Z Nation (2014–…): Season 3, Episode 9 - Heart of Darkness - full transcript

Previously on Z Nation.

I think somebody's impersonating me.

No matter how far I go

My past will always haunt me.

I apologize for what
I did to your family.

I don't need a saint.

You can't change who you are, Hector.

But you can change what you do.

Murphy's compound's there.

He's smarter,

crazier.



He's got kind of big plan.

We've got to stop
Murphy and his blend army

before they get too strong.

We're gonna need some backup.

Greetings, America. Or
what's left of America.

This is your old friend
and commentator, Citizen Z.

Now joined by...

Kaya in the sky-a.

Hello, zombie apocalypse, from
beautiful Camp Northern Light.

High above the zombie frost line.

Eager to hear from any and all
of you out there, on the by-ways

Or in your bunkers.

Most especially,

our dear old friends
at Operation Bite Mark.



[loud electronic noise]

What the holy hell?

Someone's on the same AM frequency.

[muffled voice and static] The
signal's blowing out half the dial.

Dearly beloved.

We are gathered here today
to get through this thing

called the Apocalypse.

Surviving, afraid,

hungry.

Well fear no more, my friends.

Oh no.

What is it?

Murphy.

We are six years into the

zombie apocalypse and looking
down the barrel at seven.

But as the Good Book says,

"seven lean years shall
be followed by seven fat."

Or in our case,

seven years shall give way
to a time of hope and freedom.

I don't care who you are,

where you live, or more to
the point, what you've done.

We have all done what
we had to to survive.

You don't need my forgiveness.
That's not what I'm about.

My business is hope.

If you come here, if you join with me,

you won't have to worry
about bites, about turning.

No more sleeping with one eye
open, watching for zombies,

waiting for loved ones to turn.

Here at my Spokane clinic,

we have a simple vaccine that'll
end all your zombie-related

fears, once and for all.

We have the Murphy Miracle
Vaccine for all who are ready.

Ready for the future.

Ten thousand doses of freedom from fear.

2 PM daily broadcast.

What are you gonna do
with all that zombie blood?

Murphy's immunity has something
to do with him being bitten

eight times just as he was vaccinated.

I've been collecting samples of Z blood

to add to Murphy's vaccine.

My theory is that

it will dilute his control
but still make you immune.

Nice theory. Think it'll work?

Honestly, I have no idea.

I don't wanna be the first to find out.

He's adding more blends every
day. We can't wait much longer.

We got to figure out how to
get across that zombie moat.

Hey, check this out. He's moving.

That's him, all right.

Where do you think he's headed?

The one place he'll be alone.

He's got a magazine. Only
one reason Murphy ever reads.

Not that many zombies right now.

We might not get another
chance like this. We go now.

[growling]

I'll go. You wait here.

By yourself?

He's less likely to put up a
fight if it's just me alone.

I'm not worried about Murphy.
I'm worried about the Zs.

- [growling]
- ‭[snipping]

But you don't know, I move fast.

You'd better.

[whistling]

[growling]

[growling]

[growling]

Oh, hell no!

[growling]

Five minutes to myself,
that's all I ask.

What the hell's going on here?

Somebody cut through the fence.
They must be trapped inside.

Back off!

Open it.

Warren.

[electric guitar theme music plays]

♪ Have mercy...

[three gunshots]

♪ ...Oh, have mercy.

We've been at this for three days now.

How much longer do you
want to keep searching?

Till the Red Hand finds
us or we find them.

You sure you want to find
them? Those people are psycho.

Even by Apocalypse standards.

You're Goddamn right I wanna find them.

We can't take Murphy alone.

I need an army.

I need men and women
who will die for a cause.

And yes, kill for a cause.

And I mean without
hesitation or remorse.

Because that's what it's come down to.

Listen to me.

Listen to me!

Listen to me.

I know we need help.

But not by the Red Hand. Not Escorpion.

You cannot control men like that.

They understand nothing but
pain and death. They're killers.

And we aren't?

[screaming]

Now you listen to me.

I've come too far. I've
spilled too much blood.

