Z Nation (2014–…): Season 2, Episode 10 - We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon - full transcript

Previously on Z Nation...

CITIZEN Z: Well, people,

if we weren't already
in an apocalypse,

this would be
a damn obvious sign.

What do you call something worse
than an apocalypse?

Because this is it,
whatever it is.

Swarm, horde, zunami.
There's no end in sight.

If you're not already west
of this thing,

you better get moving.

There's no getting through it.
There's no outrunning it.

You got to find
someplace safe and hide.



Good luck, people, and godspeed.

(ZOMBIE SNARLS)

(GROWLS)

WARREN: Where are we?

About a hundred miles north
of Flagstaff, I'm thinking.

I dunno how much longer
this old bucket of bolts

is gonna keep running.

Talking about yourself
or the rig?

(LAUGHS) Both.

I think we're getting near
the Grand Canyon.

I went there once when I was a kid.
It was beautiful.

What? Can't believe
I was a kid once?

(WHISPERS) Um...

What's that?



DOC: I've been watching it
for a while.

I hope it's not
what I think it is,

'cause it's right where
we're going.

We need some recon.
How's that radio coming?

About to find out.

OK. Yep.

ADDY: Northern Light.
Northern Light. Do you copy?

Northern Light.
This is Delta X-ray Delta. Do you copy?

When's the last time
you talked to that guy anyway?

Probably isn't even alive
anymore.

Aren't you a ray of sunshine
this morning?

Well, excuse me, princess.

That's what happens
when you haven't had

a decent cup of coffee
in half a decade.

Citizen Z. This is your old pal,
Addison Carver.

Do you COPY?

(GROWLING)

Where the hell do you dudes
keep coming from?

Oh, shit!

That's right.
I've been practising.

-(STATIC CRACKLES)
- ADDY: Citizen Z. Do you copy?

(GROWLING)

Oh, shit!

ADDY: Citizen Z.
I know you're out there.

-(STATIC CRACKLES)
-lt's me, Addy. Do you read me?

Addy?

ADDY: Citizen Z.
Keep reaching out. Do you copy?

Holy crap. She's still alive.

Come on, Citizen Z.
I know you're out there.

You gotta be. Do you read me?

Addy. Addy, I hear you.

I copy you.
It's me, Citizen Z.

-(LAUGHS)
- CITIZEN Z: Man, it's great to hear your voice.

So good to hear your voice.

Can't believe
you're still alive.

- How's the package?
- MURPHY: He hates being called that!

The name is Murphy!
The Murphy!

- Thanks to you, blabbermouth!
- Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

I...l didn't mean to sic
the whole world on ya.

- Yeah, right.
- Oh, yeah. Excuse me.

- We need those coordinates.
- ADDY: Right. Hey, Citizen Z?

We need you to transmit
the GPS coordinates again.

Last time, the transmission
was breaking up.

We didn't get them all. Repeat.

Re-transmit GPS coordinates.
Over.

Yeah, yeah, roger that.

I'll send 'em as soon as
I can find them.

Place is kind of a mess.
Zombie issues.

ADDY: Copy you.

CITIZEN Z: There's a massive
Z storm headed your way.

I strongly suggest
that you turn south,

possibly as far as Mexico,

before you can outflank
this horde.

It's miles wide,
and it's moving fast.

No, no, no. We gotta go west.
Not south. West.

South is no good for us.
South is no good. How's west looking?

No, no, no, no. West is a no-go.
Repeat. West is a no-go.

You should be making
visual contact

with this horde at any time.

(UNEASY MUSIC)

That's not a zunami.

That's the end of the world.

(THEME MUSIC)

- SONG: ♪ Have mercy... ♪
-(THREE GUNSHOTS)

♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh
Have mercy. ♪

Well?

- If it was a Z, we'd pike it.
-(SIGHS)

We're awfully exposed out here.
I feel like bait.

WARREN: Those ATVs gonna run?

This one's got my name
all over it.

No way in hell I'm letting you
out of my sight.

OK, so there's only room
for two more.

- Somebody's gotta hightail it.
- Me and Doc can go on foot.

DOC: Don't forget
to come back and get us

when that mega super horde
passes.

Got it.

(ENGINES START)

Looks like you might be
getting to 10,000

a lot sooner
than you thought.

10K: Let's get out of here.

(WHISTLES)

(COCKS GUN)

Hold it right there!
This is tribal land!

No visitors allowed!

Our vehicle broke down
a ways back.

We were hoping for
a little shelter

from the horde of zombies
that's coming.

