Lazarus (2025) s01e02 Episode Script

- Three years ago, Hapna,
the painkiller
that everybody said
would free humanity
from suffering,
first hit the shelves.
But for me and my friends
it served an entirely
different purpose.
We started using Hapna
as a substitute for drugs.
We put it in our drinks
it gave us a boost
and got us a little high.
It was perfect for
when you were feeling down,
everybody was using it.
Adults were scratching
their heads,
"Why are kids drinking nothing
but soda all the time?"
Hapna became a phenomenon,
it was available everywhere.
And on top of that,
it was really cheap.
Nobody could ever imagine
that in just three years,
it would become the terror
that would kill us all.
I mean I sure didn't.
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[ Theme music plays ]
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[ Metal clanking ]
- [ Grunts ]
- Just so you know,
It is impossible to take off.
We are also tracking
your location at all times,
so there's no point
in trying to escape.
- Oh, I see how it is
Looks like you've assembled
a team of bad apples, huh?
- I need a favor from you all.
Of course, I'm talking
about finding Dr. Skinner
faster than anyone else does.
Think about it.
You can choose to stay on the
run as a fugitive,
or find Dr. Skinner
and earn your freedom.
Which is more appealing?
- [ Grunts ]
- Huh?
[ Metal clanks ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Gun clicks ]
[ Sighs ]
- Huh?
- Hey!
- I see your threat
and raise you another.
Now get this thing off my wrist,
would'ja?
- Hersch Hello?
- I'm not falling
for that trick again.
[ Electricity zaps ]
- Aah!
[ Gun clatters ]
- If you try to remove it,
the wristband will get so hot
that it will burn
your hand off.
And just so you're aware
You all will suffer
the same consequences
if anything bad happens to me.
- All right, fine
I've always wanted to meet
this Skinner guy, anyway.
- That's great.
Now everyone's on board.
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[ Sirens wailing in distance ]
- Can you explain why the FDA
approved a drug like this?
- Like I said--
It's unprecedented for a drug
to mutate into something else
after three years
- Are you saying the FDA
didn't see this coming?
- That's not going to cut it!
[ Crowd shouting ]
- Are you planning to resign?
- We're here live with one
of Dr. Skinner's gardeners.
Who is going to shed
some light
on his secrets.
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
Sir, was there ever a time
he looked suspicious to you
or anything you can remember?
- Like I said earlier
I'm just a gardener
who tended to his plants
- Or maybe you got the impression
he was out of touch
with regular people?
- Well,
now that you mention it
- Please, go on.
- We did bury a cat
in the garden once.
What?! You buried dead cat?!
- Her name was Moppet.
She was such a cutie-patootie.
[ Chuckles ]
She lived a full life, that one!
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
- So, Ms. Lisa
I know
that your newest album,
"See You Later Alligator,"
is finally going to
be released next month,
but it's been overshadowed
by all the doomsday news.
Chances are that literally
no one will listen to it
by the time it comes out!
[ Audience groans ]
- [ Sighs ]
You may be right, but then
that means nobody's
going to be watching
this ridiculous show, either!
[ Audience laughs ]
- After a while, crocodile!
[ Audience laughs ]
- So, what's the plan?
Say that we find Skinner.
There are a bunch of ways that
we can leverage it in our favor.
- Leverage?
- You know
like keeping the vaccine all
to ourselves.
Or selling it for a ton
of money.
- I like the sound of that!
- Don't even start.
Listen up, everyone
This team wasn't formed
for personal gain or profit.
- Okay then, what's it for?
- Well
We're here to save the world.
- Oh? So basically,
we're superheroes.
- That's cool.
We're like the Avengers
or something.
- Huh?
- In any case,
Finding Skinner is the
only thing that matters now.
- Okay
I just need to know one thing.
Now don't be shy
Has anybody here used Hapna?
[ Purring ]
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]
- For the time being, this
will be our base of operations.
And just so we're clear,
I was against you joining us.
- Now why would you do that?
- People like you
who run around showboating
are nothing
but a burden to the team.
- Boo
I gotta say,
don't cha think this
place a bit too rundown
for us world-saving superheroes?
- It's a "vintage style"
disguise.
