La Brea (2021–…): Season 2, Episode 6 - Episode #2.6 - full transcript
PREVIOUSLY, ON
"LA BREA"
My whole life I never knew
who I really was,
where I came from, my parents.
Silas told me
that they're still alive.
They are.
The three of us and Silas,
we're part of the team
that created Lazarus.
There is a room in that
building with a portal.
It can connect to the future.
You're mother,
she's in 1988.
Josh and Riley,
they went through to 1988.
Your only chance
to save your children
is that glass building.
There are dangers there
you will not be prepared for.
My life is nothing
without you.
I'm gonna bring our son back.
I can finally get some answers
about my parents.
Look.
Okay, here we go.
Once we get inside,
head to the top floor
and use the key card
to access the portal room.
Then we make our way to '88,
find Riley and Josh.
Put your mask up.
Yep.
You.
Get down and get over here.
All right, here we go.
Take off your mask.
It's getting hot anyway.
I don't recognize you.
Yeah, I don't recognize you.
But it's... it's
my first delivery, so...
Where's the usual guy?
Ta a met killed him.
You know, he...
He'll kill me too
if I don't get back soon.
So if you don't mind,
we'd like to keep moving.
He doesn't look
like he's buying it.
What do we do?
Nothing, unless we have to.
Okay, new guy.
- Take the wagon in.
- Okay.
We got a problem.
Everything looks fine to me,
Kiera.
Nothing's fine
when Silas is around.
I want everyone
on that wagon
brought to me now.
Security...
Take him!
Off the wagon now.
Everybody off.
Gavin!
Over here.
All of you.
Get off there.
Get down on the ground.
On the floor.
Hold on, we're outnumbered.
Get off of me!
Stay down.
Ahh!
You two, get him.
Go, go, go.
Aaah!
Lucas!
No! Lucas!
Are you all right?
We gotta go. Aah!
Izzy, Eve, run!
Run!
Go, go!
Come on, let's go!
Gavin!
Dad!
*LA BREA*
Season 02 Episode 06
Episode Title: "Lazarus"
Aired on: November 01, 2022.
All right, everyone,
gather together.
Move, move, move.
Get in deep up that ridge.
We're good.
What's gonna happen to Dad?
I don't know.
But I should have done
something.
I should have helped him.
If you had, then we'd be
trying to get you back too.
- We'll get Gavin.
- How?
I don't know,
but I'm not giving up
on getting to Riley.
There's gotta be
another way in.
Silas helped design
that building.
So if anyone can help us,
it's him.
Look. Silas fled this way.
Could be his.
We could track him down.
Yeah, but what
about Scott and Lucas?
We can't just leave them
out here.
Hate to say it,
we don't have time
to find them.
The longer we wait,
the further Silas gets.
We don't have another choice.
Come on, let's go.
Hey, hey, hey.
I'm here.
You're not alone.
I don't see
the rest of our group anywhere.
Okay.
Doesn't change the plan, man.
We're still going
in that building. Yeah?
Aah!
Here, let me see.
Come on.
Come on!
- Ahh.
- Okay.
Oh, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Oh, calm down, dude.
Calm?
How can you be calm right now?
These are the exact same burns
that were on Eddie.
I don't need to remind you
what happened to him.
Yeah, well...
I'm fine.
No, you're not.
We can't do this.
I've gotta take you back.
No, no, no, no, no.
Scott, there's nothing
for me there.
I don't think that's true.
What's true is
I made a promise to my mom.
I want to do more with my life,
man.
I can't do that down here.
You can barely move
right now, okay?
You know I'm right.
Fine. Fine.
I will go to the clearing.
But you're going
to that building.
No, no, no. Hey, look.
- You are not gonna make...
- No. I don't care, Scott.
You have to try
to get out of here, man.
It's your only shot.
Now, don't be an idiot.
I appreciate
you looking out for me.
But I'd rather be
an idiot.
Sorry, I don't do
a lot of cooking.
Anything we don't have
to catch, we love.
Caroline, you said
you had a way
to stop the tidal wave.
How?
Let me show you.
Like I said, I came to '88
to access the first experiments
in time travel.
I'm using that code
to create a virus
that'll shut
the Lazarus program down.
We created a portal
inside a building
in 10,000 B.C.
And as long
as that portal remains open,
these sinkholes will continue
to randomly generate,
increasing in size
and frequency
until...
We don't want to talk
about where that puts us.
As long as I can stay hidden
from the people hunting me,
I've got a shot.
Hunting you?
Who'd want to stop you?
Aren't you, like, doing
a good thing?
That depends who you ask.
No. It's the power.
- Where's your fuse box?
- Down the road.
I've been siphoning electricity
from the ice rink.
They're closed for renovations,
so no one's noticed.
How can we help?
Replace the fuses
at the rink.
- Go. Now.
- Okay.
Let's do it.
These footprints match
the others.
We're on the right track.
Let's keep moving.
Hey Levi, can I...
Can I talk to you?
Sure.
We need you to help
get my dad back.
But I also think, once we do,
they need space
to figure things out.
Didn't you see the look
in my mom's eyes
when my dad was taken?
I saw her fear.
Well, what I saw was
that she still loves him.
Turn around...
and go back to your clearing.
We can't do that.
We have to get to Gavin.
You can help us.
I've been trying to help you.
You may not believe me,
but everything I've done
has been to protect
your husband.
I was trying to make sure
he didn't go back
into that building.
What do you mean "back"?
He's been there before?
