The Darwin Incident (2026) s01e04 Episode Script

Bert, it's me.
Yeah, what's up?
Charlie was gone when I went
to pick him up from school.
I'm searching the area right now
but he's not picking up his phone.
What? We took him to school this morning.
Lucy said she talked with him at
lunch but hasn't seen him since.
What should we do?
What if those men attacked him again?
Hannah, stay calm.
I can't leave now.
I've got a class to teach.
First… Right, go to the sheriff's office.
I'll be there as soon as I can.
Okay. Come quickly.
Where are you, Charlie?
Wow.
This is truer than principles
Discovered by geniuses like XY
You are so captivating
That I can't take my eyes off you
We are merely beings who are just living
But we are beings unlike any other
You make me wonder
Actors caught in a drama
Unaware of the ending
Our "relationship chart" is still blank
And it bothers me
We only want to share laughter
Yet somehow end up hurting each other
It wasn't supposed to be like this
I wonder what principles or clues
Apply to our relationship
A stereo yearning to blend
Like left and right
Could it be love?
I don't know
Are we at odds?
I don't think so
It's a frustrating thing
And I can't even tell if it's real
Just how deep is our relationship?
Why can't it be measured?
I want to know you
I want you to know me
And what's the level of expectation
When we get to know each other?
I know nothing else but the long-sought
Love, and I want to seek it out
You make me wonder
Just beyond words
You make me wonder
EPISODE 4
ONE OF A KIND
I came alone.
Wait.
- Hi.
- Yo.
Would you like to have a seat and talk?
Okay, now. I'm happy to meet you, Charlie.
So, where should I begin?
Why are you here?
I had been thinking about the anxiety
and fears humans have
and realized the psychological pain
they cause is more serious
and needs to be more urgently
addressed than I thought.
What do you think?
That's exactly right.
What an incredible insight you've made.
It's actually more agonizing
and more persistent than physical pain.
And yet,
those who only believe in the physical
world are so completely blind to it.
You're right.
In other words, the three of you
who attacked Mom, Dad and Lucy
are causing them pain even now.
So, can you go to the police
and turn yourselves in?
Can I ask a question too?
How did you find our hideout?
Even the police haven't found it.
That injury.
If you were still in the area
and won't go to a hospital…
I thought you'd go to that pharmacy.
I looked into it and that is the only
local pharmacy that carries antibiotics.
Wow. So, you staked it out
and followed this guy back.
But you didn't know what he looked like.
Yeah. But I knew right away
from the way he walked.
Did you know that each human has
their own unique way of walking?
I use their walk instead of
their face to recognize humans.
And these two men especially stand out.
They walk very differently.
Is it because of your profession?
I see. I see.
Then what would you do if we
refuse to turn ourselves in?
In that case,
I believe I would incapacitate
you all and take you to the police.
Wouldn't that be worse for you?
So I think it's best
if you don't use that pistol.
Okay, I got it.
There's no way we can beat you.
We'll go with you and turn ourselves in.
Charlie, how did you follow our car
all the way from the pharmacy?
I ran.
It was at least thirty kilometers.
You're not asking us anything, Charlie.
Ask what?
Like our identities, for example.
Aren't you curious?
There's no point in
listening to your lies.
Lies?
You're the man who approached Lucy, right?
Lucy said you are a liar.
Yes, I am a liar but liars
also speak the truth at times.
The truth is the truth even if
it's a demon shouting it to the world.
Isn't that right?
That's true.
Then why did you try to
kill everyone but me last night?
Of course,
that's because you are special, Charlie.
Special? Me?
Of course you are.
Humanzee. A species named solely for you.
You don't belong to either
the chimpanzee or human societies.
Even if you have kind foster parents
and a friend like Lucy,
you'll never be one of them.
To them,
you're nothing more than a talking pet.
But your true situation is even worse.
You were artificially made,
you can't produce children
because you're a hybrid
and you don't even have any rights.
To put it nicely,
you're just an honorary human.
Even though there isn't a creature
on this planet that is as special as you,
not a single person
understands your significance.
Charlie, your unjust and unfair
treatment should be denounced.
Don't you agree?
We might be able to help
or support you in your fight.
I still don't understand.
What makes me so special?
You, me, and all animals are just "one."
A single creature.
Three kilometers until your destination,
the sheriff's office.
I'm starting to understand you now,
Charlie.
I see. You're right.
Actually, I often have this thought.
When looking down at this planet
from far up in space,
you see that all living things are neither
superior nor inferior to one another.
