Night of the Rats (2025) Movie Script
Good morning.
I'm here amid protests at the
Evans City Nuclear Power Plant,
where just yesterday
it was discovered
that there's been illegal waste
dumping just outside of town.
The mayor and healthcare
officials has been notified
but have not yet commented.
We will continue to update as
evidence becomes made aware.
I'm Kitty Cooper
with Heart7 News,
signing off until
further notice.
And let's head over here.
Oh, man.
We're gonna have to
check this tunnel out.
Man, that's great.
That's great.
All right, yeah, I
think we can get down
through here this way.
Give me one of those.
OK, go check ahead.
I'm gonna stay here and
recalibrate this meter.
Got it.
Oh, Jesus Christ!
Christ, get 'em off of me!
They're everywhere!
Fuck, man.
Stupid fucking rats, man!
Get 'em off of me!
Get 'em off of me!
Are you OK?
Yeah.
I had... I had that dream again.
That nightmare.
What are you making me?
The only thing I
know how to make,
scrambled eggs and sausage.
Mm!
Ooh, scandal.
Mm-hmm.
Why does it always taste
like shit when I cook it?
Because you have a gift.
Is that what they call it?
Mm-hmm.
No, you need to read that shit.
Oh my god.
Is this for real, like?
Yeah.
Yeah, it's for real.
Is this gonna affect your job?
I don't know.
I mean, it really depends.
If they want to come
down really hard,
they could just clean
house and fire everybody.
So... so I
guess I can't drink the water,
huh?
Yeah, don't drink
the water, baby.
Now get the fuck
out of my chair.
Ass.
You know the
pecking order around here.
I'm gonna go take a shower.
What are you doing?
There's a fucking
rat in the bathtub!
A rat?
A rat!
A big ass fucking rat!
There's a fucking
rat in the bathtub.
You mean a mouse?
No, a rat, a big ass rat.
I know what a mouse looks like.
We don't have rats.
Oh, we do have rats.
We've got one, and it's big.
Oh.
Kill it.
Are you gonna ask
it to play singles?
No, I'm gonna smash its head in.
Oh my god.
Calm down.
It's just a fucking mouse.
Ew!
Holy!
God damn.
Oh my god.
You want to cook this?
Ew!
How the hell
did he get in the bathroom?
I don't know.
I don't think I've ever
seen one that big around.
Hello?
Yeah.
No, no.
Everything's fine.
No.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'll be right there.
Yeah, I can make... yeah, I can.
Today?
Here, hold this.
No, she's fine.
She just stepped on a tack.
Yeah.
All right.
Yeah, I'll be there.
Ooh, I'm sorry about that.
Come here.
But I gotta go.
Here.
I don't need a shower.
Look, I understand the problem.
I know what's going on.
Well, I'll send some men down
and they'll take care of it.
A pile of leaves is not
the end of the world, OK?
Yeah.
Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
OK, thank you.
Yes, I appreciated your vote.
Nuclear waste is no laughing
matter, I understand that.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
I know the pecking order.
Yes, sir.
Thank you.
Yes, I'll be in touch with you.
Thank you, sir.
How old are these?
I wouldn't eat that.
Uh, it's been here since I have.
All right.
Uh, no.
So what's up, man?
They're up my butt
over this nuclear mess.
That much nuclear waste
don't just disappear.
But that's what they're saying.
I thought it was just a
little leak or something.
No, no no, no.
I had an inside man got to me
and said that we're talking,
like, 20 ton.
What?
20 tons!
That's huge.
Yes, it's huge.
And we think some of it
is in our sewer system.
So...
All right.
OK.
What I want you to do...
Uh-huh?
As the health department, I
want you to start poking around
kind of where I can't.
Right, right.
A lot of people don't know you.
Right.
I'm just gonna kinda
sit back and mind
my P's and Q's, because
they're already pushing hard.
Who's they?
The reg people.
OK.
The feds?
The regulatory commission?
Yes, there's been
talk about rats.
OK.
They had a couple of
nuke workers down in the sewers.
I was told firsthand that these
two bodies were chewed up bad,
like wild animals.
The old timer that told me
said it looked like rats.
I just killed the rat.
We had one in the shower today.
My wife found a rat
in the shower today.
I want you to go
snooping around.
All right.
Use whoever you need, some of
your people that you can trust.
I want you to get to
the bottom of this...
OK.
The rats, the nuclear waste.
But, man, it's got to
be kept on the down low.
All right.
We cannot jeopardize our jobs...
OK.
And the city.
I want you to get with RJ.
OK.
I've already talked to RJ.
He's got some of
the blood sample.
You keep in touch.
OK.
You call me.
All right.
I'll head over to the
lab right now, Frank.
I'll give you a call
if I find anything out.
All right.
Be careful.
All right.
Nice turn signal, fuck face.
Mommy!
Mommy!
Mommy!
Oh, no!
Mommy!
Oh my god!
Oh my god!
Three more mutilated bodies.
Could these tragedies
be connected?
And cut.
All right, you want
to go up to the house?
Ready if you are.
Let's do it.
Hi, Ms. Thompson.
I'm Kitty Cooper
with Heart7 News.
We'd like to talk to you about
the gruesome discovery you
made earlier this morning.
No, I don't talk to the press.
Please.
I realize how
incredibly difficult
this must be for you
right now, but can you
please describe what
you saw for our viewers?
No, it was down by the tracks.
Their faces were eaten
by rats or something.
Their faces were eaten?
I have to go.
Please.
You heard it there first.
Their faces were eaten by rats.
This is Kitty Cooper, signing
off until further notice,
with Heart7 News.
Hey.
Oh, hey.
Hello, RJ.
Mac, right?
Yeah, yeah.
Hey, good to see you, man.
Been a while.
Yeah, yeah.
It was that, uh... it was that
Meth lab cleanup, wasn't it?
Is that what it was?
Oh, yeah.
The good, old meth
lab cleanup, love it.
You gotta love this town.
How are things?
How's things been?
Hot.
Hot?
Yeah, hot as shit, dude.
Yeah, I don't envy you, man.
I love the AC I got
going on in here.
I'll swap you.
I wouldn't trade
this job for anything.
I'll swap you.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah.
You can spend all day
in a restaurant, man.
So the mayor sent me over, man.
He wanted me to come talk to
you about the scandal, you know?
Yeah, I think it's a little bit
more serious than a
lot of you folks out
there are picking up on.