What matters is,
I've gotta get him
out of there.
I have a better chance
if I do it on my own.
Now, leave.
What are you gonna do,
kill us?
My husband is in that building.
I don't care what I have to do,
I'm not stopping.
I know
how much Gavin cares for you.
So I don't want to be
the reason you get hurt.
You go in there...
you might never get back out.
We don't want out.
There's a portal in there
that'll take us to 1988.
If you care about Gavin,
you'll help him get back
to his family.
I have a plan.
Stay close
and don't get in my way.
Hey, Silas...
I know we're walking
into danger,
but what puts you so on edge
about this building?
It's not the building.
It's the man who runs it.
Where's my family?
They evaded my guards.
So I can only assume
they're safe.
The question is...
Gavin Harris...
why are you here?
You don't have to be
afraid of me.
Well, you know who I am,
so why don't you tell me
who you are?
I oversee everything
that happens in this building.
I run the Lazarus program.
My name is James.
Most importantly,
I am your father.
I know everyone is scared.
You're wondering where
all the capable people went.
Well, I will tell you,
they went to 1988
- to help themselves.
- Whatever.
Fear not.
A powerful leader
still remains.
- Me.
- This guy's gotta be joking.
- Get a load of this guy.
- Judah,
if you didn't know my name.
- He's full of himself.
- Together we will get
through this hardship.
We will...
- I'm getting out of here.
- Hey, come on.
Hey, we don't need
anyone else.
We've always gotten by.
I know. I'm just thinking
about something.
What is it? Tell me.
We're over here!
We need some help! Please!
- Who is it?
- It's Scott and Lucas.
- They're back.
- Is he okay?
Come on.
What happened to him?
Are you guys okay?
Uh,
that's a relative question.
We tried to get
into the Lazarus building,
but its bouncers bounced us.
We gotta get him to the bus.
Any first aid stuff we have
would be great, too.
Please, grab whatever you can.
- We should help.
- Be careful.
- Come on.
- Sorry. Yeah.
Let me see if I can find
something.
Okay.
You're my father?
The last time I saw you,
you were an infant.
I have dreamed about the day
that I could tell you
everything.
And now you're here,
and I don't know
where to start.
Why didn't you come for me?
I grew up less than
a day's walk from here.
And you never came looking
for me. Why?
Trust me,
if I knew where you were,
I would have moved heaven
and Earth to get you back.
Give me a chance
to explain everything.
Come. There... there's
so much you need to know.
You want to know
about our family, our history,
this building
is at the center of it.
In fact, the day I learned
your mother was pregnant
is the day I dreamed it up.
Truth is,
all of this is for you.
For me?
My dream was to fix the world
so that you would have
a better future.
Because where we're from,
the Earth can no longer
sustain itself.
Famine, extinction,
lack of resources...
Our planet is dying.
Where are we from?
Los Angeles in the year 2076.
That's when I conceived
of the Lazarus Program
and its efforts to reverse
the damage the humans
have done.
And how does being
in 10,000 B.C. fix the future?
Natural resources, Gavin.
In the future,
we're running out.
But everything we need
is still right here.
The solution has always been
in the past.
This bay holds
over 1,000 species
of plant life for study.
- It's incredible.
- Mm-hmm.
Don't worry
about the sabertooths.
They're all caged.
We have a thriving
animal research facility
that we hope will offer insight
into correcting
the genetic flaws
that led to their extinction.
Everything we learned
we send back to 2076
so these tragedies
will never happen again.
Any of this familiar at all?
Nope. Should it be?
Oh, I suppose
you were too young to remember,
but you used to love it here.
We'd play hide-and-seek.
I'd read you the Latin names
of all the flora.
Oh, look, look, look.
This is a kind of species
of Doritifera.
It has a-a venom
that we're extracting
and synthesizing
to create a vaccine
that hopefully protect
livestock from disease.
It's this kind
of out-of-the-box thinking
that I am certain
will heal the world.
You didn't create
all of this by yourself.
So where is
the rest of your team?
You mean Aldridge,
your grandfather...
and, uh... your mother.
Why isn't she here?
Why is my mother in 1988?
You're telling me
a really interesting story,
but it's not what I heard
from Silas and Aldridge.
We built something
incredible,
and then it broke us apart.
I have deep regret
about losing them...
regret about losing you.
And then one day you show up
trying to get
into the building.
So, son, I've been doing
a lot of talking.
I should be asking you,
why did you come back here?
To reunite my own family.
Nothing would make me happier
than to help you.
It's just up ahead.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- How you holding up?
- Just trying to stay focused.
I'm sorry.
I'm sure it tore you up
watching what happened
to Gavin today.
You know, for what it's worth,
I had a bit of a rough patch
with my wife.
I understand
what you're going through.
Hmm.
How did you do it?
How did you find your way
back to her?
Well, let's just say it was
a lot of hard work
and a lot of "I'm sorrys."
But we're better for it now.
We're here.
Behind that grate
is a passageway
which will lead us
directly to Lazarus.
Holy crap.
We're in its territory.
If we go any closer,
that bird will attack.
I'm gonna distract it.
You guys head for the tunnel.
- Eve.
- This is not a debate.
Hey! Over here!
Up here! Right here.
Over here!
Okay, get ready to run.
Come on! Over here!
- Move, move!
- Come on.
Let's go.
Go, go, go.
Mom, come on!
Come on!
Mom, please, come on.
Come on, Mom!
Watch out!
What?
- Come on.
- Hurry up. You got it!
