Primeval s04e07 Episode Script

This way, everyone.
Here we come to a part of the prison tour which I must warn you is not for the faint-hearted.
It was here that the condemned would spend their last night on Earth.
The soul of every prisoner to have been held in these cells is captive in these walls, the very stones around you.
Yeah, you want to go to Alcatraz, mate.
I wonder if anyone would care to volunteer to spend a few moments locked in one of these cells? To get a feel for what it was like? Yeah, all right.
It's said that if you listen carefully enough, you can hear the cries of the prisoners' torment echoing across the years.
Hello? Are you okay? - Hi.
- Hi.
I thought this might brighten the place up a bit.
Thank you.
Sorry about this place.
It's only temporary.
Well, I'm used to temporary.
Once Ethan's taken care of, you won't have to lie low any more.
I'll officially exist in this time? Yeah.
Lester's working on it.
And once you've got a new identity, we'll get you somewhere with a window.
Somewhere more permanent.
A window would be nice.
Permanent will take some getting used to.
Do I look ridiculous in this? No, you look great.
Ah! The Minister's authorised all security services to track Ethan down.
We can catch him ourselves.
We don't need outside help.
Look, the man is a murderer and a lunatic.
The police and Ml5 are involved now.
It's outside our remit.
He came through an anomaly.
That is our remit.
And now that we know how he thinks, we're best placed to find him.
- Listen - Just get me access to the evidence from the apartment, buy me some time and I guarantee you we'll find him.
That way, we've cleaned up our own mess and you're back on the Minister's Christmas card list.
Fine, fine, fine.
You've got till the end of the day.
I can't hold them off any longer than that.
So, this is where it all happens.
This is my desk.
- It's a little bit - Messy.
Yep, "messy" would be the word for it, right now.
You know, it's good.
I mean, I suppose it's your average work-surface area, really.
Mmm-hmm.
I never know what that does.
- What's this.
- Huh? - What's this? - Ah.
That's a dating calculator.
- What? - Oh, no, no.
Not that kind of dating.
It It tells you where the anomalies lead to.
And that means what exact year.
All you've got to do is point it and press.
You made this? My first project for Philip.
- That's really cool, Connor.
- It certainly is.
Oh, Philip, here.
The anomalies, they're definitely getting more frequent.
- Oh, Connor.
- I should go.
Don't take this the wrong way, but not everything we do here will concern the ARC team.
Yeah, I know.
So, from now on, we can consider this lab as being part of Prospero and off-limits to everyone else.
- Part of Prospero.
Check.
- Good.
Secure the perimeter.
You two with me.
There was nowhere he could have gone.
I locked and bolted the cell myself.
Okay.
This way, please, ladies and gentlemen.
The museum will reopen as soon as possible.
Thanks.
Absolutely nothing.
Connor? - Yup.
There's no sign of a creature attack.
- Really? - Yeah, the door was locked, nothing could've got in it.
- That's weird.
- Hmm.
And we only registered one anomaly and that's this one.
We searched the entire building, and there's no other sign of an incursion.
I don't get it.
There's something I don't understand about Ethan.
You said something's going to happen with the gateways and that he's involved.
But how? If I'm right, he's going to try to use them, change them somehow.
But I always assumed they're a natural force, like the weather.
How could someone change them? The technology exists in this time to change almost anything.
Right now, here, is crucial.
We have all of the abilities and all of the tools, and all the wisdom to use them safely.
I'm growing old here, Connor.
How long does it take to get a date from this thing? Okay, I'm getting something.
Looks like 1870-ish.
Ish? You left home in 1867, right? Yes.
I think we found an anomaly back to your time.
Excuse me.
Connor, are you sure? Trust the technology, Matt.
If that's what is says, then that's what it - What happened? - No idea.
Connor, time to turn your toy off.
It won't have anything to do with this.
- Turn it off now! - Becker, it leads to the Victorian era.
What do you think is going to come through? Oliver Twistasaurus? Fine.
There must be a problem with the locking mechanism.
Can you fix it? Get back! Maintain a low charge.
Let's try and scare it back through.
If that's what I think it was, then your calculator's only, what, a few million years out? Jess, we're going to need backup down here right now.
I'll get right on it, Becker.
Who is it? Emily, I'm sorry, but that anomaly doesn't lead back to your home.