Seen too many good people die

for this mission to turn back now.

Escorpion will change you more
than you will change him!

Then so be it.

Something's burning.

[muffled screaming and grunting]

[muffled screaming and grunting]

[muffled screaming and grunting]

[screaming and grunting]

Zombies?

Enders.

[gunshot]

[screaming and grunting]

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

[screaming and grunting]

[gunshot]

Car thieves will be hung first,
shot later. No questions asked.

You must admit,

[slam]

They know how to stage an atrocity.

Signed Escorpion himself.
This isn't very old.

Yeah, it has that new corpse smell.

We're getting close.

Come check this out.

Who are they?

I'm guessing our family of car thieves

stole the car from the
family in the trunk.

Maybe the Red Hand got it right.

They probably didn't
even look in the trunk.

[slam]

[growling]

[growling]

[growling]

[gunshots]

- [growling]
- ‭[groaning]

[gunshot]

No, no, no, no, no. Better not.

Three against one, bro.

Oh I can count. But it's not
really about the numbers, is it?

You don't want to trade this little lady

just to make a Z out of me.

Too many in the world already.

Exactly. Up till now, this is
just a confusing little standoff

There's no need to get nasty.

Besides, I did just actually save you.

We'd have been all right.

That's easy for you to say and
impossible for you to prove.

And I like my version.

Is there something you want?

Can we...

Name's Hopper. You are?

You didn't answer my question.

Oh, I'm just heading on down
the road like, I bet, you.

Don't look back, right? Red
Hand might be gaining on you.

[laughing]

What do you know about the Red Hand?

Oh, they are a force of good
in this sad and desperate times.

And their methods, they're harsh,

but can't really argue with the results.

One second. You know
how to find Escorpion?

Possibly.

Warren.

You with the Red Hand?

No, ma'am. I'm a small businessman.

What kind of business
you got with the Red Hand?

I'm their drug dealer.

[tapping]

Ma'am, just between you and me,

ripping off the Red Hand,
probably not a good idea.

Ain't nobody trying
to rip you off, fool.

And lose the ma'am.

What do you want with Escorpion?

People don't look for Escorpion.
Escorpion usually looks for them

I've got a proposition for him.

Oh honey, I bet you do.

Take us to him.

I could.

For a fee.

All right.

Guess I'll take you to him.

Besides, this is a proposition

that Escorpion will
want to see in person.

Let's go!

I finally triangulated Murphy's signal.

He was transmitting from Spokane.

Washington? That makes no sense.

And anything else does?

What is he up to?

So how well do you know Escorpion?

Nobody knows Escorpion, man.

He's like a mystery wrapped
inside a shadow in a ghost.

Supposedly, he was a
big time shot caller

with the Zeros down in Mexico.

Apparently, a few years back he had a

come to Zombie Jesus moment,
and it enlightened him

to a better way.

Better way to what?

The way forward, man.

The Apocalypse killed most of
the people on the planet. But

that was random, you know?

There was no responsibility.
There was no judgment.

Escorpion, he brings judgment
to a lawless world. And the

Red Hand, they're just, they're
just executing his sentences.

What if someday he
judges you to be guilty?

Well, then I guess the
Red Hand's gonna have to

deal with me accordingly.

[snap]

Yeah.

You sure this is the right thing to do?

Don't have a choice.

[loud slam]

You people are paranoid.

We're alive, ain't we.

Yeah. It's all because
Escorpion wants it that way.

Hey, sweetheart.

You partake?

Z Weed, mushrooms, krokodil?

Got some Oxy.

Oh I see.

You want something stronger.

You need a man.

[hit]

- [grunting]
- [groaning]

[groaning]

Better save that Oxy for yourself.

[laughing]

Oh, baby.

You are fantastic.

[moaning]

[groaning]

Don't pull that shit again.

This better not be a trap.

[electric clicking and humming]

What is this place?

Welcome to Underground Seattle.

When they built the new Seattle
on top of the old old Seattle,

they left all these
catacombs underneath.

