Sweet Tooth (2021) s02e01 Episode Script

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[wind rushing]
[ponderous music reverberates
[dramatic stinger]
[suspenseful music playing]
[winch whirring]
[wondrous music building]
[ship creaking]
[eerie echoing]
Purple flowers.
[faint cracking]
[grunting]
[grunts]
Ow.
[gasps, whimpers]
[panting]
[distressing stinger]
[unsettling music playing]
There you are.
[sighs]
[ship creaking]
[gasps]
[eerie keening in distance]
[winch grinding]
- [cable whishing]
- [yelps]
[grunting, straining]
[whooshing]
- [winch strains]
- [grunting]
[panting]
[sighs]
[wind gushing]
[sharp, eerie keening]
[breathy exhale echoes]
[delicate, mysterious music playing]
[ominous music playing]
Big Man.
Jepp!
Big Man?
Jepperd!
- Big Man!
- [music intensifies]
[music subsides]
[gasping]
[indistinct chatter in distance]
[heavy footfalls]
- [chatter continues]
- [footsteps clambering]
- ["White Room" by Cream playing]
- [narrator] This is a story.
A story about the last men.
The ones who tried to hurt us,
and the ones who tried to help.
[indistinct chatter]
In the white room with black curtains ♪
Near the station ♪
Black roof country, no gold pavements ♪
Tired starlings ♪
[worker 1] Yes, we're good.
[worker 2] Reclaiming the space
for Homo sapiens!
[worker 2] Reclaim it.
Come on. What's going on? Hurry up.
[worker 2] Move!
[speaker over radio] We got word
population decline is affirmative.
[worker 2] Place needs to be beautiful
by end of the week.
[guard] Hey, Johnny, got the Kennel keys?
- Whoa, stop. Wait right there.
- [worker 3] Come on!
[worker yelling indistinctly]
[plow engine revving]
Platform ticket, restless diesels ♪
Goodbye windows ♪
I walked into such a sad time ♪
[guard] All right, you two,
get on your knees
As I walked out
Felt my own need just beginning ♪
I'll wait in the queue ♪
When the trains come back ♪
Lie with you ♪
Where the shadows run from themselves ♪
[song trails off]
Breakfast time, you little freaks.
[delicate, wondrous music playing]
Uh-uh.
We don't do kibble.
But I'm hungry.
I'm hungry too, but we don't eat dog food.
What about Earl?
What about Earl?
[kibble clattering]
[morosely] I'm hungry.
[gentle music playing]
Fine.
Go ahead.
Eat up.
I'm not hungry.
I had a chocolate bar.
What was that thing
you're doing with your hands?
We sign.
Sign?
Most hybrids can't talk like you and I do.
No one taught them?
That, or they just can't make words
'cause they don't have
vocal cords to speak.
We find other ways to communicate.
[kid screeching]
That's Haley.
Those sounds mean she's swearing.
She swears a lot.
[Gus] Hmm?
She wants to know who taught you to talk.
Oh. Nobody.
[Wendy translating]
Wait, what about your parents?
I didn't really have parents.
[Wendy translating] Then who's Big Man?
You talk in your sleep.
A lot.
He was He wasn't my dad.
Just a guy.
A really, really good guy.
But he's gone now. It's just me.
[pensive, subdued music playing]
What is this place?
[Wendy] We're in the pump house.
It's the worst place in the whole zoo.
How do you know this?
Because we used to live up there.
Till yesterday.
Well, there's got to be some way out.
It's a zoo, Gus.
It was built to keep animals in.
We're not animals.
At least not totally.
Have you guys tried digging yet?
[soil scrabbling]
[spluttering]
Yes. I'm Bobby.
I'm digging all day.
[Bobby chuckles]
But he can't get past the outside walls.
Concrete, very deep.
Oh.
Is he
Like us?
Sorry, we skipped introductions.
Everybody, say hi to Gus.
- Hi.
- [Wendy] You met JoJo Raccoon.
She can speak.
Junior likes to keep watch
from the rafters.
And Haley's the one
- Who swears a lot.
- [as Gus] Who swears a lot.
And mimics voices.
[spirited rustling]
Anna and Hanna do everything together.
And this is Earl.
A nice bunch of ladies looked after him.
And taught me to talk.
[Wendy] Oh, and that's Maya.
Watch out for her tail.
Whoa.
Finn is our newest addition, besides you.
He's had it a little rough.
He can talk too, but
Only when I feel like it.
Uh, okay.
Otto's vision isn't so great.
And he leaves quills everywhere.
