All language subtitles for The.Hot.Zone.S01E01-E06

Can I help you, sir?

Thank you.

What's wrong with you, sir?

Just-- Sir, please,
roll up your sleeve.

(man coughs in distance)

NURSE (distant):
Doctor! Doctor!

NURSE:
Uh, Doctor,

the patient is showing signs of
headaches, vomiting and nausea.

-Is he from the west, the Congo?
-Hapana.

Not far
from the Nzoia River area.

Is it the new disease?

I don't know.
There's no signs of sarcoma,

no meningitis.

We have massive hemorrhaging.

Sir, sir, can you hear me?

Have you been
traveling anywhere?

Kitum. Uh, the caves.

Clear a room. He needs fluids,
a transfusion.

He's lost a lot of blood.
Let's go.

NURSE:
His skin is loose.

Doctor?

(choking)

He's choking.
He needs a breathing tube.

Get me a breathing tube.

(grunting)

Something is in the way.

*

*

* Merry Christmas, baby *

* You sure did
treat me nice... *

(Nancy whoops)

AUNT:
Oh!

Mom, way too early
for Christmas music.

Uh, chef gets dibs on music.

It is a Thanksgiving rule.

-That's bogus.
-That's life, sweetie.

Help your grandfather to the
table and go find your brother.

Jason, can you come in
and help, please?

I was nothing like that.

Identical.
Except with bell-bottoms.

-And a macramé bikini top.
-I never even owned

-a macramé bikini top.
-Oh, I remember it well.

-Really?
-Very hard to get off.

NANCY:
(hisses) Ooh. Damn it.

-AUNT: Oh, Nancy.
-Honey. Let me see.

It's fine, it's fine.

-Thank you.
-Thought I could trust you
with a sharp blade.

Apparently, not in the kitchen.

(Nancy's father coughing)

JERRY:
Hmm. Okay.

-We could have come to him.
-AUNT: You know your father.

Tradition is important.

I offered to go over there,
set everything up,

he wouldn't hear of it.

Jason, honey,

can you come and get some dishes
for the table? Thanks.

(coughing continues)

(TV playing indistinctly)

I'm just gonna
go get some Pepsi.

REPORTER (over TV):
...the AIDS Quilt
is a sobering reminder

of the scope of the tragedy
in this country.

As the virus has spread
and more families

are affected by
its deadly consequences,

the quilt continues to grow.

(door opens)

-JERRY: Hey.
-Hey.

You okay?

(sighs)

He's so much worse
than last summer.

Why didn't he tell me?

I'm sorry.

What can I do?

-I just need a few more minutes.
-Okay.

I'll just tell everybody
the Pepsi's putting up a fight.

(door closes)

-JERRY: Oh, here you go, honey.
-* Oh, my *

* It's Christmastime again... *

-AUNT: This looks just
delicious.
-JERRY: Mmm.

-It really does.
-NANCY: Let's hope it tastes

-as good as it looks.
-AUNT: A glorious feast.

-NANCY: Thank you.
-All right, you two,
that's enough.

-Ow.
-JERRY: Who is hungry.

NANCY'S FATHER: Enough.
Okay, everybody's got wine?

NANCY:
You're gonna want
more than that.

-Dear Lord...
-(Nancy clears throat)

...thank you
for the blessings of this food

and this family.

Help the Eagles crush
the Cowboys today, please,

and please watch over
our family...

Nancy,

my sister, Jerry
and these two monsters.

-(quiet laughter)
-In Thy name we pray,

-Amen.
-ALL: Amen.

Dig in.

(helicopter blades whirring in
distance)

JAIME: Did you sign
the paper for coach?

In your backpack.

State Invitationals
already, huh?

-Yep. You're up for carpool.
-Okay.

Have you ever seen AIDS?

Mom doesn't see human patients.

Besides, Tammy's mom says that
all the AIDS are in New York.

Um, Tammy's mom...

believes that Falcon Crest
is a real place.

Let's just stick to science.

Okay? Facts only.

We do have vials of HIV.

But it's not a Level 4 agent.

Actually hard to contract.

You've seen something worse?

Jason.

Don't worry about
what you're seeing on TV.

I work in one of the safest
places in the world.

Come on.

We're gonna be late.

*

(low radio chatter)

GUARD:
Good morning, ma'am.

Have a good day.

*

*

Hey.

-BEN: Morning.
-Wow.

What do we have here?

They really... skimped out
on the giftwrapping.

(Ben chuckles)

Who would drop a package off
looking like that?

Hazelton.

Those research monkey guys?

NANCY:
Yep.

Well, hello, Monkey 053.

Wow. It just gets better.

It looks like a spleen.

Huh.

Let's see what
brought you in here today.

-Hmm.
-What's wrong?

It's not just a spleen, it's...

...a-a blood clot?

I think?

Engorged from...

I'm guessing from
subcutaneous hemorrhaging.

-What would cause that?
-A virus.

A powerful one.

If this is a primate,
it's probably SHF.

I'm sorry.
Peter's the virus guy.

Simian hemorrhagic fever.

Highly contagious.

Wherever this guy came from,

it could wipe out
the entire colony.

Oh, you're safe.

It rips the hell out
of the inside of monkeys,

but it doesn't spill over
to humans.

We'll make a few cultures,
see what's going on.

If this monkey has simian fever,

you're looking for
tiny black peppercorn shapes

in the stew.

Dead monkeys make me sad.

I never know how to decipher
your level of sarcasm.

Hmm. Well, I guess
I'd put us at, uh...

on, like, a level three.

Not the pun type, Jahrling.

-Stick with acerbic.
-Sardonic?

-Acidic.
-I'll take it.

Guys, it's no good.
It's all milky.

I can barely see anything.

-It's off the plastic.
-BEN: This is what I'm saying.

NANCY:
SHF doesn't
kill cells like this.

There's only a few things
in the world that could do this.

User error?

Wha-What?

Look, I told Hazelton
to send us samples

if they saw any
characteristics of SHF.

My guess?

Your first hunch was right.

Some random bacteria invaded
the culture

while you were prepping
the flasks.

No judgment.

Happens to the best of us.

And what if there
is something else in there?

Nancy, if I zipped myself up

into one of those body bags
and went down to that

house of horrors every day,

I'm sure I'd be seeing

deadly pathogens
everywhere I looked, too.

That's why the army hired

a regular guy with a PhD.

All right, so,
head of his class at Cornell...

Did you see the carpet?

It's been eaten away
by something

that's far more aggressive.

A virus like you're suggesting

just appears out of nowhere
on U.S. soil?

-I mean...
-Well, there's a first time
for everything.

Even you admitting you're wrong.

I'd really need to see
the data on that.

Well, there's only one way to
find out; we'll take it to BL4.

All right.

Meanwhile, I'll be here
running tests,

finding out what kind of crap
actually got in there.

Okay.

(telephone ringing)

(machine beeps, tape clicks)

NANCY (on tape):
Carter, I know the last thing

you want is to be bothered,

but I need you.

Are you there?

Just pick up, please.

Okay, look.

I've got something in my lab
that's scaring me.

I've just spent
the last 30 minutes

looking at dead cells
under a microscope.

I swear...

I've only seen one thing
that could cause this reaction.

If I'm right,
I'm looking at a filovirus.

That means it's out there,

uncontained in a building
just outside of D.C.

I'm gonna run some tests,
but you're the only one

who would know how to handle
something like that.

(sustained beep)

AUTOMATED VOICE:
All old messages deleted.

MALE NARRATOR: Every pathogen
contained in Level 4

is deadly and incurable,

Some of the worst of which
are the filoviruses.

They spread through
bodily fluids.

Blood, mucus, feces,

vomit, even sweat.

In 1980, a doctor in Nairobi

contracted
the Marburg filovirus

from a patient's vomit.

Specimens of Dr. Musoke's
blood are kept in USAMRIID's...

NANCY: Which one of you
is Captain Orman?

...deadly hot agents would be
difficult to contain

if they were unleashed

-in an urban environment.
-M.D.?

Ranger.

I'm looking for
a science background.

Bachelor's emphasis
on pathology.

And you're cleared
for Level 4 training tomorrow?

Mm-hmm, that's me.

...under observation.

You're going in tonight.

...family are so dangerous
and why.

The viruses of this family

have a negative-sense,
single-stranded RNA genome...

Didn't expect
such a charming escort

to take me to Colonel Jaax.

I am Colonel Jaax.

(quietly):
Stupid...

(man speaks indistinctly
over PA)

So what's in there
that can't wait till tomorrow?

A hunch.

We'll only know for sure
when we run some tests.

Hope I'm wrong.

How do you have anymore
eyelashes left, ma'am?

(chuckles) This isn't routine.

I'm just making a tool.

We're going to send out a sample
to the electron microscope

and they'll throw it
under the beam.

While we are in Level 4.

We'll only get
the concrete proof

when we test the blood
against the hot agents in there.

Nothing like jumping
in the deep end.

I thought they taught you to
swim when you were in training.

-Did I grab the wrong guy?
-No.

I'm ready.

You aren't a little scared?

Of course not.

That's bad.

If you're not scared,
you shouldn't be in Level 4.

Fear keeps you sharp.
Put that on.

(device buzzes)

(device buzzes)

Hey, Walter, thank you so much
for the samples.

Unfortunately, the cultures
for 053 got botched.

But if we're looking at
hemorrhagic blood clot here,

my money's on simian fever.

Thought you might want
to let the facility know

sooner rather than later.

So we're talking
low survival rate.

Yeah, less than half.

There's a slight possibility
it's something else,

but... it's doubtful.

When will you know for sure?

Well, we're gonna run
some tests tomorrow,

but you might want
to quarantine

the other monkeys
from 053's cell.

Jahrling, this isn't gonna

get out of hand, is it?

(monkeys screeching)

(telephone ringing)

Mays here.

(exhales) Glad it's you
who picked up.

Oh, yeah, hey, Walt.

So what's going on in cell H?

That's what I'm calling about.

I just heard from the guy
at USAMRIID.

It looks like SHF.

Simian fever. Damn.

-(water jet blasting)
-Pretty nasty stuff.

And I'm hoping
we don't lose anymore.

(monkeys chittering)

So what kind of precautions
you want to take?

That's one hell of a blade.

It's a diamond.

Costs more than my car.

100 million viruses

can be on
the head of a needle.

This blade is so sharp,

it could cut one of them
right in half.

NANCY (softly):
There we go.

There it is.

(hard rock music playing)

Ugh, oh, my ears are bleeding.

Do not even think about
starting up with

-that Milli Vanilli crap.
-(music cuts off)

You know, my ex-wife
never made me wear

one of these
cummerbund thingies.

Aw, did you have to wear
one of these at your wedding?

Last chance, man.

Giving up the single life
for puking kids.

Going once... twice...

Hey, uh, did you ever figure out

what blew up
the colonel's batch?

Yeah, I was just prepping
the cultures right now.

I'll bet you anything

it's Pseudomonas, man.

It's a common soil bacterium,
lives in dirt.

Literally, one of the most
common life-forms on the planet.

It's everywhere.
It's-- Hospitals, hot tubs,

it's under
everyone's fingernails.

Don't you want to wait till
Nancy finishes up her tests?

You're talking about
a million-to-one odds.

Look, man, I...

wouldn't put too much stock
in Nancy's paranoia.

I mean, look, she's...
smart as a whip.

But her mentor? He's, like, a...

pathogen-chasing whack job.

This guy went off the deep end,

kind of always looking
for the big one.

I mean, it's not her fault.

(door opens)

(door closes)

No clothes,
no jewelry of any kind.

Nothing but yourself.

(exhales)

Going into Level 4
is like being born.

You're stripped down
to your bare essence,

and you emerge into a strange
and hostile environment.

Ah... (clears throat)

(locker door closes)

(exhales)

Leaving Level 0 for Level 2.

When you open the door,
you'll feel resistance.

Keep a firm grip.

The negative air pressure keeps
what's inside the hot zone

from drifting out.

(door beeps)

Viruses fall apart
under the ultraviolet.

It smashes
their genetic material

and makes it impossible
for them to replicate.

We like that.

Leaving Level 2 for Level 3.

(door beeps)

Just do as I do.

You want to make sure

nothing gets between your scrubs
and your gloves.

First layer of protection
is complete.

I like to grab an extra length
just in case I need it.

That's the second layer.

Wrap your tape
around the coupling.

Okay.

Level 4 is designed
with no sharp corners.

Even so, we're handling
scalpels, tools.

We'll be on a buddy system,
like scuba diving.

No one goes into Level 4 alone.

I'll be scanning you head to toe

for anything that could let
contaminated particles in.

You get a tear,
I will get you out fast.

Now, this is the moment.

It's going to seem
very claustrophobic.

-I've heard about it.
-Yes, but you haven't seen it.

People panic, they claw
at their suits, they scream.

Let's try not to do that, okay?

Good.

(inhaling, exhaling)

(air hissing)

All right, just breathe.

Breathe through it.

Like childbirth.

Well, I guess you wouldn't know
what that's like.

Is it like being buried alive
in a coffin?

-What are you doing?
-I'm checking your pupils.

Signs of panic.

Okay, let's bring
your breathing down a little.

Good.

Level 4 airlock.

This is where the real world
meets the hot zone.

All these nozzles, they will
decontaminate us on our way out.

Hey.

You need to be straight with me.
Can you do this?

Welcome to the hot zone.

Okay, you ready?

Disconnect.

(air hisses)

First thing I want to do
is get more cultures made.

(whirring)

Hand me the acetone.

ORMAN:
Fixation?

What are we testing for,
exactly?

Immunofluorescence.

The cells I saw in that culture
weren't just dead.

-They were exploded.
-What would do that?

Filovirus.

Where the hell
did these samples come from?

-Africa?
-Somewhere closer.

Close enough
not to need postage.

This is Jaax, I need a code.

Got it. Cleared.

Every known filovirus on Earth
is in this freezer.

Do you know how many people
would die on this planet

if the leftovers of this freezer
ever got released?

All of us?

And there's not a cure
on the horizon.

Without Dr. Musoke, we wouldn't
have Marburg antibodies.

I'll start by testing
the antisera one at a time.

My gut is that Marburg
is matched.

That's the filovirus
found in monkeys.

If we hit the virus jackpot,
it'll glow green.

*

No glow.

It's negative.

-That's good?
-No.

If it's not Marburg,

none of the other options
are good.

Hey, smell that.

-What?
-It's the easiest way

to determine
if it's Pseudomonas,

if it smells like grape juice.

(inhales)

(inhales)

Huh. Nothing.

So it's not contaminated?

Then what's eating those cells?

Ebola Zaire.

One of the deadliest viruses
on Earth.

Similar symptoms as Marburg,

but instead of killing 30%
of its victims, it kills 90%.

Hole. Hole, hole!

Oh, God.

This is Jaax. I've got a breach.

I'm gonna do a crash exit.

Orman, just stay here, someone's
gonna come in and bring you out.

I have to decontaminate.

(alarm sounding)

MAN (over PA):
Romeo-Bravo-Lima-Four,
Code 3.

(man continues indistinctly)

*

(alarm blaring)

-Ma'am, are you all right?
-Whatever it is,

it didn't get me.
Just c-check the glove.

-We have a laceration.
-Uh...

The cut was there before,
but I...

SOLDIER: I'm observing
blood in the powder.

(exhales)

(Tucker sighs)

What the hell
were you thinking?

Sir, we have a duty
to warn Hazleton.

Why'd you go in there
with a cut?

I-I don't even know
where to start.

You can get as angry
as you want at me later.

Right now,
we've got to get to them.

We may have a filovirus
on our hands,

and there's a chance
that it's Ebola.

It-it can't be Ebola.

Did you see a glow?

I didn't get that far.

And did you check
for contaminants?

No, because I was using
a fresh sample.

Well, there you go. I mean,
how can you be 100% sure?

I already have the lab
running a thorough test

of all known bacteria.

Colonel, weeks ago,
I asked Hazleton

to send me samples of anything
that looked

even remotely like SHF.

The package was for my study.

The cells blew up because
they were infected.

I already told Hazleton
that it's simian fever.

What, you really think
Koko Jr. in there

has two rare
and deadly diseases?

Look, what's more likely?
They sent us samples of SHF,

which I've been expecting
for weeks, or Ebola,

which has literally never
before been detected

on U.S. soil?

That's reckless.

No, that--

That's experience.

I'm sorry,
I'm the only one here

who's chased these viruses
on the ground.

Look, enough of this crap,
okay?

Ebola?

Jaax, do you have any idea

what kind of panic
this will cause?

