Zoo (2015–2017): Season 1, Episode 4 - Pack Mentality - full transcript

NARRATOR: 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 specialties.

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.

NARRATOR: Previously on Zoo:

Your suspicions over the last
few weeks are correct.

The global pandemic your father
believed was about to emerge,

it has arrived.

Sorry. His father?

DELAVANE:
Professor Robert Oz.

MITCH: We're all here
because you believe

that the scientific theories
of a notorious crackpot

- are now coming to pass?
- Watch yourself, scrawny.

So it has begun.



The awakening
of the animals' cognitive acuity.

The defiant pupil is a signifier

that the way the animals
see the world is now changing.

What used to be a friend
is now an enemy.

You are thoroughly obsessed
with Reiden Global, aren't you?

- Yeah, I am.
- What'd they do to your hometown?

They murdered it.

But I need the truth, Mr. Hartley.
Did you kill my husband?

But all the answers are right here.

[SCREAMING]

[ALARM RINGING
AND WOLVES HOWLING]

[CHATTERING]

Growing up, I never understood
my father, and now...

[CHUCKLES]

Now I understand him even less.

You know, when I was 12,

he asked me
if I wanted to buy his soul.

Who says that to a 12-year-old?

What does that even mean?

- How much did he want for it?
- We never got to prices.

ABRAHAM: Maybe we just need
a fresh pair of eyes.

Perhaps those of another scientist.

Who, Mitch?

I wouldn't ask that guy
for directions to the men's room.

I remember my Uncle Tebogo's
old African saying:

"Once you get off on the wrong foot,

you land on an even wronger one."

You don't have an Uncle Tebogo, Abe.

If I did, I am sure
he would have said that.

Can we go home now?

See, this is the problem
with obsession.

No room at all
for the happy little gray areas.

The world has plenty
of happy little gray areas, Mitch.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict,

the legalization of marijuana,

Taylor Swift's move
from country to pop.

All right, if Delavane is right,

if what he's saying is true...
And I'm not saying that it is, but if,

then this goes way beyond what
we saw with the lions in L.A.

What if the animals
that led the attacks in China,

in Europe, Africa,

were all infected with the same thing?

This could be the beginning
of a worldwide event.

I'm sure there's a reason
they're called Reiden Global.

They have their tentacles
in everything,

from pesticides
to genetically-modified crop seeds.

It's a one-stop shop
for the animal apocalypse.

ABRAHAM:
Coffee?

Oh. Thank you.
You read my mind.

[ABRAHAM CHUCKLES]

- There you go.
- Thank you.

Does any of this make sense to you?

MITCH:
Interesting penmanship.

Who wrote this,
a 7-year-old on a roller coaster?

My father.

Right.

Well, I don't have a clue what's going
on in most of these pictures,

but this, "Felidae," "Carnivora,"

that's Big Cat taxonomy.

Panthera pardus.

- Leopards.
- Leopards?

You have any idea why leopards
would be so important to your father?

- No.
- Guys, change of plans.

We're going to Mississippi.

Mississippi?
What happened to Beijing?

There's been a prison fire
at Biloxi Penitentiary.

It appears no one survived.

Not guards, not prisoners, no one.

What does that have to do with us?

Because at the time of the fire,
the prison was under attack.

By wolves.

Ripped By mstoll

CHLOE:
So, Jackson, we'll take the sedan.

You guys take the SUV.

You shall need the extra room.

- I shall?
CHLOE: Yes.

Wait, why are we taking two cars?

Uh, you, Jamie and I
will be going to the prison.

A French national
was being held there.

We are representatives
from the French embassy

coming to discuss
dealing with his remains.

French embassy?
You're DGSE, right?

French FBI?
Why the false credentials?

Because from this moment on,
we have no agency,

no government affiliation.

- We're on our own.
- What about Delavane?

Yes,
Delavane is funding our operation.

But beyond that, we're...

How do you say confidentiel?

Off... Off the books.

Should I presume the reason
Mitch needs extra room

is because of me?

Heh. If I wasn't such a nice guy,
I might be offended.

No.
I need you two to trap a wolf.

- S... Wha...? Sorry?
- Yes.

