Body of Proof (2011–2013): Season 2, Episode 18 - Going Viral, Part 1 - full transcript

(upbeat dance music
playing over speakers)

(people whooping and chattering)

Do I know you from somewhere?

I'm Marcel.

I seriously doubt it.

Okay. No name. Got it.

You look like you could
use a frosty beverage.

It's a Citywide Special.

It's a magical blend of
bottom-shelf bourbon and PBR.

Doesn't get better than this.

My boyfriend's on his way.



Your boyfriend?

All right, well,
until he gets here,

how about we cool off?

What do you say?

There we go.

So your boyfriend, is
this, uh, a serious thing?

Well, who is this guy?

Tell me about him.

You all right?

Here, let me get that for you.

Stop it. Get away from me.

Hey, where are
you going? Sit down.

Excuse me.

Come on. PETER: Oh, hey, hey.



Are you okay? MARCEL:
What's the matter?

Dani.

Dani!

(panting)

Dani.

(tires screech)

No!

MAN: 9th and Fulton.

You gotta get here quick.

I... I didn't see her.

She was standing in the street.

I got you. I got you, okay?

No, stay with me. Stay
with me, Dani. Stay.

Somebody help me, please!

Stay with me. Dani.

Stay with...

No, no. WOMAN: Get inside.

Dani. No. No.

Come back to me, Dani. One...

Come back to me, Dani.
Where's an ambulance?

Please, somebody help me!

(siren wailing)

(people chattering)

(footsteps approaching)

What do you think happened?

MEGAN: Slight jaundice.

Peter could be right.

If Dani had a seizure, she
might have been drugged.

I assigned Ethan for now.

Are you okay to do this?

Is anyone?

I told Peter to take as much
time off as he needs, but...

Didn't he come in to work today?

Oh, yeah, 6 a.m. sharp.

Bar receipts and video
surveillance in hand.

Good. Megan, he's in shock.

Not even shock. He's
in full-blown denial.

He's angry. Wouldn't you be?

If it helps us solve this
case any sooner, I'm all for it.

Peter showed us
the surveillance tapes.

Some creep spiked her drink.

Bud's trying to track
down his ID now.

He just needs cause of death.

Wait, it wasn't the SUV?

This rash didn't
come from getting hit.

(suspenseful theme playing)

Whatever that creep gave her
was attacking before she was hit.

This isn't your
garden-variety date rape drug.

This is a hell of a
lot more powerful.

Marcel Trevino.

That's an old trick you played.

Palm goes over the shot,
shot goes into the beer.

You never took a sip.

That little move is
gonna put you in prison

for the rest of your life.

What went in the
drink? Beer and bourbon.

What did you say to her?

I said that, uh,
she looked familiar.

Yet somehow that didn't work.

And roofies mean never
having to say you're sorry.

(clears throat)

What did you use? PCP?

See, you chose the
wrong gal, Marcel.

She was a friend of ours.

Worked at the medical
examiner's office.

So whatever you put in her body,

I guarantee you
they will find it.

She was a hot girl at the club.

Peter. You son of a bitch.

(grunting)

What did you give her?
What did you use? Tell me.

Please, I didn't do
anything. PETER: Tell me.

(groaning)

No, no, don't touch him! Don't
touch him! Call an ambulance!

The same thing that happened
to Dani before she was hit.

So our only witness at
the bar is now comatose.

Our witness? You
mean our suspect.

I mean, we don't
know what he is.

His symptoms were identical.

He probably got a
taste of his own poison.

MEGAN: Pulmonary edema,

tonic-clonic seizure activity.

These are not the
symptoms of a date rape drug.

Was he perspiring
in interrogation?

They all do.

Peter, sorry to
have to ask this,

do you think Dani might have
been involved with this guy?

She might have got it from him.

I don't know. I hope not.

So you think he spiked a fever?

That's a theory.

What if it's not a
poison, but an infection?

