- James Lester: [Opening narration] My name's James Lester. Five years ago, I was put in charge of the ARC; a top secret government project investigating rips in time known as Anomalies. These Anomalies allowed long extinct creatures from distant eras to cross into our own time. Our leading research scientist was murdered... by his insane wife Helen, who planned to wipe out humanity. Danny Quinn, Connor Temple and Abby Maitland went through an Anomaly to stop her. No-one knows what happened to them; but as the human race survived, we must assume they succeeded. None of them ever returned; lost forever in a distant past, with no way home. All attempts at rescue failed. A new team was put in place, and many changes made to the ARC. The battle continues. There is always a new threat; whatever it is, we'll deal with it
- Matt Anderson: Are you absolutely sold on these EMD's? 'Cause, you know, I could always shoot you again.
- Captain Becker: Idiot.
- [Gets his bearings]
- Captain Becker: How long until this wears off?
- Matt Anderson: Burning, couple of hours. Headaches, couple of days. Humiliation... well, that depends when I get bored of it, really.
- James Lester: You know, I could have been Ambassador to Moscow by now... maybe even Cabinet Secretary. Instead, I'm watching a dinosaur trash my office.
- Connor Temple: You know, when we do get home, I'm going to write a cookbook. 1,001 Ways to Cook Roots and Bulbs. I could be like your Cretaceous celebrity chef.
- Matt Anderson: [about the new EMDs] This is nothing like you've ever experienced before.
- Captain Becker: Okay, try. I mean it. Shock me. If I think it's an effective weapon, I'll use it. If not, you back down.
- Matt Anderson: You really, really don't want me to do that, Becker.
- Captain Becker: Oh, I do. Come on, Matt, show me what you've got.
- Jess Parker: [Matt picks up a gun] Matt? You can't. Will you stop being such a pair of kids?
- Matt Anderson: He started it.
- [Prepares to fire]
- Matt Anderson: It's okay. He'll live. Probably.
- Matt Anderson: Look, Becker. I know you've lost friends, but I need you to understand that I won't do anything to risk the team.
- Captain Becker: After Sarah was killed, I thought about quitting. Danny, Connor, Abby...
- [Exhales]
- Captain Becker: The one thing I can do here is make sure that never happens again.
- Matt Anderson: It wasn't your fault. You know that.
- Captain Becker: It was my job to look after them. I failed.
- Matt Anderson: It was a year ago. You really need to let it go now, mate.
- Captain Becker: You trust me, right?
- Matt Anderson: Yeah, with my life.
- [pause]
- Matt Anderson: You're not going to hug me now, are you?
- Captain Becker: God, no.
- James Lester: Jess, I need you to hack into Philip's private diary. Next time he has lunch with the Minister, I want to know about it.
- Jess Parker: No private hacking.
- James Lester: Excuse me? Whatever happened to blind obedience?
- Connor Temple: [Watching a raptor] What's it doing?
- Abby Maitland: Building a bower.
- Connor Temple: Eh?
- Abby Maitland: Oh, a nest.
- Connor Temple: What's it want with our stuff?
- Abby Maitland: Well, he's trying to make it as decorative as he can. Helps him to, uh-...
- Connor Temple: Pull.
- Abby Maitland: I was going to say "attract a mate" but yes, pull. This time, he's going to have to send her flowers.
- Abby Maitland: [about the broken anomaly device] Take the battery out and shake it or something.
- Connor Temple: Oh, for God-...
- Abby Maitland: Or whatever the equivalent is, then. Always worked with the TV remote.
- James Lester: What's going on?
- Jess Parker: Creature incursion.
- James Lester: Ah, trust Connor to bring a pet back with him.
- Captain Becker: [to two teen who try to film the Spinosaurus] Is that phone insured?
- [Kid nods]
- Captain Becker: Good.
- [Takes it]
- Captain Becker: And you - get a haircut.
- Philip Burton: I'm sorry, but when the ARC was reorganised, the decision was taken to select operational staff with a military background. Front line is just no place for amateurs.
- Abby Maitland: [Scoffs] Amateurs, us?
- Philip Burton: Perhaps that was the wrong word.
- Connor Temple: [to Lester] Don't tell me you agreed to this.
- James Lester: It was my idea.
- Philip Burton: Take some personal time. Rest. Use the company apartment for a few days. When you come back, we'll discuss something away from the firing line.
- Connor Temple: You don't get it. All the time we've just spent away, all the sacrifices we had to make, it was all for this. So we could come back and carry on with Professor Cutter's work! So we could fight until we actually won!
- Jess Parker: Why aren't they back yet? They okay?
- Jess Parker: They've stolen a car.
- James Lester: Right, so they're fine, then. Let me speak to them.
- [Moves to the computer]
- Jess Parker: Hands off. These are my controls.
- James Lester: You can be replaced, you know.
- Jess Parker: You're hilarious.