Zoo (2015–2017): Season 1, Episode 12 - Wild Things - full transcript
Abraham: 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...
What if your dad was searching for a cure?
Leopards? Have we ruled it out yet?
Zambia's largest agricultural company is owned
By one of reiden's biggest critics.
That might explain why reiden products aren't being
Used there. I think we just found our needle.
We need to get out of the country. How soon you need to leave?
(siren blaring)
No! (groaning)
Chloe!
This one's all mine.
(yelling)
(groaning)
This is another trick to get me to talk.
No, it's not, but I'm risking everything to be here.
I need to know you'll trust me.
You shoot that bastard dead, then maybe we'll talk.
(grunts)
Jamie: Mitch stuck the cub with the needle.
His pain sent a distress call.
It was just like the lions in l.A.
They communicate over long distances.
Once we get him back to a lab,
He's gonna save a lot more than that.
What happened? Jamie: Oh, my god. Jackson, you've been shot?!
We got to get him to a hospital.
(engine revving)
Looks like we're ten miles from the hospital.
How's he doing?
(gasps, groans) not so good.
(birds screeching)
Oh! Oh!
That's the third one in an hour!
Mitch: Yeah, that's the same pattern
We saw when we were in boston.
(coughs, groans)
We're close, my friend.
(groans weakly)
The blood...
The blood is coming through the shirt.
Keep pressure on it-- nice and even.
Don't let him pass out.
(jackson coughs) maybe we should pull over.
Lot of things I can handle in a pinch.
Kind of surgery he needs-- not one of 'em.
(leopard cub growls)
The cub is impatient, rafiki.
(jackson gasps, coughs)
You need to give him a name.
Maybe a musical name,
Considering how much noise he makes.
Perhaps bono or bowie?
Jamie: What's going on?
Where are they going?
Everybody's leaving town.
Could be a million reasons.
(jackson coughs)
You're worried about your team.
I need to talk to them.
Reiden will be looking for us.
They'll be monitoring cell conversations.
If they find you,
They can have an interception team wheels up in minutes.
Look, I don't even know if jackson found the leopard,
Or if they made the cure.
Or if they're even alive.
I understand.
But if this goes well, we'll have the entire weight
Of the united states government behind us.
Maybe you should do it yourself.
No.
You have one thing that I do not.
What's that?
You've looked it in the eye.
This animal pandemic.
You've even managed to get the better of it once or twice.
There's one person here
Who can make them believe.
And that's you, chloe.
(indistinct shouting)
(people screaming and shouting)
(leopard cub growling)
Grab the electroporator.
Oh, my god. That's why they're all leaving.
(hissing)
(growling)
(growling)
We need to get inside now.
(growling)
Here. (yelling)
Hey! Open the door! It's an emergency!
My friend needs a doctor!
The hospital is closed.
(alarm ringing)
(jackson grunts)
(screaming and shouting continue)
Did you hear what I said?
We are abandoning the hospital. You have to go elsewhere.
We don't have time. This man's been shot.
I can't help. I suggest you drive him to nyanga.
That's four hours at least!
I have lost a dozen colleagues
And more patients than I can count.
I am sorry, but I cannot help you.
You will help him! You understand me?
You will help...
(growling)
(people screaming)
The last ambulance leaves in an hour.
I will do the surgery,
But beyond that, you are on your own.
Thank you.
Doctor: Three units of o-negative
And find some morphine!
It started at the edge of town.
The lions came first, then the leopards.
When did the attacks begin? Two days ago.
They attacked the young and the elderly first,
Then the hospitals where they were taken for treatment.
It's as if they were... Thinning the herd.
People are terrified. They're abandoning the city.
I've never seen anything like this.
Man (over p.A.): Evacuation busses will be...
Away! No!
(people screaming over p.A.)
I'm sorry.
You can't come with us.
Wait...
Be strong, rafiki.
You may want this.
Thank you.
(lock buzzes)
The hematology lab should have what we need
To extract this little guy's stem cells, formulate a cure.
Hurry, mitch. I think he's getting scared.
(leopard cub growling)
There. Third floor.
We're heading to hematology. Come on.
(elevator bell dings)
Stay behind me.
(metallic clattering)
(gasps)
A single set of paw prints.
Look-- the teeth went straight through the bone.
That means leopards.
(growling)
Which way is hematology?
(growling)
That way.
(growling)
Come on, little guy. Let's go.
(growling, snarling)
I would argue that the fearless
And aggressive behavior witnessed
In these animals is, without question, the direct result
Of an airborne virus...
He's completely wrong.
A single-stranded rna virus,
Not that unlike canine distemper...
You are their one chance to hear the truth.
They're scientists.
Mitch should be talking to them.
You don't need mitch.
You've picked up enough over these last weeks.
...There is only one logical solution:
Identifying and destroying these animals that are infected.
Thank you very much.
(applause)
Thank you, dr. Brettschneider.
Mr. Delavane.
