Z Nation (2014) s05e03 Episode Script

1 Previously on Z Nation Welcome to Altura.
Or if George has anything to say about it, - soon to be Newmerica.
- This is Roman Estes.
He is the reason we have water and power.
She must really be something, that George.
I've laid down my life for her many times.
Are you gonna vote yes on the new constitution? She says we should be one nation.
I vote Newmerica.
Yeah, well what's the alternative? Burn it all down.
Let's get her up here.
George! George! George! George! Wish me luck.
[EXPLOSION.]
[SCREAMING AND CRYING.]
[SCREAMING AND CRYING.]
[COUGHING.]
[SCREAMING AND CRYING.]
[SCREAMING AND CRYING.]
[SCREAMING AND CRYING.]
[COUGHING.]
Doc! George! [GASPING.]
[COUGHING.]
[MUFFLED CRYING AND MOANING.]
What happened? Are we dead? Not everybody.
[MUFFLED CRYING AND MOANING CONTINUES.]
[CRYING.]
Oh, shit.
Oh, jeez.
Uh Hold still.
[YELLS.]
You know what, help will be here soon! You're gonna be fine.
All right? [MUFFLED CRYING AND MOANING CONTINUES.]
George! [COUGHING.]
Doc! George! [COUGHING.]
George?! [COUGHING.]
You okay? What happened? Some kind of explosion! Doc! Hey, Doc.
[COUGHING.]
[COUGHING.]
We need bizkits stat.
Warren! CZ, what the what happened? I dunno.
Some kind of explosion.
Where's Dante? Estes? Haven't seen them.
Let's help these people.
Doc.
First responders are rushing in to aid those injured in the blast.
Most of them delegates here for the vote.
Come here.
Come here.
There you go.
Okay, let's get you out of here.
Wait.
All right now.
Just take it easy, man.
You know, death ain't what it used to be.
Little help here! - [SCREAMING.]
- Zombies! Oh, my God! [GROWLING.]
[GROWLING.]
[GUNSHOTS.]
[GROWLING CONTINUES.]
[BLUDGEONING.]
[GUNSHOT.]
[GROWLING.]
[THWAP.]
[GROWLING.]
[SMACK.]
- [GROWLING.]
- [SLICE.]
- Thanks.
- You bet.
[GROWLING.]
More Zs coming.
[GROWLING.]
[ELECTRIC GUITAR THEME MUSIC PLAYS.]
Have mercy [GUNSHOTS.]
Oh, have mercy.
[SLICING.]
[GUNSHOT.]
[SLICE.]
[SMACK.]
Where did all these Zs come from? Zombies don't just walk into Altura.
They look like they were on vacation.
Little late in the season.
You never see so many this far north.
These Talkers are getting twitchy.
We need bizkits.
Where's Dante? Mr.
Stemple? Hey, Leroy.
Can you hear me? Bizkits are coming.
Everything's cool.
Warren, a little help.
[GROWLING.]
We need bizkits! [GROWLING.]
All right, Mr.
Stemple, here you go.
Come on.
That's it.
Wow, these really work.
Like insulin.
What happened? [MOANING AND YELLING.]
[SNARLING.]
[GROWLING.]
[THWAP.]
[GROWLING.]
We're gonna need more bizkits! [GROWLING.]
[GUNSHOT.]
Eight thousand two hundred and four.
- Red? - 10K! - [GROWLING AND YELLING.]
- What happened? - [GUNSHOT.]
- Eight thousand two oh five.
Explosion in the Congress Hall.
They think a bomb.
- [THWAP.]
- Bomb? [GUNSHOT.]
- Have you seen Red? - No.
Did she find you? Yes, but then I lost her again.
Where did all these zombies come from? [SLICE.]
I was starting to like it here.
[GUNSHOT.]
You all right? Let me know if there's anything I can do for you, okay? Got it.
Who would want to kill the delegates? This was an assassination attempt.
Assassination? Who? Estes? Or you.
But who? No, this referendum was gonna pass.
This was gonna work.
Oh, thank God you're all right.
I'm okay.
