Z Nation (2014–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Full Metal Zombie - full transcript

Those are zombie bites.

Eight of them.

[Growling] If we can get him
to the lab in California,

they can use his blood
and make more of the vaccine.

Shoot him!
[Zombie growling]

[gunshot] You're that sharp shooter
that saved my ass, aren't you?

So what's your name, kid?

Ten Thousand.

Does it mean anything?

How many zombies
I'm going to kill.

[Zombie growling]
[Doc screaming]



[splorch]

One thousand fifty-nine.

[splorch]

One thousand sixty!

Nice shot, kid!

[swish]

[splorch]

[swish]

[splorch]

Amish zombies.

Really?

Really?

[Garnett]
They tried to

from the rest of society.



Keep the Zs
from spreading the infection.

That was before we knew
Romero had it right.

We were all carrying the virus.

Didn't matter who you were
or how you died.

Night of the Living Dead.
Great movie, sucky reality.

You know what I don't get, If
the Zs didn't spread the virus,

how did we all get infected?

Best guess I heard,
it was spread by birds.

Some kind of parasite
piggybacked on the bird flu.

Stays dormant 'till you die.

You know take it from
somebody who knows first hand.

Other than the fact that they
find brains delicious,

when it comes to zombies
nobody knows nothin'.

My turn.

Have we just met?

Thank you.
Hey, hurry up.

I want to get past DC
before dark.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. [Doc] I'm tellin'
ya, there ain't nothin' there.

No thoughts,
no memories.

No soul.

Nothin'.

Well they're not dead.

They want something.

Yeah. Brains.

You can't want something if
you're not conscious,

if you don't have a soul.

When my pa was wounded,

he told me to tie him up
before he turned.

Made me promise to show him
mercy when he died.

Kill the brain, you know?

I couldn't do it.

I couldn't hurt my pa,

no matter what he'd become.

I stared into his eyes
for the longest time, just

looking for some sign
he was still in there.

Did you see anything?

[Doc]
What did you do?

I killed it.

Damn, kid. You had to
put down your own dad?

Didn't kill him.

Killed it.

But if it's not alive,
how did you kill it?

Piked it.

Right here.
My first kill.

I always wish he knew,
you know,

somehow knew
that I kept my promise.

[vehicle engine]

[second vehicle engine]

[tapping on glass]

Humans! Six o'clock!

I see them.

Is that more
of your cannibal friends?

No.
Something else.

Up ahead!

Where's he going?

Hey! Kid!

What do you think?

Plow right through?

No, I don't want to
wreck the truck again.

Let's pike them
and be on our way.

Oh what, are we having
a little mercy party?

Hey, let's do this quietly.

There might be more of them
nearby.

[snarling]

[slice]

(Cassandra)
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!

Something's wrong.

Yeah, she's right.
Look at their feet.

[snarling]

[vehicle engine]

Hold it right there!

All right,
now drop your weapons

or die

right where you stand.

Put down the weapons

or eat brains.

[growling]

[snarling]

[gunshot]

[splorch]

[laughs]

God, I love that kid.

Now, we just want
the vehicle.

All right?

So give us the truck

and we'll let you live
to die another day.

[Murphy]
Give them the truck!

Don't give them
a goddamn thing!

Do the math Garnett.

We have other priorities.

Get them the damn truck.

[Bandit laughs]

Listen to your friend there.

Nobody wants to die.

But we're taking
that truck.

Say the word, Garnett.

[electric guitar
theme music plays]

[three gunshots]

Let them have it.

The truck.

Let them have the truck.

Smart move.

All right guys,
let's go!

And leave the junker!

They're not gonna get very far.

Murphy.

[cheering and hollering]

[door creaking]

Beautiful.

[blowing wind]

Sergeant Raymond Valdez.

Delta Force. Deceased.

[whines]

Lieutenant Mark Hammond.

Delta Force. Deceased.

Cause of death.

Unknown.