Jamie: If they're out there, I don't hear them.
(lock clicks)
Okay, pal, I'm gonna need
One of your teeth, so I can extract some stem cells. Uh...
Hand me that rubber heart over there.
Why?
Because.
No need to hurt him if we don't have to.
So... I'll just
Take this...
...Rub little flavor on it.
Here you go.
Ah, I see.
You're going to let the cub remove its own tooth.
Exactly.
So, uh...
Assuming I can formulate a cure,
We're gonna need an animal
We can test it on.
Abraham: Even if the cure works,
Wild animals still act wild.
We're going to need a domesticated one.
That way we have a clear
Behavioral baseline. I...
Okay, so...
Don't open this door until I return.
What?!
No, you...
Abe!
I'm going to be okay.
Jamie: Be careful.
You too.
My name is chloe tousignant.
And up until four weeks ago,
I was an analyst for the dgse.
My focus was on terrorism-- human terrorism.
But I have come to believe that the most serious threat
To our survival now comes from the animal kingdom.
(murmuring, whispering)
My team has discovered
That there is a genetic mutation
Throughout the animal kingdom.
How can you possibly account for a mutation,
Given the absence of antigenic drift?
Chloe: I don't know what that means.
(audience murmuring)
But I do know that a virus
Brings other symptoms.
These animals are healthy
And killing them is not the answer.
What we're dealing with is a mutation.
Interspecies?
That's ridiculous.
Most of the animals display something
Called the "defiant pupil."
An environmental event
Of global proportions is happening.
My team has risked their lives to prove it.
The animals have developed a biological imperative
To destroy us.
(murmuring) if they continue to attack our technology,
Which they have done.
If they continue to develop
Interspecies communication,
Which they have done. If they no longer
See us as apex predators,
Which they do not.
If all of this continues,
The balance of nature will collapse,
And we will be facing
A mass extinction event.
(murmuring becomes louder) a mass...
Extinction event?
Yes. Okay, well,
I've had enough of this.
Please!
My team is in africa and they need your help.
We need your help!
Mitch: So...
We carted this thing halfway around the world.
About time we used it.
This is insane.
I mean, this thing has to work
For any good to come out of all of this.
I mean, my mom dying, and...
Or maybe that was a really stupid thing to say, I'm sorry.
What's it like being human?
Oh, my god. Mitch...
Here's a tooth.
You're kidding me. Already? Yeah.
All right.
Bet you never thought we'd be saving the world
With a tooth and a rubber heart.
(grunts)
I've been looking for you.
How's jackson? He'll sleep for another
Hour or two. Check on him then.
He's on the second floor, in post-op.
As soon as he wakes, start the antibiotic.
The other is for pain.
We are gathering the last of the patients.
Stay away from the animals.
There will be no one left to help you.
Thank you, doctor.
(monitor beeps steadily)
(growling)
Hi.
I got here as soon as I could.
Oh. You didn't have to.
Of course.
I was worried.
Yeah, well, I'm stubborn, right?
Takes more than a bullet to stop me.
A bullet, an army of animals,
Evil men trying to kill us...
Yeah.
We've been through a lot.
Yeah, we have.
When they were, um...
Wheeling me into the room,
I was thinking about you.
(growling)
(screaming)
(crying, screaming)
(growling)
(screaming, shrieking)
(growling) (bones cracking)
God, forgive me.
I have not been a religious man.
But...
If you get us out of this, I promise that will change.
Just give me a sign. (dog barking)
(tires screech)
(barking continues)
(barking stops)
Oh! Hey!
Easy... (gasps)
Easy... I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry. Hey...
Bacco's very sick.
It is enough. No more.
No, no, no! No. Stay back!
My brother, please, please.
Let me take bacco.
I think there is a way I can save him.
I've tried. All of my neighbors
Have shot their animals. I'm the last.
Then let me help him.
It is a terrible world
Where a man has to shoot his own dog.
Let me help him.
If I cannot, I will do it myself.
Come on, bacco.
Come on.
You're coming with me.
Hey.
(grunts)
Undo the chain,
Quickly!
(screaming, crying)
(gasping anxiously)
(leopard growling)
Shh. Shh.
(crying, gasping)
(crackling)
(leopard growls)
It's okay,
It's okay... It's okay, I got you.
(grunting)
Shh.
It's gonna be okay, all right?
I'm gonna... I'm gonna get you out of here, okay?
(grunting)
(growls)
Boy: Bhudhi vangu!
Bhudhi vangu! Bhudhi vangu!
Bhudhi vangu! Bhudhi vangu! It's okay, it's okay.
Bhudhi vangu!
Huh? Bhudhi vangu!
Sielewi. Bhudhi vangu!
I d... Tell him I don't understand.
Bhudhi vangu! Bhudi vangu?
Ah, wait, no, no, no, no!
Girl: Mukoma. Mukoma. Jackson: Mukoma?
Y-your brother's out there?
