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Previously on Primeval.

Opening titles.

COUNCIL ESTATE TAKE 1:

A bunch of kids are playing football in front of a block of flats. One of them hits a metal bin, scoring a goal rather loudly. An Asian woman, Mrs Davis, leans over the railing a few floors above them.

Mrs Davis: Oi! You lot! Pack it in!

The kids laugh and continue playing football as the Mrs Davis goes back into her flat. Her young son is in the bath. He turns around as the lid of the toilet rattles. A hissing noise is heard and the toilet lid lifts to reveal a snake.

HOME OFFICE TAKE 1:

In the Maximum Security wing, two soldiers are escorting HELEN CUTTER down a corridor. She sits at a table and is being monitored from another room. JAMES LESTER and CLAUDIA BROWN are in the same room as Helen.

Helen: Presumably there are still laws against kidnapping?

Lester: Hmm. Though, officially, you’re dead. We can’t have kidnapped someone who doesn’t actually exist, can we? The only way you can get out of here is by telling us everything you know about the anomalies.

Helen: I’ll tell you one thing, you’re the spitting image of a utahraptor I once met in the Jurassic.

Someone enters and hands Claudia a note.

Lester: I’ll take that as a refusal to co-operate, shall I?

Claudia: We’ve got another one. In a block of flats in the city centre.

Lester: Happy now?

COUNCIL ESTATE TAKE 2:

CAPTAIN RYAN and his men arrive at the flats in the back of a van. They jump out and run into the building. The kids who were playing football stand and watch them, with their hands raised in the ‘surrender’ pose. NICK CUTTER, STEPHEN HART and CONNOR TEMPLE arrive in Nick’s 4x4. They also enter the building. Stephen pauses to kick the football that the kids have resumed playing with. He manages to hit a sign that reads ‘No Ball Games’.

Connor: Fluke.

Stephen: Jealous.

Ryan and his men arrive at the flat. They point their guns at it and look ready to kick the door down. Ryan nods to one of his men, who knocks on the doors.

Inside the flat, Nick is getting ready to open the bathroom door, Ryan and a few other soldiers have their guns aimed and ready, and Mrs Davis is standing behind them.

Mrs Davis: I didn’t expect the SAS.

Nick: The town council takes pest control very seriously, Mrs Davis. Are you ready?

Ryan nods. The door is opened and Ryan and 1 of his men enter the room, closely followed by Nick and Stephen. Connor and Mrs Davis move into the doorway.

Nick: Relax, everyone. It’s only a python.

Mrs Davis screams.

Mrs Davis: Only a python? What the hell were you expecting?

Connor: Ow.

HOME OFFICE TAKE 2:

In the same room as before, Lester and Claudia are still interrogating Helen. Lester and Helen are having a staring match across the table.

Claudia: Well, it turns out it was an illegally imported pet. Escaped from the upstairs flat and it’s been living in the drains.

Lester: Did you know it was a false alarm? You told your husband you knew how to find the anomalies.

Helen: Whatever I said to Nick is between me and him.

Lester: Prior knowledge of anomaly locations would be priceless. If you can give us that information, it’s your absolute duty as a citizen to do so.

Helen: But as you pointed out, I don’t even exist, so how can I be a citizen?

Lester: You know, I have the power to make your life extremely unpleasant.

Helen: How can you bear to work with this man?

Claudia: At the end of the day this is about something very simple. Saving lives. Now, you can do that. So if you know anything at all, just tell us.

Helen: Bring Nick to me and I’ll tell you everything I know.

COUNCIL ESTATE TAKE 3:

Nick is descending the stairs in the apartment block.

Nick: Do you have any idea how many times I’ve tried to call you today?

Claudia is on the other end of the line, in an observation room, with monitors showing Helen.

Claudia: I’ve been busy And actually you should be thanking me you’re still involved at all.

Nick: You can’t get rid of me. You need me.

Claudia: Well, the truth is we need each other. Believe me, more now than ever.

Nick: I hope she’s driving Lester crazy.

Claudia: You better get over here now.

COUNCIL ESTATE TAKE 4:

Connor is sitting on the toilet seat with his laptop. Stephen is standing in the middle of the bathroom holding the snake, trying to put it in a sack. Abby is in front of him, grinning.

Connor: Don’t worry, this one’s just a baby. Fully grown they can be up to 20 feet long.

Stephen (sarcastically): That makes me feel so much better.

Abby: Are you okay?

Stephen: Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I love snakes.

The snake hisses and Stephen passes it to Abby.

Stephen: We’re going to need a bigger sack.

Stephen leaves the room.

Abby: Stephen!

Connor: Abby, can I ask you a quick favour?

Abby: I’m a bit busy now.

Connor: It’s just, I’m having a bit of hassle with my flat at the moment. I was just wondering whether I could stay on your couch for a few days.

Abby: Connor, does this look like Tai Chi I’m doing?

Connor: It’d just be until I sorted something out.

Abby: Yeah, whatever. We’ll talk about it later.

Stephen comes back in with a bigger sack.

Stephen: How’s this?

Abby: That’s good.

They put the snake in the sack.

Stephen: Okay, there we go.

Abby: Right, I’ll see you in a minute.

Stephen: Where are you going?

Abby: Tea break.

Abby leaves the room, Connor and Stephen share a look.

Connor: I’m not touching it.

HOME OFFICE TAKE 3:

Helen is seated at the same table as before. Nick is opposite her.

