04x14 - Up in the Air

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Eureka". Aired: July 18, 2006 – July 16, 2012.*
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In the years since World w*r II, the U.S. government has been relocating the world's geniuses (and their families) to the Pacific Northwest town of Eureka.
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04x14 - Up in the Air

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Previously on Eureka...

We're in space. I've wanted
to do this my whole life.

I mean, just
look out there.

It's beautiful.

Hello, Allison.

Astraeus mission update.

Phase one is complete after
the initial 387 applicants

presented their best scientific
ideas for the six-month mission.

Next. Only the best
of the best were chosen

to advance to the next stage.

We're putting you
through to the next round.

As the selection
process continues,

the 120 candidates
now enter phase two,

physical fitness training.

All departments throughout
Global Dynamics

are working to make the historic
mission to Titan a reality

as we countdown to launch.

Hey. So am I early
for coffee or are you late?

No, it's me. I'm sorry.

Work has been crazy since physical training
has started for the Astraeus candidates.

But honestly,
I just forgot.

It's okay,
we still got time.

No, unfortunately I don't.
I just got a shipment in,

so now in addition
to the exams,

I have to install
all this equipment.

I get it. Maybe later?

Yeah, I'm sorry. But I
still think you're cute.

All right. Oh, yeah?
I think you're cute.

A little help, Sheriff?

Thanks, Sheriff.
No problem.

Morning, Jack.
Hey, Henry.

Wow.

Tune up and a hand wax.
That's what I call service.

Jack, you ain't seen
nothing yet.

I've extended
your remote entry and...

Here hold this, will you?
Sure.

Okay, guys,
can I borrow your bat?

Sure.
Thanks.

Whoa!

Do you like it?
Yeah.

I've hardened it with a resilient,
super-dense protective coating.

That's science
I can get behind.

Actually I did it because I was just
tired of fixing it. Well, fair enough.

Listen, I've got to run because
candidate fitness training starts today.

Oh, in Eureka
that involves

what, VR goggles
and video games?

I wish. The instructor has a
reputation for being merciless.

I said toes on the line,
you worthless bunch of PHDs!

You are Group Alpha. I will
be attempting to train you

for the physical fitness
requirements of the Astraeus project.

This is my lab.
You want to go into space,

on purpose, you've got
to go through me first.

Who knows what a push-up is?

Oh, I do. It's a
calisthenics exercise

focusing on the pectoral and tricep
muscles dating back to the Greco...

I don't think
that's what she meant.

Why don't you all show me
what a push-up is?

Say, 50 times?

Down on the ground!

You're a botanist,
right?

Kiss my grass!

That's looking good,
Dr. Deacon.

Thank you, Jo.

Uh, Miss Lupo.

Come on, Alphas!
Group Bravo says

that you are the
sorriest collection

of community college
rejects they've ever seen.

You want to prove them right?

What kind of mathematician
can't get 50?

Forty-nine, 50.
Anything else, Miss Lupo?

Why, I say 50 more,
cupcake.

Let's go people.

Stop looking like a bunch of
little girls in your panties! Go!

Dr. Marten, I was hoping to run
into you at Caf? Diem last night

to go over the FTL
map integration specs.

I'm sorry,
did we have plans?

I ate someplace else
with someone else.

Oh, uh, no, no. Here.

Urn, maybe at some point you might want
to, you know, look over stuff together?

Sure, sure.
Have you seen this?

I did just
give it to you.

Once we establish an outpost
on Titan, we'll have a base

for space exploration beyond our
own galaxy. Isn't that exciting?

The most. So, uh,

somebody else, is that like a colleague
or a completely platonic friend?

Just think, someone will get to
see things we've only imagined

through probe imagery
and spectroscopic data.

Cryo-volcanoes,
methane lakes.

Yeah, well, assuming
they live long enough.

That guy hasn't
run for anything

since our Warcraft guild
elected a new secretary.

Well, I'm sure
you'll do fine.

Your body mass index indicates
a healthy level of fitness.

Here you go.

Uh, thank you? What...
What are these for?

No one's guaranteed a spot
in the mission, including us.

What?
But I'm the head of G. D!

And a space veteran.

I'm not sure
launching yourself

into orbit and nearly destroying
the ISS counts as experience.

But don't worry. You're
not going to be alone.

See you out there, cadet.