Jess shouldn't have said anything till we were certain.
Jess, I can't find a fault with this locking mechanism.
You're going to have to send me another one down.
On its way.
Thanks.
- You okay? - I'm fine.
Wind-up radio, generates its own power.
I know what it is.
We used one to find gateways.
So you're telling me Ethan tuned it in to the frequency of the anomalies? Jess! Ethan has a way to track anomalies.
Warn the others he might be on his way to the prison.
I'm heading there now.
No.
It's likely that he thinks you're dead already, so you're safer here.
- He's my responsibility.
- If you're there, I'll just be worrying about you and not about him.
My father warned me that you'd be a distraction.
Please, just Ethan could be armed.
You two stay down here.
Connor, stay with the anomaly.
Abby, you're with me.
Well, what if the We double-checked.
The place was clear.
I know.
Becker.
How on earth did the ARC not pick this up? Jess, we've got a ptero-bird and another anomaly in a store room.
I'm only registering the first anomaly.
Are you sure? Yes, Jess.
Pretty sure.
One, two Okay, spread out.
You know what to do.
Any sign of Ethan? No, but Matt, we've got a seriously weird anomaly.
- Show me.
- Okay.
At first, Becker thought my dating calculator was interfering.
But the replacement mechanism, that didn't lock the anomaly, either.
This is like nothing we've ever dealt with before.
And the anomaly we found in the store room, it didn't look normal.
It was paler, not as strong.
That can't have been open long because Becker searched the cells, right? Yeah.
If they're coming and going quickly, it would explain how the tourist disappeared earlier.
Connor, is there anything to indicate that someone might have manipulated this anomaly, like interfered with it? Interfering? How? I mean, there was nobody in the room when we arrived, if that's what you mean.
Not again.
Don't shoot.
I think it wants to go through.
Becker, check for anomalies.
We've got an incursion.
- That was the same bird.
- Really? Yeah.
Scar.
Well, that'd mean the anomaly you saw must be part of this one.
How does that work? Move! It's coming back through! - Danny.
- Danny.
Danny.
Danny, it's Abby.
Can you hear me? - You're back.
- I can't believe you shot him.
He's been away over a year and he finally makes it back and you just Sorry.
He'll be okay, it was on its lowest setting.
- Danny.
- Come on, Quinn.
Get up.
Stop faking.
Becker.
Becker? Wow, Becker.
You're much cuter than I remember.
Oh, God! All right, sunshine? Come here.
Sorry.
- God, what was that? Matt shot you.
- Yeah? - Matt likes to shoot people.
So you'd be Matt, then.
Matt Anderson.
Sorry, mate, you'll be okay in a couple of hours.
I'm really back, aren't I? - Never thought I'd see you again.
- We waited for you.
What happened? - Where were you? - Well, you know, here and there.
Mostly through there.
Look, guys, Ethan could show up any minute.
Abby, take Danny back to the ARC.
Connor, keep trying to lock that thing.
Becker, come with me.
What's going on? Well, it's a long story.
We're kind of in the middle of something serious.
So, nothing changes, then.
Matt, guard down.
Ethan's in.
Careful.
Don't move too quickly.
- So, did you two end up, um What? You know Ethan's in the building.
Don't move Danny till I say.
Whatever happens, we can't let Ethan near that anomaly.
Matt.
Ethan's using radio frequencies to locate the anomalies, right? Yeah.
Then we can tell exactly where he is.
How? Right, so what are we listening for? Connor says we'll know it when we hear it.
If I could just All right, stand by.
Here goes.
Okay, he's upstairs.
Oh, uh, you going to be okay? - Do your thing.
- It's good to have you back.
Connor, Abby, cover the ground floor.
Guys, take cover! You two take the bird.
- Hold up.
- What? It's close.
Stop running, Ethan! There's nowhere to go! Okay.
On three.
One, two It's in here.
Let me introduce you - to Molly.
- Molly? Hang on.
You named your stick? Listen.
It was just me and those ptero-birds for six months.
Believe me, you start naming things.
Don't move! You're going round in circles, Ethan.
- Drop the gun.
- Tell me where the gateway is.
Drop the gun or I'll drop you! Tell me where the gateway is.
- Drop the gun.
