Z Nation (2014–…): Season 2, Episode 9 - Rozwell - full transcript

Previously on Z Nation...

-(GROWLS)
- What the hell is going on?

SKETCHY: The path to truth,
it's not a straight line.

Long-gestating plans
have been percolating.

Coming into fruition
all at once.

I am the true incarnation
of the resurrected.

SKETCHY: Communication towers.

Multi-layered encryption.

All of the damn chemtrails
in the sky.

I mean, have you seen that?
What is that?

Holy acid flashback, man.



(GUITAR MUSIC PLAYS)

SONG: ♪ Out on my own again

♪ Except for my one
trusty friend

♪ Every time I break free

♪ He's hanging next to me
till the end. ♪

(WHOOSHING)

(REPEATED ELECTRONIC PULSING)

(UNINTELLIGIBLE GARBLED
SOUNDS)

(GUITAR MUSIC PLAYS)

(LOWERS THE VOLUME)
We need to get off the road.

I don't like being so far
into Zeros territory.

But I guess we really
don't have a choice.

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

♪ He's always
pointing my way... ♪



-(ELECTRONIC BEEPING)
- ♪ Which way is up for the... ♪

(MUSIC STOPS AND RESUMES)

Wait.

What's that?

♪ He always seems
to be going that way... ♪

(GROWLS)

- That is a new one.
- I want whatever did that.

DOC: Some kind of
samurai surgeon.

ADDY: Some things,
you just can't unsee.

(COCKS GUN)

(GUNSHOT)

4,234.

- And a third.
- DOC: Take the whole kill.

- You deserve it, kid.
-10K: 35.

(ELECTRONIC BEEPING)

10K: You know, they used to find
mutilated cattle out here.

- Back pre-Z.
- WARREN: Mutilated cattle?

Like 'X-Files' mutilated cattle?

Yeah, my uncle knew
all about it. Aliens did it.

Have you been smoking
my Z-Weed?

- No.
- Maybe you better start.

You believe in UFOs?

-10K: Sure.
- MURPHY: That's ridiculous.

Aliens don't exist.

If they were smart enough
to get here, they wouldn't put up

with the dumb-ass human race
for a minute.

Pure science fiction.

That's what people said
about zombies.

Well, I mean,
maybe there's zombies.

But there sure as hell
ain't no aliens.

(MUSIC STOPS)

(CAR ENGINE STOPS)

- WARREN: Oh!
-(ENGINE TURNS)

Come on, baby.
Don't fail me now.

(UNINTELLIGIBLE
GARBLED SOUNDS)

What the hell kind of language
is that?

Sounds like alien cross talk
to me.

Now you're just saying that
to piss me off, aren't you?

(UNINTELLIGIBLE
GARBLED SOUNDS)

Am I the only one
a little creeped out?

(UNINTELLIGIBLE
GARBLED SOUNDS)

Anybody have eyes on
where that light's coming from?

(WHOOSHING)

(UNINTELLIGIBLE
GARBLED SOUNDS)

(UNINTELLIGIBLE GARBLED
SOUNDS CONTINUE)

Like I was saying.

(UNINTELLIGIBLE
GARBLED SOUNDS)

(MUSIC RESUMES)

-(CAR ENGINE STARTS)
- Well, that was exciting.

I don't want my apocalypse
any more exciting

than it already is, thank you.

Somebody wanna go ahead
and tell me what that was?

Plane?

Been seeing those contrails
for a while.

Is that possible?

- Somebody's flying something.
- WARREN: Alright, listen.

My dad was this no-bullshit,

tell-it-like-it-is
air force pilot.

He told this story about seeing
this brightly lit craft

buzzing over him
in northern Nevada.

And it made him
a total believer.

And even as a little girl,
I, like...l wondered.

Well, wonder no more.
Zombies got here first.

- There are no aliens.
- Well, I don't know.

A UFO seems more likely

than somebody still able
to fly a jet today.

Especially one
that can do that.

-I'm telling you.
- Don't make me bite you.

- Kidding.
- Mm-hm.

(ELECTRIC GUITAR THEME MUSIC)

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

♪ Oh, have mercy. ♪

WARREN:
10K, let me see your scope.

Let's see if there's something
for us to go believe in.

OK, Addy.
You can follow us in this...

- Thing.
- Thanks.

Just in case
we need to make a getaway.

WARREN: Looks like
something crashed alright.

ADDY: If it was a plane,
we should definitely find it

and fly it the hell out
of this apocalypse.

It's a lot faster than driving.

