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"They're still having difficulty identifying the species."

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"I want you to get up there as soon as you can and find out exactly what it is these people have discovered."

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"I strongly suggest you take a full team."

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"All pertinent background information is in there, as well as specific orders for you, Doyle, for your eyes only.

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"And Connor...have a safe trip."

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"It's amazing technology, isn't it? From the middle of nowhere as clear as a bell --- and a secure line too."

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"A new life form is extremely rare, wouldn't you agree? See that it happens without fail."

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"Addendum to file: OSIR is suspending indefinitely the investigation into the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of our friend and colleague Connor Doyle. Until further notification, file number 321147 is officially closed. Elsinger out."

Synopsis

Episode Twenty-Two
File #321147: "Perestroika"

Written by Will Dixon
Directed by Giles Walker

Near Archangelsk, Northern Russia

The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research's (O.S.I.R.) Director of Operations Frank Elsinger (Nigel Bennett) orders Case Manager Conner Doyle (Paul Miller) to lead a team of investigators to Archangelsk in Northern Russia. Having just viewed video footage of a team of Russian scientists examining a creature found frozen in a glacier by two gas plant caretakers, Elsinger does not reveal to Doyle that the last scene of the video showed scientist Hannah (Kate Greenhouse) frightened and pleading for help. The investigators arrive at their destination to find the gas plant in shambles, the Mylodon on the examining table, and one of the plant's caretakers, Nikolai (Nicu Branzea), dead with a strange liquid running down his face and neck. Doyle insists that they immediately begin their search for the remaining Russians. When Dr. Claire Linda Davison (Soo Garay) performs autopsies on the deceased Russians, she discovers that something has attached itself to the inner walls of their stomachs, eating them from the inside out.

Meanwhile, L. Q. Cooper (Peter Blais) discovers a nest of parasite eggs on the creature, and the team finds scientists Hannah and Dolph (Vieslav Krystyan) with the second caretaker, Alexei (Doru Bandol), who is extremely ill from an attack by a snake-like creature. Alexei begins convulsing and a six-inch parasite emerges from his mouth before he collapses and dies. Not knowing how this parasite is transmitted or if any of them have already been infected, Doyle is shocked when Elsinger asks him to capture a sample for research, thus endangering the lives of his team.

Believing that the parasite thrives in a warm environment, the investigators systematically shut down the heat so they can trap it. Baranov, fearing for his life, tries to escape in the O.S.I.R.'s vehicle but, in his haste, does not notice the deadly parasite preparing to attack him. As Davison prepares the autopsy on Baranov, the parasite leaps out of the dead scientist's body and attaches itself to Cooper's chest. After a struggle, the team manages to freeze the parasite with nitrogen. Doyle orders the team to take Cooper to a hospital while he goes back into the plant alone. Why is Doyle willing to risk his life to destroy these creatures?