Eureka s05e03 Episode Script

Previously on Eureka I'm locked out of the system, the ship is about to launch, and I can't stop it.
Where'd they go? The greatest scientists of our time are wired into an artificial world that we control.
I see a lot of things have changed since I left.
The hell? [Shouts.]
Dane, can you hear me? We're losing him.
But we understand our orders.
Should any of the Astraeus crew threaten to expose the construct, they will be retired.
We could all be inside some totally advanced computer construct that just looks and feels like the real world and we wouldn't even know it.
I'm really sorry that you said that.
- You're killing her.
- She's dangerous.
You know it.
[Flatline.]
You want to know how they knew we were coming? Because I told her.
[Clears throat.]
Widen the search protocols and shift to level seven.
- Yes, sir.
- Jack, nothing so far.
I've just been looking through the pre-launch footage again, and could senator Wen have a device that affected the launch? If there was a trojan horse virus buried in the launch COD maybe she triggered it.
But they're written so that they disappear after they do their job.
There'd be no evidence.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Come on.
You saw her face.
Right, when that ship disappeared, she looked relieved.
She Look I'm not doubting your instincts.
All I'm saying is you can't accuse a United States senator without proof.
She will bury you, and that helps no one.
So we have to tread lightly.
Oh.
Senator Wen.
So good to see you.
Sheriff Carter.
Dr.
Deacon.
How are you both holding up? Oh, we were just discussing the next phase of the search.
Right.
Well, I've gone through all the reports, and it's become clear that this was an elaborate tech theft.
The experts tell me that an organization as sophisticated as this, odds are they won't be leaving any witnesses behind.
And no offense to your experts, but we're just gonna keep on looking.
Of course.
We all will.
Stay strong.
So senator Wen insists it was a tech theft? - Yeah.
- But you don't believe her? - No.
- Because you think - that the crew was kidnapped? - Yeah.
Okay, but wouldn't we have received some kind of ransom demand? Not if the kidnapper didn't want us to know that the crew was taken.
Okay, so they hijacked the launch to take the crew, - not the ship? - Exactly.
Okay, but this would take months to plan, and senator Wen couldn't do this on her own.
No, I mean Yeah, I guess the question is, who is she Wait.
Okay.
Henry said, for this to be possible, a virus would have had to been planted.
We had one security breach in the last year.
- Yeah, Beverly Barlowe.
- Right.
She could have accessed the computer when she brain-jacked Allison, and it was during that time that she was named interim head of Global Dynamics by Senator Wen.
They've they've been working together this entire me.
Maybe.
Yeah.
I mean, we were so focused on what was taken, we didn't think th something could have been left.
A virus to take over the launch.
Right.
Beverly's the key to this thing.
We find her, we find the crew.
She's been on every most wanted list since the GD break-in, and we have no leads.
It's like she's a Ghost.
You two look like you could use a little help.
I came to you.
Is the cell really necessary? Oh, let me think.
Yes.
Now again where is the crew? That's a complicated question, sheriff.
I know an easy way to make her answer.
Their minds are in a total immersion simulated reality program.
They think they're in Eureka four years in the future.
They're connected to a photonic plasma computer mainframe housed in a mobile neur networking lab.
But I don't know where it is.
Yeah, well, here's a thought.
Why don't you call your buddies and find out? I had a falling out with one of my associates.
That be a senator Wen? You always were good at your job, sheriff.
Yes.
She's out of control.
So your boss fired you, and now you're here for payback.
She's not my boss.
She deviated from the plan, and now the entire crew' in jeopardy.
To be clear, I never intended to hurt anyone.
I just wanted to borrow their intellect for a while.
Well, that's good of you.
You're a real humanitarian.
I think so.
Rather than building better weapons with the department of defense This is crazy.
I say we hand her over to the feds.
You make that call, Wen finds out I'm here.
She finds out I'm here, she pulls the plug on the operation, and her version of pulling the plug leaves no witnesses.
All right.
Why are you here? The program is glitching, and the crew is questioning their reality.
It's only a matter of time before they discover the truth.
- That seems like a good thing.
- It's a death sentence.
One of the crew members already learned that the hard way.
Who? Dr.
Holly Martin.
Holly's dead? By Wen's hand.