Nick: Are they looking after you properly?

Helen: If you cared about that you wouldn’t have set me up in the first place.

Nick: I didn’t set you up. [Sighs] Okay. Believe what you like.

Helen: They’re listening to every word, aren’t they.

Nick: Oh, I don’t know. Probably.

Helen: I need you to get me out of here, Nick.

Nick: Well, then, tell me what you know! Tell me where the anomalies are. Tell me why they’re happening. Then maybe I can help you.

Helen: Right now, why is the least of your worries.

Nick: You see, what does that mean?

Helen: You want me to help? Alright, I’ll help. Unless you act within the next few hours a pride of sabre-toothed killers will be rampaging through central London.

TOM’S VAN TAKE 1:

A yellow Volkswagen camper van pulls up outside the flat. TOM is driving, DUNCAN is in the passengers seat and Connor is in the back.

Connor: Thanks for the lift.

Tom: Man, you could have kipped on our sofa.

Connor: Better offer.

Tom: Who from?

Connor: You wouldn’t know her.

Duncan: Her?

Tom: A girl? Right.

Connor grabs his bag and stands to leave the van.

Tom: Whoa, you forgot this one.

Tom holds out a bag, it has a key ring of a silver alien with red eyes.

Connor: Hey, a Roswell key ring. That’s cool.

Tom: It’s our little housewarming present.

Connor: Aw, I’m touched. Thanks a lot dudes.

Tom: Get out.

Connor: See ya.

Tom: See ya.

Connor leaves the van as Tom and Duncan wave, and crosses the road.

Tom: You did turn it on.

Duncan: Yeah. Of course I turned it on.

Tom: Great. Whatever his secret is, we will soon know.

Duncan: Oh yes.

ABBY’S FLAT TAKE 1:

Abby is playing with REX, who is in his tank. She is tickling his nose with a branch.

Abby: Does it tickle there?

The doorbell buzzes. Abby opens the door to find Connor standing outside.

Abby: What are you doing here?

Connor: The room. Do you remember? Don’t worry, you’ll hardly know I’m about. Listen, you, um… You couldn’t just give us a kiss, could you?

Abby: No!

Connor: I’ll give you 20 quid.

Abby: Oh, what do you think I am.

Abby opens the door further and reveals to Connor, Tom and Duncan (who are watching from the van) and the entire street, that she is only wearing a t-shirt and knickers.

Connor: I think you’re a person who kidnaps dinosaurs and hides them from the authorities.

Abby: You wouldn’t.

Connor raises his eyebrows, Abby gives him a peck on the cheek and they go inside.

TOM’S VAN TAKE 2:

Tom and Duncan have been watching the interaction between Connor and Abby. Tom sighs.

Tom: Unbelievable. Are you getting a signal.

Duncan: Roswell’s alive and kicking.

He holds up a hand held tracking computer.

Across the street, the eyes on Connor’s key ring flash as Connor gives his friends a thumbs up before closing the door of the flat.

ABBY’S FLAT TAKE 2:

Connor walks in and dumps his stuff by the sofa.

Connor: Wow.

Connor messes around with some of Abby’s gym equipment, before stripping off his jacket.

Connor: Whoo! It’s like a sauna in here, Rex.

Connor drops onto the sofa next to Rex’s tank.

Connor: Abby? You couldn’t just stick the kettle on could you?

TOM’S VAN TAKE 3:

The boys are waiting in the van, looking very bored. Duncan yawns. Tom sees something and thumps Duncan on the arm.

Tom: Hello.

Duncan: What?

Tom (whispering): Now that’s got to be the real boyfriend.

They can see Stephen in the rear view and side mirrors.

Duncan: Oh no!

Stephen rings the doorbell before leaning down to the speaker.

Stephen: Abby. Abby?

Abby opens the door wide, Stephen sees her underwear then looks away.

Abby: Hi. Come in.

Tom and Duncan snicker.

Duncan: Connor is so dead!

ABBY’S FLAT TAKE 3:

Abby runs over to Rex’s tank and throws a blanket over it. Stephen walks in as she pulls on a dressing gown.

Stephen: I’m not interrupting anything am I?

Abby: God no.

Connor comes down the stairs, grinning, in just his underwear (and ever present fingerless gloves).

Stephen: I didn’t know you were here.

Connor: Ah, well. We’re only telling close friends.

Abby: He’s been chucked out of his flat and he’s sleeping on the sofa.

Stephen: Right. And the underwear?

Connor and Abby: Thermostat.

Connor: It’s too hot.

Abby: It’s broken.

Stephen: Nice legs.

Connor: Thanks. Oh.

Stephen walks further into the room, Connor rushes after him and sits on the edge of the sofa, pulling the blanket further across Rex’s tank. He pats Stephen on the back as he passes.

Connor: Go ahead.

Stephen looks at some of Abby’s snakes, as Abby and Connor share a look.

Stephen: I hate to break up the party, but you better get dressed. Helen’s talking.

HOME OFFICE TAKE 4:

Helen is sitting at the same table as before Cutter is in an observation room above her with Lester and Claudia.

Nick: Smilodon. Its literal meaning is “knife-tooth”. They’re up to 3 metres long. They have sabre teeth. They hunt in packs. They’re ruthless predators. Now, according to Helen, a large pride has established itself near an anomaly and it’s only a matter of time before they find their way through.

