01x06 - Episode 6

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Head". Aired: 12 June 2020 - present.*
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A small team, known as the Winterers, will remain at the Polaris VI Antarctic Research Station to continue their innovative research, a crucial part in the fight against climate change.
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01x06 - Episode 6

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"Today, we pay tribute
to the heroine of Polaris V.

Sarah Jackson,

a scientist, a mother, an adventurer."

"...one member
of the crew remains missing."

- Sarah Jackson...
- She is a very good friend,

so...

Sarah Jackson.

"She was the only victim of the fire."

It's Sarah... It's Sarah.

- We should keep moving.
- Yeah.

"There was a fracture
of the occipital bone.

Sarah didn't die in the fire."

She was m*rder*d.

m*rder*d?

What are you saying?

This was taken the night of the fire.

The night Sarah Jackson d*ed, look.

- The sweater...
- It was him.

Arthur k*lled Sarah Jackson.

Are you sure about this?

It has to have been him.

Arthur's looking for you.

He wants to know when he can
expect the protein sequencing.

Are you okay?

They call it "paradoxical undressing."

Your hippocampus
gets so messed up by the cold,

that you start to feel hot.

Suddenly your clothes suffocate you.

Imagine that...

They'd find me butt naked and frozen

halfway to the Argentinian station.

Might well be still worth a sh*t.

I can tell Arthur
that I couldn't find you.

If you need a moment...

Should I do that?

Did you know?

When you asked me to come here,

did you know this could happen?

A few more weeks,

and then summer will be here.

A few more weeks...

You'll see.

I'll just...

"So, tell me what happened

to Sarah Jackson."

"Sorry, could you repeat the question?"

"Could you tell me
what happened to Sarah Jackson?"

"She d*ed."

"She d*ed.

That's the answer, as much as I know."

"There was an accident, and...

suddenly it was this fire
and everything...

collapsed."

"And we needed to go back there for

sending an SOS, before...

the station broke down.

Sarah Jackson went in..."

"I remember seeing Sarah...

run the other way, and...

She shouted something, and I...

couldn't quite hear what it was.

And we were all outside, and...

she was not."

"Sarah was a wonderful person.

Incredible, actually.

I admired her a lot."

"I'm sorry,
she meant a great deal to me.

I'm sorry."

"I miss her very much.

Sorry."

"Unfortunately, she d*ed...

in the blaze that engulfed Polaris V.

I lost a dear colleague...

and a friend.

And I can only begin to imagine,

the pain that her family
is going through.

She is a great loss."

Annika!

Annika!

Stop it!

Annika, stop this bullshit, right now!

What kind of range
does that thing have anyway?

Do you really think
someone's gonna come by

in the middle of the winter?

Desperate times...
and so on and so forth.

Whatever happened back there,
it's bad enough

that Arthur wants to bury it
here with the rest of us.

Enough!

If I'm going to die here,

the least you can do is tell me why.

What did she say?

You can't remember?

I remember...

Okay.

I'm just not sure you want to hear it.

"And here it is!"

The best cheesecake
in the whole continent.

Yeah, yeah!

- Here you are.
- I surrender,

I couldn't eat another bite!

Not even a little taste?
Come on, Damian!

Take a bite and you may wish
the winter never ended.

Not me.

A month from now,
the only ice I want to see

are the cubes in my Mai Tais.

That's lovely!

I promised the girls
I'd take them on holiday.

Unfortunately for me,
they love to ski...

No!

That's life!

What about you?

Have you got any plans for your kids?

I just know that
I'm gonna squeeze them so tight.

Yeah, maybe...

- Hey, Nils.
- Hey.

What's the first thing you're gonna do

when you get home?

Home?

This is home.

It's the most beautiful place on Earth.

You speak like a true "ice junke," man.

Yeah? Well, Doc, you just bury me here,

under the Aurora Polaris,

and I'll be a happy man.

Bury you?

We can't leave
any garbage behind, Nilsy-boy.

Hey Sarah, there's a...

call for you in the common area.

Oh! Is it Sylvia?

Is it Olivia?

Say what you want about Arthur,
but the man is tireless.

I thought he would be
out of the lab by now.

He's getting ready
for his triumphant return.

- Yeah?
- He wants to

get it peer-reviewed ASAP,

get more funds,
and then try to scale it up.

Oh, God, I'm not sure
I want Arthur to save the world.

He's going to be insufferable
after it...

He's not saving it by himself,
now is he?

Yeah...

I'm sure our names will show
very big on the footnotes.

How was it?

Excuse me.

"So, there's not any call for me?"

"Do you realise what we've done?"

"I just wanted to thank you."

- "Thank you."
- "No!"

"You..."

"I..."

"I..."

- I really should get going...
- No...

I should... I was gonna go to bed...

Let me...

Let me...

No, no... Let me...

