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"" is the sixth episode of the third season of Sanctuary, and the thirty-second episode overall in the series.
== Synopsis ==
Henry Foss and Will Zimmerman investigate a werewolf sighting in England, while Helen Magnus and Nikola Tesla try to crack a secret left behind by Gregory Magnus.
== Plot ==
=== Cold Open ===
In a locked facility, an elderly man, Joe, is awakened in the middle of the night. A younger man named Liam wants to play a game of cards with him, even though he does not feel very well. Joe tells him to deal, when Liam suddenly turns into a lycan and brutally kills him before fleeing from the facility.
=== Act I ===
Henry Foss informs Will Zimmerman that there has been a werewolf sighting, but is unsure whether to ask Helen Magnus if he can investigate the case. When he learns that the sighting was in Oldham, Northern England, Will decides to take the matter into his own hands, suggesting a "road trip" with just the two of them.
Meanwhile, Magnus and Nikola Tesla investigate the holographic map that appeared in the Old City Sanctuary's library some time earlier. They find clues to the mysterious "Lands of the Lord of Brightness", and discover that the miniature city holds some kind of combination locks.
Will and Henry find a slaughtered goat in a park. A trail of blood leads them to the Oldham Psychiatric Institute, but London Sanctuary head of house Declan MacRae informs them that the Sanctuary Network has had no success investigating the facility so far. He also tells them that they do not have enough for him to launch a full investigation. However, he also sees no reason for bringing Magnus's attention to the matter.
With Henry acting like a mental patient and Will like his doctor, the two gain access to Oldham. Henry is evaluated by a young and beautiful scientist named Erika Myers, who discovers his abnormal reaction to some question. She speaks to her aunt, Lillian Myers, the head of the Institute, in private, revealing that they both know Henry is a lycan, and are puzzled how he found them.
Back in the Old City Sanctuary, Magnus and Tesla gain access to the next "level" of the holographic map, but do not have the password, and the holographic map shuts down, with all other lights going out as well.
=== Act II ===
Magnus tells Tesla that an electromagnetic pulse killed the electricity in the entire building. She tells him to "fix" her house, even though he would much prefer to keep trying to crack the holographic map's code.
Henry befriends a young man named Alistair, who tells him about Joe and Liam.
Will is in the park talking to Declan on the phone. Declan informs him the London Sanctuary has lost contact with the Old City Sanctuary. Will also comes across a tree with visible claw marks.
In Joe's room, Henry talks to Erika, but she tells him not to worry about that. She also asks him if he took his medication, which he lies about.
Later, Henry breaks into the facility's morgue, where he finds Joe's body. When he takes the shroud away, he finds the dead man half transformed into a bestial form. Erika arrives, and informs him that Joe was a lycan. They all are.
Back in the woods, Will searches for more tracks, when suddenly a werewolf stands in front of him.
=== Act III ===
The lycan attacks Will, but is hit by a car when crossing a street, and runs away.
Lillian and Erika explain to Henry that the institute is a refuge of the last descendants of the lycan clan. He in turn tells them about the Sanctuary, and that he was a foundling and doesn't know who his parents were.
In the Sanctuary, Magnus is in bed reading when Tesla enters, telling her he figured out the answer to their problem; hitting the holographic map with a certain light spectrum should allow them to communicate with it.
Henry and Alistair talk again, and Henry realizes that all lycans seem to enjoy tinkering with machines. He also learns that everyone in the Institute is on medication.
Henry confronts Erika in a stairwell about the institution suppressing their true nature and learns that Erika herself has never transformed. To probe his point, he demonstrates shapeshifting right in front of her; turning into an incredibly agile creature with large fangs and brown fur. Amazed by the sight and the fact that he is totally in control, she is also a little embarrassed by the fact that he is naked.
Tesla is able to reactivate the holographic map, which scans both him and Magnus, and denies them access due to the vampiric source blood in their bodies.
When Henry tells Alistair about how they could live outside with their lycan nature, Alistair answers that without the treatments they would all become "monsters", as Liam did.
Later, Henry accuses Lillian of turning the residents into killers without the treatments so she can control them. He angrily tries to attack her, but is overwhelmed by some sort of electric probe/prod from behind and taken away by the guards.
