Eureka (2006–2012): Season 4, Episode 4 - The Story of O2 - full transcript

Allison deals with a major problem during Eureka's space week festival.

- PREVIOUSLY ON EUREKA...

- I GOT OFFERED
EARLY ADMISSION

TO AN UNDERGRAD
PREMED PROGRAM AT HARVARD.

- I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE
OUR LITTLE GIRL IS LEAVING HOME.

- KEVIN, HONEY?
WHERE ARE YOU?

- RELAX, MOM.
I'M RIGHT HERE.

HE'S DIFFERENT.

HIS AUTISM IS GONE.

- YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE HEAD
OF G.D. SECURITY.

- I'M RUNNING G.D.?

- YES, I WILL MARRY YOU.
- ME MARRY YOU?



IN WHAT UNIVERSE?

- SO ZANE UN-PROPOSED?

- IN THIS REALITY,
NOTHING'S EVER EVEN HAPPENED.

HE'S THAT SNARKY JERK
I FIRST MET.

- HOW'S DEPUTY ANDY?

- FARGO SAYS HE NEEDS TO BE
RE-SKINNED AND REPROGRAMMED.

[air tank pumping, beeping]

[radio chatter]

- SPACE WEEK IN EUREKA.

SO GLAD I'M LEAVING.

- YOU AND GRACE.

I MEAN,
SHE WENT TO A CONFERENCE

ON NEUROBOTIC PROSTHETICS.

- OH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A PARTY.
YOU TAGGING ALONG?



- SHE ASKED BUT THERE'S
THE PROBLEM OF THE HOTEL ROOM.

- YEAH, MARRIED LIFE
GETS COMPLICATED LIKE THAT.

- SHERIFF,
I MADE ZOE'S FAVORITES.

THERE'S CUPCAKES,
LEMON SQUARES, CANNOLI.

- HA, FRESHMAN 15 IN A BOX.
TELL HER I SAID HI.

- AND THE PIECE DE RESISTANCE,

AGED CHEDDAR MAIZE KERNELS.

OH, AND ONE MORE THING.

GIVE HER THIS FOR ME.

- [gasping for air]

- I THINK HE'S TURNING BLUE,
VINCENT.

- YOU HAVE A GREAT TRIP.
- THANKS.

I THINK I CRACKED A RIB.

I'M NOT GONNA
DO THAT THERE.

- YOU EXCITED TO SEE ZOE?

- UH, YEAH.

YEAH, A LITTLE NERVOUS.

I'M SORRY I'M GONNA MISS
YOUR BIG LAUNCH TODAY, KEV.

- YOU MAY NOT BE MISSING
ANYTHING.

- STOP IT.
YOUR DESIGN IS BRILLIANT.

DID YOU WELD THE PRE-IGNITER
IN THE TAIL SERVICE MAST?

- NO, MOM, I DECIDED TO USE
DUCT TAPE AND BUBBLE GUM.

REALLY?

I'LL BE AT THE LAUNCH SITE.

- WELL, A ROCKET RACE
TO THE MOON AND BACK.

THERE'S NO PRESSURE
ON THE KID.

- I KNOW. ASTRONAUTICS
IS THE ONE SUBJECT

HE GETS EXCITED ABOUT,

BUT HIS TEST BURNS
HAVE BEEN A LITTLE IFFY.

I WISH I COULD DO MORE
TO HELP HIM.

- IT'S TOUGH BEING A PARENT.

- YEAH, ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU'RE SUDDENLY PRESENTED

WITH A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT CHILD.

OH, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
AFRAID OF WITH ZOE.

- NEVER CROSSED MY MIND.

- I MEAN, YOU'VE SPOKEN TO HER
SINCE WE'VE BEEN BACK.

SHE SEEMED LIKE HERSELF?

- SEEMED, YEAH.

I MEAN, WHEN I SURPRISE
HER AT SCHOOL,

THEN--THEN I'LL KNOW
IF IT'S HER.

- GIVE HER MY LOVE, OKAY?

- THANKS.

- SHERIFF CARTER.
- YES.

- GLAD I CAUGHT YOU.

CAN YOU GIVE THIS
TO ZOE FOR ME?

- SURE, PILAR, WHAT IS IT?

- IT IS MY VERY OWN LINE

OF TOTALLY TECH COSMETICS
AND FASHION ENHANCEMENTS.

- GREAT.

- OH, SHE IS GOING
TO LOVE THIS.

I CALL IT
"MATCH MIST BY PILAR."

- WHAT'S IT DO?

- IT IS THE LATEST
IN METAMATERIAL CLOAKING.

OKAY, SAY...

YOU WANT YOUR SHIRT
TO MATCH THIS NAPKIN.

- WHY WOULD I WANT MY SHIRT
TO MATCH A NAPKIN?

OH!

THANK YOU, PILAR.
WAS THAT REALLY NECESSARY?

- TELL ZOE TO SAVE SOME OF
THOSE IVY LEAGUE HUNKS FOR ME.

NOT THAT SHE'S PARTAKING.

OKAY.

- SO GLAD I'M LEAVING TOWN.

[dramatic music]

*

- WELCOME, EVERYONE,
TO EUREKA ROCKET DAZE 2010,

OUR ANNUAL 24-HOUR RACE
TO THE MOON AND BACK.

DON'T FORGET TO BUY YOUR
OFFICIAL "GET MOON" T-SHIRT.

- EVERYTHING'S SET
FOR THE LAUNCH, GENERAL.

- HAVE YOU RE-TUNED
THE E.M. FIELD?

- PER YOUR ORDERS, SIR,

OUR ROCKET PLUMES
WILL BE UNDETECTABLE.

- GOOD. I DON'T WANNA SPOOK
THE NORTH KOREANS.

LAST YEAR THEY MISTOOK
YOUR LITTLE SOAPBOX DERBY

AS A MISSILE ATTACK.

- NO CHANCE FOR THAT, SIR.

LUPO'S ON TOP OF IT.
RIGHT THIS WAY.

