Primeval s04e02 Episode Script

Jack.
Jack! What the hell are you? It's an incredible feat of endurance, a whole year in the Cretaceous.
And I've been to some pretty scary places, but they don't even begin to compare.
It was hard.
We kept each other alive somehow.
I promised that I'd carry on with Professor Cutter's work.
Look, you're exhausted.
Let someone else carry the burden now.
You don't understand.
This is my life.
I can't just stop.
Nobody else has seen the world like that, in its purest form.
- I wish I - Don't say it.
Don't say you wish you'd been there.
And now we're fired.
It's not like that.
Then do something.
Get us back on the team.
They're tired, upset.
A few days, they'll see things differently.
You don't know them.
We agreed.
Military are better equipped to deal emotionally and physically with the dangers of thisjob.
But these are exceptional circumstances.
And exceptional people.
The rules are made for a good reason.
I'm sorry, I have to deal with this.
Can we walk? Yes, yeah.
We're on the brink of great discoveries here.
Not since man first walked on the moon has humanity been so delicately poised on the threshold of a new dawn.
Does dawn have a threshold, exactly? My point is, this is not the time to let the heart rule the head.
But we need someone to run the menagerie.
Abby is the obvious candidate.
It's not a field position.
She has the qualifications.
Fine.
And Connor? - He has a brilliant mind.
- Undisciplined.
But we'll keep him under review.
You sure all our old stuff is in here? That's what Jess said.
Someone must have moved them from the old ARC.
And that would be me.
So you knew we'd be back one day.
Well, I couldn't rule it out as a possibility.
And, um lockers are expensive.
Never knew you were the sentimental type.
Not at all.
I was just afraid of opening them.
I have no desire whatsoever to inspect Connor's collection of vintage girly magazines and super-hero action figures.
Abby, we need someone to look after the creatures in the menagerie.
Job's yours if you want it.
No.
Thank you.
Not without Connor.
Hey, wait.
You take it.
It's fine.
Think of Rex.
He'll be an orphan if we both go.
Anyways, one of us has got to look for somewhere new to live.
Twelve months back-pay should help you find somewhere decent.
- Okay.
- Good.
Look, I'm doing what I can for you, but it's complicated.
I need you to keep a low profile.
Just for now.
Oh, Connor? Yo.
Please stay out of trouble.
Out of trouble.
Check.
Macca.
Good man, all right, come on.
Get rid of that junk.
Pile it up and torch it.
Just look at this for me.
Hey! Use the computer at my place.
It's warm and comfortable.
And feel free to raid the fridge.
Come on, it's cheaper than some internet café.
You don't know me.
I've read the files.
I know you.
Thank you.
It's your bio tag ID.
Contains all of your physical data and security clearance level.
It's impossible to fake a copy.
Try it.
Okay.
The menagerie is through here.
Will I give you the grand tour? I'd like to do this alone, if that's okay.
Sure.
Rex.
Did you miss me? How are you? Chin up.
Connor's angry at being sidelined.
He's impulsive.
Then he's still a risk.
And Abby? My gut tells me she won't be a problem.
You have to treat them all as equally dangerous.
It could be any one of them.
It could be all of them.
Yeah, I know.
I'm ready.
Boss! Wow.
Bit pokey, Jess, but sure it'll do.
Yay! Yay! Hey.
You all right? So, what do you think? It's not exactly your average petting zoo, is it? I wish we could get them all home.
- They don't belong here.
- I agree.
Really? See, I thought the military approach was to shoot first, and worry about ethics later.
I was in the army for a few years, Abby.
It doesn't make me trigger-happy.
Sorry.
Becker says you're brilliant with animals.
As long as they're not trying to eat me, we get on all right.
Animals just do what their instincts tell them.
I like that.
And do you think we should be more like them? Follow our instincts? Wouldn't be such a bad idea.
- No.
- Hmm.
Duncan.