=== Act IV ===
In the Sanctuary library, the holographic map disappears, leaving only an arming particle accelerator behind that could destroy the entire building. Tesla can slow the reaction by keeping a hand attached to it. Magnus suggests Tesla should create an EM field around them in order to make them disappear and shield them from the scanner.
In the woods near Oldham, Will finally finds Liam, who is very afraid and devastated that he killed his best friend stating he never meant to do so.
Meanwhile, Lillian has Henry strapped down and administers her treatment to him. She also argues with Erika, who wants to know if they could indeed live peacefully on the outside without loosing control.
With the help of Liam's insider information, Will enters the Institute, and finds the room where Henry was held earlier. The door is open, with claw marks on it. Moments later, Henry, transformed and very aggressive, appears.
=== Act V ===
Will tries to calm Henry down, but treatment has caused him to lose control of himself. Lillian and Erika arrive, and Erika transforms in order to stop Henry from attacking Will. After a brief struggle between them, they both return to their human form, and happily smile at each other. Will states that "no one needs to be locked up like this".
In the library, Magnus and Tesla learn that the builders of the holographic map mistrusted vampires, but their shielding trick allowed them to reach the next level.
In the Institute, more and more lycans, including Erika, decide to leave against Lillian's will. Declan MacRae has arrived with the full power of the Sanctuary Network, ensuring everyone's free will is respected. Henry asks Erika what she wants to do now, to which she responds by enthusiastically kissing him. He thinks that's a great start, said with a twinkle in his eye.
Magnus and Tesla enter another level through a voice activated password ("gateway"). A sphere appears, and they soon realize that it is a map not of a distant planet but of "hollow earth", of an array of tunnels underneath the continents that could lead them to the center of the Earth.
== Cast ==
Series regular 	Character
Amanda Tapping 	Doctor Helen Magnus
Robin Dunne 	Doctor Will Zimmerman
Ryan Robbins 	Henry Foss
Guest starring 	Character
Jonathon Young 	Nikola Tesla
Pauline Egan 	Erika Myers
Allison Hossack 	Doctor Lillian Myers
Robert Lawrenson 	Declan MacRae
Featuring 	Character
Michael Patric 	Alistair
Adrian Hough 	Liam
Patrick Keating 	Joe
Chris Nowland 	Orderly 1
Brent McLaren 	Orderly 2
Mentioned 	Character
Kirsten Robek 	Mary Anne Zimmerman
Agam Darshi 	Kate Freelander
Christopher Heyerdahl	Bigfoot
No actress 	Josephine
== Quotes ==
TESLA: Where would science be today if I constantly stopped to bathe? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1721662/quotes/?item=qt1371887
HENRY: How many pubs we been to already?WILL: Uh...six. No, seven. No...yeah, seven. But, you know, it's all in the name of scientific research, so....HENRY: [in an English accent] Absolutely - and what've we learned so far, William?WILL: [mimicking Sean Connery] That, uh, "spotted dick" is actually a dessert.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1721662/quotes/?item=qt1371888
MAGNUS: Go. Fix my house.TESLA: What am I, your house elf?MAGNUS: Thank you, Dobby! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1721662/quotes/?item=qt1371891
== Extras ==
* This episode has a DVD commentary track. Commentators: Robin Dunne, and Martin Wood.
== Notes ==
* Casting: Agam Darshi and Christopher Heyerdahl do not appear in this episode.
** Trivia: After the EMP, Kate Freelander and Bigfoot are explained by Helen Magnus to Nikola Tesla that they are away on a mission and won't be back until Friday.
* Trivia: This episode marks the first time the viewers see fully transformed HAPs.
* Reference: "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) - Will Zimmerman tells Henry Foss they should go to Oldham, England by themselves, "just Butch and Sundance".https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1721662/movieconnections/
* Factual Error: At one point, in reference to Oldham, Henry Foss says " in a town that small". In fact, Oldham has a population of over 100,000, making it comfortably one of the larger towns in England, somewhere in the top 50-60. In practice it's been subsumed completely by the city of Manchester, and as part of Greater Manchester - which has a population of over 2.5 million - it isn't really a small town so much as a suburb of the second largest city in England, after London.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1721662/trivia/?item=tr6040136
* Trivia: The viewers learn that Will Zimmerman is presumably at least half-Irish as his mother is from Dublin.