It's a tragic loss.
But I am here to help you get the others back Allison, Zane, all of them.
But you're going to have to trust me.
Beverly, why would we trust you? Because today we're on the same team.
You want to save your friends, and so do I.
[Ship's horn blasts.]
[Electronic beeping.]
[Electronic beeping.]
Trace readings from the strong force disruptor tests are minimal, so Everything is looking good.
[Glitch sound.]
Except for that.
Hey, check this out.
Okay, that rock, it just had a bird in it.
Um I didn't see anything.
We should get going.
Yeah.
How did we get a collision mesh error? The termination of Dr.
Martin should have fixed the program, but it's still glitching.
Donovan's a computer programmer.
If anyone else is gonna figure this out, it's gonna be him.
We'll keep him from pursuing it further.
You better.
I'd hate to have to retire another one.
She left.
No warning.
Just gone.
Fargo, breathe.
What's going on? Holly dumped me.
By memo.
- Oh, even I wouldn't do that.
- I know, right? Okay, what exactly did she say? Just that she's flying to D.
C.
today, it's a permanent transfer, that she doesn't do the long-distance relationships.
I mean, I keep calling her, but she's not answering I just don't understand.
Did I do something wrong? Zane, you know women.
No, I thought I did.
Now not so much.
Hey.
Sorry, Fargo.
Couldn't help but overhear.
Can I offer you an opinion? Sure.
I know this is hard, but, um Let her go.
You're a catch.
There are lots of eccentric geniuses in town who would love to have a shot at you.
Some of them even women.
Really? That's your advice? Well, yeah, I'm just trying to give him perspective.
I mean, if Holly can't appreciate what he has to offer, I-I say move on.
Life is short.
Okay.
You're gonna be late.
Remind me to never let you give Jenna relationship advice.
Fargo, I'm sorry.
Yeah.
[Sighs.]
I really thought she was the one.
Well, when's her light? Maybe you still have time to catch her at the airport.
- That's terrible advice.
- That is awesome advice.
To show her how much I love her.
First I'll need some Peter Gabriel.
Gotta go.
[Groans.]
What? Someone besides you deserves to be happy.
Shouldn't you be at GD working on something for the betterment of mankind? Actually I'm heading out to the forest.
I saw something weird this morning that I can't wrap my head around.
But whatever.
Eat your muffin.
I'll come wi you.
Better safe than sorry.
If what she's saying is crazy, then I'll lock her up.
But, if what she's saying is right about senator Wen, and I think it is, then this may be our only chance to get the crew back.
Jack, is is insane.
You expect me to trust her after everything that she's done? We're running out of time.
- May I continue? - Don't push it.
The crew is in a mobile lab.
I think I have a way to locate it from inside the program.
Inside? I know Wen's remote access code.
I can log on from here and turn off the engineers' ability to see what's happening.
That'll buy us time.
To do what? Jack you into the program from here.
- Why? - Well, once you're inside, you can blow up something big enough to overheat the computer.
We're thinking theAstraeus, the virtual one.
The mainframe has a particular I.
R.
signature.
Rendering a large-enough explosion in the simulation should cause a thermal surge in the computer processors.
Which would emit a particular I.
R.
heat spike.
And we can trace that from the real world.
We will have a security team on standby, and, once we find the computer, we'll find the people hooked up to it.
Once you're in, you'll have to be very careful around the NPCs.
NPCs? Nonplayer characters Anyone, anything that is not a real person.
The NPCs are programmed to stop the crew from figuring out they're in a computer construct.
With the engineers blinded, they'll be put on high alert.
If they realize you're a threat, they'll eliminate you.
Eliminate like boot you out of the program? I don't think that's what she means, Jack.
- If you die in the program - Yeah.
You die here too.
Got it.
I'll do it.
I think I should go.
- What? - Blowing stuff up is something that I can do.
Something goes wrong here, we need a scientist.
And, Jo, you have to lead the strike team.
So I think I should go.
Should we get started then? The bird came from here, swooped down, straight back, and right through the rock.
Well, it looks like a perfectly normal rock.
- Right.
Oh.
- What? No.
No.
No stuck birds.
Very funny.
Wasn't exactly stuck, though.
It was more like a video game.
I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation.
