The Strain (2014–2017): Season 1, Episode 4 - It's Not for Everyone - full transcript

- Previously on The Strain.
- [Ephraim j 206 passengers are dead.

And we don't know why. Four passengers
survived, and we don't know why.

- Seal off the perimeter of the airport.
- Got it.

I made a deal with Gregg
to provide some information...

and let a piece of medical cargo
through Customs.

Here is the rest of the money
Gregg promised you in return.

Tell him that one
of the survivors is very sick.

Tell him we need lo corral
the rest of the survivors...

and anybody they've had
contact with- now!

You have a complete
passenger manifest with you?

Not right here. Why?



Because you need to find
every last passenger...

and destroy the bodies and
anyone in contact with them.

This is Gary Arnot. Thank you for
sending my little girl home to me.

Are you saying someone
released her body to you?

No, not her body. Emma's alive. She
showed up on my doorstep this morning.

We need to find out
what's happening inside him.

- Your patient. He's gone.
- Okay, I found him.

- Doyle? What are you doing?
- Stay away from him!

Oh, my God.

- What just happened here?
- You didn't have a choice.

- Did you hear him say my name?
- What? No.

He didn't say anything.
I wish he had.

The old man said destroy the head and
burn the body. Should we be doing that?

What are you saying?
We're burning corpses now?



Okay, we have to cut him open before
the whole hospital gets down here.

Cut him open?
We're all gonna get arrested.

It was self-defense.
No one's getting arrested.

Let-Let's move him. We have
to find a place to do this.

We gotta call this in.
This is way over our heads.

I just killed this thing. I need
to explain why I did that, Jim.

I'll go find a room.

Help me move him.

I just wanna go on record.

I do not think
that this is a good idea.

A monster just tried
to murder us.

Okay, we need a surgical
kit, specimen jars...

and rubber bands
to seal the gloves.

Jim,
stay with the body.

What if it gets up?
Run.

Funny.
You run.

But he's not
gonna get up, right?

Do you think Redfern knew
what was happening to him?

I hope not.

If you need time,
I can do this on my own.

No.
I wanna be there,

find some answers, make
his death mean something.

Good, 'cause I need you.

Ansel?

I'm taking the kids
to your sister's.

Unless you think
I shouldn't.

Get them out of here
as soon as you can.

Daddy's not feeling well.

Just go with Mommy, okay?

Please let me call
Dr. Barrett.

He knows our family.

He's- He's not like
these government people.

He cares about you.
No.

I'm gonna rest.
I'll be fine.

Go and wait
by the door, please. Go on.

Is there anything that I can do for you?
No, Annie.

Just take care
of the kids, okay?

Tell them I'm sorry
for being so grumpy, huh?

I'll-l’II put Gertie in the
shed, get her out of your way.

No.

No. Leave her.

She can keep me company.

- Gus, where's my clock?
- Shut up.

Ha-ha! Gusto!

What up, bro?

Smells good
in here, man.

I gotta fatten you up, ese.
I'm hungry.

Jute balls got you all manorexic.

Everybody can't be
pretty like you, bro.

Ah, this is a start though.
Yeah?

I hear good things.
Thank you, man.

Cash flow things.

Keep it down, bro.

There's this dude in Queens.
Alonso Creem? Mm-hmm?

He buys cars.

Hear he pays
up to a “G" a pop.

Him and his Nigerians.
This is a sure thing, homey.

For real?
Yeah.

'Cause a sure thing got me
locked up last time.

I got the sweet rolls
you like.

I stopped off at the bakery.
Thank you.

You know how I love
this niño.

Uh-huh.

Ah, every day he call me or came when you were away.
- I know.

He bring me groceries.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

I stole them
from my pop's shop.

- Don’t joke.
- Not joking.

No, no, no, not too much. I
have to watch my weight.

Thank you, Mama.

I love you.

I love you too.

Ah, Herr Eichhorst.

Herr Palmer.

Mr. Fitzwilliam, now that Mr.
Eichhorst is here,

will you show in
our guest?

So-

Dutch Velders.

A self-described
Internet freedom fighter.

Claims he can do
all we need.

Eccentric, but comes
highly recommended.

Dutch Velders, Mr. Palmer.

Hello, Miss Velders.

Sorry. Nobody said
you were a woman.

I get that a lot.

After the Regis Air catastrophe,
the stock markets plummeted.

Then, as we all know,

the C.E.O. of Regis Air
killed himself.

Now, the online community
is up in arms...

about corporate greed
and corruption-

all those people
on that plane dying,

the stock market crash...

and the possibility...

of the suspension
of the nation's air travel.

The online group
Citizens for Liberty...

is planning a massive
hacking campaign...

to crash the Web sites of New
York City's largest corporations.

