Curfew

Take a look around you right now.

There's one thing everyone who's come out here tonight has in common.

Defiance.

But it's more than that.

You didn't just opt out

of the creatures and the curfew

of the rules and restrictions that come with it.

No, you went further than that.

You opted in.

Now, nothing about the race is easy.

But it is going to be worth it.

Cos at the end of tonight, one team is gonna come with me

to a place where you can sit out at night and gaze up at the stars.

A place without creatures.

A place with hope.

Good luck, people.

Race yourselves free.

You've lost a lot of blood but you'll start to stabilise

as soon as I can control the bleeding.

But you need to stay calm.

Where's the entry wound?

The bullet has gone into your upper abdomen

and it looks like it went straight through.

Just stay with me, Professor Underhill.

I admire your bedside manner, Doctor Newman

but I think it might be wasted on me.

I have a fairly good understanding of my prognosis.

You're a brilliant scientist, professor. You know how resilient the human body is.

I need you, Kaye.

I need you to pick up the baton.

Any hope of a cure is in your hands now.

Ziggy was almost completely paralysed without any movement or sensation

in his legs or his tail.

Six weeks ago, the chances of his ever walking again were zero.

We took glial cells from his brain, combined them with the viral vector

injected them into his spine and the results were remarkable.

Ziggy is now fully ambulatory, paralysis is completely reversed

and, in fact, this morning he was literally swinging from the chandeliers.

You must both be incredibly proud of your mother.

Totally. Mum rocks.

Big day for you too, Peter. You must be pretty excited.

I am, yes. Very excited.

Er, how's the world of neuroscience?

Oh, you know, my supplementary motor area's still trying to make brainwaves.

Um... You're, you're so funny when you talk about your work.

Ha!

Uh, Have you thought any more about your mother's offer?

We'd both love to have you

er, er join the team.

Er, yeah. It's an amazing offer.

I'm just trying to see if I can juggle it with my other commitments.

Was I alright?

- Yeah, you killed it! - You and the monkey kicked ass.

Oh, I'm not normally nervous but I must admit my stomach was doing somersaults up there.

Do you remember that time you were giving your graduate presentation

on fibril formation?

You completely froze.

Kaye loves it when you tell this story.

When she did speak, it was complete gibberish.

I think of that sometimes

just to steady my nerves cos at least I know it will never be that bad.

I'm sorry to interrupt.

I just wanted to say well done on the presentation.

Thank you. This is Sebastian Underhill.

He works for Brookeheath Pharmaceutical. - Yes, we've recently, er, invested

in taking your mother's amazing work to the next level

human trials.

Which means that I unfortunately have to take her away

and introduce you to a few people.

Back in a minute.

Ugh...

Every time.

I don't think I can work for Mum.

She bosses me around too much as it is.

Do you remember that time I tried to cook Christmas dinner?

She printed me a timetable.

She won't take no for an answer.

When there's something she wants, she's like a machine.

That why you moved to Cornwall?

That and the waves.

I was thinking about getting this thing fixed up and taking it back with me.

She'll get rid of it if I don't.

She can't, it's Dad's car. - That won't stop her. Nothing ever does.

Not when she gets an idea in her head.

We have to save Dad's car.

Let's do it.

If we drive through the night, we'll be there by morning.

Yeah!

I was seriously up for that. - Yeah, me too.

I don't understand what there is to think about.

This kind of opportunity doesn't come round very often.

Most people would bite their right arm off.

Well, most people wouldn't have to report to their mother.

Of course, you don't need to work for me. You could do anything you wanted to.

Dad always used to say.

The truth is, Kaye, I need you.

This study has the potential to have an enormous impact on the whole world.

Take as long as you need.

Bye, darling.

Bye. - Bye.

Give me a call soon.

Yeah. I will.

The whole place gives me the creeps.

What? I'm only saying what you're thinking.

Mum's on the verge of a major breakthrough.

Yeah, so was Dr Frankenstein.

His blood pressure's 360 over 190.

Let's run a full set of diagnostics.

Let me know when you've got hold of him.

Oh, nasty...

I just think you need to put things in perspective, Helen.

Yes, well, you didn't see how aggressive that monkey was before he died.

These kind of accidents are bound to happen.

It would be a massive over-reaction

to suspend the trials at such a critical stage.

You're on the verge of something really remarkable here, Helen.

You just need to hold your nerve.

We stick to the original timetable and go to full human trials.

OK.

You did everything you could.

Didn't make any difference.

Couldn't save him.

I can't save anyone.

You can though.

Kaye, Underhill figured it out.

You can finish off what him and your mum started.

If we go back to Kiloran, we can find the cure.

No, I can't go back there. - Yes, you can.

Kaye, the whole time I've known you, you've never let anything stand in your way.

You don't know what happened.

So tell me.

You're still there, aren't you?

Make yourself cosy, you're going nowhere.

What's that? Speak up.

I can't hear you.

It's your fault.

Oh well, that's rich, coming from you.

You single-handedly wiped out a tenth of the world's population.

It's my cross to bear.

Too fucking right it is.

My daughter lives... with a terrible burden.

But you...

you played your part.

That's a matter of opinion.

You... deserve to die.

Yeah, well.

You know how the song goes.

You can't always get...

what you want...

Are you alright?

Yeah, I'm fine, sorry.

You really alright? You seem a bit...

Oh, I'm so terribly sorry.

It's these beastly nosebleeds.

I've suffered from them since I was a child.

Excuse me.

I knew you'd be back.

You've made the right decision.

Hi.

His name's Michael Garwick. He's a T-Nine.

He was in a car accident three weeks ago.

Practically no scar tissue.

He's young. He was in perfect health.

As far as we know. Don't we need a psychological profile?

We're not here to judge him, Kaye.

We're here to help him walk again.

Welcome to Kiloran Medical Facility, Mr Garwick.

Hope your journey was OK.

Well, I've had worse.

What's the food like?

You wanna know how I feel?

Like my life's over.

Do you think I'm gonna walk again?

You wouldn't have been offered a place on this trial if there wasn't a chance.

Occupation?

Driver.

Family history? - The usual.

Are your parents still alive?

As far as I'm aware.

Do you live by yourself?

Except when I have company.

What's with all the questions? I've already consented to your trial.

You've been through a lot.

I just want to make sure you're otherwise fit and well, physically and mentally.

How do you feel about your accident?

Angry? Depressed? Frightened?

OK, I can see you're not in the mood.

We'll just...

we'll do it another time.

I had it coming.

You think your injuries are some form of punishment?

No one else was hurt.

You may have been driving too fast but it could've been much worse.

Most of the patients on this trial were in car accidents.

Nah.

See, I love cars.

When you're driving...

and you've got a good tune on

it's just you and the road.

It's like you're flying or something.