Terra Nova (2011): Season 1, Episode 7 - Nightfall - full transcript

Zoe, eat up.

You're gonna be late for work.

I can't find my shoes.

Well, where did
you last see them?

On my feet, Maddy.

(SIGHS IN EXASPERATION)

Hey, Dad. Yep.

Have you seen my
shoes? Are you kidding me?

Zoe, where's your jacket?

Come on, we got to
be there in five minutes.

Where are we going, Daddy?



Well, I told you,
it's a surprise.

Mommy?

Don't look at me, he
hasn't told me anything.

Well, that's 'cause no one in
this family can keep a secret.

Go on, get your jacket.

ELISABETH: Okay,
I'm off to surgery

and then I'll be home
for dinner. See you.

Okay, bye.

Bye.

Found your shoes.

Why are you being so helpful?

Why do you look kind of nice?

Why do you smell good?

Go.



What are your plans for today?

Just homework.

It's Saturday.

Yeah, I've got, like,
tons of catching up to do.

ZOE: Daddy, let's go. Bye.

Bye. See you.

Hey. How'd it go?

Didn't suspect a thing.

Shall we? Yeah.

Yeah, I'm afraid Mira's
mystery object remains just that.

The only thing I can
tell you for certain

is that it was
designed to be opened.

Yes, there doesn't
appear to be any seams

or buttons or levers
of any kind, but...

Take a look at this.

TAYLOR: What am I
looking at? Enlighten me.

It's some sort of
DNA response system.

Basically, this
object was designed

so that it can only be
opened by one person.

Mira?

Most likely.

Lock it away, will you?

Hey.

Whoa! What's with him?

He drank some unfermented
Taroca root, and it's not sitting too well.

I thought you said you were
gonna take it easy last night.

Yeah, he did. This
is from last week.

And you're still hung-over?

(GROANS) Please stop shouting.

Well, feel better soon, man,

and if you're up to it, swing
by Boylan's tonight for a drink.

Okay?

Please tell me why we
became friends with the Devil.

(LAUGHS) Come on.

Unfermented Taroca root?

Do you realize that could lead to
septicemia and possibly renal failure?

Hunter, do you understand the
seriousness of what I'm saying

and the stupidity of
what you've done?

Yes, ma'am.

All right.

All right, come on,
let's scan you, lie down.

Lie flat, try and keep still.

Hmm.

Well, that would
explain your symptoms.

Oh. What is that?

HUNTER: What... What is what?

Yikes, is that a Taroca?

What's a Taroca?

Thirty-footer. A 30 what-er?

Prep the bed for sonic surgery.

Somebody please tell
me what's going on here.

Yeah, you have a
parasite growing inside you.

Say hello to your new friend.

So where we're about
to go is very special.

There isn't anything
like it in this world

or the one we left behind.

You ready? Yeah.

Okay, me, too.
Come on, let's go.

(BEEPS)

Go ahead.

Where are we?

Anywhere you want to be.

Some people call
this place The Eye

'cause you can see
all of history from here.

It's all stored in this
liquid memory core.

It's kind of like a
great big library

that has everything
we know in one spot.

Sit down, let me show you.

Come here.

Begin.

So, pick a place.

How about where I was born?

Where you were born? You sure?

Yeah.

Okay.

2143, Illinois, aerial view.

Move in.

Cook County, North
Sector. Punch in.

Stop.

You see that? That house
is where you were born.

ZOE: Why there?

Well, that's where we had to go

because we weren't
allowed to have you,

but we wanted you so much

that we didn't care
what the rules were,

so we went to a doctor
friend of Mommy's

who lived way far
away from the city.

Oh. And you see that room there?

There was a rocking
chair right by the window,

and sometimes you'd wake
up in the middle of the night,

and I would hold you close

and I would rock you,

and you would look out at
the rain and fall back asleep.

Okay, where to next?

A roller coaster.

A roller coaster? Who
told you about those?

I read about them once. Uh-huh.

And they look fun.

Okay.

Roller coasters.

That one.

Commence program.

Oh!

Here we go!

Can I look now?

Okay, go ahead.

MADDY: (LAUGHING) Dayflowers.

Had a feeling you'd
know what they were.

Flora diem.

You know, they live out their
entire life cycle in 24 hours.

Thank you.

They're beautiful.

You want to eat?

Yeah.

(MADDY LAUGHING)

MARK: What is so
funny about that?

You wanted to be an
accountant on the Moon?

Well, it made sense
when I was six.

You should have seen me. I had
my grandfather's re-breather on.

Like one of those giganto ones?

