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00:09Sanctuary 1 to Lothelia, do you copy?
00:13Tell no answer, Mom.
00:15Take us out.
00:26See anybody?
00:27Let's hope they're below.
00:37What did the message say exactly?
00:41Just that Eric was bringing back something we'd never seen before, and we were to meet him in the harbor.
00:47Only they never made it to the dock.
01:01It's Eric.
01:03Yeah.
01:04Make sure Will is covered.
01:07Come on.
01:10Come on.
01:17Come on.
01:36Six, Dan.
01:38They weren't just killed.
01:39They were half-devoured.
01:42Whatever it was, it was powerful.
02:13Whatever specimens were in these are long gone.
02:21Makes you wonder what was in these cages.
02:24You think they could have broken their way out?
02:26Looks more like something clawed or chewed its way in.
02:36Mom, come check this out.
03:07Mom, come check this out.
03:08Two rounds only.
03:09You sure?
03:10Herrick paid with his life to bring this creature back.
03:12We owe it to him to preserve it.
03:13We owe it to him to kill it.
03:20We owe it to him.
03:23We owe it to him.
03:27We owe it to him.
03:31We owe it to him.
03:33We owe it to him.
03:35We owe it to him.
03:41We owe it to him.
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07:09a gentleman by the name of maurice mccray recently deceased stipulated in his will
07:13that i performed the autopsy on his remains why he spent the last years of his life in a
07:19psychiatric institution convinced he was an abnormal how do you know about you that's a
07:24question i have as well well i guess it's too late to ask him true but his granddaughter sophie
07:31has accompanied his body i was hoping you could talk to her put her at ease while i examine her
07:36grandfather what does she know about the sanctuary only the rumors that her grandfather passed
07:40along everyone was convinced that he was a few cups shy of a tea service everyone but sophie
07:48so you're gonna go through with the postmortem of course if his claims are unfounded well
07:54there's no harm in fulfilling the man's final request
08:01hi
08:04you must be sophie i'm dr zimmerman will
08:09you work with dr magnus i do
08:13my condolences oh thank you doctor
08:18do you mind if i ask you a couple questions i already know what you're gonna say that my
08:22grandfather was an eccentric old man actually no i i don't know anything about him sorry
08:29i just all the doctors said he was suffering from advanced dementia and
08:36my parents just all my relatives think he was crazy
08:39but you didn't i just felt so strongly i loved him very much
08:50how did he come to this decision he always talked about a private research facility called it the
09:00sanctuary a place where what he called abnormals were given refuge of course no one took him
09:08seriously is that what goes on here well we are a private research facility
09:18research and uh what exactly
09:23a range of things a range
09:28why don't you tell me more about your grandfather grandfather could see things other people didn't
09:37that other people couldn't i mean when we spent time together it was
09:44it was like the world would open up
09:48sounds like an inspiring man
09:50i mean he showed me what people were thinking
09:55what they were feeling
09:57so he actually imparted these thoughts or sensations
10:02yeah you're humoring me
10:05no i'm not i'm just asking questions
10:07it's fine i'm used to it
10:10dr. Zimmerman like i'm sorry
10:12if you're gonna be so evasive i really don't see any reason to tell you more than i have
10:17okay
10:20dr. Magnus has made arrangements for you to stay here as long as you're comfortable with that
10:24until the autopsy results come in
10:27thank you
10:35you have something against sleep don't you
10:37just doing some reading
10:40there's a recurring legend amongst equatorial rainforest cultures about nubbins
10:45nubbins i thought ashley made that name up
10:48she did
10:49they're most often called amaratus
10:52apparently the species is highly prized as harbingers of fertility in a bountiful harvest
10:56in some societies they were a common wedding gift
10:59to promote canubial bliss
11:02before the age of self-help books
11:05when they vanish it's considered a portent of discord
11:11how did the uh
11:13the autopsy go
11:16on
11:16sophie's grandfather
11:19sorry
11:22the autopsy
11:24oh
11:26there was a
11:28significant anomaly to the frontal lobe
11:30i'll need to do more tests to determine if it's a tumor or
11:34something else
11:36so it's
11:38it's possible that he's an abnormal
