Eureka (2006–2012): Season 3, Episode 18 - What Goes Around, Comes Around - full transcript

Morning, SARAH.

SARAH: Good morning,
Sheriff. Coffee?

Yeah, two.
Um, one black and
one with milk and...

Three teaspoons of sugar.
Yes, I know.

Good memory, SARAH.

I locked it in
the system preferences
after the third night.

Yeah, but not that
you're counting, right?

Oh, I could do that all day.

Well, call in sick.
I can write a note
to your boss.

Oh, you are the boss.

(CHUCKLES)
Temporarily.



And, as tempting
as that sounds,

we're testing this new
supercollider at G.D. Today,

and if all goes well,
we actually could prove
the existence of dark energy.

Oh, that old bag.

Yeah, that old bag is
the key to understanding
the laws of the universe.

You should come.
It's gonna be, ooh,
quite a show.

It's not the kind of show
I care for.

Okay, we can save
that show for later.

Hey. Hands where
I can see 'em.

Good morning, Zoe.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Um, okay,
I should probably go.
I'll see you later?

See you later.

Okay. Have a good day.



Go ahead.
I know it's killing you.

No, she's adorable.

And plus, now
you can't give me grief
about Lucas.

(LAUGHS) Yes, I can.
It's not the same thing.

What's with the sweats?

Dive meet at 1:00 for
Pilar's biotech final.

Since when do you dive?

Since I stupidly agreed
to be her guinea pig.

Uh, novice divers controlled
by neural muscle remote.

Wow.
You don't have to come.

Are you kidding?
I wouldn't miss it.

Oh, my God.

What's wrong?

I got offered
early admission

to an undergrad
pre-med program
at Harvard.

You... That's...
But that's not for,
like, two years.

Well, I told you everyone
at Tesla applies early,

and they only accept
a few people for admission,
and they picked me.

But, I mean,
you have a B- average.

Yeah, which is like
an A+ in the real world.

And it's not all about GPA.

It says someone wrote
a letter on my behalf.

They did?

It starts next semester.
Can you believe it?

Um, no. It's...
Uh, soon.

SARAH: Are you okay, Sheriff?

I'm picking up a spike
in your blood pressure.

Yeah, I'm excited.
I mean, I'm freaked out,
but I'm excited.

Oh, thanks, Dad.
Yeah.

Oh, I have to
go call Lucas.
Sure.

It's amazing, right?
Yeah!

Oh, my God.

Yeah, (STAMMERING) it's huge.

LUCAS: It's devastating.

We were going to apply
to the same schools.

She is a special candidate,
and there was only one spot.

I'm special.
Yes, you are.

But it's not just
about IQs, Lucas.

And, besides, you know,
you can join her next year.

(GROANS) This just
wasn't part of the plan.

Well, life rarely goes
according to plan.

I mean, take Kim's ship.
I lose it 20 years ago,

and it returns
with enough data

to unlock the secrets
of the universe,

and I get to share it with
one of my best students.

I appreciate
the opportunity, Dr. Deacon,

but all the data
in the world

can't take the place
of the woman you love.

Hmm.

I'm sorry.
I meant Zoe and me and...

It's okay. Really.

(SIGHS)

(DEVICE BEEPING RAPIDLY)

Whoa. Check out the scan
of our solar system
from Kim's data.

Look at the distortion
on the northern edge
of the heliosphere.

Could that be
what I think it is?

Nemesis.

It's not like
it's the end of
the world, Carter.

Easy for you to say.

This is an
amazing opportunity.

You should be
proud of her.

No, I am proud.
I just got blindsided.

I thought we had
another year together.

Hey, guys. Fresh muffins.
Get 'em while they're hot.

I love Muffin Monday.

I can't.

SARAH said that
I have to watch
my blood pressure.

The end of the world
is coming. The people
have a right to know.

Mmm-hmm,
and with you around,
it'll end sooner than later.

And that doesn't help.

LARRY: You can't
do this, Fargo.

It's putting us all
at risk.

Stop. Who did what?

It's what they're
about to do.

Ignore him.
It's not us this time.
It's Nemesis.

Nemesis?

Is that real, or is that
like a super villain

from your fantasy
Justice League?

Oh, it's real, and that
is an awesome name.

