Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue (2025) s01e04 Episode Script
The Short Straw
1
[man speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
This is the aerial,
but it needs to be high up.
I don't mind a stroll up the mountain.
Maybe we need someone to
protect Carlos from you.
What's that supposed to mean?
Sonja! Give me your hand!
Don't let go!
- Lisa.
- You keep away from me.
- But I was worried about you.
- I can look after myself.
- It's transmitting.
- OK! Good work, Carlos.
[Carlos] The mask doesn't
hide my identity.
The mask is my identity.
[groans]
To lose this is to lost my life.
[Kevin] The helicopter.
Why isn't it here?
[Amy] He's followed me here.
Amy is not well. She didn't
know what she was doing.
- There's nothing here.
- There's gotta be something.
- Like what?
- A reason to kill us.
Yes. Yeah, it's me. Who else?
[Zack] Someone here wants to kill us,
and it's not just a question of who.
[thunder rumbles]
It's why.
[dramatic music]
[plane engine purring]
[woman] Hope we're not disturbing.
Are you looking for someone?
- Ms De Léon.
- Does she know you're coming?
Not unless someone told her.
Frank, you tell her we're coming?
- No,
- Then I guess not. She here?
- Who wants to see her?
- We do.
Federal Aviation Administration.
So are you just gonna stand there
or are you gonna tell
us what we want to know?
- [knocking on door]
- She's in here.
[speaking Spanish]
I'm Claire Sundiata.
This is Frank Courtney.
- We're from the FAA.
- Please, please, take a seat.
I'm Cora de Léon, managing
Director here at Aero Alux.
We know who you are, Ms De Léon.
Or do you mind if I call you Cora?
This must be a terrible time for you.
Yeah. Yeah, it really is.
Nothing like that had ever
happened here before. It's
FAA?
I've already spoken to the AFAC.
The Agencia Federal de Aviacón Civil.
It's Mexican airspace.
We know that, but this
airline is American-owned.
Yeah, Palmolto Holdings in Miami.
The AFAC have only
just reached out to us.
Had you reported to us directly,
we would have been here a lot sooner.
Well, I don't see how I can help you.
We'll be working
with the National
Transportation Safety Board.
They're based in Washington.
They'll want to look into
the causes of the accident,
when the plane has been recovered
and the Mexican authorities
have finished their work.
Meanwhile, there are questions
of safety regulations,
insurance, human resources,
and I'm sure I don't have to remind you
that this flight was
headed for Houston, Texas.
Yeah, I'm afraid there
may be some questions
for you to answer.
Sure. Sure. I have nothing to hide.
Oh, I I wasn't suggesting that.
Can you confirm that this
is the passenger list
for Flight CBZ 517?
Yes. This is correct.
Are you aware that your pilot,
Octavio Fuentes,
lost his licence in 2016,
following a conviction
for substance abuse?
It was suspended, not revoked.
And, yes, we gave him a second chance
because he was totally reliable.
Not totally. The plane never arrived.
We're also wondering why your
ticket prices are so low?
This is a low-cost airline.
The prices go up and down
depending on the time of year,
and right now, it's off-season, so
What else can you tell us
about Palmolto Holdings?
[sighs] [softly] What else can I tell?
Well, they employ me.
I get a pay check by
the end of each month.
What else should I know about them?
And why is that any of your business?
Well, Palmolto is a shell
company with a lot of interests
but no previous involvement
with the aviation industry.
Hmm.
Is that against the law?
[Claire] No.
- But it raises questions.
- Uh-huh.
To which I have no answers. I'm sorry.
I have ten people missing,
including the pilot and
the flight attendant.
I'm in constant touch with the AFAC,
as I told you.
Maybe you should be talking to them.
It was nice to meet you, Cora.
Likewise.
- Well?
- Full of shit.
[suspenseful music]
Emilio.
Those two FAA people.
Have you seen them before?
No, señora.
But you talked to them.
No, they want to see you.
- They knew my name?
- Yes. They asked for you.
OK.
If they come back,
you're gonna tell them I'm not here.
I don't want to see them again.
Señora.
[suspenseful music]
[daunting music]
Sweet dreams are made of this ♪
Who am I to disagree? ♪
I travel the world
and the seven seas ♪
Everybody's looking for something ♪
Some of them want to use you ♪
Some of them want to get used by you ♪
Some of them want to abuse you ♪
Some of them want to be abused ♪
Oooh-oooh! Hey! ♪
Everybody's looking for something ♪
[Kevin] Hey.
Thanks.
You really need that?
- What?
- The fire, in this heat?
We don't have fire we don't have water,
and we need to eat, so
[Kevin mumbles]
I think you're maybe wasting your time.
Those clouds are going to break.
Yeah. [sighs]
This fucking jungle, right?
Yeah.
The heat, flies, snakes, spiders.
Other shit. This jungle will
kill us before anyone else does.
[thunder rumbles]
Looks like we're gonna
have to go inside.
- The plane?
- Got nowhere else to go.
We should have climbed back up
when we still had the chance.
I guess we'll have to do it tomorrow.
Where's the missus?
She's asleep.
Alone?
- No, Lisa's with her.
- Hmm.
And, er, how's the shoulder?
Er, yeah, it's good.
You did a good job, doc.
Curious about those tats of yours.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
Wondered where you got 'em.
- Is that any business of yours?
- Like we said, Dan,
everything is everybody's business now.
Right? I mean, there are no secrets.
- I, er, got 'em in Vegas.
- Oh.
When you left the transmitter,
it was still working, right?
Yeah.
You looked?
You saw it for yourself?
You think someone pulled the plug?
There were only three
of us up there, Zack.
Me, Carlos, and Kevin.
- You trust Kevin?
- That's funny.
He asked me the same about you.
What I meant was, what prison?
I'm sorry. What?
You think I haven't seen
gang tattoos before?
I'm from Florida, I've treated ex-cons.
You've been inside.
Haven't you?
[Kevin groans]
I don't have to answer
your goddamn questions!
Who do you think you are?
I don't need to say shit to you!
- [Lisa] Hey! Get off him!
- [Kevin grunts]
Stop it, both of you!
- [Dan groans]
- [Amy] Dan?
- [Zack] Hey!
- [Amy] Dan!
- What happened?
- What's going on?
- [Kevin] He hit me!
- [Amy] Babe, stop!
I tried to help the guy and
the son of a bitch attacks me!
What the hell's your problem, Kevin?
Eh, eh, Amy, it's nothing, OK?
He's He
didn't know what he was doing, right?
It's the heat, that's all.
Right. Yeah.
It's nothing.
- Come on.
- Are you OK?
- I'm OK.
- Oh, you're not OK.
None of us are OK.
We have one bullet left in the chamber,
and they must have
forgotten about that one.
See, I went to reload this morning.
I thought I'd go and get you
all another monkey or coati.
The ammo's in the case,
or rather, it used to be.
Someone came in the
night and emptied it.
And this is the only one we have left.
- Who? Who would do that?
- [Lisa] I don't know.
But I know why.
[thunder rumbles]
They want us to die.
And starvation's as good a way as any.
[daunting music]
OK. I did two and a half years
in Chuckawalla Valley State Prison
in Blythe, California, OK?
- Go on.
- Multiple felony charges.
Grand theft. Attempted grand theft.
Attempted perjury and conspiracy.
What exactly did you do?
I pretended to be an attorney.