It was a real cesspool of humanity

till the Red Hand cleaned it out.

[clicking and humming ceases]

[match striking]

[laughing]

[humming]

[muffled screaming]

[muffled screaming]

[rapid scratching]

What's that noise?

Sounds like rats.

[rapid scratching continues]

A hand. It moved.

[rapid scratching continues]

There's more.

[rapid scratching continues]

They're everywhere.

[rapid scratching continues]

It's probably best if we kept on moving.

Keep moving.

Get up. He's waiting for you.

He's here, Sir.

You know, the funny
thing about confinement,

and I speak from experience,

Gives you time to think
about the big things.

You know, life, it's purpose.

Why am I here? How do I fit in?

Did you find that?

I only thought about how
much I hate your guts.

Hate my guts?

Wow.

Those are hurtful words

for the man who found you
starving and near death.

So tell me.

What is Warren planning?

Come on.

I know her as well as you do.

Warren is relentless.

She's gonna try something.

What is it?

She didn't tell me.

Hey.

Look what I found.

Humanity in a single injection.

So,

you tell me what Warren is planning,

and I might just give your soul back.

Huh? So,

one more time.

What is Warren's plan?

She's planning to spank your ass good.

[laughing]

[laughing]

Find him something useful to do.

Zombie moat clean-up
might be a good start.

I've heard of wrapping
barbwire around a baseball bat.

But never around a whole damn zombie.

These aren't zombies.

These are humans.

And they're alive.

Despicable.

How long have they been this way?

He's trying to speak.

[moaning]

[moaning continues]

How bout we shed a
little light on things?

No! Don't!

[click]

[electric zapping]

You just executed these men.

I'm sorry.

But the sign did say they were guilty.

[growling]

Heads up!

[growling]

[slice]

[growling]

[gunshot]

[growling]

[splorch]

[growling]

[gunshot]

[clapping]

Woo!

[clapping]

You folks should consider
doing this professionally.

It's time to meet the
man behind the madness.

Escorpion will see you now.

[muffled telephone ringing]

[muffled telephone ringing]

[muffled telephone ringing]

[muffled telephone ringing]

[muffled telephone ringing]

[muffled telephone ringing]

[muffled telephone ringing]

[telephone ringing]

[telephone ringing]

Hello?

Hello. Who's this?

Murphy.

Mr. Murphy?

Hi, it's me. Citizen Z.

Operation Bite Mark.

What can I do for you, Mr. Z?

Yeah, I'm looking for some
intel on the mission status.

Operation Bite Mark has been terminated.

There's a new mission now.

New mission?

But what about Warren and the others?

I don't even know if
Warren's alive or dead.

And frankly, I don't care.

But,

the mission? The vaccine? Doctor Merch?

Doctor Merch

decided the future was
more than she could handle.

I'm in charge of my own mission now.

And I don't need any help from you.

Don't call again!

Wait!

[snap]

See you around the Apocalypse, kid.

[dial tone]

That went well.

You seek Escorpion?

I hear you have a proposition for me?

Sorry.

I didn't expect to find you here.

Have we met?

Yes.

We've met.

Been a while.

I think you must be mistaken.

I would've remembered you.

And who are you?

Alvarez. Hector Alvarez.

I know you.

You're one of those men

who think they're better than me.

Better than the Red Hand.

They want the peace and
security that I bring.

They denounce my methods as cruel.

The work of a madman.

But right now, what the
world needs is a madman.

Don't you agree?

Are you sure you don't
remember who I am?

Why? Should I?

Got one just like it.

[laughing]

And who are you?

Captain Sun Mei.

This yours?

Useless.

Take these two away.

Lock them up.

Why are you here?

I need your help.

Like you,

I too am on a mission to save humanity.

With the help of you and your
men, we can make a vaccine

against the zombie virus.

I have my mission.

You should help me.

You know,

we were once on a mission
together. You and I.

[laughing]

Tell me more about
this mission we were on.

Let me show you something.

What are you doing?

Just a reminder.

Careful.

Always.

You were hurt.

Badly wounded.

Dying.

Go on.

