Z Nation (2014–…): Season 3, Episode 7 - Welcome to Murphytown - full transcript

The Man discovers Lucy's existence. 10k reunites with the gang and he tells them about Murphy's growing army.

How much food do you have left?

That's it?
That's a few months at best.

I know where there's more food.

Previously on Z Nation.

He's dead.
Poor 10K.

If you didn't see him,
he's not dead.

Run.

Wake up. Wake up.

10K!

We're gonna find this blue son
of a bitch.

And we are going to stop Murphy



from creating his damn
race of blends.

That's why they call him
The Man.

They'll all come after us.

The battle for the future of
humanity is about to begin.

And I intend to win it.

There he is. Get him!

Afternoon, friend.

Have you heard the good word
of Murphy?

All right, here we go.

Good morning.

Good morning, folks.

All right,
everyone listen up.

Now, what I want you to do
is take a paper and pen

and follow us on
this chalkboard.



All right?

Tell us what you used
to do pre-Apocalypse.

Whatever you're good at.

Anything.

All right,
follow us on this chalkboard.

It can be anything.
Anything from

garbage collector to sewing.

You can just walk through
those Zs?

Yes. Once vaccinated, they are
no longer attracted to you.

Are there any side effects?

Yes, but it's worth it.

What are they?

Next question.

Mr. Murphy?
May I come up?

One second.

Come.

How's the recruiting coming?

Got about a dozen today.
Word is spreading, but slowly.

Not like the Internet days.

Sound Truck should start
bringing them in.

Simms just brought in another
half dozen Zs for the moat.

Perfect.
It's good to start out slow.

Gives us time to plan.

New world needs everybody.

Scientists. Cooks.

I can't do everything.

Let's get them inoculated.

I'll get started right away.

Can you choose whether
to be bitten or get the vaccine?

Mr. Murphy is no longer giving
oral inoculations anymore. Okay?

Vaccines only now.

You'll leave your weapons
just past the zombie moat.

Weapons will be returned to you
at Mr. Murphy's choosing.

It's for your own protection.

Look. If Mr. Murphy's terms
are not acceptable,

you're free to move on.

Is that him?

Yes. There's the Murphy now.
Yes.

Okay, folks. Listen up.

Auerback, Raphael,
Graham, Anderson.

Come with me.

DeLaGarza, Woods, and Woods Jr.

Be back out for you next.
Come on.

All right, now each of you will
receive a dose of vaccine.

The inoculator will cut a small
incision in your upper arm

and apply the vaccine. Now you
will experience some nausea.

Some worse than others.

So if you need to vomit, there
will be a place to do so.

Weapons there.

Once the nausea passes,

proceed to the tent for
supplies and instructions.

Do we need to sign anything?

No, that won't be necessary. The
vaccine takes care of all that.

You'll be happy to do
the right thing.

What do we have?

Farmer, electrician,
banker, and EMT.

Anderson?

That's me.

Upcycler/Drill Sergeant.

Can make anything
out of nothin'.

We've got work for you.

Graham?
Investment banker. Graham?

I'm surprised they didn't kill
you before the Apocalypse.

You'll be on latrine duty.

What?

We don't have much need for
bankers, Mr. Graham.

But we do have latrines.

Of course.

Mr. Murphy,
can I get you a chair?

Don't mind me.

You're the Murphy?

Do not address Mr. Murphy
unless he addresses you.

That's really not necessary.

With your permission, sir,

we need to establish
some protocols.

Sorry. It's my first day.
I didn't know.

It's fine. Relax. I don't bite,

at least not anymore.

All right, all right, all right.

Have mercy,

It gets lonely out here
in the Apocalypse.

People are getting fewer and
fewer and meaner and meaner.

You know, kid?

Kid?

How you feeling?

That's okay. You sleep it off.

That cocktail I gave you would
have whooped my ass too,

for sure.

I dunno how much more
of this zombie shit

I'm gonna be able to
put up with.

With Warren and Addy gone,

if anything else happened
to you,

I might just have to go
out in a blaze of zombie glory.

Car's coming.

Hey.

Warren!

Warren!

Addy!

