Terra Nova (2011): Season 1, Episode 8 - Proof - full transcript

(ROARING)

(SCREECHING)

All right. Let's
catch some dinner.

JIM: I was kind of surprised
that you suggested this trip.

Well,

every man needs a hobby.

When did you pick it up?

Well, when I got to Terra Nova,

fish were the only thing I could
hunt that didn't hunt me back.

This place must be
full of fun memories.

Actually, sometimes I
kind of miss those days.



One time, I brought
my son out here.

Well, I strong-armed him into
coming. That didn't work out too good.

It's the first time I ever
heard you talk about Lucas.

So, how long has it been
since he went missing?

It's not my favorite topic.

Come on.

Oh! (ROPE WHISTLES)

Oh, yeah. I got
something. Net it!

Like this? There you go.

What now?

Reel the bastard in.

Come on! Come on, baby!

Come on, Shannon.
Pull him in now.

He's big!



Higher, Shannon!

Come on!

(EXHALES) Fun hobby. Yeah.

Hey, guys. Hello.

Don't mind me. I'm
only home for a minute.

I have seven re-entry
work-ups to do this afternoon.

You know, the team,
they've been away

in the wild for about
six months now.

That's a long time.

The leader is some guy
named... What is it again now?

Ken Horton?

Ken Horton? He's back?

Who's Ken Horton?
He's a geologist.

He's like Marco Polo, Darwin,
and Shackleton, all rolled in one.

Here it is.

Atlas of a Long Forgotten
World by Ken Horton.

Do you think he'll
sign it for me?

Well, let's go
find out. Come on.

See you.

Horton, welcome back.

Marcus, so good to see you.

It's Malcolm. Malcolm.

Of course. So sorry.

This is Dr. Shannon.

She'll do your physicals
and blood work-ups.

ELISABETH: Yeah.
Just to be safe.

You never know what
you might've been

exposed to out there
after all that time.

Well, I place myself entirely
in your capable hands.

Okay.

Maddy.

Give 'em a hand
unpacking the rover,

would you. There's a good chap.

They say a man's
nature is revealed

by how he discharges his debts.

Sounds like a
fortune cookie, Boylan.

And you've made a
deal with the Sixers.

Mira's calling in her favor.

What's she want?

Some kind of illness swept
through the Sixer camp.

They need medicine.

Don't they have you for that?

Not this time. What they
need is tightly controlled.

Azameth, schedule II isomorph.

It's kept in a locked
cabinet in the infirmary.

You need an access
card to get to it.

I don't have an access card.

Mira's asking me
to rob my mother?

Mira is the only one
who can talk to the future.

Do you wanna get that girlfriend
of yours to Terra Nova or not?

Well, you don't seem any worse
for the wear of six months OTG.

So I can go?

It says here you had a
stroke four years ago.

Not long after I came
through the portal, yes.

Okay, well, I'd like
to do a cerebro-scan

just to get a better sense of
how well you're recovering.

It's been a long
day. Can't it wait?

I'll tell you what, I'll
make a deal with you.

I'll schedule it for next week if
you say hello to my daughter.

This is Maddy. Hi.

She's a huge fan.

You don't say.

Well, I've got to
pop off to the lab.

Perhaps you'd
like to come along?

Yeah.

I can't tell you what Atlas
of a Long Forgotten World

means to me.

When I first found
out that my mom

was recruited to Terra
Nova, I was terrified.

You know, it seemed
so far away, so alien.

Then, I read your
book and, well,

after that I couldn't
wait to come.

Oh, well, you're very sweet.

Well, well, well,
look at all this mess.

It'll take the balance of
my life to sort through it.

Well, if there's anything I
can do, I'd be happy to help.

In fact, I just finished
a medical internship.

So, I was kind of looking
for something new.

But only if that works for you.

Well, I'd be delighted.

Really? Really.

You can't do it,
Josh. You know that.

If I don't the deal's off.

Do you have any idea what Taylor

would do to you
if you got caught?