Hmm. Nice logo.

This is extremely
sophisticated imaging equipment.

Please be very careful.

Of course, Dr. Blake.

Someone got new toys.

Yes, thanks to
the Astraeus budget.

Fargo, what are you doing?

Apparently, we're supposed to run
everywhere. One of Jo's commandments.

Well, it's good to see you
leading by example.

I'm sure it has nothing to do with
the fact that Holly is in your group.

Who Dr. Marten? She is?
I did not know that.

Yeah, Fargo,
you better go change.

NASA's here for
the astrobiology review.

About that. I was wondering if
you could handle that for me?

Fargo, look around you.

I have to handle
all the candidate physicals,

not to mention give the
entire town inoculations.

And look,
they just brought more.

Inoculations?
As in sh*ts?

As in our planetary
protection protocol.

We can't risk introducing a pathogen
on this mission. I'm just busy.

Uh-huh. Read.

They're presenting a new method
for chemosynthesis detection?

Fine, I'll do it.

Thank you.

Well, I better get started.

Okay, everyone. These boxes
aren't going to unpack themselves.

Mmm.

So no boot camp
for you, Sheriff?

I'm in the best shape
of my life, Vince.

And you know what, they don't
make maple bars in space.

Too true.

My mom, she acts like
she's already in space.

She cooked me
fried eggs this morning.

She knows I only
eat scrambled.

Well, your mom's got a lot going on
with the whole Astraeus medical thing.

What, so now
I'm supposed to starve?

Yeah, you've got to starve.

Hey, honey, let me guess. It's a
quantum runaway something or other.

Someone did what?

I'll be right there.

Someone robbed a bank!

Yeah!

Should he really be
happy about that?

No blob, no wormhole, just a
good old-fashioned bank robbery.

You seem downright perky, boss. Yeah.

We're going to
do fingerprints.

We're going to do
a tire impression.

We're going to interview... Witnesses.

Andy?
Yeah, boss?

You said there was
a bank robbery.

Yep, someone
stole it last night.

Of course they did.

Well, it didn't get dragged
off, so where did it go?

Good question. Although I am seeing

bits of crystal lattice
decompression.

Is that good? Bad?

It's strange. I mean,

even teleportation
wouldn't leave

this kind of
quantum signature.

Huh.

And why would
anybody steal a bank?

Because that's where
they keep the money.

Oh, come on, Jack.

Monetary transactions
in Eureka are done how?

Electronically.
Exactly.

So the bank only holds
safety deposit boxes.

No money, just personal items.

So what? So somebody
wanted to steal

something inside
the safety deposit boxes.

Yeah, well, they went through
an awful lot of trouble.

I mean, the bank is
reinforced with osmium.

I mean, the vault is a solid
block of the stuff.

It is the densest,
heaviest object in town.

You just can't pick it up
and walk off with it.

Right. Hey, Andy. Anything?

Uh, no sign yet, boss,

but we have some
folks here that are

pretty concerned about their
safety deposit boxes.

Uh, if you could all just
form a single line,

that would be swell.

Any chance you might
be coming back? Soon?

Yeah, I'll be back
in a second.

Let me know
if you find anything.

Got it.

Bank robbery.

This town can't do
anything normally.

Let's go, Group Bravo!

Oh, Fargo.
Nice of you to join us.

Yes, the navigation systems
will be online soon, Senator.

Doug, over here.

Doug?

Doug is shorter than Douglas.

I could save almost
60 milliseconds

every time I say your name.

Wow, that's uh...
That's efficient.

Yeah, sorry, the FTL...

Dr. Parrish.

Doug.

Toes on the line!
Group Bravo,

Group Alpha says
that you are

the sorriest collection of
community college rejects...

Zane, what are
you doing here?

Hammer curls,
Miss Lupo.

Are you trying
to mess with me?

No, ma'am. I'm here
for candidate training.

You're in Group Alpha.

I'm in all the groups.
I like a challenge.

You can't do that.

Put on your uniform. He can't
do that. Can he, can he do that?

Well, looks like he can.

Impressive musculature
and stamina.

Yeah, if you like
that sort of thing.

Too bad about
his criminal record.

I mean, sure, the whole bad
boy thing has a certain appeal,

but those felonies
make him "no-fly. "

So, he's...

Totally ineligible
for the mission.