Nemesis is a neutron star

that's been theorized
to be in binary orbit
with our sun.

It crosses Earth's orbit
every 65 million years,

causing an
extinction-level event.

Like a killer asteroid?

Oh, that's not even
the half of it.

The tidal stresses
from the star's
gravitational pull

could cause
a sudden reversal of
Earth's magnetic poles

and unleash
earthquakes, tsunamis,
total global chaos.

The world could
literally be turned
upside down.

All right, um,
I'll check with Henry.
How much time do we have?

If we're lucky,
maybe 2,000 years.

Two thousand...

See, that's not
so much a problem.

So, next time,
don't bury the lead.

Exactly, kids.

Sheriff, the real
problem here is

the supercollider
these guys are
about to test.

It'll wipe us out
long before Nemesis
gets the chance.

Histrionic much, Larry?

That thing makes the
Hadron Collider at CERN
look like a slingshot.

Mark my words,
some things should
not be messed with.

Like the laws of physics.

For once,
Larry makes a fair point.

So, the laws of physics
are in peril,

my daughter's moving out,

and the world's
coming to an end?

I say, have the muffin.

I'll have the muffin.

TESS: Easy, Fargo,
that's a $10 billion
piece of equipment.

You break it, you buy it.

FARGO: All right,
that's it.

Radio isotopes
are in place.

Ready to smash some
unstable atoms together

at nearly
the speed of light?

You know,
when he says it
like that,

it doesn't sound
like a good idea.

Okay, kids. Here we go.

Isn't this exciting?
I mean, if we find
dark energy,

we could prove
the existence of
the Higgs boson,

discover the nature
of quark-gluon interaction,

maybe even find
a true Unification Theory.

I love it when
you talk nerdy to me.

ZANE: Particle velocity's
at 0.50C.

0.70.

0.80.

Should we be wearing
safety goggles or...

Oh, don't worry about it.
I'll protect you.

0.90.

What's happening?
(STAMMERING) I don't know.

The field sensors
are off-scale.

(BEEPING)
Whoa! Power surge
in the delivery arm.

ZANE: The dampening rings
are destabilizing.

Get down!

(GASPING)

(IN SQUEAKY VOICE)
You okay?

(IN SQUEAKY VOICE) Yeah.

(IN SQUEAKY VOICE)
Everyone okay?

FARGO:
(IN SQUEAKY VOICE) Yeah.

Why are we talking
like Chip and Dale?

Uh, liquid helium cools
the magnets surrounding
the collider tunnel.

The ring hit
the supply line.

(IN SQUEAKY VOICE)
You think?

I'll shut off the line
and open the surface vents.

I knew we should have
worn safety goggles.
Safety goggles are good.

Now, what the hell happened?

Fargo happened.

Hey, my part
went flawlessly.

You must have screwed up
the containment
field calibration.

I checked them
a dozen times.
They were spot on.

Well, they're not now.
Yeah, take a look at that.

But... But this
can't be right.

(IN NORMAL VOICE) There was
a high-voltage spike

in the damping
ring stabilizer.

(IN NORMAL VOICE)
Uh, and it just snapped?

No way. No way.
The stabilizer unit,
it's shielded.

Something or
someone did this.

TESS: (IN NORMAL VOICE)
But this is a critical test

in proving
the laws of physics.

Who would want to stop it?

I think I might have an idea.

Well, you can't say
I didn't warn you.

That's why
we're here, Larry.

(SCOFFS) You think I
messed with the collider?
Are you insane?

Just following up
on leads.

You seemed pretty vocal
about wanting to
shut it down.

Hello?
Freedom of speech.

Just because I thought
it was a stupid idea

doesn't mean
I'd act on it.

You did hijack Martha.

One tiny lapse in judgment,

and I never hear
the end of it.

Truth is, I should file
a complaint against them.

(LAUGHS)
For what exactly?

Contaminating my experiment.

My fem-bot prototype
was working perfectly...

Do I really
want to know this?

She was working perfectly
before I went to
get my coffee.

When I came back after
the collider accident,

she was completely
non-responsive.

Maybe she's just
not that into you.

How could the collider
affect your, um,
mechanical girlfriend?

You think
they call it dark energy
because it's friendly?

They have no idea
what it can do.

The embedded
controller's fried.

No wonder
the balance was off.