There'd be a lot
more sick people.

WOMAN: Seizing en route.

She's massively hypertensive.

DOCTOR: Crit's 18.

Platelets down to 20K.

(suspenseful theme playing)

I need six units emergency
release O neg, stat.

How are the others? Two
new fevers, one critical.

Oh, my God, they've
all got symptoms.

This wasn't a poisoning.

DOCTOR: We're losing her.

We better get the morgue ready.

I think we've had an outbreak.

( dramatic theme playing)

Cameron Reilly, 28.

Triathlete.

It's gonna be
okay. No, it's not.

None of these people
were at the club.

Ethan.

(mysterious theme playing)

ETHAN: Cameron
left work two days ago

with a headache.

Her heart stopped at
Mercy three hours ago.

Alberto Reina, 36. Dock worker.

Complained of acute fever
18 hours ago. Found at home.

Amy Thompson, 19.

Sophomore at La Salle.

Had difficulty
breathing last night.

Died en route to the ER.

Dani Alvarez, 27.

Bloody cough and seizure.

Multiple abrasions

and fractures due to
vehicle impact, all nonfatal.

Died 12 hours ago.

Cause still unknown.

(tense theme playing)

Someone say something.

We will all miss Dani.

The best way that
we can honor her

and all of these people

is to do our jobs and
find cause of death.

We need to figure out where
all of our victims have been,

when they first started showing
symptoms, and most of all,

who got sick first.

Patient zero. Hey, wait.

What if the real source is
a monkey loose from a lab

or an undiscovered weapons
stash or radioactive rain?

Anything could be...
Ethan, calm down.

Actually, he has a point.

That is not what I
need to hear right now.

We have no idea
what is causing this,

how it's transmitted,
or where it comes from.

What we do know is our victims.

Every one of these
people is unique

and their last
hours are critical.

Couple of air locks.
One here, one here.

I want a BSL-3 cabinet
set up right there,

and a new autoclave.
Swap this table out.

Hey, hey, hey.
Nobody's swapping out

anything without my approval.

Curtis. I'm Dr. Kate Murphy.

Introductions. Sorry. Rude.

Very rude. Dr. Charlie Stafford,
Centers for Disease Control.

I'm Dr. Megan Hunt.

Yes, you are.
Brain surgeon. Nice.

Oh, sorry, I haven't had a
chance to Google you yet.

Good things come
to those who wait.

Thank you for your hard work.

We've set up
decontamination outside,

and soon as you're checked
out, you can go on home.

You're safe. We got this.

You're kicking us
out? This is icky stuff.

You don't want any part of this.

I'm a pathologist.

I am not going anywhere.

And CDC does not
have any jurisdiction here

without a direct invitation
from Public Health.

And a letter of formal request.

From Dr. Kate Murphy.

Of course you did.

(tense theme playing)

MAN 1 (over PA):
Step forward, please.

Hold out your hand.

Everybody wears
their ID tag at all times.

MAN 2: I still need a wristband.

MAN 3 (over radio): Send him in.

MAN 4: Keep it moving, people.

WOMAN 1: They said
you had to wear your tag.

MAN 4: One blanket and one gown.

WOMAN 2: All
right, folks, come on.

WOMAN 3: Form a line over here.

WOMAN 4: Come this way
with me. MAN 5: And people,

level six control points.

MAN 6: Changing
rooms are this way.

MAN 5: Nobody goes
in without a badge.

MAN 7: Room is ready to go.

WOMAN 5: Hands over
your head. Move along.

MAN 8: Drop the
bag in the receptacle.

Keep it moving.
Hands over your head.

Keep moving, people.

WOMAN 6: Now, I need to know...

WOMAN 7: Have you had
any headaches? Nausea?

Are you experiencing
any dry mouth?

How about dizziness?

WOMAN 8 (over radio):
Can you advise me if the...?

MAN 9: All right this time?

