Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue (2025) s01e05 Episode Script
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[Zack] Someone here wants to kill us.
It's not just a question of who.
- Oh, God. He's not breathing.
- It's why.
[Sonja] This whole airline's a front.
We're flying from Guatemala to Houston,
and this shit comes with us.
This airline is American-owned.
And why is that any of your business?
[Kevin] The helicopter.
Why isn't it here?
You think someone pulled the plug?
You trust Kevin?
The wire's come loose.
What, it just fell out?
Or it was pulled.
This just came in.
It's picked up a signal
from an Emergency Location Transmitter.
- Zack's alive.
- [Zack] $300 a gram in New York.
This stash could be worth three million.
How can you work that out so fast?
Her daddy's a billionaire
and she's not well.
So how much were you
hoping to take her for?
It's not like that.
Lisa?
- You keep away from me.
- I was worried about you.
[Lisa] The moment Zack opened his mouth,
I knew he was a phoney.
[Sonja] Lisa never trusted Zack.
You were lying right from the start.
- I'm with the DEA.
- [Sonja] I also found this.
We can use it to contact
anyone in the world.
It wants a five digit pin code.
- The code.
- You asshole.
He's not talking,
so we have to hurt him.
Jesus Christ.
Why don't you just tell me?
[Zack screams]
[distant siren]
[Lucy] Can I leave the table?
I'm not hungry.
But it's your favorite.
I want to watch TV.
Half an hour. Just half an hour.
- Okay.
- She knows, doesn't she?
I didn't tell her.
But she does have a way
of finding things out.
Yeah, she takes after you.
Really? [chuckles]
[Zack] Why did nobody ever tell us, huh?
- [Claire] What?
- [Zack] Kids. It's not easy.
[Claire] Especially
when we're both working.
- A-huh.
- This trip to Guatemala.
A three-hour flight on
another shitty airline
that might have joy powder
stashed away in its life jackets.
Who had cocaine in their life jacket?
Air Sierra. That Canadian outfit.
Oh, yeah. God. That was years ago.
[Zack] We've been in this way too long.
[Claire] No. No, Zack.
We're good at this job
and we're good at it together.
- True that.
- Mm-hm.
And let me tell you something else.
You wouldn't last five minutes
without me watching your back,
and don't you ever forget it.
Yes, ma'am. [laughs]
I worry about you, Zack. I do.
I worry about you, too.
When are you coming home?
Thursday.
Take care of yourself.
[suspenseful music]
[eerie 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 ♪
[Zack straining]
What do you want, huh?
- Where are the others?
- [softly] Sleeping.
Well, that's great, Sonja.
Are any of them going to wake up?
Oh, right, you think I killed them
and now I'm going to do the same to you.
You're the one who
turned them against me.
Yeah, good move.
Get the four of us killed,
one after the other, quietly,
invisibly, without
getting caught. [scoffs]
Would take someone
pretty smart to do that.
Do I look like a killer?
- Right now, well, since you ask.
- Fuck you.
I trusted you. Didn't
work out too well for me.
DEA, if you trusted me,
why didn't you just tell me?
How could I?
There were drugs on the plane,
your boyfriend died of an
overdose and you have a record.
We had you down as a
possible drug runner.
How did you even get into the US?
How can you prove to me that
you're telling the truth?
Think about it. If I was the killer,
I could have shot every one
of you before you had any idea
what was going on, the first night.
No need for knives or suffocation
or poisoned mushrooms.
Whoever's doing this
didn't come prepared.
They weren't armed.
Except now they could be.
If I let you go, what would you do?
I'd look out for you.
No, no, Zack. Spare me the heroics.
We'll look out for each other.
Don't you see? This is the only
way to get out of this mess.
We have to watch each other's back.
Dan, Amy, Kevin.
If one of them's killed,
that just leaves two against two.
Unless there's someone else.
We have to work this
out or we're gonna die.
[dramatic music]
I'm only doing this
'cause I don't want them
to hurt you anymore.
But I swear to God,
if you come anywhere near me,
I will shoot you.
Well, thank you.
- I mean it.
- So do I.
And I'm sorry.
You're putting yourself at risk for me.
That can't be easy, so thank you.
Just stay out of sight, yeah?
But close.
[dog barks in the distance]
[slow atmospheric music]
[phone rings]
¿Sí?
[dramatic music]
[speaking Spanish]
- So when did you find him gone?
- An hour ago.
And you went to talk to him again? Why?
Because after what you did to him
I thought he might need some help.
After what I did
? I did what you told me.
- What you all told me.
- He's a fucking killer.
What were you gonna do?
Fix him a sandwich?
You do you always have
to swear like that.
Amy, does that really matter right now?
- Well, I don't like it.
- Okay, I'm sorry.
So what's next?
I mean, he's out there.
He could be watching us right now.
We just have to stay alive,
just for a few more hours, okay?
The transmitter's working.
Help's on its way.
Sure, stay alive.
Says the girl holding the gun.
We have two guns and we
stay together as a group.
No, no, no. You have your gun.
We have our gun.
I don't know about you, baby,
but I'd feel a lot better
if we were on our own right now.
I don't want to be alone.
Don't worry about that,
I'll look after you.
- Go get your things.
- You're making a mistake.
- You're safer with us.
- Yeah.
I'm sure that's what
Lisa thought, or Carlos.
Or all of them, so
- Ready?
- Yup.
Ah, ah, ah, ah.
Do not come looking for us.
Don't come anywhere near.
Anyone comes close, I am done talking.
- Ready? Let's go.
- Yeah.
So, that just leaves us.
No, I'm not staying with you either.
That's madness.
We need to stick together.
Alone, we are targets.
Yeah, so you'd stick
with me if I had the gun?
Hand it over, I'll stay with you.
- I can't do that.
