Primeval s01e04 Episode Script

Anomalies are starting to appear.
Doorways in time to worlds we can barely imagine.
The anomalies are conclusive proof that the past exists.
In a fourth dimension as real and solid as those we already know.
Our job is to predict and contain them.
I just found out that my dead wife was still alive.
We need you to go through the anomaly and bring her back.
People are dying back at home and you want me to just runaway with you? Are you rejecting me? I'm asking you to come back with me.
She has to be brought back here.
By force if necessary.
PRIMEVAL 1x04 Hey, Hugo, hack in! HOME OFFICE MAXIMUN SECURITY WING I used to remember there are still laws against kidnapping.
Mm, though officially, you're dead.
We cannot kidnap someone who doesn't actually exist, can we? The only way you'll get out of here is by telling us everything you know about the anomalies.
I'll tell you one thing, you're the spitting image of a raptor I once met in the Jurassic.
I'll take that as a refusal to cooperate, should I? We got another one.
In a block of flats in the city centre.
Happy now? - Fluke.
- Jealous.
I didn't expect the S.
A.
S.
Town council takes pest control very seriously, Mrs.
Davis.
Are you ready? Relax everyone, it's only a python.
Only a python? What the hell were you expecting? Well, it turns out it was an illegally imported pet.
It escaped from the upstairs flat and it's been living in the drains.
Did you know it was a false alarm? You told your husband you knew how to find the anomalies.
Whatever I said to Nick is between me and him.
Prior knowledge of the anomalies location will be priceless.
If you can give us that information, it's your absolute duty as a citizen to do so.
But as you pointed out I don't even exist.
Then how can I be a citizen? I have the power to make your live extremely unpleasant.
How can you bear to work with this man? At the end of the day this is about something very simple.
Saving lives.
And you can do that.
So if you know anything at all, just tell us.
Bring Nick to me and I'll tell you everything I know.
Do you have an idea of how many times I've tried to call you today? I've been busy.
And, actually, you should be thanking me you're still involved at all.
No, you can't get rid of me.
You need me.
The truth is we need each other.
Believe me, more now than ever.
I hope she's driving Lester crazy.
You better get over here now.
Don't worry, this one's just a baby.
Fully grown it can be up to 20 feet long.
That makes me feel so much better.
- Are you okay? - Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
I love snakes.
We're gonna need a bigger sack.
Stephen! - Abby, can I ask you a quick favour? - I'm busy now.
It's just that I'm having a bit of bad sore on me at my flat at the moment.
I was just wondering whether I could stay in your sofa for a few days.
Connor, does this look like Tai-Chi I'm doing? I'd just be until I sort out something else.
Yeah, whatever, we'll talk about that later.
- How's this? - Good.
Okay.
There we go.
- Right, I'll see you in a minute.
- Where are you going? Tea break.
I'm not touching it.
Are they looking after you properly? If you cared about that you wouldn't have set me up in the first place.
I didn't set you up.
Okay, believe what you like.
They're listening to every word, aren't they? Oh I don't know, probably.
- I need you to get me out of here.
- Then tell me what you know! Tell me where the anomalies are, tell me why they're happening, then maybe I can help you.
Right now 'why' is the least of your worries.
You see, what does that mean? You want me to help? All right, I'll help.
Unless you act within the next few hours a pride of sable tooth killers will be rampaging through central London.
Thanks for the lift.
Man, you could have sleep on our sofa.
I've got a better offer.
- Who from? - You don't know her.
- Her? - A girl.
Right.
Hey, you forgot this one.
A Roswell keyring! That's cool.
It's only a housecoming present.
Oh, I'm touched.
Thanks a lot dudes.
Get out.
- See you.
- See you.
- You did turn it on? - Of course I've turned it on.
Great.
Whatever his secret is, we will soon know.
Oh yes.
Does it tickle there? - What are you doing here? - The room.
Remember? Don't worry, you won't even know I'm about.
Listen, you you can't just give us a kiss, could you? - No.
- I'll give you twenty quid.
What do you think I am? I think you're a person who kidnaps dinosaurs and hides them from the authorities.
You wouldn't.
Unbelievable.
- Do you get the signal? - Roswell's alive and kicking.
It's like a sauna in here.
Abby! You could just get the kettle on, could you? Oh no, that must be the real boyfriend.
Oh no.
Abby? Hi.
Come in.
Connor is so dead.
- I'm not interrupting anything, am I? - God, no.
I didn't know you were here.
Ah well, we're only telling close friends.
He's been shot out his flat and he's sleeping on the sofa.
All right.
- And the underwear? - Thermostat.
Is too hot.
It's broken.
Nice legs.
Thanks.
I hate to break up the party, but you better get dressed.
Helen is talking.
