Eureka (2006–2012): Season 2, Episode 12 - All That Glitters - full transcript

ALLISON: Previously on Eureka.

I need the files
from the explosion
that killed Kim Anderson.

Why?
Beverly is involved.

Carter is
following a road

that goes right through Henry
and leads right to Kevin.

NATHAN: He controls
the field, now, Allie.
He's evolving.

If they get a hold
of Kevin, he will never
have a normal life.

Well, we have
to get that thing
out of him.

I'm shutting down all
research into the artifact
and the accident. I'm sorry.

LUCAS: Okay, Fifth
Geometric Postulate?

Math is useless,
bordering on futile.



But you have
to pass it.

And how can you
hate something
that's perfect?

There's no wiggle room.
I like things messy.

But chaos theory
states that there's
an underlying perfection

to the randomness
of all things.

Like, if I did something
completely unexpected.

It would be
totally perfect?

And not
at all futile.
Oh.

Now,
close your eyes.

I've got something
for you.

Lucas, it's so pretty.

Working here!

So, did you
ask your dad?

Well, not yet, but
with his weekend plans,
how could he say no?



Thank you.
You're very welcome.

Thanks, Vince.

So I'm closing up
tomorrow at 5:00.

Hmm. Then we can be
on the road by 6:00.

I found my old waders,
by the way.

We don't have
to actually fish,
you know?

You kidding? How often
is it that I find a girl
who likes to fish?

Anything else
for you guys?

No.
Hey! Hey!
Let me get that.

Hey, ready
for the big trip?

Dad actually
went out and bought
a new pair of waders.

CALLIE: Really?

Thanks.

What are you doing, Zoe?
What do you want?

What... What do I want?
How could you say that?
I'm hurt and offended.

(LAUGHING)
Okay, this sounds like
a private thing.

I will see you later.
All right.

Bye, Zoe.
Bye.

See you later.

Oh, don't worry.
You'll get plenty of time
together this weekend.

(SIGHS)
What happens fly fishing,
stays fly fishing.

Separate rooms.
Yeah, okay.

Uh-huh.

But since you're
gonna be gone,
I thought that maybe

I could have a few
people over, you know,
to keep me company.

Like a party?

Like a slumber party.

Mmm.

Maybe.
How many girls we talking?

Roughly five or six.

And maybe
five or six boys.

Okay, Dad,
we're not kids anymore.

Well, then they're
definitely not gonna
spend the night.

All right, here's the new
"not kid" rule. No boys.

But, Dad...
No buts.

(SIGHS)

No coffee!

Put your finger there.
Put your arm up.
Good to go, kiddo.

Loss of hemoglobin makes
my blood sugar low,
you know.

Well, you know
what else I know?

Cafeteria has
chocolate chip cookies today.

Go ahead.

I couldn't let him
do that by himself
a month ago.

He communicates
so well now.

Just like
a normal kid.

It scares me, Nathan.

I'm afraid
of what the change
might be doing to him.

You're thinking
about Carl Carlson.

Aren't you?

He's the only other person
who has had a connection
with the artifact.

Not like Kevin.

If only a fraction of it
killed Carl...

Allie.

I'm working on it.

I'm not gonna let
anything happen to him.

(SIGHS)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
Hey!

Hey, Jo!
What? Is it a...

What is it?
Free-donut day at Café Diem?

No.
Crowd control call.

MAN 1: Come take a look!

WOMAN 1: What?
What are you talking about?

MAN 2: Did you see that?

MAN 2: There's got
to be an explanation...

MAN 3:
That was something, huh?

WOMAN 2: Certainly has.

Excuse me.

Is that...

Gold.

Beats free donuts.

MAN 4: It seems magical.

Now, looks like

pure 24-karat gold.

Wasn't there a fairy tale

about turning metal
into gold?

The ancient science
of alchemy.

The modern term
is transmutation.

People have been
obsessed about this
myth for millennia.

You still okay
to take some samples,
do your thing?

I'll try, but I'm not sure
I have the right equipment
in my garage.

Why don't you use
your lab at G.D?

I don't have a lab
at G.D. I was locked out.
What?

Someone is denying me access
to Kim's artifact research.

You wouldn't know
anything about that,
would you?

I don't think so.

Uh-huh.

Well, I'll find out
what I can about
Golden Boy.

JO: Anything else
you can remember about
the statue cleaner?

