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Episode 8.5 is the fifth episode of the eighth and final season of Primeval.

Synopsis[]

The A.R.C team reunites with an old friend after an anomaly opens up in the English Channel. Meanwhile, Lester sends Jenny and Michael out to spy on the Minister to see if Jack's allegations are true.

Plot[]

The episode starts off underwater, in the English Channel, where an anomaly opens up. On the other side, a school of Leedsichthys and a pod of Ophthalmosaurus are swimming through the Jurassic ocean when a trio of Liopleurodon suddenly attacks one of the Leedsichthys. As the Leedsichthys and Ophthalmosaurus scatter, with some swimming through the anomaly, the Liopleurodon trio brutally kills the Leedsichthys and begins to feast on it. While two of the Liopleurodon begin to fight over the carcass, the third Liopleurodon sets its sights on the anomaly.

Meanwhile, at the A.R.C, the team is in Lester's office, where he is debriefing them on Jack's allegations against the Minister and Elizabeth. Matt, alarmed by this, suggest they detain the two, but Lester is against it, explaining that despite trusting Jack, they need to collect evidence on the Minister and Elizabeth's activities before assigning Jenny and Michael with the task of following the Minister and Elizabeth around London. Michael asks why Becker isn't assigned to with the task, to which Becker tells him that he and Ryan will be training some of the new Special Forces soldiers right after the meeting. With his question answered, Michael shuts up and Lester dismisses the team, but right as he shoos them out of his office, the anomaly detector goes off. In a panic, Jess runs back to her station and reports that the anomaly is in the English Channel. Matt tells Jess to call the Royal Navy before he and the rest of the team gear up and head for the submarine base.

Once the team arrives at the submarine base, they meet up with Captain Yates and Sam Leonard (both of whom had previously appeared in Episodes 5.2 and 7.2) and the two men and the team board the HMS Gartside and set course for the English Channel. As they head toward the anomaly site, Matt briefs the HMS Gartside crew on the situation before Captain Yates suggests the A.R.C team wait for them to arrive at the anomaly site.

Meanwhile, back at the A.R.C, Jess searches for any incriminating CCTV footage of the Minister and Elizabeth from Elizabeth's first day to the present when the Minister arrives. As Jess tries to pretend that she is monitoring the anomaly, Lester briefs him about the current situation before inquiring about his activities after leaving the A.R.C during the previous two incursions. The Minister lies, telling Lester that he had gone back to his office to do some paperwork. Lester nods, seemingly satisfied with the Minister's answer before asking him about his role during the Andrewsarchus incursion in Episode 7.4. Getting a bit nervous, the Minister tells Lester that all he did was patrol the perimeter before asking Lester to review his proposals for several changes to the A.R.C. Lester agrees to read the proposals before the Minister takes his leave. Once the Minister had disappeared, Lester phones Michael and Jenny, informing them that the Minister is on the move. Jenny responds to Lester's call, confirming that she and Michael are now on the move before hanging up. As Lester lets out a sigh, Jess pops into his office and tells him that she couldn't find any evidence on the CCTV feed, much to his dismay, but she did find indications that the CCTV system had been tampered with.

Back aboard the HMS Gartside, Kieran is with the HMS Gartside crew in the control room when the sonar picks up several large objects heading towards them. Quickly, Kieran runs to the crew quarters to warn the rest of the team. As they return to the control room, Captain Yates orders the crew to change course. As the Gartside crew tries their best to avoid a collision, Matt offers to operate the bathyscaphe and investigate what the sonar had picked up. Captain Yates reluctantly agrees and Matt and Kieran head to the underside bay. Upon driving the bathyscaphe out of the HMS Gartside's underside docking bay, Matt and Kieran are greeted with the sight of a small school of Leedsichthys and a small pod of Ophthalmosaurus. As they relay the news to the others, the Liopleurodon suddenly appears from the depths and catches one of the Ophthlamosaurus. As the Liopleurodon disappears into the depths with its kill, Matt decides to return to the HMS Gartside and formulate a plan, after noticing the remaining Ophthamosaurus putting themselves within the school of Leedsichthys.

