Sanctuary (2008–2011): Season 3, Episode 10 - Hollow Men - full transcript

Who are you?

Helen, you look beautiful.

Previously on Sanctuary...

How do you know me?

How indeed?

I've waited a long time
for this.

Adam.

Who the hell is this guy?

Not one person, but two.

Prepare to meet Jekyll...
and Hyde.

You don't need us.



No, you don't see, you need me.
You need me!

I'm afraid
there's nothing I can do.

But you've done experiments
with blood injections before,

rare blood
with amazing properties.

Not on a child.

She's my daughter.

You have my condolences.

Your only legacy will be
that you murdered me.

Adam, don't! No!

How did you survive?

I was taken to the city.

They treated me
as one of their own,

showed me things
you can't even imagine.

At this rate,



he'll experience
complete organ failure

and be dead
within a matter of weeks.

That's not Adam's blood.

It's yours.

One of the unfortunate
side effects

of traveling through
an extra-dimensional rift.

Keystones!
What are they?

How do they lead to the city?

If you want to save Gregory,
you need me!

My father never gave me a gift

without significance.

Do you think it exists?

Well, if it does,
we have to find it.

The keystone...

The last piece
of the puzzle.

That's the gateway.

We leave at first light.

So you've found it.
The real keystone.

I'll bring back the cure.

If you're telling the truth
and it actually exists.

If I lied, we're both dead.

Yes, and you're far too arrogant
to commit suicide.

Bravo.
I can lead you to it, you know.

You're not going anywhere.

But 'dere be tigers down dere.

Far too dangerous without me.

On the contrary.

Come on, Helen.
Devil you know, and all that?

You'll never survive
on your own, you know.

Maybe you don't want to.

Death of a child...

Hmm. Never quite the same
after that, is it?

I'm just saying,

we're betting the bank
on the word of a nutbar.

None of you has to come.
Gregory is my father.

- You're sick.
- You're not going alone.

- Yeah, what he said.
- Absolutely.

I've been testing
this vampire shield

all morning...

You're really not very good
at naming things, are you?

Too bad our resident genius
could only make one.

Really, the paltry supplies
of lathanides

you keep on hand?

I'll be careful with that,
I promise.

Oh, so you're going?

As opposed to..?

You? Or him?

I did aid
in procuring the keystone.

Found the gateway!

Hand it over.

Very well, but, really,
I have to say,

when I imagine the splendor
of the entry hall,

an architectural site
thousands of years old,

a veritable marvel
of art and design,

and to think that the first
witnesses to this spectacle

will be Huey, Dewey, and Screwy?

Really, Helen, my heart sinks
you chose them over me.

Don't be bitter.

I do it so well.

Sooner the better.

Ready when you are.

Oh, man, I hate this...

I have to pee.

Best zip up.

Let me come with you!

Without a Source Blood shield,
you could be a liability.

Before we go any further,
you need to leave.

Set up the repeater.

Keep that tracking system
broadcasting!

Yeah! I'm on it,
I just...

Hmm.

Here goes nothing!

That is so Indiana Jones!

Or not.

It's jammed!

Ow, ow.

Will you tuck me in?

No.

Although I could add
some sulphuric acid

to this cocktail,

make your blood boil
from the inside.

Would you like that?

You haven't lost
your sense of humor.

She's going to die
down there, you know that.

There will be events
she is unprepared for.

Finish up.

I'm sick of the sound
of his voice.

The great Helen Magnus.
Oh, well, I tried to warn her.

Stop!

Talking.

She never loved you,
you know that.

Oh, come on, you've seen
the way she looks at me,

with pity in her eyes.

Why should she feel
any differently about you?

The only reason
she tolerates you

is because she can use you,
like a mad dog on a leash,

and you just keep
lapping at her heels

like the pathetic little pet
that you are...

John, really...

He's not worth it,
pardon the pun.

If you kill him,
he can't help her.

Same old Johnny.

Shh! Please.

Ice blocking the door!

This might take a while!

Henry, do you have
a cutting torch?

Yeah! Uh... Um...

Ah-ha!

Kate, I need the first aid kit!
Pass me the disinfectant spray!

I need you guys to get behind me
and block the wind.

Aw... I'm running
out of juice!

Kate, help me keep pressure
on the door.

I'm dyin' here!

Whoa! What is that?

An earth tremor!

Well done!

Eeny, meeny, miny...