You? I'm lucky.
We lost so many good people today.
Gained so many Talkers.
Yes, of course.
We're lucky we had enough bizkits on hand or we might not have been able to stop this.
I'm sorry.
This is a dark day.
I realize we're still tending to the wounded, but this can't wait.
George, my sources are reporting a Talker may be behind this.
A Talker? No, that doesn't make any sense.
They had the most to gain.
- Look for yourself.
- I know.
It was a landslide.
The Talkers would have been full citizens in Newmerica.
This attack changes everything.
It's early in the investigation.
Maybe Dante's heard something? He wasn't among the wounded.
I don't know where he is.
[WHISPERING.]
Something you've got to see.
Anybody else feeling a draft? Quiet down and let the doctor work.
Well that's a load off my mind.
What's wrong with you? This blast is bad news.
On the bright side, we have fresh test subjects headed our Maybe it was a gas leak.
Doesn't matter.
Once they call it a terrorist attack, someone's got to pay.
And how long before they start blaming the red guy, huh? Murphy, I know you've been through a lot These people have given me the hairy eyeball ever since I got here.
You look like Satan.
Yeah, and I'm rocking it.
But still, it's rude to stare.
[ALARM CONTINUES.]
What the hell is that? Lockdown sirens.
Lockdown siren? And that's my exit.
- Murphy, no, wait.
- Nope! Bad things happen to those who wait.
Good luck on your science experiment, Mister Wizard.
I hope you get an A+.
[ALARM CONTINUES.]
I feel like I'm having an out of body experience.
I want a complete perimeter sweep.
Secure this fence.
Then locate and destroy every zombie that got through.
What did you find? This is no accident.
This is sabotage.
An act of war.
[ALARM CONTINUES.]
Where's Dante? What are you asking me? [ALARM CONTINUES.]
We have witnesses that Dante left the hall just seconds before the blast.
Nobody's been able to find him since.
We need to bring Dante in for questioning.
[ALARM CONTINUES.]
[ALARM SOUNDING.]
[ALARM CONTINUES.]
We got to find Dante before this goes public.
People are rattled.
They could turn on the Talkers and you.
Not these people.
I know them.
Dante's wife works in the lab.
Maybe she'll know something.
- [ALARM CONTINUES.]
- There she is.
Red! 10K? Keep moving.
This way.
You're shaking.
I'm fine.
Really.
You were there, and then Zombies.
But we need to talk, for real.
All citizens and militia are to report back to your posts for mandatory headcount.
Copy you.
Give us a minute.
I have to go.
I'm supposed to report to Sun Mei's lab in an emergency.
Meet me there when you can.
I will.
I promise.
Does that rig of yours record? Yeah, it backs up to a chip in the camera.
Oh, right.
The blast could be on here.
Right.
Oh man, I hope it was turned the right way.
So the bomb was under the podium.
How far back can you go? All right, let me, let me rewind this a bit.
Maybe the guy who planted it is on here.
Your camera survived? Yeah, it did.
And I may have inadvertently captured the guy who planted the bomb.
I want to have frame of that video analyzed.
I'm heading up the investigation personally.
We'll need your camera, if that's okay? Why don't you give him a minute? He might be able to solve it for you.
People are dead.
There could be more attacks.
So I'm asking you again, if you will voluntarily give me that camera.
Yes, of course.
I'll have it back to you as soon as possible.
I promise.
Let's go.
When Murphy told me you were alive, - I couldn't believe it.
- It's so good to see you.
Yes.
Where's Murphy? Didn't they bring him here for testing? Yeah, but he got nervous and ran away when the lockdown sirens started.
And we should do the same.
Right now we're looking for Dante.
Have you seen him, Marjorie? No.
Not since this morning.
I'm worried.
He hasn't tried to contact you? You know you can trust George and me, right? Dante is not involved in any attack.
Newmerica was his dream, as much as yours.
As long as he's on the run, it doesn't look good for him or for Talkers.
In here.
- What do you want?! - Seizing your Talkers.
We have orders to take them to quarantine.
I'm in the middle of a test cycle.
