(MACHINE BEEPS)
MAN 1:
- MAN 2: - MAN 1:
MAN 2:
(FLATLINE TONE)
MAN 2:
WOMAN:
(ELECTRICITY SURGES)
(FLATLINE TONE)
MAN 2:
CLAY:
- MAN 2: - WOMAN:
MAN 2:
WOMAN:
- (ELECTRICITY SURGES) - (FLATLINE TONE)
(FLATLINE TONE CONTINUES)
CLAY:
WOMAN:
CLAY:
- (PIG SQUEALING) - (OVERLAPPING SHOUTS)
CLAY: It's still alive!
(FLATLINE TONE)
- WOMAN: - CLAY:
(FLATLINE TONE CONTINUES)
MAN 2:
(BIRDS SINGING)
- Good morning, Dr. McConnell. - Good morning, James. She's with me.
(BUTTONS BEEPING)
(ELEVATOR DINGS)
(DINGING)
Um, we're operating under a grant from Werner-Goss Biotechnical,
so you're gonna need to sign a confidentiality agreement.
Uh, Niko, this is Eva.
- She's gonna be working with us. - Hi. Nice to meet you.
- This is Clay. - BOTH: Hey.
- OK. - (CAMERA BEEPS)
We are... rolling.
Hi, I am Dr. Frank Walton.
And I am Dr. Zoe McConnell.
- (LAUGHING) Sorry. - What? No, what?
You're like Kelly Ripa. You're like... (MUMBLING)
- (ZOE LAUGHS) - FRANK: OK.
We are still rolling.
Hi, I'm Dr. Frank Walton.
I am the head researcher at the Lazarus Project.
- And I am Dr. Zoe McConnell. - And welcome to our laboratory.
- Welcome to our laboratory. - You were so late!
- I can do that better. - So late.
- How we doing? - Was that OK?
FRANK: This whole process started with Zoe's big breakthrough.
She bonded fast-growth B-cell tumors, which sped up the nerve fiber regrowth.
That created the Lazarus serum.
Over here, we have Niko to thank for this Millennium Falcon-looking thing.
This is called the pulse array.
(AUDIO FAST-FORWARDING)
FRANK: The pulse array then uses timed electrical charges
- to activate the serum. - (EQUIPMENT BUZZING)
Then we jump-start the neural reactions
by stimulating different parts of the brain with electrical charges.
This is an articulated arm we developed as an extension of the pulse array.
This goes into the temporal lobe of the brain,
the serum flows into the brain,
we pull that switch right over there, and then we hope for the best.
The goal here is simple:
To give health care professionals more time to do their jobs.
To prolong that period where you can safely bring someone back,
with no cognitive loss, no long-term effects.
It's about giving everyone that second chance they deserve.
- (UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS NEARBY) - (CLAY MIMICS EXPLOSION)
NIKO: You're such a dick.
I am the Lord of Catan, and I deserve your respect!
That is a dick move because I have no cards...
Hey, guys, I don't have any cell service.
Um, we don't get much service in the sub-basement,
but there's a landline on the wall if you need it.
Oh, no. I'm good, thanks.
(SIGHS) Documentary girl, man, she is so hot.
- Her name's Eva. - I don't care what her name is.
I'd tap that. You wouldn't tap that?
She's all right.
CLAY: You're ridiculous.
OK, so, um... most of this stuff is...
Basically run by me, and I do everything.
- FRANK: What do you think? - ZOE: I mean, does it matter?
It's not like we can send her home now.
Come on. This could be a really good thing.
- I say we give her a chance. - ZOE: She's cute.
Yeah, she's gorgeous. Super sexy with her red hair...
- Get out. You're fired. - (LAUGHS)
- I love you. - Aw...
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(DRAMATIC OPERA MUSIC PLAYS)
(WHIRRING)
(OPERA MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC STOPS)
- (SQUEALS) - (GASPING)
- (HYSTERICAL GIGGLING) - I'm so sorry. Not funny.
I shouldn't have done that. I'm sorry.
- No. I didn't... - I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to scream.
A dental darn sounds like something a dentist would use, does it not?
No, it doesn't. You should've known what it was.
I wasn't getting as much action as you think I was.
We were 22. You should've known by then that that's what that's for.
- It's not like an orthodontic thing. - (CHUCKLES)
So, um... how are you doing?
You know, with everything?
Frank?
You know, good.
It's just, when we got the grant,
we decided the wedding and... everything else would just be put off.
You know? This is more important.
But that was... three years ago?
You look at him, it's like he doesn't even remember a time before.
It's just all about the work.
Yeah, well... maybe it's the universe trying to tell you something.
Yeah. Finish the damn project, right?
- Yeah. - Anyway, thank you for the sushi.
- No problem. - Better get back to work.
(SIGHS)
(BREATHING SHARPLY)
(FISTS POUNDING ON DOOR)
- (SCREAMS ECHOING) - (POUNDING CONTINUES)
- (SCREAMING) - (GASPS)
FRANK: Hey, lady.
Same dream?
I'm sorry.
Take your time. I'll be in the bed when you're ready, OK?
- (WHISPERS) Thank you. - Snuggle you up.
- ZOE: Wait for it. - FRANK: OK, that all looks right.
ZOE: Yeah, just wait. Right... there.
See, something's degrading the lipid bi-layer, and it all falls apart.
