Sliders s03e18 Episode Script

[Generator sputtering.]
[Generator sputtering ends.]
(man) The generator.
No, don't quit on me.
Not now! [All hollering.]
Oh, no.
Come on.
[Growling.]
[Glass breaking.]
[Grunting.]
[All growling.]
(man) No! Ah! [Man screaming.]
[Whooshing.]
[Maggie screaming.]
(Maggie) Damn.
(Wade) Quinn? Hey.
You all right? I don't even want to talk about it.
Ever.
From now on, I really don't care where we land.
Just as long as no one actually sees us coming out of the wormhole.
I thought you didn't want to talk about it.
(Quinn) Look at this guy.
Oh.
Gross.
[Screams.]
Hey, hey! Get off of me! That guy bit me.
Talk about your bad neighborhoods.
Oh, my God! It's too bad it's not Rickman's remains.
Looks like some kind of animal attack.
(Rembrandt) Wild dogs, maybe? Wild dogs with gold-filled human teeth? (Wade) Oh, my God! (Quinn) What if you found a portal to a parallel universe? What if you could slide into a thousand different worlds, where it's the same year, and you're the same person, but everything else is different? And what if you can't find your way home? (voice-over) Sliders.
Wade, the thing's not gonna get up and come after us.
It's dead.
You saw those eyes.
Dead might not be dead on this world.
He was feeding.
He was gonna eat me raw he was so hungry.
Great.
Cannibals.
You know, if you didn't ditch my gun on that last world, you wouldn't be so scared now.
Look, I told you, I didn't touch your gun.
I'm still glad you lost it.
I didn't lose it.
Someone took it.
Maggie, back off.
Either that tooth back there came from an old man, or that guy lived one hell of a hard life.
My guy had all his teeth.
I got his dental records in my calf.
You must be in a lot of pain.
Looks worse than it is.
I guess this means he's not feeding alone.
Let's get moving.
(Wade) Yeah, good idea.
I feel like I'm trapped in a bad Roger Corman movie.
Are there any other kind? This leg is killing me.
That has to be looked after.
It may need stitches.
I don't think it's gonna happen here.
We slide in 28 hours.
I'll take care of it on the next world.
(Rembrandt) There are creatures hanging back in the shadows.
I can feel them watching us.
(Maggie) That must be what the security lights are for, to scare him off.
It looks like they're sensitive to light.
(Quinn) Survivors wouldn't waste any power they didn't have to use.
Maybe it's not on.
(Wade) Quinn, don't.
Hold it, man.
I've got to.
This bite is startin' to throb.
I need something for it.
[Screaming.]
(Wade) No! That stunt is so old.
Didn't he used to be a little bit more mature? No.
(Wade) Someone's up there.
(Maggie) Come on.
(Maggie) Look out! (Rembrandt) Look out, man.
[Growling.]
Quinn! Quinn! (Maggie) Get him in the light.
Get him in the light! (Maggie) It hurts him! He doesn't like it! [Generator sputtering.]
(Quinn) Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello? Anybody home? Looks like Bennish's room back in college.
Maybe drugs are what turned everybody into monsters here.
I don't see anybody.
I'm tellin' you, I saw someone.
Yeah, well, maybe you saw somebody in your head.
Let's go this way.
Who made you boss? You know what's goin' on with her.
She lost someone.
So hold it till downtime, and then deal with it.
There is no downtime for us.
Everything's treated on the fly.
Something Wade's mastered.
All I see is weakness.
I see her whining.
Maybe that's how it seems now, but when you start dealing with the loss of your husband, you'll see how much strength it really takes.
No, don't compare us, okay? She's all broken up over some old guy she wasn't even related to.
Don't you ever talk about him.
You didn't even know him.
(Rembrandt) Wade, come on, pull it together.
If this is part of her on-the-fly therapy, it's a dead end.
Next time, you get hurt.
Not much of a threat.
Guys, look, let's put this out on the table, or else we're not gonna survive here, all right? All I'm about is survival.
And if I can keep focused, so can she.
For how long? We've been doin' this for three years.
