Sanctuary (2008–2011): Season 3, Episode 18 - Carentan - full transcript

Previously on Sanctuary...

True or false, Normandy 1944,

Allied invasion.

You were on French soil
when it happened.

Carentan.

Carentan is a very bad place.

Why don't we just attack
this weather device?

If we simply blow it up,

the creature they're using
to power it

could do massive damage.

There's no way
to really kill a fire elemental.



Is there a way
that you can force it down?

I appreciate it, Ravi,
thank you.

I need you to visit
the Mumbai Sanctuary.

Ravi is the head of house.

Dr. Zimmerman,

Ms. Freelander, namaste.

Call me Ravi.

He pretty much
saved my life, twice.

Will!

What happened?

Unbelievable!

- Did you say Carentan?
- In Normandy?

Yeah, I thought
it might ring a bell.

It does indeed.



How many are missing?

Well, it's hard to say exactly.

There's a media blackout,

and my usual sources
are strangely silent.

You have the partial
list there.

Yeah, uh, a local farmer...

And his livestock.

A couple of
backpacking tourists,

and a busload
of senior citizens.

All disappeared without a trace

within a ten-kilometer radius
of Carentan.

And no word from
any of the residents?

No response
to phone calls or emails,

not even from the local police,

and did you see
that sat-link I sent you?

Yeah, I'm calling it up now.

Censored?

By whom?

There's the rub.

And Ravi went in five days ago?

He was already in Paris

wrapping up
the Bipedal Conference,

so I figured...

No, absolutely,
you made the right call.

I discovered
he was sending a video log

back to his computer
at the Mumbai Sanctuary.

I called up his last post.

Take a look at this.

I'm inside
the first checkpoint now,

and I think I'm getting closer

to the perimeter
of the disturbance.

According to my estimates,
it's within...

I'm feeling a strange
tingling sensation...

Since then, nothing.

All contact was instantly lost.

It was like he disappeared
off the face of the planet.

Bastards!

That answers my question.

First the French
government, now Interpol.

Complete stonewall.

I know the feeling.

- C.I.A.?
- Schtum. MI-6?

Waiting for a call back.

I've got a bridge
I want to sell you.

Precisely.

Are you getting the feeling

that we've been kicked
out of the treehouse here?

It's like all our
reciprocal agreements

have been rescinded overnight.

Which means whatever's
happening in Carentan

must be terrifying
the hell out of them.

I've just come from

the Regional Magistrate's
office.

Like blood from a stone,

and apparently
the Sûreté now wants me

to leave the country
within 12 hours,

which, of course,

only makes me
more determined to stay.

I'm inside
the first checkpoint now,

and I think I'm getting closer

to the perimeter
of the disturbance.

According to my estimates,
it's within...

I'm feeling a strange
tingling sensation...

Any abnormal you heard of

discharge energy like that?

Several, but they
leave radiation signatures

in the atmosphere,

and we don't have
any spikes in that area.

Gulfstream's on standby.

You ready?

Almost.

This would go a lot faster
with Hank's help, by the way,

but apparently they don't
have phones in sweat lodges.

That's the last time
we give him the weekend off

to commune with his inner wolf.

Okay, so we used
the background landscape

from Ravi's video...

And the towers
the cell signal bounced off...

To geo-map
his last location, nice.

Exactly.

Oh, we got a hit.

Looks like a couple miles
from the town center.

Okay, so if Ravi did
find a way in,

that would be our access point.

Stay sharp.

...And have
the Tac Team standing by,

just in case.

They're ready and waiting

at Plymouth Naval Base.

It's just a 30-minute hop
across the channel, if need be.

Good.
I'm leaving now.

I'll meet you there.

Ah...

Do you think that's wise?

We're already down
one Sanctuary head.

Until I know what
we're dealing with...

I was the one
who sent Ravi in there.

I'm responsible.

So with all due respect, Guv,
I'll see you at De Gaulle.

Cheeky bugger.

So, 65 years later...

look a little different

without the barbed wire
and swastikas?