I think... I'll just...

f*ck off!

Go on, f*ck off!

No! Wait.

No, I'm sorry!

I'm sorry... I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry.
- I...

I misunderstood, I thought...

No, it's alright.

- Okay.
- I'm sorry.

- It's okay.
- Okay.

I'm sorry. We're friends, I'm sorry.

"Yes."

- "It's okay."
- "Okay."

"Listen to me, Sarah."

I made you, Sarah.

I made you.

And I can unmake you.

Okay?

Now, let me...

Let me.

Good girl.

Don't fight me.

That's it.

That's it, good girl.

Sarah?

Sarah? Sarah?

Sarah, look at me.

Annika!

Oh, no!

It was an accident, Annika.

She is dead.

It was... It was an accident.

You did it! I saw... I saw everything!

I didn't mean to...
I didn't mean to do it, Annika.

- I pushed her, and...
- Oh, God.

- I pushed, and...
- Shut the f*ck up!

You k*lled her.

You k*lled...

sh*t.

You.

Sarah...

I can't go to prison, Annika.

I can't...

f*ck. You should pay for this.

You should pay for this.

This is what she's had to
deal with her whole life.

This is what I had to deal with
my whole life!

Eminent professors like yourself

and we had to bend over backwards,

just to impress them!

And then you took me,
and I realise that,

and I was different, wasn't I?

I was different.

You took me because of
my talent and my drive,

and you paved the way for me.

But now, what the f*ck happens now?

Everything we worked for,
Arthur, everything!

Everything Sarah worked for,
it all goes to sh*t!

Because you couldn't keep
your d*ck in your pants.

It's so f*cking pathetic.

And why should I pay? That's not fair.

It's not f*cking fair!

She doesn't deserve this.

She doesn't deserve this.

So, what are we going to do?

What are we going to do?

Take off your sweater.

Take your sweater off.

What about the rest of them?

They won't listen to you, Arthur.

But they might listen to me.

Go f*cking wash yourself.

How did you do it?

It wasn't easy.

And it took time,
it took a lot of time...

Hey!

Hey, hey!

No!

No!

No.

No.

Okay.

It would be three weeks until
the summer crew arrived, so...

I just had to keep talking,

and talking,

and talking...

I say, we let Copenhagen handle it.

We radio it in,

and we sit tight
until the authorities get here.

It's three weeks
until planes can even land here.

Look, why don't we just lock him
in the laundry room until then?

Then we can all take turns...

keeping an eye on him.

And what good would that do?

- What good?
- Yes, Erik. What good?

He k*lled her, Annika.

Okay.

Okay...

I'm gonna ask you a question,

what do you think will happen
when the world finds out?

Huh?

Our funding, our grants,
our donors... All gone.

No university or institute in the world

will touch our research
with a ten foot pole.

- She is your friend.
- She was...

my friend,

Ebba.

And she worked as hard as any of us

to see this project through.

I can't believe you.

Hey, Damian.

You've seen the models and the numbers.

You know what will happen
in , , hell, in ten years,

if we keep pouring CO
at our current rate.

We will have floods,

we will have draughts,
and mass starvation...

What we're doing here
has never been seen before.

And there's still so much
that needs to be done.

We can't stop now.

Oh, I don't...

Damian. You came here for one reason,

and one reason only,
and that was to save lives.

Sarah's life can't be saved anymore,

but millions of others can.

f*ck your research
and your f*cking ego!

Ego?

I'm reporting this now.

You are an accomplice, Miles.

Arthur can testify to that.
Hell, I can.

Yeah, I overheard you.

You sent her to the Common Area

and you knew very well
there was no phone call for her.

I didn't know he was gonna k*ll her.

No... Okay.

But I would say, out of all us,

you're the one with the most to lose.

You're a f*cking bitch.

Okay.

I was a bitch...

I had to.

We have to stick together.

- Sure.
- Okay?

I'm just trying
to be the voice of reason.

I want to continue this work.

What are you doing?

Leave me, alone!

It's reality, Nils.

Annika, in respect of you,
I understand your argument,

but I don't think
that it's a sane argument.

We are talking about lives.

But not one, or two, or just ours.

But the whole world.

Tell me that you are not in.

Think about it
for a while. I'll come back.

No...

We can't do this.

This is about
something bigger than you and I,

- and everyone here.
- It's about you.

I'm not going into this.
You're asking me for something

which is beyond anything.

- No, I am...
- I'm not going into this,

I'm not a criminal!

Don't you understand
how important that is?

Oh, how convenient to call it
"the right thing,"

covering a m*rder.

Listen to Miles! Listen to me!

That's gonna get you somewhere!

I'm not in! I'm not in!

- Story of your life.
- f*ck you.

Calm the f*ck down, Ramon!

f*ck.

"When you spend..."

