The River (2012) s01e07 Episode Script

1 There's magic out there.
(Woman) Beloved television host Emmet Cole has been reported missing.
We can find his ship.
We can find him.
(Clark) The network will pay, but they want every moment on camera.
I am not leaving this close to finding your father.
(Man) Now a major branch of genomics is still concerned with sequencing the genomes of various organisms.
What are you doing? (Woman) Curing boredom.
It's not boring if you actually listen to what they're saying.
which is mainly concerning patterns of gene expression Come on, put the phone away.
Put it away.
Now the most important tools here are You grew up in front of cameras.
The microarrays You should be used to this.
And the bioinformatics.
(Cell phone vibrates) A study of the full set of proteins My mom.
Go ahead.
Um, I can take notes for you.
No, thanks.
I've seen your notes.
I-I can't even read your notes.
during various conditions is called proteomics.
What? (Cell phone vibrates) (Vibrates) A related concept is called materiomics, which Mom, I'm in class.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Slow down.
Wait, wait.
Well, he's been out of touch before.
He always Mineralized biological tissues How long? And things like that.
Uh, and their effect on Uh, okay.
Um The, uh, macroscopic function All right, I'm getting on the next flight.
Okay.
What's wrong? It's my dad.
He's missing.
Dad! Emmet! Dad! (Clatters) What the hell happened here? This car hasn't been used in months.
So, uh, listen.
What do you think this place is? Could be a mission, maybe a research facility biological, botanical.
I think it's drug runners, more likely.
Something happened here, Tess.
No one's gonna blame you if you wanna turn around.
Emmet was here.
I'm not turning around, not now.
Not without him.
(Sighs) (Sat phone speed dials) (Phone rings) (Ring) (Beep) (Woman speaking german) (Beeps) Dad? Dad? Lincoln, maybe we shouldn't make so much noise.
(Orchestra playing waltz) What should we do? We go in.
Whoa, mom, come on.
Whoever was here before, they're not here now.
Something happened.
(Men singing in german) (Click, music stops) Someone turned it on.
(Plays note on piano) Still in tune.
Hugh, Peters, and Douglas.
"Molecular genetics and genome sequencing and synthesis.
" I read these books in class last year.
(Tess) It's like they've barricaded themselves in.
(Lincoln whispers) Guys, look.
Footprints.
Looks like blood.
(Door creaks) (Man coughing and gagging) (Woman coughing) (Tess) Animals must have got in here.
No.
Animals would've picked all of this food clean.
(Inhales deeply) (Tess) Ugh.
The smell isn't coming from this food.
(Man coughs) (Tess) Lincoln! Look.
It's dad's.
Oh, my God.
Dad?! Em? Dad! (Tess) Emmet, are you in here? (Buzzing in distance) Do you guys hear that? It's like a buzzing sound.
(A.
J.
) It's coming from in here.
(Buzzing continues) (Opens latch) (Flies buzzing loudly) Ugh! Ah, jeez! Mm.
(Groans) Oh! (Tess screams) You all set, Sammy? (Sammy) On it.
A.
J.
(Opens door) Let's go sell a TV show.
Tess? Bloody hell.
(Door closes) Uh, Clark, I think the maid's missing, too.
Very funny.
Very funny.
Tess? Tess.
Tess, it's me, darling.
You have to get up.
Whatever it is, I don't care.
Now listen, I just need a minute Turn off the cameras, Clark.
Show's over.
I'm not giving interviews anymore.
No, no, no, no.
Listen to me.
(Chuckles) This isn't an interview.
Tess You know, you've been saying for months that Emmet is not dead, and everybody has been looking at you like you're mad including myself.
His beacon It went off you really should answer your phone.
When they couldn't reach you, they called me.
Tess, the coast guard got a signal somewhere in the Amazon.
They didn't get an exact location, but it was his.
You might've been right all along.
Emmet might still be alive.
(Whispers) Oh, my God.
(Sighs) Emmet.
Yeah.
(Normal voice) What what do we do? How do we do this? (Sighs) What we We go d we have to go down there.
We can find him.
How how do Yeah.
We we don't have the money to mount an expedition.
I don't know how much this I've already raised the money.
(Whispers) Oh, Clark.
Ooh! (Laughs) Oh! I don't know how to thank you.
Mm.
(Sighs) There's just one catch.
(Whispers) Clark (Normal voice) Those are people in there.
Those are dead bodies.
Emmet you don't think it it can't be, right? It can't be.
(Clark) Mm.
Well Someone has to go in there and check.
A.
J.
Don't even think about it.
