Sanctuary (2008–2011): Season 1, Episode 7 - The Five - full transcript

Previously on Sanctuary...

There's only one reason
you would've taken this risk -

to risk her.

Her life is in your hands, Helen.

I don't think you want to lose her
over something

as easily accessible
as your own blood.

The Cabal started
infiltrating businesses,

military think-tanks-
all under their control.

Holy crap.

Yeah. I mean, these guys
are one James Bond film away

from global domination.



- So, stealing their property-
- No, no, no, no.

Would not go over well.

I'd be careful
what you do next.

The people I work for
aren't the forgiving type.

The Five...

...will come...

This case study shows
an enlarged hypothalamus-

nearly twice the size
of a normal human.

Such increased scale

is often the first indicator
of abnormal abilities,

which is why
detailed brain-mapping

is often our best recourse
when diagnosing new patients.

And now, in this situation,

the patient was able
to lower her body temperature



to well below life-sustaining levels
for days at a time.

Such examples
of this simple genetic mutation

are part of a larger-scale trend
we're seeing worldwide.

More appearances
of extraordinary genetic abilities

are cropping up
at an ever-increasing rate-

Excuse me.

Grazie.

Mi scusi.

An urgent matter has come up.

Can we take a short recess?

Fare una breve pausa?

Helen Magnus.

Kiss me, and I'll save your life.

- And if I don't?
- Aw...

It's been over 60 years.
Just plant one on me already.

Nikola Tesla.

You always did know
how to get attention.

And you're still boring as ever
when it comes to giving a lecture.

But, to business -

Cabal agents
are all over the building.

If we don't leave now, things
are going to get rather bullet-ridden.

And why should I believe you?

I assume you have a plan,
other than kissing me?

Genius, remember?

Beauty before brains.

Charming.
I know.

It's part of a 200-year-old system
of catacombs underneath the city.

I'm assuming
there are other exits further on?

Should be.
My contact said there would be.

- Contact?
- Mm-hmm. Concierge at my hotel.

Don't you love Rome?

Get me thermal imaging
of these tunnels ASAP.

Make sure
every possible exit is covered.

They either surrender or they die.

Hey, big man.

Didn't we have a staff meeting
scheduled for this morning?

It was canceled.

- When?
- Last night.

- Because?
- Ashley.

Okay, look.

Just because Magnus is away

does not mean we stop
going about business as usual.

I mean, she put me in charge,
and, you know,

I want to take that very seriously.

So, we've got patients to discuss,

possible cases
that need investigating,

and, you know,
other stuff that needs attention.

Meetings are boring.

Yeah.

Yeah, they really are,
aren't they?

Okay. I'm cool with that.
No meeting.

So, uh...

What do you guys do when you've
got the place to yourselves?

Poker night?
Maybe a little blackjack?

You blast some tunes
in the main library or something?

Henry's in the lab,

Squid requested
a meeting with Ashley,

and I'm making things look nice.

Perhaps you have some work
that needs attending to?

What the hell was that?

I don't know.

Shall I look into it?

If you don't mind,

because I actually do have
some work I need to do.

I'm not really
in charge here, am I?

Right.

Squid!

Got you some treats.

Gotta say, I was surprised
to get your message.

I thought you said
you didn't have any info for me.

Squid?

You gotta be kidding me.

Through here!

Wow. They're really pissed at you.
What did you do?

I stole three witches
from a crypt in Scotland.

Stealing? You?
I'm appalled.

Oh, shut up and help me.

My God, you look sexy with a gun.

TESLA
Leave her alone!

Nikola, that's enough!

Well, that was exciting, huh?

A little too much so.

You haven't stopped taking
your medication, have you?

No, no, no. I just...
I just got a little excited.

Come on, Helen.
I don't feed on humans.

I made that vow long ago,
and I intend to keep it.

Your favorite parlor trick.

Ahem.
This way, my lady.

You haven't lost your touch,
I'll give you that.

Any idea
what could have done this?

Many ideas.

None that make sense.

Yeah, I guess none of the abnormals
Magnus allows to roam free

would do this.

Not if they wish to remain free.

Crap in a bag!
What the hell did that?

Just asking
the same question.

Scratch marks
on the floor and walls

plus damage on the inside
to the electrical wiring.

Whatever did this
took live voltage.

Maybe it's lying in a corner
somewhere, licking its wounds?

Problem is, there are
lots of corners in this place.

All our residents accounted for?

The security systems
would've gone off

if something got free
from the shoe.