MAN 10: We'll get
you through this

as soon as we can.
Please keep moving.

MAN 11: Set him up.

MAN 12: Take one
and head upstairs.

Step up.

WOMAN: Four of
them ready to process.

MAN: All right, will do.

Oh. Funny meeting you here.

They decontaminated half
the station after Trevino left.

Us included.

Remind me to never
investigate a plague again.

We're fine. You
can let us out now.

Hello! We need
to get back to work.

Just let them do their jobs.

Their jobs?

KATE: Outbreaks
are the CDC's domain

and I am not opposed
to their expertise.

I really don't know why you are.

She said it, sweetheart, not me.

No fever, blood count's normal.

You're free to go home.

Just monitor your temperatures.

I think I'll miss
you most of all.

You're making a big
mistake. You need our help.

Did you clear variant
Creutzfeldt-Jakob in '96?

Eliminate dracunculiasis
in all of Uganda?

No, that was me.

You're working on
people, not variants.

And your fancy words
don't impress me.

I've performed brain
surgeries you couldn't spell.

Goodie for you. I put my
life on the line to save people.

Then you should take advantage

of what's standing
right in front of you

Okay.

You first.

What do you got?

(phone rings)

WOMAN (on voicemail): Hello.

No one is available
to take your call.

Please leave a message.

(voicemail beeps)

Mrs. Alvarez, this
is Peter Dunlop.

Um, something has
happened to Dani

and I need you to call
me as soon as you get this.

Hey. What's up?

I just wanted to say, uh,

that if there's
anything I can do that...

You know, Dani meant a lot to...

I got it. Thanks.

(mellow theme playing)

Right.

(suspenseful theme playing)

Welcome to Biosafety Level 4.

Dr. Stafford has
been expecting you

and requested I help
you with your suit.

No, I've been dressing myself
for quite some time. Thank you.

MEGAN: Love what
you've done with the place.

I see that you're
assuming the worst.

Anthrax, tularemia.

Well, it sure
ain't the sniffles.

Body count is 26 already.

Oh, my God. It
doubled overnight?

Trying to keep this
on the down low,

but the news is gonna get out.

You reset the timeline. You
just threw out all our work.

We reorganize by symptom class.

Sometimes, it's
better not to assume.

You assume that
we stink at our jobs.

My team has been
together for over a decade.

Our error rate is the lowest
in the western hemisphere.

Nothing personal.

That's exactly what's
wrong with you.

Nothing is personal. It's all
error rates and body counts.

Who's trying to save
the city here, huh?

Then let me show you
mistakes you've already made.

Cameron Reilly, a triathlete,
resting heart rate of 50.

Her heart failure did not
happen just overnight.

John Kim. His gumline suggests
that he lied about smoking.

And that brings
us to Dani Alvarez.

She probably looked
like a drug addict to you

because of tattoos and jaundice.

Now you're making
assumptions about me.

The point is, she's clean.

No more than a
couple of drinks a week.

How do you know that?
Because she told me.

She worked here.
She was one of us.

Well, then this is
never gonna work.

You are way too
emotionally involved.

Which is all the more reason
why my team should be here.

This, I know.

When someone you
care about is on your slab,

it's a lot harder to focus.

Right now, that's all we can do.

And it's because we care.

Point taken.

Bring them in.

What's with the tape?
What, not enough?

Boy, what's wrong with you?
John Kim had no connection

to any other victim.
So it's indiscriminate.

But get this, he had
neutrophilic leukocytosis

with a left shift. CURTIS:
And it gets worse.

He's got purpura on the abdomen.

Sepsis.

We gotta get ahead of this.

Whatever it is, John Kim
here has got it in spades.

This could be our patient zero.

MORRIS (over
PA): Stafford, Hunt.

Tell me you found
the connection.

Not the kind you're looking for.

YouTube flagged this

and forwarded it
to us confidentially.

