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Season 1, Episode 4: What Remains Genre: Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi Original Air Date: October 10, 2011
When Elisabeth, Jim, Malcolm and Taylor investigate radio silence at a nearby scientific outpost, they discover an outbreak of a mysterious virus causing memory loss, paranoia and eventually death. The group must work together to find a cure before they lose their sanity and all of Terra Nova is infected.
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(warning! contains spoilers)
Outside Terra Nova, a not-right looking man toys with a prehistoric insect inside some sort of lab before wandering outside. There, he finds a giant dinosaur standing above him. The man -- now effectively the insect -- grins vacantly before dino CHOMPS down.
CUT to Jim and Elisabeth walking through the market. Elisabeth explains that no one has heard from a researcher working outside Terra Nova. She then boards a rover with Taylor to check it out. They arrive at the lab recently exited by the vacantly grinning (and now missing) scientist. Inside, they find strange notes proclaiming, "This is not a dream!" Worse, multiple people are locked inside a room, most strapped to tables and babbling incoherently. One woman claims to be in the middle of the Detroit food riots -- an event taking place 85 million years in the future. Elisabeth then finds a video recording from the researcher, who talks about "pathogens" and "short-term memory loss." Hmm.
Back at Terra Nova, Josh and Skye sit outside while he fiddles on the guitar. Soon, her hand is on his leg. He smiles -- and continues playing. CUT to the lab, where Taylor returns from outside with news: he found the researcher's boots ... with feet still in them. Gross. Elisabeth then calls Jim, who explains that he is not looking forward to playing host to Reynolds, who is courting Maddy. He then explains that Zoe has a cold. After hanging up, Elisabeth muses: "Zoe ... who is Zoe?" Uh oh. The pathogens are loose.
Later, Reynolds shows up to eat dinner and "study" with Maddy. He leaves and Maddy worries that it was the "worst first date ever." Jim explains that the worst first date was with his eventual wife, but that it turned out to be well worth it. Maddy smiles. The next morning, Jim visits Washington, who explains that the outlying lab has been quarantined on Taylor's orders. Jim heads to Malcolm, requesting to borrow the good doctor's rover. Malcolm agrees under one condition: he comes, too. Jim then sneezes as he has caught the cold from Zoe. Malcolm gives him some prehistoric medicine to chew on.
CUT to Josh, who gets even MORE cozy with Skye -- eventually leaning in and kissing her. But Josh pulls away, explaining that he made a promise to bring his future girlfriend to Terra Nova. "What if I told you that I might know a guy who could help you with that," Skye whispers. Later that evening, Jim and Malcolm arrive at the outpost lab. Luckily, they wear breathing masks so as to avoid the pathogens. What they can't avoid, however, is Elisabeth carrying a HUGE gun. She shoots, sending a blast of energy that KNOCKS DOWN Jim. Elisabeth clearly doesn't recognize her husband ... but she does recognize Malcolm. Elisabeth gives the doctor a very familiar hug. Jim is horrified.
"She's at university," Malcolm explains later. "She and I just started dating." So the first stage of this airborne virus is short term memory loss followed by serious memory loss followed by ... catatonia. Malcolm explains that he can cure the virus with Elisabeth's help -- so long as she stays lucid. So Malcolm pretends that it is indeed 20 years ago (or 85 million and 20 years ago) when they were dating. CUT to Skye, who introduces Josh to a bartender named Tom. Turns out bringing someone from the future is expensive. "You're the cop's son, right?" Tom asks. "Because trust is important around here."
Back at the outpost, Jim shows Elisabeth a video of herself explaining the symptoms. Elisabeth finally accepts that she has been exposed to a pathogen -- and tells Jim and Malcolm, whose masks were knocked off, that they all must hurry. Suddenly, the power goes out. Allosaurs chewing on the power cables. Jim volunteers to check it out ... and runs across the unconscious body of a Terra Nova soldier. Is a sick Taylor responsible?
Sure enough, Taylor springs from a hole in the roof armed with a gun. "Move a muscle and I'll blow your head off," he growls. Jim tries to explain to Taylor that he ISN'T at war in Somalia in 2138. "The only question is who's running this mind game on me," Taylor growls. Meanwhile, Elisabeth and Malcolm discover that the lab was secretly running experiments on gene manipulation. Malcolm then suggests they "skip class today" and tries to kiss Elisabeth. Jim returns just in time to break them up. Malcolm snaps back to the present after his momentary slip. The pathogen is starting to take hold.
