NARRATOR: Previously on Z Nation...
Dante is not involved in any attack.
Find Dante.
We will.
This was supposed to be a safe place.
We find who did this.
And we get your damn country back.
Wesson?
Is that really you?
It's been a long time since Murphytown, sir.
We've been waiting for your return. - Where?
Limbo.
ZOMBIE SNORTS AND GROWLS
Have mercy.
WARREN: More lost tourists.
They sure didn't walk from California.
Someone's tram went way off the studio tour.
ZOMBIES GROWL
Another tram-load of touristas.
They're moving pretty damn fast
for zombies who just hiked 2,000 miles in flip flops.
I know where we are.
Limbo? What the hell is Limbo?
A place Dante could hide.
Right now it's cover. Around back!
Shit.
Ugh, damn. Dead end.
DEVICE BEEPS
MAN: Password?
Help!
Wrong password. That was last week's.
Should we take 'em?
Warren?
DEVICE BEEPS
MAN: Password?
Err, Zombies!
Should've said that in the first place.
DOOR BUZZES
WARREN: Come on!
BEEPING
Are you sure this is where we wanna be?
The mark led us here.
DISTANT THUMPY MUSIC PLAYS
Looks like a nice place to get murder-porned.
This is a place for outlaws and killers
just the type of place Dante would love.
GUNSHOTS SOUND OUT
I'll go ahead of you.
Why?
Cos you're my friend...
and I don't want you to get hurt.
I got the next one.
Brace yourselves.
LOUD RHYTHMIC MUSIC PLAYS
CHAINSAWS BUZZ
What in the hell?
CHEERING
MAN: I got ten bizkits, the old guy pukes first!
No, no, no!
CHEERING
GUNSHOTS SOUND OUT
GEORGE: Stay with me, Doc.
We're looking for Dante, and we're running out of time.
It's like she looked into my soul.
I'm sure she did, buddy.
CROWD CHEERING
CROWD CHANTS "DUAL!"
A single bullet.
CROWD CHANTS "DUAL!"
MAN: Place your bets!
Gentlemen.
Spin the chamber.
GUNS COCK
WOMAN: No more bets.
Time to duel.
Ready...
Aim...
ELECTRONIC GUITAR MUSIC
We have a winner!
CHEERING
Are you not entertained?
Congratulations!
And to the victor goes the bizkits.
CHEERING CONTINUES
And there's plenty more where that came from.
Well, well, well.
It's about time you kids slaughtered your way here.
Duck!
GLASS SHATTERS
HE LAUGHS CRAZILY
Welcome to Limbo!
♪ Have mercy... ♪
GUNSHOTS
♪ Oh, have mercy. ♪
Ross. How could you?
But Rachel, we were on a break.
LAUGHING AND CHEERING
Oh, that still makes me laugh.
I don't get it.
So the Blends have been running this place the whole time
just waiting for the return of the Big Red One.
Kinda heart-warming.
MURPHY LAUGHS
My heart just threw up a little bit.
Oh, wipe that look off your face.
Polyamory is very complicated.
It's not like a wild sex orgy every night.
That's what Tuesdays are for.
HE LAUGHS
Excuse me, is today Tuesday?
MAN: Come on, black.
CHEERING
BAR MUSIC PLAYS
MURPHY: Chinese splits.
Dante's out there running for his life
if he hasn't been murdered already.
And we're in here dicking around with...
go-go strippers and extreme Monopoly.
Doc, let's go.
Uh, Jack, wasn't it?
It's George.
Right. George.
Listen, I have something you need to hear.
SHE SIGHS
You're a drag.
HE CACKLES
Relax. Let me at least buy my friends a drink
before y'all go running back into your next suicide mission.
Come to think of it, I am still sober.
Murphy, we're looking for someone.
GEORGE: Don't bother. He doesn't know anything.
HE GRUNTS - GLASSES CLINK
Maybe.
DEALER: Let's go. Let's go. Place your bets.
Come on. Try your luck.
What you got?
Ah, he bet it all on black. Place your bets. Try your luck.
Maybe not.
TALKER SNORTS - That's it.
POPPING SOUND
MAN: Come on, red.
Ah, what? Are you kidding me?
Black wins. - HE LAUGHS
MURPHY: Yay!
DEALER: Lucky man. Lucky man.
Go ahead. Go ahead.
MAN: This guy's never gonna-- - DEALER: Alright, what you got?
MURPHY LAUGHS
Well, I gotta hit the head.