I'm gonna need
unequivocal proof...

I was about to introduce Ebola
Zaire to the sample tissue.

I just need to get
back in there.

All your samples were
compromised

during sterilization, ma'am.
It's protocol.

Jaax, you and I know,
if this was Ebola,

there would be a trail of dead
bodies already. All right?

If I learned anything
from Carter, it's that

every time Ebola strikes,

it retreats back
into the jungle,

and it emerges again
as something different.

And there's a reason
that no one

listens to that guy anymore.

(muffled conversation)

TUCKER (muffled):
I'm not going to argue with you!

Jaax, until this accident
investigation is concluded,

you're suspended from Level 4,
as of now.

Jahrling will take it
from here.

(sighs)
I'm sorry, Jerry.

How you doing? You okay?

You're scaring the hell
out of me, Nance.

I'm gonna go check in
with the lab,

see about your tests.

Okay. Thanks.

(door opens)

(door closes)

Hey, where's Ben?

He's halfway to Shenandoah
by now.

Damn it, I want to talk to him
about something.

He'll be back Monday.

How are these tests coming?
You ID any contaminant yet?

Not yet. I'm ruling out bacteria
one by one.

Won't be done for
another few hours.

Good night, Dr. Jahrling.

Good night.

(pop music playing indistinctly)

Wait...

(door opens, closes)

All clear.

JERRY:
You know better, Nance.

NANCY:
You have to trust me.

-I used precautions.
-I'm sorry, but--

-If anything happened to you...
-It didn't.

-Okay, let's go home.
-I...

I can't. Not now.

I'm pretty sure of what
I saw in there today.

Okay, not that
I don't trust you,

but why does it have to be you?

-Someone else can do it.
-Really? Who?

Peter's convinced I'm wrong,

and the colonel thinks
that it's too improbable.

So who else is there
that's gonna raise a red flag?

Jerry, look at me.

These two hands have
held anthrax, Marburg...

You know I don't like
talking about that.

And I do it because
it is my responsibility.

It's my duty.

What about your duty
to Jamie and Jason... and me?

You can't be angry with me

for doing what
I signed up for.

You know, most days
I lie to myself.

I tell myself you're not
in any real danger.

I hate that
I can't do that today.

We're gonna get through this.

I can't drop it. I--
Not now.

I need to find
another monkey to sample.

Okay?

Just be extra careful,
all right?

NANCY:
I will.

*

FRANK (over intercom):
This facility is not open
to the public.

I'm not the public.

I'm a colonel with USAMRIID.
My name is Nancy Jaax.

Oh, sorry.

Uh, I'm Frank Mays,
uh, colony manager.

Thank you for the heads-up
on the SHF.

What did you do with
the other monkeys in the cell?

Well, I quarantined them. Why?

Because I need to see them.

That's private property.

They'd have my balls
if I let you see 'em

-without clearance from HQ.
-Your whole colony is in danger.

Ma'am, I've been here
for 30 years,

and this is not
our first outbreak.

-Luckily, we caught it early.
-How many dead?

Aside from 053, uh...

11. 12.

Did you nick yourself
when you processed them?

Any cuts or scrapes?

You don't think this is
simian fever, do you?

Now, look,
some colonel shows up

unannounced in the middle
of the night, you--

What the hell am I
dealing with here?

I can't tell you that
until I get my hands on

-some fresh tissue.
-Samples?

That's days of paperwork.

We don't have days.

Lady, I am three years
from my retirement.

Frank, there's no one
in this world

who wants to see you live
to your retirement

more than I do.

All right, uh, let me see
what I can do.

Uh, but I'm gonna have
to meet you off-site.

I got 'em right here.

NANCY:
Oh, my God, what did you do?

They-They're double-bagged.

What am I supposed to do
with these?

You wanted monkeys.

I wanted a little fresh tissue

so I could make
a concrete diagnosis.

-This--
-Well, they're fresh, ma'am.

They just died today.

And y-you just put them
in garbage bags?

They should be in coolers.

Look, I did the best I could.

Are you gonna help me figure out
what's killing them or not?

All right, you gotta bring 'em
to my lab.

Wha--
Lady, I can't go on that base.

I-I can't-- I got to stay
under the radar.

Well, these are gonna thaw.

Look, it's a hell of
a lot longer

back to Reston
than it is to Fort Detrick.

This is--

All right.

This is what we're gonna do.

You're gonna help me move them
to my trunk.

We need to hurry,
it's gonna be rush hour soon.

Help me get everything out.

We gotta take everything out
that can puncture a garbage bag.

Now, have the exteriors of
the bags been washed thoroughly

-with bleach?
-Yes.

All right, when you pick them
up, you need to be careful.

You don't throw these around,
you understand?

-Uh, yes.
-Okay.

FRANK:
Okay.

There you go.

No, no.
You need to follow me.

What? Why?

Because by the time
I get back to base,

these bags could be soup.

We can't have
contaminated blood

dripping on the highway.

That is not an option.

You need to stay close
and watch for drips.

(sighs)

(clock ticking)

(tape rewinding)

NANCY (on tape):
Carter, it's me again.

Did you get my fax?

The electron microscope
found eye hooks.

I won't be 100% sure
until I can test fresh tissue,

but we're looking at
a definite Filovirus.

If it breaks out,
I really need you.

This could sweep through D.C.
in a matter of weeks.

They won't know what hit them
until it's too late.

Captioned by
Media Access Group at WGBH

(sighs)

-(zipper closes)
-Well, if I had to guess,

I'd say it's probably
some new strain of the flu.

Look, no one would be happier
than me

to just run
into some boring old flu.

Well, maybe my mom.

But according
to this report by Ewonda,

this thing moves fast and takes
a lot of casualties with it.

Don't worry about it.

We'll get in there, get the IDC,

a fresh sample of this thing,
and get the hell out.

(engine starts)

*

(indistinct chatter)

(cows lowing)

(rooster crowing)

(goat bleating)

(dog barking)

(both speaking Lingala)

Time to earn your keep.

Tell him we're looking for
Dr. Ewonda at the hospital.

(speaking Lingala)

(speaking Lingala)

Okay, well, I think I know
where the hospital is.

Ask him if people
are getting sick around here.

(Rhodes speaking Lingala)

(speaking Lingala)

CARTER:
What did he say?

Look...

I learned Lingala
in a night school,

-I'm not sure...
-What the hell did he say?

He said the forest is bleeding.

*

REBECCA:
Hey, where are you going?

(quietly):
Uh, just work.

It's 5:00 in the morning.

J-Just go back to sleep.
It's fine.

(door opens)

-(sighs)
-(door closes)

*

(horn honking)

(tires screech)

MAN:
Hey, come on!

Look.

Pop the hood.

-What?
-Just do it.

Why?

What are you doing?

You've got engine trouble.

Be right back.

NARRATOR: When the Ebola virus
enters the body,

it targets the liver,
immune system

and endothelial cells.

It infiltrates a living cell

by fusing with
its outer membrane,

like a Trojan Horse.

Once it's penetrated
the cell's protective barrier,

the virus hijacks
the cell's machinery

to fulfill
its own selfish needs.

The first symptoms
of infection include

headache, fever and nausea.

Secondary symptoms
can include...

(horns honking)

We need to bleach everything.

-Everything.
-Okay.

I got to re-bag the monkeys.

(police siren chirping)

(horns continue honking)

*

Oh, uh, Officer,
I think I got it taken care of.

Just gonna see if it starts up.

(beeping)

PETER:
What the hell you doing?

Colonel would have your ass
if he caught you.

Didn't he restrict your access?

Wait a sec, is that...?

Well, so much for protocol.

I need to get in there.

Don't you have a rule

that you never
go in there alone?

There's a first time
for everything.

Can you just let me in?

Look, I'll take the hit.

Just... I'll tell them
I swiped your I.D.

You don't have to step foot
in there.

Come on, Peter,
just give it to me.

I'm sorry, I can't let you
do something this stupid.

Not without me.

You were right.
There weren't any contaminants.

You didn't screw up
the cultures.

(beeps, lock clicks)

Come on.

*

(whirring)

(panting quietly)

(gasps)

(shuddering)

Ebola Zaire.

How many monkeys are infected?

Six, that we know of.

And they're all dead?

Check me.

Uh...

Clear.

Nothing.
You need to alert Tucker.

(disconnects suit)

This is Jaax. I need someone
at the pass-through now.

PETER: Give me the colonel.
Highest priority.

-Then call him at home!
-(phone hangs up)

NANCY (over speaker):
Orman, copy that.

Fax it to Carter immediately.

And include

the image of the exploded cells.

(jazz music playing on radio)

NANCY:
With all due respect,

there's no way you're equipped
to stop a virus

that's never been inside
U.S. borders.

We've been in this business
for decades.

-We know what we're doing.
-Really?

Were all the infected
primates euthanized?

Workers in racal suits?

You need to let me
get in there today,

make sure that it's contained
and that it doesn't spread

to the other primates.

You're not going anywhere
near that facility.

You stole four monkey cadavers
in the middle of the night.

-They were given to me.
-Not with my consent.

Oh, you've got
to be kidding me.

Look, I oversee that facility,

but I'm just a middle rung
on a very tall ladder here.

This is a private company
with safety regulations.

Nobody walks right in
without approval

for a site visit.

Mr. Humbolt,
does anyone here on this ladder

know the first thing
about Ebola?

It is a virus found
in monkeys in Africa.

People shouldn't eat
monkey meat.

I don't think you understand

what we're really
dealing with here.

Meat is just one means
of transmission.

Ebola spreads easily
through caretakers,

anyone handling blood, feces,
vomit, any bodily fluids.

How many workers
in your facility right now

fit that description?

This thing has had
a ten-percent survival rate.

(sighs)
This just isn't my call.

Lives are on the line here.

Your workers, they go home,
spread it to their families,

kiss their kids good night.

Suddenly, there's headaches,
hemorrhaging, cardiac arrest.

Most people crash and bleed out
within eight days.

There's no cure, no vaccine.

TUCKER:
Look...

...we know all about
a chain of command.

Now, you may not have
the authority,

but you sure as hell
have the ability

to let us in that building.

There's still one monkey left
from Cell H.

I just got a call
from the colony manager.

It's not eating.

(door opens)

-(door bangs shut)
-(monkey screeches)

*

-(answering machine beeps)
-Hey, Ben, it's Peter.

I guess your pager's
out of range.

Um, uh, we got a little bit
of a problem.

Um, just call me back at the lab
when you have a chance.

Thanks.

(buzzing)

WOMAN (over intercom):
Do you have an appointment?

Um, nope.

(buzzing, lock clunks)

(quiet chatter)

MAN:
You just take a number.

They'll use the matching one
to call you in.

Oh, thanks.

You don't want
to give your name,

just in case you test positive.

They're starting to register
anyone with it, you know?

(sighs)

I can't stand this part.

Sorry. What?

Just, all the places
your mind goes, you know,

imagining the worst.

The waiting.
(sighs)

Well, unless you have concerns
about your fiancé's fidelity,

you're not in a high-risk group.

Uh, just checking.

Everything here is
completely anonymous, right?

Yep. Doctor confidentiality
doesn't mean anything anymore.

This is the only place
you can come where your job,

the government
can't track down your status.

Perfect. Uh, I work
somewhere where I think

I might have come
into contact with...

...something.

I just need to test my blood,

or I need someone to show me
how to draw it. (chuckles)

So you don't want
to take a test?

Uh, uh, no, not for HIV.

Um, I'm a scientist, so...

Yeah, I can do the testing.

You want to take
your blood home with you?

(sighs) Uh, I...

I-I don't think you've come
to the right place.

Okay, okay, okay, look, I know
that this seems a little...

uh, weird,

but I can't have it taken
anywhere official.

So it's, like, what am I
supposed to... I mean...

I know you guys use gloves,
you know, you take precautions,

so I just thought, maybe...

I don't know, you could show me
how to draw my own blood?

What is it that you think
that you were exposed to?

Um...

nothing you test for here.

Well, the health department
usually lets us know

if there's been
some kind of outbreak...

Let's just say the
health department's kind of

out of the loop on this one.

Look, can you show me how
to take my own blood or not?

Like I said, I'm a scientist,
so it's, like,

I-I'm pretty sure I could
figure out how to...

Um...

-I...
-You know what, don't sweat it.

Um, I'll figure
something else out.

Wait, wait.

You tell anyone, I'll deny it.

Thank you.

Whatever it is you're testing,
you should know,

the first thing we tell people
is to make a list of partners

or anyone that you may have
inadvertently exposed.

They need to know so that they
don't expose other people.

Okay.

-Hon. Ben, there's no time.
-Oh, there's time.

(giggling)

-BEN: All right.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Nothing fancy.
Keep to the essentials.

(grunts)

Trust me.

(laughing)

(both moaning)

(children laughing)

Abort!

Okay, get behind me,
get behind me.

(shouts) Bears! (growls)

(laughing)

-(growls)
-(screaming)

Come here, come here.

(growling, laughing)

-Ebola?
-How'd you hear?

On this base? Are you kidding?

So what's the op?

Euthanize the last
infected monkey,

sterilize the room, make sure
no virus is still in there.

-T-Today?
-This afternoon.

Let me go instead.

Jerry...

I give animals hundreds
of shots every week, Nancy.

It's just one monkey.

One monkey with Ebola.

Which is why it has to be me.

They're only letting
two of us in there.

I wish you could
come in there with me.

You and I would make
a good team.

We cannot both be on the
front lines at the same time.

-We've agreed to this.
-Yes, for the kids.

If they have any questions,
don't dodge it, okay?

They're old enough.

I really, I really hate this.

You know, we both know
the person you need.

I've faxed. I've called.
He won't pick up the phone.

Well, I can't really blame him.

Guy's been ostracized
by everyone in the field.

I mean, maybe it's for the best.
If he showed up on this base,

who knows what
would happen, right?

It would just be good
to have someone who's dealt

with this thing
outside of a lab.

It's okay to be nervous.

I'll be okay.

I will.

Fort Detrick, please.

-(women singing in Lingala)
-(woman sobbing)

YOUNG CARTER: Getting ready
for a funeral procession.

The women prep the bodies.

-(laughter, chatter)
-(quietly): Here.

Here you go. One for you.

Excuse me, Sister?

Oui?

Uh, we're looking
for Dr. Ewonda.

He's not here.

Uh, when do you expect him back?

Uh, we're from
International Disease Control.

-Wade Carter.
-Trevor Rhodes.

We brought some extra supplies,
thought you could use them.

Desperately. Thank you.

Um, we need to speak to
the doctor. He sent a report.

He said there was a lot
of people sick around here.

Not here. Uh, deeper in.

Have you treated any of them?

Oh, no. When he came back,

he just described
what he had seen...

unthinkable things.

YOUNG CARTER:
Did he bring any samples?

That's what we really need.

I'm sorry. He only came back
for what few supplies

we could sacrifice and then

he went back
to the village alone.

We haven't heard from him
in weeks.

This village he went back to,
could you point it out on a map?

Uh, the villages
aren't very well marked.

Here. We are here.

You can get to the village
by heading upriver to Yakoma,

north of here, by Abumonbazi.

-Okay. Thank you, Sister.
-Mm.

Thank you.

Which river is it?

The Ebola River.

Have you seen Peter?

He left a message.
He wanted to talk to me.

No, ma'am,
but front gate called.

Wade Carter's here to see you.

You were right.

Every semester, you would start
class with one phrase,

"The Monster will return."

Here it is, on our doorstep.

-I'm glad you came.
-(chuckles)

Just wish it was
for a different reason.

Why didn't you give me
a heads-up?

I wasn't sure
till I drove onto the base

if I was really gonna
go through with this.

So, Ebola Zaire,
20 miles from the Capitol.

-You ran it twice?
-Just as you taught me.

And those studies you did,
have you shown anyone?

No. Not... not everything.

I mean,
they were so many years ago,

and Gene and I never had
a chance to replicate them.

What's the contagion radius?

Right now,
it's confined to one room.

Cell H at the Reston facility.

I just need to get in there,
euthanize the infected monkey

and sterilize
so the virus doesn't spread.

Any human infections?

As far as we know,
no one's shown any symptoms.

All workers quarantined?

We don't have the authority.

(sighs)
Nothing ever changes, does it?

So we have potential exposure
risks walking around D.C.?

That's what I've been
trying to tell them.

Okay, we need to find a way
to shut that down,

and get these workers contained.
When are we heading out?

Now. I just need to talk
to Tucker first.

You haven't told anyone
you've contacted me?

They need you,
they just don't know it yet.

(scoffs)
Story of my life.