- So you get my point?
Kevin, if I was the killer,
I would shoot you right now.
- You lied to them.
- No, I didn't.
This has been cut.
You cut it.
I think he was telling the truth.
Sure, he's telling the truth
and you're telling the truth.
Everybody's telling the truth,
except it's funny how people keep dying.
No, I'm heading off on my own.
I wish I'd never got
on this goddamn flight.
Wish I'd never met any of you people.
[suspenseful music]
[daunting music]
Mariana. I'm really sorry
to be leaving you again.
I It's okay, Claire. I understand.
I may be gone a few days.
You don't worry about anything.
We will be fine.
She's really gonna miss you.
I'm going to miss all of you.
Are you going?
Yes.
Yes, but I will be home
as soon as I can, okay?
And you'll be okay with Mariana.
No, I won't. Mariana's leaving.
She's not leaving yet, honey.
She's staying with you.
Are you going to find Daddy?
I'm going to bring him home
and we will all be together.
Always. Okay?
Okay?
Okay.
[kissing sounds]
[branches snapping, rustling]
[rustling]
[gasps]
[wind blusters]
[animals chittering, birdsong]
[Amy] They can't be long now.
[Dan] Sonja fixed the transmitter.
You saw her.
Yeah.
Well, it doesn't matter now.
If it's working,
they could already be on their way.
And then?
And then we go home.
I want to see my dad.
I miss him so much.
Hey, come here.
No.
[dramatic music]
[sighs]
[flies buzzing]
[daunting music]
[Dan] Amy, I want to tell you something.
I've been a loser my whole life.
When I was a kid, I was no good.
I was trailer trash.
I flunked out of school.
Never held down a job.
The only talent that I had is that
I could fool people.
I could make them believe in me.
So when I met you at the clinic,
I knew you were made for me.
I knew that I could twist
you around my little finger.
Make you fall for me and take
you for everything you had.
But then it all went wrong,
and you know why?
Because I fell in love with you.
For real.
It was the last thing
that I had planned but
you were the one.
And I love you now.
[bird caws]
[wings flapping]
[dramatic music]
Sonja?
[Zack] Sonja!
[Zack grunting]
Oh, my God.
- And I'm glad that I found you.
- [Sonja] Dan, no.
- Dan.
- [Dan gasps]
[eerie music]
No, no, no, no, no.
You Why are you here?
I told you what I'd
do if I saw you again.
- Get away from me.
- I didn't do this.
Then who did? There are
only three of us left now,
you, me and Kevin.
I'm here.
Oh, my God.
Drop the gun.
No.
You killed them,
the two of you, together.
You let him go and he
killed them for you.
- You know that's not true.
- I don't know shit.
- Just put that down.
- Oh,
I'm not letting this
go till I'm in Houston
and we are a hundred miles apart.
[tense music]
I'd say we picked the right
place for a Mexican stand-off.
[helicopter blades whirring]
[speaking Spanish]
Come on, we don't need to do this.
Look around, Zack. Three of us left,
and I know I didn't kill Dan and Amy,
which means it was probably one of you.
So, yeah. We kinda have to do this.
Why would either of
us want to kill them?
Because they knew about the coke.
That's what this is about, isn't it?
You running drugs like some
fucking cartel for two.
If I was working with Zack,
why would I hand him over to you?
I found his hiding place.
I took his gun.
Misdirection. You guys are pros.
You could be the one doing
the misdirecting, "Kevin".
If that is even your real name.
You'd have fallen to your
death if it weren't for me.
I should have let you go.
You didn't let me go because
you needed the transmitter.
Wrong. I didn't need you then
and I don't need you now.
This is going nowhere.
Drop the guns.
Both of you.
Or you'll do what, exactly?
You two shoot each other,
how's that gonna help you?
Let me kill him, then we'll talk.
- No.
- What is going on here?
You're the one who told me about
Zack and his secret stash.
You delivered him to all of us,
and now you're on his side?
I'm not on any side.
I just want to stop all this killing.
I'm gonna finish this.
- You can't.
- Why not?
[chuckles] Because I
still have the bullets.
Still got one in the chamber.
But only one.
If you use it on Zack,
I've still got a fully loaded weapon
I will use on you.
Tell me something.
Because I really don't understand.
Why would you want to protect him?
I'll tell you the one thing that I know.
You could have killed Amy and Dan.
He could have killed Amy and Dan,
but I know it wasn't me.
So I will give you one last chance.
Drop the gun.
What would you do, Agent Ellis?
You pulled out my goddamn toenail.
I don't care if she blows
off your fucking head.
Jesus Christ.
[helicopter blades
whirring in the distance]
Listen.
[helicopter blades continue whirring]
They're here.
[speaking Spanish]
[whirring fades away]
They didn't even come close.
They didn't see us 'cause
maybe we're too busy
trying to kill each other
instead of doing what
we actually need to do.
Next time, we need to be ready for them.
- So what do you suggest?
- A signal.
Yeah, we light a fire so
they can see the smoke.
Up there.
God help me.
- Empty it.
- What?
I want to see the bullet.
I thought the idea was we were
going to trust each other.
I'll trust you a lot more
when I know you're not armed.
[Zack] Yeah, do as she says.
The helicopter could return any minute.
You still want to be standing
here when that happens?
It's better than lying here, dead.
Then empty the gun.
Now throw it away in the cenote.
- Why?
- It's not much use to you
without the bullets.
So, what now?
[Sonja] Now we find a
way to get through this.
There are only three of us left.
That makes it a lot easier.
- How do you work that out?
- One of you is the killer.
You or you.
You know, I'm starting
to think maybe it's you.
Well, it should be fairly
obvious it's not me
because if it was me,
I'd shoot both of you right now.
Okay, so what are we doing?
We light the fire,
put leaves on it, make smoke.
