Zoo (2015–2017): Season 2, Episode 6 - Sex, Lies and Jellyfish - full transcript

A year ago, the animals
started acting strangely,

but no one noticed...

until they began attacking,

coordinating,

evolving.

The animals were mutating,

and it was happening faster
than anyone expected.

The government came up with a plan.

Thanks to the Noah Objective,

in six to ten years, the
world's animal population

will be thriving once again.



You cannot exterminate every
animal on the planet,

and then re-populate it.

But messing with Mother Nature

could be catastrophic,

so a group of us are trying
to save the animals.

Jackson Oz and Abraham Kenyatta,

animal experts.

Dariela Marzan, Army Ranger.

Jamie Campbell,

a reporter who's been
following this story, found me,

Mitch Morgan, a veterinary pathologist.

Together, we're going to find a cure

for the animals.

Time is running out.



Previously on Zoo...

Hold your fire.

Who the hell are you?

My name is Allison Shaw,

I'm the Deputy Secretary of Defense,

and yes, yes, I was married
to Mitch's father.

When I was saying good-bye to Chloe,

I started crying black tears.

You're displaying the same
symptomology as Kovacs.

So I'm evolving.

We finally have the means
to stop these animals... TX-14.

Every animal with the mutation
will be destroyed.

General Davies, you cannot

exterminate every animal on the planet.

It's madness.

I respect that coming from you.

The son of Robert Oz

lecturing me about madness.

I'm glad you're gonna stay with us.

You want me here to
put a bullet in your head

- if you end up like Kovacs.
- That's right.

You go sideways, I won't hesitate.

That's a promise.

- Okay?
- Yeah.

I brought you to
Caraquet, and I'm gonna get you out.

Go!

Oh, my God.

No one's talking about Chloe.

Really not much to say.

She's gone.

No one will tell me how.

Your old pals at Reiden Global.

What?

They weren't prosecuted?

No, and as a matter of fact,

the No Objtive gave them
a government contract

to develop this
splendid new gas called TX-14,

that will effectively
wipe out all the evil animals...

oh, and about 2.2 million human beings.

You missed a lot.

Chloe...

Please.

They were gonna do a demonstration

on a bunch of animals using the gas,

but Chloe stole it.

Tried to stop them.

She got shot at by a bunch
of General Davies' men.

She managed to make her way

to the room where the gas was,
but the canister cracked,

and gas started leaking out,

and we all would've died, but...

But what?

Dariela. She, uh, sealed the door.

Trapped the gas inside.

Well...

The gas and Chloe.

So this Dariela killed my friend?

I don't like it either.

Okay, but she did what
she thought she had to do.

Could I...

What?

Could I be alone?

Yeah.

Uh, yeah, sure.

General Davies confirms
that the Noah Objective

is moving forward according to plan.

What's The Courier?

Just give me a minute.

You don't have a minute, okay?

We had a deal.

We saved your orchard.

Now tell me what Chloe's
last words meant.

Okay.

Um... a few months ago,
we found something.

At first it sounded like a hoax,

but then Chloe sent in her
report from Patagonia,

and the connection was undeniable.

- Patagonia.
- Mm-hmm.

And she didn't tell me.

She wanted to, I advised her against it.

Until we knew more... about this.

What is “this”?

This is a newspaper called
The Worldwide Courier.

- Never heard of it.
- Not many people have.

So what about it?

Well, these are a few of the headlines,

“Blood Rain Decimates Crops."

“Ants Create Lightning.”

“Earthquakes Caused by Sloths.”

Sound familiar?

Yeah, those are the events

created by the Triple-Helix
animals, so what?

Look at the date.

- Is this some sort of joke?
- No.

These were written in 1895.

Are you saying...

that all of this has happened before?

All right, we've seen

a lot of weird stuff, but this?

We verified their authenticity.

These articles are very real.

The animals also did this in 1895?

Only the animals causing
environmental changes,

the Triple-Helix animals.

The same ones we need for the cure.