Really?
You talking about the bodies?
Uh, yeah, and a little
bit more than that, too.
Uh, I've not been able
to divulge much of it,
but, uh, I think you and
I are on the same level.
I should probably
show you some things.
All right.
What do you got, man?
Follow me, man.
So this is kind of what
we've been looking at.
It was a specimen harvested
from one of the bodies
that you were talking
about earlier.
Let me focus it in here.
At first, we thought it
was like an assimilation.
Picture it like a rabies,
but on a super level.
As you can see, this is a
white blood cell right here.
You're seeing kind of
like a... almost a halo
or an aura around it
and these little things
floating around there, just
to keep it simple for you,
you know.
So it's not quite assimilation,
but those things are actually
exerting some sort of control
over normal human white blood
cells.
All right.
It's very atypical though.
It doesn't look like
it normally should.
All right.
Basically, you see those
things floating around
just outside the
cell wall there,
causing a little bit of a
yellow aura around the cell?
Uh-huh.
Those are what, uh... what
would be considered a parasite.
They're not actually
invading the cell.
They are actually controlling it
from just outside the cell wall.
I don't know exactly
how they're attached.
Do you remember the rabid
dog when you were a kid
and they had to tie it up?
Yeah.
You know, cut its
head off, send it off.
Give the kid the
shots, stuff like that.
Sure.
It was kind of a big to-do.
Right.
Imagine that 100-fold,
if this thing gets out,
not just in
intensity, but in, uh,
how rapid the
incubation period is,
how it sets in, how
fast it transmits.
So these rats are biting
people and they're getting this?
Is that what you're telling me?
That would be my best guess.
I can't think of
another mode of entry.
So it's like a
super rabies then?
That, to put it lightly, yeah.
Um, probably about
100 times more
virulent than your
standard rabies.
So you're telling
me that the rats are
getting this, people that are
bitten by the rats come down
with this?
Oh, yeah.
That's what's going on.
Then, we got a problem.
Oh, yeah, big time.
So, I mean, you guys got a...
You got a vaccine for this,
right?
I mean, it's rabies, right?
You're kidding, right?
Right now?
As little time as I've
had, you're kidding.
So what do you...
I mean, what do you need?
Well, uh, a live
specimen would be nice.
That would be a
good place to start.
So you want one
of those live rats?
Yeah, actually I do.
Well, you know there's
only one way to get it.
You mind a trip to the
old shit tunnels, RJ?
Wouldn't be the first time I had
to go down there at
the mayor's request.
You ready?
Yeah.
Looks like a massive swamp
in front of this dam now.
Yeah, that's a problem.
You get used to it.
Well, at least
it's cool in here.
That's one way to
beat the heat, I guess.
How far do
you think we got to go?
I think they found those
two feds about 50 more feet,
a little bit to the right.
50 more feet?
Holy shit, dude.
Yeah.
Uh, I didn't realize
it would be this...
Over here.
All right.
We gotta do it, I guess.
Yeah.
You ready?
Let me grab the box.
All right?
Yep.
All right.
RJ, RJ!
Look at that.
What the hell is that?
It's what's left of
the head it looks like.
Holy shit.
Do rats normally do that?
Not from what I've seen.
I'll need to tell
the mayor about this.
Yeah, so remember this
tunnel when we get back in.
All right, all right.
We're still not all the way in.
Is that the feds, or
is it somebody else, man?
I don't know,
man, but this still
doesn't cover the distance.
Shit.
Man, I think I honestly
need to go back and grab
a sample of that.
I didn't think about it.
We still get the... you
know, the next ones on up,
but I need to grab
that one as well.
You sure?
Absolutely.
All right, man, I'll wait here.
OK.
I'll cover you.
All right.
Wow, the calcification
on this wall, man, this thing
has to be 100 years old, easily.
Wow.
It wasn't so smelly down here.
Oh, fuck.
I just got my feet wet.
What the hell happened?
Yeah, I just stepped
in the water, man.
You see anything yet?
No.
No rats.
Hey, yo, man.
I'm good.
I'm OK.
I'll be up there in a minute.
RJ!
RJ!
You all right?
Damn it!
Yo, don't let it bite you!
Don't let it bite you!
Right there!
Oh, shit, man, we
gotta deal with your arm.
We gotta get that sample, man.
Don't... Don't worry
about my arm right now.
I'm good.
We gotta get that sample.
We came this far.
RJ.
There's more, more coming.
We gotta get the
sample and get out of here.
Don't shoot the bastard!
We gotta take it alive!
Now, come on.
We gotta get the
hell out of here.
Let's go.
Oh, shit, man, we
gotta deal with that arm.
I'm dealing with it, man.
I'm dealing with it.
Shit, at least bandage it up.
Here.
Here.
Now, what about the rabies, man?
You said if anybody gets bit,
they're gonna get the rabies.
I don't know, man.
We gotta get back
to the lab, man.
We gotta get the specimen there.
Shit, I got to...
I can't even get the...
Oh, fuck that specimen, man.
We gotta take care of your arm.
I'm dealing with it, man.
I'm dealing with.
We gotta get it back to the lab.
Shit.
Between the eyes...
Mm-hmm.
The size of the ears, the
pustules there that are forming
on the face...
Sounds like rabies.
Get your hand away.
That's a death sentence.
All right.
They're very aggressive.
But anyway, the length
of the tails, those
are just some common features
that I could point out
to you that show you
the big discrepancies
between a normal rat
and an infected rat.
Those are the most
apparent features,
but I think there's
more underlying
than just what we see
physically on the outside
on the face of the rat.
So what do we do with it now?
As bad as I hate to
say it, we're gonna...
See what's inside,
see if there's
any been... been any organ
malformation, any type
of dysfunction in any
of the organ systems,
see what's actually
manifesting inside.
So you're gonna put
your hand in there?
I think I've actually got an
idea of what I can do with this.
Let's, uh, see what happens.
Fuck!
Come on!
Fuck!
Come on!
Come on!
Come on!
Who the fuck is that?
Come on, come on,
come on, come on!
Oh my god!
Come on.
Oh my god!
Help me!
What do we do with it?
It's going to have
to be terminated.
Are you OK?
Man, I don't...
I don't... I don't feel so...
I don't feel so good, man.
I think it's the bite.
Dude, holy shit,
you're burning up.
Hold on, man.
Hold on.
Oh, shit, that's my wife.
Hello?
Oh my god!