My fellow human beings,

there are over 7 billion
people on the planet,

and it's getting worse.

The simple truth is, there
are just too many of you.

And now a whole lot
of you are going to die.

We have become a
disease, and the only cure

for overpopulation
is to depopulate.

So congrats, Philadelphia.

You are the first
to be sacrificed

to a new world order, an
order as nature intended it.

And for this,

you have only
yourselves to thank.

This isn't just an epidemic.

It's an act of terrorism.

( dramatic theme playing)

He could be a
nationalist, or a cultist,

or some local nut job.

If we take his
speech at face value,

he's an ecoterrorist.

Doesn't look like smallpox,
too quick to be fungal.

We've already got the
ICUs covered with Cipro.

If it's bacterial,
that will work.

We keep our options
open. Just let us do our job.

We have had 33
victims in 36 hours.

The most important question
is, how are they getting infected?

That is the third most
important question.

The most important question is,

who in hell or heaven
put you in charge of this?

Then the second
question must be,

who are you? Brendan Johnson,

FBI Special Agent in Charge.

What are we telling
the public? That's tricky.

We don't wanna
panic the public...

How about telling
them the truth?

Why is she still
talking? Anyone?

Dr. Hunt works
for me at the MEO.

I don't give a crap who's who.

We are working
on cause of death.

We're here for update.
You don't get an update.

We get an update.

(scoffs)

All right. We got
victims all over the place.

We got a, uh, bus driver here,

a lawyer there, this
pretty young thing here.

She was more than
that. Yeah, I know.

She's got a mommy
and a daddy, I get it.

Go to hell.

What's his problem?
That was his girlfriend.

Not that you give
a crap who's who.

Alberto's headache
started on Friday.

No fever, no cough.

He didn't say anything
else was wrong.

At noon, he went
into Center City

for our niece's quinceañera.

PAULA: Amy wrote
about everything she did.

A lot more than we knew about.

GEORGE: What do
we do for our other kids?

Is this contagious?

JULIE: You think my dad's
death was just random?

Because I've got
these friends in Korea,

and they're saying
there's a video out there.

Like, a terrorist?

Your friends must be mistaken.

A criminal video like that

would have been
confiscated immediately.

Will you explain to him
how the Internet works?

That video went viral.
No one can contain it.

(sighs)

MARCEL: What do
you want with me?

Everywhere you've been

and everyone you've
been in contact with

for the last seven days.

I'm a car salesman
from Upper Darby.

Two priors for possession.

Two-eighths of weed

doesn't exactly make
me Osama bin Laden.

If I'm your best lead, you're
a disgrace to the force.

Look around you.
People are dying

and you were one of
the first ones to get sick.

Now, where have you been?

It doesn't matter.
Yeah, it does.

I'm not talking. So, what
are you gonna do about it?

Could you put him in isolation?

What? What the
hell are you doing?

What do you think? I'm
putting you in solitary.

Oh, well, that's fine. I
could use a little privacy.

Fine. Then you'll get none.

I will be there every minute.

And from the look of you,
it's not gonna be that long.

Now, you will talk to
me, or I promise you,

I will be the last
face you ever see.

I work at, uh, 35 Penn Station.

Tuesday, uh, I had work all day,

then I had lunch at Judy's
Kitchen, I remember.

WSCE has received word
that the citywide outbreak

that has so far claimed 36 lives

and infected over 70 people,
might be an act of terrorism.

Sources say...

Well, the cat's out of the bag.

Who didn't see that coming?

This damn suit is
gonna drive me crazy.

I'm telling you, Ethan,

all this protection is
gonna end up costing

more lives than it save.

Heh. Speak for yourself.

I, for one, am grateful

that we're not
taking unnecessary...

(tape rips)

Oh, my God.

Did you hear that? Did it rip?

Ethan.

You're okay.

If my lab goes all to hell,

it's because of
your duct-taped ass.