Duncan.
- Good to see you, mate.
- Show me some ID.
This is my ID.
I'm not listed anywhere.
How did you find me? I called your mum.
Come on, mate.
It's me.
Let me in.
Please? Nice place.
It's, um It's a little bit smelly.
How long have you been here? You never called me.
Hey, look, I've been away.
So why you here now? Trying to catch up with old mates.
Yeah.
Right, don't forget, Connor, I was there when Tom died.
I heard what you said.
It was a conspiracy.
All the way to the top, you said.
Mind control, you said.
I miss Tom, too, mate.
But there was no mind control.
I was just saying what Tom wanted to hear.
Where is it? Where What are you doing? Ah.
Yeah.
Now, you'll know what this is.
- Oh! Duncan! - It's not mine! It's creature faeces.
Dinosaur poo.
Those dodos weren't the only creatures, were they? No one believed me.
The doctor said I was sick.
Having delusions.
So, I found some proof for myself.
Come on, I'll show you.
It's not far away.
Take that.
Mobile phones, they're too easy to trace.
Duncan.
Duncan! What happened to you? You did, Connor.
You happened to me.
Oh, come on, let's go.
And close the door behind you! The builders are never here at lunchtime, so we should be safe.
Ah, this used to be a proper community.
Thirty, 40 homeless people.
Yeah, I lived here for a while.
Well, I couldn't go back to the old flat.
It was after I left the killing started.
People disappearing.
Duncan.
They probablyjust moved out because of all the building work.
No, bodies started turning up.
Ripped to pieces.
Well, why did no one do anything, then? These are homeless people, Connor.
No relatives, no one to look out for them.
The authorities don't care.
Listen, if there was a creature out there, then we'd already know about it, believe me.
How? We just would.
Trust me.
Whoa.
Stay there.
Give me this.
- What is it? - Shh.
What is it? Okay, I'm going to need you to go straight home now.
I'll catch up with you later, okay? It's a creature, isn't it? - Duncan.
- I was right.
It's happening again! - Stop it! - The world's got to know! Seen it? - Yeah.
- Good.
We're going.
Abby needs to see this.
The hot blonde? Yep, got it in one.
Find anything yet? Kind of.
Um I need you to see something.
Serious, you've found a flat? No.
Has any anomalies been detected today? No.
Connor, what's going on? - I need you to come down here.
- Down where? The docks.
The old warehouse by the power station on Fortune Road.
Just give me a second.
Sorry, I haven't set you up with your password yet.
Hello? It's just that if someone unauthorised is discovered on the system, the whole thing shuts down.
Alarms, panic, screaming, the whole security nine yards.
Nightmare.
The square.
I'm on my way.
Duncan, don't cry, mate.
It's not helping.
Anything I can help you with? I'm just going to pop out for a bit.
What if there's an anomaly? Got my black box.
- Turned on? - Always.
Bring me back some chocolate.
Nothing with orange in it, though.
That's just weird.
Matt's acting strange.
Really? In what way? I've worked with him for over eight months now.
And I've read his file backwards, but I still don't feel like I know him.
You read his file? Yeah.
I read everyone's file.
That's my job.
Not that I've read your file.
The personal bits, I mean.
Nothing about wives or girlfriends or boyfriends Anything like that.
And if you did have one of those things, it would probably be a girlfriend, would it? Rather than the other options, I mean.
Anyway, about Matt Leave it, Jessica.
He knows what he's doing.
What are you up to? Hey.
Hi.
You remember Duncan, don't you? Sure.
Are you like his girlfriend now? Yeah.
- This way.
- Wow.
There's hope for us all.
It's just down here.
That's weird.
It's gone! The body's gone.
The creature must have come back for it.
So what made you think it was a creature kill? Uh, lateral incisions.
His throat had been torn out, there was a big chunk gnawed out of his side, and I think it was his left leg pretty much hanging by a thread.