Could be the diffusion barrier.
Clay, what did I say about smoking in here?
Uh, that it's awesome?
- You're a jerk. - FRANK: Guys, let's not be children.
- What's the membrane voltage? - Minus 60. Maybe less.
FRANK: OK, so we just increase the depolarization.
- Then that fries our ion channels. - (SPUTTERS, COUGHING)
(VOICE STRAINS) Not if you introduce a potassium-selective insulator
into the serum and limit pulse durations to about 30 milliseconds. (SHARP INHALE)
Give the pH and oxygen tension time to snap back.
Boom!
What? Got shit on my face?
Um...
I think that might work.
- Clay, you're all grown up! - CLAY: Yeah! All right!
FRANK: Holy shit. Look at this guy.
- I can smoke in here now. - He can smoke in here now.
- ZOE: No, no, no. Give me... - FRANK: Let's do this, come on.
ZOE: Cataracts in both eyes. Probably why they put him down.
CLAY: All inputs within range.
ZOE: Blood oxygen looks good. Serum level optimal.
FRANK: OK. Let's do this. Start the tone.
(FLATLINE TONE)
Event one, five kilovolts. Pulse in three, two, one.
(ELECTRICITY SURGES)
(FLATLINE TONE)
No effect.
Reset the array, 11 kilovolts.
- 11 kilovolts. Stand by. - (FLATLINE TONE)
OK, event two. Pulse in three, two, one.
(ELECTRICITY SURGES)
- (SIGHS) - Clay?
CLAY: Nothing.
- Jesus Christ... What? - Oh!
- It moved. I-l think it just moved. - It moved, or you think it moved?
I don't know. It did like a twitching thing or...
I'm telling you, I'm flat across the board.
Yeah, it's probably just reflex muscle stimulation.
No, I saw it. It actually moved.
Yeah, that's what muscle stimulation is.
I don't know, maybe if we up the dosage next time...
- (BARKING, SNAPPING) - (RAPID BEEPING)
- FRANK: Pulse! Clay! Pulse? - (SNARLS)
(OVERLAPPING SHOUTS)
- NIKO: Hey, hey, hey. You're OK. - (GROWLING)
(HEART MONITOR BEEPS STEADILY)
- (NIKO LAUGHING) - EVA: Oh, my God.
FRANK: We're six minutes in and he is golden.
- That's weird. - What's up?
- His cataracts are gone. - What are you talking about?
He has mature stage five cataracts in both eyes.
- Yes, I know. Look. - Hm.
- Could it be the serum? - Or... we just cured blindness.
Look, guys, it brings up a good point.
I don't want anybody talking about anything
until we know exactly what we have here.
Understood?
- Clay? - Bible.
We're gonna take Rocky home with us and we'll look after him.
- If that's OK. - Sure.
- (CHEERING) - on! Whoa!
- Hey! - (UP-TEMPO BIG BAND MUSIC PLAYING)
Um, Eva, put the camera down. Put it down.
- (OVERLAPPING CHATTER) - I really don't want this to be filmed.
All right.
Cheers.
(MUSIC CONTINUES, MUTED)
- (SLOW JAZZ SONG PLAYING) - Here you go.
He has no interest.
- What's his name again? - Rocky.
- FRANK: The ultimate underdog.
Back from the dead, Rocky.
ZOE: It's not just me, right? He's a little weird.
Yeah, I think he's in shock right now, you know?
It's gonna take him a few days to sort of re-stitch those neural pathways,
and he'll be good to go.
Yeah.
You don't... You don't seem convinced. What's going on?
I don't know. I mean...
...what if we ripped him out of doggie heaven or something?
(LAUGHING)
You know what I mean. What if...
We don't know if he wanted to come back. We just took him.
What is it with you? I get two glasses of red wine in you
and the Catholic girl comes out and...
I'm just saying, if we're gonna be asking big questions,
we have to be ready for the answers.
Come here. Come here.
Look... (SIGHS)
I know this is... strange, you know?
And what we're doing here could be... considered questionable.
Yeah.
But we're gonna help a lot of people with this work.
It's gonna be worth it, OK?
OK.
(DOOR SQUEAKS SOFTLY)
EVA: (KISSING) Rocky! (WHISTLES) Get the ball.
Hey, guys, do you think he remembers? Dying?
Mm... Dogs don't have memories, so, no.
- NIKO: Dogs definitely have memories. - CLAY: Dogs form associations.
Leash means walk. Keys mean car ride. It's not the same thing, bro.
That's what a memory is, man. It's like... No, we're settling this.
- Settle it. Let's look it up, bitch. - I don't wanna hear your shit.
OK. I'm cool with that.
EVA: Hey, Rocky, what do you think? Did you see a big white light? Huh?
You know, that part's actually true.
- You know what the pineal gland is? - No.
It produces DMT, which is the base compound for our serum.
Basically, nobody knows why, but the moment you die,
right then, your brain just floods your system with this massive blast of DMT,
which is the most potent psychedelic on the planet.
And when you think you're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel,
- or the blessed Virgin Mary, um... - (GIGGLES)
- FRANK: Did I do that the wrong way? - Mm-mm.
Anyway, it's just a big trip that you're having, really, it's all it is.
- I disagree. I do. - FRANK: Oh, you disagree, really?
