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Episode 6.1 is the first episode of the sixth season of Primeval and is the first episode of the reboot to be shown to the public.

Synopsis[]

An anomaly opens up at a supermarket and a Leptictidium family are chased through it by a breeding pair of Gastornis. However, everything is not as simple as it appears, as familiar faces and an old enemy reappear. Can Matt, who is still reeling from what he saw, can lead the team and stop the incursion in time? 

Plot[]

An anomaly opens up in the storage room of a Tesco supermarket, where on the other side, a family of Leptictidium is fleeing from a pair of Gastornis. One of the pups lags behind the rest of the family and is swiftly killed by the Male Gastornis, who proceeds to devour it. The female, meanwhile, chases the rest of the family through the anomaly. On the other side, the family leave the storage room and go into the supermarket with the Gastornis hot on their tail. Seeing the animals, the shoppers in the store flee in terror. As shoppers scramble away from the creatures, the Female Gastornis goes up to the first level, where she is spotted by Jenny and her husband, Michael. Seeing the creature, Jenny and Michael decide to stay in the store as they know that the A.R.C team is going to need help once they arrive on the scene.

Meanwhile, at Matt's flat, Mat is having a nightmare about the second Matt when he is suddenly woken up by Emily, who tells him that breakfast is done. As they prepare to eat, Matt gets a call from the A.R.C and Jess tells him that an anomaly has opened in a Tesco supermarket. He tells Jess that he and Emily are on their way and informs Emily about the situation before they put their coats on and rush to the car. When they arrive at the Tesco, Abby, Connor, and Becker arrive in Connor's car, along with two other cars, and they get their EMDs ready before entering the store. Once they are in the store, they split into two groups. Emily, Abby, and some soldiers head to the CCTV room to see what they can find while Connor, Matt, Becker, and the rest of the men try to find the anomaly.

At the A.R.C, Lester walks over to Jess and asks if she can do a questionnaire about her job, to which she agrees to do.

Back the store, Emily begins to tell Abby about what's wrong with Matt, but before she can divulge further, they hear someone shouting "help," causing them to run over to the source of the shout while the soldiers continue toward the CCTV room. They find Abby's brother, Jack, trapped under some shelves, and after freeing him, Abby hugs him before introducing him to Emily. She then calls Connor through the comms and tells him that Jack is here, and he tells her that he and the others will come looking for them after they find and secure the anomaly before ending the call. Once the guys had found the anomaly, they prepare to close it, but something comes through and they are both shocked and glad to see that it's Danny. However, Danny tells them that he's found Ethan, but lost him shortly before coming across the anomaly. Everyone is horrified by the news and while Connor calls Abby and Emily through the comms and tells them about the situation, Matt updates Jess about the situation over the comms. Jess quickly informs Lester about Jack, and the Quinn brothers' return and he orders the team to get Jack and Danny out of there and to shoot Ethan if they ran into him.

Emily and Abby prepare to get Jack out of the Tesco, but before that could happen, the three of them are attacked by a Gastornis. Emily fires her EMD at it, but it misses and the bird flees further into the store. The three of them then make their way to the CCTV room, which the soldiers had secured, where they spot Ethan threatening Jenny and Michael on one of the cameras. They quickly inform the others, who run to their location and help them out. Once they've arrived, Becker immediately shoots Ethan with his EMD, knocking him out, while Matt and Connor check on Jenny and Michael. They thank them for helping them before the Leptictidium family run past them. Connor identifies them before a squawk causes him and the others to look up and narrowly avoid the second Gastornis, who is too concentrated on chasing the shrew-like mammals to notice the team and the Millers. Once the creatures disappear, Matt decides that it's too dangerous to get the Millers, Jack, or Danny out of the Tesco.

Back at the A.R.C, Jess goes into Lester's office and gives him the questionnaire and updates him on the situation at the Tesco. Lester tells Jess to tell the others that anyone who isn't permitted in the store must leave immediately, but Jess tells Lester that with two carnivorous birds running around, it's impossible for the team to do that and walks out.

Back at the store, everyone meets up by the staff room, and Matt tells everyone that they must get the creatures back through the anomaly quickly before it closes. Suddenly, Emily notices one of the Leptictidium pups near the self-serve tills, with the female Gastornis stalking up behind it. As she tells the others about the pup, the female attacks and kills the pup, but before it can eat it, the male arrives and fights the female over the dead pup. The team then spots the Leptictidium and her two remaining pups nearby, grieving over the dead pup before scampering away while the two Gastornis continue their fight. Jack then comes up with an idea as to how the team can get the animals back through the anomaly and takes Danny, Connor, Abby, and the Millers to the pet section of the store while Matt, Becker, and Emily stay to keep an eye on the Gastornis

There, they grab an animal cage, some carrots, and some tape before setting up a trap. Once the trap is set, they, hide and a few minutes later, the three Leptictidium appear and enter the cage before beginning to eat the carrots. With the Leptictidium distracted, Danny and Connor close the cage door, trapping the Leptictidium inside. With the three Leptictidium captured, they take them to the anomaly, where they set them free and watch them enter the anomaly.

