Helix (2014–2015): Season 2, Episode 9 - Ectogenesis - full transcript

When will the stew be ready?

It'll be ready when it's ready.

A good meal takes time.

Hungry now.

You're always hungry.

Ain't my problem.

My problem's your cooking.
You ever gonna make anything edible?

When are you gonna act like a
man, instead of sitting here whining?

Looks like shit.

Tastes like it too.

Yeah?
Yeah.



- How does it feel?
- What's that supposed to mean?

Unh! Ah!

- Argh!
- Get off me!

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What are you doing here?

Trying to stay warm.

Don't these coasties know
how to keep a fracking fire going?

- Aren't you...?
- Dead?

Checked out? Taking the old dirt nap?

Don't look at me.
You're the one dreaming this up.

Dig the beard.

Very anti-establishment,
screw the man and all that,

but I gotta ask.

- What are you trying to prove?
- Maybe I just like the way it looks.



Makes you look like one
of the Village People.

What the hell are you
really doing here, Alan?

I'm trying to stop Ilaria.

By traipsing through the forest
with a bunch of sailors?

Not to mention this Kyle guy, who's trying
to get your butt thrown in federal prison.

Ilaria have come up
with a new pathogen.

- I'm not sure why, but...
- Oh, horse shit.

You and I both know that ain't
the real reason you're out here.

Of course it is.

Humor me.

First, you were trying to save Julia.

Then you were hunting a bunch
of immortals in Paris.

And now you're trying to find a cure
for this pathogen.

Seems to me like you're a man
in search of a mission.

- I know why I'm here, Doreen.
- Oh, I don't think you do.

And you need to wake up.

You hear me?

Wake up, Alan.

Wake up.

Alan, wake up.

Keep at it,
I'll put that boot up your ass.

I just figured you might want
to stay with the gang here.

But sleep till noon if you want.

- Look, we don't have to get along...
- We don't get along, doc.

But we're in this together, like it or not,
so let's get it done.

You get a head count?

Okay, take three men. Maintain
visual contact. Check the perimeter.

- Yes, ma'am.
- What's happening?

- One of our guys hasn't reported in.
- You're with me.

Must have just overslept.

I know you've been
through unspeakable horror.

The loss of friends and loved ones.

But I can promise you, we will prevail.

Say it with me.

We will prevail.

When will it be safe
for us to eat or drink?

Dr. Farragut has assured me

that our remaining food and water
supplies are uncompromised.

Why did Michael lie to us?

- Why did he kill everyone?
- What Michael did was a terrible mistake.

You're all safe now. The CDC...

Michael said the CDC was here
to keep us safe.

- But they brought the sickness.
- No.

That's absolutely not true.

Lies and more lies.

Michael,
who called himself our brother,

fell prey to the evil words
of the outsiders,

and now my mother
is following his path.

- How dare you speak to me that way.
- I will speak to you any way I like!

We're no longer afraid
of you and Michael.

For years we leaned on tradition,

went about our work

and reassured ourselves:

The old ways are the safest ways,
the surest ways.

But we have been led down
a path to ruin.

Whole families lost to sickness or poison.

The old ways are dead.

The time has come to move on.

To open ourselves
to our new incarnation.

Skeptics and outsiders have done
their best to destroy us.

And Anne has embraced them.

Even laying with one of them.

That's not true.

They misled my mother and Michael,
but they shall not mislead us.

Come, join me.

Anne? Anne.

Your daughter has Michael's gift
for empty speech.

Not only empty, but cruel.

I'm sorry she singled you out.
It was unforgivable.

- You don't need to apologize for Amy.
- Why not? I'm her mother.

Her failure is my failure.

That's not true.

You have to stop blaming yourself
for everything that goes on here.

I've spent my life doing exactly
what I've been told.

No one ever listened to me except
when I repeated what Michael said.

If I disagreed, I was yelled at.

But I put up with it
because I believed in him.

Two days ago in the oubliette,
you yelled at me.

Anne, I'm sorry.

No, it's fine.

The point is, I yelled back.

I felt safe with you.

You were right, and you listened.

You listened.

The survivors of the thinning aren't
the only ones in need of a savior.

What are you gonna do?

I'm not going down without a fight.

Amy may think she has control
of the Abbey, but I have...

- What is it?
- Oh, my God.

I haven't had a chance to get up
here since I was trapped.

There must be
a hundred new messages.

They're here.

- They're already here on the island.
- Who's here?

The answer to our problem.

I thought you said
this hike was an hour tops.

An hour as the crow flies.
We could've taken the Ilaria chopper.

Not without raising a dozen red flags.

We need to get in, find Michael

and the infertility biotech quickly
and quietly.

And what if Michael doesn't want
to cooperate?

Then we reason with him.

I haven't heard from Peter in five days.
Who knows what we're walking into?