And this is Max.
You must be a
[cheeky flatulence]
- skunk.
- Yep.
[Gus and Wendy cough]
- [Gus] Whoa.
- [Wendy yawns]
[Gus] Is that a turtle?
[Wendy] That's Teddy.
He's super shy.
Mom was building a pool for him
so he could be close to the water, but
He really misses her. We all do.
Just take your time with him.
Aren't you forgetting someone?
Aren't you forgetting someone?
Roy.
[soft, mournful music playing]
Who's Roy?
The chameleon boy.
They took him away last night
when they brought you in.
I don't know, JoJo.
I don't know when he's coming back.
[Earl, softly] Roy.
[Nancie] Now, that's better.
I swear, you have to do
everything yourself these days.
How is it that the best maintenance men
were the first ones to go?
Now, how big did you say your family was?
Oh, just the two of us.
We kept putting off kids, and then
Nature decided for us, I guess.
We couldn't do the whole animal thing.
Don't worry. Rockbridge has
a strict "no animal kid" policy.
Well, I guess
we're calling them "hybrids" now.
You are going to love it here.
Security is top-notch.
Twyla does our community garden.
We started stockpiling booze
in the early days.
Drinks every other week.
- The neighbors put this together for you.
- Oh!
We are so thrilled to have another doctor.
Oh, he doesn't actually practice anymore.
Oh! Like riding a bike, I'm sure.
Oh! I almost forgot.
That's where your horse,
Trixie, killed me.
[discomforting stinger]
[ominously] And you and Adi covered it up.
[echoing] Covered it up
[distorted] Covered it up Covered it up
Covered it
[ominous music playing]
[door opens]
[figure in hazmat suit breathing heavily]
[panting, whimpering]
[music builds to climax]
[deep gasp]
[ragged panting]
[syringe clatters]
[moans]
[delicate music playing]
[gasps]
How long have I been out?
Since last night.
It's the longest
you've gone without a dose.
How did you
They gave me my own lab.
I've been working nonstop since we landed.
But [grunts] the Secret Sauce.
Let's just say
they have a fresh supply here.
Did you have to do it yourself?
[somber music playing]
Thank you, Adi.
Just rest for now.
You've been through a lot.
We both have.
Hey.
When do we get out of here?
Soon.
And with any luck, it'll be with a cure.
Time's up, lovebirds.
[banging on door]
[guard grunts] Come on. Let's go.
[guard] Move.
[footsteps recede]
[door clangs shut]
[breathing shakily]
I didn't need to wear all this.
We've been sleeping in the same room
for the last ten years.
Abbot's orders, pal.
[mysterious music playing]
[Abbot] Well, well.
No rest for the wicked, Doctor.
What do you think?
It's very pink.
I thought we agreed you'd be working
on a cure, not this temporary bullshit.
My wife comes first.
Besides, that's your leverage
over me, isn't it?
If she dies, then you've got nothing.
Well, if she dies,
so do you.
I'm leaving on a very important trip,
next couple of days.
I expect results when we get back.
Uh, with all due respect, I'm exhausted.
Thirty-two people died
this morning of the Sick
in what used to be called Albuquerque.
I haven't slept in three days.
Know what the population is there now?
- I need to rest.
- A couple of hundred.
I never liked Albuquerque.
It's happening everywhere.
This is what the new wave looks like.
And that's awful.
But I can't deliver
if I can't think straight!
Now, while you were playing house
with a dead woman,
this thing that wiped out
98% of the human race,
and is mutating faster
than anything we've ever seen,
is heading straight for us.
It doesn't care about you
or your better half.
And it certainly doesn't need to nap.
Do you know why?
Because it's smarter than you.
You will rest when you're dead.
She doesn't get another dose
until you deliver.
Yeah, but but that shot won't last.
Then you better hurry, yeah?
I It will take weeks to
We'll be dead in weeks.
You have three days.
I got great plans for us.
Who's in charge while I'm away?
I am, sir.
Do it again, with gumption.
[forcefully] I am, sir!
You hear that?
That was Goosebumps.
Now do us a little favor
and man up, both of you.
[foreboding music playing]
Prep the operating room, Johnny.
We've got work to do.
[foreboding music continues]
[kids clamoring]
[jackhammering halts]
Hey! Keep it down.
[kids clamoring]
[guard] Filthy animals.
[clamoring subsides]
[snarls]
We hate him.
Me too.
He's one of the bad men who caught me.
How did they get you?
[Gus sighs]
I called that radio.