Ever so slightly.

Heads up.

What's the situation here?

Industrial spill.

We're asking everybody
to turn back.

But I believe
one of my colleagues...

Sorry, ma'am,
until clean-up is complete,

the area is off-limits.

Oh, bumpy roads...

You're not going to get
carsick again?

- She's been very, very sick.
- Oh, God...

Nicely done.

Arretez!

Who's in charge here?

I am.

Dr. Magnus...

Inside.

Just you.

You know who I am.

Let's just say
your reputation precedes you.

Wish I could say
the same about you.

I don't have a name,
not as far as you're concerned.

Right, then.

Let's cut to the chase,
shall we?

This hazmat
dog-and-pony show is a joke.

If there was a real
radiation risk,

you and your boys
would be suited up.

Atmospherics from the area
came back clean as a whistle.

No large industries
for over a hundred kilometers.

Oh, and, by the way,

you've got
at least two trucks outside

full of surface-to-air missiles.

Starstreaks,
if I'm not mistaken.

Now, I had no idea

they could be used
to clean up a toxic spill.

You know the only reason
you're still alive

is because of who you are?

And I'm not leaving
until I get some answers.

Now, one of my colleagues...

Ravi Ganapathiraman?

Have you seen him?

Six days ago.

Like you, he was stopped
at our first checkpoint,

and he was ordered to turn back.

But he didn't.

Is he alive?

Take your people, leave.
Now.

You know who I am,
therefore you know what I do.

Whatever's going on here,
maybe I can help.

This is above
your pay grade, Doctor.

Yeah, even you.

Well, whoever he is,
he's clearly ex-military.

He's not French Army.

Yeah, generic uniforms,
no markings on the vehicles.

Some sort of private
international security force.

Yet he's clearly acting

with the approval
of the French government,

and yet his mandate's
being rigorously shielded

by intelligence agencies
worldwide.

Well, something very big
and very bad

is going on inside that town.

Something no government

wants to take
responsibility for.

And yet all governments
want to cover up.

That field, those trees.

Pull over.

I wonder if it's still there.

A tunnel from the war.

It leads under the field,

and if memory serves,
should end beyond the base camp.

Looks like
somebody used it recently.

It must be how Ravi
bypassed perimeter security.

Well, how did he know about it?

Well, it's in my old logs.

It could've come up if he did
a Carentan search.

Now, you two,

until we know
what we're dealing with,

I'm not willing to endanger
the entire team.

Aw, come on.

I could argue
there's strength in numbers.

I'm sure you could,
but not this time.

I guess I'll go first.

Don't even think
about following.

Check our coordinates.

Yeah.

Okay, GPS says

we're now behind enemy lines.

The perimeter camp
is back that way.

Shh!

Listen.

It's so quiet.

Exactly.

Not even any birds.

The town's that way,
beyond the treeline.

What the hell just happened?

Do you hear it?

Yeah.

Hey.

Hello.

Anglais.

Newcomers.

You were right.

You from Carentan?

Oui.

Come with us.

The Last One will be
very excited to meet you.

Check it out,
the whole town's gone green.

It's not quite as I remember it.

I'm not sure what I expected,
but it certainly wasn't this.

I don't understand.

Something's not right.

Here he is.

The Last One.

Helen, Will...

Ravi!

Even though
it's only been six days for you,

I'm now 74 years old.

My mind says
it's not possible, and yet...

I look at you.

Um, I'm sorry, Ravi.

my brain is still
playing catch-up here.

You say that you arrived
in Carentan six days ago?

In your time.

But in this village,
40 years has passed.

In "dome-time,"

or at least,
that's what I call it.

It's a massive
time dilation field,

and you can't leave?

Anyone who tries to pass
through the boundary

and re-enter
the normal time stream

is killed instantly.

There's an intense
dimensional recoil.

It's like being hit by a train.

So we're trapped inside
an invisible time dome...

in France.

Awkward,
but it does explain a lot.

