Lazarus (2025) s01e05 Episode Script

- After Hapna hit the market,
the frenzy even spread
through the prison I was in.
It was a real hassle
to get your hands on it,
unless you were willing
to pay a hefty price.
I'm not normally into drugs,
but I decided to try it
out of curiosity.
The first thing I did was
headbutt the bars of my cell.
It hurt like a bitch.
Guess the stuff has
no effect on me.
And what's worse
is that Hapna is lethal
even if you've only
taken it one time.
And now I'm stuck looking
for this Skinner guy.
If we can't find him in time
everybody dies.
So I guess
I'll have to find him in Hell
and kick his ass.
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[ Theme music plays ]
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[ Siren wails in distance ]
- [ Breathes deeply ]
[ Moans ]
Huh?
[ Gasps ]
[ Breathes heavily ]
- So, 909 hacked
into Delta Medicinal's database,
which is where he learned
about the threat of Hapna.
More importantly,
Delta Medicinal was in charge
of Hapna's clinical trials.
- Which means it's highly likely
that Delta Medicinal
knew exactly
how dangerous the drug was.
- And then, there's this image
- Ew.
- Mm. What exactly
are we looking at?
- It was among the files
we took from 909.
I have no idea what it is.
- What if the company
was conspiring with Skinner?
Then all the trials and
approvals could've been faked.
- That's definitely
a possibility.
The bottom line is
they must have some kind
of connection to Skinner.
- How's it coming, Elaina?
Have you found anything?
- I'm not seeing any data
from the clinical trials.
However, I did come across
something weird.
Someone at Delta Medicinal
has been uploading music
from their servers weekly
to an audio site
called SoundCloud.
- What's so strange about that?
- Yeah, it could have been
a music-loving employee.
Check this out.
[ Distorted music playing ]
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- What the hell is that?
- I'll admit it,
this music sounds pretty weird.
- Hold on.
Elaina, can you open it
as an image file instead?
- Let me try.
[ Monitor blooping ]
- Well, now
- This is the clinical
trial data for Hapna.
- You can tell?
- Huh?
Yes, on a basic level.
- Hold on.
Why would they encode
their trial data
and then uploaded it
to a social media site?
- Because they
probably want it
to reach a recipient
who would like to remain hidden.
- Does that mean?
- It's Skinner!
- All right. We've got plenty
of dirt on them now.
Let's go say hello.
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- Huh? What the?
Oh, no, no, no, no, no!
[ Gasps ]
Rich people always have
the best security.
I can't get close.
They have a jammer set up.
- No tall buildings nearby that
we can jump over from, either.
- No luck with
the underground parking.
It's fully automated
and not connected
to the inside
of the building.
- Well, maybe one of us
can use a rope to climb
down from the roof?
Just don't pick me.
- What a great idea.
Just like Spider-Man.
I wanna try doing that.
- No, hold on.
That's too conspicuous.
Let's sit tight
until nightfall.
- Whoa. Hey, Axel?
What are you doing?
Can you hear me?
The building is crawling full
of security guards.
Huh?
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[ Beeping ]
- [ Whistling ]
Oh, uh, hey.
Hey, there, how's it going?
- Oh, hello.
- Who's that?
- No clue.
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[ Elevator bell dings ]
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[ Phone ringing ]
[ Phone ringing ]
- Unbelievable.
He seriously just went for it.
[ All grunting ]
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- Hm.
- [ Groaning ]
- Don't move a muscle.
- [ Gasps ]
- Shut down all your security
systems for me, would ya please?
- No. I can't do it.
- I said pretty please.
- [ Grunts ]
S-Security system command, deactivate.
[ Security system powers down ]
- Much Appreciated.
- Huh?
Who the hell are you?
Huh? [ Gasps ]
How did you get your hands
on that data?
- Hello there, Mr. President.
- [ Gasps ]
- You should know,
since you're the one
who uploaded it to the net.
- What do you want with me?
Money?
- Nah.
Just want you to tell
me where Skinner is.
- [ Sighs ]
Nobody is more desperate to find
out where he is than I am.
We were never made privy
to his location,
and didn't have a way
to contact him.
Which is why we had
to go through such a hassle
just to send the data.
- Did you know Hapna
would mutate
and become toxic?
- We had absolutely no idea!
How could that have possibly
benefited us?
- Have you determined
that it's actually lethal?
- Before we did any human trials,
we tested its effects
on monkeys.
[ Monkeys screeching ]
- [ Growls ]
- And one of those subjects
died just the other day.
Its eyes became discolored,
taking on a pattern that
looks like a starry-night.
Humans will be the next
to go through it.
- Can't you develop an antidote?
- We've poured all
of our resources
into doing just that,
but even the R&D team
doesn't know what to do.