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Your brother's in there?
(groans)
Good news is... We got some viable stem cells here.
(cub mewling) so...
Our little friend has done his part.
He's crying so much.
You don't think it's a call, do you?
Mitch: Why don't you try closing the bag?
Maybe he shares my aversion to hospitals.
Is that why you dropped out of med school?
No. I never liked hospitals.
But I think it was the patients that finally did me in.
Will you hand me one of those cuvettes over there?
Uh, which one?
The-the square tube with the lid on it.
I didn't hate the patients. I just...
Hated their pain.
Their tears.
And their families' tears.
You shut down your emotions for long enough,
You don't want to spend all day with somebody else's.
Does it bother you when I talk about my mother?
It did.
When we first met. But...
I'm okay with it now.
I've actually learned a lot from you, jamie campbell.
How's that for a compliment?
I'll take what I can get.
Is this gonna work?
In theory.
(whirring, beeping)
So, there's something I got to say.
And I better say it now, before this whole thing goes south.
I want to thank you.
For... Dragging me into this insanity.
You don't have to thank me. And I want to thank you for...
...Giving me the courage to save my daughter.
And for reminding me that...
That it's okay to feel
And...
Look, I know you couldn't save your mother,
But, truth is,
You kind of saved me.
(beeping)
(whirring slows, stops)
All right.
Well, here we go. This is it.
Hope to god we were right.
I have to find jackson.
(leopard roars) (gasps)
(snarling)
(growling, hissing)
(growling)
Mitch, wait, the mother cell.
(alarm wailing) mitch: Forget it.
Let's go.
(leopard growls)
What's happened?
The leopards.
They came after the cub.
I know it sounds crazy, but...
Maybe that's what those birds were doing.
Abe, we lost the mother cell.
And the cure?
This is it. It's all we got. One shot, maybe two.
Okay. I found a dog, and I put him in one of the patient rooms.
If this doesn't work...
There's only one way to find out.
(barking) first, the birds.
Now the leopards.
It's no coincidence.
They're after the cub.
All right, this is it.
No room for mistakes.
(dog barking, snarling)
Ready?
One...
(barking, growling)
...Two...
Three... (whimpers, barking)
How long does it take to work?
(barking)
I don't know.
(barking, snarling)
(phone ringing)
Hello? Who is this?
Chloe: Hey.
It's chloe.
How is everyone?
Chloe, oh, my god.
Are you okay?
I'm fine. I'll explain everything later.
(barking)
Uh, we're-we're fine.
We-we found a cub.
Great.
What's that sound? Where are you?
Uh, we're at a hospital in harare.
We're-we're actually testing the cure right now.
Wait, where are you?
Washington.
Why are you testing it in a hospital?
Listen, chloe, um,
Something happened. Jackson got hurt.
He's going to be fine, but-but...
Where'd you get this?
It's clean. I borrowed it.
I told you not to do that, chloe.
It doesn't matter anymore.
They didn't believe me.
This was the one thing I can do to help.
And I failed.
I'm sorry. Man: Ms. Tousignant.
Mr. Delavane.
Would you come with us, please?
(panting) (crying)
Your br... Your brother's out there?
Mm-hmm.
(door creaking)
(curtain rattling)
(groaning softly)
(curtain rattling)
(door creaks open)
(curtain rattling)
(panting)
(soft whimpering)
(grunting in pain): Okay. Okay. Here we go.
Here we go. Here we go. Here we go.
Okay. Okay. (panting)
(growling)
(growls)
(grunting, groaning)
(hisses)
(grunting, groaning)
(growling)
(barking)
If it was gonna work, we'd have seen some evidence by now.
(sighs)
Sorry, guys. This is all my fault.
It's no one's fault. Mitch: Yeah, I...
I'm the one who told you all
That the leopard cub was the-the answer.
I'm the one who said the mother cell was the key to the cure.
It was just a theory. Not even a theory.
Half a theory.
Now's not the time
For self-pity.
It didn't work.
Tell me why.
Okay.
Should I start with the fact that I'm not a geneticist?
Or should I start with the fact
That somehow I got it into my brain
That a completely discredited scientist
By the name of robert oz
Was anything other than certifiably insane?
Ancient history.
Tell me why you failed today.
Easy, abe. He tried.
Stop. Let him speak.
Tell me why you failed.
I don't know.
Why don't you tell me, genius?
Maybe the mother cell was contaminated.
But it's-it's-it's hard, organic substance.
So that's highly unlikely.
Maybe the-the...
Cub's gene didn't mutate naturally
Like we thought it did, but there is no way
That it traveled far enough to-to be exposed to reiden,
So that's a big fat no.
If my hypothesis...
Is sound,
A-and none of the elements were contaminated,
Then I don't know, maybe it's the-the... Maybe it was
The delivery system. The delivery system?
Yeah.
The... The injection.
The-the... The needle, maybe the needle was contaminated.
The... Or...