Where are you?
You need to come and get me!
What?
I don't know, in the middle
of fucking town square!
And there's... there's rats!
Fuck.
And they're everywhere!
And a fucking psycho!
No, no, just stay
where you're at.
Fucking wet, bloody
psycho banging on my window!
You need to come get me.
My car won't start.
We'll be right there.
We're coming to get you.
And I'm stuck.
OK, yeah, yeah.
I am stuck here!
It's my wife, man.
She's stranded.
I gotta go get her.
Are you...
Let's go.
Can you make it?
You can't go by yourself.
Let's go.
You sure?
Yeah.
Yeah.
All right, man, let's go.
Oh my God!
Help me!
Oh, shit.
It's Julia!
Help!
Please help!
Come on.
Hey.
Hey, back this way.
Come on.
Oh my god, are you OK?
Oh, my God.
We got to get
the fuck out of here.
Oh my god!
No, no, no, no.
Oh my god.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Oh, my god.
Don't look at it.
Don't look at it.
Just keep running.
No!
Just keep running.
No!
Hey.
Oh, shit.
Oh, shit, Mac!
Mac!
Mac!
RJ.
Yeah.
Come on.
Faster, everybody!
RJ, come on!
Come on!
RJ.
Oh, shit, RJ.
Hey, man, are you OK?
Man, I don't
think I can make it.
I need to take five, take five.
Take five, take five.
Man, I'm too old for this shit.
Man, this bite's getting to me.
Look, did any of them bite you?
No.
Are you sure?
I'm... I'm OK.
Did you get any of
that shit in your mouth?
No, no.
You sure?
Mm-hmm.
I know, we...
You OK?
We gotta get the
fuck out of here, man.
They're behind us.
Come on, a couple more minutes.
Oh, shit.
He was bit?
There's a fucking door.
Let's go over there.
Come on.
Come on, man.
Go, go, go, go.
Come on.
Oh, fuck.
Shit.
RJ.
RJ, come on.
RJ.
Come on, man.
Come on, man.
Don't leave him.
They're gonna fucking kill
you if you don't come on, man.
Come on, come on, come on,
come on, come on, come on.
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
Go.
OK.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Get in there.
Get in there, get in there.
Oh, fuck.
You see any rats in here?
I don't see anything.
Wait, let's go this way.
Go.
Go, go, go, go.
Go.
You good?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Go!
Come on!
Oh, shit.
They're everywhere!
Oh my god!
They're everywhere!
Blast 'em!
Blast 'em all!
Just keep blasting 'em!
Julia, take this!
What are we going to do?
I don't know, man.
Keep killin' 'em.
Keep killin' 'em.
Bat!
Look behind you!
They're coming out of the walls!
This is the last
of the bastards!
I think we're good for now.
I don't see any more.
You all right, man?
I'm... I'm good, Mac.
You gonna make it?
I'm good.
I need a minute, Mac.
I think I need to sit down.
You OK?
I'm good.
OK, Julie?
Where can...
Back here.
Where can we...
OK, come on, buddy.
Come on, come on, come on.
Breathe, breathe.
Come on.
You gonna make it, man?
Mac, I think...
I think I got the bug.
Shit, hang in there, RJ.
Come on, man, we're
gonna get out of here.
We'll get you to
a medical station.
Just... Just hang
in there, dude, OK?
Just hang in there.
Come on.
If he got bit, we gotta
get him out of here.
Sweet baby Jesus.
Hey, man, RJ, come on.
There, man.
Mac, you're such a sweetheart.
You're too kind, Mac.
You just don't fucking
know me good enough.
Dude, you are burning up, man.
What the fuck is wrong with him?
It's that bite.
One of those rats bit him.
Is he gonna turn
into one of the...
Shh!
Don't let him hear you.
Turn into one of those things?
I think so.
But we got some time.
We've got some time.
What the fuck is going on?
You have to be honest with me.
OK.
What is going on?
All right.
You know the nuclear
regulatory scandal?
The thing in the paper?
Yeah.
It's a big snow job.
It's way worse than
that, way worse.
It's not a leak.
There's tens of
thousands of pounds
of that shit down in the sewer
and it's leaking all over.
And those rats that we
saw, they're mutating.
And you know that
crazy bitch that
was trying to get in your car?
Yeah.
Apparently the rats got some
kind of fucking super rabies.
That's why I was with RJ.
He was in the lab.
We were down there
getting a sample.
He needed a specimen.
And that's when he got bit.
Ah!
So he's dead already.
There's nothing
we can do for him.
What do we do?
Well, we're going to
try to get out of here.
There's got to be some
kind of response to this.
People know what's going on.
Is he gonna turn
into one of those things?
Probably, yeah, probably.
There's got to be somebody out
here that knows what's going on.
There's got to be something.
What the fuck is he doing?
I don't know.
Is it starting?
Fuck, I don't know.
Shit.
RJ.
RJ.
RJ, wake up, man.
Wake up.
Come on, buddy.
Wake up, wake up.
RJ, come on, man.
Wake up, wake up, wake up.
RJ!
RJ!
RJ!
RJ, no!
Ah!
Throw me the other one!
Sorry, RJ.
Son of a bitch.
Is that gonna happen to us, too?
No.
No, we're gonna be
just fine, baby.
You and me, we're
gonna get out of here,
and we're gonna
be just fine, OK?
All right?
You say it.
We're gonna be just fine.
We're gonna be OK.
OK.
We're gonna be fine.
Come on.
Sit down.
Hand me that, would you?
There's got to be a
fucking way out of here.
OK, I'm gonna...
I'm gonna look around,
try to find something, OK?
You're not just gonna
leave me here, are you?
Just scream, I'll hear you.
You'll be fine.
See if you can find
a radio or something.
OK, I'll look.
Come on, come on, come
on, come on, come on, come on.
Jesus.
You are not gonna believe this.
Thank god.
And it works.
For all of Evans City
and surrounding areas.
Once again, we will be
reporting information
as we get it, as it comes to us.
Uh, so far, all we know is that
the power grid is still on.
Nobody at city hall is
answering their phones.
Nobody at the police station
is answering our phones.
And nobody at the
local sheriff's outpost
are answering our phones.
If anybody is able
to get a hold...
The whole city is falling apart.
Of law enforcement...
Fuck.
Please give
us a call and let us know, OK?
We're not having
any luck with it.
We're gonna have
to get out of here.