Doc!

Doc!

Hey, you guys!

Steven Beck.
Where the hell have you been?

We've been looking all over
for you!

What happened to me?
What happened to you?

You didn't see
the horde of spider zombies?

Spider zombies?

Damn. No.

They were covered
in black widows, man.

Black widow spiders
crawling with them.

Okay, so what happened to you?

Well,
have you ever seen the movie,

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest?

Add zombies, a black Elvis,
and mix well.

It's a long story.
But the best part is

I found 10K.

What?

10K!

Shit.

These paint swatches are all
great.

Thank you for doing this.

I want it to be just perfect.

Of course.

How old is your daughter?

Let's see, she would be about

one now.

Just about to walk.

Really?

You'll still need a crib.

I'm sure there's one
out there somewhere.

Maybe some of the other ladies
and I will

put together a baby
shower for you.

That would be amazing.

It's the least we can do.

You and Will
have been so helpful.

We would do anything for you.

Let's go with the lavender.

Right?

Lavender?

There's nothing to fear.

I don't fear you. I hate you.

What you did to Cassandra
was worse than death.

Just let it happen, kid.

You won't be afraid anymore.

No! Please, Murphy! No!

10K?

10K?

Let me out.

Let me out!

You're not looking too good,
kid.

Yeah, I don't feel so good.

What the hell did you give him?

Whoa. What...

Hey, hey, hey. 10K, it's okay.
He's with us now.

She's right.

You don't have to worry about me
no more.

I'm with you now, bro.

You okay?

Look at you.
You got chest hairs.

Good to see you,
conscious.

All right, we got a lot of
catching up to do. But first,

you told Doc that Murphy's
in Spokane?

Yeah.

He's different.

He's smarter. Crazier.

He's got some kinda big plan,
and he's not alone.

He bites people, controls them.

It's weird.

How?

Well, everybody likes him.

That's f'ed up.

Drink this, kid.
You look dehydrated.

Is Doctor Merch still alive?

It's okay.

Murphy bit her. Twice.

Son of a bitch.

So with these bites,
he controls her?

Yeah.

Doctor Merch is making him
a blend vaccine

so he can control people
without biting them.

You sure we need this guy alive?

You can't kill him.

Let's go.

Running out of gas.

Back on foot.

Are we friends with Escorpion
now?

Dude went full Apocalypse, man.

Had one of them come to Jesus
moments. Goes by Hector now.

What about Vasquez?

Man, haven't seen him
since California.

Probably ran himself into
a horde of Zs.

Suicide by zombie.

Who's she?

When you and Murphy
were on the boat,

some Asian folks
paid us a visit...

I don't think we should keep
that guy alive if he's making

formulas.

Red Hands, all right.

These guys are starting
to take all the fun

out of the Apocalypse.

Just when you thought it
couldn't get any worse.

I didn't think it was possible
to terrorize people

in this environment.

Hey, guys!

Look at this.

Watch your step.
Lots of sharp edges.

This is so cool.
I feel like a Bond girl.

Your nana okay okay to keep up?

You kidding?

What do you do for power?
Diesel or portable reactor?

Diesel.

But I haven't been able to get
it restarted since the nukes.

We also have solar arrays,
but they took a hit too.

With some help, I might be able
to get them restarted.

So why'd you leave?

Well I was here by myself.

All the repairs
were a two-man job. So

after the last of my
batteries ran out,

I had a choice.

I could either
go out and find some help

or stay here and die alone.

Guess it was a good thing
I found you.

I guess so.

Me and Uncle will help you
get this sucker fired up.

Get you back on the air.

Your satellites
are still in orbit, right?

That reminds me of a joke.

Uncle. Don't start.

These two satellites
decided to get married.

Wasn't much of a wedding. But
boy was that reception amazing.

Best joke I've heard
in a long time.

Don't encourage him.

Come on.

Come take a look at this.

The master electrical panels
for the entire base.

All of the fuses were fried
during the blast.

Even if we could get the
batteries recharged somehow,

we'd still have to
bypass this panel.

Some of the fuses
might still be good.

No, Uncle.

Uncle, no, no.