I guess I was looking for
I don't know what I was looking for.
I guess I just didn't want to be alone.
What about the radio?
[Earl gasps]
We can call Mom.
We can call Mom. We can call Mom.
Call Mom.
[Earl] Call Mom.
[excited clamoring]
What are they saying?
[translating]
If we can reach Mom on the radio
Then maybe she can
find a way to get us out.
[kids murmur excitedly]
But how do you know she has a radio?
You've obviously never met her.
[all laughing]
But where do we get a radio?
- Oh.
- Hmm.
Radio room. Upstairs.
[as Aimee]
Radio's for listening. Never for talking.
But I know how to use it.
I used to watch her.
Yeah, but how would you get there?
[brave, plucky music playing]
[clang]
[Bobby grunting, huffing]
[kids murmur apprehensively]
Go.
Come on, Bobby.
[plucky music continuing]
[Bobby gasps]
Come on.
[music trails off]
[guard 1 chuckling] Whoo.
What the hell do we do with these?
[guard 2] Boss man said take them out,
we take them out.
[guard 1] Hey, target practice?
[guard 2] Well, we could.
Or we can throw them off a building
and watch them explode.
[guard 1] See, that's why
you got promoted, man. You got ideas.
[tense music playing]
- [music swells, fades away]
- [panting heavily]
[Bobby, triumphantly] Ha!
Bobby, you did it!
[plucky music continuing]
- [Wendy] Go!
- [Gus] Give me the keys.
[Gus] Come on!
- Move!
- You move!
- Help Maya.
- Come on.
- [excited clamoring]
- Shh!
Come on.
- Hurry.
- [Earl] Try the mirror.
[Gus] You're really close. Really close.
[clamoring continues]
[Gus] You got this.
- Here, I'll help.
- Come on.
- [Earl] Look, it's out!
- [Gus] Pull the
[music halts]
[tense music playing]
Hey, you got the keys?
[guard 2] Thought you had them.
Johnny probably has them.
That hippie guy?
How's that dude in charge of anything?
- You know who that hippie guy is, right?
- No, who?
One scary dude.
They're gone, Wendy. Go.
Wendy. Go, now.
- But what if they come back?
- It's okay. You got this.
What if I can't?
Look what they did to us the last time.
You didn't have me last time, okay?
[gentle music playing]
I'll go with you. Just tell me what to do.
Okay.
[tense music playing]
[guard] I need a hand here.
[Gus] Go. Go!
[hinges squeak]
[indistinct chatter in distance]
Go.
[tense music continuing]
[Gus whispering] Go, go, go!
[Wendy] Gus, come on.
Stay close.
There.
[Last Men chattering]
[panel scraping]
We did it.
You did it.
[indistinct radio chatter]
- Are you ready?
- I was born ready.
[switch clicks]
Mom, we're alive.
We're in the pump house
under the elephant pen.
And they took Roy.
[static crackles]
[suspenseful music building]
[jarring stinger]
[unnerving music playing]
[liquid gurgling]
Don't look.
[unnerving music swells]
Was that
Roy.
Tell her to hurry.
[ominous stinger]
[Earl] It's gonna be okay.
Okay.
[Johnny] Hmm.
[snaps]
Thank you.
[Bobby chuckles awkwardly]
Oh.
Huh.
You won't be digging out of here again.
[Bobby grumbles]
[Bobby] Aww
What did Mom say?
I don't know. She didn't respond.
Did you see Roy?
Roy's not coming back, guys.
[disappointed muttering]
That's right. 'Cause Roy escaped.
[kid] What?
Yeah, he snuck out after they took him.
We heard 'em searching.
He's free.
[excited clamoring]
[Earl] Roy escaped!
[dramatic, aggressive music playing]
Dutch.
Mi amigo.
The Lowlands get more beautiful
each time I pass through here.
[horse whickers]
It's amazing what a lack of people can do.
Well, we all agreed on a time.
Is Zhang running late?
She's not coming, is she?
- She sends her regards.
- [Abbot grouses]
- Texas has been hit hard with the
- Yeah, the newest wave, I know.
The Doomsday strain.
Oh, the Doomsday strain, is it?
Not like we went through a fair amount
of trouble to be here for you.
Another time, Doug.
Time is a finite commodity, mijo.
Let me guess, your shithead friend
from the West, he's not coming either.
[Dutch] They're both very sorry.
They sent me to address
any outstanding issues you may have.
You all agreed to listen to my proposal.
The three don't just drop
what they're doing for anyone.
I'm not just anyone.
We have already voted.