- Where's the gateway? Why? What have you done to it? - Done to it? - I know you've messed with it.
Why? What are you trying to achieve? - I don't know what you're talking about.
- It's over, Ethan! - Just tell me what the plan was.
- There's no plan! I thought I wanted to stay in this world.
I don't.
I was wrong.
Oi! Big Bird! Let me go through the gateway and you'll never see me again.
- Matt! - This way! Whoa.
Okay.
Yeah, all right.
Just Danny.
Patrick.
Patrick? It's all right.
It's all right.
He's his brother.
Give me two minutes with him, Becker.
Just two minutes, please! I'm sorry.
Matt doesn't want anyone talking to him.
Look, I promise I'll let you see him later, all right? Patrick.
Ah! Quinn.
What an unexpected pleasure.
That's my brother in there.
Look, why can't I talk to him? What's going on? Not here.
Come on.
My office.
- So, Helen Cutter, dead? - As a dodo.
Excellent.
How do we know that Patrick's done all this stuff? I mean, he could just be using this guy Ethan's name.
What do we actually know that he's done? Since Patrick's been here, he's murdered one person and attempted to kill two others.
This can't be right.
He wasjust a boy when he went through.
What happened to him? We don't know.
We don't know.
You said you could do anything and that we didn't understand the anomalies, what did you mean? You said you were the future.
"I am the past.
I am the present.
I am the future.
" What does that mean? I have no idea what you're talking about.
No.
How long is it since you first went through an anomaly? Eighteen years.
So you were just a boy.
Fourteen.
I was all alone in that world with those things.
Every day I waited for him to come and rescue me, and he never did.
Who, Danny? So this is all about your brother? He's not my brother.
Not any more.
So this has nothing to do with the anomalies? This is just because you wanted to punish Danny? Why are you so interested in me? I thought you were somebody else, but I was wrong.
Right.
That should hold him until you figure out what's going on and we can send him back home for good.
If I figure out what's going on.
You will.
I'll do another circuit, make sure nothing else has popped through.
Cool.
Right Okay, well it won't lock, and somehow it's projecting satellite anomalies, weaker versions of itself.
Connor, you need to come and see this now.
Look at them.
What? Connor, start from the beginning.
- What do we know? - Okay, we showed up, the tourist was missing.
I got the wrong date and the anomaly wouldn't lock.
Okay.
Come with me.
Matt? Did he tell you what he's going to do? Matt! Talk to me.
What happened in there? Why do you care? Pardon? Why are you so interested in Ethan and what I'm doing here? Matt, are you accusing me of something? It's not Ethan.
He's not the one.
I was so certain.
So what What, you suspect me, now? No.
I don't know.
Look, it could be anybody now.
It could be Danny, for all I know.
If you were wrong about Ethan, you could be wrong about everything.
How can you be so sure this event with the anomalies is even going to happen? It just is.
I know it is.
Well, it doesn't make sense.
Danny, pleasure to meet you.
Philip Burton.
Hmm.
My company were invited by the government to come and help with the ARC operation.
James Lester tells me you saw Helen Cutter die.
Yeah.
Did you kill her? I imagine you may not have had much choice.
Well, strictly speaking, it was a combination between a raptor and a steep cliff that finally finished her off but, um Did you know her? No.
Although I've heard a lot about her.
It's just your name was written all over a document that she had with her.
- Really? Interesting.
- Yeah.
In what context? It was a list of questions about anomalies, like your opinion mattered to her.
Well, at the risk of sounding conceited, my opinion on a range of issues matters to a lot of important people, especially other scientists.
It'sjust anomalies aren't just any old issue, are they? Helen Cutter Helen Cutter just isn't any old scientist.
was an unbalanced individual.
Who knows what she was thinking? I trust you're being well looked after? And if there's anything, you know, I can get you, anything you need, don't hesitate to ask.
You can speak to him now.
- Excuse me.
- Of course.
James.
We should tread carefully.
Danny seems erratic to me, a little unbalanced.
It must have been rough out there on his own so long.
Yeah.
- I'll keep an eye on him.
- Good.
Not a single day went by when I didn't think about what happened, about where you'd gone.
Patrick Patrick, look at me, please.
- You abandoned me.
- No.
Everything that I have done since the day you disappeared has been about getting you back.
The police force, joining the ARC, everything.