I swear, Skinner is
the devil incarnate
[ Sighs ]
- Well, if he's the devil,
then I suppose that makes
us the angels
that are going to kick
his ass back to Hell.
[ Doug and Chris sigh ]
I'm sick and tired of chasing
after Skinner.
Let's lure the devil out.
- An announcement
from Delta Medicinal
regarding
an emergency conference
on the cure for Hapna?
This invitation,
it was sent to
all renowned doctors
and researchers?
- Correct.
Once Skinner learns
someone has developed
the antidote to his creation,
he will almost certainly come
to see if it's true.
- In other words, you've set up
a fake conference.
You're going to lure Skinner out
and catch him when he shows up?
- That's the plan.
- The committee will be holding
their inquiry soon.
You heard about that, right?
- Yes.
We need to show progress
by then.
Otherwise, we'll be
at a huge disadvantage.
- Indeed.
And at this point,
we cannot afford
to let it get swept
under the rug.
- Do you think he'll
actually show up?
- At the very least,
he'll use a hacker
to try and find out
what's going on inside.
- You wanna bet the man himself
will appear?
- Aw, hell yeah. I'm waiting
for you, Skinnerbaby.
- Nice!
This looks like the real thing.
- Each of one those vials
has a built-in GPS tracker
just in case any anyone tries
to steal them from us.
- What's inside of them?
- Just saline solution.
- Ah.
- The question is
how will they try to get in?
- They may try and break in
from the outside.
Or possibly
- They sneak in by pretending
to be an invited guest.
- Our private security firm
has gone through the building
and performed a full sweep,
checking for bugs and wiretaps.
- There are 50 guards
including myself.
At this moment,
we are on high alert.
We have screened our
entire staff
and they have had
background checks.
So there should be
no opportunities
for Skinner to plant
a spy among us.
- Let's say,
we get his attention.
If his hacker gets in the system
and finds out we're lying,
what then?
- That's where Elaina comes in.
- Delta Medicinal has
two different types of
in-house networks.
One is the core Network
for handling
confidential information,
then a basic network
for managing all essential
building functions.
- What's with
the weird-ass designs?
- The core network,
which is located here,
is isolated
from all other connections.
The wall is shielded
so no wireless signals
can get through.
- In other words,
it's air-gapped.
- Smart phones won't work,
either,
so use this direct line
if you need to contact me.
- All right.
Looks like it's impossible
to hack the core network.
- Isn't this a bit over the top?
- Won't the hacker just give up
if we make things
this difficult?
- No. The harder the security,
the more they want to crack it.
Hackers can't resist.
- Damn it.
- Besides, I've baited them
by leaving the basic network
accessible from the outside.
- So that's where
we'll catch our hacker.
- Things are about
to get started.
Keep yourselves alert.
- Bring it on, Skinner.
Let's paint the town red.
- All guests must leave
their electronic devices
at the security gate.
- [ Gasps ]
Uh, apologies.
I forgot that I had another.
- Who was that?
- Patrick Wong.
An associate professor at MIT.
- Any connection to Skinner?
- It appears, as a student,
he was mentored
by one of Skinner's colleagues.
- We better keep an
eye on him, then.
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- Are you feeling better now,
Mr. President?
- Yeah.
I'm sorry to worry you.
I fell into a deep depression
because Skinner seemed
like the devil to me.
But these guys told me
that we have to fight back,
no matter what.
- I see.
- And I agreed to follow though
with that advice.
I had just forgotten
how to put up a good fight.
I had the best sleep
in ages last night.
- We greatly appreciate
your patience.
Your attention, please.
The conference will now begin
with a greeting from our CEO,
Mr. Ahmed Rahman.
- Thank you for attending.
I'm sure you all
have busy schedules.
Without further ado,
I am pleased
to officially announce
that we have succeeded
in developing a cure for Hapna.
To start us off,
a member of our research team,
Dr. Mulligan,
will explain the finer details.
- As you all know,
the mechanism that allows Hapna
to remove pain comes
from the gene SCN9A,
in connection
to the Schwann cells exhibited
in sodium channel Nav1.7.
- [ Groans ]
- A man is heading
to the restroom.
Somebody keep eyes on him.
- Roger that.
[ Monitor beeping ]
- We got a hit.
- [ Gasps ]
- Someone's trying
to get access from outside!
The point of origin is
the Arctic.
- Are they military?
- No. It's spoofed.
I'm detecting multiple
access points from all over.
- Sodium ion permeation
ultimately gets blocked,
thereby-- Oh.
[ Electricity shuts off ]
- [ Gasps ]
- Is something wrong?
- What's going on?
- What happened?
- Power outage?