Inside. Get in.
Ahh!
Uh, marks have spread.
How can we help him?
A proper tourniquet.
Before we all fell down here,
I used to get high
and watch survivalist videos
on YouTube.
I saw this guy make one
out of scarves and a metal rod.
- Let's do it.
- Hey. I found some aloe.
Great. Put some on his arm.
Scott and I need to go grab
a few things.
Hey.
- You all right?
- Yeah.
If you say so.
Veronica, what is it?
I know there are a lot
more important things going on,
but I thought it was weird
that you went to that building
and you didn't tell me.
I mean...
You were about
to leave forever,
and you didn't say goodbye.
I didn't really think
about it, Veronica.
It's just...
you saved my life.
I helped you, too.
I thought... I just...
I thought we'd become friends.
You've harnessed an Aurora.
The black rock contains
uranium.
We extract it, refine it,
and use it
to power this machine.
And I can just walk
through it
and it'll bring me to 1988?
No.
Gavin, there must be
some mistake.
The portal goes to 2076,
the year we're from.
Aldridge told me
it goes to '88.
Well, I don't know
what to tell you.
She wasn't lying to me.
Aldridge has always played
her own game.
I-if you've spent more than
an hour in her company,
you'll understand
what I'm talking about.
Why do I feel like
you're playing a game.
You've shown me your building.
You've talked
about all these amazing things
you're doing.
All I want is the truth.
I'm not gonna give up
until I get my son back.
Of course you're not.
That's not
what our family does.
But we do know
when we need help.
Let me do that for you.
I will try to find a way
back to my grandson.
Stay here. There's more
I need to show you.
I can help you.
Just please stay.
Okay, connections look good.
- Ready?
- Yeah.
Here we go.
Systems are coming online
over here.
Great job, guys.
- Then we're coming back.
- No.
I'm about to sequence
a huge chunk of code.
Should take about 30 minutes.
Need you guys to stay there
in case we blow another fuse.
Then we'll wait.
You know,
I used to play hockey.
You play hockey?
I was terrible.
But my dad thought
I was amazing.
He had this vision for me
as a left-winger,
so I gave it a shot.
I hated how much he pushed me.
But now I'd give anything
just to hear his voice again.
Yeah, I-I miss my dad, too.
If this doesn't work,
my dad is gonna be
in the path of that tidal wave.
He's a teenager here in 1988.
He doesn't make it,
neither do I.
So that means
I basically cease to exist,
- right?
- Hey, that's not gonna happen.
Okay?
You're both gonna be fine.
What are you doing?
You're really that bad
at skating,
I gotta see it.
Are you insane?
We're on a mission
to save Santa Monica.
Come on. We can have
five minutes of fun.
Attention, all skaters,
the rink is now open.
♪ I've been meaning
to tell you ♪
♪ I've got this feeling
that won't subside ♪
Whoa.
♪ I look at you
and I fantasize ♪
♪ You're mine tonight
♪ Now I'm...
Josh? Riley?
Where are you?
Where are you?
Josh? Riley? Where are you?
We're here. What's wrong?
Kill the power. Now.
- What about the virus?
- They found me.
- Down here!
- Do it. Now!
Down here.
And don't forget
to eat your Wheaties.
Ahh, dude.
- Augh.
- There we go.
Whew.
You sure that's on right?
I can't feel my fingers.
Yeah.
That's kind of the point.
Yeah. Thanks, Doc.
Anymore questionable
medical advice
before I try to sleep?
Yes.
Be nice to people.
Because when you're kind,
sometimes they'll even
bring you surprises.
- Is it bourbon?
- It is not.
- Oh, Baby Ruth. Sweet.
- Yeah.
Judah's been handing these out,
trying to prove to people
that he's a good leader
or something.
I got us a few. Whoa.
Nope.
This is a reward
for good behavior.
And at this moment,
I don't think you've earned it.
Dude, I am in pain.
I have earned anything I want.
I heard Veronica talking
to Ella.
And I can't help but suspect
that she may have
feelings for you.
No, that's not what she said,
dude.
She didn't have to.
I'm a keen observer
of the human condition.
Oh, my God, Scott.
What is your point?
You said you made
a promise to your mum
to try and be a better man.
Better doesn't always mean
some big hero move.
Sometimes the hero move
is just a bit of decency.
Scott...
just give me
the damn Baby Ruth.
When I'm convinced
you've actually learned
something,
then you can have one.
I'll check on you later.
Caroline?
They trashed the place.
Caroline.
- They took her.
- Maybe they stole the virus.
- I'll call the cops.
- And tell them what?
That you're from the future
and that you're grandmother
from the further future
is missing?
They'll lock us up.
Remember the last thing
she said?
About eating our Wheaties?
- What the hell is that?
- No idea.
My dad would know.
Would be great
if we could talk to him.
Maybe we can.
- Yeah.
- Whoo!
So what's the plan here?
Caroline said
there was a way to 1988
in that building in 10,000 B.C.
If I can tell that
to my teenage dad,
then he'll have a memory of it
as an adult.
Okay.
So then my dad will know
to go into that portal
down there
so he can meet us up here.
This is crazy.
We have to do something,
Josh.
What other choice do we have?
Let me do this myself, okay?
Okay.
- See ya.
- I'll call you.
Gross.
Excuse me. You're Sam, right?
Do I know you?
Oh, my God,
are you stoned?
No. Narc.
This is just
so disappointing.
Oh, cool,
giving me your digits?