Or what?
(sighs)
Intramuscular injections usually disseminate quickly, but...
But it's-it's possible that...
It's possible it never even made it out of the dog's flank.
And if it didn't make it out of its flank,
Then that means it didn't get to the brain...
And maybe that's it, maybe...
...Maybe we need to introduce it orally.
(dog barking) maybe we need to do that
Before the cub's pack finds us.
Do we have enough left?
(sighs) we're gonna find out.
And, uh...
Don't think I don't recognize what you just did there.
(barking)
(dog snarling, barking)
Sorry, buddy.
We need you one more time.
(snarling)
Got him?
Yeah.
Yeah.
(snarling, barking)
(snarling)
(barking)
(snarling, barking continue)
Mitch, I don't know.
I don't think it's working.
(whines quietly, pants)
(whines, pants)
(dog whining)
Good boy. Good boy.
(whines, whimpers)
(relieved sigh)
(laughs)
You better find jackson.
We got to get this stuff home.
(electronic whirring, beeping)
(door unlocks)
Sorry for the cloak-and-dagger.
We haven't been properly introduced.
My name is amelia sage.
Those scientists didn't believe you,
But I do.
And so do the people who matter.
(quietly): Jackson?
Jackson?
Abe.
(panting): Abe.
Ah.
(chuckles) how are you, man?
I was so worried.
I've said some things over the last few days...
What you said...
You were right.
That little boy in there, the only thing
That mattered to him was his brother.
I've been a lousy brother.
I made some dangerous choices.
You tried to give your life for me.
It was a dangerous choice,
But a good brother.
The cure?
It worked.
You were right.
(wry laugh)
(laughs softly)
We got to get out of here. The lobby's this way.
(ferocious growling)
(quietly): Oh, my god.
Don't move.
(growling)
(growling)
Do we run?
No.
If we do, they'll take us down.
(leopard roars, growls)
(roaring, growling)
(glass shatters, gunshots) soldier: Trank 'em!
(indistinct talking)
Soldier 2: Secure!
Soldier 3: Unit two secure! Extract!
Soldier 4: Lock it down. Secure the perimeter.
How long have you known about the problem?
Let's just say that two weeks ago
This room... Didn't exist.
Amelia: Many of the things
You said to the working group corroborate my team's discovery.
The ocular change, for example.
You call it the...
Defiant pupil. We call it
The delta determinate.
It's an anomaly of the pax-6 gene,
But a rose
By any other name... We didn't know about the gene.
We didn't have the resources.
Well, you did just fine without them.
My team's just started to research this problem.
Your team is already close to a cure.
Resources are the enemy of imagination.
Einstein?
Delavane.
(chuckles)
Amelia: Well, mr. Delavane,
You'll be happy to hear
That instead of facing criminal charges,
Your team is about to become heroes.
Hopefully...
The kind of heroes that can save the world.
You're not alone.
Not anymore.
Mitch: Not that we're not incredibly grateful,
But where the hell did you guys come from?
Sergeant: We're the 74th special tactics squadron.
Our orders are to get you out of here.
Okay, listen, there were two others with us.
They're-they're still... Look! Jackson!
You look like hell.
(chuckles)
Thanks.
Jackson: Hey, listen, up there with me,
There were three... Three kids.
Already on their way to nyanga.
We'll track down their parents.
How'd you know we were here?
All I'm authorized to say is your location
Was provided by a french national.
But we're gonna get you to johannesburg,
And from there on a flight to dc.
I made a promise.
Can you spare two men to take him back home?
You serious?
Yeah.
Go on.
Soldier: Let's move.
Yeah. Let's go, let's go. Yeah.
(jet engines whirring)
(call system chiming)
You know, I made a...
Great many promises to god in zimbabwe.
You gonna keep 'em?
I think all but one.
Did it involve women?
(chuckles): No, it involved hamburger.
And it was made in haste on your behalf.
I think you'll be making your own promises from now on.
Oh... No, no, no, no.
No. As soon as we land,
Hamburger, two cold beers-- not negotiable.
(chuckles)
Uh, please tell me
That after everything we've been through,
You guys aren't seriously gonna eat a hamburger.
Oh, I'm eating the hamburger.
(chuckles)
How's the cub?
He ate half my dinner and fell asleep.
Would you mind watching him for a sec?
Hi. Hi.
I was just pilfering some of these...
Adorable little bottles that haven't grown up yet.
Would you like one?
I would like nothing more.
Well...
Well, what?
How many animals do you think have nearly eaten us?
(chuckles)
Um...
Well, to be fair to them, they wouldn't have eaten us.
They'd have just killed us.
That's right.
So... We did pretty good, right?
Yeah.
Well, considering we didn't have...
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(thumping, rattling)
Captain (over speakers): Uh, ladies and gentlemen,
This is your captain.
We've been informed
That due to some unusual migratory behavior,
This airspace has been closed.
We've been diverted to...