Claudia: London’s a big place. Where exactly is this going to happen?

Nick: Well, that’s your problem. She won’t tell us. She wants to take us there herself.

Lester: It’s a trick.

Claudia: I agree.

Nick: That’s possible. But maybe she wants to prove to you that she’s not as callous as you imagine.

Lester: Well, she could do that without moving a muscle.

Nick: Look, she might well be selfish, but she’s not evil. I know her.

Claudia: You mean you used to know her.

Lester: I think I trust her about as far as I can throw a stegosaurus.

Nick: Okay, then the consequences of doing nothing could be a massacre. I don’t know how you explain that to the Tourist Board.

FOOTBALL STADIUM TAKE 1:

Several jeeps pull up outside the stadium. Inside, Helen walks onto the pitch, closely followed by CAPTAIN RYAN and 2 of his men, and Nick and Claudia. They glance around.

Claudia: Here?

Helen: Do exactly as I say and this doesn’t have to be a disaster.

They end up in the kitchens of the stadium, Ryan and his men check the room out. Helen stops in front of the kitchen’s fridges. Abby, Connor and Stephen have joined the group by now, along with a few more soldiers.

Claudia: In there?

Helen: Yup. In there.

Claudia: Connor?

Connor turns from where he has been standing with Stephen, he looks a little apprehensive. Nick gives him a nod. Connor approaches the fridge and gets out his compass as Helen and Claudia give each other frosty looks. The compass doesn’t do anything.

Connor: There’s no trace of a magnetic field.

Helen: The doors are too thick, it can’t penetrate the metal.

Claudia: Is that true?

Nick: Possible.

Claudia (to Ryan): Watch her.

Claudia goes to unlock the fridge as Ryan moves closer to Helen, gun ready.

Helen: Hey! What if the cats have already come through. They could be right behind that door.

Claudia: You know what, she’s really starting to get on my nerves.

Nick: I can understand that.

Claudia: You’re bluffing.

Helen: Try me.

Claudia: Stephen.

Stephen goes to the fridge, it is locked with a padlocked chain. He pats his pockets and Helen hands him a knife from her belt. He breaks open the lock and hands the knife back. The soldiers get into position as Ryan and Stephen opens the fridge doors. The anomaly is there, and it’s magnetic field starts pulling various items across the room.

Ryan: Get down!

Stephen catches a metal sieve just before it hits Connor in the head.

Stephen: This is where you duck.

Connor: Okay.

Everyone ducks as more items (sieves, knives, forks etc) fly into the anomaly.

Helen: You know, you’d make a terrible poker player.

She and Claudia share another look.

TOM’S VAN TAKE 4:

Tom and Duncan are in the van, outside the stadium. They are watching a couple of soldiers on guard and pretending to read newspapers.

Tom: This is Area 51 all over again.

Duncan: Alien landing site?

Tom: Mmm-hmm. The secrecy, the SWAT teams, they must have some kind of bunker under there, man.

Duncan: In a football stadium?

Tom: Duncan! Shh! That’s the beauty of it, yeah? It’s the last place anyone would expect it.

Duncan: Yeah.

They watch the two soldiers go inside.

Tom: God, these people are clever. Really clever.

FOOTBALL STADIUM TAKE 2:

Still in the kitchen, things have stopped flying about, and Connor steals a pie from the fridge.

Connor: Anybody hungry?

Helen: Oh my God. We’ve got to get rid of them. The meat will act like bait.

She tries to rush into the fridge and Ryan and another soldier grab her. Nick goes past her into the fridge. Helen grabs Ryan’s tac vest.

Helen: Unless you want your men to be breakfast, I suggest you do something.

Nick starts passing boxes of pies out to Stephen.

Nick: Here.

Ryan shakes Helen off and gets his men moving.

Ryan: Okay, clear them out.

Nick: Quickly, here.

Helen: Okay.

Nick: Take this.

As Nick passes a trolley of pies to Stephen, Helen runs past him and dives into the anomaly.

Claudia: Get her back!

Nick: Helen!

Ryan goes after her and Nick tries to, but is grabbed by 2 soldiers. He looks at Stephen, who takes off into the anomaly.

Claudia: For God’s sake, someone stop him!

THROUGH THE ANOMALY:

Stephen exits the anomaly and rolls down a small hill. As he comes to a stop, Ryan spins and points his gun at him. Stephen puts up his hands and gets to his feet as Ryan lowers the gun. Thunder can be heard.

Stephen: Oh my God.

They are at the spaghetti junction of anomalies. At least 7 anomalies are open in the area, and Helen is nowhere to be seen.

FOOTBALL STADIUM TAKE 3:

Claudia, Nick, Stephen, Abby and Connor are looking at a laptop, showing the other side of the anomaly.

Nick: It’s incredible.

Connor: It’s the spaghetti junction of anomalies.

Stephen: There’s no way I could follow her. It would be like running into a Hall of Mirrors.

Claudia: Let me guess, not one sabre-toothed cat in sight.

Stephen: Not even a kitten.

Claudia: You tried to follow her.

Nick: To stop her. What possible reason could I have for wanting her to escape? I want answers more than anyone.

A chirping noise is heard.

Ryan: Incoming.

All the soldiers raise their guns and aim at the anomaly. Squawking and roaring noises can be heard from the other side. The noises continue as a bunch of DODOS (at least 5) come through. They knock one soldier over, and everyone else begins to chase after them.