Oh, yeah,
it makes complete sense.

Come with me.

There's someone
I want you to meet.

Anna!

Newcomers.

Welcome.

Helen, Will,
this is my wife, Anna.

This used to be
an old Nazi bunker.

Fond memories.

Of course.

But as I was saying,

the time stream first erupted
just over three weeks ago

your time.

The epicenter was in
a cave off the cliffs.

That's when
the disappearances started.

The French government thought

they had a Bermuda Triangle
on their hands,

so at first
they sent in scientists.

Who never returned.

Then they sent in the military,

who also never returned,

and then, no one.

Until you...

the Last One.

The rest, as they say,
is history.

Literally.

So all this equipment...

Was already here,
or brought in since.

Previous experiments?

The result of
over 100 years of research

by top scientists in France
and the military,

trying to understand
the time stream,

trying to solve it, dissolve it,

and yet...

Here we are.

God, I can't believe it.

What?

I destroyed a massive
fire elemental

back in 1944.

Drove it into the earth
less than half a mile from here,

and now this?

You don't think
this is your fault?

Well, it can't be a coincidence.

I have to admit,
the thought did occur to me,

but I haven't been able
to find a connection.

Anna told me we had newcomers.

Josie, Helen, Will.

Josie is the granddaughter

of the first French scientist
to enter Carentan.

An excellent assistant.

She's also a natural
at mathematics.

I also make sure

he does not forget
to eat his lunch.

Of course.

Let's go, Anna hates it
when I'm late.

So easy to lose track of time

when there's
three years of daylight.

So one day of our time

is equal to six years
inside Carentan.

Three years of daylight,

followed by
three years of night.

The Dark Time.

Your 12-hour cycle
translated into our years.

We're cut off, remember,
from the outside world,

so we have to stockpile
all our resources.

Food from the harvests.

Energy from the solar panels,
but it is never enough.

The stores of energy
are the first to go.

Then the food runs out.

The last few months...

Only the youngest
and the strongest

make it through to the sunrise.

How long
until the next Dark Time?

Nine months, in dome time.

But out there...

Less than three hours.

What if they don't come back?

They will.

Yeah, but what if they don't?

Then we'll go in after them.

What if we don't come back?

Well, then at least
we'll be in there.

This is pointless.

You heard Magnus.

Yeah, she said
"Don't go in the tunnel."

Right.

But that doesn't mean
we're supposed to sit around

with our thumb...

What is your point?

My point is,
we're learning nothing here.

Let's go.

Freeze!

Stay right there.

Aw, crap...

Your colleagues
did a very stupid thing.

They may be lost forever.

Look, you know what's
going on, so just tell us.

Maybe he doesn't know.

Maybe no one knows
what's happening in Carentan.

Impound their vehicle,
put them in the supply tent.

- Sir.
- Let's go.

Some of this handwriting
is practically indecipherable.

A combination of poor penmanship

and homemade inks.

French, German, English.

Was none of this research
computerized?

At first, but then they realized
how risky that was.

Hard drives weren't built
to last 150 years.

I barely feel like
I've made a dent at all.

You've only been at it a week.

Give yourself time.

Time...

Time dilation.

Adam Worth and the time nodes.

Yet this can't
have been his doing.

He died months ago
in Hollow Earth.

In all my years here,

I've explored every square inch
of the boundary.

There's no device anywhere.

Welcome to my world.

Do you never feel
like giving up?

Just quitting?

Every day.

What keeps you going?

You.

I wanted to see
the look on your face

when I cracked this mother.

Well, let's get to it,
then, shall we?

You take these readings
every week?

The dome is like a living thing.

We're taking its pulse.

Looking for a weakening
in the energy.

Have you ever found any?

If it's so dangerous
to penetrate the dome,

yet you can't see it,

how do you...

Careful, now, we are close.

Slowly.

Yeah, I-I feel it.

It's like my skin is tingling.

If we kept walking,
it would intensify.

Let me show you.

Another three meters, and...

I saw it happen once.