- We?
- For the cure, we need

the genomic fossils of
seven specific animals.

If Triple-Helix animals
have been around

over a hundred years,

why are we just hearing about them now?

The Worldwide Courier
was viewed like a tabloid.

The “I Saw Big Foot
on a Date with Elvi”"

of its day, people thought
they were fiction.

Gee, I wonder why.

Bigger problem is,

there's nobody alive to verify this.

No eyewitness.

- These articles tell us nothing.
- Actually,

they do show us something.

All right, these articles

they show all the animals so far

that have caused
environmental changes, right?

The sloth, electric ants, snakes.

You guys have come across all of that?

Yeah, like I said, you missed a lot.

Yeah, but we haven't heard anything

about the jellyfish, right?

Especially jellyfish
that causes hurricanes.

So what we're saying
is that at the very least,

these papers show us what animal
we're looking for next.

Can I ask a dumb question?

How can jellyfish cause hurricanes?

There are no dumb questions, Lionel,

only dumb people.

- It's Logan.
- Logan.

Jellyfish can effect the climate
by generating heat.

You get enough of
them together, they can,

they can raise the water temperature,

cause a pretty powerful surface wind.

I may have found something.

Global radar
currently shows five hurricanes,

one of which hasn't moved in 48 hours.

Storms aren't stationary.

Looks like we're heading to Portugal.

Hang on a minute.

We might have an eyewitness.

There are a lot of different
species of jellyfish

in the North Atlantic near Portugal,

one of which is the Turritopsis dohrnii.

It's also known as
the immortal jellyfish.

As in it lives forever?

It can regenerate
its cells over and over,

so it has the ability to
revert back to adolescence

whenever it's injured.

A chicken going back into its egg.

So if can find this jellyfish

from 1895, maybe we can figure out

how it caused these
environmental changes

and figure out how to stop it.

I think we're forgetting something.

Jellyfish have a very poisonous sting.

And if mass quantities

are causing hurricanes,

it won't be as simple
as just fishing one out.

I may have a way to help with that.

I'll, uh, make some calls.

Mitch, would you tell
Trotter to change course to Portugal,

then come see me?

Whatever you say, boss.

Actually, I'm not the boss.

You are.

N-never, not in a million years,

would I ever want that job.

Are you finished?

Look, these people aren't
just my work buddies, okay?

If anything were to ever happen
to them because of me...

With the animals
attacking, anti-venom has become

a huge commodity on the black market.

You'll run point when we land.

Listen, I got a good thing going here.

Okay? I work in the lab.

I keep to myself.

I take naps.

Lots of naps.

This is a change.

And we-we both know that
you don't handle change well.

No. And...

in some tautological
Rubik's Cube of logic,

I wish that I could change
my aversion to change,

but that, in and of
itself, would require... change.

You are so much like your father.

Well, yeah, dear old Dad.

He didn't like to change anything.

Except wives.

Chloe was smart. She was tactical.

She was aggressive, but she's gone.

I have too much to deal
with in Washington,

so I can't be here to Charlie
you angels all the time.

Hence, you, as the primary.

All right.

- Fine.
- Good.

- I'll do it.
- Good.

Can I fire Dariela?

No. No, you cannot fire

the toughest person on this team.

Now, we need to discuss Jamie Campbell.

What about her?

Your relationship.

We're friends.

My point is I have some questions

for this Logan
character and your... work buddy

better not be hiding anything about him.

Hey.

Nice threads.

I know why we're going to Portugal.

What about Davies?

Oh, we'll find Davies.

Believe me.

Okay, then what?

What I'm gonna do,
when this is all over,

is I'm gonna find Davies, okay?

I'm gonna lock him in a
room, just him and me,

until only one of us walks out.

And I think we both know
who that's gonna be.

I don't know.

Davies is a badass.

He's a general.

Yeah, and I'm a very ill man...

with nothing left to lose.

We still good on our deal?

Put a bullet in your head

if you turn into a rage machine?