So why do humans, who pride themselves
on their ability to reason,
illogically discriminate against others?
Why can't all the living beings on
this planet sympathize with one another?
It truly is as if all humans are fools.
But you know, Charlie,
you're trying to join human society
by going to school.
Then simply existing as
"one" being isn't enough.
You can't escape from it.
Escape? From what?
The fact that half of you is human.
See you.
What do you mean you don't know?
Like I said, Mrs. Stein.
We only patrol the area.
We don't monitor
What lies.
You've been practically
harassing us by tailing us.
If you had done your job properly
Hannah!
Lucy!
I heard from Bert.
You still haven't found Charlie?
Yes. He hasn't read my messages, either.
What should I do, Lucy?
Oh, come on.
What was that sound?
A car accident?
Hey, call an ambulance.
Hey, what are you doing?
Don't move. Put the knife down!
Wait!
I knew you were trouble, Humanzee.
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
Go!
Freeze! Lie face down on the ground!
Six members of the extremist group,
the ALA,
who were involved in the terrorist bombing
in New York City were arrested
in Richmond, Virginia.
During the press conference,
the authorities announced they have
identified the core members of the ALA.
The Director of the FBI
stated he has placed two men
believed to be the group's leaders
on the FBI's Most Wanted list.
One of the two men, Lesley K. Lippman,
was a former officer in the US Army
and was a decorated soldier who received
a medal for his actions in the Middle
You're quite photogenic, Major Lippman.
So? What's our next move?
They know our faces
and we've lost useful soldiers.
Including the one you sacrificed.
If I hadn't done that,
who's to say we would've gotten away?
But didn't they say Min-su survived?
Thanks to Charlie.
He's really something else.
He just keeps surprising me.
Well, once Min-su wakes up
he'll probably spill to the police.
He won't.
He didn't even say a word when he was
taken as a POW and tortured.
He won't talk.
Then that's wonderful.
So what's our plan?
Do we take Charlie back
from those country cops?
Yeah, that's not a bad idea.
But I've got another plan in mind.
Let's continue the war, Major Lippman.
I haven't seen Charlie around lately.
Did he drop out?
- What? You haven't heard?
- Heard what?
Didn't an ALA member get arrested
around here?
They said Charlie was with him.
For real?
So he really has something to do
with those terrorists?
Shit.
Hello, Hannah? It's Lucy.
Are you sure?
Won't your mom be angry
if she finds out you were here?
It's okay.
My relationship with my mom
can't get any worse.
Even if she forces me to transfer, it's
not like I have any friends at school.
- Besides Charlie.
- Still…
Are they going to keep Charlie in jail?
Yes.
We've been talking to
the district attorney,
but it's not looking good.
Even getting them to let me
see him was a struggle.
Charlie was only trying to save that man.
That actually made things worse for him.
Charlie went to see those ALA members
even before the police knew who they were.
On top of that, he saved one man
while the other two escaped.
And those two are leaders of the ALA.
It's not strange for the police to
suspect he has connections to the ALA.
I can't believe those
guys were terrorists.
But Charlie said he didn't know either,
right?
Holding him for ten days,
they're treating him
like a total criminal.
It's probably better if
they treated him like a criminal.
Criminals have the right to
a lawyer and to remain silent.
They can sue for wrongful imprisonment.
But Charlie doesn't have
any of those legal rights.
Plus none of the animal categories in
the Animal Protection Act apply to him.
So that means…
The law views Charlie as an object.
To be specific,
he's recorded in our inventory
of assets as my and Bert's property.
That's why right now,
Charlie isn't a suspect or a witness,
but evidence confiscated by the police.
He's property?
That can't be.
We couldn't help it.
We had to list him as our property
because none of the current laws
have the power to protect him.
I don't think such laws
exist anywhere in the world.
No way.
We enrolled him in school again
to try to avoid this kind of problem.
Again?
What does this have anything
to do with going to school?
- That's…
- It's okay, Hannah.
Now's our chance.
Let's tell Lucy everything.
It was exactly ten years ago.
When the world was still excited
about the existence of a Humanzee.
We thought that Charlie needed to stay
grounded in order to live within society.
After asking everywhere we could,
we managed to enroll Charlie
in a private kindergarten.
Charlie was five at the time.
But he was more intelligent
than the average human his age.
He was also a gentle child.
That's why we thought
it would be an easy step for him.
And at first, things went really well.
But during one extracurricular class,
the class went to a pool in the city.
In the few seconds
the teachers looked away…
The kids did it?
I don't think they were
really trying to drown him.
It was probably just a small prank.
