Zoo (2015–2017): Season 1, Episode 10 - Emotional Contagion - full transcript

For centuries, mankind
has been the dominant species.

We've domesticated
animals, locked them up,

killed them for sport.

But a series of recent
events seem to suggest

all across the globe animals
have decided: "no more."

And so we were hired,

a team of people from
different backgrounds,

with different specialities:

an expert in animal behavior,

a journalist,

safari guide,



foreign intelligence agent,

and a veterinary pathologist.

Our task: to find out what is
happening with the animals,

why it's happening,

and how to stop it.

Previously on Zoo...

We got it. This could be the answer.

They found the Mother Cell.

And they think they can
use it to make a cure.

That's a shame,

they won't live

to find out if they're right.

I think these lions are

communicating with each other.



Long distance.

FBI!

Ben Shafer was a friend of mine.

She shot him in self-defense.

He tried to kill us.

- Why would he do that?
- He was dirty.

Ah!

Run!

Load 'em up... Ray's
right behind us with more.

- We gotta go.
- Wait, Jackson...

- there's more animals.
- Gotta go. Security's closing in on us.

_

Chloe and I got what we came for.

- We got trouble! Head to the truck!
- Hey! Hey! Stay right there!

Get down!

Don't move!

Ray, don't!

_

What about the guy

- who made Jamie's fake I.D.?
- No. With the authorities

looking for us, we can't risk it.

I mean, if we were not in such a hurry,

we could take a freighter.

Yeah, I would give anything

for a cruise to Africa right about now.

Yeah.

- Thanks.
- You're welcome.

- Electro-what?
- Electroporator.

We're gonna need one,
once we find the leopard,

to combine its stem cells
with the Mother Cell.

Wait.

Jackson, we saw one of these.

In Mobile the optometrist's office.

Yeah.

Evan Lee Hartley thought
it would help cure him.

Makes sense.

Electroporators are used
to introduce new coding DNA.

So we're probably not gonna
find one in the wilds of Africa.

No. So we'll have to take one with us.

And it's not like we can just swing by

a convenience store and pick one up.

It's a highly specialized
piece of equipment.

- Where do we find one?
- Genetics labs.

Certain hospitals.

So we can add that

to our list of impossible stuff to do.

Well, no one said saving
the world is gonna be easy.

...think there's something we

- should be afraid of?
- Hey, guys...

- Listen to this.
- Afraid, no.

Cautious, perhaps.

The CDC is, however,
looking into the matter.

We've heard enough reports
about aberrant animal behavior

that we're considering
the possibility of a virus.

It's not a virus.

What can the people at home do?

If you notice
any odd behavior in your pet,

see your local veterinarian.

Well, that was helpful.

So... I got a question.

If we keep driving south,

straight through Florida,

eventually we're gonna
run out of Terra firma.

That's it.

- Florida.
- Florida?

Let's go to Clearwater.

Why?

I mean, never in the course

of human events has Clearwater, Florida

- ever been the solution to anything.
- Well, today it is.

In Clearwater, there is a
way to get back to Africa.

- What's in Clearwater?
- Oh, no.

- You're thinking about Ray, aren't you?
- Yes, I am.

No. Not that.

Not Ray.

Who's Ray?

He's a nightmare.

Come on, Baggo.

I think there's been a misunderstanding...

Can you at least take off
the high school ring, sport?

I know how proud you are

that you have made it
as far as high school.

Oh! There they are!

All the way from Africa to defend my honor!

See you're still as popular as ever, Ray.

Meet my pals, David and Goliath.

Bet you didn't know

they reconciled and now
they wander the globe

doing the good work.

This gotta stop, Ray.

Gotta stop now.

Yeah, yeah.

- What did he do?
- Released 200 pounds of

caught shrimp from our holds.

And that's the fourth time
this month he's done it.

Tell me something.

You know what "bycatch" is, fellas?

Sharks, sea turtles, seals

and other "non-target" fish that end up

in these bastards' nets,
only to be tossed overboard

because "they ain't shrimp."

It's our living.

And your friend here is trying to ruin it.

He's not our friend.

This ain't over, Ray.

I'll see you soon.

Gotta say, I was
surprised to hear from you.

Figured you were still sore about Nairobi.

