Sanctuary (2008–2011): Season 1, Episode 9 - Requiem - full transcript

Dr. Magnus' life is put in jeopardy when the team answers a call for help from within the Bermuda Triangle.

Come on.

It's working.

Come on.

No.

Oh, no, you don't.

What?

Don't do this.

Please!

You can't do this!

Please!

No!



No!

No!

No.

No!

No!

Let me out!

Please!

- H.G. Wells?
Yes.

Then, Jules Verne...

Obviously,
hence the name of my submarine.

Oh, uh...
Louis Pasteur?

He was my godfather.

He and my father were good friends.

Roosevelt?



Both of them. Teddy was
much more fun than Frank.

And I'm guessing

all the presidents in between?

Most of them.

Hoover was a complete imbecile,

and Harding, well, sadly,

he couldn't stay in human form
for much longer than he did.

Harding... was an abnormal?

You don't think a normal person
would choose a job that impossible?

Don't be ridiculous.

The people that you've met,

the history that you've witnessed,

how do you relate to anybody?

Dinner parties must be hell.

History is just that, Will.
It's history.

We've all experienced it.

I just have more under my belt
than most people.

No, no, no, no, you were in Rheims
the day the Nazis surrendered.

You were right there
in the room when it happened.

Only because Eisenhower
refused to be in the same room

as General Jodl, and asked
that I accompany General Smith

to ensure that the process
went smoothly.

I guess Ike didn't want to breathe
the same air

as the Nazi high command.

Some of them didn't even breathe air.

That'll be Henry.

Ahoy, mateys!

It's because you're at sea.

Henry, are you certain
these are the proper coordinates?

Absolutely. I traced
the psychic signal Sally received

to where you are right now, but she
says that, since you left port,

there's been, uh, no further
communication from her people.

Did you say Sally?

That was his idea.

It's our nickname
for the Sanctuary mermaid.

She has a proper name,
you know.

- Which is unpronounceable.
- It's a true fact.

Besides, it beats calling her
something obvious, like... Ariel.

- Marina.
- Oceana.

- Ursula.
- If you two are finished?

So are you guys there?
In the middle of it, right now?

It's not that exciting, Henry.

Come on, are you kidding me?

Doc, you're in the middle
of the Bermuda Triangle!

People have been speculating about
that part of the ocean for centuries.

Missing ships, and planes
disappearing. Come on!

You know, he's right.

There's been reports of lost time
and doors to other dimensions...

- Alien abductions?
- It's the ocean. Seriously.

Okay.

Henry, we'll call you when we've
made contact with the mer-folk.

Okay, but if you find those
missing airmen from WWII-

No, no, don't, don't, don't-

You know, I got to admit,
it is kind of cool

you know, to be
in such a legendary place.

Other than a high concentration
of abnormal sea life,

there's nothing particularly special
about this place.

Then why do all the mer-folk
choose to live here?

Why does
any species live anywhere?

Food supply,
temperate climate, safety.

So it's not, like, magnetic waves, or
a time portal, or something like that?

You've seen too many B-movies.

Hey, our whole life is a B-movie.

It's a classic,
don't get me wrong, but still...

We are significantly deeper
than their usual home depth.

But she was sure she heard
a psychic distress signal, right?

She described it as a series
of remotely viewed images.

Flashes of anger, violence,
and then nothing at all.

That's scary.

Radio silence from your home town.

Hey, I thought the mer-folk were
supposed to be a peaceful species.

- They are.
- Well, something's changed.

Check this out.

Some kind of massacre.

It was.

Scans are indicating
no life-signs at all.

Look at this, it's like they've been
torn to shreds or something.

Maybe it's a new type of species,
a predator that's claimed this

as its feeding ground.

Like a giant shark, or...
a sea creature? Maybe a kraken?

Kraken?
Please, that's a complete myth.

Glad I didn't say "sharktopus. "

I can't think of anything
that would cause

this sort of widespread devastation,
not to these people.

Torso severed
below the breastplate.