(speaking indistinctly)

NANCY:
He's hoping he doesn't have
to talk to you.

That makes two of us.

-So we're a go?
-Just for today.

We get our monkey,
wipe the place clean,

then you're back
in the penalty box.

Hell of a thank you.

Steaks are on me tonight.

(water running)

-Hey, Ben.
-Hey.

-Did you get my messages?
I paged you.
-No,

I decided to take a half day.

You know, the kids,
they wanted to stay all night,

but I forgot my solution.

Damn things are more trouble
than they're worth.

Yeah, I haven't made the switch
yet. They say it's harder

with astigmatism. Uh, look.

I wanted to talk to you about
the tests we ran last week.

Uh, what's up? Hey, did the, uh,

did the Hazleton guy freak when
he heard it was simian fever?

Actually it might...
it might be more than SHF.

You told me to smell it.

PETER:
Look, I've done it
a thousand times.

It's the most common way
to determine if it's been

-contaminated with Pseudomonas.
-Or Ebola?

There's never been a case
of Ebola here, ever.

-Oh, my God.
This can't be happening.
-Look, Ben?

Look, come here, come here.

All right.

Okay.

I freaked out
at first, too, okay?

Then I thought about it
for a second.

The virus isn't airborne, right?

There's like a 99.99999% chance

that we didn't inhale
any droplets.

-I just wanted you to hear it
from me...
-But you can't tell me

that we're 100%
in the clear, can you?

(exhales):
Well...

No, but we're gonna be fine.

What about Liz? M-My kids?

Okay, let's say that,
by some astronomical odds,

we are infected, the only way
to pass it to someone else

-is through bodily fluids.
-Oh, you mean like
kissing your wife

or having sex with her
in a tent all weekend long?

Transmitting it that quickly
after exposure

-is next to impossible.
-My kids are at school.

Ben. Ben,
we don't have it. Okay?

We don't have it.

We just need to run daily tests
on our blood

to prove that we don't have it.

It's a 21-day window.

Okay. Okay.

So, what? We just check in
with the infirmary every day?

Uh, no.
We can to do it ourselves.

We'll just, we'll do it
right here in the back room.

You haven't told anyone?

Yeah, I mean, I was going to,
but then it's like,

why get everyone all worked up

when there's virtually
zero chance that we have it?

Plus, I'm not gonna let them

throw us in the slammer
for no reason.

They'll lock us up
just as a precaution.

We have to tell them.

I don't think you get it, man.

Nobody survives 21 days
in a small, eight by eight cell.

Not without seriously losing it.

We don't have a choice, Peter.

Listen to me. Listen to me.

They will treat us like lepers.

Way, way worse than anything
you've seen with AIDS.

Depression gets so bad in there,
they sedate you

so you don't smash up
the equipment or try to escape.

It's part of the job.
We can handle it.

Uh, what about your kids?

Could your kids handle it?

Being locked away in solitary
like that? They're gonna make us

list everyone that we came
into contact with.

Look, we're gonna be fine.

You're gonna be fine.
You are fine.

We just have to keep it
between us.

Okay?

(chuckles)
Geez.

Hey.

I got them.

Dad, is, uh, everything okay?

-Yeah.
-I got a note

in the middle of trig.

Can you say "mortified"?

You know, I don't remember
ever complaining

about getting pulled out of
school in the middle of the day.

But why isn't Mom picking us up?

Mom got pulled onto a project.

That means
Dad's in charge of dinner.

So, guess what I'm thinking?

-Pizza?
-I call deep-dish.

Not feeling well, Bruce?

Just a headache.

Well, head home early
if you need to.

Ah, I'd hate to use a sick day
on a little fever.

Promised my kids a fishing trip
to the Rockies this summer.

-(chuckles)
-HUMBOLT: Frank.

Can I get the keys to Cell H?

Uh, if this is
about last night...

L-Later.

Any change with our monkey?

Still not eating.

USAMRIID confirm that it's SHF?

Or something else?

It's nothing
out of the ordinary.

Corporate just wanted me to
cross the T's and dot the I's,

so I'm gonna
inspect the cell myself.

So none of the guys

need to do their rounds
in that area tonight.

Okay.

(door closes)

HUMBOLT:
Okay. We're going in that way.

You can access Cell H
through the first room.

Employees don't have access
to that entrance.

Most of their work
is on the other side.

No one knows we're here?

(exhales)
This has to be kept quiet.

(girl screams)

(laughter)

HUMBOLT:
How long you gonna be in H?

Couple of hours.

We'll need to seal off the room
from the rest of the facility.

Is that necessary?

I've got half a dozen people
in there.

I can't have them
asking questions.

All right.

We'll be going in the back way.

There's a boiler room
that you can use.

We can suit up in there.

-Wait? Space suits?
-Racals.

Bright orange,
with the full hoods?

-No.
-Suits aren't negotiable.

Tyveks and surgical masks.

Fine. But respirators.

-I don't have respirators.
-I do.

(door opens)

These monkeys have good aim
when they spit,

and they aim for the eyes.

Wiping spit off goggles
means extra movement.

Extra risk.

Best to avert your eyes
as much as you can.

-Act respectfully.
-Got it.

Don't open the cage
unless you're confident

that I can contain
the son of a bitch.

The virus makes them lethargic.

Till you jab them with a needle.

Then they'll grab you
by the head,

wrap their tail around your neck
and attack your face.

I've missed you.

(chuckles)

NANCY:
I don't like
the feel of this place.

The whole building, it's rotten.

Because something lives here
that isn't monkeys or people.

(door creaks)

(monkey whimpering)

It's not moving.

CARTER:
This monkey's definitely sick.

(keys clinking)

Once you open the door,
I'll pin it down,

you inject it.

-Ready?
-Ready.

NANCY:
Teeth aren't filed.

(monkey shrieking)

(grunts)

CARTER:
Come on.

I'm losing him.

(shrieking)

(monkey quieting)

-Hey, honey.
-Hi, hon. How was your day?

Eh, it was good.
It was good.

Hey. Whoa.

Uh, hey, the lab was
a mess, okay?

So I'm gonna take a shower,
all right?

(door opens)

You didn't tuck the kids in.

Yeah, um, there's a flu
going around work,

and I just, I don't want
to get them sick.

Like you could expose them
to anything

those ragamuffins
in their class couldn't?

I'll take my chances.

Seriously?

That chair's been broken
for two years.

Uh, something, um,
potentially very bad

happened at work today,

and I think it's best if I just
keep a little distance

from you and the kids
right now.

Ben, what is going on?

We-we have, um, a hot agent,

a virus... called Ebola.

The thing from Africa?

It's here, in a research monkey.

But...

that's what all those labs
are for, right?

You're supposed to be
safe in there,

all suited up and everything.

That's what you told me.

I got exposed to it.

What do you mean, exposed?

It's-it's very low-risk.

If it was serious,
you'd be quarantined, right?

We didn't tell anyone.

What are you saying?

Oh, my God.

You brought it back here
to our home?

There's basically no chance
that I have it, okay?

But we need to keep this
between us.

No, Ben,
you-you have to go back.

You need to tell somebody.

First time's always rough.

Did you see its eyes?

Before today, you just saw
this thing in cells.

Now you've seen it
in a live being,

and what it can do to them.

It's a living monster.

(sighs)
Go home.

I'll see you tomorrow.

(car door opens, shuts)

(engine starts)

(door shuts)

Jamie?

Jason?

They're not here.

I, uh, took 'em
to their cousins'

for the night.

Well, that's a mutual call.

Well, you made your call,
I made mine.

With everything going on,
I get it.

-Don't you think you're...
-No, I'm not overreacting.

What was in your trunk, Nance?

I... uh...

(sighs)

I sterilized three times over.

You really think I would park
in the garage if I wasn't sure?

-You didn't even tell me.
-I was going to.

It wasn't on purpose.

It's just, everything's
been happening...

You know, I get that what you
have to do is important.

You have to protect everybody.

But all I can do is
protect the kids.

I'm gonna catch
the end of the game.

There's some, uh,
pizza in the fridge.

(sighs)

(exhales)

(monkeys chattering)

Who in the hell are you?

(knocking on door)

Hey.

I found a sick monkey
in another cell.

What?

We didn't catch it in time.

Who knows how far it's spread?

This is not good.

How'd it get there?

It's not about how. Who.

(solider shouting)

Crap.

(soldier shouting in Lingala)

(ordering in Lingala)

Uh, he wants to know
who we are.

Give him your wallet.

-(shouts)
-Okay, okay. Okay.

Up.

(sighs)

Maybe the gun wasn't
a great idea.

(soldier ordering in Lingala)

I think he's asking
who sent us.

Tell him we're doctors.

Tell him we need to go
to the village.

(speaking halting Lingala)

Huh?

(repeating phrase)

(speaking Lingala)

Tell him to move the damn rock
and take us there.

(speaking Lingala)

He says we can't take the car,
we have to walk.

(Carter groans)

(soldier ordering in Lingala)

(speaking Lingala)

*

You think those soldiers
did this?

This wasn't an act of war.

These people burned themselves
and their village

to contain this thing.

I think I found the doctor.

-What's he doing?
-CARTER: Wait, please!

Please, don't do that!

Hold on.

We need-- we need samples.
Please--

(coughing)

Take it easy.

We don't want these guy thinking
one of us has it.

Don't put your hand
near your eyes,

your nose or your mouth.

What do we do now?

If this thing is bad enough
to burn down a village...

...then it's still
out there somewhere.

And we're gonna find it.

Captioned by
Media Access Group at WGBH

Wait, please!

Hold on!

We need, we need samples,
please!

It's still out there somewhere,
and we're gonna find it.

♪

RHODES: Are you sure those soldiers
didn't set fire to the village themselves?

Like, you know, some
kind of turf war, maybe?

I mean, how do we even know
those people were really sick?

CARTER: They were sick.
You could smell it.

RHODES: Head office
is gonna love this.

No blood sample,

and the only doctor who knew
anything is lying in a pile of ashes.

So, now what?

CARTER: We tell the nuns
they've lost their only doctor.

After that?

We figure something out.

It may not be
exactly by the book.

RHODES: Look, Carter.
I want to keep this job.

So, we have to stick to
IDC procedures, okay?

CARTER: You find any,
you let me know.

♪

RHODES: Where is everybody?

♪

[speaking in Lingala].

CARTER: What happened here?

ADOGO: Not certain.

The local soldiers have
quarantined the hospital.

Doctor Adogo.

MELINDA: Melinda Danport
with International Aid Relief.

We bring the sisters supplies
whenever we have extra to spare.

Came in yesterday to
find this fascist fiasco.

CARTER: Wade Carter.
Travis Rhodes.

We're with
International Disease Control.

MELINDA: IDC?

Perhaps you can make a few calls
so these men will let us through...

RHODES: What about the Sisters?
Has anyone talked to them?

ADOGO: They cannot come
further than the porch.

Quarantine.

No one has been in or
out in two-three days.

MELINDA: We heard some screams yesterday
but nothing for a few hours now.

CARTER: Tell him
the General sent us.

We came on his private plane.

He expects us to report back.

And I want his name.

SOLDIER: Nzembo Lunga.

CARTER: Nzembo Lunga.

[speaking in Lingala].

RHODES: Okay. We can pass.

Let me take these up for you.

MELINDA: Thank you.

[speaking in Lingala].

CARTER: What did he say?

RHODES: He says we can enter and
exit, but he's under orders to shoot

anyone else who comes out.

CARTER: Sister?

Do you remember we spoke to
Sister Monica a few days ago?

We went to the village
where Dr. Ewonda went, he...

RHODES: I'm sorry
to tell you that...

he passed away.

The, the whole
village was burned.

CARTER: Sister?

RHODES: Where is Sister Monica?

SISTER ELISE: Don't go in there.

RHODES: Carter.

♪

♪

Sister Monica?

Sister Monica?

CARTER: Sister Monica,
can you hear us?

We're here to help.

RHODES: Sister Monica?

[gasping].

RHODES: Oh, Jesus!

[wheezing].

[coughing].

[gurgling].

[theme music plays].

[door bell]

[knocking]

NANCY: So sorry to
bother you at home, Sir.

We couldn't reach
Colonel Tucker.

General Dwyer,
this is Wade Carter.

We sterilized Cell H,
but as Carter was leaving the facility...

CARTER: I found one more
infected monkey in another cell.

DWYER: How sure are you?
CARTER: 100%.

And there's probably more.
It's "jumped."

NANCY: It "spread."
We didn't contain it in time.

We need to get in there with a team,
euthanize the infected monkeys and

sterilize the premises.

DWYER: Any chance this has
been transmitted to people?

CARTER: We don't know yet.

But I've dealt with Zaire before,
it's best to quarantine the

workers to be safe.

DWYER: I get Nancy brought
you in for your experience,

but you've got one hell
of a reputation, Dr. Carter.

Keep a low profile.

Everything you do
lands on her shoulders.

NANCY: Should we
contact the WHO?

DWYER: Yeah, but they're so
bogged down with political hacks,

Santa'll leave the North Pole before
they can scramble a team together.

NANCY: What about the CDC?

DWYER: I'll call them, but they
don't have a vet department under an

hour away like we do.

And they can't handle a
mission as dangerous as this.

NANCY: Don't worry, Sir.

We will plan every detail
and follow military protocol.

DWYER: Colonel.

Modern day Army's never contained an
outbreak on U.S. soil like this before.

There is no protocol.

BEN: I told my wife.
I told her everything.

PETER: You what?

BEN: Look, she
deserves to know, all right?

I'm-I'm sure that
you understand.

PETER: No. Not really, Ben.

Let me guess.
Was she freaked out?

BEN: Yeah, she's terrified!

She thinks I have it,
th-that I could pass it.

PETER: Great.
You know, this is just great.

I hope you know she's
gonna tell everyone.

BEN: No, she is not.

Look, I told her to stay inside,
and to keep the kids home from school.

But maybe they should
come in and we should test

their blood, too.

PETER: And set off
alarms all over this place?

BEN: Alarms?
Who cares about alarms?

I want to keep my family alive.

PETER: Look, Ben,
it doesn't transmit that easily. Okay?

It's not like we
chugged a bottle of it.

We just waived
our hands over it.

For God's sakes, there's a
whole team of workers the...

Shoveling monkey crap all
day, they don't have it!

BEN: Okay. All right,
all right, all right...

You're probably right.

PETER: Prob...
Do you want to start a panic?

You want to get
the base shut down?

You know, publicly embarrassing the
Army doesn't usually end that well.

BEN: She's not
gonna say anything.

PETER: Yeah, how
can you be 100% sure?

[scrubbing]

♪

CARTER: You ready?
NANCY: I have no road map.

I mean, no protocols?

Out of all the agencies
that are set up to protect us,

why are we not more prepared?

CARTER: It's never been
at our back door before.

[sighs].

CARTER: There's only one reason
people do anything in this world.

Fear.

I've been in your shoes.

NANCY: Really?

Juggling a burgeoning
outbreak and two kids,

houseful of pets and a husband?

CARTER: I mean going
in for the first time.

All these labs here, military
hierarchy, it can trick you.

Makes you think there's
an order to the world.

FRANK: Hey, Walt.

The hell's
happening with my monkeys?

And what happened in Cell H?

HUMBOLT: Did they clean it out?

FRANK: Yeah.

One of my boys called me last night and
said there was some man here in full gear.

HUMBOLT: Oh, that-that-that was, uh,
uh, that was just a precautionary...

FRANK: Oh, cut the crap.

What, are you gonna
tell me it's still SHF?

People don't wear space
suits if it's just SHF.

[broom stick rattles]

Bruce?

What the hell?

Bruce?

[heavy breathing].

DOMANSKI: Frank.
HUMBOLT: You feeling okay?

[retches].

[coughing].

FRANK: Ebola?

What the hell.
I never heard of it.

HUMBOLT: Has he come in contact
with feces or monkey fluids?

FRANK: What are
you talking about?

Of course, he did.

That's his job,
it's all our jobs.

I must've touched six dead monkeys
in the past two days, myself.

HUMBOLT: Don't you
bleach everything?

Corporate guidelines
say you're supposed to...

FRANK: Oh, the guidelines don't say
anything about a damn hazmat suit.

Don't turn this around on us!

How does this thing spread?

[scoffs].

HUMBOLT: Urine. Feces. Sweat.

Pretty much a,
anything you touch.

FRANK: Why in the hell didn't you
tell us to take extra precautions?

HUMBOLT: They told me that they
exterminated every cell in that room.

Every living cell.

FRANK: My God, Walt.