Huge, and I had a calculator,

and I would hide under
the dining room table,

pretending that I
was on the Moon.

Adding things?

Well, when you
say it like that...

No, no, no, I didn't mean to...

It was a dumb story.

No, I liked it.
No, I'm an idiot.

It's okay.

Don't worry. What?
No, you're perfect.

What did you say?

I said you're perfect.

But what do I know? I'm
just a lunar accountant.

(RUMBLING)

What's that? What's what?

Over there.

(ALL MURMURING)

TAYLOR: Meteor.

It's burning up, but
it's coming in fast.

(CRACKLING)

(EXCLAIMING)

(MACHINES POWERING DOWN)

OGAWA: We're losing power.

(MACHINES POWERING DOWN)

The chem lights are coming up.

What's going on? I'm not sure.

Damn thing kicked
out some kind of EMP.

Sonic wave. Sonic wave!

ALICIA: Everybody down!

TAYLOR: Get down!

Everybody down! Heads down!

Take cover! Down!
Wash, get in there.

Get down!

If a meteor hits the planet,
well, that's not so terrible,

unless you happen
to be standing under it.

The impact is absorbed,
end up with a big hole,

but meteor explodes in the
atmosphere, that's unfortunate.

Been on the receiving end of
an EMP before. Right, Wash?

Somalia, '37.

Russo-Chinese set one off, took
out everything within 50 klicks.

Power systems,
communications, surveillance.

Transport, pulse rifles,
they're all useless.

What about the perimeter mines?

Negative, they're down, too.

So what now?

We pull replacement circuits out of
storage and start swapping them in?

TAYLOR: I wish it
was that easy, Reilly.

See, the thing is,
it doesn't matter

whether a circuit is powered
up or not when an EMP hits.

Either way, circuit gets fried.

Backups are out, too.

The only thing we do
have is chemical lighting.

Chem lamps and candles,
people. Back to basics, huh?

Sharpen your knives.
Eyes sharp, too.

I want extra spotters
on every tower.

With the perimeter down, there's
nothing to keep the local wildlife away.

See to it.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

(PEOPLE GROANING)

That's another broken limb.

We're full up in here,
but nothing critical.

Well, how long before
the power comes back?

They don't know.

The chem lights are
working, but nothing else.

See if you can find some ice.

HUNTER: Doctor?

Doctor! (GROANS)

Okay, we have no
choice but to go in

and extract your parasite
the old-fashioned way.

You mean cut him open? Yeah.

Can I vote that we
don't do it that way?

Don't worry. We're gonna
use a local anesthetic.

Can you go and find
me a bag of B-positive?

And I need to find a scalpel.

Hey. You okay? You
look worse than I do.

Yeah, I just don't
like this kind of thing.

People I know getting sick.

Don't worry about
me. I'll be fine.

You go to Boylan's or
something, get a drink with Josh.

No. God. I'm
staying here with you.

That's cool, too.

What's going on, Daddy?

Not sure.

We'll let someone know, then
we'll go have some lunch, okay?

(CLICKS)

(EXHALES IN EXASPERATION)

Looks like we lost
power to the locks.

Maintenance Alpha,
this is Jim Shannon.

We need a repair
team at The Eye.

Maintenance, please respond.

What's wrong?

I don't know.

My comm has its own power
supply. It should be working.

Something fused the circuits.

I'm guessing it's the same
thing that knocked out this room.

So we're stuck in here?

MARK: I don't get it.

The cell's charged,
but for some reason,

it's not getting
power to the engine.

Ferrous metals.

Huh?

Well, if there was a high enough
concentration of them in that meteor,

then the explosion could
have given off an EMP pulse.

Okay, first off, how do you
even know something like that?

And secondly, if you're
right, that means...

We got no radio.

So what are we gonna do?

Just wait for someone
to come get us?

MARK: No one
knows we're out here.

Man, I should have told one of
my guys where we were going.

Well, my dad will
be looking for me.

Yeah. He's probably
gonna kill me

and ground you
until the ice age.

All right, we're six klicks out.

We can make it before dark.

Let's go.

Well, what about the weapon?

Does that not work, either?

Electronic firing pin.

Oh!

Look, we'll be okay.

All right, we just got
to hustle, all right?

Okay, let's go this way.

MALCOLM: Okay, the good news is

that we do have a
contingency for such matters.

This... This is
our chip fabricator.

It's capable of producing any
replacement chips we need.

And the bad news?

This is the chip that
runs the chip fabricator.

It's fused like all the others.

I can't repair it, but if you
can find someone who can,

then I can crank out
replacement chips by the dozen.

