Z Nation (2014–…): Season 2, Episode 12 - Party with the Zeros - full transcript

Previously on Z Nation...

- What were you doing out there?
- VASQUEZ: I was a DEA agent.

Worked the US-Mexican
task force

trying to dismantle
the Zero Cartel.

They kidnapped my wife.
My baby girl.

Shot 'em right there
in front of me.

So you're trying to find the Zero
that killed your family?

Kurian.

KURIAN: You and I both know
we lose.

Humans won't survive.

But you will.



You and your kind
will outlive humans and zombies.

You will inherit the earth.

(GROWLS)

(DRONE SMASHES)

(HISSES)

(MAN SCREAMS)

-(ZOMBIES GROWL AND MURMUR)
-(MAN SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY)

(GUNSHOTS)

(FIRES GUN)

Spread out.

-(SQUELCH!)
- Clear.

(FIRES GUN)

-(GUN CLICKS)
- VASQUEZ: Shit.

Let's go.



(ZOMBIES GROWL AND GRUNT)

(WHISPERS) Hold on. Hold on.

(ZOMBIES GROWL)

Alright, come on.

WARREN: 10K.

(ZOMBIES GNASH)

Keep UP-

Hold.

Hold. Hold.

(ZOMBIES ROAR)

(MURPHY GROANS, PANTS)

This really the border?

About 2,000 miles of it.
No way around.

- ADDY: And no way over.
- VASQUEZ: No way back.

- Here comes the goon squad.
- Ammo?

- VASQUEZ: About half a clip.
- ADDY: Three.

10K: Four and three in my pocket.

- Don't look at me.
- One. Save your ammo.

Murphy-

- WARREN: Hey. Get up!
-(MURPHY MUMBLES)

Hey - if you're
the zombie messiah,

now is the time for a miracle.

DOC: You've got to try, man.

Remember the mission.

(MOANS WEAKLY)

(EERIE WHOOSHING)

Mmmm. Mmmm.

MURPHY: I can't hold them!

(MAN SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY)

(INDISTINCT TWO-WAY CHATTER)

(MAN SPEAKS SPANISH)

(WHISTLES SHARPLY) Down here.

You said it was time
for a miracle.

-(ZOMBIES GROWL)
- Hey. Do you wanna die?

Shit. OK. Let's go! Go, go!

(MACHINE-GUN FIRE)

(GUNS ARE COCKED)

In the name of
La Reina de los Muertos,

Queen of the Zeros Cartel,

I strongly suggest
you lower your weapons.

Like the Z-Weed Zeros?

That would be us.

Then I believe
you are looking for me.

I am The Murphy.

This man is our prisoner.

That CDC bounty is ours.

If you try to take him
away from us,

I will blow his brains out.

(THEME MUSIC)

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

♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh
Have mercy. ♪

El Murphy
isn't worth a damn if he's dead.

Now back off!

Just want to make sure
he's the real Murphy.

- You want to see the scars?
- I do.

Not until
you lower your weapons.

Put 'em down.

ESCORPION: It is true, then.

If you lower your weapons,

you have my word
you will be safe.

Look, if I wanted you dead,

we'd have left you out
with the zombies.

La Reina is looking for you.

She will give you the reward.

Remember the mission.

- What is that smell?
- The future.

We've found out a way
to pay for the new world.

We no longer have enemies.

We have resources.

(METAL CLANGS)

(ZOMBIES SNARL INSIDE)

So you just leave your resources
down here to rot?

We let them compost.
Composting creates heat.

Heat creates energy.

Zombies for fuel. Clever.

(SNARLING CONTINUES)

- WARREN: What's this?
- ESCORPION: The future.

ESCORPION: Welcome to Mexico.

It's a great privilege
for you to see this place.

I bet now you're glad we dug tunnels
underneath the border.

- Unbelievable.
- ESCORPION: We've been tracking you for a while.

Every time there's some
crazy bullshit going on,

it's you people.

It's not hard to follow you.

What's hard is guessing
what you're gonna do next.

Lucky for you,
one of our drones spotted you

shortly before a zombie
knocked it out of the air.

So this La Reina de los Muertos,
Queen of the Dead,

she'll give us the bounty?

She will.

And it won't be that bullshit bounty
the CDC will pay you.

Then I guess we should meet.

That's a wise choice.

(WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY)

La Reina awaits your presence.

Mi Reina.

El Murphy.

The saviour.

I have been looking for you
for a very long time.

And you must be Roberta Warren.

Oh, excuse me -
Lieutenant Roberta Warren.

lam.