I expect studying a wolf

will provide answers to what
may have caused the pack...

No. But I don't know the first
thing about trapping a wolf.

Which is why Abraham
will be going with you.

Wait, why don't I
just go with Abraham?

Genius recommendation.
I second that.

CHLOE:
No. I need you with me at the prison.

It was ground zero
for the wolf attack.

- We will need supplies.
CHLOE: Yes.

There's a hunting supply store
down the highway.

And this should cover the cost
of purchases.

Okay?

Let's go.

Are you coming?

Yeah.

You know, I like this Chloe.

She's what you would call "peppery."

Yeah, I was never a big fan
of peppery.

[CHATTERING]

- Reports of wolves inside the prison.

- Right now.
- Right inside this building...

CHLOE:
We're here to see Deputy Kraft.

We're from the French embassy.
He's expecting us.

And who are these two?

They're with me.

If the French embassy is full of gals
like you, maybe I should go work there.

I'll be sure to get you an application.

Follow me.
I'll bring you to the deputy.

JACKSON: The wolves came in
through that door?

GUARD:
Far as we know.

We don't have a complete picture
since some of our security footage

was destroyed in the fire,

but according
to the medical examiner,

whoever the smoke and fire didn't kill,
the wolves did.

Do you know how many wolves
were involved in the attack?

Specifically, no, but, uh, you don't
have to be a scientific genius

to figure a hell of a lot.

I knew that Americans enjoy hunting.

I had no idea it was this popular.

Uh, excuse me.
What's going on?

The county announced a wolf cull,
because of what happened.

What is a "wolf cull"?

That's when a bunch of men
go out into the woods

to hunt wolves, armed with beer
and high-powered rifles.

Because, you know, what goes better
together than guns and drinking?

Do you have any traps or snares?

We are looking to catch a wolf.
Catch, not kill.

We might have some net guns
in the back.

You wanna catch and not kill?

What are you gonna do
with a rabid wolf?

Take it to dinner and a movie?

[MEN CHUCKLE]

Those wolves aren't rabid.

See, rabid wolves
don't travel in the pack.

They're ostracized
and forced to move alone.

Rabid or not rabid,

it doesn't really matter much.

- Either way they'll be dead.
- You don't have to kill them.

I'm not sure if you're
from around here, friend.

I'm betting not.

We got farms
and we got families to protect,

and that's what we're gonna do.

Actually,
I'm after the same thing you are.

I just don't think
slaughter's necessary.

MAN: Don't let him talk to you like that.
- Thank you, sir.

Let's go get that net gun, Mitch.

MAN:
Go back where you came from, son.

I understand who you are now.

You're the kind that pokes the beast
until the beast bites.

I had that under control.

I don't think so, my friend.

I think in another five minutes

you would have replaced the wolf

as the focus for tomorrow's hunt.

JAMIE: Those cameras
should have seen something.

JACKSON: It's what I'm not seeing
that's bothering me.

JAMIE: What's that?
JACKSON: Scat.

I don't see it anywhere.

JAMIE: Scat?
JACKSON: Wolf feces.

See, the wolves are pack animals,
so the alpha, or leader,

leaves scat for the rest
of the pack to follow.

But I don't see scat anywhere.

So not only do we have
an unmotivated wolf attack,

we have a leaderless wolf attack.

- So wolf poop is called "scat"?
- It is.

Wow.
You learn something new every day.

Deputy Kraft, I'm Chloe Tousignant.

I believe the Consul General
spoke with you about my arrival.

Yes. This is Agent Ben Shafer,
the FBI.

He's helping coordinate federal
resources as we identify the dead

and try to understand
what happened.

Oh, if you don't mind me asking,

what business
does the French embassy have here?

A French national, Carl Babineau,
was incarcerated at this prison.

I need to verify his death
so next-of-kin can be notified.

That's a three-person job?

I assume you have some papers
for me to sign.

CHLOE:
Yes.

KRAFT:
Unfortunately, identifying the dead

has proven to be a bit more tricky
than we anticipated.

- This is all in French.
- Oh. I should have an English copy.

You know what the mayor of Paris
said to the German Army

when they entered the city
during the Second World War?