* Revealing Mistake: When Will Zimmerman and Henry Foss are walking through the park, shortly after Will says his "Ma" was from Dublin, a crew member knocks a tree branch before Will and Henry get to the tree [approx time: 06:56].https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1721662/goofs/?item=gf1784352
* Anachronism: As Lillian Myers looks at Will Zimmerman's CV record, she notes that his last employment reference was three years ago. Will says that since then he's been engaged on a private consultation basis for specialized cases. This episode takes place during early 2010. Will left the Old City Police Department to work for Helen Magnus in ~January 2008. It's only been just over two years since then, not three.
** Chronology: Three years prior to the events of this episode, Will Zimmerman was either at the very end of his career in the FBI (sometime within a few months before he was kicked out) or in a potential gap period before being employed at the Old City Police Department (where he worked for six months prior to meeting Helen Magnus in ).
* Trivia: Erika Myers gives Henry Foss an empathy test where his pupilary response is charted as he answers questions. This whole scene is reminiscent of the Voight-Kapff test in 'Blade Runner'.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1721662/trivia/?item=tr3309027
* Factual Error: When Erika Myers is evaluating Henry Foss, Henry calls the machine a "sub-sonic oscillator" when in fact it is simply an old portable X-ray machine turned up to face Henry.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1721662/goofs/?item=gf4599833
* Geography Error: When in Oldham, England in the hospital, the plugs are US style plugs and not UK styles.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1721662/goofs/?item=gf1589670
* Factual Error / Fan Reaction: Nikola Tesla mentions that he was the one who cracked the Enigma machine, helping the Allies to win World War II. A lot of fans had issues with the show having Tesla steal all of the credit from Alan Turing and his entire team of bright scholars and scientists; seeing it as not being respectful to history and the real people who were actually involved in the code breaking, as the real Nikola Tesla had zero involvement with Enigma.
* Trivia: After Nikola Tesla triggers an EMP that blacks out the Old City Sanctuary, Helen Magnus mentions 'an old vacuum tube generator'. In the fantasy prone world of free energy and perpetual motion it is believed you can manipulate what is not in a vacuum in a way that creates energy from nothing.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1721662/trivia/?item=tr3309040
* Reference: "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002) - Nikola Tesla asks Helen Magnus if he is her house elf. She replies by calling him Dobby, a house elf from Harry Potter.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1721662/movieconnections/
== Gallery ==
File:Sanctuary_season_3_episode_6_part_1-4|3x06 - Part 1
File:Sanctuary_season_3_episode_6_part_2-4|3x06 - Part 2
File:Sanctuary_season_3_episode_6_part_3-4|3x06 - Part 3
File:Sanctuary_season_3_episode_6_part_4-4|3x06 - Part 4
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_20.jpg|Liam
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_19.jpg|Joe
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_1.jpg|Helen Magnus and Nikola Tesla
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_18.jpg|Helen Magnus
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_17.jpg|Erika Myers, Henry Foss, and Will Zimmerman
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_16.jpg|Lillian Myers and Will Zimmerman
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_15.jpg|Erika Myers
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_14.jpg|Helen Magnus and Nikola Tesla
File:s03_e0306_04_129046367968.jpg|Helen Magnus and Nikola Tesla
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_13.jpg|Henry Foss and Alistair
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_12.jpg|Henry Foss and Alistair
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_11.jpg|Henry Foss (left arm) and Joe
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_10.jpg|Henry Foss
File:s03_e0306_01_129046367681.jpg|Erika Myers and Henry Foss
File:s03_e0306_03_129046367876.jpg|Erika Myers and Henry Foss
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_9.jpg|Nikola Tesla
File:s03_e0306_05_129046367787.jpg|Helen Magnus
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_Erika_Myers.jpg|Erika Myers and Henry Foss
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_8.jpg|Erika Myers and Henry Foss
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_7.jpg|Alistair and Henry Foss
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_6.jpg|Alistair and Henry Foss
File:s03_e0306_02_129046368065.jpg|Henry Foss
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_Lillian.jpg|Henry Foss and Lillian Myers
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_5.jpg|Liam
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_3.jpg|Erika Myers
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_4.jpg|Will Zimmerman and Lillian Myers
File:3x06_Sanctuary_IMDb_2.jpg|Nikola Tesla and Helen Magnus
== References ==
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* Watch "" on Vudu
* sanctuaryspoilers: ""
* "" on Wikipedia
Category:Season_3/Episodes