This is gonna be a little tougher to explain.
Zane! You know what to do? Yeah.
Wrote it on my hand.
Carter, just think about that just for a second.
Right.
Well, I'll memorize it.
Okay.
Beverly just blocked their visuals.
We're ready to Jack you in, Jack.
Nice.
Look, no matter what happens to me, do not let Beverly escape again.
Ha.
No argument there.
All right.
Right.
So how does this "matrix me" thing work? Have a seat, sheriff.
Yeah, I figured.
You'll replace the NPC Jack Carter that already in the program.
All the NPCs are independent subroutines.
They'll only know something's different if you tip them off.
So don't.
Right.
Okay.
Blow the ship up quickly.
Once we see the heat spike, we'll pull you back.
Right.
I sort of wish I'd played more vid games.
Except in this one there are no extra lives.
And we won't have a way to see what's going on in there.
You'll be on your own.
Great pep talk.
Oh.
One other thing.
- Uh-huh.
- In the program, you're dating Jo and have been raising Allison's kids for the past few years.
What? Zane! [Crash.]
Zane.
Wait, whatever did to piss you off, it wasn't me, okay? I know this is gonna sound crazy We're in a total immersion simulation program? Yes.
Mm hmm.
And you're part of it.
[Gun cocks.]
No, no, no, no, no! No.
The me who was here before was.
The me who's here now, this is This is me.
My body's actually in Henry's garage.
He had to to Jack me to get at my mp3s.
- NPC.
- Yes.
Right.
'Cause what we have to do is build a thing to blow up the ship, and then there's gonna be a heat spike, and then Henry, he can trace it with Jo in the real world.
Yeah.
No computer version of you could have come up with something that incoherent.
You were holding a gun at my face.
You were trying to kill me.
[Grunts.]
It feels very real.
[Birds calling.]
Mm hmm.
Okay, so we're gonna try to blow up the Astraeus? That's not gonna be easy.
That ship was made take a pounding.
I know, but that's why I wrote on Oh, I wrote - Great.
- This is a virtual hand now.
Mm hmm.
It's Ironic.
- Mm-mm.
- I got this.
That means it's a different word.
It's bionic.
[Stammering.]
Ionic! - Resonator.
- Yes! That could do it, but we're gonna need the others to help us, though.
Okay, well, tell them to watch out.
If the NPCs suspect us, they will take us out.
I know.
I was just dealing with one.
It is really good to see you, though.
Thanks.
- Sorry.
- It's all right.
That really hurt.
What the frak? [Tires screech.]
Uh-oh.
Program monitoring's still offline, so we're flying blind here could take hours to get the visuals back up.
I understand, senator.
Put the primary NPC security settings on highest alert.
Can't take any chances now.
Allison.
Allison, oh, hey.
What, Carter, have you lost No, it's not Carter.
It's Jack.
- It's me.
- Yes.
And you are with Jo.
What is wrong with you? All of this is fake.
The town, the people, everything except for the crew of the Astraeus, you, and me.
We're inside of a computer program, and it hasn't been four years.
It's been a month.
And I'm not seeing [High-pitched.]
Jo! Hi! How's it going, sweetheart? Okay.
Is everything Fine.
I'm fine.
Allison's fine.
Things thin it's - Fine.
- Fine.
- Yeah, I don't - [Laughs.]
She Did you say some No, we were just talking about a work thing.
And, Allison, you need to look into that.
So we should go.
Sorry.
Yeah.
Jack? Are we still on for lunch at the house? You bet.
Fist pump.
- You're my girl.
- Okay.
All right.
Now, as you were saying, we better go.
Come on.
This is the most ridiculous thing that I've ever heard.
Allison, it's me, Jack, the real Jack, and I'm in love with you.
I need you to trust me.
Do you trust me? No.
Really thought that would go differently.
Carter, adjusting to this reality has not been easy for me Missing all these years with my kids, seeing you with Jo.
This isn't reality.
I'm reality.
This is all the fake stuff.
I wish that I could believe that.
Believe this.
[Clears throat.]
Hey, guys.
Okay, guys, we have most of the components for an ionic resonator here at GD, but I'll have to get the remote detonator from Henry's garage.
And we can power it with the fuel cell from S.
A.
R.
A.
H.
