Helix

Previously in Helix...

This is my brother Peter.

I've got a reply for that message!

Whatever Balleseros is up to has everything to do with this virus.

But I want him found.

- Who are you? - I'm Anana.

Thirty-one missing kids over the past two decades,

all within 200 miles of Arctic Biosystems and your precious Dr. Hatake.

- This is where I left him. - He's been taken.

This is me and my brothers. Twins.

This is Miksa. He disappeared when we were kids.

- Where's Miksa now? - You tell me, you son of a bitch.

Don't worry, Julia. We'll have you back on your feet in no time.

Incoming flight.

- Incoming flight. - Whoa.

I'm fine. I'm fine.

- You know, what we did was... - Under the circumstances...

- The work is really what's important. - It was perfectly...

- Fine. It's fine. - Yeah.

- What we did was biology. I'm OK. Really. - Okay.

: Incoming flight.

Fine. I am too.

What do you think? Good or bad?

Considering we never got the call out, probably bad.

Definitely bad.

- Military? - No.

- My corporate patrons. - Hold your weapons. Sir.

Dr. Farragut, isn't it? It's so nice to finally meet you.

I'm Constance Sutton, the Chief Operating Officer of the Ilaria Corporation,

parent company of Arctic Biosystems.

I'm here for one reason only: to help you.

The first thing I need is a working line to the CDC.

Am I to understand

that the communication satellite went down?

Unfortunately, I don't have a magic telephone.

I'm under the same constraints as everyone at this base.

- What about your helicopters? - They're out of range already.

They'll be back in two days' time. I'm afraid you're stuck with me

and my boys until then, Doctor.

Two hours in a helicopter. Ouch.

I'm sorry you had a rough journey.

So, Alan, how goes the search for a cure?

- Slowly. - Hence the fact that I am here wearing combat boots.

But it's time for us to create a new paradigm between our corporation

and the CDC, so what do you need from Ilaria to contain this terrible disease?

An integral member of my team, uh, Dr. Walker, is trapped

- down on Level R. I need her back. - Impossible.

Dr. Hatake, please. Let's square the circle here.

Dr. Walker, why is she locked up?

She's infected.

I'm so sorry.

She's an expert in RNA structure.

And that's important because...?

RNA carries the message. We store the instructions for the cure in the DNA,

and then the RNA passes it on,

and that makes her the most important member of my team.

Well, Ilaria is about value-add.

If Dr. Walker is what you need, Dr. Walker is what you will get.

Lieutenant Klein, let's prepare a plan

- to retrieve Dr. Walker. - Yes, ma'am.

Alan, one thing. One thing only: a cure.

Please.

Now,

Dr. Hatake, may we have a word?

In private, if you don't mind.

Constance.

Hiroshi.

Two things, Hiroshi! Two simple things.

- That's all we needed. - I created your virus...

Where is the cure?!

Virus and cure.

One without the other is meaningless. We don't want

to kill everybody. just thin the herd a bit.

And rule them.

It's time. We've waited long enough.

You know that.

There have been a few setbacks.

You failed.

Thank God the CDC arrived to do your job for you.

For you.

What is this other strain that I'm hearing about?

NARVIK-B, the one that turns people into...

An alternate attempt at the virus.

Why?

The cure has been elusive in the A strain.

- Perhaps the B strain... - Perhaps you are full of shit,

Hiroshi.

It's the Willis hypothesis.

We said no then. Nothing has changed.

Virus and cure.

Simple.

Do you really plan to go down to Level R?

To get this Walker? Yes.

If Dr. Farragut needs her, he gets her.

- The cure is in his hands now. - And then?

And then we follow normal null protocol no witnesses.

These people are my employees,

my responsibility.

No one gets out alive, Hiroshi. You knew that before we started.

What about the CDC? If they fail to return?

We have people in place to control such things.

And if I...

find out that you betrayed us...

the only thing left of you or this facility

will be a blackened scar on the ice.

Now say it.

Say it.

No one gets out alive.

Agh! Come on! Please?

Begging? Thought you military guys were tough.

Just one hand even, so I can hold on.

- No. - How much farther?

- Far. - "Far!"

Are you mocking me?

Would you prefer I sang "One Hundred Bottles of Beer?"

I'd rather you shut your mouth!

Well, then untie me, and I promise you won't hear a word.

Or I could just speed up, you fall off, and then I won't

- have to hear you yapping. - I like my plan better.

We need to talk.

About... about Sutton.

What about her?

I don't think she's telling us everything.

not with what Hatake's been putting us through.

- What do you mean? - What I mean

is I don't think our agenda is her agenda.

Right. Where's the profit in sending Sutton

- and her private army up here? - Especially when we're already

- cleaning up their mess for free. - Big pharma.

You know they're only interested in the bottom line.

- They don't really want to help people. - And who knows how far they'll

go to protect their investment?

We can't stop working on a cure.

No, too many lives at stake.

But we do not work for Sutton.

We keep the cure from her.

We may need it.

Ah!

Ah!

Ah! Ahhh! Ah!

Daniel.

Hatake's adopted son.

Though on some level you do realize that we pay your salary, yes?

So you've already bought me.

Paid for excellent service, rather.

Did you have a chance to meet this Dr. Walker?

- Yeah. - I'm feeling some pushback,

Daniel, and I'm extremely busy, so I need a quick win

- on this one, okay? - Okay.

I need full intel on Walker before I return her to Dr. Farragut, and...

well, let's be honest, Hiroshi is not gonna tell me anything.

There's not much to tell.

I like you, Daniel, and I don't want

to start our relationship with you lying to me.

I wasn't aware that we had a relationship.

Loyalty I understand. Hell, I even admire it.

So let's skip the negatives and get straight to the positives, shall we?

You are very good at your job.

And Hatake is not gonna be in charge of this place forever.

Just think on it, Daniel. Please.

Hiroshi has destroyed everyone who's ever been close to him.

Don't let him do the same to you.

Handy.

The US military abandoned 67 of these early-warning stations

across the Arctic. Someone should put them to use.

How about untying my hands?

You need your hands to sleep?

You've got the gun.

Yeah, you make a good point.

I'm just saying.

Let's be reasonable.

Okay.

Okay.

It's reasonable to hogtie you.

- Make sure you don't get any ideas about running off. - Aw, come on!

I need to get back upstairs. I need to get to Alan. My blood could have

antibodies that fight the virus. There's a guy in Australia.

His blood plasma has saved 2 million babies.

We only have to save 40 or 50 people.

This would be so much easier if you were real.

- I'm better than nothing. - Barely.

Are you connected to my silver eyes?

- Is that why I'm seeing you? - Is that your hypothesis?

You know I've always hated the Socratic method.

Fine.

Maybe it's temporary light sensitivity.

Or non-episodic cluster headaches.

Or maybe you're just going blind.

Better than dead, I guess.

Or maybe...

...maybe you're survivor zero.

The first one cured.

But if I'm cured, why am I still hallucinating?

I have an even better question.

Why are you hallucinating me

instead of Alan?

Sutton is trying to turn me against you.

Of course she is.

I just wanted to let you know.

Sutton can be a dangerous enemy.