She's makin' my point.
Your system sucks.
Rembrandt, you were in the Navy.
Why don't you help me out here? It takes more than a military mindset to survive sliding.
Rembrandt's right.
You face some weird parallel world all shut off like you are, and you are gonna snap.
[Generator sputtering.]
Someone's up there.
Maybe it's all in your head.
Ask me, you're just goin' soft.
(Maggie) You guys hang back.
Hello? Don't be afraid.
What makes you think it's it's not just another one of those freaks? Move, and I'll blow your head off.
(woman) Get that damn light out of my eyes! Those creatures forced us in here.
Easy does it.
No one needs to get hurt here.
I counted four of you.
The others are downstairs.
Come closer.
Slow! You, too.
Let me see your eyes.
You're not infected.
Would you mind getting that gun barrel out of my face? Look, we have no idea what's happening here.
[Generator faltering.]
My generator's going down! What time is it? (Quinn) It's almost daybreak.
We're all right.
Thank God.
It's been weeks since I saw anyone normal.
I'm worried about my friend.
He was bitten.
I knew it.
Of course, you know what that means.
He's gonna need a doctor? What's wrong with you people? The hospitals were overrun weeks ago.
We'll have to treat it here, then.
You can't.
He's one of them.
No, I'm a stranger here.
I don't have anything to do with this.
The rest of us can survive.
If we fix my generator It's too late for him.
It's over.
Stop saying that, okay? Tell us where the hospital is.
We'll take him when it's light.
Look, you take me to the hospital.
I'll come back and fix your generator.
All right.
But I want your word that you'll be back.
(Rembrandt) This place looks more like a war zone than a hospital.
Put some on.
We're gonna be knee-deep in death in there.
You better let me hang onto that 12-gauge.
Fat chance.
I'm a trained soldier.
We'll all be much better off if that weapon were in my hands.
I don't care.
You're not gettin' my gun.
Come on, let's go.
(Debra) I'll watch your backs.
(Debra) I told you, there's nobody left.
(Rembrandt) Yeah, we've looked everywhere.
(Debra) I know it sounds cruel, but this is the stage where my boyfriend hung himself.
It was the right thing.
(Wade) Will you shut up? Look, you haven't seen what I've seen.
People devoured by their own families.
I'm gonna fight this.
Look at his eyes.
Infection's only part of it.
My boyfriend did this to me, and I lived.
I'm immune or something, but your friend here is gonna lose control, and that's a threat to all of us.
(Quinn) I can beat this, Maggie.
[Growling.]
Maggie! Stay down! [Screaming.]
Ugh.
You want this back? No, uh, you hold onto it.
Whatever we do, we're in this together.
Rembrandt, you gotta get that generator working.
Your lives depend on it.
We're not leaving you alone.
Beckett's staying with me.
I need someone to watch my back while I find a cure for this thing.
Don't make this any harder.
It's better this way.
Not if you let us down.
He saved my life.
I want this payback to be over and done with.
(Quinn) You're costing me time! Get away from me now! Go on! Can't you see he's trying to protect you? If he's gone, too, there's nothing left to protect.
Oh, save the self-pity.
Come on, let's go! They're gone.
You okay to work? Give me two hours to find something to go on.
No more.
Then I'm gone.
Not before you kill me.
That's why you're here.
Last resort.
I got it.
Stay here.
Quinn, where are you going? [Quinn screaming.]
Mallory! Quinn! Quinn.
[Ignition sputtering.]
[Ignition sputtering.]
Okay, gas it now.
[Engine revving.]
You're risking all of our lives for nothing.
Look, you don't know for sure how far all of this has spread.
No, but it's obvious, isn't it? There's no phone service, no radio.
That should tell you somethin', doesn't it? That there might be a doctor out there somewhere.
Now, we're going to the next hospital, with or without you.
It's too dangerous.
You want that generator fixed in time? You give us directions, sweetheart.
I'll tell you how to get there.
(Debra) It's about five miles west.
Stay on the main road, then turn left on PCH.
You'll see it.
Hey! (man) Stay there! Just listen.