What migratory behavior?
(passengers screaming)
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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...
What if your dad was searching for a cure?
Leopards? Have we ruled it out yet?
Zambia's largest agricultural company is owned
By one of reiden's biggest critics.
That might explain why reiden products aren't being
Used there. I think we just found our needle.
We need to get out of the country. How soon you need to leave?
(siren blaring)
No! (groaning)
Chloe!
This one's all mine.
(yelling)
(groaning)
This is another trick to get me to talk.
No, it's not, but I'm risking everything to be here.
I need to know you'll trust me.
You shoot that bastard dead, then maybe we'll talk.
(grunts)
Jamie: Mitch stuck the cub with the needle.
His pain sent a distress call.
It was just like the lions in l.A.
They communicate over long distances.
Once we get him back to a lab,
He's gonna save a lot more than that.
What happened? Jamie: Oh, my god. Jackson, you've been shot?!
We got to get him to a hospital.
(engine revving)
Looks like we're ten miles from the hospital.
How's he doing?
(gasps, groans) not so good.
(birds screeching)
Oh! Oh!
That's the third one in an hour!
Mitch: Yeah, that's the same pattern
We saw when we were in boston.
(coughs, groans)
We're close, my friend.
(groans weakly)
The blood...
The blood is coming through the shirt.
Keep pressure on it-- nice and even.
Don't let him pass out.
(jackson coughs) maybe we should pull over.
Lot of things I can handle in a pinch.
Kind of surgery he needs-- not one of 'em.
(leopard cub growls)
The cub is impatient, rafiki.
(jackson gasps, coughs)
You need to give him a name.
Maybe a musical name,
Considering how much noise he makes.
Perhaps bono or bowie?
Jamie: What's going on?
Where are they going?
Everybody's leaving town.
Could be a million reasons.
(jackson coughs)
You're worried about your team.
I need to talk to them.
Reiden will be looking for us.
They'll be monitoring cell conversations.
If they find you,
They can have an interception team wheels up in minutes.
Look, I don't even know if jackson found the leopard,
Or if they made the cure.
Or if they're even alive.
I understand.
But if this goes well, we'll have the entire weight
Of the united states government behind us.
Maybe you should do it yourself.
No.
You have one thing that I do not.
What's that?
You've looked it in the eye.
This animal pandemic.
You've even managed to get the better of it once or twice.
There's one person here
Who can make them believe.
And that's you, chloe.
(indistinct shouting)
(people screaming and shouting)
(leopard cub growling)
Grab the electroporator.
Oh, my god. That's why they're all leaving.
(hissing)
(growling)
(growling)
We need to get inside now.
(growling)
Here. (yelling)
Hey! Open the door! It's an emergency!
My friend needs a doctor!
The hospital is closed.
(alarm ringing)
(jackson grunts)
(screaming and shouting continue)
Did you hear what I said?
We are abandoning the hospital. You have to go elsewhere.
We don't have time. This man's been shot.
I can't help. I suggest you drive him to nyanga.
That's four hours at least!
I have lost a dozen colleagues
And more patients than I can count.
I am sorry, but I cannot help you.
You will help him! You understand me?
You will help...
(growling)
(people screaming)
The last ambulance leaves in an hour.
I will do the surgery,
But beyond that, you are on your own.
Thank you.
Doctor: Three units of o-negative
And find some morphine!
It started at the edge of town.
The lions came first, then the leopards.
When did the attacks begin? Two days ago.
They attacked the young and the elderly first,
Then the hospitals where they were taken for treatment.
It's as if they were... Thinning the herd.
People are terrified. They're abandoning the city.
I've never seen anything like this.
Man (over p.A.): Evacuation busses will be...
Away! No!
(people screaming over p.A.)
I'm sorry.
You can't come with us.
Wait...
Be strong, rafiki.
You may want this.
Thank you.
(lock buzzes)
The hematology lab should have what we need
To extract this little guy's stem cells, formulate a cure.
Hurry, mitch. I think he's getting scared.
(leopard cub growling)
There. Third floor.
We're heading to hematology. Come on.
(elevator bell dings)
Stay behind me.
(metallic clattering)
(gasps)
A single set of paw prints.
Look-- the teeth went straight through the bone.
That means leopards.
(growling)
Which way is hematology?
(growling)
That way.
(growling)
Come on, little guy. Let's go.
(growling, snarling)
I would argue that the fearless
And aggressive behavior witnessed
In these animals is, without question, the direct result
Of an airborne virus...
He's completely wrong.
A single-stranded rna virus,
Not that unlike canine distemper...
You are their one chance to hear the truth.
They're scientists.
Mitch should be talking to them.
You don't need mitch.
You've picked up enough over these last weeks.
...There is only one logical solution:
Identifying and destroying these animals that are infected.
Thank you very much.
(applause)
Thank you, dr. Brettschneider.
Mr. Delavane.
Jamie: If they're out there, I don't hear them.