- You were a fake lawyer?
- Yeah.
- What kind of attorney?
- Immigration.
Oh. You were ripping off immigrants.
No, people who lie and cheat,
and steal anything to
get into the country.
Desperate people, you mean.
Look, I'm not proud of what I did.
OK? But that's all behind me.
Mm, I bet you've told Amy all about it.
- No, I don't want her to know.
- [Zack] Of course not.
Her daddy's a billionaire
and she's not well.
So how much were you hoping
to take her for, "Dan"?
It's not like that. I don't even know
why I have to explain
myself to people like you.
It's not like you're gonna
believe me whatever I say.
So what does it matter?
[animals chittering]
[monkey gibbering]
[animal chittering]
OK. OK.
[sighs]
Maybe that's how it was when I started.
Yeah, when I first met her,
she was just a meal ticket.
But that was before I got to know her.
So, yeah, I really do love her.
That's the crazy thing.
All my life everything has been fake.
But when I met her, everything changed.
But what I feel for her, that is real.
I'd die for her. I really would.
And if any of you want to
think any different, then
Whatever.
If you come for me again,
I will kill you.
You hear me?
[eerie music]
[thunder rumbles]
- What are you doing, Lisa?
- [gasps]
Nothing.
You were. You were
looking for something.
Now, Lisa, I'm so sorry Travis is gone
and you're on your own now,
but you have to trust someone.
And if you know something,
we all need to know it.
Why?
Why should I give a damn
about any of you people?
You can all get shot or poisoned
or hacked to death for all I care.
Only one of us killed Travis.
Yeah, but none of you cared about him.
Lisa, I'm so sorry for your loss
and I can see what you
were for each other.
But what you said, that's not true.
You're not like that.
Tell me about you and Zack Ellis.
There's nothing to tell.
You two seem pretty close.
No closer to him than I am to anyone.
That's not true.
You believe he works in insurance?
I don't know.
But if he lied, there may be a reason.
- There's a reason, all right.
- Oh!
I don't believe he's a killer.
Hmm. I've been watching people.
I knew about Octavio
right from the start
and I knew we were in trouble.
And the moment Zack
Ellis opened his mouth,
I knew he was a phoney.
So
Yesterday, when Carlos was gone,
Zack snuck into the jungle.
He came here.
There's a reason why a
man goes into the jungle.
No, not that. No,
he he didn't want to be seen.
He was acting as if he was
coming here to meet someone
or to hide something.
Whatever it was, he was up to no good.
- And he came here?
- Uh-huh.
How do you even know that?
I've been hunting my entire life, honey.
You think I can't follow a trail?
Please.
[thunder rumbles]
[rain splattering]
Oh!
[Zack] Everybody get inside the plane!
- Lisa, let's get inside.
- Come on!
[Kevin] Sonja, come on.
We can't stay out here!
- Where's Lisa?
- [Amy] I can't see.
- Lisa?
- [Lisa] I'm coming!
- Lisa, come on!
- Come on!
Yeah, all right! All right!
Wait for me! Oh!
- Oh, God!
- Get inside.
[thunder rumbles]
How much more of this do
we have to put up with?
[sniffs] Oh, God!
Oh, I stink!
It's like I'm rotting from the inside.
- I can't even breathe.
- It's the same for all of us.
Oh, is it, Zack?
Great. Thanks.
We're one big happy family.
I'm scared.
It's OK. It'll stop soon.
Not the rain.
[Kevin] I can't stand
being cooped up in here!
- Hey, come on. Take it easy.
- Take it easy?
I'm soaking wet, I'm starving,
I smell like death,
and I'm sharing four square
feet with a bunch of strangers,
one of whom is probably
going to kill me!
So you know what,
Zack? Fuck you! You take it easy.
- Kevin.
- What is it?
Where's that water coming from?
Er, is it the rain?
Yeah, but why now?
Why Why has it taken
so long to come through?
- And so suddenly like this?
- What?
There must be something between
where we are and the roof.
Yeah, somebody's tampered with this.
- Let's take a look.
- Hey. You OK?
Yeah.
I'm just gonna check this out.
- Have we got a flashlight?
- [Dan] Oh, yeah.
- Here.
- Thanks.
[Lisa] What is it?
I think I see something.
Why don't we wait until
it stops raining?
Ain't got nothing else to do.
[Kevin] So you're gonna
rip the plane apart?
Why don't you try this?
Yeah.
[Zack] This should get us somewhere.
[Zack straining] Come on!
- [Zack grunts]
- [Sonja gasps]
- [Lisa] What in darnation?
- What is that?
[Dan] It's, er, cocaine, I guess.
[Kevin] In here?
I'm counting ten blocks.
Maybe one kilo each.
$1,800 a kilo in Mexico.
As much as $300 a gram in New York.
This stash could be worth three million.
Tell me, Zack, how can you
work that out so fast?
What do you mean?
The price of coke on
the street in New York.
Was that one of your
insurance investigations?
What the hell is it doing here?
What do you think, Kevin?
This whole airline's a front.
Aero Alux. And we're the cover.
We're flying from Guatemala to Houston,
and this shit comes with us.
Is that about right, Zack?
So, that's why we're being killed?
Because they don't want us to know?
No, because we don't anything.
We didn't know anything and
Attacking us would only make
us more likely to find out.
Yeah, but the pilot knew.
He tried to warn us.
- So what what do we do?
- [Lisa] Hey!
Amy's gone!
Oh, shit! Goddamn it!
No! Hey! Wait.
We have to stay together, in pairs.
It's too dangerous on our own.
Who do you think I should pair
up with, Zack? You? Or Kevin?
That's a good way to end up
with a knife in the back, no?
- She might be safer on her own.
- Are you serious?
She's my wife!
I'm not gonna leave her on her own.
The rest of us stay here.
No. He's right. We can't leave her.
- We can't go out there!
- Well, we can't stay!
[scoffs] That's typical of you, Zack.
You'll give the orders
but no follow-through.
This is wrong. We shouldn't separate.
We just did.
[Zack grunts]
[tense music]
[thunder rumbles]
[Dan] Amy!
Amy!
[Zack] Amy!
Amy!
Amy! Where are you?
Here, stay close.
[Sonja] As long as you're
in front of me, Zack.
- What?
- Amy!
- [Dan] Amy!
- [Kevin] Amy!
- [Zack] Amy!
- [Lisa] Amy?
[Dan] Amy!
Zack!
Amy!
Zack?
Zack!
[thunder rumbles]
[distant shouts] Amy! Amy! Amy!
Amy!
[Lisa] Freeze!
One move and I pull the trigger. Amy.
Amy.
Come here.
Come on! Get back to
the plane and tell Dan.
All right, you motherfucker!
Drop the knife. Throw it away from you.
Do it now! Now!
That's it. Now down on your knees.
This is where it ends.
Where are you?
Where'd he go?
[Lisa screams]
[Lisa straining]
[Amy] Dan! Dan!
Where are you?
Dan! Over here!
Dan!
[birdsong]
She's been strangled, no question.
What the hell is happening here?
We're being picked off like flies.
- Amy saw the killer.
- What?
Yeah, he was standing
right in front of her.
I don't know what I saw.
They had a mask.
Just give me that.
I'm not letting this out of my sight.
Someone stole the bullets,
remember? It's useless anyway.
So why do you want it?
Because maybe you're
the one who stole them.
