Terra Nova (2011): Season 1, Episode 6 - Bylaw - full transcript

Terra Nova HQ, this is Foster.

DISPATCHER: Terra
Nova Command. Copy that.

I just pulled up at
communications relay station 19-A.

Copy that. Commence repair.

Roger that.

Terra Nova Command out.

(RATTLING)

Smithson, is that you?

Are you sleeping off
another bender in there,

or did you lock
yourself in again?

(ELECTRONIC BEEPING)



(DOOR UNLOCKS)

Smithson, wake up!

Smithson?

(SCREECHING)

Yeah, looks pretty
straightforward

what happened here to me.

Foster made the
mistake of leaving

the shed door open
while he was working.

Must've snuck up behind
him. Never saw it coming.

What did it do to
him? Nykoraptor.

The bite marks on his
torso were a dead giveaway.

They've got three
rows of incisors.

Nykos are vicious.
Basically, two-legged sharks.

Easy with him.



JIM: Do they hunt around here?

No.

No, not usually. But
these are ankylosaur nests.

Their eggs are easy prey.

Well, with easy prey nearby,
why'd the nyko go after a human?

You got an endless
supply of chicken,

doesn't mean you're gonna turn
your nose up at a bloody rare steak.

Good morning, Josh.

I need to talk to you for a
second about our arrangement.

There's been a complication.

It's about your girl.

Kara?

We had a deal. You told
me you could get her here

on one of the next pilgrimages.

Like I said, there's
been a complication.

Now, if you want
me to get her here,

you're gonna have
to do something.

I'm listening.

You might want a
shot of courage first.

Hey! Hi.

Morning. What brings you
to my end of the compound?

Oh, well, Jim asked me to
autopsy this soldier that was killed.

See if anything out of
the ordinary turned up.

I won't distract you. Okay.

(WHISTLES)

Amazing.

Just amazing.

Ankylosaurus.

Where'd you get it?

At a nest near the
scene of the accident.

Wow, looks pretty damaged.

The others had hatched.

This one, unfortunately,
didn't make it.

Hmm.

But, it is an incredible
research opportunity.

Yeah, I'd say so.

Hey, babe. Hey.

Hey, Zoe.

Why aren't you at school?

Well, her teacher sent for
me. Somebody has an earache.

Oh. And yesterday it
was your tummy, wasn't it?

I just miss you, Mommy.

I know you do, sweetheart,
but school is really important.

Look, I need to just have
a quick word with Daddy.

So why don't you
go and take a look

at some of that
cool stuff over there.

Just be careful not to
touch anything, all right?

Go on.

The autopsy turn up anything?

Yeah. I was just in the middle
of something when you came in.

Great.

So I found two types of
blood on Foster's torso.

One was his.

And the second's
probably from the nyko.

That's what I was thinking.

Hmm.

It says the second type of
blood came from one of those.

I don't understand.

I think I do. Malcolm,

what's a nykoraptor's
favorite food?

You're looking at him.

It's a gallusaur. Sort
of a prehistoric turkey.

Why?

I think this was a murder.

Help me out here. How do
you kill a man with a dinosaur?

You trap it somewhere where you
know the victim's gonna show up.

All you need is the right bait and
knowledge of your vic's schedule.

Well, we found
blood from the bait

that was used to lure
the nyko inside the shed.

And the back of that door was,

well, it was
covered in scratches

from when it was
trying to get out.

We've lost our share of
folks. But never like this.

Not to murder.

Foster was a good soldier.

If somebody killed
him, I wanna know who.

Find out. Do it quick and do it
quiet. Wash, you're on this with him.

First thing, we should
talk to his friends.

A day like today, I think
I know where they'll be.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Boys. MARK: Lieutenant.

Hey, Mr. Shannon.

Hey.

I'm sorry about Foster and
I'm sorry to interrupt you guys.

I know this isn't a good time,

but I got a few questions I
need to ask if that's okay.

Sure.

Did Foster get along
with everyone in your unit?

Uh... Pretty much. Why?

Can you think of anyone who
would've wanted to harm him?