- Shut up.
- I've never given up on you, and I'm not about to start now.
Okay.
- You ready? - Ready.
Now.
Wow.
Okay.
Two anomalies.
Two anomalies opening in exactly the same spot, and they act like magnets.
They try and repel one another but they can't because they're fused.
But all that generated energy, that has to go somewhere, so satellite anomalies are opening instead.
But now these anomalies have separated, the satellite anomalies should cease to exist.
So these two anomalies lead to different places.
Pliocene.
It worked all along.
Two anomalies.
In exactly the same spot.
- What are the chances of that happening? - Tiny.
Come on.
Jess, we're coming back to the ARC.
I need you to bring up every bit of anomaly data that we have, going way back, and I mean absolutely everything.
And, Jess, tell Emily that Connor was right.
It's 1867.
Connor's sure this time.
He promised.
I thought this would be good news? It is.
Thank you.
I'm sure if you wanted to stay, it would be okay.
Do you want to stay? I wish I knew what I wanted.
The person I was three years ago, a new bride who went to investigate the golden light and fell into another world, it's not me any more.
But it seems I don't quite fit here, either.
All those things that you did.
They told me about you.
What happened to you? At first I had to kill to survive.
Those creatures, they kept coming.
I got good at it.
Killing.
Really good.
After a while, you start to enjoy it.
Killing animals in self-defence, I get it.
But Patrick, humans? - They're only animals.
- No.
They are.
We are.
Why are humans different? This isn't you, Patrick.
It isn't you.
No, it is.
And I thought about killing you every day.
Danny, take me to the gateway and I promise you'll never see me again.
No one will.
- I can't do that.
- Please.
I just want to be alone.
No.
You don't have to do this.
Please.
Listen to me.
Bro.
Sorry.
Intruder alert.
All units to Corridor 5.
Hey! Ethan! Or Patrick! Or whatever your name is.
Lower your weapon slowly and get down on the ground now.
Now! Okay.
Just don't harm her, okay? I won't.
He's taken one of the 4x4s.
- He's going back to the prison.
- Let's go.
Tell me how to open them.
I told you, I don't know how.
You go through that gateway, and on the other side you'll be exactly the same person as you are now.
Ethan, don't do this.
Goodbye.
Nice.
You said she was good.
Pliocene.
You going to go after him? I can't risk him going through to another human time.
I won't leave him alone.
Look, I don't know if I can trust you but it looks like I've got no choice.
Philip Burton is connected to Helen Cutter.
They knew each other.
He lied to me about it, something to do with anomaly research.
Will you let the others know that Burton is not to be trusted? Oh, my God.
Philip! Look, you go after your brother, I'll take care of this.
Danny.
Good luck.
Say goodbye to Abby and Connor for me, will you? And, oi.
I've not forgotten that you shot me.
I'll get you back for that one day.
- Where's Philip? He'sjust left.
Thanks, yeah.
I thought perhaps I'd tell you I would stay.
If you asked me to, I'd let this close.
That would be the end of it.
But you've got this immense thing you have to do.
Philip! Don't! I don't belong here.
And neither do you.
You came through a gateway of your own, didn't you? From where? The future? Everything there is either dead or dying.
We exist underground because the surface of the planet can't sustain life any more.
It's sterile because of something mankind did.
We destroyed it.
Stop! Stop! Connor? What did we do? I don't know yet.
What on earth is going on? A few of us have been sent back to different times to try to prevent it.
My father as well.
Get your breath back and talk me through it.
And all of this has got to do with the anomalies? I said the anomalies were growing more frequent.
I was right.
- Something interferes with them? - Someone.
Someone interferes with them.
I did some projections of what would happen if the anomalies kept growing at this rate.
What will happen? It'd be catastrophic.
Soon, and I mean really soon, anomalies willjust start to open up everywhere.
Thousands of them.
Tens of thousands of them.
Unless I stop him, that's it.
The end of all life on this planet.
And they wouldn't stop, they'd just keep multiplying and multiplying, until Until? I don't know.
I will stop him.
But you have to go.
I can't let anything else matter any more.
Come on.
We have to think of a way to respond to this.
But most importantly, we have to keep this to ourselves.
For now.
You do trust me, don't you? Yeah, I trust you.
Good.
Get in.
We have a lot to discuss.