I've gotta tell my guys to go
home, I gotta get 'em out of here.

HUMBOLT: No, no, no, no, no.
Wait, just hold on a second.

Hazleton's gonna come down on us like
a ton of bricks when they find out

that we went to the Army.

FRANK: We? I wasn't in on that.

HUMBOLT: Oh, the Colonel just magically
had four monkeys appear in her trunk?

It's gonna be okay.

The Army wouldn't just walk away
if there was still a threat. Right?

It's much more likely he's
hungover or had some bad chicken.

We don't even know
if he has a fever.

FRANK: Well, that could be.

HUMBOLT: So let's, let's just,
let's take his temperature before

we get into all kinds of panic.

We'll just get a thermometer.

FRANK: I can't.
HUMBOLT: Why not?

FRANK: They're all rectal.
We used 'em on the monkeys.

WOMAN [over PA]: On sale
this week through Sunday.

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[baby cooing].

WOMAN [over PA]: Pharmacy,
you have a call on line 1.

Pharmacy,
you have a call on line 1.

FRANK: Oh...

GIRL: $2.87.

FRANK: Uh, just keep the change.

GIRL: Do you want a bag?

FRANK: Uh, yeah.

Thank you.

[phone ringing]

NANCY: This is Colonel Jaax.

WALTER [over phone]: It's
Walter Humbolt from Hazleton.

We've got a problem.

PETER: Nancy?

NANCY: We got a
call from Reston.

A worker has a fever, it may
have spilled over to humans.

PETER: Are there
any other symptoms?

NANCY: We don't know yet.

Just get ready.

You may have hot
samples coming in.

[workers chatter].

HUMBOLT: Um, could I
have everyone's attention?

We have some mandatory training,
which will begin shortly.

Um, if I could just have everybody
head upstairs and hang tight for a bit.

DOMANSKI: Did
someone call my wife?

NANCY: We'll notify her.

Just close your eyes,
take a deep breath.

Trust me, it'll help.

CARTER: We'll be back
for the other workers.

Do not let them go home!

NANCY: Evacuate the hallway.

Sir, you need to get
out of the vicinity.

I'm Colonel Jaax, U.S. Army.

You need to get out of here.

Carter?

RHODES: Travis Rhodes, CDC.
I'll be taking it from here.

NANCY: The CDC doesn't have a
quarantine facility anywhere near here.

RHODES: And the Army doesn't have
jurisdiction over a private facility.

NANCY: Carter?

HUMBOLT: I just want you to know we've
been cooperating fully with the Army.

RHODES: Who were kind enough
to let us know as they went in.

CARTER: This isn't
a pissing contest.

NANCY: Look, we
have to move fast.

I don't know what the problem is,
there's only one right thing to do here.

PARAMEDICS: Ready?

On you.

CARTER: This is insane.

NANCY: You need to
warn the hospital.

RHODES: I know what
precautions to take.

But let's look at the facts.

Shortness of breath.
Nausea. Vomiting.

Could all be symptoms of any number
of things, including heart attack.

CARTER: Don't be an idiot.

RHODES: Don't
jump to conclusions.

Neither of you are
medical doctors.

No one did an exam or even
tested the patient's blood.

You sound an alarm like this,
it'll be heard all across the city.

CARTER: You can't allow that
ambulance to dock at a local ER.

RHODES: I am sure you had to work
twice as hard for those stripes.

I would keep your loose
cannon the hell away from me.

NANCY: We have compelling evidence
that the agent is alive and

replicating in that facility.

RHODES: You have nothing more than a
faint green glow and a even fainter

understanding of the panic that you
would be thoughtlessly unleashing.

CARTER: Did your ego get so big
you're willing to kill a man for it?

NANCY: Look, his nurses, his doctors,
they must wear protective gear.

RHODES: You know damn well if
this is what you say it is,

this entire neighborhood
would be strewn with bodies.

CARTER: There was
no way to help her.

I'm really sorry.

I don't understand.

Nobody was sick when
we came through here.

SISTER ELISE: He
brought the "death plague."

CARTER: Who did?

SISTER ELISE: The
schoolmaster, he was very sick.

CARTER: Who was the-the
next one to get sick?

SISTER ELISE: One of
the pregnant ones.

CARTER: There's six bodies over
there, how many were pregnant?

SISTER ELISE: Two.

They come for vitamin shots to
give them strength for birth.

RHODES: Carter?

That first day we were here,

they were giving shots to what?

40, 50 people?

Well, there's only a
handful of needles here.

CARTER: They probably
dumped the trash since then.

RHODES: No, the gum wrappers from the
packs we brought are halfway down.

This thing hasn't
been emptied in weeks.

CARTER: Did the schoolmaster
get vitamin shots?

How often do you change needles?

SISTER ELISE: We change
them every one or two days.

CARTER: Do you sterilize them?

SISTER ELISE: Of course.
We rinse them, several times a day.

Do you think we...

CARTER: I'm sure it
was already spreading.

RHODES: Carter?

♪

♪

[speaking in Lingala].

CARTER: Sister, get
back on the porch.

MELINDA: Go back!
Go back! Go back!

[gunshots]

[arguing in Lingala].

ERICSON: We have
236 vials of Rompun.

Should be plenty.

JERRY: Okay. NANCY: Hi.

JERRY: Hey. Hey, we have a lot of
backup supplies but I don't have enough

ketamine for more
than 40, 50 monkeys.

NANCY: I've got officers
coming out of my ears.

I just need my
husband right now.

JERRY: What happened?

NANCY: CDC showed up,
pushed us out.

They sent that
worker to the hospital.

JERRY: Civilian hospital?

Well, what's the read
on the guy's blood?

Is he positive?

NANCY: Well, we haven't
even gotten any samples yet.

I don't know.

I mean, they're supposed
to send us one for testing.

JERRY: You were...
in your racal, right?

NANCY: Of course I was.

I wasn't even in there
for more than ten minutes.

So Tucker has wrangled a meeting, he wants
me to stand up in front of the top brass,

the CDC, even the Pentagon guys and
somehow convince them to give us the keys.

JERRY: Well, if anyone can...

NANCY: Yeah, but we
don't have the time.

ERICSON: Hey, Nancy. NANCY: Hey.

I mean, they want me to xerox a bunch
of charts for these guys when this

thing could be ripping
through the suburbs already.

JERRY: What does Carter think?

NANCY: Carter thinks
this could be the biggest

catastrophe in U.S. history.

JERRY: Nancy. He can't say that.

NANCY: I know, not publicly.

JERRY: Look, I know he's the expert and
everything, but you gotta protect yourself.

NANCY: But they
don't understand.

If we don't move in
now, it could be too late.

JERRY: You always
have to fight so hard.

[soft chuckle].

So, look, why don't you just go in
there, and show those guys

what they're dealing with?

Mainly you.

NANCY: Yeah. I can do that.

Thanks.

JERRY: Sorry, I know I gotta
trust the gear, it's just...

kids.

NANCY: Of course.
Can never be too careful.

It'll be over soon.

BEN: What do you think the chances
are that the worker has it?

PETER: Look, this guy
cleaned their cages, right?

He fed them.

I don't know, maybe
he even got scratched.

Comes back positive,
it doesn't mean anything.

MAN [over intercom]: Peter.
Your girlfriend's on her way up.

PETER: What?
No, no, no, no, no, no...

Hey.

Sorry, it's, uh,
no unauthorized personnel allowed inside

the lab, so...

REBECCA: Good to see you, too.

PETER: Hey, did you do, like,
a hair thing or something?

It's, you look great.

REBECCA: Where the
hell have you been?

I have been paging
you for two days.

PETER: I'm sorry. Ah, crap.

It's, like, just been
on this insane deadline.

REBECCA: I went by your place,

I saw the car in the drive,
I got worried.

PETER: Yeah, well, I took the commuter and
then I just kind of biked it from there.

I'm sorry, I didn't
mean to freak you out.

REBECCA: Are you
coming over tonight?

PETER: Um, yeah. No, I mean,

I, you know, I want to, but...

[sighs].

Yeah, we're just about to
test this blood, and, you know,

who knows what we're gonna find.

Can you, uh?

Look, something happened,

and, um,

I just, you know, I need to stay
here with Ben until we figure it out,

so, you know, orders.

REBECCA: You know the
last time you went AWOL...

PETER: No, no, no.

Come on. It's nothing like that.

It's, I was mixed up, and yeah,
I didn't know what I wanted...

then.

REBECCA: You won't walk into the
Cineplex if we show up two minutes late.

That is not a guy who loses track
of his fiancée for two days.

PETER: Yeah, I
didn't want to scare her.

BEN: Right.

PETER: All right, let's...

see what's up with this guy.

[monkeys screeching]

[group chatter].

OFFICIAL: Do we have this right?

You went in on your own,

in the face of a
deadly pathogen,

and this is the first
we're hearing about it?

NANCY: That's correct.

Since its discovery, this virus has been
isolated in remote regions of Africa.

Today, it is 20 minutes outside
a metropolis of six million.

The Ebola virus enters the body's
cells and uses the cells' own machinery

to reproduce itself.

The cells bulge with the newly assembled
viruses until it floods into the body,

and the whole thing
starts all over again.

There is a
mortality rate of 90%.

OFFICIAL 2: Is it
anything like AIDS?

NANCY: It's easier to contract, because
it is spread through most bodily fluids,

even sweat.

Caretakers are usually the first to
contract and propagate the virus.

With every hour, this disease is
incubating and possibly spreading in

the Hazleton facility.

We need to get in there and
euthanize all the animals.

ERICSON: What about
the asymptomatic ones?

NANCY: Unfortunately,
many of the monkeys may be carriers.

Too big a risk to
keep them alive.

OFFICIAL 3: Why not
just gas the place?

NANCY: Well, that would be
easier, but less humane.

Look, we don't get many
chances to study this virus.

We need to take
samples, to look for a cure.

OFFICIAL 3:
That's a huge operation.

You'd be putting
our soldiers at risk.

NANCY: True.

But the Army is better equipped to
handle a level four hot agent than

most local hospitals,

which is where infected people
will start showing up if we

don't contain it.

Are you prepared for
an outbreak like this?

[group chatter].

[clears throat].

RHODES: Colonel, are you 100% certain
your samples contain Ebola Zaire?

NANCY: Well, you can
never be 100% certain...

RHODES: Even if
the test glows green,

it is possible that
whatever virus you have is

simply reacting to your Ebola
test and not actually Ebola Zaire,

is it not?

NANCY: Well,
it's possible but...

RHODES: And you want to trigger
hundreds of millions of Federal funding,

and start a widespread panic when
we don't even have one single

confirmed human case.

There are more reasonable
responses at this point.

NANCY: With all due respect...

RHODES: You have no
experience in the field.

NANCY: And that is why I brought in the
best emerging infectious disease expert.

RHODES: The CDC is the global expert
on emerging infectious diseases.

CARTER: So what happened
with your response to AIDS?

RHODES: We were the first to
publish a report on these epidem...

CARTER: People had been
tracking that for years.

You let a generation of
hemophiliacs and the gay community

tackle the first blows alone.

90,000 people
died in this country.

TUCKER: Colonel. NANCY: Carter.

Like it or not,
the virus is here.

And we can't afford to be the people
that stood by and did nothing because

we were too scared
to pull the trigger.

TUCKER: Jahrling?

You have the results
of that sick employee?

PETER: Uh, there were
no viruses detected.

RHODES: Thank you,
that's exactly what I'm talking about.

NANCY: There's an
incubation window.

[group chatter].

CARTER: It's airborne.

RHODES: That is
entirely unfounded.

A careless,
unsubstantiated claim.

CARTER: Go on, Nance.

NANCY: It's not
entirely unsubstantiated.

Several years ago,
there was a trial done.

It showed the virus infecting the
monkeys with no interaction with

the hot agent.

Other than air circulation.

You can imagine just one infected
person entering a public space.

A D.C. subway, for example.

One sneeze, and a million hot
particles could be dispersed.

It can sweep the population before we
would have a chance to shut down the city.

TUCKER: Bottom line, you don't have
the manpower to euthanize those monkeys

and decon the building.

RHODES: Take the monkey house.

But precedent places us in charge
of any possible human exposures.

DWYER: None of that may matter.

I just got word.

Hazleton's
consulting their lawyers.

We're stalled until they
officially allow access.

TUCKER: Well, we have
to move on some plan.

If it hasn't jumped to humans
yet, we've just been lucky.

CARTER: She wasn't alone.
RHODES: Who?

CARTER: One of the victims came for
shots with another expectant mother

from her village.

It looks like they both
left hospital to head home...

when a day into their journey,

one of them wasn't
feeling well and came back.

Died four days later.

I wonder if the other
woman made it there.

M-Matambwe Village.

RHODES: Well, when we get back to
Kinshasa and send off the sample,

then we can call HQ and
have them send out a team.

CARTER: No one is coming.
There isn't time.

RHODES: What are you doing?

CARTER: Getting your ass
and mine to that village.

They may already be in
the midst of an outbreak.

RHODES: Our mission was
to get a blood sample.

We have one.

We're supposed to turn it
over as quick as possible.

Besides, if they're
using dirty needles,

then there could be
100 people infected.

CARTER: You're right, but
we only got a lead on one.

And we're following it.

Dr. Adogo.

ADOGO: Yes?

CARTER: We need to
get to Matambwe Village.

ADOGO: No, man, th-the,
the roads are washed out north of here.

Rainy season.

MELINDA: There are
other ways to get there.

It's not exactly
IDC regulation, but...

♪ Huh, hey ha ♪

CARTER: We need to
hire a chopper to Matambwe.

PILOT: 300, US.

CARTER: It's only 40 to Bumba.
Ten times the distance.

Hundred each way.

[scoffs and sniffs].

PILOT: Mm-mm.

MELINDA: Okay, then we'll find another
pilot who will do it for the same price.

PILOT: Okay, okay.

But I'm gonna have to drop
you, then come back later.

I got a job tomorrow.

RHODES: Carter.

This is insane.

You can't ask me or her to get in some rickety
chopper with a drunk at the controls.

CARTER: Then don't come.

RHODES: What?

You don't even know if that woman
made it back to her village.

CARTER: There's a deadly virus,
and there's an infected person heading for

a populated area.

RHODES: And us getting that sample
back to HQ is the best hope those

people would have.

CARTER: It'll take months, years, for them
to do anything useful with that sample,

we're the only line of defense.

RHODES: You have no idea
what you're getting into.

Just the three of us.

We'll be hundreds of
miles from the nearest town.

We could be stranded out there.

We could be the next victims.

What good would that do?

CARTER: We haven't seen it
navigate through the human body

from the start.

What's the incubation period?

The first symptom? The second?

RHODES: You've been hunting
viruses for two decades.

Running all over the globe.

Probably hard to keep
a relationship going.

Did you ever want
to have kids, Carter?

No.

No, my guess is that you
sacrificed a lot to be right here.

On the precipice.

The one who could name
the next killer disease.

CARTER: You saw how that virus
burned through that hospital.

This is something new.

If you think you can maneuver
your way out of Zaire without me,

good luck.

[helicopter rotors]

RHODES: Colonel Jaax.

I would be remiss not to
warn you about your partner.

There's a lot
there you don't know.

NANCY: I studied under Carter.

I know him pretty well.

RHODES: Then you must recognize
he'll do whatever it takes to draw

attention to that virus.

NANCY: Well, somebody has to.

RHODES: He'll
sacrifice anything and anyone.

NANCY: Thank you
for the warning.

But from where I'm standing,
he's made no mistakes.

RHODES: And you think I have.

So, calling out "airborne" just to cause
hysteria in a meeting where you obviously

weren't prepared for it,
that wasn't a mistake?

He always has an agenda.

You'd be smart to figure out what it
is before you become a casualty in it.

NANCY: I don't know what went on with
you two, but I can't afford to let it

influence what I do now.

♪

SECRETARY: You okay?
HUMBOLT: Yes, I'm fine.

Any word on Domanski
from the hospital?

You can shut the door.

NANCY: Was it your idea?

Turning it over to the lawyers?

HUMBOLT: Of course not.
It's my guys in there.

You think I don't
want them cared for?

They want me to
shut down tonight.

All of those animals are
gonna starve to death.

NANCY: I can't go
against orders.

HUMBOLT: I went behind their backs
to get you in the first time.

Board was not exactly
thrilled with that decision.

NANCY: Then try something else.

HUMBOLT: They're trying
to do the right thing,

but allowing more people in is a
lot of liability, safety concerns.

And you can bet the military isn't
gonna take the heat for any of this.