It's a room full of (Bleep) Corpses.
All that (bleep) in your face.
(Lincoln) I'll go.
We have to know, right? All right.
Here we go.
(Lincoln grunts) (Exhales sharply) (Click) (Clark) Good luck.
Ready, Jonas? You see him in there, I wanna know, all right? (Buzzing) (Coughs) (A.
J.
) Where are you off to, Kurt? (Liquid squishing) (Jonas groans and gags) (Clark) Whoa, what's going on? What are you doing? Ugh! (Grunts) I'm sorry.
It's just The smell.
I-I can't.
(Vomits) (Jonas gasping) (Panting) (Gasps) He's not in there.
(Vomits and coughs) (Sat phone speed dials) (Phone rings) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Metal door bangs) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Speaking german) (Kurt speaking german) (Faint ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) (Closet door bangs) (Ring) (Ring) (Ring) - (A.
J.
Whispers) It's me! It's me.
- You followed me? I follow everyone.
You shouldn't have.
What is that, a threat? You gonna shoot? (Whispers) Shut up! (Water dripping) We're not alone.
(Whispers indistinctly) There's about 20 bodies.
It's hard to tell.
More parts than bodies.
Massive avulsions, like they were ripped off.
Other places, there were teeth marks.
I don't know.
Like, the way they were collected, it's like they were piled up in place.
For what? (Jonas) It's a freezer.
What do you think? Food? Tess, I'm sorry to be the one to say this out loud, but everyone in this facility is dead.
Something did this, okay? And it could still be here.
So please gather up everybody.
We're leaving.
No, we're not.
Clark.
Look, this is not the time, okay? I'm trying to take care of everybody here.
You don't get to take care of anything! I'm Mom, mom, mom.
He's right.
We should go.
Thank you.
Where the hell is Kurt? Kurt? A.
J.
! (Clark) This place is bloody huge.
They could be anywhere.
(Lincoln) This is an operating room.
(Metal clatters) These are genetic maps, cellular alteration and mutation.
It looks like they were doing some kind of pharmaceutical research.
(Clark) A research facility in the middle of the bloody Amazon? (Jonas) Holy (bleep)! (Man gasps) (Tess) I think it's a xulo one of the tribesmen who rescued Emmet.
Whoever worked here must have found one.
No.
They killed one.
That's the symbol on your necklace.
(Clippers buzzing) (Tess) What's that? I think it's bone.
(Clark) It's coming out of his back.
What the hell was going on here? (Kurt) Got someone who might know.
Rabbit? You're alive.
I was looking for Dr.
Cole.
I found her hiding in a tub.
Have you seen Emmet? Where is he? Is he still here? Hey, mom.
Mom.
Hey! (Whimpers) (Lincoln) Easy! Easy! She's in shock.
She left your father to die.
She deserves whatever happens to her.
What's that? (Howl) They're coming.
(Scream in distance) They're hungry.
(Roar in distance) Let's go.
Come on.
Let's go.
(Scream in distance) It's coming.
Uh, that sounds like it's getting closer.
(Woman) Shh! (Howl) (Roar) (Rabbit whimpers) (Lena) Aah! (Gunshots) (Lena and Tess scream) (Gunshot) (Roars) (Lena and Tess gasping) (Indistinct shouting) (Roars) Good news.
You can kill them.
Do you have enough bullets? Depends how many there are.
Let's go! (Clark) Come on.
Come on, Lena! Let's go! (Clark) Let's get out of here! Come on! (Lena and Tess screaming) (Roars) (Lincoln) Come on, in here! In here, come on! (Lena and Tess screaming) (Slams door) (Grunts) (Pounding on door) Are there any outside? Uh (Blinds rattle) (Howling) One two three.
They're just waiting.
Yeah? Waiting for what? (Hisses) I'm gonna say dinner.
What the hell are those things?! Bloody hell! Just open the door.
It'll be easier.
(Howling continues) Did you see him at all? (Panting) I'm so sorry.
So sorry I left him.
I didn't mean to.
I just I wanted to go home.
Listen to me, Rabbit.
Was Emmet here?! He was he here? Uh-huh.
In the infirmary, when I when I got here.
He hadn't woken up yet.
The doctors they said he was gonna be okay.
They were helping him when he (Howling continues) When it happened.
When what happened? They changed.
(Cries) (Howling) (Pounding continues) Have you seen him since? (Gasping) (Loud roar) (Pounding subsides) (Whispers) No.
It doesn't mean anything.
I'm sorry we left you, Jonas.
It's not your fault.
It's Emmet's.