Commander, we both know
someone who can do this.

(GRUNTS) Not going
down that road, Wash.

He was a munitions
officer, a damn good one.

Plus he's got all the gear.

Can I fix it?

Sure. It's not that much
different than fixing an old watch.

Lost art, sadly.

You know, it's times
like this reminds you

that the simple things
in life are often better.

I mean, why, right now,

I'm the only person in this
colony who knows what time it is.

What time can I have it?
I need it as of right now.

I said I could fix it.
I didn't say I would.

What's in it for me?

We're talking about the welfare
of the colony here, you son of a...

Well, that's no way
to haggle, Taylor.

You can't just throw
it all out there like that.

Now I know I can ask
for pretty much anything.

So, what do you want, Boylan?

Statue, maybe, in the
center of the market?

Now, there's an idea.

Me on a Pegasus.

Bottle of whiskey in one hand,

bolt of lightning in the
other, Viking hat on the...

Ow!

On the other hand,
I could just let you

have a peaceful night's
sleep with four unbroken limbs.

(GROANS) Yup, that'll work.

I need that ASAP.

Daddy?

Yeah?

You know the electro
thing you told me about?

Mmm-hmm.

Can it hurt people?

No, not people, honey.

Just computers and vehicles
and communicators and stuff.

Would it hurt you
if you were a robot?

If you were a robot? Probably.

What if you were in a
truck? Would it crash?

Yes, but we're not in a
truck, and we're not robots,

so we're safe here.

What about Mommy
and Maddy and Josh?

I'm sure they're fine, and as
soon as we get out of this room,

we'll find them and make sure.

Hey, help me out
with this, will you, Z?

Just grab it. Lift.

Good girl.

What are we doing?

I think this is an access hatch.

And if we can
crawl through here,

we should be able to open
the door on the other side.

Found it.

Okay, clamp.

HUNTER: Wait, wait,
wait. I think I felt that.

Just relax. It's
all in your head.

I'm telling you. I
just felt something.

I gave you a local anesthetic,
Hunter, so that's impossible.

Doc, can't you just put
me under or something?

Well, yeah, normally I would,
but since your bed is offline,

I won't able to
monitor your vitals.

So I've got its tail.

Yeah.

Is it bad?

No. It's just...
It's a little guy.

Oh, God, can somebody
just get this thing out of me?

Hunter, you need
to sit still, okay?

I've got this thing by the tail.

That means that its head, mouth
and teeth are still inside you.

Now, if I go too fast,
it's gonna start biting.

So you just lie still
and calm, okay?

Just breathe.

Hey. You're gonna be fine.

Twenty-five more feet to go.

MAN: We got word from our spotter.
That meteor kicked out an EMP.

The whole colony went dark.
Even their perimeter is down.

Gather up. We're going in.

Taylor's going to have
every man he's got on alert.

We're still outnumbered.

I have an idea that might
help us even the odds.

Boylan's going to need
at least a few more hours.

Let's make sure
that the first circuit

that the fabricator spits out
goes right to the infirmary.

We got sick people there. Let's
get that place up and running.

Will do.

With our perimeter down,

no weapons, only
thing we got is the fence.

(ANIMALS CALLING)

There are things out there
that can snap it like a twig.

We need another line of defense.

We're still about
four klicks out.

Yeah, I don't think we're
going to make it before nightfall.

I think you're probably right.

What are you doing?

Is that a new outfit?

Yup. Twenty terras.

My mom got it for me.
Why? (GASPS) Mark!

Sorry. It's necessary.

For what?

Camouflage.

(GROANS)

It smells like...

I know what it smells like.

Cycadeoidea. Known in
the field as stink leaves.

I think I might puke on you.

Come on. You're
tougher than that.

And thanks to me, you're
also almost invisible to carnos,

slashers and nykos.

They hate the smell
just as much as you do.

(SIGHS)

Your turn.

Gladly.

You should consider
yourself lucky.

Stink leaves are an alternative.

To what? Slasher dung.

You missed a spot.

ALICIA: Dr. Shannon!

They were in a rover when the
shock wave hit, flipped over a ridge.

Go on.

Skye, come here.
I need your help.

You see what I'm doing here?

Just turning this rod to
pull the parasite out, okay?

Now, if it tugs back, you
just pause for a minute,

wait till it gives way, and then
you continue with the process.

Put some gloves on.
All right, slow and steady.

We came here on
the same pilgrimage,

and ever since my parents died,

he's the closest thing
I have to a family.

He's like my brother.

I can't... Everything's
gonna be fine

if you just keep
doing this very slowly.