- GENERAL MANSFIELD,

CAN I TEMPT YOU
A SATURN SPRITZER?

TITAN-TINI?

- COCKTAILS, DR. FARGO?

- JUST FOR THE SPECTATORS.

AFTER THE RECENT UNREST
AT G.D.,

I THOUGHT EVERYONE NEEDED
TO DECOMPRESS A LITTLE.

SO NAME YOUR POISON,
PARTNER.

- NO THANK YOU.

- GENERAL,
I'M SURE THAT YOU'RE HERE

TO SEE THE SPECTACULAR
SPACE ADVANCES

THAT GLOBAL DYNAMICS
IS MAKING.

- YES, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
AND YOU ARE?

- DR. CHARLES GRANT.

- DR. GRANT
IS A SCIENTIFIC HISTORIAN.

I DID C.C. YOU
ON THE PERSONNEL MEMO.

- AND TODAY REALLY IS
HISTORY IN THE MAKING.

DR. RAMSEY.

- YO.

CHECK IT.

MY DESIGN FOR THE MARS
COLONIZATION HABITAT MODULE.

- LOOKS LIKE A RESORT.

- EVERYONE NEEDS A WAY
TO RELAX, MAN.

- WHERE'S THE DOME?
HOW DO YOU BREATHE?

- AH, YES, AIR,
VERY IMPORTANT,

ESPECIALLY ON MARS.

DR. RAMSEY'S COME UP

WITH A REMARKABLE SOLUTION
TO THAT PROBLEM.

- PEEP IT.

THIS IS TAP--

TERRAFORMING ATMOSPHERIC
PROCESSING FLUID.

- IT'S A RADIATION-ACTIVATED
COMPOUND THAT CREATES OXYGEN.

- TECHNICALLY CATALYZES
THE PHOTODISSOCIATION OF OXYGEN

FROM ROCKS AND SOIL

TO PRODUCE
A BREATHABLE ENVIRONMENT.

WORD UP!

- BOO-YAH.

- HEY, YOU WANT TO GO
FOR A SPIN?

- ZANE, CUT THE ENGINE.

- EXPLAIN.

- I CLEARLY TOLD YOU
NO JOY RIDES.

YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED
TO OPERATE THE SKY CRUISER

FROM G.D. TO HERE AND BACK.

- YES, SIR.

WOULDN'T WANT TO DISOBEY
YOU OR THE ENFORCER.

- WHY ARE YOU ALLOWING
DONOVAN TO OPERATE

A $150 MILLION PROTOTYPE?

- MR. DONOVAN'S THE ONLY PERSON
WHO CAN ACTUALLY FLY IT.

- AND I DID DESIGN
THE THING.

- YOU ARE A FELON,
HERE ON QUALIFIED PAROLE,

WITH A HISTORY
OF STRIKINGLY POOR JUDGMENT.

- HE TAKES THIS RESPONSIBILITY
VERY SERIOUSLY.

DON'T YOU?
[phone beeps]

- OH, ABSO-FRICKIN-LUTELY.

- LARRY'S READY
AT MISSION CONTROL.

- PERFECT!
RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.

GENERAL, JO WILL SHOW YOU
TO THE VIP SEATING AREA.

- FINE.

- SIR, PLEASE,
RIGHT THIS WAY.

- REPORT RANGE,
GO FOR LAUNCH.

- RANGE, GO FOR LAUNCH.

- RANGE, YOU'RE GOOD
FOR LAUNCH.

- ROGER.

T-MINUS 10, 9,

8, 7, 6,

5, 4,

3, 2, 1.

AND WE HAVE LIFTOFF.

[cheers and applause]

- DR. FARGO,
I HAD MY RESERVATIONS,

BUT THAT WAS
A VERY IMPRESSIVE LAUNCH.

- GLAD YOU ENJOYED IT,
GENERAL.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE
EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL.

- BIRDS.
- WHAT?

- BIRDS.

- OH, CRAP.

- ZANE!

ZANE.

ZANE, ZANE.

- WHOA!

DID YOU SEE THAT?

IT WAS AWESOME.

[chuckles]

[whimsical music]

*

- DO YOU REALIZE
WHAT YOU'VE DONE?

YOU DESTROYED THE PROTOTYPE.

PROTOTYPE,
AS IN ONLY ONE.

- IT MUSTA MALFUNCTIONED.

- MALFUNCTIONED.

YOU'RE INEBRIATED.

- I AM NOT--
THOSE ARE PRETTY RIBBONS.

- ZANE, KNOCK IT OFF.

WHAT HAPPENED?
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED.

HE'S BEEN INDULGING
IN THOSE TITAN-TINIS

THAT YOU'VE ALLOWED
ON THE PREMISES.

- HEY, I AM NOT DRUNK.

I WAS FLYING BACK TO G.D.
LIKE LITTLE FARGO OVER THERE

WITH THE--THE GLASSES
TOLD ME,

AND THERE WAS THESE BIRDS,

AND THEN I WENT...

AND CAME--CAME DOWN.

I DON'T KNOW.

- DONOVAN.

YOU ARE GOING BACK
WHERE YOU BELONG,

TO FEDERAL PRISON.

- NO, I NEED TO COMPLETE
A FORMAL INVESTIGATION.

- OF WHAT?

HE WAS HOT-RODDING
UNDER THE INFLUENCE,

AND HE JUST OBLITERATED

A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
PROJECT.

- BUT HE SAID
HE WASN'T DRINKING,

RIGHT, ZANE?

ZANE!

- SORRY, I SPACED OUT THERE.
WHAT?

- LUPO, I'M SURPRISED AT YOU.

HOW ARE YOU
GONNA HANDLE THIS?

- FARGO, EVERYONE,
EVEN ZANE,

IS ENTITLED TO DUE PROCESS.

- DETAIN HIM WHILE YOU FIGURE
OUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

- [imitates laser blast]

[rock music]

- OH, SORRY.

HI.

*

AH.

- HEY.

- UH, HI.

SORRY, I'M LOOKING FOR
ZOE CARTER'S ROOM.