Well, if you want it,
come take it from me,
but just remember there's
one in the chamber.
Stop it! Stop arguing, both of you!
Come on! This is what the
killer wanted. Don't you see?
We should have stuck together.
We have to stay in each other's sight.
What do they want?
Why is this happening?
We found the drugs. Why do you think?
[Zack] No. What Sonja said was right.
The killings started
before we found any drugs.
Travis, Carlos,
they didn't know anything.
Why then?
[Sonja] There doesn't need to be a
"why" with drugs.
People do things that are
stupid and cruel and evil,
and they do them without thinking.
It starts with a high at a party
and they don't notice their life
sliding out of control
until it's too late,
and they end up dead.
I never told you why I came
to Guatemala and Mexico.
Remember that little
meet and greet we had
the first day that we were together?
"Hi. I'm Amy." "I'm Dan."
"I'm Kevin the doctor down on his luck."
I didn't want any part of it
because the whole point of coming here
was that I wanted to be alone.
But I trusted you, Zack.
- Sonja, what?
- Just let me finish.
I was getting married.
Mike and I, we had it all planned.
Traditional wedding.
Old-fashioned church.
English countryside.
Mike was a musician.
And we were doing a lot of parties,
a lot of drugs.
It never occurred to me
that I was making some
motherfucker rich.
One of you maybe.
Sonja, where are you
going with all of this?
Don't you worry, Zack.
I won't tell you the whole story.
I'll just cut to the end,
when I wake up in bed with Mike
and he isn't breathing.
He'd had a complete
cardiovascular breakdown.
Too much partying. Too much cocaine.
Too much me.
And that's when I knew I
had to get out of London
and get as far away as I could
and try and find some way
of helping people with their lives
instead of helping to kill them.
The thing is I know the truth.
Lisa told me something
and I checked it out and she was right.
I know who's behind all of this.
And what I found will prove it.
These are the bullets
stolen from Lisa's rifle.
- Where did you find them?
- Lisa never trusted Zack,
so she followed him and
found a secret stash.
What secret stash?
I also found this.
Why don't you tell me about it, Zack?
I don't know what you're talking about.
You're saying this gun isn't yours?
It's mine.
Then this must be yours too.
Kevin.
Catch.
Is that a radio?
[Sonja] It's more
sophisticated than a radio.
It can connect up to any
satellite passing over us.
We can use it to contact
anyone in the world.
Wait a minute. The gun is mine,
but I've never seen
that before in my life.
Lisa called it. It was you all along.
No. This isn't how it looks.
It's exactly how it looks.
I found what you've been hiding.
Lisa told me where you'd
been sneaking off to,
so I went there. It didn't take me long.
You dropped one of the bullets.
I saw it glinting in the sunshine,
and it led me to a
hole dug in the ground,
which is where I found all of this.
Lisa never trusted you.
You're not thinking this through, Sonja.
She said you were lying
right from the start.
I'm on your side.
Come on. Give me that.
Take one step closer
and I will shoot you.
You know me. You know I'm
not capable of any of this.
- You lied to us.
- I had no choice.
I was investigating you.
The plane. Aero Alux.
I'm with the DEA. Why else do
you think I carry that weapon?
Come on, think it through, Sonja.
If I wanted to hurt you,
I could have shot every one of you,
and there would have been
nothing you could have done.
Yeah, you found my stuff.
Did you also get my wallet?
My ID's inside.
[Dan] What's that, like 1,000 bucks?
[Kevin] Yeah.
No ID.
- What?
- Back off.
- Step back.
- Listen to me.
Whatever you think,
whatever this looks like,
you've got it wrong and
you're making a mistake.
Shut up, OK?
I took the bullets and
I hid them in a pit
along with my wallet, gun, and ID.
After Carlos was killed,
it was clear that one of you
was a psychopathic maniac.
So I didn't think it was a
good idea having a rifle
and live ammunition lying around.
But I didn't drop any of them!
You think I'm that stupid?
Somebody did that on purpose.
They wanted you to find my stuff!
Give me one good reason why
any of us should believe you.
'Cause it's obvious.
You've seen for yourself.
Aero Alux is a front.
It's one of a dozen small airlines
we've been investigating for months.
Your ID just got lost in the woods?
No. Somebody took it at the same
time as they planted that radio.
They worked out who I was
and they neutralised me.
But if you buy into their story,
if you don't believe me,
then you're finished, all of you.
You turn on me,
and we'll all wind up dead.
Why are we listening to this guy?
This will give us contact
with the outside world?
- Sadly not. It's locked.
- Oh, Jesus!
Yeah, it wants a five-digit PIN code.
- You had that the whole time?
- [Kevin] What's the code, Zack?
I told you. I don't
know anything about it.
One by one, you've been picking us off,
and the whole time you've been laughing.
Because you had the way out
of here in your pocket!
- Tell us, Zack, what's the code?
- You're wrong. I don't know it!
- You asshole!
- [grunts]
- Dan!
- [groans]
[groans]
Ah! What?!
I don't care if I've killed him.
Yeah Well, if you've
killed him, boy genius,
how do we get the code?
[puffs] Beats me, Kevin.
[Sonja] This is the last of
the meat Lisa got for us.
[Kevin] Uh-huh.
Thanks.
We may need to use that rifle.
We have six bullets.
Maybe you should give that to
somebody who knows how to shoot.
Is that you, by any chance?
I don't suppose you saw
a whole lot of wildlife
in your little chauffeur outfit
driving up and down the Vegas Strip?
[Amy] I can shoot.
We had a ranch up in Alaska,
the Katmai National Park.
I used to shoot blue
grouse and snowshoe.
- You never told me that.
- You never asked.
OK, so there's your answer. We got it.
[Sonja] No.
This is our answer.
This is our way out of here.
[ominous music]
[grunts]
You know this is bullshit, don't you?
I know this looks bad.
And if I were in your shoes,
I wouldn't trust me either.
But don't go with that evidence.
Go with your feelings.
It's been the two of us from the start.
I've always been there for you, Sonja!
If we were on the same side,
then you would have told me the truth.
I had no choice. I was doing my job.
So what happened to your ID?
I told you. Somebody took it.
They must have followed
me into the jungle.
Or maybe they followed Lisa.
Who?
Well, Dan's been in jail.
We know that much.
And Kevin couldn't wait to
get out the plane last night,
the night somebody killed Lisa.
- Kevin or Dan?
- And Dan's got a rifle now.
Loaded.
You leave me here and you're
putting yourself in danger.
Who's going to look out for you?
- I have a gun now too.
- [laughs]
Oh, you don't know
what you're up against.
Octavio, Travis, Carlos, Lisa.
- That was you.
- You don't believe that.
You know me.
No.
If you really are what you say are, DEA,
why did you never tell me?
You're asking me to trust you.
Why did you never trust me?
I couldn't.
I knew about your boyfriend,
Michael Bishop.
Cocaine laced with fentanyl,
that's what killed him.
And you've got a record
for buying and dealing.
I didn't deal!
And there are plenty of ways
you could have found out that
information. All it tells me
is that you've been deceiving
me right from the start.
You pretended to care about me.
Was that just more of your lies?
I'm sorry.
I really am.
We need to know the code that
opens the satellite phone.
I told you. I don't know it.
It's not mine.
Dan wants to beat it out of you.
Yeah? Well, Dan's a nice piece of work.
Tell me the number.
I can't tell you what I don't know.