No, thanks. Last time I got in a plane,
it didn't end so well.

- Does anything in your life?
- WARREN: Yeah.

Well, it didn't look like
any plane I've seen.

- And we are in Rozwell.
- With a 'Z'.

Murphy's right. Whatever it is,
it isn't extraterrestrial.

- What, some kind of drone?
- Maybe.

What kind of drone
moves like that?

-I'm telling you, my uncle...
- Don't say it.

(ENGINE STARTS)

ls this what
I'm supposed to believe in?

VASQUEZ: Crash site
of some kind.

DOC: Looks like the future.

WARREN: Well, it's definitely
been here a while.

Probably crashed
back when everything went bad.

ADDY: Looks like
there's some markings here.

Kinda weird.

10K: It's not a plane.
There's no wings.

VASQUEZ:
Yeah, helicopter or something.

WARREN: Yeah, but...
where are the rotors?

ADDY: Guys! What is it?

If anyone says flying saucer,
I'm out of here.

Well, it sure looks like a...

...an airborne disc of some kind.

Well, whatever it is,
it's not the thing

we saw last night,
so let's keep going.

-Into Roswell?
- We need supplies.

- Great. More alien huggers.
-(ZOMBIES GROWL)

WARREN: Never mind aliens.
Puppies and kittens, people.

(GUNSHOTS)

DOC: Couple more over here.

10K, you're up.

(GROWLING)

(GROWLS)

4,236...37.

(ROCK MUSIC)

-(GROWLING)
- DOC: Three o'clock.

-(SLINGSHOT SWISHES)
-(ZOMBIE SHOUTS)

10K: 4,238.

DOC: Kid's on a roll.

ADDY: OK. Talk about
"I want to believe."

The only thing the good people of
Roswell believe in

is liberating money
from suckers.

Looks like we got
some believers inside.

ADDY: Yeah?

- Are you here for the visitors?
- Visitors?

Um, I think he means, uh...

Have you been touched
by Bernadette?

- Who?
- Don't worry.

I'm Roy. I'll help you
with the orientation.

- Orientation?
- Yeah. For the exodus.

What exodus?

It's OK to be confused.
Many new arrivals are.

We had a guy from
Riverside, Iowa, show up,

thought he was
a starship captain.

(LAUGHS)

Are we supposed to understand

what the hell
you're talking about?

You've been drawn here
by inexplicable visions

of leaving the planet
on a chariot of fire, right?

No, we were drawn here
by inexplicable visions

of finding food and gas.

You didn't have a dream
of a large, elongated human form

with almond eyes telepathically
urging you to come to Roswell

-at this appointed time?
- Nope.

We did see
some really strange lights

in the sky last night, though.

Everything's strange to you.
You grew up in a cave.

Well, the important thing
is that you're not too late.

Let me show you around
before Bernadette returns.

I'll introduce you
to your fellow Xtronauts.

Xtronauts? Um, hey, man.

These...these aliens
that you're looking for,

they're not the probing kind,
are they?

No. We are not abductees.
Those people are crazy!

We're inductees.
We've been invited, not kidnapped.

We refer to ourselves
as Xtronauts because

we will be the first humans
to explore the alien world.

So, um, how do you plan on
doing that exactly?

The visitors are coming
to save us from the apocalypse.

We have been chosen.
And they're almost ready.

Just six more days.
Bernadette is in close contact with them.

- Bernadette?
- Yes. We've all seen them.

But she's the only one
they communicate with.

And Roy, the...the aliens
that you communicate with,

do they, by any chance,
use a radio?

Radio is far too primitive
for them.

They don't need our technology.

They communicate with her
telepathically.

Finally, they are here.

It's happening
just like they said it would.

Strangers have arrived.

Among them

will be the one
the visitors are waiting for.

They said

he would help us transition
to the next reality.

And here he is.

The emissary.

- Oh!
- Oh, oh! OK.

(APPLAUSE)

(GROWLING)

4,239.

(GUNSHOT)

We hope you like
teriyaki chicken!

-It's all we have left.
- No beef stroganoff?

I'm sure it'll be fine.
Thank you.

How long we gonna let them think
that Murphy's their emissary?

As long as they keep giving
the emissary food and water.

We'll be out of here
soon enough.

After you, Your Emissary.

Saviour of the human race

wasn't good enough for you,
huh, Murphy?

Needed to be
the alien ambassador too.

I'm working my way up to
supreme leader of the planet.

Ugh!

(CLEARS THROAT)

Can I help you?

Dan. Dan Scully.