- Elaina.
- This room has its
own power generator,
so it's not a problem.
Wait a second.
The network hasn't
actually been breached.
- Layman's terms, please.
- The external
access from earlier
was all faked.
The culprit
is inside the building!
Somebody go and check
the breaker unit, right now!
- I'm on it!
- Where's bathroom guy?
- He hasn't come out yet.
- Must be him.
- Watch the exits.
Don't let anybody out of here.
- Roger.
- Chris, come inside, now.
- Okay.
- Hey.
- [ Grunts ]
[ Breathing shakily ]
- Oops. Sorry.
Wrong guy!
- There's nothing wrong
with the breaker, either.
- What is going on?
Who's that?
- Huh?
[ Device beeps ]
- [ Chuckles ]
Yes. Now I'm saved!
I'm not going to di-- [ Grunts ]
- Lock him in an isolated room,
and find out who he is.
- [ Chuckles ]
Say what you will.
You're a bunch of jerks.
I sure in the hell wasn't going
to let you monopolize the cure.
- Sorry, pal,
but all you did
was inject yourself
with some saline.
- Huh?
- This guy has nothing to
do with Skinner, either.
- Where are you hiding,
you little sneak?
- Get wre-e-e-e-cked!
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- [ Grunts ]
[ Keyboard clacking ]
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- Override loop!
Did you just code
that program?
Oh, wow!
Hardcore!
[ Air gusting ]
- [ Groans ] So hot.
- They took control of the AC?
- Don't open the door!
[ Door beeps ]
- [ Gasps ]
- What the hell is going on
in here?
[ Monitors beeping ]
- Damn you.
[ Beeping continues ]
The core has been breached.
We're getting hacked
across 50 locations.
- Does that mean there are
50 intruders?
- Whoa.
- [ Gasps ]
- Not 50 people.
50 devices!
The guards' walkie-talkies!
We're being hacked through them!
Hey! Is this thing
connected to the outside?
- No. These new ones
don't have that functionality.
- It's just a normal
walkie-talkie.
The old ones did,
but they just got replaced.
- Replaced?
- The manufacturer
contacted us about a recall
and then shipped us
a brand new batch.
- That's it.
That was the hacker's goal.
All the bastard needed was a way
to get these inside
the control room.
- What now?
If they get in
the core network,
we're exposed, right?
Elaina?
- [ Sighs ]
They took the bait.
Initiating tracking.
- Huh?
- In case things went south,
I planted a fake antidote file
on the core computer
for them to steal.
We can locate Popcorn Wizard
with it.
- Losing the battle
to win the war. Huh.
- But the core network is still
under their control,
so be careful.
- Huh?
[ Monitors beeping ]
Ah!
[ Indistinct shouting ]
- Calm down.
- Oh, come on! What the hell?
[ Grunts ]
- What am I supposed to do?
- Somebody do something!
- Found them.
They're at the Islamabad
stock exchange in Pakistan!
- I'll put in a call to have
the local authorities
search the place.
- Uh
- Every country's stock exchange
has specially fortified
network infrastructures.
If tapped into, there's
enough bandwidth
for hackers to conduct
massive cyberattacks.
[ Sirens chirping ]
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- Ugh. What do you mean?
No one's there?
- Wait. They're moving?
How can there be
this much data traffic
from up in the mountains?
Don't tell me
- [ Humming ]
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Alrighty. Let's see
this cure of theirs.
Ha-ha.
Pretty Vacant?
Guess the whole thing was fake,
just like I figured!
Huh? [ Gasps ]
Hardcore!
Buh-bye.
[ Laptop clattering ]
[ Monitor beeps ]
- [ Gasps ]
- What is it?
- There's no future.
[ Sighs ] They slipped away.
I'm pretty sure they
intentionally parked
their mobile base next to the
stock exchange to throw us off.
- Everyone, please remain calm.
- So that means we lost
the battle and the war
- I'm sorry.
- What do we do now?
[ Cellphone ringing ]
- Hm?
- Hm?
- Huh?
- Huh?
- "Popcorn Wizard."
- The real deal?
- It can't be.
[ Cellphone beeps ]
- Hardco-o-o-re!
[ All gasp ]
- Ha! Pretty Vacant! Major props!
You were the closest
to busting me.
That's pretty impressive stuff!
Whoo!
- Um, say what?
- Johnny Rotten is my hero.
Keep it real! Bye!
- Wait, Popcorn Wizard!
[ Sighs ]
They hung up.
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- Hardco-o-o-re!
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[ 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
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- Ba ba, ba ♪
- You know I
never go out ♪
- Ba ba, ba ba ♪
- And you know I
start to forget things ♪
It's okay ♪
They weren't
essential anyway ♪
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