Ew. No.
Please, just stop talking.
Listen to me,
I know you don't know who I am,
but you have to trust me.
This is really,
really important.
I need you to read this note
and commit it to memory.
It's not gonna make any sense
to you right now,
but it will when you're older.
Okay. Are you, like,
a crazy person?
Sam, look me in the eyes
right now
and tell me you'll remember.
Please.
- Okay. Okay, I got it.
- Good.
One more thing.
Promise me that in three days
you'll make sure
you're not in Santa Monica.
Why?
If you don't leave town,
I guarantee you'll regret it.
All right. Okay.
You're freaking me out.
Sam, there are
a lot of things
you're gonna do in your life
and a lot of people
that are gonna count on you...
and love you.
Please don't let them down.
Okay. All right.
I promise.
Okay.
No cameras here.
We're in a utility tunnel.
Easy access
to an auxiliary security room.
There we can connect
with the building's video feed,
find Gavin,
get you to the portal.
Look me in the eyes right now
and tell me you'll remember.
It's the strangest thing.
It's like I've got
a new memory.
A memory of what?
Of Riley.
She found me in '88.
She wrote me a note.
She said there's a portal here
that can reach them.
Is she with Josh?
Are they okay?
I don't know.
But the note said
they'll be waiting for us
at the Santa Monica boardwalk.
We need to move now.
Go. Go, go!
Stop. Don't move.
Have you thought
about my offer to stay?
My whole life I've wanted
answers about who I am
and where I came from.
Now I've got my father
standing here
ready to give them.
Yet I can sense
your hesitation.
I can't stay.
I have to get back
to my wife and daughter.
Yeah.
I told you...
I want to help...
But I don't think
that I can trust you.
You've been doing your best
to try and convince me
that I can...
but why do I feel
like you're only telling me
part of the truth?
You're right.
I wanted you to see
some of the good
before you learned the rest.
Please, sit down.
I-I-I want to show you
something else.
You want to know who you are.
This is where it all starts.
That's my mother?
You were
the most important thing
to both of us.
Then answer
what I already asked.
Why was I taken away?
Why did my grandfather raise me
in that village
unless he knew
that he couldn't trust you?
Back then
he was right not to.
I have made mistakes.
I'm not a perfect person.
But I've looked hard
at my failures,
and I've learned a better way.
Wouldn't you hope
that your own children
would give you a second chance?
I am asking you to stay...
and give me a chance
to prove myself
worthy of your trust.
Excuse me, James.
We have a situation.
Gavin. Hey.
Are you okay?
This is my wife and daughter.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
My name is James.
You said they were safe.
They were caught
sneaking around.
No matter the time,
that's still called
trespassing.
Well, that's the least
egregious crime
committed in this building.
It's been a long time,
Silas.
So what
have you been filling
the boy's head with today?
Details.
Yeah, the ones that I'm sure
you conveniently left out.
Only thing Gavin needs
to know is you're dangerous.
Silas, we don't have time
to argue, okay?
We've got bigger problems
right now.
What do you mean?
Aldridge was wrong.
Portal doesn't go to '88.
- Yes, it does.
- No.
Riley found me in '88.
And she gave me a message.
She said a woman named Caroline
used the portal
to go there herself.
- You lied to me.
- Of course he did.
You swore to me
that you were gonna help me
find my son.
You knew the answers all along.
Why-why the hell
did you do that?
Because I didn't want
to lose you again.
I knew you would leave.
It was foolish. I was wrong.
I was afraid.
You want another chance
to prove yourself to me?
Well, this is it.
You can start
by letting Silas go
and by letting us use
that portal.
Scott said you needed me?
Can you come here?
When I said I didn't think
about saying goodbye
before I left...
I wanted to, but I...
I just didn't.
Why not?
Because I've been burned
by basically everyone
I've gotten close to.
- Now I just kind of...
- Shut off.
Yeah.
I've been burned too.
I'm not good
at this stuff either.
But maybe...
we could be a little less bad
at it together.
If we were back in our LA...
I'd take you to this bar
I love on the water.
It's, uh... kind of a dump.
But, uh,
there's something about it.
You can relax there.
But since we can't do that,
would you like to share
this melted candy bar with me?
- I would.
- Here.
What?
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, no.
No.
No.
Oh, my God.
We're gonna figure this out.
Okay? Hey. We're gonna fig...
We're gonna fix this, okay?
Uh...
Lucas.
Hey, Lucas. Lucas!
Help!
Unbelievable.
It's right where Riley said
it would be.
Go find your son.
Just take it back. Yes.
Thanks for not giving up
on me.
After you were taken,
all I could think about
was getting you back.
I couldn't imagine our lives
without you, Gavin.
All set?
See you guys there.
Let's go get Josh.
You searched for your son
for years.
Why did you just let him go?
Because if I didn't,
he'd never come back to me.
Do you think it worked?
If nothing else,
we should get points
for creativity.
That another way of saying
you think
it was a waste of time?
No, it was my way of saying
you keep impressing me.
Should we wait
another ten minutes?
It's fine with me.
Sunset, good-looking woman,
some real food over there...
There's worst places to be.
Not bad.
Riley!
There they are.
- Josh!
- Riley!
- Dad?
- Riley!
Dad! Dad!
- You came.
- Thanks to you.
You made it.
Oh.
Welcome back to LA.
I don't think
that was a normal earthquake
I think that was because
of what's about to happen.
What are you talking about?
Another sinkhole's coming
like the one at La Brea.