- DAD?

- SURPRISE.

- OH, MY GOD, HI.

- HEY.

- IS EVERYTHING OKAY?

- YEAH.

YEAH, EVERYTHING'S GREAT.

CHANGED YOUR HAIR.

- YEAH, YOU LIKE?
- YEAH.

I MEAN,
I CAN GET USED TO IT.

- [chuckles] OH.

SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

- UH, I WAS GONNA ASK HIM
THE SAME QUESTION.

- OH, THIS IS MY PARTNER,

LAB PARTNER, JAKE.

- OH.

- HEY, MR. CARTER.

- HI. SHERIFF CARTER,
ACTUALLY,

AS IN "ARMED."

- OKAY.
- [laughs]

- WE WERE JUST EXPERIMENTING.

STUDYING!
- RIGHT.

- MABEL HERE FOR OUR CLASS
IN BEHAVIORAL PSYCH.

- OH.
HEY, PRETTY KITTY.

- OH, UH--
[cat hisses]

THE TOPIC IS AGGRESSION.

[cat whines]
- IT'S GOING WELL.

- [chuckles]

- WELL, UM, LET YOU TWO
CATCH UP.

I'LL, UH, SEE YOU
AT THE BAKER HOUSE TONIGHT?

- UH...

- OH, NO, NO,
IF YOU HAVE PLANS,

BY ALL MEANS, NO, GO ON.

- NO, IT'S FINE.
THERE'LL BE OTHER PARTIES

WHEN I'M NOT
AT THE LIBRARY STUDYING.

JUST TELL EVERYONE HI
FOR ME.

- YEAH, SURE.
WELL, UH, NICE TO MEET YOU.

- UH, YEAH,
NICE TO MEET YOU TOO.

[door closes]

SO BEFORE I FORGET,
HERE'S THE CARE PACKAGE

FROM VINCENT.

- [gasps]
CUPCAKES, OOH.

AND MAIZE KERNELS.

- YEP.

- AND...SPRAY PAINT?

- UH, MATCH MIST BY PILAR.

- OH, RIGHT,
METAMATERIAL CLOAKING.

COOL.

- YEAH.

YOU HUNGRY?

- I'M STARVING.

- GREAT, LEAD ME TO THE BEST
BURGER JOINT IN CAMBRIDGE.

- OKAY.

[spraying sound,
cat whines]

- AND WE HAVE OURSELVES A RACE!

- OKAY, PEOPLE,
GET YOUR WALLETS OUT.

NO STINGY MINDYS.
COME ON, THE GAME IS AFOOT.

CASH ONLY.
OKAY, I'VE GOT YOU.

EXCUSE ME.
OH, MY.

AND KEVIN BLAKE HAS JUST
MOVED INTO FIRST.

[cheering]

- BREATHALYZER TEST WAS CLEAN.

THERE'S NO ALCOHOL
IN HIS SYSTEM.

- OW! WHY'D YOU DO THAT?

- WELL, JUST HOLD STILL.
I HAVE A RACE TO GET TO.

- YOU'RE PRETTY.

- OKAY, HE'S OBVIOUSLY
ON SOMETHING.

- OKAY, ZANE'S ANTI-ANYTHING
THAT CAN MESS WITH HIS BRAIN.

- THIS ZANE?

- YO, LUPO,
CHECK THE ENGINES.

ONE OF THOSE CRAZY-ASSED BIRDS
MUSTA GOTTEN SUCKED IN.

- JO, I KNOW THAT DEALING
WITH HIM IN THIS REALITY

HAS BEEN TOUGH ON YOU,

BUT YOU MIGHT BE LETTING

YOUR FEELINGS
FOR THE ZANE YOU KNEW

AFFECT YOUR JUDGMENT.

- THIS ROOM IS SPINNY!

- I KNEW A PART OF HIM
THAT WAS GOOD AND HONEST.

I HAVE TO BELIEVE
THAT IT'S STILL THERE.

PLEASE,

CAN YOU JUST
RUN THE TESTS AGAIN?

SEE IF YOU FIND ANYTHING.

- OKAY.

- WELL, THE ENGINE IS SOUND.

NO BIRD STRIKE.

BUT I'LL KEEP LOOKING.

- IF IT'S NOT THIS, IT'LL BE
SOME OTHER FIASCO WITH ZANE.

HE'S TROUBLE.

- I JUST WANT TO BE SURE.

- WELL, THAT'S ODD.

I MEAN, THAT'S CLOSE
TO IMPOSSIBLE.

- THE FUEL TANK?

- THAT'S A GAS TANK?

- YEAH, IT HOLDS ENOUGH FOR
TEN HOURS OF CONTINUOUS FLIGHT.

- IS IT DAMAGED?
- NO, IT'S EMPTY.

- THE GENIUS BAD BOY
RAN OUT OF GAS?

- THAT DOESN'T MAKE
ANY SENSE,

AND IT ALSO DOESN'T EXPLAIN
WHY HE WAS BLITZED.

- DON'T WANT AN EXPLANATION.

I WANT HIM GONE.
MAKE IT HAPPEN.

- [sighs]

- HMM, I'M LIKING
THE HIGHER CHEEK BONES.

LINOLEUM.

ALUMINUM.

[cell phone rings]

DEPUTY ANDY.
- ANDY, IT'S JO.

I NEED A FAVOR.

- AT YOUR SERVICE,
MISS LUPO.

- CAN YOU GO UP
TO THE LAUNCH SITE

AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIND
ANY CROWS.

THEY MAY BE ACTING DRUNK.

- DRUNK CROWS.
I'M ON IT.

[phone beeps]

- YOU'RE CERTAINLY
MR. NOSTALGIA TODAY.

- YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW,
SEEING YOU HERE AT COLLEGE,

IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES
THAT WE SHARE.

- OKAY.
- IT'S SORT OF A NICE THING.

- HEY, ZOE.
- HI.

- THAT'S ANOTHER LAB PARTNER?

- DAD, THEY'RE JUST FRIENDS.