I don't want to use force
unless it's absolutely necessary.

It might be.

Ah, Dr. Jordan,
I thought I might find you here.

The curious scientist.

Is this some kind of game to you,
you crazy bitch?

Uh-uh. Language.

Do I need to have Landry wash
your mouth out with soap?

You know, I am willing
to give you a trade...

if you give me what I want.

I can't make you immortal.
I've never done the procedure.

"Can't"? "Never"?
Those are self-defeating words.

That's just the kind of negative thinking
that could lead to a terrible accident.

Stop it.

How long do you think
the child could live outside the jar?

- What are you-J? Don't...
- Five minutes?

- Don't. Stop it.
- Two?

Okay, wait! Wait.

I'll do it. Whatever you want.

I thought you might see the light.

Lieutenant commander, we found him.

Oh, my God.

You're no doubt wondering how
exactly our little organism survives.

When Michael decided to raise children
separately from their parents,

he naturally encountered resistance.

So he tried separating babies
and mothers pre-birth.

But how to keep the babies alive?

Well, he devised a neutral environment,
a synthetic womb

in which babies could gestate
without all those

troublesome emotional attachments.

You people are insane.

And your opinion is noted.

Anyway, it didn't work.

They lived a few weeks,
which isn't bad,

but ultimately a dead end.

You see, he could only use the jar
for a baby that never grew.

One frozen in its development.

As if it were immortal.

Don't. Don't.

Don't do that.

Look, I don't care about you
or your little tadpole.

Tell me how you became an immortal.

I was dying.

And I received an infusion of spinal fluid
from another immortal.

- Sounds dangerous.
- It can be.

Especially if the fluid is from one of us.

When I was a little, I used to watch
my father standing here,

supervising his followers
in the orchard.

Even then...

I thought maybe one day
I would take his place.

And now I'm here.

But it's not enough.

I imagine there's never enough
for people like you.

I want everything he had.

His world and his eternity.

Make me immortal
and you will get your child back.

So do we have a deal?

Good. We'll do it today.

I can't do a spinal tap on myself.

- Alan can do it later.
- I'm not waiting.

Who do you expect
to do the procedure? You?

- Why not me?
- Because you're not a doctor.

If you make a mistake,
you could leave me paralyzed.

Please, just let me talk to Peter.

Peter is off playing nursemaid
to my poor mother.

No.

I want immortality today.

It's latched from the inside.
No way to get through.

Or over. Unless you want
to get lit up like a Christmas tree.

So you're telling me
there's no way in.

Could try knocking.

Julia.

- Sergio.
- Don't "Sergio" me.

Why haven't you returned
my messages?

- It's a long story.
- Don't have time for this.

I need to talk to somebody
named Michael.

- He's gone missing.
- Then who's in charge?

My name is Anne.

You arrive
at a time of some change.

But you are welcome.

Whoever took out our guy is gonna
try again. Pick us off one at a time.

Keep your head on a swivel.
Teams of two, no wandering off.

Yes, ma'am.
Listen up, teams of two.

Fan out from here and sweep east.

Seen this before.

When we first arrived.

Any idea what it means?

Trail marker, maybe?

Yeah, it's a trail marker.

You have a better theory?

Yeah, there are crazies out here saying:

"Go back wherever you came from."
Can you two cut the chatter?

Form up, form up!

You heard the commander, form up!
Move, move!

Soren?

Jesus. Are you okay?

What happened to your eye?

- I'm sorry, Dr. Kyle.
- For what?

Are you aware of
the Ilaria Corporation?

The name is unfamiliar to me.

In four days, they're going
to launch a virus

which will decimate a large
percentage of the population.

Up to five billion deaths.

- Narvik?
- A new strain. Narvik-C.

It's self-replicating. It'll spread
in a matter of weeks, if not days.

I don't see how we can help.

Please don't waste my time.

I know about Michael's infertility
experiments. I want the bio-tech.

Why should I give it to you?

Maria's unconcerned about how we slow
population growth, just that it happens.

- If I can show them another way...
- Using our infertility grafts?

Better that than slaughtering
billions of people.

- This is an outside world problem.
- It's a whole world problem.

If they release the new Narvik,
no one is safe. Not even on an island.

I'm asking for your help.

There's no need to lie.

You're not asking.

Your man is prepared
to shoot me if I refuse.

Isn't that right?

You don't have it, do you?

- It's in a safe place.
- No.

If you knew where it was,
you'd be taking bids.

I know Anne.

And I know this abbey.

I can get you what you want.

For a price?

What do you want, Peter?

Guaranteed immunity from Ilaria
when all this is over.

Done.

And a finder's fee.

Nine figures.

You want 100 million dollars?

To prevent five billion deaths,
you're getting a bargain.

You're a pig.

And pigs get fed.