[IN FRENCH ACCENT]
"A table for 100,000 monsieurs."

You'll have to excuse Agent Shafer.
He's a bit of a...

- An idiot?
- Uh, that's an accurate assessment.

My apologies.

There was supposed to be
an English copy.

KRAFT:
Fine. Come back tomorrow.

Perhaps we'll have a more definitive
answer about your prisoner.

Hey, excuse me. Excuse me.
Can you...? Can you rewind that?

Yeah, just a second.
You don't mind, do you?

Okay, stop. That's it.

- Who is that guy?
KRAFT: That's Evan Lee Hartley.

He was on death row.

If anybody deserved
to be eaten by wolves, it was him.

Thank you, Deputy Kraft.
We'll see you tomorrow.

What was that about?

Why the interest in that prisoner?

Do you remember what I said
about wolves having an alpha leader?

- Yes.
- The way those wolves acted with him,

I can't explain it,
but they were submissive,

and Evan Lee Hartley
was their alpha.

- Did you put the fuel conditioner in?
- No.

Well, if the fuel line freezes,
it's not my fault.

Four more months
and this horribly-planned experiment

is over.

"Horribly-planned experiment"
is too kind.

How about
"disaster from start to finish"?

Let's see, there was the Edsel,
the Hindenburg, the Vietnam War.

All trumped by "Wendy and Margaret
Go to Antarctica for Two Years

in the Hopes of Saving
Their Marriage."

[LOUD BANGING]

What the hell?

[BANGING CONTINUES]

What was that?

Oh, my God.

What are bats doing in Antarctica?

WENDY:
They're covering the solar panels.

[ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
POWERING DOWN]

The heat's off.

[COOING]

ABRAHAM: Since the French
government is paying...

- Look, I know it's crazy...
ABRAHAM: Of course it's crazy.

What are you saying?

That this Evan Lee Hartley
is somehow connected to the wolves?

I don't know.
But I'm telling you,

the wolves were
in a submission posture.

You just need to sleep.

We've traversed too many
time zones in the last week.

I keep wondering
what my father would think

if he saw what I saw today
at that prison.

I think he would say, "Since
the French government is paying..."

[ABRAHAM MIMICS
BELL RINGING]

[ABRAHAM CHUCKLES]

[DOOR OPENS]

CHLOE:
Room service.

They didn't have chamomile.
I got you mint.

That's perfect. Thank you.

Okay, so get this.

That prisoner,
Evan Lee Hartley, our alpha...

Mm-hm. What about him?

He worked in the biology lab
at Wash U till 2008.

Upstanding citizen,
no criminal background,

but then,
for apparently no reason at all,

he stabbed an entire hunting party
to death in the Pearl River Woods.

Uh, when he was apprehended,
he said, "All hunters need to die."

He was perhaps
some kind of ecoterrorist.

That's the thing. Not at all. The case
got a lot of local media attention,

and in every interview,
his family, coworkers,

none of them could understand
why he hated the hunters.

According to them,
he was an outdoorsman himself.

Avid fisherman.

But that day in the woods,
it's like he became a different person.

[BAND PLAYING JAZZ MUSIC]

You're up late. Beer, please.

Must be a French thing.

You know, I was only joking.

I love the French. They're responsible
for my three favorite things.

Let me guess, French fries,
French toast, and French kisses.

[CHUCKLES]

Let me guess,
not the first time you've been hit on

- by an American in a hotel bar.
- No.

But I hold out great hope
it will be the last.

Well, I, uh... I could wow you
with my conversational French,

but I was always better at reading
foreign languages than speaking them.

Like earlier with the paperwork.

I'm pretty sure those documents
were about French tax law.

I believe you're mistaken.

Ah.

[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]

Something to do with fuel costs
being a deductible expense.

Am I right?

Your French is better than
you give yourself credit for.

And you're not here
about some dead inmate.

So who are you, really?

French Directorate.

Okay. Why are you in Mississippi?

I believe that's what
you would call "classified."

- Fair enough.
- Can I have the check?

BARTENDER:
Yes, ma'am.

So why are you up so late?

I have jet lag to blame.
What's your excuse?