Hold on. You're investigating
this as a murder or something?

I don't believe this.

You know, Foster
was seeing a woman.

Yeah? What's her name?

I don't know.

None of us do.

He never told us who she is.

Yeah, but he was
always up in his bunk,

looking at pictures
of her on his Tag.

I thought they only held
personal info and blood type?

Yeah, plus medical
history and a locator.

You're not supposed
to, but everyone hacks in

and throws a couple of
pictures of loved ones on there,

maybe some music

when you're holed up some
place or on a long patrol.

Well, thanks, gentlemen,
and again, sorry for your loss.

Yeah.

You find it odd that this mystery
woman hasn't stepped forward?

Now you're getting
the hang of this.

So let's go take a
look at Foster's Tag.

Foster's personal effects,
can we... Can we see them?

Yeah, could you get me the
deceased's personal effects please?

Right away. Thanks.

What's going on?

Well, Foster had a...

Be careful. Be very
careful with that.

Gently, sweetheart. Sorry.

ZOE: It's broken.

Are you trying to fix it?

(GASPS)

The baby wants to come out.

My God, it's still
alive. It's unbelievable.

You're gonna help it, right?

Uh...

Yeah, of course we
are, sweetheart. Yeah.

MAN: Here you go. Thanks.

Okay.

ALICIA: Foster's
personal effects.

Terras, flashlight.

But the Tag wasn't recovered.

You said it has a locator.

It's on the move. Yeah.

The nyko, it must've eaten it.

Then we're gonna
have to go get that nyko.

(SCREECHING)

Shannon, you copy?

Copy.

You two have eyes on the nyko?

Negative, sir. We
lost him. Standby.

Contact! Eyes on
target. Nine o'clock.

20 meters!

Good. Flank him to the right,
bring him back towards me.

Comin' your way.

All right, up ahead
is the choke point.

It dead ends at a dense forest.

Force him into the
shooting gallery.

We got you now!

Anybody got a visual?

No joy, sir.

Just so we're clear, we're
not killing this thing, right?

No need. Whatever we get out of
its belly we're gonna obtain on site.

You know, Lieutenant
Washington there

is about the finest combat medic

I've ever had the pleasure
to be stitched up by.

Ain't that right, Lieutenant?

If you say so, sir.

How many stitches did
you put in my side that time?

67, sir. Yeah.

(SCREECHES)

Where did it go?

How long can he stay up there?

You got somewhere you
need to be, Lieutenant?

I'd love not to be here
when the sun sets.

How long can he stay up there?

(HIGH-PITCHED SCREECHING)

We got him. Open him up.

Come on.

This was the bait.

And here's what else he
ate when he was in the shed.

And here's what we came for.

JIM: Foster's Tag.

Well, it's pretty banged up.

There he is.

And he's with a woman,
but I don't think I know her.

We can run a facial rec
against our database.

Damn it to hell!

It's okay, sir. I recognize her.
She works at the mess hall.

Yeah, I know Foster. Hmm.

I know you, too.

Working at the mess, I
meet my share of soldiers.

Well, his friends seem to
think it was more than that.

I was nice to him.

Support staff, it's
our job to be nice.

I'm sorry if he took
it the wrong way.

ALICIA: Look at this.

Terra Nova Lottery Notification.

How long you guys been married?

Three years.

And was the
wedding before or after

he got this?

Hmm. So, what happened?

You loved him until he
got you through the portal,

then you traded
up for another man?

I mean, I'm just
spitballing here.

I'm a married woman.

You can't just come in
here and make accusations.

Honey.

Good afternoon, Mr. Milner.
I'm Jim Shannon from Security.

This is Lieutenant Washington.

Why are you here?

It's about the soldier
who died, Ken Foster.

It's nothing, Howard. They're
just asking some questions.

Yeah.

Are you okay, Mr. Milner?
You seem upset.

I'm fine.

'Cause your wife knew this
man, Foster, from the mess hall.

Of course I do. I serve
these guys every day.

Look, I told them this already.

I don't know what the
hell they're still doing here.

Shut up!

Just shut up!

Do you think I didn't know?