Kaya, get back. He's turning.

I give you mercy.

Don't shoot. I'm alive.

He's alive.

I almost mercied you, man.

There must be some charge left
in them batteries.

Hey, 10K!

Give me a hand over here,
will ya?

Kid, we got to talk.

We have got to tell Warren.
You gotta trust her, man.

No. Please.

I can handle it, okay?

Just give me a little more time
to get Murphy out of my head.

I'm feeling better.

You don't look it.

There you are. 10K.

What do you know about this?

These had to come from my air
drop, but what's inside them?

They should be empty.

I dunno what's in them.

Doctor Merch gave them to me
to keep them safe.

Really?

I dunno.

Umm.

Well she was giving Murphy
some booster shots

to keep him from turning more
zombie.

Maybe that's what's in them.
Maybe they're for Murphy.

Maybe it's the original vaccine.

Small doses might act as a
booster shot of some kind.

Slow down his deterioration.

Or it might also be

whatever cocktail of Murphy
blood they're giving the blends.

Okay.

Any luck?

She got it fired up, but it's
awfully quiet out there.

Numbers station. Some
pre-recorded Russian. But no CZ.

Keep trying.

It would be nice to know if
there's any world left to save.

Fear no more. Guaranteed.
Fear no more.

There is a way.

Follow me.

Fear no more.

Fear no more.
Somebody want to tell me
what the hell that is?

Guaranteed. Fear no more.
Sounds like the blue dude
himself.

There is way. Follow me.

Fear no more. Guaranteed.

Murphy is advertising?

Guaranteed. Fear no more.

I told you. He's insane.

If he has thousands
of doses of vaccine,

all he needs are live bodies.

You heard the man. Come on.

Does this thing run?

Yes, ma'am.

You sure this is possible?

If...if we can get the intakes
to the turbines clear of the Zs,

then one or more of these
turbines might still turn.

We managed to clear out
the control room.

Most of it is still operational.

Wires are down
in a lot of places. But,

but we're good to go
here in town.

Once we get the power back on,

we can electrify the fence and
use the Zs for other purposes.

First power.

And then industry.

And then civilization.

But make no mistake about it.

There are people out there
that won't want to join us.

Start a basic training program.
We'll need to be ready.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Murphy?

The new recruit
you wanted to see is here.

Perfect.

You have your instructions.
Get me power.

This is Emile Hunter.

Private security.

I know the man.

We go way back.

Did you think I wouldn't notice
you?

I must admit,
I am pretty hard to miss.

Seize him. He's a threat.

Obey me. Protect Murphy.

Protect Murphy.

Mr. Murphy,
want me to deal with this?

Here you go, honey. Go play.

Come on.

Remove your jacket.

So,

am I on your list?

I don't work for those people
anymore.

I'm just a private citizen
who wants to help.

And judging by these fools,

you could use a man with my
very particular set of skills.

You don't believe me.

What can I do to prove myself?

Test me.

All right.

I need brains.

Fresh brains.

For my research.

Well,

you may prove useful after all.

Why are you here?

When we last met,

I was working for
some very powerful people

from a place called Zona.
They had a cure on Zona.

A vaccine that was developed by
an infected scientist.

Their messiah.
Much like yourself.

But now their immunity
is failing,

and their messiah is dying.

You, Mr. Murphy,
are humanity's last hope.

So you understand
how serious I am.

What I understand,

there is no alternative.

You've proven your skill.

Now prove your loyalty.

Take a bite.

But that's for you.

I insist.

If you insist.

Everything all right,
Mr. Murphy?

Fine.

We're fine.

Mr. Murphy?

Just a few minutes.
Is everything all right?

I'll let you know.

You ate all of them?

Sorry.

Apologies, sir. I just couldn't
help myself.

I understand.
It's in our nature.

Can you get me more?

Yes.

Yes.

Let's keep this
between you and me.

Discretion is one of my skills.

Go.

Go.

What happened, sir?

Clean this up. Clean this up.

Obey my commands.
Obey my commands.

I'll have this cleaned up
right away.

Hang on.

You're certain the new recruit
got the inoculation, yes?