I could give you the easy answer,

say I've seen so much bad stuff
in this line of work,

so many evil things,
that they haunt me, blah, blah, blah.

But, nah, that's not true.

Those of us that do what we do,

we're just burdened
with so much information.

We sit around and wait
for the other shoe to drop,

knowing how inevitable it is,

and hoping that we can protect
the citizens when it does.

Yeah.

So you gonna tell me
what you're really doing here or not?

Not.

You know, in America,

we have this thing.
It's called interagency cooperation.

You should try it sometime.

Perhaps I will. But not tonight.

Good night, Agent Shafer.

Good night.

MITCH: Yeah. This looks like the place.
- Yeah.

Hold this.

What are you doing?

Marking our path.

You want to find your way back,
don't you?

[GUNSHOT IN DISTANCE]

All right. Let's do this.

You see that?
There's multiple tracks.

The entire pack came out here.

How does an entire pack
of wolves attack a prison

- and then just disappear into thin air?
- Hmm.

- What?
- Maybe you're onto something.

I mean,
maybe they just disappeared.

- I'm just messing with you.
- Ugh.

But, I mean, at this point, would
magical wolves be that much crazier?

How do you know so much
about wolves?

Can't be too many of them
in Africa, huh?

No. But when I was a kid,
I used to tag along with my father

on his weekend expeditions,
you know?

One weekend we'd be, uh, studying
red foxes in the Berkshires,

and the next we'd be trailing coyotes
in Acadia National Park.

Sounds like a great childhood.

Yeah, that's a word for it.

- What?
- Well, I was also with him the weekend

he locked himself
in the motel room

because he thought squirrels
were trying to attack us.

I was 12.

What? What is it?

Did you know there's evidence
of animals covering their tracks?

Grizzly bears, for one.

This is freshly filled.

Meaning the wolves dug themselves
out from under the fence?

Wolf tracks.

And also shoe prints.

Evan Lee Hartley.

Wait, what are you saying,
that the wolves helped him escape?

I mean, is it any more insane
than them treating him like their alpha?

But if I'm right,

our man is long gone by now.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Sorry.

I didn't think to t...

I gotta take this.

Hey.

I know, I...

Look, if there's something to be done,
we should do it.

Yes.

Look, I...

Just let me... Let me... Let me talk
to a few people that I know, okay?

All right. Hey...

Hello?

I'm turning this off now.

Is everything okay?

That was my ex.

Ah. You have an ex.
It's good to know.

Some might assume you were
incapable of deep human contact.

Yeah, my ex would be one of those.

[ABRAHAM CHUCKLES]

We have a daughter.

ABRAHAM:
Wonderful. How old?

MITCH: Thought we were supposed
to be quiet.

[ANIMAL BREATHING]

- They're gone.
- Thank God.

Even if someone had received
our call,

it would have been days before
they got to us through the storm.

What did you do?

I siphoned fuel out of the Sno-Cat

and used it in a chemical sprayer
to make a little flamethrower.

I felt bad for the little critters,
but they might be rabid.

- Wendy!
- Oh! Oh!

[BAT SCREECHING]

[BOTH GASP]

[ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
POWERING DOWN]

I think it's dead.

So is our backup power.

It's okay, guys.
It's over now.

At least the solar panel's
back online.

No.

I saw each body
found on the prison yard.

No Evan Lee Hartley.

I was hoping I wasn't right.

Okay, thank you for the information.

You guys, wait.
You're not gonna believe this.

But the last person to walk out
of the Biloxi Penitentiary alive

was the widow of one of
Evan Lee Hartley's victims.

- What was she doing there?
- Apparently she met with Hartley.

Well, you should go track her down.
This widow. And talk to her.

If Jackson is right about him,

he may know more about
the wolves' aberrant behavior.

- Maybe he said something to her.
- Okay.

Call me when you find
Mitch and Abraham.

- We will.
- Good luck.

What is it?

There. A den.

These tracks are fresh.

Which means the wolves
will be back soon.

Great, hunters.
That's just what we need.

Just in case.

So how do we find them?

This way.

JACKSON: Watch your step,
there's a lot of undergrowth.

CHLOE: I'm fine.
- I'm just trying to watch out for you.