And I bet you don't believe

any of this alien exodus crap
either, do you?

- No, we don't.
- Neither do I.

These people are nuts.

So, what are you doing here?

Just passing through
when I came upon these folks.

They think they've been
actually seeing UFOs and this...

...Bernadette chick
has been talking to them.

Someone who knows better

than to believe
that UFOs are coming to save us.

(LAUGHS) Right.
(INHALES DEEPLY)

So you wanna know
what's really going on?

- Not really.
- Don't listen to him.

Of course we want to know
what's really going on.

The aliens are not coming
to save us.

Because they're already here.

I told you we didn't
want to know what's going on.

They've been here
for thousands of years.

They're the ones
who caused the zombie virus.

They live inside Pluto,
which isn't really a planet.

It's really
a hollowed-out spaceship.

OK. But, you know,
this is all very informative.

But I'm due back
on planet earth, so...

Oh, I know.
You think I'm crazy.

- Yeah, I do.
- These days, crazy stays alive.

If I was you people...

...I’d get out of here

before the zombie aliens
come back and infect us all.

Do it now before it's too late.

Doc.

And whatever you do...

...do not listen
to that Bernadette chick.

She will get you all killed.

OK. The lunatics have taken
over the asylum. Time to go.

What about that aircraft 'thing'
we saw?

That could fly us out of here.

There's an air force base here,
actually.

They abandoned it in the '60s,
but that's just a cover story.

Well, I want to believe in UFOs.

I mean, if somebody wants
to fly my ass off

this godforsaken planet,
I'm cool with it.

Are you serious?

Are we actually talking about

going to an abandoned
air force base in Roswell

to see if we can find a UFO
to fly us to California?

Well, when you say it
like that...

- You mean in English?
- Look, we did see something.

And that something was flying,

which means
there's a ground crew

with fuel, food
and communication,

and I want to get a look
at that base.

Maybe your buddy Dan
can show us the way...to Pluto.

- BERNADETTE: I can show you.
-(COCKS GUN)

Oh, my God.
How long have you been there?

Awhile.

OK. That's not creepy.

I can show you
where the base is. It's not far.

I go there all the time.
That's where they contact me.

The aliens?

They prefer the term visitors.

Hmm. Who knows?
Maybe we'll find a plane and a radio.

- Or bigfoot.
- Hey, don't laugh.

My uncle had a sasquatch pelt.

-(MURPHY GROWLS)
- BERNADETTE: Come.

I'll show you.

(GROWLING)

ADDY: Those things are really
starting to freak me out.

DOC: I'd like to know
who and what is doing that.

I've seen chainsaws do that.

Sort of.

Yeah, that's not human technology.
Just saying.

Well, stop just saying.

The visitors did this.
They were protecting me.

(CAR STEREO PLAYS
MOODY MUSIC)

(MUSIC STOPS)

Slow down, girlfriend.
We don't want to run into any zombies.

Don't worry. They won't let
anything happen to me.

You don't happen to know
if that applies to us too, do you?

MURPHY: Wow.

Look at this
high-tech alien technology.

Bernadette, you don't know
if there's any radio equipment

around here that maybe
the visitors may have used?

There's a room
with old electrical stuff.

- There might be a radio in it.
- Yeah, where would that be?

Right behind you.

We'll check out the radio.

Why don't you guys see
what else you find?

- Be careful.
- You too.

- What you got?
- ADDY: Nothing.

- This thing's stripped.
- Alright. Let's go.

Follow me.

-(GROWLING)
- Look out!

(GROWLS)

- WARREN: Addy! Get Bernadette!
- Oh!

Come to Mama. (GRUNTS)

Hey!

(METALLIC CLANG)

(GROWLING)

Shall we?

DOC: Welcome...

...E.T.

WARREN: We didn't find a radio.

ADDY: We did find
some Zs, though.

MURPHY: Surprise, surprise.

VASQUEZ: Rest of the place
is gutted.

Well, somebody's
got nice handwriting.

I did that. This is where
they're going to land.

What makes you so sure
that these 'aliens'

are the good guys anyway?

- Leave her alone, Murphy.
- They won't save everyone.

Only the ones
who've been called.

They've seen what we did
to ourselves.

They don't want us
doing it to them.

But they believe there's still
hope for some of humanity.

You better hope
they have a higher opinion

of humanity than I do.

What about
the top-secret areas?

You know more about this base
than you're telling us,

don't you?

Bernadette...

ls there
some kind of hidden base

that you're not
telling us about?

They told me
only to bring the emissary.

- Why?
- I don't know.