NANCY: Well, there's
other ways to speed it up.

Put pressure on them.

From the outside.

[phone ringing]

ANITA: Washington Post.
Metro desk.

♪

MAN [over TV]: The destructive
force of a filovirus is its

ability to destroy the
human body so quickly.

Since its discovery, it has been
isolated to remote regions of Africa.

But its ability to
proliferate is astonishing.

Predicting the behavior of these
viruses is enormously challenging.

We now know the virus
spreads throughout the body...

ANITA: Yeah, I need an address
in the Reston, Virginia area.

MAN [over TV]: Unlike a complex,
double-stranded DNA virus,

filoviruses are RNA-based,
made up of ribonucleic acids.

They mutate and evolve...

BEN: Peter?

MAN [over TV]: Faster than almost
anything else on planet earth,

causing them to act
in unpredictable ways.

A filovirus was detected two
years ago when a teenage boy,

caught it on
holiday with his family.

The perfectly healthy boy
died just a few days later.

PEOPLE: Oh!

[indistinct chatter].

JERRY: Hey. NANCY: Hey.

I was going
stir-crazy sitting there.

Waiting for the go-ahead.

I know this thing is
getting under your skin.

I just thought if I could see him
that maybe it would make me less...

I don't know.

JERRY: No, no, it's me.
I, I know better.

I was overreacting, I'm sorry.

It's just, uh, it
really hit home this time.

Why don't you get
out of the car?

He'd be happy to see you.

NANCY: You've always been
so protective over them.

It's part of why I
love you so much.

JERRY: Well, it sounds like
the whole thing might be over.

Our part of it, anyway, I heard it's,
uh, it's still out of our hands.

NANCY: Not for long.

JERRY: Well, why
do you say that?

NANCY: I went to Humbolt.

I think he leaked
the story to the Post.

They called the
General for an interview,

which means they
probably called Hazleton.

If I were to guess, I think
we're heading in tomorrow.

[group chatter].

♪ I've got a long list
of real good reasons ♪

♪ For all the things I've done ♪

♪ I've got a picture
in the back of my mind ♪

♪ Of what I've
lost and what I've won ♪

♪ I've survived
every situation ♪

♪ Knowing when to
freeze and when to run ♪

♪ And regret is just a
memory written on my brow ♪♪

[monkey screeching]

[music plays through credits]

Captioned by Cotter
Captioning Services.

There's another hundred
when you get back tomorrow.

Not tomorrow.

Coffee harvest.

I've got to transport

-my boss to the fields.
-Then when?

Three days.

That's a good sign.

No. No need for masks.

They have to trust us.

You're on.

What?

I heard you with the guards
back there.

The NGOs trained you well.

(scoffs) Not sure a six-week
crash course is gonna cut it.

(quietly): Bend down.
Put your hands together.

(Young Melinda speaking Lingala)

(indistinct chatter,
goats bleating)

*

RHODES:
You see anyone who's pregnant?

(quiet chatter in Lingala)

(speaking Lingala)

They want us to share a drink?

It's their custom,
we need to respect it.

RHODES:
One of them could have it.

*

We want access to the woman,
we drink.

(whispers in Lingala)

*

NANCY:
Are you married?

No way. (chuckles)

You got a girlfriend, Ash?

Um... (chuckles) I don't know.

A couple, I guess. (chuckles)

Uh, why-why's it matter?

We'll get to that.

-And you're 22 years old?
-Yep.

CARTER:
Any problem with tight spaces?

Claustrophobia? Panic attacks?

Uh... I don't think so.

CARTER:
What about family?

Next of kin?

WILL:
My dad passed a few years back,

but my mom's got family
close by, so my older sister.

How many siblings?

Uh, just the one. Vanessa.

-Any health issues?
-SARAH: No.

I mean, we just had our
physicals, so why ask?

This isn't a conventional
mission. Just making sure.

Any BL4 experience?

Um, just two times,

but I've been a part of the VMD
for about a year.

Do you need animal care
technicians on your team?

Everyone will be briefed
on the mission.

And... what about children?
Do you have any?

No.

Are you pregnant?

No.

(knocking at door)

Hello?

He was having trouble breathing,
so I brought him in.

How long have you been
at the hospital?

AUNT DOROTHY:
Overnight.

We didn't, um...

know if we'd be staying,
but, uh, now...

(breathing deeply)

It's okay, I'm...

(Aunt Dorothy exhales sharply)

I'm still here.

Now they're saying...

(inhales, exhales sharply)

he might not...

be coming home.

Can he talk?

Put him on the phone, please?

(sighs) Just a second.

It's Nancy.

(exhales sharply)

NANCY'S FATHER:
Hey, Nancy.

Hey, Dad.

You hanging in there?

Oh, yeah, but...

this one really knocked
the piss out of me.

-Yeah, I bet.
-That's for sure. (chuckles)

You can kick this thing.

Yeah, I, uh...

uh, well, I hope so.

Dad, I, um...

I really want to come.

But we just got the go ahead

to go into this facility and...

Everything in there
is hot right now.

We need to contain it.

So the next 36 hours
is really critical.

No, no. You-- You, uh...

You-you-you have to stay there.

They-they need you there.
(clears throat)

It sounds like a...
like a real son of a gun.

-It is.
-Well, then there's...

nobody better they could have
on the job.

And we both know it.

You got a level head and...
a good heart.

-(crying): Dad.
-No, no.

None of that, now,
come on, please.

Always known your worth,

you just never pushed it
on anybody.

But now, this-- this, maybe,
is the time to do that.

(coughing)

You know,
lives on the line, here.

This is your chance
to show them what you got.

(crying): Dad, just
hang in there for me, okay?

Just hang-- Just be strong
and hang in, just wait.

Just wait. (sniffles)

You bet I will.
Same for you, huh?

(exhales)

(sniffles)

JERRY:
I'm so sorry, sweetheart.

Your dad's always been
a fighter.

He didn't sound good.

Well, if you need to go...

(inhales, exhales deeply)

I want to be there.

We've been through a lot.

I'd just like to sit with him...

(inhales sharply)

...just one last time. (sighs)

Watch Jeopardy. (chuckles)

I just...

The colonel will understand.

(sniffles, breathes deeply)

Even if I go,
my mind will be here.

(sighs) What we're dealing with
could be worse

than anything we've ever seen.

And if that virus gets out

because I put my family first...

Well, you know...

we do have a team here.

My team.

I mean,
I just finished handpicking

the best crew to go in,

and I haven't
even briefed them yet.

-(sighs)
-Right.

Didn't you ask the 91-Tangos

about their families?

Why are you any more expendable
than them?

(exhales) No one's expendable.

You're telling me
you didn't cut people

because their loss
would be felt more than others?

-(exhales)
-(intercom beeps)

MAN:
Colonel Nancy Jaax
to Pathology.

I'm gonna need you to train them
with the wrangling equipment.

They all have experience
with animals.

I would worry more

about how they're gonna handle
those racal suits.

NANCY:
What do you mean,
you sniffed it?

And you're
just telling me this now?

I wanted to tell you earlier,

but that's kind of not
the point, okay? Peter is gone.

What do you...
Did you page him?

Yeah, I paged him. I...

I think he left the base.

I called his house a few times.

Ben.

-He's exposed.
-I know.

But we've been testing
ourselves every day,

and so far we're both negative.

Does anyone else know?

No, I-I just called you.

You know, I figured
you would, um, help quietly

and I didn't think

I should leave the lab.

Well, you got that part right.

Okay. So, I have to go find him.

Okay, so, on days

that he bikes in, he usually
takes the train partway.

So if you drive,
maybe you can catch him.

-(indistinct PA announcement)
-*

*

(indistinct chatter)

Peter.

I guess Ben told you?

Not when he should have.

It wasn't his fault.

It was all me.

So, is this how it is?

It's like when someone has AIDS?

You can't get
within five feet of me?

I'm just trying to...

To say, "I told you so"?

Oh. Can't really say you
stuck the landing on that one.

-(sighs) Why'd you run?
-Didn't run.

I just...
I had to get out of there.

I had to think for a second.

And risk exposing
God knows how many people?

Look, I might be a cocky prick,

but I'd never put anyone's life
in danger.

Whatever this is, I mean,
it isn't airborne yet.

-There'd be a whole...
continent of corpses.
-Well, maybe.

-But you know better
than to be out here.
-I know.

Um... (breathes deeply)

I don't know what happened.

I know every protocol
backwards and forwards,

but when it's you, it's like...

So, I just panicked.

(sighs) Okay.

I need you to come back now.

I'm not going to Slammer, Nancy.

Protocol's protocol, Peter.
You know that.

Rhodes is in charge
of human infection.

You really think
he's gonna quarantine me?

Not his decision.

-You work for USAMRIID.
-Yeah, but as a civilian.

Look, we both know
the CDC will just send me

to the nearest crowded hospital.
The safest thing

is for me and Ben to sequester
ourselves in the lab.

Plus, you need us in BL4.

Got too many samples coming in.

-You lock the door.
You don't go home.
-I promise.

I will handle the colonel.

TUCKER:
Look,

I'll be honest, Jerry. (scoffs)

I don't like any of this.

Nancy should never
have brought Carter in.

He's the only one that's worked
with Ebola in the field.

Sure, but getting everybody
in that meeting rattled

w-with some wild airborne claim?

I mean,
that was reckless, Jerry.

Nancy's trying
to protect people best she can.

She's worked harder than anyone
to get to where she is,

and once she puts her mind
to something,

-you cannot get her off it.
-Jerry.

The BL4 incident.

Now Carter.

500 primates.

It's a lot of monkeys.

You're head
of the vet department.

What if it were your decision?

And I have my guys ready, but...

Look, I haven't wanted
to say this,

but I can see
how torn up you've been

since you lost your brother.

Sir, that doesn't have anything
to do with this.

Yeah, but suddenly losing
someone like that?

It's hard to imagine...
losing your wife, too.

Now, you can't tell me
you don't think

about that every day, Jerry.

No, I can't.

If you put me in charge

instead of Nancy,
she is going to feel

-like her whole...
-Does it matter?

If it means keeping Nancy safe?

That's a tough question.

Look, don't get me wrong, Jerry.

Nancy's one of the best
to ever come through here.

But she hitched herself
to the wrong horse on this one.

Think about your kids, Jerry.

(school bell rings)

(indistinct chatter)

What's up?

Hey, uh,
did your mom say anything

about something weird going on

in Reston or...?

What do you mean, weird?

Sam's mom at the Post
said there was a reporter

looking into some monkey flu
or something?

And they'd brought in some team
from Fort Detrick.

Sounded like that place
your mom works.

I'm sure it's no big deal.

We figured.
No reason to spaz out.

(monkeys screeching
over monitor)

(phone ringing)

This is Colonel Jaax.

FRANK:
They're dying in there.

You said it'd be handled.

-Been a whole day.
Nobody's showed.
-Believe me, Frank,

I'm working as fast as I can.

I've got my hands full here.

I need everyone who's going in
to be fully prepared.

It's spreading.

More of the healthy monkeys
are dropping.

We got to go in.
We got to save the good ones.

Frank, you need to stay away
from that building.

We cleared out all the employees
for their own safety.

Look...

I can station someone
outside the building

to make sure nobody enters,
but we need to be careful.

Press sniffing around...

they're gonna start
asking questions.

All right? And no one's
in a position to answer.

(sighs)

* The world alone,
and now it's *

* 18 and life, you got it *

* 18 and life, you know *

* Your crime is time *

* And it's 18 and life to go *

* 18 and life, you got it... *

My husband's been stuck here
for two days.

How long before we know

if he has it?

Most symptoms appear
in seven to eight days.

But it-it could be
up to three weeks

-before we have any...
-Weeks?

What's gonna happen to him?

At this point, we don't know.

But I would be surprised

if your husband has
anything other than the flu.

How can that be?

I thought
they knew what this was.

It's not that simple,
I'm afraid.

DORIS:
I knew he shouldn't have
taken that job there.

No one should be testing
on animals.

It's cruel.

DOMANSKI:
It's gonna be okay, Dor.

I don't feel too bad.

You heard him.

The longer I'm okay,

I'm guessing
the better chance I have?

Yeah?

You tested negative yesterday.

I'm sure today
will be no different.

Thank you.

Give this over to USAMRIID
for testing.

Relax, soldier.

Even if you were holding Ebola,

it's not as easy to transmit
as you've been led to believe.

Trust me. I've seen it.

(insects trilling,
indistinct chatter)

Did you taste bleach
in that drink?

They're using disinfectant.

That's more than the nuns did
with their needles.

Tells us something.

MELINDA: They don't want us
crossing the perimeter.

Faith Healer must have put her
in isolation.

We...

-we need to go in.
-No.
-(speaking Lingala)

The sickness has entered
because of a curse.

RHODES:
What if we show them our gloves

-and masks now?
-Against a curse?

No, they see this as something
deeper, more spiritual.

-RHODES: What's spiritual
about a virus?
-MELINDA: Nothing.

They know it's a virus,
an illness that makes them sick,

hence the bleach.

What makes it spiritual

is why it targets
a specific person.

That's where beliefs,
witchcraft, faith comes in.

Someone is given the illness
for a reason.

Good day.

I am Tinda.

I am teacher for school,
uh, in close-by villages.

(both speaking Lingala)

(quietly):
You can go.

(knocking)

(woman wheezing)

(coughing)

(coughing)

(woman gasping)

(person coughing)

(woman wheezing)

-Hey.
-You're on this?

I thought
you and Paul were trying.

Yeah, we are. It just
didn't happen this month, so,

-guess I'm cleared for action.
-You guys.

At ease.

Biohazard level 4

agents will be present
in the building.

Reason Ebola Zaire is classified

as a BL4 agent

is that there is no vaccine,
no treatment.

Our best defense
against infection

will be each other,
the buddy system.

Yes. Will.

So, is it just monkeys,
or are there people

with it, with Ebola?

All monkeys... so far.

We will do
a racal suit training.

Racals?

How's this thing spread?
Is it airborne?

It's unclear
how the virus is spreading.

Certainly bodily fluids,
but those can be carried

from the pressure washers that
they use to clean the floors.

So, as far
as this operation goes,

we act as if the virus is
in the droplets in the air.

Guys, let's keep on track.

I need to know-- any scrapes,

open skin of any kind?

Anyone whose suit is compromised
once inside,

and it turns out
you are exposed,

will be moved to the Slammer
for three weeks

before anyone is cleared
to leave.

And to make things harder,

the animals haven't been fed
since yesterday,

so they will be aggressive.

A nail can rip through a suit.

Teeth can breach a mask and
lacerate or puncture the face.

I can't stress this enough.

You are going
into a hostile environment.

We are facing an enemy
that can devastate a city.

And you're what's standing
between it

and the civilians

outside those doors.

Now, it's important

that you understand

this mission is
on a voluntary basis.

So, if you're having any doubts,

this isn't the one for you.

Just raise a hand.

(door opens)

Colonel Jaax,
you got a minute?

Was it your idea?

The colonel and I...
agreed it was better...

To not include me
in the conversation?

I have worked my ass off
never to be in this position.

And when it happens,
it's my own husband?!

-I was...
-God, Jerry!

I was trying to protect you.

I would rather your respect

-than your protection.
-Oh, come on. You know
that I respect you.

Yeah, but not enough to let me
make my own decisions.

I told you how much
I didn't want you going

in there, for the kids,
and you were so determined...

Because I was looking out
for everyone,

not just our kids.

Six million people
in the metro area!

And the 91-Tangos?

Which one of us?

Which one of us is better
prepared to guide them?

Those kids
who just signed up for this?!

I know what I'm doing.

Enough to bet their lives on it?
Or yours?

I know these pathogens, Jerry.

Probably more than anybody else.

This is the day
I've been trained for!

I will take as much anger
as you want to throw at me

-if it means keeping you safe.
-(scoffs)

NANCY (quietly):
My God...

I think
we both know what this is about.

Nance...

There was nothing
you could do for your brother.

I know you miss him more
than I can ever understand,

-but you...
-Why can't you just let me
protect you?

You are not gonna lose me, too.

Listen to me, Nancy.

If our kids end up
with only one parent...

-It's not gonna happen.
-Listen to me.

We both know that I am the one
who is expendable.

Period.

(helicopter whirring)

NANCY:
Just because
we got edged out of Reston

doesn't mean
we're completely sidelined.

Someone needs
to track the workers.

I'm going in with Jerry.

Wait. But they didn't even
want you involved.

How did you convince them?

Said they needed one of us
inside.

Job's got to get done.

It's not personal.

Well, like hell it isn't.

