Primeval s05e06 Episode Script

It seems our little secret's out.
(ROARING) (PEOPLE SCREAMING) - They're opening up everywhere.
- All over the world.
This is it, we're about to make history.
Stop him.
Do whatever you have to.
See, I know that you think you're doing the right thing, but you couldn't be more wrong.
New Dawn kills everything.
There are dinosaurs roaming the streets.
- That's what the ARC's for! - The ARC has failed.
Yes! I'm in.
- It's Connor.
- Get him down from there.
Come on, April.
Don't give me an excuse to fry you.
MATT: Philip! You've got to listen to me, I've seen this! You're going to kill everything.
Philip, no! COMPUTER VOICE: Auxiliary power activated.
Cheer up, Matt, it's working.
- No! - ABBY: Connor! No! (THUNDER RUMBLING) (COUGHING) (SNARLING) (WIND HOWLING) We have to go after Connor.
Philip, at least let me go after him! No one is going after Connor until this anomaly is stable.
But you can't control this! You have to listen to me! No, you listen to me.
This machine is already generating more power than the entire National Grid and this is only the beginning.
Did you ever even care about him? That kid worshipped you! Of course I cared for him.
And if he is dead, it'll be your fault.
Because he wouldn't even have been up there had you not poisoned him against me.
Look around you, Matt.
The world didn't end.
You were wrong.
This machine is a force for good.
My work, Connor's work.
I know he would have been proud of what he has achieved.
You were wrong.
You.
Get him out of here.
(GRUNTING) Emily, I have to go after Connor.
I have no choice.
Abby, listen to me, you can't go through, you're not thinking straight.
- What would you do? - MATT: Hey! Hey! - I'm going to get him.
- No, no, no, I'm going to come with you.
No! I'm going to go and I'm going to bring him back, I promise.
You're going to stay here because I need both of you here, okay? JESS: Abby? Connor, do you read me? Anyone, do you read me? MATT: No, not here.
Connor! (COUGHING) MATT: Connor! MAN: It's growing too quickly.
No.
That can't be right.
Run those tests again, will you? (ALARM RINGING) It's all right, Ray, I expected this.
Connor! CONNOR: Matt! Connor.
Connor.
Connor.
(WHEEZING) I can't breathe.
(SNARLING) Okay, on three we're going to move, okay? - I don't think I can.
- You're going to do it, mate.
You're going to do it.
Move back, we've got to move back.
(SNARLING) Get up.
Where's Emily? Distracting the guards.
(WIND HOWLING) Matt, it's coming again! Okay, follow me.
Come on.
These winds are toxic.
We'll be safe in here, help me.
Connor, get in.
Abby, go, go! - Are you okay? - Yeah.
Where are we, though? Okay.
Here, sit him over here.
He needs water.
(BOTH GRUNTING) You just keep breathing and that pain is going to pass, all right? Just keep breathing.
Hey.
What is this place? MATT: Our only hope.
CONNOR: My lungs are burning.
Hello? He needs water.
Okay.
How did you know this place was here? Water.
There must be water.
This is my time.
But I'm guessing later.
Or close to it.
You actually lived out there? Nothing can survive out there, Abby.
Except those ugly freaks.
(EXCLAIMS IN DISGUST) Oh, no.
It's clean, it's clean! Here.
Okay.
Drink this.
Okay.
It's okay.
The storms are erratic and hard to predict.
We're going to have to time this carefully.
ABBY: You lived underground? Yeah, we moved from shelter to shelter, tried to avoid the storms, fought the predators.
When I got to your time, I thought it was the Garden of Eden.
Where is everyone now? Everyone is dead, Abby.
Have a good look.
This is what New Dawn did to the earth, turned it into hell.
(EMILY GRUNTING) What is wrong with you people? Can't you see that I'm actually quite busy here? They might be dead now because of you.
Take her away.
(CRYING OUT) You have to stop Burton! Listen to me! Let me out of here! - COMPUTER VOICE: Malfunction.
Emergency.
- (ALARM RINGING) Anomaly expanding.
Check the magnetic field brackets.
What are you doing? Where are you going? I need you! COMPUTER VOICE: Primary reactor offline.
(RUMBLING) Emergency, emergency, emergency, emergency, emergency, emergency, emergency, emergency, emergency, emergency, emergency, emergency Helen won.
And I helped her.
All I ever wanted to do was to prove to Cutter that he was right to trust me, and I ended up just betraying everything that he even stood for.
(RUMBLING) It's okay.
(MACHINES POWERING DOWN) Are you okay? What happened? Could Philip not afford to pay the electricity bill? There was some kind of electrical surge, everything went dead.
We're on emergency power.
The system is fried, the detector's offline and I can't get through to anyone on comms.
Okay, we'll just get someone to fix it.
Everyone is out in the field.
And I don't think the power-out is restricted to the ARC.
Philip's infernal machine.
(MOBILE RINGING) Now I've seen it all, mobile phone reception when you really need it.
It's Becker.
The electricity is out all across the city.
It's as if someone set off a huge electro-magnetic weapon.
- What's Matt say? - We've lost touch with him.
Get to New Dawn and find out what's going on.