Then I can't help you.
[sinister music]
[beeping]
We have to draw straws, OK?
- Draw straws for what?
- What do you think?
We need the code. He's not talking.
So we have to hurt him badly.
We need to make him talk.
- I won't do that.
- I know that, baby.
You don't have to do anything,
OK? I'll do it for both of us.
Whoever draws the short straw
We still haven't checked the
transmitter up there, OK?
It could still be working.
If it's working, where are they?
You want to go up there,
you go up there.
But that is three hours each way
and I'm not waiting that long.
No, we can't torture the guy.
You believe him?
Oh, for God's sake.
[Kevin] Looks like you can
put away the thumbscrews.
It's you and me.
You want to pick?
No, not particularly.
My usual run of luck.
Well, it's probably for the best.
You used to be a doctor,
so you know what to do.
Do you know what a doctor does?
'Cause this the exact opposite.
Oh, you want to die here?
No, I want to get as far away
from here as humanly possible.
I want to go home. And, no, Dan,
I don't want to keep in touch.
Where are you going?
I told you. Up there.
- We'll come with you.
- No, Amy.
You never ask me what I want.
You never think about me at all.
- That's not true.
- I want to go with her.
Yeah. Come on.
OK.
Is somebody gonna leave me a gun?
[Sonja] You're on your own, Kevin.
You're safe.
[sighs]
[daunting music]
You take it first, Amy.
You can pass it to me later.
You really think I want to shoot you?
I don't think anything anymore.
I'm just trying to get
out of here alive.
- I'm sorry.
- It's all good, Amy.
He's doing the right thing.
He's trying to look after you.
So what now, doc?
You tell me.
Er You want the code.
I don't understand you, Zack.
Why did you kill Octavio, Lisa?
I did not.
You really gonna tell me that?
- It's the truth.
- So who then?
Sonja? Or limo driver Dan?
He couldn't even fake
being a two-bit lawyer.
You.
You really see me running
some sort of cartel,
killing anyone who gets in my way?
You should tell my ex-wife that.
She'd laugh her head off.
I'm DEA. If anybody
hurts me, they'll pay.
Then make this easy on both of us.
The code.
I don't know it.
I already told you, it's not mine.
- You hid it.
- I hid my gun and my wallet.
Someone must have seen me.
They added the radio to frame me.
For God's sake! Just Just tell me!
You're tied up.
You're not going anywhere.
Whatever you were planning
with all this killing,
it's over, so, please, just
give it up and let us all go home.
Kevin, if you hurt me,
nobody's going anywhere.
You know, I'm not a criminal.
I'm a good man.
I have never hurt anyone,
not deliberately,
in my entire life,
but I have no choice here, Zack.
We drew straws and, my bad luck,
I'm the one that has to do this.
Your bad luck?
I'm begging you.
Just tell me what I need to know.
Don't make me hurt you.
- Hey, you don't have to hurt me.
- I do.
See, that's the I really
do because if we don't make
If we don't make contact
with someone out there,
then we're all gonna die here,
all of us.
So
The last time.
What is the code for the radio?
What is the code?
[groans]
[grunts]
What's the code, Zack?
What is the goddamn code?
[grunts, yells]
[Zack groaning]
The wire's come loose.
That's all it was.
The goddamn wire.
What, it just fell out?
Or it was pulled.
- [switch clicks]
- [beeping begins]
[tense music]
[man] So how did it go?
Aero Alux fits the profile.
Tiny operations, flying under the radar.
Pilot and passenger,
both with drug raps.
And that Cora de Léon, piece of work.
You should let us take that place apart.
I shouldn't have even
let you visit the place.
The DEA is not welcome
in Mexico right now.
They want to do things their own way.
I told them about Zack.
- Why?
- Had to. This just came in.
It's from the AFRCC at Tyndall
Air Force Base in Florida.
As you can see,
they just picked up a signal
from an Emergency Location Transmitter
broadcasting on 121.5 Megahertz.
There is every indication
it came from Flight CBZ 517.
- This happened today?
- Twenty-six minutes ago.
But that doesn't make any sense.
It's been six days since
the flight went down.
- Six days of nothing.
- Yeah, I got no answer for that.
Zack's alive.
Let's not jump to any conclusions, OK?
We don't know who's alive and who isn't.
- Where did the signal come from?
- The El Cielo Biosphere.
The Mexican jungle.
You ever wondered about the
middle of nowhere, that's it.
But if you're getting a signal,
that means you have an exact location.
It's not as easy as that.
This is an old-fashioned ELT,
sending out an analogue signal
which has to be picked up
by a polar orbiting
satellite moving overhead.
- And that takes time.
- How much time?
Won't be in position
for another six hours.
And it gets worse.
The analogue signal isn't accurate.
It can only pinpoint the
transmitter to a radius
of between 12 and 25 nautical miles.
And that is a huge area
of densely covered jungle.
Nothing is going to happen at once.
It means they're still out there.
It's still good news.
Where are you setting
up Search and Rescue?
I've spoken to the AFRCC
and Air Traffic Control
at Mazatlán International Airport.
They have identified a Mexican
military outpost at Los Trios,
about 200 miles away from Monterrey City
on the other side of the border.
They're going to be setting up
a base of command from there.
- I want to go there.
- I'm sorry, Claire.
They don't want us
anywhere near the place.
Right now relations with
the Mexican government
are in the gutter.
They've accused us
of unauthorised infiltration operations.
Abusive interference.
You go across that border again,
you could wind up in jail.
What if I asked you for 24 hours leave?
On what grounds?
Emotional.
[groans softly]
You satisfied?
[Kevin] I hate this.
And I hate you for making me do it.
You didn't seem to be
having too bad a time.
What's the code?
I don't know.
You stupid son of a bitch!
You really want me to do this?
I want you to leave me alone.
Then tell me.
The code.
Jesus Christ!
Why don't you just tell me?
I got nothing else to say to you.
[screams echo]
OK. I will go first.
I will put this king over here.
OK. Well, I have a joker and
I'm putting it on the sword.
Mm. Not too bad with the sword.
Let's see what else I can do.
- [Claire] Hey, I'm home.
- Mummy! Mummy!
- What are you doing up, honey?
- I was waiting for you.
We've been waiting for you
for two hours, Claire.
I'm sorry. I had problems at work.
- Want a bedtime story?
- Yes.
Then you'll have to get into bed.
You go, Lulu. Your mother will
be with you in one minute.
- A minute?
- Fifty-eight seconds.
Fifty-seven, fifty-six
[Claire sighs]
I'm sorry, Claire.
- I've made a decision.
- Can this wait?
- Just now's not a good time, OK?
- No. I'm afraid I'm telling you.
I'm handing in my notice.
- Oh.
- Look, I love Lucy.
And I have been happy here,
but I have a life outside this house.
I can't talk about this right now, OK?
I'm going to Mexico tomorrow.
Things are happening that
are out of my control.
- I just need
- I will work a month's notice.
Of course. But I needed you to know.
Sure.
I understand.
Thank you.
[distant animal calls]
[cicadas chirping]
[Lucy] I want another story.
It's too late for another story.
We'll do it in the morning.
Grumpy Granny.
You get some sleep or
it'll be Grumpy Mummy,
which you do not want to know about.
When's Daddy coming home?
He'll be here soon, OK?
Bedtime.
Bedtime.
[gentle piano music]
Come home, Zack.
