Primeval s04e03 Episode Script

This way.
You're fine.
You're fine.
You're okay.
They have medicine here.
She'll be okay.
There must be another way out.
Okay.
Come on.
- We've got to get her to a hospital.
- Charlotte? It's Emily.
Try to stay awake, Charlotte.
When I'm gone, look after him.
He needs looking after.
Emily? Charlotte.
Ethan I'm sorry.
This is all your fault.
How long have you got? Months.
Weeks, maybe.
We'll talk to another doctor, get a second opinion.
Matthew, I'm dying.
You can't fix this.
No, but you can fight it.
We can beat this.
You remind me of myself when I was that age, stubborn, headstrong, not quite so good-looking.
You'll be all right here without me.
You're close now.
Close? I'm in complete darkness.
I mean, it might be Philip, but I'm not sure.
Connor's smart, but Someone could be dangerous without even knowing.
It could be a complete stranger and I'm looking in the wrong place.
You'll work it out.
Was it worth it? Your whole life, just waiting? Of course.
Think what's at stake.
Okay, what have we got? It's a theatre on Cooper Street.
Temple.
Abby.
Let's go.
Connor, I need your help.
Ah, it's an alert.
I should This is more important.
I need you to run the new security protocol, check for glitches.
Really? Can it not wait? 'Cause I really should be with The core team have military training.
You have other skills.
Matt, it's Jess.
Can you call me back, please? Matt, answer your phone! Jess.
Matt, I've been trying to reach you.
There's an anomaly alert.
Where? The theatre on Cooper Street.
I'm sending you coordinates now.
Be there in a minute.
If there's anything I can Forget about me, Matthew.
Do yourjob.
- I've designed a new bio-scan.
- Bio-scan? Well, after that dracorex incident, this will automatically respond to any escaped creature in the ARC.
- It's neat.
- Very neat.
And what I want you to do is make sure the existing ARC systems are compatible before this scan goes live.
No disrespect, but couldn't any computer-literate techie do that? I built this system on top of yours from the old ARC.
I thought you'd be excited.
Well, if you think it's beneath you No.
I'll do it.
Great.
We'll get it up and running.
We'll have a full dress rehearsal.
Rock 'n' roll.
Look, Connor, I know it's not as thrilling as running after an overgrown lizard, but I promise you, one day, this will save lives.
Call me if you need me.
Great.
Now I'm an overpaid button-pusher.
In fact, forget the overpaid part.
There it goes.
We have to get back to the others.
It's what Charlotte would want.
She understood our rules.
She died because of you and your rules.
We should have gone through the last gateway, no matter what the risk.
- We shouldn't have left it so long.
- It looked too dangerous.
- That's what you say - Shh! She can't be found.
Jess, I'm in the theatre.
There's no sign of an incursion.
Matt, can I ask you a question? Why did it take so long to pick up the phone? I was busy.
Personal stuff.
Are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine.
Becker and Abby are on their way.
Jess, there's something in here.
Wait! Stop! Wait! Jess, where the hell's Becker? He's almost there.
Matt, what's going on? Are you there? Matt? Matt? Matt? Matt, are you okay? Where is he? What about his black box? The signal's not moving.
Do you think he's been attacked? Where's he gone? Sweep the theatre for any sign of incursion.
Abby and I will lock the anomaly.
Matt's signal's coming from backstage.
We're backstage, Jess.
We've located the anomaly.
Matt should be right behind you.
Go and find him.
Becker, over here.
She's dead.
I don't need your help, you fool.
Go back! Hey! Hey, look out! Come on, we've got to go.
We've got to go.
Up you come.
- What are you doing? - I'm trying to get you home.
Come on.
No sign of incursion, or Matt.
So, where is he? Jess, anything? I've checked the CCTV.
He hasn't left the theatre.
At least not through the door.
- Forget it.
He'd never go through.
He knows the rules.
No expeditions, no search parties, no rescue.
Besides, if he's been dragged through by a creature, he's already dead.
You know it's the right thing to do.
Come on, mate.
- No, we keep searching the theatre.
- Becker! Listen, Abby, you can either stay here, or you can search with me, but this stays locked.
Oh, no! Becker, mate, it's Connor.
You need to open it now.
This is Matt we're talking about.
You know the rules better than anyone.
If he's gone through, it's on his own head.
I don't care about the rules.
Just You don't know what it's like to be trapped out there, to be lost so far away.
You can't just leave him there.
- You know that.
- We haven't finished searching.
He's not here, Becker.
He's a human being, trapped.
We could help.
We should help.
No one else goes through.
No search parties, no risks.
If a creature comes out, we'll deal with it.
But we have to open it.
Over here! Hey! Over here! We've got to give Matt a chance.
Come on.
Wake up.
Come on, let's go, let's get out of here.
Come on.
Lock it.