This should
help with your sprain.

Love the new
nanoscale tomograph.

Me, too. It's like 1000 times
more detailed than any MRI.

Thanks you, Astraeus.

So I hear that Jo
has you running tires.

And doing chin-ups.

Those are the worst.

I am a neuroscientist,
not G.I. Jane.

Oh, but Henry, he is
loving every minute of it.

Well, let's see how much
he's loving it

when he comes in
for his physical today.

Ah, look at this. Good
as new. Thanks, Allison.

Good. So, listen, can I
talk to you for a second

as a neuroscientist?

Yeah, of course.

When I was working
in here this morning,

one moment, I'm looking
at a stack of boxes,

and the next,
they're completely unpacked.

I mean dozens of vials of vaccines
mixed and ready to administer.

Did your staff do it?

No, that's the strangest part. I
asked them and they said that I did.

Have you had any nausea
or shortness of breath?

No, no I... I feel fine.

My preliminary diagnosis is you
are an overworked mother of two.

Typically, I would
prescribe a week in Fiji.

But, um, let me run
some tests to be sure.

Dr. Blake,
you're next exam's here.

Okay, thank you.

Well, I will do
that when I get a chance.

Okay. Sure.
Thank you.

Let's go,
Group Bravo! Go, go, go!

You're not even supposed
to be in this group, Parrish.

I transferred. Dr. Marten and
I discussed it during dinner.

You ate with him?

Yeah, then he showed me
his equipment.

Whoa!
It was really something.

Oh. My collection of antique particle
physics equipment is unparalleled.

Partner up!

Hey!

Not now, Larry. Get off the
phone. Don't make me say it again.

Crunch time,
poindexters!

After you, Doctor.

Why don't I get to choose my own
partner? I mean, I am the boss.

Well, out here,
I'm the boss.

Here. Jump rope, Suzy.

So you guys
really went out?

Isaac made samosas. Did you know
he lived in India for a while?

And the view of Mount
Eureka was so pretty.

We took a picnic up to
that little campground.

You know, the one
by the observatory.

Oh, yeah. I hear there's a lot
of bloodsucking ticks up there.

He hears a lot of things.

What? No, no, I'm still waiting for
inventory from six departments...

Everybody thank Dr. Fargo for the
medicine ball drills we are about to do.

Set them for 10 pounds,
eggheads.

Miss Lupo, Doug is
just doing his job.

The things he's doing
are things that need doing.

Do you want to set them to
20 pounds, Dr. Chatterbox?

No.

Way to keep your eye
on the ball, Doug.

Great.
Perfect, brainiac!

Sorry, Miss Lupo. I guess I
don't know my own strength.

All right, move it!
Get after him, go!

We could put out
an APB.

On a bank?

That's not a conversation I
want to have with Highway Patrol.

See, look at this stuff. I mean,
you've got someone's first slide rule.

You got an antique
Higgs Field Disrupter.

Mint condition Betamax.

No one would want
to steal this stuff.

The sentimental nature
of the items suggests

perhaps the perp
will seek a ransom.

Or he runs the most boring
museum in the world.

Or flea market.
Don't say "perp. "

Okay.

Sheriff Carter.
Yeah.

My grandmother's heirlooms
were in the bank.

Just tell us what you're missing Dr.
Boyle and we will add it to the list.

Let's see...

Carter.

Uh, what's that, Jo?
Fargo's where?

Up a tree, kitten style.

Oh. Mommy.

How'd he get up a...

All right, I'll be right
there. There in a second.

Grandma's gold wedding band. Her pearls.

Mmm-hmm.

Her antimatter.

Antimatter?

Dr. Boyle, I didn't know
the bank allowed

proton collider
output material.

It's an heirloom.

And it's in
a Class Two static field,

which should protect it under
most normal circumstances.

Oh, good.

That's good why, Andy?

Antimatter is
extremely volatile.

One ounce can use
an expl*sive force

equal to 1.22
megatons of TNT.

So someone didn't steal
a bank, they stole a b*mb.

Grandmas are supposed to
make pie, not antimatter.

Ah.
Ah.

Hey, Jack,
you're all set here.

Oh, good.

So the antimatter detector tracks
levels of antiparticle energy,

so the more it beeps. Right.
The closer you get. Right.

How's our baryonic asymmetry?