A young man,
just before Dark Time.

He started screaming
and ran, and ran,

and just... blew apart.

Hey...

Don't think about that.

There's gotta be
another way out, right?

What?

It's just, I was born here.

This is the only world
I have ever known.

There's a hell
of a lot more world

outside of Carentan.

You're gonna love it.

Thanks.

Nice bathrooms you got there.

Just keep moving.

You know, it was real sweet
of you to wait for me.

Get inside.

Okay.

Of course I trust you.

It's just that

there are only two
functioning motherboards left.

I can't give any guarantees.

But it is a chance

to communicate
with the outside world.

And on a frequency
we know will be monitored.

But previous transmissions
have never been answered.

That's because of
the time differential.

When a signal broadcast
from inside the dome

is received on the outside,

it's incredibly condensed.

We're talking hundredths
of a nanosecond.

It would barely register
on the most sensitive equipment.

Which is why I'm
stretching out this signal,

slowing it down.

Even a simple message like,
"We are alive.

Time dilation field."

will take up two weeks
to transmit.

And we're going to need
uninterrupted power.

I've dedicated
one of the solar panels.

All set, then.

I know they've only
been gone half an hour,

but this whole set-up
gives me the creeps.

Yeah, me too.

I've got your location now.

Also, there's a strong
satellite transmission

coming from the same area.

The command tent.

Can you eavesdrop?

Signal's scrambled.

No surprise.

One more thing.

Just before your call came in,
I picked up something odd.

Specifically?

Short bursts of static,
like screeching white noise.

Interference?

Yeah, could be.

I'll look into it.

Ravi's asking
that the solar panels

be re-routed back
to the battery stores.

Uh-huh.

You know,
it's been three weeks

since our S.O.S. call.

Yes, I know.

If the outside hasn't
responded by now...

I'm fully aware of
the situation, thank you.

Is there something
I can help you with?

Yeah, I could
really use a computer,

or a proper pen and paper!

God, even a bloody slide-rule!

I'm sorry, Will.

These energy readings
from the boundary?

Over a century's worth.

Do you know that when
this time dilation field

first came into existence,

it was the size of a city block?

And now it's over
12 kilometers in diameter.

And every few decades,
the pressure builds,

like before an earthquake.

And when it breaks apart,
the dome grows.

We know this.

But what we didn't know

was that it was happening
exponentially.

The energy readings
from the past 20 years

are climbing steadily,

beyond anything
we've ever measured.

So the dome's getting ready
for another growth spurt.

A massive one.

Define "massive."

Half the Eastern coast
of France,

and if it keeps
growing at this rate,

in 120 years,

the time dilation field
will blanket the entire Earth.

120 years for us, in here,
but out there...

Three weeks
before the planet is torn apart.

This is ridiculous.

Agreed.

I mean, I didn't even
work on that time dilation node

we salvaged
from Worth's warehouse.

Right.

Neither did you, by the way.

Right again.

And yet here we are
trying to recreate it

using pieces of old laptops,

and-and-and iPods, and...

What is that?

Thermostat from a toaster.

I'm sorry I asked.

Look...

We know the epicenter
of the original eruption.

Now, all subsequent growth
radiated from there.

If I can nullify
the time dilation field

at that spot...

It would burst this bubble

and return Carentan
to normal time?

Come on,
it can't be that simple.

Well, unfortunately,
you're right.

However, we are lucky

in that we have
decades of research

at our disposal.

I sense a "but" coming.

We are missing a key element,

an element found
in Worth's time node.

Cerrelium.

Okay, so where do we find that?

Hollow Earth.

Perfect.

Or...

from the time node
that Henry dismantled.

At the Sanctuary?

Mm.

In case you've forgotten,

we can't just reach out
and touch someone.

You know, I've been
thinking about that,

and I may have a way.

You were right.

This is the ultimate
slow-broadcast message.

It's no wonder the
satellites couldn't pick up

any movement in Carentan.

In real-world time,

we're moving so fast,
we're not even a blur.