Nick: Round them up, everybody. Don’t let them get out!

Cue dodo chasing montage. People chase them up and down kitchen aisles, Stephen tries to trap one under an up turned bin, and a soldier slides on his belly after missing one. Nobody notices the dodo that eats Connor’s Roswell key ring.

TOM’S VAN TAKE 5:

Tom and Duncan exit the van, tracking device at the ready.

Tom: Right, Connor’s on the move.

FOOTBALL STADIUM TAKE 4:

The catching montage continues. Stephen manages to get the dodo under the bin, Nick pretends to be a matador using his coat and herding it into a room, and the dodo that ate the key ring escapes unseen down a passage.

Connor: Woo hoo!

Nick: Go on, get in. In you go. In there.

The bin with a dodo under it moves, and Stephen grabs it and holds it down.

Nick: They’re great!

TOM’S VAN TAKE 6:

The boys are watching the tracking device.

Tom: He should be appearing right about … now.

A dodo emerges and flaps about.

Duncan: Oh my God. They’ve turned Connor into a turkey!

Tom: That is not a turkey. Let’s grab it.

FOOTBALL STADIUM TAKE 5:

Nick is sitting on the floor, with 3 dodos around him. Abby and Connor are standing in the doorway, looking amused, Claudia and Ryan are with them, looking less amused.

Claudia: Dodos.

Abby: Oh, they’re so cute.

Connor: And so dumb.

Abby: They’re not stupid, just trusting. It’s not their fault they became extinct.

Connor: Funny, you weren’t this sentimental about the gorgonopsid.

Stephen arrives and stands behind Connor, putting a hand on his shoulder.

Claudia: Is that the lot?

Stephen: Yep, that’s it.

Nick: We better ship this lot back before we upset Darwin. Now everybody, um … grab a dodo.

TOM’S VAN TAKE 7:

The boys have caught the dodo and put it in the back of the van. They get in the front.

Tom: Well, if it walks like a dodo and squawks like a dodo…

Duncan: Yeah, and scratches like a dodo.

Tom: That’s what this conspiracy is about. They’re cloning them!

Duncan: Yeah, but why would they clone a flightless bird.

Tom: What would you start with, Dunc? A t-rex?

Tom starts the van and they leave, the dodo jumps around in the back.

FOOTBALL STADIUM TAKE 6:

They are herding the dodos through the anomaly. Abby is helping Stephen with one.

Nick: Go on.

Abby: They’re so cute!

Stephen: I see Connor’s moved in.

Abby: Just until he finds a new place.

Connor is tapping a ladle against his forehead, making explosion noises. He stops when he actually hits himself.

Nick: Come on. Hey, hey, wait.

Stephen: Just because me and Connor stripped down to our underwear, doesn’t mean there is anything going on.

Stephen gives her a funny look.

Abby: That didn’t come out as I meant it.

Ryan: Professor, we have a dodo down.

The last dodo is lying on the floor, obviously dead. Nick and Stephen crouch down to check it out.

Claudia: Oh no.

Abby: Oh, how did that happen.

Connor: Maybe it ate one of the pies.

Connor has his compass out again by the anomaly. Nick gives him a dirty look.

Connor: Sorry.

Nick: Poor little guy. We should do an autopsy to find out how he died.

Stephen: Could have been the shock.

Nick: Well we’ve both been through and we’re alright.

Stephen: As far as we know.

Connor: Cutter. The anomaly is fading.

TOM AND DUNCAN’S FLAT TAKE 1:

In a (very nice flat) Tom and Duncan are standing next to a chair where the dodo is standing, flapping about.

Tom: Oh, man. If we play our cards right with this, Duncan, our student loans are a thing of the past, man!

Duncan: Oh yeah! Oh, he’s a friendly little chap, isn’t he.

The dodo grabs Duncan’s MP3 player and throws it around.

Duncan: Oi!

Tom: No, no. Let him have it. Let him have it! We’ll be able to buy like a hundred MP3s when this thing gets out.

Duncan: Oh yeah.

The dodo jumps off the chair and starts running around, knocking things over as it goes.

Duncan: Now take it easy boy. Easy!

Tom: What’s he got there? Oh no! Not my Converse All Stars!

Duncan: Phwoar! Oh, that stinks! Oh, I think I’m gonna hurl.

Tom: No, no, no. Don’t contaminate it because we can sell dodo sick on eBay.

HOME OFFICE TAKE 5:

Abby, Stephen and Nick are standing around the dead dodo, ready to do an autopsy. Nick is about to make an incision when the dodo jerks. The three of them jump back.

Stephen: Whoa, whoa. It’s … it’s muscle spasm.

Nick: No. It’s been dead for hours. Okay.

They approach the dodo again. Again, as Nick is about to cut, something happens. The mouth of the dodo opens, and a screaming worm-like PARASITE exits the dodo. Abby makes a disgusted noise and everyone yells as it drops to the floor and starts wriggling after Abby. She backs up to the wall.

Nick: Stephen, grab that.

Stephen puts a bell jar over the top of the parasite, trapping it. They breathe a sigh of relief.

TOM AND DUNCAN’S FLAT TAKE 2:

Tom is on his computer, looking up dodos, and Duncan is trying to watch the TV, made difficult by the fact that the dodo keeps changing the channel by chomping on the remote.

Duncan: I’m trying to watch Countdown here.