You almost got us killed in Nairobi.

Hell, those poachers were bad men.

And you were on the right side of right.

Raymond Joseph Endicott.

No past, no future.

- My name is Chloe Tousignant.
- It is very nice to meet you, Chloe.

Tell me something.

What are you doing here
with my old friends, huh?

Like I said, we're not your friends.

- You still making that Africa run, Ray?
- Yeah, now and again.

We need to get out of the country.

The five of us.

Off the books, under the radar.

- How soon do you need to leave?
- As soon as possible.

That'll cost you.

- How much?
- More much than you've got,

if you're showing up on my doorstep.

See, here's the thing, Chloe.

I'm what you would call
a, uh, well, a last resort

for Boy Scouts like these two.

So it will cost you much-much.

Or maybe nothing at all.

- What's that mean?
- My associates and I

are doing a little
something-something tonight.

We could use the manpower.

- Is what you do against the law?
- Not if you're a zebra in a cage.

No. No way.

Suit yourself.

- And if we do help you?
- Then it's simple.

You wash my back,

and I fly yours the hell out of the country

one step ahead of whoever
it is that's chasing you.

What is it that you and
your associates are doing?

We're breaking into Clearwater Zoo.

- To liberate the animals.
- Of course you are.

Okay, so who's

- this friend of yours?
- He is not our friend.

He's an ex-Marine,

an animal rights activist,

and he spends a lot of time in Africa,

interfering with poachers.

That's how Abe and I met him.

- He's crazy.
- He's not crazy.

He's... he's just...

not uncrazy.

His group calls themselves

the Free Animal Rights Militia.

F.A.R.M.

That's... clever.

I've dealt with these
kind of people before.

They're zealots.

Don't know the first
thing about animal welfare.

Well, not to mention

some of us are already
wanted by the police.

Maybe committing another crime

doesn't help our case.

Well, I agree, but we
gotta get out of here,

and we gotta get out of here fast.

I admit, okay?

Ray... Ray can be a bit of a loose cannon.

Okay.

Maybe more than a bit.

But everything he has ever done

has been for the animals.

Look, I know desperate times

require desperate measures...

but this isn't desperate.

This is... reckless.

I understand your
reservations, Abraham,

but I'm with Jackson.

I don't really think
we have a better option.

Look, no offense, Chloe, but
you don't know Ray Endicott.

This is a terrible idea.

_

...the prime
suspect in the murder

of FBI Special Agent Ben Shafer...

I gotta say, I'm with Abe...

...meaning I'm anti-doing this thing

with these... losers.

But... I'm just gonna put this out there:

We could probably get

an electroporator from that zoo.

- We could?
- Clearwater Zoo

has a pathology lab,

which means they most likely have one.

- Even so...
- Guys!

- Jackson Oz...
- Hey, guys, come in here!

...Chloe Tousignant,

- Abraham Kenyatta
- _

and Mitchell Morgan.

These four people are
all possible accomplices

in Agent Shafer's murder.

We're asking anyone who has seen them

or who has any information
concerning their whereabouts,

to please step forward and contact us

- on our special hotline.
- Well, all of our names and faces

are out there now.

The chances of us getting recognized...

getting caught... just quadrupled.

- I'll take some questions now.
- Your friend is truly

the only hope we've got.

He is not our friend.

All right, so we've hit
up a couple of zoos before.

We found what works best for
us is a two-pronged assault,

so four of us are gonna go
in here, four of us in here.

Toss in a couple of flash-bangs,

and the rent-a-cops
won't know what hit 'em.

Flash-bangs? Seriously?

The etymology of
the term "gung ho" comes

from the Chinese meaning "work together,"

but I find it can also mean:

"excitable morons groping for a cause."

- You kidding me, man?
- My friend,

I wouldn't if I was you.

- Who are these guys again, Ray?
- These are some old chums of mine,

who are presently of the mind

that animals are uniting against us.

Which we deserve, by the way.

Good for them.

I mean, we have been eating 'em

and keeping 'em in cages
since the dawn of time.

All right, how about we just focus

on what it is we're trying to do here.

Okay, look, once we're in,
one of your people can go fetch

the, uh, velociraptor
thing from the path-lab.

- Electroporator.
- Sure, that.