[tense music]
[twig snaps]
Sub extracted from file & improved
[man speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
This is the aerial,
but it needs to be high up.
I don't mind a stroll up the mountain.
Maybe we need someone to
protect Carlos from you.
What's that supposed to mean?
Sonja! Give me your hand!
Don't let go!
- Lisa.
- You keep away from me.
- But I was worried about you.
- I can look after myself.
- It's transmitting.
- OK! Good work, Carlos.
[Carlos] The mask doesn't
hide my identity.
The mask is my identity.
[groans]
To lose this is to lost my life.
[Kevin] The helicopter.
Why isn't it here?
[Amy] He's followed me here.
Amy is not well. She didn't
know what she was doing.
- There's nothing here.
- There's gotta be something.
- Like what?
- A reason to kill us.
Yes. Yeah, it's me. Who else?
[Zack] Someone here wants to kill us,
and it's not just a question of who.
[thunder rumbles]
It's why.
[dramatic music]
[plane engine purring]
[woman] Hope we're not disturbing.
Are you looking for someone?
- Ms De Léon.
- Does she know you're coming?
Not unless someone told her.
Frank, you tell her we're coming?
- No,
- Then I guess not. She here?
- Who wants to see her?
- We do.
Federal Aviation Administration.
So are you just gonna stand there
or are you gonna tell
us what we want to know?
- [knocking on door]
- She's in here.
[speaking Spanish]
I'm Claire Sundiata.
This is Frank Courtney.
- We're from the FAA.
- Please, please, take a seat.
I'm Cora de Léon, managing
Director here at Aero Alux.
We know who you are, Ms De Léon.
Or do you mind if I call you Cora?
This must be a terrible time for you.
Yeah. Yeah, it really is.
Nothing like that had ever
happened here before. It's
FAA?
I've already spoken to the AFAC.
The Agencia Federal de Aviacón Civil.
It's Mexican airspace.
We know that, but this
airline is American-owned.
Yeah, Palmolto Holdings in Miami.
The AFAC have only
just reached out to us.
Had you reported to us directly,
we would have been here a lot sooner.
Well, I don't see how I can help you.
We'll be working
with the National
Transportation Safety Board.
They're based in Washington.
They'll want to look into
the causes of the accident,
when the plane has been recovered
and the Mexican authorities
have finished their work.
Meanwhile, there are questions
of safety regulations,
insurance, human resources,
and I'm sure I don't have to remind you
that this flight was
headed for Houston, Texas.
Yeah, I'm afraid there
may be some questions
for you to answer.
Sure. Sure. I have nothing to hide.
Oh, I I wasn't suggesting that.
Can you confirm that this
is the passenger list
for Flight CBZ 517?
Yes. This is correct.
Are you aware that your pilot,
Octavio Fuentes,
lost his licence in 2016,
following a conviction
for substance abuse?
It was suspended, not revoked.
And, yes, we gave him a second chance
because he was totally reliable.
Not totally. The plane never arrived.
We're also wondering why your
ticket prices are so low?
This is a low-cost airline.
The prices go up and down
depending on the time of year,
and right now, it's off-season, so
What else can you tell us
about Palmolto Holdings?
[sighs] [softly] What else can I tell?
Well, they employ me.
I get a pay check by
the end of each month.
What else should I know about them?
And why is that any of your business?
Well, Palmolto is a shell
company with a lot of interests
but no previous involvement
with the aviation industry.
Hmm.
Is that against the law?
[Claire] No.
- But it raises questions.
- Uh-huh.
To which I have no answers. I'm sorry.
I have ten people missing,
including the pilot and
the flight attendant.
I'm in constant touch with the AFAC,
as I told you.
Maybe you should be talking to them.
It was nice to meet you, Cora.
Likewise.
- Well?
- Full of shit.
[suspenseful music]
Emilio.
Those two FAA people.
Have you seen them before?
No, señora.
But you talked to them.
No, they want to see you.
- They knew my name?
- Yes. They asked for you.
OK.
If they come back,
you're gonna tell them I'm not here.
I don't want to see them again.
Señora.
[suspenseful music]
[daunting music]
Sweet dreams are made of this ♪
Who am I to disagree? ♪
I travel the world
and the seven seas ♪
Everybody's looking for something ♪
Some of them want to use you ♪
Some of them want to get used by you ♪
Some of them want to abuse you ♪
Some of them want to be abused ♪
Oooh-oooh! Hey! ♪
Everybody's looking for something ♪
[Kevin] Hey.
Thanks.
You really need that?
- What?
- The fire, in this heat?
We don't have fire we don't have water,
and we need to eat, so
[Kevin mumbles]
I think you're maybe wasting your time.
Those clouds are going to break.
Yeah. [sighs]
This fucking jungle, right?
Yeah.
The heat, flies, snakes, spiders.
Other shit. This jungle will
kill us before anyone else does.
[thunder rumbles]
Looks like we're gonna
have to go inside.
- The plane?
- Got nowhere else to go.
We should have climbed back up
when we still had the chance.
I guess we'll have to do it tomorrow.
Where's the missus?
She's asleep.
Alone?
- No, Lisa's with her.
- Hmm.
And, er, how's the shoulder?
Er, yeah, it's good.
You did a good job, doc.
Curious about those tats of yours.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
Wondered where you got 'em.
- Is that any business of yours?
- Like we said, Dan,
everything is everybody's business now.
Right? I mean, there are no secrets.
- I, er, got 'em in Vegas.
- Oh.
When you left the transmitter,
it was still working, right?
Yeah.
You looked?
You saw it for yourself?
You think someone pulled the plug?
There were only three
of us up there, Zack.
Me, Carlos, and Kevin.
- You trust Kevin?
- That's funny.
He asked me the same about you.
What I meant was, what prison?
I'm sorry. What?
You think I haven't seen
gang tattoos before?
I'm from Florida, I've treated ex-cons.
You've been inside.
Haven't you?
[Kevin groans]
I don't have to answer
your goddamn questions!
Who do you think you are?
I don't need to say shit to you!
- [Lisa] Hey! Get off him!
- [Kevin grunts]
Stop it, both of you!
- [Dan groans]
- [Amy] Dan?
- [Zack] Hey!
- [Amy] Dan!
- What happened?
- What's going on?
- [Kevin] He hit me!
- [Amy] Babe, stop!
I tried to help the guy and
the son of a bitch attacks me!
What the hell's your problem, Kevin?
Eh, eh, Amy, it's nothing, OK?
He's He
didn't know what he was doing, right?
It's the heat, that's all.
Right. Yeah.
It's nothing.
- Come on.
- Are you OK?
- I'm OK.
- Oh, you're not OK.
None of us are OK.
We have one bullet left in the chamber,
and they must have
forgotten about that one.
See, I went to reload this morning.
I thought I'd go and get you
all another monkey or coati.
The ammo's in the case,
or rather, it used to be.
Someone came in the
night and emptied it.
And this is the only one we have left.
- Who? Who would do that?
- [Lisa] I don't know.
But I know why.
[thunder rumbles]
They want us to die.
And starvation's as good a way as any.
[daunting music]
OK. I did two and a half years
in Chuckawalla Valley State Prison
in Blythe, California, OK?
- Go on.
- Multiple felony charges.
Grand theft. Attempted grand theft.
Attempted perjury and conspiracy.
What exactly did you do?
I pretended to be an attorney.
- You were a fake lawyer?