You are the leader
of this group,

the one who brought me
my Murphy.

Yes.

Impressive.

(LA REINA CHUCKLES)

Leave it to Santa Muerte
to work for a woman, hmm?

I've sent dozens of my best men

searching for El Murphy
to bring him to me.

And you're the only one
who was able to accomplish this.

(SIGHS, GROWLS)

And you are very slippery prey.

(CLEARS THROAT)
You said you have been looking for me.

Sent your men
to hunt and capture me.

Care to tell me why?

Mmm, no.

I'd rather show you.

(LAUGHS)

Ooh. You don't need
no weapons here.

Don't hurt yourself.

(WHISPERS)
What's the plan here?

Stay alive. Get out when we can.
With Murphy.

LA REINA: When the rest of
the world descended into chaos,

we survived.

And we found our true purpose.

We have a bounty of resources
at our disposal.

Yeah. Escorpion told us
all about your resources.

I wouldn't believe everything
that mi Escorpion says.

He's prone to exaggerate.
And he likes to intimidate people.

Perhaps that's why
the people look to me

for inspiration and hope.

MURPHY: Hope?

Yes, Mr Murphy.

Hope.

You see, like me,
you too survived for a reason.

Please. This way.

LA REINA: Your blood
is the cure, is it not?

What good is a cure if you can't
get it to the people?

Only the Zeros have the ability

to distribute narcotics
globally.

I'll get the vaccine
to the people

and restore order to the world.

My doctor has been working
night and day to develop a cure.

We are very, very close.

This is the heart
of all my efforts.

All we need
is the blood of El Murphy

to make my dreams
of creating a cure a reality.

Welcome to my laboratory.
(CHUCKLES)

Murphy-

- Kurian.
- You sonofabitch.

So this is where
the Zeros took you.

(SCOFFS) I thought
they was gonna kill you.

Glad they didn't.
Now I can do it myself.

ADDY: Warren. Warren.

You two know each other?

You hear about
the nuclear strike in Colorado?

Mmm. Colorado.

That's where you disappeared

with all my research
and my money.

You brought me here to atone.

I am atoning.

And look. Here he is.

Lieutenant...

...l understand you.

If someone tried to kill me,

I would not rest
until I took my revenge.

But you're not going to
kill my doctor, are you?

No.

Why not? I would.

Because you took my gun.

(LAUGHS)

Yes, I did. (LAUGHS)

But something tells me

a smart woman like you,

a team who've travelled

thousands of miles
across the country,

crossed a border,

can make weapons out of
just about anything, huh?

Yes.

So tell me...

...why do you not take
your revenge?

Because he might be the only one
who can synthesise a cure.

Yes.

Very good.

I know how frustrating this is.

It seems like sometimes
to save humanity,

we have to put up with
a few disagreeable men, hmm?

That is going to change.

Now, this one -

it is no ordinary man

who will sacrifice himself
for the sake of humanity.

Santa Muerte is going to
smile upon you, Mr Murphy.

And you are going to bless us
with your presence

until the end of our days.

OK, whoa. Whoa, whoa. Sacrifice?

Kurian, you never said anything.

WARREN: I thought
you only needed his blood.

You're not gonna hurt him,
right?

I'll try not to.

Don't listen to him.
You're going to be fine.

Let's leave them to their work.

MURPHY: So you've been here
this whole time?

KURIAN: Since Minnesota?
Yes, mostly.

MURPHY: All the time
that I have been out there...

...wandering,
watching people close to me die?

Do you have any idea
what I have been through?

Doesn't matter.
You're here now.

It matters to me.

What did you want me to do?

Send you a Hallmark card?

There are ways
of sending messages.

No, there aren't.
Not from here.

I told them to look for you.

Best I could do.

LA REINA:
Now, then, your reward.

I can equip you
with a decade worth

of gasolines, bullets,
a vehicle, five vehicles.

Yeah, we'll...
we'll take all that.

Take them where, do you think?

Somewhere without zombies?

And where's that?

You have zombies here.

Sure, we do.
But thanks to you, not for long.

You see the potential here, yes?

Well, I see potential...

...in you.

So I send you back
into the apocalypse

or I can offer you a place here.

As a part of
your drug cartel?

LA REINA:
As part of a new society.

The beginning of the first
post-zombie society.

The cartel, the organisation,

is only a means to that end.

Seems too good to be true.

It isn't.

It's a small price to pay
to begin again.

Sacrifices are often made
for the greater good.

But the choice...

...is entirely up to you.

Take the offer.

(WHISPERS) What? Why?

Los Zeros don't give options.