Rest of us are gonna free the animals,

load 'em into the truck.

We're in and out in under 30 minutes.

- What if we try a different approach?
- Yeah,

like the one where we
don't break into the zoo

to free the animals.

What, you think this is funny?

Oh, there's nothing funnier
than adrenaline junkies

trying to mask their
thrill-seeking in altruism.

Zoos are an idea whose
time have come and gone.

Tell that to the dozens
of endangered species

who have benefited from
captive breeding programs.

All right, relax, relax.

Anissa did a couple of
tours in Afghanistan,

took some mortar fire.

Unfortunately, doctors couldn't
save her sense of humor.

Jackson?

- You were saying?
- I was thinking

that maybe we try more
of a stealthy approach.

One where we get in and out

without security even knowing we're there.

- And how do you propose that?
- We have a secret weapon.

- Oh, you do?
- We do.

Him.

You gotta be kidding me.

Well, as it turns out, Miss Jarhead,

I know a thing or two about zoos.

And Jamie knows a thing or two

about getting information from people.

I understand, Dr. Mills,

but it's against our policy to
grant access to our CCTV feed.

Don't tell me that you understand.

If you understood, I
wouldn't be wasting my time

explaining to you why I
need access to those feeds.

Look, here's the deal:

I am at a conference,
but I'm also in the middle

of a very important experiment at the zoo.

Now, my assistant was
supposed to oversee it,

but he got appendicitis,

so I have to be in two places at once.

I need you to do this for me.

I could just call your supervisor,

uh... Hank Lowenthal.

- Hank? You know Hank?
- Oh, Hank...

Hank and I are old friends.

His wife and I are in a book club together.

She just... she loves her John Grisham.

- Should I call him?
- No, no, it's okay. Um...

I'm sending you the log-in
information right now.

Thank you, thank you.

I really appreciate this.

I will make sure that I tell
Hank how helpful you've been.

Oh, and, uh, just make
sure that you send it

to that e-mail address I gave you.

Will do, Dr. Mills.

Okay.

I don't know about this.

- About what? What?
- This, the cameras, everything.

But this part was your idea.

I know,

but... look, it should
work, it should work...

but what if it doesn't?

Well, if it doesn't, I'm gonna
be breaking into a zoo

with a bunch of nut-job radicals,

and nobody's gonna have my back.

But I'm not worried about that,

- you know why?
- Why?

'Cause I have faith in you.

- Got what you wanted.
- Okay.

So how's this supposed to work?

Well, I have access

to all the security
camera feeds at the zoo.

Right now, I'm logging in

to the camera that looks
at the zebra enclosure.

Okay.

So that goes here.

I see what the security camera sees.

And this one looks at the reptile house,

so it goes there.

So you're gonna be our eyes and
ears when we're inside the zoo?

Yeah, I'll know where y68ou are,
and I'll give you a heads up

if there's any security
guards coming your way.

- Seems... complicated.
- Yeah, it is.

No, it isn't.

You got this.

She's got this, right? You got this.

You know, we usually
just cut all the wires.

Which will deactivate the security
and the camera systems.

We need the cameras active

so Jamie can advise us
as to any security guards.

All right, look, I think it's red.

Red's the alarm, blue's security cameras.

Hey, Jamie.

- How's that?
- Good job.

All the cameras are still up.

Okay, tell Mitch and Chloe

that the alarms have been deactivated.

Will do.

That's a lucky guess.

- Be ready.
- Roger that.

Here you go.

- Really? The lion?
- Oh. Yeah.

Open it up, Abe.

Cody, stay by the truck.

I'm gonna stick with Anissa,

while Mitch and Chloe
get the electroporator.

Guys, the corridor to the
pathology lab is clear.

Thanks, Jamie.

I got this.

Worked at four zoos in my career.

The first one just kept
the factory default code.

Of course, that was a petting zoo.

Great. What did the second zoo use?

Ah, yes.

Good work.

Good luck.

We tried liberating a few zebras

from a zoo in Tampa, a few years ago.

Ornery sons of bitches wouldn't go.

Guys, you just gotta know
how to approach them.

Zebras scare easy.

Come at 'em straight...

they don't think you're
trying to sneak up on 'em.

Hey.

Yeah.

It's okay.

Jackson?