You could have leveraged it--

refused to go in there
without me.

What? And end up
with both of us benched?

Leverage isn't exactly something
I have around here.

Somebody's going
to get the monster.

Whatever it takes.

You caved so easily with Rhodes.

Letting him take Domanski
to the hospital.

What are you talking about?

In some twisted way, do you want
this to get out, to spread?

Nancy, come on.

It sure would validate
all those years

of raising a red flag
and nobody listening.

Get the CDC, the Pentagon,
the nation to wake up.

I never wanted anyone to die.

No, but if it meant snapping
this country to attention,

showing the monster
on some white neighbor

instead of an African villager,

you'd justify the collateral
damage, wouldn't you?

Did I want this? Never.
Now it's here.

Would it be good
for the Oval Office

to be pissing its pants
about now? You bet.

And I'm the one
that brought you into this.

Nancy, it's in that building.

-It's learning. It's evolved.
-Right.

Your elusive Super Ebola.

There will be Super Ebola.

It will wipe us out
if we don't get ahead of it.

And that particular strain is
lurking in a Washington suburb?

It's not presenting
the way it always has.

Without symptoms, people could
be spreading it without knowing.

It's not the monster
I've seen before,

and that scares
the life out of me.

It should scare you, too.

*

(filtered breathing)

BEN:
Do I want to know?

Nothing yet.

I'm gonna give it a sec.

BEN:
Domanski all clear

for day two?

Wait.

(school bell rings)

(indistinct voice over P.A.)

Mommy. (laughs)

Hi. Hi.

I didn't think I'd see you here.

When have I ever missed a meet?

Well, never, but...

(sighs)
I thought you'd be busy today.

Hey.

Jason's friends heard
something about a monkey flu?

And Jason came to my locker
after lunch,

and he was, like,
really wigged out.

(applause)

I was gonna talk to you guys
after your meet.

What did he hear?

Just that there's some outbreak
in the monkeys or something.

Sam White's mom heard it
from the Post.

And then...

Jason said
that it was contained,

but you always tell me not to
believe everything I hear, so

-I don't know.
-Hmm.

Well, it is...

will be contained very soon.

Okay.

(applause)

You're not going in there
with the monkeys, are you?

-(pager beeping)
-No, I am not.

Okay.

Can we come home tonight, then?

I... Well...
(clicks tongue)

I think your aunt wants you one
more night because she made...

-(groans)
-No, but listen (chuckles) why.

She's making fondue.

(sighs)

Okay. Well, can you promise me

that this is the last night
of carob pie?

It's healthy.

(both laugh)

All right, now go show 'em
what you got. Go on.

(applause)

(pager beeping)

(birds singing,
insects trilling)

Tell her
this isn't gonna hurt.

(woman sobbing)

Tell her
this is gonna be okay.

MIRANDA:
Okay. (speaks Lingala)

It's okay.

-(crying)
-Don't move!

Don't move!

-(speaking Lingala)
-(wailing)

(woman coughing)

(Melinda continues
speaking Lingala)

We need to get out
of this place.

I'm sorry, but there's nothing
we can do for anyone here.

You have your mission,
but I have mine.

I'm here to help these people.

RHODES:
We stay, we risk exposure.

-We can't leave.
-RHODES: We have to.

We go down, these samples
don't get back, more people die.

All this was for nothing.

Chopper isn't coming back
for a couple of days.

What?

(loud,
overlapping shouting outside)

What is that noise?

(loud, overlapping shouting
continues)

CARTER:
Hey.

Hey!

(shouting continues)

CARTER:
Step back!

Step back!

Get away!

(shouting continues)

(crowd quiets)

What happened here?

TINDA:
I let you in the hut.

They think you are going
to spread the disease.

They want to blame someone.

RHODES:
We've both seen

this thing up close.

Panic. Fear.

We know
what it can make people do.

(sighs)

It's not something
that's easy to forget.

Those people in Matambwe,

they were terrified.

You could see in their eyes
they knew they were gonna die.

Just...

imagining that kind of hysteria
in millions of people...

I can't let that happen in D.C.

You want me to say that keeping
those workers out of quarantine

is the right decision.

(exhales)

That obvious, huh?

(chuckles)
I know you.

I'm your wife.

Look, maybe we could
keep a lid on it.

I've been staring at this guy
for a day now, Mel.

He doesn't have it,
not-not what we saw in Africa.

I'm telling you,
it's-it's something different.

No rash?

Nausea? His eyes aren't...

He's barely even got a fever.

Even though it's tearing
the monkeys' insides apart.

And meanwhile,

I got Carter trying to pull
every alarm.

And we both know
what he's capable of.

Do you think maybe it's possible
you're pushing back so hard

because it's him?

CARTER:
There are two kinds

of ventilators,
two types of battery.

Grab the right one.

If they lose power,

the air pressure in your suit
will decrease.

Don't panic.

Breathing heavily
just burns through more oxygen.

Claustrophobia
can creep up on you.

If you find your heart start
to race,

just breathe through.

Count to 20.

If your heart starts
to pound faster, harder,

you'll know
you're about to spin out.

Keep your eyes focused
on the door ahead of you.

Once you're through there,
focus on the next one.

Know you're getting out.

Those of you
with sharp instruments,

always keep your buddy
on the left-hand side.

Unless you're left-handed.
Then, safely on the right.

(breathing heavily)

CARTER:
If we lose power,

it may get dark.

(breathing heavily)

Your hood may fog.

You've got a flashlight on you.
Find it.

JERRY:
You've all been assigned
a buddy inside.

Every ten minutes,

-do a 360 around your partner.
-(whimpering)

-(gasping)
-Check constantly
for suit breaches.

Every 45 minutes
is a mandatory break.

Carter! Carter, a light!

-Hey, it's okay.
-(pants, shudders)

Okay. Regular breaths.

-Slow and steady.
-(panting)

CARTER:
Whose buddy was he?

Find a new one.

(shuddering)

Domanski's got it.
Just verified.

And the other workers
were sent home.

They could be exposing
their families.

Come with me.

He tested positive?

There's been no change
in his condition.

It was verified
under the electron microscope.

I'm ready to bump
this tug-of-war up to the top

if you're determined
to keep stonewalling me.

Colonel, you haven't stared
Ebola in the face...

I did yesterday.

In a monkey.

We need to draw blood
from all the workers

and whoever they were
in physical contact with now.

This is coming
from your general?

The Army's been in lock-step
with this from the start.

The question is, when this
gets tossed across the river,

I know DOD's got my back

and Health and Human Services
has yours.

Which one do you think
has President Bush's ear?

(scoffs)

We have a hard enough time
getting nurses

to deliver mashed potatoes
to patients with AIDS.

We've got politicians

who literally want
to brand people who have HIV.

Now, you cry Ebola,

and Tom Brokaw's got
a photo of bloody corpses

in every home in America
tonight.

Only a fraction of health care
workers show up tomorrow

to handle the thousands
who come racing in panic,

each one suspicious
of the other.

Millions of dollars triggered.

Thousands of National Guard
throwing themselves

in harm's way
from a terrified mob.

Anticipated
roadway fatalities alone

run in the hundreds.

You don't think very highly
of people, do you?

D.C. may be
a thriving modern metropolis,

but at the end of the day,

it's just a village
like any other.

Fear is fear.

With all due respect,

that's not the battle
I've been charged with fighting.

So you would wager
guaranteed fatal casualties

against a couple
of possible infections?

We don't have to broadcast it.

We can do this quietly.

I can have them tested tonight.

-(organ music playing)
-The blood of Christ.

(choir singing in Latin)

The blood of Christ.

(child babbling)

The blood of Christ.

The blood of Christ.

The blood of Christ.

The blood of Christ.

The blood of Christ.

(quietly):
We got to go.

The blood...

The blood of Christ.

Hi. Is your mom home?

Mom!

*

*

Nancy?

*

NANCY:
How is he?

NANCY'S FATHER:
Hmm?

Dad?

(grunts softly)

Hi.

Hi, darling.

Did you save the world?

(Nancy chuckles)

Not really.

Jerry took the wheel.

Well, you-you didn't have
to do that for me.

Well,

he and the colonel
made the decision.

Took me by surprise.

But I'm happy
to be here to see you.

You know,

I always tried to protect you.

I know, Dad.

And you always did.

And-and it wasn't because I...

didn't think that
you couldn't do it yourself.

Hmm.

Don't be angry with him
for too long.

Can I have one day?

(chuckles, sniffles)

I wouldn't even waste one.

I am so proud of you.

(chuckles)

(sniffles)

Now go.

Go.

Put up a fight till I get back,
okay?

I do. I promise.

Okay.

Same for you.

WICHITA:
Hey, Mom.

Yeah.

I figured he's probably asleep.

Time to move out, Private.

Mom, I got to go.

Just, um...

wanted to say hi.

Okay.

I love you, too, Mom.

Bye.

(indistinct, urgent chatter)

(door rattles down)

All right, Tangos, listen up.

You're going into combat
against a virus

for whom survival
is all that matters.

It has no conscience,

no mercy.

You guys think the same way,

and we all come home. Clear?

TANGOS:
Yes, sir!

*

Captioned by
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Highway's just two blocks up.

WOMAN [over radio]:
91-Tango. Abort.

Got word from Dixon
someone is on the premises.

This is Colonel Jaax.Why didn't he radio us directly?

It's possible Reston
is out of range, sir.

Checking with ASC ops now.

This isn't something we wait on.

It's been stalled
too long already.

Express orders
to avoid exposure,

not stir up any public panic.

Nancy understands the urgency...

I am in command of this mission,

and you're gonna do right
by Nancy and honor that.

She vouched for you.

Every move you make is on her.

ORMAN:
Colonel, do we abort?

JERRY:
No. Not yet.

WOMAN:
Dixon, what's your status?

ANITA:
Hi.

I'm from the Post.

Do you know anything
about an outbreak here?

I promise
I won't reveal my sources.

Uh, no,
I'm-I'm just the night guy.

-Just keeping an eye
on the place.
-Really.

[smacks lips]

Sure you haven't seen anything?

Nothing strange at all?

No. All quiet.

-As usual.
-You jumped

out of your car pretty quickly
and bolted over here.

-[over phone]: Dixon?-Who are you on the phone with?

-[quietly]: My girlfriend.
-Dixon?

[chuckles] She... she always
wants me to check in.

She'd kill me if she heardanother woman's voice on the end

of this line.

Status update.

He's not responding, sir.
Stand by.

If you see anything, call me.

Don't freeze out here.

Dixon, respond.
What the hell is going on?

Just... just hang on a second.

Colonel, do we abort?

JERRY:
Pass this on-ramp,
wait for the next.

Go to the next one.

This has to happen,
sooner rather than later.

Sooner is safer for everyone.

JERRY:
I say we wait.

[engine starts]

Hold on.

We're good.
She's leaving.

WOMAN:
All clear to proceed, sir.

Reporter has left the premises.

Roger that.

Bosa was right.

-[coughing nearby]
-Isolation...

is the only thingthat stops this thing spreading.

How does a virus like this
just come out of nowhere?

It wasn't nowhere.

There's been viruses
in pigs, bats, monkeys

for thousands of years.

But when you
cut down their homes

and they die off...

...the monster's
got to hide somewhere.

Monster?

You ever seen anything destroy
a body like this?

It's the perfect killer.

But its Achilles' heel may beit burns through people so fast

it snuffs itself out.

If this thing ever evolves
to live in a human

longer before it attacks
the body...

it could spread fasterthan we could ever keep up with.

♪

WOMAN: Obstetric
anesthesiology, Code 2.

Obstetric anesthesiology,
Code 2.

Okay, roll up
your sleeve, please.

[quiet, indistinct
conversations]

DORIS:
Is my husband gonna die?

Mrs. Domanski?

'Cause I've been
hearing things, and...

I have three kids.

And Bruce and I have had
our ups and downs, but I...

I can't imagine
going through all of this

-without him.
-How old are your kids?

[Doris sighs]

They're, uh...

17, 14 and nine.

They must be scared.

Just be there for them.

And know that we're here
for your husband.

H-He's steady.

He hasn't spiked a fever.

-Okay?
-All right.

Would you excuse me?

RHODES: Nurse, could I give you
that? Could you file that?

-Thank you.
-We need to do a wider sweep.

There's no telling
how many people

the workers had contact with
before we got them here.

We need to see if any are even
infected before we go wider.

Besides, we have a ticking clock

on how long we could even
ask these people to stay.

How many have shown symptoms?

None.

Zero symptoms.

Run your tests, but if you're
looking for an outbreak,

you're not gonna find it here.

♪

JERRY:
You got to be kidding me.

Wasn't someone supposed
to close the playground?

It's too late now.

DIXON: Sir!

Lieutenant Dixon, sir.
They had me at the front.

Thanks for keeping
an eye out, Dixon.

I know I haven't had
the full briefing,

but I've had
some experience in racals.

Really want to get in there
with my team.

Understood, but the whole team'sgot to work as a unit.

Everyone's assigned already.

We do need you
on the other side this time.

-Uh, yes, sir.
-Let's step it up!

[indistinct chatter]

NANCY [over speaker]: We need to take these into BL4.

-Those from the hospital?
-Yeah.

Blood samples we need to test.

All contacts
and immediate family members.

When was the last time
you two slept?

Uh, we've been taking shifts.

Problem is, the...

office chairs
aren't really that comfy.

It's hard to keep the mind
from racing.

And the anxiety?

Well, work helps.

Problem is we're
at a standstill.

There's nothing in from Reston.

-No deliveries yet?
-Some kind of delay.

I don't know. They haven't evenentered the building.

We've got to get in there.
We need to know

what's going on with this thing.

Something's off.

The symptoms...

Have you
tested yourselves today?

I mean, yeah,
we were going to, but...

it's like, we got thousands
of animal samples incoming,

plus all this blood
that you're bringing in.

We didn't think
there was gonna be time.

Yeah, well, you need
to make the time.

Look, I know this is scary.

But you need to do it
before we go in there.

Yeah.

I'm gonna suit up.

[sighs]

[indistinct announcement
over P.A.]

How many of us
do you think have it?

Guess we'll know soon.

Your dad ever worry something
like this would happen?

Naw, he just liked

taking care of the animals.

Said each one had a funny quirkif you looked for it.

Thanks.

WOMAN [over P.A.]:
Med surg post-op,
RA nurses station 3.

Med surg post-op, RA nurses
station 3.

JERRY:
All right, guys, listen up.

This will be
our sally port here.

You come through here
once you've deconned out.

We'll tape off a portion
of the hallway

for our grey zone,our buffer to the outside world.

We're on the radar of the press,
and we got neighbors,

lot of eyes on us,

so no one comes out
of this facility in a suit.

Inside, heating
is still malfunctioning.

Expecting issues
with the electrical, so...

We'll go by flashlight.

Can't use headlamps
with the hoods,

so we'll drop lanterns
along the way.

Two in every room.

ERICSON:The first team will be sedation

stationed one in every cell

until each animal
has been removed.

Next, we'll set up
the dissection team here.

Carter will supervise this room.

CARTER:
They come in fast.

500 by the end,

but you just concentrate
on the one in front of you.

JERRY:
After we take blood samples,
each animal

will be brought to the
euthanization station.

After they're put to sleep,
we take tissue samples.

CARTER:
There'll be a lot of blood,

infected blood.

If you get any on your suit,
stop what you're doing,

and wipe it off with bleach.

The virus isn't like HIV.

Once it hits the air,
it can stay active for days.

We'll suit up to go
into the building now.

The whole place might be hot

until we can secure
this grey zone.

CARTER:
If you need to get out
for any reason,

we'll get you out.

Any questions?

ORMAN:
Make sure the tape's on tight,

cover every seal.

Okay.

[door opens]

[music playing in distance]:
♪ On top of the...♪

JERRY:
You're now leaving
the sally port

and entering the grey zone.

[indistinct radio chatter]

This is the buffer.

Nothing hot comes in here.

We'll need to sterilize,
as well.

[indistinct
radio chatter continues]

[music continuing in distance]

We'll set up decon through here.

[Ericson panting]

CARTER:
All right, heads up.

Beyond this door
is the Hot Zone.

Once you pass
into the Hot Zone,

your suits will be contaminated.

When you're heading out,
after decon,

bag them and burn them, okay?

JERRY:
Get the equipment in.

We need to sheet this doorway.

-MAN: Yes, sir.
-[indistinct shouting]

MAN 2:
Chest sequestered.