Before you ask, I don't know.
Shejust ran through.
And you followed her? What was that thing? Some sort of arboreal raptor.
A tree climber.
Trust me, you don't want that thing coming through.
We found a woman, dead.
Not a creature attack.
We need to get her to hospital.
Come on.
Philip? All the systems are compliant.
There's no glitches that I can see.
Good news.
I'm going to go now.
I need you to activate the scan, run a full test.
I, uh I really should be activating the scan.
Cool.
Hey! Hey, hey, hey! Hey! It's okay.
You're in a hospital.
Is there anyone I should call? Friends or family or We found a body at the theatre.
A young woman.
Is that why you ran away? Did you think I was the police? She was my friend.
I would never have hurt her.
Okay.
It's interesting.
Where'd you get it? Okay, why don't we just start with your name? I'm sure you've got questions you'd like to ask me, too.
One minute you're in a theatre, the next you're in a forest with those creatures.
I mean, that is enough to fry anybody's brain.
Fry whose brain? Metaphorically speaking.
Yeah? Yeah, I'll come down and meet you.
I'm Matt, by the way.
No more trying to run away.
I'll take this for safe-keeping, yeah? What's strange about the dead woman we found at the theatre is that she died of an infection that antibiotics would have knocked out in days.
Yeah.
That's not all.
She's showing antibodies for smallpox.
How is that possible? When I followed her friend through, she knew that world.
She knew how to handle those creatures.
Look, I don't think either of them are actually from our time.
- I'm working on it.
- I'm taking her into protective custody.
You're what? As you said, she clearly isn't from our time.
She could be infectious, hostile, psychotic.
No, we take her in, keep her secure and let the experts deal with her.
Hold on.
We are the experts.
Look, she's not a creature, she's a human being.
Look, I didn't bring her here.
Whatever happens to her is not my responsibility.
Well, in my judgement, we have to treat this with some sensitivity.
In your judgement! Go on, why don't you just say it? Fine.
You chasing her through the anomaly put everyone at risk.
I've seen too many people die that way.
We have an incursion at the theatre.
One man down.
I repeat, we have an incursion.
Great.
One man down.
Nice work.
You stay here.
See what you can find out about her.
Becker! How's it going? Uh, good.
Got about half the ARC scanned so far.
It's all going like clockwork.
Send me a report.
Great.
Now I have to do a report.
Connor, stop the scan.
There's a creature loose in here.
Stop the scan! Incursion detected.
Rex! Lockdown procedure commencing.
Evacuate.
Evacuate.
Evacuate.
Evacuate.
Locked gate activated.
Lockdown.
Lockdown.
Lockdown.
Lockdown.
Lockdown.
Lockdown complete.
That can't be a good thing.
What have you done? Uh Something bad.
I've lost all radio contact with the ARC.
Matt, too.
Jess, what are we dealing with? Talk to me.
Matt, Becker, can you hear me? Did you not know that the scan was linked to emergency lockdown? I don't even know what lockdown is.
You're looking at it.
Philip never mentioned any of this to me.
What kind of idiot gives someone a job to do and doesn't even brief them properly? I can still hear you, Connor.
Brilliant.
Perhaps you'd like to explain to this idiot exactly why a creature has been able to run loose in the ARC.
Okay, let's just fix the problem.
Worry about details later.
How do we unlock lockdown? You can't.
I should be able to disarm lockdown.
I've got clearance.
Not any more.
I designed the scan so that only the most senior staff would have access to the controls.
Senior staff being who? As of this precise moment, me.
You can't override the controls without a retinal scan, which I can't do because I'm stuck in here! So we get you out.
You can't.
Ethan? Ethan? Who's Ethan? Where are you from? When are you from? I have to find the man who came through with me.
We must go back, before it's too late.
Tree creepers.
You stay here.
I know these creatures.
You don't.
It'll make for the highest point, get its bearings and then go on the attack.
- I'm coming with you.
- Or what? I'll be forced to hurt you.
Again.
You'll be forced to hurt me again.
Okay, but stay out of sight.
Abby, he's here! Don't move.
On the count of three, dive.
Abby! There's two of them.
I think one's gone outside.
I'll take it.
You and Becker search in here.
There must be some other way that we can get him out of there.
Through the ceiling or something.
It's an isolation zone.
Reinforced doors, nothing gets in or out.
I designed this system to neutralise any creature threat.
Permanently.
The air is being sucked out of the room.
How long do I have, Jess, before the air runs out? Twenty minutes until you lose consciousness.
Are you okay? Yeah! Depends on how you look at it.
First day at a newjob, and I've practically murdered the boss, but other than that, yeah, I'm I'm fine.
Where are you going? I'm going to go and do something quite quickly.
Otherwise, this could look really bad on my CV.
Ever hotwired a computer? - No.
- Come on.