's backup generator.
- Where's Fargo? - So We really are lying somewhere unconscious? Everything that we've experienced since the launch, none of that happened? You two actually believe this? Yeah.
When I got zapped by Martha last month, I saw these flashes of light and people standing over me.
Look, I thought it was just a dream.
Then I saw a collision mesh error this morning.
And your boyfriend here Other boyfriend.
He de-rezzed right in front of me.
So, yeah, I'm pretty convinced.
So I haven't lost all that time with Kevin and Jenna, - with you? - No.
Some kiss, though, huh? Guys We're trapped in the matrix.
We know.
You could have told me in your message.
We're gonna get you out of here.
Not without Holly.
It's impossible to leave the town, so she's got to be here somewhere.
And I'm not going anywhere without her.
Fargo, there's something you should know.
Uh Holly's already out.
Are you sure? Yeah.
That's my girl.
[Whirring.]
[Gasps.]
Oh.
I'm disappointed.
You know, Grace, we We don't talk much anymore.
I think it's time to catch up.
You're right.
We really should catch up.
How about, say, dinner tonight? Right now, though, I really have to meet Allison.
[Door jams.]
Yeah, you know, I I think you should call her.
You're not gonna make it.
Wow.
This is my exact bat! Like Are you telling me that Beverly got this information from inside the GD computers? The GD personnel files are very Comprehensive.
Ohh.
Look at me! I'm coaching Jenna's T-ball.
I would totally do that! IThat's Kevin's graduation and This is un Real.
I thought I heard you come in.
Yeah! That's me.
I love our lunches at home.
Mmm.
Mmm Oh, yeah.
How about I spread out a picnic in the bedroom? Ahh! Ohh-agh.
We we got company.
Well, he'll have to wait downstairs.
[Grunts.]
No, nah.
Oh, mm, you.
What's the matter, Jack? You don't like what you see? Yeah.
I'm I'm I'm all about the eye contact.
is my Hmm? It's yeah.
And, um, actually, Fargo said that I gotta drive him to work, which is urgent.
So sort of a rock and a hard place.
You ow, "oh, Fargo.
" Got it! We can take - Gah.
- Our own sweet time.
- Ugh! - It's no rush.
There.
We can get back to picnicking later.
I can't wait, and - Hmm.
- Now ah! Bye.
[Growls.]
The attention to detail is astounding.
[Whispers.]
Stop staring! Ooh.
It's hard not to! Heh.
My team has a chopper ready to move out.
I want to be in the air when you get those coordinates.
Make sure you trust them.
If Wen finds out They're my team.
And my trust doesn't come easy.
You okay alone? Yeah.
Henry I know trusting me can't be easy for you.
I don't trust you.
I never intended to hurt them.
I wanted their ideas, not their lives.
I would have sent the crew home.
It all would have been a bad dream.
Wen changed that.
Don't try to justify your actions with me, because you can't.
I know you've struggle with Eureka's mission, Henry.
Look, Einstein himself said we cannot simultaneously prepare for peace and for war.
We need balance in the world.
Think of what's at stake, Henry.
Philosophically, we're not that different.
Their lives are at stake, and that's all I care about right now.
And it's the only reason you're still breathing.
And do not ever Compare yourself to me again.
[Faint beeping.]
Grace was delayed by Henry.
If he suspects something Shall cover.
We still need the remote detonator.
- It won't work.
- No, it'll work.
You'll just have to activate it manually.
Manually? Just stuff this baby into the engine core, flip that switch, and then get the hell out of dodge.
Well, how much time between the switch flipping and the fireball of destruction? Uh, could rig a detonation delay.
That should buy you No problem.
[Steam hissing.]
[Beep.]
[Machinery hums.]
[Beeping.]
Hi there, sheriff.
Business on the premises? Wha.
.
um [Laughs.]
Funny thing, the, um Uh I got nothin'.
[Click, humming.]
[.]
Grunts.]
[Rapid beeping.]
We have a security breach in pod five! Station! Oh, no, we're waiting on orders.
[Indistinct chatter.]
Hyuh! Uhh! Argh! [Electricity zapping.]
There They're on the Columbia, headed out to sea.
That's got to be them.
It worked.
Jo, we found 'em.
Um, uploading coordinates.