Yeah, we're good.

Good... 'cause I notice that

you and Abe are getting pretty close.

That's really none of your business.

Actually, it is, Dariela.

Abe's my best friend,
so if there's anyone

that is gonna stop you
from killing me, it's him.

So, you are gonna have to make a choice.

If killing you means
saving lives, there's no choice.

I'm gonna need everyone to buckle up

wherever they can.

Things are about to get nasty.

Hey.

We should be on the ground soon.

Turbulence make you nervous?

Not at all. You?

The only thing on this plane
that makes me nervous is you.

First one's free.

If you've got something to say...

Enough!

I know you're upset,
but never do that again.

_

What was that with Dariela?

I just wanted her to know

she shouldn't be here
after what she did.

It was pretty hardcore.

Did I mention Mitch is
not at all what I expected?

How so?

Guess I pictured more of a drummer,
less of a lead singer.

You guys were a thing?

No.

I don't know, it's complicated.

Say no more.

I've had my fair share of complications.

Sure you have.

What's that supposed to mean?

All right, uh, listen up.

The guy who has our jellyfish,

his name is Duncan Santos.

He's the local venom
dealer here in Lisbon,

because God knows every
city needs one of those.

What else do we know about him?

Biochemical genius.

Did some time for
producing a whole bunch of LSD.

He also made a ton of money

developing antivenom,
which was in short supply

after the animals went nuts.

He's a war profiteer is what he is.

He also did a little
time in a psych ward.

Sipping too much of his own sauce.

So, we're going after a
crazy, drug-addled venom dealer

in the middle of a hurricane?

Yes, because that is what we do.

Let's get this over with.

Not so fast.

I'm afraid I can't let
you go with the rest of them.

And why is that?

Because I don't know you.

I vouched for him.

At the risk of appearing unkind,

I cannot stress how little

your vouching for him means to me.

She just needs to ask
him a couple questions.

Oh, you knew about this?

Well, come on, Jamie.

How much do you really
know about this guy?

Um, hello.

This guy's standing right here.

People can learn a lot about each other

in a short period of time.

I'll be back soon.

Actually, you won't.

I have some questions for you as well.

- _
- No smoke. I don't smoke.

_

Come on, come on, come
on, let's go, let's go,

let's get out of here.

Relax, my friend.

It's me.

You Duncan Santos?

Good guess.

Gonna need your weapon, dear.

Really?

Put these on

and get in.

She's not gonna let me stay.

You didn't do anything wrong.

I was hired to steal the leopard.

Yeah, and you didn't.

In my experience, people
tend to distrust thieves.

Well, they distrust politicians more.

Listen,

for what it's worth,

I appreciate you going
to bat for me back there.

Nobody's ever done
something like that for me.

Well, honestly I didn't do it for you.

I fought so hard to
get back to everybody, and...

so much has changed, it's like
I don't even know them.

And they don't know me.

Are you ready?

Yeah.

Not you, her.

Welcome.

Make yourselves at home.

What is this place?

Well, to make antivenom,

you need lots and
lots of... you know, venom.

There he is.

All 100-plus years of it.

Magnificent, isn't it?

No other species like it

in the animal kingdom.

- You know why?
- Transdifferentiation.

Cells becoming different kinds of cells.

Muscle to nerve, egg to sperm...

Well,

look at the brains on this one.

- What's your name?
- Dr. Mitch Morgan.

Our contact told us that
you were willing to sell him.

No, no, no, no. I
said negotiate, not sell.

Okay, so what do you need?

Good question.

I can only make antivenom

if I have the animal.

And like all things in life...

one of the animals has died.

One of the most valuable ones.

Very sad.

We had a funeral.

I even said a few words.

As eulogies go, I think it was touching.

I have very little antivenom left,

and I need to make more.

So, you want us to get this animal.

The two of you...

brains galore.

Why us?

Why not just send your own guys?

I did.

But they never came back.

When did you first encounter Logan?

After I left the compound.