I let it happen.
I don't blame you.
You don't blame the sheep for following the shepherd.
(Howling and pounding resumes) (Lincoln) There's some damaged video records on this laptop.
If I can recover them, maybe we can find out what happened here, maybe how to stop those things.
I got it.
Here, let me try.
You're really good with the blood and the guts, but the electronics? Not so much.
And this battery's not gonna last forever.
(Typing) When'd you learn how to do all this? When we were kids, the only thing you were into were bugs.
That wasn't the only thing.
Snakes.
(Howling continues) (Typing) And what if my dad What if he didn't make it? And all this (Whispers) It's just I know he did.
My mom's been saying he's alive for months.
But somehow when you say it, it feels true.
There.
That should do it.
File's clear.
Open it.
(Pushes button) (Man) No sign of arterial atherosclerosis.
(Speaking indistinctly) The specimen must be over I think this place was a lab.
Looks like they were looking for a cure to cancer.
In the middle of the Amazon? Well, they didn't exactly have the most ethical methods.
You saw that body in the tank.
They were looking for a specific gene sequence in the xulos.
Watch.
(Key clicks) (Man) No sign of arterial atherosclerosis.
No transmural infarcts.
No occlusions.
The specimen must be over 50 with the cardiovascular system of a teenager.
They managed to isolate part of the variant gene and recombine it into a retrovirus.
When it was ready, it was meant to act as a cure.
But this is where it goes bad.
Oh, Hanna, good.
I need a transport ready right away.
This woman comes in I think she's their head of security.
(Hanna) Then it's true.
You did it.
I'll fly the sample back to the main labs for review.
I'm sorry.
Your research cannot leave this place.
(Man) No! The sample's still reactive! The virus! Clear the room! Clear the room! Only the people inside the room were exposed.
That's at least five doctors and the head of security.
It must've got out, killed the rest.
Records show there were at least 60 people here.
(Speaking german) (Kurt speaking german) (Clatters) Shh.
(A.
J.
Whispers) Hey.
Your girl, Hanna she was the one who got them all infected.
What the hell was she doing here? Huh? Look, what the hell are you doing here? (Whispers) What is that? A signal mirror.
It's coming from the infirmary.
(Rabbit maybe someone's trapped in there.
They must've heard us.
It's Emmet.
(Man) Excuse me.
Aren't you You were the girl on that show.
(Chuckles) Wow.
I can't believe it's you.
So you work here now? (Lena) Is there something I can help you find? No, I just I used to watch that show all the time.
Uh, I'm sorry about Dr.
Cole.
Me, too.
Are you okay? (Gasping) They're still out there.
Who's still out there? My dad, Emmet.
They're still alive.
Yeah, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Please.
H-how do we know that that's Emmet out there? Who else could it be? If Rabbit survived, so can Emmet.
We have to get over there.
(A.
J.
) And go through all those bloody monsters? No (bleep) way.
The ones in the hallway they're leaving.
They they they do that sometimes.
They just disappear.
10 minutes, m-maybe maybe 30, but never long enough to leave.
Yeah, well, where are they going? What are they doing? I is there another way to get to the infirmary? There's tunnels that connect the buildings.
Let's do it.
(Whispers) It's clear.
Move.
You go first.
Go.
Show us the way.
Go.
(Creature snores) (Whispers) Listen.
(Creature snores) (Clark whispers) Tess.
Wait.
(Gasps) Come on.
We have to get out of here.
No.
It's the only way.
Let's go.
(Panting) (Lincoln whispering indistinctly) (Whispers) It's okay.
It's okay, it's okay.
(Shoe scuffs ground) Shh! Come on.
Let's go.
(Lincoln) Where's Kurt? Where's Kurt? He's still down there.
(Whispers) A.
J.
(Whispers) Leave.
(Clark) What the hell is he doing? (Rapid gunfire) (Tess gasps) They won't be coming after us.
Go.
Go! (Lincoln) Let's go! Let's go! Come on! (Rabbit) The infirmary's up the stairs, to the left.
(Tess) Emmet! Emmet, we're here! (Panting) (Objects clatter) It's a wind chime.
It isn't him.
Emmet's gone, isn't he? He's dead.
(Sighs) I wanted to believe it so badly.
Oh.
(Sighs) Mom (Crying) Linc I'm so sorry.
Hey, it's okay.
(Sobbing) I'm so sorry.
I wanted a second chance for all of us.
(Sniffles) (Wings flapping) Mom.
I don't think it's over.
Mom.
Every time we've seen a dragonfly, it feels like we've been getting closer to finding dad.