- We've had this discussion before. - Yeah, I just think you can't discount
every near-death experience based on one theory.
FRANK: Of course. But if you're going to make a bet,
why not bet on a scientific theory
as opposed to, you know, St. Peter and the pearly white gates?
- Why? - Because one is empirical and one is,
you know, it's a cute story, but it's...
No, it's not. I mean, whatever you wanna call it, the soul, consciousness,
it's just neural impulses firing in your brain, right? That makes it energy.
Energy can't be created or destroyed,
it can just be transformed from one thing to another.
So that's not superstition, that's science.
EVA: So what's your theory?
I think, maybe when we die, the DMT is there to help our souls move on,
to get them wherever they're supposed to be.
- You know, open the door for them. - So the DMT is like a doorman
who is like, "Here. Here's life, here's death.
I'm gonna open this up and usher you through."
- Maybe. - And you give him a tip.
I just think it's arrogant to reduce everything that happens
at the moment of death to one chemical equation.
The fact is, we just don't know.
Yet.
(MACHINE WHIRRING)
(MACHINE CYCLING)
- FRANK: Whoa. What's the HDR? - CLAY: Uh, 2.2 seconds.
That's well within levels.
CLAY: Whoa. That's weird.
The serum is still present in the bloodstream.
Yeah, it's supposed to dissipate within, like, a few hours.
Man, there's some crazy activity going on in the brain stem.
Are you guys sure you wanna keep this thing in your house?
- FRANK: Why? - One of the symptoms of hypothyroidism
is extreme aggression.
This thing could go Cujo here in a hurry.
(MID-TEMPO JAZZ PLAYING)
(WHINING)
It's alive! It's alive!
(JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES)
(SCATTING SOFTLY)
Come here. (SIGHS)
You are my friend.
- (LOUD CRASHING) - (RECORD SCREECHES)
Shit!
(CAN RATTLES)
Niko?
(SILENCE)
Whoa.
- (WHISPERS) Shit. - (SOFT GROAN)
Rocky?
Here, boy.
(WHISTLES)
- (WHISPERS) Come here, you little shit. - (SOFT GROWL)
- It's OK, bud. - (SOFT GROWL)
You're just freaking out, man.
- (BARKS, GROWLS) - (YELLS)
(PANTING)
(SOFT FOOTFALLS)
(SOFT GROWL)
- (PANTING) - (SNARLING)
- Shit. OK, OK, OK. - (SNARLING CONTINUES)
(PANTING)
if you ask me, I think we should put that thing down, now.
- At least you're not overreacting. - Overreacting, my ass!
OK? There's something seriously wrong with that animal.
(STAMMERS) It's like it was possessed or something.
- How long were you out of the room? - I don't know, 2O seconds, tops.
- And no, I wasn't smoking. - EVA: Hey, guys?
This stuff was on the top shelf, and even if you left the cage open,
there's no way he could've got up here.
OK, so far, we've seen three distinct phases of development.
Phase one: Subject is resuscitated through an infusion of LAZ-510 serum
and targeted electrical stimulation.
Phase two: The serum remains in the bloodstream longer than anticipated.
Phase three: Metabolic functions
produce a potentially disruptive hormonal imbalance.
Subject shows signs of confusion, loss of appetite,
and marked signs of aggression.
Now we're in phase four, I guess.
The subject's brain continues to create new neural pathways
at an unprecedented and alarming rate.
(SIGHS)
Jesus! Oh, my God, you scared the shit out of me.
- You coming to bed? - (EXHALES)
Yeah, I'm kind of in the middle of something. I'll be there in a minute.
OK.
What the hell is going on here?
Dr. Walton, can you hold on for a second?
- Uh, yeah. - I'll meet you downstairs.
Sure.
The dean needs to talk to you.
WOMAN: Honestly, did you for one second consider the implications of this?
Eighty-three percent of our student body identify as religious.
You throw in the alumni donors, that number's more like 90 percent.
Don't play the religious card. This has nothing to do with religion.
You were the one who decided to do an unsanctioned experiment,
in direct violation of the Review Board
and the grant agreement which you signed.
Which says, you were going to "study new methods
of arresting neural decay in coma patients."
Yes, exactly! That is how it started.
But how do you think that penicillin was discovered? Or Teflon?
Or even Coca-Cola, for that matter? Accidents that happen in the lab.
Accidents that lead to new lines of inquiry.
You are a doctor, you understand how science works. It's by adapting.
You're not adapting. You are playing God with a bunch of dead animals.
You had to know this was coming.
How do you know all this?
No way you could've known about those animal trials.
We have the right to review any material that's posted to our server,
- including video footage. - Bullshit.
Somebody fed this to you, specifically to get this project shut down.
Was it one of your big pharma friends?
Did somebody donate a medical wing or a new student union?
Who was it?
Pull the hard drives, any security key cards.
- Hey... - MAN: Any samples.
- Any and all samples you may find. - ZOE: What is this?
- Oh, you must be Dr. McConnell. - Yes.
It's a pleasure to meet you. I've been a fan of your work.
Effective immediately, all research material
is considered the sole intellectual property
of Crylonis Pharmaceutical and its subsidiaries.
- Stop. What? - Hey, that's personal property, man!
I don't understand. We're operating under a grant
- from Werner-Goss Biotechnical. - And as of two hours ago,
Crylonis Industries became the principal shareholder in Werner-Goss.