Smilodon.
It's literal meaning is knife tooth they're up to 3 meters long, they have sable teeth, they hunt in packs, they're ruthless predators.
Now, according to Helen, a large pride has established its territory near an anomaly and it's only a matter of time before they find their way through it.
London is a big place.
Where exactly is this going to happen? Well, that's your problem.
She won't tell us.
She wants to take us there herself.
- It's a trick.
- I agree.
That's possible.
But maybe she wants to proof to you that she's not as careless as you imagine.
She could do that without moving a muscle.
She might well be selfish.
But she's not evil.
- I know her.
- You mean you used to know her.
I think I trust her about as far as I can trust a Stegosaurus.
Ok, then the consequences of doing nothing could be a massacre.
I don't know how you would explain that to the Tourist Board.
- Here? - Do exactly as I say and this doesn't have to be a disaster.
In there? Yeah, in there.
Connor There's no trace of magnetic field.
The doors are too thick, it can't penetrate the metal.
- Is that true? - It's possible.
Watch her.
Hey! What if the cats have already came through? They could be right behind that door.
You know what? She's really starting to get up my nerves.
I can understand that.
You're bluffing.
- Try me.
- Stephen.
Get down.
- This is where you duck.
- Okay.
You know, you make a terrible poker player.
- This is area 51 all over again.
- Alien landing site? Secrecy, the swat teams.
They must have some kind of bunker under there, man.
- In a football stadium? - Duncan! That's the beauty of it.
Is the last place anyone would expect.
Yeah.
God, these people are clever.
Really clever.
Anybody hungry? Oh my God.
We've got to get rid of them.
The meat will act like bait! Unless you want your men to be breakfast I suggest you do something.
Ok, clear them up.
- Quickly.
- Here.
Okay.
Take this.
- Bring her back! - Helen! For God's sake, someone stop him! Oh my God.
It's incredible.
It's a big conjunction of anomalies.
There's no way I could follow her.
It would be like running into a hall of mirrors.
Let me guess.
No one sabre tooth cats inside.
Not even a kitten.
You tried to follow her.
To stop her.
What possible reason could I have for wanting her to escape.
I want answers more than anyone.
They're coming.
Round them up! Don't let them go! Connor's on the move.
They're great.
He should be appearing right about now.
Oh my God! They turned Connor into a turkey.
That is not a turkey.
Let's grab it.
- Dodos? - They're so cute.
And so dumb.
They're no stupid, just trusting.
It's not their fault they became extinct.
It's funny you weren't this sentimental about the Gorgonopsid.
- Is that all of them? - That's it.
We better ship these all back before we upset Darwin.
So, everybody, grab a Dodo.
It walks like a Dodo and squeals like a Dodo - And scratches like a Dodo.
- That's what this conspiracy's about.
They're cloning them.
Why would they clone a flightless bird? What would you start with dumb? A T-Rex? Go on.
You're so cute.
So Connor's moved in? Just until he founds a new place.
Come on.
Hey.
Wait.
Stephen Just cause me and Connor showed up on our underwear it doesn't mean there's anything going on.
That didn't come out how I meant it.
Professor, we have a Dodo down.
Oh no.
How did that happen? Maybe he ate one of the pies.
Sorry.
Poor little guy.
We should do an autopsy to find out how he died.
It could have been the shock? Well, we both gone through and we're all right.
As far as we know.
Cutter, the anomaly is fading.
Oh man, if we play our cards right with this, Duncan, our student loans are a thing of the past, man.
Oh, yeah.
It's a friendly old chap, ain't it? - Hey! - No, let him have it.
Let him have it.
We will be able to buy like a hundred MP3s when this things gets over.
Oh yeah.
Take it easy boy.
Easy.
What's he going to Not on my Converse All-Stars? No! That stinks.
- I'm gonna throw up.
- No, don't contaminate it cause we can sell Dodo's sick on eBay.
- It's muscle spasm.
- No, it's been dead for hours.
Stephen, grab that.
I'm trying watch Countdown here.
Okay.
You choose the channel.
Bad Doddy.
No, no, no, good Doddy, good Doddy.
He's gonna buy us a 42" plasma, Duncan.
What does it say about behavior? The Dodo was renowned for being slow stupid and harmless.
- That really hurt.
- Maybe it's getting over excited.
Come on Doddy.
It's time for a nap.
That's it, good boy.
Hurry, good boy.
There you go.
Let me see.
- Birds don't have teeth.
- What if they created an attack Dodo? Just how evil are these people? Never underestimate the unseen power, Duncan, never.
But the time for the low man to fight back has finally come.
- Oh, sorry.
- No, no, it's all right.
You google Mike Kliffer.
I'm gonna get some kind of bandage on this.