So why isn't Jim showing symptoms? No one is sure. Jim then explains that Taylor threatened his life before letting him go. Worse, Taylor is likely trying to find his way back to Terra Nova -- risking bringing the pathogen to the human populace. Just then, a long-necked dinosaurs slips into the lab from the open ceiling hatch. Jim rushes to close and lock a door between the dino and the humans. Malcolm starts to FREAK OUT at the sight of the creature -- which didn't exist when he was at university -- so Jim HITS him, knocking him out cold. So it's all up to Elisabeth. "Do we know each other?" she asks her husband. "We're more than just acquaintances, aren't we?" You could say that.
CUT to Taylor, who smears dirt on his face and then sneaks up on Terra Nova, KNOCKING OUT a patrolling guard ... and then spotting Washington. Her presence seems to confuse Taylor, who served with her in Somalia. Back at the lab, Elisabeth finds notes in her handwriting ... "Josh," "Maddy," "Zoe" and "Jim." Understanding dawns on Elisabeth's face. "What happens if we both forget?" she asks. Jim refuses to entertain the notion ... and then sneezes. Understanding dawns on Elisabeth's face again. The cold medicine that Malcolm gave Jim must be the key. Something in it is blocking the pathogen. CUT to Maddy, who has found out from Reynolds that her parents are locked away in a quarantined lab. The lovebirds go to see Washington, who urges them to leave. Too late. Taylor appears out of nowhere ...and holds a knife to Reynold's throat.
Washington tries to talk down Taylor, telling him that they won the war in Somalia. "Seven years ago, you led us to this place so that we could have a second chance!" she yells. "This is home." Taylor demands to see his wife. Washington explains that she died. Distraught, Taylor is about to cut his own throat when Washington BLASTS him with one of those force guns. He goes FLYING backward. CUT to the lab, where Elisabeth has a revelation. It's not the medicine that's blocking the pathogen but the cold itself. Jim then attempts to give Elisabeth his cold by KISSING her deeply.
The next day, Taylor wakes up at the hospital ... with a smiling Elisabeth and Washington watching over him. Turns out that Elisabeth made a vaccine for the pathogen. Malcolm is OK, too. Everybody is OK. But not everything is OK. CUT to bartender Tom, who ventures into the jungle to find the Sixers waiting. He gives them supplies he has taken from Terra Nova and tells Mira that he has struck a deal with the sheriff's son to bring back a girl from the future. Mira smiles. This could be a great opportunity to undermine law enforcement in Terra Nova. To be continued ..
CUT to Jim and Elisabeth walking through the market. Elisabeth explains that no one has heard from a researcher working outside Terra Nova. She then boards a rover with Taylor to check it out. They arrive at the lab recently exited by the vacantly grinning (and now missing) scientist. Inside, they find strange notes proclaiming, "This is not a dream!" Worse, multiple people are locked inside a room, most strapped to tables and babbling incoherently. One woman claims to be in the middle of the Detroit food riots -- an event taking place 85 million years in the future. Elisabeth then finds a video recording from the researcher, who talks about "pathogens" and "short-term memory loss." Hmm.
Back at Terra Nova, Josh and Skye sit outside while he fiddles on the guitar. Soon, her hand is on his leg. He smiles -- and continues playing. CUT to the lab, where Taylor returns from outside with news: he found the researcher's boots ... with feet still in them. Gross. Elisabeth then calls Jim, who explains that he is not looking forward to playing host to Reynolds, who is courting Maddy. He then explains that Zoe has a cold. After hanging up, Elisabeth muses: "Zoe ... who is Zoe?" Uh oh. The pathogens are loose.
Later, Reynolds shows up to eat dinner and "study" with Maddy. He leaves and Maddy worries that it was the "worst first date ever." Jim explains that the worst first date was with his eventual wife, but that it turned out to be well worth it. Maddy smiles. The next morning, Jim visits Washington, who explains that the outlying lab has been quarantined on Taylor's orders. Jim heads to Malcolm, requesting to borrow the good doctor's rover. Malcolm agrees under one condition: he comes, too. Jim then sneezes as he has caught the cold from Zoe. Malcolm gives him some prehistoric medicine to chew on.