There goes Mo.

I wonder if Gregory
ever passed through here?

Oh, no. Come on...

Pull!

Pull!

Look out, fingers!

I said pull.

It's a stone wall!

Well, at least we're inside,
where it's warm.

I'm assuming this cave system
must somehow lead to the city.

Hey...

It's not glass.

Definitely quartz-based.

Electronic eye of some sort?

Yeah, and we tripped it
on the way in.

Triggered an autolock.

Well, that's great,
but how do we get back out?

Doesn't matter.
We're moving forward.

Ah, and what have we here?

Light switch?

"Akhkharu."

Vampire detector.

Well, all the major airports
have 'em these days.

How's your gizmo?

Well, the light's on.

Universal sign

that a Source Blood shield
is working, right?

Guess there's only
one way to find out.

Whoa, whoa. Maybe
you should let us go first.

If it senses
three non-vampires,

it might go easy on you.

All right.

Yeah, sure.

You're clear.

Henry.

Clear.

My turn.

Oh, come on, Nikola...

I take back everything
I've ever said about the guy.

Let's not be too hasty.

Whoa.

As I was saying.

Whoa, what did I do?

- Whoa, whoa!
- They're after all of us.

Oh, no, you don't.

Henry! Kate!

Bloody hell.

You're sitting on my leg.

Argh, your foot
is in my throat!

Henry?

Kate!

Without the repeater,

the signal won't penetrate
solid rock.

What is this thing?

I wouldn't do that
if I were you.

Oh, great, now we made it mad.

It's herding us
down this tunnel.

Like cattle in a chute.

Oh, that never ends well.

I hope Henry and Kate
fare better than us.

How'd you do that?

Oh, you know, earthquake,
rockslide,

plunge down a 20-foot shaft,
you take your pick.

We really ought to take
a look at it.

Right now
I'm more interested

in finding our
tracking device.

And the repeaters.

At least they can locate
our signal,

maybe send a rescue...

Aw, man...

What? Aw...

Their tracking signal...

It died a few minutes ago.

Some sort of network error?

I don't think so.
I rebooted the entire system.

Then she needs help.

Not so fast.

There could be any number
of reasons why the signal died.

Such as?

I don't know,

a malfunction
in the vampire shield?

Just give me a few minutes.

I'd like to check something.

It is
rather incredible, isn't it?

Yeah.

I mean, to think

we might be
the first surface humans

to walk this ground in
decades, centuries, even.

What if this is the source
for all abnormals,

both above
and beneath the surface?

That's a real game-changer.

Imagine the impact
it would have on everything,

on our research,
our experiments,

everything we thought we knew.

It could change
the Sanctuary project forever.

That is, if we find our way
out of here.

It must be centuries old.

Ancient steel,
that's reassuring.

Yup, that is a long way down.

Up ahead here, mind the gap.

Taken out by a rock slide.

It's okay,
we can jump that easily.

Yes, but do we want to?

Do you have a plan B?

Follow my lead.

What?

Well, that worked.

Of course.

Now what?

Hang on!

Good times.

Is that a defense
satellite you've stolen?

Is that a defense
satellite you've stolen?

Weather.
Better geothermal data.

Look here.

A seismic event of 3.4
was registered right at...

The same coordinates
as the gateway.

At roughly the same time
as their tracking signal died.

They made it inside,
but the gateway sealed again.

Thank you, Will.

No problem.

We should probably
follow the laser field.

It might be headed
to the city.

Hold on, hold on,
you need to rest.

I'm fine.

That's the adrenaline
talking.

Yes, well, any port in a storm.
Let's keep moving.

Allow me.

Hey, Hoppy...

Yeah, I'm coming,
I'm coming.

Why don't you just
let me take a look at your leg?

Nah, it's cool.

You're bleeding again.

Just forget it, okay?

Hank, stop being a child.

Ah! I said I'm fine!

You're not fine.

Oh.

Ooh...

I think you almost
nicked an artery.

Almost.

Oh, God.

Okay, look,

without our comtechs,
we're running blind here, okay?

We have no idea what happened
to Will and Magnus,

we just keep moving down,
we have no food or water.

Center of the Earth here!

Exactly.
All we have is each other,

which is why
I need you in one piece.

Okay?

Yeah.

I wonder if Henry
and Kate have made it this far.

How far down
do you think we are?

A few kilometers, at least.