Is that believable,
Miss Velders?

Anything is possible...

if it's motivated
by enough hatred, Mr. Palmer.

But it's gotta be
someone really smart...

to figure out
how to drown sewers.

It takes time
and patience.

But the story is
the group came to me.

I'm the only one who could slow the
Internet down to worse than dial-up.

If there is someone else
that can, I taught them.

She wants credit for it.

And I also want money.

It must be so slow...

that sending photos or instant
anything is impossible.

Sure.

It's much harder to hide evil
shit these days, isn't it?

Are we doing this?

Yes. You're hired.
Thank you for coming in.

Jim, record video.
Use my phone.

But be careful. Don't
get near the blood.

There's not a
chance of that happening.

What happened
to the worms?

I don't know.
But look at this.

These folds-
they seem functional.

Vestibular folds.
If the body temperature rose,

a lot of heat would
be released through there.

His, uh, genitals
are... gone.

Uh, his excreting organs
have fused into a cloaca.

Do I even wanna know?
Uh, reptiles,

birds,
other lower animals-

their urine and feces are all
expelled through the same opening.

Oh, that's adorable.

It's efficient.

Let's open him up.

Jim, get closer.
Film this.

The lungs have dried up.

Label that.

Label it as what?

Uh, the head is,
uh, all shriveled up.

The arteries
are necrotic,

but these tubular structures
appear healthy.

It's a new
circulatory system.

It's brand-new flesh,

but it's-
it's symmetrical.

It's not random
or cancerous.

This is, uh, plaque,
cartilage.

It's a whole new set of organs as
generated to propel this stinger.

Is that the technical term
for it, is it?

Stinger?

Feel like I'm choking
just looking at it.

Oh, God.

Christ.
What is that smell?

Ammonia discharge.

Like guano.
Same as on the plane.

And Bishop's body.
That's enough.

This is disgusting.

Just-
Just call it in, Eph.

Goddamn it, just call it in.
Jim.

No, this thing just shot a
six-foot python out of its mouth.

Its dick is gone, and it just squirted
a shitload of shit all over the table,

and you got
your hands everywhere.

I mean- God,
what the hell is going on?

It's a parasitic mechanism.

This is rewriting
human biology.

Why?
Why is it doing that?

So it can reproduce...

and consume its host.

Hi, Mr. Farrell.

I'm gettin' a little tired
of comin' up here, Guadalupe.

I'm sorry.
You always sorry.

But nothin' changes.

How many times do
I have to tell you?

Don't leave your recycling
in the hallway.

It's a fire hazard.

Gus. Hey there. Didn't know
you were back in town.

I thought we were
squared up this month.

No.
I didn't get it.

- Did you take the rent down?
- Yes.

I swear.

Excuse me a moment, please.
Okay.

If I don't deliver
rent checks on time,

the owner beats
my balls off.

Everybody works for
somebody, right or wrong.

We're not talking
about the rent now.

Now we're talking about the
way you speak to my mother.

You think
that's funny, huh?

Cause if she ever tells me you
talked to her like that again,

they're gonna find your body in one of
those recycling bins you love so much.

Now, here's the rent,

and half of next month's.

You need me, mano?

Yo.

You forgot something.

Go green.

Now, let's go meet that guy
with the Nigerians.

Ansel, I'm home!

I made it.

I left this shirt out
for you, honey.

I thought...

maybe you could get out
of your pajamas today.

Oh!

Did your daddy
take you for a walk?

That'd be nice.

Everybody getting
some air today.

Of whom shall I be afraid?

No one.

No one.
I'm not afraid.

Ansel?

Ansel, is that you?

Are you all right?

Honey, are you hiding from me?

Why did you do that?

Mother Mary, walk with me.

Ansel?

Honey?

What's happened to you?

I want to help you.

Let me, please.

Run.

Go away.
Please, Annie.

Go.

Don't come near me.
Never come back.

My God.

The voice in my head...

is telling me to rip your throat
and drink from you.

I need you.

Lock the
door and run, Ann-Marie.

No matter
what I say.

Please, Annie, go!
Far away!

I'm closed for the day.
It's still morning.

Thank you for that
profound observation.

I got something for you.
Not today.

I'm not in the business of
buying my own property back.

I'm returning it to you.

I imagine that's the only good news
this day will bring.

Well, you're welcome.

Asshole.

I could have listened
to that old man,

taken the cabinet,
destroyed it.

Now it's gone,

and there's a disease
spreading through the city.

What now?

Well, we get
out of here,

and we stop
this thing somehow,

even if nobody
will help.

I don't know.

This is my fault.

- No, it isn't.
- No, Eph, it is.