Nominal.
Ah.

Well, thank God, because
if, you know, there's...

Yeah, I don't know
what that is.

Dr. Boyle's antimatter is most
likely still in the bank vault.

So the detector will lead
us right to the big b*mb.

Right. You know this case was cool
and old school for like a minute.

Oh, and Fargo's stuck in a
tree if you could help out.

Okay.
All right.

Stuck in a tree?
I don't know. It's a...

Yeah, yeah,
yeah. No GPS. I get it.

Oh!

I have to map the wake
flow path lines to be sure,

but your airspeed must have
been like 25 miles per hour.

There you go.

Hey, I think you left
your dignity up there.

Oh, I'll show you dignity.

Calm down, Fargo.

But it was sabotage. He
tampered with the medicine ball.

Oh, please.
Like you need my help

washing out of
contention for Astraeus.

Or other things.

Andy, arrest him.
I'm pressing charges.

No, I didn't touch
the stupid medicine ball.

I swear, I will
flunk both of you.

You have the chance
to go into space.

This is how you're going
to treat the opportunity?

Why don't I go find that ball
and we'll see what's what, huh?

Fantastic.

All of you get back
to the field!

They need
me back at G.D.

Of course they do. You're never
going to qualify at this rate, Doug.

You can kiss that ticket
to Titan goodbye.

The spirit of competition might
be getting the best of some people.

It's not a fight
to the death.

Although we don't know what
Miss Lupo has planned for later.

Can't wait.

We could squeeze in another
workout. Get you caught up.

Really? I'd like that.
Yeah.

Great. I'll give you a call
once Isaac checks me for ticks.

Yeah, yeah, I'm coming.

Ugh, sh*ts.

See, that wasn't so bad. You
may be a little sore later.

I feel a lot sore. I missed the
Astraeus subsystem inspection

because I was busy
getting sh*t into a tree.

Now I'm going to miss sweaty yoga
because I have a call with Washington.

Fargo, running G.D. Is a big job
and so is being in Astraeus camp.

...Up with that?
That's an awesome idea.

Let me think about it.

Wait, think about what?

Making you
temporary head of G.D.

Just until I get back
from space, of course.

Hey, hon.

How are you doing?

This is pointless.

I am not gonna be doing
chin-ups on Titan.

All right, you'll get it.
Can I help?

Henry, you can't fix this.

I mean, we have always done
everything together.

What if this time you
have to leave me behind?

You know what?
I think we'll figure it out.

Oops, sorry to
interrupt, folks.

Just looking
for some balls.

Medicine balls.
They seem to have vanished.

Vanished.

Dense stuff, osmium. Fairly
unusual for it to just float away.

There's more in
the gym back at G.D.

Fantastic.

Henry, what is it?
Osmium.

The bank vault
is made of the same substance.

Hey, Henry.

Jack, where are you?

Well, according
to this thing

I'm right on top
of the anti

matter.

Where'd you come from?

Henry, I just found the bank.

Jack.

I'm fine.

You fell 50 feet.
Into water.

Well, when you go to med school,
I'll take your word for it.

Well, maybe I will go
to med school. Good news.

We were having some
signal problems,

but we have a fix on the
bank, and it's intact.

Well, intact,
but floating.

Well, there is that. Maybe
it's a gravitational anomaly

or an electromagnetic
levitation.

What would happen if the
bank came crashing down

with that antimatter
inside it?

Right.

Enough said. Let's fire up the chopper
and go get that b*mb. Allison...

No, no, no. We can't put anything up in
the air until we know what's going on.

Besides, the chopper's
already up there.

Oh.
Without a pilot.

What? Well, no. That can't
be made from the "os" stuff.

Well, no, but it has
components made of iridium

which is a similar
density to osmium.

So objects with
high concentrations of

dense metals
are being affected?

Well, then what
about my jeep?

The protective coating I applied
contained an osmium compound.

Sorry.

Well, if the protective coating is
floating my jeep this thing's getting worse.

Seems to be.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm just
a little scattered.

Probably stress,
I don't know.

Maybe I just need
to take a break.

Well, that's a first.
Yeah.

Um, but right now
I need to speak with Henry,

and you need to take
care of the town, Sheriff.

Sure.

All done tormenting
physicists?

Half my equipment
floated away.