Without decomposition, it's hard
to tell how long she's been dead.

You know, these aren't teeth-marks,
which rules out our predator theory.

They may be a peaceful species,

but they are not
without resources or resolve.

They know how to fight back
when provoked.

Okay, so it wasn't a feeding
by another creature,

it was an all-out attack.

You think it could have
been humans?

Possibly. Considering the number
of dead, it may well be genocide.

What if it was an accident?

A military maneuver, a depth charge,
or a floating mine?

There would have been
heat damage, shrapnel.

I see neither. Excuse me.

Well, I'm just saying, for the record,
Bermuda Triangle equals mystery.

Look.

There's this clear fluid I can't
identify behind the cranial wall.

Perhaps analysis will give us

a better idea
of what's happened here.

Can you think of any reason
for these people

to go to war with themselves?

No. They rely on each other greatly
for survival.

Their society's
incredibly benevolent.

How many you think died?

By my count, over a hundred.

Considering how rare they are
as a species, it's catastrophic.

Alright, we are all packed up.

Hey, listen, are you sure
you want to head home?

I keep thinking there must be
some evidence down here

that could tell us
what really happened.

We've run several
sweeps of the area.

So far there's
nothing else out there.

The sooner we get these samples
back for a detailed analysis,

the more we'll know
about this event.

Alright.

Though I'm glad
you're so keen to stay.

Ashley said
you were dreading this trip.

Well, truthfully, trapped 10 hours
in a tin can is not my idea

of the most appealing mission.

Oh, but it's 10 hours trapped in a tin
can with me, and all your questions.

That's true.

We should be back in San Juan
inside of six hours.

I'm going to get some shut-eye
before we get to port.

Alright.

Magnus?

Hey...

- You okay?
- Will, something's wrong.

Ah, my head!

- You're bleeding.
- The pressure! You don't feel it?

- No, I'm fine.
- We have to stop.

- What?
- We have to stop rising!

- Wait, what's going on?
- I have no idea!

All I know is it's getting worse
the shallower we go!

How could you be suffering
the bends?

We have to go deeper!

No, listen, I think you need
medical attention.

Extra-cranial bleeding isn't usually
a good thing, Will.

I don't think I'd survive
another ascent.

We have to go back down again.

- No, that could make you worse.
- I know! But...

What are you doing?

Taking us back down
to our original depth

so we can understand this better.

Magnus, I don't think
that's a good idea.

I have no choice!

We're back at our original depth.

Normally, the shoe's
on the other foot.

Well, if I had to guess, I'd say you
suffered some sort of mild seizure.

Your blood pressure's
through the roof.

Reaction times are sluggish.

Still, you were right about going
to a lower depth.

It seems to have
relieved the pain.

But only I was affected, not you.

Maybe it's your unique physiology,

something about it
reacts to depth pressure.

I've done hundreds
of dives before.

Nothing like this has ever happened,
and as you said,

the atmosphere in here
is regulated to near sea level.

Neither of us should feel anything
as we surface.

But still, bleeding from the ear
and nose, disorientation, dizziness...

If that's not the bends,
then what is it?

Something else.

If we had a CAT scan on board,
we'd know more.

I'd like to do some blood work,
see how high my nitrogen levels are,

rule out any infections or diseases
that could have triggered this.

Give it time. I've asked it to look
for a lot of different things.

How are you feeling?

Fine.

Are you sure?

I'm sure.

Look, I'm sorry. I don't mean
to follow you around.

If you want to be alone
while we wait,

I can hang in the back
or something.

Don't be ridiculous.

If you have more questions to ask,
now would be the time.

Oh, come on,
now you're humoring me.

No, nothing better to do while
the computer analyzes my blood.

Okay.

So I'm guessing
by how quiet Ashley's been

that she knows Druitt is her father.

She does.

And?

And what?

Well, she just found out that her dad
is the actual Jack the Ripper.

That's got to put some strain
on your relationship.

She's fine. We talked.

Okay. Case closed.

I know my daughter,
Dr. Zimmerman.