[screaming]

[gunshots]

Alvin Bernard Murphy.

AKA Patient Zero.

Previously serving three years
in federal prison

for postal fraud.

Compulsory volunteer,
project Bite Mark.

[growl]

Status.

[screaming]

Believed to be en route to
Mt. Wilson CDC lab, California.

Sergeant Charles Garnett,
National Guard.

Believed to be in possession of
Patient Zero.

Current location,
somewhere south of Philadelphia,

accompanied by an
unknown number of civilians.

(Addy on radio)
Come in, Citizen Z.

Mayday. Mayday.

This is Addison Carver
with Delta-Xray-Delta.

Trying to contact Citizen Z.

Come in, Citizen Z.
Addy Carver.

Mayday.
Doesn't sound military.

Slightly east coast accent.

I wonder.

[typing on keyboard]

Level nine top secret
clearance only.

That would be me.

[typing continues]

Facebook, Friendster,
Twitter, Tinder.

A regular trip down memory lane.

Someday this will be all
that's left of us.

[typing]

Addison Carver, AKA Addy.

Age twenty-six.
Student.

Believed to be accompanying
Patient Zero to Mount Wilson

regarding operation Bite Mark.

Last contact
seven days ago.

Status,

single.

I mean, status unknown.

What a tomato.

[car engine running poorly]

[sniff]

[clearing throat]

What?

No offense babe,
but you need a bath.

Do I?

Yeah.

Oh, okay. Yeah,
when was the last time

you changed your underwear
goat-boy?

What underwear?

[laughing]
Ewww!

Hey!

Y'all see that?

That's them, all right.

Bastards.

Looks like they're trying to rob
some poor family this time.

Not if I have anything to say
about it. Come on.

Would it matter at all
if I said don't do this?

Drop your weapons
on the ground

or the first shot
takes your head off.

You heard the man.
Drop your weapons.

Now.

What's this?

A robbery.

[plethora of gunfire]

Drop your weapons.

Now.

I don't want to
have to kill you.

[engine revs]
[tires squeal]

[Warren yells]

Never get out of the boat.

[engine running poorly]

Yo, can't this thing
go any faster?

I'm gonna die of old age
before we get to California.

You can always
get out and push.

[laughing]
No, not me, sister.

Talking to you
makes me wonder

about this whole
saving humanity thing.

Stop the car!

[Doc]
Oh, it's the family.

[snarling and munching]

We got to get
off this road.

absolutley nothing new
is going on

in this decimated world
of ours.

It's the same desperation,
the same devastation

everywhere you look.

[typing]

And who the hell keeps posting
all these cat videos?

[whines]

We should have known
piano playing kittens

was a harbinger of the
Apocalypse.

[computer alarm sounding]

[whispering] Okay.

[typing]

[dog barks]

Quiet!

This is Sergeant Charles Garnett
calling Northern Light.

Charles Garnett calling Northern
Light. Come in, Northern Light.

Can you read me?
Citizen Z, are you there? Over.

Yes, this is Northern Light for
Garnett.

Citizen Z hitting you back.
Go for Garnett.

Thank God. We've been trying to
make this work for hours.

What are you broadcasting on?

Uh, Clowny the french fry guy.

One of our team, Carver
jerry-rigged a drive-thru camera

Addy Carver?

Yeah.

Is she there?
I wanna say hi.

Oh, okay.

Hi, Addy.

Hey.

How's it going down there?

Ummm,
it's pretty eff'd up actually.

How's it going wherever you are?

Aww you know,
same ol' same ol'.

Busy keeping an eye
on the world.

What can I do for you folks?

Can we get a chocolate shake and
fries for ten thousand men?

Could we please get on with this
before the Zs find us?

Wait. Is that Murphy?

Outstanding.

Glad to see you're still alive,
sir.

Yeah but he won't be for long if
we don't get off this highway.

We're in desperate need of
alternate transpo.

We're looking for an airplane or
a chopper or a hot air balloon.

