The Hot Zone

Previously on The Hot Zone...

Nancy?

We got a call from Reston.

A worker has a fever, it may have spilled over to humans.

It's airborne.

That is entirely unfounded.

Peter?

Close your eyes. Take a deep breath. Trust me.

We'll be back for the other workers.

Do not let them go home!

Travis Rhodes, CDC. I'll be taking it from here.

I don't know what happened with you two.

One of the victims came for shots with another expectant mother.

What are you doing?

Getting your ass, and mine,

to Matambwe Village.

I'm gonna have to drop you, then come back later.

This is... Insane.

We could be stranded out there.

We could be the next victims!

Oh, Jesus!

I get that you have to protect everybody,

but all I can do is protect the kids.

Please, watch over our family.

Nancy, my sister, Jerry and these two monsters.

Have you ever seen AIDS?

We do have vials of HIV, but it's not a Level 4 Agent.

You've seen something worse?

Ebola Zaire.

You need to let me get in there today.

Make sure that it is contained and that it doesn't spread to the other primates.

We didn't catch it in time.

Carter thinks this could be the biggest

catastrophe in U.S. history.

We can't afford to be the people that stood by and did nothing because

we were too scared to pull the trigger.

I think we're heading in tomorrow.

Girl's just under eight months pregnant.

The girl is 24,

so maybe we can refrain from referring to her as a juvenile.

This is stupid.

We all ready have a sample from Sister Monica.

Words of a hero.

This isn't about a sample anymore.

We need to find out how this thing proliferates

Incubation times.

Symptoms.

We need to observe it. Get inside its head.

There's another 100 when you get back tomorrow.

Not tomorrow. Coffee harvest.

We gotta transport my boss to the fields.

- Then when? - Three days!

- That's a good sign. - No.

No need for masks. They have to trust us.

- You're on. - What?

I heard you with the guards back there.

The NGO's trained you well.

Uh, not sure a six week crash course is gonna cut it.

Bend down. Put your ands together.

Do you see anyone who's pregnant?

They want us to share a drink?

It's their custom, we need to respect it.

One of them could have it.

We want access to the woman, we drink.

Are you married?

No way.

You got a girlfriend, Ash?

Um, I don't know. A couple I guess.

Uh, why-why's it matter?

We'll get to that.

And you're 22 years old?

Yep.

Any problem with tight spaces?

Claustrophobia?

Panic attacks?

Uh, I don't think so.

What about family, next of kin?

My dad passed a few years back, but...

My mom's got family close by.

So, my older sister.

How many siblings? Uh, just the one. Vanessa.

Any health issues?

No. I mean, we just had our physicals, so why ask...

This isn't a conventional mission.

Just making sure.

Any BL4 experience?

Um, just two times, but I've been a part of the

VMD for about a year.

Do you need animal care technicians on your team?

Everyone will be briefed on the mission. And...

What about children? You have any?

No. Are you pregnant? No.

Hello?

He was having trouble breathing,

so I brought him in.

How long have you been at the hospital?

Overnight.

We didn't, um...

Know if we'd be staying, but uh, now...

It's okay, I'm... I'm still here.

Now they're saying...

He might not be coming home.

Can he talk? Put him on the phone, please?

Uh, just a second. It's Nancy.

Oh, hey, Nancy.

Hey Dad. You hanging in there?

Yeah, oh yeah, but...

This one really knocked the piss out of me.

Yeah.

That's for sure.

You can kick this thing.

Yeah, I, um, I, well, I hope so.

Dad, I um... I really wanna come...

But we just got the go ahead to go into this facility and...

Everything in there is hot right now.

We need to contain it.

So, the next 36 hours is really critical.

No, no. You, you, uh...

You-you-you have to stay there.

They, they need you there.

It sounds like a, like a real son of a gun.

It is.

Well then, there's...

Nobody better they can have on the job.

And we both know it.

You have a level head, a good heart...

Dad.

No. None of that, now, come on. Please.

Always known your worth, you just never pushed it on anybody.

But now, this is-this maybe is the time to do that...

Lives on the line here.

This is your chance to show them what you got.

Dad, just hang in there for me, okay?

Just hang...

Just be strong and hang in, just wait.

Just wait...

You bet I will. Same for you, huh?

I'm so sorry, sweetheart.

Your dad's always been a fighter.

He didn't sound good.

Well, if you need to go...

I wanna be there. We've been through a lot.

I'd just like to sit with one...

Just one last time.

Watch Jeopardy...

I just...

The Colonel will understand.

Even if I go, my mind will be here.

What we're dealing with could be worse than anything we've ever seen.

And if that virus gets out because I put my family...

first.

Well, you know... We do have a team here.

My team.

I mean, I just finished hand-picking the best crew to

go in and I haven't even briefed them yet.

Right...

Didn't you ask the 91-Tango's about their families?

Why are you any more expendable than them?

No one's expendable.

You telling me you didn't cut people because

their loss would be felt more than others?

Colonel Nancy Jaax to Pathology.

I'm going to need you train them with the wrangling equipment.

They all have experience with animals.

I would worry more about how they are gonna handle those Racal suits.

What do you mean you sniffed it?

And you're just telling me this now?

I wanted to tell you earlier,

but that's kind of not the point, okay?

Peter is gone.

What do you... Did you page him?

Yes, I-I paged him. I...

I think he left the base.

I called his house a few times.

Ben, he's exposed, Ben.

I know, but we've been testing ourselves,

every day, and so far we're both negative.

Does anyone else know?

No, I-I just called you.

You know, I figured you would, um, help...

quietly, I didn't think I should leave the lab.

Well, you got that part right.

Okay...

So, I have to go find him.

Okay, so in days that he bikes in.

He usually takes the train part way.

So if you drive, maybe you can catch him.

Westbound Train 8-9-5 stops in...

May I have your attention, please...

Please do not leave luggage unattended at the station.

Luggage left unattended may be removed without warning or destroyed

by station security.

- Peter... - I guess Ben told you?

Not when he should have.

It wasn't his fault. It was all me.

So, this is how it is?

It's like when someone has AIDS,

you can't get within five feet of me?

I'm just trying to...

To say, "I told you so?"