He had an accent
and no respect
for privacy.

Hmm.

Did you see his name?

No.

Oh, oh. Wait, wait, wait.
Yes, on his overalls.

Rudolph.

Are we done yet?

Yeah, we're done.

Okay, your turn.
Your date with Zane.
All-nighter?

That would be
none of your business.

Oh, come on.
I have to live
vicariously through you

since my dad shut me
down this weekend.

Yeah, I heard about that.

I mean, if I wanted
to have sex with Lucas,

I wouldn't have
to wait until my dad
went out of town.

Okay, but you're not.
Right?

(SCOFFS)
Relax. I've seen the
after-school specials.

And, I mean, Lucas is
a perfect gentleman.

Odd? Yes, but
a complete romantic.

Look.

Wow, very medieval.

So, now that we know that
my virtue is still intact,

let's talk about
you compromising yours.

Look at the time.

Got to find Rudolph.

(SIGHS)

ALLISON: So how did
this happen, Carter?

Henry's working on it.

Good.
Yeah.
From his garage.

I got to ask. Did you
shut him out of Kim's lab
because of me?

Well, you said
he wasn't being honest
about the artifact accident.

It's a security issue.

Well, I didn't say
that he broke the law.

I mean, I just said that
he might know something.

And I just...

Okay, I'm gonna need
access to Kim's lab,
so when should I stop by?

This is getting serious,
Carter.

If you're doing
an investigation,

you're gonna have to
do everything by the book.

You're gonna need
to make an official request.

Since when?

I'm sorry, Carter.

Yeah. Me, too.

But as long as
we're being official,

I'm gonna need to
see Beverly Barlowe's
classified G.D. File.

Well, you'll need to
make an official request
for that, also.

Allie, I am looking
at Kevin's blood cells from
last week and from yesterday,

and there's
been a mutation.

Almost evolutionary.

Nathan, not almost.

Nathan, he read my mind.

What?

Last night, Kevin knew
exactly what I was thinking
before I even said it.

Well, I guess
if his blood cells
are evolving,

his brain cells are, too.
But telepathy?

Carter's not gonna
give up his investigation.

He wants
Beverly's G.D. File.

Give it to him.

He'll need to talk
to Beverly to make a case.

He'll never find her.

How can you be so sure?

Trust me.

CARTER: You notice anything
different about the statue?

What's to change
about the statue?

What were you
using on it?

Same cleaner I use
on that statue every year.

CARTER: We're gonna
need a sample.

It's expensive.

It's evidence.

It's outside.
I will bring it
from the truck.

Happy guy.

Yep. Probably
wasn't allowed to have
a social life as a child.

Come on, Jo. I can't
let her have a boy-girl
sleepover while I'm gone.

Do you really think
she's gonna do anything?

It's not her
I'm worried about.
It's Hair Boy.

Lucas.

Would you be
less worried if there
were adult supervision?

Well, yeah, but she's
not gonna have a party
if I'm there.

What about me?

You?

Three brothers,
always wanted
a sister.

And, besides,
she'll think you're
a god if you say yes.

And perhaps no one will
tell a certain drycleaner

that you've never
been fly-fishing
a day in your life.

I've been fly-fishing!

Once.

Bring it back. If it
turns anything to gold,
I could use a new truck.

Is there anything else
you can tell us
about the statue?

It's too tall.

Anything strange
about the metal's
composition?

You want to know more?
Go talk to the artist,
Christopher Dactylos.

He will give you a three-hour
lecture on why his hangnail
should be in the Smithsonian.

Can't wait. Thanks.

ALLISON: I thought you
moved all your research
back to G.D.

Nathan, what are
we doing here?

Giving you
some peace of mind.

Transfer papers need
to be signed in order
to complete the delivery.

The package is now
under your jurisdiction.

The D.O.D. Has
hereby disavowed
all knowledge of it.

Understood.

Nathan, what is going on?
Why are you involved
with the D.O. D?

ELECTRONIC VOICE:
Identity confirmed.

Oh, my God.
Who is that?

Beverly?

There's no place
like home.

ALLISON:
Where did you find her?

Solitary at Guantánamo.

From the looks of her,
it wasn't too pleasant.

Again, Nathan,
why have you been
talking to the D.O. D?

I bargained
with them.