Take the bounty,
you'll never live to see it.

(CLEARS THROAT)

You are more generous
than I could have hoped for.

We'll stay.

Good.

I am very pleased.

Now there's just the little formality
of an examination.

Like a personality test?

Not exactly.

MURPHY:
What have you been doing?

- KURIAN: Experimenting.
- Looks more like torture.

I had to make it look like
I was working on a vaccine

or they would've killed me.

But you weren't actually
working on a vaccine, were you?

Can you make a vaccine?
Are you even capable of that?

Probably not.

But that wasn't the plan,
was it?

Was it?

No, it wasn't. But if you
can't make a vaccine...

This is much simpler.

This, I can do.

(ESCORPION SPEAKS SPANISH)

- What kind of test is this?
-lt's called kill the zombies.

Last man or woman standing
is to join the ranks

of our loyal order
of La Reina de los Muertos.

What if we
don't want to play?

Then we shoot you.

Game on.

(ZEROS CHATTER EXCITEDLY
IN SPANISH)

(ZEROS CONTINUE CHATTING)

What are they doing?

Betting against us.

(ZEROS STOP CHATTING)

- Round one.
- Round one? How many rounds?

(ALARM BUZZES)

-(ZOMBIE GROWLS)
- I got this.

(ZEROS CHATTER AND LAUGH)

This will be
the final round.

(ALARM BUZZES)

(ZOMBIES GROWL AND GNASH)

I'm gonna do you a favour.

(WEEPS) Please, Daddy.

Please.

Help me.

I'm gonna do you a favour.

No!

(TWO GUNSHOTS)

(SCREAMS)

To speed things up,

why don't we kill the lights?

(ZOMBIES GROWL)

(SPEAKS SPANISH)

(ALARM BUZZES)

WARREN: Alright, people...

(ZOMBIES GROWL)

...let's win.

(ZOMBIES GROWL AND GNASH)

(LA REINA LAUGHS)

Wow.

No wonder you survived so long.

We could really use
some Zeros like you.

We get to join your club now?

(GROANS)

(MOANS)

KURIAN: I gave him a full dose
of the vaccine.

How long does this take?

The serum has to circulate
through his whole body,

plus the incubation period.

It could be anywhere
from one hour to two days.

"No!

KURIAN: Fascinating.

Why'd he do that?
Why did he try to attack me?

The more important question is
why did he stop?

- Because I wanted him to.
- Yes.

(LAUGHS)

It's perfect.

(GURGLES)

Well, almost perfect.

Just a few minor adjustments

and then we'll be ready
for the human trials.

(NAIL GUN FIRES)

- Wasn't he human?
- You know what I mean.

(PASSIONATE TEX-M EX MUSIC)

(TEX-M EX MUSIC CONTINUES)

(MUSIC CONCLUDES ABRUPTLY)

- Damn!
- Right.

We look so...

...shiny.

- I feel weird.
- Yeah, I do too.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Come with me.

(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)

(CROWD CHATTERS)

ESCORPION: Zeros, our queen,
La Reina de la Muerte,

demands your attention.

My people...

...we have suffered
for a very long time.

The lives that we once knew
have been torn apart.

Most of the world
has fallen into darkness.

But not our world.

Under the protection and the guidance
of Santa Muerte,

a miracle.

El Murphy has been delivered
to our doorstep...

(CROWD CHATTERS EXCITEDLY)

...thanks to the valiant effort

of Lieutenant Roberta Warren
and her courageous crew.

And so tonight,
we will give them

the greatest honour
that we know.

We will make them one of us.

(GOOD-HUMOURED CHUCKLING,
SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT)

And now we celebrate.

(CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS)

I saw it.

- Saw what?
- Escorpion's tattoo.

You can't ask me
to do nothing, Roberta.

It's him. I gotta do it.

ForJuHa.

Look, I'm not asking you
to do nothing.

I'm asking you to wait
till we have a plan.

If we're gonna get out of here,
we've got to go through him.

I won't be able to do it
without you.

It's not just about you now.

- The mission...
- The mission's over.

We made it.

Dr Kurian's here.
He's got Murphy's blood.

The world is saved.

I gotta do
what I came here to do.

(CROWD CHATTERS)

(CHATTER CONTINUES)

MAN: Ladies and gentlemen.

Please, all of you,

today, we celebrate
the arrival of El Murphy

to the City of the Zeros.

Do your duty.

Make an offering.

(CLAPPING)

Next, we have
a very special guest...

...Sefior Diablo
and his zombie friend, Pepito.

Good luck!