I'm just glad
you're okay.

Actually, Julia, I'm not.

My brush with death
and this whole
Nemesis thing

has made me realize
that life is short
and fate is cruel.

Especially around here.

There are so many things
I want to do before I die,

and I know we haven't
been together for very long,

but, um, I'd like to
do them with you.

What did you
have in mind?

I made a list.

Feel free to add to it.

Skydiving over
Lake Archimedes.

Bungee jump
off the DaVinci Bridge.

Go on a high-speed chase?

Yeah, I figured Jo
could help us out
with that one.

I mean,
she'd probably enjoy it.

Fargo, what is that?

No, it's an
incredible opportunity.

I just... I just need
a little more time.

Okay. Bye.

Let me guess,
a time share in Boca.

(LAUGHS)

Actually, a job opportunity.

After Allison gets back
from maternity leave,
I am officially unemployed.

Yeah, what is it?

A private funder is
building a new ultra-large
radio telescope array,

and they need
someone to run it.

Congratulations.
And where is it?

Um, Australia.

Oh.

That's far.

And you're
considering it?

Um, well, they made me
the job offer a week ago.

Oh, so before you and I...

Yeah.

You okay?

(STAMMERING) You could have
mentioned it before.

At the time it didn't have
anything to do with you.

So...

Right.

Okay.

Um, the collider accident
may have been more serious
than we thought.

Larry says that dark energy
might be the cause.

Okay. Well, first of all,
the accident was contained.

And second,
can we get back to us?

You know,
I really have to deal
with this collider thing.

Okay. Well,
don't worry about it.

I got everything
under control.

(BEEPING)

(SIGHS)

Not a word. Come on.

Hey, Julia,
what's going on?

I don't know.
Please hurry.

Hey, Martha, what's up?

(BEEPING)

I am.

Of course you are.

TESS: It's got to be
a gravity anomaly.

Well,
or a Fargo anomaly.

What button did
you push this time?

Can you not
recognize a victim
when you see one?

Well, you know, he's right.
There's nothing in this lab
that could cause that.

Maybe he brought it in
with him from the lab
that recently exploded.

The collider has nothing
to do with gravity.

Well, how about dark energy?

You said
you don't know
what that does yet.

Well, I know that you
can't track it around
on your shoes.

Guys? Can we maybe focus
on getting me down
before gravity returns?

It's okay, honey,
I got you.

You know what, Fargo?
Why don't you try just
pushing yourself away

from the ceiling?

(GRUNTING)

(SIGHS) No luck.

Whoa!

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

Missed it
by that much.

Oh, my God, Fargo,
are you okay?

Remind me to
cross base jumping

off the bucket list.
Okay.

Yeah, let's get you
to the infirmary

because who knows what
you've been exposed to.

Um, I have an idea,
but I want to talk
to Zane.

It's not the collider, Jack.

I've told you everything
there is to know...

I just need to talk
to Zane. Okay.

MALE ANNOUNCER ON PA:
Ladies and gentlemen,

for the next event
in the Tesla Biotech
Dive finals,

the 10-meter board,

our first contestant,
Samantha Welke,

will be attempting
a two-and-a-half
forward pike

with a 2.1 degree
of difficulty.

Samantha's dive will be
controlled by Kelsey S.

Damn, she's good.
But I'm better.

Okay, so, I'm not
gonna get electrocuted
or anything, am I?

Relax. It's a
subcutaneous nuclear
neuro-stimulus system.

Totally waterproof.
So much more advanced
than skin contact.

Wait, wait, subcutaneous?

Ow! What the hell?

Yeah,
the biometric sensors...
Ow!

...need to be injected into
all of your primary joints.

Oh, damn it.

The sensors will read
the signal from my remote
to control your body.

All you have to do is relax
and score a perfect 10.

Okay, well,
you didn't tell me
about the pain.

Hmm

I can't believe
this could be
our last dive final.

Pilar, it's our first
dive final, so
not so sentimental.

Yeah, okay,
but everything
we do now

could be
our last everything.

Well, at least you care
about our last everything.
Lucas couldn't be bothered.

Oh, God, I can't believe
I'm doing this.

You ready to warm up?

MALE ANNOUNCER:
Section B medley teams
and coaches

are to report
to the sign-in table.

Oh, God,
this is really disturbing.