- That's what the voices say.
- The voices?

The voices.
I hear them. In the light.

What do the voices say?

I don't understand it
when I first hear it.

Only later does it make sense.
I just know what they mean.

They want to take us away
to a better place.

They said it would be soon.

They're making repairs,
but they'll be finished soon.

Wow! Far-out.

- And what do they want with me?
- They didn't say.

Maybe you're the alien cure too.

- Great. Just great.
- WARREN: So...

How long you been in contact
with these visitors?

BERNADETTE:
At first, I was like everyone else.

I saw the lights in the sky,
but I had no idea what they were.

And then one night,
I was about to be killed by Zs.

I was ready to die.
And then the light came.

And it spoke to me
and protected me.

(UNINTELLIGIBLE
GARBLED SOUNDS)

They led me here.

WARREN:
Can you take us there, this place

where you hear the voices?

Yes.

DOC: How in the hell?!

Alright,
I'm a little freaked out.

- Alright, what now?
- BERNADETTE: We wait.

-(GAS PS)
-(ADDY LAUGHS)

Hope springs eternal, huh, Doc?

Cigarettes, cigarettes,
cigarettes, gum, cigarettes.

-Try the gum.
-Anybody got any quarters?

The gum is free.

It's the apocalypse.
Everything is free.

(HUMMING)

-(HUMMING)
- That's weird.

VASQUEZ: ls that magnetic?

Try the gum.

Alright, well,
I'm trying to quit anyway.

Doc, no!

- Earthquake!
-(ALL SCREAM)

WARREN: No, it's an elevator!
Look!

DOC: I want some gum!

WARREN: You knew
this was gonna happen!

You wanted to come along!

How come she has a seatbelt?

(SCREAMING)

Hold on!

DOC: Damn vending machine!

-(DING!)
- BERNADETTE: We're here.

(DOC GROANS)

What the hell kind of

acid trip funhouse elevator ride
was that?

Guess we're not
going back that way.

Well, kid. Your uncle was right
about the secret base part.

I'm telling you,
it's all true.

We sure we wanna do this?

He's got a point.
It's not worth the risk.

Tell me you don't wanna know
what's down here.

(STRANGE, INDISTINCT
WHISPERING)

(CLUNKING, STRANGE BABBLING)

I don't wanna know
what's down here.

(STRANGE BABBLING)

It's them. Those are the voices.
They're here.

Bernadette!

BERNADETTE:
It's OK! They know me!

WARREN: Get ready for anything.

They're here,
just like they said.

Aren't they beautiful?

(SOFT GROWLING)

Well, I'll be damned.
Just like my dad said.

They won't hurt us.

Wait. Something's wrong!

BERNADETTE: No, don't shoot it!

- You killed him!
- WARRENI Stay back!

Stay back!
I'm not sure what we killed.

(BEEPING)

-(RAPID BEEPING)
- Get down!

(DOC GRUNTS)

Next apocalypse,
I'm wearing a paperjumpsuit.

(FAINT BEEPING)

I'll check it out.

What is it?

DOC: Zombie guts?

Alien blood?
Your guess is as good as mine.

- Why did you kill him?
- Because that's what we do.

You can't kill
what's not alive.

Yeah, he's right about that.

Whatever that was

died and turned zombie
way before we got here.

Come on. It's not safe here.
Let's go.

Hey, guys.
You might wanna see this.

Let's go.

(BEEPING)

Warren! Look at this.

Now, that's some sci-fi shit.

ADDY: Yeah!

(BLOOP!)

It's interactive?

Way cool!

WARREN: Alien?

Maybe. Maybe not.

Wait a minute.
It's a Unix system. I know this.

- Really?
- No. I went to art school.

OK. Well, can you use it
to contact Citizen Z?

I can try.

At the risk of alerting
whoever's on the other side.

Alright - well, Doc,
you stay here with Murphy

while Addy tries
to make contact.

- And let's go.
- Roger that.

Wow. You can see
the whole base from here.

That's how they knew
we were coming.

VASQUEZ: Something sure wanted
out of here.

Seems empty now.

Wait. Where's Bernadette?

BERNADETTE: I'm here.

This is what happens
when we don't trust them.

WARREN: Aliens did this?

We left them no choice.

That work?

(RAPID CLICKING)

Can't tell if it's out of...
ammo or batteries.

What do you think was in there?
That thing we killed?

I hope so, 'cause if it's
something worse than that,

I don't wanna find out.

ADDY: What?

OK.

Ooh.

Something for you
to look forward to.