Do you think I'm a fool?

Well, you're here, right?

You're gonna find
out sooner or later.

I killed that son
of a bitch, Foster!

And given the chance,
I'd kill him again.

Hey. I just dropped
Zoe back at school.

All she could talk about was this
egg. Please give me some good news.

Well, I wish I could.

But it looks like the reason
it didn't hatch with the others

is that it has birth defects.

You see this dark patch here?

Yeah.

Its front right leg
is fused to its neck,

which has compromised its
windpipe and its blood flow.

If it were to hatch now,

it wouldn't get
nearly enough oxygen

and wouldn't
survive three minutes.

The mother must've
had to abandon it,

to care for the
other hatchlings.

Yes. And I'm afraid we
have to abandon it, too.

No, no. That's not gonna work for
me. You saw the look on her face.

No. There must be something
we can do to help it along.

I don't know yet.

Inovo surgery through
the shell if we have to.

There's got to be something.

JIM: When did you find out that
your wife was having an affair?

I just did. Who cares when?

I do.

The shed, how'd you get it open?

Anything with a circuit
board can be hacked.

But how'd you know his shifts?
That he'd be the one to get the call?

Well, I tailed him for a week.

That night I went out and
broke the piece of equipment

that caused the
repair beacon to sound.

I tied up some
bait inside the shed

and then I waited in the
rover until the nykoraptor came.

When it went after the bait,
I closed the door behind it.

And then... Then I drove away.

Very elaborate.

I mean, you must
really love this woman.

With all my heart.

You can't imagine what it
was like, winning the lottery.

Maybe you've both had
love in your lives, maybe not.

But I haven't.

And then, all of a sudden
there was a flood of it.

And the best thing to
come along was Rebecca.

And it was perfect.

You know, coming back
to a world like this, I...

How could she not love
me for bringing her here?

How could I be so stupid?

Why didn't I see that
she was using me?

You know what the
stupidest thing of all was?

Thinking that it could actually
be different for me this time.

You were right.

It was murder.

Lieutenant Washington knows

I expect my people to adhere
to a strict code of honor.

For one of them to get involved
with a married Terra Novan,

well, that's not
just frowned upon,

I won't tolerate it.

But Foster didn't
deserve to die for it.

Shannon, have you been
out to Memorial Field?

Uh...

Not yet.

It's beyond the fields
before those low hills.

Simple headstones
buried in the earth.

We have sustained losses,
fallen soldiers, accidents,

citizens who've
succumbed to Syncillic fever.

But we've never had a
murder in Terra Nova.

Unless I commute Milner's
sentence to imprisonment,

the bylaw says banishment.

Out there? Out there.

I'm going to go
bury our soldier.

Then I'm gonna make a decision.

I don't recall ever having
to make a tougher one.

So Boylan said if I wanna get Kara
here I have to meet with someone.

It's outside the gates.

Well, why can't you
just meet at the bar?

It's Mira.

Leader of the Sixers, Mira?

Is there another one?

'Cause if there is,
it'd be pretty awesome

if I just misunderstood
this whole thing.

You can't go. There's no
telling what she might be up to.

I don't have a choice.

Yes, you do.

Look, I know you promised Kara,

but it's not worth
getting yourself killed.

You have no idea
what 2149 is like.

I had three friends junior
year who killed themselves.

And nobody believes
they have a future.

Nobody believes in anything
anymore. Nothing means anything.

I have to get her out of there.

Okay.

But you're not going alone.

It was quite moving today.

Sad. Mmm.

Procession.

Everyone in the streets.

Can you imagine
that back in Chicago?

No, honestly, it
felt like something

from another time we've
only ever read about.

So, what do you think
will happen tomorrow?

I don't know. But,
the good news is,

there's not gonna
be a drawn-out trial.

You don't think he
deserves one? He confessed.

There's something to
be said for swift justice.

But, Jim, come
on. This is wrong.

It's frontier justice.
You know that.

You say that like
it's a bad thing.

Like I should miss the
system we left behind.

You remember
the crap I dealt with.

Everything moved iceberg slow
and I'd work a good case for months

only to have someone buy
the verdict out from under me.