- AH, YOU STILL FRIENDS
WITH LUCAS?

- LUCAS?
YEAH, HE'S GREAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW,
HE'S BEEN SWAMPED AT M.I.T.

- OH.
HOW'S YOUR COURSE LOAD?

I MEAN, ARE YOU OKAY?
YOU STILL WANT TO BE A DOCTOR?

- YES.
LOTS OF QUESTIONS.

- HUH.

SORRY.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
YOU'RE OKAY.

YOU KNOW, AND THAT YOUR--

THAT YOUR PLANS
FOR THE FUTURE ARE SECURE.

- OH, MY GOD.

WHAT--ARE YOU DYING?

- I'M NOT DYING.

- WELL, ALL THE RECONNECTING
AND THE REMINISCING

AND THE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES.

- NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

NO, I'M--

I'M...JUST INTERESTED.

I--

SO MABEL LIKED
THE CARE PACKAGE.

- MABEL, WHAT DID YOU DO?
WHERE IS SHE?

HERE, KITTY.

[cat growls]

[distant growling]

- THAT ISN'T GOOD.

MMM.

- HEY.

- YOU SOUND SOBER.

- I'VE BEEN SOBER.
I WASN'T DRINKING.

BUT WHATEVER MESSED
WITH MY HEAD JUST WENT AWAY.

[cell phone rings]

- LUPO.
- YO, IT'S RAMSEY.

SOMEBODY'S BEEN MESSING AROUND
IN MY LAB.

COULD YOU, LIKE,
COME AND CHECK IT?

- YEAH, AS SOON AS I CAN.
[phone beeps]

GOTTA GO.
ANDY, DID YOU FIND ANYTHING?

- NEGATIVE ON
THE DRUNKEN CROWS,

BUT I DID FIND A DEAD ONE.

- BAG IT AND BRING IT
BACK TO G.D.

I WANT IT AUTOPSIED.

- I CAN SAVE YOU TIME THERE.
HOLD PLEASE.

WELL, THAT'S CURIOUS.

THIS CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS
HAS RECENTLY DETACHED RETINAS.

IT WENT BLIND
BEFORE IT DIED.

- CAN YOU TELL WHY?

- INCONCLUSIVE.
OLD AGE MAYBE.

POSSIBLY ENVIRONMENTAL.

- ANDY, TAKE A REALLY
GOOD LOOK AROUND

AND JUST SEE IF YOU
CAN FIND ANYTHING UNUSUAL

AND REPORT BACK TO ME.

- WILL DO.

- WE MAY BE ONTO SOMETHING.

THERE'S GOT TO BE A REASON
YOU AND THOSE CROWS

DROPPED OUT OF THE SKY.

- I DON'T GET IT.

YOU LOVE BUSTING ME.
YOU'VE BUSTED ME TONS OF TIMES.

WHY DO YOU GIVE A CRAP NOW?

- BECAUSE YOU DON'T
HAVE TO BE THAT GUY.

AND THIS TIME THEY'RE SENDING
YOUR SORRY ASS BACK TO PRISON.

- LUPO...

YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME.

- FINE.

THEN TAKE OFF.

I WON'T STOP YOU.

OR YOU CAN STAY
AND FIGHT TO CLEAR YOUR NAME.

IT'S YOUR CHOICE.

- RUST.

I'D SAY THAT QUALIFIES
AS UNUSUAL.

HMM, I SEEM TO BE
CONFLAGRATING.

OH, DEAR.

- SO CHECK IT,

SOMEBODY STOLE MY TAB.

- THAT STUFF YOU WANNA
USE UP ON MARS.

- THAT STUFF IS LIKE GOLD, MAN.

IT TAKES FOREVER TO PRODUCE,

AND SOMEONE CAME IN HERE
THIS MORNING

AND HELPED THEMSELVES
TO 522 MILLILITERS OF IT.

- WELL, ALL IT DOES
IS MAKE AIR, RIGHT?

- REALLY?

THAT HURTS ME, MAN.

IT TURNS INTO
SELF-PROPAGATING OXYGEN,

IF IT'S ACTIVATED.

AND THEN YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL
NOT TO INHALE IT.

OOH-OOH-OOH,
THAT IS ONE NASTY HIGH.

- YOU MEAN PEOPLE CAN USE IT
RECREATIONALLY?

- UH, STUPID PEOPLE.

YEAH, YOU CAN HUFF IT
LIKE NITROUS

IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA
MISS THE BRAIN CELLS.

DO YOU THINK
THOSE KIDS TOOK IT?

- WHAT KIDS?

- THOSE MEDDLING KIDS.

I'M WORKING
WITH A BUNCH OF INTERNS

FROM THE TESLA SCHOOL.

- NO, I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA
WHO TOOK IT.

- YOU'VE REACHED DEPUTY ANDY.

PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE
AFTER I MAKE THIS TONE.

BEEP.

- ANDY, JO.
WHERE ARE YOU? CALL ME.

- JO, YOU WERE RIGHT.
I FOUND SOMETHING.

ZANE'S BLOOD TESTS
INDICATE HYPEROXIA.

HE HAS AN EXCESS OF OXYGEN
IN HIS SYSTEM.

- OXYGEN?

- YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW
HE WAS EXPOSED.

MOST LIKELY IT'S WHAT CAUSED
HIS DISORIENTATION.

- RIGHT.
- JO, ZANE'S LUCKY.

HIGHER LEVELS CAN LEAD
TO CELL DAMAGE,

SEIZURES, RETINAL DETACHMENT.

- BLINDNESS.

- I NEED TO DO
A MORE THOROUGH EXAMINATION.

- NO.

I MEAN, IT REALLY
ISN'T NECESSARY.

HE'S BACK TO HIS OLD SELF.
I GOTTA GO.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.

- LATER.

GO GET ZANE,
PREFERABLY IN SHACKLES.

- I CAN'T DO THAT.
- JO, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH--

- ZANE ISN'T HERE.

- WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S NOT--

- YOU'VE MADE THE ARRANGEMENTS
TO TRANSFER DONOVAN?

- YES, ABSOLUTELY,

BUT HE'S STILL BEING
DEBRIEFED BY MY TEAM.

SO WHY DON'T YOU AND I
GRAB A MOCHACHINO?

- GOOD.

- OKAY, IT'S INTERMISSION NOW,

AS THE ROCKETS MOVE AROUND
THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON.

- SO TELL ME, KEVIN,
AS ONE SCIENTIST TO ANOTHER,

WHAT WAS YOUR INSPIRATION?

- ACTUALLY,
IT WAS MY SKATEBOARD.

WELL, YOU SEE I NEEDED
TO CATCH MORE AIR OFF THE RAMP,

SO I CAME UP WITH
A HYDROGEN-PEROXIDE BOOSTER.

BUT I'M WORKING ON
AN EVEN BETTER LAUNCH

FOR NEXT YEAR'S RACE
WITH THIS,

SUPER-COMPRESSED
HYDROGEN BALLOONS.

THEY'RE GONNA LAUNCH
MY ROCKET EVEN HIGHER

INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

- THAT'S PRETTY INGENIOUS, PAL.

- THANKS.

- SO YOU ONLY USED
HYDROGEN-PEROXIDE

TO FUEL THIS ROCKET?

- WELL, DIFFERENT MIXTURES
FOR DIFFERENT STAGES.

HERE, CHECK IT OUT.

- HERE, MABEL.

HERE, GIRL.

- PILAR, JUST TELL ME
HOW THIS STUFF WORKS.

- DUH, HOW DO YOU THINK?

IT'S A PLASMONIC SPRAY,
CAUSING NEGATIVE REFRACTION.

- GREAT, THE SPRAY
DIVERTS LIGHT WAVES,

SO WE WON'T SEE MABEL.

WE'LL JUST SEE
WHAT SHE'S IN FRONT OF.

- WELL, THAT NARROWS IT DOWN.

- PILAR,
HOW LONG DOES IT LAST?

- I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S DESIGNED
TO SET ON FABRIC.

IT'S NOT GONNA STABILIZE
ON A LIVE ANIMAL'S FUR.

- SO IN OTHER WORDS,
SHE'LL JUST KEEP CHANGING.

- I DON'T KNOW.

- THANKS, PILAR,
SUPER HELPFUL.

- BYE.

- THAT CAT WAS 80%
OF MY FINAL GRADE.

- AHH!

THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE.

SORRY.

- FOUND HER.

- REACQUIRING SIGNAL.

AND SIGNAL REACQUIRED,

AND WE ARE BACK
FROM THE DARK SIDE

WITH KEVIN BLAKE
STILL LEADING THE WAY HOME.

- I'M NUMBER ONE!

[cheers and applause]

- ALLISON, CAN I HAVE A WORD
WITH YOU FOR A MINUTE?

- YEAH, SURE.

- I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO TELL YOU THIS, ALLISON.

IT'S POSSIBLE KEVIN MAY
HAVE HAD AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE.

- WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

- I'M SAYING KEVIN'S
A BRILLIANT KID,

BUT HE MAY HAVE FELT PRESSURED
INTO BOOSTING HIS PROPELLANT

WITH SOMETHING OUTSIDE
THE RACE PARAMETERS.

- LIKE WHAT?

- WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THE FORMULA
HE CLAIMS HE USED

WOULDN'T RESULT IN A FLARE
WITH THAT COLOR.

I'M SO SORRY,

BUT I THOUGHT
YOU SHOULD KNOW.

- ANDY, YOU'RE A ROBOT.

HOW CAN YOU BE UNAVAILABLE?

I NEED YOU
TO HELP ME FIND--

ZANE.

WHAT CHANGED YOUR MIND?

- I DON'T KNOW.

NOBODY'S EVER STUCK THEIR NECK
OUT FOR ME BEFORE.

- DID YOU STEAL
DR. RAMSEY'S TAP FLUID?

- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

- WELL, IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE IT,

THEN THERE'S GOTTA BE
MORE TO THIS.

I'M GOING UP TO THE CRASH SITE
TO FIND ANDY

AND SEE IF I CAN
FIGURE THIS OUT.

YOU WANNA COME WITH?

- YOU'D BE AIDING
AN ESCAPED PRISONER.

- [chuckles]

I'LL ARREST MYSELF LATER.

- WHY'D YOU LET ME GO?

- MAYBE I GIVE YOU
TOO MUCH CREDIT,

BUT I THINK
UNDER THE SNARKY POSTURING

THERE REALLY
IS A DECENT GUY.

- THE REAL ME SOUNDS BORING.

- [chuckles]

WELL, YOU'RE TOO IRRITATING
TO BE BORING.

- FUNNY.

YOU'RE ALWAYS BUSTING
MY ASS.

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE
I GET THIS FEELING ABOUT YOU.

- UM, WHAT KIND OF FEELING?

- UM...

DIZZY.

- ME--ME TOO.

- I WOULDN'T START 'ER.

ONE SPARK AND SHE COULD BLOW.

- WHAT HAPPENED?

- THE AREA'S
A TAD COMBUSTIBLE.

YOU HANG TIGHT.

I'LL HAVE YOU BACK AT G.D.
IN A JIFF.

- WE'RE SO LUCKY
YOU FOUND US, ANDY.

I'M SORRY YOU BURST
INTO FLAMES.

- FORTUNATELY, I MANAGED
TO EXTINGUISH MYSELF.

- THE CURIOUS THING IS
ANDY CAN'T BURN.

- I ASSURE YOU,
I IGNITED, SIR.

AND BEFORE MY SENSORS MELTED,

THEY DETECTED AN UNUSUALLY
HIGH LEVEL OF OXYGEN.

- INHALE.
- [breathes deeply]

NOT TO MENTION,
THE STEEL GANTRIES

ON THE LAUNCH SITE
HAD RUSTED.

- THAT COULD BE THE RESULT
OF RAPID OXIDATION.

- HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?

- WELL, NORMALLY
THE ATMOSPHERE CONCENTRATION

OF OXYGEN IS 21%.

BUT IF THERE'S
TOO MUCH OXYGEN,

THEN MATERIAL THAT
IS USUALLY NOT FLAMMABLE,

LIKE ANDY,

CATCHES FIRE VERY EASILY.

JUST TAKES A SPARK.

- LIKE FROM MY CELL PHONE.

- SO ZANE
GOT LOOPY AND CRASHED

BECAUSE THERE WAS TOO MUCH
OXYGEN AT THE LAUNCH SITE?

- YEAH, WHICH WOULD
PROBABLY ALSO EXPLAIN

WHY HE BURNT UP SO MUCH FUEL
SO QUICKLY.

- WELL, IF IT WAS THE OXYGEN,
THEN I'M OFF THE HOOK.

- WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHY

THERE'S SUCH
A HIGH CONCENTRATION.

- HENRY, DR. RAMSEY SAID

THAT HIS TAP FLUID
IS MISSING.

HE SAID THAT IT COULD BECOME
SELF-PROPAGATING.

THAT'S A PROBLEM.

- IT COULD BE A BIG ONE.

TAP FLUID IS VERY STABLE.

THE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVELENGTH
NECESSARY TO ACTIVATE IT

IS PRECISE.

BUT IF IT HAS
BEEN ACTIVATED SOMEHOW,

THEN EVERYTHING AROUND EUREKA
WILL BECOME AS EXPLOSIVE

AS ANDY.

- CAN YOU SEE HER?

- NOPE, I SEE TILE.

[cat meows, hisses]

AH, IT'S HER!

[groans]

- OH, HEY.

- SHOULD YOU BE IN HERE?

- DAD, THESE ARE
CO-ED BATHROOMS.

[cat meows]
- IS MABEL WITH YOU?

- NO, SHE IS IN MY ROOM.

- YOU LOOK COLD.

YOU SHOULD PUT A SHIRT ON.

- OKAY, WILL SEE YOU LATER.

- YOU SERIOUSLY LIKE THAT GUY?

- ENOUGH OF THE COMMENTS.
YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN--

- WHAT?

- BE HERE.

YOU SHOW UP,
YOU MAKE A MESS OF MY PROJECT,

AND NOW I'M STUCK
IN A BATHROOM

WHEN I SHOULD BE OUT
WITH MY FRIENDS.

- WELL, IT'S JUST WE HAVEN'T
SEEN EACH OTHER IN SO LONG.

- THEN CALL FIRST.

I'M NOT A LITTLE GIRL ANYMORE.

I HAVE MY OWN LIFE.

- OH.

WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT.

YOU--UM--

YEAH, YOU SHOULD GO
TO THE PARTY.

- DON'T GIVE ME
A GUILT TRIP NOW.

- NO, NO GUILT TRIP,
I PROMISE.

YOU--UM--
I'LL TAKE CARE OF THE CAT.

NO, I--I JUST TRIED--

[exhales deeply]

WELL, THAT WENT WELL.

- THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION
OF OXYGEN

IS UP HERE WITHIN THE HIGHEST
POINT OF OUR E.M. FIELD

SPREADING LOWER AND LOWER,

FIRST REACHING
THE LAUNCH SITE,

THEN LOWER DOWN THE MOUNTAIN

UNTIL EVENTUALLY
IT WILL HIT THE TOWN.

- THEN STOP IT FROM EXPANDING.

- YEAH, TURN OFF THE E.M. FIELD
AND AIR IT ALL OUT.

- WHOA, MAN,
WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING?

YOU CAN'T JUST RELEASE IT.

MY TAP'S DESIGNED TO WORK
ON A PLANETARY SCALE.

IT'LL JUST KEEP LEECHING OXYGEN
FROM THE ENVIRONMENT.

- DR. RAMSEY,
WHAT WOULD POSSESS YOU

TO CREATE SOMETHING
SO POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC?

- MAN, DON'T BLAME THE TAP.

OKAY, IT'S HARMLESS ON EARTH.

- TO BE ACTIVATED, IT WOULD
HAVE TO BE IRRADIATED SOMEHOW

WITH A VERY SPECIFIC
WAVELENGTH.

- UNTIL THEN, HARMLESS!

- THE FIRST PLACE THERE WAS
TROUBLE WAS AT THE LAUNCH SITE.

- GUYS, THAT TAP FLUID
WOULD MAKE AWESOME ROCKET FUEL.

- OH, BOY.

WHEN WE ADJUSTED
THE E.M. FIELD,

WE MUST HAVE HIT
JUST THE RIGHT--

OR WRONG FREQUENCY
TO ACTIVATE THE TAP.

- I LOVE IT.
IT'S YOUR FAULT.

- ZANE.

THE QUESTION IS:

WHO USED IT
TO BOOST THEIR ROCKET?

- I SAID I DIDN'T USE IT.

- KEVIN, IT'S OKAY.
THERE'S NO WAY YOU COULDA KNOWN

THE E.M. FIELD WAS RETUNED.

- BUT NOW THIS CRAZY AMOUNT
OF OXYGEN IS BUILDING UP,

AND WE NEED TO KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID.

- WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

- THEY THINK I USED
DR. RAMSEY'S TAP FLUID

TO BOOST MY ROCKET,
BUT I DIDN'T, MOM.

I SWEAR, I DIDN'T.

- I KNOW YOU DIDN'T, KEVIN.

- HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE?

- BECAUSE I DID.

- WHAT?

- HONEY, YOU HAD PUT SO MUCH
EFFORT INTO YOUR ROCKET,

AND YOUR TEST BURNS
WEREN'T GOING WELL.

- SO YOU CHEATED?

- IT WAS JUST
SO IMPORTANT TO YOU.

- SO?
THIS IS MY THING, MA.

YOU BEEN ACTING
LIKE A FREAK FOR WEEKS,

ON ME ALL THE TIME ABOUT
EVERYTHING, AND NOW THIS?