But this one,
and every other sinkhole,
we might be able to stop.
"LA BREA"
My whole life I never knew
who I really was,
where I came from, my parents.
Silas told me
that they're still alive.
They are.
The three of us and Silas,
we're part of the team
that created Lazarus.
There is a room in that
building with a portal.
It can connect to the future.
You're mother,
she's in 1988.
Josh and Riley,
they went through to 1988.
Your only chance
to save your children
is that glass building.
There are dangers there
you will not be prepared for.
My life is nothing
without you.
I'm gonna bring our son back.
I can finally get some answers
about my parents.
Look.
Okay, here we go.
Once we get inside,
head to the top floor
and use the key card
to access the portal room.
Then we make our way to '88,
find Riley and Josh.
Put your mask up.
Yep.
You.
Get down and get over here.
All right, here we go.
Take off your mask.
It's getting hot anyway.
I don't recognize you.
Yeah, I don't recognize you.
But it's... it's
my first delivery, so...
Where's the usual guy?
Ta a met killed him.
You know, he...
He'll kill me too
if I don't get back soon.
So if you don't mind,
we'd like to keep moving.
He doesn't look
like he's buying it.
What do we do?
Nothing, unless we have to.
Okay, new guy.
- Take the wagon in.
- Okay.
We got a problem.
Everything looks fine to me,
Kiera.
Nothing's fine
when Silas is around.
I want everyone
on that wagon
brought to me now.
Security...
Take him!
Off the wagon now.
Everybody off.
Gavin!
Over here.
All of you.
Get off there.
Get down on the ground.
On the floor.
Hold on, we're outnumbered.
Get off of me!
Stay down.
Ahh!
You two, get him.
Go, go, go.
Aaah!
Lucas!
No! Lucas!
Are you all right?
We gotta go. Aah!
Izzy, Eve, run!
Run!
Go, go!
Come on, let's go!
Gavin!
Dad!
*LA BREA*
Season 02 Episode 06
Episode Title: "Lazarus"
Aired on: November 01, 2022.
All right, everyone,
gather together.
Move, move, move.
Get in deep up that ridge.
We're good.
What's gonna happen to Dad?
I don't know.
But I should have done
something.
I should have helped him.
If you had, then we'd be
trying to get you back too.
- We'll get Gavin.
- How?
I don't know,
but I'm not giving up
on getting to Riley.
There's gotta be
another way in.
Silas helped design
that building.
So if anyone can help us,
it's him.
Look. Silas fled this way.
Could be his.
We could track him down.
Yeah, but what
about Scott and Lucas?
We can't just leave them
out here.
Hate to say it,
we don't have time
to find them.
The longer we wait,
the further Silas gets.
We don't have another choice.
Come on, let's go.
Hey, hey, hey.
I'm here.
You're not alone.
I don't see
the rest of our group anywhere.
Okay.
Doesn't change the plan, man.
We're still going
in that building. Yeah?
Aah!
Here, let me see.
Come on.
Come on!
- Ahh.
- Okay.
Oh, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Oh, calm down, dude.
Calm?
How can you be calm right now?
These are the exact same burns
that were on Eddie.
I don't need to remind you
what happened to him.
Yeah, well...
I'm fine.
No, you're not.
We can't do this.
I've gotta take you back.
No, no, no, no, no.
Scott, there's nothing
for me there.
I don't think that's true.
What's true is
I made a promise to my mom.
I want to do more with my life,
man.
I can't do that down here.
You can barely move
right now, okay?
You know I'm right.
Fine. Fine.
I will go to the clearing.
But you're going
to that building.
No, no, no. Hey, look.
- You are not gonna make...
- No. I don't care, Scott.
You have to try
to get out of here, man.
It's your only shot.
Now, don't be an idiot.
I appreciate
you looking out for me.
But I'd rather be
an idiot.
Sorry, I don't do
a lot of cooking.
Anything we don't have
to catch, we love.
Caroline, you said
you had a way
to stop the tidal wave.
How?
Let me show you.
Like I said, I came to '88
to access the first experiments
in time travel.
I'm using that code
to create a virus
that'll shut
the Lazarus program down.
We created a portal
inside a building
in 10,000 B.C.
And as long
as that portal remains open,
these sinkholes will continue
to randomly generate,
increasing in size
and frequency
until...
We don't want to talk
about where that puts us.
As long as I can stay hidden
from the people hunting me,
I've got a shot.
Hunting you?
Who'd want to stop you?
Aren't you, like, doing
a good thing?
That depends who you ask.
No. It's the power.
- Where's your fuse box?
- Down the road.
I've been siphoning electricity
from the ice rink.
They're closed for renovations,
so no one's noticed.
How can we help?
Replace the fuses
at the rink.
- Go. Now.
- Okay.
Let's do it.
These footprints match
the others.
We're on the right track.
Let's keep moving.
Hey Levi, can I...
Can I talk to you?
Sure.
We need you to help
get my dad back.
But I also think, once we do,
they need space
to figure things out.
Didn't you see the look
in my mom's eyes
when my dad was taken?
I saw her fear.
Well, what I saw was
that she still loves him.
Turn around...
and go back to your clearing.
We can't do that.
We have to get to Gavin.
You can help us.
I've been trying to help you.
You may not believe me,
but everything I've done
has been to protect
your husband.
I was trying to make sure
he didn't go back
into that building.
What do you mean "back"?
He's been there before?
What matters is,
I've gotta get him
out of there.