I have to go and
help those people,

so take a hold
of this, all right?

Slow and steady, okay?
I'll be back as soon as I can.

Okay.

Slow and steady.

See? Nothing to it.

You do the hard part,
I'll do the laying down part

if that's okay.

You and me together, right?

That's right.

You and me together.

(PANTING)

(LEAVES RUSTLING)

What was that?

What?

Did you... Did you see that?

(CREATURE CALLING) (MADDY GASPS)

(MARK SHUSHING)

Oh, my God!

Tree, tree, tree. Climb, climb.

I thought you said the
stink leaves would work!

They're not 100%, okay? Up!

Use your feet!

I'm trying!

All right, look, I don't
mean to be rude, but...

(CREATURE SHRIEKS)

MADDY: Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

(MARK SHUSHING)

MARK: (SOFTLY)
They're moving on.

That sounded like...

Nykoraptors.

I think we should stay up
here until the sun comes up.

Yeah.

(NYKORAPTOR SHRIEKING)

Why is this thing still on?

'Cause it's shielded, and it
has its own power supply.

Hey, Zoe? Come here, sweetie.

Hey, do you remember that
handle on the other side of the wall?

The one beside the door?

Yeah. Yeah.

Now, that's a manual override.

You pull that handle
down, and it opens the door.

This shaft leads to the
other side of the wall.

But it's too small for me.

Someone your size, well,
I mean, you'd fit just right.

Think you could do that?

Crawl through here and
pull down on that handle?

No. No?

There's nothing to be scared
of, sweetie. I'll be right here.

What about spiders?

Spiders. Well...

I hate spiders.

So do I. At least I used to, but
I'm not scared of them anymore.

'Cause I learned the...

The Go Away Spider Song.

♪ Go away, spider

♪ Go, go, go ♪

No, I'm serious,
it really works.

I used it all the time
when I was your age.

I don't know the words.

But I'll sing it for you.

You're the only one
who can do this, Zoe.

We need to find Mommy
and the others. Okay?

(CREATURE GROWLING)
(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

Go!

MIRA: More fire
to the left flank!

Keep moving north!

All the way to the gates!

All the way to Terra Nova!

Ram it down Taylor's throat.

So, you're gonna follow that
tunnel till you get to the other side.

Then you're gonna pull down on
that handle as hard as you can, okay?

Okay.

That's my girl.

You okay?

Yes, Daddy.

What's wrong?

The song, Daddy.

Oh.

Yeah, right.

♪ Go away, spider

♪ Go, go, go

♪ We don't like you, no, no, no

♪ 'Cause you're
creepy and crawly

♪ And your webs
are all sticky and... ♪

I don't want to be
like a brother to you.

What?

It kills me that you're in
love with Josh, you know?

What are you talking about?

Everybody knows.

Except maybe Josh.

Okay, just lie still.

You know what?

I always thought that one day

me and you might... (GROANS)

What?

I'm good, I'm
good. Are you sure?

No, it's doing something.

Okay.

What just happened? Dr. Shannon!

Okay. Don't panic.

(HUNTER GAGGING)

Nurse Ogawa!

Okay, I'm probably not gonna be
able to get a hold of this thing again.

Skye?

Skye, listen to me. Yeah. Yeah.

Okay, this is not your fault,

but I need you to do
something for me now, okay?

Go to Boylan's, they're
making a microcircuit there.

Go and bring me back a chip
for a class three biobed. Now, go.

What about Hunter?

I'll do everything I
can for him. Go. Go!

JIM: ♪ You're creepy
and you're crawly

♪ And your webs
are sticky and... ♪

The song, Daddy.

Okay, okay.

♪ I don't

♪ Freak me out
'cause you're all icky

♪ Icky spider ♪

MARK: I'm sorry about all this.

It wasn't how our first date
alone was supposed to go.

I should've waited
a couple of weeks

and asked your parents if I could
take you to the Harvest Festival.

Don't blame yourself.

I mean, it was kind of
my idea to sneak out, so...

It sort of was, wasn't it? You're
kind of a bad influence on me.

(DISTANT NYKORAPTORS CALLING)

MARK: Sounds
like they found food.

Mark? Yeah?

Do you think we'll die out here?

I'm not gonna let anything
happen to you, Maddy.

Okay? Not tonight, not ever.

Okay, good.

Because I was this close
to asking you to kiss me

so that I'd know what
it was like before I died.

Well, maybe I should.

You know, just in case.

Now I can die. (LAUGHS)

♪ Go away, spider ♪

Zoe? How you
doing there, pumpkin?

You see it?