- So, not natural causes, then? - Not so much, no.
Matt's heading to the docks.
So what? Well, why is he doing that? I don't know, Jess.
Perhaps he's buying a boat.
Yeah.
He's finished his otherjob.
Connor! Connor! Get rid of them! How am I supposed to Health & Safety Board, mate.
I'm afraid there's structural damage in this building.
You're going to have to get all your men out of here immediately.
You're not Health & Safety.
Trust me, it's not safe for you to stay here.
Blondie, go home.
And take your, uh, boyfriends with you.
I don't know where Macca's taken off to.
- I want this lot torched.
- No.
Seriously.
You don't want to do that.
Duncan, run! Run! Hey! Come on.
Get in! In there's just a mess.
There's no sign of it.
It could be anywhere.
Anatosuchus, right, early Cretaceous? Kaprosuchus, it's a boar-croc.
That one had tusks, it's full-grown.
Nearly right, though.
Better check outside.
Connor, you come with me.
Abby, take the perimeter.
Head north, we'll meet you at the other side.
Okay.
Matt, please respond.
He's definitely up to something.
Abby was on that computer earlier looking at maps of the dock.
Then Matt used the terminal and left straight after her.
And check this out.
He's at the docks and his phone's turned off.
Look at that erratic pattern of movement.
Nothing's showing.
No anomalies.
- He's chasing something.
- Yeah, or being chased.
I'm going to get a team together.
You keep trying him.
Here, you're going to need one of these.
Jess, we got an incursion but no weapons.
- Matt, what's going on? - I need Becker down here now.
He's already on his way.
Sorry.
It's quite cool.
Yes.
Okay.
You're brilliant.
All units, listen up.
We've got a creature report at the following coordinates.
I've ordered the harbour master to shut the port's incoming and outgoing shipping.
And I have the coast guard establishing the exclusion zone one nautical mile out.
- Good thinking.
- Becker's on his way.
It's here, in the water.
Can we track it by road? No.
It's heading out into the harbour.
I'm on it.
On it? What does she mean, on it? I have it.
- Abby, turn back.
- What, and lose it again? Ease up.
Abby, what's happening? You okay? The cargo ship.
It's heading for the container port.
Go.
Duncan, I think it's better if you stay here.
Yeah, don't worry, I'm not going anywhere.
Jess, Becker, ETA on backup.
Minutes away, Matt.
Take a left.
No! Abby? - I'm on board.
Get to the bridge, have the rest of the ship cleared.
Okay.
Hi.
You need to abandon ship.
There's a dangerous animal aboard.
- And you are? - Look.
Guys, I see it.
Forward deck.
We're sounding the alarm.
Abby, are you sure? So, where is it? - You think it went overboard? - Nah, we'd have heard it.
Right, I'm heading into the hold.
I'll double-check this level.
I'll report back.
I thought you were supposed to be fired.
I'm working out my notice.
Hey! Hey! You need to get out of here! You need to leave now! Sorry I'm late.
Caught every red light.
We've got it in the container.
We're bringing it ashore now.
Who's your mate, Connor? He's an old friend.
Duncan, me and Tom.
That was my gang.
Friends.
Whatever.
Tom was killed a couple years back by a creature.
I don't think Duncan ever got over it.
If anything had happened to him today, you know? It's woken up.
I think it's got a bit of a headache.
We'll tranq him again as soon as we get him on the truck.
- How did you know where we were? - Hmm? And you turned up at the warehouse, how did you He followed me.
Why did you not call it in as soon as you knew? I don't even work for the ARC, remember? I'm just a concerned citizen.
Matt, it's coming loose.
The container is breaking free.
Oh! Duncan.
I am not letting another friend die.
You do what you have to do.
- Connor! - No, no, no, no, not you.
Look, you're on my team now, you've got to take your orders from me.
I won't let him get hurt.
Duncan! Okay, everybody, listen up.