Training's been canceled
until we fix

whatever gravity glitch
you geniuses have caused.

We're heading back to G.D.

Lead with the jab,
then the cross.

Jab's the can opener,
the cross is the spoon.

Hmm. I didn't know
you boxed, Lupo.

Well, not since flight school.
28 and 0, six by knockout.

Knockout. I bet.

Hey, Rocky.
Training is canceled.

Unless you want a bank
to fall on your head.

All this work to get
back into space.

After what you and Fargo
went through,

I didn't think
you'd want to.

I didn't at first,
but then...

What? I was 11 once.

To be an astronaut.
Every kid's dream.

Then you grow up.

Hey, um, Zane. Look, your
criminal record disqualifies you

from being
in the Astraeus project.

Yeah, I know.

What? You...

I just spent an hour trying
to figure out how to tell you.

An hour? That's what
you came up with?

Well... Okay, well,

why are you putting
yourself through all of this?

I want them to see
what they're missing.

They're going to tell me
I can't go? Screw them.

Watch your step.

Hmm.

Okay, baby,
you go in here and play.

Kevin, you okay?

As soon as I b*at
this level I will be.

There's an over-shield
behind the covenant outpost.

Really? Thanks, SARAH.

Where is my tablet? Kevin, I'm going
to go to the car and look for it.

Okay.

Hi. So I assume the lack of massive
expl*si*n means it's still up there.

Yeah, but it seems
the bank is gaining altitude.

We don't hear that
every day.

At least I think it is. Something's making
our signals bounce around like crazy.

Well, we got a bulldozer. A big-ass
telescope, and a turbine up there.

You sure one of your Zero-G
space gizmos isn't leaking?

That's not how
Zero-G works.

Well, not unless you subscribe
to the theory of graviphotons,

where the superpartner of the
graviton exerts a repulsive force.

Like Dr. Parrish.

Hey, Henry. You okay?

Yeah. Fine.

Scanner shows that
gravity is operating normally.

Well, we've got a bunch
of stuff up in the air.

How's that not gravity
being messed up?

Because gravity doesn't
make things heavy.

The Higgs Field. Uh, isn't that where
the Mariners hold spring training?

No, that's in Peoria Stadium
in Arizona.

The Higgs Field is the pervasive
universal field that gives things mass.

Objects lose mass, they begin to
float when the field is disrupted.

Like by a Higgs
Field Disrupter.

There's one in the safety
deposit box in that floating bank.

There are 76 objects
aloft at last count.

Whoa, it's getting
crowded up there.

Yeah, the disrupter's affecting
gold, lead, carbon compounds.

At the rate the bank's
losing mass,

by tonight we'll have to call
NASA to make a withdrawal.

The Higgs Field interacts more strongly
with dense, heavy objects than light ones.

Petro Gravity
Field Generators.

They increase gravity
in a localized area.

Thank. Oh, these are
in the smart house.

Right. Full spectrum
shielding. Allison...

It's adjustable!

There we go. Come on.
You all right?

Yeah. Fine.

I didn't know you were
going to turn it on. Sorry.

You can deploy them around
town until we figure out

how to fix the Higgs Field.

It's okay. It's okay.

Mom, where were you?

Oh, I'm so sorry.
You've been gone for hours.

Hours?

Yeah! SARAH and I called
your phone like 20 times

and you didn't
answer the phone.

We thought something
happened to you.

I'm so sorry.

Oh, baby.
I'm sorry, baby.

I'm sorry, baby.
I know. Mama's sorry.

You guys reading me?
Yeah. Loud and clear.

Okay, so the Higgs Field will keep
unraveling until we turn the disrupter off.

Objects with smaller and smaller
amounts of dense material will lose mass.

How much time do we have?

I'm guessing not much.

Guys, we're in trouble.

We're out of Petros.
We've grounded Martha.

Andy and Jo have organized
an evacuation into G.D.

Oh, good. G.D.'s shielding will
protect it from the field disrupters.

For now.

Yeah. How about
our flying b*mb?

Uh, 10,000 feet over
Tesla School and rising.

All that redistributed matter is what's
been interfering with our signals.

So that's why we couldn't
find the bank at first.

Yeah, you know what,
I should check the weather.

We may be looking
for our town in Idaho.

Allison.

Hey.

What is it?
You okay? Kids okay?