[music starting and stopping]:
♪ Return to the limelight...♪

♪ She see...♪

♪ She...♪

♪ Right in time...♪

[liquid dripping]

♪ It sti...♪

♪ For a song...♪

♪ But he...♪

♪ That...♪

♪ They...♪

[monkeys whimper in distance]

♪ Meanwhi...♪

♪ That...♪

I'm trying the breaker.

[clang]

Nope. We blew it out.

All we have are
the emergency lights.

[liquid dripping]

Okay, let's get
some lights set up,

start unloading those coolers.

-Roger that. Back to 220.
-[whimpering continues
in distance]

SOLDIER:
Yeah, it's kind of adjacent.

[monkeys whimpering, hooting
in distance]

[monkeys chittering]

Are some of these empty?

[whining]

-[screeches]
-[gasps, yells]

You're okay. You're okay.

-WICHITA: Oh.
-[monkeys screeching]

Oh, hell, no!

Did one of them
throw that at you?

Well, I didn't
throw it at myself.

They're using
whatever means they have

to express distress.

Every smear is hot as can be.

No one touch it!

And bleach that off your suit.

I'm gonna go with "everything ishot and don't touch anything."

JERRY:
The more we react,
the more they'll continue,

so stay calm.

All right, guys,
go get the sedation equipment.

Lot of these animals are
exhibiting violent behavior.

Acute awareness
of their surroundings.

They're healthy, some of them.

If you're thinking of saving
any of these, forget it.

They aren't human.
They're monkeys.

My job is
to not see the difference.

Look, you're coming
from a good place,

but we don't have the time
to differentiate

between those infected
and those who aren't.

Every one of them could have it.

I've got one.

You sure?

I don't like what
I'm seeing over here, either.

Two new cases.

Christ.
We got to alert Reston.

We should test the rest.

See how many infections
we have in total.

I got to call the hospital.

This is Jaax.
Get me Rhodes.

WOMAN [over P.A.]:
Nurses station west,

please call OCU.

Nurses station west,
please call OCU.

[phone ringing]

Hello.

Uh-huh.

[quietly]:
Okay.

[whispering]: Uh... we have
two good on the tests.

WOMAN:
Okay. Do you need to leave?

RHODES:
No. It's-it's okay.
I'll-I'll take it.

No, no.
I'll do it.

[insects trilling]

CARTER:
They're laying sticks down.

-There's two more
families infected.
-[coughing]

We're being shunned,
just like the family.

RHODES:
Hey, we need those rags!

It's time.

The baby's coming.

You gonna lend a hand?

[woman crying]

That's exactly
what it wants you to do.

Expose yourself, get close.

The mother and baby are lost.

They're all lost.

[woman crying, panting]

RHODES:
Tell her she has to try
and slow her breathing down.

[Melinda translates in Lingala]

[woman crying]

[woman shouting]

[Melinda speaks Lingala]

RHODES:
Tell her to take deep breaths.

-[Melinda translating]
-[woman crying]

RHODES:
She's hemorrhaging.

[woman whimpering]

-[shouting, crying]
-She's crowning.

It's time.
Tell her she has to push.

-You have to push.
-[translating]

-Okay?
-[crying]

RHODES:
That's it. That's it.

Deep breaths and push hard.

You can do it.

-[grunting]
-Come on. Come on.

One big push.

That's it. That's good.

That's good.

-[panting]
-Come on.

-[shouting, coughing]-That's good. Breathe. Breathe.

MELINDA:
Breathe. [continues
translating in Lingala]

One last push.
One last big push.

That's it. Come on!

[shouts]

[footsteps approaching]

Uh, Gordy.

Can I have a word?

Uh, and-and Janice.

It's okay.
It's gonna be okay.

Got the whole parish
praying for us.

JANICE:
Your dad has you this week,

so...

you should call him.

Tell him about the files

-in the closet.
-Mom...

Just tell him.

Nothing's gonna happen.

Maybe not. But...

just in case...

...I love you.

[indistinct radio chatter]

All right, sedation team,
listen up.

Sergeant Ericson is your lead.

He'll monitor breaks.
It's gonna be a long day.

Mandatory 15 minutes every 45.

Never forget your buddy.

Remember, you're not one,

you're two.

First person to the cage

will open it, making sure
there's no obstruction.

-[screeching]
-ERICSON: The second one

-will position the pole...
-You got it?

...so that,
as soon as the door is open,

you've got it right there,

to prevent any chance of escape.

[screeches]

JERRY:
Sedated monkeys
will be transported

to the euthanizing station.

All right, let's clear this up

so we have
a good work surface here.

Now, we don't know a lot
about this virus--

how it's spreading in here,

how it's ravaging the body.

But we get samples,

and maybe these guys will help
us stop this thing next time.

Maybe they can
help us find a cure.

We'll take any
blood samples here,

while the heart
is still pumping,

and then we'll inject
the euthanizing agent

over here.

CARTER:
After that, they're
taken here for dissection.

End of the line.

JERRY:
We need up to five samples
from each.

CARTER:
Each tagged
and labeled per monkey.

JERRY:
When we're done,
we triple-bag each body.

Prepare it for incineration.

CARTER:
We bleach every surface.

Prime the drains
with a couple of gallons.

Then every time
blood goes down,

follow it with another jug.

[screeching]

Bring in your syringe pole.

JERRY:
I know it's already
hot in here,

but, trust me,
it's going to get worse.

So pace yourselves.

-[screeching]
-ORMAN: Easy. Easy.

Got it!

♪

[sighs]

♪

I never knew you to be one
to watch the time down here.

Jerry said he'd check in.

PETER:
Look, I'm sure
everything's fine.

It's the first batch
from Reston.

Samples from a dozen monkeys.

Whoa.

I'm starting to think
that Carter had a point.

So did Rhodes.

There's something very differentabout this Ebola virus.

It glowed.

There's no way this is happeningto these monkeys

and no human's
shown more than a fever.

Four positive cases
and headaches.

No vomiting, no hemorrhaging?

Someone along the way
would've gotten sick.

Could be that nobody's sick

because the incubation time
is longer.

Spreading to a lot of people

before any symptoms appear.

Hey.

You're exhausted. Go.

I'll clean up.
Okay?

I'll just be a few minutes.

Okay. Thank you.

-Thanks.
-I'll be right behind you.

♪

-You ready?
-Yeah, let's do it.

[exhales]

[gasps]

[wheezes]

Doesn't look
like it's moving much.

No. I don't see it moving.

-[screeches]
-[gasps]

-WICHITA: Damn it!
-He's getting away!

Sarah, we need to get
this one down first.

-Let me inject it!
-No, we have to...

-[grunts, panting]
-[panting]

Why the hell did they put two
in one cage?

[monkey chittering]

We're gonna need more tags out
of the truck.

-Shut the door!
-What?

SARAH:
Going for the door!
Shut the door!

-[grunting]
-[screeching]

Colonel, one escaped!

Cover the exits!

-We got a rogue!
-SOLDIER: Yes, sir.

[exhales]

Are you all right?

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
[exhales]

Orman.

What?

Is this from a monkey
or is that your blood?

What?

No, it must be from one
of the samples or...

-[alarm wailing]
-[man speaking indistinctly
over P.A.]

Peter!

Wake up.
You got to get out of here.

Come on.

I can't lose anyone else,

especially not you.

Wait, anybody else?

-We've got incoming.
-W... A breach at Reston?

I don't know.All I know is they're coming in

and they're going
to the Slammer.

You okay? Look at me.

I'm okay.

SOLDIER:
Hold the decon!

SOLDIER 2:
Bravo Team, stick with me.

[monkey chittering]

[indistinct chatter in distance]

[heavy breathing]

Dixon,

-we have an escaped monkey.
-[children chattering]

Might be going for the vents.

-Get up on the roof.
-Uh, c-copy that.

[monkey chittering in distance]

[breathing heavily]

[soft clanging]

[screeching]

No!

Sir, get back!
Stay still!

[screeching]

CARTER:
We can't let it out--

there's houses across the street

and a playground!

Wichita, get to the roof!

Yes, sir!

[shouting]

JERRY:
It's on the move! Come on!

ERICSON:
Keep your flashlights
to the ceiling!

This thing is quick!

Come on!

-[screeching]
-Heads up!

SOLDIER:
I don't have a shot,
I can't see him.

SOLDIER 2:
Yeah, I got him!

Hey! Where is it?!

I don't know!

All I know is a monkey escaped!

It's right there!

SOLDIER:
Watch your back!

-In the corner.
-Look.

There's an open vent.

There he is.

I can't jab him from here.

SOLDIER:
He's on the move!

He's headed for the shaft.

Southwest side.

There!

Go, go, go!

You got it?

[screams]

Stand down on the roof.

We got him.

[panting]

-MAN: Vitals are okay,
but blood pressure's rising.
-MAN 2: All right.

[speaking indistinctly]
We got incoming.

[man speaking indistinctly
over P.A.]

I don't know what happened.
I was being so careful.

It's okay.

Everyone here's
gonna look after you.

[sighs]

21 days?

That's what they said.

Can't think like that.

Stay present.

There's not even a magazine.

They clean this place up good.

Nothing to off myself with.

What did I just say?

Get out of your head.

What's going on
in the facility?

I thought this-this--
taking out those monkeys--

it'd be like a hard day
at vet school.

But their eyes--

It is like looking

into another person.

It's crazy in there.

Dark.

Heating's all whacked-out.

Everyone is exhausted.

It's messed up.

Listen to me.

Kyle, I'm gonna come back
and check up on you every day,

but if it gets unbearable
in there,

I need you
to breathe through it

like I taught you.
Okay?

Just breathe through it.

I'll be back.

[door opens, closes]

[phone rings]

JERRY:
91-Tango unit.

This is Colonel Jaax.

Hi.

It's good to hear your voice.

We were late going in.

I heard.

Listen, Jerry,

I tested the rest
of the workers' blood.

We've got two new cases.

Okay.

Well, uh... that's not
unexpected, is it?

No.

But we just don't know
who had direct exposure

through fluids, so...

Okay, we'll be careful.

Thanks for the heads-up.

I, uh...

I got to get in there.

Hey, Jerry.
You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.
I, uh...

I got to go.

[man speaking indistinctly
over P.A.]

Sir?

Permission to join the team
in Reston.

Thought you and the colonel

had already
been through this, Nancy.

Yes, sir, but he isn't here.

91-Tangosare outperforming expectations,

but they need relief.

One of Jerry's key team membersis now in the Slammer.

And as you said so yourself...

Carter is my charge.

Only right that I'd be in thereto watch him.

How long have you had a fever?

Just a day or two,

but there's a flu going around
my kid's school, so...

Yeah, well,
it's flu season, so...

What about you--
how you feeling?

I don't know.
[chuckles]

Kind of feels like they...

keep turning on the AC
down here.

I mean, our tests,

-they came back...-Yeah, they're negative, but...

this thing's acting different.

I mean, it's...

slow to show symptoms.
I don't know.

Feel like I'm gonna crack up.

[laughs]

I don't know how my mom did it.

She found out she had cancer.

She knew there was no hope.

Knew it for, like,

eight, ten months.

And for us it's been, what--

a little over two days.

I think it's 'cause
we're locked down here, but...

My thoughts have been getting...

pretty dark, man.
[laughs]

And I'm a scientist.
I should know better, but...

Do you think people know
when they're sick?

You know, like,
deep down, on some level?

I don't know, maybe it's
something the body does.

Kind of prepares you

so when the doctor walks in
and he says,

you know, "It's all over,"

you don't totally freak out.

'Cause on some level...

you already know the truth.

I don't know what to believe.

My oldest, he, um,
he wants to...

start basketball.

I played
all throughout high school.

My dad never missed a game.

[sighs]

I never should've
made you smell it.

You didn't make me.

Ben, if anything happens...

I'm so sorry.

I know.

Any of the others been all souplike this guy?

Not that I've seen.

More mush than soup.

What cell is it from?

Cell K. Why?

Bag those samples and move on.

You're leaving?

I got to check something.

Take over.
You'll be fine.

-[coughs]
-Okay, that's
your third battery, sir.

[coughing]

Sir, we've been going at this
for 12 hours.

Rest of us have been breaking
every 45 minutes.

You need one, too.

Faster I get through these,

the fewer infected animals
we're handling.

But you're right.
We have been in here too long.

Have everybody get some food.

-Get them out of their suits.
-Yes, sir.

But if you're staying,
I'm staying.

I'm not leaving you here alone.

Attention, 91-Tangos...

♪ Jingle bells♪

CHEF:
14, order up.

-Patties on fries.
-♪ Jingle all the way♪

♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride♪

♪ In a one-horse open sleigh♪

♪ Dashing through the snow♪

♪ In a one-horse open sleigh♪

♪ O'er the fields we go♪

♪ Laughing all the way♪

♪ Ding-a-ling♪

♪ Bells on bobtails ring♪

♪ Making spirits bright.♪

Well, just tell your aunt
to put the oven at 275

un-until the cheese
bubbles over.

I know,
that's why I made it for you.

Oh, and tell your brother, um,
to practice the piano

and that I love him.

Mm-hmm. And I love you, too.

Okay, honey. Bye.

♪

♪

And they got this...

barbecue chicken tender thing.

Mmm!

So good.

We should grab a bite.

Right, Colonel?

[soft thump]

Jerry!

Colonel down!

Colonel down!
Colonel?

Still conscious.

Breathing.
No time to decon.

Get a van ready.
We're crashing him out.

MAN: Affirmative. Medevac en route.

Colonel?

What's going on?

Is someone... someone injured?

Colonel's gone down, ma'am.

Captioned by
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Jerry.

Jerry, look at me.

Honey. Look.

ERICSON:
Colonel. What do we do now?

We can't call it off, can we?

MEDIC:
You can ride with us
to the hospital.

(engine starting)

NANCY:
Tell the team I'm coming in.

ERICSON:
Yes, ma'am.

Take good care of him.

Has anyone seen Carter?

I saw him heading down
the back hall a while ago.

You're doing the cuts now?

Dr. Carter said we were capable.

I've had two years'
vet training.

-My hands feel wet.
-But you know that they're clean

and safe inside those gloves,
right?

-Do you ever get used to that?
-Not really.

(beeping)

Clean work.

Uh... something's happening.

Uh, what's, uh...?

It's deflating, I can't breathe.

Give me your
extra battery pack, now!

-I-I forgot to grab a backup.
-Here. Use mine.

They're different. (groans)

Damn. Keep looking at me.

-I need an extra pack
in dissecting!
-Oh, my God.

Get someone on the P.A. system.

ERICSON:
We're running out of sedative.

-267?
-Yes, sir.

(monkey squealing)

Got him.

-ERICSON: Almost there.
-(whining)

MAN (over P.A.):
Any team member,
we need a BP-15 battery

in dissecting now.

ERICSON:
You heard him, let's go.

-NANCY: Look at me. Look at me.
-(panting)

I want you to follow
my breathing.

Do what I do.
Look at me.

Not deep breaths.
In. Out. That's it.

You want to save all that air
that's in there.

No, no, no. I have to get out,
I have to get out!

-No. N-N-N-No.
-I got one, here it is.

-I got you, I got you. Okay.
-I got to get out!

-Okay. It's on.
-(beeps)

Just breathe. Relax.

You're okay.

I thought I grabbed
the right one.

I just, I...

NANCY:
Just breathe through it.

I want you to decon out.

ASH:
Uh, ma'am?

I don't think that's
a good idea.

We got company.

You've got to be kidding.

*

(indistinct P.A. announcement)

(coughing, wheezing)

This isn't right.

I'm phoning her.

(panting)

No.

She's got a job to do.

(sighs)

The two of you...

(wheezing)

I can't decon out.

-I'm shorthanded as it is.
-MAN: Okay, okay.

Well, how soon can you get here?

With this weather, 20 minutes.

Thanks.

Keep the line moving.

I'm gonna go track down Carter.

ASH:
Yes, ma'am.

Carter?

*

You're gonna tear your suit.
What the hell are you doing?

The monkeys you brought
to Hazleton

-came from this freezer.
-We'll get to them.

Right now, I need you
to be the expert I brought in

to make sure my soldiers
are doing things correctly.

-We've got a bigger problem.
-A bigger problem

than a team losing their leader?

With Jerry down they need us.

-What?
-You didn't know?

-Is he okay?
-They don't know yet.

-I haven't been gone that long.
-You've been gone

-from your station for hours.
-No, listen to me.

How many monkeys did you put in
your trunk?

Four. Why?

There should have been nine
in the freezer.

There's only eight.

The manifest
from the Philippines

said there was 94 animals

taken off the plane at Dulles.

Only 93 arrived here.