- Wait for them to come back.
- No.
No, I'm not going up there with you two.
Why not?
'Cause despite your
little speech just now,
I'm not feeling particularly
safe with you, and certainly not
with everybody's favorite insurance guy.
I'm not going to hurt you, Kevin.
Yeah, you say that,
but we're hiking up the escarpment.
Who's going first?
Who's in the middle? Who's last?
What does it matter?
Because I want to get there alive.
I can make you come with us.
Go ahead.
Pull the trigger.
Yeah. It's like you said, Sonja,
you don't have it in you.
[Zack] So what do you want to do, Kevin?
Oh, I'm going to stay down here.
I think for once,
old Dan got it right.
I'm better on my own.
That really worked out for Dan.
Sonja's right. We shouldn't separate.
Yeah, sticking together's been
a real garden party, hasn't it?
I can't hurt you guys,
if that's what you're thinking.
You're up there, I'm down here.
Half a mile between us.
All right. Zack?
- I'll be right beside you.
- No, you won't.
You'll be five paces ahead of me.
Whatever. Whatever you say.
My God, you people are exhausting.
See you on the helicopter.
[upbeat music]
[Malik] I've got an update.
I had a call from the Mexicans.
They divided the rainforest
area into quadrants,
using the ELT signal as the epicenter,
and this morning they did a sweep
of the north and the east
but they didn't find anything.
Bad visibility.
- Too much cloud cover.
- So what?
They only have one helicopter,
for an enormous area?
Frank, they're doing their best.
So what happens when they find them?
They're gonna take the survivors
to an army base near the border.
- Survivors?
- We just have to hope and pray.
At this moment,
it's Claire I'm worried about.
[indistinct chatter]
Claire Sundiata. I made a
reservation from Houston.
- One moment, please.
- Ms. Sundiata?
- Yes.
- My name is
Chief Inspector Revueltas.
I am with the Guardia Nacional.
I wonder if we might have a word.
I'm afraid I'm in a bit of a hurry,
Chief Inspector.
It's not a request.
[dramatic music]
- Why are you in Mexico?
- I'm here to see the sights.
Please, don't play games with me,
Ms. Sundiata.
There's no need for this.
You know who I am.
You know I'm with the DEA.
The DEA is not welcome
in Mexico right now.
I thought we were on the same side.
Not anymore. Mexican policy
with regard to the cartels
has changed.
We are adopting a less
confrontational policing style.
- "Hugs not bullets".
- Yeah, I know.
Don't fight the drug gangs.
Fight the poverty that leads
people to the drug gangs.
How's that working out for you,
Chief Inspector?
What was it, 30,000 homicides last year?
Come on, we both know it isn't working.
Let me guess.
You are intending to visit
Los Trios military base.
What's your interest in Aero Alux?
We have an agent on board.
We've been looking at half
a dozen dime store airlines
coming in from Central
and South America.
- You remember Air Sierra?
- Yes, in the life jackets.
Coming into the US 12 times a week.
Your agent was also acting
without our authorization.
He's my husband and the father
of our nine-year-old daughter.
[woman speaking indistinctly over P.A.]
We do not know yet if
there are any survivors.
There is a reason why
Los Trios was chosen
as the center of operations.
- And what's that?
- It has a morgue.
[dramatic music]
You will be taken to
a hotel in the city.
I don't want to stay in the city.
You will stay there until
a decision has been made.
I will report to my superiors,
who will decide
whether you are allowed to proceed
or whether you will be deported.
[tense music]
[Zack groans]
I need a rest.
Go on without me if you want.
I'm not gonna leave you on your own.
- You okay?
- I've been better, Sonja.
Okay. We'll go a bit ahead
and we'll take five.
[Sonja] Here.
Thanks.
- I'm sorry.
- [sighs]
Lisa told me she'd seen you
hiding something in the wood.
I found the gun, the radio.
What was I meant to think?
It was Kevin. It's been Kevin all along.
He manipulated you.
That story of his, losing his license,
running medical supplies
out of Guatemala,
it's the perfect cover
for a drug operation.
How long have you been with the DEA?
Twelve years. I was with the LAPD
and I saw what drugs were
doing on the streets.
It seemed to me that being a
cop was like fighting a fire
when you're standing on a volcano.
Over a million people
arrested every year
for drug-related offenses.
That's about a quarter of all arrests,
and it's the same, day after day.
It doesn't make any sense, Sonja.
You've got to get to the cause.
You've got to see
what's under your feet.
I moved to Houston,
became a DEA agent
and I've been there ever since.
Come on, let's move. [grunts]
Why 517? Why were you on that flight?
Aero Alux had come up on our radar.
And when we looked at the
passenger list, so did you.
We already had a file on you
'cause of your drugs conviction.
And there was me thinking
you were interested in me
'cause you liked me.
I do like you.
How much do you like me, Zack?
I'm married.
You are so full of shit,
do you know that?
Tell me about her.
Her name's Claire Sundiata.
We're married and we're
partners at the DEA.
We have a daughter, Lucy.
Everything you told us
not married, no kids,
a dog called Randy?
It was just lie after lie.
- It was my cover, Sonja.
- No, Zack.
It was more than that.
You were using me,
pretending to be my friend.
You say Kevin was manipulative,
but that was just as bad.
I didn't ask for this situation.
But you got it and you exploited it,
and now all I want to know
is what are you going to
do to get us out of it?
We need to talk about Kevin.
He's not going to let
us walk out of this.
He went off for a reason.
He could be watching us now.
I've been listening.
I don't think he's anywhere near.
But when the helicopter arrives
If he's got a move,
that's when he'll make it.
My guess is, he'll try
and bluff his way out.
- We've got no proof it was him.
- But why, Zack?
You're the big DEA agent.
You should've worked that out by now.