And afraid that he would drown,
Charlie instinctively did
what all animals would do.
He defended himself.
Why are they screaming?
Why are they like this? What happened?
These kids are injured.
Don't tell me it was him.
Did Charlie do this to you?
Yeah…
I can't believe it.
Are you okay?
Look, you're safe now.
- Get back!
- Yes, sir.
Come here, everyone.
Don't move! We'll shoot if you resist!
But he's under police protection.
So what? That thing isn't human.
It's a crazy beast
that attacked the children!
Everyone's nuts for worshipping this
thing without knowing its true nature.
We got better things to do
than to guard it every day.
Well, with this incident,
he'll probably get locked up for life
or end up in autopsy.
Don't you dare move! If you do…
Even if he possessed incredible strength,
he was only five years old.
At that age, neither humans nor
chimpanzees would have good self-control.
He was arrested after he exhausted himself
from severely injuring seven officers.
He wasn't charged?
Yes. Luckily,
the kids only had light injuries.
And once the parents and
the brass learned what happened,
they wanted to keep things quiet.
After settling it with the victims,
the incident was never made public.
But…
According to the settlement at that time,
we had to keep Charlie confined to
this estate for ten years,
never letting him set foot out of it.
We had no choice.
But that's when I realized.
That Charlie was just another
mascot character to the people.
They'll remain supportive
and friendly to him
as long as he stays as the cute
mascot character they want him to be.
That's why he needs
to have his own rights.
It's almost time.
Let's go. Charlie's waiting for us.
He needs to have rights to protect him
from unfair violence and oppression
even if we're not around.
Not just civil liberties.
A right to life.
A right to vote.
Basic labor rights.
Rights to receive medical care
and social security.
He needs all rights.
But Charlie exists in
a legal vacuum right now.
And we need to take him out of it.
To do that, we need actual proof.
Proof that Charlie can effectively
and continually live
peacefully alongside humans.
And that proof would be him
having a normal school life.
Yes.
Once we've gathered the evidence proving
he can live peacefully within society,
we'll sue the American government
for recognition of
Charlie's citizenship rights.
That was our plan.
We can't mess things up now.
We've been working so carefully
with our allies behind the scenes
and we finally got this far.
- Lucy?
- I don't know what to say.
I've never thought about all this before.
I always took my rights for granted.
Kind of embarrassing, isn't it?
But now, I can't just let my mom
transfer me out of this school.
Huh?
Hannah. Bert. Let me help too.
Isn't this a fight for Humanzee rights?
They'll write about this in history books.
I'm all fired up now.
Lucy!
Thank you so much.
Hey, that hurts, Hannah.
Come on. That's dangerous.
We're almost there,
so wait to do that outside.
We can't see him?
What do you mean?
Explain yourself, Deputy Graham.
Exactly as I said.
I don't know how you misunderstood,
but I only asked you to come down to
retrieve some of your belongings.
Our belongings?
The things on this list, please.
Yes, sir.
Deputy Graham, Charlie
Here. Confirm and sign here.
Will you return Charlie if I sign this?
These are the only things I'm returning.
Let me see Charlie!
I'm not leaving until you do.
Let me ask you, Counselor.
How can I let you meet with
evidence of a terrorist attack?
Do the police have the obligation to
protect the visitation rights of objects?
This isn't a joke.
- I'm not sign
- I see.
Do whatever you want.
Once we submit the paperwork that thing
will officially become state property.
You heard her.
Take these back.
- Yes, sir.
- Unbelievable. You're playing dirty.
Hey.
Where are you going?
- Ouch.
- Lucy!
- Let me go. Let me
- Why are you here anyway, Lucy?
Marco, throw her out.
You. Let her go!
Charlie!
Enough!
I'm going to call
your mom down here again.
She'll rip your head off again,
just like last time.
What?
You called me?
Charlie!
You might be the one I'm searching for
Make this moment last for evermore
Starting my day just the same as always
Even when night ends
And then the dawn finds its way
Hey, that's why I rush back into the flow
Facing all these
Super crazy hectic days I know
Singing while it's stabbing my brain
Just like filling up the holes remained
I'll keep on breaking through
Without stopping
Even if insane
Are you sure?
I know it's boring, right?
I pray softly
Even if I live how I want, I'm lonely
Stacking fragile things
That will fade someday
Just same as you
I am also just lonely, fall away
Turn It Up!
There's no way I can stop now
Turn It Up!
Let it sway with a gentle sound
Turn It Up!
Every thought I have of you
Turn It Up!
Riding straight to happiness too