Look, yeah, I can't tell
what's real and what isn't.

Don't you think it's unusual

that these aliens
mostly communicate in English?

Mostly.

I dunno. Maybe this is their tap
into our old internet.

They've got global files here.

Oh.

OK. So these aliens
are stalkers from space.

Is that...

Wow. I look like hell.

Well, look what the cat
dragged in.

What is all this?

(CHUCKLES)
You are one popular dude.

And what's this?

"Zona"? What's Zona?

(GASPS) Maybe
it's their home planet.

Or what they call the pie
they're gonna bake us into.

WARREN: This way.

-(SNARLING)
- WARREN: There it is.

Be ready for anything.

No, don't worry. They won't hurt us.
They come in peace. See?

(STRANGE CLICKING)

VASQUEZ:
What do you think it wants?

10K: If it's a zombie,
it wants brains.

If it's an alien,
it wants to probe us.

- Either way, I'm killing it.
- No! Don't kill it.

Can't you see
it doesn't want to hurt us?

-(SOFT GROWLING)
- Bernadette, no!

It's alright.

BERNADETTE: It's OK.

(GROWLS)

(CREATURE GROWLS)

BERNADETTE:
Please stop shooting him!

(BEEPING)

- Bernadette!
- Get down!

- Bernadette!
- VASQUEZ: After 'em.

WARREN: Bernadette!

Oh, sweet!

- Does it work?
- I don't know.

(WEAPON BUZZES)

Guess that'd be a yes.

4,243.

(WOMAN SCREAMS)

- WOMAN: No. No! No!
- Bernadette?

Come on. Bring that thing.

Ready?

VASQUEZ: We're right back
where we started.

What was
Mr Toad's Wild Ride for?

10K: Visitors entrance.

Anybody got eyes
on Bernadette or the alien?

10K: There.

WARREN: Well, I'll be damned.

Careful, gentlemen.

Don't get sucked up.

VASQUEZ: Looks like
the entire base is alive.

WARREN: Not just the base.
The whole city.

(RUNNING FOOTSTEPS)

ADDY: You guys will not believe
what we found out on that...

What is that?

MURPHY: I don't believe it.

WARREN: Murphy, you alright?

Murphy?

Murphy, don't!

10K, don't let 'em get him!

(WEAPON BUZZES)

Murphy, don't do it! Don't go!

They're gonna probe you for sure!
And not in a good way!

- Let's go. This way. This way.
- Come on.

VASQUEZ: Oh, careful that thing
doesn't blow.

- Is it alive?
- I can't tell.

Help him. Please help him.
Oh! Oh, God.

What if it can't
breathe our air?

Uh, then I guess he came
to the wrong planet.

- Dan Scully?
- That nutjob from Pluto?

BERNADETTE:
I don't understand, Mr Scully.

Why are you acting like
one of the aliens?

I'm sorry, Bernadette.
There are no aliens.

It...it was always just me.

I'm sorry I lied to you. (PANTS)

I was gonna tell you the truth
once you got on board.

You mean there are no aliens?

Only you?

Just me.

The rest were just test pilot zombies
from year one.

(COUGHS)

Why are you still alive?

I've only been here
a few months.

Everyone was dead or turned
when I got here.

My job was to salvage

any technology
they were testing here.

I was supposed to fly...

...this craft back to Zona.

(PANTS)

- I wanted to take you with me.
- Where's Zona?

You wanted to take me?

It's beautiful there.

How did they know about me?

Oh. Face recognition software.

A drone picked you up
in Colorado.

A drone in Colorado?

This is alien technology,
isn't it?

Oh, who knows?
That's all above my pay grade.

Oh, wow.

I'm not gonna make it, am I?

- Why didn't you just tell me?
- Because...

'Cause...l was...

...l was afraid you wouldn't go
without the others.

-(MOANS)
-Dan?

Come on. Let's give him mercy.
Come on.

(SNARLS)

(GUNSHOT)

Come on.

(BEEPING)

(BANG!)

- MURPHY: Told ya so.
-10K: This proves nothing.

You know, I'm sorry
it didn't work out.

I would've liked to have gone
with the aliens.

Anything to get out of
this damn apocalypse.

You gonna be OK?

It's not me I'm worried about.

It's all the others
back at Roswell

who have all their hopes
tied up in this, in me.

What are you gonna do?

I don't know.

WARREN: I believe in you.

She's here! She's OK!

We saw the lights and the explosion.
We were worried sick.

Did you see the visitors?
What did they say?

They said
we need to wait longer.

The human race isn't ready yet.