Meanwhile, in London, Jenny and Michael follow the Minister's car all over the city. First, they follow the Minister to a fast-food chain, where Michael comments on how the Minister is eating cheap despite being an important person. Jenny lightly (and jokingly) scolds him before following the Minister to his office on Marsham Street. They stake out the area for about an hour before the Minister leaves his office. Jenny wakes Michael up (since he decided to take a "short" nap while waiting) and they follow the Minister to his next destination.

Meanwhile, back aboard the HMS Gartside, Matt gives the HMS Gartside crew and the A.R.C team a rundown on what he and Kieran saw outside, with Connor explaining to the non-biology people what Leedsichthys, Ophthalmosaurus, and Liopleurodon were. After that, Matt splits the team up, with Jack and Kieran tasked with herding the Leedsichthys school and Opthamosaurus pod back through the anomaly while Connor preps the anomaly locking torpedo and Abby, Emily, himself, and the HMS Gartside crew monitor the anomaly and fix any damages the HMS Gartside takes. However, before anybody can begin with their tasks, something suddenly hits the HMS Gartside, causing everyone to lose their footing. As the shaking stops, Matt guesses that the Liopleurodon was investigating the HMS Gartside before one of the HMS Gartside's officers informs the team that they're nearing the anomaly site, with an ETA of five minutes. Matt thanks the officer before everyone splits up.

Back with Jenny and Michael, they had followed the Minister to an abandoned warehouse, where they exit their car and follow him to the entrance. As they watch the Minister walk toward a door from behind a corner, Elizabeth's car arrives and the Millers are shocked to see Elizabeth, the second Matt, and Ethan exiting the car with a guard. Quickly, Jenny takes out her phone and snaps a couple of photos of the rendezvous before the guard spots her and Michael peeking around the corner of the building. The guard calls them out, prompting the Millers to run back to their car and flee the scene. As they drive away, the guard reports the Millers to the rest of the Firm's soldiers while the second Matt scolds the Minister for leading the Millers to their secret base before stating that they must move before the A.R.C arrives to stop them.

Back aboard the HMS Gartside, Abby and Emily are patrolling the HMS Gartside's corridors when they stumble upon the submarine's stock room. Noting the mess caused by the Liopleurodon bumping into the HMS Gartside, Abby and Emily decide to clean up the mess as best as they can. However, as they're finishing placing items back onto the shelves, Abby notices a black bag underneath some of the food supplies and pulls it out of the pile of food supplies. Emily asks what Abby had found, to which she says she doesn't know. Curious, the two women unzip the bag, only to discover the Artifact and an anomaly opening device. Knowing its importance, Abby tells Emily they must inform Matt before rushing back to the control room. Upon returning to the control room, they walk over to Matt, who had returned from his patrol, and show him and the HMS Gartside crew what they had found in the stock room. Confused, Matt asks Abby and Emily what it [the Artifact] was, to which Abby explains what the Artifact is and what it does. After learning what the object is, Captain Yates and Sam explain that some the other crew members of the HMS Gartside (who are back at the base during the episode) had found it on the seafloor during a routine bathyscaphe training exercise, but they must have forgotten to take it out of the stock room prior to the mission. Matt tells Captain Yates that since the Artifact is closely tied with anomaly research, it will be taken back to the A.R.C, to which Captain Yates permits before the Liopleurodon bumps into the submarine again, shaking the sub and damaging the power supply.

Back at the A.R.C, Jenny and Michael enter Lester's office and Lester asks if they found anything. Jenny hands him her phone and Lester swipes through the pictures she had managed to take. Despite the incriminating evidence, Lester determines that most of the picture were blurry and the only clear images only show the Minister and Elizabeth's faces clearly while everyone else is blurred out by movement. Michael asks Lester what the plan is, knowing that the Firm would already be gone by the time they return to the warehouse, to which Lester reassures him that he has a backup plan already in mind.