Try that.
(ENGINE STARTING) We're on our way.
Good man.
Good man.
Every second we stay here New Dawn gets stronger, we need to go and we need to go now.
You two go on ahead.
I'll catch up with you when I feel a bit better.
Don't even think about giving up on me.
I'll slow you down.
Never.
Whatever we do, we do together, that's the deal.
I need you to stop that machine, I can't do it.
Come on, nothing's finished yet.
Connor, forget about Philip and the machine.
You have to go back.
Why? Because (WHISPERING, INAUDIBLE) (BOTH LAUGHING) - Really? - Yeah.
Stop messing around and help us.
- Come on.
- (GRUNTING) MATT: The wind's died down.
(EXHALES) We doing this or what, then? MATT: It's clear, hurry.
(CONNOR GRUNTING) (SNARLING) Let's go! Matt! Matt! Matt! CONNOR: It's expanded too quickly, it's not safe inside, come on.
HELEN: You will find a way.
Our hopes rest on you.
The future is in your hands and there's no doubt you will do it.
The future is in your hands.
Philip.
Philip! - Connor, you're alive! - I need you to help us.
I know this is what Helen wanted.
I just don't understand why! The anomaly has grown so powerful.
Give us the code so we can shut down the system.
- It's too late, it's too - Stop lying to me, Philip! Otherwise I'll drag you through that anomaly myself and I'll show you what you've done! Listen to me.
I know your intentions were good and I know you were trying to help This is what Helen exploited, this is what she always exploited.
Humanity.
Your humanity.
She didn't exploit my humanity, Abby.
She exploited my ego.
Give us the codes, we can still fix this! It's no use, the EM surge would have fried the data.
We can't just quit the programme.
Unless There is a way.
There is a possibility.
Connor, I need you to crash the computer in the turbine room.
MATT: Do it.
Then find Emily, I'm going with Philip.
Come on.
Any news? No.
What if they've failed and this is the beginning of the end, just like Matt said? What if they're all dead? They're not dead, Jess, and it's not the end of the world.
If it was, someone would have sent us a memo.
You know what my father used to say when things got rough? "Where's that ruddy whisky?" Oh, no! Don't tell me you're teetotal.
There's There's (SNARLING) LESTER: Don't Don't make a sound.
Okay, how do we do this? I can shut this machine down, but when I do, there won't be much left of this building.
You need to leave, Matt.
Can't we shut it down and then make a run for it? As soon as I take the last system offline, it'll be like slamming the brakes on an aircraft travelling at 500 miles an hour.
Everything in here will be vaporised? COMPUTER VOICE: Anomaly expanding at critical level.
Including you, Philip? Matt, I'm the bad guy.
COMPUTER VOICE: Primary reactor overloaded.
Primary reactor overloaded.
Emergency, emergency, emergency, emergency - We've got to get down and override it.
- But it isn't safe! I know, I know, just do it, Abby.
CONNOR: Shutting it down now.
ABBY: Then what? We need to get out of here! Where Where's Philip? He's not going to make it.
He wants to do the right thing.
No, no, we don't have to He's locked himself in, there's nothing we can do.
Well, we can't just let him Connor, Connor, if this is what he wants.
Come on, we're leaving.
We have to get out of here.
- Come on.
- Come on.
MATT: Get clear of the building, I'll find Emily.
COMPUTER VOICE: Emergency.
Emergency.
(COUGHING) Emily! Emily! Emily! Emily! Matt? What took you so long? COMPUTER VOICE: Self-destruction sequence initiated.
(RUMBLING) Five seconds to self-destruct.
Four, three, two, one.
The anomaly is too powerful, it doesn't need the machine any more.
There's no way we can stop it now.
(WHISPERING) What are you doing? Texting Becker.
(FEEBLE WHIRRING) What is it? Almost out of power.
We've got one shot, maybe two.
It's not going to be enough.
Okay, we're going to have to get to the armoury.
Shouldn't we stay here? Becker will get the message and he'll come.
There's got to be something we can do about this.
CONNOR: It's over.
There's nothing more we can do.
Won't the anomaly close on its own eventually, just like they always do? This one's manmade.
It's stable.
It was designed to stay open forever, to provide it like an endless energy source, it's unstoppable.
Okay, so plan A was rubbish, what about plan B? We're working on it.
Jess said all the anomalies had disappeared, how the hell did she miss that? Maybe it overwhelmed the system.
It's from Jess.
There are future predators at the ARC, her and Lester are trapped.
Predators? How can there be predators? (SNARLING) Your anomaly, the one in your lab, it was the prototype for this one, right? Yeah.
So, essentially, it's the same anomaly.
It must have re-opened, which is how the predators got into the ARC.
There's a way to destabilise the anomaly, by merging the prototype with this one.
(WHISPERING) Where is everything? All the teams are out in the field, but I thought there'd be more than this left.
There's no power.
Power packs.
There.
- This? - (LOUD THUD) (THUDDING) (GASPS) Oh, God! (SNARLING) (CLANGING ECHOES) (CREATURE SNARLING, JESS SCREAMING) BECKER: Hey, hey, hey.