All we know is
that the power grid is still on.
Right now, that seems to be the
only thing we have in our favor.
Um, there's only
three of us left.
We're pretty well secure
inside the radio station here.
If you're someplace safe,
stay where you're at, OK?
Don't leave.
OK?
These, uh, what appear
to be rats have entirely
taken over the city.
And the amount of,
uh, life that has
been lost over the past day is...
Appears to be inconceivable.
Um.
So once again, stay
in your homes, OK?
Um, apparently, there has been,
uh, military transmissions
that have been, um, intercepted,
uh, by... by somebody here
at our radio station.
So we're expecting the
military to come in, OK?
So stay where you're at.
The military is
going to come in.
I assume that they will send
out mobile search vehicles
to... to search for survivors.
And we're going to find
a release from this.
OK?
In the name of God!
In the name of
God, will somebody
please come and help us!
Jesus fucking Christ!
I can't fucking do this anymore!
Here, hold this.
Hello?
Frank.
I kinda got my hands
full right now.
Listen, you're
gonna come and get me.
Are you close by?
What?
It's crazy here.
The rats took over the building.
I had to fight one off.
I had to kill it in my office.
It bit me.
There are people
outside being attacked.
They're everywhere.
There are people
with guns outside.
I don't know what's
going on here.
This is getting
close to the end.
You got to come and get me, Mac.
You got to come and get me.
This is chaos.
Really?
Are you OK?
Did they bite you?
You make sure none of
those bastards bite you.
Yes, yes.
But listen, listen, we
can get that took care of.
Come and get me and
run me by the clinic.
But just... You got to, got
to come and get me, Frank.
OK.
All right.
Just calm down, calm down.
Yeah.
Yeah, we'll come get you.
No, everything's fine.
Me and RJ and Julie are fine.
I'll watch for you, Mac.
I'll watch for you.
And I'll make a run for it.
Yeah, you... you just
pull up in the parking
lot close to the door, and
I'll make a run for it.
Please.
Please, Mac.
Yes, I knew I could trust you.
I knew I could depend on you.
We're on our way.
Yeah, yeah.
OK.
We're going to get the mayor?
No, we're not
gonna go get the mayor.
We're getting the
hell out of here.
Come on.
Oh my god.
Come on.
I'm Kitty Cooper, reporting
live at the edge of town,
where the nuclear waste scandal
has been amid rumor and protest
since its discovery.
We're here at the
local tracks where
bodies were last reported seen.
This story must
be so much bigger
than we previously suspected,
as the military is now
swooping in above.
No, no, no.
No, no, no.
I can't.
Come on.
Come on, baby, we gotta go.
We can't.
We gotta keep going.
A little farther.
No, no, no, no no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Don't look at it.
Come on.
Why did so many good
people have to die?
Not us, baby.
We're gonna be just fine.
We're gonna survive this.
No!
No!
No!
Are you OK?
Oh, shit.
I had the dream again.
Oh, that terrible nightmare.
What are you doing?
There's a fucking
rat in the bathtub!
A rat?
A rat!
There's a fucking
rat in the bathtub.
You mean a mouse?
No, a rat, a big ass rat.
I know what a mouse looks like.
We don't have rats.
Oh, we do have rats.
We've got one, and it's big.
Oh.
Kill it.
You gonna ask it
to play singles?
No, I'm gonna smash its head in.
Oh my god.
Calm down.
It's just a fucking mouse.
Holy shit.
You weren't... You
weren't joking.
That thing's huge.
All right.
God damn.
Oh my god.
You want to cook this?
Ew!
How the hell
did he get in the bathroom?
I don't know.
I don't think I've ever
seen one that big around.
Hello?
Yeah.
No, no.
Everything's fine.
No.
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I'll be right there.
Yeah, I can make... yeah, I can.
Today?
Here, hold this.
No, she's fine.
She just stepped on a tack.
Yeah.
All right.
Yeah, I'll be there.
Ooh, I'm sorry about that.
Come here.
But I gotta go.
Here.
I don't need a shower.
Fuck!
Look, I can take
care of it, the problem.
Yes.
Frank.
I got it.
I... I can take care of it.
Look, look, it's not as big
a deal as you're making it.
I... I could...
Yes, yes, I understand.
I understand.
Listen, I can take care of it.
I can take care of it.
I'll send a couple of men down.
No big deal.
OK?
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Listen, I've got some more
stuff going on right now.
We're... We're kind of busy.
Yes, I understand.
Yes.
Look, I understand the problem.
I know what's going on.
Well, I'll send some men down
and they'll take care of it.
A pile of leaves is not
the end of the world, OK?
Yeah.
Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
OK, thank you.
Yes, I appreciated your vote.
OK.
Thank you.
Yeah, goodbye.
They're up my butt
over this nuclear mess.
What's up, Frank?
That much nuclear waste
don't just disappear.
I thought it was just a
little leak or something.
OK.
I had an inside man got to me
and said that we're talking,
like, 20 ton.
What?
Yes.
Yes, it's huge.
And we think some of it
is in our sewer system.
Uh-huh.
They had a couple of nuke
workers down in the sewers...
Right.
looking around,
doing this and that.
OK.
Now they're dead.
I want you to go
snooping around.
All right.
Use whoever you need, some of
your people that you can trust.
I want you to get to
the bottom of this...
OK.
The rats, the nuclear waste.
But man, it's got to be
kept on the down low.
All right.
We cannot jeopardize
our jobs and the city.
Hey.
Oh, hey.
Hello, RJ.
Mac, right?
Yeah, yeah.
Hey, good to see you, man.
Been a while.
Yeah, yeah.
It was that, uh... it was that
meth lab cleanup, wasn't it?
Is that what it was?
Oh, yeah.
The good, old meth
lab cleanup, love it.
You got to love this town.
How are things?
How's things been?
Hot.
Hot?
Yeah, hot as shit, dude.
Yeah, I don't envy you, man.
I love the AC I got
going on in here.
I'll swap you.
I wouldn't trade
this job for anything.
I'll swap you.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah.
You can spend all day
in a restaurant, man.
So the mayor sent me over, man.
He wanted me to come talk to
you about the scandal, you know?
Yeah, I think it's a little bit
more serious than a
lot of you folks out
there are picking up on.
Really?
You talking about the bodies?
Uh, yeah, and a little
bit more than that, too.
Uh, I've not been able
to divulge much of it,
but, uh, I think you and
I are on the same level.