(PA beeps)

More info on Dani.

I figured out where she was
on Wednesday and Thursday.

A matinee with a friend

and then kickboxing
class at night.

Oh, well, that's good.

So all we have
to do is figure out

where she was Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday all day.

I'm doing my best
here, Ethan, okay?

Look, we think Dani
got infected early,

so we need to know
where she's been.

She took the week off.

Well, did you try
calling her family?

Her mom must be
out of town, okay?

I have another number,
but, uh, there was no answer

and I don't know whose it is.

Well, there's gotta
be something more.

Yeah, well, if there is,
she didn't share it with me.

(phone clatters)

Curtis.

Curtis!

JOHNSON: Tell me something good.

You're looking at
Neisseria meningitidis.

Rare strain.

STAFFORD: We have positive ID.

Fits the symptoms. That's good.

In one patient.

We found the organism
in one patient only.

We need to confirm
with other cases.

Negative. How does it spread?

Bacteria's aerosolized.

Oh, God, it's airborne.

I'll start spreading the news,
you start treating the bug.

You are telling the public what?

Our best theory.

Your best theory is a lie.

KATE: It's not a lie.

Listen, we got a positive ID

and Johnson has to
tell the public something.

MEGAN: We just ignored
99 percent of our victims.

He should lead with that.

What would you
tell them? The truth.

We don't know anything yet.

Oh, yeah, wanna
tell the public that?

Bring your running shoes.

You want me to give the speech?

Kate, come on, this
is fifth grade science.

If your hypothesis is unproven,
you don't announce a conclusion.

You don't have science,
Megan. This is all speculation.

You are about to go
wide with information

that is incredibly
narrow and fragile.

You're talking
about speculation?

You're pushing me.
You need to be pushed.

(gasps then grunts)

I'm done here. Prep Brad Wilson.

Here's the script
confirming meningitis

and prophylactic steps
to prevent infection.

"Symptoms include pustules,
catastrophic heart failure

and bleeding eyes"?

This will scare the
hell out of people.

Who the hell wrote this? I did.

Science is scary
when you understand it.

I'll take a pass. Soften it.

Listen, we need
a, uh, human angle.

What about, uh, Peter Dunlop?

His girlfriend was
an early victim, right?

He's here, isn't
he? He's perfect.

Get him on camera. Not a chance.

He's helping my team

solve a citywide
contagion right now.

What's Ahab's mood?
Oh, sunshine and puppies.

Excuse me, uh, we have a lead.

BAKER: A local guy.
MORRIS: Even has a website

recommending disease
as a cure for overpopulation.

We can have him within
the hour. Great. Bring him in.

Uh, we're gonna
need some backup.

Get them whatever they need.

Follow me.

We have some encouraging news.

We've confirmed meningitis.

Preventative
measures are currently

being put in place
(thermometer beeps)

at public offices and
schools throughout the city.

The strain of this bacteria
is virulent in nature

and we must take
extreme caution.

I don't get it. You
have never shied away.

This is the biggest show

and you're
deferring to this idiot.

I know you think this is in
your wheelhouse. It's not.

We don't even know what
we have. It is not airborne

and it's not meningitis and...

Why is Peter's picture up there?

JOHNSON: Peter Dunlop,

investigator for the MEO,

lost his girlfriend,
Dani Alvarez...

That ass. We haven't
even notified her mother yet.

Our hearts go out to him,
and the entire Alvarez family,

and everyone
impacted in this city.

May God bless us all.

He is lying to everyone
and you are allowing it.

People do not
need to be coddled.

They can handle the
truth if you inspire them.

And you do that.

He is doing his job,

I am doing my job, what
are you doing exactly?

(scoffs)

BOY: There's too many
people in the world,

but they're never gonna learn.

I hope they all die too.

COP 1: Get down!
Get down! Get down!

What the hell!

COP 2: Hands
behind your back, now!