Gave them evidence
to prosecute Beverly

in exchange for letting
us talk to her first.
What evidence?

A recalibration
device Henry found
on Kim's computer

and video of Beverly
putting it there.

Nathan,
you said we were
in this together.

Why didn't you tell me?

Plausible deniability.

Why do you think
your signature is not
on the transfer form?

Now, I think you should
talk to her first.

NATHAN:
She might trust you more.

Mr. Dactylos?
It's Sheriff Carter.

Hello?

(DOOR OPENING)

CHRISTOPHER:
Newton's Third Law of Motion.

"For every action,
there is an equal
and opposite reaction."

You push something here,
and it creates chaos
where you never expected it.

So I presume you're here
about Pythagoras?

Yeah. Yeah,
you sculpted him?

Cast iron mold.

The mold's on display
at the Smithsonian

as an inspiration
to young artists.

Well, I guess it'll be
more famous now that
it's turned into gold.

Any idea how?

Gold would never
be my medium of choice.
It's far too malleable.

Huh.

What do you know
about alchemy?

Some say it was
the first science.

Practiced by
intellectual leaders
throughout history.

In the Middle Ages,
it even incorporated
an occult component,

and many alchemists
were burned at the stake.

What's the crime
in trying to create gold?

The crime of trying
to control nature.

The age-old struggle
between man and God.

Huh. Anything
like that at G. D?

The last of the
known alchemists
were Eastern European,

but the fall of Hitler and
the rise of particle physics
hastened their demise.

And that should
save you the Google search.

Yeah.

Now if you don't mind,
I've got a piece
in the furnace, so...

Sure. Sure.
Thank you.

ELECTRONIC VOICE:
Identity confirmed.

Looks like I'm not
the only one surprised
to find me back in Eureka.

Why, Beverly?

Why would you betray
your own government?

What could possibly
be so important?

Oh, come on, Allison.

You haven't had the big office
for that long.

There are obligations
that we have that go
beyond governments.

Things we need
to protect.

The way you protected
Kim Anderson?

Things did not turn out
the way I planned.

I never meant
for her to die.

Well, tell that to Henry.

I need you to tell us
what you know
about the artifact.

And why would I tell you
if I didn't tell those
nice men at Gitmo?

Look, I never want
to go back there again.

If you help me,
I will help you.

The only way you can help me
is to get me a deal.

And the only way you can do
that is by using your position
to protect me.

But you would never
do that, would you?

Depends on what you know.

So if I tell you
everything,

you will use your
influence with the D.O.D.
On my behalf?

I'll think about it.

Why, Allison?

Why would you betray
your own government?

What could possibly
be so important?

So the handyman is
from Slovenia?

Used to be Yugoslavia,
part of the medieval
Holy Roman Empire.

History in witchcraft
and ancient practices.

What? Like alchemy?

Rudolph was
born there in 1959,

learned his trade
from his grandfather,

and he owes
the Bank of Eureka
$68,000.

Texas hold 'em online.

Maybe Rudolph's working
on a way to settle that debt.

(DOOR OPENING)

Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you!

You're the best.

And almost god-like,
I'd say.

And I promise,
no sex, no drugs,
no rock 'n' roll.

You can have
rock 'n' roll.

Oh, and whatever
Jo says, goes.

Yeah, and she's
gonna be armed,

so Lucas stays 3 feet
away from you at all times.

Three feet.

Dad, he's not like that.

He's respectful
and kind and generous.

Mmm.
Sounds like you're
dating the Pope.

Oh, and look
what he gave me.

That looks expensive.

That wasn't gold before.

(PHONE RINGING)

Lupo.

Vincent? Calm down.
We're on our way.

They're looting Café Diem.

All right, stay here.

Where were
you raised?
Prison?

Hands off
my bundt!

That's telling him, Vince.
All right, what happened?

Okay, first, the utensils
turned to gold, then the
counters, then the silverware.

And that's when they
turned against me
like vultures.

Like greedy little
genius vultures.

I thought intelligent men
were above such things.

Fargo!

Really?

It's just so shiny.

(CROWD CHATTERING)

Hey. Please tell me
you got a handle on this,

because I got a town
full of petty larcenists.

Everything metal
turned into gold?

No, only certain places.

The kitchen, the counters
and some of the stuff
on the tables.

But nothing
in that half
of the room.

So it's probably not
airborne, or everything
metal would have changed.