Can't help you.
You gotta turn around.

Go back the way you came.

(SPEAKS NATIVE AMERICAN
LANGUAGE)

(REPEATS PHRASE)

Listen, sir.

I know we're outsiders,

and you have no reason
to trust or believe us.

But you can believe
your own eyes.

Believe me.
It's already over the horizon.

You have a few hours or less.

Come with me.

Holy shit.

(BOTH GRUNT)

(CRIES OUT)

Thanks, kid.

10K: Let's climb.

Whoa. Check it out.

DOC: Makes you feel
kinda small, don't it?

Guess that's why they call it
the Grand Canyon.

(TWIG SNAPS)

- Zombies?
-(TWIG SNAPS)

I don't think so.

Oh... Whoa!

Doc!

(ZAPPING)

(GAMING MACHINES BEEP)

Welcome to
Northern Quest Casino Resort.

My name is
Chief Danny Fire Cloud.

Danny? What the hell
kind of Indian name is Danny?

The name on
my birth certificate.

- DANNY: What's yours?
- Smith. John Smith.

- What's wrong with your colour?
- Nothing.

- What's wrong with yours, Chief?
- Excuse me, Chief Fire Cloud?

Thank you for hearing us out.

We actually came here
to warn you.

That's not just
some dust storm out there.

This is a solid wall of zombies
headed this way.

We've dealt with hordes before.

I wouldn't be so sure.
We've been in contact with Citizen Z.

And according to him,
this horde is miles deep,

and it's gonna destroy
everything in its path.

- Our defences will protect us.
- WARREN: Listen.

We got some friends still out there.
You think they'll be OK?

As long as they make it
to higher ground,

they should be fine.

Just hope
they don't run into my son.

Why? What's wrong with your son?

Snake eyes.

What are you
gonna do to us?

You'll be treated exactly
how you deserve to be.

(HORSE SNORTS)

(CHANTING)

-10K: What are they saying?
- Can't make it out.

Something in their
native tongue.

What does 'zendigo' mean?

I'll tell you
what zendigo means.

It's a plague you both carry.
White man's disease.

I dunno what
you're talking about,

but I can assure you,
we both had our shots.

Your people infected us before.

Zendigo nearly destroyed
my people.

We vowed never allow that
to happen again.

I'm only gonna ask you
one more time.

What are you doing
on tribal land?

You're trespassing
on sacred ground.

We didn't know anything about it
being sacred anything.

We were trying to get away
from a zombie mega horde,

which is headed
straight this way,

whether you believe us
or not.

Your trespassing
is the only thing

that would
lead them to us.

Lead them to you?

Have you seen that massive crowd
of brain-eating ghouls?

Ain't nobody leading that.

All we're trying to do
is get out of its way.

- You people should too.
- Leave our land again?

Never. I will die here.

This horde is no different
than any other

that has come before it.

These creatures
aren't interested in our people.

They're only after you.
They're a manifestation of your disease.

You destroy everything
you come into contact with.

These creatures aren't the plague
that can kill us.

- You are.
- WOMAN: That's enough!

Gordon. You've gotta give
this zendigo bullshit a rest.

You know I don't go
by that name anymore.

If Mom was still alive,
she'd smack you upside the head.

It's great to tap into our
heritage, but give me a break.

- Where are you taking them?
- To the infirmary.

(RUMBLING)

- This hurt?
- Yep.

How about this?

Even more.

Been in a lot of fights,
haven't you?

You have no idea what
a long, strange trip it's been.

Wouldn't happen to have anything
for the pain, would you?

Pain management happens to be
my specialty.

Follow me.

Thank you for helping us.

It's the least I can do.

You gotta forgive my brother.

He doesn't mean to be
such a jerk.

He's just trying
to protect us.

He does know the zombie virus
affects everyone, right?

My brother's no fool.

He was a...professor

for the Native American Studies Department
at the university.

He thinks that if we can avoid contact
with the outside world

that eventually the zombies
will die off

and somebody will
synthesise a cure.

Yeah. I'm sure somebody
will synthesise one eventually.

So is this all that's left
of your tribe?

WOMAN: This is
half of our tribe.

Gordon - I mean Red Hawk -

and my dad don't exactly see
eye to eye.

My dad was chief and CEO
of the casino.

When the apocalypse happened,
half of them stayed with my dad

while the other half
followed my brother up here

to where our ancestors
first settled.

So, what does 'zendingo'
mean exactly?

- Zendigo?
- Right.

(LAUGHS)

It can mean
a lot of things.