Still, let's round up
all the abnormals that are free

and interview them.

I'll check security logs, see if
anything went goofy with the system.

Okay, plus, if you have surveillance
camera footage for this floor,

that'd be great.

On it.

Come on.

There'll be more
where they came from.

This is fun, isn't it?
Just like old times, back in London.

When was that? '42? '43?

I prefer not to think about it.

Come on, Helen!

Every major spy agency
in the world was looking for me.

I needed your help.

And, besides, what's a faked death
among friends?

Whose hair-brained notion was it
to supply every allied government

with plans
for your death-ray weapon?

Well,
I thought they'd all share

and that peace would break out.

I did. I had my Nobel speech
all memorized.

This sector's clear. Let's move on.

How did you know
the Cabal were after me?

I watch them,
and they watch me.

We've had a few entanglements
over the years,

but, you know, I've never
done anything so stupid

as to actually steal from them.

I've had my contacts
keeping an ear to the ground

for any Cabal movements
since they attacked my Sanctuary.

I would've known beforehand

if they were going to make
a move on me here.

In fact...

...they didn't show up
until after you arrived.

They're not after me, are they?

They want you.

You haven't lost your touch, either.

Okay, you can come out and gloat
now, if you want. I'm awake.

There'll be no gloating.

I find that...
extremely ill-mannered.

Well, what's your next move, then?

You going to teleport me
to the top of the Eiffel Tower

and leave me hanging
by my underpants?

Or are you going to make it fast?

Neither.

Then what the hell
do you want from me?

Honestly?

I need your help.

You have a kind of violent way
of asking for help, FYl.

I wish you no harm.

It was urgent that we speak.

And I'm listening.
Let the insanity fly.

Of course
that's what you'd think of me.

That I am unstable, deranged.

That's pretty much
what I call

everybody who feeds me
to lizard creatures.

But I can be
a bit harsh sometimes.

Ashley, what happened before was...
deeply regrettable.

I apologize for my actions,
without reservation.

I can only ask
for your forgiveness.

There are things you need to know...
about your mother.

She's in grave danger.

Dude, she's my mom.
She's always in grave danger.

Please, Ashley!
There's little time.

I need to know where she is.

Me, handcuffed to a chair.

You, babbling
about time and danger.

No.

I don't see why I should help you.

I would like nothing more
than to free you...

...but you would undoubtedly
try to kill me.

Me?

Did your mother not give you
some sort of explanation

as to who I was?

She told me you were someone
from her days back in London

before she set up shop here.

Oh! Oh, and that she was pretty
sure you'd never return because...

...she'd killed you.

Trust me,
I'll be speaking to her about that.

Talk about a blown call.

We don't have time for this.

My sole purpose
in bringing you here

is for your own benefit
as well as hers.

You'll have to trust me.

You've always been reckless,

but contacting me directly
while the Cabal was following you-

Oh, I know.
It's not one of my best ideas.

But, hey, I had no choice.

- I needed to see you.
- Then use the proper channels.

Contact one of my facilities and
have them arrange a secure location.

Would you rather have me endanger
one of your sanctuaries or just you?

How about neither?

Nicola, you dropped out of sight
before the end of World War II,

never to be seen
or heard from again.

Well, I did die a lonely,
impoverished, pitiful old man.

Thanks for the funeral, by the way.
I heard it was quite nice.

I faked your death to save your life,
so that your work could continue.

I think I'm owed an explanation
as to your whereabouts since then.

Hey, perfecting the use
of electricity and radio waves -

hard acts to follow, okay?

But I have kept busy.

At Oxford, all those years ago,

what we did was more
than just pushing boundaries.

- For me, it was personal.
- As it was for all of us.

You all changed,

whereas I found out
who I really am.

And the more I embrace that,

the more I realize
just how little I've accomplished.

Your gifts to the world
will live on long after you die,

whenever you actually die.

You think you can
call this existence living?

- The Cabal hunt me at every turn.
- But why?

You've been underground
for decades.

We both know the Cabal only go after
what they perceive to be of value.

Or a threat.

Pull our people back.
Get these guys out of here.

I want the LRAD down here
and set up in three minutes.

Yes, sir.

Another one?

That's the second attack
in two hours.

I never saw what it was.

It came from the ceiling.

Oh, moved way too fast.

What about... him?
Did he see anything?

No. I was-

I was...

He was meditating
when it happened.

If it's in the elevator system...

Yeah, it can get
to anywhere in the Sanctuary.