I've got a guard heading straight for you.

Hide now.

Jackson, the guard is 50 feet away.

- Jackson?
- I gotta move slow,

so I don't spook the zebra.

Good, good.

Sector four is clear.

Mitch, Chloe, how you doing?

Not terribly well.

Come on!

- Hang on.
- _

The last zoo I worked at used the name of

their star attraction.

G-I-L-B-E-R...

...T.

Et voil?.

Load 'em up... Ray's
right behind us with more.

Come on, he's got it. Let's go.

You said it was about the
size of a toaster, right?

Yeah, with a digital display
and a couple of knobs.

- Something like this?
- Exactly like that, yes.

Grab that other piece.

Come on, let's get out of here.

Jackson, I got another guard
heading to the lion enclos...

Wait a second.

- What does that mean, "wait a second"?
- Oh, no.

That doesn't sound good.

Jackson, I got two of the feeds crossed.

You have to get out of there right now.

I've gotta get the others.

- Where are they?
- They're at the aviary.

We gotta go.

Wait, Jackson,
there's more animals.

Gotta go; security's closing in on us.

Chloe and I got what we came for.

We got trouble! Head to the truck!

- What kind of trouble?
- No time to explain. Now, go!

- Hey! Hey!
- Go back, go back, go back!

- Hey! Hey!
- Don't move!

- Don't move!
- Don't move!

Hey, stay right there!

- We're surrounded, Jackson.
- Take off the masks.

Put away your guns.

- We're unarmed.
- Take the masks off!

Take 'em off!

- Don't move!
- Cody, don't!

Take cover!

Ray!

What happened?

Ray got shot and Cody is
dead because we didn't have

backup we could count
on. That's what happened.

"Backup you could count on"?

Nobody said anything about guns.

Nobody said anything about guns!

Everybody calm down, all right?

We can point fingers later.

Okay, Jamie, help us.

Why didn't you take him to the hospital?

Because if he goes to the
hospital, then he goes to prison!

Besides, your friend says he can help him.

- You can?
- I hope so.

Otherwise GI Jane here
is gonna put me down.

Okay, okay,

- what do you need me to do?
- Just get me whatever

first aid supplies you have around here,

- okay?
- Got it!

- Sharpest knife you can find.
- Ok.

And a lighter to sterilize it.

Grab some rope or electrical
cord, whatever you got.

The plane... Where is it?

The plane?

- We had a bargain.
- Yeah, I know.

And we still do, all right?

But right now, I'm worried about my friend.

- Oh, God, is he...
- He's passed out.

From the pain. Probably better that way.

Okay, here, tie him to the table.

- Why?
- 'Cause this is gonna get rough.

Ray's in good hands.

His bedside manner notwithstanding,

if Mitch says he can help him, he can.

Look, I know where the plane is,
but it's not gonna do you any good.

- Why not?
- Because Ray's your pilot.

I just got a call that
there was a break-in.

Clearwater, Florida Zoo.

They took a bunch of animals.

- What kind of animals?
- Uh, zebra, camels, water buffalo...

- How many bad guys?
- Seven that we know.

That doesn't sound like our crew.

The zoo's breeding lab
was broken into as well.

- Anything taken?
- Just a piece of equipment...

something called an electro... porator?

- Electroporator?
- Yep. Whatever the hell that is.

Oh, I know what that is, Agent Singer.

What?

That is reason to book my
travel to Clearwater, Florida.

- You sure you can handle this?
- I can fly a cargo plane.

I've done it before.

You can say it, you know.

- Say what?
- "I told you so."

You don't need me to tell you
that getting involved with Ray

was a bad idea... you
know that on your own.

I do.

And I also know

that there's something
else you want to say to me.

All right, yes.

I've seen you make foolish mistakes before.

Like when you let Ray drag
us into that mess in Nairobi.

Or picking a fight with
those two brothers in Mombasa.

There are poor decisions,

and then there is today.

These are the same kind
of ill-advised judgments

you always said your father exhibited.

Bullet's in a bad place.

This isn't gonna be pretty.

You ready?

Okay. Hold him down.

No, you're okay, you're okay.

You're gonna be
fine. You're gonna be okay.

What the hell is wrong...!

Okay...