Anything airborne.

There is one thing.

I've been monitoring some
random transmissions

from what's left of the

Emergency Headquarters
for Infection Control.

I can hear them, but
they don't respond when I reply.

And it's pretty garbled.

General McCandles might still be
holed up there.

You're in luck.

I have a visual confirmation
on that chopper.

It looks like it's still there.

(Garnett)
Where is it?

McLean, Virginia. Twenty clicks
due west of Washington DC.

Look for a high-rise with
structural damage

and a chopper on the roof.

Now that's a hundred miles
south from here.

We're going west, not south. West. Do
you want to get off the road or not?

Puppies and kittens!
[zombies snarling]

We gotta go.

Bye, Addison.

Call me when you get there.

[vehicle engine running]
[zombies snarling]

[snarling] Not exactly
what I was hoping for.

One of these days you're gonna
learn to quit hoping for things.

You better hope not cuz that's when we
leave your ass at the side of the road.

Halt! Who goes there!

Sergeant Charles Garnett,
National Guard.

This is Lieutenant
Roberta Warren,

State your business.
also National Guard.

We're on a
high priority mission

to get this man to a
CDC lab in California.

We were sent here by an Intell
Officer from the NSA

to see
General McCandles.

We need his help
finding transpo.

We were told
he has a helicopter.

Yeah,
he's got a chopper.

But General McCandles
is a very busy man.

He's got the entire east coast
under his command.

He can't worry about some
raggedy ass group of civilians

on a suicide mission.

I suggest you move on
before the infected find you.

Nothing raggedy ass about
this group of civilians, sir.

And this man has
important information

about a vaccine
for the zombie virus.

He smells like a damn Z.

You don't smell so good
yourself, septic tank.

You gonna help us or not?

You want to see the General?

You're going to have to
pay a tribute.

Gesture of goodwill
to show him you're serious.

What kind of tribute
you have in mind?

Our medic has been MIA
over a year.

We need painkillers.
Antibiotics.

Anything you got.

I'll get my bag.

I got aspirin,
tetracycline, cipro.

That should knock out
most any infection.

And oxycontin.

The oxy.
We need painkillers.

You want to see the General
or not?

This is the last of our supply.

That'll do.

Hey!

[exhaling loudly]

The General will see you now.

(Radio)
Why are you wasting my time?

General McCandles, sir.

We have a National Guard unit
and several civilians

requesting permission
to speak to you.

Is sweet Jesus with them?

No, sir.

Then tell them to go to hell!
I don't believe so.

I've got a war to fight! Where's
that close air support I ordered

Tell the Admiral I need those
subs in position by 0800.

Bravo Company,
hold your position at all costs.

Repeat, all costs.

You heard the General.

General McCandles, sir.

We're on a mission
of extreme importance

by direct order
from the president.

It's imperative that we find air
transport to Mt. Wilson CDC lab

Sorry, I'm busy.
in California.

Where are my reinforcements?

You heard the man.
Time to go.

That's it?

I've a good mind to
make you barf up my oxycontin.

Doc! Doc! Stand down!

Did you say Doc? As in doctor?

Yeah, our team includes a
medical doctor.

Why didn't you say so?
Send him up.

I have a wounded man in need
of medical attention.

Just the doctor.
The rest of you wait here.

I got this.

All right.

Hey, hey, hey.
Talk to him about the chopper.

[elevator bell dings]

Son of a bitch.

I was saving that oxy for a
party when we got to Cali.

[elevator bell dings]

You the medic?

I am indeed.

You the General?

General Arthur C. McCandles.
Commander, Central Command,

Infection Response Forces.

Where's your wounded man?

Right here.

It's not a bite.

This looks bad.

Real bad.

It's just a scratch.

No, that's... that's
more like gangrene.

Can you save the leg?

I'm afraid not, General.

It's already starting
to spread.

Soon the Z virus
will take over.

All I can do at this point
is show you mercy

when the time comes.