Woman on TV: Lots and lots and lots of children …

Duncan: Okay, okay. You choose the channel.

The channel hopping continues until it lands on a black-and-white monster movie. The roaring from the dinosaur in the movie startles the dodo, and it drops the remote before attacking (and smashing) the TV.

Duncan: Bad Dodi!

Tom: No, no, no, no, no. Good Dodi, good Dodi. He’s going to buy us a 42-inch plasma, Duncan.

Duncan: What’s it say about behaviour.

Tom: Uh, the dodo was renowned for being slow, stupid and harmless.

Dodi starts squawking and runs at Tom, attacking him with its beak and opening up a gash, which starts to bleed.

Tom: Ah! That really hurt!

Duncan: Maybe he’s getting over excited. Come on Dodi, time for a nap. That’s it, good boy.

Duncan takes the dodo into another room and shuts it in as Tom clutches his arm.

Duncan: Through here, that’s it. Good boy. Whoops, there you go.

Duncan returns to Tom.

Duncan: What is it?

Tom shows him the gash.

Duncan: Birds don’t have teeth.

Tom: What if they’ve created an attack dodo?

Duncan: Just how evil are these people?

Tom: Never underestimate the unseen power, Duncan. Never. But the time for the little man to fight back has finally come. Huh? Huh?

They high five and Tom winces.

Duncan: Oh, sorry.

Tom: No, it’s alright. You Google Max Clifford, I’m going to get some kind of bandage on this.

Duncan: Right yeah.

Tom gets up, and walks away hunched over his arm. Duncan sits at the computer, staring at the smashed TV as he does so.

HOME OFFICE TAKE 6:

Lester has joined Nick, Stephen and Abby in the lab with the parasite, Nick is examining the parasite whilst the others watch.

Stephen: It looks like some type of larva.

Nick: No, it’s an adult. It’s some kind of giant cestoid. It’s destroyed the internal organs and attacked the central nervous system.

Lester: I thought the trick of being a good parasite was to live off the host creature without killing it.

Nick: No, this one doesn’t compromise. It enters the blood stream as larvae, it feeds off the host, and then it moves up the body to lay its eggs.

Stephen: Keeping itself alive just long enough to reproduce itself.

Nick: And then mission accomplished, they both die together.

Lester: Isn’t nature wonderful?

TOM AND DUNCAN’S FLAT TAKE 3:

Duncan runs into the room to find Tom curled up on the floor, shaking. Tom is clutching his head, and the bandage has slipped of the gash to around his wrist.

Duncan: Are you alright?

Tom: No, my head really hurts.

Dodi squawks and bangs into the door of the room Duncan has shut it in.

Duncan: I think he’s trying to escape.

Tom: Well, can’t you stop him? He’s the only proof we’ve got of this conspiracy.

As he says this, we see a strange bubbling under Tom’s skin, moving up his arm. Duncan leaves Tom as he curls back into a ball, and enters the room where the dodo is. The bird is jumping on the bed, trying to attack the light bulb.

Duncan: Dodi. Now, that’s enough.

Dodi leaves the bed and runs at Duncan, who leaves the room hurriedly and closes the door behind him. Dodi runs into the door.

Duncan: Maybe we should call the police.

Tom: No. They’ll be in on it. They’ll take me away and they will do experiments.

Tom now has the material he was using as a bandage pressed against his eyes.

Duncan: What are we going to do?

Tom: I don’t know. I don’t know. Just let me think.

Dodi rams the door again and breaks through with his beak. Duncan runs to where Tom is lying.

Duncan: Right, come on. We’ve got to get out of here. Come on. Get up. That’s it.

Duncan helps Tom to his feet, when standing, Tom grabs Duncan and shakes him, growling. Duncan pushes him off.

Duncan: What are you doing?

Duncan stares at Tom before grabbing his coat and running out of the flat.

Tom: Duncan, I’m sorry!

Tom’s eyes turn a creepy blue.

LIBRARY:

Duncan is talking to Connor behind some bookshelves.

Connor: You did what?

Duncan: We just, sort of, took it.

Connor: How did you know?

Duncan: Well, we followed you. It’s some kind of mutant. It bit Tom. He’s really sick.

Connor gets his phone out and starts dialling.

Connor: Well, you’re both idiots.

Duncan: No, you’re not calling the police.

Connor: It’s way beyond them now.

TOM AND DUNCAN’S FLAT TAKE 4:

Jeeps pull up outside the flat. Ryan and his men, Claudia, Nick and Stephen get out.

Claudia: How infectious is this?

Nick: It’s not a virus, it’s a parasite.

Claudia: And Tom’s the host?

Nick: Yeah, and we have to isolate him before he passes it on to anyone else. [To Ryan] Now whatever you do, when you go in there, don’t let him come anywhere near you.

Ryan: Right.

Nick and Ryan enter the flat with Stephen as Connor arrives with Duncan.

Duncan: Whoa, heavy.

Claudia: Are you the idiot who stole the dodo.

Duncan: There’s no law against capturing extinct animals.

Claudia: You stole government property. That makes it treason.

Claudia goes inside.

Duncan: That was a joke? Right?

Connor pats him on the shoulder as they go inside.

INSIDE.

Ryan: Tom! Tom, where are you mate?

Claudia: Where is he?

Ryan: No sign.

Nick, Stephen, Connor and Duncan enter the room after Claudia. Duncan and Connor stop in the door way and stare around the damaged room.