- So, what's the deal with you and Ray?
- What do you mean?

It seems like y'all
don't get along too good.

Ray is trouble.

Always has been, always will be.

That's just not true.

Look, when I met Ray, I was in the Corps,

and at the time, he was pairing
former bomb-sniffing dogs

with disabled vets...

giving them both...

- something to live for, you know?
- Yeah, that's lovely.

I'm just... saying he's a good guy.

Let me tell you how
I met Ray Endicott.

Go for it.

Ray booked a spot

on one of our safaris,
like any other guest...

only he wasn't any other guest.

He was using our safari as a cover

to scope out poachers in the area.

What's wrong with that? I
figure you'd be anti-poacher.

Of course I am.

But then, when Ray later
sabotaged the poachers,

they traced him back to us...

and they put quite a beating on Jackson.

If I hadn't arrived,

they may have killed him.

Then there was the time

that Ray had a shipment of weapons

delivered to our business.

We were almost arrested
for being arms traffickers.

And then...

there was my favorite
Ray Endicott adventure:

Nairobi.

I see you've heard of this one.

He may have mentioned it.

You see, Ray had convinced Jackson

to accompany him to Nairobi

to put an end to a
particularly proficient group

of big-game hunters.

- Wait, just Jackson, not you?
- I wanted no part of it.

But then, I learned they
had walked into a trap.

Ray had become such a thorn in the paw

of these hunters, that they
wanted to get rid of him,

so...

naturally, I had to go to Nairobi.

You know, you should hear
the way Ray tells that story.

The way he tells it, you're the big hero.

Came in, guns blazing,

took him and Jackson to safety.

"Guns blazing."

Yes. They blazed.

It was awful.

My point is,

Ray is a magnet for trouble.

If trouble needs a place
to stay for the night,

it will usually find a
room with Ray Endicott.

You ever think that maybe it's not Ray?

- What do you mean?
- I'm just saying...

you ever think maybe it's your boy Jackson?

Ray's not the only person in those stories.

You know, maybe it's Jackson

that's the magnet for trouble.

- What are you doing?
- For the animals.

You okay?

Something's bothering you.

Nothing.

Is it just me, or does it feel like...

a hundred years ago when
we first met in Africa?

A hundred and fifty.

What is that?

I don't know, but half the animals

in that truck would eat the
other half if they could.

Oh, whoa.

No, no, no, no. Hey, listen...

Hey, you don't want to go
near that thing, buddy, okay?

That-that thing'll eat you.

- What's wrong?
- You got to see this.

All right, look.

All right? The warthog should
be terrified of that thing.

That's a serval.

That's a wild African cat.

But instead...

it's like they're... they're best friends.

Let's get out of here. Come on.

- So they were all growling at you?
- Yeah.

Every single one of them.

Like they'd all found a common enemy.

Us.

And at first it was just the serval,

but then the rest of the animals joined in?

Yes. But...

not all at once.

It was more like it was passing
from one animal to the next.

And... so...

- what is it? What's going on?
- I don't know.

Maybe it's some kind
of emotional contagion.

What's that mean...
"emotional contagion"?

It's a biological phenomenon.

Nobody quite understands it, but it's real.

Like yawns are contagious.

You see somebody yawning, you
can't help but yawn yourself.

Same thing with laughter.

And you think that's what's
happening with the animals?

I can't say for sure, but it's a theory.

But if it's true, that would explain

why the abnormal animal
behaviors have been increasing

so much these past few weeks.

Because animals in proximity
could be triggering each other.

Like inside the truck.

You're saying

one of the animals

starts displaying the behavior,

then it spreads from one to the next.

Like a spark.

Something my father said,

I didn't understand at the time, but...

he called it "the spark."

Okay? He said that

once the spark was lit, it would spread

all over the world from animal
to animal, like wildfire.

And that once this happened...

...it would be impossible
to put out the flame.

This team's had a few close calls before

but nothing like this.

We never lost anybody.

Maybe it's a sign.

There are ways to fight for animal rights

that don't involve violence.

Maybe you and Ray should
refocus your efforts.

You think it's just me and Ray?

The F.A.R.M. is huge.

How do you think we come by this plane?

Or that truck?

We're just the tip of the spear.

Maybe you should join us.

We could use someone with your skills.