Kevin could have killed
the pilot, Octavio,
because Octavio knew who he was
and he also knew about the drugs.
But why Travis and then Carlos?
They didn't know anything.
Maybe the killer was
scared that we'd find out.
But even then it wouldn't make
sense to kill us all one by one.
He could have just kept quiet,
pretend that he was another
passenger just like us
and we wouldn't even
have searched the plane.
[gunshot]
[wings flapping, birds cawing]
- Who was that?
- Kevin.
It can't be Kevin. He hasn't got a gun.
So what do we do now?
Do we keep going up or do we go back?
We're nearer the bottom than the top.
- We can't just leave him.
- But you just said
I know what I said, Sonja,
but if there's someone
out there with a gun,
we have to know who they are.
And if Kevin's in danger,
we have to help him.
Okay.
[ominous music]
There's no one.
Maybe it came from the plane?
Wait.
Over there.
[Sonja] What is it?
[she gasps]
Oh, God.
It's Kevin.
- No.
- He's been shot in the back.
Who could have done that to him?
It doesn't make sense.
The blast must have thrown
him forward into the water.
Oh. Oh.
No. Don't look.
Fuck.
[Sonja retching]
I've got a question for you, Zack.
If it's just the two of us left alive,
then who did this?
- Amy was right.
- What?
All along Amy said there
was someone in the jungle,
following her, watching her.
Dan said it was her psychosis,
what happened to her
at Bluebird Elementary.
But what if it wasn't that?
What if she was right all the time
- and there's been someone here?
- But how?
How could they have gotten here?
Where would they hide?
In one of the cabin holds.
They could have snuck out at any time
and they could have been
watching us all along,
just picking us off one by one.
We can't talk about this now.
We need to move.
We can't go back.
It's getting dark.
There's no way they're going
to try to land a helicopter.
Another hour, it'll be night.
There's no way we're
staying out in the open.
Where then?
Christ. That's not
gonna keep anyone out.
Nope. But at least we'll hear
them if they try to break in.
We got no food and a little water.
Here.
Remember the food that Carlos stole?
I hung onto it.
- Thinking ahead.
- Surviving.
- Right.
- [laughs]
So, where do you want to sleep?
You really want me to answer that?
[sighs] You see, it's just my luck.
I survive a crash,
I survive a week being tracked
by a homicidal maniac,
and I end up with the only
happily married man in America.
What are the chances, eh?
I'll sleep here.
Get some rest, Sonja.
You're gonna need it.
[daunting music]
[distant animal calls]
[soft footsteps padding]
[device ringing]
Hey, what's happening? Are you okay?
Look, they're using only one helicopter.
It'll be flying out of a
military base near the border.
Los Trios. Area Nueve.
How are you going to do that?
All right. I'll be there.
[distant animal calls]
[Sonja speaks indistinctly]
I'd have been first before.
Keep going.
[Sonja] Cloud cover.
We're gonna have to wait.
[Zack] Wait for what?
[Sonja] There's no point
trying to light a fire.
Even if it works, they wouldn't see us.
What if the helicopter comes
while we're still in this shit?
Well, the sun's rising.
It will clear.
It's a waiting game now.
Where's that beacon?
Here.
[beacon beeping]
- Careful.
- Why?
We put it pretty close to the edge.
- Take one step too many
- Ah, I'm not going anywhere.
Well, at least that's one good thing.
It's still working.
[beacon beeping]
[speaking Spanish]
Huh. Personas.
[speaks Spanish]
[Sonja] I hate this. It's creepy.
[Zack] It's thinning out.
- You think so?
- Yeah, it's gotta be.
[stones clattering]
You hear that?
It was nothing, just an animal.
How do you know we're alone here?
Kevin's dead. Dan and Amy
are dead. Who's left?
Whoever killed Kevin.
We got it so wrong, Zack.
All along there was
someone else on the plane,
hiding in one of those cargo holds.
That's impossible.
How could they have survived?
Three hours in the air
and a plane crash?
Come on.
[Zack groans softly]
Oh, shit.
That is a mess.
What are you doing?
I need to clean that up.
I'm going to start a
fire and boil some water.
Oh, yeah? And how are you going do that?
I brought this.
- I need to get some wood.
- No. Hey.
Stay here. I don't want
you out of my sight.
We need to get that fire started, Zack.
We can't risk the helicopter missing us.
The moment this clears,
they could be above us.
There's plenty of loose
wood around here.
I'll be ten steps away.
Wait. I'll go with you.
- [groans]
- [laughs] Uh, no.
You're not going anywhere.
Oh.
You're staying right there.
I'll be close.
Sonja, come on.
- [groans]
- I'm okay.
[straining]
- Found some wood.
- Good.
Hey, where are you?
[Sonja] I'm right here. I'm almost done.
[Zack] Talk to me.
[Sonja] I think it's clearing.
I can't see you.
Just get back here.
[stones clattering]
[Sonja gasps]
I thought I heard something.
[Zack] Sonja, uh
Hey, where are you?
Just get back here, Sonja.
I need to see you.
- [Sonja groans]
- Sonja?
Sonja!
[wind blusters]
Sonja? Sonja.
[wind blusters]
[tense music]
Got anything to say?
I guess not, but I see most of it.
And I see you.
The plane came down
and you were unlucky.
You had three million
dollars' worth of cocaine
stashed away on board.
If you didn't sell it that
was going to hurt you.
You know, what I don't get
what I haven't understood
from the start
is nobody knew it was there,
except maybe the pilot,
and so you killed him
but not the rest of us.
We were no threat to you.
We didn't know anything until
you started attacking us.
What did you stand to
gain by killing us?
Answer me!
Aaagh.
[wind blusters]
[Sonja groans softly]
Are you going to show me who
you are behind that mask?
You bastard.