Listen, I know you may
find this hard to believe,

since the girl you met in Africa
was hysterical and running for her life,

but I'm very capable
of taking care of myself.

Come here.
Let's get you cleaned up.

Just a little...

What happened?

Animals will do it.

They'll, uh, you know,
tear open a prey species

and soak themselves in the blood
and tissue to hide a scent.

It's...
It's called a scent roll.

There are so many more
disgusting things it should be called.

Hey.

These look like Hartley's prison blues?

Perhaps. Why?

Maybe it wasn't an animal
that did this.

Evan Lee Hartley
rolled around inside that?

Sure looks like it.

LUCY: That's Jerome.
He was Daniel's favorite.

Daniel's my husband.

- There's something about the eyes.
- They're glass.

That's how you can tell
a good taxidermist.

The more lifelike the eyes are,
the better the stuffer.

But they didn't do
such a good job with Jerome.

Those eyes
are as dead as they come.

Um... Uh, Mrs. Blanchard, you, um...

You went to see Evan Lee Hartley.

Yes.

Apparently I left the prison
just before the fire.

Before the wolves.

[GROWLING]

I got this.

That man said
some awful things to me.

All I wanted to know was why.

Why he killed my Daniel.

Did he tell you?

He said he was sick
and looking for a cure.

I've been through all the medical
records, the court documents.

There's no mention of any illness.

[GRUNTS]

Why don't you just
stay right where you are?

I am a good Christian woman,
Miss Campbell.

But the way he clutched that Bible
and insisted that all the answers

could be found within it?

All what answers?

[WOLVES GROWLING
AND SNARLING]

Abe!

Abe?

"And the beasts
shall stand in judgment

of the wicked and the boastful."

JACKSON:
Shot by hunters.

[GUNSHOTS NEARBY]

[WOLVES HOWLING]

- May I help you?
- Yeah,

I need to do a level three once-through
on Evan Lee Hartley's cell.

A level three once-through?

What the hell
is a level three once-through?

It's after a crime scene's been properly
searched, tagged and verified.

Someone needs to just
go through it one last time.

I remember you.

You're one of the gals
from that French embassy.

Yeah, that's right.

How come you don't seem French?

Actually, I'm on loan from Interpol.

I'm here to assist Miss Tousignant
in whatever she requires,

and today she requires
a level three once-through.

[GATE BUZZES]

I'm sending somebody
down to you, Robson.

- Bring her to Hartley's house.
ROBSON: Copy that.

- Go ahead.
- Thank you.

[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]

JACKSON: Hey.
- What are you doing here?

- We're looking for you guys.
- An inmate escaped from the prison.

We think he might be
in these woods.

Yeah, we saw him just... Just now.

- Which way did he go?
- No, no. It's too dangerous.

- I'll notify Kraft.
- What are you talking about?

He's connected.
He couldn't have gotten far.

Let Kraft do his job.

When they capture him,
I'll arrange an interview.

Oh, and if he says no?

Wait. While you two work this out,
we still need a wolf to examine.

We saw one a hundred yards back.
It's just been shot.

Let's go.

No more bats.
At least not in here.

I'm gonna put you back inside, okay?

Yeah. You be a good girl.

[OASIS' "DON'T LOOK BACK
IN ANGER" PLAYING ON STEREO]

Found the mix CD you made
for our first road trip together.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

We were fresh out of grad school

and on our way
to Dr. Alston's lab in Arizona.

I spent hours choosing this music.

Maybe they're here to...

I don't know.

Force us to let the birds free?

What do you mean?

Think about it.

The bats take out our electricity,

they take out our heat.

Maybe...

...we let the birds go,
then they'll restore our power.

Dr. Wendy Rhodes,
are you suggesting

that all winged creatures
look out for each other?

[GROANS]

We were happy once, right?

Very.

I never knew what any of them
were talking about,

the fools in love,

until I saw you

the first day
of Professor Talcoff's

[CHUCKLES]

Introduction
to Integrated Biology class.

[LAUGHS]

You were terrified to speak to me.

I was a nerd.

- And I had a boyfriend.
- Eddie.

Oh, no, no, I'm fine.
You keep it.

I'm sorry I hurt you.