I should probably
show you some things.
I'm here amid protests at the
Evans City Nuclear Power Plant,
where just yesterday
it was discovered
that there's been illegal waste
dumping just outside of town.
The mayor and healthcare
officials has been notified
but have not yet commented.
We will continue to update as
evidence becomes made aware.
I'm Kitty Cooper
with Heart7 News,
signing off until
further notice.
And let's head over here.
Oh, man.
We're gonna have to
check this tunnel out.
Man, that's great.
That's great.
All right, yeah, I
think we can get down
through here this way.
Give me one of those.
OK, go check ahead.
I'm gonna stay here and
recalibrate this meter.
Got it.
Oh, Jesus Christ!
Christ, get 'em off of me!
They're everywhere!
Fuck, man.
Stupid fucking rats, man!
Get 'em off of me!
Get 'em off of me!
Are you OK?
Yeah.
I had... I had that dream again.
That nightmare.
What are you making me?
The only thing I
know how to make,
scrambled eggs and sausage.
Mm!
Ooh, scandal.
Mm-hmm.
Why does it always taste
like shit when I cook it?
Because you have a gift.
Is that what they call it?
Mm-hmm.
No, you need to read that shit.
Oh my god.
Is this for real, like?
Yeah.
Yeah, it's for real.
Is this gonna affect your job?
I don't know.
I mean, it really depends.
If they want to come
down really hard,
they could just clean
house and fire everybody.
So... so I
guess I can't drink the water,
huh?
Yeah, don't drink
the water, baby.
Now get the fuck
out of my chair.
Ass.
You know the
pecking order around here.
I'm gonna go take a shower.
What are you doing?
There's a fucking
rat in the bathtub!
A rat?
A rat!
A big ass fucking rat!
There's a fucking
rat in the bathtub.
You mean a mouse?
No, a rat, a big ass rat.
I know what a mouse looks like.
We don't have rats.
Oh, we do have rats.
We've got one, and it's big.
Oh.
Kill it.
Are you gonna ask
it to play singles?
No, I'm gonna smash its head in.
Oh my god.
Calm down.
It's just a fucking mouse.
Ew!
Holy!
God damn.
Oh my god.
You want to cook this?
Ew!
How the hell
did he get in the bathroom?
I don't know.
I don't think I've ever
seen one that big around.
Hello?
Yeah.
No, no.
Everything's fine.
No.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'll be right there.
Yeah, I can make... yeah, I can.
Today?
Here, hold this.
No, she's fine.
She just stepped on a tack.
Yeah.
All right.
Yeah, I'll be there.
Ooh, I'm sorry about that.
Come here.
But I gotta go.
Here.
I don't need a shower.
Look, I understand the problem.
I know what's going on.
Well, I'll send some men down
and they'll take care of it.
A pile of leaves is not
the end of the world, OK?
Yeah.
Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
OK, thank you.
Yes, I appreciated your vote.
Nuclear waste is no laughing
matter, I understand that.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
I know the pecking order.
Yes, sir.
Thank you.
Yes, I'll be in touch with you.
Thank you, sir.
How old are these?
I wouldn't eat that.
Uh, it's been here since I have.
All right.
Uh, no.
So what's up, man?
They're up my butt
over this nuclear mess.
That much nuclear waste
don't just disappear.
But that's what they're saying.
I thought it was just a
little leak or something.
No, no no, no.
I had an inside man got to me
and said that we're talking,
like, 20 ton.
What?
20 tons!
That's huge.
Yes, it's huge.
And we think some of it
is in our sewer system.
So...
All right.
OK.
What I want you to do...
Uh-huh?
As the health department, I
want you to start poking around
kind of where I can't.
Right, right.
A lot of people don't know you.
Right.
I'm just gonna kinda
sit back and mind
my P's and Q's, because
they're already pushing hard.
Who's they?
The reg people.
OK.
The feds?
The regulatory commission?
Yes, there's been
talk about rats.
OK.
They had a couple of
nuke workers down in the sewers.
I was told firsthand that these
two bodies were chewed up bad,
like wild animals.
The old timer that told me
said it looked like rats.
I just killed the rat.
We had one in the shower today.
My wife found a rat
in the shower today.
I want you to go
snooping around.
All right.
Use whoever you need, some of
your people that you can trust.
I want you to get to
the bottom of this...
OK.
The rats, the nuclear waste.
But, man, it's got to
be kept on the down low.
All right.
We cannot jeopardize our jobs...
OK.
And the city.
I want you to get with RJ.
OK.
I've already talked to RJ.
He's got some of
the blood sample.
You keep in touch.
OK.
You call me.
All right.
I'll head over to the
lab right now, Frank.
I'll give you a call
if I find anything out.
All right.
Be careful.
All right.
Nice turn signal, fuck face.
Mommy!
Mommy!
Mommy!
Oh, no!
Mommy!
Oh my god!
Oh my god!
Three more mutilated bodies.
Could these tragedies
be connected?
And cut.
All right, you want
to go up to the house?
Ready if you are.
Let's do it.
Hi, Ms. Thompson.
I'm Kitty Cooper
with Heart7 News.
We'd like to talk to you about
the gruesome discovery you
made earlier this morning.
No, I don't talk to the press.
Please.
I realize how
incredibly difficult
this must be for you
right now, but can you
please describe what
you saw for our viewers?
No, it was down by the tracks.
Their faces were eaten
by rats or something.
Their faces were eaten?
I have to go.
Please.
You heard it there first.
Their faces were eaten by rats.
This is Kitty Cooper, signing
off until further notice,
with Heart7 News.
Hey.
Oh, hey.
Hello, RJ.
Mac, right?
Yeah, yeah.
Hey, good to see you, man.
Been a while.
Yeah, yeah.
It was that, uh... it was that
Meth lab cleanup, wasn't it?
Is that what it was?
Oh, yeah.
The good, old meth
lab cleanup, love it.
You gotta love this town.
How are things?
How's things been?
Hot.
Hot?
Yeah, hot as shit, dude.
Yeah, I don't envy you, man.
I love the AC I got
going on in here.
I'll swap you.
I wouldn't trade
this job for anything.
I'll swap you.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah.
You can spend all day
in a restaurant, man.
So the mayor sent me over, man.
He wanted me to come talk to
you about the scandal, you know?
Yeah, I think it's a little bit
more serious than a
lot of you folks out
there are picking up on.
Really?
You talking about the bodies?