Terry McLeary,
you're under arrest

for suspicion of
domestic terrorism

and homicide. COP 3: Transport.

MEGAN: The loops
go over your ears...

That's it. Good.

The FBI guy on TV said
that everything was fine.

It will be, sweetheart.

Uh, Grandma's gonna
come pick you up

and she won't know how
to load your insulin pump.

So will you show
her? LACEY: Yes.

When are you gonna be home?

What about cartridges?
Do you have enough?

I have enough stuff in my
backpack to last me a week.

How long is this gonna be?

Okay, well, then, wear
the gloves and the mask

and stay inside with Grandma,
and everything will be okay.

Mom, you're freaking me
out. Did the guy on TV lie?

Lacey, I need you to put
your phone away, please.

MEGAN: Lace?

I love you, baby.

Mom, you say "I love you"

like you're never
gonna see me again.

Lacey. LACEY: I'm
talking to my mom.

She's a medical examiner.

TEACHER: Check
each other's masks.

GIRL: Any way we
could come sooner?

BOY: Can I go home?
TEACHER: You can't go home yet.

We have to stay inside,
okay? MAN: Dr. Hunt.

That's where your parents...
Lace, I gotta go. I'm sorry.

Mom, wait.

(sighs)

Look, I would never hurt anyone.

Really? Well, uh,
I'm confused then,

because your website
here, you talk about, uh,

forced castration, murder.

Yeah. Oh, here's one that
seems relevant. Disease.

Would I be upset

if this helped turn attention
to a global crisis? No.

Overpopulation is
gonna be our downfall.

Is that why you've been
spreading meningitis?

What are you talking about?
I haven't been doing anything,

and it's not meningitis.

If it were airborne,
we'd all be dead.

Some pretty smart
people think it is meningitis.

I can't account
for their stupidity.

Then what the hell is it?

Do I look like a doctor?

I'm sorry. Dude,
I'm in high school.

You're a little more
educated than that, dude.

AP courses, three
summers interning

at medical school.
So I like science.

Okay. Then help
me solve a problem.

We found 40 cases
of cerebral edema,

but only one case

with an inflamed
lining of the brain.

One? Heh, heh.

Okay. I'm gonna speak
slowly, so you can understand.

Meningitis is an inflamed
lining of the brain.

And you only found one.

How do you explain
meningitis with that?

MEGAN: Hm.

I guess you can't.

TERRY: Yeah, you
can't. No one can.

Seriously, how does it feel to
get schooled by a teenager?

I don't know.

Ask him.

Hey. That supposed
to prove something?

Yeah. You can't even
fool a 17-year-old.

So why don't you give up
this meningitis nonsense?

Unless you wanna be the
idiot that everybody blames

for lying to the public.

( mysterious theme playing)

Twenty-four gram
stains for meningitis.

All negative.

What, do you have a death wish?

MEGAN: It's not airborne.

We don't need these space suits.

The odds of me
contracting whatever this is

from this conversation are zero.

You don't know that. We
need a bigger sample size.

So you're saying that
more people need to die

in order for us to figure out

why more people are
dying. Statistics don't lie.

They are not statistics.
They are people.

Dani Alvarez, our earliest
case, pulmonary edema.

John Kim, your only
positive, massive sepsis.

Those are two entirely
different causes of death.

Megan, we've already
identified a disease

that accounts for
all the symptoms.

Maybe. Emphysema could
explain difficulty breathing.

So what? What is more likely?

A long-term smoker
having emphysema,

or 24 victims having
a basic bacteria

that we can't find?

If you're right, then we're
talking about an exotic virus.

Lassa or Dengue.

Both of which are
much more dangerous.

But not airborne.

(Megan sighs)

That's better.

Which means we are left

with only one major
mode of transmission.

Blood.

And as long as you don't
come in contact with it,

you're fine.

( dramatic theme playing)

( mysterious theme playing)

CHARLIE: We're up to 50 dead.