This is not incandescent.

Wonder what
the power source is?

At least we know
there are humans down here.

Our ticket to the city?

I'd like to avoid
the armed escort

as long as possible.

Yeah.

That... is awesome.

It's just like
the one in the model.

We can't be too far
from the city now.

What is that?

It appears to be a moss
or lichen of some sort.

It's more like stinkweed.

No, that distinctive aroma
isn't coming from the plant.

It smells like...

Feces.

Fascinating.

Yeah, that's not the adjective
I would have used

to describe that.

High concentration of ammonia,

similar to the excrement
of the abnormal Fenhorse

we have on the surface.

It would explain
its phosphorescent pigment.

How large an animal
do you think it would take to...

Oh, quite large.

Aw...

Move!

Will, don't look at
the Basilisk, or you'll die!

Oh, come on!
That's just a legend, right?

No, it isn't!

These creatures disappeared
from the surface eons ago.

Now we know where they went.

Whoa!

I said don't look at it!

I know, but that's like saying

"Don't think of
a yellow rhinoceros!"

Besides, just because
I can't see it

doesn't mean it can't see me.

Well, yes, it does.

The creature's eyes are
a cluster of photoreceptors.

When it scans for prey,
it searches for faces,

especially eyes.

So you mean that
this giant dragon snake

is all about
facial recognition?

Essentially, yes.

That's kind of cool.

How about just one eye?

It's not a toy!

I know! It's still
kind of cool, though.

Use your phone.

The blank screen
acts like a mirror.

Why would I bring my phone
to Hollow Earth?

It's also deaf.

And it seems that
the stench of its own feces

is masking our scent.

Duck!

It senses we're here.
We need to split up.

Okay.

Will, it's right behind you.

How am I supposed to outrun
something that I can't see?

Will, it's right
on top of you!

Whatever you do, don't...

I know, I know!

Nice kitty...

It just all looks
the same down here.

It's just more rock.

How you doing?

Crappy, thanks for asking.

Well, we've got to keep
going and try to find this city,

because that is where
Magnus and Will will be.

- Yeah.
- If they made it.

- I'll be fine.
- Let's just keep...

Oh, no!

What?

It's the tracking dot I left

the last time we came by
this exact same spot.

We're just goin' around
in circles.

Hey, just be quiet for a sec.

Huh. Looks like
a rain gutter.

It doesn't rain underground.

Then a spring.

I mean, they've gotta get their
water from somewhere, right?

We didn't see this
last time around,

so someone must have
turned on a tap.

More importantly,
this has to lead somewhere.

You know, I'm really
not having a good day here!

Keep your face hidden.
I'll draw it out.

Will!

I'm getting tired of this game.

I think it's had enough too.

It seems to be narrowing
the field of play.

Magnus...

Aw, you know what smells worse
than Basilisk dung?

Barbecued version.

Will!

Hey! Hey, look out!

What the...? What?

It's a hologram.

Where's it coming from?

From here.

- You'll be safe now.
- This way.

You speak our language?

Apparently...
you speak our language.

Why do your clothes
look so strange?

What were you doing out there
without a mask?

Linor, enough.
We've got to hurry.

Close your light.

Oh, so now you admit

Oh, so now you admit

that you should have
listened to me.

Okay, come on.

You still haven't
given us an answer.

Oh, well, then,
let's review, shall we?

Earthquake at the gateway,
dead tracking beacon,

and now you've come
to ask me for my help.

You know,
there's only so much bile

I can swallow in a single day.

Hey, we're not making
any deals with Hyde.

We want Adam.

All right, I'm in.

This is your farm?

We share it.

We travel, work the harvest,
move on to the next one.

Nomadic culture. So this
is a seasonal camp.

Out here on the fringes,

you can't count on anything
but yourself

and the folks around you,

but we get by.

It's harder when
the propulsion units fail,

and we lose power for a cycle.

It's... It's not so easy
to make our quotas then.

Does that happen often?

More than it used to.

Stay close.

My family.

It's all right,

they were trapped
by the Firebreather.

You're not from the City.

Uh, no, no, we're not.

They're from the surface.

How did you..?

It's a long story.

Come sit.

That's very kind of you.

Thank you.

Hey, uh, how did you
do that thing with...

with your hand?

Oh, you mean this?

Yeah.

Only young ones can do it.

We, um, we lose the ability
as we get older.

