Primeval Series 2 Episode 5

What an episode of Primeval! Everything was just right, no OTT childish moments, maybe a little rip off of ‘Tremors’ but everything else was fine!

After a girl chases her dog through a newly-opened anomaly, Oliver Leek infects Connor’s anomaly detector with ‘spyware’, which gives the team false readings while Oliver gets the correct information on when an anomaly opens.

Oliver sends his mercenaries into the anomaly, including the ‘cleaner bloke’. Why, I don’t know, maybe to catch one of the creatures? Once into the anomaly, they ignore the stranded girl and then get gobbled up by some ‘underground pincers’, which we learn later are part of some terrifying giant scorpion-things!

Meanwhile, as Cutter and the team search for the anomaly (Connor had rebooted the detector) they find, wait for it, THE DOG! So as Jenny, complete with a new dress, is left holding the dog, Cutter and Stephen head into the anomaly.

It’s from this point the episode starts to gather pace, the CGI is looking the best it’s done in Primeval and it really adds to the already gathering plot. Cutter and Stephen spot the ‘chav girl’ and just escape from the clutches of the giant scorpion-things. However, as they make their way back to the anomaly it disappears!

Back at the ARC, the rest think Cutter and Stephen are trapped in the past for the foreseeable future, so Connor and Abby are put in charge. Oh dear! Connor has Abby on the mind and with this, he dumps Caroline by text. WHOOPS! The newly-crowned ‘Psycho Bitch of The Week’ then goes round the flat and attacks Rex with a tennis racket. With the little mite’s life hanging in the balance, lets hope he’s okay – he’s by far the best actor in Primeval!

Meanwhile Cutter, Stephen and chav girl meet the ‘cleaner’ who takes water and equipment off them and is all set to murder them on the spot, when the giant scorpion-things come up and kill him. Instead of a mercy killing, Cutter lets the giant scorpion-things kill him but our ‘cleaner’ is keeping his mouth shut about who had employed him.

As they head to a newly-opened anomaly more giant scorpion-things pop up, but our heroes escape – into what looks like a prehistoric forest and a ‘caveman’ isn’t too far away! But of course, they are in the present day and in the theme park from episode 3! Chav girl is returned to her Dad and all looks well, but Helen is lurking and Stephen seems to be her prey!

Can’t wait for next week’s episode, with it being written by acclaimed Doctor Who writer, Paul Cornell, it should be very interesting!

9/10

Next Week: Primeval will finally do an episode that I hate but I will still give it a 7!