You call that
a diagnosis?

I call it the truth.

You're gonna die.

And soon.

That's what the
last guy said.

[punch]

[yells]

[screaming]

[screaming] Oh! Oh!

[breathing heavily]

[gasp]

[snarling]

[breathing heavily]

[zombie growling]
[Doc screaming]

Hey. Look who.

What do you think, pup?

Could we use another friend?

[panting]

My thoughts exactly.

That was quick.

(Addy)
How are things

Awesome. Beautiful Aurora today.
How's your day going?

Kinda lonely. Nice to have
somebody to talk to.

I know the feeling.
Gets lonely here too.

Keeping an eye on the planet
keeps you busy though.

I feel safer just knowing you're
there. You seem so cool.

I wish I could meet you
in person.

Super busy, but I'm sure
that could be arranged.

What are you doing right now?

Aww you know.

Same ol', same ol'.

[gunshot]

One thousand ninety.

[gunshot]

One thousand ninety-one.

[gunshot]

One thousand and ninety-two.

[slice]

Okay, what's going on with Doc?

Guys, if we don't get out of
here soon this could get ugly.

Oh, you mean uglier.

[screaming]

Do you hear that?

Hear what?

I don't hear anything.

Shhh.

[screaming]

Sounds like Doc.

[zombie growling]
[Doc screaming]

Make it stop!

Make it stop!

[screaming continues]

That's Doc all right.
But where the hell is he?

Somewhere up there.

We're going up after him.

No, you don't.

Let us up now. Nobody goes upstairs
without the General's orders.

We go up now or I scramble your
egg-brain inside the shell.

You'll be sorry.

So will you cuz
you're coming up with us.

10K! Cover our flank.

Don't let man or zombie
follow us up.

Yes, sir.

One thousand ninety-three.

[gunshot]

No.

Ninety-four.

[elevator bell dings]

What floor is the General on?

Top floor.

He's the General, man.
What floor do you think he's on?

[zombie growling]
[Doc meditating]

My world is but an illusion.

My world is but an illusion.

Oh God, why didn't I pay
better attention

to that sweet little Buddhist
chick I dated?

[zombie continues growling]
[Doc breathes heavily]

Stay calm.

I'm sure they're... I'm sure
they're watching you right now.

They're looking for you.

They're looking for you
right now.

There's no way they'd
just leave you here

trapped in the air shaft
with an ugly-ass zombie

waiting to eat
my face off!

[growling continues]

Oh, wait.

[growling continues]

Oh.

[sniffing]

Oh, that's more like it. I was
saving this for a special occasion.

[growling continues]

Like now.

[growling continues]

[growling intensifies]

Come on, suck it up.
Come on. Come on.

[growling continues]

That's good shit, man.

Chill!

[growling continues]

[screaming]
Help!

Now what?

Be ready for anything.

Did I mention that the one thing I have a
phobia of aside from zombies is elevators.

Shouldn't have messed
with the General.

[breathing heavily]
Is it getting hot in here?

Hey, come on.
Open the damn door.

I got to get out of here.

Relax, Murphy.

No, no, I got to get out.
There's not enough oxygen.

[slap]

Chill out!

Mack!

I'm here, babe.

Hey, why aren't we moving?

It'll start in a second.

[gunshot]

[coughing]

[whispering]
Thank you, son. It's good.

Can I do anything for you?

Make sure those
knots are tight.

It's not gonna
be long now.

It's double-half-hitch.
Just like you taught me.

Just be sure.

Promise me

you'll do what we
talked about

when the time comes.

Promise me.

I promise.

Just like we
talked about.

I swear.

Don't swear.

Your mother
never liked that.

I promise.

[whispering] Good.

[whispering] I could always
trust you to do the right thing.

[crying]
You're a good boy.

[crying]
Your mother,

she'd be proud of the man
you're growing up to be.

[crying]

Give me another puff.

Will ya?

[gunshot]

Ya know, now don't take offense.