All right, let's get him
to the infirmary,

and then we'll meet up
at Henry's lab.

Okay, ready? One, two, three!

Footage of the first
two attacks came up empty -

likely because whatever it is
shorted out the power

to the surveillance systems
before it struck.

Yeah, but we
should have caught something

in the camera in the elevator.

I'm having a look.

You okay?

Yeah, it's just a flu
going around. I'm fine.

Whoa!

Wow.

Whatever it is,
it's damn fast.

Uh, can you slow it down
and enhance the image?

- Hmm?
- Yes! But take the safety off first.

What?
Oh, I'm fine. I'm...

You have fever.

You should rest.

No, I can hack it.

No, no, maybe
the big guy's right -

you should
get some rest.

But, listen,
before you go, um,

can you bring up
the footage of the corridors

above and below
where the attack took place?

Let him rest.
He will work later.

Okay.

Well, just show me
how to access the footage, and-

He's going to rest, now!

Oh. Okay.

Get better.

Why would
the Cabal see you as a threat?

I'm a vampire. Some people
are threatened by that.

Only part, Nikola.

Pure-blood vampires
were wiped out centuries ago.

Besides, you alone are not enough
to make the Cabal this angry.

What's really going on?

The ancient ones - they were
intelligent, gifted, powerful,

until a bunch of church-folk decided
that our race was impure, evil,

and not only did they
hunt them down, kill them off,

but they turned our species
into a cultural joke.

Ancient vampires were the Caesars,
the Pharaohs of civilization.

Humans were enslaved.
They rose up with good reason.

If the world
knew the truth-

Humans were conquered because
we were smarter and stronger.

And when vampires ruled the world,
it was a golden age.

Science, art,
architecture all advanced.

And after they killed them off,
what happened?

The Dark Ages.

And now people think
that we're allergic to garlic

and that we
can turn into bats at will.

It's beyond insulting.

This way.

Sir, all teams
have been pulled back.

Good.

Let's clean 'em out.

As though a vial of stale
water blessed by some priest

would have any other effect
than a bad taste in my-

- Earthquake?
- Worse!

Nikola?

I want to suck your blood.

Get down from there.

Irony is...

I once owned
the patent to that weapon.

I never should've sold it to Edison,
cheapskate that he was.

Do you think this is funny?

Tricking me into helping you
with whatever game

you're playing with the Cabal?

I don't appreciate
being put in the line of fire.

Helen-

You've always been like this,
haven't you?

Selfish and arrogant,

putting your own desires
before everyone else's.

I brought you here
for two reasons -

because only you can help me
finish what I'm working on

and because I love you.

Yes, so you keep...

What?

I always have.

More than that lunatic Druitt
ever did.

I misled you,
and I deeply apologize for that,

but I had to see you.

You're serious, aren't you?

We knew each other in London,
your mother and I,

when we were young.

In fact, we were rather close.

See, now I know
you're full of crap.

Because she's 158 years old?

First off, she's 157.

And I get that she's special.

It's... some sort of accident
of her genetic make-up.

But the chances of two people
having the same defect-

Are much higher
if it's no accident.

- You're sure?
- Hyah!

This is tedious.

- Ah!
- Should we talk here?

Ah! What are you doing?

Or here?!

Oh, my God! Oh!

Agh! Stop this!

As I said, there's little time!
I need to know where Helen is!

It knew how to disable
the motion detectors.

Made us blind on purpose.

It's that intelligent?

The most dangerous things are.

Hey, check this out.

A scale?

Looks almost reptilian.

- You think it's still here?
- Unlikely.

Diazepam.
It's a garden-variety sedative.

Treats everything
from insomnia to seizures.

Looks like whatever did this
wanted some badly.

What kind of abnormal

has the ferocity
and power of a wild animal...

...combined with the cunning
and intellect of a human?

Other than, you know, you.

Back at Oxford, the others used
the Source for power and for greed,

but you... you altered yourself
out of a pure desire for knowledge.

You're the only scientist,
perhaps the only person,

I've ever really admired.

Come on.

This picture was taken
by Henry Talbot in Southampton.

1880, uh, something,
I forget the exact date.

Where did you get this?

It was a gift from your mother
while we were both at Oxford,

though she was just
auditing courses in those days.

No women were allowed to enrol,

a rule she railed against
with a vengeance, believe me.

You were college buddies
with my mom?

Yes, at first.

Things became
more serious between us later.

Okay, dude, you have to stop
referring to my mom as your "ex,"

or, seriously, I will kill you.