A whole winter locked in a tin can

with nine other individuals,

you will learn everything
there is to know about them.

All the good, and the bad...

and the worse.

And I used it.

I used it all.

How do you propose
to keep this a secret?

They'll find out about you.

Lukas will find out.

Who do you think is going to get
custody of the boys?

It's going to happen.

I have been tracking
your download history, Ramon.

If that goes public...

- Shut up.
- You'll never work again.

Not in Antarctica,
not back home. Nowhere.

Your mother, your father...

they will be so ashamed.

It's gonna be ok.

With your history,

this is not gonna look good
on your record.

They are not gonna let you
back on the ice Nils,

and you know I'm right.

When was the last time
you've been back home?

Not for a week or a month,
but for a long time.

Enough.

I'm trying to help you.

If you go back home alone

you're going to find
a faster way of k*lling yourself

than that bottle.

What you are doing...

Selling prescription dr*gs
to your fellow crew members,

that's a felony, Lars.

Are you hearing me?

Everybody else is in, Erik.

Except you.

Okay...

Okay.

Did you ever waver?

Did you ever have second thoughts?

"And then it happened."

The heat of the fire,

it opened up the crevasses
hidden under the station.

The ice swallowed our sins for us.

Or so we thought.

Polaris V has resurfaced.

That's why you came back.

No.

I'm sorry. I...

No...

That's not Annika. She wouldn't...

- I'm sorry.
- No!

I said no!

Johan!

- Johan!
- Micke!

Are you alright?

Johan!

Johan!

"I left a gift for you inside Polaris.

About that thing you thought
you got rid of...

Well, you didn't."

Jesus, Annika...

I know what you did.

And what is it you think you know?

- Annika told Maggie...
- The definition of hearsay.

She told her...

you k*lled Sarah Jackson

She did, did she?

And you believed her?

You know your wife
was trying to discredit me.

No more shared authorship.

One simple m*rder accusation

and she could leap
to the head of the byline.

Keep all the research for herself,

keep all the glory...

for herself.

Someone ambitious would do that,
wouldn't they?

That doesn't sound like
the Annika we know?

Driven...

Hungry for success...

Tired of living in the shadow
of an obnoxious pig like myself?

No.

Sarah Jackson d*ed
of a blow to the head.

- You can't deny that.
- No, I don't.

She hit her head
trying to escape the fire.

That would be great, wouldn't it?

Blame it on the fire.

It's what happened.

"Except...

Micke,

found no smoke in her lungs."

When the fire started,

Sarah Jackson was already dead.

Huh?

So what?

Somebody else k*lled her.

It could be anybody.

We had a drunk,

- a disturbed army vet...
- And you.

A narcissist
with a God complex, Arthur...

you.

Like I said,

anything that Maggie says
is just hearsay,

and you know it.

I believe you're telling the truth...

about Annika.

I just needed some time
to process it, to...

to accept it.

Okay.

Annika may have covered up

Sarah's m*rder.

But it was Arthur who k*lled her.

That means he had a motive
to bury the truth,

to make sure no one ever found out.

You think that's the reason
he k*lled everyone?

You know it.

And I know it.
But that's not enough, is it?

We need the world to know.

And for that,

we need evidence.

Or he walks.

He f*cking walks.

I know...

Please...

I need you to remember.

I need you to tell me where Annika is.

The Argentineans...

We need to try the Sno-Cat.

It's too big a risk

and we don't have enough fuel
to get there.

We might, if we cut through
the Western Plateau.

It's a death trap.
The crevasses alone...

No.

We need to take that chance.

We need to get help.

I'll go.

"No. That's not possible."

Astrid has flown all over
the Western Plateau.

If she tried to reach the Argentineans,

we would've spotted her.

That's what she said, but...

Oh, sh*t.

- Is that coming from...
- The Western Plateau.

We can't go to the Argentinian base.

f*ck.

How far are the Canadians?

Too far.

Maybe, but at least there's not

a massive category five storm
between them and us.

- Annika...
- No.

Finish fueling. I'll go find rations.

f*ck.

Annika headed east!

She went to the Canadian base,
not the Argentinian one.

Astrid, come in.

This is Johan.

Talk to me.

"Listen,"

Annika went for the Canadian base.

Not the Argentinean.

sh*t. We've been looking
at the wrong place.

How soon can you get there?

I'm turning right now.

They're searching now.

Thank you.

Sorry...

Sorry I couldn't remember sooner. I...

It's not your fault.

I can't help feel like it is.

Listen, you've been...

You've been very brave.

You know that, yeah?

I remembered more...

I couldn't save him.

Where is she?

- She's gone.
- Where?

Away from you.

She'll die out there.

She'd rather face the storm
than face you.

You little bitch.

That's what we all are, aren't we?

Just little b*tches.

Me,

Annika,

Sarah Jackson...

k*lling women.