Got it.
Contracting the heat signatures.
You're about An hour out.
Not the way I fly.
You're still flying blind.
The overheating is causing a system-wide cascade failure.
- Should I pull the crew? - No, no! Our only concern is salvaging the program.
And if it fails with them inside? Then the crew's loss is on Beverly.
We can't have this coming back to haunt us.
Dump the container overboard and save the data.
Understood.
We're gonna need to shut down all nonessential systems, so I'm gonna have to log you out of the program.
But I'm not logged in.
Someone's using your login code From a Eureka IP address.
[Sighs.]
That clever bitch.
[Alarm droning.]
What the All right, now, get Jack the hell out of there.
I'm trying.
- I can't.
- What are you trying to pull? Someone severed my link to the neural computer.
Well, there's got to be another way - to get him out of there! - Not-not safely.
I have to eject him from within the system.
Any other way could be fatal.
- Jack.
- I - Are you okay? - Yeah, relatively.
"Under 12 seconds.
" Ugh.
Think we got our heat spike.
Yeah, you bet we did.
We broke the matrix.
[Explosions.]
We really broke the matrix.
So I take it this wasn't supposed to happen? - Yeah, you think? - Run! The entire program is derezzing, with us inside! We must have created a cascade failure.
If that bullet reaches us, we're dead.
So "run" is sort of a short-term plan, then? Well, we have to slow it down, give Jo time to get us out.
Wait, wait! The computer world only renders areas that we're looking at! So we need to make those areas smaller.
Right, so if we get the entire Astraeus crew to the same place, the program won't have to render the whole town.
And the computer won't have to work as hard, which should slow down the derezzing process.
All right, well, the crew's at global, right? We get 'em at the rotunda.
Yes.
- Let's roll.
- Grace! She's still with Henry.
- All right, I'll get Grace.
- Okay, careful.
- All right.
- Hey, hey, hey! Be careful.
Henry, um, I really have to go.
For your Geological detonation.
Yes.
You're lying.
Uh you're right.
Actually, um I'm working on a A new project.
But it's a surprise.
Ah, and I have a surprise for you.
I don't think that this Relationship [Weakly.]
Mm-hmm.
Is going to work out.
Henry! Don't move.
Uh Jack.
Uh ah-ah What's wrong? [Buzzing.]
Aah! Aah! Ohh! [Panting.]
That was a little unsettling.
You okay? Not even close.
- Let's go.
- Okay.
[Rumbling.]
Just trust me.
Go to the rotunda now! Go! [Cracking and whooshing.]
Looks like you and I have a problem.
Big time.
Uhh! - Ah! - Uhh! [Gasping.]
I could keep battin' you around like a helpless little mouse.
But I am tired of playing with my food.
[Gasping.]
No! Aah! [Wind whooshing.]
- Aah! - Ohh! [Screaming.]
You bitch! [Grunting.]
Oh! Ohh.
Bet that felt good.
It didn't suck.
[Chuckles.]
Oh, my God.
My God.
Oh, my God.
Thank God you guys made it.
- Barely.
- Oh, you okay? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm fine.
Eureka's coming apart at the seams.
Yeah, waiting to be rescued is not an option.
This is a nightmare.
You're right.
That's it.
And all we have to do is wake up, the same way that Zane woke up when Martha shocked him.
Right.
[Stuttering.]
A big enough shock could have disrupted the electrical impulses between Zane's brain and the matrix computer.
Okay, so it might be a way to completely eject from the inside? But Zane was lucky that he didn't get electrocuted.
You could wake up for a second or never wake up again.
I feel lucky.
And when I wake up, I could get all you out.
But you're not with us in the real world.
Small issue.
- I'll do it.
- I'll do it.
Jinx! I mean, heh, just joking.
You got it, so Lucky you.
Hit me.
Hit me! [Zap.]
Uhh! [Groaning.]
[Indistinct chatter.]
[Grunts.]
Going somewhere? Uhh! Gah! Come on, move in.
[Indistinct chatter.]
Hey, remember me? - Uhh! - Step back.
Get away from there! Don't don't Don't shoot.
We gotta get the others out.
Give me a hand to that control panel.
I'm feelin' kind of limp here.
I'm gonna let that one go.
