Written by:
Story by : Jane Espenson
Teleplay by : Anne Cofell Saunders
Directed by: Michael Lange
Original airdate: August 21, 2007
Synopsis:
GD starts upgrading their cryogenics lab, and they discover one unmarked cryochamber that has an unidentified man inside.
Jack catches Zoe and Jo trying to help each other get things they can’t or don’t want to be seen buying: a fashion magazine for Jo and coffee from Vincent’s cafe for Zoe. After he orders flowers for Angela Fairfield, he rushes off to GD and continues being angry with Allison for lying to him.
When the man in the cryochamber is brought out, it turns out to be Pierre Fargo’s, Douglas Fargo’s grandfather. As Pierre awakens, he can’t believe that so much time has passed but once he meets Fargo who tells him he’s his grandson, Pierre passes out.
After some investigation, Jo finds that Pierre was working with a renowned Eureka scientist named Sandrov who filed a missing persons report on Pierre 50 years ago.
Fargo updates his grandfather on the state of the world, but Pierre just wants to get together with Belle, his girlfriend and Fargo’s grandmother, determined to not miss out on anything more.
Zoe tries to find out who Angela Fairfield is but Jack is mum, while Jo finds a birth certificate for Fargo’s father, Thomas, born 8 months after Pierre disappeared.
Fargo shows Pierre around GD and he’s fascinated by everything he sees but is shocked to see some scientists using his methodology for cellular reconstruction. Fargo tells him it’s based on Dr. Sandrov’s research to which Pierre scoffs, telling him Sandrov was just a lab tech, and realizes that Sandrov stole his research and his life.
Jack investigates and finds that Sandrov told police he found Pierre’s resignation letter, and finds it hard to believe Pierre’s. He reveals to Pierre that Belle was pregnant when he disappeared, accusing him of running off but Pierre denies that, claiming he was ready for marriage. Allison and Stark also don’t believe in Pierre’s story but Jack still wants to talk to Sandrov.
Sandrov tells him that Pierre worked for him, claiming the exact opposite of Pierre’s story. Jo and Jack realize that Sandrov wasn’t too excited to see the results of the cryochamber once he found out Pierre was the one who had been revived.
Pierre goes to see an old friend of his, Charlie, but he tells him that the diamond he was growing for him was sold a few years ago. Pierre is sad to discover that everyone thought he had run off on Belle.
Zoe blackmails SARAH into helping her find out who Angela Fairfield is, finding a woman with a closed juvenile police record tied to Jack, eventually finding out they were teenage sweethearts until she died.
Pierre convinces Fargo to help him find his resignation letter but they are found out by Allison and arrested by Jack. Pierre goes to the bathroom and hides out in there not wanting to come out, but Jack convinces him to since he has family to help him. When he does come out, he has aged drastically.
Stark and Henry find out that chloroform was in Pierre’s system, giving more credence to Pierre’s story. As they work together, Henry tells Stark that he discovered Kim’s computers were sabotaged. When they look at Pierre’s blood tests they are shocked at the results, realizing that while the cryochamber halted aging, it has restarted at a fast rate.
Jack convinces Stark to quiz Pierre on Sandrov’s research, since the biographies that talk about it were all written after Pierre disappeared. They soon realize that Pierre was telling the truth. They all go to Sandrov’s party and confront him, revealing the truth.
Sandrov claims innocence in putting Pierre into the cryochamber, but admits he did in fact base his work on Pierre’s. Stark tells Sandrov he’s going to help him save Pierre and together they manage to regulate his rapid aging so it stabilizes.
Pierre wants to now just make the most of his days but wishes he had the ring he had ordered. Jack notices that the resignation letter signature seems to have been traced from the order slip, and they confront Charlie as the one who put Pierre in the chamber. He admits his sins and reveals he had also loved Belle. Pierre tells Jack to let him go, that he can live alone with the thought of what he’s done, but Jack says he can’t let it go because it’s the law. Charlie agrees and gives Jack the ring he had ordered.
Zoe apologizes to Jack for getting on him about Angela and they talk about what happened with her, with Jack revealing that he was teaching Angela how to drive and they had a car accident. Jack took the blame and was charged with reckless endangerment and ever since he’s sent flowers to her grave, and her father calls him every year to thank him.
At long last, Pierre reunites with Belle, and he gives her the ring, and the two hug, back together again and GD renames the cryogenics center after Pierre.