My orders are to detain all Talkers.
All of them.
Immediately.
On whose authority? CEO Estes.
I'm gonna have to ask you to step aside.
Get out of my lab.
I have my orders, ma'am.
Now please step aside.
Sun Mei, do what she says.
She's right.
We'll talk to Estes.
We'll get you out of there.
Find Dante.
We will.
We'll be back for your guinea pigs.
I thought they'd never leave.
God.
Hold it.
Don't move.
You're red.
And? I'm gonna need a pulse.
Yeah.
Yeah, sure.
Yeah.
One red hot pulse coming up.
[SMACK.]
That alive enough for you, punk? Citizen Z here.
Live casting from Congress Hall, the site of today's terror attack on the center of our new democracy.
Altura CEO Roman Estes has asked to update citizens on the status of the investigation.
But first, a moment of silence for all those who lost their lives or turned today.
Good evening, fellow citizens of Altura and throughout all the outposts.
Today was to have been a day of joy, unity, and progress, not a day of death, fear, and pain.
I confess this tragedy is my fault.
Like many of us, I was taken by the momentum of change.
We failed you, but we won't let our guard down again.
As such, I've ordered a full lockdown of Altura until further notice.
We ask for your patience in restoring order.
Information has come to light during our investigation that has resulted in us identifying a person of interest who we wish to speak to in connection with today's explosion.
Don't rush to judgment, Estes.
Altura authorities are asking Joseph Dante to turn himself in for questioning.
If you know the whereabouts of Dante, do not contact him yourself, but contact authorities immediately.
Until the bombers are brought to justice, I am calling for the quarantine of all Talkers inside the gates of Altura.
I know that sounds cruel.
These are our family.
Our friends.
This is for their safety and for the safety of all Altura citizens.
- And there it is.
- God.
What is he doing? We've had to make difficult choices before.
That's how we survived.
Thank you for your cooperation during this difficult time.
We will restore security.
Without that, democracy is meaningless.
I need to talk to him.
Hey, hey.
Not now.
Let's get out of here first.
Come on.
Where would Dante go? We need to know what he knows.
This is a waking nightmare.
- And it's not over yet.
- Hey! Stop that van! [MUFFLED SOUNDS.]
[MUFFLED SOUNDS.]
Someone's coming! - He's not stopping! - He's gonna crash the gate.
- Open it! Open the gate! - 10K, go! Now! Open fire! [GUNFIRE.]
- It's jammed! - Forget it! [AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE.]
[CRASH.]
[GUNSHOTS.]
Dante? Wait! Stop! Why would he run? And what the hell is Murphy doing? Defend the gate until someone gets here to fix it.
[GUNFIRE.]
Thanks for the lift.
Do you hear that? There's hate in the air, and it makes me feel so Alive isn't the right word.
Aroused.
Humans.
Why are the living so damn predictable? Estes will listen to me.
He'll see this quarantine isn't gonna make us safer.
It's gonna drive the Talkers underground and cut them off from their bizkits.
It's already happening.
- Hey! - I'm gonna kick your Go on.
Get out of here.
Leroy, are you all right? Doesn't hurt.
I can't feel anything.
Not used to that yet.
Hang in there.
This mess will be over soon.
This is all your fault.
You said they were just like us, only dead.
Now they want our brains.
Well just let them try.
I'll kill them all.
I swear I will.
I don't want your brains.
Somebody gonna get an ass whooping if you don't stop talking.
No, no, no.
Let him go.
What? Let him go.
Go home.
Get out of here.
Your family needs you.
Why'd we let him go? I recognized him.
His brother was one of the delegates killed today.
[WHISPERS.]
Damn.
Come on, man.
We need bizkits.
Hey, we're dying in here.
Get us some bizkits.
- Marjorie.
- Sun Mei.
Marjorie.
Marjorie.
Thank God you're here.
This is the fourth detention area that I've checked.
They couldn't tell me where you were.
- Are you okay? - I'm fine.
Do you need anything? We need bizkits.
They aren't feeding us.
[GROWLING.]