That seems to be your thing, isn't it?

Run!

Run!

This is all your fault, you know.

All those people,

they didn't need to die.

But you had to keep sticking
your nose in, didn't you?

About Polaris V.

What happened on Polaris V
was an accident.

It was a mistake!

But that doesn't matter anymore.

Because nobody's gonna know about it.

Because when the Danes get here,

there'll just be me.

Only me!

Telling them the ugly f*cking truth

about what you've done.

Oh, f*ck it!

Hey, hey!

Hey!

sh*t!

"Open this bloody door!"

Hey!

Open the door!

"Hey!"

"Hey!"

"I'll bloody k*ll you,
you little bitch!"

"Hey!

Hey!

Open the door!"

"I was afraid he would
find a way out, so..."

After that...

I hid...

I waited... I prayed, I guess.

And then you turned up.

Johan.

I think I found her.

I think it's her.

A Sno-Cat, stuck in a snow bank.

"Where are you?"

About fifty miles from your position.

I'll land and call you back.

Johan, do you copy?

Johan?

"Johan, do you copy?

Johan?"

Don't go, Johan!

We were too late.

I'm sorry.

- Annika was my...
- You don't...

You don't say her name.

You hear me?

You don't say it.

I know what you did.

"You cut the Sno-Cat's fuel line."

Excuse me?

You sentenced her to die.

She had no chance.

I've had enough
of your inane accusations.

You know that?

I can't wait
for the police to get here,

and for this farce to be over.

I'm gonna make you pay
for the way you've treated me.

You and your whole f*cking crew,

you'll be scrubbing toilets on...

You recognise this picture?

You remember what
you were wearing that night?

Huh?

I found you.

She d*ed...

so she could get this away from you.

"She got you."

When I hand this to the police,

when they run their tests,

whose blood do you think
this is gonna be?

Huh?

I'm betting on Sarah Jackson's.

You?

"Your career is over.

Your reputation is over.

And your life is over."

Johan...

Show them to their rooms
so they can get started.

And then Miles and Nils in the freezer,

Miles with his head severed.

And then Heather and Aki...

Ebba, in the hangar.
Ramon, in the gym.

And...

Well...

Annika.

She's...

She was Johan's wife.

Not yet, Arthur.

You still have one interview to give.

My name is Margaret Emilia Mitchell.

I was the doctor here.

I've...

I first met Arthur when I...

I'd just arrived.

I remember him
introducing himself, he...

Damn it!

Come in.

Johan.

Ready to leave?

I've been ready for weeks, trust me.

The inspectors told me
you could have this back.

I guess I'm not a suspect anymore.

Guess not.

Here, allow me.

You'll soon get over the T.

Micke told me all you need is a...

a little bit of rest.

Listen, I wanna...

apologize.

The way I treated you...

Accused you.

Please believe me when I say that...

that was not me.

Johan, your wife...

If something happened
to someone I loved,

I don't know what I'd be capable of.

Thank you.

There.

I guess you won't be coming back
to Antarctica.

I don't think so, no.

Have a good life, Maggie.

You too, Johan.

Hi.

"Olivia..."

"Is it done?"

Yeah.

It's done.

"I'm proud of you."

"Now, Sarah, I understand

you're a mother of two.

Is it hard for you to leave
your daughters for half a year

to go to the coldest place on Earth?"

"Yes, absolutely.

But they're a couple of
brave, strong girls,

and they understand
I'm doing it for them,

and for their future."

So what are you really
doing here, Maggie?

I came here because of my mother.

"Mom would be proud of you."

You remind me of someone.

Oh, yeah?

"She is not who she says she is."

You can't trust her, Johan.

"Get a hold of Barts Medical School."

Ask for a copy
of Margaret Mitchell's file.

Yes, absolutely.
I'll send it to you right away.

"She could be
working for somebody else."

No... this is too brutal.

"It's almost personal."

I'm truly sorry.

Your mom...

she deserved the truth.

"She wasn't even supposed to be here."

Lars Olander was my first choice.

"But a few weeks before we fly out,

he gets hit by a drunk driver."

"She did it.

She k*lled them all."

You examined her.
Could she be faking it?

Fake that?

"Johan, I've seen a lot of T cases.

No, I find it hard to believe."

"If something happened
to someone I love,

I don't know what I'd be capable of..."

Olivia Jackson.

I like it.

But I prefer Maggie Mitchell.

Do you remember what you asked Annika?

If she ever had second thoughts?

Well...

did you?

Maggie?

What are you doing?

Aki?

Thank God you're okay.

Where's Arthur?

You got away?

What did you do?

It's Annika, she's gonna go for help.

She's gonna get us out,
she's gonna save us all.

But...

But I saw you.

You were...

You...

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Were you...

sorry?

Maggie?

Maggie, I found the rations.

Ready?

Ready.
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