- All right? - Yeah.
Looks like some type of larva.
No, it's an adult.
It's some kind of giant cestode.
It's destroyed the internal organs and attacked the central nervous system.
I thought the trick of being a good parasite was to live of the host creature without killing it.
No, this one doesn't compromise.
It enters the blood stream as larva, it feeds of the host and then it moves up the body to lay its eggs.
Keeping itself alive just long enough to reproduce itself.
And then, mission accomplished, they both die together.
Isn't nature wonderful? - Are you all right? - No, my head really hurts.
I think it's trying to escape.
Can you stop him? It's the only proof we've got of this whole conspiracy.
Doddy? That's enough.
Maybe we should call the police.
No, they'll be on it.
They'll take me away and they'll do experiments.
What are we gonna do? I don't know.
I don't know, just let me think.
All right, come on.
We gotta get out of here.
Come on, get up, come on.
That's it.
What are you doing? Duncan, I'm sorry.
You did what? We just sort took it.
How did you know? Well, we followed you.
It's some kind of mutant.
It bit Tom.
He's really sick.
You're both idiots.
No, you're not calling the police.
That's way beyond them now.
- How infectious is this? - It's not a virus - it's a parasite.
- And Tom is the host? Yeah, and we have to isolate him before he can pass it on to anyone else.
Whatever you do when you go in there, don't let him come anywhere near you.
All right.
You're the idiot that stole the Dodo? There's no law against catching extinct animals.
You stole government property.
That makes it treason.
That was a joke? Right? Tom? Tom? Where are you, mates? Where is he? No sign.
You know those movies when you think the killer's finally dead, and then all of a sudden he just jumps up again? Yeah, I hate those films.
Me too.
After you.
It's dead.
- Are you sure? - Pretty sure.
Ok, bag it up but be careful.
One moment he was friendly, the next he just went crazy.
The parasite changed the Dodo's behaviour to suit to its own purposes.
- Which were? - To pass itself on.
That's why it bit Tom, so it could incubate its eggs in the new host.
It's not safe to be around him.
I'm sorry.
Maybe if we had got to him straight away then he'd at least had a chance.
But our parasite is light sensitive so wherever Tom is, he's gonna be trying to stay in the dark.
Right, we need to get this back to the lab, so Abby can prepare it for autopsy.
Sorry, but we really don't have time for this, we have to find him.
So how exactly does the parasite passes itself on? Biting.
In this case, but kissing would do just as well.
With the looks of it, kissing isn't likely to be much of an issue.
I take it this thing is an automatic death sentence.
If we can catch the victim during the parasite's incubation period, then maybe we have a chance of saving him.
But we're talking hours, at the most.
This thing's life cycle is unbelievably accelerated.
And who knows how many people Tom could infect three, four, and if they bite three or four more in turn Yes, I can do the math for myself, thank you.
This is all Helen's.
Unleashing a pandemic on us is just one more part of her twisted plan.
- What plan? - You tell me.
Helen hasn't done any of this on purpose.
The Dodos being contaminated is pure chance.
Who knows what Helen's capable of? She's left us behind.
All of us.
I think you're the only person who can't admit it.
The door's open, thank you.
I suggest you all hurry up and find him.
What is it? Have you been abroad recently? No.
I don't want you to panic but we need to do emergency surgery.
Why? What is it? Don't worry.
Whatever it is we're gonna get it out.
- What are you doing? - I'm sorry.
- Are you okay? - He just bit me.
What have they done to me? What have they done? Tom? Tom, is that you? This it's big, Duncan.
It's big.
We've got to go public, now.
- Where are you? - No, no.
They're using us as carriers.
They wanna take over from the inside.
Tom, it's me, it's Connor.
Tell us where you are, mate.
- We can help you.
- You're one of them.
- No, no, Tom just listen to us.
- Just don't get near me.
Stay there, don't put the- Proof.
Proof.
I need proof.
- It's been quick.
- Who were you expecting? You're from the hospital of tropical diseases I called.
Yes.
Yes, you did.
I'm Claudia Brown, from the Home Office.
- What's going on? - A suspected case of rabies.
No, this isn't rabies.
I saw something on the scan.
It was inside him.
Well, of course.
Rabies sounds a whole lot better than we have no idea.
What has he done to me? There must be a vaccine or something.
Your only hope is to have it surgically removed before it gets too advanced.
Look, we really need to find him.
So if you have any idea where he is anything you can tell us will be very useful.
Ok, we have to think like Tom.
Where would he go? Well, we don't know if he's on foot, in a car or using public transport.
We don't know anything.
Our only real chance of tracking him down is if when he attacks again someone raises the alarm.
That may take longer than you think, because Tom isn't just an animal, he's a human being.