[intense music]
Sub extracted from file & improved
[Zack] Someone here wants to kill us.
It's not just a question of who.
- Oh, God. He's not breathing.
- It's why.
[Sonja] This whole airline's a front.
We're flying from Guatemala to Houston,
and this shit comes with us.
This airline is American-owned.
And why is that any of your business?
[Kevin] The helicopter.
Why isn't it here?
You think someone pulled the plug?
You trust Kevin?
The wire's come loose.
What, it just fell out?
Or it was pulled.
This just came in.
It's picked up a signal
from an Emergency Location Transmitter.
- Zack's alive.
- [Zack] $300 a gram in New York.
This stash could be worth three million.
How can you work that out so fast?
Her daddy's a billionaire
and she's not well.
So how much were you
hoping to take her for?
It's not like that.
Lisa?
- You keep away from me.
- I was worried about you.
[Lisa] The moment Zack opened his mouth,
I knew he was a phoney.
[Sonja] Lisa never trusted Zack.
You were lying right from the start.
- I'm with the DEA.
- [Sonja] I also found this.
We can use it to contact
anyone in the world.
It wants a five digit pin code.
- The code.
- You asshole.
He's not talking,
so we have to hurt him.
Jesus Christ.
Why don't you just tell me?
[Zack screams]
[distant siren]
[Lucy] Can I leave the table?
I'm not hungry.
But it's your favorite.
I want to watch TV.
Half an hour. Just half an hour.
- Okay.
- She knows, doesn't she?
I didn't tell her.
But she does have a way
of finding things out.
Yeah, she takes after you.
Really? [chuckles]
[Zack] Why did nobody ever tell us, huh?
- [Claire] What?
- [Zack] Kids. It's not easy.
[Claire] Especially
when we're both working.
- A-huh.
- This trip to Guatemala.
A three-hour flight on
another shitty airline
that might have joy powder
stashed away in its life jackets.
Who had cocaine in their life jacket?
Air Sierra. That Canadian outfit.
Oh, yeah. God. That was years ago.
[Zack] We've been in this way too long.
[Claire] No. No, Zack.
We're good at this job
and we're good at it together.
- True that.
- Mm-hm.
And let me tell you something else.
You wouldn't last five minutes
without me watching your back,
and don't you ever forget it.
Yes, ma'am. [laughs]
I worry about you, Zack. I do.
I worry about you, too.
When are you coming home?
Thursday.
Take care of yourself.
[suspenseful music]
[eerie 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 ♪
[Zack straining]
What do you want, huh?
- Where are the others?
- [softly] Sleeping.
Well, that's great, Sonja.
Are any of them going to wake up?
Oh, right, you think I killed them
and now I'm going to do the same to you.
You're the one who
turned them against me.
Yeah, good move.
Get the four of us killed,
one after the other, quietly,
invisibly, without
getting caught. [scoffs]
Would take someone
pretty smart to do that.
Do I look like a killer?
- Right now, well, since you ask.
- Fuck you.
I trusted you. Didn't
work out too well for me.
DEA, if you trusted me,
why didn't you just tell me?
How could I?
There were drugs on the plane,
your boyfriend died of an
overdose and you have a record.
We had you down as a
possible drug runner.
How did you even get into the US?
How can you prove to me that
you're telling the truth?
Think about it. If I was the killer,
I could have shot every one
of you before you had any idea
what was going on, the first night.
No need for knives or suffocation
or poisoned mushrooms.
Whoever's doing this
didn't come prepared.
They weren't armed.
Except now they could be.
If I let you go, what would you do?
I'd look out for you.
No, no, Zack. Spare me the heroics.
We'll look out for each other.
Don't you see? This is the only
way to get out of this mess.
We have to watch each other's back.
Dan, Amy, Kevin.
If one of them's killed,
that just leaves two against two.
Unless there's someone else.
We have to work this
out or we're gonna die.
[dramatic music]
I'm only doing this
'cause I don't want them
to hurt you anymore.
But I swear to God,
if you come anywhere near me,
I will shoot you.
Well, thank you.
- I mean it.
- So do I.
And I'm sorry.
You're putting yourself at risk for me.
That can't be easy, so thank you.
Just stay out of sight, yeah?
But close.
[dog barks in the distance]
[slow atmospheric music]
[phone rings]
¿Sí?
[dramatic music]
[speaking Spanish]
- So when did you find him gone?
- An hour ago.
And you went to talk to him again? Why?
Because after what you did to him
I thought he might need some help.
After what I did
? I did what you told me.
- What you all told me.
- He's a fucking killer.
What were you gonna do?
Fix him a sandwich?
You do you always have
to swear like that.
Amy, does that really matter right now?
- Well, I don't like it.
- Okay, I'm sorry.
So what's next?
I mean, he's out there.
He could be watching us right now.
We just have to stay alive,
just for a few more hours, okay?
The transmitter's working.
Help's on its way.
Sure, stay alive.
Says the girl holding the gun.
We have two guns and we
stay together as a group.
No, no, no. You have your gun.
We have our gun.
I don't know about you, baby,
but I'd feel a lot better
if we were on our own right now.
I don't want to be alone.
Don't worry about that,
I'll look after you.
- Go get your things.
- You're making a mistake.
- You're safer with us.
- Yeah.
I'm sure that's what
Lisa thought, or Carlos.
Or all of them, so
- Ready?
- Yup.
Ah, ah, ah, ah.
Do not come looking for us.
Don't come anywhere near.
Anyone comes close, I am done talking.
- Ready? Let's go.
- Yeah.
So, that just leaves us.
No, I'm not staying with you either.
That's madness.
We need to stick together.
Alone, we are targets.
Yeah, so you'd stick
with me if I had the gun?
Hand it over, I'll stay with you.
- I can't do that.
- So you get my point?