You know, 'cause
the substance we
found on the statue

works like bacteria,

converting the molecular
structure of metal
into gold,

so I'd say it's
a contact issue.

One infected metal
touches another,
and then it spreads.

Okay, so if the bacteria
was on the statue, and then
something touches the statue,

and that something
was brought in here...

Exactly.
Okay.

Hey, Vince, I'm gonna
need a list of everybody
who came in here yesterday

and, if you can remember,
if they were wearing
or carrying something

that could've touched
the statue.
Okay.

Thanks.
Uh-oh.

What "uh-oh"?

Zoe's bracelet.

We were sitting
right here when
she showed it to me.

She said Lucas gave it
to her and they were
by the statue.

That would do it.

Yeah, but she's
safe, right? I mean,
people are safe?

It's metal-to-metal only.
She's fine.

Well, it looks like we've got
a gold epidemic on our hands.

(CHUCKLES) We just became
the richest town in the world.

Well, that's one way
to look at it.

Gold is a soft metal,
so it doesn't bear
the same weight as steel,

so our infrastructure
could be collapsing.

We'd be rich,
but dangerously unstable.

Like Paris Hilton?

MAN 1: Hey, come over here!
MAN 2: Look at it!

Now what?

(CROWD CHATTERING
EXCITEDLY)

Excuse me!
HENRY: Excuse me!

Excuse us!

CARTER: Pardon me.
I'm sorry.
HENRY: Excuse me.

CARTER: Whoa!
JO: Stand back, please.

This is corrosion.

(STAMMERING)
How's that
even possible?

Well, maybe...

It could be some
kind of parasite
feeding off its host,

mutating into
a metal-eating
bacteria,

which means any
structures made of metal
could deteriorate just...

(ALL SCREAMING)

(EXCLAIMS)

CARTER: We've got
an outbreak on our hands.

The town's been
sealed 2 miles around.
No one in and no one out.

I've called
for backup.

Oh, there has to be
a massive energy source
somewhere to be doing this.

No, Henry says
it's bacteria.

It changed the metal
into gold, and now
it's consuming it.

Henry?

Yeah, Henry.
He did the
initial tests, and...

Look, whatever's going on
between you two,
I need him on this one.

Henry, tell us
you know what this is.

Definitely a mutation
on the original strain.

It's like someone flipped
a switch and turned it into
a voracious metal-eating bug.

Well, how fast
will things continue
to deteriorate?

The answer lies
in determining when
and where it started.

Good, 'cause Jo and I have
to figure out where it went.

ELECTRONIC VOICE:
Identity confirmed.

(DOOR OPENING)

Hello, Nathan.

(SIGHS)

You have become quite the man
behind the woman.

Let's not pretend like
we were ever friends.

Fair enough.

I presume you're here
to offer me a deal, too?

Tell me what you know
about the artifact,
you're free to go.

I know what you know.

Maybe I'll come back
in a few days.

I do know it's capable
of human interface.

But you know that,
too, don't you?

How do I disconnect it?

I don't know,
but the energy release can
be life-threatening

if the cellular mutations
aren't reversed,

which is why
he's probably already dead.

I don't accept that.
How do I help him?

Help who?

I was talking
about Carl Carlson.

Who are you
talking about?

Rudolph,
you in here?

Rudolph?

(BUILDING CREAKING)

Looks like the
refurbisher needs
some refurbishing.

CARTER: And the tools are
corroding like the statue.

JO: Yeah, and
this entire shed.

(RUDOLPH GROANING)

JO: Carter, over here!
It's Rudolph.
He's pinned.

Hey. You all right?

It's not safe.

JO: I'll lift,
you pull.
We're gonna get...

(CREAKING CONTINUES)
RUDOLPH: Leave me!
You have to get out now!

CARTER: Go!

Come on!
Come on!
Come on!

(SCREAMS IN PAIN)

JO: This way.

CARTER: There you go.

There you go.
Going down.

(GROANING)

You got it.

CARTER ON PHONE:
Rudolph's cleaning solution

couldn't be the source
of the bacteria.

It was stored in a metal can
that hasn't been affected,
and neither has his truck.

Well, I've cobbled together
a rough timeline,

which seems to indicate
that the statue wasn't
the initial source either.

So, something touched
the statue and then
moved into Café Diem?

Right, at approximately
3:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Right as school got out.