Yes, they're fine. They're at
the smart house with a nanny.

Good. What's going on?

I don't know.
I'm losing time somehow.

Pieces of my day
are just gone.

Gone how?

Well, one moment
I'm doing something

and the next
I'm somewhere else.

I left the kids alone
for hours today.

What if something had
happened to them?

Okay. Okay.

You got to have someone
take a look at this, okay?

Grace ran some
tests on me.

She couldn't find anything.
Well, then...

Jack, I feel like
I'm losing myself.

Yeah...

Hey.

This looks really intense,
but I have to tell you,

Jo found who owns
the Higgs Field Disrupter.

Great.

Go. Floating banks
come first.

We're going to figure
this out, okay?

We might even get to use some
of your shiny new doctor toys.

This way,
ladies and gentlemen.

You heard Mr. Data,
no pushing.

Stay calm.

Oh, hey, Carter, they're
right here. Right. Thanks.

Parrish, you didn't mention you had
a collection of doomsday devices.

It's particle physics
equipment, Sheriff Carter.

See, I don't see
the difference.

Of course you don't.

It is a collectable, one-of-a-kind
Higgs Field Disrupter.

It's signed, although the
authenticity of the signature...

Hey! It disrupts
the Higgs Field!

You should put it
someplace safe.

Oh, you mean like in a bank?
Yeah, like...

I see your point.

So when did you make
the deposit? Yesterday.

Jack, it's an antique. I mean
it should be completely inert.

It will take a powerful source of
antiparticle energy to jumpstart that.

How about antimatter?

Is that antiparticle-y
enough for you?

Yes. That would do it.

So, someone has to go up
there and separate the device

from the antimatter
that's powering it.

Duty calls, Sheriff.

Why is it always heights?

All right.

Nanoscale
tomography analysis complete.

Let's see what we've got
here. Show me the crazy.

Foreign bodies have been detected
throughout the neo cortex.

Clarify those aren't
tumors or lesions.

Negative. The nanoparticles
are manmade,

composed of
bio-conductive material.

Neural implants.

Couldn't there be a more
terrifying way to get up?

No. I don't think so.
I'm in!

Good luck, Jack.

Jack?

I'm all right!

Good. Now get
yourself to the vault.

That's where
the Higgs Field Disrupter is.

Oh! Jack, be careful. Now
the building may be unstable.

Noted, unstable bank!

But what bank isn't?

At least there's no lines!
I'm at the vault!

It's locked.
How can it be locked?

The closest electricity's
two miles straight down!

It's got a redundant
power supply.

Just put your hand
on the scanner.

The DNA locks
have been recoded for you.

G.D. Has your
sputum on file.

That's disgusting!

All right, Jack,
to deactivate the Disrupter,

you need to separate it from the
antimatter by using the Penning Trap.

That's the box
we attached to your belt.

Right! Ready for box numbers!

361 and 362.

361, 362.

Do I have to lick
the lock?

You can if you want,
but that would be weird.

Someone put her
in front of a cartoon!

Jack, the boxes
are opening now.

Ah. Got a little glow-y
vial of liquid,

doesn't seem to be
an on or off switch.

Oh, oh, Jack...
Uh, don't panic,

but that's not the Disrupter.
That's the antimatter.

Just put it carefully
in the Penning Trap.

You mean the box?

If you mean the box,
you say box!

Put it in the box!

Don't yell at me!

Stupid Penning Trap!

Okay, What's next?

Uh, check the Disrupter.

Check... Right.

Uh...

Looks like it's powering off.

It worked!

Now the Higgs Field will
gradually re-stabilize.

And all the affected objects will
slowly regain their normal mass

and come to earth
in a controlled descent.

Guys?

I'm going down!

Should he be falling faster
than everything else?

Should I what, now?

Huh.

What, "huh"?

Looks like the bank
will return to normal mass

long before
it hits the ground.

I need to check my math.

Yes, please!

Guys, time is of the essence!

All right, all right,
unlock the boxes!

Maybe something here
can help me!

Uh, done. All right,
so we generate

a magnetic levitation field
using our super collider.

That takes 10 minutes.

I've got the inventory
list from Andy.

There's got to be like a giant
airbag in here or something!

What about
an electromagnetic cushion?

The bank is falling way too
fast. The impact would pancake it.

Yeah, fantastic!