- Yeah.
- What kind of attorney?
- Immigration.
Oh. You were ripping off immigrants.
No, people who lie and cheat,
and steal anything to
get into the country.
Desperate people, you mean.
Look, I'm not proud of what I did.
OK? But that's all behind me.
Mm, I bet you've told Amy all about it.
- No, I don't want her to know.
- [Zack] Of course not.
Her daddy's a billionaire
and she's not well.
So how much were you hoping
to take her for, "Dan"?
It's not like that. I don't even know
why I have to explain
myself to people like you.
It's not like you're gonna
believe me whatever I say.
So what does it matter?
[animals chittering]
[monkey gibbering]
[animal chittering]
OK. OK.
[sighs]
Maybe that's how it was when I started.
Yeah, when I first met her,
she was just a meal ticket.
But that was before I got to know her.
So, yeah, I really do love her.
That's the crazy thing.
All my life everything has been fake.
But when I met her, everything changed.
But what I feel for her, that is real.
I'd die for her. I really would.
And if any of you want to
think any different, then
Whatever.
If you come for me again,
I will kill you.
You hear me?
[eerie music]
[thunder rumbles]
- What are you doing, Lisa?
- [gasps]
Nothing.
You were. You were
looking for something.
Now, Lisa, I'm so sorry Travis is gone
and you're on your own now,
but you have to trust someone.
And if you know something,
we all need to know it.
Why?
Why should I give a damn
about any of you people?
You can all get shot or poisoned
or hacked to death for all I care.
Only one of us killed Travis.
Yeah, but none of you cared about him.
Lisa, I'm so sorry for your loss
and I can see what you
were for each other.
But what you said, that's not true.
You're not like that.
Tell me about you and Zack Ellis.
There's nothing to tell.
You two seem pretty close.
No closer to him than I am to anyone.
That's not true.
You believe he works in insurance?
I don't know.
But if he lied, there may be a reason.
- There's a reason, all right.
- Oh!
I don't believe he's a killer.
Hmm. I've been watching people.
I knew about Octavio
right from the start
and I knew we were in trouble.
And the moment Zack
Ellis opened his mouth,
I knew he was a phoney.
So
Yesterday, when Carlos was gone,
Zack snuck into the jungle.
He came here.
There's a reason why a
man goes into the jungle.
No, not that. No,
he he didn't want to be seen.
He was acting as if he was
coming here to meet someone
or to hide something.
Whatever it was, he was up to no good.
- And he came here?
- Uh-huh.
How do you even know that?
I've been hunting my entire life, honey.
You think I can't follow a trail?
Please.
[thunder rumbles]
[rain splattering]
Oh!
[Zack] Everybody get inside the plane!
- Lisa, let's get inside.
- Come on!
[Kevin] Sonja, come on.
We can't stay out here!
- Where's Lisa?
- [Amy] I can't see.
- Lisa?
- [Lisa] I'm coming!
- Lisa, come on!
- Come on!
Yeah, all right! All right!
Wait for me! Oh!
- Oh, God!
- Get inside.
[thunder rumbles]
How much more of this do
we have to put up with?
[sniffs] Oh, God!
Oh, I stink!
It's like I'm rotting from the inside.
- I can't even breathe.
- It's the same for all of us.
Oh, is it, Zack?
Great. Thanks.
We're one big happy family.
I'm scared.
It's OK. It'll stop soon.
Not the rain.
[Kevin] I can't stand
being cooped up in here!
- Hey, come on. Take it easy.
- Take it easy?
I'm soaking wet, I'm starving,
I smell like death,
and I'm sharing four square
feet with a bunch of strangers,
one of whom is probably
going to kill me!
So you know what,
Zack? Fuck you! You take it easy.
- Kevin.
- What is it?
Where's that water coming from?
Er, is it the rain?
Yeah, but why now?
Why Why has it taken
so long to come through?
- And so suddenly like this?
- What?
There must be something between
where we are and the roof.
Yeah, somebody's tampered with this.
- Let's take a look.
- Hey. You OK?
Yeah.
I'm just gonna check this out.
- Have we got a flashlight?
- [Dan] Oh, yeah.
- Here.
- Thanks.
[Lisa] What is it?
I think I see something.
Why don't we wait until
it stops raining?
Ain't got nothing else to do.
[Kevin] So you're gonna
rip the plane apart?
Why don't you try this?
Yeah.
[Zack] This should get us somewhere.
[Zack straining] Come on!
- [Zack grunts]
- [Sonja gasps]
- [Lisa] What in darnation?
- What is that?
[Dan] It's, er, cocaine, I guess.
[Kevin] In here?
I'm counting ten blocks.
Maybe one kilo each.
$1,800 a kilo in Mexico.
As much as $300 a gram in New York.
This stash could be worth three million.
Tell me, Zack, how can you
work that out so fast?
What do you mean?
The price of coke on
the street in New York.
Was that one of your
insurance investigations?
What the hell is it doing here?
What do you think, Kevin?
This whole airline's a front.
Aero Alux. And we're the cover.
We're flying from Guatemala to Houston,
and this shit comes with us.
Is that about right, Zack?
So, that's why we're being killed?
Because they don't want us to know?
No, because we don't anything.
We didn't know anything and
Attacking us would only make
us more likely to find out.
Yeah, but the pilot knew.
He tried to warn us.
- So what what do we do?
- [Lisa] Hey!
Amy's gone!
Oh, shit! Goddamn it!
No! Hey! Wait.
We have to stay together, in pairs.
It's too dangerous on our own.
Who do you think I should pair
up with, Zack? You? Or Kevin?
That's a good way to end up
with a knife in the back, no?
- She might be safer on her own.
- Are you serious?
She's my wife!
I'm not gonna leave her on her own.
The rest of us stay here.
No. He's right. We can't leave her.
- We can't go out there!
- Well, we can't stay!
[scoffs] That's typical of you, Zack.
You'll give the orders
but no follow-through.
This is wrong. We shouldn't separate.
We just did.
[Zack grunts]
[tense music]
[thunder rumbles]
[Dan] Amy!
Amy!
[Zack] Amy!
Amy!
Amy! Where are you?
Here, stay close.
[Sonja] As long as you're
in front of me, Zack.
- What?
- Amy!
- [Dan] Amy!
- [Kevin] Amy!
- [Zack] Amy!
- [Lisa] Amy?
[Dan] Amy!
Zack!
Amy!
Zack?
Zack!
[thunder rumbles]
[distant shouts] Amy! Amy! Amy!
Amy!
[Lisa] Freeze!
One move and I pull the trigger. Amy.
Amy.
Come here.
Come on! Get back to
the plane and tell Dan.
All right, you motherfucker!
Drop the knife. Throw it away from you.
Do it now! Now!
That's it. Now down on your knees.
This is where it ends.
Where are you?
Where'd he go?
[Lisa screams]
[Lisa straining]
[Amy] Dan! Dan!
Where are you?
Dan! Over here!
Dan!
[birdsong]
She's been strangled, no question.
What the hell is happening here?
We're being picked off like flies.
- Amy saw the killer.
- What?
Yeah, he was standing
right in front of her.
I don't know what I saw.
They had a mask.
Just give me that.
I'm not letting this out of my sight.
Someone stole the bullets,
remember? It's useless anyway.
So why do you want it?
Because maybe you're
the one who stole them.
Well, if you want it,
come take it from me,
but just remember there's
one in the chamber.