Kevin, if I was the killer,
I would shoot you right now.
- You lied to them.
- No, I didn't.
This has been cut.
You cut it.
I think he was telling the truth.
Sure, he's telling the truth
and you're telling the truth.
Everybody's telling the truth,
except it's funny how people keep dying.
No, I'm heading off on my own.
I wish I'd never got
on this goddamn flight.
Wish I'd never met any of you people.
[suspenseful music]
[daunting music]
Mariana. I'm really sorry
to be leaving you again.
I It's okay, Claire. I understand.
I may be gone a few days.
You don't worry about anything.
We will be fine.
She's really gonna miss you.
I'm going to miss all of you.
Are you going?
Yes.
Yes, but I will be home
as soon as I can, okay?
And you'll be okay with Mariana.
No, I won't. Mariana's leaving.
She's not leaving yet, honey.
She's staying with you.
Are you going to find Daddy?
I'm going to bring him home
and we will all be together.
Always. Okay?
Okay?
Okay.
[kissing sounds]
[branches snapping, rustling]
[rustling]
[gasps]
[wind blusters]
[animals chittering, birdsong]
[Amy] They can't be long now.
[Dan] Sonja fixed the transmitter.
You saw her.
Yeah.
Well, it doesn't matter now.
If it's working,
they could already be on their way.
And then?
And then we go home.
I want to see my dad.
I miss him so much.
Hey, come here.
No.
[dramatic music]
[sighs]
[flies buzzing]
[daunting music]
[Dan] Amy, I want to tell you something.
I've been a loser my whole life.
When I was a kid, I was no good.
I was trailer trash.
I flunked out of school.
Never held down a job.
The only talent that I had is that
I could fool people.
I could make them believe in me.
So when I met you at the clinic,
I knew you were made for me.
I knew that I could twist
you around my little finger.
Make you fall for me and take
you for everything you had.
But then it all went wrong,
and you know why?
Because I fell in love with you.
For real.
It was the last thing
that I had planned but
you were the one.
And I love you now.
[bird caws]
[wings flapping]
[dramatic music]
Sonja?
[Zack] Sonja!
[Zack grunting]
Oh, my God.
- And I'm glad that I found you.
- [Sonja] Dan, no.
- Dan.
- [Dan gasps]
[eerie music]
No, no, no, no, no.
You Why are you here?
I told you what I'd
do if I saw you again.
- Get away from me.
- I didn't do this.
Then who did? There are
only three of us left now,
you, me and Kevin.
I'm here.
Oh, my God.
Drop the gun.
No.
You killed them,
the two of you, together.
You let him go and he
killed them for you.
- You know that's not true.
- I don't know shit.
- Just put that down.
- Oh,
I'm not letting this
go till I'm in Houston
and we are a hundred miles apart.
[tense music]
I'd say we picked the right
place for a Mexican stand-off.
[helicopter blades whirring]
[speaking Spanish]
Come on, we don't need to do this.
Look around, Zack. Three of us left,
and I know I didn't kill Dan and Amy,
which means it was probably one of you.
So, yeah. We kinda have to do this.
Why would either of
us want to kill them?
Because they knew about the coke.
That's what this is about, isn't it?
You running drugs like some
fucking cartel for two.
If I was working with Zack,
why would I hand him over to you?
I found his hiding place.
I took his gun.
Misdirection. You guys are pros.
You could be the one doing
the misdirecting, "Kevin".
If that is even your real name.
You'd have fallen to your
death if it weren't for me.
I should have let you go.
You didn't let me go because
you needed the transmitter.
Wrong. I didn't need you then
and I don't need you now.
This is going nowhere.
Drop the guns.
Both of you.
Or you'll do what, exactly?
You two shoot each other,
how's that gonna help you?
Let me kill him, then we'll talk.
- No.
- What is going on here?
You're the one who told me about
Zack and his secret stash.
You delivered him to all of us,
and now you're on his side?
I'm not on any side.
I just want to stop all this killing.
I'm gonna finish this.
- You can't.
- Why not?
[chuckles] Because I
still have the bullets.
Still got one in the chamber.
But only one.
If you use it on Zack,
I've still got a fully loaded weapon
I will use on you.
Tell me something.
Because I really don't understand.
Why would you want to protect him?
I'll tell you the one thing that I know.
You could have killed Amy and Dan.
He could have killed Amy and Dan,
but I know it wasn't me.
So I will give you one last chance.
Drop the gun.
What would you do, Agent Ellis?
You pulled out my goddamn toenail.
I don't care if she blows
off your fucking head.
Jesus Christ.
[helicopter blades
whirring in the distance]
Listen.
[helicopter blades continue whirring]
They're here.
[speaking Spanish]
[whirring fades away]
They didn't even come close.
They didn't see us 'cause
maybe we're too busy
trying to kill each other
instead of doing what
we actually need to do.
Next time, we need to be ready for them.
- So what do you suggest?
- A signal.
Yeah, we light a fire so
they can see the smoke.
Up there.
God help me.
- Empty it.
- What?
I want to see the bullet.
I thought the idea was we were
going to trust each other.
I'll trust you a lot more
when I know you're not armed.
[Zack] Yeah, do as she says.
The helicopter could return any minute.
You still want to be standing
here when that happens?
It's better than lying here, dead.
Then empty the gun.
Now throw it away in the cenote.
- Why?
- It's not much use to you
without the bullets.
So, what now?
[Sonja] Now we find a
way to get through this.
There are only three of us left.
That makes it a lot easier.
- How do you work that out?
- One of you is the killer.
You or you.
You know, I'm starting
to think maybe it's you.
Well, it should be fairly
obvious it's not me
because if it was me,
I'd shoot both of you right now.
Okay, so what are we doing?
We light the fire,
put leaves on it, make smoke.