Jack, don't walk away
from me like that.

No, no, no,
I'm just trying to
do my job,

so I can get to
Zoe's dive thing.

You know,
and my watch is broken.

Yeah, I know.
I heard about Harvard.
Are you okay?

Well, it's every
dad's dream, right?

Can we talk?

Sure. What do you want to say?

I mean, you started
something when you knew
you were going away.

I haven't decided
if I'm gonna leave yet.

Well, you had a job offer
that you didn't mention.

Which I haven't
accepted yet.
Look, it doesn't matter.

All right, I'm having
a really rough day,
so what do you need?

What do you want? What?
What do you need?
What do you want, huh?

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

Whatever makes you happy.

Okay, tell me you
figured out this
dark energy problem.

Well, theoretically,
the power surge

could have produced
a negatively charged
strangelet,

or possibly a monopole,
or maybe even an itty,
bitty black hole.

"Itty, bitty black hole"?

Yeah, but none
of those things happened,
including a dark energy leak.

Well, you seem
pretty certain.
How do you know?

Because
the stabilizer froze.

It broke down before
it even started.

It... It...

It crashed
before it smashed.

You satisfied I told you
everything I know?

Um, hey, how's Fargo?

Melodramatic and anemic.

Well, I'm glad to hear it.

No, no, no, actually,
he's quite anemic.

He's been taking
iron supplements
all of his life.

Wait... Iron?
I mean, that fits.
Right?

Everything that was metal
got stuck to the ceiling.

Wait, so Fargo was
a human magnet?

Something produced
a wellspring of
electromagnetic energy,

and I suppose
Fargo got caught up in it.

What time did the
collider break down?

Uh, that would be 10:06.

That's the same time
that my watch stopped.

What if whatever
messed it up

also messed up
the stabilizer?

An intense electromagnetic
energy field

could have frozen
your watch gears.

And the stabilizer gears on
the magnetic damping rings.

Call me if
you find out anything.
I'm late for Zoe.

(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)

(SCREAMING)

Ooh.

Tough break.

I'm having
second thoughts.

Okay, you already
got into Harvard.

The rest of us still
have to prove ourselves.

So, mush.

Okay, okay, I'm going.

Oh, God, please don't
make me belly flop.

(WHISTLING)

MALE ANNOUNCER:
Next up, the team of
Zoe Carter and Pilar Reed.

Zoe will be attempting
a back three-and-a-half
somersault

with a 2.9 degree
of difficulty.

Wait, she can't...
She can't do that,
can she?

Oh, she doesn't have to.
I'm controlling
her every move.

Nuclear neuro-stimulus
technology.

Nuclear?

Zoe! Hold on, hold on!
Stop! Stop!

(ALL GASPING)

(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)

(ALL CHEERING)

(COUGHS)

You okay?

HENRY: I think I know
what caused it.

This is a satellite image
from the time of the anomaly.

Now, you see
that red patch
over the Tesla pool?

That is a hot spot
of electromagnetism.

Intense electromagnetic
fields can cause

hydrogen and
oxygen atoms to split.

And would that
make the pool look
like it was boiling?

Well, yeah.
You have two highly
combustible gases

ignited by the transmitters
under Zoe's skin and, bam.

Okay, and this is the same
electromagnetic field that
pinned Fargo to the ceiling?

Yeah, probably there's
a whole band of it
fluctuating over Eureka.

Oh, I saw
a computer simulation,
Fargo's computer simulation,

of what happens when
Nemesis passes the Earth.

Yeah, that's 2,000
years from now.

What if somehow
Nemesis is already here?

I am sorry
I missed your meet.

I heard your performance
was, um, explosive.

Ah, funny.

Yes.

You know, I think my dad
was really panicked
for a second there.

I don't think
that's gonna change
anytime soon.

You know, it's hard to
protect your kid from
across the country.

Yeah, I guess.

And like me,
he's going to miss you.

A lot more than he lets on.

He tried to be
cool about it,

but I could
completely tell.

You should talk to him.

Yeah, you're right.
I was just so excited
to tell Lucas,

but he couldn't be
bothered to care.

I wouldn't be
so sure about that.

I heard what happened.
I feel like a jerk
that I wasn't there.

But I had good reason.
I...

Can we talk? Please?