Thrust. Vertical piloting,

it's how you land a jump jet
on an aircraft carrier.

Of course. We could counteract
the downward momentum of the bank

with something pushing up.

You want me to fly a bank?

No, not fly, just land.

With what? Jack, you've got
the Higgs Field Disrupter.

We can turn it back on,
but we need a focused burst.

If there was a field
amplifier up there.

Yeah, there is. I just got
to find it here somewhere.

Hey, what does it look like?

It's like a little... It's
not that little. It's...

Well, it's round-ish.

Well, it's kind of
like a... Yeah. Sort of.

Today!

It's small-ish.
You know basket-y.

Like a broccoli steamer?

Oh, I was going to say
parabolic antennae,

but sure, that's okay.

So point to the ground
and flip the switch.

And then,
Jack, very carefully,

just for an instant,
open the box.

Right.

Here goes!

Whoa!

Jeez. That's not what
a bank robbery means.

Just so you know.

Sorry, Sheriff, the bank was
the epicenter of the disruption.

We didn't account for its
accelerated mass recovery.

Got you.
So we're all good?

Good? That was awesome.

Yeah. Yeah, Awesome.

Clean-up's underway. We'll
get the Maglev crew here

once they're done hauling
Archimedes out of a corn field.

Did everything
make it down okay?

Uh. Mostly. One or two
things escaped the EM shield

before we set it
to contain the floaters.

Where's my jeep?

Four. Five.

Fifteen.

Oh, come on.

Good for you.

You know, whatever crazy test
is next, I'm ready for it.

Come here.
I want to talk to you.

Henry, what's...
What's wrong?

Allison's new scanner has
found something in my heart.

An atrial septal defect.

Now I'm fine as long
as I'm here on Earth.

But because of Titan's

unusual pressure
and gravity,

I'm cut from
mission selection.

But I want you to go.

Oh, I'm going.

A little hesitation
would have been nice.

And you're coming with me.

Grace...
Henry, this is Eureka.

We solve the impossible
every day.

We will find a way
to help you.

Dr. Parrish,

your equipment's a lot smaller
than you made it out to be.

Oh, my Disrupter.

Holly, I'd like to take you up on
that workout offer a little later.

I've got time and gear's
not floating off everywhere.

Yeah, great. Yes, oh,

I have determined that basketball
provides the optimal mix of

cardio respiratory
and muscular fitness.

I like to dribble.

That sounds like a lot of
fun. I'll get my high tops.

Uh, Dr. Parrish, I need you
to pull inventory reports

for your department
right now.

Mmm. I see what
you're doing, Doug.

"Dr. Fargo. "
Out here I'm the boss.

At least for now.
Inventory reports.

Mmm.

Excuse me.

Ooh. Don't forget
your little thingy.

So, basketball. I have
been known to slam dunks.

Oh, great.

What's this?

Orbital dynamics.

Being an astronaut
is every kid's dream.

I listen...

Me join the Astraeus
mission? No.

Why not? Right stuff.

Because I am
not smart enough.

I heard you saved Carter's
bacon today with science.

You're plenty smart.

The eccentric anomaly
is the can opener.

And Keppler's equation
is the spoon.

Zane.

I'm a felon.
You're a grunt with a g*n.

How about we screw
some expectations, huh?

What?

We, um, never talked
like this before.

True. Our conversations usually
end with you reading me my rights.

That's not what I mean.

Me and the other you.

We sort of skipped past
the being friends part.

Oh. Is that what
we're doing here?

I just thought my life
would be a lot simpler

if you were on
another planet.

Now drop and give me 50
harmonic oscillations, cupcake.

"Cupcake. " Cute.

Mmm-hmm.

All right.

Start over here.

Hi.

Hey.

So you solved
your bank robbery?

Yeah. Turns out the only
person who broke in was me.

I looked for you
at the infirmary.

But they said you
ran some sort of

unpronounceable
scan on yourself.

Oh, nanoscale tomography, it's
a hyper-detailed medical imagery.

And? What'd you find?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Maintaining connection
at full signal strength.

There's no more interference from the
Higgs Field Disruption, Miss Barlowe.

So what do you
think it is? Just stress?

Yes, I... I don't know
what came over me.

It's just...

Work's been crazy.

But I am feeling
much better now, Jack.

Good.

Good.
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