There's an indentation in between
the third and fourth vertebrae.

- Got it.
- Angle the needle upward.

Insert the needle, half an inch.

Very slowly.

I don't know that I'd let anyone
do this to me without anesthesia.

I can't tell you what to do
if I'm taking a nap.

Ah! Did I mention to do it slowly?

It's not going in.

The resistance is a membrane
with fluid.

Push a fraction of an inch.
This part is crucial.

Any further and you could damage
my spinal cord.

Nothing's happening.

- Ah! Take it out!
- What's going on?

You missed. You're in the nerve.
You're in the nerve tissue.

- What should I do?
- Take it out, damn it!

You'll have to start over again.

You know,
this isn't easy for me either.

Good.

You're awake.

So we get
to see those pretty eyes.

- Where am I? Unh! Unh! Unh!
- You're a guest in our home.

See? I even
brought you supper.

What we need on this island is salt.

- Did you bring any salt?
- Sorry, fresh out.

- Try some.
- Ugh!

Smells great, but I'm not hungry.

I see.

You're too good to eat at my table?

One of the good bits.

The eyes are the best part.

Really, I couldn't.

Well, that's it.
I said I'd look after you,

but if you're gonna bad-mouth
my cooking...

What do you think you're doing?!

I was just looking at his eyes.

You stay away from him.

Look at you.

You're nowhere near ready.

You're skinnier
than one of them island rabbits.

Ugh.

- Nothing.
- Trail's gone cold.

- Wait here.
- What do you got?

- Any sign of Dr. Sommer?
- Trail disappears up the ridge.

There's no sign of anything
within a quarter-mile radius.

We're going back to the Abbey.

No. No.

- We leave him out here, he's dead.
- He's probably dead already.

Look, Winger, we're on the verge
of finding a possible cure

to maybe the world's worst pathogen.
I'm not going back without it.

The men assigned to my command
are not special forces, but they're men.

That guy hanging in the tree
was one of their own.

Look, the only reason we were attacked
is because we're getting closer.

I'm sorry, but your man in the tree
can't get any more dead than he is.

We keep searching.

Jeez, that could've left a mark.

You're still here?

Someone's gotta knock some sense
in that thick head of yours.

Guess the big log didn't do the trick.

Do me a favor. If you have
a point to make, make it.

Don't get all snippy on me.

I'm just wondering
if you figured it out yet.

- I'm afraid to ask.
- Then I'll ask for you.

What is it about this Kyle fellow
that's got you so hot under the collar?

Nothing, I told you.
I'm trying to stop Ilaria.

Oh, Ilaria this, Ilaria that. You're
starting to sound like a broken record.

What do you want from me, Doreen?

The truth, for starters.

You and I both know saving the kid
doesn't amount to a hill of beans

as far as Ilaria is concerned.

If the shoe was on the other foot,
he'd be halfway back to Seattle by now.

No. He believes in what he's doing.

- How's that?
- He's young. He's reckless.

But he's not going
through the motions.

He really believes it.

Now we're getting somewhere.

Doreen, you know exactly
why I can't leave Kyle out here.

Yeah, well he's as stubborn as you
and doesn't back down from a fight.

He may even look a bit like you
if you shave the damn beard.

Oh, and you may want to take care
of that head wound.

They bleed like a son of a bitch.

What head wound?

Hey. You still here, doc?

I think so.

Lucky you're still in one piece.

What happened?

Booby trap.

We are getting close.

Closer than you think.

I doubt the Mycotics
are into Juicy Fruit.

It worked. Heh, heh. I did it.

Now we transfer it to a clean syringe,

and when you're ready,
we reverse the procedure

and inject it into your spine.

What's wrong?
This was what you wanted.

I'm not sure I trust you.

- I trusted you.
- What choice did you have?

I want my child back.
I held up my end of the bargain.

And I will hold up mine, as soon as
I know you're not going to try anything.

You want immortality,
this is the only way.

Maybe we can try it on a rabbit.

- A test.
- It doesn't work like that.

I'll do it.

What?

Don't be ridiculous.

I'm not.

You can try it on me first.

Why would you risk that?

She could be poisoning you.

Then I'll die.

But I get to protect you,
and if it works,

then I get to be immortal too.

We could be together forever.

Fine.

Try it on him first.

- That wasn't part of the deal.
- It is now.

If you ever want to see your son again.

Hey. Can I get a drink of water?

Look, I'm sorry about the stew thing,
but I'm dying of thirst.

Soren.

I'm sorry, Dr. Kyle.

- For what?
- Tricking you into coming here.

Well, you didn't really trick me.

Plus, the big guy
did the heavy work anyway.

- What you got there?
- It's from the bleeding tree.

- The bleeding tree?
- Yeah.

We eat it so we don't get more sick.

Soren, do you know
what Cadmus and Carol do?