Oh, man.

What?

No, I'm about to lose
my god-like status.

This is the most
humiliating thing
you've ever done to me.

Give me time.
I'm sure I'll top it.

I need to know everything
you can remember

about where you got it
and who sold it to you.

I didn't buy it.
I made it for her.

She likes blue.

Eyes front.
So you made it. What,
by yourself? Out of what?

Scrap metal.

He's really talented.

That's an interesting hobby.

It's not a hobby.
It's a class. Metallurgy.
I take it at school.

So the scrap metal
came from Tesla?

No, the advanced class goes
to the professor's studio.

Would that be a Professor
Christopher Dactylos?

One of the greatest artists
of the 21 st century.

That's all for right now.
Thanks, Lucas.

So is my boyfriend
un-arrested?

He was never arrested.

(ZOE SCOFFS)

Boyfriend?

Yeah, well,
play your cards right.

CARTER: New piece?

Destined for a museum
in Prague.

Sounds important.

Well, what would be the
point of creating something
if it wasn't important?

Or perfect?

One of your students says
that he used a piece of scrap
metal he found in this studio

to make a bracelet.

He washed it
in hydrochloric acid
and it transmuted.

Sheriff, I cannot be
held responsible
for the mistakes of a novice.

Hydrochloric acid,
you say? Interesting.

I know that alchemists
work in secret,

but I need to know what you
did to that piece of metal
before Lucas washed it.

I need to search
the premises, starting
with that cellar right there.

Well, I presume
you have a warrant.

No.

I just have this.

This is what's happening
to your statue.

That gold is transforming.

Be careful with that,
Sheriff.

You could be responsible
for unleashing the
destruction of Eureka.

Somebody already has.

Yeah, it's apparently
my student.

Albeit by accident,
he tampered with the formula

that was historically designed

to destroy
whoever tried to master it

without the proper knowledge.

So it's a trap?

It's called the
Alchemist's Curse.

It's designed
to trigger chaotic mutation.

So, metal to gold,
gold to rust...

And rust
to God knows what.

Now if legend is correct,
it will change again
and again and again

until it eradicates
the civilization
that fooled with it.

Babylon, Atlantis,
the Maya.

They all came close,
and look what
happened to them.

Well, we know
it behaves like
a bacteria.

And we have 99%
of the answers right here.

And it would take a genius
of an unnatural kind to come
up with the last 1%.

I'm afraid the
Alchemist's Curse
has found its next victim.

Us.

Okay, right there.
See that? Yeah.

Perfect.

You're getting good
at this, Kev.

Maybe one day you're
gonna be the head of G.D.,
just like your mom.

It makes her
worry too much.

Well, it's a big job.

She's worried
about me.

You both are.

We just want to know
what's making you change,
that's all.

And you think
she can help?

Do you?

Your mom told me
what you can do.

I think it's pretty cool.

Sometimes.

Can you do it now?

Can you tell me what
Dr. Barlowe's thinking?

What she knows
about what's going on
with you?

Guests usually knock.

Friends don't usually care.

Jack found the metal source,
which could quite possibly

help us come up
with an antidote
for the bacteria problem.

Okay. I need to
get Kevin home first.

I'll take care of him.

Jack needs your biochem skills
right now far more than mine.

I'm sure he'll need us both.

Come on, Kev.
Let's go see your mom.

I think we found
the source of our problem.
Now all we have to do...

Is deliver it into
the hands of the genius
who can abuse it.

Good to see you,
too, Christopher.

You two know
each other.

Yes, we started
at Global together.

We had similar interests.
But very
different approaches.

Nathan thought
the future held
all the answers.

I believed
in learning
from the past.

Well, I'm really into
the present, so let's continue
this reunion downstairs.

Wow, I've read about
these secret workshops

where alchemists are protected
from arrests and even death,

but that was back
in the day before the
enlightenment of science.

Modern science is
not that enlightened.

Magic's for losers
and wizards and has
no place in science.

Well, this is fascinating,
but we have a town
that's about to collapse.

I mean, can we fix this?

CARTER: He says that
if we do something wrong,
the bacteria will mutate,

like a built-in curse.

Or a built-in
security algorithm?

Or that.
Why do I
recognize this?

NATHAN: It's related
to the r-process
of the supernova,

which creates
heavy metals
from lighter ones,

like gold from lesser metals.
But this one's incomplete.