But the only thing worse
than that mug of yours

is your breath.

[growling continues]

[roar]

Not my fingers,
you animal!

I was offering you
the last hit.

Well, fine.
I'll bogart it myself then.

[growling continues]

A thousand and one uses,
I tell ya.

[growling lessens]

Well I'll be damned.

I think you're stoned.

[laughs]

Hell, we don't need
a vaccine.

Just need a few billion tons
of some primo Ganja,

and the world would be
just fine.

[laughs]

[gasps]

[lesser growling continues]

Doctor Morgan Henley.

Does that name ring a bell

in any of those cannabinol
soaked brain cells you have left

[snarls]

I must be really stoned.

Obstetrics, huh?

I wonder what that
must have been like.

Bringing all them beautiful
little angels into the world.

I mean just to be present
for so many miracles.

Yeah, it's a bummer all those
babies grew up to be zombies.

[growling resumes]

You know,

I got a kid
out there somewhere.

I never told anybody that
before.

I had him when I was 19.

Too young.

Wasn't really around for him
like I should've been.

Never really got to know him.

[growling continues]

Kept telling myself
maybe you know

someday I...I would just
call him up.

Make up for lost time.

[crying] Lost time. Lost time.

[growling continues]

[crying] And I don't even know
if he's alive or dead.

[crying]

Help!
Help!

[growling intensifies]

Somebody!

Anybody!

Help!

Bravo Company must hold their positions until the
reinforcements arrive. If their line is broken,

there's nothing to
stop the infected

between here and the ocean.

You tell that wing commander if he doesn't
get those planes in the air right now

I'm gonna come down there
personally

and tear his head off his
shoulders

and beat the damn zombie horde
to death with his bloody skull.

Well, well, well.

What do we have here?

Insubordinate curs can't take no
for an answer?

We'll see about that, eh?

Why aren't we moving?
What's going on?

All right,
everyone needs to relax.

Don't mess with us.

I'm not messing with you, man.

Anything happens,
you'll be the first to go.

[Murphy breathing heavily]

[elevator bell dings]

[growling]

[growling and screamming]

I got to get out of here!

Murphy! No!

Don't fire!

[munching]
[screaming]

I should have slapped that fool
harder.

Murphy!

[elevator bell dings]

Murphy!

Murphy! Murphy!

All right Warren,
you come with me.

You guys stay here
in case he comes back.

Got it.

[growling]
[screaming]

[thud]

[screaming]

[stab]

[slice]

[screaming]

[gunshot]

[screaming]

[heavy breathing]

You okay?

[breathing heavily]
Uh huh.

Let's get out of here.

[growling]

Dude,

you're really starting to
marsh my mellow.

[growling continues]

[breathing heavily]
[crack]

[Doc breathing heavily]
[zombie continues growling]

Well I coulda used you
about an hour ago.

Look, man.

It's been fun, but

I think it's time
you go home now.

[whimpers]

You're starting to
creep me out, man.

Let's just get this
over with.

[growls]

Doctor Morgan Henley.

I give you mercy.

[growl]

[slice]

Okay.

There.

[breathing heavily]

Now how am I gonna
get out of here?

[hollow metal pounding]

Warren!

[pounding continues]

Help! Somebody!

Doc? Doc?

Anybody!

Doc, is that you?

Murphy?

Murphy, is that you?

Hang in there, Doc.

Someone will come help you.

Just not me.

[snarling and growling]

[snarling and growling
continues]

[Murphy screams]

[snarl]

[three gunshots]

[thud]

[growl]

[gunshot]

[thud]

[growl]

[gunshot]

[thud]

[growl]

[multiple gunshots]

[thud]

I'm out of ammo.

Me too.

Well look who.

I think that's
the last of them.

Is everybody okay?

Ehhh.

Anybody seen Murphy?

Murphy! Murphy!

You don't have to shout.
I'm right here.

You don't sneak up on people
in the zombie apocalypse, okay?

Sorry, sorry.