Cut the x myself.

Puked his brains out.

Shoot anything that moves.

I thought you killed
all the zombies.

It's the Apocalypse.
You just never know.

Here.

Pew. Pew.

This place
could use a woman's touch.

No offense.

None taken.

So this is where
you made all the magic happen?

This is it.
Or what's left of it.

What are you doing?

Unplugging anything
that's broken,

which is pretty much everything.

Hopefully

there's enough juice left in the
batteries to power some lights

and the transmitter.

There we go. All right,
have him try it again.

Power it up, Uncle K.

Okay. Firing up fuse number one.

Nothing there.

Have him try the next one.

Try the next one.

Trying number two.

Nothing. Keep trying.

Charging number three.

Nothing.

Fuse four.

Nothing.

Fuse five.

We did it!

Kaya?

Kaya?

Kaya?

Fear...Fear...Fear...Fear...
Fear...Fear...Fear...Fear...

Fear...Fear...Fear...Fear...
Fear...Fear...Fear...Fear...

Fear...Fear...Fear...Fear...
Fear...Fear...Fear...Fear...

This Escorpion
is starting to piss me off.

Who the hell are these guys?

This man was shot in the heart,
not the head.

But he didn't turn.

He's a blend. Look at
the other side of his face.

So when blends die,
they don't turn.

Yeah. And zombies ignore you
like you're one of them.

Maybe Murphy's onto something.

He's just trying to help people.

Become blends.

There's more too. He's planning
some kind of expedition.

An expedition to where?

Springfield, Illinois.

Springfield?

We've been to Springfield.

What's in Springfield?

Yeah, besides crazy
Lincoln zombies?

Lucy.
Lucy.

Who's Lucy?

Murphy's daughter.

Murphy has a child?

Do you know what this means?

She could have inherited
his immunity.

We got to get to Lucy
before Murphy does.

Let's get some grub
and make a plan.

Hello, darling. Hello there.

Hello there. Hello there.

Looks like dinner's ready.

I never thought I'd eat steak
without fear of the virus.

Steak is only the beginning.

Beginning of a future
without fear.

Look at everything we've
accomplished already.

A new home.

Zombie moat is filling up.
Vaccinations are happening.

And soon, thanks to the
hard work of all of you,

we'll have the power back up.

I'd like to propose a toast.

To the man that took away our
fears and gave us back our lives

To the Murphy.

To the Murphy.

Eat. Eat.

None for me right now, thanks.
I'll have something later.

Supper.

Gourmet stir fry.

Shazam. Ooh.

You know, crickets are
121 calories. All protein.

No.
That's barbecue.

Remember when we could eat meat?

I used to barbecue all the time.

Carne asada, pico de gallo. You
don't even want to know, man.

You know, if you close your
eyes, it tastes just like

crickets.

Cricket de gallo.

Okay. So the way I see it,

we got to split up.

Man.
I hate when we split up.

I get it. But we've got to stop
Murphy and his blend army

before they get too strong.

And we got to find Lucy before
the rest of the world finds out

about her.

All right? Let's hit it.
Get your head in it.

Hey. You said you saw a map,
right?

Can you draw what you saw?

Yeah.

She's with a family just outside
Springfield.

There's railroad tracks,
and it said Old Route 57.

She's in the woods on a farm
right here.

All right. Doc and Addy,
you guys go after Lucy.

The rest of us will continue
on to Spokane, and

we'll do whatever we can
to stop Murphy.

And when we find Lucy?

Keep her safe.
Contact us by radio.

We'll monitor the HAM
frequencies for you.

What are we gonna do
when we get to Spokane?

We're gonna give him
a good old fashioned spanking.

Right on.

Let's load up and move out.

10K, why don't you help me
make sure that fire's out.

10K. You've got to tell Warren
and the others about the bite.

No, Doc.

I don't want them to look at me
like I'm Murphy's bitch.

I just need one of those
injectors from Sun Mei,

and I'll be fine. Just let me do
this my way. Please, Doc.

Let's go!

You're putting me in a bad
position.

I know.

Please trust me.

I do. I shouldn't, but I do.