She will come around,

once she understands
why I kept the truth from her.

You see? You did it.

Right there.

You invite questions, and then
when you don't like where they lead,

you just walk away.

That's hardly fair.

You just called me "Dr. Zimmerman"
and left the room.

I'm frustrated.

Why? Because we can't surface?

Because I can't relate to Ashley.

Well, she's 23. No species on earth
can relate to people that age.

Spare me the platitudes.
You've no idea what it's been like.

Which is why I ask
the questions that I do.

Why? Because you see me
as some sort of curiosity?

Some perverse form
of entertainment for you to enjoy?

No, not at all.

It's because I've never
had this before-

A challenge, a mentor
that I could really believe in.

You know, Magnus,

working at the Sanctuary
is more than just a job to me. It's...

What?

It's the only family I've ever had.

When you've been alive
for as long as I have...

...you learn not to get
too close to people.

I've buried a lot of friends,
colleagues, lovers.

More than you can imagine.

You asked me earlier
how I could relate to people...

Well...

Dinner parties are hell.

Is that your way of saying
that I'm boring?

Far from it.

In fact, you're the first prot?g?
I've had in decades

who's shown any real promise.

You're doing brilliantly, Will,
and I should say it more often.

Really?

I know that if anything
should happen to me,

you'll be there
to continue my work.

Come on, Magnus,
it's way too early to start-

You are ready,
you just don't know it yet.

Magnus...

Oh, dammit!

Listen, we've got to get you
to a hospital.

No!

We don't have the proper medical
supplies aboard to deal with-

- Just go deeper!
- We can't.

Just do it!

Okay, you got to tell me
what to do.

Navigation, minus 30 feet.

Navigation.
You mean this command here?

Joystick, 20 degrees starboard.

Cool?

Negative for nitrogen narcosis.
No toxins found.

No sign of meningitis,
your T-cell count is good...

Which leaves us
squarely in the dark

as to my condition,
except that it's getting worse.

Don't worry. It's just the hull
adjusting to the new depth.

Perfectly normal.

How deep can the Nautilus go?

Deeper.

It's built for mid-range submersion,
not deep-sea exploration.

Crush-depth is 2,400 feet,
and we are sitting at...

just below 1,600 right now.

What about our oxygen?

Day and a half.

Okay, so...

As long as we stay low
and conserve our air,

we should have time
to figure this out.

Maybe we're looking
in the wrong place.

What do you mean?

Well, we asked the computer

to screen your blood
for signs of the bends,

infections that cause
swelling in the brain,

indicators of specific diseases.

What if this is an element
we haven't seen before?

Something new to cross
the blood-brain barrier?

A parasite of some kind?

Yeah.

You mentioned an unidentified fluid
in the cranial wall of that mermaid.

I'm changing the parameters
of the analysis.

What's it going to look for?

Any elements in my system
that can't be identified.

I'm including cerebrospinal fluid
in the search.

Dear God!

What the hell is that?

A microscopic parasite in
the pyramidal tract of my brain stem.

- It's multiplying.
- At an alarming rate.

It's taking over.

I hate being right.

I don't like the sound of that.

The limbic system
is all but destroyed.

The brain's logic center
has been degraded

- beyond recognition.
- Any idea how it got passed to you?

We wore protective clothing
the whole time.

Actually, yes.

Near-invisible perforations
in the gloves

I used during the first examination.

Our new life-form
has aggressive abilities,

even at the microscopic level.

Your gloves were intact, and
your blood work came back clean,

so I'm guessing as long as we
don't exchange bodily fluids,

you shouldn't get infected.

Okay.

Listen, do you want anything,
while you work?

A snack?

Some music?

Lower depth?

Magnus?

I'm fine.

Any idea why it chose
to attack the brain

as opposed to the other organs?

I mean, aren't there more nutrients
in say, the stomach lining?

Perhaps it feeds on adrenaline,
cranial fluid.

Whatever it is, we're dealing
with something entirely new here.