Uh, yeah, and a little
bit more than that, too.
Uh, I've not been able
to divulge much of it,
but, uh, I think you and
I are on the same level.
I should probably
show you some things.
All right.
What do you got, man?
Follow me, man.
So this is kind of what
we've been looking at.
It was a specimen harvested
from one of the bodies
that you were talking
about earlier.
Let me focus it in here.
At first, we thought it
was like an assimilation.
Picture it like a rabies,
but on a super level.
As you can see, this is a
white blood cell right here.
You're seeing kind of
like a... almost a halo
or an aura around it
and these little things
floating around there, just
to keep it simple for you,
you know.
So it's not quite assimilation,
but those things are actually
exerting some sort of control
over normal human white blood
cells.
All right.
It's very atypical though.
It doesn't look like
it normally should.
All right.
Basically, you see those
things floating around
just outside the
cell wall there,
causing a little bit of a
yellow aura around the cell?
Uh-huh.
Those are what, uh... what
would be considered a parasite.
They're not actually
invading the cell.
They are actually controlling it
from just outside the cell wall.
I don't know exactly
how they're attached.
Do you remember the rabid
dog when you were a kid
and they had to tie it up?
Yeah.
You know, cut its
head off, send it off.
Give the kid the
shots, stuff like that.
Sure.
It was kind of a big to-do.
Right.
Imagine that 100-fold,
if this thing gets out,
not just in
intensity, but in, uh,
how rapid the
incubation period is,
how it sets in, how
fast it transmits.
So these rats are biting
people and they're getting this?
Is that what you're telling me?
That would be my best guess.
I can't think of
another mode of entry.
So it's like a
super rabies then?
That, to put it lightly, yeah.
Um, probably about
100 times more
virulent than your
standard rabies.
So you're telling
me that the rats are
getting this, people that are
bitten by the rats come down
with this?
Oh, yeah.
That's what's going on.
Then, we got a problem.
Oh, yeah, big time.
So, I mean, you guys got a...
You got a vaccine for this,
right?
I mean, it's rabies, right?
You're kidding, right?
Right now?
As little time as I've
had, you're kidding.
So what do you...
I mean, what do you need?
Well, uh, a live
specimen would be nice.
That would be a
good place to start.
So you want one
of those live rats?
Yeah, actually I do.
Well, you know there's
only one way to get it.
You mind a trip to the
old shit tunnels, RJ?
Wouldn't be the first time I had
to go down there at
the mayor's request.
You ready?
Yeah.
Looks like a massive swamp
in front of this dam now.
Yeah, that's a problem.
You get used to it.
Well, at least
it's cool in here.
That's one way to
beat the heat, I guess.
How far do
you think we got to go?
I think they found those
two feds about 50 more feet,
a little bit to the right.
50 more feet?
Holy shit, dude.
Yeah.
Uh, I didn't realize
it would be this...
Over here.
All right.
We gotta do it, I guess.
Yeah.
You ready?
Let me grab the box.
All right?
Yep.
All right.
RJ, RJ!
Look at that.
What the hell is that?
It's what's left of
the head it looks like.
Holy shit.
Do rats normally do that?
Not from what I've seen.
I'll need to tell
the mayor about this.
Yeah, so remember this
tunnel when we get back in.
All right, all right.
We're still not all the way in.
Is that the feds, or
is it somebody else, man?
I don't know,
man, but this still
doesn't cover the distance.
Shit.
Man, I think I honestly
need to go back and grab
a sample of that.
I didn't think about it.
We still get the... you
know, the next ones on up,
but I need to grab
that one as well.
You sure?
Absolutely.
All right, man, I'll wait here.
OK.
I'll cover you.
All right.
Wow, the calcification
on this wall, man, this thing
has to be 100 years old, easily.
Wow.
It wasn't so smelly down here.
Oh, fuck.
I just got my feet wet.
What the hell happened?
Yeah, I just stepped
in the water, man.
You see anything yet?
No.
No rats.
Hey, yo, man.
I'm good.
I'm OK.
I'll be up there in a minute.
RJ!
RJ!
You all right?
Damn it!
Yo, don't let it bite you!
Don't let it bite you!
Right there!
Oh, shit, man, we
gotta deal with your arm.
We gotta get that sample, man.
Don't... Don't worry
about my arm right now.
I'm good.
We gotta get that sample.
We came this far.
RJ.
There's more, more coming.
We gotta get the
sample and get out of here.
Don't shoot the bastard!
We gotta take it alive!
Now, come on.
We gotta get the
hell out of here.
Let's go.
Oh, shit, man, we
gotta deal with that arm.
I'm dealing with it, man.
I'm dealing with it.
Shit, at least bandage it up.
Here.
Here.
Now, what about the rabies, man?
You said if anybody gets bit,
they're gonna get the rabies.
I don't know, man.
We gotta get back
to the lab, man.
We gotta get the specimen there.
Shit, I got to...
I can't even get the...
Oh, fuck that specimen, man.
We gotta take care of your arm.
I'm dealing with it, man.
I'm dealing with.
We gotta get it back to the lab.
Shit.
Between the eyes...
Mm-hmm.
The size of the ears, the
pustules there that are forming
on the face...
Sounds like rabies.
Get your hand away.
That's a death sentence.
All right.
They're very aggressive.
But anyway, the length
of the tails, those
are just some common features
that I could point out
to you that show you
the big discrepancies
between a normal rat
and an infected rat.
Those are the most
apparent features,
but I think there's
more underlying
than just what we see
physically on the outside
on the face of the rat.
So what do we do with it now?
As bad as I hate to
say it, we're gonna...
See what's inside,
see if there's
any been... been any organ
malformation, any type
of dysfunction in any
of the organ systems,
see what's actually
manifesting inside.
So you're gonna put
your hand in there?
I think I've actually got an
idea of what I can do with this.
Let's, uh, see what happens.
Fuck!
Come on!
Fuck!
Come on!
Come on!
Come on!
Who the fuck is that?
Come on, come on,
come on, come on!
Oh my god!
Come on.
Oh my god!
Help me!
What do we do with it?
It's going to have
to be terminated.
Are you OK?
Man, I don't...
I don't... I don't feel so...
I don't feel so good, man.
I think it's the bite.
Dude, holy shit,
you're burning up.
Hold on, man.
Hold on.
Oh, shit, that's my wife.
Hello?
Oh my god!
Where are you?