- Really now?
[ Horn beeps ]
[ Grunts ]
- Uh!
[ Electricity zaps ]
- Rowr!
[ Meowing ]
- [ Inhales sharply ]
So, uh
- Hold out your hand,
it'll scan your
vein pattern to unlock.
[ Beeping ]
[ Doors whir open ]
[ Metal clunks ]
- Wow, I've already
been registered
- We did it
while you were sleeping.
- [ Sighs ]
- This is Deniz Skinner,
Born in Istanbul.
Assuming he's still alive,
he would be 56 years old.
Lost both parents to local
unrest at the age of 12.
He's remained alone ever since.
No wife, no kids.
- All alone in the world, literally.
- He enrolled at ETH Zurich
when he was 16,
got into Cambridge at 20,
and while there made many
significant accomplishments.
People were starting
to call him the next Einstein
- Question!
Shouldn't we be focused
on other stuff,
like his personality
or whatever else
can give us insight
into his motives?
Good point.
- Skinner was awarded
the Nobel Prize three times,
but donated the money
to charity.
He lived a very humble life
Even going as far as to abandon
the patents on the drugs
that he developed.
- Whoa.
- He was a passionate activist
who took part
in protests advocating for peace
and ending economic disparity.
He was also a strong proponent
for climate change.
He attended many
environmental summits
and the United Nations
General Assembly,
where he would press
countries to do more.
This speech here
was one of the most famous
he gave at the UN.
- I am simply here as a scientist
who is stating the facts.
According to my calculations,
Precisely 3 years from now
The ice in the North Pole
will melt and be lost forever!
And that's only the beginning!
We must take action now or
things will get out of control
and the environment
will collapse!
A thriving economy
isn't going to help anyone
when Earth becomes
uninhabitable!
[ Indistinct chatter,
footsteps receding ]
- Despite his efforts,
the speech ended with
multiple countries of the UN
withdrawing from the assembly.
[ Footsteps receding ]
Not long after that
he vanished without a trace.
- Sounds like
a pretty decent guy.
- Sounds too good to be true.
Maybe he was doing
some really evil stuff.
Any eyewitness accounts
of him online?
- Right. Nothing recent, but
I did find a few things here.
He was seen giving his seat to
an elderly woman on the train,
and helping out
a homeless person
And there was this time he
tried to eat a sandwich,
but then a stray dog
took it away from him.
- Are you serious?
- He seems like an all
around good person.
- The guy's practically a saint.
- Why would a respected man like
this want to destroy the world?
- Regardless
There has been
no information on him
since his disappearance
three years ago.
It seems nobody has been
able to locate him anywhere.
- So you want us to believe
he's been cooped up
in some hideout this whole time?
- Maybe he's already dead.
- Or he could be wearing
some kind of disguise.
- Or he might have assumed
someone else's identity.
- Excuse me
- Huh?
- Hm?
- I think I've found
a lead on him.
[ Up-tempo jazzy music plays ]
[ Electronic beeping ]
- Rowr!
[ Metal clanking ]
[ Doors whir open ]
[ Engine rumbling ]
[ Engine revs,
tires squeal ]
[ Tires screeching ]
[ Mechanical whirring,
metal clanking ]
[ Engine rumbling ]
[ Engine revs,
tires squeal ]
- Like I said,
you gotta quit it
with the reckless driving!
- Sorry, officer
[ Engine revs,
horn honks ]
[ Tires screech ]
- Huh!
[ Vehicle crashes ]
Argh!
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- A company that sells
survival shelters?
- Yes.
There's a record of Skinner
buying one from them
eight years ago.
- Makes sense.
He definitely could spend years
in a bunker
without having any contact
with the outside world.
- The only problem is
that company
isn't currently reachable
by phone or email
- Axel and Chris
will go check out the shelter.
Doug and Leland, you two pay
a visit to the their offices.
Elaina, access as many
surveillance cameras
around the world as you can
and then run facial
recognition for Dr. Skinner.
- Sure thing.
[ Electronic humming ]
- If he changed
his appearance somehow,
this won't work.
But this is the only chance
we have.
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- So, hey, you were doing time
in the slammer, right?