Are you sure
you don't need
to throw up again?

(STOMACH GRUMBLING)

No, no, no.
I think I got it all
out of my system

on the way down.

At least you get to cross
skydiving off the list.

Yeah. You know,
I'm thinking maybe we can

scratch off anything to do
with plummeting to my doom.

You know, Fargo,
there are things that
we can put on the list

that don't involve
mortal danger.

Such as?

(POTS RATTLING)

I thought this didn't
involve mortal danger.

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

Everybody down!

Ow!

TESS: There's no way
a neutron star

could be anywhere
near our solar system.

Not the real Nemesis.
A man-made copy.

But the similarities
are remarkable.

I mean, this growing
electromagnetic field

has all the properties
of a massive magnetic
polar disturbance.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)
How massive are
we talking here?

Hey, Jo, I'm sort of
in the middle of
something here.

Yeah, so am I.

All the metal
at Café Diem
just took up flying.

It hit Café Diem.

Tell her it's dissipating.

Uh, it's dissipating.
Hang on, Jo.

I'm not the one hanging.

(EXCLAIMS)

Cross knife-throwing
off the list, too.

Never mind. We're good.

Okay.
Keep me posted.

So, Café Diem.
Where's it heading next?

Well, there's no way to tell.
The magnetic field shows

fluctuating energy
that comes and goes.

It's the same effect
we see over time

when the Earth's
magnetic poles reverse.

But magnitude's
stronger and faster.

Right now,
it's localized in Eureka.

But if the energy
keeps building,
it won't be for long.

If it's only happening here,
then someone here
must have caused it.

So, what I need to know
is who could have created
a mini Death Star?

Well, they would
have to have detailed
knowledge of Nemesis

in order to
replicate the effect.

Oh, please.
Give me a little credit.

Credit. Maybe that's
what they wanted.

Credit for what?
For starting an
extinction-level event?

Or stopping one.

I mean,
saving the world looks
pretty good on a resume.

Yeah, but, Jack,
it's 2,000 years away.

You know,
they would have to have
access to Henry's data.

What kind of novice
would attempt something
so dangerous?

A novice who doesn't
want his girlfriend
to leave him behind.

(SLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

I can't believe
I almost lost you today.

But you didn't.
And you won't.

I don't know.
Harvard's a long way
from here.

Lucas, I... I want
to be with you, always.

Me, too. That's why
I've been working so hard
to keep us together and...

No. I mean,
I want to be with you.

Oh.

Oh!

No distance can
take that away.

(SCREAMS)

Dad.
Sheriff.

And now my perfect day
is complete.

Um, please don't blame him.

It was...
It was my idea.

Tell me
you're talking about
electromagnetic energy.

Oh, I think she is.

Is this
a micro-electromagnetic
pulse simulator?

Uh, pulse amplifier.

Or at least
it's supposed to be.

I haven't gotten it
to work yet, so...

Don't be so sure.
What?

Come see for yourself.

LUCAS: But, Henry,
the machine isn't even on.
It's on stand-by.

Yeah.

(CHUCKLES) It worked.

I mean, it worked.

What is that?

That is a new magnetic pole.

You mean,
like the North Pole?

It's about to be.

This is very, very bad.

How in Bejesus' name
did you create
a new North Pole?

Ignore the crazy man,
Lucas,

and just talk us through it.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

I... I used
the data from Kim

to build the simulation
of the forces

that Nemesis would create
when it passed Earth.

To measure
the relative change
in gravitational pull.

Right. Then I designed the
electromagnetic amplifier

to lock our planet's
poles in place

so they wouldn't reverse.

But my test failed.

Well, not so much.

There have been
magnetic problems
all over town,

including what happened
to Zoe at the pool.

But my amplifier
isn't even on now,

and it's only
a scale model.

It doesn't have
enough juice to cause
something like that.

Unless there was
a boost in energy
from somewhere else.

The explosion
from the collider.

I think that your amplifier

threw off the
magnetic stabilizers.

And that surge
in electromagnetism

fed back into
the strength of
the amplifier,

creating a loop of
building energy.

And, voilà,
a new North Pole.

I swear, I had no idea.

Well, you are gonna
have to tell Santa

that he needs to
move his workshop.

Lucas, what were
you thinking?

That you were leaving.