I have a better chance
if I do it on my own.
Now, leave.
What are you gonna do,
kill us?
My husband is in that building.
I don't care what I have to do,
I'm not stopping.
I know
how much Gavin cares for you.
So I don't want to be
the reason you get hurt.
You go in there...
you might never get back out.
We don't want out.
There's a portal in there
that'll take us to 1988.
If you care about Gavin,
you'll help him get back
to his family.
I have a plan.
Stay close
and don't get in my way.
Hey, Silas...
I know we're walking
into danger,
but what puts you so on edge
about this building?
It's not the building.
It's the man who runs it.
Where's my family?
They evaded my guards.
So I can only assume
they're safe.
The question is...
Gavin Harris...
why are you here?
You don't have to be
afraid of me.
Well, you know who I am,
so why don't you tell me
who you are?
I oversee everything
that happens in this building.
I run the Lazarus program.
My name is James.
Most importantly,
I am your father.
I know everyone is scared.
You're wondering where
all the capable people went.
Well, I will tell you,
they went to 1988
- to help themselves.
- Whatever.
Fear not.
A powerful leader
still remains.
- Me.
- This guy's gotta be joking.
- Get a load of this guy.
- Judah,
if you didn't know my name.
- He's full of himself.
- Together we will get
through this hardship.
We will...
- I'm getting out of here.
- Hey, come on.
Hey, we don't need
anyone else.
We've always gotten by.
I know. I'm just thinking
about something.
What is it? Tell me.
We're over here!
We need some help! Please!
- Who is it?
- It's Scott and Lucas.
- They're back.
- Is he okay?
Come on.
What happened to him?
Are you guys okay?
Uh,
that's a relative question.
We tried to get
into the Lazarus building,
but its bouncers bounced us.
We gotta get him to the bus.
Any first aid stuff we have
would be great, too.
Please, grab whatever you can.
- We should help.
- Be careful.
- Come on.
- Sorry. Yeah.
Let me see if I can find
something.
Okay.
You're my father?
The last time I saw you,
you were an infant.
I have dreamed about the day
that I could tell you
everything.
And now you're here,
and I don't know
where to start.
Why didn't you come for me?
I grew up less than
a day's walk from here.
And you never came looking
for me. Why?
Trust me,
if I knew where you were,
I would have moved heaven
and Earth to get you back.
Give me a chance
to explain everything.
Come. There... there's
so much you need to know.
You want to know
about our family, our history,
this building
is at the center of it.
In fact, the day I learned
your mother was pregnant
is the day I dreamed it up.
Truth is,
all of this is for you.
For me?
My dream was to fix the world
so that you would have
a better future.
Because where we're from,
the Earth can no longer
sustain itself.
Famine, extinction,
lack of resources...
Our planet is dying.
Where are we from?
Los Angeles in the year 2076.
That's when I conceived
of the Lazarus Program
and its efforts to reverse
the damage the humans
have done.
And how does being
in 10,000 B.C. fix the future?
Natural resources, Gavin.
In the future,
we're running out.
But everything we need
is still right here.
The solution has always been
in the past.
This bay holds
over 1,000 species
of plant life for study.
- It's incredible.
- Mm-hmm.
Don't worry
about the sabertooths.
They're all caged.
We have a thriving
animal research facility
that we hope will offer insight
into correcting
the genetic flaws
that led to their extinction.
Everything we learned
we send back to 2076
so these tragedies
will never happen again.
Any of this familiar at all?
Nope. Should it be?
Oh, I suppose
you were too young to remember,
but you used to love it here.
We'd play hide-and-seek.
I'd read you the Latin names
of all the flora.
Oh, look, look, look.
This is a kind of species
of Doritifera.
It has a-a venom
that we're extracting
and synthesizing
to create a vaccine
that hopefully protect
livestock from disease.
It's this kind
of out-of-the-box thinking
that I am certain
will heal the world.
You didn't create
all of this by yourself.
So where is
the rest of your team?
You mean Aldridge,
your grandfather...
and, uh... your mother.
Why isn't she here?
Why is my mother in 1988?
You're telling me
a really interesting story,
but it's not what I heard
from Silas and Aldridge.
We built something
incredible,
and then it broke us apart.
I have deep regret
about losing them...
regret about losing you.
And then one day you show up
trying to get
into the building.
So, son, I've been doing
a lot of talking.
I should be asking you,
why did you come back here?
To reunite my own family.
Nothing would make me happier
than to help you.
It's just up ahead.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- How you holding up?
- Just trying to stay focused.
I'm sorry.
I'm sure it tore you up
watching what happened
to Gavin today.
You know, for what it's worth,
I had a bit of a rough patch
with my wife.
I understand
what you're going through.
Hmm.
How did you do it?
How did you find your way
back to her?
Well, let's just say it was
a lot of hard work
and a lot of "I'm sorrys."
But we're better for it now.
We're here.
Behind that grate
is a passageway
which will lead us
directly to Lazarus.
Holy crap.
We're in its territory.
If we go any closer,
that bird will attack.
I'm gonna distract it.
You guys head for the tunnel.
- Eve.
- This is not a debate.
Hey! Over here!
Up here! Right here.
Over here!
Okay, get ready to run.
Come on! Over here!
- Move, move!
- Come on.
Let's go.
Go, go, go.
Mom, come on!
Come on!
Mom, please, come on.
Come on, Mom!
Watch out!
What?
- Come on.
- Hurry up. You got it!
Inside. Get in.
Ahh!
