I see.
And on the case.
I checked out all the refrigeration units.
Yeah, they're fine.
All operating at 100% capacity.
I don't know If that's good news or bad.
I did find something interesting in that bit of ice you gave me.
Those black streaks malformed ice crystals.
Evidence of incredibly fast growth.
Wow.
Fast enough to grab a man? Ask me tomorrow.
Wait! Why tomorrow? The ice is still spreading.
Hey, what did the defrost crew do with all that ice from the core lab? Section three refrigerated storage waiting for analysis.
Why? Taggart said that the ice isn't normal.
- It grows fast.
- Yeah, Jack.
I don't know how much credence you can give to a guy who wears a dead beaver on his head.
He's really good at what he does, and he says that the ice contains black maladjusted crystals.
What does that mean? - It means that It's spreading.
- That's impossible.
It's just regular ice.
Or not.
Oh, my god.
So Dr.
Fontana, I have gift.
Scarf for you.
- Cashmere, to keep you warm.
- Thank you.
And for you is beer hat! Thank you! Captain, we want to assure you and your government that we are doing everything we can to help.
I have Instituted a level four lockdown to control the spreading of the ice.
We would like to sample the core just to make sure that It wasn't damaged.
So sir, If you could just sign these papers- - No.
Are you joking me? - Captain.
I cannot sign papers till I have confidence you can protect core.
And right now is no confidence.
- Captain.
- I must go.
I have tee time at mini golf.
Somehow I don't think he really wants to leave.
One day.
One day, and I've caused an ice age and started an International incident.
Yeah, It's like the cold war all over again.
It's fine.
We'll figure out what's happening.
You promise? I know just the man for the job.
So progress report? We're not gonna be able to contain it till we know what's causing it.
Well, considering we've only known about this for a few hours, I'd say we're making great strides.
The only thing making strides is this ice.
Well, If you choose to focus on the negative There's a positive? What's the positive? The elevator shafts are filling with ice, okay? I'm using iridium blowtorches to melt frozen doors because my scientists are trapped inside section three, so I would love to hear something positive.
Righty-o! I think we're good.
This ice just grows back as quickly as we can melt it.
Everyone is working on this.
Everyone is talking with everyone.
But we still can't find an answer.
Maybe the person who's not talking is the person with the answer.
Artificial intelligence? Yeah, right.
Did you check the power converter? Yeah, I checked it.
This is why I like people instead of machines.
People don't have power converters.
Actually, the human digestive system of- Forget it.
Why do you care about this so much? I think you could really enjoy robotics, that's all.
Well, It's been a ton of fun so far.
And there are some amazing college programs around.
Like M.
I.
T.
? They have one of the best robotics programs in the country, so Yeah, they do.
And they don't have a medical school.
- We could go together.
- That's not the reason.
That's not the only reason.
I really think you could be great at this.
The test is right, like, 99.
8% of the time.
Remember? Okay.
I'll just check the converter again.
Zane, hey.
Can we ask you a few questions? I'm kind of busy.
Well, we need to know what you figured out about the ice.
Nothing.
I thought Taggart was working on it.
Well, everyone's working on it.
We don't seem to be getting anywhere.
And, you don't seem to be as worried as everyone else.
It's not my problem.
I'm concerned with maintaining the integrity of the core through temperature control so far so good.
Have you seen the rotunda? Yes.
And again, that really doesn't affect my responsibilities.
What the hell is going on? You go away for a month, and you come back acting like the thing.
What's going on with you? I'm fine.
He's not fine.
That's not him.
He's different.
Something's going on.
Jo Look at the coffee.
- I don't care about- - It's frozen solid! Zane! Zane! He's so cooled.
How is he? Not bad considering we literally found ice crystals growing inside of him.
Is he gonna make it? Well, we were able to melt the ice deposits using an ultrasonic patch.
But if It's anything like the ice that's been around G.
D Yeah, It's just gonna grow back as quick as you can melt it.
Well, the patch will help him for a little while.
- But then - Yeah.
Could It be the ice that was making him act so strangely? Yeah, we think so.
The black crystalline structure is present throughout his body, including tiny concentrations in the limbic area of his brain which controls emotions.
Tess, this ice is all over G.
D.
- If it can infect people- - No, no, It isn't contagious.