- No, you can't do this. - Pursuant to the grant agreement
signed by Frank Walton, "any violation of IACUC Review Board standards
shall herein negate all claims of ownership
and revert intellectual property rights back to the holding corporation."
- Which is, in this case, us. - (SIGHING)
I'm sure it must be difficult for you,
but there's an important lesson to be learned here:
There's always a consequence for breaking the rules.
- What happened? - They took everything.
(SIGHS)
ZOE: You have to admit it's quite the coincidence.
You show up out of nowhere, videotape everything, and then poof,
they take it all, including our backup data.
Hang on. We made her keep all the footage in the lab. It's not her fault.
We lost everything.
Four years of our lives, our reputations, everything.
If it's not her, then please tell me, what the hell happened?
If they wanted the serum, why didn't they just hire us?
I mean, let's imagine for a second that you're Crylonis, OK?
And you find out about the Lazarus serum.
You realize this thing is a gold mine,
and you also realize that Werner-Goss sponsored it.
So you buy Werner-Goss, that's the first thing right there.
Then you realize all is takes is one anonymous call to the Review Board,
and all of a sudden you own everything in that lab.
You have the legal rights.
Suddenly, you're not splitting the profits anymore.
- All that money is yours. - (SCOFFS)
Come on. They're not gonna spend $50 million
just to get our serum, right?
(SIGHS)
We're gonna duplicate the experiment. It's the only way.
- You're joking, right? - What, we're gonna walk away now?
We have no proof. No one's ever gonna believe that it was us.
We're never gonna have another chance at this, OK?
Look, they're not gonna start cleaning the lab till tomorrow, right?
That gives us at least, what, like 12 hours?
We break in there, we duplicate the experiment.
You film it, and we take back what's ours.
Duplicate it how? I mean, they took all the serum.
We figured, just in case.
The lab is on a time lock, there is only one security guard,
we know exactly what his route is.
This is absolutely doable.
And how are we supposed to get in? They took our key cards.
Um...
Not all of them.
GUARD: Working late?
Dr. Jackson wants me to take him in for overnight observation.
Just the way I wanted to spend my Friday night.
- GUARD: You know where you're going? - Sure do.
(DOOR RATTLING)
Look, if you get caught here, you're gonna get expelled, or worse,
so no one's gonna blame you if you wanna take off now.
I know.
(MURMURS INDISTINCTLY)
- How's it looking? - On a scale of one to shitty,
their security system is shitty.
Great. Can we just loop that?
- Loop it? - Yeah, like they do on TV.
Or I could just stop it from recording. It's not like he's gonna notice.
That works.
- "You're amazing, Niko." - You're amazing, Niko.
Thank you, Zoe.
Dog.
(AIR HISSING)
- (BARKS) - FRANK: All right, Eva, you rolling?
- EVA: Yeah, rolling. - FRANK: OK, Clay, how we doing?
CLAY: Cells appear healthy.
- Full diffusion in 30. - OK. I need 45cc's Trimexialin.
- Niko, how you doing? - Uh, neural overlay synced.
Capacitors charged. Ready when you are.
Serum blood ratio is 6.8.
- Oxygen levels look good. - Great. Check on the guard, please.
EVA: Yeah, he's still there.
OK, let's make some history.
Again.
You wanna do the honors?
Event one, 11 kilowatts, in three, two, one.
- (ELECTRICITY SURGES) - (THUDDING)
CLAY: I didn't do it.
FRANK: Shit. Somebody flipped the breaker.
- Zoe! - (INSTRUMENTS CLATTERING)
Sweetie? No pulse! No pulse! She's been electrocuted.
- Get me an adrenalin shot right now! - EVA: What can I do? What can I do?
- FRANK: Come on, Zoe! - EVA: What can l...?
Here you go.
(GRUNTS)
No pulse. No pulse. OK.
- I need the defibrillator right now. - I got it, I got it.
- All right, move her off the grate. - OK.
One, two, three!
OK. Shit.
(FRANK MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY)
- 200 joules! - 200?
- Yeah. - (DEFIBRILLATOR CHARGING)
- Clear! - (PADDLES SURGING)
Sweetheart? There's no pulse. There's no pulse.
- Clay, 360 joules. - Way too high.
- 360! 360 joules! Do it! - (BUTTONS BEEPING)
- (DEFIBRILLATOR CHARGING) - Come on.
- Clear! - (PADDLES SURGING)
(VOICE BREAKING) No pulse. Come on, Zoe. Come on!
Come on! Come on!
(PANTING)
Come on, come on.
Come on, sweetie.
Come on! (CRYING) Come on.
CLAY: Frank, what are you doing?
- No! No! Absolutely not. No. - NIKO: Whoa... Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa.
Can we just talk about this a second, man?
There's nothing to talk about. The serum works, we know it works.
Yeah, but what if she comes back all messed up like the dog?
Not gonna happen! I'm gonna adjust the dosage and tailor the levels.
- It'll be fine. - Frank, I want her back, too,
but if the cops come and we're cutting up a human body,
- we're going to jail, all of us. - Do you think I care about jail?
- Frank, this isn't some lab experiment. - I know!
This is a person. You're talking about bringing someone back from the dead.
- We've done it before. It's gonna work. - EVA: Not like this.
