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Narrator: Previously
on Helix...
Ilaria wanted
a virus and a cure.
You engineered
an apocalypse virus.
They will send an army.
Then we need to get down
there and destroy the virus.
Julia: Jesus.
Narvik, it's gone.
Hiroshi, I think I might die.
Hatake: She has a grade iv
spinal tumor.
Julia: You didn't know, right?
Mmm, sleep with me again, Alan.
Now, you can shoot me,
but I'm still going.
We're going.
Hatake: Me, you,
and your mother.
Who the hell are you?
Hatake: You have
your father's eyes.
(Mri machine clacking
and beeping)
Alan? Alan: Shh, shh, shh.
Alan? Hey.
It's all right, Sarah.
What happened?
Just try to relax. Where am I?
You're in isolation.
We're preparing to
do a scan of your tumor.
My tumor?
How did you find out?
Hatake found the scar
from your surgery.
Let's just get
these scans done, okay?
Give me a minute to
get to the imaging room,
and I'll monitor the scans
as they come out.
Okay. Alan.
This'll be quick, I promise.
All right?
(Glass shattering)
(Vector growling)
Hey! Look behind you!
(Vector shrieking)
Alan, help!
(Screaming)
What's wrong?
You were screaming.
(Catching her breath)
I loved your mother very much.
She felt the same.
But when she found out
about the inuit children,
she took you away,
forbid me to see you.
But I have looked after you
in my own way.
Inuit children?
You stole them.
Most were placed in homes,
given to those unable to
have children of their own.
Most?
None of those lives were
yours to give.
I deeply regret
what I have done.
Seems like you really
believe that.
This is the night I received the
national science fellowship.
I was very proud of you.
You were there?
I am an honorary member
of the board.
(Scoffs) I voted for
you, but nothing more.
You won that on your own.
Of course I did,
because despite what you might
think this stalker book proves,
you have nothing to do with me
or anything I have ever done!
Julia, please.
Our eyes...
Why are they silver?
A rare genetic anomaly.
You're lying.
Tell me the truth.
I deserve that.
I'm trying to protect you.
It's not your job to protect me.
(Sighs)
The tumor has extended
into your spinal fluid.
There's a... A real chance that
it's spreading to your brain.
I just wanted to go
out into the field.
Just once.
This was my last chance to really
do something that mattered.
I'm sorry I lied to you.
It's okay.
It's okay.
I'm really glad you're here.
(Animal howling faintly)
Okay, stop moving.
Stop hurting me.
Tulok is throwing the ilaria
bodies out on the ice.
I'm fine, by the way,
thanks for asking.
Wouldn't know it by listening
to you moan like a baby.
We checked everyone else out.
No serious injuries.
Right, nothing at all
serious about this.
It's a miracle
nobody else got hurt.
Thanks to you.
But this isn't over, is it?
Ilaria won't stop. Ever.
(Man shouting outside)
They'll hunt down every
single person in this village
just to keep their secrets.
Well, what are we gonna
do about it?
We're not gonna do anything.
You're going to take your people...
Our people, miksa.
Whatever. You need to leave
here as soon as possible.
This is our home,
we're not gonna run.
Anana, he's right.
Our blood is in this ice.
Your blood on the ice is all that's
gonna be left if you stay here.
If you scatter to the wind, you
still have a fighting chance.
He's been watching me
my whole life.
The album was filled with
photos of me from Atlanta,
medical school,
even my overseas postings.
He told me his daughter died
in a fire.
That was a complete lie.
He's done nothing but lie to
us from the day we got here.
There was this picture
of all us together
like a family, me, hatake, and my
mother in that cabin downstairs.
I grew up here.
So did a lot of other kids
who he experimented on.
He might have done
something to you
while you were sick
down on level r.
To his own daughter?
System voice:
Attention. Code 725.
I'm gonna find hatake.
System voice: Attention.
Code 725, level g.
I found something
you may want to see.
Where is it?
Where is this scrapbook? How
long have you been stalking her?
If you are here to accuse me
of watching over Julia,
I openly admit to doing so.
What you've been doing is sick.
I am her father.
She might not accept that,
but a simple DNA test
can prove it.
You lost your right
to be her father years ago.
A topic I would
enjoy debating with you,
were there not
something more pressing.
Dr. Adrian is departing the base
with the missing core samples
of the narvik.
Where is he going?
Nowhere.
There is nothing out there
but certain death.
He doesn't look
like he's going nowhere.
The ice will take him. Trust me.
Ironic words coming from you.
The important thing is
that the virus is gone.
And like Dr. Adrian,
it will never be found.