Uh, marks have spread.
How can we help him?
A proper tourniquet.
Before we all fell down here,
I used to get high
and watch survivalist videos
on YouTube.
I saw this guy make one
out of scarves and a metal rod.
- Let's do it.
- Hey. I found some aloe.
Great. Put some on his arm.
Scott and I need to go grab
a few things.
Hey.
- You all right?
- Yeah.
If you say so.
Veronica, what is it?
I know there are a lot
more important things going on,
but I thought it was weird
that you went to that building
and you didn't tell me.
I mean...
You were about
to leave forever,
and you didn't say goodbye.
I didn't really think
about it, Veronica.
It's just...
you saved my life.
I helped you, too.
I thought... I just...
I thought we'd become friends.
You've harnessed an Aurora.
The black rock contains
uranium.
We extract it, refine it,
and use it
to power this machine.
And I can just walk
through it
and it'll bring me to 1988?
No.
Gavin, there must be
some mistake.
The portal goes to 2076,
the year we're from.
Aldridge told me
it goes to '88.
Well, I don't know
what to tell you.
She wasn't lying to me.
Aldridge has always played
her own game.
I-if you've spent more than
an hour in her company,
you'll understand
what I'm talking about.
Why do I feel like
you're playing a game.
You've shown me your building.
You've talked
about all these amazing things
you're doing.
All I want is the truth.
I'm not gonna give up
until I get my son back.
Of course you're not.
That's not
what our family does.
But we do know
when we need help.
Let me do that for you.
I will try to find a way
back to my grandson.
Stay here. There's more
I need to show you.
I can help you.
Just please stay.
Okay, connections look good.
- Ready?
- Yeah.
Here we go.
Systems are coming online
over here.
Great job, guys.
- Then we're coming back.
- No.
I'm about to sequence
a huge chunk of code.
Should take about 30 minutes.
Need you guys to stay there
in case we blow another fuse.
Then we'll wait.
You know,
I used to play hockey.
You play hockey?
I was terrible.
But my dad thought
I was amazing.
He had this vision for me
as a left-winger,
so I gave it a shot.
I hated how much he pushed me.
But now I'd give anything
just to hear his voice again.
Yeah, I-I miss my dad, too.
If this doesn't work,
my dad is gonna be
in the path of that tidal wave.
He's a teenager here in 1988.
He doesn't make it,
neither do I.
So that means
I basically cease to exist,
- right?
- Hey, that's not gonna happen.
Okay?
You're both gonna be fine.
What are you doing?
You're really that bad
at skating,
I gotta see it.
Are you insane?
We're on a mission
to save Santa Monica.
Come on. We can have
five minutes of fun.
Attention, all skaters,
the rink is now open.
♪ I've been meaning
to tell you ♪
♪ I've got this feeling
that won't subside ♪
Whoa.
♪ I look at you
and I fantasize ♪
♪ You're mine tonight
♪ Now I'm...
Josh? Riley?
Where are you?
Where are you?
Josh? Riley? Where are you?
We're here. What's wrong?
Kill the power. Now.
- What about the virus?
- They found me.
- Down here!
- Do it. Now!
Down here.
And don't forget
to eat your Wheaties.
Ahh, dude.
- Augh.
- There we go.
Whew.
You sure that's on right?
I can't feel my fingers.
Yeah.
That's kind of the point.
Yeah. Thanks, Doc.
Anymore questionable
medical advice
before I try to sleep?
Yes.
Be nice to people.
Because when you're kind,
sometimes they'll even
bring you surprises.
- Is it bourbon?
- It is not.
- Oh, Baby Ruth. Sweet.
- Yeah.
Judah's been handing these out,
trying to prove to people
that he's a good leader
or something.
I got us a few. Whoa.
Nope.
This is a reward
for good behavior.
And at this moment,
I don't think you've earned it.
Dude, I am in pain.
I have earned anything I want.
I heard Veronica talking
to Ella.
And I can't help but suspect
that she may have
feelings for you.
No, that's not what she said,
dude.
She didn't have to.
I'm a keen observer
of the human condition.
Oh, my God, Scott.
What is your point?
You said you made
a promise to your mum
to try and be a better man.
Better doesn't always mean
some big hero move.
Sometimes the hero move
is just a bit of decency.
Scott...
just give me
the damn Baby Ruth.
When I'm convinced
you've actually learned
something,
then you can have one.
I'll check on you later.
Caroline?
They trashed the place.
Caroline.
- They took her.
- Maybe they stole the virus.
- I'll call the cops.
- And tell them what?
That you're from the future
and that you're grandmother
from the further future
is missing?
They'll lock us up.
Remember the last thing
she said?
About eating our Wheaties?
- What the hell is that?
- No idea.
My dad would know.
Would be great
if we could talk to him.
Maybe we can.
- Yeah.
- Whoo!
So what's the plan here?
Caroline said
there was a way to 1988
in that building in 10,000 B.C.
If I can tell that
to my teenage dad,
then he'll have a memory of it
as an adult.
Okay.
So then my dad will know
to go into that portal
down there
so he can meet us up here.
This is crazy.
We have to do something,
Josh.
What other choice do we have?
Let me do this myself, okay?
Okay.
- See ya.
- I'll call you.
Gross.
Excuse me. You're Sam, right?
Do I know you?
Oh, my God,
are you stoned?
No. Narc.
This is just
so disappointing.
Oh, cool,
giving me your digits?
Ew. No.
Please, just stop talking.