11:41too early to tell really
11:51i'm uh
11:56i'm gonna go to bed
11:58sweet dreams
12:02don't forget to put out the fire
12:04i never do
12:06all right
12:08okay
12:22are the nubbins okay henry set the female and kept going in and out of camera mode and then swelled
12:26up like a bit
12:27she gave birth just after dawn
12:30they're all fine
12:31all 14 of them
12:33took them only minutes to adapt their camouflage
12:51the juveniles are putting on weights so fast and projecting they'll reach maturation within a day
12:56that rate of metabolic growth is scary
12:58we should find a way to discourage their mating
13:00not yet
13:01i want to document a full reproductive cycle first
13:04keeping this one as a pet just so you know
13:07you know in the throes of a breeding cycle they may not be as docile as they look
13:10oh come on i can handle a baby nubbin mom
13:13white little guy
13:16what about the predator
13:17he showed mark signs of agitation throughout the night
13:20only came out of camouflage for all but a few moments
13:25i don't think he likes the nubbins
13:31but you can't say for sure
13:32no not yet
13:34but i can say
13:36that i've never seen brain structures quite like your grandfathers
13:42sophie the blood i took from you is a control sample
13:45i should tell you i found similar biochemical anomalies to your grandfathers
13:50oh my god
13:51it would be premature to read anything into it
13:54ow but if he was an abnormal
13:56in 24 hours all this will be much clearer
13:58oh okay well look since i've gotten here no one has told me squat about what this place actually does
14:04and now you're telling me i'm some kind of freak of nature too
14:07you guys are hiding something from me
14:10both of you
14:13why should i believe a single thing you tell me
14:20sophie we find ourselves in a very rare situation
14:24i'm about to do something that i normally wouldn't even consider
14:29i don't understand what
14:31you will shortly
14:35will would you be so kind as to show our guest around
14:41uh
14:43yeah
14:43sure
14:47watch yourself there big guy
14:48you don't want to get between them and their breakfast
14:50you could lose a hairy digit
14:56i've never seen an animal with such a
14:59big appetite
15:00it's not just food
15:02they're not paired up for square dancing
15:06oh man
15:08maybe you shouldn't be exposing yourself unnecessarily
15:10yeah the allergy pills aren't working
15:12i just hope these little dudes aren't permanent guests
15:20you look as queasy as i did when i first walked this floor
15:33actually you're taking it better than i did
15:36i sensed all of this
15:39before i got here
15:40i mean not the specifics but
15:43even though your granddad was gone
15:47maybe he passed down his gift
15:52or maybe the feelings that you always saw is coming from him or coming from you
16:00hey whoa whoa whoa hey are you okay
16:03yeah just lightheaded
16:05is all i tend to get these dizzy spells
16:08why don't you sit down
16:09i'm alright
16:11you might be having a mild panic attack or something
16:14i just get like this
16:16well we'll be sure to have dr magnus check it out
16:23what is it
16:26new creatures
16:29you're upset
16:41i know it may be hard to believe but those aren't tricks of the eye
16:44those are flesh and blood creatures
16:46of course they are
16:49it's okay
17:04wow
17:06i seem to be drawn to you
17:10you okay
17:12is it coming back
17:13you should lie down for a while
17:17okay
17:32uh come in
17:36hey
17:36hey
17:38the nebbins came out of camo mode and we did a head count and one of them was missing
17:43yeah i just couldn't stop myself
17:51what time is it
17:54uh
17:54it's almost two
17:56it's weird
17:59i must have fallen asleep or something
18:04hey
18:05that is not very nice
18:06will is a friend
18:08co-worker
18:10slash
18:11friend
18:12that's all
18:12maybe you should uh
18:14maybe you should put them back
18:15just to be on the safe side
18:17oh
18:17little buddy let's go
18:20oh
18:21oh man
18:21oh i'm so
18:23sorry
18:23uh
18:24get to park in here
18:26oh
18:28oh let me uh
18:29let me get that
18:32oh
18:40this uh
18:42this here
18:43just
18:46toss it in here
18:48let me
18:55uh
19:02uh
19:02you you wouldn't have a
19:04man's shirt lying around would you
19:06medium right
19:08yeah
19:09yeah
19:09Yeah.
19:18Can I ask you something?
19:20Sure.
19:22Have you been feeling, um, I don't know, uh, odd?
19:27How do you mean?
19:28Well, I'm not sure, but ever since we got back from that ship, I felt, uh...
19:32Woozy.
19:33Is that how you're feeling?