If narvik makes it
out of the arctic circle,
there's no turning back,
millions will die.
And those who don't die,
they'll be vectors,
spreading the disease until...
So, why did Adrian take
all the narvik?
Either he works for ilaria,
or he's about to.
Juneau's eight days out.
No, he'd never make it
that far on a snowmobile.
Echelon deep-space listening
station, abandoned in '85.
It's only 50 Miles out.
What are the chances the radio
is still working 29 years later?
I think we're about to find out.
Julia, don't.
It's too dangerous.
The virus is gone!
Julia!
Alan.
Don't. We need to go.
(Theme music playing)
My national science award,
what did you do with it
when you moved out?
I, uh...
I put it in storage
with the rest of your stuff.
What's got you thinking
about that?
We never really talked
about that night.
What's there to talk about?
I always wondered why
you gave Peter your ticket.
Is this about me and Sarah?
No. You know what...
'Cause you said you didn't
want to talk about it.
And I don't. I just, I...
Ah, you know what, forget it.
(Growling)
Van eigem: I don't want to
become one of those things.
You know what I'm asking.
I can't do it myself.
Please. Thank you.
(Mixer whirring)
System voice:
...Bacteriology. Level g.
(Door opening)
Dr. Jordan.
You should be resting.
You mean dying? No, thanks.
Whatever time I have left
I want to spend in the lab.
(Dishes clinking)
Let me help you.
You can just set it there.
Thank you.
Do you know where Dr. farragut
and Dr. Walker went?
They didn't tell you?
They don't trust me.
Can you blame them?
I've done things...
Terrible things,
in the name of science.
Edward jenner.
Infected an 8-year-old boy with
smallpox to test an unproven theory.
He could've been charged
with ***.
But the child survived.
And jenner pioneered the use
of modern vaccinations.
He saved millions of lives.
You may have done
some terrible things,
but I can't help but think
that none of that will matter
if we get this antiviral
to work.
(Adrian speaking indistinctly)
Adrian.
Stop! Don't make me use this!
Take it easy with that.
We're not here to hurt you.
Right, you just happened to be in the
neighborhood, decided to stop by?
Alan. The narvik.
Man on radio: Do you have the package?
I need confirmation.
***.
Give me a second!
Look, you can't make
a deal with these people.
They will take what
they want and kill you.
I've worked too long and hard
to leave here with nothing.
The virus could kill millions.
This is a CDC problem.
I just want you people
to stay in business.
Do you have confirmation?
Hello, damn it. Hey!
You okay?
It's just a scratch. Can't
say the same for the radio.
It's pretty busted up,
but I think I can fix it.
Since when?
I've had to learn to do
a lot of things without you.
It's chilly in here, but it's
downright subzero between you two.
Battery's toast. We're gonna
need another power source.
This place must have had a backup
generator. I'll see if I can find it.
You're not coming
with us, are you?
I have no choice.
You do, and you keep
choosing him.
Look, when ilaria's finished with
the base, they'll be coming here.
I can slow them down,
give our people
a fighting chance.
Miksa! What's wrong?
A snowmobile's missing.
Balleseros: Who's gone?
No one from our village.
How many bodies did you
put out on the ice? Four.
No, no. Five passed me on the
way to the village last night.
The only advantage that we had
is that ilaria didn't know
what happened here.
They still won't,
not if I can stop them.
I'm going with you.
(Groaning in pain)
You'll just slow me down.
Get everyone out of here
as fast as you can.
We checked
Julia's blood already.
There's no viral antibodies.
Did you notice
anything abnormal?
Not from the test, no.
Then you need to change
your perspective.
Look at the form,
the structure of the DNA.
Why? What am I going to find?
I don't know.
But there must be something.
Some would call Dr. Walker's
recovery miraculous.
I do not believe in miracles.
My faith lies in science.
I believe that is
a quality we share.
Julia's the expert.
If she were here, she could
find what I'm missing.
When I saw you pressing forward
in spite of everything,
that is a mark
of a true scientist.
Do not give up now.
System voice: Cleanup requested,
bacteriology, level 3.
Cleanup requested,
bacteriology, level 3.
Cleanup requested,
bacteriology...
(Christmas music
slowly droning on)
Like that's not creepy.
Hey, what's the story with you
and the good Dr. farragut?
You know, I had a lab assistant once.
She was a real looker.
Banged her like a drum
for a while.
And then I got bored, and it just
turned into a real nightmare.
I had to fire her so she'd stop
making moony eyes at me all day.
So, what happened to you?
Did he toss you aside
for a new flavor?