CUT to Josh, who gets even MORE cozy with Skye -- eventually leaning in and kissing her. But Josh pulls away, explaining that he made a promise to bring his future girlfriend to Terra Nova. "What if I told you that I might know a guy who could help you with that," Skye whispers. Later that evening, Jim and Malcolm arrive at the outpost lab. Luckily, they wear breathing masks so as to avoid the pathogens. What they can't avoid, however, is Elisabeth carrying a HUGE gun. She shoots, sending a blast of energy that KNOCKS DOWN Jim. Elisabeth clearly doesn't recognize her husband ... but she does recognize Malcolm. Elisabeth gives the doctor a very familiar hug. Jim is horrified.
"She's at university," Malcolm explains later. "She and I just started dating." So the first stage of this airborne virus is short term memory loss followed by serious memory loss followed by ... catatonia. Malcolm explains that he can cure the virus with Elisabeth's help -- so long as she stays lucid. So Malcolm pretends that it is indeed 20 years ago (or 85 million and 20 years ago) when they were dating. CUT to Skye, who introduces Josh to a bartender named Tom. Turns out bringing someone from the future is expensive. "You're the cop's son, right?" Tom asks. "Because trust is important around here."
Back at the outpost, Jim shows Elisabeth a video of herself explaining the symptoms. Elisabeth finally accepts that she has been exposed to a pathogen -- and tells Jim and Malcolm, whose masks were knocked off, that they all must hurry. Suddenly, the power goes out. Allosaurs chewing on the power cables. Jim volunteers to check it out ... and runs across the unconscious body of a Terra Nova soldier. Is a sick Taylor responsible?
Sure enough, Taylor springs from a hole in the roof armed with a gun. "Move a muscle and I'll blow your head off," he growls. Jim tries to explain to Taylor that he ISN'T at war in Somalia in 2138. "The only question is who's running this mind game on me," Taylor growls. Meanwhile, Elisabeth and Malcolm discover that the lab was secretly running experiments on gene manipulation. Malcolm then suggests they "skip class today" and tries to kiss Elisabeth. Jim returns just in time to break them up. Malcolm snaps back to the present after his momentary slip. The pathogen is starting to take hold.
So why isn't Jim showing symptoms? No one is sure. Jim then explains that Taylor threatened his life before letting him go. Worse, Taylor is likely trying to find his way back to Terra Nova -- risking bringing the pathogen to the human populace. Just then, a long-necked dinosaurs slips into the lab from the open ceiling hatch. Jim rushes to close and lock a door between the dino and the humans. Malcolm starts to FREAK OUT at the sight of the creature -- which didn't exist when he was at university -- so Jim HITS him, knocking him out cold. So it's all up to Elisabeth. "Do we know each other?" she asks her husband. "We're more than just acquaintances, aren't we?" You could say that.
CUT to Taylor, who smears dirt on his face and then sneaks up on Terra Nova, KNOCKING OUT a patrolling guard ... and then spotting Washington. Her presence seems to confuse Taylor, who served with her in Somalia. Back at the lab, Elisabeth finds notes in her handwriting ... "Josh," "Maddy," "Zoe" and "Jim." Understanding dawns on Elisabeth's face. "What happens if we both forget?" she asks. Jim refuses to entertain the notion ... and then sneezes. Understanding dawns on Elisabeth's face again. The cold medicine that Malcolm gave Jim must be the key. Something in it is blocking the pathogen. CUT to Maddy, who has found out from Reynolds that her parents are locked away in a quarantined lab. The lovebirds go to see Washington, who urges them to leave. Too late. Taylor appears out of nowhere ...and holds a knife to Reynold's throat.
Washington tries to talk down Taylor, telling him that they won the war in Somalia. "Seven years ago, you led us to this place so that we could have a second chance!" she yells. "This is home." Taylor demands to see his wife. Washington explains that she died. Distraught, Taylor is about to cut his own throat when Washington BLASTS him with one of those force guns. He goes FLYING backward. CUT to the lab, where Elisabeth has a revelation. It's not the medicine that's blocking the pathogen but the cold itself. Jim then attempts to give Elisabeth his cold by KISSING her deeply.
The next day, Taylor wakes up at the hospital ... with a smiling Elisabeth and Washington watching over him. Turns out that Elisabeth made a vaccine for the pathogen. Malcolm is OK, too. Everybody is OK. But not everything is OK. CUT to bartender Tom, who ventures into the jungle to find the Sixers waiting. He gives them supplies he has taken from Terra Nova and tells Mira that he has struck a deal with the sheriff's son to bring back a girl from the future. Mira smiles. This could be a great opportunity to undermine law enforcement in Terra Nova. To be continued ..
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