I couldn't handle it.

I thought maybe if
I came up with a solution
to Nemesis,

then Henry would write me
a recommendation letter

like he did for you,
and then we could
go together.

(STAMMERING) I'm sorry.

You know what,
I meant to talk
to you about it,

and I just forgot.
I'm sorry.

All right.
How do we shut it down?

I don't know. I mean,
we're witnessing an
electromagnetic runaway.

Lucas lit the match
flamed by the collider

and now fueled
by the Earth's own
magnetic field.

If we can't break the cycle,
the planet will experience

the same thing
Lucas was trying to prevent.

A spontaneous polar reversal.

Guess this would be
a bad time to ask for
that recommendation.

(ENGINE STOPS)

That's a new one.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

What's up, Jo?

A small issue...

ZANE: The new
magnetic pole is
gaining strength.

That looks bad.

Yeah, well,
that is the buildup

to a spontaneous
polar reversal.

Fluctuations in
the magnetic field

are causing random
surges all over town.

(EXCLAIMS)
Point taken.

But the surges
aren't that random.

Look at
the energy output.

Yeah, they all have
a negative charge.

If we could create
a controlled burst

of positive
electromagnetic energy,

we might be able
to cancel that out.

Okay, how do we do that?

Well, we'll load
a tactical missile with
a positron payload

and launch it
directly into the
center of the pole.

Right?
It's a piece of cake.
Yeah.

(ALARM BLARING)

Just had to say it,
didn't you?

The town's grid is down.

That presents
a small problem.

And by small, you mean
insurmountably large, yeah?

Anything outside of G.D.
That runs on electricity
or batteries

is affected
by the pole.

Cars, computers,
tactical missiles.

All our normal
delivery vehicles
are useless.

Well, how about
an abnormal
delivery vehicle?

(SOUL MUSIC PLAYING)

What the...

Hello?

And now I know
the world's ending.

(GIGGLES)
Hi, Sheriff.

So, um, you ever
hear of knocking?

No!

Obviously.

What are you doing?

Living life to
the fullest, Sheriff.

Now did you need me or...

(STAMMERS) You? No.
Actually, Martha.

When everything in here
was stuck to the ceiling,

she was unaffected,
so...

Yeah, it's because
she's made of
nonmetallic composites

and rad-hardened electronics.

Close enough for me.
Martha, Fargo, come.
With me.

Okay, just one second.

(PEOPLE CLAMORING)

How much longer?

We're loading
the positron beam
emitter now.

Give us five minutes.

Let's hope
she doesn't miss.

ZOE: Dad, wait.

Hey, I told you to stay
in the rotunda until
we fix this mess.

If you send in Martha,
she'll fry my amplifier.

Well, your amplifier
is what caused
this problem,

so I'm thinking
that's a bonus.

You don't understand.
The amplifier's off now,

but when Martha
hits the pole
with positrons,

the E.M. Pulse
over my garage
could turn it on.

So if it surges now,
it'll only make
the pole stronger.

Like throwing napalm
on a campfire.

So we're screwed?

Not if we reverse
the polarity of
my amplifier first.

It would then emit
a positive charge

and increase the punch
of Martha's positron beam.

Exactly.

Okay, tell me
what I have to do.

Well, the pole is
centered above the garage,
so you'll never reach it.

It's the eye of
the magnetic storm,

and the effect is
100 times stronger now.

Well, then,
I'll take off
my jewelry first.

Jack, a field this strong

can affect brain function,
causing a synaptic misfire.

A complete loss
of motor control.

Well, then,
maybe you can
give me a hand.

Ow! No!
All right. Done.

(GROANS)

Okay, you're all set.

Okay.

Dad.

Um...
I don't want you to go.

Wow.
The feeling's mutual.

Me going off to college
and you risking your life
are hardly the same thing.

Zoe, it's my job.

And if I don't
risk my life,

then you won't have
a college to go to.

None of this
would be happening
if I wasn't leaving.

God, if something
happens to you...

Hey.

Zoe, I'm gonna be fine.

Okay?

Okay.

HENRY ON RADIO: Carter,
the first thing you have to do

is find Lucas' amplifier.

This should be fun.

LUCAS: That's it!
Right there.

It feels like Frogger!

Stop stalling already
and move.

Yeah, don't boss me, blondie.