There's always a line for "hit the head".
CLINKING AND RATTLING
HE LAUGHS CRAZILY
BELL RINGS
WARREN: So, it looks like you've chosen sides
in this Talkers controversy.
Yeah, I have.
The winning side. Whatever side that is.
HE CHUCKLES
You got a lot of Talkers here to be so a-political.
You realize you're now the only outpost in Newmerica
that lets Talkers walk free?
Talkers, Blends, humans...
Baby, they're all customers to me.
ROCK MUSIC PLAYS
MURPHY: This place has everything.
Zombie Roulette, Hit the Head, Punch the Lawyer, Who's a Puker
Chainsaw Wrestling, Find the Bone Spur, Holenado
and George Clooney's actual moving foot.
You can tickle it for a nickel.
Remember George Clooney?
HE PURRS
You're beautiful, my fallen angel.
Nice strippers. - MURPHY CLEARS HIS THROAT
The preferred nomenclature is "go-go dancer".
This is a classy establishment.
Strippers are upstairs.
After you, princess.
So what's a holenado?
It's a whole lot of holes. You do the math.
DOC: Where you taking us now, Murphy?
GEORGE: I'm gonna level with you, Murphy.
We're looking for a Talker on the run from Altura.
Goes by Dante.
Now there are markings outside saying this is a safe place
for the Talker underground.
Know anything about that?
Anything?
SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
Alright, Murphy.
Come out, come out, wherever you are.
I told you to stay out of the wine.
Really?
SHE WHISPERS: Really?
LIGHTS BUZZ
Oh my God.
Marjorie?
GEORGE: I'm so happy to see you, Marjorie.
MARJORIE: Have you seen Dante?
GEORGE: That's what we're here for. We're gonna find him.
How long they been coming here?
I dunno, few weeks.
Are they all on the run from Altura?
All over.
So, Murphy.
What's all this talk about only being interested in profit?
Let's be clear. I didn't ask for these fugitive Talkers.
Someone just keeps dropping them off at my doorstep
every other day.
I don't know who, but they keep showing up.
They're really cutting into my bizkit inventory.
And this... this mystery person dropping off Talkers.
You never saw 'em?
Not my job, man.
I dunno. They show up in a truck. That's it.
And these Talkers
they're eating bizkits like there's no tomorrow.
So you better hope we get a shipment soon
or there'll be no tomorrow.
Let me guess.
You wanna get involved.
I wanna find Lieutenant Dante.
Maybe he can tell us the truth about these bombings...
And Estes.
Roman Estes? That creep? I met him back on Zona.
What do you know about him?
Some high tech whiz-kid.
They sent him out to front some new start-up.
Which must be Altura.
SHE SIGHS Snap.
You haven't been feeding them bizkits?
Calm down, Jorge.
We were, but Altura cut off our supply.
Nah, I saw the Talkers betting for them on the casino floor.
Well yeah, I gotta keep those Talkers fed and happy.
Or else who knows before they go biting into one of my patrons?
You know, trying to run a business here.
It's OK. I know how you feel.
Oh, yeah right.
No, people treat you like a freak.
Even before the apocalypse.
Well, yeah, right!
Now you finally have a family.
Right.
I get not wanting to lose them.
That Talker over there, Marjorie
she's just an outsider trying to get back to her family, too.
All of them are. And you're risking everything to help them.
Right.
I was wrong about you, Mr. Murphy.
You're a very brave man.
WARREN SNORTS
No matter what you decide to do
Newmerica owes you a debt.
DOC SLURPS
MURPHY LAUGHS
Oh, you're good.
HE CHUCKLES
I've met a few bull-shitters in my day.
But... you are good.
MARJORIE SHOUTS: I wanna find my husband!
SHE WHISPERS: Shit.
I wanna find my husband! - GEORGE: Marjorie?
That's enough. OK, we're gonna help you find Dante.
Dante.
MURPHY: This way. - It's OK. Calm down.
Let's go, George!
TALKERS SNARL
They sure sound like Zs.
They went to hell in a hurry.
They're hungry.
Well? What are you waiting for?
You want to find this guy or not? Come on.
Doc and Warren.
GROWLING
Eight thousand six hundred and nine.
MURPHY: Anyone want anything while we wait
for our mystery Talker hero?
How many bars you got in this place anyway?
Hey Doc, remember back in the day
when you accused me of being a snivelling coward?
Letting other people fight my fights for me?
Yeah. Why? Have you changed?
No.