Zoe?

Zoe?

Zoe!

Zoe, are you there?
Can you hear me?

Did you see any
spiders down there?

Nope. The song worked.

Hey, Reilly, we've been stuck in
The Eye all day. What's going on?

Meteor caused an EMP.
Whole colony's gone dark.

Don't worry, your family's safe.

I need your help.

Hey, you remember
Corporal Reilly, don't you?

Yeah, she's nice. I
want you to go with her

while I check in with
Commander Taylor, okay?

Okay.

I'll take her to school.

A bunch of the other kids are
staying there until power comes back.

Great.

(DINOSAUR ROARING)

Hey, hey. Everything's
gonna be okay, I promise.

Now, go be with
your friends. Go.

Stand ready, everyone!

Shannon, where
the hell you been?

Stuck in The Eye.

Maybe you should've stayed
there. It's about to get ugly.

(DINOSAUR ROARING)

(BRANCHES BREAKING)

You got a plan?

I'm gonna need both of them.

You know how to use this, right?

Yeah, but won't this just
piss him off even more?

Wash.

Seventy yards. No further.

Good shot.

What the hell is that?

There's something on his back.

Someone's been
hurting this thing.

It's a diversion. It's a
diversion. We're being duped.

They're probably already inside.

Sixers.

Mira, she's after the box.

Wash, stay on the
fence. Shannon, with me.

BOYLAN: Come on.

Yes!

There we have it, a
working chip for a biobed.

Not too bad if I
do say so myself.

Please tell me you're done.
Hunter's not going to make it.

Here you go, mate. Go. Go.

Skye. Go. I'll catch up.

He's a big bastard, isn't he?

Shannon, he's got the
box. What about him?

I'll take care of him.

Let's dance.

(GRUNTS IN FRUSTRATION)

(THUD)

Easy there, fella.

Now this thing?

It may be an older
model, but trust me,

it still works.

I had him right where I
wanted him. But thanks.

Well, lucky.

Only had one bullet.

Mira!

(GASPING SOFTLY)

(EXHALES)

Parasite's dead.

He'll be okay.

Hey, you did
brilliantly. Really well.

Why was Mira so obsessed
with getting her hands on this box?

What's in it? God only knows.

I never got the chance
to finish studying it.

This was a surgical strike.

Mira knew exactly where to look.

You think someone inside
Terra Nova tipped her off.

I don't think, I know.

Shannon, we've got
to hunt down this spy.

This is unacceptable.

Sunlight.

Dozed off.

It's morning.

Well, good morning then.

Good morning.

Morning? Oh, my God. My
dad's going to be looking for me.

We gotta go. Oh, right,
right. Okay, let's go.

Mark?

Thank you for the perfect day.

Hey, Josh? Yeah?

Why don't we ask Skye
over for dinner one night?

Yeah, okay. Sure.

Yeah?

Okay, good. Put a
date on the calendar.

Wait, what?

What? What are you doing?

I'm not doing anything.
I just... I like her.

Hey. Hi.

Mom...

What?

Hey.

Great. We can
finally have a coffee.

How was your night?

You know, same old, same old.

(LAUGHS)

Oh, my gosh.

Did you see that
thing at the gate?

The dinosaur?

Was it big? It was the biggest

and we had to shoot these...

Wait, where's Maddy?

I don't know. Maddy?

Maddy?

Maddy?

Oh, hey, guys. Didn't
hear you come in.

Hey. How did your homework go?

Yeah, it was good.

I had to use candlelight,
but I got tons done.

What's that smell?

Oh. What is that?

JIM: Wow.

Do you guys smell that? Yeah.

Yeah, it's probably the garbage
incinerator because the power's out

so it gets a bit
stinky, you know.

Right. Ew!

I'm going to...

CARTER: You sure
this is the place?

With him, I'm not
sure about anything.

I don't think he's
going to show.

(LEAVES RUSTLING)

You made it.

I was starting to worry.

Give it to me.

Not even a thank you?

I've been alone out here for so
long, I've forgotten my manners.

Thank you, thank you

for finally getting
your act together

and doing what you
were sent here to do.

Give it to me.

I was told to bring this
through the portal with me

and make sure it got to you.

Took a little longer than
expected, thanks to Taylor,

but now that you've
got it, I want to know,

what the hell is it for?

My work. It's for my work.

Beautiful, aren't they?

So much to do.

Lucas, be careful out there.

Taylor knows you're
getting close to an answer.

If he wants to stop me,
he's going to have to kill me.

Good old Dad will have to choose
between his own flesh and blood

and his precious Terra Nova.

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