I thought this could be
our second chance.

Me too.

[SINGING]
My soul slides away

- But don't look back in anger
- But don't look back in anger

- I heard you say
- I heard you say

We should let the birds go.

Just in case.

Just in case what?

Just in case you're right.

- Agent Tousignant.
- Hey.

Just got off the phone
with Deputy Kraft.

Looks like we've got a manhunt
on our hands, thanks to you.

- You're welcome.
- Which begs the question.

What were you doing
out in the woods?

Members of my team were engaged
in a separate investigation

when they saw Evan Lee Hartley.

I thought it was prudent
to report the sighting.

We at the Bureau appreciate that.

Uh, if you catch Hartley, perhaps
we could have a word with him?

- Why is that?
- I'm not at liberty

to discuss that with you.

Interagency cooperation
only goes so far, you see.

Uh, copy that, but are you
at liberty to discuss that?

You're not planning on interrogating
somebody in your room, are you?

I have no choice.
The banquet hall was occupied.

Is the wolf gonna be okay?

- He'll be fine.
- Except for this.

When we opened the wound
to remove the bullet...

Oh. That's awful.

Sometimes infected blood
can have an off smell.

Yeah, but this wound is fresh.

Which means
he was already infected.

My guess is bacteria.

That's the most likely culprit anyway.

It also means
that we may have found

what was responsible
for the wolves' aggressive behavior.

- The bacteria?
- Possibly.

Want to help out? Come here.

That's the wolf's blood. Just keep
stirring that. Don't let it thicken.

Okay, but what does this
have to do with me

pulling the battery
out of the rental car?

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

MAN: Room service.
- I got it.

Hey.

I had to go to the market to get this.

- How's a hundred bucks? That okay?
- Yeah, great. Thank you.

The French government
owes me a hundred dollars.

- Here you go.
- Excellent. Those are perfect.

Think of the coffee pot
as a wolf's brain.

Coconut water is chemically similar
to the cerebrospinal fluid

that flows through
and around the brain.

So if our bacteria causes a reaction

in our coffee pot brain,

then there's a good chance
it's responsible

for the wolves' abnormal behavior.

JACKSON:
So, what are we looking for?

What happens
to prove you're right?

The current from the battery should
stimulate the growth of the bacteria.

We're looking for some evidence
that the wolf's brain was agitated.

For instance, if the liquid starts
to bubble up a little bit.

- How long?
- I don't know. A couple hours?

[BUBBLING]

Or a couple of seconds.

CHLOE: Look.
- Wow, that's...

Oh, no.

Yeah, I'd say we're onto something.

"Nevertheless man being
in honor abideth not.

He is like the beasts that perish."

SHAFER:
Over here!

Those are Hartley's clothes.

So where is Evan Lee?

CHLOE: Okay, well, aside from
a destroyed hotel room,

we did good work here.

MITCH: Little early for champagne,
don't you think?

We don't know anything
about that bacteria.

Well, we've been here for two days,

and already,
we've discovered unusual bacteria

inside a wolf
that's behaving abnormally.

That's an accomplishment.

But just because it's inside the wolf
doesn't mean it's inside the lions

or the cats or the bats.

Hey. Are you looking for me?

- What are you and your team up to?
- What do you mean?

Before you lay out your baloney
and your balderdash,

you should know that Deputy Kraft
is on his way over to question you.

He believes one of your team
removed evidence from Hartley's cell.

- Deputy Kraft is wrong.
- No kidding.

But I thought I'd let you know

in the spirit
of interagency cooperation.

- How long do we have?
- I don't know.

What are we going to do about him?

I'm on with Animal Control right now.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

- Hello.
- I hit the mother lode.

Don't come back to the hotel.

We'll meet you
at the car rental agency.

What happened?

Deputy Kraft
didn't find Evan Lee Hartley

and is looking for someone to blame.

I found this. It's his...
Hartley's. It was in his cell.

The guy underlined every reference
to animals in the Bible.

- I mean, every single one.
- Well, he was on death row.

Bible comes in very handy
on death row.

I also found this.

That's Evan Lee Hartley.

JAMIE: What is it, Jackson?
Do you recognize the other guy?

That's my father.

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