"Primeval" Episode #2.3 (2008)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Jamie Payne

Writers:

Tim Haines (creator) and
Adrian Hodges (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Primeval" (2007)

Original Air Date:

26 January 2008 (Season 2, Episode 3)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

An outdoor adventure park is terrorized by a hungry saber-tooth tiger.

Plot Keywords:

Sabertooth Tiger | Amusement Park | Pack Of Money | Broken Window | Animal Trap

Cast

Douglas Henshall	...	Nick Cutter
James Murray	...	Stephen Hart
Andrew Lee Potts	...	Connor Temple (as Andrew-Lee Potts)
Lucy Brown	...	Jenny Lewis
Hannah Spearritt	...	Abby Maitland
Juliet Aubrey	...	Helen Cutter (credit only)
Ben Miller	...	James Lester (credit only)
Naomi Bentley	...	Caroline
Karl Theobald	...	Oliver Leek
Eloise Joseph	...	Young Woman
Ashley Mulheron	...	Young Woman
Thomas Aldridge	...	Warren
Gillian Kearney	...	Valerie Irwin
Rick Warden	...	Peter Campbell
Heather McHale	...	Mother

Goofs:

Continuity: The sticker that Peter puts on Cutter's shirt at the park changes from one shot to the next, both in location, and how well it is adhering to his shirt.

Quotes:

Professor Nick Cutter: You gave me a fright there. Valerie, what are you doing?
Valerie: What am I doing? What about you? Don't tell me that you're not responsible for all of this.
Professor Nick Cutter: What?
Valerie: You people... with all your mysteries and secrets... I knew who you were from the first minute. You created him in some kind of, horrible genetic experiment, didn't you? He escaped, and now you've come to take him back. Well I won't let you.
Professor Nick Cutter: That's not how it is.
Valerie: Please don't lie to me! I'm not stupid. I'm going to take him somewhere safe, and I'll tell everyone what you've done.
Professor Nick Cutter: But what are you going to say? That you buried your boyfriend after your pet killed him?
Valerie: ...It was an accident. Dave got careless, he didn't know how to handle him...!
Professor Nick Cutter: And you do?
Valerie: He trusts me... I'm the closest thing to a mother he's ever had. I went into my garbage one day, and he was just, somehow, magically, there... a tiny cub, frightened, alone. Half-dead. I had to look after him.
[...]

Be careful or you may be eaten!

In adventure park a man is killed just after he shot two girls with paint in a war game. During the attack Connor was showing everyone how his anomaly detector works only to get disappointed when Oliver Leek receives a phone call about attack. Connor is confused and is certain that anomaly has not happened,but no one believes him. When the team arrives at the park Jennny Lewis starts her usual game of covering up the truth by telling lies to Park assistant Valerie Irwin. She tells her it was some sort of cat responsible for killing but in fact it was a saber tooth tiger. Soon Nick, Stephen and Abby start to look for the tiger tracks. While Connor is left in the park center, without a gun Nick informs the others that they must turn back because tiger is returning to the park. This episode was really intense. The tiger was big, fast and scary. Jenny was at her best covering the truth, again. Stephen seemed left out from this one. All the really good action scenes were left to Nick. Compared to Jenny, Valerie looked sweet and trustworthy. The park director was really annoying person. Special effects were really great. The tiger moved super fast during the night scene, but indoors scene was slow and he moved like a lion. Helen Cutter appears for a very short time, her scene promised there are troubles ahead for Nick.