Well, if that's true, we know
what happened to the mer-folk.

The limbic system...

Includes the hippocampus
and amygdala.

Controls for fear, emotion, rage.

If something
was negatively impacting

their behavioral centers, then-

They tore each other apart.

Then that's why there was
no evidence of any other species

or humans in the area.

Magnus, how long do you think-?

I don't know.

It could be hours or days
before it affects me,

but it will affect me.

So we surface, it kills you.

We stay down here,
you potentially turn into a killer.

Unless we run out of air first.

I, for one, don't like
any of those scenarios.

Have you found anything
that might work?

I don't have
any anti-parasitic drugs, per se,

but a massive cocktail of antiviral
and antibiotic solutions may help.

Are you sure you want to mix
drinks like this?

At worst, they'll make me very ill.

At best, they'll make my body
a rather inhospitable host.

It may take a few doses
and some time before we feel its-

No.

Magnus?

- Deeper.
- No.

- Ah!
- Take us deeper.

We're almost at maximum depth.

Hey.

Hey!

Okay, okay.

We'll go deeper.

I want to apologize.

I would never have
deliberately infected you. I just...

I needed to convince you.

Was it the pain?

Or just because you lost control?

It was the pain, I promise you.

You are the most measured,
rational person that I've ever met,

and now I'm seeing heightened
emotions, rage, threatening actions.

This is all behavior
driven by the limbic system.

None of this is in your nature.

You don't trust me anymore.

- Should I?
- I'm still me, Will.

Yeah, but for how long?

For as long as I can keep it at bay.

I just don't understand
why it's reacting this way.

I mean, if we go too deep,
the sub will implode, and you'll die,

and the parasite will lose you
as a host.

I don't think it's a rational,
thinking life-form, Will.

It likely invades a host,
lives in it for as long as it can,

and then moves on.

I doubt it's as intelligent as a virus
or a virulent bacterial strain.

So, what do we do?

For the moment, we try to stop it
from affecting me as best we can.

At least until I can find a way
to have it reject me as a host.

Which means
we go deeper still.

It seems to be the only thing
that's keeping you pain-free.

And rational.

How deep can this thing actually go
beyond 2,400 feet?

I don't know. I've never taken her
past maximum depth.

But we can adjust the nitrogen,
CO2, and oxygen levels

to accommodate
for the increasing pressure, right?

Yes, but that will only last
for so long.

Then we'll take it slow.

Can't we just drug you?

Knock you out,
and make the ascent?

Every sedative I've tried,
the parasite counteracts.

Now, assuming that it's taken root
in my primal neurologic centers,

the damage it would do
as we surfaced

would likely leave me
brain dead.

I hate when it does that.

We've not passed
the safety threshold yet.

Will, there's another scenario
we need to discuss.

Magnus.

Just listen to me, please.

In the event that you believe that
my judgment is no longer sound,

or that your life is in direct peril,
I am depending on you

to take care of things
in a decisive manner.

It's not going to come to that.

This parasite caused an intelligent,
peaceful species to tear itself apart.

I can only assume
that it will do the same to me.

I'm counting on you to do the proper
thing if the situation requires it.

Magnus, you can't expect me to-

Dammit, Will!

I have lived longer
than any human has a right to.

In the end, all I can hope
is to choose how it ends.

Being taken over by an undersea
parasite is not on the list.

And what is?

Just be creative, if the time comes.

Do I have your word?

I'm going to see if we have any more
medical supplies in storage.

Magnus!

What's going on?

Ballast and drive systems
aren't responding!

We're at 2,450 and falling!

That's past max depth!

I know! I've lost navigation control!
I can't stop our descent!

I thought we were going
to take it slow.

The ballast systems must've been
destroyed by the increased pressure!

We'll have to reset
the system manually!

- How do we do that?
- In the aft!

Oh!

Close the valve, there!

- Where?
- There!

Come on!

- I need a tool kit!
- Okay!

Do you think you can you fix it?

I don't know!

Magnus!

What happened?