We are invisible.

But this should get
somebody's attention.

Look at him.

I remember the early days.

It wasn't easy.

Go, talk to him.

Evening.

May I sit down?

Sure, please.

So, how are you?

I'm okay. You?

Every day a new bone creaks.

But it does get easier,
you know.

I'm not sure I want it to.

When did you...

Give up?

I was going to say "surrender."

I can't recall
a specific moment.

I guess it happened gradually,
a day at a time.

Next thing I knew, one day
had turned into decades.

And you don't miss
the real world?

Of course I do,

but I've got a family here now,
a life.

...it's a massive
time dilation field.

It was an extremely
compressed radio signal.

From here?

From Carentan.

It's Magnus!

Number 37...

750 gauss.

Probably too much copper.

Yeah.

You know, I-I think
I need another coil here.

Did I see one in the tool box?

Happy birthday.

I can't believe you remembered.

Neither can I.

Can I open it?

Yeah,

but I-I don't want you
to get too excited, okay?

It's nothing much.

It's beautiful.

See, I think
I screwed up the clasp...

Oh, be quiet.

See, I knew it.

I love it.

I'm glad you like it.

I'm sorry, I shouldn't have...

No, no, no, no...

It's just complicated.

Abby.

Complicated.

Not for me.

But, see, you're...

and she's the past, and...

Dark Time is coming.

If we make it through
the famine years

till sunrise...

I want to have a baby.

Hey, Magnus.

How's everything?

Great.

Yeah.

I'll go get us some lunch.

Anything you want to tell me?

No.

About the magnetic readings?

Oh, that.

Uh, yeah.

None of the metals
that we smelted together

have nearly enough gauss
as Cerrelium.

Damn.

Means we'll have to wait

and hope that someone's
seen the rock signal.

And what if they do?

I mean, that could take years
in our time

to get that node here,

and even then,

there's no guarantee
that it's going to work.

No, there isn't.

Yeah.

Will...

No, look...

You're immortal, essentially,
but not me.

I mean, has it ever
occurred to you

that we may not solve
this problem in my lifetime?

Time dilation field?

Her message
is irrefutable evidence

they're still alive!

And they need help,
so let's move!

Your colleagues
took it upon themselves

to break through the barrier.

Their fate is
their own responsibility.

So what the hell are you
and your boys doing here, then?

'Cause you're
certainly not helping

anyone trapped in Carentan.

- There is a plan.
- It's in motion.

Oh, yeah, right.

Hey, this satellite feed...

How long has this been here?

A few minutes ago.

It suddenly appeared.

That's an elemental symbol.

Not according to
my science guys.

No element on Earth like that.

True.

That's the symbol for Cerrelium.

An element found...

elsewhere.

All personnel.

Project Greenhouse is a go.

T-minus 37 minutes. Mark.

This is a message
from Magnus and Will.

What does it mean?

Uh, it's hard to explain,

but give us time.

Time, you don't have.

The field is expanding.

My job is to stop it.

Project Greenhouse.

It's an air strike.

They're going to blow
Carentan off the map.

Even if you put
the time node pieces

on a plane right now...

There's no way we're
going to beat the air strike.

Does it have to be Cerrelium?

There must be

something else
we can substitute.

I don't know...

Okay, Biggie,
remember last week

when you were making
that bouillabaisse,

and you ran out of saffron,

so you used turmeric instead,

and it tasted just as good.

Did not.

You get my point.

All right, let's give it a shot.

What do you got
in your kitchen over there?

Should be just up ahead.

By the way, Will,
Happy New Year.

Somehow I don't
feel like celebrating.

You see that sky?

Sunset's beginning.

45 days until nightfall.

The solar panels will go dead,
we'll lose power to the lab.

Which is why we're
testing this node now.

Here we are,

the epicenter of
the original disturbance.

You know,
without the Cerrelium...

I agree, and if time weren't
forcing my hand, I'd wait,

but what choice do we have?

Say a prayer.

Turn it off!

Bloody hell!