Nick and Stephen are in the bedroom where Dodi was shut away, staring under the bed. Ryan enters behind them.

Stephen: You know those movies when you think the killer is finally dead and then all of a sudden they just jump up again?

Ryan: Yeah, I hate those films.

Stephen: Me too. [To Nick] After you.

A few minutes later, Nick reaches under the bed and pokes the dodo. Claudia, Connor and Duncan have joined Stephen, Nick and Ryan in the room.

Nick: It’s dead.

Claudia: Are you sure?

Nick pokes it again.

Nick: Pretty sure.

Nick lifts the bed up to reveal Dodi’s body underneath.

Nick: Alright, bag it up. But be careful.

Duncan: One minute it was friendly, and the next it just went crazy.

Nick: The parasite changed the dodo’s behaviour to suit it’s own purposes.

Claudia: Which were?

Stephen: To pass itself on. That’s why it bit Tom, so it could incubate its eggs in the new host.

Nick: It’s not safe to be around him. I’m sorry. But maybe if we’d got to him straight away, then he’d have stood a chance.

Nick and Stephen look at Connor sympathetically, Connor looks at Duncan.

Nick: But our parasite is light sensitive, so wherever Tom is, he’s going to be trying to stay in the dark.

Nick leaves the room, as Stephen puts the dodo in the bag.

Stephen: Right, we need to get this back to the lab so Abby can prepare it for autopsy.

HOSPITAL TAKE 1:

A hospital waiting room, Tom is sitting, bouncing his leg up and down and biting his nails. He is also wearing sunglasses. A cartoon involving a penguin is playing on the TV. As the sunlight comes through the windows and crosses the floor towards him, Tom shifts, then starts coughing as the light hits him.

Woman’s voice (whispers): Tom.

Tom carries on coughing, but gets up and runs down the hall, knocking a pile of files out of a nurses hands on the way.

Tom has reached the bathroom, and has apparently thrown up in the sink. He looks in the mirror and pulls down the collar of his t-shirt, something is moving underneath his skin, just beneath his collarbone.

HOME OFFICE TAKE 7:

Nick, Claudia and Stephen are in front of Lester’s desk in his office, Lester is leaning on his desk, flipping through a file.

Nick: Sorry, we really don’t have time for this. We have to find him.

Lester: So how exactly does the parasite pass itself on?

Nick: Biting, in this case, but kissing would do just as well.

Lester: Well, by the look of him, kissing isn’t likely to be much of an issue. I take it this thing is an automatic death sentence.

Nick: If we can catch the victim during the parasite’s incubation period, then maybe we have a chance of saving them.

Stephen: But we’re talking hours at the most. This thing’s life cycle is unbelievably accelerated.

Claudia: And who knows how many people Tom could infect. Three, four. And if they bite three, four more in turn …

Lester: Yes, yes, I can do the maths for myself. Thank you. You know this is all Helen’s doing. Unleashing a pandemic on us is just one more part of her twisted plan.

Nick: What plan?

Lester: You tell me.

Nick: Helen hasn’t done any of this on purpose. The dodos being contaminated is pure chance.

Lester: Who knows what Helen’s capable of. She’s left us behind. All of us. I think you’re the only person who can’t admit it.

Lester takes his seat behind his desk.

Lester: Doors open. Thank you. I suggest you all hurry up and find him.

HOSPITAL TAKE 2:

Tom is being but through a scanning machine (either CAT scan or MRI). He winces as he exits the machine back into the light. The doctor is in the next room behind a window, with the computers, he speaks through a microphone.

Tom: What is it?

Doctor: Have you been abroad recently?

Tom: No.

The doctor comes into the room as Tom sits up, rubbing his eyes.

Doctor: I don’t want you to panic, but we need to do emergency surgery.

Tom: Why? What is it?

Doctor: Don’t worry. Whatever it is, we’re going to get it out.

The doctor shines a penlight into Tom’s eyes, Tom twists and bites him on the wrist.

Doctor: What are you doing?

Tom: I’m sorry

The doctor yells and a nurse comes in to help him as Tom runs out of the room. We can see the parasite on Tom’s scans.

Nurse: Are you okay?

Doctor: Ah, he just bit me.

Tom runs into the bathroom and turns off the lights. He goes into one of the stalls and crouches down.

Tom: What have they done to me? What have they done?

The lights are flickering, and Tom’s wounded arm is red and inflamed. He gets his phone out of his bag and sees that he has 15 missed calls. He calls Duncan.

Duncan: Tom? Tom, is that you?

Tom: This is big, Duncan. It’s big. We’ve got to go public now.

Duncan: Where are you?

Tom: No, no. They’re using us as carriers. They want to take over from the inside.

Connor: Tom? It’s me, it’s Connor. Tell us where you are mate.

Tom: No.

Connor: So we can help you.

Tom: You’re one of them. You’ll bring them.

Connor: No, no, no. Tom, just listen to us.

Tom: Just stay away from me, man.

Connor: Just stay on the line! Don’t put the …

Tom hangs up. He throws the phone into the toilet, before crouching down again.

Tom: Proof. Proof, I need proof. I need proof.

He goes into his bag and pulls out the tracking device from earlier. It’s still tracking the Roswell key ring, which is still inside the dodo.