See you soon, sister.

You take care of yourself.

You too.

Think about what I said.

I'll be all right, Doc.

Hello, Lucy.

Anything at all?

I'm fine, thank you.

Go now.
You can clean this later.

Bring it to me.

Where did you get...

Nevermind.
I don't wanna know.

Whoa.

Slow down, Murphy.
Chew your food.

Feeling better?

Much. Pass the mustard,
will you?

You know why I'm here,
don't you?

This isn't about that stupid
list of yours, is it?

What are you gonna do?

You and I
are gonna take a little walk.

So, I know you have a thing
for this Addison Carver.

I want to let you know
that I'm not the jealous type.

Let me just put that out there
right up front.

You know we've never met.

I know.

I can kick her ass.
Just saying.

So that's Spokane?

Perfect.

Murphy's compound is there.
In the Museum of Progress.

Under the clock tower.

How fortified is it?

Obey me. Protect Murphy.

10K?

Sorry, what?

How fortified is the compound?

It's got two fences and...and
a zombie moat.

So only a blend can get in.

All right. So we got about an
hour of daylight.

We wait until night fall.
Do some reconnaissance.

See exactly what
we're working with.

Are you okay?

I'm just hungry.

I'm gonna get some crickets.

Looking for these?

Where you going?
10K!

He's bit!

He's bit!

10K, let me help you!

Give it another shot.

Test, test, test.

Broadcast something.

Can I?

Yo, yo, yo. It's the Kay to the
y-comin' at ya live.

The new hot lips of the
Apocalypse.

Don't you love it
when mom packs our lunch?

Jalapeño or cheddar cheese?

Hey, what is that?

Listen up to Citizen Z.

The Apocalyptic narration
of the nation.

Is that Citizen Z?

Only if he had a sex change.

Gimme a beat.

¶ Operation Bite Mark.

¶ Need a spark.
Did you carry on?

¶ Need to hear your call.

¶ We've been gone.
You been gone too long.

¶ CZ, wannabe, that's me.
I need to see Murphy.

¶ Talk to me.
Please don't freeze.

¶ On my knees,
beggin' hear my plea. Woo.

Citizen Z. It's Addy Carver.

Citizen Z?

It's Addy Carver. Operation
Bite Mark. Come in, Citizen Z.

¶ Ready? I'm Kaya, on the wire.

¶ Can't get by ya. Whya cry-ya.

¶ Ain't a liya.
M-M-Mercy is my business.

¶ And my business is on fire.

¶ Still alive
at the Northern Light.

¶ We had a fright,
but we all right.

¶ We okay. We hold tight.
Every day, day by day.

¶ Every day, day by day.
Every day, day by day.

¶ Every day, day by day.
Every day, day by day.

Get in the car.

No.

This is my home now.

I thought you might say that.

So I brought
a little insurance along.

Your daughter.

Lucy?

That's not my daughter.
You idiot.

How were you able to avoid
my control

after you were vaccinated?

Why don't you re-vaccinate him
or bite him?

No!

He doesn't deserve
to be a blend.

Then let me kill him for you.
The moat Zs are hungry.

I want answers first.

I want to know who exactly
at Zona you are working for.

I want a name!

I asked you a question.

I asked you a question.

Answer me!

I want a name!

You will give me a name.

I can't give you a name!

If you come with me to Zona,

you'll be treated with
extraordinary favor.

You'll have more wealth and
power than you could possibly

imagine.

Mr. Murphy!

Mr. Murphy! Mr. Murphy!

Just got word.

The power's up. They're
ready to flip the switch.

You will answer me.

Or I will have your brains
for my dinner.

All right! Everyone!

Up to the tower! This is what we
have been waiting for!

He's gone. I couldn't catch him.

Okay.

He's ready.

It's like Murphy Christmas.

Will said to send up a flare.

When he sees it,

he's gonna light up your world
like a candle.

All right.

This is it.

The dawn of a new era.

Behold, a new world order!

We're gonna need some backup.

Murphy! Murphy!

Murphy! Murphy! Murphy! Murphy!

Murphy! Murphy! Murphy!