You'd be lucky to get away
with just being banished.

Guess I'd better
not get caught then.

They're Sixers.

It's not like I'm
giving them guns.

They're sick. They
need the medicine.

Oh, don't make this out to be
some kind of humanitarian gesture.

I promised Kara
I'd get her here.

Things in 2149 are
getting worse every day.

Mom will just have to do
without some chems, she'll cope.

I'm glad to see you've got
your justifications all worked out.

That's not fair.

You know what, I'm done.

How do you even know

that Mira and Boylan can do
any of the things they promised?

You could be walking into
a world of hurt for nothing.

Most of these specimens
come from the same valley.

We found over 30
entirely new species.

Things we never
even knew existed.

They're beautiful.

Mmm. But, first things first.

Tomorrow, we have to
catalog all the rock samples

according to where
they were found.

So bring a light snack
and your love of dull tasks.

And remember, don't
take schist for granite.

That's very clever.

You wrote that, in your first
chapter of Geomorphisis.

Right. Of course.

The old memory's not
as sharp as it used to be.

Oh, I almost forgot, would you
mind signing my copy of Atlas?

I'd be happy to.

And, also, I've
been dying to know,

did you ever get a chance to
radioisotope the coastal outcroppings?

No. Continental drift
never interested me much.

Really? 'Cause in your letter,

you said that you couldn't wait

to go to Terra Nova
to investigate it.

I wrote you?

Yeah. Years ago.

I wrote you a fan
letter first, obviously.

Is it on here?

Your reply? No.

I used this stationary
that I got for Christmas.

And, in your response, you said
it was "quaint" to get a real letter,

you had to answer in kind.

It's okay if you
don't remember me.

I mean, I'm sure you get tons
of dorky kids writing you, so...

Do you still have it?

Yeah. It's one of my
most prized possessions.

I wouldn't have dreamt
of leaving it behind.

Can I borrow it? I'd love to
make a copy for my archives.

Really? I'm sure you've written

to tons more interesting people.

But none as charming.

Sure. I'll bring it in.

Perfect. See you tomorrow then.

See you.

You owe me five hundred terras,

and this is what you
bring me as payment?

It's not only broken,
it's worthless.

I can come up with the
money. I just need more time.

Three days. And that's it.

Thank you.

Boylan?

The Eleventh
Pilgrimage is next month,

and I want proof that
Kara's really coming.

How am I supposed to get proof?

We're cut off from
2149, remember?

Look, Mira's the only one
with a line to the future.

She's given me
every assurance that...

If she wants those meds, I
want more than assurances.

ELISABETH: I will read
you a bedtime story.

ZOE: But you don't
do the voices right.

I want Daddy to read
my bedtime story.

Well, bad luck, kid. You're stuck
with me. Daddy's gone fishing.

Now go on, wash up. Go on.

Hey. I hear you
have a new internship.

Yeah.

Well, I thought you'd be
thrilled. What's wrong?

No, it's stupid.

Well, if you can't
tell your own mom

something stupid,
who can you tell?

It's just, Horton forgot
this joke from his first book.

And then, he
totally contradicted

something he told
me in his letter.

Like right here, he says...

Wait, the signatures
don't match.

Zoe, why is the
water still running?

You better not be making
swamps for dinosaurs in there.

Mom, the signatures don't match.

Oh, well, honey,
he had a stroke.

I mean, he's not the man he was.

I know, but...

Heroes rarely live up to
our expectations of them.

Maybe... I don't know, maybe
you just need to think about

all the things that made you look
up to him in the first place, okay?

I need to go and sort Zoe. Zoe!

This one's all you, kid.

We agreed you'd do as I
said. No questions asked.

And now you demand proof?

You're asking a
lot. It's my mom.

You're asking me to
steal from my mother.

Kara?

Oh, my God,
Josh. It's really you.

I missed you.

Well, does this mean it's true,

what they're telling me about
being on the next Pilgrimage?

I promised you I'd get you here.

You kept your promise.

What happened? Get her back!