I found him nearly frozen to death.

- You found him, or he found you?
- Does it matter?

Very much.

He found me.

And at what point did
he reveal to you that

he was hired to steal the leopard?

I found some photographs in his bag.

So if you never found those,

he may have never told you the truth.

Look, I know where you're going
with this, and you're wrong.

You can't possibly trust this guy.

I have to assume that
you are smarter than that.

You don't know a thing about me.

- Oh.
- Jamie Campbell.

Reporter for the L.A. Telegraph.

Fired for defaming Reiden Global

on your blog as “The Girl
with the Genie Tattoo”?

Congratulations on
your ability to Google.

One would assume if you
had any area of expertise,

it would be to find fire
where there is smoke.

Was I skeptical of Logan at first?

Of course.

But somewhere between him
sharing stories about playing

Moses in his school play
and his onion allergy,

he gained my trust.

He's one of the good ones.

The world is not and has never been

divided between good ones and bad ones.

Let me tell you the
worst thing that happened to me

in those woods.

Worse than losing your toe?

I realized it wasn't the animals
I had to be scared of.

It was the people.

There's no telling what they'll do.

So, yeah,

in this world, there are
two kinds of people.

The animals and the Logans.

I trust him with my life.

More than Mitch?

- We done here?
- Yeah.

Good talk.

Just how many do we need?

As many as we can get.

How do we even know we'll find any?

Oh, I think that there's
more than a few spiders here.

So if these things are so dangerous,

why can't we just inject ourselves

with the anti-venom now?

Doesn't work like that.

Without the venom in
your system to interact with,

the anti-venom will just dissipate.

Got to use it within 60 seconds

of getting bit.

Yeah, we heard you the first time.

Paralysis, breathing problems.

Basically, all horrible things.

Good news is, the
Wandering Spider venom has a...

certain side effect.

What kind of side effect?

Six-hour erection.

Hmm.

Fun.

Boy jokes aside,

how can there be this many
webs and no spiders?

Oh, there's spiders.

We just need to know where to find them.

See these webs... are easy to see,

'cause they're thick and old.

We need to find the thin,
transparent ones,

that are more recent.

All the webs look the same to me.

And there's a lot.

She's right.

We could be here for quite some time.

Hey, I'm going to say
something a leader would.

Let's split up.

Okay.

Dariela and I will go this way.

Great, we'll take the food court.

Hopefully, there's a Pinkberry.

Robbery, theft,

possession of stolen goods.

And now suddenly you want
to help save the world?

Yeah.

Right now, that's all that
I've done with my life.

Maybe there's still time
for me to do something else.

Is that so wrong?

It's not wrong at
all, my question is why?

I guess you could
say that I was inspired.

It was pretty gnarly
out there in those woods.

I heard. That woman in Caraquet.

Gwen.

Intel from the search
and recovery team said

that they found her.

In pieces.

You know what happened?

No.

Guess you and Jamie just got lucky.

No.

It wasn't luck.

I was ready to give up several times.

But Jamie wouldn't let me.

How long have you been in love with her?

- I never said that.
- It's okay.

People have tried to be
heroes for worse reasons.

Am I staying or going?

Something on your mind?

Your fight with Jamie.

She came at me.

She's been through a lot.

Instead of fighting,

you might try helping.

We've all been through a lot.

What do you think about her pal, Logan?

I don't think I trust him.

Or Shaw, for that matter.

Or me?

Dariela...

What do you want me to say?

After what happened with Chloe,

I want you to admit that
you don't trust my judgment.

Say something.

Don't move.

There's one above your head.

There's a lot more than one.

You've got to be kidding me.

At least now we can tell Santos

we found some of his men.

This poor guy didn't even have a
chance to inject the antivenom.

The spiders must've come quickly.

Um... Jackson?

Little help here.

Don't move.

Stay still. No kidding.

Give me the bag. Come on.

Okay.

Can we hurry this up?

I know. I'm moving as fast as I can.