19:34Uh, yeah, kinda.
19:39I think sometimes I can be a little standoffish.
19:44I mean, I know I can be snippy.
19:46No.
19:47No, not at all.
19:49I don't want you to think that I'm, um, unappreciative or unapproachable.
19:58I've been accused of that by guys.
20:00Yeah, me too.
20:03Not by guys, but, you know what I mean?
20:07Yeah.
20:11Are you okay?
20:13Yeah, it's just these new contacts.
20:15I'm just getting used to them.
20:16Will.
20:17I really like you.
20:19Yeah?
20:19Really?
20:20Without glasses.
20:23Yeah.
20:25Will?
20:26Yeah.
20:32Where's my nubbin?
20:43Oh, no.
20:46Oh.
20:50Oh, no.
20:54Oh, no.
20:56Oh, no.
21:01At first I thought they were just camouflaging, but I swept the entire cell feeling for them.
21:07Don't tell me they've escaped.
21:09Oh.
21:12Oh.
21:12Something.
21:13Nod through the ventilation grate.
21:16From the outside.
21:18Mayday.
21:20Yes.
21:24I'm gonna err on the side of caution.
21:26I want the building sealed.
21:27Nobody goes in or out.
21:28Threat level, holy crap.
21:30Check.
21:31These creatures escaped the Sanctuary and we'll have much more than a pest control problem on
21:35our hands.
21:36Can we not do that?
21:36We'll turn this into a planetary crisis just yet.
21:39There are 14 little furballs.
21:40Invisible furballs.
21:42We'll round them up, okay?
21:43If they reach sexual maturity as fast as they've reached full size, well, do the math.
21:48But they haven't overrun their native habitat, right?
21:50Camouflage or not, there wouldn't be much of a secret.
21:53That's a one saving grace.
21:54Something must control their numbers.
21:56What about the predator Eric brought back?
21:58It's one of a number of theories I'm working on.
22:00Though their shared trait of camouflage doesn't necessarily define their relationship on the
22:03food chain.
22:04Well, we could try to draw them out if we could just figure out what they crave.
22:07You know, besides other nubbins.
22:10Well, we know they're hungry little suckers.
22:12I'll, uh, make sure our food stores are protected.
22:14Too late for that.
22:16They've already wiped out the pantry.
22:18And the walk-in.
22:20What?
22:21There's nothing left?
22:27Right.
22:28We go floor by floor.
22:30Snares, tranquilizers, whatever it takes.
22:37Ow.
22:38I can't-
22:40I can't.
22:43I can't see.
22:44Oh, no.
22:53I can't see.
22:55I can't see.
22:56I can't see.
22:59I can't see.
23:03I can't see.
23:08In the past, you know, I can see.
23:15okay hey little guy it's okay here you go that's good yeah nobody's gonna hurt you little fella
23:33I lied I'm gonna hurt you your mother was a sewer rat
23:45I'm going to schedule a full rabies series unless we can confirm its absence in every
23:50nubbing out there isn't that like super painful I'm not gonna lie to you Henry no it's okay please
23:58you can lie to me those poor things must have been pushed to the limit hey listen I know you're
24:03all
24:03about saving the whales and everything but these guys just happen to be a pack of vicious oversex
24:08hyperthyroid inviserodents stop demonizing them they were just afraid Ashley we have no history
24:13with this species we cannot take this attack lightly now how many have we recaptured so far
24:22three or so three almost four out of 14 actually I'd go up about five times
24:33what did you see I'm not sure see is the right word but by the way they rippled I'd say
24:38we're
24:38looking at several litters of newborns but hey they won't be doing the horizontal tango for like
24:44hours we need to corral them all as quickly as possible Henry I'm taking you off the front lines
24:48I want you working on a more technological solution I'm good with that tell me you're
24:53not talking about exterminating them I'd like nothing more than to see them all safely back
24:56in their cell unharmed but we wouldn't even be having this discussion had you shown better judgment
25:07come here
25:12hi
25:12hi
25:13hi
25:17could you give us a moment yeah sure thank you
25:26hey dr. magnus hello sophie will said you might be able to help me please have a seat
25:36he told you about the headaches and spins and all that if it's all right with you i'd like to
25:44conduct a few simple tests simple like brain scans probably prudent under the circumstances
25:53i know you have more important things to deal with you're in the middle of a crisis
25:57actually by sanctuary standards this is just another day at the office
26:04what did my grandfather die of
26:08a brain aneurysm
26:12and you said that we have similar anomalies
26:17let's just see what happens before we anticipate all right
26:22okay it's gonna be okay sophie