I am so sorry, but this is crossing a line. This is a human being!
Fine. Get outta here. I'm gonna do it myself.
- Frank, come on, man. - I am not gonna lose her.
Not like this.
(FRANK BREATHING HEAVILY)
Thank you. Thank you.
I need you to pull the switch.
(FRANK GRUNTS)
FRANK: (PANTING) Niko, We good?
Half of this stuff is fried. I can't read...
FRANK: Niko, are we good?
- Yeah, we're good. - OK.
Clay, tone. Starting event one, 9.5 kilovolts.
- (FLATLINE TONE) - Here we go.
Three, two, one.
(ELECTRICITY SURGES)
(FRANK GRUNTS)
- Clay. - I got nothing.
We're going again, 13 kilovolts.
- That's gonna fry... - Do it right now, 13 kilovolts.
Starting event two.
- (FLATLINE TONE) - Here we go in three, two, one.
(ELECTRICITY SURGES)
(FRANK GRUNTS)
Clay.
- NIKO: Where's the guard? - Who cares? We're going again.
- Reset the array. - Where's the guard?
- CLAY: Find the guard, Niko! - I need you. Going 15 kilovolts.
Just hold on! Wait.
(KEYS JINGLING)
He's coming.
- What is... - Can't help her in jail, all right?
All right? Let's go.
FRANK: Shit.
- CLAY: Come on. - FRANK: Shit.
- CLAY: Careful. - All right. We're good, we're good.
Damn it. He's coming.
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
(KEYS JINGLING)
(FOOTSTEPS CONTINUE)
(DOOR OPENS IN DISTANCE)
(DOOR SQUEAKING)
Holy shit.
Hey, hey. It's me.
Hey. Hey, sweetheart, it's me.
She's in shock. I need a blanket, please.
Yeah. Yeah, I'll...
Hey... Baby, it's me. You're OK.
- EVA: Frank? I can't find them. - Get me the blanket. Hurry up!
Right over there. In the top...
(DRY SWALLOWING)
(WHISPERS) Did I just die?
FRANK: OK...
You're good.
EVA: What was it like?
Well, I mean... did you see anything?
(DISTANT SCREAMS)
- EVA: Like heaven or... - FRANK: You know,
this might not be the best time.
Start breaking down the lab. Let's set up the MRI.
I want to do these diagnostics and get out of here as soon as possible, OK?
Yeah.
NIKO: And there goes the guard.
We're clear.
All right, let's get this over with.
Awesome.
(MACHINE WHIRRING)
(COMPUTER BEEPING)
(SIGHS)
- That's not right. - What?
I don't know. Frank, you want to come take a look at this?
What?
Not only is her body almost completely healed,
but that's too much neural activity.
Yeah, that's too much. I want to get her out of there.
We'll retest her in an hour, once the serum has had a chance to dissipate.
I'm sorry, but do you not remember the dog?
The serum still has not dissipated.
Yes, that was a goddamn dog. This is a person. Let her out of there.
(SIGHS)
- FRANK: Clay! - (DOOR BUZZES)
(NIKO EXHALES)
(DOOR CLOSES)
What's going on?
NIKO: You know how they say humans only use ten percent of their brain?
- EVA: I thought that was a myth. - No, the myth is that we don't know
what the other 90 percent does.
Humans use their entire brain, we just use ten percent at a time.
She's just sitting in there.
A small chunk of her brain should be lighting up.
But... the whole thing is lit up.
Yeah. That's the weird part.
FRANK: Just take a seat, OK?
(SIGHS) All right.
- How are you? - Shouldn't we be going to the hospital?
Look, we have all the same equipment here,
and there's nobody more qualified to take care of you than me.
They don't understand this.
Just gonna get you stable first, OK?
Hey.
You're gonna be OK.
(ZOE SNIFFLES, EXHALING)
(SNIFFLING)
- I thought I lost you. - You did.
But I didn't.
I have something for you.
Gimme this.
- Ah, shit. Sorry. Sorry. - (SHARP INHALE)
Um...
OK. Um...
Here. Can't believe I'm doing this.
This is the one and only time I go Catholic.
- (LAUGHS) - But this once.
Thank you.
- It's good to hear you laugh. - (CHUCKLES)
FRANK: (THINKING) Something's definitely wrong.
- (SHARP GASP) - What?
- What did you just say? - I didn't say anything.
(EXHALES)
FRANK: Are you OK?
Yeah. Yeah.
I think I'm just tired.
- You've just been through... - (LOW VOICE) "A traumatic experience.
You need to let your body heal. Just try to take it easy, OK?
I'll be right outside the door."
(NORMAL VOICE) What?
Nothing. (NERVOUS CHUCKLE) Um...
Gonna come check on you in a second. I'll be right back.
OK.
ZOE: Hey.
I love you.
I love you, too.
- (LOW VIBRATION) - (DISTANT VOICES ECHOING)
- (PEN CLATTERS) - (GASPS)
(INDISTINCT, OVERLAPPING WHISPERS)
(INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE)
(OVERLAPPING WHISPERS CONTINUE)
(HIGH-PITCHED TONE)
EVA: (THINKING) Oh, my God, this is a mistake. I should not be here.
We actually killed someone. I killed someone.
I know this isn't right.
CLAY: (THINKING) This is such a bad idea. Did you not see the dog?