(Wings flapping) (Lincoln grunting) Ugh.
(Tess grunting) Ugh.
(Whispers) What's that? It's dad.
If you ever find yourself thinking that you can improve on mother nature's master plan, take a look around you.
Look what she does for our friends the butterfly and the dragonfly.
When food runs short or there's a drought, some of these species retreat into a nympha stage.
They stay there for months, years sometimes.
Just conserving resources until a better time comes for them to emerge.
No matter how bad the conditions are, nature always offers a way.
What is that? Kurt, give me your knife.
(Grunts) (Squish) (Squish) (Tess) Aah! Aah! Aah! Oh, my God! (Tess and Lincoln grunting) Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! (Lincoln) I got him! I got him! I got him.
Aah! (Tess) Aah! Aah! (Grunts) His airway's clear.
(Tess sobbing) He's got a weak pulse.
He's alive.
He's alive.
(Crying) He's alive! He's alive.
(Breathing heavily) (Roaring in distance) (Howling) Clark, help me! (A.
J.
) I guess you didn't get 'em all, eh? We need to leave now.
(Clark) Come on! Come on! Come on! (Roaring in distance) (Lena and Tess scream) Kurt! (Roars) (Clark) Kurt! (Tess) Go! Go! Go! Come on! Come on! Come on! Go! Go! Go! Come on! (Roaring and howling) Keep going! Go! (Lena) Oh, my God! Go! (Salsa barking) (Panting) Go.
Go.
Go.
Go.
Go.
(Gasping) (Tess) Come on! Almost there.
Almost there.
(Salsa barking) Lincoln? Almost there.
Go! Come over here.
This way.
You found him! (Tess) Emilio, get us moving now! There you go.
Take him.
Take him.
Come on, Salsa! (Barking) Come on, buddy.
Let's go.
What's wrong with you? Come on, buddy.
What's wrong with him? (Speaks spanish) (Motor rumbles) It's okay.
He did his job.
Let's go.
Why isn't he awake? When is he gonna come out of this? I don't know.
He was trapped in there for could've been months.
Going into that state may have kept him alive.
But he is alive.
Yes, he is.
Thank you, mom, for bringing me out here.
We have him back because of you.
(Speaking indistinctly) (Footsteps approach) (Whispers) Hey.
You should eat something.
Oh, thanks, but I think after today, it's gonna take me a little while to get my appetite back.
So it's over.
We're going home.
Yeah, home.
(Scoffs) It's hard to imagine.
I can't even remember what my apartment looks like.
You in an apartment? Doesn't feel right.
It's like a falcon in a jacket.
Uh Lena, you should know, back in Chicago I probably should have said something sooner, but I-I've got a I Someone.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I don't know if it's She was there for me when I thought my dad died, and I don't know what it is now, but I just It's okay.
You don't have to explain.
You just have to take care of your dad.
You've eaten.
Feeling better? We're gonna stop at the first village we find, get Emmet to a hospital.
And I suggest you find your own way from there.
Thank you.
You could have left me back there.
And maybe you should have.
Remember that When the reporters come to your door and ask you what happened to Emmet Cole out there.
You remember what we did for you And you choose your words carefully.
(Squish) (Crunch) Oh, man.
You do not look well.
(Speaks german) Look, man, I'm really sorry about what happened, but you gotta tell me the truth.
Look Cole's back.
We're on the home stretch, right? Once this job's over, I'll be on to the next.
All this will be one insane memory.
All right? This is not for the show.
This is just for me.
I want to know what you're really doing here.
Come on, man.
In english, please.
What's that? (Muffled scream) (Roaring in distance) (Panting) Hey, hey, ¿que paso? (Speaking spanish) (A.
J.
Whispers) How many bullets you got? Not enough, probably.
Clark? Tess, get in here, quick.
What's going on out there? I have no idea, but it doesn't sound good.
(Kurt) They're back.
I only saw two of them.
There could be more.
Wherever you are, lock yourselves in.
I can see one on the stern.
Lena, where's Lincoln? Is Emmet okay? (Crying) Tess, Lincoln's right here.
(Banging) What are you waiting for? Shoot her! What's he doing? I don't know.
Hanna! (Speaking german) (Speaks spanish) Hanna Kurt! Kill her! Kurt! (Banging) (Roaring) (Gunshot) I love you.
(Growls) (Thud) Lincoln, what's going on? Kurt just took one of them out.
He said there were two.
What's with the other one? Aah! Oh, God! (Screaming) (Gunshot) Ohh! (Thud) (All panting) So how was my funeral?