Open the door! I'm a doctor.
Then open the door.
A man in here needs help.
You're the one that matters.
Look, you must cooperate with me.
It's crucial.
What did you inject into him? It's just a sedative.
I'll provide you with more so he stays out.
Doctor, you don't have to be afraid.
I'm not infected.
I'm not afraid of you.
I'm afraid for you.
[Coughing.]
You one of them? Not quite.
[Coughing.]
(Maggie) Doctor? Doctor, are you there? (Dr.
Tassler) Fill it with your blood.
What for? Your blood has a natural immunity to the bacteria.
I can isolate the antibody.
You don't understand Please, just do as I say! Listen to me! I was never exposed.
You can't be sure of that.
Trust me.
I can explain.
I wasn't here.
[Coughs.]
Doctor? Doctor, you've warned me.
Now, open this door! (Maggie) Doctor.
Look out! [Banging on door.]
The bacteria was engineered to attack fat.
Along with the antidote, it was marketed and sold as a weight-loss product.
The bacteria was actually sold to people? Over the counter.
It was called Lipron.
(Maggie) These patients ate their own tongues.
(Dr.
Tassler) Yeah, well, the swelling makes you feel like you have no choice.
Your friend might already be at that stage.
Sorry, I'm fresh out of croissants.
Anyway, when the antidote didn't work on me, I called the Lipron company, Geni-Trax.
And they were already into this whole insurance song and dance, and I sensed the trouble coming.
That's when I had that door installed.
And I strengthened the antidotal compounds myself and began taking mega-doses.
But meanwhile Yeah.
Meanwhile, out there [sighing.]
I called it the Lipron food-chain reaction.
[Coughing.]
No military intervention? Lmpossible.
I acted immediately, and still it almost got me.
My fat cravings are only now reaching normal levels.
But you're still not cured.
[Chuckles.]
No, no.
Maybe it'll work on Quinn.
You do mean the antidote? [Chuckles.]
Well, it won't cure him.
And to get any results at all, he's gonna need much bigger doses.
[Dr.
Tassler coughing.]
[Engine silenced.]
Let's do it, huh? (Wade) My flashlight's dead.
Look, there's no one here, either.
We've got to find another hospital.
Wade, I'm thinkin' that Debra was right.
There are no doctors left.
[Zombie growling.]
Wade, Wade! [Zombie groaning.]
Let go of me! (Rembrandt) All right.
It's all right! It's okay.
[Sobbing.]
Come on, come on.
Come on, now.
It's all right.
Come on, now.
You gotta get yourself together, okay? All right? Even if you're feelin' lonely, okay? Everything's just so different, you know.
I just don't know if I can handle it.
I feel like I'm losing everything to her.
You and Quinn.
Maggie? [Chuckles.]
Hey, now, you know better than that.
Come on.
Maybe she's right.
You know, maybe I should be doing it her way, if it would help you guys.
What, survive? Yeah.
Hey, I want to do more than survive.
I mean, this is this is our life.
You know, not some military mission.
Come on.
You know, part of you wants to lose us.
Lose us so that, uh, we won't be taken away from you like the Professor was.
That doesn't make any sense.
Well, that way, you don't feel any more pain.
It's kind of like givin' us up for adoption, but it's killin' you that Maggie gets us.
You're even crazier than I am, Rembrandt.
[Chuckling.]
It's not us, sweetheart.
It's the lifestyle.
Come on.
Here, hold this.
I'm gonna check the bag.
[Grunts.]
You really think we need all that stuff? Maybe we should go through it and figure out what we should bring back to Quinn, huh? (Rembrandt) There you go.
[Chuckles.]
We need this.
It's research on the infection.
What do you think? Take it.
You're right.
It is the lifestyle.
[Zombie growling.]
(Wade) Remmy! [Zombie growling.]
Run! Run! At least you won't bite nobody else, sucker.
(Maggie) I just thought of something.
(Dr.
Tassler) What? One of the women that was here earlier, her name is Debra, she thinks she's immune.
Why didn't you say something earlier? I'm no doctor.