You'll have plenty of time to
talk once Boylan gets her here.

Proof enough?

You'll get your meds.

Well, how big would you
say the fish I caught was?

Well, I'd say that fish was
as big as you want it to be.

Well, I think we
should say eight feet.

What?

Fire's gone cold. A
couple days old at least.

Sixers?

They would never
be this careless.

Terra Nova. Standard issue.

Curran. Curran?

Gotta be. Who else would
be living out here on their own?

Well, if he left it behind,
he must've been in a hurry.

I'll tell you what,
why don't you head in.

Tell Washington I'll be
out for another day or so.

Wait. Don't tell
me you're having

a change of heart
about banishing Curran?

He murdered a fellow
soldier. What do you think?

So, you're, what,
gonna kill him?

Outpost 5 is just a couple
of clicks north of here.

I'll pick up a rover there.

I'll see you back at the colony.

HORTON: It's a damn shame what
the mold did to these beautiful trees.

As you can see, every apple
in Terra Nova is inedible.

Yeah, that's too bad.

My little sister, Zoe, has
always dreamt of trying apple pie.

By the way, did you have a
chance to look for that letter?

Yeah. I brought it with me.

It's right here.

Ah!

Thank you.

Remember that expedition you
were on when you wrote me with...

Gosh, what was his name?

I'm afraid I don't recall.

Well, it was a pretty
big deal. You know,

someone you'd
worked with before.

Come on. You must remember.

I don't.

Details become so jumbled. When
you're my age, you'll understand.

Right. Sorry.

What's this?

A few hundred miles north,
I found a species of beetle.

They feed on the
apple black mold.

Go ahead, open it. Go on.

In a few weeks,
Zoe can have her pie.

(ANIMAL CALLING FAINTLY)

At first I just thought he was
embarrassed because he didn't remember.

And then he got, I
don't know, mad almost.

Maybe Mom's right. Maybe
I just expected too much.

Maybe he wants your blood.

What?

Well, my friend,
Nina, said a vampire

came through on
the last Pilgrimage.

Your friend Nina is
just trying to scare you.

Well, maybe one will
come on the Eleventh.

We can hope.

Oh, hey. I got xiph-kabobs
for dinner tonight.

I'm late for work. I'm
gonna eat at the bar.

Okay. Well, don't work too late.

Something wrong?

No. Everything's fine.

Okay. See you.

Copied the access code.

But you stripped
the identification info,

right? Like, it won't
trace back to her?

No one is gonna know
it's your mom's badge.

What's that for?

In case someone walks in on you.

One shot with this
on the lowest setting,

they won't even
remember their own name.

Damn it, Boylan!

(GROANING)

(GAS HISSING)

Hey, Curran, wake up.

Now that is one
nasty-looking leg wound.

It stinks, too.

It couldn't happen
to a nicer guy.

And you just left him out there?

Well, I wasn't about to wrestle
him into the rover, Wash.

What do you think he's gonna
do to Curran if he finds him?

I don't know.

I wouldn't wanna be
in his shoes right now.

Anyway, it's a good
thing you're back.

We had a break-in in
the infirmary last night.

Broke in through the window.
Knew exactly which room to target.

And exactly what
they were after.

They've taken every
vial of Azameth.

That makes sense. It's
got a high street value.

Well, yeah, in Chicago. But
here we barely have streets.

I mean, you think there's
Azameth junkies in Terra Nova?

I'll tell you one thing.

They gotta be high, drunk or
desperate to use a sonic pistol indoors

in such close quarters. Whoever
did this is hurting this morning.

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

Hey, where's Horton?

He's running some
tests. Can I help you?

His preliminary report
should've been filed yesterday.

How am I supposed to
allocate lab resources when he...

I wanna talk to you
about your report.

What was that?

The summary of your findings.

Sorry, I can't hear
you. The summary of...

(LAUGHS HUMORLESSLY)

Really? Have your
report on my desk

by Monday or I'll
cut your funding.

How's that for funny?