(SCREAMS)

What is that for?

For saying "blondie"
like it's a bad thing.

All right,
I'm here if you need me.

Okay. Okay.

HENRY: Jack, the pole
is gaining strength.
You have to move fast.

CARTER: Oh, you think?

For your sake, Lucas,
this better work.

(SCREAMS)

Jack, are you okay?

Perfect. Yes.

Uh, can't move my legs.

Or arms.

The field is affecting
his nervous system.

He's losing
muscle control.

Hang on.
I'm going to help you up.

(GROANING)

Oh, I don't
like this at all.

Oh! Oh!

Jump! Jump!
Blondie, jump!

Uh, hang on.

Sorry. Sorry.
I'm just getting some
electromagnetic interference.

Tess? We lost
the signal again.

How will we know
when to launch?

(ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD
SPARKING)

I'd say that's
a good sign.

Oh! Ow!

TESS: Oh, no.
What?

They've launched
the drone.

HENRY: You've got to
reverse the polarity
and get out of there.

Martha's on her way.

LUCAS: It's right
in front of you.

(LAUGHING) Got it!

There's a dial
on the left side
of the housing.

Turn it clockwise
until it stops to
reverse the polarity.

Come on, Tess.

A little closer.

I can feel my legs.

It's working.
The amplifier's
weakening the field.

Jack, Martha's
almost there. Run.

(GRUNTS)

Jack, are you there?

Jack?

Dad. Dad,
please say something.

I need a vacation.

(SIGHS)

You did it, Jack.

Yeah, I had a little help.

I need a vacation.

TESS: Bet you never thought
you'd be happy to
see them doing that, huh?

Well, I'm not sure
if "happy" is quite
the right word.

Well, we dodged
a major bullet today.

Yeah. Yes,
and he helped.

We also wouldn't
have needed help
if it wasn't for him.

That's true.

But what he created
will be essential

to saving the planet
when the real
Nemesis comes.

CARTER: You can
come up for air anytime.

That was quite a day.

Well, it's never dull.

Yeah, that's what
makes this so hard.

(SIGHS)

And I'm sorry for
making it even harder.

Jack, look,
the reason I didn't tell you
about the job offer

was because I didn't know
what this was between us.

It's the perfect job for you.

I know that.

And I've always wanted
to visit Australia. So...

Then come with me.

I can't come with you.

Why not?

Zoe's leaving. You know,
Jo can handle things here.

Jack, we could
have something.

Would you think about it?

Okay.

In the meantime,

if you hate it,
you can come back.

I can come back
even if I don't.

Yeah, you can.

(CHUCKLES)

Sure this is all
gonna fit?

Yeah, I'm making Lucas
pack all the spillover
in his car.

Oh, so MIT did
end up taking him?

Yeah, with Henry's
recommendation.

You know, it turns out
the guy has a lot of pull.

Well, I just think
he knows talent
when he sees it.

SARAH: I still can't
believe our little girl
is leaving home.

Oh, SARAH, don't worry.

The holidays will be here
before you know it.

You sure
you don't want me
to come with you?

It's sort of a dad's
rite of passage.
I could help. I...

Yeah, I know, but, um...

I think this is something
I have to do on my own.

And besides, God knows
what havoc they'd wreak here
while you were gone.

You know, I'm actually
really gonna miss it.

Part of me
just kind of wants to
call the whole thing off.

No. No, no, no, no.

You're gonna do great.

You really think so?

I know so.

Thank you.

For what?

For never giving up on me.

That was an option?

(LAUGHS) Oh!
You're hilarious.

(LAUGHING)

I am gonna miss you
like crazy.

But I'm so proud.

Well, you know,
if I hate it,

I can come back.

You can come back
even if you don't.

(SIGHS)

May I walk you out?

Yeah.

Hey. How you holding up?

Um...

I'm... I'm okay.

Really?

Um...

I think sometimes
change is good.

(JO CLEARING THROAT)

I was about to grab
a Vinspresso.
You want to come?

Uh, yeah.
Yeah, go ahead.
I'll catch up.

Okay.

Oh, and there was a package
that came for you. I...

I put it on your desk.

Okay.

Yeah.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(PHONE RINGING)

Jack Carter.

Allison.

Hey. Yeah. Um...

I was just about to call you.