Whatever it is you're up to,
we are not interested.
I see.
Another time.
What if we don't have any more time?
[Dutch] People are scared.
I see it in my men's faces.
I see it in your men's faces.
Yeah. Where you see fear,
I see possibility.
I don't like you, you don't like me.
But we have to work together.
[guns cocking]
I'll give you some advice.
Go home.
We'll never accept you.
[ominous music playing]
Say the word, General.
[Abbot] Let him go.
Once they understand
what we're working on,
they'll come begging for us.
[pensive music playing]
[power drill whirring]
[collar clattering]
Sorry, Bobby. Let's try again later.
[Bobby] Aww.
Why did you tell them that about Roy?
We had to.
Sometimes it's okay
to bend the truth a little.
- If it helps
- Says who?
My mom never lied to us.
Well, what were you gonna tell them?
The truth.
If we get taken away, we don't come back.
[sighs]
Roy is not your fault.
You shouldn't blame yourself.
It's not your fault you all got captured.
They got me too.
And I was with, like,
the hugest person ever.
What happened to him?
I don't know.
I think he might be with Pubba now.
If he were here, though,
he'd tell me not to be sad.
And
he'd tell me not to do
any "weird deer shit."
And then he'd tell me to grow a pair.
A pair of what?
I don't know. He never said.
He used to blame himself for stuff too,
but not everything was his fault,
I don't think.
What if we
Don't say it.
We're not gonna end up like Roy.
We're getting out of here, Wendy.
All of us together.
[gentle, thoughtful music playing]
[Wendy] He's afraid of the dark.
His parents hid him in the basement
before he came to us.
Mom used to give him
a night-light so he could sleep.
I don't know
how to protect them without her.
Well, I'm sure we'll figure something out.
Besides, I heard that pigs are
supposed to be super smart.
So you're probably
like a genius or something.
[chuckles, snorts]
[door squeaks]
[kids clamoring]
Go, go, go, go!
[indistinct radio chatter]
[Johnny] Nope.
[hisses]
[Johnny] Where are you?
[Johnny] Ah-ha!
That one.
[panicked whimpering]
[oinks derisively]
[door clangs]
[lock clicks]
[dark, distressing music playing]
[Gus continues struggling]
[guard] Okay.
Let's keep walking, Bambi. Come on.
Move.
[distressing music continues]
[guard] Come on.
[door closes]
[Dr. Singh sighs]
[grunts heavily]
Can you speak?
Do you have a name?
Where are you from?
A minute has already gone by.
In a few more,
four large men will come to that door.
I'll have to give you to them.
They'll take you
to that cold, metal table.
And the man with the red glasses,
he'll make me open you up
so I can look inside you for answers.
My face will be
the last thing you ever see.
Unless
Unless you can start
answering my questions.
Is that what you did to Roy?
I knew you could speak.
What can I call you?
Gus.
Gus.
How old are you, Gus?
Ten.
You sure about that?
I'm ten.
My name is Aditya Singh.
I'm one of the last doctors left.
Who taught you to talk?
My Pubba.
Is that your father?
No.
I don't have a father.
[Dr. Sing] I see.
What did you do to Roy?
- I didn't know he had a name.
- That's not an answer.
Have you ever known
someone who got very ill?
Thanks to that boy, someone I care about
very, very much
is still alive today.
Did you hurt Roy?
Are you gonna hurt me too?
I'm not a bad man, Gus.
I'm just trying to stop
everyone from getting sick.
Look, Roy couldn't answer
my questions, but you can.
Now, tell me, Gus,
was your father a doctor?
I told you. I don't have a father.
Your mother, then.
I don't have any parents. Can I go now?
Gus, I'm gonna ask you this one last time.
- How old are you?
- I already told you.
I'm ten. Ten winters,
ten summers, ten birthdays.
You can't be ten, Gus!
That would be impossible.
The H5G9 virus is only
is only nine years old.
But I think you might be onto something
about your parents.
You know why?
The men noticed something
on your intake exam.
You have no belly button.
- What's a
- I'd like to meet this Pubba person.
He's not here anymore.
You mean he's dead?
Yeah.
[gentle, poignant music playing]
But I saw him again.
When I fell into the purple flowers.
I could see him
on the other side, or in my head.
I don't know, but
I talked to him.
I see.
Could you find him again?
In the purple flowers?
[guard] Ready for ya.
Hey, hey, it's okay.
Hey. Hey.
I'm the only one who can protect you, Gus.
I can make those men go away.
But I need to know
we can keep talking like this.