It's all right. It's all right.

It's okay, Mitch.

- We got a problem.
- Yeah, I just need a few more, okay?

They supposed to move that quick?

Can you not ask questions right now?

Almost done.

Really should've taken you up

on your offer to do this yourself.

Not all of us have a
handy little mutation

that makes animals ignore us.

Almost there, Mitch. Let
me just get a couple more.

- You bit?
- No, I just felt like saying “Aah.”

Come on, let's go.

Well, you're the animal expert.

I'm just going to get it down.

You want to hurry?

Fast movements will startle it.

Cause it...

to bite.

Great.

Can we get out of here now?

Come on.

This wasn't so hard.

You had to say that.

Let's go.

No, no!

Abe!

Come on.

I got it.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay, Abe.

Come on. Okay.

You get them?

We got a bunch.

Let's hope Santos keeps up
his end of the bargain.

I honestly didn't think
I'd ever see you all again.

Is that what I think it is?

Yup.

We held up our end of the deal,

so... we'll take the jellyfish now.

You guys are good.

Lot of talent in this room.

I'd offer you a job, but...

you seem to be in great demand already.

What the hell does that mean?

Who's Portuguese Steven Seagal?

General Davies sends his regards.

You're Jackson Oz?

No, I am.

No, that would be me.

Actually, it's me.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm Jackson Oz.

How did Davies know we were here?

More questions?

No, your stories check out.

Well, that's swell.

While you were busy waterboarding Logan,

I was checking out your story.

My story?

This is an internal memo
you wrote to the president

two months ago, in which you support

bringing Reiden
onboard the Noah Objective.

How'd you find that?

“The Girl With The Genie
Tattoo,” remember?

It was before I knew
the damage they'd cause.

I made a mistake.

I've more than corrected it.

Yeah, you're not sure
that you can trust us?

We're not sure we can trust you.

You have my spiders?

You sold us out.

Not me.

Check your own backyard.

Thanks for this, by the way.

Good work. I mean it.

Where are they?

Well, we kind of figured you wouldn't
give us the jellyfish.

- What are you doing?
- Antivenom.

- Thinking these might come in handy.
- We don't have time for this.

Yes, we do, okay?

- We got to get going.
- Okay, okay, okay.

All right.

Cute trick with the spiders.

Get the jellyfish! Get it!

Jackson, stop!

Dariela... Out of the way!

No, lower your weapon!

Jackson!

Abe, move!

Jackson!

It's okay. It's okay, Abe.

I want him alive.

He's gonna deliver a message for me.

You tell Davies

that I'm coming for him.

I can't get over this place.

Beats the hell out of those
hotel bars from last year.

Yeah, well, I don't know.

We had some pretty
good times in those bars.

Much as I hate saying it,
she's really not all that bad.

She made a tough call.

She hides it well,

but I know it's eating her up inside.

So you're saying, what,
that I should forgive her?

I'm saying

that she was the only one there.

None of us knows what we
would've done in that moment.

Do you have a minute?

What happened back there?

Jackson was gonna kill that guy.

And your first instinct

was to aim your weapon at him?

I wasn't going to shoot.

Yes, you were.

Listen to me.

Jackson is not like Kovacs.

Jackson is not an animal.

Yet.

If that's the way you think,

then perhaps maybe you should...

Leave?

Back at the stadium,

you said you didn't think
I trusted your judgment.

You were right.

I wanted to trust you,

but you pointed your gun at my friend.

I don't know what else
you want me to say.

Nothing.

There's nothing more to say.

He's cute, huh?

Named him Moe.

After your grandfather.

So what does, uh, Moe tell us?

A lot, actually.

Much like his namesake,
he's got quite a story to tell.

First thing I noticed
in his cell sample,

radiation, lots of it.

Okay, and how does that help us?

Radioactive dating.

We can pinpoint the exact year
he was exposed to radiation.

Let me guess, 1895?

The same year as our Courier articles.

That can't be a coincidence.