It's gonna be thousands

if we don't get
ahead of this thing.

This disease is
all over the map.

There's only a few infections
that can spread that quickly.

I'm gonna put
every febrile inpatient

in this city on antibiotics.

Against what?

Can we please get Peter's
picture off the damn television?

No, we cannot. It's news.

No, it's not. It's personal.

People wanna know we're
suffering just like they are.

You're exploiting Peter's pain.

I'm securing the public trust.

Heh. I kind of thought
we'd do that with timely,

honest information.

Oh, really?

Well, then, why is
it that Peter Dunlop,

who had intimate relations
with one of the first victims,

is the last guy to give
me any useful information?

It's not that easy.

Patient histories aren't
always transparent.

Or maybe I'm not
the only idiot lying.

I saw on the news that you
were Dani Alvarez's boyfriend,

so I came here to see
what happened to her.

How did you know her?
My parents are gone.

I live in a foster home,
and Dani was like a sister.

Did you spend
much time together?

Couple times a month, maybe.

And what did you do
together? Mostly just hung out

and listened to music on vinyl.

Oh.

Let me guess. She said
it was more authentic.

Yeah. Yeah, I
don't get it either.

She took me to my first ballet.

Got me interested in dance.

You were supposed to meet
her this past Monday, right?

She said she had something,
but we talked on the phone.

And what did you talk about?

I was having boy issues,

but she straightened me out.

I'm really gonna miss her.

(Jackie crying)

MORRIS: Jeannie,

for once in our relationship,
this cannot be an argument.

I need you to get your
keys, get in the car,

and drive to your
sister's in Scranton.

No, I... I had been
through decontamination.

I am fine. Now, just go.

MAN: Yeah, he just walked
in. Let me get back to you.

I love you too. MAN: All right.

Sacrificed to a new world...

Sixty new cases today,
and you're watching a video

of the one place we
know the terrorist isn't?

Yeah, because it's the
one place we know he was.

Here.

Tell me what you hear.

TERRORIST: There
are over 7 billion...

A crackpot telling
me we're gonna die.

BAKER: No, listen again.

In the background,
what do you hear?

TERRORIST: The simple truth is

there are just too many of you.

Come on, you hear
any church bells?

Trains? Cars?

The FBI criminalists have
been all over this tape.

Yeah, but they don't
know Philly like we do.

That's a quiet area.

From the looks of that building,

there's no one
taking care of it.

So it's an abandoned
building in North Philly.

But 40 percent of the buildings
over there are shuttered up.

I'm gonna strangle you.

Look at the red
tag on the side wall.

Looks like graffiti, right?

(typing on keyboard)

You see this? That's
a red star seven.

The B-seven gang runs drugs

in a very tight four-block
radius in North Philly.

We could canvass that easy.

But we were wrong once before

and Captain Fantastic is
never gonna listen to us.

Bud, I know you're
worried. I'm worried too.

But if we do our jobs,
we could save the world.

That was good.

Let's grab our capes.

( dramatic theme playing)

MORRIS: Bodies.

JOHNSON: Are you
all right, detective?

BAKER: Track marks.

And there are syringes
all over the place.

MORRIS: Hey, Sam, look at this.

It's the same tag
as on the video.

BAKER: Now we know where
the terrorist made the tape.

We also know how he's
spreading it to the public.

Get this analyzed
as soon as possible.

On it.

He's running around
stabbing people.

Fits.

All these new victims
have needle sticks.

No, they don't.
Three of them do.

Maybe you missed the other ones.

Really, because so far I
haven't missed anything.

You also haven't
given us anything.

Megan, our terrorist has
bloodshot eyes. It's weird.

Maybe he's tired from the
long coach flight from Syria.

Or maybe Peter sees
something that your team missed.

I've sent all our
data to Atlanta.

I can have a CDC
Special Pathogens team

on a plane in ten minutes.