He has will power.
He's gonna fight this.
Connor and the other student guy, Duncan.
I think they could shed some light.
It's a good idea, try them.
Okay.
Helen wouldn't do this to us.
I know she wouldn't.
Hello? - Can I help you? - They're after me.
I need proof.
I need your help.
Aren't you? I'm Tom.
Are they watching us now? No one's watching.
So what's really going on with these things? Tell me! I don't feel very well, okay? Tom, just take it easy.
Wait, wait.
Don't come near me, cause I don't wanna hurt you.
See, and I will.
It's not my fault.
Are you gonna tell me what's happening? Ok, when Tom is in trouble, what's his first reaction? - Tom doesn't get in trouble.
- He's not that sort of bloke.
The put yourselves in his shoes what will he be thinking? Where would he go? He'll be trying to find out what the hell this conspiracy's about.
There is no conspiracy.
So what's all this thing? A meeting of the local women's institute? The C.
I.
A.
? The free Masons? The Illuminati? You people are always hiding the truth.
Tom was right about everything.
That's why we put the transmitter on you.
What? You bugged me? Of course you did.
That's how you found the Dodo, right? You were the one with all the secrets, swat teams, girlfriends- Duncan, do us a favour.
Tell me where it is.
It's on your bag.
Inside Roswell.
- You sneaky- - Wait, wait, how did you track him? Tom modified the sat-nav on his Palm.
Then he's gonna come here.
If Tom wants answers, he's gonna follow the transmitter.
He's coming to you.
No, not quite.
The Dodo swallowed it.
The transmitter's inside the Dodo.
And the Dodo's with Abby.
You idiots.
You turned her into bait.
Tom, look.
I'm not gonna hurt you, okay? But you've got to really calm down.
Am I gonna die? No.
We won't let that happen.
'We'? Who's 'we'? What they have done to me.
What are they growing inside me? The Dodo bit you.
It gave you an illness.
Do you think I'm an idiot? Dodos are extinct.
They don't Just who is we? I want answers.
Just tell me the truth.
What are they really doing? Come on, let me get you to the hospital.
So you can grow another thing inside me? Get off, get off.
You people are evil.
See? That's the proof.
When I'm better, I'll need proof cause you'll try to discredit me.
But I'm cleverer than you.
Tom, you've been infected by a parasite.
Let's get it off you.
Let me call someone.
No.
Share it with your alike, Abby.
No, wait.
Okay.
Do you want the truth? I'll tell you.
The whole story.
That's what you want, doesn't it? I can tell you where this thing really came from.
Poor thing.
- You killed it.
- I didn't kill anything, Tom.
Don't lie to me again.
Things don't just happen.
It's all connected.
I'm on your side.
Remember? You can trust me.
The Dodo's gone.
He must have taken it.
And Abby.
We can try the transmitter.
We have to get to him fast.
He's a Home Office Scientist.
He didn't get his accreditation yet.
This is where the anomaly was.
I swear it.
We don't know why they come and go but that's where the Dodo came through.
Do you think I'm stupid? It's a trap.
It's a trap.
They're coming here to kill me, aren't they? You told them.
Help! Abby! Where are you? No, don't do it Tom, get off! - I've got a shot.
I can take him down.
- No.
- Connor, what are you doing? - Don't shoot him, please don't shoot him.
Connor, get out of the way.
Wait, let him try it.
Tom, it's me.
Let her go, mate.
Easy.
Easy.
Easy.
Do you remember Thursday nights? Don't you? Battlestar Galactica? Blake's Seven? Pepperoni pizza? - Connor? - Yeah.
They're good times.
Weren't they? You can fight the dark side, mate.
You really can.
You too, Connor.
Move away! He will kill you.
No he won't.
He's my friend.
You come with me.
We can we can help you.
It was a conspiracy, wasn't it Con? Big time.
Up to the top.
Was it alien mind control? Yeah.
Brilliant.
Connor, back away! Connor! No! It's okay.
You're okay.
They tried to take me over.
But I fought them, Con.
- I I fou - You did a really good job.
Yeah.
Am I a hero? I can't do this anymore.
Come here.
We need you.
If I hadn't been involved, Tom would still be alive.
No.
There's a handful of people in the whole world that know what's going on here what we are grappling with.
And you're one of them.
That would have made his day.
He'd have loved it.
So you can't bail out now.
Okay? Okay.
You come here.
NEXT TIME Any idea of what may have done this? A creature of devastating savagery.
Pterodactyl Pterosaur.
How the hell do we cordon off the sky? I should warn you, Lester's getting impatient.
He thinks you cause more problems than you solve.
- Rex! - Run! - Claudia, you're gonna stay here.
- What about you? Nick, don't leave me.