-So you're saying
a monkey disappeared?
-Between Dulles

and this hellhole.
So where is it?

There could be
a monkey out there spreading

a mutating virus across
the city.

NANCY:
Once the press leaves,
I want you to decon out.

-Yeah, I'll need some backup.
-The Army

has no jurisdiction outside
this facility.

You know who does.

The guy hates my guts.

I'm never gonna convince him
to help.

You need to bury
whatever happened

between you two, Carter.

You've got no choice.

BOSA:
Listen.

They are all gone.

I don't know why we're here.

We should hear the monkeys.

But we hear nothing.

A whole family of them, dead.

Our spirit would not curse
the animals.

As you said, my village has
a disease of the body.

Yeah. That's right.

Good.

Now, Bosa,
you can help me save...

You cannot stop it.

It's wiser than you or me.

You have made difficult choices.

You have forced people apart
to save other people.

Our ancestors
have been doing this

for generations
to keep people away

-from the disease.
-Yeah, uh, exactly.

And with your help,
we will be able

-to save the rest of...
-Ah, I see now,

we cannot stop this.

Keep people apart?

It's not human nature.

So we wait.

Some will leave us...

but some will stay.

Someone will always survive.

That's why we are still here.

Someone always survives.

(indistinct chatter, crying)

RHODES:
I've never seen
anything like this.

It's horrible.

-Where's Carter?
-He said he'd meet us here

for the chopper.

It was supposed to be here
an hour ago.

-Chopper's late. You're late.
-It's not coming.

I called it off
for a few more days.

You did what?
Are you crazy?

I don't know
how I didn't see it.

-Bosa opened my eyes.
-You're the one who said
faith healers

-are just superstitious...
-'Cause I didn't see the virus
for what it is.

He does. Now, there's
very little we can do

to stop this thing,
but someone has to survive it.

We need to wait
until someone pulls through it.

And who knows
how long that will be?

You've let this place
get to you.

We need to get back,
find a way to stop this

from ever happening again.

We already have
the blood samples.

All that will do
is help us identify it.

There must be a survivor.

They will have antibodies
in their plasma.

It's the only chance of a cure.

You're gonna get us all killed!

Hi.

-Can I help you with something?
-Depends.

-Who are you?
-I'm the supervisor here.

My night guard called me,
woke me up and told me

there was somebody
snooping around.

You know, there's been a lot
of break-ins around here lately,

if you're looking
for some real news.

Neighbors say the real news
is right here.

Do you have some kind
of outbreak?

-What gave you that idea?
-Eyewitness accounts

of people in hazmat suits
climbing around the roof today.

I was...

trying to keep it quiet
for my workers.

We've got leaks in the roof,
and the tiles are asbestos.

We brought a special team in.

I had them working odd hours,

'cause I didn't want anybody
freaking out.

You really expect me
to buy that, man?

All right.

Fine.

We did have an outbreak.

Simian hemorrhagic fever.
It's not our first time,

and it's not gonna be our last,
and it's not pretty.

By all means, I can show you
what ten dead monkeys look like.

It's pretty bloody.

Which you eventually
get used to,

but the stench...

With all the feces
and the blood and...

the rotting fur...

I... think I should probably
warn you about that part.

And I'm not sure...

how much of that
you can show on TV.

(truck engine starting)

ASH:
We're good. They're leaving.

NANCY:
Listen up. The press is gone.

We can start
rotating breaks now.

Resume your stations.

Keep an eye on your buddy.

You stop and rest
before you get tired.

How many monkeys we have left?

-About 300, ma'am.
-Let's finish this.

And then we're all
going home tomorrow.

All of us.

*

TUCKER:
I'd like an update on,
uh, one of my men, Jerry Jaax.

He's lost a lot of fluid.

About ten pounds.

He arrived severely dehydrated.

Yeah, I want to see him.

Yeah, this'll work.

(quietly):
Ah, it's freezing.

Yeah.

(urinating)

Oh, my God.

-Look.
-Ah, yeah, I see it.

Wait-wait. There's more.

Hey, who would dump
syringes here?

Oh, my God.

Colonel Jaax!

There's some sort
of problem outside.

They look like
they've been here a while.

At first we thought
maybe someone

was shooting up ketamine
or something, but...

NANCY:
I think maybe someone
just missed the dumpster.

It's okay.
Just stay right there.

-Don't hurt me.
-No, no. I'm not gonna hurt you.

Look, look, look.

See? I'm not gonna hurt you.

I need you to just stand
very, very still...

and put your arms out,
like an airplane.

Yeah. Good job.

Okay.

Good. Now drop that needle.

There you go.

You're very good at this.
What's your name?

-Bobby.
-Okay, Bobby, I'm gonna come in,

and I'm going to...
lift you up and blast you off

like a rocket, okay?

So don't move
till I come and get you.

Okay.

One, two, three,

liftoff!

Good job, Bobby!

Good job.

Good job, Bobby.

DEPUTY SECRETARY: So this could
be spreading to civilians.

Six million people
in the Washington, D.C.

metropolitan area.

You can't pick up a phone?

Well... I have been
in communication

with the necessary
agencies, but...

I didn't feel there was a need
to sound an alarm.

Not at this time.

Are you not responsible
for the treatment

of four individuals
who have tested positive

for Ebola hemorrhagic fever?

RHODES:
Uh... uh, well...

yes and no, sir.

-Well, which is it?
-Ebola Zaire.

We're not sure
if that is what it is yet.

This could be a new strain.

If I could redirect
your attention...

Is there a cure, Dr. Rhodes?

Any kind of treatment?

No.

And now you're telling me

the CDC hasn't quarantined
every single person

within a mile of this thing?

We've taken precautions.

But whatever virus we have
has produced nothing more

than a mild fever and vomiting.

But if we activate a Regional
Disaster Response Team...

(chuckles softly)

...you're talking about
a multiagency coalition

under the command
of a three-star general.

Local military, FEMA,
emergency response units--

no one's used to talking
across channels.

You haven't seen a Charlie
Foxtrot like this would be.

We would have to isolate

and evacuate the president,

the VP, and safeguard
all essential personnel.

Anyone who could flee
the city, would,

leaving only our most
vulnerable populations:

hospitals, nursing homes.

Then you have to think
about the supermarkets.

Food supplies dwindle fast.

We could be looking
at widespread looting and chaos.

Now we're talking martial law.

So before all of that
gets triggered over a fever,

I would like to wait
one more day.

Just to be sure of what
we're really dealing with.

Fine. But if one more person
tests positive,

we will enact
a full-scale response.

*

Did they tear you a new one?

Tarnish that reputation
of yours?

A reputation is what allows you

to be taken seriously
in the world.

It doesn't help when they
think you're a nutjob.

You earned your stripes
as a reckless nutjob

without any help from me.

There's a monkey missing.

Blood drawn?

Yep. He's ready
for the great beyond.

You okay?

Only a few rooms left, right?

(chuckles)

ASH:
Hey, Reese,
I need some help in Cell J.

Yeah, on my way.

MAN:
Uh, we usually
get rid of the sick ones.

The one you were asking about
was in bad shape.

That's why it was removed
from the shipment?

-How'd the monkey look?
-Eh.

Something in the eyes, I guess.

-The eyes?
-Yeah, they were red.

The mouth, too.
Like its gums were bleeding.

And how did you dispose of it?

Same way we did all the others.

-What others?
-Uh...

about a dozen died
in transit from Manila.

Not unusual to lose one or two.

The flights are long.
Care's not great.

But it's-it's okay, you know?

We got the new shipment in
to replace them.

-What new shipment?
-From Manila.

A few days ago. Company's
backlogged or something.

-They can't pick them up
for some reason.
-And they're headed to Reston?

Uh, about half.
Same as the first shipment.

-The rest are going to Texas.
-Texas?

Yeah, there's a research
facility that's expecting them.

CARTER:
Where are the monkeys now?
We need to stop them.

*

We may need to call in more
backup to lock this place down.

Let's see what
we're dealing with.

(sighs)
Okay, I'm back, little guy.

-(screeching)
-(screaming): Help!

Oh, my God! Oh!

-I can't see! (screams)
-(monkey screeching)

-I can't... (screaming)
-Reese, hold still!

-Oh, God! God!
-(screeching)

REESE:
I can't see!

-I got it. Hold her steady.
-Oh, my God.

-Stay calm. We got it.
-Okay.

(Reese shouting)

(panting heavily)
Is it torn?

Am I infected?

(panting heavily)

No tears. No tears.

Good work, Lieutenant.
Good work.

Good work.

Even breaths.

Good. Good.

(panting heavily)

(fire rumbling)

All right, team,
that's the last one. Good work.

Let's begin cleanup protocol.

Remember what the colonel said.

Every surface gets wiped.

Protective suits.

The next few days, this'll be
the only place on earth

that has nothing living
inside of it.

And then a spore, a germ...

something will find its way
back inside.

(sighs)

I can't tell you how impressed
I am by all of you.

And truly grateful.

The whole world should know

that you put your lives
on the line in there.

But I'm afraid no one
will ever know what you did.

Well, you will.

-All right.
-All right.

-(indistinct chatter)
-Yeah, we'll see you there.

-I'm driving.
-(indistinct chatter)

-Want to ride with us?
-Yeah.

All right, load up.

What's wrong?

Jerry?

(voice breaking):
My dad... he's gone.

(sighs)

(cries, sniffles)

(sighs)

-Get a good seal.
-Back side.
-Got it.

Good to go, and you can handle
the cases on the left.

-Ready?
-Sir.

All right, copy that.

CARTER:
Well, we got the sick ones out
just in time.

That was close.

Couple more hours,

and they'd have been
on their way across country.

Who knows where the virus
could have spread from there.

I hate to admit it, but...

you were right.

Everyone else missed this.

You saw it.

There's been plenty of times
I didn't find anything.

Yeah, but you keep looking.

I may not agree
with your decisions, but...

I've always respected that.

Your... tenacity.

Bullheadedness?

You found your monster
this time.

I still think
I'm thousands of miles away

from finding any real answers.

Where has it been hiding
all this time?

Where did it originate?

(insects trilling)

(door creaks open)

Bosa?

We found a survivor.

A young girl.

Her fever's coming down.

Will you use her blood?

Yes. We will.

Give her antibodies to others,

maybe find a cure.

(sighs)

My daughter--

she refuses
to say goodbye to me.

But I'm grateful.

I do not think I could bear it.

-How are you feeling?
-(inhales sharply)

My body... (breath quivers)

does not feel like it's mine.
(groans)

I think perhaps

it never was.

What do you believe?

I'm not a philosopher.

My friend, at the end,
we are all philosophers.

(inhales sharply)

You must listen.

I do not have long.

Men, women,

children... co...

They will come, Carter,

from every village,

more than you can count.

To pay their respects.

They will expect
to touch this body.

They take disease back
to their villages.

I can talk to them,

explain how a virus spreads.

If you believe...

your words,
the words of a stranger,

will keep people
from following their tradition,

you have learned nothing
in Africa.

Well, maybe you could warn them.

There is not time.

You must help me.

You have medicine, yes?

Our medicine's not working.

It is not to cure me.

The message has already spread

that I am sick.

If we wait for me to die,

the people will be here by then.

(sniffles)

I will have...

no one to die

because of me.

No, I'm sorry. I can't.

(crying):
There's no one else.

You and I...

we will end this together.

Please, my friend.
(groans)

*

I...

I can't...

It would have meant something
to her...

that someone was there.

That someone was with her boy
till the very end.

(sighs)

I, um...
I need the hydrocodone.

There's, uh,
three vials in my bag.

I checked your bag.
It's all gone.

(villagers shouting in Lingala)

(shouting)

*

(woman wailing)

What did you do?

I made rounds this afternoon.

Bosa wasn't that far gone.

Carter?

(villagers continue shouting)

We should go.

What did you drag me into?

Take the girl
who survived to Kinshasa.

Collect her plasma,

pull the antibodies,
and go home.

Let's go.

Come on.

It wasn't your place!

Not to take a life!

He was already lost.

You know that.

He was in pain.

He made the choice.

I won't cover this up for you!

You'll have to answer for it!

(shouting)

CHAIRMAN:
So, no one died.

NANCY:
That's correct, Mr. Chairman.

But four people tested positive
for the Ebola virus.

And 172 people were tested
and came up negative.

Is that right?

CARTER:
An employee

at an international airport
tested

positive for Ebola antibodies,

for God's sake.

The man was asymptomatic.

And even the Hazleton employees

who exhibited fever,

et cetera,
most likely just had the flu,

not Ebola Zaire.

This strain burns
through monkeys,

but it hasn't been fatal
to humans.

But if it had been Ebola Zaire,

it could have killed
countless people in D.C.,

hitched a ride on our highways,

and landed in neighborhoods
all across the states.

CARTER:
Looking at Reston

as some sort of failure
on the part of the virus

ignores the extraordinary leap
the virus has made.

Only an idiot would think
that this fight is over.

Ebola is evolving
and strengthening

-while we sit here and...
-Dr. Carter,

I think we can all agree
that we dodged a bullet here.

If there are
no further questions...

(quiet chatter)

We didn't dodge a bullet.

We didn't dodge a bullet.

The bullet... hit us.

CHAIRMAN (quietly):
I think we're set.

Let's reconvene next week.

I think we should hear
what they have to say.

This strain is so similar
to Ebola Zaire.

A small change
we don't understand

in a genetic code
we can't comprehend--

it's maybe all that saved us.

But we won't be that lucky
forever.

And you know who gets it first?

Caregivers.

A nurse spreads it
from one patient to the next.

And when she falls ill,

her husband or her daughter
tends to her.

The Ebola virus spreads

when we show each other love,

kindness, affection.

When we're most human.

We have to stop reacting
to virus outbreaks

after they flare up
and instead plan for it,

because there will be
another Ebola outbreak

and we are not prepared.

JERRY:
Protocols have
to be put in place

using the procedures
we tested at Reston.

And it's no secret
the CDC needs more funding

for research and development.

We do need
stronger surveillance networks,

and we need to partner

with other countries
around the world

to stay in front
of another outbreak.

NANCY:
This outbreak was a warning.

We can choose to ignore it

or we can face the future
with eyes wide open.

My question to you...

There is a deadly pathogen
coming for us.

What are we gonna do about it?

Nice work in there.

You think it's enough?

Has to be.

We need to be everywhere
on the front lines,

protecting ourselves.

You know one of the problems

with having
such a smart student?

There comes a day

when the teacher realizes
he's got nothing left to give.

You know how that makes me feel?

Proud?

Useless.

(laughs)

I'm going back to Africa.

These monkeys came
from the Philippines.

Ebola doesn't.

It has to have originated
in Africa.

I guess you were never really
cut out for a classroom, Carter.

Or walls, in general.

(chuckles)

Well, somebody's got to find
the source of this strain.

So you're back in the game.

You pulled me off the bench.

What about you?

(sighs)
I'm going home.

*

Hey.

Hey. Uh,
can I show you something?

-Sure.
-Uh,

I've been making some notes
and doing some sketches.

Start looking at this place
a little differently

when you think
it might be the last place

you're ever gonna see.

-NANCY: This the lab?
-Yeah.

It's one we should build.

Everything I ever learned,
it's...

I put it right in there.

It's pretty genius.

And you know how much
it kills me to say that to you.

(chuckles)
Look, it'll take forever to fund

and to build,
but I figure if we start now...

yeah, we can be prepared
for the next time.

There will be a next time.

Everyone understands that,
don't they?

*

NANCY:
The Army and the CDC
have never downgraded

the status
of the Ebola Reston virus.

It remains
a Level 4 hot agent today.

The emergence of HIV, Ebola,

and any number of hot agents
appears to be

a natural consequence...

(cheering and applause)

...of humanity encroaching

on previously undisturbed
environments.

(cheering)

You might say
the Earth's immune system

has recognized the presence of
its most destructive pathogen,

humans.

Emerging viruses continue
to mutate and survive,

even when faced
with the destruction

of their natural environment.

And when they return,

they're stronger
than they were before.

*

These monkey traders,

they just dump them here?

The sick ones, yes.

Marburg, HIV, Ebola...

all mingling.

It's hell on earth
just waiting to get out.

What do you call this place?

The Isle of Plagues.

NANCY:
As we deforest
these viruses' homes,

wipe out their reservoir hosts,

they need a new one
to spill over into.

Us.

Viruses have been around
for billions of years

because they're smart.

The Ebola virus feeds,

and then it retreats back
into the shadows,

where it learns,

mutates.

Believe me when I tell you

this monster will be back again.

And we need to be ready.

*

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