(lock clicks)
Okay, pal, I'm gonna need
One of your teeth, so I can extract some stem cells. Uh...
Hand me that rubber heart over there.
Why?
Because.
No need to hurt him if we don't have to.
So... I'll just
Take this...
...Rub little flavor on it.
Here you go.
Ah, I see.
You're going to let the cub remove its own tooth.
Exactly.
So, uh...
Assuming I can formulate a cure,
We're gonna need an animal
We can test it on.
Abraham: Even if the cure works,
Wild animals still act wild.
We're going to need a domesticated one.
That way we have a clear
Behavioral baseline. I...
Okay, so...
Don't open this door until I return.
What?!
No, you...
Abe!
I'm going to be okay.
Jamie: Be careful.
You too.
My name is chloe tousignant.
And up until four weeks ago,
I was an analyst for the dgse.
My focus was on terrorism-- human terrorism.
But I have come to believe that the most serious threat
To our survival now comes from the animal kingdom.
(murmuring, whispering)
My team has discovered
That there is a genetic mutation
Throughout the animal kingdom.
How can you possibly account for a mutation,
Given the absence of antigenic drift?
Chloe: I don't know what that means.
(audience murmuring)
But I do know that a virus
Brings other symptoms.
These animals are healthy
And killing them is not the answer.
What we're dealing with is a mutation.
Interspecies?
That's ridiculous.
Most of the animals display something
Called the "defiant pupil."
An environmental event
Of global proportions is happening.
My team has risked their lives to prove it.
The animals have developed a biological imperative
To destroy us.
(murmuring) if they continue to attack our technology,
Which they have done.
If they continue to develop
Interspecies communication,
Which they have done. If they no longer
See us as apex predators,
Which they do not.
If all of this continues,
The balance of nature will collapse,
And we will be facing
A mass extinction event.
(murmuring becomes louder) a mass...
Extinction event?
Yes. Okay, well,
I've had enough of this.
Please!
My team is in africa and they need your help.
We need your help!
Mitch: So...
We carted this thing halfway around the world.
About time we used it.
This is insane.
I mean, this thing has to work
For any good to come out of all of this.
I mean, my mom dying, and...
Or maybe that was a really stupid thing to say, I'm sorry.
What's it like being human?
Oh, my god. Mitch...
Here's a tooth.
You're kidding me. Already? Yeah.
All right.
Bet you never thought we'd be saving the world
With a tooth and a rubber heart.
(grunts)
I've been looking for you.
How's jackson? He'll sleep for another
Hour or two. Check on him then.
He's on the second floor, in post-op.
As soon as he wakes, start the antibiotic.
The other is for pain.
We are gathering the last of the patients.
Stay away from the animals.
There will be no one left to help you.
Thank you, doctor.
(monitor beeps steadily)
(growling)
Hi.
I got here as soon as I could.
Oh. You didn't have to.
Of course.
I was worried.
Yeah, well, I'm stubborn, right?
Takes more than a bullet to stop me.
A bullet, an army of animals,
Evil men trying to kill us...
Yeah.
We've been through a lot.
Yeah, we have.
When they were, um...
Wheeling me into the room,
I was thinking about you.
(growling)
(screaming)
(crying, screaming)
(growling)
(screaming, shrieking)
(growling) (bones cracking)
God, forgive me.
I have not been a religious man.
But...
If you get us out of this, I promise that will change.
Just give me a sign. (dog barking)
(tires screech)
(barking continues)
(barking stops)
Oh! Hey!
Easy... (gasps)
Easy... I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry. Hey...
Bacco's very sick.
It is enough. No more.
No, no, no! No. Stay back!
My brother, please, please.
Let me take bacco.
I think there is a way I can save him.
I've tried. All of my neighbors
Have shot their animals. I'm the last.
Then let me help him.
It is a terrible world
Where a man has to shoot his own dog.
Let me help him.
If I cannot, I will do it myself.
Come on, bacco.
Come on.
You're coming with me.
Hey.
(grunts)
Undo the chain,
Quickly!
(screaming, crying)
(gasping anxiously)
(leopard growling)
Shh. Shh.
(crying, gasping)
(crackling)
(leopard growls)
It's okay,
It's okay... It's okay, I got you.
(grunting)
Shh.
It's gonna be okay, all right?
I'm gonna... I'm gonna get you out of here, okay?
(grunting)
(growls)
Boy: Bhudhi vangu!
Bhudhi vangu! Bhudhi vangu!
Bhudhi vangu! Bhudhi vangu! It's okay, it's okay.
Bhudhi vangu!
Huh? Bhudhi vangu!
Sielewi. Bhudhi vangu!
I d... Tell him I don't understand.
Bhudhi vangu! Bhudi vangu?
Ah, wait, no, no, no, no!
Girl: Mukoma. Mukoma. Jackson: Mukoma?
Y-your brother's out there?
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Your brother's in there?