I was hurt too.

And you helped me.

And then...

I...

Javier?

Escorpion.

Guards!

Get her out of my sight.

Why didn't you tell me that
your boss knew Escorpion?

Same reason you didn't
tell us you were a spy.

Fair enough.

What's gonna happen to us?

Now that I do not know.
Escorpion can be unpredictable.

[clang]

Hey! Careful there, Amigo.
No need to be unfriendly.

Not only is it bad manners,

but it might wind up getting you killed.

Hey, look at me.

A terrible host.

I'm gonna get you some
food and some water.

Eventually.

So I call this

the honeymoon suite.

Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh.

[laughing]

[clank]

You're safe, honey.

For now.

Smile.

[click]

[slam]

You okay?

What happened?

He won't help.

He still thinks he's you.

It's my fault why he's so insane.

After what I did to him.

What I did to his family.

What now?

Either I get him to snap out of it

or we don't get out of here alive.

And if he doesn't snap out of it?

Then I'll kill him.

You won't have to.

[groaning]

Hey.

Hey.

[slap]

Where did he go?

[whispering] Who?

The Easter Bunny.
Señor Salsa. The Amigo.

I have no idea.

Maybe he

walked out the door.

Damn it.

Just when I was getting
to like you people.

Where's the other one?

He...

He escaped.

But not for long.

He's still here.

And you.

Why are you really here?

What is this?

Our mission.

You've got to remember this.

We were trying to get
Murphy to California.

We ended up in Mexico.
La Reina, the queen.

You found the real Escorpion.

We're doing this together.

We're a team.

This...

[muffled screaming]

[grunting]

[smack]

[yelling]

[thud]

- [hitting]
- ‭[groaning]

All right, all right.

That's enough.

[smack]

Found him.

[muffled growling]

Somebody get outside
and mercy those fellas.

Don't kill him.

Who are you?

I'm the real Escorpion.

That's a lie.

[grunting] ‭[groaning]

Who are you?

Yo soy Escorpion.

[grunting] ‭[groaning]

I killed for La Reina, the Zeros.

I have the tattoo.

I killed for La Reina and the Zeros!

I have the tattoo!

You're not Escorpion!

Escorpion killed your family.

You were an undercover
cop named Vasquez.

And I killed your family.

You're lying!

No.

[whispering] No, he's not.

It's the truth.

But I lied to you before.

In Mexico.

When I told you I didn't
remember killing your wife

or your little girl.

I remember.

I remember every little detail.

Your wife begging for her life.

"Please don't kill my niña."

"Don't kill my little girl."

I remember.

But I didn't care.

And I shot them both.

(girl) [echoing] Please.

[muffled screaming]

[muffled gunshot]

[muffled gunshot]

[muffled screaming]

(Warren) It's true.

No. Wait.

Let him fight.

You got to stop it.

No, I can't. I can't.

[metal clanging]

[slice]

[metal clanging]

[stab]

[stabbing]

I am Escorpion.

Say it.

[yelling] Say it!

[crying]

[stab]

[groaning]

[moaning]

[whispering] I'm sorry.

[whispering] It's okay.

[whispering] Roberta.

[whispering] Javier.

[whispering] Mercy.

[whispering] Yeah.

[whispering] Go home to your family.

[slice]

I give you mercy.

[slice]

[clang]

[moaning]

Warren, help me.

Help me.

[groaning]

Hector, you were right.

You were right.

Oh God, he's dying. Do something.

Get an injector. Do it!

[moaning]

What's happening?

What was that?

My experimental vaccine.

It didn't work.

He's dead.

He's not turning.

There's a new world ahead of us.

A world without violence.
Without fear. And yes,

without zombies.

We just have to be brave
enough and smart enough to forge

our new world from the ruins of the old.

We're taking back the Apocalypse
one vaccination at a time.

So if you can hear
the sound of my voice,

join us and fear no more.

Right where he said it would be.
It's the only house for miles.

Look over there.

Jeez Louise. That kid's gonna get bit.

Is that Lucy?

[gun cocking]

[gunshot]