Helix (2014–2015): Season 1, Episode 5 - The White Room - full transcript

Previously on Helix...

He's crashing!

That's his ex-wife? He never
talks about her or his brother.

That's probably because he caught
her and his brother in bed together.

I did this.

I've been here before.

- You tested negative.
- Are you really sure?

I can't keep you here. You're sick.

I'm not the only one.

How long have you known
about your tumor?

The people who designed
this virus want to change us,



from the inside out.

Ah!

Who the hell is Dr. Hvit?

Dr. Farragut, you wanted to see me?

Yeah, I want to show you something.

- Is it Peter?
- No. His status is unchanged.

Still no brain activity.

Have a look at this.

I used your protocols and a modified
compound I've been experimenting with.

I substituted multiple residues
at these two binding sites,

Added a tetrahydrofuran carbamate here,

a triazine ring here,
all to reduce stearic interaction.

And that's taking the virus
longer to break the SODRAs down.

But it still does in the end.
I've taken this as far as I can



in culture. I need to see how
it reacts in living tissue.

I can start animal studies
to test efficacy and safety right away.

- We could have results in 24 hours.
- I'd like to bring

my veterinary pathologist,
Doreen Boyle,

up to speed on this.
I think she could be a big help.

- Alan, this is progress.
- It has to work in the rats first.

- And if it does? - If it does,
Hatake won't have any more excuses.

We'll reopen level R, start

testing Julia and the rest
of the infected patients.

Dr. Farragut. I asked you
to check in on the hour.

Uninterrupted research
is how we get results.

If Hatake has a problem
with that, he can talk to me himself.

For whatever that's worth.

He's left me in charge
while he takes care...

While he conducts "base business." right.

Shh, shh, shh.

Shh. Someone might hear you.

- It hurts.
- I know, but you have to stay quiet.

If they find you,
they'll take you back to level R.

I have to
get back to my lab work.

I'll try and get back as soon
as I can with more morphine.

Warm, gooey chocolate brownies.

A study at the University
of Wisconsin showed that

fantasizing about delicious
food can help minimize pain.

Brownies are my go-to.

Cupcakes.

That's good.

What kind?
The more specific, the better.

Uh...

Red velvet, cream cheese icing.

And none of that flaky cake.

I like it dense.

Did it help?

A little...

But now I'm hungry.

The worst part is the waiting.

Death should come out of nowhere.

You shouldn't have to
stare it in the face.

How do you do it,

knowing you're just waiting to die?

We're all waiting to die.

I just have a little less time.

What the hell are you doing?

It's comfy.

Get out of his chair.

Sure. Where's Dr. Hvit?

- Who?
- Dr. Hvit.

I need to speak to him
or her right away.

There's no one on this base
by the name of Dr. Hvit.

Now get out of his chair.

- He's got you well trained.
- Excuse me?

How much is he paying you
to inspire such loyalty?

- I don't work for him.
- That's right.

He adopted you.
You're like a son to him.

- I am his son.
- You know, in the favelas

in Rio, the gangs, they call
themselves a familia.

Family. And they have a saying:

"Blood in, blood out."

They'd find these little
boys, nine, 10 years old,

and they'd make them murder people
to bond them to the gang.

Blood in.

And these boys, they'd go
so deep, they'd have no idea

that they were grunts,
that they were expendable.

And if they disobeyed,

or tried to leave the gang...

Blood out.

Hatake's down on level R,
doing god knows what.

You think he left you in
charge because he trusts you,

or because he's trying to distract you?

You need to get out of this office.

Now.

Please. We have food.

There's plenty here.
We can all share.

Are you sick?

- Get the hell away from here!
- This is a waste of time.

- We should get out of the hallway.
- We have to organize the people down here.

It's a better chance of survival.

Can we talk about the reason
you don't want to go back?

- What's that?
- The initials on the wall. Your initials.

They weren't my initials.
I've never been here before.

So how do you explain
that it was your handwriting?

Hallucinations are one of
the symptoms of the infection.

Nice try, but I saw them too.

Is it possible you were
here when you were younger?

Yeah, I must have forgotten

all those family vacations
to the Arctic Circle.

I grew up in Montana.

The most exotic place I ever
went as a kid was Bozeman.

- Jules.
- What did you just call me?