I just learned to swing first.
MUFFLED ENGINE RUNNING
I think this is it.
MUFFLED BEEPING
What's the plan?
We wait till they start to unload. I'll talk up the driver.
You guys protect the payload. Remember this is not an attack.
We are all on the same team.
But we're ready for anything.
MUFFLED BEEPING
Almost.
On my count.
Three.
Two.
AUDIO DISTORTS
Murphy?
FEMALE VOICE: Can you hear me? - What is it?
It's Lucy.
What?
Lucy.
Lucy! - Murphy!
Don't move!
Addy.
Well of course you're the Big Red One.
DOC: I know, it's been a long road for all of us.
I sure missed you.
And Lucy, too.
Missed you, too, Doc. Missed you, too.
Sorry about the gun.
I felt Lucy in you.
I know it doesn't make any sense
but I thought it was her.
I thought about taking the shot.
Speaking of which, Z Shine, please.
Thank you.
To Lucy.
GLASSES CLINK - To Lucy.
Hey, you guys, uh...
You bury her somewhere that I could visit?
Viking funeral.
That's good. That's good. She'd like that.
I saved something of hers. I think she'd want you to have it.
AUDIO DISTORTS
You know, I felt her, too.
When I was looking for her
during the day I'd lose the signal.
But at night, I'd look up at the stars
and... it's like I could feel her.
You know like maybe she was thinking about me.
And then, and then one night
I looked up at the stars and I felt nothing.
Just the weight of them, crushing me down.
That's when I knew I was alone.
And I haven't felt anything since.
She did love you.
HER VOICE TREMBLES But I wasn't there to save her.
But hey, neither were you. So...
You shouldn't drink so much. You look like shit.
Bite me, Murphy.
Boss? Boss? Boss, we have a problem.
HE WHISPERS
Alright. I'll take care of it. Tell the others to keep their eyes open.
Doc, come with me.
Don't listen to him. You look great.
SHE SNIFFS
Stay close.
How'd she get out?
I don't know.
But that means the others are running around here somewhere, too.
You stay back. You're food. I'm not.
Oh come on. She looks like she might still be nice.
Hey, Marjorie. Remember me?
Yeah, Doc. You look a little lost.
DISTORTED SCREAM: Dante!
She is not nice.
Come on.
GEORGE: Still no sign of him.
Addy, this is my good friend George.
It's an honor to meet you.
Yeah...
Any friend of the Talkers is a friend of mine.
I'm not their friend. - SHE LAUGHS FORCEDLY
No?
Nope!
You've put yourself in grave danger just to help them.
I didn't even know about the attack in Altura.
I just had a truck.
There was a Talker family.
They asked me to smuggle them across the border
because I had a truck.
They had a baby.
Never seen a Talker baby before.
Lucy couldn't stop growing, and here they had this...
this little baby that was never gonna grow a day again in its life.
They were scared. So I helped them.
I was just glad to have a mission again. That's all.
I'm sleepy. - SHE GROANS
Any of those Talkers you helped
you happen to come across one named Dante?
Ugh...
No.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no I know what you're gonna do.
Shoo.
This is what you're into now? Huh?
You're gonna get him executed?
Huh.
Where is she?
Rabid Talkers are not great for business.
Limbo is the one place where folks can get away
and forget about getting eaten for a minute.
Hey Murphy, do you think that dancer really liked me?
It's weird. You know I felt like she really got me, you know?
Once you go Blend, Blend to the end.
LIGHTS BUZZ
GROWLING
Go, go, go, go, go! Stay behind me!
Go, go, go!
In here, Murphy!
Get them inside!
Sorry.
Go. Here, buddy. Go in there.
Oh, sorry.
Murphy, no.
Murphy. Not now, Marjorie.
Murphy, they're friends. Remember?
Friends don't have friends for lunch.
Well, now what do we do?
We feed 'em!
Come on.
Sorry, guys. - We're gonna need a lot of bizkits.
Right now Dante is a fugitive.
A trial will clear his name.
We have all seen the kind of trials that Talkers get.
He's better off exactly where he is.
Where is that?
Hey, hey, hey. Talk to me.
It's been real, Warren. Buh-bye.
Addison? - I'm outta here.
No. Wait, wait. Please? - No, hold on.
Hold on. Give her a second.
Come on.
Alright.
THEY GROAN
Come on.
Um... Come on.
Come on. I know where we can get more bizkits.
HE WRETCHES
PEOPLE WHOOP AND CLAP
Come on.