No, no. Lucas added
hydrochloric acid,
if that helps.

Maybe. I might be able
to figure out an antibody
if I work backwards.

CHRISTOPHER:
Ah, the great Nathan Stark,
always coming to the rescue.

Now finally you'll understand
the importance of things
that came before you.

But you know
you're under arrest for
withholding information

and obstruction
of justice?

You're gonna have
to come with me.

Lupo? He's on his way up.

Hey, guys, if we have
what we need, we got to go.

Give us a minute?

Yeah.

You know where I've seen
this before. This is Kim's
research on the artifact.

Leave it, Henry.

Nathan,
I can help you.

CARTER: Guys!
We got to go.

No. You can't.

(SCOFFS)

The Café Diem outbreak
infected the buildings
on Main Street,

and then tainted vehicles
spread the mutation
through the town

and forced the closure
of the Da Vinci Bridge.

What about Global?

The building frame is steel,
but it's encased in concrete,
so we should be fine.

(RUMBLING)

Maybe it was
an earthquake?

WOMAN ON PA:
Code orange. Engineering team
to Allison Blake's office.

Code orange.

(DOOR OPENING)

ELECTRONIC VOICE:
Security breach.
Unauthorized entry.

I knew you'd find a way in
once you knew I was here.

After what I discovered,
you're damn right.

You mean,
after you found
what I left for you?

Oh, come on, Henry,
give me a little credit.

You don't think
I accidentally left
behind the one thing

that could explain
Kim's death, did you?

I knew
you'd find it.

Why?

Because you deserve to know,
and because you're the
only man in this town

who can understand why
I had to do what I did.

Understand?

You killed the woman I love,
and there is no reason
in this world

that I shouldn't
do the same to you.

It was an accident.

And you already know
the reason or you wouldn't
still be talking to me.

It is the same reason
that Allison took
Kim's research from you

and gave it
to Nathan Stark.

The artifact is capable
of human interface.
Carl Carlson proved that.

And now it's connected
to someone else,
and you know who it is.

Kevin.

Yes.
He's the receiver now.

He's connected
to the Akashic Field.

All the collective knowledge
of the universe?

It's real, Henry.

And that kind of energy
cannot be contained for long.

It could kill him.

So that's what
Nathan's been working on,

trying to separate Kevin
from the field.

There are some things
we aren't meant to control

because it's in our nature
to abuse power.

We're not ready
for the responsibility.

So what is it
you're asking of me?

WOMAN ON PA:
Section Four, code...

Hey, hey! That creaking
noise, louder to the left
or to the right?

(CREAKING)

Never mind.

ALLISON: Nathan,
are you any closer
to figuring this out?

It all makes sense
until I get to the end
of the equation,

and then if I make a mistake,
it'll mutate again.

What's going on?
Where's Kevin?

He's fine.
He wanted me
to give you this.

He's been obsessed
with it for hours, like
he's channeling something,

and he's convinced
it's going to help you.

Well, it's the formula.

He finished it.

But he's never seen it.
How...

I don't ask
those questions anymore.

(RUMBLING)

FARGO: Help?

(ALARM BLARING)

Help?

Evacuate all
non-essential personnel
right now,

and give project heads
and emergency crews
one hour.

What happened?
Ceiling collapse
in Section Four.

If the floor goes next,
no one will make it
out of there.

Stark come up
with anything yet?

He's working
on an antibody
for the bacteria.

Allison, look,
now's not the time
to get into it,

but Henry and Stark
are involved.

I heard them talking
about Beverly.

Look, there's a collapse
in Section Four we need
to stay focused on right now.

Fargo was down there.
Please find him.

Eureka.

CARTER: Fargo?
Can you hear me?

Please tell me
it's not just you.

You're welcome.
How you feeling?
You in pain?

My leg's stuck,
but I don't think
anything's broken.

Okay.

(ALARM CONTINUES BLARING)

ALLISON ON P.A:
Carter, what's going on?

I found Fargo,
and what's left
of Section Four.

We're gonna need
a rescue team down here
as soon as we can, okay?

(RUMBLING)

Better send them quick
before the beam
below me corrodes.

Happy thoughts, Fargo.
Happy thoughts.

ALLISON: Carter,
Nathan's got something
to stop the rust,

but it'll take a while
to culture enough
for the whole town.