If you don't like it,
I won't call you that.

No, it's just, uh...

Alan and my mother were the only
ones who ever called me that.

Help... Please.

Doreen!

Jesus. Hold on.

What happened? Was...
Was she attacked by a vector?

It was the rats.

The rats? How did they get out?

The cages were turned over on her.

Maybe she had some kind of heart attack,

Grabbed the rack, and it
went down when she did.

Or someone pushed it.

You think someone did this on purpose?

We have annual physicals for field duty.

If Doreen had any hint
of cardiac distress,

she'd never have been
permitted to join this investigation.

Altitude changes
effect individuals differently.

And The CO2 scrubbers were turned off
for four hours yesterday.

Seems like she was
in pretty good health to me.

Do you know how many murders
have occurred at this base, Dr. Farragut?

Zero.

Accidents, however,
happen all the time...

This wasn't a goddamn accident!

- Until the evidence suggests otherwise...
- Evidence?

We're in the ass-end of
nowhere, cut off from the world.

My best doctor is trapped
and dying somewhere below us,

and my closest friend

from the CDC has very
likely just been murdered.

This place is a... It's a
time bomb waiting to go off,

And we're pretending this...
These goddamn things are gonna save us!

Right now, I'm thinking the
virus is not our biggest problem.

- I'll review the surveillance footage
immediately. - No.

Not alone you won't.
Sarah, find Dr. Duchamp.

Tell him to start the animal
trials with the SODRA immediately.

You find me if there are complications.

I said we would bring food
and water if they turned

the oxygen scrubbers back
on, but they attacked me.

The bleeding is slowing, but
you're gonna need stitches.

We need to get you to that
lab we set up for triage.

That's on the other side of the facility.
We can't drag him all the way over there.

- Why not?
- What was that?

Dr. Hatake, this is Jaye. Jaye, Hatake.

- Jaye? - Don't pretend like
you don't know who I am.

And I won't pretend I'm gonna help you

after you locked us down here
to fend for ourselves.

- You did seal us up down here.
- I had no choice.

We could not allow the
infection to spread.

We need to get you to that
lab, close up this wound.

It's too dangerous.
We'd never make it.

- Is there any other way across this level?
- An access tunnel.

It goes all the way to
the other side of the base.

But I would not ask you to...
risk your life for mine.

You don't have to ask.

You need my help, I'm gonna help you.

Let's narrow the window of incident.

When was the last time
you saw Dr. Boyle?

About 9 am yesterday morning.

In 10 hours, you didn't check in with her?

I was running SODRA trials on my brother.

And she was capable,
she didn't need to check in.

Right. "uninterrupted research."

What happened there?

The file's been corrupted.

- I'll check the backup.
- Uh-huh.

That's impossible.
The backups have been deleted too.

The only ones with access are me and...

Hatake, who's conveniently disappeared.

Neither of us have
anything to do with this.

I will find out what
happened to Dr. Boyle.

I'll find out myself through an autopsy.

Dr. Duchamp?

I'm Major Balleseros.

Is this another check-in?

I'm showing no signs of infection.

No.

I'm looking for a Dr. Hvit.

That's a name I haven't heard in a while.

I was going through the research files,

and I saw that you two
did a paper together.

That was many years ago.

- So he's no longer on the base?
- Oh, no, he is.

It's just, no one ever sees him any more.

I hear he developed a
rare immune deficiency.

He can no longer interact with people.

He's become somewhat of an urban legend.

I heard rumors he's in the white room.

Where can I find that?

We are all in the white room.

Excuse me.
I need to speak with the Major.

Did you kill the CDC vet? Hm.

You'd think I'd remember that. Ugh!

Did you do it?

What did the surveillance video show?

Did Hatake know?

Ask him.
He tells you everything, right?

Dr. Farragut is running
an autopsy as we speak.

You better hope
you covered your tracks.

Code 852, Level D, Hematology.

Attention: Code 852,
Level D, Hematology.

Attention: Code 852,
Level D, Hematology.

Dr. Van Eigem?

Shit.

Dr. Van Eigem, what are you doing?

I'm dancing for Tony.

Tony isn't here.

Of course he is.

What's wrong?

What happened?

I couldn't stop myself.

I'm gonna turn into one
of those things, aren't I?

We need to get you back to the room.

Come on.