- Wait for them to come back.
- No.
No, I'm not going up there with you two.
Why not?
'Cause despite your
little speech just now,
I'm not feeling particularly
safe with you, and certainly not
with everybody's favorite insurance guy.
I'm not going to hurt you, Kevin.
Yeah, you say that,
but we're hiking up the escarpment.
Who's going first?
Who's in the middle? Who's last?
What does it matter?
Because I want to get there alive.
I can make you come with us.
Go ahead.
Pull the trigger.
Yeah. It's like you said, Sonja,
you don't have it in you.
[Zack] So what do you want to do, Kevin?
Oh, I'm going to stay down here.
I think for once,
old Dan got it right.
I'm better on my own.
That really worked out for Dan.
Sonja's right. We shouldn't separate.
Yeah, sticking together's been
a real garden party, hasn't it?
I can't hurt you guys,
if that's what you're thinking.
You're up there, I'm down here.
Half a mile between us.
All right. Zack?
- I'll be right beside you.
- No, you won't.
You'll be five paces ahead of me.
Whatever. Whatever you say.
My God, you people are exhausting.
See you on the helicopter.
[upbeat music]
[Malik] I've got an update.
I had a call from the Mexicans.
They divided the rainforest
area into quadrants,
using the ELT signal as the epicenter,
and this morning they did a sweep
of the north and the east
but they didn't find anything.
Bad visibility.
- Too much cloud cover.
- So what?
They only have one helicopter,
for an enormous area?
Frank, they're doing their best.
So what happens when they find them?
They're gonna take the survivors
to an army base near the border.
- Survivors?
- We just have to hope and pray.
At this moment,
it's Claire I'm worried about.
[indistinct chatter]
Claire Sundiata. I made a
reservation from Houston.
- One moment, please.
- Ms. Sundiata?
- Yes.
- My name is
Chief Inspector Revueltas.
I am with the Guardia Nacional.
I wonder if we might have a word.
I'm afraid I'm in a bit of a hurry,
Chief Inspector.
It's not a request.
[dramatic music]
- Why are you in Mexico?
- I'm here to see the sights.
Please, don't play games with me,
Ms. Sundiata.
There's no need for this.
You know who I am.
You know I'm with the DEA.
The DEA is not welcome
in Mexico right now.
I thought we were on the same side.
Not anymore. Mexican policy
with regard to the cartels
has changed.
We are adopting a less
confrontational policing style.
- "Hugs not bullets".
- Yeah, I know.
Don't fight the drug gangs.
Fight the poverty that leads
people to the drug gangs.
How's that working out for you,
Chief Inspector?
What was it, 30,000 homicides last year?
Come on, we both know it isn't working.
Let me guess.
You are intending to visit
Los Trios military base.
What's your interest in Aero Alux?
We have an agent on board.
We've been looking at half
a dozen dime store airlines
coming in from Central
and South America.
- You remember Air Sierra?
- Yes, in the life jackets.
Coming into the US 12 times a week.
Your agent was also acting
without our authorization.
He's my husband and the father
of our nine-year-old daughter.
[woman speaking indistinctly over P.A.]
We do not know yet if
there are any survivors.
There is a reason why
Los Trios was chosen
as the center of operations.
- And what's that?
- It has a morgue.
[dramatic music]
You will be taken to
a hotel in the city.
I don't want to stay in the city.
You will stay there until
a decision has been made.
I will report to my superiors,
who will decide
whether you are allowed to proceed
or whether you will be deported.
[tense music]
[Zack groans]
I need a rest.
Go on without me if you want.
I'm not gonna leave you on your own.
- You okay?
- I've been better, Sonja.
Okay. We'll go a bit ahead
and we'll take five.
[Sonja] Here.
Thanks.
- I'm sorry.
- [sighs]
Lisa told me she'd seen you
hiding something in the wood.
I found the gun, the radio.
What was I meant to think?
It was Kevin. It's been Kevin all along.
He manipulated you.
That story of his, losing his license,
running medical supplies
out of Guatemala,
it's the perfect cover
for a drug operation.
How long have you been with the DEA?
Twelve years. I was with the LAPD
and I saw what drugs were
doing on the streets.
It seemed to me that being a
cop was like fighting a fire
when you're standing on a volcano.
Over a million people
arrested every year
for drug-related offenses.
That's about a quarter of all arrests,
and it's the same, day after day.
It doesn't make any sense, Sonja.
You've got to get to the cause.
You've got to see
what's under your feet.
I moved to Houston,
became a DEA agent
and I've been there ever since.
Come on, let's move. [grunts]
Why 517? Why were you on that flight?
Aero Alux had come up on our radar.
And when we looked at the
passenger list, so did you.
We already had a file on you
'cause of your drugs conviction.
And there was me thinking
you were interested in me
'cause you liked me.
I do like you.
How much do you like me, Zack?
I'm married.
You are so full of shit,
do you know that?
Tell me about her.
Her name's Claire Sundiata.
We're married and we're
partners at the DEA.
We have a daughter, Lucy.
Everything you told us
not married, no kids,
a dog called Randy?
It was just lie after lie.
- It was my cover, Sonja.
- No, Zack.
It was more than that.
You were using me,
pretending to be my friend.
You say Kevin was manipulative,
but that was just as bad.
I didn't ask for this situation.
But you got it and you exploited it,
and now all I want to know
is what are you going to
do to get us out of it?
We need to talk about Kevin.
He's not going to let
us walk out of this.
He went off for a reason.
He could be watching us now.
I've been listening.
I don't think he's anywhere near.
But when the helicopter arrives
If he's got a move,
that's when he'll make it.
My guess is, he'll try
and bluff his way out.
- We've got no proof it was him.
- But why, Zack?
You're the big DEA agent.
You should've worked that out by now.