- HONEY, I JUST DIDN'T WANT
YOU TO BE DISAPPOINTED.

- I'D RATHER LOSE THE RACE
THAN WIN IT LIKE THIS.

AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT
ABOUT ME.

- KEV--

- HEY, VIN, TAKE MY NAME
OUT OF THE RACE

AND PUT MY MOM'S IN.

- ALLISON,
I KNOW YOU MEANT WELL,

AND YOU COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN

THAT WE RE-TUNED
THE E.M. SHIELD.

BUT THERE'S A CLOUD OF
SELF-PROPAGATING OXYGEN

SPREADING TOWARD TOWN

AND A BUNCH OF ROCKETS
ON THEIR WAY HOME.

- THOSE ENGINES ARE BURNING
UNTIL THEY HIT THE GROUND.

- SO IF WE DON'T FIGURE OUT
A WAY TO STOP THEM,

EUREKA'S GONNA BE TOAST.

- CODE ORANGE.

ALL PERSONNEL REPORT
TO SECURE SECTORS THREE, SIX--

- SHOULD I INITIATE EVACUATION
PROTOCOLS IN TOWN, SIR?

- NO, IT'S SAFER IF PEOPLE
DON'T MOVE AROUND,

BUT I WANT
A COMPLETE POWER DOWN

OF ANY POTENTIAL IGNITION
SOURCES OUTSIDE OF G.D.

THAT MEANS NO CARS,
NO COMPUTERS,

AND YOU!

NO WOOL SWEATERS!

- OH, NO.

WHA--

[chuckles]
IT WASHES OUT.

IT--OH.

[cat meows]

YEAH, HEAR THAT, MABEL?

SOMEONE'S GONNA GET WET.

IT WASHES OFF.

- YOU STILL HAVE
TO CATCH HER.

- TRUE.

- CHEDDAR CHEESE MAIZE KERNELS,

IRRESISTIBLE.

- YOU LOOK SO GROWN-UP.

ISN'T THERE A FRAT PARTY
YOU SHOULD BE AT OR--

- AND MISS THIS?

PSSH, NOT A CHANCE.

- I SHOULDA CALLED.

- I SHOULDN'T HAVE YELLED.

- TRUE. THAT WAS--

BRIDGE, WATER.

- SO DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHERE MY FINAL PROJECT IS?

- UM...
[cat grumbles]

IT SOUNDS HUNGRY.

- AH.

- YOU WANT TO BLOW THEM ALL UP?

- BY ACTIVATING THE ROCKETS'
SELF-DESTRUCT MECHANISM,

WE ELIMINATE
THE IMMEDIATE THREAT.

- THAT STILL LEAVES US
WITH TOO MUCH OXYGEN.

- WE KNOW THE OXYGEN
IS THE PROBLEM,

BUT FIRST THINGS FIRST.

FARGO, THE SELF-DESTRUCT CODES.

- SPACE WEEK WAS GOING
SO WELL.

[typing]

[alarm sounds]

- YOU GOTTA BLAST
THEM ALL, FARGO,

OTHERWISE IT'S
KIND OF POINTLESS.

- DUH!
THAT SHOULD HAVE DETONATED.

- ARE YOU SURE YOU ENTERED
THE CORRECT CODES?

- YES!
WHOSE ROCKET IS THAT ANYWAY?

- SPEED'S ALL ABOUT
LIGHTNESS, PEOPLE.

THOSE SELF-DESTRUCT
MECHANISMS ARE HEAVY.

- DON'T TELL ME
YOU LEFT IT OUT.

- OKAY, I WON'T.

BUT I DID.

- LARRY.

- DON'T SCOLD ME, DR. BLAKE.

YOU DIDN'T CATCH ME
PUTTING TAP FLUID

IN MY SON'S ROCKET FUEL.

- HEY! WE ONLY HAVE
SIX HOURS UNTIL IMPACT.

- CAN WE DIVERT IT
BACK INTO ORBIT?

- THERE'S NOT ENOUGH DELTA-V
LEFT FOR A RETURN TRAJECTORY.

- IF WE CAN'T STOP THE ROCKET,

THEN LET'S FOCUS ON REDUCING
THE OXYGEN LEVEL.

ANY SUGGESTIONS?

- WE'RE SCREWED.

- AWKWARD.

[cat meows]

- HERE SHE COMES.

- DON'T MAKE EYE CONTACT.

- IF I COULD SEE HER EYES--
- DON'T MAKE EYE CONTACT.

[cat meows]

HI, MABEL.

GOOD MABEL.
YEAH, WHO'S A SWEET...

DEMON KITTY.

GO.

[cat screeching]

- YOU WANTED AGGRESSION?

I THINK YOU'RE GONNA
GET AN "A."

- YEAH?

- YEAH.
OKAY.

EH.

[meows]

- OH.

- OH, THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

[overlapping chatter]

- HEY.

- HEY.

- LOOK, WE HAVEN'T KNOWN
EACH OTHER ALL THAT LONG.

MAYBE WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER
FOR 63 YEARS,

DEPENDS ON HOW
YOU LOOK AT IT.

I JUST, I DON'T GET IT.

WHY'D YOU DO IT?

WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?

- I WASN'T.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO HAVE AN AUTISTIC CHILD.

- WELL--
- NOT THAT THAT IS AN EXCUSE.

BUT I HAVE SPENT
HIS ENTIRE LIFE

TRYING TO CONNECT WITH HIM.

AND THEN I COME BACK HERE,
AND HE IS SO DIFFERENT.

HE IS ARTICULATE
AND INDEPENDENT.

AND IT'S LIKE
I GET TO START OVER,

AND I JUST WANTED
EVERYTHING TO GO WELL, AND--

- WELL, I THINK YOU HAVE
TO START BY TRUSTING YOUR SON.

[cell phone rings]

- IT'S KEVIN.

I GUESS IT'S TIME
TO TAKE MY LUMPS.

HEY, SWEETHEART.