MATT: Over here! Hey, hey, hey.
Jess, you're all right now, we're here.
MATT: Abby, keep a lookout.
Okay, let's get a drip in him and seal him in the medical bay.
That's all we can do for now, right? Jess.
Jess, how many were there? Um, four or five, maybe more.
Becker, check the car park.
James? Internal video system is down, everything is.
Connor.
I need to get to my lab, I need to get to that anomaly.
Okay, James.
Come on.
Up you get.
(LESTER GROANING) Okay.
That's it.
All right, let's go.
One, two, three, take a deep breath.
Just breathe.
Look after Jess.
Hey.
We're all going to die, aren't we? We're all going to die.
Of course not.
Jess, have you got a laptop here? Yeah.
Yeah.
Good.
Don't worry, I've got an idea.
It's going to be okay.
Listen, we have beaten these creatures before, we'll beat them again.
Okay? Will it hold? Yeah, yeah, he'll be safe for now.
Okay.
You sweep through this way and we'll meet you at Connor's lab.
Okay.
Your secret weapon is sound? Not exactly.
But disruptive sound should seriously mess them up.
They work on sonar, it means they pick up infrasound, low-pitched noises way beyond our hearing.
I'm going to overload their nasty little brains.
Will it be enough to kill them? No, but it should slow them down enough for us to shoot them.
Just access this file (SNARLING) EMILY: Why did it go? (WHISPERING) Wait here.
(CLATTERING) (SNARLING) Out! I'm out! That's the first one I've managed to hit.
Thank you.
Becker! (INFRASOUND PLAYING) (GUN CHARGING) (GUN FIRES) Nice plan, Abby.
All right, it's safe.
Okay, Matt, when I When I tell you to close it, do it in one fluid movement, all right? Good luck.
Cheers.
Close it.
That's good.
We're locked.
(EXHALES) Okay.
Ready? One, two, three.
Easy.
Easy.
If we damage the sun cage in any way, we might lose the anomaly.
Okay, got it.
Yeah? Look, no offence, but do you really think this is going to work? Well, we've got three options.
One, we merge this with Philip's anomaly, it makes the big one unstable, it closes and the plan's worked.
Two, nothing happens and it doesn't change a thing, right? Right.
So far, I prefer option one.
What's option three? It makes the big one even more powerful and it accelerates the whole apocalyptic end-of-the-world type thing.
Basically, not good.
Right, let's find out.
- Ready? - MATT: Yeah.
CONNOR: Okay.
(SIGHS) We're good.
I'm going to go and rig the car.
Okay.
Okay.
You're going to drive it yourself? It's the only chance we have.
You know what I have to do.
It's all about this.
If you fail, you die.
If you succeed, if you change the future, you might never even have existed.
You could just - disappear.
- Hey.
It's okay.
MATT: Ready? CONNOR: Ready.
You just need to secure the steering wheel with the seatbelt.
Okay, I've got that.
- BECKER: What are you doing? - Matt! - Stop it! - No! - No! No! - Matt! (INAUDIBLE) Matt.
(GASPS) Matt? (LAUGHING) Hey, hey, hey! - How did you survive? - I have no idea.
It's so good to see you.
CONNOR: Do you think we did it? Do you think we changed the future? Yeah.
I think so.
Matt, what about my truck? No.
Oh, well, I guess we'll just walk back to the ARC.
Yeah.
- CONNOR: How's Lester? - He's going to be okay.
He's already threatening to sack the medics.
Hey.
- Abby, could I just have a word? - Yeah.
Um I wanted to, you know, the whispered thing? Whisper? Well, yeah.
You said that when we were back and, you know, all this was all this was over then, well, you said you were going to You know, you You said you Great, you don't remember.
Connor - Yep? - Temple Will you marry me? - I'll have to think about it.
- Forget it.
Yes.
So yes.
Oh, please, for goodness sake, stop fussing.
I'm perfectly capable of walking by myself.
Here we are.
How are you feeling, Lester? What an idiotic question, how do you think I'm feeling? (CHUCKLING) It's so good to see you.
- I take it this means we've won, then? - Here we go.
You did it.
I guess this means we're stuck with you now.
I guess it does.
I think we should keep the whole "man from the future" thing just between ourselves, don't you? The Minister's confused enough as it is.
Well, this is turning into a surprisingly good day, with us, you know, saving the world and Well, I suppose that's the end of the anomalies.
It is possible Philip's machine might have closed the anomalies forever.
It'll be really weird being normal again.
(MOBILE RINGING) Ah.
Only two people have got that number, one's the Minister and the other's my wife.
Either way, I think I'm in for an earful.
James Lester.
Understood.
So much for being normal, Connor.
A train just left Kings Cross, disappeared into thin air.
Sorry, does that sound familiar to anyone? Anomalies? Chop-chop! Yep.
JESS: Everyone grab a black box, I'll get the system up and running.
Right.
Let's go.
Well, Parker, don't just stand there, get back to work.
Emily, comms are still down.
I'm going to get my phone.
Hello? Go back.
You have to go back.
EMILY: Matt? What's wrong? Nothing.
I'm fine.
We're ready to go.