Stop it! Stop arguing, both of you!
Come on! This is what the
killer wanted. Don't you see?
We should have stuck together.
We have to stay in each other's sight.
What do they want?
Why is this happening?
We found the drugs. Why do you think?
[Zack] No. What Sonja said was right.
The killings started
before we found any drugs.
Travis, Carlos,
they didn't know anything.
Why then?
[Sonja] There doesn't need to be a
"why" with drugs.
People do things that are
stupid and cruel and evil,
and they do them without thinking.
It starts with a high at a party
and they don't notice their life
sliding out of control
until it's too late,
and they end up dead.
I never told you why I came
to Guatemala and Mexico.
Remember that little
meet and greet we had
the first day that we were together?
"Hi. I'm Amy." "I'm Dan."
"I'm Kevin the doctor down on his luck."
I didn't want any part of it
because the whole point of coming here
was that I wanted to be alone.
But I trusted you, Zack.
- Sonja, what?
- Just let me finish.
I was getting married.
Mike and I, we had it all planned.
Traditional wedding.
Old-fashioned church.
English countryside.
Mike was a musician.
And we were doing a lot of parties,
a lot of drugs.
It never occurred to me
that I was making some
motherfucker rich.
One of you maybe.
Sonja, where are you
going with all of this?
Don't you worry, Zack.
I won't tell you the whole story.
I'll just cut to the end,
when I wake up in bed with Mike
and he isn't breathing.
He'd had a complete
cardiovascular breakdown.
Too much partying. Too much cocaine.
Too much me.
And that's when I knew I
had to get out of London
and get as far away as I could
and try and find some way
of helping people with their lives
instead of helping to kill them.
The thing is I know the truth.
Lisa told me something
and I checked it out and she was right.
I know who's behind all of this.
And what I found will prove it.
These are the bullets
stolen from Lisa's rifle.
- Where did you find them?
- Lisa never trusted Zack,
so she followed him and
found a secret stash.
What secret stash?
I also found this.
Why don't you tell me about it, Zack?
I don't know what you're talking about.
You're saying this gun isn't yours?
It's mine.
Then this must be yours too.
Kevin.
Catch.
Is that a radio?
[Sonja] It's more
sophisticated than a radio.
It can connect up to any
satellite passing over us.
We can use it to contact
anyone in the world.
Wait a minute. The gun is mine,
but I've never seen
that before in my life.
Lisa called it. It was you all along.
No. This isn't how it looks.
It's exactly how it looks.
I found what you've been hiding.
Lisa told me where you'd
been sneaking off to,
so I went there. It didn't take me long.
You dropped one of the bullets.
I saw it glinting in the sunshine,
and it led me to a
hole dug in the ground,
which is where I found all of this.
Lisa never trusted you.
You're not thinking this through, Sonja.
She said you were lying
right from the start.
I'm on your side.
Come on. Give me that.
Take one step closer
and I will shoot you.
You know me. You know I'm
not capable of any of this.
- You lied to us.
- I had no choice.
I was investigating you.
The plane. Aero Alux.
I'm with the DEA. Why else do
you think I carry that weapon?
Come on, think it through, Sonja.
If I wanted to hurt you,
I could have shot every one of you,
and there would have been
nothing you could have done.
Yeah, you found my stuff.
Did you also get my wallet?
My ID's inside.
[Dan] What's that, like 1,000 bucks?
[Kevin] Yeah.
No ID.
- What?
- Back off.
- Step back.
- Listen to me.
Whatever you think,
whatever this looks like,
you've got it wrong and
you're making a mistake.
Shut up, OK?
I took the bullets and
I hid them in a pit
along with my wallet, gun, and ID.
After Carlos was killed,
it was clear that one of you
was a psychopathic maniac.
So I didn't think it was a
good idea having a rifle
and live ammunition lying around.
But I didn't drop any of them!
You think I'm that stupid?
Somebody did that on purpose.
They wanted you to find my stuff!
Give me one good reason why
any of us should believe you.
'Cause it's obvious.
You've seen for yourself.
Aero Alux is a front.
It's one of a dozen small airlines
we've been investigating for months.
Your ID just got lost in the woods?
No. Somebody took it at the same
time as they planted that radio.
They worked out who I was
and they neutralised me.
But if you buy into their story,
if you don't believe me,
then you're finished, all of you.
You turn on me,
and we'll all wind up dead.
Why are we listening to this guy?
This will give us contact
with the outside world?
- Sadly not. It's locked.
- Oh, Jesus!
Yeah, it wants a five-digit PIN code.
- You had that the whole time?
- [Kevin] What's the code, Zack?
I told you. I don't
know anything about it.
One by one, you've been picking us off,
and the whole time you've been laughing.
Because you had the way out
of here in your pocket!
- Tell us, Zack, what's the code?
- You're wrong. I don't know it!
- You asshole!
- [grunts]
- Dan!
- [groans]
[groans]
Ah! What?!
I don't care if I've killed him.
Yeah Well, if you've
killed him, boy genius,
how do we get the code?
[puffs] Beats me, Kevin.
[Sonja] This is the last of
the meat Lisa got for us.
[Kevin] Uh-huh.
Thanks.
We may need to use that rifle.
We have six bullets.
Maybe you should give that to
somebody who knows how to shoot.
Is that you, by any chance?
I don't suppose you saw
a whole lot of wildlife
in your little chauffeur outfit
driving up and down the Vegas Strip?
[Amy] I can shoot.
We had a ranch up in Alaska,
the Katmai National Park.
I used to shoot blue
grouse and snowshoe.
- You never told me that.
- You never asked.
OK, so there's your answer. We got it.
[Sonja] No.
This is our answer.
This is our way out of here.
[ominous music]
[grunts]
You know this is bullshit, don't you?
I know this looks bad.
And if I were in your shoes,
I wouldn't trust me either.
But don't go with that evidence.
Go with your feelings.
It's been the two of us from the start.
I've always been there for you, Sonja!
If we were on the same side,
then you would have told me the truth.
I had no choice. I was doing my job.
So what happened to your ID?
I told you. Somebody took it.
They must have followed
me into the jungle.
Or maybe they followed Lisa.
Who?
Well, Dan's been in jail.
We know that much.
And Kevin couldn't wait to
get out the plane last night,
the night somebody killed Lisa.
- Kevin or Dan?
- And Dan's got a rifle now.
Loaded.
You leave me here and you're
putting yourself in danger.
Who's going to look out for you?
- I have a gun now too.
- [laughs]
Oh, you don't know
what you're up against.
Octavio, Travis, Carlos, Lisa.
- That was you.
- You don't believe that.
You know me.
No.
If you really are what you say are, DEA,
why did you never tell me?
You're asking me to trust you.
Why did you never trust me?
I couldn't.
I knew about your boyfriend,
Michael Bishop.
Cocaine laced with fentanyl,
that's what killed him.
And you've got a record
for buying and dealing.
I didn't deal!
And there are plenty of ways
you could have found out that
information. All it tells me
is that you've been deceiving
me right from the start.
You pretended to care about me.
Was that just more of your lies?
I'm sorry.
I really am.
We need to know the code that
opens the satellite phone.
I told you. I don't know it.
It's not mine.
Dan wants to beat it out of you.
Yeah? Well, Dan's a nice piece of work.
Tell me the number.
I can't tell you what I don't know.
Then I can't help you.