- MOM, I KNOW HOW
TO FIX THIS,

THE SELF-PROPAGATING OXYGEN.

WE CAN NEUTRALIZE THE PROBLEM.

WE JUST HAVE TO COMBINE IT
WITH HYDROGEN.

I MEAN, IT'S SIMPLE.

- WELL, YEAH, HONEY,
IN THEORY,

BUT THAT REACTION
WILL BE VERY EXPLOSIVE,

ESPECIALLY
IN THESE CONDITIONS.

- DON'T WORRY.
I'VE GOT THIS FIGURED OUT.

- WHOA, WAIT, KEVIN,
WHERE ARE YOU CALLING ME FROM?

- MOM, I'M CLOSE BY, OKAY?

I'VE GOT THIS UNDER CONTROL.

- KEVIN!

- MOM, I TOLD YOU
I'VE GOT THIS COVERED.

- NO, YOU GET COVERED.

- NO, I HAVE TO DETONATE
THE HYDROGEN GAS

ONCE THE BALLOONS
GET HIGH ENOUGH.

- THE WHOLE TOWN WILL IGNITE.

- NO, MOM, IT'S YOUR
BASIC CHEMICAL REACTION, H2O.

IT'LL PUT OUT THE FLAMES
BEFORE THEY GET TO US.

- IT'S POSSIBLE.
- POSSIBLE?

- LOOK, THAT ROCKET'S
GONNA BE HERE ANY MINUTE.

IF WE'RE GONNA GIVE
KEVIN'S EXPERIMENT A TRY,

NOW MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME.

- LOOK, MOM,
YOU HAVE TO TRUST ME, OKAY?

AND IF WE ALL BURST INTO FLAMES,
YOU CAN GROUND ME LATER.

- DR. FARGO.

YOU ARE TELLING ME
THAT YOU ARE TRUSTING THE FATE

OF A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR
FACILITY

TO A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY?

- SIR, KEVIN BLAKE
IS A GIFTED SCIENTIST

NO MATTER WHAT HIS AGE,

AND HIS SOLUTION COULD WORK.

- AND IF IT DOESN'T,

YOU KNOW HOW QUICKLY
YOU CAN BE REPLACED.

- GENERAL,
I HAVE A CONTRACT.

I'M THE HEAD OF G.D.

- FIGUREHEAD IS MORE LIKE IT.

I PLACED YOU HERE.

I CAN TAKE YOU DOWN.

- SINCE THE TOWN
MAY GO UP IN FLAMES,

I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR
NOT LETTING ME HANG FOR IT.

- JUST DOING MY JOB.

- ANYWAY, THANKS, JO JO.

- WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?

- SORRY, YOU HATE THAT?

YEAH, YOU HATE THAT.

- HIGH ENOUGH?

- HIGH ENOUGH.
YOU READY?

- DO I HAVE A CHOICE?

- NOPE.

- WE'RE SET TO GO.

- GO FOR IT.

- HE SAYS GO FOR IT.

- READY?

[cheering]

- GRANT.

GRANT, WHAT'S HAPPENING?

GRANT, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

- YEAH, BABY,
TWO HYDROGENS AND ONE OXYGEN.

THAT IS WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.

- GRANT, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

- YES, YES.
WE'RE ALL SAFE.

IT'S RAINING.

- EVERYONE'S SAFE!

[laughter and applause]

- YES!

I GOT THIS RACE
IN THE BAG.

- YOU KNOW,
IT'S HARDLY FAIR

SINCE WE BLEW UP
THE COMPETITION.

- A WIN'S A WIN.

- YEAH, WELL,
YOU'RE COMING IN TOO FAST.

IT'S WAY OFF TARGET,
AND IT'S--

AND THAT'S
A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

- WE GOT TO GET
EMERGENCY CREWS THERE NOW.

FARGO, WHERE IS THAT?

FARGO, WHAT'S THE ADDRESS?

- 4020 CORIOLIS LOOP.

- WHAT?

WHAT?

- THAT'S MY HOUSE.

- WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE
TAMED THE SAVAGE BEAST.

- YEAH.

NEXT TIME SHE ACTS UP,
JUST SHOW HER THE SHOWER HEAD.

I'M SURE THAT'LL
DO THE TRICK.

SO MABEL,
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

NOT REALLY.

[cat meows]

YOU KNOW, UM,
MY BIGGEST FEAR

WHEN I WAS COMING HERE
WAS THAT I'D GET HERE

AND YOU'D HAVE CHANGED.

YOU HAVE.

I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE HAPPY HERE.

- I AM.

BUT, YOU KNOW,
LAST NIGHT WITH MABEL,

IT REALLY MADE ME MISS HOME.

NOT YOU, BUT HOME.

- WELL...

WELL, IT'LL BE THERE,

ASSUMING NOBODY BLEW UP
EUREKA IN MY ABSENCE.

- DAD.

IS EVERYTHING REALLY OKAY?

I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME.

- ZOE, THIS IS ONE
EUREKA SITUATION

THAT I CAN'T TELL YOU ABOUT,

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.

- OKAY.

BUT IF YOU EVER
WANT TO TALK,

YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME.

- YEAH.

I LIKE YOUR HAIR.

- THANK YOU.

- OH, DON'T TELL ME
ANDY ARRESTED YOU.

- WELCOME BACK.

- EVENING.

- ANDY'S MY HERO.

- OH.

- HE'S OFF BEING REPAIRED

AND RE-SKINNED.

- SO YOU JUST MISS
THE OFFICE THEN?

- I MISS MY HOUSE.

YEAH.

LARRY'S ROCKET WENT BOOM.

NO HOME, NO ZANE.

EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH SUCKS.

- COME ON.

GET YOUR STUFF.

WITH ZOE GONE, S.A.R.A.H.
COULD USE THE COMPANY.

AND, UH, SO COULD I.

- SUPPOSE I COULD
TOLERATE YOU.

- OH, DON'T GET EXCITED.
IT'S NOT PERMANENT.

- THANKS, CARTER.

- YEAH.

LET'S GO HOME.