(ECHOING) The serum stays in the brain.
NIKO: (THINKING) We can't cover this up. That's not Zoe in there.
We shouldn't have brought her back.
FRANK: (THINKING) I need more time. I'm gonna fix it, though.
I'm gonna fix this.
There is something very wrong with her.
Just keep making her think everything's fine.
Letting her know that she's gonna be fine.
(OVERLAPPING VOICES ECHOING)
(LIGHT BUZZING)
(SIZZLING)
(GASPS)
- (SHATTERING) - (INHALES SHARPLY)
(GASPING)
(DOG SNARLING)
(LOW GROWLING)
- (DOG CRIES OUT) - (SILENCE)
FRANK: Hey.
I think something's wrong.
- (GROANING) - on! on!
OK, OK, all right, you're OK. Come here. Come here. You're OK.
- No. No, I'm not OK. I'm not OK. - You're OK. You're all right.
Something's happening.
- Something happened. I'm changing. - OK, OK...
OK, shh. Calm down. What's happening?
(WHISPERS) I can hear things. I can see things.
Look, look at my hand.
Wait...
- There's nothing wrong with your hand. - Frank, when I died, I went somewhere.
I was in the building. I was there.
I could hear the people, they were stuck!
Zoe, that was a dream.
It's a traumatic memory from your childhood. It's not real.
That's what I thought. I couldn't wake up.
I was stuck. It was endless. I tried.
It went on and on. And every day, I was there.
It was the same, over and over. Every single day.
Zoe, you were gone for less than an hour.
- You were right here. You didn't... - Oh, no, no. You don't understand.
It's been years. I've been in there for years.
Look, listen to me, OK?
Your brain was failing due to the lack of oxygen.
You're hallucinating from the DMT.
This is a terrible memory from your childhood,
- but it's playing in a traumatic loop. - No. It was hell.
That's what hell is.
You relive the worst moment of your life on a loop, over and over,
and you can never wake up.
Listen, you're here. You are here now and you are awake.
You're fine.
- Yeah. - OK.
OK.
All right, that's just gonna help you sleep a little bit, OK?
(INDISTINCT, OVERLAPPING WHISPERS)
(SOFTLY) Zoe?
(DISTANT, INDISTINCT VOICES)
- (DISTANT SCREAMING) - (POUNDING ON DOOR)
Frank?
- (POUNDING CONTINUES) - Zoe?
- (OVERLAPPING SCREAMS) - Frank!
- (POUNDING CONTINUES) - Zoe, can you hear me?
EVA: (VOICE ECHOES) I should not be here.
Hi. Do you know... where we are?
What have you got there? I... What do you have in your hand?
(MUFFLED VOICES ECHOING)
(SCREAMING)
- (GASPS, SOBS) - Hey, hey, hey, hey.
(SOBBING)
Eva.
- (HYSTERICAL PANTING) - FRANK: Eva!
- Need some help... - Hey.
Hey, look at me. Look at me. You're OK, you're OK.
- What happened? Tell me what happened. - (PANTING)
(VOICE TREMBLING) I was... I was somewhere else.
I was in this building, a hallway, and I saw this girl.
And the building was on fire and...
...there were these people in an apartment,
and they couldn't get out, and... (SOBS)
...I could see their fingers underneath the door.
(CONTINUES SOBBING)
What's that on your arm?
Holy... This is...
That's where it grabbed me! Oh!
NIKO: What... What grabbed you?
- I don't know. - Frank?
You wanna tell us what's going on here?
- Frank! What the hell's going on, man? - (STAMMERS) I... You...
She told you, right? Obviously she told you.
- What? - FRANK: She told you.
- No. - CLAY: What? Told her what?
Look, when Zoe was a little girl,
the apartment building she lived in caught on fire
and her neighbors got trapped behind a door.
She still has nightmares about it.
CLAY: That sound like what you saw?
(WHISPERS) Yeah.
How's that even possible? How's that possible, Frank?
Zoe said... after you die, your body creates... like a compound,
- and it helps your soul move on or... - DMT.
Right.
She said it opens a door to somewhere else.
What... What if the door didn't open?
What if Zoe's soul couldn't get through?
What if she's trapped in her own nightmare?
This is bullshit. You're lying.
- EVA: Lying? - Frank...
EVA: Frank, I'm not lying! I'm not lying!
Hey. We can't deal with this by ourselves.
We have no idea what's going on in there!
- Did you see her arm? - Yes, I saw it! OK?
What do you want me to do?
Look... if we screw this up, we're gonna lose Zoe.
Help me. Please.
- (MUTTERS) Asshole. - CLAY: Dude.
All right, rest 24 hours, take an Advil, and call me.
You good?
It was like I was there.
How is that even possible?
I'm telling you, it's the serum.
It's... It's like... unlocking the part of the brain
that lets you do crazy psychic shit.
That's your big theory? "Crazy psychic shit"?
There's a reason why evolution happens really slowly.
And right now, her brain is doing things a human brain was never designed to do.
And it's not taking millions of years, it's taking minutes.
(INDISTINCT, OVERLAPPING WHISPERS)
(WHISPERS) Hail Mary, full of grace...
(MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY)
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray...
Frank, you're gonna want to see this.
- What am I looking at here? - I logged in as an admin
so I could scrub through the security footage, and I found this.