We were part of something,
something we called "The Five" -

a small group dedicated
to expanding our knowledge

of the physical world,

by the most unconventional means.

How can you be old like her?

Well, unlike what you've been told,

your mother was not born
with a genetic abnormality.

No, she chose
to become something different.

We all did.

We were so curious to know
what humans could become,

evolve into,
given the chance.

Who were the others?

Who, besides
your mother and myself?

It was Nigel Griffin,

Sir James Watson,

and Nikola Tesla.

- As in the-
- Yes. The same.

I still say he leeched off Edison
and cheated Marconi.

But, I digress.

Have you heard of the species
sanguine vampiris?

Yeah, a vampire.

They're extinct.

Not quite.

They were all but exterminated
by the church centuries ago.

Those who lived through the purges
were made sterile.

Your mother was able
to procure a very rare sample

of ancient, untainted vampire blood,

one that was collected

before the sterilization of the species
was carried out,

blood that supposedly possessed
miraculous properties.

No one had ever dared inject
pure sanguine vampiris...

...until your mother
derived a serum from it.

it's ready.

You don't have to go first.

John or I could have a go to start.

He's right.
No need for unnecessary heroics.

The side effects
are completely unknown.

Thank you, gentlemen,

but this experiment
was of my design.

I shall be the one to prove its worth.

Helen.

You're certain?

We've risked too much
to turn back now.

We need to know.

You may proceed, Nikola.

Wait a minute.

She's part vampire?

No.

She's human.

And so much more.

After each of us was injected,
we received unique gifts as a result.

Yeah, seen yours in action, thanks.

Griffin's molecules
became photosensitive,

Watson's mind
grew to new heights,

and Tesla's reaction
was the most dramatic.

His genetic disposition
brought forth vampiric traits

which had lain dormant in his genes.

But your mother...

Well...

Her gift was
the most simple and elegant.

It's as though whatever's
doing this can just disappear.

Yeah, but there's nothing
like that living here.

That we know of.

Could be one of our residents
is manifesting a new power.

- I don't know.
Oh.

I thought it was
"starve a fever. "

An old wives' tale.

You need nourishment.

Oh, is that mushroom?

Eat!

So, were you down there recently?

Where?

Storage.

I don't remember.

I get around a lot in a day.

When did that happen?

Oh, that?

Uh, did that yesterday, moving
some equipment in the lab. Why?

Oh, we found some fresh blood
on one of the boxes in the storage.

The creature's?

I don't know. With you out
of commission and Magnus away,

I haven't been able
to run a detailed analysis.

Well, when she gets back,
I'm sure she'll get to the bottom of it.

I'm just thinking,

if the blood is yours,
we can eliminate it as evidence.

Listen, dude, seriously,
I don't remember being down there.

Will, he must rest.

What was the piece of equipment
in your lab that cut you?

I don't know, Will!
Something sharp.

Did Magnus order
a restock of diazepam?

- What?
- Will!

Go.

Sorry.

Bravo and Delta teams,
close in from alternate exit points.

Yes, sir!

I- I feel so safe when I'm with you.

Quiet!

We're going to have to fight
our way out of here.

No killing.

Said the woman with the gun
to the vampire.

- Just follow my lead.
- It won't be necessary.

I, for one, don't intend
to get captured or killed.

- You won't.
- What do you mean?

The playing field just got leveled.

Bravo teams, check in!

All teams, report!

Oh, my God.
What did this?

It's not so much the "what"
as the "why" that counts.

This is your project, isn't it?

This is what
you've been working on.

Tonight, you get
to witness the rebirth

of the greatest abnormal
that ever walked the Earth.

My God, Nikola,
what have you done?

Welcome to the future.

I realize you need time
to process all this,

but it isn't a luxury that we have.

I like your story.
It's a nice story.

Tesla is intent on making contact
with your mother.

Imminently.

Now, whatever you
may think of me, of The Five,

he's easily the most dangerous.

Good twist.
Not enough.

Ashley...

I am not your enemy,

not anymore.

Baldy, you invaded our house.

You fed me to a giant iguana.

If that's not enough
to make you my enemy,

then what the hell is?

I was wrong
to try to reason with you.

You're incapable
of seeing the truth.

What truth?

That you have no concept
of the meaning of your work.

You just shoot, maim, and capture
whatever Mummy tells you,

without a single regard
for the consequences of your actions.

That is not true.

Oh, you're a killer, all right.
You live for the thrill of the hunt,

the exquisite rush
of that moment of violence.