At the A.R.C, Lester goes over to Jess and asks for an update. She tells him that the Leptictidium have just been dealt with and that they still needed to deal with the Gastornis pair.

At the shopping centre, the team regroups, after Matt's group lost the Gastornis pair after they had stopped fighting and ran away. They head to the CCTV room, where they discover that one of the Gastornis is still in the store while the other somehow found its way onto the roof. This prompts the team to split up, with Abby, Becker and Danny going after the Gastornis that is still in the store, and Matt, Emily, and Connor going after the Gastornis on the roof. Meanwhile, the Millers and Jack stay in the CCTV room to keep an eye on things.

Abby, Danny, and Becker make their way to the clothes section, where they spot the Gastornis. However, Abby accidentally knocks over a clothes rack, causing the Gastornis to attack them. Becker fires his EMD at the bird and successfully knocks it out. Meanwhile, on the roof, the other Gastornis wanders around before Matt, Emily, and Connor appear. They try to shoot it but it spots them and tries to escape. However, it accidentally falls over the edge of the roof and plunges to its death. They lament over their failure to capture to bird in time and head down to collect the body. Later, the remaining Gastornis and the body are sent through the anomaly before the team locks it.

As everyone prepares to go back to the A.R.C for debriefing, Danny realises that Ethan has escaped and tells Emily that he has revenge planned for the A.R.C. Emily, worried that her safety is once again in jeopardy, convinces Danny that they should tell everyone about this. Danny agrees before they tell the others.

Once they return to the A.R.C, everyone welcomes Danny back and Lester informs him that he can keep his job by being the second-in-command of the team. Suddenly, Michael gets a call from his boss, who tells him that he has been put out of work and tells Jenny, who then asks Lester if she can rejoin and if Michael can also work at the A.R.C. Lester begrudgingly says yes, only because he knows how good Jenny is at her job during her time working at the A.R.C.

In the Menagerie, Connor and Jack watch Rex, Sid, and Nancy eat before Lester, Abby, and Matt enter. Lester tells Jack that like last time, he must keep quiet about everything he saw or face a lengthy time in prison. Jack agrees, but then asks if he can have a job at the A.R.C, to which Lester groans and complain about people asking him to work at the A.R.C. Jack is confused at Lester's reaction, asking whether or not he means yes or no, to which Lester tells him he'll see what he can do, but if he meets all of the requirements, then he can join. They then return to the hub, where Connor tells Jack, Jenny, and Michael that he and Abby are unofficially married before telling Jack that he is best man for the actual wedding ceremony. They congratulate the couple for tying the knot (albiet unofficially) before Jack tells Abby that he needs a place to stay, as he and his mates have been evicted from their flat. Jess overhears this and offers him and his friends to stay at her place with her, Connor, and Abby. Jack thanks Jess for the offer before phoning his mates and telling them he has found a place to stay.

Characters[]

  • Matt Anderson
  • Connor Temple
  • Abby Maitland
  • Captain Hilary Becker
  • Emily Merchant
  • Jess Parker
  • James Lester
  • Jenny Miller
  • Michael Miller
  • Danny Quinn
  • Jack Maitland
  • Ethan Dobroski/ Patrick Quinn

Creatures[]

Locations[]

  • A.R.C
  • Matt's Flat
  • Tesco Shopping Centre
  • Eocene Forest

Cancelled story idea[]

It was originally planned for this story to be set in an MI5 base, where a load of Jurassic dinosaurs would come through and attack the base and during the mission, Ethan was going to kidnap Emily. However, it was realised that trying to create an MI5 setting and the CGI models of the planned dinosaurs would be beyond the budget this episode has. Thus, it was decided that the story was to be changed. The cast and crew agreed to this and a new story was drafted for the episode.

Trivia[]

  • This is the first-ever episode of the reboot series to be filmed and shown to the public
  • Leptictidium and Gastornis would later return to the franchise in the Primeval: New World reboot
  • The way the Gastornis kills the first Leptictidium is similar to how it killed a Prepaliatherie in Walking with Beasts

Errors[]

  • The picture which shows the Gastornis holding the dead Leptictidium in its mouth. If you look closely, you'll see it is instead holding a Prepaliatherie, which led fans to believe Prepaliatherie would appear in the episode before it was broadcasted.

Gallery[]

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