But it usually refers
to the disease of the soul.

It's when a person takes
without regards

to the damage
it causes to others.

But it really never fills
the hole inside of them.

You always stare so much?

Only when I'm really interested
in what somebody's saying.

Here we go.
This one's for the dish.

- This one's for the ham radio.
- Let's go ham.

OK. Ham it is.

It's really cool you know
the voice of the apocalypse.

- Oh, yeah?
- Oh, yeah.

We were huge fans of Citizen Z,
before the radio crashed.

(STATIC AND BEEPING)

- ADDY: Alright, here.
-(BEEPING CONTINUES)

ls that morse code?

Keeps giving the same thing
over and over again.

C-Z.

C-Z. You think it's him?

(GROWLING)

It has to be.

Can you send back D-X-D?

I don't have...
I don't have the code key.

Wait, wait, wait.
I have an idea.

Nice.

(SHORT BURSTS OF STATIC)

-(BEEPING)
- He heard us.

- He's saying something new.
-(BEEPING CONTINUES)

- Three, four, period, one.
- Where did you learn to do this?

My grandpa. He was a code talker
in World War ll.

(BEEPING CONTINUES)

MAN: Does this mean
anything to you?

Dude. You just helped
save the world.

(CHANTING)

Remember before the apocalypse,
when all this was illegal?

I guess every cloud
has a silver lining.

The one drug I never tried.

So you're a real
medicine woman, huh?

Same way you're a real doctor.

Right on.

This stuff is strong, ain't it?

Yes.

We use it to guide us
spiritually.

Just...some of us.

Actually, just me.

And you hallucinate
on this stuff, right?

Big-time.

Good.

'Cause right now,
there's a 3-foot-tall raven

right next to you.

(SQUAWKS)

How's your pain doing?

Feeling no pain, Doc.

In fact, I'm gonna refer
all my patients to you.

(CHUCKLES)

Hey.

You wanna see something
over here?

Are they talking to you too?

WOMAN: They always do.

That dude is my great-great-
great-grandpa, Taklishim.

The Grey One.

He was a great medicine man.

He teaches me something new
every day.

(CHANTING)

I don't know how,

but I swear, I understand
every word they're saying.

Can't believe my ancestors
were such boneheads.

I'm really sorry for the way
they treated your people.

Not your fault.

All we have
is right here and now.

In the end,
everything is forgiven.

I sure hope you're right.

(CHANTING CONTINUES)

(SCREECHING)

(GUNSHOTS)

(WHIMPERS)

(GROANING)

WARREN: So the first four barricades
are complete.

Anyone else feel like
we're trying to plug a hole

in the 'Titanic'
with toilet paper?

Got any better ideas, Murphy?

I'd love to hear it.

Abandoning ship seems like
a pretty good idea to me.

To where? We do not have enough
gas to get far enough away.

And I do not want to get
caught out there in the open.

These walls are
steel-reinforced concrete.

We're not gonna leave our home.
Not again.

Hey, kid - I'm telling you,

you got to go talk
to their ancestors.

They're some of the coolest
people you'll ever meet.

What the hell's going on?!

You patched them up.
Now it's time for them to go.

Their presence here
puts us all in danger.

I'm not about
to let that happen.

This is as far as we go.

- Go back to your people.
-10K: We're free to go?

Take yes for an answer, kid.
Come on.

Whoa-n Whom!

Doc! Whoa! Ah!

Thanks for volunteering to be
our early warning alarm.

This is crazy! Let us go!
You'll never see us again!

You got that right.

Look.

You and I both know what happens
if I let you go.

You'll find your party
and then turn around

and come right after me
and my family.

- No, we wouldn't.
- Yes, you would. And so would I.

Besides, if I am wrong,

it doesn't really matter,
does it?

We're all gonna die anyway.

(RUMBLING)

DOC: I've never seen
so many stars, man.

What? Doc, it's daytime.

Wow. This stuff is stronger
than I thought.

What is wrong with you?

Not a thing, man.

In fact, I'm more at peace now

than before the whole world
turned fubar.

I'm getting dizzy.

We're gonna need to try
to get free before I black out.

I am already free.

This reality

is just a cage
of our perception, man.

- Doc, you're scaring me.
-lt's OK, kid.

I'm just creating
my own reality here.

-(GROWLING)
-10K: Oh! Well...

In your own reality, is there
a Z headed straight our way?

DOC: Oh, yeah.
A butt-ugly one too.

- Doesn't that concern you?
- Nope.

-(ZOMBIE SNARLS)
-(10K PANTS)

10K: This is not
how I want to die.