MURPHY: I didn't want to do this, but...
We'll just borrow some from the house stash of bizkits.
Where the hell are all the bizkits?
Found 'em!
MAN LAUGHS
I think your whale bet the house and won.
PLAYER: Done already?
Shit. Alright, come on.
Come on.
SHOUTING AND GROWLING
GEORGE: Talkers? - Zombies. Lower school.
GROWLING CONTINUES
TALKER LAUGHS CRAZILY
Got ya.
Yeah! Just like old times!
Yes, you and I have history, Addy.
I used to think of you as my lieutenant.
I was your lieutenant.
I'd give my life for you.
And I gave mine for you.
And for that big Red One in there. And for Lucy.
Yes, you did. And George and Dante are the same. Look out!
TOGETHER: Mercy.
She can't protect him if she can't find him.
More of these tourist Zs we keep seeing them everywhere.
You can help me find my friend. I know you can.
Please?
You got to promise me...
Promise me you will not hand him over to Altura.
You won't give him over to a bunch of vigilantes.
I promise.
Come here.
LOUD RHYTHMIC MUSIC PLAYS
Now you're up to dress code. - Damn straight.
Well, it seems that Lady Luck holds you in her favor.
And I can tell you want something. Let me guess.
I'm Mister Murphy, the owner of this establishment.
This is my associate, Dr. Beck.
Perhaps you've heard of him.
I won them fair and square.
Listen. This is a Talker-friendly outpost.
And you and I both know that not having bizkits in circulation
is going to be a problem.
So, for the comfort of our guests
and their desire to remain amongst the living
I would like to offer you an even exchange.
DOC: We call it the...
bullets for bizkits program.
HE WHISTLES
HE CHUCKLES
Let's say I hold onto this one more week.
We let the other Talkers get good and desperate.
Now just imagine what someone would give me
for one more day of humanity.
Or...
Maybe...
I'll just eat 'em all because I can.
HE LAUGHS
MURPHY LAUGHS FORCEDLY
You listen to me, Moby Prick.
Hey, hey, hey. Now, now, what if I win them off you?
Name your game. - What are you doing?
Shut up.
HE LAUGHS IN SURPRISE
I have the longest winning streak of any player in here!
I even got Clooney's foot to giggle.
That's a daily double.
Then what've you got to lose?
Well, I do like that hat.
DEALER: Alright, place your bets.
Hope you know what you're doing.
I'm feeling kinda lucky.
HE SIGHS NERVOUSLY
What's your best cheatin' move?
MURPHY LAUGHS: Doc.
Everyone is watching.
What, now you're being honest?
Call 'em.
DEALER CLICKS HIS TEETH
Go fish.
HE LAUGHS
Well if I keep playing, I'm bound to win something.
I don't think you understand.
This guy's so lucky, he shits rabbit's feet.
Why you gotta say that? You're messing with my mojo.
I do like that jacket.
DISTANT GROWLING
GUNSHOT
Come on.
GUNSHOT
Shit.
ZOMBIE GROWLS
Eight thousand six hundred and ten.
OK, where is he?
RHYTHMIC KNOCKING
Oh.
Dante?
Hey, George.
I can't believe it's you.
You haven't changed at all. - DANTE CHUCKLES
I'd never leave your back, George. Where's my wife?
Hey.
You can trust George. I promise you.
But can we trust Altura?
Well, CEO Estes is trying to keep his people safe.
So, is it a good idea to hand over the leader
of the so-called Talker resistance to him?
Copy you. Maybe there's another option.
Where does this Talker Underground end?
It doesn't.
Some of them want to get out of Newmerica, but most of them...
they want to stay here. They want to stay as human as they can
for as long as they can.
WARREN: So, heard a lot of rumors about you, Lieutenant.
I didn't plant that bomb. - GEORGE: I know.
CEO Estes has video proof it was you.
I don't know anything about that.
What about the Talkers you escaped Altura with?
We split up.
But I heard what happened.
Yeah, vigilantes on the highway.
GEORGE: They're not gonna stop.
Not as long as they think the Talkers are rebelling
and that you're behind it.
We fight this. We go back.
We'll go together. - That's crazy.
Yeah. George always does it the hard way.
That's what I like about her.
My wife? Where is she?
Marjorie's here.
WARREN: She's inside.
DOC: I'm down to my last sock.
It's not on my foot.
Oh. Big sock.
I do OK.
I could sure use that secret ace.
I put it up your sleeve.