You need to come and get me!
What?
I don't know, in the middle
of fucking town square!
And there's... there's rats!
Fuck.
And they're everywhere!
And a fucking psycho!
No, no, just stay
where you're at.
Fucking wet, bloody
psycho banging on my window!
You need to come get me.
My car won't start.
We'll be right there.
We're coming to get you.
And I'm stuck.
OK, yeah, yeah.
I am stuck here!
It's my wife, man.
She's stranded.
I gotta go get her.
Are you...
Let's go.
Can you make it?
You can't go by yourself.
Let's go.
You sure?
Yeah.
Yeah.
All right, man, let's go.
Oh my God!
Help me!
Oh, shit.
It's Julia!
Help!
Please help!
Come on.
Hey.
Hey, back this way.
Come on.
Oh my god, are you OK?
Oh, my God.
We got to get
the fuck out of here.
Oh my god!
No, no, no, no.
Oh my god.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Oh, my god.
Don't look at it.
Don't look at it.
Just keep running.
No!
Just keep running.
No!
Hey.
Oh, shit.
Oh, shit, Mac!
Mac!
Mac!
RJ.
Yeah.
Come on.
Faster, everybody!
RJ, come on!
Come on!
RJ.
Oh, shit, RJ.
Hey, man, are you OK?
Man, I don't
think I can make it.
I need to take five, take five.
Take five, take five.
Man, I'm too old for this shit.
Man, this bite's getting to me.
Look, did any of them bite you?
No.
Are you sure?
I'm... I'm OK.
Did you get any of
that shit in your mouth?
No, no.
You sure?
Mm-hmm.
I know, we...
You OK?
We gotta get the
fuck out of here, man.
They're behind us.
Come on, a couple more minutes.
Oh, shit.
He was bit?
There's a fucking door.
Let's go over there.
Come on.
Come on, man.
Go, go, go, go.
Come on.
Oh, fuck.
Shit.
RJ.
RJ, come on.
RJ.
Come on, man.
Come on, man.
Don't leave him.
They're gonna fucking kill
you if you don't come on, man.
Come on, come on, come on,
come on, come on, come on.
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
Go.
OK.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Get in there.
Get in there, get in there.
Oh, fuck.
You see any rats in here?
I don't see anything.
Wait, let's go this way.
Go.
Go, go, go, go.
Go.
You good?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Go!
Come on!
Oh, shit.
They're everywhere!
Oh my god!
They're everywhere!
Blast 'em!
Blast 'em all!
Just keep blasting 'em!
Julia, take this!
What are we going to do?
I don't know, man.
Keep killin' 'em.
Keep killin' 'em.
Bat!
Look behind you!
They're coming out of the walls!
This is the last
of the bastards!
I think we're good for now.
I don't see any more.
You all right, man?
I'm... I'm good, Mac.
You gonna make it?
I'm good.
I need a minute, Mac.
I think I need to sit down.
You OK?
I'm good.
OK, Julie?
Where can...
Back here.
Where can we...
OK, come on, buddy.
Come on, come on, come on.
Breathe, breathe.
Come on.
You gonna make it, man?
Mac, I think...
I think I got the bug.
Shit, hang in there, RJ.
Come on, man, we're
gonna get out of here.
We'll get you to
a medical station.
Just... Just hang
in there, dude, OK?
Just hang in there.
Come on.
If he got bit, we gotta
get him out of here.
Sweet baby Jesus.
Hey, man, RJ, come on.
There, man.
Mac, you're such a sweetheart.
You're too kind, Mac.
You just don't fucking
know me good enough.
Dude, you are burning up, man.
What the fuck is wrong with him?
It's that bite.
One of those rats bit him.
Is he gonna turn
into one of the...
Shh!
Don't let him hear you.
Turn into one of those things?
I think so.
But we got some time.
We've got some time.
What the fuck is going on?
You have to be honest with me.
OK.
What is going on?
All right.
You know the nuclear
regulatory scandal?
The thing in the paper?
Yeah.
It's a big snow job.
It's way worse than
that, way worse.
It's not a leak.
There's tens of
thousands of pounds
of that shit down in the sewer
and it's leaking all over.
And those rats that we
saw, they're mutating.
And you know that
crazy bitch that
was trying to get in your car?
Yeah.
Apparently the rats got some
kind of fucking super rabies.
That's why I was with RJ.
He was in the lab.
We were down there
getting a sample.
He needed a specimen.
And that's when he got bit.
Ah!
So he's dead already.
There's nothing
we can do for him.
What do we do?
Well, we're going to
try to get out of here.
There's got to be some
kind of response to this.
People know what's going on.
Is he gonna turn
into one of those things?
Probably, yeah, probably.
There's got to be somebody out
here that knows what's going on.
There's got to be something.
What the fuck is he doing?
I don't know.
Is it starting?
Fuck, I don't know.
Shit.
RJ.
RJ.
RJ, wake up, man.
Wake up.
Come on, buddy.
Wake up, wake up.
RJ, come on, man.
Wake up, wake up, wake up.
RJ!
RJ!
RJ!
RJ, no!
Ah!
Throw me the other one!
Sorry, RJ.
Son of a bitch.
Is that gonna happen to us, too?
No.
No, we're gonna be
just fine, baby.
You and me, we're
gonna get out of here,
and we're gonna
be just fine, OK?
All right?
You say it.
We're gonna be just fine.
We're gonna be OK.
OK.
We're gonna be fine.
Come on.
Sit down.
Hand me that, would you?
There's got to be a
fucking way out of here.
OK, I'm gonna...
I'm gonna look around,
try to find something, OK?
You're not just gonna
leave me here, are you?
Just scream, I'll hear you.
You'll be fine.
See if you can find
a radio or something.
OK, I'll look.
Come on, come on, come
on, come on, come on, come on.
Jesus.
You are not gonna believe this.
Thank god.
And it works.
For all of Evans City
and surrounding areas.
Once again, we will be
reporting information
as we get it, as it comes to us.
Uh, so far, all we know is that
the power grid is still on.
Nobody at city hall is
answering their phones.
Nobody at the police station
is answering our phones.
And nobody at the
local sheriff's outpost
are answering our phones.
If anybody is able
to get a hold...
The whole city is falling apart.
Of law enforcement...
Fuck.
Please give
us a call and let us know, OK?
We're not having
any luck with it.
We're gonna have
to get out of here.
All we know is
that the power grid is still on.