Yeah, no, I know that was bad.

But I fail to see how it's
worse than barbaric decisions

being made by one man alone.

"Barbaric"? Yeah.

Okay. Don't forget,
Milner's a confessed killer.

Well, what do you think
we should do with him?

Confine him.

Put him on trial. And if he's
guilty then put him in prison.

But try to show some mercy.

I was just in prison

and mercy is not the first
word that comes to mind

when I think back on my time.

Maybe we should
talk about this later.

If someone had
given me the choice

between an
eight-by-eight in Golad

and a chance in the wild
with a gun in my hand,

I know which one I
would have picked!

Okay, I didn't think
before I spoke, all right?

I didn't mean it that way.

I'm trying to take this back!
What do you want from me, Liz?

I mean, I got a confession. You're
acting like I beat it out of the guy.

Jim!

(SIGHS)

I'm sorry.

Like no one's ever had
reason to falsely confess.

Hey, I'm sorry about Foster.

Thanks. Let's hope
the guy who did this

gets banished like he deserves.

Sorry, I know that sounds harsh.

No, look, I know you
want justice for your friend.

But, whatever happens,

it's a really sad
day for the colony.

I mean, this place is supposed
to be a new beginning.

And I guess I
shouldn't be surprised

that some of the old
problems followed us here.

Howard Milner,

you confessed to the
murder of Ken Foster.

Do you have anything
else to say for yourself?

Ours is a colony of laws.

A violation such as murder is
a crime against every one of us.

Terra Nova cannot survive
unless we hold ourselves,

hold each other, to standards
higher than our standards of the past.

With a heavy heart,

I carry out this
judgment of banishment.

Taylor, you know this
is a death sentence.

Isn't there another way?

The only way is forward,
for the good of the colony.

What we're building here, there's
no place for a crime like this.

Just as we've come
back to remake this world,

we have to let this
world remake us.

If we can't dare to live lives that
are worthy of this remarkable place,

well, we should've just stayed in
the future to perish with the planet.

Milner, you have a
fighting chance out there.

That's more than
you gave Ken Foster.

Don't ever come
back to the colony.

You've made your own
fate. Now live or die with it.

Come on.

(DISTANT SCREECHING)

(RUSTLING)

Hey, hey, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.

What are you doing here?

Take it easy. Put
the weapon down.

So, how you doing
out here so far?

I would be scared
out of my mind.

I mean, between the
wildlife and the Sixers,

there's a lot of ways
to die in this jungle.

Well, I deserve what I get.

I got to admit,

I was surprised when Taylor
went through with the sentence.

Seemed like a
lot of people were.

What about you?
Were you surprised?

We have a law. He
followed it, so, no.

I'm not sure I
believe you, Howard.

I think you were surprised.

I think you were betting on
Taylor commuting a sentence.

I mean, it would
have been a lot easier

to be the hero in a colony
jail than it is out here.

The hero? What are
you talking about?

Well, I saw the way
you and Rebecca

were lookin' at each
other back there.

And it got me thinking. I
mean, what if she killed Foster?

I know you're crazy about her.

The question is,

are you crazy enough to
fall on your sword for her

when it means facing
this jungle alone?

What do you want?

Howard?

I'm sorry, I couldn't
go through with it.

Go through with what?

But I know Foster broke things
off with you a couple of weeks ago.

So, isn't that why you did it?

Did what?

Hey, no, what, you...
You think I killed him?

What? So you didn't?

Of course not.

Is that why you confessed?

Well, I didn't want you
sent out there to die alone.

So, Howard, when
you confessed to me,

how did you know what to say?

I'd heard the details of the
crime flying around the colony.

Whoever killed Foster clearly
had a reason to spread them.

But, Rebecca,

Foster did end
it with you, right?

To be honest, I was
happy that he did.

I'm better off without him.

Why is that?

He turned out to be a jerk.

He chose his friends and his
drinking and his gambling over me.

Gambling?

That was all he cared about.

He was always over at
Boylan's playing cards.

It's quite a scene over there.