And that's how
you defend yourselves?

It's an amazing
survival mechanism.

You look tired.

Eat plenty.
It will restore you.

Thank you.

Nothing like
a firebreather fight

to whip up an appetite.

Mmm.

There was a breach
at one of the old gateways.

That's impossible.

Well, it wasn't
a system fault.

Clear sensor readings.

I'm listening.

Three surface lifeforms
were detected,

and one more
that was cloaked.

Bring the incomers to me.

I can't. They escaped.

Dispatch the garrison
at once.

Right.

We've heard some stories
about the surface.

A place where armies battle
for inches of land.

Places without medicine,
blighted with plagues.

I think your stories might be
somewhat out of date.

We have war and disease,
it's true,

but we also have great beauty,

great accomplishments,
great cities.

Then why are you here?

You also have a great city,
and we need to get there.

Praxis?

Do you have a clearance?

Clearance?

No one enters Praxis
without a clearance.

Even when we go to trade
the rashi, we need one.

We don't have a clearance,

but I believe
that my father's there,

and I need to find him.

Well...

we-we can get you
to the Outland gate,

but we can't enter.

Oh, that would be great.

Just get us close,
and we'll do the rest.

I'll get water for the journey.

Let us help you.

No! Please...
enjoy the harvest.

The rashi is good for you.

You're looking stronger
already.

I believe I can adjust
the penetration depth...

so the needles access
my occipital lobe,

specifically the visual cortex.

Right, where
all spatial relationships

are processed.

Which I gather is necessary
for you to teleport.

Yeah, if I don't know
where I'm going,

things can get rather messy.

Understood.

Now, a problem is that

any data we retrieve
from your brain

will be in binary form,

just a sequence
of zeroes and ones.

True, but if we combine
the coordinates

from Adam's brain
with the holographic map...

We just might make it
through in one piece.

Looks like
our little rain gutter

veers off to the left.

Yeah, now we're
getting somewhere.

I haven't seen one of my little
tracking dots in a while.

Yeah, but that doesn't
mean we know where we're going.

At least it ain't
where we've been.

Oh, hey, check this out.
Huh...

Looks like
a water collection tank.

It's made out of the same stone
as the rest of the cave.

It's like it grew here.

So we were right.
This is someone's plumbing.

And where there's plumbing,
there's...

Toilets.

Civilization.

We're going to find people
down here...

Hank.

Greetings.

Hey!

Oh!

All right, system's up
and ready to receive.

All set?

Let's do it.

There you are.

The brain in binary.

Oh, Nikola...
I always was a fan.

Yeah, I know.

Hey, you know,
it's not a race.

What's with
all this energy anyway?

I think Narra
must have been right

about the medicinal properties
of the fungus.

Without sunlight,

their food must contain
massive doses of Vitamin D.

Check for security devices.

Nothing here
like we saw at the gateway.

No electric eyes,
no Vampire detector.

Maybe nobody makes it this far.

Now, that looks like...

Mass transit.

Hold on a second.

Well, this is different.

Very much so.

You think this ping-pong ball

will take us to the city?

There's only one way
to find out.

We're traveling
vertically and horizontally

at an incredible rate.

It's like being
inside a gyroscope.

The inner sphere is held
at constant orientation

by some kind of repulser jets,
pneumatic, maybe, or dipolar.

You know,
when you put it like that,

it sounds so simple.

We're talking about something

built by
an advanced civilization.

This could well predate
our decision

to bang two rocks together
and call it toolmaking.

Has it ever occurred to you

that a civilization
this advanced

might have a way of monitoring
their transportation system?

You mean they already know
we're coming?

Well, we don't have
any entry clearances,

we have no idea
where Henry and Kate are,

or if they've even
made it this far...

I'm just saying, it feels like
we're heading into a trap.

All true, but can you think
of a faster way

to get into the city?

This should translate
the data from your visual cortex

This should translate
the data from your visual cortex

into a language
this thing can understand.

Allow me, huh?

Amazing.

Well done, us.

I always knew
we'd work well together.

You just never gave me
the chance.

Yeah, well, better late
than never, huh?

Now, the rock
surrounding the city

has a high percentage
of lodestone.

So it's highly magnetic.

Which helps with
their communication signals,

but also acts as a natural
electromagnetic shield.

I wouldn't suggest teleporting
in there, by the way.

Your particles would ricochet
like a bullet.

