2.13 - Death at the Science Faire pt. I

"Who else might Dr. Caligari send to do her dirty work but the pugnacious, avaricious, and occasionally nefarious Blue Ribbon Winner’s Circle of the Science Faire, accompanied by a gang of their thuggish “participants?”  What trouble will these purveyors of the rat flu bring down upon the heads of Dr. West, Elizabeth Rourke, and dear Andrew Snidge?"

Synopsis
Doctor Caligari and the members of the Science Faire are in Caligari's lab. Caligari argues that she has given them the access to her resources they requested, which means it is now time for them to do her a favor. As the Containment Tube is not in Herbert's lab, Caligari realized he must have used its contents, and she asks the members of the Science Fair to retrieve whatever he has created with it. Dean Gates argues that Herbert is known to be dangerous and that Caligari doesn't even know what they're supposed to be looking for. Caligari assumes that it would be a living creature, as Herbert wouldn't have used the contents of the Containment Tube for anything less than life. She theorizes that the creature will be slow, uncoordinated, look out of place and look human. She muses that it could be a reanimated corpse, as that is Herbert's specialty, or a Homunculus, but in any case something that used to be alive, then dead, and is now alive again. Dean Gates asks if that means Caligari created something that can be used to raise the dead. Caligari says all they need to know is that they should bring Herbert's abomination to her alive. Dean Gates once again reiterates how dangerous this tasks is and that she doesn't know how Caligari expects them to survive. Caligari just tells her that they now have a chance to proof that she's been underestimating them.

The Science Faire makes their way to Herbert's residence and encounter Elizabeth there. Dean Gates claims they've come to pick up a project Herbert meant to submit to the Science Faire, and asks Elizabeth where Herbert keeps the "abomination". Elizabeth pretends to have no idea what they're talking about. They then argue whether a reanimated corpse counts as a "monster" or not. Eventually TA Podwell threatens to inject Elizabeth with rat flu if she doesn't cooperate and tell them where it is. Elizabeth claims Herbert keeps it in an abandoned residence, but still gets injected by Podwell and collapses. Podwell says he did it because Elizabeth was clearly lying, but Dean Gates asks how he now plans to gain access to the lab, as Elizabeth probably would've known about Herbert's security measures. As Elizabeth groans, Dean Gates remarks that she is dying.

Cast

 * Narrator — Ansel Burch
 * Dr. Caligari — Martine Moore
 * Holly Gates, Dean of the Science Faire — Stephanie Murphy
 * Professor Talia Erlenmeyer — Eleanor Katz
 * Teaching Assistant Podwell — Sebastian H. Orr
 * Mrs. Rourke — Tara Schile