Oh, I gotta go. I have
to drop Zoe off at school.

9:00 tomorrow? Yeah.

By the way, can I get my letter?

Certainly. Of course.

Let's see. I scanned it.
And then I put it somewhere.

Look, I'm sure it'll turn up.

Yeah. That's okay. I'll
just get it another time.

Why would he pretend
to lose my letter?

The only thing I
could think of is that

he knew that the
signatures didn't match,

but, so what, he supposedly
had a stroke, right?

Maybe you should trick
him into eating garlic.

What? It burns them.

Zoe, he's still not a vampire.

I think he is.

I have to get that letter back.

So, what now? You gonna kill me?

You seem to be doing a
pretty good job of that yourself.

Drink this. It'll
help the infection.

You've been hit by
an Ancestral Komodo.

I was trying to set a snare. It
was on me before I even saw it.

It took one bite and left.

It didn't leave.

It's tracking you.
Komodos are cowards.

They hang back
till they're confident

that their prey
is incapacitated.

They've got bacteria, lives in
special ducts under their tongues.

One bite and you're infected.

When you're too
weak to fight back,

Komodo moves
in, finishes the job.

Why are you helping?

You're the one who
exiled me for murder.

Lay back. Gather your strength.

And let me worry
about the Komodo.

No. I don't understand
how anyone

could justify stealing
from a hospital.

You know, when you're
looking to get high,

you don't care
about anything else.

I mean, look at
that kid, your buddy,

who got a parasite from
drinking Taroca root.

Hunter had nothing
to do with this, Dad.

I didn't say that he did.

Well, I just hope we can recover
some of the missing chems.

I have a patient with a
rare neurological disorder.

And the only thing that's gonna
help is a small dose of Azameth.

She'll die without
that treatment.

Can't you order more?

We'll have to wait until the Eleventh
Pilgrimage just to requisition it.

That's just stupid!

Has anyone ever thought
the thing this place needs most

is a way to
communicate with 2149?

What's wrong with him?

You know what I
think, I think the stroke's

just a way of him
explaining his mistakes.

He's not the real Ken Horton.

No, he stole his identity to
come to Terra Nova in his place.

Probably paid some
facer a fortune to help him.

What's a facer?

They're doctors that make
you look like someone else.

That's how he
got rid of his fangs.

Do you talk like that in
school? 'Cause you sound crazy.

But then again, look at me.

Facers, stolen identities...

And I don't even have any
proof. I mean, he burnt the letter.

But I kept the envelope.

And the real Horton
licked it, so it has his DNA.

So, all I have to do is get a
sample of the fake Horton's DNA

and compare it, right?

Now, all these specimens have
to be cataloged in the database

according to their phyla.

Phyla. Got it.

Oh, it was
Dr. Grazier, by the way.

Huh?

The colleague I was
working with back in 2144.

You asked about him
yesterday. Oh, right. Yeah.

Was there a question
about our expedition?

Yeah. I don't remember
what it was. Sorry.

Oh, well. It'll come back
to you. Just like it did to me.

I better go get started then.

What are you doing?

You need authorization
to use the DNA sampler.

Oh, sorry, I didn't realize.

Whose DNA are you comparing?

If you don't have the
subject's permission,

this is a very serious
violation of privacy.

I know. I know. I'm sorry.

I just think that maybe
Horton isn't who he says he is.

And, I promise I
think I can prove it.

If you just give me
ten more minutes...

You think Horton's a fraud?

Yeah.

Watch out. Watch out.
It'll go faster if I help.

BOYLAN: Josh?

Yeah.

I'm meeting Mira tonight.

Once they get their meds,

they're gonna let me
contact my people in 2149.

And it's official.
Kara's on the Eleventh.

That's great. Thank
you for everything.

My dad's asking
a lot of questions.

I don't think he's gonna stop
until he figures out the whole truth.

Well, the truth would
be very bad for business.

Why don't you cut
out early tonight.

Go and hang out with the
family, play the dutiful son.