I waved that van through.

At the airport,
after you sealed it.

I was paid to do it.
The box was inside.

What?

I'm flat broke.

What does that have to do
with letting the box through?

Go back.

This guy named Gregg Nelson
approached me at a medical convention.

He just wanted to sell
the CDC some equipment,

some ideas about
government contracts.

I think I was targeted.
I'm-Fm sure.

Wh-Who targeted you?
They knew about my debt.

They knew about everything that Sylvia was
going through. I don't know how, but they did.

I owed a lot of money before she got
sick, but after, with medical bills-

- You have insurance.
- Sylvia is dying.

The cancer
is everywhere.

We ran every treatment they
offered and then we kept going.

We did anything that we thought made
sense, and the cost was insane.

Are you saying this epidemic was
intentional, that somebody planned this?

Is that what you're saying? I don't know!
I don't know.

They paid me a little bit
of money to do 'em a favor.

And then the favors
kept getting bigger-

And you waited
until now to tell us?

They wanted me to clear a box
from the airport. A box!

li was soil.
The readings were negative.

It was just soil!

I would never hurt anybody.
Come on, you know me.

We've been friends for 10 years, all of us.
Come on, please.

- Where did they take the coffin?
- I don't know.

- Who's behind all this?
- Some scary prick.

This German guy.
He threatened me.

Come on.
I'm on your team.

You might not
understand this, Eph,

but I would do anything
to keep my wife alive.

Go to your wife.

Call Barnes. Call the police.
I don't care.

You're dead to me.

There was nothing
I could do.

Give me the phone.

Nora, please.

I don't know
that guy back there.

Think of how desperate he must've
been to do something like that-

Please don't
make excuses for him.

Just trying to imagine if someone
I was in love with was dying,

what I'd be
capable of doing.

We need to find
another victim.

Setrakian said he knew
where the bodies were going.

Back to their
loved ones.

Emma Arnot. Her
father- Jesus,he-

We'll bring her to the
hospital and run some tests.

Then we'll have video
of both Redfern and her.

I'll never get used
to this car.

I traded my Rolex
for it back-

Yeah, I know. I know.

Missed you, fool.

I hope you
didn't suffer.

Ansel is sick.

Something is warping him...

inside.

God only knows
what he saw on that plane.

Goddamn airplanes.

Like missiles, the way they
rip through everything.

You heard me, but...

sometimes you can’t...

speak about
the things you see.

Hello. Ann-Marie?

Oh, my God.

Yeah, hi. Hi.

Trip Taylor
from next door.

Wow. A little
winter gardening?

What do you want,
Mr. Taylor?

Yeah, I'm officially
fed up with this noise.

Either you let the dog out
so she shuts up,

or- I don't know- maybe train her to
behave while she's locked in the shed.

This isn't rocket science.

It's shameful to own a pet
and not discipline it.

Oh, and speaking
of filthy animals,

those press people parked out front
used my mimosa tree as a piss post.

Thank you very much
for that.

I don't think you're going to have
to worry about the dog anymore.

That's what your husband said the
first time your mutt tore up my yard.

What do you mean? Well, she entered
my property without permission.

You hit my dog?

I didn't say that.

Okay,
I'm calling the police.

This is outrageous.

I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.

Please, forgive me.

If you wanna go in there and
teach her a few things-

I don't have
the heart for it.

You're right about that.

Good.

Oh, God!

Hey, hey! Whoa, whoa!
What are you doing?

What the hell- No, no, no!

Oh, my God! No!

Gentlemen.

Sorry to interrupt.

Does ii look like
we open?

We got
something to sell.

We hear you have a real nice showroom.
We'd like to add to it.

That so?

- It's out back.
- Look, now's not a good time.

Phones are down. Internet's not working.
It's just-

Yeah, well,
we here now.

If we ain't good enough for you
to do business with, then we out.

Wait.

It's a brand-new
Mercedes SUV.

Let's see
what you got.

It's colder than a goblin's ass
out here, huh?

Do your thing,
homeboy.

What?

Still got a baby seat
in the back.

No extra charge
for that.

Here's 400.

What's that? We heard
you pay a thousand.

Four hundred.
You wanna take it or not?

Yeah.
Nah.

We got other stops
to make. Get in.

I get a word with you?

I should beat
your big ass.

Why you always gotta bring up my ass, man?
Leave my ass out of this.

We're here.
Let's finish this.

That ugly silver-toothed
punk could merc us...

for 400 lousy-ass dollars
right now.

You got your ratchet on you?
Always ready, homey.

We're leaving.

Eight hundred.

You get a full “G"
next time you come around.

You can bet on that.

Forgive me
for waking you, sir.

Your appointment's
here.