I'm just gonna need
enough to shore up
the beams under Fargo

before the whole
floor collapses.

That's not
a happy thought.

Hang on.

(CREAKING)

I repaired a beam
in Section Two last year.
Dangerous job.

We can't go from the top.
Any more weight would
compromise it.

So we go in
from the bottom?

There is a crawlspace
big enough for
a person to slide in

and apply
the antibacterial solution,

but the whole thing could
collapse while the repair
is being made.

I wouldn't do it
even if my leg
wasn't broken.

Oh, crap.

CARTER: All right,
I'm underneath the
Section Four collapse now.

Can you hear me,
Fargo?

FARGO: Still here.

NATHAN: You should be coming
up onto the first beam now.

(GRUNTS)

CARTER: Yeah. I see.
It's pretty bad already.

Wow, thanks
for the update.

Yeah, how do we know
this stuff isn't gonna
make it worse?

Worse?

My information
comes from a pretty
reliable source.

(RUMBLING)

It's weight-bearing.
Go ahead and spray it.

How much of this
metal-eating bug spray
do I use?

NATHAN: As much as it takes.

If we die, at least
we die together.

Oh. Don't kill me.

ALLISON: Carter!
It's not working!

Give it time.

Easy for you to say.

CARTER:
It's working, Fargo!

Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you.

NATHAN: Well, Fargo,
now you and Carter can
live happily ever after.

You want to know
what my happy thought was?

Some things
are better left unsaid.

(ROCK 'N' ROLL MUSIC PLAYING)

Not a bad turnout.

(GIGGLES)

Yeah, well, if there's one
skill that comes naturally
to me, it's party-planning.

I can think of
other things that
come naturally to you.

(DOOR OPENING)

SARAH: Welcome to the party,
Sheriff. Sorry your getaway
was cut short.

Yeah, thanks, SARAH.
How's security?

SARAH: No physical damage
to the property.

And other stuff?

SARAH: Slow dancing,
couch sitting and two people
currently in the front closet.

What are you...
You're supposed
to be watching...

Well, I was watching
her, and she was
watching me, so...

Yeah, okay.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Hey, Henry, what's up?

HENRY:
We still have a problem.
Bring your biohazard suit.

HENRY: This man only died
a week ago, and this is
all that's left.

Bone fragments,
ceramic dental crown

and a plastic stent
implanted in this dead man
three years ago.

I don't think I like
where this is going.

What if the metal-eating
bacteria mutated again
before we caught it all,

right here in the morgue?

It started jumping
to people?

I think it's attacking
the iron in our cells,

and this body
is ground zero
for the next stage.

I hate this day.

Now I'm gonna run some tests,
and, hopefully, it will remain
a contact germ.

But if it goes airborne...

Yeah.
I got to tell Allison.

Well, I already
told her and Stark.
Now I'm sure he's on it.

We'll take care
of the science.

You take care of the town.
People may have to
get out of here real fast.

That's it.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Stark.

ALLISON: You ready?
I need to get Kevin home.

NATHAN: Hey, are you okay
without me right now?

You need to get
some sleep, too.

Allie, I am looking
at the formula,

and if I can figure out
a way to shut down

Kevin's progression
the same way I shut down
the rusting bacteria, I...

Allie, I'm close.

I know you'll find a way.

Yeah, well, I'll come up.
I'll help you get him
to the car.

Okay.

(DOOR OPENING)

Henry, what are you
doing here? It's late.

How is he?

Kevin is fine.

I know what's happening
to him. Same thing that
happened to Carl.

Same thing
that killed Kim.

Exposure
to the artifact.

Henry, leave this alone.

Too late.

Why? Because of Kim?

Because of me.

Stark! Hey, any luck
with the second antibody?

For...

For the new mutation?

The flesh-eating bacteria.
You know, the...

Your first antibody
triggered another change...

What? Impossible.
I know that formula
was correct.

And why do you think
there was another mutation?

Henry said he told you.

(SIGHS)

Damn it.

ELECTRONIC VOICE:
Evacuation protocol initiated.

CARTER: Is that Beverly?

Allie!

(ALARM BLARING)

Nathan!

Oh, no.

What's happening?

It's a red-level
security breach.

HENRY: The bacteria
mutated again. It's lethal
to anything organic,

and it's airborne.

Oh, my God.

(RUMBLING)

That can't be good.