Listen to me,
I know you don't know who I am,
but you have to trust me.
This is really,
really important.
I need you to read this note
and commit it to memory.
It's not gonna make any sense
to you right now,
but it will when you're older.
Okay. Are you, like,
a crazy person?
Sam, look me in the eyes
right now
and tell me you'll remember.
Please.
- Okay. Okay, I got it.
- Good.
One more thing.
Promise me that in three days
you'll make sure
you're not in Santa Monica.
Why?
If you don't leave town,
I guarantee you'll regret it.
All right. Okay.
You're freaking me out.
Sam, there are
a lot of things
you're gonna do in your life
and a lot of people
that are gonna count on you...
and love you.
Please don't let them down.
Okay. All right.
I promise.
Okay.
No cameras here.
We're in a utility tunnel.
Easy access
to an auxiliary security room.
There we can connect
with the building's video feed,
find Gavin,
get you to the portal.
Look me in the eyes right now
and tell me you'll remember.
It's the strangest thing.
It's like I've got
a new memory.
A memory of what?
Of Riley.
She found me in '88.
She wrote me a note.
She said there's a portal here
that can reach them.
Is she with Josh?
Are they okay?
I don't know.
But the note said
they'll be waiting for us
at the Santa Monica boardwalk.
We need to move now.
Go. Go, go!
Stop. Don't move.
Have you thought
about my offer to stay?
My whole life I've wanted
answers about who I am
and where I came from.
Now I've got my father
standing here
ready to give them.
Yet I can sense
your hesitation.
I can't stay.
I have to get back
to my wife and daughter.
Yeah.
I told you...
I want to help...
But I don't think
that I can trust you.
You've been doing your best
to try and convince me
that I can...
but why do I feel
like you're only telling me
part of the truth?
You're right.
I wanted you to see
some of the good
before you learned the rest.
Please, sit down.
I-I-I want to show you
something else.
You want to know who you are.
This is where it all starts.
That's my mother?
You were
the most important thing
to both of us.
Then answer
what I already asked.
Why was I taken away?
Why did my grandfather raise me
in that village
unless he knew
that he couldn't trust you?
Back then
he was right not to.
I have made mistakes.
I'm not a perfect person.
But I've looked hard
at my failures,
and I've learned a better way.
Wouldn't you hope
that your own children
would give you a second chance?
I am asking you to stay...
and give me a chance
to prove myself
worthy of your trust.
Excuse me, James.
We have a situation.
Gavin. Hey.
Are you okay?
This is my wife and daughter.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
My name is James.
You said they were safe.
They were caught
sneaking around.
No matter the time,
that's still called
trespassing.
Well, that's the least
egregious crime
committed in this building.
It's been a long time,
Silas.
So what
have you been filling
the boy's head with today?
Details.
Yeah, the ones that I'm sure
you conveniently left out.
Only thing Gavin needs
to know is you're dangerous.
Silas, we don't have time
to argue, okay?
We've got bigger problems
right now.
What do you mean?
Aldridge was wrong.
Portal doesn't go to '88.
- Yes, it does.
- No.
Riley found me in '88.
And she gave me a message.
She said a woman named Caroline
used the portal
to go there herself.
- You lied to me.
- Of course he did.
You swore to me
that you were gonna help me
find my son.
You knew the answers all along.
Why-why the hell
did you do that?
Because I didn't want
to lose you again.
I knew you would leave.
It was foolish. I was wrong.
I was afraid.
You want another chance
to prove yourself to me?
Well, this is it.
You can start
by letting Silas go
and by letting us use
that portal.
Scott said you needed me?
Can you come here?
When I said I didn't think
about saying goodbye
before I left...
I wanted to, but I...
I just didn't.
Why not?
Because I've been burned
by basically everyone
I've gotten close to.
- Now I just kind of...
- Shut off.
Yeah.
I've been burned too.
I'm not good
at this stuff either.
But maybe...
we could be a little less bad
at it together.
If we were back in our LA...
I'd take you to this bar
I love on the water.
It's, uh... kind of a dump.
But, uh,
there's something about it.
You can relax there.
But since we can't do that,
would you like to share
this melted candy bar with me?
- I would.
- Here.
What?
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, no.
No.
No.
Oh, my God.
We're gonna figure this out.
Okay? Hey. We're gonna fig...
We're gonna fix this, okay?
Uh...
Lucas.
Hey, Lucas. Lucas!
Help!
Unbelievable.
It's right where Riley said
it would be.
Go find your son.
Just take it back. Yes.
Thanks for not giving up
on me.
After you were taken,
all I could think about
was getting you back.
I couldn't imagine our lives
without you, Gavin.
All set?
See you guys there.
Let's go get Josh.
You searched for your son
for years.
Why did you just let him go?
Because if I didn't,
he'd never come back to me.
Do you think it worked?
If nothing else,
we should get points
for creativity.
That another way of saying
you think
it was a waste of time?
No, it was my way of saying
you keep impressing me.
Should we wait
another ten minutes?
It's fine with me.
Sunset, good-looking woman,
some real food over there...
There's worst places to be.
Not bad.
Riley!
There they are.
- Josh!
- Riley!
- Dad?
- Riley!
Dad! Dad!
- You came.
- Thanks to you.
You made it.
Oh.
Welcome back to LA.
I don't think
that was a normal earthquake
I think that was because
of what's about to happen.
What are you talking about?
Another sinkhole's coming
like the one at La Brea.
But this one,
and every other sinkhole,
we might be able to stop.