And I promise, by tomorrow,
no one will suspect you.

Okay.

Hey, Willy?

How would you like to work
off that money you owe me?

It's a match.

No, not possible.

Well, I'm afraid
there's no question.

Dr. Horton is who he says he is.

I was so sure.

I'm sorry I wasted your time.

No. No problem.

I guess I'll just have to keep
putting up with his casual insolence,

and being treated like
his research assistant.

Thanks for helping me out.

No. No. Not at all.

Yeah. r delete those files.

You wanted to see me?

Yeah. My patient here stumbled
in complaining he cracked a rib.

Claims he fell down some stairs.

On the same night as the break-in.
What an amazing coincidence.

My thoughts exactly. So I ran
him through the iso-scanner.

And his tissue exhibits damage
consistent with a sonic blast.

It must hurt like hell.
Not at the moment.

Luckily for him, he's
high on Azameth.

Nice work.

I think I'll take a
look around his place.

Yeah. Let me know as
soon as you find those chems.

My patient's due another
treatment in a few days.

(YELLING)

(YELLING) You
bastard! (SNARLING)

Beat it!

Get out of here, you coward!

Good, you're awake.

The Komodo?

Like I told you,
Komodos are cowards.

You just gotta face
the coward down.

You never answered me.

Why save a murderer?

I like a good redemption story.

You play your cards right, and I
might even let you back inside the gates.

What do you expect in return?

You travel to the coordinates
I marked on your map.

The Sixer camp is somewhere
in that area, up in the trees.

You don't have
to try and find 'em.

Just stumble around
and they'll find you.

When I do, they'll kill me.

I don't think so. You
murdered a Terra Nova.

They might even bake you a cake.

You tell 'em you're
seeking asylum.

You make friends.
Ingratiate yourself.

You're gonna find out for
me who inside Terra Nova

is supplying
information to Mira.

She's got a spy, she's gonna
keep that secret pretty close.

You do it, Curran.

Or the next time
I track you down,

the last thing you're
gonna see alive

will be my face.

What Malcolm
said got me thinking.

Horton was an important
guy. Tons of research projects.

He must've had
some sort of assistant.

You know, someone to
handle his correspondence.

Maybe Horton did
actually write the letter,

but his assistant was
the one that mailed it.

And that's why the DNA
matches but the signatures don't.

What if he stole his boss's
identity to get to Terra Nova?

So are they both vampires?

(LAUGHS)

Sometimes you worry me. Go
on. I'll pick you up after school.

Who was Ken Horton's
research assistant?

(READING)

Andrew Fickett. Same height,
age, build. Whereabouts unknown.

Any mention of him stopped
right before Horton's Pilgrimage.

Bring up all the crimes in Cambridge
for the proceeding six months.

Here.

"Unidentified male found in
park. Eyes and hands mutilated.

"Identification impossible."

Oh, my God. He didn't just
steal his identity, he killed him.

Reading material like that's
liable to give you nightmares.

I should go. My
mom's expecting me.

Your mother's in surgery.
No one's expecting you.

Oh, I'm sorry. I thought I
put in a reservation for...

That's okay. I was just leaving.

ALICIA: We searched his house
and found only one empty bottle.

Where's the rest of the Azameth?

I used it.

You'd be in a coma.

Okay. I sold it.

To who? I don't remember.

You gonna arrest me or what?

That's what you want, isn't it?

The question is,

why?

Hey. You covering for somebody?

Ow!

Are you? Who is it?

It was Boylan. It was Boylan.

Yeah. Should've known.
Keep an eye on this joker.

Sorry I'm late, Mrs. Reed.

Is Zoe ready? I
really have to go.

CHILD: See you tomorrow.

Dr. Horton picked her
up a few minutes ago.

Dr. Horton? You let
her leave with him?

I'm sorry. He said you knew.

Oh, my God. Where'd they go?

They went that way.

The orchards.

When will there be pie?

Soon. Just have to wait for
a few more of these to ripen.

Get away from her!