Oh great. I'm gonna lose my only sock.
Alright. Listen.
I have a proposition for you.
One last hand. All or nothing. Winner takes all.
CROWD GASPS
I'm listening.
The deed. Ownership of Limbo.
Murphy, what are you doing?
Look. If he takes those bizkits, this place is doomed anyway.
I have to try.
Deal me in.
CROWD CHEERS
CROWD CLAPS
SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
FEMALE VOICE ECHOES: I hear you. Ace of spades.
Ace of hearts. Ace of diamonds.
Check.
Call.
FEMALE VOICE ECHOES: Six of clubs. Five of clubs.
I...I'll take two.
Just call.
Call.
CROWD GASPS
House wins! - CROWD CHEERS
What happens in Limbo, stays in Limbo!
You cheated! - We won!
You did it! - You did it!
MURPHY LAUGHS CRAZILY
You're my best friend!
I love you, man!
WOMAN SCREAMS
Holy hell!
HE GROANS
Give me back those bizkits. - Hold on now.
If there's one thing I've learned from feeding uppers to rock stars
it's the body has limits.
Don't you do it. I mean it.
Don't you put that cookie in your mouth.
Son of a bitch!
HE GRUNTS - CROWD GASPS
HE GROANS IN PAIN
EXPLOSION
I don't feel so good.
DOC WRETCHES
MURPHY: Clean up table seven.
Stat.
CAR APPROACHES
Make sure these bizkits get down to the Talkers
in the wine cellar.
Do I wanna know?
Looks like I saved Limbo.
Murphy helped. You?
We found what we were looking for.
DOOR SLAMS
THE CROWD SCREAMS
Who's in charge here?
MURPHY: Christ. What now?
Can I help you?
Was that really necessary?
Can I help you?
We're searching for one Lieutenant Dante.
And we have reason to believe that he is
or has been in the area.
A Talker? Here? Pffft. Please.
Isn't that Dante's wife?
MURPHY BABBLES
How does she keep escaping?!
You again.
You know it's funny how you keep popping up.
Yeah well what's funnier is we came here
for the same reason you did, Captain.
OK, so we turned this place upside down.
And there is no Lieutenant Dante here.
Dante.
Altura has no power here. You can't do this.
You are wanted for questioning
in the whereabouts of Lieutenant Dante.
Dante.
What's wrong with her?
Isn't it obvious? She needs bizkits.
Dante.
Look, if he finds the other Talkers, he's gonna take them with him.
Make sure they're safe. Go. - ADDY: Got it.
SHE BREATHES SHARPLY
Come out now or I will shoot this Talker deader than she already is.
Say the word.
We'll take them all. - No. George.
You're our hope for the future.
I can't let you risk that.
Not for me. - I never leave a brother behind.
We do this together.
Come on. You're hurting her!
Up here!
We're coming down. Don't hurt her.
Dante.
GEORGE: Let's go.
See. They're surrendering. Come on.
They're surrendering. Look.
Lieutenant Dante, you are under arrest.
Marjorie.
Dante.
That was a mistake.
Marjorie.
I love you.
Love... Love...
Yeah, baby. - MARJORIE CRIES
Now, I'll let you take me.
Captain.
Look, he's surrendering.
We go together.
Just the fugitive. Those are our orders.
Hey, hey. I understand you're doing your job.
Let her go. She's not even a part of this!
Don't you bite me!
Come on. Let her go! - GUNSHOT
No!
No, no, no, no! No!
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Marjorie! No!
Hey, you're no good to Dante if you're behind bars. Come on.
Marjorie! No!
She was too far gone. She gave me no choice.
What have they done?
Still think humans are the good guys?
I need to go after him.
I need to be there at his trial.
Hey.
MURPHY: Hey. How are they doing?
Well, we got all the bizkit bits we could find.
So the Talkers are calm for now.
OK, good. Thanks.
Doc!
10K?
Where you been, kid?
Addy?
10K.
What the hell?
Oh, I have news.
Man.
Well, it's safe to let the Talkers out now.
Just, uh... make sure they're fed first.
Yes, sir.
Those vans are being loaded up deliberately.
Somebody's shipping in truckloads of zombie tourists.
So you think it's Altura?
I don't know. That's where I saw the vans.
But it could be anybody.
Well?
We've got to find more bizkits
before every Talker turns in Newmerica.
We could always feed 'em brains.
I'm just throwing it out there.
Let's get a move on.
SOMETHING SLICES AND SQUISHES