It's a dummy account. Every day it downloads everything in our system
- and makes a copy of it. - So?
Someone's been watching us for... like, months now.
All right, maybe it's the school.
The school doesn't need to hack into our system. It...
It's gotta be Crylonis.
When was that last updated?
- Twenty minutes ago. - Means they know we're here already.
NIKO: if they don't, they will very soon.
We need to leave now. Get the dog, gather everything.
- Can you take care of that? - CLAY: Where's the dog?
- EVA: I put him in his cage. - CLAY: Not in the cage.
All right. Everybody, drop what you're doing,
find the dog, get your stuff together.
- Niko, handle that. We're leaving! - OK.
(BREATHING RAPIDLY)
(INDISTINCT, OVERLAPPING WHISPERS)
(MURMURS INDISTINCTLY)
(CLATTERING)
(SHRIEK ECHOING)
(SOFT THUMP NEARBY)
Zoe?
(LIGHTS BUZZING)
- (WHISPERS) Niko. - Jesus, what're you doing in here?
- I need your help. - We gotta get you back.
I need your help. You have to make me feel normal.
- OK, wait. OK, what... Are you OK? - You have to make me feel normal.
- I need it. Please. - Whoa, whoa, whoa. Just...
You just went through something very traumatic, OK?
- I think you may be confused... - You don't understand.
Niko, you are the only one I can trust. OK?
Help me.
No! No! No, stop.
- I thought you were my friend. - I am your friend.
But you're not being yourself right now. We still don't understand...
"...what's happening to you."
(EXHALES)
I spent my whole life trying to make up for one mistake.
I did everything right.
And I still ended up in hell.
Zoe, we can help you. Frank said we can fix this.
- We just need more time. - Oh, no.
It's too late for that.
You have no idea what you've done.
But you will.
(MACHINES POWERING DOWN)
(LIGHTS BUZZING)
Zoe, please!
NIKO: Zoe?
(BANGING ON DOORS)
- (METAL CREAKING) - NIKO: Zoe, please!
- Zoe... (SCREAMS) - (BONES CRUSHING)
(SILENCE)
FRANK: Hey.
- Everything OK in here? - ZOE: Yeah. Why, what's wrong?
- Hey, guys, where's Niko? - He was gone when I got here.
- I think he went to the bathroom. - I was just there a second ago.
- It's what he said. - To hell with this.
- Wait. Wait, what? - I'm calling security, man.
- Hey, wait. Think about this. - This is too much weird shit!
OK? I'm done! They can arrest me, whatever, I don't care. I'm done!
You've wasted three years of my life because you can't read a contract.
You're not my boss and you're not my friend.
- Now get out of my way. - You want me to apologize?
Fine, I'll apologize, OK?
You know what's gonna happen if they find out what's going on in here?
They're gonna put her in a lab and they're gonna cut her up into pieces,
- and we're never gonna see her again. - You don't know that.
FRANK: (THINKING) It's what I would do.
- Sorry. No, no. Get out of my way. - (SYSTEMS POWERING DOWN)
- FRANK: Jesus. - What the hell! Are you kiddin' me?
FRANK: It's fine, it's a blackout. It's fine.
CLAY: It's fine! It's all fine, Frank!
Hey... does this happen often?
You know how many emergency systems are in this place?
The phones don't go dead. It doesn't happen.
- There's no way. - FRANK: Come on, let's go.
FRANK: Everything's fried. Don't bother with that.
- It's stuck. - Let me try, let me try. Let me try!
(GRUNTING)
It's stuck. Here, help me with the elevator.
(BOTH GRUNTING)
Damn it! (PANTING)
There's gotta be another way out.
Right?
- ZOE: Where are you going? - To find Niko.
You're not wrong, you know.
You're thinking, "I don't belong here. I never belonged here."
It's OK to think that. You're right.
You're not one of us. You never were.
Some people are destined for great things,
and other people just hold the camera.
FRANK: All right, the system's on lock-down mode.
- EVA: Meaning what? - It's automated.
If it thinks there's any danger of a contaminant escaping,
- the whole place just shuts down. - What about the elevator?
FRANK: We tried it. Gonna have to figure something else out.
What did you do?
Zoe, what did you do?
What are you talking about? I've been in here with you the entire time.
No, you were also the last person who saw Niko!
No! No, all this weird shit started happening as soon as she came back!
You guys said it yourselves, the serum did something to her brain!
FRANK: This is not the time to talk.
EVA: No, this is the exact time to talk about it!
I wanna know what happened to Niko.
FRANK: Jesus, can we all just relax and find a way out of here, please?
I wanna know what happened to Niko, now!
(GAGGING)
- (CHOKING) - Clay.
- EVA: Clay. - FRANK: Clay. Clay?
- EVA: Jesus, is he choking? - Clay?
- Frank! Frank! Frank, he's choking! - FRANK: There's an obstruction!
Give me the forceps! I need the forceps, right under there!
Hurry up! I need a light! Clay! Clay!
- (CHOKING) - Stay with me, Clay. Clay!
Give me the forceps! Let me see! I need a light! Clay!
- Now! Bring it here now! - OK!
- Clay... - Help me hold him still.
Clay! Clay! Clay! Clay! Jesus!
Clay, stay with me! Stay with me! Help me hold him still.