The radiation exposure,

environmental events, all of it.

You think that they're all connected?

Look around. Anything's possible.

Speaking of anything being possible,

Logan Jones checks out.

He has a shady past,
but he just wants to help.

You sure about that?

Because he really seems
like he's trying too hard.

Maybe.

But I think that we
have a bigger problem.

I know.

Jamie.

We need to talk.

I'm fine.

I'm not a fool, rafiki.

I saw the look in your eyes
when Dariela drew on you.

It was a look of the man ready to die.

Yeah.

I know.

You gotta know something, Abe.

That wasn't me.

You think I don't know that?

Let me tell you something.

You may be ready to die,

but I am not ready to let that happen.

And you know what a stubborn
son of a bitch I can be.

Boss, can I speak to you please?

God, don't call me that.

Look, I know the plan is to drop me off

when we get back to the States, but...

- You want to stay.
- Yes,

and Shaw said that I should talk
to you about sticking around.

I mean, I want to help,
if you'll let me.

So... Jamie.

She really trusts you.

Yeah.

We went through a lot out there.

Had each others' backs?

She had my back a
lot more than I had hers.

Well, maybe this is your
chance to pay her back, huh?

Thank you.

Hey.

You can't still be mad then.

I mean, you're the one who hit me first.

Besides, I come in peace.

Put it in your shoe.

It'll help with weight distribution.

Balance.

Thanks.

Army Ranger trick?

Catholic school.

Florence O'Shea.

Lawn mower accident.

Kids used to call
her “No-Toe-Flo.”

Look, I know we got off
on the wrong foot.

So to speak.

But I hope you can understand
I'm part of the team.

You don't have to like me,
but you do have to know

you can trust me.

Yeah, well...

you can trust me, too.

I'm loyal to a fault.

Yeah, I saw you stood up for Logan.

He's good people.

He seems like it.

And I think it'll
benefit you if he sticks around.

It helps to have someone
who's been through

what you've been through.

Catholic school again?

No, that was Army Rangers.

Oorah.

That's Marines.

But I appreciate the thought.

You wanted to see me?

I think I know how this gas is
gonna kill 2.2 million people.

What, the, uh, jellyfish tell you that?

His name is Moe.

And yes.

Okay, Moe has a Triple-Helix,
just like you.

Well, we knew that, right? Right.

But what we didn't know
is what caused it.

Thanks to Moe getting blasted
by radiation, now we do.

I'm sensing a Mitch Morgan
theory coming on.

Lucky for you, Mitch Morgan's
theories are usually right.

I think radiation
mutated one of his genes,

causing it to sprout a Triple-Helix.

Well, that's good news, right?

I mean, genes can be changed, so...

now you know what you
need to do to fix it.

Well, sort of.

The problem is I can't find the gene.

What do you mean
you can't find the gene?

It's not a set of car keys.

How do you even know it exists?

Where there's a plant,
there's a seed, right?

And you, my friend, are
a pretty messed-up plant,

that means some place inside of you

is a pretty messed-up gene.

Although I can't see it,

I can sense it, I know it's there.

I'm calling it the “ghost gene.”

It's a little
melodramatic, don't you think?

When you have your own
scientific breakthrough,

you feel free to call it what you want.

All right, so this gas

must target this
ghost gene, is that right?

Well, how could Davies

create a gas that targets a gene

that you can't even find?

Excellent question...

that I don't have a theory about.

I mean, the guy's smart, but
he's not playing on this level.

Yeah, he'd have to have somebody
even smarter than me

to figure it out.

Who the hell does he
have working for him?

Open it.

General Davies.

Things in Lisbon didn't really work out.

We weren't able to get Jackson.

Then we have a problem.

No, you have a problem.

I've waited long enough.

The TX-14 gas was working perfectly,

till you sabotaged it.

Now, I'm done with your demands.

You fix the gas,

or I'll make sure you
never walk out of this cell.

I think I've made myself clear.

I'm not telling you anything
until I see my son.