But it's illegal, so, people
stay pretty quiet about it.

So what exactly were
you thinking, Shannon?

Look, you told me
to do my job and I did.

Milner recanted his confession.

Well, how do you know
he didn't just take it back

'cause he got scared
to death out there?

My gut's tellin' me.

Oh? Well, why didn't you say so?

Commander, let me explain.

No, you let me explain.

Banishing Milner, I put a huge
chunk of my reputation on the line.

You saw as well as I did,

not everybody was
overjoyed with my decision

to stick to the letter
of the law on this.

And now, you tell me
that I got the wrong guy?

But he's alive. And
I got a new lead.

So if we keep the
Milner return under wraps

just long enough
for me to follow...

You do exactly that.

Because your gut's
not good enough on this.

You follow that new lead.

Otherwise, I guarantee you,

I am bouncing Milner's ass
right back outside that gate!

Rotate 10 degrees. Stop.

There you go.

Almost there.

Amazing.

It's a shame Jim couldn't be
here to see you work your magic.

Well, surgery is not
really a spectator sport.

Well, with you holding
the knife, it should be.

Very sweet. I'm sure Jim has many
more important things to do today

than watch me attempt
to alter nature's course.

Okay. Foster's financials.

I've got them right here.

JIM: Whoa, whoa.

Looks like Rebecca was right
about what goes on at Boylan's.

ALICIA: Interesting. Look
who owed Foster a lot of money.

Okay, let's take it to Taylor.

He's gonna want a
real confession this time.

Yeah. And I know how to get it.

Mr. Sheriff, welcome back.

And Commander
Taylor. What a pleasure.

You never darken my door.

Josh? Hi, Dad.

What are you doin' here?

I work here.

BOYLAN: I'm very
impressed with your boy.

Josh has already proven himself

a very worthy
member of the team.

We'll talk about that. You bet
your ass. But, first things first.

Boylan, I've been lookin' forward
to sayin' this for a long time.

We're taking you in.

SOLDIER: Yes, sir.
What are you doing?

On your feet. Come on.

Are you nuts?

You have never made a bigger
mistake in your life, Taylor!

Get off!

Let's go.

Let go of me!

TAYLOR: The long and
the short of it is this, Boylan,

you're gonna come clean
about gambling at your place

or I might have
to shut you down.

Oh, Commander, your loyal
subjects would just love that.

I created the one
place in Terra Nova

that operates just
outside your grip.

Close my shop

and see how people respond
when you take that away.

You run card games and
we know you take a cut.

Are there card games that
take place under my roof?

Yeah. Do I take a small
percentage off the top?

Well, define "small."

Now, is that unreasonable?

No. No, it is not.

Foster played at
your shop, didn't he?

Yeah. So?

Well, you don't
think I killed him?

JIM: Did you?

No! Why would I?

Same reason you
do everything, money.

See, Boylan, colony financials
told us something good.

But, well, we dug deeper and
found something even better.

You keep offline
financial records.

Old school, on paper.

And they're gonna
tell us everything

we need to know about
you and Ken Foster.

Bar's closed.

You two, get out. Get some air.

Josh, come here.

I want you to check behind the
bar, in the back room, every inch.

That ledger's here
somewhere. Find it!

Yes, sir.

Today's your last day,
buddy. You're not working here.

Yes I am.

No. No. There's no discussion.

You're always on me
about taking responsibility.

And then all of the sudden,
you don't approve of the job I get?

No, it's not just
that this is a bar.

It's that you should've talked
to me and your mother first.

Why?

So you could just shoot it down?

Either I'm supposed to
be an adult here, or I'm not!

You better get
your story straight.

I tore the place apart.

If he's got that ledger,
it definitely isn't here.

Boylan ran! And he had help.

Let's go.

Move it out! Let's go!

Wash, you copy? ALICIA: Copy.

I want you and Reynolds
to check the security logs.

I wanna know who
helped that scum!

Command, out.

You got anything on the scanner?

Life up ahead. Hang on, sir.

The signal stopped moving, sir.

CURRAN: We're
closing in on the signal.

Right up ahead. TAYLOR: Wash.