How long is it?

Forty meters.

I vote we go around. Who knows
what's waiting for us in there?

We don't have time.

All right, let's go.

What are we stepping on?

Looks like glass.

Someone busted the lights out.
Probably trying to hide.

Or... Setting a trap.

Found anything?

She died of an embolism.

A scan revealed bruising in the
left hemisphere of her brain,

consistent with an air bubble.

So it was natural causes.

Why would anyone have erased
the security footage?

Did you see Doreen yesterday?

Just in passing.

Did she say anything?
About her research?

- Any breakthrough she might've had?
- No, she didn't.

I didn't know Doreen too well,

but she seemed
like a good person to have on your team.

I knew her 15 years.
She didn't deserve this.

Did she have any family?

A son from her third marriage.
Hand me that bottle of alcohol.

- What is that?
- Puncture mark.

From a needle.

I don't want to become

one of those things.

I know.

Don't let me.

You know what I'm asking.

You're sick.

It's the drugs talking.

I was on my way to the drug stockroom

Before...

I saw tony.

I can't do it myself.

Please.

Please.

Sarah?

Sarah, it's Alan.

Uh... Oh...

- You all right in there?
- One minute.

Hey. Sorry, I was just
getting changed. What's going on?

Doreen was murdered.
The autopsy proves it.

- How?
- Somebody used a syringe

to make it look like
she had an embolism.

They knew what they were doing.
We need to be careful.

- Are you ok?
- Yeah. I'm...

I, uh...

I... I just don't know what's
going on here. I mean...

Walker's sick, Doreen's dead,

You're telling me that
somebody murdered her. I...

Are we even gonna make
it out of this place alive?

Shh, shh, shh, shh. It's ok.

It's ok.

I won't let anything happen to you.

All right?

- Sarah, I...
- I'm sorry.

I... I shouldn't have done that.

Are you high?

What?

I can barely see your pupils.
What are you on?

I had a migraine, so I took something.

- What?
- Gabapentin.

You're lying, unless you
took the whole bottle.

- Alan, wait. I... I can expl...
- No, there's no excuse for this, ever!

People's lives are at stake.
They're depending on us!

- You're of no use to me like this!
- But I...

No, you go sleep this off.
We'll deal with it later.

I'm sorry... Can we take a moment?

No, not really.

Let me take a look at your wound.

Oh.

We need to tie something
around you for more pressure.

Here, use this.

And hurry up.

I'm gonna need you
to lean forward for me.

What was that?

Oh, my god. Rats!

- Where are they coming from?
- The more important question is

what are they running from?

Run!

The door!

Get to the door!

Where's Jaye?
She was right behind me.

- I didn't see her.
- We have to go back!

It's too late.

What exactly are we looking for?

Anything salvageable
of Doreen's research.

Any clue as to what she might have
discovered before she...

You think there's some kind of cover-up?

Why else would anyone kill her?

The transgenics lab.

- What about it?
- That lab where they found the monkey.

It was totally cleaned out before she
had a chance to gather any samples.

- She didn't tell you?
- No, she didn't.

Sanitized from top to bottom.
Figured Hatake must have ordered it.

If it was cleaned out, where'd she get
the monkey sample she was analyzing?

Maybe some of the scientists
from here were helping her.

Come to think of it,

she did mention a name.
Dr... Hvit?

She never mentioned him to me.

That's strange.
She said she spoke to him.

Said he seemed to have all the answers.

Well, I will find this Dr. Hvit and...

See if he can shed any
light on the situation.

- I don't know a Dr. Hvit.
- Doreen talked to him.

She... Talked to him?
Doreen told you that?

No, Major Balleseros did.

Major Balleseros also told me

how they found the
transgenics lab cleaned out.

But I guess you know
nothing about that either.

That was a routine
sanitization procedure.

- Bullshit, that was a cover-up.
- Why would we want to cover up

a virus that we need you to cure?

You're so focused on
seeing us as the bad guys,

you don't see what's
right in front of you.

How well do you know Major Balleseros?

- I met him five days ago.
- Same day you met me.

And you trust him?

Why? Because he's wearing a uniform?

How did you get
those scars on your back?

There was a fire, years ago,

at my home in Kyoto.

The entire house was in
flames when I arrived.

My daughter...

was still inside.