It is not our time to die.

(PANTS)
I think I'm gonna pass out.

(GROWLING)

(GROWLING CONTINUES)

(GROWLING CONTINUES)

(KNIFE RIPS FLESH)

(CHANTS)

What was that?
Where's the zombie?

I'm not exactly sure.
But I think I killed it.

- How?
- Astral projection.

-(GROWLS)
-10K: Could you do it again?

(SNARLS)

I got no idea
how I did it the first time.

I hate to tell you this, kid,

but I think
the peyote's wearing off.

DOC: Hey, you! Ugly!
Your slip's showing!

(10K GRUNTS)
Doc, what the hell are you doing?

Buying you time.
Would you shut up?

DOC: Come on, girlfriend,
over here!

(ZOMBIE SNARLS)

(DOC WHIMPERS)

I need some Z-Weed!

DOC: What are you?
Our guardian angel?

Just someone who hates seeing
innocent people mistreated.

-(GROWLS)
-(EXCLAIMS)

(ZOMBIE GROWLS)

Oh!

(UNZIPS CASE)

(PANTS)

I don't know
how we can ever thank you.

- I need your help.
- Name it.

Our people at the casino
are just as stubborn as Red Hawk.

They won't believe me
if I tell them what's coming.

- But they might believe you.
-(HORSE SNORTS)

Well, I'm in.

Since when do you know
how to ride a horse?

I don't. This is my first time.

I got some friends
telling me what to do.

L'll lead. (CLICKS)

(DRUMMING)

(CHANTING)

(STATIC)

I think I got him.

CITIZEN Z: Delta X-ray Delta.
This is Citizen Z. Do you copy?

Delta X-ray Delta.
This is Northern Light. Come in, please.

Citizen Z, go for Carver.

Addy, hey.
Uh, look, listen. Uh...

Battery's low. Can't talk long.

- I got a favour to ask.
- Yeah, what's up?

I'm having a hard time
killing this one last zombie.

Anybody know how to fire an AT4
anti-tank missile launcher?

WARREN: Hey, CZ. This is Warren.
I can talk you through it.

- Is it in front of you?
- In my hand.

Locate the firing pin assembly cover
on the bottom of the tube

opposite of the sight.

Don't open it yet.

Then you need to arm it
by extending

the inner aluminum tube.

Do you see the locking ring on
the front and back of the tube?

Turn those opposite ways.

(GRUNTS) Locked and loaded.
How do I fire this thing?

Fold up the sight.

Slide back the trigger guard
till it locks.

With the tube on your shoulder,
use the sight to aim

and pull the trigger,
then watch out.

That missile can knock out
an M1 tank.

Shit. Oh!

It did not fire.
Repeat. It did not fire.

The battery's just cold.

Flip over the firing tube.
Open the battery housing.

Got it. Now what?

You need to put the battery
someplace warm.

(GROWLING)

(GROWLING)

Citizen Z?

Citizen Z...

- WOMAN: Dad!
-(HORSE NEIGHS)

What are you doing here?

I thought you were
with your brother.

We came to warn you.

I'm well aware of the Derecho.

We've withstood
many of these storms before.

Brother, you got a 10.0 zombiequake
headed your way.

WOMAN: Dad,
you should listen to them.

Quick. Let's go inside.

- DOC: Look!
-10K: Hey!

Doc! 10K! You guys!

DOC: Well, thank God
for small favours.

Get over here!
You made it.

- ADDY: Ohhh!
- Right on.

(BREATH ES HEAVILY)

Hey, Warren, how hot's
this battery gotta be?

As hot as you can get it.

Not hot enough.

Oh, shit!

-(GROWLING)
- Oh, come on!

(GROWLING)

Oh! Fuck!

Hot enough.

(GROWLS)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(STATIC)

CITIZEN Z: Zombie down.

Repeat. Zombie down.

-(ALL CHEER)
- Whoo!

Yeah! Whoo!

- Time to go.
- Got that right.

They're coming.

MURPHY: I can feel it.

Please, come with us.

The cliffs are no safer
than here.

If we leave now,
at least we stand a chance.

If you stay...

Dad. We can still make it
to the sacred cliffs.

Delta X-ray Delta.
This is Citizen Z. Do you copy?

If you haven't found cover,
then do so now.

The first fast zombies should
be reaching you any minute.

Guys. Hey, uh...

Guys!

DANNY: Everything
we've worked for, it's over.

Everyone.

It's time for us to go.

We need to hurry.

They will kill all of you.