Why aren't you feeding the Talkers? No bizkits.
They're all gone.
[GROWLING.]
These bucket heads don't know anything.
I need to find Estes.
We need to find bizkits.
These Talkers are going to turn.
We'll be back soon, okay? All right, right there where it was repaired.
Got it.
Somebody's coming.
Stop right there! What's going on? Why aren't you at your post? We caught them at the fence.
Get away from there.
I told you it needed to - Was that necessary? - Probably.
Doc and CZ, we're taking George to Pacifica.
10K, you and Sarge find Sun Mei and Red, and you join us as soon as you can.
- We're gonna need you.
- Here, take this.
Ready? [CHEERING.]
[CHEERING.]
[CLICK.]
[ENGINE REVVING.]
[ENGINE REVVING.]
Here, Talker Talker.
Here we go, boys.
Free lunch.
Hey, Talkers.
That's close enough.
Your life depends on the next decision you make.
[WHISTLING.]
Ah, crap.
We'll take those weapons.
Hey, guys.
Don't leave us out here like this.
Be thankful we don't mercy you.
We'll leave these just up the road.
And just to prove we're not all bad, here's a sock for each of you.
Catch.
Let's go! [WHISPERS.]
Shit.
[SCREAMING.]
[GROANING.]
What do you want?! Stop! I mean it! Who are you?! [LAUGHS.]
Wesson? Is that really you? It's been a long time since Murphytown, sir.
What the hell is wrong with you?! You scared the life out of me! [LAUGHING.]
Good one.
We missed you, sir.
- We? - Yeah.
We're a dozen blends strong, sir.
We've been waiting for your return.
[LAUGHING.]
Somebody's taken all the bizkits.
Marjorie keeps a stash somewhere.
Hi, Red.
Where's Margie? - What are you guys - Where does Marjorie keep bizkits? Underneath the microscopes behind me.
[WHISPERING.]
I have one in my pocket too.
Thanks.
That should hold you over till we get back.
Delicious.
I really love those.
You can taste the brains in every bite.
- Stay here.
- Okee dokee.
Warren says we have to get out of Altura.
Like five minutes ago.
I have a detention pen full of Talkers who will melt down without these bizkits.
I'll go with Sun Mei.
We'll meet at the cut in the fence.
Hi.
Hi.
So, you gonna introduce me to your friend? Let's go someplace we can talk.
Alone.
I can take a hint.
Dante has escaped with two, possibly three Talkers.
He was driving the van that crashed the gate.
I assumed as much.
We sent a patrol after them.
And the Talkers? Almost fully contained.
Just tracking down the last few.
And George? She appears to have left Altura with a group of new arrivals.
Well, keep trying to locate them.
They may be headed back to Pacifica.
If they are, we will find them.
You can leave finding Dante to me.
He couldn't have gotten that far.
[MOANING.]
You make me feel so alive.
When I saw you in Altura, I knew that was you.
We've been really busy in your absence, sir.
I think you'll be pleased.
Yes, well, let's not get carried away yet.
- [ENGINE RUNNING.]
- Car! [WHISPERING.]
Get down, get down, get down.
[ENGINE STOPS.]
[LAUGHING.]
What are you What are you doing? Don't be afraid, sir.
What is this? - [CLAPPING.]
- You're all blends? Carpool.
- Carpool? - Yeah.
We all work together.
Work? Where? Limbo.
- Limbo? - Yes, sir.
And I think you'll like it there too.
I can't believe this is happening.
Nothing good lasts.
I hope you're wrong about that.
I didn't know if you were dead or turned or what happened.
You were just gone.
I didn't know if I'd ever see you again.
I checked every truckload of new arrivals.
I was so afraid I'd lost you forever.
I never stopped thinking about you.
I have to ask you about you and Sarge.
Yeah? You seem so connected.
Yeah.
But I mean it's different.
It's not like it is with you.
Is that how she feels? I've known Dante since the Black Rain.
He'd risk his post-life for any of us.
Dante will go to Pacifica.
He'll have an explanation.
Estes and his Talker round-up is only making things worse.