I'm not asleep. It actually
hurts to keep my eyes open.

Sorry.

The delivery is right on time.
Should be here soon.

Most of the cell towers in the
city are reporting problems.

The top seven Intemet
server farms have crashed.

All the social networks
have gone dark.

Hmm. Thai girl is
surprisingly reliable.

All right.

Show Maggie in.

Secretary Pierson,
Mr. Palmer.

Please forgive me,
Maggie.

- Eldritch.
- I know.

Don't worry.
I'll be better soon.

Please.

I had a phone call
from the White House today-

an urgent one.

You need to understand what
happened on that flight.

They will
never tell you,

but I feel it's
imperative you know.

The United States military removed
the bodies from the morgue...

in the middle
of the night.

Why did they do that?

A highly classified
biological agent...

got loose
on that airplane.

It was a tragic mistake
of epic proportions.

But now we must do
what needs to be done-

without cowardice,

without hesitation.

Those poor people.

What makes you powerful
and formidable...

is also what makes a decision
like this so painful-

your decency.

Maggie, we need you
to put your country first.

Not the bullshit country
we pretend to be.

The one we really are.

The one you're getting
to know very well.

I saw that in you
from the start-

the potential to get
the game behind the game.

I owe you my career,
Eldritch.

Now, what
about the bio-agent?

Highly lethal,
but it quickly dissipates-

designed so our troops
can follow it into battle.

That's why
no one found it.

It's gone.

Done.

Will you stand with me
on this, Maggie?

Whatever you need.

Are you okay?

I can'! tell you
how rare and valuable-

What's going on?

Where's Maggie?

You passed out, sir.

Once we were certain you were
okay, Secretary Pierson left.

Mr. Palmer.

Your new liver is here.
It's in great shape.

We need to prep you
for surgery right now.

Does Eichhorst know
what is happening to me?

We haven't been able
to reach him, sir.

Have they already forgotten
how much they need me?

Why are they doing this?

I was promised a miracle.

We have
a healthy liver for you.

That's the miracle.

Eldritch, you are in
fulminant hepatic failure.

Yes, yes, you have my consent.
Gel on with it.

Excellent. Let's get him
into surgery now.

Hello?

It's Dr. Ephraim Goodweather
from the CDC.

Mr. Arnot?

This
old man, he played one

He played knick-knack
on my thumb

With a knick-knack paddywhack,
give a dog a bone

This old man
came rolling home

This old man,
he played two

He played knick-knack
on my shoe

With a knick-knack paddywhack,
give a dog a bone

This old man
came rolling home

This old man,
he played three

He played knick-knack
on my tree

With a knick-knack paddywhack,
give a dog a bone

This old man
came rolling home

This old man,
he played four

He played knick-knack
on my door

With a knick-knack paddywhack,
give a dog a bone

This old man
came rolling home

This old man,
he played five

He played knick-knack
on my hive

With a knick-knack paddywhack,
give a dog a bone

Emma?

This old man
came rolling home

Oh, God!

Oh, God!
Move away.

He'll be right
behind her.

They need to find shelter
before the sunrise.

Move!
Get out of the way!

Are you okay?
Are you okay?

Keep away from the bodies. The
worms- don't let them touch you.

What have you done?

Among other things,
I just saved your life.

We have resources,
protocols.

Not for this.
There's no other way.

I can't stay
down here.

There are two containers full of gasoline
in the garage. We have to finish this.

Oh, my- Nora.

Just- Just-
No, no, don't.

Just let me go.
No, no, no.

Please. Please.

We're not doing this.

We were talking
about finding a cure.

That was before we knew
how quickly it spread.

We have to do this with him.
It's our only shot.

Oh, come on, Eph.

We don't exterminate our patients
when there's an outbreak.

The Chinese culled the bird
population in Hong Kong...

after the avian flu.

It was the responsible
thing to do.

We're not hunting down
human beings.

They're hunting us.

Where do you think
that blood came from?

Arnot was out there
killing innocent people.

Nora, please.

There was
a little girl in there.

I mean, how old was Emma?
Eight, tops?

She was sick. No, she
was- she was gone.

There was something
inside her shell.

That was a body
controlled by virus.

This is what we do.

The people of New York
rely on us to investigate...

and eliminate threats
to their health.

And now, when it finally means
something, we're gonna run?

lam not doing this.
I'm not.

I'd rather die from whatever
this epidemic is than...

kill people.

This- It's, uh-
It's not for everyone.

Are you going to murder
everyone on that list of yours?

Yes.

I assume you're not
staying with us.

No.

Please be safe.

Promise me.

There has
to be another way.

Some brains
can't adjust.

I can see you
love her for that,

but you have
to let her go.