[sinister music]
[beeping]
We have to draw straws, OK?
- Draw straws for what?
- What do you think?
We need the code. He's not talking.
So we have to hurt him badly.
We need to make him talk.
- I won't do that.
- I know that, baby.
You don't have to do anything,
OK? I'll do it for both of us.
Whoever draws the short straw
We still haven't checked the
transmitter up there, OK?
It could still be working.
If it's working, where are they?
You want to go up there,
you go up there.
But that is three hours each way
and I'm not waiting that long.
No, we can't torture the guy.
You believe him?
Oh, for God's sake.
[Kevin] Looks like you can
put away the thumbscrews.
It's you and me.
You want to pick?
No, not particularly.
My usual run of luck.
Well, it's probably for the best.
You used to be a doctor,
so you know what to do.
Do you know what a doctor does?
'Cause this the exact opposite.
Oh, you want to die here?
No, I want to get as far away
from here as humanly possible.
I want to go home. And, no, Dan,
I don't want to keep in touch.
Where are you going?
I told you. Up there.
- We'll come with you.
- No, Amy.
You never ask me what I want.
You never think about me at all.
- That's not true.
- I want to go with her.
Yeah. Come on.
OK.
Is somebody gonna leave me a gun?
[Sonja] You're on your own, Kevin.
You're safe.
[sighs]
[daunting music]
You take it first, Amy.
You can pass it to me later.
You really think I want to shoot you?
I don't think anything anymore.
I'm just trying to get
out of here alive.
- I'm sorry.
- It's all good, Amy.
He's doing the right thing.
He's trying to look after you.
So what now, doc?
You tell me.
Er You want the code.
I don't understand you, Zack.
Why did you kill Octavio, Lisa?
I did not.
You really gonna tell me that?
- It's the truth.
- So who then?
Sonja? Or limo driver Dan?
He couldn't even fake
being a two-bit lawyer.
You.
You really see me running
some sort of cartel,
killing anyone who gets in my way?
You should tell my ex-wife that.
She'd laugh her head off.
I'm DEA. If anybody
hurts me, they'll pay.
Then make this easy on both of us.
The code.
I don't know it.
I already told you, it's not mine.
- You hid it.
- I hid my gun and my wallet.
Someone must have seen me.
They added the radio to frame me.
For God's sake! Just Just tell me!
You're tied up.
You're not going anywhere.
Whatever you were planning
with all this killing,
it's over, so, please, just
give it up and let us all go home.
Kevin, if you hurt me,
nobody's going anywhere.
You know, I'm not a criminal.
I'm a good man.
I have never hurt anyone,
not deliberately,
in my entire life,
but I have no choice here, Zack.
We drew straws and, my bad luck,
I'm the one that has to do this.
Your bad luck?
I'm begging you.
Just tell me what I need to know.
Don't make me hurt you.
- Hey, you don't have to hurt me.
- I do.
See, that's the I really
do because if we don't make
If we don't make contact
with someone out there,
then we're all gonna die here,
all of us.
So
The last time.
What is the code for the radio?
What is the code?
[groans]
[grunts]
What's the code, Zack?
What is the goddamn code?
[grunts, yells]
[Zack groaning]
The wire's come loose.
That's all it was.
The goddamn wire.
What, it just fell out?
Or it was pulled.
- [switch clicks]
- [beeping begins]
[tense music]
[man] So how did it go?
Aero Alux fits the profile.
Tiny operations, flying under the radar.
Pilot and passenger,
both with drug raps.
And that Cora de Léon, piece of work.
You should let us take that place apart.
I shouldn't have even
let you visit the place.
The DEA is not welcome
in Mexico right now.
They want to do things their own way.
I told them about Zack.
- Why?
- Had to. This just came in.
It's from the AFRCC at Tyndall
Air Force Base in Florida.
As you can see,
they just picked up a signal
from an Emergency Location Transmitter
broadcasting on 121.5 Megahertz.
There is every indication
it came from Flight CBZ 517.
- This happened today?
- Twenty-six minutes ago.
But that doesn't make any sense.
It's been six days since
the flight went down.
- Six days of nothing.
- Yeah, I got no answer for that.
Zack's alive.
Let's not jump to any conclusions, OK?
We don't know who's alive and who isn't.
- Where did the signal come from?
- The El Cielo Biosphere.
The Mexican jungle.
You ever wondered about the
middle of nowhere, that's it.
But if you're getting a signal,
that means you have an exact location.
It's not as easy as that.
This is an old-fashioned ELT,
sending out an analogue signal
which has to be picked up
by a polar orbiting
satellite moving overhead.
- And that takes time.
- How much time?
Won't be in position
for another six hours.
And it gets worse.
The analogue signal isn't accurate.
It can only pinpoint the
transmitter to a radius
of between 12 and 25 nautical miles.
And that is a huge area
of densely covered jungle.
Nothing is going to happen at once.
It means they're still out there.
It's still good news.
Where are you setting
up Search and Rescue?
I've spoken to the AFRCC
and Air Traffic Control
at Mazatlán International Airport.
They have identified a Mexican
military outpost at Los Trios,
about 200 miles away from Monterrey City
on the other side of the border.
They're going to be setting up
a base of command from there.
- I want to go there.
- I'm sorry, Claire.
They don't want us
anywhere near the place.
Right now relations with
the Mexican government
are in the gutter.
They've accused us
of unauthorised infiltration operations.
Abusive interference.
You go across that border again,
you could wind up in jail.
What if I asked you for 24 hours leave?
On what grounds?
Emotional.
[groans softly]
You satisfied?
[Kevin] I hate this.
And I hate you for making me do it.
You didn't seem to be
having too bad a time.
What's the code?
I don't know.
You stupid son of a bitch!
You really want me to do this?
I want you to leave me alone.
Then tell me.
The code.
Jesus Christ!
Why don't you just tell me?
I got nothing else to say to you.
[screams echo]
OK. I will go first.
I will put this king over here.
OK. Well, I have a joker and
I'm putting it on the sword.
Mm. Not too bad with the sword.
Let's see what else I can do.
- [Claire] Hey, I'm home.
- Mummy! Mummy!
- What are you doing up, honey?
- I was waiting for you.
We've been waiting for you
for two hours, Claire.
I'm sorry. I had problems at work.
- Want a bedtime story?
- Yes.
Then you'll have to get into bed.
You go, Lulu. Your mother will
be with you in one minute.
- A minute?
- Fifty-eight seconds.
Fifty-seven, fifty-six
[Claire sighs]
I'm sorry, Claire.
- I've made a decision.
- Can this wait?
- Just now's not a good time, OK?
- No. I'm afraid I'm telling you.
I'm handing in my notice.
- Oh.
- Look, I love Lucy.
And I have been happy here,
but I have a life outside this house.
I can't talk about this right now, OK?
I'm going to Mexico tomorrow.
Things are happening that
are out of my control.
- I just need
- I will work a month's notice.
Of course. But I needed you to know.
Sure.
I understand.
Thank you.
[distant animal calls]
[cicadas chirping]
[Lucy] I want another story.
It's too late for another story.
We'll do it in the morning.
Grumpy Granny.
You get some sleep or
it'll be Grumpy Mummy,
which you do not want to know about.
When's Daddy coming home?
He'll be here soon, OK?
Bedtime.
Bedtime.
[gentle piano music]
Come home, Zack.
[tense music]
[twig snaps]
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