I tried to save her.

What was she like?

Your daughter.

She was smart.

Curious about the world.

You...

You remind me of her.

I haven't heard anything
outside for a while.

We should try and get to the triage lab.

What made you change your mind?

I know what it's like to be in pain.

The kind of pain that you...

You would do anything to make it stop.

And I've never considered
ending it, but...

Don't we all wish that we
could control when we go

and how we go?

Are you sure?

Are you really sure?

Yes.

Thank you.

Got something.

This is Semtex.

Plastic explosive.

Balleseros sabotaged the satellite.

Because he didn't need it to call out.

He's been sending messages
to someone since we got here.

Doreen's research is on here too.

He killed her.

Here's the last
transmission: "Found Dr. Hvit

in the white room. Evac 1500..."

What is the damn white room?

Attention: Code 517,
Level E, Neurology lab.

Duchamp.
Where is the white room?

We are all in the white room.

It's an inside joke
among the base scientists.

We're in the Arctic.
it's all the white room.

They're outside.

I see you got my message.

Thanks. I would have never
found Hvit without you.

Dr. Hatake, stay with me
now. We're almost there.

Please...

Call me Hiroshi.

Come on.

Took you guys long enough.

Nobody goes outside in a
whiteout. You won't even

be able to see more than
two feet in any direction.

There are guide ropes to follow, right?

It's not that simple. You've never
experienced anything like this. Minus 60,

and the wind chill doubles that.

Fine, if you're doing this,
you stay on the guidelines

around the building until
you get to the line going out.

Do not unclip until you get there,

or else you'll just... Disappear.

I managed to get Tracey off of me,
and then I ran.

It was too dark for her
to see me, I guess.

I ducked
into the first lab I could find,

and then I came here. I
thought for sure you were dead.

That makes two of us.

Jaye, I...

Don't beat yourself up
for closing that door.

You thought I was right behind you.

Looks like we make a pretty good team.

We do, don't we?

Good. He's waking up.

Maybe he can tell us more
lies about his daughter.

How did you...

You weren't there.

You remind me of her.

I wasn't where?

You weren't there when
Hatake told that story.

They weren't my initials.
I've never been here before.

So how do you explain that
it was your handwriting?

Hallucinations are one of
the symptoms of the infection.

No.

That's not possible.
I watched you do things.

Tie something around you
for more pressure. Here.

Use this. Hurry up.

It was you, Jules.

It was all you.

All those times you saved me.

You saved yourself.

Hey! Coming through! Switch clamps!

You killed her, you bastard!

You have no
idea what's going on here!

Doreen was collateral damage... ugh!

Ugh!

Nice knowing you, Doc.

Did Balleseros come back through here?

- I haven't seen him.
- He attacked me on the ice.

We need to get a security
team together and go after him.

You don't need to do anything.

You should have never been
on that ice in the first place.

He killed... Doreen.

Well, it looks like he
almost killed you too.

I've got a reply for that message!

Ahhh!

Ah!

Ahhh!

Ahh...

Hold still.

Cleanup requested. Pantry, level C.

Cleanup requested. Pantry, level C.

You know why I picked
you for my team, Sarah?

Because I was the best candidate.

Because you were driven.

I remember the first day you
walked into my office, and...

I thought to myself,

"That girl, even when she sleeps,

she tries to do it
better than anyone else."

Nothing distracts us from the work.

But that's the problem
with laser focus, with our

particular way of looking at the world.

We only see the thing in
front of us, the thing...

under the microscope,

and we miss
what's happening all around.

That's why my marriage fell apart.

That's why my brother...

was up here in this... place.

I can't keep making the same mistakes.

I'm sorry I didn't listen
to you before, but...

I'm listening now.

I get these migraines.

I've had them since college,
and when they come on,

I... I can't think,

I can't... work,
I can't do anything.

I took some morphine
from the drug stockroom.

I thought if I just had a
little bit to even me out,

I'd be able to go back to work.

I'm sorry. I've never done
anything like this, I swear.

It's okay.

We've all lost ourselves...
A little bit here.

My team... has fallen apart.

Again.

I lost you and Jules last time.

Now I've lost Doreen.

I don't know what to do.

You were always good at that part.

Even with Mom,

on her worst days, you had hope.

I need a little of your hope...

Right now, Peter.