Kevin could have killed
the pilot, Octavio,
because Octavio knew who he was
and he also knew about the drugs.
But why Travis and then Carlos?
They didn't know anything.
Maybe the killer was
scared that we'd find out.
But even then it wouldn't make
sense to kill us all one by one.
He could have just kept quiet,
pretend that he was another
passenger just like us
and we wouldn't even
have searched the plane.
[gunshot]
[wings flapping, birds cawing]
- Who was that?
- Kevin.
It can't be Kevin. He hasn't got a gun.
So what do we do now?
Do we keep going up or do we go back?
We're nearer the bottom than the top.
- We can't just leave him.
- But you just said
I know what I said, Sonja,
but if there's someone
out there with a gun,
we have to know who they are.
And if Kevin's in danger,
we have to help him.
Okay.
[ominous music]
There's no one.
Maybe it came from the plane?
Wait.
Over there.
[Sonja] What is it?
[she gasps]
Oh, God.
It's Kevin.
- No.
- He's been shot in the back.
Who could have done that to him?
It doesn't make sense.
The blast must have thrown
him forward into the water.
Oh. Oh.
No. Don't look.
Fuck.
[Sonja retching]
I've got a question for you, Zack.
If it's just the two of us left alive,
then who did this?
- Amy was right.
- What?
All along Amy said there
was someone in the jungle,
following her, watching her.
Dan said it was her psychosis,
what happened to her
at Bluebird Elementary.
But what if it wasn't that?
What if she was right all the time
- and there's been someone here?
- But how?
How could they have gotten here?
Where would they hide?
In one of the cabin holds.
They could have snuck out at any time
and they could have been
watching us all along,
just picking us off one by one.
We can't talk about this now.
We need to move.
We can't go back.
It's getting dark.
There's no way they're going
to try to land a helicopter.
Another hour, it'll be night.
There's no way we're
staying out in the open.
Where then?
Christ. That's not
gonna keep anyone out.
Nope. But at least we'll hear
them if they try to break in.
We got no food and a little water.
Here.
Remember the food that Carlos stole?
I hung onto it.
- Thinking ahead.
- Surviving.
- Right.
- [laughs]
So, where do you want to sleep?
You really want me to answer that?
[sighs] You see, it's just my luck.
I survive a crash,
I survive a week being tracked
by a homicidal maniac,
and I end up with the only
happily married man in America.
What are the chances, eh?
I'll sleep here.
Get some rest, Sonja.
You're gonna need it.
[daunting music]
[distant animal calls]
[soft footsteps padding]
[device ringing]
Hey, what's happening? Are you okay?
Look, they're using only one helicopter.
It'll be flying out of a
military base near the border.
Los Trios. Area Nueve.
How are you going to do that?
All right. I'll be there.
[distant animal calls]
[Sonja speaks indistinctly]
I'd have been first before.
Keep going.
[Sonja] Cloud cover.
We're gonna have to wait.
[Zack] Wait for what?
[Sonja] There's no point
trying to light a fire.
Even if it works, they wouldn't see us.
What if the helicopter comes
while we're still in this shit?
Well, the sun's rising.
It will clear.
It's a waiting game now.
Where's that beacon?
Here.
[beacon beeping]
- Careful.
- Why?
We put it pretty close to the edge.
- Take one step too many
- Ah, I'm not going anywhere.
Well, at least that's one good thing.
It's still working.
[beacon beeping]
[speaking Spanish]
Huh. Personas.
[speaks Spanish]
[Sonja] I hate this. It's creepy.
[Zack] It's thinning out.
- You think so?
- Yeah, it's gotta be.
[stones clattering]
You hear that?
It was nothing, just an animal.
How do you know we're alone here?
Kevin's dead. Dan and Amy
are dead. Who's left?
Whoever killed Kevin.
We got it so wrong, Zack.
All along there was
someone else on the plane,
hiding in one of those cargo holds.
That's impossible.
How could they have survived?
Three hours in the air
and a plane crash?
Come on.
[Zack groans softly]
Oh, shit.
That is a mess.
What are you doing?
I need to clean that up.
I'm going to start a
fire and boil some water.
Oh, yeah? And how are you going do that?
I brought this.
- I need to get some wood.
- No. Hey.
Stay here. I don't want
you out of my sight.
We need to get that fire started, Zack.
We can't risk the helicopter missing us.
The moment this clears,
they could be above us.
There's plenty of loose
wood around here.
I'll be ten steps away.
Wait. I'll go with you.
- [groans]
- [laughs] Uh, no.
You're not going anywhere.
Oh.
You're staying right there.
I'll be close.
Sonja, come on.
- [groans]
- I'm okay.
[straining]
- Found some wood.
- Good.
Hey, where are you?
[Sonja] I'm right here. I'm almost done.
[Zack] Talk to me.
[Sonja] I think it's clearing.
I can't see you.
Just get back here.
[stones clattering]
[Sonja gasps]
I thought I heard something.
[Zack] Sonja, uh
Hey, where are you?
Just get back here, Sonja.
I need to see you.
- [Sonja groans]
- Sonja?
Sonja!
[wind blusters]
Sonja? Sonja.
[wind blusters]
[tense music]
Got anything to say?
I guess not, but I see most of it.
And I see you.
The plane came down
and you were unlucky.
You had three million
dollars' worth of cocaine
stashed away on board.
If you didn't sell it that
was going to hurt you.
You know, what I don't get
what I haven't understood
from the start
is nobody knew it was there,
except maybe the pilot,
and so you killed him
but not the rest of us.
We were no threat to you.
We didn't know anything until
you started attacking us.
What did you stand to
gain by killing us?
Answer me!
Aaagh.
[wind blusters]
[Sonja groans softly]
Are you going to show me who
you are behind that mask?
You bastard.
[intense music]
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