I just put the whole thing together.
Using someone's antibodies isn't generally one of my main concerns, you know.
(Dr.
Tassler) Look, you have to take me to her first thing in the morning.
Don't worry, he'll still be unconscious.
That sedative lasts at least 10 hours.
I've underestimated him before.
He's incredibly strong-minded.
Some sedative.
Mallory! [Engine popping.]
[Engine falters.]
[Ignition clicking.]
Can you fix it? Wh-what's so funny? [Rembrandt laughing.]
[Groans.]
You know what? (Rembrandt) I just don't see people swallowing bacteria on purpose.
It's no crazier than liposuction.
[Chuckling.]
Ow.
Oh, well, girl, we're walking.
It's almost dark.
[Chuckling.]
It's gonna be like a free lunch out here.
Well, I don't know what you're worried about.
Remmy, it's almost night.
Have you seen yourself lately? As skinny as you are, they're gonna think you're one of them.
[Chuckling.]
(Wade) What is so funny? Wade, I gotta laugh to keep from cryin'.
Come on, now.
Look, I thought you had a handle on this.
Quinn's all we need to be worried about right now, okay? Well, I'm worried about Quinn.
I'm worried about myself, too.
But we don't make it without you, all right? Just what I need.
More pressure.
That's how people get past things like that.
The feeling that we gotta depend on each other for everything.
You learn that in the Navy? Oh, great.
I'm I'm sorry.
Sorry.
You gotta know that that was about Maggie.
All right.
Look, you're right, okay? About everything.
I see what you mean about what I was thinkin' about wantin' to lose you somehow, but I really don't.
Especially not to Maggie.
Definitely not to her.
Well, you don't have anything to worry about, okay? Okay.
[Zombie growling.]
Except for those two creatures at 2 o'clock.
Just don't use military terms, okay? All right.
Just keep movin'.
[Generator faltering.]
[Zombies growling.]
Deal with this, you freaks! No! No, leave it alone! [Generator sputtering.]
You fixed it.
Quinn, look out behind you! [Zombie growling.]
[Screaming.]
Quinn! (Wade) It's us.
Relax, guys, it's us.
Good God, Quinn.
Quinn, you're not giving up.
Need your blood.
If you've got a natural immunity to the bacteria, he needs your blood for an antidote.
Well, your friend got in here and took the keys.
And he's gonna get worse, and he's gonna come back for us.
Sure, he even planned the whole thing.
He took my keys so he could undo my deadbolts.
As long as he doesn't lead them all back here, we'll be all right.
You sure you can bring yourself to shoot him? I've shot people I liked a whole lot more than him.
He is your friend, right? He can't talk because of his tongue.
The research says it swells.
Here.
This always makes me feel better.
I don't think so.
It's Quinn's decision.
(Wade) What is it? Caffeine tabs.
Caffeine? That's it? Yeah.
I mixed some cayenne into this batch.
My customers love pepper.
Caffeine is illegal here? Of course it's illegal.
The big drug manufacturers brainwash you.
Truth is, they knew caffeine was safer than Lipron all along, but anything that's natural and affordable, they outlawed.
But caffeine's not a weight-loss product.
Yeah, not anymore.
There's a doctor back at the hospital.
Okay, look, I'm going with you.
You can't go alone.
You go with him, you'll only draw more attention.
He can move better and faster without you.
I'll turn off the front lights.
Look, we we'll meet you in the morning for the slide, okay? He's gonna make it.
I know it.
I wanna believe that.
[Generator running.]
It's good as new.
I gave Wade some chamomile tea.
She's resting.
Losing your friend must have been hard on all of you.
The Professor? Yeah, well, time heals.
It's just gonna take a long time.
Look, that's a big hike back to the hospital, right? Yeah, it shouldn't take more than a couple of hours if he doesn't run into trouble.
That's a big "if.
" Maggie.
[Gun cocking.]
It's time, Quinn.
Debra.
Hold it.
Don't shoot.
That's the woman you were telling me about.
You went to get her blood? Get the antidote! (Dr.