26:33okay here's my idea we capture a male nubbin use it as bait and wait for the females to swarm
26:41or reuse a female as bait and watch the male swarm
26:44well we want as many of the child bearers back in captivity as possible as if the girls are gonna
26:49go
26:49a weak need over the right nubbin i'm sorry the right nubbin you know smart handsome good sense
26:58of humor go-getter dedicated to the same things you are loves long walks on the beach
27:04are you okay yeah yeah i'm fine
27:14johnny nubbin the crosshairs
27:21there's nothing that threatens your health you're fine sophie but you did find something
27:26it's completely benign similar to what we found in your grandfather's brain a tissue structure that
27:32bridges your frontal lobes like a tumor no no nothing like that there's a nerve bundle that links this
27:37unusual organ to the thalamus i think it may be used in pre-verbal communication oh this is
27:43unbelievable i suspect it's some sort of empathic ability in my world it's a genetic expression
27:50that may well preview an evolutionary advance i just always attributed it to maurice it only ever
27:56happened when i was with him he wanted to bring out your gifts no doubt that's what the world was
28:00about this condition that i have assuming that you're right what what does it mean i can do
28:08well that's for you to explore with our help if you'll trust us
28:30okay this isn't gonna be as tough as we thought
28:36oh how am i so sure about that
28:48well i'm telling you we have a nubbins explosion on our hands
28:52i think i've found something that may well explain their popularity as a wedding gift
28:55wait don't tell me they can be returned
28:58actually they have scent glands that emit powerful pheromones
29:01huh well that explains their overactive mating instinct in fact it may well extend beyond their own
29:07species you're not saying that they're affecting us i mean you noticed it are you asking me if i've been
29:17feeling randy i've made you uncomfortable no as a matter of fact you've uh you've aroused my curiosity
29:28oh well turn about is fair play
29:35awkward
29:37poor thing
29:39what the hey what's going on we got problems you mean beyond the fact these things are spilling out
29:47like popcorn on a matinee our systems are degrading we got surges reboots must be the step down
29:54gents warmer oh well clearly that wasn't good
30:00all right is it me or does it smell like fried nubbins
30:03dude i haven't been able to smell anything since they got here
30:17we have nubbins in four out of five infrastructure systems computer cooling electrical air
30:22purification they're not in the water yet i don't think it was an accident they brought
30:27down the computer system come on they're smart but they're not that smart i don't know
30:31a couple get sacrificed to bring down the entire server air vents clogged drones sent out to protect
30:37the survival of the hive yeah these aren't bees they just reproduce as fast hive mentality means
30:43trade-offs between individual survival and that of the group we've seen it in orders higher than
30:47insects yeah like every time soldiers go into battle so what does that tell us about what they'll do
30:51everything they can to ensure interspecies domination you know this catching them one at a time is not
30:56working the more i watch our predator the more i'm beginning to think that it is what controls
31:01the nubbins in their native habitat you're not talking about turning that killer loose not loose
31:05ashley we can implant it with a device so we could track it and control it vast majority of the
31:10nubbins
31:10would be stampeded into the open and we could herd them to safety it's just not fair i mean the
31:15nubbins
31:16are only doing what their instincts tell them all we'd be doing is replicating the predator prey
31:20dynamic that already exists of course yeah like the lions and the christians we have them contained
31:25right now but if they get out and this expands beyond the sanctuary we could be ground zero for
31:29a plague of furry locusts we have to act and quickly tracking device is active
31:48it's all right henry he's quite sedated
31:53would you rather i do it no it's okay i did much better with computer bites than animal bites
32:03there that ah see what i tell you easy peasy
32:17hey sophie
32:22hey i just want to see how you're feeling did dr magnus tell you i told her it was okay
32:28if she did yeah
32:30yeah she did she uh gave me this biofeedback device to use so i know when these supposed powers are
32:40working
32:44i guess you're pretty used to dealing with freaks