Leave now, or I'll
tell everyone... What?

Tell everyone I saved
the apple harvest?

Why don't you find something more
interesting for your little sister to do

while we have a chat?

Zoe, run and find Dad, okay?

Tell him I'll be home in plenty
of time to make the asparagus.

Yeah.

Nicely done.

Daddy! Daddy! Hey, Z.

Daddy's gonna go
catch a bad guy, okay.

But... Wait!

Shouldn't Maddy be watching you?

She said to tell you
something very important.

If anything happens
to me, my dad...

Oh, he'll suspect, all
right. But without proof, he...

Can't let you go. Sorry.

Andrew, right? I
know what it's like

to be in the one
in the background.

Overshadowed.

In my old school,

everybody was happy to
cheat off my homework,

but no one even knew
my name. It's not fair.

You did all that work all those
years and Horton was recruited.

Killing him was wrong, but
you've more than made up for it.

You deserve a second chance. I
mean, isn't that what this place is about?

I promise I won't tell
anyone what I know.

(SCOFFS) You're never gonna
let this go. He was your hero.

Funny thing is, you
would've hated him.

He lied to everyone.
He stole research.

I wanted to save
you from all that.

I wanted to be the
perfect Dr. Kenneth Horton.

But you had to keep that letter.

The spider's bite is painless.

Your family will just think
you fell asleep and got stung.

You okay? You all right? Okay.

It's all right.

ELISABETH: When I think about
what almost happened out there...

Thank God for your panic words.

"Asparagus"?

I always thought you
were being paranoid.

But I guess I was wrong.

Hey. You feeling
better, sweetie?

Yeah. A little.

Maddy, what on
earth possessed you

to try and deal with
all of this on your own?

I didn't have any proof.

And I did try and
talk to you, Mom.

Yes, you're right, you did.

But, if I'm not
listening to you,

then you have to
make me listen, okay?

Or you go and get your father.

Yeah.

With that being said,
you trusted your gut

even when all of the
evidence was against you.

I'm proud of you.

I just keep thinking
of Dr. Horton.

You know, how he was just killed

before he could even come
here and live out his dream.

Do you think the things that
Fickett said about him were true?

All I know is that
the real Horton

took the time to write to a
young girl who loved his work.

That's right.

MADDY: Yeah.

What's going on?

JIM: Go check on Zoe.

What are you doing with this?

It's for your patient. I
swear, I didn't know.

I didn't think anyone
would get hurt.

You broke into a clinic.

You stole from your mother. You
didn't think anyone would get hurt?

I'm sorry.

I don't understand.
Did you use it?

No. Did you sell it?

I gave it all to the
Sixers, so that...

The Sixers? Why, Josh?

They promised me
they'd get Kara here.

Who? Who said the
Sixers could do that?

Hey, hey, violence
is never the answer.

You got my son caught up with
the Sixers. He could've been killed!

The kid came to me with
a problem. I was just...

Yeah, and you
gave him false hope.

The Sixers don't have the
technology to get his girlfriend here.

They can barely feed themselves.

I might be a lot of things,
Shannon, but I am no liar.

Now, I don't know
how she does it. But...

Mira can talk to the future.

TAYLOR: No, no.
That's not possible.

The portal has to be
open to talk to 2149.

Well, apparently, the Sixers
have figured out a way around that.

(SIGHING HEAVILY)

Lucas.

Your son? What about him?

Well, the kid's a genius.

The whole reason
they recruited him was

so he could try to
figure out some way

to communicate with Hope
Plaza between pilgrimages.

Well, you think the
Sixers captured him

and forced him to work for them?

Look, if you're
right, then at least

there's a chance
he's still alive.

There might even be a chance
of getting him out of there

and bringing him back home.

No, Shannon.

There's no chance of
that. No chance at all.

Well, how do you know that?

How are things
between you and Josh?

They've been better.

Fathers and sons.

Let me put it this way.

Maybe you should be grateful that
the worst you have to worry about

is your boy getting in over
his head because of a girl.

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