Okay?
Look. I I'm gonna show you something.
Look. Look. Look.
I don't want what's in here.
I want what's in here.
Can I count on you, Gus?
[guard knocking] Go.
You won't hurt more of us?
If you help me, hopefully I won't need to.
Pinky swear?
Yeah Um
You have my word.
But one more thing.
[Bobby purring contentedly]
- [sniffing]
- [door clanking open]
[kids murmur apprehensively]
[door grinds shut]
[chuckles excitedly] Gus, you made it.
Of course. I won't leave without you guys.
I brought back something too.
[gentle, wondrous music playing]
Thank you for being a friend ♪
Thank you for being a friend ♪
Whoa.
His parents played him
a lot of music when he was little.
I don't know that song.
Golden Girls.
So, what did they want from you?
Nothing much.
But I think I bought us some more time.
[softly] Thank you.
[suspenseful music playing]
[distressing undertones build]
[music intensifies]
- [beep]
- [Birdie] Who are you?
You go first.
Where's Judy?
Judy's fine.
Then put her on.
Wait, are you
Are you who I think you are?
Depends.
How did you get in my attic?
Holy shit, it is you.
I I'm with Gus.
[shaky gasp]
[raggedly] Gus.
Not with-with him. He ran away
when he found out you weren't really his
[plaintive music playing]
[Becky] Hello?
Who are you? How do you know Gus?
I'm Becky.
And Gus
is a long story.
Is Richard with you?
No, he's
He's gone.
There's another guy now.
Jepperd.
[line clicks]
Wait.
How long have you had
that phone activated?
I don't know. A few hours?
I would start hiding if I were you.
I don't understand.
Just tell me where you are.
No. That phone has a tracker on it.
The minute you turned it on,
it got activated.
Just tell me where you are.
We can come to you.
How much does he know?
A lot.
Everything.
I don't know.
What's he like?
You should see him.
He turned into a great kid.
Did he find my tape?
What tape?
Shady Grove.
I recorded a message on a cassette
and hid it in the attic.
What's a cassette again?
[tense music playing]
It's like a like a tape.
- Did you have VHS?
- [Becky] No.
Come on, hurry.
We don't know who's tracking that phone.
Wait, is it this?
No, no, but we're getting warmer.
- Like a thumb drive?
- It's bigger than that.
[suspenseful music building]
I think I
[vehicle approaching]
found it.
- [music swells]
- [vehicle door slams]
They're here.
Who?
[indistinct shouting]
Last Men.
Take that stuff,
and and you get out of here.
No way. I'm right behind you.
No!
Wait.
Open this door!
Open it!
Only one of us
is gonna make it out of here alive.
And it should be you.
Judy! Open this door!
[Judy] You gotta get that tape to Gus.
Have a life.
Be a teenager for once. You deserve it.
[emotional music playing]
It was nice to meet you, Becky.
[whispers] Thank you, Judy.
[Last Man] We know you're in there.
Open the door or we break it down!
It's nice to meet you too.
[emotional music trails off]
[gas hissing]
[steely, resolute music playing]
Shoulda knocked.
[Last Men screaming]
[Judy yelling] Get off my property!
[flames roaring]
[Last Man 1] Going in, sir!
- [Last Man 2] Move! Get out here now!
- [gunfire]
[rapid bursts of gunfire]
[rapid gunfire continues]
[indistinct yelling]
[flames whoosh]
[overlapping shouts]
[Last Man] Nice try.
[Becky yells]
[blade piercing flesh]
[Becky] Ah!
- [flesh tearing]
- [Last Man grunts]
[Last Man yells]
No, no, no!
- [Becky grunts]
- [music trails off]
[sounds of conflict in distance]
[narrator] This is a story
about the last men.
[somber music playing]
The ones who quietly worked
to save us all
[distorted radio chatter]
but who refused to go quietly.
[emotional music building]
[Last Man] Tear it apart if you have to.
[flames crackling]
[Last Man leader] Search everywhere!
- My orders!
- [Last Man grunt] Sir!
[Teddy, sweetly]
This little light of mine ♪
I'm gonna let it shine ♪
This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine ♪
This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine ♪
Let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine ♪
- [loud banging]
- [guard] Lunchtime, ya freaks.
[mysterious music playing]
[Gus] Dog?
How did you get in here?
Big Man.
What if
That means he's alive.
[Wendy sniffing]
It smells like Mom too.
They're together.
Told ya! We're getting out of here!
[dramatic music swells, trails off]
[brave, resolute music playing]