(groans)
Good news is... We got some viable stem cells here.
(cub mewling) so...
Our little friend has done his part.
He's crying so much.
You don't think it's a call, do you?
Mitch: Why don't you try closing the bag?
Maybe he shares my aversion to hospitals.
Is that why you dropped out of med school?
No. I never liked hospitals.
But I think it was the patients that finally did me in.
Will you hand me one of those cuvettes over there?
Uh, which one?
The-the square tube with the lid on it.
I didn't hate the patients. I just...
Hated their pain.
Their tears.
And their families' tears.
You shut down your emotions for long enough,
You don't want to spend all day with somebody else's.
Does it bother you when I talk about my mother?
It did.
When we first met. But...
I'm okay with it now.
I've actually learned a lot from you, jamie campbell.
How's that for a compliment?
I'll take what I can get.
Is this gonna work?
In theory.
(whirring, beeping)
So, there's something I got to say.
And I better say it now, before this whole thing goes south.
I want to thank you.
For... Dragging me into this insanity.
You don't have to thank me. And I want to thank you for...
...Giving me the courage to save my daughter.
And for reminding me that...
That it's okay to feel
And...
Look, I know you couldn't save your mother,
But, truth is,
You kind of saved me.
(beeping)
(whirring slows, stops)
All right.
Well, here we go. This is it.
Hope to god we were right.
I have to find jackson.
(leopard roars) (gasps)
(snarling)
(growling, hissing)
(growling)
Mitch, wait, the mother cell.
(alarm wailing) mitch: Forget it.
Let's go.
(leopard growls)
What's happened?
The leopards.
They came after the cub.
I know it sounds crazy, but...
Maybe that's what those birds were doing.
Abe, we lost the mother cell.
And the cure?
This is it. It's all we got. One shot, maybe two.
Okay. I found a dog, and I put him in one of the patient rooms.
If this doesn't work...
There's only one way to find out.
(barking) first, the birds.
Now the leopards.
It's no coincidence.
They're after the cub.
All right, this is it.
No room for mistakes.
(dog barking, snarling)
Ready?
One...
(barking, growling)
...Two...
Three... (whimpers, barking)
How long does it take to work?
(barking)
I don't know.
(barking, snarling)
(phone ringing)
Hello? Who is this?
Chloe: Hey.
It's chloe.
How is everyone?
Chloe, oh, my god.
Are you okay?
I'm fine. I'll explain everything later.
(barking)
Uh, we're-we're fine.
We-we found a cub.
Great.
What's that sound? Where are you?
Uh, we're at a hospital in harare.
We're-we're actually testing the cure right now.
Wait, where are you?
Washington.
Why are you testing it in a hospital?
Listen, chloe, um,
Something happened. Jackson got hurt.
He's going to be fine, but-but...
Where'd you get this?
It's clean. I borrowed it.
I told you not to do that, chloe.
It doesn't matter anymore.
They didn't believe me.
This was the one thing I can do to help.
And I failed.
I'm sorry. Man: Ms. Tousignant.
Mr. Delavane.
Would you come with us, please?
(panting) (crying)
Your br... Your brother's out there?
Mm-hmm.
(door creaking)
(curtain rattling)
(groaning softly)
(curtain rattling)
(door creaks open)
(curtain rattling)
(panting)
(soft whimpering)
(grunting in pain): Okay. Okay. Here we go.
Here we go. Here we go. Here we go.
Okay. Okay. (panting)
(growling)
(growls)
(grunting, groaning)
(hisses)
(grunting, groaning)
(growling)
(barking)
If it was gonna work, we'd have seen some evidence by now.
(sighs)
Sorry, guys. This is all my fault.
It's no one's fault. Mitch: Yeah, I...
I'm the one who told you all
That the leopard cub was the-the answer.
I'm the one who said the mother cell was the key to the cure.
It was just a theory. Not even a theory.
Half a theory.
Now's not the time
For self-pity.
It didn't work.
Tell me why.
Okay.
Should I start with the fact that I'm not a geneticist?
Or should I start with the fact
That somehow I got it into my brain
That a completely discredited scientist
By the name of robert oz
Was anything other than certifiably insane?
Ancient history.
Tell me why you failed today.
Easy, abe. He tried.
Stop. Let him speak.
Tell me why you failed.
I don't know.
Why don't you tell me, genius?
Maybe the mother cell was contaminated.
But it's-it's-it's hard, organic substance.
So that's highly unlikely.
Maybe the-the...
Cub's gene didn't mutate naturally
Like we thought it did, but there is no way
That it traveled far enough to-to be exposed to reiden,
So that's a big fat no.
If my hypothesis...
Is sound,
A-and none of the elements were contaminated,
Then I don't know, maybe it's the-the... Maybe it was
The delivery system. The delivery system?
Yeah.
The... The injection.
The-the... The needle, maybe the needle was contaminated.
The... Or...
Or what?
(sighs)
Intramuscular injections usually disseminate quickly, but...