Right now, that seems to be the
only thing we have in our favor.
Um, there's only
three of us left.
We're pretty well secure
inside the radio station here.
If you're someplace safe,
stay where you're at, OK?
Don't leave.
OK?
These, uh, what appear
to be rats have entirely
taken over the city.
And the amount of,
uh, life that has
been lost over the past day is...
Appears to be inconceivable.
Um.
So once again, stay
in your homes, OK?
Um, apparently, there has been,
uh, military transmissions
that have been, um, intercepted,
uh, by... by somebody here
at our radio station.
So we're expecting the
military to come in, OK?
So stay where you're at.
The military is
going to come in.
I assume that they will send
out mobile search vehicles
to... to search for survivors.
And we're going to find
a release from this.
OK?
In the name of God!
In the name of
God, will somebody
please come and help us!
Jesus fucking Christ!
I can't fucking do this anymore!
Here, hold this.
Hello?
Frank.
I kinda got my hands
full right now.
Listen, you're
gonna come and get me.
Are you close by?
What?
It's crazy here.
The rats took over the building.
I had to fight one off.
I had to kill it in my office.
It bit me.
There are people
outside being attacked.
They're everywhere.
There are people
with guns outside.
I don't know what's
going on here.
This is getting
close to the end.
You got to come and get me, Mac.
You got to come and get me.
This is chaos.
Really?
Are you OK?
Did they bite you?
You make sure none of
those bastards bite you.
Yes, yes.
But listen, listen, we
can get that took care of.
Come and get me and
run me by the clinic.
But just... You got to, got
to come and get me, Frank.
OK.
All right.
Just calm down, calm down.
Yeah.
Yeah, we'll come get you.
No, everything's fine.
Me and RJ and Julie are fine.
I'll watch for you, Mac.
I'll watch for you.
And I'll make a run for it.
Yeah, you... you just
pull up in the parking
lot close to the door, and
I'll make a run for it.
Please.
Please, Mac.
Yes, I knew I could trust you.
I knew I could depend on you.
We're on our way.
Yeah, yeah.
OK.
We're going to get the mayor?
No, we're not
gonna go get the mayor.
We're getting the
hell out of here.
Come on.
Oh my god.
Come on.
I'm Kitty Cooper, reporting
live at the edge of town,
where the nuclear waste scandal
has been amid rumor and protest
since its discovery.
We're here at the
local tracks where
bodies were last reported seen.
This story must
be so much bigger
than we previously suspected,
as the military is now
swooping in above.
No, no, no.
No, no, no.
I can't.
Come on.
Come on, baby, we gotta go.
We can't.
We gotta keep going.
A little farther.
No, no, no, no no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Don't look at it.
Come on.
Why did so many good
people have to die?
Not us, baby.
We're gonna be just fine.
We're gonna survive this.
No!
No!
No!
Are you OK?
Oh, shit.
I had the dream again.
Oh, that terrible nightmare.
What are you doing?
There's a fucking
rat in the bathtub!
A rat?
A rat!
There's a fucking
rat in the bathtub.
You mean a mouse?
No, a rat, a big ass rat.
I know what a mouse looks like.
We don't have rats.
Oh, we do have rats.
We've got one, and it's big.
Oh.
Kill it.
You gonna ask it
to play singles?
No, I'm gonna smash its head in.
Oh my god.
Calm down.
It's just a fucking mouse.
Holy shit.
You weren't... You
weren't joking.
That thing's huge.
All right.
God damn.
Oh my god.
You want to cook this?
Ew!
How the hell
did he get in the bathroom?
I don't know.
I don't think I've ever
seen one that big around.
Hello?
Yeah.
No, no.
Everything's fine.
No.
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I'll be right there.
Yeah, I can make... yeah, I can.
Today?
Here, hold this.
No, she's fine.
She just stepped on a tack.
Yeah.
All right.
Yeah, I'll be there.
Ooh, I'm sorry about that.
Come here.
But I gotta go.
Here.
I don't need a shower.
Fuck!
Look, I can take
care of it, the problem.
Yes.
Frank.
I got it.
I... I can take care of it.
Look, look, it's not as big
a deal as you're making it.
I... I could...
Yes, yes, I understand.
I understand.
Listen, I can take care of it.
I can take care of it.
I'll send a couple of men down.
No big deal.
OK?
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Listen, I've got some more
stuff going on right now.
We're... We're kind of busy.
Yes, I understand.
Yes.
Look, I understand the problem.
I know what's going on.
Well, I'll send some men down
and they'll take care of it.
A pile of leaves is not
the end of the world, OK?
Yeah.
Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
OK, thank you.
Yes, I appreciated your vote.
OK.
Thank you.
Yeah, goodbye.
They're up my butt
over this nuclear mess.
What's up, Frank?
That much nuclear waste
don't just disappear.
I thought it was just a
little leak or something.
OK.
I had an inside man got to me
and said that we're talking,
like, 20 ton.
What?
Yes.
Yes, it's huge.
And we think some of it
is in our sewer system.
Uh-huh.
They had a couple of nuke
workers down in the sewers...
Right.
looking around,
doing this and that.
OK.
Now they're dead.
I want you to go
snooping around.
All right.
Use whoever you need, some of
your people that you can trust.
I want you to get to
the bottom of this...
OK.
The rats, the nuclear waste.
But man, it's got to be
kept on the down low.
All right.
We cannot jeopardize
our jobs and the city.
Hey.
Oh, hey.
Hello, RJ.
Mac, right?
Yeah, yeah.
Hey, good to see you, man.
Been a while.
Yeah, yeah.
It was that, uh... it was that
meth lab cleanup, wasn't it?
Is that what it was?
Oh, yeah.
The good, old meth
lab cleanup, love it.
You got to love this town.
How are things?
How's things been?
Hot.
Hot?
Yeah, hot as shit, dude.
Yeah, I don't envy you, man.
I love the AC I got
going on in here.
I'll swap you.
I wouldn't trade
this job for anything.
I'll swap you.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah.
You can spend all day
in a restaurant, man.
So the mayor sent me over, man.
He wanted me to come talk to
you about the scandal, you know?
Yeah, I think it's a little bit
more serious than a
lot of you folks out
there are picking up on.
Really?
You talking about the bodies?
Uh, yeah, and a little
bit more than that, too.
Uh, I've not been able
to divulge much of it,
but, uh, I think you and
I are on the same level.
I should probably
show you some things.