- Clay! Do you need the light? - FRANK: Jesus, what the hell is it?
Shine the light in there! Get the light in there!
(FRANK GRUNTING)
(EVA SOBBING)
- EVA: Clay! - FRANK: Oh, Jesus.
(LIGHTS BUZZING)
- FRANK: Oh, shit. Oh, shit. - EVA: Frank!
Oh, my...
- FRANK: Come here. - Oh, my God! Where is she? (PANTING)
- FRANK: Jesus! - Frank! She's gone! Frank, she's gone!
FRANK: Where'd she go? Zoe? Zoe?
Here, stay close. Stay close. Stay close.
- (POWER SIZZLES) - (EVA SHRIEKS, GASPING)
- FRANK: Zoe? - EVA: Zoe!
FRANK: Stay close.
(EVA PANTING)
- (FURNITURE CLATTERING) - (EVA SCREAMS)
- Zoe, stop! (SHRIEKS) - (FRANK SHOUTS)
(GLASS SHATTERING, FURNITURE BREAKING)
- (GLASS CRACKLING) - FRANK: (WHISPERS) Oh, my God.
Oh, my God. Eva.
- Eva, wake up. Eva, you OK? Come here. - Oh...
Come here. Get up. Gotta get up. Get up.
- Frank... - (BOTH PANTING)
We need a weapon or something we can use.
Hold this.
(SNIFFLING) Frank?
Frank... she killed him. She killed him!
- I know. I know. Listen to me. - (THUDDING)
- (VIBRATING) - Frank? Frank, what is that?
(EVA GASPS)
(METAL DRAWERS OPENING)
(EVA WHIMPERS)
(SCREAMS) Oh, my God! Frank!
Frank, they're coming! They're coming! They're alive!
Listen to me! Listen to me! They're not alive, OK? Come here.
This is called Embutramide.
We use it to put down lab animals. You need a full dose.
(FRANK PANTING RAPIDLY)
Listen to me. I need you to hide until I'm done with it.
- I am not leaving you. I am... No! - FRANK: Shh.
Hey, this is my fault. I'm gonna fix it.
But if I can't, I need you to promise me...
...you do not let her leave this laboratory, no matter what.
We cannot let her hurt anybody else, you understand me?
- Do you understand me? - I promise, I promise, I promise.
OK. I'm sorry.
Please... Frank, please don't leave me alone!
Frank, please! (SOBBING)
(ZOE SOBS)
Zoe?
It's Frank. I'm not gonna hurt you.
I just wanna talk.
It's OK. I just wanna talk to you, that's all.
(LIGHTS POWERING DOWN)
(LOW VOICE) Then why do you have that syringe?
OK. All right.
Look, I know you're probably really scared... and confused.
This is not your fault, OK? I did this. This is my fault.
I'm so sorry, sweetie, OK?
We're gonna fix this. We can fix this together, OK?
We can do anything, you hear me?
It's you and me. I'm right here.
I'm not gonna hurt you. OK?
Look at me.
I'm with you.
(NORMAL VOICE) Do you still love me?
(VOICE QUAVERING) Yes, of course I do.
(SNIFFLING)
- Then show me. - (HIGH-PITCHED TONE)
FRANK: (THINKING) This is not the Zoe I know.
- FRANK: Zoe? - (ECHOING) You've gotta stop her.
You get that needle and put her down.
That's what I thought.
(GASPS)
(MOANS) Zoe!
(SOFT CRACKING)
(GROANING)
(INHUMAN SHRIEKING)
(BONES CRACKING)
(WHIRRING)
(LIGHTS BUZZING)
(ELECTRICITY SURGES)
(GASPING)
(SNIFFLING)
(PANTING)
ZOE: (ECHOING) Eva!
Eva...
(SOFTLY) Zoe?
- ZOE: (ECHOING) Eva! - (GASPS)
- (RAGGED BREATHING) - Eva.
- (RECORD SCRATCHES) - (OPERA MUSIC PLAYS LOUDLY)
(MUSIC STOPS)
(PANTING)
- Zoe? - (LIGHT BUZZES)
(BOUNCING)
(LIGHTS BUZZING)
(PANTING) Zoe, I know you're here!
(SOFT CLICK)
(CAP CLATTERING)
Zoe?
(INHUMAN SHRIEKING)
- Zoe, please! - Hail Mary, full of grace.
Our Lord is with thee.
Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
(EVA SCREAMS)
(FIRE CRACKLING)
(PANTING)
Zoe?
(DOORKNOB RATTLING)
(POUNDING ON DOOR)
It's her dream.
Zoe! Zoe!
Zoe, it's OK, it's me.
(OVERLAPPING SCREAMS)
You did this.
You started the fire.
(CRASHING)
(SKIN SIZZLING)
Hey, listen to me. This is not your fault.
This wasn't your fault.
You can stop this, OK?
You can open the door.
Zoe, open the door!
(GASPING)
(GASPS)
(EXHALES)
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
(PLUNGING SYRINGE)
(MOANING)
(SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE)
(CRASHING)
(RADIO CHATTER ECHOES)
- Hey, are you OK? - (SOBS) She killed them!
(sesame)
(BONES CRACKING)
(MACHINE WHIRRING)
(FLATLINE TONE)
- (ELECTRICITY SURGES) - (GASPING)
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