I share your basic beliefs.

And I applaud your crusade
against those who harm animals.

But, no, I could never get
on board with your methods.

Well, that's a shame.

I'm here.

And so is the plane.

Agent Brannigan.

I need to ask your guy a few questions.

Cody Gibson.

Well, you're lucky to be alive.

- Are you a doctor?
- Nah.

- Who are you?
- I'm just a guy interested in this device.

It's called an electroporator.

I don't know what the hell
the thing does, but, uh,

it was stolen from the zoo
you broke into last night.

Oh. I don't know what
you're talking about, dude.

"Dude"?

No, don't "dude" me.

I hate being "dude-ed."

Clearly...

these bad folks are sweet
on this electroporator thing.

So why don't you tell me
where it is I can find them.

I just can't believe
we let it get this far.

One minute Jamie's wanted
for killing an FBI agent.

The next minute, we're
in a gunfight. At a zoo.

You think I wanted it this way?

It was your idea to
contact this Ray character.

Doesn't take a fortune
teller to figure out that...

bad things might occur when he's around.

Yeah, well, I didn't hear
you come up with any ideas

about how to get out of
this country undetected.

Right, but my no ideas

beats the hell out of robbing
a zoo to get out of here.

We had no other
options, Mitch. None.

People got shot, Jackson. By masked gunmen.

We were among those masked gunmen.

Well, at least you got your electroporator.

- Ray's still out, huh?
- Yep. And I say we leave him.

We're not leaving the guy, okay? He's hurt.

I'm a veterinarian.

I didn't take the Hippocratic Oath.

- Are we really just gonna leave him here?
- Could put a bow on him.

Leave him in front of a police station.

We'll call an ambulance
once we get to the airplane.

Then we'll call the zoo,

tell 'em where they can find their animals.

And to use extreme caution
when approaching them.

Hold on, everybody.

Seriously, Ray?

- What is it with you guys and guns?
- Well, my charm only gets me so far, pal.

- Where's Anissa?
- She's with Abe.

- They went to the plane.
- Good. Let's go get 'em then.

It is my plane, after all.

Fine.

- Come on.
- No, no, no. No.

The plan abides.

We're taking the animals.

We can't.

- Sure, we can.
- No, it's impossible.

Something is wrong with them.

And we can make it right
by setting them free.

So get in the truck,

and let's go to Africa.

Now!

So who's volunteering to ride in the back?

- Or do you want to draw straws?
- All five of us can't fit in the front.

Look, you're not getting it.
The animals, they're not right.

It's not safe back there.

I'll ride in the back.

Jackson, no, you cannot do that.

I'll come with you.

Well, look at that. How sweet is that, huh?

All this "saving the world" stuff

is really working out
great for you, Jackie Boy!

Mitch, you drive.

Appreciate you saving my life, sport.

You say that now.

But I might have left
a nickel in your chest.

Shouldn't hurt.

But getting through airport
security might be an adventure.

- You okay?
- Yeah.

None of this is your fault.

That's not exactly true.

Hey, I study people for a living, remember?

It's my job to analyze a situation

and recommend the best course of action,

and you are the best course of action.

Every step of the way.

We've made it this far because of you.

This far, huh?

Riding in the back of a speeding
truck with homicidal animals,

headed, by gunpoint,

on our way to a rendezvous
with a stolen plane?

We'll make it.

- We have to.
- Yeah, we will.

Yeah.

My instincts are to trust you.

I was maybe wrong with

- Delavane and-and Alves, but...
- And we were all wrong

- with Delavane and Alves.
- Yes. That's true.

Listen, I want you to know something.

These past few months

are obviously some of the worst ever.

You know, what we've seen,
what we've had to do... it's...

But I want you to know
that, in spite of all that...

I'm so glad to have met you.

- What's happening?
- It's okay. Just stay-stay back.

What is that?

- I'm pulling over.
- Like hell you will.

We're almost there.

We gotta get to the airport.

- Mitch, the electroporator.
- Yeah, I got it!

Go! Go!

Go!

- Hey! Go!
- Hold on!

Let's get out of here!

I got this.

- No!
- No!

No!

Chloe!

- Anissa!
- Chloe!

- She's all yours.
- Yes, sir.

This one's all mine.