Back at the incursion site, Jack and Kieran are herding the school of Leedsichthys and the Ophthalmosaurus pod back toward the anomaly when they are attacked by the Liopleurodon. Kieran, remembering Matt's advice from earlier, turns off the bathyscaphe's power and they drift through the water as the Liopleurodon quickly loses interest in them and leaves. They then watch as the Liopleurodon disappears into the depths before restarting the power and return to herding the Leedsichthys and Ophthalmosaurus. However, the Liopleurodon quickly returns and attacks the school, herding all of the creatures, except for a young Ophthalmosaurus, back through the anomaly before it suddenly closes, marooning the Liopleurodon and the Ophthalmosaurus in the present. As Kieran informs the rest of the team of the situation, Jack drives the bathyscaphe back to the HMS Gartside while the Liopleurodon kills the Ophthalmosaurus, after tiring it out.

Meanwhile, aboard the HMS Gartside, Matt tells Kieran and Jack to keep the Liopleurodon busy while he, Sam, Connor, and Abby restart the submarine's power. At that moment, Sam fixes the Gartside's power supply and power returns to the submarine. As they return to the control room, Kieran informs Matt that getting the Liopleurodon off of their tail will be harder than previously thought, now that the Liopleurodon had set its sights on the bathyscaphe. Matt tells Kieran to get back to the HMS Gartside, but at that moment, the anomaly reopens and Matt orders him and Jack to lure the Liopleurodon back through the anomaly. The two then lure the Liopleurodon through the anomaly, but due to the magnetic field around the anomaly, the bathyscaphe is pulled through the anomaly as well. As the team waits for the bathyscaphe to return, Captain Yates orders the anomaly locking torpedo to be fired, against everyone's wishes. However, as the torpedo is launched, the bathyscaphe returns and narrowly avoids a head-on collision with the torpedo. With the anomaly locked and Kieran and Jack safely back in the present, the HMS Gartside returns to base.

Later, at the A.R.C, the team is debriefed on their mission as well as the Miller's mission. Jack asks if Jenny and Michael had found any incriminating. evidence on the Minister and Elizabeth, but to his dismay, Lester says that all pictures Jenny had taken were too blurry to make out, but Jenny reassures him that they know that something is up. As Lester informs everyone to continue their charade and he'll update them on their next course of action, Matt pulls out the Artifact, surprising everyone except Abby and Emily. Lester asks when and where did he find the Artifact, to which Matt ignores before telling everyone that he has a feeling that the Firm will try and steal it when they find out about its existence and that they must keep it hidden. Sarah offers to take it back to her lab for safekeeping (and also to continue her and Connor's studies), to which Matt agrees before she, Danny, and Connor (who wanted to tag along) leave Lester's office. Once they leave, Lester dismisses everyone else, but as they all head for the door, the Minister arrives, and everyone quickly leaves as Lester inconspicuously glares at him.

Characters[]

  • Matt Anderson
  • Connor Temple
  • Abby Maitland
  • Emily Merchant
  • James Lester
  • Jess Parker
  • Captain Hilary Becker (Cameo)
  • Jack Maitland
  • Jenny Miller
  • Michael Miller
  • Kieran Coles
  • Ryan Baker (Cameo)
  • Danny Quinn (Cameo)
  • Sarah Page (Cameo)
  • Caroline Steel (Cameo)
  • The Minister (Extended Cameo)
  • Dr Elizabeth Carter (Cameo)
  • Second Matt Anderson (Cameo)
  • Ethan Dobrowski/Patrick Quinn (Cameo)
  • Sam Leonard (Guest)
  • Captain Marcus Yates (Guest)
  • Unidentified HMS Gartside Officer 1 (Guest)
  • Unidentified HMS Gartside Officer 2 (Guest)
  • Helen Cutter (mentioned)

Creatures[]

Setting[]

  • A.R.C
  • 2 Marsham Street
  • English Channel
  • HMS Gartside
  • The Firm's Warehouse Base

Cancelled Story idea[]

Originally, the episode was supposed to feature a Basilosaurus and the team trying to get it back to the anomaly before it died from the freezing waters. However, for unknown reasons, the story was changed to feature Liopleurodon, Leedsichthys, and Opthalmosaurus instead.

Trivia[]

  • This is the first story to feature Elizabeth in a cameo role
    • Captain Becker is also featured in a cameo role in this episode
  • As with the previous episode, Eve and Darren do not appear in this episode due to the injuries they had sustained in Episodes 8.2 and 8.3.

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