We've stopped.

Engine room has been flooded.
Same with lower cargo area.

Oxygen supply has been damaged.
We're down to 50%.

The CO2 scrubbers
are working at full capacity.

How much is left?

Less than three hours.

What about our engines?

They're unresponsive.

Remote system
must have been damaged

when the engine room flooded.

Where are we?

On a shelf
above the Puerto Rican trench.

It must have stopped our descent.

That's lucky.

Very.

It's okay.

It's okay.

We're fine.

It's okay.

What's going on?

I think you know.

Don't you feel it?

Feel what?

Liar! You bloody liar!

Okay.

Okay, I can feel it.

It's incredible, isn't it?

It's like sunshine.

It's like a drug.

Magnus, listen to me.

"You're not yourself, Helen.
That thing's got control of you.

I can help you, Helen. "

I know what you're trying to do.

You're trying to profile me,
aren't you?

Like a common criminal.

Well, here's a little secret
for your box-

I'm not so common.

No.

No, you're not.

I've figured you out, young William.

You think
you need to cure me of this.

Truth is, you're the one
who needs saving,

from a life of mediocrity, shame!

I've saved you once,
I can do it again.

You did this.

You flooded the ballasts.

- You made us lose control.
- You gave me no choice!

I know you want to kill me,

and don't tell me
it's because I asked you to,

because that's not what
friends do to each other!

Okay.

- I wanted to kill you.
- Ha!

Okay, I wanted to kill you, but now
I see that's not such a good idea.

Why?

Because you're the only one
who can control this sub.

There's no sense
in both of us dying.

You see?

You see how good it feels
when you talk sensibly?

Still...

I think I should kill you now.

I don't think you mean that.

Really?

You want me to feel it.

- The sunshine?
- Yes.

The drug?

Well, then, we...
We have to go deeper.

We have to go deeper
so that we both can feel it together.

So much deeper.

We can't stay here.

You're right.

We have to go someplace else.

Yeah.

Good boy.

Stay.

Ah.

Very clever. Best prot?g? ever.

I was just coming
to find you anyway.

I can't repair the ballast control
unless we open up a panel.

I kind of need your help.

Unless you think
you can get to that gun first.

After you! Water's lovely.

It's freezing!
I can't stay out here-

Look at me!

I need you to pull these bars back
so I can access the control panel.

- Do it!
- Okay. Okay.

Almost there.

It's too cold, I can't-

Pull harder, dammit!

That should do it.
Yes, we have control now.

We're good?

You're not.

Not too creative.

Don't miss.

Well?

What are you waiting for? Do it!

Fight it, Magnus. Fight it!

The parasite doesn't care
whether you live or die!

It'll just move on to another host
and do it all again!

Shoot me, you coward.
Shoot me!

Give me a reason not to!

You weak, pathetic little bastard!
Do you think this is what I wanted?

This life?

I have suffered for so long,
totally alone, and, honestly, Will...

No one lives forever.

Oh, well.

Time we were on our way.

Come on.

That's more like it.

Come on.

No.

Oh, no, you don't.

What?

Don't do this!

Please!

You can't do this!

Please!

No!

No!

No!

No.

No!

No!

Let me out!

Please!

Magnus?

You're going to be okay, alright?

Come on, come on...

Stay with me, Magnus!

Oh, come on. Magnus?

Stay with me!

Oh, come on!
Magnus! Don't do this.

Thank you, Will.
That'll be quite enough.

Well done.

You alright?

Me?

What about you?

Feeling much more myself.

Thank you.

I can't believe I did what I did.

You had to.

We both know it would never
have left me while I was still alive.

As deaths go, it was... very creative.

Magnus, never, ever
ask me to kill you again.

It was an impossible decision.

You did the right thing, Will.

You know, I know you've been alive
a long time,

but maybe you need to accept
that there's a reason for that.

Your work isn't done.

My work will never be done,

which means that you have
to accept the fact that one day,

you may have to carry on
without me.

Fine.

Just not today.

No.

Not today.