- Yeah. Sort of.
- How many years did you get?
Like, what'd you do?
- Let me see
I think it's up to 888 years.
[ Tires screech ]
- [ Grunts ]
[ Gun clicks ]
Huh?
- Get the hell out of here,
you psycho!
- What?
[ Grunts ]
- I'm not driving
with freakin' Leatherface!
- Hold on!
- That's not a sentence
you get for just killing,
one person!
- Let me explain
- How many people did you murder?
- Be cool
Did'ja know that they
double your sentence
every time you break out
of prison?
- And?
- Well, I was originally
got three years,
but I kept escaping so much
that before I knew it,
my sentence had grown
to some ridiculous number.
- Ah
Why would you try to
escape so many times?
- Let's just say
it's a hobby of mine.
- You've gotta be kidding me.
Weirdo.
[ Jazzy music continues ]
- Hey, Doug,
I noticed you've got
one of those things on
your wrist
What does Hersch have on you?
- Why do you wanna know?
- Just curious.
- You know,
curiosity killed the cat.
- Did you really do something
that bad?
- I'm just messing with you,
Leland.
In my case I got roped into this
for some lousy misdemeanor
- Misdemeanor really?
- Enough about me,
now it's your turn
- Honestly, there's nothing
crazy about my story,
Just some small-time
petty thefts.
- I would say you're
pretty much minor-league.
- Ugh
- On the other hand,
Elaina is not minor-league.
- Really?
Are you serious?
- She's a notorious hacker
who's committed crimes
on a global scale.
- Wow.
She's always so quiet
when I'm around her
- She might just be the
biggest wildcard on the team.
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[ Vehicle doors open ]
[ Vehicle doors close ]
- Are we really
in the right place?
- Yeah, I think this
should be it
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]
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- Look "B12."
This must be the place.
I get the feeling there's
not a soul around here.
Well, let's go
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[ Metal clanks ]
[ Door squeaks open ]
[ Hollow thud ]
[ Gun rattling ]
[ Footsteps clopping ]
- The power generator is running.
- This place looks abandoned
to me.
[ Guns rattling ]
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[ Glass crunching ]
- Hello? Hola?
Ni hao?
Is anybody here?
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- Looks like these computers
were working until recently.
[ Guns rattling ]
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- Huh?
- Huh?
- Who's?!
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- [ Sighs ]
[ Gun rattles ]
Ugh!
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[ Footsteps approaching ]
[ Gun rattles ]
- [ Sighs ]
Is this Skinner?
Or not.
- He could've got
plastic surgery
- Hey, pal, are you alive?
[ Gun rattles ]
- Hm!
- Be careful now
Drop your weapon
nice and slow.
- Sorry, Doug
- Hm.
[ Gun clatters ]
- It's nothing personal.
You know how business goes.
Now tell me where he is?
- Where who is?
- Just spill the beans
Tell what I want to know
and nobody gets hurt
- Hold on.
We don't know where he is.
- Go ahead and stand there
and play dumb
I know
how to make you cooperate.
- [ Exhales shakily ]
- I'll let you pick.
Nose or ear?
What's it gonna be?
- [ Yelling in Spanish ]
- Huh?
- [ Yelling in Russian ]
- What the hell?
[ Rapid gunfire ]
- Let's get out of here!
[ Glass shatters ]
- Ugh!
Ding-dong!
Anybody home?
You've got a visitor!
Alright! I wanna see
Kobayashi right now!
Get out here, Kobayashi!
"Kobayashi"?
[ Rapid gunfire ]
- [ Speaking Russian ]
- Ugh!
[ Gunshot ]
Great,
these guys are Russian!
- You can tell?
- [ Speaking Spanish ]
- And it sounds like
there are Mexicans over there.
[ Gunfire stops,
shell casing clatter ]
- Are you actually
enjoying this?
- It's that obvious?
[ Metal clinks ]
- What's that?
- A good luck charm.
This little angel here
is always keeping me safe.
- What?!
- As long as I have this
on me,
I feel invincible.
Woo-hoo!
- No way!
[ Rapid gunfire ]
What the hell
He's totally out of his mind.