Tom leaves the bathroom to see Nick, Claudia and Stephen enter the waiting room and meet up with 2 security guards. Presumably recognising Nick and Stephen from episode 2, he ducks back and pulls his hood up, before walking down the corridor in the opposite direction. Stephen glances down the corridor, but Tom has already gone.

The doctor is clutching and rubbing at his arm in a consultation room as Claudia, Nick and Stephen walk in.

Doctor: That was quick.

Claudia: Who were you expecting?

Doctor: You’re from the Hospital of Tropical Diseases. I called.

Claudia: Yes, yes, you did. Um, I’m Claudia Brown from the Home Office.

Doctor: What’s going on?

Claudia: A suspected case of rabies.

Doctor: No, this isn’t rabies. I saw something on the scan. It was inside him.

Claudia: Work with us. Rabies sounds a whole lot better than ‘we have no idea’.

Doctor: What’s he done to me? There must be a vaccine or something.

Nick: Your only hope is to have it surgically removed before it gets too advanced.

Stephen: Look, we really need to find him, okay? So if you have any idea where he is, anything you could tell us would be very…

The doctor interrupts with a gasp.

HOME OFFICE TAKE 8:

Nick, Stephen and Claudia are in a corridor.

Nick: We have to think like Tom. Now, where would he go?

Claudia: Well, we don’t know if he’s on foot, in a car or using public transport.

Stephen: We don’t know anything. Our only real chance of tracking him down is if, or when, he attacks again, someone’s going to raise the alarm.

Nick: That may take longer than you think because Tom isn’t just an animal. He’s a human being. He has willpower, he’s going to fight this.

Stephen: Connor, and the student guy, Duncan, they could shed some light.

Nick: Yeah, that’s a good idea, try them.

Stephen: Okay.

Stephen walks off to find Connor and Duncan.

Nick: Helen wouldn’t do this to us. I know she wouldn’t.

Claudia walks away.

CUTTER’S OFFICE TAKE 1:

Abby is laying the dodo down and setting out tools in preparation for autopsy. A sheet of plastic is behind her. We can see a blurred figure on the other side of the plastic. Abby senses someone behind her and turns.

Abby: Hello? Can I help you?

Tom: They’re after me. I need … I need proof. I need your help.

Abby pulls back the plastic to reveal Tom. His hood is up and he has his sunglasses on. He looks really ill and is hunched over his arm.

Abby: Aren’t you…

Tom: I’m … I’m Tom. Are they watching us now?

Abby: No-one’s watching.

Tom crosses the room, making Abby jump as he passes her. He turns off the light before removing his sunglasses and hood.

Tom: So what’s really going on with these things, huh? Hmm? Tell me!

Abby backs away, Tom holds out his hands before leaning onto the table.

Tom: I don’t feel very well, okay?

Abby: Tom, just take it easy, yeah?

Tom: Wait, whoa, whoa. Don’t come near me because I don’t want to hurt you, see, and I will. It’s not my fault.

Tom bows his head, and when his lifts it again, his eyes are the strange shade of blue they were when he attacked Duncan. When he speaks, his voice is distorted.

Tom: What have you done to me?

Abby screams and runs.

HOME OFFICE TAKE 9:

Nick and Stephen talking to Duncan and Connor in the same room that Helen was interrogated in. Connor is the only one standing.

Nick: Okay. When Tom’s in trouble, what’s his first reaction?

Connor: Tom doesn’t get in trouble.

Duncan: He’s not that sort of bloke.

Nick: Then put yourself in his shoes. What’s … what’ll he be thinking? Where will he go?

Duncan: He’ll be trying to find out what this whole conspiracy is about.

Stephen: There is no conspiracy.

Duncan: So what’s all this then? Meeting of the local Women’s Institute? The CIA? The Freemasons? The Illuminati? You people are always hiding the truth. Tom was right about everything. That’s why we put the transmitter on you.

Connor: What? You bugged me? Of cause you did. Because that’s how you found the dodo, right?

Duncan: Well, you were the one with all the secrets. SWAT teams, girlfriends…

Connor: Duncan, do us a favour, tell me where it is.

Duncan: It’s on your bag. Inside Roswell.

Connor: You sneaky little …

Nick: Wait, wait, wait. How did you track it?

Duncan: Tom modified the Sat Nav on his Palmtop.

Nick: Well the he’s going to come here. If Tom wants answers he’s going to follow the transmitter. He’s coming to you.

Nick has crossed the room to stand in front of Connor and Duncan, he gives Connor a pat on the shoulder.

Duncan: No, not quite. The dodo swallowed it

Stephen: The transmitters inside the dodo.

Duncan: Yeah.

Stephen: And the dodo is with Abby. You idiot. You’ve turned her into bait.

CUTTER’S OFFICE TAKE 2:

Abby runs around the autopsy table so she’s on the other side from Tom.

Abby: Tom, look. I’m not going to hurt you, okay? You’ve just got to really calm down.

Tom: Am I going to die?

Abby: No. We won’t let that happen.

Tom: We? Who’s we? What have they done to me? What are they growing inside me?

Abby: The dodo bit you, it gave you an illness.

Tom: Do you think I’m an idiot? Dodos are extinct. They’re not… You know, just … Who’s we? I want answers!

There is a mini set of flashbacks from the episode as he says this.

Tom: Just tell me the truth. What are they really doing?

Abby: Come on, let me get you to the hospital.

Tom: So you can put another thing inside me?