Ravi?

Ravi!

Your experiment, my God.

What happened?

People disappeared.

What do you mean?

Everything went very fast,

then slow,
and then they were gone.

Just vanished?

I saw one of them
with my own eyes.

André.

He was re-sheeting
one of the solar panels.

He fell,

but vanished before
he hit the ground.

Magnus, what have we done?

Four people were vaporized
because our experiment failed.

What if it didn't fail?

What if, for a few seconds,

we managed to diffuse
the time dilation field?

Well, then why did
those people disappear?

Because when Carentan
resets itself

to real world time,

they don't exist.

In your time,
they haven't been born yet.

Okay, okay, so...

if we get the Cerrelium,
stabilize the node,

make it work properly...

Then anything inside this dome

that was created
after its inception,

equipment, animals, people,

will cease to exist.

And the only people
who will survive the reset...

The three of us.

Everybody else...

No!

No...

Josie... Josie, wait!

Josie, wait!

Hey, stop!

Look at me!

We didn't know!

We didn't know.

We didn't know.

Well, now you do.

So are you going to
continue your experiments,

even though we would all just...

How could you just...

disappear me?

Oh, beauty.

It's not going to be easy

walking a surface-to-air missile
past these guys.

We don't need
the whole missile.

The alloy Biggie mentioned
is the thruster stage.

It's part of the heat shield.

Uh, I don't suppose
you have a screwdriver?

Penknife?

Yeah.

Here.

Oh, come to mama...

Okay.

You're going to need this.

Thanks.

Hold your fire!

What the hell
was that all about?

It's not Cerrelium,

but I was able to use
parts of the missile they sent.

And how's it going?

As usual, slower than I'd like.

Hopefully this new shielding
will do the trick.

One more stunt like that,

and the next bullet
goes in your head.

To hell with you!

There are people alive in there!

There's still a chance
to save them!

Not in the next nine minutes.

The birds are already
in the air.

Let's go.

I don't hate you.

If the dome continues to spread,

continents shifting
at lightning speed...

Oceans born
in the blink of an eye...

The stress on the Earth's core
will rip this planet apart.

I understand all that.

Like you, I'm a scientist,

but I'm also a husband.

The sun has almost set.

Are you ready?

Can I really be doing this?

Please, dear,
I can't talk about this anymore.

If our small sacrifice
can save billions of people...

You were always
the stronger one.

Whenever the children got sick,
I would worry so much,

but you...

We will never leave you,
I promise.

If you don't see us here,
look here.

That's where we will be.
Always.

Now, go, my love.

It's time for you
to be the strong one.

The shielding
is as secure as it'll ever be.

It's been a long time...
not a good time.

I just wish I knew
how to say goodbye.

It's Ravi!

There's a crowd in the street.

I told them that you'd
come out and speak with them.

They're watching the front
of the Mayor's office.

All right,
we'll go through the basement

and out the back.

I don't know how long
I can hold them.

Every second counts.

Thank you.

Just listen to us!

A time dilation field's

a massive
concentration of energy.

You hit that sucker
with a bomb,

and there is no telling
what the fallout will be!

You still don't get it, do you?

The train has left the station.

Whatever happens,

it's all going to be over
in 60 seconds.

Magnus! Will!

What is it?

- You've got to hurry.
- I couldn't hold them.

They have found out
where you are.

There they are!

Stop!

Stop!

Josie...

Josie, don't do this.

Helen, get away
from that machine.

Please.

Who the hell are you to say
who lives and who dies?

Josie!

No!

We made it.

Ravi didn't.

Anyone else?

After the reset,
we were found in the field.

Kate said something about a...

an air strike
that was called off

at the last second,

but I was still pretty groggy.

I could have dreamt that.

They had a million questions,

but I told them
to let you sleep.

Thank you.

But now we need to get to work.

Something, or someone,

is behind what happened
in Carentan.

I feel it in my gut.

You're not blaming yourself,
are you?

Until I know differently.

Oh, that hurt, that hurt...