We've already done those preliminary scans.
Okay, so why Zane? Honestly, Jack, I have no idea.
I've got teams tearing apart those refrigeration units.
The answer has got to be somewhere in those nanoparticle drivers.
Maybe not.
What? What If It's what's in the refrigerator? The core? There you are, you little bugger! You found something? Dikarya basidiomycota.
Di di what? Fungi.
Looks like we dug up a little stone age hitchhiker.
Basidiomycota couldn't spread like this on its own.
Something must be affecting it.
Agreed.
I'll drill out a little sample.
I'm sorry.
I cannot allow this.
Because the ice is still Russian territory.
No, Captain, we have to analyze this organism, please.
I'm not satisfied with your safety procedures.
I could not possibly sign paper yet.
I mean, this place is like madhouse.
Captain, let's stop pretending this is about security.
- It's about shopping.
- What? Is crazy person! The Captain is an important man.
He's in charge of the entire northern district.
He didn't come here to shop, Jack.
Yeah, but If you sign that paper, you're headed home.
No scarves, no beer hats, no fancy pastries.
Nothing.
Do you know what northern district is? Nothing but ice, snow, and more ice for miles! Our one town is tiny research station.
Do you have any idea what It's like to be security officer in town full of crazy scientists? Actually I do.
Da.
Captain, we need that signature or the whole west coast is gonna be covered in ice.
Of course, I sign, sign papers.
Okay, great.
Let's get a piece of this ice into the lab right now.
On it.
Why is It that every guy I date ends up in this infirmary? Because you're bad luck, obviously.
A joke at my expense.
Glad to have you back.
No.
Okay, okay.
About that I'm sorry.
No.
I'm sorry.
I should never have suspected you of Sus pected me? Of what? Well Taggart got frozen, and I And he and I used to Well, you know Really? You thought I loved you that much.
I you know After the way I acted, I would have suspected me too.
So, what's the prognosis? You're gonna be fine.
Yeah? As soon as they figure out why ice with black lines in it is growing all over G.
D.
and inside of you.
Black lines.
You mean striations.
Yeah, I guess.
I came across something about that earlier this year when I was doing research for my cooling units.
Is Taggart working in the core lab? - Yeah, but - I need to help him.
No! Okay, no You need to stay here and get better.
Jo, I'm not going to get better.
Not unless I help that crazy Australian find out what's happening around here.
It's my only chance.
Have you seen my pants? Hey.
I thought maybe you could use a hand.
That I could.
You up to it? No.
So use me while you can.
How's it going? That good, huh? - What's that? - It's her first day.
Trying to keep her in a positive frame of mind.
That's nice of you.
- Is it working? - Yeah.
I think so.
- We are so screwed.
- Come on.
You got two of the greatest minds at G.
D.
working on it.
Yeah, one of whom is about to become an ice sculpture If we don't figure this out.
We still don't know why Zane was affected but Taggart wasn't.
Jack, we're nowhere.
Well did you think the job was gonna be easy? You got a chill? We can't have you freezing to death before we come up with a way to prevent you from freezing to death, can we, mate? Well chivalry isn't dead.
Yeah, but the coat is.
Guess petro-tech isn't as great as everyone thinks.
No, no, that's just the ice crystals.
It's making him cold from the inside out.
Even petro-tech can't keep him warm.
Wait.
The difference between Zane and Taggart Is the petro-tech.
You nailed it, Carter.
The regenerative insulation in petro-tech is just like the sheaths around the fungus spores.
Yeah, the petro-tech is like a fertilizer, and the fungus is well, like a fungus.
Well, the ice is using the petro-tech as a base to spread everywhere.
It's started to compromise the structural integrity of the building.
So good news, then, right? Good news? Good news? The building is about to fall down.
I broke a building! Yeah But the ice doesn't have anyplace left to go.
We got this polar bear cornered.
- Maybe not.
- Maybe not what? Fargo said the entire town was made of petro-tech.
It's bonded into the walls, the windows.
It's even in the roads to keep them from icing over.
Roads? I don't like the sound of that.
Carter.
Dad, something weird is happening here.
We can't get out.
And It's freezing.
We're in trouble.
Zane, how are you feeling? Ever heard of brain freeze? Try that times about a thousand.