Tassler) No, don't shoot him! Get him off me! Get him off me! [Groaning.]
(Maggie) Get the antidote! Hurry, Doctor.
Getting very close here.
(Quinn) Could I please have some water? Thank you.
Let me see your eyes.
They're clear.
How you feelin'? I'm all right.
Good.
Because I made you a promise, and I always keep my word.
All right, take it easy.
I was able to use the centrifuge to isolate Debra's antibody compound.
Did you already inject me with it? No.
I'm just finishing.
You're probably feeling the effects of the manufacturer's antidote we gave you.
But this is the cure.
All right.
Give me some caffeine capsules, and take some for yourself.
It really helped me last night.
Hey, just relax.
(Quinn) I can't.
We gotta be leaving soon.
We have a little over an hour.
Wade and Remmy have to be on their way here by now.
[Grunts.]
Not as much fun as shooting you.
You might need the chair.
You all right, Beckett? Lt it just hit me.
After my husband's accident, he told me over and over that he he wanted to die.
He he asked me if I'd help him.
I'm sorry.
It's a horrible thing to ask of someone.
You had to.
He didn't.
I always thought Steve was strong.
Everybody has their weak moments, whether they show them or not.
I hate that feeling.
We really have to get out there.
[Zombie growling.]
At first, I thought they deserved what they got, for being so ignorant.
But then I saw innocent children.
Surviving is its own kind of horror.
(Debra) You two go ahead.
I'll make sure it's clear.
Hey, I'm sure the Professor wouldn't want you to feel that way about it.
No, but he'd understand.
Hey, Q-Ball! (Wade) Quinn! (Rembrandt) Maggie! Maggie! I hear them.
They're coming.
(Rembrandt) Hey, Q-Ball! Hey, Q-Ball! (Wade) Quinn? You're cured? Yeah.
Maggie, you really came through.
I was gonna shoot him.
Last resort, but my finger was on the trigger.
You couldn't have done it.
In a heartbeat.
Rembrandt.
I'm beginning to see what you mean about sliding.
Things get real thick in your head real fast.
You just let it air out once in a while, and you're gonna be fine.
Not easy on the fly.
Where's this woman Debra you were tellin' me about? Where'd she go? She was right with us.
(Debra) No! No, please, somebody help me! (Debra) Wade! Maggie! We've gotta go after her.
(Debra) I'm down here! Please! Jacket.
(Quinn) Give me the gun.
No! Somebody! [Zombies growling.]
Help me! (Debra) Oh, my God, help! Please! No! Please somebody help me! We've gotta go after her.
Recognize and concede.
One is an acceptable loss here.
[Gun cocking.]
Not to me.
Well, then give me the timer.
No way.
That way.
[Gun cocking.]
[Debra grunting.]
[Zombie growling.]
[Zombie groaning.]
(Quinn) Clear shot! [Growling.]
[Zombie screaming.]
[Zombie groaning.]
Getting soft? (Wade) Come on.
I'd rather be eaten than stay down here.
How much time is left? (Rembrandt) We got less than 10 minutes.
God, it stinks in here.
[Quinn coughing.]
[Rembrandt coughing.]
Your eyes, they're they're normal.
You're gonna need shots.
Lots of them.
Quinn, maybe we shouldn't slide.
We can't carry this thing to another world.
Quinn already spoke to the doctor.
He's sure this is the answer.
You showed me something down there, Wade.
You really did.
(Rembrandt) Is he coming with us? Is she? But we didn't tell her anything about it.
You really can go to parallel worlds? Just like we told you.
We have to leave.
Debra, this is Dr.
Tassler.
He developed a cure using your blood.
[Whooshing.]
You could come with us.
But then It would be the end of mankind here.
Well, you're asking if I wanna leave this world with you? That's right.
You can come with us.
I never trusted doctors.
You can trust me, Debra.
We're the only hope this world has.
Look, it'll take time, but we can start to inoculate people.
We can create a groundswell of recovery.
That's what it's all about, isn't it? A lot of things just come down to loyalty.
Don't they? [Whooshing.]