It's time for you
to lead us out of here.

I'm not coming.

What do you mean?
You can't stay here.

This is my life, here.

Your mother and I built this place
with our bare hands.

Her spirit rests here.
This place is sacred too.

It is stronger
than a million zombies!

- What if it's not?
- Then I go down with the ship.

Please don't do this.

Everyone,
it is time for you to go.

It has been an honour to serve
as your tribal chief.

In my absence,
listen to my daughter.

She has known you
all of her life.

And she holds a wisdom
that is beyond her years.

My girl...

...this is your time.

I love you.

From your mother.

We love you.

(WHISPERS) Now go.

(ENGINE STARTS)

We're going
to the sacred cliffs.

We'll take the vehicles
as far as we can take them

then go on foot
the rest of the way.

Everyone, stay together.
(CLICKS)

Take that,
you brain-eating bastards.

(STATIC)

(STATIC CONTINUES)

Hope you all made it
out of there.

(RUMBLING)

(MACHINE MAKES NOISES)

-(DING!)
-(SOUND OF COINS DROPPING)

(LAUGHS)
You've gotta be kidding me.

(RUMBLING)

(COCKS GUN)

(RUMBLING)

WARREN: Oh, my God.

Let's go.

(RUMBLING)

Go take this to your mother.

Ayalla!

You're safe. What happened?

- Hello.
- Welcome.

(CRYING) It's gone!
Demolished by zombies!

The casino?

- Father?
- He wouldn't leave.

Stubborn till the end.

Just like you! (SOBS)

(SNIFFS)

You can't be.

Not anymore.

(CRIES)

You are welcome here.

All of you.

RED HAWK:
We should be safe here.

We blocked
the only narrow passage in.

And zombies can't climb.

I'm sorry.

It's cool, brother.

In the end, all is forgiven.

I'm sorry, man.

(GROWLING)

- Zombie!
-(GROWLING)

- WARREN: Mercy.
-(GUNSHOT)

The fast ones.
They're starting to arrive.

But how
did they climb up there?

-(GROWLING)
-(THUD!)

(GROANS)

Blasters!

In a few hours,
the entire zunami

is gonna push over the cliff
and into this canyon.

What are we gonna do?

- We gotta divert 'em somehow.
- We need a plan.

DOC: Hey!

You think zombies
are as dumb as buffalo?

(DRUMMING)

(DRUMMING BECOMES FASTER)

(FIRE CRACKLES)

(INSTRUMENTAL ROCK MUSIC)

(GROWLING)

(FLARE HISSES)

(FIRE CRACKLES)

(FLAMES WHOOSH)

(GROWLS)

(ZOMBIES GROWL)

(GROWLING)

MURPHY: I have to save them!

- WARREN: Murphy, no!
- MURPHY: Turn around!

- What is he doing?
- Trying to save his tribe.

- Turn around!
- VASQUEZ: Murphy.

MURPHY: You don't understand!
They can feel!

They can feel!
I have to save them!

- I have to save them!
- No! There's way too many!

- What the hell are you doing?!
- There's too many!

- VASQUEZ: Come on.
- There's too many!

Look! They're turning.

(GROWLING)

(INSTRUMENTAL ROCK MUSIC)

Let's get to higher ground!

It worked.

And then some.

On this day.

In generations to come,

our people will remember you
of the Z Nation...

...who fought with us
here today.

They will know who you are
and what you did.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

Wow. So, what are you gonna do?
Tough it out?

These cliffs are still our home.

My people have lived here
for thousands of years.

It's time to start thinking
about the next thousand.

More like next week.

For your journey,
to protect you.

- Come back and see us sometime.
- I will. Definitely.

Here's something
to remember your trip.

(CHUCKLES) That's awesome.

And, uh...this is for the road.

(WOMAN CHUCKLES)

That was a trip to remember.

Oh, and if anybody asks,

we were nowhere near
the Grand Canyon.

Thanks, man.

This should help you get started
on the new radio.

Did I really
help save the world?

(INHALES AND EXHALES)

Stay tuned.

He's pretty messed up.

Give me a minute.

You didn't have to kill them.

Yes, we did.

We did need to kill
all those zombies.

Everyone we've ever mercied
needed killing.

Because it's us or them.

That's what it's down to.

And I choose us.

The day is coming when
you're gonna have to decide

what you are -
human or zombie.

And when that day comes,
I want you to remember

which of the two
is trying to keep you alive

and which one

wants to eat your brains.

WARREN: Let's go.
Let's saddle up.

(DOOR CLOSES)