Right, please tell me there's an external diagnostic outlet in this room? Yes.
Perfect.
Right, thank you.
Turn it on.
Okay.
Philip, how's Rex? Rex? The ceolurosauravus.
The little green lizard responsible for all this.
Because if anything happens to him, I'm in so much trouble.
No disrespect to the lizard, but I think we should be worrying about me.
Clearly, you've not seen Abby in a bad mood.
Rex isn't doing so well.
Okay, do me a favour.
Could you tell him from me to hang in there? - Anything? - Nothing.
Can you do this? Go check the generator's on safety.
Connor, speak to me.
I bet you're going somewhere well flash for dinner tonight, eh? Don't worry, because I am going to get you there.
I've got a plan.
It's impenetrable.
Connor There are some things I haven't told anybody about, a special project called New Dawn.
I need you to listen to me very carefully.
Look, now is not a time for last words.
It's not over till the fat lady sings.
I mean, I thought fat ladies sing all the time at the opera.
Never really got it.
Shut up and listen.
I'm shutting up.
Listening.
Philip? Philip? - Shoot it.
- I can't, it's out of range.
But shoot it.
You're very bossy, aren't you? Come on.
Everything I try and do, I just keep hitting another firewall.
This is supposed to be your system, isn't it? Well, it was once.
But it's been modified out of all recognition.
But it's still yours underneath.
They've built a load of stuff on top, but the foundations should still be there.
I'm trying to hack into the I don't need to.
I built a trap door.
If it's still there, then we should be able to get into the system through that.
Connor Temple, you're officially a genius.
Sometimes.
Okay.
Password required.
Come on, Einstein, put in the password.
Yeah I can't remember it.
Could have been something to do with Abby.
Abby, okay.
Come on.
Access denied.
- That's not it.
- Yeah, I can see that.
Two attempts left before system shutdown.
Uh Come on.
Access denied.
One attempt left - before system shutdown.
- Just think.
Come on, it would have been something obvious.
Lockdown terminated.
Lockdown terminated.
System rebooting.
Whoo! High five.
Medics! Yeah, we'll do it later.
He's okay.
You didn't kill him.
Nicely put.
Where's Rex? No! Jess, get me some oxygen.
Okay.
I need, um Turn it on when I say.
Please let this work.
Please let this work.
Rex.
You saved him! I did! I saved him.
Stay back.
What are you going to do? I don't know.
The charge won't pass through glass.
Thanks.
This way.
It's gone up to the roof.
Matt, we're heading to your location with backup.
Becker, my EMD was damaged.
Get here now.
Keep it distracted.
We've got to try and rope it.
Distract him.
Hey, over here! At this stage, we usually argue over how to cook it.
We? There were 15 of us at the last count.
We only stay where there are no people.
Matt, we've located your position.
Why? We're on our way up.
It's the rules.
No interfering in another human era.
Hey, where are you going? I helped you, now you help me.
Let me go.
I can't do that.
I have to bring you in.
Didn't you listen me? Don't you understand? I have to find Ethan and leave this time.
Please! Matt, what's going on? Tell her.
You can trust her.
My name is Lady Emily Merchant.
My home is London.
I was born in 1840.
I beg of you, let me go.
I came through the gateway with a man.
I need to find him.
We must go back.
I'm going to help her.
It's not up to us.
We have to take this to Lester.
I know what will happen if you keep me here.
I heard the soldier.
I'll be locked up like an animal.
Please, just cover for us.
It's her life.
She should be free to go.
This better be a good idea.
Ahem.
Becker.
Matt.
Hey.
You two make sure the clean-up happens.
I'll look for the mystery woman.
Yeah.
Yeah, you do that.
Right, let's get you somewhere safe.
You can look for Ethan tomorrow.
Uh, Philip I, uh I just wanted to, um About the whole nearly killing you thing You were brilliant today, Connor.
Was I? I don't think anyone else on Earth could have broken through that firewall I set up.
I underestimated you, and I apologise.
I'm glad you're back on the team.
Just keep that lizard away from me, will you? Philip, wasn't there something that you wanted to tell me? About New Dawn? Oh.
Another time.
You live alone? I can tell.
It lacks a woman's touch.
No manservant? Not even a parlour maid.
Are you mocking me? Times have changed since you were around.
First time you were around.
It's incredible.
It's not bad.
I'm sorry I hit you.
But you shouldn't have followed me.
I was just trying to help you.
I was afraid you'd end up like us.
Lost.
Trapped.
The people I travelled with were all damaged in their own way, being so far from home.
But Ethan is something else.
He's different.
Hello.
Who are you? Pity.
It's as if there's something broken in him.
Charlotte kept him under control and now that she's dead, none of us are safe.
Emily, whatever happens, I want you to know that you're safe here.
I promise you that.
None of us are safe while Ethan's out there.