You know how
they get their food, right?

Yeah. They trap people.

And eat them.

That's right.

But I don't want to be on the menu.

If I help you, they'll eat the rest of me.

What do you mean,
"eat the rest of you"?

Soren, listen,

I promise
I won't let them hurt you anymore.

- You can't.
- No. I can't while I'm tied up here.

- I need you to be brave.
- No.

- Please.
- No.

Soren, please.

Hey.

What's going on here?

How many days before
you can give the procedure to Amy?

Another three to four days before I
can donate any more spinal fluid.

You hear that, Amy?

I wish we could do it together
right now.

Me too.

But we're going to be immortal together,
so what's a few more days?

- What's the holdup?
- I'm waiting for the anesthetic to kick in.

Get it over with.

Unless you have some reason not to.

Okay, you might feel
a slight amount of pressure.

I don't feel any different.

Ah!

Help me. Hold him down.

- What's happening?
- I don't know.

I've heard of patients
who can reject a CSF infusion.

I've heard of doctors
who poison patients.

I didn't do anything.

Yes, you did.

You just said goodbye to your baby.

- What's wrong?
- There are no seeds.

- Of course not.
- But we need seeds to plant trees.

- That's the point of this whole mission.
- We don't need seeds.

We graft all our trees
from the original rootstock.

- We call her Mother.
- Her?

Michael discovered Mother
quite by accident

when the orchard was suffering
from a terrible blight.

Only one tree survived,

absorbing the fungus
rather than being consumed by it.

Later, Michael discovered
a curious effect in the fruit.

It made the mortal men
who ate it unable to father children.

So all of this was created by accident?

Many of humanity's
greatest discoveries were accidental.

Penicillin, quinine, insulin.

- Why not Mother?
- I'd like to see her.

Of course.

First you won't eat my cooking,

then you want to leave
without saying goodbye.

Yeah, where are my manners?

You're a funny one.
Lucky, Caddie didn't catch you first.

Sometimes he lets the rabbits run
just so he can have a good chase.

Says it tenderizes the meat.

Only trouble is,
when he catches them...

he eats the eyes all to himself.

But we'll definitely
be sharing yours.

Blue's my favorite color.

Tastes great with honey.

You eat the honey?

Of course we do.

- Isn't that dangerous?
- No.

I keep a jar of it all to myself.

Don't tell Caddie.

That's... That's funny.

He said the same thing about you.

- What's that?
- I probably shouldn't say anything.

Cadmus swore me to secrecy.

He did, did he?

Cross my heart and hope to die.

What'd he say?

Don't worry, you can trust me.

I'd like to, but you've seen how
Cadmus gets when he's angry.

I can get angry too.

You tell me, little rabbit.

All right, all right. But you gotta
promise not to say anything.

It's just, he wants both
of my eyes for himself.

Son of a bitch, I knew it!

Please. Don't tell him I told you.

Some days,
I think I could kill him.

That's a good idea.
Then you could eat his eyes.

What do you think we are,
savages?

- Why not?
- We don't eat our own.

Because it's wrong.

And the disease makes the meat rotten.
Everyone knows that.

We've taken extraordinary precautions
where Mother is concerned.

Nothing at the Abbey
is more important.

- No.
- What's wrong?

She's gone.

Mother is gone.

All right.

Come on, you can do this.
Come on, come on.

- No.
- What's this now?

What happened to you?

I can't say.

Come on, now. You tell me or I'll
give you something to bleed about.

- Who did that?
- No. No.

No, Carol will get angry.

Carol. She knows better.

She said
she wanted them all to herself.

- What are you talking about?
- My eyes.

She wanted to take my eyes,
but I wouldn't let her.

- She did what?!
- Said she didn't care what you thought.

I told her you'd get angry.
She didn't care.

That bitch! Argh!

Never should've left her
with fresh meat!

Where the hell are you, woman?
What have I told you about...?

Quickly, woman. The meat's gone!

Gonna get you!

Run, rabbit, run!

Useless rabbit.

Share his eyes, Caddie.
Share them.

You're gonna get it, rabbit.

- Hello, rabbit.
- Hold on. Hold on now.

Share his eyes, Caddie.
Share them.

Enough, woman. You're cooked.

Y'all don't eat your own,
Carol told me.

So what? You're clean.

Not anymore.

I ate all of it, now I'm sick just like you.

You just ruined my meal.

Yeah, I'm real sorry about that.

Oh, you think
you just saved yourself, do you?

No.

No, no.

Clear!

Check the perimeter! See
if there are any more of them!

- No more Mycotics.
- Yes, sir.

- Let's go!
- Just the boy, Soren.

- You hurt?
- I'm all right.

- For two more days, at least.
- What are you talking about?

We'd better find that damn tree,
or I'm a dead man.

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