What's the status
on that security cam?

Nothing yet. I'm still scanning.

Copy that. Taylor, out.

This is supposed to be the spot.

Signal's coming from right here.

Boylan!

Maybe the scanner's busted.

If I were a betting man,
I'd say he's not here.

You a betting man, Jim?

No, I am not.

But, Curran, you are.

What are you talkin' about?

The money you owed Foster.

Your account's been tapped.

Last four transactions, all
payments made to Foster.

How much more do
you owe him, son?

How much couldn't you pay him?

You're way off, sir.

Now, you look me in the eye and
you tell me you didn't kill Foster.

I didn't. I didn't kill him.

You're lyin'.

Prove it.

I don't have to. I
know you did it.

I can tell.

The Boylan arrest was staged?

Yeah.

So why'd you bring me out here?

Couldn't we have just
done this inside the gates?

No.

(CLICKING)

You didn't think I'd
give you a live one?

It's over.

(GRUNTING)

One of my soldiers
kills one of our own!

I should separate your
head from your shoulders.

You didn't kill Foster?

You didn't kill Foster? Huh?

No!

Why'd you steal this
from the bar? Huh?

Except to hide the fact
that you owed Foster money.

You're staying here.

You can't do this.

I can. And I am.

No! Are you out of your mind?

You can't prove I did anything.

We're going back.
And I get a court-martial.

You just had one.

Start walking.

With nothing?

No.

Sir, come on.

Well, you gave Milner a gun.

You can't send me
out there with nothing!

Okay.

I'm going.

I'm going.

You think he'll survive
out there on his own?

I did. It can be done.

Whatever happens, I'm not
gonna lose any sleep over it.

Hell of a thing.

Him taking a fall
like that for her.

And him taking her back.

If that ain't love...

Hey, Boylan, thanks
for playing along today.

You know, that's the first and
last time I do a favor for you for free.

And here I was starting to think

you might actually
be good for something.

That man does not like you.

You could die trying
to please everybody.

Sounds good.

Where's everybody?

Zoe wanted to go and watch the
egg hatch, so Mom took her over there.

Maddy called it an early night.

Okay. And what are you still
doin' here? Aren't you late for work?

Are you serious?

Look, I would've liked for you to
have talked to us before taking this job.

But, I guess you're
old enough now

to start making
your own decisions.

Stay out of trouble
over there. And, Josh,

in this family, no secrets.

JOSH: My dad changed his mind.

BOYLAN: As long as you
can pay me, the deal's back on.

What the hell is she doin' here?

She's not gonna tell anyone.
She just wants to help.

Oh, great.

Well, there's a stack of
dirty dishes back at the bar.

Look, how much
do you trust Mira?

I don't, but I've been
told I have issues.

Okay, well you send him
OTG in the middle of the night

and he doesn't come back,
that's bad for everyone.

You know he stands a
better chance with me.

Okay. You're meeting just
outside the perimeter mines.

So, you should be safe from
predators. But just in case, take this.

Follow this map exactly.

And you'll get to
the rendezvous point.

Then what?

Then you pray Mira likes
surprises better than I do.

(ANIMALS CHITTERING
AND SCREECHING)

Should be just up ahead.

Hey, whoa. I'm not
goin' in there blind.

JOSH: Where are they?

Behind those rocks.

Okay.

I didn't ask for her.

You're right. You should
probably just turn her loose.

I'm not going anywhere.
MIRA: Enough!

You're the cop's kid.

Or Josh.

But the cop's kid works.

For Boylan to work his
magic, get your girl here,

he's gotta be able
to talk to 2149.

Which means he's
got to go through me.

You want money, too, is that it?

Not money.

But someday I'm gonna ask
you to do something for me.

And when that day comes,
you'll comply without question.

Without hesitation.
Do we have a deal?

Yes. Yes.

Take them back to where you
found them and point them home.

(WHISPERING) Hey. Shh.

Anything yet?

Still waiting.

Where's Malcolmus?

He went home.

(CRACKING)

You did it, Mommy.

Can we keep him?

Can we? Just for a little while?

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