That Dr. Jordan, huh? Ooh,
she's a real hot piece, huh?
Mmm, she's a real hot...
Shut... Up.
I found the...
The backup generator.
You didn't fix this yet?
I was just about to try.
Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
This is Echelon station.
Can anyone read me?
(Radio static)
(Christmas music
slowly droning on)
I repeat. This is
a mayday situation.
I am Dr. Julia Walker with the
center for disease control.
We are in need of
emergency assistance at...
Let me try.
Just give me a second.
(Laughing) I can't believe
that I didn't see it earlier.
That kind of easy disdain is
born and bred in marriage.
Let me guess. A rocky divorce?
I'm not gonna
tell you again to shut up.
It seems like you just did.
(Gunshot)
Get down! (Gun firing)
(Gun continues firing)
Get to the door!
Throw out the virus
and no one else has to die!
Follow me.
(Gun firing)
All we want is the virus. Just throw
it outside and we'll let you go!
I think there's only
one of them.
How do you know?
'Cause if he had friends,
they'd have broken down
the door by now.
Either way, he won't let us
walk out of here.
(Woman speaking Norwegian
over radio)
Can you reach it?
I don't know.
(Gun firing)
Alan: So much for the radio.
(Growling)
(Door opening)
What do you want, Peter?
Why are you here?
I want to help you.
No.
Please.
This will all be over soon.
Sooner than you think.
(Christmas music droning on)
I really thought I was
close to a breakthrough.
What?
Your awards presentation.
The national science thing.
I was really wrapped up
in the work.
You want to talk about this now?
In the sno-cat, when you brought
it up, it all came back to me.
(Gun firing)
The ceremony was half over, they
were about to call me up on stage,
and you still hadn't shown up.
I was mad, but I know how you lose track
of time. I learned to deal with that.
I realized when Peter showed up,
you didn't get lost in the work,
you just chose not to come.
(Gun firing)
I think about that night
all the time.
I mean, if I hadn't
given Peter my ticket,
would you guys have ended up...
You asked about the last
time I'd seen Peter.
I lied to you.
I know. He told me.
I should have told you the truth.
I just didn't know how.
(Gun firing) Come on.
Your national science award
is not in storage.
I smashed it to pieces
about a week after you left.
Cut the hell out of my hand.
(Chuckles)
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry too, Jules.
(Gun firing)
He's coming in.
Jules.
Please tell me there's
no cabin down there.
I wanted to log this
just in case.
I resequenced Julia's DNA,
and I found something...
incredible. We were so intent on
finding antibodies to the virus,
we missed this completely.
This is the scan of Julia's
telomeres taken eight days ago
when she was first infected
with the virus.
And this is her sample
from two days ago.
You can see her telomeres
have lengthened,
restored to the lengths
that you'd expect to see
in a newborn, all without
requiring telomerase.
Now, is this a side effect
of the virus
like the pigmentation change
in her eyes,
or is this why she recovered?
I'm not sure, but I
don't have to tell you
that the medical
possibilities are endless.
Theoretically, we could induce
the absence of telomerase.
That, in turn, would remove the fuel
necessary for cancer cells to grow,
and if we could remove the fuel,
then my cancer cells would die.
I think that's why Dr. hatake told me
to take a closer look at Julia's DNA.
Somehow he knew.
If we could somehow supplement
my weakened immune system,
target the tumor directly,
inject Julia's cerebral spinal fluid
into my central nervous system...
I'm gonna start some trials
on the computer
and see if I can get a prep
on a spinal tap.
If I'm gone
by the time you get back,
or if this is just me
grasping at straws...
I just want you to know
I'm not scared.
I'm ready.
I guess that's all.
We're just going
further into the ice.
What if there's not
another way out?
(Humming)
What was that?
(Quiet singing)
Coming from over here.
♪ The first Noel
♪ the angels did say
♪ was to certain poor Shepherds
♪ in fields ♪
(Chains clinking)
Free me.
Who are you?
The music was so beautiful.
♪ The first Noel
♪ the angels did say
♪ was to certain poor Shepherds
♪ in fields... ♪
Can you tell us your name?
Gunnar mikaelsson.
Why are your eyes silver?
(Laughing)
Free me.
We're not doing anything with you
until you tell us who you are.
Who am I?
I remember being a scientist,
and a preacher,
and a viking.
♪ I've been a lover
♪ I've been a ranger
♪ I've been a builder ♪
Free me.
We don't have time for this.
Sutton's man will find
this tunnel any moment.
We need to move.
Constance?
What?
I had to pick a side.
Constance made me choose,
so I did.