I know where Doc is.

Where?

[elevator bell dings]

[growling]

[loud thumping]

[loud roar]

Holy shit.

I'm out of ammo.

Me too. [growling and
loud footsteps continue]

I got this.

[four gunshots]

[zombie growls]
[Mack screams]

[zombie continues growling]
[sounds of impact]

[zombie continues growling]
[sounds of struggle]

Garnett!

[slice]

[click]

[sounds of struggle]

Take cover!

[sounds of struggle]

[explosion]

No!

No!

Is everybody okay?

[cough]
Yeah.

[everyone coughing]

Murphy, where's Doc?

He was down that air shaft.

What?

Let's go find that helicopter
and get out of here.

Now.

No disrespect
Madame President,

but you're not fit to lead
a gang of kindergartners

in a dirt clod war.

Let alone this great nation in a
moment of grave national peril

like we find ourselves in now.

[radio static]

Hey, hey, hey!

I've been waiting for you.

[click]

[click]

[click]

Ah, crap.

Nothing works anymore.

Nothing.

What do you people
want anyway?

We're on a mission that just
might save the human race.

This man has antibodies
in his blood

needed to make a zombie vaccine.

We've been tasked with getting
him to a CDC lab in California.

Alive.

We need your helicopter.

Well hell,
why didn't you say so sooner?

[laughs]

I'll fly you there myself.

She's beautiful,
isn't she?

What is this,
some kind of joke?

Sure, she needs a little
maintenance. But,

with some TLC,

a little help scrounging
a few spare parts,

I'll have you to California
in no time.

Jackass!

Hey.

A friend of mine died trying to
get to that pile of junk.

You and Doc were friends?

We played cards...once.

This is war, son.

We've all lost friends.

Hell,
everybody I ever knew is dead.

Why am I not surprised?

You know I don't like you.

Well get in line.

General McCandles.

Sir.

Thank you, but I think we'll
find alternate transportation.

You think I'm insane,
don't you?

Well maybe I am.

Too much death.

Too many good men
sent to an early grave.

Too many zombies.

[growling]

Stand down!
I got this!

Come here you Godless
brain eating scum!

[General yelling]
[several gunshots]

I'll see you in Hell!

[gunshots]

[crash]

What happened to Doc?

He didn't make it.

Zombies.

Oh, whoa, whoa.

Oh God, is that...

It's Doc.

Someone's gotta...

I'll do it.

Steven "Doc" Beck.

I give you mercy.

[gunshot]

What the hell, Warren?

You trying to kill me?

You're alive?

Damn straight I'm alive.

[laughing]

We thought
you were dead.

Well so did I.

Some numbskull threw a grenade
in the air shaft I was stuck in.

[laughing]

Well hurry up!

Here.

[laughing]
Come on.

Give me a kiss, baby.

[laughing]

Well I should let you go.

I'm sure you're busy with

keeping an eye on the world
and all.

Yeah.

I got a hungry dog here
I better go feed.

Nice talking to you.

I hope we get to meet someday.

I'd really like that.

Good night.

Sweet prince.

Good night, fair lady.

[music plays]

Here's a song for all the lonely
people out there,

which is just about everybody
that's left.

So if you've got somebody to go
through the Apocalypse with,

you better watch their backs.

Cuz there ain't many of us left.

And oh yeah,

I'd like to dedicate this song
to Addison Carver,

wherever you are.

(Radio)
I'd like to dedicate

wherever you are.

I talked to the guy twice.
Come on.

You know kid,

I've been thinking about what
you told me about your dad

and how you wished he knew
you did the right thing

giving him mercy like you
promised.

Yeah?

Well I just want you to know

your dad knows
what you did for him.

And he knows you did the right
thing. You kept your promise.

Thanks.

[snarling and heavy breathing]

[snarling and heavy breathing]

I'm sorry, papa.

[snarling and heavy breathing]

I love you.

[snarling ceases]

[crying]

[crying]