Yes. Why didn't you
mention this before?

Because of these.

Supply tunnels a few miles
above the city.

Primarily granite
in composition.

That's our safe entry point.

From there, we can make it
to the city on foot.

Well?

I'd prefer a larger space,

just to allow for
that margin of error.

I know just the place.

That'll do just fine.

Thought so.

Ugh...

What the hell
did they shoot us with,

a hangover gun?

Some sort of energy blast,

knocked out
our electrical system.

Are you saying we got rebooted?

Uh-huh.

I am definitely having
a Vista moment.

All right, where do you
think we are, the city?

Well, it ain't Kansas.

I think we're slowing down.

And I believe this is our stop.

Okay, now it's your turn.

Bloody hell.

You know, I know we all did

some fancy footwork
with the slide rule,

but there's still
no guarantee this will work.

- True.
- Then, there rarely is.

Fair enough.

Now, if things go pear-shaped,

make sure you get some help
before coming after us.

I'm coming with you.

Well, someone has to stay behind
and man the fort.

Yeah, well,
since when did I become

the responsible member
of this group?

The Big Hairy One
can answer the phone.

I'm not missing out on this.

You're absolutely determined
to come with us?

Well, of course I am.

If you insist.

Son of a bitch!

Ha ha ha! Nice one!

Incredible!

Ah, you haven't
seen nothing yet.

This way.

At least someone's
enjoying the show.

No door handle,
no visible locking mechanism...

It's probably electric.

It's definitely electric.
Ow.

Hey.

Kate, Henry! Thank God
you're all right.

So I take it you guys
aren't here to rescue us.

What happened to your leg?

Well, that's
a Dr. Freelander special.

It only hurts
when I walk, or stand.

Let me take a look at it.

So how did you two
end up here?

Uh, we were attacked

by telepathic Hare Krishnas
with ring guns. You?

Fed by a holo-projecting
mushroom farmer,

took the bus, didn't pay,
got arrested.

Let's call it a tie.

Judging by our surroundings,

I think the city doesn't welcome
surface-dwellers either.

Good job.
The patient will live.

Brownout.

Huh, it's happening here, too.

We noticed several
power fluctuations

along the way,

usually precipitated
by mild earth tremors.

So, Kate, any thoughts
on getting out of here?

- Not happening.
- This place is tight as a drum.

So I guess it's up to our hosts
to make the next move.

I thought you said
these tunnels were granite.

Earlier, where we entered.

Now we're moving
deeper underground.

Well, this is
magnetite. Lodestone.

As I told you,
the closer we get to the city...

How much farther?

Just up ahead there's
a cavern with a branch tunnel.

It leads directly
to the Outlands.

From there we can access
one of the city gates...

that is, if Helen managed
to make it that far.

For your sake, pray she did.

Adam!

Has fulfilled
his function thus far.

Now it's time
for the adult to take over.

Now you're
my prisoner, Johnny.

Welcome to my world.

Time to go.

This is not going to be good.

Ah, you think?

Ow!

I am Ranna Seneschal,
leader of Praxis.

I'm...

Helen Magnus.

You know me?

Well, then, you must know
where my father is.

This is not a council.
This is a judgment.

You are incomers from above,

a threat to this city
and to this realm.

You're to be executed.

Immediately.

A summary execution?

And here I was thinking

you might be
more evolved than us.

Yeah, back home,

we have this thing,
it's called a trial?

It's kind of a sign
of a civilized society.

Legal proceedings are reserved
for citizens of Praxis alone,

not outlanders,

and certainly not those

who engage in treason
against our people.

You appeared
in our avatar chamber.

We came here
looking for my father!

Where is he?

The law is clear.

Those who trespass our realm,
who undermine our way of life,

will be executed.

Oh, come on.

Look, her old man
sent us a message,

and we came here
to say hello.

This is essentially
a cultural exchange mission.

This woman is dying
from radiation poisoning!

You can't just kill us

without letting us explain
why we're here.

Yes, we can.

Big brother, third Reich,
fascist pigs!

Henry...

Sorry,
sentenced to death here.

Magnus, I can't HAP.

Your DNA is locked, Mr. Foss.

We don't abide
unlawful transmutations here.

What? Really?
You can do that?

You're making a huge mistake.
We came here in peace.

And in doing so,
you condemned yourselves.

Proceed.

Don't do this.

Justice is served.

Didn't hurt.