Good. Do it. I'm
sick of her crap.

Hello, I am right here.

And if you take
us off this case,

you are so screwed.

Dr. Hunt, your
passion's admirable,

but you work on dead bodies.

You can make a mistake
and nothing happens.

When the CDC is
wrong, people die.

Why are you quick to ignore
what's right in front of you?

He has bloodshot eyes.

That doesn't give us our killer.

You interested in
mode of transmission?

He's not tired, okay? He's sick.

Bloodshot eyes
doesn't give us mode...

It's not the bloodshot
eyes. It's what they obscure.

The sclera are jaundiced.

Liver failure?

The jaundice is advanced.
He's been sick for over a week.

He sure as hell
isn't sticking people

with needles to infect them.

MEGAN: Agent
Johnson, Dr. Stafford,

it turns out you're both
looking for the exact same thing.

Our terrorist is patient
zero. He infected himself first.

And then he turned himself
into a suicide bomber.

Anyone who comes into
contact with him is going to die.

Transmission is caused
by direct contact with blood

and secretions.

Which means we can contain it

if we mobilize
everything we got.

By "contain it," you
mean telling people

that there's a
sick man out there

who's infecting people,

so that they can
protect themselves?

No. Then he'll go underground

and we'll never see him again.

What we need is a
new public face on this.

Like your very photogenic boss.

You do like to live on
the edge, don't you?

What have you found?

Elevated antibodies in
the blood, but no ID. None.

This disease is either
super rare or mutated.

So go wear your scrubs.
I'm not taking that risk.

No offense.

None taken, big baby.

What's with suits?
Thought it wasn't airborne.

Apparently, we're
not on the same page.

What did you find? Good news.

The patients are stabilizing
with the antibiotics.

That's not news, that's hope.

We'll just have to wait and see.

We are in the "wait
and see" camp.

Fine. Go wait and see
somewhere else, will you?

How you doing?

She had this whole other life

that I didn't know
anything about.

A 15-year-old girl knew
her better than I did.

Best relationships
have some mystery.

She surprised
you. You liked that.

Surprise.

Let's go. It's time.

"Wanna thank Special Agent
In Charge Brendan Johnson,

"for his help keeping
the public safe,

"and also thank Dr. Stafford
and his team at CDC

for their assistance
and expertise."

MEGAN: Why are you
sweating? Nervous?

I've been better.

It's not exactly
what I wanna say.

What are you going to say?

The truth, except for
mode of transmission.

Ah. So everything
except what matters.

Johnson's a
jerk, but he's right.

This guy may not
be the only terrorist.

If you say nothing,
more people will die.

If I say everything,

a lot more people
could die looking for him.

I need to go over
this. Can I do that?

Or do you need to argue again?

I'm fine. I came to tell you

you're making the
biggest mistake.

But, no, I'm good.

( dramatic theme playing)

(sighs)

KATE: Good morning.

I'd like to start by
thanking Special Agent

in Charge Brendan Johnson

for all of his help in
keeping the public safe.

I'd also like to thank
Dr. Charles Stafford

and his team at CDC for
their help and assistance.

Come on, Kate, come
on. Do the right thing here.

Of using basic
precautions to stay healthy.

(cell phone rings)
Avoid touching eyes,

nose and mouth. Yeah.

The antibiotics are not working.

Ethan, I told you, we
gotta wait and see.

We waited. They're all dead.

KATE: close watch
on your children.

No vending machines, no...

Megan, we can't stop it.

Water fountains.

Wearing protective
gloves and masks

will protect you
and your families

from this disease.

Dr. Murphy.
Dr. Murphy. Dr. Murphy.

(reporters clamoring)

Dr. Murphy, any progress

on how the terrorist is
transmitting the disease?

People, uh, the truth...

Ahem. People, the truth
is the terrorist is sick.

He's infecting all of you,
and he's still out there.

(woman gasps)

( tense theme playing)