-(HIGH-PITCHED VOICE) Hola!
-(GUNSHOT)

(CROWD GASPS,
CHEERFUL MARIACHI MUSIC PLAYS)

(CHUCKLES)

ESCORPION:
Get that mess out of here. Répido.

ESCORPION:
And no zombie mimes either.

La Reina hates zombie mimes.

(MARIACHI MUSIC CONTINUES)

(TAPS FEET RHYTHMICALLY)

- I think she likes you.
- God, I hope not.

I don't know, kid.

Sometimes the best women
are the ones that terrify you.

Murphy, you sonofabitch.

Where's my flower?
You're supposed to bring me a flower.

Apparently.

What happened to you?

- What?
- You know what I mean.

- What did Kurian do to you?
- Oh, that. You know.

Drew some blood,
blah, blah, blah.

- Mm-hm. And?
- He's working on it.

What? Quit looking at me like that.

- You're up to something.
- What would I be up to?

I need that cure
as much as anybody.

Do you? I mean...

Seems like you're
starting to enjoy what you do.

I'll tell you
what I am enjoying.

Being treated
like a friggin' saint.

You ought to try it
sometime.

Eat, drink and be merry, Warren,
for tomorrow, we die.

Probably.

(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)

(UNSETTLING MUSIC)

(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)

(UNSETTLING MUSIC)

(GASPS)

(GUNSHOT)

(GROANS)

She saved the Queen!

Yes.

Warren.

My saviour.

Hector.

La Reina, por favor.

Your life
may still be in danger.

The assassin, he could be
working with the others.

Please, let me have him.

I will make him talk.

Yes, fine. Take him.
Get out of here.

Vamos.

(LA REINA LAUGHS)

Even more reason to celebrate.

I live...

...again.

(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)

(GROANS)

(SCREAMS)

That's for ruining the party.

Now, tell me,

why were you trying
to kill La Reina?

I wasn't.

Don't make me go zombie apocalypse
on your ass.

Because in the end,

you're gonna tell me everything
I want to know anyway.

You can save us both
some major unpleasantness.

So I'm gonna ask you
one more time...

...why were you trying
to kill La Reina?

I wasn't.

Wrong answer.

Who are you and your people
working for?

The United States government?

(CHUCKLES) That's a joke, right?

But you got to be
working for somebody

to make it down here
on your own.

Who is it?

The Russians?

The Chinese?

Those rich bastards in Zona?

(STRAINS)

I don't know
what you're talking about.

I was afraid
you were gonna say that.

Never tried this before.

(WHIRRING)

What do you think an egg beater
can do to a man's face?

Scramble it like a Picasso?

Like my mother's chilaquiles?

-(WHIRRING)
- Hey! Hey! Hey!

-(GASPS)
- No.

I like my mother's chilaquiles.

Let's try this again.

WOMAN: Jefe. It's Kurian.

He needs to see La Reina.

We've got some good news.

Not for you, but it's good.

Ugh! (COUGHS)

(SLOW, TENSE TEX-MEX MUSIC)

What do we do, guys?

We gotta get out of here,
like, now.

Yeah, well,
I would maybe know what to do

if I knew what the hell
was going on.

Yeah, did Vasquez really try
to kill that queen lady?

No. Why would he do that?

Yeah, and how was Warren
right there to stop him?

I'm gonna go talk to her.

Mi Reina.

My Queen.

Dr Kurian. What is it?

I have it.

I have the vaccine.

The zombie plague is over.
I have the cure.

(SPEAKS SPANISH)
Tell me. What have you done?

My Queen, I present to you...

...your H1Z1 vaccine.

This serum makes the zombie virus
virtually impotent.

Now a zombie bite
will be like...nothing.

Well, you may have to get
a tetanus shot. (CHUCKLES)

And when you die?

You stay dead.

How do you know this works?

- I’ve been testing it.
- On humans?

- I...
- LA REINA: Show me.

Show me how this works.

Of course.

I will just need a volunteer.

I have just the man for you,
Dr Kurian.

He's still alive?

Not for long.

LA REINA: He's perfect, then.

Doctor, you have your volunteer.

All ready, my Queen.

My friends...

...we stand on the precipice

of a major scientific discovery.

Remember this day,

for it will mark the beginning
of a new world order.

Of a Zero world order.

(MUTTERS) More like
a Murphy world order.

Let us proceed.

Hold him still, goddamnit!

What is his name?

MURPHY: Vasquez.

Javier. Something like that.

Javier Vasquez,

a name that will go down
in history.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(LIVELY MARIACHI MUSIC)