Good news and bad news.
We've isolated the fungus and figured out a way to kill it.
But the bad news is the bug is showing the first signs of mutation.
It's a natural process, but we let it get a few more generations down the road and our fix won't work.
That mutation means an unstoppable worldwide ice age in a matter of days.
We're gonna stop this bug now.
The modified fungicide might be able to kill it.
It's getting at it, that's the problem.
We can't spray it from the air.
The fix needs to literally get inside every wall in town.
Now you know why I had you looking at emergency plans.
Was there not one for this? Will the emergency communication system be able to reach everyone? According to this, the network of tubes leads from here to every building in town.
- So - So The tubes go into the walls where the petro-tech is, right? We create a aerosol version of the fungicide and pump the cure all over G.
D.
and then the town.
- You're a genius.
- Well, not so much.
We'll need to build a pump with exactly the right kind of pressure.
Yeah.
- Before the building falls.
- Okay, I'll run an algorithm to figure out how to disperse the fungicide.
All right, good.
I'll go to Cafe Diem.
The roads are all iced over.
You'll never make it.
I might be able to lend a hand with that.
Just like old times, hey? I hate old times! Damn it! Why did I waste my butane on creme brulee? Zoe, can you see If there's any more cartridges in the back, please? Sure.
We're gonna be okay.
We're gonna be okay.
Vincent will get us out.
No, he won't.
The ice is growing faster than he can cut through it.
Your dad is coming.
Right? The temperature's dropping I mean, we'll freeze to death before anyone gets here.
Death? Death! G.
D.
wasn't built for this.
I hate to be chicken little, but the sky might actually fall in here.
Start a backup.
Open up the vents on system branch b.
How many buildings in town is that? - Maybe half.
- Okay, we're getting there.
Chloe! Vince! Iridium laser blowtorch a man's best friend.
Crikey! Must be 30 below in here.
- Where is everybody? - Think they found a way out? Maybe they found themselves a toasty corner to wait for the cavalry, huh? Toasty corner Dad! You okay? Staying warm in the walkin fridge.
- Downright brilliant! - It was Zoe's idea.
- Everyone else was freaking out.
- That's my girl.
Yeah, frozen girl.
Hugs.
Wait, wait What is that noise? Sounds like a gas leak.
Vince, where's your emergency pneumatic vacuum tube communication system thingy? There's a wall panel, but It's frozen.
- It's just over here.
- Okay.
Right there.
Get along, you fungi! So glad you're feeling better.
Your hands are still freezing.
I ordered you a soup and a hot tea.
I really missed you.
Looks like things have warmed up around here.
Yeah.
Taggart, I'm I'm sorry for the way I was acting the last few weeks.
No worries.
You weren't yourself, that's all.
Yeah, well, thanks for bringing me back.
My pleasure, mate.
Worth it to see this one smiling again.
So ready to get back to work? We've only got a few centuries of history to defrost and study.
What do you say, mate? You'll have to get started without me.
I think I owe someone a proper hello.
Hey, you got it to work! Yeah, a little solder here, some logic circuit rewiring there.
You're right.
I do have a knack for this.
Forget it.
You're going to med school.
Because that's what you thought you should do before I started giving you stupid advice.
Well, I mean that was just my gut feeling.
I didn't think like getting in the fridge to stay warm, right? Your gut feeling saved everyone in this place, including me.
But what about the test? Forget the test.
I'm even gonna help Dr.
Deacon with a space data project that isn't about physics.
Wow.
So I guess the test isn't so accurate.
Sure it is, but I've always known you were different than 99.
8% of everyone anyway.
That was delicious.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
S.
A.
R.
A.
H.
, you can take the night off.
Would you like to hear my selection of after-dinner cordials? No, thank you.
We're good.
So, good night.
Sorry.
I should go.
I still have a lot of work to do.
Sure.
Sure, sure.
Was that okay? Did you like everything? I'm good.
Thank you.
But let's do this again soon, you know, When things get a little less crazy.
Not looking.
Not looking.
Just passing through.
Hey! Where you going? Pilar's.
I'll be back tomorrow.
Zoe, you don't have to leave.
You two kids have fun.
I guess you have to get back to work.
- I probably should.
- Yeah.
Or work can wait till tomorrow.
Okay.