This creature sees in infrared.
Some reptiles do, but we don't know for sure about kaprosuchus.
- Pretty sure.
- How? Instinct.
So we're going to use the flares.
Too many points of moving heat will disorientate him.
Come face-to-face, flare is your best option.
Only use your EMDs as a last resort.
These are steel containers, it could ricochet anywhere.
Duncan! Duncan! Duncan, do you read me? Connor? Connor, is that you? Of course it's me, who do you think it is? Listen, where are you? You need to give me a visual reference.
Uh, I'm beside some Some red and some green containers.
Okay.
You stay there.
I'm going to come and find you.
Connor, where are you? It's okay, mate.
Just calm down.
I'm going to get you out of here, but I need you to trust me.
Get inside here.
- You'll be safe.
- But what about you? I'll be fine.
Hopefully.
- Connor.
- Hey.
It's heading dockside.
I'm here.
Keep him coming my way.
Okay.
We've lost visual.
Becker, it must be right in front of you.
Well, I don't see it.
It must be right there.
Negative.
I do not have a target.
Look up! Hey.
We can't get them all back home.
Where's Duncan? - Duncan? - Yeah.
Yes.
Um I know he's definitely in a green container.
Hey.
Hello.
Thank you.
The kaprosuchus anomaly must have closed a long time ago.
We don't have any anomaly data from that era.
Pity.
Might have been useful.
Never mind.
Crisis averted.
Well done, Matt.
Wasn't down to me.
If it hadn't been for Abby and Connor, our creature would still be at large.
I thought they were supposed to be out of the front line.
Oh, they are.
They just don't seem to know it.
We can't have rogue operators in the field.
Then you'll have to lock them up.
It's the only way you're going to stop those two.
Look, their experience is too valuable to be wasted behind a desk.
I'd really like to have them both back on full operational duty.
I thought I made it very clear to you Uh, Philip.
I suppose given that Abby and Connor were formerly employed before the military rule came into force, technically they aren't covered by it.
So they're back in? Legally, they were never out.
I mean, I take it you have no objection? No, it's entirely up to you.
I wouldn't dream of standing in your way.
Thanks, Philip.
You all right? Hey.
Tom would've been proud of you today.
I ran away, Connor.
I'm not exactly Indiana Jones.
What? Look at you, you're You're so Indiana Jones.
You're a hero.
And I'll tell you for why.
Because no one else cared to investigate those deaths.
So, without you, that croc would still be killing people.
Yeah.
Oh, you all right? Yeah.
Oh, and, Duncan, if you do come across anything online, - call me.
- Seriously? You want me to help out? You've got my number.
Do I get a special badge or something? No.
I'll see what I can do.
You know there's no conspiracy, right? Yeah.
See ya.
See you later, mate.
Hey, Connor.
Yo.
You and the hot blonde.
Unbelievable.
Yeah.
Unbelievable.
By the way, where's my chocolate? I was kind of busy.
- Thank you.
- Nothing with orange in it, right? Right.
You look a little flushed.
It'sjust the chocolate, gets me all excited.
Look, guys, I was thinking.
My place has got plenty of spare room.
Why don't you two move in for a bit? Give you a chance to find somewhere of your own.
I suppose this is what you think of as not getting into any trouble.
Listen.
Lester, you need to know something.
You can sack me, but you can't stop me doing this work.
Threaten me, disown me, banish me, whatever.
But if I think there's a creature loose, then I'm going to investigate it, okay? Oh.
Since you put it like that you're back on the team.
Blimey, I should get angry more often.
And I want a pay rise.
Don't push your luck.
Oh, yeah.
Make yourselves at home.
- Nice pad.
- I'll order in some Chinese.
I want to hear all about Lester and Becker and Danny Quinn, Professor Cutter and Becker Did I mention him already? The files only tell you so much, you know.
Abby.
New roomies.
Brilliant!