You find it utterly intoxicating.
I know the feeling very well myself.

I am nothing like you!

Oh, you'd like nothing more
than to kill me,

resurrect your wounded pride,

get some blood on your hands.

The only reason
you haven't really tried

is because you aren't sure
if you can pull it off.

We don't have time.
We have to go.

I'm appealing to your judgment,

to your intuition.

I want you to think, not just act.

See, I brought you here
to help you, Ashley,

give you the chance
to make a choice...

...to show you a world your mother
has kept hidden from you.

Don't turn away from it.
Trust me.

Help me save your mother.

What the hell are they?

Well, in a very basic sense,

they're me.

You found a way
to revive the species?

The question -

could I use my own altered DNA...

...to turn a boring old homo sapien

into a higher,
more evolved species?

And the answer is so simple,

it will make you cry.

Watch.

What does Tesla want with my mom?

Tesla's intent on creating
an army of deadly creatures,

topple the Cabal once and for all.

Helen will undoubtedly refuse
his offer to join him in his efforts,

and when she does, he will kill her.

How do you know all this?

Because...

...he came to me first.

My last encounter with your mother
did indeed leave me close to death,

but Tesla found me, revived me,

and when I refused him...

Well...

Nothing quite like electroshock
therapy to clear the mind.

Oh, my God.

And the rage
that once fueled me is gone.

I'm whole once again.

Together, we can save her,

but I need to know where she is.

I am your only hope.

Please...

I need to make things right.

For you.

For her.

Well, thanks for joining the party.

Now, uh... go join the others.

See, the cool thing

about me using my own DNA
to reanimate the dead is

they do whatever I say.

- But they're practically mindless.
- I know.

They're fast, vicious, strong,
but they're as dumb as tree stumps,

which defeats
the whole purpose of the project.

You want me to help you
make them intelligent?

This is the culmination of everything
we stood for as The Five,

pushing boundaries,

exploring realms of science
that other people were afraid to.

Just imagine...

...sanguine vampiris...

...reborn.

They would only enslave us again.

Oh, I don't think human beings

are doing such a good job of it
right now, do you? Hmm?

You and I could usher in

a new golden age
of thought and culture and peace.

- You're mad, Nikola.
- No!

The Philadelphia Experiment
was mad,

but this... is progress.

Dude, I am not a shape-shifter.

What about the treatments
you've been undergoing with Magnus

which are so secret, I'm not
even allowed to know about them?

- That's personal.
- And I respect that.

But I need to know what's
been attacking people around here.

I just want to rule this out.

Then you're just gonna
have to take my word for it.

Covering this up, Henry,
is only going to make it worse.

I can help you,
but if someone else is attacked-

Get out, Will!
I mean it.

Go.

We all know
the abnormals are on the rise,

and now we just need
somebody to lead them.

You?

Us.

You saw...

...how my mini-me's handled
those trackers earlier tonight.

Now, just imagine an army of them,

but massively intelligent!

You and I could give the Cabal-

Ouch.

Get her.

Easy... Easy...

Henry...

Why didn't he just tell me?

He didn't want anyone to know,

and I promised him
no one would.

Henry... just lie still.

Can we be certain
they came down here?

Definitely one of Mom's.

She always carries a gun?

With good reason.

TESLA
Not yet!

Not yet.

Back off.

Helen...

...nice shooting.

I thought you loved me.

Did I?

Huh...

I don't think
it's going to work out.

Well, then...

I guess I can tell you
that at Oxford, no one liked you.

Aw... was it
because I was a genius?

No.

Because you were
an obnoxious ass.

Well...

Guess who's still standing?

John...
- Hello, Nikola.

- John, what the hell are you doing?
- Saving your life.

Why?

You've had a long night, Helen.

I'm simply glad to see you
safe and sound.

The blood I gave you,

it should have crippled you,
or worse.

It did.

Then how...

Ashley can explain.

Hey,
how are you feeling?

Fine.

Just wanted to let you know we...

We chased that snake creature
to the basement warehouse.

Looks like it hatched
inside one of the artifacts

that Magnus brought back
from the Amazon a few months ago.

It must've escaped
and grown to full maturity

inside the walls here, and...

Listen, I was a jerk.

I just didn't think what it must be like
to carry this around with you.

I'm sorry.

And, hey, uh...

Thanks for saving my ass.

You're welcome.

He's my father, isn't he?

Yes... he is.

I've never shown you Rome, have I?

There was never time.

I have a lot to make up for.

Shall we?

Yeah.