Tom’s eyes glow blue again. He chases Abby and grabs her.

Tom: Come here.

Abby: Get off! Get off!

Tom: You people are evil.

Tom points to the dodo.

Tom: See, that’s proof. When I’m better, I’ll need proof. Because you’ll try to discredit me, but I’m cleverer than you.

Abby: Tom, you’ve been infected by a parasite. Let us get rid of it for you. Let me call someone.

Tom: No!

Tom throws her to the floor and tries to bite her.

Tom: Share and share alike Abby!

Abby: No, wait! Okay! You want the truth? I’ll tell you. The whole story. That’s what you want isn’t it? I can show you where this thing really came from.

FOOTBALL STADIUM TAKE 7:

Abby’s Mini pulls up outside the stadium. The dodo is on the back seat, Tom leans over and strokes it.

Tom: Poor thing. You killed it.

Abby: We didn’t kill anything, Tom.

Tom: Don’t lie to me again. Things don’t just happen. It’s all connected.

Abby: I’m on your side, remember? You can trust me.

CUTTER’S OFFICE TAKE 3:

Nick, Stephen, Claudia, Connor and Duncan enter the office. Ryan is right behind them with his gun.

Nick: The dodo’s gone. He must have taken it.

Stephen: And Abby.

Nick: Look, we can try the transmitter. We have to get to him fast.

FOOTBALL STADIUM TAKE 4:

Abby and Tom enter the stadium. Abby flashes her ID at a guard. The guard looks at Tom.

Abby: He’s a Home Office scientist. He hasn’t got his accreditation yet.

They go into the kitchen and Abby opens the fridge where the anomaly was. Tom has pulled up his hood again and is holding his arm. The fridge is empty.

Abby: This is where the anomaly was. I swear.

Tom shakes his head and enters the fridge.

Abby: We don’t know why they come and go, but that’s where the dodo came through.

Tom: Do you think I’m stupid? It was a trap. It was a trap. They’re coming here to kill me, aren’t they. You told them.

Tom advances towards Abby, she backs away and throws a trolley at Tom, knocking him over, before running. Tom gets up, eyes glowing again, and follows, Abby turns and grabs a bit of the ceiling. She lifts herself up and kicks Tom in the chest, before running out of the room. Tom gets up and gives chase.

Abby runs down a corridor, trying doors along the way, they are all locked.

Abby: Help! Oh damn!

Tom: Abby!

Abby finds an unlocked door and runs into a changing room. Tom follows her in but can’t find her.

Tom: Where are you!

Abby jumps out of a locker and attacks Tom again, she runs out of the room as Tom picks himself up, and ends up in the stands around the pitch. Tom leaps at her, knocking her to the ground, and tries to bite her again.

Abby: No, don’t do it, Tom! Get off! No. Tom!

Everyone else arrives, Ryan and his men point their weapons at Tom.

Ryan: I’ve got a shot! I can take him out!

Connor runs forwards and puts himself between Tom and the guns. Duncan stays on the steps of the stands.

Connor: No! Don’t shoot him!

Claudia: Connor, what are you doing?

Connor: Just, please, don’t shoot him!

Stephen: Connor, get out of the way.

Nick: All right, let him try. Let him try.

Connor turns around to where Tom still has Abby pinned to the ground. The lasers from several guns play around Tom’s head and shoulders.

Connor: Tom. Tom, it’s me. Let her go, mate. Easy. Easy! Easy. You remember Thursday nights, don’t you? Battlestar Galactica, Blakes 7? Pepperoni pizza?

Tom: Connor?

Connor: Yeah. They were good times, weren’t they? You can fight the dark side, mate. You really can.

Tom relaxes his grip on Abby and she scrambles up and to where Claudia, Nick and Stephen are standing.

Ryan: You too, Connor. Move away. He will kill you.

Connor: No he won’t. He’s my friend.

A tear falls from Connor’s eye as he moves closer to Tom, and crouches next to him.

Connor: You come with me. We can … we can help you.

Tom: It was a conspiracy, wasn’t it, Con?

Connor: Big time. Right to the top.

Tom: Was there any mind control?

Connor: Yeah.

Tom: Brilliant. Brilliant.

Tom’s eyes begin to glow again.

Ryan: Connor, back away!

Abby: Connor!

Nick: No!

Tom falls forwards, into Connor’s arms, Connor grabs him.

Connor: It’s okay. You’re okay.

Tom slumps down.

Tom: They tried to take me over, but I fought them, Con. I fought them.

Connor: You did a really good job.

Tom: Mmm. I’m a hero.

Connor nods. Tom closes his eyes, and slips from Connor’s arms as he dies.

Abby clings to Stephen as he lowers his gun, and Nick walks down the steps to Connor. Connor stays crouched next to Tom until Nick approaches him, he stands in front of Nick.

Connor: I can’t do this anymore.

Nick: Come here.

Nick grabs his arm and moves him away from Tom slightly.

Nick: We need you.

Connor: If I hadn’t been involved, Tom would still be alive.

Nick: No, there’s a handful of people in the whole world that know what’s going on here, what we’re grappling with, and you’re one of them. That would have made his day. He’d have loved it. So you can’t bail out now. Okay?

Connor: Okay.

Nick: Now, come here.

Nick pulls Connor into a hug. Everyone else, including Duncan, is standing still, staring at Tom, as Connor closes his eyes and starts to cry.

Trailer for next episode.

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