[ Uptempo rock music plays ]
[ Rapid gunfire ]
- I know you're here, Kobayashi!
And I ain't leaving until you
pay back everything you owe us!
- Wait, what are you talking
about?
You're not here for Skinner?
- Hey! Who the hell
are you supposed to be?!
- I'm a debt collector!
- Oh yeah, well so am I!
[ Rapid gunfire ]
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- [ Grunts ]
[ Gunfire continues ]
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- Aah!
- [ Chuckles ]
- [ Man exclaiming in Spanish ]
- What the hell is going on?
[ Engines revving ]
- Ugh!
[ Gun rattles ]
[ Scuffling ]
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[ Engines revving ]
[ Tires screeching ]
[ Tires squealing ]
[ Footsteps clopping rapidly ]
[ Rapid gunfire ]
- [ Grunts ]
- You jackass!
We're supposed
to be going after Skinner!
- Oh, that's right!
I almost forgot!
[ Footsteps clopping rapidly ]
[ Gunshots ]
[ Kick thuds ]
[ Man thuds ]
- [ Chuckles ]
[ Footsteps clopping rapidly ]
[ Guns rattling ]
- Freeze!
FBI!
Drop your weapons, now!
- DEA! I need you
to drop your weapons!
- Lazarus!
Drop your weapons!
- Huh?
- What's Lazarus?
- Never heard of them.
- [ Groans frustratedly ]
We're superheroes!
- Mm.
[ Switch clanks ]
[ Lights hum on ]
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- [ Moaning ]
[ Groans ]
Uh
Huh?
Uh
Oh, gosh
I I'm so sorry!
[ Crying ] Listen,
I wasn't trying to run away!
I was gonna pay you back!
I swear on my life!
Please don't kill me!
Have mercy!
I beg you!
[ Sobs ]
- Hold on, here
You're not Skinner, are you?
- Huh?
Aah!
[ Whimpering ]
[ Electronic beeping ]
- Huh?
- DNA test complete!
This guy is definitely not
Skinner.
[ All sigh ]
- What?
So, that bastard Kobayashi
hasn't paid you
fellas back, either?
- Nope,
hadn't paid for noth'n,
even the concrete
that we delivered last month.
- [ Groans ]
It doesn't get worse than that.
- Right? The guy is
a straight up jerkface.
- Hey, kid my mistake.
I thought you worked for
that deadbeat.
- Ah, no worries.
- You guys are looking
for Kobayashi, too?
- So, it was a different guy?
- Yup. He was just
hiding out in a bunker
that he built for one
of his clients.
- The place is a freakin' circus.
The FBI and a bunch of other
random guys came outta nowhere.
- You can't make this shit up.
- All right.
- Hey, kid, you interested
in working for me?
- Great
- Huh?
- Well, it seems
this mission's going to
be a lot harder
than any of us thought.
[ Laughter ]
I'm just kidding, you guys!
- This kid's hilarious!
- [ Sighs ]
Looking back
my entire life was
nothing but a big gamble.
All I've ever wanted
was to find the one lucky break
that would let me strike
it rich.
But it never crossed my mind
that I'd end up at rock bottom.
Which is why I took Hapna
I thought I could hurry things
up and get it all over with.
Except this stuff doesn't
actually kill you that quickly.
[ Gasps ]
Maybe it's a sign
It may be telling me
to live a bit longer
Yeah!
I should give it a fresh start!
Ah-ha!
Uh
Oh, dammit.
I forgot the whole world's going
to die in thirty days, anyway.
[ Electronic warbling ]
- I've found him!
I found Dr. Skinner!
- Where is he?!
[ Electronic beeping ]
- It's definitely him, but
it looks like there are
thousands of him.
[ Electronic warbling ]
- What the hell?
[ Warbling continues ]
[ The Boo Radleys'
"Lazarus" plays ]
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- I ♪
I must be
losing my mind ♪
I keep on trying
to find a way out ♪
There's no need ♪
You don't
lock the door anymore ♪
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- Ba, ba, ba, ba ♪
- You know I never go out ♪
- Ba, ba, ba, ba ♪
- And you know that
I start to forget things ♪
It's okay they
weren't essential anyway ♪
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