32:49that's not how i see you yeah i guess i'm just feeling sorry for myself
32:56well i'm sorry that you're stuck here in the middle of a level three biohazard
33:10the beast
33:13the one the nubbins are afraid of
33:17it's it's waking up how do you know that i don't know i just
33:26i i don't know listen sophie
33:31these feelings that you're having the connections with the creatures you should trust them
33:38it's uh it's a very special thing yeah i wouldn't wish it on anybody i don't feel special i
33:47i feel like i should be in a sideshow
33:51this sense it doesn't happen to tell you where the nubbins are does it no but
34:00i can feel their hearts racing their fear their desire
34:09it doesn't happen to tell you where the nubbins are
34:17atchoo
34:30nature abhors a vacuum it's because she's never seen mine
34:38okay easy there little nub
34:54i've got suction and i'm not afraid to use it
35:03you're releasing the predator
35:14wow let him go team one predator moving from utility five herding nubbins towards residential
35:20corridor shut down air vents
35:42predator three nubbins zero
35:46oh hey where's he got i'm not seeing him track the device
35:54level five north corridor he is moving fast checking level five north corridor primary and
35:59secondary cameras nothing in the primary corridor negative on b and c whoa nubbins on the move
36:10oh wait a second pressure stopped dead stop where just outside the library
36:20we're losing power on the main grid go to auxiliary
36:30and we've lost auxiliary okay women and geeks first oh no wait that's all of us see what you can
36:36do henry
36:37okay will let's go
36:43okay
36:45okay
36:47okay
36:49okay
37:01okay
37:03okay
37:03okay
37:06okay
37:15okay
37:16I trust you.
37:46The tranquilizer rounds. One shot won't do it.
38:09Looks like our predator just became prey.
38:12Why do I have the feeling that we're next?
38:17Well, I guess we can skip the midnight feeding.
38:25So we were wrong about a predator keeping the nubbins in check in the rainforest.
38:30Well, not necessarily.
38:32Sometimes predator becomes prey.
38:34Hyenas, for example, have been known to kill lions.
38:37Apparently, we underestimated the nubbins' strength in numbers.
38:40Can you imagine what ten times the number of nubbins will do? Or a hundred times?
38:43If they can rip a creature the size and strength of the predator to shreds, I've no doubt they'd give
38:47us no quarter.
38:48We may have just sealed ourselves in with our executioners.
38:51Their hive behavior isn't just intelligent, it's strategic.
38:55Sooner or later, they're gonna find a way out.
38:56And they're reproducing faster than we can capture or eradicate them.
39:00Doesn't anybody have some good news?
39:02I've got wood.
39:10You know, for the fire.
39:15Hey, when we were aboard the Lofelia, do you remember the hold where we found the nubbins?
39:19The refrigerated dry hold?
39:20Yeah.
39:21Although it was either turned off or malfunctioning.
39:24Cryogenic transport's fairly common for a bioresearch vessel.
39:27Yeah, but the thing is, is...
39:32The setting on the control panel...
39:36It was for 50 degrees, which is cold but well above freezing.
39:41So maybe it was their intention to slow their metabolism, moderate their growth and mating cycles.
39:46Ashley, you and Henry round up as many fire extinguishers as you can.
39:50On it.
39:53Still, even if we are right about the cold, unless we can drive them into the open, I don't see
39:57how that by itself will do the trick.
40:01You are right about the cold, Will.
40:05I don't like it.
40:07Can you tell what they're feeling now?
40:13Crowded.
40:15Afraid.
40:16Afraid.
40:17Threatened.
40:18They're sending warnings.
40:21They're sounding it alone.
40:26What are you thinking?
40:27That we try and mimic the frequency of their distress call.
40:31If we're successful, we could strategically place them as powerful enough to flush them out, stampede them and funnel them
40:36towards capture.
40:39What are you getting, Henry?
40:40Just over 19 kilohertz.
40:43Ultrasonic, beyond the range of human hearing.
40:4519.5.
40:4820.
40:5021.5.
40:52And stabilizing.
40:54That's your distress call.
40:5521.5 kilohertz.
40:57Mutals.
41:1321.5.
41:1422.
41:21I don't know.
41:59Time to chill, guys.
42:29Time to chill, guys.
42:44The difference is that you can sense a lot more than nubbins.
42:48Yeah, still not sure how I feel about that.
42:52I think we know what your grandfather wanted for you.
42:56Yeah, I guess in a way he'll always be guiding me.
43:00And so will we.
43:01I think we know what your grandfather wanted for you.
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