Estes is trying to protect everyone, but it's so wrong headed.
It's not like him.
Is that Dante's van? Nobody's home.
What's that smell? Over here.
[WHISPERS.]
Oh, my God.
This is just getting started.
We don't deserve a planet.
Is Dante here? No.
He must have escaped.
Or been taken prisoner.
- [GASPING.]
- We got a live one here.
There we go.
Who did this to you? Carlos.
Carlos.
Carlos, is Dante here? Blink once for yes or twice for no.
Were you headed to Pacifica? Did Altura Militia do this? They were tortured.
Whoever did this wanted information.
[GASPING.]
I don't understand, Carlos.
I'm sorry.
Let me.
Mercy.
I give you mercy.
[GUNSHOT.]
[SNARLING.]
[SNARLING.]
[WHISPERING.]
Marjorie.
Marjorie.
Marjorie.
Marjorie.
Marjorie.
Marjorie.
[WHISPERS.]
Come here.
[WHISPERS.]
Come on.
Come on.
Here, here.
This is for you.
Here.
- Feeling better? - Yes.
[GROWLING.]
You there! Get away from him! They're starving! Can't you see they need bizkits? - You're making them crazy! - Hands off her, soldier! - Let him go! - [GROWLING.]
- Hey! - [GROWLING.]
[SCREAMING.]
[GROWLING.]
[SCREAMS.]
No! - No! - [GUNFIRE.]
Get out of here.
Find Dante.
[GROWLING CONTINUES.]
Almost there.
What about Sarge and Sun Mei? [LAUGHING.]
You worry about Sarge a lot.
See.
It's all good.
[SCREAMING.]
- [SCREAMING.]
- [GROWLING.]
Go on.
I'll be right there.
[SCREAMING AND GROWLING CONTINUE.]
Hey! [GROWLING.]
- [SLICE.]
- [GROWLING.]
Get out of here! [GROWLING.]
[SLICE.]
[GROWLING.]
- I'm not going.
- Sun Mei.
My work is too important.
I'm so close to a breakthrough.
I need the lab.
[MUFFLED GUNSHOTS.]
- 10K.
- 10K.
[GROWLING.]
[GROWLING CONTINUES.]
Help 10K.
I'll get the Zs.
- 10K! - [GROWLING.]
[SLICE.]
[MOANING.]
[THUMP.]
[GROWLING.]
[MUFFLED SOUNDS.]
[MUFFLED SOUNDS.]
- [GROWLING.]
- [SCREAMING.]
Help! Sarge! [GROWLING.]
[SLICE.]
Behind you! I got it! Help 10K! [MUFFLED SOUNDS.]
[SILENCE.]
[MUFFLED SOUNDS.]
[MUFFLED GROWLING.]
[GROWLING.]
[SCREAMING.]
[GROWLING.]
10K! Go! [GROWLING.]
- [GROWLING.]
- [SCREAMING.]
Sarge! No! [SCREAMING.]
[CRYING.]
[CLICK.]
[MUFFLED SOUNDS.]
[MUFFLED YELLING.]
Run! [MUFFLED RUMBLE.]
[MUFFLED SOUNDS.]
[MUFFLED.]
I'm sorry, 10K.
[MUFFLED.]
There was no other way.
[MUFFLED.]
I couldn't lose you like that.
I had to do it.
[MUFFLED.]
There was there was no other way.
[MUFFLED.]
Sarge is a hero.
She saved both of your lives.
[MUFFLED.]
I'll be right back.
The cut was clean.
But we need to keep a close eye on him.
What do I say to him? You saved his life.
I'll be right back.
[CRYING.]
Who would do something so terrible? I've met a few humans.
And Talkers are just human enough.
Did Dante escape? Or was he taken prisoner? Or what if Estes was right? What if Dante was somehow behind the blast? What if he changed? Became more zombie And I missed it? No, no.
Your belief in him came from your gut, not your head.
Always go with your gut.
We were so close to having this whole thing come together.
So close.
There's still time to put it all together.
But there's not that much time left.
Puppies and kittens.
Puppies and kittens.