I missed you, JoJo.
Any time, Zane! If he even got out alive.
Jack, what about you? Well, Henry and Beverly are working on it.
Well, hey is6 damn it.
Try something else! You have to reestablish a connection to him.
I am doing everything I can, trust me.
[Door opens.]
Beverly, stop! Stop! Dr.
Deacon I don't know what Ms.
Barlowe has told you.
But we just recovered the bodies of the crew.
The invasive neurological experiment she was performing left no survivors.
She is lying, Henry.
This is our only chance to get everyone out.
Henry whatever she did to your wife and the rest of the crew, she is doing to sheriff Carter! We have to unhook him from all this If you do that, he will die.
Henry, that is how she killed Holly Marten.
Can't we just unplug them? No, it's like ejecting a flash drive from a computer.
You can't just yank it out or Fatal system error.
Henry think about everything that this woman has done to you.
All the lies she's told.
Do you really think that she has the sheriff's interests at heart? I'm going to arrest her now.
Please don't force me to arrest you too.
Okay, just, uh, wait.
Uh, before you do that, Beverly, duck.
[Beep.]
[Zap.]
[All grunt.]
[Cracking.]
Jack, just don't let go.
Never.
Love it when you call me Jack.
[Whoosh.]
Uhh! Welcome back, Allison.
Jack is still in there.
He doesn't have much time.
Can you get him out? No, he's integrated at a different source.
He has to be ejected from there.
Henry, come in.
We have the crew.
Is Carter okay? Henry? He's not answering.
[On speaker.]
Henry, do you copy? Beverly! Henry, can you hear me? Can anyone hear me? Can you copy, please? [Static.]
I'm here, Jo log me back on and I'll pull sheriff Carter out.
Could you take this one? Go ahead.
[Cracking and rumbling.]
Henry, any time now! Any time now! Whoa.
Aah! [Grunting.]
Aah! [Grunts softly.]
Ohh.
Oh! Whoa.
Ohh! Uhh! You okay? You okay? - Oh! Hey.
- Hey.
[Laughing.]
Hey! Welcome back.
- Thanks.
- Wha the others.
Uh, they got out.
What what happened here? Uh, I tell you.
I had to trust Beverly with your life.
She got you out, Jack.
Where is she? Don't know.
Y I ask you to do one, simple thing.
- Hey.
- One si I call "next" on the phone.
Holly must be worried sick.
Can you just Hey, Fargo, why don't you Take a little walk with me.
Yeah.
Yeah, I don't think so.
My legs ain't workin' so well.
Yeah, it's It's okay.
I'll hold you up.
Welcome back, captain.
Sorry about the mess.
We're still under construction.
Planked fig with pancetta and goat cheese? - Sounds wonderful.
- Mm, thank you.
You're welcome.
Could you stop grinning at me? It's kind of freaking me out.
Oh, come on, Grace.
Now when could this face ever freak you out? Hmm? [Chuckles.]
Still feeling limp? Funny.
Heard you cut your walkabout short because of us.
So you gonna head back out? We'll see.
Oh, yeah? Well I'll drink to "we'll see.
" Still haven't got the squeezing out of your system, have you? I'm sorry, I'm just happy to have my family back.
My very young, young family.
Well, we're happy not to be old, aren't we, Jenn [chuckles.]
It's nice to have things back to normal.
Yes, normal How is the happy reunited couple? Happy.
Okay.
- How are you doing? - Good! I I gotta drink I got the - There you go.
- Thanks.
Sorry, one sec.
Hey, Andy.
Hey, boss.
You okay? I just don't understand.
Everyone on the crew seems to be afraid of me.
Did I Do something wrong? No, I think it'll pass.
Sometimes, it just takes people a little while to, uh, adjust to To reality.
Would you excuse me for a sec? Okay.
[Sighs.]
Hey, Fargo.
You lied to me.
I was trying to protect you.
Till we got back.
Uh Sorry.
But I couldn't protect her.
I know.
Neither could I.
You put me in here? It seemed appropriate.
Are you really that naive? I'm a U.
S.
senator, and you're a wanted felon.
No one's gonna take your word over mine.
I'm untouchable.
I know.
[Clank, beep.]
[Door squeaks.]
Hello? No.
[Gasping.]