But it's-it's possible that...
It's possible it never even made it out of the dog's flank.
And if it didn't make it out of its flank,
Then that means it didn't get to the brain...
And maybe that's it, maybe...
...Maybe we need to introduce it orally.
(dog barking) maybe we need to do that
Before the cub's pack finds us.
Do we have enough left?
(sighs) we're gonna find out.
And, uh...
Don't think I don't recognize what you just did there.
(barking)
(dog snarling, barking)
Sorry, buddy.
We need you one more time.
(snarling)
Got him?
Yeah.
Yeah.
(snarling, barking)
(snarling)
(barking)
(snarling, barking continue)
Mitch, I don't know.
I don't think it's working.
(whines quietly, pants)
(whines, pants)
(dog whining)
Good boy. Good boy.
(whines, whimpers)
(relieved sigh)
(laughs)
You better find jackson.
We got to get this stuff home.
(electronic whirring, beeping)
(door unlocks)
Sorry for the cloak-and-dagger.
We haven't been properly introduced.
My name is amelia sage.
Those scientists didn't believe you,
But I do.
And so do the people who matter.
(quietly): Jackson?
Jackson?
Abe.
(panting): Abe.
Ah.
(chuckles) how are you, man?
I was so worried.
I've said some things over the last few days...
What you said...
You were right.
That little boy in there, the only thing
That mattered to him was his brother.
I've been a lousy brother.
I made some dangerous choices.
You tried to give your life for me.
It was a dangerous choice,
But a good brother.
The cure?
It worked.
You were right.
(wry laugh)
(laughs softly)
We got to get out of here. The lobby's this way.
(ferocious growling)
(quietly): Oh, my god.
Don't move.
(growling)
(growling)
Do we run?
No.
If we do, they'll take us down.
(leopard roars, growls)
(roaring, growling)
(glass shatters, gunshots) soldier: Trank 'em!
(indistinct talking)
Soldier 2: Secure!
Soldier 3: Unit two secure! Extract!
Soldier 4: Lock it down. Secure the perimeter.
How long have you known about the problem?
Let's just say that two weeks ago
This room... Didn't exist.
Amelia: Many of the things
You said to the working group corroborate my team's discovery.
The ocular change, for example.
You call it the...
Defiant pupil. We call it
The delta determinate.
It's an anomaly of the pax-6 gene,
But a rose
By any other name... We didn't know about the gene.
We didn't have the resources.
Well, you did just fine without them.
My team's just started to research this problem.
Your team is already close to a cure.
Resources are the enemy of imagination.
Einstein?
Delavane.
(chuckles)
Amelia: Well, mr. Delavane,
You'll be happy to hear
That instead of facing criminal charges,
Your team is about to become heroes.
Hopefully...
The kind of heroes that can save the world.
You're not alone.
Not anymore.
Mitch: Not that we're not incredibly grateful,
But where the hell did you guys come from?
Sergeant: We're the 74th special tactics squadron.
Our orders are to get you out of here.
Okay, listen, there were two others with us.
They're-they're still... Look! Jackson!
You look like hell.
(chuckles)
Thanks.
Jackson: Hey, listen, up there with me,
There were three... Three kids.
Already on their way to nyanga.
We'll track down their parents.
How'd you know we were here?
All I'm authorized to say is your location
Was provided by a french national.
But we're gonna get you to johannesburg,
And from there on a flight to dc.
I made a promise.
Can you spare two men to take him back home?
You serious?
Yeah.
Go on.
Soldier: Let's move.
Yeah. Let's go, let's go. Yeah.
(jet engines whirring)
(call system chiming)
You know, I made a...
Great many promises to god in zimbabwe.
You gonna keep 'em?
I think all but one.
Did it involve women?
(chuckles): No, it involved hamburger.
And it was made in haste on your behalf.
I think you'll be making your own promises from now on.
Oh... No, no, no, no.
No. As soon as we land,
Hamburger, two cold beers-- not negotiable.
(chuckles)
Uh, please tell me
That after everything we've been through,
You guys aren't seriously gonna eat a hamburger.
Oh, I'm eating the hamburger.
(chuckles)
How's the cub?
He ate half my dinner and fell asleep.
Would you mind watching him for a sec?
Hi. Hi.
I was just pilfering some of these...
Adorable little bottles that haven't grown up yet.
Would you like one?
I would like nothing more.
Well...
Well, what?
How many animals do you think have nearly eaten us?
(chuckles)
Um...
Well, to be fair to them, they wouldn't have eaten us.
They'd have just killed us.
That's right.
So... We did pretty good, right?
Yeah.
Well, considering we didn't have...
¶ ¶
(thumping, rattling)
Captain (over speakers): Uh, ladies and gentlemen,
This is your captain.
We've been informed
That due to some unusual migratory behavior,
This airspace has been closed.
We've been diverted to...
What migratory behavior?
(passengers screaming)
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