That's why hiroshi
locked me up down here.
Tell them there are
rules we must follow.
There can be no more than 500.
Five hundred what?
Talk to me, damn it!
Tell me about your eyes!
You can survive four minutes
without oxygen,
four days without water,
40 days without food.
There was so much pain.
Rebirth feels like dying.
We had no idea the enormity
of it at the time.
We thought we had found
the ultimate gift.
Eternal life.
But to live forever is
to die 10,000 times.
Balleseros: Your brother said
we're almost ready to move out.
You've been standing there
for a while.
I was wondering when you were
gonna say something.
Trying to give you some time.
For what?
This is our home.
We shouldn't be running from it.
I learned at a very young age that you gotta
build a home out of people, not places.
Yeah? And where's
your home, sergio?
I, uh...
I haven't found it yet.
You didn't have to
come back here.
After what miksa did to you,
how I treated you.
You could have let them come.
Everyone in this village
owes you their life.
That doesn't excuse
the things I've done.
You're right.
But it can be a start.
You can be the man
you want to be,
not the man they made you.
Do you believe him?
No, I don't believe him.
I know, okay, I know,
what he said is crazy,
and if you'd have asked me 10 days ago
if I thought any of this was true...
Julia, we are talking
about immortality.
But there's so much that's
happened that we can't explain.
We can explain it scientifically,
not with fairytales!
I survived the virus
without a trace
of antibodies in my blood,
and my eyes,
they're just like his.
I just need to know
what I am now.
(Metallic thumping)
He's found the hatch.
Stay here.
We have to hide the virus.
(Centrifuge whirring)
An hour and 42 minutes
in culture,
the cancer cells are showing...
How long have you been
down here?
Two... no, nine...
Twenty-nine.
Days?
(Chuckling)
Twenty-nine years
10,500 days,
give or take a week.
Why did hatake chain you
down here?
Every night, I have
dreamed of my revenge.
I have killed him
thousands of times,
a thousand different ways.
You hate him also.
Why is that?
We have to go.
He's in the tunnel. I hid the
bag in case we're caught.
Free me.
No. No. He's out of his mind.
We can't trust him.
If we don't let him go, they'll
kill him, and I need answers.
(Julia shouts in anger)
Get off of me!
What are you doing?
The longer you live,
the more you will lose.
You will have to watch everyone
you have ever loved die.
There is nothing in this
world to fill an eternity.
Free me!
(Blood spurting)
(Gun cocking)
Man: Don't move.
Hands where I can see them.
Where's the virus?
I don't know. Suit yourself.
You have 10 seconds to tell me where
it is before I pull this trigger.
Or maybe I shoot her first.
No.
(Gunshot)
(Gasps in pain)
It's done.
No more narvik.
You okay?
Yeah, I think.
I'm just...
You don't really believe that.
What should I believe, Alan?
Come on.
Engine's not frozen up.
It should start.
Oh, thank God.
Don't thank him yet.
We still have to get home.
(Door opening)
What happened?
I found her in bsl3.
She appears to have suffered
multiple grand mal seizures.
Sarah, I'm here.
Can you hear me?
It's me, it's Alan.
What do you have her on?
Propofol.
I had to induce coma
to stop the seizures.
Her vitals are too low.
She doesn't have long.
(Door opening) Where were you?
Echelon station.
We met Gunnar mikaelsson.
This is not how
I wanted you to find out.
I don't think you wanted
anyone to find out,
locking him up in a dungeon
50 Miles away.
He betrayed your mother
to Sutton.
It was a death sentence.
I repaid him
with a life sentence.
I know you can't trust me,
but I was protecting you.
They have gone to great lengths
to keep their secrets.
Who are they?
The 500.
Yes.
Five hundred immortals.
They run ilaria corporation.
(Flatline tone)
Alan: She's crashing.
Clear.
Sarah: If I'm gone by
the time you get back,
I just wanted you to know
I'm not scared.
And, Alan, I know that you don't
believe in life after this.
And I don't either, but...
I'm ready.
Dr. hatake said something
to me earlier.
He said his faith lies
in science.
I guess mine does too.
And science has proven that nothing
disappears without a trace,
nature doesn't know extinction,
only transformation.
We're all made up of the same atoms
that created the universe, right?
In essence, we all live forever.
She doesn't have much time,
a few hours at most.
If we are going to act,
we must do it quickly.
How?
The cancer is in her brain.
She's... she's dying.
Then she has nothing to lose.
All my life,
I've adhered to science.
You're asking me
to believe in miracles.
Are they so different?
You believe you can save her?
No.
But Julia can.